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watched with the ntmoit interest by tbo peop le of England , end not the less so th « tthe goretfamentof Acstn * had manifested itsdf by no means so aware of the real position of things ia the peninsula . " waB t 0 bs de * ired for the sake of all parties . Prince Hettermcb , however , had of late veers been making great concessions to the Hungarians , and to other nations within thepecnliar territories of Austria , and it was to bo hoped that more raatore consideration ef the progress of events would lead him to adopt a liberal policy alto with regard to theItilian populations ; ( Hear , hear . ) Theconductof Viscount Palmerston would doubtless materially condace t > ibis most desirable xvjulfc . ( Hear , hear . ) Nothing could be more gratifying to Englishmen than the cn . rzetic raanmt in which the noble Secretary for
Foreign Affairs had , in his commuMcationj with tbe Austrian ministers , asserted the right of tho sovereign princes of Italy t . i make such constitutional chang s and smeliorations in their respective states as they deemed required by the advanced , and still advancing , progress of public opinion—a public opinion which had long since felt that the population of Italy were ill-governed , end which now demanded that the ill RovernmeBt should bo eichanged for a popular administration , calculated t" restore Italian prosperity and Italian happiness . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord on all occasions had done justice t » the admirable and extraordinary man whohad last been called to fill the pontifical throne —( hear)—and te his energetic purpose to remedy the great political maladies which he , d so longafflictcd the Papal states .
He ( Dr Bo * ring ) was one of the last men who would encourage in our government any gratuitous or physical force meddling with the arrangements of foreign powers ; but he hailed with pride and pleasure the spectacle of England lending h * r moral influence to the cause of liberty and to the advocacy of the oppressed in that great struggle with oppression which was now going on throughout the civilised world . ( Hear , hear . ) In Italy the great object of British policy should be th e consolidation of the various Itnlitn interests in one great national league . Charles Albert , the Grand Duke of Tuscany , and evm the King of Naples , taught by Bad experience , were all progressing , more or less rapidly , in the right path , and aided by ihe meral influence of Great Britain , there was every hop * that tho greatness and glory of tbe Italian nation might once more be
restored . Viicount PiLiiERsioN shid tbat his bon . friend bad called the attention of the house to some of the most remarkable and interesting events which bad occurred in our time . { Hear , hear . ) ft was , indeed , impossible for any man to witness the progress which constitutional opinions and institutions were making in Italy witheot feeling tbe deepest and liveliest interest in that progrrsi , ( Hesr , bear . ) Italy was not only intereBtinj in a very high degree from her peculiar position at the present moment , hue she was interesting to us , perhaps even Etill m ? re , from oar cherished and elevating associations with her wondrous story , with htr rise , her greatness as mistress of the world , and her fall to almost entire political insignificance—an insignificance frem which he
fervently hoped she was now about to emancipate herself . ( Hear , bear . ) Nor didhemrrely nepe ; he felt confident that a brighter day was now dawning off Italy . ( Hear . ) The confidence with which we mi'ht look to the future prosperity of that country w * s founded on the gifts which naturehad bestowed both on the land ani on its inhabitant ? . Amid all the political misfortunes to which the country bad been subjected , the natural vigour of the Italian mind , theextentofits intellectual resources , and , he mig ! it s ° y , the splendour of its genius , had , even in the darkest periods of the political history of the Italians , shone forth with a brightness which had attracted the admiration of the wktde civilises world . It was most gratifying to see that tha progress which national liberty was maklns throughout Italy , wag a progress brought
about by tbe harmonious accord of the sovereigns and people of It 2 ly —{ hear , hear)—aad it was ok that circumstanca more especially that he ventured to found his hope that the ameliorations now proceeding there would be permanent and stable , for , based upon mutual compact , they were natur » Uy less likely to be shaken by future ontowsrd events . ( Hear , Tiear ) The hoa . member had adverted to the position of Austria in relation to the events now passing ia the Italian peninsula . It was highly sstf . sf sctoiy to him , and . he was sure it would be ho less gratifying to the home , th » t he was able to state , that eo far as her Majesty ' s governmeat was informed of the intentions of the cabinet of Vienna , there was no reason ta apprehend that the policy ef that cabinet would lead it to any hostile interf rence with the events which wtre now
taking plac * in Italy . ( Cheers . ) He hid , indeed , within the l * st twenty-four hours , received a communication from ear ambassador at Vienna , which gave very satisfactory assurance * on this head . ( Rsnewedcheen ) The course thus indicated was the course naturally to be expected from theprudeces aad wisdom of the Austrian government ; and most happy was be to find * acb a course adopted . ( Hear , hear . ) V 7 itn reference ta the commercial league < if Italy , he should wish his hon . frfend and the house to defer asking for the correspondence on tiis subject uatit a more expedient occasion . ( Hear , Bear . ) The general principles of that league only were at present laid down on a broad basis , the details remained to be fixed ; and he felt convinced that it would only retard the progrses of events , to produce
before the house the various communications confiden . tially exchanged between the various courts of Italy and our ministers there , as tothe ' vaiions suggestions and propositions made on the subject . ( Hear , hear , ) He ceuld assure the house that the general principle which seemed to actuate all parties was in the highest degree favourable to tbe promotion of the commercial prosperity of Inly oa one uniform basis ; and he would add , that so far as it became the governmeat and this country to tender advice , or to express an opinion , the advice was oSred in a spirit of earnest desire to aid in the devfl-pment of that prosperity . ( Hear , hear . ) As to ihe political chang ** proceeding in Italy , whatever the fe-lings of her Majesty ' s government on the subject , with whatever gratification they witnessed the cause of
those political events —( hear , hear )—they did not consider it fitting that the British ministers " in ihe Peninsula should interfere further than the giving an opinion when i : should fee sought by the various govermraents . ( Hear , hear . ) And here let him say It was mast gratiijin ? to her Majesty ' s government to witness the most perfect confidence with which England was regarded by the various Italian potentates—( hear , hear )—as a mark ' id instance of which he would state that bis noble friend . Lord Minto . had proceeded from Rome to Ninles in consequence of the desire expressed by the Sicilians on the one hand , and by tbe government of
Naples on the other , that the friendly assistance of British diplomacy should be applied towards the satisfactory settteraentof the paints in dispute between th » . m . ( Hear , hear . ) He was sure that those who were acquainted with Lird Hiate would feel that this task , delicate and difficult as it might be , could not have been placed in better hands—( hear , hear)—and tbat in any advice whieh , at the solicitation of the parties , he might think himself at liberty to offer , he would be actuated by the Etost disinterested bnt earnest fienire to bring matters to such an adjustment as should be consistent with the liberty , happiness , and welfare of the psople , and the just dignity and honour of tS-e crown . ( Hear , hear . }
Afier a tew words from Mr Cochrane , expressive of Ids approbation of the conduct pursued by her Majesty ' s government in reference to Italy . Dr Bowbikq consented to withdraw his motion , and it was accordingly withdrawn . Katiosal Lisd Cokpaht . —Mr O ' CoSNoa said , that at the request of the Attorney-General , and having rec eiv the assurance of that learaed gentleman , that he vronld consult the right haa . gentleman , the secretary for the Home Department , upon the subject of framing a short declaratory act to extend the 9 th and 10 th Vie ., to the Land Company , he would , for those reasons , psstpone his motion to Tuesday , the 29 th . inst ., feeling con . vinced that by adopting that course he best consnlttd the interests of his clients , as , no denbt , his refusal to grant the required time for consideration may lead to an angry opposition , which might be fatal to the object that he had nearest at heart . Sir 6 . Gzet was not aware that the Attornev . General
6 ad asked tbe hon . gentleman to postpone his motion ; bat , aft * r what he had heard the boa . gentleman state , lie would net object to the moties being postponed , it being understood that he ( Sir 6 . Grey ) did nut in any way pledge himself as to the coarse he sboulditake until te had heard tbe principle of the measure stated . Mr F . O'Cokrob replied , that he had merely stated to tbe house the reasons upon which he bad postponed his action and the understanding he had with the Attorney-Genera ! npon the subject .
Law < f LiHDLeBD aud Tehakt ( Isel & kd ) SirW . Sohikville said that , in moving for leave to bring in a tell to amend the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland , Be should probably best consult the convenience of the noose if he at ' ence proceeded to state what was the nature ef the measure , a * well as to give some details respecting the machinery by which it was to be earned ontr and also tke zarans which the government intended to propose for reuderingit efficient . The subject was at qnce dtlicate , complicated , and difficult to deal with ; and those characteristics led him to think that the best
plan to pursue was to lay the whole of the details of the proposed measure before the parliament , so that there might exist an opportunity for judging it , and comparing it with the difficulties which it was framed to meet . Tbe bill ,- therefore , might be said to embrace two distinct pla & i . The first waa for affording compensation to tenants for improvemests effected on their holdings . The second would , be trusted , be found to embody several sot unimportant changes in the present relations be . tween landlord and tenant . The bill proposed to eneoutege the outlay of capital upon his holding by the tenant , by securing to him an adequate remuneration for that outlsy in all cases where he had not derived the foil benefitfrom it . This would be effected with as little interference with the rights of the landlords at was
possible . It was not his purpose to lisger over the subject atpresent , by insisting on the necessity for conceding thut act of justice to tho tenantry . The principle had steady been admitted to be just by a majority within thatfcouse , and out of doors also . It was , moreover , no asw principle ; on the contrary , it was one of some an . iJqdty ; for in a work now a century old it was laid down that , ' inasmuch as it was not the custom in Ireland for Cse landlord to provide farm buildings for the tenantry , if the tenant , after having built snch , was di » post > essed of las holding before he had derived the full benefit of hia en-Uay . be was entitled to be compentated to that extent . That princi ple came likewise with the recommendation C , the Earl of Devon ' s committee , and it had been em . feodied in a bill introduced on the subject of landlord sad-tenant by one of bis ( Sir W . Bomenllle ' i ) predecas-
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ton , which bill had been permitted to be read a firifc time . He would proceed to state how he proposed to create the machinery by which the compensation to be mida for outlay of capital should be ascertained . From tbe passing of the act all tenants having holdings above £ 10 , , and possessing an interest , as specified , whether nnderalease , or from year to year , might serve a notice ( the form of which , would be given in a . schedule to the hill ) on his landlord , ipeeifjlng tho nature of the outlay intended to be made , whether it be buildings , or drainage , or sabBoiling , or of any other descr ' ptien , and having done so tho tenant must proceed to name an arbitrator , calling likewise on the landlord to nominate one on his o wn behalf , if the landlord did not nominate an arbitrator , within twenty-one
davs , then the tenant might apply to tbe petty sessions , where a landlord ' s arbitrator was to be appointed and afterwards conjoined to that of the tenant . The two arbitrators were then to choose an umpire , and if they could not agree in the choice , then the petty sessions wai again to be applied to , and tbe person there named to be umpire . The body thus constituted would proceed to examine and decide on the notice served by the tenant on bis landlord . They would hare to survey the land aud the projected Improvements , and report on the value and tho amount of additional rent which would accrue from them , and if their declslon should be in faveur of the improvements , then they vrere to be empowered to xaake an award wherein they were to stale the name of the superior landlord ,
who would be bound thereby . ( Hear . ) The award thus made would be depo « it = d with the clerk of tbe peace , a copy of it would be served by the tenant on his immediate landlord , and the other intermediate landlords concerned in the land in question , np to tho superior of all , were likewise te be sirred with copies of this award . An appeal might be made against this award within twenty . one days of its being notified te the landlord ; the assistant barrister of the county would decide upon it , and bis decision was te be final . The tenant was then to ba empowered to proceed to execute the works thus specified , and upon their completion , the arbitrators vrere to examine tbem , and to famish him with a . certifiate of their having been finished , after which they were to decide whether any deduction was to
be made from the rent fixed , and their decision was to be filed by the clerk of the peace . When tbe tenancy was te be terminated , it was proposed tbet if the period of twenty-one year * had not elapsed since the outlay was made , the landlord , whatever mode he might take lo regain his possession , was to proceed by first serving a notice on the tenant , calling upon him to nominate an arbitrator , aad incase of neglect er refusal , procuring the appointment of one , as in the first instance . The arbitrators of both parties would then proceed to examine the improvements , and to make their award of the amount of compensation to be made to the outgoing tenant , which , however , was not three years' rental of the holding . And the immediate landlord woe to have the power of recovering the same amonnt from his up . per landlord , if bis interest in tbe holding terminated within a given and specified time of the improvements being paid for to the outgoing tenant . All tbe provuisns
of the bill which he had detailed were of a prospective nature . There was a great difficulty in making them retrospective in some cases , but not so ia respect to holdings under the annnal value of £ 10 ,, although ! it would be » j hardship to snch a class of tenants to iubjtct them to the machinery of the bill , For that reason the bill enacted that no tenant , whose holding was not above £ 10 , should be entitled te more than three years' rental for improvements of five years' standing , and tbe decision of the assistant-barrister in all enses was to ha final . He had now finished bis explanation with respect to the tenants' improvements portion of the bill , and would proceed to explain tbat part ef it which regulated the relation between landlord and tenant . There were to be clauses inserted by which the occupying tenant was to be protected against a double distress for rent ( hear)—which be was subjected to at present , as well from his immediate as from bis superior landlord . The hill enacted that for the future a teoaat who held
land coder certain interests should be deprived of the power of making a distress when be sublet his land ; and the bill provided the sub-tenants io these cases with an equitable defence in the superior courts of law . They already had such a defence in the courts of the assist ant-harristers , but it is not good in a court of eqnityt and consequently thetenant was deprived of the benefi , of tbe QBsistant-bnrrister ' s decision . It was proposedtherefore , to increase the powers of tbe assistant-barrise ters , tho details of which would be found in the bill . Tbe
measure provided also that tenants at will might b ejected upon non-payment of their rent . This clans would be beneficial alike to landlord and tenant , and it wouli not give the forcer any advantage which be did cot already possess . He believed tbat if the landlord bad such a power , the system of holding notices to quit , interrorem , over the heads of tenants , would be no longer resorted to , and a great source of irritation would thus be done away with . It was proposed to couple that power of ejection with a provision tbat en parol demise no rent should bo recovered which was of more than two
years standing , Mr F . O ' Cohkob asked the precise meaning of the werJs * piro'demise !' Sir W . Sohebville—Where there was no lease : and the bill alto provided that every receipt given for rent should specify each particular gale for whieh it was paid , or else that snch receipt should be taken as good f r tie last gale due . ( Hear , hear . ) He had now gone thrccghtbe chief details of thepreposed bill , and in answer to the objections of those who urged the impropriety of interposing a legislative interference between man and man in their private transactions , he would reply , ' Look at tbe state of Ireland , her undeveloped resources her neglected agricnlture ; ' and thee he thought it would be admitted by all tbat the time was
come when legislation ought to prevail , if event was to do so . For himself , he could only say tbat , provided justice was done to the landlord , the more generously the heuse legislated for the tenantry of Ireland , tbe greater would be the benefit conferred on that country . Mr S . Ckawfoed said that this bill would create a degree of dismay in some parts of Ireland of which he wag sore that Sir W . Somerville had no idea . It would overthrow tbe tenant right of Ulster ; and such a result would be attended with the most fatal consequences to tbat security whieh the tenancy in tha north of Ireland had in their present holdings . Tbat tenant right ought to be extended to the whole of Ireland instead of being destroyed in any part of it . The bill hadfcsen introduced with the best intentions , but weuld be totally inefficient if it were not considerably improved .
Mr H . Hebsest abstained from making any comments on the bill of whick Sir W . Somerville had just explained the details , and replied to the speech made by MrS . Crawford ontheteaantrightof Ulster . Ho showed that those who talked so much about tenant right did not even understand the phrase that they were using , and amused the house by explaining to it the different interpretations pat upon it in different districts in Ireland ; he contended that Mr S . Crawford , in the various speeches he had made npon tbat subject , was holding out to the tenantry of Ireland hopes which could never be realised . Mr Fagan expressed his concurrence in most of the opinions so ably developed by Mr S . Crawford . He regretted that the measure before the house would net tranquillise Ireland . He considered the bill introduced on this subject by Lord Lincoln far better than this , which was a paltry concoction , and would create great dissatisfaction and dismay in ever ; part of Ireland .
Lord Castlibeioh eulogised Sir W . Somerville for the great practical food which he had produced in Ireland during hia tenure ef office , but regretted that he could net congratulate him npon tha bill which be had just brought forward . It would by no means come up to the expectations which had been formed of it in the north of Ireland . Mr Feakg ^ s O'Connor said , that having made this suhject the study of his life , and attaching to it paramount importance , his taking part in this discussion , though a question appertaining to Irish property , would not be considered obtrusive . ( H < ar , hear . ) He thought some parts of the measure would give great satisfaction , hut he regretted to find that the government was not prepared to go to the root of the evil . In his opinion , the honourable member for Rochdale had been rather
unfairly treated by the honourable member for Kerry . His honourable friend ( Mr S . Crawford ) had been charged with the faults and ignorance of others . The honourable member for Kerry , in objecting to the transfer of land from the owner to the occupier , had illustrated his argument by asking what would be the feelings of the country if the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to transfer the property of a private individual to the coffers of the Exchequer ? Why the Chancellor of the Exchequer was constantly doing that very thing . ( Hear , and laughter . ) It was one of the right hon . baronet ' s greatest privileges , and one which he used most extensively . ( Laughter . ) The honourable member for Kerry had drawn a deplorable
picture of the state of the Ardfert commoners—he had described them as browsing like goats ; but the honourable gentleman did not tell the house what quantity of land was occupied by each of those commoners—whether it was sufficient to support them . The honourable gentleman had given the strongest proof of the value of land in Ireland , by quoting the pi ices at which the tenant-right had been sold . What he cemplained of was that the bill did not go to theroot of the evil . The Iiisb landlords naturally opposed the measure . But they must bear in mind the fact that free-trade had been com . menced , aad free-ttade must be carried out . Now
what was the principle to which he alludedit was , as admitted by the professors of the science , that . wben one channel of industry was closed against labour another was opened . Now , however , we had not onl y one channel , but the whole course choked up in manufactures , railroads , building , and other speculations—and the only channel which coulo . "• -s ' opened sufficiently capacious to embrace all was the Land . ( Hear , hear . ) The subject excited great attention in Ireland , but not more so than it did in England . In Ireland the agitation was for small fans *—for tenant-right . In England the same cry would very shortly be raised .
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( Hear , hear . ) The cry which no human power could smother or allay . He congratulated the right honourable gentleman on parts of the measure . The registration of votes , the taking away the power of distress in certain cases , the regulation of the law of ejectment , the giving an equitable as well as a legal jurisdiction to the Court of Quarter Sessions , were all good provisions . These proviaiorio had all been proposed by him ( Mr O'Connor ) fourteen years agOi and would now be found repeated in the motion of which he had given notice before the recess , thus showing that the folly of to-day was the wisdom of the morrow and would he not be justified in appropriating to himself all the beneficial clauses in
the right honourable gentleman s bill , while the government which now confessed their justice , but postponed their provisions and lagged behind pub / lie opinion , and proved their incapacity to legislate upon the greatest of all questions , the question of agriculture . ( Hear , hear . ) And here he would further add , in answer to'the hon . member for Kerry , and in answer to the denial of the right of this house to interfere with landed property , that the government was constantly in the habit of doing so indirectly . What was the Tithe Commutation Act ? What was the cattle tariff of 1842 ? What was the Poor Law ? What was Free-trade , but one and all a direct interference with the rights of landed
property . ( Hear , hear , and cherrs . ) He must , however , say that the machinery of the bill was too complicated . He agreed that it would be to the permanent benefit of Ireland , if as good a system of agriculture could be established as th ? . t whieh prevailed in England . The landlords of Ireland should go through the agricultural counties of England and seethe farm-buildings . He would rather hold sixty acres of land at £ 100 a-year with farm buildings , than he would 100 acres of the same land at £ 100 a ^ year wi thout those buildings . The erection of commodious buildings , suited to a farm of sixty acres , would not cost more than £ 300 in Ireland . Six per cent , on the outlay would be £ 18- That additional rent would be nothing in comparison to the loss sustained by the absence of the buildings . The farmer lost £ 40 a year and more in the
condition of his cattle from their being exposed to tbe cold , independently of the loss of the manure . One question had been lost sig ht of in this discussion . It was the duty of the government to superinduce the employment of task-labour instead of slave-labour in Ireland . The bill contained clauses respecting the appointment of arbitrators , and the assessment of compensation , but the house should bear in miad the saying , that ' a landlord of straw can break a tenant of steel . ' He hoped that a measure for the salo of encumbered estates would speedily be breught forwards Under existing circumstances it was impossible for many of the landlords , of Ireland to perform their proper and legitimate duties . ( Hear , hear . ) In many cases interest [ on loans , at the rate of ten and fifteen per cent ,, was paid by the life owners . When honourable members talked of the
want of agricultural enterprise in Ireland , they overlooked the fact that this apathy did not arise from anything peculiar in the land , but from the uncertainty of its tenure . In Ireland every man knew that his labour on the land was slave-labour—that he would not reap the benefit of his own improvement—and he worked but little . But give him fixity of tenure , and he would work froaa the dawn of morning till the noon of ni g ht . ( Hear , hear ) . Let not the house suppose that the bill would dispose of the Land question . The hopes of the people of the United Kingdom were fixed on the land , lo that gladdened hope might be mainly attributed the remarkable and praiseworthy patience and ' quietude
of the working population , under most distress , ing circumstances . But if that hope he once destroyed or shaken , he ( Mr O'Connor ) would not long answer for the stability of her institutions . There was not an acre of land , either in England or Ireland , but would let for double its present renta 1 if" the right of the tenant was equitably secured . The right honourable baronet must propose some more extensive and more comprehensive measure . The present bill would be a fruitful one for lawyersit would lead to a great deal of contention and litigation between landlord and tenant . It mattered not whether the people of Ulster were satisfied with their privileges or that the people of Kerrv wanted
more ; a stringent law would have to be applied to the whole kingdom . If all the property in Ireland were managed like the estate of the noble lord ( Lord Castlereagh ) , there would be no necessity for such a bill . ( Hear , hear . ) Or if it were managed Hke the property of many lords in England , there would be as little cause of complaint . But , unfortunately , in Ireland a good landlord was the exception , while in England it was the rule . ( Hear , hear . ) And when good landlords proposed measures for the settlement of this question , and the suggestions of these men , so thoroughly acquainted with the state of the country , were rejected , would not the people say that the legislation of the house
was fallacious—that it was based on speculation rather than experience ? He disagreed with the honourable gentleman , the member for Cork , as to the usefulness of the agricultural lecturers . He agreed that the agricultural lecturers proposed by Lord Clarendon were admirable things ; they might be a little difficult to be comprehended at first by the farmers , but they would come to understand them , and he , for one , should like to see a Minister of Agriculture sitting in that house . And why should it not be so ? We had a minister of pepper , of ginger , of nutraegs . allspiceand mace —( cheers and laughter ) —and why not a Minister of Agriculture ? [ Mr Labouchere . the President of the Board of Trade , here
moved to his seat from behind the Speaker ' s chair , amid much laughter . ] Yes , said Mr O'Connor , I see the right hon . gentleman , but I should much rather see thebush of agricultural health substituted for the pale and palid look which is' now traced by the duties of office upon the right honourable gentleman ' s face . ( Laughter . ) He hoped that the landed interest would ere long see the necessity of such a member of the government . After all their discusssions and considerations , they had afforded no relief to Ireland . Would the house show him any measure that had been adopted duringthelast forty-eight years for the encouragement of agriculture in Ireland ? It might be answered
that , without the aid of legislation , the people cultivated the land . True , it was their natural occupation . All other occupations were artificial . If Lord Clarendon carried out his excellent scheme for the formation of small farms , they would hear of no more outrages—no more murders—in Ireland ; nor would they require any poor-laws for that country . He would endeavour to give the bill his best attention . It was a very bulky affair , and very little understood by the house . It was not yet submitted to their consideration , although from its size and thickness , when used for reference by the right hon . hart ., he owned its bulk appalled him . ( Hear , hear . ) What a simple people required upon a simple subject was
a simple law , while the outlines of the present bill , as pourtrayed by the ripht hon . gent ., led him to anticipate endless , expensive , and vexatious litigagation . ( Hear , hear . ) What the people wanted was something simple . They wanted to work lor themselves , and not for other men—they were unwilling that either the landlord or the middle-man should have the result of their labours . As far as the bill went it was good—it was getting the wedge into the matter . Tbe government had a difficult task . He could see the right honourable baronet ( Sir Wra .
Somerville ) looking coyly , right and left , at tbe Irish landlords when he explained the provisions of the bill . The right honourable baronet seemed to ask , 'How do you like this ? ' and' How do you like that ?' ( Laughter . ) The existing state of things required something more stringent , strenuous , and strong , than the provisions which the right hon . gent , had propounded to the house , but he should reserve what further observations he had to make until he was in a . situation to judge of the measure as a whole . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr M J , O'Conneli , was ef opinion thataretrospectlve operation ought to be given to this bill , and called upon the government to reconsider their determination to make it only prospective . Leave was then given to bring in the bill , which was Bubsiqueatly read a first time . Mr Pdbet then obtained leave to bring in a bill for the improvement of agricultural tenant right ia England and Wales and Mr W . S . O'Brien to bring In a bill to provide further facilities for the permanent improvement ef landed property in Ireland by the owners thereof . Both bills were declared to be nearly the same us those introduced by the ssrao bon . members last year . The other orders were then dUpesed of , and the house adjourned at a quarter past one .
TUESDAY , Feb . 15 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —RoHin Catholic Reliev Bill . —Mr Ahstet moved that the house resolve itself into a committea on this bill . Mr Law objected to the motion and proposed as an amendment tbat the bill be eemmitted that dny sis months . He principally relied on the objections urged against the bill by Mr S . Walpule in a recent discussion , and ef tbe impolicy of going into committee to recenaidtr the Emancipation Act of 1829 , which had only been passed in consi quence of the securities attached to it . Mr H . Dbomkobd thought that tbe great fault in the speeehof Ms Law was that it was made some twenty
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ye » r » too late . If the present bill could not be op * (¦ oW on tbe ground of principle , it was in vain to oppose It sn tho ground of expediency . He therefore consldered It very desirable that the houao should go Into committee on the bill , I ( Sir R . " Ihqlis contended that the concealed object of ' bill was the destruction of auch securities as Parliament had provided by Lttm act of 1829 for the remalning Frotestantintn of tho empire . Every Roman Catholic country in Europe had in succession expelled tbe Jesuits from its territories on account of the hostility of their principles to those of slvil government ; and yet it was now proposed to legalise the existence of that confraternity In Great Britain and Irclamd . Referring to Mr Drutnmond ' a question , « against what aid the church of England require to be protected ? ' he replied , that it required to be protected against this bill , and against its own members pruaching against its peculiar doctrines .
Mr Ahstkt defended tho provisions of the bill before the house , reply ing et some length to the objections of Mr S . Walpola and Sir R . Inglis . It was most unjust to impute to him any intentions hostile to the Christianity of the country . He only asked the house to receive the Roman Catholic chr « y within the pale of tbe constitution , and to plane them on tbe level on which it had not refused to place the Jewish Rabbis . Mr NEVfDEGATE stated several objections to the bill , and contended that we ought to be on our guard against the Jesuits , as the papers on the table proved beyond all dispute that [ tho conduct of the Jesuits at Lucerne had been the sole cause of the late civil war in Switzerland . His indignation was roused , first , when he saw a private member of parliament introducing a bill , like tho present , tending t « the establisbnunt of the Roman Catholic [ church in these islands ; sod next , when be saw the British government quibbling on tho point , whether Lord Minto was at Rome in a private or & public capacity . This was not the time for passing such a bill as the present ,
Sir G . Gbet had stated in the last debate tbat , while he differed frem come portions of the bill , ho 10 far agreed with its principles and provisions as to be enabled to vote for its ascend r < a Vug and its committal . He thua proceeded to defend the government against Mr Newdegate ' s charge that it bad been guilty of a mest disingenuous quibble in asserting that Lord Minto was not its accredited agent at th j Court of Rsme . Colonel Cokollt aad tho Marqais of flBiNBr opposed the bill . Mr Gladstone stated tbat In bis opinion the house
was bound to go into committee on this bill , asked tbe Attorney . General to give the house his view with regard to the legal petition of the ancient statutes inserted in and professed to bo repealed by St , He did not think it right , whilst we occasionally invoked tbe aid of the Pope for our civil affair . , that we should leave on our statute book a law which made it penal to introduce Into this country a papal bull or rescript . He also contended that those who maintained that the law re specting the religious order * should remain unaltered were bound to show something not only against the Jesuits but also against the religious orders generally .
Mr Sueil would not vote fer this bill if it could be shown tbat any clause of it violated any substantial safeguard of the act of 1829 . There were , however , clauses in tbat aet which were galling to the Roman Catholics aad of no use to tbe Established Church , Tbe law against the Jesuits and the other religious orders was so severe tbat it contained within it the principle of self-frustration . The kingdom was at present full ef Jesuits , They had colleges at Stoneyhurst and Clongowes , and tbe superior of the order was now in London ; and yet no government would venture to put tbe law in totco against that otdtr . The disqualification which prevented a Roman Catholic from becoming Lord Chancellor of Ireland was a real grievance . If the legislature did not remove that disqualification , it might remove the fetter but it would leave the mark ef the chain to fester behind it .
Mr Henlet said , the & ouse bad heard a groat deal of the indignity of transporting a Christian Brother , but he denied that they were liable to this punishment , in the manner suggested . They were for a breach of the esi & ting act , liable to banishment , aad then , if they remained in this country three months after tbe order for banishment , they were subject to transportation . They were liable to transportation , not for being members of a Christian Brotherhood , but because they had refused to obey the law ef the land , and conform to the milder sentence of banishment , ( Hear , hear . ) The other religious orders were , like the Jesuits , affiliated societies , connected with foreign bodies ; subject to a foreign head ; and it mutt never be forgotton , that tbe main object of these societies was to change the established religion of this country . ( Cheers . ) He should oppose the bill , because no real grievanee had been shown to justify its introduction .
The Sari of Abundjiz , aad Subset said the honourable member who bad just eat down , who usually displayed Be much sagacity and ability , declared that these Christian Brothers were only subject to transportation if they ne . glected to register thelrnamesln conformity with tbe bill of 1829 . Mr Henley - . If they refused to obey the order of banishment ; The Earl of Aeumded and Subset aaid an honourable member near him remarked that this was almost a Jesuitical argument . He perfectly saw the distinction which the right hon . gentleman , the member for tha University of Oxford , drew between the Jesuits and tbe other religious orders ; but he would remind the right hon , gentleman that no order whieh had not been sectioned by the Church of Rome had a right to be admitted into
this country . It was said that the religious orders were to be kept eat for the security of the Protestant establishment of this country , and that those orders were dangerous to civil obedience . The right hon ; gentleman had said that the constitution of the Jesuits was inimical to civil obedience ; but upon that point he would refer tbe right hon gentlemen to the opinions expressed by Fredsrick of Prussia , Cntherineof Russia , and Henry of Navarre , and also to ihe opinion of Robert Southey . The ' noble lord then read a passage from the writings of Dr Southey , to the effect that , although he hated Popery , he was a great admirer of tbe Jesuits , and that he believed , as a body , they had done more for literature than all the heads of our universities . The coble lord then proceeded to nay , that it was of the utmost importance in a Christian country to obtain the presence and action of men devoted to tho service of God , all whose temporal interests were subservient to the great cause of Christianity , wh » ,
by their example and perseverance in Christian duties , gained the admiration of all , and who won to tbe faith those even who were its enemies . Were hon . members aware of the atheistical and infidel publications which were sold at a cheap rate anion , ? the lower orders ? He hejd in his hand a number of tho Northebn Stab , containing advertisements of many such works—the textbooks of infidelity . Amonjjst them were ' Volney ' s works , '' Discussion on the Bible , '' Discussion of the Existence of God . ' ' Tom Paine ' s works , ' « The Ifew Ecce Homo ; or , Christianity proved to be Idolatry , " Socialism made Easy' ( laughter , ) * The Three Impostors ; or , Moses , Mahomet , and Christ , ' with others which he need not quote . When works such as these were spread over the land , the assistance of the men whom it was sought to exclude would be found valuable . Neither the Church of England nor the influence of all the Dissenting bodies succeeded in stemming infidelity . Lat , then , the church have freedom .
Sir J . Paeinotok could not vote for any measure of which the object was to repeal the securities of the Relief Act of 1829 . The Attornet-Genekah replied to the question of Mr Gladstone , and said that if there was any difference of opinion on the subject to which it referred , it would be best discussed in th e committee . The house then divided upon the amendment , when there were—Ayes iBi Noes 186 Majority against the amendment 32 The house then went iuto committee pro forma . The CiiAmman reported progress , and obtained leave to sit again that day tares weeks . The house then adjourned ;
THURSDAY , Psb . 16 . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Johnny Bttionr , tho notorious pinch-belly and consistent Free Trader , put the question to the Attorney-General , whether , as was the opinion gathered from the explanation of the hon . mem . berfor Nottingham , he intended to embrace the National Land Company in an Act of Parliament to- be framed for tho purpose , Ho put the question , as tho protection of the property of thousands of the working men depended upon it . The Attorney-General ( who was evidently prepared for the questions by his hon . friend , having read his answer from a written paper ) replied , that he was much obliged to his hon . friend for putting the question , as there had been some misapprehension upon the subject . He hadionsulted the hon , member for Nottingham , and
found t *> at the right hon . Secretary for the Home Depart , meat , had misunderstood tho reason assigned by the hon . member for Nottingham for postponing his motion . What he stated to the hon , member was , that , in consequence of the right hon . Secretary for Ireland ' s Bill standing for the same night , he would pos . pone his motion ; and also to afford him time to consider the objects of the Land Company , which ho did not then understand ^ and if , upon consideration , lie saw the propriety of framing an Actto include that Company ho would do se j and he also mentioned the petition that had been presented from tho Odd Fellows to the same effect ; but he felt bound tosuy . that , If the hon . member for Nottingham had proposed his motion in the shape in which it now stood , he would have considered it his duty to have opposed It ,
Mr O'Connor said , that what he stated in the first instance was , that the Attorney . General had requested him to postpone his motion to allow him to have time to have communication with the right hon . Secretary for the Home Department , to see if a short declaratory hill could , be framed to embrace the Land Company That the hon . and learned Attorney-General should not have been ignorant of the objects of that Company , inasmuch as he had been feeM to give his opinion upon it-( laughter ) -and he had misstated the conversation , because it was he ( Mr O'Connor ) and not the Attorney-Genoral , who had referred to the case of the Odd Fellows .
[ As soon as the conversation ended the Quaker Free Trader ran to the Library to communicate the glad tidings to the Manchester Examiner ; this sagacious senator being wholly ignorant of the fact that Mr O'Connor but seeks the protection of the Statute Law , in order to Save the Company the further expense consequent upon the complete registration of the Company , whieh this sympathising economist c " an neither prevent nor retard . So much f » r Joiin ' s desire to close tho healthy channel when he has closed tUo putrid one against his slaves . N o doubt his Parliamentary Mirror ( The Maw-Chester Examinee ) will participate in the senator ' s igno . ranee , and rejoice in the presumed jubilee—but , God help the single-breasted gentleman and his double-faced colleague , as they may just as well hope to stop the tide with a pitchfork as to arrest the progress of the Land Company . }
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DB M'DOUALL'S TOUR , TO THte CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Alva , Teh . 13 tb , 18 * 8 . Fbizhds , —I again proceed to report to you the progress I have made in endeavouring to arouse my countrymen to renewed agitation for the Charter . The Glasgow friends not being prepared to hazard a great public meeting in the meantime have very properly postponed it until my return from the north , when I hope to meet my colleague , West . On Tuesday , the 8 th , I proceeded to Johnston , where , although the weather w « e very inclement , I lectured to
an excellent and most Intelligent audience . Through some mismanagement In the Post-office the Eldenllo friends did not receive their notice in time , and consequently , although I was at my post , it was thought best to throw the two ' mattings into one . An old friend , Fraser , lives near to Johnston , and although one would imagine he had fiddled all tho Chartism out of him , be still , I am given to understand , delights in having a fling at O'Connor and the Star . The maa expected to pley first fiddle in the movement , but was thrown out , and the bile of disappointment is very natural , but ra . ther out of tune now .
On Thursday , the IOtb , I proceeded to Falkirk , where we bad a very excellent meeting in a chapel , which would hold , I imagine , 1 , 200 people . On Friday a se . cond meeting was held In the same place , equally well attended OB WhicBl occasion I ba « the pleasure of meet . iag O brother chip in the person of Dr Hunter , of Bdln . burgh . The Doctor was exceedingly happy , and made tbo audience extremely lively by his pointed remarks and felicitous reasoning . The petition was unanimously adopted and a committee chosen to manage it , and
likewise the affaire ef the society . This is the proper course . It ia n 0 U 8 e m J lecturing anywhere , unless the result i » a working committee to organise the district in which they may be situated . I would strongly impress upon my countrymen the necessity of imitating their English brethren In their organisation . Olasgow , Edinburgh , Stirling , Dundee , and Abtrdeen , should form tbe centre of their respective districts—should hold delegate meetings , and should appoint local lecturers to agitate , organise , and distribute petition sheets , cards , tracts , & c „ kc .
Without that nothing can ha well dose , or done speedily , There is no organisation new , and I find my labonr quadrupled ; but I must get through it , and en . dearour to leave something like a system and order behind me . I have to thank tho aetire minds in those placea I visi ted fer their cordial co-operation . I visited Carron Iron Works , on my way to Alva . It fs a wonderful eight , and a most gratifying- one in many senses . Human skill and ingenuity are everywhere prominent , and always pleasing . Carron Works are a great example of a combination of power , re * source , aad skill , and a rare evidence of ce-eperative power . The best feature about the company ' s works , however , is the perfect toleration of religious or political feeling ; no elate of men have a better chance of ameliorating their condition than tha Carron men , but the ; want the will . They can but they won ' t . If they could not , taev would .
There has been only one strike since the commencement of the work , ond they ore aged , grim and gaunt enough . There are many land members in the works who long to have a job at gratemaking for tbe people ' s paradise . On Saturday I lectured in Alloa , to a very good audience , oa the Land and Labour Bank , with which they were much gratified . A word or two in concluslon ] relativeto dissension in our ranks . Sad experience has taught me tbat where that begins hope of human redemption ends . If we ere to have squabbllngs , backslldings , jealeusies , whisperand private letter writing , I , for on ? , knowing the inevitable ruin , will not wait to meet it and be involved ia it a third time . I shall most cordially second Mr
O ' Connor and tbe directors in endeavouring to restore peace and unanimity to our ranks , and I am sure it only requires forbearance and common sense on all aides , with public opinion and honesty as a judge , I have felt it my duty -to set an example of obedience to the directors , so long as I jwae employed by them ; I can safely esy , that they have behaved towards me with tho utmost fairness , and in the most hoaourable manner . The private slanderers have no chaace of doing mischief in their hands , for their letters are at once forwarded te tbe parties aspersed . Nothing could be more atraightforward , ' more jast , or more effectual in crushing snakes in tbe grass . Yours in the cause , P . M . M'Douall .
P . 8 . The weekly 'Diahclout / bas been at its dirty work again . If I thought tbat any person gave tho slightest credit to anything it says , I might be tempted to take notice of its report concerning myself , which was sent by a brainless wooden-headed puppy , called Beau Nash of Newport , I think silent contempt best for the' Disbcloae , and its gatt « r-goose of an editor . As for Fields of Nantwlch , I am only astonished that the sensible men of Crewe take any notice of him . Their report , however , I am bound to B & y is quite correct . P . M . M'D .
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MaKCHSstss , Psora s Institute . — Mr Grocott m the chair . We had a splendid meeting here on Sunday last , 15 ih February , 1818 . Mr W . P . Roberts baring been announced by { placard to address the meeting , a more than usual attendance was the consequence . Mr Grocott commenced proceedings by reading F . O'Connor's tetter from the ' 8 tAll , 'which elicited repeated applause . He then intsodnoed to the meeting , previous to the arrival of Mr W . P . Roberts , Mr A . Clarke , who , ia a neat and psrtlnent speech , commented upon passing events connected with Chartism . Whilst he was speaking Mr Roberts entered the room and was enthusiastically cheered , when Mr Grocott immediately introduced him to the meeting ; Mr Roberts , on rising , proceeded to point out the various ^ difficulties which the Land
Company In Its early stages bad to contend with , lie ( the lecturer ) stated that great difficulty surrounded the registration of the Land Plan . Great expense had to be met great labour to be undertaken , and much loss of time before Its final settlement . The more money that came in , of course less time would bo lost ; and being divided among so many tbe weight would not be so heavily felt . He then showed to the meeting the powerful opposition the Land Plan had to meet , what it had met , and what It could again meet , and he ( tha lectnrer ) affirmed fearlessly and advisedly , when he said tbat tho difficulties it had surmounted would have been quite sufficient to have swallowed up any other democracy but that led on by the great , unpurchasable , and distinguished O'Connor . There was an honesty
about the Land Plan that could not be got over—it was so simple and so natural—this was a crowning and distinguishing feature ; quite sufficient to resist successfully any opposition , however strong , or led on by whatever party . Mr Roberts next alluded to the fact of putting tbe Land Company npon tbe same footing aa other friendly societies and he had every reason to believe that government would throw no serious difficulty in the way ofita final enrolment , This of coarse would save them mnch loss of time , mush anxiety , and much unnecessary waste of money , Tbe prac ticability and benefits arising from the Land scheme were next gone into , and were beautifully illustrated . Suppose ( said the lecturer ) that some two or three years before the famine ( which all have so severely felt ;) suppose , said he
that government had taken Salisbury plain , and set some 200 families to werk npon it and cultivate it what ] would have been the probable results ! Do you think there would have been any great likelihood of a famine ? Suppose , instead of sending out of the country some £ 33 , 000 , 800 to buy food with , they had taken half that sum , and applied it to the land ? What would have been our likely and present condition t Were tbe land in the possession of ita only rightful owners there would be little fear of famine . It would be much more creditable to a government which professes to feel for and sympathise with the people , for them to turn their attention to the manufacture of cows , pigs , and ^ cabbages , instead of talking so long about the manufacturing if Birmingham notes and currencies . Ah ! my friends
it is a truth that a man working for himself does so more willingly , mora heartily , and laboriously than he would do for another ; all of which is quite natural . Mr Roberts , humorously , neit alluded to the twaddle about the National Defences , He for his part had no particular objection to the raising aad marshaling of aa additional 10 , 009 soldiers—provided there was a just taxation put upon ' propsrty , for the defence of which those sort of fellows were necesaary—provided that tea sugar , malt and all articles of consumption used by man , were likewise admitted duty free—when those things were abolished , he would ofiwr no objection for all becoming soldiers , and having the supreme privilege of paying themselves . The twaddle about tho separatfoa of CUuroh . and State was another humbu g . No
matter what others benefited by the change , y .. u would gat no part of it—and so on concerning the ' whole rubbish about J . Bright ' s laws of primogeniture , game , and the thousand and one other idle things so industri ' . ously agitated to b ? guile you , while your pretended friends quietly pocketed the spoils . None » f those things would have an existence under the People ' s Charter . Let us obtain that and we will soon set abcu the removal of all abuses and wrongs . Supposing tbe laws of primogeniture were repealed to morrow , what better would your class be for them ? Have yeu any auds to divide ! any goeds , chattels or tenements ta transmit to your children ! How it concernsyou I am at a loss to discover . However , he for one thought that the Kentlemen of tho * free-trade movement had done good aud deserved the best thanks of a grateful people , and they the Chartists were certainly obliged to them—for
proving' what better we are for it J The reverse of one of Its prophecies had been already fulfilled— ' plenty of wagei , ' the " big loof' had yet to follow ! . Whatever these men tell you , do you stick to the Charter and the Land . There is plenty to be bought whenever y « u have a mind for it . Even under the present system of primogeniture , tho Duke of Buckingham is teaching J , Bright how 10 , 000 acres can be untied , and brought under the auctioneer ' s hammer ! Mr Roberts having glanced rapidly over these questions , took an equall y rapid view about the Btato of Ireland . He said that the solo pur . suit of the higher class of that unfortunato country appeared to him as if they were desirous to hunt down those ut their meroy . Nay , tho very courts of justice were tainted with this exterminating spirit of vengeance and illegality . It was painful to read the accounts in the papers relating to thetrials ; everything was charac .
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terlsed by the absence of all fairness and justice , which does distinguish an English tribunal , lie had read himself , with feelings of pain , the account of a yonn . Child who was threatened by the judge—threatened { ,, tho attorney general and threatened to be sent to prlgpj , —because ahe hesitated at a point of tbe evidence which depended the safety or sacrifice of a relation i Who would not have hesitated under tbe peculiar cb / cumstnnces ? I for ono should have acted so if placed in the same situation . Look at the results of tbo mj s > government of Ireland ! Nothing but murders ! Thea comes the inquiry—the legal hunt is set to work , and Ireland , which ought to be a paradise , is made a human hell ! Then come the tones of sympathy—they oo » to late—poor thln ? s , wo feel for jour condition bnt
still nothing beneficial or real is done . They ore itm turned out of tbeir holdings without compen sation , jn one sentence — nothing is done until murder startles them into legislation . What legislation ? Is there aBy difference iu the camposltion of Irishmen from other men ? Do tbey commit such things because they are iufeiier to other nations \ Or does the ori ginal curt * pursue tbem more than tbe rest of the human famil y ) jf se , why Is it that she does prodnce men as eminent and illustrious as any that ever shone in the field , ta % senate , or science , among other people ? But what ia the fact t She is driven , by misgovernment and want of protection , into the commission of acts which her best blood burns to extinguish . Remonstrances fail—petitions are as waste paper — the KQVeminir rule tbem with fearshe
powers — resists—new tyranny ia forced upon her , in the shape of obnoxious laws—the retaliates end will retaliate until sbehas a local govern * ment of her own , capable of doing justice and knowing hor rial wants . Mr Roberts , after passing a very high euloglua en the character and ability of the great chieftain of modern democracy , concluded a speech of more than an hour ' s duration , by an appeal to ever ? Chartist and ( manly patriot present—to work fearlessly and zealously—not onlystriving to keep O'Connor where be was , but to send others there also—not only to send men of the people to tha imperial mate , but to com . mence municipal warfare—a poor law guardian warfare —and return such men that will not only discharge the duties of their respective situations with hoaonr and credit . to themselves , but with trust to tbe people . Mr Roberts concluded amidst a perfect torrent of applause . Some questions ef minor impertaace having been asked
and answered to the satisfaction of all parties , at the dose of tho business , 'Mr Clark , of the Land Company , came forward and announced tbat they had received the fuuds for the Bank , of No , 273 Lodge , of tho Grand Hatted Order of Odd Fellows , amounting to £ 128 . A rote oftbaakt was then given to Mr Roberts for his lecture and attendance , as well as to the chairman , Mr Grocott , when the meeting separated highly pleated with tbe night ' s proceedings . —P . S . Press of business compels me to postpone the report of the meeting in the Hall of Science , on Man day night last , February 14 th , which was a glorious triumph for Manchester . Messrs Kydd , Leach , Rankin , Schofleld and Dnan addressed the meeting . Samuel Kydd's speech has established his reputation with the men of Manchester , and Char , tiam has won in him a favourite child of nature , Kelt week I will report tbe meeting , and then do ample justice to Kydd ' s manly and splendid address .
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CHARTIST FORTHCOMINGS . THE CRACOW INSURRECTION . A public meeting called by the Democratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration will be held in the German Hall , White Hart , ( three doors from Hoi . born , ) Drury-lane , on Monday evening , [ not Tuesday , as stated in last week ' s Star , ] February 21 sW in commemoration of the Cracow Insurrection , Chair to be taken at ei g ht o ' clock by Ernest Jones . Colonel Oborski , Julian Harney , Carl Schapper , Thomas Claik , Philip M'Grath , and other advocates of Poland ' s cause will address the meeting . Democrats of London , attend 1
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MR O'CONNOR'S SEAT IN PARLIAMENT . ' We'll rally around him again and again , 'j A public meeting will be held in the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham-courtroad " , on Tuesday Evening next , in furtherance of the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament . Julian Harney , Ernest Jones , Philip M'Grath , Thomas Clark , and other advocates of the Peoples Rights will attend and take part in the proceedings . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Chartists of London , rally to the support of yonr Champion .
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Lbbds . —A requisition amounting to nearly 400 names has been presented to the mayor , requesting him to c & ll a public meeting for the adoption of the National Petition . Amongst the names are twelve members of the Town Council , and many ef the principal shopkeepers of the town . The meeting will be held on Monday evening , in tho Court-house , and it is rery likely tbat the mayor will preside . We hope the men of Leeds will ba at their posta in order to show that Chartism is still dear to them . Ashion-ondbrLtne . — After the usual business of the Land Company is transacted on Sunday nest there will be a meeting of the members belonging to the Location Fund on business of importance . Any person wishing to join the same may do so . Walsall . — A district delegate meeting will take place on Sunday , February 20 th , at the Lamp Tavern , Stafford-streefc , at one o ' clock at noon .
WiRLsr , —Mr Hansom will lecture at this place * on Sunday , February 20 th , at six o ' clock lin the evening . Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) a meeting will take place in the School-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , when an operative mechanic will deliver an address oa' The Best Means of Procuring Political Power and Social Regeneration ,. To commence at six o ' clock in the evening . Pottbribs District . —A / Soiree will be held in the Covered Market , Handley , on Shrove Monday , Murch the 6 th , when Mr O'Connor and Ernest Jones will be in attendance . Sheffield . —The raembera of the Land Company are specially informed that a meeting will be held afi the Three Cranaslnn , on Tuesday evening , February 28 tb , to consider the propriety of opening the eld Company in preference to the New Company commencing :. Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .
^ Mr Wxst ' s Route for the ensuing fortnight . —Old Shildon , Monday and Tuesday , February 21 st and 23 < id ; Darlington , Wednesday , February 23 rd Stockton , Thursday , February 24 th ; Middlesborough , February 28 th and 29 th ; Hartlepool , March 1 st . Mr West will attend the tea party and ball , to be held in Sunderland on Monday , March Cth . It is earnestly requested that all parties wishing the ecrvicee of Mr West in Northumberland and Durham will correspond with T . Nisbett , 10 , Gibson-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .
IvEwcAsrLB-upoK-TYNE . —Mr C . O'Nei ) , surgeon , of South Shields , will deliver a lecture upon Anatomy , in M . Jude ' s Long-room , on Sunday evening , February 20 th , at seven o ' clock .
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( From the Oatette ot Tuesday , Feb . 15 . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Jno . Bond Cooke and Geo . Shaw , 'Denton , Lancashire , hat manufacturers—Hobert Murray , Liverpool , woolles draper .
BANKRUPTS Thomas Phipps , Ifijh Holborn , sadler-Henry Burrell , Bull and Mouch-street , City , lodging housekeeper—James Hadden Brownlie . Richmond-street , St James ' s , cabinet maker-Henry Harvey , Stock Exchange , stock dealer-Charles Slade , Grange , Kent , market gardener—Henry Clarke , Aldcrmanbury , warehouseman—Robert Oakley , Southampton , market gardener—George Stokei , jun ., Prestlebtb , Somersetihire , cheese dealer—Stephen Chas . Taylor , the Crescent , New Peckham , wine merchant-Thomas Freemantle , Bedford New . road , Clauham-rise , builder — William Henry Mann , Maiden-lane , Queenstreet , Cheapside , lead merchant—Maiy Emma Edwards , Bnstol
, banker—Ellen Edwards , Bristol , banker— Elisa Aane Edwards , Bristol , banker-Evan Parry , Pontypool , Monmouthshire , draper-Lewis Povey , Wootton-under-Edge , Gloucestershire , printer-John Stephens , Bath , grocer and tea dealar - Richard Jewell , Beeralstoe Devonshire , boot and shoe ranker—William Stanbury Cawaami , Cornwall , grocer — Henry Tucker , Colyton ! Devonshire , linen draper-Robert Burns , Eieter , general draper—Alfred Furniss , Derby , grocer—Thomas Cattel Wilcox , Birmingham , linen-draper—Thomas Lowe , sen ., and Thomas Lowe , jun ., Whitworth , Shropshire , ! bone dealers — Jaber Rubery , Darlston , Staffordshire , look manufacturer-Thomas Butterworth , Rochdale , Lancashire , woollen manufacturer—William Henry Busbell , Manchester , innkeeper-Simon Rutland , Hosthorpe , Lincolnshire , coaclimaker .
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . _ . - Gray . Edinburgh , grain merchant—W . M . Jamieson , Edinburgh , drnpcr-D . Yellowloes , Edinburgh , Mash . builder-Cummingand Co . Thornhill ; M'Kay and Co . Sanq « hur , Dumfrieshire , storekeepers .
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DEATH . Recently and suddenly , Mr Petor France , a Sheffield Chartist . Tho deceased was much respected by the democrats of that town . MARRIED . At Sneinton Church , on Sundav last , Mr Henry Stnpleton , to Miss Eliaa Blatherwiek , second daughter of iir John Blatherwiek , of Manvera-street , New Sneinton , Notts . ' On Friday , the 4 th inst ., at the Registry Office , Plymouth , Mr Edwin Robertoon , branch secretary of the National Land Company , to Miss Jane Easterbrook , a younjj lady « f amiable disposition , and high intellectual attainments , °
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19021848/page/8/
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