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      DISTRESSED STATE OF THE SPITALHELDS SILK WEAVERS . Last night a general meeting of the hand-loom silk weavers of Spitalfields and Betbnal-green , was held at the Cro ™ and Anchor Tavern , Cheshire-street , Waterloo AOJcn , tor the purpose of taking into consideration the ™ 3 iT J-T Of tbe - silk trade ' the fearfal «>* nnpsraiieled distress which almost universally prevails ^ " T great and general interest in the locality , was densel y crowdeo , and large numbers were obliged to leave HnwT q"enCe 0 » i ltbei ^ able to g admittance . Mr . -Howsham was called to the chair

      JSL ^" ' ' ?¦ moviDg the fir 8 t "solution , made a statement from which it appeared the distressed condition » JTu PI *» fcfH'Wgtaeil a subject of general comment , SnS h tte y r l ™ Aviating the sufferings SSSJ ^ hW 1111 ? ™ the ° P toe 8 , a provisional tSS * VSS ^ dbeea formed . That committee had ascerri ^ m atdl l tressextsted t 0 a wry large extent . Con-SrtfnumW 7 Tf «^^^ t % ork , and in a great number of other cases , only one loom was goto * out of four and thatatsuch low prices that it was iS S 2 « nn e" ^ n e * st" ! c <\ The speaker described the destitntion which existed m the houses that had been visited as being of the most extreme and heartrending deBcrinti ™

      anere was a general disinclination to applf for relief to the guardian * , from the manner in which they weretreated and the separation from their families that was insisted upon before they were relieved ; and under these circumstances , the committee had decided on calling that meet ing . He concluded by moving the following resolution : — *• That in consequence of the alarming state of degtitutio-i , want , misery , and almost starvation , now prevailing am ° njptaH classes of operatives engaged in the silk trade * 01 apitaffields , Bethn » l-green , and its vicinity , and which distress hag been gradually increasing npon them for a senesofyears . it is necessary that some 8 t «> ps Bhould be adopted !» procure immediate pecuniary assistance to relieve the immense amount of suffering that now prevails amongst this patient , but unfortunate , class of operatives . " Mr . Bcck seconded the motion , which was supported in a speech of considerable length by Mr . Fox—He Slid it was not Ms intention to enter at

      any length upon the causes of the admitted distress which prevailed among them , becanse he hoped that in a short nme another and special opportunity would be given for n ^ P ° « . w » sn the nutter could be fully and properly fiS * S ? - ? * bound , however , to state that he behad hrl l d 16 tress WM mainly caused bythe p ° li < jy which factnV »; i ^ trad 6 : * acom P atition witn foreign manu-LvTri- * " •) Fr 0 I » "tatements that had been made the mm r on Monday w « t , it would appear as though cSin £ rmRintereit 8 we ™ " > ^ e n . o t flourishing WT ; . ^ » t might be with the Rasters he did not thev ,: « ekne ? ! ' and defied contradiction , that it was wevery reverse with the operatives . ( Hear , hear . ) For bnmrirtrf * * ^ en bad been gradually , but surely , tUt ! fm , I l , from * BUteofc <'»^ tivo independence to tStS hftf epen ^ - ^ ey all knew how they were 52 hniLJ & *****¦ ^ en they applied for relief they ttSiXSwt la . ^ ' befo « they could get as and « "SkeeP ¥ e » . J « id to break up their&m « jrefcXdSS ? * T * Z" familie 3 - W of them SKtSSW ? u - fate « < Crie « of" We want oik , not relief . " Bat the tuna was nAmo »« ,= „ ?! , « ««**

      „ Sc t thTft ? ,. beUev ^ here w » afund ^ n PO ^ UwSf ^ denomced t ^ system of administering ^ te 1 t * usu&nr ^ t » ° D % be fallaoioiwnature of tt « * 5 Sk »? phed by p - nbll - writera and "PeaterB <» ttat duS w i , i ° l « a ^ nat > on of the actual rtate of * ^ 2 % ' , "" l ££ t ! gZ ****** - * ° ^" " tSfJS' ? - , ^ itted the unparalleled disf ^« PPeS 3 S in ? M lj i r ffered from th 9 re 8 olntwn ^ TeSy ^ J' ^^^ o ^ oney . becausehedidnot cw nnwtBBto 2 Sl % W ! Sl V wonld raiwanything Jear 8 ag 0 hlhJf tb 9 t dl ? tr ! - ( Hew , hear . ) A few f « PO « SS Sf ? h n a PP «»? tfid with others to solicit subf , d ^ tiiabi ei ? a 0 Sha' TUftr "r ™ 1 " 8 " ! thcywew th month . « ni r , eXertl 0 DB ' t the end of two or Mi % aSSBf ** ° * 3 * « «" / w ^ wn Dowager , ( Hew , & „ . ) TbeaMr .

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      VKEVMdKflBttMBHHMi ^^ B ^ I ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ M ^^^ ft ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ B ^^^^ M ^^^^ tf ^ fl Fox talked of a fund s omewhere , but it would be difficult , if not impossible , to get at . ( Hear , hear . ) The Bishop of London had on a former occasion confessed to him that he knew very little about it , and he feared that any expectation of benefit from it would be as remote as that of t ^ e termination of a Chancery suit . ( Hear . ) Mr . Fordina ^ o then entered into aa elaborate examination of the causes to which he ascribed the suffering condition of their trade , which he mainly ascribed to the Free Trade system . He did not , however , advise them to support either these vrho would , restore a tax on bread , or the Free Traders w ho pretended 80 much liberality to the working classes . Working men would ba mad to vote for raising the price of their bread . They might be sure their wages would not rise with that . ( Hear , hear . ) They should keep aloof from both parties , and take their stand for a protective policy on the ancient broad and comprehensive policy of the French

      refugees , who first made Spitalfields tho seat of the ailkmanufacturer in this oountTy . That policy was twofold—a just t&s on the importation of foreign manufactured goods , and a due internal regulation of the relations between empiojer and employed , if the present " government would give them a policy like that , they would lie worthy of support—if not , they no more deserved their sympathy than that which by its whole proceedings had ruined their trade and crushed hundreds in ruin and poverty . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Whatever Ihijjht be the case elsewhere , ho told Mr . Oobden and the League , that Free Trade had not given plenty of bread , high wages , and employment to SpUatfieUs . With respect to poor relief , he advised that instead of applying to the guardians individually , they should apply in a body , and if refused , let them then represent their case by deputation to the Home Secretary , and demand to be treated as men , and in accordance with their habits of life . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . DsiayoRCK concurred in the views of the previous speaker , and hoped he would embody them in an amendment . Mr . Hoiiis moved the fallowing amendment : — "That this meeting is of opinion that the distress and misery to which the hand-loom Bilk weavers of London have long been subjected , and which ' at the present time is without a pare !* lei in tho history of their trade , has been entirely caused by a reckless , unnatural system of competition , which fails to recognise the just , the sacred right of the people to live by labour in the land of their birth , and which , under the plea of cheapness , is insidiously sapping the foundation of the

      prosperity of the country by destroying the natural valueof -native industry ; and that this meeting is further ef opinion that the present 6 tate of things which has in . volved thousands in want and ruin , has been produced by a modern system of legislation , inaugurated and supported by political theorists , commonly called the Free Trade School of Manchester Philosophers . This meeting therefore feel it their bounden duty to protest against the existing commercial policy of tho British Empire by calling upon the government now holding the reins of power to propound a broad comprehensive principle of commercial and social legislation , and thus put an end to the war of capital against labour . " v

      A lengthened , and occasionally warm , discussion ensued , m which , every speaker , without exception , strongly condemned the policy of the Manchester School , and at leneth the amendment was carried by an overwhelming majority only a few hnnds having been held up for the original resolution . The result was received with great applause , and the chairman having announced the formation of a Silk Weavers Protection Society , the meeting separated .

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      r ^ rs ^ rntrraBrS getting bullied ; and our foreign S ? £ I' Italywas that we were doing a good strofe of S « T ,. *? ™ T ™ one would go and do likewise' If sulh aVoHov w ^ s Phri 7 tianity he would prefer infidelity . Bb wm Sot fnr- wal l but he was for righteousness as well a , 2 ? ™ ; was cowardice in Wland now , S&J" nl \ %

      news oi tne day told them thafa BelirSn «» i had quoted Lord John Russell and ffl ^ twk y : - Tl freeclom of the press in the , oonrsei of « pSSSinlTV ^ somebody for saying something not pleasanS - ^ lnst leon . Why had Lofd Derby and lKTr L ^^ T the English press , . ? Confessedly bec ause Si tLWI the Press should vex the fellow over the wntL w ^ British ? Ififc was , he blushed for it bJ a £ Jj " " 1 " he was for the non-intervention theorv n » i . '' But let there bo no propaganda , or let L . ^ ? means < gandas . Let Russia stop . or * Englan dwon % ? P a-Train , or loose democracy to bal nceit Thl P ° tl 8 m ?" talk turning up every now and XboutesT " r na 8 ty Well , let the government try it on No iS t Ug ° M ever bo permitted to toueh one of them' fTh ? m *? ' T ^ cheered most enthusiasticall y . ) ThJ " iffi ? /" " here an English question too . Who heft ttS ^ SrC helped so make conscience free thVoughoS the i X Tn time , this would be understood Snd " , SonSrV ' li £ « this would work miracles in mouldih ? \ - ocie - ty - llke ? ubllc

      , Th * fin ™ ,, » S ! , iH t . h « VM S ?»? . 'S P opinion . . The Curou * said that M . Mmini wOu d rep y o any interrogatories tbat might be . addressed S him Ho ( £ chairman ) wished to know , and the answer would bo most important , how Italians , in the event of fntunUS revolutions , proposed to deal with the 2 succea 8 tul M : Mazzini ( who was very warmly greeted on min ^ said , when I spoke to you la / t I said iSZwLSl corpse . I repeat lt-the papacy i 8 a comse titdnw T nm not speaking merely individual Op 5 ff" I ?„ ZILl tho national consciousness of a fnet i nni h-fa ™ i £ io when the papacy , obliged £ Z \^! o man iR a finger to reeal lt-so long ago as 1831 there was 1 ? ral insurrectionary movement in the Roman StSes ? £ movement I refer to was triumphant in a week ' s time I ? ™ H R ° - " State / and reaobed Rome ^ elf The moderate party issued a decree abolishinc the tern poral power of the Pope , and sentencing he SfnS S "

      limitation to its Btnctly spiritual sphere . That decree A ^ An fc Mn 8 te opponent throughout the Roman States , lou know the result : that revolution was put t iq *« A y a f ™ eieD > the Austrian , intervention . In 1849 , the same . Wo abolished it bv decree-it was the same thing repeated— . « rith this difference , that the lv fin iS \ rV nly acce P ' without Positive sian" ! , Tl , » nf fh the , « . creo P » M « I amid the unammous ^ applanse of tho revolutionary republican assembly . That is Italmn opinion . If , therefore , the question concerned only the temporal power of the Pope , I would now KS answered it But that is not all / Were it a 1 I would Z , lu £ L T , v ° i limited i 0 K * owu Ces , prws rsrof ^ uS We main tain that the Pope is not a sVirit ^ lp ^ er S £ iVh fi ° - ' ya ^ an witbout anV legitimate right , ZthfZ ? h 5 fVt k impostor -an im P ^ tor who know Thil ? , B h » »• aS . mis 3 ion 8 ti 1110 fuIfil on earfcll « That is the question with us : we aim afc tha'dMtrnntinn

      at tne . abolition ofthe ' papacy , both as a spiritual power I f \ K » T -1 /! T ' r . f'ww won or ' lato that thins be fulfilled , it will be fulfilled extremely peacefully nnd eusi y upon » snccessful-and not impeded by foreign intervent . on-insurrect . on . M . M- ^ zini proceeded to say , that the Pope being gone , a general a 996 mUy of the ol ' " n"j bitywoal . bo called , and we should know from them tho state of feeling and opinion , ' to religiosity . We would W ^ Uh Vt * he 8 ld , Q of the constitutional assembly W ^ shouW have Universal Suffrage , and we should know not what is the individual religious belief , but what is the collectivebehef , of the majority . We shall tneu have done our part . Itay would have legitimatel y declared that thus stood . religions matters . Europe would give the answer ; but as for as Italy would be concerned , ' on Italy obtaining the freedom granted to other nations of declaring her opinions , she would have proclaimed what would bo the death-warrant to the papacy , as temporal and spiritual

      Mr . Stansfeld requested M . Mazzini to favour his friends on thiB occasion with the reasons which ur * ed thfe national party of Italy to rely in the future of that country upon a united republic rather than upon a federalisation under an hereditarily monarchical reform . M . MmiNi-Thiaquestion is often put to me . Plenty of people sympathise with our cause , but put a sort of sorrowful protest against our declaring ourselves Republicans I will answer now , as I invariably answer those who speak to me so . We do declare ourselves Republicans because we are Republicans ; and we are Republicans mainly because we are Italians . The frank avowal of the aim IS the half at least , of the guarantee of the success . It is quite clear inaiwiinouttiitrutn

      e . orwhat I believe to be the truth inscribed on my fl ig , I have no right at all to say to a nation- " Stand up and conquer , and die , if need , ' " because it would he a sort of crime to provoke a nation to do so , without making them know decidedly that there is some truth to be conquered . Mazzini then alluded to several revolutions which had failed , owing to their not rTo a , ' - e object » but » with re 9 Decfc t 0 the revolution of 1 M 8 , see ( said he ) what we did at Roma and Venice . Our avowal was distinct . We had on our flags God and the people . " The people knew that they were fighting for what they believed to be the truth . It was a fall ; but it was a glorious fall ; and it was a precedent for the next victory ( Cheers ) lo ascertain tho best government for Italy , we must find what are the elements at work in Italy . There has been no loyal and no aristocratical elements in Italy We have had persons calling themselves kings , and nov !

      sons styling themselves dukea , and barons , and counts But the aristocracy has not been there as a compact body ' with its own class , aims , and ambitions , as in England doing good , though perhaps unwillingly , but still being an element in the whole society . There has been no royalty giving to Italy the centralisation , and the unity and the relief from feudalism , which royalty ha » given m France . Our nobles , our Orsinis and Colonnas , have been robbers , making war on one another ; and our kings have been the results of foreign conquest-still among us indeed , but as vicoroys , attesting their origin by depending on foreign aid . We have no traditions of mo . narchyoramtocracy that , as Italians , we can rejoice in . We have glories only in the people , past and present , AH our great battles , from the Lombard League to these actual days , have been fought , not by nobles nor bin ..

      wTthe people . Our great names are names from the people beloved by tho people-Dante , Michael An ^ elo , Cola di Rienzi , Massaniello : Italy has three coursealno more-to takem the future : To accept a sacred league of independence between all the kings ; to accept unity with one predominant king ; or to proclaim the nation , the people the collective man . The league of princes would be impossible , Would the King of Kaples , and the Grand Duke of Tal cany , the King of Piedmont , and the Pope , join together ? It is impossible , because the princes know that the rlsiiIt of SStfTwiS ? f ^ exaUation of one of thc ™ i ! the rest . In 1848 such a league was commenced ; and when iJSlrfT ' S'Jf - K l ? - ° Piedmont ^ uld become pos " Bessed of Lombardy as his reward , the other princes withdrew the troots we had obliged them to send . OinhmtJ ™ I

      posed such a league ; and no more may it be talked of in Italy . We 1 , can we create tho one man we want-a Napoeon in skill and a Washington in virtues ? Are we to St till God , or Providence , or chance , sends the man to us ? Such a man being sent would not , after all , serve for us for he wouldI know he would be but leading to the speedy " abolition of himself and the substitution of the people in hil giving the people victory over his fellow JcJB » , let ua learn by the lessons of the past . Charles Albert- was pre ! SSS f in ? IT' P e ° P le had fo « ght at Brescia , at Milan , and at Venice , and we were free of the Austrmns except the Austrians who had fled to their fortresses . The King of Piedmont stepped in to lead , and WO were doomed . The people were rejected . The volunteers and the Swiss were rejected . The people lost their

      enthusiasm . nut we coukI have recreated a popular armv and have begun agate , after Novaro , if the King had not returned to Milan , instead of going his own road , and forced his affected faith on us . He then deserted us * and the battle was loBt on one side , without having been becun on the other . That would be repeated each time we had a king at our head . The Republic , then , is not only a theory a faith , but a necessity to us . Our beautiful Republican traditions start with Dante , fighting for Republican Florence , at Campaldino , and Afichael Angelo fighting for besieged Florence on the height of . Samminiato against Charles V . and Clement Till . ; and we Bee all that Italy has done has been done by Republican Italian * . But f' say to you , Englishmen , do riot give us your sympatbios on con . ditions . Do not ask us whether we are Republicans or

      Monarchists . Rely upon us , that what we , the majority of Italians shall do shall not be done Wrong by us . We can do no wrong to humanity if we listen to the voice of God through our conscience ? , and through ow national traditions . ( This reply , of which the above is but an abstract , Was repeatedly interrupted by applauep . ) \ After some further conversation , and a short speeoh from Mr . David MaBson , the Secretary to the Society , the meeting separated . '

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      Coil amd Com . —On Monday some returni were printed respecting coal and coke . There Ware from the Uth of July to the 31 st of August , 1850 , 1 , 859 j tons of ooals delivered at Portsmouth Dockyard ; and in July , in the same year , 128 tons of coke . In August , 1850 , ' 732 | tons of coals were delivered on board the Malabar hulk at Portsmouth Dockyard . It was also required by | the return that the names of the shipB and quantity of coals delivered at the Admiralty-office , Somerset-house , inl 861 , Bbould be given . . It appears that 348 tons and 5 cwt . were delivered . The quantity of coals in each barge exceeded the weight specified in the master ' s certificate , but no account was taken of

      the excess , as the contractor was not paid for any more than the quantity certified b y the metetg . , - , Fbibmdlt Socistiks . —A . bill hat been printed by order of the House of Commons to continue and amend for . another year , and to the end of the next . session of parliament , tho Fritudly Societies' Aot , which otherwise , would expire at the end of the present parliament Provision is to be made for the salaries and expenses of the registrars . Rbihforciubhis for Jjrsbt , —We understand that the government have decided on sending additional troops to the Island of Jersey , and the Horse Guards authorities hare selected the 7 th Fusiliers for that service , to embwi in April , —Vhikd Service Q < wite .

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      MONDAY , March 22 . HOUSE OF LORDS . - Dissolution asd Ructios q Pabmamhsi . —Lord Hrououam ilu-n laid upon the uhli- ¦» bill to remove a great oversight of tho law , t . ouohin * the assembling of Parliament . Fifty days must no « ei : ip ? u between the iBsuing of the proclamation for Buuiinoi \ iu » a new Parliament and the day fixed for it assembling . Tiii 3 enactment wais rendered necessary by various circumstances which had ocased to be of any importnnoe . The objoct of his bill was to reduco that period from fifty to thirty-five days , and his reason for coming forward with such a proposition was , that in the present position of Ministers they could not introduce sued a measure without

      giving rise to rumours that they were actuated by sinister motives . The same motives would also be attribted to tUo Ministers whom they had succeeded . He could not mention the dissolution of Parliament without , imploring their lordsliipa to take immediate and stringent measures to put down bribery and corrupt practices ' ^ elections . He need not remind them that at tne last ; general election scenes had occurred to tho disgust of all observers , to tho injury of the character of the country , to the spread of immorality among the population , and to thu corruption ot" the elective franchiso in the hands of all who exercised it . Us hoped that some measure would be brought forward in the Houseof Commons , and would afterwards bepassed through this house , to put a stop to so crying an evil .

      The Earl of Derby said that there could bfi no objection to the bill which his noble and learned friend had justintroduced , nor to the provisions with which he had . accompanied it . Still , it was a subject which ought to undergo discussion in Parliament . Ho assured their lordships that there w ; ts no wish on the part of her Majesty ' s Ministers to go into a discussion at present upon the policy of putting an end to the increased , and he was afraid the still inorea . sini ; , bribery at elections . A bill to accomplish that object had been introduced into the House of Commons by ihe lute government . It had been adopted by tho present ; ami it was now in the House of Commons , and likely to bo passed this session .

      The Marquis of Bbbadaibanb truly observed , that tho corrupter was a far greater culprit than tho corrupted , and their lordships could not do better than give their attention to that point . A severer punishment ought to be infiictod on those who induced the poor to sell their privileges Cor money than on those who sold them . The man who gave money -as a bribe , was far more guilty than the man ivlio received it . The bill was then read a first time . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —More EXPLANATIONS : Withdrawal op FuaTHEK opposition .- —On the motion for goiun into supply ,

      Lord J . Rcssell , after contrasting the modes in which the demand for explanation of the intended commercial polioy of the government had been mot by tin ; E ; u-1 of Derby in the Lords , and by Mr . Disraeli in the Commons , expressed himself satisfied with the statement of the former that parliament would be disaolved as soon as measure * ot public urgency were passed . Lord Derby's statement was explicit . He said that , without pledging himsell and iiis colleagues to advise her Majesty to dissolve parliament at any particular period , they would advise an e ; irly dissolution , and that a new parliament should be elected before autumn . This was so far satisfactory that he ^ ord John ) thought it would be advisable that the house should nm .

      c « ed at once to the consideration of the Army and Navy Estimates , and pass them without delay . When the Miscellaneous Estimates came on , tho house would be butter acquainted with the intentions of the government . In order to expedite the public business , he-should propose that another day be given to the government , and that on Thursdays government orders should take precedence of other motions . Lord John inquired of the Secretary of Stale for the Homo Department Aether he had neatly understood that no change was to be made in the constitution of the National Board of Education in Ireland , or in the system of combined education , which had been miocusaful in bringing Roman Catholics and Protestants iuto the same schools .

      Mr . Secretary Wawole said , the object of the government was to ascertain whether the grants could not be so distributed as to give satisfaction to the members of the established church in Ireland who now did not participate in them to the extent desired . He took that opportunity of defending tha Lord Lieutenant ' s appointments to the office of chaplin , which had been impugned on Friday night by Mr . Osborne , and stated that the reverend gentlemen were selected for their piety and learning . The first seven of thorn , he Baid , were favourable to the national syatun of education , Mr . Osborne thought the right honourable gentleman ' s answer evasive and unsatisfactory , and showed that government were going to play the same game in respect to national education that they were playing with Free Tradej . e ., under the pretence of modifying , to upset the system , for that was the only way in which they could satisfy the church .

      Rifle Ciubi . —Sir Db Lact Evans moved a resolution , that it is inconsistent on the part of the government to propose an argumentation of the armed and paid forces while they refuse and discourage offors of gratuitous service having for their object the formatiou of ritio companies and regiments for the national defence . Mr . Hume , in seconding the motion , observed that tho statements of the government in botli houses mere satisfactory , and it would be impossible to rofusc to appeal to tho country as soon as measures of absolute necessity were passed . As to the Militia Bill ( which Mr . Walpolo bad promised to introduce on . 'Monday next ) , ho hoped the government would reconsider the subject , and not entangle thomsolvei with a Militia Bill . Mr . F . Madlb thought the government should be allowed to develope their views upon the subject of a miKfcia . *

      Sir R . Inolis hoped that the acts of Lord J . Russell and those around him would correspond a little more with their professions than on Friday . Mr . Brioht saw no objection to the passing of the estimates , tne Mutiny Bill , and the bill for disfranchising St . Albans , but thought it better that tho Militia Bill should be brought in and laid on the table , as one of those mea . sum which the Derby government were goiug to the country upon . It would be most improper to decide on a measure of that kind in a parliament about to be dissolved , and necessarily disorganised .

      Sir J . TirelIi criticised the opposition in an amusing style . He bad to congratulate the noble lord on the change which had taken plaoe to-night , and on the fact that he had not that night thrown out hie skirmishers to raise a debate for which there was no " consumption" in the country . ( A laugh . ) The noblo lord , in the first instance , appeared inolined to treat the government in the dog . in-the-manger style , but now he stood in a different situation . As regarded the opposition , he had no hsgitation in laying that there were two . The Chesham-place party might be considered the broad-bottomed opposition . But there was auother , headed by the hon . member fov Manoaebter , rrhioh might be Btyled the broad-brimmed opposition . ( Laughter . ) If the noble lord consented to receive advice from the " proud humility'' of the hon . member for Manchester , he could

      only congratulate him on such an ally , booauso he felt certain if the noble lord went to tho oountry with the right hon . baronet the member for Ripon as an ally on one hand , and the hon . members for the West Riding and Manchester on the other , it would be a most unpopular opposition . ( Hear , hear . ) There was a great public actor in London who entirely expressed his sentiments on the present state of affairs . ( A laugh . ) Mr . Keeley- ( laughter ) -Mr . Keeley said , " Vy are you in a ' urry ? Great folks are never in a ' urry . The government ought never to be in a 'urry . " ( Great laughter . ) And » o he hoptd government would not be in a hurry , and would not allow themselves to be dictated to . Tho noble lord seem « d to have quite lost that natural sagacity for which the public only a few weeks ago gave him credit . If publio rumour was to be believed no small number of the Whig party would not consent to the noble lord being : placed at the bead of anv

      future wlug administration . If that were bo there was an end of the family compact— 'the supplies had been exhaustod -7 and even tho relatives of the noble lord ' e great-grandmother would no longer come to his aid , ( A laugh . ) The noble lord when he ftund out lii » mistake summoned his followers , and found that he was forced to avail himself of the opposition of the resuscitated Anti Corn-Law League , to invito the hon , member for the West Riding to Cheshamplace , and the hon . member for Manchester to dinner . ( Cries of " Oh ! " ) At this point the debate diverged into one on the navigation laws . Messrs . Rioardo , Labouchere , Ewart , and others contending that the shipping interest ) was never bo prosperous as at present , and reading voluminous returns in support of that statement ; while on the other side , Mr . Herries , Mr . G . F . Young , Mr . Hudson . Mr . Newdegate , and other members stoutly asserted the contrary . At

      length this episode was terminated by The Chancklmr of the Exohe < iubr , who congratulated the house on the declaration made by the opposition that no impediment was tobe thrown in the way of the estimates , and promised , on the part of the government , that the necessary business of the session should be expedited , in order that' the dissolution should take place as soon as possible ; and . Mr . Secretary WAwotii , in answer to the resolution of Sir Ue Laoy Evans , stated thai he had thought it right to add another condition to tho two laid down by the lato government in reference to the embodying of volunteer ritle corps , viz .- , that the arms should be furnished at the expense of the parties themselves , but acoording to the regulations of the Board of Ordnance ; in order to secure uniformity in the siae , weight , and bore of the arm .

      The amendment having been withdrawn , the house resolved itself into committee . : . no j £ L il ^ HK AR MT . —Major Bbrisford moved a vote of £ 3 , 602 , 067 , for defraying the charge of her Majesty ' s land foroes , which he stated wag an increase , consequent on the additional number of men voted , of £ 80 , 997 &a compared with the year 1861-52 . After a brief discussion , the amount was agreed to . The several votes were then put Mrfcrifa , and agreed to almost without comment ; Intliecouraeof ashort . discussion , which arose on the votfor Chelsea and

      o Kilmainham Hospitals , a promiao waB elicited by the Irish members from the Chancellor of the Exchequer , that the decision to abolish this institution BL . ould . be reconsidered ; Mr . Hume , however , entering & protest , and urgmg the evidence taken before the select committee on the Bubject against it . ' ' ¦ ¦• Col . Dpij , in reply to . a question from Col . Freestun , stated , amid some ; laughter from thei opposition , that being now in the government , he didiiot intend to persevere with his motion to redsce th " e guards to the rank of the line . Havt Ebtimamb . —The committee proceeded next wit the Iwy EsjtimatOB .

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      On tho navy vofo of £ 134 , 032 for Admiralty salaries , Captain Pe ' ciikll asked what were the intentions of < rorernment with regard to tUo building of iron etoamcre , tho patronage of the . dockyard , tho South African squadron , nav » l retirement , naval reserve , the conveyance of spocio on board ships of war , a system fraught with gross partiality ; said med ; ils for naval actions . lie stated that with proper management , the navy was effective for thedefonco ot the country without any additional expense . Mr . Staffohd excused himself from giving defaiiod information on the various questions connected with naval

      uxpendjiure , on the ground of the short time ho had been in ° ffi « o . As to the building of iron steamers , thero would bo coi . sidevahle reluctance in the new board to continue it . ?>> th vpgiu-d to tho dockyards , he hoped somo plan would "o devise by which deserving naval officers might be ro . wavuod and tho efficiency of tho yards increased . Of the policy of keeping up the African squadron he would give w > o » nnion but , whilst it was continued , it would bo m . Mnt , « m , d m an efficient state The dead weight of tho pMBibi UMal allowancos * ould bo ke P as ! ow il 8 ' aBt

      tnt f ^!^ h 0 "cent Admiralty hoard ,, to which he had the honour to belong , had been sub ectod » jn ? . f riT f ? l ! Uty of ab » a <> by ion . members of theminister alwde of the house and the publio press , he must express his astonishment that the present board of Admira ty had had tho auttacifcy to take uo and propose their estimates to the house . It was said that the Admiralty was so lmb ^ ile and inefficient that it coma not convey troops from Eimland to tho Capo in safety , while the French could transport 10 , 000 men from Toulon to Civita Veochia without an acoident . Why , the difference was tho samo between tho two voyages as between walking up Primrose-hill and ascending Mont Blanc . During the last writer they had sent six ships with troops to tin Cape without an accident . ' It was said that they managed matters so badly that they could not send ontasteamor witliouthorbreakingdown . The committee was aware of tho large fleet of steam-shins that

      were kont at sea , and the whole number of those that bad broken down during the last twelve months was only threo . He had obtained returns from six of the largest private ateam companies , the wholo of whose vOBsels did no 6 amount to one-third the number kept afloat by tho A < Jm > vaky , rvnd it appeared that in tho same period the number that Sad broken down was no less than twenty . So much for Admiralty mismanagement . The hon . member for the West Riding , a " man of peace , " rushed to tho rescue , and would fain tell tho Admiralty how to manage the tiwvy . ( A f ^ h ) Heally he reminded them of the Quaker captain of a w . ; st Indianian , who said to the mate when a privateer approuohm ! " StviU thy < jolowr 3 friend , " to which the mate roplwd «; Strike bed h run her down ! " ( Laueliter . V

      upon this the captain said , " Well , I will stand by tho i « i «\ , and ns the privateer approached he hailed her and cried out «• If thou be ' st bent on mischief , friend , starboard thy holm a little ; " whioh he accordingly did , and had the Desired effect ; the Indiaman going right over tho privatenr . ( Liusrhter . ) The hon . member would teach the Admiralty to send this ship thore and that one here , and so ° n- i >; , SWfts ^ zing to observe the gullibility of the public ! ( near , hear . ) How could it be imagined that a set of naval men could set at the board and permit things to o . omo < o such » pass as that ( us was . supposed to bo the csi-e ) they could scarcely man a single shin . Why at tab ti tno

      » e or au outory-although-the board did not want ft a < m to the alarm , nor to make a fuss about it—had the Kovei-nment said , " We want to look out" — in twenty-T * 1 ' ' ) O 11 I" 8 the Channel would have been oovered from the Aonh Foreland to the Channel Islands with a fleet ot steamers within sight of each other ! So much for eurprise . . # >*** v . Mr . W . Williams complained of the enormous expense of ¦ — our dockyards , « nd other objectionable itoma in tho aO « f ^ fc' Ho considered the promotions under the schemes ot 1 MB and 18 ol as iol > s , which had unnecessarily increased tun half-pay . Ihe proposed naval reserve was unnecessary if our sailor * wera in all cases properly treated . Some further conversation took place , in the oourao of wm « h Sir F Iknog expressed an opinion adverse to the maintenance of a large fleet in the Channel , as likelv to indttce France to tako a similar step , and lead in tho * end to additional expense ; and Capt . Scobell offered various suin

      gesuonB for the improvement of the navy . In the end the vote was adopted , as were also those which followed . AHertheu'ual amount of talk upon all binds of questions winch are introduced de omnibus on such occasions , The Indemnity Bill and the Bill for Abolishing the Office of Messenger to the Great Seal passed through C 0 Itt « mittee . Tho motion for going into committee on tho Suitors in , Chancery Reform Bill afforded an opportunity to Sir W . P . Wood to impusn an unfair and unfounded statement made by the Lord Chancellor in the Lords to the effect that the present government when they came in , found no trace of measures to carry out the reoommendation of the Chancery Reform Commission ; the fact being thatseverythinghad been done as far as timo would allow-. tho report having been madp only on the 27 th of January , % week i . ofore the meeting of Parliament—to carry out th « recommendation of the commission .

      Mr . J . Stuart thought his lion , and learned friend ' s oxplnnation fully bore out the Lord Chancellor ' s statement , for he had admitted there was not time to prepare the bills . ' Somo further explanation on the same point took place , after winch the bill passed through committee pro forma * Tho Copyright Amendment Bill and the St . Albans Disfrnnchis « ment Bill wont through the same stage ; in the 1 stter « aso after a last appeal from Mr . J . Bell in favour of lus constituency . The Chancellor of tho Exchequer obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the acts relating to the disposal of advanoes made to districts in Ireland-and tho other business on the paper being disposed of , the house adjourned at half-past one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , MARcn 23 . HOUSE OP LORDS .-L ^ or W «* s Avrasium BlU . ~ -lne Lord Chancellor moved the second reading of this oill . The object was to remove certain anomalies by which tlie intentions of testators were often frustrated . IIo referred to technical requirements in regard to the Bigna ^ ture . The motion , after a short conversation , in which Lords wougham , Cranworth , and Ellenborough took part , w » a agreed to . Argentine Republic . —Lord Beaumont put % question to the government as to their intentions in regard to the Argentine Confederation .

      f he Earl of Malmksbuhy replied that the ministry fully appreciated the importance of negotiating with the Confederation for commercial » nd political purposes , and some ad * Tance towardB that object had already been made . The moment her Majesty ' s government were made aware of the recent events at the PJate , they had communicated with the French Republic , with a view to a joint represent tation . K Lord Aberdeen was happy to hear that communications had been opened with the French government on tha subject , which , from his experience of the conduct of that go-Ternment on former occasions , he had no doubt would be metm a friendly spirit .

      After some observations from Viscount Canning and the Mvl of Harrowby on the same subject , their . lordships adjourned at a quarter to seven o ' clock . HOUSE OF 0 OMMOK 8 .-Mr . Walt-olb , having been questioned by Mr . lleynolds , stated that government did not propose to introduce in the preient session a measure to settle the ^ vexed question of ministers' money in Ireland , but that a bill for that purpose would be brought forward by them in the next session ( Hear , hear ); and , in reply to Mr . Fox MauleV he promised his best consideration to the subject of the Annuity Tax ia Scotland , with a view , if poBsible , to provide a remedy . The , President of the BoABDof Control , in answer to Mr . Anstey , intimated that on Monday next , should the discussion on the Militia Bill be over in time ; lie would bring forward his motion for a committee on the subject of the East India Company ' s Charter , when he would explain the views of the government on the subieofc .

      Mr . Secretary Walpoib , in reply to Sir B . Hall , stated that the government proposed to introduce a bill to continue the Sewers Commission , but no measure was at present contemplated to amend the Metropolitan Buildings Act . In answer to questions from other members , Mr . Stafford announced that it was the intention of the government to send out auother expedition in search of Sir John Franklin : and Sir J . Pakington stated that , in consequence of the pressure of official business , he was unable to proceed with his bill in reference to iuvenile offenders . Dun on Hops . —Mr . Frewen , in bringing forward his motion in faveur ol the consideration of the repeal of the Hop Duty in any future revision of taxation , urged the un « importance of the tax in regard to its pecuniary results to the revenue' as compared with the heavy burden it imposed upon the growers and the ruinous consequences of the gam-Ming ipirit which it encouraged , ( Hear , hear . ) In many years the tax amounted to fifty per cent , on the price of the ftOpi . ..... :. ; ,,.,

      Mr . Hodobb supported the motion . The tax was imposed ai a war tax , and it was most unjust to continue it , thepnrpoiei for which it was levied having ceased , and more especially since the abolition ' of the duty ' on foreign hop » by But R > Peel i ' ¦ .... The CHANcraou of the Exchequbr admitted the suffering of the class upon whom . the tax bore , and was quite willing to give the assurance asked—that in any revision of tasatioa the claims of the hop growers should have attention , la fact it would be impossible in considering the incidenoeof taxation on agriculture to lose Bight of the tax upon hops , Mr . Hume adverted to the inconsistency of maintaining internal taxes on tho materials of the national beverage , ¦ whon ' Pree Trade in food had been conceded .

      ; Mr . H . Drumuond reminded the house that , with the exception of Mr . Hume , tlio Free Traders had never voted fee the repeal of these , taxes . . Sir J . Gramam , Mr . Bright , an * Others , though they had .- deolarad that the repeal of those duties . must fellow tho abolition of tne Corn , La ^ B , had invariably voted against every proposal for that purpose , ok the ground , that they foared it wa 8 an attempt to get baifc the CornLuwfl . . . . ¦ -,,., » . ¦ Mr , Cobbek h » d alwayabeen opposed to the hop duty as uncoual and ' unjust , and thosfr who had bront » ht tti «

      anhioot forward demanded not the repeal of tha whole tax , but bo muoh of it as was understood , by the war duty , therebf having sufficient of Protection to constitute , a monopoly * But with regard to the Malt Tax- ( in respect to which the temperance movement had much changed the public feeling of late yearsHt could only be repealed by «> reducing tke public expenditure as to render the amount it brought to tho revenae unnecessary ; and not as wa 8 the object of the oountry party , by the imposition of some new tax . Sofcr , however , from the Free Traders haviig keen the means tf preventing tho abolition of the Malt T » x , the Chancellor •!

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      FREE TRADE MEETING AT PRESTON . _ On Tuesday a crowded meeting took place at tho theatre in PreBton , the primary object of which was " to devise the best means for preventing the re-imposition of the i ^?*? f * The borough membew , Sir Geo . Strickland , and Mr . Grenfell , availed themselves of this opportunity of meeting their constituents ; and Mr . R . R . R . Mooro attended as a deputation from the Anti-Coen Law League A gigantic loaf and one of diminutive proportions were exhibited in front of the stage , labelled respectively «• The Strickland and Grenfell loaf , " and "The Derby and Diaraeh loaf . ' The members were received with enthusiastic acclamations . The chairman ( Mr . Goodair , manufacturer ) opened the proceedings . Sir George Strickland and Mr . brenfell both delivered addresses , and resolutions wera unanimously adopted recording the unaltered attachment of the meeting to the principles of Free Trade , and their approval of the sentiments expressed in reference to it by the borough memborB .

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      SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDS OF ITALY . The second conversazione of the Society of the FriendB of Italy was held on Wednesday evening , in the great hall of the Freemasons' Tavern . The hall was well filled , and lully one-third of those present were ladies . Of the toreigners as many were Hungarians as Italians . Professor Newman occupied the chair . nJOZ' ?* DaW 80 S ( aB the lecturer on the occasion ) then came forward , and was received with loud cheers . His address , which w » s lengthy , was marked by his m ?^ ST ? £ lEeu"iveness and artistic quaintness . He commenced by a defence of human weaknesses and human superstition s . The world , he thought , was ? n ™ L £° cold f ?<> dedly enlightened ; and hi longed for a re-action to a faith in some of those emotions which SS ^ USTli * f ^ f 0 lUeB - One 0 { the so-called tollies * o » -being-denounced , but which he desired to be SSSSd ' hH . nati (« y , " « d another was " race '' Sfd hi JEu ? T , nf / ravl ? gs of nations aft « r nationalities , and he could not deny the antipathies and incongruities of " : . Italians , of one soil , one language , and one them for the hope He saw nothing unreal in Italian 3 * T ^ 'Xlff x de !? 8 ive in Iteli 8 n witty . Mo ^ Jikfrl ^ h * l Itaihn re Publi 0 » b » t «* would ? 'fSnJiSh ?» Pbw ? - ^ «« y English society it was almost better to confess to atheism than to a toleration for republicanism . But Italy could be nothing but a republic All the glories and traditions of Italy were rapublican : &U her disgraces ana disasters sprung from her monarchies . He had a great respect for the German peopie ; butitappeared to him that an AuBtriaSe eye in Italy looked u ugly and unnatural as the engrafting of a tropical fruit on a gooseberry bush . There was a fitaess in things not to be overlooked . An Englishman saw no failings m what were called the extravagancies of Italian politics . Period 8 Of passion could be interpreted only in a passionate language that would read bombastic in tamer eras . It wasjusttoettmewitb . nat ions as with individuals . Who dare go back to his lore letters , or who did go back and not confess that he bad onoe been an arrant ass f England had a duty to . perform in aiding Italy . He utterly and heartily despised the sniffling non-intervention doctrineBthst were current . He could not understand why

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      LEICESTER FRAMEWORK KNITTERS . Lbicebter ^ —A public meeting , which was crowded to eftess , was held in the Town Hall , on Monday evening , lo take into consideration the three following questions : — First , The propriety of petitioning the Legislative Assembly for an extension of the Franchise , and an alteration in the New Poor Law Amendment Aot . Second , The injurious effects of the Truck System upon working men . Third , To consider what means can be adopted to prevent the alarming and unjust practice of taking full frame rent anri

      charges from partial employment , and the present starvation prices . Mr . F . Swailes in the chair . The following resolutions were adopted . Moved by J . Elliott , seconded by J . Aewton , " That this meeting is deeply impressed with the conviction that the primary cause of tha many evils which afflict the working classes in the present partial and corrupt legislative system , inasmuch as it protects the wealthy speculative portion of society in a free and uncontrolled competition , which destroys the comforts of the poor , by reducing their unprotected wages , throwing thousands out of employment for months to » ether and

      enlawng upon them misery and destitution , for which they are punished by lRcarceration in an union workhouse or paupers prison . This meeting therefore pledges itself to nse all legal means to lay before the public from time to time the many grievances under which they suffer , and also to petition the House of Commons foran amelioration of the same . Moved by G . Buckly , seconded by G ; Cummings , " That this meeting is of opinion that frame rent charges is one of the greatest evils the framework Knitters have to complain of . Manufacturers havo been raised to independence , and many middle men to manufacturers , through those exhorbitant exactions : it also encourages a dishonest and ruinous competition , to the great injury of the workmen and the public in general . This meeting believing that those charceB wrung from the operative at his present starvation waeei are unjust , and calculated to increase the rates of tha borough , and that it ia morally wrong for the few to nt

      nca by starving thousands , pledges itself to use all legal and constitutional meani to secure a remedy . " Moved by J . "Warner , seconded by R , Bingley : _ " That this meeting form themselves into an anti-poor law association , with a solemn pledge not to cease their exertions until that law is erased from the Btatute book . " The second question on the bill was adjourned , owing to the lengthy business of the meeting . A committee having been appointed the meeting wag adjourned to Monday next , in the Marketplace .

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      PROGRESSION AflD EDUCATION . - A Public Dinnor , 5 oi «« , and Ball , was held at the Literary Institution , Leieesterplace , Clerkenwell Green , on Tuesday evening , to inaugurate the establishment of the above Institution . The hall has been beautifully painted and decorated . Nearly 100 parsons sat down to an excellent and substantial dinner . After the cloth was removed , Mr . 50 SE 3 "ffaa called to the chair , and impressed upon his audience the neceasity of supporting an Institution which was capable of becoming a real blessing to working men . The Chairman gave " The People , " as tho first sentiment .

      Mr . Beonterre O'Bries responded . Union , intelligence and self-respect , were the elements necessary to elevate the working classes . They had in the ranks of the people men equal in talent and honesty to those in any ether station of life . They should encourage these men in their efforts and assist them in spreading Democratic knowledge and literature . *

      Mr . FiNLEir responded to the following sentimen t : — " Prosperity to this and all similar Institutions , " and was much applauded . Mr . T . M . Whkelik responded to the next sentiment *—¦ "Our Patron-T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., and our gueBts . " Mr . J . Bxzbr gave the toast of the " Ladies . " The sentiments were interspersed with appropriate music , choral Bongs , and recitations . The Ball , Concert , &c , then commenced , and was kept up with great hilarity until an early hour , the attendanoe at the Bull being very numerous .

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      EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT On Tue 3 ' ay evening a somewhat numerous meeting in connexion with the above movement was held at Wornum ' s Booms Store-street ; tbeRev . Thomas Dale in tho chair . The first resolution , to the effect that this meeting believed that the custom of keeping fhopB open till a late honr was irau » ns with the worst results to employers , assistants , and Sll v ' ' " ^ ' ^ « T *«« e Rev . W . Short , and seconded bv the Rev T . Solan . A second resolution , re-Oommen . iiiig the tradesmen of that and the surrounding distncts to close at seven during the winter , eight during the spring and autumn , and nine durinff the summer , was moved tne

      oy uev . U . T . Hunhe ? , and seconded by the Rev G . b . Urew , who said that this movement should not be confined to only one trade or class . It could be shown that it ima wicked calumny to say that tha young men would misspend the time thus spared to them . The society wa » in the possession of facts that refuted such an assertion At an evening class which had been established , there was a large attendance of young men , especially from Mr . Sboolbred s establishment , who had all along been a favourer and promoter of the system of early closing . 108 had > med the classes , and the average attendance was 87 . in Michaelmas last year there were 66 persona attending from Mr . Sboolbreri * 3 establishment alone , He also could stateithat , at a natural philosophy class held every alternate Monday evening , the room was crowded ; and those who were doubtful of the young men of London , should come and judge for themselves of the interest taken in these reunions . The Rev . G . Ambert Roger moved the last resolution that the meeting pledged itself to carry out

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      pressing to use their utmost endeavours to support its objects . The various delegates present then made reports as to the feeling in their districts in favour of re-opening the question , and placing a restriction on the motive power . Todmorden waa quite favourable to this object , and was determined to persevere jrrth it . In Oldham , the present factory law was shamefully violated , and any change would be regarded as an improvement on tha present state of things . There were open violations of the law , and the operatives wera in lavour of a restriction on the motive power . At Royton , tne operatives were afraid of going to parliament at present , bat would willingly join with any association to organise for the purpose of effecting the proposed restriction , iittleborongh was ready to join any movement to better the present condition of affairs there , which was exceedingly unsatisfactory . Bacup was prepared to co-operate for the restriction of tho mcfive power . Heywood was

      their firm determination RECONSIDERATION OF THE FACTORY QUESTION . A meeting of factory delegates was held at the Queen's Hotel , Todmorden , Yorkshire , on Sunday , to consider the propriety of applying to parliament for a restriction of the motive power in factories . —Mr . John Mallalieu presided , and expressed his belief that from , the dimeulty of jonviciing under the present Short Time Act , no measure abort of one to limit ihe hours dorinc which the machinery shall run can ever produce the egect intended by the legislature . Delegates were in attendance from the following places : —Tonmorden , Waterbead Mill , Royton , Littleborough . Bacup . Manchester , Ashton-under-Lyne , Bolton , and Padihara . Letters were read from Huddersfield Bradford , "Warrington , Stalybridge , and Bury , regretting their inability to send delegates to the meeting , but

      exanxious for the present obnoxious act , with which no one seem satisfied . Tho reports presented from Manchester stated that in Chorlton-upon-Medlock and Eulme the present law was generally well observed , but the operatives thought , if the motive power was restricted , it would have a tendency to remove the evi ! s complained of in other places . Jl ; iny of the Manchester operatives , however , thought this was a very improper time to commence Bnch an agitation . The fiue-spinners preferred the present act to that of the late John Fielden . In Ashton the law was shamefully violated , especially in the neighbourhood of Glossop and Mossley . Ie Bolton the act wag well observed , except at one mill . At Padiham the operatives were perfectly * atis 5 ed with the operation of the act in their own district , their hours of labour being scarcely fifty-eight per week , End , stopping at noon every Saturday ; they were , however , willing to co-operate to make the timo generally more uniform .

      After considerable discussion , the following resolutions VerP innwd , and carried « naninious ! y ;—" 1 . Whereas the provisions of the Factory Act are openly violated by tha nmst « r manufacturers and spinners in certain localities , to the manifest injury of the honest and conscientious masters , and to the workpeople in the saidfcctories . resolved : 'Thatitisthe nnanimous opinion of this meeting that no law short of one restricting the moving power , and imposing severe penalties for its infraction , can ever effectually protect the rights and interests of those who are entitled to the benefits of the factory ac . « . " 2 . Tliat an association be immediately formed to obtain such restriction . " 3 . That this meeting most respectfully and urgently requests the aid and co-operation of all persons who are favourable to the obtaining a restriction of the moving power . 6

      " 4 . That the delegates now present pledge themselves individnally and collectively to use their utmost exertions in their respective localities , for the purpose of organisin g their various committees , and concerting measures for carrying out the above resolutions . " 5 . That a committee of three be appointed provisionally to draw up and publish an address to the factory -workers of Great Britain and lreUnd . " C . That Messrs . Mills , Holmes , and Mallalieu be appointed for that purpose . 11 That it is the opinion of this meeting , that gross and violations

      flagrant of the present Factories' Act are oaily taking place in various districts of England ; and this meetm ? , thprefore , urgently recommend the factory workers in every locality to immediatel y memorialise tho Home Secretary to put in force all the powers of the government to cause the Factories'Aet to be duly observed » o Ions ; as it remains on the statute book . " 8 . That the most cordial and heartfelt thanks of thit meeting be presented to Richard Oastler , the unflinching and nerer-swerving champion of the rights of factor ? aoour . " 9 . That thia meeting do now adjourn until aoain called together by the abovenamed provisional committee . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1671/page/7/