KENT MEETING.—On Saturday night, a meeting of noblemen, gentlemen, and

farmers, took place at Maidstone, on the subject of the late buntings in the county. Mr. Nearne, of Chislet, was in the chair. A letter, signed "A Farmer and Freeholder, whose labourers had never received parochial relief, and whose vote never cost a candidate a shil- ling," was circulated in the room. It contained a series of questions, which it called on the landlords attending the meeting to answer. The 'Earl of Winchilsea undertook the task. The first -question-was"- "Will you come forward and- reduce your rents one-third ?" To' this the Earl responded,. that he would reduc,e-hi& rents as much as other landlords did. The next question was-44 Will you. use your endea- vours for a complete abolition-of tithes ?" To this Lord Winchilsea gave a decided negative. His argument was, that the tithes- of the Church had been founded and maintained by pious individuals now dead, and their bequests were not to be touched.. The third question, related to the abolition of the Malt-tax - the fourth • to the Assessed, Taxes. His Lordship will vote for the t4;tal repeal of the first; and as, he declares himself an enemy to all taxes, he will probably vote-for-the total repeal of the other also. The lest question railed for a pledge in favour -of real reform. Lord Winolsilsea's reply to this-question is rio bad specimen of the confusion of ideas. that is so•generally prevalent en one of in.; essential elements I shall eapport . that reform which conceive best calculated to promote she-advantage-of ell+ but- I -am rat , the advocate of either tiniveretd suffrage or vote by ballot: GM' forbid that •1 should -live to see- the day when any Englishman, •fio matter . whether isis station -be high:or humble, would be -afraid to face me at a public meeting, and give his vote- against me, if he. so pleaees: That is . one of the birthright privileges of Englishmen, mid. 1. trust will never be taken fsom them." Lord Winchi:sea's justly-deserved popularity seems-to have rendered all his answeesequally acceptable to his audience, for all of them were-loudly cheered: Lord Tevitham also addressed the- meeting, but not with such acceptability as "Lord Winchilsea. Lord • ergyidiam's great. remedy fee allethe ills of England is the ainditilathei of the Excise. "They should. make a strong representatioato Parlia- ment to. do away- with allExcise taxes—nothing se much affected -the feelings and habits of Englishmen.. Were he to organizett nation of

• slaves, • he would introduce the Excite amongst them. • ficedoin and the Excise were no more connected than heaven and hell.. (Cheers.) Be, fore_the introduction of . that -species of taxation,. the annual assessment „for • the poor - was • but -200,000!.; since it Iliad increased to nearly •ten

Lord_Teynhanfs antipathy to the Excise is, that it .abstracts from the profits of labour,: -we •-suspect. that • every tax of • whalsoevei: . description, .does the same.- Several. otherolandholdersilelonging to elle . county addressed -the neeeting.;- which finally, ow the inetion of the High --Sheriff, ,came -to the ••resolution—" :Aar- the meeting Would co-operate With-the magistrates, landholders, and tenantry; in resisting ...outrages,- alleviating distress, and restoring the'. independence of .the peasantrye,'. This restitution 'was -carried unanimously, amidst- great cheerino. - • o, . • Anotter meeting was held at the Corn Market of Maidstone; Mr ..Teesday. .A- proposition wasf.lmade ler Lord-Clifttni, who bad received a commission to that purpose, for bite enrolment of a .yeomanry corps: The-proposal was very. Cohlly'received.- Mr. .Larkia thought .etleh a elrps quite useless against the. evil With which they. had to -cambia. "fie thought that in all probability. anaeeent-would take place in the course of .a.few- days,- which,- by- ..effecting•the restoration -of- -the piffilicePeace; . would obviate the necessieye for resorting to - any odditional

. meant the resignation of - thepresent Ministry." (Cheers.) The nieete

ingoeame at-length to the following resohltion '.['hat, at the' present- alarming crisis, it is the duty of the- lanciewners •andaelergy, by a liberal . abatement of-rent and tithes !• to:assist the-farmers in hearing those ad- . .ditional !anneals which...the-peculiar-circumstances of the-times meceton, rily imposed.upon thetia7: And-thtts-endathe Kentish l'eomaitry.• • . •- . MOB, Guestling; near Hastings; the paupers gave notice to: • the heads of-the-parish, that-their company was requested to Meet theun! at. eno'elocit in .the forenoon.- of oMonday ; • with this addition, that if they-did•-not come they eeetild be fetched: : Belt • few were :absent •feein ; the -meeting, :at which about eineshundred and -twenty labourers-were. assembled. They informed their late masters, that they did, nbt any. ;longer intend-to gcroninimiseryle they had resolved'onereCeiving higher- . wages. "-What wages dinthey seek ?". • The reply was; "2s: 3d. a day, till:summer, and then 2.s.e.6tle; we only- want- to be..paid for ()lir .labnui• ;. . atel that you may-meat this lair demand,. yorinniret shake off the tithes.' ...-.111r. Parson (httewas thereVive.sity to:yorteiethat'ag yotir deirimidein thei epariele hes been eeised to /about ••808/eaieetiv-for.a vere • fittle done by y ore demand. that yon-do inenedinte1aegivhape.500lhaeyettr ecooltr. env:14e ...INV!: The paesonneekyoteaditnieaerniedice-and- the'emen -knee theelreet Brighton Guardian; 431{Ni5 3e7;,--• '••• •te.e?

• THE IN-cEnnianteat.-befireitieitlainl pee'Vails at Horinilow: Betront

• NertIthide, Lampten; ii4ileilesIOnvamone7Xt -the 'fareaers and •aglictiltii-; rists. Threateninglettets have-been sent to 'several farmers end gentle- men,, who have estate& ulna) whiolietheyhaveldr. some tune used Ma- • chinery instead of handelaleauee-eThe letters are sighed •asitt Kent, o":Swing," and are to tire 'same ptutport. Abotit a fortnight since, one of them was sent to Mr. Sherwin, at Bedfont, declarhig- that anlesS lie immediately dispensed with' his thrashing-machines, his barns should be razed to the ground. • On Tuesday' afternoon -last, about two o'clock, it is .said, two respectably dressed Men •- who were travelling in a haroache, stopped a boy on the road, and one of them said, " Who's your master, The boy replied; neMitster Sherwin, Sir." " Qh, then, tell him to keep a look-out !' antlthen•droye on.-- About ten o'clock The • sante night, two-barns, several. outhouies, and stabling, were discovered to he ,on.fire ; and the flames raged so rapidly, that very little -of . the site* could be saved. : • • .On Sunday morniagea fire.-brolce met at Nortbfleet ; and before the engines could be brought:frozteGtavesend, n stack Of rye straw was ten- sumed,:together with scene-Inge, 91r-the afternoon Of- that dä, thrie Oen- were apprehended on shepicienufbeing concerned- in the. burning.; • 'Pea ofewhom were lodged in Gravesend Gaol for security, and the other ; was given into thecuttladrofthe eta-testable. One of them had a pho's- 7 phortis-box and some matches in his possession.

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• On.Saturdayo three men •weret rged with riotously assembling to- gether, in- the parish of.-Ifollingboinne;ein the 28th of October. •.They were ordered to find beilethernselvesin-21/1. each, and two sureties in -IO2.

• On...Monday :Morning, aged seven o'clock, a .large barley-stack, bee longing to Mr. Moses Fielder,• of Eastbourne, near Hastings, wes dis- cos'ered.-to be on-fire.- By greet exertions, Mt. }wider ewas :enabled to • stop the-progress of the !lamest o-On-Satutday"night, a siren, !tarn; full; ofs-straw.e-belonging to Mr. James }Hider; of Rebertsbridge, was- lettalt le*the'grOund: ' Mr. Mittingts 1an 'at' Hone was • burnt'dowa on Men- day-night. • The barn -contained fifty quartets f..oats: ' " .0n. Thursday eveningeh-fire was discovered at a farm in time parish - of . lehleeham; near Rye; which destroyed -about one Mindred•and forty • ...qnattersof oats in thestraw, testack of clover hay, and a.-barni the pro- . .pe,rty:of Mr.-Henry Farricomb. • •• ' , • The Brighton Guardian says—" We have heard that Len' Sheffield . -aud.familyhave left Sheffield Place -consequence of the threatening . letters his . Lordship. has •reCeitted, and that a strong nightly watch- is established, to • guard the premises.. These threats are 'alleged-to have • been caused by the unpopularity of his Lordship's steward, wilce appears to have !rendered. himself obnoxious to the • neighbourhood. The ; missal of theisteward .eatas- -demanded'; with 'which his Lordship in- -Mandy complied:- . On Friday inerning, the.5theinstantetwentY-hinifire. .bayseeenthe Levees 'Hill; -getting furze ,for: their- fai;eeaVeeentigillerfted into a body of five hundred men, with bats or large sticks in their hands, Scouring- time hills in the direction of Offham, and marching up the country." • [We have nncloubt that therehave teen Many iestahees of alarm ex- cited iikits innocent affairs as that of time keit:re-boys, and we dank as - little that the " SWing" letters have lieen in Many cases the produetion of wouldebe-witty individuals, Playing: on the-credulity awl /cars tif their simple neighbours.] The Ilow Street officers tied conetaldes, who are on the watch for offenders iii the neighbourhood 4If Can teilmi:y; arrested a' In in neinett -11-aylor;:qt a village named Whine, ;Wain three miles fetal:, r on die

Devet road. At the village of Kingston, in the s:ite lea Irhood, another' than Wa's appreliceded. Neither of them made tne sliehtest - Its-Aimee. They are charged with niachine-breaeing. Oa Thursday, a young Man Was 'arrested Asheoed, eittd broeglIc handcuffed and eseoeted by- eeverarofficers Caaterlotry. He was a, stratiger, amid' bad keen rerx betsy mu inquiring abant the' pereems hi time Ilei0ibuin-lIond, and 'die characters they bore: - It is ',raper' to add, .that the stnry of threatening letters; sent to .1i-timers at IlastitigX, are' p aitively denied.

by Mr.-Deadriey; Of farm, Who adds his belief that the fires at Battle are equally without 1

einintatt.on. • • .

CAI: an AND 1 F T.—A correepaatleut of die Titae:..i. state,e, diet the

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art-leaf-Of te lost that- has • been 'die.' prelude - several.. (ii es iit .K en t.

'flee %anthems 'vehicle has stai:1 a little While, aiid a fire, thutine- Lite niteltt, has been • the' ronsequenCe. He 'stipposes the tires' to b prodticed by

higher agency than time pengantry. , . . • %Arnie Hiles' • •Wic ES.—ltotind Faversitein, Ittlioniers' wages. have !generality 460i/raised to 2i. OW. nee dtty; and most of thelatiners have dialiefisicFteith theirethrtiibing-relichines. • • • , Ginekri'aie • labourees" inthe -North are intim same unsettled state as those of the 7•:. oath.The colliers. have compelled oP 100 per eent. an in ltoehe caaes' Of 1:50epee cent..upen..their ,a-e,,,ei•ae-i. Code hlaie mum tomieqie ti (.2 .srce lit 'el-rile. • At M nErhi ter,

they-fire charted 0 per cent. higlieri - • • "-. • •