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      T . { FCOKNOB , ESQ ^ IH TROW 3 RIDGE . BHIb iaTing been disiribnted is this town and tiamtjt&nnouncinz s public meeting to deliberate on She present distressed slate of the country , and i £ at P OGonnor , Esq . -would he present , at the time appointed lor tbe sznral of list dislinjiu&bed patriot on Saturday evening , crowds cf the working classes were to be wen proceeding tovards Bath from -whence Mr . O'Connor ttss crpeeted , and -waiting Ma arrival on 3 ronl Common ( between Trowbridge and Bradford ) , ¦ where an excellent iaodvas in attendance . Thecongre gw ^ Ttg crowds soon became sasSona thousands ; agcEgxicms of numbers CQntqra&Oy arriTOig&wathssnironndiag Tillages . Mr . CTConnbr Bt length arrived and was met -with the mast enthusastic greeting of the assembled Tfiuifitarte . After the cheerinx hag somewhat

      subsided , the isanzge , ' preceded by the band proceeded towards Hie town , the numbers increasing as they approached , tall on entering Trowbrldge-, lie streets leading to the Inn at -5 » hicb . Mr . 0 "Co-a » oi -was expected to put iip .-were aammsd , and , the ¦ windows of nearly every iens&crouaed wflfc anxIcEs ypectators to Bee the great t&ira of the caase of the people . The nnm-Ijen ^ caid not have Mien short of 10 . 600 . Mi . © "Connor having -alighted from the carriage , after remainina short time for refreshment proceeded to the place of meeting , Hope Qiapel , -which from the idea cf many { as-we beard tsprssssd afterwards ) that it would be useless for them to coma ro attempt an admission , or from the dis&ess cf others , the admission being twope cs , aad rtserTEd seats KxpeDce , was cot so full as might hsve been <

      iEsiien-2 Hr- Jusss 3 Iab . cea 3 tt caving been unanimously elected fc > iHl the cbair , . said—ln& £ 3 and Gentlemen , 1 feel piond thst yen hove seen proper to elect a ¦ woikiiig Tt- » ti to £ be charr 1 Mb evening . I -vrill proceed at ence to read the till calling tins meeting which is as fallows ;—" TROWSS . lDGZ . - ~ The Charter , the league , and Bepsa * !—PeHjgs 3 O'Connor , l&q—Qn Saturday , July 29 , a pufaEc meeting to deliberate upon the pre-Be = t > Ji 6 tre 2 Btd stste of the country , will be held at Hope GhapeJ , when thxi Indefatigable friend cf the people . Peaigas O'Connor , Esq ., will address the meetins . The inhabitants cf the town generally , and its ¦ Mtrnity , etc respectfully itTitcd to attend , with open , candid , ssd unprejudiced minds . —The cbair will fcs taken s . v s : tcd © 'dock "precisely . The patriot "bt&z naaSSe lojgsak inSjacpVai sir , there will -be do precession , save a band cf annac , to welcome him into th < = town . —A ^ mitiaace 2 i each ; res-red seats 6 d ., tt . csfray the erptuses . "'

      Tha . Chamnsa procseSea—My friends , we are m ? t Jisre to deiberate en s salject foil oi inro- ^ ri to er- r > ^^^ ~ *^ - ^ ir ^ ssd stat e cf tLa eras - iy . As i C ^ t ^ boay they ^ ew intt to inquire isu , me «» ,-. for tee em effects of those can-zs . ( g ,,,. > ,,.,,,, They had rot called that meeting « a tick * iL 4 tfc ^ " ^ ^ f 4368 ' ^ «««» m town ; b « a 3 3 pnbQc meehngj-shere **«? , or any o ^ . wcnld hav £ 3 % i =. ht 4 o txpraa his epialon , and tbe object of iriccti was " to fecoEStSe great gnesfion rf what ttbs the best ^ S of KmoTiEg Uis prasnt ^ 1 ^ 5 wl 4 dl g ^^ ^ ™ « ra-fay . ? He 3 r , hear . ) , Thfiy wonld remark also , and ? ^^ 3 E > J ? !? L 3 > ^' itteniien that the mbabitante were m-nted to attend with opoi , candid , and anprgadieed minds . He fcopea they -mmid act infafl aerorfisnea "With Qcb leantat . tho ^ b be waj tlat snc& ihat

      Bony tosy inTititloa had been uub-IJabEa , HHHufcs cl a « psoplewae nos -santfrijj who laa aidea-ranrea »> create Cie sosi tjeM , pisju ^ ce in thsTnicdB rf tbe people against the £ « atltmMi wEbm aej-wonldiaTe the pleasure of iesra * tbatereninff . » rtbs wastappy to Hy Qjbj had not Enceesded as was manifested iy the mnnbaa who bad -sreloraaea tbe p ^ notpCoanor to tfceir t-jwn that eTQiingi Hcheeri ) H& ^ onla eaB on Mr . 3 tswljjg » to moTs the resolntion . ^ 1 . SAWXists said , db waa proad to see ths Bum-IX ? s ^ mbled to Estes u , ^ hs geaysosa who had Come tnsre to tddresa ^ hta . bat im « es irary there -were not more . itnS tj ^ j w £ re tfeerd aot more ? It ^ RtS TKtbecanfie-ihe heartst * tie people were not -with that gent&msn . If they bad any doubts on tbat point let them loot to thsprpeeadon pn = 5 ioE 3 to that meedng mb& those doubts -s ^ -ald bd dispfcllt 2 .- There they could hKWS » BQ \ be tho ^ siiids -sUb gaz ^ cg eyes and with warm &Mi ££ io ~ ve 2 c 8 B& the patzwt to ibear town . Ko , it

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      which had been Stated by the gentlemen moving the resolution , in animadverting on tfa 3 distress of the country , of the people's ability twenty years ago when compared with the present time . Twenty years ago we wer ? told £ 1 tfasnot bo mnch to the working man as two-pence was at present . Now how do I turn this fact against yourselves ! 1 will teH you . Beeansewhen you were in a better BiindHion you would cot spend the pound in seduringyour political rights ; but allowed yoarselves to be cheated with impunity , and the chain rivetted whiJe asleep , until the screw became too tight , and then yon began to awafee and find you have not two-pence to assist in procuring them—( hear , hear ) . So it was with all classes ; ; thcy would not stir until they began to

      gnff-r themselves —( hear , hear ) . Now if it was necessary that the pound should become twopence in order for democratic principle to gain the ascendancy [ over aristocratic principle , he rejoiced that it nad become bo . If it was necessary that the levelling system should take place before the mind could be roused to a sense of man ' s degradation ; he for one would say the sooner that system came into operation the better . ( Cheers . They had poverty amongst them in Trowbridfte . When he saw ihe thousands outside who had expressed theit approval of the democratic principle , and whtn he saw but the hundreds who were able to afford to come and take an exposition of those principles from a person in whom they had

      confidtnee , ho could not but think that even that would have & £ ood effect . Those who were without would be led 10 inquire into the cause which had kept tbem ont , whiJst the favoured and fortunate , and likely the most iniquitous class , were able , by superior circumstances , to gratify their inclination . If justice had been done to all , there would have been ao necessity of any one attending there that night , and his " occupation would be gone . " But , no ; justice had not been done , and therefore it was they aad recourse'to his prcaohiu ^ to kuow the nature of the laws under which they were governed . It waa Saturday night . They were paid their wages , and left their labour at an earlier hour than on any other evening . And why were they paid earlier \

      Because they were to be allowed a little time to rest after their week ' s work—because they wanted a short time to spend their earnings to the best advantage—because they Bhould enjoy tbe domestic comfort , and make the preparation for their families for the ccrning day . Tnen why were they called there ? Why had any man a right to bring them from thosa necessary ungagements ? It was because they had fell thosorew of the times , which made it necessary for them to come to listen to ono whilst he compared the errors of the system under which they were groaning , and the advantages of tbe system desired to advance in its stead . ( Cheers . ) He would draw a lossou from their comparative situation in that ; room . In the body of the room they

      had paid 2 d , for admittance ; in the reserved Feats they had paid Gd ., and wero in consequence more comfortably 6 ituated . Lt-t thun learn wisdom from this comparison . Let them take care lesi any little neglect of duty should consign them in a short time to the body of the hall , and those in tko body of the hall outside the door —( cheers ) . The existence of the . distress was generally acknowledged ; but few could be found to tell how to get rid of it . He believed in tho People ' s Charter , as the only means of bringing about an tffectual change—( cheers ) . When he said the People ' s Charter he did not mean a part of the Charter , but tho whole Charter and nothing but the Charter —( cheers ) . Their Charter waa like a pretty woman ; if you

      destroy her eye or cut tff her nose , you may make her very ngly —( cheers and laughter ) . But you will ask bow will the Charter remedy it 1 He would ssk how had the old system made tbem what they were ? He could tbll them well enough . There were many masters employing one hundred hands in that town . Bui those masters were not to be found at that meeting . They wore not disposed to exieud the Charter , ; because it would too much expose thoir iniquity . Let them take the masters in the aggregate . The trade of Trowbridge had been of some importance Suppose the proms of the masters to ba ^ 1 , 000 , 000 . Many had reiired from business , and were now living in luxury and ease from the capital amassed by the labour of the people . And this capital : was called legitimate property . This was one of ; tbe many causfcB of the present distress . This was what had helped to impoverish them . The masters had robbed them by

      pcoulation , and then given them a poor law instead of their just and equitable rights . Tho present laws prevented men from reaping tho benefits of their labours . What would have been the case if the 10 , 000 inhabitants who contributed to the wealth of the masters had possessed their own profits themselv © why ^ hey would havehad £ 100 a pi ece—( hear , hear ) . Mr . ; Bo ] well had very justly referred to the perverted and prejudiced opposition to tbe Education Bill . They ( the opposes of the bill ) mustered all the prejudice and not the intelligence of Trowbridge . Tney sought your co-operation when their own interes-ta wero touched ; but now your grievances are- to be discussed they are npt here to assist you . Now I waut you to kara that if y « u have strength to oppose f ho ministers , if you are strong to resist power when they require it , you are strong in your aggressive power when you require it for yourself . We dout want them with us . Our principles are liot , fcf a class or sectarian character . A oneness of

      mind au . ; bing'enets of purpose for the good of tho whole peryaxtsd the principle of their Charter . No power waa ncrw able to lead them one road or tbe other , but they continued in tho strait path and there they were determined to abide . These deceivers had been unmasked . The working classes had become awake * to their machinations , and where wus the power that would again close their eyescheers ) . We do not want them , he again repeated . They would prevent and dissroy the principles , of the Peopie'srCharter , as they did the Reform Bill—( bear , hear ) . But how conld men destroy a principle perhaps they would ask ! He would tell them . By the introduction of details they could m&ko the Charter as -useless as the Reform Bill—( cheors ) .

      The People's Charter would extend to them what they were looking for . He attached all importanco 10 that measure , and would not it should be altered —( hear , hear ) . They had been told that education and information was necessary for the possession of the Franchise ; but they had never pointed what the test was to be . He thought by a fair judgment the working classes would stand as good a chance as the high » r classes in thisTespect ; but if the men who taunted them with being educated w-re to be the judse * , why they would be educated sufficient for a vote somewhere about Tib ' s eve , and | that came sometime neither before nor after Christmas ( laugh ) . Men won ' t be informed whilst they remain ignorant of the education necessary fortho enjoyment of their

      rights . Bat-as Mr . Bolwell had shown them , give the man a right and he would learn the way to use ii . There was-a power in the idea of a man ' s being a freeman " that would make him determined not to be behind his fellow-men ( cheers ) . Tboso big ¦ wigs who live in stone houses , call me a destroyer , —with having a desire to take the money from those who have it . I wish no such thiufi ; . I honour the man who makes his fortune by his industry , mj long as he makca that fortune in good game , auo . not , by oppressing bis fellow-men ( cheers ) . But as tlh ! present sysrem leads : to poverty , I am not & conservator of the present system . Why aiv iho masters not here now . Where are the shopkeepers , those middle links between the producers and consumers , who thrive oh

      ths well-being of the working classes . Some are here ; all ought to be here . They were beginning to learn that an empty till on Saturday night made an ugiy wife on Sanday naornmg . There was no excuse for them . But if there came an election to-morrow , tliv-y would hope to pa . -s over the present difficulties , and vote -for tbe Wbi-:, or the progressive Whig , rather than for the supporter of tho People ' s cause . If there be fifty persons in this town , owing £ 50 , 000 each , the Charter would not take one farthing from oneoftbem . But tbe Charter would prevent them from making more than they ought by the people ' s labour . The People ' s Charter would prevent taxatiou from being made a substitute for the land , orahe Poor Laws for food . Mr . O'C .

      then spoke of the appropriation of the land which ought to be set apart for the support of the Crovrn . He spoke of the Income Tax , of Sir Robert Peel who had acted as recruiting sergeant to their cause by the patsicg of this measure . Tbe middle dftsses werejealouaof iheir own pockets . They cared not for the fifteen shillings in tho pound you were payiutf as long as you Were in the crucible ; but when the law took three per cent , from them they came forth and said we won ' s si-ind it any longer —( cheers aud laughter ) . WK will uot lei d ourselves to any party in England , . Scotland , or Wales for any sectarian purpose . We wibh justice to ail . The present system has lavishly expended the resources and driedup the pores of the country . They have been expended

      for the benefit of the fev , ' to the injury-of the many . Is there any hero will tell u- the land is equally distributed , that machinery is made as extensively bentfiungas ; it ought , that we have need of our large standing army in time of peace , or the navy costing £ 7 , 400 , 000 per annum , or that it is essential we pay £ 7 ^ 1 ) 0 , 000 tor a church establishment . These are abuses yci never hear the middle classes complain of 5 becau > fi they wer « seeking to participate in these abases . I will explain what we seek to destroy . We who cave no intelligence- ^ we woutd destroy all in our laws that is old and not for the good of the ocmmuDity . We would not desire to destroy the whole ; for as the tyrant may be sometimes

      philanthropic , so there may be some good laws among our legislative enactments which we would preserve . That was altwetiesifed—the destruction of bad laws and the establishment of just ones in their stead . They esy they don ' t like to trnBt the working classes . And why not ? Why , because they know , and I know , thai If there be one hundred classes , and ninety-nine be represented , and the working class not , then It- is the interest of the ninety-nine to grind down that one . But if you enfranchise the working classes , they cannot do justice to themeelves without benefiting tho other ninety-nine . In justice , labour should be allowed to produce all it can , with a fair protection of it to the labourer . It is upon the labour field all must depend . They hare

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      paralysed labour , and now they are in a slate of bankruptcy , and eating one another like so many Kilkenny cats . Yes , those fellows who are living from the profits of infant sweat , and old men ' a blood , and [ the toil of women ; to support men ' s wants , would rather yoo were to the devil than that you should look to the land for relief . These are the men ] who proclaim cheap bread , high Wages , and plenty to do . There was a time when men had no reason to quail before the master , when there was no need for subserviency ; but circumstances had rendered men wholly dependent upon their taskmasters , and he would confess he should look twice before ht left a master , was hd a working man , at the present time , to attend a Chartist meeting . But

      he desired to prevent tho masters from possessing this power to tyrannise over the working people . Mr . O'C . then exposed the conduct of the leaders of the 'League , and the £ 50 000 , the great part of wbiph had been expended in travelling expences , « Scc , for the leaders who boasted of their philanthropy and patriotism . He never received anything except as a guest at their festive board , which he would rather attend than the banquots of their tyrajatB—( cheers ) . The Hebeccaites in Wales , tho Church in Scotland , and the agriculturists and manufactures in England were all striving for their secular interests . But nothing would be gained for the people , until the ; People ' s Charter became law . He might be considered a vain man > but he

      thought he had done much , and the Chartist agitation ! had done a great' deal ; yet they had done nothing to what would be done in the next three months . They had been thought dead . Bat they would find the killed Chartists rising from the grave , and with a hop , step , and jump , start from where they were stopped in 1842 . They had been stopped by the late prosecutions ; bat thanks to his friend by his side , the Chartist Attorney-General Mr . lRoberts , they were now able to go on in iheir good cause . Mr . O'Connor passed a high eulogium on Mr . Roberts , and :: « pee ' ting gave three hearty cheers for that genttamin , ^ which having subsided , Mr . ! O'C . said , the carrying out of his purposes depended on themselves . They must unite for their

      own ' cause and nothing else . JNo sectarian quarrels would do . They had no interest in any ot them . They must unite for that which would alone ensure their rights—the full establishment of tho People ' s Chatter . The change that had alread y taken place jin the character of the people gave him confidence and ltd him to rely oa them for future victory . He rejoiced that in tbe present state of the people , reduced to the lowest possible point , they were more difficult to be bought , more BtroHg in their principles than in their more prosperous days . He rejoiced that ! the next change would not be brought about by physical force ; but would be by the people ' s taking advantage of any opportunity for which they would be prepared . The Reform Bill failed because the

      people knew not what they had to expect—they knew not for what they were contending . But ; now the people knew they were contending for the Six Points , and . that the very first Parliament so elected would properly develop the resources of the Country , and that if , in 1844 , tho Parliament did not follow out their wibhea in 1845 , they could appoint ahother . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then warned the people against any physical outbreak , and showed the evil effects of them by facts from history . Ho then'showed that all the great invention ' s and improvements had been made to benefit a fewtinstead of being used for the general good , and said it wanted reform to give the proper effect , to all theselgood improvements , and whilst cla . '

      -s-legislaticn existed , it would be impossible to do justice . The bishops and parsons told » s it was necessary we should suffer trials and temptations here for the £ ood of our souls hereafter . Now , if such was necessary , why did they not take their part . ( Hoar . ) What so dear to a man as his eternal welfare , and tho salvation of his sou !; why not , therefore , allow the Bishops to take part in the tribulation , the weeping , wailing , and gnashing of teeth so requisite here ;; why should not they be allowed to put oa tho sackcloth and ashes , aud doff the ermine and fine linen . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) It was high . time that the working classes should ohange their position ; He wished to reorganize the public mind , to bring their feelings into uuity , to destroy the

      oppreas'veiiess of class legislation , and make labour l ' reo . They must club together the intellect of the country , and then , with a good Executive , bring it to bear agaiuyt all the citadels of ; corruption . Mr . O'Connor then , iu reference to the accident at Frome , said that : whilst the Factory Bill waa being opposed , every chapel in Frome would have been opened for the purposo of meetings , and all would be on the tip-toe to raise the standard of liberty and charity around them . But when the poor wauted to diacuss their grievances , they were driven to a rotten room , where ho and many others were likely to have been killed . And if he had been killed , what acclamations and rejoicings would have been heard ftom those gentlemen who were tho professors of so much charity . But he had one consolation left ; he Bhould have tho gratification of knowing , that had iho been killed , lie . should have left the world

      in a better slate than he had found it—( loud cheers ) . But ; he was determined to combat aud beat oppression— ( cheers)—and the next thing was to make the victory of their onemiea as short as possible , and for that purpose he had fixed on MouJay next as tho time when he would asjain visit Frome , and though contrary to' his expressed determination , he wouid oa this occasion address tho people on terra Jirma , in the open air —( cheers ) . Principle waajnot a cock-shot , to be shot through with a bullet or cut down with tho sword . What so powerful as the decree of justice ? What so omnipotent as right 1 And they had both justice and right on their side . We ' had abuse and oppression arranged against us in various forms , but as long a ? it was oppression , they looked upon all with equal dis-gust . And they looked to God , the Charter , aud ih / n- principles , as the only salvation from their common enemy .

      Mr . O'Connor sat down amidst tremendous cheering , land the resolution having been read by the Chairman was carried unanimously . An address was then presented to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , by Mr . Alfred Alarobant , which having been adopted by acolamation , three cheers wero given for Mr . O'Connor and tho Charter . After a voteiof thanks to the Chairman , the meeting quietly separated .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday . Iitird J . Russell rose to bring before the Houae the general state of the country . After defending the course he took aa perfectly constitutional , he stated his reason for not makiug a furmal motion of want of confluence in the Government to bo , that the House had already expressed that confidence by the vote it ' cime to on tne motion of Mr . S . O'Briep , in reference to the slate , of Ireland . Ho tben referred to tbe legislative failures of the session , and afckmi wh . it had bseu tae result of the great majority possessed by the Ministry ? Had all ths measures 1 hoy had abandoned been given up oh account of th « vioh-nco of the opposition in that House ? Ho contended " . that they bad failed

      without any factious opposition He might well ask what has beeu the result of that happy state of things which the Right Hon . GenUuman opposite announced when he went to his election as a Minister of the Crown and told his constituents that the majority in ths House of Lords being iviw agreed , the constitutional instrument ! ¦ would bo in harmony . Ons might well ask , now this fajstruniout is iu su <; h harmony , what is the music which it plays ?—( Laughter ) What are the tunes with wlitcb our ears . have been delighted in this happy Btato of musical concord?—( Continued laughter . ) It has iiot been , I think , ' Rule Britannia '—( Loud cheers and laughter ) . The agricultural gentlemin wouid hardly say that it has been 'The Roast Beef of Old England . ' The Irish Members are not

      agreetl in saying that it is ' St . Patrick ' s Bay m the niorninR . ' I am not sure ( as we understood ) that it has always boen ' God save the Queen . * The only tune which occurs to me is one which we sometimes hear from the glue singers at public dinners , 'We ' re a * noddin ' . ' Such ! appears to me to be the result of this admirable barruony , which the Right Hon , Gentleman gave out aa such la great advantage to the country . With respect to the foreign relntioua of the country , the Noble Lord alluded only to one question—tbe war carried on against'the Ameers 0 ! Scinde ; he described the conduct of tbJa Ministry , in withholding the papers referring to tbe origin of the dispute with them , as most extraordinary . He then reverted to domestic afFjivs , and went into a minute examination of the State of our

      manufactures and exports , reading a number of tab' . ^ a to sb ; ., w"tfaat , in several important branches of trade there had beta an ulartning decrease . He pointed out the error jof the Govcrniaeflt in introducing so uncalled-for a rnuBsuru as the Canada Corn Bill , "which hud alarmed tbe farmers without benefltting the community at large , and strongly denounced the policy that excludes muDUfactufe ^ of this country from the markets of the United States , by our refusal to take their agricultural produce . He stated the general financial scheme of the late Government , and cempared it with that of the present one , contending that the endeavour ought to have been to increase the trade and consumption of tbe people , rather than raise a revenue from direct additional burdens upon ' the country . He mentioned another means of supplying the deSciency—retrenchment of expenses , a ceutue rendered possible by the cessation ¦• ¦ ' of hostilities

      with China j but he recommended them to carry out their own principlesof trade . " It is said , " continued the Noble Lord , ' *' ifagnumvectigalparsimonia' '—( laughter )—but I might say now , ' Magnum vecligat sapieritia '—( cheers and laughter ) . If you bad Only recourse to those principles of trade so ably expounded by the Right Hon . Gentleman the President ; iof the Board of . Trade—( hear ) sou might have done something' to make up the deficiency ; -bat , notwithstanding yoBr ovvn Jncom . ' parable skill—( laughter )—and though you taxed us ¦ with ' ) being miserable financiers—( hear ,, hear )—you haveinot been able to overcame the difficulties with which you are surrounded "— ( cheers ) . They had let tbe time for retrenchment go by . They might have reduced their expenditure considerably , at the clese of the Chinese war ; could they do so now ? Waa it now a state of quietness and peace f Expensive ea-

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      bo learned at London , but now the inqnirer would discover them by application at Paris or St . Petersburg . Tbeir policy abroad was precisely that which they ought to adopt at home—that of concession ; and en the affurs of Scinde , they carefully refased to give any information which ¦ wonld commit the Government to approval or disapproval of Lord Ellenbordugh ' s policy Bat Parliament should not be allowed to separata without a distinct explanation on this important subject . Turning to other parts of the world , to Turkey and to Spain , whose independence it was peculiarly our business to watch over , lie expressed his regret at tbe revolution which had occurred , and which all the

      world believed to have been brought about by money and instigations from France . ¦* Were they to sit by c . ntented , and seo a French prince sitting on the throne of Spain ? He did not doubt the good intentions of the government , but he doubted their capacity . The Conservative party still gave Ministers their tupport , but bad they their personal regard and confidence ? Parliament waB about to separate for a long recesa , iu a precarions and dangerous state of the country ; but if Government Would resolve on a decided line of policy , they could at least calculate on receiving a disinterested support from the opposition . !

      Lord Stanley doubted whether even the discussion of that evening were a very useful employment of that time , about the waste of which so much had been said The Noble Lord had assumed for his own side a vast superiority in debate . If he meant in point of length , perhaps it was so ; but the frequent failnres in making or keeping a house , chiefly on evenings not devoted to Government business , did look a little as if the Housa tu general failed to appreciate the oratorical powers of thut party . Ths Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill had indeed been postponed ; but tbe same thing had repeatedly happened to the last G overment . Aa to the County Courts'Bill , there had never been even an opportunity of bringing it to a second reading . The fate of tbe Factory BUI he deeply lamented ; had it not been for

      the feeling out of doors , he believed that this bill would have been temperately discussed in the Legislature , and passed . Lord Palmerston had regretted the Whig deficiency ; bat all that tbe Whigs ever did was to regret it They did nothing to repair it , whereas this Government had boldly , and at all risk of unpopularity imposed an income-tax , tbe produce of which was only half collected at the psint of time at which tnedeficiency wasalledged byLordPalmerston to exist , the uncollected half being more than sufficient to cover that deficiency . He controverted Lord P « ii : nerston ' 8 statements respecting the AfFghan and Chinese -ffats , showing tbe insufficiency of the arrangements and provisions made by the Whig Ministry . It bad bev ^ n objected that the free trade principle had not been followed out in fulL No ; and any Government which should attempt any such thing in the complicated state of our commercial affairs , would , bring the country into inextiicable difficulties , but so far from making prohibition tbeir war cry , the

      present Ministers had brought in the largest measure of relaxation ever passed . He explained , with reference to an allusion of Lord Palmerston , the reason why the Scotch Church Bill had not been earlier introduced ; and excused himself from going into the question of Ireland and her church . No doubt it was true , that when the Whigs were in office , people asked , on every movement abroad , what England was going to do ; becauso no stir ever happened in any corner of the world , but Lord Palmerston must needs interfere in it ; mora especially be waa always haunted with a fear of French interference : France was absolutely his bete noire . Lord Stanley then maintained that all possible support bad been given to the Spanish Regent , with whom he expressed his strong sympathy . And lastly , referring to Lord Palmerston ' s anticipation of poli tical changes , he assured him that if it was founded , as it seemed to be , on some notion of division in the Cabinet , the hope had nothing to sustain it .

      Mr . LaBOUCueue corrected-what he considered to be a gross luiB-atutemuni of Lord Stanley , respecting the preparations of the late Government for concluding the war in China , and indignantly censured the Noble Lord for his recklessness in assertion . Though not indifferent t <> party considerations , he had listened with comparative indifference to the mere patty portion of the debate ; the country was in a situation of extreme difficulty * and there prevailed a strong fee ! ing of disappointment that the Govenraent bad not followed up their own principles , by removing prohibitions from the important articles of corn and sugar . A storm waa arising ^ oth in England and Ireland , and it behoved tkem to ba prepared . Lord Stanley said a few words in explanation , aad offered to aid Mr . Labouchera if he would move for the production of papers respecting the despatch of troops to China .

      Mr . M UNTZ thought that the people of England valued these party debates as little as ho did . In hia character istic way he called upon the Government to provide for the present alarming condition of the country , promising them general suppert if they did . Lord Clemewts and Mr . Mobbis wgund up the debate ; and then the Cummittee of Supply waa postponed till Monday . The other business was then disposed of .

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      Death from Exposure to Wet and Cold ok Dartmoor . —Lately , a poor boy , 11 years of age , tvho was employed by afarmer , near Prince ' s Town , to look after some cattle , lost his way , and was not found for three days , jvben he was found dead . Serious Accident . —Ga Thursday morning , as Samuel Bisdee , a farmer , was treating for the puT chase of a cow and cal / 1 , belonging to a farmer of Gloucestershire , named Parfitt , in the Cattle-market , Bristol , the cow suddenly turned on him , and goring him in tbe abdomen , inflicted severe injuries . The wounded man was immediately removed to the Hope and Anchor Inn , Redcliff-hill , where medical assistance was promptly procured , and we are nappy to state that he is proceeding favourable . The cow is said to h tve been a quiet animal , but whilst passing through Temple street , on her way to tie market , her calf was attacked by a ferocious dog » aad from that time she was much enraged ;

      The Liege Journals give an account of a duel which took place a few days back in that town , and the result of which has caused great sensation , in consequence of the severity of the laws in Belgium against duelling . An officer named Kant , in garrison there , was coining out of his quarters with a comrade , when a M . Dutilleuxmethim , and inquired " why he looked at him so insolently ? ' M . Kant replied , that " so far from looking at him insolently , he had not even observed him . " The other r raising his voice , and seeming determined to insult him , more words ensued , which ended in a challenge . M . Kant , as the insulted party , having claimed the choice of weapons , the sword waa decided on . They met near the to wo , and after a few passes , M . Kant having stretched out his arm , and his adversary , iu rushing in , came right on it , aud was transfixed through vhe right lung . He died on the 9 th inst . A criminal prosecution has been instituted against M . Kant .

      Dbeapfdx Precaution , and awfdl CQMSEQUENces . —During tuo late thunder Btorm which passed over Iukbarrcw , Worcestershire , a poor woman , named Frances Hopkins , who was greatly terrified at thunder aud lightening , went with three of her children to the house of her mother , who resided near , for company , being afraid to stay at home . She sat down in the chimney corner , in a state of great alarm , and buried her head in her hands and lap , and sat trembling and rocking herself backwards and forwards . While in this position the lightning struck the chimney , and the poor creature , who had run to this spot for shelter and protection from the tear which haunted her at home , was instantly killed . There was a scorched line down the spine , about a f . jot long , and another on the right side of iho spine about the same . length , which were no donbi the effect of lightning , and the cause of death .

      ' Choice op Death . —A Court buffjon having offended bis Sovereign , the Monarch ordered him to be brought before him , aud with a stern countenance reproaching him , " Wretch ! you shall receive tae punishment you merit ; prepare yonrself for death . " The culprit in great terror fell upon his kaees , and ciied for mercy * " I will extend no other mercy to you , " 6 aid the Prince , " except permitting you to ehosse what kind of e ' eath you wiJl die . Decide immediately , for I will be obeyed . " — " I adore your clemency , ' said the craUy jester , " / choose to die of oldaae !"

      Statistics of Lucifer Matches , —One of the witnesses before the Children's Employment Commission stated , that he is a maker of tha boxes for containing lucifer matches , and is in the habit of paying th « large sum of one thousand pounds a-year for American pine wood for their manufacturo . According to his belief , from twelve to fifteen thousand gross of such boxes as he manufactures were made every week in London , daring the year 1841 . Each box contains fifty matches . Upon these data the bub-commissioner calculates that the weekly consumption of lucifer matches amounts to 97 , 200 ) 000 or 5 , 055 , 000 , 000 yearly .

      Lowell . —They make nearly a million and a quarter yards of cotton cloth at Lowell per week ; empley about 9000 operatives ( 6375 females ) , and use 434 , 000108 of raw cotton per week . The annual amount of raw cotton nsed is 22 568 000 lbs ., enough to load 50 ships of 350 tons each , and of cotton manufactured 70 , 275 910 yaTda ; 100 lbs . of cotton will produce 89 yards of-cloth —New York Express . Rebecca is sure to be " put down . " See THE STEPS ADOPTED . —The Carmarthen magistrates have adopted a resolution authorising the appointment of one chief constable at £ 300 & jear , with an allowance of £ 150 a year for two horses and a residence ; of sis mounted superintendents at £ 154 a year , including their horses ; of 10 sergeants at 22 s . a week ; 29 first * class policemen at 203 . a week ; and 20 more at 18 s . a weak .

      a few dats ago , as some workmen were employed in cutting up a log ol cedar , at tbeWgbtMitt , is Thorn ' thvraite , they discovered , nearly in the heart of the log , two pieces of beautiful china . There were several inebes of solid wood on all sides of the china , and do defect whatever to be seen in the log in which the two pieces were so closely embedded . The only way to account for this very singular phenomenon is to suppose that the china had b « en grown up in the tree from s very tally date . * - ( 7 um&er / ami Packet ,

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      GKEAT CHJiBTiST > iESTl !? G iT BRISTOL , 1 « EYAUS BOYA 1 C 1 BCIJ 3 . Os TTsoBesSsy last , the laigesi hi-door meeting that has tskfKpJ ace aa Bristol ler nsaay y « as , traa held in tb ? aS > 3 Te Eaarsa spaciccs isSdlng . for the purpose pf tear *?; " =. Feajgas © Conn-r , Tbe bn 3 t 5 ii 5 g is eapa-Ke of liQldiag Eomswhere about six thousand , snd was ciBiins&dan er-rj nsrt Hr . C ^ Cotjeo / and Liz . Boberis z ? Av- > d predsaly st esrbs o ' cleck , and -arere received -Kith lie mast hearty stetfess .

      Mr . 2 f e-STnan vms appointed to bits the chair , and aft = r a fc 5 ef saa svpiUpristp arSdircs , ictrjdnced Mr : PeogE 30 > {/ oin ! or wiio , upon presenting fcimself , wrs received "with lonfl asd IpbjJ coEtisn ^ n applause . . Bela&ts a goodly number cf toe middle classes , t&sre were cot a few of tfce city aristocratry present , and Mr . OtJacnor , hETO 3 g measured the staff pf which iis SBGitasee - ! T = b -composed . < JiYidefl insiinAresainto several li £ 3 d . % each Enitinis the position , ths interest , snd the principles of lhose sections to whom they were directed ; and in iris somisary , he proved to tbe middle and tbe i « ber classes , that ficm tie enaebneni of the People ' s Carrier * and Sfcat alone , coald they * ± r > ect-&ny redress of these grievances which sffi-cted ihsir order , and to remove ¦ w hich 4 bey ¦ srerenow straggling in Tain . H «

      Explained how fee ssvsraJ Tepreaatted etawgs had IntSerto 3 > een enabled to insure a redrew of ihea own gnr ^ ances by using inflamed public opinion as a jneans o ! * Xi » ctIiig xecresa from thB fears of the tJv » YEEameni ; rjntXDst now , public opinion ttm too sound , too highly cultivated , toaTirtuonsaKd msiied-to i * tnrr-Bd into a BkirsEishing force to Issttle for the ittexesi of others . Be explained tea Land qncstion from tba beginning to file end , iho'snug how the political power that it created induced its owneis to misuse it , "srh ^ le thB -very mtaaesi possession cf a portion , of is enabled the oppressed Irish peoplB to stand ont more fearlessly for llu-rrKght * than Yhe r . ngfish trarkaijg men , -who , being "Wholly deprived of it , tre compelled to ihre from hand to sionth , and thereby rendered dependent npon the

      trUi ? their * 2 £ k-auu&er& . Mi . O'Connor also entered cpon ttagnestion of a B ^ peal of tie Union , showing its 5 ts-: Saaacy snless accompanied by the Charter , and TEprotaou ? t&e foDy -ef attaching all-importance to the xaste existence of an Irish "Rarliaineiit . As far , said he , as a mere I > ei 3 iasient goes , CTreJy Irfclaad has no reason to complain , asthe lias the United Paliament all to nereelf 1 UorbiBglsi Ireland , Irish landlords and Irish parsons , Irish majtasratss , Irish poiicanen , Irish meetings , and iris-b Arms' Bili , being discaased in the senate house ; Sb that in i&ct , Ireland hsa s great big Parliament stte ^ in iendon , and England has no Parliament st aU ; ' soiL _ jf Irfeiazid bad a ParS £ ment * itfing in-College Gnsn , anfi returned "by tfcs same ^ ssdsnd of franchise tbattfeelrJshPai&meiit attin ? in London is returned

      Dj "ahy in that case aH the difference -would be , that d ^ iEEstic tyrants -sronld Tnaanfactiire 'domestic chains for fiieir slaves ; -wifle with a general * xchequer , all fe :- Esunsy , oppression money , corruption money , and Jcjfctry laon ^ required for gorgtcg Irish membera , vonld be extracted from ths industry of tbe English ¦ xnhidie acd sorting cUsses . Ths Very ssme objections hold zsoiL sgainsta federal alliance ; and therefore , said Mt O'Connor , I am for a distinct , independent , cativa ¦ ParloiBent returned open every principle contained In fee People ' s Cbanex j sarf hence , I am a Bepealtr and a Chartist—{ this reasoning -was followed by loud and lonir-coBtiBnefl cheering , the JriEhmen , at whom a large muuber were present , Joining lustily in the chorus } . T&t . O'Connor then entered at considerable Ienith

      upon the present state ar-n prospects cf the Chartist "boJy , t- ^ piainicg the bentSLS thai lie anticipated from the reorginisition of the party , and reiterating his fictsnnifistion to nse hia every energy to lecsnole sd tsiBtin ? diSkrences ; to ¦ niiite thB party into one great pbalaEX , anA then to rely upon the dfeasiion , thB courage , and the judgaient from such OTceatration , fcr the success of the democrctic prin cpla \ v \ oBe is strongly denounced the enlistment of the Chirrist body ender any sectional banner , he &s Stro £ gly , and upon the same principle , repudiated any loragn connecScn "shaterer , observing in ths -c-onis « f the poA—tiat 2 England -was nol strong enough to

      Keep tbe dog from her own door , let htT be -s-orned and bitten . One of his jtreatest difficulties had been that cf arrsBjiug snd classifying opinion at home ; and lie heped that he * vonld sever live to see the i 3 ay Tfben Engfidnnm , Iilstunen , ScotchmeDj or Welskmen , -wmua be insd encaga to hsz ^ rd their ca . nse , by an appeal to ~ foreign arbitrators , who , having adjusted the qBirrd their own way , ~ sronla then erect tbe standard of foreign middle-claw tyranny , to which be mnch preiaz&l the tyranny of *• the rogues they knew . " At the concloaon of his address , the speaker aat down , amid the most rapturous and enthusiastic applause , followed iy waving of hats sad hscd ^ erct > i = & , "wiach lasted for seteai minutes . Tote ttss then

      A ^ t ^^ of accorded to Mr . O ^ 3 onaor , in xapij to-wbieb , lie stated , that tbe necetyry impoaEd npon Mm , of standing so locg upon tis vonsded !«; , had given him considerable pain , and put it to tfcs meeting whether fcej ircnid koj excuse his sUraoance upon ihe fcilomng night , in consequence of tbe injury , sndnpon a promise that in ail -weeks be ¦ wcnla again Efidress them Tfct « apology vzs received -wiiii-iiosts of ^' dont cams to-mosxa ^ y , asd TPtil oe % lsA to ssBjoa again . " The speaker then asked tbem If they Ii 5 § received any injfenction from bis address , "wir-ch was responded to vithone nnaiumccs thoctof " Aye , -we Lavs Qat . " Mr . / O'Connor tbtn prpposeO , aao Mr . Simeon seconded , s -rote of tLanks to tbe CaMTTWvnj after -which tbe anembled thousands retired mad ) gratiSed , 2 nd , as Sir . O ' Connor and Mr . Jloberts droTe from the Circus , they were greeted with lond and enthoaa&tio- whawm ; liie irare Siberaiaaa KrEjglia tarafaraatotoof taaircOTntrynian'e nand .

      It -srouia be impoBBlble to describe tbe altered lone of lbs sBTzxal partieB ssee Mr . QTCtnnofs viat ; all classti joining in the aTowal , that be is resolved upon doing-sr ^ ai lies in bis power fo r tbe amelioration of the working cluser ; -while the ; are Teady to . admit , that they have been ¦ mial ^ 'bwn In Iheir opinion o 7 him . 53 ifi Irishmen in psr ^ cular express their fh » Tifcf n iT >« o > at never biTing joint-d in any abuse 01 desssciatio ^ of Urn , - whoa thsy eaH the "BIGHT SOKT OF JLS IBlSHMAIi . "

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      \ ess ' . < : > - from tLe feeling of ths ptiple tbat tbfy saw no mo » there tbat evening . It was bcMuse of tbeir poverty . A few yean ago , in tbat town , twopence -would have been nothing to the working man . A pesny , s BTnllrng , or a pound , -would bare been nothing then- Yes , & p&n&d could bare been better spared tben than two-pence could cow—( hear ) . The accursed system under which they lived bad igroucd down the poor to such a state tbat men conld jiot come , ] for thiir chil dren -werejerying at home for the two pennyworth of bread—( bear , hear ) . They bad come tbereloi tbe purpose of considering that under which England was now groaning—distress ; and be wbe core that every honest

      tvexy i&nsanable , © very just man that "Wiabes well to wards bis fellow men , could not object to discuss tbe best means of removing it from the shores of their landtcheers ) . He believed that all the evils under which the - working classes iirera now groaning originated in clsss legislation—( cheers ) . We look ffor prosperity alone from the fT"M * rtTnwt of that document so mnch depissdhy tbe rich , but approved of by the poor—the Ptsophr's Charter—Jcbeers ) . He -would j read to them the resolution he bad to propose , embodying these sentiments , and which was as follow * : —•• That it is the opinion of this meeting that the unprecedented distress of tbe labouring classes is owing to class legislation ; and tbe only remedy to - recover happiness and prosperity is tbe enactment of the Peopled Charter : and

      this meedng pledges itself not to relax its influence and power until tbat document becomes j tbe law of the tend "—( cheers ) . Now , he would ask them , -was there ever a time in tbe history of Great , Britain , when distress -sras so general as at tbe present time ? There was not till the present time a period in onr history , but that the bosest and industrious man could live bj the fruits of his labour . Tbe man at the plough used to go to tbe field with pleasure , and whistle whilst at ¦ R-ork » itb a secret joy . And vrhy did ! he do so ? It was because when be rose in the morning , and -whilst employed in his daily labour , he could look to tbe evening , and know that after bis toil for the day was finished he conld return to a good borne to enjoy the comfortable meal with bis wife and little ones . Bub now when the

      man rises in tbe morning , be proceeds to bis labour vtih a gloom on bis countenance and a heavy heart without a hope to cheer the day or raise bis drooping spirit . He knows that -ween bis labour shall be completed , b * has to Kstarn to s hovel tbat scarcely sbelteiB him and his family . Snch 1 b the change that has taken place . Instead of happiness and cheerfulness prevailing , all is gloom and heaviness ; instead of warm and comfortable clothing be sees bis wife and family in rags . There is no food in that paDtry that used to be toll % the pig-Bty teo tbat nsed 10 contain a good pig , is nov "without one and has been so fur seme tixn . 3 as is shewn in its mined condition—broken , almost demolished ; the pantry that used to contain a

      £ ood flitch of bacon and barrel of beer , now contains no baeon , and the barrel without the beer , and often tbe barrel is gone too . Tbe present distress made it high time for England loa-srake , to arise , to inquire the cause that pressed her down—< cheers ) . .. This is called & Christian land ; there- « mere Christianity professed in this country than all the world besides ; but the beloved spirit of charity of jesss bad -sunk deep ; nto tbe spirit of forgetiulness amongst them , and this hod made more infidels than all other causes besides . It fras tbe duty of Christians to awake ; it was the duty : of ministers to stir up tbeir bearers to action lest the flood-gates of infidelity ba opened and overflow the land . Class legisl&tien -was tbe evil that oppressed tbe working man and brought him into bis present distressed condition .

      Air . BOI .-WELI ., of Bath , in seconding the resolution , said , it whs a long time since he m « -t them npon aa occ 8 s \ g : i like tbe present , but thongh he had not lately had an opportunity of attending their meetings , be had not forgot the many times be bad enjoyed democratic fellowship with them . When he entered tbeir town be bad no intention of taking any part in tbe proceedings of that evening . But since tiicir chairman bad called npon him to second tbe resolntaon -which they had beard , proposed , be should feel mnch pleasure in according -with his reqnest ; for as long as life aninjated ; his frame , and the bleod flowed in bis veins , whilst " he had a duty to perform in tbe cause of liberty , he w ^ uld be found at bis post to fulfil it / Cheers . ) Yon have beard tbe

      or jsct of the present mt * tiEg . from jonr CitairmBn , and also tbe resolution moved by our friend Sir . Rawlings , -which 5 bows the only means of removing the present distress of the connvy- Onrfriend has regretted that many gentlemen whom he thinks shoTsld be fceie are not with ns ; tbat many professing Christianity are found wanting in real sympathy for the waits of the poor . Well , they were absent , and where were they ? They were at borne in their parionrs , or on ; their Bufas . 1 Hear , hear . ) They know , you know , I know , tbat the Chartist form of government would bring hsppiness and prosperity to all classes of society ; and 50 selfish are they that they -woold not , for one moment , tbe working classes -weis placed on tbe some footing tnttx tbemselres . He bad read at tbeir having a large meeting in

      Tro-Rbrifige to oppose tbe Factory Bill , I and those gentlemen who -were now absent T ? ere not sparing in tbeir condemnations of Sir James Gnhain and tyranny . ( Htar , bear . ) It then touched themselves ; but now a meeting -was called to consider tbst "which more particularly iffected tbe working ebsses , they vera sot to be found . The TMolntion they had beard proposed , after speaking of the -cnivaisality of tbe present dishes , stated tbe cacse of it to be class legiE-ation , and » be only remedy to recover happiness ai ^ tl i . Tosptrity was tb e enactment of the People ' s Charter . This was his opinion- Now , vrith regard to the prevalence t . f tie distress . They felt it—as amsnniACtnnng people , they fi-li it more tbaD others ; but tbey were not : Joi > e- Many of them might think tiiit distress was unknown to the people of Bath

      —that it -was a thing not to be found ; in that aristocratic city . He would give them three instances to shew that poverty did erist even in ; Bath . A few months ago a toy and a girl fell down in the streets from exhaustion , in consequence of want of food . ( Shame . ) Another case fnts that of a poor woman , who bad died suddenly . A Coro&er ' a inquest was held upon tbe body , and be tras one of the Jury , From what he beard in evidence , and from tbe appearance of the body be was induced to think the woman bad died of want . He conKquaatly expressed hia opinion to his brother jurors , and they requested that a pott mortem examination should take place , and what did they think tna the result ? In England , in JBsth , the Queen of cities , and seat of tbe aristocracy—the Queen

      of cities in a coiiEtry boasting of being tbe glory of mrrounding nations and ths admiration of the world , tbe surgeons discovered nothing in the stomach of this woman , but a small portion of pudding ; and what think ye , daughter * of England , w&b tbe covering of this peor woman ?—it was nothing but tbe ragged remains of an old sbatvl—( shame ) . Yes , there lay our sister in Bath , tbe Qaeen of cities , clothed in these rags , and dead for the want of tbs necessaries of life—{ shame } . He did not wish to excite their passions . He mentioned these instances only for the purpose of showing them that distress was not confined to TrowbrMge , but was to be found in Bath . \ Distress was not to be found alone in the agricultural or the manufacturing districts , but everywhere . He would ask

      them as men after this if there was noneed of a remedy ? Wbethsr or not , something ought to be done before we Tr € reannihil \ ted ? What then , the Question ¦ would be , ia to be done ? Several remedies bad been proposed by vntionB parties . Borne -were ^ for the Repeal « f tae Corn Laws , othera for building churches , and a anEibci of remedifc 3 besides bad . been proposed . Be belicvefi teat tbe only remedy to bring about permanent prosperity , and rtstore England to that state she formerly -was in -was tbe enactment of the People ' s Coart < - - - as tbe law of tbe land . But perhaps there ¦ were eonw ihae who did not understand what the Charter -waB . Its first principle -was pniversal Suffrage . What does this mean ? It means tbe power of * JfCtij * g those men by whom tbey T 7 ere tp t > & governed .

      fiia -was ctitd against by the mierae class , aud it vas prtt-Bded the working classes were not SEfficitdstly educated to poBstss a vote ; and that tbey would elect a House of Commons -which would bring rcia npon the country ; bnt lie would ask tbem ¦ who bad got tbe power of voting at present 1 It was impossiMa they conld have a House of Commons less qualified than this present one , let them elect them how tbuy -Bonia—( hear , bear ) . There wjw very little danger in his opinion , in giving tbe Suffrage to the pecple . Did they mean to say the people would not k :. ow who were tbe men best fitted to serve tbem ? Let tbtm lock to tbeir trade societies , tfeei ? benefit societies , and all tbe other societies with which tbey were counseled , and tee if they did not know bow to elect

      taa best Tnen to fill tbe various offices in them—< oear , Lrar ) . H-q tsey not know when they | -ware hungry , wtea thsy weie thirsty , when tbey were naked ? When they -were taunted with being ignurantheiwould say give them the Franchise anrl 5 t will make thorn think—it will make tbem -wise . For instance , suppose JoLn to be o Tery ignorant Hian , fcut then recoUect -God has giTen him a mind . God has given evtry man a mind . It ia . is insult to , it is treason against , Deity to say a man Las not got a mici . And that ; mind is capable oi thinking and of ii-qniring . Well , yen give John a vote . He directly inquires what he shall do with it ? Ba feels , be knows he has got something given him which he is required tc nse again . Well , he has got a

      neighbour -who knows something about politics—he goes to him and ssys—Tom , I have got something here , ¦ what is it ? Tom looks at tbe paper and Bays , it ' s a vote Jack . A vote , says John , what ' s the meaning of that ? Why , Jack , it is a vole for a Member of Parliament—yon h £ Ts tija power to give joar -voice for or ¦ gainst the eiectioE of any man to the House of Commore . Wei ) , hers is lbs man ltd to inquiry , and the more the man inqaireB , tbe greater importance will he attach to that -which he bas bad . given- him . ( Hear , beat ) Slaves are always ignorant , and willing slaves tbe most ignorant . But place xoan in a stats of freedom , and yeu will mak * him -wise . { Chsera . ) He bad much pleasure in wconding the resolution .

      Mr . O Coksob then rose and "was loudly and enflmassticaUy cheered . He Eaid , Mr . Chairman and working men of Trowbridge , I draw a donble WfereBce from what I have seen To-night . The aemonstratJGn outside proves ts me that the people . v ^ v " *? " ° P iDion 5 whilst the numbers inside mews that ute people are lop poor to cany out their * % ?!! ¥ & *** ' , LsaT ) - Before eoakg w » ttefr town & ., nad be ^ d cheering accounts of the spirit onbepeople of Wbrid £ e , and from { what he-liad K" , ? € aaD K te vraa noi indoced at all to diminlsn .. ne feelings and tbe opinion be hadi formed from those acc ouais-tcheezs ) . It was » J ^ g faS

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      j Ublishments were rendered still necessary , because they had not adopted that line of policy whieh tended to preserve peace , ! ortier , and content . He ailuded to Wales , and at much greater length to Ireland , and exposed the poverty ! of the answer he had heard given to statements of the more satisfied condition of the people of that country under the late Government , in which the Ministry , quoting from a speech of Mr . O'Connell , repeatek hia preference of the present ruler of Ireland over either Lord Nornianby or Lord Fortescue . "I say , giving Mr . O"Co-nell credit for patriotic objects ( I am not [ giving him credit for any extraordinary degree of virtue or indifference to power ) , I cannot wonder he should prefer the present Government—( cheers from tbe Opposition )—when he finds his rent

      has risea from a few hundreds to ^ £ 15 , 000 the quarter , and be has a farlbetter budget te produce than ths Chancellor or the Exouequer . ( Cheers and l&ughter . ) When be finds bis power over the people of the country almost unbounded in comparison with the Lord Lieutenant , j I cannot wonder that exulting iu power , and seeing ] the means at bis disposal , he should rejoice he bas to deal with such a Government . " He dwelt on the present state of Ireland at some length , and , referring to the Repeal meetings , said he could not believe tbey were legal . And were tney to go on unchecked ? Wotjld the Government wait till O'Cannell tiummoiied a Convention in Dublin , and took the actual Government ; of the country out cf their hands , while the Lord Lieutenant eat idle iu DubUn Castle ?

      He recommended conciliation and the redress of grievances , rather than coercion—such a policy as should enr .-ble tbem to reduce , tbeir military strength in Ireland , and better enable them to meet their enemies in other parts of the world ! Tho Noble Lord concluded in the following words :- | " If I am well founded in the observations which Ij have made , we are now entering npon a meet critical period of onr hiatory . If you pursue a large , o liberal , and a comprehensive system of policy you will increase tho means ; you will add to the material wealth of the ( country ; you will augment its commerce , and you will enable this country still to maintain its position as ] the most powerful and free commercial country in the World . It is in your power , I believe , to wean the people of Ireland from their attachment to

      the eause of Repeal , by inducing in them a belief that this House is willing to do full justice to auy caose of compiaint , and to ' remedy the grievances under which they labour—( cheers ) . If you take this course , 1 believe that yourf power in this country , instead of being diminished , ] will be immeasurably strengthened for the purpose of carrying out any system of foreign or pf home policy -which you may bave in contemplation —( cheers ) . But if you resolve to adopt the Other course—if you represent ; , as I think you do , two distinct opinions , the one that of standing still aud , resisting all change , jand tbe other that of going on with measures of improvement aud conciliation—icheevpiif , representing these two opinions , you make it jour caru to take no measures in support either of tbe one

      view or of the ether , depend upon it tbat the country will long lament jthat in the hands of such mea the destinies of so great and powerful a country bave been placed . " j Sir R . Peel admitted tbe right of the Noble Lord to attack the Government on a questiou cf supply , without a specific motion of condemnation . But if tbat Government were | as culpable as tbe Noble Lord had represented it , he might well have concluded with a more practical cenaura And if he had really thought the prospects of the nation to be so gloonjy as ho hid painted them , be would hardly have indulged in the levity with which he began hia speech- The Government has endeavoured to improve the administration of the law , to extend tbe beneti's of education , and to carry other measures of general benefit j aud why had

      they not succeeded in these endeavours ? It wassaii that they wure supported by a large niajurity ; . but what could a majority tffect against the opposition of a few , resolutely bent upon adjourning debates from night tu sight , and so prevsnting tbu progress of public business 1 On three questions , fifteen nights bad btsen tinployed : on the Indian question , three nights ; and so on , upon minor matters . There bad been seventeen nights of discussions and divisions upon the Arms'Bill . Parliament had a strict right , no doubt , to occupy all this time in this way ; but after doing so , let them not taunt the Government jwith not having employed those nights tn other ways . The Noble Lord bad twitted tbem with abandoning the education measure . Ttwy had long clung to the hope of accomplishing a system of combined education , and at first the House seemed

      aim eat unanimous is its favour . But it soon appeared that there was not that generally favourable disposition towards it which was indispensible to its useful working . To have forced it on , without the cordial concurrence of the ! Dissenters , would but have aggravated religious animosity . The Noble Lord had passed very lightly over the subject of foreign policy . He might , when be alluded to Scinde , have recollected in ¦ wbat situation othtr regions , not very 1 emote Irom it , had been left by J the late Administration . Tbe time Weuld probably arrive when tho policy of tbe Government respecting Sciudo would be rally stated to the House ; but in the existing position of that subject , tbe Government wonld not be justified in making larg'j communications . He much rtfjreUtd the present state of our commercial intercourse with the United Statoi :

      but this commerce hau always been subject to gr . ^ fluctuations . He should not think it prudent on U 113 occasion to express an opinion upou a commercial treaty with any power , though ccitainley the p ^ st experiments had not been very encouraging . The late reductions of import duty on American produce had not been so met by corresponding reductions on toe i ? art of the United Status aa to justify any verjy sanguine hope in that particular quarter ; on the contrary , they had been followed 'by that high American tariff , which bad been the main cause of the decrease of English exports . He had the satisfaction to think that in the hat six months there

      bad been indications of improvement in some important branches of manufacturing industry , particularly cotton , linen , and woollen ; and this improvement appeared progressive , being groats&t in the last month . Could it , then , be justly sai ' d that the measures of the Government respecting the Corn Law and tho Tariff bad been thus far unproductive of benefit to the country ? The Noble Lord bad talked cf the Canada Com Bill as if it had been some neW . matter , originated in this year ; but in truth it had been a mere- performance of an engagement made with Canada in the year preceding . Then , as to finance ; the cause of tbe imputed deficiency was , tbat when the account was made up , a large proportion of the proceeds of the incvme-tax bad not coma in . There had not yet been time to ascertain the full

      results ef the Tariff ; but , as far as they were known , they were highly satisfactory . Even the reduction of timber duty , large as was the present sacrifice-, would , he believed , be eventually beneficial . On the sutjsct of tbe Welsh insurrection ' , be must s vy that the causes of it were not chargeable upon the Government The Noble Lord might recollect whit hnd happened at Newport in his own time , and the cordial aid by which he was then enabled to strengthen the hands of Government with 5 , 000 additional troops . The present Ministers , however , bad omitted j 1 . 0 precaution ; and he hoped the same aid which they had given when in opposition would ba returned jto them by those who had tben hold office . Now , as to ! Ireland , the course of tb « Government had very lately been explained in full . They had declared their reaoivn to l « ave no Means

      unemployed for preserving the union , bnt to reserve to themselves the chjoiue at the same time when tbey might deem it necessary to apply to Parliament . Meanwhile , tlirir forbearance had mst , he believed , with very general apprO j Ovtion ; though the removal of too maeistraU' 8 had not been equally well received . He britfl / defended that removal , but declined to enter iato the details of lrivh questions . He admitted that the Government had failed tn conciliate one party , and baa Io 8 t the confluence if another ; but they had thought it their duty to govern impartially , and without reference to puty feelimjs ; aW he trusted tbat they w < mld be rewarded by the JBnal trinquiility of Ireland . The Hoiu-e would nob have forgotten the difficulties ia which ho and his colleagues had fouud the country . In foreign fcffaira , in fiuance , in commerce , the Government had made t-very tffoit , and their efforts were

      beginning to produceJa good result He hoped they had not forfeited the copfiilenco of their friends ; and with chat hope they would persevere in their ondeivoura to secure to this country tbe proud position to which she waa entitled . j Lord Howicic . jafter adverting to the alarming condition of our great mining interests , and expressing * his fears that the indications of Smprovemennt in the cotton and woollen manufactures were of a fallacious nature , declared his decided opinion that it was not because nothing hat } been done , that therefore nothing could be done . A laborious and unproductive sessionwas drawing to a close ; and the Government , halting btstweeu two opinions , leaning neither to monopoly nor free trade , ssimed incapable of dealing with the difficulties with which we were surrounded . He hoped that before another session they wou ., 1 make up their minds to a bolder and mote decided course of

      policy , j Mr . Hume expatiated on the importance of a freer trade policy . j Sir BENJAM 15 Hall , Mr . Milxer Gibson , Mr . Vernon Smith , Wr . JB . B . Kocu' -., and Mr . Williams having severally addressed the House , Lord Paxmerston , alluding to Sir Robert Peel's reference to bis opinion about the probable restoration ef Ministers , in the event of thbir resigning , reminded the House that he had 7 recanted" that declaration ; and had advised them not to try the experiment Sir Rebt . Peel had , in fact , admitted that it was the strength of argument , and superiority in debate , which the Opposition evinced , by which public business had been impeded . A similar comptaintjhad been made that evening in the House of Lords ; but it was a tyrannical objection , and

      reminded him of the complaint of toe man who , being eminently ridiculous biimelf , was annoyed because people laughed at him . The measures of the Government were bo budly ^ prepared , that they gave occasion to protracted debate ; and besides , there bad been numerous occasions during tbe session , in -which there had either been "bo House , " or the House was adjourned at an etuly hour . The Government were incapable of framing Measures capable of satisfying the country ; as in the cases of the Factories and Ecclesiastical Courts Bills , which had been stopped , from opposition not within but without the House . His Lordship , after some additional remarks on various points of domestic policy , turned to our foreign relations . Formerly tho intentions of England were to

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct813/page/6/