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¦^ My y * ^ *? ' -- ^^^ * fflSeeaTromilrSay-IS toow nch woBcfor ' an bfant , oreWa ^ for a full grown join , and for the strongest man . . This week , to he -jdy for the exhibition on- Monday , we work from jre the morning ; till eight at nigbt—it is now ^ . past four on Thursd ay , and , although toy secre-^ jyi te l » em ' mthVme " m « . Tuesi [ ay "" morafag , " as I ioped to steal an hoar or two to write to yon , jet it
< gu all in vain , and , as my work is not over till nine it Wg br , * a ^ ** '¦? : cannot j 3 Sciate in my sleep , I gsaA give up * my intention of saying any more for Re present , than to renew my pledge that I would jjtoDisli thousands on Monday , " and that ' you shall l ^ ve a foil and true account of the whole proceedings on Saturday , next , together with a correct engraving of the People ' s first Estate-rtfll theu . I remain , Tour Mthful friend and bailiff , Feakgus O'Connor .
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THE NATIONAL CONVENTION TO THE CHARTISTS OF GKEAT BRITAIN .
Friends , —The important mission upon which you have sent as having been fulfilled to the best of onr ability , we now feel it our duty" to lay before you in this brief , address the future policy of the National Charter Association . "We have with deep attention considered the subject of a national petition to Parliament in favour of thePeople ' s Charter , and
have unanimously resolved upon the ' presentation of One early in next session . We think that the present House of Commons should not be allowed to dissolve without" again testing it upon , the great question of the iranchise , so that at the general election ( an event rapidly approaching ) , instead of asturning the mask of iypocrisy , the candidates will ascend the hustings cheered as the friends , or execrated as the foes , of the people . '
We are aware that there are to be found Democrats who are averse to petitioning , as futile and fruitless . From this \ iew , we must respectfully dissent . We are not so sanguine as to expect the Charter as the result of a national petition , but we do regard that course as a most efficient means of imbuing the public mind with the : truth of onr course . Our hopes of success are founded upon the righteousness of our object ; but ere these hopes can be realized , an intense , determined , and fervent public opinion must be created in favour of freedom
and its blessings ; and such mind having been created , must be brought to bear in all its forcefuhuvs , npon those classes who have usurped the rights which the millions should exercise . Every means should be taken to bring our objects and pr inciples prominently before the world , for there is a majesty in truth that commands respect ; there is in it a . native vigor , if allowed fair play , which will ultimately render it triumphant over every obstacle . A national petition we conceive to he one means of givingfree action to the influence of onr cause upon the public mind .
Onr cause has struggled , and . still struggles , against an ocean of difficulties . The venal , factious press , day after day and week after week , pours out its calumnies npon our conduct , and it ^ misrepresen tation of our objects . Even the pulpit , whence charity and truth should flow in commingled streams , not unfrequently resounds with bitter tirades against a party whose only object is man ' s amelioration—. whose only motive is the love of freedom . The presentation of a national petition will enable us to command a hostile press ; for , although reporters
hesitate not to misrepresent and distort the proceedings of a Chartist meeting , they dare not garble a Rebate in Parliament . The presentation of a national petition gives rise to agitation , dispels prejudice , strengthens faith , and creates mind , by placing before the civilised world the cause of democracy in all its sublimity of conception and grandeur of purpose . Then , brother Chartists , np to the work of the national petition ! There is no time to be lost ; it must be presented early in April next ; and this time , as heretofore , we must make it a thing unprecedented in the annals of the British Parliament .
We must iave five minions of ionafide signatures Surely it is not too much to expect , that out of the millions who now writhe under the lash of class aisrule , five miffi ( Jn 4 tnkf be iotitii to 3 eHflUBc 6 the ruthless career of the oppressor , and to demand justice as the right which man owes to man . Friends , the case of Frost , Williams , and Jones , has not been forgotten . by your delegates . We have resolved to seek the restoration of the Patriots , through the medium of a Memorial to the Home OSce . We were told , lately , in the House of Commons , that this was the proper course to pursue ;
let us do so now , with all the energy and zeal which SO philanthropic an object must inspire in the minds of a generous People . The PatrioticExiles expect tha performance of this duty at your hands , and justly so—they have been enduring captivity , in all its aggravated horrors , for demanding the rights of which reckless despotism has deprived yon . Let us cheer them with a knowledge of our gratitude . To memorialize for their return is hut a poor duty , which , however , we owe , and which , we trust , will ere long be blessed with the return of these nobleminded men to their native land .
We have likewise resolved upon carrying into operation the plan laid down in the Hand-Book of the Association , for securing the return to Parliament of a few Members pledged to the support of the Charter . The Central Election Committee will speedily be formed , with Mr . Duncombe as President , when its plan of proceedure will be laid before you . We have resolved upon several other matters connected with the movement , of which you are cognizant , which we hope will conduce to the furtherance of the People ' s cause .
In conclusion , friends , we call on you once more to rally round the old standard . It is fruitless for us to deliberate and resolve unless you act . A nation ' s freedom cannot he gained by talking—it is by action well directed , and vigorous action , that the invaluable blessing can be secured . Ton have now an excellent organization , exert yourselves to extend it . Many , during the calm of Chartism , have sunk into apathy ! to such we appeal , at once to assume tlieir former proud position in the movement . The present is not the time for indolence ; your treacher
ous foes , the Whigs , are in power ; you should at the same time be at yonr posts . The sworn foes of Chartism are in the field , let not then tlie stigma of desertion attach to a single friend of the cause . In returning from our labours , we are resolved to do each a man's share in freedom ' s vineyard ; and trusting that our humble efforts will receive that powerful aid which yonr nnion . energy and perseve-? &nce can afford , We remain , Yours , ever faithfully , On behalf of the Convention , PHILIP M'GilATH , Chairrsan , THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secretary .
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GENERAL ELECTION IX FRA 5 CE . Pjkis , Wednesday evening , * l o ' cloelf . The victory ot the minuter * is couipiet ? . " Last iikhi , " says the Journal dts lieUt ' s , " thu returns tf 422 cltciions Ian : been ' received ; 263 vc-re in favour d the Cyfiservatives , nod 1-DU au the side of the Op-|> o : ' . uoa . The nominatiors yrt usknonn amounted xo U 7 , i-ut the results at present 'kut'tvii > bow thai airoa < iv iiic aliniderialhts txercded a moiety ot the Vz * i&erhy 33 . " The ] u : jfjriiT over llie Oppt » rii « ra " . vas 101 . Execution . it York . —On Saturday John ttoduy ? y ; i « cd ihe extreme penalty of the Ja ^ v at York ^ --stie , for the murder of bis luiaiii . at Sirii'tc-n , in GrSYMl .
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Thcbsdat , Auo . 6 . The Irish Marriage Act Amendment Bill passed through committee . p f , S ! . « ° n of the Lord CittHCEnLOB , the Sv ^ BiU was rea « l » tWrd time and passed . The Jomt-Stock Banks ( Scotland and Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . ¦ On the motion of Earl Grey , the Austra lian Waste Lands' Bill wa 3 read a second time . ' . '
POOR LAW REMOVAL BILL . Earl Gbst moved the second reading of the Poor Removal Bill . The Duke of Richmond urged its post p onement . If the law of settlement wns to oe altered , irbj was the law of removal touched until the whole question underwent due consideration ? He disliked this sort of patchwork legislation . The present measure , if uasssd into & law , would only give the magistrates needless tronble , and would afford no relief to the
poor . -It was said that this was one of the great boons given to the agricultural interest for the Corn Bill , and the boon was , that a party jiving five years in one parish—which ,. by-the-bye , would be difficult to prove;—was not to be removed , forsooth ! " ¦ ' -, » . " . The Marquis of . Salisbury and the ; Earl of ; WincheUea recommended the postponement ^? the JBiU . Lord Redesdale , the Earlof St . Gennani , * Lord Beaumont , the Lord Chancellor ,, . the Marbuisjof Lansdowne , and " other noble Lords supported it . Theiiillwas read a second time . C .... - , .
HOTJSE OF COMMONS ^ -THnBSDAT , Atjoubt 6 . Mr . T . Buncombe presented a pettti gg Lirom Thomas Mitcliam . a letter-carrier , coraplaifiW ^ ot the hardship of being dismissed from the Poatoffiee in consequence of having given evidence before Mr . Peacock , the solicitor to ' that establish ment , and praying for . ' inquiry . " : ' ' . V . Sir J . C . Hobiiodse ¦ ' presented a petition from Nottingham , complaining df- ^ be practice of flogging in the army , and prajing the House to take the sub . ject into consideration . ! , ; ' ' . '/ .. Mr . Home moved for a retura of the number of floggings that had taken place in the array during the past year .
RELIGIOUS OPINIONS RELIEF BILL . Lord Jobs Russell moved the order of the daj for reading the Religious Opinions Relief Bill a second time . - ~ - * Mr . Esicoukt opposed the measure , and moved as an amendment that it be read a second time that day six months . After considerable discussion tbe amendment was lost on a division , by a majority of 79 to 10 . The Bill was then read a second time , and ordered to be committed .
SUGAR DUTIES . The House went into Committee on the Sugar Duties BiU , and the several clauses having been agreed to , the house resumed . Several other bills were advanced a stage , and the house adjourned . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fbibat , Aug . 7 . The Royal Assent was given by commission to some official and several Railway Bills . The Citations' ( Ireland ) BiU and the Books and Engravings' Bill were read a second time . The Joint-stock Banks ( Scotland and Ireland Bill passed through committee . The Baths and Wash-houses Bill and the Art Unions' Bill were read a third time and passed . Their Lordships adjourned to Monday . ' HOUSE OF COMMONS—Fbtdat , Awjust 1 . The report on the Sugar Duties Bill was received , and the third leading fixed for this day .
MILITARY FLOGGING . Upon moving the order of the day , Lord John Russell , in anticipation of Dr . Bowring ' s motion for the abolition of flogging in the army , said that he was prepared to make known the result of the deliberations of the Cabinet with the Duke of Wellington upon a subject respecting which public opinion was so much agitated . ; His Lordship said he had no wish to claim the credit of the ameliorations in the military code which had been determined npon % neither did he desire , on the other hand , to shrink from the responsibility . The Duke of Wellington Lad not thought it right to abolish corporal punishment in the army ; and the Government concurred with him in deeming it right
to stop at thehmit proposed by his Grace . By the present regulations bo offender , convicted by ageneral or garrison court-martial , could suffer a- greater punishment than 200 lashes ; a district court-martial could inflict 150 lashes ; and a regimental courtmartial 100 a Tho Duke of WelliDgfconj haying considered the subject , had determined to issue regulations by which no court-martial would have the power to inflict more- than " fifty" lashes , with special directions , that" the condition of health of the offender shall be ascertained to be sufficiently robust to bear the punishment inflicted without its being dangerous to life ; and taking such other precautions about the weather andother accidental circumstances so as to guard asalnsi danger . His Lordship then
appealed to Dr . Bowring whether , as the government had thus mitigated the punishment down to the lowest point which they deemed safe and necessary to maintain the discipline of the army , the hon . member would not withdraw his motion . Dr . Bowring having expressed dissent , the noble lord then expatiated on the paramount necessity of preserving discipline in the army , citing the various authorities in support of corporal punishment wliich have been so repeatedly appealed to , especially the report of the Commission appointed in 183-5 . His lordship added that his own views were in favour of elevating the condition of the soldier , and he instanced with great satisfaction his own efforts , whilst at the head of Chelsea Hospital . He
said that Hugging in the army had greatly declined of late years , corporal punishment being only 1 in 190 men . He trusted " that by the system of military prisons now coming into operation , of rewards , increased pay , and the commissions given to private soldiers , that the condition of the soldier would be raised so as to render corporal punishment unnecessary . The house ought not , at this late period of the session , to step in to abolish a system , which had endured go Ion ? , merely in consequence of the excitement created by the late unfortunate case . His Lordship concluded by passing a high eulogium upon the Dake of Wellington , and entreated the house to rely upon his judgment in a matter upon which his experience so eminently qualified him to form a correct judgment .
Dr . BowRixe then rose for the purpose of moving the total Abolition of corporal punishment in the army . The hon . member with great good taste and judgment alluded to the late distressing case at Uounslow , and said that Government ought not to detay the tot « l abolition a single day . Necessity was their sole plea , by which plea Torqtiemada had justified the Inquisition , and Charles IX . the massacre of St . Bartholomew . The hon . member cited Dr . Feeaisson , to prove that even 12 lashes might affect life ; read , with prodigious tfi'eut , a cumber of authentic statements of various excessive floggings which ha « l terminated fatally , and in which the severity of the punishment had in its consequences been disproportionate to the offence . One man Lad , at different times , received 15 , 000 lashes . The evidence of Colonel Slide , who boasted that
50 lasbes such as were administered under his superintendence , were equal to 1 , 000 lashes _ of whips and cats , particularly excited the indignation of the Louse . The l .-isb . ought not to bp ulaced in the hands of an executioner wi : o bad , at his discretion , the power to increase or diminish the punishment . The honourable member stated tluvt which was repeated by several members during the debate , that the result of torture h a matter of calculation , and depends on the constitution , wliich differs in every individual , and is in proportion to Ms strength and sensibility . " - ine force of the muscles aniltiie sensibility of the nerves being giveu , it 13 required to find the degree of pain necessary to Ir . iiict torture without depriving him ot lite . Men , by the lash , have been put to death , who wvi ' e not condemned to death . The demoralising cilect oi flogging a lump of dead flesh was only equal to its cruelly .
Mr . II . Blheeley supported the motion , ami was followed bv ColonelPBEi-, wfeo insisted tuai until thearmy was ek'vatcil in h moral point of view , it was imp ossible to abolish coporal punishment . U < J entered ijito a 5 'ji : g defence of Cohmel 'Vhyte , who , lie couteinkil , liau been unjustly attacked . Mr . liVauAMs made a long mid able Bpeecli » h favuiu' of tlie imuitilialo abolition oi flogging . Capiain Lay . uid spoke at great length in favour of tLe luoiion , coiitsndirsg the proper remedy was an improvement in tlie mode of enlistment . ? vlr . :. ' £ tji . le mill Colonel Reid , the members fur Win- ' sor , sjiolve at considerable lenpth on the sreai advantage of improving the condition of tlie joidier .
Captiuu Lehxai . Osboilne thought the experiment inij . < lit be made en ihs household troops to abolish fios ^ ins . The hon . member plunged into a long historical argument respecting flogging iu tbe army ,
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exhibiting considerable research ; althoagh ; hkpwn amendment , of which he bad given notice , was ^ tt the effect of preserving the power of inflicting fifty lashes on a march , or , in case of mutiny or theft , he should support Dr . Bowing ' s motion ;' . '> ..,-,. ir '" .. '• ' » : Mr . Fax Maule expressed his surprise that , llv . Osborae , after an argumentative speech ; inifavotr ; of retainingthe power of inflicting fifty lashes , -should vote for the motion .- The right-hon . ' Gentleman then went over the same ground as Lord John Russell , suggesting - the propriety of giving ; higher rewards to the soldier , ' and that while you retain the ' power of inflicting corporal punishment , it may remain dormant , so . that at no distant period flogging may be unknown in the British army ., ' :, ~ . \ ; «*!•¦• . ? 1 . u-1 aiA ukimituA _ llt 1 «' "V 1
f ; Sir Charles , Nahkb said that it was impossible io maintain dsscipline in the army and navy without flogging , and quoted a case wherein the soldiers in the Peninsula , having deserted their officers , where recalled . ' to'their , duty by the Duke of Wellington ordering two men to be hanged by the Provost Marshal on the spot .- ¦ = "_• ' : . " ¦' Mv .-Waklv ! then rose , and in a very effective speech vindicated his conduct at the late inquiry at Hounsldw . He cited several cases to , show that accidents to the . skin , often slight , produced diseases of the pleura , and death , and tbatno medical science could pronounce upon the degree of punishment which human . Iife . cojuld 3 ustain . under . tlieja 3 h .... Mr .. Craven Bbukklky having impeached Mr . Waikley'il ' cfiriduct' " oni th ^ inpes ^ th ' attgentteinan defended himself for having ¦ excludedthe' / nie ' dical gentlemen , inasmuch as they had previoulsy given their evidence npon-. an insufficient post 7 iwrtem ? ex amination . - ' - '<¦¦ ' '¦'¦¦ - ¦ - ' - ¦'¦¦ ' . ' ' ' ¦"'
. Mr . Giurlt ! 3 Buller " defended the regulations / of the Horse Guards , and repudiated the imputation that they would not . be carried out in tt © spirit in wliich they were conceived . . ,, l ' . ; Mr . GouLBURN was , anxious to , see the morale of the army improved . ;¦ . '' \ - ' ¦ . ''[ . ; : V i "\ . \ ¦¦ Mr . Briqht spoke in favour of Dr . Bowring ' s motion , ' and Mr . ; Hume expressed his satisfaction ' at the improved . tone of the debate on this subject . Colonel Sibthorp and Colonel WooDj defended the system of flogging , and Mr . Cprtbis spoke strongly in its condemnation . The House then
divided—For Dr . Bowrwo ' smotion ..... 37 , Against it ., „ .,.,..., „ ..,, „ .,,.., „ ., „ ,,.,.,. 90 , Majority anainstthe abolition of flogging—^ 53 Mr . Osbornb then moved his amendment , limiting corporal punishment 'in the army to fifty lashes for offences commuted on the line of march ; nratinyy ' or theft " , upon whicnthe house divided , when there appeared— .
Far air . Osborae s motion 25 Againat it ................................... .. 81 Majority ... ; . 56 Mr . Escott having postponed his motion on the subject till Monday , the house then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Saturday , August 8 . A variety of bills were ; advanced a stage , after which ¦ ¦'¦ . ' ' . ' ¦ ' '¦ ' '¦ ' . ¦ . ¦ ; . V- . ' ' Lord Morpeth staled that it was . the intention of the Government ; , next session , to hring in a general and extenjsiw ^ measure on the ' snbiect of sites for dwellinga . ' € ^ 5 IS " . ; Captaiti OsBORVE'Cpnsidered the Government had not given any satisfactory answer as to what they intended with respect to the Bills relating to Ireland . It appeared to him as if they only proposed proceeding with the Arms Bill .
Lord J . Russell said that the attention of the Government , regarding the Irish Bilb before the house , ' had been principally directed to the means of providing employment for the people in that country during the winter months . With respect to the Arms Bill , it could be discussed in committee . ' Captain Osborne said ' the noble lord admitted that tbe Arms Bill of the late Government was a failure , yet'it appeared the present Government intended to proceed with , a similar measure .
THE SUGAR DUTIES BILL was read a third time , and in reply to Sir J . R . Reid , who advised the Government to encourage free labour in the colonies to its fullest extent , in order--to enable them to compete with the products of . slavegrown sugar . . •" . - ' - >¦ ..-.. ¦ :.. ; The CnAifCELtOR of the Exchequer said 'that in committee on the Customs Bill , this day , he should propose a reduction of the duty on ruin ; and next session several measures would be introduced in order to carry out the principle of free trade . . ¦ : Mr . Parker obtained leave to bring in a Bill to empower the Commissioners for the issue of Loans for Public Works and Fisheries to raalce loans to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods , in lieu of loans heretofore authorised to be made in Exchequer Bills . 1 'he House adjourned at one o ' clock . HOUSE OF LORDS , Monday , August 10 .
SUGAR DUTIES . The Earl of Clarkndox , in moving : tbe first reading of the bill , stated , that it had been considered that it would snitthe convenience of their Lordships and it would be likewise convenient to the public , that the discussion of this measure should take place upon its earliest stage . He observed that Parl i ament had already recorded its deliberate judgment , that the protective system was an erroneous one , anil that legislation should not be for the benefit of particular classes . Protection had been withdrawn from British Agriculture , and this measure was : i corollary of that which had been adopted a few weeks ago . The people of this country understood that when the Corn Laws were settled , the principle
of free trade should abolish the distinction between colonial and foreign sugar ; and the colonists could cxpeot no more protection than wag enjoyed by the British agriculturist . The people of this country bad been an annual tax of three millions for tinpurpose of a short allowance of one of the necessaries of life . He was convinced that the protective duties were prejudicial to the producers of sugar themselves , who , under that system , relied almost entirely upon manuel labour . The object and intention of the Government were to remove all the restrictions which retarded the progress of the colonies and checked their improvements ; to encourage the immigration of free labourers thither S and if the colonists were thrown more upon their own resources they would better compete with their rivals . With respect to the slave trade , if he thought that the existing system of differential duties would put a
stop to that inhuman traffic , he would be no party to this measure ; but , notwithstanding the sacrifices we had made , and the international dangers we had exposed ourselves to , our efforts for thirty years had ai . 'complished litsle or nothing : and lio now called on their Lordships to deal with that trnffic as they dealt withany contraband article—endeavour to make it unprofitable . We professed to abstain from all slave-grown articles , but we did not reject slavegrown maize , and slave-grown tobacco , and wo imported Cuba copper without repugnance . Nay , we traded with Cuba and Brazil , and with their returns ot slave-grown sugar purchased the products of other countries . All our morality on this question stood upon a mere fraction , the narrow edge of a principle ; whilst the great rule of commerce , our relations with foreign states , the claims of our revenue , and the demands of tlie people for a-necessary of life , called for an abandonment of the present sy .-tem .
Lord Stanley expressed Ms concurrence in the observations of the Earl of Clarendon as to the convenience of discussing this measure at the first reading of the bill , and said he should have felt himself justified in entering his protest at the ( arliest period against this change in our legislation . Hestated his deep ami insuperable objestions , first , to the details of the bill ; secondly , to the principles of the measure ; and , above all , to the circumstances under which , and the period of the session at whic ' ) , this bill had been introduced . After exposing the inconsistency oi those who had adhered to the principle of protcctiui : the colonial sugar trade agninst the competition with slave-grown sugar so late as 1814 , and who now tool ; an active , part in undoing their own work , the noble
lord met the argument iounuud upon the principle of free trade . Free trade , he observed , was now ail in all ; cheap sugar must be had , and , compare' ! with the benefit of free * trade , slavery and the slave tradr were as nothing . Bsit anything less like free trade it had never boon his fortune to see . The Ruble Wrf then proceeded to show I hat this principle ol" fret trade bad uot been applied to the tea trade , and thai in the present position of the Kass and West Indie ; a competition between them ami kIhvu oolnniiscmik ' not be carried on upon equal terras . When onr conliics had not the command of labour , to t . 'i . 'k of tluii competing with s ' sivc colonies was a mere nionlsi : ! v
anil a cruel one . I ! e objected to tho bill ovi the » vnuuite of expediency , policy , and humanity . With ri-spi-ci to its - expediency and policy , be showed that ' Ihe prices oi" sugar lwl decreased , nn x protection , from 4 ? s ., a cwt . in 18-10 to G 2 : « . 1 M . in 18-3-5 , whilst ilic mr ; n >! . Y h ; ui augiVK-nleii fruis l ( . ; j ; (* 0 r * tons to 24-5 , 000 ions . Tiiiswns his answur to ii > - nnMinu-r . t ioundeil upon i ! : e r . icn of ;« . ?» ijt- -n- i ' niuis . o : and there was : ihe !>) i ::- ] hm ; i of an jiii-i-e ^ uil suwly is . l ' uiure years . ^ Lonl St : iui < sy then e-.-iitouuvci . that ' thi > measure wmi : d tc-i : d to tm-ournue tl ; o sl .-svo tram-, a-: d g ive- £ - > pev t » n i'j the i-roiit of the slave \> vupvktors and slave inipwtere oi' Cuba ami Bwzils . li
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m' could it be expected that the ? Pesfc . Indies could contend agajnsTiit f . aad , itrpnal premium ' of > - £ 5 per ton to the producer Of ' slave grown siigar ? Hef * Majesty ' s Government should say whether they intend to keep up the establishment ' on ' the coast : ot Africa to put dofn-jthe-slave -tra ^ e . n If they did , they would' be doingiyith ; BneJhandj " and undoing with the other ; and - i « dfiMfe ^ believe'they would hot become the l ^ SJ ^ - ^ ffi ofiheyrfi ^ abatement . of one ; hUlfp ;^ nny ;; a * p ounil . up ( on 6 ur , augarl and of ^ temporary ' augriientatidn of our reifenue , we undid all the work we had been doing for years past ? He asserted that tlie-WeSt India colohiesmJgbfc compete with foreigii . 9 ugar-growirig ' countries if they had a dense . He w ' as / assured that :, tHe ; 'co ' untryV « W hesitate long before it would' acoept'a dimihutibn of of & " mZi- . 11 tll" ' " ' " " " . . ¦ . ' . " 1 ' ' '^ J ' " ^ - " : . ?
the price sugartn't such ' an expense as that of rendcnngrnagatoryaK its efforts for . th&IiatlZ year * at such a sacri ^ oeof money . and of . blobdv : He should move that this bill be read a first time this day-three monthsjjbut irfth&present ' stateof the house , andat tBi 9 period of . th | " session , lie ^^ sKbuWJnot tTouWo { heir Lordships to divide " upon . the question ;" ' ¦ : ' * „ ' - ''' '¦' ' Iiord DENMA ^ onsidered '' iVto be his'imperative duty to hiraselfj ami to all-whom he had been . connected with in political life , | and to the people of England , to declare his direct and inyineiblehostility to the principle upon which this billwos founded , whiclj was that % Jticn'tKe . noble Ib ^ a ' i'tbe . ' head of th ^ jSflrtpmenjij -ii ' ad .-iu * : 18 il'deobireit' | pujd be thio consequencVofsuefe amcaaure , namely ' . ' aneticouragementof and a stimulus to a _ trade in liuman beings . Inhere was not to bean immense increase in . the
number of slarcs , he was at a loss to understand how the vast supply of sugar expected from this measure was to be produced . The great argument for the pleasure was derived from theinconsistehcy of dealing with different slave-grown commoclitiesin a different : manner . Bat if there was such inconsistency —if our policy was in one part , good , and in , another bad—we were notj forthiB sake of . consistency , to sacrifice ihe good and lake the bad . ' Before this measure was introduced , the resources of the East Indies and Mauritius should have been considered . When it ' was said that the principle ' s of free trade wrs allpowerfuland irresistible ;' . was'tbai principle to be applied to a traffic of bloodshed , ' piracy , and murder . If we must submit to the domineering principle of free trade , he wanted to know why . our own subjects should'not be permitted to-engage' * in the-slave ' traffic . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ t . a i - :
; . The Marquis of Lavsi | 6 wne applied himself to the objections' of Lord Stanley , with reference" to" the principles of free , trade , . observin » ,-ihat under the existing system we did not diminish the growth of slave sugar , but , on the contrary , we fed and maintained slave-cultivation ; We supplied the slave colonies with articles they needed , and tools their sugar , p ot honestly and openly , but dishonestly and casuistically , ; supplying Russia , Austria , and other countries with it ; not merely in foreign ; but in British ships . The . noble Marquis concluded by suggesting to Lord Lord Stanley to withdraw his motion , and , as more respectful to the House of Commons , to make it upon the second reading of the'bill . ' "'"' ¦
Lord AsunuRTOHsaid , this new doctrine of free trade which had made such progress during the present year , went to the root of the whole celenial system , and involved the -question whether we should have colonies at all . Some system of protection was absolutely necessary , to them , and he protested against this mode of treating the , colonies . He enumerated measures which bad been adopted by the Imperial Parliament to the disadvantage of the colonists , and inBisted ; upqn the injustice of exposing them to a competition , which it was notorious that they could not maintain .
Lord Monikaqlk ymdicated this measure from the charges ot its being a violation of a pledge to the West India interest upon a question which had never yet been settled- Those duties were intended a ? a protection to our colonies ; and itwas unfair , after defending theso duties upon one ground , to attempt to maintain them upon another . lie admitted that the colonial question mooted . by Lord Ashburton ^ was an important one—too important to be discussed parenthetically ; but he contended that the colonies , no more than the mother country , could not be permanently benefited by introducing what . wm a wri'hg upon both ; , "¦ In , a financial point oLvii'w ' . tbe measure was important / [ tor , ; if their Lordships rejected this bill , the revenue would be greatly deficient , lie considered that this was n most legitimate mode of recruiting the resources oi the country ; that it was commercially a good measure , arid morally not a bad one . ,
Lord Brougham said that , after having recently addressed thoir Lordships upon this subject , iu prescnting Mr . Olarksaii ' s petition , and bis arguments having up to this hour rcniained unanswered , he had but little to say . He still thought that this was a most unprecedented mode of dealing with so large a measure , nnd that it was a most unprecedented time to deal with it . The more he was of opinion that this question ought to _ be permantly settled , the more he felt that this bill should have been brought forward at an earlier period of the sesaioni The noble and learned Lord proceeded to uree the injustice-of passing * this bill without , affording the West-Indians an opportunity of being heart ! against it ; liow did their Lordships know , if they were heard , that . the colonists could not
make out a verv satisfactory case against this measure ? The West Indians could not have been prepared for such extraordinary changes of opinion as had been lately exhibited upon this question . Ilis Lordshiiy then passed some lively strictures upon Sir J .. W . Ilojrg , who had seconded Lord Sandon ' s motion in 1841 , and then addressed himself' to wli . it be contended was the whole argument 1 in favour of this measure , which resolved itself into this , that the sugar would be reduced in price thereby , and brought within the capacity of the bulk of the people of tlm country by a large increasa of the sup ply . As a plain man , be would ask bow tins reduction of price by the augmentation of tha supply could happen , unless a large quantity , some 30 , 000 hogshwuta of sugar , slave-grown and free-grown , were
immediately ,, or within a year or two , brought into tho market of England . How was this increase of supply to ba got ? By one way only—the admission of foreign sugar . But this bill went to open the market toshtve-srown sii-. 'ar . and there was no limit to the supply , which could be increased ad libitum by the AfVicnn slave trade ; and he warned those noble Lords who held up their hands for suddenly supplying the British market with 30 . 000 tonsof sugar , that , though fchev mU'ht not intend it , they held them up , not for slavery only , but for encouraging , stimulating , extending , and exacerbating the curse of tlie African slave trade . The argument that sugar should not be excluded from' our market if other slave-grown products were not excluded admitted of various answers . Sugar stood upon different grounds hvm coffee ,
cotton , and tobacco ; but they were now dealing with sm-ar , and sugar only . The noble and learned Lord drew a powerful picture of the suifcrim'S of the slave anil ihe horrors of the slave-trade , and he cited a recent declaration of Dr . Lushiugton , that this bill would render nugatory our treaties for tho suppression of the slave-trade . After showing that free labt » ur , though it could successfully contend wilh slave labour upoii fair and equal terms , was ' unable to ¦ ompcte with it unless the market of Africa was closed , he said that he little thought , after the victories wbich had been achieved , he should , in 184 G , have to rise in his place to denounce the slave-trade , and complain that a liberal Government should for the first time have introduced a bill for the purpose of Actively encouraging and extending the African slave-irade .
Earl Grey appealed to their Lordships whether the noble and learned Lord had made any attempt io answer the arguments , which had been offered in favour of the bill ; he had uttered some amusing jokes but nothing iu the way of regular or connected reasoning . The noble ISiirl reiterated the arguments in support of the bill derived from financial reasons , and from the inconsistency of proscribing one particular kind of slave produce . All sound rules ol eOSultltt , hOcOsik-nJed , must be of universal af > j > li < >!) . - tion , and if the opponents of this bill pleaded national morality , they should be prepared to act upon that rule universiiHy , and exclude coil ' oc , cotton , and , in fact , all fureisni suanr . It \ v ; is the rankest delusion
that had ever been attempted to be pa ' med upon tho country . In reply to thu qits . stion of Lord Sta . vi . kt , an to the restrictions to ho taken oft immigration , the inlilc Karl said , as the allowing ofiiuli-criminato imiuii ; riit . vm of ncarocs from Africa . " would bu liable to ab : ;«; , it was not intended to Kar . etiim that . If any . si ' c jnmli ! couldbo pointed out , it would be desirable . iiiu-tiw Krooni < . 'ii slxm ^ l be ejic-ourjigtfd to migrate to wiv r-is-. nies during tho cane harvest , and return to ti \ uv : iat . ivc country . All lhat w : ; s proposed was to aili » w voluntary emigration froisi ihii 1 own settlements ' in A . iVic . 1 amM » uj : u 'I'ba uoUo Envl conclilJud by cxiiVea . -i ; jg liis belief tliac ih s bill would cvciitisaSly ifii . l to ti'c cxiiKctioii not o . Jv of slavery , but of tho
sliivu-trattii . A c ' jiivsi-s . ition ir . iAi jiliK' ^ batweon Lord Ashbus - t'r . i Sfriijlcy , and Groy , " as to the power prop osed to b i-i ' - i ;> the i ;' -i-siiios ns impose ilili * orunti : il ilutiea r . i' » : i Bvitish tui'i luivi' . 'ti i ' , oiids—btU no satisiiicEory aiiswei'v . ms given io t-he iiuestion . L" > i' '! : St ; uiley then , agreeably to the Marquis oi Lar . suov . iic suirmist-iosi , withilrew his motion . Tiie bill was ihwi road a lirst tiniP .
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The Earl ef Cl 4 rkndon moved that it be read a aecoB / I time on . Thursday , next- ..,-.. j .. ^ rd Stanlbt ; proposed , as an amendment , that it % -ead a second time that day three months , but it wag negatived without a division . . _ ., *'" '¦ - ' Thd , ' Housethen adjourned , after settiug from five to a qutrfer ^ pasti one o'clock . : i jHOUSE OF . COMMONS--. MoNDAT , A « o . 10 . The Speaker took the chair at twelve o ' clock
STANDING . ORDE RS PRIVATE BILLS . On the motion of Mr . Hume , a series ef resolutions regulstoVy ' to ' the private business of the house were agreedto . '"' " . '" . ' . ' ' . . ¦¦¦ -. . [ :, : ' : ^ Q ^ iiw : o 6 kkissimERs . t . , v Mr . "Hume i gave ¦ notice that on Tuesday next , he ' troHid'sabraitr J »' ' ( i ^ 'houBe c ^ ain resqliitioo * 8 t * and found uppn ' tliem ah vuddrea 3 to her ' Majesty , respecting ^ the Poor Law Commissions , with the prayer that her Majesty" would direct inquiry to be made into the present state of * that board .
' ^ v - ^;< ' ;'' ::. ' .: ; : MipL"BANK ; -pRrsoN ;;;" ,.:: * r : ;; . On ^ thei moti on for the order of the day for a Commil tee of ' supply being read , ; ' - - ; i i > ! : MrJ T . S . DoKcoMnK rose to moyefor . a Select Committee to inquire into the treatment of prisonersiconfined since Octobery 1843 , in theMillbankprison ,-as well , as into theionduct of the governor , and . officers thereof , such Committee to report their opinion with the evidence to the house . The , hon . member-in sup- ; port , to bis motion went on to state that he regretted to have akain to refer to tho great abuses which exiitcd in that prison , as had government , the last time ) ie v brought the matter before the bouse , . consented to ' the appointment , of a Committee to inquire into
tlie matter , he would have been saved . the trouble ot again bringingthesubjectbeforethe house . He must , however , protest against the doctrine laid down when the matter was last under discussion , that they were to Wait until , November next before . tho institution of ' an inquiry could be decided on , , He contended that' wh . en the subject was last laid before the . house , be made ou ' t a case for inquiry ^ He presented a petition from an officer in the establishment pointing out the . abuses that existed in it , and who was prepared with evidence to prove the statements therein detailed . But how had the government met hia proposition ' for inquiry" on that occasion ?—why they . jjut the report of the speech he . made ; in the house , in moving for a coramittee of inquiry , out of
the Times newspaper—they sand it to the prison authorities—and they called for fresh information in regard to the statements it contained . The report of his speech was in the main correct , but he : thought that before it was made an official document it ought to have been submitted to him ! ov r . e ? 3 sali . There were several errors in it , so far as * 1 details were concerned , and the prison authorities taking advantage of these , had given in a report denying his statements , and that had given rise to a second petition , on the part of Mr , Barker , who stated that the report so givea in wns altogether incorrect . That was not the proper way to have gone to work . In the report first given in he understood that cases were mentioned which the Home Secretary did not think
right to lay before the house . There were some matters in regard to flogging and some other things which could not well bear the light , and therefore they were repressed , but no sooner was the report of his ( Mr . Duncombe' ) speech sent to the inspectors , then they set to work and got up a report in order to disprove it . What made the case look still worse , these parties , after they had got bis speech , wrote to Mr . Barker , wishing to know if he was prepared to support the statements in his original petition , after they had reported upon that petition to Goyemment ! Why did they not ask him that before ? Why did they not ask him that when he presented his petition ? After they had prejudged the man's case ,, they asked him to come and
establish the statements he originally made . He naked , therefore , could the matter remain aa it wns at present ? Cases of cruelty and flogging , of the severest description had been alleged against the officers of the prison , and as yet no attempt has been made on the part of the Government to meet the charges preferred . Any attempt on the part of the officers to inflict corporal punishmentibr . the offence lor which , the two men , Bunyon . and , Cotterell , to whona he referred when he previously . addressed the house on the subject , had been flogged , was illegal . By ~ refemng-tothe Act of Parliament on which the institution was founded , they would and that if a man attempted io assault the governor , he was to be prosecuted in the usual way for that offence , and might be punished with two years' imprisonment , ' with flogging , as the Court might direct , It was not , therefore , in the hands of the '' officers ' of the prison that the punishment was placed , but in the
Court before whom the prisoner was tried . Besides , the Cat with which Bunyon and the other man were flogpd ,-was illegal , lio did not wish at present In discuss tbe question of flogging in the array , but this much he would say , that flogging in the army was but a joke to the system of it which was in existence in the Millbank prison . [ The hon . member here produced a few of the cords which constitute what is called " the cat , " and compared them with that of a specimen of the same instrument as used at the Horse Guards . The prison cat ' s-paw seemed by far the most touchy of the two . It was kneaded up lii knots , while its neighbour of the Horse Guards was free of these , and composed , too , of a much softer material . ] To show the effect which this instrument , as used in the prison , produced , lie u-as Ijilornietl hy those who witnessed the flogging of the man Bunyon , that a more brutal scene they never witnessed . Such was tho effect the { instrument . had that the
blood was flowing in streams over the mans waistband . The other man , Cotterell , only received sixty lashes from the same cat , but having previously been n the army , he declared that tho sixty lashes he then received were far more severe than 120 he had received when in the army , and'that the flogging in the army was a mere joke to that in Millbank Prison . But what happened after the man was thus severely flogged ? Why , instead of being taken to thu Infirmary he was put into his cell . lie lay there in a most deplorable condition ; he could not move his arms " , and yet Dr . Bailie said that he did not require Infirmary treatment . Mr . Baker in his second petition referred to . this . The chaplain himself admitted lhat the sentence was a to the three
very severe one . Then , as boys put upon bread and water for seven days ; the governor admits that he did so , but denies chat by doing so he exceeded his duty . To show the manner in which the establishment was conducted , it was only necessary to refer to the amount of suicides and attempts at suicides which had taken place . During the last tbreo years there had been sixteen attemps at suicide in the prison , and four had succeeded in putting an und to their existoneo , making twenty altogether . All this , no doubt , resulted from the cruel treatment of tho governor . The prisoners at Millbank amounted to 1 , 000 , and it was said that four suicides out . of such a number was not extraordinary ; but he contended that , considering that tlie inmates of the
prison had no facilities t ' m- self-murder aftbrded to them , the number was most extraordinary . The system of the treatment of criminals , then , was most vicious and ci'uol , wh » n it compelled them to seek for death as a refuge . Then , again , in consequence ot the unhealthin ' ess of tho prison , and the bad food on wbich the inmates were ted , the cases of death were innumerable . ' The inedieiil gentlemen admitted that fact . Within the last three years 300 of the inmates of Millbank had to be removed to a more healthy situation , and forty-eight of them had died . The inquests that « ore held on these persons he asserted were not full and fair enquiries into the causes of these deaths . Both coroners and j urors failed to do tUeir duty : they had not recorded it as their opinion
that the parties on whose bodies they sat had been actually murdered by the inhuman treatment of the governor at tho prison in question ! In conclusion , li o . would merely remark that if he had not on a former occasion , when he brought this subject under the consideration of the House , made out : i good case lie had at least done so now ^ What the Government intended to do on Utis question he knew not ; but be could say , in answer to the objection that the Eight Ilonourablo Baronet the Secretary of State for the Homo Department had made on a ( previous occasion , that that gentleman had a complete power of controlling the conduct of the governars of prisons , the House of Commons , he felt conlident , would demand areform of the present abuses iu our uriaona . —( Hear ,
, hear . ) They had at length penetrated the walls of Somerset House , and found out the black doings perpetrated there by the Poor-Law Commissioners , ami SO it would be with regard to the governors of our prisons . He hoped that the llight Honourable 15 aronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department would not object to the appointment oi' the Corn'mit'tcc , which should not lioiil its hitvings , as had boon previously done within the nrcciuts of the pvis&n , because the inmatea would , whilst iu the \ n esence of tho governor , be too much iiiihieaeeii tVum tear to state the wiiole truth . Tho husi ^ Member concluded by moving tho iqipoiurniCiifc i : { a Seises Committee of the house to iiu ^ uice into ihe abuses l ; c li : i ( l stntrd .
Mr . WiUiUMS gladly seconded tuts resolution . : ;<¦ felt eoniidunt that : i committoj of the house \ v .. v , !< l ^ - a much better tribunal than any commLssioi ! v . iii ,. . ) they eouicl appoint in the prison . Nutwit ! i .-if : i : ; U : ; :- the unhealthincBSof the wrisoii at Millbauk , " and the
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coajge and ^ gre fae U to the iw »» t « ft thm ^^ "ferlingper annum . He bopea thaTMGb ? gment andith ^ ilbu 8 e ! w 6 uia > agreeto ; tiu ^ be 2 ^ S ^ ^ , that thfe inquiries wlii& hail prfsoSri ^*? - ^ - ¦ - ' wmAwfr . ofiflie ; goveraoirottte ffi'LS" ^ ' ^ BM' ^» "ttenw »] a 8 t-nlS 6 ted bOT ^ Sffi ^^^^ - ' - ^^ nte " ^*^ * - tofee " tKnSS ^^' ifciwaBmost payiful lb ** Uti >? £ tZ * " . ^^ KOTernor - ofMilibak-prl S £ ^ S ^ -. r ^^ been appoiBtea to investigate into the alleged ' abuses . ' Hereauesied
vras before them , ta srapend' their juagtofehtuhtil ' * fottrep «» rt ;^ -wto ^<^; wA ' keRre ^ aB ^ iid : B » had now toinaketh&samerequest . 'He mustcertainly admit that 'after ' . the" assertion of the hon . member , to the effect that' he coiild prove his charges ; * further inquiry had become inaispensible . —( Hear , hear ;) Under the general powera vested in . ths Crown with regard to the Inspection ofptrisonBlfe should consider it necessary to advise the Crown to issue a commission for the purpose of making inquiry into the charges . This would be a better course than appointing a committee of that house . This being the case , ihe would abstain from referring to the , charges made in the petition . * ile didnoi , however , think : tbafc the ieharffes aeainst thB
eorernor were borne out , and he thought that the inreittigation , if the commission was granted , would fully prove ilte- falseh ^ a d ihe imputation * . UvhepM thattheresHlt of the . commission would be equally satisfactory to all . parties ; »—; -...-,- . ' .,- .,.. . :. n-r . i , Mr .-DuscoMBf would , upen that intimation ,. with ^ draw hiamohon , and in doing so , < he hopedthatthe coramissionwould be conducted in » ucb a > n > Wer «« to giyefair p lay-to all parties If . not ; he would feel lttoto his duty to- bring the matter agawvbefore the house . ¦ - ¦¦ : ..-- ; ¦ , * ¦• -,.- ¦ - '¦ , . , ..-. „ .,. , - .., ; BOARD m ORDNANCE ; ' -. ' . vXZ ' ixJh On the order oftbeday being read , for going-int (» Mr . Hras raovea the appointment of ia aeleet
cora-™ . , " ??> . mqmre into , the refusal , of , the Boardjof 0 /? , "W" ? . vH ' . fl ? e into ^ alleged ' . ¦' malversations ot the public stores by officers bt , thaf department , and into the cause of dismissal of Daniel Toner , a . pensioner % good service in the artillery ^ frBiri be . r Wajesty ' sseryice , ifithbut allowing Toner to be heard ' ia his own 'defence ; . ' The drily ' charga againt Toner was , that " on- " coming' into tlie pay-office he was dev sired by one of the clerks to take off his hat ; He refused , however ; to do so ; as not bekg in accordance ' with the usage . This individual was afterwards dis- missed on this trampery qhargiB , which ought never to have beenniade , as it is even how not customary ' to take off their hats in that office . 'It appeared aho > that 23 pieces of ordnance were stolen from the
arsenal at Woolwich ; and that Board afterwurda refused to inquire into' the malversation ; although ' Daniel Toner offered such information' as would tend " to the detection of the culprits . The man had become marked from his having"written tri tlie ' Board of Ordnance that he could give them information o « to the pieces ; of ; artillery that had-been stolen , and this trumpery charge : was got up against him in contequenee . It was soraewhat singular that the very day after this information was , t « Hd . ered , bills should have been posted up offering , £ 100 as a reward to any one who could give information on the subject . ' Colonel Peel explained that till the present time he ' had not heard of this offer of Toner to eive
ihforma-; ion as to the theft of the 23 pieces of ordnance : As to the other charge , two letters > ere . " -ent by the clerk of the pay office to the civil officer complaining of incivilities on . tlie part of Toner , and that he alone , notwithstanding an order having been issued that all the labourers oh coining into the office should take off their hats , refussd to do so . Tbe case was re- ' ferred to the Board sit Woolwich , and Lord Bloomfield , on hearing it , ordered that Toner should be immediately suspended ; and ,, aa he ( Colonel Peel ) thought , properly so , when insubordination was manifested in the service . He said he had stated the facts . ' ofthe case , and would certainly not object to the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry . ; ' * ;
After some further explanations , the motion was withdrawn , mainly in consequence of the lateness of the session . "' .. . ' ¦¦¦¦ r The Ordrance Estimates were then proceeded with , giving rise to incidental discussions on several topics connected rrith tbe discipline and comfort of the army , but without leading to any result , 'the raotioni out of which they originated being withdrawn . ; Tbe House then went nato Committee on the Customs Act , for the purpose of supplying certain omis * 3 ion « and amendments required by the last new tariff . : - i On the motion that rum be admitted at 8 s . lOd . instead ds . 4 d ., -. ¦ " . : ¦¦ ¦ ; r
Mr . Mackinnon moved the equalization of the duties on Colonial and British spirits . The duty on colonial spirits had . previously been 9 s . 4 d . a gallon ; the duties on British spirits being respectively ,, ia England , fa . lOd . ; Scotland , 3 a . 8 d . ; and Ireland , 2 a . 8 d . It was now proposed to reduce the duty oa colonial spirits to 83 . lOd . still retaining a differential duty between it and British spirits . He thought that as fcky had sanctioned the " equalization ol the duties on sugar , that ( hey ought also to apply the same principle to spirits , especially when it gave a relief to the suffering West Indian colonies . . The CndNCKLi . OR , of the Exchequkr could not afford the reduction , and after a long discussion the motion was then negatived without a division , and the other clauses went through committee .
THE ARMS , IRELAND BILL . -: - On the motion of Mr . Laboucherk the order of the day was read for the second reading of the Arms , Ireland Bill . Mi ' i IiAboucbrrk said he rose with sincere reluct * anee to move t ! ie second ' reading ' of this bill . ' . He admitted that it contained man j objectionable princip les , and that he would not have been a party to its introduction ; but he trusted that he should be able to demonstrate to the house that it wns the duty of the government to recommend it to pass this bill for such ii limited period as wouli ! give time to consider the future policy which ought to be adopted upon it , with all the deliberation wluuh its iiuportance required . In his opinion , si government .
which , without full deliberation , s ' nouM propose to let this bill drop , would grossly ueyleet its duty . He ; iskcd whether there was any man wjio would venture to declare that it would be conducive to tho peace of Ireland , if the government , for the mere sake of temporary popularity , should drop all legislation on ths > subject of arms in that country ? For unc , he publicly declared that lie would not undertake so previous a responsibility . He . nlJeircd tliat any man who wa 3 satisfied that all legislation on the suljcctof iirnisancl gunpowder in Irelni .-i } should at onec be abandoned , was consistent in opposing the present proposition of government , but from such au
opinion he ' totally dissented . It was said that the government ought to amend this bill , but in ease the government were inconsiderately to adopt thafc fonrse , it would appear to sanction every part of the bill which it did not amend . That course then he would not take . He proposed , instead , to continue thi * bill , net for a year , but till'the 1 st of May—a period of the next session which would compel tlie government to bring in a proper measure on this subject immediately atcer the meeting of Parliament lie confessed that he liked neither the registration clause , nor the branding clause . Lio considered both to be an affront to the people of Ireiaii . J ; but lie inconvenience wiiich tiiev had oecasioued was
how past and over , lie did not wish to have tins measure cousidi-red * as a sample , of tho policy which the government intended to adopt towards Ireland ; but she taut was that Ute government had no other course to pursue , and if there word . iny such course , he hopail that it would be pointed out to those who objected to this measure . frfr , Uumb ? airi f that he recollected that almost every member on that ( die Ministerial ) sule 2 i : id formerlj voted against this bill . As the right hon . gentleman had askeii hon . members i » su ^ tst wlmt course the government k ought t « take , he wqu'iI simply recommend them to drop the bili altogether . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them not dirty their fingers with it . ( Hear , hear . ) The right hon . gentleman * had
admitted , that the cvll . s predicted as likely to result from the passing of the bill had arisen , ami that instead of preventing evil disposed persons irom obtaining arms , it had only facilitated them iu obtaining them . The ri . ^ lit hon . gentieman , the Sale Home Secretary , had likewise twice admitted that the object of the bill had failed . The right hon . gentleman ( Mr . Laboucherc ) had not pointed cub tiny gou < l as resulting from the measure , and its continuance only sevvuti to perpetuate the evil—( hear , hear)—but he made one appeal to the house , and only one , and that wp— " Will you not plueu ' sn mueh confidence in Ministers as to believe that they will not , if trusted with these powers for nine months , abuse hem ? " N . nvhe ( Mr . Hume ) should like to know why they should trust unconstitutional powers to any set of men who declared that they disapproved of them—who said , " \ Ve 0 V 3 ect to the bill ; but only let as have it for nine months 1 " ihu ! auv application
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