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      ros scpfsunxKsiKo th * bath ***! , pbtittoji . THURSDAY , Mat 20 . Mr . Skeviagton in the chair . The Hill was unusually crowded with stnagen . Several of the minutes having bees read ud confirmed : — Mr . Riflley asked Mr . Wall if he , as member <* tfee London Committee , had promised to take care « f the petition ? Mi . Wall—I never had any conTOrsatton h *> ob the ¦ u > ject " Mr . Cnllfin received two letter * from flU ***** - ** they were rather complimentary to himself , he 4 echned reading them . . ... ., __ „ , tetter from Shrewsbury

      Dr . M'BooaH received a , amounting that the petitioncontajaad 1 , 108 signatures , and that Cftsrtism was prqgressiBg rapidly tber& JL » - other letter tram Maedfisneld stated that the petition from that town , had 1 . 612 signatures . He then read a letter from the ExecutiTB of Salford , signed John CampbelL This tetter stated that it appeared injudicious for the Contention to sit longer , an * regretted that a Bore constant correspondence had not been kept up between the Convention aad the Executive , which -would prevent mistakes . —It also stated that the Executive scarcely knew what ad rice to f ire , as one member wrote that it would be well for the Convention to continue its sittings ; and another wrote that it would be to no good to do so . Dr . M'Douall moved Qiat the secretary fee directed to reply to that letter . The notion was Beoeoded by Mr . Smart , and carried .

      Sir . Martin was sorry that individuals had written , while no official correspondence was kept mp between the Executive and the Convention . ( Hear , hear . ) It was the country , however , that was to decide what course they should pursue . A « a member authorised to advocate the Charter , ~ and as one pledged to twenty-five imprisoned Chartists , to struggle for tbeir liberation , he would remain in London until the petition be presented , and until he redeemed his pledge . Dr . M'Douall never communicated with the Executive . The letter * from it merely happened to be directed to him . He always carefully abstained-from writing as a private individual upon the affairs of the body . Dr . M'Douall moved , and Mr . Rose seconded , that the letter , which a resoration of the Committee dirested te be written to the Executive , relative to all correspondence between it and the members of the Convention , should be-forwarded to the Executive .

      Dr . M'Donafl then read a draft of the letter to the Executive , in answer to the one received . The letter stated the Committee had considered it their duty to continue their sittings until the business for which they were sent was concluded , and that they threw themselves upon the country at large for support . The letter having been approved of , was , on the motion of Dr . M'DouaU , seconded by Mr . Smart , unanimously adopted , and accordingly forwarded . Dr . M-Douall reported that , in compliance with a resolution of the previous evening , he and Mr . Morgan waited upon Sir John Guest , who asked them if they

      were a deputation from Mertkyr . They replied in the negative , stating that they were members of the Convention . SLb said that they should have brought Mr . Morgan Williams with them , and asked if he was afraid to come . He behaved very courteous , and said that he would most respectfully present at the throne any memorials from Merthyr , as it was his duty to do so . He was then asked if he would present Mr . Morgan Williams to her Majesty , to afford him an opportunity of submitting to her Majesty the . memorials confided to his care for that purpose . He wished Mr . If organ Williams to call upon him , and expressed a willingness to present him . ( Hear , hear . )

      Dr . M'Dooall further reported that he had waited xrpon several other Members of Parliament , the majority of whom were from home , or could not be seen . Mr . Wall had an interview with Mr . Leader , and asked that gentlemen to present him , or' other members of the Convention to her Majesty . Mr . Leader replied that he himself had not been presented since her Majesty came to the throne . Although he did not like it , he would , if required , go and present any person to her Majesty . Mr . Martin said that Mr . Leader stated that the usual way in such cases was for the members to place the individual ' s name to be presented on a card , and to leave it before presentation . General Evans was applied to . He refosejl to present

      Mr . Rosa was deputed , with Mr . WilBama , to wait upon Mr . Wailey , who was from home . They then waited upon Sir " Benjamin Hall , and was surprised , after what Mr . Hall stated , to find that he would neither present an individual or the memorials , with the exception of one from his Bsrongh . Mr . Collen called upon Mr . Leader , but did not see him . He then waited upon Sir Wm . Molesworth , and requested liis support of the petition in favour of the imprisoned Chartists , and to present memorials for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . He first * ai 4 that he would deliberate whether he woul 4 present the Leeds petition or not . He then said that he could not support tiie petition , or present the memorials . He , however , said that he was bonnd to present them if they came from Lee-Jls . They then went to Lord John Russell ' s bouse ; they sent in their card . His Lordship sent for answer that he was busily engaged .

      Dr . M'Bouall met with Mr . Walter at the " " Old King ' s" mansion . He was to draw np a statement for Mr . Walter ¦ who would not only vote for . but would also , he was coE&dent , make a speech in favour of the Rational Petition . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Ridley moved that a Committee of three ba appointed to draw up for Mr . Dancombe , a statement of the number of prisoners , their names , the charges against them , their sentences , their condition , and the sufferings to which they were subjected . Mr . Cullen seconded the motion . The motios appointing the Committee to report upon the prisoners was then passed , and Messrs . Calien , Martin , and M'Douall were elected members of the Committee . It was resolved taat the Secretary write to the Marquis of >* ormanby to know from his Lordship whea = ae would be ready to receive a dsputation from the Committee .

      After the disposal of some routine business , the Com mittee adjourned .

      FRIDAY , MAY 21 . Mr . Morgan Williams in the chair . Mr . Duacombe entered the Hall for the purpose of conferring with the Delegates upon the best mode of securing a successful presentation of the petition , to obtain foil information on the present state and nu « - ber ef prisoners , to make arraug emeuts for getting the petition to the House , and to receive final instructions respecting its presentation and that of the Memorials . Mr . Dan combe having examined the number and the ¦ wording of the petitions , expressed himself pleased with both . He then read over tie list of prisoners as prepared by the Committee , and after its perusal returned it to the Committee for revision . He then described the peculiar situation in which the delegates were placed in consequence of the approaching dissolution ,

      which would certainly take place in a fortnight , and might occur immediately after the debate on Monday night . If the petition could not be presented on next Tuesday , there would be but little chance of its being presented in this parliament . As it was , he was certain that every thing would be done to interfere with it « presentatiBn . iHear , bear . ) Still he could not suppose that the House would insult the country by refusing to allow of its presentation , -when he was enabled to state that it contained 800 , 000 signatures . ( Hear , hear . ) The orders of the day might be moved , and sneb trimflar obstacles thrown in his way ; still he hoped that he wouU be enabled not only to present it , bat to obtain a discussion upon it . He could not speak positively about the memorials . He wished to Jmow whether he should run all hazards and present the petition at th » t late moment .

      Messrs . Wall and Ridley recommended that it should be presented , and its presentation prepared by all ffiwini Dr . M'Douall—The country w ? uld be sadly disappointed if the petition was not presented . Mr . Callen—By all means pres 3 the presentation of the petition . If they refuss to hear the petition of 750 , 000 , the Government will be placed in an awkward position . ( Hear , hear . ) Dr . M'Douall and Mr . Skevington insisted upon the petition being presented . Mr . Dancombe—Well then , I am to bring on the motion if I can ? Dr . M'Dsuall—Take any course that will secure the presentation of ths petition . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Cullen—You can present the petitien , and , in all probability , brine on the motion .

      Mr . Dancombe—If I cannot bring on both , I am , at all events , to bring before the House the petition . 1 cannot say bow long the debate npon the sugar question wili fee carried ; but the moment it is over I will present the petition . [ Hear , hear . ) I must take cire to make an House . I sjb aware that many applications will be made for me not to press the petition , but I shall be decided , and shall give the go-by to the orders of the day . { Hear , heir ) I am anxious to under . stand the question so that there shall be no misunderstanding or misrepresentation .

      Dr . M-D .-uall—How long will the Parliament continue ? : Mr . Dancombe—It may last a fortnight or three weeks , and it may not continue four days . j Mr . Morgan Williams—Present this petition . If it j fails , we will inundate the House with petitions , . ' Mr . Dancombe—Individual petitions are of i * o nse . ( Mr . Skevingtoa—Thousands hare declared that they j will never « gn another petition . j Mr . Wall—Will you receive the petition in the lebby i of the House '

      Mr . Dancombe—If feu please . I win take it then ; at four o ' clock on Tuesday . I Mr . Wall complained of the door-keeper of the ' House refusing to take twenty-four letters to Member * ] of Parliament . " : j Dr . M'Douall—We were thinking of a procession to - accompany the petition to the House . j Mr . Dunoombe—There would be no use in that . Do i it as quietly as possible . Those with the headings i shall be presented by themselves . Besides the National ; Petition , ke had upwards of S 9 . 000 signatures to Ie * i »' tkn * left with him .

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      Mr . Wall wmT / iaJned of th « aristocratic ponduct of Mr . Wakley , ^" -o could not be « een males * the applicant state * In writing what be wanted . Mr . Dcneom ' oe attributed bis not being so easily teen to his be ' ing coroner , which left him little or so spare time . © r . M'Dou-aU said that they would have the support < rf Mr . Walter . Me . Duncombe—No , bo , he will not support you after you disturbed his Poor Law meeting . ( A laugh . ) Mr . Martin—Mr . Ward will vote for the release of prisoners , except Holberry , who was sentenced to four years at NorthaUerton . Mr . Wall—He said at a meeting that he would not mind being Ward's executioner . Mr . Duncombe—We must endeavour to present , if possible , the petition and the memorials . { Hear , hear . ) Mr . Wall—Anyone who ha * bees at Court could present another person .

      Mr . Duncombe—Certainly . But that person most have been twice at Court Again , he should be at two levees , and those levees only take place every fortnight . It also remained for the Ministers to erase the name after it appeared in the Lord Chamberlain's book . Mr . Cullen—The country decided that the memorials should be presented by a deputation of working men . The Birmingham Frost Committee having been in . formed of the difficulty which the deputation experienced desired that every effort should be made to present them to her Majesty ; but failing in that they desired that they should be returned , and not be confided to the Marquis of Normanby . Mr . Duncombe—He is bound to receive and present them . Mr . Cullen—We applied to a number of gentlemen to introduce the deputation . But they all opposed some difficulty .

      Mr . Smart—If Mr . Walter , or the other Member for Nottingham , oppose the petition , they may take up their sticks and walk . ( A laugh- ) [ Mr . Buller here entered the room . ] Mr . Wall—If Mr . Buller exerta himself , we will succeed , for he has great influence . Mr . Buller—It was not by individual exertion they could succeed . They should work together . Mr . Martin—If Fox Naule and Lord John Russell were out , we would succeed . Fox Maule said , in the House , that he knew nothing about my case , when Mr . Dancombe stated it ; and at that moment , be ( Mr . M . i bad a letter from the Home Office , to ascertain if he had any Parliamentary influence- ( A laugh . ) Mr . Dancombe—He supposed that you were a BoroughmoDger . ( Laughter . )

      ilr . Martin—When I was a prisoner it was deemed criminal if I coughed , spit in an improper place , or stepped awkwardly . Mr . Duncombe—What was the charge against you ? Mr . Martin—I made a speech against the Tories . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Duncombe—Let me have the paper with your trial in it It was not formerly the custom to send political offenders to Houses of Correction . Mr . Duneombe said that Lord Waldegaava complained much of his treatment ( Loud laughter . ) Mr . Bailer—Why , he is very comfortable and lives in the rooms formerly occupied by Sir F . Burdett He ( Mr . B . ) understood that Mr . O'Brien ' s health was not so delicate as represented . Mr . Martin was twelve weeks with him . His cell had no window , and the only passage for the air was through an opening over the door .

      Mr . Dancombe—The Government cannot of its own accord release prisoners . Mr . Buller—How many prisoners axe there ? Dr . M'Dauall—Forty-eight Mr . Martin—Fox Maule is our greatest enemy . Messrs . Duncombe and Bnller recommended nothing to be said or done to taunt or exasperate the ministers . The Chartists should as much as possible conciliate them . Mr . Buller advised a few cases of peculiar hardship to be selected , and the names of such as had only a few months , as well as of those who had a longer period to remain in jaiL Mr . Ridley—I am afraid there is no use of pressing the presentation of the Memorials to the Queen . Mr . Buller—I think there is bo ase . Messrs . Buller and Duncembe thea withdrew , after repeating their pledges to support and press forward the-petition .

      Ctu the departure of the above gentlemen , the committee resumed business . Dr . M Douall read a letter from Salford , in which the Executive regretted the ceKflicting statements forwarded to them by the members of the Convention . It admitted that it -would have been better if the Executive had not interfered with the Convention . It also stated that it would have been well if the Executive and the Convention had kept up an official correspondence , and concluded by saying that if the Convention thought betttr of it , they should stay ; but if not , they onght to break up their sittings . The letter was signed James Leech , Win . Cartledge , R , Littler , and John Campbell .

      A letter from Mr . Cordeux stated that the petition from his place contained 1 , 227 . A ] ett « r from Caerleon staled that the petition from that place had 322 signatures . A letter from Norwich announced that the petition had appended to it the names of 5 . 4 S 0 males , and 4 , 802 females . A letter from Brimpton eulogised the conduct of the Convention , and expressed the pleasure evinced by the m ^ n of Birmingham at the manner in which tbe delegates managed business . A letter from l > aaswade stated that the petition from that district had tLe signatures of 51 G men , and 330 women . Mr . Barmby read a letter from Ipswich , highly flittering to the cau 3 & . Mr . Garrard , the writer , stated the names to tbfi Ipswich petition to be 2 , 50 » . - Mr . M . Williaai « read a letter from Bristol , containing the pleasing intelligence that ths petition from that influential city had ihe names of 5 . 30 W men , and 1 , 150 women attached to it

      Mr . Ridley meved a resolution that in case that all attempts to see the Queen failed , that they should go in a body and demand an interview with her Majesty ' s Ministers . Mr . Rose seconded the resolution , which was then carried . Mr . Smart was fully aware of tbe peculiar circumstances under which the Manchester Executive was placed from monetary matters . Hence it was incumbent upon the delegates to come to a definitive resolution , as they were without funds or means . The question was , whether it was the Executive or the country sent them . That question required no answer . ( Hear , hear . ) However , as they were without f ands , and even without tlie means of obtaining funds , he moved that the Execstive , and the NorUern Star , be requested to forward to Mr . Jehn Cleave , their unanimously elected treasurer , all monies contributed for the support of the Convention Committee .

      Dr . M'Douall seconded the motion , which was then carried . The General Committee then rose .

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      ANTI-CORN LAW MEETING AT STROUD . On Thursday evening week , a public meeting was held at the Subscription Rooms , in the Borough of Strpnd , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament for an alteration in the Corn Laws . The time fixed for the commencement of the proceedings was six o ' clock , and a proof of the interest the subject had excited , was evident by the immense multitude which by that hour thronged the spacious room and galleries , and even crowded all the approaches leading to the building .

      A rumour was prevalent that an organised opposition had been resolved upon by the Chartists of the borough , led on by persons of that denomination from a distance ; and the truth of this report was soon made apparent by a scene of uproar , turbulence , and confusion , such as we have seldom seen paralleled . Of the scene which presented itself during the progress of the proceedings , any description we can give would be faint in the extreme compared -with the reality . Advocates as we are for popular rights , and sincere haters as we are of the tyranny of the few orer the many , we could not contemplate the aspect of this meeting without being struck with the wretched consequences which must result from the furious unreasoning tyranny of tbe

      many over the few . Looking down from the platform upon the immense mass of human btincs which filled the body of the room , the majority of them with inflamed faces and cracked voices , yelling tbeir discordant disapprobation at every speaker -whose person they disapproved of , for they would not listen to his words ; they seemed lfke the hundred-armed Briareus , ready to commit any violence and any folly that their excited passions might suggest to them . Their fickleness and inconsistency , too , were strongly exemplified during the discussion , if discussion it could bo called , in applauding the most opposite ^ and fallacious arguments , and cheering sentiments uttered by their Chartist leaders , which they hissed down and reprobated vhen put forward by the gentlemen who had called the meeting .

      . The first decided outbieai of the prominent feeling of the meeting was given « n the entrance of a leading manufacturer of the neighbourhood , who would seem tc be unpopular on account of having reduced the time « r wages of his workmen ; we could not exactly understand which . Tbe next tumultucus ebullition wss on the voting a Chairman to the meeting . Joseph Watxs , Esq . mov « d , and Mr . Wm . Lewis seconded tbe proposition that Charles Stanton , Esq . be called to the chair . No opposition was offered and Mr . Stanton took his seat , bat he bad scaroely done bo and was about to open the business of the meeting by some prefatory observations , when he was assailed with hissing , at first from a few persons , but which was soon joined in by a far greater number , and cries were raised

      that he had not been duly elected chairman , and insisting that the question of who was to preside should be put to the meeting . Every syllable that Mr . Stanton attempted to utter was drowned in the interruptions he txperienced ; and during the tumult a person , in appearance diminutive and quite youthful , and rather shabbily dressed , came forward on tbe platform , and was received with a good deal of cheering from the Chartists , which demonstration he seemed very willing to understand was intended to signify that he should act as fftninni '" ; accordingly , after a brief space , be very eoolly appropriated to himself a seat close alongside Mr . SUat 0 B , aad announced himself as joint chairman , with that gentleman ; aad there he sat , affording throughout the evening a marked contrast in appear-

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      ance and demeanour to almost every person around him . It seemed the triumph of the principle of democracy , a resuscitation of the sans culolla ascendancy of revolutionary France . The Chartist ebairmaa , we believe , did not belong to tbe neighbourhood , nor did he seem to be known to any of the respectable people around , for we inquired of several , and no one could inform as who or what he was ; bat some of the mob addressed him by the name of PauL His demeanour evinced a strange combination of arrogant assurance and confidence of support from the crowd , and of shamefaced consciousness of tbe anomalous position into which he had impertinently obtruded himself .

      During the prevailing uproar , Charles Stephens , Esq . stepped forward and asked whether they would permit this to be an orderly and quiet meeting for the discussion and examination of an important question in which their interests and welfare were Involved , or would they resolve that it should be one of unruly confusion and interruption which must end in nothing . Mr . Stephens * s appearance for a moment calmed the tumult , and he was received in a manner which showed that his character stood high in the estimation of all present ; but no sooner had be ceased speaking than his advice was disregarded and the most disorderly tumult again reigned throughout the meeting .

      Mr . Anthont Fewsteb having been called on to move the first resolution , he came forward and was received with a geod deal of cheering , but he soon found that he had to address a very impatient andience , and his remarks were consequently Tery disjointed . We will endeavour to give tho purport of them , omitting many of the interruptions , which , if introduced as they occurred , would make our report as much a chaos of confusion as were the proceedings of the meeting . He was a roan of peace and order himself , and if he had not tbought that this would be a peaceable meeting he would n « t have attended it He had been requested to propose the first resolution , and if they would allow him he would do it ; if they would not hear him he had no ambition to speak and would at once sit down . ( Cries

      of " go on , go on . ") In order to prepare the way for a few observations he would read the resolution . It was " That the present graduated duties on corn are highly injurious to the country , operating as a prohibition till prices are oppressively high , and preventing , by the fluctuating nature of the scale , the exchange of manufactures for corn , which , when most needed can only be obtained by draining the country of its gold . " ( Hear . ' and cheers . ) He heard some one say just now that they did not want cheap bread . He would tell them what they did want : —They wanted a good trade . ( " And good wages . ") They wanted labour for every man's hands , and a fair and just reward for that labour . ( Cheers . ) Now it was apprehended by a good many persons that the present fluctuating duties on corn—the

      present high graduated scale of duties—had a direct tendency te injure the trade of this country , and to keep down the rate of remuneration for labour . ( " We don't want cheap bread till we have got the charter I" ) According to the present rate of duties , foreign corn could not be admitted to the English market till the price became very high—the resolution said , " oppressively high . " Let them take the present prices for example . At this time the average price for the last six weeks was , he believed , 63 s . 8 d . per quarter , and the duty on foreign corn was 22 s . 8 d . per quarter . ( "Shame , shame ! " ) Tbe object of the present meeting was , if possible , to alter that He would tell them tbe way in which these duties were regulated . One hundred and fifty of tbe principal towns

      in the country sent a return every week to tbe Corn Inspector General of the corn sold every market-day ; and tben the Inspector General every week took from these return * the average of price for the six preceding weeks , and according to that average the duty on foreign corn was increased or reduced . At the present average of 63 s . 8 d . the duty was 22 s . 8 d . which acted as a prohibition , instead of being merely a fair protecting duty for the landed interest , for it was next to impossible that corn could be imported and sent into the market at the present high rate of duty . But when tho price rose much higher the duty was taken off in a far greater proportion ; for as corn rose Is . per quarter , the duty fell 3 s . or 4 s . Suppose the price of corn should be 6 Ss . 8 d . to-day , then the duty would be lGs . 8 d . only ,

      instead of 22 s . 8 d . They would thus see how the present Corn Laws operated as an encouragement to speculation , lending a direct bonus to gambling , instead of causing regular trade ; and giving rise to fraud , falsehood , and dishonest returns . They would thus see that there were rogues in grain , as well as in every ether trade . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) There were a great many large speculators in London , who , supposing the average price to be tiC 3 . 8 d . endeavour to cause a fictitious rise in prices and thus to bring down the duty . If they could raise tbe price Is . tbe duty would be taken off 3 s . and it would be then 13 s . 8 d . per quarter . If they could raise tbe price another shilling , then the duty would be reduced to 10 s . 8 J . Now to effect this , they make false returns . A . B . sells to C . D . a large

      quantity of corn , a return of which sale , which is merely a fictitious transaction , is made to the inspector , the average is thus brought down , and the speculator has less money to pay into the Treasury , the duty is reduced to almost nothing , gold is suddenly drained out of the country to buy up corn and bring it hero in a glut to take advantage of the corn duty ; a regular trade is prevented , instead of commodities and-manufactures being exchanged in tho way of commerce , bonajidc money is paid , and the agriculturists are not protected , but find the markets rising and falling suddenly , injurious to their interest , and deranging all the regular industry of tbecountry . So skilfully indeed had these rogues in grain conducted their speculations , that since 1823 , when the present Corn Laws were passed , the average duty

      that had been paid was only 5 s . per quarter . Some unpleasant feeling appeared in the meeting just now ; but he hoped to see them in a better hum but by and bye . An unpleasant feeling seemed to exist between them and some persons on the platform . Perbap 3 they tbought that clothiers were saltish people —( " Yes they are ")—perhaps they thought tbatfanneswereselfirhand that the upper classes were selSsh people . { " Yea , yes . " ) Why so they were , and so were they who called out " yea , yes , " We were all selfish people ; for he must tell them that selfishness was in the heart of man , and there it would remain and rankle in his bosom till tbe evil principle was subdued by a higher principle from above . ( Cheers . ) He would not detain the meeting by dwelling any longer upon this topic ; but it must

      be quite clear to them from past experience that we do require an importation of foreign corn , for the sustenance of the multitude of inhabitants of this kingdom . ( " We want to have wages to buy it" ) Well , and you ought to have it—every honest man has a right to a fair subsistence . Since tbe year 1315 , 25 years ago , 35 millions of quarters of foreign corn had been introduced into England , at the rate of a million and a half quarters per ann . on an average . Now , how were they to do without this ? <• ' Oh , let us have the Charter . ") Farmers told them that they could grow sufficient corn for the consumption of the country ; and indeed every one knew tbat during the last faw years an immense impulse had been given to agriculture ; so much so that in some instances the productiveness of tbe land had

      been increased nearly three-f'ld , by improvements in the modes of culture , by the applicatien of chemical discoveries , by the employment of new manures , and in various other ways . But they must recollect that although the productive powers of the country had been thus rapidly increased , and were likely he hoped to increase more and more , and who was there that did n » t rejoice thereat ?—( ' We don't ; we want the Charter ! " )—yet the population of the country also goes on rapidly increasing , at tbe rate of half a million a year , and therefore the necessity for an importation of foreign corn . Then came the questionwhat was the best manner for the peop ' . e—what was the best manner for the manufacturers—and what was the be 3 t manner for the farmers themselves that that

      ¦ which was indispensiblc for the food of the inhabitants should be introduced into the country . A proposition would be made to the meeting presently , that instead of the present fluctuating duty a fixed duty should be substituted , i" Ne , no ; we want no fixed duty ; we want no duty at all ") Well , he ( Mr . Fewster ) was not bound to a fixed duty ; he was rather in favour of a sliding duty , eo that when the price was very high there should be no tax at all ; but the dimsulty was to prevent fraud . He thought that if the duty was wholly taken off when tbe price was at 7 * s . and that for every depression of Is . in price , Is . duty should be added , there would be little encouragement to fraud , and would be a great relief to the public . For instance , the present price being 63 s . the duty would be 7 s . -which would be l « s .

      less than the duty now existing . The farmerssaid , that that that would be too low , but he thought H would awply remunerate the home producer . Perhaps it might be asked , how -would that benefit trade ? for that was the great point . If they had more trade , they would have more money to buy butter , and cheese , and mutUn , and beef with . He was afraid very little mutton and beef came to their shara at present ( "Too little , we can tell you that "! Well then , the decided object , the only object , the excluslre object , as he understood it , of tbe gentlemen who had called this meeting , was to increase the trade of the country ( in order that employment might be be found for every individual , and that he might receive a fair reward for his labour . At present , a great quantity of corn was Introduced into

      the country , but it produced very little to the revenue . ( " If they want revenue , let them tax steam—let them tax machinery . " ) Tbe farmers Bay they do not want high prices—they knew that the maintenance of a high price of corn was altogether incompatible with tb . 6 commercial and manufacturing interests of this country they knew that all these interests and their own were all bound up together in one bundle , and that they must all rise or fall , flourish or decline together ; and even the landholders were beginning to see that it would be for their ultimate benefit that a jme alteration in the present system should take place . Now , a few words with regard to wage * ( Hear , hear . ) Suppose tbat by the

      present measure , or any other that could be adopted , the fetaple trade of this district could be increased — suppose , instead of a thousand pieces of doth , fifteen hundred pieces should be required , was it not plain that those who made tbe cloth must be benefitted ? He was sure that tkose who Inflamed the minds of the ' workmen against their employers , or against ths farmers , or against any class of men , were the worst enemies they eottJd have . He should have been glad if thia question could have been discussed in a quiet and peaceable and rational manner , and that it might have been the means of promoting a compromise between the manufacturing and tbe landed interest . For his own part , he had bo wbb but that they should become

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      an industrious , a virtuous , » happy , and a united people . Mr . Fewster « onoluded by proposing the resolution . Chaklbs Hooper , Esq ., rose to second the resolution , and was received In a manner whieh must have been gratifying to bis feeling * . He was enthusiastically cheered from all parts of the room , and was saluted by the title of "the King of the Clothiers . " He said , if they wished him to address them they must hear him quietly , for he had neither health nor strength to speak through such a tumult as had been continued up to tbat time . No one could accuse him of being an enemy to any one of them , and he begged of them , as Christians and reasonable people , to cooduct themselvw like peaceable men . He had two or

      three great secrets to tell them , and he hoped they would hear them quietly , for he was in too delicate health to use much exertion to make himself beard . He beard some one say they wanted good wages He wished every man in this country bad good wages ( Cheers . ) But he thought he could do something more than that—be could tell them how they could get good wages . They must kn » w this , that if a manufacturer wanted a servant , and servants were scarce , —if only one man wanted the situation , that man could say , " so , I won't take fen shillings , ( or whatever tbe sum may be , ) give me fifteen shillings , or I won't work for you . " But if the manufacturer wanted only one servant , and two men applied , then the case was very different i" They must depend upon the honour of the gentle-1

      man . ' ) Yes , and it depended also upon tbe dishonour of tbe servants . They talked about weaving . He had never reduced his prices since be commenced weaving . ( Great cheers . ) But he could tell them this , it wauld have been their own fault * if be bad dose so , for hundreds of times men had come to him and said , " Do let me have work , and I will do it for less money than you are paying now . " ( Hear , bear . ) Whose fault was it then that masters reduced wages bnt the fault of the men themselves ? ( Cheers . ) They talked about tbeir : Chatter and their political reform : he would tell them that they knew nothing at all about it Let them stand firm to themselves like Britons , and that would be the best reform they could have . < . Cheers . ) The Charter was all

      humbug till thay could get something to live upon—till they could get a loaf of bread at a reasonable price . Talk to him of a starving man wanting the Charter , —he wanted something in bis inside . ( Cheers . ) What could a man do for his breakfast , with bis wife and half a dozen children crying for bread , if , instead of exerting himself to improve trade and raise his wages , he did nothing but call out for tbe Charter . If they could tell him how to extend manufactures , he would toll them how to get good wages . These two things were intimately connected together , but wages and cheap bread bad nothing at all to do one with the other . Many of them recollected the year 1835 : wheat was then is . 6 d . to 53 . & bushel , and he would oak any working man who heard him if be did not get better wages then than begot now .

      ( " Better ; a great deal better . " ) Very well ; he would ask them how was it , now that the average price of wheat was nearly doable what it was then , tbat tbeir wages bad not risen with the price of wheat ? ( " They never do . " ) Why that was his argument : they never did ; and it was for this simple reason that wages and cheap bread had nothing to da with each other . They must get a demand for their labour , and then cheap bread will be of some advantage to them . The way in which the Corn Laws operated against the working man was this : they precluded the people of this country front sending their manufactures abroad , because they could not bring back corn in the place of them . He himself was at that moment suffering great depression because he could not find a vent for his goods in foreign

      countries . If the duty was low , be could send his goods abroad and get paid for them in corn , which be could sell here at a moderate price , an * then trade would be improved , and cheap bread would behadatthesametime . He would show this by stating a simple fact . Borne of the finest cloth that was manufactured in that neighbourhood went into the American market He employed people to work up that cloth . Suppose he should say to them on Saturday night , " I cannot pay you ; I have not got any money ; " they would naturally inquire how that was ; and he might tell them , " I am owed £ 5 , 000 in America , and my customer says he has got no money , but that he will send me so many thousand bushels of flour instead . I tell him , I cannot take his flour . He says , bis offer is all fair ;

      be has no money , but be has plenty of flour , and is willing to pay in that way , but I tell him I cannot take it , because the law will not allow m * to bring it home , if I had it , without paying 23 s . 83 . a quarter duty upon it" And thus it was tbat the manufacturer was ruined , workmen were thrown out of employment , and their children were starving , because this corn was not allowed to be brought into the country . iShame , shame . ) One would think that every man of common sense who bad to get his bread by his labour would see the point ef that argument . ( Cheers ) What hod tbe Charter to do with that ? What bad political Reform to do with that ? He was neither a Whig , Tory , Radical , or Chartist ; be was only a { ilaia commercial man of business , and if they could not ses

      and feel the effect of the Corn taws fn the simple statement he bad made , nothing eould convince them . ( Cheers . ) Now , if they would hear him patiently he would just touch upon a tender subject with them . They condemned machinery , but it was in most porfc-et ignorance . He could tell them that if they had no duty on corn , or only a duty of 8 s . or 10 s . a quarter , that very niaahinery which they condemned would bring riches and comfort to all their homes- They condemned steam machinery and the power loom ; they might just as well condemn tbe plough , and say that the whole land of the country should be dug up with a common spade . If there vras a demand for tbeir manufactures , the more machinery they bad , the better would their situation be . Did they want to be common slaves ,

      working and toiling with common spades , and the rudest implements tbat could be devised ? No , many of them were men of intelligence , adapted to higher branches than the commonest and hardest kind of labour ; and by the aid of tbat Intelligence and the advantages of their machinery they .- . would bo able to compete with foreigners if they could get their corn , tbeir sugar , their coffee , and tbeir timber , free from an exorbitant duty . ( Hear , bear . ) There was another point which he would just touch upon . They all very well knew , though perhaps tbe poorer classes did not feel this quite so much as those a little above them , that they bad to groan under a heavy burden of taxation . But though this was hard to bear sometimes , yet did they not receive some advant&gss in return ? If one man lifted

      his hand against another , or robbed him of hisproperty the law afforded the injured party a recompense : was not that worth paying for ? He would tell them that not withstanding everything that could be said they still lived in the very best country in the world—there was nothing they need be so proud of as of being Britons ; and if it were not for the Corn Laws , which would not admit corn till it was at a starvation point , they would have reason to be the happiest people on the face of the earth . Now , many thousands of pounds were lying idle , or instead of being expanded in trade , tho niouey vtas locked up till a favourable moment , and waft then all sent away to the Continent to buy corn and britig it here , when it would produce little or no

      benefit to the revenue . What tbe people wanted was food , sustenance , plenty to eat , plenty to drink , and clothes to wear ; and if they were disposed to labour for these benefits , they must join heart and band , not to support Whigs , Radicals , Tories , or Chartists , but those men who would really endeavour to bring these benefits within their reach . ( Cheers . ) They Wtuld very soon have an election , and for bis own part he should refuse to vote for any man who would not promise to support the repeal of the Corn Laws or to reduce tbe duty to a certain sum . He would invite all present to do the same , to be united and firm , and not quarrelsome , and all would do vary well ( Cheers . ) Mr . Hooper concluded by seconding the resolution .

      A Chartist , who was announced by the name of Charles Harris , tben came forward to move an amendment . He said be was not an enemy to a repeal of the Corn Laws ; he bated these cursed laws ; but let them be repealed entirely upon the best principles , so as sot to injure the revenue , nor the working man , nor the rich man . He proposed as an amendment— "Tbat we , tbe working portion of this meeting , consider that an adequate representation of the people in the House of Commons is the only means by which labour can be efficiently represented , and the burdens of the state lightened . That wo were induced to believe that the Reform Bill would accomplish such a state of things , and did assist to carry that measure ; but inasmuch as its effect bos been to make the rich more wealthy , and

      tbe poor more poor , in violation of all tbe promises held out to us , wo have come to a firm understanding with our order throughout the country , never again to sanction any general principles except those which aro clearly laid down in the People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) We should , therefore , bold every working man , who , either directly or indirectly joins , sanctions , or countenances , any less important measure than the People's Charter , either a willing slave , or a hired fool . " ( Cheers . ) Having moved this as an amendment to the resolution , he wished , be said , to set tbe matter right as to machinery . He believed tbat some persons then present felt a hatred against machinery . He did not care if there were tea times as much . It was against the appropriation of tbe profits of machinery that he

      objected , and not to machinery itself , [ The speaker then read a statistical return of the exports of machinery from England to Russia , Prussia , Germany , Holland , and Belgium , during the last ten years , showing a very large annual increase ; and the conclusion he drew from the return was , that all those countries were determined to manufi » cture for themselves and that now they Had begun to do so , they would not come to the English market for thair goods , dor trouble themselves to raise com in exchange for goods , which they were determined to make at home-3 He would Mil the meeting what the gentlemen wanted who called for a repeal of the

      Corn Laws—they did o 6 t want cheap bread , —they wanted cheap labour . ( Hear . ) Tbey found they could not compete with foreign manufacturers living in countries not half so much taxed as this , where food was cheaper , and where the raw material grew upon their own soiL These people would , always be able to manufacture cheaper than tbe people of England , and it was an absurdity te call that meeting together , and io tell them that a repeal of the Corn Laws Would bring back foreign trade . He could tell them what it was . Lord John Russell and the Queen ' s Ministers knew they could not step in office much longer , and they wanted to get up an agitation , and to persuade the people to support

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      them in power \ but they would and themselves mistaken , after having forfeited every pledge they ever made to the working people . When they carried Lord John Russell to power on the summit of their shoulders—(¦ " Y «« , and we will agate . " "No , no" )—be tojd them that by means of the Reform Bill thair house * should oe tiled with pancakes , and their streets paved with plum-pudding ; but instead of houses they had had bastiles erected to take them in the last stage of life , and Rural Police sent down to imprison ever / one who was disposed to grunble . The Ministers were out popularity-bunting , as much as any gentleman went out fox-hunting in the morning . They knew that a dissolution of Parliament must take place soon , and they knew that the Tories were stepping upon their heels ,

      and that if Lord Melbourne and Ws party should once get off the Treasury bench they would never get on again . But the people were not so easily gulled . There was no question that the Com Law was a most obnoxious law . Taking Lord John ' s principle for a text , that "Taxation without representation is tyranny , and ought to be resisted , " by that principle no Parliament bod a right to tax the poor man's loaf . ( Hear , bear . ) He was sorry they bad not given Mr . Fewster a better hearing . He ( Mr . Harris ) had heard Mr . Fewster speak much in behalf of the poor man many times , and it was a pity he bad not bad a better hearing now . He would now say a word about machinery . The poor man ' s labour was bis life , and it was as much a felony to rob him of his property in that

      labour , as it would be to out any of those gentlemen ' s throats . ( Hear , bear , and disapprobation . ) He contended that when any new machinery was introduced which took away the labour of any man , that man should have a per centage allowed to him out of the income of that machinery sufficient to maintain him . Then the introduction of machinery would be a blessing to the country , but they ; would never be able to accomplish this till they carried a mighty agitation for a full share of political power . ( Cheers . ) He did not wish to see a Parliament of all poor men , all middle-class men , or all rich men ; but he wanted to see a Parliament where all classes would be equally represented , and then every one ' s interest would be watched over with the same care . Lord John Russell , when out of

      office , was a desperate democrat ; but when In office , he was that that would disgrace a Tory . Those manufacturers , too , that were supporting Lord John Russell , were as liable to be gulled as any person in tbat meeting . He did not believe that the Ministers ever intended to carry thfs measure out : bat it was just something to gain a little popularity , and then to dissolve Parliament But if it should be carried , it would do no good to the working man ; for the very day that the Corn Law would be abolished would see tbe manufacturers combine together to lower wages . ( Cheers and cries of " No , no . " ) But let him tell the meeting to look out , for they were living at a very critical

      moment ; the nation was on the eve of a revolutionnot a physical resolution , but a moral one , —one that would sink them in a state of degradation never to be retrieved , or one which would enable them to bold up tbeir beads like men , which would fill their cottages with prosperity , and make the people look again something Hfce tbe old ancient Britons . Before be sat down , he would tell them that if they stopped short of constant , persevering agitation for a full share of political rights as men and Britons , they would stop short of removing the greatest of their evils , and would still continue in a state of starvation and misery . The speaker concluded amidst the cheers of the Chartists .

      Another Chartist , who was announned as Mr . Bolwell , then came forward and said be appeared before the meeting for the purpose of seconding tbe resolution that had been read by the previous speaker . He did so as an honest man , as a Christian , as a citizen of tbe world , as one whose religion was to do good to the whole of the human family . He believed tbat if that resolution was carried out , the condition of the people of England , the poor and rich , would be better . He believed if that resolution were carried into practice , namely , if the principles contained ia the People ' s Charter were established as law , there would be little or no reason to come there to petition parliament for the repeal of tbat abominable , tbat obnoxious law called the Corn Law . He had no doubt tbat many of the

      gentlemen who convened tbat meeting bad the best of motives in view . He firmly believed it , though , being a stranger to Stroud , he was not acquainted with the character or political opinions of any of the individuals who had signed tbe bill convening this meeting . But though he believed this , he also believed that if tbey carried a resolution that night for a repeal of tbe Corn Laws , they would have met for no good purpose whatever . He believed the repeal of tbe Corn Laws was brought forward for nothing else than a mere party hubbub . It was true they were told that Lord John Russell was now ready to make this a ministerial question , that he had put it into the budget—and a pretty budget they had made of it He wished to God Lord Finality was sitting on that platform now . and if he had not a heart like adamant

      be would make him writhe beneath tbe castigation . — ( Laughter and cheers . ) Lord Melbourne , too , he was for a repeal of the Corn Laws now . Why it was but two years ago when a portion of gentlemen belonging to tho Anti-Corn Law League waited upon bis Lordship and asked him if he was willing to make the Corn Law question a ministerial measure , be was astonished at their impertinence . Make it a ministerial measure ?—no , indeed—he treated them with disdain and sent them about their business . The secret was , that Lord Melbourne and Lord Finality—commonly called Lord John Russell—that these two distinguished individuals tbought tbey were safe in office , aud tbat tbey could refuse tomake it a ministerial measure . Then a ^ ain thisCorn Law question wasamiddle-clossquestion . ( No !)

      He said it was , and he waa prepared to prove it . He was a poor man , an uneducated man—be did not know how to use sophistry—he was not educated for it ; but be bod his opinion , and be would hold that opinion till be was convinced by sound argument that he was in the wrong . He said tbe Corn Law question was a middle-class question . Tbe object of the individuals generally who supported it , aud more particularly , tbe object of tbe ministers who brought it forward at the present moment , was not to raise the condition of the poor , to extend trade , or to raise wages , but to give greater power into the bands of tbe moneyed aristocracy of this kingdom . They heard a great deal about the wickedness , the vices , and the villainy of the landed aristocracy , and God knew tbeir conduct was quite bad

      enough ; but look at tbe conduct of tbe moneyed aristocrat , and compare it with the conduct of the landed aristocrat , and tbey would find that the moneyed aristocrat was a worse tyrant than tbe other . These gentlemen wanted te make England a manufacturing country—they would not be able to do it ; and he would tell them the reason ;—former misrule bad done the mischief , and it could not be remedied . It was impossible that England could compete with countries with little or no national debt , where the people were not taxed , and where tbey could work for three shilings a week . He said , repeal tbe Corn Laws certainly ; but at the same time , regulate the currency question ; if not touch the currency , then leave the Corn Laws

      alone . He said the present government was not qualified to legislate upon this question . He would not have the Corn Laws repealed till be saw the millions fully and fairly represented in the Commons House of Parliament—it was only when tbe millions bad power that they would find men who would work for the people universally , andt not for distinctive classes . He was fully satisfied of the necessity for the working classes to have political power , but they had been lately addressed by Mr . Vincent upon that subject , and it would be vanity for him to go over the sama ground . He would , therefore , thank them for the patient hearing they hod given him , and would wish them good evening .

      A Mr . Inqley , as we understood , came forward to support the amendment . He contended that the Corn Law . ought to be abolished , for it tended to subvert for the benefit of a class those blessings which were benevolently showered down by Providence for the sustenance and enjoyment of all . Therefore , it was their duty to see that those blessings so richly sent down from heaven for all , should not be turned aside into another chanel for tbe benefit of the few , by means of a cursed Corn Law . Tbe speaker here became confused and attempted to read his speech from a written paper , but sadly broke down , and at length by tbe advice of some of bis brother Chartists , be desisted . Tbe purport of the latter part of his observations seemed to be , that though the Corn Laws ought to be repealed , this ought only to be done by a Chartist Parliament .

      TheCuiRTiST Cha . ir . man then came forward , and said , —not having bad an opportunity of addressing them before , he now appeared before them for tbe purpose of saying a few words . Every body must acknowledge and lament the existence of the abominable Corn Laws , but tbat was not the question . ( " Yes it is . ") Suppose to-morrow , there was a total repeal of the Corn Laws , and they could buy a big loaf for twopence ; they would only have to wait till next Saturday night , when their employer would say , *• you bought a big loaf for twopence ; allow me to take threepence out of the other

      pocket" ( Cheers , and " no , no . ") Need he refer them to an instance of the kind for a proof of what he said ? The worthy gentleman who sat in the chair with himbut be was requested not to be personal—well then , be remembered a circumstance of a gentleman wbo bad a mill just above Bowbridge ; about five years ago , flour fell to 32 s . per sock . What did this gentleman do , but call his weavers together and tel 1 them be could not afford to pay tbe same wages as be bad been giving . They asked him why , and he replied , why , can't you get cheap bread ? " ( Great up » oar . )

      Mr . Stanton—I deny it ; I beg the meeting to hear this and ray denial of it altogether . The Chaetist—Six weeks after this occurrence , flour rose to 40 s . per sack , and the same weavers appointed a deputation to wait upon the gentleman to ask him to advance the wages he took off . His reply was , " I ca » 't alter my arrangements ; I tell you what you must do : you must live hard , work bard , and do the best you can . " ( Great disturbance and excitement among the crowd . ) This would be precisely the case If they had the repeal of the Corn Law to-morrow . He could tell them that the master manufacturers , not only here , but at Manchester , Birmingham , and right through the north of England , were the greatest set of blacklegs on the face of the earth . Mr . Hooper here came forward while tbe excitsment of the crowd was at its height , and said be could not sit there and hear the character of any man trifled with . Mr . Stanton said be was quite prepared to contradict what hod been said , and &e hoped therefore the

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      speaker might be allowed to go on without iitermo . tion . ¦/• - . .. - ' . ¦'" . ' ¦ .. ; ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' . By this time tbe soene in the body of the room wat tmort tumultuous , the Chartist * becoming every moment more excited . Oa the platform , among the numerous and respectable person * assembled there , thefeelhitwZ evidently one of great indignation at the effrontery « f the speaker , who on Ms part became alarmed at the storm he had created ; and endeavoured to appease it bv repeatedly exclaiming that he retracted what he had said . He was about then to proceed with his speech but hi * Toice was soon drowned in indignant hisses ami he held his peace . ^ "™ e » , ana Mr . SiANiON again attempted to obtain a hearing bnt was not successful . He then , in a dumb show , pat the question to the meeting , and th * Chartist amendment was carried by a large majority . The Chartist * celebrated their triumph by several roundsi of eheering , and Mr . Stanton , after a short time declared tbe meeting dissolved . '

      It is right to add that Mr . Stanton conducted himself throughout the proceedings with firmness and modera . tion , and never lost the gentlemanly demeano ur which bis station required , thus affording a striking contrast bo the violence and abusive conduct of his opponents . It is proper also to state that a great many of the Chartist * who succeeded in disturbing the meeting were persona entirely unconnected with the borough .

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      From ihe London Gazette of Friday , May 21 . BANKRUPTS . R . W . Robinson , sen ., and R . W . Robinson , jun ., Bedford , grecers , June 18 , July 2 , at eleven , at tbe George Inn , Bedford . Solicitor , Eagles , Bedford . J . and S . Holt , Liverpool , glass manufacturers , Jane 1 , July 2 ,. at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Robinson , Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood , Temple , London . J . Wynde ,-Leoiainster , Herefordshire , dealer , June 23 , July 2 , at eleven , at the Waterloo Hotel , Leominster . Solicitors , Hammond , Leominster ; Smita , Chancery-Jane , London . R . Wbittaker , Bury , Lancashire , brazier , June 8 , at nine , July 2 , at ten , at the Swan Inn , in Bolton-le-Moors . , Solicitors , Wiiitebead , Bury ; Clarke and Metcalf . Lincoln ' s-: nn-fielda . London .

      J . Macaire , J . Linnemann , and J . C . Berger , Liverpool , merchants , June 3 , July 2 , at one , at tbe Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Davenport aud Collier , Liverpool ; Chester , Staple-inn , London . C . Taprell , Bristol , grocer , May 28 , July 2 , at twelve , at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol . Solicitor * , Brittan , Bristol ; White and Whitmore , Bedford-row , London . , T . Xinay , Lynn , Norfolk , dracer , June 3 , July 2 , at eleven , at the office of Mr , B . Pitcher , King ' s Lyun . Solicitors ,-Messrs . Sole , Aldermanbury , London .

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      From th * Gmxdleof Tuesday , May 25 . BANKRUPTS . J . Andrews , schoolmaster , Ongar , Essex , June * , July 6 , at 6 leven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Cannan , Finabury-square , London , official assignee ; Lofty and PotteT , King-atTeet , Cheapside , London . J . Doughty , licensed victualler , Bristol , J « ne 8 » at two , July 6 . at one , at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol Solicitors , Phippen and Craven , Bristol . XT . Brown , cattle dealer , Sutton-uuder-Whitatone , Yorkshire , June 4 , July 6 , at ten , at the Gulden Lion Inn , in Northallerton . Solicitors , Mewburn , Great Winchester-street , London ; Mewbum and Hmcbinson , Darlington . * - J . Walford , grocer , Wybunbury , Cheshire , June 22 , July 6 , atone , at tbe White Bear Jnn , Middle wicb , Cheshire . Solicitors , Graham , Ironmonger-lane , London ; Jones , Houghnear Nantwich .

      , G . Dixoa and R . Glover ,, spice merchan t s , June 7 , July 6 , at one , at the Clarendon . Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Taylor , Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row , ' London ; Harvey and Falcon , Liverpool-W . Thompson , ship builder , Monk Wearmoutn Shore , Durham , June i , July 6 , at twelve , at the Thompson Arms Hotel , Sunder land . Solicitors , Moss , Cloak-lane , London ; Wright or Brown , Sunderiand . J . Porter , victualler , Honiton , Devonshire , June 1 » , July « , at eleven , at , the Old London Inn , Exeter . Solicitors , Smark , Flood , and Mulee , Honiton ; Rhodes , Beevor , and Lane , Cbancery-lane , London . R . Buckell , merchant , Newport , Isie . of Wight , Jonfl S , at two , July 6 , at twelve , at the Bugle . Inn , Newport , Isle of Wight Solicitors , Holme , Loftu « , _ ana Young , New-inn , Strand , London ; Beckingsale , Newport , Isle of Wight ¦ . „_ D

      J . Beardswortb , timber merchant , Wrexbam , enbighshire , June 1 , July 6 , at twelve , at tbe Wynnstay Arms Inn < Wrexhani . Solicitor * , Pinnfcer ana Westmacott , Gray / a-inn-square , Iondon ; Haywaro , * a ^ nd » w and J . Potts , ahip builder , Monk West mouth Shore , Durham , June 4 , July *> At eleven , m the Thomp * on a Arms Hotel . Sunderiand . Solicitor * Moss , Cloak-lane , London ; Brown , Sunderiand . _ A . Mills and W , Gtimsbaw Seed , cotton manuaoturefs , Manchester , June 8 , J » ly » . ¦* two , at w » Commissioner * ' Rooms , Manchester . -Solicitors , W « Barlow , and jlston * , Manchester ; Bower and JJa »» Chancery-lane , London . ' xt . « t > h * - W . Grimabaw Seed , oalioo nmnulacturer . ^"" T ter . June 8 , * t ten , and July 6 , at two , at the Comnw sioner * ' Room * , St * James '* - # qa » rey . Manchester , »« ucitow , iiakinson and . Sanders , Elm- « 6 urt , *™« £ temple , London ; Atkinson and Saunders , Norroia streel , Manchestea .

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      In addition to the above report , which , we hare copied from the Gloucester Jourjjo / , we have received & communioatien from our own correspondent , who states that : —

      " Mr . Stanton was never pht to the 6 « n ? e of the meeting ; but , as soon aa proposed and seconded took to the chair , and began to address the meeting ; The people would cot hear him , as he was not pat to the sense . of the meeting . Mr . Paul was pro posed and seconded , and put to the meeting , when a forest of hands was held up . The room wag crammed to suffocation , and hundreds could not gain admission ; the room , with gallery , is estimated to hold eighteen hundred , or upwards . Mr . Marlinif clothier , a noted person for reducing wages , wag greeted with such hisses on entering the room , that he got on the platform , and crept behind his fellow gents . Mr . Stanton attempted to address the meeting , hut could not be heard . At last he con .

      sen ted that Mr . Paul should preside over his party and he would preside over his , which Mr . Paul agreed to . During their conversation , which was very polite , the cries from the meeting were " Don't be bought , Paul . " Tbe people got tired of Mr . Fewster , aad began to cry " Enough of the old stuff we want our Charter . " Mr . Hooper took very well * (* s he pays the best wages of any of them , ) till he dipped his fingers in the Charter , and recommended the people to " have nothing to do with a mere scroll of paper . " When Mr . John Harris moved the amendment , the clapping of hands and shouts was almost beyond description . When silence was restored , Mr . Harris said it was not a usual occurrence for a day labouring man to stand along side

      of the great manufacturers of this Whig-ridden Borough to address a public assembly , it being the first time , but nobly did he do it : he has gained laurels for the class to whjch he belongs . Whea Mr . Bolwell rose to second the amendment , he wag received with tremendous applause . He made an excellent speech , which the reporters have cut down . He said the gentlemen convening the meeting might have good motives ; bat they were completely gelled by" Finality , " commonly called Lord John Bussell . The assembly were very attentive , while the € hartists spoke . The Whigs were completely confounded ; they looked do « n their noses .

      Mr . Bolwell challenged any person in the room to discuss the merits and demerits of the Corn Laws , but the cowards would not accept the challenge . Mr . SrANTON tried everyefforttoget rid of our amendment by coazing . butatlastfoundit of noavail , androse to put his resolution . He was met with shouts of disapprobation , and a few of their tools held up their hands , but the poor shopoorats looked con * founded , and they were ashamed to hold up their hands before the sovereign people . Some of their tools grinned like savage hyeosas ; when they found they had lost their trick , they begun to skulk off . ¦

      Mr . Paul then rose to put the amendment , and was saluted with shouts of applause . The amendment was then put , which was carried by a forest of blistered hands , and many more delicate ; for the females took an active part in support of the Chartist amendment . Mr . Humphreys said , " it would be a Newport job . ' Mr . Watts , to his honour , said " No , " and requested him to withdraw his words , which he accordingly did " . Mr . Paul then addressed the meeting , and gave thelordiiesa severe castigation . He told them of their misdeeds .

      The Journal says , that the Chartists bad mustered from a distance . The only individual from a distance was Mr . Bolwell , of Bath . Three cheers were given for the brave Feargus , three for Frost and theimprisonod patriots , three for the Star , and three for the People ' s Charter . " P . S . The lordlies were obliged to solicit our Chairman to dissolve the meeting . The Journal might sneer at Paul . He was decently attired ; he is small ia size , but a bit of the right stuff . —Mr

      Stanton is a stout corpulent man—well enough ha might—and lives out of the blood and vitals of the workie 3 . He is a large manufacturer . The last Corn Law meeting ( two years ago ) he said , "ha could not proceed without some of that which they had given him on former occasions . It was some of the oil of their applause . " What popularity he must have lost ! I was present and was disgusted to hear ^ it—so was the people . He has some candour , for he told the meeting , if they eould net get bread cheaper they would have to take less wages ! I

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct381/page/6/