The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-22 00:00:00

MEETING OF FARMERS AT WOLVER-

HAMPTON.

Yesterday aft, noon the fawners of South Stafford-
shire and that part of Shropshire, held a meeting at the
Swan Hotel, at Wolverhampton. G. B. Tuoareavcaorr,
Esq., to the o'iair. There were about 300 or the tenant
farmers present; " but," adds our reporter " the generality of
this cla.s of the community in this part of the country being
pretty well off, the affair appeared to be regarded by them
as something of • joke, judging, at least, by thew appearance
and conduct at the meeting."
The enAIRICAH, in opening the bushier, said that he
had endesvourrd to warn them fully of the approaching de-
predation which was sure to Woe place in the value of their
property, unless some reps were speedily taken to avert it.
The feet was that a great ;rooked was about to commence,
and, thy bnaer it went on, t'.e more would fall in the heat
of that contest. area: intern e had grown up under
the protective system, and great bankens bad been
cast upon the agriculturists. If they could sweep
sway that debt he would bs a free-trader imme-
diately ; but he was not for sweeping away that debt
until every man had been paid twenty. slid:lnge in the pound.
He went on to amen that for the eight hundred milli ns
upon which we were now celled upon to pay interest, not
more than six hundred mikli,ns had been received ; and it
was unfair to expect the agriculturists to emanbate their
share to pay the interest upon this debt now that protection
was withdrawn, and they were thrown open to competition
with the slave labour of foreign wineries. He strongly
urged them sever sg.in to put their trust in Nun. The con-
servatives had (he said) lonely deserted them, and if they
did not do their duty in the present session he advised
the fanners to sin in a body and petition the Howe
of Common, with so determined a spirit that a
redress or their grievances was certain. He advised, too, a
fair adjustment of the currency; if properly equalised,
every man whose property was row worth 1501. would be
worth 2001.

The following reeolatinns were thereafter moved by
various tenant- heaters, most of whom read long harangues
denouncing Sir Robert Feel—bewailing their injuries and
their distreree—gently hinting that Mr.Diaraeli's plea would
only benedt the LiMllerds—in favour of a redaction of the
molt tas—against a movement to re-impose the protecting
duties, but seeking to reduce the burdens whisk they alter
press unequally wen them—and dully, belying their
mistrust of the bratnewis by urging die niensity of parlia-
ment paring teem meeenre to protest tederaldlit
That the grist esemorkel free erode bier, emir wither re.
▪ le wit steps mei at preere. Klemm Ere than ever
toetteabeft sere proormor to -s the remore ft the co-
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A petition to patent: at is to be draws up embodying the
spirit of these resolutions.