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8 B THE NORTHERN STAR. April 11, 3846.
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8 B The Northern Star. April 11, 3846.
8 B THE NORTHERN STAR . April 11 , 3846 .
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HOUSE OF LORDS—Mosbat , April 6 . After transacting the usual private business , and a short conversation on the Indian war , originated by the Marquis of Lansdowne , who expressed his regret at not being able to be present when the votes of thanks were moved , and his cordial concurrence in these votes , the attention of their Lordships was called to
THE POLISH INSURRECTION . Lord Beaumont had given notice that he would call attention to the recent events which had taken place in a province of the Austrian empire ; and he did not think that for so doing any apology was necessary _, lie did not ask their lordships to consider the subject in connexion with any existing national treaty , which would give him the privilege of bringing it before them ; he claimed the right to discuss it upon far higher grounds—onthegronnd that every European state not . absolutely barbarous had entered into a tacit compact to advance civilisation , and to resist the continuation of all the laws which had been formed at an earlier age , and thc spirit of which was unjustifiable oppression and causeless persecu
tion . When , in one part of Europe , by monstrous deeds , such a 3 those he would shortly allude to , the compact was violated , it was the duty of every other government to take the opportunity which their constitution afforded them of publicly denouncing aud condemning the occurrence , and by such a condemnation to compel the state in which the crime had been committed to take measures to prevent a repetition . There had been lately in Poland a revolt against the established authorities ; that revolt had been subdued , and the leading rebels had been formally iried and formally condemned . It had been a servile war ; thc peasants had been encouraged to rise against their masters , and tlie consequence has been a wholesale slaughter ofthe nobles . In Gallicia . the province ot which he spoke , a , prefect of one of the towns had openly offered a reward tothe serfs who murdered the nobles . ( The noble lord here read an extract ,
descriptive of the transaction , from the Journal des Dcbats . ) Their lordships , it was true , knew nothing of these circumstances but from the French and German journals ; but the paper from -which he had quoted bore so high , a character , their lordships might be confident that such a statement as that which he had taken from its columns would not have been admitted had it not been founded on truth . The governments under the authority of which these outrages upon hunianityand justice had been committed iiad given jm > expression to their _indignatiun or disspprovaL The very reverse was the fact ; and he found in the proclamation issued by Ferdinaud , the Emperor , there was encouragement and thanks offered to the inh abitants of Gallicia for the means which they had taken to secure peace by murder . Was it not the absolute duty of neighbouring states under such cimunstances to interfere ? He would ask the noble earl whether he had received anv
information relative to the late events m Austria to which he ( Lord Beaumont ) referred , and , if so , whether any means had been taken to make known to the people of that country the disapprobation with which their actions on those occasions were viewed by the government of this ? Lord Aberdeen said , that the subject was one in which this country was not directly concerned , and it was excessively difficult to discriminate among the conflicting statements and counter-statements , the amount of truth or falsehood they contained . He referred , however , to the character of Prince Mctternich , with whom he had had the _happiness of _living for many years in terms of intimacy ,- as decisive
against the truth of those reports , which attributed to the Austrian government the encouragement of assassination . The peasantry of Gallicia had exper ienced the most humane and considerate treatment at the hand 3 of Austria ; and all the information he had received conveyed the impression , that they had proved faithful to the government in resist ing the _revoltj ' _and in repelling the insurgents , from themostpraisGWorthy semimentsof loyalty andgratitude . There had doubtless been some sacrifice of life in the suppression of a most formidable insurrection ; but hecould see nothing in the attachment of a population to a state from which they had received the most substantial benefits , which , would justify Lord Beaumont ' s condemnation .
Lord Kisxaird believed , that thc province of Gallicia had been , in general , well governed by Austria , and in a manner quite different to that adopted in another part of Poland by another government . He did not think the noble lord had brought sufficiently nnder the notice of the house , the proclamation issued by one of the governors of Gallicia . It was not denied that such a proclamation was issued , offering a reward for the apprehension of the insurgents , dead or alive . On inquiry , too , he found that every governor wasauthorised by the statute law of Austria , in certain cases , to issue a proclamation ; he
understood the law oi that country to be , that all deserters might be taken and brought in , dead or alive , and , "by another statute law , all rebels are to be treated as deserters , lie believed the proclamation in question was founded on that law ; at the same time he was certain , from the character of Prince Metternich , that he never could havesanctionedanything so barbarous as a proclamation of this sort . He was glad the subject had been brought forward , because it enabled the government of this country to show its abhorrence of such barbarity . The subject then dropped .
Lord Demos then presented a petition from a Mr . J . Smith , who complained that his residence hap been entered and searched under the authority of a warrant from the Commissioners of Excise , and after a reply from Lord Dalhousie to the effect that the commissioners had not exceeded their powers , their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Mo . vdat , April 6 . RAILWAY BILLS . On the second reading of the Sheffield , Buxton , and Crewe Railway Biil a discussion of considerable importance occurred . In reply to observations from Mr . "Ward and Lord Sandon , Sir R . Peel observed , that no person could have viewed without great anxiety the railway
speculations of the last autumn and winter . It was one of those speculation _^ fevers , which periodically afflicted this country—which as regularly produced great suffering among private individuals , and which no experience , he was afraid , wpuld ever cure . He was aware of the difficulty which beset the house in interfering with the transactions of commerce gene-Tally ; but he thought that , without applying a direct limitation either to the amount of capital to be invested in railroads , or to the bills to be proceeded with this session , the house had the means of putting a check indirectly on the bills then before it . There were many schemes before the house ; but then prospects of profit were less , the difficulty of raising money was greater . The appetite for
speculation had in consequence diminished very considerably . Unless those schemes were likely to . be profitable to individuals , it was not for the public interest to permit them to proceed ; and he , therefore , thought that it would be for the public advantage to pass a bill with this limited object—that where a majority holding more than half the stock of the company should represent to Parliament that they were not desirous of * proceeding with their bill , they should have a full opportunity of declaring it by petition to either House of Parliament ; and that , in such case , Parliament should refuse to sanction any further proceedings npon it . He _proposed that those
who originally proposed the scheme should still re main responsible for the expense which they had authorised . He thought also that a trustee , or an official assignee , should be appointed to take possession of the property of the company . In such a case the house would be relieved from the necessity of compelling private individuals to proceed with a measure which they disliked , or the public to go ou with a measure which to the public would be unprofitable . This suggestion gave rise to a lengthy discussion , in the course . of which Messrs . Labouehere , Ward , _Tatten , F . "Baring , B . Denison , and other influential members connected with railways , expressed themselves favourably towards it .
Sir R . Peel observed tbat the majority of whieh ¦ he had spoken , was to consist of the present , and not of the oriuinal shareholders . He had beeu misunderstood if it were supposed that he had said that the house was to proceed to the third reading of the bill before it took notice of the petition presented against it . The house might discontinue the proceedings on the bill at the earliest stage of the presentation of the petition . There were certain railroad bills standing for a third reading to morrow . He thought that they should all be postponed for the present ; and the adjournment at Easter would be most favourable for allowing the subscribers to deliberate whether they would proceed further with them or not .
Lord Morpeth hoped that Sir R . Peel would adhere to his original proposition , and make it compulsory on the shareholders or scrip-holders to express their feelings on behalf of every railway scheme now _liefore Parliament . After some discussion the bill was then read a second time .
PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILL . Sir R . Feel then asked such hon . gentlemen as had motions for to-morrow to postpone them , in order that the house might proceed with the adjourned deba te on the bill for tne protection of life in Ireland . Mr . W . S . O'Brien and Mr . J . O'Coxkell both declared their inability to consent to any measure which would facilitate the progress of the Coercion
T * ill Lord Morpeth hoped , that as the decision of the house had already been takeu in favour of entering upon the discussion on Ike Irish Bill , the Irish members would not waste the time of the house by gcuin » op a preliminary debate on the order of their procccdiri"s . He did not repent of the vote which he had <* iven on a former night in favour of proceeding with tkeJCorn Bill instead of the Irish Bill ; for lie had re-
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ceived a letter that morning from one ofthe largest manufacturers in the West Riding , stating that , in consequence ofthe stagnation of trade produced by tho dilatory progress of the Corn Bill , the distress of ihc operatives in Yorkshire and Lancashire was extreme , andtliatmanyoftliem must havepcrished hadtJiey not been relieved bu private charity . The motion that the order of the day be then read _, led to a series of obstructive motions in which the Irish members unequivocally showed their determination to resist the progress of the bill by every means in their power . The order was however at last read and
Mr . R . S . Carew rose to oppose the measure , not only because it was unconstitutional in its tendency , but also because it was incapable of accomplishing the object for which it was intended . He advocated the necessity of readjusting the church property , and of making some alteration in the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland , to whicli he attributed most ofthe crimes committed in that country . If thc government would but remedy the grievances of Ireland , there would be no occasion for a bill of this oppressive character . The O'Coxsob Do . \* opposed the measure , and maintained there was no connection between it and the prevention of crime in Ireland .
Mr . M . Milxes supported it . He admitted , however , that the punishment of transportation ought not to be inflicted so summarily as was proposed in this bill ; aad he should willingly co-operate with any gentleman who should propose to amend that part of ihe bill in committee . Mr . D . Browse , after congratulating the country on the evident chauge of temper in the House in Irish affairs , proceeded to make a _lengthy discursive speech on the grievances of Ireland , and the remedies proposed for them . He contended that the crimes committed in England—of which he read a long catalogue—were quite as numerous , and rather more numerous , than tliose committed in Ireland ; and yet it was not proposed to put them down in England
by ; a coercion bill , because the people of England would not bear it , although such a measure appeared to the Government well suited for the atmosphere of Ireland . He assured the House that so long as the clearance system was carried oa in Ireland , upon the . * cale recently adopted by Mr . Gerard , it would be impossible to tranquillize that country , even though they were to multiply their coercion bills ten times over . lie wished that Ireland should eiijoy the same institutions as England ; and if they said they would not repeal thc uuion , let ministers come down to the House and say they would give Ireland the same institutions as England , full representation and equal franchises . He particularly addressed himself to the right hon . baronet at the headef her Majesty ' s
government , who , he felt , was disposed well towards his countrymen , to ask his own heart what wa « most wanting in Ireland . " _^ Let him see the anomalous condition of the people ; poverty unexampled in the history of any country , while millions were drained from " the country by heartless absentees ; the granaries of the country bursting with their contents , _whilejitlic people , in abject wretchedness , were claiming the miserable pittance from the stranger ; their flocks and herds driven to another land to swell the absentee tribute , while the unfortunate peasantry were at the present moment endeavouring ( to use the language of the Poor Law Commissioners ) " to keep a grip of life . " Let the right hon . baronet look to the state of the metropolis of Dublin : even the
prestige of its former greatness gone ; the houses of the nobility desecrated to mean and lowly purposes ; herstreetsdeserted ; her shopkeepers bankrupt ; her Custom-house a depot for English merchandise ; her Exchange a mockery ; her Bank a monopoly ; nnd her Castle , as it would be under this bill , a despotism . ( Hear , hear . ) Let him reflect upon these things , and , like a great statesman , apply the real remedy , —abandon coercion , and , above all , let him show to the Irish people a good intention of impartial government . Let him unite ( to use language which he had heard before ) the science of Watt with the policy of the son of Chatham . Let him encourage the introduction of capital into Ireland , the sure foundation of political peace and commercial prosperity , and he
would behold a glorious consummation , which would add another laurel to the reputation of a name that then indeed would become immortal . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Morpeth observed , that though he was ready to admit that remedial measures ought to have preceded , or at any rate to have accompanied , this measure of coercion , yet he could not take upon himselt the responsibility of refusing to give to the government some of the powers which they alleged to be essential to the security of human life iu Ireland . He was ready to allow that the people of that country in honesty of dealing between man and man , and in patience under want and privation , were superior to any other people in the world . He was ready to allow that it might be easy to pick out crimes more
enormous than auy committed in Ireland ; but it was not the enormity , but the system , of Irish crime , which called at present for some intervention on the part of the Legislature . He considered that this bill was not calculated to gain its own ends ; but he could not refuse to legislate upon the subject altogether . He had been one of those who had originally supported the appropriation clause , aud he had subsequently stated in his place in Parliament that that clause , baffled as it was , would not do full justice to Ireland . He was also of opinion that all the franchises of Ireland , Parliamentary as well as municipal , ought to rest upon the same basis as those of England and Scotland . Though the Whig government had introduced a Poor Law into Ireland ,
he thought that the relation between the property and the poverty of that country required further adjustment ; andmost earnestly did he hope that the new law ef landlord and tenant which government was going to propose , would be formed with due consideration of the rights of the weak and defenceless . He was also of opinion that the bogs and waste lands of Ireland might be made productive of greater advantage to its population . He then proceeded to remark , that whenever the period should arrive for the first reading of this bill , some time must elapse before it arrived at its third reading . If in the interim the abhorrence with which these crimes had been branded by the popular leaders of Ireland , should have produced a diminution of their number , and
restored security to property and life , he hoped that her Majesty ' s government would meet that manifestation of improvement in a corresponding spirit , and would dispense with the whole , or with the severer part of this law . Mr . P . Scrope observed that he had resisted bills of this coercive character on former occasions , and he should be consistent with himself in resisting this bill now . So long as you allowed the exterminating and depopulating system of the Irish landlords to proceed wirhout check or hindrance , so long would you have a necessity for these coercion bills . He wanted to see the commencement ofa better system —the introduction of remedial measures . But at present their policy seemed te be one-sided legislation , which took into account only the interests of
those who least required favour , the giving large doses of aquafortis to the peasantry and milk-andwater to the landlords . ( Hear , hear . ) They had no right to say that it was an impossibility to give food and employment to such a population in such a country as Ireland ; tliey Aad never tried the right means ; they gave to the landlords privileges , tliesoleprofit in die soil , and thus they _excluded tiie masses from . their natural inheritance . Until the resources of the'COuntry were fully developed , he ( Mr . Scrope ) could never approve of the desperate system of emigration . Until they repealed the laws now in force , until they treated Irishmen as _Englishmen , and gave to the one _astheygavetothe other—the sense of citizenship , they would in vain attempt to tranquillise Ireland .
( Hear . ) If the evil remained unretormed , it was not Hypothetical to warn them of a social convulsion such as had taken place in other countries—but which God forbid should ever occur in a nation so nearly and closely connected with jthem as was Ireland . What hadbeen the recent history of France ? The peasantry there had once been as were the peasantry now in the sister "kingdom ; they rose , broke their chains , claimed and obtained their rights . The consequence had been auspicious ; ihe peasantry of France had roused tliemselves , and millions now possessed tiie farms which they had formerly cultivated at the will and pleasure of their tyrant masters . Ireland and Frauce , both Catholic countries , had too frequent an intercourse not to lead the people ofthe
one to imitate the example set to them by those of the other . ( Hear , hear . ) They possessed the fact , and they would easily be induced to draw the palpable inference that their only hope of remedy was in revolt . ( Hear , hear . ) Throughout Prussia , Austria , Poland , and most states of the north . of Europe , the peasantry had been freed by the Governments from the oppression of their landlords , from the necessity that was felt that they should be enabled to exercise their industry with the prospect of obtaining a fair reward for it . Throughout the north of Europe the peasants had been raised from the state of serfdom , in which their lords had over them the power even of life and death , and placed in tlie position of owners of the soil they formerly cultivated as tenants-at-will , With these examples before them , did they think the demands of the Irish peasants would not increase ?
The introduction of manufactures into Ireland had been talked of , but till the agricultural capabilities of the countiy were developed the people could not be made to depend upon manufactures . In Ireland there was no inducement to industry ; therefore , it was said , the people were not industrious . But give them long leases or an extension of the Ulster tenant right ( hear , hear ) , and it . would be found they would work as hard as the Scotch or English . He had long held these opinions ; he had tried to urge them on Parliament , but he had failed . Now , however , circumstances were verging on a point—they were approaching a crisis , and with no party object , with no other motive in view but the necessity of thc case , he asked them to secure that peace and tranquillity in wliich England was bo deeply interested , by bringing forward such a series of measures as would go to the root of the evils .
Lord G-. Lexti . vck supported the measure . He could not see how auy extension of the political franchise in Ireland could cure the evils against which this biil was intended to guard : but he con-
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curred with Lord Morpeth in thinking that a further adjustment of the relations between Irish property and Irish poverty was desirable . He then proceeded to attack the conduct of government on account of their dilatory mode of proceeding . What justification was there for the gove rnment coming down t o the house , and saying that unless it could carry a free trade in corn , it would not introduce a measure for preventing assassination in Ireland ? What was that but saying- that , if it could not have a free trade in corn , it would have a free trade in mid-tlay murder and midnight assassination in Ireland ? If such language were to be tolerated , they might as wall have Captain Rock sitting in Dublin Castle as Lord-Lieutenant , with a Whiteboy as his secretary , and with Molly Maguire as Ira principal attendant . Mr . J . O'Brien then moved that the debate be adjourned . On this question the house divided , when there
appeared—For the adjournment 74 Againstit 120 Majority against it ... ... 46 A conversation then took place on a proposition of Sir W . Somervillc , to adjourn the debate till that day three weeks . Sir R . Peel declared his intention of not giving way to such a proposition , and , after some sharp observations , Sir W . _Sunerville withdrew it , reserving to himself the right of renewing it , if he thought fit , on Tuesday . The debate was then adjourned till Tuesday . In a committee of supply the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated , in answer to a question by Col . Sibthorp , that last year he had anticipated the surplus of income over expenditure at £ 1 ) 0 , 000 . He was happy to state , that , independently of the money to be received from China , it now amounted to
£ 1 , 750 , 000 . The other orders ofthe day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned at one o ' clock .
HOUSE OF LORDS—Tuesday , April 7 . After the presentation of petitions , Lord Campbell introduced two bills , the first for abolishing that remnant of superstition , dcodands imposed by coroners' inquests ; and the second for affording compensation to the families of persons who lose their lives by railway or other accidents , where the degree of negligence was such as to justify a verdict of manslaughter—which were read a first time . The Earl of _Dalhousib then proceeded to present a report from the Railway-office of the Board of Trade , for the years 1844 and 1845 ; and took that opportunity of bringing under the notice of their lordships the determination at which the government
had arrived with respect to railway legislation , considering it most desirable that that determination should be promulgated with the least possible delay . The noble earl then proceeded to detail the course which had been pursued by Parliament on thc subject of railway legislation during the present session —referred to the numerous petitions and memorials which had been presented to the Legislature , and to the Board of Trade , complaining of the great evils whicli were resulting to all branches of trade , as well as to the promoters of railway measures , from the state of things which was now found to prevail—all agreeing in the proposition , that the price of every description of materials required in the construction of railways , as well as of all other projects involving
a demand for the same description of articles , would be greatly enhanced , while the value of labour would be increased , but which advancement in the price of wages , it was feared , would not be likely to tend to the permanent improvement of the condition of the labourer . The noble earl , after exposing the system of operating upon the market even by flying pigeons from the very doors of the house , conveying intelligence as to proceedings before Railway Committees , said it was the intention ofthe government , as earl y as possible after Easter , to introduce a bill , the object of which would be to enable any of the railway companys now before Parliament to wind up their affairs , with the view of putting an end to the undertaking for which the funds were originally
subscribed . It was proposed , by machinery to be provided , that means should be given to the actual holders ef railway stock to call a meeting of the proprietors , for the purpose of determining whether or not the affairs of the company should be wound up . If such a determination should lie come to by a majority of the number of shares , then that an official assignee be appointed for the administration of the funds , and , after satisfying the demand of every creditor , divide tbe surplus rateably among those entitled to share it ; but should there be a deficit instead of a surplus , tbat circumstance should not operate as an exemption to the parties liable from the payment of any expenses that had been previously incurred .
The proposal elicited expressions of approval from several of their lordships , and in answer to a question from the Marquis of Lansdowne . Lord Dalhocsie said , it was intended after the recess , to propose the postponement of all further progress in the bills at present before committees until the 29 ; li of this month . On the motion ofthe Duke of Wellington' the house then adjourned to Tuesday , the 21 st instant . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuesdat , April 7 . The house was engaged until six o ' clock with a mass of private business , principally connected with railways . Mr . Hume applied for , and obtained a committee on private bill legislation with a view to remedy the abuses of the present system .
Mr . Cochrane in asking a question of Sir R . Peel relative to the financial affairs of Greece , quoted the following statement of the Financial Minister of that country . "I _nowlcome down to thisjhouso to tell you that the Finance Department is in a complete state of disorganization and paralysis ; that no accounts exist either as to the revenue or the expenditure , and that it will be utterly impossible to furnish you with anything in the shape of a correct budget . In consequence of the dishonesty and incapacity of the public _lunctionaries , the public accounts are in a state oi chaos . All that M . Provilegio and others have told you respecting every honest man baring been dismissed , and ofthe spoliation of the public money at Syra and elsewhere , is perfectly true . Millions are due to the state ; and we do not know who are our debtors , as the revenue books have disappeared . This is the financial statement 1 have to make . '' ( Laughter . )
Sir It . _Psel thought the house would admit , after what they had heard , that the most frank , modest _, and candid of all the Chancellors ofthe Exchequers in Europe was tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer who presided over the revenues of Greece ! ( A laugh . ) If the . _hongentleman behind him had " buoyed himself up" with any hopes of payment of interest upon the Greek debt , he ( Sir R . Peel ) must say , for his own part , that he had not been so sanguine . ( Renewed laughter . ) Sir R . Peel then stated the arrangements whicli
he intended to make for the progress of public business after EaRter . The substance of his statement was , that , he would « n Wednesday propose that the House adjourn , on its rising till Friday week ; that on Friday week he would resume the adjourned debate on the Irish Bill ; and that on the Monday following he would propose that the Corn Importation Bill and the Customs Bill be committed , incase tlie debate on the Irish Bill should then be closed ; but in case it were not closed , he would then proceed with the Irish Bill before the Corn Bill , until a division on the former measure took place .
POSTPONEMENT OF BILLS . Mr . T . Duncombe wished to ask whether the government had any objection to make to the Lacu Factories Bill which stood for a seeoud reading tomorrow . Sir J . Graham said his objection to the biil was an objection to its principle , which he should be obliged to take on the motion for the second reading . Mr . T . _Duscombe would , in that case , move that the order of the day , for the second reading \ oi the billbc now read , in order to posfcuoue it to the 22 ncl of April . Agreed to .
Mr . Wvsb , in moving for a select committee to inquire into the present state of legal education in Ireland and the means for its farther improvement and extension , observed , that his object was to enlarge this branch of education , of which the importance could not be exaggerated , considering the great influence which lawyers exercised over society . He . therefore , called upon the house to found a school and college of law in Dublin , and to aid it by the contributions of the state . On the motion of an hon . member , the house was counted , and , there not being forty members present , stood adjourned at eight o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Wednesday , April 8 . The Speaker took the chair at twelve o ' clock ,
RESTORATION OF POLAND . Mr . Duxcombe presented a petition from a meeting at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , praying that the house would address her Majesty , to take into consideration the _state ef Eastern Europe , and , in conjunction with other European powers , devise measures for the restoration ot Poland .
UNLICENSED LECTURE ROOMS . Mr . Duncombe also presented a petition from Richard Johnson , bookseller , of llnll , praying for an alteration in the _SSth of George III . ( tlie Correspondence Act ) . The petitioner complained that lie ( the petitioner ) had been subjected nnder tli . it act to the payment of a penalty of , £ 20 for receiving money at thc door ofa lecture room ; and ho submitted that every one who so received money for admissions was liable to be proceeded against by common informers . The same hon . member presented a similar petition of the inhabitants of Hull agreed to at a public meeting .
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' CLOTHING FOR INFANTS IN WORKHOUSES . Mr . Christie asked Sir J . Graham , whether the attention of the Poor Law Commissioners had been directed to the cases of two women tried and acquitted at the last assizes for Salisbury and Hereford , respectively , for the murder of their infant children , in consequence of thc children having been stripped of their clothing on their mother's leaving the union workhouses , of which they had boon severally inmates .
Sir J . _GitAnAM observed , that tho Poor L aw Commissioners had written a letter to the board of guardians presiding over one of the workhouses to which Mr . Christie referred , stating that where a woman , delivered in a workhouse of a bastard child , desired to leave the workhouse , and had no clothing for her child , the board of guardians or the relieving officer might , upon her application , make her an allowance of such necessary clothing ; and that the board might also empower thc master of the workhouse to furnish clothing for the child incases of that sort , when there was not time for the woman to make application either to the board itself , or to tlie relieving officer . The cases , therefore , to wliich Mr .
Christie had referred , had not arisen either out of the existing state of the law , or out of any order issued by the Poor Law Commissioners . At a subsequent period of the sitting , Mr . Christie expressed his dissatisfaction at the answer which Sir J . Graham had given to his questions . He , therefore , asked some additional questions , of whieh the most material were , whether the Poor Law Commissioners had inflicted any censure on the workhouse officers for not allowing the clothes to be taken by the mothers of these unfortunate infants , whether a circular letter with general instructions on this subject had been sent to all the unions , and whether he would produce a copy of the letter , of which he had read an extract .
Sir J . Graham observed , that it was impossible for him to give a detailed answer to these questions , as he had not had any notice of them , lie had no objection to produce the letter of which he had read an extract . The Poor Law Commissioners had no power to inflict a censure on a board of guardians .
STATE OF IRELAND . Sir J . Graham laid upon the table of the house the official returns received from the Scarcity Commissioners in Ireland during the month of March in order to convince it that the distress in that country had not only been progressive up , to the present time , but that there was evory probability of its continuing to increase . He should move that they be printed . Sir R . Peel observed , that the introduction of meal made from Indian corn was creating in Ireland a now taste for a better and more generons description of food than the potatoe . Indian corn , however , was now only admitted by a sort of suft ' erance . The importers of it would have increased confidence in their speculation if its admission were guaranteed by
act of Parliament . Besides foreign wheat , foreign oats , and foreign barley , were still liable to a high duty ; and he was convinced that , if a decision were taken on the Corn Bill , by which that high duty would be _materially reduced , thc available supply of food would be greatly increased . He therefore appealed to the Irish members , if they wished to confer a great benefit on many districts of their own country , to allow a decision to be taken forthwith on the first reading of the Coercion Bill , in order that Parliament might proceed with the Corn Bill without further delay . This appeal "led to a long and desultory discussion in which several Irish members declared that a sense
of duty to their country would impel thera to continue their opposition to every stage ofthe Coercion Bill . If any delay was the consequence it was Sir Robert ' s own fault . We 'had only to withdraw that Bill for a few weeks , and permit the houso to proceed with the Corn Bill first . The Protectionists on the other hand deprecated this incidental discussion of the Corn Bill , which they intimated was not so sure of passing . as some members thought itwas . They also objected to mixing up the two questions of Coercion for Ireland , and Free Trade . After a series of explanations as to the course of public business .
Sir R . Peel stated emphatically , that _afjer the Irish Bill had been read a first time , it was the intention of government to proceed immediately with the Cora Bill , and not to Bring forward any other business of any kind till the sense of the house had been definitively taken on that measure . The house adjourned to Friday , the 17 th inst .
Tue Turn-Out In Manchester
TUE TURN-OUT IN MANCHESTER
Address To The Gentry Op Manciiesti.B, A...
ADDRESS TO THE GENTRY OP _MANCIIESTi . B _, AND TnE POBLIC OEKEttALLV . The Committee of the Operative Joiners and Carpenters of Manchester , deem it necessary to issue the _followingaddress _. inordcrto set the public mind right upon certain points connected with the struggle at present existing between them and their employers ; and on which they consider they have been most grossly misrepresented , not only by the said employers , but by thc Manchester Guardian , and other organs ofthe public press , It is not our wish to trouble the public with a lengthy detail as to the origin of tho present strike—but it is sufficient to say , that after giving two months' notice to the masters for an advance of sixpence per day upon the present rate of wages , to commence from the first of March last , they were answered by advertisement , stating that the masters deeply regretted the necessity they felt of
forming themselves into a combined association , and us such were ready to receive a deputation from the operatives , to hear any grievances they had to complain of . The result of the negociation which followed was , an offer from them to advance onr wages two shillings per week , provided wc gave up the halfday holiday on Saturday and adopted the old system of time . __ Now , it is upon this particular point that we believe the public have been greatly misled , * for no announcement from the masters has ever stated the facts of the case aright . Very much could be said in favour of a halt-day holiday among the working class , treating the matter in a moral point of view ; and we feel confident upon this subject—public opinion is in our favour ; but as this question ha 3 _assumed a different aspect between us and our employers , we will proceed briefly to state a few particulars .
f After several meetings of the men , and an interview with the masters , it was mutually agreed upon that the hours of working from the beginning of October last , should be from seven o ' clock on Monday morning until six o ' clock , and from six to six each other day , except Saturday , on which day to leave off at twelve . Now , it may be as well to state what the working hours were according to the old system , whieh we will do from a statement emanating from Mr . Belhouse ' s office . They were as follows : —Thirty weeks at sixty hours ; eleven do ., at fiftyseven and a half hours : eleven do ., at forty-eight hours ; making a total of 2 , 960 _* r hours in twelve months—averaging something : short of fiity-seven
hours per week the year round . According to the system we have adopted during the past winter , we have worked ninety-three and a half hours more than we should have done by the old rule , lighting up and continuing to do so as long as was necessary , — whereby it is well known before there were set times for so doing . It haB been already stated , tbat at Christmas wo gave notice to our employers for an advance of wages , believing that the prospects of the trade were favourable to our doing so . This was met by the masters with an offer of 2 s . for three hours' work , or , in other words , to advance our wages 7 | d . per week ; which you can plainly see would have been the case if wc had given up thc half-day holiday .
We believe that the impression on the publie mind is , that the men are resisting an offer of 23 s . per week _, and that every one laying claim to thc name of a joiner , can have that by returning to his work ; when the reality is , that 21 s . Gd . is the present average rate of wages , —and adding the proposed advance ot 2 s . it would be but 26 s . Gd ., supposing we retained tbe half-day holiday . But when you take into consideration that we aro called upon to give up this privilege for a paltry advance of fid . per week—you cannot say we are acting obstinately or unreasonably . The public may not be aware that the wages vary from 18 s . to 2 Gs _, per week , —and though their being charged the same for the most indifferent as they are for the superior workmen , may not be considered our business , yet we think it right to state this—not only to account for the average rate of wages , but to disabuse the public mind of the false idea that we demand 20 s . per week for every man , when our demand is , as
already stated , Cd . per day advance upon t \\ _Q present rate of wages . We do lay claim to having acted honourably towards our employers in giving them due notice of our intentions , and we feel no hesitation in saying , that had they acted in a similar manner to us some five weeks since , we might havo been differently situated at tho present moment ; Wo are accused of being tyrannical in our proceedings , of resorting to thc most unwarrantable means of intimidation ;—our Trades' Union is spoken of as alike injurious to master and man—that all its affairs ami transactions are under the controul and dictation ofa few individuals , who are stated to be persons of a very questionable character . Wc repudiate such charges , and contend , that tho joiners of Manchester are a respectable and intelligent body of men , and not at all likely to be misled in tho way which ha been stated . Wc fling back upon them ' the charge of tyranny ;—let the public read the following document .
" In entering into the service of . I hereby declare that 1 am not in any way connected ivith the General Trades' Union , and I undertake that 1 will not join or subscribe to , or in any manner support or belong to , any General Trades' Union whatever , whilst I am iu your service . " ( Signed ) . Can anything be more tyrannical than this ' . —but enough—wc arc willing to * leave our case in your
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hands;—and though the conduct of our masters is deserving of the most unmeasured censure , —yet , we refrain from evincing any thing like hostile or bad feeling , considering the whole affair , when looked upon in a proper light , to be a matter of business between us and our employers . Our present object is to set the public right , and therefore earnestly request them to consider the evidence on both sides , before they pass their all-powerful verdict against us . It may not be amiss to avail ourselves of the pi esent opportunity of informing our employers and the public generally , as to our determination ( with regard to the above infamous document ) , which is embodied
in the following resolution , passed at a meeting of tlie trade , at the Carpenters' Hall , on Wednesday evening last . —Moved by Thomas Railton , ani seconded by James Harvey , " Tbat we , tbe Operative Carpenters and Joiners of Manchester , Salford , and their Vicinities , do consider that the proposal of signing a document on the part ofthe master h unjust , un-English , and tyrannical , and ought to be treated by us with an expression of the strongest contempt , in order to show them our determination to resist their vile attempts . " Peter Evans , Chairman *
Manchester , April 8 . —The employers have sent their agents to all parts of the United Kingdom in search of hands . Wc have heard of them in Edinburgh , Glasgow , and different parts of Scotland ; in Dublin and surrounding counties ; in London , Exeter , and Cornwall ; and through nearly all the whole county of Yorkshire ; but they have everywhere been disappointed . This speaks highly in favour of the unanimous feeling amongst the working class in our favour . James Lkvens , Secretary of the Carpenters and Joiners' Society , Manchester .
Lancashire Miners.—The Next General Dele...
Lancashire Miners . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday , April 20 th , at the sign of the Swan With Two Necks , Spring-lane , Ratcliffe-bridge , near Bury , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting wliich will be addressed by several of the accredited agents of the Miners Association . The Miners of Bolton and its vicinitv are still out , and continue to evince the same _determination to resist the tyranny of their late employers , which has so nobly characterised them during the whole of their protracted struggle . Subscriptions and donations on their account may be sent either to Wm . Grocott , No . 1 , Camplin's
Buildings , Mount-street , Ancoats , Manchester , or to Mr . C . Meadowcraft , Ashley-street , Dukinfield , Cheshire . The Coal Miners of Lancashire return ( heir sincere thanks to their brethren ofthe Holytown district , Scotland , for their three donations of £ 10 , making the amount already received from them into the handsome sum of £ 30 , and they also take this opportunity of publicly expressing their gratitude to Mr . Wm . Cloughan for his exertions in their behalf . Mr . Charles Meadowcraft thankfully acknowledges the receipts of the following sum 3 : —Miners of Fifeshirc , £ 12 103 . 4 d . ; friendsat Whitehaven , lis . 2 id . ; Engineers of Wigan , £ 8 ; Miners of Derbyshire , £ 5 . —Wm . Grocott , County Secretary .
Strike amongst the Tin-Plate Workers of Birmingham . —The tin-plate workers ( a very numerous body here ) , have " struck , " and have issued the following address : — " We , the workmen employed in the above trade , have been thrown out of employment to prevent a reduction of 20 per cent , in our wages . The attempt made by our employers is of such magnitude , that every right thinking mind will sympathise , and , we believe , assist us . The case is unparalleled in the history of the tin trade throughout the kingdom . We have been forced against our will into this situation—we have hot asked for an advance , wc only act in defence of our just rights , as producers of a part of the wealth whieh we wish every employer to partake of , _providing he act upon the principle of justice to his ever-willing , toiling
workmen . The number __ out exceeds seventy , tlie majority of whom have wives and children depend-1 ing on them for support . We are determined , with the assistance of our fellow workmen , to resist by all the moral power we can bring to bear against their wicked system . Brother operatives , what would our fellow-workmen think of us in other large towns , and thc country generally , where numbers are cmployed at a remunerating price , if we were tamely to submit to this impious proposal?—a proposal that would take , even at the present prices , from many of us , onc-fourtb of our usual earnings . That being our position , we are determined , rather than submit , to continue the struggle until our employers consent to give the just price for our labour . We havo little to fear but" Justice will triumph over Oppression . "
Meeting op Paper-hangers and Stainers . — Effect upon Wages of the Proposed Customs ( Free Trade ) Bill . —Last evening a numerous meeting of working paper-hangers assembled in the large ball-room attached to the Jacob's Well Tavern , Barbican , to meet a deputation of journeymen paperstainers under the following circumstances . French stained paper hitherto paid an import duty of Is . per square yard , but by Sir Robert Peel ' s proposed free trade tariff the duty is to be reduced to 2 d . the square yard . The largo master paper-stainers of London , amounting in number to about sixteen , as soon aa they heard of the proposed reduction , met , and the result of several deliberations was , that nine of the ] number , contending that the reduced tariff would
swamp them with French paper , and that they could not compete with the manufacturers of France , resolved instanter , and without waiting to see if the proposed reduced duty would receive the sanction of the legislature , and if it did without giving it a trial , to reduce their workmen ' s wages by one-half , and in some branches of the trade by two-thirds . The wages paid hitherto were 3 s . 4 d . per score , so that nino score pieces , the average weekly work of one man , amounted to £ 1 10 s . The masters now proposed to reduce that sum to 13 s . Gd ., and when the order extended beyond fifty pieces , or was continued work , to pay ls . 3 d . per score , or _ataut 7 s . Oil . for every 20 s , before paid . The journeymen attached to the establishments alluded to , considering the proprietors acting aggressively towards them , resisted the offered reduction in their wages , and 230 of them are now out of employment . They maintain , and so do seven master manufacturers , that the
proposed tariff will not be so injurious as the nine masters say , and they argue that , at any rate , before any reduction of wages should take place , the effeet of the proposed tariff should be seen . Tho journeymen say that if it be injurious to the masters , they will be ready to accept any fair compromise , in order to enable their employers to meet French competition on as equal grounds as possible . The following resolutions were agreed to : — "That the meeting considered the conduct of the master paperstainers as unjust and oppressive , in offering a reduction of wages to thoir workmen on account ofthe importation of foreign hangings , before tho proposed tariff became the law of the land ; and that the reduction of wages proposed by the masters is of so overwhelming a character , being in some cases twothirds , and in others one-half of the present prices , that it was utterly impossible to earn a subsistence . " Thanks having been voted to Mr . Sparks , the chairman , the meeting separated .
Grrat Chartist Meeting At Carlisle,—On Mr. O'Connor's Arrival In Carlisle The Chartists Resolved
Grrat Chartist Meeting at Carlisle , —On Mr . O'Connor ' s arrival in Carlisle the Chartists resolved
M Their Own Mmd That He Should Not Spend...
m their own mmd that he should not spend an idle evening alter examining the land he came to inspect , and with a view of carrying out their intention , about four o ' clock thc drums awl fifes were put into requisition to proclaim a meeting to be held at tbe _Atlnaneum . The Chartists , alarmed at the shortness of notice , were apprehensive of a failure , * however , when the time for comnn . ntiu _| proceedings had arrived the spacious building was crowded in every part . Mr . Richardson , a working man , and a Chartist , was unanimously called to ths chair , and opened the proceedings by inviting all who were opposed to thc Chartist policy , or to Mr . O'Connor personally , to
listen attentively , and if they had any wish for discussion , or any objection to make to Mr . O'Connor ' s speech , that they would receive impartial justice from the meeting and from him as chairman . He then introduced Mr . O'Connor , who was received with loud and long continued applause . He spoke for two hours and a halt upon the wrongs of Ireland , the policy of Peel , and the advantages of an agricultural life , and was only interrupted by frequent bursts of applause . His lecture was one of surpassing interest , especially to many of his own countrymen , who listened with delight , and went away more than pleased with the manner in which their cause had _k-en explained and their rights advocated . In the course of his address , Mr . O'Connor dwelt
impressively upon the necessity of getting up a national petition against tho Irish Coercion Bill—a proposition which was hailed with enthusiastic applause , and to which the _meetinc unanimously pledged its ' support . Upon the whole , the effect of Mr O'Connor ' s speech , and his exposure of the tactics and views of the League , has put fresh heart into the Chartist party , as many ludicrously supposed that Mr . O'Connor was favourable to a repeal of tbe Corn Laws , because he wished to spare the Chartist party the odium of being charged with having starved the Irish people by preventing the free importation of grain , which , however , he fully proved would be an
evil rather than a benefit , inasmuch as the inevitable insult of the measure would he to induce the farmers to dispense with agricultural labour , and thus throw the people exclusively upon gratuitoussupport , a prediction to which the Irish people gave entire credence . At the close of the meeting a hearty vote of thanks was given to Mr . O'Connor and the chairman , ami after the usual cheers for Frost , Williams and Jones , Duncombe and the Charles , tho nieetir « en u i i ' - S 1 ) irits > whcu the drums _**• _" _¦ - ' tit _' os _. tollowed by a large concourse of people with the old Chartist iia » s , paraded the town , to the great annovanee , no doubt , of the peaceable inhabitants , ami especially thc tree traders .
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The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...
THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members and transacting other business connected _therewith are held _everyjjweek on the following days and places : —
_SUN'DAT EVEXINO . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blaekfriars-road at half-past six o ' clock . —City ChartU llall , 1 , Tun , ' again-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at tho " Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane-at half-past seven—Somers Town : at Mr . _Duddrce _' s Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : at the _Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-grcen , at six o ' clock mecisely .-Emmeit ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely _.-Jfanrfc & one at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at half past seven . MONDAT EVEXINO . Cambenvell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth at eight o ' clock precisely .
_TtHiSDAr EVE . M . YG . Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , Blackheathlull , at eight o ' clock . Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , ovew Monday even * ing , from seven until nine o ' clock , for the _purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members ; " Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church- ° ate every Sunday night , at six o ' clock . * '
Armley : The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr , William _Oates boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gale , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock .
Cur Chartist Hall, 1, Thrnaoaix-Laxk, Fa...
Cur Chartist Hall , 1 , Thrnaoaix-laxk , _Far-RiNODO . _Y-srREET . —On Sunday morning next , April 12 th , the public discussion will be resumed at half _, past ten precisely . _ In the afternoon , at three , the Metropolitan District Council will meet for the dispatch of business . In the evening , at seven , Mr . Walter Cooper will deliver a public lecture . Subject—" The Advantages and Disadvantages of Missions to the Heathen . " South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Black-FRiARs-noAD . —On Sunday evening next , April 12 th , Mr . T . Cooper will lecture . Subject— " On Intellectual , Social , and Political Progress . " To commence at seven o ' clock precisely . Tower Hamlets . —A special general meeting of the Eastern Philanthropic Society , will be held on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock , at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , Spitalfields .
Camberwell and Walworth . —A meeting will bo held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening , April 13 th , at eight o ' clock precisely . Hammersmith * . —A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook Green-lane , on Tuesday evening next , April 14 th . at eight o ' clock precisely . Tower Hamlets . —A public meeting will be held at the Brass Founders' Arms . Whitechapel Road , on Thursday , April the 10 th , 1846 , to elect a Delegate to represent the Tower Hamlets in the forthcoming convention . Chair to be taken at Eight o ' clock . Allan Davenport . —A few friends respectfully announce that they intend having a Benefit for the above individual , at the Finsbury Literary and Mechanics' Institution , 6 , Frederick Place , Goswell Road , on Tuesday . April 14 th , when they hope that those who arefriends to Freedom will come forward and support him , who has been upwardsof fifty years tho staunch advocate of Liberty . Chair to be ' taken at 8 o'clock precisely .
Ths _Memhehs op the _Somebs-Town Locality are requested to meet at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-Road , on Sunday Evening next , at 8 o ' clock , to nominate a Delegate to the forthcoming Chartist Convention . "ISt . _Pancras . —An Harmonic Meeting will be held at the Feather ' s Tavern , Warren-street , Tottenham Court Road , on Monday Evening , April 20 th , 1846 , tho proceeds to he devoted towards defraying the expence of sending a Delegate to the ensuing "Chartist Convention . Chair to be taken at 8 o ' clock . Martlebone Localitt . —A lecture will be delivered by Mr . Hunniball , on Sunday evening , April 12 , at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , New-road , at eight o ' clock . —A members' _meeting will be held at the above place , at seven o ' clock . —The Boat Committee will meet on Tuesday , April 14 , at eight o'clock .
United Patriots' Benefit Society . —The Festival Committee of this flourishing institution met on Friday evening , March 27 th , and appointed a deputation to wait on T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., to solicit him to take the chair at the ensuing dinner , and also on F . O'Connor , Esq ., and G . Bird . Esq ., to invito their attendance . On Tuesday evening the deputation reported that Mr . Duncombe had com sented to take the chair , and appointed the first Monday in July , and that Messrs . O'Connor and Bird had accepted the invitation to attend . It was then agreed that the festival ba celebrated by a dinner and ball , at Chalk Farm Tavern , on Monday , July 6 th , 1846 . The secreiary announced that " a general meeting of the members would take place at the Society-house , Brown Bear Tavern , Broadstreet , _Bleomsbury , to appoint a committee to take into consideration the revisal of the rules , and other business , on Wednesday , April 22 . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely .
Royal Polytechnic Issimrno-V.—Dr. John R...
Royal Polytechnic _Issimrno-v . —Dr . John Ryan has commenced a most interesting series of chemical lectures at the above-named establishment . On Monday last the Doctor delivered a lecture on chemical analysis , and although at first sight the subject seems to present insurmountable _difficulties in its adaptation to a popular audience , yet in the hands of this talented gentleman the subject became so simplified as to bring it home to the understanding of all classes who visit this institution . Thc following fact was mentioned by him last Monday , speaking of the peculiar laws influencing the different gases : the Doctor stated that our atmosphere invariably * contained three gases in a state of mere mechanical mixture , and although varying in
specific gravity , these _bedies at all altitudes , and at all seasons , are found mixed in the same precise proportions . One of these gases—carbonic acid—gives off during many natural processes , and always forming l-2000 th parts of our atmosphere . . This gas is so heavy that 100 ; cubic inches weigh 47 grains , while the same bulk of air only weighs 31 grains , therefore if gases did not diffuse themselves equally we should have the heaviest body forming the lowest structure of the atmosphere , and as carbonic acid is destructive to life , existence in its present form would be impossible , for at the most moderate calculation we should have at least ten or twelve feet of that air on the surface of the earth . To provide against this we have the law of diffusion .
Rovai Martlehone Theatre.—Wo Visited "Th...
Rovai _Martlehone Theatre . —Wo visited _"this elegant establishment on Saturday last , to witness the performance of " Othello . " "The Two Oregories , " and " Susan Hopley . " A Mr . F . Fawcett made his first appearance as tho Moor , and we would advise this gentleman to restudy the character , taking nature for his guide , _liefore he essays _agair . Rayner made a very good Cassio , and Mrs . Campbell an excellent Emilia . In the fares Mr . T . Lee aa Gregory the Second , aided by Miss L . Pearee as Ferchettt , kept the house in one continued roar of laughter during the whole time they were upon the stage . The domestic drama of Susan Hopley was put on the stage in a manner that reflects the highest credit on tho manager ( Mr . Neville ) . The characters
were an well sustained , Mrs . Neville playing Susan in an _unsurpassible manner , eliciting the loud and frequent plaudits of the whole house . Rayner with his usual ability personated William Dean , and Mr . T . Lee that of his comic costermonger brother Dickeg , and Mr . Harrington that ofthe vidian Gaveston , with an evenness and judgment that redounds to his fame . At the close of the piece , Mrs . Neville and Rayner , at the unanimous call of the house crossed the stage , greeted with the loudest and most hearty shouts of approbation . Durim _; tho short recess ( Passion week ) the indefatigable lessee ( Mr . John Douglass ) has with his usual zeal and ability
been catering tor the amusement of his patrons , and on Easter Monday the house will re-open with a newdrama , entitled "The Mysteries of London , " founded on the celebrated and popular work of that name . A new farce , the idea of which is taken from one of Lover ' s Songs , entitled " Widow Machree , " written to display the peculiar talents of that langhtermoving genius—Tom Lee , and a New Pantomimein which Paul Herring and Ambrook from the Surrey will make their first appearance—the former as clown , the latter as harlequin . Such attractions cannot fail to give the worthy lessee his deserts—viz . full houses , and the approbation of a delighted and grateful public ,
Died, On The '. '0th Ult., At Lightmeor, Shropshire, Wm. Bediloc-S, Aged Sixty-Two, After A Few Days Illness, Conse-
Died , on the ' . ' 0 th ult ., at Lightmeor , Shropshire , Wm . _Bediloc-s , aged sixty-two , after a few days illness , conse-
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fluent on taking- cold . The deceased was a sincere Christian anil a sterling Chartist . Died , at Easin ( _-ton Low , iu the county of purham , _Stary ltowlby M'Cnhe , wife of Abraham _il'Cabe _. aftera lingering illness of eighteen months . ' Christened , at the same time , by the Rev . J . S . Michal , of Iletton le Hole , Emily Arabella M'Cabc , Abraham Mavsden _il'Gixbe _, E'i z * CooUe _M'Cabe , called after the poets .
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Office , in tho same Street and I _' arish , tor the l ' roprietor , _1 _'KAltGl'S O'CO . _NW' OH , I ' _s- _' ., and published hy William Hkwitt , of "So . I .- , _Charies-street , _Hi-an _dim-sti-i-L-t , Walworth , in the I ' arish of St . . Mary . Sew _in- _^ tiin _, in the Cmuity of Surrey , at the Olfiee , No . IC , Great _WiiidniilUtvoot , llayniarket , iii " , t !» e' City ul Westminster . Saturday . April 11 , 181 ' . ' ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 11, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11041846/page/8/
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