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ss THE NORTHERN STAR. February 27, 1847
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Ss The Northern Star. February 27, 1847
_ss THE NORTHERN STAR . February 27 , 1847
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IIOUSE OF LORDS . —Feb . 22 . ThThe Brewing from Su _.-ar , and the Distilling from uugaugar Bills -were read a third time and passed . Tl The Marquis ot Lis snow se moved the third reading fr tlf the Destitute Persons ( Ireland ) Bill , but in _cousevueiiuence of some _objections taken by the Earl of BUentoroorou _^ h , the farther consideration of the bill wat _postloneoned . T Their Lordships then adjourned . TUESDAY , Feb . 23 . T The Destitute Persons Bill was amended , read a ihirJ iim . ime , and passed , after a conversation in which Lord BroJrou ham , the MarqoU of Londonderry , the Marquis of _iaiuan-downe , the E arl of _Ell-, nborougb , the Marquis uf . WeiYestmeath , and Lord Campbell took part , I In tho course of this conversation . Lord Brougham _-en-enewed bis attacks on the Irish landlords , _absentees , untknd others
. 1 The Marquis of _Lokdosdebht taunted the noble and lleaiearnd Lord with being himself an absentee , sptndiinging his time in France , and amusing himself with hunting fcbomoars . . 1 Lord _BaorcnAM admitted his residence in France '' _u-auring the months when " nobody was in London , " but Jlerieried that he e 7 er " amused himself hunting bores out 3 ) ffcf England . " ' Tha rojal assent was _fe iveH by commission to the Back ' wWheat , ic , Importation Bill , the Brewing from Sugar IBi Bi 1 , the Distilling from _Su-ar Bill , and the Clielsea _Pens-iosioners' Poundage Bill . ' Tlieir Lordships adjourned to Thursday . TIlUR- _* DA _* t _" . Feb . 25 . : LABOURING POOlt ( IRELAND ) BILL On tlie _im < m < viHm of the Earl of _Ct . i _* RE-stios , thi * bill was Jeail i » f » first time , and ordered tobe read a second time on _IMcHondav .
So other business of importance was transacted . 1 RID A" ? , f SB . 26 . The Royal Assent was given , by commission , to the * Di * _Destiure Persons Relief ( Ireland ) Bill . Lord _Stanley put a question as to the course intended te _* tobe puisued by government with respect to tho public b business of the bouse . The Marquis of _Lanbdowxe _, in answer , stated that the n necesity of getting the bills for the relief of Ireland putted tl _through Parlianient , and theprotracted discussion that had t taken place tn those bills , had prevented the Lower Home t from making such progress in measure of a more general i nature as would enable them to send up any billi to that 1 house . The permanent measures for the relief of Ireland i wonld be introduced int j the Ilouse of Commons on thu 8 th « of March , and as soon as _the-ywere disposed of , several i measures ofan important nature , chiefly relating to im . j _prove-nents in the penal laws and sanatory regulations 1 for tha health of towns , would be brought io .
The Loan Chascxllob . _stated tliat he had under 1 his cars measures relating to the laws of debtor and _i creditor . After some conversation of no importance , the house i adjomned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Fm . 22 . After the private business was disposed of _. Lord J . Hesse * , , moved that the house resolre itself into a committee of ways nnd means , on which , Mr . Edwabd _Ellice drew tbe attention ofthe house to the destitute coudition ofthe people on the west coast of Inverness-shire . He would troubl _e the house with a few facts which he had extracted from the report of Mr . Frazer , sheriff substitute ofthe county of Inverness , that gentleman having at the request of the relief board in
Edinburgh undertaken to visit tbe distressed districts . Mr . Frazer bad visited six districts , and in all had fouud a very considerable portion of the population in a state bordering on starvation . In tbe first , out ofa _lotal of 91 families , S 3 were utterly destitute . These families contained in alHSO persons , 133 of whom were children under 12 years of age . They had , when Mr . Frazer visited them , but four _dajs' consumption of all sorts of food . This was a district in which tlie Poor Law was not in operation . In the next district there were 30 families in independent circumstances , and J 38 numbering in persons _£ 7 I destitute . The latter had only 10 bolls of meal , or two days' consumption _amongst tbem . The proprietor of the district employed IS men , buthe had made _noprorisioaforpaying
them , nor bad he found them food . In the next district there were , in one village , 6 G 0 souls in the greatest distress . Some supplies had been sent by the Free Church Committee , but they were exhausted , and if relief did not come soon the majority of the inhabitants must perish . In another district , containing 1 , 100 souls , 900 were in a slate of destitution . In the districts he had enumerated the ? proprietors had done nothing , nor was _anything to be expected from them . He also gathered from other letters he had received , tbat the seed corn the only thing to which the people could look for support next year , was rapidly being consumed , so that next season might be expected to be even more disastrous than the present . ( Hesr . hear . )
Sir G , Gse stated that tbe attention of the government was anxiously directed to the _stato of things on the west coast of Scotland . Mr . Bullis corroborated the statements made by Mr . Ellice . T HE BUDGET— -Thc house then went into committee of ways and means , when The _CHASCELtoa of the Exchequer rose to lay the financial state and prospects of the country before the committee . After briefly adverting to the prevailing dearth in Ireland , the right hon . gentleman observed that the finances of the country were perhaps never in a state _irfien thej eoald better bear the extraordinary demand which that dearth would make upon thtm . The balances in the Exchequer for this jear were nine
millions . For the first time , within the recollection of the Oldest among them , there was no deficiency in the finan . ces ofthe quarter , the balances iu the Exchequer being sufficient to pay the dividend *" . The Customs receipt on every article of import , with tbe exception of those upou which tbe duties had been reduced , had been higher this year than during tbe corresponding period oftho preceding year . With the exception of soap , the produce of every material article paying Etcise duties had considerably increased . From the 5 th of January to the 13 th of _February there was an increase in the receipts of the ordinary revenue over those of the corresponding period last year of half a million . He should be holding out _however , fallacious hopes to the house , if he were tei say that we were likely to have a continuance of this prosperous state of things . Circumstances , obvious to the most _unteflscting mind , led to the conclusion , that we
had come tothe time wben our onward progress might be checked , as it had been in thu year 1825 , and againinthe year 1830 . He did not , however , expect that it would be accompanied with anything like the revulsion which had occurred upon those occasions ; first , because the I experience of former times had not been lost upon us ; and next , because trade was now conducted upon sound and not upon speculative principles . We had now truer notions of currency , and , instead of purchasing Mississippi Stock and Pennsylvania Bonds , had been nresting our capital in works of great importance at home . He was , therefore , confident that no such results as those which had occurred formerl y would now follow any temporary check in our onward progress . But it would be contrary to all experience if the high price to food did not trench upon the comforts of all classes ofthe community , and did not thereby diminish their means of
purchasing the same quantity of those articles which were subject to duties of Excise or Customs , and wbich therefore contributed essentially to the national revenue . Unfortunately , with the high price of food there had also been a concurrent high price of cotton , whieh had led to diminished employment in the manufacturing districts . -Ih . 3 had produced in the last month an entire stoppage of small mills , the diminution ofthe number of others which had been working full time , and the increase ofthe number of those which wrre working only short time . In the borough of Manchester alone 2 , 033 labourers had beea thrown out of work in that time ; and there were now 2 . 000 hands less employed in working full time , and 1 , 955 more employed in working short time in that town , than at the commencement of January . Such a
diminution of wages mast occasion distress , and consequently a diminution in the amouut of the revenue . Bullion too , had been exported _f-r the purchase _e _. f food , and that _ha-1 produced a pressure on the money market , which , in its turn , checked mercantile enterprise . Hitherto the demand for bullion had not been very formidable , for there was only £ 1 , 200 , 009 of gold less in the Bank now than there was on tho 13 th of February last year . Mr . Goulburn had anticipated last year a surplus from the Cast ims of £ 76 , 000 , and from the Excise a surplus of . £ 700 . 000 , making a total surplus , anticipated from Customs and Excise , of £ 770 , 000 . But subsequent legislation , wbich had admitted foreign sugar into the English market , hud given rise to an increase in the ordinary revenue , which could not bave been anticipated by Mr .
_-toulDurn when he made his statement , to the extent of £ : ' _'J-i , UO <" . Had this been foreseen , tbe increase weulel have beea set down at about a million . But if they referred to tbe balance sheet up to the 5 th of January this year , they would find that the excess of income over expenditure was no less than £ 2 , 8111 , 000 . Since that period , too , the produce of the revenue had exceeded that « f tbe corresponding quarter la t year to an unexpected extent . But the statement which he was about to _ni'iko would be based upon the . produce of the revenue up to the 5 tb January last ; and he would now proceed to state what would be the pio- ! ba ' _oltf income from the 5 th of April next to the 5 th of April , IS 43 . The produce of the Customs up to tbcotb of January last was £ . ' 0 , 540 , 00 ' -. Of tbis a no less sum than £ 70-1 , 000 had been received from importations of corn . For tne lirst six months of tke coming year tbey could _expect no income from tbat source . But he was not
_prej _a-e-d to make a deduction to the whole extent oftlie dut : _isrj-eiv * . d from corn , because hehad reason tote lieir t ata considerably increased revenue would be deiived from increased consumption of sugar during the _ensui-jg year , ne believed , then , that he was entitled to assume thatthe customs receipts for the coming year would not be less than £ 20 , 000 . 000 . As to the Excise _^ the produce from _tl . is source of revenue was , up to the 5 tUu"January last , £ 13 , 933 , 000 ; and he _thought that they might reckon , for the ensuing year , upon receiving from this source £ 13 . 700 , 000 . Since the beginning of the j . ivse , ; t quarter the increase in tlw excise duties had reach . . 1 the vain of £ 100 , 000 . Even in Ireland tlie excise duties haa betn ou the increase for the past six _weeki . Th e stamps had produced , up tu the 5 th of J an . _, £ 7 , o 05 , 000 , and he assumed tbat they would yield about the sime amount next je » r . Tho laud and assessed taxes had , last year , produced £ 4 , 27 _' J , 060 ; and be calcti-
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1 « ted upon receiving from the same source , durin ; the com : n < year , about £ 4 , 270 , 000 . The property tax , up to the 5 th of January last , y ielded about £ 5 , 395 , 000 . Since the 5 th of January the increase of tbis tax had been £ 169 , 000 ; buthe would only assume it to produce forthe coming year the sum of £ 5 , 300 , 000 . The produce of the rost-office and Crown laads ho would nssutnc tobe the same as lust year—the former having yielded £ 845 , 000 , and the latter £ 120 , 000 . From certain miscellaneous sources of revenue they had last year received £ 427 000 but he would only anticipate from these sources £ 330 000 for the enuring year . Taking all these items together they would make the ordinary revenue for the next finan . cii . 1 year amount to £ 52 , 0 li 5 , _« 00 . He would now call tbe attention , of the committee to the contemplated expendi .
tur _.-. The interest of the debt , funded andunfunded , would be £ 23 , 045 , 000 . The estimate for charges on the consolidated fund was £ 2 , 522 , 000 , the charges for tbe "Irish constabulary £ 175 , 000 , making a total of £ 2 , 700 , 000 , which , with the interest on the funded and unfunded debt , made a grand total of £ 30 , 745 , 000 . The estimate for tha _aitny was £ 6 , 140 , 074 , including militia and com . _missariat charges ; that for the navy was £ 7 , 561 , 876 ; for the ordnance , £ 2 , 079 , 127 ; and for the miscellaneous votes , £ 8 , 750 , 000 * , making the whole ordinary expendi . ture for the coming year amount to £ 51 , 570 , 000 . In the foregoing estimate expenditure , he had omitted to state the sums which would probably be required for the relief ef Irish distress , and it was now his duty to state what was likely to be the extent of tbe demand upon
the Exchequer for the relief of that country . Up to January last , the _expeaseof the permanent staff of the Board of Works had been £ 20 500 ; that of the commis . sariat officers employed £ 27 , 500 . Up to the present time the expenditure for the purchase of grain had be-on £ 225 , 000 . Up to the middle of Fe . bruary the issue from the Exchequer under the Labour-rate Act had been £ 2 , 400 , 000 . Such being the case , he feared that the monthly expenditure for some time to come would not fall much short of a million of _rnvjney . As it was probable that the expenditure for Ireland would continue until next harvest _, and to some extent even beyond that time , he could not estimate the total probable charge upon the Exchequer , for the coming year , for the relief of the Irish distress at
less that £ 3 , 000 , 000 . This , with the sum already ad . vanced for this purpose , would make the whole expendi . ture from August last to next harvest , amount to about £ 10 , 000 , 000 . And it was on account of this enormous aad necessary expenditure that he had , amongst other _reasons , resisted Lord G . Bentinck ' s scheme for advancing £ 16 , 000 . 000 for the completion of Irish railways . Considermg the extraordinary additional burden which the state of Ireland threw upon tbe Exchequer , it must be evident to all that bo _mu- _, t go into the market to borrow . Were he inclined to add to the taxation of tho country , he thought that no increased taxation _nauld suffice to provide the necessary means in time . If lie went to the market it was not as a matter of choice but of necessity . As to the amount to be borrowed , if he borrowed only a
part of the required £ 3 , 000 , 000 , the result would be fo reduce the balances in the Exchequer . That , therefore , was a course which he was unwilling to take . Exchanges were on the turn , but they were not now so adverse to us as they had been some time ago . But the chief reason why he was indisposed to reduce the balances in tbe Exchequer was , the uncertainty wbich existed of our having a good harvest next year . He thought , therefore , that the wiser and more prudent course was to borrow the whole amount . He did not think that it should be added to the permanent debt , _inasmuch as a large proportion of it would be chargeable upon Irish property . The next question was , whether , in borrowing 80 large a sum , it was necessary to resort to increased taxation to meet ihe interest upon the loan , and to pay , from time to time ,
portions of the principal . He thought it uoadvisable _, during the coming year , to propose any alteration in tbe taxation of the country . It would next year be indispensable for Parliament to doal with the question of the renewal of the income-tax . It weuld be unwise to prejudge , this year , the course which a " new Par . _li-einent" perhaps might take on tbis subject next session . It would be a better course to pursue to provide for the interest of the proposed loan put of the ordinary revenue , and leave the questions involved in the re-adjustment of taxation open for discussion next year . The difference between the revenue and the expenditure for the coming year would be about £ 489 , 600 . Assuming that they borrowed eight millions , the interest upon tbat sum at 3 per cent , would be £ 240 , 090 ; at
31 per cent . £ 2 SO , 000 ; and at 3 per cent ., £ 320 , 000 . He believed that they would be able to borrow tbe whole amount at 5 " per cent ., making the wbole interest payable upou the loan £ 230 , 000 . But that would not be the only demand upon them in the shape of interest , as he feared that _the-y would be under the necessity of raising the interest on Exchequer bills . _Etchequer bills were now at three halfpence per day , and he proposed to raise them a halfpenny a day , the annual cost of which would be £ 142 , 000 . This , with the interest of the proposed loan , would raise the increased interest oa the whole debt for the coming jear to £ 122 , 000 . The total expenditure for the year with the addition of the interest upon the loan , and increased interest on Exchequer bills would be £ 51 _, 99 S , 000 , deducting which from the total
_estimated receipts of tho year would leave a balance of £ 07 , 000 . In addition to tbis balanc- he anticipated toreceive from China a sum not yet paid to the extent of £ 450 , 000 . But with this additional receipt he had to couple an additional expenditure to the amount of £ 1 S 5 . 000 , which wasnecessaryto cover the excess of naval expenditure during the financial year ending the 5 th of April last . Adding , ) therefore , thejextraordinary receipts to the ordinary receipts , and the extraordinary expenditure just noticed to the ordinary expenditure ofthe year , the total would he as _follown : — Total income , £ 52 , 515 , 000 ; total expenditure , £ 52 , 183 000 ; leaving a _surplus of 332 , 000 . If it were necessary hereafter to take more decided measures , he would uot shrink from proposing such as would bring the incomu of the _countha charges and the report thereon . Also , a cop ef the try to bear a more favourable proportion to its
expenditure . It was evident from all he had stated that it was not in his power to spare any revenue this year , which was the most effective answer that he could give to those who bad urged him to reduce the duties on tea , coffee , paper , tobacco , _& c . The right honourable gentle-man then _regrette-d the unfortunate circumstances which had interrupted that commercial and , financial policy which they had for some time pursued , and wliich , for the last four years , had been attended with such success , and coneluded with read ' ng a statement showing the increase which had taken place in the consumptionof coffee , but . _te-r , cheese , and currants , from 1 & J 3 to 1 S 4 G inclusive , as affording striking evidence of tho beneficial ] tendency of that policy . He concluded by moving a formal vote , i thit £ 3 , 000 , 000 be grantedoutof the _Consolidated Fund for the relief of Ireland .
Mr . Hdjit was surprised that the government , whilst expending ten millions upon Ireland , had made no provision forthe distress existing in Scotland , and regretted thatthe Chancellor of thc Exchequer had not come forward with a proposal for the reduction of many of the imposts which yet pressed so injuriously upon our trade . Mr . Williams objected to the increase proposed to the annual expenditure , independently of the extraordinary advances which were to be made to Ireland . Mr . RoEBUCK insisted upon accompanying tho granting of any advances to Ireland with a stringent and effective poor-law . and upon extending the income-tax to that conn try .
Lord J . _Rosseli , _didj not agree with the honourable and learned gimtlcman in advising the extension , at the present moment , oftlie income-tax to Ireland , He concurred with him , however , in thinking that , under ordinary circumstances , the property of Ireland should support the pauperise ) of Irelaud . He hoped that the Irish landlords would not interpose any opposition to a proper poor-law for that country . g Lord G . _Bentij-ck observed that he well understood why it was that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not disposed , at the _present moment , to resort to additional taxes , as that would be a course which might serioudy compromise the popularity of a government , with a general election very near at hand . Mr . Sfl aw was not opposed to the principle of a poorlaw for Ireland , although he could not agree with all the details of the plan of the noble lord .
Mr . _GouLBiits thought that the government had acted dUrreetly in resorting to a loan for the proposed advances to Ireland , instead of to increased taxation , in tbe prestnt circumstances of the country . The conversation then became desultory , and was continued by Mr . V . Smith , Mr . Alderman Thompson , Mr . Moffatt , Mr . F . T . Baring , Mr . Muntz , Mr . B . Escott , Mr . Ewart , Mr . Bankes , Mr . M . J . O'Connell , and Hr . Finch , when The vote for eight millions out of the Consolidated Fund , moved for by tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer , was _agreed to . aud the Chairman reported _pie' . gress . Tlierepor' on the Labouring _Toor ( Ireland ) Bill was then brought up and received . The House then went into committee on tho Landed Property ( Ireland ) Advances Bill . The bill passed through committee , and the _Clirirnian reported . Tiie Agricultural _Tenant-right Bill was then read a second time—to be referred to a select committee .
The Lobd Advocate thcu moved for and obtained leave to bring in bills for the registering of _births , deaths , find marri . _'igi's in Scotland , aud to amend the lawof marriigein Scotland . fg $ The oilier business was then disposed of , and the liouse adjourned . TUESDAY , Feb . 23 . Mr . T . _DnscoMB" ! presented a petition from Warrington , in Lancashire , complaining that no notice had been taken of the petitions presented on the 2 nd inst ,, praying for _inquiry into the proceedings on tha trial of James f ' errard and others at Warrington , on a charge of having
absented themselves from the service of their master , and repeating th- * pray , r that the house would interfere on b .-h _^ lf uf those persons , and inquire into the fact as to whether they ha . _e been fairly aud formally _trisd , and if it should appear that they had not , to recommend lUr _Mujesty to gvant them immediate { lardon . The hon . member also presented a _petition which had been agreed to at a ' public meeting held iu the Crown and _Anehor Ta 7 cra , Loudon , on the 17 th instant , and which was _s-igiicd by bis hon . colleague ( Mr . _WJeley ) as chairman of the meeting , praying for the repeal of the ratepaying c ' . auscs of the lttform Act ; also a petition from _Leiceste r to the same effect .
On the _motion of Mr . Home a select committee was appointed , to continue the inquiry into the private business ofthe house , the expenses attending tbe obtainiug of ali private bills , including all thu expenses of tile OPPQ _.
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_nents as well at the promoters of bills , and the taxing of expenses thereto . Mr . Ellick moved that all railway bills In the present session be referred to the Railway Commissioners for their report to the house upon the amount ofthe capital proposed to be raised and the loans proposed to be authorized by the bill , aud upon the provisions of such bill g iving power to raise further capital or loans , or to alter and extend existing lines , or to subscribe to the capital , or to guarantee the capital of , or to amalgamate with , otber companies , & c , and that their report be referred to the committee of that house appointed to consider the bill to which the same may relate _. After a few remarks from Ur . Hudson , Sir It . _Inoi-is , and Lord John Russell , approving tho usefulness of such reports as were embraced in these resolutions both to the bouse and to tbe committees appointed by it , the motioa was agreed to .
RATEPAYING CLAUSES OF THE REFORM BILL . —Mr . Ddncombb tben rose to move for leave to introduce a bill for repealing tho ratepaying clauses of the Reform Bill . He understood Government had no objection to his introducing this bill , but that some hon . gentlemen opposite had an objection to it . Now , he did not wish to urge either government or the gentlemen opposite to give him permission to introduce the bill , if it was done only with tbe view of more effectually strangling it on a future day . ( Hear . ) If the bill was admitted by them to be good in principle , then be would at once , witbout discussion , ask tbe leave of tho liouse to introduce it . The object ofthe measure wat to repeal those pertions of the Reform Act which madepayment of rates and taxes necessary for a qualification to vote . That was the simple principle ofthe bill ; aud if it was admitted to be a good one he would at once move for leave to bring it in ; but , if not , he wa 3 prepared to go on with the discussion . ( Hear . )
Lord J . _Rvssell said , if his hon . friend thought fit to introduce his biil before the house in order that tho house might know what its clauses and provisions were , he had no objection to that course , and should not oppose his hon . friend ' s laying the bill on the table . But , if the bill was , as his hon . friend stated , merely to repeal the provisions of the Reform Act as to the payment of rates and taxes , witbout substituting any other provision for that purpose , he would state at once that to the principle of such a bill he was opposed , Mr . T . Buncombe said , he was aware that the noble lord had , on a former occasion , opposed the principle of this bill ; and if they were to have a discussion upon it , he thouglu it was bestto fight itout at once . ( Hear , hear . ) The chief objections to this part of tho Reform
Act were these : —First , that It was unconstitutional in principle ; and , secondly , tbat it was most vexatious iu its operation , and opened a door to all sorts of bribery aud favouritism on the part of the parochial officers . As to its being unconstitutional in principle , he had the noble lord ' s own wotds , in introducing the Reform Bill , wben he said that " the constitution of this country de . dared that no man should be taxed for tlw support of the state who bad not consented by himself , or by his re . _presentutive , to the imposition of such tuxes . " But the part of the Reform Act which he ( Mr . Duncombe ) proposed to repeal completely revesed tbat principle , for it declared not only that a man shall be taxed , but that he should pay the tax by a certain day , beforehe could claim a right to exercise the power , —in tbe absence of which , according to the position laid down by the noble lord , no tax should be imposed . The Reform Bill , then , had not answered the expectations of these who introduced it , according to the declaration of the noble lord at the time
he introduced the measure , who stated that the clan to whom he expected it would give the franchise would amount to nearly 500 , 000 persons , —namely , the English counties , 100 , 000 ; Scotland , 60 , 000 ; Ireland , 40 , 000 ; towns already represented , 50 , 000 ; and the metropolis , 95 , 000 ;—and that it would add tbat number to the persons then exercising the right of sending members to that house . What had been the result S In thc metropolitan boroughs , the noble lord stated tbe number of new voters would be 95 , 000 . If , however , ho looked to the state of the registers in those boroughs , he found this expectation by no means realised . In Marylebone there were 32 , 240 houses rated above £ 10 , whilst on the register there were only 11 025 persons entitled to vote in 1846 , out of which a great number were duplicates . In Finsbury there were 32 , 580 houses , and only 12 , 974 electors ; in the Tower Ham " lets , 64 , 896 houses , and 13 , 551 electors ; in Lambeth , 17 , 379 houses , and the number of electors 0 , 547 ; in Greenwich the number of houses were 11 , 536 , and of electors 3 , 010 —and in Greenwich almost all the houses were above
£ 10 , the tenants of which were entitled to vote ; so that tho metrop ' . litan boroughs added very little more than _4 u , ooo voters , and the duplicates were one-fifth of the whole number . So that , fifteen years after the passing of the Reform Bill , the constituency had not increased ; in fact , it had diminished in Westminster , the city of London , and Southwark . In "Westminster there were 23 , 295 houses , and only 13 , 866 voters on the register . At this moment Westminster was in a much worse situation than before the Reform Bill , for the first time Sir Francis Burdett was returned for Westminster , in 1807 , 18 , 000 electors voted . Iu Southwark it was the tame : —* there were 16 , 213 houses , and 5 , 017 votes on the register . Iu Liverpool there were 42 024 houses , and only _U _. 070 electors on the register . In Manchester , 42 , 059 houses ,
and 12 , 150 voters ; in Birmingham 36 , 121 houses , and only 4 , 612 name * , upon the register . In the city of London the constituency had greatly diminished since the Reform Bill , and he believed that this diminution had been owing entirely to the operation of the clauses in the Reform Bill called the rate . payiug clauses . Looking to one of the statements of the Couservative Registration Association , he found it asserted there , that 7 , 000 _electees of the city of London had been deprived of tbeir franchise , owing to the omission of tenants' names from the rates . He understood that in the city of London fourteen parishes had refuse * ' to put any man upon the register unless he claimed to be rated ; and he must also claim to be put upon the register . There was another _t-reat reason for the repeal of this clauee given b y the It
Court of Common Pleas last _^ ear . was well known that in a great number of boroughs , landlords frequently compounded for rates ; it was a great object to parishes to get the landlords to compound , and , according to the Court of Common Pleas , it would not do to make a single claim to be rated , but that Court decided in the Stockport case tbat , where there were eight rates in one year , the voter must make eight separate claims in the year to keep his vote upon the register : so that , in the words of Lord Chief Justice Tindal , "It is like keeping up a right by continual claim . It never could have been tho intention of the . framers of the Reform Bill that this inconvenience should bo enst upou voters ; he did not believe that anything so vexatious could have been conteinplated . The obligation to pay the rates by a certain
date threw loo much power into the hauds of the parochial officers . Last year , in Marylebone , 1 , 200 electors were disfranchised because there was no collector within seven days of the 20 th of July . The collector had died , and no one was appointed in his stead at that time . These 1 , 200 electors who were disfranchised were without remedy . He found last year that , ia Lambeth , a squabble having taken place between the collector and tbe overseer , the poor-rate collector was dismissed , and persons applying to him to pay their rates were referred by him to his successor , who was not put in possession of the b _-ohs until alter the 20 th of July , and he referred the applicants to the vestry clerk , who referred them to the overseer ; and there was no person to rvoeive the rates . In St . Mar } I slington , in July , 1845 , there were 2 , 000 houses , the rates of which were compounded for , and
every one of the tenants of these 2 000 houses was disfranchised , owing to their nauieB being excluded from the rates . In a great number of parishes the object was to prevent , in many instances , the right of settlement , to wbich the payment of rates entitled the party . But he had said that this provision for the payment of rates led to favouritism aud bribery on the part of collectors and overseers who belonged to a political party , who , in order to disfranchise persons of a different party , did net call for payment of the rates till after the 20 th of July . Tbis was constantly done . In some cases the collector had torn the receipt of tho party out of bis book , and kept it out until after the 20 th of July ( parties being entitled to inspect the collector ' s receipt-book ) , and when the day had passed he stuck tbe receipt in again—he ( Mr . Duncombe ) had got one which had boen so stuck in—and when the elector came to vote lie found
himselt disfranchised . Yf as this the intention of the Reform Act ! And he would ask honourable gentlemen whether they had never seen in their election expenditure au item for payment of rates 1 He believed there was an association for tbat purpose in some places ; he knew there was one in Cambridge and one in Bristol . These were not the objects of the Re-form Bill . The liouse would find in the pages of the journals ; of the day proofs of tbis , and he would refer it more particularly to an extract from the Times of the 10 th of October , 1 S 34 , _commenting on some few paragraphs which appeared in tbe Leeds Times : — The subjoined statement from * the Leeds ' limes is curious , and stimulates curiosity the more for being so meagre and imperfect ;—"la the township of Leeds , the names of 418 , and in the out-townships the names of 93 , Wig _votsrs hove been struck off the list , forming a total of 511 votes lost to this party .
" In the townshi p of Leeds the names of 219 , and in the out-township * the names of 49 , Tory voters have been struck offthe _Iist , forming a tetol of 268 lost to this party . ' Here , then , the Tories havo gained an advantage orer the Whigs tantamount to 243 votes . " But this is not all . " In tha whole borough 45 new Whig claims have been allowed , and 7 G Tory claims , giving the latter an advantage of 31 votes . "The whole advantage of tho Tories , therefore , amounts to no less than 274 YoteB . " ( The L « u -J I'imcs concludes its enumeration by adverting to tbis inemoral'le fact—that the Whigs and Tories , in their mutual squabbling , have succeeded in disfranchising no less than 822 inhabitants of Leeds !)
" _** _- ' ow , the unsatisfactory meagreness whereof we complain in tbe above live or six she . it paragraphs from our Leeds namesake , consists in tho absence of every fact from which might be interred the causes ofrejectioiii as influencing the i evising barristers in their treatment ofthe several claimants , whether Whig or Tory . It appears indisputably , if the account be correct , that on the new registration of voteis for the township and outtownships of Leeds , a much _larger number of Whig votet hare beeH struck out of the list than of Tories * , also , that as respects new votM _, a smaller number of Whigs have been admitted th *** of . Tories , makiug a total _difference in favour of tU % Tories of 274 . One of our contemporaries allege * ft _bvoatUy as asbarg ( _i » s _** _in-t tba
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working ofthe Reform Bill , that so vast a body of const ! - tuents should under its operation have been deprived of their votes ; and so far wo are disposed to agree with him , but not when he extends his grievance to the fact that the revising barristers' court has in the present instance disfranchised a greater proportion of Whigs than of their adversaries . The law of registration being the same for both parties , it is plain the surplus of rejection falling upon one of them must havo beon produced by something extrinsic to the law , and arising out of the different conductor circumstances of the individuals ; but nothing can be more obvious , without going into details , than the mischievous structur * of the law itself , in the gross amount of the disfranchisement which it has effected , exceeding 800 inhabitants of a single borough in
a single year ; and that without tho slightest criminality or fault on their part , as regards the oxereise of tlieir franchise But the truth is , that a very disputable policy has been exhibited in tho framing ef that portion of tbe Reform Bill wliich specifies the limitations to the enjoyment of the elective franchise . It does not se _.-m to us that any natural connexion exists between a man ' s right of _voting and his punctuality in paying the King ' s or parochial taxes . Are thero no means of enforcing the demands of the tax-collector but by makiag the deprivation of a high political trust the _censequerce ol any delay , however short or unavoidable in discharging them ? If no such thing as a distress-warrant were known to tbe law of England , or if the honest pride of voting were a more powerful agent in tbe recovery of a
debt for Crown or parish than the dread of seeing one ' s furnituro sold by auction , something might be said for this harsh _innovation upon the usages of a free people , Thc question is _, not whether the tax shall be paid , or left unpaid ; it is merely a question of punctuality , "hethcr the tax shall be pnid a few weeks sooner or later , for its ultimate recovery is well enough secured already , anw better by the old and acknowledged law , than by this new-fangled political process . We ask , would it be no misfortune to the State if , through the crabbed and _cbtrnsive intermixture of fiscal obligations nith political fun » tions , half tbe kingdom—as there is no difficulty in _supp-esing—wero to he disfranchised on tho game day , and that day six months a dissolution of Parliament were to be desirable ? It is clear , and wc do not deny , that
some test may be necessary to prove the , " continued possession ofa certain class of qualifications , but we arc sure that proof of having paid a man ' s taxes , when by a hundred tricks of the tax collectors the payment might be ' most innocently and unavoidably ( on his part ) delayed , is mast harsh , most ill-judged , and unconstitutional . Why was such a thing never thought of before in England t" This in itself formed a much better speech than any observations which he might be able to make to the house , and it came , too , from the present organ of the present government , and he hoped that organ would do their best iu insisting to carry the government through any struggles that they might have to make . He therefore hoped at all events that , if the government
were opposed to the bill , _thi-y wouUyet take a different view of the case and deal with the counties as with the boroughs ; and he tiusted thathe had stated sufficient , not only to induce the government to give him permission to introduce this bill , but also to hold out some hope that they would give him their support , which if they did he should look with great confidence on thi * measure . Tbe hon . gentleman concluded by begging leave to bring in a bill " To repeal so much of an act pissed in the reign of William IT ,, entitled , ' an Act to amend the Representation of the People of England and Wales , ' as makes the right to registration in cities and boroughs , conditional on the payment of poor rates and assessed taxes . " Mr . Roebuck seconded the motion .
Lord Joun Russell : His hon . friend bad read a para * graph from a newspaper , stating that this was entirely a new principle introduced by the Reform Bill , and that the payment of rates was never before deemed a necessary preliminary to registration . That was altogether a mistake . The ancient right of voting in counties arose out of the _possession of property to the amount of 40 s . a year , whii h WM 0 'isidered as a sufficient guarantee to tbo state that the person so possessed was worthy of being entrusted with a vote . There was likewise in boroughs what was called the common law rightofvoting _, when there was no particular charter raUricting it—aud that was the righ t of all householders paying scot and lot—fhe meaning of wbich was , tbat they should be persons paying the poor rates , as interpreted by our courts of justice . Such
was the ancient law and the ancient constitution respect , ing counties and boroughs ; and the principle was not therefore a new one introduced into the Rtform Bill , but transferred in an altered form to the provisions of that measure . His hon . friend _complained that the Reform Bill had not extended the riglit of voting as much as he ( Lord J . Russell ) had promised . The calculations he had made when stating the general provisions of tho bill were , of course , formed upon rude and vague estimates , and could not be expected to be accurately borne out . Buthe thought his bun , friend had proved that there had been a very great extension of the franchise under the Reform Bill , He had admitted that Lambeth , Marylebone , Finsbury , aud the Tower Hamlets contained 45 , 000 electors , which , as these places returned no members previous to
the Reform Bill , muBt be regarded as a very considerable extension of the franchise of the country . But in thus extending the franchise to £ 10 householders in many towns , as Manchester , Leeds , and Birminglmm , and to Bath , nnd others in wbich the electoral rights had hitherto been confined to fire or ten persons , it was intended that £ 10 householders should be _subject to a test similar to the scot and lot franchise by the _pavmentof poor rates and assessed taxes . He thought thi ? a wise and constitutional provision , and in conformity with the ancient law , and it was nisi ; io uncertain that persons to whom the franchise was given , should be those who were possessed of certain property . According to his belief , it was better to entrust the franchise to persons of property , than to adopt a universal suffrage . If it was laid down as a principle
Unit the franchise should he obtained by thu possession of property , there should be a test by which they could be known to havo that property ; that they were uot merely inhabitants of houses , but that they paid the usual and regular asicsscd taxes and poor rates , and , in the case of counties , were subject to the expenses of gaols and the like expenditure , by means of tbo county rates . If tbey did not take on themselves the obligations to pay rates and taxes , but by the occupation of houses at £ 10 a year were qualified to vote , it would be difficult to resist the argument , tbat the mereoccupation of lieu $ es should not be tho only qualification but that the right should be extended farther , and no _distinction be nude in tbe ccse of _lodgfrs . But the payment ef rates and taxes not only showed that the persons claiming the franchise were
solvent , but also that they contributed something to the state , and were interested in the maintenance of the laws aud constitution , of the country . His hon . friend said that there wero many occupiers of houses excluded from voting , who possessed the right , and that when persons paid rates and taxes fov others , they were not able to secure their votes at an election . In that respect there lull been an improvement on the system of scot and lot . When , under that system , it was required that no one should vote unless the rates were paid , it happened that three or four days before an election two or three hundred peisons would say to a candidate , " We are ready to vote for you , if you will pay our rates . " This gave rise to much bribery , and votes were giren to the first candidate who would pay the ratos . It was intended
to niter this , and have the registration fixed at a particular period ol the year , and not at a timo near an election . This was calculated to prevent bribery , for a candidate would not bribe by paying rates in July , since he was not sure that in December or January the persons for whom he had paid them would show tlieir gratitude lor voting for him . His hon . friend skid as much as this , for he had stated that some candidates complained that they hod paid rates in July for voters who would not vote for them in December . This was what was intended , and he ( Lord J . Russell ) hoped it would be a lesson to them uot to bribe again —( bear , hciir)— _. and lie hoped hU lion , _fritnd would advise them that , seeing it was of no use to attempt to gain votes by paying the rates of electors , they would leave them to
pay for themselves , and trust to their political principle ! - for their support , whether they were Whig , Conser n . _txve , or Radical . It was said that it was a defect in gth * Reform Bill that the period of _registration came too suddenly after the time tbat the rates due should be paid up , and votes in boroughs were often left out of the registration from no fault of their own , but from not having notice of the non-puyiuent of their rates . Since then , there had been an alteration in the law , and by 6 and 7 Vict ., c . 18 , s . 11 , overseers were required to give due notice that the payment of rates was necessary to secure registration . So , that if a person was iinxious to secure his vote , aud was willing anel able to pay thc usual rates , he would find , that on the ' 0 th of June a natice would be posted up in his b < ir _« ugh that the rates due on the Gth of April must be paid before the 20-h of July , or his name would not be registered . This waa a fair and sufficient
notice , and any man whs was anxious to vote , who meant to pay his rates , was possessed ofa home of the value of £ 10 a year , and had a month ' s notice , was inexcusable , it' he was solvent and able to pay , if he did not do so . It on the other hand , he was unable to pay the rates on a house of the yearly value of £ 10 . he had no riglit to claim a vote for it . Any mie who looked for others to pay his rates _wai very likely to be corrupted ; nnd ovary person not paying his rates should be contented to forego his vote . He did not think this bill iras defensible on principle . It was a far greater invasion on the constitution than the Reform Bill , for it was a great innovation tbat any one who knd not paid his rates should be entitled to rote . His lion , friend having been desirous thnt the discussion should take place , he ( Lord J , Russell ) had stated the reas . on why he nas opposed to this bill , and he should object to its introduction . ( Hear , _hc < ui , )
Mr . GiBBoUMi would support the introduction of the bill . The _eiccupie-r of a house of the yearly _valeia o £ £ 10 . I was required to pay his rates before he _cculd voie , and there was a power of distraining for t » em , r . nd nhat more was to be desired ! If in _committw on t '/ ie bill any lion , member should propose that whftu a _fliatvoss foliates had been levied , and a return , of r . ulla bona was made , thc vote should be disallowed ., l \ e would agree to such an amendment , but he could . » _r t seo on what principle more _wiib asked . Sir De _Lact Evans said _tliak *' avowed object oftlie _rate-piiyiiig clauses of tho Refo _' _.-m Dill was to show tlw solvency of voters , but it apr , eared from returns on the table of the house , that th _^ , _Hd , re , for they deprived many bona fide elector / of their votes . No less than 100 , 000 _pe-rsons in th © r / _. etropolls , not only holders of £ 10 but £ 50 houses , had been deprived of th « ir votes by the operation of this el &' _ase . _tfr . P , JI « rT 4 W > _ob-jumd , that ont of th * _firrt _dutltw
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of an Englishman was the cheerful payment of his poor _, rates . If you had not a rate-paying clause , you would havo universal suffrage in all tbe large towns . Mr . Home said that the law had provided means for collecting rates and taxes , independent of the franchise . 11 ' the noble lord refused to agree to the _remevul of this Impediment to the free exercise ofthe franchise , be ought lo redeem that pledge . The day was not far distant when the people would not be satisfied witb the present state of things , and In recommended that some means of conciliation should be resorted to , which tbis bill would go far to effect .
Sir B . Hall wished to call attention to the favouritism exhibited by the collectors of taxes . In the borough of Maryleboae 1 , 033 voters were disqualified on account of the non-payment of assessed taxes , and only 384 by the non-payment of parish rates , and this not by the unwillingness or incapacity of the parties themselves but the wilful carelessness of the collectors . If this bill was rejected , he hoped the government would take the matter into consideration , so that ample time might be giren in which p « _rsons might pay their ratos , and that they should not be _p'aced so much in the _poirer ef tbe collectors .
Mr . T , _D'Etncourt said tbat tbe collectors ought to make a demand for the pa ) ment of rates at every hou _* e _, and if they did not do so the vote should not he lost . There were 200 , 000 voters less than were intended bj the Reform Bill ; and wbilo the population had increased tlw electoral body had fallen far short of It . He trusted this bill would bo allowed to be introduced , or some other measure to relieve the constituent body of this country from the glaring evils which exist . Captain PxcnELL observed that be gathered from the close of the speech ofthe noble lord the member for the City of London , that "finality" was to _, b ( j the order of the day , and tbat in order to obtain a redress of griev . _ances , they must as heretofore take _up'lhe matter into
their own hands . With the speech of the noble lord , he ( Capt . Pechell ) confessed he was grievously disappointed . He was sure that large classes of the community were not only discontented with the state ofthe representation , but also were disappointed with the fruits the Reform Act had produced , and yet now , when an opportunity was afforded for effecting a sort of compromise with the large bodies who have sent petitions from all parts of the kingdom , praying for a far more extended species of suffrage , the opportunity was neglected , and , on the contrary , the noble lord refused to allow a measure ofa less extended _charaeter , but which the people were willing to accept , to come even to a first reading . He should give his support to thia measure as a meant of ensuring a fairer representation of the people in tbat bouse .
Mr . Warlet hoped that if the bill of his hon . colleague was to be opposed by the government , a division would be taken at this stage , as it would be a perfect waste of the public time to introduce the bill , and after a repetition of the arguments adduced to-night that it should be rejected . The noble lord at tbe head ofthe government had shown great talent but not much discretion in hit opposition to this bill . He had wholly failed to show that the measure was either of an unjust or unconstitutional character . Tha case in favour of the measure was , that under the Rtform Act no such qualification was imposed upon the county voter as was affixed to the electors in cities and boroughs , aud it was for tht opponents of the proposition of his hon . colleague to show why one principle should prevail in a county and another principle in a borough or city . The only reason for the difference was , tbat the county voter was of the richer class , while the borough electors were forthe most part poor men ; but the fact tbat they had beeu
rendered so by a long course of bad legislation , afforded no reason for refusing them a voice in the eluction of their representatives . He was surprised at the silence which , on the present occasion , prevailed on the Trea . sury bench , many of the present occupants of which had , on a former occasion , supported tbe proposition now repeated by his hon . colleague . It appeared to him , that having pretended to give the people a £ 10 franchise by the Reform Act , it was a mean , paltry trick , and most dishonest ou the part of the _concocters of that ; scheme , to rob them by the operation of the rate-paying clauses of the right which it was pretended to bestow upon tbem . ( Hear , bear . ) Under these clauses , not merely tbe poor , but tbe higher classes were not unfrequently disfranchised , and he might instance the cases of the governor of Antigua and of the right honourable baronet the member for Tamworth . He trusted that the division would not be postponed , but that the question would be got rid of at once one way or tke other . ( Hear , hear . )
Sir G . Grey observed that the silence of the Treasury benches was by no means extraordinary , after the clear and fall speech of Lord John Russell in vindication of the present state of the law . He enforced the reasoning of his lordship , aud contended that the arguments of Mr , Duncombe , if they did not go the full length of universal suffrage , would at least establish a most arbitrary extension ofthe suffrage . Sir C . Napier was delighted that Mr . Waklcy bad unsealed the lips of Sir G . Grey . He wished he could unseal the lips of Admiral Dundas , of Mr . Hawes , and of Colonel Fox , all three members of the government , and all three representatives of the metropolitan boroughs . He reminded them that another election was fast approaching , and called upon them to support in office the objections which they had urged agaiust this rate-paying clause in Opposition .
Mr . W . Williams said that he could not understand the anomaly of requiring a money qualification for a £ 10 householder and none from a freeman or burgess , In the borough in whieh he resided , 2 , 814 voters had been disfranchised , from the fact of having forgotten or overlooked the payment of rates . Much discontent _prevailed on the subject throughout the country , and the time was not far distant when the noble lord at the head of the government would be compelled to abaudon his adoption of "finality " principles _. Lord G . Bentinck should support Lord John Russell on this occasion , _because he found bim standing on tbe firm ground of that great nitasure of which he was the father . As the country was appealed to in 1833 on the ground of " the bill , the whole bill , and nothing but tbe bill , " ** . nd as the rate-paying clause was then inserted iu it , he conceived tbat all tbe members ofthe Parliament then elected were bound in consistency to support it now ; and he should therefore vote against tho proposition of Mr . Duncombe .
After a few remarks from Mr . B . Escott and Colonel Wood , the house divided , when the numbers were— For the motion 38 _Againstit 58 Leave was therefore refused to introduce the bill . JUVENILE OFFENDERS . — Sir John Pakinoton then moved for leave to bring in a bill for the more speedy trial and punishment ta juvenile offenders . The object ofthe bill was to substitute in certain cases a summary jurisdiction , in lieu of thu tight of trial by jury , whi «\ t would io away with imprisonment before trial , in cases in which such imprisonment was far more commensurate with the offence committed , at tho same time that it was calculated to have the very worst effects upon tht _suppossd culprits .
Sir G . Grey , gave a willing assent to the introduction of the bill , without pledging himself , however , by so doing , to the principle involved in it . After some remarks from Mr . Hume , Mr . Shaw , and Colonel Wood , leave was given to bring in the bill , LAW OF MORTMAIN . —Lord Jobn _Mannehs then moved for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend tlw Inns relating to the disposition of property for pious and charitable purposes . The principal features ot the bill were , thatit proposes that all wills containing bequests for pious or charitable purposes should be signed tor _thres months before tlw death of the testator ; and also that , when such bequests were made , tbe property should not go as the land to the charities , but should bt sold , and the proceeds handed over to them . _Le-are was giren to bring in tbe bill .
WOOLWICH _AR-3 F _. _NAL . —Mr . DuNcoMBathen moved for a copy of the evidence taken before the court of inquiry , instituted in the month of April , 1815 , by th * Board of Ordnance , ut the Royal Arsenal , Woolwich , to investigate charges prefwred bj Daniel Toner against William Jones , deputystorkeeper , together with a copy ofthe charges and the report thereon . Also , a copy of the charges preferred , aud the evidence given against Daniel Toner , late a labourer in the Royal Arsenal , Woolwich , by Mr . Reed , a clerk in the Storekeepsr _' i Department , before Lord Bloomtield , _Celoncl Blaony _, and Mr . Cheetham , in August , ISii _, with their report thereon _. This motion gave rise to a brief conversation , in which Colonel Anson , Mr . Hume , and Captain BoMero took part , the first-uumed refusing the returus asked for .
The gallery was then cleared for a division , when oa its being found that forty members w » re not presont , th * house was adjourned . WEDNESDAY , —Fkruart 24 . Mr . T . Doncombe presented two petitions , agreed t * at a public meeting iu Leeds—one for the repeal of the ratepaying clauses , and the otherfor the alteration or amendment in the Reform Bill itself . Th » hon . gentleman moved that the petition of the file-cutters and tradesmen of Warrington ( presented Feb . 23 ) be printed with the votes . — Agreed to , TV »» hon . gentleman also moved for copies ofthe correspondence between the Government and the officers in charge of the convicts nt Woolwich , respecting the chargus he had made against the officers of that establishment . He wished also to know why Uu annual report of the establishment at Woolwich \» as not laid upon the table oi tbe house prior to this time \ Sir G . Gket . had not yet received the annual report from Woolwich ,
Tlw Labouring Poor ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time nnd passed . The report of the money resolution of the Landed Property ( Ireland ) Bill was received , CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL . —Mr . Watson moved the second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill , and enumerated the various Acts which were designed , to be » repealed by i > _. The first of these was the Act of Elizabeth , whieh imposed the several penalties of imprisonment _. premunire , anil death , on tho offence for _disputing tho supremacy of the lung . Also the nets wh ' mh prohibited the introduction of Bulls , which _enloiued uniformity in religious worship , and which prohibitedv > ligious cer _« motiies . He called ou the house not to rest satisfied with the argument that these acts _wer-j practically obsolete ; buttoiusist upon expunging t » _, cm from the Statute-book , Sir It . IniUs , Mr . Shaw , Mr . Finch . , Mr . _Spooner , opposed tlw bill , which was supported _> jy Mr . Escott , Mr , MacauWv , Mr * •* _¦• O'Briep _,, jp . i _] 8 ft . J , O'Connell ,
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Lord 0 _BtiTtucK could do no less than support th . bill , having ever been the consistent advocate of thV , moral of Catholic disabilities . The noble lord then i _^" _ceede-1 to detain what he considered to bo the _practil . " grievances ofthe penal laws , and repudiated thei _. _lT . that the act of 1829 , embodied any * compact which th bill before them would violate . _m Sir R . _Peil said that the bill contemplated a dooM _. object—the repeal of certain clauses in the act of im and to supply any omissions in an act of last session a ' well as in another act _pas » ed tn 1844 , fov the removal o penalties , which he considered a disgrace to the statute _, book . Mr . Law and Mr , Godlborn opposed the bill . The Earl of Abukdel supported it . The h * use divided*—For the second reading -ti _^ Againstit oa
M _.-ijority in favour of the Bill , „ j The Bill was read a second time . The Lords ' amendments to the Destitute Persons ] BiU were agreed to . Somo unopposed bills on the table were for warded a stage , and some returns were ordered . Thc house adjourned at C o ' clock . THURSDAY , Fm . 25 . THE TRUCK SYSTEM ,-Mr . tfUoMa Bvscoxbb presented a petition from tho National Association for the protection of native industry , _sij-aed by forty thousand , complaining of the truck system , and praying that imprisonment might be substituted as a punishment for those who resort to it , instead of a money fine , as under the Act oflast Session ; also a petition from the willow manufacturers of the metropolis , com . plaining of the distressed condition of those engaged ia that trade .
TENANT RIGHTS ( IRELAND ) BILL .-Mr . _Suab . man _CaAWroBD rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to secure the rights of occupying tenants in Ireland , and thereby to promote the improvement of the soli , and tho employment of the labouring classes . Nothing could be moie unsatisfactory or injurious than the mode of letting land in tbe greater part of Ireland . It bad been said that small holdings bad been thc ruin of Ireland , but the insecurity on which the small holdings in Ireland were held , had been the ruin of that country . He had made % comparison between the counties of Down and Limerick , and he found iu the one , whero tenant right existed , there was comfort , and in the other , where it did not , there was nothing but misery . The hou . member then read from agents in Ireland facts confirmatory of his statement ,
and proceeded to say that his object was to secure by Ian that which at present existed only by sufferance . T * secure that simply was the object of the bill he wished to introduce . Now , tho farms in Ireland might be classed as follows : —306 , 915 of 5 acres , 251 , 158 of 15 acres , and 43 , 312 of 40 acres . If the occupier * of the second class eould be induced to spend to the value of £ 10 in labour on the land , it would realise £ 2 , 514 , 000 ; and if tbe other classes would spond in the same proportion , £ G , 000 _, QQ _*) would be realised . This expenditure would give employ _, ment to 3 , 822 , and support to 900 , 000 families . If they altered the present system , and made the farmer beliero that he had security forwhat belaid out , you would make him expend . Give bim a tenant-right to bis land , and he would , of course , wish to improve that laud , ( Hear . ) Leave was given to bring in the bill .
POOR RATES ( IRELAND ) BILL Mr . Shabhan _Cxawfobp moved the second reading of the bill . H « proposed that the poor-rates should not be paid by tc . _nants alone , but that they should be partly paid by the landlords , and where the landlord did not collect bis rents , a _receiver should be appointed by the Court of Chancery . The bill was read a second time , and was ordered to be committed this day fortnight . MARKETS AND FAIRS CLAUSES BILL .- This bill went through committee . The otber orders of tbe day were then disposed of , and tbe house adjourned .
FRIDAY , Fib . _S 6 . On the motion for going into a committee of su y , Mr . Roebuck , adverting to the opinion given by Mr . M . D . Hill , Queen ' s Counsel , as to the illegality of the proceedings of the Poor-Law Commissioners' impressed on the Government the necessity of an inquiry into the working of the law in England before it was extended to Ireland . Sir G , 0 KEr defended the Poor-Law _Commissiontrs . Sir _Cujl » le » Napiek made his annual statement of the condition of the ( hi pping in her Majesty ' * navy . He nude various suggestions of improvements witk respect tothe registration of seamen , the constitution ofthe Board of Admiralty , and themanningof ships _.
NAVAL ESTIMATES . —Mr . Wabd announced that the gross amount required for the navy would exceed that proposed last year by £ 62 , 000 , and the actual money rote by £ 77 , 000 , the whole sum necessary for the service of England being £ 5 , 0 * 1 ( 1 , 000 . Ho then explained that the Ministry intended to support the Admiralty in carrying out naval schools for the education of apprentice's , shipwrights , and inspectors , and that every exertion should be made for the naval defence of the country . A desultory discussion followed on various points codnected with the estimates _. Various estimates were agreed to , and the house resumed . To sit again on Monday .
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ALARMING FIRES .-LOSS OF LIFE . On Thursday morning , between the hours of four and five , a very destructive fire broke out in the Red Lion Tavern , 123 , Jermyn-street , St . James ' 3 , the property of Mr . Williams . The flames originated in the lower portion of the premises , from somo unknown cause , and when first discovered they had obtained such a strong hold that it soon became apparent that the entire building would fall a prey to their fury . The inmates , consisting of nine persons , were , alter much trouble , made sensible of their danger , and immediately mado an attempt to descend the staircase , when they found all retreat cut off by the fire . They went into one of the front ro o ms and _getting out of the window by passing
along a narrow lead flat , they wero all enabled to reach the balcony of the next bouse in safety , but not one of them was enabled to save an article of clothing . Fortunately an abundant supply of water was obtained , which was copiously discharged into the blazing building , in spite of which the flames continued to progress until floor after floor was hurled down . At ono period the Carlton Club appeared iu imminent danger , _butowingto the exertions cf the fircmon , tho flames were confined to the premises in which they originated . Tbey were not , however , extinguished until the furniture and stock in trade were ucstrojetl , and thc liouse nearly gutted . Jlr . Williams wns insured . About half-past three en Thursday afternoon , a fire broke out nt No . 10 , ilaliday-yard , Creed-lane ,
Ludgate-hill , in the tenure of Mr . Robson , which was attended with loss nf life , Tho discovery was made by one of the neighbours perceiving an unusual glare of light in the third floor front . An immediate alarm was raised , and upon opening the door oftho room a huge sheet of flame rushed out . The engines from Fiirringdon-street station quickly attended , and the flames were extinguished , but no t before they had penetrated the parfitions , and had done considerable damage in two rooms . As soon as the fire was extinguished , the firemen discovered upon tbe floor , where the flames had burnt most fiercely , the body of a fmiale child frightfully burnt . The deceased ' s name was Eliza Robson , and she was bet ween four and five years old . The chi Id , it appears , had been left alone whilst her mother was out at woik .
Saxony A sermon , In behalf of the distressed Irish , was preached U \ the English church at Dresden , on Sunday , 24 th January , by the Rev . S . Lindsey , chaplain ; 294 rix thaleri , or 4 , 400 f ., wero collected and forwarded to the Relief Association , Dublin ,
Theatre Rotal Marylebone. Ruopriktor, Ur. Lovklldse. Lksskk, Mr: J. Douulas9.
THEATRE ROTAL _MARYLEBONE . rUOPRIKTOR , UR . _LOVKllDSE . LKSSKK , MR : J . DOUULAS 9 .
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Second -week of " Joels , in the Water , - witn Sir . _U . ueu » grand diorumic scene of Waterloo-bridge , by day . ind lainp-li |* lit . Last week of Messrs . Coney and Blanchard , with their wonderful dogs . ON MONDAY , Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , to commence with " Jack in the Water . " Jack , Mr . T . Lee ; Hatch , Mr . Cowle ; _Lovington , Mr . J . _Rayne _-r ; Lofters , Mr . rennet ; Quillet , Mr . Gates ; Fragile * , Mr . Liekfold ; Dabby , Mr . W . _rhiliips ; Didnpper , Mr . ' Doughty ; Emily , Mrs . Campbell ; Mrs . Hatch , Mrs . _Liekfold ; Hetty Bloom , Miss Martiu . To be followed , on Monday , and Saturday , by " Ths Female Midsiiipiiian |; or , my Grandfather's Will . " On Thursday , by the ballet of " The Sailor ' s Return . On Friday , by " Thc Pranks ofa Pretty Pa-re . " To conclude each evening with "The Murder on tlie Cliff ; or , _Lovt mc , Love my Dog ** ' in which Messrs . Centy and Diane-hard will appear , with the de . _gs Hector 3 _> w Bruin , supported by the entire Company .
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IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS . AGRICULTURISTS and others mar _purchast I * * ACRES OV RICH _TIMBERlS" . LAND IX . * N ESTER ! " VIRGINIA , described b y , _tJemmit If- * '' * - - _iiio ' eiii as the , Oarden of America , for £ _¦* . ¦ * , Ss . Sd . Stftlin _} . ' _. { , ABOUT TUHSK SHILLINGS l'EV \ _XCRK . £ 2 _M-l- "jonly to oo paid down , the _reaiaindcr- ia _HYl * _ANXF- _* il * PAfMSetS _-VS . For further _iiifornintio _^ _Mvplj to QtlAULES WIU . _MRU ; - 4 tti « _rw « HXanii Ofiice , _STANLBV _BCUDtVC * . BATM STREET , _l . _lVElil'OOL . , Of whom may be had a I ' anvphlet on _Emi-, ' 1 atio a , ii * to which these Lands are folly described , aad the turnis * _" "*" sale explained , by _seu-ivue ; thret postagt stamps , to f « ' _* '• - " - the aiuuo .
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street , Hiivnuirket , iu the City of _Wesiuiiu' ter , ••• '" '" Ort ' _a-c , in the same Street and I _' acvi ' r , _Ut > IV' _-m _* ; prietor _, F 1 _* . _*\ RGUS O'CONNOR , _£ . * , _<* , _,-.. i , uW . *" " _*'" " _* byWaUA _* - IIwitt , of No . 18 , cVr _' _cs . st . _ee't _. l » r _»*' r »*' dou-street _, Waiworth , in tht _VMUb . J . _M-tfj , - _,,- _"se _,,-ingtoi , i _« tb » _Cttntytf _Ss-rf M _. „ i i >? 0 _uie-e , _V , _'• , Great Vi _. dmilUtr . St . R _^^ _. f _„ '' £ C . t ? o _** _* " minster . ' Sat-Md _** _- , Yl ) r - BWy 27 Ui , 1847 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27021847/page/8/
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