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      tten as thereat a of the BiWa could be a sanction for conduct , pirliunent had , In the ttllgion of the Jew , the tat sanction in the world for thtir good wndnot , utc ih * iof bis own CarUtUnity . It ins said , however , fiiatthe admission of the Jew into parliament would dechrlstiaiux'sthe nation , an ! would enable persons of myrtligUn , P * gan or Uahoaetan , iocorae amongst ' di Suw , this question of the Jew ought not to be mb > d op vitbTthat of ether religions . The Jew should be mi im ^ a fromhisnesraSaity ta the Christian . TOwthat atned I Then he would atk , where w » i jobs Christiinitj except in his Judaism ! He « ho > ild be admitted , too . V cause jiuarea Christlati commodity sad a

      Chrimauauembly . If you hadV ^ n a Drsidicalauem . bly , you might have rejected fcSjaonthesrouud tfiathis race were few in number « r . d you knew nothing of hit religion . ButaChtufeUwseinbljccttUnoturBeiuch a plea ana were placed ®ard to * Jew in » very different position from that in which it stood either to the ?* gan . the Btafoo , tsc the XuMoInua . Betides , the Jew had n > interest in opposing the Christian Chsrch . Hawneloded wi lh an eloquent panegyric on the high qualifications of tin Jews in « 51 ages , and instated that the house oug ht to perform this great act of national justice , and ta discard the dark superstitions of the darkest age » , which were Caflaencing themselves and thrir conitiraiftU to oppese it .

      Tbe debate was resume * on Friday night , but no par . ticolar novelty was added . The dhiiion was—For the motion 253 Againstit ... ... ... ... 186 * Majority ... ... ... 67 V 0 K £ &Y , DEcEnn 20 th . HOUSE 0 $ EORDS . —The Royal asseat was given by commission 't » the Crime and Outrage ( Ireland ) Bill , the Public Works ( Ireland ) BUI , and the BaUwaya Bill , Lord BsdegBCC then obtemathat the cireunutancei attendiwjthe lite peneral election had more than em

      convinced him of the absolute necessity for the enact , meat of somefttringent prondona with regard to bribery at election * . If the government , after the receu , did not introduces toll for its effectual repression , he him . self would deem it his duty to do so ; and he threw out , as a hint , fae propriety of embodying id any measure wbleh might be presented to Parliament for this purpose a provision compelling every member of the Lower Heoietama&ea declaration , before taking hit seat thatneHher ay himself , nor by his agent or frlends . had hepwdused electoral support , either by reward or the proaake of reward .

      Thettarqub of Lunsowm then moved the adjourn . Bent of the houie un « il the Srd of Feb . The Emrl of EuaiiusDiH thought that , in the present state of Ireland , it was moostroaa to propose so Ion ? an adjournment . They had passed a measure with tha results of which they were as yet unacquainted , mod it was injudicious to propose so long a recess ; in the face of the probability that still mere stringent measures might be required fer the pacification of Ireland . There were but two measwrea of the government during the Tery short session which deserved the appellation ef rringrnt—one of them being a measure for the admission of a few millionaires into Parliament , aad the otter one the only result of which would be to throw a firebrand amongst the clergy . Their lordships then adjourned .

      HOUSE OF C 0 MM 0 N 3 . —Thb JtwiSH Disimutm Bat was read a first time . On the motion that the second reading of tfaebill be made an order of the day for Monday , the 7 th of February , Colonel SiBXsosrB , to whom opportunity had been denied ona foraer occasion , Tery briefly enumerated his deliberate opinion , as a Christian , on the bill . His great difficulty was as to how the Jewi were to be managed if they were gat into ] Parliament , being at a lots to comprehend what was to be done with them on Friday ¦ nd Saturday , the House sitting on Friday night * , and committees frequently sitting on Saturday . The diffi .

      eulty lay in the Jewish sabbath , which commencing on the evening of Friday , would necessarily keep honourable and right honourable Jews , should any of them ever become such , from attending to their legislative duties . The honourable sad gallant gentleman being perplexed with this problem , appealed to Lord John Bnssell to solve it , and thereby to relieve him of the anxiety which it occuisned . Christians would be fined if they were -derelict of then ? parliamentary dudes on Jriaay or Saturday , and why , he shenld like to know , lionld Christians be so roughl y visited for what Jews , on the mere score of conscience * night do with imps . aay »

      Lord Joss- Busnu relieved the honourable and gallant gentleman by reminding him , that should there be a call of the House on a Friday or Saturday , or any oth « day , any member not then present would be liable lo be taken into eustody , from which he would only be discharged on the payment of the customary fees , and he believed that in any such case the members of the Jewish p'rsuasionwonld be very well contented to pay the penalty . The noble lord then moved that the House , on rising ; do adjourn tai Thursday , 3 rd of February . Mr Bpookee thereupon delivered an abstract of ' the speech which he wonld have delivered , but for the fa . fiuensa , on the currency debate , thinkiog that , in the present state of the country , with so many in the manufacturing district * in a state of extreme destitu . tion , with no prospect of aa immediate ataelioratisn in their condition , it was unwise to propose so long an tdjonrnment . Ha therefore moved , as an amendment that the 15 th of January be substituted for the 3 rd of February .

      lirHiWDEQAiE seconded the amendment , which Waa spoken to , although not altogether supported , by HrMoKSEix , who drew tha attention of the govern * snent to the condition of the destitute and unemployed able-bodied population of Ireland . Mr P . Scxope could not let the motion pats without expressing his regret that the government had not in . trodacea and pasted , during the short session , a mea-ITire to facilitate the working of the Irish Poor Law . He hoped that government would , immediately after the ncess , adopt same measure for giving occupation to the unemployed labour upon the unemployed land ef Ireland .

      The Earl of Lmcol * wa » anxiins that the home should beputin possession of the fullest information in the power of the government to afibrd it with regard to colonisation , and wished to know whether the Colonial ofiace bad received any reports in reference to thia sub ject from the colonial governor * , which the government last session expressed its determination to apply for , and whether such reports would be laid at an earl y period after the receu , upon the table of the house . Mr Hwdlet dipped into avariety of topics , from rail

      way legislation to the potato rot , with a view to impress upon the house tha propriety of adopting a resolution whwh he had upon the paper , and wlich he intended , at alate period ef the evening , ¦ to propose , to the following effect :- That it be an instruction to the committee on the Bank Charter , &c ., t * inquire specially into the reasons which induced the directors of the Bankof Enriand to reduce their minimum rateof discount oa the 27 th day of August , 1 M 6 , to three per cent , and to continue it at that rate till thtHth flay of January , 1847 , tad to report their opinion thereon '

      Mr GtiDSTojrr observed that , after the deliberations of the-lste committee , the present was a time well adapted fora comprehensive review of the whole subject of the navigation laws , and that it was highly desirable that th » definltire decision of parliament should be made known upon it during tht present geision . Hehoped , therefore , that Lord John Russ « U could assure them that be contemplated within such s period as would she ample of - portnnitytoboth houses to give the most deliberate attention to the whole subject , the introduction of some resolution which would bring the navigation laws directly nnder their consideration . At this moment the whole hipping iutecestof theconatry was in a state of anxiou uipense , which , whatever might be the intentions of tha government , it was desirable not to protract . Two questions having already been asked , which were unanswered , .

      Colonel SiMHoir proposed three ether * , to this effect —wbytheyhadbeen calledtogetherat all at so early a period ? what they had d « ne since they had met ! and why they werenaw to aijourn ! Sir Lucius CBamr then thanked the housa for its liberality toward Ireland daring the calamity with which ithadreceatiybtenvisited . anddrew its attentionrery Briefly to the difficult circumstancea in which the Irish gentry wire at present placed , expressing a hope that every exertion necessary would be made by parliament for the relief of distress in Ireland . Hr Heihu hoped that Mr Spaoner would not press his amendment . He certainl y regretted that so little attention had been given to tha embarrassments of the manuiacturing interests , and the condition of the opera . tives . It was his intention to bring forward a motion ia reference to this subject , at ai carry aiay as possible after the ttocw .

      Lord Johb Bcssxtt , in replying to the difterant questions which had been put t « him , in the first place informed Sir Luciua O'Brien aad the house that no further parliamentary aid would be gives to Ireland unta all the means provided by the Poor Law and otherwise , for the relief of the poor in that country , had been exhausted . As to Hr Gladstone '! question in reference to tha Navigation Laws , he was not at present prepared to say when any measure , if any , affecting them would be introduced ; nor could he , until the condition of the revenue for the current year , was better known , say what measure Slight be brought forward in reference to the subject . But should any bill founded on the report of the com . mittee be introduced , it would bo in sufficient time to enable all parties to give to the subject the fullest attention . In reply to Lord Lincoln , - the noble lord observed that each information as hoi been received in reference

      toemigration would belaid , as soon aapoulble , upon the table of the house . He was Barry to say that in Canada a great prejudice kad arisen against emigration from this country , hariag its origin in the destitute eondltion of the emigrants of IMs jetr . All the information on the subject , of which the government wonld be in psssession , would be presented to the house immedi . ately after the receu . Sir B . Hail reminded sack Irish members as lived In expectation of further aid from the imperial treasury , of the destitute condition of tie poor in this country , n » Itsa than one out of every seventeen is ens of tha parishes which he represented being at present in receipt efparoehialjelief . '

      After some further desultory convemtioi , Mr Spoonex withdrew his amendment , and the motien for the ad-• bo 3 ett irai carried .

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      LordXownrs then gave Botice that he Would on Thursday , tie l » th ef February , move for leave to bring ins bill idr Improving the public health . Tfr a committee on privileges was then nominated . : fho New Z « ala T Bd . Bill was then read a second Hme , to be committed on Friday , the ith « f Fe . bruary . ; ; ; , . ¦ ¦ :.. ¦" . The report on the motion for supply was then brought up , and the other business on the papers having been disposed of , the house adjourned . ( From wr Second EdMonof tail wett . ) ' THURSDAY , Decekbek 16 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-The question of going into committee on the Cobecios ( Iiish ) Bn , L , led to a protracted discussion , the speakers being the Marquis of Lausdowne , Lord Farnham , Earl Fitewilliam , the Earl ofSt Germans , the Marquis of Salisbury , Lord B . aumont , Lord Stanley , Earl Grey , and Lord Brougham , after which the bill passed through eemmittee .

      The Railways Bill was also eommitted ; and the Public Works ( Ireland ) Bill was , after a short conversation , read a second time . HOU 8 E OF COMMONS . —An irregular conversation arose as ta the case of the Bev Mr M'Dermott , and tha late Major Mahon , at the instance of Mr Johh O'Cokmil , who was stopped by the SrEtKSB . Lord JobhRobseu concluded a powerful speech by moving that tht housa do resolve itself into a committee on the subject of the removal of the CiTit aks Political Disabilities of the

      Jews—The motion was supported by W . J . Fox , Mr W . E , Gladstone , Mr KomUly , ana Mr Disraeli . The motion wag opposed by Sir R . Inglts , who intimated bis intention of taking the sense of the house on the qaestion of the Speaker ' s leaving the chair , and if defeated oa that motion , should , in common with many of bis hon . friends , oppose tbe proposition in every stage and form it might assume . The other hon . numbers opposing the motion were Lord Ashley , Mr Bankes , Mr Goulbura , Mr Plumtre , and Sir T . Acland ; the debate was ad . ionrned .

      ( From ottr Third £ ai « 0 H O / fettWMJI , ) FRIDAY , Decihsee 17 . HOUSE OF LORDS—The Crime and Outrage ( Ireland ) BIU was read a third time and passed . The Public Works ( Ireland ) BUI was read a third time ; and on the question that it do pass their lordships divided , ' the numbers being five in favonr of . the motion , and four againttit . ' ¦ .

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      TO THE REV . THADDEUS OMALLEY ; George * Hill . Rev . and dear Sra , — Your admirable letter , on a just system of Poor Uws , is a rich return for my little present of game . Poor Lewis' sophistry has been awfully exposed . A . meddling , empty , flippant official of his sort , desmed the castigation which you have given him . You have good reason to feel confidence in the plan of relief which you have propounded ; but Lord John Russell will not act upon it . He is a Whig—and , therefore , in strict accordance with the uniform practice of his party , he will give your admirable plan the' go by , ' merely because its adoiH tion would do good .

      I do not think that you save any just grounds of complaint against the thing called the press—especially that portion of it which assumes the character of being ' libkbai , , ' enlightened , and independent . Toucan very easily win the complete advocacy , not only of the press , bat of the patriots who support it . The mode of affecting this desirable end is plain , palpable , simple , and pleasant . It it thus : Get yourself dressed in a suit of superfine black cloththe skirts of the coat to be just a little longer than the general cut . Let all fit as evenly and as smoothly as an eel ' s waistcoat ; powder your hair ; measure

      your steps , or rather adjust them to an exact apostolical gait ; stand before a mirror every morning , and pucker up your mouth , and regulate your features altogether to something approaching orthodox dimensions ; smile not , jest not , laugh not , except upanwell considered occasions . Write a book , and get it printed in long primer , with very wide lines , and one-fourth of the pages margin , so as to extend itto two volumes . Let it be a foolish farrago of fantastic frippery , professing to exhibit a contrast between the merits of Paganism and Popery , of so ambiguous a character that the majority of readers will not know which side to take .

      In order to show to the whole world your load of clastic and literary lumber , head each chapter , alternately , with quotations in Latin , Greek , Italian , French , German , Low Dutch , and Spanish , and not forgetting Irish , if you have it , and call the book—• Roue dbring Paganish , and Under the POPBS . ' This done , take an opportunity of preaching a popular political remonstrance from a pulpit in a church dedicated to the worship of the Almighty ; divert the attention of the congregation from the worship of the Author of their being , to that of a popular leader of dupes . and slaves ; and declare that , that leader , especially if he happen to be Lord Mayor of Dublin at the time , is ' a God amongst men on earth . ' Should , this not win for you the advocacy and honest support of the independent then minister

      pressi go as a of peace , on a mission of peace , for the avowed purpose of effectine a reconciliation between this ' God of a man , and a mere man : complain publicly of a want of etiquette on the part of the man whom you have undertaken to conciliate : deny afterwards that you had so complained . Do all that in your power lies to en . trap yonr host into an admission of some sort or othaj favourable ( o the Great Bashaw who employed you ; make a note of . conversation deemed strictly private , and publish it afterwards ; prove yourself to be in the estimation of every man of sense an unscrupulous partisan , instead of an upright mediator . Do these things , and I shall suffer to be made a Dutchman , instead of the descendant of an Irish chieftain , as I am , if the liberal , enlightened , and independent press will not sustain you through thick and thin ever after .

      lam , Very respectfully and very faithfully , yours , Patrick O'Higwns . Dublin , 7 th February , 1847 .

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      Staltbwm * . —On ; Sunday last , Mr jSouthcalt delivered the first of his course of lectures on the practicability of the Laid Plan . Several questions were asked , and satisfactorily answered . The Becond lecture will be delivered on Sanday next , at six o'clock in the evening . Sx Etasfls . —Thii branch hold their meeting ! every Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock , at the house of Mr James Woods , publican , Parr-streefc , Sfc Helen ' s ; and as the directors have decided that all branches are to ba dosed on tbe 81 st , the members of the said branch , have authorised the secretary to attend it the above mentioned house , every evening , from the hours of seven till nine , to enrol members , and to give every information required on the sublet . ...

      BfuiON . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Land Company , and the members of the National Charter Association , after the reading of Mr O'Connit ' s ' Address to the Old Guards ; ' our old friend , Daddy'Richards , delivered an aidressonthenecessitj of again uniting for theobtainmenfc of the People ' s Charter . Mr Mantle of Birmingham , is expected to deliver * v lecture en Sunday evening , January 2 nd , 1848 . . ^^

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      THE PEOP ^ S'OHARMR . ^

      . PUBLICHEETIKG . '' }¦ ' , ^ The third public meeting , convened by the Uetropo . litan Delegate Council , in furtherance of the agitation for the Charter , was hsld at the South Lonion ChartiBt Ball , Blaekfrlars-road , on Hosriey evening , December Mlh . ' = - Hr Johh Sewku was unanimously caUtu to the chair , and said one of the objects of this meeting was to adopt the National Petition and to obtain signature * to the same . For more tban two years past he had been op . posed to petitioning , ia fact he thought tbe people OQght to be in a position to . demand s rsdrtssal of gtiovaBw*—( hear , bear)—however , he bow fell in with what he be . Hevea to be tbe general sentiment , and . was willing to adopt that mode of making their wrongs known ; and

      such was the awful state of affairs now in society , that be thought it the doty of all to put their shoulders to the wheel * ( Hear , hear . ) It was trul y alarming to find two thirds of the people out of employ , willing to labour but finding none to employ them . ( Hear , hear . ) It was self-evident that any representative system that allowed such a state of things to continue must be a most nefarious one —( loud cheer ») f—and oae that never would be effectually remedied , save and except , through the Beam of 'The People ' s Charter . ' ( Great applause . ) Truo there were seme classes in existence who might say , —butthsaaopt ' oaof thoieprinciples woald upset our glorious consti tution . ( Laughter . ) Truly glorioolit might be , and , so doubt , was to those who could live !

      clover and revel on velvet —( hear , bear , )—but most inglorious to thoie who strive to gain an honest livelihood , and jet are perishingfor want of food . ( Much applause . ) The principles of the People ' s Charter are principles of wisdom , and should be universally adopted —( renewed cheering)—and he was pleased t « fiud they were making way , not only in Great Britain , bat in France , Italy , Germany , Swltieriand , and other continental nations —( loud cheers )—and , sore he was that ttiu would stimulate them toactien , and that they wouM . resolve never to cease their agitation uutlltbe Peeple ' s Char * ter was enacted as a law of the land . ( Great cheering . ) Mr Johh Foiull moved the first resolution aa fol .

      • That this meeting views with feelings of painful regret the sufferings ef a very large portion of the Working classes , andb elieve the only aanaaea for thoie evils is tht political enfranchisement of all classes in the British ' was / , ,., . ' .. . : ... .. - , - .. ; : . ' "¦• Mr Faiien said he thought the circumstances by which they were surrbaaded imperatively demanded a reform In the legislature . ( Hear , hear . ) . Loot to the north , and behold the fearful amount of unemployed cotton spinners ! ( Hear , htw . ) Behold the railway works auspended , and the thousands of mechanics andlaboureri seeking in vain for employ . The much boasted free trade appeared to him to have thrown the trade inte tha hands of the mercantile classes of other nations . The

      table of exports and Imports fully showed that our la . baurere were oat able to compete tven with tbe comparative infantile state of America . ( Hear , bear . ) And many of the continental states poaieeied great advantage , In consequence of their cheaper system of govern , sent . As a proof of this be instanced the Watches and jewellery Imported , which had a material effect on . the trade in whtoh he was engaged . Hence he demanded the Charter as a means of cheap and good government . ( Cheers . ) Under the Charter thay would have a jast system of distribution , which would enable the producers to become much larger consumers , Instead of having , as at present , their resources twallowed up by a useless ariitoeracy . ( loud cheers . )

      Joiuh Basket , who was received with loud cheers , seconded the resolution , and said—That a large portion of the werking classes are suffering all the evils of nn . merited poverty , will , I pr « nm « , be unquestioned by all persons here . Trarerie the streets of this modern Ba . bylen—this vait . emporium of wealth—thii seat of the mightiest power of modern times-and behold , on every footpath , evidences of the wrongs ot the poor , and the crimes of the rich . ( Hear , hear . ) Tell me not that many of these outcasts are idlers and impostors—this may be the case of a few ; but the gluts in trade , and the bankruptcies of commercial bouses , sufficiently proclaim the inconteBtlble fact that thousands must be un . employed , and of these thousands hundreds must by this time be so utterly destitute as to render their appearance

      in the streets aa mendicants , a painful and unavoidable necessity . Even the impoitors and Idlers of the poptu lace are not the only nor the worst of their tribe . ( Hear , hear . ) There are impoitors fn shovel hats , aad idlers In broad clotb . ( Cheers . ) What is our entire political and social system but a gigantic fraud , erected and maintained for tbe benefit of idlers and impostors ? ( Cheers . ) Behold theOhorch asby law established . Its leviathan lords , thebithopi and archbishops , appropriate to themselves thousands of pounds annually , while they leave the hard-working clergy to grow fat onahundred pounds a-jear . Millions of pounds , in the shape of titbes , are taken annually from the people , of which originally one . thlrd only was devoted to the support « f the clergy ; another third was

      applied to the building of churches and keeping them in repair ; and the other third was devoted to the support ef tha poor . Instead of whleb , we now see the whole ' sacked' by tht Church , and Church Rates and Poor Bates imposed upon the people . Iaik , imoteucha Couch an organised imposture ! ( Cheers . ) Behold our House of Commons , representing not the common people , but tbe aristocracy and the middle class ; and doomiag six-sevenths of thesdult males of this country to political slavery . Is not that house a legalised Imposture ! ( Loud cheers . ) Beheld thoie venerable gentle * ftonen in pantaloons , the peers , who , whilst the wall of distress is heard through tbe land , can lit , evening after evening , doing nothteg bnt knockiag their heels , waiting for the bill to ooerce Ireland coming up from the Commons . Will any one be good eaough to show me tbe utility of the Hospital of Incurables—wlU any one at . terapt to defend this hereditary imposture * ( Loud

      applause . ) Of course , the reipect I entertain for that blessed specimen of the < wisdom of ocr ancestors '—tbe monarchy—ferblds me to speak in any other than the most lojal terms , of « o Interesting a sovereign as Queen Tic . toria , who regularly , once a jew , is delivered of a royal speech and a royal baby . ( Linghter . ) Wehavejuet had the speech , and I see an announcement that in March next we are to have tbe baby . ( Renewed laughter . ) H « r most gracious Majesty expresses great concern for her people ' s sufferings , admires their patience , andpromlies them another baby—and in the way of babies , she has neveryet promised in vain . What more would the psoilohavel ( Cheers and laughter . ) Then , there ii Prince Albert , a celebrated hatmaker—the Soathwark hatters may consider him a bit of a botch , bnt that ' s a matter of taste—his royal highness it also a capital breeder of pigs , and a distingaiihed Field-Matshal . It is trua , he charges the nation rather high for hit eervlcti ,

      but' Who feeds fat pot kerf , should himself be fat ;' and , considering the lean land he came from , £ 10 , 0 ( 0 yearly may not be too much to beep hie bigbnvgi in good condition . God forbid that I should say the monarchy Is an imposture . ( Ironical cheers . ) But in all ranks above the working class there are Idlers and impostors . In the lordly hall and in the mlllocrat ' s counting house , oft the bench and at the bar , in the senate and the pulpit . Idlers who live on the people ' s labour , a » d impostor * who trafflck in the credulity , and tapoie upon the patience of tbe millions . ( Loud ap . But the

      plaute ) misery of the many islnot confined to tbe multitude of mendicants awarmtng the streets , nor to the unbappj poor lodged ia workhouses , or crowding the floori Of casual wards , « r , fstill worse , denied even inch ihelter , and compelled to sleep on the bare pavement . It is not to inch that the privatioasof poverty are confined . There are thoie who m » y stuve but ate too proud to beg . ( Hear , hear . ) There are those who will rather die than encounter the harshness and insolence of a relieving officer . ( Hear , hear . ) Tkere ar thousands inch in tbli metropolis , who perish and nuke no sit * .

      < Who die so slowly none dare call It murder ;' and It Is principally for then men , their wives and children , that I lift up my voice against the present system , and appeal to you , the men ef the million , to put ferth you Sampioh-Uke energies , and drag it to the dust . ( Loud cheers . ) London In Its misery , at well as In its power and magnificence , but represents the country . Throughout the manufacturing districts' low wages and no wapea , reductions and abatements , nave reduced the toilers to a ragged , starring , comfortlen , nerveless condition . And in the agricultural districts large farms , robbery of the common landi , the poor law , and the game laws , bave effected the social destructien of the tillers of the soil . Absolute destitution reigns in a great part of Scotland , and famine and

      pestilence are again treading aoonqoeror ¦ march over prostrate Ireland . AU this misery exltts while aban . dant meant alio exist to prevent it . It is unquestionable that labour , land , and capital will enable any man , or body of men to live . ( Hear , hear . ) It it Impossible for a man to starve who is willing to work , who has the raw material to work upon , and the means to work with . ( Cbeeri . ) The unemployed maues of England and Ireland attest that the labour ii ready , and we know that the labourers are willing , loth in Eugland aad Ireland millions of acres of crown lands , watte lands , and lands formerly the common propert y of the people , offer a field for industrious enterprise . And ae regards capital , abundant means exist without imposing additional taxation nponthecountry , or what would be only justice , levying a forced contribution upen the rich .- The tithes and poor ratel weuld sup . ply the necessary capital . Let the tithes r « bbed from the poor , be given back to tbe poor , and appropriated to

      qullding hornet for the people oa farai allotted them from the public lands . ( Loud cheen . ) Why should the poor rat « i be waited as they are ! Why should enormeui baitiles be built and maintained In which to lm . prison the Indigent and afflicted ! Then might be and ought tobe asylums for certain daises—the lick and the aged , but healthy manhood should never be ctged in a workhouse gaol . The millions now ipenl In pay . ing useless and heartless officials , aad in punishing the poor , might aad ought to bo employed in a reproductive manner . At present the six or teven millions of poor rates might as well be thrown into the tea for all the good done . At the endef a year the manof pauperism U not one whit diminlihed , the paupers are not one whit bettor off than they were twelve months before nd the poor rates usually exhibit a tendency to %£ vancerathar than decrease . Yet this system goes on yearafteryear , wnenpiipetism might be extinguished , thopiopenol . a 0 gedIntohappyfre . « nBB , and tbipoor

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      rates gradually reduoea ^ a BdV nltlmatily abolished ; by , a wise employment ef thVse funds . ( Eond applause . ) Yet the L « di can find nothing to do , and the Commons can find nothing better to d » * than to paw a . Coercion BUI for theforther oppteisteaof Iteltpd . ( H « w , htw . ) Against that act of tbeleglilatore , tfealt upon you to loUmnly protest . Behold unhappy Ireland I for itven hundred years the prey of oppression and misgovernment , Wai the Invasion of Poland a wrong , the inva . lion of Ireland Wat not the leu t wrong , ( Hear , hear . ) Wai tbe confiseation of Poland ' s soil a crime , the conflscation of Ireland ' s soil by English spoliation was not the less a crime . ( Hear , hear . ) We denounce [ tha vlllany of the Tsar in waging war of extermination against the religion , language , lawi , and customs 6 f Poland , and shall we not deplore an * condemn tbe past

      policy of the oppressors of Ireland who were guilty of the like vlllany ? ( Hear , hear . ) . We honour Koiclusko aed Konareki , and shall we ' net homage Fitzgerald and Emmett ! ( Cheen . ) We g lory In the Spartan valour of the Poles , and dwell with wondering enthusiasm on the bravery of the ibythe-armed " heroes of Sarmatia , and shall we not henour the patriots of V 8 , and applaud the prowess of the pike-men of Ireland— • Who fought for the land their souli adored . For happy homes and altars free , . Their only talisman the sword , . Their only spoil-word 'Liberty . " ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) We denounce , and very pro . perlytoo . the ukases of Nicholas , but shall we hot also denounce the Coercion Bills of the British government I ( Applause . ) More than thirty Coercion Bills have been

      paned or renewed since the year 18 tfO ! what a proof of the incapacity of the Imperial Parlirmeat to govern Ire . land ! But we are told that the blU lately paned is aseessary for the prevention of « rlme and the protection ofllfo , but I answer that if crime is prevalent , aad life Insecure , the fault is to a great extent with the rnllpg powers , Such a sUte of things shows that there ii ' something rotten' in the state . ' Helvetius has well said that the view or the > lrtues of a itate are the > ff « cts of its legislation ; and if there is crime in Ireland , de . ¦ end upon it that the government It the great criminal , ( Loud applause , ) Ton hear much aboat the shooting of landlords , and with unquestionable taste , to uy nothing « f truth and justice'the bloody old Titus , ' at Cobbett denominated that infamous paper , has called the Irish population Thugs , and all the hireling press ,

      down to that demented , superannuated , slavering thing , Punch has joined ib the ' htlabullb' against the 'inur . Bering Irish . But take my word for it , friendi , there never yet was a goed landlord shot . ( Caeers . ) Geod landlords-are too scarce la . Ireland , for the people to think of shooting them . ( Loud cheers . ) Assassina-Hon is no deubt a very dreadful thing , and systematic assassination proclaims the existence of a state of society of the most alarming charaoter , but gentlemen , even assassination may admit of defence . { A voice Ho , No . ' ) But I say yes , yes . ( Cheers , ) Nations have before bow raissd statues to those who devoted their itggm to the dettraotlon of tyrants . ( Loud oaeeis ) When landlords cease to plunder and exterminate the tillers ef the soil , when the Legislature does equal justice to the castle and the cottage ; then , bnt not till

      then , will landlords be safe , and until then there ought lobe no safety for them , ( Renewed cheering . ) A bill to coerce the landlords is a state necessity , but a bill to coerce the people is both a blunder and a crime . It rapeats the folly of past legislation , and by adding another wrong to the long list of Irish grievances , ensuraa the continued disaffection , hatred , and hostility of Ireland ' s sons . The government , acting on the principle that to him who has much shall be given , and from him who has little shall betaken away that which he hatb , has determined to emancipate the Jews and enslave Christlans . I would hare no exclusion of the jews from political power on the grouad of their religious belief , nevertheless , I hold that there can be no rights without corresponding duties ; and the Jews being a nation of plunderors and schemers , I am disposed to question their

      right to political franchises . The Jews possess all social power ; they command senates , and rule over autocrats and kings ; the Rothschilds have more power tban Busiell , Gulrot , and Metterhich , Nicholas and Louis . Philippe . The power they have is to be increased . But tbe poor Irish , who have scarcely anything left but rags and misery , ars to have taken from them the last right which distinguishes the freeman from the slave—the right of bearing arms . I call upon you to repudiate tbe iniquitous comdvet of the British government towards Ireland . ( Cheers . ) I call npon you to struggle for your Charter that you may obtain justice for yourselves and justice for your Irish brethren . ( Applause . ) Throughout Europe the nations are looking to the working classes of England to take the lead In liberating mankind from the tyranny of their rulers . Yes ,

      • England ' s the anchor and hope of the world . ' ( Applause . ) News has arrived that the Prussian king has commuted the sentence of death passed upon Miero . slawskl and his brava oompatriota to Imprisonment for life . Some of the Polish patriots had previously been sentenced to twenty and twenty . fire years imprisonment . I presume , therefore , that tbe Prussian despot calculates thatMlerotlawskl will live thirty years , but I ask you , shall the accursed fortresses of tyranny continue to stand thirty years longer ! (* No 1 ' ) No I . they will hot stand « f you do your duty . Lift up the banner of the Charter odcc more . Shoutonce again The Charter and no sarrender !' ( Loud cheers . ) Shout till you rouse the natloni to the death-struggle for freedom , and not thirty , mot twenty , not ten , not five years , will the fortresses of despotism stand , down they will crumblo , and down too will fall the blood-cemented thrones , on which , at present , are seated thecruel and conspiring enemies of mankind . ( Prolonged cheering . ) "

      Cabi Schahee , who was reoelved with great cnthu . stum , in supporting the resolution , said , some one might say to him , you not having been bora la England , what do you do here » Ho replied , liberty was not confined to a village , city , or any country , but was for the universal world . ( Loud cheers . ) Besides , he was a father , and his children having been born in England , were English , and liberty was a better heritage than the few pounds he might be enabled to scrap * , together . ( Cheers ) There was atime when the Chartists were looked onlas levellers , bloou-suckers , &o ., and a portion of the German press had represented them as fat-looklog , iour forelgntt . hat . ing John Bu ! ls ,- ( loudlaught «); - but he was happy to saythatthat prejudice was dispelled ,- ( loud cheers ) -

      and continental states and nations dtd not hesitate to send delegates over to their meetings , regarding the Chartists as the veritable pioneers of universal liberty . ( Great cheering . ) H « must say , he rejelced at the prospect of Jewish emanolpa « OB , ~( cheers ) -as his religion was no respecter of persons , and he wished to see all men free , but he maintained that , although theworkior classes have no Rothschilds amongst them , they should be immediately admitted to equal rights and privileges ; - ( loud cheers ) -and they bad a man amongst them more powerful than even Bothsohild—IWgus O'Connor ( Great applause . ) And , if they supported blm , and stuck totheir principles , they must succeed . Then , let their SffrXJdSsf - ^ - ^«^ d « e

      The resolution was carried unanimously . i , p "( uf V MetoIaow the * & lm ° * « ne National Petition , and said , he believed the petition was adopted as a means of creating apubllo feeling In favour ll ^ " u ' » * i § p ! rlt he h 8 d 6 »» t Pleasure in supporting II . He thought the creation of wealth by and for the masses , must , as a matter of course , create power . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Bothsohild had been mentloned , of what did his power consist t Why , of tv concentration of nominal wealth . ( Hear , hear . ) As regorded the Charter , he believed the people could and would obtain it whenever they willed it . Russia was represented in the person of one man—the autoerat . and was conseqnentl y a despotism , England visa said to have a representative formof government , but only one out of seven of her population were represented . All the rest were slaves , to all Intents and purposei .-slaves . iw / lo work

      »«» . a reform wasanHtrculeantask , SS . r 4 h » ° ^ 1 | 8 h it ' health was power . Let ttsraobtamtttat . and freedom would bethel . ( Chew . ) * iTA ^ " ^ brle ^ ««***• "notion , and after a brief but forcible and eloquent address fro-i Mr A . Clark , the petition was unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks was given , by acclamation , to the Chairman , who acknowledged tho compliment , and the meeting tm dissolved .

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      Discipline in thb Frbnoh Contents . —We find the following in the Cohsthdtioskbl : — The houses ef religious communities are much more numerous at Paris than is believed , especially those of women . Of what occurs therein , in macerations and mortifications of all kinds , Jhe following fact , hardly eredible in the century in which we row are , may rive an idea . On Tuesday , Dr B- wbb invited to visit one of these convents of cloistered women , to prescribe for one of the nuns . On his arrival at the canrent he was introduced to the cell in which the sick person on whose behalf be had been called in was lying in bed . He questioned her about her sideness , and on the symptoms which she felt . The Biok

      Fh « T , * f « -tfi \ ? v k voice , that nothing was the matter with her , but her features showed pain , and soon after her strength gave way and she fainted . The doctor hastened to unfastenher dress , and partially opened it in the endeavouritorestoreher consciousness ; but judge of the surprise he then felt on seeinga crucifix placedon the breastof the nun with spikes which entered the flesh . He immedi ately removed this instrument of torture , but the l ^ h . ° V T eriI l ^ * Anting fit , put her hand to her breast , and perceiving that her orocifix had disappeared , demanded it with loud cries , and r « part , ng that she cou d not allow it tobe taken from lor

      uw , ma * sne uore it m tulfilment of a vow and of an act of penitence imposed upon her by her con-& ; o j * k , * doct « n » employing Mb authority , declared that he would oppose the continuation of such maceration by all tie means in his power The sick nun had not only the breaat torn and full of hole * , from thejioints with which the crucifix ml covered , but her back presented traces oSSar in «« Jf - ,.. « PPea 4 rB . in fact , that the unhappy wo wan , thinking to coBform wi » h more nStL thL factions of her spiritual direct ^' . ndto mat SSSHE-Ssl 32 SSK-P

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      xcept a good conscience , » good cause , and a deteB * mined will ; we bare not yet wen put down by them , with all their appliances to boot , and now that we are rifling , rallying , and organising , from one end of Englandjto the other , where is the coward who shrinks before a foe ? I will not treat of opposition , say friends , but I will treat of the danger of false conceseession . Take example by what has happened on the Continent during the last few months . Why there , kings hare been making promises of constitutions and reforms . Bnt hare they given them ? Look at Charles Albert of Sardinia ; look at the King of Sicily ; look at the Grand Duke of Tuscany ; look at the Duke of Modena j look at the King of Prussia ;

      look at Louis Philippe of France ; look at Donna Maria of Portugal ; look at Isabella of Spain ; they have all promised largely , and the people put faith in them , though Holy Writ says , ' put not your trust in princes . ' Be not deceived again , but the more weak you find the government , don't think it is time to leave offslrengtheningyoorselves . The more weakyirj find the government , the more etrong is it necessary for you to become , since they will make up by deception what they want in power . No , friends , both tyrants at home , and tyrants abroad , only think by concession to save their coronets and their moneybags , freighted with your plundered wealth from thevast shipwreck of monopolies in the storms of liberty , now surging over the world . ( Great applause . ) Tako irom

      courage roe past , xne tree of liberty growi high upon the mountain top , in the region of storms , every cloud tries to scathe it with iti , fire , or blight it with its frosts ; but still it Btands ; ( till it flourishes ; stilt it puts forth its flowers , and its fruits , and its seeds ; and the hurricane that comes to uproot it , while it waves and blows in its magnificent branches , only serves to waft those seeds , which otherwise wonld have fallen upon the narrow sod beneath , upon its mighty wings to distantparts , dropping one here and another there , in places and corners where we least expected it ; and thus we see tho young planta of liberty appearing in the most unlocked for places , as in the agricultural counties of Eugland , under the very walls of the state church ; ay , in the very

      Senate House , we find these young seed shooting into glorious vegetation . You bare heard me explain , to * the best of my humble ability , the principles of the Charter ; I ask is there any man in this assembly who , thinks that the Charter would be injurious t « the people of this country , or that its principles ar * not based upon justice , morality , and religion , er that the working classes are not fitted to exercise the power it would give ? Is there such a man ? I wait for answer . ( The speaker panted a long time lot an answer—the silence ; was followed by enthusiastic cheering . ) Not one out of this large assembly f I brand my opponent as a coward if he does not speak , and he dare never after this day come forward and say » word in Norwich against the Charter , or iti principles . ( Loud cheering , ) Not one ! I lay again—not a lawyer—or a parson—or an overseeror a money-monger ? ( Immense cheering . ) Then * brother Chartists , I am delighted to stand among

      you , I am proud of the citizens of Norwich ! ( Continued cheering . ) You are Chartists then , every one of you , siace , if you approve of these principles , if yon have nothing , to say against their justice ; as reasonable beings , as honest men , you must be in favour of that which yon think is right ? Then my friends , I say . follow the course which your brethren are taking throughout England and Scotland , and which they are beginning to take in Ireland : it is an onward course . It is : 'Onward and we conquer —backward and we fall J' ' the chaster 4 nd ho bur-RBNoeb ! ' ( Mr Jones resumed kia seat amidst thunders of applause . ) > Mr Counts then moved that tbe petition be signed on behalf of the meeting by the Chairman , and that it be presented by that true friend of the people , F . O'Connor , Esq ., and that M . Peto , Esq . » one of the city members , be requested to tuppof t the same .

      Mr Corniu ) Spsinqhau , seconded the motion . A vote of thanks wa * passed amid enthusiastic plaudits to Mr Ernest Jones , and the meeting separated with three eheers for Mr O'Connor , the Charter , and our exiled patriots . Ia the evening , Mr Ernest Jones addressed a meeting of the members of the Land Company , at their room , when a resolution was passed , tecommendatory of the Chartists and the Land members conjointly having a lecturer down periodically to advocate their principles .

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      O'CouKpRvrxM . — Coercion ? or Ibiukd . — 0 a the 16 th mutant , a pnblio meeting was held in the school . room . Mr Barber having been called to th » chair , briefly explained tbe sbjeot of the meeting , and introduced Mr T . M . Wheeler , who read thefoll lowing petition : — To the Honourable the Common of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The petition of the inhabitants of O'Connorvlll * Hert . fordthfce , in public meeting assembled , Sheweth that your petitioners have seta with mingled feelings of regret and indignation , tbe intention of your honourable house to supersede the common law In Ire . land , by means of an Arms' Bill , and a discretionary but dtspotk power invested in the hands of the lord . lieutenant .

      Your petitioners , though slrtngly deprecating tbe dieorders now prevalent In same portions of that country , and eatertolHlngfetUngs of abhorrence against the crim * of assassination , are still of opinion that % vigorous exercise of tbe function of the ordinary law , and a disposition shown by your honourable house te put mea . sum calculated to relieve the present heart-rending distress prevailing tu that ceuttry-and an alteration in th » law relating to landlord and tenant , giving the Irish peasantry a permanent interest in the land tfcey cultivate-, thus preventing the periodical recurrence of famiht , would hare restored peaceand oontent , | and given renewed hopes to the Irish nation , whereat the present measure will only serve to increase the Irritation and discontent that now exists .

      Your petitiontrs , several « f whom are Irishmen , wonld further entreat yoir honourable house to appoint a com . mittee to examin * into the practicability of introducing a similar plan into Ireland , as that under which your petitioners are located , namely , in two , three , and four acre holdings on leases of 999 years at a yearly rental of five per cont . ' . on the estimated value of the property , reserving to the tenant the right of purchasing the fee simple at pleasure . This , yeur petitioners feel confident weuld be a met . sure that would relieve England of the evils of too great an influx of tbe Irish population , restore commercial proiperity to both ceuntries , and establish such relations of harmony and peace between landlord and Unant , governors and govenud , as would , for ever , prevent the necetsity of coercive measures fertile Irish nation .

      YourpetlUoaers , therefore , pray your hon . house to abandon the present measure of Coercion for Ireland , and adopt sich measures founded upon the above pre . mites as a means of Improving the condition of tbat nation . And your petitioners , 4 c , | The speaker thea gave a succinct account of the present state of that unfortunate country , and showed that a better law of landlord and tenant with fixity pf tenure , or the adoption of a plan rinubM to S 2 m ?" * ti * ^ *?"> l 0 Mt € d ' « w only remedies for IrWo grievances . Mr G . W . Wheeler SSfo ^ ffi ^ ? ^ "F ^ b-is regretlS dignation at the introduction of such a measure . Ite'&teKffi : "' " «• & nt lo

      M P »^ T ?? " Few «™ O'Connor , Eeq ., M . P ., lor presentation , and that Messrs Duncombe and wakley be requested to supportit . t A « -. J ( * " M ? th J ' » d carried . The petls ^ : zs : ' ^ ** re - W . n ? nr ^ i ubUon ) S ¥ washeld in wellndepensSJmtSS " W . «» n 8 . to hear Mr Samuel Kydd , of London , give an exposition of the principles of the Land Scheme aa propounded by tehte . S ! rV " >? 4 ty geod audience in at-« * * i noe ' i . ¥ r Be « Uamia Braolenridge was unani . HSfi&Vfc / 1 *' andin w 5 « Et introduced Mr Kyddtothemeetimr . who then com .

      ™ Bcea , tana ; aeJivered a most instructive and elo . juent lecture which occupied three hours in deliver * and was listened to with breathless attention . A votoof thanks was given to Mr Kydd , the chairman ; A ^ Sf ttT *? ° hape 1 ' ««« ntingthTS Jrokejp . thenwetlD * tt 6 rt thansatisfiwl quietly mfSrffC ^ TJ" th « k you on behalf of tho «« ^ 0 fthe LM i . C 0 mpanyneM , for the insertion of tho report of the meeting recentl y held it 33 . aTJdd ^ r ^ - ^^ k ™ * W , Eri l ! * £ ii . i talM ? Fe « 8 «» O'ConnoS wkVtw iLS 1 end !" thfcira ' Oar W * ttot \ y night ff 2 £ nwS » eTen ! ! l Moniay « D « ember 20 th when ™ S « d oth . » ffi ° ew were elected for the next three months . At the anirtru « , »„? , •„„ ?*

      , SESt » 8 * \ «» V ^ h ( oalave Ire ^ t fcTnSw e Tl V At the cl 0 M ' « e cheera for O'Connor and the Land were gi ? en in right geod Btyle . Mr Saundere , jun . will deliver atlaoture at vnK ^ iU ?? ° ? W ** 6 Venin S- December ?? V v ^ * clock * Sub J : ' The Land and ita Ho fj 1 '* ? exion with tte 8 reat 1 « fl 8 t i ° Mbrihtr TvDVU ,.-Atthe usual weekly meeting of No . 1 branch of the National Land Company , the membeTB unanimously agreed to form a money club te aid the branch , and that lots be drawn and oa each member gaining a price , that tbe same be immediately Bent to the bank , and placed to his credit . It was arrranged that the publ ' . o meeting for the adoption of the National Petition take place on Monday , January 10 th , 1848 .

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      street , aaymarKet , in me uny of Westminster , at the Office , i » the same Street and Parish , for the Proprieter , FE ARGUS O'CCh \ NOR , Esq ., M . P ., aud published by Wim . uk Hewitt , of No , 18 , Charles-street , Bran . don . street , Walworth , in the parish sf St . Mary , New . Jngton , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , No . 16 , Great WindmillJtreet . Haymarket , in the CityafWes ' . minster .-Saturday , December 2 « th , 1847 . fesgi

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      * -- tl i ^^^^ p i TO MR DANIEL M'CARTHY . T ?» ~ By a reP ° rt ° f the proceedings of the 'Irish Democratic . Association , ' published in the Northern Star of the 18 th instant , I perceive that you have made use of the following language : — 'MrDanielM'Carthy addressed the meeting at great length , denouncing some portion of Mr O'Higgins ' s letters as a lie , and others as a foul attack upon the Catholic clergy of Ireland . ' How , sir , I demand of you , without quibbling , guessing , er shuffling of any kind , to state clearly and distinctly , so as no one can mistake it , what portion of my letter is' a lie / and what other portion of it is a foul attack upon the' Catholic clergy of Ireland ?

      I deny both your charges . They are both false . They are empty , f l ippant , untrue , and ignorant . It appears to me that you did not know what you were saying , and , therefore , there is an excuse for you . Surely , you do nor mean to say that the 493 Catholic clergy who tided and abetted the Conciliation Hail delusion , out of upwards of 3 , 000 , constitute the Catholic clergy of Ireland . ! It was only that small minority of the Catholic clergy of Ireland who joined the Conciliation Hall movement that I charged , and now do again charge , with having propagated a delusion .

      With regard to the other portion of my letter , whatever it may be , which you have denounced as a lie , it is notoriously true , so generally recorded in the journals of the day—so often spoken of with pride and exultation by the ruffians who were guilty , aud with whom you appear to sympathise , that ' l shall leave that portion of my letter to Mr Clancy , and others who were present on the occasion , and who suffered from the attack ot those patriotic , place-seeking / kpeafer . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , Dublin , Patrick O'Higuxs . 19 th Dec ., 1847 .

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      GREAT MEETING IN ST ANDREW'S HALLi - ¦ ; ! v . V " " . ; , » QEtiqjj ,: " -. ; : ; , :. ; ' . ¦ : ' : " . ; . ¦ ' : V " ..

      A publio meeting was held in St Andrew ' s Hall , at twelve o ' clock on Monday last , to take into consideration the present distress , and itB ' remedy . Considerable opposition was expected from various obser * Tations made by enemies to the Charter . By the hour appointed , a large audience had a ssembled in this magnificent Hall , amid which , some of those hostile to the cause , were observed . Mr R . A . Ciihkk , sohoolmaster , having been called te preside , said : The object of their meeting together was to take the distress of the country into consideration , and petition the legislature to adopt measures for . its removal . That distress did exist , they need not look far for proof . From the naDers

      they could see that distress was prevalent in Ireland to an awful extent . ( A voice—* and Norwich too . ' ) They need not look to Ireland , as a friend , had observed . In Norwich the same distress existed . A casual observer might notice as one effect of the prevailing distress , that many committed a misdemeanor to be sent to prison . He need not tell them that some ' of the daughters of on te respectableperson * were walking Norwich streets , and there never was a time when there was lo muoh prostitution fer want of bread as at the present time , The present work * house was ton small ; they might expect the erection of a new workhouse . Both Whig and Tory were united in the town eonneilto obtain a National Rate , that their shoulders might be relieved ; they said

      arthing about feeding the poor . What measures had they adopted to benefit the people ? None . True , a District Visiting Society existed , but it was chiefly supported by ministers , not b ; those holding official situations in the corporation . There was a good old adage , tbat' God helps those who help themselves . ' He could not help smiling while reading the Royal Speech , to see that the Queen sympathised with the poor , and admired their patience . ( Laughter , ) If that wouldfeed their bellies , he should hare no objection to it ; but he knew that the greatest sympathy alone , without exertion and other means , would neither clothe their backs , nor feed their bellies . ( Cheers . ) He hod read a speech delivered in London the other day , containing this sentiment—' There

      are two animals noted for their patience , the one is a donkey , and the other is an BnalMma * . ' ( Laughter . ) , Mr Jabbi Hianniw rose to move the following resolution : — ' That this meeting views with feelings of deep commiseration and alarm , the wretchedness to which masse-of the operative and UbonringclnMes of Great Britain hare been reduced , and also tho da . piession of the interests of those other blades who are engaged in the distribution of wealth , and in conducting the commerce of the country ; and this meeting , belieting that the misery and ruin which they have thus to deplore , has been caused by a »«• nopoly of those manifold resources which , if properly conducted and fully developed , would have rendered snob , a state of things impossible , and made

      commerce eertain ; snu meeting is of opinion , thatsteps ought to be taken by the present government to unshackle the industry of the country , and open up those sources of national wealth and individual independence which are known to exist in such profusion in these islands ; —and this meeting hereby pledges itself to adopt such means as will induce this , or some future government , to adopt measures to open an unrestricted field for the profitable and honourable employment of all who wish to live by their own labour . Mr Hardiman observed , the distress was so great the country could not contain it . Tens of thousands were transporting themselves to distant lands , became there was not food and clothing for them at home , although every place of reserve was

      fall of both food end olotmug . Of the thousands who were emigrating to America , one-fourth died on the voyage , and a fourth , or half of those who landed , died of want . Chambers , of Edinburgh had , in his ' Hints to Working Men , told them that the right way to recover from their distress , was to save out of their little earnings , till they had deposited £ 10 in the Savings' Bank ; with whioh they could transport theuselves over to America , and there they would be in a fine state , that the gentry of England would envy them their situation . What did they think of such trash as that ! ( Cheers . ) Hew . could they tare £ 10 , and would ' such a sum take them over to America ? When they arrived there , the £ 10 would be gone ; but what cared

      Chambers , or snob trash-writers as they ? In another part of the same work , he stated , —a contradiction to the foregoing statement—that if the able mechanics would stop at home , they wonld get better wages than anywhere abroad .. M * Abraham Baqshaw , on rising :, said he had great pleasure in seconding the resolution , and in doing so , he wonld read over a few cases of distress He bad several cases , both of those in , and others out of employ . The first ease was that of a man , his wife , and six children , who received from the parish eight shillings relief , whioh was one penny halfpe ny a-head each per day . and Is . 10 Jd . for firing , soap , house-rent , and all extras . Another case was that of s man in employ , who earned for himself , a wife , and seven children , 7 s . 6 d . per week . He would take then [ to hundreds of similar cases ; for he ( Mr Bagshaw ) was one of the twelve city missionaries , appointed by the Temperance Society

      to tisit the poor . Another case was that of a man , his wife , and five children , all under ten years oi age . They had neither relief nor work . How could the poor creatures live ? By charity * No ! he would not call it charity , because he considered it the duty of every man who | had plenty of food for himself to relieve his needy brethren . ( Loud cheers . ) Other equally distressing cases having been mentioned , Mr Bagshaw referred with some feeling to the late reduction in the price of work made by Mr Wriget . Another case in the Temperance Sooiety . —A man , bis wife , and six children , receive four shillings per week relief—three farthings per head per day , for each individual to exist upon , he could not call it living . Another man and his wife received two shilliBgsa week from the Court , which was one penny per day for each to exist upon ; that man said , he had nine-pence a week to pay out of that for rent ; but he left it with the meeting to say if he could pay the rent . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr Richard Batebon moved the adaption of the petition , which was then read . The petition was the same as that recently adopted at the National Hall , praying for a division of the waste lands among the poor at a fair rental . Mr Babbbr seconded its adoption , in an address ef considerable length , in whioh he detailed the plans and operations of the National Land Company , and spoke of the happy condition of the men who were located npon Mr O'Connor ' s farm . The next resolution was moved by Mr J . Hvhriu ,

      man able and argumentative speech . The resolution ran thus : — 'That whilst this meeting approves of every attempt to bring under the notice of parliament the immense social and politioal wrongs to which the people are subjected , and sympathise with ever ) effort made to remedy them , they are nevertheless of opinion that any reform short of that proposed by the People's Charter , will nob secure fall and ample justice to all classes , and therefore , we pledge ourselves to ceaseless efforts to obtain the enactment of that document as the law of the land . '

      Mr W . Steward briefly seconded the resolution , when the Chairman called on Ernest Jonbb , who was received with immense applause , and in a masterly manner traced the causes of the distress home to class-legislation , and pointed to tbe only untried remedy , political power ( or the people . He next examined whether the people were fitted for the exercise of power , and asserted they were in advance of their rulers in every great question of modern times . To bear out this assertion , the speaker adverted te each , and proved his position amid the enthusiastic cheers of the audience . ' What then , since they were deserving of the exercise of power-what , he would ask , would be the best- means to ensure it . Thia introduced the

      subject of the Charter , ever * point of which the speaker minutely analysed , and the advantage accruing from which , to the shopkeeping as well as working-class , were fully shown . Think not , continued Mr Jones , when I invite the co-operation of the ehopkeeping class as having interests identical with our own , that ' we fawn upon them ; no , on the contrary , tbe working classes feel their own strength and are determined to carry their own movement . I don't know how matters stand in Norwich , but the feelings in other parts of the country are these : the working classes originated the movement for the s : x points of the Charter , and now people come forward under a dif . ferent name , advocating these same points and tel .

      ling you to abandon the | name Charter . Now when does a man change his name ? When he has committed a crime and run away , and is ashamed to own it . ( Cheers . ) Let them prove that the OhattiBts have committed suoh a crime and then they will listen to their advice . But while the name Charter isi unstained with crime , while it is innocent of any of the misery that has fa . len upon this country , S will have the Charter , name and all . Mr Jones then atrongly urged upon hw hearers ? he necessity of ^ p . -j . rarisjS ' a another there , and another Umms XL «? & .- "&

      th 3 R ft *•*««¦•« monopoly , Twhewwifl be thetffTdedatreamlets then ! Why each litu * taeUaw runnel will be dried up bj the burJine g . «* t Orbed by £ he Band 8 ol tieSrt . But kt them keep together , let them Bow on to one point with an undivided union and energy , that magnificent river will then be able to carry the fleets of progression on its back till it reaches in one Rrand and still increasing flow , to the great ocean of Pnjsperity . andhecause wiHbegaineLhklhave imaged under this metaphor . ( Loud applause . ) There is another danger which we have to meet , and that is mock concession on the part of tfie enemy . Opposition we defy . They have not been abfe ' to PSm down yet , we . without the bayonets , without the bludgeons , without the money , the land , or anything

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 25, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1450/page/8/