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NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! WESTMI 5 STER . \ t a publicmeetrag , held at the Parthenium room , ct " Martin ' s-lane , on Sunday , Jan . IS , the following ^« olution was moved by Mr . Cuffy , seconded by Mr . jltller , and carried nnanimonsly , " That the embodiment of the militia in a time of profound peace is unc alled for , and extremely unjust , seeing that we have r . othim : but our lives to fight for ; and they are not at present menaced by any foreign foe . "
XEWCASttE-OX-TTXE . The Militia . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead , held in the h ouse of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , on Monday evening , January 19 th , Mr . Robertson in the chair , the folfovring resolution was carried unanimously : — * ' That this meeting views the embodying ot the militia at the present time as another encroachment on the rights and liberties of the working classes , by forcing them from their homes and families , to
defend the country by arms which they are not allowed to do by their votes . We therefore determine to call 3 public meeting at the earliest opportunity , to petition Parliament against the militia laws , and to protest against the embodiment of that force . " Xewcastle-os-Ttse , Tuesday . —A public meet ing of the inhabitants of this town has been held here t , -night , to take measures to prevent the anticipated enrolment of the militia . The meeting , consisting of nearly 2 , 000 tradesmen and mechanics , assembled in fie new lecture-room .
Mr . Jonathan Pnestman , a member of the Society of Friends , occupied the chair , and addresses we : c delivered by the Rev . Messrs . Browning , Banks , M'Cree ( of Sunderland ) , and Bill ; and Messrs Haggle , Charlton , Adam , Sieke , Dodds , andMiat . The tenour of their remarks may be gathered from the following resolutions , all of " which were unaniffiOJsJy adopted : — 1 . That this meeting , viewing the practice of war as equally repugnant to religion and humanity , and believing that large military preparations tend to increase the probability of its occurrence , has heard with the deepest regret and disapproval of the contemplated enrolment of tie militia , and holds it to be the duty of every lover of his country to oppose the measure by all peaceful and Christian means .
2 . That this meeting being further of opinion that the c'Jlitia system is hostile to civil liberty , peculiarly oppressive towards the working classes , and calculated to exercise an injurious effect on public morals , earnestly advises all the friends of peace conscientiously to consider rthether it be not their duty peacefully te endure tbe penalties which the law inflicts for non-compliance , rather than facilitate the working of the system by either serrinjj themselves or providing substitutes . 3 . As a protest against this measure , a memorial , in accordance with the resolution , was adopted . The mayor has convened another meeting for Thursday , to memorialise Parliament on the subject . Indeed , the feeling against the system of compulsory military service is very decided amongst all classes here .
HAMMERSMITH . A public meeting was held at the Temperance Hall , Bridge-road , on Thursday evening , January 2 " ? nd , to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the embodiment of the militia . Mr . James Millwood , an elector of the county , was unanimously called to the chair . On the motion of Messrs . Stallwood and Ross , -supported by Mr . T . Clark , the following resolution was unanimously adopted , amid the loudest applause : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the contemplated embodiment of the militia is an unwarrantable stretch of power—unjust tcwards the unrepresented classes of the country ,
who are thereby compelled to defend , by force of ami ? , a government which neither recognises their rights nor protects their interests , and unwarranted by the present political aspects of the world . " A petition was also read , moved , and seconded , and , alter a very able address from Mr . P . M'Grath , was carried unanimously amid vehement applause , ordireJ to be signed by the chairman of the meeting and to be presented by T . S . Buncombe , Esq . The comity members , Messrs . G . Byng , and T . Wood , to be requested to support its prayer . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and this numerous and highly respectable meeting adjourned .
BEADI . NG . On Thursday evening week a public meeting , called by placard , was holden in ihe school-room , Minsterstreet , to petition Parliament against the calling « ut of the militia . At seven o ' clock the chair was taken by Mr . J . Campbell , a working man of the right sor t , who opened the meeting with a short address replete with sound sense and good feeling . Air . G . W . Wheeler then moved the adoption of a petition acainst the embodiment of tiie militia . Mr . E . Rous seconded its adoption . Mr . C . Doyle , of the Executive , supported the petition in a powerful speech , in the course of which he showed the iniquity of the proposed war with America , and the enormous burdens former wars had entailed on the present generation . His address was repeatedly cheered . The petition was unanimouslv carried .
todmokdex . The people of Todmorden were thrown into no little excitement on Friday , 23 rd inst ., with a placard appearing on the walls , headed " Tyranny resisted , " it being a copy of that which called the meeting , held in the room , Turnagain-lane , to petition Parliament against calling out the militia . The Leaguers and Tories did all their puny efforts would allow , to prevent the meeting taking place , by giving it out that Mr . Tattersal , who was noticed to speak at it , jmd the chairman , and any other person who attended , and took an active part , would be apprehend *!; bnt the Chartists were not to be frightened from their object , nor the people from attending . On Monday night , the time of meeting , die large
10 m of the Odd Fellows Hall was completely wedged fu . l ; all agreed that there has not been such a meeting here since the discussion the Chartists had with the League , when thev had such a triumph over that body in ISfl . Mr . Wheelwright , of Htbdcn-biidge , was called to the chair , and opened the business with a speech well timed and argumentative , giving the enemy a severecastigation for their puny attempt to prevent the meeting taking place , and introduced Mr . James Mooney , to move the adoption of the petition passed at the meeting held in Turnagainlane . _ Air . Mooney , in making his motion , spike in a strain of eloquence that would have done honour to a lord . He showed the necessity for the people having political power , and showed that it was the
duty of the government to call only npon those who were admitted within the pale of the constitution , as they were the only interested parties in maintaining a standing army , or of calling out the militia force Mr . Mooney was repeatedly cheered . He concluded bv moving the adoption of the petition . Mr . Samuel vi hithara then , in a brief manner , seconded the motion . The chairman then introduced Mr . Tattersal , from Burnley , who occupied the attention of the meeting in a strain of eloquence , not to be surpassed , fcr above an hour . He introduced the Oregon question , and explained everv particular of it in a manner that all must understand . Mr . Tattercal alluded to the foul means tha Whiga and Tories had resorted to , to fix the stiirroa of "Physical force "
upon the Chartists as a body ; " but , " said he , "I am determined , as far as I am concerned , not to use brute force for them ; I am determined to convince them that I am a man of j- eace , for , by the God that rules over us , I will not shoulder a musket against my neighbour Jonathan , or my poor suffering brother in Ireland . " De then explained what would be the consequence to all who refused to serve or else iud a substitute ' ; told them it was not his business i * advise them how to act , but he would ask them the question , " If thc ^ -sexe allotted , would they go ?" Ihe whole meeting , with one simultaneous shout , said " Xo I" Such a " So" it was as I never heard before , lie then requested none to vote for the adoption of the petition , unless they were ready to use every legal means to prevent the government calling the militia out . He requested tbem to lrold out n « false hopes ; if they did not agree with the
whole of it , not to vote for it ; or if they did agree with it , but did not intend to carry out the spirit of it , nottavotelfor it . After he had concluded , the chairman again read the petition , and gave any person in the room an opportunity to object to . or make any remark upon it . After waiting a sufficient time , and none coming forward , he put the motion , when there appeared smooth , gloved , and blistered hands unitedly held up for it . A better mectimj in Todmorden has never beenheld . The government arc doing wonders for Chartism . The calling out of the militia will convince them of the intelligence of the people ; they will not find whole families rushing to their standard now , without tbou » ht . After votes of thanks to Mr . Tattersal and the chairman had been given , the meeting gave three hearty cheers for Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , and the vast assembly separated , highly delighted with the event ' s proceedings .
DUSDEB . A meeting of Trades' Delegates is to be held on Monday next , at tbe Mechanics' Institute , to take into consideration the best means of opposing the embodiment of the militia . A Requisition Is in course of signature ia Leeds , l ^ -uestirri the Mayor to call a meeting of the inhabitants " to consider the propriety of memorialising the government and petitioning the two Houses of Parliament , in reference to the danger of war with America on the Oregon question , and the calling out of the militia . "
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Railway . Accvoesi . —AwtulIIkatii . —A passem-cr on the Sheffield and Manchester ttailwav , kavin" from some cause neglected to leave the carriage at the station for which he was booked , and as the conductor of the train of course could not be hailed , or i' he had been so , would most probably not have stopped the train to oblige the gentleman , he ( tiie passenger ) took the very rash step of jumping out of tie carriage when at full speed , and coming in contact with some masonry in his fall , tbcfro :: tpartof - */* - "jad was literallv driven iu , and almost instant wath ensued .
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HOUSE OF LORDS-Moxdat Jas " 6 MINISTERIAL CHANGES . r ^ . J ? aie of , ] CH « Iwj > asfeed whether the Duke of Wellington had received her Majesty ' s permission to explain the circumstances that attended the late Ministerial changes . The Duke of Wbusctos replied that he had , and was prepared to explain his own part in the transactions , but not that of others . 'rEe DukeThen gave a similar account of Sir R . Peel ' s conduct in respect tohisproposiuon to suspend the order in council , which the right hon . baronet gave himself on Thursday evening . He said he was one of those who also considered that proposition unnecessary . He con-* l d {* e the misfortune of the failure of the potatoes to be a great calamitv . but not exact U- a dpfieiencv of
u i . *~ xTZce a ^ ° ***& t - ie was one ° * tn 08 e who thought it right to avoid any essential alteration in the Corn Laws . He had . hawever , from a seme of duty , endeavoured to heal the divisions in the Cabinet , and not having succeeded , he was of opinion that they should resign . They did resign , and then the attempt to form another Government and the reeal of Sir Robert Peel followed , with which all the world are acquainted . His Grace was asked to stand by his right honourable friend , and he resolved todo so . Ik highly applauded his right honourable friend for forming a Government in which her Majesty could have confidence . He knew that in doing that he must be a party to an alteration of the Corn Laws ; but he could not refuse his aid to his right honourable friend in forming a Government to carry on the business of the country .
The Duke of Bdckixoham expressed himself not satisfied with the conduct of the ministers , and his determination to stand by the Duke of Richmond . After speeches of no importance from the Marquis of Lansdowne , tbe Earlot Radnor , and Lord Beaumont , the Earl of Abehdees declared that he had at once given Sir Robert Peel ' s proposition to open the ports his cordial assent . Adjourned at half-past six o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Moxdat , Jan . 20 . The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour .
PUBLIC WORKS ( IRELAND ) . In committee , Sir T . Fresiamle moved that a sum not exceeding £ -50 , 000 be granted to the Board of Works ( Ireland ) . Various sums bad at different periods been granted to that body to enable them to give employment to the people in seasons of distress , but their funds were now nearly exhausted , and he ( Sir T . Fremantle ) trusted that , in the present crisis , the house would not refuse to strengthen their hands . ( Hear , hear . ) After some discussion the resolution was agreed to .
RAILWAY LEGISLATION . Sir Robert Peel called the attention of the House of Commons to the subject of railway legislation . He leferred to the number of schemes which had already received the sanction of Parliament , and to the vast sums of money which would be expended in their construction . These projects alone would require £ 70 , 000 , 009 sterling for their completion . Theindiuation towards railway enterprise had , however , rapidly extended itself , so that at the present time there were deposited with the Board of Trade 815 plans , undertaking in all 20 , 637 miles of line , at a
cost of £ 350 , 000 , 000 . By what principles ought legislation on this highly-important matter to be in future regulated ? He felt no disposition whatever to place ^ any obstruction in the way of the development of railway enterprise ; nevertheless , he considered it very doubtful whether either the public interests , or the interests of the railway companies , would be promoted by this great mass of projects simultaneously receiving the sanction of Parliament . He proposed , therefore , the appointment of a select committee to take the mattervnto consideration The committee would be aided in its researches by the information which Government had collected .
After a very lengthy discussion the motion was put and carried . Sir T . Fremasiie obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the Drainage Acts in Ireland . At nine o'clock the house adjourned .
HOUSE OF LORDS-Tuesdat , Jak . 27 . The Duke of Richmond in presenting a petition from tenants , farmers , aad others in the eastern district of the county of Ross , assured the houso that he had not attempted to buy over . Mr . Feargus O'Connor ts the cause of protection . Lord Dalhousie answered a question of the Marquis of Clanricarde respecting Irish railroads ; aud the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Tcesdat , Jax . 27 .
The intense interest excited by the expected statement of Sir R . Peel on the subject of the Corn Laws was this afternoon manifested in no slight degree in the vicinity of the House of Commons , as well as in the house iteelf . From the hour of one in the afternoon , strangers who had had the good fortune to procure tickets of admission to the galleries were to be seen making their way with much haste to the scene of the all-important announcement—respecting the fate of the Corn Laws—and by half an hour after the time mentioned there were more candidates for admission to the strangers' galleries than the whole house itself could conveniently hold . Every passage leading to the interior of- the house was crowded to excess , so that the police ( who attended in
considerable numbers ) had no little difficulty in keeping a passage clear for the members . The doors were opened a little before the usual hour , immediately after which every seat was thronged to such an extent , as not to leave a single one unoccupied , to the great disappointment and mortification of some hundreds who , having tickets , calculated upon admission as a certainty . The attendance of members in the house was very numerous . We should say that there were not less than 400 present at half-past four . The seats below the bar , usually reserved for strangers , were filled with peers and other visitors , and most prominent of th « e in the front seat were seated Prince Albert , the Duke of Cambridge , and the Earl of Jersey . The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour .
FUTURE COMMERCIAL POLIC 1 OF THE
COUNTRY . SIR ROBERT PEEL'S STATEMENT . At twenty minutes to five o ' clock Sir R . Pbbl moved that the order of the day be read for the house resolving itself into a committee of the whole house on tbe Customs and Corn Importation Acts . The Speaker than left the chair , and the House went into committee , Mr . Greene in the chair . Sir R . Peel said , that in pursuance of the recommendation of the speech from the throne , he was about to call upon the house te review the duties which applied to many articles the produce and manufacture of other countries . He should proceed on the assumption contained in her Majesty ' s speech , that the repeal of prohibitory and the relaxation of
protective duties was in itself a wise poiicy—that protective duties abstractedly and in principle were open to objection—and that , though the policy of them might in some cases be defended , it must always be on some special grounds of national interest , or of justice towards individuals . He was also about to act on the presumption , that during the last three years there had been increased productiveneu in the revenue , notwithstanding a large remission of taxation ; that there had been an increased demand for labour ; and that there had also been increased competence , comfort , contentment , and peace among the population . In advising the continued application of thosejiriuciples , which had produced such salutary results , and which had already been sanctioned by the
house , he was not inclined to disregard the necessity of maintaining public credit unimpaired , and he was , therefore , prepared to act with forbearanee , in order that he might not prejudice in any respect tbe permanent interests of the country . It was possible that , owing to the numerous and various interests which his present proposition would affect , an impression might arise that his scheme was a rash one , and ought to be discouraged . If such should be the opinion of the partisans of protection , nothing would be more easy for them than to meet him on an early night with a resolution that protection to domestic industry was in itself a good , and that the principle of it ought to be sanctioned by the house . ( Cheers . ) It might , on the other
hand , be the conclusion of the house , considering all the difficulties of this question , and the nature of the contest which had long existed , and would long continue to exist if there were not a satisfactory adjustment of it—that his proposition , extensive as it was , ought to be accepted as a whole , though there might be objections in detail to parts of it . If that should be the conclusion of the house , he should have confidence in his ultimate success ; but if not , the sooner its disapprobation was expressed , the bctUr for all parties . The great principle of the relaxation of protective duties he was not going to apply to any one particular interest —( cheers );—on the contrary , he asked all the interests of the country , manufacturing , commercial , and agricultural , to make the sacrifice , if it were one , of their protection , to the common good . ( Cheers . ) Of late yearstlie whole tariff had been submitted to the review of the house , In 1642 he had proposed , and in 1845
he had carried out to a very large extent , a plan for remitting the duty on the raw materials constituting the elements of manufacture . There was at this moment scarcely a duty on the raw material imported from foreign countries which wc had not abandoned . He had , therefore , a right to call on the manufacturer to relinquish the protection of which he was now in possession . ( Cheers . ) The only two articles of raw material now subject to duty were tallow and t mbe » -. He intended to reduce the duty on tallow from ? . & . 3 d . to Is . Cd . a cwt ., and to make a gradualred \ iction on timber till it reached a point at which it would remain fixed , and which he would definitely describe on a future day . Having given the manufacturer free access to every raw material of man ufacture , he called upon such of them as were engay ed in making up the three articles , wool , linen , a * fld cotton , which formed the clothing of the countrv ., to give a proof of the sincerity of their
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convictions by wlinquu-hmg the protection which was now given to the articles of their manufacture He made this call upon them the more confidently , because it was the manufacturing , and not the agricultural interest , which first called on the government for protecting duties . Having given the manufacturei the advantage of a free command of the raw materials which enter into his fabrics , he ( Sir R . Peel ] called upon the manufacturer to join him in relaxing the protection on their manufactures . ( Loud cheers from the Opposition benches . ) Cotton manufacture he proposed to admit duty free . On unmanufactured articles of cotton in a more advanced state ( such as cotton etockings ) he proposed to reduce the present duty of twenty per cent , to ten per cent . ( Acryol
"Take it all off , and some slight interruption . ) ll was the mercantile and manufacturing interest whicii set the example of requiring protection , and it is therefore but justice that they should set the example ofrelinquishingthat protection . ( Cheers . ) Nothing could be more remarkable than the observation made by one who had no prejudices in favour of tho agriculturists . Dr . Adam Smith , speaking historically , says : — "Country gentlemen and farmers are , tc their great honour , of all people the least subject tc the wretched spirit of monopoly . " ( Laughter and loud ironical cheering from the Opposition . ) ' Dispersed in different parts of the country , they cannot so easily combine as merchants and manufacturers , who being collected into towns , and accustomed to
that exclusive corporation spirit ' which prevails in them , naturally endeavour to obtain against all theii countrymen the same exclusive privilege which thev generally possess against the inhabitants of their respective towns . They accordingly seem to have been the original inventors of those restraints upon the importation of foreign goods which secure to them the monopoly of the home market . It was probably in imitation of them , and to put themselves on a level with those who they found were disposed to oppress them , that the country gentlemen and farmers of Great Britain so far forgot the generosity which ia natural to their station as to demand the exclusive privilege of supplying their countrymen with corn and butcher ' s meat . They did not perhaps take
time to consider how much less their interest could be affected by the freedom of trade than that of the people whose example they followed . " This extract might excite the laughter of some gentlemen on the other side of the house ; but he believed the statement to be pcrfect ' y correct , that the restriction did not originate with the agriculturists , but that it was pressed on the Legislature in the first instance by the mercantile and manufacturing interests ; and that it was afterwards adopted and extended , as a necessary consequence , to the agricultural interests . He proposed to call on the manufacturers of linen and woollen , the two other great articles in addition to cotton concerned in the production of the clothing of the great body of thepeople , to relinquish protection .
At present , woollen goods which are made up are subject under the reduced tariff of 1842 to a duty of 20 per cent . He proposed that , as in the case of made-up cotton goods , the duty should be reduced from 20 per cent , to 10 per cent . In the case of linen he proposed that the coarser articles should come in duty free . The duties on made-up linens ho Sroposcd to reduce one-half . At present there was a uty on silk , which was called 30 per cent ., but which was often higher . He proposed to adopt a new principlein the levying of that duty , which was now an encouragement to the smuggler , and not to the British manufacturer , and to impose a duty of 15 per cent ., instead of 30 for every £ 100 value of silk . The duty on paper-hangings he proposed to reduce from Is . to
2 d . the square yard . With regard to the great mass of manufactures , subject to a duty of 20 per cent , according to the tariff of 1842 , he proposed that a duty of 10 per cent , should be the maximum , and this duty would fall on manufactures , such as brocade , earthenware , and other articles of that kind , and on all manufactures of hair . At present there was a duty of 20 per cent , on the import of foreign carriages . ( "Hear , hear , " and laughter on the Opposition benches . ) He would venture to say that there was no article so extravagantly dear as the carriage manufacture . ( Ironical cheers . ) He proposed to reduce the duty on candles one-half . He proposed that tho duty on foreign soap should be reduced ; that in the case of bard soap , now subject to a duty of 30 s . per
cwt ., that ( " uty should , on account of Excise duty on soap in this country , be reduced to 20 s . per cwt . ; that in the case of soft soap , the duty should be reduced from 20 s . to 14 s . per cwt . ; and that in tbe case of Naples soap the duty should be reduced from 56 s . to 20 s . per cwt . A great many articles in tho tariff of 1 S 42 he proposed to admit duty free . He proposed to abolish the duty on dress hides , and to diminish the duty on foreign boots and shoes . He propo > ed the following reductions : —On boot-fronts , from 3 s . Cd . to Is . Od . per dozen pairs ; large fronts , from 5 s . 6 d . to 2 s . 9 d . per dozen pair ; boots , from £ 1 Ss . to 14 s . per dozen pair ; shoes , from 14 s . to 7 s . ; women and children ' s shoes in the same proportion . He proposed to reduce the duty on straw
plaiting from 7 s . fid . to os . per pound , and on straw hats from Ss . Gd . to os . per pound . When he pro-Eosed the reduction of the duty on silk manufacture , e proposed also to take off the duty on dyed thrown silk . He proposed to reduce * the duty upon brandy and foreign spirits . He intended to reduce the nressnt duty upon brandy , Geneva , and foreign spirits generally , from 22 s . " lOd . to los . ( Hear , hear . ) He proposed to reduce the duties on sugar . ( Loud cheers from the Opposition benches . ) He proposed , assuming that the competition was to be with sugar the produce of free labour , to deduct 3 s . Gd . from tbe amount of the present differential duty . Iu the case of muscovade the amount of differential duty was 9 s . 4 d . ; in the case of clayed
sugar lis . Sd . ; he proposed to deduct from the amount of differential duty in each case Ss . Gd ., leaving the differential duty in fa * , our of British colonial sugar , competing with sugar the produce of free labour , at os . lOd . in the one case , and at Ss . in the other . ( Hear , hear . ) The right hon . baronet then proceeded to review the articles connected with agriculture on which import duties were levied . He proposed to reduce the duty on all seeds to os . per cwt . ( Hear , hear . ) Indian corn or maize , which was of such importance in the fattening of cattle , he proposed in future to introduce duty free . ( Hear , hear . ) He also proposed that buckwheat , and maize , and buckwheat flour , should be admitted duty free . ( Hear , hear . ) The right hon . baronet then described the reduction of duty which he intended to
propose on the importation of foreign butter , cheese , hops , and curecLjudi . He proposed that the duty should be immediately reduced upon butter from 20 i . to 10 s . per cwt . ; upon cheese , lrom 10 s . to 5 s . per cwt ; upon hops , from £ i 10 s . to £ 2 5 s . ; upon cured fish , from 2 s . to Is . per cwt . He proposed an immediate repeal of the duty on all those article * which constitute meat , as distinguished from grain ; that the duty on fresh beef , on salted beef , on what are called unenumerated articles , salt pork and fresh Eork , on potatoes , on vegetables of all kinds , shall e repealed . ( Cheers . ) He proposed that all that enters into the vegetable , anything that constitutes ] duim . il food should be admitted duty free , lie proposed that , in respect of all animals , they should be allowed to come into this country duty free ; he proposed that hones and other animals mentioned in the
tariff—( laughter )—should , as a proof of adherence to the principles laid down in respect to meat and manufactured articles , and in respect to the raw material , be admitted duty free . ( Hear . ) The agriculturists would remember that he had proposed the removal of protection from some of the great articles of manufacture connected with clothing ; thus their farm servants and domestics would be able to command a cheaper supply of clothing . ( Cheers . ) The right hon . baronet then proceeded to describe the nature of his proposal with respect to the importation of foreign corn . He bad already stated that he intended to exempt some articles now included in the Corn Laws ,
as maize , from duty altogether . It might , therefore , be as well for him to inform the house at once , that though be did not intend to propose the immediate repeal of the Corn Lawe , yet , in the hope of making a final adjustment of " the question , and for the sake ot" giving time for adjustment to the agricultural interest , he did intend to propose that their continuance should only be temporary . The bill which he should therefore introduce on this subject would contain an enactment that after a certain date grain of all kinds should come in duty free . ( Cheers . ) He proposed , however , tbnt a considerable reduction should be made at once
in the existing amount of duty , and that the duty so reduced should be limited to the continuance of three years . ( Great cheering . ) His bill would contain a provision that at that period , when the change would be least felt—namely , on the 1 st of February , 1849—oats , barley , rye , and wheat , should be only liable to that mere nominal duty which he intended to apply to maize , for the purpose of procuring statistical returns of the quantity imported . He wished it might be possible to take advantage of the present deficiency in the potatoe food , to introduce amongst the people of Ireland a taste for a higher kind of food than they have been accustomed to enjoy —( cheers ) —and at the same time diminish the chance to which they are often exposed of the recurrence of a loss of
the ordinary tbod of millions . ( Cheers . ) lie proposed that , immediately all corn the produce of British colonial possessions out of Europe , should bo admitted at a nominal duty . ( Cheer ? ,. ) lie proposed that in all eases those restrictions which apply to the import of meal , the produce of grain , should be removed . They were established lor the protection of the millers in this country , and it was now unnecessary they should be continued . He therefore saw no reason why they should remain on barley or any other articles . ( Ilwir . ) He proposed that there should be an enactment for three vears , to this effect , —that till the 1 st ef February , ISi ' J , the following duties should lie levied on all wheat imported into this country from foreign ports : —
WHEAT . Whenever the average price ot wheat , made up aud published in the manner required by law , shall bc for every quarter g . s . g . d . Under 48 the duty shall te for every quarter 10 0 48 — 4 !) do . do . . fl i 49 ¦— 50 do . do . . & i
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8 s . d . Under 31 the duty » haU be for every quarter 7 0 51 — S 2 do . do . . 6 0 52 — 53 do . do . . SO 53 and upwards do . do . . 4 0 The enactments which he proposed for all other descriptions of grain would follow the scale of duties upon wheat . There would , therefore , be levied on wheat at its present price a duty of 4 s ., instead of the present duty of 16 s . a quarter ; and every other grain taken out of bond for consumption in the home market would be liable to little more than a nominal duty . Such was the arrangement for the adjustment of this great question which her Majesty ' s government now offered to the house . He
intended to accompany that arrangement with other provisions , calculated , he would not say to give compensation to , but to advance the interest of that portion of the community which would be called upon to relinquish protection , with which ho was himself more particularly connected , and in the welfare of which the prosperity of England was deeply inverted . He then reviewed some of the burdens which fell on the land , and whicii he thought capable of alleviation by useful reforms , and not by transferring them toother parties . - ' ; hirst among these burdens he placed tho highway rates . They were at present administered by 16 , 000 local authorities distributed throughout the country . Nothing could bc more defective than that a highway whicii united several distinct parishes
should not be under the control of one board , but should be under the control of every distinct parish through which it ran . In each parish there was a different surveyor of the high roads . The sys tern led of necessity to a lax expenditure , and to very bad reparation of the roads . He proposed to compel parishes to unite themselves into districts for the repair of the roads . Those districts would be generally the same with the Poor Law Unions ; and thus the high roads would be under the control of 600 instead of 16 , 000 different authorities . Another of the burdens grievously , and he thought justly , complained of by the agricultural interest arose out of the law of settlement . Under the operation of the present law , the
population of the agricultural districts is invited into the manufacturing towns ; the agricultural labourer removes to a manufacturing town ; the prime of bis life is consumed upon manufactures , tho best of his strength is spent in that town , but then a reaction takes place , * a revulsion in trade ensues ; the man does not prosper . What is the consequence ? The man and his wife and family are sent back to the rural district to which he belongs by settlement . He returns to the rural district , unfitted for rural labour , having been transferred there greatly against his inclinations . Thus , great injustice is done—and not only is injustice done to the man , but a shock is given to the feelings of every one who witnesses such proceedings taking place . Not only , therefore , for the sake of removing a burden from the land , but also for the sake of doing justice to the labouring man , he proposed that five years' industrial residence in a town shall give the labouring man a settlement ,
and not only that , but also that the power of removal shall be taken away in respect of him after that term of residence , and that his demand for support shall not be on the place of his rural settlement , but on the place where his labour and industry have been given . He proposed that after the passing of this law no person who has resided for five years last preceding in a parish shall be removed from that parish , and that neither residence in a prison , barrack , lunatic asylum , or hospital , nor residence whilst receiving relief , shall be reckoned to be a part or an interruption of that period . ( Hear . ) Also that the children of any person , or the children of his wife , whether legitimate or illegitimate , under sixteen years , residing with the father or mother , shall not be removed , nor shall the wile of any person be removed ( hear , hear ) where such person is himself not removable . He also proposed that no widow residing with her husband at the time of his death shall be
removable from the parish in which he resided at the time for one year after his death . At present , when the working man is exhausted by the labours of a lifetime , an apprehension often arises in the minds of the parish authorities that he will become chargeable to the parish , and they immediately set about his removal . Now , it was proposed that there shall be no power of removal on the ground oi chargeabiiity , on account of accident , or by sickness of a man or any of his family , from the manufacturing to the agricultural districts . ( Hear . ) He then approached another matter , in which he advised , without any loss to any other interest , a great advantage to the agricultural interest . He proposed that the State should give facilities to the
improvement ol agricultural skill and industry , the Duke of Richmond had collected a mass of interesting evidence to show the great capability of improvement which was inherent to all kinds of land . Much benefit might be eftVcted by increased draining . Mr . Pusey had proposed several schemes for the improvement of land ; but great difficulties occurred , especially among the owners of entailed estates , in raising the funds to carry them into execution . Government proposed that the credit of the State should be empl yed in enabling those improvements to be made . An advance of Exchequer-bills should be made by way of loan for the purpose of agricultural improvement , security being of course taken to protect tho country against loss . The right hon . baronet ,
after describing at some length the mode m which these advances were to be made and repaid , concluded by stating that that was another plan by which he hoped to enable the agricultural interest to meet competition with the foreign grower . With respect to the local burdens pressing on the agriculturist , ho must declare at once that he could not advise any alteration in tho mode of the assessment of the poor-rates . It had been said that they were a charge upon the land , and that there should be an alteration in the mode of the levy . In point of fact , they wero not a charge upon the land . The opposition was between real and personal property . It was real property upon which the poor-rate was levied , as on mines ,
houses , lands , and manufactories . If the poor-rates were a charge for general objects , it would be just to make personal property contribute ; but they were a local charge , and personal property could not be called on for contribution without establishing an inquisition into every man's affairs , which , for the minute objects ofa poor-rate raised to relieve local distress , would not be tolerated . The rate on personal property had been abandoned because it could not be levied , and therefore he was not prepared to propose any alteration in the mode of assessment . He would , however , relieve the agricultural interest i » f the charge of maintaining the prisoners in the county gaols , and would provide for that charge by an annual vote of that home . Ho also proposed
that that portion of the charge for prosecuting felons whicii was now defrayed in England and Wales out of local rates imposed upon the land , should likewise be transferred to tho State . In Ireland the relief would amount to £ 17 , 000 , and in England to £ 100 , 000 a-year . He then proceeded to contend that if there was any part of the United Kingdom likely to suffer from the withdrawal of protection , it was Ireland ; for Ireland had not , as England had , the means of finding employment for her agricultural population in her manufacturing districts : Here , again , he would propose no relict from local burdens which was not accompanied by social advantages . In Ireland the police were paid partly by the las . il and partly by the Treasury , lie
believed that it would be for the general auvantage to place the p ' olice entirely under the Treasury , and to vest the control of it in the Executive Go vermuent . Such was the recommendation of Lord Devon ' s Commission ; and he , therefore , proposed that all the charge for the rural police iu Ireland should hereafter be borne by the public Treasury . Sir Robert then adverted to the subject of the medical relief of the poor in this country . He believed that there was no part of the Poor Law which had given greater or more just dissatisfaction . lie proposed to relieve the unions of half of tho charge on this score , by taking it u ; # on the government . He estimated that tho amount of charge in that case would be £ 100 , 000 for England aud £ 15 , 000 for
Scotland . The subject of medical relict in Irelaad was under a different system , and would shortly occupy the attention of the other House of Parliam / ait . He next proceeded to intimate his belief that in , the parish workhouses of England the provision foK-purposes of education was very iiiaitesjuate . lie did . not purpose in any way to interfere with the rigjit . now vested in the board of guardians to appoint a ., schoolmaster or schoolmistress to superintend tha education of tho pauper children , that , right oS appointment , would remain where it now was ; but government , in undertaking to provide £ 30 , 000 . a-year for the salaries of schoolmasters and schoolmistresses , for the children of the destitute , wo , ild reserve to itself power to inquire into the qualifications of those
instructors , and a power of inspe ctiug , and to a certain extent controlling , the schools . Then again as to the auditors of the unions , he proposed that their salaries , like those of the Commissioners and Sub-commissioner * , should bed . etrayed atthc public expense . He called upon the house to recollect that in every compensation which tie had proposed for the land , he had also proposed * , o give to the community great social relief . Ho , tin jreibre , hoped that , before this law was rejected , botl iparties , if their immediate views were not accorap ' iisked by it , would recollect that it proposed great benefits for society at large . Whether those benefits would bo sullicient to induce both parties to give their assent to his propositionhe could v otas yet tell ; but he wished them to
, , consider it cal- / niy ami temperately , and to reflect on the consequf „ . nce 8 which might accrue from its rejection . U . e concluded with two observations—one connected . » -ith our foreign and our commercial policy , " and another connected with our domestic policy . . In making these great reductions on the importa tionof articles the produce or manufacture of ibre ^ un countries , he could give the houso no guarantee , that foreign countries would follow our example . Vie had resolved to consult our- own interests alone , > and not to punish other countries and ourselves by continuing high duties , and the necessary concomi taut of high duties , smuggling . Ho could not promise them that foreign countries would exhibit any
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gratitude for what we were now doing . Ou the contrary , he might be told that many countries which had benefited by the relaxation of our duties on their commodities had applied a higher rate of duties to our goods . Ho relied on that fact as an encouragement to proceed in our past course . What hail been the result of those increased duties on our export trade ? Why , that it had flourished in spite of them , because the smuggler of foreign countries had been called in by the inhabitants to our aid . lie was convinced that our example would ultimately be followed by forei gn countries , and that reason and the common interests of the people , and the government in thoso countries would induce a relaxation ot hostile tantls . He trusted thai , t . hk imoroved
intercourse with foreign countries would constitute a new bond of peace ( hear , hear ); that it would control the passions of those European governments who still indulge themselves m visions of war , and that every lover of peace between nations would derive material strength from tho removal of impediments from commercial intercourse . With respect to our domestic policy , he had been- asked why he had determined to disturb the prosperity which had now lasted for nearly three years . * ' It had coexisted with the Corn Law of 18-42—what reason was there to disturb it ? " His answer was , that up to October last all those indications of prosperity did exist ; but since that time there had been indications of sympathy in the
manufacturing districts between employment and the price of provisions . What had occurred since October , 1845 , was one of the grounds on which he had determined to bring forward the present proposition . The right hon . baronet concluded as follows : —These are the proposals whicii , on the part of the government , 1 offer tor the adjustment—the ultimate adjustment of this question / I cannot appeal to any ungenerous feeling , 1 cannot appeal to tear , or to anything which will be calculated to exercise an undue sway over the reason of those to whom these proposals are made . There may be agitation , but it is not one which has reached the great mass of tho labouring classes , there being among them the total absence of all excitement . 1 admit it is perfectly possible that , without danger
to the public peace , we might continue tiie existing duties ; therefore I cannot appeal to fear as a ground lor agreeing to these proposals . But this 1 do say , — there has been a great change in the opinion of " the great mass of the community with respect to the Corn Laws . ( Hear . ) There is between the master manufacturers and the operative classes a common conviction that did not prevail in 1 S 42 , or at a former period—that it will bo for the public advantage that these laws should be repealed ; and while there is that union of sentiment between them , there appears at the same time to be a general contentment and loyaHy , and a confidence in your justice anil impartiality . ( Hear . ) As far as I can judge , the example which you set in taking on yourselves
great pecuniary burdens , m order that you might relieve the labouring classes from the taxation they are subject to , has produced the deepest impression and the most beneficial effect on their minds , and that they have a perfect confidence , as I said before , in your justice and wisdom . ( Hear , hear . ) But because this is a time of peace ; because there is a perfect calm , except so far as an agitation among the principal manufacturers may interrupt it ; because you are not subject to any coercion whatever , 1 entreat you to bear in mind that the aspect of affairs may change ; that we may have to contend with worse harvests than that of this year , and that it may be wise to avail ourselves of the present moment to effect an adjustment which I believe must be
ultimately made , and which could not belong delayed without engendering feelings of animosity between different classes of her Majesty ' s subjects . From a sincere conviction that the settlement is not to be delayed—that , accompanied with the precautionary measures to which I have referred , it will not inflict injury on the agricultural interest—from those feelings I should deeply lament , exclusively on public grounds , the failure of the attempt which , at the instance of her Majesty's government , I have made on this occasion to recommend to your calm and dispassionate consideration these proposals , with no other feeling or interest in the ultimate issue than
that they may , to use the words of her Majesty ' s speech , conduce to the promotion " of friendly feelings between different classes , to provide additional security for the continuance of peace , and to maintain contentment and happiness at home by increasing the comforts and bettering the condition of the great body of the people . "—( The speech was concluded at five , minutes past eight o'clock amidst loud cheering . ] Sir It . Peel rose again to suggest that the discussion on his resolution should be taken on that dayweek . His measure involved a great remission of taxation , and , therefore , a defalcation of the revenue . Besides , it incurred an annual charge amounting at least to £ 000 , 000 .
Mr . S . U'BniEs suggested to Sir R . Peel the propriety ol * considering whether this day fortnight would not be an early day for the consideration of this scheme . The voices of the farmers of England could not reach the houso in less than that time . Mr . Hume hoped that Sir It . Peel would not yield the postponement now required . Sir R . Peel asked Mr . Hume to allow him to eonduct his own affairs . He then suggested that the house should enter on this discussion on Thursdayweek . Mr . Miles begged for further time . Why not take the discussion on Monday week ?
Sir R . Peel assented to that suggestion ; but informed the House that he should then proceed de die in diem with the discus'ion of this question . He could not exactly declare the loss which the revenue would experience by the adoption of his proposition . Ho thought last year that by the alteration jn the Excise duties he should lose one million ; but the revenue from that source was now as good as it was before the alteration . He expected to lose four millions by the reduction of the Customs duties ; but nothing of the kind occurred . He was , therefore , unwilling to make an estimate of the loss which would accrue to the revenue . Tho charge which his scheme would impose on the consolidated fund would be au annual charge of £ 513 , 000 . In answer to a question from Lord John Russell , relative to the mode of proceeding iu order to obtain a decision of the house on the subject ,
Sir R . Peel observed , that he had no objection to bring the resolution on the Corn Laws first under consideration ; but whatever course should appear most advisable to the hsuse , the same would be most convenient to the government . Mr . Liddbll said—He had been a staunch supporter of Sir It . Peel , but he felt that he could no longer look forward with hope or confidence to his measures . ( Hear , hear . ) The right hon . baronet had given them his hopes of the effects to be produced by this change ; he would permit him ( Mr ! Liddell ) to express his fears of them . Within tho last five or six years unbounded improvement had / taken place in the cultivation of the land in the north of England ; miles and miles of drainage had been laid
down ; in these improvements tlic capital ot tho tenant had been spent as well as that of the landlords ; and how were they to find a profitable return if the principle of protection were no longer acted on ? He trusted his fears were visionary ; he fervently trusted that the right hon . baronet ' s hopes would fee rcali-icd ; but , should any material diminution in the price of corn follow these changes , if any extent of land should be thrown out of cultivation , those who would first suffer would not be the owners of large estates , who were denounced by the League as regardless of all interests but their own , wit the small tenants who had expended all their capital in the land , and those smaller landholders -who cultivated theiir-own estates , and who would not be able
to compete with the improvements of their richer neighbours . lie feared that a transfer of property to an extent little anticipated by the right boa . baronet , might be-the consequence of this policy ; and he for one would , not expose himself to the reproaches of those who . had placed confidente iu him ; he at least would , act appear More his dOTstitneats in a » y other light than that of a perfectly honest and consistent man . ( Ilea ? ,, hear . ) Gagtain SiQB & said ,. that when the right hoa . baronet was suiiround « d by such questionable- friendswken in the neighbourhood of gentlemen who had not yet niadfciip their minds as to whichsideof the house they would honour with their notice—it might not be unacceptable for him ( Captain Rous ) to declare that
ha- would support hhu , and tho measures he proposed , heart and soul ¦ and he would do so , bocause he was satisfied they were measures for the welfare of every class of her Majesty's subjects . ( " Hear , hear , " from the Opposition benches . ) On many occasions he had opposed the right hon . baronet , but in the general schomo of his policy he had almost invariably concurred ; and what was now submitted to the consideration of the house , ho could most cordially approve . The hon . and gallant gentleman added that in the event of the right hon . baronet failing in his plans , of a dissolution of Parliament , and of the noble lord the member for London becoming Prime Minister he ( Captain Rous ) was prepared , and would bo glad to give to that noble lord thesame support which he now offered the right hon . baronet . ( Cheers from tho Opposition benches . ) After speeches from Mr . S . O'Brion , Lord
Ingestre , and Mr . h . scott , Sir J . Tyrbm . rose from ' the Opposition side of the house , where he had occupied a seat amongst the leaders , a circutustance which occasioned some merriment on his rising . He regretted the prolongation of the discussion , as it could not end is the house ' s coming to any conclusion upon this occasion ; but he must say , as the right hon . baronet had complained that his antagonists had not confined themselves to argument , but had employed vituperation , he ( Sir John Tyrcll ) felt , for ono , as he imagined persons would have felt in the Peninsular war , if the Duke of Wellington and the greater part of his staff had gone over to Marshal Soult . ( Laughter . ) Such was the feeling which he ( Sir J . Tyrell ) , as an agricultural member , felt at the situation he was placed in . They who had so long supported him were now told that ' ll' they did not continue to support him , . they must submit to be exhibited in the most tVund
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vantageous contrast with the gentlemen behind him —the Whigs and Radicals , if he might so call them without offence . Those gentlemen might now , enjoy an opportunity of seeing what amount of ingenuity might be exercised , for the purpose of drawing the agricultural members through the utmost possible quantity of dirt . In 1811 they certainly owed him every allegiance , as the architect of their partv ; but now it would be a difficult matter to discover upon what ground he could claim their allegiance , seeing that his public conduct was in complete accordance with that of the hon . member for Montrose , for he voted that black was white , and white was black . Looking , then , at all the proceedings of Ministers ' , he sawno reason why he should continue to support what very fairly might be called the potatoe-peel Government .
Colonel Sjbtjjobp said he had no hesitation in saying , though with great pain , that for some years he had felt an honest pride iu supporting the right hon . baronet , but that he should now feel as great a pride in opposing him on the propositions he had thatnight ventured to submit to the consideration of the house . Lord March said , that in the present stage of these proceedings he would not occupy the time of the house by following the right hen . baronet . At tlw » same time lie must say , that never in his life hud he
been so horrified , so distressed , and so astonished , as when he heard the proposition that night submitted by the right hon . gentleman the First Lord of the Treasury in his speech in that house . He was perfectly certain that he , for one , could not , in any one instance , ' accede in any way to the propositions the right hon . gentleman recommended , and he nowbegged to state to the right hon . gentleman that they would meet with his most strenuous , his most violent , and his most constant opposition . ( Cheers . ) In answer to a question from Mr . Grogan
Sir R . Peel said , I will relieve any apprehension there may be on the sulject of the income-tax by saying that it is not the intention of her Majesty ' s government to make any proposition with respect to the income-tax , ( Hear . ) Fortified by the experience of the past , although there will be a temporary effect upon the revenue , yet I have that confidence in its elasticity , in consequence of the abundance of employment , that 1 do hope it will be possible to make all the reductions I propose without the imposition any new tax . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Bennett said , the right hon . baronet seeir , i < altogether to have forgotten the interests of those persons who consumed hops and malt—the labouring population of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) lie came down to the house that evening with the full confidence that the right hon . baronet would have proposed the repeal of the ma . 't-tax . ( Hear , hear . ) That tax fell heavily on the labouring clas . « es of the country , for it was a tax upon one of their necessaries of lite . ( Hear . ) Mr . Wakley had expected that the gentlemen of the Anti-Corn Law League would have expressed their satisfaction at the proposition of the right hon . baronet , and he was astonished at the stubborn silence which they had preserved ; because it was impossible
that they could have heard the scheme of the right hon . baronet without expressing the strongest approbation , and in the main principle of his proposal agreeing with him . There might be some points of disagreement , and some arrangements which might call for discussion from them ; but when tliey heard that in the end of three years there was to be a total repeal of the Corn Laws , and a previous repeal with reference to the duties on the food of the people , itwas utterly impossible that they could fail to express the strongest approval of the scheme as a whole . The hon . member for Wiltshire was disappointed at the hon . baronet , because he did not come up to his expectations iu regard to the malttiix . But he ( Mr . Wakley ) was firmly persuaded that the right hon .
baronet s measure was one calculated to benefit the millions , to benefit trade , and to preserve tho peace of the world , and he , for one , was prepared at once without further hesitation to say—representing , as he did , nearly 300 , 000 inhabitants ot tbe northern part of the metropolis—that he felt for the scheme of the right hon . baronet the strongest possible favour . He ( Mr . Wakley ) clearly saw that the next fortnight was to be expended in agitation , and not very peaceful agitation . He saw clearly enough that an appeal was to be made to the passions of the electors of this country . He would wish to ask them if they were prepared to raise every hustings in the kingdom as an instrument of torture to the eyes of the poor man who had
not a vote ? Let thorn remember that they were going to make an appeal of a most dangerous character . The poor man would say , " Sco what happens ; the parties who return the members are the tellers of food ; we are the consumers of food ; they have the votes , and we have none . " Did they believe , that if an appeal of that kind were made , it could do otherwise than cause agitation , and be attended with danger to the peace of society ? Millions who had no votes complained of class legislation , and said that they had no voice in electing thoso who were to govern the country ; and they were about to call on the sellers of food to determine whether the consumers of food should have justice done to them with regard to commercial legislation . Ue stated this because he was convinced that it tiie appeal were made , and if strong excitement were raised by it , it would be of a most dangerous character and calculated to endanger the peace of society . If hon .
j gentlemen were sincere in reference to the feelings of the mass of the people—if they really did consider that the mass of society would be opposed to the scheme of the right hon . baronet , he would ask , were they prepared to extend the franchise to the consumers of food ? No , they were not ; and he , therefore said , under these circumstances , they would act wisely to be cautiousjiow they excited the indignation of the millions , and induced them to believe that they were the promoters of oppression . Believing , as he did , that the scheme of the right hon . baronet had been propounded with a sincere desire to benefit the nation at large , without reference to particular classes—believing that it was one of a just character—believing that there was nothing ot injustice in it to any party , he should give it his roost cordial support ; and if the right hon . baronet maintained the noble grouud he had taken , the millions of England would carry his proposition for him , if appealed to .
Mr . Bexnett said , he came to that house free and unpledged , lie had pursued an honest course for forty years in public and in private , and nothing should induce him to do anything which he did not believe to be for the benefit of his country . The hon . member for Finsbury talked of agitation ; had he never heard of agitation before ? Had ho never heard of agitators on the other side going into every village ? But the agitation might be turned the otherway by the good sense of the agricultural labourers . At Goatacrc , for instance , there were not 300 people , as stated , but a reporter , a brickmaker , who earned about 3 l ) 3 . a-week , and another person like him . The speeches delivered by them were made for them , and this had been since proved and stated in the county paper .
Mr . GisuoitSE denied that the Anti-Corn Law . League had received the announcement of the right lion , baronet with stubborn silence . Tliey had not . expressed tbe slightest disrespect to the measure of . the right hon . gentleman ; but on so complicated a measure nobody should be called ttpon hastily to express an opinion . Mr . Nkwdegate , in reply to Mr . "Wakley ,. denounecd the Anti-Corn Law League as a mischievous body of agitators and anarchists . The hon . memiier for Finsbury had challenged hon . members on that side to extend the suffrage ; and he would sivy . „ that if the people of this country were exposed to the oppressive efiects ot'forehjn competition , andi to the heavy burdens to which they were now subjscted , it might be necessary seriously to consider the propriety , of extending the suffrage much lower than it was at present , and he did not shrink lVom expaessing such an opinion .
After speeches from Colonel T . Wood , Lord iS . ewrport , aud Mr . Aglionby , Mr . G . ' ^ askes addressed the house iu opposition to the ministerial Dispositions , challenging the government to appeal to the > country by dissolving Parliament .. Mr . Gkkese ( the Chairman to tho Coaimitteefc then reported progress , and it wss moved a-sd agreed to that the house resolve again , into the same com ~ mittee on Monday , the , ttth . of Jtebtututy . The other orders on the paper were than disposed of , and the house adjourned at twelve o ' slurk . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Wednesw , Jan .. 3 S . The House of Commons tact yesterday morning aA twelve o'clock . The business transacted ' wasof littld
importance . Mr . Gisiioit . vE proposed certain resolutions §> r tho purpose of giviug the committee os , the petitions for railway bills power to report , nor * , only whether tha standing orders had been comrjjed viitk ,, but also whether in any particular case Ujey . ought to be suspended and tiie parties allowed . to goon with their bill ; but they were opposed by Lord G . Somerset and Mi \ Swim ,, and negatived , after a short conversation wiihout a division .
FAMINE IN IRELAND-PUBLIC WORKS BILL , On the motion of Sir 'i \ Fkemastie , the Public Works ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time after a shoit discussion on the adequacy of tho grant , in which Mr . Hume , Mr . O'Connell , Sir It . Ferguson , Sir H . Barron , Mr . M . Milnes , and Mr . F . French joined . In the course of the discussion Mr . O'Conxeli . said , he did not mean to oppose the bill , but , on the contrary , would give it every assistance in his power , under this protest , that the government should not
consider that they were discharging any essential part of their duty ; by passing this bill . It was but an instalment of the relief which England required . It was impossible to be too emphatic on the peril which was approaching that country . Ho did not exaggerate at all when ho said that they were of four weeks of an actual famine in riuht hon . gentleman was , therefore , rig this bill on as fast as possible . Tho houso then adjourned ,
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