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      maaner , rf the demand for an extension of the fcuJfrage leased upon the plain and ' intelli giblegronnd , that taxation mthout reprS " fetion ^ istyramiy , and that every man , bv She iheorjr of oar ^ Constitution , has a rigfi to le represented in Parliament , we can not see why Mr . Hume and his fiiends shouldstop at Householders ; why not adopt a Manhood , instead of a brick , plaster and wood Suffirage ? It is , however , an immense advantage to Chartism to have their principles and objects thus discussed , by the intervention of a " respectable" half-and-half party . The House is so constituted at - vam Suffrage be k-i spd nnnn + Tio T » i »?« ¦ _ j-. ° . * ..

      , pre seat , that a debate on the Charter itself would be difficult to raise . Either the House would be " counted out , " or the motion shelved by a contemptuous and unreasoning majority , after a few brief words . But the motion of Tuesday night , while it failed in its immediate object , helped on immensely the Chartist movement . These repeated failures will make the middle-class Reformers more in earnest vrith their own agitation , and prove to them not only the strength of the resisting forces which they have to overcome , but , at the same time , that in order tsucceed there

      o must he a national movement . That can never be obtained until all pattering and compromises with principles are utterly abandoned , and a stand taken upon a broad , definite , and inielligible foundation . Sir G-. Geet and Lord 3 . SUSSELL did their best to drive Ifr . Home and his friendsinto this position . They plainly indicated that they regarded the motion as identical -with the Charter , and gave the latter the preference , as being the most plain , honest , and straightforward proposition of the two ; " and we trust that mature reflection

      Trill convince the supporters of the new Kefonn movement , that their true policy in future Is , to abandon their temporising policy , and come out boldly for a just Electoral system . Any change which excludes a . single man of fall age , sound mind , and untainted by crime trill leave the injustice which - bunts the present system untouched , and its continuance we firmly believe the people of this country have resolved not to permit . Every debate and division in Parliament hastens the time vrhen the monopoly of rotes must follow in the train of other monopolies already destroyed , That this period is not distant may he inferred from the two articles that have appeared in the Ministerial organ since the division on Tuesday

      night .- Echoing lord J . Ecssell in the first , it endeavoured to show that there was no economical ground for change , inasmuch as this year the estimates for the naval , military , and other- services are about £ 900 , 000 less than last year , and that really the House of Commons does represent the people pretty tolerably and reflects pnblic opinion with considerable accuracy . Its pooh , pooh tone in th ? first article , howeve , subsided , when a more minute examination of the division list and sundry ie 3 ections thereon , brought out the uncomfortable fact that eighty-three fewer members voted against Beforta thisyear than last . That is a huge body of tvaverers and -waiters upon Providence , and if the defection continues Lord Jobs -will be left alone

      r oth baa Tory allies to oppose the progress of constitutional Reform . Tor this task he is every way fitted . - As years pass over his head , his "finality " propensities develope themselves more and more . The speech he delivered on Tuesday was a slavish eop ? of those ii which Caxxixg andI * £ EL opposed him , when he was a Eeformer . The same old rusty substitutes for arguments were brought forth , with this differesee ; that whereas Caxxixg had wit ; talent , and intellect , Lord John was incapable of infusing these elements into the rechauffe of sophism and insolence which he served up on the occasion . Mr . Osborxe truly designated it ' . ' a melancholv exhibition , " and with equal truth drew

      fiie character of the TVMg aristocracy as having l > een at all times more anti-liberal than the real aristocracy of the realm . In the words of Swift" They forget the dunghill upon which they grew , And think themselves the Lord knows who . But even the stunted intellect and purblind vision of Xord Johx discerns in the political hemisphere the signs of approachingchanges , and therefore in a cold , hesitating , and vague way , he intimated that if the pressure became very strong , he might perhaps Jivour the country at some indefinite period with some small changes . We thank the little lord—little in all senses—cordially for nothing . IJeforethat time conies the game will be out of

      liis own hand , and -will have to he played 6 v bolder statesmen . Even the " limes" sees this , acd counsels hU lordship to lake time by the forelock , and follow up his damaging admissions by some -practical measure . These admissions the ' ¦ ' Tknsi" with an engaging candour peculiarly its own , says , " are embarrassing , because they are founded * in truth and justice . " How long "truth andjustice " areto be theoretically admitted and practically denied in Parliament , we must leave to fcme to determine . Meanwhile we repeat , that the debate has given an immense impetus to the question of Parliamentary Reform ; and that everything which tends to promote full and fair discussion of the question , must inevitably accelerate the passing of tueJPeople's Charter as the law of the land .

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      < m ^< HORRIBLE MASSACBE THROUGH XEGLECT . June 6 th , 1849 . Sin , —Il ) eg to apprise you of a terr ible calaiiutv—an explosion of fire damp—whereby thirty-four individuals have perished at flic lleblnrovr Colliery , near 2 fewcastle-on-Tyne . I am just setting out to Tisit the same , and attend the inquest , therefore I eannot at present give any farther particulars . Please to notice in the House at your earliest convenience , the apathy of the Government in neglecting , for two years ( since their pledge wag given to Mr . Dtojcombe ) , to bring in their promised measure . TJie explosion happened at six o ' clock yesterday morning ; vjjwards of one hundred men and boys were down at the time . Please to try whether the Government will send down any partiesto investigate the affair , as at previous explosions . —• Yours , &c , M . Jo te . P . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P .

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      CHARTISM IN THE CITY OF LOKDOK . , ^ den ; jf ly Crowded public meeting was held a * we Uity Theatre , MiltoiMtreet , on Mondav evening , June 4 th . Dr . Brooks was called to the chair . On the platform we noticed F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., ar id the members of the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , Mr . Reynolds , &c * On entering the theatre the honourable member for Nottingham was received with tremendous cheering , waving of hats and handkerchiefs . The Chairman called on all to keep good order and attend to that which mi ght be submitted to them . Mnch depended on the course of conduct pursued . If they fulfilled tteir duty the gentlemen present , as speakers , would , without doubt , do theirs . -. ' UAttTI SM IN THE CITY OF LONDO 2 f .

      The Secbetart ( Mr . Brown ) read letters from Mr . J . Smith , on behalf of T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., who was confined to the house from illness ; from Sharman Crawford , Esq ., M . P . ; and from D . Wire , Esq ., who said he -was not a Chartist , but was in favour of Household Suftrage , Ballot , and Triennial Parliaments ; and from B . Osborne , Esq ., t » i Jte ^^ tary ^ o announced that Mr . . Reynolds had given one guinea towards the expenses of the meeting . Mr . RETsotns then came forward to move the first resolution as follows : —

      _ That as there are seven millions of male adult population in this kingdom , and but one million represented by the Commons House of Parliament as at present constituted , ive , the inhabitants of the City of . London and its -vicinity , now present , protest against the right of that Assembly to enact lairs which all must obey j and we earnestly call upon the Legislature , in justice to the whole people of the United Kingdom , to establish our representative system upon the following principles : —Manhood Suffrage—Vote by Ballot-Annual Parliaments—No Property Qualification—Equal Electoral Districts—and Payment of Members ; as set forth in a bill entitled the "People ' s Charter , " which , in the opinion of this meeting , will ensure a full and fair representation of the whole people .

      He said : No one could possibly propose such a resolution with more pleasure than himself . How had they lost it ? Not by . any misconduct , hut by a powerful oligarchy , amongst whom he classed not only the hereditary legislators hut the handed interests , who were careless of driving you to desperation . What was the reason assigned for refusing yon the suftrage—ignorance ! But you are not too ignorant to produce them all the delicacies , excellencies , and elegancies of life . Mr . Reynolds referred to the Estimates , and drew down a burst of laughter at the- expense of the Triennial Silver Trumpets ; those things were kept up for the Queen , hut she was not to blame , as she knew nothing of them . ( Hear . ) Ballot was necessary for

      protection . Even in America they did not like to act without it . Annual Parliaments were necessary to prevent men voting for suspension of Habeas Corpus , &c . How often had Mr . O'Connor stood alone in that House . ( Great cheering . ) But it would not be the case had we Annual Parliaments . The abolition of the Property Qualification was also necessary , as it was men not property that should be there ; and as all men were not rich it was necessary to pay them , besides the present system led to hunting for places . In Prance the system had led to the representation of " all classes , from the porter on the quay , and Labour now adorned the Legislature of France . ( Much applause . ) Now then for Equal Electoral Districts . Why should Harwich have as much influence as the Tower

      Hamlets ? the constituency of which was too numerous to he made drunk , and too many to he bribed . There were ~ 656 members in the House , and he thought it a fair calculation to say , that from a million and a half to two millions was spent in obtaining those seats , though , of course , there were exceptions . Was it not , then , high time that the Charter should be had ? That taxation might be lessened , and the condition of the people be raised in the social scale . ( Cheers . ) Irish misery was caused by misgovernment , and be . believed that neither Irish misery nor English wrongs -jrould be redressed until the Charter became law . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Dixox seconded the resolution . Mr . Thomas Ci . abkb in rising was loudly anplauded . lie said : Mr . Chairman and friends , it is my duty to submit to you the following resolution : —

      That as it is averred by the leading Parliamentary and Financial Reformers—that Parliamentary must precede Financial Keform—this meeting : would submit to that class of lleformers the justice and policy of adopting the principles submitted in the previous resolution as the basis of our representative system , as we believe , should the Elective Franchise be conferred as ^ privilege but to a portion of the people instead of as a . right to the whole of the male adult population , not disqualified by crime or insanity , there must still be disaffection rankling in the minds of the unenfranchised ^ which win lead to agitation and other _ evils of civil warfare , which can only be avoided by dealing out equal justice to all classes in the state . "Whettl inform you that the resolution will be seconded by the hon . member for Nottingham , you

      will agree with me that I need not say much in its support . You will observe that we call upon our reform Mends to accept the principles of the People ' s Charter as the basis of a combined movement ; and unless they do so their movement will be deprived of much support which it would otherwise get , and their present object , if attained , will fall far short of thct justice to which the people are entitled . ( Cheers . ) The essential difference between those moderate Reformers and ourselves is , that we , the Chartists , demand the suffrage as a right , and tbey seek its extension merely as a matter of expedieDcy . ( Hear . ) This difference was made apparent by the hon . member for the West Riding , who , on the occasion for the last motion of Mr . Hume

      in parliament , for the extension of the franchise , ai- < nicd that with respect to the suffrage there was no such thing as right , but that its limitation depended entirely upon expediency . Now , we broadly assert that to tax us without our consent—and our consent can only be obtained through direct representation—is to rob us of our property , and in the language of the hon . member for Derby ( Mr . L . Heyworth ) , those who practice upon us in such a manner are thieves . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Indeed , the present House of Commons is , tothe six millions , of unrepresented men , nothing either more or less than a

      complicated piece of thieving machinery—( etieers ) —and all the members of that "honourable" House partake of the honour of this doubtful morality . ( Laughter . ) Perhaps I ought to except the hon . member who is at present on the platform . ( Cheers . ) If one man were to take the property of his neighbour as the Parliament takes om's , would not the law treat him as a thief ? ( Hear , hear . ) Well then , what is dishonesty in one man surely cannot he honesty in six hundred and fifty-eight men ( Cheers . ) I , therefore , think that all political movements ought to be based upon right , and , accordingly , have much pleasure in moving the adoption oftheresolution . ( Cheers . ) . .

      "When Mr . O'CONNOR rose , lie was received ¦ with several ronnds of most enthusiastic applause . He said : Mr . Chairman and my friends , I have left the other House , where y our MiiiiBters are voting supplies out of your pockets , and I am come to this house to consult -with you as to the means of converting those supplies to a more useful and profitable purpose . ( Cheers . ) There is no resolution that I could more cheerfully support , or with more consistency , than that submitted to you , and fcr this simple reason—because it proclaims the only means by which the end that we seek can be

      accomplished . The means are the People ' s Charter , whole and entire , and the end is an equitable distribution of that property created by the industry of the country —( cheers )—and , however they and their class may be juggled by anticipations of social benefits , arising from any other political measure , he was determined , if he stood alone , to persevere in the advocacy of those principles , which alone could confer substantial benefit upon the toiling millions . ( Cheers . ) He would now recall their minds te a few simple facts—namely , to the social changes anticipated by the people as the result of the political changes in the struggle for the achieve

      which they -were enlisted , and for - ment of which many lives were lost , but from not one of which have the working classes derived one particle of benefit . The first was Catholic Emancipation , and that was resisted until theneld officers , -with whom the Duke of "Wellingtonplaced himself in communication , informed his grace that reliance could be no longer placed upon the loyalty of the army . ( Cheers . ) Well , that was a sufficient proof that the acts and measures of government were based npon reliance on brute force , rather than upon justice or -wise policy . The Irish , a Catholic nation , thus achieved what they foolishly

      considered relig ious liberty , while the Oatnonc people still recognise the conqueror ' s trophy ni every church steeple , and the conqueror s representative in every Protestant parson . ( Cheers . ) The impoveri shed Catholic saw the conquering Protestant go to his comfortable place of worship , while his own chapel was dilapidated or unroofed ; and this in a Catholic country , that had achieved its emancipation from Protestant uondage . But as he had exp lained , it was achieved through fear—from the apprehension that it was dangerous longer to withhold it ; and from this they would learn

      the important fact—that measures extracted from the fears ot the ruling power , may be rendered Dull and void by the administrators of that power , -while measures tased upon the

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      united will of the whole people , would be carried out with fidelity , and would confer equal justice upon all , ( Cheers . ) Let them bear in mind , that the task which he had undertaken , was to prove to the working classes , that all promised social changes were based upon the hope of transferring political power from the hands of one party to those of another , and that was a view which they had never yet taken of the question . Well , next came Reform , and could any—the most enthusiastic Chartist , picture to his own mind , more complete social changes than were anticipated from that measure ? ( Cheers . ) And united will of thn wlinlo « n ^ i « . u .

      was it not by the popular strength enlisted by anticipation of those social changes , that reform was carried ? There was no " gagging bill'' then ; and what did the people do ? Why they carried a full-length portrait of their king , with his head twisted , and the bloody executioner threatening it with the axe , if he resisted that political change from which the people were led to expect those social benefits . ( Loud cheers . ) There was no loyal resistance upon the part of the Whigs to this democratic insanity ; but , when they had achieved political power , then , to prove their constitutional loyalty , they hung and transported the

      very parties whom they had roused to furious madness by hope of a better social condition . ( Cheers . ) Let him illustrate the popular notions of Reform . He sat upon an Election Committee for eight days in the year 1833 . The contest was between Mr .-Pugh , a Tory , and Colonel Edwards , a Whig , then changed into a Liberal . A Welsh carter , who stated that he was made drunk by Mr . Pugh ' s party and voted for that gentleman , was examined . He , Mr . O'Connor , asked him , "For whom did you vote V He replied , " For Mr . Pugh , because I waB made drunk . " He then asked him , "For whom would you have voted had

      you been Bober ? " He replied , ' " For Eddards , to be sure ! " " Why for Colonel Edwards ?" " Because he is a Eeformer , to be sure !" " Well , are you a Eeformer ? " " Yea / to dq sure I am ! " " Well , now , what does reform mean ? " " Reform , reform , why , I don't know . " ( Loud laughter . ) " Well , but if you stop there for a week you shall answer me . Now , what does reform mean ?" . "Reform , reform ; why roast beef and plum pudding to be sura ! " ( Roars of laughter . ) Well , but

      let them observe that according to the present franchise , the votes of a few such incapable drunkards may turn the scale , while , If it was open to all , the ignorance and beastiality of the few would be controlled b y the discretion of the many . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , next came free trade . ( Laughter and "Ay . " ) Ay ! and although that promised the social benefit of " high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do , " yet , nevertheless , the people were politically enlisted to support it . They were told that none but Liberals could carrv

      it , and that none but Tones opposed it . Well , they had . that political change , but did they derive the social benefit of "high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do ? ( Laughter , and "No . " ) Well , then , ( said Mr . O'Connor ) are you now going to be juggled for the fourth time , and again to be caught in the Financial Reform trap , which is based upon political change ? ( Criea of " ¦ No , never / ' ) " Well , now he would show them the difference between House of Commons

      liberalism and platform liberality . Colonel Thompson—( Groans and hisses )—stop , stop , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was not about to make a single comment upon the question , that he would leave to them ; but , when the question of reducing the salaries of Ministers was submitted to the House of Commons , by Mr . Henley , a Tory ; Colonel Thompson and Mr . Brotherton —two platform financial reformers— -not only voted against the reduction , but spoke against it , declaring that Ministers were the last parties whose salaries should he reduced . (

      Continued groans and hisses . ) Now , then , ho had shown them—and he hoped pretty clearly —how all hope of social change through transfer of political power from one party to another , had been disappointed in their own day ; and now he would show them , that it was but in strict keeping with the policy of former times . Seventy years ago , when Charles James Fox , and his Whig associates , were looking for political power , they discovered that the force capable of achieving it for them could only be recruited from the popularranks , and they baited the popular trap . with , every single point of the People ' s Charter . Well ,

      what was the consequence ? Why , that when Fox and his party achieved power , through democratic influence , he brought in a bill to disqualify government contractors from sitting in the House of Commons , and when it was passed he triumphantly said , " There is your Charter , now be quiet . " ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Well , they cheered , but they should not lau"h , for the admission w . is a censure upon their order . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , then , having been thus deceived in ancient and modern times , would tbey allow themselves to be caught in the financial trap ? ( Cries of « ' No , never . " ) ne had , and he hoped clearly , expounded the social changes

      that had resulted from political changes , and iie would conclude that part of his subject with an assertion , that the toiling millions would never derive any , the slightest , social benefit from any political change save and except the People ' s Charter , whole and entire !—( loud and long-continued cheering)—a measure to which he had devoted the best days of his life , and in the struggle for which he would continue if all deserted it . ( Renewed cheering . ) Let him now call their attention to the manner in which odium had been heaped upon the social and political principles which he and millions advocated . In 1793 , when the French Revolution had afinghtod this isle from its propriety , the Radicals of that day , who , though hut few , were active—were dcell know

      siVnated " Jacobins , " their opponents w - in" that , although " a rose by any other name would smell as sweet , " that a name given to a political party may confer upon it general odium and reprobation . Thus they designated Radicals as Jacouins , and many an honest man with tins name affixed to him was ducked and otherwise ill-treated . Well , some time after , Radicalism became a little more fashionable , and we adopted the hated appellation those who competed with us calling themselves "Liberals , " the odium still remaining attached to the term "Radical . " Well , when the progress of the age had wiped the stain off Radicalism " tbey gave us the name of Chartists , and now tbpv call themselves Radicals , and knowing the which

      importance attached to a political name , the Press of faction can cover with odium , they seek to attach to us the new appellation Of Republicans , while , if we accepted it , they would designate us as Devils ; they would accept the name of Chartists themselves , but iipt our principles , and upon this fallacy they would enlist the opposition . -nay , the deadly antagoiiism-of shopkeepers , middle-class , and traders . ( Loud cheers . ; Well then , were they prepared , thus warned , to cut their own throats , and being driven to the necessity of dragging another political name thvough-thc gauntlSt of persecution ? ( Cheers , and 3 « o . ) f . pfchim now illustrate the legal consequences

      atnched to a political name , it is always tapn as uw representation of a social principle ; thus when Lovettand CollinsVere tried at Warwick ( and mind , before a jury of farmers ) . Mr . Justice Lit ledale most unconstitutionally , unjustly , and untruly to d theiuryof farmers that the social object of the Chartists was to take the land from its present owners , and divide it amongst themselves . ( Shouts of « Shame ! " ) Yes , it was shame to the judge to tell such afalsehood , but was itnot a perfect confirmation ofhis argument , that even the law attached a ocM meaning to a political name ? ( Cheers . Now he would draw their attention to the social SL ^ t ias soughttote attechedtoCharUsin , ^ everv man in thatrneeting was a Socialist- ( " no -e , ^ m , " s .-lam a Socialist , and you are all

      Socialists in the true acceptation of the term , ? sA ^ s 4 . r « s £ Construction that the writers put upon the t £ rm Socialists . They , without any , the slig htest KstTncST characterise all Socialists as Inldela . mear he " V . ) Now he ( Mr . O'Connor , ) . was not Eared tointerfero with the religious opinions . of ? n ? man - ( hear , hear , ) -no man had a right to in-Shsh-n& « S fiTttS & ^ . SffS'StfMS s = u -S--3 sr ? s Sa ^ jjSfca js s

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      at another hour , and the Dissenting minister at another hour , while the Socialists may devote their hour to recreation ; but in the long run all would come to the same conclusion , that God created all and the earth for all , but not one thousand and one religions to constitute antagonism and deadly feuds amongst all . ( Loud cheers . ) He would now show them now a new social principle was sought to be attached to the political principle of Chartism : some most enthusiastic fools were endeavouring to gam popularity b y proclaiming and preaching the fascinat'ng doctrine ,- that the land is national propertV- Well , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had often declared that . God gave us land but the Devil gave us landlords ; but then see the worse than folly of trying to win the public mind , or divide the public mind , by reliance upon such moonshine . It is the verv „* , «««« . l ^ ..- — .. .,:. - .. ....... .

      thing that has always destroyed the popular pavty . The very moment we are ripe for moral action , that moment some egregious or enthusiastic fool causes dissension in our ranks , by tickling the mind with the hope of attaining an impracticable object . ' Now , will those preachers , who proclaim the laud to be national property , have the honesty or the courage to admit that muskets , bayonets , swords , petards , cannons bombshells , forts , fortresses , ramparts , men-of-war , sailors , and soldiers , are also national property ; and that such national property , like land national property , is not at the command of the people , but at the disposal and beck of those who possess land property , money property , and all property , wrung , from the sweat of the poor man ' s brow , and accumulated from a depreciation of

      wages in consequence of the monopoly of class-representation , based upon this monopoly of this physical force , which enables them for a time to resist the progress of mind , until the British minister has discovered that the voice of knowledge has silenced the cannon ' s roar ? And although ww a mere cipher , a nonentity in the House of Commons , belonging only to the people , who are not represented in that House , then the minister will say : " Mr . O'Connor , is there anything else the people wish for ? let them ask and they snail have . " ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) Let the people bear in mind , that it was more easy to predict the coming events of one , two , or even six years , in olden times , than ifc is now to predict the events of six weeks , yea , or six days . We live in the age of

      progress , and the news of to-day , will be stale upon the morrow , and yet , in the midst of this progress of mind , our silly rulers hope to rock their little cradle in tho midst of surrounding convulsions and revolutions ! ( Loud cheers . ) Let them contrast the dogged stolidity of English rulers , as compared with the onward march of other countries . Prussia , a despotism eighteen months ago , has proclaimed Universal Suffrage , no Property Qualification , and four years' Parliaments , with many other vital and important changes , as the basis of its constitution , while our stupid rulers doggedly resist any , the smallest concession to tho popular will . ( Cheers . ) Well , then he would ask whether ministerial acquiescence to the principles of the People ' s Charter , would be as great , or as liberal a change in this

      country , as the change from despotism to a , free constitution in Prussia ? ( Loudcheers . ) Did England hope much longer , even under a policy based upon fear of the progress of mind , to remain at peace , while her allies were at war all over the world ? and were they not aware , that the first shot fired abroad would he followed by the proclamation of the People ' s Charter at home ? ( Loud cheers . ) Well , then it was to prepare the English mind for those coining changes , that ho once more resumed his position as demagogue upon the platform . And now to make a summary of this branch of his discourse , lie would tell them , that faction ' s only reliance , for resistance to the Charter , was based upon that odium which the industrious Press could attach to the social ends to bo achieved by our political

      means . ( Cheers . ) Once let the middle classes , the shopkeepers , and all who have property to lose , understand that our political principle is , to convert their properties to the use and benefit of those who have no property ; and then , my friends , they can marshal under such a cry , a sufficient amount of special constable force as would enable them to spare their military strength for foreign purposes , ( Loud cheers . ) What , bat the odium attached to the social objects of Chartism , has filled their dungeons and their transport ships ? While , so far from preaching revolutionary doctrines or spoliation , he would now faintly sketch his scheme of Financial Reform , by which he would make the rich richer , the poor rich , making compensation to all , for the losses they have sustained by misgovernment and a

      misappropriation of the national funds . ( Cheers , ) Had they any property ? ( Shouts of " No ! " ) Yes , lie would show them that they had more than would pay the national debt . The land , or rather the encumbrance upon the land , termed poor rates , was their property . It was the first encumbrance upon every estate , and no estate could bo sold discharged from'that liability . Lord Brougham stated , that last year it amounted to £ 8 , 140 , 000 ; but , take it nakedly at £ 8 , 000 , 000 and at thirty-three years' purchase , which was much under the value , as it was to the land what ground rent was to the hoiise , ihe first charge that must be paid . Now , in order to destroy antagonism , to do justice io all , and injustice to none , he would reduce those poor ' rates to make compensation to the landlords for free

      trade to five millions a-year , and which at thirtythree years ' purchase , your property , —always mind yours!—after generously giving nearly one-half to the landlords , would produce one hundred and sixty-five millions . ( Loud cheers . ) Wait a minute , this is the labour question—my hobby—the question to which I have devoted my past life , and to the realisation of which I will deyote my whole life , if necessary , Iwo 1 hope it will not . ( Loud cheers . ) Now with one hundred nnd fifty millions of your own money , I would constitute half a million of a yeoman class national militia . And what could I do with them ? Why the one hundred and fifty mil-Iion 3 would givo to each of the half million eight acres of land , averaging £ 25 per acre , and £ 100 in cash : £ 70 or £ 00 to be expended in a cottage ,

      which could be added to from year to year , according to the requirements of the family , and £ 40 in cash to commence agricultural operations . ( Loud cheers . ) Sow mind , I am not like ft visionary theorist , applying other men ' s money to labour purposes , but by the proper application of the labour fund I am conferring a large boon upon tho landlord and farming class . Well , each of those 500 , 000 tenants should pay £ 15 a-ycar for their eight acres , and £ 100 capital , and that would produce a revenue of seven millions and a half per annum , and leave not a nauper in the land . Perhaps the currency gentlemen may tell me that there is not a sufficient amount of flouting capital to purchase this land . My answer is ,-that I do . not want a guinea , as every landlord would be but too happy to give up a

      slip ofhis property , getting his share of three millions a-year as hisreward ; while all house property subject to tho poor rates would , even at the present standard , sell like a debenture in the market , and fetch the amount of ready money required . And now , he would ask , whether any plan projected by the Financial Reformers would , or by any possibility could , confer so great a booh upon every class in the state , from the manufacturer himself down to the humblest tradesman , operative , or labourer in the country ? Where is the man , then , of ar . y trade that would bo out of employment ? Whore is the shopkeeper that would be without customers ? Where is the man that would dare allow hi * child , or where is the child that would dare allow his lather or mother , to become a pauper or a beggar ?

      ( Cheers . ) So much for poor rates property ; and now ho would deal with church property , which he would also contend was the property of the state , and that the labour of the industrious constituted the main prop of the state . Well , that property , throughout the empire , with its appendages , contingencies , ecclesiastical courts , &c , may bo lowly estimated at £ 10 , 000 , 000 , but he would make the landlords a present of £ 2 , 000 , 000 , thus reducing it to £ 8 , 000 , 000 , and that , at thirty-three years' purchase , would sell for £ 264 , 000 , 000 ! but of that fund he would givo £ 40 , 000 , 000 to the present incumbents—that is , he would givo to each five years' purchase as compensation for the loss of tithes ; so that a man with a living of £ 1 , 000 ayear , would receive £ 5 , 000—the men with £ 500 d each should his

      would receive £ 2 , 500 , an pay own labourer , who does his work—his curate—ten years ' purchase upon his salary , as his education has cost him as much as that of his master , and the curates , according to class , are the worst paid set of men in the community . ( Cheers . ) Now , he hoped they wore following him through his solution of tho labour question . ( Cheers and" Yes . " ) Up till now he had only presented the miniature of his plan , but now he believed the mind was prepared to receive the fulllengtli portrait . ¦ '¦ W ell , ho had dealt with tho property of the people thus : —He had given the landlords five millions a-year ; he had given the parsons forty millions of the money of the people , and he had located half a million upon eight acres each , with a cottage , and £ 40 to begin , leaving a rental of seven million five hundred thousand pounds to be paid by this yeoman class , and after thus dealing with the several interests , it left him a surplus of tlfteen

      millions from poor rates , and two hundred and twenty-four millions from church property , thus supplying a capital of two" hundred and thirty-nine millions . And now I come to its application , namely , to the reduction of the national debt . Now , for every £ 60 borrowed , you , the taxpayers of England , are payin " the fundholder £ 100 ; while—curious to say _ that £ GO would purchaso moro of your labour than £ 100 would purchase when the £ 00 was lent . Well , then , who can say that we commit an act of injustice . ifwe repay the fundholder now the exact amount he lent to keep " Bony " out , and save his own property ; and especially mind , when the £ 60 now would purchase more of the produce of your labour than £ 100 would purchase when he lent the smaller sum . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , then , paying the fundholder at the rate of £ 60 to the £ 100 , which is a handsome dividend for a bankrupt nation to pay , and then soe how we stand : the . two hundred anil tMrty-nl&e scullions saved from church and

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      p ^ or-rate property would reduce the national debt to little more than two hundred millions , whilefrom the five hundred thousand small farmers we receive seven millions and a half of rent , which , after paying £ 3 per cent , or six millions a year upon the two hundred millions of national debt , would leave us a million and a half a year for education , hospitals , and comfortable provision for the old and infirm who may require it , though then they would be but few , as the neglect of parents would then be a national disgrace . ( Loud and continued cheering followed this statement . ) Now , ( continued Mr . O'Connor } , there is my financial budget : I save tho nation twentyseven millions a year ; as interest of the national debt—ten millions in tithes , and eight millions in poor rate . ? , making forty-five millions a year , and ., „ „ ,:. v . ...:,.... .,

      a million and a half to the improvement and comfort of the people ; every curate may become a schoolmaster , and every parson a preacher of his own creed upon tho voluntary system ; then they would be loved instead of being despised ; then cruelty and drunkenness would be banished from the land ; the condition of every class would-bo benefitted , and although he had made no calculation of the abandonment of our war force , yet he ventured to predict , that such a community would not require a soldier , or a policeman , to preserve peace , and that no government need then apprehend the invasion of a foreign force . But , ( said Mr . O'Connor ) , I live before my time , the speculators will tell you that it would be impossible to find money to effect these gigantic changes , while

      the speculators found no difficulty in extracting nearly three hundred millions , in a few years , to speculate in railroads and other fascinating jobs . ( Loud cheers . ) And , be it remembered , that every farthing applied to those monster speculations , has been wrung from the sweat of tho labourer . ( Cheers . ) But although every scheme of theirs is not only practicable but patriotic , any , even the most feasible , plan suggested for the improvement of the poor , is visionary , speculative , absurd and impracticable . And why ? Because the capitalist control of the labour market allows the speculator to jump from his clogs into Spanish leather bootsfrom the dung cart into the splendid carriage . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds , Mr . Clark , and Mr , Dixon , who . had preceded him , had made very able

      speeches upon the labour question , and the question of governmental expenses . Mr . Reynolds had called their attention to the gross amount expended upon royal palaces , and other regal requirements ; out , as was his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) custom , be considered tfc his duty to analyse those several sums , in order that the working classes may be perfect masters of the subject , and with that view , he would analyse the several expenditures , and apply them to the labour question . In twelve years , one million and a halfiof money had been spent , not on building , but improving Windsor palace , and that money if expended for the benefit of those from whose pockets it was filched , would locate fifteen thousand persons , upon four acres of land each , —or , at five to a family , would provide for seventy-five thousand

      people , and each of those would give profitable employment to another family , making a total of one hundred and fifty thousand people ! ( Loud cheers , and " Shame . ") Well , not only would those fifteen thousand small farmers givo employment , each , to another family , but all would bo better customers to every branch . of trade , and to the manufacturers . ( Cheers . ) Well , now , it was boasted that twelve hundred thousand pounds of English money was expended upon Irish workhouses ; and as , ere long , every Irish landlord , farmer , and shopkeeper will have to take refuge in these domiciles , you have three hundred thousand pounds more expended upon the decoration of one palace than upon the erection of habitations for a whole nation . ( Shouts of " Shame . " ) I tell you ( continued Mr . O'Connor , ) that it is no shame to f-hose who did it , but it is a shame to those who

      paid for it , to have tolerated it . ( Cheers . ) Well , as he never was tired of expounding this labour question , let them now understand that there were two hundred and sixteen thousand pounds expended upon furnishing that palace , and that sum at twenty-five pounds to the acre , would purchase eight thousand six hundred and forty acres of * land ! There were guts for a palace . ( Cheers , and laughter . ) And that quantity of land' would furnish two thousand one hundred and sixty families with four acres each , or provide for ten thousand eight hundred people , who would give constant employment to ten thousand eight hundred more ; and thus there has been expended upon the mere renewal of the furniture for one palace , as much as would give constant and

      remunerative support to twenty-one thousand six hundred people , all of whom would be excellent customers to every trader , and not one of whom would require a fraction of relief . ( Cheers . ) Well , he believed there were , last year , one thousand seven hundred pounds spent upon additional kitchen furniture for Buckingham palace . ( Shouts of '' Shame" ) Well , he thought he had now clearly expounded the labour question , and he would recall their attention to a prophecy he had made with regard to the effect that tree trade would have upon the English labour market . He told them that tho Ii-isli labourers would come here to compete with them . Well , what was tho fact ? Why that he had tho permission of a gentleman , cultivating three hundred acres of his own land in Lincolnshire , to state here , or in the

      House of Commons , that whereas last year he was paying his labourers 2 s . 3 d . per day , or 13 s . 6 d . per week , he is now paying them one shilling per day , or six shillings a week . ( Cries of " Oh , oh , oh . " ) And this reduction was solely consequent upon the competition created by Irish famine . But wait until the regular harvest influx of Irish labourers came here ; then they will neither emigrate nov return , but will work for any amount here that will preserve their existence ;—( hear , bear)—and they had a perfect ri «» ht to do so , as they were presumed tO be gOVCrncd ~ by the same laws . But what effect ffOuJdthathavo upon the shopkeepers of Lincoln , and the other towns in that county ? ( Hear , hear . ) Why , simply this . It would teach them that labour was not only the legitimate source of all

      power , but the only source of wealth , and they would voi ' y spoodily discover that there was very little difference between a landed aristocracy and a nionied aristocracy ; with this trifling distinction , that the landed aristocracy have not the same power , if they had inclination , to establish fortunes upon a reduction of wages . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds has stated—and truly stated , —an occurrence which took place in Ireland , with respect to a man having extracted the heart and liver from a human being and eaten it . ( Shouts of horror . ) And ho stated that Lord John Russell denied the assertion . Well , what was the fact ? Why , that the denial was a mere quibble . His lordship stated that the circumstance occurred not lately , but last IS ovember—flauffhterV-and that the Irish cannibal

      was not aware that the body was that of a- human being . Now there was a state of ignorance , for a Christian Minister , in a Christian country , to ascribe as justification for such a horrible act . ( Shouts of "It ' s too bad . " ) Well , was there ever such an anomaly as unhappy Ireland now presented ? Idle land—idle money—idle and starving peoplewhile the English consumers . are not only compelled to look to foreign countries for their provisionswhich might be produced under their nose , but arc further compelled to submit to taxation , to preserve tho miserable existence of millions of Irishmen , who are ready and willing to procure food for both countries . ( Hear , hear . ) Nothing delighted him so much as the conversion of opponents , and he sincereltrusted that every man at that meeting bad

      y read—or would read—the article in last week s JXspatch , upon " The capability of the Land , and the distribution of the Royal Forests into Peasants Allotments . " ( Cheers . ) Although he mentioned this triumphantly , let it not bo supposed that he mentioned it tauntingly . No , no ; he rejoiced m it ; as he courted the co-operation—however lateof every man in developing the value of labour , when applied to the cultivation of the soil . ( Hoar , hear . ) The Dispatch informed them that Hounslow Heath , not many years since the haunt of thieves and footpads , and then a bleak wilderness , is now , by the application ef labour worth £ 3 a year rent per acre . Now he wanted them all to read that article , and all other articles from all other papers in connexion with this Land Plan ; for depend upon it ,

      that the solution of the question of labour is now puzzling all nations . Well , ho would ask if it was possible for the British Minister to rock his little cradle in peace , while all foreign countries were convulsed—by not being able to solve the labour question ? But , as he detested cruelty and drunkenness moro than any other two crimes , he was not prepared to commit an act of aggression or injustice , much less an act of cruelty , in the practical solution of his labour question ; he would better the condition of all , and thus , when all were comfortable , it would be the means of destroying that blasting , blighting envy and jealousy , which now create such horrifying and injudicious antagonism . ( Cheers . ) Yes , he did not want to sparer one of Nature's children from Nature's board , as fcatures breast was ample and sufficient to sustain haturo 8 family , if properly and beneficially applied . ( Loud Cheers . ) The mind of this country would achieve

      that for the accomp lishment ol wincn tne people oi forei « n countries were compelled ^ to resort to physical force , and if ever the English people should be forced into such madness or folly , tho blame would be upon the head of the servile press , that catered falsehoods to-aurtaiu - the ascendancy Of Action , by withholding the enlightenment Of the people : from those who should be governed by public opinion and live upon the public money . ( Cheers . ) _ Let them look tothe position into which the withholding of rights has driven the Hungarian people . ( Tremendous cheering and waving of hats , &c . ) Ay , he heartily responded to the joyous acclamation of the triumph of the Hungarians , and if blood was to be Shed lha contest for liberty his hope and fondest aspiration was , that the brave . Hungarians would commemorate their triumph by a pyramid of

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      Cossacks , capped , with their Tsar ! ( Tremendous applause . ) And that the brave Romans would imitate their noble example , and commemorate their triumph by an Austrian pile capped with their Autocrat ! ( Renewed cheering , and clapping of hands . But , thank Go'J , he spoke to a people who wielded a mmd that would never be driven to such sad alternatives to make the acquisition of legitimate power . Lot them understand how the acquisition ot that f > ower altered the policy and tactics of lnction . Not long since tho Monarchists and Legitimists m France expressed their horror of physical force while they governed by the sword ~ Aifa tho very 3 ame parties now are trying to force the people into another revohrtion , in the hope of destroying that infant mirid which time will mature into

      national liberty , contentment , and peace ( Loud oheor-3 . ) But not that Mberty , contentment , and ¦ peace in which thegorpti few luxuriate upon the dependence of the plundered many . ( Cheers . ) Lot him , in conclusion , caution them against giving air to the enthusiasm of the "POOR GENTLEMEN , " but to go on steadily : and resofotely in their own beaten track . But in order that they may not make a miscalculation of his parliamentary influence , leS him assure them that , at present , he was n mere nonentity in that Ilouse . But ke still cherished the fond hope of being abJo to unmask such a battery of popular mind , and discharge such a xolley ot popular will , as would convince his opponents of popular influence when wiselv directed . fLoud

      cheers . ) He would explain his position in that Ilouse . If any party was about to propose a measure which was likely to receive the all butunanw mous assent of the legislature , and if he proposed the same measure one day before , it would bo as unanimously rejected . And why ? Simply lest its adoption should add any , the slightest weight , to Ins name , and thus give him more influence with the people ,. ( Cheers , and "Yes , that's it . " ) Yes , hewas glad it was it , and having suffered every description of martyrdom , persecution , and obloquy , and eighteen months of incarceration , he was , nevertheless , resolved that while dread or threat of persecution turn

      should not , him from his purpose , neither vanity , ambition , noi-wounded feeling should ever goad him or recklessly hurry him into a course which would be destructive to their cause . For it he had lived , and rather than forsake it , so hel p him God ! he would vsithov perish ; and to repeat his ofttold ink , the fondesi aspiration of his mind was to open Nature ' s breast to Nature ' s children , and thus promote the happiness and contentment of all and secure the peace of all . [ Mr . O'Connor resumed bis seat amid pi-o-longcd cheering , waving of hats and handkerchiefs . } After a few observations from Mr . Flaxmax , tho resolution was put and carried unanimously . The Chairman then called upon Mr . M'Giumto

      move the petition , who , on coming forward , was loudly cheered . Having , read it , he aaid , they had that night given a-convincing proof that there was some vitality yet in metropolitan Chartism . It was still living , notwithstanding the eSarta of Grey , Jervis , Powell , and Co , to crush it , ( Cheers . ) Even Lord John Russell , who thinks that the people are indifferent to politics , and satisfied with things as they are might doubt the soundness of his opinion , could he witness their numbers , spirit , and enthusiasm that night . ( Cheers . ) They had assembled once move to launch the bark of the Charter , and if they would resolve to stick to the ship and never to furl a sail , they might rest assured of being speedily able to anchor tnerr bark in

      tne naven oi liberty , ( vhccis . ) The tune liaacome for shaking off inactivity , and resuming ihe great work of national deliverance once more . Liberty was on the passing breese , it was wafted from the centre to the remotest extremes of Europe , and surely its invigorating influence must be imparted to the British mind . England would not , he hoped for her honour , consent to remain a laggard , while other nations were , by a single effort , r ising from the prostration of despotism to the dignity © f freedom . ( Cheeri . ) They found financial reformers and parliamentary reformers now upon the alert , which circumstance he lioped would stimulate the real reformers to real and , unmistakeablc exertion , in the sacred cause of liberty and justice . Just as he recognised liberty of speech in every man , so lie recognised liberty of agitation in all parties ; but while they saw others going for measures of reform , which fell short of universal j . u ' stico , his advice was

      to raise highly and proudly tho bright banner of tho Charter , and to hea _ r it over every obstacle till they placed it in triumph over the ruins of oligarchical usurpation . ( Cheers . ) They had the power to be free , but wanted the will to exercise it . The purpose of these meetings was to incite them to an exercise of that power . Did they want stimulants to urge them on in their demands for justice ? They w » uld find them in the impoverishment and degradation which were overwhelming ' tho whole industrial population , without a shadow of hope , so long as the curse of Whig and Tory domination hung over them . Mr . M'Grath having addressed himself to several other interesting topics connected with the petition , concluded his address amid the unanimous approbation of the meeting . Julian Uarney seconded tho adoption of the petition . His speech , which was of considerable length , excited enthusiastic applause .

      The petition was then put and unanimously ado 2 > tcd . It was then moved by Mr . Brown , " That it be presented by Lord J . Russell . " Carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was g iven by acclamation to the chairman , also tothe Cnpplegate locality for getting up the meeting , after which the meeting separated .

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      RECEIPTS OF THE HAT 10 HAL LAND COMPANY Fob the "Week Exddtg Thbbsday , JrSE 7 , lSi 9 . SHARES-£ s . i £ s a . Sleoford .. 0 2 0 -Wigton .. 0 6 6 KorUi Shields .. 2 0 0 H . Snell .. « 10 « jtuveikeithiijg .. 119 0 J . Stevenson ; .. 0 a v Bright on .. 21-5 6 James Cuttris .. 0 10 0 Nottingham .. 0 IS 10 C . 3 Iowl .. 0 1 C Preston , Brown 018 0 J . Yigurs .. 0 3 0 itrigfcton , JTo . 2 ¦* 0 19 O ~^ 2 ~ T ~ , Vitham .. 2 0 0 £ 13 _ 8 _ 4 WB EXPENSE FUND . InverfceithiEg .. 0 10 Brighton , Kb . 2 Old JVotiinsimm .. Ol O ¦ - Newton .. 0 5 6 & > 8 6 TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... ... 13 S 4 ^ Expense ditto ... — ' ... 0 8 6 Bonu 3 ditto ... ... ... 021 5 0 loan oitto ... ... ... 0 6 4 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Rules ... ... ... ... 0 0-4 Ilent , Aid Fund , loan Fund , « fcc , hv Messrs . "Walwork and Dent .. " . 58 5 0 £ 693 19 C W . Dixos , C . Dotle , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Ghath , Fin . Sec .

      EXECUTIVE FUND . Gecavedlj & Ktdd . —Glasgow , £ 1 los . ; Hamilton , 10 s . Iteceired at Laxd Office . —• Kotfingliani . per J- Sweet , 6 d , FOR MRS . M'DOUALLfieceivea by W . Rider . — Afew Friends , Hawick , 5 s . DEFENCE FUND . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Upppivpfl OV"W BlDEB . —DaJkeiflijperJ . lament , 2 s M . ; T $ g ^ £ ** M *> - * - i CW ^ - &S ^ Arnold £ llbs . ; G . and W . Bison , near Melton Mowbray 5 ™ ; Knningham . People ' s HalL per IT . ButEialL 6 s . 60 . 'Ditto , ditto , Is . fid . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by J . Absott . — Ernest Jones locality , per Mr . M'VeMi , 7 s . Shi . ; part proceeds of Harmonic Meeting at fJiicL-lavers Anns , Tonbridge-street , per , J . Bonlton , Ss . ; -Westminster , per J . Grassby , 2 s . 8 d . ; US , Golden-lane , per Thomas Brown , 3 s . 6 d . ; Mrs . Kewby , Is . ; Miss Simmonds , Is Mrs . M'Gee , Is . ; Mrs . Brown , Is . j Mr . Kider , as per Star £ 3 13 s . 9 d .: Crown and Anchor , per J . Teteret , 3 s . - / Lecture-hall , rhflpot-street , per G . Katnsden , 8 s . — Total £ i 7 a . 7 jd . -Tiis sum is said to have been sent six weeks ago . Do IK * enclose cash in letters , as it may not reach us .

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      ¦ . vjbii ClIASNEL ISLASDS AND ISLE OF MAX NEWSPAPERS . —General Post-offico , May , 1849 . —Henceforward the undermentioned newspapers printed and published in the Channel Islands and in the Isle of Man respectively , may be transmitted through the post from these ' islands to Great Britain and Ireland oa prepayment of a postage of one penny ; but this privilege is not to be extended to them if posted in . Great Britain or Ireland for circulation within the United Kingdom . British Press , Jersey and Guernsey News , Montis Herald and Faryher ' s Me of Man Advertiser , Jersey Times , The Manx Sun , The Manx liberal , Me of Man Time . * , Star , CouiH . These newspapers , though unstamped , may be sent by post to the colonies and to foreign countries upon the same conditions as those which apply to newspapers , similarly addressed , forwarded from Great Britain and Ireland . The existing rules contained in instructions Ko . 13 , 1849 , in regard , to the transmission by post of newspapers , other than the- abovementioned , printed and published in tho Channel Islands or in the Isle of Man , are still ia force , ifc being , however , understood that such newspapers as are printed in these islands in the French or in the Manx language shall in no . way be affected by the restrictions imposed in this notice ,, or by the instructions , So . 13 , abovementioned ,. but shall continue to enjoy all the privileges ,, so far as then transmission by post is concerned ,, whicli they for * merly possessed . . ., ¦ - •' ,. A new machine has been , indented for malyng printing types * Tho ordinal ;; mode of casticg ia superseded ' , and tllO lOttCl'S JU' 6 Cut Ollf 6 f ft Mi and durable metal , by rneaus of powerful pressure and the use of steel dies , .. ' , _ A hitherto unknown vace- of people has ,, it is said , been discovered in the . interior of Africa . They occupy ihe kingdcfls of . JBarif ^ l&ey $ ye black in colour , and very taOut % sUtA » te ^ jfte . u 8 ual negro features . . ^/ py ^ -t ^ > • , £ ; ' d *? ¦ / ,. ASOTHUR li ^ r ^ ljdiO ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ Ir ¦ Liverpool Allim speJ ^^ f . ' a noi ^|^ i-tj . ^?^ p ' TOti > Dlo H . B ., \» hftis blways"drj ^ . lo&TiM ^| f tJ ^^ Wffi > , ^ thenburtesqv , io § that , f ^ rigfvT ^ A ¦?' ** ¦ : .. ¦ . ; . - :. ? : $ 4 '&& \;>} ' £ M---¦ ' & :- < £ ¦ r-: ^ > - - . H * - . ¦ ¦" ,, ' - ¦ . ¦¦"¦ ¦ / 0 "

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      i ii A LIST OE THE MINORITY WHO VOTED FOR MR , HUME'S MOTION FOR PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . AYE ? . „ Adnir , II . E . Lushington , C . Adair , It . O . Shafto M'Grogor , J . Aglionby , II . A . Marshall , W . Aicock , T . Martin , S . Anderson , A Milner , W . M . E . Armstronff , R . B , Moffatt , G . Bass , M . ' 'X . Molesworth , Sir W . Berkeley , C . L . G . Mowatt , P . Bouverie , Hon . E . P . Muntz , G . F . Bright , John O'Council , J . Brotherton , J . 0 'Council , M . Callnghan , D . O'Connell , M . J . Clay , J . O'Connor , F . Clay , Sir W . Osborne , R . Cobden , R . Pearson , C . Coclcburn , A . J . E . Peehell , Capt . Collins , W . Pilkiiigtoii , J . dime , R . Reynolds , J . B . ishwood , G . II . Salwey , Col . Devercux , J . T . Schofield , W . D'Eyncourt . ltt . Hon . C . T Smith , J . B . Bake , Sir James Sraythe , Hon . G . Duncan , G . ' Somers , J . P . Ellis , J . Strickland , Sir G . Evans , Sir De Lacy Stuart , Lord J ) . \ Ewart , AY . " Tancred , II . W . Fagan , W . Thompson , Col . Fox , W . J . Thompson , G . Freestun , Col . Thornely , T . Gibson , lit . Hon . T . M . Trolawny , J . S . Granger , T . O . Villiers , lion . C . Greene , J . WalmBley , Sir J . Hardeastle , J . A . ' Wawn , J . T . Harris , R . "Westhead , J . P . Headlam , T . E . Willcox , 13 . M . Henry , A . ' Williams , J . Heyworth , L . Willyams , II . Hodges , T . L . "Wilson , M . Humphery , Mr . -Aldn . Wood , W . P . Jackson , W . ¦ telleiis . Kcogh , VT . Hume . J . Kershaw , J . Berkeley , II . King , lion . P . J . L . —

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 9, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1525/page/5/