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The Sailors' Strike
THE SAILORS' STRIKE
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! Sew Serious Riot at Yarmouth . —On Saturday sst a * t a " ° * . an banning character occurred at aannoannou th , arising out of a dispute between the >!> amei > amen and a shipowner . Mr . Barber , a shipowner , prefenreferred an information before the Mayor and maiiistratistrates against a sailor who , after engaging to go a ooyag'oysg * . bad refused to do so . Tbe man was inrougiroug ht np in custody , and on being questioned he aaid bald be was willing to go if properly protected . His wasseiassel was lying at Lowestoft , " and , on tbe advice of lie o , he magistrate , a steam-tug was brought up the jiarbCiarbour to a point opposite the Town Hall , for tbe j jarpparpjse of taking the man to Lowestoft , and a body
oof poof police , accompanied by the Mayor and magistlratetrates , started from the Hall with the man , forthe jporppoip'jse of escorting him to tbe vessel , but they « wer « ere immediately attacked by a crowd of seamen , land and a severe conflict took place . The police , Uboithoug h dreadfully beaten behaved manfully , and the lautiautborities managed to get tbe man on board the tug tug , and to send him away . Ten or twelve of the : riot rioters were apprehended and placed in the stationhot bo use . The crowd of seamen then retired for a i sho short time , and after a brief consultation , they i cancame to a determination if possible to rescue their i eoneomrades . For this purpose they assembled in I gre great numbers , and , amid a concourse of about two
1 tbotbousand people , carried the mast of a ship to tbe istalatation-house , and began to use it as a batteting : rairam , in order to break tbe door and rescue the pri-SOlSOueiS . Tbe station-house was defended b y the polio lice , about twenty in number ; also by some men frc from tbe revenue , several of the coast guard , and ei § eight or nine militia men . The tumult increased ; tb the authorities caused tbe Riot Act ( o be read , and 1 G 100 special constables were sworn . Notwitbsiandin ing , however , the efforts of this extra force the riot oo continued , and tbe crowd seemed still determined to to force open the station-house . At this time there w were twenty policemen , nine militia men , thirty re revenue cutter's men and coast guards , and 100
sp special constables , to oppose about 2 . 000 people . T Tbe Mayor and magistrates , fearing that the force at at tbeir disposal would be overcome , and that both li life and property would be endangered , sent a mes-Ei sage by telegraph to the commanding officer of the 1 Htb Hussars stationed at tbe barracks at Norwich , s stating that a serious riot had taken place , aud r « - q questing a sufficient military force to be sent by a a special train . One troop reached Yarmouth at 6 . 15 . a and anoiber troop followed immediately afterwards , 1 both under the command of Captain Douglas . When I tbe fiist troop arrived at Yarmouth , Mr . Martin j found it necessary to clear the station , a mob of ] peop le baring assembled there , threatening to pull i up the rails and to disconnect the telegraphic com-: munication . The Mayor , Captain Pearson , R . N .,
was then sent for to the station . His worship quickly arrived in a cab , and gave bis authority to Cap tain Douglas to proceed immediately to quell tbe riot . The military at once rode into the town , and having received orders , quickly cleared the streets . The people , frightened at the appearance ef the military with drawn swords , flew away in all directions np tbe numerous very narrow rows peculiar to tbe town . In a few hours quiet was restored , but the military continued to parade tbe streets during tbe night . The sailors held a meeting on Saturday night , but it was of very short duration . It is reported tbat one man bas died from injuries received in tbe riot , and tbat anoiber had bis finger cut off by a soldier , whilst attempting to seize the bridle of bis torse .
On Monday , the persons ( seventeen in number ) who bad been captured during the late riot were brought up for examination before a foil bench of magistrates . The court was crowded with spectators , and hundreds of persons assembled round tbe Town-hall during tbe inquiry . The Seamens ' Committee engaged Mr . Carlos Cooper , barrister , of Norwich , to defend those of tbe prisoners who were seamen . Twelve of the men were charged with tbe minor offence of obstructing , assaulting , and resisting tbe ponce in the execution of their doty , whilst tbey were engaged in conveying tbe man on board the steam-tog to join bis vessel . Of these , three were discharged , and the remainder
were fined in various -sums , from 10 s . to £ o , including all costs ; and , in default of payment , tbey were sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from one month to two months . Fife of the ringleaders were charged with riot , and , after a length ened investigation , were fully committed for tria l at the next quarter sessions . The evidence did not bring to light any new facts , but fully bore out in every substantial particular tbe former account of tbe riot . At tbe close of the inquiry , in consequence of tbe excitement prevailing outside the hall , the police , special constables , aed cutler ' s men , together with a troop of the Ilth hussars , accompanied the vehicle in which tbe rioters were conveyed to tbe gaol . Tbe assemblage of people was very great , and they loudly cheered the
prisoners , and atsailed the police and military with hootings , but no other manifestation of feeling took p lace . The prisoners being lodged safely in gaol , the military and civil force dispersed , and tbe crowd speedily followed their example . During tbe day tbe mayor issued a b'dl announcing " tbat no public processions or out-door meetings of seamen or others would be allowed to take place within tbe borough during tbe present excited state of the town . " At night a guard of the military was set within tbe gaol , and patrols of the cutter ' s men « tre placed in the streets , & c leading to tbe gaoL In consequence of tbe arrival of the warsteamers . Black Eagle and Lightning , with a strong body of the marines , the troops have had orders to return to Norwich .
A public meeting of the seamen , & c , of Liverpool , was held in the Music-hall , Bold-street , on the 21 st nit . The meeting was very numerously attended . Captain Palmer took the chair . Tbe assembly was addressed by Captain FiUfcs , Captain Cook , Mr . MQuelan , and Mr . Smith . Resolutions were moved to the effect : —'• That it was great presumption in any minister to legislate for tbe seamen without their consent , and they were determined to resist any measure of the kind . " A letter was read by the chairman from a seaman , who called the Sailors' Home a " Sailor ' s Gaol and a Sailor ' s
Market . " During tbe evening a telegraphic communication was received from Shields , stating that the seamen there bad determined to go to sea , in consequence of Mr . Libnuchere having consented to repeal the twenty-two articles of the Act ; but the Liverpool seamen refused to proceed to sea unless the whole of tbe Act was repealed . Allusion was also made lo the answer of Mr . Labouohere to foe deputation of seamen who waited on him on Thursday . The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman , aud three hearty cheers from tbe seamen assembled .
Tbe strike at Sunderland , Hartlepool , and Seaham , is virtually at an end . The pitmen in the neighbouring collieries have been literally starving of late , but are now working full time . The general trade of tbe town bas suffered considerably , and some time most elapse before the vessels will he found for the five or six hundred men—still idly parading the streets—as several shipowners have hid up their vessels in consequence of the difficulties they have met with in obtaining hands , in addition to the low freights offering , with increased rates of wages to pay . -
The " Hall Pasket" says : — " We have been informsd that the crews of three whaling vessels had signed articles , but were prevented going on board through fear ; and one man , formerly one of the ssuotb , committee , having signed to proceed in tbe Rose , whaler , he was seized by a mob of seamen , tarred , and rather roughly bandied . On tbe 21 st ult . a large meeting of Newcastle and South Shields seamen was held at South Shields , and after hearing the report of the delegates , who bad been to London and had an interview with the Board of Trade , the following
resolution was come to : — « That as the Lords Cammissinners of btr Majesty ' s Privy Council for Trade have abolished tbe twenty-two regulations , and a government is unable immediately either to suspend or cancel the other , and several parts of the "cen t Marine Acta to which we neither can nor w » JI sobait—excepting in so far as such submission shall conduce to tbe even tful repeal of the obnoxious clauses in question , we resolve to proceed to sea , and to our usual employments , under protest , on Saturday , February 22 nd , afternoon tide , acting , however , in concert with the other northern ports , and in accordance with theprinciplesof ow fnenaly
aaocMons . " . On Mondey evening a public meeting of the seamen of theportof London , and their friends , was beld at the Albion Tavern , Hig h-street , Sbadwell , for the purpose of devising the best means to relieve them , " from the g rievances they are now labouring under , in consequence of the unjust restrictions imposed npon them by the present Mercantile Marine Act . " —Mr . Josep h Smith was moved to the chair , and said that since the introduction o | tbe act of which tbe body he addressed complained
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the worst feelings were engendered between tti ' e working men and tbeir masters , and he trusted that the sailors of the metropolis would give utterance to their sentiments as their brethren in the north had already done , though in a less violent manner , that act bad the prominent feature of b ' eioa : established ,, as br as . they could perceive , chieiSy for the purpose of creating offices and salaries for functionaries , no matter how the duties entrusted to them were discharged . Under the existing statute additional powers were given to shipowners and masters to deprive sailors of certain privileges they had previously possessed , without giving them any return . Sailors were also deprived of a proper tribunal to which they , might appeal , in caseol any differences arising between them and their officers . Fines and penalties were also increased ,
and , further , they were to be enforced by the aid ol shipping officers and agents . Before this act was passed , sailors could obtain redress for their grievances by an application to the magistrate , the proceedings before whom were published hy the medium of the press ! He denied tbat a shi pping master was a competent person to'decide cases which involved a question of the relative duties between sailors and masters , and contended that it was a flagrant injustice that tbe party who prepared the ships' articles should be made the judge as to whether or no these articles had been properly framed . Tbe mode of proceeding with reference to sailors was the must repugnant to their feelings as Englishmen , inasmuch as it excluded tbeir body , which , of all others C ntribated most largely to extend the national glory , from the benefit of open trial , when disputes arose between them and their officers . There was
a further grievance inflicted on them under the present system , namely , that there was no allowance made for lime juice , tbe necessity for which must be admitted by every one acquainted with what sailors suffered from scurvy on foreign voyages . They were also aware that four-pence or eight-peme a day was a very inadequate remuneration for what sailors endured from being placed on short provisions . Tbey further suffered great injustice from the mode in which the log book might be kept , all the offences of the sailors ' being carefully registered , without the least record of tbe provocation they might nave received from the arbitrary and tyrannical conduct of their officers . All these injustices were inflicted under the present system , and the effect would be that that system if persevered in , woold break the hard y spirit of British seamen , or force tbeir tars Sato foreign service , into
which m 1849 no less than 20 , 000 of their countrymen had entered . —Mr . G . Riddel moved the following resolution : — "That in the opinion of this meeting a committee should be formed for the purpose of framing a petition to be presented to both houses of parliament , praying for the modification or repeal of tbe Mercantile Marine Act , and to adopt other measures best calculated to relieve the seamen of the port of London ' from the heavy grievances imposed on tbeir body by the operation of this obnoxious statute . " He observed , that if they wanted to obtain redress , that tbey must appeal to the legislature , for they would not receive any substantial or permanent benefit from application to the Board of Trade . —Mr . J . Kavanagh seconded the resolution , -which was unanimously adopted . —The meeting , which was numerously attended , then separated .
Another large meeting of the sailors now lying in the port of London was held on Tuesday night at the Temperance-ball , Princes-square , Ratcliff-highwajifor the purpose of adopting the best means to secure the abolition of the New , Mercantile Marine Act and other grievances of the English seamen . — Mr . Launcelot Busby , a master mariner , was called to the chair . They had much to complain of in the New Marine Act , and be would ask what could the seven members of the local board know about merchant seamen ? He was ever ready in supporting men in seeking their just rights , and he would tell them that , if they only kept themselves in bounds , they must prosper . —Mr . 6 . Riddel moved the first
resolution , to the effect that a memorial , duly signed , be presented to . the Board of Trade , soliciting the suspension of certain points of the act . He sincerely believed that it would prove as serious an injury to the owner and master as it had already been to the sailor . Surely there could be no better tribunal with reference to deciding whether a man had done right or wrong than going before a magistrate in a public court , but for the future they were to be trapped within closed doors at the shipping office . And then , upon what principle were they to pay 1 b . for being engaged , and 2 s . for being paid off ? " Just let them look at the case of a man who shipped to go to the East Indies at £ 2 a month ,
which would give him about Is . 4 d . for twenty-four honra' labour , and taking tbe shipping office charges from hia first month ' s pay , viz ., Is . for engaging , Is . for tbe muster-roll ,, and 2 s . for paying off , he would have about Is . OJd . for the day ' s work , or rather more than a halfpenny an hour . ( Hear , hear . ) And then . with reference to the Sailors ' Home—did it give them a fair chance of getting a ship ! ( Cries of "No , no . " ) He was a married man , and he would ask what chance he would have while the house was fuR of its boarders ? ( Cheers . ) He might put . his name down , but as long as he lived out of the house , and being married , and having a home of his own , he could not well go into
it , his chance of being employed was very small . Then tbey had an office on Tower Hill , and another at Green ' s Home ; but he contended tbey were not proper places ; and if they were intended to be of any service to the seamen , they ought to be at the docks—there there might he a chance for them . What he mostly objected to in the bill was the shipping offices , the artificial log , and the system of fine ; he wished to see them all abolished . —Mr . Kavanagh supported the resolution , which was unanimously adopted . —Other speakers having addressed the meeting , and . a deputation- to wait on the Board of Trade being arranged , tbe meeting , after tbe usual compliment to the chairman , separated .
The two war steamers sent down to the northern coast are said to have taken on board strong detachments of marines , in order to act in every possible case of emergency .
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As Execution at Pesxh . —A Saxon , named Blendel , was a fortnig ht ago condemned to death by the Criminal Court of Perth for having , in 18 iS , murdered bis master , a watchmaker of that city . The execution was fixed for the 28 th Jan ., and the municipal authorities determined , but it is not known for what reason , to revive an old custom ot exposing prisoners condemned to death during three days preceding the execution . Accordingly , Blendel was placed in the vestibule of the prison , behind a strong iron railing , and the public were admitted . But the crowd was so large , tbat all coald not obtain access ; and the municipality , in consequence , had-the extraordinary weakness to order that , for three days , the wretched man should
be paraded for an hour and a half in the squares and principal streets of the city . On the day of execution , upwards of 20 , 000 persons assembled around the scaffold , which was erected in the square of tbe Town-hall . The executioner and his assistants were drunk . They attached tbe rope round the man ' s neck , and then hauled him up to the beam ; but , as this did not cause strangulation , they pulled violently at other ropes . Still death did not ensue ; and , at last , the chief executioner went up to the man by means of a ladder , and seated himself on him , with a leg over each shoulder . This broke tbe neck ; but , for a quarter of an hour before breathing his last , the wretched criminal suffered atrocious agony . The populace pelted the executioner , and it was with the greatest difficulty they were prevented from tearmg
him to pieces . „ - Sx . Paul ' s Clock . —I send you tbe following extract from Easton's "Human Longeyity " London , 1799 : — "James Hatfield died 1770 , aged 105 . Was formerly a soldier : when on duty as a sentinel at Windsor one night , at the expiration of his guard , he heard St . Paul ' s clock , London , strike thirteen strokes instead of twelve , and not being relieved as he expected he fell asleep ; in which situation he was found by the succeeding guard , who soon after came to relieve him ; for such neglect he was tried by a court-martial , but pleading he was on duty his legal time , and asserting , as a proof , the singular circumstance of hearing St .-Paul's clock strike thirteen strokes , which , upon inquiry , proved true —he was in consequence acquitted . "—botes and Queries .
Absexicis Bread . —In a recent lecture on muriatic acid at the Glasgow Mechanics' Institution , Dr . Penny stated that nearly all the muriatic acid sold in Glasgow is contaminated with arsenic ; : The doctor said he bad examined very carefully numerous samples obtained from different makers and retail shops , in all of which , with one exception , he had discovered , by Reinsche ' s test , tbe presence of an appreciable proportion of this poisonous substance . Now it is well known that muriatic acid , with other chemical articles , is used very frequently as a substit ute for yeast in the making of bread . It therefore really becomes a -very serious question whether the employment of an impure acid like that mentioned for making such an essential article of food as bread may not be attended with highly injurious consequences .
" The Land of Liberty . "— The Rev . John J . M'Bride was recently indicted , in Korth Carolina , for presenting aJittleslavegirl witbacopy of the Ten Commandments . He was found guilty and hTsentence . was "to stand one hour in the > stocks , receive thirty lashes on the bare back h and be- imprisoned one year in the common gaol .
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OPPOSITION TO THE BUDGET . . On Monday evening a general meeting of the ratepayers and inhabitants of tbe parish of St . Luke took place , at the British and Foreign Schoolroom , Cowper-street , City-road , " To consider and determine on the propriety of petitioning the legislature against the proposal of the Chancellor o < the Exchequer , to substitute an unjust , odious , and unnecessary house tax , in lieu of the window duties , and to take such other steps thereon as may be deemed advisable ; also , to consider and determine on the propriety of opposing a renewal of the income tax . " . There was a numerous
attendance . , -, ; . . Mr . J . Tabplbb , churchwarden , having been unanimously called to the chair , stated that the meeting bad originated out of one held a fortnight ago , on the subject of the window duty . Since then , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , had brought iu bis " hodge-podge" budget , and thoug h he nominally repealed the window duties , they were retained under another name ; the tax , too , was extended to numbers of houses that had never paid before . Would thoy accept this precious piece of legislation ? ( " No , no . He hoped , now that a crisis had occurred , that the people , would insist on paying no more than their equitable share of taxation .
Mr . Philips moved a resolution declaratory of surprise aud indignation at the proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and calling for a total repeal of the window duties . By the pro ? posal as it stood taxation instead of being reduced , would be increased . Many ^ now exempt , particularly-clerks and mechanics , would be included in the new bouse lax , which was besides most palpably unjust and unequal . This was not the measure expected , and one which they would not receive at the hands of the ministers . ( Cheers . ) - Mr . Horne seconded the resolution . He considered it nothing short of impertinence for a Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring forward such a preposterous budget of folly . Mr . Palliser supported the resolution .
Sir James Ddke , M . P ., joined most cordially in giving his support to the repealof the window tax without any substitute . He should oppose any government that made such a proposal . ( Cheers . ) Mr . KicnoiAV , of Marylebone , regretted that ministers had given them so much trouble , but' he hoped they would get rid of Wood , at all events . He cared hot-who was in power so long as * the people were united in speaking their sentiments . ( Cheers . ) The Chancellor of the Exchequer , blockhead that kei ' was , -had'talked of keeping faith , but he thought nothing of keeping faith with the people . '' '¦ ;
Mr . Waklet , 'M . P ., was loudly cheered on rising . They were now assembled for ever to get rid of the infernal window tax , to protest against the imposition of a house tax , and to consider whether the income tax , in its odious and detestable form , should be continued . ( Hear , hear . ) These were trifling evils in comparison with the monster evil , the source of these grievances—the defective and mock representation of the people in' parliament . " ( Cheers ' . ) If the millions had a voice in the election of members , tbey would strike at the root of the causes of inisgovernment . ( Hear , hear . ) Now ; was the time to speak out ; and , with his will , he would occupy all the time till next Friday in meetings on the subject of the suffrage . ( Cheers . )
Parliament was adjourned till Friday , for the purpose of the reconstruction of the , ministry . He ( Mr . Wakley ) had goneto hold ari ' inquest on the noblelord ( J . Russell ); and never wascoronerso surprised , for the subject cot up and spoke . ' ( Cheers and laughter . ) Here Mr . Wakley repeated tbe substance of Lord J . Russell ' s , statement in the house . ' The noble lord , he said , was now actively engaged in cabinet-making ; what sort of furniture he would produce they would ' probably know by Friday . ( Hear , hear . ) At this time it was most important that every constituency should speak out , and not let the new ministry come into power without knowing what the people desired . ( Hear , hear . ) If the noble lord even selected those who had hitherto
opposed reform , but were how ready to advance , let them have a fair trial ; but if those Were selected who had always opposed extension of the franchise , let . them be met with unflinching opposition . ( Cheers . ) Was it to be said that this nation of industry arid enterprise , could only be governed by the aristocracy , who were now all in motion at the west-end , in consequence of there being vacant places ? ( Rear , hear ) My Lady . Noodle was calling on Lord Doodle , and asking what parliamentary influence he had got ., ( Laughter . ) This was very annoying to people who wished to see the nation rightly governed . There ' were many young lords who would make good men-milliners ; but he trusted that none such would be . included in the
new ministry , which ought to represent tbe masculine and practical character of the age .. ( Cheers . ) At present , only one man in seven , in this free country , had a vote ; and yet they were called on to pay £ 1 , 100 , 000 a year for tbe suppression of slavery by the African squadron , while there were so many slaves at home . ( Hear , hear . ) Let the people show to the . new ministry that they were determined on having an extension of the franchise . The votes of himself and bis colleague , representing perhaps 300 , 000 individuals , might be neutralised by those of the representatives of a borough of 200 or 300 electors . ( Hear , hear . ) This ouahtnot longer to be tolerated . So long as he had health and strength he would strain , every nerve to place the people in their proper position . ( Cheers . )
The resolution was then put and unanimously agreed to . Mr . Dale moved that a petition to the House of Commons should be adopted , and that Mr . Wakley , M . P ., should be requested to present it , and Mr . Buncombe , M . P ,, to support it . ( The petition prayed for the total and unconditional repeal of the window tax . ) He knew two houses at the west-end , of the rent of £ 90 and £ 159 , which paid no window duty , but which would be taxed £ 10 by the house , tax . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Christie seconded the resolution .
Mr . Waklet , in reference to the request that Mr . Duncombe should support the prayer of the petition , stated tbat his hon . colleague was at present suffering from , severe indisposition , and had been so ever since he had attended a public meeting a fortnight ago . He felt pain in thinking that any man in Finsbury could cast a reproach upon him ; no honest reformer would do this .. ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Shilmbber moved a resolution declaring that while the needful revenue for the exigencies of the state should be fairly levied , it was the duty of the meeting to use every means to defeat the attempted renewal of the income t ; ix , which , from its partial , unequal , and unjust mode of assessment , ought to be forthwith abolished , by reason of its having been adopted for a temporary emergency .
Mr . Briscoe seconded the resolution . Mr . Norman moved an amendment declaring that the inequalities of the income tax were a less evil than indirect taxation , and expressing a hope that direct taxation would become the main source of the
revenue . Mr . Pomekov seconded the amendment . Mr . Gladding said tbe object was to obtain a modification , not a repeal , of the income tax ; and regretted tbe . attempt to introduce discord . The amendment was in reality no amendment . After a conversation , the amendment was put , and on a show of bands being taken , there were ninety in its favour and 113 against it . The original motion was then put and agreed to . Mr . Starlinq moved the adoption of a petition , praying for the repeal of the income tax , and declaring that no ministry was entitled to the confidence of the people who did not undertake to enlarge the elective franchise so as to secure a full and complete representation of the people in the Commons bouse of parliament . ( Cheers . )
Some other resolutions were agreed to , and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman .
WARD OF ALDJBRSGATE . , On Monday a meeting of the inhabitants of this ward , convened by Sir Peter Laurie in compliance with the request of a deputation to the worthy baronet , was held at the City of London Literary and Scientific Institution , Aldersgate-street ., A spirited appeal had been circulated throug hout the ward , declaring it to be the duty of the public , now that the revenue will allow it , without danger to the efficiency of our . institutions , or without risk to the public creditor , to insist on having the tax on windows repealed , even should its abolition be attended with the removal of the most peddling Chancellor of the Exchequer England ever knew . The meeting was exceedingly well attended .
Sir Pjbteb Lacbie , on taking the chair , ODserveu that since he had signed the paper calling the meeting there had been a change in tbe ministry ; . and that , therefore , there might be no necessity for the motions which the meeting wcreabout to adopt .. Still their proceedings could do no harm , ana n tue new ministry should attempt to follow out the plans of tbat which bad just resigned , they might be productive of much good . ( Hear , hear . ) He should be happy at a future day to call a similar meeting against the income tax , than which a more cancerous and unpopular tax could not be conceived . ( Cheers . ) Mr . R . Beslet moved a resolution P rote 5 tu ? S against the window tax , and demanding that the surplus revenue should be appropriated to mafein " up the deficiency tbat might arise from its total and immediate repeal .
Mr . SAox , common councilman , In seconding the motion , observed that the standstill policy of the Whigs had led to their defeat . . He hoped that the new ministry would contain a proper proportion ol the commercial , manufacturing , and trading elements , as well as the landed interests . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was carried * wiewimously .
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1 ^ 1—MMM—III— * Mr , Deputy Stacat moved the second resolution , which expressed a doubt of , the sincerity of a ministry which professed a regard for sanitary room ; but which continued a tax so prejudicial to ti « ° heaIth aa the 'Mow duty . Mr . Moitbam seconded the resolution , " declaring tnat tneministry must regulate their expenditure by their means , and not waste the wealth of the country in order to make up the deficiency by laying new burdens on an already overtaxed country . ( Cheers . ) ' The resolutibn was carried unanimously , A vote or thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting then broke tip ;
ST .. PASCRAS . ; .. _ : OnTuesday evening a large meeting of the ratepayers of the extensive parish of St . . Pancras took P lace , tbe spacious Vestry-hall , King's-road , Oamden Town , for the purpose of considering the financial statemen t and budget of tbe late Chancellor of the Exchequer , more especially in reference to the imposition of a house tax in lieu of the window duties ; as also to consider the present ministerial crisis . Tho spacious hall in which the meeting wa * calcu , » ted to hold at least 2 , 000 persons , and hundreds , were unable to , obtain admission . D . Eraser , Esq ., the senior churchwarden , presided . Mr . Bretiinoham proposed the first resolution : — "That the late attempt of the Whig ministry to
fasten upon the people of England a house tax , unequal in its operation , in lieu of the odious window tax , is an outrage on the enduring patience of an overburdened and long-suffering people , and this meeting , urges upon their representatives in the Commons House strenuously to oppose any ministry who will not repeal unconditionally and for ever a tax which has so long disgraced the statute-book , and that a petition founded upon this resolution be presented to parliament . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Billett seconded the resolution . Lord Dokcan , on . prosentihg himself , was greatly applauded .- They bad heard that day tbat there was another government in power . ( Hear , hear . ] Whatever government might be . in nower now . or
hereafter , he ( Lord Duncan ) still intended year after year to bring forward his motion on the window duties until they were repealed without a substitute . ( Cheers . ) He knew that in doing so he was supported out of doors , and when a proposal was backed by tho voice of the people it must ultimately prevail . ( Hear , hear . ) He cared not for government , it was their : support he wanted . ( Cheers , and ' cries of '' You shall have it . " ) The people , if they were so minded , could enforce economy and retrenchment , which tbey had a right tp demand . ( Cheers . ) : , Sir B . Ham , . on rising , was greatly applauded . He was happy to find that his views were supported not only by his constituents , but in every parish ' .
Upon the hrst blush of the thing , the budget was full of absurdities as well as injustices . To illustrate the iniquity of the tax , the house of a peer in Belgrave-square , at a rent of £ 700 per year , paid £ 14 Os . 9 d ., or two aud half per cent ., whilst the same sized house in Russell-square , at a rent of £ 150 , ' paid nine and half per cent . A house in Grosvenor- ' streeVrent £ 450 , paid two and quarter per cent ., whilst the same sized house in Gowerstreet , at £ 90 , paid eleven per cent . ; and the bouses of the poor in Wild-street , at £ 18 rent , paid £ 6 3 s . 5 d ., or thirty-three per cent . ( Shame . ) . It was the absurd financial measures of the late government that turned them out , and nothing elsc- ( hear , hear)—and Lord Stanley was at that
moment the prime minister of this country . ( Tremendous hisses , groans , and uproar , with cries of "We won't have him . " ) All he ( Sir-B . Hall ) could say was , that so far as his vote went , he would not have him ; ( Cheers . ) He would do all he could by his vote to turn him out —( checrs ) -because if Lord Stanley in the one housej and his representative , Mr . Disraeli ; in the other , must , if they act honestly ; attempt again to inflict a heavy duty on the food of the people . ( Groans , and . "Let tbem try it . " ) The men of Marylebone , it would be said , are difficult to please ; they had turned out the Whigs , and now did not like Disraeli . ( Hear , hear . ) What on earth did they want ? Ho could tell them what they would have . They would have
reform and retrenchment ; arid if they couid not get both at-once , ' only let the House of Commons give them the ¦ first , and they would got the other themselves . The hon . baronet at further length showed that no ministry could stand at the present time who did not carry out'those principles , and resumed his seat amidst immense applause . Mr . Jacob Bell , M . P .- , expressed his conviction that now the public feeling was roused , it would be impossible to cither continue the window duties , or impose a house tax by any government . Messrs . Smith , Baker , Geesin , and Cooper having spoken , ' ' . . ¦¦ v ' Lord Dudley Stuabt , in answer to loud' cal's for him , next addressed the meeting . He < said a new government had assumed the reins ef office ; but ! it
was quite impossible they could go on long because their principles were not those of the House of Commons . ( Hear , hear . ) - lie did hot know whether Lord Stanley would venture an appeal to the country . ; - all he ( Lord D .. Stuart ) could say was , the sooner the better . ( Cheers . ) They had expressed their disple ' asuro-with the government of yesterday , but would they be pleased with the government of to-day ? ( Loud cries of " No , no . " ) The noblelord denounced the family compact of tbe late government , but he could not understand for one moment that the country would consent to be governed by those whose principles wore not only to make light dear , but bread dear also . ( Hear ,
hear ; and cries of "We won't have them . " ) Mr . Herries was pointed at as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer —( groans)—the man who proposed that all the surplus should be appropriated to reduce the income tax , and not to the window tax . ( Shame . ) He could ask them , would they stand tbat ? ( Loud cries o " No , no . " ) The noble lord declared that a revision of taxation must be insisted , On by tbe people . ( Loud cheers . ) '' ¦ '• ; Mr . R . Feston moved , and Mr . Manning seconded ; an address to the Queen ; praying'hor Majesty only to take such persons to her coiincilsas would carry out reform and retrenchment ; which was also carried unanimously .
A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the proceedings terminated .
The Window Tax . —A public and influential meeting of the ratepayers and other inhabitants : of the parishes of St . Margaret and St . John the Evangelist , Westminster , was held on Tuesday night , at the Lecture Rooms , Vauxha \ l-bridge-road , . at which various resolutions were ' unanimously ' passed , condemnatory of the obnoxious window , tax , arid the proposition of the ( late ) Chancellor of' the ' Exchequer to substitue in lieu of it a house tax . The meeting , which was numerous , was presided over by Mr . D . Mallock , and was addressed by' Mr . Geesin , churchwarden of St . ' James ' s ; 'Mr . Saunders , Mr . Wright , and other leading Reformers of both parishes . "" A ' resolution was adopted , recommending district petitions against any substitution in lieu of the window tax . The suggestion was received with great enthusiasm , and will be immediately acted upon .
St . Andrew , Holbobn , amd St . Gbohgb the Mabtvii . —On Tuesday evening a very numerous meeting of the inhabitant ratepayers assembled iri the hall of the workhouse in Gray ' s Inn Lane , for the purpose of adopting resolutions' regarding the proposed house tax duties . The chair was taken by J . S . Hopwoodj ' -Esq . Theehairman , in reference to this important subject , observed that they might well congratulate themselves that SirCharles Wood was no longer a ' Chancellor of the Exchequer . The country was not prepared for the imposition of any new taxes . ( Voices ; '" Nor will we have them . " ) ' Fresh burthens upon the country could no longer be endured . Mr . J . Cook Evans read / the first resolution , to the effect" that the meeting renewed
their declaration as to the window tax ,: and that the proposed house tax was most disgracefully unwarrantably and wholly uncalled for . " ' Mr . Cook observed , that it was high time that a Chancellor of tbe Exchequer should boappointed for tbe fitness Of his duties , and not for high birth , or high breeding . Lord John Russell was how upon his trial before thecouritry , and hehlOno was ' responsiblefor the appointment of his Chancellor . ; -If the . country submitted to the imposition of a house tax , ithey might quietly sit down under an income or a : win : dow tax . Alter someif urtheiv observations the ' resolution was seconded by Mr . -George Taylor , and carried unanimously . Mr . Rogers , " Sir . Paris , Mr . ; Cooper , and other gentlemen having addressed ! the
meeting upon the . second , and ; third resolutions , which bore only upon the spjrit ' of tie . first , it was moved and . carried unanimously " : —'' . That a petU tion , founded on . thb foregoing resolutions , be signed by the chairman , and presented to the House of Commons by Thomas Wakley , Esq ., one of the Members of the borough of Finsbury . " Thanks having been cordially voted to the chairman , ' the meeting separated . , V " , \ - _ ' . . ' ! , ' , : . ' St . Anne ' s ; Sono . —On . Wednesday night a very , numerous meeting of the parishioners of St . Anne ' s , Soho , was held- at Miss Kell y ' s . Theatre , Deanstreet , SohOj to : oppose ; the , reintroduction of the house tax . Lord Duncan ; SirDoLacy Eyans , M . P ., Mr . Wakley , M . P ., and . Mr . Bell , M . P ., and a
deputation from Marylebone , & c , were present . —Mr . George , churchwarden of the parish , having been ' voted to the" chair . —Sir . Rogers , surgeon , moved the first resolution ; which was as follows : — " That the window tax , having been condemned by the people and surrendered by the government , no future . Minister can be allowed any longer to enforce it : that the' substitutiohVpf any impost in its place isunneee 33 ary ,. Decause reductions ought to be made ' in , tfle '' expenditure ' of the country to remove h 6 t only this but other taxes that press upon the industry . bf theedramunifcy ,, aodthat the various membeirs-df ' parliament be requested to oppose all grants of money t'Vi the finance is reduced . ' —Mr . Cox seoomJad . ^ j Lord Dunoanisupported the reso-
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lution ; ' wbich was unanimously a ? reed to . —Mr .-Grant moved ; and Mr . Pascoe seconded , the next resolution , which was to the effect : — " Tbat tho stability of the constitution depends upon the prosperity and happiness of thtfpeople , and that any attempt to restore a system of protection would prove a failure , and diingerous to the peace of the country : that this meeting pledges itself to support such ministers only who will advocate a system of economy , by a ' reduction of taxation . "—Mr . Pascoe seconded tho resolution , which was supported by Sir De . L . Evans , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., Mr . Bell , & c ., and- unanimously agreed to . An address to tbe Queen , and a petition to the House of Commons , founded upon them , were adopted nem . con . Thank were then voted to the members , and Lord Duncan moved , and Mr . Wakley seconded , a vote of thanks to the chairman , which being agreed to , the meeting separated . . ¦
Boaooon of Southwark . —A meeting , convened by the Reform Association of the borough of Southwark , was held on Wednesday evening at the Bridgehouso Hotel ; London-bridge , for tho purpose of expressing their disapproval of the budget proposed by the late'Chancellor of the Exchequer . —The chair was taken by Thomas Poeock , Esq . —Mr , Walker proposed the first resolution , which was to the effect , " That this meeting cannot but denounce the proposition to repeal the window duty , merely to substitute a house tax in its stead , as a gross insult to the national expression of opinion on this subject , and as a wanton denial of ths just demands of the people ; and this meeting solemnly pledges itself to use every constitutional means of demanding and securing , not only a total and unconditional
repealof the window taxes , but an entire revision of taxation , and such a reduction in tho national expenditure of the country , as shall secure to the people the full benefits of freedom of trade , and the amelioration of the burdens pressing upon the industrious classes . "—Mr . Howard seconded , and Mr . Alderman Humphrey supported the resolution . —Sir W . Molesworth was charged with having on a former occasion left the house when a division was about to take place on the window tax , in reply to which , he assured the meeting that he was for a total repeal of tho window duty , but that he desired not to be their representative if the real feeling of the constituency was against him . —The resolution was then put and carried . —Another resolution was also adopted , and thanks being voted to the chairman , the meeting separated .
PATENT LAW AMENDMENT . ¦ A public meeting was held on Monday night at the Belle Savage Inn , Ludgate-hill , on tbe subject of the Amendment of the Patent Laws ; tho room was crowded . General Sir Db Lacy Evans ; M . P ., took the chair , and commenced the proceedings by observing that the subject then before them was not one to excite such public attention as questions of financial reform ; and said that the inventions and improvements which had taken place in the last half century were the real source of our strength , and enabled us to ' attain our present proud position ; yet there was no country in tho world where inventors were called upon to psy such extravagant charges
for patents as in this country : in France the charge was but £ 310 s ., whereas in England a patent couid hot be obtained for less than £ 100 ; and besides the charges for the patent , the state of the law was such that no real protection was afforded to the patentees , even after the expenditure of large sums of money . In answer to questions which tbe chairman had put to ministers in the House of Commons , it appeared that the Attorney-General had been directed to prepare a bill to amend the law of patents , and Lord Granville , thePresident of the Board of Trade , had promised the subject
his earnest attention . Mr . Stockbr rose to move the fii'sFresolution : — " That the present state of the patent laws is extremely defective , and the same requires complete revision and ' amendment . " With respect to the measure about to be introduced into the House of Comirions for the temporary registration of inventions lie bad no faith ; and had not sent in applications for space to show his inventions to the extent he had wished , becanso ho did not expect that government would give him the protection ho was entitled to . He had no faith in the vague proiriis ' e of governmenttograntprotection . Mr . Atkins seconded the resolution .
Mr . Coffey moved the next resolution : — " That this association and meeting are glad to find from the reply of Sir George Grey to the question put hy General Sir De Lacy Evans in the House of Commons that a bill to amend the Patent Laws is to be introduced . But , unless the said bill embody the following provisions , it will not be satisfactory , ' viz . ; : —1 . That the legal recognition of an inventor ' s property in his own invention be obtained in the first place ad interim , or provisionally , at nominal COSt , upon tho simple application of the inventor ; arid in' the second place , complete letters patent ( orotherwise ) obtainable in a ready and inexpensive mariner . " The speaker stated that he had kept back his invention from the Great National Exhibition betause there was no protection for , his invention there . Mr . Campion seconded the resolution .
Mr . Wkston spoke to the resolution . What was most necessary to be obtained was protection till an inventor could carry out his views , which a poor inventor often found it necessary to do by tho assistance of men of capital . Mr . Shbphem > moved the following resolution : — " Tbatthe present judicial proceedings for deciding questions relevant to patent matters are expensive ; and , as they do- not come within the means of the general body of inventors , unjust . And that' better protection against infringements and piracy must be adopted , to which end scientific and practical judgment mult ie introduced and used , ' aiid , if found desirable , a special , and dulyqualified tribunal appointed , where summary and certain justice may ' beobtained . And that , -unless the bill ' to be brought in by the government embody these points , the mere cheapening of patents will
not materially improve the condition , of inventors and . patentees . " . He . said that'patentees wanted a proper tribunal for trying questions , and it must riot be at the expense of the patentees . If a robbery was committed' the delinquent was punished at the public expense , and so it should be with the infringement of a patent ; and on trials it was requisite that the questions should be tried by men who understood them . Mi * . Thompson seconded the resolution . On trials respecting patents , he said the lawyers must be thrown overboard , and the question decided by men who understood tho matters submitted to them , in the same way that collisions at sea were decided by a competent body . ,, Several other , gentl « men having spoken , the resolution was put to the meeting and carried unanimously .
A petition , embodying the above resolutions , was also agreed to . - . The Sunoat Tbadino Bill . —On Monday evening a general meeting of the master butchers of the borough of Marylebone took place at the Colosseum Tavern , in the Bortland-road , for the purpose of considering the bill . propoaed to be introduced into Parliament for the restriction of Sunday trading . Mr . Wm , Hanshaw occupied the chair , and Messrs . Henley , Ilorne , Lyon , and other leading members of tho trade in the locality were present . The observations were unanimously in favour of the bill , and a deputation , was appointed . to wait on Lord Dudley Stuartand . SirB . , Hall , the members for . the borough , - to place petitions in their hands , and earnestly to solicit , their support of the measure .
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The Pope in Peril . —Wo have been put in possession of a report to the effect , that PioNino . will probably owe the forfeiture of bis throne in the Roman City to his recent aggression on the spiritual- and' temporal liberties of England . Our informant is a gentleman of high distinction . He assures us that there is at this time organised in Rome a very formidable conspiracy ( infinitely more formidable than that . which drove Pio . Nino to Oivita Vecehift , ) orig inated and inflamed , no d _ oubt , by the Papal Aggression upon : England . . It is inferred from Lord John Russell ' s letter to the Bishop ot Durham ( which has been translated into all the continental languages , and very freely circulated , ) that the English government will no longer support thetemporal pretensions of the . lope , and that , ' quoting as their , reason , the recent , audacious
" aggression' of his Holiness upon the spiritual and temporal pvetensions of the British Sovereign , they are prepared to advise the Republic , of . Franco to interfere no more between the ; Pope and his ; Italian subjects ,-but Ho allow . the Italians to establish ! in Rome ft republican government on the model oftbc French Republic .. ; It ismnderstood that , the interference of theiPapal See in the affairs of Belgium , and the gross tyranny of tho Romish hierarchy , in the recent instance furnished by the death-bed of a Sardinian minister , have had the effect , of . combining , in the Roman conspiracy ,. many eminent and nolle families of both Belgium and . Sardinia ,, It ib said , moreover , that certain di ^ ng ^ P ^?"" connected with the Austrian " House of Peer * Mind Commons '? are mixed up in . the plot , and that on this occasion the Pope is sure to be oustedjiost effectually and permanently . -JfancMer Courier .
Poou- RMiNo ; -Sir Joshua Walms i ey has obtained a rZrn to an order of the House of , Commons , which was printed on Saturday , ofthe number of nersons ^ En land and ™ eS n 0 t " the llmits of unv parliamentary borough or city , who were rated to the relief of she poor for . the , year 1849 at the annual value of £ 10 and upwards ,. and . u ' ndei £ 50 .- According to ,. tlje . return , the number is 340 , 249 , residing . within ;; 13 , 268 parishes or townships .- No . returmv . haye been obtained . from' fiftyone parishes or townships . In the county of York the number not within the limits of a parliamentary borough or city is 24 , 708 ; in Lancaster . 28 , 091 ; and in Middlesex , 18 , 29 P .
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MONDAY , February 24 , ¦ HOUSE OF LOKDS .-Tho house met at fivd o clock . There was an unusually largo attendance or peors , both in the body of the house . ind round the steps of the throne , where we also observed a number of the diplomatic cor »» , and other foreignera of distinction , the strangers' gallery , was crowded with persons anxious to hear tho miniate , rial statement in this house respecting tbe present crisis and a number of the peeresses also occupied the gallery allotted to them . v ^^ w * After some petitions had been presented The of
Marquis Lansdownk rose amid loud cries of' « Order , order " and having laid on the . table papers relating to the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers , said—My lords , as there is , no publio business before tho house , I may as well at onco take tbe opportunity of moving that this house do , at its rising , adjourn until Friday next . In making that motion , I feel that , however imperfect andun " satisfactory any communication that it is in my power to make will be found to bo , relating , to tho present posture of affairs , still it is usual in , this house that any important information given , or communication made , on that subject in the other house of parliament should , in substance , be made also in this house . But , in doing so , I shall simply
confine myself to a statement of facts , as I understand them to have occurred . My lords , on Friday last , in consequence of a division which had taken place recently in the other house of parliament , her Majesty ' s servants communicated with , each other —from domestic circumstances I was not ono of the number on that occasion—and on that day her Majesty was led to b elieve tbat it was probable her servants would resign office on the day following . Early on Saturday , morning I camb to town „ . and the same morning tha t resignation was respectfully and unanimously tendered by her Majesty ' s servants to her Majesty . In the course of the day the noble lord ( Stanley ) , whom I can see opposite ,, was , as I am informed , invited to attend at tho Palace , and
a proposal was made to him to construct a government . I am . also informed that tbe noblb lord stated ho was not then prepared to . form a government . On that . communication being made , recourse was then had to other persons , and moro particularly to my noble friend lately at . tho head of the government , and he was requested to reconstruct an administration . My lords , this is the present state of matters ; for all it is in my ppwer to state your lordships is , that my noblo . friend , lately at tho head of tho government , has , upon reflection ,. thflUfillt it to bo his dut y towards her Majesty and towards the country , to attempt tlifl reconstruction of another administration . Beyond this I have nothing to state . 1 speak as the or « in
of a government which in fact exists no more ,, but which is in office nominally only , and of which I am only the representative as long as it remains nominally in office , and for the purpose of . making this communication . ( Hear , hear . ) . Lord Stanlbt . —I am sure none of your lordships will be disposed to make any opposition to tbe proposal which the noble marqui j has now . ' mado-tp the bouse , or , at all events , that it will . be unanimously agreed that no publio business of importance shall be transacted . ( Hear , hear . ) I am exceedingly unwilling to make , and , indeed , I will not . make , any comment on the statement made by tho noble marquis . Circumstanced as the country now . is , it is impossible that any revelation can bo made of
, what has occurred . ( Hear , hear . ) In the present state of things , I do not hold it consistent with my duty to offer any explanations that must necessarily be of an imperfect character . . I can ; only , say , that on Saturday I had the honour of a lengthened audience of her Majesty , in the , course of wliicll I kid before her Majesty , fully and unreservedly , what were my views of the present -statbof > he country and of parties . Nothing could . have / exceeded the graciousness , the condescension , indeed , I may say the kindness of her Majesty throughout the whole of that audience ; but of what passed at that interview , either as to the advice which I tendered to her Majesty , or of what was stated by her Majesty , I should ill requite tho kindness and '
favour with which I was visited , if I should at the present moment say a single word . ( Hear , hear . ) When the time shall come—when . this political crisis shall have passed—I shall be prepared to state , fully and unreservedly , to your lordships and the country , the . whole substance of the advice I tendered to her Majesty , and the course which , as a publio man , honoured with the confidence of her Majesty , and as a Privy Councillor , I recommend should be taken . ( Hear , hear . ) The Marquis of Lansbownb said it would he ( improper to deprive the noble lord of an . opportunity of fully stating what had occurred when the
convenient time for doing so should arrive , or the time which he-might judge most fitting for his own honour , and most conducive to the public welfare . In the meantime , all ho ( Lord Lansdowne ) begged of their lordships to believe was , that in the very short statement he bad made he had stated nothing but that of which ho was distinctly informed . ( Hear , hear . ) , . The Marriages Bill . —The Earl of St . Gehmans trusted their lordships would have no objection to meet to-morrow ( Tuesday ) to take up the Marriages Bill , the second reading of which was fixed for that day . This was a . measure which embraced no political object , and be hoped his suggestion would be agreed to . ( Hear . )
Lord Campbell took a different view of tho Marriages Bill from that entertained by the noble earl , but he concurred with him in thinking that they ought to allow it to be discussed to-morrow . ( Hear , bear . ) •; The Archbishop of Canterbury also expressed awish that the bill should be discussed td-morrbiv . Tho Marquis of Lansdowne said their lordships wore aware that it was not usual to continue their sittings under such circumstances as , the present , but lie thought there was much force . in what had been suggested by the noble earl ; and , should . they come to a general understanding that this question , and this only , was to be discussed , he , would start no objection . They , might simply adjourn till Tuesday , and then their lordshipscould . decideupon such further adjournment as might seem prober .
( Hear , hear . ) It was accordingly agreed that their lordships should meet on Tuesday . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Appearance op ; the House al Half-past Four O ' clock . —At half-past four o ' clock both sides of the bouso were nearly filled , but the opposition benches appeared , to bo more closely packed . The members' and ' strangors * galleries , were also crowded . The whole of the Ministers , with the exception of Lord JohnR ' tissell , Lord Palmerston , and the Chancellor of '" tho'lEx * chequer had by this time taken their seats on ' tha ministerial benches . The buzz arising from , the almost generally suppressed tone of conversation carried on in all parts of tho house , prevented tho reporters catching distinctlv the prayers of the ; different petitions , which were presented . [ '¦ ¦ ¦ '
Elevation op Sir J . , C . Hobiiouse to thb Peerage . —Mr . Havter , whose appearance at ' the table produced an almost- instantaneous ' silence in the bouse , faid , Mr . Speaker ,. I have to move for a new writ for the election , of a member for' the borough of Harwich , in the room of the right hon . Sir John Cam Hobhouse , who has accepted tho office of steward of the Chiltern . Hundreds . ( Loud laughter . ) . A number of . petitions relating to Papal , Aggression and Agricultural Duties were then presented .
Mr . Cowan gave notice that on the house going into Committee of Ways and Means on the subject of the Income-tax , be should roovo tho following resolution : —! ' Th ; it it is the opinion of the' house that an income tax on trades and professions' may be dispensed with , without loss to the revenue ) b y substituting a fixed annual charge on persons , in like manner as is now . imposed upon classes arbitrarily selected to bear the burdens of duties on licenses and certificates . " > . Hon . members having now finished presenting petitions , the house rernained for ' more than a quarter of an . hour without any business to occupy
it . All the cabinet ministers had now arnvod , with the exception of , the , First Lord of the Treasury , whose usual seat by the side of Lord Palmerston remained vacant , ! , when some considorable'a ' musement wasexcitod in tho house by Mr . Monckton Milnes , who haying just entered the house , ah'd perceiving the vacant place , unwittingly seated himself in it , apparently for . the purpose of conversing Nfith Lord Palmerston . This movement was received with loud , laughter ; on all sides , apparently * , as if saluting the hon . member as the future Prime Minister , and clearing . away-the . mystery which hag enveloped the political world- . during the last day or two . ¦ '• - ¦ ; ; :: * L >' - - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦¦ ¦ <• -. - .. ! .
_ . .... Lord John Russell entered . the house i > t ; five minutes to . ftvOjj . and was . received with cheers from both sides of the . house ..., . .... . . , , ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' > ¦ The noise of conversation which ' had previously filled the house . was now . hushbd / artd , amidst deep silence ; the . Speaker called on the Clerk " to read the Orders , of the Day , which was accordingly 'done . ; 'Ministerial GBisis . —Onr / tho order , of tha d : > y for the' Committeetof Ways and , Means , „ ! Lord J . ' Russkll rose , and was received , with marks of the ; profousdest attention J s . He said , 4-Mr . Speaker , I- ' promised the'bouso . ; that I would , on
this day , state the reasons that induced me to pro * pose , on Friday last , the adjournment of tbeiCommittee of :. Ways and Means to tie present time . I now riso to acquit myself of that engagement ' . The house will remember that , immediately after tho commencement of the session , a & tjbC & W « $ ^ $ by the hon . gentleman the member ibr Buck njrhamshvre ( Mri- Disraeli )) c ' ministers to take immediate the dis . ress- of the owners Every member ot mshoasf thecountry , roust have con was a motion to take ou government the conduct
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