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      The friends w \« tried are by our side , The foe we late's before BSt ; ..

      -MylKlOTea Frieu 3 s . -Ne * crin the ^ lole course tfmy life did I so truly feel the imports and _ mtZm of-7 * *«;« rattheJ— . * £ lone people foolishl y imagined that the _ Land J » Y Lulddverfc me from att thought of politics , but , if all think with me ; Heel convinced that the Land plan , so far from flaniping the Chartist spirit , vrill add new and increased vigonr to the cause . I feel , if possible , more a Chartist than ever ; and if we mav judge of the sack from the sample , I must pre-Bumc flic same of all disciples of the principles . A Bew , although partiallj anticipated , may nevertheless be said to have hurst upon us . Henceforth Ve roust STAIsD ALONE .

      All signs pfthe times give ample proof that the new Ministers intend governing England through the medinm . of Irish , patronage , and English midaie-cJass influence : The centre ef society lias severed itself'firam the two ends . The body has cast off the head and tail , and hopes to lire independent of both . The "Whigs , " as I have often explained to you , relied solely upon O'Connell ' s support during their last lingering life ; and

      O'Conuell ' s last letter to " my dear Ray / ' gives endent proof . that Repeal andf ^ bgressipn are both to be sacrificed ^ to tkat description of Irish justice , -which will confer patronage upon him , his relatives , and the mosT noisy of his party . TtEPEAL IS AB ANDO jf ED ; that Is , as far as O'Connellis concerned ; andin oraerto justify his course , he makes the simple demand of equality , for the Irish peoplethatk that the ? shall be put upon an equality , so * em \\ v and morally , witbthe Englisli people ..

      Xe ver was there a more dangerous , or a more cunning policy . I trill tell yon why . Firstly . —Because it , as far as it can , affirms that tip social and political state of the English people is perfection . He says , that such a . bid as -witt place the Irish upon an equality with yon , will take tLe peopleoutof his hands . This , then , isau admission that we should not strengthen by our silence . Sscondly . —Ifgives , fasfar as his assertion can give , a guarantee that yon oncht to be satisfied ; and Thirdly . —It justifies Irish opposition to any strugriejyou may make for more extensive rig hts than the Irish would be satisfied with .

      I never hare argued your condition comparatively , [ MrT ' . O'Conneu does so as regards Irish grievances . 1 argue your grievances positively , and while he gives elaborate instances of Irish injustice as compared with your position / I wilt now describe the positive grievances you have to coxaplain ol . firstl y . —A meagre and rery limitedTranehise . Secondly . —The burdens of an overgrown church establishment for the support of the clinrch of a very small minority , for the nation las grown almost wholly out of State Church prejudices . ThinVv . A very imperfect and unsatisfactory municipal franchise , which enables you to return an odd member to be laughed at by the two factions , and to be used by one of them . . .. , -j ' J- < Fourthly . —A Tery inferior scheme of cdacation

      FiftlJy . —A very defective , partial and luiiusyury law , whereby those with votes only can try . those ¦ who are straggling to achieve the same privilege . * SixiMy . —Above all people you have to complain of oppressive , expensive , vindictive , and whimsical laws , and their most unequal and unjust administration- - ' . . SjiwtMy . — Ion have to complain of tlie inferiority of your magistrates , and of the partial manner in which they are appointed , always preferred for hos- _ illitv to your class ,, and always talieii from the iop pres ? ors' ranks . . . EigWdv . —That whereae a completely new power of nraJluctson has been called into existence , there is not a single law to Tecolate its use .

      IJinffi y . —There are powers possessed by those who own the new pewer of production unknown in any other country , or to any other people in the world . - T-Satlthf . —We are told tliatin the midst of imraealo « sly 3 Dereasine nationalprosperity titai- ' th&e . 3 K > POU H . -MILtlONS " of paupers always . jOat : of _ ea ploymaBi ; and always constituting a competitive reserve for tlie owners of the new producing power to fall back upon as the means of reducing wagc 3 . Eleventhl y . Even in Ireland there is not so great a < il = p 3 r 3 ty between employers and the employed as tiers is in England . TueljtlJu . —A frightful system of absenteeism , by which millions annually are drained from the eminirv . and in return for which you receive nctLn : " .

      Thirtecntlily . — An organised system of spyhm , justified by the government , which can only be carried on in Ireland through the police . FourteentHy . —A damnable system of Poor Laws . Fift < aitli i y . —A heartbreaking system of regalatintr factory labour by the necessities or cupidity of capitalists . SiMemthhi . —Monopoly of the land by tee privileged class , who are prevented from distributing it , or bringing it into the retail market , by the laws of primogeniture , of settlement , aud entail " . ScventccraJdy . —Tlie different manner in which po . liiica ! offenders are treated in England , and EVEN IN IRELAND , or in any part of the habitable or known world .

      EigliicaiMy . —The total absence of au care about the education , training , or protection of young children . Jfinttcaiikh / . —Tie admitted fact bran Honourable and Reverend . Royal Chaplain , that within the very precincts of the Court , there are perpetually existing 500 , 000 persons without Ged and without hope . ( See Baptist Noel ' s pamphlet . ) TuwtieiMy , —That a class who cannot support their own children are compelled to support foreign and domestic pauper-Kings , Queens , and their children ; royal La ~ tar < is and meuiids , eonrt sycophants , prostilutcs , and idlers of all sorts .

      Twenty firstly . —That the English people are , for the most part , governed by an Irish faction , no matter who is Minister . If a Tory , by an Irish Tory faction : if a Whig , by an Irish patronage faction . 2 ? ow , my friends , such are a portion of your grievances ; such is your condition , and such is the state to which . Mr . O'Connell would elevate tlie lri- ! t people . Have I exaggerated a single grievance ? or have I stated one quarter of those local and class ones of which you have to complain ? 3 Iay I not ask , then , what the English people have to expect

      from an alliance of Whigs aud Irish patronage hunters ? Indeed , may 1 not go further , and ask what , beyond a large amount of government and parliamentary blarney , the Irish people Lave to expect from this repeated attempt to govern the country by a combination of Whig treachery and Irish patronage—a combination ol English middle " classes aud Irish place-h'inters . Kow , what I complain of , is , that in Mr . O'Concell ' s long catalogue of Irish grie-Tances , the condition of the labourer Is merely jnc-ntioncd to exeile disgust , while not a siugle pr « pusitiou is offered calculated to insure his CERTAINTY

      of improvement . True , we are left to infer—and we are ready to admit the fact—that some crumbs will come to Ms table from the rich man ' s board ; but , then , he is left wholly and irrevocabl y dependent upon the bounty of those threugh whose bettered condition alone he is to hope for improvement Kothing , however , is suggested far unsroviug tLe condition of the labouring classes ; they are always allowed to live in hope of the justice of the privileged and favoured . Where he is silent , he leads to suspicion ; where he hints , he 13 ambiguous ; and where he speaks out , lie is behind—immeasurably behind , in the present race of icind .

      The real grievance of Ireland , is the real cpjcvaisce onSngland , and vice verso—it is this—that the kbourers , 'tlie slave class , those who work for others are never considered by government , they are merely used as a means of fighting faction ' s battles ; and all the improvement that is even promised to them , is the chance that they have from the improvement of the condition of those above them . Those above them , wlietflcr Irish farmers or English capitalists , arc represented , and therefore tbe distinct grievances affecting those several classes , become matter for government correction ; but the labourers are neru distinctly legislated for , unless it > s to plunde ! them , stove them , or coerce tiiein . Now , my frleuds , I am about to renew my soietnn ta " Ufc autI covenant with you . A great aud grievous

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      calamity has overtaken the nation . A government has assumed office , which hopes to rule the country upon the principles of FREE TRADE and JUSTICE to IRELAND . This I anticipated , long before it was expected that the Corn Laws would bs repealed . I told yon a thousand -times , that I did not so much dread the principles of free trade , as I did dread the assumption of power by the parties who had carried the measure . Free trade in tli « i abstract , was said to mean HIGII WAGES . CUEAP BREAD , AND

      PLENTY TO DO ; free trade m practice , means the subjugation of labour to the caprice of capitalj the labourer COERCEDby-they ORDINARY LAW to starve or make a stipulated amount of profit for liismastcr . And yet I rejoicei . that ;;' the " measure ~ . has passed , because you required the free trade whip , the free trade goad ; the free trade spury and the free trade lash , to keep you up : to the trace , by which alone yon could hope to extricate ' yourself from' class legislation . ' .., ' . ' ..- !

      I also rejoice in the coalition between the English free-trade government and the Irish placc-Iinnters . bceanse it will compel the . crest-fallen , humbled , aristocracy of England to' seek co-operation -with their national allies , to overthrow this unuatura ] coalition . The ends of the trodden worm must now meet , and the aristocracy must never again hope to fight its own battlesaipon mere lip-worship of labour . It has failed to represent labour , and labour must henceforth be allowed to represent itself . I heed not promises . I have no Iiopc in thejfuture wien I look to the black past , " iind , therefore , at once , and

      without hesitation , I DRAW THE SWORD againsftie principle by which the country is to be governed . I wase war against the coalition of English capital and Irish patronage . I am younger than I wa 3 , because f am stronger than I was , when I bearded the unsishtly monster before , and when , with your assistance , and with the press of the country against us , we hurled the Whigs from power and the placehunters from patronuge . They cannot , THEY MUST NOT , TIlEr SHALL NOT govern the

      country without us . They have abandoned coerctori , but they rely upon straining the ordinary law for the preservation of their ascendancy . We have no votes , bat we have power ; you have but one representative in the House of Commons , but you have millions outside , and you have one who , if he stoid alone , would put the unrepresented millions into such exalted and rapid motion as would make the coalition tremble . I have vowed eternal hostility ijgsinst Whig place-huntinilsorernmenfc ^ THEY TUT

      YOU-AND . ME-IN FELONS' DUNGEONS , and shall we noi r « ke vengeance ? . Yes , my brother Gkartists ,: I-invokc you by the-wrongs-youiiave suffered and etUI " endure , by-the free blood- . that run ' s in your veins , by :. the hope you have ' . in jbui strength ; by the reliance you repose in your leaders , by ' the love yon bear your kind , by . the . allegiance yon owe to _ your country , Jby the tie 3 thai bind you to your lamiliK , by the dutythflt you oweioyoui 1 God . by all , by oaeand ' allj I call upon you . to arouse and meet the monster , upon the threshold .

      We have braved the-ordinary Jaw and . kepi within it , and they were obliged toMrain it . against us beyond the letter , while they gava the Irish place hunters the benefit of its , mild-spirit . "We have now all the elements of-a greatrparty . "We have justice and the millions ' upon . our side . We have now a " prize worth contendingfor— . ,. -. "' THE V&SD f . THE LAND !! THE LAND 2 II 1 rWho . would not-bear- ; tbe . ntmost > tenuity of the

      Ordinary Law , to wort for his own se / f upon Ms own land , withnTeartMy " master ' ' bat justlaw \ : Thisis the prize that is placed- at the end of the Chartist cnur .-e , this is what our next struggle will be for . I have built houses for some , I will build houses for many more , but I wish to see all able to build houses for themselves without delay . When the harvest is over , and when the agricultural labourer becomes a discarded pauper , then my present position will cpa !» : e me to lead that disinherited race as a section of

      the movement party . When the winter comes , if justice is r . ot done , if you are not admitted to a fair participation in the representation of t ! ie country , pnil tbe enjovmeut of your own produce , I will LIGHT THE TORCH ONCE MORE . If I have liccn still while Peel was in power it is because you were contented with your comparative improvement , aud because I was tooprudont to make an exhibition of our party ' s weakness .

      I was aware , as I proclaimed m , the outset , that Peel would iuliict blows upon the aristocracy , which a Chartist government in its infancy would feel a delicacy in aiming . For five years Peel has led an incipient Chartist movement , and Russell , with his Irish Janissaries , will find it no easy task to put finaliiy into practical operation . We must revive our association once more . We must be prepared for . representation of the national mind , when the new

      principle of Whiggery is developed , and , as I anticipate the scourge , I proclaim war to the knife against the murderers of Holberry , Duffy , Clayton and Shell . I vow eternal vengeance against those who roused the nation to madness , and then persecuted the ignorant , the heedless , the thoughtless , and the injured , the naked , the starving , and the oppressed , for vrhat they ehose to term sedition , riot , conspiracy and tumuli ; .

      My friends , I have now got far enough with our cottages at Paradise to enable me to entrust the prosecution of the work to otber hands , and when the coalition summons me once more into the He'd of action , when the treasonable Whi gs . 'backco' by Ihc traitor jJaca hunters , shall develope their policy , we will develope our strength . "We have nothing to expect but everything to fear frorn ^ a government which the Peel section of the fiouse ' proteet from spite , and the Irish section for the sale of their country . Since the passing of the Reform liill the Whigs have been our natural enemies ; they were strong and we over , threw them ; they have revived , and we Trill overthrow tisem again . TO YOUR TEXTS 0 CHARTISTS , Ever your faithful frieml and follower . JEARGUS O'COflNOll

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      TO THE . MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY .

      ONE OF MY LIABILITIES . ONE THOUSAND THEEE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS REALISED FOR THE SOCIETY . My Fihexds , —It was not ray intention to have written this week upon the subject of the Land , but a sirc-uaistance Las occurred , of which 1 fin so proud , that 1 cannot possibly keep it bottled for a whole week . 1 informed you that I had purchased Carpenter ' s farm for £ 3 , 900 , and I now beg to inform you that 1 have sold it fur £ 5 . 250 : thus realizing one

      thousand three hundred and fifty pounds for the first forty-three lucky occupants who shall draw prizes in the next ballot . 1 must explain the manner in which the directors , who participate fully in this bargain , have decided upon appropriating the profit . The Secretary informs us that the number of four acre shareholderehas become so large , that he estimates tLe average hoWinss for the future , at alwut 3 acres to each occupant ; at that rate the 130 sieves bought ami solJ , wuuld have located 43 members , averaging two , three , ami four acres .

      No-. v , - v 5 ien the ballot was announced , that propertv became juatlj ai-d equitably the property ofihow fatv-three who would liavc drawn prizes , and , therefore , although the increased value was idea ! j-aMiei-

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      than intrinsic , yet it becomes the property of the sucessfnl candidates . The following then is the arrangement that tl \ o directors propose , namely : — That the thirteen hundred and fifty pounds profit shall be equitably divided among 3 fc the number of shareholders' that the next 130 acres will locate , in the following manner : —The society ,-according to a scale laid down for the price of land and cost of building a house , charges £ b a-year for two acres and a cottage , ' £ 7 10 s . for three acres , and a cottage . and £ 10 for four , acres and a cofctagej-giving [ ; ' j £ l { j - capital to the two acre 'occupant ' .- ! £ 22 10 sV , tb-, the tbfe ' o acre occupant , and £ 30 ^ to ' the / 'foiiracre 6 c- '

      eupant ; iri § te ^ 6 f whjpti , 'preserving & the forty-three occupants sejecicd-at the _ next ; ballot wili ' pay- ^ " 19 sl for a'house /; an ^ for a house and , ' three acres ; and ' £ 7 ; . lQ } i § Torfa | liquse and four acres , or , if it appears more judicibu ^ to'tlie direetorsand satisfactory to the sosiety , they will re , ceivethe £ 1 , 350 as follows : —Instead of £ 15 ; capital the two acre occupant will receive . ; . ' £ 36 , the -three acre occupant £ 53 10 s . ; and .. the four acre occupant will receive £ 71 , a very pretty sum to go to work ; and thus , my friends , in spite of all my own liabilities , I have made comfortable fortunosfor foi'ty-thi'Ge working men by my wits . - ;

      Such is the arrangement that the directors suggest—but , as our society will . I trust , be ever governed upon the principle of Universal Suffrage , ' we have decided that each -locality shall transmit thn opinion of the paid-up membsrs at the time of closinsr payments for the next ballot ; stating whether llie arrangement set forth above shall hold good , or whether the £ 1350 shall go , a 3 stated , to the fortythree first-elected--occupants . I , from motives 0 !

      pride , prudence , and justice , incline to distribute the money amongst tho forty-three next chosen occupants . It is not the only sum that I hope to make for the society V and the members must understand that the ballotAvill take place as originally announced : and moreover ,- . that bsfoi'e the day of ballot we hope to be' hi possession of a larger' amount of Land . Whether or no , there is no difficulty in getting Land . I undertake to provide . the Lnnd of the best quality , as fast , and perhaps faster , Mian you can provide the

      means . , / . ^ " -y- > -- - .. - ,. We are , no * in treaty ^ "lor " an estate of' three hundred- and sixty-one . Jadres , ' - < arid , nearly threefourthspf ; the : purcltee ; ni « iey . \ yili be allowed to remain on mortgage . ~ - \ PerMps it would nave been more Ipriidcnt' to haVe ' . ' reiervgct ihe . ' cheering announcement Until the eve . of the'ballot , as I feai that many " poor fellows-from ' the inducement heli ! otifc of getting thew ' shi ^ , 6 f ^ ia ? 0 : for nothin g , will

      inconvenience themsclves / to . pay up - -their sbares . However , the directors fe . lt that'they' -Ijad . ''* no right to withhold the Intelligence for ; a- - single s -week . I always told you that-1 had , a fortune' iri ^ my noddle , if . -I . would condccejid to ma . ke nionsy ; for myself . Now no maircan misunderstan-1 the way : in which I have put the arrangenijent—lit is that . the number of occupants that it would require to-occupy the next one hundred and . thirty acres purchased will have . £ 13-50 for nothing ^ either in land or capital .

      • Everything is going on at Ueri'ingsgats as elicev ingly and prosperously asjnssible ; and had itnot been that a great portion of this day , Thursday , wa 3 occupied in ' making money for yon , Ishould have presen ted you with ray 'balance sheet ' , showing all the money , received by me , to bo placed to the treasurer ' s account in the bank , or expended in building . This I must now defer till next week , when the £ 1 , 350 will give an important . appearance to our list . I cannot , however , forbear mentioning to you some facts that have just been communicated to me by a Air . Gnrrard , of Norfolk . About two years ago , tbrtv

      speculatingindustrious individuals , who had read my work upon " Small Farms'' carefully , were induced to try an experiment upon their own account . They piirehn . 'cil 23 acres of ground , for which they gave £ 950 . This amount of land formerly gave work to one man ;—they employ from 14 to 16 upon it , and the average wages is fourteen shillings a-week . In the first year against aU the disadvantages of a commencement , they realised £ 85 over and above all expenditure , making no calculation of about £ 00 worth of improvement which goes on for other years , and which would have made the year ' s profit £ 140 . Tho

      forty souls are wedded to this spot , although it i s little more than half an acre each , and it fully cmploys fourteen labourers . A man of tho name of Silletfc gave £ 180 for two acres of bad land in the neighbourhood . He w ; is a linendraper , and works his two acres with some assistance from two children . Ilis family consists of a wife and two children . Upon the two acres he keeps two cows and two pigs , and sells a quantity of vegetables and other stuff , besides living without expending a fraction beyond what the farm returns . I will give the dialogue between Garr . ird and me in the presence of Mr . Clark , who brought him to my house . O'C—AYi'll nnd what sort of condition are his cows in ? 6 . —Why the farmers como to look at them over th «

      hcige , they are like halls , they are so round . O'C . —Is he comfortable and well dressed ? G . —He goes to church every Sundny like a gentleman , and says that nothing would ever induce him to go behind a counter again . O'C—Is he healthy ? G . —Aye , that he is , and happy . He told me also that a man of tho name of Clark , a carpenter , rents two acres of ground , that he has built himself a house , that he has a sow who returned Sol . within the year , and his description of Clark ' s independence was , that he tloeb ' nt look for a . master now , aud he doesu't mind affronting a parson . I askcil him whether the land was better or wovse than when they bought it . He said they refused 300 J . profit for it .

      Now , my friends , that ' s what my work on Small Farms has dime . 28 acres of laud employing one man , I dare say at had wages , now employs from 14 to 10 at good wages ? that ' s my plan of increasing production and equitable distribution , The painting , plastering , cupboard making , and all other works are gt'in ^ on cha rmingly at Herringsgate , and all who come to see it are more than delimited with their performance . J remain , your faithful friend and Bailiff , FEAUGUS O'COKtfOIt .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OP THE CIIAHTIST CO OPERATIVE LAND SOOIRTY .

      Friends , —From an announcement in another part nfthe £ ' fe ( r , jou will learn that our Sub-Treasurer Mr . O'Connor , with our entire approval and consent , has sold our second purchase- Carpendci ' sFarni , ami has thereby realized for the Society the handsome . sumof £ l , 35 <)!! Now , as we wish to act with the most perfect fairness towards all parties concerned , andinoi-dcr to avoid all cause of complaint , we request that the opinion of the members be taken upon tke iollowiii" questions . First . — "Shall tlm sum of £ 1 , 350 which has been reahzud by lliosale nfCarpMidei- ' sFsirm , revert to tlie General fund of the Society to aid in locating the whole of the members ?" Second— " Shall the above sum be divided , and given to the first forty-three successful members who may draw the lowest numbur at the ensuig ballot ?

      Third— " If the money is to be divided , shall it be pven in the way of reduced rentnl or in cash ? " The Sub-Secrotancs are required to convene meetings 0 ! this mombeis-ot thoir various localities , and forward to ourwhee the decision of ( he members on the forc-• ioiiiR questions on the 20 th of the present month . The ballot will lake place in accordance with the previous announcement , at Manchester , on Monday , . Iuly 27 tn , and all mombsrs who wish to be in the b ; ilioc , must pay up all demand ? , both Local and Gtucral , on orbuforc Monday , July 20 lh . On behalf of the fJircctoi s > ,

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      : HOUSE OF LORDS , Thursday , Juke 2-3 . THE NEW CORN LAW READ A THIRD ¦ TIME AND PASSED . '• ¦ ' / The Earl of IIjpos moved the thivd reading qtihe Corn Importation . Bill . ; ' " , " The Er . rl of Wiciaow , ; bcforc permitting the last stase < i ' tlie bill to pass , insisted upon knowing what had become of tlioscmea . sures which the government had promised should accompany it , and which were de-ignatcd as compensation ^* to tho landed interest for the protection which was taken from them ? The noble earl likewise demanded whether the Government intended to continue the Income-tax , and if not , from what source they expected to make up the revenue . It would be most disgraceful wove Ministers to resign andi thvow the country cmliarraisedinip the'h ands of tlic-ii- successors . - .. '

      The Earl of Eii-os replied that tlie Government Colt hound to adhere to those measures they had proiiiisrd slioiiid accompany the Corn Bill ; and one of them , tho J ' onr . Removal Dill , was in the other house . The noble Earl declined to give ai : y |> lc < lsore . s ;) eetin « 1 he Income-tax , contenting himself wi h asserting that the Government had good grounds for anticipating a suffieieut revenue from the extension that would be given to commerce by the relaxations made . Tho bill was opposed by Lord I ' iivershain , the Duke of Cleveland , Lord Gajie , Earl Stanhope , and the Earl of Selkirk , and supported by tho Earl of Dalliousie .

      The Duke of Richmond moved an amendment , f hat the bill be read n third time that day six months , lie had hoard the present Ministry were about to resijjn . Ui {; ht { jlad was he to hear the report , because he was of opinion their fall would prove ot service to the nation . The loss of their positioi > would prove that no party in this country would be allowed to break pledges with impunity , and , as was right , their 110 followers would gain nothing by their sudden conversion . After a remark or two from the Earl of EllennououGir , the amendment was negatived without n division , and the bill Mas rend a third time anil PilSSCJ .

      THE CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL was likewise read a third time and passed . After some further discussion their Lordships iidjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thursday , Juse 25 .

      THE IRISH COERCION BILL THROWN OUT . The adjourned debate on the second reading of the Protection of Life ( Ireland ) Bill , and Sir W . Someivillc ' s amendment thereto , was resumed by Mr . Stafford O'Biuen , who , regarding the question as one of confidence in the Government , could licit do otherwise thiin vote against the bill . In the county in which ho resided in Ireland , lie could not , as a magistrate recommend the enforcement of the c ' ause which punished men for being out of their houses between sunset atid sunrise ; for the peasantry , who travelled with their wares from Galway to Limerick , wore obliged to be on the liijrh roasl all night in order to reach Limerick market early in the morning .

      Mr . IIcme opposed the Bill . He attributed the disturbances ol Ireland to tlie existence of the penal laws , which , thouirh nominally , had not bsen practically repealed . The misrule of England had been the cause of the misery of Ireland , and the misery of Ireland was the fertile source of its olluncea and crimes . Ireland would he si stumbling block to every niWumtrutinn until the axe was laid to '• its tree of discontent , " and nothing nourished that tree of discontent , fo much as the sinecures in the established church . Lord Nbwport opposed the Bill ; and Lord C . Hamilton , in supporting it , charged Lord G-. Bentinck wjtin having prompted the speech of the noble lord who had preceded him in the debate . Lord Nuwr-OHT indignantly rcDelled this imputation .

      Mr . C . Bulleu opposed the bill , but warmly eulogised Sir 11 . l eel . The disorders in Ireland were mainly caused by tlie existina ; tmmrc of land in _ that country . Indeed the testimony of every writi-r , every traveller , every speaker , and every committee and commission oh the state of Ireland proved that the cause of ail tlie outrages of the poor in that country was the outrages committed on the poor ; and he was convinced that we should never reach the fuot of the ovil , if we only legislated iijjaiust one party—the poor . That ; coercive measures would not remedy the e \ iU of Ireland , Inul been proved over and over again , by the experience of more than 50 years . If we wished to remove them , we must give its labouring population the guarantee of a Poor Laiv , and that right of relief which was the palladium oi the English peasant in uildilliculLius and hardships Sueli a measure might , it was true , amount to a ci . n-

      fiscation of the landed property of Ireland . Therefore he was inclined to modify his opinion on the subject of the I ' oor Law , and to say that we should not be justified in introducing the English l ' oor Law into Ireland without providing a large fund of employment lor the population of that country . lie had opposed a bill similar to this in 1833 , although it Avas proposed'by Earl Grey , immediately after he had passed tho Reform Bill ; and he must oppose this bill now , although it was proposed by Sir R . Peel , the propounder of the repeal of the Corn-laws . His regret , however , in giving his prevent vole , was dhiiinishcd by this fact , that this vote would mark an unuortuub period in British legislation for Ireland . It was the first time that the llotiao » 1 Commons had ever rejected a coercion bill recommended by the Executive Government , and he hoped that , the est ; iblisiuueiit of such a precedent wmilii prevent such a demand from over being made ag'iin wilh success . Mr . -U . U . vxiuis opposed , and Mr . Si'ooxku supported ihc bill .

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      Mr . Siieil opposed the bill , and delivered aloiii ; fcimilo against Sir 11 . Peel . The-Whigs , himself anil O'Connell , lie of course praised as the only friends of Ireland . In conclusion , he argued that this bill was iiot fitted -for a nation of readers like t : iat of Ireland ami that it would stimulate : that agitation . which Ministers dreaded so much , but which' tbey . had done sp little to repress . The alteration , which the repenl of . theicorn laws would produce in the condition of Ireland ought to -render them particularly cautious in . the measures which they adopted , for , t , Uouj ; h the repeal of the corn laws woulcLuiiduubtedly ; be beneficial to that- country in the Jbns-riin ^ its first effect from

      would-ibe to exp . el many / ( i ; . , Cj ^ ni ^ ellian ; , im p rnoV . tgagea ' . ^ state , '; : " Iincl _\ " -tliey . ^ 6 u 6 Ji't v ' t ^' thk ' e ^ yiei'y - ¦ nd ' ansltr tlieiivpowerto pr ^ liitbe ' rfcoifiejen ;^ ^ jitvrmHi ^ n ^ fyepo ^^^ i ^^^ - ^ ^' - ¦^^^^^^• ^ ' \ Th 6 ' ¦ SQr iCITOfr'GEKERA&J ^ life . noriproperty in Ii ^ lan'd ? liadHhat ; security ? whieh icVery loyM subje ' ct ^ Ayq . uIdvbGklispracefiil t 6 thp ' executivc 'governnicnt . to sit down'in : despair of fiiidihw ^ i veniedyt ' ov such : a / rightful state of things . IIe then entered-into ii ' lengthened defence ofthe : bill , - ' amidrepeatc'dclaniours of the house for the division . * ; ' ¦¦¦ " ¦ - " ¦ ¦ ; -

      The Mavqnia of Ctttvsnos could not concur withtliiD party with which he iiact ( wen recently aetina ; , in appns ' iag this bill ; " on the - " contrary , lie felt himself called upon to support it , as it was necessary to the repression of crime and the maintenance of law and juslice . Major Beresfoiid , Mr . Newdkgate , and Captain r . ktuus opposed , and Mr . Addehley and Captain Jones supported the bill . Mr . Cobden wished to say a few words as to the spirit of the vote which he vas about to giro . lie believed that he should that evening go into the lobby with a numliev of the gentleman below the gangway .. He would not nut one word of construction on their motives ; but as the combination was

      odd and somewhat suspicious , he wished to clear hiniself by showing that , the construction which had been put on this vote by Lord' G .-Bcntinck was not the construction which lie had upon it . Siv R : Pool-hsul-suited that hu would stand or fall by the bill . With that determination he had nothing to do ; but he would not-, like the noble lord , stultify himself by voting black to lie white to serve a particular purpose . It would be hopeless to keen Sir R . Peel in by a single vote , foi- it wan quite " evident that the house would soon be put to the test again by tlie noble lord and his friends . But before long the state of parties in that house would receive a solution from mifc of doors . We could not go on with three

      parties in the house—we m . ust--on ! y"have two . There was no distinction in the country now between , those who followed Lord-J .- JJusselland -tnos& J who " uavG-in theii adherence to the " right lion , baronet . If that fusion had taken place out of doors , and if the rank and file had already fraternized , the batttlc between the chiefs must be abandoned , -and a fusion must take p lai-e in that house : * If--Sir ¦ ¦ R . -P-eel should now retire from ' office , 'he would carry with him the : esteem- ¦ and ; - gratitude of . a greater number- of the population , of this empire tha ' nhad ever followed the retirement of any other Minister . Fie tendered his own thanks to Sir R .-Peel for the ¦; reat ability and the unswerving firmness with which he-had conducted , during the last six months , one oi the most magnificent reforms , wliicii had ever been iiccomplislMli , / ' ' - "'"" . ' Tlie house then divided when there appeared— ...... For the second reailinij .:.. ; - - - -, > y ~ : "' -Sift ' ' " - ¦ Agfinstlt' ' '' ' ivr * ?/ " '' " . ' . - - '» ' . ' 202 Majority against the Government Y 3 The other orders of the . day . wcre then disposed of and the house adjourned . . , ; ¦ . . / . . . IIOUSE-OF LORDS ;—Embay , ' Juse ; -26 . -,, ; Their Lordships met at . half-past Tour o ' ciock , when tho Royal Assent . was civen by Commission to Ci Bills , amongst which were-the ' Corn Importation Bill , and the Customs' Duties Bill .

      POSITION OP THE . MINISTRY . ; , - ; T . h " eEh ' r ] Qf . Rrt'osrose and 8 aid .:: --. M y }; 3 ^ jj | s | jfr ^ yua 'hilly iiiyIntciitiori'to ' have ' movedthis ; evening ; on-. tke orders of the day being gone into , tlie reconsideration ofthe report of Lords IiardJnge ' and Cough's Annuities Hills , but circumstances which have since occurred , with which your Lordships arc no doubt rill familiar , make mo Joe ) that in Hie present position of the government it will not bo my duly to call your intention to thesuhjectto-nipht . Therefore I beg to move that the order for bringing up ilmreports on those Bills bo discharged . The order was according ! v read and discharged .

      TOE CORN BILL PROTEST . The Diike of Richmond moved that the protest against the Corn Importation Bill remain open for the signatures of Noble Lords until tile rising of the House on Monday . Agreed to . The House adjourned at 5 minutes past 7 . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fkidat , June 20 . The Speaker look the chair at four o ' clock .

      CORN IMPORTATION' AND CUSTOMS DUTIES BILLS . —ROYAL ASSENT . Sir Augustus Clifford , Usher of the Black Rod , appeared at the bar , and summoned the House to attend at the bar ofthe House of Lords , Co hear tho royal assent given to a number of public and private Bills ( for which see Lords' report . ) On the return of the Speaker , he stated that he had been to tho Upper House to hear the royal . assent ¦ j iven to several Acts , amongst which were the Corn Importation and Customs Duties Bills . The announcement was received with great cheerinpr , in an extremely crowded Hou ^ e . Sir J . Graham , Lord Lincoln , tho Chancellor of ( he Exchequer , and all other Mombsrs of the Government , with tho exception of Sir It . Peel , were present , as well ns Lord John Russell and the principal leaders ofthe Opposition , and Mr . Cobden .

      FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL . On tho . motion of Sir James Graham the Lords ' amendments to this Bill were agreed to , with some verbal amendments , The House adjourned at half-past seven o'clock .

      HOUSE OF LORDS , Monday , Jusk 20 . THE OREGON TERRITORY . In answer to a question put by Lord Brougham , The Eavl of Abkudeen said . —My lords . I have been occasionally questioned by noble lords on the other side ol tbe house , and especially by a noble friend , a noble Eavl whom I do not now see in his place ( the Earl of Clarendon ) , as to the progress of our negociations with tho United States . These inquiries , 1 always felt , were directed to me in tho most friendly and conciliatory manner . ( Hear , hear . ) So far from feeling any embarra ssment or impediment , from them in the way of the tiCKOCWtions , 1 always felt that my noble friend whs desirous to assist in promoting an adjustment . Perhaps on this occasion I might have

      ventured , without the pressure of any direel appcli . 'ition , to enter into a few details as to that gratify in * result , ( loud cheers]—the substance of which only is as yet known . When 1 had last occasion to reply t ( > my noble friend , tlio state of tlie negotiations was , his : —the President had sent his message to the Senate with a direct refusal of our repeated proposals to submit the whole question to arbitration . That liein ^ the case , my lords , I felt , that nothing could l : e done at that moment till tho Senate and tho House of Representatives should have taken sonio steps in consequence of that message . I waited , therefore , tlie result of that communication so made by the

      President . When I saw that the Senate and IJoute of Representatives had adopted resolutions in such a conciliatory and friendly disposition , I did not delay for a moment putting : aside all ideas of diplomatic etiquette , which mig ht have led me to expect that some steps would be taken on the other side , but , without waiting a moment , I prepared the draught of a , convention , which was sent by the packet of the 18 th of May to Mr . Packenham , to be proposed t' ° r acceptance of the United States Government . I have brought with me a letter from Mr . raekenham , which I received thismorning , and from which I shall read an extract . The letter is dated the 13 th of June ; and Mr . Packenham says , —

      In conformity with whut I'had the honour to stnto in my des ] intcli No . < M , of the 7 tli hist ., Hie President sunt . 1 message on Wednesday last to the Si-nsitc , siibmittinj , ' for the opinion of that body the draught of a cuimntk'ti tor tin- scttleraunt of the Orceon question , which I was iu-Blructed by your Lordship ' s despatch So . 11 ) , of the lS ' . li of May , to propose for the acceptance of tho Uiiited Status . After it few hours' deliberation on each of the . three days , \\'( diiesdiiy , Thursday , mid Friday , tho Senate , by a majority of 38 voles ti > 12 . adopted yesterday evening a

      resolution advising tho President to accept ihe terms proposed by Her Majesty ' s Government . The President did not hesitate to net on this advice , and Mr . Buchanan aerwdingly sent lor me this morning , and informed me that thu coiiilitions ottered by Her Majesty ' s Government were accepted by the Government ofthe United States , without thu addition or alteration of a single werd . C . sm ] cheers . ) Gratifying as this intelligence is , 1 feel it is but an act of duly and justice , as well as a pleasure , that 1 should bear the tribute of my testimony to the most friendly and concilalory course

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      which Has been adopted by'the United ' States Hinte-jg T f K funtry , ( Hear , hear . ) That gentleman / 7 A ¦^ t- ? sknown i and long had reason to . esteem . aa f Jftcial intercourse 15 or 16 years ago , and lam perX S nf ? ft ^ by every means in his power , hen has contnbuted . to this result . I am well assured that : J » S " r * i ? ? t hlsh ° w 5 e ) or . in the country , who . T more cordialh parho pales in the feeling of , satisfac- : tion which it is fatted to produce than Mr k'Lane .. ' -

      MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS ' . ' ' j The Duke of WjJLLiNaTOx .-My lords , I have to an- ' ;? nounce . to your lordships that Her Majesty ' s servawts ' have tendered to Her Majesty their resisuatiSao ' ftfcefg ofhees which they held in her iMajostv ' s ^ icerW ^ consequence of which Her Majesty , has sentfur ' a ^ iio- * ble lord with a view to form another Administration ^ " ; for the purpose of conducting the affairs of the govern- "' raent of this country ; j \! y lords , this information ' will probatlyinduceyom-loitlshifjs to think it would be desirable tu suspend the discussion ol ' measurcs which . might become matters of controversy : in . this house , ' until . those who are to . have the honour , of . being ilerV Majesty ' s servants ) in public oiP . ot- should hiivc . si . a :.. . opportunity of forming ,. . their arrangements , and should- be ablb to come down to this house and"

      transact , the public business , "ily lords , ' tlieic is oiie qui .-s- tioti fixed fov ' eohsldtvation ' 'in this liijusfc on Thursiliiy ' , next . : Isecaniililofriendnea / iiie ( t [ iaEarIWP 6 ; jvis ) ,. ';; who has : Riven notice ' o ' f hisi"iht <{ Hlioii-tii . v ' in'i ^ vfe ' . t ' Iie . se- ' - ' ' pond reading of tlje Ban ^ oraml ^ tr ^ aiili ' sv Bill on " . ¦* hursda ; y :-'hex ^ T e i ! cy : '¦ Pf i ' Rf 8 tpotiihg-his : inbtton'V 6 rtlje ' stiqond reading ;^ ¦ ol tlint'bilr till Her iVlajesiy ' ii sieSvaptsVahoyld - . lie ; , in ¦ "'¦» the house tdr&ttend- tosthe' ^ discilswijSwhiclrinav : he »* ex | iected to ' 'take : place npottit ^ s ^ Her ^ MajSstf ' lias rt an m terest - in ; -that ^ me ^ ureWjJ ^^ 'lorciH ^ ' fJicre ; are ; % some measures . ' which . - . require o-oui-lordships ' inlri ! c-. x diate . aUc « tion . aiid 6 ne . ol \ wHtubv > in ' all probability - .

      , will be on the table of . the lioijsfrjthis ddy ^ -rl incan ' ja ., short , siigai-cbill , continuing'thea'uticponsu ^ ar Tor . one tnosith , from tho . 5 tlr 6 fJiilyr . nexw which it is de-: ¦ ¦¦¦' , sirable should pass this house without delay ,. \ vhouvcl-v ., may be .: Her Mnjcsty' . s ; servants .- '' - . Under ' these c \ v-. & cu'iistahccsl rather advise thatyb ' uV lordships should ; J nofc afJjoiirBjjbiit . . continue •• sitfin ^ froni dny to < li » y , . with tlib viewof . passing that ir > caK ' ureYliiit . tha' £ "i-h * 6 ' consideration of inesntres whii-h may . bccoincniattei uf controversy should In ; postponed till Her Af . yesty ' s ¦' suivants shall be in your lordships' house to attend to ; Her M . ijt'Sty ' s service and lo the traiisaction of public affiiirs . •• .-...:

      Their Lordships shortly afterwards adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS ,-MosDAT , Jusb 20 . The lieitHu met at 4 o ' clock . [ Betbvc the j / i- / vat « busii-. cis l ; ad f'een disposed of , tho house and the side gailcries were filled with members ; fcJie S pVakcr ' s and strangers' g-iil ' cries wore cmipluttily . thrynsed : even the " retvust" allotted to the liiujt . ' s must also have been occupied to 6 verflowin < r , for several f ' . ir politicians had won . their way ( an unprecedented circuinstauce ) to the skies of ihu Speaker ' s gailei-y , v .-hw'c they were accommodated witk KC . 'us . Tlie benches \ ic \ o \ v the bitr had not ' a- vacant space , a large ntiiabt'i- of peers and

      members of the corps diplomatique being present . ' 'Aiiiongst-thein wore the £ » rl ' ot ' bt . Germans , Lord- ' Gr . -svwior , and Lord Dal housie . One jicncral fceiinj ; or iiilcic-st in the Miiilrterial nnnmiirvcinent seemyd- ' to . perv . iide ths nniMurnus assembly , v . hit'li at liali- ' past five o ' clock presented a very cxeitinjf ap- ' Ituaraiice . ] ¦ ; ' ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ ¦> u -SUGAR JEUTJ-ESfc-t ** - - — - *¦ - *¦" 1 ! 'The"CjuxcEiJ . on of . . the Exchequer said it might ' be . for the cpnVciileiipe of the ii . o . u ? e . if ho moved wie third ^ i eadtn | of 't 1 ie"Sugaf'I ) iities Bill , in oj-aer ' that it ' . mifih ' 6 telniincdiately sent up to the House of Pee" 3 . : The bill was then read a third time and Dassed . '

      . . ' , MINIS TEJllALV . EXpLAN , \ jrrO : \ S .- . -. . " „ ,, '• . . Sir . R , . PiisLat halt-past 5 o ' cli / ck cntereit S ! ie house ' i amid profound silence and took iiis seat . ¦ . In a few irnomcut _ s \ hc . . rose .,, and « : spoke as : follovrs .: ^ - . Mr . i [ Si ) eaker ;~ Sirj- ^ t ' feelVit .-t 6 rbe ' - -my duty-. to avtiil . myself of tlie earliest oppirtunity of iiotilying to tinshouse that ,, "in consequence of tlie McsUion . of llci Majesty ' s Government ; , and especially in consequeucer of that voto to which the hoiii je came on-tiie night of Thursday , last , by which - _ tliey \ refi ; sefi ; tp .. gixM ; o ,, flE ? I i

      Majesty s jLtora'iiuipt -tl ^ oseu pi ^ erffSviiiQ . ' . they . tlee . i ^ d .- ^ e gt ^ ai ^ Siq £ -f'he ' repi # sioh oToutrajre . an ^ * tli 6 pro'fectToh of life in Ireland , ilarivia . icsty . ' s ' selv vants have fell it their duty toHehdoi 'fhV . fr resi ^ nai ^ tion to a-grncious Sovereign . TherecoIiVtloii to tender ' that resignation waa the un < iiiinious . t esi > lttlion of Uev , Majesty ' s servants , adopted without'b csit-atioii . Sir , if I hiid . any ' . cpiii ' pliuh . t to prefer » vi : hro-pcit to ilia course pursuad . 'b y the house , this is not the occasion ' , on which Isliould . vcnture to pfefc-v if .. It is impos-ible , not'to feel ' tjiivt thiUocoaiionby watch a greas . grange , takes place in ; the councils of' ^ grp&i wnpiru , ! ifKeting fo i- ' weal ' . or for ¦ . wo , ' tke . welfare of iuan vjtniiii 6 . ii > ,. ot tlie Queen ' s sulijtots , ' in ' almost all p .-u-ts of Ihe habitable » lobs—it is impossible , not to feel that it h an

      iiwp ortant , I niigiit almost say a so ' ieinn , . otccsioit , and iit ^^ nQp . vOnsu . clL . aT ^ o ^^^^^^^ ^ fbo said by aMiiiister , abting " ' in " 'I ^ ni ! rc > e ' ' tb ' 6 on 8 titu '' : ttdiiiil principles , which can by possibility revive controversies of an acrimonious character . Sir , Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept that tender ol' resignation , and IIor AUijesiy ' s sorv .-. nta no « - only h < Ad their oiiices until tlmii successors shall , have bsieu auppiutod . Sir , [ said that , U 1 had eonip ' atnls to prefer , this would not be tiiu occasion on which I should prei ' e . them ; but 1 unist r . lso say , that I did not propose those measures connected with our commercial policy at the coiomentenitnt o ' ' this session without foreseeing that , wln-ther these measures succeeded or failed , thev must cau . e tho

      dissolution of tho Government which proposed them ; and therefore , Sir , I rather rejoice that Her Majesty ' s Government have been relieved from any dcubt by an curly decision of this house , as to the course it would be their duty to pursue ; for I do not hesitate to say that , even if that vote hail been in our favour , I would noc have consented to hold offit-u by sufi ' mmce or by tho evasion of any principle . ( Grout cheering . ) 1 believe that it is not for the public iukrest thai- a Government should remain in power unable to jrive practical effect to the measures they 'jonsider necessary for the public welfare ; and in tho position in which Her Miijcstv ' s Government was placed , bv the witlKfrawai , perjiaps the natural withdrawal , of the confidence of many of those who had heretofore given

      them thfir support , 1 do not think it probable that even if the vote to which I refer had been in our favour , Her Majesty ' s Government would have ' been enabled , with credit to themselves and with advantage to the interests of the country , to continue in the administration of public affairs . ( Great cheering . ) Sir , we have advised Her Majesty to accept our resignations without adapting that alternative which we might have adopted , viz ., recommending to the Crovu tho exci-cisc of its prerogative , and ta dissolve the present Parliament . We have preferred the immediate tender of resignation to tho adoption of thai alternative . Sir , Idonothesitatetosay . speaking with a frankness which 1 trust will offend no one , f . hat if Her Majesty ' s Governmout had failed in

      canvmgin all their integrity , those measures of commercial policy which it was my duty to recommend , I don't liositate to say that there is no exertion I would not have made ( cheers ) in order , if not to iasuro their ultimate success , at least to five the country an opportunity of pronouncing an opinion on the subject . ( Loud eheci's . ) Iu that ease I should have i ' elfc myself justified in advising a dissolution , bwanse I iliink that the continuance of doubt on such ambieui would have been n greater evil than resorti !! :: ro a Gonfctitntitwal expression »!' opinion by thu pt-opU ; of this country . ( Gfieers . ) But there is no noecviifcy for a dissolution on this ground i—Those who dissented frum those measures have withdrawn their opposition , andlambmiud to say it was notaiheiisius

      or unseemly opposition to them ; simply protesting against Uictn , they have given ( UuxUy their cousun . tto those lnt-asures , and th » sse measures having jiur-scd into law , I do not feel that I should hsivo been ju ? ii-( ied , for any subordinate consideration , for tii-. ; - interest uf the Government merely , in advisin ; . ; the exercise of the prerogative to which 1 refer , anc ! dissolvin » the Pavliiimeuf ,. ( Kciir . ) Eectiusc I feel strongly this , —thai no Adminislr . ition . isjisstllicd ^ in itdrisiiig tho exercise of that prercgiitive , imlc ' -s there be a fair , reasonable prcsumptiou , even a su- -ng moral conviction , that after a dissolution ( hoy will bo enabled to .-ailiimiistor the nlt ' -ii > 'S nf this cu .: i . try through thes ' . ippwrt of a party sullioiently powerful to carry their measuies . ( Cheers . ) I do not tliink

      : i dissulution uistiiiubiu for strengthening a party . I think t-hi' power of dissolution is : i great inslriiineiit in the hands iif the Crown , aud thai there is ? icndency to blunt that instrument if resorted to without necessity . Though lor the { luvpose of enaWiug the country to rlecidc wiiether we were justified in proposing those measures of commercial policy which we did pi't-posR at tbe commencement , of this session , I do not think that would have been sufficient ground for a dissolution . The only ground fora dissolution would have been a strong presumption that after a dissolution we should bave had a party powerful eu ' . ui » h in this house to onnblo uk to give cft ' uet practicaily to the measuivs . wbieh wemi ^ ht propose , ivjw , I don ' t meiai support foutulud on mero tempmary sympathy wilh our position on the part of those who , otherwise , arc oppesed In us ; 1 Uo not mean a support fomnied on n , enncurrence on oity groat question

      of domestic policy , however important that tuny be ; I think we ought not to dissolve without having a full assurance that we should have the suppovt . not of those who differ I ' vom « s on almost all questions of public policy , asreeinft with us in one , but-that we should have the snppert of a powerful ^ pnrty united to us by a general eonair . 'Tcnee of political Oj ) ini (» n . ( Ohceiy . ) ' And I am bound to s : iy . that in the aeuci-il division of parties , and after ail thac mjs occun-ad , 1 did nor ciircrtain : i con . 'ldc-ai . )» ' |> c «¦ " * a dJss » lntion ( rfr ;» rliiiniL-Ht woviWl have given us U \ at support , ( lirar , hear . ) I must : ilso say , attor all the cxcitomt'iit whk-h has taken place , "nd alter the Bta- nation of trade consequent upon our protracted discussions , it . did appear to us that- flus was a period when it would not be judicious to take such a stcii . ( f'heocs . ) Upon tlu-sc avownds , we pvet ' evved instant ivsigiiiitiou to the alternative of w dissolution We were U-ft in a minority on a questiwi con-

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      To The Imperial Chartists.

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS .

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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Fellow Countrymen , —The "Cornand Customs ' Bill" is now the law ofthe land , and its authors have paid the penalty of their hardihood by expulsion ; tromoffice ,. atthe ,. very > moment when , by . tho triumph of their measure they had laid prostrate at their feet , , the "Proud Aristocracy" of England . Tho iallof the Ministry hasbGenmove iniMcliately occasioned by a combination of . two opposint ; factions , neither of which have the , least , sympathy ; forihp [) cop ! e . They were defeated on the second- ; reading of th . "Jnsli Coercion Bill" by rv a .. majority ,. . of Seventy-thVee , and ; thus , by one blow | ' botli' ' p " arerit

      ana . oiKp ™ iave : beeu annihilated : ^^ - ^ 'l ^ V ^^^\^ imi ^ . W ^ M ^ Wp ^ i JiaTCnbthiii ^ ihfnii 8 icalljvvaluah ^ i ^ . t ! eM ^ frfliib out ; fAn ^^ ? ca ^^ ; I |; fi ^^ gU testtd || re ^ M Cund ^ oni ^ tu ^ operatifc ; a h '' d | iabounn * ' ' c laSses ; - ' iJtttiV nevdrtnekss ; there ' was ' rt'bol ^ ; tioii'and ; ah earuestness ^ jn ; . tlieir " Execution : ¦ " that cliallcfige our admirati () n t 4 ii'd " bid ' us hope for tlie time when equal enersyand talent wilibe employed witbiii ' the w .-tljsjof , Vaii . iament for the adyaftceraetit ol- 'trioscg-reiit principles ... wii'icli alpric Cctni ensure the liberty arid happine ' ssof the people . Thegrim'hmenfc

      has . now devolved upon i . ord J . Russell and the old whig party , who are not lil ; ely to be m > re favourable to th e enfranchisoincntot ' tlie wovking elas-sas than their predecessors , we cannot , therefore , hold out any hope from that quarter . What the precise nature of tho movements of the new Ministry may be we can do no more than surmise , but it appears to us from the position of parties in the House of Cnnimons , that they will not attempt a trial of strength during ; , the present session , but that they will reserve the measures , likely to create a division until the ensuing yea :- , when ft £ fneral election will be inevitable . Our course is clear and simple . AYc arc tor the Charter , whole and entire , and our business will be to pvopaveto lake our stand upon the hustings , when the proper tiiae shall have arrived . The mask must be torn from the face of YVhig ^ erv . The old juggle must

      not again be practised ! The canting sentimentality of "liberalism" mti 3 fcnot he allowed to poison the national mind as it has done on former occasions ! Labour ' s sons must buckle on' their armour and fiah ? their own battle—others will not do .. it . for them . Let therefore every one of the places named in a former address , send up their subscriptions at on <; e , and , in all probability , we shall be able to annojince-ih . the next Star the time and place where th | Convention will be held . It is important than tliK should be attended to , . as' we arc desirous of hajr ' iKg . ns large an attendance of delegates as possible , as « 'e hope that from their labours may result a movement worthy oft " our glorious cause . Secrc-. t alias of localities where delegates have already been j ellctod , are requested to forward a notice ofthe sAtne without doiay , to pur office , S 3 , Dean-street , S <) ho , - London . Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secrefearv .

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      VOL . X . NO . 451- ~~ LONDON , SATURDAY , JULY I , 1846 . i .-K ^ rasS-T-

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