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19? 16 i 2.19 I'4 11
134 13 7 •,04 I 1
326 6 6 -Ibo 7 10

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PUBLIC MEETING AT LEEDS
A public meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds„ eien-
vened by William Smith, Esq., Mayor, on the pretenta-
tielt of it iillifielfotisly el/ respeptably signed requiakiOn,
including the names of the leading rifelafarits; i - . fae-
turers and tradesmen of the town, was held in tit ilcttli.
T
fiall-yard, on Monday last, for the• purpose 'of 'fo Wald-
ing a loyal and dutiful address to the Queen, prayi., g her
ALdestp iidt to prorogue Parliament until. the laws re-.
strialiig hid itaild iilililifidil fi?Oil Shall h.aye , nadergone
full exisideration ; and also to petition Parlianl6l; fdr
the total repeal of those laws. ,'.-Upwards of, 5000 per-
sons were present, and, with the exception of seine slight
opp9sition bj the 9.arti§ts3a more orderlylt4attentive
meeting Was ti6.ei. lieM id Leedg:
Mr. Alderman JOHN GOODMAN was elected Chairmatl
of the meeting.
HAMER STANSFIELD, 7sq., came forward to move the
first resolution, and was received with loud and :repeated
cheers* He said; remember the great struggle at issue
is between these two classes—between the producer., of
wealth and the
.landed poseessors of it. The producer
wishes tii liriie the Mit, Vake.of. his labour, that he may
Eve.. The fowls of the air*Fe geNe4oT the sea, jand the wild
beasts of the forest can all provide for therriseceOt .c..%)' gteo
can man in a savage state, and why not man in a civi-
lized state ? Does civilization necessarily bring along
with it starvation ? Impossible. The cause, then, is
net Iti elOlNatient but, ht
rtheere harbareetts laws which
would disgrace even the savagostd!€:! The l':.itchalprir,
i prictors of wealth are getting more than the fair ditig
of their property, by. an unjust law, made by themselves,
and they are determined to keep it, be their age to it
good or bad.—(Hear, hear.) What says the Duke of
Richmond r "If the measure fur an eight shillings' I
duty pass; We shall be obliged id iciwef our rents: Bather
than de this we_ have turned out the Miiliefer's Ifhe pfe-
posed it; and Will turn but their successors too, should
they presume to touch our rents by any similar measure."
Rent, rent, they must hive ~ Wiipt say the country
squires aniong themselVes ? The Congeyritive exclaims
to the iiiberal; as I. know fdr a fact.-" What a ?OA yolf
are to silptioft an altkrailqii lift NielCott{ laws ;jyriii Will
lower your rents two hundred or ta Ifr ee inched, potpoids
a-year. '—(Hear, hear.) Did they never give it t:
thought; I asked, whether they had a just title to this
extra turd hiindred of three,,hupcleed pounds ? Not
they, faith, was the reply i they WA- titif, RI an 4 thei
would keep it, right. or, iertioe: ~(10itlegieno •ilicit I,',
ConserVitisra. What Other meaning hate the Writings
and speeches or the leaderi of the CdrtgervatiVe party
thud tililitify this, that they liaisetirldiied We filintiftit- •
turing population to increase too rapidly, to become too
powerful, and that they must be. reduced by one means
or another -within manageable bounds. Am I then,- .
wrung ttai in sng tll4t the: ttrieOcracy
.tme the adversaries
or
theindustrious classes.--(fioUd crib:l tif n /TO re:")
Sir Robert Peel, in his speech, alluded in sympathising
terms to one ,of this independent class who was found
dead tinder his !Wm frdrit etarttytioni but what has he
done for this class iiTheugh the dutitest which now
shakes the country is between the trucking classes end
whanmrdiaundifaatymdpoeasthythtiso
the n self-styledo m a
n,ci physiciano s;
an?d
the aristocracy; this one blitsa retifeSented by these
starVed. *Mos; and the tither by the Duke of Bucking-
He gives
place and
prat td to Dttke:-41-letir itettl 116 ia g physician
indeed ! wan, ii6l;i Viiit a ilas 'l,k!iiiial *lie tei; hint
githiro,eugalillytphreeesacsreipitsioonnaetnaolit._Adraiettairnphoefardoelay, refuses to
I know
of one mt.dical character that he can be compared
to
(and
)". beg the pardoit til that Blass Air titg simile,ji agd that
is the doctor or the reginient.---:(lietii!, eiliz:l VW
of his duty is to stand by, with his wateh in his hand,
whilst the poor delinquent, who is tied up to the hal-
berds; is hairiligt the fleSli
_peeled from his back by the
humane laws of this innst diristiatt eduilieh and every
now and then the doctor feels his pulse; and peotnittrices
whether nature can bear any more:--:(Shame:) The na-
tion is this odor gitiaft f--4hd nation has been kid still is
on the rack—a bad harvest would render the terture In.
tolerable—the rainy days were the lashes on the back, and
lean imagine Sir R. Peel consulting the barometer instead
of his watche to ascertain whether the people would bear
any more. list him beware; these meetings are the '
throbbings bt the iiiktiott's rittlsOi ittid itidiettte a feverish
and dangerous state. 'l4as he, and have the pfitildgeti
classes of this country forgotten the horrors of the '
French Revolution, and their causes ? Are they aware •
how very similar the circumstances are which are now •
in operation in this country, and what were they ? Fi-
nancial difficalties arising from the wars and extravagan-
cies of previous reigns, and the refusal of the aristocracy '
to bear their share of the burdens. How stands it in
this country ? We have a ,much greater debt, arising
from the wars and extravagancies of previous reigns, and
the aristocracy not only paying no taxes, but taxing the
people besides for their own benefit, for the extra price
they obtain for their corn by their own unjust law exo-
nerates them from all taxation, and leaves them some-
thing in pocket besides.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
Louis XVL was a kind-hearted Monarch, and most
anxious for the welfare and happiness of his people, but
was opposed in his benevolent intention by the privileged
orders. Have we not the same state of things here ?
Our beloved Queen, anxious for the happiness of her
people, taking their part against the privileged classes,
and yet thwarted in her designs and exertions by the
Monopolists.—(Hear, hear.) The first minister under
Louis XVI. who ventured to grapple with them was
Turgot, who proposed sundry edicts, one of which was, a
free commerce ingrain—mark that. Another was, the re-
moval of the salt tax ; a third, that the aristocracy should
bear their :;hare of keeping the high roads in order.
But the circumstances altogether are so marvellously
similar, that I cannot refrain giving you a short quota-
tion
from the "Lectures on the French Revolution," by '
Professer Smyth, a work that ought to be the daily study !
of every Conservative. " The fact was, that the privi- •
leged orders were exempted to a certain degree from the
taxes to which. the rest of the country was exposed.
Now, unless they could be brought to bear their part, no
real relief could be afforded. The accumulated deficit, '
the annual deficit, were each too great. Of all this
Turgot seems to have been well aware. He had an-
nounced himself as decidedly of opinion that an impost. •
must be fairly and equally levied upon proprietors of
every description ; and certainly this was a doctrine
perfectly right and just. What meanness in the privi-
leged orders to resist it ; what selfishness—what guilt—
and what fully, particularly when the country had evi-
dently begun to inquire and think ! What truth so ob-
vious as this, that nothing can be secure that is not
agreeable to the moral feelings of mankind. The King
proposes the six edicts of Turgot, which I have men-
tioned, to the Parliaments. The privileged orders are iu
those edicts only required to contribute like the rest of
the community to the repairs of the roads, nothing
more ; but no, the edicts are resisted by the Parlia-
ments ; the privileged orders had taken the alarm, and
the result of the whole is, that the patriotic Minister
is dismissed, and the edicts gradually forgotten."
Is not this precisely the game that has been played here.
Our Ministers and their measures both dismissed. Let
the aristocracy learn by heart the following comment of
Professor Smyth :—" 'rhe conduct of the privileged or-
ders on this occasion must for ever be held up to man-
kind as an example of the selfish blindness of which all
such orders are capable ; they would not concede in
time. Animated by no one generous or patriotic feeling
that can be mentioned, they would not concede, and they,
and everything, that they loved and honoured, were con-
sequently buried in one common destruction. But they
saw not their danger ; let others, then, ttlhieant,mtaankeiswaerinthinegr !a
It may be thought that, in calling attention to the pain- I
ful . period of the Frencbhest Revolution,interests
of
that
hs
iI
fellow-crea-
tures l 0 seeking
to excite the people.—(Nn, no.) Ido wish to excite
tu
foolrthem,esn rwbahuott r
dreams
ot
ot
rt o
to
tfhsuch
u cha thing, and in me, either as an
individual or a magistrate, he will find his bitterest oppo-
nent.—(Hear,
hear.) But I wish to excite the minds of
the working classes to think, and to understand the real
causes of their sufferings, and to take every constitutional
means of removing them. Mr. Stansfiold then moved the
following resolutien:—
" 1. That great and increasing distress has been ex-
woollen district
mercantileaiso
of i
ex-
perienced during the last four years
and manufacturing classes of the

comp,
food,
!ietn.
4firvd

which Leeds is the centre ; that the condition of the
workmen engaged in the various branches of its staple
trade has been greatly deteriorated, from the combined
operation of a lessened employment for labour, a lower
rate of remuneration for it, and the high price of all
the necessaries of life, and more especially of flour and
meat ; that the merchants have experienced unparalleled
and in many cases ruinous losses, frcm the frequent and
large fluctuations in the value of manufactured goods,
and the frightful amount of insolvency which has taken
place aniorigst the retail traders of the nation ; and that
the manufacturers have suffered in a still greater degree
hadthan the merchants, because they have to bear the
loss arising from the parti employment of their ma-
chinery and the consequent inadequate return upon
their sunk capital, in addition to those arising from ex-
treme variations in the price of the raw material and
the bankruptcy of their customers."
Tssresn FAIRBAIRN, Esq., seconded the resolution.
The CnairistaN put the resolution, which was carried,
only five or six hands being held up against it.
Mr. Wst. WEST came forward to move the next reso-
lution, and was received with cheers. He said he would
detain them but a very few moments. He-had• to move
a resolution, which he had read with attention, and in
which lie entirely concurred, for otherwise no persuasion
could have induced him, as a mere matter of form, to
propose to the thousands gathered before him, to assert
that which he did not himself first believe.—(Cheers.)
Mr. West read the following resolution `:—
" 2. That this meeting is clearly of opinion that the
dtsttces esperienced in this district, and generally
througlaemt the iitartnreeturing districts of the empire, is
mainly attributable to, the restrictive laws, falsely called
protection, on the import and export of food and manu-
factures, and particularly the Corn and Provision laws—
laws which exist or the sole and unjust advantage of
one section of the nation—aggravate the effects of defi-
cient harvests, and prevent the farmer from deriving any
benefit flittn' productive ones, practically deny the right
of the people td exchange the
_produce of their industry
for the food and productions of-other nations—restrict a
rapidly increasing population .to the comparatively sta-
ary -supply of food.raised from our own soil, thereby
selling the mass of the people either to consume less
4 or food of a less nutritious character ; thus dimi-
lug their comforts' inflicting severe privations, en-
!fideritig disease, and prompting to the commission of
in Tears of scarcity causing a serious derange-
,ant or the eifere'ncys of which the immediate and ine-
vitable effects are falling prices, commercial alarm and
embarrassment, a frightful destruction of the property-of
:tbeapitalists, and appalling distress amongst the masses
of' our operative classes."
• I'l:e:resolution, he said, was a long one, and if they were
'intemet In the Cloth Hall-yard of Leeds for the first
time, to ttaln themselves whether the matters therein
' affirmed were true, arid if those who heard it read heard
those things stated as facts for the first time, and if
there were likely to be a considerable number of
didtilitees waiting to be convinced, and desirous to hear
arguments in tip.,peet of each allegation, he should have
shrunk from the task—tho physical task, the exertion of
voice needful to do justice to the moving of the resat-
, tier!, But surely in this town of Leeds, in that Cloth
Hall-:;'tifd; et that season, immediately after two con-
tested elections, Ante, en so many occasions they had
heard one side of the question most fully, most ably
argued, and when they had heard from aloes steps lame
and impotent, and halting, and shrinking attempts eome-
times to touch the other side of the question, but muds
more to keep out of eight from the manufacturers of
Leeds the real sentiments of the parties pretending to
approve what they there secretly, btit le other places
titinnly opposed, the principles of free trade, surely he
said, in tiiii.t ftliese, and at that time of day, those thins" ,
to their minds who WC-Tn seek there, spoke fs_le-14.'1V.lves,
and needed no argument front the mover:"'
Mr. T. PLINT came forward to-e2.lnd the resolution,
nas received with londsclieers. Ire said that. the
4428 ishieli had been delivered by Mr. West waded
lieve him from the nctsseeity of entering at great length
into the discussion of the question before them, because
the assertions and statements made in the resolution
which had been proposed, and the implied arguments
et:int:tined in it, need not be urged at length before the
ittesple of Leeds, inasmuch as the subject had been so
completely eithatisted by those able men who had so
-recently appeared among them, and more especially by
Mr. Hume—(Cheers)—whom this great mercantile
oommunity, to their lasting disgrace, had rejected, and
befit iii his place the worst enemy they could have—a
supporter of monopoly and of rstrictions upon trade.—
r He'll never go' again.") In the observations he was
atiLltt met oldies therefore, lie should confine himself prin-
cipally to some of the arguments advanced by the pro-
Corn-law party at the present moment, in opposition to
the repeal of that iniquitous tax. Before he did so, how-
t;# might' tie allnWetrto say, in reference to what
had tallefl frail Mr. Gardiner, that at another time and
under different circumstances, he should have felt no
diffictilt,c hi StianSting a resolution which had for its
object au e4t:33'itiVras tsf the Suffrage and the Vote by-
Ballot.—(Hear, heitin He belonged to an associa-
tion, the fundamental prls:oltale of which was, that
Household Suffrage was the 4Es.ht cif the people.—
(I:lteers2). But, at the same time that agave his adher-
ence to 68 lamest,. Parliamentary Reform _itssociation,
he oleo supported the Ccifitelusse agitation.--s(" Hear, bear;
and an exclamation of " Whitt it for r)
Why ? Because lie believed that they WC-7,4 not in a po-
?him, in the present state of public opinion, within the
time which iYas essential to save the country from *3
ruinous effects of the Corn.laws, to obtain an extension
of the suffrage.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Why
did he say this ? Because among the ranks of Re-
fermiers there was great division of opinion. The mm Idle
&NOS; Nvitttportstitute the main strength of the empire.
were not ulth tH irli Iftld therefore, whilst he would seek
by every constitutional megflS it/ ftromote an extension of
the suffrage, he would not abaadon Who he conceived
to be of equal, if not of greater importance, egrseeially to
A et:impunity like that of Leeds, the Corn-law
agitatial.(ol-14144 lie remembered having stated at
a meeting. of the stAtitiltitiOlii to which he had referred,
in the. month of February legt, that he believed the
repeal of the Corn-laws would only be carried tinder one
of two ciretirnattineas ; first, by a close union between the
thiddle and worltitig classes ; and next, by the pressure
tif pule greet calamity arising out of the necessary ope-
ratititi Of thtlee lthrs:—(Heari hear,) He believed that
that union must be the, /*Alit of some years of anxious
inquiry on both sides, and be ,midst firmly convinced that
it would not be established in time tti Prieto the country
from the impending ruin threatened by the torn-laws.
ti order that such melon might be cemented; when the
exigettelee of which he had spoken should arise, it W4l
necessary to agitate public opinion on the subjea, and
he was convinced that when the masses were once
thoroughly enlightened, no Legislatere could long resist
their appeal. He would here take the opportunity to
correct' an error made on the part of many persons
favour;ble to repeal of the Corn-laws, and who admitted
that they were injurious. Many high persons attributed
the existing distress to the bad harvests of the last three
or four years. This was a fatal mistake. No doubt the
deficiency of those harvests had added to the distress
now prevailing; but if they had been good instead of bad,
sooner or later he was convinced the country would have
been brought into its present lamentable position.—
(Hear, hear.) The bad harvests no doubt had had the
effect of aggravating the evil effects of time Corn-late s ;
but the primary cause of the distress was quite apart
from any such considerations.—(Hear, hear.) The ex-
isting system restricted the population of this country,
advancing at the rate of 400,000 or 500,000 a year, td
the limited surface and comparatively limited produce of
their own land, and it denied the right of exchanging the
produce of their industry with the inhabitants of any
other part of the world.—(Hear, hear.) This was time
great secret of the evil, and if in this and after years they
should be blessed with abundant harvests, it would be
found that there would not be sufficient employment for
the people, and that they must give a greater extension
to their markets before the industry of every man could
be brought into play, and, of course, before every man
could have an adequate supply of food.---s(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Pfint then proceeded to overthrow the arguments of
the pro-Corn-law party, who created false impres-
sions on our being dependent on foreign nations.
A great deal had been said (he resumed) by some per-
sons, both in and out of the House of Commons, as to the
cause of the existing distress, and one gentleman, occu-
pying the distinguished position of one of their Repre-
sentatives, had attributed it to over-banking And over-
production.—(Laughter.) He (Mr. Plint) was quite
willing to admit that there had been a great deal of
over-banking—(Hear)—but that there had been over-
production he confidently and fully denied.—(Hear.)
The fact was quite the reverse, and when they saw so
many thousands of persons out of employment it was
perfect nonsense to talk about over-production.—(Hear.)
The real cause of the distress was the Corn-laws. The
agriculturists had failed to support the people, and they
had prevented the operative classes from exchanging
the produce of their labour with those who were ready
to take it.—(Hear, hear.) If all the markets of the
world were thrown open, over-production would give
place to unlimited power of exchange, and although
they might not be exempt from fluctuations, arising
out of the variations of the seasons, the scale amount
of employment would be infinitely more equable than
it was at present, and the rate of wages would-
consequently be more fixed and certain.—(Hear, hear.)
I The pro-Corn-law men found fault with the anti-Corn-
' law party for making exaggerated statements as to what
the price of corn and provisions would be under a repeal
of the existing system. He believed that the effects which
, would accrue from a repeal of the Corn-laws, had been
I exaggerated; but he would ask whether their position
would not be infinitely better, supposing that the price of
corn was not lowered a single farthing, if the working
classes could obtain wages for six days labour instead of
four.—(Loud cries of " hear, hear.") He did not be-
lieve that the reduction in the price of the article of food
would. be to the extent that some people contended
for, and he would tell them why. Wherever they
gave to any set of men a monopoly in the supply
of any particular article, that artiele was sure to be
rendered bad, dear, and scarce.—(Hear.) It was not in
human nature to be otherwise. He would give them a
familiar instance of the truth of this. If there was only a
single coach between any two particular towns, the con-
sequence would be that a man would travel at a snail
I pace and he charged an extravagant fare. Butt let an
opposition coach start up, and the passengers would be
' conveyed twice as fast, and the fare would be reduced.
He knew a case of this sort in Ireland, where one man
had the monopoly of a coach to Limerick, and the come-

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quctiat wee what he had before pointed out. Mr. Plint
then proceeded to show that all restrictions on trade
were injuriOni, and concluded his address amidst loud
applause.
Mr. A. GARDINER, a Chartist, said lie was glad to con-
gratulate the Chairman on the orderly way in which the,
men before him had conducted themselves. 'There were
none, lie thought. of those present who would not admit
the evil effects produced by the Corn-laws. He admitted
that they were evil; and ought to be repealed; but the
question was, how were they to be repealed? The men
at present holding the franchise were so corrupt
that there was no chance of getting a repeal of the
.Corn-laws from the present House of Commons.---:
(Loud cheers.) The resolution stated that the Corn-.
laws were the principal cause of the distress. He did not
think so. He believed that it was the monopoly class
legislation that was the cause of all of it.—(Heir hear,
and loud cheers.) lie believed that it was this mono-
poly that had produced other monopolies.--(Loud
cheers.) He believed that it was the monopoly of the
franchise that had produced the monopoly of corn and
other provisions. Seeing 7 therefore, no chance of get-
ting a repeal of the Corti-laws from the present House
of Commons, lielivas in favour of changing the fran-
chise.--(Cheers.) He would conclude by moving an
amendment. He had come quite unprepared for coin;
anything of the kind, but thinking that the statemeots
in the resolution were not strictly true, he had deter -
mined to move an amendment. He then read the amend-
ment, which was as follows :—" That this meeting is
of opinion that the cause of the distress of the country
is mainly attributable to the monopoly of the franchise,
and that it will never be removed till the franchise is
extended to every man of twenty-one years of age, of
sound mind, and untainted with crime. The speaker
then resumed. He expected that little good could result
from addressing the Queen. They said the Queen was a
constitutional Queen. Perhaps she was ; lie very much
doubted, however, now that the Tories had got in, whe-
ther she would not be a Tory before long.—(Laughter.)
To show what might be expected from a general exten-
sion of the suffrage, he referred to the meeting on Wood-
house-moor,
on the nomination clay, when the show of ,
hands was declared in favour of- Messrs. Hume and.
Aldan.), the reforming and free trade candidates, 'but the
constltuenci elected Sir J. Becket, the Tory and mono-
polist candidate. Though the decision of the Mayor had
been disputed, he declared positively, and he had a good
opportunity of judging, and, not being a party man, was
likely to be impartial, that the Yellows had an immense
majority. Thus the people declared in favour of the re-
peal of the Corn-laws, but the constituency declared
against it. He concluded by moving the amendment,
which he said he hoped Mr. Plint or some one else would
second.

A person in the body of the meeting, who gave his
name LAMBERT 111AnsnALL, seconded the amendment.

This, however, was finally withdrawn, and the original
resolution retained.
Mr. Alderman BATESON moved the next resolution.

" 3. That this meeting, being thoroughly:convinced that;
the Corn and Provision-laws are the principal saitse of
the cruel privations and embarrassment of the myaullae-.;
turing classes, and that delay in the application of Ar
remedy will alike add to the intensity,of the evil and URI
difficulty of its cure, enters its solemn and indignant pro-
test against the postponement of all inquiry and discus-
sion on this important subject by the Legislature as a
dereliction of duty, and as indieiting a disregard to that
cry of suffering, and that urgent prayer for legislative in-
terference and relief, which has been sent up from the
millions of our manufacturing population."

He said he would make one or two observations with
respect to the operation of.machinery. He had seen on'
the Continent,. with his own eyes, that which, had be
not been a witness to it, he should not perhaps.have so
readily credited. When he went on, the Continent in
1839, he made it a part of his business to go about the
country to observe the progress of manufactures. To
his utmost surprise he found in the district of Vervier, in
the neighbourhood of Aix-la-Chapelle, and in Berg, all
within a day's journey of each other, that last year they
made 70,000 pieces more than England exported to all
the world.—(Hear, hear.) Was not this a most as-
tounding fact ?—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") He concluded
by cordially moving the resolution.
Mr. J. 0. MARCTI seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
Mr. E. BAINES, jun., came forward to move the adop-
tion of the memorial, which was carried unanimously,
amidst great cheering.
[The memorial was in effect an echo of the resolu..,
tions ; the following was the concluding- sentence] :
Under these circumstances, we humbly approach
your Majesty with the prayer, that your Majesty will
vouchsafe once more to recommend the public distresses,
and their main cause, the. Cern7laws„..to the considera-
tiOti of -
Parliament;•amt that. srbtilV3lliOC'e-Sfrlisc-yeillr
prerogative to prorogue the two IfouseS until these im-
portant subjects shall have undergone full discussion.
" And we will ever loyally and affectionately pray for
your Majesty's health, your domestic happiness, and the
prosperity of your reign."
The memorial to be presented by Earl Fitzwilliam.
The Rev. THOMAS SCALES came forward to second.
the adoption of the memorial, after which
The memorial was unanimously adopted
Dr. SMILES moved a petition to the House of Com-
mons. • .

Mr. Councillor JonN CLIFF seconded the motion,
which was carried unanimously.
A vote of tanks to the Chairman was then proposed,
;Ind the meeting separated about half-past three o'clock.

MORNING siThr
- - -
The Chairman, Jowe RWANDA, Es e, opened tlieTro-
ceedings.
JOSEPH CROSFIELD, Esq., a Magistrate of the conietv„
came forward to move the first resolutlim, and ee-,g4-,:d
leave to call their attention to a report of the stal:J.
Rochdale at the present time, which was as follows :
There were 136 people living upon ed. per heed
per week, 291 living upon lOid. per head per week,
irfalm)
eidl is es
and without
wooedat
508 living upon Is. per head per week, 1,855 !iv'ln
upon Is. 6d. per head per week, 1,500 living upon Is.
eci.
per head per week, and 812 living upon 2s. 2d. per head
per week; total visited 5,242. Five-sixths of the whole
anyhal blankets,h a r hardly a
4 7families
blanketto
c solleeelp. itng them;
mo
ac ; ehsa
shavings. Now Rochdale was not a solitary nor even
the worst instance of prevailing misery. Nreet was the
state of their own town? He believed he might say that
one-fourth of the mills in this town were altogether
closed, and most of the remainder were workieg short
time.—(Hear, hear.) Avd was there any prospect of
the case being better during the winter?—(Cr.g of
" Worse.") It was enough to arouse the country; that
1,500,000 petitioners had been neglected, and all disk:us-
sion on the cause of their grievances quashed, by a bread-
taxing majority of landowners? He was happy to Say
that the result of the revision in the Barristers' Court
that day showed a clear gain to the Reformers of 42
votes—(Loud cheers)—and let an election occur trry
time after the Ist of November, and the cause of justice
and good government would triumph in this borough.
THOS. GRIMSHAW, an operative, seconded the resolu-
tion, and gave a deplorable account of the distress and
misery which prevail among the operatives in the manu-
facturing districts.
'The Rev. F. BISHOP moved the second resolution.
He trusted that the oligarchy of monopolists would
pause in their suicidal course before it was too late, be-
fore patience was exhausted, and the power of endurance
worn out. He indeed did feel a glow of hope within him,
now that the question had begun to be viewed in its
moral and religious aspects—now that the piety and reli-
gion of the land were arrayed against the anti-Christian
system. As Lord Stanley was reported to have once
of slavery, that it could no longer •be maintained,
because the religion of the nation had decreed its destruc-
tion ; so he (Mr. Bishop) would fain hopelhat the doom
of the Corn-laws was sealed, since Christian men had
raised their heaven-tempered weapons against it, and
applied the keen edge of justice to the root of the evil.
Mr. P.- RYLANDS said, the Hon. Member for a
large borough, when told that numbers of the houses in
manufacturing towns were untenanted, gravely suggested
as the reason that the work-people who formerly inha-
bited them have now their country residences—(Laugh-
ter)—and go to town in the morning, and return in the
evening by the railways.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. I'.
Rylands concluded by seconding the resolutioe.
Mr. ter AoLAnere..tleo svell,,lenowa lecturep.of ehe,tNiefi-
Corn-law League, in a powerful and eloquent 'sfeeech, Add- • -
he bitterly condeunied the conduct of the bread-taxing
landocracy, and concluded amidst loud cheering.
Mr. G. W. HAnor, in a short but eloquent speech
moved the adoption of a memorial to the Queen.
Mr. M`Mtenetns briefly seconded the resolution, which
was carried without a dissentietit, and the meeting quietly
dispersed.
SHOREAA
On Monday evening a highly respectable Meeting
took place at the Star Inn, Shorehani,jerthe perpose
of addressing her Majesty on the present destitute con-
dition of the workjitig wig industrious classes.
THOMAS GUILLAUME, Esq., the high clonStable, was
called to the Chair,
Mr. DAVIS proposed, and Mr. BRADLEY seconded,
,a resolution, that a petition, then read by him, be pro- t_
vientedto her Majesty, through his Grace - the 'Duke of
'Norfolk, which was carried unanimously.
MITCIiAM.
sociation, and of the inhabitants general in this vlO-
A public meeting of the Miteharn Anti-Corn-law A. s-
nity-, was held on Monday eiening, at the Nag's Heed •
Inn, . Upper Mitcham, for .the purpose off-memorialising
the Queen. r
The meeting, . which was the largest ever held in
Mitcham, after passing,- a vote 'of thanks t 4 the Chair-
man, separated. The 'address has already reeeil,ed.nearly
1,000 signatures.

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BANBURY': • -
An address to the Queen, agreed upon,.at a public
meeting on Friday last, and numerously signed, has been
forwarded to Lord Saye and Sele, for presentation,

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