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      Hobbiblb Oppbession Bt Fbee Tamil Mtlioc...

      _toold see th \ t gtntlemaa , axd use your influence to g » t the cue Vronght under the consideration ofthe house . We hav . _alarmsdthsinalrsady with the meeting , and if it _couldljcnotiesd in the house , it would be ths means of _prevehtkjg thslike tyranny again . These tauten ore at —ehet—ofUe League here , ** d tht four _bratiienaaHsiAteribti cvaoi _^ £ 150 tath , tothe _quarter _vxiOion ftmd ; yet they imprisoned these poor orphans for asking an advance of wages , and absenting themselves one afternoon from their work . I wish we had Mr . Roberts here . This is a fine case , and the tyrants are made of gold . I am sorry I cannot give yen any more than a mire outline , _^ . , . . . ¦

      yon will see the whole in the hands of Mr . _Soneombe . _Weluwhadmeetirigi here for Troit , Williams , and Jones ; also Wm . Ellis , last week we had a tremendous meeting against the enrolment of the militia . —Dundee , Feb . 5 th , 1846 . _Cuht . — Any persons wishing to join the Chartist Cooperative land Society mnst apply to Ur . John _VLesd , or Mr . David Seringeonr . W . _Hajo * . —No land will be purchased except such as the directors can have immediate possession of . _Nons will be purchased during the occupation of a tenant . Mr . JraiAH _Haxxei requests that no letters containing money for the land Fund may be addressed to him Only the letters addressed to fhe "Editor" belong to

      his department . P . Gut will receive a letter from Mr . H . _TJrxoB" FcsD _^—ltr . Dixon acknowledges the sum of £ 19 s . from Leeds , per Wm . Brook . _Bxidfosd Seokt-Tiicb _Cbnaixn _* . —We had a report of the meeting in type before the arrival of _Jfr . Jklne's report . W . P ., _Bmohtos . —N « xt wade BlS , StZMOM . —Vie Lara no room for tha lines . _Shost-Tijci CoxKrrxB , Fbzstoh . —Thanks for the newspaper ; bnt we had already a report ofthe meeting In type before the paper came to hand . _ClXD-esuronj , —A correspondent at Manchester writes to ns that the _card-grinders and _striptrs have formed a union , numbering already three thousand strong . _TSTXBAK PATMOTS * AMD EXILES' WIDOWS' A 5 » _ChODX-ifs Pdxds . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of

      4 s . Ud . from Mr . D . Wilson , ofRatclnTe , andofl 4 s . 5 d . from Mr . Shackleton , being the remains of a sum originally collected with the intent of raising a Wast London Chartist Hall . I bag also to acknowledge the receipt of a money-order for Ss . from T . S . K ,, ef Birmingham , bnt itwill ba impossible forms to obtain ths money at the Borough Post-office until T . S . K . teUt us Ks _ncaie . He can do so _privately , if he chooses . — Thosus Ceora _, Secretary , 131 , Blackfriar's-road , Thoxas Mills , New . Inn-street , Shorediteh , Irishes us state that he is net the Mr . Mills , who took part at a supper , held at the Bock , Lisson-grore _, on Paint's oirthday-T . Lawtxm . —Before yonr _onminnninanon wuMceived last week , wefcad been already supplied with a notice ofthe meeting by onr reporter , who assures as that the opinion of Mr . Cooper ' s name was bnrely accidental .

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      Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETT ,

      • BASE * . tek Jtt . e- ' _coHiroa . £ _s . d . Halifax , per G . W . Smith M u .. 816 Xambley , Notts , per W . Plumb .. .. .. 170 Crieff , per D . Seringeonr .. .. H .. lie James Powell , New Radnor .. _« - 112 4 "William , Northampton .. .. .. .. ' 2 12 4 Stockport , per T . Woodhonse ~ „ .. 580 JanisHendau _, Bradford , Wilts _^ .. .. J 12 0 _Cockannouth , per G . Peat .. .. „ Q 4 . 9 Derby , per W . Caabtree 4 0 0 Westminster .. « . _« ... 5 4 8 Ovenden , per 6 . Ashworth .. « . .. 200 BrndTy , _perThos . Davis .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 2 2 0 Barnsley , per J . Ward .. .. .. .. 500 "Kamich , per J . Bony _ .. — — 117 6 Xaghlev _. perJ . YIcara - - .. - 417 8 J Oldham , per W . Hamtr .. .. .. . SOU

      David Watson , Edinburgh .. .. .. 400 Sheffield , per G . Cavill „ „ .. .. 836 Plymouth , per E . Robertson . 330 Tiverton , per Thos . Wood .. .. .. 500 Todmorden , per J . Mitchell .. _M .. 200 Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. .. 10 0 0 Northampton , per W . Mundy - .. .. 440 _Liverpool per J . Arnold .. « . .. .. 320 Robert Sidd , Dundee .. .. „ M 3 10 0 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. .. „ 4 19 8 Greenwich and Deptford , per Mr . Floyd .. 800 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. M S 3 10 0 Glasgow , per J . Smith .. .. „ .. 1710 3 Scarborough , per C . Weadlsy „ .. M 2 9 6 Bacup , per J . Mason .. M .. M S 0 0 Upton , per W . Brown M _M .. M 2 14 8 Bolton , per E . Hodgkinsoa .. .. M 513 4 Pershore , per W . Conn _« .. .. .. 500 Alva , per J . Robertson - H .. .. 224 Blackburn , per W . Sntcliffe .. „ .. 7 10 2 _HohnflrtblperJ . Clegg 313 0

      SHABIS . Rt CEHXZU . _ucinuT . £ s . d . C s . d . Lower Warley .. .. 4 1010 Lambeth .. .. It 9 71 BaehelBowaU _ O 0 G W . U . B . „ .. 212 6 JLS ... .. .. 0 1 . 0 Armley ,. ,. 200 Sir . Walker- „ 0 5 2 CBt & eroe .. « 2 0 . 0 "W . R . M . Wangh .. 9 13 Hindley _„ .. 0 1 4 Selby „ . _M .. 500 Monmonth .. > 110 0 Calais , J . Wilson .. 0 4 6 Oxford .. .. ' 8 6 0 Bo , Mr . Godward 2 12 4 3 ndbnry .. . ' . ; 119 9 Do ., Mr . Bramwdl 0 4 6 Leicester .. .. 4 0 0 Do ., Mr . Bradbury 0 4 6 Mr . Kendall M 0 0 4 Bath - - - 5 0 0 Stratford , Essex .. 13 9 Hr . T . Wflsey . 011 Hull .. .. _„ 2 0 , 0 Mr . Pearce .. .. 0 13 0

      BOWS . Norwich — — — — . ... 0 1 0 UVX f OX THE _LASD COXVXSIHCE . .. rea ms . o _' coskob . From Westminster M .. .. ' .. 0 0 3 David Watson , Edinburgh .. .. .. 010 Northampton , per W . Mundy .. M .. 006 Scarborough , per C . Weadlej .. .. .. o 1 0 Bolton , per E . Hodgldnson „ M . Old Alva , per J . Robertson .. 003 Holrflfirth , per J . Clegg ~ .. .. .. 003 FEB _CEXEKAt SSCBETAXT . Calais « .. 010 Leicester .. .. 013 Oxford .. ~ 0 1 0 Stratford , Essex .. 0 0 3 Sudbury .... 0 0 3

      XXVT FOB 9 IBBCIOB 9 . pes sa . o ' _cossos _. From Westminster , per Mr . Doyle .. . Ho Norwich , per J . Huny _» ~ ~ . 026 E _* _ejghley , per J . Vicars „ .. .. . 023 David Watson , Edinburgh . .. . 010 Greenwich and Deptford , per Mr . Floyd .. 021 Scarborough , perC . Weadley „ .. .. Oil Bacup , per J . Mason . . « .. 066 Bolton , per E . Hodgkinson .. .. .. 0 2 le Holmnrth , per J . Clegg „ . .. . 009

      _tZS . _CEttlTtit _SECBXTABT . ifr . - Griffith , _Ifew Barnsley .. .. 084 Town « . 010 Sudbury . . 056 Oxford . . 020 Tiverton . . 018 Linlithgow .. .. 009 Carrington .. .. 051 Prescot .. . 007 Colne 0 310 Burr . . . 000 Farrington . . 013 West Linton . 006 Arbroath . .. 012 Dudley . " . 016 Newark . . 012 Boulogne .. .. 046 Rochdale .. . 018 George Mills . 012 Manchester . .. 0 8 0 WheatleyLane . 009 Stoke sub-Hamden 018

      Westminster . 029 Todmorden .. . 0 110 Hebden Bridge .. 018 Holbeck .. .. 020 ChdUnkam „ 0 3 t _Butterkj .. .. 00 * Hanley . . 0 310 Staleybridge -. 009 Leicester .. . 025 Stratford , Essex . 006 _SowerbyHsta .. 02 $ Ovenden .. .. Oil Whittington & Cat 0 2 3 William Tell ' s _Bri-Lambley . . 0 010 gade . .. 008 Cockennouth .. 0 110 Calais 0 4 0 Merthyr Tydvil . 007 Chorley . „ 0 ' 0 10 Worsbro' Common 0 15 Armley „ . 00 10 Heywood .. . 012 _Ciitheros .. . 010 Ashton . . 013 7 Secretary's list . 074

      Hati05al Charter Association. Executive....

      HATI 05 AL CHARTER _ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . ? El H » . O ' COSHO * . David Watson , Edinburgh . M _M .. 010 Holmfirth , per 1 . Clegg .. .. .. .. 0 a 0 _Uewcastle-upon-T _yne , per M . _Jude .. .. 040 ? Zft _QESXBAL SECSETAHT . Halifax .. -026 } Cheltenham .. .. 038 Bradford .. .. 010 o "W . Bush , Chelsea .. 0 1 Do , acceunt books 0 10 Leicester , profit * on Do ., e . Bateson .. t 1 0 Northern Star .. 038 Dewsbury M .. 034 _StonrbridgcMessrs . _littlstown .. - 020 . Bedwell .. .. 0 2 6 lower "Warlej - 0 1 6 _vfiiEKAM fj . rs . iors . Cheltenham _„ „ „ -. .. 0 S 6

      WIDOWS OF _SXOSS . Cheltenham ~ .. .. .. .. 0 3 fi Email . —The £ 1 announced in last week' s Star for "Victim Fund from Mr . Roberts should should been ls . ; also the _^ sum of £ 1 for Dixon Fund should have bsen ls . _KATIOSrAI . _aXTI-XILITIA TX 7 SD . ra . us . o'cossos . W . B . S ., Dundee ... 0 10 Thomas Habti _. v _TThieler , Secretary .

      Tiie Alleged Murder At Greenwich. On Thu...

      TIIE ALLEGED MURDER AT GREENWICH . On Thursday Mr . C . J . Carttar , coroner for West Kent , resumed and concluded the inquiry touching the death of a male infant , found buried in the garden , lately in the occupation of William Richardson , assistant to the Astronomer Royal atthe Observatory , Greenwich-park . Several witnesses wcre examined , but their evidence added nothing ; to what is already known . The coroner summed up the _evidence , and afteraddresaing thejury from four o ' clock until a quarter-past nine , expressed his opinion that the case was complete as to the guilt of some person or persons , leaving the jury to consider to whom his observations pointed , and to their own conviction under all the circumstances . The jury then retired , and at half-past nine o ' clock returned a verdict oi *« WilfulMurder '' against William Richardson .

      Tbe Losnos Mobsisg Joursals.—The Morning...

      Tbe Losnos Mobsisg Joursals . —The Morning Chronicle is the oldest ef the morning papers , having existed for seventy-seven years ; the Morning Post , seventy-five ; Herald , sixty-three ; lines , sixty-one ; and the Advertiser , fifty-one years . Lobd AsHtKT . —The rumour to which we referred yesterday , to the effect that Lord Ashley was about to be called up to the House of Lords and made Chief Commissionerof the Woods and Forests , is without foundation . _—iferwoy _Chrxwick of Thun-* r .

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      Mokxm*T. Polkicai, Abctutoasci O? Camaxa...

      MOKXM * T . PoLKicAi , _Abctutoasci o ? _CAmAxaig . --As the most important feature now before us , pr likely t present itself as a matteT for ommentary in the week ' s Summary , stands the report of the _Inspectora of Faetonea to the Seeretoy of State for th _^ Home _Departmeut , for the half year , eating 1 st August , 1843 ; and from that report , the working _people wiL be enabled to make some calculation of what they would have to expect from the political asoendancy of a knot of capitalists , who , from their command of the money , have the power to fix the tendard of wagei ; from tieir . _ability to fabricate votes , the power to make legislators ; and from their possession ofthe bench , as marirtrates . the bower to

      evade their own laws , when they make against _themsejres .. It will be seen that Alexander Thomson is a sober , honest , and industrious person , with a wife and two children ; thathe lost Ms right arm , and had a compound fracture of his left leg , occasioned by _machinery , , not fenced AS THE 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 exertioa towards gaining a livelihood ; and that Mr . James Stewart , who deserves all praise , is obliged to petition the Home Secretary to be

      allowed to bring an action against James UlarJc , a hery free trade , i nhuman law breaking philanthropist , in order to get compensation for his victim . Does this disgusting brutality of the factory lord , and this monstrous illegality of his brother devils upon the bench , require further comment _tsaa the mere remark , that their money and justice power is had enough ; but good Lord deliver ns from their political ascendancy . Oh , how we long to see a hundred mothers , a hundred fathers , and their hundred infant famines with their heads out of their own windows , exclaiming , with bitter vengeance— "D-N THE FACTOR ! BELL !"

      Ths Retort Courteous . —One story is good till another is heard . While we never have palliated the system of increasing the rent ef land in proportion to ihe expenditure of the tenant ' s industry- skill , and capital ; but , on the contrary , we have ever contended for perpetuity ef tenure , as the best means of developing those several resources ; nevertheless , we cannot allow the 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 p icture and on that ; " not giving much preference to either , while , if wo were inclined to argue sordidly upta the principle of buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest market , we should be justified in giving the preference to Sir George Chetwynd ; and it will be seen that while his teaant _, Thomas Henney , was a purchaser with notice , and a contractor of a bargain whichhe need not have made ,

      poor James Mills was not only a purchaser without notice , but without power to resist the contract and conditions imposed upon him . We beg the attention of our readers to Mills ' s " Roland" for the _league ' s " Oliver . ' . ' Indeed the esse is so important that we snail frame both pictures in our Summary gallery , so that they may be seen at a glance . Look on this picture-rit is from the League gallery : — Doubtless our readers are aware that thera is a gentleman of the name of Chetwynd , member for _Kewcasfleunder-Lyns , who has figured at protection meetings in Staffordshire as . a Protectionist of the first water , and a flaming "farmers' friend . " . That gentleman is , ws believe , the son of Sir George Chetwynd . On the estate of Sir George Chetwynd , there was , in the year 1805 , a tenant _- farmer named Thomas Henney , _hslding a farm upon lease , at the yearly rent of £ 130 . Tha following is a verbatim copy ef the receipt for his half-year ' s rent in that year : —

      " Beeeived the 13 th of January , 1803 , of Mr . Thomas Htnney , the sum of £ 65 for half a year ' s rent due to Sir _Gaoige Chetwynd , Bart ., at Old _ilichaelmas last . Bent . £ 65 0 0 " Deduct a year ' s property tax , 610 0

      £ 58 10 " John _Coaiyi . * In 1812 , Thomas _Hennsy's lease expired . BroBSfelyhe had made some money , for prices had been high ., far higher than either landlord or tenant anticipated at the commencement of the lease . . Then came the competition serew , 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 the lease ; but Henney went on as a yearly tenant . This is his receipt for rent in the following year : — "Receired ths 3 rd of July , 1813 , of Ur . Thomas Hennay , the sum of £ 105 , for half a year ' s rent due to Sir George Chetwynd , Bart , at Lady-day last . £ 105 0 < igiO 0 Property tax . £ 9110 0 Cash received . ' ' " Joznr Coinss . "

      As the landlord expected , prices did rise in 1813 , and Thomas Henney _experiencsd the advantage—to the land ! lord—of a yearly , or ' mutualeonfidence"holding ; for by Michaelmas , 1813 , we find _hun- standing at the enhanced rate of £ 312 a year : * ' - ' Here is the evidence under the hand of the landlord ' s own agent : — "Beeeived the lith day of January , 1814 , of Thomas Henney , the sum of £ 156 for half a year's rent , due to Sir George Chetwynd , Bart . ' , at Michaelmas last . , . ,,. £ 156 , 0 0 . .. ... 1010 0 ' One . half Property tax . ' ' £ U 5 ao' _* 0 '* - ' "Johk CoLtiss . " Shortly after this time the tenant died , and his son succeeded to his farm atthe still further " enhanced"rent of £ 345 . " " This is one of his receipts ' : — - _;•*•* ¦ "

      "Received ttiis 7 th day of December , 1825 , from ar . Thomas Henney , the sum of £ 17210 s ., being half a year ' s rent , due at 3 fichaelmas last , to Sir George Chetwynd , Bart . £ 173103 . ' ; Bobmt Hoak , Jun . Now look on this : — Honoured Sir , —I have just read in the Twits ot Monday an extract from the _Letgus abont a Mr . George Chetwynd , and one of his tenants , Mr . Henney , showing how his rent was increased from £ 1 * 0 in 1805 , to £ 545 in 182 * . I wish , sir , the writer had stated the present amount , as I might then make my calculation more complete ; but , however , I'll sire It to yon . I am a hand-loom weaver ,

      seventy-three years ef age . In 1805 I could earn from 32 s . to * 5 s . a week * ; in 18121 could earn from 35 s . to 87 s . a week ; in 18251 could earn from 16 s . to 22 s . a week ; and now , sir , in 1815 , 1 am right | glad to be allowed to work sixteen hours a day , and earn 9 s . fid . a week . So that you will see , sir , that in proportion as the rent was raised on Henney , in conseguence ofthe increased value of land , and , of course , the increased price Jof its produce , my wages were reduced to nearly one-fourth of its former amount . Mr . Henney needn ' t hare taken tbe land if he did not think ha could make profit of it , but , poor as my job is , many a poor distressed creature wonld be still glad to underbid me .-

      _Breakkbs a-head !—Look Out !!—A meeting of those calling themselves Liberals , amounting , we are told , to 100 , was held oa Saturday last , at tbe family residence of Lord John Russell . The " carrion crows" did not remain in deliberation more than a few minutes , from an apprehension , no doubt , 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 ofthe O'Connell 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 evay thing in their power to pass that part of Sir Robert Peel's

      measure WHICH CONCERNS CORN , AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE . We published thefact . in ourtown edition of last week , and we now make it more conspicuous , that our readers may see 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 net he astonished if , when the corn portions of the measure are carried , the Whigs should take advantage of the disorganisation in the ranks of the Protectionists to march into office . Thk Protectionists _atto Frbk Traders . —The Duke of Buckingham is going it , and so is 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 remmded him ofthe lines in " Hudibras , " where it was said , that—With some the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat ; And the less they understand , The more they admire the sleight of hand . This was the reason why so many ware going over to the enemy ' s camp . Some years ago the Conservative party brought Sir R . Peel from Rome . Ho wished they had allowed him to stay there , and if he had done so there were three characters in Roman history which he might have studied with great advantage to himself and profit to his country . These three were Catiline , Cicero , and

      Brutus . Sir Robert might hare learned that Catiline , when he proposed to betray his country , might easily have done so , if he had only ktpt his own secret . He might hare learned further , that if Catiline had betrayed his country , he wonld only have been handed down to posterity as a successful knave . In the case ef Cicero , Sir Robert would have learned , that while he was honoured for his eloquence he died despised as a coward ; and from the history of Brutus he might have bstn taught that if Cesar did monopolise the Crown , his sworn friend Brutus was not the man who should hare slain him . ( Immense applause . ) The rev . gentleman eoncludtd by proposing "the health of the Duke of Richmond , " which was drunk with great applause .

      Go it , your reverence—go it , my hearty ; hit ' em again , he ' s got ne friend . But when you quote " Hudibras" quote him correctly . The words of the poet are "Doubtless the pleasure is as great . " Now , your reverence , you have only said in verso precisely what we have repeated over mi over again , ia

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      t I - ' t _<• " _*' - ! . - ' prose . ' We said that Sir Robert PeelWould always so _laystifythemuddled brans of the agriculturists , that they would not understand what his measure meant : but we tell your reverence that if the bible and the sword had not beeri quartered as ' the arms of your ekurob , and if you hadn't robbed the poor of their uobr p ittance , there would have been no necessity for your attendance on the stage of agitation ; and it the Duke ef Buckingham and his order had not licked the poor man s platter clean he might haveremained quietly at Stowe , while the people were fighting his battles . Let us remind your reverence of some other lines of Hudibras-j . , " . '" -. ¦ - _¦• ¦ " "When _eWU dudgeon first grew high ' And men fell out they knew not why , And pulpit , ' . drum _ecclsii-astic . ... . . Was beat with fist iastead of A 8-TICK - . _ _, ...

      New , your . reverenw , every man to his calling . Tour duty was to preach Christ ' s gospel , every word ofwhich breathes kindness towards the poor , but you have preached the Buckingham gosoel , whieh will eventually end in the restoration of tbat property to those from whom conjointly with his Grace you stoleit ; ' This Shaks or thk _ILvsn . _-Last week we ven-*? , 1 , _5 , * P » hle consequence of the shake of the hand between Sir Robert Peel and Lord Ashley , while we also commented upon the resignation ofthe representation of Dorsetshire bv his lordship ;

      we have now to note the sequel . Sir Thomas Fremantle vacates his seat for the representation ofthe Duke of Buckingham , and his office as secretary for _Irehtndaswell . Lord Lincoln succeeds him in Ireland , and Lord Ashley succeeds the Earl of Lincoln < a * Commissioner of Woodsand 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 J When the emoluments of office can seduce sueh a man from such a cause , what protection have the poor in the leadership of the great *

      Thk Mcrdhrer _Johnsiosh . —The flagrant violations 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 , sympathyforbemgputtothetrouble ; foranoblelord , censure from the opposing portion of tke press , according to the value 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 so much pain and trouble ; fora Leaguer , a vote of thanksfor getting rid ofa portion of the surplus population ; for a shopkeeper , fourteen days imprisonment fer manslaughter ; for a gamekeeper ,

      compensation for his time 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 ibr the working-man , to be hung by the neck—like Cook , of _MiteheU-dever , for striking AT Bingham Baringuntil he is dead , ; and the Lord have mercy on his soul . We have often said , tbat there is more danger to the peasant who shoots the squire ' s hare , than to the squire who shoots the peasant ' s head . Rtnx and Tib . —The government and chaneery 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 te perform a journey 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 operator . The government man had a long pull at it and tied , and 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 tho good lines have also taken a pop ; but when these securities are brought to the hammer again , to be placed to the proper account , there will be Old Harry , to pay on 'Change . Tub Corn Tbadk . —All is hurry skurry , and living from hand to mouth , until Peel shall have fixed the price of bread ; the farmers are not so anxious to sell as they were , while the foreign exporters of all articles , of food are waiting tor a lurch , and are lying by for the result of the measure .

      Tradb . —We learn that the state of suspense created by the commercial policy of the Prime Minister has the general effect of arresting speculation , while from 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 wiU gradually pass away .

      IRELAND . The Irish papers , after the usual amount of conspiracies to murder , one ef which will be found at foot , announce the tardy _resouaitation of the Irish protectionist * , and , consequently , requisitions are being signed to the High Sheriffs to convene meet _, ings to oppose the Prime Minister .

      CONSFIBACIES TO MPSDIE . The _Ltitattr Express says : — " Five men have been arrested and committed to the county gaol at Maryborough , for conspiracy to murder Mr . White , of Charleville , near this town ( _Borris-in-Ossory ) . Their rfatnes are Dennis Kenntdy , Darius Carroll , Michael Treehy , Timothy Lalor , and James ' Scully ; It seems that on the evening previous to the attempt to shoot Mr . White ' s man , Dennis Connor , these fire men partook' of some refreshment at a sort of half-shebeen and half-house of entertainment , kept by a Mrs . Mary Malont , alias Quigly , at Borris-in-Ossory . At this place they are represented as having drank two pints of whiskey . Lalor was armed with a pistol , Scully with a blunderbuss , and Carroll with a fowling-piece . 'Lalor said he had every hope he would

      be able to take down Mr . white or his steward—that nothing could give hint 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 . Hoe ' s affairs . On the night ofthe 18 th of January the same party are rs . presented 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 eould not be losing time in this manner , that he should shoot either Mr . White or his steward . He added that it was d n well for Mr . White that there were coal carriers on the road a few evenings previously , when he met him , or he wonld not miss such an opportunity of dashing his brains out . These five men are to bs tried at the ensuing assizes . " '

      And again , " James Condron has bepn arrested at his own house at Clonard , near ttountrath , for being one of a party that coaspired to murder Mr . John Carr , the Messrs . Jeff's head ganger , at Kilbricken . Condron ' s associates have abseonded , but 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 . Pakenham _, the British Minister at Washington , to propose arbitration to the American President , and , in the event of refusal , to declare war .

      TUESDAY . Fkeb Trade . — -The all-absorbing debate upon the 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 . the several speakers . Mr . P . Miles , the father of the Masters aud Servants' Bill , very much resembling the Fat Boy in Pickwick , and presenting but little appearance of poverty , led on the Protectionists at a very slack

      fire . He said that he considered "the change in the Corn Laws now proposed , ; pregnant with greater danger to the country even than th ' e _' propoaition for tho Reform Bill . " Miles , we told you so , " many months ago , and if you had read the Northern Star , you would have made abetter speech . We told you thatthe landlords looked to the 107 , 000 tenants at will as a protective force against Reform , but that they would see ho such power in a law which enables the foreign untaxed grower to compete with the ' domestic taxed grower .

      Sir W . Heathcote said he objected to it , because it did not take equally from all classes the protective duties which they enjeyed , bnt left agriculture , which required protection more than any other interest ,, entirely withontit . No , Sir William , it does not take equallyfrom all classes , it takes 5-6 ths 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 the taxes and burdens of the country to your own ability to bear them .

      Lord _Sorrsys said , if the measure were carried , it would be carried not from any conviction of its wudom or its necessity , but from a wish of many Conservative members , who considered it inevitable to have it settled by Sir Kobert Peel rather than Lord John ltussell . He , therefore , warned Sir Kobert P « el , that if any confusion should arise from the attempts to settle it , he must be responsible for that confusion . Now , _Norreys , you are a better boy than " Miles ' s Boy "—you have been reading the Star ; wc told you precisely the same , that we would rather see the measure carried by Peel than by a coalition of Russell , the League , and the Irish Liberals ; but , aa for the confusion , when that comes , it will not be to protect your interest , but to see how we can turn the new measure to the advancement of democratic principles .

      Sir John Walsh said , he had read and thought much npon the subject , and he could not but oome to the conclusion that , in agreeing to this change , the house would be taking a leap in the dark , of whieh the result must be perilous and unknown . We rather think that you have been reading in the dark , Sir John , and we don't think you have either read or . thought much upon the subject , and the

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      more you have read and thought the . more culpable _y ° u _*' e . the more you . deserve punishment for not ?* S , Proposed , some timely measure which would have obviated the necessity ot the Prime _^ _Mihis-^¦ 'ST _^^ _^ _- _^'^«^^ _- ' _^» . You robbedthe Irish Church forthe Irish landlords , with-0 U _* JS _^ _nsaparticleof the benefittothe farmers : you robbed tbe English poor for your own benefit , and now , the d—1 mend yoa , when you get a squeeze in yourewaviee . Lord John Russell literally said no more than to give his consent to SirBobert Peel wearing the faded laurels of Whiggery . _ . " Whae , _' * said hU little lordship , " with

      the Whigs would rest the solid satisfaction , that , out ol office , they had joined together to consolidate the triumph of the Minister of the day . " Ah ! 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 the names scratched over them , for you , Normanby , and Fox Maule—where you must go anddo penance one day or other for the ten years' sins you committed agamst the poor while in office ; Next came the holy Saint Harry , who led the popgunrear of the _Protectionists' squad . lie said :-

      He should like Sir Robert ' s plan better , if he had transferred that part of tlie poor rate whieh now fell on the land exolusivel y to the _Consomda-md Fund . ' ne then complained that government had not taken into consideration the effect of this change in the Cob * Law on the bent _chabojcs recently created in lieu of tithes . What , Saint Harry ! are you too turning your back against ; the Church ? " Here the envious Harry ' s reSe—this was the _unkindest cut of all , " and well may the Church . exclaim , . " Et tu , Brute ! ' ! But depend upon it , Harry , that the-men who will be called upon to pay the old rate of rent-charge in lieu of tithes out ot the new rate of rent ,

      established by Peel , will groan moreover their own sorrows than they have ever wopt over the sufferings ofthe poor ; and they' 11 give mother Church such a kick as no undutiful ohfid 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 , sa this is likely to become a part of the p hilanthropic policy of the tender-hearted Protectionists , it is indispensable thatthe 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 turns , the FIVE YEARS '

      RETROSPECTIVE-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 the poor to the Consolidated Fund . The inevitable result of such a measure must be as follows : —While even the present bone-crushing system compels the landlords and farmers 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 wereence transferred to tbe Consolidated Fund , landlords and farmers , relieved from all _-in . _viety about taxes , would hare recourse to the practice of horse labour , machinery , and every other mode of diminishing manual labour , and would be

      regardless of the number of paupers thrown upon the Consolidated Fund . Upon the other hand , if the monies for the support ef the poor were to be voted out ofthe Consolidated Fund , and if the demand for that purpose increased , as it then assuredly would , to twelve , thirteen , or iitteen 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 effer 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 transperted as constructive traitors . If such a proposition is even mooted , all labour must cease , and we must be urepared to fill the dungeons again . FOR WE

      MUST-AND WILL RESIST IT . Captain Fitemauricepresented his piece , but missed fire . , ¦¦ - ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦• : - - Mr . Sidney Herbert frankly avowed that the tariff of 1843 had failed ; that all his knowledge of the subject was gleaned from the result of Peel ' s measure of thatyear ; but he forgot to tell us of the collateral influence that the appointment of Secretary at War had upon his reflective powers and short memory . As the same reason has been assigned by many converts for their change of opinion ; wewill take the liberty of submitting an easy question for their solution . " It Peel ' s measure ef 1812 has been so unequivocally successful , wherefore the prudence for extending it

      in 1846 , as it is but a chip of the old block . Mr . Stratford O'Brien moved the _ad journment of the debate , and consequently opens _theball to-night ; and thus ended the first night's force . - Monet 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 aj favourable effect upon the money market , and gave consols another start . ' Share Market . —Still the good lines are going up . London and'Birmingham hare touched 230 , showing an increase of about £ 15 since the bubble burst .

      Court Circular . —We reall y havo to apologise to her Majesty and . the royal'family for having allowed all thought of them to be 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 palace , and her _Majesty has expressed a strong hope that whatever alteration 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 fer Dr . Locock , to inspectjji chilblain ' upon the , great toe of tlie Duke of York , consequent , we are confidently informed , upon the sudden frost . Dr . Locock j Sir Benjamin Brodie , and Liston , immediately repaired to Buckingham house , and after a brief consultation Listen operated upon the great toe of his Royal _Holiness without the slightest injury even to his ROYAL NAIL . Mr . ' Liston is

      indeed" Homo _factas ad unguom . " A gentleman to the very nail 1

      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 soon be voted , and the poor Irish will have plenty of employment in enclosing _thesea-bound dungeon with Saxon batteries , and then'Repeal ! Rhpbal!—Hurrah * p ob Repeal !

      WEDNESDAY . Thr Dsbatb . —In truth , the press appoars to havo 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 , _Eyery working man who reads the twaddling rubbish , win at once understand the reason of the agitation for 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 _conndence in the working man , while our assertion , that the whole measure was after all but a means to an end , is being strengthened by each speaker as far as fools can give strength to wisdom . All the youngsters threaten Peel with certain confusion , while it will be our duty to confine that confusion to tho ranks of those who of old were in the habit of remaining quiet , tranquil , and secure , while the poor , ignorant , foolish , confiding people fought their battles , ' and bore their blows . We now resume our . plum-picking , which , in truth , from the opening of Miles , the father of theMastera and Servants Bill , down to the adjournment of the debate by Mr . Colquhoun , was as dull , monotonous ,, and unprofitable a eoncern as could be well imagined . Mr . Stafford O ' Brien , a Protectionist , opened the debate on Tuesday night , and here are his plums : —

      He regretted that the agricultural interest had not an opportunity of publicly and constitutionally declaring their opinion . . * , * * After tha late de . _claratioiis _, he wanted to know upon what principles parties in this country were , in future , to be kept together 1 Not only had the present government changed its principles since it came into office , but ii had also taught us this valuable truth , that parties in this country were no longer to be kept together by distinctive principles . * # * He could not agree with the proposition of Lord J . Russell—that protection to agriculture was no longer defensible ; and in reference to his assertion , that labour was the property of the poor man observed , thatit was well for those who had used up that property most cruelly in the manufacturing districts , to come forward , and say now that wo ought to let it alone . From the fii-stsentei . ee , it would appear that Mr . n ' _lirlon a ™* not look upon Parliament as a public

      or CONSTITUTIONAL _CHANNE L tor toe _expression of a gricultural opinion . We believe , as at nresent constituted , that it is not constitutional , but _^ public enoug h ; and if the landlords have not had their full swing of publicit y and representation , we don't know who has—in fact , they have actually destro yed themselves by an evil exercise ofthe monstrous powers they bad . The very result that we anticipated when fooJs reviled what they-called our ' pro-Tory policy , " has occurred ; we said , that the larger the Torv majority the greater the chance of bringing public opinion to bear against their _monstrosities . In fact , every prediction wc made in 1840 , as to Veelsending Stanley to the Ilouse of Lords ; his attack upon the funds ; his centralisation of _government ; and our predictions of 1842 and the present crisis , iu our letters to the Irish landlords ; our prediction in the work on " Small Farms , ; our proi phecy almost fulfilled upon Peel ' s tariff ol 1842 , fully

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      _estoblishthe faet that , we were awarei of that confusion which was sure to _' ejpanate from the unconstitutionality of the House of _Coramons . Mr . O'Brien wants to knbw ' upen what principles parties in , this country are to be kept together . \ Why , what a school-boy question ! Hav e the people not been endeavouring , ever since the passing of the Reform . Bill , to breakdown those very principles upon whicli , parties have been' kept together ; and did we not , in our commentary upon the

      ,: _ALL-MIGHTY MEASURE , show that its greatest value did consist in what Mr . O'Brien moat dreada—tho utter _routinu and breakmgupof old party interests . The speaker goes on te say , ' that parties in this country . were no longer to be kepttogether by distinctive interests . " Wliv , 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 of those boys , would even , if not answered of themselves , induce the working-classes te fight , tooth and nail , for any measure that will scatter the "DISTINCTIVE PRINCIPLES" of _theunconsS

      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 iutimc ? as St . Ashley generally says , in the addresses of the working-clasjes , while he is about to betrav them , " With _. God _' _s blessing , " we will make the _CBrions , the Miles ' s , the Cobdens , the Brights , the Hume * , the Roebucks , the _O'Connells , , and the Barrons , all distinct classes with distinct and separate principles , take their knuckles , one and all , out of labour ' s collar , when we got our Peel stick , with a free trade handle , and industrial residence ferrule , and the Short Time tassel to it .. ,, ,

      Mr . Baillie said , this _ijuestion _. _'howevsr , could not be decided ' upon its own merits ; for , before we come to a conclusion upon it , we must take into our consideration all the circumstances ofthe country , and , 'above alii the mischief of the continuance of that strugglein which thu interests ofthe great masses of the people were arrayed _agninatths interests ofa few . ';' _. .... ¦ _. > . : I Yes , Mr . Baillie _. we agree _witlt ' _youfully , . that the interests of the great mass ofthe people were arrayed against the interests of a few ; "" and ' will be arrayed until the many have regained their rights from . the few . ' ¦ __ - ¦ . " ¦ '• ¦ ' _''*¦ . " Tha Marquis of _Sranby said it was ' not a fair way of putting the question to say that the labourer , if the Corn Laws were repealed , would be enabled ' ' to buy cheap ' bread ; THE , QUESTION WAS , ; WOULD HE BE ' ABLE TO BUY AND EAT MORE BREAD'' ' _" - ¦'

      Yes , Lord Granby , that is the whole question ; and you have shown more sense in that snort question than in all the rest of the speakers . put together . ' Sir James Graham ' s unpardonable speech we shall reserve for more ample commentary . Oh tho motion of Mr . Colquhoun , an agricultural saint , tlio debate was adjourned to Thursday next , and we are . fortunately spared the infliction , of wading through another night ' s Parliamentary rubbish to-morrow ! morning . ' .., ' . . '¦ - Tub Tkk 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 real principle that the proposition was hut- a device ofthe enemy . We said thoh that there was ' no such thing as a Household Suffrage party in existence- and

      that if we abandoned Universal Suffrage one day , they would bury it and Hduselipld Suffrage upon tho following . Now , those apparently liberal propositions are but extinguishers to quench the greater anil more dangerous light ; we have stuck to this question of the Suffrage with a pertinacity ' not only unrivalled , but never equalled iu this world . We have rescued it ; from tho shot of the open foe and the dagger of the pretended friend , and now the same reasoning holds good with-respect 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 Yery fellows _ who profess approval of . suclr a measure , would , if possible , grind the bones of their slaves into gold-dust . We tell them that the proposition is intended _asan 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 _nublic meetings , and answering letters . Now , beware!—Graham has leftnohopeof _government _. akl in his struggle between right and might ; but , on the contrary , has eulogised Lord Morpeth for his announcement at Wakefield of leaving the aclj ustment of the question to the rick oppressorsand tbe poor oppressed ;—well knowing in whose favour the balance would be . Of late , we and the Executive have forced the consideration of this measure upon the people of London with great effect . Last night , at a most crowded and brilliant meeting—a most cheering meeting at _Westminster , on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones—rio ' portion of the speaking was more rapturously applauded than our demand for a Ten Hours' Bill . Men who .. want to haw , wives instead 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 , tliatthe gov eminent and the Leaguers will oppose to it ; and we roust be victorious . It is a Chartist question— -a purely Chartist question ; and we promise you our assistance for one whole month , witli the entire aid of the Chartist Btaff to agitate the manufacturing districts upon the subject , if you ave only in earnest . We 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 the Ten Hours ' Bill shall have discovered that it requires more than their present force to resist the slave trade , and wewill make government interfere—it is their . duty , for the masters will never otherwise consent .

      W-estminstkk _Elbction . —Captain Rous , a Toryand not the worst of the Tories either 1—has resigned his seat for Westminster , and , of course , will try his luck once more . General Evans , as a matter of course , will oppose him ; and these 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 Commons t Will you vote for the restoration of Frost , Williams ; and Jones , and otherwise assist iis in trying to achieve their liberation ?

      Will you vote tor a Ten Hours' Bill ? Will you vote against the embodiment of a militia force V 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 * , the 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 eleotors should be bound by their decision .

      _Jous Bwgiu . —This flaming _fvoe trader , who has never dared to meet us in his own town among his own slaves , of whose comfort he so impudently boasts , 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 does them honour , at once in a body contradicted the Quaker "fib . " Now , tho fact is , that when we wcre last at Preston , the hands themselves announced

      the fact , and were loud in praise of their master , anu we didn't interfere to cause dissension between that good master and his good men , made good by the kindly treatment of tlieir employer . Money Market . —Somethiiigniusthavehappcned to the Rosinariteof _thogovernmentand chancery broker . Mayhap , each in his turn to ride , pushed him too hard ; as it appears tho beast on 'Change has had a stumble , and the funds have gone down—but they 11 go lower yet ; the good shares are still making good their ground , and breaking fresh .

      IRELAND . I Famine . — The potatoes are getting worse and worse , and more and more scarce . Four millions of people are likely to bo reduced to beggary and _starvation , and government is about to vote £ 50 , 000 , or four shillings a head , for their relief . Now , when the Irish parsons wore obliged to put down one of three carriages , and to give up one of three courses , the government lent them a million . Here , then , is a million for one in each parish , aud £ o 0 , 000 for the remainder of each parish . Who wouln't be a shepherd ? The Irish will require more than five millions compensation for the loss of their only trade , for Sit but

      R . Peel may rest assured that £ 50 , 000 will go a short way in arresting the starvation that his measure , if not prudently backed , will create . ... Conciliation Hall . —' f here was very little done in the Irish parliament on M onday , and the weeks revenue was stated to be £ 216 .. Report says , tliat the government practitioner is now operating upon the Liberator , and is actually engaged in componnding an Irish mixture , consisting ot 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 be taken whenever required , in a small bolus of lead or the point oi a bayonet . « . _——«« -. « —

      THURSDAY . Important to County Constituencies . —There being now an opening in the Chartist ranks for a few new lecturers , and seeing the disgraceful deficiency exhibited by county members in tho _reoent debate upon Peel ' s new policy , and anxious to encourage native industry , tbe Executive h ave determined to receive sealed tenders of terms from young noblemen and country gentlemen anxious to be instructed in elocution . They will commence by moving and seconding Chartist resolutions at public meetings ; and in the course of two years will be fully prepared to represent the most fastidious and critical constituency . Terms ; three-pence _entrance , upon receipt of a card , and a penny per week _contribution to the general fund . New mem bers must attend the juvenile debating society for six m < yuths _, before thoy can I be permitted to appear upo » . the public stage ,

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      _Mru ( _joubikN . —We ' rcgiet extremely to stair , tuat Mr . Cobden is confined to his _h- > u » e by severe but not dangwous illneH _* . . _Gknural Evans and tub _Elmciors op West * _MiNSTKB . —There was a meeting last night of men calling themselves the Liberal electois of Westminster , and constituting the committee » f General _iivans . r , ow , we entertain a decided preference for t _.-ie _general , as compared with the Capmin , hut we must not , and will not allow personal feeling to operate to the injury of our party and our prineipics . We solemnly declare , that if we had th « casting vote between the dearest brother and a Chartist to whom we were personally hostile , we would « ive that vote in favour "of the latter ; and _thurcl ' ore

      General Evans cannot expect the s . _- . eiitico of any political principle to personal friendship . Perhaps we may be told , that all that was required oi him was to give answers to the questions p iit to liim , qnd that ho answered those to tlie satisfaction of his committee . That may bs all very true , but a candidate , like a witness in the box , is bound , not only to avow a portion of his principles , but to make a lull confession , of his whole principles . If General Evans means us to infer that the 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 polling booths of ' Westminster , ' it will

      not square with the advanced opinions expected in Covent Garden . Market . We ' tell General Evans that tiic time is come , when , public inen must speak out , without prevarication or mental reservation ; aiid we tell him ,, that if he rests his hope upon volunteer principles in favour of free , trade , that lie ' s not the man for . Westminster in the year 1810 . Wo siniply give so much of ' the proceedings as ' relates to the schoolboy examination of the " gallant General : — Mr . Lewis asked General Evans whether , in the event of his becoming a representative of Westminster , he would vote for the total and immediate r » pealof the _Corn-Luws in opposition to the delayed measure of her Majesty ' s government * .. _,. _.-.. ¦

      Gen .. Evans said that his opinions were well hnown always to have been in favour ofthe total anil immediate repeal of the _Corn-Laws . lie , however , _begged to observe , that in . the event of the great body ofthe Whig party and the League deciding that it would ho mure expedient not to oppose the proposition of Sir It . P , el , lie hoped that , they would forgive him if he supported that object . . A Member . —Suppose the League oppose the measure , would you support total aud immediate repeal ? ' , Gen . Evans . —GO WITH THE LEAGUE , BY ALL MEANS . The gallant general concluded by remarking , Umt he would . give , his vote , as he always had _donB , in favour of Liberal measures .

      Now ; -we tell the examiners and the examined , that he must learn his lesson upon the Charter ; the restoration oi ' _-Frost , William s , and Jones ; the Ton Hours * Bill ; and the Militia , before he enters the Covent Garden _Colk-ge , for he may rest assured that those questions will be put to him ; and if Evaus says ' that he will go for immediate tree trade , but not for th © Ten Hours' Bill , and tho restoration of Frost , Williams / and Jones ; and if Captain _Itous _« iy _* that he wilt go for the Ten Hours' bill , mid the restoration _, ot frost , Williams , and Jones ; and it they arc divided upon the question of tlio Charter , or opposed to it , we shall give our weight and iiithience in favour of

      _iFrost , Williams , and Jones , and the Ten Hours' Biil . It is not right to take men by surprise ; and we assure General Evans that extension ofthe _sufl ' rai _* o , and the ballot , and his most ANXIOUS CONSIDERATION of the other questions , and sympathy and deference to the wish of his constituents , and all the rest of tlie 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 t _:-. e press would feign damn by its silence , but'which we are determined to keep alive and vigorous before the public .

      . ; Money . Markkt . —The government hack is lame , and the _chaneary and fund broker are not able to continue their journey on foot . Consols are going down nearly as rapidly as they got up , and they'll go down lower still . Tradb—The accounts from the manufacturing districts are even more gloomy than we noted in our last . Manufacturers are beginning to iniagi no that the delay of the India Mail is merely a dodge to withhold bad tidings until Peer ' s measure shall have passed ; in short , _everythinj :, save the tongues of our representatives and Chartism , appears to be at a standstill . . . ,

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

      simultaneous wail of national starvation and pestilence upon the one hand , and are disgusted with the luxurious parade of . wealth upon the other ? How is it that we see _maguifieent equipages , . sleek and fat horses * _, pampered idle menials , a bloated police force , a gorged soldiery , bursting war horses , bishop . " , parsons , and dignitaries ,-faring sumptuously , clothed in purple and fine linen , _; thriving lawyers , leviathan manufacturer . * , money-mongers with wealthnotcapableof being estimated , and idlers spending thoir time listlessly , but still not wanting a meal , while thoso who are ready to toil are consigned to beggary , starvation , and pestilence ? We ask how our beloved Queen dared to present such a catalogue of ostentation , wealth , and revelry , as attended her levee yesterday , pending the debate of her Parliament ? As to the besfi mode of arresting famine ,

      If ignorance is bliss , ' tis felly to be wise ; and let tlie gorged wealthy rejoice that tlieir plunderhas deprived the poor Irish of that education which would enable them to read the doings of the idle wealthy , and contrast them with the sufferings and the sorrow of tho industrious poor . The _ignorance ofthe people is the tyrant ' s best title to power ; whilewe should not wonder were the very stones to mutiny against the heartless contrasts that are daily presented between the idle wealthy and tiie industrious poor . But Ireland is beginning to sue ; Ireland is beginning to learn ; Ireland is beginning to think , with a sober and not with a drunken mind , thanks to tbe great apostle of sober _» calm reflection ; and , with God ' s blessing , Ireland will soon begin to act . We give tlie following scrap , announcing the insulting spectacle : —

      The _Quesn and Prince Albert , attended by the Royal suite , arrived at St . James ' s l ' alave shortly before two o'clock yesterday afternoon , escorted by a party of Life Guards from Buckingham Palace . The lloval suite con-8 ist « d of the Duohu & s of Buacleucli , Mistress ofthe Robos t the Viscountess Canning , Lady in Waiting ; the Earl of Warwick , Lord in Waiting ; Sir r _' icderick _Stovin , Groom _, in Waiting ; Colonel Arbuthnot , Equerry in Waiting ; the Pages of Houour in _Waitini ;; the Marquis of Abercorn , Groom of the Stole to Prince _Alsert ; Lord G . Lennox , Lard in Waiting to his Itoyal Highness ; and Colonel Wylde , Equerry in Waiting to his Itoyal Highuess . The Queen and Prince Albert , attended by the Boyal suito , returned to Buckingham Palace , escorted _Vy a party of Life Guards . Quere : Why haven't the people got some Life Guards ?

      Allbobd Salb Or A Cmu).—The Neighbourhoo...

      Allbobd Salb or a Cmu ) . —The neighbourhood of Farringdon-street has ken for tlie hist few days surprised by a rumour which gained credence in every quarter , that a young woman of tho name of Taylor had sold her illegitimate ehild , a little boy of the tender age of three years , under circumstances assingular and romantic as they evince a total want of that feeling of human nature whieh iu general distinguishes a mother ' s love and attachment to her own offspring . It appears that , in the eoursa of Thursday last , a well-dressed woman , bearing all the outward imUcations of thc highest respectability , _duove into Farringdon-street in her carriage , which . was pulled up . at the end of Harp-alley . There she madeseme inquiries with respect to a child , of which , _sha

      expressed a desire to become possessed . Tho lauy . introduced herself tea female relative ofthe young woman Taylor _; and , on finding that Taylor haia malechild of the age , stated she desired to see it ,. and foethat purpose returned to and waited in her-carriage wllile the woman lirst addressed proceeded to tho mother of Taylor , who , with her husband , iain charge of an unQ _j Ccupietl house , No . 'JO , Farringjilon-stveet . The mother instantly set out to fetch her daughter am \ tlie child from their domocile in _Chandos-street _, at the West-end , and on thoir return together , the child who has been described as a smart , intelligent , and prepossessing little fellow , was exhibited to the lady , who at once made overtures fwhis puxchase .

      The unnatural n . othcr of the child , and her equally unnatural parent , consented to thesAle , and received the earnest of half a sovereign . The carriage drove off with the lady and her newly acquire * puroliase , but returned again in a brief space of time , and showed the unconscious boy denuded of tho dirty rags with which his limbs had been encased , but now superbly clad in new clothes , and hat and feathers of the most tasteful and expensive kind . They again , drove off , the lady promising to renew her visit cm Monday next , and then to pay any sura from £ 2 to &> they might require . At present the name of the lady or her abode is a matter of the most perfect mystery . >

      Street Christknino . —We learn from the French papers that a new struct has been built in Paris called the Rue D lsly . We advise our lively neighbours to christen tlieir next street the Rue d' _Abd-el-Kddtr _. foc that is their only chance , we think , of ever seeing him in the streets of _Part 3 . —• _?*<»<¦*• . _Cuichksteii ELKcnoN . -Lord HenryJ-ennox w _* elected , Tuesday last , member lor CwobejrW .

  • 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/ns4_14021846/page/5/