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      crt the case brought under the coniideration of the house . "We lave alr . rmed them alreads with the meeting , and if it could be noticed in the home , it would be the means qf preventing the like granny again . Then mtslmanatfheTieadoftheLeagvc here , and Die four Vrotian hue tiibscribcd among Hum six fomdred pounds , £ 150 eaek , toOe quarter nMonfurUl ; jet they imprisoned three poor orp hans for asking au advance of wages , and absenting themselves one afternoon from their work . fwuhwehadMr . RoberUhere . Thisis & fine case , and the tyrants are made of gold . I am sorry I cannot give jen any more than a mare outline , you irill iee the whole in the hands of Mr . Duncombe . "We have had meetings here for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; also "Win . Ellis . Last week we had a tremendous meeting against the enrolment of tha militia . —Dundee , Feb . 5 th , 1 S 4 G . Crieff . —Any persons wishing to join the Chartist Cooperative Land Sodety must apply to Mr . John grt the case Drought urjder to connderation of the vaucs . "We nave abi » miJrt , « moi « aa « with the meet-

      WLeod , orMr . DavidScnngeour . W . Hahes . —So land will be purchased except such as the directors can have immediate possession of . None trill be purchased during the occupation of a tenant . Hi . Julian Habsei requests that no letters containing money for the Land Fund may be addressed to him . Only the letters addressed to the "Editor" belong to bis department . P . Gbet will receive a letter from Mr . H . Cklat Westhisgteb , Meitisg . —In consequence of not baring received a report of the above meeting , which it very voluminous , until we were about going to press on Thursday night with our Scotch edition , and its importance being too great to admit of curtailment , we are reluctantly compelled to withhold its publication till next week . TVe the more regret our inability to give the report this week in consequence of allusions being made to the subject in one of the leaders .

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      MONDAY . Political Ascindaxct op Capitalism —As the most important feature now before ug ,. or likely to present itself as a matter for commentary in the week a Summary , stands the report of the Inspector * of Factories tffthe Sscretary of State for the Home Department , for the half year ending 1 st August , ISfa ; and fronvthat report , the working people wiLT be enabled to make some calculation of what they would have to expect from the political ascendancy of a knot of capitalists , who , from their command of die money , have the power to fix the standard of wages ; from their ability to fabricate votes , the power to make legislators ; and from their 0 01 of thench « ?« tratthe to i 1 bviuvwi uunvi

      L ^ . *>' mg «; power ... —» * u »» vug w evade their own laws , when they make against themselves . It will be seen that Alexander Thomson is a sober , honest , and industrious person , with a wife and two children ; that he lost his right arm , and had a compound fracture of hia left leg , occasioned by ™?{™ nery , not fenced AS THE MASTERS' IiAW DIRECTS AND REQUIRES ; that , in conse ¥ jr ' he . was confined in the infirmary at Glasgow tor fifteen weeks , and is still , from weakness ,-unable to make any exertio -. towards gaining a livelihood ; and that Mr . James Stewart , who deserves all praise , is obliged to petition the Home Secretary to be

      allowed to bring an action against James Clark , a fiery free trade , inhuman law breaking philanthropist , in order to get compensation for his victim . Does this disgusting brutality of the factory lord , and this monstrous illegality of his brother devils upon the bench , require further comment than the mere remark , that their money and justice power is bad enough , but good Lord deliver us from their political ascendancy Oh , how we long to see a hundred mothers , a hundred fathers , and their hundred infant families with their heads' out of their own windows , exclaiming with bitter vengeance- " D-N THE FACTORY BELT , !"

      The Retort Courteous . —One story is good till another is heard . While we never have palliated the system of increasing the rent of land in proportion to the expenditure of the tenant ' s industry , skill , and . capital ; but , en the contrary , we hare ever contended for perpetuity of tenure , * s the best means of developing those several resources ; nevertheless , we cannot allow the Leaguers to establish their temple of fame upon the ruins of their opponents . Elsewhere wo give aii extract from tile League , under the head , " Look on this picture and on that ; " not giving mncii preference to either , while , if we were inclined to argue sordidly upon the principle of buying in the

      e&eapest and selling in the dearest market , we should ba justified ib giving the preference to Sir George Chetwynd ; and it will be seen that while hit tenant , Thomas Henney , was a purchaser with notico , and a contractor of a bargain which he need not hare made , poor James Mills was not only a purchaser without notice , but without power to resist the contract and conditions imposed upon Jiim . We beg the attention of our readers to Mills ' s "Roland" for the league ' * Oliver . " Indeed tha case is so important that we shall frame both pictures in our Summary gallery , so that they may be seen at a glance . Look on this picture—it is from the -League gallery : — -

      Doubtless our readers we aware that there ig a gentleman of die name of Cfaetwyrid , member for Sewcasfletiader-Lvne , who lias- % urcd at protection meetings in Staffordshire as a Protectionist of the first water and a flaming "farmers' friend . " That' geatleraan is , we believe , the son of SiHQeorge Chetwynd . On the estate of Sir George Cbetwynd ,-there was , i& the year 1805 , a tenant farmer named Thomas Henney , holding a farm upon lease , at the yearly rent of £ 130 . The following is a verbatim copy of the receipt for his half-year ! rent in that year : — : : " Received the 12 th of January , 1 S 05 , of Mr . Thomar Henney , the sum of £ C 5 for half a year ' s rent due to Sir George Chetwynd , Bart ., at Old Michaelmas last . ¦ Rent £ 65 00 i Deduct a year ' s property tax 6 10 0 £ 5810 ( "Jobs Collisi "

      Inl 812 , Thomas Ilenney's lease expired . Probably ha had made some money , for prices had been high , far higher than either landlord or tenant anticipated at the commencement of the lease . Then came the competition screw , aud Uenney ' s rent was advanced from £ 130 to £ 210 per annum . And lest the landlord should not ciutch all the advantage of rising prices , thera was no renewal of the lease ; but Henney went on as a yearlj tenant Ibis is his receipt for n&t in the following year : — . : "Received the 3 rd of July , 1 S 13 , of Jlr . Thomas Henney , the sum of £ 105 , for half a year ' s rent due to Sir George Chetwynd , Bart , at Lady-day last . £ 103 0 ( 1910 0 Property tax . £ 9 i 10 0 Cash received . "JOHK COLLIK * : "

      As the landlord expected , prices did rise in 1813 , and Thomas Henney experienced the advantage—to the landlord—of a yearly or "mutualconfidence"holding ; for by Michaelmas , 1613 , we find him standing at the enhanced rateof £ 312 ay «» r . Here is the « ridence under the hand of the landlord ' s own agent : — . "Beceivedthe 15 th day of January , 1 SH , of Thomat Henney , the sum of £ 156 for half a year ' s r « nt , due to Sir George Chetwynd , Bart ., at Michaelmas last . £ 15 S 0 0 10 10 0 One-half Property tax . £ H 5 10 0 "Jons Collins . ' ! Shortly after this time the tenant died , and his son succeeded to his farm at the still further " enhanced " rent of £ 345 . This ig one of his receipts : —

      "Received this 7 th day of December , 1825 , from Mr . Thomas Henney , th » sum of £ 17210 s ., being half a year's rent , dae at Michaelmas last , to Sir George Chetwyud , Bart . £ 172103 . Robee * Hoake , Jun . Now look on this : — Honoured Sir , —I have just read in the Timej _ of Monday an extract from the League about a Mr , George dietwynd , and one of his tenants , Mr . Henney , slipjving lion hisrent was increased from £ 130 in 1805 , to £ 345 id 182 § . I wish , sir , the writer had stated the present amount , as I might then make my calculation more complete ; but , howevar , I'll give it to you . I am a hand-loom weaver ,

      seventy-three years ot age . In 1805 I could earn from 32 b . to 85 s . h weekj in 1 S 12 I could earn from 35 s . to 37 s . a week ; in 1825 I could earn from 16 s . to ' 22 s . a week ; aud now , sir , in 1845 , 1 am right ; glad to be allowed to work sixteen hours a day , and earn 9 s . 6 d . a week . So that you will see , sir , that in proportion as the rent was raised on Henney , in consequence of the increased value of land , and , of course , the increased price juf its produce , my wages were reduced to nearly one-fourth of its former amount . J 5 r . Henney needn't have taken the laud if he did nut think he could make profit of it , but , poor as my job i s , many a poor distressed creature would be still glad to underbid me .

      Bubaeehs a-hkad !—Look . Oui!!—A meeting of those calling themselves Liberals , amounting , we are told , to 100 , was held on Saturday last , at tbo family residence of Lord John Rus ; ell . The " carrion crows" did not remain in deliberation more than a few minutes , from an apprehension , no donbt , that a long " cawing" of the scarecrows would alarm the prey , and apprise Sir Robert of the pure Whig intentions . The old stock , with the addition of the O'Conneli tribe , weru present ; and we beg the reader to mark the only resolution that the Liberals came to . The most perfect unanimity prevailed as to the necessity of the Liberal party doing ereything in their power to pass that part of Sir Robert Peel ' s

      meagre WIIICII CONCERNS CORN , AS QUICKLY AS POSS 1 BLE . We pcblishcd the fact in our town edition of last . week , aud . we now make it more conipicuous , that pur reader * may seethe dodge . The very moment that Peel has carried the tariif and disputed the landlords , that moment the Whigs , the League , and the Irish Liberals will join in a howl for the mess-trough ; and woe betide the nation if we are not prepared to resist them . "We should not be astonished if , when the corn portions of the measure are carried , the Whigs should take advantage of the disorganisation in the ranks of the Protectionist ! to march into office . The Pjioieciioxists asd Free Traders . —The Dukeof Buckingham is going it , and so is his reverend coadjutor , the Rev . Mr . LitchGeld , who concluded a speech with the following quotation , and in the following terms : —

      Tha present state of public affairs alio reminded him of the lines in "Uudibras , " where it was said , that—With some the pleasure is as great Of beiug cheated as to cheat ; And the less they understand , The more they admire the sleight of hand . This was the reason why so many were going over to the enemy ' s camp . Some years ago the Conservative partj brought Sir R . Peel from Home . Ho wished they bad iillowedhiui to stay there , and if he had done so there were three characters in Roman history which he might have studied with great advantage to liimeelf and profit to W * country . Thise three were CatUlne , Cicero , and

      Brutus . Sir Rabert mi ght have learned that Catiline , when he proposed to betray his country , might easily have doue so , if he had only kept his own secret . He might have learned further , that if Catiline had betrayed Mscouutry , he would only have been handed down to posterity as a successful knsve . In the case of Cicero , Sir Robert woidd have learned , that while he was honoured for his eloquence he died despised as a toward ; and from the history of Brutus he might have been taught that if Cajfardid monopolise the Crown , his sworn friend Brutus was not the man who should have slain him ! ( Immense applause . ) The rev . gentleman eoneluded by propoEins "the health of the Duke of Richraond , " which was drunk with great applause .

      . Go it , your reverence—go it , my hearty ; hit 'cm again , he ' s got na ^ friend . But when you quote Hudibras" quote him correctly . The words of the poet are Doubtless the pleasure is m great . " Now , your reverence , you have only said in Tern precisely what ff » have repeated over and over » e » ia iu

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      RECEIPTS OF THE CUARTIST CO-OPEBATITE LAND SOCIETY . SHAKES . ? EK 3 K . O ' COiraoS . £ s . d . Halifax , per C . W . Smith - .. ,. 816 lambley , Xotts , per W . Plumb 17 0 Crieff , per D . Smngeonr .. .. ,. .. 1 1 o James Powell , Sew Radnor .. .. .. 1 12 4 " William , Korthampton .. .. .. .. 2 12 i StockportperT . Woodbonse .. ., .. 500 Jarvis Hendan , Bradford , Wills .. „ .. 2 12 O Cockermouth , per 6 . Peat „ . .. _ 0 4 o Derby , per AY . Crabtree .. .. .. .. 400 "Westminster .. .. .. « .. § 40 Ovenden , perG . Ashworth .. „ .. 200 I&ndly , per Thos . Davis .. .. .. .. 200 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 220

      Barnsley , per J . Ward .. .. .. .. 500 Norwich , per J . Hurry 117 6 Keighley , per J . Vicars ~ 4 17 Si Oldham , per W . Ilamcr 2 0 i David Watson , Edinburgh .. .. .. 400 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. .. .. S 5 6 Plymouth , per E . Robertson .. .. .. 3 3 0 Tiverton , per Thos . Wood ., .. .. 500 Todmorden , per J . Mitchell „ .. .. 200 Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. .. 10 0 0 Korthampton , per W . Mnndy .. .. .. 440 Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. .. .. .. 330 Robert Kidd , Dundee .. n .. .. 3 10 0 Preston , per J . Brown _ ~ . .. .. 4 39 S Greenwich and Deptftird ,-per Mr . Floyd .. S 0 0 Manchester , per J . Alurfay : . .. ¦ .. .. 33 10 0 Glasgow ,. per J . Smith ...: " .. .. .. 17 10 3 Scarborough , per C . Weadlej 2 9 6 Bacap , per J . Mason — ~ .. .. 500 rpton , per V . Brown « « « . 2 14 8 Bolton , per E . Hodgkinson 513 4

      Peisliore , per W . Conn .. .. .. .. o O . 9 Alva , per J . Robertson .. " 2 2 4 Blackburn , per W . Sutcliffe „ .. „ 7 10 2 H « hnnrth , perJ . Cleeg .. .. .. - 3 13 O | B 4 MS . \ &VJW : KX GESEKAt , BECEETA 1 T . / j £ « . d . £ 6 . d . lower ¦ Warle v .. .. 4 10 10 Lambeth .. ¦ .. 14 9 7 j RacltelRowall .. 0 0 6 W . B . B . .. - 212 ( 51 . X ... .. .. 010 Aruiley .. .. 200 Mr . Walker .. .. 052 Clitheroe .. .. 200 TF . R . a . Waugh- 0 U Hindley .. .. 014 Selbv .. - . 3 M Monmonth .. ... 110 0 Calais , J . TTilson .. 0 4 6 Oxford .. .. 360 Do ^ Mr . Godward 2 12 4 Sudbury .. .. 1 19 9 Do ., Mr . Bramwdl 0 4 6 Leicester .. .. 400 Do ., Mr . Bradbury 0 4 6 Mr . Kendall .. 0 0 4 Bath .. ~ ~ 5 0 0 Stratford , Essex .. 12 9 Mr . T . Wilsey .. 0 1 4 Hull 2 0 0 Mr . Pearce .. .. 012 0 Co i BOXES . J y Korwich _ . _ 6 1 0

      LlVr £ OB TOE LAKD COXFEREKCE . SEB MB . o ' COSJiOB . From Westminster .. .. .. .. 0 O S David Watson , Edinburgh . 0 1 o Sorchampton , per W . Mundy .. .. .. O O 6 Scarborough , per C . Vuadley _ _ _ O 1 0 Bolton , per E . HodgHnson .. .. „ 0 4 d Alva , per J . Robertson .. 003 HoMi £ rtb , perJ . Clegg 0 0 3 f £ & GEKEBAL SECRETARY . Calais .. .. o 1 0 Leicester - .. 0 1- " Oxford .. .. 010 Stratford , Essex .. 003 Sudbury .. .. 003

      lEVI FOE DIBECTOES . PEE KB . o ' COSSOB . Prom Westminster , per Mr . Doyle .. .. 0 0 § Norwich , per J . Hurry « » .. .. 026 Keighlev , per J . Ticars .. .. .. .. 0 2 S David Watson , Edinburgh .. .. .. 010 Greenwich and Deptford , per Mr . Floyd .. 021 Scarborough , perC . Weadley .. .. .. 0 1 ' J Bacap , per J . Mason .. ~ .. .. 0 6 S Bohyn , perE . HodgkinMra 0 2 10 Holmfirth , per J . Clegg 0 0 9 " FOB THE C 81 BTIST COKYESTIOX . J 5 ^ He . Griffith , Kew Barnsley .. .. 084 Town .. .. 010 Sudbury .. .. 056 Osford .. .. 020- Tiverton ~ „ 0 1 S linlithgow .. .. 0 0 9 . Carrington M .. 051 Prescot M „ O 8 7 Colne OS 10 Bury .. .. .. 0 0 C Farrington .. .. 0 1 3

      WestLinton .. 006 Arbroath .. .. 0 1 2 Dudley ~ M 0 1 6 Sewark M .. 012 Boulogne .. .. 0 4 6 . Rochdale .. .. 0 1 S George Mills „ 0 1 2 Manchester .. - 0 8 Wheatley Lane -003 Stoke snb-Hamden 0 1 8 Westminster M 0 2 9 Todmorden .. .. 0 1 10 Hebden Bridge .. 0 1 8 Holbeck .. .. 020 Cheltenham .. 033 Butterlev .. .. 008 Hanley M „ 0 3 10 Staleybrldge „ 0 0 y Leicester .. .. 0 2 5 ' Stratford , Essex .. 006 SowerfiT Helm .. 0 2 3 ' Ovenden .. .. 011 "Wnittiugton & Cat 0 S 3 William Tell ' s Brilambley .. .. 0 010 gade .. .. 008 Cockermouth .. 0 110 Calais .. .. 040 Merthyr Tydvil .. 0 0 7 Chorley ^ .. 0 0 10 "Worsbro'Common 0 15 Annley .. .. 0 0 10 Heywood .. M 0 1 2 Clithcroe .. .. 010 Ashton ~ .. 0 13 r SecretaiVs list .. 074

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . \ " ^ EXECCTIVE . * \~ PER HK . O ' COSSOE . ' i ! David TVatson , Edinburgh 0 10 Holmfirth , per J . Clegg 0 9 0 Kewcastle-upon-Tyne , per M . Jude .. .. 040 FEE GENERAL SECRETART . Halifax .. .. 0 2 61 Cheltenham .. .. 038 Bradford .. .. 0 10 o W . Bush , Chelsea .. 0 1 S Do ., account books 0 4 0 Letcester . prontson Do ., G . Bateson „ 1 0 Sbrthem Star .. 038 Dewsburv .. .. 034 Stem-bridge , Messrs . Littletown .. .. O 2 0 Bedwell .. .. 026 Lower Warley .. 016 TETESIAK PATRIOTS . Cheltenham M .. 036

      WIDOWS OF EXILES . Cheltenham .. .. .. .. .. 036 Errata . —The £ i announced in last week ' s Star for Tictim Fund from Mr . Roberts should should bi-en Is . ; also fhe ^ Eum of £ 1 for Dixon Fund should have been Is . KATIOSAL A 5 TI-MILIT 1 A FCKD . PEB SIB . O ' CONNOR . " W . B . S ^ Dundee . „ ... „ ... 0 10 Thomas Maetis Wheeleb , Secretary .

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      TO THE CUAaTISTS OF LONDON . Fbissds , —We Mitreat your attention to a duty which it bthovee you immediately to perform . The Chartist body throughout the country are nobly moving in behalf of the patriotic exiles , Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . "We are determined that nothing shall be wanted oa our parts to give effect to the agitation . We have resolved upon several eourses of action , all of which , if pursued with energy , will tend to the securing of the philauthopic object which we have in view . Tha Convention which met in London in April last , resolved upon the formation of . an Exiles' Restoration Committee , to be composed of one delegate from each of the metroplitan localities , together with the Executive Committee . Friends , what we propose is , simply that at your varicms meetings to-morrow the vote of the Convention shall he carried out by each locality electing one delegate , who shall , with us , farm th « Restoration Committee .

      " Friends , we conjure you , as yon resp > ct the exiles—as you would appreciate their return to their native land , not to neglect this appeal . * Do not delay tfae performance of the important duty of which it reminds you . Circumstances imperatively demand on your pan energy and promptitude . Let the representative of each locality in London meet us in the City Hall , Turnagain-lsne , on Sunday the 15 tb inst ., at three iu the afternoon , that we may adopt such measures as will bri = g the force of the present movement to bear with effect ou theParlig . ment and government . In behalf of the Executive , Thamai Mabtik Whikleb , Secretary .

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      M . Rienzi , one of the leaders in the Ruuim insurrection , Las been given up to the Pope by the government of Tuscany . Letters from Florence of the 27 ili nit state , that bis extradition bad caused a very unfavourable impression . Placards had been posted up in the streets of Florence denouncing-death against the Ministers . The Grand Duke , visibly affected by those demonstrations , had left for La Marcmma , a district situate along the Mediterranean , where be was still on the 27 th . 'Hie Augsburg Gazette of the 2 nd , states that the police of Tuscany have arrested , at Leghorn , a coffee-house keeper , in whose house they found a correspondenca with the conspirators of the Roniagca . Several other arrests were made after this discovery . The same journal states ; thai a police agent has been assassinated at Ancoua .

      • Street Chrktekmg . —We learn from the French papers that a new street has been built in Paris called the -KtKD'isfy .- We advise our lively neighbours to christen their next street the Rue d' Abd-el-Kadcr , for t&at is their only chance , we ttiiuk , of ever seeing Mm in the streets of Paris . — Punch . Chichzsier Electios . —Lord Uenry Lennox was elected , oa Tuesday last / member foe CticUester . _

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      pros * . W » said that Sir Robert Peel v « ,, w . i _ . _™ „„ they would not understand what b- - ™ " ^ f * but we toll your reverence that , ( t M ? ™ Jffi sword had not been quarter ^ " l ?* »™* * f U * church , and if you hadn't , AS Jj « JJ Jg poor pitta - nce , there Woul < iliavo been ^ g £ Mg your atten dance on the 8 tage of agitation -3 y t £ Duke of Buckingham and ° hi 8 order had ' S licked the poor man ' si ^ he might haVe Gained quietly at Stow * , whlle the people were fighting h » battles . leUi remind your reverence of wme other lines oi ti . viuibras—When civil dudgeon first grew high , And men fell out they knew not why And pulpit , drum ecclesi-astic ' P" » - Peel v n ,, iTi m .. t : f » ri ,. ,,, ui , MlW { n «« frt . « 0 ulaalw » ys BO

      Was beat with fist instead of AS-TICK . Now , Tour reverence every man to his calling . Your duty was to preach Christ ' s gospel , eYery word of which breathes kindness towards the poor but yon have preached the Buckingham gospel which will eventually end in the restoration of th ' at property to those from whom conjointly with his Grace you stole it . . J The Shake of the Him—Last week we ventured to hint at the probable consequence of the shake of the hand between'Sir Robert Peel and Lord Ashley , while we alaocommentedupon the resignation

      we have novr to note fhe sequel . Sir Thomas Fremantle vacates his seat for the representation of the Duke of Buckingham , aud his office m secretary for Ireland as -waH . . Lord Lincoln succeeds lum in Ireland , and Lord Ashley succeeds the EaHof Lincoln as GonunuHoner « f Woodsand Forests , or goes into somexither sungbirtlw as Viscount Canning will be a rtTrSSlS " rl u ods and Forest 8 - How » re the mighty tallcn ! When the emoluments of office can aedace auch . a man from such "« cause , what protection have . the poor in the leadership of the great ? . ¦¦ - ¦ - ¦ ¦ • r

      rag MuanERBB Johxstokb . —The flagrant violatioui of all law in favour of broad cloth have become so glaring and conspicuous of late , that we would recomraoad something . like the following graduated scale of ( punishment for murder : —For a duke , sympathy forbemgput to the trouble ; for a noblelord , cennure from * h « opposing portion of the press , accordmg to the-value of his political party , or Not GuUty , ' . ' 1 » ON MY HONOR ! . for a squire , a hearing before his pot-companion justices , with a strong censure upon the accuser , for having put the gentleman to so much p-ain and trouble ; for a Leaguer

      , a vote of tlianksfor getting rid of a portion of tie surplus population ; lor a shopkeeper , fourteen days imprisonment far manslaughter ; for a gamekeeper , compensation for his time and trouble , to be paid by the family ot deceased , and a strong expression of magisterial approval of liis conduct , with remonstrance to the friends ef the deceased ; and for the working-man , to be huag % the neck—like 'Cook , of Mitchell-dever , ' for striking . AT Bingham Baringuntil lie . is dead , aiid the Lqrd have mei-cy on his soul . We have often said , that thera is more danger to the peasant who sheots the squire ' s hare , than to the squire who ' shoots the peasant ' s head .

      Ridk asd Tig . —The government and chancery brokers have set off « pon a long journey ,-which they mean to perform by the old method of riding and tying . We will explain this mode of travelling to our readers . A and B have between them but one horse to perform a j . umey of fifty miles . A starts first , and rides the borse , say two miles , and ties him to a hedge , bush , or . gate , and then walks on . B comes up and mounts the horse , rides on and' passes A , and when he lias gone his two miles he dismounts aud ties ; A again mounts , and so the process goes on . So with the government practitioner and chancery operator . The government mau had a long pull

      at it and tied , and now the chancery broker is taking his spell at the deposits , to purchase government stuck to keep the 'Change pulse up while Peel is riding roughshod over THE PLOUGHED FIELD . The funds have rushed up to 97 i , while the good lines have also taken a pop ; but when these securities are brought to the hammer again , to be placed to the proper account , there will ba Old Harry to pay on 'Change . The Cors Trabe . —All is hurry skurry , and living from hand to mouth , until Peel shall have fixed the price of bread ; the farmers are not so auxious to sell as they were while the foreign exporters of all articl&i of food are waiting for a lurch , and are lying by for the result of the measure .

      liuDE . —We learn that the state of suspense created by the commercial policy of the Prime Minister lias the general effect of arresting speculation , while fr mtue manufacturing districts we learn that the orders are not so large at this period as they were at the same period of last year . Like all who live upon hope , the Manchester men live upon the prevalent couvLtiou that the existing difficulties will gradually pass away .

      IRELAND . The Irish papers , after the usual amount of conspiracies to muixler , one » f which will be found at foot , announce the tardy rescusitation of the Irish protectionists , and , consequently , requisitions are being signed to tlieHigh Sheriffs to convene meetings to oppose the Prime Minister .

      CONSPIRACIES TO MDBDEB . The Le ' mittr Express says : — " Five men have been arrested and committed to the county gaol at Maryborough , for conspiracy to murder Mr . White , of Charleville , near tliistowu ( Borris-in-Ossory ) . Their names are Dennis Kennedy , Darius Carroll ,. Micliael Treehy , Timothy Lalor , andJumcg Scully . It seems that ou the evening previous to the attempt to shout Mr . White's man , Dennis Connor , these five men partook of some refreshment at a tort of half-shebecn and halt-house of entertainment , kept by a Mrs . Mary Malone , alias Quigly , at Borris-in-Ossory . At this place they are represented as having drank two pints of whiskey . Lalor was armed with « pistol , Scully with a blunderbuss , and Carroll with a fowling-piece . Lalor said he had every hope he would be able to take down Mr . White or his steward—that

      nothing could give him greater happiness . Carroll then added thut , as fur his own part , he would never rest easy until he dropped either of them ; that he would take care that it would not be botched like Mr . Roe ' s affairs . Oa the night of the 18 th of January the same party are represented as holding rendezvous for three hours at the same 'house of entertainment , ' all armed like men prepared for deeds of bloodshed and desperation : Carroll said that he could not be losing time in this manner , tbat he should shoot , either Mr . White or his steward , lie added that it was d n well for Mr . White that there were coal carriers on the road a few eveninjjs previously , when he met him , or he would not miss such au opportunity of dashlug his braius out . These five men are to be tried at the ensuing assizes . "

      And again , " James Condron his been arrested at his own house at Clonard , near Mountrath , for being one of a party tbat conspired to murder Mr . John Carr , the Messrs . Jeff's head ganger , at Kilbrickeu . Condom's associates have absconded , but hopes are entertained that they will be apprehended before the assizes . "

      FOREIGN . War . —We have it from a source upon which we place the most implicit reliance , that Lord Aberdeen has directed Mr . Pukeuham , the British Minister at Washington , to propose arbitration to the American President , aud , iu the event of refusal , to declare war .

      TUESDAY . Free Trade . —The all-absorbing debate _ upon the great measure swallows up all thought of minor intelligence , and although we propose giving an extensive summary of Parliamentary proceedings , we shall pick the plums out of the mouths of the several speakers . Mr . P . Miles , the father of the Masters and Servants' Bill , very much resemluiug the Fat Boy in Pickwick , and presenting but little appearance of poverty , led on the Protectionists at a very slack

      fire . lie said that he considered " tlie change in the Coin Laws now proposed , pregnant with greater danger to the country even than the ' proposition for the Reform Bill . " Miles , we told you so , many months ago , and if you had read the Nerthtrn Star , you would have made a better speech . We told you that the landlords looked to the 107 , 000 tenants at will as a protective force against Reform , but that they would see uo such power in a law which enables the foreign untaxed grower to compete wiih the domestic taxed grower .

      Sir W . Henthcotc said he objected to it , because it did not take equally from all classts the protective ) duties which they enjoyed , but left agriculture , which required protection mure than any other iuterest , entirely without it . No , Sir William , it does not take equally from all classes , it takes 5-6 ths from the paper-stainers , merely to accommodate those of your order , who uro the finest description , while it does not make any reduction in the article used by the humbler classes , and it leaves to you just as much as you cau produce from your estate , and gives you the power as a legislator to reduce the taxes and burdens of the country to your own ability to bear them .

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

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

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      more you have read and thought the more culpable you are , and the more you deserve punishment for not having proposed some timely measure which would haveobmted the necessity ofthe Prime Minister s home-thrust at your monopolizing order . You robbed the Irish Church forthe Irish landlords , with , 0 U g 'I-1 » PRrticIeofthe benefit to the farmers ; you robbed the English . . poor for your own benefit , and now , the d—1 mend yoa , when you get a squeeze iu your ewn vice . LonUohn Russell literally snid no more than to give his consent to Sir Robert Peel wearing tha faded laurels of Whiggery . "While , " said his little lordship , " with the Whigs would rest the solid satisfaction , that , out of office , they had joined together to consolidate the triumph of the Minister of the day . " •¦ . ¦ :- . more you have read and thnnahf . rite mn » m . in . M «

      Ah ! Johnny , there ' s no satisfaction in being out of office , and you know it ; but you never shall get in again . We have , three snug little berths at York Castle with the names scratched over them , for you , Normanby , and Fox Maulo- ^ vheve you " must go and do penance one day , or other for the ten years sins you committed against the poor while in office . . Next came theholy Saint Harry , who led the popgun rear of the Protectionists' squad . He said ;—He should like Sir . Robart ' s plan better , if he had tran « - ferrad-that part , of the poor rate which now fell on the land rexclusivel yMo the Consoiidated . Fond . He then compUwed that government had not taken into conlideration the effect of this chang * in the Corn La won the bint « habcks recently created in lieu of ttthe > .

      What , Saint Harry ! are you toe turning your back against the Church ? " Here the envious Harry ' s rent-tins was the unkindest cut of all , " and well may the Church exclaim , " Et tu , Brute t " But depend-upon it , Harry ; that the men who will be called upon to pay the old rate of rent-charge m lieu « f tithes out x > i the new rate of rent , established by Peel , will - groan moreover their own sorrows than they have ever wept over the sufferings of the poor ; and they'll give mother Church such a kick as no undutiful child ever administered to a parent ; and we'll help them , Harry , and they'll get more kicks than halfpence , Harry ; but then you would transfer the poor to the consolidated fund . Now , m this is likely to become a part of the p hilanthropic policy of the tender-hearted Protectionists , it a indispensable that the poor Bhould understand what the inevitable result must be ; and if Peel ' s measure should not be stripped of the one jewel upon which the wholi machinery turns , the FIVE YEARS '

      RETROSPECTIVE—mind , RETROSPECTIVE , INDUSTRIAL RESIDENCE , we should not be at all astonished , to find the League and tha Protectionists joining in the cry of" NONE OF MY CHILD !" and trai » ferin » the poor to the Consolidated Fund . The inevitable result of such a . measure must be as follows : —While even the present 'boh&wuihing system compels the landlords and farraera to preserve some rate of wages and some scale of employment , as well to keep down ratos as to save stacks" from the torch , if the poor wero once transferred to the Consolidated Fund , landlords and farmers , relieved from all anxiety about taxes , would have ' recourse to the practice of horse labour , machinery ; and every other mode of diminishing manual labour , and . would be

      regardless of . the number of paupers thrown upon the Consolidated Fund . Upon the other hand , if the wouiegfor the support of the poor were to be voted out of tho Consolidated Fund , and if the demand for that purpose increased , as it then assuredly would , to twelve , thirteen , or fifteen millions annually , th « government would have an interest in passing stringent and coercive laws to compel , labourers to work for any wages that capitalists chose to offer them ; and we should have proof of refusal established upon easy principles , and the refractory consigned , if possible , to greater degradation than that of bonecrushing and human flesh-eating , or perhaps transported as constructive traitors . If such a proposition is even mooted , all labour must cease , and we must be prepared to fill tho dungeons again , FOR WE

      MUST AND WILL RESIST IT . Captain Fitiniaurice presented his piece , but missed fire . . Mr . Sidney Herbert frankly avowed that the tariff of 1842 had failed ; that all his knowledge of tho subjeet was gleaned from the result of Peel ' s measure of that year ; but he forgot to tell us of the collateral influence that the appointment of Secretary at War had upon hi » reflective powers and short memory . As the same reason has been assigned by many converts for their change of opinion , we will take the liberty of submitting an easy question for their solution , " If Peel ' s measure of 1 S 42 has been so unequivocally successful , wherefore the prudence for extending it in 1810 , as it is but a chip of the old block . Mr . Stratford O'Brien moved tlio tdiQurnment of the debate , and consequently opens the will to-night ; and thus ended the first night ' s farce .

      Monet Market . —The money question is so minutely wound up with the Prime Minister ' s commercial policy , that we must follow its progress . Mr . Mortimer , the chancery broker , operated to the extent of £ 44 , 000 , which had a favourable effect upon the money market , and gave consols another start . Share Market . —Still the good lines are going up . London and . Birmingham have touched 230 , showing an increase of about £ 15 since tho bubble burst . ' Court Circular . —We really have to apologise to her Majesty and the royal family for having allowed all thought of them to be absorbed in the important doings of THEIR PARLIAMENT ; we may now note , however , that since our last , her Majssty

      ancltueDlSAK , BABES have ate and drank , and walked and talked antl slept , and ate and drank , and walked and talked and slept again . There have been no rotten potatoes cooked in the palace , and her Majesty has expressed a strong hope that whatever alteration takes place iu the price of bread , there will be no scarcity in the palace . One of the royal carriages was despatched from Buckingham palace this mornimj fer Dr . Locock , to inspect | a chilblain upon the great toe' of the Duke of York , consequent , we are confidently informed , upon the sudden frost . Dr . Locock , Sir Benjamin Brodie , and Liston , immediately repaired to Buckingham house , and after a brief consultation Liatan operated upon the great toe of his Royal lli-. hne 3 s without the slightest injury even to his 110 YAL NAIL . Mr . Liston ia indeed" Homo factits ad unguera . " A gentleman to the very nail ! IRELAND . Potatoes . —Again we have sad accounts of the distress consequent upon the i ' aUnre of the potatoe crop ; but never mind , the Fort and Harbour money will soon be voted , and the poor Irish will have plenty of employment in enclosing the sea-bound . dungeon with Saxon batteries , and then—Repeal ! Repbal!—IIurrau for Rbpeal !

      WEDNESDAY . ^ The Debatb . —In truth , the press appears to have entered into a compact to withhold all lighter news until the heavy debate has waddled to its close . We are seriously ashamed of being compelled to publish even an abridged repprt of the ignorant speeches made by our representatives in Parliament . Every working man who reads the twaddling rubbish , will at oncb understand the reason of the agitation for the People's Charter . The whole affair is a mere growl , an angry snarl , between two packs of hounds , the Protectionists yelping the loudest , because they are about to be driven from the mess-trough , while the expectant Leaguers assume the modest gravity of triumph , very unbecoming to their order . Throughout the debate , as far as it has gone , not a single word has escaped the lips of a singlo spcakci

      calculated to inspire any the slightest hope or confidence in the working man , while our assertion , that the whole measure was after all but a means to an end , is being strengthened by each speaker as far as tools can give strength to wisdom . All the youngsters threaten Peel with , certain confusion , while it will be our duty to confine that confusion to tho ranks of those who of old wero in the habit of r « - niaiuing quiet , tranquil , and secure , while the poor , ignorant , foolish , confiding people fought their battles , and bjre their blows . We now resume our plum-picking , which , in truth , from the opening of Miles , tho father of the Masters and Servants Bill ; down to the adjournment of the debate by Mr . Colquhouu , was as dull , monotonous , and unprofitable a concern a 3 could be well imagined . Mr . Stafford O'Brien , a Protectionist , opened the dobate on Tuesday night , and here are his plums : —

      He regretted that the agricultural interest had' not an opportunity of publicly and constitutionally declaring th » ir opinion . # ' # # After ' the lat » declarations , he wanted to know upon what principles purtits in this country were , in future , to be kept tog « the ' r 1 Not only had the present government changed its priucipleB since it came into office , but it had also taught ut this valuable truth , that parties in this country were no longer to bo kept together by distinctive principles . * * * He could not agree with tbo proposition of . Lord J . Russell—thut protection to agriculture was no longer defensible ; and in reference to his assertion , that labour was the property of the poor man , observed , that it was well for those who had used up that property most cruelly in the manufacturing district ! , to come forward , and say now tbat we oug ht to let it alone . From the first sentence , it would appear that Mr . O'Brien does not look upon Parliament as a public

      or CONSTITUTIONAL CHANNEL for the ex-, pression of agricultural opinion . We believo , as at present constituted , that it ia not constitutional , but It is public enoug h ; and if the landlords have not had their full Hwing of publicity and representation , we don't know who has—in fact , they have actually destroyed themselves by an evil exercise of the monstrous powers they had . The very result that we anticipated when fools reviled what they called our " pro-Tory policy , " has occurred ; we said , that the larger the Tory majority the greater the chance of bringing public opinion to bear against their monstrosities . In fact , every prediction w « made in 1840 , as to Peel sending Stanley to the House of Lords ; his attack upon the funds ; his centralisation of gnvernm « nt ; and our predictions of 1842 and the present crisis , in our letters to the Irish landlords ; our prediction in the work on " Small Farms ; " our prophecy almost fulfilled upon Peel ' s tariff of 18-12 , fully

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      establish the fact that we were aware of that confuiion which was sure to emanate from the unconstitutionally of the House of Commons . Mr . O'Brien wants to know upon what principles parties in this country are to be kept together . Why , what a school- boy question ! Have the people not been endeavouring , ever since the passing of the Reform Bill , to break d own those very principles upon which parties have been kept together ; aiid did we not , in our commentary upon tho . ^» w :.. * , » o « „ « , »¦ . « „ . „„ - „ „<• t ...

      : ALL-MIGHTY MEASURE , show that its greatest value did consist in what Mr . 0 Brien most dreads—the utter routing and breaking up of old party interests . Tho speaker goes on to Bay , that parties in this country were no longer to be kept together by distinctive interests . " Why , uVu ? f' * * 'hat blushing effrontery these babblers do admit the sins of the past , by lamentations for the threateningfutuw ! Tho very speeches o tbose boys would even , if not answered of themselves , induce the . working-classes to fight , tooth and nail , lor any measure that will scatter Hia "DBTIN 0 TIVK-PMMOIPLES" ^ tff £ i £

      tutional representatives . Mr . O'Brien is not now for letting the labour of the poor man alone . Why was he not struck with this new light in time ? as St . 'Ashley generally says , in the addresses of tho working-classes , while lie is about to betray them , . " With God ' s blessing , " we will make the O'Brions , the'Mtles ' s , the Cobdens , the Brights , the Humes , the : Roebucks , the O'Connells , and the Barrens , all distinct classes with distinct and separate principles , take their knuckles , one and all , out of labour ' s collar , when we get our Peel . stick , with a free trade handle , and industrial residence ferrule , and the Short Time tassel to it .

      Mr . Baillie said , thin question , however , could not be decided upon its own ' merits ; for , before we come to a conclusion upon it , wo must t ; ike into our consideration allthetircurastauccB ofthecouutry , and , above all , tha mischief of the continuance of that struggle in which tho interests of the great masses of the people were arrayed agftinit the interests of a few . Yes , Mr . Baillie , we agree with you fully , that the interests of the great mass of the people were arrayed against the interests of a few , and will be arrayed until the many have regained their rights from the few , Tbo MarquiB of 3 ranby said it was not a fair way of putting the question to say that the labourer , if the Corn Laws . were repealed , would be enabled to buy cheap bread ^ THE QUESTION WAS , $ \ Y 0 ULD HE BE ABLE TO BUY AND EAT MORE BREAD }

      ies , Lord Granby , that is the whole question ; and you have shown more sense in that snort question thnn in all the rest of the speakers put together . Sir James Graham ' s unpardonable speech we shall reserve for more ample commentary . On the motion of Mr . Colquhoun , ™ agricultural saint , the debate was adjourned to Thursday next , and we are fortunately spared the infliction of wading through another night ' s Parliamentary rubbish to-morrow morning . . Tub Ten Hours' Bill —At several periods during our hottest agitation for the People ' s Charter , different wily factions proposed Household Suffrage as a substitute for Universal Suffrage ; and it took us much labour to convince the friends ' of the ' real principle that the proposition was but a device of tho

      enemy . Wo said then that there was no such tiling as | a Household Suffrage party in existence ; anu that if we abandoned Universal Suffrage ono day , they would bury it and Household'Suffrage upon tha following . Now , those apparently liberal propositiopB are but extinguishers to quench the greater and more dangerous light ; we have stuck to this question of the Suffrage with a pertinacity not only unrivalled , but . never equalled in this world . We have rescued it from the shot of the open foe and the dagger of the pretended friend , and now the same reasoning holds good with respect to the adoption of an Eleven Hours' Bill by a portion of the League . We tell the advocates of a Ten Hours' Bill , that there is nosuch party in the country

      as an eleven Hour party ; we tell them that the very fellows who profess approval of such a measure , would , if possible , grind the bones of their slaves into gold-dust . We tell them that the proposition is intended Man extinguisher for the Ten Hours' Bill : we tell them that we sometimes work sixtsen hours a-day , and , though very strong , we find it too much with three days' rest—that is , thereat of attending public meetings , and answering letters . Now , beware !—Graham has left no hope of government aid in his strumjle between right and might ; but , on the contrary , has eulogised Lord ;; Morpeth for his announcement at AVakefield of leaving the adjustment of the question to the rich oppressors and the poor oppressed ;—well knowing in whose favour the balance

      would be . Of late , we and the Executive have forced the consideration of this measure upon the people of London with great effect . Last night , at a moit crowded and brilliant meeting—a most cheering meeting at Westminister , on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones—no portion of the speaking was more rapturously applauded than our demand for a Ten Hours' Bill . Men who want to have wives instead of slaves ; men who want to have straight and heajthy children , instead of crooked and sickly abortions ; men who will no longer be slaves , reflect . You tried to do without us . You scoffed at us ; you would have spat upon us if we would have allowed you ; you have discovered that you cannot do

      without us . ^ Let us go to work , then , with the same unanimity to carry the measure , that the government and the Leaguere will oppose to it , and we must be victorious . ' It is a Chartist question—a purely Chartist question ; and we promise you our assistance lor one whole month , with the entire aid of the Chartist staff to agitate the manufacturing districts upon the subject , if you arc only in earnest . We are ready to proceed to the manufacturing districts at twenty-four hours' notice , to bear all the hardships , when we find that the friends of the Ten Hours ' Bill shall have discovered that it requires more than their present force to resist the slave trade , and we will make government interfere—it is their duty , for the maBtcrs will never otherwise consent .

      Wesiminster Election . —Ciiptain Rons , a Toryand not the worst of the Tories cither!—has resigned his seat for . Westminster , and , ot course , will try his luck once more . General Evans , as a matter of course , will oppose him ; and these are the questions which the Chartists Riiist put to the respective candidates : — " Will you vote for tho principles contained in the People ' s Charter when submitted to the House of Commons ? Will you vote for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jone 9 , and otherwise assist us in trying to achieve their liberation ?

      Will youvotcforaTenllouis' Bill ? Will you vote against the embodiment of a militia force ? " and whichever comes nearest those tests the people should support . But upon every occasion where a meeting is held the Chartists have the best right to be present ; the shopkeepers and voters have no right to interfere , they will have an opportunity of displaying their strength in the polling-booth , while the field of agitation should be exclusively left to the Chartists , and , indeed , the electors should be bound by their decision .

      JonN Brigiit . —This flaming free trader , who has never dared to meet us in his own town among his own slaves , of whose comfort he so impudently boasts , had the matchless effrontery to contradict the assertion that Mr . Gardiner , of Preston , worked his men only eluvcn horns a day , including an hour for dinner , while the men , with a zeal and promptitude that does them honour , at once in a body contradicted the Quaker "fib . " Now , the fact is , that when we were last at Preston , the hands themselves announced the fact , and were loud in praise of their master , and we didn't interfere to cause dissension between that good master and his good men , made good by the kindly treatment of their employer .

      Mosey Market . —Something mustUavehappeneil to the Rosinanto of the government and chancery broker . Mayhap , ench in his turn to ride , pushed him toe hard ; as it appears the boast on 'Change has had a stumble , and the funds have gone down—but they'll go lower yet ; the good shares are still making good their ground , and breaking fresh .

      IRELAND . Famine . —The potatoes aro getting worse and worse , and more and more scarce . Four millions of people are likely to be reduced to beggary and starvation , and government is about to vote £ 50 , 000 , or four shillings a head , for their relisf . Now , when the Irish parsons were obliged to put down one of three carriages , awl to give up one of three courses , the government lent them a million . Here , then , is a million for one in each parish , and £ 50 , 000 for the remainder of each parish . Who wouln't be a shepherd 1 The Irish will require more than five millions compensation for the loss of their only trade , for Sir

      R . Peel may rest assured that £ 50 , 000 will go but a short way in arresting the starvation that his measure , if not prudently backed , will create . Conciliation Hall . —There was very little done in the Irish parliament on Monday , and the week's revenue was stated to be £ 216 . ' Report says , that tho government practitioner is now operating upon the Liberator , and is actually engaged in componnding an Irish mixture , consisting of a Landlord and Tenant BUI for the farmers , and a CoerclonBUl i ' the labourers , to be administered at the discretion of the Irish Executive—to b « taken whenever required , in a email bolus of lead or the point of a bayonet .

      THURSDAY . Important to County Constituencies . —Thorc beins ftow an opening in the Chartist ranks for a few new lecturer ; , and seeing the disgraceful deficiency exhibited by county members in tho recent debate upon Peel ' s new policy , and anxious to encourage naf tive industry , the Executive have determined to receive sealed tenders of terms from young ' nobleiuen and country gentlemen anxious to be instructed in elocution . They will commence by _ moving and seconding Chartist resolutions at public meetings ; and in the course of two years will be fully prepared to represent the most fastidious and critical constituency . Terms : three-pence entrance , upon receipt of a card , and a penny per week contribution to the Remrral fund . New members must attend t ! : e juvenile debating society for six months , before they can be permitted to appear upon the public stage .

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      Tkf ^ n P . < IBDI ! S - —we regret extremely to state , that Mr . Lobden is confined to his house by severe but not dangerous illness . Gbnehal Evans and the Electobs of Westniir VT lher , e was a meeting last night of men calling themselves the Liberal electors of West-5 ™ ' ?? instituting the committee of General rh ? r » n i ¦ we enterti » n a decided preference for 2 S XT \ KJSLT 7 f parlyand our p » ncipies . We solemnly declare , that if we had the casting vote between the dearest brother and a CharK to whom we were personally hostile , we would givo that vote in favour of the latterand therefore ., _ —^

      ; General Evans cannot expect tho sacrifice of any political principle to personal friendshi p . Perhaps we may be told , that all that was required of him was to give answers to the questions put to him , and that he answered those to the satisfaction of his tommittee . That may be all very true , but a candidate , like a witness in the box , is bound , not only to avow a portion of his principles , but to make a full confession of his whole principles . If General Evans means us to infer that the simple declaration that he will go by all means with the League , is the extent of his political . creed , we tell him candidly , and we tell him in time , that , however that standard may suit the polling booths of Westminster , it will

      not square with the advanced opinions expected in Covent Garden Market . We tell General Evans that the time is come when public men must speak out , without prevarication or mental reservation ; and we tell him , that if he rests his hope upon volunteor principles in favour of free trade , that he ' s not the man for Westminster in the year 1846 . We simply give so much of the proceedings as relates to the schoolboy examination of the gallant General : — Mr . Lewis asked General Evans whether , in the event of his becoming a representative of Westminster , he would vote for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-Laws m opposition to the delayed mtasuro of her Mnjagtv'i government ! . J '

      Gen . Evans said that his opinions were -will known always to have been in favour of th « total and immediate repeal of the Corn-Laws . He , however , beggsd to observe , that in the event of . the great body of the Whig party and the League deciding that it would be more expedient not to opposo the proposition of SirB . p eel , he hoped that they would forgive him if he lupportcd that object . * A Member . —Suppose the League oppose the measure , would you support total and immediate repeal ? Gen . Evans .-GO WITH THE LEAGUE , BY ALL MEANS , The gallant g « n » ral concluded by remarking , that he would give his vote , as he always had done in favour of Liberal measures .

      Now , we telJ the examiners and the examinsd , that ho must learn his lessonupon the Charter ; the restoration of frost , Williams , and Jones ; the Ten Hours ' Bill ; and the Militia , before he enters the Covent barden College , for he may rest assured that thosequestions will be put to him ; and if Evans says thathe will go for immediate free trade , but not for thelen Houra Bill , and the restoration of Frost , Williarni , and Jones ; and if Captain Rous says that he ^ Pf ^? 1011 " ^ ' ^ ' Restoration of i rat , Williams , and Jones ; and ii they are divided , upon the question of the Charter , or opposed to it , vl « TlvW e our Tl 6 htand infl « cncc in favour of * * o « , Wilhams , « nd Jones , and the Ten Hours' Bill , it is not right to take men by surprise : and w « ns « nr « .

      General jvnns that extension of the suffrage , and theballot ^ vBdhisinost ANXIOUS CONSIDERATION ot the other questions , and sympathy and deference to the wish of las constituents , and all the rest of the hustings rubbish , won ' t do for the blistered hands of tovent darden , however ir may suit tho silver tongues ot h . s booth supporters . We cannot allow any election to pass without promulgating tbose principles which the press would feign damn by its silence , but which we are determined to keep alive and vigorous before the public . Money MARKEi . —The government hack u lame , and the chancery and fund broker are not able to continue their journey on foot . Consols are coin * 'X ntweS ! " thBy gOt UPand **> ' *

      TnADE . —fhe accounts from the manufacturing districts are even more gloomy than we noted in our last . Manufacturers are beginning to imagi ne that u de ay of tbe India Mail is merely a dodge to withhold bad tidings until Peel ' s measure shall have passed ; in short , everything , save the tongues of our representatives and Chartism , appears to be at a Biuid still *

      IRELAND . Famine . —Pestilence , that is ever the attendant of famine , is making its appearance in many districts ot Ireland , while the government and chancery brokers are . quietly expending the national resources in ministerial spe culation . If it is the duty of government to legislate for the welfare of a people , and if they wj ! not do it , the social contract is dissolved , and the barriers by which private property is protected must naturally and inevitably fall before the assaults of the hungry . Sir James Graham , in his reply to Mr . S . O'Brien , said that political economy "J ^ nt not the accumulation , but the DISTRIBUTION M property , and he boasted of being a " pollticaleconomist ; " we ask , then , in how far he has carried out the science , ' while we have the simultaneous wail of national starvation and cestilennennnn

      the one hand , and are disgusted with the luxurious parade of wealth upon the other ? How is it that we see magnificent equipages , sleek and fat horses , paippered idle menials , a bloated police force , a gor-, td soldiery , bursting war horses , bishops , parsons , and dignitaries , faring sumptuously , clothed in purple and fine linen , thriving lawyers , leviathan manufacturer , money-mongers with wealth not capable of being estimated , and idlers spending their time list-Iessly . but still net wanting a meal , while those who are ready to toil are consigned to beggary , starvation , nnd pestilence ? We ask how our beloved Queen dared to present such a catalogue of ostentation , wealth , and revelry , as attended her levee yesterday ,, pending the debate of her Parliament ? As to tko best mode ot arresting famine ,

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

      The Que » n and Prince Albert , attended by the Royal suite , arrived at St . James ' s Palace shortly before two o'clock yesterday afternoon , escorted by a party of Life Guards from Buckingham Palace . The Royal suita con . sisted of the Duchess of Buccleuch , Mistress of the Robes ; the Viscountess Canning , Lady in Waiting ; the Earl of Warwick , Lord in Waiting ; Sir Frederick Stovin , Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Arbuthnot , Equerry in Waiting ; the Pages of Honour in Waiting ; the Marquis of Aber . corn , Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert ; Lord G . Lennox , Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; aud Colonel Wj-lde , Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness . The Quewi and Prince Albert , attended by the Royal suite , returned to Buckingham Palace , escorted by a party of Life Guards . Quere : Why haven't the people got some Life

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      Guards ? Guards ? _________^___ THEeOHARTIST EXILES . On Thursday vening , Feb . 5 th , a deusely crowded meeting was held in the Literary , Scientific , aud He . chanics * Institution , Poplar , the use of which had been granted gratuitously , by the unanimous consent of ita members . Dr . Bowkett was unanimously called to the chair . He said—It rejoiced him exceedingly to see such meetings for so good , humane , and virtuous an object . ( Cheers . ) He Uoped to see many such meetings , not only for the recall of the expatriated martyrs , but also for the People ' s Charter itself . ( Loud cheers . ) Those men

      porhap * erred , but , then , we should bear in mind the cause in which they erred . ( Hear ; hear . ) Papineau also erred , and the government offered £ 500 for his head , and Papiusau , like a bold patriotio fellow as he was . issued a counter proclamation , telling them they should not have his head for any such a prico . This man's errors were pardoned , and he was now at home among his friends , a highly respectnd magistrate . It was the duty of the people to agitato , petition , and memorialist , until the restoration of the exiles was effected . ( Great cheering . )

      Mr . John Shaw thon eawe forward , and read a letter apologising for the absence of Mr . Julian Harney , who was prevented being present by his duties in connection with the Abrf / icro Star . Mr . Shaw in an excellent speech , wiricU was much appiaudeo , moved the first resolution ' which was similar to the resolutions adopted at Other meetings held for the same purpose , Mr . Stout , a member of the Poplar Institution , seconded the resolution in an energetic and powerful speech , which was carried amid loud cheers . Mr . T . Cooper then rose and submitted a petition in behalf of W . S . Ellis . Mr . Cooper next made an eloquent 'ivppsal on behalf of the victim ' s law-made widow and orphan fund , and sat down loudly applauded . * Ir . Bernard seconded the petition , which was put and carried unanimously , ¦ •' ' Mr . Stallwood then read , on behalf of Mr . Doyle , a petition in strict accordance with the foregoing resolution , tlie reading of which was greeted with applause .

      Mr . T . Cooper proposed , as an amendment , the petition proposed by him to the meeting at Turnagain-lano , which that meeting rejected . A gentleman in tho body of the meeting seconded Mv . Cooper ' s petition . Tne question was then put from tho chair , when a few hands only were held up for Mr . Coopor ' s petition , and a vast majority in oppositon thereto . The original petition was tl'cn put , and unanimously adopted . Tiie ' mectinK then dissolTcU ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 14, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1354/page/5/