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      house of ' lords : FRIDAY , Feb . 16 . Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from "BirstaL , in Yorkshire ,, in favour of a National System of Education ; also ones from the Bradford Mechanics' Institute , in favour of a Reduciion-iii ^ theTostage Duties . The Nolle Lord also presented several' ' petitions in favour of the Ballot , in doing -which Ins Lordship took , occasion to " remark that , ¦**¦ to" ^ rant the Ballot -without' at the same time extending the Suffrage , ' -would be * detrimental to Parliamentary Refcian , and would act injuriously -ra&er than otherwise , " ^ - ' Ixsra -WHARNCLIFFE- said , that -when the Refrain BQ 1 was debated-in that House , he and other Noble Lords had contended that it would not

      be & final measure—that it would be foHowe € by a demand for Vote by Ballot and ah Extension oT the Suffrage . It appeared , if-what had fallen from his Isobleand Learned Friend -was correct , that they "were right in their conjecture , and that they -would Jiowhave to battle on the subject of fixe Ballot , and « lsowith respect to the Extension of the Suffrage , -although Nome Lords opposite had described the itefbnn measure as a final one . Hey however , -was not alarmed at / what had fallen from his" Noble- ana Learned Friend , as her Majesty ' s Ministers appeared to be opposed to those ^ alterations to which Ms Noble and Learned Friend had alluded . Of this

      he-sras sure , that if Vote by Ballot were granted , an Extension of the Suffrage must follow ; for it was quite impossible that the non-electors of this -country would suffer the elective franchise ^ to remain in the hands of an" irresponsible class ^ without ¦ endeavouring themselves to partake of the privilege . Lord BROUGHAM then laid on the table a copy of his motion and resolutions on the subject of Negro Slavery , which he means to propose on Tnesdaynext . J ' The Earl of ABERDEEN inquired whether it was-the intention of her Majesty ' s -Ministers ¦ to propose any measure for extending religious instruction in Scotland ?

      Visount MELBOURNE answered , that the subject was still under the consideration of herMajesty ' s -Ministers . The Banting and Trading Copartnership BiB went through a Committee . The House then adjourned .

      HOUSE OF C 0 : MM 02 s& FRIDAY , Feb . 16 . Mr . GROTE presented a petition pravinff for , amongst other thines , an Elective House of Lords . Lord DUNGANNON objected to the reception of the petition , deeming that portion of its prayer irregular . After some discussion , the opposition was with--drawn , and the petition was brought up and laid on The table .

      Sir ROBERT PEEL presented -an important petition from the ministers and elders _ of the Presbytery of Glasgow , relating to the state of destitution , in point " of church accommodation , of the low . er < dasses of the people in the dry of Glasgow , and praying for aid . He recommended the matter to the consideration of Government at an earlv period . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he vras not able , in the absence of Lord John Russell , to state the steps . which his Noble Friend intended to take .

      TITHE C 0 JI 3 RTATIOX ACT . Mr . G . BEATHCOTE asked whether ihe government intended to bring in anv measure to alter ill ** English Tiihe Act . " . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was not aware that any s-nchmeasure was in contemplation . Lord DUNGANNON asked whether there was ¦ any intention to extend the time for the voluntary commutation of tithes ia England and "Wales , width would expire in October next . ' ' ¦ The CHANCELLOR of ihe EXCHEQUER said he believed the time would not he extended , but tiere was a plan -under , the consideration of the Treasury for facilitating the voluntary commntaticn ¦ of tithes .

      The Committee on the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill was then resumed . Upon the Itth clause , providin ? for the division of the unions into electoral districts jbr the election of Guardians , Mr . O'Ccnneli proposed , as an amendment , to insert the words--nath ^ lie consent of the majority of ice Guardians . "' The amendment was lost by a majority of 3 " . Amendments on the 19 th and 23 d dances were also defeated by lcrg ? majorities , and the other clauses up to the SO : h inclusive were carried , and the Committee was adjourned tiil Monday nest . The Hons ^ was then adjourned , at twelve o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . MONDAY , PEBarARy 39 . Lord BS 0 T 7 GHAM presented petitions from f arions places , for tLs abolition of Negro Appren-^ Sccship . The Panning Co-partnership Bill was passed , and several Bills of miner import read the iiist "dme . .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . MONDAY ^ Fzbbtjaet is ! Mr . GirUMDITCH presented peddoas from Maccltsfiels and Sutton against the New Poor Lsic -BIH . The ^ Parliamentar y Electors' Qualification Sill was read a thiri time , af ; er a srasrt debaie . The division bein ' p For the Morion l ? 9 Agaictit . 17-2 . Majority —17 The Irish . Poor Law Bill passed through severs ! - Isuses—after seine SGme smart fighting ^ in wck-O'C ^ -axel ! , Shaw , and oieis fcnaeaveurea , "bud a ; it I ? , to make it still worse . *

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      On Monday last- in the great Radical Hall o : Preston , tee working-men of that toTru and its vicinity assemsled for the purpose of peritionin ? Par-EaTEeiit for the restoraaon of the GIhseott Cotton Spiiim-rr . to tlieir -nives and families . Mr . O'Connor wa- aunouncod to attend . At one o ' clock Mr . O " C . -n tt-red the room , accompanied by thi Chairman , 233 id thunders of applause . The building vras crammed , and many thousands who could noi procure standing room ranged themselves undvr the open windows , Mr . jMcktht was called to the Chair ; who having brxiSy opened the business of the Efetiair . introluced . Mr . IlicHAr . D Maesdex , who said not poisi £ sb ;; tie ri ^ iit to vote , combinations of tradesmen w \ - , -v

      ajon : » y necessary me protection oi their ov .-n labour . Gov ^ rnmeuvitself was a great combisi-rrion . and constituted ^ ii it at present was , it ^ ras an Hit-gal combination , i he Corn Laws were an instance of combination ; the East and West India Monopoly w ^ re instances ^ of ^ combination . ( Cheers . ) If ' was not from ccrobinauon , but for the want of comoinarion that its people vrere oppressed . ( Cheers . ) Look for an instance oi this to the present state of Ireland and in its misery they would recognize their o , vn -apathy and want of combination . ( H ear . hear . ) Look again to the £ tD 0 , fXX \ 000 of National Debt , for "which we were mortgaged to keep old women upon the Throne of France , and to trample upon the liberties of America . There were other instances of xbe want of combination . ( Hear , hear . ) Suppose

      that twenty or thirty came to dislodge you from that iniluing . would you surrender your places . ( No . no . ) No : because your combination would maintain theinfbr yon . The duty of a Govemraeut i . < to hear and decide upon public opinion ; but for wani of combination —( hear)—they ha \ e invariablv iecided against public opinion . ( Cieers . ) 3 Ir . Mnri den continued to address the meeting with great effect aud _ concluded a judicious and powerful speech by proposing the following resolution . — " That it is The opinion of this meeting , that the labouring popu-1 etion have a right to meet and unite for the protection of their luboar which is their property , and that rhe convictipn of tie Glasgow Cotton Spinners is a direct invasion of the rights of the labourmgT > opula ^ tion of this countrv . " '

      Mr . Daxicl Custom Tose to second Che resolution . Ke saidThal every man had a right to unite . That if the iand-loom weavershad united , they would not now be in that state of destitution which disgraced human nature . ( CheersJ The Cotton Lotos were 30 t imprisoned when they locked the miEs and made the people unwilling idlers for fifteen weeks . ( Cheers . ) " Xo : because they had the rich law to protect them . ( Hear , hear . ) He concluded by seconding the resolution . Sir . HIkdwick TAyioa said that though incompetent for ihe task , jet not an inch would he give to Tnore talented men m the advocacy of the rights of Ms order . { Hear , liearj and cheers . ) Not a man ^• ho had seen the whole . prQceedings , -who had read ihe Indictment , heard the evidence pro and cojv , and listened to the urgumentsof Mr . Feargris O'Connor

      -in his speech delivered to the Trades of London - could ^ ay that the men ^ ere . ^^ ty ^ . -Searching back ' twenty years , and after , afl raaly . a' majority of one , ( Great chferingO The . Cotton JJaisi had ^ hired a TtiB-n to" « anmit the 3 nnrderv , ( Cheers . ) " Heknew fhe Toice of the people would , have iio e ^ ct , but still lei us petition . / 'Lord Mufeave ' njightfbe a very . good Lord lieutenant ior Irelan 3 . ;; bnt wasl&Sl to be - given -npi ^ Ckeeisi ) iWasjtgrd John RusseU . wifh ma Hafrtr l < 7 flTpff * gpg ~ "f jgiiif . TTpon hig ' head to be -JbisSsd TSppafius to -preserve this appointment ? ii [ He ^ h ^ se ^ - ^ i' ^ i ^ veQple agitate , agitate , . -sag&ifc & ^ &ajrtjSc § wduld soon make oppression : ^ prmjj ieSft liM ^> : ffihggra . ) He concludedl » y move-^ •^ sgJ&t ^ laxwad ^ T ^ ohil lon . —^' That- fufe meeting < « 3 few 3 fl » sentence of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners " ^ inuilfeeiinrad'dJBgu st and indignation , ana thereby

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      p ledges itself to i use every exertion to restore fliejr janished brethren to the bosoms of their Mends and families , and flmt ajjetition embodying the re ' spbationsofthismeedng ^ epresentMtotheLeg islature . ' Mr . Chri 8 top&bb Deas , " of- Manchester ^ rose to second the resolution . He said he had ^ come upon prwate business to Preston but washappy toh&ve the opportunityof meeting men , of his order ; He was connected with th ^ Trades Council of Manchester * - _( cheers )^ -and would say that the treatmen . tof . the Cotton Spinners was unjust and done rattier to

      gratify malignant feelings than to avenge the insulted laws . It was a conspiracy to prevent working men from knowing their streagth : ( Hear . ) It was not a conspiracy or one section , but a . conspiracy : of the wholebody . The spies swore against the men ; the reward was offered not for the apprehension but for the conviction of the Cotton Spinners ; and yet after tbismock trial the men were hurried from theirwives andfamilies as if they were common felons , and as a further insult to the working , classes . ( Cries of shame . ) He ^ concluded by seconding the resolution the

      Mr . Robert L . Cobby rose to mo ^ e petition . He' said he did so with regret as no justice would be done to those men of his insulted order . ^ Cheers . ) See how the opponents of thepeople are united , and after their illegal unions the Basti ^ e did not await them but through their life of profligacy they lived upon the labours of the people . The two factions reminded Mm of the fable of Hie wolf and the bear which contending over the body of the fawn had the prey snatched from them by a greedy fox . Such was the position of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) The wolfe and the bear reminded him of the Whig and Tory factions , while the fox represented the moneymonger who took the prey which in justice belonged

      to the people . He concluded amid loud cheering . Mr . Thomas Broughill , rose to second the adoption of the petition . He a . sked , why the men should be torn from their families ? What crime had they committed , that the Preston Chronicle and Observer * should regret the mildness of the punishment . ^ They were railed the swinish multitude , bnt the swinish multitude would ere long give one grunt that would shake the sway of aristocracy . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He concluded by seconding the adoption of the petition . Mr . iloEERT Thompson' objected to the words harsh and severe , and begged to substitute the words absolutely unjust Mr . Hardhick Taylor then moved , and

      . Mr . Ct'RRY seconded the resolution , that the petition be sent for presentation to Lord Brougham in the House of Lords , and to Mr . Wakley in . the House of Commons . Ma . O'Coxxor then rose , and was receitfed with several rounds of applause . He entered fully into the case of the cotton spinners , showed the partiality of the trial and the injustice of thesen tence . He then commented upon the several speeches of the working men , and said that for manliness , eloquence and philosophy , they would do honour to the rotten House of Commons . He fully agreed with the working maa , wlio drew so beautiful a picture of his native country , ( Ireland . ) and he Loped , now that they were once aroused to the wrongs

      which the bravest , most geuerous , and most confiding people were . suLjected , that they should throw off their slumber , unite , and by their union make tyranny and oppression tremble . ( Loud cheers . ) Much stress had been laid upon the words of Lord Lyndhurst . while the treasonable acte of others were pompously gilded with the title of patriotism . It was the boast of xiie Irish gentleman to his guests that Ca-i-ar or Hover , or Muugo , was a sagacious dog—that he knew a beggar , h : ited tattered garments , and always hunted the pauperirom thfi door oi the ca > tk \ * _ TLese were Newfoundland doss aliens in language , and aliens in bljod ( loud cht-t-rs and" lauiihter ) : while the

      liuie liative enr , no alien in lansmase or in Llood , recognising the equal of his master in the person of e ;; cJi soJi : an- and care-worn pauper , j-. vroesly wagxed-Lis little " native tail , and bid the stranger welcoc-o to tue hearta of his scarcely less pauperised host . ( Continued cheers . ) Thusj was this disuu ' . oiu even between the dogs , perpetuated by the Cerberus . Daniel O'CouhpII . who fckes the potatoe , while he leaves the . skin to the barefooted , raiar iated , naked . ai ; J care-worn slave , tellin ? him at the : T ; me time , diat / jV , even / tts condition ' . " would be won-e by a l ^ jral provision out of Lis natural iuherij-ince . ( Ht-ar . hear . ) it was not poverty those men dreaded , —their horror was 1-st thut destitution upon which iLey yubsisted should be dispelled . " Skiel was jicoilit r of our Anti-Poor Law pntriots ; the ruau who . while Le denies relief to the pauper , at home , _ dresses the fragments from Greenwich Hospital in s : yle and sea ^ onini r , to CTace his festive and uic of

      b ^ aru . sthe p : Jate the pander . ( Trumeudvus applr-use . ) Mr . O'Coniior went at considur-Ujlelt-ngthinwthe state of Ireland , fully proving V . XSX llie % ya ' . i \ of Universal Suffrage was the caust ? of all t ' aeir calaniirics . and iinpls-red the Irish and Euglisn of the same order to be of ihe same " mind . He then alluded to the conuniitee to be appointed for tbe adjnstm-st of Trades' Unions , and pointed ont tLe little hope the people could entertain of any fsivourable decisinu irom sach a tribrmrO Air . O'Connor tLen iiilunncJ tLe meeting that he was not aware whether or no it \ va < 5 his privilege to 3 ] jp ? arbefore _ that coinmitreein the capacity of an advocate ; if it was , tueii Le would appear , s ' tandin ^ by them to thelasr . c . ihe unpaid defender of popular r ignts . { Deafenii ^ cLeers . ) lie then went at con - siderable lengtli into the p .: rt which the autliorities i and tLe preis Lad tukt-n in tbe case of the Cotton ! Spinners , and conrlucfd r . s peech of nearlv two hours length ami-I-t wn \ -I : ig c-f Jiandk-. rc ' uicf ^ loud ! f 1

      cheer * , and clRv ^ in sr < - ! . n-, ; , ]> - -. ( wr -k-i ,, v > , 4 ... " . cceer * . and ciRp- ^ mg r-f ! . a ;; , Js , after which the ineeung sepamtej . - . veil p ; ..-aii ? d v . ith the proceedings of the day . TEE DINNER . At seven o ' clock tin . " vrtirkiii ? men of Pro-ston ent- ? rfcined Mr . i ' tarirns O ' Ccniiur at a public dinner , riven at the Black liull . wLen r . vo hundr-.-d of the ^" t . vkhss people ai dov . n to an excellent and subsy . ' . ntial dinner . Sit . VV yining in the chair . When in- cloth , was rt-n ; : 'v-i * the " foliowiiijr t <> ns : s were dvnnk , e ; ich of which wss responded to Ly a working man SL-itct-d Ly the Committee " fur that p-arpo < e : — " ^ . P ^ 1 " ' ? ^ - \\ \ ' - -yitiniote source of all power . " " Ciril and religious libu-ny , may it soon become universal .

      " Tlie PiitriirJc Cuuauians , may tliey soon be a fie .- ajid iiai'Dv ; i-npie . " _ " The Trad .-. / Uju ^ .-s throEghout the v ,-orlti . mav i ~\ . ' \ - v . er remian -nrm to tLe cause- of iustice . " ' "Thepr inciples of il .-idicalism to their fullest ex-£ L-iit , viz : I liivmnl S-jim . -. ' , Aiiuaal Parliaments , Vo : e by Bnilox . So Property Qualification , and x- n-. al Repre ^ eniarioi :. " - Our distinroLiea tmest . F . O'Connor , Esq ., the unr . njehniir advocate of the people ' s rights . "" _ - ' The V . ' orkii . g Vm ^ ej : of all nations , crifeJs , and c-.- > : oiirs , may tli ^ -y y . ' ^ -luy outain their right .-. ' n - nuiy maintain t :: e . n . " " Ike yori . \ tr . ; 'y ; ur , m . iyits circularion he as exter . sive asils c ; ius . » L- ju > » . '* ' _ ; -T-. e Glasgo . v C-Uvu ^ nurT ? . and D . irche-ter v . ctiia ^ . may they s ^ v-jily ! -v reiiured to the bosoms ul their friend ? n . ' i '' •• -. ^ ii " .. c " '

      "Arrhpr O ' C ^ mcr , Esq .. the exiled patr iot , may .: e s ]) eedily return and live to see real justice done to Ireland . ' . " Thomas AVakley . Esq .. J . I . P .. and the honest representauves of " the peouie . " ^ "~ Mes ; Ts . Siii ' nuan ' Cra-. TfarJ . Castler . Stephen-. ur . - 'VAerK , and all tlie advocates of im r . dhts of wcrxiugmen /' " . " . " The Radical Associations throughout the Univer . ~ e . may success cro-vn their efiord . ' ' •¦ Messrs . Heiherhigti > n and Cleave , the martvred Ciiai :: p ; ons of a free prir-s . ' " Tne : » Iemory of ilenrs- Hunt , A . II . Beaumont . -Uajer Cartwriiht au-I : > Ir . Cobbett , in sulenui silence . "' ' After Mr . Cum- Ltd * ojken to the toast of Cottcn ^^ lnIiers , lTm J- ^ IlTC : i Ei . L Tusc > to Lear his res limony . to the of Trades Unionsto tlie iliioriWlir f oi i Lnio

      ^ v ^ ue , .-. ^ . t ^ ,, v ^ ue raaes :: s , to the deplorable str . te of the iiund-loom weavers , and to the unaccountable cuniinnhon wuich had taken place iu their wn ^* siaca he was a weaver himself . For doing tliat vlmrii returned him 3 c > - . per w-k t ' -ie-weaver of the present day received-Lat 2 s . 31 . ( Shame , shame . ) And yc't _ notwitb .= landh ! g tuis ffreat ' revolution , let uii wording iacn for a mo : r . ent " consider who it wa « mat was now ler . ding on the assault in the battle of capital against labour . It was the Bie Be ^ arman Darnel O'ConneH —( hear , hear , and three groans f .. r but he

      Mm ); hoped that the stand which ^ lr O Connor would Le able to make before the Com-Tnittee would irustrate the machinations of that ^ p ? r the people had nurtured in their breasts . Yes ! the people , when rouseJ , would make one gi «^ antic struggle , which would teach the "Whigs one wholesome truth , namely , that b ^ -ond the pale of the Constitution—the people ' s Constitution—there was no protection for either \ V"bjg or Tory . Air . Mitchc-U then commented upon the part which the Preston Chronicle had taken against the cotton spinners , and sat down loudlv cheered .

      A remarkably good-looking Irishman then rose , and said that he , like Mr . Mitchell , would never forget Daniel O'ConnelL ( Hisses and groans for him . ) He had that day heard Feargus O'Connor , the-eloquent defender of the rights of Irishmen , and fully agreed with every sentiment he had expressed ; and to his visits and addresses he mainly attributed the better feeling which was beginning to exist between Englishmen and Irishmen in Preston ; but in saying this , he m-o > t acknowledge that the Irisq nat ion owed a debt of gratitude to . Daniel O'ConneH ; aad . if he was now persecuting the Trades in Dublin , perhaps they deserved it . ( Hisse 3 and groans . ) Gentlemen , you may hiss , but I thank you for even the partial hearing you have given me , and have only to sny that I ain one of your own order . ( Hear , hear . )

      When-the health , of Mr / Feargus O'Connor was proposed , the whole company rose from their seats and responded to [ the toast with nine-times-nine cheers , wliich were again repeated , when the learned srentleman rose to return tliaulii .

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      Mr . I ' eab 6 CS ' 'O'Conm 6 » 'remmded ith ^ .-io 0 n > of Prestou of big first introdnction eunongst them , and of the manner . in , whictrtheir onion had been cemented . ; Alter .. cpmn ^ entlpg upon several of the ruj& of the Trade * AsaocwBpns , and after having describiNl ' the inanner in j ^ hichtbe pre-. sent system was calculated to riednce the T . wldn ' g classes to ' thesihiafipn of . beasts' ; of . burden he said ; that "he ¦ would then " answer ; the observations of ^ is , coohtryman witK reference to JMr . O'CohiieHV conduct during' the ' stniggle for Catholic Eqaajricipation . In the first -platse ' then he-would divide his pofitical life under two heads ; namely , in his cTffltfacter as agitator ; for « manjeipatioa looking for powei when honesty was not oniY the . bestbut tke . ) only ' P olicTr-.

      and then he jWonld review ; his polidcal 1 fi » during : that period when he was clothed yrith msore political authority than . " any . mail who ever , vent before him , and next h £ would' consider the purposes to i ^ hich that ' power ; was directed . ( H ^ ar jand c ; heerg . ) . First then he . would lay . it down as an uncohtrovertable fact that with ' apparent . ; religious equality , civil disabilities niaj ^ xist " while with perfect political equality all religions disabilities must cease . ( Hear , hear . ) MrvO'Connell , tk-en , for the shadow of emancipation sacrificed" the civil liberties of the Irish freeholders . ( Cheers , . and he did . ) Hisfriend , however said that the brand of slaHexy had been takenfrom Ms forehead . On what part thei ^ he Mr . Q'Connbr would be glad to know of the tremulous And modest

      maiden who ., was obliged to paxade . her : h ' alf naked self by the terms of O'C ^ nneU's mitigafed coemon bill to the foul inspection of '' an orange poncemah— - on what part of her was the brand placed which was removed from the forehead of his friend . ( Immense cheering , ) Was principal a thing which could be purchased by instahnents r Had not the Irish _ Catholic still the badge . ; of slavery upon his forehead in the obligation imposed upon hun for the support of that minister who denied his faith and execrated his creed . ( Repeated cheers . ) Had the Catholic pauper an equal chance of justice with the Protestant pauper ? ( Hear , hear . ) Had Mr . O'Connell shown any wonderful predilection for the value of his own creed , when after his humbug tour for the

      reform of the Lords , he gave the casting vote for the admission of two new bishops into the House of Lords ( great cheers and laughter )? Was not the essence of religion , or rather of impiety mixed up with his casting vote upon the Factories' Question , whereby he consigned thousands of little children ito the darkness of scriptural ignorance , at themoment that he lamented that the ' provisions : of that system precluded the possibility of the spiritual pastor administerine religious instruction to Ins flock ( cheers ) , He , Mr . O'Connor , was for relieving the Catholic from every species of disability under which he laboured , and for seeing him p laced tipon a perfect footing of equauty with his Protestant brother . Every office in the state should be open to him as

      fate should'decree' ( cheer ^ .- .. But if during Mr . O Connell ' s period of political power he could not lay his hand _ upon one single clause in the statute book conferring a benefit upon the peopl&of what use was his power to them ( hear , hear , to oppress us ) . Had he not ployed Mr . O'Connor and the Irish people a trick upon the Repeal of the Union ? Had he not deceivea them upon the case of the Dorchester Labourers ? Had he not cajoled and deluded them , notwithstanding his specious promises , upon the question of Canadian Liberty orCanadian Slavery ?—( cheers)—nnd to complete bis perfidy had he not well wound up the string which guided him through hivmazy oureer by making a wholesale transfer of the Trades to the ^ Moiieymonger and the Capitalist in ordtT that be may discount cheap Irish labour at the counter of his

      Njitional-Ras-Bank . ( Indescribable applause . ) Mr . O'Connor then revieweJ at considerable It-n ' gth the policy of England towards the Irish Catholics and concluded apowerful and heart-stirring appeal byplodging himself to a steady adherence to those * principles for which he had struggled and in die advocacy of which he was ready to lay down Ids life . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) Mr . McnPHy in responding to the third toast delivered a powerful address to his fullov / --workmen upon tlie policy of the pivsent Government towards the Canadians and the Trades ' ¦ Unionists . ¦ He clearly showed that the wlsbli ? system wasbased up < m the principle of dmde and conquer , and that tlie Canadians were oppressed for aspiring to those privileges , fiiom the loss of which the people bud become ii easy prey to the monied order in the state . ( Cbeers . )

      Mr . O'CoNxon , in returning thanks upon -behalf of his uncle , created a sensation amongst bis hearers , which we have never seen equalled in any public assembly , and thus . ¦ concluded '¦ the most Wirtsrirring appeal we ever heard . " But hold , " -. " said he , " O'Connell has said that Arthur O'Connor wns a trjiitor , and thon « rh his horror of bloodshed made him rejoice that bo was not hung , Vet his low of justice told him that bo merited banishment . And O'Connell is an 'honourable man . '" ( Oh ! Oh ! and great sensation . ) Mr . O ' Connor tlieir proposed ' , the health of the charman , who ' 'briefly .-returved thnilks . wlli » T > flip friTlijinny ^ - > pnr « vtoj ivt- ' lO o ' olixik , ail expressing themselves mure than . pleased with the evening ' s entoitainmeut , nnd nearly every one of themha \ ingtakenaheany si > nkeoftheliandaudfar < . ' - well of their guest . Thus ended a festive day , which reminded the men of Preston of the good old times " When cverv rood maintcinod its man . "

      During his stay in Preston Mr . O'Connor receive : deputations from several of the Trades , and raised their drooping spirits by i ; n assunince of the success of the cause .

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      FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . IX BOLTOX . On Tuesday night last , a public meeting of ilu > inhabitants of the Borbush of Bolton assembled at the Little Bolton Town Hall , in- ' pursuance of a placard announcing that Feakgus O'Con . vor , Esq .. would a « 3 v ! rcss them upon the subjects of tbe ( J . las-^ 'ow Cotton . spinners , Universal SuiiVrme , and the >" i'W Poor Law Amendment Act . The room \\ : l .-crowded . Several persons wpre proposed and « . uconded to occupy the . situation of chainnau , but they individually declined . At length , Mr . O'Coxxon ro « e and / aid , that this was his first .-appe ;\ rance in Bolton , and because he came there . as tlu " advocate of tbe working classesno one could be

      , found to act as chainnan ; but , if it had been a meeting to coerce the labouring classes , no difficulties would have been experienced , as the vVLig and _ Tory party would alike have soon found a chairman , who would have been subservient to thwr views . Tliis was not the first time he-had . stood upon a platform when there had been no chainnj'ii to conduct the business of the meeting , and he trusted that there would be no necessity for one . and that every geiiUenian present would conduct , liimself in such a mannt-r that a chairman would be cltogetber unnecessary . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) " lie found , by the placard announcing the meeting , tint be had to dwell upon three ' . distinct subjects ; the h ' r » t was the Glasgow Spinners , tbe

      men whom tbe public press termed convicts , but he crilled tliPin Scotch patriots ; the next subject wns Universal Suffrage , and the other the New Poor Law Act . Mr . O'C . then proceeded to make some remarks upon the Button Free Press—that journal baring made some strictures upon his speech and conduct at Manchester , and also having pointed out-the course he should pursue , had said thnt he ought to avoid making any attack upon the middle classes . He . was open ' to conviction , and if the editor of the Free Press could convince him that he was wrong , he would willingly submit to tbe superior judgment of that individual It was there stated that be ( Mr . O'C . ) had said that even with universal suffrage , the people of this

      country would not be able to get rid of bad laws . iSJovr he never propagated any such doctrine . The report had been taken from the Manchester Guardiun , and was not true . It reminded him of the village story of ilifi old lady , who was sick , and bad parted with a great quantity of black bile , which became so magnified by repetition , that it at length was ¦ : nid that she had been delivered of three black crows ( laughter ) . His political course was before them , and he defied them to point out two sentences that he had ever uttered in his life , which w- ? reincousistem .-svfth eoch other , and that during bis career in the House of Commons for three years , he had ever given a vote at variance with the ' interest < of the working classes . He contended that

      the members of the-Hous ^ qJ Commons were no friends to thp people , and' . thai . fh ' e majority of them were decide ^ enemies to the working classes ;* . - -He ' would now advert to theobject for which they had assembled—the five Glasgow cotton spinners . He was the first to stand by them , and he would be the last to desert them ; Theirs was a glorious union of the working classes against . capitalists . By the aid of irorking ^ the latter " were enabled to revel in luxury whilst the labouring man , the producer , was left desolate and destitute . The blow , was not aimed at the uie cotton spinners who had been transported , but at the order . to which those individuals had belonged;—it was . aimed at the whole associate ! unions throughout , the country ^ He was told by the Free Press not to preach th , a doctrine of physical force . He never did advocate anv such doctrine : —

      but was always , bf opinion that the people were capable of effecting their wishes b y mbralforce . ' He had always stood by the people m the advocacy of taeir rights , and he would not suffer theni to advance one step by his advice , but he would be one foot before them . He had always said that physical force would redound against them . Mr . O'Connor then alluded in feeling terms . to the men who were incarcerated in the . hulks , whose . only crime was that of suppoitingitheir own- 'labour . He had journeyed two thousand miles on their behalf , to defend them from the atrocious attacks of the press , and from the machinations of the capitalists ' : and political economists , who wished to reduce them to the minimum or sts-rvation point of subsistence . The masters felt it to be then * interest to compel men to work such hour- ' that the markets became over » tock-

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      ecl v and instead of «^ ty 0 ^ s ^ in | wit bu ^ lS ^ dO ) where . 'p erh ^^ - -on& :- ^ aix--oot '' 'pr ' aii ^ snn 3 '' onlV would he a islaye , weithd a- thousand slaves to one master—manufacturer < and i greaf , ; slave owner . The affair ofthe GlasgowJSpin ^ erL w , a 9 merely ; a trial to s ' ee how the capitalists ci > uld pufe down ) tie whole ^ system of unipns , ( shame ) a ^ dm this Whigs and Tories were both pnited . f wir object wa * , to reduce society to two qlassea- ^ -tlie rich oppressor and the poor oppressed ^ Twhic } i thii ^ ^ science o £ iiM > i ^ ' latibn , through the , boasted ' march ' of intellect w ^ s benefitting the higher-classes , were the 'wbrk % ' g classes to stand still ? Of w ' hat value would the great and mighty ^ changes wbich veerfr taking ; place through the operations of science be . ^^ if the ^

      labouring classes . ; were ) to have no share in theih ? He attended the trials of tfe Glasgow cotton spinners throughoiat the / whble of theproceediogs , if he had been one-p'f ¦ the jttry' t <>/ try the witnesses , he should not have hesitated to find theni guilty of perjury . It was not a question of politicsi with regard to the iunions , but which could " wring inpst put of the blood , bones , sinews , and marrow of the wbrking classes . Who had been engaged , iagainst it , to plead against the Glasgow / spinners , ^^ ^ and seven " otthejurymen—had signed a petition for the mitigation of the sentence against them . If they had : been tried in England , the jiuy would have been unanimous , but in Scotland-it was different , as the majority ttierii decided upon the verdict there riyen : but the case

      was one of the rich against the pbor , and oh ! what a chance had ' the poor man , when the court was held iu hell , and the devil was theJudge . ( Laughter and cheers . ) It was unnecessary to submit the case to the House ^ of Comnions , when that body deemed it necessary to put down , such a system : of combination and murder , as they terined " it , - - ' and whai was the nature of the evidence against the Glasgow spinners . Why ,-r-piie man : started that he had sold canistersj to three : men who looked like cotton . • spinners ' . Another , that he had sold bullets to those , men who appeared tobe -cotton spinners ; and another individual swore that he saw three men walking in tbe street together , very like cotton spinners . ( Laughter . ) They thus made it into a secret

      society of three * and men were tempted to perjure themselves in hopies of sharing the £ 600 re \ vard , which had been otfered for the cbnvictiqn of these uniorttmate inen . He bad been frequently in company with these men , and he never met with more industrious ..-and intelligent persons in his lifev He lipped that if they attempted to suppress Trades ' Unions , ^ here one existed now , there would be five . They complained pf their societies being secret j but let any one ask Lord John Russell , to be admitted into a Cabinet Council , and what would be his answer ? Y ^ by , that iio one but members could be admitted , and those who were admitted into the . Queen's '; I ' rivy Council were sworn not to divulge any thing that occurred there ; but the very moment

      the working clawes . ^ established a secret society for their own profeclioti vjit s \ vas declared to . be . ' -illegal ,-and they ware" transported . The case of tbe ¦ . working , classes was never so desperate as at this moment , and might God of his infinite mercy deliver them from the . tyranny of the thr ? e DftvilsofSomerset IIouse , who had , through Parliament , -ruthlessly taken away the power PfTandlordN , nnd . magistrates to relieve tLe poor , in order to reduce the working classes to such a statpof submisriioriby . starvation , that they would not have spirit to resist the machinations ofi capitalists ana political economists . God . had created equal rights / and equal- laws for tlie rich as well as the poor , and •'• woe be to-them that attempted to destroy : those rights . Tbe Whiffs when

      out ot oitice bad been the rallying point for the people . They declaimed against Hogging in the army , and they advanced doctrines fcr adopting nnd practising ot which- they now were lit office , transporting those who were tlie means of placing : theni in office Wlic-ii they .-wjiiited to '' secure , places and pensions and . political power , even under Lord Giey , the aristocrats they affected great admiration at thote fine things , : thu political Unions at Leeds , Birmingham , : ind-other places ; In ! he processions of these Unions they had . the King ' s head represented with an axe over it ; but now they were in office , Lord Grey , or rather the Whigs , wished all mounrebs to stand urect , ¦ find prosecuti ' , 1 the very ; power which . had raised tutm into existence , with a fecocity that could not be

      . surpassed by the bloody edicts of Nero . Mr . O Connor next alludod to tJniversal Suffrage , and asked ' why thusi ; sitting before him should be denied the pnvilt-ge of being represeuted in Piwliament ^ -oJ what use was the elective franchise if the working classes . could train nothing by it ? The laws were in . ade tor the protection of nil , and all ought to partinprtte in the benefit ? . But the aristocracy- of this country . wi' ^ living ; - partly upon the industry and partly upon the dissipation of the people . If the ginpalaces find thii public-houses were siiut up , Goveru-U ' -tMjt . conld not . vtaiuUlie ' sbock for one yenvi The people might ^ p abrofid-r migbt live , iii idlenetft- —tin as they thought proper , provided they only increased the-h . vcheqr . er-, Init it was indirect taxation which prts-ed lKont heavily upon the ' people . If the

      taxgat . iercr-wt-T ' e to coine every Saturday ni"ht , and demand Uii ? share claimed for fte reveiiKe , lie would be )¦ . Hool .-c . ! ( l <>\ vn , b » t us it u-nsihp peoplo wore defraud-! ' ! l , without being immediately sensible of it . But they peojilu were told that they wanted knowledge , ™ d bpnng Rice w ;; s ready to tell them about the seven wonders of tho world , Ifv however , the svstem ot taxing knowledge were carried into : effect , the People would be heavil y taxed . —If my Lord Mel-¦ liounie . were to take his brain-gauge and . begin with the lu'iul of sfijne scion of the -aristocracy ,- he would hud "« ' /' -no brain . s-there , ; but as he descendt-d , he would find brains incivnse . until he got to the poorest , the . working classes . 'rhe \ Vlii . « s themselves . used to suy , that the people were the legitimate . ;¦ -source of all power , and they spoke' the truth , altbotigli they now want to crush the pooplo .. They .-complained of tbe uqmived .- habits of the poor , who coimuitted the : r excesses in the l / road face uf dtwwhilst the wealthy

      , on t eir carp-ted floors concealed thvir vices from piiblvc vitnv . m gaming-houses and ' -brothels . Air . Ot . ; u ! ve : u > d to the tlistres-ed " scute " of the . Uaiid-ltiom weaver , who had to walk nine miles for two yLilun-s a-week , and observed that he did not rare-to what county u man belonged , or of what cri-ea be w ; vs , he would call him his friend , if he woukl . unite for the maintenance of his rights . 13 ut the ( Joverninvnt sought- to deprive them of" their Imth-ngUt . Would Lord John Hussell lilce to be sejiaratetl from his wife and smiling infant ? ( No , no . ' ) I ^ ut they had made one law for the rich and another for the poor . 'But-let not the Tories flatter themselves that they were i-cnthele ? s . If lie devoted five hours to tb-. \\ bigs , he would if needs be , devote twelve to the Tories . He q > oke of Conservative operatives , who mightJbesaul to wuar . ' -a-goldlaced bat , with iare feet . ( Laughter . ) But who were they :- ( llina-bnilifts . ) They carried all he coni in

      . unea n-uox , and they were drilled by the overlookei-s oftue nulls , and the inaster . s listened in ti . ieir Gouiituig-house co the tales of -th ? ir spii > s . He wisnadthem . all to have a good day ' s work . If the ( . overnment huawisbfidto ¦ ladiiitaju the popukrity tliey had acquired when , out of office , they should have d-giuiizecl at least tWty meinbers Tnote in opposition to the Nov .- Poor Law Act , and not have iett . it for the Tories to do ,, ( Cheers . ) When he was in the Iloiii-e-. of . Cumm ' pjis , lie made it fipbiut to read every -petition ; before the Members had dined ; it was of no use to do it afterwards . Tlie JNlembers there fou ; , 'lit like cat and do ^ r , butns sooiv as they ? ot outside the walls they shook" hands as Barristers do . ( Cheers . ) : Tle < iaye-up the practice of tlie lnw .

      because the members of it were forced to such dishonpurablo ; practices . Mr , O'C . then alluded to the vanous ranks in life held by the Alembers of the House : ot . Commons , all of whonv were seeking how they rXr ^ people . In speaking ot ' inachiuery , Mr . O C . said that , properlv directed , itw puldbea blessing instead of a curse , and the time of labour niight . 'be reduced front twelve to four hours a day : but not whilst From 1 , 000 to 4 , 000 inciividuals were the slaves of one man . The economists had told the people that the time \ vas not come ; th » y must have " national education" first . They give the people education to , mak > up for What they liave robbed them of . He considered that the people already possessed knowledge , and the working classes were decidedlthe

      y most virtuous aiid educated part of the community . He had received a classical education , and had been at college , but lie never obtained any real knowledge tillhe mixed with the working classes , Mr . O'Connor then in severe terms animadverted upon the evils of the New Poor Law Act , and drew apathetic picture of the separation of the nearest and dearest , relatives by its . pperatipn . . He' said that he stood side by side \ vith the immortal .: Cobbett , and voted against every clause of that infamous and . cruel Act . He again alluded to the > limculty : of obtaining a chairman . They were afraid to couhtenace Fear ^ is O'Connor . V There were plenty of milk-and-water Radieak who Were at first afraid , but their own bowels were now working with remorse

      at not-having had the manliness to come forvrard at nrst . He pledged himself that the next time he came to Bolton he should not want supporters . ¦ •• He asked for no further suppbrtthan the justice of their common cause . He was still ready to fight'the batUe of labour against capital , and if necessary to » i - % » r ' ca ^ j' j , After s ? me farther observations , Mr . O C . cpncluded by stating his reasons for having placed . hiruself . at the head of the first provincial paper m the kingdom , the Northern Slar . It would be a vain attempt on ourpart to describe the feeling that pervaded the meeting ; at the - close of Mr . O Connor s acldress . When the hurrahing : and clapping of hands had subsidedy an / unanimous vote of to

      manKS was given Mr . O'Connor for his service * , and attention to the interests of the working classed Mr . O'Connor briefly returned thanks ; Mr . Ballantvne , editor of the liptton ^ Free Press > then addressed the meeting , in explknatibii of the paragraph alluded to by Mn O'Connor , in tlie \ fV «« Press , which appeared perfectly ; satisfactory , and both gentlemen shook hands . The meeting then terminated . [ The | obd people of Bolton paid their : £ 2 for the report of this meeting , and , as Mr . Cobbett would say , " a precipiis bargain they Have for their money : " it is as mxich like Mr . O'Connor ' s speech as a pig is to a wheel-barrow . ]

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      ' ' ¦ ' . " ¦ ¦ ' , '¦ : ' " "* i " ' - . '¦ \ ' :- '~ . ¦ : ' ¦ '¦ \ : ¦ '' .. - ' ' . ' - ''"' . "• ' ¦ ¦ '••' " ' ¦ ' ' ¦ . " . - . ••• ' . . \ i . '' '¦ : ¦¦ . i '" v ; The adjburne ^ nieeting . of ifo ; Workiiiff Men ' s Asspcjatfpn to petitionHbioth Houses of Parli * m ^ : ;^; i » ' 4 ^; -i «^ l '' jtf : ^^ i ^ - , i > ooi »^ XA « r Ato ^ name ^ B > tt , was held in thejarg ^ hall , ' of the ¦ Jk . Ke ' B < t ^ &l&&geiM 7 fagiite , ouMonday eyening atsevett ^ o ' clock i when the room was . crowded ; to excess ^ :-. . -v : ' ¦¦; v- - ;' , v . . ' . ¦ , v . - : ; -- - ;¦ : \ : \ ¦ ¦ . •' - ¦; ¦ - , ;; ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦' /' . ' : ¦ ¦' . rMri / STUBBa-iniheckiair . . ' ' . o v ,. ';; ; .:-, ' . ' . ¦ - ' : yViiUDE openedthe 1 ju « ines 8 of tlie ^ meeting , by reading ^ the ^ resolutionsyandm ittTreryablespfeecli cbnfejndedithat the poor di 4 not eat ' -m > au the rates usually coljectedj-under the 43 rd of © izabeth '; but that constables and other officials , in townshins

      received their sajaries ; from the Poor Rates , bfcsides law expensies , in defending ; the-nght of settlements and : t > a 8 tardy cases , - . % Mchhe proved b y stating i a : case of aprihcipaVtown in ffie : West Biding , ' jsrluch heiha 3 d once .-partlytoiiaabii ^ g ^ i fpr one year ; he said the expenses that yyere : m < Mi ^ d ^ l > y iffi (; . "to ' w % ;'' ' were paid by fee overseers but of the 'rates ,. about £ 300 . He then took a review of the "Working of tHe mis ^ called' Poor Law AmendmentiUill { ' he shewed , the miserable dietary table of the Baddies , which was onlyigradnal Btarvation ; this he proved by stating it base which , took place near ; BburneV in Lincplhshiirei of a man who , rather than go into the .- 3 ' ' tile ' would lay down and die at once ; ( Hean hear . ) he in

      Some d ^ ys after was found dead a field . ( Loud expressions ofhorrprfrpm allparts " of the room . ) He then went on to stale-that he knew for a fact , that . in some villages in Lincolnshire , the farmers , rather than let the poor go into the Bastile , took their turns about , and kept them Put of their ow ; u pockets , besides paying the'rates- to support the Bastile . He theri ; stafcd that the city ^ of York >? as blessed with one of the £ 300 gentlemen ^ who the other day went into a respectable shop to enquire for a man servant , to take care of hiscarriage and horses , whose wages would be £ 40 per annum , besides meat ; when at the sanies time the villain says that 6 s . per week was quite sufficient for an able bodied labbUrer . ' . '

      Mr . Pawson followed in a very energetic speech . Mr . Lundy then addressed the meeting , stating that he opposed that part of the first resolution } which said that the affairs of the parish was coridiicted to the satisfaction of the ratepayers , and stated that he was opposed to that part of the system of the Guardians , which confined the poor children on the Humber bank , and said that he bad often spoke to one of the Guardians to let some bf the old men take the boys a / walking for an hour , or twoeveryday . Mr . Moloney followed in a very humpursome speech , in which he stated that in the year 1688 , the national debt was established v whicb . causes most of the miseries of the present day * He took asliort review of the operations of the Corn Laws .

      and then compared the state ^ f thepeople ofAmerica with the people of England . He was frequently cheer « d . tiirougliout . .. . . Mr . Wilson followed him in a very temperate speech , iii which he stated that the time was now Come , for the working " millions to take their affairs into their own bauds , and stated that if the working classes would act for themselves , they never need be afraid of Bastiles , for it was working men that built them , and if they refused ; they Could not be built at all . He asked how it was possible to . expect any thing good from either Whig or Tory , for although they seemed to disagree in . the Houseof Commons , they were friendly out of itythey had-agreed to disagree .

      Mr . Peck then addressed the nieeting , and stated that he had been a Guarilian for Austin Ward for three years , and that Mr . Lundy ' s objections were rery true ; but he said what couLlyou expect where the busineBS was done in secret , and that he had tried for three years to have the ; court thrown open , but without success ; Wt he had so far prevailed that he carried a resolution , . that the clerk of the court was to send an account of tke traiisactious ol the court to the Hull newspapers ; but as . soon as he left it was done away witti . He then said that he had satin court with one of the Poor Law Commi . s-ii ) iier ? -, in the year 1835 , when be was inquiring whether they would come under the New Poor Law ? He was told by the solicitor fbr the parish , that

      they relused his offer ; he said that he was very sorry that they refused ; but that the law would soon give him power , that he should not have to ask them .. He said that 2 s . Id . per week , which the poor cost in Sculcoates parish , was a great deal too much , ' and that the poor in the Hull parishes lived well ; but he pitied the poor rate payers . Mr . Peck then read two letters ? fi-om tliat tried friend of the people Col . Thompson , on the present aspect of afiairs , and said , that the gallant Colonel was marked , for the-¦ Secretary of State , had been writing to him ; to know if his speech was correctly reported ; but he said that if they did molest him , there would be a

      thousand hearts rise in their bosoms , and a thousand swords from their Scabbards . ( Loud cheers , which continued sometime . ) He concluded by proposing thivo clieera for Col . Thompson , which was acceded to by ¦ the meeting , with three times three . . Mr . AVilde proposed , and Mr . Cowem seconded , that ^ petition ' s to Parliamenr . signed as numerously as possible be . presented . by William AVilberforce , Esq ., and supported by Sir Vt . C . James , as they pledged theiiLSclves at the last election , to ' . vote for its total repeal , and that the Earl of Stanhope present it to the House of Lords , and Lord Teynliarn be requested to support the same . Carried unanimously .

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      Combinations and Strikes . -Weunderstand , from pretty good authority , that her Majesty ' s Government have now under consideration the question whether or not the combination lavvs ought to be repealed , or some new enactment adopted ' by the legislature for checking " Secret . Associations , ' " and punishing more effectually the lawless acts' committed in name of Trades' Unionists , : &e , &c Some new law or other is essentially necessary to protect the trade and commerce of the country- , 'ia ' well ^ as . the honest artizan engaged therein , irp ' tn the domination and tyranny , and gross , but no less ferocicus dogmas now entertained in too inany

      quarters . We rejoice to see Mr . O'Gonnelibattling away on this subject at Dublin in the way lie is doing . The senseless fiends may yell and hoot against him ; but , Mr . O'Connell is raising himself higlier and higher in the estimation of all good nien by the powerful and dauntless talents he ' -has brought to bear on those questions , which , in truth , involve the best interest of the working classes themselves , if some of them , falsely called the leaders , had only the wisdom or the knowledge to see it . But the mists of . delusion will soon pass ; away . —Scotch Reformers' Gazette . [ We give this that our readers inay taste the sweets of middle class Liberalism . — Eds . MS . ] . - -. . - ¦ . ; ¦ :. ,: ¦ : .

      Important to the Linen Tra : de . —the French Government is preparing tp inflict a . fatal blow on one of the most important branches of our commerce and manufacture . ^—namely , ; the Linen trade . That Government means , it appears , to greatly increase the duties upon all British Linens and Yamsi imported into France . Indeed , the intended increase is from 10 : to 15 per cent * -ail vuhrem , above the present duties on Yarns ; and from 40 to 50 per cent , on mariufactured Linens . ' These will be , in fact , prohibitory duties . It cannot , therefore , be concealed that the efiect will be most prejudioial to the manufacturing and commercial interests of the United Kingdom ;— but , more particularly , to those of our own country . The Linen and Yarn trades , now afford remunerative

      occupation to many thousnnds in the North of Ireland , who will , by the contemplated change in the French duties , be seriously injured if not altogether thrown outof employment . It is , then , the imperative duty of all who are interested in tfee future prosperity of this country to assemble forthwith and call upon her Majesty ' s Government tp make the most strenuous exertions to avert sucha natipnal calamity . Our columns shall at all times be ¦ open to the suggestions , and communications of the practical men engaged iu the trade in Drogheda ,- —who are , we are proud to say , both numerous and intelligent . —Drogheda Argys , A Man of Weight . —Mr . Poldero was one of the stoutest men in Suffolk . At his funerallast week

      , , from the immense size of the ™ fiRn At , ioO nee * , irom the-immense size of the coffin , it ivas found impossibl e to conyey it to tb * grave in a hearse . A bier of immense strength was therefore constructed for its removal ; and the coffin 'being placed thereon , it was moved by twenty-four bearers who . were relieved at frequent intervals . It is stated that ihe weight of the body arid its encasements of wood and lead was 136 stone , and that the width across the shoulders was three feet tvvp inches . % ^ Occident by FiitE ^ OW Wednesday morning last , between eight ahduine o ' clock , a very elderly lady , named Marchant , residingin Chevy * terrace , Holloway , raad . was staridinff with her back to th

      e | re , speaking to her uiece , when the hind part ot her dress ignited , and in a few seconds she was enveloped from head to foot in flames . By wrapping her round , with a quilt the fire of her apparelwas extinguished ;; but although she had sustained : but comparatively slight injury , the frightproduted such an effect that she expired in about three-quarters of anhourafterwards . : '¦;'¦ ^ ¦ ¦ ' ; ¦ Divorce . - ^ " I ve a friend who wants to get divorced , ' said a gentleman to a legal friend , "low ' s he to set about it ? " a If he ' a : rich , go to DbctorW Poaimons , and provided ^ lie can ; prove the . hecessarv

      i-cts , he ; may ddit for a thousand pounds . " '' But mrs poor , sir . " ' "In that ease , " said the lawyer ' ¦ - ' tie must go ' .. to his workhouse , where , without Paving any crime against his wife at all , they will divorce them directly . "

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      FEMALE MEETING AT MIDDLETON . , On the 8 th instarit a meeting of females was held m . Ebenezer Chapel , Middietoii , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Queeii for the repeal of that obnoxious measure falsely denominated " The Poor Law Amendment Act . " -.:- . ¦ - ¦ : ¦ ¦ - ¦ -. ; ¦ ¦ V-. - ., ¦ - ;¦ ,. - ,. - ¦ ¦ ... ; :. - . , - , - ;;/ ... . The attendance was more nximerous ^ than ccmld be expected from the shortness of the notice , tmd one spirit of inild and determined opposition to this hated law : seemed to animate every bosom . After addresses from the Rev . John Hart , Mr . Thomas

      \ Vild , and Mr . Robert Ward , the following resolution was passed unanimously : — " That a petition shall be prepared for presentation to the Queen , and transmitted to Earl Stanhope for that ' purpose . " " A committee of females was then formed ! the petition prepared , ; the slieets carried : from door to door , arid this most iateresting document , ' containing an affectionate addresis to her Majesty , with 2 , 000 signatures , is already pn the way- to his Lordship ' s residenc » vinGreatStanhope rstreet , London , accompanied with many anxious prayers and good wishes for its arrival ^ and a kind reception . ' --when it reaches its final destination . .

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      O'CONNELL AND THETEISH POORi AWS ; ( From the Drogheda Argus . ) - Oh , how often in describing the condition of Ireland has Mr ; O'Connell , in his own powerful colouring , depicted the wants and miseries of her pauper population ! How often baa he told Englishmen of their perennial famiae and periodical destitution , and all the horrors of those seasons of utter want and starvation thatbavebeen so inevitable in their visitation on the wretched , people . ; And yet with all this before bis eye ' s , ! aye , and with the conviction too , that every man in Ireiarid . knows the same j he _ comes forward in a Britiah Seriate ^ and declares himself opposed ; to the very principle of any legislative or permanent relief for the people - 'in- their hour of : destitution ana helplessness . / He tells us that the establishment of a Poor Law will destroy

      the exercise of private charity , and weaken those ties of kindred and affection that are now so powerful among the Irish peasantry . He talked and no doubt truly , of " the care of parents over their children , andfne affection of children for their parents \ brothers refusing to go abroad when tempted bv "hi gh Amencan wages , because the ; mother -was alive or the sisters unmarried , " Are not these rather arguments in favour of , than against the principle of a -fopr Law ? Is it because there are in Ireland charitable hearts and benevolent feelingy , that strain their own pittances and limited means to relieve the wants of others , that the burden of the country '? pauperism is to be left exclusivel y upon them , while tbe heartless aristocrat and unfeeling landlord Shuts his iron , gates and threatens to let loose his ^ vatch dogs ifa beggar approaches his lawn ? : : - ~ v

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      THE GOV OTOR AND TlS : EEBEfc . lie ; " rebel Mackenzie , according to newspaper authoi ^ ty ^ . failed m business a good many years ago , spmewhere ^ in the neighbourhood of Dundee : and when the : \ V lugs and Tories were rakine up old calumnies and forging new ones against the min , it was announced with supreme satisfaction that he had been been a bankrupt . That was deemed su ^ ficient to damn him , ; - ; knoww , too , had beet a bankrupt ;_ and what respectable person cbuld ; say ^ i ^ pur of ^ cause so disreputably patrog ^ W ^ d ^ at Mackenril , in ptocfes of tim , saved enough of . moriey to pay ids creditors ; scene of his former difficulties B ^ <««^ Qv ^^ th * oid

      ^ clauns agarnst . him . But- this was a ^ ebian mode of proceeding . Mark the difference between S ^ ^ f one of the Aristocracy , a person ^ lnelast \\ est India mail brings ; the foUowing account lrpm Trinidad ^— ¦ ^ ? - : ¦ :, . i « 2 f ?; ; F ^ ' * % ° veriior of that island , was indebtedto Messrs . Rundell and Bridge , since the year Jf 2 o , pna bond for £ 381 .: Is . 4 d . ^ ith interest tTomthe date ; which bemg unsatisfied , they sued his Excellency in the law courtsof the isf and under his Goverument He pleaded his privilege in bar ( is not being : subject to ike jurisdiction of the CottfU The plea , _ h ^ wfever , was ; overruled , ; and jud < Tnent recorded for the plaintiffs . The renort iaS ^ t Sir intended

      ueorge to appeal ; D 1 It the Barbadoes paper remarks , > A mucjvbetter mode of geSnl rid of the transachpn would be to pay the debt " ^ 1 OTm wS ?^^ ' ^ adoes ; " papet is evidently a feM of *} ie Mackenzie stampf He thinks that ^ ir Geoboe Hill ough t tp paylu s debts , especially hp . 18 the ^ unreme Magistrate of theiSanlanuprb-^ WnstWcompelledtft do an / tbln ^ so ^ e-SS ^ ^ his-digni ^ . And- therein HesV very Tl ° T J ? f ^^ rence between- Governor Hill arid R ^ lM ^ ckenae . VBut then , Mackenzie 2 one of rtw

      wfc ^ r * . no" pnnlege to cheat , and & ^?^ ? ? in ***** ¦ ¦ «» *^* - throW in SSn' ^* - " i ^ ' WQ « eas Sir George Hill ^ s XI T ^ fM * genflemaH , and belongs to a chque ^ ho- thmk it no smtp hilk tradesmenf I ^ o the ^ 'orld wags . Yet- there may be some old . fashioned personsi who , afteralL ; think the outlawMac-Kenae on Navylslandi quite as reputable as Governor Hill at Tnmdad . Rundell arid Bridget we darb amrm , would as soon trust one as the other . The rebel ^ conscience was mo re potentihnv ( the Governor ' s bond . —Simctctior , v 7 i

      Bet^Maj ^Arltamenti .

      BEt ^ maJ ^ arltamenti .

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      lS ' **~*** BGiiJES 3 mcEBBtoP iaz 3 HC * V * B * BfHICVnlTPf ^ n ' ' ' me eopDiiORi } ecSSojF ^ i l ^ a ; Lorton -has addressed | he following letter te the tenantiy on ^ his Boyla and Rockingham estatev—. ? ' After vft ; lpng and , close residenqejoif abbot thirty * eigh ^ jea ^ tippn the estates which deVplyed to in « SSS'St' ^^ S , ^ ^ WP ^^ e © f nearly SSmfiQQ , during flat period , m tibp , emplayjngnt Of the people , it is not presumptuous ia me to say that I | must be well , aware of the ; truft chiracter of the C 0 nhtry , and tbjB prigii of all the misery and ^ retchedness that pervades it , /; \ y . V ; f '' Although no distinctions , whatever have hitherto been xnadte amongat the ^^ tenamtry , arising from differenpe ? fbf religipn- ~ yet , mbst urihippify , such an eiouiQpl ^^ fiK % . 8 O ; . many- year >! has jnpt enlarged the minds and undertftandings of the people , go as to

      induce ; them to ; Teject : wita abhorrence the yile arid dreadful ins tniptipns so cdnstwitly- ; administered : t » them , | tad whicH have beca ^ ibrici ^ acts ; ' that would disgrape f cpuntries where the name of Jesus Christ has never , been heard . ; : >;; ., ¦ ; ! 'VUppri a full cbnsideratiori of this dreadiul state of things , I feel that it has become iny duty , as landlord , ; to mark mjdetes therefore ,-in cohseQuence pf - the savage and brutal murder pf poor James Fairbanks , I have directed my agent to call m every fartinng tii rept whici . may be due by thfe tenants in that . partjof the county of Sligo ; and also to give notice that , ; aaitheleases drop in , every man shallbe at once ejected from the land he now holds , provided a conviction of . the murderers does not take place at tlie next ' generalassizes .

      '•* In cbnclqsipn , the tenantry upon every part of thfjestales axenpyr informed that it is my dfetermmation to act in a similar-manner wherever barbarous outrages are committed , without such infonnafibn U given as will ensure the conviction of the offenders : who rely for safety upon a system of combined secrecy , which I am determined , as far as may be in niy powers to eradicate . ; ^ LORTON . " By : the late decision of the House of liords , Lord Lortori succeeds to £ 6 , 000 per annum in the county iii SUgo , as also to the possessioia of a very considerable suminready money . In consequence of the demise of the late-lamented ppwa § er Countess Rosse , Ladj Lorton also becomes entitled ,. remainder to her second son , the ; Hon . KTafdman King , to a large estate ; in the county of Longford . By these eventsj we have reason to know the Conservative interest in Sligo will receive an accession of from sixty to severitr MOtes . ^ -Dublin PaclceL : :

      NPw , none we : submit can read thig , without exclaiming , with Othello , "Good—good : the justice of it pleases . (> < ' - ^ fpr what can be ; comparable in pomi of justice toindiscriminate ejection of hundreds of poor creatures , because some one or other has committed a crime ? A man is murdered in a certain part . of the country ; it is suspected that some one residing in that part of the country is the murderer : therefore , justice prescribed that , unless some one be hanged for that murder . before a certain number of days have elapsed , all liying in that part of the cbtmtry f . hall be not only ruined , but branded as accomplices of the murderer ; for such must of necessity be the case If they be ejected , because the murderer hag notbeen discovered , seeing that every man applying

      lor a new ; holding wiH . be naturally regarded as one who was driven from the old one on suspicion of being _ concernedin this murder . This is making ; the innocent suffer for the guilty with a vengeance ! but even this is not the chief characteristic of Lord Lorton ' s sense . of justice . He has made his tenants , of course , deeply interested in procuring tbe conviction of some one at the next general assizes . They know that unles 3 a conviction be obtained , ruin stiires them in the face . Thej must either hang some one or be plunged with their families intp misery , which , in nineteen cases put of tweuty , is corisequerit on wholesale ejection , more especially under circumstances like these .: They have , therefore , no other alternative ; and the question that heuce

      suggests itself is , can it be deemed at all improbable that the iuterest of any mail amongst theni will prompt huu to " bear false \ vitiiess against his neighbour ? " We ourselves cannot perceive the improbability of such a course being pursued , for the notice of Lord Lorton in reality amounts to a premium upon the \ iolatibn of the nmth commandinent . Yet Lord Lorton is held up as a pattern of purity , as a " good man , " an " excellent Christian ; " he p rides himself moreover upon his powerful love of justice ; arid . we can have no desire to disparage LorI Lorton—^ we can have no wish to detract from his virtues ; he may be apureriiani a good man , a sound Constitutional Prptestant—that is , a highly respectable Christian—but we mustsav it certainly ¦ " doth not appear in this l' !'~ Glaseoio Kew Liberator .

      Great ^Ieetlxg Of The Tr \Bbs And Ddvxer To F. O'Coxxgr, Esq., At Prestox.

      GREAT ^ IEETLXG OF THE TR \ BBS AND DDvXER TO F . O'COXXGR , ESQ ., AT PRESTOX .

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      * THE «> BT . WH STAR . ' F y ;

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct994/page/6/