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S THE NORTHERN STAR. January 23, 1847.
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whhecliapel , and residing at So . 8 H , I '< _ufeud-. quare , f * t 8 uey . Mr . lMhnm r-pp ' _-ared for the prisoner , Tho _t-nse , as malei-ut _fe-r ths _prosei-ut '! on , was , that the prisoner had lived in ti . e service e > f I' . w r _«** _.-. v-.-. ; . i j . * -.--. ;; li nun about three ti . _onths , and that various mi ' _vles li .. * be _« n missing . The str-unt was . it last _saij-ectfd _, and on Sunday night , during licr ali _« nre from home , x'rs . _Sjjeucer , her mistress , accompanied hy htr s '» ttr , _loe-k advantage of the wonmti ' s box heing unlocked to search it , and there found three pair of musliu cutis _sue-U as . ire usually worn by ladies , a * . _* _" " : _baiidi ' ette for the liecl * ., two artificial flowers , a kitchen towel , a _i / _air of chintz cotton , attoj : a yar . _1 * _q- * arc _, and a pair _i * glove ' . < " the following _moi-niiis th- pri-oner tv « s _infonn-.-. ! by _lit-r
misuess that sun . _lrj i . v . it _' _-es were m . s > i'ig , _'** _**" '" * '"' _•* " *•¦ find them . Mis . _Sj-cnet-r and her ti _< ttr _nro---up : _inic « l the girl to her _btdrtmiii , wlir ? e _i _> be delivered up the articles mentioned . She- -. uknonledgvd that _si-. e bailstedvn tbe things , and sai-iit was very wiiied to do so . Her master was then » ut , _ntti-udiiijt to hi ; _chrie-ai amies , at ~ . _Vhjttcbaj . el Church ; but on liU return home fie wa- * informed ofthe ari _' _a-r _. r . nd _imnivdintly . ; ischargel his _st-rvaut . She was _.-. _lloeviel to take li- r luxes away , en-: ner master promised to cal ; upon her mother , and pay the W » _«* sdue to her . Ou Tuesday the ri »; . r . * V . _* -motb-r canie tee tbe _h-. nse oftlie lt-ver . ii l O _.-nt _ei-. ian , andttien , to use hiso _* a « e . rds , " had the temerity _« nd _elesp ; ratehardihood te . abuse hira aud bis wife , and make use of bad _language . " on wbich be procured the assistance ofa
police constable , an d gave the pro-oner into custody . Mr . relham endeavoured to show that the prosecution was a trumpery one , ant ! unworthy of a Christian minister ; and _' _e-y his ro < jJe of cross-examination _, and hU remarks , brought down the odium and the _ridiriiWif the people in tbe Court on Dr . Spencer , who certainly _pressed the case very earnestly , aad made the most of it . , Mr . IViliam said be had waited tu _stj how fat the prosecutor _wou'd act witb proper feeliug , and whether he would not , compatible with his duty as a Christian minister , carry out his original intentions , and forgive the young woman . Mr . Yardley could uot allow auy appeal to he made to the Rev . _Geniltman . It hs wanted to withdraw from the prosecution be must do it voluntarily . He must send the case to tiie sessions , but be would take bail for her
appearance . The Rev . Dr . ' Spencer prayed for a remand , aud said he was informed by Sir . Worms , tie prisoners fount r master , that she had robbed him . ana be had identified two hanikerchie . 's found inthe prisoner's box . Mr . Pclha : n said that the Kev . Gentlemen was acting vindictively . HU conduct wts most eruel ; it was iniq " - tons . He coul 1 show the _haudi-crehitfs belonged to the girl . Mr . Yardley directed the h . inJkerci . iels to be delivered to the policeman , and said he would take bail for the prisoner ' s _ap-iearauce on Monday next , herself in £ 40 , and two sureties of £ 20 eaeh . Tbe Ker . Dr . Spencer _itquested that two oVJork mit ; ht be appointed as the hour . Mr . _Pelba-n , emphatically—Let it be two , Sir . He will be engaged en his Christain duties ali the
morning-FRIDAY . SOUTHWARK . —Mirths Joel _. a tall _wo- _* an of _re-fectable appearance , was placed at the bar before Mr . _Cottingbam , charged with stealing money Irom some oi the B * it .. rs of _fheXewington Court of Requests . Mr 6 . E _. izaoeth _Datton stated that a short time .- since her husband was summoned before the Commistsioners _e f the Newington Court if Request * , in Trinity Street , for a debt he had contracted with a tradesman , and was adjudged to pay £ 4 Hi . iu instalments of _10- _» . a week . Ou the preceding day she ( witness ) attended at the Court for the purpose of paying the first instalment , and while waiting to pay that sum to the clerk , she wat accosted by the pri . sjner , who stood _betweeu her aud the clerk of the Cjurt , whu nas busily engaged in _reetiriiig and entering
mon e from the , tiifftrent _persons who attended there on busiatss . The prisoner , perceiving that the held her money to pay iu , and her book to have it entered , ready iu her baud , to give to the clerk , when he was at leisure to receive tbe mm , said to witness , "Givemeyour money and book , I win hand them over to thegentlerajn , or _otberwiseyoumaybedetainedhereforaconsiderab ! et- ' m « , aw ; . y irom jwur family . * _J Witness supposing , from the _manner a « : d appearance of the prisoner , tbat she was _connected in some way or other with the _C-urt , handed her the amount of the weekly instalment of her husband ' s debt to pay to the clerk . The moment the prisoner got the money she pretended to p _^ y it over , but instead of doing * _, o , by an ingenious device , slipped the un shillings up tne sieere of hereon .-i ; witness , however , did not
notice at the time how the thing was managed , but imraediatelt afterwards the prisoner said that she mutt Jtave the C-urt for a short period , _desirit _.-j witness to _ren-a ' n ur _. td the clerk _returned her the book , with the entry ut tne _r-wney _received . Shonly af : er the prisoner ' s dt-nartur . * it was discovered that she had not paid in the complainant ' s _mo-ey . but bad kepi it , and only bac- ' ed over the _baok to she clerk , in which the entry of its rtctipt . vas to hare been made . The witness added that she was _conident the _prisoner was th ** woman who bid _plunltred her of tbe money , and added that from tiie prisoner ' s apparent knowledge of the iorms of the Court , aud of _lier _as'ume . l ae-qi-. ainiar . ee with the _bu-iues ? , s .: e ( _vitnt-ss ) \ _U-iught she wat in some way or other _connected with iti proceedings . —Harriot _Deej . _roie _, another Vour woman , whose
husband was a- * . 4 _dg-. d to pay a weekly sum of 10 s . into Court , also attended the examination , and gave evidtnee of ber having " seen iddtessed by the prisoner in a similar way that morning , in the Ce . urt of Requests , and was induce *) to hand her over the weekly instalment to pay to the clerk . _Ttie _prisoner , however , contrived to slip the money up ber sleeve by _slti ; _lit of bene ., but the corap ' ainaat havinir diseoved the trick , seized her , and l . eld her until a p > i ' ceman nas called , and upon examination the ter . _shillings was _foaa-i up tht sleeve of htr gown , — Iu _addition to the above it was _i-tated , that several other _po-.. r persons , who _iia-i atteuded the Court for the purpest * of | _. 3 ,. in » r in _tnemcy . bad been plundered under similar circumstances . The prisoner , who held down ter bead and wept _d'jring the investigation into the chargts against htr , wan committed tor trial .
S The Northern Star. January 23, 1847.
_S THE NORTHERN STAR . January 23 , 1847 .
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IMPERIAL 1 ' aKLIAMEX I " . ( Continue J from _U . e 1 st Page . J Le more _iikeiy : o lead tolnstility in Europe than ii tiiey _t-oiitliiued separate and independent _kins-doms . Thtre was s'j lttlcdifferer . ee of _opitiiou in that il ( tu _* * c and in Europe os the extinction of Cracow that li- _nould only say t _' uit that fatal taint which _bshiM-t-d to tiie first _partition of Poland att'iched al _*> o _t-i tiie . _- innihilatiou » f this its las : remuant , and Lad _indu-ictt the tiirce Powers to _for-iet their relations _, net on ] . - with other Towns , but also with justice ii-ell . On the topics of the speech he would
E < t . sty another word . He should _brin-i forward his _dilk-rcnt measures in a few _d-iy * . On Monday next he ws _.-a ! d - Ave an outline of them . They would be e _* n * j-d : cd i < i ti ' _ifT-rent bills , and _wou-d be _submitted is t ' iat s' _-vjie to the Uo _ise . li his nobie friend _L-ird U . l » _ei-. tiT : c !\ hae' a _betttr p ' nn , let him state it , ami lei _u- * ali endeavour t-i perfect those measure- which will unite Ireland to England , arid wiii h will Sive her thr . t help in her necessity which Eheistr ,: ii ; ed to demand .
Mr . _ilis'iAru rejoiced that the debate had shown j no _difLiciKt of thc opinion that assistance , ample and pr . uii _; .:, should he given to Ireland ; and iu _stieit _i-r-nner as t _/< conduce to the future happiness of that _couiitiy . But with re » pect to other portions of the _v--ec ' u " feoni tlte throuc , there was room for _tauchiliiT-iei' _.-eofopini'ui . The interpretation put up ' jn t ! _i-i 'l ' reaty of Utrecht by Lord Palmerston _w-is ucf _uiiiit-d , and _wou'd _, if carried out in its principle , di .-q-. _ialify ivery _I'rir . cein Europe from _marryinsr the Q _: ; fen ot S _;' _- . in . But , in _latt , there had been no _vi-ktiun of thc Treaty of Utr _* _-cht by the bite Spanish _tn- ! rri . _i-. _* _t-s . It was a isi . _st . - ike , also , to _c-i' . l the f > teup : iiion of Cracow a violation of . the Treaty of Vienna . Whatever our opinioHS of thc Spanish _man-ia-ie-. or the occupation of Cracow , it was of the utmo _^ l consequence that a perverted _ver-* i . 'ii ol treaties should not be wade , thc ground of p ! ' . t' _--t a « ainst the European _transactions . _Cul-inc ! Conoixy ii » _li _* £ r . antly _repcJ ' . ed the eharges _r-i-ti .- by Air . Roebuck _agaiust the Irish landlords .
Si * - " . _ouj-hT Pekl _s-iid that the topic * in the royal (¦ pet :-., uould be best uebat ** d after the documents p : * . _* _ii so by the Government should be ou the table of tin- house , lie should abstaiu from all reference to its- Spanish marriages , further than to assert that th . -- _tate Government , during thc period of their power , ii _.-vi-r made any attempt to secure for a Prince o ; the _IIoubc of S .-ixe _Cebur-r the hand of the Queen of Spain . As to ihe occupation of Cracow , he regretted the extinction t-f that independent territory , and thought that the pretence of danger to the three Power . -, urged as the reason of
the occupation , utterly inadequate tu warrant an act of such dangerous consequences . He regretted that no reference had been made iu the speech from the throne to the state of the revenue . lie did not blame the Government for not _having called Parliament together at an earlier period ; and , _considcrin-r the difficulties that surrounded their Irish administration , he was prepared to _ron-dder their measures with attention and fairness . To the proposed removal of the -Is . duty on corn , the _stt- * _pensien of th ** Navigation Laws , and the admission of _susiar for distilleries , he was prepared to give his cordial support .
Lord I ' almek > to . v could not acquiesce in the intetpvctr . tioa put en the Treaty of Vienna by Mr . _D'lsrac-li ; for , if that interpretation was correct , the treaty would have n _» effect whatever . The inter J Fetation also put * apon the Treaty cf Utrecht by tha in . member was quite incorrect . The Address was agreed to-without a dissentient voice , and the _housd _adjourned . HOUSE OF COMliOXS , — _Wsdnesdit , _Januabt 20 . The _SrEAKEB took bis seat shortly before four o ' clock . A new writ on the motion of Mr . Parker , was ordered for the election ofa member for Middlesex , in the room Of the Ute : Ifr . Byng . Mr . Dcscombe gave notice that heshould more , on the 'J 8-. li instant , for the appointment of a select committee to _inquire into the treatment of convicts on board the hulks at Woolwich .
Dr . _ISowBiss gave notice that to-morrow he should move for a return ofthe numb , r of corporeal punishments in tbe army since the last parliamentary returns , made up to tbe latest period at which they could be furs ' shed . 4 The first bnsiaeu transacted was tbe putilg of the _Wtflfeifioaalorderf . Among other * ,
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Mr . Ewabt moved that th * . committees on all private V . _'ls . as well on railway bills , consist of five members neither p ? rjonalJy nor fnd ' rertly interested in the question su' _Tiiitte-d t * th . it ceitisidcr . iti"ii . Mr . TifoGXLBV wiiii Jed the motion . Mr . _lir-oTiiEn-ro _* _. _ol'je-cted to it , on the ground that the present _syiteire had only been iu force for the last tito or three years , and that it was premature to change it at pnsent . Considerable discussion followed , and tbe motion on a division was _lostt-y a majority of one hundred and three to thirty-si ; .. POOR-LAW -RETURNS .
Captain _Pecheli , moved fe-r a return from each Poorlaw Union and parish in Em-land and Wales , of she _nuinbe-r of ii <> n-res : dent families and persons who were in receipt o ! relief on the ' . 'Oth day of August , 181 ( 1 , distin-Ru : < _lii « - those wh _. i have since becoir . e _rharpeabK- to the unions and parishes in which they were _residine ; at that period . He _wishe-1 for the return referred to , _because eif the extraordinary operation ot * a Bill passed last session _, entitled the Poor Law Removal Bill ; the working of which had prortd _nio't injurious to thu poorer _clnses . It had created the greatest consternation in the country , and h . _id benefitted none save the legal authorities _cemc-cted with the various unions , who , in fact , were living up . n the plunder derived frora the poor . The non-resident had been harshly treated , and had , in many eases , had relief altogether suspended , so far as they _wirj concerned .
Mr G- Bankes _fec-ondeu _themotion , and sodomg gave notice , that on Friday he should move thc appointment of a select committee to consider the operation of the Poor _L-iw _Removal Bill , as an amendment upon the proposition « f Lord J . Russell . That bill had inflicted much injury on the ratepayers and the _p-ior of Dorsetshire , an . l on » ht not to stund a single hour on tho statute book without li . ateria ] alteration . Sir G . 6 * BEr had no objection to the production of this return _; but as Mr . _B-inkes had given notice of his intention to bring the Poor Removal Bill under the consideration ofthe heuse ou Friday next , he hoped that he should not be _con-ideretl wanting inrespwt to tbe house , or to Mr . Bankes , if he deferred till then any observations which he had to mike on this suVjeet .
Mr . _Feeband called the attention of the hon . gentleman to the conduct of tbe poor law auditors . It would be difficult to describe the injustice inflicted on the poor by those _functisnur ' es . He would be able to convince the house that it was their duty to rescue the poor frora the clutches of these poor law auditors . He would mention one instance of the harsh conduct of these officers . It was the custom in the Keighley Uunion to direct the parish constable to _relit-ve the poor , end he was in the habit of providing the destitute with a lodging , fo _» d for a short period , and a small sum to assist them on their
road . But what was the case at present f Why , the poor law auditors bad intimated to the constable that he should discontinue tbe p-actice , or defray the expenses of sucb relief out of bis own pocket . The auditors of several Unions had threatened to commence action * against the Guardians if they gave relief to any person in opposition to the orders of Somerset-house . He was happy to state that he bad observed in tbe present Home Secretary greater humanity towards the poortban he bad ever witnessed in bis predecessor in office , and be therefore hoped tbat be would inquire into tbe accuracy of tha statement which he bad just made .
After a few words from Mr . Spooner and Mr . F . Borth wick , the return was gt anted .
ADMISSION OF SUGAR AND MOLASSES INTO DISTILLERIES . Lord Jons Russell , in reply to a question from Mr . Christopher , informed the house , that government intended the measure about to be introduced , sanctioning the use of sugar and molasses in breweries and distilleries , should be of a permanent character . It was , bowever , quite open to the hon . gentleman to propose tbat the Bill should only remain ' in . force for a gives time .
THE HILLBANK PENITENTIARY . Mr . T . S . _Dcxc--. VBC asked the right lion , baronet the Secretary © f State for the norae Department , whether he had any obj ; c : ir _. a to lay npon the table of tbe house the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition ofthe Millbnuk Penitentiary , and any cor respondence whieh had passed upon the subject ! Sir George Geet said he had _rsceived the report , _signed by two of the Commissioners , and the evidence taken upon the occasion , wbich he would lay upou the tabic ofthe house .
THE ADDRESS . The report on tbe Address in answer to her Majesty ' s Speech having been brought up by Mr . C . Howard , Mr : _IIcue expressed bis regret at the omission of several importiEt topics from the speeah . Nothing was said in it _respecting the education ofthe poor of England . The ncible lord hsd _soleml y promised to take that subject into his consideration ; and he , therefore , hoped that his lordship had only postponed it until the distress of Iraland was alleviated . He could assure him that if same gr . tnd and comprehensive scheme for the social and moral improvement of tiie people were not speedily carried into effect , tbe country would not be _abla to stand up ;> gainct the pressure of such a calamity as that whieh was now devastating Ireland . Not a word was said ia the speech respecting the inUntions of Ministers to carry out the
system of free trade introduced by the late Government ; and that omission had caused him and _atbers great dis . | _appo _ntmetit . He should also like to bave heard from 1 Ministers someassmanca of their intention to introduce _meesuresfor facilitating the che _* p conveyance of property , < and for breaking up tlie obsolete _sjstem of entails . On the destruction ofthe free state of Cracow , the language of t'ie speech was ' not strong enough . Colonel SiwrHow thought tbat the Chancellor of the Exchequer onght to have given tbe House some _statement 1 _respecting the financial condition of the country . As ' tbe speech did not contain the usual intimation thatthe revenue was _flourishing , he _theiught . thflt he bad a right to infer that it was not in that prosperous condition in which he wished it to be .
Air . P . Scrope , Lord Bernard , Mr . D . Cailagban _, and Mr . Hamilton , censured the Irish Poor Law . Mr . S . _Cbawfobo said , thatif _tvwtJere was a cruel , oppressive , and anti . Christing Law , it was the Irish Poor Law , which prohibited all out-door relief . Theconsf-¦ luencesofthatprinciplehad been terrible , as he proved by reference to the accounts received of tbe illness and pestilence which had recently prevailed in the workbouses of Skihbereen , of the South Dublin Union , and of the union of Newtonards , in the county of Belfast . Under such circumstances he called on the Government to give a discretionary poever to the boards of guardians to give out-door relief . He lamented that the Labour Rate Act had signally failed ; but it was not fair in the Irish landlords who had not attended in Parliament to amend an injudicious act to blame the Government far passing it . Instead of relying on voluntary contributions , the Government ought tomakcthe landed property _< if Ireland responsible for the employment and food of the people _.
The Chaxceuob ofthe _ExcnrctiEB and SirG . Ghet defended the course which the Government had taken in the supply of food , the management of the unions , and the employment of the people ; and expressed an opiuion , that when the papers moved for should be laid before the house , the propriety ofthe steps they had taken would be more apparent . Mr . F . French and Mr . Lefroy shortly spoke on the subject , and Mr . P . _Bortuwics , after congratulating the house on the unanimity displayed in supporting the measures mentioned in the speech from the throne , proceedsd to comment on the annexation of Ctacow , and the Montpensier marriage , lie concluded his speech by calling on Lord Palmerston to lay on the table of thc house , if he had it , a copy of the letter which M . Guizot had addressed to the Count de Montemoiln on the Spanish marriage , and , if he had it not , to demand a copy of it and its six propositions from M , Guizot .
Mr . Pldmtbe conceived that it _waspossib'ethat we bad deeply _offendcdGodby certain acts which of late yearg we had placed ou the statute book , and that He was now visiting us with our present terrible calamities in conse - quence . He , therefore , suggested to Lord John Russell tue propriety of appointing a day of general humiliation f _.. r the whole _kingdom . Mr . Ewabt made s few observations en thc omission of all notice of thc subject of education from the Qu en ' s speech . Lord G . _Besjtinck said , as some observations has beeu made with reference to the conduct of Lord Lucan , it was neeessary that he should state that that uohleman was thc principal proprietor of the parish of Castlebar ; and hud it on his authority that , during the six years he had held his estates , be had not only expended the entire of his Irish rents , but a great portion of his English rents too in _tlat parish . It bad been said thnt the ratepayers of the parish of Castlebar had refused to pay rates ; but it
was only justice to them to say that , if they did refuse to pay rates , it was because baronial sessions presentments were made whieh it was not within the power of the barony to pay . Ia the county _» f Mayo he believed thc baronial presentations amounted to no less a sum than £ 400 , 000 , The assessments were in the habit of being made at sessions , where not the ratepayers only were assembled—though they alone had a right to vote , —but in presence of large mobs with shillelaghs in their bands—{ a laugh )—and they were not carried by reason or argument , but were shouted down ; and , in point of fact , thc unfortunate _landlords had no alternative hut to acquiesce for the sake of their Jives . I" Hear , " and laughter . ) Before sitting down , he had just to remark that his hon . friend the member for Evesham ( Mr . _Borthtn ' ck ) . who held the office of I . or 4 High Treasurer to King Charles V , —( laughter)—perhaps wished to provoke him into a controversy on some points of the Spanish question ; but he would rather decline being led into that controversy by his hon . friend .
Mr . P . _ScBorE would ask the noble lord , after the statement he had made about Castlebar , how he could account for so many paupers being sent over from Ireland to Liverpool and other places % Lord G . _Bentikck had been in communication with some ofthe merehanlsof Liverpool , and he found that it was not tbe Irish landlords who exported the paupers to Liverpool , but thnt they were brought over by a most extraordinary speculation . At this time of the year thc _neamcrs were very short of passengers aud cargo -. and i * iuitedtbe purpese of those in charge of them to bring-over paupers from Ireland to Lirerpool free , ou the speculation that the Liverpool ratepayers would be obliged to send them back again , and by pajing tbeir fare remunerate thc _tsteam-Doat proprietors . ( Laugbtcr . ) Tbe report on the address was then read , aad agreed to , and tht bouse adjourned .
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IIOUSE OF LORDS . _—Thu _^ day , Jan . 21 . ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS . The Lon » _SihWAnn ( Earl Forteseue ) presented the li'ieeii ' s answer to tlie address , wliich was ordered to be entered on the journals , and after a few questions on foreign and colonial subjects , the liouse adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Thuksdav , Jan . 21 . A number of petitions in favour _« t the Ten Hoars ' Bill were presented , also in favour ofa repeal ofthe Union , aud other subjects . Certain l . _' oor Law returns relating to the parish of Bingley , were ordered on the motion of Mr . Ferratid .
TIIK REFORM ACT . Mr . DcxcoMBK gave notice that he would , on Thursday next , move for leave to bring in a bill fov the abolition oftlie rate-pay iuc clauses in the Itelorni Act . MEXICO AND TIIE UNITED STATES . In reply to question * {' row Mr . Roebuck , Lord 1 ' _ALMfcKfcioNE said the Government were not officially informed of the fact that any agent resided in _tiiis couiitrj , authorised by tho Mexican Governwem to issue letters of marque against the United State-, and letters ef naturalisation as Mexican subjects _, lie had had a _conven-atiou with the United States Minister , on ths subject of Englishmen who might obtain such letters of marque , and had put a question to the law officers ofthe Crown , as to the steps the British Government ought to take iu the matter ; but he had Hotti _. ng further to communicate to the ilouse .
OPENING THfc PORTS . The house having resolved into a committee of the whole house , Lord J . Ut'SiELL submitted to it his _resolutinns to suspend tbe Corn Duties and thc Navigation Lang . At the close of last harvest , the general opinion was , that the wheat crop , though below an average one , was super * " -- * - in . quality , that _barlej and oats were hi _manypartsdeiicieut _. andthatagrcat failure ofthe potato was general . But a very large importation of grain in the course ot last year , not less than 4 , 880 , 000 quarters , having taken place , no very considerable rise of price occurred , and therefore no apprehension ofa large deficiency was entertained . Jn October and November prices rather declined . But _friim that
time a considerable rise of price began , and in the present month the average price of wheat was very high , aud that uf barley remarkably bo . This rise had been unexpected by persons engaged ih the trade in Great Britain , and it had been equally unexpected in France , because in November ) a _* * t the Minister of Commnierce had no apprehension ofthe suaivity in that country which bad since been felt . Various statements bad been made of tho loss occasioned by the potato failure in Ireland and Scotland , and he cstiiuited it , at the uumcy value of £ . 12 , 000 , 000 , and thought that it would require live million quarter . * , of grain to _Eupply the deficiency . Any large supplies between this and harvest time can only be expected from Odessa aud America , aud ships had been sent
from Liverpool and other places to bnug home these supplies . Such being the state of our deficiency , and such the prospects of obtaining food , it became imperative to remove every restriction , lie should , therefore , _propo-e that the corn duties be suspended till the Istof September next , lcavingit to Parliament , should it deem fit at a futute period of the session , to determine whether the suspension should be continued or not . With respect to the Navigation Laws , the { . resent freights threw considerable difficulties iu the way of importation . Shipping of so large a _tonnage as was now required had raised the freights to an unprecedented height . The ordinary rate of _freight from the Danube wa * 10 s ., but the present rate was
from 15 s . 6 d . to 17 s . ; the ordinary rate from Odessa was 8 s ., at present it was 13 s . Gd . ; the ordinary rate frora tbe United States was 5 s ., it was now _YJs , 0 J . to 13 s . ; the ordinary freight from 'London to Cork was Is . to Is . lid ., it was at present 3 s . tu 3 s . Cd . It was obvious , therefore , that if the corn were imported in the vessels of all nations , the rates of freights would be lowered . De would , therefore , propose a suspension of the-Navigation Laws till the lst of September in the present year . He would give no opinion as to the policy or impolicy of these laws . All he would say was , that the necessity of the time rendered snch an experiment imperative , and he dii not anticipate any objection to these proposals either from tbe advocates of Protection or trom the
friends of Free Trade . Mr . B & _nkes _, an ultra-Protectionist , heartily seconded the motion , and at thc same time dealt some hard hits at Lord John for not calling parliament together last autumn to suspend these laws . If the Irish members couid not have attended the English ones would have gladly done duty for them . The debate would have been short and unanimous , but the Chancellor of tiie Exchequer went into details as to the state of Skihbereen and other places in Ireland , with the view of showing that the government had done everything that was possible for the relief of that country ; this gave rise to an Irish debate in connection with the immediate
question , it which Sir il . Barron , Mr . Goulbourn , Mr . Ewart , Mr . Hume , Colonel Conolly , Mr . Grattan , Mr . P . Scrope , Mr . T . Baring , Lord J . Kussell _, Mr . Bright , Lord G . Bentinck , Mr . W . Browne , Mr . Roebuck , Mr . DTsraeli , Mr . B . Escott , and Mr . F . French took part . Mr . _Bbighi attacked Mr . Baring for his ignorance 0 ' commercial affairs , and the failure of his _propheoiesas to the effect of Corn Law Repeal . The resolutions for suspending the corn duties and the Navigation Laws until the lstof September were agreed to and reported to the liouse . HOUSE OF LORDS , Friday , 22 nd Jan . Lord _Lakspows laid on the table copies of the correspondence relative to the Spanish marriages . Their Lordshi ps meet to-day ( Saturday ) for the purpose of receiving Lord John Russell ' s Bills from the Commons . » I 10 USE OF COMMONS , Friday , 22 nd Jas .
The Hon . Cecil Lawless took his seat for Clonmel , in the room of the Right Hon . David _Pitrot , appointed one of the Barons of Her Majesty ' s Exchequer in Ireland . A new writ was ordered for the city of Chester , vacant by Lord Robert Grosvenor ' s acceptance ot the Cbiltern Hundreds .
THE CORN IMPORTATION BILL went through its various stages . The last clause was struck out in committee . TIIE NAVIGATION BILL was read a second time in Committee . Mr . Mitchkll proposed that the period of suspension should be extended beyound the 1 st September . Lord John Russell considered the proposal inexpedient . An animated debate , in which Lord George Bantinck , Dr . _Bowring , and Mr . Duncombe took part , ensued . Mr . Mitchell replied . The Committee then divided , when the numbers were— For the amendment 50 Against it 1 SS Majority for Ministers 138 The Ilouse having resolved into Committee on
THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT , The Chan-cello ** of the Excue _^ vek entered into a general statement of the financial changes which the Government contemplated regarding the duties at present leviable on the three articles of sugar , molasses , and rum . He _proposed that sugar be admitted free of duty into breweries and distilleries , but a similar permission is not to be extended to molasses , for various reasons , founded chiefly upon the evidence given before a Committee of the House . In tint employment of sugar in distillation , the practice to be pursued is , for the distiller to take it out of bond in the usual manner , and to receive an allowance or drawback when the produce becomes
chargeable with duty . The principle upon which this is to proceed was laid down as follows : — " An equal quantity of spirit produced from sugar ought to pay the same spirit duty as that produced from malt , together witb a sum equal to the amount of duty payable on the quantity of malt required to produce the same amount and strength of spirit . " The drawback amounts to 12 s , lOd . on every eleven gallons and a half of spirits . With regard to rum , the differential duty of ls . 0 d . in favour of English spirit as against colonial , is to be reduced to ls . ; so thatthe duty on English spirit will still remain at 7 s . 10 J ., while that on colonial will be changed from 9 s . -Id . to Ss . lOd .
Lord G . Bbmikck hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not mean to make this law a permanent one , for , in such event , he would meet considerable opposition . Mr . S . _O'BitiKNsaid that the condition of Ireland demanded thatthe grain requisite for their support , should not bo used , if possible , in distilleries or breweries . Mr , UouLBunN said lie entirely approved ofthe measure brought forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his clear and able statement , the more particularly as it only redeemed the pledge which lie gave last session , to consider thc case ofthe West Indian colonies . Mr . D . Barclay said the colonies had a riglit to claim the measure as an act of simple justice .
Lord G . _liESTiscK expressed his intention to support the _mea-we as one of the remedies proposed by Government , butit would be the duty uf the agricultural interest to inquire whether it ought to be of a temporary or a permanent nature . Lord John Russe ll said the sense of the IIouso could be taken on this subject at a future stage . After some remarks from Mr . li . Escott , Mr . Brotherton _, and Mr . Ferrand , the resolutions wero agreed to , and a Bill ordered to be brought in accordingly . The Corn Importation Bill , and the Navigation Bill were tben read a third time and passed .
TIIE LAW OF SETTLEMENT . Lord Jons Uussell moved for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into tbe operation of the Poor Removal Bill and the Law of Settlement , with an instruction to inquire first , and repprt _speci
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allv , upon the Poor Removal Bill . The Noble Lord took that opportunity to announce thc intentions oi the Government with respect to the Andover inquiry , and to the Poor Law _Cotnuiissimi itself . It was not their intention to take any ste _^ s in reference to tin Andover resolution ! -, unless some private Memb r ol _ParliamcHtshould think fit to introduce the question . But , having considered the constiluiion of the 1 ooi Law Commission , they had come to the resolution of remodelling it entirely . They believed that it was absolutely necessary to have a central body , having the means of local inspection . It was their belief that the present commission had exercised their authority to the best of _theirjuilgment , and with an earnest desire to assist the poor , and that the principles upon which they acted were sound . But it
was apparent that in some cases brought before Parliament they did not appear to have exerci .-cd their discretion wisely ; and it was concluded , therefore , that some one connected with tho board should have a seatiti Parliament . The intention ofthe Government therefore , was to constitute a _^ _sup _.-rior board , with a president and two secretaries _^* the president and one of the _secretaries to be eigible to sit in the House ol Commons . The " general rules" to be revised and confirmed or abrogated by the new board , and finally sanctioned by the Queen _hcr-ielf . The government likewise proposed to separate entirely tbe adminisUation of the Poor Law in Ireland from tbat in England ; the Irish board to have a president and two secretaries , 'l'he bill to carry into effect these changes , Lord John Russell promised to bring forward at an early period of the _se-sion .
Atior a lengthened conversation , in wliich several members took part , tho select committee , with thc instruction , was agreed to . The house adjourned at half-past twelve .
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On Monday evening last , a dinner took place in the large room of the White Conduit-house Tavern , Pentonville , "in honour ( as staUd by the advertisements ) of the people ' s Parliamentary leader , T . S . Duncombe , Esq . " Three hundred persons sat down to dinner , F . O'Connor , Esq . presided . At tlie cross-table wc observed , in addition to the guest of the evening , Charles Cochrane , Esq ., the candidate for Westminster ; T . Duncombe , Esq ., T . _Allsop , Esq .. the Secretary , and several members ofthe Central Committee ofthe National Trades' Association , of whieh Mr . Duncombe is President ; thc President and other members of " the Chartist Executive . " The Company included both sexes , and the proceedings of the
evening were concluded by a ball . After tbe removal of tbe cloth , a large number of persons were admitted at a small charge to listen to the _addresscn delivered by the _varieus speakers . The large room in consequence became densely crowded . The Chaikmak _, in announcing the first toast , said that their presence there that ni ght convinced hira that they appreciated the importance of the occasion . They wero assembled there for a double purpose ; first , to do honour to the onl y man in the House ot Commons , who had the courage and the honesty to advocate in that House , the rights ef labour and the interests of industry . ( Great _oheerin-j . ) They were also assembled , because on the following day Parliament was to be opened , and the intentions to the various parties in the House would be developed ,
and it was necessary that they also should declare what were the views and policy by which the people ' * party were to bo governed in the ensuing session . ( Hear , hear . ) For himself , he bad very small expectations from that or any other session , _hb thc House was at present constituted , and the only effect he anticipated from it would be , that its proceedings would deepen the feelings of distrust , want of confidence , with which the people at large regarded that House . ( Hear , hear . ) lie would not further occupy their attention at that time , but at once proceed with the business of the evening by _calling upon the Secretary to read the letters in reply to the invitations which had been sent to various
gentlemen . Many of the excuses were , in his opinion of a very frivolous and insufficient description , but the time would come when they would be able to reckon with those writers . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . T . Clark then read letters from W . P . Roberts , Esq ., Douglas Jerrold , Esq ., J . Fielden , Esq-M . P _., W . Howitt , Esq ., W . Williams , Esq . M . P ., T . Wakely , _Esq . M . P , W . S . O'Brien , Esq . M . P ., excusing themselves on various grounds from being present at the dinner , but generally concurring in the propriety of the demonstration , and paying a high compliment to the talent , courage , and honesty of Mr . Duncombe , in his capacity of a member of thc Legislature .
Mr . Ernest Jones , who was received with great cheering , then spoke to the following sentiment : — ' * The people , the real source of national greatness - , may the temple of their social and political rights , as designed in the People ' s Charter , be erected upon th * ruins of despotism ; and may their wisdom , intelligence , and courage ever suffice to guard the sacred edifice from the assaults of the foes of freedom . " The sentiment recognised thc people as the real source of a nation ' s greatness , but the ruling classes had not hitherto shown by their conduct that they had regarded them in that light . The priest , the autocrat , the millocrat _, the soldier , and the lawyer , ail looked upon the people , as merely the material on which they could prey and grow rich ; but if , turning from these classes , he looked at thc people , he found that to tbem society owed all its wealth and all its progress . To tbem the
_discoveries , which , either in ancient or modern time . * , had forwarded thc physical , intellectual , or moral progress , and well being of soeiety were alone due . ( Cheers . ) He was delighted that the people had that night met to greet a lender , the patent of whose leadership was a people ' s confidence . ( Loud cheers ) To-morrow the representatives of party politicians would meet . To-night the people ' s Cabinet were assembled , and he hoped that tbe result of that meeting would be such as to reassure Mr . Duncombe in his arduous struggle . ( Hear , hear . ) It was gratifying to sec that while thc leaders of almost every section were either loth to enter the field , or , as in the case of Richard Cobden , altogether absent—it was gratifying , he repeated , to see that the people ' s party , headed by such a Jeadtr , were at their post , and the voice of the nation must in the end triumph , for even monopoly had said that the voice of the poople was the voice of God . ( Loud cheering . )
Mr . M'Grath cordially concurred in all that had been so eloquently advanced by Mr . Jones , and also in the sentiments contained in the toast he had _intio-luced . By the people he did not mean any particular class of the community , but the whole body of the population ; in short , that the great principle of universal duties , and universal privileges , applied to every class of the community . { Hear , hear . ) They did not ask for any privilege for the working man , which they would deny to any other class . They contended that thc only property of the working manhis labour—was as worthy of protection aa the property of tho wealthy classes . If , however , they looked to the Ilouse of Commons , as at present constituted , they found that it did not at present dojustice to this principle . The millionaire , the landlord ,
the manufacturer , the merchant , all were represented there . _Labouralone waseither not represented , or altogether misrepresented . ( Hear , hear . ) Labour , thc _t-ilismanic power by which the wealth , the greatness , the prosperity , and the happiness of all other classes was created , was itself neglected , trodden down , and oppressed . ( Hear , hear . ) It was the prey and the spoil of all other classes . Now what they contended fur was , that not only on account of its essential and indispensable value , but also on thc broad ground of national justice and Christian principle , the great bulk of the community now excluded , were entitled to participate in the advantages of political power , and to have social instructions so framed that they could fairly share in the wealth they created . This could never be the case until the brand of slavery was removed from their brow , and the People ' s Charter became the law of the land . ( _Loudcheors . ) All tho previous political movements of tho day had been more or less defective , because more or less sectional .
They had deluded the people in consequenco ; and even the last great niovement , universal as it seemed to be , had euded in delusion , tor the benefits they promised were not realised . ( Hear , hear . ) They had got a free trade more extensive than either Mr . Cobden or Mr . Bright ever expected ; and recollect that these gentlemen promised that free trade would give thc people high wages and cheap bread . How was their prophesy sustained ? They would have those gentlemen before them again , lie called on them to a-k them how they could justify thu statements they had previously made on this important matter . Let it be recollected , also , that Mr . Bright was the first man to put his millB upon short time . This was one ofthe advantages of the success of the free trade principles . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Ue thanked them for the attention they had paid to the few deiultory observations wliich he had made ; and he trusted , in conclusion , that thc principles they advocated would be triumphant . ( Cheers . *
The Chairman said they were now coming to the toast of the evening , They had met on that occasion to pay a compliment to a gentleman who was thc champion of the rights of the working man . — ( Hear , hear . ) The present Premier would enter _Parliament this session floundering between two wounded wings . —( Hear , hear . ) lie would have Peel and his janissaries on the one hand , and the Whigs on the other . —( Hear , hear . ) Then there would be the Irish party—more corrupt than either of the other parties to wlii « li be had already referred . —
( Hear . ) 1 hese gentlemen were to sink all previous differences , tor the purpose of stopping the _salamity , which they said had been caused by Providence , but which , he would say , had been caused by man . —( Hear hear . ) Well , who was the man to tell to these men tiie broad and nuked truth in tlie Ilouse of Commons ? Who but their valued friend present , Mr . Duucoin . be . —( Hear . ) He was the p * Iar star ofthe _people ' s rights , —( Hear , hear . ) He would tell the _landUrds and the manufacturer's who had determined to have food brought from foreign countries , that the people
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would have their share of it . This was what they -vere entitled to and thia was what Mr . Duncombe would say in his place in the House of Commons . Their respected friend was _endiaveuring to rally t ! : e trades into one grand union . Now , he was sure tha . he could select six _hundred and fiftyjeight persons from amongst the men of the trades who would be better able to attend to their own interests and to those of tho people , than the six hundred and fifty * eight individuals who represented them in the Ilouse of Commons . —( Hear , hear . ) He would now como to iiis own brood —( a laugh)—the men with fustian jackets , and he could honestly believe that he could seleet six hundred and fity-eight men from _amongst this class who would legislate for thera much better than the present members of Parliament . The man who was their guest was their tried friend in
Parliament _, lie was the man who turned out oi thc IIouso of Commons the Masters and Servants Bill . He was the man who was not ashamed to tax the Cumherland yeoman with open ng the people ' s letters — ( Hear , hear . ) They were now on the eve oftlie meeting of Parliament , and the Queen ' s _speech was now being read at the house of the Prime Minister . Although his hon , friend was not in the confidence of thc government , and could not therefore say what was in the speech , he yet could say what it wou : d not say . ( Hear , hear . ) Ia conclusion he _begged to propose , " T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., the mco-. ruptible friend of the rights of man , may he long live to witness the triumphs of J those principles of social and political justice , which his powerful at . d eloquent advocacy has tended so widely to _dissominate . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Duncombe rose , and was received with loud cheer . ** . lie said that being the evo of the assen bling of what was called tbe great inquest of the nation , he could not conceive a more felicitous occasion than that was for those who took a deep interest in the welfare of the social condition ofthe people to meet and consider what was the course of policy which they should adopt at such a crisis , in order to see how the one and the other could be secured . ( Hear , hear . J The only right he had in the matter was , that the occasion was made one of compliment ta himself , for all he had done in Parliament was his duty—the duty which an independent Member of Parliament ought to perform . ( Loud cries of Hear , hear . ) That time lastyear they held a similar
meeting . Then they had a different Government from the one now in office — great changes had oe * curred since they had last assembled in that room . Sir Robert Peel felt it right to brine forward a measure in reference to com ; but thinking it due to Lord John Russell , who had been for years preceding an advocate for an alteration of thc corn laws , and who had just then avowed himself in favour of total repeal—he offered to give up the Government to him . The Noble Lord , however , finding himself not strong enough , as Punch said , refused office on the declared ground of some difference existing between Lord Grey and Lord Palmerston . The result was , tbat Sir Robert Peel brought forward the repeal of the corn laws ; and , although he ( Mr . Duncombe )
differed with Sir Robert Peel as a politician , he must say that that Right Hon . Gentleman acted last year in a manner that commanded his highest approbation . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Then came the Irish Coercion Bill . This Bill came down from the House of Lords to the Commons , having , in the Upper Ilouse , received the support of tho Whigs , and ot the present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . ( Hear . ) In the Commons , the Whigs refused to support the Bill . Sir Robert had dene their dirty work _, and they had , therefore , gained their point . ( Hear . ) Sir Robert Peel had been assailed by the Protectionists , and then the Whigs turned round upon him . They rejected him from the Government , and then they sneaked into office . ( Hear . ) Well , now they
were engaged at dinner , playing the Tomfool , in Mayday dresses—( a laugh)—and reading the Queen ' s speech , which was to be spoken the next day . The Chairman had informed them , that if he could not say what the Queen ' s speech would contain , he might guess at what it would not refer to . ( Hear , hear . ) When Lord John Russell came into power , he ( Mr . Dumcombe ) asked him what course of policy he would pursue ; "Oh ! " said the Noble Lord , " my usual course . " A laugh . What that was he really could not say ; nor did Mr . Ward , of the Week _' y Chronicle—or rather the Weakly Chronicle—a laughseem now to know _what tbat policy was to be . This , however , he did tell his constituents at Sheffield , that they were not to expect much . ( Hear , hear ,
hear . ) They could tell them ofthe frightful state in which Ireland was . They could tell them who were the cause of the distress which prevailed there ; bat they would at the same time , no doubt , declare that they were not equal to meet the crisis , and they must all agree that the government ofthe present was not equal to the crisis that had arisen in that country . ( Hear , hear . ) One party in Ireland was _anxiout _* for a repeal of the Union . Why , a repeal of the Union had literally taken place . If they were to believe the Young Ireland party , Conciliation Hall had gone to Corruption Castle . ( Hear , hear ) . But they had not got in Ireland the Parliament which was promised to them should be there in 1844 , —( hear and a laugh)—and now both parties were
coming over to this country to stick their hands into John Bull ' s pockets . ( Hear ) . Ho thought it would be much better to give them repeal than allow this . ) Hear ) . What was the cause of all this distress in Ireland ? Why allowing the people to live upon that " accursed root , " as Cobbett called itthe potatoe . ( Hear , ) It was said that the Government wero going to open the ports . This was something after the fashion of locking the stable door alter _thesteed had been stolen . ( A laugh . ) Tiiey were going to open the ports when there was no corn to be admitted . Why did tbey not do this three months ago , instead of waiting to ask Parliament for permission to do it ? ( Hear . ) Something ought tobe done for Ireland , but not atthe expense of the
people of England . The hon . gentleman , after adverting to tho necessity oi reclaiming the wastelands in Ireland , and of the propriety of getting to the people of that couttry an equitable poor-law , proceeded to denounce the conduct of the government in allowing the imperial pirate of Russia to annihilate Cracow . ( Hear . ) Lord Palmerston had * ' protested , " but what was that ? He then proceeded to say , that thc only safeguard which the workin ? classes had , was by their combining _together f ' ortheir own safety . That combination , or confederation , should be national , otherwise it would be ineffectual . Without such an _organisation , labour could never cope with capital . If he wanted any justification for this statement he would find it in a single case of
combination by thc masters against the workmen , which had recently boon brought under the notice of Central Committee of tho National Association _, l'he conspiracy , for such it was had been brought to light by the letter of one master basket-maker to another in his capacity of secretary to the master ' s union . The writer lived in _Nottingham , and the party addressed in Manchester . The objects of the masters' union were so plainly set forth that it was impossible to mistake them , and they fully justified hira in calling upon the working men to meet th se conspirators by counter combinations . ( Hear . ) Mr . D . then read the letter referred to which showed that the masters had in reply to an application from the working _mcnforanadvaticeofwages _. _resolvedthatthcywouldg'i
back to the same wages as those given in 1 S 3 U , which happened to be a very bad year ; and it should be recollected that since that time they had had free trade , under wliich they were told that ten masters would be running after one man . ( Hear , hear . ) Yet notwithstanding these boasted measures they now saw the masters going back to the wages of 1830 . ( Hear , Hear . ) Finding that thejournoymen refused to accept these terms , the masters formed a union for _t' * e purpose of throwing the men out of work , and thus , by exhausting their funds to break up tlieirunion . The workmen thereupon established a shop called tbe Beehive , which the masters called " a dastardly and mean action . " ( Hear , hear , and a laugh . )—He ( Mr . Duncombe ) thought that the use of such words was a downright abuse of _lauguage .
The document went on to ask from Lancashire not so much for money as the adhesion of the Lancashire masters , in order that the hands throughout thc country might be turned out generally ; and it went on to state , _bonstingly , that in Dublin and elsewhere this had been done to a large extent , for the purpose of exhausting their funds and breaking up the working men s societies . ( Hear , and hisses . 1 He said that such a document was a most disgraceful _« ne , whether it emanated from masters or workmen-( hear , hear)—and also that a more complete justification of tlio principle aud organisation of the National Trades Association had ever been published . When they saw the masters have recourse to such means , it was requisite that they should be met b y si mi hit measures on the part of the industrious classes , and b _\ no other means than a general association could the
operatives expect to secure what they had a right to look for—namely , a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s labour . During the recess he had , in conjunction with the Central Committee ofthe _Association , doueall hw could for working out the princi ple of that association not to encourage strikes , but to encourage the industrious classes of the community by means of their own savings , and their combined e » e " rgies , to _rescue themselves from their present degraded position . ( Hear . ) That condition could not have been produced had the
labouring classes been properly represented in the Legislature as the interests oi all other classes were now represented in that body . ( Hear . ) He could only , in conclusion , say that the great princi ples for which he had heretofore contended , ho would in future bo found labouring to the full extent of his powers to further , lie mi ght nut be able to effect all heer they wished , but he trusted that he should cease to exist when he found himself no longer worthy of their coi . fidcnco . The hon . gentleman retired amidst enthusiastic and long continued applause .
_llieCiiutmi-s then introduced Mr . Charles Cocbraiie to propose the next to . ' . st . He knew little of this gentleman , ami was prepared to her an exposition of his political principles . All he could say was , that the man who was not with _tliCIU was against thorn , and that he could not support any man who did not full y subscribe to the great principles ol political _justice . _embedicd in " the People ' s Charter . " ( Hear , hearj
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Mr . Cocurahb laid that when he came to that a » sembly he bad not the most remote idea that hi should be called on to inHict a speech . ( 1 ( ear , | lear ? The reason why he was there at ail was , thathe b » d received au invitation from a Mr . Clarke , secrctarv to a Chartist Society , inviting him to a dinner in honour of that most excellent and honourablegeotle . man Mr . Duncombe . ( Hear , hoar . ) On that ground alone he eame there , and as their guejt otl that ground he threw himself on their hospitalit y and _tru-ded that he would not be called upon to ex press any opinions on question . - not fairl y before the meeting . Ho was theresimply _bocause he _honoui- td highly and esteemed deeply the talent , honesty , and disinterestedness of the Honourable Member for Finsbury . lie had no desire whatever to trust him . self on the meeting or to seek popularit y by ; , nJ
unworthy means . It they wished lor an exposition _, of his political opinions , he could only say that at any of the numerous meetings which he was now holding in Westminster as a candidate for that citv , any gentleman in the meeting who chose to attend ' _wouhl hear au ample and _straightforward explanation ; but he would not be turned asi . ' e from the toa 4 which ne had unwillingly undertaken the duty of proposin ? and tho duty which he felt lie owed to tbe hi » hfv iaiued representative of the people , whosatbr , iis > ide ( Hear , hear . ) Although ho mi ght not concur
in an tue opinions oi me non-gentleman , yet it was not the less incumbent upon all who appreciated an iionestand courageous perseverance hi a cuum » of political action—the only object of which , it was apparent , must be the benefit of thewhole community —( hear , hear)—to do honour tu so fo ' _uhful and worthy an exponent of popular principles . ( Hear \ The toast he had to submit was— "T _Wakler E-q and all other friends os right and justice in the House of Commons ; may they continue as hi therto , to support the claims of labour ' s s , ns to a fair participation in labour ' s fruits . " He had much
pleasure in submitting this toast to the meeting because he highly respected Mr . Wak _' . ey , who « _ag » most worthy colleague of their honourable and honoured guest ; and his conduct for many years , more especially on fhe Poor-law question , and recently on the question of military flogging , showed that hehad the interest of the people decidedly at heart . ( Hear hear . ) After alluding to the effects ofthe Poor-law in bringing down wages , and the necessity for its abolition could be done in the lnbouring classes , Mr . Cochrane concluded amidst cheers by proposing tlie toast .
The Chairman said that the next toast which he had to propose was the following : — " Co-operation : May the varied efforts now making by the Chartist Land Company , and the National Uuited Trades - Association for the employment of Labour , and all other pioneers in the cause of co-operative labour and community of iuterests , meet with encreasing _success until they eventuate in the complete enfranchisement of labour from thethrildom of capital , and the establishment ol a class of independent landed proprietors decking the fair surface of the British soil . " In illustration of the value of this
principle of co-operation , he adverted to the fact that the Government were looking to the produce ofthe land of other countries to feed tho people of the empire , and suggested , that if this were so , was it not wise in the Chartists to cany out the principle of co-operation , to till their own land , and teed themselves from their own resources . ( Hear , hear . ) No alteration in the poor laws could serve the workingclasses—nothing but the employment of labour upon land , belonging to the _working classes , and of the passing of the Charter , couid ensure peace and comfort to the great body of the people . - * ( Hear , hear . )
iMr . Wheeler ( Secretary to the Chartist Co-operative Land Society ) , in an energetic address , spoke to the co-operative system . In less than 18 months the Society to which he belonged had 13 , 000 subscribers , with a fund of £ 20 , 000 ; they possessed two estates in the finest portions ef England ; but this was not ' all , they were about to become banker * - . ( Hear . ) This would soon induce the masters to think more of them than they had done . Mr . Robson ( a member of the Central Committee of the Trades , Association for Co-operation ) also ad . vocated the principle supported by the previous speakers . He deprecated strikes , and said that the working classes could best attain their object by et > operating together ; and he could assure them that if they would join their pence together , they would be able to meet the millions of masters ;
The CnAinMAs then proposed the followimr sentiment : —" The Irish nation , and may the tloud ot misery in which that coerced and unhappy people is now enveloped , be speedily dispelled by the light of political equality , and its famishing population be _injured freedom and prosperity on the soil ot Erin , free _tiorn foreign tyranny or domestic _oppression ; and said the Irish were making a great effort to support their rights ; and he thought he could assure them , on thc part of the English people , that if they required their assistance they would have it . This terminated the dinner . The ball then commenced , and the evening was spent mosta (* ieeab . y .
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PROGRESS OF THE CHARTIST PRINCIPLE The following letter was read to the members o the Central Registration Committee , at their _meetinij on Tuesday evening last , and we are desired to publish it , to shew what progress the great truths of Chartism has effected , even among the shopkeeping classes ; the writer being the Proprietor of a large Establishment and the employer of a considerable numberof hands , in one of the principal streets is Manchester : — Manchester , January the Mb , 1 S _47 . Sir , —I received yours of the 21 st ult . and regret that eircutnatanceshave prevented me replying ere this ; as an accident has opened a correspondence , allow me to express my surnriso tbat jou do not adopt mere dtciswo means of propagating your views , especially now , when society turns with distrust from all other _parties—jof are bad tacticians .
If you really are sincere in attaching : public importance to your cause , you are guilty of a great breach of publie trust , in the coldness aud apathy of your present publie eonduct , of course , I refer to you as a body ; no doubt , there are many individual exceptions—observation hsi taught mo to consider yoa Chartists as considerable m _» ders , correct thinkers , great talkers , but sickl y workers ; your priuciplee are respectable , your party is large , and public opinion is now much inclined to you , anel ytt your demonstrations are so weak nnd meagre as to generate misgivings and almost despair iu the minds o ! many , and even of your most sanguine friends .
Now is the time for you to come out . —Thousands who would be valuable auxiliaries aro naturally _unwilling t « join a party , however just its claims , who _eonteat themselves with morbid contemplations of their wrongs , and _longinj desire for redress but assume a more cheerful arid determined tone , ( not in your language only , but iu your movements ) , and you must speedily succeed—jou ought and may this session have au e _« xteii 6 ioiiof the Suffrage—what have you yetguincd f I would suggest to you to concentrate your efforts a little more . Take some such plaeo as the Free Trade Hal ! here , bring your leading advocates , make it well knowD , and _I-umsure you will ml the place . Then boldly _anfi mo ' derately expound jour principles , and it _ni'l produce more effect than a hundred of your little detached _, grumbling , meetings , you every _we--k or thereabouts p' 0
to , the expense of placards on a small and very liaii ; ed scale auoonncing your lectures , which scarcely one _tliotl-¦ aiidth part even of Manchester eve » hear of , or care for , and thus you fritter away your resources an . l court a liui-cring _deuth , whereas now and then one strong and vigorous moral demonstration , at a tythe of the expense nf your _continuous mithings _, would bring large acts * -. ions of members aud money , and would tell all onr thc country . Yon will excuse me writing thus plainly , and believe that I do so from a feeling of good will . If you hare a spare moment 1 will thank yon to acknowledge there ceiptofthis . Your ' s , Ac . , J . Mm Oldham-stmt , To T . M . Wheeler .
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Review Of The Queen's Speech. A Meeting ...
REVIEW OF THE QUEEN'S SPEECH . A meeting was held at the Assembly Rooms , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho , on Wednesday evening , January 20 th , Mr . J . Caughlin in the chain Mr . Ernest Jones read and commented in ft Caustic style on ihe effusion called the Queen ' s Speee'ib and concluded by proposing the _iollowing _resolution : — That this meeting express tlieir regret and disappointment at the tenor of Her Majesty ' s speech , as not
pointing to a solution of the difficulties under which the community _UOW lubours , but only hinting at a _temj-yrarj alleviation of those suff _« ri » _gs which a g _« od Legislature ought never to have permit t _« d , and would soon be able' to ubriate by an kotiest policy j and this meeting is fut tUeJ _* convinced that no real good can be effected by any ait " *" sures short of the extermination of that _legislative mei uopoly which now nfUicts tbe working classes of thi > eountry , which con only be done bv extending the fr . in _* _eiliise in accoreliinco with thc principles laid _daivn in _M document called the l _' _eople- ' _s Charter .
Mr . Doyle , in his usual style , followed . Mr . Jones _, severel y camigating Lord Joint Russell for _hiscallou _*' neglect of the Irish people , and ridiculed the idea of protesting on the matter of Cracow . After a few words from Mr . T . M . Wheeler , the resolution was adopted unanimousl y , and the m eeting was dissolved .
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street , Ilayniarket , in the City of Westminster , a : s i" - _Oilie-e-, i » the same Street and Parish , tor the i ' _ro-• _u-ieitoi ' _, I * l " A . _UGUs- O'CONNOR . Esq ., _utirt _pnMW-e . _1 by Wiuiam Hkwitt , Of . Vo . 18 , _Clnirles-sti'ict . llrau * don-street , Walworth , iu tk * parish of St . . Mary . S *« ' - ington , in the County of Surrey , at ths Ollice , Xo . h 1 _* Great Windmill-street , _Uajimarket , in the City _e _* f _«** _•!• minster . Satarday , _January 23 , 1847 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23011847/page/8/
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