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      Mt Ix ) Xi > s asd Gxstlemes , —It is now nearly four jeea xBceTpttresseH a series of letters from a felon ' s « dl nrYorfc'CsstleJo fhf ^ landlortls of Ireland j and "" iftiiongh the then signs « f the times furnished a fair jraraing to your order s and although every prediction £ a& IiJkn vehtared upon is now in coarse of fulfilnreat , yet have yen i » een dead , hSuH , and stupid to all those '' outward ' ano Tifiibleagns" which manifest a { rowing iatred of your dags , as -well , as a fixed deterjniaatitm to make you ifie victims 4 > f all those social and politica l ancrmalks which oonsiitnte the stoeK-in ~ traie of agitators and giieranee- ^ nongers of every bm& and denomination . If a peasant is starving and takes one of tout hares , and is preseeoted , his suffering is a ^ od-send xo some . ph 2 anij © phle JSree trader .

      If yonr workpeople cannot get work , the fault is all placed tayour accooBt . IfanyMtare in speculations for the China" or India market takes place , the landlords hare xbne it . If- trade flags at "h ome , and if opesAiYei are starving , you are charged with the crime . In short , you appear to t > e the doomed section gf society on-whomafl , ironi tie Prime Minister to the inmate of the union workhouse , may , with some plauable pretext , Tent their spleen ; nor is such reasoning altogether unjust when -we take into eonsderationthe great social as TreD as political poorer that your das 3 has been in possession of for centuries , a great portion of -which yon stiQ retain .

      There is this great difference between your position and that -of the "manufacturing class incorporated in » : free- * rade league . The manufacturers , it is true , jnSjrhi considerably better the condition of their workpeople , and yet make larger profits on their labour ihan any other class of capitalists ; bat you have it in tocb power to make erery other class in the state , as ¦ well as yourselves , "wholly independent of man ' s great eaeoiy—machinery . The free-traders have it not in their power to heiter the condition of the -working

      classes , without making -ghat they term " a sacrifice " of their profits : but you hare it in your power to jendenbe worldng classes wholly independent of the ivariee and cupidity of master-manufacturers . What I bare always struggled for is this—to induce the landlords , who are in every way iinder masters , ietter men , better neighbours , better inends , and better 3 B € Mberet ^» dety ,-aantie"mam 3 fitf * Brer 8 , to rtiorm themttlvet in such a -way as would make the ( Janee universally beneficial , instead of allowing that ehanse tol > e worked for the benefit of gambling ^

      perrflrr tf- ^ Tt . Tor t £ B years 1 have been telling you that the Jausilprds themselves can safely produce a change irhjch wiE protect them against all foreign comperi-TatioD ^ whereas , if their obstinacy leads to those inn p _ jionsirhicb tbe freetraders willsooner or later enforce ) then , inthehubbnb and confusion of ousting tenante , disposing of stock , made a fictitious surplus by the jiecessiiT of aO to sell , together with the dismksal of agrieultaral labourers ; if you wait for that—tLat ^ s , lo be reformed by others—as sure as that an all-wise Creator rules over us , so sorely will society make a fresh division of vour properties ! Don't be foolish .

      Don'iTiope to hedge yourselves in , fenced by the Lords and the Commons . The next cry of hunger will level those rwo great bulwarks of your order . The reason Tfhv I tailed the statesman-like tariff of Sir R , Peel with pleasure and delight was , because it furnished you with a graduating scale , whereby the evil effects of fire-trade might have been averted . Ton hope to meet the'Dresent elamon ? against -your order bj t < xTkinp abcmi , " a stake in the hedge ; " " protection for laiour ; " baths and washiouses ; parks and improve ment societies ; and you even diverge into the field of politics to an extent whereby you hope to insure j > ojmlar iosdlity towards the Leagne .

      One section of your order advocates paper mr > , i--y and trades combinations , as a means of protecting the labour of the working classes from the aggressionsof capital . Xow these things are aD so much moonj&ine . I xeU you , that you alone can make the required change ; and therefore , knowing it , if you fit lot take the required step , yon will be justly charge able with all the distress and confusion that

      takesplace . The subject of the land and its capabilities was looked on as one rnninterestingto the masses , aad ¦ u nworthy of consideration or thought when I first broached It ; now , however , it has become the all-ab sorting iopie ; tie "" Aaron ' s rod" of agitation ; ant the "knowledge tbat the working classes have acquired Hpon the subject win be your best protection against jhe conspiracy of the free-traders , if it induces you to comply with popular requirements . Gatton ami xtld Sarum were a kind of political allotments ; and nhemiddle classes were demanding their destruction ' ¦ sign they were looking for the Beform Bill Tour order reasted tlie U-ster demand , nntO at length you were compelled to submit to the greater infliction of Reform .

      The people are now asking for small farms ; jusi suScienv for each man lo apply Ms individual labour , whkh is his capital . The subdivision of some o : your large barren , rack-rent wilds , into small cultivaxt-able allotments of four acres each , will enable yon 10 orine your land , now a ¦ waste and a tirnjr sn the hands of larsre iaxmers , from the wliolesale iiuo the retail market ; and you will thereby open a competitive field for free labour , and establish a standard ef wages by which the free-traders will be bound . You must be aware ibsx labour is the only source of wealth and thai the only way of giving the labourer iis fair riiare of wealth is , In putting Mm in a situation , where lie mav Work Tor himself without hindrance ,

      or molestation from other parties . Ton mast also be aware of the impossibility of meeting the national demand tbat will presently be made Bpon your estates , as well as the private demands for your personal liabilities ; and you will be very lucky , if , instead « f the Malt Tax being repealed durin ^ the nextsession , Sir Bobert Peel does not pass some law which wall directly or indxreetJv impose fresh burthens on the land . Should such be the ease no one can piiy you . It is all very well to meet , and eat , and drink , and talk , and svmpatbize : but nobody

      wm ieel for yoxi , or can defend you , so long as you k&vethe power , without the . intervention of law , of correcting every single grievance of wbieh you complain . It is no satisfaction to the poor who cannot drmk Bulk , or esx stall-fed beef , to bear that cow feed npon 22 d . a day -aaC give good cream for til * breakiast-iable ; or that oxen may be fed to a ton veirht . The people know , or are beginning to mr demand , that boil the cream and thebeef are the prodace of labour ; and thai if labour had fair play they could taste those things as well as hear of them .

      Ton have latterly endeavoured tOCTt up a kind of counter agitation to the Anti-Corn Law League . This is more of your nonsense . The only way in which yon eonld possibly meet them , aye , and defeat them too , is bt doixg , ivMU lh * y are talking . Ton risk money in many speculations ; but how can the poor people have any respect for your order when not a pound is sx > ent in the proper direction ? If we asked you to do too much for tbe poor , why then there siight be a feasible excuse for not doing anything . But now I wIQ place something tangible before you . Tot can get thousands subscribed for purposes which

      "sIQ not develope the xalne of labour : why not try a little to advance its cause ? Try one experiment . I " w 2 ] not go beyond a 2 , 000 acre * ; and if your several humane societies will purchase 1 , 000 acres ; or if one landlord wffl subdivide 1 , 000 acres of tolerably fair land into 2-50 allotments of four acres eaeh , and lean them , { at a corn-rent ) for ever , to 250 Trorking menhaving buflt a cottage , and advanced £ 40 for stock to each—I will venture to say that in three years the plan will become general : the labourers contented ; the country at peace . The manufacturers and shopkeepers would find this new population to be better

      CMtomers than either Chinese or Indians . I wiB make the calculation for yon , although every tftag proposed forthejbenent of the poor has something *» " impracticable" abont it as to deter many from Altering npon it Take 1 , 000 acres , now worth £ 1 * n aere , but not paid ; subdivide it into 250 farms of j f our acres each ; build a cottage -worth £ 50 on each I foa- acres , to whieh the tenant as he improves may add \ « pleasure ; give every man £ iQ capitalto commence

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      ; a money-rent , no man would refuse to give £ 10 a year for that " take ; " th .-it is , £ 1 an acre for the land , and nearly seven per cent , for the capital and money expended on the cottage . " O , but , " says some cautious Economirt , '' the rascals would run off with the £ 40 . " Well , then , to provide against sneh a remote possibility , expend it yonrselves . Buy the necesBary stock ; put the ne _ cessary furniture into the house ; mark all as your own ; hire it for three years , on condition that the takers shall perform all the required conditions , and that if they pay off the £ 30 at the end of three years , they shall have the land for £ 1 an acre , or £ i a vear for ever .

      ^ ow I pledge my very existence that the 251 ) men so situated would , -within three years , pay off the £ 90 , every man of them . If any were dishonest , they could neither remove the house , nor a par ticle of the stock or furniture that you had purchased . Thus I show you the capabilities of the soil , and the valne of labour when applied to it for the labourer's own benefit . It is in your power to try it ; and ifyou don ' t , who will say that you ought not to bear the consequences of your own neglect ? If improvidence has made you too poor to furnish the required capital , are the land , and I will undertake to

      say that the required amount of capital shall be fortbeoming . Do this ; and you will have relieved yourselves from that welJ-merited obloquy so nnsparingly heaped upon you . You will have destroyed the League , while you have increased your own property . Yon will have considerably enhanced the security far your rent . Ton will have convinced the people that you are their friends in deed ; is w «» l ] as in word . Tou will have made the labourer contented with his lot , and will have restored tliu English aristocracy to that place in the affection of

      the working classes , from which nothing but their own neglect could have dislodged them . Let the firs colony be called Yottso Esgl&xd , if you will ; and then , wben tbe working classes understand what you mean by " a stake in the hedge , " they irilljvin vou in planting it there . Until you have recourse to some practical means by which the value of labour , wben applied to the land , can be made generally beneficial , you will have done nothing ; when ' you -accomplish tbis grand national object , then 1 wQ' subscribe mvself ,

      1 our most obedient , rerj humble and obliged servant , Feakgcs OToxxor . P . S . —1 will give you a year ' s stewardship ^< -ai / . « ii von establish this first home-labour-colonv .

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      FRANCE . PrKsxf \ .-no >* 0 ? the Peess . —M . Eernays , wliior of the German journal Yonuarts { " Go-ahead ' ) , printed in Paris , was sentenced by the Court of tVrrectional Police , on Friday , to two months imprisonment , and a fine of 300 f ., for publishing his paper without having previously deposited tbeusual security . It was stated publicly , and believed , that the prosecution was instituted at the request of the I ' ru .-sian Minister in Paris , in consequence of the appearance in the Yorwarts of an article justifying in some mea sure the attempt of Tsehech against the life of the King of Prussia .

      DssiDin Siate oj > Pabis . —Results of Midmlxllass Rcle . —The unprotected state of the public against the hordes of criminals at large in Paris has excited much alarm there . The Rtformc states that a number of persons had written to the Prelect of Police in Paris , to inform him that their afiairs obliging them to remain out to a late hour of the night , and not wishing to be murdered in the streets , they should hereafter walk armed with loaded canes , poin " - ards , and pistols . SPAYS .

      TKB RX 3 G . "« OT TXBBOB . yiADRTD , I / EC . ' - 'Til . Matters do not go so smoothly with Genera . 1 . \ ar vaez in Madrid as in the northern province ? . In Old Castile and in the Basque provinces he and his tools are allowed to shoot to their heart's content . General Breton has already shot twelve of tiif unhappy insurgents in 11 echo" and Anzo without trial , and BO questions asked . More executions nrf to follow , and the crime of over-humanity , which , in ihe case of Generals Oribe and Bayona led to their dismissal , is "likely to be religiously avoided Ijy their sucs ^ essors . In Madrid , however , matters go otiern-ise . Col . Renrifo , Captain Garcia , and Doctor . Vrilla . were condemned a few days ago to death by a f" 01111 martial , composed of such materials as Narvntz delights in , . for a conspiracy whieh it is believed never existed ; and some eight or ten others were s < -nt u >

      the galleys for the same crime . Col . Rengifo And his companions in misfortune were to be executed ou tlut » th , but , unhappily for ? sarvaez , the President' ol the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine declared rbe proceedings iUrgal { and for his honesty lie ha ? been dismissed ) , and the Court of the Audicnza quashed the whole of the proceedings , so that the lives of these uufortunate individuals are saved for a time ut least , although it is probable that the unscrupulous parsonages in the cabinet will still succeed in destroying the victims of their vengeance . Sixty inhabitants of Barcelona had been transported to Carthagena , in consequence of the encumbered state of the _ prisonsof the iirst of those cities . M . Francisco Castanys , a former deputy , and ML Ezeehiel Porcel , ex-Administrator of the Finances , had been aiTcsted as Barcelona , and banished to Palma .

      Attuipixd Ixbcbbsciios at Cabthaoesa . —The Government at Madrid received letters from Carthagena , on the yth , which stated that an attempt at insurrection had been made in that place bv the populace , but that it had been suppressed by the authorities , and that the town was quiet at the departure of the courier . The Tbjotob Lopez . —M . Jose Maria Lopta has published a pamphlet containing an account of the principal political events which occurred in Spain during the Administration of the &th of May , 1843 , and subsequently to the existence of the Provisional Government . The pamphlet , it is said , discloses important secret 3 . The Journal da DebaU , of Monday , announces that tire Queen of Spain had pardoned Colonel Piengifo and his two associates , trlio had been sentenced to death by a court-martial SWITZERLAND .

      SCPPRXSIJOX OF THE IssCRBECTlOH . —PiBlS , I ) EC . 14 . By the last accounts Lucerne was again so far tranquil that the authorities felt cqnhdent they should be able to preserve order , and declined to receive reinforcements , which they had in the first instance requested , from the neighbouring Catholic cantons . " We are assared , bowever , that though the afiair is for the moment put down at Lucerne , a very serious straggle is impending between the Catholics and Protestants of the republic generally . The Uelvetle states that a great number of persons had been killed and wounded on both sides ; that the tocsin was sounding throughout tbe country ; and that numerous

      volunteers were coming to the aid of the vanquished Among others , the volunteers of Argovia , Berne , Soleure , and Basle , are said to be on the march . The canton of Berne has sent troops to the borders ^ tbe canton to watch events , and in this state afiairs remain by the latest accounts . But even if the present movement be put down , which from'all accounts it will very probably be , other insurrections Trill certainly follow , for in tke exasperated state of the feelings of a large portion of the people—an exasperation produced by the bad faith of the authorities jl jg not likely that either party will be satisfied with the present state of things . The following is an extract of a letter dated ~ Berae , Dec . 10 th , 1844 : —

      " Bv lie arrivals from Lucerne this morning , « e learn that the city is filled with troops , and that arrejis continue to he made . The Jesuits triumph to the fall fjctent of the word , Ihanis to the means of seduction ibey Ijave employed . Dr . Steiger , one of the chiefs of the Liberal partj ^ -trlio is paying by imprisonment for bis opposition to the Jesuits , is a man of mind and energy , who was tbe only one that coold raUv the Liberal parts of the country , which was without leaders . Colonel iuggenbuhler , another chief of the liberal party , has succeeded in escaping

      into the territory of Berne . Many other fugitives have succeeded in getting over the border ; but although our Government feels the necessity of stopping the reaction , it mil consider -twice before it makes any demonstrations which may become a signal for a general conflict in Switzerland . The people , however , who do not look * o closely to the federal compact , are discontented with this forbearance , A volunteer from Argau , who joined the expedition against Lucerne , writes from Arau last nigit , that nearly all the eight hundred volunteers are returned , worn out with fatigue , and dissatisfied at not

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      having met with , any support from the people of the places throngi wiich ; they passed . There has been , nererthelfcSB , a serious engagement at the bridge of the Emm * , half a league from Lucerne , in which there Veri killed and wounded on both sides . The volunteers sneeeeded in forcing the passage ; but finding no one on the other sids ready or willing to join them , they retired , and were nearly cut off at Sursee . "

      RUSSIA . The Imperial Censorship . —The Courrier Frtmuiis says : — " Formerly the Russian censorship had contented itself with covering with black ink the articles of the foreign journals , "the reading of which it would not permit in Russia , but for some time past , the Russian police having discovered that by means of a chemical preparation the reading-rooms of Poland were able to render the printed characters legible , the censorship has ordered these articles to be cut out , without paying any attention to the fact tbat the scissors at the same timeinvaded the offending article and the innocent matter at the back . In consequence , the Hussion Gazette - recommends such journals as have subscribers in Russia to print their sheets only on one side , leaving the back blank . '

      TURKEY . CossiiJtirsopijE , Nov . 22 . —The representative of Great Britain has suddenly left this capital , having embarked on board the English man-of-war , which is always at his disposal . It is not known what direction he has taken ; but this sudden departure has given rise to niany suppositions . There are persons who think that this resolution was taken in consequence of the difference whieh arose "between the British Ambassador and the Porte about the recent conduct of the Pacha of Trebizond towards the British consul there .

      UAITED STATES . Liverpool , Mo . ydat . — The British and North American Royal mail steam-ship , Britannia , Captain Hewitt , arrived in the Mersey this morning . The Election . —The final result of the Presidential contest has reached us . The number of electoral votes for Polk was 170 ; for Clay , 105 : major ity ot electoral votes For Polk , 65 . } ir . Polk , the Am-York Herald says , is to visit Philadelphia previous to his inauguration . i Conghess . —The second session of the twenty-eighth Conjpess was to commence on the 2 d inst ., anu the President ' s message would probably be delivered on the following day . It was expected to reach Isew York about the 4 th inst ., in which case we may look for it by the next steamer , which will arrive " about the 2 ( > tn . Speculation was busy as to the manner in which it would touch upon the questions before the country . It is generaUy agreed tnat tbe annexation of Texas wilJ be strenuously urged .

      The Ami-Rest Wak . —The Philadelphia correspondent of the Jlomiiuj C / ironicU says—I regret to state that tlie auti-rent disturbances , or rather the rebellious movements against paying rents to the Van Renusalaer family , have been renewed in Van Rcnnsalaer and other counties of-the state of Sew York . Explosion , « tc . —There has beer another dreadful steam-boat explosion , that of the Tiger , below 2 s ew Orleans , killing six persons . It will oe a matter of great satisfaction to hear , that Captain Paxioa , of the ship Elizabeth , with the passengers and crew , who were conjectured to have been drowned , have reached Campeaehy , and thence taken passage to New Orleans , where they arrived on the 11 th ult . We have no particulars , merely an announcement of the fact .

      CANADA . Seizvbe o ? Abm 8 . —We have little news trora Canada . The Governor-General ' s opening speech was anxiously awaited . . No official return of his majority in the Legislature has reached us . A company oftheSOth Regiment seized 120 stand of arms at a shantv belonging to the . Irish labourers on the I . achine (' anal . This is a bad symptom . Dr . Nelson , one of the leaders in the Canada outbreak of 1837-S , has been elected a member of the new provincial Parliament ' . TfMpora mntantur . < kc .

      MEXICO AND TEXAS . Alarming State ot Mexico . —The . Vm- Orkatu Picayune of the 17 th ult . gives the following Biimmary of Mexican intelfigencei the date of wliich ls from the city of Mexico as late as the . 2 nd . — "The most important intelligence we lave yet read is the refusal of the Chamber of Deputies to vote the loan required by the Mexican Executive for carrying on the campaign against Texas . Those best informed in Mexican affairs think a revolution inevitable—many that the train is alread y laid , and that the explosion will be heard immediately . The Minister of Finance , Fijmeras , has resigned his position . Grievous charges had been made against him , and lie had previously expressed his desire to retiix- from the Administration , but the wishes of liis associates in power induced him to remain . Uniena , the miscreant who inflicted

      an atrocious outrage upon a Frenclixuan at Mazatlan , has been convicted and sentenced to eight years' ini prisonment . He has appealed , however , from the decision . Some of the : Mexican papers assert that this man ' s crimes have been grossly exaggerated . In New Mexico there have been more Indian disturbances . An attempt was made to assassinate the Governor in his own house . Fortunately it was unsuccessful , and the criminal was himself killed . Various encounters between the Indians near Abiquich and tlie Mexicans had taken place , in which many men were killed . The Mexicans , as usual , attribute ; ill these collisions to the enmitv of the Americans , foolishly supposing that the Indians are supplied with their ammunition , &c , from the American trading posts . The Ctwor of Vera Cruz announces the departure of the President . Santa Anna from hisAanVje /' i of Mango de Clave to meet his bride at Encero . "

      Ixscrreciion ix Mexico . —It is repoi'ted in Gal veston , by a gentleman just from the west , that intelligence had reached San Antonio that all Northern Mexico along the Rio Grande is now in ft state of revolt against the dictator . The report , as brought by a Mexican major , who represents himself as having deserted from General Woll ' s army , is , that Arista is now marching for the city of Mexico with an army oi 17 , 000 men—that he is already beyond the mountains , and that his numbers are daily and rapidly increasing by fresh recruits from all the surrounding country . It is stated that the spit it of revolution is universal and overwhelming . The Texj _\ Congress was to meet on the 2 nd instant .

      TURKEY . Sir STRAiroRn Cavniso . —The Herald of Wednesday denies tbe truth of the statement that the British Ambassador at the Porte had struck his flag . The factis ( says the Jkrald ) , Sir Stratford has left Constantinople , but on a pleasure excursion to the island of Tenedos , aud he would have returned on the 26 th , but a north wind blowing down the Dardanelles delayed the upward progress of the steamer . It is true that difficulties had occurred between the Porte and Sir Stratford -Canning , arising out of the misconduct of tbe Pacha of Trebisond , and that the

      answer given by the Porte was not of a satisfactory nature . The departure of the British Ambassador from the Turkish capital at such a moment naturally led to misconstruction on the part of those not acquainted with his Excellency ' s intentions ; and we are glad to have from our correspondent so satisfactory an explanation of the whole case . A Fike broke out on the 17 th atBalikessa , in Asia Minor , which consumed about 1000 houses , including shops and buildings ; and another fire occurred at Constantinople , which reduced to ashes about 100 bouses .

      Dr . Wooljt . —Ve are glad to tind , from letters received from Trebisond of the 16 th of November , that Dr . WooliF has arrived in safety at Teheran , on his way to Tabreez and Erzeroum , on his way to England . .

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      The Doings of the Manchester Leaguers . —It has been the practice of the League mouthers in the agricultural districts , if any person dared to call in question their treatment of the factory operatives , to refer the objectors to the Manchester operatives , who would soon convince them that the statement ? of the opponents of the League were without foundation , indeed they have repeatedly asserted that the working classes of Manchester were all members of the League . The various meetings which bave been held by the operatives of late , have done much towards bringing to light the real opinions of the workies on this subject . When the workmen give a recital of the abominai . Je robberies they are subject

      to , they invariably c : iclude with—" and these anthe men who want to give us a big loaf ! " At a meeting of Power-loom Weavers , a lew days since , the following statements were made concerning one of those fellows always to be found on the right hand of the ehairm&n at the ticketed meetings of the " Plague , ; " and , bye-the-bye , this gent is a reverend preacher . He is to be seen on the Sunday with black coat and white cravat , mounting the pnlpit , and hurling heaven ' s vengeance against the poor sinner who dares to take a walk in the fields on the Sabbath , after being confined for six long days in his stinking factory . He pays a person six shillings per week for supplying hiB mill with hot water for the work-people , while he makes the workers pay him nine shillings . ' and his love of Christian justice ia so intense , tbat it signifies not whether the worker

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      pes the water or not , it must be paid for . One man in that meeting gave a calculation of the time he had . forked for this pious inillocrat , and proved that this ;™ an ** J token from himself ( the worker ) and family upwards of ' £ 2 far water , of which they had never useil a drop ! But this is not all . He pays a man tbroiling the machines ; fifteeii shillings per week , for which he maftes the hands pay twenty-four shillings per week , tnereoy pocketing nine shillings per week . Some time ago he took Upwards of £ 80 in fines from his workpeople , and then , with all the hypocrisy imaginable , ^ I / 11 * 9 the Disp ensary and In&mary . We w /> uia ask , how can either Christianity , Corn Law Kepew , or Teetotalism prosper whilst they are represented by such men as these ? At a meeting of the

      Beamers and Twisters , held bust week , the chairman made some statements which we think the public 1 o right to know > Tne . v rclat « t 0 another reverend Corn Law Repealing millocrat . This reverend gent used to give a little boy twopence per week for carrying hot water to the factory ! He had to go eleven times backwards and forwards for the twopence .. A few weeks ago the hands turned out for an advance of wages , which turnout occasioned the boy to cany the water only ten times instead of eleven . Of Course he must be ' bated , " and . bated he was —• one penny out of the twopence ! After these examples , of pettifogging pillage , we think there will be no surprise that sooli men , by such means , should soon become rich , earning themBelves the just reprobation

      oi all j * ood men .- —i&rtcAeafer Correspondent . MlBTLEBONE . — Trades' ITnIOKS ATO THEIR E ' rtectb . —A numerous and highly respectable meeting assembled in the Investigation Hall , Circus-street , New-road , Marylebone , on Tuesday evening , December 17 th , to hear Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., deliver a public lecture on Trades' Unions , and their effects on society . At eight o ' clock Ml . Aldous was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly opened the meeting by reading an abstract of the People ' s Charter , lie then called on Mr . O'Connor to address the meeting . Mr . O'Connor , on rising , was greeted with much cheering , lie said the chairman had read an abstract of the Charter ; he ( Mr . O'C . ) supposed the chairman did so because he knew that the audience had been long absent fyom school , and must , therefore , have forgotten their lesson . ( Laughter . ) However , the Charter vras a good thing , and would bear repetition . ( Cheers . ) Masters ,. when it suited their interest , patted the men on the back , and professed

      to admire Unions ; but if the Trades , by union , endeavoured to uphold their rights as men , their Unions instantly' became pernicious , and things to be put down . He had always admired Trades' Unions ; and he believed , if a Chartist Parliament assembled tomorrow , that that Parliament would advocate Trades ' Unions , as a means of carrying out into detail what waa necessary to be done . Trades' Unions were like political societies : the latter , if successful , were the gloiy and admiration of the world , but wheii unsuccessful , their leaders were traitors . So ot Trades' Unions ; if they succeeded , they wmthe lights of the world , but , when unsuccessful their officers wore plotters against the peace ami good order of society , and only fit for the felonV cell or the convict hulks—( hear , hear ) . The most important Union and Strike lie had ever witnessed was that of the Colliers ; and he only regretted that it bad not met with that success it so much

      meritedcheers ) . Sir J . Graham wished to intimidate all Trades through the Miners ; and as that body had struck , and applied themselves to the law instead of to riot , confusion , and destruction of property—( hear , hear ) , the Conynons said the law is too powerful in their favour—' tis too strong for us—we must change the laws and crush all such combinations- ^ bear , hear ) . He ( Mr . O'C . ) contended that Parliament should exist for tbe protection of labour ; and if meetings like that he was addressing did not tend to the comfort , welfare , and happiness of the people , he would retire and never attend another . Duncombe ( cheers ) , aided | by the Trades , had strangled the mouster-nieasure of last session ( cheers ) . Lord Fitzwilliam , a philanthropist , had said from his place in the House of Lords , that "the working classes ought

      not to repine , as there always was poor , and it was written they should ' never cease out of the land . True it was so written ; but it was not written that the same persons should always continue poor—( hear , hear ) . There might be a change of places —( cheers ) . Lord Fitzwilliam went to Sheffield , and he there sakl that Government should put Trades' Unions down , either by moral or physical power ^ hear ., hear ); and the Messrs . Chambers , of Edinburgh , had come to ' the Earl ' s assistance with their pen , with Poor Law Chadwiek at their elbow —( hear , hear ) . But lie contended that the . thousands united could always beat the tens—( cheers ) . Well , then , why should there not be one general Union of all Trades for the protection of all ? The masters now fought one trade against

      the other . ( Hear , hoar . ) It wasiji $ . . top sawyevs , the aristocrats in the Trade * , that oppressed the pitmen or democrat . Yes , the men wltnoos . or £ 2 per week thought their day of evil would never come ;—and it was this that caused the disunion ; this internal strife that the masters took advantage of . ( Hear , hear . ) Let a general Union of all be formed , am ! it would inspire confidence , give strength , to-all , ami lead t « great and important results , ( Loud cheers . ) He would show ; the value oi union ; aud could not better illustrate 111 . ! position than by pointing to tin * Trades of Sheffield . They had unitea ^—a nd soon saw the necessity of restricting the hours of labour—ami the result was , they earned , on an average , more by working eight hours than they did , when labour was

      unrestricted , mien they worked fourteen or fifteen hours . ( Cheers , ) Just suppose that a butcher had but a small quantity of meat in the market—why , his meat brought a larger price : but if he had a large quantity , the market > vonld be overstocked , and the meat would be depreciated in money-value . ( Ilear , hear . ) He admitted the axiom , that when one channel of labour closed another opened : but the people should be supplied with the means of reaching that other channel . ( Hear , hear . ) Isot only had tke , trades of Sheffield found the advantage arising from tlie restriction of hours of labour , but the collierahad experienced its blessings likewise . IJr believed machinery would prove a blessing , if made man ' s holiday instead of m ^ n's curse , lie would

      qtiote a working ¦• man of the name of Butterworth , who , in reply to Mr . Cobden , said , "You may go to bed by machinery , get up by machinery , eat your food by machinery , pick your teeth by machinery—or do anything else you please with it—providing you do not make machinery take the loaf off my table , or the bed from under me . " ( Cheera . ) Freetraders might say what they liked ; but lie had seen mills lighted up all night , and little children only allowed half an hour ' s rest out of nine or ten hours , ( Hear , hear , ) If it required just 1000 hands to do the work of a certain district , and an extra 100 hands came from a distance among them , and they were allowed to compete , the result would lie , that in a short time wages would be reduced from

      30 s . down to 20 s . ( hear , hear ); but « tbe 1000 were united , and knew their duty , when the 100 men came , instead of letting them go to work , they would provide them with means and let them go and take a cold bath with the Bishop of London , or a walk with Lord J . Edgerton in the grotto and pleasure grounds provided ; or have a lounge in the library and read Coningsby . ( Laughter and applause . ) By this means they would keep up wages and maintain a respectable position in society . ( Loud cheers . ) He would admit that so long as the Spinners could obtain 35 s . a week they . looked upon the land asadronish , plodding occupation ; but nvichincry had stepped in and taught them a lesson . Perhaps there was some present who might ask what had machinery to do

      with them up in London ? What had it to do with Tailors , with Shoemakers , with Bricklayers , with Masons , and such like trades ¦! lie would shew them . Machinery did the work of manual labour in the manufacturing districts . Well , the men thrown out of employ came to London , competed for clerkships , letter-carriers , warehousemen , light portere , and also with those trades which did not require a great amount of skill . . This is what machinery has to il « with those he had named . ( Loud cheers . ) But it was pleasant to find that all writers and talkers haif turned their attention to the land . When he ( Mr . O'Connor ) first directed attention to that subject , he was called a madman ; however , he had bitten tlieni all , for they could not now take up a newspaper a pamphlet , a magazine , or a novel , but tlie allotment system stared them in the face . ( Cheers . ) Some one had got hold of the Times newspaper , and was writing in favour of Emigration under another , name . Young

      England told them that they ought not to have too much land- ? no , only sufficient to ' amqse the holders , to grow a lew flowers for their wife , and a dish of marrowfats for themselves . ( Loud laughter . ) If he ( Mr . O'C . ) had one thing to boast of more than another , it was that he Jiad always taught the people to rely on themselves ; and that Whigs and Tories were one and the same under different names . ( Cheers . ) He had told them—and Mr . Duncombe , in a letter to the Trades of Sheffield , stated the fact—that Sir J . Graham was about to introduce another Master and Servants' Bill . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr , Duncombe told him ( Mr . ( VC . ) that he would resist it by all means in his power— - { great cheering ); but what could one man ' s voice do without the help of the people ? ( Hear , hear . ) He assured them it was no agreeable task to go amongst the people , sometimes chastening then ) and ( sometimes praising them for some little good they bad done for themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) All that wrote or spoke from authority did so against the

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      working classes . ( Hear , Iiear . ) During the agitation for the Reform Bill , the middlemen were the agitators and the working men the shouters . He thought he saw Mr . Jordan , who was their first chairman at the establishment ol' the griat 'Radical Association present—< hear hear ) . A Wonderful alteration had , sinee that period , taken place in the mind of the country : and now the working classes had become eloquent and sensible speakers —( cheers ) . We had seen a George Julian Harney , and a Pitkethly , standing on the ^ hustings , opponents of the scions of nobility . At the next election we must not only get the shew of hands , but the vote too . Wilberforee used to boast that he and his party were seven , and with this seven could procure patronage from the Minister .

      Now if seven against the j Ministerial majority oi seventy could effect this , what would a united party of twenty do , with Duncombe as their leader—( Loud cheers ) . If demonstrations took place , they were wafted on the wings of the prjess across the water to America . But unfortunately the Chartists were not fully represented in the press- —( Hear hear ) . The people did not yet evince a sufficient degree of the practicable to carry on a continuous agitation . They were good at a demonstration , but when that was over all was done . However , it had its good effect—it caused the people ' s voice to be . heartl in distant lands . Get twenty men into the House , andthey will Boon increase to fifty . The only practicable means of obtaining the twenty was by attending to the registration . He had

      had no time to arrange for a set lecture , therefore he took a fiing 1 at all subjects ; and pernapa that was the mo « t profitable to them . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord AshleV , Lord John Manners , Mr . D'lsvaeli , Mr . Busfield Ferrand , in fact the Young England party , had resolved to make a dead set at all other parties in the House during the coming session . He looked on Young England as coadjutors , to a certain extent , lie thought Young England would be inclined to ceurt public opinion—perhaps atteiid some of their meetings , or call some of their own . In that case he would recommend that some ! of their best speakers should be selected to meet them , in a friendly spirit , and instruct them . ( Hear , Hear . ) He stood there that evening , advocating the same principles lie

      advocated on the same spot nine years ago ; and he defied contradiction when he asserted that he had consistently advocated the same principles dunng the whole of that period ; and that , too , without a farthing ' s expense to the working man . ( Great cheering . ) Well , he hoped on the 4 th of February next to hoc half a million accompanying Mr . Duncombe—Labour ' s only Parliamentary ( Representative—down to the House . ( Immense ehepring . ) He was happy to find that all that had £ one from them was only the chaff ; and that they were more united than ever . In fact — like ! Lord Ross ' s cocks- — they were all on one side . Mr . jO'Connor resumed his seat amidst great cheering . lA Mr . Puddiforth then came forward , and said he thought the opposition

      given to the League by the Chartists had done great harm to the Chartist cause ( laughter ) , and he just wished to ask Mr . O'Connor ) to attend to his own business for the future , and let that Other political ( . arty , the " League , " alone , j Let Mr . O'Connor get ibe Charter if he could . At the passing of the Reform Bill , he ( Mr . P . ) was an elector of Lambeth , and had offered to place hiR vote at the tlisposal of tbe unrepresented masses . ] le thought | f the Cora Laws were repealed , the present landowners would be glad to rerepresent thepeople for the £ 500 a year . Mr . O'Connor , in reply , said , he thought if ever the League was unfortunate , it was to-night in their advocate . The gentleman had said the effect W Repeal would be to reduce the price of land so low , that the landlords

      would be glad to take £ 500 a year as representatives of the people . ( Laughter . )] The gentleman advised the Chartists not to f fight with the political party called the League . Mr . Cobden wont thank him for that . That ! gentleman contended that the League was not a , political party and they proved it the other day , when Cobden and Co ., by their votes , kept Peel in office . ' The League called tbe Chartists " Tory Chartists ; " yet the League loaders had kept the Tories in office . Why should the Chartists give up their principles to any man or set of men ? ( Loud cheers .: ) Only think of those poor men subscribing £ 100 , 000 to get rid of a grievance . ( Laughter ) . Let th « tn give the working class political power , and then IW ( Mr . O'C . ) would bo perfectly content to abide by the decision come to by the honest working men . ( Great ; , cheering . )—Mr . Puddifortb did by no means swish , them to give up

      their own principles . —Mr . Jordon said he wished Mr . O'Connor would make it a point to lay before the people the best means of getting on tbe register . That was a most important point . Mr . O'Connor , in reply to Mr . Jordan , said , that he was compiling a pamphlet on the subject , and he would publish it at sucbaprice as should plaeejit within the reach of all , ani that as speedily as possible . Mr . Fairer then moved a vote of thanks to Mr . t O'Connor for the able lecture he had delivered , which was seconded by Mr . G . Lovett , and carried unanimously amitl loud cheers . Mr . O'Connor responded , and proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was earned unanimously . Three loud cheei's wjere then given for the Charter , Duneombc , and Repeal ; three ior the ~ V «> - tfum Star , and three for Feargus O'Connor . After the enrolment of several members , the meeting dispersed . I

      BlIBNLEV . —A M . EET 1 NG iOF IHE MkCHaVICS , Moulders , Smiths , Millwrights , E . Mii . vEEns , * tc , was held in the Working Men's Xews Room , Hammcrton-street , Burnley , when Mr . P . M'Grath , President of the Executive Council , delivered an eloquent and powerful address to thcnil on the necessity of a National Trades' Union . At the close of the address the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That in the opinion of tliis meeting , a National Union of the Trades is necessary to protect Labour from the unceasing aggressions of Capital . This meeting therefore call upon their fellow working men throughout the empire to commence the glorious worn of Union . ' * Arrangements were then made for a committee forj preliminary business , with a view to test the whole of the trades in the town on the above resolution . IThe meeting then separated , higlily pleased with the evening ' s proceedings . !

      General Meeting of the j Building Trades of AsHToJr-UNDER-LrNE . — -A general meeting of ail the building trades of Ashton-under-Lyne and its vicinity , was held on Tuesday evening last , in the large room of the Crown Inn , Ashton , to take into consideration the steps necessary to be taken to assist the Mancheater men at present on strike . The meeting vias well attended by the operatives of the above trades , and all appeared to be animated with one determination to use every exertion in their power to help their brethren . A second object of the meeting was to consider the propriety of the whole of the building trades fozTning themselves into a consolidated union . The meeting was called for seven o ' clock , shortly after wliich time Mr . Alfred Burton was unanimously

      called to the chair . Mr . Hughes , delegate from the Bricklayers' society , gave an account of the grievances which the Carpenters and Joiners of Manchester had to contend with , and ] which had caused them to strike against Messrs . Pauling and Co ., and concluded a powerful speech by urging upon the meeting the necessity of the whole of the building trades uniting in one body . ( Mr . Ilulme , delegate from the Painters' Society , next addressed tbe meeting . He said lie was one ot' the deputation who waited on the firm of Pauling and Co . Those of fhe meeting who were in the habit of reading the " Northern Star" would know that an aggregate meeting of the Manchester trades was hem in the Hall of Science , to consider what steps should be taken

      in reference to the propositions of the firm ; the result of which was that the meeting decided that the strike should not terminate ! until Messrs . Pauling and Company had discharged tbe whole oi their " knob-sticks . " This was agreed to unanimously . But notwithstanding this , some parties said that the correspondence had not had the consideration of the trade ; and at a meeting of the ) Joiners , in the Carpenters' Hall , it was agreed that special meetings of the various trades should be ] called , and the correspondence laid before them . "Thishad been done , and the result was the same as that come to at the aggregate meeting , the members being for the men standing out until the "knobs" were discharged . He was happy to say that they had every prospect of gaining a glorious and honourable victory . Mr . Maxwell , delegate from the Joiners , said the building trades of MancheBter had united , and they were desirous tbat their brethren in Ashton should do

      Likewise . Mr . Maxwell then moved the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that a union of all the building trades of Ashton is absolutel y neceBsary for their ! mutual support and preservation . " Mr . M . regumeid lii « scat amid much applause . The resolution was seconded by a person in the body of the meeting . Mr . Wellford moved an amendment to the effect that a general union of all trades was highly desirable . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Marwell moved— " That delegates [ be appointed by the various trades to carry the foregoing resolution into effect . " The resolution was agreed to nem . con . It was then agreed that delegates from each branch meet in that room on next Tuesday evening , at halfpast seven o ' clock . The thanks of the meeting were given to Mr . Dixon , reporter for the " Northern Star . " Thanks were then grVen to the chairmaa and delegates , and the meeting ibroke up .

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      J ^ HSp&t / U ^ # & # -J % & **** £ --y j ? t Rochdale . — -The factory workies in this town are goinj on well . The turnouts Iwvi' cninc ^ llie advance at aD the mills . On Tuesday the hands at Butterworth and Go ; syHntf 0 tfgjWdfacf" % " p'ned out , determined to have tie advance . Tiiis is the only mill where the hands are on strike at present . Dun-combe Testimonial . —Central Committee of Trades , < fcc , SaviJle House , Leicester-square ^ Wednesday , December 18 th . Mr . Grassby in tlie chair . Favourable reports were received . from the Carpenters of St . Lukes ; from the Morocco Leather-iud&hers ; and from the Repeal Meeting recently held atrthe Temperance Hall , Clement ' s-lane . . Messrs .- - ' Tj- . M . Wheeler and Syme were deputed to wait on Mr .

      Duncombe respecting the proposed procession in February next . Mr . Gannnin stated that the Corkcutters h ' aci come to a determination to pay iato the hands of the treasurer next week their second' subscription , amounting to £ 20 , Messrs . Dowlin ? and Stalfrvood were deputed to wait on the Rurning Ilprse Society of Carpenters on Monday , DeeeTn /> er the 30 th . Messrs . Grassby and Stalhveod w . _ -re deputed to wait on the Secretary of the Finsbary Committe on Saturday evening , December 21 st . Letters were read from the Islington Philanthropic Society , anil from the Factory Operatives of St * ckport . Next Wednesday being Curatma&ilay . the Committee at its rising adjourned until Wednesday week , January 1 st , 1845 .

      Lancashire Mikebs . —The next General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held at : the house of Mr . Bawber , Shevington . Moor , near Wjgan , on Monday , the 30 th of December , Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon .- A public meeting will also take place , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq . The Ipvt , including Jawfund and general contributions for the next fortnight , is Is . t 5 d . per member . " , Yorkshire Miners . —The next general delegate meeting of the Miners of Yorkshire , will be held at the Griffin Inn , Jforthgate , WakefieW , on Monday , the 30 tli ofDecember , 1844 . To commence at nine o ' clock in the morning , when the new cards and rules of the Miners' Benefit Society , will be ready for delivery . : ¦ " ¦

      The Wigan Mixers' lately in the employ , of Mr . Ralph Thickness , return their sincere thanks for the following : ¦—Jolly Miners'Lodge , £ 1 16 s . 2 d . ; Colliers ' ArmsLodge , £ 2 3 s . 2 d . ; Bridge Inn Lodge , £ 2 2 s . 7 d . ; Jerry Shop Lodge , 9 s . lid . ; Coalheavers' Lodge , IBs . 8 d . ; Black Horse Lodge , 10 s . 6 d . ; Green Barn Lodge , £ 1 13 s . 3 d . ; Red House Lodge , 16 s . lid . ; Jolly Carters' Lodge , Us . gd . ; Cock Tavern Lodge , 6 s . 5 d . ; Running Horse Lodge , 9 s . 4 d . ; Church Lodge , 9 s . lid . —Thomas Smith , District Secretary for Aspull district . Great Meeting of Misers at Oldiiam . —A public meeting of Miners belonging to the Oldham district , was held on the afternoon of Monday last , in the Working Man ' s Hall . This was tlie largest indoor

      meeting ever lield at Oldiiam : there could not be less than 2 , 000 persons present . W . P . Roberts , Esq ., was announced to address tbe meeting , and the miners engaged a band of music , with which they met him at the terminus of the Oldham and Manchester Railway , and escorted him to the place of meeting . At about two o ' clock a working Miner , named Halsworth , was unanimously called to the chair . He gave out some verses whieh had bee » composed for the occasion , which were sung bv the meeting ; after which he introduced Mr . Parkinson of the county of Durham . Mr . Parkinson delivered a lengthy address on the benefits that Sad and would accrue to the Miners generally , by keeping un the

      association ; and not only the Miners , but the masters . Mr . P . sat down loudly applauded . Mr . Embleton , ' of Newcastle , said that he was an old Miner , — he was sixty-eight years of age , —and he was also an old Trades Unionist . He had been an . unionist ever since the year 1810 . Mr . E . concluded a long and humorous speech amid loud cheers . Mr . Harnes moved , ami Mr . Witworfch seconded , " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the Miners of Oldfiam and surrounding districts have been grossly tyranized over by their employers and agents ; and this mooting pledge itself to use every legal means to procure a redress of their grievances , and those of the whole of the Mining population of Great Britain and Ireland . " The resolution was supported

      by mf- bixon of Manchester , and agreed to unanimously . The chairman said lie now had much pleasure in introducing W . P . Roberts , Esq ., who nn rising was greeted with rapturous applause . Mr . Roberts congratulated them on the present position of the association , and the progitss it was making . He was proud at having an opportunity of addressing them in that splendid edifice ; it was certainlya proud monument of the patriotism of the worKing classes . Mr . Roberts concluded amid repeated rounds of applause . The thanks of the meeting having been voted to the chairman , the people separated in a peaceful and orderly manner . We arc happy in stating that the advance sought by the men is-ukely to-be ' conceded without a strike , . several of the masters in this district having already given it .

      Bradford Wooux ) mbers' Protective Sooieit . — The fifth quarterly meeting of delegates from the various divisions in town and country , connected wiih the above society , was held at the society ' s room , Tyrrel-court , Bradford , on Monday , the 2 nd inst ., when resolutions were adopted expressive of the . determination of the meeting to persevere in the sacred causejwhich they had engaged in , viz ., the protection of their labour as far as practicable , from the greedy and avaricious grasp of such capitalists as would , for the sake of competition in the market , reduce the labourer to the lowest possible pitch of tlestitution , provided a ready exchange of money for goods can be secured to them in the market ; this

      nefarious traffic in slavery has long been practised by unprincipled manufacturers , especially in the neighbourimr towns and villages , where , at all times , are to be fuuud ready facilities for carrying it into execution . Men occasionally engaged in agricultural pursuits apply to manufacturers for combing , when they fiiul it most convenient , or when the season is unfavourable for out- < loor work ; they take out large quantities of wool and employ a great number of women and girJs to work it for about one-fourth of the price received by regular men in the-business . And even this is generally allowed them in coarse food . Those manufacturers can , in consequence , bring their goods to the Bradford market and undersell the

      fair deafer , who is unwilling to reduce wages , but must be compelled to do so if sucli practices are allowed . It was to effect an alteration in this state of things that tlie Woolcomliers' society was formed eighteen months ago ; and during that time it has expended upwards of £ 2 , 000 of their hard earnings in withstanding the repeated reductions attempted by the masters . Those manufacturers , in addition to the advantages stated above , can get mill hands at full 39 per cent less than what is paid in town for the same class ; and notwithstanding our ' greatest efforts , we cannot yet , we regret to say , convince all our fellow labourers of the necessity which exists for a uniform organization for the defence

      of the on ' y birthright whieh we inherit the protection of our labour . A deputation from the Cordwainers Society waited on our meeting of delegates for the purpose of effecting a consolidation of the whole of the trades for mutual protection . The deputation stated their views of the objects sought in a lucid manner , which met the approbation of the meeting , so far as they could consistently with their duty agree to . They determined , upon urging the consideration of the matter on their respective constituents . A public meeting of the Woolcombers of Bradford was convened at the Odd Fellows' Hall on the 16 th inst ., when this subject was brought before them , but the reasons before stated , viz ., tlie want oi proper organization amongst themselves , and the meeting being comparatively thinlv attended , partly we suppose

      from the attendance of many at the Chartist Meeting which was held at the same time in Butterworth ' sbuildings , obliged them to defer the consideration of the matter , to a more favourable opportunity . Thfl secretary read a statistical report of the proceedings of the society since their last meeting , which , although not as flattering as they eoiild ynsn was still as &-vourable as in the present depressed state of the trade might have been expected . Resolutions were agreed to , urging . the meeting to further exertions in th . < a cause , and for the holding of sectional meetings pre « paratory to meetings of the men of each employment , to ascertain the real number of each firm , subscribers and non-subscribers , with a view of further extension , by the influence which the former may have over the latter . - Thanks were given to Mr . George Roberts , chairman , and the meeting separated at ten o ' clock .

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      Meetisg of the Bisbops . — HIb Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has announced his intention to summon a meeting of the Bench of Bishops , in cousetjuenee of the unhappy schism which at present agitates the church of England , in order to deliberate and determine upon the rubrical observances to be enforced . throughout the various dioceses of England over which bis Grace has jurisdiction . As yet it is undetermined whether the assemblage of the Bench

      of Bishops shall take place about the period of tha annual convocation at St . Paul ' s , or whether the synod shall take place at the commencement of the ensuing month of January . The issuing of the recent pastoral letter of the Bishop of Exeter has caused fresh excitement among the laity , and a new source of embarrassment to the Church ; it is , therefore , not at all improbable that an early day will be determined upon by their Lordships , so that the feverish control versies relative to the gown and surplice , and the weekly offertory , may be finally disposed of .

      LAjiDLORns aitd TENAST 8 . *—Now that the allotment system is extending to the labouring class , let us call public attention to another ; plan for " allotment , " greatly needed . It is unreasonable that farmers ( jtf vast many have ) should occupy such very extensive farms ; and these of course are , men of property Otherwise they could not undertake thesis " monster ?" farms . These farms bught to be subdivided , and , by that means , thousands of other families might reap a comfortable maintenance . This ia & subject , at ! thi ? present time , worthy of general consideration ? "

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1844, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1294/page/1/