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      •• And I will war , at least in words , ( And—should ray chance so happvn deed ? , ) With all who war with Thought "' ' 1 flunk I hear a tittle Wrd , who sings The people bj-and-by will be the stronger . "— Byko * .

      THE AMERICAN AGRARIAN REFORMERS . OREGON' UAILUOAD — LASD BOBBEKS ROUTED . Oar friends are " carrying the war into the enuny ' s camp" in right good earnest . For some time pasta monsterspccnlator . name I Whitney , has been asitatius a scheme for making a railrond from the Lake of Michigan to the Pacific , and uniting the Oregon with the eastern and northern States ; the whole length of the line would be two thousand four hnnwed miles . Whitney proposed to effect this scheme and reward himself and his associates by the following means : —1 st , Congress was to grant to the proprietor a strip of public lands tldrty milts wide tack side of the intended road the vihoh Icnytli tf the line . 2 nd , Mr . Whitney and his associates to build the first ten miles of the road at their own cxpcn

      andthen the lands on five miles of the route to be so'd to pay for the next five , and so on throughout the line . 3 'd , Every ten miles of the road when completed to become the proper : y oi the United States nntil the whole was completed , the company to have the free use for their transportations ; when compVtedtlte company to have the road for their own prolit , subject to the service of transport ^ troops government store ? , &c . free of charge . 4 th , If at any time before or after the completion of the roa < 1 "Whitney and his associates , cr their heirs , should pay . or secure to he paid to the government of the L nr ed States , the sum of sixteen cents per acre for all the land ? eranted to them , th-n the road machinery , lard and ali to revert to Whitney and hi ? assoc . atcs . their heirs and assi gns , and to be their sole and « xc ' nsive property , j-on evkr .

      Such was this notsb ' e scheme of legalised fraud and robberr wlii < -b . so far as New York is concerned , the Agrarian Reformers have blown sky-high . Wo say " icealifed robber }' , " for the scheme has already made some progress towards lesalisaiion . and will , we fear , yet become law , unless th * working men of other States bestir themselves in time , and act with the encrjry exhibited by their brethren of New York . Whitney ' s scln-mo wrs introduced to Congress in 1844 . and in 1 S 45 and 1 S 46 favourable reports thereon were made by committees of tho Senate and House of Representatives .

      That solieme we hare de-onnced ns a scheme of puWic plunder , or . to speak mwe correctly , the plunder of the public on so gigantic a scale as " to far outstrip in infamy the wholesale robbmrs committed bv the Norman bastard and his cut-throat brigands . Can our readers compass in imagination a mass of laud sixty vu ' Jgs tviik , of the length of I wo thousand four hwntr < d miles ? This enormous quantity of laud ' Mr . Whitney modestly denial for himself and his swochfc-s to repay and reward them for their patriotic project of m . ikiui : a railway to ths Oregon . TIih eand , from its contiguity " to t ! ie railroad , wauld bec

      ome , in course of time , of immense value . Whitnsy and Co . claim to hare the power to sell portions Of this land to complete the railroad . With-. n eye to tiie future value of the land , the pries for the first lots sod would be charged proportionately hisli , but the lots remaining unsold when the railroad was conudeteri , would , thereafter , fetch a much higher price , whether bon ?!; t or rented from Whitney and Co . The quantity of pnbii .: lands demanded by the # e grtPdysperuhtor # , wouldcutup intoseveral " stattf , " and . verv pr * b * bly will yet support a population of tne hundnd millions I Was not William the Norman a mere petty larcenist compared with Whitney ?

      Put the railroad is to become the property of the j United Stales ] Yes , the nominal property ; but . ! under any circumstances , the actual property will be Whitney and Co ' s . The United State * ' government troops , stores , &c ., will be transported duty free ; but the pr » S' . s » f ail other traffic will go into the rockets of the specuint-irs . In fact , the railroad is to be conveyed to ihe United States government , to protect it , at the national esi ense , for the benefit of the company . This is not all—provision bein ? made to enable Whitney ai ; d Co . to take possession of the land , railroad , machinery , and all , and them and their heirs to hoid the same as their sole and exclusive property for ever : AH the robbers , vii-atcs , and scoundrel * who havo exniaten their offences

      azainst . society by suffori ps the tost penalties of the law ( Judge Lyncli ' s la * included ) s : ace the foundation of tlie American states to the present time , lave—all their crimes put tore her—not commit * ed one millionth part of the outrage on society which this sshi > me would inflict , if carried rut . We are no admirers of Lynch law , I . at realiy even such law is much tco ^ ood for villains who dare to propose to rob the community of its aret nn-ans of existence , and c « in « iun millions to t iat state of slavrrv winch the landk-s pwr of New York , as well as tic " landless ptor of Liveip : >' , are doomed to . Recently WLiiney visited . N ' ew York , in ol > i . iin popular suiiport fur his pst project , n : \ & with thai Tleiv a pnMie meeting was held in a lan ? e b : ii ! dii . i-

      callri ) the Tabernacle . The major of Niw York « r . s tailed to the rha ' r . supported l ^ a l ' . ost of disrev-ut ' able p < - -litic :: < ns smil i . ablie pint ; dcrvre ; all " honourable men . " oi coarse . Mr . Whitney , wu .. is described bv Tovntj America as " a u :: pper , rotund , and rathtr shrewd liwking gontlcman , about £ « s feet four inches , who did not tei-ia as if he had c-ver bf . cn short « . n rent-day , or known what it was to want a supper ;" explained Lis scheme . After explaining all the advaniaaesof the said scheme , uo'itfcal , commercial , moral , an-i religions , Mr . \ V . gave place to Mr . Lmiis I ' yekman , ( agrarian reformer , ) who in a masterly speech * how « l up the wickedness o ' the project , and concluded bv nii ; vln < r " a . « trin < : <•! * resolutions , exposing and c ] enonin : i > i : it . Mr . Cosnmorford ( a . r . ) ros" ti # s-cond tii ^ resolutions ;—but here a fcci . e <>{ cwifusion ensued , caused by the determination « -f the "n «* e : ables" m « b n < 't to allow . Mr . Conimcrfoi ( J

      to speak . The working vawi were as determined that he shmilil tj tak , and , beim the mpjority , the " re ? iH-ciab ! c " fnund tlicv mu * t i-ithcrtive \ v « y to fair pluv , or run fur it . They preferred tbelaiicr ; as ) d Wnitiieyand his . issociait-s , the may * ami the rest of the "respcctablts , " precipitate " } - withdrew , amidst-thejeering anu clicerini of the working kipii . Mr . liyckman v . ir now raVeis to t'je chair , and Mr . Ciiinmrrfi > rd iiad cdminc : ipc > d addrcsslns ; the meetint ' wiien ths sas was turned off . It , appears that Whiimy had - ^ iven initructions to turn tli' the gas , if any oppo-i . ioi ! t « i iiis scheme shouht i > e manifest- d ; bat tliis : was ai first picvcuted by persons wiio wereaware ol the di * £ r » reful \< li \; tho- ' Wh'taty gans . therefiivis , "ehutolr" the gas outside the huiuliu ^ ~ Th « sEie < - 'tini' was not lornr in the «! arJi ; in a few seconds t ' uc Tabernaeli ? , by the aid of " locc-foco matches , " va illuminated i . y eandle-li-ht . Mr . Comnieifur . l than

      coiitjnueu nis sptf eh . and the res dutions , a 3 follow * , were unaiiimon-ly adoptel : — Tliat ; s Snlimi H : iirond ou ^ l ; t to be the i » roporiv ot the nation , or the jiroptrty of the Stu ' es through whicli it < li » uli pnsr—that the prnpir m = ans for coiistruetiiis- a railroad is a tax on the jieopie at hrjrH , or on thtis-.-States to he benefited by tli < road—nutl that a yt > y-.: t oi this n ; s inita-Je ou ^ -bt not to be ( Kit-red up u by Cot : ;; rejs without nr .-, t ; u » iniitt : u ; it to the direct vote uf iht p-. Ojtk-. Ti ; : it while we : ire eiua-cd in a iv ; ir , supported by 6 o'ii . ? iuflaential j . iuroals , with the avotreu ol'j-.-ct vt Entailing upon thec .. untry a national de't of t-ne hundrd'i and n : ty million dol : ars , co near project of itjih ) . dilurc not : ir ,-., i 1 utely iu-ee ? farj ? slioul 1 : or one l : i-.: ii ; i ; iit be en ' . ertained bj Coi : ; ress . Thai a ivittiinui iU-bt is a natiiinal curse , whicli ou ^ ht on ii » i nct « cccto be t . lent d ty a rrimblic , unless i » pr < s rve if . existence in a case ;;> ju = t that j- . o ^ tcrHj wt'uld aci ;! . < ir . l . . Ml «(; theiunici- of th < - ! ax .

      Th it tlie incri .-iMng evils of lami roouopoly aro t . ow f ( pji lpaUe ana alarming that the public lunls vt tUt Unitel Stitvs ou ^ lit heurefiTtli to bi appr ^ jiri itcil v ^< u sivcly for the irt-e use of the lan . lk- 'S in liir . !'< ii < i ( untitiv > . and thar n : iv pr . ipositioa to ali' -nit * th' -m fir any nt ' M'l purjios .- onglit to bo W « . . ]; s d Bp » a us k > i attt-riipt at pub ) i < planner of thf mo ? : glaring magnitude . That ihe prominent truth is « o * v bring acknau-Ieo ^ ei that every adult , lorn upon ti ; e soil , has a ri ^ -l . t t < dera : iinJ if t ! ie state the iree usa of land upr , n wl > : di \ i proturra sutsisunee . and that if any farther olis ! :: cK-s In thrown in ; lie way to the Jreedom of ths puL-iic kn . - s , th » landless n ; as ; C 5 win have si-lalm difficult to be resisted for the us- of tliiHtartst uncultivated land to the ;* Iacc of their l . Jrth .

      That Ccngrtss ought h fix upon a site fur a railiraj to Or . goii , atd to survey the Lmd-. a < : y » ccnt iu firms r . nJ lots f ,, i the free and t-xrlusive use of actual srttltis , nr ; or . eof whoai should hoU or even v' >« stss more than . mi farm or lut ; that a laudtd < 3 enn , cr .- . cv might be sm-n-liacross tfcisi-ouiinent-wh ., woo ! ., do * their M . are t-. w-O marim ? a r .-. i ! roa 4 . and what wouW be far wore implant woul-1 cuotribute iu ; tr . eustl y to the spread of a ivi- ' i ! ieUHXtaev t :-. tl ; e « tresif confiuesof civilization . That for Cou ^ ress to Mvs-U to anj one i ; . au or -m \ let o ! ijjcnt ! ie pour , i to £ ell the public lands to mak .- i laiinay , stid llius tax tJie cultivators of the sonVsc ' tirely for thai purjjose , would be to enable CoaimGrCi to charge labour too dearly , and would ht tar wt treat a stretch ol power .

      That Coamorce hasal « avsbeen ? tco mueli and Lshot-. i too liuleeau-red forby govcrnmeHt , « nrt it is t , ow ti :.-: ! f jr labour io 5 [« ak out fearlessly and vinillcatv its righto . That while a system remains amon ^ us hv wiiel some , with no demtrit on theirown jiart , areb : ; jn in tin liousfs of other j * . ij . lt , landless » nd in I ' lverty , W-Ui no right except to waik the high-nays au I by-ways , and w-i ' , of the { KHsces ^ rsoftbeboHsw , Is-nd * and property , oread or wotk ; wM ' . a c'ier ; , for no rot rit of Mctr OK . t . art bora in pic-scfsioti of many houses a : sd m : ich Inni , . mi ! " ' - t'O ^ viU of a thousand men's life-l-u ? toil - while a * :. £ : «« m unnatural aai unjust as this exist . - , instead of akLiug the g-. n-rai government to charge , tr ' Jca-gatc Me jiutj-tr to chaise , two or three han-ii td aoiUrs ior ; i " raj , it w odld be far more wise , equitable and justf . T th « \ of x « - « r Tort , and especially the city of N \ h Yo-k to demand tlut the land be made free , au ' l to fur . iidi our Vtitiiu laudIeM "tu . ns , vith tbe means of tmigrattog That if Congress , ( whose riglit to io thi ? act we denv . ) BdenMCBoi aUj 5 stic , w right , and of every wnabUcan

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      principla , votes this immense tract of land to Mr . WhUnej and his associates , we most firmly hops that the first crop gleaned therefrom , will be one of determined Anli-R < nlers . That His a virtual denial to the lBhab \ tant « of VheYast rogion proposed to be thus granted , hnd to th-ir descendants for ever , of the right to self-govirnmtnt- , the tiaht to make their own laws ; delivering them body and soul to the bondage of labour to avoid placing them in the cruel gripe of a company who . by the very nature of the t ; oure created by this grant , could have no relation to tlie pecple , but that of the usurer to his dupe and victim —of the tyrant to his slave—of the Tultura to his prey ; and farther . ^^

      That gnch legislation is not more tyrannical , impious and anti-republiean than it is disgraceful an au outr . ije upon common sense , —as an endeavour to build up " a lnnd monopoly—a blasting and withering curse , whose foundations are crumbling and whose walli are tottwing to their fall , assailed by tin tears , the groans , the curgvs and maledictions of its starving victims , and the enlightened reason and benevolent inspirations of the good and « reat throughout the civilized world . That this meeting condemn the conduct of the Mayor , "Mr . Whitney and his associates , " in inviting the people to c insider their project , and when they found the opinion of the au'lience adverse to their plan , endeavour , ing by riisorpanizing the meeting ; and ordering the extinction of the lights , to prevent a public expression of that opinion .

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      MOVEMENTS OF TIIE WEEK . The accounts contained in the Paris papers of the rise in the price of grain arc really alarming . Sentence has been pronounced on the leaders in the bread riots at Btizanciis . Three have been c § ndemned io death , four to the galleys for life , and the others to impr isonment and hard labour . If these sentences are carried into execution , we hope that the people will do themselves justice b y elevating , < 7 la lanterne , the first batch of monopolists they may have the power to pa ? s ' senteuce upon .

      Mrs . Munoz was to leave Madrid on Monday last for Paris , whither she has been preceded b y Count Bresson . According to accounts from Madrid , the disgust of the young Queen to her husband had g-jne so far that she rad resolved to apply to the Pope for a divorce . All personal communication between the hapless couple has long ceased , and they very seldom see each other , though occupying the same palace . Behold the moral result of the intrigues of Louis Philippe , Gu zot , and the she-beast , Christina 1

      The prospects of the insurgent Junta at Oporto are , on the whole , brighter . The last of the government steamers had joined the Junta ; on the other hand , one of the Junta ' s steamers , the Duque do Porto , had been wrecked , with the total los > of all her hands . General Povoas , formerly a Miguelite partisan—a very able and accomplished soldier—h » s taken the command of the insurgent army . Saldanha has not moved . It was believed that Povoas would t : > ke the initiative in bringing on a combat .

      The ex-Miuisters of Bavaria have published a very affecting address iu relation to the Lola Montes affair , which they describe as " the greatest calamity which could have ever afflicted Bavaria . " We must express our doubts of this ; we fancy a rise in the price of beer would he regarded by all good Bavarians as a much greater calamity . Tlie Spanish , dancer has only , thus far , excited threats and window-breaking , whereas the great Beer qtieft ' -on excited a veritable insurrection . French policy is producing a harvest of anarch y in Greece , and infamy in Algeria . Disorganization | and menaced revolution in one country , and razzias I in the other , combine to add fresh laurels to the i wreath won hy the " Napnleon of P « ace . "

      President Polk demands three millions of dollars ( with a prosvect of getting them ) to buy peace with Mexico . If Mexico ' s in the market for sale , then , of co :: rse , Santa Anna is ihe seller . We will believe in the Mexican general ' s treachery when an accomplished fact , not before . This war is costing the United States i :: > : aense sacrifices in men and moncv .

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      FRANCE . Jnv . Scarcity . —The liefonnc of Monday lia * the fallowing on the .-t . i ! e of the corn nvirket : — *• The ri-eis makin ; , ' tr ;; ly fearful progress . Very Iar ^ e .-. rrivals from abr ad can al-ne cheek it . Unforiulsately the quantitif s of grain announced are of no jrreat importance ; most of them , besides , already have their destination . They are already sold ; souse ¦' to municipalities at ; d societies of assistance in the ! departments of the interior , and will not , therefore , ! influence and check the prices by . their arrival . " Tho \ continued rise in the price of corn is not confined to Parishut rxtcndsthv !! t

      ; , ough > : France . Disturbances j h consequence continue . Tr-njis of unemployed j artisans and labourers are ranging the conntri-, ' de-• riiandin ? and taking bread . I « - CTftR * Refobm . —M . Duvergierde Uauranno ' s j Electoral Hvfurm BiJJ , wbieh has " b-oti twice before ! the Chatukr « lurii : i ; lisa present Ministry , was j ironght btfore the Itorcniix ' on Saturday , and gave i ri-e to a very animated discussion . Out of 301 mem-! bens present , 161 voici ! for the reading of the propo-: sition . and TH 7 against it ; .-o that M . Duvergicr de j Kaur . ir . n 3 had a majority of 33 votes , i SPAIN .

      Queen Chmstika . with her husband , was to have . left lor Paris o > i Monday last . It was rumoured in ! Paris on Sunday , thac in Cok ' tlonh and the linxque , provinces the Carlists had a < -s :-tnl >! cd in urcat force , I and that all cominunioation bjt ve < n the frontiers ot France and the Spanish capital was conscqucutlv stoppcl . ltuin « . M ! s were also ali-at of the > eizure of I sKveral towns in Catalonia , the ili ;; iit of the :, utlio-| rities , the piliagc ot public treasure , & ; . \ PORTUGAL . i the civil w . m . ! Oror . Tf > , Feb . 21 . —Marsha ! SaMnnlia . with 7 000 \ t « en . S « j « <> t wht-v . j are cavr . iry . is a ; Vcndas Novas ; and Ohveirade Azemcis , three or four ltayues south ' of Ojiorto . j Gcm-ral Casn ! , who prepo ^ cd makin :: a stand lasaiust Dss Antris . it Viauna , h ; : 3 aba ' . ! d » ned that icity . lie made a show of fiulitin ^ at Ponie dc ; Luna , l ? avins 200 ji . cn in ' . he Castle of Viannabut

      ; en the approach of I ); ls Antas , he broke down tlie ; bridpe , and icteattd to ! ha fn-ntittat . Valcnca . Dis Aii ? as ; did nor pursue him , ami es-tered in triumph iiilo Vi i : ma , and w . in preparing to redti' -e the casUc , wlun he tcwivcrl s-even-l ur ? cut « lc » pit"hcsfivim tin . luiita recalling him to Oporto . It was thotiL-ht thai Ca ? al ' s mwements were ffinis to draw lias Atitas away ft cm this city , and givn time to SaMar . ha to , cross the river and intercept him . Das Anta * obeyed , ; ai . 'l he and his divisi n of 2 OnO n ^ n are in Ojici to , ; • = !¦ ' ! at Villa X iva de Fatuiicao , a gllort diatnr . ee : fi'i-m it .

      i I he 'i'Jcen s cause has received a great blow hv ¦ U : e dc .-cnion of the Port (¦ Mtiamcr . Tliix merchant l : wit i .. v \ been liire-t at ; Lisbon , and iittcd-up us a i war sicr . TntT , and was very useful in carrying dci spatclieMiiinj tlnco : > st , nt-dassistiiic in Use blockade . On k-aviiu- Vigo two days since ths steward ami cr ? wnn : ! init"j . ovenowiM ' d tiie officer ? , and then I ' .-ouglit tli ! . ' 1 ' nrfo iii ' ollic Dmno at . d surrei . dcved ; her to the Juuia . The Junta has now four sf i tuners ! —the . Mill ; e !! a , P . - , rto , Duke of Oporto , and tlie I V < . -suv ! i : s ; w'lil . i tlie Qiten !> ns none , utile . « . s , as it is ¦ rumonicil , she has hir . d tha Royal Tar . Oporto is ffrffctl " . IVattOllil . and lln > fif . v ulinndjnth- tim . K .-.. 1 j tfifccth iv . ittqmland ihe city abundantly supplied

      , . : The Du !;» . of T ( rccira and other prisoiicrs have been : veiilOTfd from tlie cast ' -e of tV . o F . z to t ! ie city prison . ; 'racy nrc- well treated . The Qutcn . it is said refused ¦ ' o « -sfha ; j » c Iiimfim and the prisoners bf Torres ; Ve has f » r the Duke . : The J-uita lisa seized on all l ; ii ! s comin « . ' due in i the Bank here of the Hank uf Lisbon . This haul and ; the receipts of the Cu ^ lnm-bou-e , wiiich have bien j co :: f-nera ! i ! e on impons and exptuls , j ; i ye thtm for the rsttcnt abunt ' aitt funds . Several . Miguelite uari t : s ; in 3 are actiu ,- nmUr tlie Junta , but no union bei twciui ti : em has taken , or will take , pl .-ice .

      j BELGIUM . 1 The Faui . ve . —The greatest agitation prevails all : over IJckium in consc » iu ; j' . « a of jhe high prices and ; Nearness offend . T ;« .- Bclaian pater , ave full ot detaiiicf rising pric- ^ of grain end popular conimoticaa .

      SWIfZERLAXD . Communism is SmTztiaASD . — 'Ilieofficial jmrnal ol Darni 3 ta-. lt rf the 1 st publishes a decree , orderine all workniL-a , natives of the grand duchy , w ! o are in Switzeriaud , to qui :, ti . ; i t country iiiit : jc

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      accompanied by the townspeople paraded the streets shouting for the prodsrorg . They next proceeded to the residence ot Senora Lolo Montes , uttering seditious cries and threits . and broke her windows . The military , who wese immediately summoned to arms , could not prevent the rioterg from breaking the windows of several other houBes and public establishments , and even those of the ro ; al palace were not spared . On the 2 d other gathenng 3 took place in the public thoroiifthf ires , and many more seditious cries arc stated to have been raised ; but the troops had been kept in their barracks , the town-euard had been called out , and no violence was committed . On the 3 d the city was auict .

      UNITED STATES . LivERraot , Wkdxesday . —By the arrival of the packet ship Henry Clay , Capt . Noye , from New York , papers to the Sth ult ., inclusive , have been received , but their contents are unusually meagre and unimportant . From the seat of war there is not any intelligence worthy of notice . The Army Bill , empowering tlie Executive to raise ten additional regiments liad not been carried throusb . the Senate . The Three-million Loan Bill wa « creeping slowly through its various stages .

      A dreadful steani-hiat explosion took place near Mobile on the 28 th ult ., by which a number of lives were lost , arid several persons severely wounded Ihe boiler first hurst , and the bnat afterwards took nre . and blew up , Having gunpowder on board . The pas sengers amounted to about 100 , of whom it is estimated at least 30 were killed .

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      The Jews ix Sweden . —Stockholm , Feb . 2 U —The elders of the Jewish communities in Stockholm , Norkoping , and Gnttcnbnrg , have addressed petitions to the Government , praying for equal risrhta with the other Swedish subjects These petitions are referred to the Board of Trade to make a report upon them . Great Flood in Hungary . — Letters from Prosburgls , Hungary , mention th » destructive effects of an inunoaiion in that country . The waters were out for several days , and at one time the river bad swollen to 20 feet in heidit .

      Rome —A snow-storn of unusual seventy has visited Rome . ] St . PETBn ' # . —Tlie two shapeless blocks meant for Peterand Paul , standine on each side of the ascending steps before the portico of St . Peter ' s at Rome , have received notice to quit , and will be replaced before Easter by two mirh ' e statues of somewhat different taste , from the chisels of Fabris and Tadulint , the one director of the Belle Arti , the other a scholar ot Canova . These modern productions are on a colossal scale ; each figure is nearly twenty feet in vcrticnl height , though a single block from Carrara . Each cost 12 . 000 dollars .

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      Ma ^^ MMl ^ iH ^ HMHaMH ^ MMHMMNMMI ^ M ^ nM ^ M ^ WHa ALARMING DISTRESS IN MANCHESTER . MEETINGS OF THE UNEMPLOYED . A public meeting of the unemployed took place on Thursday , March 4 , in Stevenson ' s-square . Mr . W . Dixon \ V . 1 S called to the chair , and said , perhaps there has been no period since 1820 when the factory operatives were suffering so much as at present . I believe , that out of 170 mills , there are now 2 Gstisndin ? altogether . Some of those mills have been standin * for upwards of eleven weeks , and I leave you now to judge what must be ; the condition iof tho operatives and their families who were employed in those mills . There ate upwards of seventy mills working from two to four days per week ; and 1 ask , is it not time that something should be done to ameliorate the condition of tho working classes in the

      inanufaetunng districts ? Mr . S . Clark moved the first resolution : — That , in the opinion of this meeting , it is the duly of government to protect the working closes against all monopolies , inasmuch at tho monopolists of cum nnd cotton possess within themselves the power of throwing the working classes out of employment , and of starving them into acts contrary to peace and order . Somo people denied the duty of the government to take care of the pp . ople , but , he thought it was itistituted lor the protection of * the people . Political economists said thutlhey would only have protec turn ior property . But what created property « Labour-aud the people were the labourers ; come ' '' " ent ly ., the 3 : 5 " : P «»« e « on from gove . C raetlt before It

      even property . was well known that t ^ machinery in cotton mills , that goods and warehouses and shops , were protect ed l , y UOvornment in preference to the labour of the working classes . Thev therefore claimed protection from government , inasmucli as all governments were founded on the princijjle of protection . They had laws of every description tor the protection of property , but none for the protection of tho working classes . The very fact of that vast assembly being compelled to live in idleness , and to starve , proved that tho working classes had no protection . It was tho duty of the government , if they did not compel the manufacturers to find employment for the people to find k themselves . A nrtWc lord had said that it was the duty of the

      government to remove the barriers to the people getting employment ; but they contended that since the people were shut out of the government , the government ought to find employment for them . lie thought it was a fact that the manufacturers * of this country , even those of Manchester , who had been contributing their five-and-tiventy pounds to the soup kitchens , hid made their tens of thousands by purchasing up the corn of the country . Up to the year Io 54 there was a law to imprison parties who bought corn , or made gain , in this Way , of any provisions whatever . This was not the case now , because political economists said that capital aust have its swing and be protected , and labour be left to co where it will , for what government caresIk

      . believed that it was the duty of government either to open provision depots , or to compel the parties who had bnught gram , to sell it at fair prices-suppose at an average of tiie last seven years . It has gone the round of the papers that a merchant in Belfast had j made £ 60 , 000 in three weeks , by buying and scHin ^ ! grain , and the same had been done in other places ! ; Government ought to prevent this , because it was an indirect robbery of the working classes by making j everything dear but labour , and then they generally found that the masters reduced the prit-a of labour , I and made it cheaper still . With respect to the inn-; nopoly of coiton , many believed that it was in consequence of this that the mills were working short | '

      i lime . That might be one reason , but there were a ! great many others . Government ought to put a stop i to speculation in cotton , inasmuch as there were i 70 , 000 per .-ons employed on cotton in Manchester i alone . He did not know the number in the whole ! manufacturiug district , but the political economists I asserted that tho people employed iu the cotton manufacture and trade were more than a majority of the working classes of the country . If that was the case , it was the duty of government to see that the people dependent on this great staple article were uot cttmyellud to stavve in vast masse ? , like that : whicli was there that day . , ] ¦ ' ' |

      ; Mr . 1 homas Jones said they had been led to believe i by certain politicians that , could we but extend our commerce over the whole { ace of the habitable globe , j the p « op ; e of England would become prosperous and ! happy , and plenty would be the lot of the toiling 1 millions . By a strange fatality , the people of England gave their assistance to the capitalists of ; this country to enable them to monopolise the whole ! track of Europe and of the world in their own grasp ; and now they were assembled to petition the House ot Commons to find the means of employment for the : | ieo | 4 > , that they should not lie down to die of starvation . These men were now asking for the reduction of the duty on tea , that tiicy might have all the trade to Chiiia in their grasp ; but , ' would the people be asaiu gulleMy these m » r , ? The free-traders of tliis country had ever been their bitterer foes—their

      most wtly enemies , and unless the working men of Manchester showed thorn that the homo market was i worth all the foreiun matkets in the world , they would ivainp ' etlu ! people in ; o the very dust of misery . The resolution said that government was bound to protect the people . Was nut government ordained for tho protection of life , liberty , a"d property ? : Theu why had not the lives of the labourers , and their cnly property , their labour , been protected ? Why were tbey left in the gwsp of any remorseless tyrant that thought proper to grasp the whole of this property aronnd us , tins buildings and the land ? It a man stole a grease-pot from a warehouse , not worth twop ? nce , the law punished him for the theft ; hut when masters reduced wages two shilling's or

      three shillings per week , which was robbery , no laws reached them . ( Applause . ) The sooner this system was destroyed , the better for the wholu lmnian race , hj the old law > .. f Englaud , before political eionmny was known , tlic hi bin r of the . English artizia was protected ; liy the laws ot England , " passed in what were called the barbarous middle ants , any man gamming in the food of tho people was cumneiled by law to forfeit tn government the whole of ' the coin lie had gambled in . and pay a fine of £ 20 for tlie hist tiffvnee ; for the second oftx-nce the corn was forfeited , and a fise ot £ 40 ; tor the third , beside the fitic . he was stuck in iho pillory and his cars cut off . [ A \ i . ice : .-arved him rfcht . ] This was one of the good old hws uf tho barbarous times , when men had

      the b , i : barons custom of eating piety ; and it would Ijc a glorious thing if this barbarous custom as fro citing were again in fash inn . The working man , ; in the middle ages , obtained as much loud lor one ' . lay ' s labour as h « does now lor nine days' work . ( Hear . ) With the rise and progress of the middle classes in England , would bo found t ! iu decline and dowrffal of the working claisus . As the middle classes sprnu >! up into manufacturers and merchants , the workmen sunk down from independent : labourers into paupers and b .- < :-gars . The middle classes had wrung their lortutics outol the blo :. d and bones of the working classes , and then k-ft them to degradation , misery , and starvation . ' 1 he resolution said ii was the iiutv ot government to protect the people against all mono , yojips . Tiie anii-cicn law U-a « uovs hail toW them , tli ; it , it there was a duly on foreign bhoes , thu hnglish shoemakers would have a monopoly : or it

      lv Kiisii manufacturers had a duty on foreign cotton go . nls , or English fanners upon foreign corn , that th-. se were monopole-t . But he ( Mr . Jones ) said thc > c were not- wmniulie . * . 11 « called it ; i monopoly wlieu a few men like Sir Joshua Walmsloy pot together , and got Jai « e quantities of corn , . -. m ) a » rced t > keen : ip piic-s . When such num as toWen and Bright civet factories and employ lalrmi-erx , : hkJ prevent you labouring for yourselves —( li'senrc motiopolii ' r ' , and theseare the int > nun- > lies we must destroy . ( Anplause . ) We want Urn governnic : it to ile-troy th-u monopolies . : n > H to llnd cmp . oviiicnt tor the ; H . -rt | . lc , They had the means in Uicir own hamls , and were , tUevefovo , bound to proteet tiie people ; and ( hoy could give them no jirou-etion exce ; it by ' . 'mnloyitig ti . cir labour , am ! thus prevent sue )! men as Bright and Cfcbdcti from making ti . rtunes of the bones and sinews of working nun . ( Ai . p i nu . « . ) Ik seconded the resolution , which [ ttsv ' d un : iimno < i .

      ft ' . r . Jambs Clarke moved the second resolution : — llittt wliiie „¦ :: a ( l ! .: iMhe principle of equal « chaiig « 8 , ami ciutmetl y deny raisin- any barrii-rsor ob-tju-les to lra < U ' , we protust H (; -. ii , st , hc prlSfnt spacious nnd cutiriCMiis system ofcommevce . nRit prevents tlii t-qnitaWe di . tributi .-n Uf , irui- . s of industry , destroys the homo market . Hn , l lirivej tll , p ,-0 ( iU ( , cr 8 of we . llth ; nt 0 pons : n an-. ' crime . It had long be ™ assorted that the working classes wits so Wi a * to rairo obstacles and barriers to trar , c sadranjsiei-ce : but they now stated publicly hntt , cy PMed tliatmin has an undoubted right ocxclmop l-k thoughis , lanjnape , production in trade . ar . d j-v orj l ! . » ng else , without let or hindrance and that t ! ii-y were much belied by thwowho . ai . t O | iosra to f )

      ne ^ cro . | e « a | exchanges . It was a Divue com ,. : j , « l that m ,,, should earn his hrcad bv the swa . At hia braw ; hut who bad sit that coinitmnd a dwniwo ? Thc ari 8 tocraoy of tI hJ » til W or * , and tho lund-lioWor » . ~ in fact , all the r . ca ol no J . uU ; Mid in doinp so , they had eet at dei . itico Jio fust pnrioipiesof politicaleconomy . They to , l us twro muBt be capital . -wralth wived nnd put bv .-tliat people i « i Kht become refin-d ; that there miglit he something to fall back upon in times ol famine amUcamt y . The people fully admitted mis ; b . itvuraUavk wlio had the most jt ' iss right to i . iis wealth , ( hose who nevtr produced a pin in their lives , wn > l ? iuj . se who produced all tho wealth of the ration wnv . lelr , whenever these periodical convulsions came , to stai-ve , w submittod to be innmiretl Witiit )! t ! i <; walls ot workhouses ? Ho contended that tlin working | icr . p ] e should have this wealth in tlwiv

      own nanus , t ' . . tall back upon in such convulsions > oono with the least sense denied tho principle of a ( air exchange ; out they denied the right , of a man who had nsTer produced a pin , because his lather had MtHtesedwearttt , to appropriate it to himself , not havni tf earned it , but got it under the name of protit . ihismnn stepped in between two producers , uo < J sai-J , ' 1 will take the coat , hat , and shoes you

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      haVo inaue , and I will find you customers for tln-m ; but I will give you tho lowest possible price , and cut you down untilyou have scarcely sufficient left to buy the commonest necessaries of life , and you and youi famil y shall always be on the very verge of des'itu-* ion , —that 1 may soil these things dear and take the profit or difference between the exchange , r-nd place it in my pocket , or in the bank , and by thesimeans place you in a continual state of ihvery ar . d subjection . There was a wide difference between just cxeh » nuo and the present specious system of trade , which takes ( Vora a man tho produce of his industry , and barely allows him to exist . It was hieh time a stop were put to this . Men should not hold tins power to say to the working classes , We want yon no more ; < ro and starve or be immurd in

      work-, ; hoHBes . " Again , capitalists had the legal power to buy up all the wealth and all tho corn in the country A . C tins time , Mr . Sturpc stated , that there was a * greater amount of corn in the country than for some years ; and yet while this was thc fact , ihe governmont had been compelled to alter tho laws on corn still the workin ? people wero no better ; thc rubbery was only shifted from one class of men to another ; and he held it would be far letter if tho aristocracy held it in their hands , than that these freetraders or freebooters should have the power to buy up corn and starve the people . ( Applause . ) Again , here was a large assemblage , all out of work . What was the actual loss of production and of wealth to the country by their being unemployed ? The

      capitalists paralysed tho exertions of the working classes , and hindered them from having things necessary to life ; and the people must be determined to put an end to this state of things . ( Applause . ) Few present did not want a , good suit of clothes . When he wrote to John Watts , to a-k if ho . had any " ork to spare , he replied thnt he had not ; that his shelves were full and he wanted customos . Yes ; and tailors were walking about wanting coats , while hebad plenty on his shelves . Was not this monstrous ? 11 thc devil himself came on earth and planned jv state of society as horrible as possible , he could not have devised any more horrid than this

      that those who produce food should be walking about Starving , and those who produce clothing should be walking about naked . While three million pieces of calico w . re in our pawn . warehouses in Manchester , the very weavers' families were destitute of gowns , shirts , and chemises , and their beds of sheets . Despite what Ilunry Brougham , and Roebuck , and the whole circle ol political economists , might sayf the neople were not about to undergo a legitimate thinning or starving to death , as they were standing it in Ireland . The people here would not lie murdered out of existence , that Lord Brougham might receive out-door relief to the extmt r . f

      £ 5 000 o . year ; lor if his lordshi p ' s principle were correct , that no able-bodied . labourer ousht to receive out-dnor relief , Henry Brougham might to give up his £ 5 , 000 a vear . ( Applause . ) lie had calculated that , if at work , he could have clothed sixty , seventy , or eighty people comfortably : but these were denied this clothing by this infernal system of trade and commerce , which must have an alteration ; and he swore here to-day that we would have an alteration . ( Applause . ) We must have it ; for he would rather submit , to the bayonet or thc bullet , or to be sabred , Ihnn see his inn > ily starve , ( Ai > * plmsc . ) The tendency of such a state of things was to drive the people into pauperism , and Ihe next step was into crime ; for there wasa point bo ^ ond

      whiclilndinerence wiisimpossible . ( Hear . ) He , fin ' one , would not submit to be pauperised or confim-ii within tho walls « f a workhouse , that people who had reape < i thu rewards of our industry roiuht rot in luxury . The tendency of the free-trade measures was to open tho ports of thc world . For whom ? For the middle classes , that they might freely trade and traffic in the productions of the working classes of every country —( hear )—and bring luxuries to their own house ? , and live sumptuously , while the . producers were driven to starvation . This was the only tendency of the present free-trade measure ; and the proof of it was , that every year , just in proportion as our production increased . ' the

      consumers in our homo market , decreased . Thus , bva strange fatality , they first cried out " Production , production , " and then they cri . il ' Consumption , consumption , " for everybod y but the people ot this country . Thousands were every year thrown out . of the consuming market . Three million pieces of calico were put into the pawn-warehouses , that the people might be starved down and driven out of the consuming maaket . lie to ' . d these people , that they must either let us into the pale of the constittit-on , that we intent have latvs pas-cd for the protection of the people , or it would bu the bounden duty ot government to step in and protect the people . —( Hear . )

      Mr . Donnelly seconded the resolution , which passed unanimously . The Chaihman said , since ho had taken the chair , some perstn hud handed up an anonymous letu-r , suggesting a resolution which the meeting niidit deal with as they thought proper . It was— ' That tliis meeting laments most siiictvely U ; hi our go . vtrntnent daes not put those laws in force sg !' . in ? t forrstiilliiigaMl monopoly in grain , when our viai-chowc ? in Liverpool and Manchester are cont \ ilttelj foil of pv « m , thc owners ot' which aro the Anti-corn Law 1 . ; aj / uc , that called out so much a ; roir . st sin ; pcor fas me :- sr . d the lime ! , lord , as being monopolisers . That the poor .-. to now starving in thc midst of pli-nty , au-l thnt this ni ' . ' -tini prays the legislature , that our government wi ! l imiru--tliatcly put the laws into force . ( Applhuse ) A youn < . ' man named William Xixox mcved the third resolution : — .

      That as machinery has greatly $ upem « i 1 c < l manual labour , and may be iiicreuycd to an imHmirei ! extent , and consequently reduce tho toi . iti !» minima to the lowest depth of soc i al misery ; wo thtroforc call upon the ^ oviniment to find employment for thc people on the lauri , « here they would produce food for their relief ; unite ngricuiture with manufactures ; create a homo cons-. mij . tum for tnemsulves ; and nni ' . o tlio hndoivaci-s am ? the psoplu in the bon-ls of mutual interest . Guvornment , whose dnty it to to protect the reopUf . having neglected that duty , they had a right to tell government they would to prot ? ctcd , nnd in what way . If there wero no labour in the manufacturing towns , they had a right to say to Rovenunent , " Hero ii ' . ti ' . o land ; it is our own ; and we have a i-i- ^ ht to b <> plsc-d upon the land , to cultivn ' . c it for ourselves . " Tho premier had introduced a measure to relieve tho poni of Ireland by sivirg them land to cultivate : ;> . \ l V

      we have land in Knslnm ! , and peop ' e BUeniploycd , government liaviyg put tho Irish upon their sni ! , eu ^ ht to pu t the English upon their own soil in this country , to cultivate , lie did not think tknt anv witicti would lw taken of thu resolution ;; of this met ting by tha government ; but that would only prove that the working men of England ought to take their affairs into tlu-iron-u hands . " It would prove tha * tho foyernment cared nothing at all about them ; anything , in its view , was more \ ahuible in tho state than tho working classes . If government did not use then- endeavours to remove i ho distress , it would only prove their inability to be legislators and statesmen ; and that if the wonting men of linuinnd were onlv placed in power , m hud tn elect their own lcialato ; v , they could not choose worse men than the present . ( Applause . ) Mr . I'mrpssvconde'd tb *> rPFo ' . nli : ) n

      Dr . SioriY , in moving tlio < 6 urt ! ire \ ilnliosi . said that it einmtdied tlie letter whivh had boen read to the meeting . He believed that if the law of Elizabeth , against forestalling , had been iu force n-iw , there would have been no ouoasion fs ; r large meetings on account of our fallow creatures starving on all hands , lii his oji ' ion , capital was thc cause of the present miseraMi -tato of the country . This had blasted many things boaiitooiis , and fair . The power of tho Qu ea anil hi ; r ministers w ; n Jimited ; i-ut . ,-hat limit was tlicio io the power of capital ? He supposed that it would ho considered histhly criminal

      t « ht * f * f \ Iflrlli Irwifa 1 ^ It'ltli *) \ n > il ! r * -m . - » i- **^« A .. . _ « . __ -. _ for . 50 indivnlunl ^ , with 2 " i million-i .-if money , tt > piirolmao ull Lliu staple commodities of lii ' o , and ' no * - allow them to ho di .-tribtitod to a starving peoj . lc ; ami that it 50 bcavs or tigeva . or s > uch savage animals , were ; o come into tho town of Manchester and devour or destroy all they came at , all the newspapers would exhibit the greatest horror ; but was not the case of Use capitalists like these cases , and \ v : « it tmt just to coma to the conc l usion that murder lav at thc door ot those who had been forestalling a \ A laying up bres ' d stuffs , while their fellow creatures were i-iui ?) " . - . way ? He concluded by

      moviKgThat a petition founded on thc fjregoinp rcso 3 uti-, ns 1 > 3 sent from tlits melting , signed by the ei-. uii'man cm behalf of the me 6 tiii , ami that the same te St . lit forthwith to T . S . Diineomhe , Esq ., tor i > r

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      • <» r «» ulii , | . , ' , itc . Furtl »« r . nove , tlio netniMwrii litliev-d tmit maohinfrj : li : i < l givmly superseded manual labour * and miRht be inureiised to nn illimitable extent , ro :. » to ¦ Irive thfc working vlnsscs to pauperism nnd crime- Hnj thry tlierefur « proved Hie huuia to plaoo tho « uri , ! ul la ' . iouihrs uf ttic ctmnlry on tho land , whers thty would produce fed for tin tr . jolvt ^ , unite agricultural and nianuwMorinj * inilustry , orontc u home conruraption , and .. ¦ l . ii . 'ii at oiiiN ! the landtiv / ners nnd people in the bonds of mutual sympathy und interest . An : l believing that iha lauded prupric-tors wore , or ought to be , the natural jiroteetoiMoft ' . ie p'oplo , and tliut there wag mi affinity with t . lkir interest * which did not exist between the industrious clnmes aud tins capitalwU , who could atanyunio vinigruto with their accumulated wealth , and leave di « | i-o ]> lc to be snp ; i . ' r : cd i : j- tha land , they hoped thutthts * thinj ; * would be takoninto careful considerniion , so tlmt the itrer .-st . t of the people , and of their Ii-pitiinute pn > tfftnra , might not bcsuciifiucd to the aggrandisement ••"

      a Glass . Tin ; speaker , having read tlio petition , proceeded to ask what woro the causes of the suffering whi' -. 'i they had met to ask Pnrliainent to alleviate . Tlio fact is , that tin w whole misery lay in ovot-produotiori . Thoy li : i ! produced more than the wbolo world could consume , and , having no power to distributtttU-. \ t vpval'li , they were left to starve in tlio midst of the wealth they had created . There iv : » jin this ( Quntry m ^ Vianical power equal to 800 , 000 , 000 ol human beings . One human being could supply the wants of three , so that they had power enouuii to supply 2 , 400 , 000 , 000 persons . The whole population o . tlio gloiM uniouiitvd to 800 , 000 , 000 , so that by the power of England alone they could

      " \ ono y « nr glut the markets of the world wj l i suihiiifut produce to supply it for three years . *> hy , wo had now a greater amount of commerce than any nation iu tho world ever had before ; and we hao more uii-ery , suffering , poverty , and d-Rraelation than there was ever before . Liverpool afforded a striking illustration of this fact . Magnificence ana squalor were there to bo scan . Forty thousand pr-rsons were livinc ivi cellar .-, and the dock ? , the w ; n-ehnuses , and tlirt public buildings provni r . h : it . ero ^ t wealth existed there ; but the wealth was c « nfined to tlio few , ui . d the masses were iuvoivi ,-d m inixery . GoverHtnetil , however , had the power i , i improvintr the condition of iho penplo , by calling into c . vhteiue the cultivfition ol tho waste lands ol En . aland ; they had tho powur of maiiing them (; iia

      working classes ' ) walk about in idleness , to make wealth for themselves , and improve the home markets . Theus weva 15 , 000 . 000 acres lying waste , and capable of being brought into cultivation : —if they were aifoved to cultivate that land , they could improve the faeeol England , make the people hapiiy and independent , bacorue good customers for the homo markets , and set commercial and manufaeturhu capitalists at defiance . They must show governmint that they wore determined ' no lousier to submit I ) the presentoapricirtUBsystem of commerce ; tliat political economy should no longer hold them down ia the dust of misery ; that thev were now beginning to think for themselves , instead of allowing the broadcloth to think for them ; that they were besinniiis to take the advice of Sir Robert Peel , and taking their own affairs into their own JiaikIs .

      Mr . E . CuoppKii Clahk said they had been told by political economists and others , tl . at if working men would be sober , careful , and industriouR , they would bti able to save and get on in the world . Now he had been workinj ! for eight years ; he had bee .-i all that time a sober man , and ho had been cndcavmirma to save ; but the tact was , that he was now just win re he was when ho set oat . ( Lani ; hter and rhcer-i . ) He did not expert much troin the House of Commons ; but they would maet and agitato , and force upon ! . vernin « nt the question , that the surplus part nt the population should be put upon the land .

      1 hero was no other way u ( remed ying the evil . ( Hear , hi-ar . ) Something must bo done for tho people . It would not do , in towns like these , to starve the peopU-. for months together , and then ( wa'o a state of things that they could not get justice , and turned out for revenge . Tiny wibhed to Vi ' viventtlm ; they did not wish to see the public peaco distur'ted ; but ho could not see why they ought to be goaded on to starvation -that they had any right to have soup iiclive . ed out to them by the hand ot charity , whonthcy were able and willing' to labur . °

      Mr . lloLDRN , a journeyman pattern designer , supported the motion at great length . Thc ivason why he was present tnat day w ; u , that England was ar , a ori-is uupar . ill led in her hisrory , and there was no cla < 8 that was not interested in the way in which the crisis should ter .-iiiiiatc . It" the advice given at the hist and juvsent meuting was acted on , namely , that all who w ; re i . ut of employment should co to the workhouse , and solicit that legitimate relief they were entitled to , he , as sv ratepayer , should be compelled to litll into their ranks . It scorned to him as it the workmen had iv-w g . > t something lika a scintillation of truth . Hitui . ' i-to they had becngu ) l >> dby the huinlnm of free truue . In the fable , it was stated tluit ihe A-jivts uvgiid thesl . ecp to avn » rate from the

      : ligS their protectors , on the ground that , there was no coiumuniiy ofiniL-rest . between them , aud when the cannins ; w . ilvos had succeeded in their object , thoy fell np «> n aiiii devoured Ui « dcfenceluss theup . The apitnlUts . had aetml ttio pavr , of the wolves . I iioy Uad . iO > . wwkiws nv n to believe vhnt thei r i » - tuccits and ihose uf their n-. tjral : irote-aor . » , the lando « -in-rs , wum tv > t ido : ti « : \ l , ami , when they had tilccfed a separation , they . ' ell upon the unprotected workmen , and butchered them . All nations which had eve ; - attained a high state of coiiimorda ! prosperity had afterwisrds .-sunk into uothinir . Thu

      meanins ; o : cosnmcrcial . uterprisie wai sc-iiulliiig- . It was based on thc sacriflt-e of th" intercuts of others . J . Ie war . not a patriot , for tiiat meant nationalism , he was a cojtnopoiite ; and ho said , it commerce was attcmied wstU injury tnothor .-i . abanlon it , anil trade no m . re . Sir J . isiuu Wi-. l mslcy litul sinre September last made ^ 100 , 000 by trading in thc fond of the people , and men ue j : avc £ 10 v > a beirgnrly soup kitchen . After alkdifiir to tilt- Teu llouiv , ' ilili , thy speaker .-aid , mllier than that thoy , their wives , their sisters , and their children , should labuir Cor more than ten hours a day in tho factories , let thum sink , and the waves ;; o over them .

      The CiiAiriMAs then put tho motion for the adopt ! > n ot the petition , which was carried amidst some ciweving . Mr . St :: i > iie ; Clmike proposed the luxt resf , ! uti < . j > , wlueh culled \\\ w \\ t-wry trade immediately to form a committee , ami out of it to appoint two members ( o act . as a central Ci-. mm ' fecjt ysv .-cton Friday evening . I ho sr . c- . kc : y . vd that the pivs-. nt commercial system was the nv-sl , iiiiVin-. il system iu tUc w ^ rld . When he ami others w iited ui on t'ia mayor , Io request him to convene a aiceting of tho uiK-inployed , his worship aud tho tovn-clork evijiued ' . he utmost indlflereiicc to their state and feelings . To m : il ; e an imptc ^ Um

      ! upon tUcin , thvy must , every mytlicv ' s s-on of th' -ra , i go to thu I'ooi- Law tjurti'dians —( clicors ) - — . iiid tell j tlie ; n Inat ' . lioy would : iot , be tivatvd ; vi wore tho ;• » yr ; iniseiablo creatures wim ciiine hero , and « l ; o wore ; within their ^ i- iup , but that they would have relief . ; ( Chcere . ) _ lie had agre"d to qo with his feliow-work-\ men , t ' . iv \ v . i would ni'vcr ree- > inineud others to Jo | what he would not d-i himself . If tlie proposed e . imluitiea worea » poin ( ed lliey would on ; an '<* 2 uko !; u- ; a i til . Lvp up an incjssaiit agitation . : Mr . Nixo . v scuoiided thonii ^ ion . He adviscti tho i worldns men to " agitate , agitato , agitato , " for chit aimie would do any good , uud incline « overiime :. i ; j hearken to them .

      The rcsjlmioii was carried unanimousl y , ard . •¦ he Chairman ex | iresse I a hope that they should have p . enty ot more yucnt-s before tu-morrow . ( CheerO Air . St . iu > -y r . ext addrc-iscd the mectinc at eoii'ij leniMe lo . igth . lie tiioiiglit the . o ought to K town a r ccouimcndation to govcmiucat , in the i-tiwon adopted that mm-mng , to bilkt all the u-. vmliWye . l upon t ! i--. so who h . t . l nn . j . jriv uuJiiuIcut , ma N » mc ns they would billot s--J . Jiers imon tho t 9 WB ( Laughteraivl choi-ra . ) 1 L believed tlmt this would untn iho do ; , i-hc meaiu- ihelaclory door , and tho < lot - -r ol the mil . i ho po ^ lo were stavviiiR on ali hands , auu tliis wa * attvibutcd ts tl « -. previd ' onee oi' G- -d in pcriuittlii K tho failure uf the potato crop ; bat this was a iie Pf the 1 , 1 ^ -0 , 1 kind . In all tile ports ot Lnglaiui , and wherever there weiv speculators to be found there was grain in abundance . If such lies w ere palmed on the people , then there was a depth ol cumuli- that ought at once to lw exposed- . and

      vviUMiuc united vo . ee men ougliLto ilcokne , bulh to I ai ' iiament and every one coiieeriied tW the welfare i Ti l llul , '« m ' 'ir , that something must and ± ' ! ' J ^" t 0 t etter llic condition of the working tfe ovi ) Tl . irco bumlrcd niillions w «» b h , T ypar , ifOln u ' » » ' »* i « is classes , and they K"t back , m return , senks , . iwvera l ' olieenep unfi ThltV VdV ? tU ° " : n aktM-v : t Sn ^ M . ? * i r miil ^ » » w piSa ' thi of ¦ ' , ^; , that r ^ ^ ° 1 P - visit t 0 * ' •« toad 5 fbS ? p '» ? na " J 110 , ^^ called ont"T » t batile . A considorabk . number then formed OfX mfn ? nt P roCdSS ) ° . ' WCUt through S 0 I 30 oittae principal thorouslifaree .

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      AuouTto . v ov Smituvi-xd Mawbt . — PetitioBS are lying for si gnature iu different parts oi' tbe metropolis , calling upon the legislature fin- the : i . 'Olition ot Smithrield market . Counter-petitions from thc gr . meis nnd others attending Smithficld on Wednesday obtained t& 0 signatures , calling on the Lord Mayor and corporation of the city of London to use their influence to prevent its suppres .-io , their principal argument being the fact , us proved b y the money takers and bankers' accounts , that thc market causes an outlay of £ 7 , 000 , 000 annually in the city ot London . European Paupers . —The Mew York Tribune asserts that a system lias been entered upon b y the cities of Germany to transport their paupers and vagrants to the United States . The Tribune demands " li Xmuintcrcourse" with tho offenders . Lola Monies—According to a letter fro . n Bavavia , of 28 th February , the elovation of Madeuu ; - telle Lola Montes to the rank of Countess ol'Sterberg , had already been carried into ef ^ ot .

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      i S ^ While Parliament is sitting , it is impo siblo for « s to find room for lone letters . Correspondents are requested to be as brief as possible .

      BROUGHAM « . BROUGHAM . [ Under this head , Mr . Oastler continue * his ex poaurc of the t-x-Chancellor . We give the following extracts : " ! If there was one principle on which his lordship rested his hopa of the usefulness of that measure more than another , it was the " central power "—the commission . * * * Lord Brmiahfini thus paves tho way for tiie introd ; etion of the commissioners : "I think I may ) ny it down as clearly following from what T have stated , that there is one main point , the necessity of a-rrvinjr at which cannot be < lei > if ( l—I me-in securing such a tlearee of unity of action in tlie authorities

      invested with the parochial snperintendrncn as can be obtained only by Iho establishment of one central nower . In the second pJ aee , I think it follows that the person * in whom this control shall bs invested must be armed with very ample discretionary power . Next , it seems clear that these oueht net to ho political person ? , if I mav so speak—that thev snori . D be mevbers OP NGiTiiKR IIousb op Parliamentm ? n beloncinR to no parly—ni ^ n unconnected ( poli't . cilly spcakius ) with the administration of pnhpc . iff . iirs , Avn unmixsd avitii tup contests of the State . If I should lie consulted in the choice of Iho individuals , I will only say , show mn a person ( ar . d I think I know thatpcr-on ) , whose opinions on par y 'natters difiVr most widelv from mv own . and it

      ho be a man of firm mhrl . of extensive raperience as to the work ins of the Poor Laws , of r-onciliatory manners , nf sound discmtion—if ho ha a man whom I can trust for his temper ( one of th * prime requisites in such a work ) , and that man I prefer before any of those with wlvsni I most aswj in polities ; nay , more if I saw iwo persons Miff ] cicirly gifrod , but of opposite political opinions , I * onld name one of eacli party , in order tho hotter to pain the confidence of tho public—to show tlic country that , in the appointments , there is no favour —that , in the selection , the only consideration has bcea qualification an < l deserts . I have said that extensive and effective reform in the administration of thepe laws can rnilv be . iccomplished bv

      entrustmn Inrsje discretionary powers to the cotniui ^ sioners . Of this no doubt can exist ; snd a very sliuht attention to the . suhjcot will -sonvnee yon of it . Thc bad practices have taken such root , and spread so widely , that astrons hand alone can extirpate them , lint it must not only be strong—it must be ever ready ; in other words , " all -must be left to thc discretion of the men entrusted ; for , f each time a step shonll be talcen , e ' ther trqina too far , or goins in thc wrans direct ion , or stoppin- ; short of the proper point nnd not ffoing far cnouch , you had to wait until I ' arlinmentwas assembler ) , and a bill brought in to change the plan , and a new Aef . passed , it is n ^ edl . ? s to

      remind you . that for months the whole of the machinery mu > t stand still . " " One uniform inflexible nil' " , prescribed by a statute , can . therefore , n ^ ver ! > e applied to various cases ; hence , the operation must be performed by a discretionary power lodced somewhere , tli . it the hand which woiks may feel its way , and vary its cour-e according to the f : \ cilitiss or obstructions it may fiiconnter ; nay , an arbitrary discretion—to use a word wlm-h hns been employe l invidiously towards the measure—and arbi vary , to a certain extent , it must be , because it must be both ample and uncoiifined , in order that tho rules for ih ex' -rcisR mav not naralv « e its movemoats .

      My Lords , i am pcrfcotlyawarotints-eh powers as the'emay ltc | Icsiunatcil as unconafitutinnul . " WeU . Sir , Lord Brouzltam was ballcvo'l—' . lie ConsMtutiftn was sot aside to make way for the commission ! * Englishmen wove " reduced to n conifer sort of frod ! " —they worn shut up in union workhouses—there they fought with each other for the pickings from putrid bonc-s !—stinking iipr . es !—destined to manure our fitlds ! * * # That " e .. . ntral power" has bsT-n permitted < o take its own n . - .-urst' ; to it every priwr of the S'iiIc lias

      • cm su'i'ervieiir—Cabinet . Ministers , k-irislators , jmi ;; es , iiiairistr-itcs , the army and poHce , nay , « -. ven s ; iie , have be « n all emuioycd in aiding thiit " central j owrr" to spvosd its icy sceptre over England ! And whit then ? lias it accomplished ils mission ?—ha < it rcooncilcd the jicojilc to i'a " carssvF'irt of fo- > ' ! ? " N ;>; but it has , asmii ;' it have hecu expected , turnrd upon its autlmrs—it h : ) . s dcnic . l itsresiiduHiliility totUec :, aud defied thoon ' . irs of ' ' their lordships "—it has even dis- ; u ? ted its foster-father , I . oiM Brmiuhsm .

      After a eu 3 ccs < 1 qii of dennnoiations from his lordship , his anuer waxed hot against his fovnicv pet a , the New Poor Law Commissioners ; until , at length , he ihrcatoned to summon them to tho bar of tlie , Home of Lords . ; Read the following report of proceedings in the House of Lord s on thc lG-h of August , ISiC . t w-. ive : years affcr"thc same Laud" had seated them in j " power : "— j g onti ; mac'T of the poor i . » . \ v cimmissiinehs . ! Lord ISrouginrn rose to move tliat the returns ( inurc . l j ta he made by ths Poor Law Commissioner * by that ' IFouko shnnld be made forthn-ith . One was an important . return rehtive to conimunii'ntions that had passed with ; them . Tt ha < l been proved in nn-itlier place that ono of the ( Mmmiesinncrs had interposfd , anil the seeretai j had not made the rtturus . He had mov-.-d for them vlir . c '

      tinu-s , and a fortniuht since had moved tliiitthoy bo im . j forthwith , and yet they n-ere not niadw . The I ' our L-. uv Commission ; rs -. vcre bound to in- 'ke the return ; Io ? pealt ( jently , It was a giiovousn-gleet of duty in the commissioners getting themselves ap : iini-t the orders of thnt House . The other roluru was of tt . e nu-. ulier oftim-. s tlia cnnimisMoiiers had met as a . loard . since 1 S 10 ; he under . f ! o « "i tho return would be "» itf . ' ' nnd , if so , they had not tictcti in a legal manner ; f- * r the act gave power that tlu'i . or any two of then ? , " acting as Mich board , ' "' shou d put tli » act in force . It was nrivsBary that thev b > iou' . ( I hold a board ; and yet it appeared in evidence d-ewhero

      t ! : ? it they had not done so . He deeply regretted this because it increased tin ; cl-jinour out of doors ai ; . 'i : . n < t tisfl law , which people , for reasons of iheiv own , mudeagaiust it . After a short pause , the noble and learned ion ! ajjain rose mid said , that it was suggested to him that he was wton < in moving for tlie returns h . rti . with , as he had already moved for them three tiines , and a fortnight since had moved tbat th < y 5 iu presented forthwith , a » 'l tliat he ousht no ; to move u fourth time . He thorti'ii ; gave notice , that if the order wvre not compiled with , « nd the returns in » dc by five o'clock to-morron-, he wonid move that tho coniiuUsiouvits and tlitir seeietary be called to the bar .

      Ihs lordship was not ns good as his word ; but , no matter , the or . portauity was furnished , and Lwl i Urou .-h . am did denouuee tlio Ptior Law Comniisyinn , ami thus satisfied "the clamourera out of doora " that their appoinlment was a great blunder . Londor ., leb . 2 C . Riciubb Oisitan . i

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      « 8 > - SECOND GREAT MEKT 1 NO O ? THE UNKMl'LUYKD . A second open air meeting of thc ni : « Rvlnvcd ope ratives of Manchester was held on Monday nuniiug at ten o ' clock , in Stevenson ' s-squarc . About livi thousand persons were pre : cnt . Air . James Clarl was called to thc chair .

      Mr . Joxks said , on Thursday last , v . number of resolution- ) wero adopted , and ifc \ v ; ui dcnided that from them a petition should he drawn up for presentation to Parliament . That petition he held iu Iiis hand , and he bIiouM read it : — The jiciition commenocd by ca . Hn ^ tlie attention of Parliament to the present suffeiing and alarming condition of the working classes . This condition the ptiitl n ew believed to be caused chltfly b y tho prescni spurious nnd capricioussystcu . ofemtucrco , whU-hhad iUuiJeury to destroy the home market

      , and prevent th ; it equitublu distribution of the fruits of industry wlikh a woil-roculated system would affyrd . Tho petitioners w « r « . ' urthcr of opinion that tho system of trading in corn was contrary to every pvinci pb of justice , and o-jght not to be allowed to continue , as it permitted the capitalists of the country to withhold that article of food from the ntcesiities of thu people until theycou ' . d command most extravagantnud enormous jiroiits , and enrich tbemscUesbj tho starvation of the poor . They therefore prayed tl-e house to enforce the statute law oi Elisaiwth aj » i 3 e r . gainst

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      Matich 13 , 1647 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 1

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1409/page/7/