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      Parliamentary Review. The Recent " Glori...

      _tJstan organised agitation could be continued _froiiJ ?< > ar to year without ultimately extending to our " mast valued institutions ! Silly man : _Wettiougnt _flat having so recently abandoned his "finality " _jiotions _, and joined the League , he would have learned humility , and not again exhibited himself in the fharacter of Dame Partington . The _greatandparamonnt questions of theage will all press for settlement as soon as this Corn Law grievance is swept away . It is but the advanced guard of a host of agitations , which will force inquiry and achieve success . The questions of tbe justice of our present electoral and representative svstem ; of a

      Ten Hours' Bill—and if that be net sufficient to make the balance even between machinery and ladout—of an Eight , or a Six Hours' Bill ; thc question ofa scientific and proper cultivation of the land we live in , whereby it may be made to produce more than abundance for all its inhabitants ; and the important question of the relative positions of labour and capital—all press for solution and settlement . Like the shadowy king 3 of Banquo ' s race , they pass hefore the eyes of the present possessors of power ; and though they may exclaim with Macbeth— " Another , and another—I'll look no morel" they may rest assured that their rei gn is certain .

      Lord Johh Manners has made another ineffectual attempt to-repeal the Law of Mortmain , and h _* en defeated . Whatever his motives may be m thus persevering in his attempts to alter theUw on this subject , we own we cannot bnt wish his efforts were more successful . The origin of tbe statute was , no doubt , most laudable ; but time ? have much altered during the century that has elapsed since its enactment , and while we should not much dread clerical influence in this age of railroads , steam presses , and cheap information , the law does stand in the way of these associations , and of that assistance , which are so necessary to permanently improve the condition of the labouring classes . The debate on the Corn Laws has formed a sort of

      running bass to all other subjects . It was renewed on Monday night , on the amendment of Mr . _Vouers for immediate repeal . Two nights were occupied in the discussion of this amendment , and on a division there appeared for it , 7 S ; against it , 265 ; majority for Peel , 1 ST . Thus , in spite of all the bluster of certain Protectionists , the party has been g ' ad to escape under his wing , for even the three years ' protection he holds out to them . The Premier has again shown his acnteness in judging of what will and what will not go down with the people at certain stages of progress—the difference between the practicable and the impracticable . Because he

      has beaten the high-Protectionists on the one hand , aEd the ultra-free traders on the other , we are not , therefore , to infer that all danger to his measure is past . He may exclaim , with the sorely pressed Richard ai Bosworth , "Methinks there are six Bkhmonds in the field to-day . " He has slain two already , bnt there yet remain four other opponents to he despatched before the bill can emerge from the committee ; and then the Lords—what will the Lords do ? All we can say in reply is , that it is well " not to halloo till we are out of the wood , " and that the Protectionists intend to contest the ground inch by inch . Satgedat Morning .

      Another act of the Andover Union melo-drama was enacted on Thursday evening in the House of Commons , in which Sir J . Graham , the 0 . Smith of the piece , appeared in a new phase of his character . We have not room for it this week , but it is so rich that it will keep for another week . All . that ia necessary at present is to record the gratifying fact , that upon this question Ministers were beaten by a majority of twenty-three ; and that , in spite of the sophistries and quibbles of the Home Office , the iniquities perpetrated at Andover , and the conduct of tie Poor Law Commissioners with reference thereto , arc to undergo the ordeal of a Parliamentary committee of inquiry .

      The new Irish Coercion Bill , amended by the Government , and with a tolerably hot opposition to various parts from the Liberal side of the house , passed through the committee in tbe Lords on Friday night ; and on the same night Sir Robert piloted his vessel safely through the Seylla and Charybdis of the Protectionist and Liberal benches . It has still some other stages to pass through before the bill becomes an Act ; but , somewhat to everybody ' s surprise , it has passed through the committee , and is to be reported on Monday .

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      "SOUTHERN STAR" OFFICE , SATURDAY EVENING , Mardi 7 . LATEST NEWS FROM POLAND . PKOGHESS OF THE _EEVOLCTIOX . The following proclamation and decree ofthe Pro-Visional Government at Cracow , occupied by the patriots , was received at Paris at a late hour on _Thursday night , and published in some ef the journals : —

      _MANIFESTO Or THE POLISH C 0 _VE 5 _SMEST OF THE GE . _NT . K 4 L r POLISH CAUSE . Pons ! Th « hoar of insurrection has sounded . All dismembered Poland rises and greatens . Already our brothers of the Grand Duchy of Posen , of Russian Poland , and of Lithuania , have risen , and in Russia combat against the enemy : they combat for their most sacred right , taken ¦ from them by force and fraud . You know well what has passed and is passing . The flower of our youth _langu-shes in dungeons . Our fathers , whose councils sustained us , are subjected to contempt . Our clergy is reviled . Whoever desires to Ave or die for Poland is destroyed , or pines in a dungeon , or is liable every momeut tc be thrown into one . The groans of millions of our

      brethren , who perish under the knout in subterranean _€ ai : geons , and are sent away to the remotest ends of the _-coautriss of our oppressors , submitting to ali the sufferings of which humanity is capable of enduring , have dttplp struck and moved our hearts . They havo taken away our glory ; prohibited our language ; interdicted the profession of tha faith of our fathers . Thty oppose insurmountable barriers to the amelioration of our social state , arm brother against brother , and calumniate tbe most honoured children of our country . Brothers , _ons step more , and Poland exists no longer . Our grandchildren will curse our memory for having left them nothing , in

      one of the finest countries of thevo-ld , but _t _' . eserts and ruins ; for having left our warlikepeop ' . e in irons ; for having forced thtm to profess a foreign faith , to speak a strange language , and for haring reduced thtm to he slaves of our oppie : si n . The dust of our fathers , martyrs of the rights of the nation , cries frcm , the tomb to avenge them . Children at the _breatt implore us to proserve for them the country that God has cv nSded to us . The free nations of the world ini ite us not to allow our nationality to be destroyed . God himself invites us , He who wiU oue day demand an account of our _stewardship . "We are twenty millions ! let us rise as one man , and no force on earth can crush our power .

      We _thall have such liberty as never was enjoyed on this earth . Let us endeavour to _tonquer a focv . 3 of liberty ofa comaunity _. where each shall enjoy tht goods of Vie earth , accordingto his merit and his _caj / a . ity . Lettiierebenomore privileges , but each Pole find full security for himself , his wife , his children , and let him who is inferior in mind or body , find without humiliation tlie infallible aid of the nation , whicli shall hate tte absolute property of the land ichieh to-day is only enjoyed _bytsome . Interests ( classinterests ?) thus cease , as well as corves aud similar rights , and those who shall fall with arms in tlieir hands for the national cause , shall obtain an indemnity in the laud er national goods . Poles f from this moment tee recognise not any difference . Let 113 henceforward be as the children of one mother—of justice ; of one fatherthe God who is in Heaven . Let us inruke his aid ; he

      will bless our arms , and give us victory ; but iu order to < 3 raw down his blessing , we must not sully ourselves by the vice of drunkenness , or any other infamous action ; let ns not treat despotically those who hare been _confided to ns ; let us not kiU those who are without arms , nor such as Ho not think with ourselves , . not straugers ;/ or ircjioftt not wiih people , but witli their oppressors . In token of friendship let us mount the national tockade , and take the foUowiug oath : — " I swear to serve Poland , my country , by council , word , and action . I ' swear to sacrifice to her my opinions , my life , my fortune . 1 swear absolute obedience to the natioual government , which has been erected in Cracow the iHnd of this month , at eight y ' clock in the evening , in the house of Krystoferz , and to aU tlie authorities instituted by the government . And may God assist me to keep this VOW . "

      This manifesto shall be inserted in the government journals , sent into all l ' oland , and notified iu all the churches from the pulpit , and in all the commuuities by placards in public places . Cracow , 22 nd Feb ., 1816 . Louis Goezsowsei .

      DEC-BEE . 1 The government of the revolution being absolute for aU Poland , and responsible towards the nation : * Whoever is charged by the _go-ernmeat , or by an authority of { he government , to _exerciss aa _empioymtnt

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      or provisional functions must exweise them under pain of death . $ . Whoever , capabl of bearing arms , does not , within 24 _houiti after tlio < _J _roclaniation ot insurrection , place himself _undor me' _^ t _authority , shall be taken as a deserter before I ? CouncU of _War - , 4 . Pillage , vio snce » nowever merited , extortion of interests or corw active resistance , espionage , misapplication of the f funds , or their employment b y any other than t government , shall he punished with death . 5 . Whop " er without authority of government , shall _establisb-hibs or societies will be comidered as a traitor told * e < mviry .

      __ rach district shall establish _lijrnals of communication to be arranged with his neighbour . The signals are to oe composed of long rods with straw steeped iu pitch . The destruction of a signal will be punished with death . The national flag is white aud purple—a white eagle upon a purple ground , with outspread wings , and the head turned to the right ; in the right claw a crown of oak , and in the left a crawn of laurel . This eagle is the seal of all the tribunals and authorities ofthe country . Louis _Gobzeowsei , Jeah Lissowssi , and Alexandre Gbzegobzewski . Chables Gbzegobzewski , Secretary of the Government . Craeow , F eb . 23 , 1346 .

      Krystofrrz was the residence of Joseph Poniatowski , during tie campaign of 1 SU 9 , and is held in respect by the _Craco'tans . Cracow itself was the . cradle of the old PoIpIi monarchy , and capital o f the kingdom under the jsgellcn race . In addition to the decree above given , it is stated by the Paris Dibats that other decrees were issued on the 24 th , and among thc names attached to them appears that of Count Potulicki . One of the richest citizens of Poland , Count Wodzicki , an old soldier , has been named , it is said , Commander of the Guard of Safetv of the Republic

      . The provisional government has taken the most urgent measures of defence , for on all sides Prussian , Au trian , and Russian forces were marching to crush the insurrection . The Austrian Colonel Uanfcldt , with 400 of thc old Cracow militia , have passed oyer f o the new government . It was said that desertion had manifested itself in the regiments Mazadulls and Bertotilli , and that they had been sent away from Gallicia . It was the attempt to destitute this Colonel bv the Austrian General , De Collin , which caused tlie militia to rise , and forced De Collin to retreat to Podgorzc . . __

      The three Consuls ofthe Protecting Powers had retired into Gallicia and Silesia . Their houses were plundered during the first explosion . The insurgent force was said to be twelve thousand , armed with scythes ; but the scythe is the national weapon of the Poles , and it was with this arm that they beat the Russians at Radavia , under Kosciusko . The town of Cracow is an open town , without any defence , but an old castle on tlie _Podgorzn side . In Gallicia , it was said , on the laith of travellers , that the insurgents were well armed and furnished with cavalry . __

      The Late Fatal Duel At Gosport. — At The...

      The Late Fatal Duel at Gosport . — At the Winchester Assizes on Friday , Charles _Lawes Pym was indicted for the wilful murder of James Alexander Seton , at Titchfield , on the 20 th of May last , and the indictment stated that Henry Charles Morehead Ilawkev feloniously , wilfully , and of his malice aforethought , discharged a p istol loaded with gunpowder aud ball , inflicting a wound of which the said James Alexander Seton languished and died , and _rytn was indicted for being present and aiding , abetting , and assisting the said Henry Charles Morehead Hawkey in the committing ofthe said murder . Pym pleaded not guilty . Mr . Rawlinson , m addressing the jnrr , said the prisoner was _cliwged amply with the offence , that on the evening of the 20 th ot Mav he went out with a brother officer . Lieutenant

      Uawkev , of the Marines , as a second m a duel , in which the deceased , Mr . Seton , the principal on thc other side , fell , Jon Brown Down , leading to Alverstoke and Titchfield , three or four miles from Gosport . Avast number of witnesses were called to show the presence of Pym at the scene of action . After which Mr . Cockburn submitted there was no case to go to the jury . The indictment stated that the cause of the death of Captain Seton was by a certain wound caused by a leaden bullet , shot from a certain pistol . NOW , as the death was not immediately caused by tkeMlet , but by an operation performed m consequence of it , it should have been so stated on the face of the indictment . The death was not oaused immediately _b" the bullet , but by putting in the surgeon ' s knifo . At a late hour the jury acquitted Pvm .

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      Mr. Coofeb (Author Of "The Turgatory Of ...

      Mr . Coofeb ( author of "The _Turgatory of Suicides" ) begs to inform several localities from whieh he has receired applications , that he bas made positive engagements for Suuday evening lectures to the commencement of May : namely , March loth , at the Parthenium ; 22 nd aad 29 th , at tlie City HaU ; April 5 tb , at the Partheninm ; 12 th and 19 th , at the South London HaU , Webber-street ; April 26 th and May 3 rd , at the Johnstreet Institution , Tottenham Court-road . _Vetekak Patbiots' asd _Ehles' Widows axd _Childses's Funds . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 2 s . from P . S ., Chartist seaman of Stockton-on-Tees , and of os . from the Birmingham Chartist Co-operative Land Society , meeting in Rea-street ( per Mr . Walter

      Thorn ) . The half-yearly public meeting , for presentation of accounts and election of officers , wiU be held in the City Chartist Hall , Turnagain-lane , to-morrow ( Sunday ) , at three in the afternoon precisely . —Thomas _Coopeb _, Secretary , IS * , Blackfriar's-road . A . Pettit , Somers Tows . — Xo such resolution was received at this office last week , and this week its pubication is unnecessary , as the estate tspurdiMed " . Johs Bpddes , Susdeblasd . — _VTe are sorry to he obliged to say that he is liable to the poor-rate , and there is only one way of relieving himself , and that is by the working classes of Eng land insisting upon such a government as will not leave a pauper m the land . W . W __—We don ' s remember receiving the lines you

      _spsak of . j ___\ r "Address to the working classes of Great Britain and the United States" ( sixth page ) , in the , twemythirdlineof the fourth paragraph of this address tlie -words " either of the contending parties , Ac . " occur The word " contending " must be read " contractin < f' — " either ofthe contracting parries giving the other , & c ., & c . " " ~

      I Glorious Sews For The I Working Classe...

      i GLORIOUS SEWS FOR THE I WORKING CLASSES . AN ESTATEPURCHASED ! We stop the press to announce the purchase of an estate by the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , in the county of Herts , about fifteen miles from London , consisting of 103 acres of capita ) land . The purchase-money for this estate—the hrst landed property possessed by the working classes—is £ 1 , 860 ! Being at thc rate of £ 18 per acre : just 15 s . per acre less than the sum stated In the rules . nURRAH FOR THE LAND AND THE CHARTER !!

      Receipts Op The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      RECEIPTS OP THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY .

      SHABES . rEB MB . O ' COSSOB . £ s . d . Ashtoii-under-Lyne , par E . Hobson _.. .. 8 110 Tonbridge Wells .. .. .. 710 Mr . Foxton , Woburn Cottage , TavUtoek-squarc 5 4 4 Brighton , Artichoke locality .. .. .. 063 George Hedfearn , Somerset Chapel .. .. 5 4 10 Aberdeen , per J . Eraser .. .. .. 090 Upton , per Wm . Brown « .. 014 J nines Powell .. .. •• •• 0 11 4 W . J . O . Wilkinson , Esq ., Exeter .. .. 544 _X' lymoutli _. perE . Robertson .. .. « 4 17 llj Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. «• 4 12 3 15 ury , per Dennis Wilson .. .. .. 200 Llanellv , per Thomas Dec .. _.. .. o 6 o Sheffield [ secretary ' s name not mentioned ] ,. 3 13 9

      Xonvich , per Jonathan Hurry .. .. .. 3 18 8 Rochdale , per Edward Mitchell 2 0 0 Dewsbury , per J . Rouse 4 13 10 Derby , per W . Crabtree 4 11 0 Stockpurt , per Thomas _Woodhouse _.. .. 200 Manchester , per J . Murray 41 4 7 _Leeds , per W . Brook 1 ° J » ° Glasgow , per James Smith .. .. 3 13 8 Collie , per James _Holgate .. » .. 6 1 11 Kirk , per Thomas Hull 1 u * _Xt-wcastle-oii-Tyne _, per M . Judc .. 2 17 4 Northampton , per W . Munday _« 5 ° Jlnulford , per J . _Alderson .. .. 500 South Shields , per Jolm Patrick .. .. a 0 0 Todmorden , per James Mitchell .. 200 Wigton , per Thomas Hell .. " . ° } ,. The sum auuouuccd from Glasgow last weak should

      have been las ., and not 12 s . — _-JL _^ -- _* _lEVV . FOE THE _LiKD COSFEBENCB . f _^ _O- _*™

      PEB HB . _OCUKNOR . George Redfcarn .. .. .. .. .. 006 Aberdeen , per J . Frasor .. .. .. riyinoutli , ]> er E . Robertson .. .. .. 003 Norwich , pur Jonathan Hurrv .. .. ,. 0 0 6 _Dewshurv , per J . Rouse * .. .. » u ° ** _Wigtwi , per J . Bell 0 0 9 LEW _VOB DIRECTORS . PEB OB . o ' cO . _S . NOli . James Powell .. .. .. .. " 1 J _Sunderland , per William DobUe .. 0 2 ' - Norwich , per Jonathan Hurry .. .. .. 0 0 10 Dewshurv , per J . House .. .. .. 00 * _Wigtou , per Thomas Hell " <* jjL _, NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . 7 jL

      EXECUTIVE . _teb Ma . o ' cossob . George Gouk , Southampton 0 3 3 Northampton , per Thomas Kerns .. .. 0 14 6 Joseph Hague 0 10 John Scott , Massachusetts , America .. .. 050 Shelton , per John Moss 16 0 From the Chartists of Greenwich and Deptford , per Mr . Waghorn _, .. .. M „ 0 10 0 _1 J , -- victim _fosd . TEB HK . O ' CONNOg ., _Gtorge Gouk , Southampton „ ,, 019

      Receipts Op The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      _VElkJAN rATBlOTS' AND EXILES' WIDOWS' FUSD . PEE MB . O _' _CONNOB . Ketghley , perP . Wcatherliead .. .. .. _i o 0 BBTAK ? EEBT ' S WIDOW . _f _£ B m . o ' connob . Messrs . Welch , BirmiiiS lmm 10 0 John Shaw , _Commercial-ro a < 1 « .. .. 2 6 _NATIONAL _ASTMHMTU FOND . FEB . HE . O _' C _-OSNOB . J . Sweet , Nottingham .. _« .. .. o 0 9 Thomas Good , Mount Ketteriug .. .. 050 RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE

      LAND SOCIETY . SHAKES . PEB _QENEEAt , _SECKETIBT . * « * „ £ 8 . d . _Caiuberwell , Score- Rouen n _ q tar / . 3 0 0 Dorking .. .. o 5 o Oxford .. .. 3 14 0 Robert hell .. .. 2 12 4 _Can-iugtoi 0 2 0 Mr . Elliott .. ,. 2 12 2 Rotheilmm . ; .. 415 8 Collumpton .. .. 430 Westminster .. 650 Oxford .. .. 050 Crown and Anchor 0 5 4 Dunfermline .. 040 Charles Foley .. 014 Mottram .. .. 2 0 0 Devizes .. .. 211 0 . Sudbury „ .. 200

      Merthyr , per Morganl 0 6 Hull 3 0 0 James Morris .. 050 Todmorden .. 826 _Halifax .. .. 1 6 _U Trowbridge .. .. 050 CABDS AND BOIES . // Z 7 / , Dorkimj .. .. 014 Norwich .. .. 0 610 Oxford .. .. 010 Oldham .. .. 044 LEW FOB THE LAND CONFERENCE . 1 i Brighton .. .. 009 Dorking .. .. o " T 6 _Eldi-rslie .. .. O 8 S Westminster .. 0 0 G Norwich . .. .. 003 Oxford .. „ 008 Lower Warley .. 0 0 a Sheffield .. . " . 0 0 6 Carrington .. .. 026 Todmorden .. .. 003 Devizes .. .. 003 Secretary .. .. 0 1 0

      LEVI FOB DIBECTOBS . Brighton .. .. 0 3 6 _Stalevbridge .. 017 Carlisle .. .. 0 1 3 Stockport .. .. 075 Darleston .. .. 006 Westminster .. 00 C Boulogne .. .. 024 Camberwell .. .. 0 1 0 Norwich .. .. 006 Brighton .. .. 020 lower IVarley .. 014 Lauiherhead-grcen 006 _«« ' _¦>• 0 0 7 Rochdale .. .. 013 Newcastle-on-Tyne 0 1 3 Oldham .. ,, 018 Bromsgroea .. 009 Pershore .. ., 040 Dorking .. .. 0 1 2 L 4 . ' ' _, ( _i j . ' NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION UPEB GENEBAL SECBETABY , *" _- _^ ' " Carrington .. .. 0 4 0 Crispin , _RotherhitheO 1 0 Bromsgrove .. .. 050 Sheffield .. .. 028 W . Salmon , 1 month 0 0 6 Leicester Shak .

      X . Salmon , ditto .. 0 0 6 spcarians .. .. 030 Westuiiustcr .. 930 Do , profits on Sfar 018 Mr . Clark's lecture , Brighton .. .. 030 Turnugain-lane .. 0 5 7 } Several sums for the Exiles' Committee will appcarnext week . Thojias Martin Wheeler , Secretary .

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      Monday. Wamtkd.—A Liberal Salary Will Be...

      MONDAY . Wamtkd . —A liberal salary will be given to any RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN who will undertake to furnish us with , say one column of manufactured news for Mondays ; as , really , the morning papers have been recently wholly destitute of news on that day . Tub Gb . vtlhme ! j op the Housh of _Commoxs . — We are told that we should receive our pronunciation from the senate , the bar , the pulpit , and the stage . It is fortunate , however , that we are not directed to receive our manners from , or to adopt the language ofthe senate—as liar , blackguard , cheat , bloodhound ,

      rufhan , monster , cold-blooded villain , appear to constitute the stock in trade of the polite Commons . The row , the blackguard row , between Ferrand , Roebuck , D ' Israeli , Dr . Bowring , friend Bright , and Saint Harry Inglis , would have disgraced a brothel , but was in perfect keeping with the decorum of tlie house . Of course , as our object is to paint men in their real colours , we give the debate as we found it , while we feel some apology due to our virtuous , simple hearted readers for being compelled by the fashion oi the day to turn their paper into a chronicle of blackguardism .

      Ihe Corn Trade . — " Not all the king ' s horses , nor all the king ' s men , can put roley poley on the wall again . " Tumble , tumble , tumble , is the order of the day , and the patriotism of the millers will not induce them to give one farthing beyond tlie necessity price lor corn . Trade . —From every manufacturing town the accounts are most gloomy , and Leeds , which used to furnish the one bright speck in . the black table , has now been overcast . \ Ve learn that in that town trade grows worse , and that more men are unemployed now than at the same period last year .

      _Moset asd Shake Market . —These branches of traffic keep the wits of the jobbers upon a continual strain . Nobody dares to sell , and nobody ventures to buy—in fact , a greater dulness has pervaded 'Change than has been remembered for some time . Of course corn stagnation , trade stagnation , and plunder stagnation , are one and all attributed to the uncertaint y and _despondency created by the great debate .

      _ICELAND . The JIdrdersd Seery . —The case of Bryan Seery . the unfortunate Catholic , who was recently murdered at Mullingar , continues to occupy the attention of the country and the house . We have this moment receired a Post-oflice order for £ 1 from two excellent brothers of the name of Welch , of Birmingham , for the wife and family of the murdered man . The virtuous grand jury for tlie county of Westmeath have sent an indignant resolution to the virtuous Home Secretary , denying that a deputation of blooduounds from that county had waited upon thc Lord Lieutenant to demand the blood of poor Seery . Those gentlemen knew full well that the deputation consisted of _gentlemen from the county of Roscommon—a fact which has not been denied , and must not be forgotten . We are making every inquiry to discover the names of these gentlemen , in order that we may hand them down to posterity as a pack ot bloodhounds .

      Coercion . —The Lush press is now beginning to make a little splutter about- coercion . It is the practice with those patriots to tolerate an abuse in its infancy , in order that they may profit by noisy opposition to its further growth . While the press and the patriots are indignant , the Liberator and the joints of his tail , that hare followed liim to Saxon land , are lisping soft appeals to the Saxons , and allowing the coercion government to gain strength . Oh ! for a dozen Irishmen in the Ilouse of Commons who would tako the first bench upon the floor , opposite the Minister , on the night that the Coercion Bill is introduced , and who , upon the monfter _bi-ing read a first time , would rise simultaneously , and , with clenched fists , say tothe minister , "Then Ireland shall rebel against your tyranny ; as a high Tory authority has left it upon record , ' That it is as much the duty of thc people to rebel against a corrupt Parliament as against a tyrannical Prince !'"

      TUESDAY . The first news that presents itself this morning , is the unanimous vote of thanks passed in both Houses of Parliament to oiir officers and soldiers , who have slaughtered the Indians in their own country . We wonder that some honourable gentleman was not struck with the propriety of moving , as an amendment , that the thanks were due to tho native Indians for tlieir just and courageous attempt to repossess themselves of the territory we stole from them . We presume tliat friend Bright , at all events , absented himself from this unbecoming ceremony ; but perhaps the honourable member for Rochdale views it as a portion of commercial policy , and is in favour of FREE TRADE IN BLOOD .

      Lord Liscoln Again . ' —This noble lord is determined upon making an egregious ass of himself . Being well thrashed in South Nottinghamshire , he has allowed a Mr . Bayley , of Mansfield , to make a tool of him in the northern division , where the further defeat of the noble lord will tend to give increased confidence to the Protectionists throughout the country . Peel axd the Parsons . — We learn from many agricultural districts that each pulpit is fairly turned into

      A drum _ecclesias-tic , and that the meek and mild followers of Christ everywhere vow fire-and-faggot vengeance agaiust the apostate Peel , for his audacious presumption in attempting to arrest a threatened liimine , the result of which may be a sweeping investigation into the general causes of distress , and the discovery that it arises from the fact of the shepherd eating up all that belongs to the flock . The Laxd Society . —The most important news of this day is , that Messrs , O'Connor and Doyle devoted ten hours to travelling to , and examining a freehold property of 103 acres , beautifully situated in Hertfordshire , and pre-eminently calculated to commence

      operations upon . It is to be sold by auction , on Friday next , and if to be had for the value it will be the people ' s by Friday night . There is one circumstance connected with this farm , and not of a peculiar nature , for all others are similarly circumstanced , but which we cannotforbear mentioning . The value of the land is , as nearly as possible , £ 100 per annum , and the amount of tithe rent charge is nearly £ 25 a-year , allowing that the parsons have one-fourth of the rental of the country . Wc mentioned this circumstance to a friend who recently purchased a property worth £ l > 0 a-year , nnd he observed thatit was lower than his tithe , as he paid over £ 27 a-year , or nearly one-third ofthe value .

      IRELAND . Ji UALipicATiox of a _Peer . — Poor Lord Lincoln , being _druiuiied out of the several divisions of Nottingham , is , it appears , to be elevated to thc peerage , or , as some say , yet to come in for a pocket borough _, ihcre are various rumours , somo asserting that he is to go back to the Woods and Forests , and not to Ireland as chief secretary , and others , that he will be pitch-forked in for a borough . Now , let us sec whether this fabrication of peers is constitutional , and if constitutional , whether it- is constitutionally practised . Let us , for argument ' s sake , admit that it is constitutional , then , as to tho practice , it ow __ ht not to be in violation of common decency . The o ' , evation to the peerage ought to depend upon _qualification , and not upon distpialilication , as we shpjl shew . Manners Sutton lost the Speakership aud . thocou-

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      SiTmtdv houae ' AND 0 F COURSE , OF THE ¦ _vOUrUtll— as the country represents the houseand he is sent to the Lords as Lord Canterbury . So with Abercrombie , the _rummest Speaker that ever the world saw ; he loses the confidence of constituents , house and all , and he goes tothe Upper _Uouse as Lord Dunfermline . So with Sir Henry _larnefl ; no constituency would have him , and he becomes my Lord Congleton . So with Paul Methuen ; 16 "f' _" _Mltehne , and goes to the Upper Ilouse as Lord Methuen . So with Littletonthe most

      un-, lortunate secretary that Ireland ever _saiv , and lie becomes Lord Ilatherton . So with Spring Rice , Loid _Monteaglc—Beilby Thompson is beaten in Yorkshire , and he becomes Lord Wenlock . But the cases are innumerable , and perhaps we may shortly have to add Lord Lincoln to the number . Now , we will shew how this is unconstitutional . The electors declare them unfitted for thc initiative process of law-making , and the Crown declares them fitted for the more important duty of revising , reconstructing , or rejecting laws .

      FOREIGN . America . —No Vote ! xo Musket ! I—We have ofteii told our readers the story of the old lady who complained ao ofteii of being ill that nobody would believe her , and at last she said , " she was sure she'd be obliged to die to convince her nei ghbours that she was sick . " Now , we hope that we shall not be obliged to die to convince our neighbours that we were right . It is now more than a year and a half since we confidently announced the fact , that the Oregon question would lead to a rupture betweeu Eugland and America ; and it is some months since we further announced , that the non-intervention question was the topic in the President ' s message to which the league of _kines aud tlieir tools would take

      exception . We stated this a fortnight before M . Guizot made his celebrated declaration . We closel y watched the proceedings of Congress and the American people , and we laid our conclusions , based upon the facts of the case , before the country . We cautioned the people against the attempt of the newspapers ( one aud all of which were written for Stock Exchange and trafficking purposes ) , to lull the public mind into a culm . We told the people that that calm was necessary , as well for the furtherance of Sir Robert Peel ' s commercial poliey , as f _» r the furtherance of the interest of the jobbers . Many of those jobbers have since sold their

      stock . Upon the subject of the Militia Bill , we announced , that of course government would postpone its final operations for two reasons—firstly , from the fear of apprising the Americans ; and secondly , from a disinclination to incur the expense unless it became absolutely necessary . We find , from the communications that have taken place between Lord Aberdeen and the American ambassador in London , Mr . Buchanan , that Lord Aberdeen has been telling lies as fast as a horse could trot , aud that poor simple Jonathan has either been deceived by him , or has deceived his government at Washington . Lord Aberdeen assures Mr . Buchanan that the increase in

      our armv and navy was not in consequence of any anticipated rupture with America . What a lie Why it was for that , and nothing elas . However , be all tliese things as they may , it now appears decided that we are to have a war with America ; and it is equally clear that we are to have a militia , and it is as clear that our eyes were open when the people ' s eyes were shut , and that we were telling them the truth , while the press was telling them lie 3 for the mere purpose of keeping up the funds , and foi the pleasure of deceiving thc people . We shall now have the Militia Bill . We shall now have the

      ko vote ! no musket !! question agitated in tho _tftar , whether the people agitate it or not , and then let every miserable wretch , whose own apathy shall have been the cause of his own suffering , blame . himself if he finds himself under the lash of the drummer , ujjder the tire of Americans fighting for the democratic principle , or undvr the torture of his wounds , fighting the battle of oppression and misrule . Again , we sav NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! PoLAXD . —We call attention to the attempt being now made by the brave Poles to throw off the yoke of their tyrant .

      WEDNESDAY . Free Trade . —By the division upon Mr . Villiers ' amendment for free trade , it will be seen that the Protectionists yet cling to the lingering hope of rallying the country against the progressive free trade poliey of Sir Robert Peel . Thk _Louds and the Prime Minister . — The speech of Lord George Bentinck , last night , gives awful warning of what the country is yet to expect .

      " sunns—pas _vatnu !" Subdued , not conquered—or rather betrayed , not conquered—appears tobe the motto ofthe Protection party . Lord George says— "We are not beaten , WE'LL FIGHT THE BATTLE FROM POST TO PILLAR . ( Bravo , QUI TAM . ) Why not from distance-post to winning-post ? Why not from heat to heat ? And then he says— '' We'll go to the country and fight it there . " We wonder if Lord George has calculated what he'll get from the country . Now , we would give those gentlemen one bit of timely advice ; if they are to come to the country , we would recommend them to agree upon "A CRY , " and a ; good cry—a better cry than " Church and Protection for native industry . "

      The Franchise . —By reference to the debates in Parliament it will he seen that at last the Protectionists are beginning to discover the deficiencies , the follies , and imperfections of the Reform Bill ; and are now looking out for protection through an extended franchise . Brown-bread Joseph lias again revived the HOUSEHOLD SUFFRAGE STANDARD , and all argue the necessity of establishing some defined standard which all will understand . In our letters to Mr . Cobden upon the franchise portion of free trade , it will be borne in mind that we stated the effect that free trade in coin would have upon the present franchise . We showed that it would disfranchise the £ 50 tenants at will , numbering 107 , 000 ; that is , that it would disfranchise all who now pay

      exactly £ 50 a year , or even £ 60 a year , or £ 70 a year , because the farm held now at £ 70 , and giving a vote at £ 50 , will not be worth £ -50 when the Corn Law is repealed ; so that the franchise then would be a £ 70 , and not a £ 50 tenancy at will . Well , one of two things must occur to remedy this evil ; the landlords must either look for a £ 20 franchise at will , or must knock their present £ 50 farms into larger holdings . So with houses . We showed Mr . Cobden that every house worth now only £ 10 , would be disfranchised , and upon the whole , we have not the shadow of a doijbt upon our minus that one of two things will occur—either that the Lords , headed by Stanley and Richmond , will

      throw out the bill , upon thc pretext that the country should be tested upon the principle of free trade ; or that Peel will resign , and that tlie Whigs will attempt to delude the country with the promise of a vastly extended franchise . The country must therefore be prepared , while it avoids _Scyll . _-i , not to fall upon Carybdis ; while it refuses coalition with the Tory lords , not to fall upon the worst rock of compromise with thc Whig Commons . We know our vessel , she is as tight a bark as ever-weathered a gale ; we know the soundings of the river , and every rock in the channel ; we know our crew , and are ready to go to sea with the certainty ofa prosperous voyage , if those for whom we embark onlv cheer us with tlieir eouiitenance-BUT VICTORY WE WILL HAVE

      THIS TIME ! The Farmers asd the Price of Wheat . —In our letter to Tom Crone , in 1841 , we laid down what the price of wheat would be in the English market if the Corn Laws were repealed , and we stated it at 25 s . a quarter . Last night Lord George Bentinck read statistical accounts furnished from experience , by persons who had been in the trade for forty years , showing that wheat could be imported into this country at something under 25 s . a quarter . Is it not curious how noble lords and squires arc obliged to do justice , tardy justice , to our superior knowledge ' { and for publishing which we were branded with the stamp of folly . We now tell Lord George Bentinck , that when the Corn Laws are repealed , that wheat , both English and foreign , will be sold UNDER TWENTY-FIVE SHILLINGS PER QUARTER ; and we tell thc _labouring man , that if he does not force OTHER CONCESSIONS from

      government , that he will hud it more difficult then to purchase a quarter of wheat for 25 s . than he would now find it to purchase a quarter of wheat for 05 s . ; and we tell him more , that in the midst of this new distress thc masters would make more profits while wheat was at the lower price . " Then , why support thc measure ? " says sonic wiseacre . We do not support the measure further than aa a means to an end —the onl y means by which we could secure the only profitable end—the People ' s Charter and the Land . If this blow had not come , the operatives and

      trades would have gone on muddling and growling , growling and _compvomising , compromising and brawling , brawling and threatening , threatening and surrendering , until politics at last settled down into this disgusting course of compromise . This measure is the spur . This measure is the general invitation of the industrious of all classes , shopkeepers , mechanics , trades , operatives , artificers , and labourers , to unite as one body against the griping capitalists , who , through the uncontrolled power of machinery , absorb all that should be divided amongst all .

      Couoen asd tub Country . — Last night , in the Ilouse oi Commons , Cobden threatened to come back to thc country , i" ( be event of the Lords throwing out the government measure . Were we not beforehand with Mr . Cobden ? Did wc not tell the country last week that that was the very emergency we should be prepared for ? And we now tell the country , that if the Lords do throw the measure out , and if Cobden . nnd the League do attempt to rouse tho country upon the mere free trade question , the country must call upon THEIR LEADER ( Duncp _. rabu ) to take the field upon thc country ' s principle , and thus to test the country ' s principlo against tbe League principle . Wo will hold liis hat , and be satisfied to holdup one hand , aye , both hands , for our own princi p les . If khc country is to go to an election , in order that the Lords and Commons should be advtitised of the country ' s leeling , it shall not be

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      confined to Chui'flh _flud i fotection upon the one hand ! or free trade and corn upon the . other . . Chartists ' dissolution threatens , war threatens , _coercion threatens , faction is in danger ; a nation can't bo subdued except by its own folly , » people can't be conquered but by themselves ; they can t conquer but for themselves ; call out your local leaders , re-decorate your banners , re-paint your Peterloo slaughter flag , _reiresh your household mottoes , for , believe ns , tbat you will be called upon once more to rally under them , or to crouch under the banner of LOW WAGES , cheap bread , too much to do , dominion of capital , extended commerce , deserted hearth , and abject slavery .

      Peel and Stanley . —In 1840 we wrote a dream for Peel , and in that dream we represented iiim as lamenting the recovery of Lord Derby , the father of Lord Stanley ; and we represented him as most anxious to shelve Stanley in the House of Lords . Ihat s another ot our prophecies that has been fulfilled ; and now wc represent him as full of regret for having furnished the old fogies with so reckless a young leader , and with having furnished the old dotard Wellington with so dangerous an antagonist Again , we repeat that it is more than absurd that Iriah famine should be made the ground of the present measure , while the whole season is likely to be exhausted i n debating i t . Monet Markht . —Jn spite of the profligate prm ,

      the American news has knocked the funds down more than one per cent ., while all other interests , share market and all , partake of tlie general despondency . " When will England be great abiwd ? " Answer ; " When she is great at home . " "When will tbat be ? " Answer : " When all who are disinherited b y machinery shall be able to possess themselves of land enough , at a fair rait , for the employment of their own industry ; when there are no pauper laws , and when England will iacrease in wealth in proportion as she increases in population ; when machinery shall be man ' s holiday instead of man ' s curse ;¦ and when the People ' s Charter shall he recognised as the fair , the legitimate , the only mode of _develophijf tlie resources of the country , of adjusting its necessary burthens , and of distributing its productions , " '

      IRELAND , Bryan Seery . —Tho country is not forgetting that the Irish Catholic was murdered by Protestants ,- and we are determined that ihe Saxons shan't foryet it . Co . nch , jation Hail . —Nothing worthy of comment took place this week . The amount of rent was £ 204 . See amount of Land-rent advertised in * cur columns . Did we not say that the steady devotion of Chartism would boat the trafficking excitement' of Repeal iii the long run ! Lord Memiouiine as » the Re' _* e _* . aii > Association . — The following letter was read at Conciliation Hall , _, from the late Whig Prime Minister : — South-street , Feb . 21 .

      Sir , —I beg leave to acknowledge your lett » r of the 28 th inst ., and to inform yowin reply , that it is my decided opinion that tlie measure now before ihe llousu of Lords , which has for its object the more cft ' _ectual prevention , and the more certain discovery , of ths frightful crimes whicli prevail in many parts of Inland , has clearly been delayed too long , and cannot now be pressed with too much celerity . I remain , Sir , your fuitliful and obedient servant , _MlXIWBllNE . The Disease ik the Potatoes _^ _-AVc take the following from the Tralee Chronicle : —

      Oivcn illoymhiui , of Alniish , in the -vicinity of Killarney , an industrious farmer , and a tenant to Mr , i > aniol Uronin , of the Park , has communicated to us the result of an experiment tried by him , not only on his last potatoe crop , but on those of several previous years . In the middle of August last , he states , wanting fodder for liis cattle , he cut down the stalks of nearly two acres of potatoes , leaving a few patches , at the ends of some of thc ridges uncut . The result was , that , while thc people of the country round lost a large portion of theiv crop hy tlie rot , he has had potutoos of the finest quality and iu the

      most healthy condition—with this exception ,, that those dug where the stalks had uot beeu cut all rotted . He states that he never had a failure since he adopted this course . Ho thus accounts for this favourable result last season . He says that there was a severe frost in tte middle of last September , to which he and many , practical mun attribute much of the fearful epidemic . By destroying " life in the stalk , " he argues , the channel of communication by which the frost would have acted on the potatoe crap was cut off . Whatever may he said of the theory , it is quite certain that the practice has-proved eminently efficacious .

      Now , by reference to our work on " Small Farms , " it will be seen that we estimate the value of the stalks of an acre of potatoes at more than a year ' s rent . There is only one observation that we shall make upon the above : it is this—that , by earlier planting , the stalks may be cut down in July , wliich would save the chance of a month ' s damage from frost . We never had a damaged or a lad potatoe when we planted whole seed , and we have sometimes luul as much as from forty ' to fifty acres a year , and always sold under the market-price , and planted for the purpose of keeping prices down during the scarcemonths .

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      THE TEN HOUKS' BILL . GREAT _MEETINC-TaT MANCHESTER . On Monday evening . ! public meeting of thefiictory operatives , and other inhabitants of Manchester anil Salford , was held in the large room ofthe Town-hall , King-street , "forthe purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament tor an efficient Ten Hours' Bill . " Tiie Rev . C . D . Wray , A . M ., Canon of Manchester , presided . There were present on the platform , the Right Hon . Lord Ashley , the Revs . W . Huntington , A . M ., T . It . Bentley , M . A ., R . Hutchinson , and VY . B . Flower , Mr . Thomas Fielding , die . The room , long before the hour at which tue business of the meeting commenced , was crammed to overflowing , and hundreds were unable to obtain admission .

      The Cimirmax said it was . nearly two years since he was their chairman on a similar occasion to the present . He could assure them that no change whatever had taken place in his mind on the subject . He still thought as lie always had done , that a man toiling for ten hours a day at any labour was quite as long as human nature was able to bear , or ought to bear . ( Cheers . ) [ Atthis moment Lord Ashley was announced , and ascended the platform amidst the simultaneous and protracted greetings of all present . After the cheering had subsided , the chairman resumed . ] It was not individuals of the present that tliey blamed , but the system . The ' millowners , taking them generally , were kind and considerate to their workpeople us any body of tradesmen possibly

      could be . Ihe practice ot working long hours had got so firmly established that nothing would put it down but the strong arm of the law . ( Ileaivhear . ) lie really believed that if the inillowneriij _^^ sulted their own individual interests- " , they _wodfi || ffi _* u just as much work accomplished intlie ten hOunras twelve , and of a far better kind , for the reason that the opera live towards the close of the day , would not find himself so thoroughly worn out as lie does at the present . ( Hear , hear . ) He concluded by remarking that the object of the present meeting was to endeavour to persuade the government to listen to their prayer , and to grant the operative cotton spinners a Ten Hours' Bill , He doubted not that truth would prevail at last . ( Cheers . ) vail at last . ( Cheers . )

      The Rev . W . IIuntingtox then moved , in a speech of much earnestness and force-That this meeting deeply sympathizes with the factory workers of this district , many of whom are of tender years , and are compelled to labour in factories for a period in each day which is incompatible with the development of their physical strength , and the cultivation of their minds . The Rev . R . IIutciiirsox having seconded the resolution , it was carried unanimously . Considerable interruption took place during the delivery of the rev . gentleman ' s speech , arising from tho overcrowded state of tlie room . ( Cries of " Outside , " "Adjourn , " " Can ' t hear , " and " Oastler , " mingled alternately amidst the uproar , wliich lasted for several minutes , notwithstanding the endeavours ofthe chairman to restore quietude . ) After order had in some degree been obtained ,

      The Chairman said he was very sorry that the room was not large enough—indeed , had it been ten times as large , it would , he had no doubt , have been crowded just thc same , it was quite impossible to adjourn outside that time of night ; if they were to do so , it would be so dark as to render the assembly being seen quite out of tke question , and the crowd would be so large that there would not be any possibility of hearing better than in the room . Mr . T . Fielden moved , and J . Schollield , an operative cotton-spinner , seconded , — "That in the opinion of this meeting , the present system of working long hours in factories is prejudicial to the best interests of the country , inasmuch as it returds the progress of moral cultivation , and the extension of a good understanding between masters and men , which is essential to the welfare of thc rising generation . " The resolution was supported

      by-Lord Ashley , who , on rising , was greeted with deafening and protracted cheers . On silence being restored ; he said , some of their excellent friends who had undertaken the arrangements of that meeting had desired Unit fie should come forward at that period to support the resolution which had just been proposed to them , lie was very happy to accede to that request ; and he would take that opportunity of saying a few words in explanation of the progress ofthe measure , and the hopes wliich were entertained for its final success . ( Hear . ) He was exceedingly

      sorry that tliey should be so greatly incommoded by the extremely crowded state of the room , and that there should be so many who were uot able to obtain admission at all . He was sorry and he was glad ; sorry that tliey could not accede to the request that they should adjourn outside , as that would be highly improper , and glad , bteause it showed the vast number of those who felt a desire to be there , whicli was a universal argument that the question had not ., nor should not , lose anything of its permanent , its _decplv-rooted popularity , ( Hear , hear , ) _He w _^ ' _in-

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      rited by them to come tow . _^ _»« hesu : communicate with them outto _/ _jr _^'^ _T _^^ S * _" *} _, _^ He confessed he was very glad _Jfldafu _™ _«*«¦ " ° « ' _« invitation , because it showed tliat _tlieiK _'" _* , V _?» and their confidence in hiin , remained umiUati _* .. _® was glad , too , because he wished to come dotffl /» _W to communicate encouragement to thera , and _fotit them to receive some _hhnself . ( Hear , hear . )' Believing it to be hh duty to support ihe abolition of protective duties , he could not in _liiscoiiscicncsiklict _* vote against the measures introduced bv her

      Majesty s Minister , nor could he take the uiidetwmi » ed course ol Absenting himself from the house at . d not voting at all , as the question was far too vital tu ths interests of the great community to be _trcati-d like a question that might be pasted over in _uIuk-u . Jn the year JSil _, when he _ivas a candidate for Dorset _, he did , both iu writing and speaking , hold out such language that _creaieilin the minds ol die eketors such an understanding , thai if he were retwriieu to Parliament he should pursue a certain line of conduct until he saw a sufficient reason to change tktti line of

      conduct , and his constituents saw no reason to change theirs , flow , then , nwlerthose _eiraimswMifes , sould he _regulaletlwliakiicBOjlk-rwisc , than by resigning his seat and p lacing parfein tho same pssitiou that they were in l $£ i by allowing them to i-. cek- _another representative' { lie knew 1 >' _» U weil that it would expose him to the lintel of »? ftiremciit _from-pubiie life—rho knew full well that-it would prevent-him , for a time at feast , , from the support ot the p _* . _* esenc question , to whicli he hud gives , he might _suf , ihe greater _portion of his li _^ J . _(• llw , hear . ) It was"hot wjlhout much pain that he cam ** to tne conclusion that such a _com'so _was-iscossary _,. lmt he rejoiced to say that lie did eome to tliat" _conclusion , and Iter thaiAed God for it-,: for so far from having

      _itjiuiedtheir cause , at no time did i * stand so wed as it now * dots ra the feelings , tho estimation , anil the opiniort of all _classcs-uf society .- (> ' ¦ Wesr , hear , " and loud cheers . ) He would tell ihetn another thingthat had lie remained hi -Parliament- he Uu no means of serving them and _csfoers in their condition—lie had no means of preventing the _mniiUttiaing of this great ! and secinl qucstiuii _i _-except so far as he had to stand npon a ammeter i ' or _lionutw ; wd _integrity . ( Hear , hear . ) If he had done anything , tliat would in the least degree have directed su _* pio ' n »> . . to his motives , anything that could have allowed- _j-artics to east upon-hiin tiie slightest imputiuU . n * ihut he was not acting an _henourabiu part ,-fie niight , i . 5 was true , have remained in the House of * Commons , have

      made liis speech , and taken a more resolute stand ; but he should have felt that his _; io « er was _jjone from him , and a _conserientiousness that- he _sbo'iid have been , to all _itdeuts and purposes , , _a-pnniiyzeif ,. impotent man . He did not lies tale to say : that that had ; a very material tfet on his deliberations , Mid he felt thankful for the course he had adopted ; although it had cost hi }» Itis-seat . ( Hear . ) Lie hoped ,, however , by God ' s _ble . -sing , that the time wits not lav remote , when he should recover it , that he might return with teii 4 * fd vigour and zeal to serve their cause _tlwn even if he had nut for a time been rejected . He would observe , that wherever he went he * found the opposition to She ' Ten _Houra' question very : considerably abated , _andhem-juicLd to say , tliat ali ! _iou « ti

      many would not give _uiitei-taiiinu-nt io the full cuustdorafcion of the question , yet he cou . d observe that there was m great inclination to abate the stringency of their funnier opposition , by . _offering something like a middle term . ( Hear , hear . ) , ltrfiowedi that they were preparing to _di-p _,-, i t from die ground they had originally taken up , and the meeting _, might depend upon ii , tliat a departure from tliat ground they had conceded to- ihcm tlie principle , and pretty nearly the whole of the argument . ( Hear _,, hear . ) There was one subjeae particularly that lie should like to bring before the meeting , because thcre were certain i » ni _'* nant—he would in t- say malicious—persons , who supposed that he might have been induced to resign ins seat from a desire to

      disengage _hifliaeff . from tfte present questii-n , _findiivg his opinions were changed ,, ami that he was neary _.-oi _" thc labours which attended * it . Now could tliey suppose that a- public ninn , having so _luiuhto lose , having so much stuck , would take such an opportunity to abandon his seat in Parliament , and to retire altogether to private life , for the purpose of . " getting rid of such a question asthc present , which had reached the summit it had , and which , to every thinking mind , appeared to be at no very groat distance front its final consummation ? lie heard a Minister say , and lie dare say that those words had not been-overlooked by ihe _present meeting ; if so , he _would-scojuest them to dwell attentively upon them . That Minister said , " that

      he was determined no further concession should be made ; that no alteration of the Corn Laws , nor the introduction of other enactments ,, would induce him to abate in the least degree his stern and lasting opposition . " Now , he ( Lord Ashley , ) hoped that they wonld let this be tlieir consolation , —that Ministers might bo led to change their minds-. That was one thing . ( Hear , hear .. ) . . Another thing was , her _Majesty might change her Ministers-, and then they might probably get a Ministry with wiser heads and better liearts on the subject . Bu _^ whether it might be the present or any future Ministry that was to rule the destiny of this realm , lie trusted that the operatives would hold fast to their determination . ( "Hear , hear , " and cheers . ) lie pivmised thtiu

      faithfully , that either within the walls or without the walls of Parliament ,, he would ever go hi art and soul , with them , and would not _<; ive in lor one moment till they had obtained the full meed of all that justice , morality , and humanity _nquired . ( Loud cheers . ) He begged them to refresh their 1111 mwies . and think of those men who had at the outset of the business borne the heat and burden of the day . ( Hear , fcear . ) His great and good friend Sadler was one who had done much , but who had now gone to his rest . There was another good and sincere friend of theirs , on whom only a minute ago his eye chanced to fall , and he would mention him with that title he so richly deserved , he meant his friend Richard Oastler . ( Loud and protracted cheers . ) In conclusion , Lord Ashley called upon them to persevere in

      thecourso whicli tliey lnid begun , in that moderate , that dignified , that forbearing course ; in that decency and dignity of language and manner towards the employers , whicli would raise them in the estimation of their countrymen and all civilised Europe , —to progress in that course with daily and earnest prayer to God that He would restore harmony , and limilly establish justice amongst all classes of tha community . In pursuing such a course , he had no doubt that in a very short space of time he should stand there , or , he hoped , in a room live times as large , to hear them say that ihey had obtained at last , by God ' s goodness , a complete and a final triumph . ( His lordship sat down amidst loud and continued plaudits . ) Tiie Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried amidst hearty applause .

      Mr . G . Hood next moved , and Mr . II . Green , both operatives , seconded the following resolution : — That ten hours a day is the utmost _possible period to which the labour of young persons in factories si . ould be extended , and therefore this meeting plei _' gi-s itself to use every legitimate means in its putter to procure a limitation ot' working hours to ten per day . This was supported by an excellent speech from tho llcv . YY . 13 . Flower , anil curried . Mr . Daniel Donovan , an operative , moved , and Mr . W . lYorsley seconded a resolution : — That the factory workers in this meeting aro quite prepared to accept the 'fen Hours' Hill , regardless of its effects upon waxes , leaving tho price of labour to be regulated by circumstances . This was supported by Mr . llichard Oastler in a lcngthv and appialing speech , and carried .

      It was then moved and seconded , " that a petition on the foregoing resolutions be prepaml and circulated _, for signature iu Manchester and Salford , " which was carried . A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman , the meeting broke up about a quarter to eleven o ' clock .

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      inn _Ikx-Houhs Bill . — Lord Ashley attended a numerous Ten Hours' Bill meeting at Preston , . on Tuesday evening , and was most warmly received . Resolutions wae passed to the same effect as : it the Manchester meeting , and the noble Lord , was especially thanked I ' m * his past exertions in tbecause , and for his attendance on Tuesday .

      Fatal Accident Ox Thk Kivku.—On Tuesday ...

      Fatal Accident ox thk _Kivku . —On Tuesday _aftcruuun two persons , nnnud ChvisUt _* . * _Uev Jived , and James Durm , were sailing a small skill ' , with a main and foresail set , off _lhittersea , the w / md blowing very strongly from the S . W ., when _suddenly , the buaG capsized , and a loud cry for assistance was heard from the two unfortunate persons , who were smuggling firelife in the water . A fisherman , named ibiies . rowed with all . ' -peed to fhe spot , and _succeeil'id . with great difficulty in rescuing Mr . Durm from a , watery grave , but liis ' unfortunate friend Mr . _Reei'iwas drowned _, floth parties wcre perfectly sober , -asd . experienced in the management of boats .

      Tub Exvlosiox _seak Dovbu , —Un Friday Mr . De Lasuux , agreeably to his _rososuiJQii , held " an in * quest at the Itoyal Oak , _Folkest-me-road , parish of llougham , on view of the bodies , of the eight men who were killed on the spot , of _Ute several names ot Ilatton , Cook , Russell , _hiving Wilson , Richards , Ruck , and Kendall . _Verdicts"lulled by the explosion ol * a large quantity oL gunpowder , but how i , became ignited there is no evidence toid'ow . " A subscription in behalf of the . _Weaved families of the unfortunate men , headed hy the directors of the South Eastern Railway Company with the sum ot one hundred guineas , h » s , been opened at the banks , libraries , & c .

      A Wketch is _IIxmah 'Form . — On Wednesday week a fellow was _dirvioK _adgnkej between Brighton and Shorehaiu , ani _\^ - ' c 1 mw _»| lience oi the animal turning sulk y , he took a truss of tfraw and burnt the poor thing tu death in the road . This was witnessed by _sv- . veral persons , and we do hope that some one wi _' . ' _t bring the wretch to justice , and that he will meet the punishment his brutality merits . Tbe poor beast was a complete cinder . — Correspondent . ( What were the " several persons" about , to permit this atrocity . Whv did thev not knock the ruffian down , and taK « him , boaud llVlld aud iWt _, to the nearest gaol _q _.

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 7, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_07031846/page/5/