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172 TEE,. " LBA]),I1B, [No. 361, SA.TtjR...
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ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. The nomination fo...
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STATE OE TRADE. The accounts of the manu...
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THE UNEMPLOYED. A lahoe body of the unem...
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AMERICA. Mr. Buchanan haa been at Washin...
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make the franchise in counties in England and Wales the same as that in boroughs , by giving the right of voting to all occupiers « f tenements of the annual value of 10 L—Lord Palmbrston opposed the measure , thinking it right that there should be a . distinction between the counties and boroughs . He did not mean to say that there , should be no extension of the franchise iai the counties ; on the contrary , lie should be ready to consider a modified measure ; but he did not see any occasion for inaugurating any large measure of Parliamentary reform . —Mr . Hkadlam supported the bill . —Mr . Deummond also professed his readiness to support any measure that extended the franchise and armed the lower classes with better weapons by which to defend themselves against
the oppressions of the superior orders . But they would never have a Reform Bill until the gentlemen on the Ministerial side of the House were on the . other side , and -wanted to get back again . —Lord John RussEtt , saw no reason why tie discussion should be postponed , and accused the Government of a disposition to shirk all subjects of importance or delicacy . —Mr . Bentinck , in return , taxed Lord John Russell with , acting from party motives , and with having" shown no disposition , when himself in office , to accomplish measures of reform . He also twitted him ¦ with , inability to show a list of good measures ¦ which he . had passed . —Lord John- Russell said he -would do so at the proper time . —Mr . Ditncombe and Sir Jabies Graham defended Lord John Eussell from the attack -which
had been made on him ; and the latter , in supporting the measure , renounced the doctrine of " finality" -which he had | on . ce held-with respect to the Reform Bill . —Mr . Sidset Herbert opposed the bill , which Mr . Roebuck supported . —On the House dividing , there appeared—For granting leave , 179 ; against , 192 : majority , 13 .
amnsTEBs' money in Ireland . Mr . Fagah obtained leave to bring in a bill to abolish the tax imposed in lieu of ministers' money on eight corporate towns in . Ireland . —In the course of a brief discussion on this subject , Mr . Horsmah said that the question is under the consideration of Government , whose intentions with regard to it he hoped to be able to state on the second reading of the "bill .
MATNOOTH . Mr . Spooneb , amidst cheers and laughter , then renewed his annual motion in favour of-withdrawing the grant to Maynooth . The motion -was for the House resolving itself into a committee to consider the subject . Hia speech merely recapitulated the old arguments . —Mr . Kendall seconded the motion , which was supported by Mr . Thomas Chambers and Mr . Newtdegate , and opposed by Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Bowyer , Mr . Serjeant O'Brien , Mr , Georgk IMoobe , Mr . Drummond , Mr . Serjeant Sheb , and Lord Palmerston . "With the arguments on both , sides the reader is already acquainted . — Some of Mr . Dihtmmoni >' s remarks on the Roman Catholic Church excited considerable surprise . After
denouncing it for many impious doctrines , he continued , addressing Mr . Spooner and his party : — " It is you yourselves who are emasculating the Church of England . You have deprived it of everything -which is the essential characteristic of a Church , and those essential characteristics are now found in this country in the Church of Some alone . ( Laughter . * ) Yes ! I say , you have denied , and are denying more strongly every day , the essential characteristic of a Church—that is , the presence of God in its priesthood and in its sacraments . ( ' Oh / ' ) I know no Church but the Romish Church ¦ which does stand as a -witness , a faithful witness , before God as to these truths ; and I would do anything rather than let that Church go down . " ( " Oh ! " and laughter . ) The motion was defeated by 167 to 159 .
CKIMEAN INQUIRY . Sir Archibald Camfbell moved an address for copy of a letter from Sit John M'ZNeill , G . C . B ., to Lord Ponmure , of the 9 th of February , 1 & 56 , respecting the services of Colonel Tulloch , and of any reply thereto . — Lord Palmkhsxon defended the conduct of the Government in not giving military promotion for a civil service . He declined to produce the papers moved for , as it lyas a private document . —Mr . Sidney Herbert dofonded Colonel Tulloch , and expreBBed his hope that a suitable reward would he given to him for hia services . — The motion -was then ^ withdrawn . The Chie : p Constables Bill ,-was road a third time , and passed .
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Election Intelligence. The Nomination Fo...
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE . The nomination for West Kent took place on Monday , rho candidates were , Mr . Wykeham Martin ( formerly a Peehto , but now a Liberal ) and Sir Walter B . Riddell , a lawyer and Conservative . Mr . Martin , in addressing the electors , said ho ^ aa in favour of an increased suffrage , but opposed to the ballot . Nevertheless , he hated intimidation and corruption , and had al ways left hia tenants free to vote against him in previous elections , if they pleased . Some of them had done 3 o , and ho 1 ad made no difference in his treatment of them ( \ Voice "That ' s true English !») -Sir W . B . SdolV » ^ ecch was highly Conservative and Protestant , according to the Conservative interpretation of Protestantism . Ho ¦ was mot -with a good deal of ridiculo , except when ho
said that , although he had once been opposed to free trade , he now thought that the constant industry and improving skill of the farmer would insure to him a continuance of the prosperity he i 3 enjoying at present . At this there were loud cheers from all sides . The choice of hands fell on Mr . Martin ; on -which the adherents of Sir TV . B . Riddell claimed a poll for him , -which was fixed for Thursday- —Mr . Martin was on Thursday elected by a majority of 382 . " " We are informed , " says the Times , " that Mr . Frewen has not yet resigned his seat for East Sussex . The hon . member has retained it in order that he may vote for the repeal of the income-tax , wkich question will soon be under the consideration of the House . "
The Mayor of Colchester received on Tuesday morning the writ for the election of a successor to Lord John Manners , and the nomination baa been fixed for next Monday . One of the candidates ( Mr . Hamilton ) has retired , but there are still three competitors for the seat —viz ., Mr . Miller , a London merchant , and for a short time member for Maldon , Conservative ; Mr . J . G . Rebow , of Wyvenhoe Park , Whig ; and Mr . Havens , Radical . . -:. ' . The contest for Clonmel has resulted in a majority of 154 for Mr . Bagwell over Mr . Murray , and of 20 for Mr . Purefoy over the Roman Catholic candidate .
Mr . William Monsell has been re-elected for the county of Limerick . In speaking of competitive examination for the Artillery and Engineers , he said : — " During the last year there have been four competitive examinations—two for what is called the ' practical class' of Woolwich for lads of from seventeen to nineteen years old , and the other two for provisional commissions for lads of from twenty to twenty-two years of age . In every one off these examinations an Irishman has taken the first prize . ( ' . Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ') There was no exception . I have the return in my hand . It states that , at the January examination of 1856 , seven out of seventeen were Irishmen ; in that of June , the five first prizes -were had by Irishmen ; in the examination for provisional commissions , six out of eleven were Irishmen , and in every instance the first prize was got by an Irishman . " ( Renewed applause . ')
State Oe Trade. The Accounts Of The Manu...
STATE OE TRADE . The accounts of the manufacturing trade of the country for the weel ending last Saturday show less dulness at Manchester , and a full business in most other districts . At Birmingham , however , many branches of production are affected by the extraordinary prices of copper and tin . In the latter there has been a further average advance of 3 s . per cwt . The closing of the works of Fox , Henderson , and Co ,,, which at one period gave employment to 2 O 0 O persons , will occasion inconvenience : but
the demand for hands in other quarters ia sufficient to prevent anj permanent distress . At Nottingham , there haa been great activity both in hosiery and lace . For the former , the American orders are very large , and the stocks of the latter are very light . In the Yorkshire woollen trade , the transactions have likewise been numerous , and prices are advancing . At Bradford , the failure has been announced of Jennings and Hargreaves , stuff merchants , with liabilities for 65 , 000 ? ., and assets which , it 18 hoped , may realize a dividend of about 13 a . 9 d . — Times .
In the general business of the port of London , during the same week , there has been increased activity , the importations of tea being unusually large . The total of ships reported inward was 128 , being 36 more than in the previous week . These included 13 with cargoes of corn , 11 -with cargoes of sugar , and 9 with cargoes of tea , the latter comprising 101 , 411 packages , in addition to 5867 bales of silk , also from China . The number of vessels cleared outward -was 110 , showing an increase of 22 , including 14 in ballast . The total number of ships on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 68 . Of these , ft are for Adelaide , 4 for Geelong , 4 for Hobart Town , 2 for Launceston , 4 for Melbourne , 6 for New Zealand , 1 for Port Philip , 17 for Sydney , 1 for Swan River , an < l 1 for Wellington . —Zdetn .
The Unemployed. A Lahoe Body Of The Unem...
THE UNEMPLOYED . A lahoe body of the unemployed and distressed labourers now resident in London assembled in Smithfield on Tuesday to hear an oration from Mr . Ernest Jones on their present condition , its causes and cure . The speaker ascribed tho suspension of the building trade to the national debt , which had impoverished many and enriched a few . Capital was withdrawn from other trades and invested in building , becauso those -who by usury had Buddonly become rich were not content to livo at their warehouses in the City , but must have fine boxes
and splendid villas in tho suburbs . But that system liad run its course . Now houses wero no longer wanted , ¦ while many that woro already built were untenanted , and hence non-omploymcnt in that trade . Largo numbers of men boing thus thrown out of work , tho labour-market becamo overstocked , and the natural consoquenco was a fall of wages , tho mastera in other trades playing off thoso who were out of work against thoso who wero in work . Tho railway system , too , had run its tothor , and would now no longer support largo numbers of workmen in tho iron trade . Tho people must get into their o \ m possession tho 80 , 000 , 000 acres of waato land now in
this country , and then they would be independent men To do this , they must have universal suffrage If « T Government conceded the waste lands , he ( Mr Jont ^ would retire into private life , and agitation should cea * . but not unless . vwwe , Several of the unemployed met on the same davin Agar Town-fields , St . Pancras . The placards cauS upon all who could to attend the meeting " andtest at once tie abominable workhouse system , and also to call the attention of the ratepayers to the necessity of joining the workmen in their efforts to obtain employment ™ the uncultivated lands of England and the colonies a = the only means of permanently bettering the social con ditionof the people . " One placard had appended tho following : — " KB . 100 Z . reward to any person -Xwffl mention any parish or union in the three kingdoms
where the ratepayers are so unjustly taxed , the monev so improperly appropriated , and the poor so ill-fed and ill-treated as in the parish of St . Pancras . " At the hour appointed ( one o ' clock ) between five hundred and six hundred labourers and -working men assembled on the side of a large mound in the centre of the fields at the back of Agar-town , and in the vicinity of St . Pancraa workhouse . Mr . John Brien , a house-painter , was called on to preside , and in the course of hia speech proposed to make a man ' s previous good character his claim for relief , so as not to necessitate his being set to
stonebreaking—a kind of work which injures his hands and his eyes , and prevents hi 3 doing his ordinary work properly when he again obtains it . Mr- M'Heath then addressed the assembly , and begged the working men of London , and especially the unemployed , to have nothing to do with the political demagogues who were at that time holding a meeting in Smithfield . He said he alluded to Mr . Ernest Jones and liis crew . These political demagogues were bankrupt , and they no-w -wanted to trade , for political and party purposes , upon the question of the unemployed . The speaker then went on to say that the way in -which labour is treated in this
country is worse than the black slavery of South Carolina . The Chairman said he held in Ms hand a letter signed " James Brown , " which had been found that morning poked under the door of the meeting-house of the unemployed , and it contained these words , "A revolution is wanted . " 3 STow , whether this was the concoction of the Government , or the police , or any other parties , he begged to say that they were too old birds to be caught with such chaff . ( Sear , hear . ) Such an attempt would meet with the same fate the letter now had before them , ( tearing it in pieces , and trampling it under his foot , amidst applause .
Shortly after two o'clock , the men went in a body to the workhouse , where Mr . Brien had an intexraew with the Bo ' ard , and -was told that a man ' s character could not be made the test , as the parish is bound to relieve the disreputable , if really starving , as well as the honest . Relief would be afforded without" work to persons unable to work ; but the board looked on the present proceeding as an attempt to intimidate , to which they would not yield . The men then proceeded to the Clerkenivell police-court , where the magistrate said they must not persevere in the course they were then pursuing , but at the same time relieved them with bread .
America. Mr. Buchanan Haa Been At Washin...
AMERICA . Mr . Buchanan haa been at Washington , arranging , it is thought , with Mr . Pierce for ass-uming the Presidentship on the 4 th of March . He is very secret with respect to his intended Ministry ; and conjecture on that point seems to be fairly baffled . Walker , as far as can be judged , appears to bo in a critical position in Nicaragua . He is said to be blockaded by the enemy in a little town opposite the island of Omotepc . He has only five hundred men , is destitute of provisions , and haa no means of obtaining them now that the river and lake steamers have been captured . Meanwhile , some few recruits continue to go out to him ; but others have been arrested and held to bail by tho United States Federal authorities .
Tho republics of Chili , Poru , and Ecuador have formed a treaty of alliance , or a kind of confederation for internal improvements and external dePenco against Filibustorism . —Tho insurrection at San luis Potosi , Mexico , haa been suppressed . Thore are rumours of a revolt at Puebla . Tho great frost continued in the United States at tliQ latest dates , and tho papers teem with accounts of wrecks along tho coast . A man named Winter , a clerk in a mercantile house
at NTow York , has robbed his employers of two thousand dollars , which ho obtained by breaking open the Bate . Ho started for England in tho Atlantic ; but the principal of tho firm went in pursuit in tho Persia , ivliicji sailed threo days later . The latter vossol is remarkawo for speed , and arrived at Liverpool two houra before the Atlantic . Tho result waa that Winter , -who had I jia wife with him , waa arrested , mid nearly tho whole of tho stolen monoy waa found on him . He will of course bo sont back to America .
" At a meeting of tho Naahvillo Railroad Company , hold at Louisville on tho 15 th ult ., " says tho Louisville Journal , " it waa divulged for tho firat timo that nearly 600 , 000 dollars of tho bonds of tho company had been misapplied by tho company ' s agont in London . " An accident has occurred on tho Georgian KuihvftV-
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1857, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21021857/page/4/
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