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      •Btltejfham Anti-Cork Law Meeting.— Defe...

      • _BTLTEJfHAM ANTI-CORK LAW MEETING . — DEFEAT OF THE REPEALERS . —MARCH OF DEMOCRACY . A large meeting took place at the Temperance Ball , on . Monday night , for the purpose ot petitioning her Majesty not to dissolve tie present Parliament until the _distress of the country and the operation of the Com-Laws h & T » been enq _\ iired into . On the motion of Mr . Cox , seconded by Mr . _Hekhessy _, _Francis Md . vbo , Esq ., was called to the Chair . Tho Rev . N . Parkt . v ( Minister of the Cheltenham Tab-macle ) paid , —Mr . Chairman and Gentlemen , the resolution pnt into my hand to move is as follows : —

      " That the capital employed in commerce , manufactures , asd trade in general , has for some years past been on the decrease , and , as a consequence , the demand for labour has been bo materially lessened as to create such intense distress amongst the labouring population of Great Britain and Ireland , that unless some remedial _measures be immediately _adopted by the Legislature , the r . _iost lamentable consequences to the country at large mart ensua " . 2 \ e _^ , Sir , _although I am quite a stranger to the _inhafcitauts of this town , I am not altogether a stranger to tte _uircress which impels the sympathies of this meeting . I am come from the Tery . heart of the distress . Having resided fox many years in "Rochdale I have-seen the results of monopoly in its most horrid forms . I

      presume you have had opportunities of reading the heartrending a : _cDun _*> s of the distress of the country but the half Las not ye : been told . The people are perishing . I care very little whether the _government of the country is _ir the hands of Tories , Whip , or Radicals , if the people are well educated and well fed . ( Great cheering . '! Whatever may be their ranks and abilities , " _* It is : n possible for them long to govern a starving _pdpttl _.-. tlon . ( Heai _, hear , hear ) Manufactories which Esed to employ thousands at persons are now closed . "Whs .: has been the _effect of shutting up these large coneerni ? the distress has extended _te large portions of trad ' . The grocer is obliged 10 sell ounces instead of _pounds , and to receive pennies instead of shillings . Bate a hare little to do , for instead of bread , people

      eat i rridge . Tailors have little to do for people cannot affoi . to buy clothes . Drapers are complaining of the state f trade , and are lounging on their counters , and file _fhoemaktrs have nothing to do , for Deople are going with _^ ut shoes . I saw an ironmonger _laioij , _anl he told me i .. is taking £ 60 less in a week than usuaL I saw at B - _¦^• er _s-row a number of hand-loom weavers , and I astt , =. them what they had to support them . They said *' a , :: ti ' e oatmeal and water . " What to bread , no mea : no potatoes ? Nothing else ; oatmeal for _breaklasi , _oatmeal for supper , and they _declared that they _ehonM have been contented if they could have got

      _enough of that . If any person bad seen their gaunt forms he must have been of opinion that monopoly needs Bo greater reproof . I have seen dear little children pining away for food and the mothers hive come begging : although my house was much out of the way I used to have about twenty a-day . Many families supported themselves on what they could obtain from , the _benev > lei . t . During the last winter many of the inhabitants established a soup kitchen , and if it had not been for that , starvation and its natural accompaniment , pesti . _^ nce , wcula have laid hundreds in the dust . _TVo ortir ? e thousand applied daily . After a lengthened _address the rev . gentleman Bat down .

      Mr . E . G Wells seconded the resolution , which Was put by the Chairman and carried unanimously . Ktf . Mi . _Lewis , ( of the _Tnitarian Chapel >; propose *! - . he next resolution-. — " _That it is to the Com and other unjust laws , such _distrea is to be attributed ; and therefore this meeting is of opinion that a memorial should be _presentedto the Qneen _, praying her Majesty not to Prorogue- Parliament _usiil the causes ot sneb unexampled distress have been enquired into , and measures adopted for the relief of the country . " Mr . _Godwin seconded the resolution , and was proceeding to praise the Whigs for _passing the postage measure when the cries of " question , question " became general , and a wort ing man remarked—Mr . Chairman , I think W « is likely to cause disunion , bothering about Whigs and Tories .

      Air . H £ > _' . xesst rose to order , and remarkedjthat this Was an Anti-Corn Law meeting and there were persons of all parties present . The _Chaiehas called on Mr . Godwin to keep to the _Question . Mr . G 0 DWI 5—I am coining to the question , it is a salject which has grown out of the question . Ths _Chairman—But it is an excrescence and ought k > be cut o £ Mr . _GoDvriy then concluded by seconding the resolution . Mr . _WlGGiss said he quite agreed with the gentlemen who had described the distress which prevails , but It exis _^ d while the Whigs were in office many years , but the / have not been out many days before they begin to look round them at the distress . Mr . Godwis rose to order .

      Mr He > _"nesst—I think we ought to let him go on a little further and see how he will come to the question-Mr . _Wisgtss thought this was a question between the agriculturist and the manufacturer , _asd would very little benefit the woTking men , besides it is but a branch of the evil , and they can as soon get to the root sa lop off tLe brandies . " working classes , said he " have joined the middle classes , and been deceived , but if the middle classes will come forward and join us we will repeal the obnoxious Corn Laws . " He proposed an amendment to the effect that classlegislation is the cause of the present evils .

      Mi . W . Melsom , on seconding the amendment , was assailed in a very _uncourteous manner by one of the gentlemen who had called the meeting on account of the part be took at the last election in opposition to the Whig candidate . He observed that ha felt much _jpleasnre in having an opportunity of meeting for once , the aati-Corn Law Association in public . _» They had been in the habit of hatching their eggs in private , acd he had fancied for a long time past whether or not there were a possibility of finding out their nesting place , for he had heard very little of their cackling of late .- It was useless mincing the matter ; the factory lord must give way to the more substantial cry for Unirersal Suffrage . You cannot get a repeal of the Corn Laws either from the Government of Whig or Tory . You

      had better at once _becoma honest politicians , and join with us in our demand for the Charter . You mast do It eventually 1 Do it then with a good grace , by doing It quickly , or you run an imminent risk through procrastination . Class legislation , if suffered to exist much longtr , wQl bring about universal confusion ; but in the adoption of the Charter , p _.-ice , and good will , full _bellies , s . nd well elothed tacks . The demand for Corn _Xaw repeal was supported by a factious cry from interests'i parties and without other remedial measures won . " . not benefit the producing population . We do not " _^ ant a _repeal of the Cor :: laws until we can _maka the b _^ ue 5 f 3 to flow more liberally , nor until we can B 8 CTU 3 its stability by the people at large having the _powrr of protection within theaiselves . But we want the Charter , and the Charter we must immediately hare , for Intelligence demands it , poverty and misery _proclaim

      it as the omy certain and effectual remedy . ( At this _peric-d very _grsa * consternation manifested itself , and considerable confusion ensued . The party calling the meeting were not a little chagrined at " this attempt , " as it was termed , " to interrupt the unanim' _' - * ' of the Hi _; _sting . " The proposer's name was req _^ irrj . _Finding that he had a legitimate right to take part in the proceedings , it was contended that the _amendment , " had no bearing on the motion ; " aad again , " that the object sought after in the amendment ¦ was _already acknowledged in the motion ;"—that " the cthe _» bad laws" spoken of were to that effect At this perioi , Mr . Hollis _, who-was pent up in the clustered body of the centre of the Hall , made hi 3 voice audible , that ha wished to be heard on ths point in question , whta he wa 3 -ushered forth to the platform amid the _general shouts of acclamation of the audience .

      Mr . Benjamin _Nobsias , one of the party _callinj ths meeting , —I claim a hearing for Mr . _HalliB , because he is a honest and consistent man , and votes for Col . _Perr-jnne ; Thompson , a Com Law _Repealer—hip , hip , hip , hurrab for Mr . Hoilis . My . H . OLLI 3 slid—Mr . _Chairrcan and friends , I came Sot " _irre to raise any factious opposition to the _proce = i . up ol this evening . As an Englishman , I cannot _rein _ m silent when I s » e an injustice about to be practise \ . I demand justice for the one man as wall as the other , whether he be a man of wealth or a working mechanic . What is good for the goose is also good for tie _sender . I contend that the _amendment is in _regular order , and to the purpose- _Thia _ meeting is called to consider the cause of distress—the bad laws yon speak of are the effects of class-legislation , and therefore it is a bonaf . de amendment The amendment was put and carried by a large majjrity .

      Mr . & Ox let , after reading the memorial which ' it was proposed should be presented to her Majesty by Earl Fitzhardinge , asked if there was " anything in the memorial which goes to say that class-legislation is ¦ not the _causs of the distress ? " ( A voice—" no , but it ' s kept out of sight , _acd thafs the principal thing . " i He complained of Sir B- Peel delaying the inquiry for five months when he must know tie distress of the ; country . ' ' Mr . Smith , of Prestbury , in seconding the adoption _; _cf the memorial , said—Let not the landowners be the ! licensed victuallers for the whole nation . If we were ; to go to a new hospital , and the surgeon was to say he j most take five months to consider how he must treat us , ; what would you think of Ms ability ? Ton would think i

      as little of him at the end of fire months as you do now . The unjust judge for importunity granted the prayer of the poor widow , let as therefore badger him . ( Cheers . ) J Mr . Hollis said _**»«•*¦ as an amendment had been ; made to the resolution on which the memorial was , founded , he should move that a similar alteration be , ' made in the memorial , He was of opinion -that the j » peal of the Corn Laws would only take tbe _monevj out of the pockets of one class of monopolists to pnt ft : into that of another ; it is of very little consequence to the ! people of Great Britain whether they are robbed by the ) landlord or the factory lord . I care not about what the C & _ajrman says , though I would pay all due deference i * nd respect to that gentleman who I believe to be ! honest and conscientious , equal with _myselt I say , I j

      •Btltejfham Anti-Cork Law Meeting.— Defe...

      care not about the oft-told tale of the Corn Law repealers that wages are not operatod upon by the rise or fall in the price of food . They may raise a question on this point if they please , to serve their purpose but here was an outstanding fact not to be controverted , that masters , would always have the control over wages , so long as there was a redundancy ot hands in the market , and with a repeal of the Corn Laws there must of a certainty be an ingress , to a considerable extent , of farm labourers into the manufacturing market . What with this fact and the other operating causes of poverty —of competition between masters , and machinery superseding mannul labour , there was little prospect of the working men being benentted by a repeal of the Corn Laws , and not until they bad a voice in the senate

      regulating their own affairs . The manufacturers say they cannot compete with foreigners and he could not see how they would be better able to do so without reducing wages . In reference to a part of the motion which had been passed—he wished the members of Parliament had to subsist on the factory child ' s wages of lod . a week until they introduce some practical and effective measure for the good of the _peopled He asked the Anti-Corn Law Association in what better situation they are than the Radicals who can command a minority of forty-six , while the Corn Law repealers were in a minority of ninety-two . He asked them bow they stood in reference to the Duke of Buckingham , the _Doke of Wellington , and 8 ir Robert Peel , and urged them to abandon the factions of Whig and Tory and

      join the great party of the people . The Duke of Buckingham tells the Corn Law repealers that he is unchanged as to the Corn Law question . The Duke of Wellington informs the people in substance , that the reptalers are too idle to work—that they are raising a factious cry of _poverty to gain their object He says , " this is the only country he has visited where a man , by his industry , can rise to a state of competency , if he be inclined to industry . " Sir Robert Peel , the very Joseph Surface of the present Cabinet , acknowledges , because he is forced to it , that distress prevails to some extent , but in the same breath he gives the lie to his own statements by referring to the receipts and payments of the Savings' Banks , to establish the fact ( fact , indeed !) that the country is Rot poverty-stricken ,

      but rich and prosperous . I appeal to you , Gentlemen , by whom I am surrounded—I appeal to all _present — I call upon the numerous anti-Corn Law Associations throughout the country to give up the selfish cry for Com Law repeal , and join hand and heart in the universal demand for equality of political righta _»~ fer the extirpation of that—making use of your own expression— " pre-eminent" of all other monopolies—class legislation . You are the few ; the working population are the many . You have your physical wants supplied ; they are destitute of all natural or social comforts . They have joined with you previously in an attempt of yours to produce good Government ; you have failed . Join with the masses now , and they will shew yon the certain path—the only m « ans of making a repeal of the Corn Laws beneficial , and at the same time producing to all classes an equality of freedom , and , through it , universal happluess . Come forward , then , Hke men , as patriots and philanthropists , putting

      aside selfish notions and selfish objects , and join m the cry for universal representation , this great desideratum to the production of universal _kappiness . Mr . Godisg seconded the amendment . He believed that the Corn Laws are opposed to the dictates of reason and at the last election he opposed a slidingscale Tory and a fixed duty Whig , and s- conded the nomination of the father of Corn Law Repealers . " _Regardless , " said he , " of the proud world ' s seem I have acted up to my principles . I cannot but feel for those who cail themselves Corn Law Repealers , and did not come forward to support a Cera Law Repealer . Do you think that by such inconsistency you can command the support of the working classes ? "' The present electors have not the moral courage to repeal this law , else why did they return a majority of 91 sworn foes to liberty ? "If , " said he , " you are sincere Corn Law Repealers you should direct attention to the root of the evil and not to the branches . "

      Mr . B . Norman said be did not object to the amendment . " I do , " said he , " like to see men like Mr . Hollis , Mr . Goding , and the _Davlses , and the Harpers , come forward in the hour of need , who , nnbought , and not for work done or favours received , support their Perronnet Thompson , but in the name of God point the finger of scorn at that man" ( pointing to _Milsom . ) In answer to a portion of Mr . _Hollis's speech , he said the repeal of the Corn Laws would take the money out ot the hands of the aristocracy and put it into the pockets of the people . Mr . Davis , jun ., regretted having heard so many personalities during the evening . He hoped to see an union between the Corn Law Repealers aad the Chartists . " If , " said he , " these two powerful bodies do link together and determine to have what is j oat and right , who caa deny it ?"

      Mr . S . Ok ley complained of Mr . Hollis not having informed him that he intended to propose the amendment , although he had this resolution in his possession on Saturday . " If he had , " said Mr . Onley , " J _thiuld hare agrttd to ( his , and I do agree to ii now , but it looks as if the Corn-Late Repealers _vctrt not agreeable to it , I agree to every word in ( his and » ofar sanction U . Mr . Meflen , a young man , a steady and intelligent Chartist , made an excellent speech , in support of the amendment , which was received by all in the room with the greatest enthnsiasm , although at a late hour in the evening . Mr . Milsom , in the course of a few remarks , in tbe support of the amendment said , agitation is at present fashionable with the Whi _^ gentlemen , and called on young men to join the Cbartist * . Tbe amended memorial was then adopted unanimously . It was as foilows .- — " May it please your Majesty ,

      " We , your Majesty ' s dutiful and loyal subjects , in public meeting assembled , humbly beg to be permitted to _spproich your Majesty with the expression of our _unfeigned respect for your high office , our devoted regard for your person , and our profound veneration for these great principles of the Constitution which _called your Maj . s _* y ' _s Illustrious Ancestors to the _Threne of these Realms . " We hail with thankfulness the sentiments expressed in your Majesty ' s opening Speech to your present Parliament , evincing , as they do , the cordial and _enlightened _sTiupa'hy with which , from your elevated position you perceive and desire to alleviate , the deep and poignant distress which so extensively prevails amongst your Majesty ' s subjects . " It is not confined to one class , but , in its degree , affects the interests of all classes , and , as is natural , falls _witfe more intensity upon those who depend for support up » n their diily labour _.

      " May it please your Majesty , " We find a law in operation , professing to regulate the price of food , the tendency of which law is to fstier Commerce , and by so doing , te _deprive tbe labourer of employ , and consequently of wages and thus materially to abridge , and in _Tery many instances , utterly to destroy his power of ¦ procuring not only the comforts but the first necessaries of life . The consequences are , _nuratrous bankruptcies , increase of poor-rates , diminution of wages , and every symptom of wide-spread and deep-seated suffering . " The principle cause of this afflicting condition of so large a portion of your Majesty ' s subjects , is to i > e found , we conceive , in the existence of the law above alluded to , more particularly in its application to the article of Wheat , to the free impertation of which it is opposed .

      " 1 onr Majesty has been pleased to recommend this law in an especial manner to tbe consideration of Parliament , and entertaining , as we do , the fnll conviction that this law does aggravate the natural fluctuations of supply , does derange the currency , and does , by its operation diminish the comfort and increase the privations of the great b * dy of the community , we your petitioners , humbly venture t « lay at your feet our earnest and respectful prayer that your majesty in the exercise of your royal prerogative will be pleased not to permit your Parliament to separate till your Majesty ' s most gracious and most Christian wishes have been carried into effect , and until this question of life or death to many of your subjects , and of infinite importance to all , has received at the hands of their representatives that deep and searching attention which it

      deserves . We furthur pray your Majesty that you will cause immediate inquiry to he made into the state of ths representation , for your petitioners affirm that the House of Commons does not represent the people , but the classes who live by Corn Law and other monopolies . It is a House of Commons representing the whole people which the constitution of this country acknowledges ; they therefore pray that tbe consideration of this paramount of all grievances may have immediate consideration , for it is by the people being fully and fairly _repregsDted that monopolies will _eease and good government be established . Fervently imploring for your Majesty , for the Royal _Princs your Consort , and for your _Msjesty ' _a illustrious Offspring , every blessing for time and for eternity , and praying that your Majesty may long live to reign over a prosperous people , we present to you this our earnest Petition . "

      On the motion of Mr . Rowe seconded by Mr . He . vxessy , a vote of thanks to tbe Chairman was adopted and the meeting separated .

      Dlffkeekck Of Opinion Rkqardijig Sln.— W...

      _DlFFKEEKCK OF OPINION _RKQARDIJiG SlN . — We are all accustomed to hear taught from our pulpits that it is in consequence of sin _tba-t there is so much suffering and privation among the lower orders . Now , we are perfectly agreed in this . It would , indeed , be a wonder if suffering was not the lot of the sons of toil . They have allowed themselves to be defrauded and plundered of the fruits of their industry , and thus will ever continue to suffer _aa they submit to be robbed . It is only by " the sufferance of the many that the lew can usurp over and

      oppress them ; and _therefore ii allowing themselves to be trampled on , they are _jusily receiving the reward of their submission in their poverty and degradation . We are thus agreed with the clergy in sin being the cause of suffering , but differ widely as to the nature of tho sin ; for while they bold grumbling and discontent with the present state of things to be a sin , we on the contrary maintain that submission to oppression and injustice is the sin , and the one for which we are _justly suffering . — Perth Chronicle .

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      , House Of Lords.-^Fkidat, Octobeb 1, Th...

      , HOUSE OF LORDS .- _^ Fkidat , _Octobeb 1 , The Earl of _Malmksbcry and the Earl of Sheffield took the oaths and'their » ea _* a . The Lunatics' Bill , tbe Navy Pay BUI , the Frogmore Lodge Bill , and the Royal Gardens Bill , were severally read a third time , and passed . . Amessage from the Commons brought up the Population Payment Bill , which was read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on Saturday . On the motion of Lord Brougham , the production of certain correspondence relative to slavery in Malacca and Ceylon was agreed to , after a few observations from Lord Ellenboeough .

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

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

      The Duke of _Wellington said it was _qnite plain that it was impossible at the present moment to have an inquiry that would result in any good , for his own part be had no objection to take upon himself the responsibility of advising her _Mijesty to prorogue Parliament _before any inquiry was made on the subject of the Corn Laws . In suiting that , he admitted at once that inquiry was most important ,. but it ought to take place when there was more time for it- He did not think that the public would feel any inconvenience from the postponement . The Duke of Portland moved for copies of a correspondence which had taken place between Lord John Russell and the magistrates of Mansfield , relative to the Chartist meeting iu that town in August , 1832 , which led to a short discussion , after which the House adjourned .

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

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

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

      The Earl of Ripon said he was not called upon to justify what had passed in a former debate ; butbe must observe that it was a great mistake to Bay that their first measure was a failure ; for althongh they had cot obtained the whole of the five millions , they bad obtained one million beyond what was necessary to cover tho deficiency . How was it possible to expect that Government could be all at one * prepared with its measures ? The late Government had been displaced by an amendment to the Address moved by an individual , who could hardly be expected at oDce to be prepared with a series of measures ; and even if the Government now formed were at once to strike off a whole scheme of finauce , without any consideration , the nation could only look upon them as fools or madmen .

      The Duke of Wellington thanked the Noble Viscount far his hint about securing an attendance ; but he would not avail himself of it , because he never would announce an intention which he did not entertain . He had no intention to bring forward a scheme for tbe alteration of tLe Corn Laws . He had not the power to do so . He had not sufficiently considered tht measure , and must therefore decline to announce any such intention . ( Hear . ) The Bill was then read a second time , The Poor Law Commission Bill went through Committee . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned .

      House Of Commons, Friday, Ocr. 1. Colone...

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Ocr . 1 . Colonel the Hon . Daw _^ oa Darner took the oaths and his seat Tor PorUrlington . The Earl of Lincoln , in answer to a question from Mr . Divett , sta _^ _cJ that it was the intention of the government to carry into effect the proposed improvement in the Gfeen-park , with respect to tho removal of tho house of Lady Gordon . Steps had been taken to remove the house as soon as possession was given up by the representatives of LacJy Gordon . Sir F . Thencu gave notice that he should , early next session , move for a select committee to _consider the practicability and expediency of a plan for improving the navigation of the Thames and for erecting a railroad on the embankment on the north of the river ,

      On the order of the day for tbe third reading of the j Poor-Law Commission Bill beiog moved , j Mi . _Fielden rose to make the motion of which he ' had given notice , but the honourable gentleman spoke ; in so low a tone , that it was perfectly impossible to . hear him . We understood the hon . gentleman to say , 1 he believed that , as the perseverance of tho late admi-, nistration in continuing the poor-law was the cause of , their downfall , bo would it also be the rock on which I the present _sjevernment would split , if they continued I their resolution to carry it out- The hon . member then I quoted the opinion of Sir James Scarlett ( now Lord ¦ Abinger ) and other lawyers , aa to the unconstitutional ; power of the commissioners . It was in his ( Mr . F . ' s )

      opinion , a tyrannical power , _unsuited to the tastes of _i the people , and he _wouUl never consent to it . He could not _understand how such an unconstitutional authority _i should be sanctioned by the constitution of England . : The Conservatives ought not to forget the great exer-| _tions they made on the late elections , anil that they i owed much of their strength to the feelings of the peo-• pie against the new law ; and he _wondered that so ! much disregard was exhibited to their complaints on ; the subject by the present government The honourable member proceeded to ttato the number of petitions in j favour of the amendment of the law , and the number ; of those presented _against it , to show the degree of public support , which the measure had rfceived . ¦ He bt lieved the _local boat da , being better acquainted

      with the actual state of the poor , were far better qualified to administer relitf to them than any central authority could _possil . ly be . If the owners of property had discharged their duty there would have been no necessity for this law . -he people were not to blame , nor were the old laws to blame for it , bat the owners of property . He knew it was said that the po _^ r of this country were idlo , and that they bad no one but themselves to blame for their distress . He rebutted the charge . It was a libel on the character of our countrymen . The labourers of this country were the most industrious in the world . Having had seven years' experience of the commission , whether the House were able to judge of it he dW not know , but the people of this country thought they were able to d and their

      o so , opinion was that their acts were oppresbive and unconstitutional The conduct of the commissioners had boen so arbitrary as to make the law much worse than it really was , and obliged even the rate-payers to complain of It It appeared to him ( Mr . Fielden ) that the condition of the poor had been gradually deteriorating under the operation cf the present law . It was no later than that morning that he had received a letter from Manchester , stating the deaths of two persons from actual starvation and the _horrer of a ¦ _- orkhousa He thought these were cases requiring immediate investigation . The Hon . Member preceeded to read a comparative table of returns fr _* m various parts of the country to show that , under the present system , there had been an Increase of mortality ;

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      but bo spoke In so low a tone that we could not catch a single statement ; withanj _; degree of distinctness . The Hon . Member concluded by moving that the bill be read a third time that day three months . Mr . S . Crawford seconded tbe motion . Sir C . Douglas thought that the Hon . Member foi Oldham ought not , open the third reading of a bill for the centinuance of the commission , to have entered into a general discussion of the subject ef the Poor Law . He understood that the Government would hereafter bring tbe general question tinder the consideration of the House ; and he thought it would be factious to oppose them upon the present occasion . He should add , however , that he disapproved of many provisions of the law , although he did not think that was an occasion for urging his opinions . "

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

      Church on Sundays , and made their confinement much worse than those who were shut up in Chelsea , and other hospitals . ( Hear . ) The Commissioners had only left those unions the pewer of giving out-door relief ; and their rules and regulations gave dissatisfaction to the Guardians , the ratepayers , and the receivers of the rate . He considered these strong grounds for limiting the power of the Poor Law Commissioners . ( Hear , near . ) They had not ventured to issue such rules and regulations for the place which he had the honour to represent , for they had tried to impose upon them a paid chaplain whom they refused to pay- Those unions were interfered with by the Poor Law Commissioners , and he considered it his duty to oppose the continuance of tho BilL He considered these reasons good and valid for opposing it , and he would on every occasion express his opinion against it , whenever the subject waabrought forward .

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

      principle between the industrious and high-minded peasants and tbe man who might be actuated in bis humble sphere by as noble an ambition as that which the Right Hon . Member for Tamworth avowed , a few evenings ago , to be bis governing principle . ' He entreated the Government not to pledge themselves to any party In the House on this question , but to give it their cautious and solemn consideration . The next principle in tbo law to which he objected was the principle of centralisation—a principle which took tbe management of the interests of the poor out of the hands of the magistrates and Iocul authorities , and

      placed it in the hands oi a commission sitting in tbe metropolis . The principle of centralisation was liable to this further objection , that it invested the commissioners , with unusual and unconstitutional power , thus erecting an emperium in imperio . The reasen why be would vote against the _amendment of the Hon . Member opposite was that her Majesty ' s Goverment had appealed to the House for Its confidence , and bad asked for a short time to enable them to mature plans of a general nature . He ( Mr . Borthwick ) gave the Govern _, inent his fullest confidence ; and on these grounds he should not offer any opposition to tbe course which they had proposed to adopt .

      Mr . Hindley said that he bad always been opposed to tbe Poor Law , but denied that be bad ever agitated on the question . He was opposed to exciting the people , and wished the Com Law and the Poor Law to rest on their own merits . Captain Polhill opposed the amendment Some alterations must necessarily be made in the Poor Law to satisfy tbe country , but he repelled the charge that any agitation upon the Poor Law had been got up by tbe Conservatives at the late elections .

      Mr . Cobden should vote for the amendment . He thought it would be far wiser for a Government to consider the condition of tbe poor before they became paupers , than afterwards to frame Poor Laws . He hoped this would be a subject for consideration by Sir James Graham during the recess . The poor man was first mado a pauper by tbo restrictions on food ; and he hoped that , in the recess , the Right Hon . Baronet would deem it politic to consider the propriety of throwing open uew channels of Industry to provide employment for the starving poor .

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

      of the consummation . Mr . Wakley , in vindication of his course , alluded to what he had done In 1835 . When Sir Robert Peel was in power for three months , Mr . Wakley adopted the Tory side of the House . The Right Hon . Baronet resigned , and the Whigs came over ; Mr . Wakley remained , with Messrs . Hume , Harvey , and Roebuck , and as late as June In that year he had brought forward the motion for recalling the Dorchester labourers . He did not think the House could charge him with inconsistency . The question now was between the Reformers and the Tories . Ho was willing , however , to give the Right Hen . Baronet a fair trial .

      Mr . Callaghan should vote againBtthe continuance of the Commissioners . Mr . Hardy opposed the amendment , anil hoped he should not be charged with inconsistency for having voted on Tuesday for the Hon . Member for Rochdale . That motion involved au entirely different point . The House then divided , when there appeared- — For the amendment 18 Against it 133 Majority fer the motion 115 The report on the Exchequer Biils' Bill was brought up , and the House adjourned at half-past seven o ' clock until Saturday .

      Saturday , Oct . 2 . The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the third reading of tue Exchequer Bills Funding Bill . Mr . Williams wished to ask if the whole amount of five millions had been subscribed , and , if so , what amount bad been subscribed in money , and what in Exchequer Bills ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the present sum subscribed was £ 3 , 644 , 000 : but what sum In money and what in Exchequer bills he had not the means of statins , _& s & certain time was given to the subscribers to make up their amount , and consequently the amount in money would be continually altering until the expiration of that period . Mr . Williams said that be did not see any necessity for _reducing the amount of Exchequer bills .

      The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the amount of interest paid upon Exchequer Bills , was 2 _Jil . per diem , which was a larger rate of interest than that paid upon the funded debt —( hear )—and he waa sure the Hon . Gentleman would not wish him to make any statement which might affect the money market one way or the other . The BUI was then raad a third time and passed . The Exchequer Bills Appropriation Bill was then read a third time and pissed . Mr . Hawes said that tie bad read the Sixth Report of the Inspectors ef Prisons , which , in his opinion , contained matters demanding serious investigation , ami he hoped tbe subject would meet with tbe attention of the Right Hon . _Gentleman the Secretary for the Hoiuu Department ( Hear . )

      Sir J . Graham said that he was well aware of the great importance- of the report to which the Hon . . Member alluded , and that the report in question contained statements which would require the fullest investigation . He had given directions to the inspectors to lay before him a report under three heads , containing—First , an account of matters to which he should direct his attention ; secondly , of matters which , according to law , came under the control of the Secretary of State ; and , thirdly , of such matters as demanded the attention of Parliament , and which , In a future session of Paliament , would require the attention of that branch of the _Ligislature . ( Hear . ) The House then adjourned .

      The Castlebar Tel Graph States That " A ...

      The _Castlebar Tel graph states that " a young gentleman , near Sligo , has commenced an action for a breach of promise against a wealthy fair one . The damages are laid at _^ 1000 . The young gallant is an _Esculapian . The first interview between the parties waa on the occasion of the heiress entering the shop where the yeuth compounded medicines , for the purpose of purchasing some Epsom salts / ' —This is the first time we ever heard of love being excited through the agency of Epsom salts . Till now , we always imagined that physic wa 3 destructive to all sentiment , but we here find that it is a strong provocative . Conceive Cupid ogling an ounce of Epsom salts I

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      VISIT TO KENDAL OP MR . J . BRONTERRE O'BRIEN . My Dear Sir , —Not observing in your last number any account of tbe visit to this place of the great schoolmaster of Chartism , and renowned champion of the rights of the toiling millions , J . Bronterro O'Brien , Esq ., A . M ., I confess I felt much suprised , aa I considered the visit and meeting of tne first importance to the cause in this quarter . I concluded it must arise from neglect on the part of our secretary , or his want of confidence in himself to report it correctly ; and for my own part , although I was present and took part and heard and saw every thing that was transacted , yet having taken no notes , it would be futile for me to attempt a lengthened report I shall , however , give a brief outline of the proceedings . In the autumn of last year , a correspondence was commenced between the Chartists of Kendal and Mr .

      J . B . O'Brien , than immured in a gloomy dungeon in Lancaster Castle . Tbe friendly intercourse was kept up until his release on the 24 th nit , and on the day following he arrived in Kendal to treat us with a first visit after bis liberation , which he had promised , and which he wished might be as private us the visit of a commercial traveller through the town . He arrived in the afternoon , and was met by a deputation from the Chartist Association , and conducted to Bateson ' s Temperance Hotel , where a committee were in waiting to receive him . After partaking of _refreshment , and arranging matters , he was conducted to the Odd Fellows ' Hall , the most spacious and beautiful room iu the town , where an immense maltitmio of persons , male and female , were collected to give the noble patriot a _suitable reception after bis resurrection from a living entombment

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

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

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

      A vote of thanks for his able lecture was given , and the meeting broke up , I hope highly gratified from what they bad heard from a master-spirit of the age . He was detained until two o ' clock , p . m . on Sunday , when he proceeded by coach to Lancaster . Yours , in haste , Wm . _M'Donald . Kendal , October , 1841 . [ This is the first news we have heard of the meeting .-ED _]

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      THE POOR MAN'S CHURCH . A FBW WORDS FROM THE CHRISTIAN CHARTISTS OF PAISLEY , TO THEIR FELLOW-TOWNSMEN iND WOMEN . Dear Friends , —Knowing that we are calumniated by the great bulk of the ministers of religion , and , consequently , labour under the prejudice of the majority of the Christian people of onr own town , in common with many others , we take this opportunity of giving a few of tbe reasons that induced us to adopt the course which we have taken . That our country is fast sinking , morally and physically , and the working population groaning under the iron yoke of faction , reduced by class legislation to a ' state of slavery worse than Egyptian bondage , must appear evident to every ric , ht-thinking man and woman , who Views the present state of society with an unprejudiced mind .

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

      We hear it sturdily proclaimed from the pulpits of the Kirk , that she is the only poor man's church . The tree is known by its fruit : Christ came to preach the gospel to the poor , that is , he came to restore to tbe human family that liberty , comfort , and happiness which the tyrant and the oppressor had wrested from them . If the mere proclaiming the gospel with tbe mouth be all that is meant in this , then every Kirk and every Church that goes by tbe name of Christian is the poor man ' s , for all of them preach their gospel to the poor , particularly that of passive obedience and non-resistance , enjoining , that poverty is the best schoolmaster to bring them to Christ .

      _Tbose churches that have the Gospel only and all in the mouth , are like so many distilleries which destroy the malt , and sell to people at a dear rate the poisonous alcohol , so those religious maltsters distil the real substance of the Gospel into what they call spiritual food , which , while it nourisheth not the body , _stupifles the mind . And thus is the priesthood made rich , and their eraft supported at the _expence of the people . Many societies have been instituted for the purpose of cheapening the commodities of tbe working-classes , ami why should we not endeavour to cheapen and purify the religion of Jesus Christ , that hath been so much adulterated and destroyed by eel fish aud designing men .

      We call upon every man and every woman , to give our principles a fair and full investigation , —we do not intimate that the managers meet to let the seats in the Christian church , making the house of God a heuse of merchandise;—no , but we intimate , that we have no privileged class iu the church , no seat-letting whereby the best seats are set apart for tbe men with the gold rings and gay clothing , while the poor must stand by , " or sit under the footstool . All are invited , all are made welcome , all have equal rights , and equal privileges . We do not shut out tho rich frem anything , but an undue authority over tho poor , —we wish to see the rich and the poor meeting in the house of Gud , as brethren , one God being Father of them all .

      To this wd subjoin our articles , and invite all to examine , and come and see how we conduct the worship of God . They may hear some _things with which they will not agree , but with us it is a principle , that all are answerable for themselves , that they ought to apply their reasoning faculties to all they hear , and " search the Scriptures to see whether those things be so . " " Prova all things , holdfast that only which is good . " Signed , in the name of the church , Robert Gardner , Chairman .

      ARTICLES . At a meeting held in tho Lyceum Room , on the 2 nd of September , 1840 , the following regulations were submitted and agreed to for the guidance of the church : — First—That wo acknowledge the _Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the only rule of our faith and practice , and a belief of the precepts and doctrines promulgated by Christ , and tbe unbounded _cfntacy of his atonement Second . —That this Church be denominated ttie Christian Church , and all office-bearers to be elected annually , the one half to be elected every six months alternately , by the universal voU of the Church , and said vote to be taken by ballot _...., . _-.. Third . —That we acknowledge all mankind to have an equal right in civil and religious matters .

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

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      Gavin Scorr , who , after robbing his employers at Glasgow of . £ 8 , 000 . fled to Marseilles , and was arrested there bj Forrester the officer , was convicted on his own confession at the _Glasgow _Assizes last week , and sentenced to be transported for life . At _Wobsbip-stbbbt _police-officoj on Sunday , John Richards , charged with improper conduct towards several of the girls of the FSnsbary charity school was brought up for final examination , and not being _disposed to find bail , was committed to take his trial on four charges .

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      How To Benefit The Nation. As It Seems T...

      HOW TO BENEFIT THE NATION . As it seems to be decided defaclo and de jure that the majority of the population of these realms were brought into the world solely that a few thousands might ride booted and spurred over them , we really have very little to' hope for from the preseai electoral body . Sift and winnow , refine and purify , filter and distil the foul ele ments as we may , it appears almost impracticable to get at tbe shadow of an independent constituency . We see that the Times and the Leeds Mercury are still battling the watch about the Chandos clause ; the former up . holding it to be the index of a thoroughly enlightened and independent class of voters ; the latter as being the recorder of agricultural serfs' degradation . They may

      split hairs about the respective amount of tenants-at will and gentlemen-occupiers as long as they list : tbe grand fact to prove or disprove is the evidence of the Hand-loom Commissioners that nearly thirty millions of Englishmen are dependent on wages for their living . la it of any consequence , so far as their freedom is concerned , whether the wages be high or low * Does It matter whether tbe men have ten shillings or ten pounds per week , so long as his habitual condition is subserviency—so long as the one man is placed in the unvarying condition of servant , and the other of master ? We conceive not in the l « ast The man without property is % slave , call him what we will In the present state of society . . .

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

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

      Cab&Isxj;. Memorial Agreed To At A Publi...

      _cab & _isxj ; . MEMORIAL AGREED TO AT A PUBLIC MEETING , HELD SEPTEMBER THE 21 ST _, IN BEHALF OF JOHN KILPA THICK , OF CARLISLE , Humbly Sheweth , —That the said John Kilpatrick is now under transportation on board the Warrior hulk , Woolwich , for the term of fifteen years , for the manslaughter of the late Thomas Jardine _, police-officer . That the circumstances under which he was condemned , were of a very peculiar character , and fully calculated to lessen the enotmity of the crime with

      which he stood charged , and which are as follows : That at the late election for the borough of Carlisle , considerable excitement ; prevailed . The candidates were Sergeant _Golboum , Mr . P . H . Howard , Mr . W . Marshall , and Mr . J . B . Hanson , who , on the day of nomination , appeared on the hustings in front of the Town Hall , accompanied by their several friends and supporters . That with the exception ot hosting and hissing , the nomination passed over without the slightest breach of the peace having taken place ; in fact it was observed by all , that under the circumstances a more peaceable election never before took place in Carlisle .

      That after the nomination was over , the respective parties left the hustings , accompanied by their friends , to their separate places of resort Mr . Golbourn to Mr . Bairney ' s Royal Hotel , English-street ; and Messrs . Howard and Marshall to the Crown and Mitre Inn , near the Market-place , As the latter parties retired , they were assailed by tbe hissing and hoeting of the people , end after they had entered the Coffee House , some pieces of sticks and stones were thrown towards the front of tho inn , where a number of the police force were stationed , who , in consequence ot fbe annoyance , alluded to , were ordered by Mr . Grahame , the _Superintendent of Police , to draw their staves , and charge the crowd . Up to this time , it may be observed , that not a single person was injured , nor even a pone of glass broken ; so that there was little cause for Mr . Grahame acting as he did . In consequence of this order , tbe police drew their staves and attacked the people , driving them back , the people flying in all directions , as fast at they could possibly get away .

      That the late Thomas Jardine , police-officer , was much more forward than the rest of the police force , having rushed forward in front ef the othermen , _striking the people in a most brutal and ferocious manner , paying no regard to age nor sex ; having struck down two little boys , one of whom he not only struck violently on the head , but also kicked severely That he also knocked down a female , and struck another with s child in her arms , besides having , struck several male persons . The said Thomas Jaidlne struck two severe blows at John Kilpatrick , who warded them off with his arm ; and who , in consequence of this aggravation , struck Thomas Jardine a blow on the head with a stick , which it is said knocked him down , and was the cause of his death . These are the facts of the case , as can be proved by menof all parties , who witnessed the proceedings .

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

      Under these circumstances , we humbly beseech yon to give his case your kind and merciful consideration , with a view to a mitigation of hia very severe sentence , And we , as in duty bound , will ever pray . - This memorial was forwarded to the Home-office on Tuesday last , having obtained upwards of n ine hundred signatures .

      The Following Answer To The Memorial Was...

      The following answer to the memorial was receivedin Carlisle on Tuesday _laatj" Whitehall , 2 nd October , ML " Sir , —Secretary Sir James Graham having carefully considered your application in behalf of Job 0 Kilpatrick , I am directed to express te you his regie ' that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , _consistently with _hia public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . "lam , Sir , " Your most obedient humble servant , "H . Manners Suttox .

      " Mr . John Armstrong , " Rickergate , Carlisle . " It appears there is , at present , no hope of a ram * _sion of pocr Kilpatrick ' s sentence ; but his case m _^ s . not not be lost sight of ; for we believe he waa innoctw of the crime he was charged with .

      Hunting By Steam.—On Monday, As The Shor...

      Hunting by Steam . —On Monday , as the Shorebam branch of the London and _Brighton RailvW was proceeding to Shoreham , a hare ran on the ra » for some distance , but eventually poor puss wa _= overtaken and cut in half by the train . Rochdale . —A gentleman has , we are _inforoedi arrived at Roohdale , commissioned by Gorernme _^ to inquire into the correctness of the allosa _" _^ made by Mr . Sharman Crawford , in the h ° _^ ' Commons , relative to the distress of the _worKis * classes in that borough . An inquest was held on Monday at Haywar _^ Heath , on the bodies of tho four persons killed _«» the London and Brighton Railroad on SaWrWj when the Jury returned a verdict of " _Accident _deathj "' and expressed their opinion that _tho-to » wheeled engines used on the line are not safely con _structed , and , recommended their discontinuance .

      _FluNcfc-i-lhe Franc !* Government is _«* ° lve < _lL give the press no quarter . Va S * tuK » J » ¦ ¦ _£ editor of the National _waa again tried on a c 6 W _£ of exciting hatred and contempt against the Jvtog j Government . He waa found guilty , and _een _^ f to four months' imprisonment , and the P _?? _^! _^ a fineof 5 , 000 francs . The , Impartial _duNf _^ L been seized for an article _attacking tho i _^ _io _!*^' of the _Kind ' s person . The _Kid _^ _' s position _BfW _^ indeed precarious if be cannot afford to 0 Te _rS * attacks of an obscure provincial paper _"P » Impartial . The Gazette d'Auvergne is also 8 _^^ "be proseeuted for _exciting hatred and c _^*~{ j the Government . In fact _nothing but _prtsw _HJjjg " of . the _pres 3 are heard of in the Provinces . - Jr _^ _y _-siaaU men in office are delighted with _toffZ _alc given them by the Mtaiateiial Circular . r _^ _of tiieir petty vengeance upon the indep _« o o «« _* * France .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09101841/page/6/