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      Peronshire Bouse ^ th ^ r ^ resenee , is without foundation . - ^ j ^^\ " \ " " Pbbj . "' 3 > ikx i ^^ ^ m » i ^ 2 % 31 ° Members df the House of ( pmmoM bAv ^ ptflown their names Lord DuitBilSk—^ yQ ^ rd . , Durham arrived at Portsmouth on Holiday eTenjtftjjT' He embarked on board the Sasti ^^ a the jWBwing morning , and s ^ led immediatelj- ^ Rtk a fai ^^ nd . The CovjJTtg * C ^> OOi » SMi ^ nTies indisposed . Her Ladrshi ^| m > ODfiaed t ^ l « f apartments . ; Borne s ^^ TOenerd TBdnni ^ rM recovering from MOBBSmRIoil . : ' . ' the

      DaMPp ^ CockeriD , ibe _>« $ J 5 etor of the firewol ^ P ^ feaestroyed on jKreVioai Sunday , e : ™« EpMfSi ^ lsT week in Sfc Baa £ holomewk Hos ^ t ^ p ^ M ^ fejanesJ ***^ ^*^^;^ effect " ing bf |^ gjg £ g | POBa the seefle 4 ? ' ^^ ygJ ^? n > it ^ S ®^^^^ t ;| e ^^^ i * ai lroad «»

      o ^ B ^ 3 ** i | 5 ^^^ ps . ;<§^ " >*«> Sl ^ L PoLlCBvr ^ Jfe ^ S ^ yp ^ ftJ | : ^ ? ** organised ^ in asd ^^^ S ^ te ^ HS ^^^^^ dsWra . mously . \ ^ -i' ^ - '" . ; - . ' =. - - ^ j * & ¦' *" ' ¦ ' . */ New Poos' LTw ^—inftfie "" Malton' Poor Law Union , no fewer than sewntfcen townships have refused to return Guardians ia the : Board .

      A xew Coach has beenstarted between Brighton and Southampton . It professes to do the distance in ax "hours .

      Prince oy Moscowa . —The Prince of Mtfscowa has written the entire music of a new Petite Opera , in two acts , of which report speaks highly . Death . -Mr . J . J . Ing , the dramatic anthor , expired on Saturday morning , in his 39 th year , at his house in Beaufort-buildings , Strand . His works were written hndef the mine of " "Stafford , " l ) ut for no particular reason . ~ MAHBIAGE . —The Brussels papers state that the Belgian Minister , of "War ia to be married to a sister of Sir EoSert Adair , formerly English Ambassador to thatConrt . / Spbikb- Jashioxs . —The unfavourable state of the weather is so inimical to the introduction of spring fashions , that some of the Magazines say—* ' For Spring Fashions see December . "

      Appointments ;—Government have -appointed one of the sons of Mr . I # igh Hunt , aad the eldest son of Mr . Sheridan Snowies , to Clerkships in the General Register Office . A Braxch Bail way from Northampton to the London and Birmingham line is in contemplation , and a surrey has just been completed by an engineer , whose reportris favourable . The cost would probably be between forty and fifty tbouianjd pounds . Desebter . —Friday , the Hon . Algernon Curzon was escorted by a corporal ' s party , as a deserter , to his regiment lying at Chatham . Mx . Hastie , M . P . for Paisley , has been presented "b y his constitueEts with a bust of himself , executed by Mr . F 31 ans , a self-tanght artist .

      The Eabl of Essex , it is said , has settled on Miss Stephens ,. his new Countess , £ 5 , 000 a-year , and the manor and demesne , of Cashiobury , for her " life . The Countess , has two brothers , and previons to her marriage disposed of her own property as she pleased , with the perfect concurrence of the Earl of Essex . It is a fact that , by permission of the noble lord , the Countess at present writes all his franks , signing them '' C . Essex . " Fokgert . —There are at present in circulation a number of well-extcnted forged one pound Bank of Ireland notes , No . 24 ^ 543 , dated 5 th July , 183 / , and signed "W . Bennett .

      Clbbicai * . —We understand that the Bishop of Peterborough has filled uj the Taeant prebendal stell , and bestowed the favour npon the ^ Venerable Archdeacon Strong , who is above 80 jeaw oldi A Fie Plaxtatiox of 30 acres , belonging to the crown , and situate near the Military College , Blaekwater , was destroyed by fire on'Friday morning week . It was first discovered between' eight and nine o ' clock ; and no doubt way maliciously set fire to . — Windsor Express .

      The Momteur officially announces the appointment of . Marshal Soult , as French Extraordinary Ambassador tol England , on her Majesty's

      coronation . . Aerostation . —This science will reeeive an additional impetus daring the ensuing summer , from the launching about the middle of , May of a vast machme of immense : powers .- eoastrncted by a number , of scientific gentlemen pn- tfae principle of Mon ^ olfier . It is upwards of 200 feet in eircumference . and 130 feet in height . No ^ ascent has ever been made ia England with a balloon of this description . It is to be called the " Queen's Royal Aerostat , '? in-honour of oar gracious Sovereign , and the . first ascent will take place at the Surrey Gardens . -

      CoBoSATion :. —Some of our contemporaries have taken it upon themselves to announce that the Coronation of her MBjrwty was to be postponed to August , if not to some more diEtant period . Now , although we possess no means of knowing what is determined at Privy Councils nntil 'the official annouBeemenfcis made , we do , nev € Ttbeles » ,-undertake in thia instance , to state } not as a rumour , but as a ' -cer tainty , ' that there is -no intention' Whatever of postpoBing : the <; 8 ronat 3 on of our beloved Sovereign beyond the month 6 f June . ' If we wfere ; like some © four contemporaries ,- to indulge in -conjectures on the subject , ' we should say that tfee SKfth of June wonH probablv Dethe ^ dayi—08 « rM » i * -

      Sotal Plate ' Closet at "Wixdsob . —The royal plate at Windsor is kept in . one tolerably-sized room and , adjoining closet , and ,, 1 s -valued at £ 1 , 750 , 000 . sterling L , There is . one gold serrice , formed by -jGeorge TV .. } to dine 130 ^ ests ; seme pieces were taken front the Spanish Armada , some brought from India , Burmah , China , &c , ; one vessel belonged to . Charles Xll . of Sweden , and another to the King ' of . Ara ; ' a ,-peacock . ojf precious , stones ,

      valued at 430 , 000 j . and a tiger ' s head . ( Tjppoo ' s foptstoolXyqfh & > olid , ingpt of . gold ibr his tongue , and crystal ; teetb . 3 numerpns and . ^ lendidl y ^ orBaineBted goW « hieid § ,,, oa , e ' . j ^ adeji ^ om .. snufi-boxes , vame , 8 , QOp . JgraDif ^ 4 * , j and 30 ^ d ^ n ^ p f jbates , which cost 26 guineaa . ea « hpia ^ . ' TbJ mi ^ gnxficent sir ? er wmeciwfeTjjna ^ ibr- ^ ebrge . ip ^ i * enclosed with plate-glassy its Eup ^ rb ^ h ' a ^ jng-and . oiher ornamental w * aigoccupied ,. iwoyeaf 8 7 - » nd , two .. fjail grown persons ; may ;« tin . it witlujuttiiKJOttTEDieivCe .

      AcerDENT ' . —A eoa > t £ gnarf ttao , named Parker , wasT ) tewh' over t 3 fe cW ** 'Beadiy Head , a few days -ago ; "'HeT&ad' Bear ewwerluig ^ wSB airiend * few imnntes befere ; anS - Qief x'iiS 8 zpxrt £ dy wbea the latter heardr ' a scream , anS ip hi 8 ' agtonishifient his iierS E ^ - 'a isirbpeirea . - "Wiretiwr" ftdiii " a sudden gost of ii ^ iifil ^' thVlarge ^ eai ? ifi which he waa erivelojieo ^^ WhetSef froaf wBo * of eaoSon , " cannot beasceftajn * a . _ -r " - ¦ " - '" - "" - ! _ " ' FATAli . BoiLEa : Explosion . —On Friday nieht

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      ^ "VTBBtoBiT ^ S tate op PotisH ^ -BjsrtfeBES . — yfe regr ^ to % fina tha t the poor Poles are again reduced to tbejgre itest extremity . We usfc the word extremi ^^ r ^^ B » 1 . 8 eose , for it is now life or death ^ ffl ^ ihoseSan ^ Mta * te exiles . The funds > pp licab ^ p ) the sSpf ® f | tt those excluded from the beaSFof the govferfl ^^ grant are con * , pletely exh ^ fflf ? vTKe : <» n ? e ^^^ s may be eamly unagined . "! B § arotI « fc £ as acttt ^ r ' commenced ltfe frightfol process , and many Vwose brave men whose heroic valour'in the Cause of fieedom and their country has rung ^ through- every corner of thfe civilised worjd * ' at this moment , in this city of

      , luxury , h » tWbt : tirteJ'ib 6 d ^ t # 0 vr three days ;] Gbba ^^ e ^ tebn * RAii . WAT . r ^ ie works <) 1 this raap ^ Tare ' making oonsid « riftle mcTess , botji at & # ^ & ( on and Bjwtol entlsof ^^ ffije . It is the yil ^^ fli . o ^ the company to open »? hi" London to jffiBjjjrfflfrrft in the beginning oT- ^ a ne ^ a distancb fro ' mj ^^ by the ; railway , of abbbt ^ ttr ^ i ^ r-three mil ^^^ K ^ ay , however , has yet"fea ^ M- It & eon ^ Sftatfed to open the Bris 6 al .: ^ ff « W » lin e ata faras ' ama ^ 1 » ab out twelve monto ; : 3 $ e"distance

      is aboi *« Kteen miles . ' / . : . _ ¦ ¦ - -- "f-s- ^"* ' - ' - '' : - ¦ ¦ ¦ - ; -. ¦ - ' --1 ¦ M ^ a ^ . —A "Weekxy Mail Communication by ^ stti f M ' TB about to commence between" Aberdeen and- JtettrM in the Shetiand ^ fs . . ^ r ; " % T ^ or 5—A Direct STEAli % pM 3 ^ r > tic « TioN is-a ^^ to " take-jUkc ^ Vetween l ^ aoi ^ BiJ iffiavr e . ' -. vs » . ; -: v -.- ~~~? : - \ - ¦";• \ X : :- ^ jil '¦ -: r . iyf-1 Kbn ^ al . — -JtBBqiRTBi ) MTOt »|^^~ Th «; j 8 Teatest sensation ha > pl % i » lfeyuih ' iflae ^ kninvdl"Kendal and Milnthorpe , and the neighbourhood , during the last few days , in consequence of a well authenticated report of a pauper inmate of the Milnthorpe workhouse having been foully murdered by another inmate , with the knowledgeof the governor . True it is , that a man of the name of Robiuson was interred

      at Heversham on Thursday last , under the most suspicious circumstances , from that workhouse , and these havebeen strengthened by the information of the paupers , when out of the house on Sunday , to that degree as to cause bis disinterment for the purpose of an investigation before coroner ' s jury , and the person who is said to have committed the foul deed has been apprehended . Such , however , are the conflicting statements told of this horrid affair , that it would be unjust to report them in a newspaper previous to a full investigation intri the case . The name of the person apprehended is Thomas Holme , who had been mysteriously discharged from the workhouse after the death of Robinson . A boy , who , it is said , would have been a material evidence , ' an imate of the workhouse , has absconded . — Whitehaven Herald .

      Novel Fraud ;—Clandestine Marriage . —The bans of marriage between Mr . Thomas Cox , of Burton-on-Trent , Staffordshire , and Miss Steer of Mickleover , in this county , were recently published 5 b St . Werburgb ' s church ( both parties , of course , being p-jrishioners of St . "Werburgh ' s ) . On Friday , April 13 , a couple presented themselves to the minister , and were married by him as Mr . Cox and Miss Steer ; both were strangers to the rev . gentleman . No sooner had the new married couple left the church to ruminate on the solemnity of its marriage serrice , than the real Mt . Cox and Miss Steer entered , and to the great astonishment of the minister demanded that he would marry them , stating who they were . In vain did he assure them ,

      that he had either just concluded marrying them , or that they could not be the above-mentioned parties the publication of whose bands had just expired . They felt , nevertheless , quite satisfied with their own identity , and still continued to demand his performance of the ceremony . The minister , however , could not be prevailed upon to comply ; he could not marry two couples with one pair of hands ; and , after a eon-iderable remonstrance , the disappointed party left the church , and obtained a license , by which they were married , we believe , in the same church on the following day . By this dishonest proceeding , Mr . Cox was not only robbed of his halfcrown for publishing the bans , but was put to the expense of getting a license . —Derby Reporter .

      Uxion-Hali .. —Yesterday a strong able-bodied young man , named Wilson , was brought before Mr . Jerremy , charged with stealing a brass cock and a quantity of lead pipe , the property of a lady named Mitchell , residing at Kennington . The prisoner was discovered at the rear of the complainant ' s house , between 3 and 4 o ' clock that morning , in the act of Cutting away the leaden pipe communicating with the water-butt , a quantity of which material wa » ibnnd in his possession when taken into custody , a .- ? well as a brass cock , which he bad dragged away from the water-butt , leaving the water to deluge the yard ;—Prisoner . I don ' t deny the offence . I was starving at the rime , and J was obliged to so aihieriBg

      togetmyself some food . —Mr . Jerremy said that he wr s astrongpowerfulyoungfellow , aBd ought to work for his bread , instead of going about robbing people ' s houses . Prisoner . I cant get- work , and whatamlto do ? My parents are dead , and I have no friends to give me a farthing . —Mr . Jeremy said , that he was ¦ convinced if the prisoner sought for employment that he could obtain it , but the reason of his not having wofkwas in consequence of his propensity for thieving . —Prisoner , If I had work to do at all I would doit , but I have been starving about the streets , and would rather be at once sent to gaol than lead

      such a life as I have been doing . —Mr ; Jeremy said , that be bad just been informed the prisoner bad been in gaol before . —Prisoner . I don ' t deny that , but it was not for felony ^ it was for sleeping in an outhouse , having no other place to Test myseft , after prowling about the town in quest of employment , which I could not get . The prisoner then supplicated thsft he might be sent for trial , as any sentence th > t might be passed upon him could not make his atuation worse than it was ; at all events he would have the hecaSt of a roof te cov « r him , besides fond , such as it was , and also a bed . The prisoner was then committed .

      . D 16 NITT of the Peerage . —At the Henry-street Policeroffice , DnbKn , on Thursday last , after the dis-. posal of the minor fry cases , a constable ushered into the board-room a gentleman of rather a foreign appearance , and stored in an undress military frock , who was presented to the magistrate as the Earl of RoscoBimon . His lordship , marching forward with an air of offended dignity , and keeping his hat ' oil , addressed the magistrates ^ -follows : — " Are you aware ; Sir , that I am entitled to -wear my hat in this room as a peer ? 11 is my privilege , and I make nse of mj pri-Yilefe . " . . ¦ . : Magistrate . —I know of no privilege ; there is no distinction of persons here ; I can permit no person to remain here covered .

      Lord Roscommon . —Sir , I claim my privilege ; I claim the-privilege of the peerage . ^ ~ l Majgistrate .- ^ lknowofjiosn ch privilege , and must insist on your removing your hat . I make no distinction in fav « urof tmy one . You will please toremove your hat . " ' '• ' Lord Roscommon—Well , I shall take off my hat , bat mnst protest against being obliged-to do so . I will show yon again the privileges ofthe peerage . His lordship , now standing uncovered , hslened with dignified nonchalarice to the acensation of the policeman , 174 , C , who stated , " that late on tbe ' tJrevidns night be found the noble lord in-SackYflB-strept , drank , and perfectly incapable of taking care t *

      himi « eitr On being queif turned , he could give no account of himself , nor tell wherehe lodged ; bnt to themterrogatories -of the policeman h&rsplied' in an-arigry t - ' ¦ ¦ : M 8 gistrate ( toWs lbrd ^ rh 3 p . } -i-yon ' Qave K / ardi the complaint , Sir . WlatlJaWy ^^ saTfdrVtnirwlf ? ¦

      \ Lord Ko 8 c 6 mmtm ^—4 pledge- 'iafiNr honottrjU ^ peer that bis charge is fabe : I ' wS&Tftot arank ; " - ~ - ¦ - Magistrate . —Tha *» ili -not ¦ & »? -Tn * policeman postively assert * on oathifcat yon was drtnk . ' -Your pledgee of honour ajne ; , ao annrari Hskrvrta ahymeans to prove that-yon vu not drunk , aiw « ble " tD take care of youfafeH ?/; ..-: ,: ' - ,- : , .., n-:- ¦ . - ^ Lord l ^ s ^ idiiuMi ^ P ^ rft .: al * " aj » ^ B ledge their honour , " that is their privilege , " Xven jn J . the ^ Hou «> i > l tords it is helS quite inActent , and sirely my doing sd is answer enough ' ro ? h& cliafge , 1 again repeat I was not dronkv 7 ~ ::. i .-:. i r ¦ . - ¦;¦ - -j ; ' ; j

      ^ » The policeman sal'd-ldt lotdsbip was so : drfrai that he neither knew whence bo csmfej nor wiritner he tf * ££ « Pf .. - ¦ - -- ::-: . ,, - ' ¦'¦; ,.. . , . -, . A - . ' , / , . ¦ . - { :., ' ; "'" .. ; Ma&jstrate . —You mastjuhnut to the ssnal penal try J ^ fioie jbn 5 s . for being drunk i& the-poblio « tree ^ ana incapable of taking care of jooneffi / . - L-: ' . u' ^ " ^^^ P » ^^^ 7 ^ fi ?^^ - ' ^> ' Wft * * ' fiy /» " tone ^ oT- the - ma&ifcajg : \\ ue ~* ' down , two , haB * crbirns iandx « phiciaghis'tat briISs nead , proceeded to ^^ acrtos » tne ' TOoA ' fo " t ^^ rV ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ . -m > Magistrate . —Sir , I insist on your keeping biff Voor h ^ m this room . .,- / -. ; ¦ ' ' . ' .-,,, : ' H ^ , lordship ^ acUn ^ obedience . . " ' 7 I ^ agi 8 trate- ^ oiurtable ,. remove ' that geniteniaii ' A ati \ ck inau

      ij _ . ^ man , p ^ T } or ; oujex , jwear Jttw Hat y ^ tpy " . '' . ' -- ' ; ' 7- ; -. ,-:--: ' i ' " :- /' - , . ' .. " . ' \ . ' " > ' ^ H lio ^ mnwH ^ Nomah sliaTl dareAmove mt liaiT ' ¦ " !''"¦ - ' ¦ ' >' - " -- ¦' - ¦ - :, < JiJ 5- ' . fi'i >'! \ - \ z-.,... . - ¦ . . } t-j ' ' ^ ftB constabte ^ TeinoveidlBwlo ^ asTBp ' s hat ' - " ¦ ¦ liord RoscemiJ » nii- !* hSII'lelyote' near farther of this ; IVifl » hbw' 3 rou'my p « iT 3 (» fe .- " : Magistraterf- ^ -Sflv tf fon * ddr » nDdier word . I ' wfll ' commit jtouS beWaW . - ¦ - ' ¦ ¦¦< . - ' > ' ..- " ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ " His lordship , in « ikmt ioiBfnf ttioo , then wi&drew

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      ^^ frfv ^ Bsiii "S ^^^ r ^ JlSe W ^ of ^ Gl mp gow are pgqpglny | pt gt , frB |> . a greatcpnblic demonl stratiou" in favour of universal suffrage in thajt city . It is fixed _| o £ _ the twenty-first instan <| , and Mr . Attwooi ^^^ ra ^^ friends" from BitV mingham are tjQ ^ pSrted to ^ gttend . The trad ^ are to come fiKrapfon tbiu , as afi ^ trmer occasion * , wUh&& ^' W ^* i ^ s ^^^ ' i ¦ ¦ ¦

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      ' " T ^ fc ^ ' ' . ' , . - . ¦ - . ¦ " . :--GREAT MEETING OF THE WORKING \ CLASSES AT SHEFFIELD . A ; On Mondayjerenlng ¦ Jast , Mr ^ O'Connor was invited to addrftM-the ^ Tr ^ rki ^ g inen of Sheffield , in thb Town Hall . At seven ©' clock , the alpppinted honi , Mr . O' € oimor eatereoT ^ e Haa ; accompanied by the Comnut ^' i&f ^ JieiW ' orkiD ^ Men ' s A ^ datfion , and wa ^ reiber ^| y d ^^ a ^ Bmblage wiftitJJe * trongest Mr ^^^ i *^ ' % rt ^ dvto * tha chair . IHe ^ aid that the menaBjf Sheffielo / must now or never epricg up and ftnt ^ iifftheirlethargy—thnt around them they heaM ^ fifei ^ e » v bf freedom , while they still ;(> luiflberea ; ; - ;^ iriraiwiuini 'iad once more ^« alie ^ upon thea % * : ; if ^ gfe « atde \ was fought anil lost * by the apai ^ f of ? tHe&Now ^ , ^ VHiat ^ 6 / oid theSrnDfe % bours savi % dr . hfiSs- ' -iitfthM 'tkpv armwftr io . tn ^ ' Order t ?

      (< mm ^^* $ !^ M& ? P ' - Tli « pO 8 ition * which Sb ^ ptoyi&kltn ^^ ellTnaintiined , upon the Y ^ S ^ 0 Sms ^ WK 00 i ^ fttf 6 i iniCbmpfeterHJ ^ 'tb do th ^^ ftisprif t ^ pheefsTX' The deinisa upon their energies ffljcr&fertions was just ; the reSnionse he felt confident would be unanimous . ( Hear , near . ) They knew his views—they hjadl often heard him ; but he knew they , were impatient -to hear their champion , Feargus O'Connor —( cheers ;)—and , therefore , - he would conclude by introdntang that gentleman . Mr . O'Conxou then advanced , and was received with cheering and clapping of hands . He said he ^

      was happy that as the defects of the Reform Bill had been selected for discussion , that the Chairman had alluded ~ to the men of Birmingham , as the completion of the promised measore should rest with those who had fought for its accomplishment , but who now perceived that instead of . « , boon they had got a dagger . ( Hear , beaT . ) The Reform Bill , said Mr . O'Connor , was not a thing of Radical creation , or of Dsmocrati . c imagination . No , it was the foster child of the Whigs , —( cheers)—who . when out of power , said , "Oh , jnstsee what the rascally Tories do for you ; only give us the Reform Bill , ' and you shall have y our fullest measure of political rights . " ( Cheers . ) Well i they beat the Tories for the Whigs , and

      instead of redeemiig those pledges which earned Reform , they join the Tories in beating their old friends , the Radicals . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) When they wanted yon , a noble Chancellor of the Exchequer condescended to correspond with the Unionists , and when the Unionists gained the battle for them , they transported thtyn . ( Chesers and hear . ) Under these circumstances ^ continued Mr . O'Connor , the mSn of Birmingham are called upon to arouse and make another struggle . It was Brougham , Russell , and : Co . who instructed the people in their political creed ; they were the men who laid down the outlines of "the Bill , the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill . " That Bill

      said you men of the manufacturing towns are too valuable not to be represented ; the boroughmongers don't represent yon , you shall all have a vote , —( cheers >—and the people believed them . The Reform Bill was a virtual abrogation of those laws which were made by men who committed suicide , because they were too corrupt to be confided in . ( Henr , hear , and loud cheering . ) the manufacturing interest conld be collected by ringof bell , the agricultural interest was thinly scattered upon the lace of the country , and therefore your agitation succeeded , but your success was the granting of power to men who made your degradation the terms of their support with ministers

      ( cheers ) . The ballot , said Mr . O'Connor , to the Irish for ty shilling freeholders aud old freemen would be a better reform than we have now got ( cheers and " trutj" ) , true , aye , but it would not do to give the ballot to the poor voter ; they never dreamt oi such a thing ; but during the holidays their member came with his rat trap to claim it for the -wealthy electors , ( hear , hear , hear , ) and that was one reason why he , Air . Connor , liked the raeu of Sheffield , because upon that occasion they bearded all opposition , even the opposition of their favourite member , ¦ " they came , theysaw , and hfty conquered , "for notwithstanding the master cutler waa a sharpe blade , hits vision was a little duil

      when called upon to decide , ( cheers , ) we had a . majority ( cheers and " we-had , " ) aye , or he would not have refused us a second show . Oh , if the poor Radicals bad acted so , we should have been dendnnced throughout the empire ( cheers ) . Mr . O'Connor entered at considerable length into the defects of the Reform Bill , and then said that Universal Suffrage , and that alone , could make Reform complete ( tremendons cheering ) j but we are too ignorant continued the learned gentleman . Now mark how they cloak ignorance when itserves their purpose . In proposing the ordnauce estimates to the House of Commons lastweefc , Sir H . Vivian apologised for been obliged , to undertake the task ,: in consequence

      of the ignoranc © of the yonng gantlomnn who lad been recently appointed to the office , but had not yet instructed himself in the business . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Now , said he , we are too ignorant to use the suffrage , bnt do with the people as they hav »? done with th- ? ordnance clwk , give them the STifrrage , and they will soon learn how touse it . ;< preat cheering ) Mr . O Connor ha \ ing exposed the' defects of the Reform Bill at considerable length , went into the question of labour and capital , wherein lie fully proved that there existed uo necessity for poverty in this country , provided all the proceeds wer « equitably divided amongst those from whose labour they spring andhe had no objection to allow that the

      manufacturer himself would be more happy and as wealthy . ( Cbeew . ) But said Tie , what are yonr laws , your instiiution g , your servants , and even your boasted buildings ? Your building * are jails , court houses , bastiles , bridewells , and bridges for the aristocracy . ( Greatcheeriug . ) - Your magistrates'are partisans . If they wanta jailor ,: they loos for aruffian , and if they require a distributor . of your alms to the poor in the shapeof a bastile go \ ernor , they employ a heartless Devil , ( cheers ) instead of a mild nud kind hearted pefson . You seesaidhe , thelawshateyoujthesenants and administrators of the laws-hate you , and you hate yourselves . He Mr . O'Courfbr had been long speiiainE his : tirae and > . is money to litfle advantage

      in their cause . He wanted to know when the cup of misery was foil ; as he believed the time was not far distant when he and they might be called upon to make ayetbolderBtand . f Here the whole meeting rose ^ and the -spacious building re > onnded with hearty- eheers , which lasted for . several minutes ;) Mr . O'tonnnr then , went into a . variety of topics cosnected-with the different branched of trade in Sheffield , as with the general commerce ofthecountry , pointing out , as he proceeded , the manner in which Universal Suffrage would correct the ' several . abuses . He then adverted to the'slate of public feeling fend general oppression in Ireland . He denbuneed the whole obhc * with regard to that counuy , and said ;

      that though it was not now the theatre of his flgitar tion , yet he never e » uld forget that it , wa » the-land of his birth , and . that however bis . policy may differ from others , yet even the , Catholics were beginning to find that he , a Protestant , was for a fuller measure of freedom for them , than' ; were the bag and paid patriots of the day . ( Great cheering . ) England ; he said , cannbt , ought no ' tj s / utll not "be fteej unless IreLmd pafScipates in the ^ freedom . ( H ear , and tepeated cheers . ) He then'showed how Irish poverty affected the English labour market . He exposed the manner is which - Catholic Emancipation was -wholly dffected' to 1 the aggrandizemeut . of a parcel of placdifuntiDg ieljows , while ' the > Catholic iisid sfiiltapaj ; -the tithe . 6 £ which they should not payone farthlngr ( Cheera . ) Mf . O'cJounbr , addressed the meeting at considerable length , beiiig . 'looaiy hTif > Ai-A < l ' aW tnrtSiiiA y bnll as the' after iiart of . the '

      pmceediDgirtee'ime-mdfe-imporifeirit , Ve are coia-, < peBeat 6 r ! ieaVe ' ' 7 HTi O ^ Cdnnbf , ttodto turn to the speedbeS'idf > th « f ;* 6 rkrag < rmen ^ Trhtcn were mtire interestiugHhatt if Mwt >* C . had ** eti - > spieaking for . ATBonrh . 'iUjxm ovote o £ ihanJc 8 b « ngprppbBBd to iMitO / CDimor , * b& jrig tan otaaevfontiira ,- anajsaia . rthat havib ^ . iwite ^ - * fc ihe fcrotftipn , 'of ¦ „ tl ( e" Gr 8 at ' Nprtieiii yajonilie WQaldtal ^ ttLatoppoxtojiityjof en tering hneflyiirto i , t % objects } ^ irbjieh ^ objeots ^ 0 Q ) d speak for themselves , " as ne oad a copy dmwh m ^ bfHJ&elM ^ % Ma . Uilte £ , f « fa ' -whM- was "to be 's ^ nfitifel on ' 'WWfii © ft «? ' ne 3 rt te ' » ^ general , meetSfiglef ttftWofkibg mtoflf t * 6 dsl iWMO'Gbnnor tbtnfrerti thft- ' otj 9 tt » iwmohv ! - 3 « iBhr ^ wcwved > wrfh de ^ Jniagxheere ^ andeiptrisj ^ df jsibapa *« hati ;( Axne < perstm ^ wtHdd -inovrJandriaeeoiwi ' iitiliWa ^ rioptioii f , Jylr . B ^ waakfiT ; -e& i ^^ k ^ ra ^ i r ^^ cia-Mongy fm *? rejja « artr «| f SgfW * t 0 Ae . - h a 1 * t ^ , « d « p * . tionorths ^ iect » iBomeso ec iMtT * W % t ; Qaeuwhdi « iS »

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      # oemeiif ; t » dieofywfg * oai& be miMag tfiee mme lor keepmtr * . r f ^ a ^ aD whose name we dii not l earngmonrited jwie : Co | the benches , and said Mr . Charovan , I have fotfl&t for what is called my county v ^ nth baronetandmuslcet , and Ihever fough in ^ my yodrttwith half that vigour that I would now TMfc m defence of my family , my home , my fire , and my nghte , ( uproarious applause , ) then , sir , I move the instant and immediate adoption of the objects of Mr . Beal , allow me to explain . Tradesman—No exiplanation , « jir , we have been too long listening to

      nonsense of # ne kind or another , we must have thi objects , Who seconds their adoption ? (^ All , fdV \ Mr . Beal- Thin meeting was called by the workingr men ' s association , for a specific purpose , and the meeting cannot sanction the ^ present adoption of ^^ he bbjerts without calling a meeting of their body foj that purpose . Tradesman-- ^ You called themeeting ? we are the meeting , we hava nothing to do / with your arrangements , it is our busiuess to take advantage of t | ie _ occasion ( great cheeringi ) The object to which yottobJect , expunge , and your union f ^ ls to ^^ W ;* alueless ; preserve it * anditiwilluiute all Q ^^^^ eringO ¦ ¦; Meetmg- ^ ut |! h& ; ob jects , ? S ^^» Jo ** Wg without lis .: . CMi ^ pfimi no , no ) ^ amoa ^^ k ^ l ieW ^ , where S ififfiS ^ N ^*>»>* : l » ahs 4 ^ E doing

      MsmMM ^^ - Hms' ^ ( gfekt cnetfrfnf ^ hTrdapprg ^ Thands ^ Meeting-r we . must have the . m , . we ' -wgill have them !) Mi ; . O Connor--Working " nieh 71 cqinmead your determinaTOn , but mordwttntoiBrTOeeiangB'sn harmomous , and as you are topay nothinp , / wiH you consent to postpone the further consideration of the

      question till jVlonday , whediyou : will be strengthened by the concurrence of the men of Leeds ; ( Txadesman no , now , —meeting , no , w- , upw . ) Mr . O'G , I am for now bat the delay wont damage us , as sBduldtheAssocia ^ tion reject them on Monday , I pledge myself -to attend a puolic meeting , called for the consideration of those objeets . XGreat cheering . ) Will yon now consent . ( Yes , upon-those conditiona . ) ' ¦ Meeting : —> Tell us the place and hour , we'll all be there .

      The vote of thanks to the Chairman was then put with , acclamation ; he rose to return tliankR , and said—Fellow-workingmen , I : heard with astonishment the objection of Mr . Beal to the objects of the Great Northern Unioni I arn & member of the Working Men ' s Asssocaatipn , and I pledge myself to be in , niy place , and to move their , adoption and uupport their principles . ' ( Cheering and clapping of hands . ) What does Mr ; Beal-mean by scaring the timid ? > Ve want not the . timid .. ( Cheer-. ) We want the finn and the resolute-.. What is life but liberty , nM what is liberty bnt the fullest enjoyment of life ? ( Cheers , ) , And have we the one to that-extent-. which , allows us to enjoy the other ?—( no , rid , )—and then We ar ^ i slaves ; and does Mr . Beal refuse to fight for his 'liberty ? ( Cheers . ) . If he does , I ; do no'ti ( Great cheering . ) Workingmeh , I never was so much p leased with any project as the formation of the Union , because the

      objects are manly aud denned , and such as will eiilist in their support every man who hates , oppression , and loves irecdohi , ( Great cheering . ) Have we not more at stake than the Aristocracy ? They can live on less than they possess ^ we have not wherewithal to live upon , after a hard life of toil . ( Cheers . ) The objects do not even threaten physical force , they mention it as the substance which id to follow Mr . Beal ' s shadow , moral force , ( cheers)—which , for years , we have been relying npon ^ and which , as it increases , seems to protract our misery . ( Cheers . ) 1 was ready to support the objects now , butwhen the fitting rime conies I shall be at my post , and give to them that support which their manliuess and justice demands at the-handdof those who have a ciiuse to gain , and are resolved to ri . sk life , if necessary , in its attainment . ( Continued cheering and clapping of hands . )

      jThus ended the mo . st important meeting ever held in . Sheffield for the working classed . The objects have since been adopted by the menxbf Leeds . The Union has been triumphantly formed : many members have joined who never before belonged to any Association ; and we anxiously await the full expression of the men--. of- ' . Sheffield . Let every man be at his post !—Mr . Beal's castigation of the workingraen w * as but top well meritedj audit is but jastice to say his remarks were manly , and not toppo ^ ed to the objects .

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      - — ^ .. - . — - LECTURES ON SOCIALISM . On Monday evening last ,:--Mr . Owen commenced a course of six lectures on those principles on which he contends that society should be based . The lecture was announced tor seven o ' clock , and at that time the Saloon of the Music Hall was pretty well filled with respectable auditors . At about half-past seven Mr . Owm appeored and vran warmly greeted by the assembly , which had now , considerably increased . The lecturer commenced by commenting on theiioportRrire of the subject on whicK he wa » nbqut to gpenk j the value of the object which , he wished to accompl ^ h , and Ihi" deeply rt v ot ^ dprejadic 6 s with which hehad to contend . Thesnbjectoithatevening ' slectiiri he announced to be " The Introduction , or General

      Outline of the System advocated , as given at the particular request of a select number of the Members of the Congress held at Metz in France , in September last ; and which Outline was by them translatedinto French , and afterwards , by Professor Gans of Berlin , into German . " He observed , on the outset , that he should lay down a proposition on which depended entirely the truth or fallacy of the whole of Ms theory ; it w _ as , "that man is made to believe all that he does believe ; and that , therefore , ' whenever he performs » n action as the : result of any belief , that uction is ahvayg to be considered as the result of the external circumstaiKe which operated on his mind to cause that belief . " It followed from this that

      beliel was involuntary ; iaid that therefore all actions that arise from belief ( as all actions do ) . were also involuntary . Now , he had stated that on that oae proposition ] he' based his whole theory , aud and that proposition was either true or : fake . ' ¦ ¦¦ . If it was true , then his theory - -was also true ; and vice versa . Assaming , then , that it vvas , true he would proceed to-ilrdstrate therpresentstate of society , and show the differeat proportions . which the different classes in society bear -ito eachVother . Thisihe did by exhibiting a number of cubes , the largest of wh | ich expressed the " whole number of the population of Great Britain . -This populatiori was divided into eight , clasiies , the respective proportions of whi

      tne whole number , were similarly represented . The first division , consisting of the working classes , was tbe'largest in pumber . This classprQauced all the wealth possessed by society , and supDorted all the other cJasseM . The third ; in . point of size , was the inferior class of distributors and comprised all the small shopkeepers .- -The ( third , ; class ¦ which , was the secondyui point-of-size , consisted of what wer « deuooiinated tbre \ thieve ? , rogues , and vagabonds . These the working classes had to sup TpOTtdottnivards . " The workirigsbfthe present » ysi tem of society were strongl y matked . by . the- fact of this ^ ^ being so large a class . ^ .. The fourth divisioBi was a numerons class . It wai cotopoaed of . Baakers , Merchants , and othersbf the'higfeM ^ droer ttf

      distnbutors .. The -fifth anxl most . numerous class included ; besides the dignified clerjgy ; under the rank of Bishops , all the most fortunate of the last mentioned class , the Rothschild 1 * and the- Barings the highest order of jp h y ^ icians and merchants . The lastclass but one included all the lower nobility , iviz thebaroriett and the ' eouhtry gentleni « n . The clast which wa « the smalltatin number , and wbiebbefore the passing of the llefona Bill had the power to make ' arraogeiMentsi ^ which wQuld ha ' ve actually preverifed albthe dinsionVand misery , md ^^ pove rty , and ; even the fea ^ s of poverty which uovv i exist among us ^ was composed bfthe Boyisl family and the Lords spiritual anutefiblp ^ rB l ^ T ^ e ^ hadomitted to entionwhich reseirtedihe

      m - rep uplunderingan . imiirdenngyB ^ wer , 0 / > 9 ciefe , anc (; . thatiwas army anil riavy ; rpear . hear , and applause . ^ It ytoK utteHy ^ unpo ^ ibi e ; ^ to create ift- cl « sBHicatien of . ^ qa | e ( y s ^ am vinj uiioiri i te > r everjrrdtBdiviaaal f ^ Pf ^ jMifl ^ - ,- / # » n >« n « .. ' , The iute , rtwf orevery'bne ' tifthefte classei was at yariance with theduteragts xrf' « i ^ ithe' oAB > elas ' « e »} w « Brtt < every , iudividua ^ cpinppsiBg them ; without ; - » « B ^ e | exception was mjured to , Jaiu ^ extent " of which it IwMJ scarcely 1 | k > 8 « rb 1 e to'Krta a ^ S ^ enV ^ p ^ ffiebtaI . ^ rror-wasitatecauseioflail'these resuHsi . » l £ -had M ^^ ^^>^ ¥ )^ M ^ ^ ^ 8 Sft ^ 8 j »«** lacuIty'OT'the mind , ana tnat ^ man had the po wer bttoewWg'tetetfaffi&ti&te ^^ © f wmhgk # ^ wm&&w « & } ' % < m !* ' : u& ' * a ; 4

      m FrWej ^ B ^ < ? BBosed ) to . all . ^ nopni ^ t 8 , vlnj ^ s ^ the ^ efo ^ e ,. be destroyed : and < . theTcrre&t tKU th "Dt WtfM ^ WWiasF ' p ? ^ i ^ Wlil ^ il every wherwth , e crdatur * -of chrirni ] tt « Biest , ;/ nhite £ ' ^ % $ ? . < W « r ^^^ . ^ i «^ fc ^ 4 ^ ir ithout a . knowledge of this fact , it was unppMimw for fhtei to $ m& correct' ^ Icflowle ^ WW ^ , «» tor «« f imimfUi ^^ aia ^ dMj ^ wt ^ iS ^ l * w ' Cu&ffl 0 fri&ulC& 8 tZpOO- Dulpftli DCktitTC XUlu ol ) 86 ] Vfti ^ ta * t ^ p ^ W ^^^^ l ^ a ^^ # t ^ j | r , hanng wings , ( Laughter . ) . , liM ^ y ! M ^ ^ ft ^ * considerable distant tnRt - dar ^ ne'ieKhy ^ rtto

      P S S J . . ^^ MS-w ^ RSBHKjw ^ r awranBiraBresBOTJBSSBBPing faiormttttD ^ toa ^ f ^ f e ^ OT ^ rgM ^ ywlpgj to attempt ail uuhWw '( o'Kuy q uestions , or to Bye , , ^ r'' ^^ er , ^ n < br ^ atioii : f : iTibj ! ira ** r « v dp :. <( b ^ ww , a 4 kod . of atfy , « ipm * 41 t . ' rO « a uei- ^ ti i # * W < y » % Qflr *» M ^^ iti 4 i ^^ lW * l 5 tij ^ f pw < * ol ? hJ § ijS ^^^ ^ ffi ^ f ^^ ^ TV' ^ Srelt W % & 1 ^^^ K ^^ Slff ^ iiS& ^«»^ W ** t lf ^* ia »^ l »\ a ^^ HM'B ^^ idftfcwftio * b ^ tl ^ i&aft ^ ai ^^ tRp ^^^^^ f ; « ad few »^ tett * 8 a 6 * j «> ^« t * 1 it >^ iwr 8 . ) jMr ' . - "¦ ¦"' - ¦ - .. ' '' . '¦ ' ¦ ; - !" ¦ ¦ '••• - ¦ : - < , - v . - ' v- "t ' . ; .- ¦ - . ¦¦ "» - ' Sti . ' . ' i ^ tL ' . ' - ¦¦' ¦ : ¦ .- ' ¦

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      " ? " *^ P ° ^* th ^ ueiifiotf withboia pointed object and replied that the general op inion ^^ was against the enqmrer . ( Laughter . ) 'rf , "however , he advertised lectures on the subject , perhaps he would commaud a _^ reat m any auditors , ( Continued laughter . ) Alter a few other unimportant questipna were asked , and answeredj the people separated : ¦ ^ 8 ? e ^ ni ' ' % & * & «» eUwred ^ on Tuesday even : m . Mr . ¦ O jnlarired' oh the application of the claiisincanpn of « ocietyi adduced > ui hi * firsi lecture , and stated that the result of the implication of jugt principles to the construction ofeociety would be

      vuc eHure annmuanon of all poverty and all restrictive privileges , and party disadvaiitages : the whole 01 wwch , with all their raischievons resnlto on society iu now coinstitutedV a «^ e entirely fiom the irrational arrangemoote- 'of sooi ^ fa ( . He regretted thatthe . semo ^ ol ^ DrofeSionaS ge ^ lemen were not freely given feitti 8 Fgreat ^ «^ bjectgig « the work of renovating ;^^ tv ^ igiipf ' theii ' yg ^ ccomplished much soopBSraraa mia& easily ^ s ^ Jraiie questions were asked ^ bTrt ^ e ( Ji scbSsion wa ^ oK ^ &ON particular : interedt ^^ o % ,-f ^ ' - ¦' \ - * 0 % rHJk . ? . ; -, •' J ^ gANESDAY-. N |^ fe ^^ . .. " : M& $ mfcyma&e ) oce& UstmimmmiMec&pi tula »^^^ i p « l topics or f # ^ I |^ ii | -eated ^^^ m ^^^ xs >^ mmm his au , i , tl , r , fj ^ rM ^ i : ;!; :

      m ^ W ^ mk jeWmffl ^ mdM > t u ) i . der 8 ^^ M ^ e ( Mr . Owfef ^ |^< flid % at'i ^^^ tpe robni .-o ' n . ^ tSe : preceding evening .- ' whohad theleast conception of what iai sy ^ emireally was . They were % S 9 ?^ pied by ,. a vejy , geiitlemianly young man who asked several ' questions - which had not ihe ' sKghtest reference to the jsubject ; aud any man cauld ask questaons which he could not solve . He said it was well known that the whole of the human race was in a ; wretche 41 y ignorant condition ; i and the assembl y then before him was a proof that neither human nature , nor the science of human nature was at all known to the world . The world had this most important science , yet- to learn ; and ^ until it had learned , it was incompetent to discuss a question ofthis nature . After some further similar bbservauons , be said that the first ' inqairy oh which he should then enter , was ,, " What are the necessary conditions for the happiness ofhnman beih ? . * ? " The

      answer to the questumwas the ensuring to each individual in society the greatest nuinber of advantages with the fewest incohveniehces . " Mr : © wen prdceeded to state the peculiar system of society which he advocates . He observed , that that system of society would be . best which caused men to assemble together in convenient bodies , not too smaUj nor too large : but at from about 500 to 2000 persous . He argued that if such was the case , the present system of society was not calculated to promote happiness , inasmuch as this condition of happiness was not observed ; but that our towns , cities , villages , and houseswere a wretched compilation of

      , human existence . He said there were , at present , two distinct divisions of society—the very rich , and the very poor . As for the latter class , society-had one them as much harm as they possibly could ; their mariners , morals , ' habits , and minds were deranged , and it was necessary that in the new state ot s ^ ociety enjoyments should be found for this large mass . Mr . Owen described the building 3 of the New society , which be said wb ; ild be erected amidst fields and flower gardens , upon such priciples as to preclude any disagreableness , to save much time and more labour ; for even in'the cooking department it

      would be possible then for four cooks to prepare as innch food as four hundred conld do under , the" present system . In the new state of society bad times would never be known , for thepeople would always have the mean * of bring happyv Mr . Owen said many other excellent things which , he assured the audience , would be the result of his system . ; The lecture being concluded two questions were asked ; but they had no relevancy to Mr . Owen ' s lecture . Mr . Qwen introduced Mr . Iligby , of Manchester , to the audience , as the gentleman who would conclude the lectures , he having previously engaged to lecture at Sheffield on the following evenings .

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      IMPORTANT MEETIN& OF WOMEN AT BIRMINGHAM .

      ( From the Sheffield Iris . ) The following letter to Mr . Elliott , will be read with interest : — Birmingham , April 16 tb , 1838 . Dear Sir , —I sent you , last week , a Birmingham journal , with a very much curtailed account of a meeting of women . I alone of Birmingham reformers ? dared convene or attend it . -i The experiment was triumphant . Not only was the vast Hall fnll ^ but even its spacious lobbies were crowded . There could not have been less than 12 , 000 women there . A more beautiful aud moving sight was never seen : a meeting more . enthusiastic and

      orderly never was assembled . It was evident-that the iron had entered mto taelr uotils 1 ; ITftat they teYt ddeply , and resolyed religiously , that their childrea ' s children should not be trampled upon as they had been . T mention this meeting to you becivusft it fornis part of iny general plan . I believe ( I -might say I know , ) that hitherto , the . women have thought so little upon politics , and being eq utterl y ignorant of the connection of our system with their 'poverty and degradation , that they have either not interfered , or persuaded their husbands from meddling with politics , as a thing of no proHt . We cannot afford their neutrality or hostility ; they must be our enthusiastic friends .

      I intend to have these meetings repeated throughout England . I am happy to inform you , that our Missionary in Glasgow hais completely lifted up the whole population there . . . Thelleforiners are also making preparations to receive us at Dundeej' Edinburgh j Sunderlatid , Manchester , and neighbourhood .: They are preparing to hold a great meeting here , to sanction and give dignity tbour mission , and to pass bur national petition . We 8 hBllthen br ^ ak ground -tit Glasgow on ' the 19 th of May , and obtain the sanction of the people therej and from thence roll up the masses southward to London ; where I Khoulalike to see 7 CK ) jO 0 b meet us on Hampstead Heath . But to effect any good object —to acquire any pawer for the people—we " must exhibit , on : the whole of our CQUVse , an unfailing , nay , aigrowm ? arid ihcreasine : enthdsiasm . May we

      depend on . your potent aid to prepare the people at Sheffield , and some intimation as to their disposition towards us ? From ^ the middle classes , I expect nothing ' until rirtue beebmeg with them a necessity , and they see the people strong in their union ; then they will begin to seek shelter in ttieir ranks . You are- ' 'awareTmle'hd- '& ^ B'tibhal petition ' s to be two-fold ; 1 he one ito"be signed : by ; me inilHons of men , the others to be signed by ;; the . . millions of Women ; and to be the lirst great evidence of a national simultaneous Action ; a simhltaneous action which ,, well-directed , will have a moral omnipotence . Time prevents my giving you more than this hasty ^ ketch , and iisking-ybitywhat willSheffieldHo ? | ¦^ . Witnievery < gbodiwish . ' and' aincerevrespect , I am , dear JSir , yoiirsj . aincerel y ^ ' , : / , . THOS . CLUTTON SALT . ; To Mr , Eberidzer Elliott

      At th 6 ; Jaeeting xeferfed toin the abore letter , Mr . SaltdeUvered .. & very spirited , address , in the course of vvbich he gave a melancholy picture of the state of Binnibgkani ^ - ' ' .: ' ' ' - ' ^ - V 'H ' " '¦^¦ ¦¦ ¦ :- : ' ^' - ' - " \ ' - ¦¦ :

      Ihe Ifolthiitn Stlil Satukday. Ma^ 5, 1838.

      IHE ifOlTHIItN STliL SATUKDAY . MA ^ 5 , 1838 .

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      FQ ^ IGif € ^ MF ^ TITION . Whenever the misgovernment of rulers , or the miscalculationsiof a priyilegedparty , bring the laws into contempt , and society into confusion , the nevtrfailing practice Is & « nelter "the wrong-doers under some ^ pecipgs ; : and , ^ netaphywcal , ^ absurdity , and to attach all blame to the people for the existencb of fe scate of- ihitijgi \? fliefi is 'flieir ruin / and pver * bicl ^ eyhave " * o control ¦^ oye rnora , ' and ftW misealcuHtio ^ ;^ r ( Ser » j hate : ieya ! led ' ujJo ^ iBBfii - the he ' eessity of

      - « teftenihg ^ itb ^ saW"lbe 1 ima ' V ^^ pbp ^ ulaifion ^ taTiu ^ ine 'impp ^ rfili ^ of suwe&ful ^ ^ nWfiW * kg ^ n 6 t ^ i g ^^ n ^ ti 6 ri 7 had ' ^ f * Kfe t ^| eopia art Me ^ Ketr Veiy exrs ^ nce an ^ c \^ r ^ % ^ a ^ nd % tfl 8 ^ the 6 h ! y ^ a ^ gVr : w ^^ ^ njpoe # ' conaescen ^ to give ^^ ftif 4 wbich : ^ i ^ gupiaity ' an ^ ' ignorsince has v ^ iaT ^ n ^ ^ c ^ y ^ : *'' ' £ •> ¦ & *¦> - ' ¦ : - ¦¦ ;¦ > . " ; » 0 * fm ^ gate ' oY o * e * i $ opulatioii we have before | x ^ nrf ^ ii ^ titing ihafc * herei * ^ 000 , 000 ma * UmWm steanvpow - er ]^ be an under-uotiutaltioh air

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      foreign operative can be brought to wo * «|» * mere Bubmstence . Great competition b al ««*^ a gain to thrifty ^ eculator 8 , while from the f u ^ tua tion which it causes in the labour market , i t taut jeopardize the producing classe * . In order m Bui ^ e our manufacturers capable of competing ^ i , th lie foreTgher , the mafiters look for a repeal of-tj ^ e corn laws , to which we are most friendly ; but lettti e wjse take ^ hint , when we ; agk t ^ change- ( which a repeal of these lawa would cre «^) hate they to expect from a class who with th j corn as : it ; 8 tand 8 ,: h ^ e become rich to oyerflowingj ' y $ ® the fOfir have become poorer to overbearing P- M ^ t they hojf patttrallv ; conclude that with the fraijti i&jtf haturfranitheprotectijbaofiepresentation , ' t ^ e& ^ e masters , ; Would ttrnthe whole gaih from tiie afc .

      . tion to their « wi >» o « iitit »* P : Tk « .. «_^ i _ i ^ - _ ' . i tion to their own : account ? The people wa * % * e laws to turn changes into ; popular benefit , * M e the masters make the , laws and use the laws for the 1 Ijversipnof every eliange to their own gain . ThePooi taw Ame ' naitfent'Act b ^' jbteli basM upon ; the neesfisHy * m " ci | 'has arfse ^ o ^ meet Aeforeignjer inhia owe ^ ifc ^ et > ; D ^ *; reducti ? nlHi theprice of home wages . The Poor Law AmehihnentAc ^ tnepolirie ^ l support t > f the masters has been purcnagei The , itonoijensfe ""; a ^ Vantage which" our incomparable machinery together with pur natural resources } such as ooalsj ^ eius over-the fore igner are altogether lest

      sight of . The ' . brawlers' ! For foreign competitroh , sefeina to fOTget : that the forest of |^ ntainbleau would poa be consumed by one of our large manufactories ] and therefore , in ^^ those advantages , ; we have ^ ^ alrthepawer of successfally competing with the foreigner . Baf it seems that still a reduction in wages heconies necessary . Even this we shall admit , merely differing with the economistjas to what wages " mean » j 'and the quarter in which reduction should coBniaeWce . of

      Those who live upon ^ he industry others ) - tieyer fail to consider the people as so many cogs in , a great state wheel ; and upon any deficiency in profits , they ( with a knock down ; argument , ) turn tc the producers and assault their wages , which Mley say ) is too high to admit of fair competition ; while , upon the other hand , we contend that speculatic i is too rife , profits too high , and wages . top low , to create a market by which prudent supply and demand can be maintained . Theerrorof the system has not been'the want of competitive power , but an

      unrestricted license to gamble in labour , and ; the consequent want of any regulation of supply " and demand . Nothing is so necessary in trade as the djscreet application of capital , even to the ihahufacturing of goods for a home market , andif this circumspection be necessary ( which few will deny ) in a market over which the speculator may have some controut , how much more necessary does it become for the Groyernment of those , who manufacture for foreign markets ^ and over which -contend ing parties may have a greater controul ? If by cha : ice those graziers who supply the London . market with meat , were to glut the market , they would speedily

      see" the effects of over supply . " We contend that we have all the means of / succi ; ssfujly competing with the foreigner , if the supply yas regulated by the demand , and if extravagant speculation on labour , in consequence of the high ! profit upon it , was taken away . We further assert that under a wise system of Government , every community ( consisting of master , overseer , and operatives , and with an equitable distribution of profits ) could successfully compete with and undersell the foreigner in his own market . We are ready to admit , " that sdlpng . as the entire profit goes to one , while ; those who work for him are subject to his whim and speculation , the English manufacturer , and' also * the

      operative , by the master s folly and avarice , wil ] be subjected to fluctuation and uncertainty in ' the foreign market . ¦ When an idle speculator with a large capital , sees prioce low and consequently labour low he \ can speculate upon a rise , and employ hands at a reduced rate of wages , whereeis he thereby continues the glut , andincreases ' the general difficulty whieh . he would have no inducement to do , if all equally sharedprosperityand adversity . There are . some matted at which a mere superficial glance is sufficient to create

      suspicion and cause enquiry . The daily rise and elevation of a set of the most ignorant class in . society , has . induced the working classes , even , that portion which do not understand the cause of their poverty ,. to view with suspicion a system which thus confers upon a body the means of unjustl y extracting from labour an amount of wealth heretof prfii unprecedent in any age or country . It is no UQcommon circumstance to meet some thirty or forty of jthose white slave merchants ,, who talk , bye the . bye a , bout the blacks , at a market bouse ; -and to : learn , that

      some 15 years ago they every one of them worked at . the shuttle ; but that they are now worth from fifty thousand to two hundred thousand pounds a man . Divide then the unjust profits amongst the community who have worked ; for thenx , -and we should soon find that foreign competition meant nothing more or : less . than home plunder . . The foreigner has neither inoney nor machinery to manufacture , and hold stock for our market till it becomes glutted , and if ke had , the effect . would be a very speedy reduction even in ; the pitiful wages of

      the serfy who , by the way , has fewer grievances , and . a much more regular mode of . life , bad as At is , than English operatives , , who are compelled to undersell . themselyes in their own , and in . foreign m&rkete , by . being : workedrtill theistore-houses are full of their produce , aad being then offered the alternatiye ^ eiiher . to work ; at a rate that wjptt lo ^ less expensive ; than keeping the Metaaichinej ^ iflVr ^ p air , or starving . Th ^^^ grert mop ^ poly wbich . thet ^ eudal Lord b ^ id in the _ :, land ^ ( and indeed he has ^ t too great ; apower of- let | jng ;\ i or > k . eepiDg > it idleJl

      produced the vassalage of the agricultural- slaves } and the unrestricted power which . masters ; novv . have > together with their increasing political , poWer , to preserve monopoly , ; will establish , nay , has . establish ' edj a worse' ^ de ^ pjon ^ ; pt ^ -matf ^ jWring vassalage . In this dreaalal'syrtieni , wWelf -enlists the most sordid propensities of avanceana ^ spec-ulatioB , and ^ l ^ wpr ^ | ^^^ : ;^ Pi 8 h 1 * heir , we recdinjsejttat todnpletfr 'breakiafe 'tp of society . The ^ eudal System w ; aaia ; , blessing , ytp it .

      A tyrant landjdrd ; ca& be ^ fe »> i y ^ ^^ ce a year , and ; his hard heart may relax , ( bnt English landlords " are pot ^ ran ^ y- ^^^ par ^ ' geritteni ^ , ^^ ^ n ^ qQa ^^« the pp llial' ^ ow ^^^ p y s ^^ ^^ ein , ) while-the mafl who' ^ aW' ^^^ pn ^ acn nour's labour heveri y i ^ e ^^ d ^ 'bteto ^ his aa ^ whih ^ pb ^ qme&o i $ mm o ^ by ^ r ^ op ^ o ^^^ rei gh ^ nmneritirin ferr ^ tf tfc ##£ feSl& li « rfiiS ^ ir ^ k who - » ¦ - ¦ Vfe 4 ik k # ¦¦ -

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 5, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct347/page/3/