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      FgtJBTSKN PbOTBSTANT CfcEBOYMBN baTe lanenged an'equal oamBer of pneste to meel them i w&troiersiil disc&saon " , — -Kitkeiny Moderator . " FqobtKKN Pbotbstant CfcEBOYMBN baTe ^ L ^^^^ m ° ! J ^^ J ^ ^

      Thr JL ** Qore or Headfobt is to have the ¦ Brand of the order of St . Patrick , Vorn by the late KarqoB of Ormonde . ' ¦ HK' S . TViDDraOTOif , of the Midland Circuit , [ us been appointed h j her Majesty to succeed Mr , Jerris as Recorder « f Licbfiehi . A Dkpoty Begistb . au in Keht ends a aoufication rwpectiBg " his official duties with this lunouneement : — "N . B . Baking on Sandaj > , a * Bsual ; joints , 2 d . j sacking pigs , 6 d . " A Ga ?* $ of Burglars , who hare committed rerioos depredations in the rate of March * ood , Doreet , were last week apprehended in a small » ppice . near Axminster , and committed to I > orebfcster Gaol for tr ial .

      Mr . Binning , a Commissioner of Customs , is Iwut to retire ; to make waj , it is supposed , for dr . Stephen B . ice . The rumoured appointment of bis . latter gentleman stirs op the bile « ven of Miniserial toadies . . There is soxe talk in . " fashionable circles- " i a . legalinvestigation ^ aboat to be made rtspeciing the right of raeeessioii to * dukedom . The lisputante are two brothers ; and we presume that jhe Marquis of Bland lord and Lord John Churchill ire the parties alluded to .

      THE SISTEK O * > HIGBXY-ItESPBCTiBLB GEN-¦ LE 1 U . K is now a prisoner in ^ Dublin Newgate ou a harge ol infanticide . The facts of the ease are s » aid j be ^ rtrongly" circumstantial . Whether sufficient ridence can begot to maintain a prosecarion , « not et ase *; rtain « d . —iiw /» A stbwabd oy Dean Holmes wa 3 nearly mrirered on Wednesday nighr , at a fishing-lodge on the r pper Shannon , bj some country people , who spposrd tne boat he had been in at the regatta carried ranj » e colours . — -Limerick Chraniele . Tmb State Afaktmbnts at Hampton Iottbt are clDsed , and wtll remain so until the rraugements for making them gratuitously and lore generally accessible to the public shall have ¦ eea completed .

      Bossias Gift . —A complete collection of the jmnerals peculiar to Bussia and Siberia , comprising ime hundred and eighty specimens ^ have been presecttd by the Emperor of Russia to the iSatuml History Society of this town , to be delivered here five of all charge . —Neiccastle Chronicle . At the Seat of Lobd Ltttleton , at Eaglet , a bazaar was held in order to increase tbe funds for building a new church , towards which the jam of £ 1 , 540 was raised . The noble proprietor iad on a tent " George Henry Lord Lyuieion , licensed to sell beer , ale , and eider , by reta / l , to be drunk on the premises . "—Worcester Journal .

      A Yoit . n g Catholic Girl , named Ryan , living at Liverpool , has been seat to prison on a tharge of attempting to poison John PdHer , a labouring man , with his family , by arsenic put ia a pie , which she pretended had been sent by a frit-nd cf Power ' s family . The prisoner had quarrelled ir ith Power ' s wife . On Fuipay an ikquest was held in the Queen ' . * Bench Pri ? on , on view of the corpse of Mrs . . Man Pigott , Tvbo died after a few days' illness , having bet-n > iitetn Tears a prisoner in consequence of proceedings in the Court ot Chancery . The Jury founJ » Tcrdii-t— " Died of a ntrvou * fever , brought on through fang imprisonment and excited feehuirs . "

      Iuesday , the 4 th day of September , i- appointed iff iha tfiecttlion of the unhappy man ( Ma-k ' rhnt- ) ¦» bo u now under sentence of de ' ath , fer sboonug at ilr . Rumboid , of Lyneham . Ma * kcl \ ne is iu a very aim slate , and apparently rerignea to bis awful fete . It is believed that he will make a fu . l conl ' es-Hoa ere the fatal day arrives . Doc Carts . —Since Monday , the walls of thtmtropplu rhave been extensively placa-dfd with lulls to the lollowing t-ffect : — " " Notice is beni . v pvtn , that all persons using dogs un .-er catt- or trctfcs as bc-a > ts of burden , after the dat ^ hereof , ¦* ill rrnlcr tJem « elvej liable to be prosecuted , aUd iaed £ 2 , accoruing to tbe provisions of an obsolete Kt lately dweovered . "— Chronicle .

      Ko ? el Mode of Pbesentino a Petition . —On Tuesday afternoon , as the Queen was pas-iug through ti , e tiiumphal arch at the entrance of Uje Gr « ra Park , faciug Apslej Houj « e , on her road to » iad » or , a man in tbe crowd threw a lettrr int . * ibe totiI carriage , with such force as to strike tbe Quee :-ia tbe face . Her Majesty did not appear at all iknned , and the carriage passed on . A constable * ned the man , and carried him to the Station Btra-e , in Gardener ' s Lane . He is an Ir ^ bman ; v > d ays be has been in the army , and Wen wronged « £ seTtral hundred pounds .

      THESE AEt TEET CESESiiBUMOrKSAFLOAT IS DcBLIN that an Iiish peer , recently m « rned to ti « dicgbter of a Noble Earl , and who inherit , d , spoa tbe death of hi * father , £ 15 , 000 a-year , and pearij £ loo , OOU in tbe Fund > , has lost evtry ^ billing « Ter whit-h he bad control , including even " the li . eniterrstin his magnificent e « utr , in gambling deiiL-. It i » said that be has been thus fleeced by two other ffiembers of the Peerage . At present it would be fremarare to go into particulars . —Letter in the Toner .

      OCOKXELL D 0 IK 0 PENAKCB . —Mr . OCon-» eil nas actually gone to Mount Melleray , upon ' * a mmt" lor eight days ; during which , it 13 said ,. hK a to devote himself to religions exercL « es , according to tbe rigid system adopted in that monastery ! The Bonkj who inhabit it , known by the name of the TnppisTF , were expelled from France by Louis Philfi ? J * 5 or 6 years ago : and haring obtained a tract of * i » : e land from Sir Kd . Keane , in the vicinity of Cappjqain , county of "Water , ord , they erecud a tt- 'gehonse , and haTe been gradnaily reclaiming the ***¦ <* which surrounds it Their gysten of dist-ipliDe i « described to be much more severe than that of

      » sjotnermonkish order . Tbty labour hard during t-eday , irjth iaienrals of prayer , never interehai . ga ? 2 word with each other or " with stranger * . T hey fcetp onbard beds , and never indnlge themselves 'i'Jiacimal food . It in to this silent House ol ^ U y privations Mr . O'Connell has betaken him-*"; so that , if be observe the rnles , his tongue Kaai . a fair change of obtaining its fir ;? t holyday , fad ids high temperature , as exhibited wita poor Siarman Crawford on Saturday , is likely to be ¦ roo ^ ht dow n to something like moderation . The ?** oro of the Times may laugh at all thi < as a J ° ie ; but 1 can , assure them that it is all quite trtie , w « least , that O'Connell has gone down upon » retrea t" to tbe monk * of La Trappe , located at aoaa t Melleray . Thence he is to proceed to Cork , « a bis way tn Darn-name Abbev : where his beaten

      «* ia training to agitate the poor hares in the moun-^ a faxtnefse s oTt-rloooking the Adaatic . — Ti / uet j DublU Corretpondent . A Pious Thief . —The trial which excited the latest interest at the Wilts Assize ? , was that ° f George Thron , convicted of stealing a quantity of brash bristles , the property of Mr . John Wilkms .

      w ^ esihury . This interest , was in some degree & 2 > ed from the situation in life the prisoner filled ; bat more particularly , irom the knowledge of tbe ice that be was on the eve of marriage with a aost respectable young -woman ol considerable property , ol" Trowbndge . Tne day indeed bad heen Sied for the ceremony , and ib « house in which thev » ere to reside was very handsomely furnished . Two

      Sessional gentlemen of great legal ability were * &eaged in his defence , and an eminent coun ^ rl F * z&ed for him ; hut his guilt tras too palpable . Oae of tlift mode * Mwrted to by the p r isoner to obtain an acquittal , was very ingeniou-, and had he Served a little more caution , it might have sue tfedfd . Whilst in confinement in tbe New Prison , « ty re off a part of a letter he had received from * a » " Rymer , his intended bride , upon which he ' ^ Ke a memorandum of the articles found in hu

      ^''' s ess ' nn , as if for the purpose of entering them in J ^ e day-book at sorae fa rare dtne to bis account—7 & memorandnni , a perxon was procured to place ^ * be factory of the prosBOTtor . After being satis-*^ that this was done , the p roseenror was for tbe * j * t time tben given to understand that the prisoner ** 4 ^ b-ted himself with the article * , and requesi « made that he would search for the memorandum . * sveh was conneqaently made , and the memo-^ -Cm soo n found . Snapitaon was excited ; an ^ piw-ftoa was made to the governor the prison ~^ ie prisoner ' s paper * were -taken from him ; and ^ g them this letter from Miss Ermer , from mea the piece of paper containrag the nieinuran-« m was torn . Had this letter been destroyed , in ' prohabib tT the DrisortPr Tvnn \ A » rsT-a 4 . DOTI awinh . —> v > ••^ rUUIV WbbH

      fj ^ j ^ ^ --. »— hllVA . . «>|—•» « , r -. Rvmta "« who « represented as a mo 5 t t )^ * k ui aiia wortky 5 °° Dg woman , and an irre-^ oichxhje character , so ; far suffered her attachment ^ «* pn * oner to overcome e ^ ery other feeling , as to w that tbe letter when sent to the prisoner , was ^ ti * same mutilated state in which it tben was . tB ^ f PTemor ^ ^ P ™ °° bowerer swore positively jjjt contrary ; the jury found the prisoner guilry , j t : * ¦»¦« sentenced to ten years' transportation " >¦» stated iLa . tM 5 ssE . ymer will follow him to hi * ^_ * f Of destination . " The prisoner was slvray * k ^ iaeTed . TerT pious dii 5 sent « r ; and seldwn par-S of a meal without a bible near him .

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      - LECTURES . —Two Lectures on the Social System of Mr . Owen , were delivered inBath , during the pa ? t week , by Mr . Palmer , from London ^ EXTKA 0 B . DINAKY Charoe . —AlfiedSvamford , a genteel-looking youth , tbe son of respectable parents residing in Diana-place , New-road , was bro \ igbt np in cosiodj of pp \ ice » couptatle 141 , E . and placed at the bar before Mr . Shutt , charged with having shot at and wounded wirh a pistol two boys in the employ of Mr . Bern field , zinc manu-- LECTURES . —Two Lectures on the Social bvs- ¦*» - « Mr . . OWep ^ ere delivered iB . Batb , during

      facturer , of the New-road . It appeared that be had frequently been annoyed by boys working at a factory in the neighbourhood ! and that on this-occasion he had , after ordering one of them to move off , dtliberWely fired % t him with a loaded pi * t > l , but witbont injuryj the . next day being met by the boy at whem he had fired , who asked what be meant by firing at him yesterday , he ran away and was followed by several boys—when he suddenK turned and drew forth a pistoi and shot one of them in the head . He was committed for trial .

      Distressing Mtjrdeb , and Suicide of the * Murderer . —The beautiful and secludtd litrle yillaKe of Hudnell , in Buckinghamshire , has lately-been tbe arena of a murder and suicide oi uuexainpled horror and atrocity . Tie report which we give is supplied by a gentleman raiding in the imnie 3 iate neighbourhood , and we coulidently relv on its authenticity . " Mr . Thomas Allot > on , a respectable farmer occupying tbe Hall farm , hi tbe parish , and a man of good property , has a M > n , a youth of about eighteen yearn of age , who is afflicted with frequent aberrations of inrellfct . About six years ago , Thomas Allotson , jun . bad a severe attack of : typhus fever . From this illness he

      recovered with tbe greatest difficulty , by tbe ^ id ot the best medical advice which could be procured . Since that time to tbe present , he has led an idle sort of liftf , rambling aboat from place to place , auo from field to field , on his father ' s farm , wnhout doing . an y kind of work . Id fact , the ponr fL-low was in a state bordering on idiotev . He was generally quiet and harmless , but " at times n .-wrought himself into most alarming paroxj > ni > of rage , when he attacked any person who came in hi * way , and destroyed everything within his reach . These paroxysms returned at irregular iiittrvjil-, sometimes once or twice in a day , and then not for months together ; they were brought on by the most

      trivial matters . His parents were advised by their medical attendant to let their *> on have his llbert > and not to put on even tbe appearance of enntroul ! In compliance with this idvice , Tbnmas AlJnt-on , was allowed to ramble wherever he thought lit , tn stay out as long as he thnu ^ ht proper , and to return at such times only as he pleased ; his food was placed in his bed-room , aud he partook of whatever was laid vcfore him without any remark . He rarely i » poke to any peTson . If he aecidental ' y met a Imnd , wbo pnt a question to him , he would Inuk him earnesth in the face , and then run away . There w : ts onl y one exception to this rule , : nd that was in favour of a little girl nam . td Su > an Saui .

      dei->!> n , tbe danghter of a labouring man in the enipi' . y of Mr . ^ AUnrson . Fnr this child , Thomax A"ot * on , jun ., or , as the villager- fdll him , " Poor Tom" had always a > rrong partinlitx . " VVjrhin the lasi few weeks > he bus been the irequent C ( iuiyauu > n of his walk * . He would gather Houers f <» r her , carry her in bi « arms , ki « s her , and show hir all the little endrarmrnts in h : s power . His parent . , wishing tn give tne poor creature ail the " pleasure in their power , permitted him to : L < sociate uith tbilittle girl . On Thursday last , "Poor Tom" c .= lled as u :-Qal at Saunder * nij ' s cottage f . » r littlt- Su > an and ?< he went with him . A- they did not return at . their u » ual hour their pare - became alarmed tl . i- %

      ; w- aited patiently unnl ijii . e o ' clock , and " tiiv : i p *>> - i-eeded in search nf them . They had not looted far before the body of tbe little i- 'Irl wa * discovered on tbe bank of a river which mix through a eon * ide--abiepartof Mr . Allnt . Min ' * farm . Bl « . od was lv : iig iu { mk . 1 s around her , th- « hole of her dres * was ' torn from her back , and her r > i » dy was covered with woun'ls ai . d bruise *; wWnn taken up she was quite dead .-The search was thr-n continued , and at a long distance the body of Th-mias Alloison w :, s foui . d , witb his tbmat cut from ear to ear . ] n hi * hand '

      be grasped with tenacity a br ^ -e th .-p ki ., te , wi-h which it was evident he had inili . ted the murderous wound The spectators in beholding this drr : ulful » pecracle were perfec ) v horriried ; " they h ^ id l . n ooubt tuat the wretched bein > j whd lav w- " » t .-riiia in hi * blnod at rht-ir feet was the mur . lert-r ,. f Susan &auiinei > nn . No » arj ... factory rea-on can be as-i >; fjer ! , nithuugh it is suppo ^ that AHotso . i had work ed him-rlf iDto a phrenzy , « Bd then wreaked bis vengeance on his helpless compnnion . The distress oi itu- parents nf bnth the chit . nn mav readilv be conceived . The wife of Saunlewon iies now ' in a

      dangerous , a prunature coniinenient having bem the effect of her shock . A corouer ' s in . ju ^ t is to he held on Monday . The neighbourhood , for miles round , in in a . Mute of the greatest anxiery and caciienicnt . —Observer of Sunday .

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      MEETING AT L 0 UGHB 0 R 0 UGH . Tim -place lias at length responded to tbe uaiii . nal call . A lev ,, f ihe operatives , tht . r .. u Klilv yeii > i -le oi the importance nt a muted dr-iijnllstnvtll > n * Upftn this ah-nnpi > r : aur subject , having lieltl a prnate . njeetius or two , ant a ^ jpimiU-a a iv . rai coumatiee , on Monday la « t sent round tl »» crier to aminuiic a public meeting , iu the ev . ning , to he held in the Dye House of Mr . ChUvh , iu thf WarJ ' s En- ! , at that placi-. Notwitli ^ taLi . iinjj i . , . sbonness of the notice , the large room was nearly filled by optra'ives . -Mr . HiiKLi . vG proposed that Mr . John Skevington- should lake the chair . whiVli , being dulj secondeJ , was carried bv acclamation .

      Tbe Chairman , in aldressing the meeting , dwelt at some length , and very forcibly , upon some of th ^ iijo !> i pnimineut e \ iL » whirh the mass of society were suifering from the present system of La ' l goverumt-. Ht -, and showing that the rival tactious ol Wiug aud Tory , with which this country has been cur .-ed tor more than a ceut .-ry , light their sliam battle * in tbe legislature for place au > J power , ihrv can most cordially uuiie in the rejection of e \ er * v measure which has for its object tUe benefit ol the gr ^ at ma > s of the people ; and pointing out union and perseverance as tne only remedy .

      > r . Smaht then rose to briug forward the first resolution . After pointing out the nullity of what i « railed the Reform Bill . a- < an ab .-iract mea ^ urt * , and ^ owinjj bow the two factions uuiu * d to stultify iu beneficial eJTecL- ' , he recapitulat d rnost of thtacts which the . so-c-alle 1 Rriorru Administration bad passed during the time they hud beeii upheld in onice by the people , and what they baJ lelt undune , contrasting tiu-ni with thfir former promises and professions . He then tnored—That her Majesty ' s MinUters , having violated the princiules U iiii wbirh ibey stmnj pledged t .. t » if people a * the price » f lh-ir support , by tLe iiitroduction of runasures subversive ot the " con-> lilulioiral prixnlegrs of En « li > hmi'U , and a refusal in coucede their iiarioual and imprescriptible rights , have forfeited all claim to the contijt-uce of the people .

      Tins bpine seconded b y Mr . Parsons , was put to the meeting and unanimously carr . ed . Mr . Hickv-i . ng then ro * f , aud aft . r a few observation * on the iiDpurtanrwor knowledge , aLd especially , iu the > e tiine > , as connected wfth our political ntbl >» the « iuJy of which he earnestly recommended , especially to the ri > ing generatiuu , moved—That iii order to obtain those rights , so forcibly or frauduli-iitly vrestt-d lro 1 Q us , or tyramiicaHy wuhhelJ , it is necessary to the welfare ot the operative classes of tin- c- ' mmunitv , that they should take decisive and immeoiatt ; stfp ? , ns tbe tuigMiCH of th ^ c «* e requirrs ; and thai ' the right * they claim are tbe / fpe Radical urinciplfs , which are , Universal huflrnge , Aunual Farlianieuts , Vote by Ballot , No P roperty Qualiticarion for Representatives , and Payment for tueir Services .

      1 ms bKing seconded by Mr . Cclley , was put to the meeting , and unanimously earned . Mr . Turser then presumed himself to the nn-eting . He made but tevr ubsenauons , stating that lie should move—That to facililAte this desirable object , a Union be formed at this place , is tbe centre , to which the opeiarives aud all frieiius to those principles in the surrounding villages be iu \ ited to jo . u ; Mich Union , when CA » iupleted , to be considered and called tbe Longhborongh DL ^ rict Branch , of the Natiuual Union crntred at Hiruringhain , and a correspondina intercourM ; opened therewith , for the pUTpOSes of co-operati « 'n and poliricnl infurmanou .-TMk was seconded by Mr . Swan , pnt to the meeting , and unanimously carried .

      Mr ., JSruuse thru addressed the meeting . He commented in forcible terms on the present degraded slate of the operatives , the producers of all weaVth , and strongly reprobated the conduct of the two f « ctii > ns , propo ing that , iii the present awiul predicaujelit in which tne hmnbler classes are place *' , «» ery Englishman should provide himsell witb arras lor his own orience , a * he had constitutionally not ouly a right so to do , but it was his duty . He Ihvui moved . — ¦ . That to carry not these resolutions into practice , a comnultreV- appointed , wh « shall meet from ume to » rni . nge . tbe necessary preliminaries ; and that as smiii a * po ^ iblii , a ^ tJUBnil meeting shal l be called , pi 'vhich timely undce skall be ^ iven by placwd or i > i :. » rw i ^ f , " when the peniianeut airougeuiciiis ^ ali -be fully eeublisLed .

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      w ^ , «^ > ttER 8 ec 5 > ndt ^ Ab rpjolhtion , which A £ . Wi- »' ^ ting »^ . ^ ani ^ ousljcarried , «^]^ - i * thl 8 ^ o ^ od ; the me&iQ * . ? & celled . to elect a temporary . xotaiiittee ^ of ffieeni SSr" 8 SSoi ? ¦ and ^ * ttem -Kw ^ ft * econded / or the chairman , and most heartily riveni SliJiS ^ "" ' retUrned 1 hiuk 8 « nd ^ e mStSg Mr Kim * . .. - -- ^^^^^^ ^ ^ , ^ 0 ^^^ ^ '

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      TO THE EDIT 0 A OF THE BRIGHTON -PATRIOT . . Sir , —In ihe last week ' s Brighton Patriot ( 7 th AngUst ) I stated that it was my intention , by your kind permusion , to lay belore the public s-me HCCOBnt of the preseut working of the Poi > r Law relauve to aSus > ex Union ; it is that of the Eastbourne Poor Law Uniotf . t wi ^ it to be dwtiictly tiDUerstood , that my plain attack on the poor law , mw respect to its k-intr unconstitutional aud uutcri /^ e ° l ; and not so mnch as to cases ttiijt ' Cttuuecl tnem . sehes -witn its working ; -and that I never meant to say , nor have-said , but that the Union Poor Law Houses , in some cases , were an asylum fo : destitution . Jt isas awtt I havetolfo With Hie act ah . i us Workin g . That which 1 am now about to fetftte , « wishtolnscouteiuplated as b . u ex . parte statement , My mfornaadou as lo time refers to tlie clo-e of Jiilv . ¦ ¦ i i ¦¦ ... ¦ : ¦¦ :-.., ¦ ¦ ¦¦

      Relative to the Eastboiirnei Union Poor Law House , Iun . lergtand there L < still the complaint lhac 'he jianp ^ rs have not . a . suffici .-iicy of lood to stay he cravings of hunger '; that they have uot a belly tnll . That the diet is of the cheapest kind ; tbai "Id . potatoes ., are mixed with the flour in innlting breHiI and pudding , atid in a wAjr that is scarcely or niily fit lor pigs to eat ; that th « meat iheyounp tnen fso called between tlw hgee ( if 18 aud 60 J lwve f-Tihe vreflt , does nntexceed twoouuces . Tiiiitax to the -ood fur a week , they haw piveiinnt to them

      eigb ' een meals o : bread and rbeese , and only two nieala of snet pudding , and meat pU'ldiuK nu the LoriJ ' s day . That they have no sauce but bid potatoes , and that thi ^ eure very ordinary and almost too bail to eat . That the paupers have not had a mess of cabbage , although there is plenty in the garden . That the jroxernor -ind friends , or ofncials—the KstaUlij-hu'ent beinjr pretty lartfe in this respect—eat up that which connects itsr-ll' with the garden vegetables , and which , Mirelv , the ptupers n ' lignt to have pnrtof . Andt . 'atthe towls Bnd nvblnts which are kept in the establishment , nrefedou diet thatouuht

      to pertain to the paupers . That tliere is bread soakt-d for the fo vis , as much as would feed two children a day ; that the rabbits eaf cabbage , lettuce . : uid carrots , and the paupers have none . That the pauptr .-s arf * lock * ul up stairs a ? night , and if p ressed • That the young men , as they are •' called , nre locked up froni Saturday nt four o ' clock in-the afteriiooti , till Mondayrmorning at eight o ' eluck . I piihlii-ly a little while ago stated we had arr ved at a pi-nod when poverty h * d become a crime , but here Hupears worse us ^ te , as to being locked up , than '» lons appe-r generaily to receive in our prisons . Hit this is Eastbminie Workhou-e—the far famed Eisihotirn .-Union Poor Lhw Workhouse . The meii , I understand , in the w « rkhouse , are tu

      - cooped up in a sm . 11 vnnl . Mirr « unded with wnJl * fn > m ten nvtwelve feet ' high " , so that they can see , excepting a point on a hill , only the sky ; and rhat .-JM to ^ me crevices where , they could see throiii-h , that these have had slips of board nailed . ver them . 1 have understood also , that some of the voiiiig men—the cravings of lumper being so greath . ve lieeii kimwn to pi . k up the iiread and potatoes Unit the fowls have left , „ , »>] have e « iten the potatoes e \ pn out ol the pig tub . Now if only one third of tkat which I havestated i » e true , > nrelv nn iuwstieaiinn ought to take place r -uerting the same ; aurf I cnll upon the Eastbourne I niou ( hiardians in a public manner to rebut these ilnnsrs , thro'itrh the medium of a public scrntin }' , in order that facts miiv be a * rertained .

      i -besnre the Easthiiurne Poor Law Guardians appear to have acquired to themselves fame , as to ti . eim . aee of the poor , that cannot be expected to be . forgotten during the present age ; and which m ; iy protuihly make them illustrious as teachers in a starvation way tor future generations to copy after . And as adepts in their profession , who would deny them the . honour of a bust , to be placed in Somerset House , us the pantheon , or Rritish inyiholouicKl temple for the deification of renowned m ' -ii ; and in nii-hes in one of the very best rooms perrniiiinp to the Poor l , aw Commissioners there , in V ii » i tl " ' " ^ S 1 * 1 ^ K viewed and worshipped i . yall iW La * ( luurdiatis , as bright exampleH for iiniiation in carrying forward the Poor Law ? And

      , —( jiiiir . uans of the Kas ; hourne Poor Law Union ? Worthy coadjutors in the art or mystery of bold , hnreraced , and shameless oppression , cruelty , and stnrvaiion ! If you thu . s proceed , when yon have ¦ l .. ne with your work here , you may fully expect l . erea !!* r that his majesty of the black domain , when a ^ seinlilrd With his estates in pandemonium order , will , as a special mark of his favour towards you , as loving subjects who in the most zealous and loyal m inner did bis work on earth ; and as a reward for service * performed as Poor Law Guardians , and this in a irui / of honouring you Lofure the august assembly shew you a token of liishigh approbation , by granting you one of his iiieffable mid eternal suiiU-s .

      My fel . ow-countryrnen , —If there be any thing ( hat i-s hoiu > uraljle in patrimuin , praiseworthy in the destruction of that which is the cnu * e of a large poniou or human misery , and glorifying to the ureat Jehovah , then , down , down , down with the Poor Law , I remain , Sir , Yours very obediently , CHARLES LJROOKER . Alfriston , Sns-ex , August , 183 d .

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      MINUTES OF EVIDENCE BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE ON COMBINATIONS OF WORKMEN . ( Continued from our last . ) lgO 6 . —Mr . J /' aJc / et / . ]—\' o \ i said not j the gaoler was not uuder your jurisdiction . How then should you h « vv reprimanded mm ?—He . is not ; and tlieretore , correctly speaking , I would not have ' - reprimanded him , but I would have inquired into the circniiL-ta . iic .-s , and if I had thought him deserving ol" censure , 1 would have reported the case to the Lord Advocate , and expressed my opinion upon the matter- , all die criminal officers in Glasgow , though not directly under my authority , are in the habit ol

      ooii > u ! ni ! g me iu thos- matters . The other case was that of Keddie ; the procedure in Keddie ' case was this : Keddie was charged , along with e : ght other persons brought in by the police , with haying beet luund and seized when forming a part of a tnmuhuiins assembly of people about tbe factory , atMde-bud , mid who were assaulting and intimi- > divtmg the new hands . It was proved in evidence rielore ine , that the crowd was very large , amounting to from 80 J to 1 , 000 persons , and that they had been about the factories in that quarter , everyday lor some days before , and that the intimidation among the new hands was so great , that they were daily leaving their employment . 1 found great difficulty iu persuading the policemen to apprehend

      any prisoners . They always said that they were not in > ufficient : strength to do so ; that all that they could do whs to protect the new hands , and that if they seized any of them as prisoners , it would lead to a conllict between them and the mob , in which they would necessarily be overcome . However , they did at last get hold of Keddie and Stirling , aud . wen other-persons . Stirling was tried in the first mstance . 1 have written to Glasgow , since the exammalion of Mr . Gemmill , for copies of the evidence in all the cases referred to . . lam , unfortunately , unable to produce copies of the evidence ; Ih-cause ibe book containing the evidence was transmuted to Ediuburgh at the cotton-spinners '

      tnal , and who a-in the Justiciary Office , but 1 shall he able to get it transmitted to this Committee . But I have iu my hand a copy of the sworn iuformauijus lodged against Keddie , and all the persons to whom I shall speak , winch , if the Committee shall think proper , I shall give in . evidence . However , it as immaterial to do that , in reference to Keddie ; because , when sentence was pronounced upon him , Mr . Gemmill came forward , and said , that he was a man of respectability , and that it would bea great pity that a person of that oharacfcr should be sent fo Bridewell . Id consequence of that , as the law bad been , as I thought , sufficiently vindicated by the sentence of ; hree months' imprisonment against

      burling , which ^ had been pronounced on the first day , 1 told Mr . Gemmill that if hewould endeavour to prevent tho > e tumultuous assembnus , aud to . gut the guards taken or the mills , ! would not prououncd sentence against Keddie , and I would recommend the prosecutor not to move for sentence agaiust him . Mr . liemmill upon that said that he would do what he could . He begged it to be , understood thai he could not pledge himself , ia the name of . the Committee , thh . t they would do it ,, because hecosld not be sure that the committee would-follow his advice ; but that he would pledge himself that he would do

      his utmost to prevail npon the committee-to do so . 1 q give him an opportuhr . jr of consuldng mih . his cousntnents , I adjourned the proceedings lor a week . At the end of the week , Mr .-Gemtnil ] came forward with . Keddie , and ; said , that he had now authority to say that the guards should be withdriwnt rom the ikiIIs . I immediately told Keddid that no sentence snould be pronounced ppon him . I called up the sewi ; other perstms into the room , and told them tiiat as tbe \ iolence had now ceased , I should not proceed against them at all ; , that they would all be dismisied , aud they were accardingly dismissed ,

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      ""? % glance of that description at the mills ^^ JW conseqneiice of that '" M" ^ P ^ enfer into ^ y other compact witb Mr ^ Gemniilt ; nr , wi « , ihose ^ othen pewons ^ vthatt h&Sffi&Tf / JW ^ ^ ohe whatever ; I never « KHJ ?« * i ? 8 t ld - ea that I-. was ti > be Wilder any £ ft of WcreCT- in ; fact ; *» thia ^ wis ^ it e « # f fy ^ M * ' Glmmil ! wa ^ obUge ^ i td «»« mbly of nearl y a Aousaiid cottbn-flpiunew la » Sr ^ ! W consequence of what hes ^ i d , an TfH- " : P ? 1 into the public newspapers ; Zh \ k Sf ¦ 8 eDt * *> Tebttng to the traiiiaction , in aS' ^ Zutt ? P ' Wnwt * agreed ? to witliidraw the guards and desist from violence . I understood disJ S j l T 5 £ consider Mr . GwhminM ^ gn ^ emtnit ^ brakeni if he could not ^ uc ed in ' ^ SP' ^^ vio ence , Jjecaus , his en ^ em ' eSwS ^ wuat ne coniii or th

      uo lthat purpose ; bat I neveil ^ ere ^' t « ffl 0 &P ^ t recolleS Wk ^ ptScS ! ^ derstendmg that it should HerSd ? ""?^ ^ » " 8 V « nenti iii point of fact oh-TSbeJte SS S ° POt OI 4 ? rf ™ has been - l « nQ ¦ lir — 4 y » eve H tried . ¦ ¦ nS , & ^ « Ui ° «^ -.: « na : mort serious dirSn sa ^ s ^^ sjkS eow , and large crowds ' itnmediatel y \ San tri assemble nrn ^ 6 ^ 6 ti ^ gKii » it ^^ iirSSti called Ae Albion Iron Works ., Two of thV S charged . with those offences ^' . ^ tT

      watchmen . lit th ? * mr , and brought be ' ore tnw . M-Donald and Flo . ckhart 1 proceeded with «^ e trial of M'Donald in the first instance , ^ dTir * lone tnal , he was found guilty pf intimidatmff and Tnreatemne the persons , ns -appeared in evidence . 1810 . —Had you a jury in that case ?—I had not I concpivpd it was indispensable that the trial and ' the punishment shonld he . immeniate , and that the posrponmtr the case for several weeks fora jnrV would have destroyed the effect of the whole thing MMJonalrt was convicted of having assembled with a grent mnny other persons , from 50 to 100 , at the ¦ S pnT of the iron works , and havinp in the first instance forced away on ? ol the newhancrs by violence in the mnrnine : iand . when the mnRtvr rxfnm ^ of

      a later time of th * day , with the new hands in n cnrriape , wtfh harinBl assembled in great numbers at the door , from 50 to 100 person * , an . l threatened 'hem in a violent way , and jostled them , and havmg done their utmost to prevent them eneajrin , r i ,, the work . I will lay < he depositions upon that Kublect before . the ¦ Committee , which are to this effect I hnvejn my h . v . irt the sworn informafion relativ to the suhject , which I will eive in evidence . The other man , Flonkhartj after sentence was pronounced upon M'Donald , wns fried also ; asfnrns I recollect , he also was conricted . However . I am not perfectly mire of thrit ; bnt no sentence was pronounced upon him , because Mr . Gemmill mad . ' the jam * offer , that if I would not proceed ngainsr this otbermnn hewould endeavour to procure a ce ^ sntinn of the nolence ; the , violence Hid censp . aii-H .

      rlorkhart never was proceeded further with . 1811 . —What was the date of this transaction ?—The information was the 30 th of Jnne . 1837 . 1812 . —Mr . O'Cfinuell 1—Is that information of the nature , of an lodgment ?—It is a « wnrn information , detailing the particular charges against the mnn . i > 1813 —Yon held ont . a hopp . that the sentence mieht h « mnis ? fi « prl if tranquillity was restored ?—I said to the man that the sentence I pronounced of three mouths' imprisonment , was a severer sentence than I would have prononnner ] if t ' ie . city had bpen quiet , and if tbe minds of the working clnss > * bad not been in a state of irritBtion ; bnV I knew tha ^ tbey had p ud . in conversation rppardinff Ke 4-< he « rase , that I hnd not ventured to pronoiinee sentence on _ thar person ; and I thoneht it

      inrlisDensaDie , in order to vindirate the authority of the law , toj ) iononnce tho sentence , fo show the " worVmen to what punishment they were ex-posed , and whnt risk they ran ; but I Stated , thatif the violence did cease 1 would recommenl to the Secretary of State a commutation or r-mission of part of the sentenceand four weeks after the sentence was pronorthced I did accordingly write to the Secretary of State to that ertecf . but the sentence was not remitted . 1814 . —Havp you iti your experience known many instances in whirh the judges in the Hiiperior coiirti under similar cirenmstauces , have held out a prospective , mihjration of sentence if a particular object wns gained ? - ^ Clearlv ; T shonld say , however , that I think the conduct of M'Donnld , as proved in evidence , was surh as amply to warntnt the

      ounishment of tlirpq months' imlirispriment ; hut nevertheless , the reason why I Keid ont a prospect of remission was tbi-ijthnt the class of persons brought to trial and exposed to onni ^ hment from those co-T-hinntions are orten * o respec . tum ' e , that I nm aware that the punishment of confinement in the house of corrertion wns more severe in relation to hern than in relation to thieves or other persons of inferior rank of life .

      1815 . —Heing persons of general good moral conduct r P . rsons of ^ enpral good morn ] conduct . 1 * 16 . —Was not there a case in which a man of the name of M'D = uJe killed a mnn of the name of M'Cnrth y ?—Thar is said tn have ocrnrrpd in 1831 I was only appointed in 1834 . conseqtientl y Iknow nothing ol it , ns I wns n * t Ciown Counsel at the time , nor was 1 sheriff ; but I h > ue written t < i the procurator fiscal in Lanarkshire ; he has already commenced a precognition relating to the offence , which ! shallreport to ( he Committoe : I know that informanon

      no was given to the sheriff upon the subject m that / year * 1817 . —The office of Crown Connsel in Scotland is one thnt vanes , with the ch-mtre of Ministry ? -The trown Counsel are changed with the Ministry , like tbe Attorney and Solicitor-General in England . 1 he o her instance stated against me individually , was that of having used harsh or improper exnres . sionsupon a petition presented to me . by aclemya man _ and an alder , in relation to two of the commiUee who had been seized by me . The cirrumstanres of the case were these ; On the 12 th of SeptPinber thr ^ e two genflemen came out to me , at my country house , near Glasgow , and stated that

      rtiey had a . petition to present from themselves , and from certain members of the congregation , in favour of two prisoners , of the name of Smail and Gallocher , who had been apprehended by me on a charge of being accessory to the murder of Smith . I stated to them that the case had I'eeii transmitted by me to the Crown Counsel , and therefore that it lay with them to make a selection of the persons who were to be kept for trial , and to liberate or dispose of the rest ns they thought fit ; but that 1 had recommended , and should further recommend to the Crow ,, Counsel to select three or four of the sixteen prisoners apprehended upon that charge ,, ar id keep them lor tnal , and to liberate the rest without bail , because it was impossible to put twentvmen to bail .

      I sam , however , that ! regretted as much as possible UiHt auy men should be kept in prison , in a general case , ^ enfor a lew weeks or months , that were not nlUii atel y proceeded against ; bnt that with regard ! . n ,, u t pr l ? lers ct ^ « tfd with this committee , I heoi » el , / » ym P . « % thnn with most others , tr ial ^ WmteVer mi ^ tUe l « Kalresult of the S t " C < wl -1 ddnht that tliey were all , morall y speaking , guilty of the murder . That I o 1 ^" V ? £ ' v ? ay * ¦ - ¦ H ] 0 . we > -er ,:. m consequence ,, t the applications made to me I investigated tie charge , against the men , and rrecomraended to the Crovvn Counsel to liberate them both , and five days alter , the application to me thev wer « Kn ^

      liherated npou a trifling bail . 1818 . —1 hat conviction which you have expressed is the conscientious conviction of your mind , to which you would depose if you were upon your oath?—It is the perfect conviction of my mind , 1 here are two other particulars which I should wish to mention to the Committee in relation to mv official conduct towards , the cotton-spinners ' committee , in connequence of the charges made , against me , which I otherwise would not have thought it worth while to mention . The first is , I was obliged to leave Glasgow two days after they were seized , to ureside ntthe election of the county member tor Lanarkshire . I left instructions . with the nndoi .

      sheriffs to proceed with , the witnesses iiv regard to the whole of the prisoners as rapidly as pi > s < ib ] K and _ pn noaccount to keep any of them under close ! conhnemeut for more than eight days ; seienteen days is the period allowed in Scotlarid for cloiie conhnement ; that is , continVment without access to their lnends . I directed that the "preparatory examination should be concluded in eight days at latest , which is only half the time allbwed by law At the same , time 1 made an ' oraer , which I tave to Mr .- bemmill , directed to-the keeper ofthb Bridewell , that . they should be accommodated with all conveniences while in custody , th&iigh not u-ually g'ven , _ ° f ner prisoners , in consehu-nce of which they had a- great variety of accoinihodations , which other prisoners in the Bridewell do not receive I must mention

      ,, that a week or two afterwHrds a medical certificate wak presented to me , Rtating that two ^ or three jol . the . prisoners were suffering under ¦^ JwWi . ' - } J lm ™« di « el y ordered that they HW ;; Those were Bari . ardMurphv ; raWi ° i % ^ ; ry Dunn . Afterwards 'Mr ! Uemmi | l came out to me aud informed me , when themal wa ^ comnigon , that he experienced great reluctance on the part of the witness ^ to give him an accoubSof what they were to say ; . and they shut themselves up , and would not coinmunicHtts to mm ; and I immediatel y signed un order , which \ commnincated to Mr . Uemmili , recommeiiding the .. wituewes to give this same information to Mr . Geminil which they hadgiven to / ip ' tv Mr . GetmhiU vln-u took the mforinatiou of those witneisses ; and 1 have

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      reason to know that in that way he became apprued S t ^^* Part of the Crowul and . oirfef these circnraptan <> . s , I think tne ^ charB « 5 m ^^ flr ^ * ' * H ? cottoa-spinners' com ^ W «?^ i ^ ¦ "& *• GeauniU were ungracious aud ] Uujustt '¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' r' J . * " ¦ . ;• ¦ " . " ¦ . " % ' ;¦ . ¦¦ - - ' . ; ¦ ¦' ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ - . ' . ' ¦' .. ;¦ - ¦ ^ l ^ -rj 110 ' ** were the witnesses for the proseca-^^ 7-Tliey were the witnesses for the prosecutionj Theirnames were ttU ^ iveu to the prisoner ^ wiSel fridictment , and cohsequentlY Mr 5 Gemmill ' kne ^ £ ho > they were ; but ^ wW Ww « mt , to thefa SJi would . yot answer hw qoestions v thev ^ ^ were afraid , and ; some of them were ! n prisotn ' I recommended them all to give him "ftll informatioa of what they had said to toe * and in cqnse . qaenc » of W ^ e gotthe informationV I Wrote put ah order to the Keeper of the gaol to go alonk with-Mr . Goh-i

      mill t and to allow him to examine the witnesses iu enstody . •¦ , , . . -. - . ' , : ¦ ' . - .- ¦ , i 1820 .-r-You are qaite aware that those are advari- ; tages which no pnsoner in Englaud or Ireland has ? — lhey possess them , I believe , only iu cases of high treason . 1821 . — -And even in high treason , through the names of thfe' witnesses are given , you are probably ; aware that they ; are not allowed to ha \ e anv intercourse with . them?— In Scotland every person iu

      every case , h / teen days before the tnal , mtisr have a list of the witnesses served nppu hiin , with a copy oi the mdictmeut , and with the designiitibu aud plact ! of abode of each , witness . " " '" ' ""

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      ^ FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE CORN ¦' ¦¦¦ " - ' .. ' ¦ ... xaws . ' ¦ ¦ •¦ - ¦ ¦ . ; TO THE EDITOR OK THE LKEDS TIMES , « W ^? JftTr % rt i ^^^'"' K ^ a m ' fl JVlwinentary R ^ - f ^ rt . - u > 4 Vi , » rcfy "" p urtant discuwion to « k pluce in-flw HoU 3 « ofCoiiimong , which ' ooenpted two n . Khu' debate on th * t 8 h 1 . nW . Wi . en Kro « iIlg Buhjecl ,- ^ Corn Law * . In volume L new s . ne * ^ ion of 1 ^ 4 , HRel 52 . & ? & & £ mgha . il reuiarkH- " Mr .. K . OXtaiior . t&- M « . uW ^ IL ) S ^ Lr w heri l ° \ the ^ " ^ cultural ftnKll , h borottijlw . Knarexb , r . m h : aud MrHeAvmethM

      . . liV'iilJCT fur the greatest ami iu . l 8 t excliwiTel y apriculthral counua ? of . England , nau . ely , LincoluAiro / oppotJd W altHration whatever in tile Corn Laws . ; j > j ™<* i * uy , On pagH 1264 of thesaiue wurk w the follriwing copy of motion , to ; wbich . l be « the very H ^ ci il attention ol yuurielf aud yiiurnumerouarwaiWs . r ..... . j . »» , » u » List . | t" the m 4 » rtty of 314 , Tellerg inclndea , Who en the > ixth of March voted ajfiiiiwt thHinotiim of . Mr . Hume— " / hat ihix Htioge do r «» olve iUeir into' a Committee of- the wholn Hou * - tn conuider the t ' oru- Uw ^ , ( 9 i h lieu . IV .. c CO ) and » ubititnting iHdti ' .- xl of the pr ^ entgraduated scale of duties a nxeiJ und modi-rate duty on . the import at all time * of foreiJn , c . rninto the United Kingdom , and l .. r g antiug a iixedann equivalent bounty on the export of corn of the United

      Kiug-Forthe motion .... 157 Against it JJ 14 In the list of the majority against the motiun' is placed in X £ Z ^ £$ b 3 £ &jr *~* *™ - » - * '«*¦'» . . »* K . O'CONNOR , Esq ., then MembRr for Cork . People what do you think of this ! !! A . T .

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      TO TF B ED 1 TUK UK THIS LtSEDS TIMES . Sir , —By the above paragraph , I find that you are still determined to be AT me . During the late war , a sailor , whose ship was about to sail , happened to have a one pound country bank note , which he presented at aCotkbarik for change , but was refused . After the war , the tar returned with considerable ptize money , which he instantly converted into the paper of the unaccommodating firm . He ran triumphantly to the counter , and exultingly throwing down his bundle , exclaimed , "There ,

      d —nyou , can you do that ? " It wa « doue for him , and he felt much more grieVc'd than if he had broken himself b y breaking the bank . Now , Sir , you are precisely in the sailor ' s situation ; for I am £ oing to discount the hill which you have drawn upon me , and which you hoped would be di-honoured . I shall at once proceed to the consideration of my vote , !> nd if my opinions upon the subject were changed , I might claim the application of the Christian principle , which says , that" There ismore joy in heaven over one sinner who hath

      repented , than over ninety and nine just persons . " To every public man , except myself , this maxim is most liberally extended , but I do not require its protection , and shall neither fence nor quibble with you . In 1834 , I represented one million of an entirely agricultural population . Tenure , iu Ireland , whether by lease or accepted propusal , always constitutes a " tenancy at will , " from the improper power which landlords possess over their ttnantu , Mr . Hume ' s motion was for a fixed duty , thereby eHtahliahing a more permanent , and not less injurious ,

      restriction upon the importation of foreign corn . Here again I shall not fence , for I should , as representative of the comity of Cork , have voted against a " repeal of the Corn Laws . " I did do so , and at the close of the Session 1 returned to my constituents . I tendered my resignation in several towns throughout the county , as was my custom . I tendered it in public meetings of electors and non-electors , and I then stated that I had voted against the motion ; but now , finding , from the manner in which the landlords had

      resisted all the just demands of their tenants for a fair adjustment according to the times , the sooner the dreadful conflict came the better ; and , there , fore , I would vote for a repeal , but not for a fixed duty . This I communicated to the leaders of the measure , > nd in my several communications with the pedifle . In the year 1833 , nearly all of , the Englistf Members , ( whom , after the Reform Bill , the Irish Members supposed to be a fair representation Af English opinion , ) voted for the Irii-h Coercion

      Bill . In 1834 , only one English Member voted for a repeal of tbe Union ; and Irish , questions were considered nationally , not imperially . The English people , as a body , had not at that time separated from the Whigs . I have now explained the reason of ray vote in 1834 ; andndw , Sir , give me teave to add , that if I Haw no greater benefit contained in the repeal of the Corn Laws than the fallacious prospect of reducing foed in price ,, in order that labour may be reduced in a much more exorbitant

      degree , I would still vote against the repeal of the Corn Laws . The rulers who have hitherto been enabled to turn all the industry of the country to their own advantage , oply seek for a cheaper , because a more extensive , market to gamble in . Mr | Clay , in introducing the measure , very ingenuously stated , that irs object was to reduce wages , the effect of which might be , and probably would be , to bring the whole population for a season ror two into full work , until the glut which speculation would be sure to cause , would again throw labour

      as a beggar at the door of the employer . But perhaps you will rejoin , hut we should make the foreigners better customers . Why , they are already better clad than we are ,, iand we must firs , t nia . ke a world of consumers before . we can insure a demand even with our present power of production . Bid the griping manufactnrer ever struggle for a law , save for his own benefit ? No : and , therefore , without Universal Suffrage , to turn the free ' . importation of foreign grain into a proper channel , namel y , into the stomachs of the people , away with

      your Utopian scheme ! . •• Pray , Sir , read the evidence of the Xeeds hand-loom weaver , who stated upbn his examination before the Commissioner , " thatbe did once think that a repeal of the Corn Laws would benetvt his older , but of late he had colfflpletely changed his opinion . " Sir , I have stated that 1 wouid how vote for a repeal of the Com Laws , apd you will doubtless say , " What , with all the evils consequent upon the alteration ! " No , Sir , but because there is dow a principle contained ia the

      consideration of the measure . The oonnexiou between Church and State , that is the iden ^ ty o » interest which exists between the parsons and th < t landlords , has been the curse of this country . The represeutati'res of the two descriptions = of property reciprocally support each other > white both unite iu supporting what is called naiional faith , ihat is , national p lunder , or in other words , the mortgage of the poor man ' s labour to the rich man ' s support . You arej perhaps , aware that a Tithe Billhas been passed jince I voted , which makes the landlord and the

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      parsoujomt propnetora in the fee , and that theteffect of a repeal of the Corn taw * would be to nduce ^ a e » tate r saj of ! £ 15 , 000 a-year ,., to about ^ | o ^{» alfear ; - The JAreouU claim bem ' ^ of right dfvjj * would remain Qudimimshed , while thelandlord would be liable to the same amount of tithe upon the € i 6 , 000 as tie waf upon the £ 15 , 000 . " in 1 thii nituation the landlordji wotild fery speedily inqaird more criticaljy intq the ha ^ of the union bet ^ ee » Church > n 1 d : State | and , being mor ; 5 powetful ^ aM the pan ^ op 8 , (> the . jlandlords :. would succeed , ags ^ tft them ^ ot ^ et tte ^ 8 tractj oa ^ f ^ ^^^ ld have tobe

      wou , au > ned for , whictTwou ^ itdoU 9 bya surrender ^ therpg rtof thelandlordof * portiM of that mortgag ^ which he l ^ ^ ^ ' secur ^ of 'English , Irish , and Scotch blood arid " sweat . Such , Siri , would be ? the value pf ^ ^ ereDea ^ of - ^ . Corn Laws without , IXnivers » i SoS ^ age ^ while ^ vi ^ k Universal Suffrage I am ready to ' contend ^ ^ tha ^ t ^ three conntrie * , by the legitimate application of jhejt sons , ; would not , only furni * h an abunddncejfoi ^ ut would become ex porters , to a prodigious . anKj ^ nJt You ..-wili . sa ' y . that ^ bis w , raere aHsertion ; tfUf ^ bgi like case like ruie ; l . will g ive , you a stri ^ tl ^ -analogouscase ^ i th reflBrence to Church ; andState ^ and

      ma country , too , \« rhere the Church ; w ^ . mpr © powerful ' than the State—in Ireland . ' : Be jt ^ noi ** to ; you then j that ; ., the Jrish . Par | jdm , e nv ^ jp ^! ft E ^ ro testan . t Earliament , did , in : 1735 , pass cert ^ a resolutions exempting ^ rass land from th ^ paymept of tithe . Under this protection / , the > I « 3 lt Protestant landlord ^ , with his three , four , " * r live -thousand acrea ; of grass land , ofifefiedlup hia untaxed prayera > t while , the Catholic w ! dow , with a large family , paid somevher . ahout ten shilling , * - tithe fur an half acre of poufoa

      ground , -. adjoining the Lord ' s domain . From , 1735 10 1823 the exemption from tithe- threw much l * ijd out of eultiyation and thereby considerably lesse , « d the property of the Church , at the caprice :. of th » andlords . During the whole period between , 1735 and 1823 , the proprietors of grass land , whether Catholic , or Protestant , did , as landlords , eject apd distrain , and beggac ; as yeomanry officer ,. , they did WOUUd and shoot the peasantry , and burn thsir houses ; as ^^ magistrates , they did torture , persecute , and ill-treat the people ; as jurora , they did forswear themselves . In auy instance in which

      resistance to tithe was made , these things did they , dp . But in 1821 , Mr . Goolburn , finding the property of tbe Church becoming insecure , introduced and passed an Act called the Tithe Composition Act , which was afterwards made compulsory ; the effectof which Act was to apportion and levy tithe by an acreahle assessraent ; and ; Sir , from tbe moment the gras . sla . nd was brought to bear its proportion of Church

      burden down to the present day , xcarcely a Protestant landlord speaks to his parson . "We find High . Sheriffs , taking the thair at ami-tithe meetings , ^ - we find country gentlemen inveighing against tbe monopoly of the parsons , —we find one half of eTery session taken up in endeavouting to adjust the diflerence ( = between the shepherdf and their flocks , —and we find the former persecutor tbe pretended proteccor of the poor , —we find that circumstances have

      thrown the ari . xtocracy into the arms of the former so called mob , —and together they will , ( and God fjrant they may , ) "finally beat down Mammon under our feet , " just as the landlords , deprived of ,-theif unjust revenue from the Corn Laws would join rt © people in beating down the English Mamiuon ,: and then the farmers would join , and beat down tb * Jesr and the money changer , the blood merchant and the human speculator . lt People , what do yea think : of

      that ? " Sir , I now stand pledged to vote upon all future occasions against a fixed durj ) hut for a total repeal of the Corn Laws . I voted . againiti . ^ T . O'CoNNEVii ' s Instalment Tithe Resolutions . .: £ shall ' always vote for that whkh declares a prineipl * rather tha . u an expedient . I-voted for tte admifeMioa Of Jews into the House , of ^ Commons * ; if they were in , I would noiw vote for tbeir pxpuLjton ; but . uiidfir Universal . Suffrage I would again , admit . them . -TMs I would do from the conviction' that if the source

      was . RMre .. any ; coTrwrioa-tbJ » t . fe . undi _ t 8 ; way into the reservoir , would be but a . bubhle upon the surface as a weak fool with a pen in bis hand , who , when ha slanders pood men but ¦ writes bis own condemnatiofn . Sir , as I have hither to dealt courteousl y with you . I trust you will now receive the advice which I am about to give you in that spirit in which it is mean , fc , always bearing in , , mind , that no man i «; more pi tiful than h ? who , ; haviug no recommend ation of , hig own , endeavours . to build iiis temple of fame upon the defamation of others . I lull y admit the right of

      every man to question , . and criticise the conductoof any publie character ; but , Sir , the pubticinpws how to appreciate honest censorship , and can distinguish , when it travels into the . path of intere .-ted ; an 4 uncalled-for invective .. For several weeks -ypi ^ bgye denied me that courtesy which is i ^ ually extetided to persons connected with the , Pre » J : you have thought proper to commence a battle by name ,, attributing to me the acts of others ; you have taken broken fragments , unconnected sentence ? fromr , my speeches , and have lost all title to the name of sen 6 i pel in your occupation pf spy , You have outraged all the

      rules of compion decency . As a bad architect you have interfered withthebeautifulnationalinonument . which is being erected , and you wishtp sospe . nd 1 theetatue which is to crown it , before ' ; tbe :: * . j > ede 8 tal . '' iS'Co ^ i > ; pleted . You begin to dress at the wrong ^ ena , you put on your hat before you are out of bed . You begiu to . cavil about the executive Tjefore you , b ^ ve got the . representative power . Sir r let my answer , to yo'jr . fpll y be , general . Gfive us Universal Suffrage , and then you may change the order and line of suc-, cesMqn , fr 9 m the heirs of the body of the Princess Sophia , to the heirs of the bodv of Mr . IJooton .

      I shall not quarrel if yoursabstitute the female for the male line , or the illegitimate for the lawfully begotten , provided the power is in the people to dethrone your issue , whenever the sovereign will of the people shall think fit . , I am sure , Sir , I shall never oppose your becoming Charles the Third , pro i . v > dcd yoii always > eep the fete of CHARLBS ^ . the First before you . . ' . I shall now Sir , give you a practical instanpe of the powerless condition of a monarch , who , Wj& Universal Suffrage , ' may dire to violate -the rigbi inferred upon him . Yes , Sir , I am no « r goingfo

      appeal from you to the people . As my time is too precious either to read or answer your criticisms . r be ™ leave to dethrone , you , and to establish a more virtuous tribunal for the trial of public * men , at all events for myself . Whenever any twentyrfiv © working men , being Radicals , jpf . any ; j » art of Great Britain or Ireland ; shall call apon me' ^ o answef for any words spoken , or acts done by me , I shall repair , wi t bout loss of i- time , to any part of the' said dominions , and there either expresji my sorrow , if wrong , or defend myself , if I suppose myself to be tight . ¦ . ¦ ¦ , . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ; - ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ - ¦ •' - - .- ••¦?• ¦

      Now , Sir , if you are -resolved upon having tba last word , pray have it , and let us see some common sense , instead of mad invective . ; J I have . -tie honour -to . he ¦'¦¦¦ t : ¦' : .:. ¦ .,. ¦ ¦ , r . . Youj obedient 3 e ? vaTiV J -

      FEAKGUS O'CONNpBi Hen and Chicken Hotel , Birminghfam , ' , Vl : , AngHst , 29 , J 838 . . ; ¦; , , : . P . S .. Sir , X quite forgot to state . ihat I -haore mentioned my vote upon the Corn Laws at several public meeting * , and yetyon seem to think : that you have ; found secrets in public documents . - ' ' ¦ ;¦¦ :- ¦ : ¦ - ¦ / . ; ¦ - - : ; v . o'CJ

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 1, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1021/page/3/