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MONDAY . Was . —The Time * of this morning has a tremendous warlike article , intended , n » doubt , as a sideblow at oar anti-warlike declaration of Saturday . The Times , as is its oustom , extols and eulogises peace , while it has the effrontery to declare that the aristocratic antipathies and dislikes of England to rulgar republican institutions and manners would render a war with America most popular . The object of the . Tunes doubtless is , to convince its readers of a popular feeling that does not exist . But this is always the case . The shrouded Thunderer recog nises no noise that does not come from itself , and is
reduced to the necessity of silencing popular disapproval by a flourish of its own trumpet . Upon this , as upon all other questions , the Times falls into the error of supposing that the unrepresented few represent the national feeling , and would put down the acquiescence of poor Joe llunie as a counterbalance to the rejection of war by a majority of the people . In this peculiar case , however , it happens , unfortunately for our Oracle , that a very large majority of the voting class , whom , we presume , constitute a portion of the people , is as much opposed to become GOVERNMENT VOLUNTEERS WtL unr eprS sented slaves themselves , and , therefore , our answer to the Times
is—SO TOM , SO MCSKEI ! * u * E f ^ f-r-Kever was there mortification like that sustained by Sir Oraclt with regard to the Ministerial message from Delphos . Parliament did not meet upon , the first week in January ; the Cabinet was not unanimous upon the alterations to be made in the Corn . Laws , while perfect unanimity prevails upon the determination that they snail not be repealed , and yet , strange to say , our ^ temporary contends for the perfect fulfilment of the prophecy . We shall have more rongh work yet upon tai 3 question than scribblers , speculators , shopfceepers , warehousemen , and paid dema « o « ues are aware of , or capable of understanding . ° The Cokx Trade . —As we hav « anticipated for weeks
same , the elodpoles' acceptation of the Ministerial declamtionhasledtoaeessationofthe flail and threshing machine ; and holders , now finding that protection is not to go by the board all at once , are overlioMing for arise ; and , as we also predicted , if the Minister ' s plan has not an immediite effect of lowering the price of corn , and of inviting foreign competition , we shall have the famine-mongers again upon the stre ^ a , as thefarmers will overholdforarise Upon the whole , if we were mischievous , which we are aot , we could not possibly desire a more satisfactory confusion than the ' - Minister , the Times , and the League have unitedly created ; while , for ourselves , whatever their future operations may be , our portion must be—heads we win , tails they lose . Tbade
. —The accounts from the provinces are various . In some departments , where spring trade has commenced , san ° aine hopes are entertained of good traffic , while' the manufacturers for the India and China market arecompelled to stare surplus in the face , and to meet the monster with a stoppage of machinery and a dismissal of hand ? , which , together with the prospect of a considerable rise in the price of food , threatens to add a new difficulty to the already long Ministerial catalogue . Thespinners , it appears , have done too much work in the time allowed bylaw , and must now remain idle , without wages ; whereas , if they had had a Ten Hours' Bill , a sixth of the idleness and consequent misery would have been spared ; if they had had an Eight Hours' Bill it would have been better ; but if a Three Hours' Bill , as adrocated and abl y sustained by John Fielden , at the great spinners' dinner , it would be better still ; and nowwe'll make a prophecy , and we'll print it prominentlv : itisthi 3 : —
" That no satisfactory settlement of $ ie social question in dispute between masters aud men , tie people and their rulers , the rich oppressor and the poor oppressed , can be final , conclusive , and satisfactory , until an arithmetical sum ef the number of hands working for hire , and the capability of machinery to produce , is fairly made , and the result carried into legislative practice . We believe , nay , we feel confident , that a Six Hours' Bill to begin with , as one of the necessary concessions , would
enable the Minister to sweep away every vestige of protection now given to corn , labour , and every thing else ; but , unless an adjustment is made between machinery and labour , no feeding of the League upon the landlords , the landlords upon the poor , and the poor upon the taxes , will give satisfaction ; that is , that the first grand move must be , not the restriction of machinery , but the curbing of tlie abuses of machinery , whereby machinery shall be made man ' s holiday instead of man ' s curse . " Now , that ' s our prophecy .
Mo . net SiAKKET . —The ghost of the Accountant-Oeneral , which appears to have two faces under a hood , is smiling upon Government securities , and at the same time frowning upon the jobber ' s speculations . *
A biro in the hand is tetter far Than two tnatia the bushes are : And the stern resolve of the Ghancellor of the Exchequer n&t to take waste paper on account of railway deposits , promising an interestof 6 per cent ., has reduced a preference for consols over railway shares . The poor \ ork draper , Hudson , 1 b in hydrostatics , as ifri . lfatepro ^ would say , at the sudden check given to his railway kingship . WelL to be sure , how little bubbles are sometimes blewninto great bi" ones bv a chance breeze , and how soon thev vanish before an adversegale ! . This big-little man was greatmK election committees
, in railway matter ! , and family concerns , but how soon he has round his level in the big house . He has learned that there is a oreat difference between the little house in York and the big house in London . If ever there was a disjmsting a £ tempt , it was the endeavour to make this little creature mto soraeflung more than nature designed him ior—a great person during therailwaymania . Now , what we prophecy with regard to railways is this , that the good trunk lines and their tributary branches will run to a higher premium than ever , when relieved of tue flood of muddy streams that have so long flowed on the surface .
IRELAND . His Majesty Kixg Pjutie has been severely intiisposed since the announcement of the medicine prescribed for his family of the Murphies by the istate Physician , and we are now told that his majest * is beyond recover . Ibish CoALinox . — TJie greatest danger that threatens the Peel Cabinet is the disunion evinced among the seven Irish Repeal members that met at Radleys Hotel on Friday last , in obedience to the huntsman's calL Just think , only seven out of xorty-three Repeal menibm . and only think those seven divided upon thetwosreatquestionsmentioned m her most gracious Majesty ' s most gracious speech -the Corn Laws and coercion . Dan is for a repeal of the Corn Laws , Smith O'Brien is not . Young i ™ 2 : V ™ P « snitatm-, is for COERCION FOR MI
TERIA 1 i > RnMT < : p ^ 0 Inpailied Wltb * - itRIAL PROMISES to enact sueh a Landlord aad Tenant Bill as « tll put a stop to Irish assajsina-™?*« , nT ?? o T ^) rT ndtller tUe y ° "ns Liberator £ * 3 f Fft GESTLEMAN ever mention the aaioiltural labourers or the trades of Ireland . The o , d Liberator got frightened at the young fellow ' s treasonable proposition , and Smith O'Brien and Iwilon Browne enforced such an alteration in the terms of the resolution , as naturally and unequivoeury convicted its propounder of treachery against tlie Irish people . Altogether , the note of the Libe tator is so low , and the voice of O'Brien is so loud -and patriotic in comparison with the old bird , who , -if not caught with chaff , has had salt sprinkled upon his tail , that we give it elsewhere . Come , at Jp-at
¦ we have some hope that th « rogues will fall out amongst themselves , and that" the Irish people will ¦ come by their own . God send it soon and sudden . Ban , you ' re a broth of a boy , but , be my own sowl , Paddy is not half the fool you took him to be , he can see as far through a stone wail a 3 any other blind horse ; and as we have often told him , iie has cow discovered that you are a pompous and deft ing general , after you have recruited strength at Darry-¦ f ane . for tJie rint campaign , aud that you are a tricking , shuffling , whining courier of social ease for the remainder of the year . Oh ! how quick the Irish jnermometer rises to blood heat in the autumn , and how rapidly it sinks below Ztro in the spring . vss iSD the Obasgemes . —By the report of the meeting of the Dublin Coloration , we see that even * " Orange faction has rejected all alliance-with the ¦ oic deceiver , and Dan was obliged to-siiig fromtha -opening of the meeting till its
close-On dear , what will become of me ! Oh dear , what shall I do ! Xo Orangeman coming to many me , Xobody coming to woo . Dan , you ' re an owld woman , and we'll tell you what the old Irishwoman add in her distress about her aigh caul cap , and the answer she got . Wha ; shall I do . for starch aad blue For my hisl 1 eaul C 3 * > ftr m 5 '" S " « " »* cap ! / iV 5 ° U What ' ' a do « cut a P wtie ia two « And that will a 0 , ^ d , erj weU t 00 > for stardl anfl Une Forjonr high caul cap , for jour high caul cap . r " ' . " , ^' ^ e , put on your night cap and stiffen the border with pnfi , starch , for vou are ftst asleep while Ireland ib wide awake
Tub Mcluxgar Special Commission —We also refer our readers to the news which will be found under this head ia ib proper place , and we think that « ie old cry of the difficulty of getting Irish jurors to ?» ve will be fully answered by the treatment the jcrors of our sovereign Lady the Quegn received at the lands of their lordships . Their crime was con-£ -rnctire _ murder , aad were near being starved w > death in consequence of a difference of opinion , ilus surely is a bold invitation to the Irish people to witc , and we trust they will profit by it . While we oter no palliation for the crime of murder , orattemj \
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to murder , we must nevertheleis say that time S Mmiu hare been allowed for the very natiauSm i ' subsidebefore the unfortunate S m ? SS ? to asecond trial Howew . IrishjSi / fej menon Once upo n * time the foreman ^ f"Hfe sented from theeleven others , and upon bSLfid by the judge if tiitre was any prospect of TiSSi mous verdict , the foreman indiinL tlv e ^ lST "No my lord , there appears no isESSKftS " vincing thoso eleven obstinate men' » t « V Y ™ for tbfsake of justice as Si ^^ SSSS and wuh the view to preserve tfffiSSSSS Sr-T * . tewl ? that the legislature wS ? , ut £ S ^ f dl 8 Cre H owry powerful such case *; but there are insUnces m which judges , like oth 8 eXSd Power which "iiiay be humanely Sgaate !
Corrcion fob lBmsD .-Was it not even as we predicted-that Dan and his tail would attempt a compromise with government upon the question of coercion ? Aye , in faith was it , and Dan , who is perhaps at thisjmoment in London , will discover that inere is more Saxon feeling there than is to be found m Conciliation Hall , for their Irish brethren . Tbi Liberatok asd Cheap Goverxmest . —One of the most fruitful themes of the fruitful mind of the FRUITFUL Liberator has been the blessings of cheap government ; and reference toour Irish news will shew how the- practice and the theory of the Liberator square upon the subject . No wonder that he should contend for extensive corporate reform for Ireland , when he is enabled to create strength or neutralise opposition by the unjust use made of corporate taxation . We cannot sufficiently commend the
straightforward manliness with which Mr . Reynolds and bis SCUT have contended against the Liberator and his TAIL . It is monstrous that the monstrous legal item of nearly £ 1000 for legal expenses , together with the amount for cutlery for the Lord Mayor , the redecoration of the Mansion-house , the furbishing of an old picture , and such like casual and disgusting items , should be carried to theaccount of general expenditure . Who wouldn ' t be a corporation printer , when the accounts are admitted without more than a passing comment ? Dan would tickle his hearers by the assurance that voting the bulk sum did not necessarily entail the expenditure . Ob , Dan ! if you had five times as much , you would have the whole nest ot Irish patriots chirping and gaping for as much more ; but it has always been your policy to smother public opinion by the shower of gold duat that comes froin vther men ' s pockets .
FOREIGN . For the news under this head we must refer the reader to our general and more extensive Summarv
TUESDAY . The Thcsdkbbb asd bis Pets . —Verily , we live in a strange world . It is very hard for the schoolmaster to unteach what he has so indefatigablv laboured to inculcate . As long as we can remember the lima has uniformly eulogised the laconic letters ' answers , and speeches of his Grace the Duke of Wellington , until this morning we find the Thunderer ^ n DnS , « , H \ ° - rt soldier ' ' £ UE STUSTED CORPORAL , for his brevity . The Timet is outrageous with the Duke for sot havine told all he
knew about those differences in the Cabinet which the Time * assures us did noi exist ; but , to be sure ourcoteniporary also lauds the Prime Minister for the abandonment of his untoward secrecy , and the adoption of . a more comprehensive loquacity Iu faith , we apprehend that Sir Robert will see the necessity of relapsing into his usual secret style , especially as the watchful agriculturists , his old and satisfied disciples , are anxiously alive to the importance of every syllable that drops from his lips , and as anxiously panting for some bait from his hook that will be swallowed unanimously by his opponents .
Tm Railway Mania , —The prime minister adminutered a copious dose of Turbet mineral to the railway mad-dogslast night , no doubt for the purpose of preventing a further decline in Government securities . However , ba that as it may , it will now appear that he thinks twenty-three millions and a half too large an amount to be expended in each of the next three years in railway traffic , and three hundred and fifty millions much too large a sum to be sxpended upon the many wild projects to be submitted to Parliament . Will not the working people gay , when jobbers have realised as much from their labour as would pay off half the national debt , and without
crippling their trade capital , that it is high time the people should be relieved altogether from the burthen of such a national faith . It will be seen that Sir George Grey proposed devolving the arduous and onerous duties now imposed upon hon . members of the House of Cemmons , upon a roving commission of speculators from without . Lord John supported the view , while , in our opinion nothing would more tend to acceiewta the ipted of trick , traffic , jobborv and speculation . If the honourable house could no ' t control its own members Bcnham and Boldero , surelv it could not control a set of perambulating jabbers who , with their friends , would discuss the relative merits of the several lines over THEIR WINE AND
BISCUITS . Odr Fbibsd of Richuosd . —His Grace of Richmond has thrown up his castor , and taken up the gauntlet for his friends , the farmers . He hns presented several petitions to the noble landlords from their ttnants against auy destructive interference with the right * of his clients . It is strau » e most strange , that in this diversified warfare we never hear a word from the labourers' friend . We think we may apply the old invitation to the Government iu their
case" HIT 'EM AGAIN , THEY HAVE GOT NO FRIEND !" Moset Marmt . —The Government has actually beaten the brokers . The pulse of security beats a little higher , while the railway pulse betokens a slow and languishing feverishneB 3 . No wonder that the DaiyXews should advocate the system of monetarv centralisation as a substitute for political squabbling .
IBSLANS . Famwb . —It will be remembered that some weobago we published the wise assurance of the bailiff oi an Irish landowner , that there waa plenty of food in the country if the people only had money to buy it ; and the sagacious Duke of Wellington has wisely discovered , that though millions may die of want , still there will be no scarcity ;—in good truth , if hi 8 Grace died of want we should be scarcely able to find his successor , for , " take himfor all in all , we ne ' er shall look UDon his like again "—and God forbid we should . He tells us that he has served the Crown for fifty years . He might have added , that he served himself at the tame time , but Irish modesty rendered it
impossible to say that he had served his country . The Dbop of Water is the Oceax . —Sir Thomaa Fremantle has proposed a loan of £ 50 , 000 from the consolidated fund ibrthe reclamation of waste lauds in Ireland , upon the condition that a like amount shall be subscribed by the charitable of that land Doesn't he wish he may get it ? He also proposes to serve Ireland by a further unnamed grant to be » dpliedtotheFORTIFICATIONS AND HARBOURS OF TUE COUNTRY . That ' s the way to treat slaves I—to make them build fortifications for their enemies . Brown-bread Joseph had no hesitation in voting supplies for the augmentation of the army , but his economical soul shudders at the bare notion of granting anything for the relief of the starving Irish . Ihey ask for food , and they get fortifications
WEDNESDAY . The "Star" axd the " Timbs . "—By St . Paol , but we have beaten the Thunderer—the Oracle says so . Sir Robert broke the seal l-nSt night , and as fairly muzzled the poor Thunderer thi 3 mornin " . The Parliament did not meet thu FIRST WEEK fii January ; theCabinet WAS NOT UNIfED upon the question of free trade , for it never wa 3 submitted to them , and the sliding scale still reigns triumphant as the regulator of the price of corn . Now , it was very shameful for a journal , with power , if not with character , to have ventured uyon so mischievous a practical joke . The injury sustained by parties who have acted upon the faith of tho Times , is beyond all calculation , while the seeds of disappointment sown
in the minds of the sufferers will not be easily eradicated , and the League , lulled into partial security bv the anticipated revelations will sprout like mushrooms from the soil , and denounce both the Thunderer and the Premier . The fact isjust as westated aud we were t&i only print that did state it . Sir Robert Peel hangs by the slidingsctleforthreGyears . well knowing th tjin this active age , that three years ' grace i 3 a political eternity . Long before the prescribed timo shall have expired , the collateral measures of Sir Robert will of themselves have repealed every ve 3 tige of the Cora Laws . We never write hastily or capriciously , or , at all events , minutely , upon subji cts that we do not understand ; while , upon the comprehensive sullied and its several
minute details , and almost imperceptible results , we have published more real knowledge than a ! l the books , pamphlet ? , magazines , newspapers , and demagogues put together ; while the Times is as hopelessly ignorant of the bearing of the subject " as a dunghill cock is of a holiday . " It is one thin ? to tickl * the advertising propensities of ignorant shopkeepers , who are taught to beliere that every shilling saved in the purchase ol food will be an additional twelvepence spent at their counters—to cram ignorant speculating manufacturers with a false notion , that their fortune depends upon the conversion of wheat into an exchangeable currency for manufactured goods—to convince the working-classes thatcheap food is ever accompanied with high wages , and it n another thine for a Prime Minister to
in-• uresueh legislative co-operation as will convince the majority of the House of Commons of those newspaper accepted dogmas . The mi ghty measure , the gigantic scheme , the overwhelming disclosure , and stafa-snwnlike resolution of Sir Robert requires more than a merepassing glance inour weckiysummarr ; and , as public opinion looks more to the Star than to any other , or al ) other mediums , for a fair and disinterested review upon the mi ghty revolution proposed by Sir Robert Peel art night , we must be pardoned if we devote toKits consideration an amount of spac . which ite importance demands at * our hands Its principal merit , however , is , in thelangujgc of Mr . nakhv--- > t unot 1 ^ 5 1 » please ei ther partv who cammandthe votes of their respective daVe ^ aao , vhile it will be read with becoming calmness and due atteuUca by those who haye no votes .
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Mo » hMabkki .-As we anticipated , the rise in the national pulse was but of short duration , and the patient has again relapsed into its former languor . Thre » yw » a a lwg day , my lord ! -short to the criminal who stands upon tho verge of eternity , but long to the maid who pants to become a bride . The jobbers thrive best m an unsettled atmosbhere that is susceptible ol transient calms and continuous quails . 1 he amount of money necessary to pay the duty upon corn now in bond , according to Sir Robert ' s brand at 4 s ., will cause a further decline in government securities . Upon the whole , we are vetn near the settling day . * ^ ^^ t ^
The Railway Jobbbrs -The iron-hearted philanthropists , so anxious for the prosperity of the nation , and so solicitous about the convenience of the poor whom they were compelled to stroll along at the rate of thirteen miles an hour , are moved to becoming and characteristic compassion b y the kick the prime minister has put in their gallop . As we observed yesterday , the good trunk lines , with judiciously formed contributory branches , will rise in value , while Hudson and the bubbles will vanish into air . fhese fellows did more real mischief than , landlords and free traders put together .
Wbsi Ridiko Euseiio . N . -This struggle comes off on Wednesday next , and we do trust that if Lord Morpeth shall have a walk-over , that the sons of toil will ask him some questions relative to his opinion about labour , and so forth , and that they will require more satisfactory answers than that of noblo sympathy promised by his lordship to the Short lime Committee , whose address we have much pleasure in publishing this week .
IRELAND . Conciliation Hall . —After an announcement from the Liberator , that he was about to leave for England that evening to compel the Prime Minister to csta-W » sh granaries and storehouses ( how fine ! how highsounding ! how patriotic !) where famine roost threatened , some other M . P . ' s indulged in suitable harangues , when the rent for the week waa announced to be £ 196 9 s . 2 d . We beg particular attention to the following fact . Sir Thomas Fremantle proposes to advance £ 50 , 000 for reclaiming waste lands in Ireland , upon the condition that the Irish philanthropists shall raise a like amount . Now the Liberator bas fobbed , to his own cheek , one half of the requiredsum ; while the League , who would ground
their immediate demand for tree trade upon the threatened destitution of the Irish people , are about to subscribe £ 250 , 000 to insure them a cheap supph of food . Let us add , the £ 50 , 000 of the government loan , the £ 25 , 000 O'Connell tribute , and the quarter •) f a million League money , and we have £ 325 , 000 ; to which should government add a like amount , would make a labour fund of £ 650 , 000 ; which , at the rate of £ 3 an acre , would reclaim 216 , 000 acres , the improved produce of which would pay more than 10 per tent , for the mouey , while its addition to the present amount of arable land would be an immediate provision for the increasing population , so horrifying to the Malthusians . If we estimate its average
production of wheat alone at one quarter per acre , we have an increase of 216 , 000 quarters , which would be no small addition to the present annual supply ; while we leave out butter , bacen , pork , milk , beef , mutton , oats , barley . potatoes , garden vegetables , wool , poultry , eggs , and all the rest of it . Verily , we have gooil reason to be proud of the high position that our agricultural opinions now hold in the literary and scientific world , and whereof we present the following testimony from the Prime Minister of England " , which , though we publish it here , shall adorn many other parts of our broad sheet , and , with the consent of ( he directors , shall stand as the frontispiece of the rules of the Chartist Co-operative Land
Association : — "THERE IS A DREAD—A NATURAL DREADOP COMPETITION ON THE PART OF AGRICULTURISTS . IT 13 IMPOSSIBLE , I TH 1 XK , FOR ANY MAN TO DENY THAT AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IS YET IN ITS INFANCY IN THIS COUNTRY . BUT THERE ARE MEANS OF MEETING THIS COMPETITION WHICH 16 SO MUCH DREADED , BY THE APPLICATION OF CAPITAL , SKILL , AND INDUSTRY ; AND BY THE ADOPTION OF THOSE MEANS I FEEL PERSUADED THAT BOTH THE AGRICULTURISTS AND THE LABOURING MAN WILL "IE ABLE TO MEET THE COMPETITION WHICH WILL BE RAISED UP AGAINST THEM . AND , IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE EFFECT WE PROPOSE THAT THE STATE SHALL ENCOU * RAGE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY . "
Bravo , Sir- Robert ! that ' s it . The science of apiculture is but in its infancy . We have taken off its swaddling clothes—do you wrap it in the garments of competition , denuded of the flimsy rags of protection ; encourage it—foster it ; hng it to your soul ; talk of bulls , and spades ; and cows , and their dung ) and never heed the assaults ot fools , the reviling of maniacs , and the contempt of slaves . Yes , cherish native agriculture , and you promote an emulative and honourable competition , round which the sons of toil will rally , and triumphantly fight your battles against protectionists , anti-monopolists . and crotchet-mongera «> f all classes , shades , and denominations .
FOREIGN . Although the London press affects to sneer at the resolutions proposed in CongresB by Mr . M'Connel ) , and although we are led to suppose that they were received with laughter , yet we caunot forbear calling especial attention to them , and especially the last , which has reference to sympathy for , and co-operation with the Irish people . Tlif resolutions will be found under th « ir proper head ; ahd , while we strongly approve the terms in which they are couched , we tear the proposer egregiously miscalculated when lie relied upon Irish admiration of Republican principles . He was not aware , because the press would not convey the fact , that the English delegates who vrert sent to propound Chartist principled in Ireland had a narrow escape of their lives from the ignorant
dupes of an interested juggler who has cunningly mixed up Infidelism and Republicanism in the same category , nor was he aware of thegreat fact published by the Bel / ait Vindicator , that tue Catholic people of Ireland . hated democracy , and were tho Btanchest supporters of monarchical institutions . Our far west friends have yet a great deal to unlearn before they can judge of the relative atrength and adopted principles of the respective parties in Great Britain . Mayhap our anti-war and anti-militia declaration may lead to a friendly notice of Chartism and the Chartists ia the American Congress ; while we be" to assure our transatlantic friends that the Irish Liberator would much prefer £ 25 , 000 a year , with abject slavery , to half-pay consequent upon the possession of perfect civil and religious liberty .
THURSDAY . Fbee Trade —We learn , with no small pleasure , from different sources upon which we can rely , that it is the intention of Mr . Cobden and the leaders of the League in Parliament to support the measures of Sir Robert Peel . This is as it ought to be , " while we are sorry to be obliged to state , that the lectuiett who , above all thin « s , fear the settlement of , to them , so profitable a difficulty , have resolved upon keeping the fire of agitation alive . Sow , if ever a nation has suffered from one thing more than another , it has been from the duplicity , recklessness , and rascality of demagogues , who rouse every passion and excite every feeling for the attainment of a special purpose , and assoon as their labours promise success , they become horrified at the prospect of that
triumph which threatens to strip them of the wages of corruption . When Chartism was on the eve of victory , the Birmingham patriots were sopped off by corporate emoluments ; the London ^ philosophers were bribed by government toleration in an exemption from st imp duty , and by the promised patronage of Brougham , Roebuck , anu | Co ., while the physical force adventurers , Carpenter , Vincent O'Brien , and Co ., betook themselves to denunciation of their own priuciple 3 . We trust , for the sake of peace ,. for the sake of industry , for tue sake of labour , and of the poor , that the League leaders will act with a stern and bold authority , allowing their servan-ts to pass over to the Richmond ranks if they cannot procure honourable employment , but not allowing them to tamper with a national strength as a means of upholding aristocratic sway and oligarchical oppression .
Trade . —Wherever shrewd guess has been made : V ( to the probable result of the Premier ' s ALLMIGHTY proposition , a corresponding firmness has been exhibited ; and as we have ever wished to baso the demand for political rights upon sound views rather than upon agitation consequent upon a hungry howl , we shall perhaps more than any other parties living rejoice iu the success of a measure which is calculated at one and the same time to meet threatened famine , to adjust conflicting interests , and to break down old landmarks which new opinions had rotted and destroyed . We often expressed our
satisfaction at the fact , that if Char tism had slumbered for the three past years , apathy had been occasioned by comparative prosperity , anil we now more than ever hail it 3 promised continuance , because we have created such a mind , as will use the present opportunity as a means of insuring permanent happiness through the posstssion of LAND OF THEIR OWN . f measure , n * no set ol measures , could more tend to the advancement of our Land plan than those proposed by Sir Robert Peel , while no s ^ timents or opinions could more strengthen the propriety of its adoption than those to which lie has given expression , and sums of which we shall retain lor constant use .
Corn 1 bade . —Last week , and the week before , we prophecieu that the measures of Peel would cnuso a re-acuon m the corn trade , the effect of which 1 wou . d be a rise in prices ; and that we were rijiht , tiie market nctc of this morning bears ample proof , as the position of buyer and seller has been changedtheseuer now sceptical , and the buyer rather anxious to purchase ; while we also foretold that the crv of lamme would be simultaneously heard . The < -raiii market , as we foretold , has a tendency upward . " Moset Maiiket . —Some hocus-pocus , in which the application ol the sinking fund Iips had a bailcquin ciitfct , has had the tendency of creating a gleam of hope on Change , and things , especially Exchequer Dills , have assumed a more healthy appearance . The government practitioner continuing to Ol'KRATE to a considerable extort , has no doubt hat ) its share in the affair , and all this , although tho vity bloekheaus have not yet , we arc told , had time to scan the merits of the all-mighty propositions .
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Shark Market . —As we have foretold of this department also , the bubbles are bursting , and the 8 j m , v P P « g to go a-head with railway , 620 . lae York draper , who , not long since , wa 3 Wf ™ ?! Railroads , is biting his fingers , and nnds that he has got out of his depth , by his foolish plunge into p olitical waters . ^ *„ .,.
The hi gher a monkey climbs , The more he shows his —— . West Ridisq Election . —As far as the Protectionists are concerned , tho West Riding of Yorkshire ia going a-begging , and would have been unoontested altogether , had not the energy of Mr . Feirand ferretted out a lame Fox to unbag for the amusement ol the field upon the occasion . We were quite disposed to aid in a searching examination , and sharp castigation , ol Lord Morpeth , rather than that he should have received the conviction that his policy in every way accorded with tlie popular mind , but wo really cannot recommend the adoption of one of the most bigotted old Tories that ever the world saw .
IRELAND . Welcome DAN .-Well , Dan , my hearty , so you are come to Saxon la nd to ax the Saxons tor a bit o ' i ia « pS * i ! OJ ; s ' aftep takin 8 A ' . ° M . « " <» £ 300 a-week , out of their pockets . Ogh , J 3 an , your sowl but it ' s you that ' s mild as a sucking dove when you comes over here to blarney the natives , but the « n , i » rf ! i i . ^ er '" es you ; barring it ' s about a WS . ir ? k > or a railwaT sche' » . "PPail oil behalt ol the poor starving paddies . Musha , Dan , but you should have entered the Saxon house with a board before and a board behind , with these words on them : Pity the sorrows of a poar old nmn , « hose trembling limbs have borne him to your door ; TV hose life is dwindled to the shortest span ! Oil ! give relief , and heaven will bless your store . ThePotatoe . —The following appalling account appears in the Clare Journal . —
ttehave received a document of great importancenamely , a return of tho sound and unsound pot : itoe 3 in possession of the tenantry in the parish of Kilfidanu , made on the 29 th of December . We have written the word important as attaching to this return , we should have written the word appalling , It is so in great truth . Let us 8 « e , then , what the report referred to states . There are upon this townland 518 families , consisting of 3 , 186 persons . There are amongst those persons 2 , 051 ) barrels of sound potatoes , and there are i , iU barrels of unsound potatoes . Let us now state how much food
remains for consumption to those persons until the 1 st of August , and that is an early day . Three barrels to each family for seed will take 1 , 55 * barrels , and tins will leave « G barrels for the support of 3 , 182 persons to the time we mention—that is , thirteen stone of potatoes for the sup . port of each person until the 1 st day of August . T his is not sufficient for one month out of the six ; and we would now ask the landlords , large landholders , the magistrates and gentry , however immediately or remotely connected with the parish or with the county , will they suffer the poopletomeet the famine tuatstures them , withoutmalnug some effort to procure food for them ?
rhis is really an appalling prospect for the poor people , and one which will demand something more th ; . n the slow and sluggish process of Parliamentary relief administered by tho crippled hand of Irish philanthropy . We would strongly recommend the government to send a commission of five honest , unassuming , kind-hearted men to Ireland , not to report upon the state of destitution that may present itself but to relieve those who sutler under it .
FOREIGN . In the news of to-day , under this head will be read that , portion of it which refers to the sanguinary conflict between the combined forces of England and France and those of South America with remorse while that portion of it which refers to the pro » re-i 8 making in Prussia , by tho democratic party , ° will convey no small pleasure to the frionds of freedom at home . It will be seen that the Autocrat of Prussia has been compelled to . fly from Berlin , in consequence of his refusal to grant a constitution in compliance with the rational demand of tho improved mind of the country . Again we beg to remind our readera that Mr . O'Connor , in his first letter on his return Irom the Continent , predicted s « ch a result . America . —It will be seen that while England is publishing " the thunder of her arms , " Jonathan is not indifferent , as we learn his intention of buildin " aateam navy capable of competing with our " wooden walls . wans .
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THE TEN HOUliS BILL . MEETING AT -WMHUHOTON . Last week a meeting for the purpose of petitioning 1 arliament tor a limitation of the hours of factory labour was convened in the large room of the Town Hall , \\ arnngton , which was gratuitously lent for the occasion by John Ireland Blackburn , Esq ., M P ior that borough . The spacious room was densely hlled , principally with factory operatives , who took a warm and lively interest in the proceedings of the meeting . The Uev . John Rathborne was called to the chair and opened the proceedings with a feeling and oquent address . The following resolutions wore passed unanimously : — That , in the opinion of this meeting , the loug hours ol factory labour are injurious to the constitution , and are productive of immorality , crimeand premature death
, . That , in the opinion of this meeting , a Ten lloura' Bill would work benuficially both for master and mau . The domestic comfort of the operative would be increased , and they would have more freauent opportunities for moral and intellectual improvement . That a petition , founded on the before-montioned resolutions , be signed by the chairman of this meeting , and sent to John Ireland Blackburn , Esq ., if . P . for this borough , for presentation to the House of Coimnoni , The following petition was also adopted : —
iq tht Honourable Ihe Commons of Onat Britain and Ireland , in Parliament aiiembfal . Tho petition of the inhabitants of Warrington , in public meeting assembled , Iliimbly Sheweth—That your petitioners deeply sympathise with the factory workers of this town and neighbourhood , many of whom are of very tender years , and shut up in close rooms for a period iu each day that is quito incompatible with their nature , and calculated to impair their health . That , owing to tho long hours ot labour to which these young persons are subjected , they are debarred from all moons of obtaining either reli gious or secular education . That , in consequence of these long hours , of which your petitioners complain , the factory operatives are placed in a much worse position than other branches of artiians , by which their ph ysical frames are debilitated , and must , if some relaxation is notafforded them by legislative interference , become mere representafives of the humau body without any of its various de .
lineaments . Yrtur petitioners , therefore , pray your Honourable House to pass-a good and efficient Ten Hours' Bill without further delay . And your petitioners will ever pray . Excellent speeches in support of the resolutions and petitions were delivered by Mr . John Grimshaw , Mr . Lewiaon , Mr . James Leech , Mr . Maltby , Mr . Mullineaux , and others . Votes of thanks were Kiven to John 1 . Blackburn ; M . P . ; Lord Ashley ; John Fielding , M . P . ; and other friends of the cau 5 o .
MKKT 1 XG AT 0 I . DIIAU . On Monday evening week a largo publie meeting was held in the Town-hall , Ohlhain , for the purposo of petitioning Parliament foi-an efficient Ten Hours ' Bill for factory labour , with a restriction on the moving power . The specious hall was crowded to excess , great numbers having to go away . Nathan Worthington , Esq ., manufacturer , one of the high constables , was unanimously called to the chair , which office ho filled with great satisfaction to all present . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Birt , Baptist minister ; John Fielden , Ksq ., M . P . for the borough ; Mr . llalliday , manufacturer ; Mr . Quarniby , Mr . Alexander Taylor , Mr . Hurst , Mr . William Knott , Mr . Mellor , and others , all of whom expressed their deep sympathy for the factory labourers , and advocated the diminution of the hours of labour . Appropvials resolutions were unanimously passed , and a petition adopted to be presented to the Commons ' House of Parliament by the members for the borough .
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MEETING OF DELEGATES AT MANCHESTER . On Saturday last the men of Lancashire ones more displayed that spirit of resolution and dutermination for which they have long been characterised " . On the evening of the day nanu-d above , there was ti meeting of f » ctory delegates from all the manufacturing towns in the county , and from some other places in Yorkshire , Dcrbjihire , and Cheshire . Their numbers amounted to fiftyone , being the mest intelligent of the workmen selected from tho various branches of factory worksri . It was indeed a soul-stirring meeting , and the speeches delivered would have done credit to tho united wisdom of SI . Stephen ' * . Their arguments were practical , foundpd on Iobs experience and enlightened Tiewn , and urged with a fervency that betokened their zeal in the sacred cause in which they were engaged . Judging from tho numbsr of delegates present , and the important towns which they rcpresented , it may fairly be said that tho voice of a million of the toiling sons of England was re-echoed in the meeting , of which we K » e a brief report .
Mr . Paul Hargravcs , the intelligent chairman of the Lancashire Central Short Time Committee , was called on to preside . He briefly stated the objects for which they were assembled , and said , that since the delegates were assembled very many matters of importauee had transpired , the whole of which had given the committee brighter hopes of Buccess in the accomplishment of a measure which they all had at heart . The working men of Lancaidiire best knew what suited their interests , and he committee endeavoured , by all means in their poncr , to promote the passing of such measures as were lik » lj to meet tli . eir views and administer to thoir wants . Daring tVie last' eighteen yours , in which he had bctn engaged , in the advocacy of the question now under discuw-iivn , the agitation hud ufisuvaed almost us many different shapes ; at one time it was necessary to hold public int'fctlngs ' in order to draw puWic attention to thu sufferings of the children , with a view of exciting sympathy for them ; at another time it was necessary to petition Parliament , and ninka representation to the Government
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of the necessity of such a measure . This cause was no longer necessary , the humanity part of the question had been conceded , but the opponents then begun to diacuvsr that the trade ' would be ruined , and England ' s greatness for ever gone , unless the factory girls of Lancashire worked twelve hours a-day . They declared that trade would he ruined ; in fact , that the wholo of their profit and the stability of manufactures depended upon the two last hours' labour of the day . To meet these objections the committee had applied tho whole of their study ; they had collected th » best evidence on the commercial part of the subject which could he obtained , and had condensed the whole mt 0 a cneap pampillet and distributed it amongst the people and tho ... embers of Parliament , by
winch much good hart been effected . The people of Ian . cukire had nobl y responded to the call of the committee , « . d had enabled them to accomplish much in this way by supplying them with funds . They had still a sum left , and by he promised support of the districts they hoped to be able , at least , to send twelve delegates to London to support Lord Ashley m h . s endeavour to pass the bill this session . The committee proposed to send sU from Lancaslnre , four from Yorkshire , and two from Scotland With twelve men in London they would at all times be prepared for any emergency that mi ght aviso . They would also be able to canvass the members at their own houses , and lay before them the wants and necessities of the factory operatives .
The meeting was in the courseof the evening addressed by the several delegates , in the course of which the following resolutions and petition were unanimously agreed to : — " That in the opinion of this meeting of delegates from tho manufacturing towns of Lancashire , Yorkshire , and Cheshire the necessity of a further limitation of the hours of factory labour is every day being made more necessary on account of the increased speed of machinery , by which til . ) labour of all persons . employed is materially auKmunted . " x . " That this meeting of delegates once more express their determination to adopt every legal meuns in their power to procure a limitation of the time of factory labour to ten hours a day forjivo days in the week , and night hour 9 on the Saturday . " " That the following petition , founded on the foregoing resolutions , and signed by tho chairman of this meeting , be immediately transmitted to the House of Commons : "—
THE PETITION OP FACTOBI DELEGATES , To the Honourable the Common ) ef Oreat Britain andlreland in Parliament assembled , Humbly showoth—That your petitioners are factory workers from the following places : — Manchester , Bolton , Oldham , Preston , Blackburn , Stockport , Ashton-under-Lyne , Dukinfield , Wigan , Brodbuiy , Chorley , Tyldsley , Chowbent , Leigh ^ CUredun , Lejland , Hyde , Glossop , Heywood , Blosden , Hebdeu Bridge , Hadfield , Newton Moor , Rochdale , Saddleworth , Salisbury , Shaw Chappie , Warrington , Waterhead Mill , Woodley , Jlossley , Comstall , Wheelton , Astley Bridgo , lladfteld , aisembled in Manchester for the purpos * of devising the best means ' to be adopted to obtain from your honourable House a law to limit tho hours of labour in factories to ten hours a-day in each day for fivs days iu the wtek , and eight hours on the Saturday .
That your petitioners represent the feelings and wishes of the factory workers in those districts which thuy represent , and are instruc ted to make such representation to your honourable House as the nature of the claims of th * younger branches of factory workers may reqair * . That your petitioners are daily iu the habit of associating with large masses of factory workers , and aro well acquainted with the hardships of those employed , more specially thu younger hands , and , from u long jexperU ence , have no hesitation in declaring to your honourable Home , that the privations to which they are subjected iu consequence of the protracted duration of their labour , is such as to stunt their growth and impair their health , anil thereby encourage the spread of intemperance among them , by creating a necessity for artificial stimulants .
That your petitioners are fathers of young persona who work in factories , and are deeply impreisid with the duty they owe to thoir offspring , and therefore deplore the oxisteuce or any system which prevents them from instructing their children in both their moral and domestic duties , That your petitioners have learned with considerabla astonishment that your honourable Hou 3 e refuses to shorten the hours of labour , on the ground tunt such a measure would be attended with s , corresponding reduction of wages , and thereby inllicton your petitioners gnat and lasting privations . Your petitioners beg your houourabU House will dismiss this part of the subject from your consideration , inasmuch as your petitioners , aud those whom they represent , are quite willing to adopt the Ten Hours' Bill , aud leave the value of their wages to be regulsredby circumstances .
That your petitioners are fully prepared and willing to prove at the bar of your honourable House , that should wages ba reduced iu the same ratio , the advantages « h . ch they would derive from such an arrangement as that of shortening the hours of labour to ten hours a-day , would b » more than adequate ti } compensate them for any sacrifice they might be called upon to make . Your petitioners deem it but justice to themselves to state that the experience of the last few years has very much strengthened their opinion of tht » necessity of an abridgment of the hours of factory labour , and beg also to represent to your honourable House that the increased speed of machinery has also increased the amount ol their labour to a degree far beyoud anj thing kuown in year * gone by .
lour peticionere , therefore , most respectfully but firmly represent to your honourable House , that they ure resolved , at whatever inconvenience to themselves , to continue to impress upon your attention the growing neceaiity for the limitation of tlie hours of factory labour of females and young persons employed therein . Your petitioners beg to represent to your honourable House that the efforts which are now making by benevolent individuals to improve the condition of the work , ing Classen , by the establishment of public walks , the erection of mechanics' institutions , and the promotion of other places of healthy and literary resort , will prove a dead letter to the children of jour petitioners unless the hours of their labour be shorteneJ .
That your petitioners are deeply sensible and grateful for the beneritB which they have receivbd from thoss laws which have already been passed by the legislature , mid venture to hone that the progress which has bten going on will be proceeded with by a further limitation of time , until the younger branches of your putitionors' families ihall have been put on the same footing in point of time at other artisans . Your petitioners therefore pray jour honourable Hous j to pass a bill to limit the hours of labour of all females and young persons employed in factories , to ten hours a day f « r five days in tho week , and eight hours on the Saturday , without ' any further delay . And your petitioners will ever pray .
It was then resolved , that a petition ba lent from this meeting to the agricultural members who voted against th » Ten Hours' Bill , wishing thorn not to obstruct the members icprssenting manufacturing districts in improving the coadition of thoir own constituency b y limiting the hours of factory labour . Resolutioi . 3 were then introduced to the me » tinj for the appoiutmcut of delegates to London should the ; bo needed , which were agreed to , without one dissenting voico . Votes of thanks were then given to Robert Gardner and Son , of l ' reston ; Uobert Kuowles and Sous , « f Bolton ; and all other manufacturers who Inive adoptud the system of shortening the hours of labour . Votes of thanks were then given to Lord Ashley , M . P . ; John Fielding , Esq ., M . P . ; and all our friends botb in and out of Parliament .
Votes of thank * were then given to the Central Committee and to the Chiiirn . au , which were briefly responded to ; and this terminated on » of the most impressive mentingi we ever witnessed on this subject .
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Dreadful Accident on tiie RivER . —On Tuesday night a young man named James Bride , who was formerly a brewer in Ireland , met with his death on the river under the following dreadful circumstances . In consequence of reverses , Bride had been compelled to accept of a situation aa a day labourer to tlie St . George Steam l'ackcfc Company , and lie was standing on the gumvale ot a barge " alongside one of the Irish steamers , when another barge coming down the liver , which was not very well managed , run I ' oul of it , and he was forced overboard by the collision . Two men in the barge leaned over and caught Bride immediately , and they were in the act of raising him out of the water , when the outer barge swung round and jammed him between the two . The men were
compelled to let go their hold of Bride , and his head was crushed between the two barges . When they separated again , his mangled remains fell into the river , and have not since been recovered . Tho bystanders expressed the greatest horror at the circumstance , and the melancholy late of tho young Irishman , who was much respected by ail who knew him , is much regretted . His wife , to whom he had been married only ten months , is within a few weeks of her accouchement : and it is to be hoped the Steam Packet Company , in whose service her husband lost his life , will make some provision for her . Collision at Ska . —On the 22 nd of January inst ., the Russian ship Ocean , 7-50 tons , CO days from a Russian port , with timbi-r , bound to Port Mahon , ran into and sank tlie French ship Escualduna , in lab . dS 10 N ., and Paris long . 10 47 > V ., or about 70 leagues "W . N . W . of the Lizard . The accident occurred at a quarter after ti-n o ' clock p . m . Very
heavy weather had prevailed all day , and the kscualduna having lights exhibited was lying to under her main-topsail , with the whunV . N . W . blowing strong Captain M . Boissonnier saw the Russian ship approaching , and hailed her , but received no reply except by the barking of a dog . The Ocean took the Escualduna on thu larboard bow . and carried away the rigging and bulwarks , and cut her hull down to the water ' s edge . Her fore and niizen masts broke , and her crew , consisting of eight person ? , leaped on board the Russian vessel , from whose captain or crew no explanation could be obtained . Shortly after the mainmast of tlie Escualduna gave way , and the vessel sank . She belonged to Bordeaux , was laden with iron and coal , and bound from Liverpool to Marseilles . The Ocean , with loss of bowsprit , arrived on the 24 th at Plymouth , where Captain l ' oissonnier and his crew were lauded , having lost everything belonging to them .
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NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET ! ! [ Continued from oi \ r Seventh Page . } NATIONAL AMTI-MIL 1 TIA ASSOCIATION . A numerous meeting was held on Wednesday evening , at the Parthenium Assembly-rooms , St . Martin s-lane , for the purpose of farming an association for the protection ot such of its members as might be drawn for the militia , and conscientiously o goet to serve therein . Mr . Milne was culled to the chair , and introduced Mr . O'Connor , who ably explained the ol jects of the associa tion . A deputation was received tr » m the cordwainers' body , rtqucsdn " information respecting the objects of the soiitty ; information was also requested by various othe ' r parties . Oa tlie motion of Mr . O'Connor , seconded by Mr . Arnett , Mr . Wheeler was elected secretary , and tlie following gentlemen were elected as a committee , to act with [ he committee of ten previously
appointed : —Messrs . 1 ' ord , Milne , Aruotr , Whit more , sen ., Whitmore , jim . ^ Bird . Miller , Rowland , Whitehorn , Parked , liutehins , Wheeler , O'Connor , IlunnU bell , Oakley , R . Smith , Greenslade , Critcheil , Loivrie , Collins , and Earl . On the motion of Mr . O'Connor , seconded by- Mr . Smith , the committee received authority lo add to their Dumber . Mr . Pavkes moved , and Mr . Whitmore seconded— " That the secretary ue instructed to draw up a code of lawa for the guidance of the society , and present llieni to committee at its next meeting . " Carried unanimously . It was then resolved that the coimnitUc should meet at the same place , on the eiihiiiiij ; Wednesday evening ; sittings to commence at eight o c . ock precisely , and close at a quarter past ten . Ihe attendance of all friends is earnestly rtquistcd . Alter some further arrangements tho iiieetini ; adjourned .
GREAT MEETISO IX GLASGOW . A great public meeting of the unenfranchised inhabitants was to be held in the City Hall , on Monday evening last , tor the purpose of protesting and petitioning against the intended embodiment of the militia . \ Jp to the time of going to pre .-s with our scotch edition , wo have received no report of the meeting , but an immense gathering was exptcted .
dumfries . Public Meeting in Maxwklltown—Defkat op the Chimps . —The burgh of Maxwi'lkown—which , to compare large things with small , stands in the samo relation to the town , the name of which heads this notice , as Southwark does to London—was on Thursday , the 22 nd instant , tho ' sceno of a lesson that those to whom it wns read will not soon forget . Although situated in Galloway , the spirited littio town is included within the Parliamentary boundaries of Dumfries , having its own local magistracy ; and , irom whatever cause , tlie Maxwelltoiiiuns have been ever the boldest in the people ' s quarrel in this locality . A meeting had been called on the evening in question , by a clique of feckless Mes tO organise
a militia club . Shortly after seven o ' clock , p . m ., tho hour of meeting , t ! io Court House was tilled , the fu 3 tiaH-jackets mustering in great strength . Aboat that tnno , Mr . Andicw Wardrop presented himself at the door for admittance , when the jailor ( whose lodgings are situated underneath ) who acud as door-keeper , on recognising him , collared him roughly , and thrust him out , doubtless , by authority ot the eoncoetors of the meeting ; but , unfortunately , unknown tq the assembly . A master dogger took iha chair , altkough not regularly elected . Ilia openm * address was a characteristic example of the ignorance of public business exhibited by tke shopecracy generally—it was short , sweet , and as follows : — " There maun be naething said on this side or on
that , till a' the resolutions be read , heard , an' agreed to . " A string of resolutions , clumsy and unintelligible enough , were then read , and Bailie Neisun said they were " universally" agreed to . Jf the Bailie meant universally , he was mistaken ; for . on the instant , ayoumj compositor rose , and , in a highly eloquent , argumentative and lengthy speech , which surprised both friends and foes , proposed another ^ sort of resolutions which were passed by acclamation , and the appointment of a committee then and there named , to carry thorn into effect , also carried unanimously . At the cloae , as part of their instructions the committee were ordered to transmit a
petition to the Commons against the embodiment ol the militia , to W . Ewart , Esq ., the member for Dumfries for presentation , and to desire tho member fortiie Stewartryof Kirkcudbright to support its prayer . Considerable confmion existed throughout the meeting in consequence of the brutal ignorance , aud ignorant brutishnes * of the chairman . It cannot hs too often impressed on the Chavtiut party , the urgent necessity of electing at tho commencement of every meeting , where there is the slightest prospect of a discussion , a firm , intelligent , and impartial working man to tho chair . Iu no other way have the working classes the least chance of fair play—the experience of years might have taught that lesson ere this .
The weekly meeting of the Dumfries and Maxwelltown Working Men ' s Association was held on Monday evening , Mr . Andrew Wardrop in the chair . After the admission ol several new members , a committee was named to arrange for a public meeting of the inhabitants of tho two burghs , to take place iu Dumfries . It was understood ihat the committee should proceed by requisition ; that resolutions and a petition , similar to those adopted by the late meetings in London , should be presented for tho sanction of the meeting ; and that , iu addition , a resolution should be proposed , pledging the meeting to keep aloof from , all militia societies , until the prospectus of the National Protection Society , alluded to in the Star oi last Saturday , shall have been published . The petition in favour of the exiles , emanating from the meeting lately held under the auspices of our
association , is still in course of signature . The association is participating to the full in the stimulus which , has latterly been imparted every whore to tho Chartist ; movement ; our members are rapidly increasing , and the reading-room , so useful in adversity , will , in a . g hort time , be rendered much more efficient than it has ever been . A public meeting of the inhabitant of Maxwelltown and tho country part of the parish , m which it is situated , has been called by handbill , for to-morrow ( Tuesday ) evening . Tho meeting will be an out-door one , and held in the Market-square . Should the evening prove propitious ( a risk in such unsettled weather ) , a great gathering is expected . The committee appointed at the meeting in the Couvt-house YfiU deliver their report ; and , perhaps , addresses will also be delivered by Mr . A . Wardrop and others .
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THE DAILY NEWS . [ From our Second Edition of last ivcek . ] Friday Morning . —Late last night , and with an aching heart , or rather early this morning , we registered our opinion of our new acquaintance , and after a third visit this morning , having minutely scanned him again , we must cut his acquaintance , merely observing—bad luck to the stink ot' that Fox , we lost our fine paper through the " mains" of him . If we criticise sharply we have a right to explain fully . Three numbers of this new paper have appeared then , each number has had three leaders , each leader has had three objects—league support , buok support , and railroad support—every one of them
without exception , a toss up of the old free trade hash , and a bad one , too , without spice ; but , still further , our very worst apprehensions have been realised , as we shall show . Our complaint of late years has been that all politics have meiged h . to money speculation , which con > titutes the demon centralisation upon which tho despotic power of tlie Minister is bused ; anil IVom the following passage , extracted from the third free-: rade leader in this morning ' s Daily News , it will bii seen that our new acquaintance stoutly advocates this destructive policy of centralisation , llore follows the proof : —
OUlt NATIONAL FATE HAS NOW PLAINLY DECLAHEmTSUU' AS A MERCANTILE ONE , AND PARLIAMENTS AND PARTIES STRIVE IN YAIif AGAINST THE STERN NECESSITY THAT MAKES
IT SO . OUlt COMMEUCIA . L 1 UTEKEST 1 IA . 3 ALREADY OUTGROWN EVERY OTHER ; AND 11 AV 1 NG TO STRUGGLE , OS EVERY HAND , AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENTS OF OTHER INTEUESTS , IT FOLLOWS , AS A MATTER Ob COURSE , THAT IT SHOULD MAKE ITSELF PltOM 1 NENT IN EVERY POLITICAL DISCUSSION OL IMPORTANCE .
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Militia . —If we were to publish all the thanks and laudations received from every corner of the empire , for Mr . O'Connor's letter in last week's St : u ; and his unvarying and consistent advocacy of tho people ' s rights , we should lill three Stars ; oui answer , therefore , is , let the reader peruse tlie article , " No vote , no musket ! " in this week's Star .
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There were fifty cases of felony tried at the lvirlo ale sessions , last work , tho amount of property stolen bciug under £ 10 ' . Tim Lmb Poacuisq Afviuv . at HiLusDoy . —On Monday last Thonias Stokes and John Adams , both of Barton Hartshorn , were charged at Buckingham , bofore E . Dowes , Esq ., and the Rev . William Andrews , with having , on tho night of tho 17 th inst ., at IliUsdon , been found armed with a gun aud a bludge » nin search of game , and with having beat and assaulted G . Bridger and James Cadd , thu Duke of Buckingham ' s gamekeepers . It appeared that oh
the night in question the keepers heard hnng , as they thought , in a spinney near Mr . Lino ' s , ot ' IliUsdon ; that Brulger sent some of his men in tha direction of the living , and 'tlia ^ UeJ Bridger ) and Cadd waited at a place'CdUc * Pre ' Sto " irC \ urnor , whoiQ ho thought it was likely'the-poaoliw ^ wouW . come . At about eleven o . cloik three ' men /» piu / il ! ffiic « . (> ne >\ r whore BridgerTjjicl Cadd were ; / / M ^ u ^ r fight ensued , in which the | thinlp ; pr ^ o ^ pai . ? pj > ch . party struck a few b \ oviS 7 . Thfck £ epa »? i « ltWed ou * Sir &M&& 28 SI AylMbniy gaol lor trlNt i ^^/
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 31, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1352/page/5/
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