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among the workpeople in tho manufacturing districts . When 1 was m the north of England , attending the West Riding election , 1 came in contact with ar * c bodies of the working population , and they instructed me to bring their case before this house ; and they said that their battle was the battle of labour against capital , and that so far from an extension of trade in this country being of the slightest benefit to them , it had been the bitterest curse . They produced statements of the greatest importance to prove to me that this was the fact ; which statements I hare to thank my hon . friend tiie member for East Cornwall for having , at his expense , published to the world ; and let me tell this house , that it would be well if hon . members would purchase
the book , and in a few pages read the history of a working man in the manufacturing districts of the north of England during the last few years ; it is written by a working man , but one who has shown ability far above bis order . He traces all the sufferings which iho working Uasses have endured , not to a restrictive policv in your manufactures and commerce , but to overtrading , and the g lutting of the markets . ( Hear , hear . ) lie proves in t hese pages , that the more your manufactured goods hare increased , the more dreadful have been the sufienngs of the working population ; and with the permission of the house I should just like to read fifteen or twenty lines . He says , that in llbl . a . 193 , 000 lb . ot cotton were used in the manufactories of the cotton
districts of England , and that the mean increase from 17 S 1 to 1 S 41 was fiom that quantity to 528 , 000 , 0001 b . —the trade increased 101 times , or , in other words , where we manufactured 1 lb . of cotton in 1751 we manufactured 1011 b . in 1341 . This working man goes on to say , " wc presume the Com Law repealers could not expect a more rapid increase of trade than has here taken place during the last sixty years , supposing that all restrictions were removed from our commerce ; and surely if there were a shadow of truth in the statements that 'increased trade would give increased prosperity to the working classes , ' they ought indeed to he supremely happy . " Jt \ ow hear the effect upon the wages- ^ " During the periods included in the above table , it
will bo seen , however , that the hand-loom wearer was reduced from 33 s . 3 d . for weaving 20 yards of a 60 reed , down te 3 s . 9 d . for 24 yards . Hvow , if the hand-loom weaver of 1841 was " paid for weaving 24 yards at the same rate as the weaver of 1790 for weaving 20 yards , he should receive 39 s . 10 | d ., instead of which he only received 3 s . 9 d . ; that is , he received Is . where he used to receive lfis . " Such is tbe effect of your increased manufactures upon the hand-loom wearers in the cotton districts . ( Hear , hear . ) Can anything be more frightful than the sufferings which increased trade
has brought upon those poor people ? ( Hear , hear . ) But this working man goes on and shows the price of calico , and , speaking of the amount of money expended for clothes , he says : " In 1815 , when the weaver was paid 23 s . for the same work which he now performs for 5 s ., he had to pay Is . per yard for calico ; in 1843 , lie might pit chase it for id . ; and he shows that this , and the cheapening of silk , linen , and woollen , give him a total siring of £ 5 in the year ; but then the loss in his wages amounts to £ 53 10 s . " ( Hear . ) But the power- ' oom weavers hare ercn suffered more extensively in a shorter time , than has been the lot of the hand-loom weavers .
He says that in 1 S 23 the power-loom weavers of Sidebottom ' s mill , Waterside , had for weaving twentyfoar yards , twenty-one picks to the quarter-inch , 2 s . ; they now receive Is . for the same length , with one pick more to the quarter , which ougut to be Id . extra . Another master paid 2 s . 8 d . in 1825 for twenty-four yards , and in 1836 only Is . 2 d ., and the wages have fallen still lower since . ' ( Hear , hear . ) I could quote many other statements equally startling from this book ; and , late as it is , there is one statement made by Mr . Mnggeridge , the commissioner far inquiring into the state of the manufacturing population in the midland counties , which I must not overlook . It shows that what brought £ 2 3 s . in 1 S 29 , broughtonly 19 s . in 1839 , while the trade of Rochdale had
doubled . A weaver of Bolton , who was examined before the select committee of the house , being asked whether he would be as well off if the Corn Laws were repealed , replied that he would not if he got all his food for nothing ; and when further asked , why he thought so , his answer was , because a reduction had taken place in his wages amounting to more than the price of all the food he needed and the clothes he wore . The same volume also contained evidence of a startling character , as to the effects which the introduction of machinery to so large an extent in manufactures , had produced on the condition of the labouring classes . The other evening I was accused by the hon . member for Stroud of being opposed to all machinery . That charge is
totally unfounded . 1 am an favour of machinery , so long as it is subservient to manual labour , but the moment it supersedes manual labour , I think , with the late Sir R . Peel , that it becomes the bitterest curse of this country . After showing that the inevitable tendency of machinery and open competition with foreigners was to reduce the wagesof labour , the hon . member next took up tbe exportation of labourers from the agricultural districts , for the purpose of competing with the manufacturing operatives , and thereby lowering their wages . He brought forward the celebrated correspondence between A * hworth , of Preston , and Gregg , both Leaguers , and Chadwick , the secretary to the Poor Law Commission , praying for these labourers : showed how
they were inveigled from their homes : aud then showed the treatment they received from their new masters . Two years ago f moved for certain returns , which were to prove that the agricultural population had been worked to death in the manufacturing districts ; the house ordered the Poor Law Commissioners to account for the tens of thousands of labourers who had been induced to leave tlieir homes , and go to Yorkshire and Lancashire , but the only return that could be made was of about 8 , 000 who had so migrated ; they could account for their leaving the South of England , but they could not account for theirretnrn . 1 can prove that they have been worked to death —( hear , hear );—but before I do that I must state that extraordinary documents connected
with the Poor Law Commissioners and their assistants have come into my hands within the last few days . The country will now begin to know what has bean going on in Somerset-house for the last few years , aud how the commissioners have been playing into the hands of the Anti-Corn Law League . ( Hear , hear . ) I have received a letter from Mr . II . Gibbons , Bledlow Ridge , West Wycombe , Bucks , inclosing an account forwarded from Messrs . Ashworth to that parish for charges for persons belonging to it who bad been tempted to migrate to Egertou mills in 133-5 at the instigation of the Poor Law Commissioner , —Gilbert , Esq ., and Messrs . Ashworth and Gregg . The charges were for medical attendance and allowances to different families , and amounted
to £ 61 13 s . 4 d . A part of this was paid , and a prompt order sent that no farther advances would lie made by tne union . The consequence of this was that Messrs . Ashworth wrote to the guardians , stating that , " after the service they had rendered to the parish of Bledlow , they considered this as a very unworthy return" ( hear , hear ); and pressing for the repayment ef money they had advanced in sums of 4 s . Gd . a-week to a widow named Averv . "What wilf the house think of this ? The Poor Law Commissioners have paid to Messrs . Ashworth the sum of £ 4713 s . 4 d . in aid of wages—paid it to a firm which proposed that labourers should be sent to their district in order to reduce the rate of wages ! ( The hon . gentleman also read the items of the account
for medical attendance above referred to , and a list of the number of the family , Avery , who were sent back to their parish in a state quite unfit for agricultural pursuits . ) This is a pretty exposure . Mr . Charles Trimmer , a factory inspector , engaged in 1 S 37 , 18-38 , and 1839 , the ihrec succeeding years to ebe removal of tbe agricultural labourers , reported that in that time 340 cases of accident had been taken to the infirmary at Stockport , out of which thirty-six were owing to the parties being canght by the machinery whilst cleaning it in a moving state . Out of these 340 cases he states that he only knows of two in which the manufacturers have made any reparation or compensation to the injured parties , ( llear , hear . ) Thus it appears that 240 poor
labourers have been torn limb from limb in three years by the machinery of the free trade manufacturers , and carried into the Stockport infirmary , and yet only two hare received the slightest compensation . { Hear , hear . ) I challenge hon . members opposite who profess Anti-Corn Law League doctrines , to produce one case in this country of an English conntry gentleman having a labourer lamed in his employment , without harm * instantly provided for his familv . ( Hear , hear . ) I challenge them to send their paid lecturers , convicted blasphemers , and discharged soldiers , with the stripes of the cat-o ' -ninetails ^ on their backs , to inquire and to produce one instance of cruelty on the part of the country gentlemen , similar to what I have just described * .
Having thus exposed the cruelty of the League to their work-people , Mr . Ferrand next took up the selfishness of its members . He brought forward the conduct of Mr . George Wilson , its chairman , with reference to the proposal of Sir Robert j ' eel to take the duty off starch , in which he is a dealer . In consequence of his influence , a deputation waited upon the Premier , and the consequence was that starch was one of the two things that obtained merer in the t ariff " , lobsters beingthe other . ( Laughter . ) ' He then referred to the charge he had made against Mr . Cobden for practising truck at Ckork-y , and read extracts from the report of the committee , of which
Lord Ashley was chairman , and Messrs . Cobden and Brig htmembers , toshowthathisstatements were fully borne out , and concluded a long speech by saying—I appeal to the'gentlemanly feeling of shis ' louve for my justification . It is late in doing so , I admit : but my conscience has always acquitted me ; and I was unwilling to rake up an unpleasant discussion . 1 knew I was speaking the truth , and I now call upon the house to decide which of the two members it was , the hon . member for Stockport or myself " , who made a statement without a shadow of foundation . ( Hear . ) I am prepared to meet that hon . member on his own ground or on mine . He may go down to Knarcs-J * ow > U « h , and spend his £ 1 , 500 , hut 1 have far too high
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an opinion of mv constituents to believe that he can be successful , or that the association which he represents would be countenanced . I thank the house tor the indulgence with which , this evening , 1 have been heard . I have felt it my duty to redeem every pledge 1 gave to my constituents . I am prepared to go before them ; I challenge you to do the same . ( Loud ° Ontiie motion of Dr . Bowring the debate was then adjourned till Thursday , and after the other orders of the day were disposed ot , the house rose at a quarter to one o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Wkdxesbat , Feb . 25 . - fhe house met at twelve o ' clock .
TEN HOURS' BILL . Petitions in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill were presented by Mr . T . Buncombe , from Glasgow , Paisley , and other places ; by SirR . H . Inglis , from a place in the county of Lincoln ; and by Mr , W , Patten , from several places in Lancashire . FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . Mr , S . Crawford presented three petitions agreed to at public meetings held at Rochdale , praying for a remission of the sentences on Frost , Williams , and Joues .
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL . Mr . T . DcxcoxtnE moved the second reading of this bill . Its object was to correct an error which had crept into the wording of the act , and to remove certain doubts as to the meaning of ono clause , which had been declared by Mr . Justice Wightman to exclude friendly societies from its operation . The case in which the decision was given was this : —A man named John Scott was a member of the South Shields Provident and Loan Society , and being iuarrear
with the society , was sued by the body , i ' o evade payment he availed himself of this flaw ; and the judge held that the objection was fatal to the action . To remedy this defect the bill was brought in . The following was an extract from the opinion of Mr . Justice Wightman on that case , as reported in the Legal Observer oi * January 15 : — "I am of opinion that this society is not a friendly society , and that the words , 'or any other purpose not illegal , ' In the second section of 4 and 5 William IV ., c . 40 , must bo construed so as to bear some relation to the
declared object of the act , namely , for the mutual relief and maintenance of all and every the members thereof , their wives , children , < tc , in sickness , infancy , advanced age , widowhood , orany other natural state or contingency , whereof the occurrence is susceptible of calculation by way of average . If these words were to receive a more extended construc tion , they would then include societies which it is not contended fall within the act , namely , for insurances on lives , and numerous others . " The concluding sentence of his decision , if the words referred to were to receive a more extended sense , would include societies for insurances on lives , and showed he was not very familiar with the facts of the case ; seeing that there were at that very moment no fewer
than 5 , 000 friendly societies enrolled and their rules certified , for the purpose of providing relief in the event of the death of the members , with incomes Varying from £ 5 , 000 to £ 7 , 000 a-year each . Now , it the construction of Mr . Justice Wightman were correct , what would be the consequence to those societies , in the case of a dispute arising between a member and the trustees ? Tho consequence would be , that the magistiate would refuse to interfere , the case would go before the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and the society would be mined . Or a trustee might go off with the whole funds , and mischief and roguery of every kind might ensue , if Mr . Justice Wightnian ' s construction of the Act of Parliament were the correct one . It was not for him to say that Mr .
Justice W'ghtnian was wrong ; but he might mention that the Attorney-General was decidedly of opinion that societies . like the one in question ought to be enrolled under the Friendly Societies Act ; and surely , if Mr . Justice Wightman had known that Mr . Tidd Pratt had enrolled some thousands of these societies , he would have hesitated before he gave such a decision as he had given . As it was Mr . Tidd Pratt was obliged to hold his hands ; applications were every day made to him to certify the rules of similar societies , and he could not do it . ( Hear . ) He ( Mr . Duncombe ) assured the house that the introduction of this bill was no crotchet of his ; he had not only been requested to
introduce it by many friendly societies , but he had the full concurrence of'Mr . Tidd Pratt himself , who hadscen the bill , and approved of it . ( Hear , hear . ) The object of the b . ll was very simple . The present Act , as he had stated , contained the words " or any other purpose not illegal . " Mr . Justice Wightman had decided that to come within the meaning of this Act , the objects of the societies must be cjusdem generis , as the relief and maintenance of the members , their wives and children , in sickness , advanced age , & c . JS ' jw , the object of the bill wliich he introduced was to give a more extended effect to the Act ; and he , therefore , proposed to introduce , after " any other purpose not illegal , " the words" whether of thu same description as heretofore mentioned or
otherwise . " Sir J . GiuiiAM was niosl friendly to such societies , and desirous of seeing their advantages extended . Though he did not mean to oppose , the second reading , ho wished to hare an interview with Mr . Tidd Pratt before he could gire his entire support to the biiL Ou looking into the bill he found that the only difference between it and the present act lay in the cnaetiiigwords " ov otherwise . " Now , h j confessed that he did not approve of the introduction of those words . The objects of the societies ought , in his opinion , to be ejusdem generis ; as those specified in the act , namely , the relief of members and tlieir families during sickness , advanced age , and the like
whereas , if the words '" or otherwise" were introduced , it would enlarge the operations of the friendly societies to all objects of * whatever kind , provided only that they were not illegal . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he h gged the house to observe the effect of th is . There might be warty tilings not illegal ivhkh it might not be thc 2 'olicy of Hie Slate to encourage . Friendly societies , under the operations of the present act , had many advantages . They might sue and be sued by tlieir officers , they might make bye-Jaws , which were enforced by summary and stringent laws . He WOUill candidly state to the house the apprehensions he entertained in regard to this bill . Ik was not prepared to say that if masters should continue to reduce the rate of -wages it was illegal , or even inexpedient , that
workmen should cotitbinc to obtain a rise of wa-jes . Such was the effect of the law as it now stood sinco the passing ot the measure introduced by the hon . member for Montrose . Rut if workmen were to enter into a mutual assurance for the purpose of maintaining each oUier during strikes , although that might not be illegal , yet he had great doubts whether it would be politic on Hie part of tlte state to extend all the advantages of the Friendly Societies' Act to such societies . ( Hear , hear . ) Noiv Hie introduction of the words " or otherwise" would have that effect . He thought it , therefore , most desirable to pause before going into committee on this bill , lie did not sec ivhy political objects mig ht not distincdy come vnder the operation of this bill , if jyassed . Noiv , although not illegal , it did
not follow that it would be the policy of the state to encourage these . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Henley was also afraid that the great advantages possessed by friendly societies , under the act , might be perverted to improper purposes . There was one matter , however , which he wished speedily to mention with reference to these societies . He meant the power of carrying actions against friendly societies into the Court of Chancery , which he feared might become a great abuse . He ( Mr . Henley ) did not know whether any means could be adopted to improve the law in this respect , but he thought the point well worthy of consideration . ( Hear . ) Mr . Du . vcoxibe assured the house , that , as the object of the 4 th and 5 th William IV , was understood to extend the operations of friendly societies to
all purposes not illegal , and as a construction had been put upon that act at variance with this object , he only wished , by the present measure , to carry out the intentions of the original framers of that measure . The right hon . baronet ( Sir J . Graham ) Iwd expressed his fears of political objects coming under the operation of this measure . He could only say that ho Lad introduced the measure for n < i political purpose whatever ; but , after all , political societies were not illegal , and he did not see any harm would be done even if tltey were to come under its operation . Since he had brought in this bill he had been overwhelmed with letters complaining of its defects , and asking him to introduce all sorts of amendments , but which he had declined to do , because it would require a new Act of Parliament to meet the wishes of all the
people who had addressed him . He intended merely to confine himself to extending the operations oi friendly societies to the objects originally intended by the last alteration of the law . He hoped the right hon . baronet would take an early opportunity of seeing Mr . Tidd Pratt , who would explain the matter much better than he ( Mr . Buncombe ) could do , and who could assure him that there was no such danger to be apprehended from the measure as h-3 seemed to think . After a few words from Mr . J . S . Wortlcy and Mr . Ilawes ,
Sir . J . Graham said , that if the hon . member ( Mr . Duncombe ) would put the bill for committee on Wednesday nest , he ( Sir J . Graham ) would take the opportunity before thai time of seeing Mr . Tidd Pratt , of conferring with the law officers of the Crown , and considering the effect of Mr . Justice Whitman ' s judgment . . He would also confer with the hon . member himself before Wednesday , and point out what alterations he wished in the bill . The bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next . The Roman Catholic Belief Bill was read a second time . Some railway bills were forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned .
HOUSE OF LORDS-TmmsDAT , Feu . 20 . The Duke of Richmond presented fifty-four petitions in favour of protection to agriculture , also a petition from a town in the county of Warwick against the government measure . The petitioners were engaged iu the ribbon manufacture , and viewed the measures of the government with great alarm .
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# case of Brian Seery again occupied the attention of the house for a short time , but nothing new was elicited . The County Works Presentments ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . The Public Works ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Tm / RSDAr , Fun . 26 .
LABOURERS IN FACTORIES . Mr . Doxcombe presented » petition in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill . ^ He also presented a petition from six factory girls , in the employ of Messrs . Baxter and Brothers , manufacturers , . of Dundee . The petitioners complained of ill-treatment at the bauds of their employers , and prayed the house to make some inquiry upon the subject . He ( Mr . Duncombe ) believed that the circumstances of the case were these . The . Messrs . Baxters had , it appeared , increased the wages of some of their workers , aud these girls made a demand for a similar increase , which , was refused them . They did not in consequence attend their work one afternoon , and when they returned on the following morning , the six of
them ( the youngest being only thirteen years of age ) were locked up for six hours and then taken before a magistrate ( but previously he might state that they had been compelled to sign a paper making certain admissions ) , when they were sentenced to ten days ' imprisonment , with hard labour . They , therefore , prayed the house to make inquiry into the matter , with a view to remedy this grievance . Dr . Bowriho presented five petitions from Bolton in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill . Mr . S . Ciuwfokd presented a petition , signed by upwards of nine thousand of the inhabitants of Rochdale , in favour of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill . A number of petitions were presented for and against the government measure .
FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . Captain Pkchell presented a petition , signed by seven hundred of the inhabitants of Brighton , praying for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jones . The hon . and gallant member said he had to inform the house that the parties signing the petition were most respectable , and had affixed their places of residence to then : names . A . new writ was ordered for the borough of Bridport , in the room of Mr . Baillie Cochrane , who since the Election had accepted the office of her Majesty ' s Chiltern Hundreds .
ADJOURNED DEBATE . Mr . Ross opened the debate , and expressed his intention to vote for the government measure . Mr . B . Desison contradicted the statement which had been made by Mr . Ferrand , on Tuesday night , that he ( Mr . Denison ) had been deluded by Sir Robert Peel into seconding the Address , under a false representation of the purposes of government with respect to the Corn Laws . He had undertaken that duty , approving Sir R . Peel ' s tariff of 1 S 42 , and conjecturing from its success that it was the intention of government to construct the present measure upon the same princi . les , but he had not been prepared to expect that Sir R . Peel would propose a total abolition of the Corn Laws after a period of three years , during which we were to have a diminished sliding scale , accompanied by certain compulsatory
propositions . Iu propounding such a scheme , SirR . Peel had committed a mistake , which many now regretted , and which he hoped that Sir It . Peel would never live to " regret himself . Though he should oppose to the uttermost that scheme , he hoped that , if it were made law , it would promote the public interests in the way which Sir 11 . Peel expected . He had been returned to Parliament upon Protectionist principles , and he should act in accordance with those principles by voting for the amendment . In conclusion , he warned Lord Morpeth against believing that his return for the West Riding was a proof that the opinions of the electors of * that district were changed on the subject of the Corn Laws ; and , by advertising him , that , at the next general election , the extent of the change would probably be brought to a test .
Mr . Bbothertox supported the government measure . Mr . Cmustopiieu expressed his intention toresist the measure of the government , and to gire his cordial support to the amendment of Mr . Miles . The hon . gentleman ' s speech was merely a repetition of the usual" protectionist" arguments . Mr . Cakowell supported the measure . Mr . Finch opposed the measure . He ridiculed the " conversions" on the Ministerial benches as partly miraculous and partly ludicrous . He entered into a general defence of tho existing Corn Laws , and into a violent denunciation of thu proposed alteration in them , concluding both with an impassioned appeal to the house not to assent to the monstrous injustice of sweeping away at once all protection from agriculture .
Mr . Sevmeb ( one of the newly-clected members for Dorsetshire ) observed , that some members elected five years ago , seemed to have forgotten the sentiments of their constituents ; but it was impossible for him , who was only elected on Thursday last , to display such a failure of memory , lie undertook to say , that in Dorsetshire the farmers were to a man strong Protectionists , and he believed that ninetenths of the farmers in other counties of England were so too . Mr . Vilukrs commented upon the speech of the previous speaker . The debate had been proceeding at a tardy pace , protracted beyond all endurable limits , affording too clear a proof of the importance attached to any legislative measure involving the
interests of the rich . He admitted that the present measure was not complete , but it went a great way in the right direction ; and the declaration of the Protectionists assured its further efficiency , if the present proposition was affirmed . They had allowed eleven nights of the debate to pass without giving any reply to what had been alleged as the results of a Corn Law—nant , immorality , and increased mortality . Mr . V . then commented on several of the speeches made by the Protectionists in time house and elsewhere , and more particularly on a speech made by Lord Stanley some years ago iu Lancashire , when he admitted that the Corn Laws raised rents , and raised the price of food ,, but did not raise the rate of wages . Such was the system for which the
landowners of England were lighting ; and that was the system which rendered the prosperous farmer " so rare a bird that he was to be stuffed and sent as a curiosity to the British Museum , " and the labourer so demoralised that his wretched condition had passed into a by-word . Yes ; the complaint of the agriculturists was low prices , and their object in supporting the Corn Laws was high prices . In bringing forward this measure the government was protecting the agriculturists from themselves , and he hoped that they would have good sense enough to see that , and to consent to the abolition of a law which was an evidence of their past selfishness and present shame . On the motion of Mr . Bankes , the debate was adjourned . Lord J . Russell hoped that to-morrow night this debate would be brought to a close . Several voices cried out" No , no . "
Col . SiiiTHonr-E called attention to the circumstance that several members of the government were unprovided with teats in the house to the detriment of the publio interests . Mr . Spooseu hoped that the debate would terminate to-morrow night , but would nut consent to such a proposal unless every member had an opportunity of delivering his opinion . The other orders having been disposed of , the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMOiYS-Fnuuy , Fun . 20 . [ From our Second Edition of last week . } The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr . Gumming JJbuck , who reiterated the usual arguments against thu abolition of protection . . Mr . Podlett Scbofe urged at length the absurdity of denying to a skilful and industrious population an ample supply of the first necessaries of life .
Mr . Kewdegate censured the policy of the government both ou currency and corn , as detrimental to all the interests of the country . The peculiar burdens on iigiieul . tuie he estimated at twelve xiillions sterling annually , U'hieh incluth'd tithes , a cii . irgc es . icnti . illy a peculhir burden . Sir Hubert Peel was the . Minister of the necessities of the crown , not of the public opinion of the country . Mr . lUnKLV spoke at some length in favour of the government measures , which he approved in preference to tbcextrcinepolicy of either tiie Protectionists or tho-Anti-Corn Law League . Mr . JJi-NNETT ( Suffolk ) opposed the government men . sure .
Mr . Mumtz was satisfied that with our system of currency a repeal of the Corn Laws would be lie ' triiuentiil te native industry . Of it he wished to be an luuiitunle pro . ttetor ; but , as protection was most unequall y diffused he supported a repeal of the Com Laws , in order to bring about tiie change he desiderated . Mr . D'Israeli lamented that there were no statistics ot agriculture ; but this was undisputed , that fifty years ago we were compelled to import corn to supply our population , and that now , when our population was doubled , we fed them from our own resources ami at lower prices than formerly . No man could prove that protection haJ tit-en tho banc of agriculture in Rnglmid , unless he eould show that the cultivation of our soil was inferior to that Of Other countries : hut it n : is generally adniittod that it wus inliuitvly superior io that of every nation in the world . Those who boasted of our present
piosperity could not deny that our people were em . ployed ; and if it were not as well employed as he could wish , still its work would not be increased by tho admission of foreign competition , nor its wages increased by a reduction in the price of corn . He thought that iu England wc aught to do more than meivly maintain a balance between its agricultural and manufacturing interests . Wc should give a preponderance to the agricultural . We bad been told that the object of this change was the transference of power from ihe agricultural to themaiiufa ' cturing class , lie admitted the intelligence , and did not envy lbs wealth mid opulence of thu manufacturer ; but iu this age , when we had been suffering much from class interests , were we to h ? rescued from one class merely to sink under tho avowed domination of another ? If such were to b « . the great result of the struggle , he protested against the
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ignominious catastrophe . If wo were to have a change ho hoped that tho foundations of it would bo deep , and the scheme grand and comprehensive : then , instead ol falling under the thraldom of capitalists , who prided themselves more upon tlieir wealth than th eir intelligence , wo should seek , in bending to a new course , for the means of safety in the institutions of our ancient monarchy , and in the invigorated energies of an educated AND BNi'KANCIIISED PEOPLE . Ou the motion of Mr . E . Holler tha debats was adjourned to Monday .
[ We have selected , if not tbs most important portion of Mr . D'Israeli ' s speech for his own party , at least for ourselves , and the conclusion to which the hon . gentleman comes , that when tho measure is carried and tbe old party connection broken up , that their reliance upon an EDUCATED aud ENFRANCHISED peop le must bo the last , and only alternative for the nation ; those few words of Mr . Disraeli's speech , whether they are indicative of party conviction , party apprehension , protect'ionUt fear , or protectionist spite , are , nevertheless , balm to our cause . It is an old saying amongst sportsmen , thftt there is no foul hunting a fox , and we care but little whether the consistent or inconsistent Tories hunt down and destroy tho fceual—CLASS LEGISLATION . Our readers will iind hut little interest in the anti-Peel portion of
Mr . D'hsraeli sspeech . It was sound but not argumentative , cutting but n > t crushing , spiteful , and , therefore , deprived of one of the essential charms of oratory . However , the confession of ENFRANCHISING the people covers a multitude of sins , and induces us to tolerate much of what wc might otlierwiserevilc . ]
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MANSION-HOUSE . The Rufpunlt Police . —On Monday , Mr . Charles Watson and Mr . Parker , " respectable tradesmen , " were brought up , charged with a misdemeanor in having assisttdin the cicapeoi a person from the custody of a policeman . The eivseoccasioncd no small degree of interest . Policeman Jeremiah Mailer ( S 13 J stated tbat between three nnd four o ' clock on Sunday afternoon he had a' prisoner in custody on London Bridge for selling nuts , the footway having been completely blocked up . The defendant , Mr , Watson , walkud up and got between witness and his prisoner , and Mr . Parker began to abuse witness , and said to him , "if it were not for tbe law , I would twist your neck off . " The latter defendant , in other
words , encouraged tbe former to interfere with the policeman ' sduty . The crowd , always ready to tak . e part against the police , became extremely noisy and turbulent , and the prisoners escaped . Mr . Watson declared that there never had occurred , in the public streets , a more gross outrage . He and his wife , child , and sister-in-law , were walking over the bridge , when his wife pointed to policeman Mabcr , who was knocking about two poor boys who were selling nuts in a most cruel manner . She requested him to speak to the policeman , not to treat the boys so roughly , and he accordingly tupped tho policeman on the shoulder , and repeated his wife ' s request , but the moment he spoke the word , Maber seized him by the collar and dragged him away from his family to tho stailon-house , as if he had committed some robbery . Mr . Parker said
that the utmost Jfr . Watson hud done was mildly to request Maher not to ill-use the boys , who were crying bitterly , and whose heads Maher wag knocking together , lifter having tumbled their nuts about several times . CharlesLord , of No . 37 , Itedcross-street , tailor , said that he and his wife nnd three children , were passing when th * disturbance took place . He saw Maher following the boys and throwing their nuts about , pulling them , and then seizing Mr . Watson and drugging him to the stationhouse . Miss Parkes , sister to Mr . Watson's wife , was the first who noticed Maher knocking the heads of the boys together . Maher , thu moment Mr . Watson expostulated ,
seized him , and insisted upon dragging him along to the station-house , telling him at the same time that be had a Due coat on , and that it would soon be taken off . The policeman tumbled the nuts about three tiroos , and would not let the hoys go over the bridge ; witness spoke to him , mid he threatened to take her into custody , although she had her sister's child asleep in her arms . Other evidence to the likeeffect was given , and the Lord Mayor dismissed the defendants , and said that he should send a copy of the depositions to the Commissioner of Police , who would be able to decide whethar policeman Maher acted according to the instructions issued to the force .
GUILDHALL . The late Stabbing Case . —Committal fob Mobder . —On Monday morning John Tracy was brought up before Aldermen Copelaud , Farebrother , and Hunter , charged with the murder of a man named Thomas Martin . Tbe facts of the case appeared in lastSaturday ' * Star . It appears that the unfortunate man , after being removed to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , expired on Saturday evening . After evidence of thesefacts had been produced , the prisoner was fully committed to Newgate to take his trial for the murder .
WOKSIIIP-STltEET . Charge of Uapi . —On Wednesday . William Challis , a tobacconist in the Hackney-road , was placed at the bar before Mr . Droughtou charged with bavisg criminally assaulted Jane Wilson , a child twelve years of age . The complainant stated , that us she was proceeding home at nine o ' clock on the preceding ereniug , the defendant , who was standing at the door of his » hop smoking a cigar , stopped her , aud induced her to enter the house , under the pretence of sending her upon an errand . He next led her int } a room at the back of tbe shop , instantly threw her down , and , in spite of her resistance , succeeded in perpetrating tbe offence imputed to him . The defendant then promised her 5 s . if she would not mention hi . s conduct towards her , and placed Is , fid , in her hand , but shtt indignantly flung it upon the ground , aud a customer having fortunately entered the shop at the moment , she availed herself of this interruption to escape into the street , where sheinforraed the first woman she met of the
treatment she hud sustained , and requested to be led home to her parents . Elizabeth Blake , the woman just referred to , proved that the girl , upon leaving the defendant's house , accosted her in a state of great distress and alarm , and having'informed her of the circumstances , she conveyed her to the house N of her aunt , who returned with her to the defendant , and gave him into custody . Mrs . Esther Dostock , a lodger of the defendant , deposed tbat at the time ot the alleged assault she heard the cries and sobs of a child iu the room beneath her ; and the constable who apprehended him stated , that on reaching the house he found a crowd of several hundred persons asscm . bled in front of it , amongst whom were numerous women , who threatened to tear the defendant to pieces , and altogether expressed such exasperation against him , that the witness was compelled to procure a cab and the assistance of several ' other oflicers to enable him to convey Challis in safety to the police station . The prisoner was committed for trial .
SOUTHWARK . E . VTB . toBDi . VAiir Charge . — On Tuesday George Thompson was charged on the police sheet with feloniously and knowingly , urging Bridget Edgar , of Dyerstreet , Gravel-lane , Southwark , to take poison , of which she died . The inveuigation into the circumstances ex . cited a considerable degree of interest , during which the court was crowded with persons anxious to hear the result of the case . Mr . Robinson ( solicitor ) briefly stated the case , from which it appeared that afema ' . umnned Edgar , a widow in the above street , » aid that for some
time past she had been eohabiting with the prisoner , who formed an acquaintance with her . That of late they lived very unhappily , the prisoner being in the habit of treating her in a vtry cruel manner . Ou Saturday night , the Uth inst ., they had a disagreement , the result of which was that the prisoner turned her out and shut the door against her . Shortly nfter , a poliewnan on finding her in the street , and she having disclosed to him the conduct ot her assailant , insisted oh her admission , and she was accordingly permitted by him to enter the house again . Tinfollowing day ( Sunday ) the parties again had high words , in the midst of which the deceased drew from her
pocket a paper containing a white powder , and emptying it into a tea cup , poured water upon it , and exclaimed that she should poison herself . Upon hearing the threat the prisoner did not attempt to prevent the unfortunate woman from cartyingAtitttoexecution , but gaveutteranci ' to words calculated to urge her iuto the commission ol the act . The moment he used the expression , she put tho cup to her lip * , and swallowed off the contents . Thi > Was between two and three o ' clock in theafturnoon , and although the prisoner must have been nwnraof the deadly nature ot' the done , yet lie made no attempt to counteract its cifccts , and permitted the unfortunate creature to remain writhing iu agony- until between lire and six o ' clock , when a JArs / Seagev entered the house and found her lying ou her back in one of the rooms evidently iu great
pain . The prisoner was present at the time , and in replyto Uic question of Mrs ' . Sanger , tho deceased said that she had taken arsenic , and calling the prisoner to her she held out her hand and ejaculated , " George , I would not have taken it , but lor you ; you ought to have pwrented it but 1 forgivcyou . " un that occasion the prisoner said <> i saw her take a white powder , but I was not aware it was poison . " Xovv , be ( Ah-. Uobiuson ) contended tbat the prisoner mus'have been perfectly cognizant that she had taken u powder of a deleterious nature , for it appeared she had commenced vomiting very soon afterwards , and also complained of great paiu and heat internally . Soon after Mrs . Seager's visit the dnceased was conveyed to the hospital , where alio lingered until Tuesday , and then expired . Mr . Cottiiigham said that the conduct of the prisoner , to sivy ' the least of it , throughout the i . ft ' air , was of a most extraordinary circumstance
n . itui-e . The of his being present wiu-n the unfortunate woman had the foll y to SWillloW thipoi $ o » , ; ind no attempt on his part to prevent it , and afterwards allowing her to remain for nearly two hours writhing in pain , without calling in the aid of n medical man , exemplified , in an extraordinary degree , bia utter want of the common feelings of humanity , and he ( the magistrate ) must say of the necessity of the present investigation , U was , as lie Ueuwe said , a most grave charge , and one , if proved , that would affect tho life of the accused ; am " , i" order that a lull nnd fair incmu-y should be instituted into the whole of the circumstances , as well on the pare of deceased ' s friends as on behalf ol the accused , he should therefore remand him until Tues . day next , hut would accept of bail , himself in &! I ) D , ami two sureties of £ ' 100 each , to appear on that day . The prisoner , not being provided with the rt' ( Iuisito sureties , was committed .
THAMES . Concealing the Biuth of a Child : —On Tuesday , Elizabeth Card , aged 22 , was clnrged with concealing the birth of her illegitimate child . The prisoner vtas iu a n-i J
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weak state , nnd was allowed a mat during the examination . Mr . Uioderip inquired if an inquest had been held on the child ? The answer was in the affirmative , and that the jury had relieved the prisoner of the heavy charge of niurdwiiuj thu child , by returning an open verdict . The prisoner was committed for trial for concealing the birth .
LAMBETH . Commitment of a . Husband fob Cuttisq ms Wife ' s Thboat . —On Wednesday , Frederick Munton , a master tailor , residing at No . 8 , Halford-tcrrace , Pcnton place , Walworth , who has been in custody for several weeks on the charge of cutting the throat of his wife , was placed at the b . ir before Mr . Henry , for final examination . There are several circumstances attending this case , which render it one of a very peculiar character . In th e first place , the mother-in-law of the prisoner , who was a most important witness , has been found dead in her bed since the prisoner's apprehension and . her examination in thU court . In the next place the evidence against the accused appeared so conclusive , that nearly every individual who heard it felt almost conscious of his guilt
but the wife herself has come forward—declares her husband perfectly innocent of the charge , and asserts that her own was the hand with which thu wound on her throat was indicted . The circumstance took place on the morning of Sunday , the ' 25 th of last month , when the prisoner and his wife were heard by the mother and brother of the latter to be quarrelling below stairs some moments after the aeuffling ceased , and the prisoner was heard to cry " murder , " or " mother ; " and his mothur-in-law hastened down to see what was the matter . On reaching the bottom of the stairs she found the prisoner standing there in a state of nudity , with his person covered with spots of blood , and , upon looking into the front-parlour , the old lady saw her daughter lying ftn the floor , with a wound in front of her throat , from which
her blood was copiously flowing . She exclaimed , " Who has done it ? " and the prisoner ' s wife , pointing to the prisoner , replied , " He has done it , " Besides this , it was proved that the prisoner and his wife had lived ou most unhappy teims , and lie was in the habit of ill-using h « r , and threatening her life ; and further , a female , named Coi , who lived servant next door , deposed that on the morning in question , about eight o ' clock , she was in the parlour of her muster ' s house , mid heard u man say , in the passage of the prisoner ' s house , " You'll halloo murder ; I'll give you something to halloo murder for , you faggot . " After this there was a scuffle , and a gurgling noise , and then the parties seemed to go into the front parlour , and she ( witness ) beard a woman ' s voice say , " What have you done V aud " Oh I
you villain , you ' ve done it at last ! " and then she heard something heavy fall on the ground . With respect to tbe medical evidence , there appears a considerable difference in the opinion given by tbe two surgeons who have been examined . Mr . Otway , the gentleman who was first called in , and under whose treatment tbe prisoner ' s wife has nearly recovered , expresses it to be his decided opinion that Mrs . Munton had inflicted the wound herself , and speaks of the situation of the wound itself being in front of the throat , as in a great measure conlirmatory of that opinion . Mr . Howitt , a surgeon , who had been called in by the police , gave a different and opposite opinion . The hitter gentleman thought that it Mrs . Munton had attempted to cut herself , she would have commenced the wound further hack on the left side . A
person cutting at the throat of another who is resisting , would have greater difficulty in getting at any other part than the wind-pipe . Witness had seen many cases wherein suicide hud been committed by cutting the throat , and in all those which had come under his notice the wound was generally inflicted on the leftside of the throat , and not in the centre as the present wound . Mr . Howitt said that on going to the station-house he requested the prisoner to strip . On his right arm were two scratches , as if by finger nails , and fresh done , just below the thick part of the arm . He also found , bruises ut the back part of the right arm , and a bruise aud scratch on the elbow of the same arm . Both shoulders were much bruised and discoloured , and the bruises extended from shoulder to shoulder . On the left arm there were two
scratches and a slight cut below the elbow . Three fingers of the left hand were cut across apparently by the cut of a broad-pointed sharp instrument . There were no othar marks about him , but he was much discoloured with blood all over , especially his feet . His shirt , both tha front and steeres , was saturated with blood . —Mrs . Munton , the prisoner ' s wife , was next examined , Shu is a tall middle aged female , was very pale , and seemed very weak from the excessive loss of blood , and the effects of the wound , wliich , it appears , is nearly healed . Upon being sworn , she in a low tone deposed that she had baeti married to the prisoner for about three years , and , with the exception of a few words about business , but which they soon made up again , they lived happily together . She was subject to an unusual flow ot
blood to her head , and this disturbed her mind a good deal . On the morning of Sunday the 25 th of last month she got out of bed from her husband for Ihe purpose of lighting the fire , and while she went along the passage her mind became so distressed tint she could not tell what her feelings were . There wes something came before her and excited her very much , and said "You must do the rash act ! " She then went iuto the kitchen and got the razor . She was at that time in a dreadful state ot madn «» s , and gave one cut ill the passage and the other in the room . She declared that her husband was innocent and that she had inflicted thu wound herself . The sister of Mrs . Munton , a rsspectable
married female , contradicted a part et her sister ' s evidence , declared that the prisoner was frequently in the habit of ill-using her , that her sister had on many occasions complained of his ill-treatment , and being black aud blue from his violence , and she actually saw the pri . soner ill-use her herself . This was confirmed by Arthur Vcsey , the illegitimate son ot * Mrs . Munton . Mr . Henry remarked that taking the whole of the evidence into consideration , he should send the case before a jury , and leave it to them to say whether they believed the statement of Mrs . Munton , or whether she was not giving a false colouring to the case in order to screen her husband nam the charge .
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IMPORTANT AiEETLW AT GREENWICH . [ From our Third Edition of last tueek . ] A public meeting took place in the splendid Lecturo Hall , iloyai-hiil , Greenwich , on Wednesday evening , when not less than 700 persons were present , on behalf of * the Chartist exiles . Air . Ellis , an opulent tradesman of * Deptford , was unanimously called to the chair , and in a few appropriate remarks , he concluded by reading a letter from Admiral W . J . D . Dundas . one of the members for the Borough , in which the writer said he should be engaged on tho 18 th , but , nevertheless , he should be most happy to present and support any petition the meeting might entrust to his care . ( Cheers . ) Mr . T . Clark then moved the first resolution as follows : — " That this meeting is of opinion ,
considering that nisrcy has been extended to Papineau and other Canadians , who were arrested with arms in their hands , that the time has fully arrived when a measure of equal mercy should be meted out to John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , the victims of the Newport outbreak of 1 S"J 9 . Resolved , therefore , that a petition to the House of Commons be adopted for an address to her Majesty , praying her to restore them to their country , families , and friends . " Mr . Clark said—lie was well pleased to sec so many present , it spoke well for the cause in which they were engaged , that of mercy and justice . ( Hear , hour . ) Frost , Williams , and Jones belonged to a class rather above that of working men , but they , nevertheless , sympathised deeply with the workinj ; classes ; they saw that the middle and upper
classes were represented in Parliament , and , consequently , that tlieir interests were protected , butdiat the working classes , being unrepresented , their interests were unprotected , and they were treated likt . > miserable , wretched outcasts ; they , accordingly , deniiindcd for them the same rkhts , privileges , and immunities which were enjoyed by the other classes , and which they , as the producers of all wealth , so justly merited —( loud cheers)—yet lor tlte advocacy of such pure and holy principles they had been banished . ( Hear , hear . ) ( Mr . Feargus O'Connor now entered the hall , and was greeted with great cheering . ) Those much esteemed and highly honourable men were now in the sixth year of tln-ir exile , U . Ull lu > lllld UO doubt the meeting agreed with liiin , that the sufferings endured by these men and tlit-ii bereaved wives and families had been more than .-1
sufficient expiation for any crime they had committed . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor rose amid great cheering to second tho resolution , and said—Whatever might be the result of this petition thoy hud met to propose and support , the meeting reflected great credit on the Chartist body of Greenwich and Hcptibi d , who had got it up , and must tend to advance the great cause of public liberty . ( Loud cheers . ) Ten years ago lie had the honour to be invited by the Greenwich Chartists to a feast given to the members for tiie borough , and tllO great principles ho advocated wore then thought nonsense by the middle classes . How gratifying was it , therefore , to sec so many of that class present to-night , mixing with the working class . ( Loud
cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor here entered into a lucid exposition of the principles of the People ' s Charter , whicli be stated were part and parcel ot the British constitution , and the ^ e also wore the real and good principles enunciated by Frost , Williams , and Jones , and for thus advocating the equal rights of .-ill , had thev been persecuted and prosecuted . ( Hear , hear , ) He had the « tiietion of" Chief Baron Pollock ami Solicitor-General Sir Fitaoy Kelly , for saying that they were not only illegally tried but illegally convicted —( hear , hear ); yet , strange as it may appear , royal marriages , royal births , royal christenings had taken plnco , the hulks had been ransacked for
persons on whom to exercise the royal clemencv , whilst men of high moral reputation had been allowed to rot and perish in prisons , or drag on a ' miserable existence in penal settlements , whose only crime had heen that of feeling intensel y for the wron- 's and sufferings of their fellow men . ( Shame , shame ' and great applause . ) Mr . O'Connor m . ; , ]]) , ()«( forcibly to tho peculiar circumstances attending the trial of tiie Welsh martyrs . Tlieir patriotic friend Duncombe had given notice of u motion on the subject for winch they had met and let tho people onlv give him their cordial and hearty support-let each nidivuluaioniy luivo the vanity to UWtlmi on his citorts suxcoss depended , and victory would to
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; theirs . Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amid great ! cheering . The resolution was then unanimousl y adopted Mr . Doyle rose and submitted a petition , embodying the spirit of the foregoing resolution , and said our martyred brethren were tiie victims of spies eraployed by government , and paid out'of the hard earnings of tho industrious people . ( Hear , hear . ) He well remembered that Lord "Liverpool justified the employment ot ' such base nefarious means , on the plea that it had been adopted by all former governments , and he presumed that Russell and Melbourne had no better excuse for continuing the same dastardly practice . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Doyle next pre .
sented a graphic sketch of the misery , wretchedness , and destitution of the people , especially in tho manufacturing districts , and asked , under such circumstances , was it wonderful that they should hold suuhmeetinga as those for which tire "W elch martyrs were so unjustifiably banished ? ( Loud cheers . ) It was for enlightening the people that Frost , Williams , and Jones had sacrificed their liberties , and , until the people possessed what they justly demandod —equal rights and equal laws—peace , prosperity , and happiness would never preva il . { Great cheering . ) Mr . Philip M'Grath rose , loudly applauded , to second the adoption of the petition , and said—They had met to do an act ot'justice—to ask , in tho name of humanity , a grave assemblage to do an act of mercy to John Frost and his brave , but perhaps erring compatriots . ( Loud cheers . ) Frost was the
advocate of the rights of all ; ho saw one man in seven only enfranchised , and the remainder without the pale of the constitution , hence his exertions in favour of the People ' s Charter . John Frost only enunciated the great truth , that all mankind were equal . He ( Mr . M'Grath ) called on all thedaughters , sons matrons , and fathers present , to make the cause of the Welsh martyrs their cause ; then would they be enabled to get up such a breeze ot ' public feel , ing as shall waft them from the land of their captivity to the besoms of thoir wives , families , and friends . ( Loud cheers . ) The petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . J . Morgan moved , and Mr . Walter Flyer seconded— "That AdmiialJ . W . Dundas be requested to present the petition just adopted ; and that E . G . Barnard , the other member for the borough , be requested to support its prayer . " Carried unanimously .
A vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to the chairman , wiio suitably acknowledged the honour done him , and the meeting dissolved .
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THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith , are held every week on tlte following days aild places : — ' SUNDAY KVEXING . South London Chartist Hull , 115 , Blackfriars-road - at hail-past six o ' clock . —City Chartin Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — . Westminster : at the Parthcnium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , at half-past seven . —Sorners Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past-seven . —Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmctt ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marylelone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , " at halfpast seven .
MO . NDAY KVEXIXO . Camherwell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . TUESDAY KVESIKO . Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , Blaekheathhill , at eight o ' clock . , Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Judc , Sun Inn , Side , every Mondav evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , lor the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at S 7 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o ' clock .
Armky : The memlrera of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William Oates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock .
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Camberweil and V » A 1 . WOK 111 . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , at eight precisely . Leeds . —Mr . T . S . Mackintosh will deliver his third lecture to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , at halfpast six . Oldham . — On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . James Leach , oi Manchester , will lecture in the schoolroom of the Working-man ' s flail , at six o ' clock in the evening . Salfosd . —A meeting of tho members of the
Charfist Co-operative Land Society will take place in the National Chartist Association-room , back of Great George-street , Salford , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , March 1 st , at two o ' clock ' . The members of the Chartist Association are requested to attend a meeting on Tuesday next , March 3 rd , iu the above room at eight o ' clock . HuLii . —The : members of this branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet every Tuesday evening , at the Ship Inn , Church-lane . All the members are requested to attend next Tuesday , at seven p . m .
Boi / rox . —The shareholders of this locality are requested to attend a meeting of great importance , on Sunday next , March 1 st , at six o ' clock in the evening , in the Chartist Association-room , top of Kingstreet , Great Bolton . MomiAM . —The monthly meeting of the shareholders in the Co-operative Land Society will be held in the lecture-room , opposite to the Bull ' s Head , at two o'clock , on Sunday next , March 1 st . Rochdale . —The members of the Land Society are requested to meet in tiie Ciiartist-room , Mill-street , next Sunday , at three o clock , on business of importance . The South SiAproRDsmitE Mixeus' delegate meeting will be held on Monday next , March 2 nd , at Mr . Javon ' s , sign of the Loving Lamb , 1 lull-green ; each delegate is requested to bring with him the law-fund t books .
Brighton - . —A democratic supper will be held at the Artichoke Inn , William-street , on Wednesday evening , March 11 th , to commemorate the birthday of the late William C' obbett ; supper on the table at eight o ' cb ck precisely . Tickets may be had of Mr . Davey , 25 , Grosvenor-strect ; Mr . Mitchell , 2 i , Wood ' -strert ; Mr . John Page , 14 , Camelford-street ; Mr . Tullett , tl , Jew-street ; Mr . Williams , 34 , Kingstreet ; or at the bar of the above house —Ageuerainoiithly meeting of the Chartists of Brighton will be held at the Artichoke Inn , William-street , on Tuesl day next .
The mjxt Delegate Mketixo op Lancashire Mixers will be held on Monday , March 9 th , at the sign of the Antelope , Little Hutton , near Bolton ; chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . —There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Robert * , Esq ., and other gentlemen . —The miners of Bolton and its vicinity request their brethren in Yorkshire , Wales , and elsewheie , not to be deluded from their homes under the pretext of new pits being opened , and there not bein" a sufficiency ot men to work them , such reports befug gross fabrications , and only put in circulation for the purpose of aiding the dishonourable portion of the coal proprietors to keep down wages .
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. ' - mors . At the spring assizes at Carlisle , on Wednesday , John Hobday , charged with cutting and wounding Dennis Salmon , was found guilty and sentenced to be transported for fifteen veal's . * Mr . Justice Patteson , in passing sentence , said a more cowardly and dastardly act than that ol which they hadbcCllguUty , in attacking to the number of some 2 , 000 ft house in which ten or twelve of their fellow-subjects had taken shelter , and beating them in tho inhuman manner they had done , had hardly ever come before a court of justice . Even if there had been a fi"ht between parties more equally matchedand such
out-, rages had been committed in the course of it , it would be necessary to repress such conduct by verv severe examples ; still more so wiien a numerous moo attack a few who can make no resistance , pull them out of the house , beat them till tiny are insensible , and actually continue to beat them while king insensible on the ground . Two men named Stead ami Andrews wore found guilty on a similar charge ; tho former was sentenced to eighteen , and the latter to twelve months' imprisonment . Several other parties who were indicted for riot pleaded " Guiltv , " and were discharged on their recognizances to keep the peace
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DuKADra , Exi'Losiox axd Loss of Live on the aiUKsniAiu Cliff Tus . nkl . —Dover , Fbb . 21 , 1810 . —it has never been our painful task to record amove melancholy catiusirophe than has happened on the bouth Lastern 11110 this day . Upwards of twenty labourers took refuge from the hea > v rain at dinner dims in a cave , excavated just beyond the"Slmkspean tunnel , and , as is thou- cusiikm , smoked tlieir pipes ; some embers were scattered about-, and set fire to a considerable quantity of gunpowder , which had been most incautiously suffered to remain , which exploded , and caused a fearful Iks „ f life . Eleven bodies have been brought in dead and horriblv mangled . No pen can describe the dreadful cries of the survivors . Many are still expected hourly to breathe their last .
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Uuii'e , in the Same Street ami l ' avish , tor the l ' ropvietor , VKAlii ; US 0 ' \ . \> . \ "NOK , Esq ., ami published by Wu . Li . ist Hewitt , of No . IS . Charles-street , Uranj ilon-street , Walworth , in ' tlie I ' ariihof St . Mury , New . ingion , in tilt- Ouunt-v ot Surrey , at the Ottk-e , ^' o . 18 Cl'Oat tt'iiuliniil-stivet , llayumrket , ia ^ thri C ity ot Westminster . Saturday , February : S , ISltl
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 28, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28021846/page/8/
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