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      CHELTENHAM AKTI-CORX LAW MEETING . — DEFEAT OF THE REPEALERS . —MARCH OF DEMOCRACY . A large meeting took place at tlie Temperance Hill , on Mcsday night , ¦ for the purpose of petitioning her Majesty not to dissolve the present Parliament until the distress of the country and the operation of the . Corn-Lbtts harm been enquired into . On Mis iBciicn of Mr . Cox , seconded by Mr . Heskesst , Te . xr . cis Mcxno , Bsq ., was called to tbo Qiair . Tea Rev . N . Pabktn ( Minister of the -Cheltenham Tabernacle ) said , —Ur . Chairman and Gentlemen , the resolution put into my hand to more is as follows : —

      " That the cspital employed in commerce , manBfacteres , and tnwle in general , n& 3 for some years past been oq the decrease , and , as a consequence , the demand for labour has been so materially lessened as to create ssch intense distress smoagst th 9 labouring population of Great Britain and Ireland , that unless ' some remedial measures be immediately adopted by the Legislature , the most lamentable consequences to the country at large must ensue . " - 5 ? ow , Sir , although I am quite a stranger to the inhabitants of this town , I am not altogether a stranger to tts di jiress -which uapels the sympathies tf this raeeting . I am come from the very heart of the distress . Having resided for rcany years in Rochdale I have seen the results of monopoly in its most horrid forms . I

      proscme jou hare had opportunities reading ths heartrending accounts of ths distress of the country but the half has not yet been told . Tee people are perishing . I care Tery little ¦ whether the government of the country is in the hands of Tories , Whigs , or Radicals , if the people are "well educated and irell fed . ( Great cheering . ! Whatever may be their ranks and abilities , it is impossible for them long to govern a starring population . ( Heai , hear , hear ) Manufactories -which ised to employ thc ^ sands of persons are not ? closed . What has besn the effect of shutting up these large concerns ? the distress has extended ta large portion * of trade . The grocer is obliged to stll ounces instead of pounds , and to receiTe pennies instead of shillings . Bakerj hare little to do . for instead of breid , people

      eat porridge . Tailors bnve little to do for people cancot affurd xa buy clothes . Drapers are complaining of the state of trade , snd are lounging on their wanton , aud the shoemakers have no ; hing to do , for people are going "without shoes . I ssw aa iroamon ^ r w . Jj , and he told me he is taking £ 60 less in a week than usual . I sitf at Bower * s-row 3 smnber of band-loom wearers , and I asked them what they had to support them . They said *• a little oatmeal and water . " What to bread , no meat , no potatoes ? Nothing else ; oatmeal for breakfast , oatmeal for supper , and they declared that they should hare been contested if they could hare got

      enongh of that If any person had seen their gaunt forms he rausi hare bsea of opinion that monopoly needs IK ) greater reproof . I ha Ye seen dear little children pining away for food and the mothers have come beg . ging : although my house was much cut of the way I used to hare about twenty a-day . Many families sapported themselves on ¦ what they could obtain from the benevolent . During the list -winter many of the inhabitants established & soap kitchen , and if it had not been for that , starvation and its natural accompaniment , pestilence , would have laid hundreds in ta * dtst . ' Two oi three thousand applied daily . After a lengthened addresss the rev . cerUeman sat down .

      Mr . E . G Wells Beconded tlia resolution ; -which was put by the Chairman and carried unanimously . Rev . Mr . Lewis , ( of the Unitarian Chapel ) , proposed the next resolution : — " That it is to the Corn and other UDjust laws , such distress is to be attributed . ; and therefore this meeting }« of opinion that a memorial should be presented to the Qaeen , praying her Majesty not to Prorogue "Parliament nntil the causes of saoh unexarcpiect distress have been enquired into , and measures adopted for the relief of the country . " 2 dr . GoD"Wis aeconded the resolution , and was proceeding to praise tha Whigs for passing ths postage measure whsn the cries of " question , question " became general , and a working man remarked—Mr . Chairman , I think this is likely to cause disunion , bothering about Whigs and Tories .

      Mr . Hesuesst rose to order , and remarked £ that this -was an Anti-Corn Law meeting and there were persons of ail parties present The Chaibhas called on Mr . Godwin to keep to the question . Mi . Godwin—I am coming to the question , it is a sahject which has grown ont of the question . The Chaibxa *— Bai it is an excrescence and ought to be cat otE Mr . Godtt 15 then concluded by seconding tha resolation . Mr . Wkhjt ^ s said he quite agreed with the gentlejaen vrho had described the distress which preyaile , but it existad while the Woigs trere in ofice many years , but they have no : been out many days before they begin to look round thtm at the distress . Mr . GOD-svis rose to orci ^ r .

      Mr He >'> 'essy—I think we ought io 1 ft him 50 on a little farther and see ho- ^ he will come to tha question . Mr . Wiggins thought this was 3 question between the agriculturist and the Kuiau ' scSHrer , asd would very little benefit the working men , besides it . is but a branch of the evil , and thsy can as soon get to the root as lop off tLe branches . " The working classes , " ' said he " have joined the middle classes , and besn deceived , bnt if the niildie classes will come forward and join us we will rer-eil the obnoxious Com Laws . " He proposed an ameaumrct 10 the effect that classlecislation is the cause uf the present evils .

      Mr . W . MELSOii , on seconding the amendment , was assailed in a very nacourteous manner by one of the gentlemen who had cilie-i the mooting oa account of the part be took at the last election in opposition to the Whig candidate . He observed that he felt much -pleurae ia haTing an opportunity of meeting for once , the anti-Corn Law Association in public . They had been in the habit of hatching their eggs in private , and be had fancied for a long time past whether or not there ¦ were a possibility of fiading oat their nesting place , for he had heard very little of their cackling of late . It ¦ was useless mincing the matter ; the factory lord must give way to ths more saLstsntial cry for Universal Suffrage . Ton canEot get 3 repeal of the Corn Laws ether from the Government of Whig or Tory . Ton

      had better at ones become honest politicians , and join -withus in our demand for the Charter . Ton must do ' , it eventually ! Do h then -with a good graee , by doing ' it quickly , or you run an imminent risk through procrastination . Class legislation , if suffered to exist much longer , will bring about universal confusion ; but in tha ; adoption of the Charter , peace , and good will , full beliies , and well clocked > acks . The demand for Com ' Law repeal was supported by a factious cry from inter ested parties and -srithout other remedial measures would not benefit tho producing population . We do not want a rspt-al of the Corn Laws nntil we can Kike : the benefits to Cow more libsraliy , nor nntil we can secure its stability by ths people at large having the power of protection -within themselves . Bnt-ere want the ' Charter , and the Charter we must immediately hare , for . intelligence demands it , poverty and misery proclaim it as the oniy certain and effectual remedy . ( At this ! period very zrez . % consternation manifested itself ,

      and considerable cmfusion easued . The party calling > the meeiin ? were not a little chagrined at " this attempt , " us it -k-os termed , " to interrupt the una- \ cimity of the masting . " The proposer ' s name was required . Finding that he bad a legitimate right to ! take part in the proceadings , it was contended that the i amendment , " had no bearing on the motion ; " and ; again , " that the object sought after ia Jthe amendment ; was already acknowledged in the motion ;'"—that " the j other bad laws" spoken of were to that effect At this ¦ period , Mr . Hollis , who was pent up in the Clustered ' body ci the cantrs of the Hall , made his vuice . audible , j that he wished to be heard on the point in qnestion , i whea he was ushered forth to the pistfom amid the i general shouts of acclamation of the audienc ? . - i Mr . Be . ivaHI . n Noams , one of the party calling I the meeting , —I claim a hearing for ilr . Heliis , because he is a hoaest and consistent man , and votes for CoL j Perronae ; Thompson , a Corn L 3 W Repealer—hip , hip , I bip , hurrah for Mr- Hollis . " i

      Mr . Hollis b ^ . 'J—Mr . Cos . irnian and friends , I came * ot hsre to -raise any factious opposition to the pro- i ceediDjB of thi 3 eve ^ ic ^ . A 3 an Englishman , I cannot j remain silent when I see an injustice about to be prac- ! tised . I demand jasiica fi > r the one man &s Tell as the other , whether he be a mrm of -wealth or a walking mechanic . Whas is good for the goose is also good for tha gander . I contend thai the amendment is in regain order , and to the purpose . This meeting is called to consider the cause of distress—the bad laws you speak of are the effects of cliss-legislatiqB , and therefore it is a bonafide amendment . The amendment w&s put and carried by a large majority .

      Mr . S . Oxlet , after reading the memorial which ' it iru proposed should be presented to her Majesty by ¦ E * rl Fitzhardinge , asked if there was ' anything in ; the memorial which goes to say that class-legislation is I not the cause of the distress ? " ( A voice— " no , but ; ifs kept out of sight , and that ' s the principal thirg . ") He complained of Sir R . Peel delaying the icqairy j for five months -when he must know the distress of the country . " \ Mi . Smith , of Prestbury , in seconding tb ° adoption i of the memorial , said—Let not the landowners be the j I ! I

      Iicerssed victuallers fcr the whole nation . If we were to go to a new hospital , and the surgeon was to ray he most take five montiis to consider how he must treat us , what woald you think of kis ability ! Yon would think M little of him as the end of five months as yon do now . The unjust judge for importunity granted the prayer of ' tbe poor widow , let as therefore badger him . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Hollis said tfcat m fcn amendment had been m&de to the resolution on which the memorial was ; founded , he should move that a similar alteration be : made in the memorial , He was of opinion that ths j repeal of the Corn Lsws would bn ? y take the money ] out of the pockeU of one class of monopolists to put it j into that of another ; it is of very little wnieQienoe to the 1

      people of Great Britain whether thty are robbed by the kadlard or the factory lord . I care not about what the Cbairmai ! « v « , though I would pay all due deference ad respect to that gentleman who I believe to be hwest and # on » dttitieus , equal with myBgif .- I s&y , I

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      care not about the oft-told tale of the Corn Law repealezs that wages are not operated npon by the rise or fill in the price of food . They may raise a question on tab point if they please , to serre their purpose , but here was an outstanding fact not to be controverted , tkat masters would always hare ths control over wages , so long as there was a redundancy of hands In the market , and -with a repeal of the Corn Laws there most of a certainty be an ingress , to a considerable extent , of farm labourers iato the manufacturing market . What with this fact and the other operating causes of poverty —of competition between masters , and machinery superseding msimal labonr , there was little prospect of the working men being benefitted by a repeal of the Corn Liws , and not until they bad a voice in the senate

      regulating their own affairs . The manufacturers say they cannot compete with foreigners and he could not see how they wonld be better able to do so without reducing wages . In reference to a part of the motion which bad been paFS 9 d—he wished the members of Parliament had to subsist on the factory child ' s wages of 15 d . a week until they introduce aome practical and effective measure for the ( food of the people . He asked the Anti-Corn Law Association In what better situation they are than the Radicals who can command a minority of forty-s \ x , while the Corn Law repealers were in a minority of ninety-two . He asked them how they stood in reference to the Duke of Buckingham , the Daie of Wellington , and Sir Robert Peel , aad urged thera to abaudoH the factions of Whig and Tory and

      join the great party of the people . The Duke of BnckingL&ni tells the Com Law repealers that he is unchanged as to the Corn Law question . The Duke of Wellington informs the people in sui ^ stance , tbtt the ivptalers are too idle to work—that they are raising a fartions cry of poverty to gain their object . He says , ' this is the only country he has visited where a nian , by his indostry , can rise to a state of competency , if he be inclined to industry . " Sir Robert Peel , tha very Joseph Surface of the present Cabinet , acknowledges , because he is farced to it , that distress prevails to some extent , but in the same breath he gives the lie to his own statements by referring to the receipts and payments of the Savings' Banks , to establish the fact ( fact . Indeed !) that the country is p . ot poverty-stricken ,

      but rich and prosperous . I appeal te you , Gentlemen , by whom I am surrounded—I appeal to ai ! present — I call upon th 3 numerous anti-Coru Law Associations Throughout the country to give up the selfish cry for Cora Law repeal , and join hand and heart in the uiiiTersal demand for equality of political rights—f « the extirpation of that—making use of your own expresaics— " pre-eminent" of all other monoDoliea—c ' . uss legislation . You are the few ; the working population are Xh-2 many . You have your physical wants supplied ; they are destitute of all natural or social comforts . They have joined with you previously In an itternpt of yours to produce good Government ; you have failed . Join with the masses bow , and thty will shew you the certain path—the only means of making a repeal of the Core Laws beneficial , and at the 6 &me time producing to all classes an equality of freedom , and , through it , universal happiness . Come forward , then , like men , as patriots and philanthropists , putting

      aside seln ^ h notions and selfith objects , and join in tho cry for universal representation , this great desideratum to the production of universal kappiness . Mr . GODISG seconded the amendment . He believed that the Corn Laws are opposed to the dictates of reason aad at the last election he opposed a slidingscale Tory and a fixed duty Whig , and 8 ' conded the nomination of the father of Corn Law Repealers . " Regardlets , " said ha , of the prond world ' s scum I have acted up to my principles . 1 cannot but feel for thosa who call themselves Corn Law Repealers , and did not come forward to support a Carn Law Repealer . Do yoa think that by such inconsistency yoa can command tha support of the working classes ? " The yresent electors have not the moral coorago to repeal thu law , else -srhy did they return a ; najority of 91 sworn foes to liberty ? "If , " said he , " you are sincere Corn Law Repealers you should direct attention to the root of the evil and not to the branches . "

      Mr . B . Nobmak said he did not object to the amendment . " 1 do , " said he , " l'ke to bw men like Mr . Hoilis , Mr . Goding , and the Davises , and the Harpers , come forward in the hour of need , who , unbought , and not for work doze or favours received , support their Perronnet Thompson , but in the name of God point the fiager cf scorn at that man" ( pointing to Milsora . ) In answer to a portion of Mr . HoHia ' s speech , ha said the repeal of the Corn Laws would take the maney oat of ths hands of the aristocracy and pnt it into the pockets of the people . Mr . Datis , jue ., regretted having heard so many personalities during the evening . He hoped to see an union between the Com Law Repealers and the Chartists . " If , " said he , " these two powerful bodies do link together and determine to have what is just and right , who can deny it ?"

      ilr . S . OM-et complained of Mr . Hollis not having informed him that he intended to propose the amendment , althoagti lie bad this resolution ia his po £ S 3 uioa on Saturday . " If he had . " said Mr . Onley , " / shtvld have agreed io thu , and I do agree to it note , but it looks as i / Uit CornLaio Repealers teere not agreeable to it I agree io evtry tcord in this and so far sanction it . Mr . Mefles , a young man , a steady and intelligent Chartist , made an excellent speech , in support of the amendment , -which was received by all in the room with the greatest enthusiasm , although at a late hour in the evening . Mr . Milsosi , in the course of a few rsmarks , in the support of the ajntcdmeuc said , agitation is a : present fishicnabie -with the WMg gentlemen , and called on young rueu to join the Ckartists . Tfl * Eicended memorial was then adopted unanimously . It was as follows : — " May it please your Majesty ,

      " We , your Majesty ' s dutiful and loyal subjects , in public mett Eg assembled , humbly beg to be permitted to Epproach your Majesty with tfce expression of our unfeigned resptct for your high office , onr devoted regard for your person , and our profound veneration for tLose great principles of the Constitution which cslled vour Majesty's Illustrious Ancestors to the Thr « ne of these Realms . " We hrul with thankfulness the sentiments expressed in your Majesty ' s opening Speech to yonr present Parliament , evincing , as they do , the cordial and enlightened sympathy with which , from your elevated position you perceive and desire to alleviate , the deep and poignant distress which so extensively prevails amongsi jour Majesty's subjects . " ll is not confined to one class , but , in its degree , affec ; s the interests of all classes , and , as is Batumi , falls ¦ with more intensity upon those who depend for support up > n their daily labour .

      " May it please your Majesty , " We find a law in operation , professiDg to regulate j the price of food , the tendency of which lav ? is to f ^ -ticr ¦ Commerce , and by so doing , te deprive the ' abourer of ; employ , and constquently of wages and thus materially j to abridge , and in very maay instances , utterly to de- j stroy his power of procuring not only the comforts but j the first necessaries of life . The consequences are , j numerous bankruptcies , increase of poor-rates , diniinu- ! lion of wages , and every symptom of wide-spread and i ceep-seated suffering . j " The principle cause of this nfflictirg condition of bo large a portion of your 5 lajesty " s subjects , is to be found , we conceive , in the existence of the law above alluded j to . more particularly in its application to the article of i

      Wheat , to the free importation of which it ia 1 opposed . i " Yonr Majesty has been pleased to recommend £ bis J ia-w in an especial manner to the consideration of Par- j liamsnt , and entertaining , as we do , the full conviction j that this law does aggravate the natural fluctuations of j snpply , does derange the currency , and does , by its ! operation diminish the comfort and increase the priva- j tioHS of the great b « -fly of the community , we your i petitioners , humbly venture ta lay at your feet our ; earnest and respectful prayer tkat your majesty in the \ exercise of your royal prerogative will be pleased not ; to permit your Parliament to saparate till your Majes- \ ty ' s most graciou * and moss Christian wishes have been ; carried into effect , an 1 until this question of life or death to many of your subjects , and of infinite import- ' ance to all , has received at tho hands of their reprcsen-

      tatives that deep and ssan-hir . g attention which it deserves . We furtbur pray your Majesty th 3 t you will cause immediate inquiry to fee made into the state of th 6 representation , for ynur petitioners affirm that the Hcmse of Commons does not represent the people , but the classes who livaby Corn L 3 W and other monopolies . It is a House of Covnmons Tepregenting the -wbola people which the constitution of this country acknowledges ; tliey therefore pray that the consideration of thispi-am : nnt of all grievances may have immediate consideration , fcr it is by the people being fu ! ly and fairly represented that monopolies will cease and goad government be cstabiiihetL Fervently imploring for y-mr Majesty , for the Royal Princu your Consort , aad for yyur Majesty s iLustrious Offspring , every blessing for tirae . ird for eternity , and praying that ycur Msjfgy may long live to reign over a prosperous people , we j . resent to you this our earnest Petition . "

      Oa themotioB of Mr . Rows seconded by Mr . Hen-Sesst , a vote of thanks to the Chainn-in -was adopted and the ui&sti&g separated .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fwdat , Octobsb 1 . The Earl of Malmesburt and the Earl of Sheffield took the oaths and their seats . The Lunatics' Bill , tha Nary Pay Bill , the Frogmore Lodge Bill , and the Royal Garden * Bill , were Bevarally read a third time , and passed . A message from the Commons brought up the Population Pajmont Bill , which was read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on Saturday . On the motion of Lord Bbouguam , ths production of certain correspondence relative to slavery in Malacca and Ceylon was agreed to , after a few observations from Lord ElLEnbOROUGH .

      The Earl of Radnor said he had several petitions to present , praying for the immediate repeal of the Corn Laws . The Noble Earl expressed Ub dismay at the fntentiou of Government to have Parliament prorogued without taking the question of the Corn Laws into consideration . Such a course appeared to him not very consistent with the rote that House had come to on the first day of the session . It appeared to be contrary to the address that had been carried in answer to the speech from the throne , which pledged Parliament , if not in words , at least in substance , to enter into the immediate consideration of the subject . He could not understand on what ground ministers should say they were prepared to consider the question . If Parliament

      were to be prorogued till February , anil the subject then referred , as seemed to be intended , to a select committee , they all knew enough of the proceedings of committees to be aware that a long time would elapse before they should come to a settlement cf the matter The Noble Duke had told them that it was not possible to enter into the consideration of this subject in the present session . He ( the Earl of Radnor ) did not know why the present session should close so suddenly . Looking to the state of the country , he thought tho Government would be incurring a fearful responsibility if , without taking any steps to remedy the present state of things , they should advisa her Majesty to prorogue Parliament The Noble Earl concluded by presenting the petitions .

      TheDckeof WELLINGTON said it was qrtite plain that it was impossible at the present moment to have an inquiry that would result in any good . For his own part he had no objection to take upon himself the responsibility of advising her Majesty to prorogue Parliarusr . t before any inquiry wns made en the subject of tha Corn Laws . In seating that , he admitted at onoe that inquiry was most important , bat It ought to take placu when there was more time for it . H « did not think that the public woald feel any inconvenience from the postponement . Tee Duke of Portland moved for copies of a correspondence -which had taken place between Lord John Russell and the magistrates of ManjfieK , relative to the Chartist meeting in that town in August , 1832 , which led to a short discussion , after which the House adjourned .

      Saturday , October 2 . The Population Payments' Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be Committed on Monday . The expiring Laws Bill passed through Committee , and was ordered to be read a third time ou Monday . A message frcra the House of Commons brought up the Exchf qaer Bills Funding Bill , the Exchequer Appropriation Bill , and the P » or Law Continuance Bill , which were severally read a first time , and ordered to be read a second tttue on Monday . The House then adjourned till Monday .

      Monday , October 4 th . The Earl of MiNTO entered into a vindication of tha mode in which he had exercised his patronage at the Admiralty . On the motion for reading a second time the Exchequer Bills Bill , Viscount Melbourne made an attack upon the present Government , for having defeated the late Government upon principles which were then laid riown by the NebJe Dake ( Wellington ) , but which they were now repudiating . The Noble Duke had said , on a former occasion , that they had no right to add to the funded debt of the country , without making provision for the interest , and yet this was just what his Government were now uoiog by this bill . For Lib own part he had but one objection to the measure now proposed by the Government , but that one was seriousit had failed . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) After

      ha Tin 5 turned out the late Government , they should have taken care not to have failed in the very first temporary measure they had themselves attempted . Neither should they havo sent a cry through the country that its finances were in a state of extreme difficulty . It was not right nor fair to hold this desponding langun ; e . He maintained that , though there was a financial difficulty , yet the country was not In an embarrassed or dangerous situation , either its respected its finances , or in any other way . He could not see why the present Government should have required time to concoct measures . There was no mystery in the case—they had not to look for the philesopher ' s stone . If they had to Bearch for the transmutation of metals , they might , perhaps , h : ive some claim to require time for experiments ; and as to attendance , the Noble Duke might be sure of having a goed one in both Houses of Parliament , if he only gave notice of an intended alteration in the Corn Laws .

      The Earl of RlPON Bau < he was not called upon to justify what had passed in a former dabate ; but be must observe that it was a great mistake to 3 ay that their first meisnre was a failure ; for although they had not obtained the whole of the five millions , they had obtained one million beyond what was necessary to cover the deficiency . How was it possible ) to expect that Government could be all at once prep&red with its measures ? The late Government bad been displaced by an amendment to the Address moved by an individual , who could hardly be expected at once to be prepared with a series of measures ; and even if thu Government now formed were at once to striko off a whole scheme of finance , without any consideration , the nation could only look upon them as fools or raadintii .

      The Dsko of Wellington thanked the Noble Viscount fer his hint about Bicuring an attendance ; but he wcnld not avail himself of ft , because he never would announce an intention which he did not entertain . Be bad no intention to bring forwatd a scheme for t ' ae alteration of tho Corn Laws . He had not the power to do eo . He hod not sufficiently considered the measure , and must therefore decline to announce any snth intention . ( Hear . ) The Bill was then read a second triEe , The Poor Law Commission Bill went through Committee . ; ' Ths other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Ocr . 1 . Colonel the Hon . Dawson Darner took the oaths and his seat for PorUvrlington . The Eirl of Lincoln , in answer to a qnestion from Mr . Divett , state » l that it -was the intention of the government to carry into effect the proposed improvement in the Green-p 3 rk , with respect to tho removal of the house of Lady Gordon . Steps had been taken to remove the house as soon as possession was given up by the representatives of Lady Gordon . Sir F . TBEiNCH gave notice that be should , early next session , move for a select committee to con-iuer tha practicability and expediency of a plan for improving the navigation 0 ! the Thames and for erecting a railroad on the embankment on the north of thj river . Oa the order of the day for the third reading of the Poor-Law Commission Bill being moved ,

      M » . Fielden rose to make the motion of -which he had given notiee , but the honourable gentleman spoke in so low a tone , that it was perfectly impossible to hear him . We understood the hon . gentleman to say , h . ' believed th 3 t , as the perseverance of the late administration in continuing the poor-law was tha cause of their downfall , so would it also ba the rock on which Se present government would split , if they continued eir resolution to carry it out . The hon . member then quoted the opinion of Sir James Scarlett ( now Lord Abinger ) and other lawyers , as to the unconstitutional power of the commissioners . It was ia bi . 3 ( Mr . F . ' s ) opinion , a tyranuical power , unauited to the tastes of the people , and he - » rou !< i ntver consent to it . He could not understand how such an unconstitutional authority

      should be sanctioned by the constitution of England . The Conservatives ought not to forget the great exertioua they tuuxle on the late elections , and that they owed much of their strength to the feelings of tho people against the new la-. v ; and ha wondered that so much disregard was exhibited to their complaints on the subject by the present government . Thu honourable member proceeded to state the number of petitions in favour of the amendment of tho law , and the number of those presented against it , to show the degree of public support , which the measure had received . He believed the local boards , being better acquainted with the actual itato of the poor , were far better qualinetl to administer relief to thorn than any central authority could possibly ba If the owners of

      pro-Vsrty had discharged their duty there would have bseD no necessity for this law . i'he people were not to blame , nor were the old Is ws to blama for it , but the owners of property . He knew it was said that the po : r of this country wcro idle , and that they had no one but themselves to blame for their distress . He rebutted the charge . It was a libel on the character of our countrymen . Tha labourers of this country were the most industrious in the worid . Having had seven years' experience of the commission , whether the House were able to jodge of it he did not know , but the people of this country thought they were able to do so , and their opinion was that theii acts -were

      oppressive and unconstitutional Tb « conduct of the commissioners hni been so arbitrary as to mako the law much worse than it really was , and obliged even the rate-payers to complain of it It appeared to him ( Mr . Fielden ) that the condition of the poor bad been gradually deteriorating under the operation cf tbe present law . It was no later than tnet morning that ho had received a letter from Manchester , Btating the deaths of two persons from actual starvation and the horrerofa > orfchouse . He thought these vrero cases requiring immediate investigation . Tee Hon . Member proceeded to read a comparative table of returns fr « m various parts of the country to show that , under tbe present system , there had been an increase of mortality ;

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      bat h « spoke fn so low a tone tnat we could not catch a single statement with any degree of distinctness . The Hon . Member concluded by moving that the bill be read a third time that day three months . Mr S . Crawford seconded the motion . Sir C . Douglas thought that the Hon . Member for Oldham ought not , upon the third reading of a bill for tho continuance of tha commission , to have entered into a general discussion of the subject of the Poor Law . He understood that the Government would hereafter bring the general question under the consideration of the House ; and he thought it would be factious to oppose them upon the present occasion . He should add , however , that he . disapproved of many provisions of the law , although he did not think that was an occasion for urging his opinions :

      Captain PECHELL was glad It was not necessary for him to enter at length into the reasons for - voting with the Hon . Member for Oldham , as well as against the third reading of the Bill . He never made it a party political question : He had more than one reaaoa for voting against the Bill . He conceiTed It gave tbe Right Honourable Gentleman opposite more power than was necessary . Had , the Ri ? ht Honourable Gentleman met Parliament in the month of November there would bo no occasion to renew the power of the Commissioners . ( Hear , hear . ) His next reason for voting against tha Bill was that the Right Hon . Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department , hod stated that the Bill would not interfere with tbe unions under tbe Gilbert Acts , but he ( Captain Pechell ) wonld undertake to say that the Poor Law Commissioners were unceAsing in issuing rules and regulations to those unions . Those rales and regulations prevented the poor people from goinz to

      Church on Sundays , and made their confinement much worse than thoso who were shut up in Chelsea , and other hospitals . ( Hear . ) The Commissioners had only left those unions the p * wer of giving out-door relief ; and their rutes andregulationsgavodissatistacUon to tbe Guardians , the ratepayers , and the receivers of the rate . He considered these strong grounds for limiting the power of the Poor Law Commissioners . ( Hear , bear . ) They had not ventured to issue such rules and regulations fur the place which he bad the honour to represent , for they bad triad to impose upon them a paid chaplain whom they refused to pay- Those unions were interfered with by the Poor Lttw Commissioners , and he considered U his duty to oppose the continuance of tho Bill He considered these reasons good and valid for opposing it , nud ho would on every occasion express his opinion against it , whenever the subject was brought forward .

      Mr . Bortuwick begged leave to make a few observations . He had been sent to that house Hnpledged , and he thought it on that account the more incumbent on him not to leave bis vote unexplained . He did not entirely concur with the Hon . Member for Oldham , because his objection did not lie against the Administration of the law , but struck at the root an . l first principle of thu Bill . It was stated that the object of the Bill was to create in the minds of the labouring classes the most important of all social virtues—independence . But ho considered that the effect of tha Bill was directly the contrary . The Bill proposed to invest dependence with so many repulsive characters , that tbe most miserable independence would be preferred to it But it made no distinction in the application of the

      principle between the industrious and high-minded peasants and tbe man who might t « actuated in his humble sphere by as noble an ambition as that which the Right Hon . Member for Tarn worth avowed , a few evenings ago , to be his governing principle . ' He entreated the Government not to pledge themselves to nny party in the House on this question , but to give it their cautious and solemn consideration . The next principle in tho law to which ho objected was tho principle of centralisation—a principle which took the management of the interests of the poor out of the hands of the magistrates and local authorities , and placed it in the hands oi a commission sitting in the metropolis . The principle of centralisation was liable to this further objection , that it invested the

      commissioners , -with unusimi and unconstitutional power , thus erecting an emperium in imperio . The reason why he would vote againBt tho amendment of the Hon . Member opposite was that her Majesty ' s Government had Appealed to tho Houso for its confidence , and had asked for a short time to enable them to mature plans of a general nature . He ( Mr Borthwick ) pave tbe Government his fullest confidence ; and on these grounds hn shcu'd not offer nay opposition to tk * course which they had proposed to adopt . Mr . Hindlev said that hu bad always been opposed to the Poor Law , but denied that be bad ever agitated on the question . He was opposed to exciting tho people , and wished the Corn Law and the Poor Ltw to rest on their own merits .

      Captain Polidll opposed tbe amendment Some alterations must necessarily bo made in the Poor L * w to satisfy the country , but he repelled the charge that any agitation upon the Poor Law had been got up by the Conservatives at tbe late elections . Mr . Coisden should vote for tbe amendment . Ho thought it would be far wiser for a Government to consider the condition of the poor before they became paupers , than afterwards to frame Poor Laws . He hoped this w <> ul ( l he a subject for consideration by Sir James Graham during tho recess . Tho poor man was first juado a pauper by tho restrictions ou food ; and he hoped that , in the rtceas , tbo Right Hon . Baronet would deem it politic to consider the propriety of throwing open uuw channels of industry to provido employment for the starving poor .

      Captain Hamilton would vote for the third reading . He objected to some of tho provisions of the Poor Law , but as it was ou . y intended to continue the Commission , he should offer no objection . Nothing , however ,, could be worse than the working of the Poor Law . Mr . Rennie was in favour of the amendment . If the present administration of the law were persevered in , he feared tho consequences on the lower classes . Mr . Wakley took tbe opportunity of defending his having voraained on the Tory side of the House . The poor Whirs were now extinct , and heartily glad was he

      of the consummation . Mr . W akley , m vindication ot his course , alluded to what ho bad done in 1835 . When Sir Robert Peel was in power for threo months , Mr . Wakley adopted the Tory side of the House . The Right Hon . Bitonet resigned , and the Whigs came over ; Mr . Wakley rtnnined , with Messrs . Hunio , Harvey , and Roebacfc , and as late as June in that year he had brought forward the motion for recalling the Dorchester labourers . He did not think the House could charge him with inconsistency . The question now was between the Reformers aud tho Tories . lie was willing , however , to give the Right Hon . Baronet a fair trial .

      Mr . Callagua . v should vote against the continuance of the Commissioners . Mr . Hardy opposed the amendment , nnd hoped he should not bo charged wi . h inconsistency for having voted in Tuesday for the Hon . Member for liocbdalo . That motion involved an entirely different point The House then divided , when there appeared—For the amendment 18 Against it 133 Majority for the motion 115 The report on the Exchequer Biils' Biil was bron « bt up , urnl the House adjourned at half-past seven o ' clock until Saturday .

      Saturday , Oct . 2 . Tho Chancellor of tho Exchequer movfld the third reading of the Exchequer Bills Funding Bill . Mr . Williams wished toa 3 ? c if the whoie amount of five millions had been subscribed , and , if so , -what amount bad been subscribed iu money , aud what in Exchequer Bills ? The Chancellor of tha Exchequer said tho present sum subscribed was £ 3 , G 44 , 00 o : but what sum in money and what in Exchequer bills he had not the maans of stating , as a certain time was given to the subscribers to make up their amount , and eousequer . tly the amount in money would be continually altering until the expiration of that period . Mr . Williams said that he did not see any necessity for reducing the amount of Exchequer biils .

      The Chancellor of the Exchequer slid that the amount of interest pnid upon Exchequer Bills , was 2 Jd . per diem , which was a larger rata ot" interest tban that paid upon the funded debt —( hear )—and he was suro the Hon . Gentleman vrouJd nos wish him to make any statement ; which might affect the money market one way or the other . The Bill was then read a third time and passed . The Exchequer Bills Appropriation Bill was then read a third time and passed . Mr . Hawes said that he ba'l read the Sixth Report of the Inspectors ef Prisons , which , in his opinion , contained matters demanding seriouH investigation , ani he hoped tho subject would meet with the attention of th « Right Hon . Gantlainan the Secretary for the Home D > partnieut . ( Hear . )

      Sir J . GRahaM said that he was well aware of the great importanca of the report to which the Hoci . Member alluded , and that the report in question contained statements which wonld require the fullest investigation . He had given flirectiona to the inspectors to lay before liim a report uuder three beads , containing - First , Rn account of mstteis to which he should direct his attention ; secondly , of matters which , according to taw , camo under the control of the Secretary of State ; and , thirdly , of such matters as demanded the attention of Parliament , and which , in a future session of Paliamont , woald require tbe attention of that branch of the Ligislature . ( Hear . ) The Houso then adjourned .

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      TISIT TO KENDAL OF MR . J . BRONTERRE O'BRIEN . JIT Dear Sir . —Not observing in your last number any account of the visit to this place of the great schoolmaster of Chartism , and renowned champion of the rights of the toiling millions , J . Brohterra O'Brien , Esq ., A . M ., I confess I felt much suprised , as I considered the visit aud meeting of the fi » t importance to the cause in this quarter . I concluded it most arise from neglect on the part of our secretary , or his want of confidence in himself to zeport it correctly ; and for my own part , although I was present and took part and heard and saw erery thing that was transacted , yet having taken no notes , it would be futile for me to . attempt a lengthened report . I shall , however , give a brief outline of the proceedings .

      Ia the aututnn of last year , a correspondence was commenced between the Chartists of Kendal and Mr . J . B O'Brien , than immured in a gloomy dungeon in Lancaster Castle . Tke friendly intercourse was kept up until his release on the 24 th ult , and on the « lay following he arrived In Keudal to treat us with a fir 3 t visit after his liberation , which he had promised , ami which he wished might be as private as the visit of a commercial traveller through the town . He arrived in the afternoon , and was met by a deputation from the Chartist Association , and conducted to Bateson ' s Temperance Hotel , where a committee were in waiting to receive him . After partaking of refreshment , and nrrauging matters , be was conducted to the Odd Fallows ' Hall , the most spacious and beautiful room in the town , where aa immense multitude of persons , male and female , were collected to give the noble patriot a suitable reception after his resurrection from a living entombment .

      On ascending the platform be was greeted with loud and continued cheering , and clapping of hands . Mr-John Robinson , painter , was then cailcd to the chair , who briefly addressed the audience as to tbe object of the meeting , namely , to do honour to the distinguished visitor . Mr . Edgar Robinson then came forward and read a most beautiful congratulatory address to Mr . O'Brien , which was put by the Chairman , and carried unanimously with renewed applause . The Chairman then made some pointed remarks , saying hu liked to see their honest faces—to hear their , cheers and clipping of hands , but he should much prefer their joining the Chartist body en masse , attend their weekly meetings , and bring their pence , sit , hear , and learn the true principles of rational liberty , and make the Charter their polar star until it became the law of the land , and class legislation , tyranny , and poverty cease to cuiso this our once-favoured nation .

      He then introduced Mr . O'Brien , who was again received with clapping of hands and cheers- He commeacGd by saying , my good friends of Kendal , it is some comfort to be once more in open day-light , which has not been the case for the last eighteen months , I having been dungeened amongst smashers , thieves , and b-irglars , by the cruel mandate of the late vile Wh ! g Government , who are now dead and damn'd . He proceeded : but to follow the speaker through a three hours' lecture , containing so much matter , and poured out in such an overpowering stream of fervid eloquence , is to me a moral impossibility and a task of supererogar tion ; suffice it to say , ho was listened to throughout with the deepest attention , only that he was occasionally interrupted by the loudest applause . His subject

      was mainly on the rights of labour—tha rights of tbe whole community to the possession of the soil to be purchased from the present holders at a fair valuation ; it had been forcibly taken from tho people by the brigands who followed tbe Norman Conqueror , and was still held in possession by the posterity and successors of those bandits . Ha spoke on tho rascality of tho eotton lords , and employers of the industrious classes , and the general conduct of tbe ehopocracy , &c ; the fraudulent banking system , and rascally pinch-paupering water-gruelling bastiling Whig Poor Law ; he condemned , in unmeasured terms ; as a Chartist and democrat , he declared himself tho same to-day , yesterday , and for ever ; he Ceased , and retired much exhausted .

      A vote of thanks for his able l ? cturo was given , and the meeting broke up , I hope highly gratified from what they had hoard from a master-spirit of the age . He was detained until two oVlock , p . m . on Sunday , when he proceeded by coach to L'wcastev . Yours , in haste , Wm . M'Donald . Kendal , October , 1841 . [ This is tho first news we have heard of the meeting . —ED ]

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      THE POOR MAN'S CHURCH . A 2 BW WORDS FROM THE CHHIST 1 AN CHARTISTS OP PAISLEY , TO THEiK FEUOW-TOWNSMEJI AND WOMKN . Beaii Friends , —Knowing that we are calumniated by the great bulk of thu ministers of religion , and , consequently , labour under the prejudice of the majority of tho Christian people of our own town , in common with many others , we take this opportunity of giving a few of tho reasons that induced us to adopt the courso which we have taken . That our country is fast sinking , morally and physically , and the working population groaning under the iron yoke of faction , reduced by class legislation to a state of slavery \ roraa than Egyptian bondage , must appear evident to every right-thinking man and woman , who views tho present state of society with an unprejudiced mind .

      Seeing that the teachers of Christianity , almost without exception , in placq of defending and advocating the rights of the people , have become identified with the tyrant ; and instead of proclaiming liberty to all mankind , they are become the very mouth-piece to tho oppressors of oar once free , but novr enslaved country , hence tbe cause of our adopting this course , aud taking our stand upon primitive principles , not that we desire to make gain , but that through the blessing of God , wo may be instrumental in tho extending of the benefits and Messings of the gospel , to the fire-sides of every san and daughter of Adam .

      We hear it 6 turiiily proclaimed from the pulpits of the Kitk , that she is the enly poor man ' s church . The tree is known by its fruit : Christ came to preach the gospel to the poor , that ia , he came to restore to the human family that liberty , comfort , and happiness which the tyrant and the oppressor had wrested from them . If tho mere proclaiming the gospel with tbe mouth be all that is meant < n this , then every Kirk and every Church that goes by tbe name of Christian is the poor man ' s , for all of tkem preach their gospej to thu poor , particularly tl . at of passive obedience and non-resistance , « ujoinin # , tliaC poverty is the bestsclioolniaster to bring them to Christ .

      Those churches that have the Gospel only and all in the mouth , are like so many distilleries which destroy the inalt , and sell to people at a oear rate the poisonous alcohol , so those rtUgitius maltsters distil the real subsUncj of the Gospel into what they call spiritual food , which , while it nouriaheth nut tho body , stupifies the miud . And thus is the priesthood insde rich , and their craft supported at the exper . ee of tho people . Many societies have been instituted for the purpose of cheapening the commodities of the woriing-classes , ami why theukl we not endeavour to cheapen and purify the religion of Jesus Christ , tbat hath , been so much adulterated and destroyed by selfish and designing men .

      We call upon every man and every woman , to give our principles a fair and full investigation , —we do not intimate that the managers meet to let the seats iu the Christian cbuich , making the housu of God a house of merchandise;—no , but we intimate , that we have no privileged class in the church , no seat-letting whereby the beat seals are sot apart for the men with the gold riiijts ami gay clothing , while the poor must stand by , or sit under tho footstool . All » ro invited , all are made wslcome . all have equal rights , and equal privileges . We do r . ot shut out the rich from anything , but an undue authority over the poor , —wo wish to see tho rick ana the poor meeting in tho houso of God , as brethren , one God being Father of them all .

      To tins we subjoin our articles , aud umte all to examine , and come and boj how we conduct the worship of God . They may hear eomo things with which they will not agreo , but with us it ia a principle , that all are answerable for theaiselves , that they ought to apply their reasoning faculties to all they hear , and ' search the Scriptures to see whether those things be so . " " Prove all things , hold fast that only which is good ., " Signed , in the name of the church , Robert Oakoxeb , Chairman .

      ARTICLES . At a meeting helriin the Lyceum Room , on the 2 nd of September , 1 S 4 ) , the following regulations were submitted and agreed to for tho guidance of tbe church : — , . * Fir 3 t—That we acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as tho only rule of our faith and practice , uud a belief of the precepts and doctrines promulgated by Christ , and the unbounded tffisacy of his atonement . Second . —That this Church be denominated the Christian Church , and all office-bearers to be elected annually , the one half to be elected every six months alternately , by the universal vote of the Church , and said vote to be taken by ballot Third . —That we acknowledge all mankind to have an equal right in civil and religious matters .

      Fourth . —That there will be no scat-letting nor payment to ministers , except what may be deemed necessary to defray the incidental expenses of their preaching . Fifth . —That the members meet weekly as an efficient Committee to deliberate upoa all matters connected with the church .

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      Gavih Scott ,-whoj after robbing his employers at Glasgow of £ 8 , 000 . flad to Marseilles , and was arrested there bv Forrester the officer , was convicted on his own confession at tho Glasgow Assiaas last week , and sentenced to bo transported for life . Ai Worship-street police-office , on Sunday , John Richard . * , charged with improper conduct towards several of tho girls of the Finsbury charity school , waa brought up for final examination , and not being disposed to find bail , was committed to take bis trial oa four charges .

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      ROW TO BENEFIT THE NATION . As it seems *<> w decided de facto and dejttre that the majority of thepopulation of these realms were brought into the world solely that a few thousands might rid * booted and spurred over them , -we really have very Utttt to hope for from tho peseat electoral body . Sift and winnow , refine and patttr , filter and distil the foul eleinenta as we may , it appeals almost impracticable to get at the shadow of an Independent constituency . We see that the Times and tbe Leeds Mercury are still battling the watch about the Chondoa clause ; tbe former upholding ii to be the index of a thoroughly enlightened and independent class of voters ; the latter as being tbe recorder of agricultural serfs * degradation . They may

      split hairs about the respective amount of tenaats-at wlll and gantlemen-occupiars as long as they list : —the grand fact to prove or disprove is the evidence of the Hand-loom Commissioners that nearly thirty millions of Englishmen are dependent on wages for their living . Is it of any consequence , so far as their freedom is concerned , whether the wages be high or low \ Doea it matter whether the men have ten shillings or ten pounds per week , so long as his habitual condition iseubser . viency—so long as the one man is placed in the unvary . ing condition of servant , and the other of master ? We conceive not in the l « ast The man without property is a state , call him what we will in the present state of society .

      We are much mistaken if the minds of Reformers be not turned ere long to more important enquiries than Corn Laws or Ballot Boxes , or five points of Charter or Poor Laws , important as we confess these to be in our opinion . But of what use , we ask , would it be ( save a temporary one ) to procure Commercial Reform and the other agitated Reform , if the sole effect is to enable us to commence anew npon a tabula rasa , to terminate in the same social difficulties in a few years afterwards ? What signify ( beyond the temporary relief ) Abolition of tbe Corn Laws aud Commercial Reform , if the number of mouths would increase as fast aa the quantity of food imported—if the advance of machinery in dispensing with labour were more rapid than the demand for labour—if production grew faster than consumption—if the capitalist were absolute and the labourer a cypher—if laws to add riches to the rich

      and poverty to the poor , created a monopoly of property in the hand of a small class , and by excluding permanently the bulk of the people from education and , the humanizing effects of property , tended incessantly fco the result of two distinct classes such as we now witness , viz . a master class and a slave class ? What good , we ask , can men expect from euch a state of things as this ? It ia our social condition that is monstrous and unnatural . That condition is as old as tbe Conquest ; and with such tools and such elements as it has given us , we must be content to do our best , or make a clean sweep aa the French did in 1789 . There is no use mincing the matter . The aristocratic class of whom Peel is the leader , possess the actual power . We musk take what they please to give us , and live as they please to govern us—wait until they are convinced or terrifiedor , we must brave the other alternative of a Revolution . —Cheltenham Free Press .

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      CARLISLE . MEMORIAL AGREED TO AT A PUBLIC MEETING , HELD SEPTEMBER THE 21 ST , IN BEHALF OF JOHN K 1 LPATRICK , OP CARLISLE .

      Humbly Sheweth , —That the said John KiJpatrick is now under transportation on board the Warrior hulk , Woolwich , for the term of fifteen years , for the maaslaughter of the late Thomas Jardine , police-officer . . Tbat the circumstances under which he Was condemned , were of a very peculiar character , and fully calculated to lessen the enormity of the crime witb which he stood charged , and which are as follows : — That at the late election for the borough of Carlisle , considerable excitement prevailed . Tbe candidates were Sargeant Gulbourn , Mr . P . H . Howard , Mr . W . Marshall , and Mr . J . B . Hanson , who , on the day of nomination , appeared on the hustings in front of the Town Hall , accompanied by their several friends and supporters . That with tbe exception of hosting and hissing , the nomination passed over without the slightest breach of the peace having taken place ; la fact it was observed by all , that under the circumstances a more peaceable election never before took place in Carlisle .

      That after the nomination was over , the respective parties left the hustings , accompanied by their friends , to their separate phes * of resort . Mr . Golboarnto Mr . Bairney ' s Royal Hotel , English-street ; and Messrs , Howard and Marshall to the Crown and Mitre Inn . ne&r the Market-place , As the latter parties retired , they were assailed by the hissing and hooting of the people , and after they bad entered the Coffee House , some pieces of sticks and stones were thrown towards ths front of the inn , where a number of tbe police force were stationed , who , in consequence ef the annoyance , alluded to , were ordered by Mr . Grahame , the Superintendent of Police , to draw their staves , and charge tbe crowd . Up to th ' s lime , it may be observed , that not a single person was injured , nor even a pane of glsa broken ; so that there was little cause for Mr . Grahame acting as he did . In consequence of this order , tbe police drew their staves and attacked the people , driving them back , I ho people flying in all directions , as Cast as they could possibly get away .

      That the late Thomas Jardiae , police-officer , vru much more forward than the rut of the police force , having rushed forward in front of the other men , striking the . people in a most brutal and ferocious manner , paying no . regard to age nor sex ; having struck dowa two little boys , one of whom be not only struck violently on the head , but also kicked severely . That be also knocked down a female , and struck another with a child in her arms , besides having struck several male persons . Tho said Thomas Jardine struck two severe blowi at John Kiipatrick , who warded them off with his arm ; and who , in consequence of this aggravation , struck Thomas Jardine a blow on tbe head with a stick , which it is said knocked him down , and was the canst of his death . - These are the facts of tho case , as can be proved by men of all parties , who witnessed tbe proceedings .

      We would , therefore , respectfully submit to you that there could not possibly be anything approaching to premeditation on the part of the said John Kiipatrick ; in fact , he did not even know the late Thomas Jardine , so that he could not possibly have had any bad feeling towards him . That the said John Kiipatrick was a person of good character , and very peaceable demeanour ; and was the sole support of an aged father , who , in consequence of this unfortunate affair , is thrown on the world a houseless and unhappy wanderer , not having even the stay of a parish , being a native of Ireland . These , Sir , are the real and simple facts of the cue , to which we humbly crave ycur attention , and solicit your kind interference , on bebaif of the said John K 0-patrick , whose only crime has been tbe misfortune of having been present at the said ejection . ¦

      Under these circumstances , we humbly beseech yon to give his case your kind and merciful consideration , with a view to a mitigation of his very severe sentence , And we , as in duty bound , will ever pray-This memorial was forwarded to the Home-offiw on Tuesday last , having obtained upwards of niM hundred signatures . , Tha following answer to tha memorial was received in Carlisle on Tuesday last * : — " Whitehall , 2 nd October , 184 L " Si n , —Secretary Sir James Graham having cafffully considered your application in behalf of Mb Ktlpatrkk , I am directed to express U you his regret that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer th * reof . I am , Sir , " Your most obedient humble servant , " ¦ H . Manners Sviios .

      " Mr . John Armstrong , " Riokergate , Carlisle . " It appears there is , at present , no hope of » reraa ^ sion of poor Kilpatrick ' s sentence ; but his case mo * . not not be lost sight of ; for we believe he was inm ** " of the crime he was charged with .

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      Hunting bt Steam . —On Monday , as the Shoreham brauch of the London and Brighton Railway was proceeding to . Shoreham , a hare ran on the rau for some distance , but eventually poor pusa . ww overtaken aad cut in half by the train . Rochdale . —A gentleman has , we are informed , arrived at Roohdale , commissioned by Gorerniae » to inquire into the correctness of the allegations made by Mr . Sharman Crawford , in the iionsaw Commons , relative to the diatreas of the woi * u » S classes in that borough . An inqwest was held on Monday at Hayward * Heath , on the bodies of tbo four peruons killedI en the London and Brighton Railroad on Satnrdiji when the Jury returned a verdict of " Accident " death , " and expressed their opinion that the ioot * wheeled engines Hscd on the line are not safely con " Btruoted , and recommended their discontinuance .

      FaAHCH . —The French Government ia rewired £ give the presa no quarter . On Saturday * j" » editor of ^ he National wa « again tried on » o »« P of exciting hatred and contempt against tb » £ *»? Government . He was found guilty , and 9 * 100 to four months' imprisonment , and the p » J ° ? : " a fine of * , 000 francs . The Impartial duNora beenueited for an article attacking » he i nviolabiW of tiid Kinjr ' a up . rflon . Tha Kinff ' s DOSltioBmattr

      indeed yrecariou 3 if heoannot afford t « pw »** X attacks of an obscure provincial paper Ww _ * r Impartial . The Gazette d'Juvergne is also aWW jJ be prosecuted for exciting hatred and contewc ^ the Government . In fact nothing but prW « ca ^ J of the press are heard of in the Provinces . A " £ I email men in office are delighted with thes ^ \ £ Kivon them by the Ministeiial Circular K > ** £ , { their petty Tengeacoe upon the indep « adent pr * France .

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      ¦ Diffsrekce of Opimo . 't eegakding Six . — We are all accustomed to hear raught froLi our pulpits that it is in consequence of sin thai there is so much ! suffering and privation among the lovrer orden . ; Now , we are perfectly screed in this . It would , ; indeed , be a wonder if suffering was not the ] ot ot I the sons of toil . They have allowed theraselves to be defraaded and plundered of the irnils of their i industry , and thus ¦ w ill ever continue to suffer as ; they submit to be robbed . It is only by the suffer-; anca of the many that tko few can usurp over and j oppress them ; and therefore in allosring themselves j vo be traapled on , they are justly receiving ths I reward of their submission in their poverty and ! degradation . We are thus agreed with the clergy in 1 fin being the cause of eufierinff , but , d ; ffdr widely as to the nature of tho s : u ; for while they hold 1 grumbling and discontent with the present state of thiskb to be a sin , we on ihecoctrary maintain that submission to oppression and injustice is tht sin , ar . d the one for which we aro jui-Uy suffering . — Perth Chronic ! e .

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      The Castlebar Tel graph states that a young gentleman , Hear Sligo , has commenced an action for a breach of promise against a wealthy fair one . The damages are laid at £ 1000 . The young gallant is an Esculapiaii . The first interview between the parties waa ou the occasion of tho heiress entering the shop \ vh ° rs the yeuth compounded mrdicines , for the purpose of purchasing eome Ep 3 oal salts . ' —This is the first time wo ever heard ofluve being excited through the agency of Epaom salts . Till uow , we always i-nagimid that physic wag e ' escruetivo to all eentimens , but we here find that it is a strong provocative . ( Conceive Cupid ogling an ounce of Epsom salts '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct724/page/6/