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    • j 1 imperial parliament.
    • TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS.
    • MR. FERRAND AND THE LEAGUE.
    • tneir witn Lord BB.orGH.AM contrasted the ability and thu absence of party feeling with which the question haii
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      VERBATIM REPORT OF THE CHARTIST TRIALS AT LANCASTER . * ¦ *~ ¦ — ' - — - ¦— ' ''• - " ¦ -.. ¦ — ~ -. .- _ IN THE PRESS AND SHORTLY WILL BE PUBLISHED , A VERBATIM REPORT OF THE BECENT TRIALS OP FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND 58 OTHERS , AT LANCASTER , FOR RIOT , SEDITION , TUMULT , AND CONSPIRACY . JpHE above Work will ba Published in Weekly Numbers of 64 Pages of Royal Octavo , Edited by JL FEARGUS O'COMSOR , E > q ., Barrister-ai-Law , and to whioh will be added a SHORT ACCOUNT OF TBE CAUSES OF TBB DISTURBANCES OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER , LAST , With Notes upon the Trial ; al = o a Dedication to Baron ROLFE . A SPLENDID FOB . TBAIT OF TBE JUST JUDGE WHO PRESIDED , WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE LAST NUMBER ( GRATIS ) To those who have been Subscribers to the Work . The Portrait will be Executed with a view to its being placed as a Frontispiece , and when completed , which will be in about four Numbers ; the whole will make a valuable work . Price 6 d . a Number . The Portrait gratis . ' " ' \ - Subscribers and Anents are requested to give their Qrder 3 ^ SH&Wi . vfc » 1 . Shoo Lane , Fleet Street , London ; Hetwood , 60 , Oldham Street , Manchester ; and Hobson , Northern Star Officer Market Street , Leeds . The first Number will be Published on Monday , 27 th March , acd the subsequent Numbers will be Published Weekly .

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      « y dzxr Pbiekds , —Those who haTe right and j ^ s upofi their side , -will ever , in-thelong inn , ^ S&p h orer those who rely upon might * nd their iS ^ r to arrest or to perrer * justice . The cause of STjjjsm has triumphed over Jhe vaulted forces of ^ oti-Gora Law Leagne , ihe Whig Local Esecu-Sl » n d the Tory Government . Our cause was ^ aomalous one . The League hunted tib out of j * ^ fee Whig authorities , caught na , and the jjj GoTernment proposed making an example of ft iiore for the purpose of terrifying our tormentors | L Xeague ) of whom they are afraid , than of pro ? - had the law ™

      ^ . jjjsj -we "riolated . Oar crime being i desire io make » new < Hstribntion of property , jjjgy felt themselves Becure in the hands of men of sopertfr and . therefore gaTe us a special jury jfSi taxes screwed out of you they dragged the -grkennds for evidence . -They brought policemen , rtgibonds , -willing Idlers , mad men , lured spies , ^ gnaexs , sad traitors , to support their case , "while , 3 broug ht men of property , and the local authojfes from the scene x > f devastation to answer them .

      jjereinis the fault . The game being started , Mr . ^ jgory was sent down to Lancashire to get np a -ge . The authorities are Whigs , the turn-ont was tfPMg turn-out , and the concoctors being disap-Wntedin the result , set Gregory upon the Chargjts . WeBj he gol np evidence against ns all , and jto daeed witnesses in support of his case , before the fjgjjmJtting maigistr&tes , yea , a Tast amonnt of ffia ence , while with the exception of ine traitor , gpjEn , none of those witnesses were produced at

      $ 9 trial . Afreshpscfc was 2 D * nP * IblameihoseeaTes-drop--jgig , petty fogging , hedge aiibrneys , TFho £ ot : np the aseiQQ preaentedwitneses for examination towhom jfciy fcand it necessary io read their depositions fc &e Grand Jury . Room , -wMle the trial was go-ng o , to refresh their memories , I do not ^» ean to infer at any great length upon the merits of the bjjljnst bow , M ^ * * nfiaR » 3 in publishing a cheap jaifion of the whole proceedings , to be accompanied

      jith a trne history of the sfeike , and the -whole 21 nsirated with notes , I will pnblish this in numbers , of astj-foar pages each number , loyal octavo g 23 . As it would be impossible in the space of any levspaper to give a verbatim report , and as I have » t a report of every word spoken throughout the jjoeeedinE , and as I hold it to be absolutely requisite jjatthis all-important trial shonld be widely « ircnfcied and preserved , I have imposed this trouble upon BjseH :

      2 ie 5 rsi unmber will be ready for publication on HoDdsy weei , 27 ih March , and will contain a jsreface , a dedication to Baron Holfe , and a por-5 bb of the trial . "With the last number , will be pesented an EEgraTiEg of the Judge , which may ie prefixed to ihe work when complete and all iomrf "up "together . As I haTe decided upon this jonrse , you will not require any further comment ipon the trial just now , and therefore I leave that suVjecl , to corceto wtat is of paramount importance , Imean the convictions on the fourth count .

      I hold that no conviction can be had on the fifth tonnt , for more reasons than one , which I need not iere state , and which I regret being obliged fee publicly to mention , bnt yon must be aiLfied . I now come to the fourth count , itich charges the parties found guilty on it d doing unlawfully that whieh those found foolish isder the fifth cowii did lavf-uQy . It 03 my inienism to move an arrest of judgment upon the whole TErdict ; that is to show that , firstly , the trial has teen irregular ; secondly , the evidence has been inadmissible ; thirdly , the verdict ha 3 been illegal ;

      » 6 , foBrthly , that the parties convicted on the fourth tonst were isot legally before the conn . If those Ejections were irregularities which could be yet sred , I shonld not state them , bnt they cannot , and sy reason for stating them is to arouse yon to the acmpletion of that work which yon have so jobly commenced . As Treasurer to the Gensal Defence Fund , It will be my duty to by before you , when the trials are completed , l balance-sheet acconn&ig for the expenditure of trery farthing . This I shall do , and in it you shall , Eld 30 TTt-H COXSECIED WITH > TF DEPENCB I that 13 j

      separate . But now , I -& 5 k yon , —if M'Donall and file ExEcntive , and ^ ome of our best men , ire to be \ aeriSced for want of the best translation of ihe lavs ? I End me , talent is what we require to argue the ] sraral points of law , and talent must be paid for ., lean tate my own part ; I merely apply to yoa on ' iehalf of others , and 3 know of no snch triumph tpon record as that which the liberation of the j jiiale finy-nlne conspirators would furnish . I have ; aerefore to imploTe of you to transmit to John j Geive , 1 , Shoe-lane , Heet-street , for the defence ] tesd 5 nrnd , for that fund alone , till the trials are ; iaished , whst yon can spare . i

      Pahap 3 h may Jiot be amiss to state here thai I j jfedge myself that the greatest economist will be t ^ T ^^ t ^ at lie prudent manner in "which tie f njids i kTe been expended . Ycu will have seen that Jih Ckow Gibsos smarts I isdET the developement of the schemes of the ; lagners , bat when he comes to read the whole j ase , he wi 3 have reason to smart . Had we not used j « 3 erery euErgy , we could not have succeeded in j ^ shmg Chartism , as this prosecution has done j ; Bd , relj upon it , that Ihe opportunity will not be ' ¦

      ist . The Whig press is furicn ? . The scribblers j tsts in acxions -expectitaon of removing the . ssnabhig blocks out of the way of the League . \ Sie unprincipled monsters had gone their full ' SDgih in creating prejndice against us , and that &te thev began to play the part of " Goody , " to JJfflpaihize with = ns , and now to abuse us . What iisi jcu of " old obsearity , " the Sunday Times , gnu ^ a supplement of the four first day ' s proceed- i pi with lie GtwfTTMTitrnt chaise against us j and * iat lhiiik yon of the same beastly pot-boy journal Jsi gmig a line of the last four days . The TBru-|

      Sns js Eul * as the grave . The duties which I owe * those wio have been foend guilty on Ihe fourth * cnt , and the desire to make the trial as complete £ d instructive a wsrk as possible will occupy my ' % > le tice ratS the q ^ esdon of gitiltt or xct 5 a . Ty is disposed of . Jn speaking of the trials , it weuld be a monstrous j ^ a-ison to for ^ t the great , the gigantic service of < i . ^ Roberts , of whoa I can only say that never did : * m work vrith more mind , more pleasure , and more j ^ tes . Of the Jn dge , J shall merely observe , that ' ¦

      a pven to xhe working classes a practical iilu 3-s »« ca « f v : hzi is meant bv the due administration « lie iaw , and thai he has done moie than a huncsd tlonsaiid bayonets could effect , by prescribing yes limijs beyond which language cannot pass vrith ; £ itv . Oi the Defendants I shall say more herej * -er , fcnt mnsi here observe that their conduct , tbeir ^ aes , their ztal , and their talent wob for them i * golden opinions of all , and elicited this ^ E&rkalle tribute from the JrsT Jcb&e : — Gttdlai . m . 1 fed convinced that every EngVish ^ a feel proud of his country , and rrjoice in

      ? rapid grcitih of intcUigeriee so strikingly exhi-1 ** & in ihe spee&ies of those working men who have [ jessed you , Contrast this with the language of : ^* ffiDCErn JeSries : — "Yon vagabonds , tod ^^ e , Tctr EcotJXDaixs , do you imagine that * " * ? £ LLotrs is toc wili be allowed to upset the ** ? " Bus a few more snch caricatures of justice ^* a 3 ^ ihibited in Chester anti at Liverpool , would . f ** k dowa all legal barriers , and throw the starving ' ^ epen war with the opuleDt . j ^ JfrisDds , Ihave only further to observe , that ] *• * &mpls to stop Chartism or to impede ifes pro- '

      ^ must eow fafl . MACHINERY is the com-^ aemy . It will eventually carry the Charter , I *** & ** letters from all quarters thanking me for j fleighi days' exertions . I reply , send the funds T , to albw me to complete the good work . ^ kve just laid down my pen to read the rattling j THBrongham has given the , n » t What-thaU-be- j r ^ V ^ Bf Vie Wio-than ^ OHi men . Hovr jost read j 5 f *^ Lajif it is not the language of the Start ] y £ % * Leagne got more Free Trade than the ^ B ventured even to txokisb them , and yet " 9 are -grumbling .

      ^ A my words again , and let not this excite-^ of the trials obliterate ihe fact from you minds , , ** mat heat ihe League or they will beat vs . \ " ^ coi let the cat out of the bag . Let as have but j a ° , ?^ es J ^^ the League man , —the Leagne and j ^ ria . JJgw , so say I ; so I have always said , l

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      — That the existence of three political parties in a state is incompatible with the existence of peacej law , and order . " Let ss then treat the League to a bit of their own policy , and have but two parties—the Chartists and the Tories , and then the siaDGGis won ' t he long . We will leave the rest " to the God of jdsticb ASB OF BATTLE . " Your faithful friend , Feabgus O'CoMfoa .

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      The League clique in Knaresbro' have sent a memorial to Mr . Ferrand calling on him io vote with Mr . V j liiera for a repeal of the Corn Laws . The Hon . Member , in acknowledging the receipt of the memorial , thus addresses the party throagh whom it was sent : — Sir , —I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter , informing me that yon have forwarded fce my colleague , Mr .. Lawson , a requisition from a majority of the electrra of Knaresborough , requesting us to snpfortand vote for Mr . Villiers * motion for a Repeal of the Corn Laws . If the intimidation and eorrnption whicb were adopted by the agents of the anti-Corn Law League in your Borough , at the last election , for the of

      purpose aecur ' jig the return of their candidateafter p ur Whig opponents had retired from the field , and had declared that they would not be justified in di * tml > uig the peooe ot tlio Borougn—are still in operation , 1 am not at all surprised at your communication ; but if the signatures have been obtained by a real belief in the falsehoods which are circulated by the anti-Corn Law Leagne , and their faired agitators on the question of the Corn L ^ wb , I shall have no difficulty when 1 visit the Borough , in convincing the electors of their error . I beg yon to inform the reqnisitionists that I have just joined " The society for the Protection of British Industry , " which holdB its meetings « n every Tuesday and Friday , at No . 59 , Pail Mall : —one of its otjects is to obtain a Repeal of the present

      Corn Law , because it do es not kow afford sufficient protection to native indnstry , and to procure a law that will give more enconragemenl to the agricultural interest of Great Britain and Ireland , which alone provides a market for three-fourths of our mannTactures : and I am the mors fully co - vinced of the urgent necessity for this measnre from the fact that "Foreign Governments , instead of adopting our ruinons policy , have been warned by our rapidly increasing distress , and are at this very time nursing aTd protecting their own manufactures by securing to capital and labour their just reward . If the Members of the Anti-Corn Law Leagne were sincerely anxious to relieve the present distress , they won'd turn their attention to the wants and

      sufferings of their starving operatives , from whose sinews they have ' extracted wealth , sufficient , as they boast , " to buy- up all the land : " if they would contrast the enormous profits of their capital with the paltry requital they , give for the labour of their artizans , they might then grapple with the chifef cause of the present stagnation in trade : —but the same selfish spirit ¦ whicfi induced them to *• annihilate by death from hunger" the race of Indian hand-loom weavers with that engine of misery " the power-loam , " for the purpose of giving " free scope to British capital , " British ingenuity , and British machinery , ' now dedares that " to give their capital its due reward ,

      " ihe prhe of labour at home mnst be kept dotcn ;"and to enable them to effect this object , they hope to blind the manufacturing operatives with the cry of cheap bread . * ' In this they have signally tiiled : the working classes knew too well that bad wages are the cause of their present sufferings , as is ably shewn by one of their order ( Richard Crowther , of Manchester , a fustian cuttert , who , in a clever " essay on the cause of bad trade , with apian of legal protection loi wages as a remedy , " observes , " that bad wages are a greater obstacle to eommercs than all the tariffs in the world . '' If Government would again restore adequate protection to agriculture and trade—if the " free trade" manufacturers would be content with producing a Bupply proportioned to the demand , instead of entering into

      reckless competition witn each other , until theil profits can on ); be exacted from the "wages of their operatives—if they would adopt the golden rule of " live and let live , " instead of indiscriHiinately destroying manna ) labour by unrestricted steam power machinery—if they wonld render nnto their artizans a fair day ' s wages for a fair day s Tioik , " the life-blood of England ' s prosperity would again circulate in its former channel , her trade wonld revive , and her labouring population would once more become contented , prosperous and happy . Mr . Tiliiers' motion would , if successful , increase the present distress ten-fold , by sacrificing the property ot twenty-seven millions of cur fellow-countrymen tot the uncertain and , at the best , transitory benefit of three millions ; and I Know no town that would more immediately and more severely suffer from its effects than the borough of Xnaresboroueh . My constituents an

      aware that before they elected me iheir Representative , I distinctly declared my intention to oppose a repeal of the Corn Laws , and 1 beg explicitly to inform them that I neither intend to forget the pledges I gave upon the hustings , nor to betray the interests of those who teen reposed their confidence in me ; if therefore this my firm determination to act in conformity with the assurances I gave them meets with their disapprobition , they will , at the next election , have the oppsrtanity of placing their confidence in some person whose principles may be more congenial with their own ; and if so , it will cause me no regret to bid farewell to a constituency who consider that deception and dishonour ought to be the chief qualifications of their representative . 1 am , Sir , Your obedient servant .

      W . B . FEBKAKD . Mr . Richard Dawes , Junior , Solicitor , Kiiaresborough . March 6 , 1 S 43 .

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      j | I ! j j HOUSE OF LORDS—Tuisdat , March 14 . i lord Moxteagle , according to notice , moved ; " That a select commitU-e be appointed to consider the operation if the act passed last session to amend tbe laws respectin ? the importation of corn . " I Lord "WHAKSCi-irFE denied that the diBtresB so extensively prevalent in the conntry would be in any degree mitigated by the repeal of the Corn Laws , and attributed it principally to gambling speculations in corn , which tbe present act had done much i ti > discourage .

      . Lord Clabendon pressed for some immediate measuro of relief from a distress which be described as fast goiiv ? beyond the limits of human endurance , and ridiculed the opinion that an inqniry such as that proposed could prove a * ' waste of time * ' at a period of the session w hen their Iiordships had literally no business to go on - \ 7 ith . Tbe example of every foreign nation showed i . ^« i » moremeni was in progress in favour of a free tra 3 e ; and it was time that we deserted the ground wo bad unwisely assumed , and commenced a mutual ana' profitable interchange of the commodities

      which each \ . wintry could best produce . He called for thecoHiHiittev % as the most satisfactory means of proving , if proof \ vere possible , the beneficial worfciag of the present la-n - He enlarged upon the danger of delaying necessary reforms until they could no longer be refold , and the t ""Is of the existing uncertainty as to the conunnancsof protection ; and after an exculpation of his personal motives , conelnded by complaining that many of the pledges with which the present Government had entered nj on office were yet unfulfilled , and insisted upon the nec ^ ssity of setting free our commerce as a iBi-ans of fnrnishii g employment to our redundant

      population . Lord ^ SHbi &t o . n hai - drawn a very contrary conclusion from " the extensil ' *> details with which Lord ileateagle ' s Bpeech baa b «» crowded , and was convinced that the principal cause of manufacturing distress was the almost entix e failure of the American market ?« d argument , he a -ntenciwlj had been aaenced to show thst the distre * % -which all admitted , and which all lamented , bad been caused by the state of the Corn Laws ; and hi' warned their Lordships not to attempt * n altera « on whieh might spread wider the existing deprea ion , until its connexion with the alleged cause was clearly made out . Corn Laws" in some Rhape or other \* ere in force in every part of Europe , and under their operation our manufacturing prosperity had « rown up , and the pnee of food been maintained with fewer fiW-uabens than in any other country . _ _ _^ t in to statement

      | lie I > ake of Bichmomd , answer a by Lord Monteagie , dtnied that Lord Grey s Cabinet hid ever been divided upon the Bubject of . the Corn lawi . H « approved the firmness of Qorern ^ eat in maintaining the present law , andjras delighted to 2 iear that there ttm no present intention of a change . Lord PiTZwniiAtt admitted that the present law was an improvement npon ita predeceMOM , inararacb as it in some degree approximated to a fixed duty . He suppor ted * the movion for a committee , and from the constant variations to which tbe Com Lawajbad been snWect&om their first Institutions , and the constant disappointeient and distress they had occatioced , drew the conclusion that it would be ever bo , until the true principles of commercial legislation were acted upon , and all artificial restrictions abolished *

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      oeen orougni oerore iforasmps the spirit of factious injustice in which the concessions of last session—great in themselves , though , as ho thought , insufficient—had been received by the League , ami denounced in indignant terms the blind partisan

      violence which had led them to cavil at the carrying ou ' even ot their own principles . He defended hi iu Be If from the calumnious imputation , that he bad offered his services to the Leagve , and explained the real character of the conversation which had been thus grossly misrepresented . Bb exculpated the more respectable members of the League from a connexion with Uu « falsehood , as well as with the speech of the Dissenting minister who had hinted at assassination , but complained that they did not take pains to sever themselves from the pollution they must contract from bucU

      companionship . He supported the morion for tbt appointment of a Committee ; and after showing by tbtexample of the ye « rs in which the continental Bysttui was in full operation , and in spite of which there hail been an txtensive importation , that tbe apprehension of those who feared a dependence on the foreigner were unfounded , concluded by explaining , that although tin advocate for free trade , he would not oppose the lev > ing of a duty npon foreign produce for the purpose of revenue ; he objected only to the principle of protection .

      After sfew words from Lord ST . Vl > 'CE > T and Lord Mou > TcasuEL in opposition to toe morion , Lord Mosteagle replied , and their Lordships , upon a division , dechnttd to appoint the proposed Committee by a majority of 122 .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , March 14 . Mr . T . Duncombe stated , that ho wonld postpone until this day fortnight the motion of which he han given notice for Thursday next , relative to the manner in which justice was administered by a portion of th .-masistracy during tbe disturbances which took plact . last year in the manufacturing districts , Lord Ashley cave notice of bis intention to move on Tuesday , the 28 'ii of March , the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this House that the continuance of the trade in opium , and the monopoly of its growth in the territories of British India , are destructive of all relations of amity between England and China , injurious to the manufacturing interests of thin country by the annihilation of legitimate commerce , and utterly inconsistent with the honour and duties of a Christian kingdom ; and that steps be taken as soon as possible , with due regard to tue rights of Governments and individuals , to abolish tbe evil . "

      M Wakd moved for a SpecIalDdnTmittee to Inquirewhat peculiar bnrdens are borne , and what peculiar exemptions enjoyed , by the landed interest . He considered stability to be the great essential of any Corn Law ; and there could fee no stability without th » ascertainment of the points to which this motion was directed . He did not believe that any peculiar burden ; , were really borne by the landed classes ; on the contrary , he was persuaded that the peculiarity was all oi * the side of exemption to them ; but he had put bis motion in its present shape that they might have a ; , opportunity of making out their case if they couM He commented upon and disputed various general propos'tions in divers speeches of his opponents , particu larly denouncing an assertion of Lorrt Stanley , thatUit

      general policy of this country required protection t < . land . He would admit the necessity for that special protection , if special burdens could be shown ; but fitdenied the existence of any such burdens ; fur he oulo not consider as special burdens the cost of buildings and improvements , or tbe fl actuations of prices , there bein * in every trade outgoings analagous to these . Koi wa > the Income-tax a peculiar burden on the land . Bui there were the poor-rates , the county , highway , ami church-rates , and the tithes . Now the value of house property was less than that of land ; yet house property paid more than half of the entire poor-rate . Land wa . always gaining by every public improvement : thus hi knew of a pariah where a railway , passing through ,

      defrayed half of tbe rates for tbe poor . As l <> chuicfi-rates , the common argument ustd agaicathe Dissenters , that they bought their laud with that incumbranee , deserved to be remembered here for it was an argument fairly applicable to all burden on land . With respect to tithe it was not a burden but a co-proprietary right . That charge was not bein * borne by the rent , but having txisted fton » time ininumoriaJ , independently of and collaterally to it . He toeu Wtnt into the hiaiory of the land-tax . At the Revolution it had been imposed at the rate of four shillings upon the value , as the value would be from time to time ; but at the present day it was still kvied upon tht low valuation which land bore one hundred and sixtv

      years ago ; and in many parts of the country the ltv > did not reach to anything like four shillings , even upm ; that low valuation . If , however , the full four shilling .-were actually levied , and this upon the real valuation still the proportion borne by tbe land would nol b < - larger than in most of the continental countries . I . the imposition of general taxes , the agriculturists ha constantly contrived to get special exemptions , as upm probate and legacy duties , and even the minor items of farm servantB , husbandry horses , steep-dogs , anu so on .

      Mr . G . Bankes , though about to move an amendment on a sul ject more interesting to the landed classes than the snbj-ct of this motion , was fully prepareu to meet the motion itself by a direct negative . ! . appoint a committee for the purpose now sujgeetea would be peculiarly dangerouB at this period of ur . xkij among the agriculturalists , by leading to tbe apprehension that Parliament was about to derange them by still further interference . The object professed by th . mover was to abolish all protections ; and , that beinj ; the case , " why was this motion levelled against the agriculturists alone ? He defended himself from some attacks which were made upon him on a former night by Mr . Cobden , and which , on that night , the lateness of the hour and the interposed speech of Sir R . Pael

      had prevented him from answering . Mr . Cobden had then asserted that the Dorsetshire labourers were paid at the lowest rate of weekly wages , and were the most ignorant , neglected , and miserable peasantry in ail England . Mr . Bankes now read various letters showing the wagss of the labourers on his own estate to be ample , and their condition comfortable . The writers , he said , who were his tenants , had sent him those letters in answer to inquiries which he ha-J made without apprising them of the purpose for which he wanted their answers . They expressed their fears , however , that . if the price of corn should fall further , they sheuld not be able to continue the present remu neration . Some person , using Mr . Cobden ' s name as his authority , had lately visited every cottage in the quiet village in which he ( Mr . Bankes ) resided , telling the cottagers how miserable they were , and leaving with each a packet from the Anti-Corn Law League-That visitor , be said , appeared to have reported the

      mere money wages of the labourers , omitting to state the allowances and advantages given to them in rentfree cottages and land * , wheat , fuel , and other articles . Mr . Bankes , after mentioning other particulars respecting the state of the poor in his own neighbourhood , and the exertions which , as a landlord , he had mode for their benefit , and exposing the injustice ef bis asiiilant in having made these charges against kum without having ascertained them to be tree , desired not to be understood , however , as expressing himself -wholly satisfied -with the condition of tbe Dorsetshire poor ; on ( the contrary , he anxiously wished and not without hope , for some improvement in that condition It had Btrack him with some surptise that , subsequent to the former debate , when large bodies of persons thought fit ot necessary to congratulate the Hon . Member for Stockport as to the figure which be had dis played in that House , and on the impression wiich he had made , that it was rather infelicitous that the first

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      ground of congratulation to the Hon . Member was on Ma stern regard to justice—( laiighter , and hear , hear . Was it , be would ask , from a Btern regard to justice that tbe Honourable Member proceeded to censure before he collected eveu the evidence ?—( hear , hear . ) Was such a proceeding consistent with any equitable or Christian feeling , or was it a way in which the debates should be carried on in that House , involving such * erion 8 chargea against the characters of individuals ?—( hear , bear . ) If such were the Honourable Member ' s notions of a stern sense of justice , he i Mr . Bankes ) hoped that it was a description of justice with which he should n . t oftnn be brought in contact . He flattfcTed h » maeU that he had now sufficiently disposed of ail these charges ; but there were still a few

      other points with respect to which b : wished to make sorat ob ? ervatj <> ns . As for the line of conduct taken by the Hon . Member for Stockport , who had been elected by a large constituency , nnd who was distinguished for bis eminent talent , he ( Mr . Buikes ) would only say that he felt called upon to give an answer to all the questions which applied to the situation of bis p . opt-rty . There was one question which the Honourable Member , however , had put to him , which be did not think w : is altogether fair , be meant , when the Honourable Member a 9 ked him what he t . VIr . Banks ) would say at the next agricultural dinner at Blandford . In reply , however , be would observe that he could not exactly tell , for the Honourable Member fur Stockport mi ^ ht be there himself . The Honourable Member bad Baid in hte speech on the former

      occas od , that at tbe next dinner one black sheep would be tt't r > , and he had told the House what he would say . Now he ( Mr . Bankes ) would just state what he would - iy in iLDswer , if the Honourable Gentleman did maKe his promised observation . Tbe Honourable Member b . v ) alluded to what he said about the sun gilding tbe spire of the church , and the dome of the palace , and tfce thatch of the cottage ; and the Honourable jVIem'^ t added , that tbb black sheep he alluded to would ? rt up and observe the chimney of the landlord . aH « bt , dear . ) Now , if he ( Mr . Bankea ) beard any such observation at that dinner from the Honourable Member , he would say yes , and tbb factory chimney too , — i \ au « hter , )—that tall , gawky , u

      lines" The ' tastelee . s' column pointing to the skies , L \ be a Vail bully lifts iU head and lies . "' ( hiunhteri—It might be bis ( Mr . Banke'B ) duty as chairman of that dinner , to propose a health . He might have to say be hfui to propose a toa&t in honour jf a distinguished individual who was present , and who was no personal friend of his , but as he was the ¦> od of a farmer , aud was descended from a long Hue > f SassfX yeomanry , be came among them in sheep's rlo . bing —( laughter ) . The Hua Member bad alno said ihut ho wounl put tbe agriculturists on their defvnee . and shouKl call upen them to show tbe benefit which proteciion bad conferred on agriculture . Hia answer w . » s , thtit protection Lad brought thousanda and thousands of acrea into cultivation . wh \« b . never could hnv «

      : ik * n place hut for protection , and the labourers who ; tiled it , therefore , never could have been employed . ffcu culture and enclosure of waste land bad been i-oing on rapidly for yeais , until the present check was i > ut up < m it , and until means were fcuud of inspiriting rho agriculturists a atop would be put to its progress—> hea \ hear ) . He recollecteo travelling from bis father ' s ij'iuse to London , which Was about 100 miles , at a time when ihbre was 40 miles of waste land to be seen , and now there was not 10 ii ^ iles—( hear ; . Nj land could nave formerly looked more unpromising and more hopeless than this land in Dorsetshire , Hampshire , and Surrey , but in travelling this road now , it would bf seen >) in villages had sprung up , aud thousands of husbandmen were employed on it—( hear , hear ) .

      If ihe Honourable Member had been in Dorsetshire , lie tnuot have bten much struck witli surpise at the desolate state of some of the land on the entrance of that county , but it was not worse than much of that now under profitable cultivation . In the union in which ho lived he knew that a few weeks ago there was nol a single able-bodied labourer on the rates , tnd this wa . s the effect of the enclosure of waste Muds » , which it wa 8 the object of the Hon . Member tor SntfRcld ' a motion to put a stop to . To-morrow r . it ; ht that dangerous body the aati-Corn Law Li airue were to remove to a larger scale of agitation , and were to appear at the first theatre of the iown , ( In that occasion the Honourable Member for Stock port was to take his benefit , and was to be

      ihe Hoo oi ihe show . He wished to « all the attention of the Chancellor . of the Exchequer to the money collected by this body . He should like to know where it was lodged —( kughterji-as it , would enable the Chancellor of the Exchequer ¦ o * apply for the Income Tax—( laughter ; . — rh »> y were told that thia year the fund collected was £ oft , 0 Qi ) and next year it would be £ 100 , 000 , which , ' ii ^ n at the medium of the two years would give X' 75 , 100 to be rated to the tax . With respect to associations generally , he , would not give any opinion of his own , but wonld A refer to some expressions

      which he found on the subject in a debate which took tlace in 182 o Tho first quotation was— " The Houso would bear in mind that this association , though a public body , differed from most public meetings in this point—that they wore all of one mind . There was no corap- tilion of opinion ; no opposing voice * va ^ heard . Every speech was previously arranged , and every decision was unanimous . Indeed , if any unhappy adversary had the hardihood to present hirnstlf , ho would most probably got a reception which would preveat any repetition . Formed aa such a hu « iy was , theri was a danger in the indefinite duration . Under different circumstances tho

      iickiouess of the multitude might operate as a check to tho probable evil results of tuch an association ; but he was compelled , with re « ret , to gay , that a most influential body , whose duty it was to impart rehsiiuus consolation , and to keep themselves apart from political coutention , not only encouraged , but assumed a part of its power . Next , in upholding thut association were to bt < found men of disappointed atnb ; iion and considerable talents , who exerted themselves , no ma / . ter whether on real or imaginary grievances , in exciting the public feeling against the government ; and in inflaming the population against the laws , aud what tht-y described a prodigal and corrupt adininistratipn Of them . " And again , subsequently was the following passage : — " Now . he

      thought that no man who understood the constitution of the country , could contemplate the levying of money upon his Majesty ' 9 subjects by an irresponsible body , to be applied to objects not previously defined , but at the discretion of the selfconstituted authority by which such money was called for , with any oiher feeling than that of unequivocal disapprobation . " This was tho language of his Right Honourable Friend the present Chancellor of the Exchequer , in introducing the bill against illegal associations iu Ireland . The next opinion he should quote was that of the Right Hon . Baronet now at the head of the government . " He would first notice an argument that had been made

      use of , in the course of this disoussion , by an Hon . member , the effect of which , if it were well foanded , would be to take away from government , or from Parliament rather , all right of interference in the case of Associations that might be deemed illegal . The Honourable Gentleman had expressly said , * he wonld not vindicate the acts of the Catholic Association ; ho thought them to be , in many respects , indefensible , and he could not stand forward as their advocate . ' But still the Honourable Gentleman conceived , that the hands of the House were tied up—that these people laboured under suoh a grievance , as took from the House all right of interference with their proceedings ; those proceedings being admitted , by tbe Honourable Gentleman him-

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      self , to be indefensible . Why , if this were so , there was an end of all their deliberations in that lluuse on this or any other subjaot . if that doctrine was , to prevail , it must follow that the subjects of this country , if they should imagine themselves to be suffering under a grievance of this or any other kind , might resort to unconstitutional measures for their redress ; whiob measures , however , Parliament could not interpose to check , until those grievances should have been first removed . Now , he maintained , that from the moin . m Parliament reoogoised such a doctrine as this , j thay would abdicate their legislative functions altogether . It seemed necessary to approach this argument in the first place , before he proceeded to any oittitr

      observations ; for if the principle were- once accepted where was its application to terminate ! Where were theao associations to end ? There were many persons who considered the representation of the people in Parliament to be so bad and imperfect , that a large portion of the people were deprived of their rights . Now , that might be considered a grievance . ^ ami a grievance of a very heavy kind ; and , if thejar ^ uuj'Jiit ho had alluded to was to be admitted , wily might not the country expect an associaion for the purpo-e of obtaining Parliamentary Reform—( cries of " hear , near ")! What would be tae consequence of sm-h a system he knew not ; but he called upon t ' . e }) > : i . Gentlemen , who expressed by their | cheers tm-ir willingness to have such associations , that if t . ^ y

      admitted the principle in one oaue , they must exi » ct association ^ fox the remova l of everyjrual or supposed grievance j and if Parliament jab . mid attorwards think ef putting an end to them ; the answer would be , that the subjects of the country , and not its legislature , were tho proper judges of those g * iovaneea , and of the propriety of tho measures to be taken to redress them . That , however , was not his reading of the law . He conceived Parham i \ t to be the sole constitutional judge of these mattei s , and if the Parliament thought a law ought to be contiiiM . d , those who fancied themselves aggrieved by it must not resort to unconstitutional measures to procure ua abolition . They might petition , they might represent Mi-ir grievances to Parliament , and their petitions and

      representations would be taken into consider a uon ; but Parliament would abandon fts duty ; if it allowed any body of men to act independently of its authority , and only according to their own free pleasure " These were the words of the Right . Honourable Member for Tamworth iu 1825 , and | tavy ixsm- ! > described the association now in question . T < m Noble Member for Sunderland cheered ; in r < .-Terence , perhaps , to the circumstance that- thn association thus censured by Parliament , in jlEi 5 , did in the end succeed . ( Hear , hear ) He ' would be « , then , to recall the recollection of tho House to another association , which did not euccbt-ti in the end , though it produced great excitement aud popular commotion in its protrrjss . That

      association was a Protestant Association , ! formed on principles intended to be entirely in conformity wnh the law , and by men of respectability , of jgood talents , and of honest intentions . Of this association , Lord George Gordon was chosen to be the ihead , for the sake of the weight which his excellent private char i c - ter would give to any association with which he wu connected , he being , to use the words of Lor < J ( at , that time Mr . ) Kenyon , " a man of blameless life and conversation , not mixing in the vices of the age ; a man irreproachable iu his moral and religious conduct . " It way not necessary for him ( Mr . Bankes ) to relate the transactions which followed , in connection with this Association , in the year 17 H 0 ; he would only

      observe , that though its Mombers had meetings in all the large halls in the metropolis , it never occurred to them to hire Drury-laue Thoatre for their purposes . Ou the day before their petition waa presented to the house , they assembled in St . Georpp ' sfields , to consider of the most prudent and proper manner in which to attend its presentation ; un « i Honourable Gentlemen were aware , that on the day it was presented , hardly any Member who was prc-Bent in the House thought he should leave the House alive ; indeed , the only public man who showd real courage ou the occasion was the Sovereign , whom the anti-Corn Law League described m | one ot their papers as " Stupid George the Third . " The anti-Corn Law League was pursuing the Jpame course

      now , which had been pursued by the Association oi 1778 in its outset ; mooting in large roomsj and collecting petitions to be brought with great i . ffcct before the House ; but the present Association was certainly going much beyond that of 1778 , in thus announcing a public meeting in a public theair ; — ( hear , hear , hear ) . Ho ( Mr . Baiikos ) would put it ta the House and to the Government , whether this wag not a subject fit iov tne consideration of Parliament , seeing , | as they did , that from day to day same new attempt was nmdo , some new experiment for grating up public interest and public excitement—( hear , hoar ) Public excitement was what tho League professedly aud publicly desired ; their complaint was , that hith rto

      they had not been able to produce thiB excitement , and , accordingly , first one scheme and then another was resorted to , and now they were about to try a public theatre . One thing was quite certain , thai until they had produced it , they would not Come before the House practically with a proposition as to the corn laws—( hear , hear . ) It was the absence of ihe required excitement that had occasioned the postponement of the Hon . Member for Dumfries ' notice—( hear , hear , )—it was this that had caused the postponement of the Hon . Member for Woivt-rhaoiptoa ' s motion on tho corn lawo ; for the Ltajjue weru conscious that at this moment there was no feel - ing in unison with their * throughout the metropolis , and very little throughout the country at large .

      He could not refrain from humbly submitting to his Right Honourable Friends that this was a matter not unworthy of their consideration , and as far as regarded the subject publioiy , he was ' quite content to leave it entirely to their opi-aion . As to matt , rs affecting those who , like himself , desired to live quietly aud safely among their tenantry in the country , the ministry had not the power of knowmt ; , as he and other gentlemen in the country h ; u ,, the enormous extent of mischief which tui ^ ht bi _ | _ roduced—which was attempted to be produced , at this present time , by the emissaries of thin League—( hear , hear ) . He did not comp ' ain chat the vrntssaries tf this League , in his own neighbourhood , had endeavoured to shako any iuSuenco he ru a it

      have there , or taken steps to prevent ., if possible , his future return . He rar&d not for that , and he would furthur tell the Honourable Member for Stookport , that if he could influeuce public opinion against gentlemen whoidiffcrtd from him , there was no seat so much in danger as hi .-( Mr . Bankes' ) own ; for his sf-at doptiided entirely on public opinion , and he dewired to retain it only so long as public opinion went with him . ( Hear , hear . ) He had no reason for any ministerial support in the county which he represenied ; but jhe lookt'l to Ministers for the peace of his private life—for tuc comfort , happiness , and welfare of ihe peasantry who lived around him . He looked tojthcm to drive away , by some means or other , this new moiio of sending emissaries throughout the country , paid emissaries ; for such were avowed and boasted of

      by the Hon . Member for Stockport ( hear , hear ) ! t was of this he complained ; and it was from thi .-. he entreated the Government to protect th ' coun'ry ; as one of their fellow citiz-ns , as nfaithful and du ; u ) Bubject of the Crown , he a ? ked , he be ' sou ^ kt , h « demanded this at the hands of her Majesty ' s Miui ^ n rs The Hon . Gentleman concluded by moving the folio wi . ig amendment : " That it is expedient , as a remedy for a state of anxiety embarrassing and unfair to the agriculturists , and injurious to commerce , that the attention of this House be directed to the continued existence of associations , which , in nwtttvs affecting agriculture anil commerce , pretend to irfl'ience the deliberations o ; lliu Legislature , ani which , by their combination and 17 their proceedings , are at once dangerous to the pub ic peace uud inconsistent with tbe spirit of the Constitution . "

      The original motion , as well as the amendment , having been put from the Chair , : Mr . Cobden aaid , that when be stated the wages given on Mr . Bank ' s estate , be did not mean to tax that gentleman with paying to bis labourers less than other people ; but be charged , as tbe vice of the system upheld by Mr . Bankes , and others , that it prevented the possibility of well providing for the poor . He wanted to know , not what was paid to particular labourers in Dorsetshire , but what was ) tbe average of their remuneration throughout the county . Even on Mr . Banke's o ^ n estate in the isle ef Purbeck , there were cottages bo miserable , that medical men bad denounced tbem as actual causes of disease . Throughout that county one peison in every seven of tbe whole population was a pauper . i

      Mr . Wtkkham Martin showed the large proportion of legacy sad probate duty borne by the laid . He corrected tsome statements of the mover respecting tbe history of tbe land-tax ; and « eminded tbe HoKse , that -when that tax was Battled by the act of William and Mary , the charge was made to affect not land alone , but money , goods , debtei and stock of every kind , and was in truth very much like an incems-tax . In our times , however , fall these other kinds of property had ceased to contribute to tbe land-tvc , and the Msearajent wasr now ; 'left wholly en Vhe la . id . Gentlemen who instated ! en the heavy charge b > " ) rne by the whole commu . iity for the eake of the la . ided class , should remembt ^ how large a

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      /^ /^ > £ t * W ^ -L ^ fc , s ¦/> , ' .- < ? y 3 i s - ifproportion of tfest-taz was borne by the landed class itself . Mr . Williams iCoventry ) complained of t » i advan taaea enjoyed by the rich under tbe present system of taxation . Tue amonnt of the stamp duties was not progressive in proportion to the value of the transactions on which those duties were imposed . A

      mortgage for £ 300 , 000 paid only on a duty of £ 25 j whereas , if it were taxed in proportion to ema ler transactions , it would pay a duty of £ 5 , 000 . Tithes were no burden on land . If the voluntary system were introduced tomorrow , tbe landlord would not get 6 d . of their value iuto his rents . Tue great bulk of the taxes was paid by tbe working and middle classes . Tbe poor were taxed for the articles of tbeir consumption in a much greater proportion than the rich ; and the taxes so paid by poor men were spent in salaries to placemen , tbe connexions of the aristocracy .

      Mr . Woodhouse quoted tabular returns , to prove the much greater amount of taxation borne by the lauded thin by the commercial interest ; aud to show that seven persons in every nine are dependent upon agriculture . Mr . Cocurane made an animated attack on the League , whose or « anzition he considered highly dangerous to the public peace . They professed to seek equality ; but it wonld be equality of wretchedness The real cause of the evil 3 they complained of were overproduction and the a-ivance of machinery He appealed to tne House in favour of the classes who ha-1 always tallied round the Crown and constitution .

      Mr . Gibson hoped the House would not suffer an amendment , attacking men ' s characters , to be with * drawn without a -cote marking tbeir general sense upon it . Much was said of the Anti-Corn Law Lasigua ; did no corn law leagues i-xi&t ? Had tbe country gentlemen never countenanced proposals for robbing the public crrsditoi 1 Such prig «* cis ware going on even now . A Mr . Brown , tbe honorary secretary to a central society for the prottctiou of agriculture , had written to the Leigue so lately , as 1839 . to propose that the L acue

      should ceise to agitate against the corn law , and join to procure an issue of bunk paper , which -would have been i-othing less than a robbery of tho public creditor . Tbe lauded interest , by votina for Sir R . Peel ' s measures of last- year , bad admitted that up to tfcat time th ^ y had \ y en oujajing what thi-y bad no right to , which enjoyw . ent was a . fraud upon tfae public . He complaftied of the sneering tone taken on the other side against manufacturers , and accused Sir R . Peel of abett * ina it

      Sir R . Peel agreed that Mr . Ward had a right to a separate vote on bis motion . He should first negative ) , ihouijh tbe forms of tbe House would make the n' -t-ation an indirect a&e , the amendment of Mr . fi . nkes , bt cause be thought it an inapplicable amend'neat aa r .-iised upon tbia motion , uad because he thought it int-xpedierit to proceed on such a subject as the suppression of thes-j societies by way of abstract resolution . Where the existing law is sufficient , the House may aiirliess tbeC . owa to execute it , though this may imply a censure ou the . Ministers ; if , on tha othr-: hand , the existing law is defective , the House may proceed hy way uf legislative remedy . To tho original motion he ahou A lifcewise offer his resistance . Mr . Gibson

      h-i ., 1 niost unfairly taunfsd tbe landed classes with t .- 'vinj ? admitted themselves , by their Fuppottof the new Corn Law , to have been prbviously detraudiug the untile Wha % vfoviM Mf- Gibson h ^ ve sai d if the same tuu ' it bud been thrown upon the manufacturers in cor , » quence of their declaration , just now made through Mr . Gibson hituseif / of their willingness to at >'/!; sh thwir own protections ? He sfrongly

      h . ' 1 boon alleged that the land was altogether exempt feu in probate and . legacy duty : the law was not so the land bore a great portion of both thess duties . * let a return of tbe amount of these duties , and of the duties o . ; conveyances , be called for , and then the H ( . u « d would stie' . whether the land enjoyed the exemptions alloged in , tbesn particulars . So witb raspecfc to other taxes , from which tbe land bad been erroneously represented to be exempt . The profits of at"cfc h ^ id lat'ly been relieved from poor-rates , aad the Ian 1 had bten left to make up tbe difference ; let all this he » wen from returns to be printed for the House It ha 1 baen said that tbo highways kept up by the land wero necessary for tfaa transport of its own produce :

      bu ' ., w re not the highways equally useful to those who hu \ c . ) land at all ? Then , as to tithe . Tithe rixei by the wriy of commutation was less a burden i' « litii-i than variahie tuhe . out botb were burdens . F > r his own pBTt , he ha <\ n « 7 or rested the defe ce of } . 'io ' . > -ction on the mere ii : ff r ^ nce of burdens . He had smmnrted himself in grea" measure on tbe consid' rations of t : « ner ; -l benefit , an

      mover , whatever might be its result , would no doubt bo pr&parei to vote the very next day for a repeal of the Corn Laws ; and if that were carried , tbe subsequent tqaa iBition of burdens wonld be left to take its chance . So complicated a subject might occupy a C' . pinnttPa for a Walvemonlh . He would not , after th ¦¦ arrangement-of l . gt year , consent to hold out an i > t ' j . u be was tprepnred to concur in a further ch : n : iiv , the n « c « sait > of whicb he did not discern . B- luving , as hi-did , that the arrangement was a prud . \\ t >> ne , be thought it bis duty to stand by it , n ; i ''* 9 h « could ba convinctfl , which he was not , tli-. . Ui _ circnmslances of the couatry required a depnrfjn' fp . ni it .

      Lird Howick wanted to have the balance struck betw-en the Hurrtbns on one side and on the other ; and if nf' ^ r tlint the greater wei ght should ba found to press upM ! j ihe laud , he would say equalize it , but still iu so : tH otufjr way than by a com law . If the subject wtre sa complicated that it wonld uccnpy a corumitfee for a twuivemonta , how could Sir R . Peel thi ^ fe of recommending it as a matter to be considered by the ¦ whole Houte upon printed returns ? Lord Hewicfe then entered into the effects of tithe as a burden on

      land bufore and since the Commutation Act , contending fiat since tbut act the tithe was a burden on tbe land n < I ' . ncer . He gave no credit to the argument about maintaining the present s&ttlenjent ; it was clear that the existing law would not survive even another rotati ., n of crops ; and \\ . would be best for tho agriculhir « t * themselves that the intermediate uncertainty sh ( H ! i be determined . He admitted the evil of the ami-Com Law League ; but it was an evil attributable to t ' . 'C present , stato of the law .

      Mr . Blackstom ! , as one of the committee of the S uit .-ty for the Protection of Agricultnre , positively st : i * M » that the . Mr . Brown whose letter Mr . Gibson hail quoted had nev r bfien , though he had attempted to f'Tude himself as the secretary to that society . Aft « rsorae further conversation about tbe supposed Stvr- 'ary to the Agricultural Society , Mr . Brotherton iii . v . j . * a :, atfjouramtut , vrbich , however , be did not pivKs hi a rJivision . VJ ' . ViLLiEits stated , that an agricultural society in tht c > nn : ry had aunt delegates some years since , when co"n ° ra 3 low , ton Runeral meeting of agriculturists in London , with instructions worded in strong terms , rf-jpncfnij the inutility of mere petitioning , the expenieucy of stopping the supplies , and the necessity of a ch ; ma ; e in the currency . He would , therefora , ask the pr thissr of the amendment to look at home .

      Mr Ward saidafew words in reply , and the House , afi . r r . jcting * th' amendment without a division , diviU'jfi ou the original motion . An&inst the original motion ... 232 Fur it J 33 Majority against it 90

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      RIQSSLEY . —Mr . Thomas Ibbotson , of Bradford , ( M . v .. rea a ltfture in the Association Room , on Tut'sduy cvrtniD ^ last . St'ASFORB . —Mr . T-ddie lectured on Sunday ovvui .: - ^ , in ihf Council Kuom , to a crowded audion < -e , < , u the " Siate Church , and Policy of a State Rfli £ !<> i ) " He gave general satisfaction . On Momm y evening , Mr Hurley lectured in the Ass-ocatifu Room , White Abbey . Mr . Sutcliff ocoijpitd the chair . The meeting was well attended ; this locality is again on its legs , it bein ^ broke np by the Au ^ ut- 't-league plot . Ihe lecturer received thfl t ' ua-. k-i ot the meeting .

      The ' " oMuriTEE of the Co-operative Store met in their loi'matthe shop , Chap > llano , and finally firra't ^ fd * ' rules to be laid bofore the body on S--turd-y i-t .-jiijht ) , at seven o ' clock . Tbe shop is w . 11 supp ied ivuh provisions of the best quality , all being pu .-ehassd lor ready money . The Bradford Council met in the large room , Burr oi vVonh iini ^ in ^ s , on Monday evening . ThoS . Smith paid 6 d . for the Defeace Fund : Park-lane * 6 s . cirutnbution . It was resolved , " That the question to be di ^ Qussed on Monday next , to change the mooting of ihe Council to Sunday evening . " The uieinbi ra arc all rtque » ted to attend on Monday at eight o ' clock , to take part in the discussion .

      Tjib Chartists of Little Horton met in the boh ^ oi-rooin , Park-lane , on Sunday morning , when Is . 2 , ? . was collected for Mr , Brook , lately liberated from Northallerton prison , after three years' confinement . The CHA . RTIST 3 of the Central Locality met in their room , Bntterworth Buildings , on Sunday moimng , when it was recommended that every Chartist should nse his infUeuce to support the Co-operative Store , in Chapel-lane . The meeting adjoarned to Sunday next , at ten o'clock , a . m . Pabdington . —A new locality has here been opened , and several members enrolled , and council lots appointed . The cause looks well .

      Todmorden . —Mr . R . BairstofN f 4 $ iv # fiv | Pi' | i lectures here on Sunday last ,, to ~\ ery nnjnOTrtfiJ ** and respectable audiences . In / his ^^ T ? T 3 blMjdKi ^ S reviewed fcne trials at Lancasftrv VHi&aa » 8 ^ $ | $ K 3 ^\ ture waa upon the necessity oi ^ i ^ ing / the G a ^ wi' = \ ^ \ and the manner in vrbich iber ^ aapt ^ - ^ feoiffl d ^ B ^ o ] * ^* i gain their objuct . I ^ '^ t . ; r ^ VrSJ'T s ^ j f '/ Sj ** smmot ,

      J 1 Imperial Parliament.

      j imperial parliament .

      To The Imperial Chartists.

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS .

      Mr. Ferrand And The League.

      MR . FERRAND AND THE LEAGUE .

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      VOL ^ YI- WO . 279 . SATURDAY , MARCH 18 , 1843 . " "" w ^ SSg , !!^^ " "

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      AND LEEDS GENERAL ADVERTISER .

      Tneir Witn Lord Bb.Orgh.Am Contrasted The Ability And Thu Absence Of Party Feeling With Which The Question Haii

      tneir witn Lord BB . orGH . AM contrasted the ability and thu absence of party feeling with which the question haii

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