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    p A SERMOff DELIVERS ) BY THE REV . & R . STEPHENS , AT STALYBRIDGE , ON SUNDAY EVENING , FEBRUARY 10 . * . { By our mmRepoiiet . ) Oa Sunday evening last , the ReT . J . R . _ Stephens patched a Fennon in his owa chnpel , Kisg-streetj StalyMdge , after which it was announced that a collection was to be made in aid-of the siek aad the , distressed poor of that town . Long- before the ^ riee eemsieaeed the chapel km crowded to ^ 4 x 4 ^ , - and numbers , who were anxious to > jce&r the * ev > gentfeman , were obliged to go awr , y < tn cosse < rae « ce of bang unable to obtain ean \^ aoa . A % "fin torntoeacement of the services the con ^ egiaob ,-which ? eemedtob » abontfe 511 a ] lymide ^ -of taales and females , sane a nyaB , apparently with tie greatest entausiedS , after wiica The tev . -gentleman enfJged ib solemn asd tievont praye ^ the whole assembly , notwithstanding i 6 "" croW&d-gtate , maintaining picha riteace that if a ^ in had fallen- itsSghtbsve teen heanTin anyjiart of the chapel . After his ipraver was concluded , another hjmn was fjren out ane sung with the enme enthusiasm , e wrj person appealing to feel die deepest consciousness of the troths which the . poetry conveyed . In «< kr to thr ow discredit upon Mr . Stephens , some of onr contemporaries have bad tie impudence and the aeanoess to state thatihe assemblies collected togetherupon such occasions bjrtke xev . gentleman were of the most disorderly kind , and conducted themselves withoutthe least regard to that decorum ^ hich the solemnities of religions worship-ought to Mspire . _ We beg most flatl y and direc % : to give the 3 te to this foulest of all calumnies . We care sot ¦ wnkt be the denomination—and we have been in the eoapels ofmaay—it weuld be utterly impossible for « ny assemb ^ -to conduct themselves with greater 'decorum end order than did the people von this occaaca ; -: AH »? emed inspired wjai' -tne ^ seriousness ef Heraaonf mid had there been bh angel , tod not a 3880 for-a ^ rescher , is * 6 aki iaare been impassible tstbs stffiEaoii of tkesndi&zz id be more serious end-fixed . . _ ... ' ¦ . * The Rev . Gekxvbus , in -proceeding with his ffifooEBse , saidW-I will take the fiord of God against 4 e * wi ( Aye ;) The world at this hour is get agains ? tbi Word of God . lie straggle must ba a deadljane ; there is now no hel ping it : pray God , « 5 Tlus got j dnes § to give ns strength , for we shall need it according to our day . { Amen . ) For many years England has been a mark at which die Dent has " « hm his most insidious feutinost deitruc 6 ve"bullet 8 . Covert and unobserved , for a while ^ bnt at length more opecly , and now at last without any disguise , England is claimed by Satan as his lawful inheritance and prey . It testa with God , sad he only sawws , by and bye , to declare whether—as I sometimes fear , and as almost all the tokens of the times declare—whether the sun of England ' s greatness will not have to set in black midnight , in the very midst of day . If , as a land , we go down—if , as a people * e be destroyed , we shall in » ll livelihood on Jnvm . ' I - , . ; i ; . 1 . . . t . [_ : j ; „ r j . ^ j t e r . f 5 ( t 1 j - < t t . j , , [ ,

    * t once—pensh at a * irete , and be swept away fron « ff the face of the earth , as chaff is driven befor the wind . Yon -can hardly point to one solitar redeeming feature-rathe presentcrisis of ournatiena " destiny . Where are yon to look for any hope , o for any . help ? I hare-looked around , and i those things have not come within my ken at is not because I weuld not ' see . them-5 t is because I have not been able to discovei mem . If I go to the court , what fisd I there ? Dc I find a scriptural Queen , a Queen who is a nursing mother to her people ? ( No , no . ) I hesitate not to fey , that the Queen of these realm * hasit not in hei Jower , if she have the will to help , succour , and deliver heryeople . ( Hear , hear . ) I hesitate not to say , that the = Qaeen , who , because she is young , 3 Bd because she is only a woman I conclude to be unsophisticated and nnprejndiced , or if prejudiced stall , her prejudices are oa the side of mprejr , gentli } - Jiess , and forbearance , and compassion , and tenderness , and lore—that Queen , I hesitate not to eay , is as profoundly ignorant of the grievances aad sufferings of the people as any other young woman Who happens to lire at the antipodes of the earth . ( Hear , hear , and " Yes . ") I speak not fiius of her unkindly or in anger , but in sorrow ; and I enly speak of it to show you that one of the wurces of your deliverance is dried up . It is like a gmngin the desert that has been stepped up irom which no watere are allowed to flow . I hesitate sot to say , that the Queen of these realms is befeayed , and deceived ; and if not herself rescued jiU , in all probability , along with her people , be fesfroyed . ( Hear , . hear , bwy)—If I l « £ , k to tne hoase of noble * , the house , according to tae genios of the constitution , accordi ng t 0 ( he 4 jmn of ouriustitutiops , and , in many parts of history , according to the practices of ancient times , the icase that has shown itseli to be , and that was intended to be , if intended for any good purposs ^ ail , a bulwark against tha encroachment * of royalty on the one k « nd » .-and « f democracT on the « ftfir . —If I look to that houRrwhat do t iSnd ^ TO land anything of the ancient spirit of chivalry ? Do I find any epark left of that bold , braTe , " i aan ^ , and generous devotion of a magnanimous peerage to the institutions , of the country , to the privileges of the people , to the sacredness of property , and , above alL to the sanctity of national right , and national privilege ? No : 1 find a morally degenerate and

    corrupt peerage ; i nnd a constitutionall y bastard Bosse of Peers ; they ars bastards to the land nationally , and no longer sons ( hear , hear ) . Where Js there a man in that house , from the hoary-headed sinner , who has his seat at th ? helm of affairs , down to the last new comer who'has been politically pitchforked into that house—where is there a man of them that ever stands up , unless it be Earl Stan-H « PE now and then , witn hardly one on his sideunless it be the Bishop of Exeter now and then with har -ly another prelate to " echo the voice of our Lord as he does , on behalf of tiie widow and the fatherless ? . Where can yon find a man , with the exception of these , tnat dare , or that seems to be inclined to present himself between the encroachments of Infi . fielity and Atheism , and the rights and liberties of the people ? On the other hand , you find this morally abandoned peerage themselves lending all the waght . of their names , their rank , their title , and

    their influence to aid , abet , and help the most diaooScal law that erer cursed a nation , whether Ouutup or Pagan ( hear , ; hear ) . I find peers of olood walking up and down thePoorLaw bastiles ef this country , looking ipto every kettle and every crib ~ not Jf > *« whether the kettle be emntr that ther i £ ay fillit , but to see whether there be anything in the kettle that they may filch out of it ; not to see whether tne cabin be comfortable—that ther mar increase its accommodation , but to see whether there be two blankets , or one and a rag , that they may leave the rag and take away the last blanket ga t ^ remaining ( hear , hear ) . I find Peers of j realm 5 &e hl S * tt ™ * yr ar Ktzwilliams , ^ d your Broughams , and J 0 Dr Radnor . - , and 2 II the rest of die ^ ane class , and find those men with the scales in their hands ,-weighing the ounces of bread ,, and measHnng tto drops of water , that ttey-may stail away even the cramb * , - at 0 » exp ense of the hves of those whom God hei made in to own image . ( Hear , hear . ) What caa we expect , what can we look forfrommensodegene-^ l " thes ? I "will say noticing of tiie Bishopg *« this ; I win apeak of no enl of them ; I wi r aly ask when , ih the memory of any linn * man .

    Jon ever yet knew abench of Bishop * torise in the l / pper House , and say " we as the representatives of Jesus Christ , as the ambassador * of God ; yre , as the servants of the Chnrch and the people for J . esu * sate , we prononnce Damnation , Eternal Damnation opon yon , « nr brother barons , npoa yon , our associated , peers—we pronounce God ' * wrath and the Uamaauori of Hetf upon yoV * f-you ~ dare to tread down widows' houses ,, or-to afilict the fatherless—if yon dare to oppress the weak and helplass—of joa dare to divide and put asunder thoss yrhom out God and our Chnst has joined together . ' . ' ( Hear , hear , and Amen . ) But though the bishops may not have pronounced this anathema God hag pronounceditand imlea they declare it God will ilsttoy them al wen as their associate brethren , whom thej ought i wns publicly to reprove and authoritatively to de-™ nz < x- Uyou go from that Hoosa to the Lower House of Representatives of the people , what find SfeSff ^ TOfin d > e . ™>» t subservient , themost abjecfly iawnin- , cnngiag sycophants . that ever God allowed to remain nndestroyed . What is the roeech from the throne , which that House ha *

    aramcmuiumonaly re-echoed ? ( Hear , hear . ) In that speech , at this tone , when the biik of th » land is starving ; when the great majority of dm people of England are either orer-wirkea , doinjr more , harder , and heavier work than anTclaMof thebeasfaefburdenin the land ; when ^ are not onlyover . worked . butunder-fed ; whenafterafl ( heir tal . theyhaveitnot in their power either to feed ^ eir hungry chddren or to cover the naked backTof those who make up their household ; . when the land ttgrpamngjb . einiBtirdenedjandwheii . fromoaeena flie land to the other , you behold not only suffering butsuff ^ nng with patience ; when from one end of tAglaad to the other we have not one political assassin , one 1 political murderer ; when all-ig peace and tranquilfity and patience and resiguatiQa ; when no hand is lifted wre 2 m prayer to God ; when no eye looks but to « hj « Ten-i-to aeaven alone-for hel p : amid all this , have you in that speech from thethrone" one word o f sorrow for tte people-one word of regret that their state and fffl !? " ? , dlsa 3 trwis ? « there one tear of pity from flie maiden eye of youthful royalty ? ff : ferfefi \ t « l > Wden to weep ; &e Quee n > neart has been forbidden to feel ; tae SSwr ft-KKS as ^ aasssj fess ^ K

    isttf ^ aiM 5 ii * jas at &jssa 5 jp ? S 8 ? 3 faa the North of Vm . ? » ' ™ '" any B 19 *" RacHfo' '^^ S 2 ? if ? . ?} otne C' ? E' ? P l awavfr ** r * AwdrBB , her children shall be taken anv t ^ -s ^ by ^ ese efficen of He rod ; that il ^ r ^^ naU ditig to the tkiite of its mother , 01 < MW 4 clasp its tiny anna around its mother ' s neck ° _ r «** & to its moiher ' s breaat i ithey have bid her tell Wtt child , 4 t » d that jaother , arid the dowBCBBt , Droken-heajted father that stands by , tliat if thej dared so aadh as to weep , —go much ai « to pray tc God—Ihciy have bid her tell you that the pelice are to be ready— that the police are to keep yon down j tueytevebidtha Queen tell you that this law oi hell ^ ehall be enforced , although the throne itseli shoaldbe sacrificed in the attempt to enforce it , ( Hear , hear , and shame . ) Now , 1 tell those aen « teaj if that kw is to be enforced . * 2 < 4 If tijesrerogativeg of the Crown , and the pow . er of the Thron « are to . be brought in to aidin theenforceBient-of that law—I tell those men that the throse . itself must , will , arid ought iq perish . ( Hear , Iseai ^ sad great emotion . ) 1 love the ancient institutions of , th « country ; I honour and obey toe Queen , aiid all that are in ' authority under her , she being highest in authority under God : but she has no authority to enforce that law ; she has no _ power tv see that law carried into « jEecution —( hear)—and by this Word of God ( striking his hand vpan the Bible ) I call upon my . fellow-couHtrymen here and everywhere , as they tear God . not to fear them who . can only kill the body . ( Hear , hear , and "True . " ) Where else . are we to look for help ? Are we . to look to the Church ?—they are blind feadere of the blind —( " aye" )—and more than blind leaden of the blind ; for to those who have alread y get their eyes opened they will not allow the use oi them , but throw dust in them to blind them sgain , and lead them astray . I speak not invidiously , or censoriousl y , or out of * ny . bad feeling ; but 1 ask yon again , as fellow-countrymen of all Churchegfor I know that within these walls are men ef all religious opinions—I ask you how ma&y of yonr ministers in this town-rrhqw many ministers of your several denominations in sby . town , are to be found * who judge the fatherless in J plead forjjte widow ? Do they do it in the pulpiti through tte pre ? . » , on ; the platform , or in the parlour ? ( No , n » . ) No ; they do it . neither in private nor"ift " , public ; * neither with the tongue nor with tibei . pen ; neither ia word nor ib deed , ' They nre prophets in same , but wolvfis in sheep ' s , clothing . ( Hear . ) The fleck has been given them that they should feed it ; and they haveonlj seized upon it , and only keep it , that they may fleece it . They we . e intended ts be watchmen to give intelligence when-the thief should show himseif , instead of which , they give the secret signal to the thief ; they let . the robber come in , axd they help him to plunder , to spoil , and to destroy . ( Hew , hear . ) Where is there hope ? Where is there help ? r In the people ? Thank God ! j there are many among the people ; 'but they have , every pewer and every parry m the laad set against ' , them . One thing I de know , that hitherto the peoi pie of England have not enly shown themselves . susceptible of the truth , but capable of carrying > what they know into operation . ' If thepeople of England havenow of themxelveii knowledge , wudom , goodness , strength , and confidence in God sufficient to enable them to die rather than to suffer the unconsdtatxenal aad aati Christian establishment of a rural police in the land , Eogland will be saved ; but if ontheotkerhandthepeoplcshouldlackthatknonrledge , or wisdom , or power , or cpnfidnncein God tt > enable them to do it . their doom is sealed . ( It is . It it . } England will became a wastehowling wilaemes *; "Ichabod , " will be written upon your cottages as well as upon the palaces of the empire ; the glory is departed from yon ; and yon will then only remain a mark for future generations to shun , a beaconof fear and detraction to warn the mariners thatssball ' succeedus not to sail upon the track that has led us to dash the vessel upon the rock . -Mr . Stephens then proceeded to show that-the spring of all these evils was disobedience to the commands of God . , Wherever God promised blessings that promise wag always associated with obedience to his commands . He then quoted _ several passages , of Scripture to prove his position . ' It was al « o worthy of their' attention that the blessings and curses of God were uniformly ; blessings and curses relating to thislife ; and one : " of the damndest iunovations—he used the word reverently and religiously—one of the damndest innovations of die present age was , that the priesthood had altogether precluded those-temporal' biessingrand curees .-and turned them into metaphysical blessings and curies .

    , Was therano hereafter ? res ; butwhen God spoke of curses he spoke of them through time into eternity . When God spoke " of hell or heaven , he ) nly spake of states that were subsequent to time . Mr . JJtephens then proceeded to show the inseparable connection between cnme and punishment—bo-; w « ent 3 a _» id . jBuerj . ¦ ¦ Hg-ftei de ^ w 4 ^ haltwigi aad showed- the ~ nappy-tfon ^ ojiences ^^^^ P' ^ obedience to God ' s IawsT . He " . " ajplwdSTffie i same reasoning to our national institutions . ' Good ' laws , ifobeyed , wonld produce gopd regults to the people , and wee versa . He then proceeded in a 1 very religious strain to address the audience ; showed I

    the necessity for each man humbling himself , because all were guilty in the sight of God , and , therefore , to effect a national reformation there mus be individual reformation . If we humbled ourselves God wopld liftus up ; butif we were still proud and disobedient , God would smite us all . He proceeded in a very able and energetic manner to expound several doctrines of the Word of God ; and exhorted die people to give themselves up to reading the Bible , and to earnest and fervent devotion . He then proceeded : Why do I speak thus ? £ ook as you go out at yonder placard ( referring to one on the wall , about Marcus » book ) , an advertisement of a publication written by ene of the learned . and enlightened philosophers sf the age , highly approved of by the first men in the land , patronised , protected , and circulated by many of those , who wish to be considered our philosophic sons in the present age .

    Ana wnat is that work about ? It developes a plan , it proposes a process b y which every third child is to be murdered ; and tins is proposed as amoral dutyag a religious rite . ( Great emotion . ) This is recommended as a virtuous and a righteous , aed a most humane plan for the adoption of the Christian people of this country . Has the writer of that book >« en arrested yet ? Has the name of the writer ) f that book been divulged yet ? Have spies and nformers and perjured perrons been suborned te lay hat book at the door of any man yet ia the land ? lave the Queen's troeps been called up in-the dead hour of the night , with the bugle blast , to surround the house , and to escort the person of the author of that book ? Has the highest lair officer of the crown been corresponded with on the subject of a prosecution of the publisher of that book ? for the publisher is known if the anther is not . Has there been any mention of that boekin the Queen ' sspeech ? ( Ne , no . ) The Queen is made to say , that she

    regrets that ; in some Darts of the empire , persevering efforts have been made to -lead and encourage the people to break the laws , and that she will give the whole power of her prerogatiTe te bring those parties tojustice . Is there a word about Marcus ? Isthere 3 word about the man that has actually written and solemnly . and religiously proposed that every third child -bornin the land shall be smothered with gas as soon as it is bom ? ( Great emotien . ) Notaword . ( No , no . ) W » ll any man make me believe the author of that book is B 9 t Known ? ( He is . ) WJfl any man make me believe that he Li not patronised and protected by those in authority ? I havenvri $ ten r updn that subject ; * h * fe ^ -iaye written-ji 8 s , iievBr been answered , f have inor « yet to write upon it . I hare offered , and offer again , that if allowed the means to do it , if allowed the same opportunities my onemies are supplied with , if an impartial commission of enquiry should be issued by the crown , and facilities placed in ray hands to enable me to r edeem my pledee , I - will undertake to prove

    t o the . whole - of the British * pnfelic , as inr jury , not only that the pluu " of . Mistfos are looked upon with favour , but that plans infinitely more beastly ,, infinitely more abominable , and . vicious , plans ; that leave the first chapter of Romans in the distance MtothsirdiaboUcaliramorality—lam readv to prove that soch like plan * have been p ' ropeSed by some of the highektWtfinthis country . ' The Poor Law Amendment Act 1 V the offsptiug of tint principle . ' Pharoah jiever sent his . commissionen , or appoihted . hu Gnardians for the destruction of the male children of Israel until they * threatened'to become too Bumerons forhig pqrpeses ; and the men in authority in this country never proposed the diibolical ' plans which I can and will fasten upoa them , if allowed an , opportunity—bat I am not goiag to mention names until I am either furnished with the means of giving some sanction to the disclosure , or otherwise , Until ! am so far deprived of

    my liberty either by imprisonment at -home , or by transportation abroad , or by the loess ' of my life upon the scaffold , as to leave me then n » other alternative —then as my last legacy to the people of England to tell them all I know ; it will coma « ut , it must come out , ' snd it ghall come out . ( Hear , hear . ) Then , God help you to fi ^ htfar your , wires , for your children , for your brethren , and for your homes . It has come to this now that yon have no right to your own children , and that your children have no right to life . Marcus says that a child was " never asked whether it would be boraornotj and . thatnever having been asked whether it would be bora or not , it could not give consent to be born ( great emotion ) , aad , ther efore , never having given any sanctionany consent to" be born , it has no right to life—no title to existence , and consequently to take that existence away is aot to rob th « child . The child suffers no injury , because life does not belong to it as a right ; we take nothing from it but the chances of misery . That is argument ; that is lojric ; that is political economy ; and philosophy and political economy are to sit upoa God ' s throne , and Jehovah

    is to be chained to the vkeelt of the chariot atAbad ^ . don , and to be .. the tenant of Beejzebub ,,. of .-. M »»!| rt - mop , and of Moloch . ( Great emotion . ) They « f » to ride it over the earth ; God . is to be a liar ;! and Maltkus and Marcus are to be true . ( Great emotion . ) Doesanymaa . wonder at these things ? I do net . Nothing of this kind ever comes suddenly , upon the land . The book of Marcus is , only one of the signs of the timef . . 1 wag not at all astonished when . . I saw it and . rwd it . Long before I had seeh . that boek I told you puDliciy that such things weald follow . (« You did . " )" ' They must follow , ftave 1 ' hot told you flgain and a | iin tbat 1 wasnot surprise ^ at the pacing of the : NewP 6 br r Law , indtbfit / T . looked upon we passing of that law as the -mi&mi feet indext * i < he character of the Bntiifhifeti ^ B" ? ( " Aye . " ) The Poor Law separates man / ani wife ;' but what of that ?~ the factorvrnoaterj iavedoi « it longjsince . Andwhere is the odd « b 9 tweiitt » n «» t * being separated from his wife ia ^ a baatfle called a ?* Xjn | os workhouse , " or in a . bastile called a factotyJ The ? Poor Law separates parent and child .- Itpluckit the child' from its mother ' u breast y , but yvhat ; ihen J . You have plucked your own children ' from ypijr own " breasts , llie ^ factory system has fought . mo ' theni'H look upon their children as a burden . Iknewitfo ^ ftfact on the testunony of seVeralmeaic ' al men of irreproachnWe chatacter , and wofihy 6 f credit , that in gcores and scdreif of instances when they hava-. been called in to attend . women in child-bed in-tbei * factory districts ^ the mother fc erself , bj boob '« snhe has become aware that . "her child is loosened from her , hasrbid the doctor—BfSiOED the doctor t » take no pains to keep 1 h » t chiKtalive . ( Great emotion . ); 1 have heard of sucli JnBianees in Stalybridge , and many other parto . of LancaBnire ^ and I mentidi . them to show Vowhat suph tTiings as the . book b £ A 1 ARCU 8 and toe New Poor" taw never coieaucfe denlynpon a nation "; thfeyarrf-always progressive ;; The factory system has deprived you ef alaaosfaB ; uatural affection . ChildreB . don't knrwBpgeiit V mothers . Those that are" avowed to live ; tUqself 1 voj& the doators are too conscienciouii to dest ^ y ^ aad' there are some doctor * , that . are ready toi ab ' ) $ i ij biddiHg—those that are allo % d to five , jrhat bairi comes of them ? Thuygoto the nurse ,, i ' strange '; iwoman and it " . they are not fedupori Mln . cps ' 8 g 4 s , i thevare'fBd * KvthB nnrift nritiirrpflnln ' nurl '¦ irattiiFtSi-Ai

    lanaanum , aBd ^ hat&al md « V ^ 'destoctfverT . alnioSs as certain death ... We need fflbri'tKebi' 1 jrturanSei | the GoyprnmentknOws-thjs ; the Goverqmeiifrs ' Jtows how debasedthepeople ; ha ? e » becoiliB j . aridif'jbefjro have been any pppt » Ui « a tQ this law ( thePooftiaii nylhis district , I will tell the , ' . Governnient aVsecr ^ K That oppositioa hns been founded ; ypon , J andjjas ; rnn parallel with , the revival in your . breasts ctf-ftit for one another . Stephens has done ti « 1 utmost ^ briBg back that old feding , and it' is because' ^ WMd of God upon Stephens ' s lips : has hot fajlfeji ' like-water spilt upon the gronnd -that cannot 1 ) & . gathered up—it is because the Word of Gc-d iaSF restored those ancient and ; natural feeling * tliatithe people in the Ashton district ) and in South Lnijcar shire geaerally , hare risen up , as one man and few said-. — . ¦ .- ' . - . -:= * - ' - ' ¦'

    -: " For child aad fot wife ¦ ' . ' Si ** . We will war to the ksife ; " ' . % i "Down with the Bastiles ; " "Our Godandluj ; nghts . " ( Hear , hear . ) Have you any text fetM . : thu Mr . Stephens ? , Yes ; I appeal to you whet ^ j the whole Bible has not been my text to-nig ^ 'l have often quoted the original blessing and thetirjfei . sal curse , i shall quote neither of them to-aM ' t : but I will point you to the 24 th chapter of the j ^ oli of Genesis . Mr . Stephens then referred to the ^ i tory ef Abraham , " relative to . the offering of hiaSoE i * pac , and the argument he would draw from It fu this : ~ If Abraham were ready to kill his wba-ljn . hbonly child—the child of promise ta ^ fbna ^ ffc £ ance many bjejsings were attachea ^ ffrh * w | r « reidy toslayhisowrrsbti , andso far from believiifg t £ nt he wan doing wrong , knew that he was doing right ; shall tee falter—shall ; vse keep bacK—shall 1 « r '( Sfrt aside like a broken bow , when God bids us noCto kill . oHr own children * but to kill Ihbse that-vrouhl take awav their lives ? ( Hear , hear . ) . If 2 i : brahBia were ready and prepared to dye hit Qwrfhapd in MS own blood—to wash his hands in the heart ' sAlool of the frnit ef his own loins—shall we be backward atGod ' n bidding ? Shall we tremble when God commands us to draw the sword and never to sheftVh thatsword u » til it is sheathed in the hearts of his enemies ? God wills the death of nomanj-tiVither is ptthe will of God that a Poor Law Goipinissibai of the kind that now curses England ; shduli'evfer'W established . It is not tha will of God ; t ^ f ' Poor Lftw Bastiles , ? ueh as naw defile th 6 > face : o , f'feng-: laid , should ever , be built , Itisnotthe wiltjof God-. tHat Irishmen and Scotchmea , women ; Jnd children should be allliuddled together in a ffeVfgetSquare MVing altogether ,, and . leepiuf altoge&erj , ; h ^ vj « g OTlyafewpotatoes and a herring eacb , " for nidai ' s subsistence . But if we have men , y > beth 0 rin all .: tuontyorhot—if in apthority ; so mucti ttle ? ypri ! esomuchthemoreguilty ^ somuch the-ttie # des > r- ; ving ^ rfjrengeanoe—if * e ^ ave men In Englanfl— wliejherin anthbrity 4 > r ii ^ .. whether gaderlawor ^ t ^^ j atolt ' riaS ^ a ^^^^ p ^^^^^ k&i ; Ml of , God . that these men sSoiutfbe ? wept lium ' off ^ the face of the earth . JStff jaft ^ r Abraham bad obeyed the will af , - " Alfeglity God in the intended sacrifice of his .: « 6 nijSw stayed his hand , ana gave him a ram fot aapjfe rifig ; and the Angel of the Lord proceeds MBlfofbunM a . blessing

    upon mm . wnat js tnat blessfrig ?; Hid God gay " Thou shalthave palaces to KverJnerery day in ' the year ? " Did God say thou shali hive . thdu / aud = s of changes of raiment , and thousands of gold and silver ? What are God ' s blessings ? It ifs < tery remarkable tnat whea God pr onounces blessfheg : upon men or nations , he never , makes . gold ajda . sjrver , houses and land , a peculiar privilege anS ( e ^ re ciaI blessing to any choBeh few . He alway # tSroteni ' nces blessings , of another kind in the'flrrt lnstaBce , particularly and pre-eminently , as , in thff ^ p " are . l am about to read : — "In blessing . ; I wiir- $ eS 8 vthee ; and > in multiplying I will mmtiply . '' 7 * Whst ? " Thy seed—: hy children / ' . Why di d ; no ^ b ; r ahem throw that jack into God ' s face ? Why ^ id : Ue not s pura it I with his foot ? . Why did hejr tVlfiry ; - « This it contrary to philosophy ; I ' am t # iOf-every third child :

    there is already , a surwoi p ' opnlation ; men increase too fast , ¦ am > pre ? " s too hardly upon the means " of - inWsteilce ? " Why did net Abraham tell t God * tiul-. ^ Jte w as under-a delusion ; that the world wag itob amall for its inhabitants ; that taift W 4 $ : (| hdpwed with the p ^ we ' r of production—as they dajpnabty call it , —greater than the productiveneM -jof the ^ eiirth ; - why did * ot Abraham throw this blessingJoack again to the giver of it ? "la . blesiiing I will bless thee , and in multiplying : I- wilt ^ ultiply . ithy seed : " How ? ABtheitars of heaven { , ' 4 nda » if that was not plenty ; as if Abrahisri , WteleScope , could find out all the stars and couirt . tlHfir irarabws , and call their names , Ged goes on to > ' add , " -as the stars of heaven ; and as the sands of . tnff . sea shore ! 4 " Mr . s I * iSft ! then alluded to-. the ^ practice of numberiBg Uiepeople , commonly caHe « LU&k > eTthe cengns . ' and denWgced . the . practice . m " « r $ -CJirititian ««» d o pi poised to ; the will of God " , . because it seemed to consider that as a cawe which jGqd'iritended should be a

    Diessuig . "God ' sblessing « j " | fei ( lhe , " afeble » sine 8 of the breasts and of : pezwemb . " When God blesses from' h « aTett ?' rhe i : blesses the breasts and the womb f and' Whea' ^ Jod curses from heaven he curses the breasts and flte womb * and we have got that curse in England ^ thisihpur . And when the breasts and the wp « p are cursed , that is to say , when mothers , don't canji ^ hether their ' children live or not— when the ^ doa'ttfare : whether they bare lusnandi or not—wken men ^ oa't e&r e . w&eilter they get married ot « V # id ; i ( rheS , ' married would rather have few children Uma « abyi-oTno children : rather thanjiay . eanyat ? aU ^ Ipftjtta ? -tima r « i » w 9 you have the curge-nere ' slf 6 » a ^ o |^ tl ^ 7 Wora 6 f God ; and you hive it now '> ift ^ Sj ^ t | nid ;^ id'tbi 8 ifr . the congequence of their dahui ^^ Uticp ' eco&otay r-the product of thr Mdtha ^ MmM ^ j 0 ms :- Qt ; Wji present day . . I . pray G « t tn' ^ si ^ teinr . ell to hell . ( Amen . ); . We h » ve not t ^ itcf "! ffliifiirough . the parallel passages of the 0 li 3 ' egftnjen t : you will « nd them eTerywhere .. " Sluf tiiRtjftie . psalms , God , spBak-ing about blesabg a A ^ . Wy' He shall have a wife , and she shall b $ &a frtpoj vine ; that he shall have . maay . chMirep | jfio g MfJb ' e likeelive . branches aronnd ms ^ Iei ' v ^^ js ^ aens quoted a variety of other passajpesilape same * n * ect , intermxing thsmi as occasion . ' renB 1 reiJjf jSitn short and interesting comments / Was ' ttrnbf Christ that said -r"For this cause omafl-slialilea'TOZaafather and mother , and cleave , ua ^> -ht » !* Hfe ??? v . ' ; Was it not Christ that gaid— " Wham , Godhathioined together let not man put asunder ? " ^ Jmow Jt& . questi 6 » of the power of the , ew ; th . to ^ ppiy Vna wiBi food , and . the rMonrMsafProvidenwitofonush ' a * -with ererv . thmguecessary JorlifeEsweilasforgodljaess . Hear what Christ himself has swft HeafitiParliament of England . Would to'Godtore was apishop that dared read it ^ p . Is ik-toola ^ iu" ^^ th ^ ay , to ^ fiVte : Scripture in Parliament ? Jt # pKtyou ^ % 8 WC ? tliat the nextmoasure . propsteK ^^ Parliaraiinfi a « sofcn ' as there pi * paratdryme ^ re | werebn ) duced , would be aWordof ^ Mj Am « iri » aen ^ Finy : I have no doubtofit ; I beheveAi ^ JIfc yet be forthcoming , The piwm tartjtgHdiJbiufialread y hirkened the Governmant on * aad , hM ^ u » any : begua : t ( i prescribe the way mvluchAe p riei 8 | fe » odshonld preach . One p ^ er has said-thatfte ® teij am « at must not jest ^ . # S lumfrom adJnMg ^ ublib meetin gs , 1 , ut Aat some steps , ought . ^ e " tekek'to prevent Mr . StepnensfrMpreachW ^ &lL feeausf tbre wa « I ^ fl # fe # ii 3 f Ashton , as if ,-fa- veto at publiAheetiaes . 4 » otterpaper . oneiminwrenearftewitofGbVern- « hib , t the apoHtlesadpropheti ^ and' Jesus Christ . u £ fi eU and H *^ ' tytm Christ stand i i ^ j 1 " 1 ^ M 4 " » ty upon ^ he rights of the 1 ^? ifiSt P * jn tolhwo , - *« i comniwid the pea . le to fight lor their wives ^ jfeeir cbjldren , and' .. ¦ •"'¦ ' . ' . ' . * fi

    * « WITPBWWPgPW 11 B ^» ^ B ^ fcfcfeMMS *» gfar »^ M ^ SWWailS V- £ y- yW' ^ m ^ ya jg » jt' r < j ^ g STii | i iili 1 ' 1 ! f 9 Ss # ^^^^^ B » W'to ^» sa as-pxaroplei « , until , ^ Kii ! £ W « r «^ p" 4 and raise the dead ^ fwS ^ fi ^ l ^ M « if com etoftat ; because fe 88 $$ W ? ° SW Amendment Act cannot »"' gV ^ fmkW' If ^ Poor L * w Amend-. fSJ ^ S&W * e « ablished in England , th « 5 ^^ ° ^ % tWM * every child in hio ;^^ »; # J ^ va % MjCWvw « i " ahd be able ! i ^ a" ^^ H » ero ^ eai . Bfi ^^ Bibles will be V 3 ^ # 'J ^" W-. $ W » rerfd , » nd profegsedly JffSS ^ H ^ fif ^ W Wterp ^ ' ^ wnMa tney wish tWp ^ tega recerve--6 r the 1 Bible . ( Hear , hean ) W _ aat ' say »§ t ? Hear it political economist , tbou WHO talKj 6 |" of the powers of the productiveness in w ^ 'te ^ f ; ^ jwatfor the power ef productiveness M | S || v H e « rfe dixciples of Marcus and Mav ^?>'' - ¦ l * . *^? i rops'w manufacturers , who tell us , tuat « rtign iompeHtion will not allow you to carry . "ft ' yM lIfaoe wflfirprofit ' tt Toursplves . and that ^^^ ^^ m n

    ; » 0 H'JMffi ^ W rep . eal of the Corn Laws will enable y ^ wiJnng " down your workmen to the starvation poin ^ Re peal the Corn Laws ! they might as well aSktonhavethe Queen ' s head cut off at once . The t » ne ^ oald plunge the country into as mueh misery ff ! M « tbir . I would have Corn come into England WS I ? the air ; but I weuld not talk about it H'W ? hadinken every idle man put of Stalybridge atfirgiven him five acresof'land to himself to play with . § *^ n ld have Corn come in free as air , but not until I | wen every man leave to go to the quarry and a many Btones as he wanted , and to the forest -pwgei ' iw much- wood u he wanted , and see if lie , TOfflTd riot spend his tifee in putting stones and wood ; ft ^ ther , and' ' make hiHiself a nice little cottage ; ' Rafter yea are . all tfrfld of making your cottage * , : iwi ploughing your pvr ^ fields , and reaping your ; ) wn ' corp , and if you were hungry to boot , then-I ; ; & » k it would ' be . time enough to . talk about flinging corn m ' frem Russia or Poland . What have j W > tehdpwithPolaridorwith Iiusnia ? What busi-Wss hare we w | tK any cou&try for any purposes at wlyin ^ il we ^ avft . first done , the will , of God in Sng ^ ind , as-angels do it in Heaven ? What sayu Uhiist-on this question ? He p ars take no thoufrnt

    i ^ r ^ yowir . life what you shall eat , or for the body what IraiiflSallputon , Ac . " . What ! are vre to . take no jt ^ mht ? : ' Mk we not to consider and reflect ? d ^ eDieTGba say that every man is to provide for ^ jp s-iftm house ? Oh , yes , he does ; and do ' -you do ft ^^ Jfo ; there * " the mischief . Ged says you , are . ;|» provide for your own house , a , rid keep your , wife pia children , and you make your wives and children $# >?? * < " >• Does not God say "Let him that stole p | eaThoraore ; " but why does God command him not to steal ?; Why have I not a right to take what I ? want .-if I am strong enough to do it ? IAto there * no reasons for the commandments of God ? ires ; they " are infinitely wise and infinitely good . J rjear the passage— "Let him that stole steal no pidre ; but rather let him labour , working with his hands tlje thing that is meet , that he may havft ^ herewith to give to him that " needeth . " . " . " Is it so ? It-is so . ' God sars that if a man wiL' work he shall !

    hot oilly have enough for his own wants , bat skall pave something to give . to the fatherless child and to ihe widow—to the blind man that cannot see , and to the cripple that cannot walk . But what i * to be done whenwe cannot do this—when , by working the . thing that is meet , we not only hare nothing to give id these who need , but have not enough even for our iswB household ? What is the reason that , after & 11 our toil at the looms , and the jennies , and at the coal-pits , and the furnaces , we cannot fill the hungry bellies of our own children ? I am not afraid to jansive ' r that question . The time came when God ' s children—Rnd you are all God ' s children ; that is onrtther Devil ' s trick that has been played the people of . this country —( hear , hear)—making . lialhja-aozen Methodist hypocrites in the middle of the chapel into the children of God , and nil thu mi iuto the children of the devil ; and the half dezen m 1 to go on robbing , lying , and cheating in the factories and m the shops , while the factory workers are fiat children of the devil who have nothing but kicks ftn'Sunday to keep off the cuffs which they get on the days of the week . Wicked men ? Yen , wicked jmen . What ! the Methodists thieves ? Yes . thieves hiin

    . rnave no right to tortutejor tantalize even a thief " 'I P * nsle . alordoan ^^ Mng ^ fotmnKes unfi . to , be let loose , hf must bekeptpfjbut I have nc Tight to torture him . I believe there are more idioti ittfrned out of our prisons than are made by any othei mi ^ Mpm tfY' ; They have got a trick now of what they call " solitary confinement . " Little children . arfe put into solitary confinement as well as grown up persons ; and scores and hundreds of them , pporlittle things , that never did harm but what they were trainfld up to ^ and what they were driven to by . hjfrsu oppression-those poor little ' children become ^? m . ' * -, &eir ton . 8 ue - They cannot bear Jt . w ho can ? Solitary confinement is enough even ; . to make Sir . Isaac Newtons mad . I hesitate not to f ay that this w one of the preparatory plan s adopted ? u this country , the time ' not having yet arrived Tor KP ^^ Ij ^ g ^ yjlPp 'iWationi We are . DOt fully ripe "lfl »^ l ^ fei * n ^^ tir ^ toM ^/ i ^ nsii . ti 6 . a !«^ that we Vai ^ - ' not ' plucJTRjf it ;; Bnct ' : U&HLwe are ' pre ? phred , uutil w * ate so thoroughly sodden into devilir as to be prepared for the adoption of Mxiicua ' s pJapi ' they are adopting every kind of plan to thin the ubpulHtidn , and this is one of them . Now I uay , wfthout any hesitation ' , that the adoption of the silent

    system is an act ot murder . It is patronised by Lord John RuBselI , politicaIly the most cold-bloodeq , hard-hearted murderer that ever existed in the world —( hear , hear)—a man who , as ' a minister of the crown , is capable of any thing that is vicious , abandoned , and wicked , one of th « chiefest of the arch fiends l « t loose out of the political pit of hell to be the meqns of destroying . the happiness of thw country . I have no right to torture a thief : government has no right to torture a thief ; but what are we to do when honestly we cannot provide for our own hbnsehold ? ' Without scruple I affirm , from the Word of God , that at the very moment when , nationall y , it has become impossiuie maintai

    w n a Jamiiy by honest industry , at that very moment the cammandment " Thou shalt not steal" is suppressed ; and it not only becomes the privilege and the right , but the duty of thu people to take care that they don't starve , and that thuir children don ' t srarve . When m can nit longer earn enough by our own hand-labour , it is G od ' s command , and God ' s will that we should take it where we can get it . After some other observations explanatory of the Ten Commandments , and showing that some of them had a polihcal os well as a personal meaning , he said the question was whether every man was to have his ! ovytt : wife , whether every householder was to have J his own . house , whether every father wag to have his ' own httle flock aronnd him , and every labourer to be ' considered worthy of his hire . Happy indeed was 1 the people m sueh a case , yea "happy i » the people whose God is th Lord . " Mr / stephens theu ( proceeded ia a very impressive manner to exhort 1 th P eopl . *«> hnmihtyj and concluded his address , 1 which occupied about two hours in the delivery 1 and was listened . tow . ith the mostserious and deveut 1 &it 6 U [ 10 H « *

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    . J I ' ; GLORIOUS DEFEAT ! ¦ . ¦ . OF . ' t . BB ' :... . . ,. I CORH LAW aEPEAtERS AV ; ' ; ; ... ; ¦ BRADFORD . . . . We last weefcgava % - ^ orHon of ou , r readers a bnef account of the triumphant defeat of-the Cora . Law- repealentfon , Friday last , ' : a * Bradford , pro-¦ 3 «» . WS ^ w » , ^ A-. ; tojT «^ Hfi » inil ; i ; y $ ^^ * > F $ i& !?* o . Wing ffbou ^ OW ¦ E * r « tS- # & welve , » fclock . || W SSPP ^^ s ! tered , and wens , received with the most deafenine cheeM ,. . wanng ol Aflft ; . aid flapping of hands , which lasted 4 br several mmites . : ' tWA \ - Gm Clayton , * Whig , was then , calied to -SL ^ W ?^ - ' ? . - * ¦ <* $ *•«»< ' overwhelmed with ¦ $ ?* iir ?} xe . &iVait bemg . anxioue to show their ^ H ^ r . <«; well as , to give their opponents no posable occasion for finding , fault ,, determined to offer no opppsilwn to the . election of a chairman . Mr Clayton opened the meeting b y stating thef objerf * it % Z % £ k ° n ' ^ PorWnce an \ l necessity of : Sl » S ^ S ' * " - ThLr . was a questW > ft-on' which ' they'wew ^ U inreftst ^ fi ? r j »

    ' \ i ^ ' < i c 1 t c J 8 I d . it a , p ! fo tc ^ tevec-JighHt ^ ht ^ . ^ ni . idered They could Wfixch -jonindOTable imsapprekension prevailed . - ^ S ^^ r ^ M ^^^ P utfor ^ by .. thead ocateiof the repeal on , the . qne hand , and theo » I ponents on the other , tad given rise to vtry cbntX SZZtF mim 9 . * i ® WM operation rf tie FhS& n 1 % W" ** ¥ "«« WfolloV from K ?^?*^' ff m ore they entered inti digc ^ sion on this subject ,, the better ' ther Would be able to tome to & contect conclusion respecting it . A 1 experience proved ' thae the present system was ^ tewtelyprotfncuve ofRcarcityand excewi and . Wat it was as seriously injurious to the producers of , 8 **?? fS ! r .. * ; .. a » 3 r , o , thejr class of the community . | t ^^ . , *?*' or . *» > ie <) Miiary that another system in lieu of thepfesent oge ^ ipWd'beadepted , so as W prodaceateguHrateadtn ' et ^ i in price « . If we lookedback to the history" bfour /' coafttfj ' . ke should find that manufactures and commerce had been nipst flourish , iqg during . those year * in whioh corn-and other artlcles . of . fqod reiaaiaed ; at a moderate stationary -i pnee ; atfd it was his opinion that we had sot to 1 look at this question tg-. osw between th « agrinui- : turist 8 nd : / taejnaanjacturer , or b'itwee ^ this j

    political party * t that * bu ( lu % great taktiena question ; : ' ( Hear ; -Jieaivft » M" MKTIiii 8 a"dSc > i ? o and laughter from the Radicals . ); , Itwuaqkestioi wheui ' er the people . ettjght to be . apnmarT . epriiidera . tion with the Government , and . ' to have cheaprbread , or 8 V | a breR'd enoug h " , and ' wh ' ctjier £ nglnad , * th ( most civilized nation aalhc . world , ' ('' ana the mesl tyrannical , "—great uproar , which ., wan . continued for considerable time)—whether England should be allowed to perpetuate the greatae ?* and glory sh § had acquired —( hear ,, hear , hear}—or fall ink ruin ; whether the springs of industry should be tied , and \ y . our . maaufacturing be transmitted to , othei gp ^ nUics , and the condition of all chutes be jrtrei debased below the level of every foreign nation . Iu couclusion , he hoped they would give everyone a fair hearing ! and that their , proceeding ^ , would be distinguished by that calmnegg which was worthy ol the question they were met to discuss . ( No cheers . ) Mr . John Andertok , manufacturer , came forward to move the firstresplution , which was— ' ? That this country being from its insular position limited in extent , and having at the same time n population rapidly increasing , the removal of / all restrictions which prevent products of iHdnstry fi > m . being exchanged for the greatest quantities of the uecewa ries of-life becomes every jrear more essential to the prosperity of the country , especially of those classes whose dail y bread is purchased by dail y labour . " He said—With regard to the first part ot this ie » olution , " that the population is rapidly increhkjng , " I am . suie no gentleman in this numerous asse | nbly will deny the proposition ; and in the next placeyou will no doubt admit that the pronperity of-this natibii depends oa its commerce , and that by crip-Itting in any way that commerce you also place ; the abourers of this cou ' ntrr under a decided disadvantage . ( Hear , hear . ) By doing -this you will have to eat dear food , whilst the foreigners are eating cheap food . ( " Hey , and cheap labour . " When we compare the population and territory of Eng-Inn / 1 with ttiaf t \ T iVinHnAnta 1 nnfinTiD v * u unn tliaf d ! 1 e t i e ; 3 , r i , i i f - t i i 3 - r s j ¦ r i i ¦ s ! ; i

    AUlIU . lUblt VMMIV % f « ww * 4 VUV ( I V ** A A * % »* A \ JA + O % TT C OWW VAlOlf the population is comparatively , much larger in the , former . In England we have a population of 223 to the square mile ; in France 160 to ihe square mile ; ih Germany , from 100 to 200 ; whilst on the great continent , ef America they have little more than from 20 to 60 persons to the squaw mile , andinoneof the most fertile places in the known world . ' Besides theseicoantrieis there are the Polish dominion ' s , and ; thoseof Prussia ^ all grea > corn growing countries . ( Hear , hear . ) . There i « the great continent , of America epen ' to take the productions of yaur looms . and your . machinery , and e « ery thing connected with the manufactures o ' f this country . At . "> ihw stage of the proceedings , Mr . Fenrgus O'Connor entered the meeting , and was hailed with several rounds of Ihe most deafening cheers , followed by _ waving of hats and clapping of hands for several mirfuteB . Mr . Akderton , in continuation , said , that the exchange of our manufactures for the corn of those countries would , to a very great extant , benefit this country ,-I think no one here will attempt to deny . Ifyou referto the price ef corn for the last ten years ou the continent and in England , you will find that it has been very mt-: ch less on the continent than in this country , thereby giving the labourers of thp ; : ; i :

    former an advantage over those of onr conntn ( He : ir , hear . ) That this country would be bent ft" ted by a repeal of the Corn Laws no one can doubi Looking at the great disparity in the price of con here and the Continent , there is no doubt that th British commercial labourer would be benefited b ' the importation of forei gn corn into this country ( Hear , hear . ) And 1 hare no doubt yon woal < become such good cus winters , to your agricultura brethren , that they would not suffer by any alter tttion of the Corn Lawg- ( Loud and trmendoui cries of Universal Suffrage , and much uproar , whict prevented the speaker from proceeding for some time ] as , by that rneuusf , a reciprocal exchange raight be brought abo « t between the people of this and loreign couutrieK ( "It ' * all nonsense , " and much uproar ) . 1 am surprised to see such a numerous opposition ns there appears to be ( loud cheering , aad cries of "New Poor Law . " and « R «« ril »«»»

    What can be the feeling of those men who refuse cheap bread ? If there are any hand-loom weaver * here ( here the speaker was interrupted by cries of " Why , you do it . all by steam now : you cara nothing about ns" ) . Genderaeu , to prove to you that the removal-of restrictions on the importation ot fureign corn would be highly beneficial , I need only reler you to the effect produced by the removal of . restnctions ou the importation of foreign wool . When the duty of 6 d . per pound was laid upon tbat article , there wa-s but a small quantity—only eight or nine million Ib « . found its way nto this country . And what was the consequence ; 1 he crippling of the industry of this country . But since the reduction of the import duty on-foreign ™ auijju iu

    . .. . . „ .. ,, me ^ uiuitiiy Huyorwa nas increased from nine milliou pounds to forty-three million pbnnds annually (' , ' hb , no ; " " y es . ve «' '" and "it's a lie . " ) 1 say It has ; (" that wifUot deL " &ud n 6 gainmoo , " from a number of men . in front of the platform . ) This shows the effect of reabv-^ m ^^^^^^^ ipio ^^ -f&r ; . " iMrV tVm . Tboiimton ' th « m--8 tepped fprward ta request order . He said , . the Com Law repealer * complain of unjust interruption ^ and they have some cause . 1 hope you will listen , afteatively , and hear for yourselves , if they have nd better arguments than they have yet adduced , they are flimsy indeed . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Akderton proceeded at considerable length with his speech , during which , however , he was very often interrupted . The meeting did not appear to have the least relish for his oratory , as he was oftea assailed with loud cries of"Sic down , " "C « ne to the question , " and several other expressions of disapprobation ' , mingled with hooting , groaning , and renewed confusion . The confusion continuing to be very great .

    Mr . O'Connor rose and said—Working men , one great complaint we are in the habit of making ngamst these gentlemen in , that they never attend our meetings . ( Hear ,, hear . ) Now that they are here , do you show , by yonr good conduct—b y your de&iw to hear , and your inclination to listen , that not oi tnat

    you are cnuracter you have jjot credit for . ( Hear , hear ^ aod ch « ew . ) liivs me l « &ve to make one passing obseryatioH . No power on earth but the importance I attach to this question would have brought me here to-d »^; but J say to the men of Bradford , both as Whigs and . as masters , that they arc 999 degree * better than those at Leeds —( immense cheering;)—and it is your bounden duty to listen patiently , that those who have to co me after may answer patiently . You may be quite sure that nothing will be obtained otherwise than by argument ; therefore , listen te what each speaker has to say : then , I have no-doubt , you will Come to a pro . per and deliberate conclusion , ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Andertow pursued his address a Httle further , and after havk g alluded to the progress making in manufactures on the continent , and expressed bis opinion , as a commercial man , of the necessity of a repeal of the restrictions on the importation of foreign corn ,, concluded by moving the resolution amid evident ' signs of great disapprobation . Mr . SwiTHKN Andbrtom seconded the resolution , , * . Mr . Wm . Tiioiinton then came forward , and was received with deafening cheers . He , said , he wished to state at the outset that he was decidedlv in favour of a total repeal ofthe Corn Laws . ( Hear hear , and cheers . ) But repealing them under ewsung circumstances w « s a quwtion which de . lnanded the dehberate consideration of . evervindi . wdual in thin country , whether he were aaaris . to « aVa . man | uactu 6 er , 78 r ;» n . hgmble . artizan ; and tha considerutiou of the sub ^ eot would , no doubt , leaitheni fe a proper coftclunon . H » thoughmer should * e able teprpve undoubtedly that a repeal of the Corn Laws ,- unless accompanied by other jaeasur e * , would -b « aa act of the most bare-faced ^ er y ?» , Kp * o « ( Cheers . ) He would read to them theVameuidment . - which he int « nded ^ tb pro ; pose for their consideraiJon , iiid ^ he hoped , for- tV » ir f ^ Pt wn- . ( "No , no . " ' Yei , y ^ S * K ^ rs ) " That Uiis meeting . is perfecty . aware of th ^ re effecte of the Corn Laws , and faHy alive to The dreadful consequence * which woufct be the result of the continuation of them ; yet , at the same time , we feel it incumbent . on ourselves to - state , that taking : into consideration tha pTeponderatimr influence in both Howes . / of Krliataent ? f whatiBcommonly _ termed th > Landed Interest , and the general opinion x > f agriculturists that landed property is aUnpst-entirelyTndependent oftrade and actu

    wanu . . res ; ' tahing also taw considetation " the very small minorities toat haw hithertovoledfor the abolition op . eveh : mbdificaUon of the dmUwb « and , more than all , ihat the Judge and Jury by W- ° ™ ! * " »? . i wM ^ onW be tried , are personally interested id the . discussion ; it is the opituWof thia meeting that thiste is little probftbility ofthe repeal oi tne Corn Lawsuntil'the peopleare more equally represented m the Gommons' House of RtrUamen ^ -J * M meeting ^ therefore , deems it useless on that i Subject , tometition that Housej-: *» Etp * sent con * sbtuted . And this meeting is convinced that ibm intewy i > f the peopl e , will h ® © fifecta %% lecn « 4 : *« the whole of their moral and physical endrgte&iigiafri : ] concentrated to obtsur tlat-- . &l * wk : | f naUoaS I freedom and mdependence ^ Uinrei ^ Su $ i » ii $ 4 ( rhe reading of the amendment- wdsftlloweFb ^ j the most entnuriastic cheers we everheajd .- A faiat j attompt at histing on the part of' a fev Whigt I orottgtijfdpwB a fresh buret of cheering which actn « ally madeHhff building tremble *) Silence being obtainedjMr ; . Thornton resumid , aad sfud- ^ It hadf been sard that thi * was a great national question ; There could be no doubt that tae iiitereiite of the na . t | 6 n were greatlyinvolved in tjusqaesUon , anditww aerefere important to como : to ; a proper , coBolunion . t had been said a repeal of the Com U ^ s would JBprd cheap bread and an extension of trade xuA liT ' M ' , ( A ? fi ai ? d che * P" »««» . )^ There wth IP doabt it would give aa impetus to foreign com . letition . aud the growth , of forei ga corn ta other

    countries , but tieri couliiw ^ ^ nVdouM ft % && y mfn ^ H ^^ Wii ^ Vf& ^^ Mnm V fj , ° . " % } ig **« e . l w 4-M «" W « d ¦ Wwr&J i lhen ,. iftheyrepeilfldth ( j . C , rnL » jir | witl > oat ;« B { , other , Mcomjuanying aeasuro , it wwincontibre ! tibl ^ that . thrtdisUesi ! , ftej would cwwWamonS certain da « e » £ /*»** £% be Mbearilfift ( Hear , hear , « nd , Good , -lad . - ) : Thejt » y tixttgoU for which you . should have ¦ . bacF wa | es . awr mi abroad for .: the fiermang to weave . : ¦ He 7 wouj prove to them that this repeal of the Corn Laws j tar from beaefittiiig -Ih ^ m ,. without some otfil measure , w « w as wilij * , pr ^ ect fbr benefiting tl country as ] the coctemplHtioQ of a railway \ America . ! ( Loud laughter , and deafening chsert The Rpealcer then qupted . the evidence bf Mr . Gree before a select eomnuMee of the Houg » ? f Con m < m * vand ;» rgued . . tnfttit went to shew ftftttS ebjfict ; . of we Cora Law repealers was ~ H redu ce ¦ , wages ,, to a level with the weavers of tl continent ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He contend * that the operativesof thw country could n ' otcompe ! with those on the continent on any other princMi and that if they succeeded if would oal y end in oi . young women being over worked in miljs and factl ries , and when they arrived at a premature « j , -decrepid old age , they would be gent to some of oi modern ( workhouBes ) helk ( Renewedand deafej ing chews . ) The . quentipu waa would they take o goods back acam ] n exchange for their corn ,, would they tate our gold rather than our jnanufe tures . H fliey could take our gold , and bBTtaam factures cheaper and better on . | hecontinB « t , the was no doubt they weuld doit ,. fer tterewasti same greedy ,, grasping , , jshepocrncy , and mi owners and maunfacturers on the continent as home . ( Hear , and continued cheers . ) But th these foreignewkeep us down , they say . ; ThoydOB tril the . people they can have beef at 2 R per Lxm and broad at a ^ d . per pound , whilst they were bon down by the ^ pre ssure of . taxatioa . The * want ) othermeasures to apcompaay a repeal ofthe Coj Laws , so that the people , nyghtin reality , and not i jbadow merely ,. b , e ben efHtBdiij ^ hat wouldbecon of us if these laws were repealea i * it& our era pressure of taxation , which had ieea increased h tween two and thr . ee milliena withjui theiasftwa J three y « ars ?—and . unless other measures fer red rang taxation . were ' adopted , weshould have iBcreaw burthens to bear , &d with ; reduced means Tl Bradford Observer ha ^ said , a » ihe poor were Aro « upon their own ^ resources , . throw the . landed arist ' cracy upon theirs . Hp said so too ; but ^ wTn " to throw the 8 hopocracv and the milloeiacV ; ai every other ocracy , on tSeir o « rn rogources . Kc « ceivedby this Whig claptrap , but to vote for t ) S& ? d 0 Wn " * t the most entf . Mr . Edwabb Whitney , an opuratiye : then a vanced to second the amendment / - JS ^ rLei " iTirfe" * ^ ' « ey had beenS upoaby the IVhigs to join them ' j n : t ^ g pMtj tor agitation , and they were called upon agai Ihey were met without any party feelings ; for aa setmed t ^ be the unanimous opinion ofthe meetij hat the Corn Laws could not be repealed withd Universal Suffrage , he would recommend thd IVhlcf iranrlamiin *** !* . t ~ ! ± i . ji . . . — vjviu wi

    p e-- " « - * "w * . m me meeting mencu vounng to obtain the people's rights , and when thi ¦ were obtained th « y would be able to repeal theCfii Laws without delay . The Whigg had long appeal to the people ef Bradford , and like honest menthi had answered to the call . ( Cheers . ) They call upon them to struggle with them for the Refoi lilll ( cries of ' we hava't forget that" ) , aad some ' these very gentlemen told them in front ofthe B&i ling Green , that if they only got that measure , pr < penty and happiness was to be the lot of eve working maa . Well , they obtained the Reformfli and after looking three or four years for thoirfwei ^! , £ ? - found nothing , bnt bittera ^ ever sini The Whig Ministry finding that the people wd not to be led away much longer , got up another «> and said that it was the Poor Laws that caused | much misery and crime to the working classes ; a if they would join , the Reformed House , they wot give them a New Poor Law that would make tto independent labourers . ( Hear , hear .- hear , " in ( pendent enough . " ) These things having failed . came to the Com Laws . ( Hear , hear , and laughte Ihose gentlemen said , if they would * , only "j ( heart and soul , with them , and throw : away : i political differences to obtain the repeal of the Boi Laws , peace and j ) reaperity would soon b 9 'fl . ' poor man ' s lot ( Hear , hear . ) They had too Ioi followed- Whig shadows—( loud cheera ^ ther H i got the substance in view , and he would remi ! them of the fable of the dog and iris , beef wh t crossing the water , and such would be ihe : case wi I them if they gave up Ae jsufirage to ; gd-for-a i I peal pf the ,, Cern Lg ^ ^ vClayv . a Mem ! I Of Parha ^ mvM 4 = ^ d ^ arriftih » Coni > Laws w (

    repewea v becerwoawle bo need : for . . Universal S ' > fr"ge » . AiM » w « liaferli « ment 3 t or snefi Mke vision ! feeqrie ^ l ^^ pejpleof . Englandsr ould ftenTve u w eUM ^ iy ^ op le . aifi ^ worU . i . The fame p domaaJisdaAid ^/^ et landed interest thi ^ Ci > Com Lawfti ^ fe ? rep ealed NeKerjc tha ^ : « 7 D ^ $ ge \ ^^^ M ^ m-itmfimM me ^ aaumm l were ^ p . berplac edin by the repeal ortheCo ^ J * God forbid thaVt « ejr , should ever be repealedl ^ If i were to compete with foreigners , how was it life to be done unless we had labour equally as chea ( Hear , hear , and cheera . ) It was all nonsense attempt to deceive the people with any pretext keeping up wages if they had to compete with t foreigner . Even if the Corn Laws w ^ re repeaJc they couW-do it , but for a' Tery little time and thl tbeywouW be ib . a worse condition than eW ( I remendons cheere . ) : The speakers then advert ! to the Factory system . and other interegtise tool of the day , showing that Universal SonVara . *««! d

    only means by which all their grievances couldi effectually redressed . He concluded amid loridcheei There was a general cry for fhe-yote . and aft ¦ some httle explanation the . amendment was put , I which nearly every hand-in the meeting was heldn The cheering , that followed was literall y astoun . ing .. Ihe-ongmal moUon was then put for Whi aboutlOO hands , were held : op . All was sttei ¦ There were no cheers from the repealed bSS applause from the Umrenal . Suffra ^ men ^ hSJ fate of the ongmal motion . was peFceiredlexceed auy thmg we ever heard . For a considerab etiniei chajrman refused : to announce the ^ deciaidn ; * some altercation taking place among theroesW aU _ ajitW 3 ? lTed ^ o . adjoum to an adjofcm / ffeld , S £ ^ r « £ nf t .-5 BAtt ? 5 sfe « ffc * a Atirs consiste ^ y . or fairness .- ¦ Th 8 adjoSenffi ever , took place ; and notwithstandS * S ? Sjta 3 : facturerajmd others , whoiconld not min « HW ^ .

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 16, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1045/page/6/