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bers of the established church that they could gard the interests of the present elergy, a not, or would not support their clergy if called allow them a fair and just consideration for upon to do so. No; he did not believe they sheir lives, believing as he did, that not ado would refuse to support them, and hence be so would be an injustice towards them. He was for removing compulsory payments, which now came to the last topic upon which he had engendered so much bad feeling and ill-hould touch. He meant the Poor Jaw will amongst professing Christians, He felt Amendment Bill, which was the grosseptinas a churclovan, that it was a degradation to fraction upon the liberties of the people ever him to be instrumental in forcing money out committed. Lord Brougham- had stated in sof the pockets of the Dissenters for the sup- reference to it, that he supported it to enable port of a minister of religion, whose face per- the landlords to get their rents. He said the aps they had never seen. He would be the poor-laws eat up every thing, yet only four millast man to injure the church, but he was cerious and a half of the poor rates were really aptain, taking into consideration the state of plied to the poor. Now, be (Mr. W.) was inIre'and and the feeling in England, that up-terested in the land, but sooner than he would less some arrangements were made with re- have supported such a bill he would have les spect to the ti hes, that the church would rent, land, and all perish, rather than suffer eventually be reduced to a bad condition. oue Englishman to perish for want of that reThe Dissenters now were a great and power-lief to which by all laws, divine and human, ful body; they were an intelligent body; and he is entitled. (Loud cheers). The poor man had at present a respectable aud influential had as good a right to relief when in distress committee in London, making arrangements as the landlord had to his rent. This law bad to ascertain their strength throughout the however been reversed by Lord Brougham, kingdom, in order to bring it to bear in the who had increased his own/salary to 14,000, event of an election in such a way as to en a year, and his retiring pension from 4,000L/ sure a proper representation of their wishes on to 5,000 a year. Out of 14,000 a year, he that question, and all others affecting their could not save a sufficiency to keep him when interests. The churchmen, therefore, must out of office, and yet he could legislate for the not, by obstinately refusing to concede the just poor, upon the principle that the poor labourer demands of the Dissenters, provoke that body; who had to support a wife and family out of and he sincerely hoped that the churchmen fourteen shillings a week, ought to be able to would see the necessity of settling the ques-save a sufficiency to meet all the exigencies of tion themselves, It was one now of great and sickness, want of employment, and old age. permanent importance, to the settlement of If they sent him to Parliament he would newwwhich all thoughts were directed. It was a ver rest until that bill, which was a disgrace question of importance to Ireland, and one to the country, was repealed. He would go upon which, a gentleman of great credit had back to the 43 statute of Elizabeth, and if there said, 20,000 human beings had been sacrificed were any provisions in that act which did not in that country. Yes, not less than that nom-answer the present state of society he would ber of lives, he believed, had been sacrificed amend them, but retaining the principle. in Ireland in the collect on of tithes. The (Hear, hear). One word more, and that was people, however, had at last settled the ques-with regard to Ireland Tue peuple of Eagtion, and tithes now only nominally, exist and had heretofore witnessed the oppression there. With this effort on the part of the Irish of that country with too great indifference, there was, however, one thing which ma'eri- pay a crime. (Shame). They had seen ally affected the people of England. When the people of that country enduring as they the tithes could be up longer bad, the last were, for centuries, under misrule and perseParliament applied one million of the public cution, they had seen them trodden under foot, money to pay the elergy, under a positive as-long enough, and it was them, prevest all aarance that they would appoint commission made common cause withigh time that they ers who would make the clergy repay it. further encroachments upon their liberties, Well, they did appoint commissioners, and and resist any further attempts which might they employed horse and foot soldiers to assist, be in contemplation, to give an ascendancy to them, yet they were not able to get one thou-any party, who by the religious feuds and anisaudth part of the money back, nor ever mosities which they had kept alive, succeeded could. Tithes were, to all intents and pur- in rendering that country the weakness,, in poses, dead in Leland; and the question now place of the strength of England, Ireland was, would the Dissenters in England allow must no longer so be trodden down... (Cheers). thein to continue?" No, they would not; and it is not the wish of the people of England teat when the question came before Parliament, if she should be so. (No, no). Then let the they returned him as their representative, he people of England say it must not be so, and should vote that it be appropriated as public Ministry dare perpetuate their miseries. property to go towards the support of the (Cheers). Having now addressed them at poor, to promote education in every parish, some length, he must return them bis best aud the remainder to go into the pub. thanks for the patience with which they had lic coffers; all of which would be followed listened to him. (Hear, hear). His opponents by a proportionate reduction of taxation Ip would, t doubt, scrutinize his conduct, and all this, however, he should scrupulously re-character, and in order to help them to do so,

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Brompton, wine-merchant.

KADWELL, W., Weston, Somersetshire,
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New-town, Middlesex, carpenter.
PYKE, T.. Liverpool, corn-merchant.
WOOD, E. G., Liverpool, common-brewer.

the discharge of his parliamentary ties. He had now launched himself in the bark with the people of Coventry. He came to fight a constitutional battle of principle, and if they stood by in he would stand by them." Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Wilkinson, of Lon-MORRISON, R.. Gloucester-street, Hoxton don, then addressed the freemen in behalf of Mr. Williams, whom they represented as a gentleman of honour, respectability, patriotism, and undiuching attachment to the interests of the people after which a resolution to the effect that Mr. W. was a fit and proper person to represent the city in Parliament, and pledg ing themselves to support him was proposed by Mr. Buckney, and on being seconded, was carried by acclamation, without a dissentient voice) to godt te il super qts stripper tema lipis) hea ediwa tuzor bad ne

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condary and inferior descriptions were difficult of disposal, and a very limited clearance effected at the close of the market. In bonded Wheat nothing transpiring.

The extensive upplies of British Barley, which have amounted during the last fortnight to upwards of 45,000 quarters, have so much exceeded the demand, that prices have become materially depressed. To-day, however, fine Barley was rather freer sale than on Friday, realizing the prices of last Monday; grinding samples also meet inquiry, but all other sorts were very beavy sale, and little progress made in their disposal at the close of the day.

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The supply of Scotch Oats have been unusually extensive, but from England and Ireland only moderate. The trade ruled dull,

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Cheese, Dble. Gloucester 48s. to 68s.
Single ditto.... 44s. to 48s.
Cheshire...... 54s. to 74s.
Derby ***... 50s. to 60s.
Westmoreland.. 50s, to 60s.
Cumberland... 50s..to 60s.

Hams,

SMITHFIELD, December 22,

This day's supply of each kind of fat stock, was, as is usual on the Monday after the great December market, limited, but of fair ave rage quality. Trade was, with prime Beef and prime small Veal somewhat brisk, at fully, with the middling and inferior kinds, as also Mutton and Pork, dull, at barely Friday's quotations.

About 600 of the Beasts, in about equal numbers of Herefords, Devons, and Welsh runts, with about 100 Scots, and half that number of Irish Beasts, were from Lincoln .. 26s. to 28s.shire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and 28%. to 30s. others of our northern districts; about 100, 32s. to 368. chiefly Scots, with a few Devons and home Chevalier ... 37s. to 39s. breds, from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam...................................................... 445 to 548. bridgeshire; about 200, a full moiety of which Fine new............................................ 56s. to 64s. were Devons, the remainder about equal numBeans, Tick, new.................................. 33s. to 35s. bers of Herefords and runts with a few Irish Old ........ 36s. to 38s. Beasts, from our western and midland disHarrow, new.. 36s. to 38s. tricts; about 30, chielly Sussex steers and 38s. to 40s. oxen with a few ru ts, Devons, and Irish 388. to 40s. Beasts, from Kent, S assex, and Surrey; and 36s. to 40s. most of the remainder, which embraced about 38s. to 41s. 50 Town's-end Cows, either first in, or as the 42s. to 43s. surplus of last week's market, from the neigh21s. to 24s. bourhood of London. Lincolnshire, short small 22s to 24s.) Lincolnshire, feed 20s. to 22s. Yorkshire, feed.................... 21s. to 24s. ·Black.... 23s, to 25s.

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About a moiety of the Sheep were new Leicesters, in about equal numbers of the Southdown and white-faced crosses, about a fourth Southdowns, and the remainder about equal numbers of Kents, old Leicesters and Linco and Kentish balf-breds, with a few pens of horned and polled Norfolks, horned Dorsets and Somersets, horned and pulled Scotch and Welsh Steep, &c.

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23. to 24s. Printed by William Cobbett, Johnson's-court; and

Danish & Pomeranian, old 20s. to 21s. published by him at 11, Bolt-court, Fleet-street.

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