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moment whether tbe act reallv waswhat they were told it was . They said it would limit the hours of factory labour from six to six , and members of par liament were assured that ibis ' was the case from the highest authority . But it was . not-sol ; if it were , it would make no difference at alii in bis mind , because he would not give up _half-an-hoiir to buy any favour at . the hands of the government But it was not so . Under the act of Sir G . Grey ihe ' factoijday wonld still continue to be fifteen hours a day , and there would still be relays and shifts , with this difference , _thut tbey would be conducted by . persons under thirteen years of a « e instead of above . ( Great disapprobation . ) It was said again that tbey were to agree to this settlement , because there had been an agitation for so many years tbat it was time that tho question was decidedKb manfelt
. the weight of that argument more tiian . himself . ( Cheers . ) It was high time that the throbbing breasts of mothers were relieved ; but it was a question that God himself had raised ; it was God ' s question with man , and it was not to be settled by fraud , by trick , by robbery , but by justice alone . ( Loud cheers . ) Give ¦ us one ten hours bill ( pursued the speaker ) men of the House of Commons , and the question is settled , and we are thankful ; but dare to put your hands upon a moment of the time that God bas given us , and we will rive the question open again .- ( Cheers . ) If the operatives agreed to the government bill in any form , they could never again with any honour go to the House of Commons , and ask them to amend that law . Let them understand their position , then , correctly . Tbey were required to take what was now offered them as a final settlement .
Let them he very careful in toeir decision npon this point j for , he would tell them that if all the operaiwes in England , Scotland , and Ireland were to agree that they should be robbed ofthe half-hours which they had gained under John ' s Fielden's bill , he wonld never agree to it , but , as long as ho lived , he would devote the whole of his health and -strength to endeavour to get it for them again . ( Cheers . ) Let there be no delusion , then . Mr . Oastler having referred to Gould , Sadler , and Fielden , who'had died in tbe cause , and whom" he expected : " ore long to meet , said that he hoped to join them in tbe choir above , uncompromising to the last . ( Loud cheers . ) Even supposing Lord John Manners was defeated and tbe government bill passed _, still he
rested the cause upon that book wbich made no blunders—the Bible . The Bible told him what would next be just—if a man robbed-another , he should restore to bim five-fold ; and if the operatives were robbed ofthe half hour they had gained , his next agitation would , be for the restoration appointed by God himself in tbe Scriptures '; and he would hoist the banner of " Ten Hours allay , with Ileal Hours taken out . " ( Immense cheering . ) He would let their ; enemies know from , that place , that if they dared to _takeasiDgle moment from ' the time granted tothe operatives in John Fielden's act of 1847 , then would rise a storm in England which no power on earth could quell but justice , and justice would award the victory to the
plundered victims . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Oastler towards the close of his speech referred to the great sympathy which' existed in the agricultural districts with the factory operatives , and related several instances where he himself had been received with enthusiasm on account of his being the friend of tbe children ot factory workers . Labour ; he concluded , was now in agony everywhere , aud labourers were beginning to feel tbat they had souls to save , minds to improve , bodies to nourish ; and for this end they must have time taken from that excessive labour , which they were now compelled to devote to Moloch and to Mammon . ( Loud cheers . ) The Rev . J . R . Stevexs reminded tbem that be had openly declared twelve months ago , that if the
bill came to be repealed by cny act' of fraud , treachery , or collusion , he for one would not take any part to recover , the Ten Hours Bill as such , but that he would , along with Mr . " Oastler , Mr . Thomas fielden , Mr . Samuel _Fieldeni and others , "bearing similar , sentiments , ' hoist the flag of the Ten Hours Bill , taking two hours for meals out of that time . ( Cheers . ) . The present was a far more important meeting than any whicb had taken place in Manchester upon the subject . ' They had heard the delegates from all parts of the country telling tbem what was ' thought of the measure , and how cherished in the . districts they represented , lie was not sorry that Mr . Swan , one of the delegates ,
had spoken as he had done to the charges whicli were made against soine _^ of the working ' men of Manchester , which had given the opportunity to Messrs . Donovan , Mawdesley , and Mantle to show that the Manchester manufacturing operatives were no compromisers in reality ; There was unity among them , and ever had been ori this important question . It had not , and wonld not lose a particle of the ground it had gained . ( Cheers . ) Lord John Manners meant to win , and if he failed meant to throw . the government bill overboard ; and- he ( Mr . Stevens ) wished tbat with the bill be would throw over . tbe government also . ( Loud cheers ;) : The other resolutions were unanimously adopted by the meeting : — - * -
" That John Fielden ' s act , after two years * trjal , is found to have produced all the good results ' thnt its honest and upright author anticipated , and none ofthe evils which were too confidently predicted by its opponents ; that , therefore , this meeting firmly protests " against any , the slightest infringement of its principie- _^ namely , the two limitations cf labour to ten hours per day and forty-eight hours per week . " " That tbe factory workers not only protest against the : government proposition upon tho ground that the limitation to ten hours is their
right , granted and assured to them by parliament , and because ten hours per day , the usual limit of the hours of labour for adult males in this country , is still as much as , if not more than , ought to be imposed on young persons and females , * but because , from year to year , the improvements made in machinery , the advance in its speed , and otiier causes , throw " an increasing burden on the working hands , iasomuch tbat it is no exaggeration to say tbat the labour of tbe factory worker bas been fully doubled since tbe late Sir Robert PeeJ , in 1 S 15 , suggested a ten hours bill . "
" That it is with the deepest regret , not nomingled with feelings of a _stronger nature , that this meeting views the conduct . of Lord Ashley in not only deserting the cause wbich he had voluntarily pledged himself to support , but that in the manner best calculated to weaken its friends and to strengthen tbe hands of its enemies . " " That this meeting views with sadness and contempt the affected equivalent of half an-hour on the Saturday for the surrender of half an hour on each of the five days ofthe week , and this meeting protests against that and all other propositions to deduet something from the labour on Saturday as an excuse for extending the period of the labour to other days . "
" That . this meeting , and the factory workers generally , are ' determined never to submit to any infringement of their long-sought and hard-earned charter—John Fielding ' s Ten Hours Act ; and that they pledgs themselves to resist to the last every proposition that does not preserve untouched the limitations of ten hours per day and fifty-eight hours per week . " " That , should Lord John Manners not be able to carrv his amendment this session , this meeting calls
upon him and their other friends in and out of parliament to resist every proposed measure not in accordance with the last resolution , and pledges itself vigorously to support bis lordship , in obtaining an efficient Ten Hours Act in the next session . " " That petitions to both Houses of Parliament , in accordance with the foregoing resolution , be now adopted , and signed by the chairman . " " That , in the event of an election ' , ihe people are called upon to oppose the re-election of every candidate who shall not vote with Lord John
Manners on _tais question . . " Thatibe best thanks of this meeting are hereby given to Lord John _' Manncrs for tbe- prompt manner in which he has responded , to the call of tbe factory workers , ia assuming the responsibility and cave of taek cause in parliament . ' " Tbat the thanks of this meeting arc also given to Mr . Oastler and tbe others of our friends who have so kindly attended this meeting " . " Thanks haying been voted to the chairman , the meeting terminated .
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. . A Yeteuas . —We ve _\ vtA to announce the death of one of the most distinguished officers of the French nviny , General Count do Tittre ,. Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour . « fcc . , Charles de Baity da Villc-nouve , Count de Yitirc , was descended from rm old and noble family of Poitou , was tlie comrade of tho Emrjeror at tbe Military School , andtook a . glorious part in the campaign of-Russia , where , he was severely wounded , lie also distinguishcd hiinself in the _Spanish expedition in 1823 , where he bad -under his orders -General Changarnier , the Duke do Crillon , and-M . A , Carrel , who , on account pf his valour , gave bim the surname of the _-Biyard of the lOtii century . General Count de Tittre was uncle to M . Hughes de Cov . al , _a'distirigiiished political writer pf Pails . — QaUgtmnis Messenger . ' ' " - ' .
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_*?** ¦ _* ¦'" ' 'M 0 KDAl , _^ MiT _^ a ; 2 •• ' I ... _, .. nOUSE OF L 6 RDS . _^ Tiieila 8 _ters'i Jurisdiction _inEqurty Bill , the ' Estates _Leasing- '( ireland ) Bill , _an-4 the Judgments ( Ireland ) _Bill _/ _. nassed _thi-bugh committee . ' . ' , ' , ' . " . _i _, Z _Z-Z-.-. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ... ,. - The Defect in Leases Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed . : - - Lord _Broucuam moved for a return of the arrears of causes and appeals in , the Court of Chancery and in the appellate jurisdiction ofthe house . The noble lord denied the report that there were anv considerable arrears in appeals before tbe house , anil stated that though so . much could not bo said for the Court of Chancery , yet tho arrears in that
court were far less numerous than in 1830 , when ho assumed the custody of tho . Great : Seal . - Ho . roeretted extremely that Lord Cottenham would not be able to return for some time to his labours , and hoped , if the rummir that tbe . Gre . it Seal was to be put iu commission should prove , true , that tho opportunity would bo seized to make such an _arrangement as to the duties of the Chancellorship as would be emincutly . conducive to the effective administration of justice _, -i .. < ; • • • t ? - _> -.. AaazcaiTURiu : _Distbess . —A . Protectionist dV cussion was commenced ; by the Marquis of Sausburv , who presented some petitions complaining of _agricultural distress , and praying for the restoration of protection . His _lordsbip . _accompanrcd . tire papers he laid on the table with a multitude of statements regarding the decline of - wages , the scarcity of
employment _, the rum of the agriculturists , and the sacrifice of the general _interests ' of the _' eountry . He concluded by asking Earl Grey how long the experiment _« . f free trade was to be continued , ' . ; , ' •¦ ••' . " Earl _Gbev denied that the act of 184 G contained any clause limiting its operation ,. or tbat any intention existed as to its repeal . * - ¦ > > ¦ ¦ -. The Earl of _MaLMESBimrthought _^ it clear , that Earl Grey was better fitted for a _^ Ministry among the Medes and Persians than in a _coristitutional country like England . _Soldhg-assuch _uhpleasatit returns as thoselatcly presented with-regard to pauperism came before the n 6 use ;' ' long must tbe noble lord be content 'to haye this ' question of Protection discussed ., The' Free-tyade government had promised the people reciprocity and prosperity , but neither of _thoSe-prbmises -bad been ¦
fufiiled . v - . _-- ;; _^ Z' _^ ' _- 'Z V " : _- Earl _Gbet said that the goyerhmeht . must decline to enter upon incidenferU'dis _^ _Ussi'bns as to tho expediency . of Protection ; Whenever the' noble lords opposite could irftfce / up their minds to some definite system to be substituted for Free-trade _^ the" government would be happy to ' . meet ' tbem ; but hitherto one proposed one thing and one another , as was natural to men who argued . from imperfect data . For his own part , even . with , the short experience tbey possessed as to' { the effect of Free-trade , he thought it impossible to assert tbat it bad operated disadvantageously on _^ agricultufeVand he believed that if the ' efforts now ~ being made "for its improvement were persevered in , they would be crowned with" merited sucress . . ¦ -. ¦ .- ' _- . . ¦ ¦ " - .. ¦
Lord Stanley , was not surprised , after-what had fallen from Lord Grey as to the prosperity of the country , to hear him declare tbat tbe government were confident of refuting any arguments that noble lords on that side of the house might agree in bringing to bear ori Free-trade : He _^ was , sorry that he could not gratify the noble lord by stating the exact measure , which would be proposed , but he was convinced that a change was coming over the mind of the nation , which was opening its eyes to tbo progress ofthe dangerous experiment , now being tried , ' and becoming gradually convinced that a . return to Protection . was absolutely necessary .
He would take five or six articles of consumption in which a ' great diminution had taken place , ; and though he . did not mean to _•' . say that they were conclusive against . Free-trade , yet when coupled with ' increased pauperism rind the fall of wages , he did not think Earl Grey had any reason to exult in the success , which had attended Freetrade . ' He ( Lord . Stanley ) did not propose any measure , bnt be would repeat what be bad said in another place , that the prosperity of the country could only be re _.-tored by ah equitable adjustment of taxation , and a return to a moderate system" of import duties .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —TnE _Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill" was ' read a ' third tiriie . after considerable discussion , ' and two divisions upon proposed amendments . : ' The House then went into Committee of Supply , and the discussion ofthe Civil Service 'Estimates was proceeded with . . ' Public' _Salaries . —On the vote of £ 50 , 100 for salaries and expenses on the part of the Treasury , Mr . Forbes moved , that the vote . be reduced " by ten per cent . ' He thougbtit was only fair to those who had suffered hi ' consequence of'the . recent change in their commercial policy ! that the salaries
of public officers should bo reduced in proportion to thefallin the price of provisions . " - - ¦ ' Col . Thompson said that the profits of his constituents had gone u p ' twenty-seven per . cent . ; not in consequence of any injury which had been' inflicted upon others , but in consequence ofthe abolition of a wrong done to themselves . ( Hear . ) " V . ' Col . _Sibtbokp remarked that the report which the select committee was preparing upon the subject of official salaries would be shortly ready , but if the rote before them was passed , any recommendation of reduction . which . that report might contain " , would be but shutting the stable door after the steed was stolen . • ... ..
. The Chancellor of the Exchequer assured tho hon . member , that the incomes of himself and bis colleagues would be faithfully adapted to the judgment of the select committee , notwithstanding tho vote now proposed . ' '""' _¦' _- . Mr . Disraeli apprehended that all motions for retrenchment would be useless when stopped by the select committee , which blocked up inquiry on one side , and the financial reformers who always voted with the government on the other . Col . Tnoursox intended always to look with suspicion upon a suggestion of economy whicb came heralded by a story of agricultural distress . ' • ¦ — Mr . Hcme viewed retrenchment as most desirable for its own sake , without distinction of party , - but expected to secure it rather by _dimniwhing the number than the amount of official incomes . ' '
Mr . Cobden refused to concur in a spiteful and malicious vote introduced merely as a medium of retaliation , and suggesting a genera } reduction in the wages of labour . In the great industrial field in the West Riding of Yorkshire the rate of ' . wages had been for some time on the increase ; and if the agricultural . districts exhibited a decline of employment , it was because the abundant materials _^ . reproductivelabour which they contabicd were not wisely and actively developed . ; Mr . Disraeli " retorted-upon the Financial . Re former s _^ their many foregone statements of distress among tbe middle , and employing classes . The " paying power " of the country was _diminished , distress reigned , widely in other districts , though the West Riding was said to be au exception , and tbe universal prosperity _. prophesicd from the . _aboli-r tion ofthe corn law seemed postponed indefinitely upon various pretexts .
Mr . V . Smith agreed in the principle that the relative . value . pf money and . necessiiries should regulate the amount of . fixed salaries , but ' declined to disturb a question which was now under ' investigar tion by a select committee . •' . - Mr . " Xewbegate inquired why the economical prepossessions ; * so strongly , evinced against the military \ expenditure , . were not equally directed against the outlay for civil services . - _. . Mr . FoRBEshaving declined to press bis amendment : to a . division _^ the original vote was " . then put and carried . ¦ ••; --: . . .... _¦ , .
The vote for tbe expenses ofthe Foreign-office being proposed , a . brief ; . disgu . 8 sion _upoii-passports was introduced by . Lbrd . MAnoK , and elicited from Lord PALMBE 8 _Tox an . announceraent thatthe intention at one time _manifested-. by . t ho French govern- ; ment to abolish tho passport system , had not . been carried out ; nor was-, there any ; present _^ prospect either in that , or other continental countries , of havingthe embarrassment thus caused to ; travelling removed . ' . _) r ¦ ¦ _=- " ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦' ¦' - ' : d ' : ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ; ' ' ¦ ' ' ' An amendment wa 6 moved by . Mr . ; ABKWfiipHi-. _td ¦
the vote for the expenses of the Poor-law . staifj . witb the object of reducing the number of . _inspeciofsrln _England and Wales from thirteen to eight ; .: Tbe proposition was discussed at much length , but _negar tived upon a division by 157 to 36 _^ -121 . >; •¦ . . A second division was taken , on . an amendment moved by _' x \ _tdci-man Sidxey , for reducing _th' e . _nuuvber of Poor-law auditors . This amendment was likewise negatived by 181 to 50—123 . : . , ' ,: :: i On " the vote for the Mint , in reply to Mr . Thobslev , : . x : _ •" . •'
Mr . Sheil stated that tbo issue of the , flora com would be renewed as soon as a new did" was ready with the lettcrs . inserted , whose omission had ; occa . sioned so much public discussion ... A large issue of threepenny silver coinage was also ordered for the convenience , of small traders . Alderman _Copeland remarked upon the frequent refusal of the Solicitor of the Mint to prosecute in charges of passing bad money . _¦¦ _- .- _!¦• _•• : Tho _Attorney--Generaf _* explained , that the go : vewiment prosecutions wero oh many accouuts very reluctantly undertaken , the principle being that a public officer should . never , appear as prosecutor except in cases , where , from the nature of the evidence a conviction . was certain . ' ..-:.
The vote for certain expenses of the guardianship of the Public . Records , was followed by a complaint from Mr . Hon :, regarding the insufficiency and _. un-i safe depositories provided for the most iuipsrtaht national archives . ; Tho ' . CaASCEiio * of tbe . Exchequer said that a voto would shortly be proposed tothe house , . to pay for building a suitable Record QfficoV _* " _-. . ; " - Col . SniTHoru- inoved an . amendment to a _buvjso qiient Vote , by . whiob _^ Op ; was to _ be ratranelied tkmthe _' salaryof . the : Se _> etary ; for _^ _: ¦ _- ¦ __ : The amendiiWwasrdsthy _-156 to 41 votes ..:, t j
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The house afterwards-resumed . _¦•*¦ ' - ¦ - ~ - ••» » - * t _7 The Cburt . ohCbahcbry ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and passed ; _, > . ' Tho Medioal Charities ( Ireland ) Bill went through committee / ' ' - ¦ : -The- Petty Sessions ( Ireland ) Bill was ' ' read' a second tini ' e . ¦ _'' ¦' , ' - : _;;¦ ••• . •; _?¦' . _'• ¦ ¦ The house adjourned at a quarter past one o ' clock _"'• : . _'„ " ' TUESDAY , May 28 .. _^ . ; " : nOUSE , OF _LORDSi-MASinns _JomswcwoN in Equity Bail . —On tho motion of Lord _Bnoooniit , the report on this bill , as amended , was received _^ and the ; bill was ordered to be read a third time on ¦
Monday . . : : _; -. .: ¦ _..- . . ; _.- ; U _" Fees /( Court . of Common Pleas ) All . — Lord Beaumont moved the second reading of this bill . He . said the Bill which had como . up from the other house merely affected the tecs of two officers ofthe Court of Common Pleas-tho senior master , as registrar of judgments , and the officer fov registering the certificates of married women under _fMt for the . abolition of fines and recoveries _, _rire . bill provided for tho . proper . remuneration of the officers for tho labours performed , the surplus _fees . to be paid into the Treasury _; and it also provided , for compensation for the present officers _.
' -: Alter some remarks from Lord Redesdale , Lord Monteaqle , and Lord Langdalb , tho bill was read a second time . ••• ' _^ _- .. . _- _¦ _- , ¦ Several bills on the table wero forwarded a stage , and their lordships adjourned . : ¦ ¦ _-. HOUSE OF COMMONS . - The Ten Hocus Bill . —Petitions in favour of the Ten Hours Bill wero ;> presented by Mr . J . B . Smith , Mr . T . S , Duxcoube _, and other honourable members . " :: ' Tub . _Ecclbsias _' tioal ; Courts . — _giv B . Hall begged to ask a qiiestioh of the Secretary of State for the Homo Department .-Ho had moved for certain returns connected with tho ecclesiastioal courts of this country ;' exactly one month ago , and he had not seen them yet . Ho was informed that
a young lady , who , m newspaper phraseology , was of interesting- appearance and prepossessing manners , —( great laughter)—had the hohour ' . _' of holding the office of registrar of one of the ecclesiastical courts of this country . ( Rears of laughter . ) He did not mean to impiigii' tho morality or ' dignity of the yoiinflady in the slightest'degree ; indeed , she could be in noway accountable _* because , as he had been informed _^ she '' _- . had ; held ; the ; office sinCe she was five years of age .- ( _"'Obj' bhi" and renewed laughter . ) The ' _' , ques'tion he bad to ask was ,: when wero . thoso "returns for-which he had moved likcly : to lie laid upon the table 6 'f the house ; in order that thoy might see bow many more _^ young ladies . were officials _., of itie ecclesiastical' courts ? { Great laughter and " hoar , -hear . ' - ) v _«'; . >• ' ., ' . ;
. Sir . G . Gbey said , he was''totally uninformed with ' regard to the statement' made by tho honourable baronet . Tie had '' never cither known ; or heard before , that there was one female bfficiarconnected with the ecclesiastical courts ; As to the returns , they , had to be obtained -from each dioceso sepa rately . They had been ordered in due course , but he was not aware whether' any of them , had ,. bcen retiirned ' as ' yet . ' {* " . ' ; ;';'' The Derby Day . —Major Beresford moved that the bouse , on'its rising , should adjourn over thb Derby Day , a motion which , after some show of objection by Mr '/ Si Crawford , and Mr . Hume , was carried :- ' : ¦ : << _-. _..- ¦ _j- _^ , i . : ¦
First _Siinsa-is mb New House . —Sir . George Grey announced that it had- 'been proposed . to have a morning sitting . ' on " Thursday , ' -iu : the Neiv House bf Commons . " And , " he added , " as there is an anxiety to havo a day fixed'for the third reading ofthe Irish Elections Bill , we Iwill take that bill at twelve' on Thursday . " < Uproarious laughter was caused by the idea of inaugurating the . new _hbuso with an Irish discussion . . Assessed Taxes . —The Chancellor of the Excn . EqijER ' said that lie would renew tho composition for assessed . takes ( expiring' in April , 1851 ) for five
years . Resignation of the Lord CiiANCELLon . r-In rer ply to questions put by Mr . ' Patten and Mr . _Bouverie , : ' ;' : ' - _¦ __ ' ; ' ' " ; '' ¦ ¦ , Lord . J . Russell said , it was with very great re'i gr ' et . he announced ' tb ' at the Lord Chancellor ' s _static of health prevented him from " retaining ari offibe which he had disehavgedwitii ' so ' m ' uch a 1 ) ility . As soon as he should have given judgment in . various cases . he . would be compelled to resign the great seal . Infilling up the office , the person appointed would take it subject to any regulations or altera : tions to be made by parliament on the . Report of the Committee on . Salaiies ; and tbe offices in the appointment of the Lord Chancellor , which would
become vacant upon his resignation , would be likewise subject as to tenure and emolument , to thedetermiuation of parliament . With regard to the separation ofthe judicial ' and political functions of the Lord'Cliancellor , ' tins subject bad engaged the attention' of . her . Majesty ' s government , and was one of very considerable difficulty . ' _2 S o doubt the object wash , very desirable one , rind he trusted he should be able to pvbposo a measure' to parliament on the subject ; but , ' considering tlie riatuve of this high office , connected , with tho political ' administration ofthe country , and with the performance of judicial duties not only in thb Court of Chancery , b ' ut . in the Rouse of . Lords ; he was-loth to introduce such a measure witbout the most mature consideration . of
; Emicbaw _^ y Truaix- OnpnASS . — Mr . Milvs moved a rcsoliitio ' n ' i that it is expedient that tho ' govcrnment , ' in concert with boards of guardians in England and Wales , should take immediate steps to forward the emigration of orphan girls , inmates of workhouses , to Australia as apprentices . Confining his argument to Kew South Wales , he pointed but the inconveniences which settlers with wives and families experienced there from the want of female domestic servants , who were sometimes not to be hired at any wages . He then adverted to tho condition of orphan girls in workhouses ,-who under sixteen mingled with aged 4 rimates , and were thereby liable to contamination ; and nt sixteen might ; at twenty-four hours ' 'notice , quit tho work-!
house . The consequenceof being cast thus _sudr denly upon the world , without adviee or control , was often , demoralisation of tho saddestkind . The industrial and moral training which children now received' in ' workhouses adapted them to fill up'the vacuity in tbe colony , which , concurring in the object , would absorb a larger number than the female orphans iii our ' workhouses , and these emigrants might be followed by _girlsdcserted by both parents and the children of distressed widowers and widows . The expense he pvoposedto provide fovby requiring the parishes to pay for the outfit of -the children , tbe cost of placing them on board ship , " and £ 5 towards tho charges of the voyage ; the rest tohe defrayed by the Colonial Fund . > i- - - - - v- _;
Mr , ' Stafford , in no feeling . of hostility to the motion ,- moved as an amendment , to substitute " the United Kingdom" for " England and Wales . "; Ire land , where assistance was most needed , had , unassisted , made vast efforts to promote emigration , arid it should not be excluded from any scheme of government encouragement .- ¦ Mr . Stafford entered largely into the general subject of emigration , which ho considered to be , above all social questions , the fireside and household question throughout Great Britain and Ireland . .
Mv . _iHmyes admitted the great importance of this subject , especially to tho Australian . colonies ; . but observed that there were limits to all theso general views of benevolence—namely , considerations as to the capacity of' tlie colonies to receive a peculiar class of emigrants , the interests . and welfare of the emigrants'themselves , andthe interests of tlie empire at large . The disproportion of the sexes , the cvying evil of the colonies somo ' years ago , was now almost repaired ; groat numbers of female emigrants had been sent , and amongst them Irish orphans ; and , without discouraging further emigration , * to send a large additional number of young females to tbe colonies , without the certain prospect of tbeiv
finding employment , might add tothe social _ovils of the colonics . The fund available in the hands of the Emigration Cb ' mmissioners , who wero trustees under an act of parlia ' mbhf _^ _was very small . Though he concurred , - thbrefolrejin the general object ot ; Mr . Miles ; yet ) a 1 tcv , ' the statement-he bad made _^ ke th ' ou ' ght ' it would- be-inexpdient to agree to the motibh , and Le accordingly moved the previous question . : "•" . ' ¦ ' _,.- ¦¦ ¦ _.- _,-¦ ' - ¦ Mr . _Monsell urged ' . tbo' expedioncy of promoting the " emigration of girls from- Irish workhousesj iii some of which large numbers of women , between the ages of fifteen and forty ; had been iumates for more than a year . ' ¦•
. Thehoiisc was counted at ten minutes-past eight o ' clock , and as thercweroonly _tliirty-fivo _iiicmbora present iin adjournihonfc took place until Thursday ;
_' ; , . ; _, _" THURSDAY , May 30 . . : . HOUSE ' _. ' _oXlLORDS . -BRiiAou ofTrivilkoe . — Lord ' BROuonAM _. called tho attention of . their _Loi-dsbipsto a breach . of privilege , ' cbn ' sistiug in a tissuo of misstatements in . twb . ' papers ' with' reference to _hisjconductinareoont ' divorce bill . ' . Oneef . those papers had done all in itspowerto repairtheinjury , ' but tho other had not' done so , and if . at ' the next sitting ofthe bouse he felt as he did " at . that moment , ho would certainly ; move that the printer be called to the bur . , j . , _, .. . ; _-. HOUSE OF _COMMONS , assembled at twelve o ' clock in the ncw . _houje , which was temporarily fitted up with a view oftesting its capacity : for the accommodation of members , and its . adaptation Jo tho transmission of sound . ,- . , _- ; ' " - '¦ ¦¦•
_^ Th _' eonly publio'busiifcss appointed for t »> e-morning sitting was the third reading of the _Empirc-piS ( IrnsuND ) _BiLi-. A clause proposed by tho AnoRnbt-Gbnbeal . for appoiuting additional polling pbic ' es upon _petition-from Justices in Quarter hes .-sibns , whicli was agreed to , and a clause moved by Mr . ' _-FitkNCii , authorising tho appointment of additiouarpblllng places , on the petition of 300 electors , which . was negatived , occupied the . house until threeo ' cNcK , 'when a suspension cf business took place . " _- \ ' . - ' - ' . : Atfivej ()'' cl . ook , thohouse . re-as 3 ' emblqd , _wheb ' . " .. • iLori ' _iABaiij-: moved that , an address shouldrbe _^ rcsentea ; to ; tbe ; . Crown , -praying for the _total'ccs-
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sation of . Sunday _labburin the " Post-offices , of the United _hVnigdpm . _' : ; Tli 6 " ri 6 blo lord supported the motion by _adducing tho' religious principle , ; which crioined ' . the : _pei'fcct sahe'tification of the Sabbath ; and _jvhile , admitting _thatjome trivial indonvenience wouid be ' felt in . Ireland , _Slcotland , andi ; the towns iyihg'heyoiid a ' certaih radius froiii _. tho metro polUnn P 6 st bffiee , urged _, that even from tbosci districts where the commercial interruption to correspofidence _^ was most prolonged , petitions , comprising _, some hundreds of thousands' of signatures , ' had"been received in favour of the change he ' now proposed . To obviato all objections ; however , Lord Ashley consented to modify tho tenor of his resolution / , so as to imply simply the Investigation of the . best methods for ' securing , the object in . , view , instead _qt assuming a directly prohibitory form . • _. _'' ¦ '' .: '¦ tbo
'' ' The Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed motion , ' and after' some discussion tho , house divided , when the motion " was carried' by ' .. 03 against' CS , ¦ '• : ' : '" - . - " ¦ ' ' : " ' " : '" .: ' I ' ,. ' , ' ... Lord < _T . HussELLmoved for loave to bring in n , bill torflgulate the modo of administering the oath ' of abjuration to persona professing the' Jewish veh gion . Briefly , referring to the report prepared by the select committee , ; as . containing f _ulliinformation regarding the ' present state ofthe law upon thissub : ject , thonohlelord . postponed until- a future , stage any discussion _irpon the principle of the measure'ho wished to introduce . ; " *; ¦ ! .. ' : After ; a warning by 'Mr ; Nbwdeoatr , of the irreligious character of the proposed- step , which he declared his " intention of opposing hereafter ; in which Mr . PLiiMr-TRB joined , leave was given to bring in the bill , i .,, ' • . - '¦ ' : ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ _¦¦¦ _-.- - _'( ' ¦ _U---- _- _-
-Qn the order of the day for the resumption of tho adjourned' debate on tnc ; English and Irish : _Uniyer-• sitios , ' '"' " ' _-. . ' , .. ¦ i Mr . Gladstone . suggested that , as it had como on unexpectedly , it should be further adjourned until Monday , to _i which Lord ' J . Russell ' assented . ! ' _- , ~ ; _- ¦ ' . The Elections ( InBLANDj ' _BiLLi ' debatcd at the morning sitting , passed . " ¦ ' --j - " •> ' ¦ .,.. , _Theiother busines 3 . was disposed of / and thchousd adjourne . d . _at-. eight o ' clock ; ¦ •• ¦ ¦ -i . A > Z ¦' -: ¦ ¦ ; . . . : _¦] ,,.- ¦ _v : _¦; . _— _iFRIDAY _/ May 31 . > ¦ I ' ' ' ! : " ' ; :.- HOUSE : OF LORDS . —The _Bill-for the Abolition _ofSusDAY . FAiRS was read ; a second'time , on the motion of the . Earl . of . Carlisle . . > ¦ : _fh- / , _, :: ' _s'Lqrd Lucan moved . the ,, . _secondreading of the Distress FOR / RENr , ( IrtELANp ) Bill . ; The ; motion was agreed to , arid the bill read a second time .- : . _Sdndat _Thadino Prevention " BiLL ' i _^ 4 Tho Earl of Harbowbv- moved tlia _, t the house' / should" go into committee on this . bill . ''" ' ¦ .. ' _.. ' ..... ' ¦ ''' ¦ ••''''
_T _^ Lord . Bfi 6 iroiiAM looked upon measures of this sbr . t ; iTith gre | t anxiety . ho one had . erer .. felt tho deep importance of SabBath rest more than he had , birt if they . ' attempted 'io do . too much , bis , fear " was tbey Would "defeat tlie . object ' they had , iu ' vieWi - ' and render _^ tho ' consecration ' of tho Sabbath , unpopular with . the multitude . ' . If they straihed too hard , their penalties ; would _i ' all be . in ' vain .. ' ,- _^ hy should this meaW 6 . be ' confined to the metropolis ? and why should a ' p . ersori there be allowed to buy milk and cream on-tbe . 'Sunday , but no tea , and coffee ? Shaving and hair dressingafter tenq ' clock were . to be prohibited '; but peonlV might . buy newspapers , -
they ' were one , pf the absolute necessaries of life . They ' could , riot , buy a ' . bible , ' a . piayer-book , ' or . a sermon , but they could buy- Bell ' s Life ' iii London , if they wanted to know anything ' about ' tbo Derby or the'Oaky . „ . ( Hear , "hear . ) ' , ' .. He mus 1 take ibis _opr portunity of expressing his surprise at tbo ' outrageous _^ ' address agreed to iri the otber house , . by ' which ' all / Post' Office labour , " and consequently , all _busing ; , was tobe ' . suspended , for . twenty-four hour _^ _fcforJt / . ' appeared all-tbe mails we ' re to : bo stopped on / Sundays . . ' , _! . ; . ...,. , _.-: -i . "Th ' o'Earl ' _. ' o ' _f'MbuNTCAsnELL . — That is not tins bill . ' ' . ' -r : _' ' _- \ ""• ¦ . " ..- ' . ¦ .,:
.,-Lord _BnouGiiAir . —Did thb . noble lord think he was such imidiot as Dot ' to know that 3 /' ( Gi ea ' _fc- _' laughte ' r . ) ' He knew ' very well it "was not / the bill before the house , but if they , passed the . measure now under . consideration , the other might follow in its w , ikc . . " :.. AU ships , ho supposed , were ' not to sail on tho / _Sribbatfi , ;; these men seemed to think . that ' ' _idleness . was the' best way of . keeping ' .. the Sabbath ,. He had _. becnin many countries , not only in those which wero , ! Catholic , ' , but . iri Geneva and tbo Lutham states of the JForfch of Europe , and hetbought it was only just to " this ( country to state that nowhere , -excepting perhaps in the towns of Scotland , was the Sabbath better observed than in England . He knew no ' great city in which the Sabbath was less broken than in this metropolis . ' .
The Earl of , Hakrowby said , that in tho poorer districts ofthe metropolis , more business was dono on Sundays ' than on any other days ! In reference to newspapers he wished to err rather on tho side of indulgence tbanseventy _.- ' His object was to put an cud to useless Sunday trading , without- interfering with that which . / was absolutely . . necessary . He hoped . _tlie . bouse ' _; ivould allow . tho hill to go ! iuto committee . _; . , ' .. ' ¦ ' _, . , . , _,. _] "' . ¦ .... ¦ _.- " - : -. ¦ ' : ¦ The Bishop ' of St . ' Asaph supported ; the bill , and Instanced the New-cut anil _SeyhiouMtreet , in Lamboth , as . _placea which' wcrp a disgrace to any civilised country . on the Sabbath . " ' _--Z . i ¦' ' . ¦'¦" '
. . : _'After ' so ' me / further , _diacu ' _ssioni ' . the bill :. passed through committee . ' - 'Z ' . ' ¦ . ' . _. _.- _> .. _- _¦' ¦' . ' ¦ . .... ' ., " '' -. ; . _-, AusTRkus _Colonics . Bill . —Earl . _Sniv moved tiie ' secqnd [ reading of . this . bill . / D / ivelling upoh _. thb rapid . progress bf tlio colonies in _> question , where the population had increased'tenfold , - and the exports fifteen fold , ; within / tho past twenty years , the iioblb earl explained , the object of . tho ' prescnt . bill to bo the prbyisipn of " a " free , regular , arid constitutional gbverriment for the British .. dependencies in Australia . . ' , Somo discussion ensued , after which the bill was road a ; second time . / , ' . . '; . . ' Theh _' Lordsbjpsthen adjourned . ...
, HQUSE . ; OF . / COMM' 6 KS .---SirE . BoxT 0 N _^ m a resolution ; declaringthat it is unjust and impolitic _. tQ _^ _eaposo / tbe . froe-grown sugar of tbe British cplqnies . ; . and ; . possessions' abroad to unrestricted _pqifipeiition . with , the sugar of foreign ¦ siave-trading countries . The question , he . observed ; - was one of great importanco to the ' . West India ' colonies ,, but of _stillgroaterimnortonco . to _^ arid his . object was to consider the question , as-one of humanity and of high moral-principle ratheij than of , trade or . a ' s affecting the prosperity , of our colonies . ' . lie , traced thb history of tho alteration in the sugar duties from 1841 ' , wbon those on slave grown sugar had / been reduced to a ,, scale , which it was supposed : wo . uld havo enabled our " colonial ' ' sugar to compcto'with its rival in ' tho British _marTsetto 18-10 , when tho . measure was introduced against
which , he . complained . Though ; ; the . effects -of that measure : had been mitigated by the alteration In , 1848 ,, whereby : the colonists were . granted a comparative ; respite , there was / nothing in the condition of . our -West India colonies , which' warranted / the supposition thiit when . the differential . duties were brought to a level the . distress in tho West indies would hot be as great as , before ; Reminding the house of the misery and destruction of life attending the slave trade , ho urged that , . if tho slave grown sugar of , Cuba and Brazil were admitted to free competition with our own sugar , we must makonp our minds tliat we' wero promoting a system . which produced as much misery ; and degradation as could exist in any human condition , and which . was , tho worst enemy of civilisation and of the diffusion of tbo Gospel in Africa . ¦ _'
Mr . R . ; Evans seconded the motion . , Mr , Hume concurred in behoving that the West Indies were subjected . _toian unfair competition , but belioved tbat thoy did not so much require protection as tho abolition of tbo laws which prevented their pbtainiug a full- supply of free labour . By encouraging " tlio importation ' ,. ' of -African neerocs as free apprentices , wo should placo the West Indians ' . upon an equal footing' with the planters of Cuba and Brazil ' , and thereby diminish the demand for ' , slave labour ,: and \ do . niore : to destroy the traffic " than could bo effectbl . by all our efforts-at , forcible repression . The ho ' n . member coricluded / by . moving ' as an . ' amendment to tlie -motion the addition of words ' denouncing tho obr . stvuctio . ns ' _. _intcirpQsed -by the _^ Legislature , in the sugar' growing' cbl 6 nics , " to ' the . supply of fret labour from Africa and . ' elsowhoro . f " Mr . Mangles supported the amendment . A long discussion _ensiiod , and the house dividod—For the motion .... 234 ¦ ! Against ,.,. ...... ; ....,:. 275-41 '" The hoiiso adjourned at two clock ai _uluok
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o' . _lue _uuuou _jiujuuiuuu _, _mu u . Si'MPATnY ' BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS OF ; ,. _ENGLAND AisD . FRANCE . _, . Another of those great meetings , oonvencd by the Provisional Comniitteo of the' _National Charter Assbciiitiori / _wiis hold at the Literary and _Soiehtifii _, _' Institution , John-street , ' Tottcnbam-couVt-voad / p ' n Tuesday evening . ' May 28 th ; ' ' . ! ' . ; . ' : Mr . John' _Auxott was called to the 'chair , arid apologised for tho absence of Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , on tho ground of pressure of business . "' Ho read a lettei-from Mr . G . J . Harney , - who was detained ai hofno by thb . alarming c indisposition of . Mrs . Harney , ' which had ; idso precluded the possibility of Mr . Harney's attendanco at : tho _Lancnshiro and Yorkshire dolegato meeting , held at Hobden Bridge ' , on SundiwJnBt . -However , ho ( Mr . Arnott ) had b ' eeii
to : that , meeting , and right : pleased ho . was to in ' coi fifteen ; most intelligent .. . representatives . from' the several .-. towns of that-, manufacturing hive . The constitution of , the _Xatronfil . Charter .. Association was discussed , _cifuisoj )) ' clause , , and adopted . The . reports . uoUvoved ,,. by ; tho , several .. d ' _olegntes _weri . most encouraging , and tbo . meeting gave in its unanimous adhesion to the . National . Charter Association , . each ; delegate pledging " _; himself to uso Kb utmost efforts in support of the ,. Association . ( Cheers . ) _; ..- . '¦;••'¦ ..: ;; . .,.. Mr . Thomas Brown then moved the following resolution : — " That whilst tho members of tlio National Charter Association are moat solicitous ot ' obtaining full iind efficient political arid sbbial ri ' ghts _fociho people 'W Great _BviUw-ryet , _niindful'lfei
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' alt mon ; : arQ brethren , r ; tbey can . but view / the attempt'now _^ boirig _mado-ni the Legislative As sembly of _FrancTfby means of the . Bill , for Electoral Reform )¦ to destroy / Universal Suffrage with tho utmost . disgust arid / abhorrence , as an invasion of a _cbristitution made by " ahd for tlio people . "' Mr : Brown said . it hi . _ust have" boon _painfiih to all who liad paid ; any . attention . to the proceedings of the French Legislature to see that men , ' elected under Bepublinan institutions ; could hiivc become SO recreant iotheir principles . ; It unfortunately happened that _rri ' ori of wealth wefo generally rrioro trusted than those of the industrial orders . ' Tlio wealthy menthe majority ofthe Assembly—had broken faith with
tho French people- ;' . _. . '( Hear , hcar . l First , they had tho ' disgraccl'urcxhibition of the invasion of the sister Republic , " Rome ; . and now , an invasion of tlie rights ' arid / liberties of the . people of France , as guaranteed by tho constitution . ( Hear , hear . ) By _tbis'last act , the reactionnaires had entirely unmaskedthemselves - ( hear , _henri- _^ but ho thought the French people " wero too gallant , once having tasted the sweets of -freedom , , to allow it to bo easily wrenched from them ! ( Loud cheers . ) _'iToe'do'dge" of withdrawing the- French' Ambassador had . . been tried , but , ' as ho believed , without its intended effect : fortunately , too , the good sense bf the . patriots had deprived Changarnier of the opnortunity of _nutting Paris , in' a . state . Of . siege ,
although Montalembert , Thiers ,, and ; ptbcrs , had delivered what he could not regard / otherwise than as fiendish invocations , to deeds of blood ; ( Loud cheers' !) Last week , the King of Prussia bad been slightly wounded Jn tho ann , and what a _hub-, bub ' , was kicked , up about it ; but when thousands of working men . were slain in cool blood ' , nothing was said about ; that . Thero -were mon in England , ' ho ! was sorry . to -say , - in indigent .-. circumstances who had fought for Hungary , and also in defeneo of / tha Roman Republic , ' . under tho standards raised by ; Kossuth andMazzini , and iri the armies marshalled by the gallant Bern and . _Ganibii . ldi ; some of those men were now present , and they , at least claimed their' sympathy and
fraternity . . : •• Years ago , Englishmen most . ignorantly hated Frenchmen , " and the ; boast was- then very common , that one Englishman could beat six Frenchmen ; b , iit . what a ¦ ple asing change bad come oyer the , spiri ' t ; of _; their . dreams . Now ,: thc contest was , who . shouid . bo the first to hold out the hand of fraternity to advocates of freedom of every nation . Ho held _^ . th ' at : hefore . any greiit . ' good ' would -be , done for , the . people , that a _; government must be chosenjby ,. and from tire , people ; . in ; fine , that the peoplo 'must _. beepmo _, _sovereign . -He , wnsdelighted to hcar . Mr , ArnOttjs . report _-. frpmiHebden-bridge ; fbr / his , part , _she ; trusted hc _^ , w ' obld be always fou / nd . 7 , eady : _toi do . his ; du . ty , 'whether as a collector at ' _tbeidoorj-iorin' any other _'•; work-tag capacity . ¦¦ ¦
( Loud . cheers . _) _' :. < - _¦;•*¦' . > . _;¦ '' '• : •• ' _¦;• ,. Mr . J . J . _/ _Bezeu seconded t ] ic . resolution , i The CrmRMAN . now , ' amids _. fc loud cheers , announced that Cuffay , Lacy , Dowling , Fay > and their other friendsyhad arrived safe at their _desS ' mation , in . Australia , _ - - . - ' MrV WAWKKCoorER / amidst great cheering , came forward to support the-resolution , and said , bow often had he felt / , with Bobby _Bjirn 3 , ; thiit '' . ' . . : ; . '"' "'Twas ; hardly in a bbuy _' s ' power , , _,. t / : To , ke ; ep from going sour ;'' , ; .. ' ; -... -. and it certainly _wAsa _moat'difflcult thing to . ; keep from'b . cing _discpnterite ' _d-rlhear ! hear ) - when feliey beheld the useless arid dissolute rise to _distincfriq ' n , whilst . the best men were crushed in their ' struggle for bread .. ' He' thought , Thomas Paine quite ; right in risserting , that all good sprung from' tlie- people . There never would be _^ and there / never . Ought to he —anythiug but discontent until the condition of the
people was morall y , mentally , ' physically , ' politically , ' and socially improved . ( Loud . cheers . ) He viewed" these meetings as a school , iri which ' great political arid social trnths should . be , taught , so that . when the present rotten , tottering fabric fell , ' they might' know how tb buil / dup one that ' w ' buld be suitable to . the . wants , / wishes ,. ' . and , interest , of the wealth-pv 6 ducpr 3 , iri which :. the / great' truths of democRicy—as taught . by the _^ _azarinis—should prevail ; in , which love' should abound , and where they should have " rill things' in _common ; " 'Let them spread knowledge , create opinion , and' gladden the world ,, . by showing it"that , a _fount ' s about to flow , " and that a spring of action will clear the way fOr the great , the mighty , and all-beneficent future . ( Vehement . cheering , ) The resolution was then put and carried by acclamation ; as was also a vote ' of thanks to the Chairman : '
As the meeting broke up—notwithstanding its being the Week immediately following tho ? Whitsun holidays—one pound ' eighteen ' shillings was collected at the doors , by ; ' voluntary contribution ; and several members / were enrolled in' the ' _Sixtional Charter _Association . ' '
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/' National _Citauter Association . —The Provisional Committee met at their office ; 14 , Sputhaihptori-streei , / . Strand , ' on "Thursday evening , 'May 30 th . -Present :. Messrs . G * .. J . Harney , J . Grassby , E . . Stallwood , Ct _/ W .: M . Reynolds , E . 'Mil . es , ' J . Milne , T' / Biwnyiand John _ArnottV"Mr . _G-. ' J . Harhe ' y in the chair . Several retjirnV were recciv _; ed . _^ -Mr . __ Harney stated , that'domestic affliction . had / prpvented him from ' . going , to the delegate meeting- sit Hehden Brid ge , pursuant to-promise . —Mr .. Reyhold's ' / explaihed that , ia . consequence of Mr . Harney ' s / inability to go _^ a consultation had ensued between him aiid the . secretjary , tlio result of . which was , that the secretary
went to Hebden Bridge , for . winch they had to ask the approval of the Provisional Committee , _whiclt was granted . —Mr ; . Arnott then delivered in his report , which was ordered ; to be laid on the table , with a view to being discussed , and an answer returned to the suggestions _^ the deleg ates . —Mr ; Reynolds also announced that M .. Le Blond , a democratic friend of his , hndvyolunt 6 ered to suhscribo £ o towards meeting ; the . eypenses of defending ¦ Vf , J ; Vernon , upon condition that the country would furnish the remainder , and he ( Miv Reynoldb ) was also willing to subscribe a hko amount upon / similar conditions . —Tbo Committee then adjpurned until . "Wednesday eyeuiug next , Juno the 5 th .
FiNSBunVi—A meeting of members was . held at thb Old Dolphin , Old-street , St .. Luke ' s , on Sunday last- ; Mr . _Fennell iii tho chair . Moved by W . Dicey , aud seconded by R _. Blako : —* That P . 0 ; Connor , Esq . - , ' M .. P ., be elected an honorary member of this locality , and that the secretary do send him / his card of membership . " Moved ty : Mr . Fuzzeu , and seconded by Mr . Feline :. ¦— " That the el . ectiou ' of tho executive committee he postponed till next Sunday evening , the 2 nd of June , when all members are particularly _requested to attend . C hair to he taken at seven o ' clock . " Moved by Mr . Blalco , and seconded by Mr . Dicey : —
" That Mr . O Connor he nominated on the executive committee . " Carried unanimously . ; Hull . —A public meeting was convened on the 21 st ult .-, in . the County Court-room , Town Hall , to raise a tribute to the memory Of John Jackson , better known by the epithet of " Radical Jackson , " lately deceased . —Mr . George Candelet , was ' appointed chairman , who opened the proceedings of the meeting with a brief biographical account-of the late Sir . Jackson ' s career in tnc cause of Eadical Reform , for a period of forty years . Mr . 0 . reforred to a mass of correspondence he had . before him . intimating that he was
_connected : ; with > all the . leading reformers of , his tim ' e , cdm ' nrcncing from " ' the year _1 S 00 to _^ 18501 Amongst those letters ho found some fro ' _iir the late '; Daniel O'Connell , - Sir Francis _Burdett-Gobbett _. 'Wdoler , ' Major . Cavtwrigbt , Henry Hunt , _iCc ., ' . & c . Although somo of theso individuals it might bo said , had been guilty of apostney , _^ such ivas iiot the case with _thoif lamented friend , lie was -distinguished'in this town for his integrity ind zeal , and had received the government stamp of sincerity . ' He bad devoted his life , and spent i fortune in the oa use of democracy . 116 did not wish to pass " an ' unmerited panegyrio on the character nnd conduct of Mrl . _lilcliaon V _thftso who knew
him best could establish'his claims of gratitude upon his townsmen . —Mr . Tate , iu a neat address , moved tiro / following resolution : _—< ' That wo , the iiihiibitants ' of Kingston-iipon-Ilull , in public meeting / assimibled /' - ' ha re : heard with satisfaction a delineation of tho virtues and constancy wbich formed , the character of our late _lanicnted friend , ' John' Jackson , for upwards of forty years , in behalf , of political and social progress ) and pledge ; ourselves to raiso a memento of respect over'his remains , as an humble tribute of gratitude to his memory , in endeavouring to advance tlio universal brotherhood-of tho human family . "
—Ihe resolution . wasseconded . by Mr . " Martin , who - . _lelivei'cd . himself : with ' success in _| advancing the object : ; of-.-. 'tho . meeting . — The . meeting ; was also _iddl'OSSod by i Messrs . Bibb , Burnett , . Slielding , Yates , arid Dean . —A committee was also appointed , who " meet at tbe Malt Shovel , Church Side , every Wednesday , evening . —A ,. vote . of thanks ,- having _u ' e ' en . voted . ' to .. tbo ' chairman and . tiie , mayor for the uso ' of the room , the meeting separated . . SnEFFiE' £ i ) . —On Sunday evening a meeting was hold in ' the Democratic Temperance' Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , to hear , a lecture from Mr . ' Peddio , but that gentleman being unable tb . attend , in consequence of . indisposition ; Messrs . ; , Buckley and MftvUol _aiitU'essed tliQ _WQetog , ' _exnqsing' the hob
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YORKSHIRE AND _LANCASHIRE _rjuri MEB TISO . DEl _^ j ¦ This meeting was held on Sundav ln _„ _i , ' i 36 tli _, ht 'llcbden Bridge , in _YoftK' % _U o ' clockin tho forenoon , the Deleffati ,, „ At J the National Charter Association n _^ iI Joseph Hatfield was unanimously c , i \ n ; , ° - _M side _.-The following delegates took hoi ?? H Manchester-George Joseph Mantln -r 8 c _^ _O dely . Halifax - "Christopher- _Snwkle _?^ € Culpan _. _' . _jurr . 'Lower lV _ai'ley-Roh _, _? _^ 4 John _Liiwson , _Bi'adford-J | T _* S dtScJ : mondwikc _^ Joseph Ifetfldd . ' _StrS _^ ' ] K Williams Itocliaiilo-Robert Oa _^ E _^ --John Orant _' _- . ' _-TodMorddn _^ _BichSW _Kcrghly-Joseph' Vieurs . llcbden H C : i < 111
. U . _UI . Dmiey _. Bnago .- _lYjliJnajjji _, - _ov-oaw ' John Arnott attended to _rpprescnt iu n Committee of the National _fiharS t ' _^ _H the room'of O .-Julian Harnev who t ? , , ati < >'' i ' pointed by the Committee for that »„ , _^ _»>• ' Arnott read the following from that gSlC _^ S _MrVuKAMon _.-I must Ket _yCto _^ * ' 5 friends , the Lancashire and _Yorkslih-e npi ? | lhm ' _« o on / Wed at _UeMen Mi e , the _« _, _„« _« _^ n , ? S _^ f _'^ _S , Iii _slating that that caiue is tho _^ iou & _' _^ Ce illness ot Mr ; _Earuey , _j-ou know that is too _» w « " _^ mere excuse _mnimfactm-cd for the . if" tru _^ 'Inot _,-t _^ t no mere tiifib would hare _causer , 7 _^' L , ! t _!>«•* _drtron to my desire to have Wp , _'esenVd \ f *»«• h _& cmtion , -there were other reasons w ! ii «* „ JI _^' _Assn , ducedmy attendance , had ttat been 0 * u _^ W change for the better shortly lake r-hcS _\ Sh _^ U dition of Mrs . _Harney , I _will _^ ol c t " \ t _**** l _formylonK-pi-omiseu - visit to _Yorteldn rT _™ * ** time in the month of June . _lVavrfveVnv _frrS' * S » ° " « to / the delegates , md _assare _HwWS'W stances , they will find _nic'devote _. l to the Chirt « a , S good cause of progress- _democraiicandI aS Ui lha .. . _; ¦ I am , dear Arnott , yours _frattrnalh- J
. After addresses from the Chii ™ , n ? . _^' t _' ary / And from' Mr . _ArS * _tbK _..- _^ _- _*^ the" Charter Association _^ _S fc U . in _f _" _' _?? * _tiqn , and the first and _se _^ d ' _WS _w" _^ _mowly adopted . ' _" USC 3 svcve U ! _' _^ ., _'Onthe 3 rd . beiirgmid , whicb' savs , "TldW oiation consists of all _individnalk' _wbo So 3 cards of membership „ . i .. d subscribe to the fund ! the society j" Mr _Willjams moved , , and Mr Si" seconded , that the . _following words be added 3 'I Subject to thelocal rules . _''_!& .. Maj . Ue £ d ? , T _-imo , _^ _ncnf . _ponded by Mr . _SbackleffS That after 'the , ' and before _'feids , ' _tliomrf ] local' he inserted .. " ' Amendment agreed to "
_^ 1 he 4 th clause was adopted without diseusaw ' _§ , ihe oth w . then put by . the Chairman , s . _m' lows :- ; 'The . _goremmont ofthe AssooiatbauJ vested in an _Xwcutire . Committee , _consisting of " hve members , receiving _salnrics for their seivic ? 3 _» _-r-Mr . Mantle moved , seconded by Mr . Williams _•! . ' dhat the word ' nine' be inserted instead ' of five ; and that the words ' ' _receiving _sahnos fo their services' be struck ¦ out , " -C & mc * _ia £ : mously . . ¦ m ' ' After a brief discussion , clause G wa 3 _adontar and also tho 7 th . ' . . . _im '\
-. Considerable _diseuasion took place on tSe'Slb clause ; but , ultimately , it was adopted by a-la ' - ™ majority . . ; ¦ ' ' Clauses 0 , 10 an < l II ' , were passednem . ctn . . 'On coming to clause 13 , which ' sriys " _Locfcrera will be appointed by the : Executive' Committee " Mr . Mantle moved , seconded by Mr . Wi ! Iu » n < : tliat it read as follows : — " General _letturers will bo an pointed by the Executive Committee on the homb nation of the localities , "' which oa being put bv the Chairman was agreed , to . . Glauses 13 and Ii w ' _ere-unnnimo'isl yadopted . In the local , rule ' s some _ti'iflmg ' altcraiions ' _vrera made ) , which bare been submitted tc- the _Prorisional Committee .
Mr . Mantle rose , . ind-in an able and spirited ad- ' dress ,.. moved as , follows : _^ - ""\ Ye , the delegates representing the Chartists- of Lj ncasliiro _' and Yorkshire , having deliberntcly reviewed and considered the policy pursued _and-principleg enunciated ' by the _Frbvisional Committfeo of the _National / Charter Association , and finding thai that com * mittee emphatically represents the opinions of this _'; meeting ,, they , the Provisional Committee , are ) hereby earnestly solicited to retain their offices ] , uiitil arrangements' maybe made for a national ! ' election ' of an executive head of the _Ac-sociatisn ; and the Provisional Committee are also requested to _makoimmediatearrangcineiitsfor such election . " Mi" _YTdliams seconded the ' resolution , v / hidi was ] carried unanimously . >' A resolution , in favour of tract distribution waif . unanimously adopted , —also the following :- " Thai
in order to' give practical eaecfc _. to tlie decision of this meeting , a great _jS ' orth of England Cams Meeting be held at _HIackstone-odge on ths secoia Sunday in ' . July , and that a ; committee be apj pointed to niake the _ue ' _eessary arrangements for , that purpose , "' . " . ' ; \ A . committee- to .-. carry-out tiie above was ap _| . pointed , and it was resolved ; . " That Messrs . _O'Cony nor , Reynolds ; . Harney ., [ and ' _. _IlobertSj be invited i { attend the abovchameudembtfitratioii . ! ' . ' f -. Mr . Mantle / moved , and'Mi | _i- ' . _Sb ' ackleton searadoy —*' . That the best thanks / of this meeting are duo / and hereb y / presented to the . Provisional Committed ofthe National Charter Association , ; for their cnerj getic and valuable services in' the cause of _Charj risni . And further , the best thanks of this _aieetinj ,
are presented to Mr . John Arnott , for the raanlyj able , and bu ' sineis-liko mnnuer in which ho _hirepvesentod . _tho said committee , ; and fov _thenar * factory answers-he ' ' has _given , to-all the questions which have been put to him . "' Carried by accla mation _! {¦' Mr . Arnott returned thanks ,, and the delegates separated . In the evening a public meeting wis hold _. ' and although the weather was unfavourable , a , goodly number attended . 'Mr . John Arnott was called to tho chair , and Messrs ! . Williams , of Stock * port , and G ;; J . Mantle , or Manchester , having addressed , the audience in brief but _clTcstire speeches , ; tbo meeting dispersed—evidently _sattv fled with what they had seen and _lreai'd .
The, Sheffield Ciluttists. To The. Edito...
THE , SHEFFIELD _CILUtTISTS . TO THE . EDITOR OF TUE . _jOItTHKR-V SMR ,. ' Sin , —Perceiving in your columns , last _west ,. * report ofa meeting at Sheffield , on which _occastoi a complaint was made that a notice of Mr . Ui . ey s lecture had been forwarded tome but had not Ma inserted ; in . my newspaper , l beg to state that . 1 did . not veeeive the communication alluded . p , on should have published it , _as-a . matter of _eoune ,
must , therefore , have miacavned . . ( ¦ Trusting to your _Uiiutneas-to insert tins lcltc _, ' ' I remain , sir , ' _voua obedient servant , _Jlay 2 ith , 1850 . _Gsobob ff . M . Htxatx »
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CORN . -. Mark-use , Monday , May 2 f .-We had a _shoi'i : _J' 4 _f | _g da * of English wheat , _wliicfwvas taUen oft b _; _'"fj'i at ' fully last IU ondny _' i pr ices . 1 "or forcifiii _whauw i there « as but a slight ' demand . ' but iinncr _p , maiiitaincil . English barley sold heavily and l » i' _'" ff _thewHlthis season bring nearly over , torcign « . > _J . wise dull sale and the turn cheaper , unless foriiw ni . Malt dull and Is lower . Ueaits and peas nict tevuuj _atfullrJs . i >« _'qi _' , _dflclins _, Onr supply ot _oatsdiu M past week consisted enti » ls . of fortigu _, _cxccataig •"' . ' l ( limntity , coastwise "; ll _' . e trade has heeu heavy , aim * - week ' s prices were barely maintained _to-nay _™ _- '" jL the finest qualities . F « n : _'iin ' _seeil cakes we had a tan _a » The current prices as _uiuler . .... , „„« _tti British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red n- « r _, _fc > 40 * , ditto white , ' 36 s-to 4 ( _is , Lincoln Norfolk ami' » shire , red 31 s to -J 8 s , ' _Korlhumbcvla ' nd ami _M-otcii , _^ Us to 38 s , ditto _rcd-Sas-to _Stfs , Ucvonshive «« d f _;™ _% _. wliite _l i
slure , rcil , —s to —s _uitto , — _ro ~ -s rj _' - ' - 'A , barlov , -Us . to 2 ? _s , Scotcli ' Ws to - ' - ' . "» , Angus .- » _?*& Malt ordinary , —& to —s , pale _il . _' s to 4 _» 3 , _reas , S _^ . i _flt 22 s to 24 s , maple _SSsto _' . _'fls , white 2 _Usto 23 s , _^* . % , 21 s to 2 fi 3 , beanB , 'large , new 2 ; ts to 23 s , ticks 24 s >»•' j harrow , 25 s to 2 _Xs , pigeon . 2 Ds to Sis , oats , hi'f _"lji _, Yorkshire feed , 14 s to 15 s , ditto Poland ami 1 _^ IDs to 17 s , Berwick : mil _ScoSt-li _, _lt > 3 to r 35 , . * % _$ feed , lis to 15 s . Irish feed ami black , 12 s to _laM _^ I , potato , las to lTs , linseed ( sowing ) . 50 s to s-- '> , ' vj : e « i , Kssex , new £ 30 to . £ 34 per last , carraway seeil , ** _sscg f _^ j 2 _? s to 34 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 1 to _X-l Ws , per . _^ . _Aj _, seed , £ 1 ) . 0 s to . £ 0 10 s . per 1 , 00 » , Hour , per sack c .. - ° j shin , 2 fis to- 28 s ; town , 3 Ds to 37 s _^ ' .... At ! ii _, _Wedsesdav , ¦ May 29 ' .-We' _lusebuf moileratery . _^ _jj ( with grain this week ,- nevertheless , the weather d _.-s . _^ fyr'the gj'oning crops , the demand for every _aris _« - - . . . _limited—priecs without alteiiatiuii . . _^\ tup- » _Uicioiond _( YonssauiE _. ) -Msy 25 . —Wehiul d V M _\ i \ plv of wheat this _niorniug-: — Wheat _soW _^ _w" _^ _,, lis 3 d ; oats , 2 s 4 d to 3 s _dd ; barley , 3 s OJ to _^ _" ' r ¦ 3 s Cd to S 3 9 d per bushel ' !
_, PJRQYISIO > S . . ' ;„ * London , Moiulay . ' _-Thcrc was . hut ! _Ki-b _"L 11 'Vi or novelty stirring in our niaiket , _Ournij' _f „ .,. i . mtK - * t foreign mill home-made butter we _wc-ys ai »» * j _, . « plied , and on cheaper terms . ' ' Tlie . _rivals f e ' _M > wore trilling , ancVretailed off t auosi iOspt ¦ V fwni lr * _- plies gradually increasing may now be Ml 11 ' 1 '' . „ vgie _^ C land , . ind _. uiilossuinoro healthy rM V \ 0 _?*^ XZ "I ment oueurs in trade , prices ' ' will wouuhry i . _" - . \ _, t _^ _repoj'teil . ' that tbo "best , brands ' of _Wsterrirt " " : _^ y . < P offered fov _imuiwiiute _slVijnncut ; at ' _«¦* t 0 t , bb , \ _Wjo _* hoard / _wlthdiit'iittriicting buyers , Of bacon _« o _^ _m port a _gooil _iViinana-foi _' -Irtsli ' _sins _^ d _™ le _^ „ _^ _. ljllg f _aniylysSoo ofls to .- ' s per ' cwt , ' , " a "'! il l : ct . , „ \ _0 _. _vviiYdsftlUHiwUnid * _. wA _Kscwitiwg _-Awwi "' _- 'i « _-. _^ steady in value anil . dciu _' . _wd , hi ' lanl n . _i _alti'V _*" ' ' rather more _' _salcable . . . " ..
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01061850/page/8/
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