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      9 SELTENHAM ANTI-CORN LAW MEETING . — DEFEAT OF THE REPEALERS . —MAKCfl OF DEMOCRACY . A large meeting took place at the Temperance . HaE , OB Monday night , for the purpose of petitioning her Majesty not to dissolve the present Parliament until the distress of the country and the operation of the Cornlavs fcsva been enquired into . On the motion of Mr . Cox , seconded by Mr . Hznkesst , Francis Mit . vbo , Esq .., -was called to the ( " { hair . Th « ReT . N . Pabjjyn ( Minister of tlxe Cheltenham Tabernacle > said , —Mr . Chairman and Geutiemen , the resolution put into my band to more is as follow : —

      " That the capital employed in commerce , manufactures , and trade in general , has for some years past been on ths decrease , and , as a consequence , the demand for labour has been so materially lessened as to create such intense distress amongst the labouring population of Great Britain and Ireland , that unless some remedial measures be immediately adopted by the Legislature , the most lamentable consequences to the country at large must ensue . " Now , Sir , although I am quite a stranger to the inhabitants of this town , I am not altogether a stranger to the distress which impels the sympathies of this meeting . I am come from the Tery heart of the distress . Haying resided for many years in Rochdale I have seen the results of monopoly in its most horrid forms . I

      presume you hare had opportunities of reading the heartrending accounts of the distress of the country but the half has not yet been told . Tie people are perishing . I care Tery little whether the goTernment of the country is in the hands of Tories , Whigs , or Radicals , if the people arc well educated and well fed . 1 Great cheering . ) Whatever may be their ranks and abilities , it is impossible for them long to goTern a starring population . tHeai , hear , hear . ) Manufactories which used to employ thousands of persons are now closed . What has been the effect of shutting up these large concerns ? the distress has extended U large portions of trade . The grocer is obliged to stll ounces instead of ponsds , and to receive pennies instead of shillinga Bakers hare little to do , for instead of bread , people

      eat porridge . Tailors have little to do for people cannot afford to buy clothe * . Drapers are complaining of the state of trade , and are lounging on their counters , and the shoemakers haye nothing to do , for people are going without shoes . I saw an ironmonger lauly , and he told me he is taking £ 60 less in a week than usual . I saw &t Bower " s-row a number of hand-loom weayers , and I -asked them what they had to support them . They said " a litUe oatmeal and water . " What no bread , no meat , no potatoes ? Nothing else ; oatmeal for breaklast / oatmeal for supper , and they declared that they should haye been contented if they could hare eot

      enough of that . If any person bad seen their gaunt forms he must haye beea of opinion that monopoly needs no greater reproof . I haye seen dear little children pining away for food and the mothers h&ve come begging : although my house was much out of the way I » sed to haye about twenty a-day . Many families sapported themselves on what they could obtain from the benevolent During the last winter many of the inhabitants established a soup kitchen , and if it had not been for that , starvation and its natural accompaniment , pestilence , would haye laid hundreds in the dust Two or thrta thousand applied daily . After a lengthened addresss the rey . gentleman sat down .

      Mr . E . G . "Wells seconded the resolution , ¦ was pi :: by the Chairman and carried unanimously . Rey . Mr . Lewis , ( of the Unitarian Chapel ; , proposed the next resolution : — " That it is to the Corn and other unjust laws , such distress is to be attributed ; and therefore this meeting is of opinion that a memorial should be presented to the Qaeen , praying her Majesty not to Prorogue Parliament anul the causes of saeb . unexampled distress hare been esquired into , and measures adopted for the relief of the country . " Mr . Goivwix seconded the resolution , and was proceeding to praise tiie Whigs for passing the -postage measure when the cries of " question , question " became general , and a working man remarked—Mr . Chairman , I think this is likely to cause disunion , bothering about Whigs and Tories .

      Mr . Hexsesst rose to order , and remarkedlthat this Was an Anti-Corn Law meeting asd there were persons of all parties present The Chaijuian called on Mr . Godwin to keep to the question . Mr . Godwin—I am coming to the question , it is a abject which has grown out of the question . The Chaismax—But it is an excrescence and ought to be cut off . Mr . Godwin then concluded by seconding the resolution . Mr . Wi& «? fS said he quite agreed with the-gentlenen who had described the distress which prevails , but it existed while the Whigs were in office many years , but they haye not been out many days before - they begin to look round them at the distress . Mi . God'wis rose to order .

      Mr Hex > : * 55 T—I think we ought to let him go on a little further and see how he will come to the question . Mr . Wiggins thought thi 3 was a question between the agriculturist and the manufacturer , aad would yery little benefit the working men , besides it is but a branch of the evil , and they can as soon get to the root as lop off the branches . " The working classes , " « id he haye joined the middle classes , and been deceived , but if the middle ringaoa -will woo fortrard and join us we will repeal the obnoxious Com Laws . " He proposed an amendment to the effect that classlegislation is the cause of the present evils .

      Mr . W . Mblsom , on seconding the amendment , was assailed in a yery uncourteous manner by one of the gentlemen who had called the meeting on account of the part he took at the last election in opposition to the Whig candidate . He observed that he felt much pleasure in having an opportunity of meeting for once , the anti-Corn Law Association in public . They had been in the habit of hatching their eggs in private , and be had fancied for a long time past whether or not there were a possibility of finding out their nesting place , for he had heard yery little of their cackliag of late . It was useless mincing the matter ; the factory lord must give way to the more substantial cry for " CniTersal Suffrage . You cannot get a repeal of the Com Laws ither from the Government of Whig or Tory . You

      had better at once become honest politicians , and join ¦ with us in our demand for the Charter . You must do it eventually ! Do it then with a good grace , by doing it quickly , or you run an imminent risk through procrastination . Class legislation , if suffered to exist much longer , will bring about universal confusion ; but in the adoption of the Charter , peace , and good will , fall bellies , and well clothed feacks . The demand for Corn Law repeal was supported by a factious cry from interested parties and without other remedial measures ¦ would , not benefit the producing population . We do not want a rep ; al of the Corn Laws until we can make the benefits to flow more liberally , nor until we can secure its stability by the people at large having the power of protection within themselves . But we want the Charter , and the Charter we must immediately iiaTe , for intelligence demands it , poverty and misery proclaim

      it as the only certain and effectual remedy . ( At this i period yery great consternation manifested itself , ] and considerable confusion ensued . The party ciUing \ the meeting were not a little chagrined at " this attempt , " as it was termed , " to interrupt the una- \ nimity of the msetiBg . " The proposer ' s name was required , rinding that ha had a legitimate right to i take part in the proceedings , it was contended that the amendment , "had no bearing on the motion ; " and again . " that the object sought after in the amendment was already acknowledged in the motion ;''—that " the other bad laws" spoken of were to that effect At this period , Mr . Hollis , who was pent up in the clustered body of the centre of the Hall , made his voice audible , that he wished to be heard on the point in question , when he was ushered forth to the platform amid the general shouts of acclamation of the audience .

      Mr . Besjamts > " oriu >\ one of the party calling ' the meeting , —I claim a hearing for Mr . Hellis , because he is a hoaest and consistent man , and votes for Col . Perronnel Thompson , a Corn Law Repealer—hip , hip , hip , hurrah for Mr . Hollis . Mr . Hollis said—Mr . Chairman and friends , I came lot here to raise any factious opposition to the proceedings of this evening . As an Englishman , I cannot remain silent when I see an injustice about to ba practised . I demand justice for the one man as well as the other , whether he be a man of wealth or a working mechanic . What is good for the goose is also good for the gander . I contend that the amendment is in regular order , and to the purpose . This meeting is called to consider the cause of distress—the bad laws you speak of are the effects of class-legislation , and therefore it is a bonajide amendment The amendment was put and carried . by a large majority .

      Mr . S . 0 SL 2 T , after reading the memorial which it was proposed should be presented to her Majesty by Earl Fitzhardinge , asked if there was " anything in the memorial which goes to say that class-legislation is not the cause of the distress ? " ( A yoice— " no , but it ' s kept out of sight , and that ' s the principal thing . ") He complained of Sir R . Peel delaying the inquiry for five month * when he must know the distress of the country . Mr . Smith , of Prestbury , in seconding the adoption of the memorial , said—Let not the landowners be the licensed victuallers for the whole nation . If we were to go to a new hospital , and the surgeon was to say he must take fire months to consider how be must treat us , what would you tM" * of his ability ? You would think

      as little of him at the end of five months as you do now . The unjust judge far importunity granted the prayer of the poor widow , let as therefore badger > ii ™ . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Hollis aid that as an amendment had been made to the resolution on which the memorial was founded , he should move that a similar alteration be made in the memorial , He was of opinion that the repeal of the Corn Laws would only take the money out of the pockets of one class of monopolists to pat it into that of another ; it is of very little cansequence to the people of Great Britain whether they are robbed by the landlord or the factory lord . I care not about what the Chairman says , though I would pay all due deference and respect to that gentleman who I believe to be bonest and oMdeofeoas , equal with mys « lf . I say , I

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      I care not about the oft-told tale of the Corn Law re-J pealera that wages are not operated upon by the rise or I fall in the price of food . They may raise a question on I this point if they please , to serve their purpose , i but here was an outstanding fact not to be controverted , that masters would always have the control over wages , : so long as there was a redundancy of hand * in the ¦ market , and with a repeal of the Corn Laws there must | of a certainty be an ingress , to a considerable extent , of i farm labourers into the manufacturing market . What 1 with this fact and the other operating causes of poverty —of competition between masters , and machinery superseding mannai labour , there was little prospect of the working men being benefltted by a repeat of the i Corn Laws , and not until they had a yoice in the Benate

      regulating their own affairs . The manufacturers Bay they cannot compete with foreigners and he could not Bee how they would be better able to do so without reducing wages . In reference to a part of the motion which had been passed—he wished the members of Parliament had to subsist on the factory child ' s wages of 15 d . a week until they introduce some practical and effective measure for the good of the people . He asked the Anti-Corn Law Association in what better situation they are than the Radicals who can command a minority of forty-six , while the Corn Law repealers were in a minority of ninety-two . He asked them how they stood in reference to the Duke of Buckingham , the Duke of Wellington , and Sir Robert Peel , and urged them to abandoB the factions of Whig and Tory and

      join the great party of the people . The Duke of Buckingham tells the Com Law repealers that he is unchanged as to the Corn Law question . The Duke of Wellington informs the people in substance , that the repealers are too idle to work—that they are raising a factious cry of peverty to gain their object He says , " this is the only country he has visited where a man , by his industry , can rise to a state of competency , if he be inclined to industry . " Sir Robert Peel , the very Joseph Surface of the present Cabinot , acknowledges , because he is forced to it , that distrt-ss prevails to some extent , but in the same breath he gives the lie to his own statements by referring to the receipts and payments of the Savings' Banks , to establish the fact ( fact , indeed !) that the country is Eot poverty-stricken ,

      but rich and prosperous . I appeal ta you , Gentlemen , by whom I am surrounded—I appeal to all present — I call upon the numerous anti-Corn Law Associations throughout the country to give up the selfish cry for Corn Law repeal , and join hand and heart in the universal demand for equality of political rights—f » r the extirpation of that—making use of your own expression— " pre-eminent '" of all other monopolies—class legislation . You are the few ; the working population are the many . You have your physical wants supplied ; they are destitute of all natural or social comforts . They have joined with you previously in an attempt " of yours to produce good Government ; yon have failed . Join with the masses bow , and they will shew you the certain path—the only means of making a repeal of the Corn Laws beneficial , and at the same time producing to all classes an equality of freedom , and , through it , universal happiness . Come forward , then , like men , as patriots and philanthropists , putting

      aside selfish notions and selfish objects , and join in the cry for universal representation , this great desideratum to the production of universal kappiness . Mr . Godi > g seconded the amendment . He believed that the Corn LawB are opposed to the dictates of reason and at the last election he opposed a slidingscale Tory and a fixed duty Whig , and seconded the nomination of the father of Corn Law Repealers . " Regardless , " said he , " of the proud world ' s scorn I bav « acted op to my principles . I cannot but feel for those who call themselves Corn Law Repealers , and did not come forward to support a Cern Law Repealer . Do you think that by such inconsistency you can command the support of the working classes ? " The present electors have not the moral courage to repeal this law , else why did they return a majority of 91 sworn foes to liberty ? "If , " said he , " you are sincere Com Law Repealers yon should direct attention to the root of the evil and not to the branches . "

      Mr . B . Nokmak said he did not object to the amendment . " 1 do , " said he , " like to see men like Mr . Hollis , Mr . Goding , and the Davises , and the Harpers , come forward in the hour of need , who , unbought , and not for work done or favours . received , support their Perronnet Thompson , but in the name of God point the finger of scorn at that man" ( pointing to Milsom . ) In answer to a portion of Mr . Hollis's speech , he said the repeal of the Corn Laws woul d take the money out of the hands of the aristocracy and put it into the pockets of the people . ¦ Mr . Davis , jun ., regretted having heard to many personalities during the evening . He hoped to Bee an union between the Corn Law Repealers and-the Chartists . " If , " said he , " these two powerful bodies do lint together and determine to have what is just and right , who cam deny it ?"

      Mr . S . Os let complained of Mr . Hollis not having informed >" r" that he intended to propose the amendment , although he had this resolution in his possession on Saturday . " If he had , " said Mr . Onley , " I thtuld have agreed to this , and I do agree to it now , but it looks as if the Corn-Law Repealers tr-ere not agreeable to it . I agree to every vcord in this and so far sanction iL Mr . Mefle 5 , a young man , a steady and intelligent Chartist , made an excellent speech , in support of the amendment , which was received by all in the room with the greatest enthusiasm , although at a late hour in the evening . Mr . Milsom , in the course of a few remarks , in the support of the amendment said , agitation is at present fashionable with the Wing gentlemen , and called on young man to join the OkoxUstB . The amended memorial was then adopted unanimously . It was as follows : — " May it please your Majesty ,

      " We , your Majesty ' s dutiful and loyal subjects , in pnblic meeting assembled , humbly beg to be permitted to approach your Majesty with the expression of our unfeigned respect for your high office , our devoted regard for your person , and our profound veneration for those great principles of the Constitution which called your Maj-sty's Illustrious Ancestors to the Threne of these Realms . " We hail with thankfulness the sentiments expressed in your Majesty's opening Speech to your present Parliament , evinciBg , as they do , the cordial and enlightened sympathy with which , from your elevated position you perceive and desire to alleviate , the deep and poignant distress which bo extensively prevails amongst your Majesty ' s subjects . " It is not confined to one class , but , in its degree , affects the interests of all classes , and , as is natural , falls witk more intensity upon those who depend for support up ? n iheir daily labour .

      " May it please your Majesty , " We find a law in operation , professing to regulate the price of food , the tendency of which law is to fetter Commerce , and by so doing , te deprive the labourer of employ , and consequently of wages and thus materially to abridge , and in very many instances , utterly to destroy his power of procuring not only the comforts but the first necessaries of life . The consequences are , numerous bankruptcies , increase of poor-rates , diminution of wages , and every symptom of wide-spread and deep-seated Buffering . " The principle cause of this afflicting condition of so large a portion of your Majesty ' s subjects , is to be found , ¦ we conceive , in the existence of the law above alluded to , more particularly in its application to the article of Wheat , to the free importation of which it is opposed .

      " Yonr Majesty has been pleased to recommend this i law in an especial manner to the consideration of Par- j liament , and entertaining , as we do , the full conviction '¦ that this law does aggravate the natural fluctuations of j supply , does derange the currency , and does , by its operation diminish the comfort and increase the priva- ¦ ¦ tions of the great b » Jy of the community , we your I petitioners , humbly venture te lay at your feet our earnest and respectful prayer tkat your majesty in the ¦ ¦ exerci se of your royal prerogative will be pleased not ; to permit your Parliament to separate till your Majes- j ty ' s most gracious and most Christian wishes have been ; carried into effect , and until this question of life or death to many of your subjects , and of infinite import- \ ance to all , has received at the hands of their represen- i tatives that deep and searching attention which it !

      deserves . We furthur pray your Majesty that you will j cause immediate inquiry to be made into the state of the | representation , for your petitioners affirm that the House i of Commons does not represent the people , but the j classes who live by Corn Law and other monopolies . It is a House of Commons representing the whole people ' which the constitution of this country acknowledges ; I they therefore pray that the consideration of this para- ! mount of all grievances may have immediate considera- ' tion , for it is by the people being fully and fairly repre- i sented that monopolies will cease and good government j be established . Fervently imploring for your Majesty , ! for the Royal Prince your Consort , and for your Majesty ' s illustrious Offspring , every blessing for time and for eternity , « id praying that your Majesty may long live to reign over a prosperous people , we present to you this our earnest Petition . "

      Ob the motion of Mr . Rowe seconded by Mr . Henxessy , a vote of thanks to the Chairman was adopted and the meeting separated .

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      Difference op Opimom REGARDING Si . * . —We are all accustomed to hear taught from oar pa ] pits that it is in consequence of sin that there is so much suffering aad privation among the lower orders . Now , we are perfectly agreed in this . It would , indeed , be a wonder if suffering was not the lot of the sons of toil . They have allowed themselves to be defrauded aad plundered of the fruits of their industry , and thus will ever continne to suffer as they submit to be robbed . It is only by the sufferance of the many that the few can usurp over and

      oppress them ; and therefore in allowing themselves to be trampled on , they are justly receiving the reward of their submission in their " poverty and degradation . We are thus agreed with the clergy in sin being the cause of suffering , but differ widely as to the nature of the sin ; for while they hold grumbling and discontent with the present state of things to be a sin , we on the contrary maintain that submission to oppression and injustice is the sin , and the one for which we are justly suffering . — Perth Chronicle .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , October 1 . The Earl of Malhesburt and the Earl of Sheffield took the oaths and their Beats . The Lunatics' Bill , the Navy Pay Bill , the Frogmore Lodge Bill , and the Royal Gardens Bill , were severally read a third time , and passed . A message from the Commons brought up the Population Payment Bill , which was read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on Saturday . On the motion of Lord Brougham , the production of certain correspondence relative to slavery in Malacca and Ceylon was agreed to , after a few observations from Lord Ellenborodgh .

      The Earl of Radnor said he had several petitions to present , praying for the immediate repeal of the Corn Laws . The Noble Earl expressed his dismay at the Intention of Government to have Parliament prorogued without taking the question of the Corn Laws into consideration . Such a course appeared to him not very consistent with the vote that House bad come to on the first day of the session . It appeared to be contrary to the address that had been carried in answer to the speech from the throne , which pledged Parliament , if not in words , at least in substance , to enter into the immediate consideration of the subject He could not understand on what ground ministers should say they were prepared to consider the question . If Parliament

      were to be prorogued till February , and 'the subject then referred , as seemed to be intended , to a select committee , they all knew enough of the proceedings of committees to be aware that a long time would elapse before they should come to a settlement of the matter . The Noble Duke bad told them that it was not possible to enter into the consideration of this subject in the present session . He ( the Earl of Radnor ) did not know why the present session should close so suddenly . Looking to the state of the country , he thought the Government would be incurring a fearful responsibility if , without taking any steps to ^ remedy the present state of things , they should advise her Majesty to prorogue Parliament . The Noble Earl concluded by presenting the petitions .

      The Duke of Wellington said it was quite plain that it was impossible at the present moment to have an inquiry that would result in any good . For his own part he hod no objection to take upon himself the responsibility of advisiDg her Majesty to prorogue Parliament before any inquiry was made en the subject of the Corn Laws . In stating that , he admitted at once that inquiry was most important , but it ought to take place when there was more time for it . He did not thiuk that the public would feel any inconvenience from the postponement . The Duke of Portland moved for copies of a correspondence which had taken place between Lord John Russell and the magistrates of Mansfield , relative to the Chartist meeting in that town in August , 1832 , which led to a short discussion , after which the House adjourned . Saturday , October 2 .

      The Population Payments' Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be Committed on Monday . The expiring Laws Bill passed through Committee , and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday . A message from the House of Commons brought up the Exchequer Bills Funding Bill , the Exchequer Appropriation Bill , and the Poor Law Continuance Bill , which were severally read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on Monday . The House then adjourned till Monday .

      Monday , October 4 th . The Earl of Minto entered into a vindication of the mode in which he had exercised his patronage at the Admiralty . On the motion for reading a second time the Exchequer Bills Bill , Viscount Melbourne made an attack upon the present Government , for having defeated the late Government upon principles which were then laid down by the Noble Duke ( Wellington ) , but which" they were now repudiating . The Noble Duke had said , on a former occasion , that they had no right to add to the funded debt of the country , without making provision for the interest , and yet this was just what his Government were now doing by this bilL * For his own part he had bat one objection to the measure now proposed by the Government , but that one was seriousit had failed . ( Hear , bear , and cheers . ) After

      having turned out the late Government , they should have taken care not' to have failed in the very first temporary measure they had themselves attempted . Neither should they have sent a cry through the country that its finances were in a state of extreme difficulty . It was not right nor fair to hold this desponding language . He maintained that , though there was a financial difficulty , yet the country was not In an embarrassed or dangerous situation , either as respected its finances , or in any other way . He could not see why the present Government should have required time to concoct measures . There was no mystery in the case—they had not to look for the philosopher ' s stone . If they had to search for the transmutation of metals , they might , perhaps , have some claim to require time for experiments ; and as to attendance , the Noble Duke might be sure of having a good one in both Houses of Parliament , if he only gave notice of an Intended alteration in the Cora Laws .

      The Earl of Kipon said he was net called upon to justify what had passed in a former deh&te ; butb « must oboci to ami u was a great mistake to say that their first measure was a failure ; for although they had not obtained the whole of the five millions , they had obtained one million beyond what was necessary to cover the deficiency . How was it possible to expect that Government could be all at once prepared with its measures ? The late Government had been displaced by an amendment to the Address moved by an individual , who could hardly be expected at once to be prepared with a series of measures ; and even if the Government now formed were at once to strike off a whole scheme of finance , without any consideration , the nation could only look upon them as fools or madmen .

      The Dake of Wellington thanked the Noble Viscount fer his hint about securing an attendance ; but he would not avail himself of it , because he never would announce an intention which he did not entertain . He bad no intention to bring forward a scheme for the alteration of the Corn Laws . He had not the power to do so . He had not sufficiently considered the measure , and must therefore decline to announce any such intention . ( Hear . ) The Bill was then read a secoml tirao , The Poor Law Commission Bill went through Committee . Th « other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Oct . 1 . Colonel the Hon . Dawson Darner took the oaths and his seat for Portarlington . The Earl of Lincoln , in answer to a question from Mr . Divett , stated that it was the intention of the government t « carry into effect the proposed improvement in the Green-park , with respect to the removal of the house of Lady Gordon . Steps had been taken to remove the house as soon as possession was given up by the representatives of Lady Gordon . Sir F . Trench gave notice that he should , early next session , move for a select committee to con-ider the practicability and expediency of a plan for improving the navigation of the Thames . , and for erecting a railroad on the embankment on the north of thu river . On the order of the day for the third reading of the Poor-Law Commission Bill being moved ,

      Mr . Fielden rose to make the motion of which he had given notice , but the honourable gentleman spoke in so low a tone , that it was perfectly impossible to hear him . We understood the hon . gentleman to say , he believed that , as the perseverance of the late administration in continuing the poor-law was the cause of their downfall , so would it also be the rock on which the present gevernment would split , if they continued their resolution te carry it out . The hon . member then quoted the opinion of Sir James Scarlett ( now Lord Abinger ) and other lawyers , as to the unconstitutional power of the commissioners . It waa in his [ Mr . F . ' s ) opinion , a tyrannical power , unsuited to the tastes of the people , and he would never consent to it- He could not understand how such an unconstitutional authority

      should be sanctioned by the constitution of England . The Conservatives ought not to forget the great exertions they made on the late elections , and that they owed much of their strength to the feelings of the people against the new law ; and he wondered that so much disregard was exhibited to their cemplaints on the subject by the present government . The honourable member proceeded to state the Eumber of petitions in favour of the amendment of the law , and the number of those presented against it , to show the degree of public support , which the measure had received . He believed the local boards , being better acquainted with the actual state of the poor , were far better qualified to administer relief to them than any central authority could possibly be . If the owners of property had discharged their duty there would have been no necessity for this law . ihe people were not to blame , nor were the old laws to blame for it , but the of

      owners property . He knew it was said that the pocr of this country were idle , and that they had no one but themeelves to blame for their distress . He rebntted the charge . It was a libel oa the character of our countrymen . The labourers ot this country were the most industrious in the world . Having had seven years' experience of the commission , whether the House were able to jad « e of it fag did not know , but Uie people of tills country thought they were able to do so , and their opinion was that their acts were oppressive and unconstitutional . The conduct of the commissioners ha 4 been so arbitrary a > to make the law mnch worse than it really was , and obliged even the rate-payers to complain of it it appeared to him ( Mr . Fielden ) that die condition of the poor had been gradually deteriorating under the operation of the present law . It was no later than that morning that ho had received a letter from Manchester , stating the deaths of two persons from actual starvation and the

      horrer of a ' orkhouse . He thought these were cases requiring immediate investigation . The Hon . Member proceeded to read a comparative table of returns frem various parts of the country to ahow that , under the present system , there bad been an increase of mortality j

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      but ha spoke in so low a tone that we could not catch a single statement with any degree of distinctness . The Hon . Member concluded by moving that the bill be read a third time that day three months . Mr . S . Crawford seconded the motion . Sir C . Douglas thought that the Hon . Member for Oldham ought not , upon toe third reading of a bill for the continuance of the commission , to have entered into ft general discussion of the subject of the Poor Law . He mnderstood that the Government would hereafter bring the general question under the consideration of the House ; and he thought it would be ( actions to oppose them upon the present occasion . He should add , however , that he disapproved of many provisions of the law , although he did not think that was an occasion for urging his opinions .

      Captain Pechell was glad it was not necessary for him to enter at length into the-reasons for voting with the Hon . Member for Oldham , as well as against the third reading of the BilL He never made it a party political question . He had more than ohereasoafor voting against the Bill . He conceived it gave the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite more power than waa necessary . Had the Right Honourable Gentleman met Parliament in the month of November there would be no occasion to renew the power of the Commissioners . ( Hear , hear . ) His next reason for voting against the Bill was that the Right Hon . Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department , bad stated that the Bill would not interfere with the unions under the Gilbert Acts , but he ( Captain Pechell ) would undertake to say that the Poor Law Commissioners were unceasing in issuing rules and regulations to thoBe unions . Those rules and regulations prevented the poor people from going to

      Church on Sundays , and made their confinement much worse than those who were shut up in Chelsea , and other hospitals . ( Hear . ) The Commissioners had ouly left those unions the power of giving out-door relief ; and their rules and regulations gave dlssatUfactlon to the Guardians , the ratepayers , and the receivers of the rate . He considered these strong grounds for limiting the power of the Poor Law Commissioners . ( Hear , bear . ) They had not ventured to if sue such rules and regulations for the place which he had the honour to represent , for they had tried to impose upon them a paid chaplain whom they refused to pay- Those unions were interfered with by the Poor Law Commissioners , and he considered it his duty to oppose the continuance of tho BilL He considered these reasons good and valid fur opposing it , and he would on every occasion express his opinion against it , whenever the subject was brought forward .

      Mr . Borthwick begged leave to make a few observations . He had been sent to that bouse unpledged , and be thought it on that account the more incumbent on him not to leave hii vote unexplained . He did not entirely concur with the Hon . Member for Oldham , because his objection did not lie against the Administration of the law , but struck at the root and first principle of the Bill . It was stated that the object of the Bill was to create in the minds o' the labouring classes the most important of all social virtues—independence . But he considered that the effect of the Rill wan

      directly the contrary . The Bill proposed to invest dependence with so many repulsive characters , that the most miserable independence would be preferred to it But it made no distinction in the application of ( he principle between the industrious and high-minded peasants and the man who might be actuated in his humble sphere by as noble an ambition as that which the Right Hon . Member for Tarn worth avowed , a few evenings ago , to be bis governing principle .. ' He estreated i the Government not to pledge themselves to nny party in the House on this question , but to give it their cautious and solemn consideration . The next principle in tho law to which he objected was the principle of centralisation—a principle which took the

      management of the interests of the poor out of the hands of the magistrates and local authorities , and placed it in the hands oi a commission sitting in the metropolis . The principle of centralisation was liable to this further objection , that it invested the commissioners , with unusual and unconstitutional power , thus erecting an emperium in imperio . The reason why he would vote against the amendment of the Hon . Member opposite was that her Majesty ' s Goverment had appealed to the House for its confidence , and had asked for a short time to enable them to mature plans of a general nature . He ( Mr . Borthwick ) gave the Govern * ment bis fullest confidence ; and on these grounds he should not offer any opposition to the course which they bad proposed to adopt .

      Mr . Hindley said that he had always been opposed to the Poor Law , but denied that he bad ever agitated on the question . He was opposed to exciting the people , and wished the Corn Law and the Poor Law to rest on their own merits . Captain Polhill opposed the amendment Some alterations must necessarily be made in the Poor Law to satisfy the country , but he repelled the charge that any agitation upou the Poor Law bad been got up by the Conservatives at the late elections .

      Mr . Cobden should vote for the amendment . He thought it would be far wiser for a Government to consider the condition of the poor before they became paupers , than afterwards to frame Poor Laws . He hoped this would be a subject for consideration by Sir James Graham during the recess . The poor man was first made a pauper by the restrictions on food ; and he hoped that , la the recess , the Right Hon . Baronet would deem it politic to consider the propriety of throwing open cew channels of industry to provide employment for the starving poor .

      Captain Hamilton would vote for the third reading . He ovjeciea to some of tne provisions of the Poor Law , but as it was oniy intended to continue the Commission , he should offer no objection . Nothing , bowever , could be worse than the working of the Poor Law . Mr . Rennib was in favour ef the amendment If the present administration of the law were persevered in , he feared the consequences on the lower classes . Mr . Wakley took the opportunity of defending his having remained on the Tory side of the House . The poor Whigs were now extinct , and heartily glad was be

      of the consummation . Mr . Wakley , in vindication of his courso , alluded to what he had done in 1835 . When Sir Robert Peel was in power for three months , Mr . Wakley adopted the Tory side ot the House . The Right Hon . Baronet resigned , and the Whigs came over ; Mr . Wakley remained , with Messrs . Hume , Harvey , and Roebnck , and as late as June in that year he had brought forward the motion for recalling the Dorchester labourers . He did not think the House could charge him with inconsistency . The question now was between the Reformers and the Tories . He was willing , however , to give the Right Heu . Baronet a fair trial .

      Mr . Callaghan should vote against the continuance of the Commissioners . Mr . Hardy opposed the amendment , and hoped he should not be charged with inconsistency for having voted on Tuesday for the Hon . Member for Rochdale . That motion involved an entirely different point The House then divided , when there appeared—For the amendment 18 Against it 133 Majority for the motion 115 The report on the Exchequer Bills' Bill was brought up , and the House adjourned at half-post seven o ' clock until Saturday .

      Saturday , Oct . 2 . The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the third reading of the Exchequer Bills Funding Bill . Mr . "Williams wished to ask if the whole amount ot five millions had been subscribed , and , if so , what amount had been subscribed in money , and what in Exchequer Bills ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the present sum subscribed was £ 3 , 644 , 000 : but what sum in money and what in Exchequer bills he had not the means of stating , as a certain time was given to the subscribers to make up their amount , and consequently the amount in money would be continually altering until the expiration of that period . Mr . Williams said that he did not see any necessity for reducing the amount of Exchequer bills .

      The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the amount of interest paid upon Exchequer Bills , was 2 £ d . per diem , which was a larger rate of interest than that paid upon the funded debt —( hear)—and he was sure the Hon . Gentleman would not wish him to make any statement which might affect the money market one way or the other . The Bill was then read a third time and passed . The Exchequer Bills Appropriation Bill was then read a third time and passed . Mr . Hawes said that be had read the Sixth Report of the Inspectors ef Prisons , which , in his opinion , contained matters demanding serious investigation , and he hoped the subject would meet with the attention of the Right Hon . Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department . ( Hear . )

      Sir J . Graham said that he was well aware of the great importance of the report to which the Hon . Member alluded , and that the report in question contained statements which would require tho fullest investigation . He had given directions to the inspectors to lay before bim a report under three heads , containing—First , an account of matters to which be should direct his attention ; secondly , of matters which , according to law , came under the control of the Secretary of State ; and , thirdly , of such matters as demanded the attention of Parliament , and which , in a future session of Paliament , would require the attention of that branch of the Legislature . ( Hear . ) The House then adjourned .

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      The Castlebar Tel graph states that M a young gentleman , near Sligo , has commenced an action for a breach of promise against a wealthy fair one . The damages are laid at 41000 . The young gallant is an Ksculapian . The first interview between the parties was on the occasion of the heiress entering the shop where the youth compounded medicines , for the purpose of purchasing soma Epsom salts . "—This is the first time we ever heard of love being excited through the agency of Epsom salts . Till now , we always imagined that phjsic waa destructive to all sentiment , but we here find that it is a strong provocative . Conceive Cupid ogling an ounce of Ep 3 om gaits !

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      THE POOR MAN'S CHURCH . A F » W WORDS FROM THE CHRISTIAN CHARTISTS OF PAISLEY , TO THEIR FELLOW-TOVNSMEH AND WOMEN . Dear Friends , —Knowing that we are calumniated by the great bulk of the ministers of religion , and , consequently , labour nnder the prejudice of the majority of the Christian people of our own town , in common with many others , we take this opportunity of giving a few of the reasons that induced ua to adopt the course which we have taken . That our country is fast sinking , morally and physically , and the working population groaning under the iron yoke of faction , reduced by class legislation to a state of slavery worse than Egyptian bondage , must appear evident to every right-thinking man and woman , who views the prcocut state of society with an unprejudiced mind .

      Seeing that the teachers of Christianity , almost without exception , in place of defending and advocating the rights of the people , have become identified with the tyrant ; and instead of proclaiming liberty to all mankind , they are become the very mouth-piece to the oppressors of our once free , but now enslaved country , hence the cause of our adopting this course , and taking our stand upon primitive principles , not that we desire to make gain , but that through the blessing of God , we may be instrumental in the extending of the benefits and blessings of the gospel , to the fire-sides of every son and daughter of Adam . *

      We hear it sturdily proclaimed from the pulpits of the Kirk , that she is the euly poor man ' s church . The tree is known by its fruit : Christ came to preach the gospel to the poor , that is , he came to restore to the human family that liberty , comfort , and happiness which the tyrant and the oppressor had wrested from them . If the mere proclaiming the gospel with tbe mouth be all that is meant in this , then every Kirk and every Church that goes by the name of Christian is the poor man ' s , for all of them preach their gospel to the poor , particularly that of passive obedience and non-resistance , enjoining , that poverty is the best schoolmaster to bring them to Chri st .

      Those churches that have the Gospel only and all in the mouth , are like so many distilleries which destroy the malt , and sell to people at a dear rate the poisonous alcohol , so those religious maltsters distil the real substance of the Gospel into what they call spiritual food , which , while it nourisheth not the body , stupifies the mind . And thus is the priesthood made rich , and their craft supported at the expence of the people . Many societies have been instituted for the purpose of cheapening the commodities of the working-classes , and why should we not endeavour to cheapen and purify tbe religion of Jesus Christ , that hath been so much adulterated and destroyed by selfish and designing men .

      We call upon every man and every woman , to give our principles a fair and full investigation , —we do not intimate that the managers meet to let the seats in the Christian church , making the house of God a heuse of merchandise;—no , but we intimate , that we have no privileged class in the church , no seat-letting whereby the best seats are set apart for the men with the gold rings and gay clothing , while the poor must stand by , or sit under the footstool . All are invited , all are made welcome , all have equal rights , and equal privileges . We do not shut out the rich frem anything , but an undue authority over the poor , —we wish to see the rick and the poor meeti ng in the house of God , as brethren , one God being Father of them all .

      To this we subjoin our articles , and invite all to examine , and come and see how we conduct the worship of God . They may hear some things with which they will not agree , but with us it is a principle , that all are answerable for themselves , that they ought to apply their reasoning faculties to all they hear , and " search the Scriptures to see whether those things be so . " " Prove all things , holdfast that only which is good . " Signed , iu the name of the church , Robert Gardner , Chairman .

      ARTICLES . At a meeting held in the Lyceum Room , on the 2 nd ot September , 1840 , tho following regulations were submitted and agreed to for the guidance of the church : — First—That we acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the only rule of our faith and practice , and a belief of the precepts and doctrines promulgated by Christ , and the unbounded efficacy of his atonement Second—That this Church be denominated the Christian Church , and all office-bearers to be elected annually , the one half to be elected every six months alternately , by the universal vote of the Church , and said vote to be taken by ballot Third . — -That we acknowledge all mankind to have an equal right in civil and religious matters .

      Fourth . —That there will be no seat-letting nor payment to ministers , except what may be deemed necessary to defray the incidental expenses of their preach-, ing . . Fifth . —That the members meet weekly ai an efficient Committee to deliberate upon all matters connected with tbe church . _~_~^ - ^

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      Gavin Scott , who , after robbing his employers ai Glasgow of £ 8 , 001 ) , fled to Marseilles , and was arrested there by Forrester the officer , was convicted on his own confession at the Glasgow A asiaes last week , and sentenced to be transported for life . A » Worship-street police-office , on Sunday , John Richard ? , charged with improper conduct towards several of the girls of the Finsbury charity school , was brought up for final examination , and not being disposed to find bail , was committed to take bis trial ou four charges .

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      HOW TO BENEFIT THE NATION . As it seems to be decided de facto and dejure that the majority of the population of these realms were brought injo the world solely that a few thousands might ride booted and spurred over them , we really have very littf * to hope for from the Weseat eleetoral body . Sift and winnow , refine and ptmry . filter and distil the foul eleinenta as we may , it appeals almost Impracticable to get at the shadow of an independent constituency . We see that the Times and the Leeds Mercury are still battling the watch about the Chandoa clause ; the former upholding it to be the index of a thoroughly enlightened and independent class of voters ; the latter as being the recorder of agricultural serfs' degradation . They may

      split hairs about the respective amount of tenants-at will and gentlemen-occupiers as long as they list : —Mm grand fact to prove or disprove is the evidence of the Hand-loom Commissioners that nearly thirty millions of Englishmen are dependent on wages for their living . la it of any consequence , so far as their freedom is concerned , whether the wages be high or low ? Does it matter whether the men have ten shillings or ten pounds per week , so long as bis habitual condition is subser viency—so long as the one man is placed in the unvary ing condition of servant , and the other of master ? We conceive not in the ltast The man without property is a slave , call him what we will in the present state of society .

      We are much mistaken if the minds of Reformers be not turned ere long to more important enquiries than Corn Laws or Ballot Boxes , or five points of Charter or Poor Laws , important as we confess these to be in our opinion . But of what use , we ask , would it be ( save a temporary one ) to procure Commercial Reform and the other agitated Reform , if the sole effect is to enable us to commence anew upon a tabula rasa , to terminate in the same social difficulties in a few yean afterwards ? What signify ( beyond the temporary relief ) Abolition of the Corn Laws and Commercial Reform , if the number of mouths would increase as fast as the quantity of food imported—if the advance of machinery in dispensing with labour were more rapid than the demand tor labour—if production grew faster than consumption—if the capitalist were absoluto-and the labourer a cypher—if laws te add riches to the rich

      and poverty to the poor , created a monopoly of property in the hand of a small class , and by excluding permanently the bulk of the people from education and the humanizing effects of property , tended incessantly to the result of two distinct classes such as we now witness , via . a master class and a slave class ? What good , we ask , can men expect from such a state of things as this ? It is our social condition that is monstrous and unnatural . That condition is as old as the Conquest ; and with such tools and such elements as it ha « given ua , we must be content to do our best , or make a dean sweep as the French did in 1789 . There is no use mincing the matter . The aristocratic class of whom Peel is the leader , possess tbe actual power . We must take what they please to give as , and live as they please to gevern us—wait until they are convinced or terrifiedor , we must brave the other alternative of a Revolution , —Cheltenham Free Press .

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      CARLISLE . MEMORIAL AGREED TO AT A PUBLIC MEETING , HELD SEPTEMBER THE 21 ST , IN BEHALF OF JOHN KILPATRICK , OP CARLISLE , Humbly Sheweth , —That the said John Kilpatrick is now under transportation on board the Warrior hulk , Woolwich , for the term of fifteen years , for the mai . slaughter of the late Thomas Jardine , police-officer . That tbe circumstances under which he was condemned , were of a very peculiar character , and fully calculated to lessen the enormity of the crime With

      which he stood charged , and which are as follows : — That at the late election for the borough of Carlisle , considerable excitement prevailed . The candidate were Sergeant G ^ lbourn , Mr . P . H . Howard , Mr . W . Marshall , and Mr . J . B . Hanson , who , on the day of nomination , appeared on the hustings in front of the Town Hall , accompanied by their several frienda and supporters . That with the exception of hosting and hissing , the nomination passed over without the slightest breach of the peace having taken place ; in fact it was observed by all , that under the circumstances a more peaceable election never before took place in Carlisle .

      That after the nomination was over , the respectm parties left the hustings , accompanied by their friendi , to their separate places of resort Mr . Golbournto Mr . Bairney ' s Royal Hotel , English-street ; and Messn . Howard and Marshall to the Crown and Mitre Inn , neat the Market-place , As the latter parties retired , they were assailed by the hissing and hooting of the people , and after they bad entered the Coffee House , some pieces of sticks and stones were thrown towards the front of the inn , where a number of the police force were stationed , who , in consequence ef the annoyance , alluded to , were ordered by Mr . Grahame , the Superintendant of Police , to draw their staves , and charge tha crowd . Up to this time , it may be observed , that not a single person was injured , nor even a pane of glan broken ; so that there was little cause for Mr . Grahame acting as he did . In consequence of this order , the police drew their staves and attacked the people , driTing them back , the people flying in all directions , as f&tt u they could possibly get away .

      That the late Thomas Jardine , police-officer , * u much more forward than the rest of the police force , having rushed forward in front of the othermen , striking the people in a most brutal and ferocious manner , paying no regard to age nor sex ; having struck down two little boys , one of whom he not only struck violently on the head , but also kicked severely . That ba also knocked down a female , and struck another withi child in her arms , besides having struck several tula persons . The said Thomas Jardine struck two severe blowi at John Kilpatrick , who warded them off with hi * arm ; and who , in consequence of this aggravation ! struck Thomas Jardine a blow on the head with a stick , which it is said knocked bim down , and was tbe eaose of his death .

      These are the facts of the case , as can be prated by men of aH parties , who witnessed the proceedings . We would , therefore , respectfully submit to you that there could not possibly be anything approaching to premeditation on the part of the said John Kilpatrick ; in fact , he did not even know the late Thomas Jardine , so that he could not possibly have had any bad feeling towards him . That the said John Kilpatrick was a person of good character , and vary peaceable demeanour -, and wastba sole support of an aged father , who , in consequence < & this unfortunate affair , is thrown on tbe world a hoot * less and unhappy wanderer , not having even the staj ol a parish , being a native of Ireland . These , Sir , are the real and simple facts of the &x > to which we humbly crave your attention , and sol icit your kind interference , on behalf of the said John Kilpatrick , whose only crime has been the miaforton « of having been present at the said election . . Under these circumstances , we humbly beseech you to give his case your kind and merciful consideration , with a view to a mitigation of bis very severe sentence , And we , as in duty bound , will ever p » y-This memorial was forwarded to the Home-offr * on Tuesday last , having obtained upwards of n "

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      Hunting bt Steah . —On Monday , as the Shoreham branch of the London and Brighton Rail * ! was proceeding to Shoreham , a bare ran on the rau for some distance , but eventually poor puss " overtaken and cut in half by the train . Rochdalb . —A gentleman has , we are infonBw arrived at Rochdale , commissioned by Governm * " " to inquire into the correctness of the allegs ^ made by Mr . Sharman Crawford , in the honse < Commons , relative to the distress of the wort" * classes in that borough . An inquest was held on Monday at H » Tf * : i Heath , on the bodies of the four persons kiliw ^ the London and Brighton Railroad on Sat « wj when the Jnry returned a verdict of " Acciof **

      death , " and expressed their opinion that the "T . wheeled engines used on the line are not safely w structed , and recommended their discontinuance Fbahcb . —The French Government is resolre ^ give the press no quarter . On Saturday , ^ editor of the National was again tried on a « & ** £ of exciting hatred and contempt against the b ^ j Government . He was found guilty , and W **^ to four months' imprisonment , and the P ^^ L g a fine of * , « Q franca . The Impartial du Nf' ^ Z baen seized for an article attacking the invieMWJH

      of the Kiog ' 8 person . The King ' s position 0 ^^ indeed precarious if he cannot afford to overwo 1 attacks of an obscure provincial paper uft > { i Impartial . The Gazette d'Auverfftie is also awnj ^ be prosecuted for exciting hatred and Mn ** rLtt the Government . In fact nothing but prossoo . of the press are heard of in the Provinces , ^ t ^ j 8 maU men in office are delighted with the auw " ^ given them by the Ministerial Circular w * ' o ( their petty vengeance upon the independent prw France .

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      YISIT TO KENDAL OF MB . J . ERONTERRE O'BRIEN . Mt Dear Sir , —Not observing In yonr last number any account of tbe visit to this place of the great schoolmaster of Chartism , and renowned champion of the rights of the toiling millions , J . Bronterre O'Brien , Esq ., A . M ., I confess I felt much Buprised , as I considered the visit and meeting of the first importance to the cause in this quarter . I concluded ft moat arise from neglect on the part of our secretary , or bis want of confidence In himself to report it correctly ; and for my own part , although I was present and took part and heard and saw every thing that was transacted , yet having taken no notes , it would be futile for me to attempt a lengthened report . I shall , however , give a brief outline of the proceedings .

      In the autumn of lost year , a correspondence was commenced between the Chartists of Kendal and Mr . J . B . O'Brien , than immured in a gloomy dungeon in Lancaster Castle . The friendly intercourse was kept up until his release on the 24 th ult , and on the clay following be arrived in Kendal to treat us with a first visit after his liberation , which be hod promised , and which he wished might be as private as the visit of a commercial traveller through the town . He arrived in the afternoon , and was met by a deputation from the Chartist Association , and conducted to Bateson ' a Temperance Hotel , where a committee were in waiting to receive him . After partaking of refreshment , and arranging matters , be was conducted to the Odd Fellows ' Hall , the most spacious and beautiful room in the town , where an immense multitude of persons , male and female , were collected to give the noble patriot a suitable reception after his resurrection from a living entombment

      On ascending the platform he was greeted with loud and continued cheering , and clapping of hands . Mr . John Robinson , painter , . was then called to the chair , who briefly addressed the audience as to the object of the meeting , namely , to do honour to the distinguished visitor . Mr . Edgar Robinson then came forward and read a most beautiful congratulatory address to Mr . O'Brien , which was put by the Chairman , and carried unanimoualy with renewed applause . The Chairman then made some pointed remarks , saying he liked to see their honest faces—to hear their cheers and clipping of hands , but he should much prefer their juiaing the Chartist body en masse , attend their weekly meetings , and bring their pence , sit , hear , and learn the true principles of rational liberty , and make the Charter their polar star until it became the law of the land , and class legislation , tyranny , and poverty cease to curve this our once-favoured nation .

      He then introduced Mr . O'Brien , who was again received with clapping of hands and cheers . He commenced by saying , my good friends of Kendal , it is some comfort to be once more in open day-light , which has not been the case for the last eighteen months , I having been dungeoned amongst smashers , thieves , and burglars , by the cruel mandate of the late vile Whig Government , who are now dead and damn'd . He proceeded : but to follow the speaker through a three hours' lecture , containing so much matter , and poured out in such an overpowering stream of fervid eloquence , is to me a moral impossibility and a task of supererogation ; 6 uffioe it to say , he was listened to throughout with the deepest attention , only that he was occasion * ally interrupted by the loudest applause . His subject

      was mainly on the rights of labour—the rights of the whole community to the possession of the soil to be purchased from the present holders at a fair valuation ; it had been forcibly taken from the people by the brigands who followed the Norman Conqueror , and was still held in possession by the posterity and successors of those bandits . He epoke on the rascality of tbe cotton lords , and employers of the industrious classes , and the general conduct of the sbopocracy , &c . ; the fraudulent banking system , and rascally pinch-paupering water-gruelllng bastiling Whig Poor Law ; he condemned , in unmeasured terms ; as a Chartist and democrat , he declared himself the same to-day , yesterday , and for ever ; he ceased , and retired much exhauatetl .

      A vote of thanks for bis able lecture was given , and the meeting broke up , I hope highly gratified from what they had hoard from a master-spirit of tbe age . He was detained until two o ' clock , p . m . on Sunday , when he proceeded by coach to Lancaster . Yours , in haste , W « . M'Donald . Kendal , October , 1811 . [ This is the first news we have beard of the meeting . —Ed ] _

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      Hundred signatures . The following answer to the memorial was received i » Carlisle on Tuesday last * : — " Whitehall , 2 nd October , 18 « . "Sir , —Secretary Sir James Graham having « " *" fully considered your application in behalf of JoW Kilpatrick , I am directed to express te you his regret that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , W * sistently with his public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . " I am , Sir , " Your most obedient humble servant , "H . Manners SunOS . " Mr . John Armstrong , "Rickergate , Carlisle . " It appears there is , at present , no hope of a rem * sion of poor Kilpatrick ' s sentence ; but his case m < - « not not be lost sight of ; for we believe he was inn ocew of the crime he was charged with . *^ j . r \ j-rf *^^ j % rf % j * .- * - - -1 » j * - > « - ¦ n - aj-j' ^*^^*

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1130/page/6/