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I _ S _ The Northern Star. March 8, 1845...
i __ _S _ THE NORTHERN STAR . March 8 , 1845 .
Imperial Parliament*
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Mojjdat , March 3 . -three bills introduced ey Lord _Cahtbeli _* . for the purpose of effecting certain leg d changes in actions by civil process , were read a second time , after which their Lordihips adjourned .
Tuesday . Mabch * -4 . lord _AsMaa-row presented a petition from _crciain tradesmen in Westminster , complaining of the operation of Lord Brougham's Bill of last session , for abolishing _jmjH-isoaznent for small debts . lord Bbouqhah defended the bill of last year , bnt said he would endeavour to frame a measure to enable creditors to get at tbe wages or salaries of debtors who might hold situations as clerks , or otherwise . lord _DsxscAN presented a petittion from an individual , complaining that he had been for three years in prison owing to las entertaining a conscientious objection to taking an oath . He further stated the same objection prevented his obtaining the county allowance , and he _isad , therefore , great difficulty in escaping famine .
The Lord Ciianceixoe said lie would take the matter lute _consideration , in order to ascertain if sucli cases would not admit ofa remedy . In reply t « r question from Lord Campbell , The Lord Chancellor said he had no intention of _reinlroducinjj the Ecclesiastical Courts * Bfll during the present session . The House then adjourned .
Thubsdat , Mabch 6 . The Constables ( Scotland ) Bill and several other mea . - _sures were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned at an early honr .
Fmday , Mabch 7 * The Marquis of Nobmasbt raised a discussion respecting an appointment in tlie Irish constabulary , which he _contended was in direct violation of an understanding between Colonel M'Gregor , the head of the constabulary force , and the Government , to the effect that all _appointments to that force should be made upon his recommendation . In the case in question , a gentleman had been recommended by Colonel JPGregor , but the Lord _Lieuteuajcihail overlooked the recommendation and appointed ¦ another party . He moved for certain papers connected
¦* viih the appointment : and he further moved for returns of the amount of military forces in Ireland , at ilie 1 st of January in each year , for the last ten years . This latt . 'i * motion was made , he said , in consequence of a * peech made recently by Mr . S . Herbert , on his reelection < _-n _-u'ceimn- ; tlie office of Secretary at War , in which sj _.-t-ch l . e _« _iid that the late Government had left _Ireland in a state « f revolution . 71 k .- . discussion tcrmiuated _. in a division , in whieh the _rsotinn for _j-apers connected with the constabulary apponinie :. ! was negatived l > y a majority of 3 * 2 to 12 . Their Lordships then adjourned .
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_-rOUSE OF COMMONS , Monday , March 3 . OVltSlSG OF _LETTEK . S IS * THE POST-OFFICE . Mr . T . Dcncombe gave notice tliat , immediately after _JEaster , he would more for leave to bring in a bUl to _secutb the inviolability oflettero passing through the Postoffice . ( Cuc-rs . ) 3 ir . Sheil gave notice that lie would , on Tuesday , the _JUtli of ilareh , move a resolution expressing the regret of the House that letters addressed to foreigners re . * , i _*? i- > gin tliis country Lad been opened in the Post-office without _tbi-ir _knowledgc _^ or sanction , and that certain information with regard to the disturbances in the Papal Siatcs , jhiained by such means , should have been commuaieated to a foreign power . ( Hear . ) The House having resolved itself into a committee of « _c-, 3 and means ,
' Chaxcelloe ofthe Exchequer moved a resolution upon whicli to ground the introduction of a bill for iml _«« F > ng the sugar duties forthe ensuing year in accordance with the plan of Sir It . Peel . He had fixed upon _Uie 24 th of March for the commencement of the new duties , in order io give the merchants one month's time to get rid of _thdrstocks on hand . _ill-. _ll ' _itLiAMS thought the tunc should be extended ; one mouth was not sufficient to enable merchants in a large w ay of business to get rid of their stocks on hand . The Chakcei , L 03 of the _Excheqceu said a long post , { _Kisiemcnt af the new duties would derange the course of business hy cliecWug the importation of sugar . After some discussion it was agreed that the resolution shi . al . 1 be po _.-ilponed until ] Friday , and that meanwhile the- Government should decide whether or not they would iHk . pt the principle of classification . The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill passed through _committee , and the House adjourned .
Tuesday , Mabch 4 . _1-erd Gbasvule Somerset brought under consideration the _--eportof the committee appointed to ascertain the best method of constituting committees on railway bills . The report recommended tlie adoption of twenty-two resolutions , the first four ofwhich were agreed to without observation . The fifth , however , providing tliat every member selected should sign a declaration that neither himself nor his constituents were possessed of any local or personal interest hi the line or hues upon which he was called to adjudicate , led to considerable discussion , Dut K-2 _? eventually agreed to . On tlie resolution rendering it compulsory on Hon . _Members to attend ou the committee for wluch they had been selected _.
_Jilr . _Bersal objected that this would be hard on the forensic and mercantile members , who could not spare the requisite tunc to attend to those committees . Such an attendance on private bills formed no part of the _constitutional business which Hon . Members undertook to perform when they h ? caine representatives of the people . Sir K . Fj : £ 1 . said the business had come upon them , aud it would degrade tliem in the eyes of the nation if the -,- did not make an exertion to meet it . If they were to remit th «* e railway hills to a tnbuual out of doors , the result would be that their own weight and influence would be lessened in the pubhc mind , and eventually they would _feii ihat they Lad raised a rival authority by abandoning their duty , aud would sink themselves to the level of a _dtrii .- > _ilng t-lub . On the other hand , hy making a proper exertion to meet the difficulty of tlie case , they would raise themselves ia the estimation of the whole country .
Several lion . Members entirely approved of the -view of » a 3 matter _tahvn by Sir R . Feel , and the resolution , as si stood , was agreed to , as were also the remaining resolutions , after n very protracted and desultory discussion .
_JJELD CASDEKS . . Mr . _Cowri-. r . rose , pursuant to notice , for the purpose of moving fw leave to bring in a bill to promote the _lettisg of £ eM gardens to the labouring poor . The object which he had iu view was to extend the benefits of the allotment system as widely as possible . There might be these Y . -ho < l ** paiied of effecting by means of legislation anything _lilie direct idief ; hut he did hope that those disposed to sueh an opinion would not too hastily express it . , for the subject was one ofa ve _** y grave and serious _natsxt . Every one must know that the condition of the
poor in tliis country was one of the utmost privation and _suffering—tliat a fearful state of things now existed . They must know also that many ofthe labouring classes _fovked to the House of Commons for relief * , as they knew no other _huhi ter from which they could hope to receive it ; and hu should greatly Tcgret if it became necessary to tell the poor tliat the House of Commons could not redress their grievances . One of the points at which he should aim in the preparation ofhis intended measure would be to cement tbe connexion between the working classes and the land . The connexion of the labourer with the land
proved at all tunes an important ingredient in the social system of this country . Formerly all cottagers possessed small _allotments of land ; all the peasantry above the rana of serfs enjoved rights of commonage , though he weald not take on himself to say that he could point to The precise time" Ere England ' s griefs began , _TSTien every rood of ground maintained its man . " «»• ' » itwas < iuilc certain that before the sixteenth century _xho ? e was a very large proportion of the land of this country in tlie hands of the labouring poor . Sinc ? - £ hat time , however , various causes were at work to alter that state of tilings : there was , first the French _Evolutionary war , then a discontinuance of the practice of grauting _leases for . lives , aud until small allotments had been of
late years made the connexion between the labourer and the land might he said to have been quite severed . In the course of the experience which had been already obtained with _nspect to tlie practical working of the allotment system , it was found that half an acre wasthe maximum in general of land that could be advantageously cultivated in that war . and it was not unreasonable to say that a quarter of an acre was the quantity of land which might lie allotted under any extensive adaptation of the system , a ? being most likely to prove beneficial to the labourer , wldlst its limited extent would prerent such an allotment from proringprejadicial to thelarge proprietors or cultivators . But the principal value which the allotment system possessed , in his estimation , and in that of its supporters , was the moral effect produced by it upon the labourers themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) And first he would look at it under the head of amuscynent and recreation in leisure or unemployed hours . The labourers ofthe present day were nnder great disadvantages
compared with their predecessors of past ages . They no longer had tht- old recreations to fall back upon , or to relax their minds and limbs after the fatigues of the day -were over . The old forest sports and pastimes of England no longer were at their command . Those means of enjoyment might he read of in the poets , but they no longer existed for tbe poor labourer . The village maypole had * no votaries for the dance at the present day ; indeed , it wonld require a different race of men to the peasantry of _England , in order that such boisterous exercises as those _Aouldhe properl y enjoyed and entered into . Books _rctliared more intellectual cultivation than was usual ¦ Mnongst the labouring classes . There was , however , one species of amusement which he was not inclined to _^^ h _^ _O y of , knowing how eloquently and _howsin-^ _T it hadteen advocated hy the Noble Lord the _Mem-Sfc-Sl * - _Makers ) . hut he believed Lis _toomSS ° _arir _^ thMm thatcricket _»**•« be within _themch _rf _« w 8 TCa Jt ? f _? * * _&* * ohjec & _mi _TBnishfdK ; J _^ _L < be , e daBrtW _« , " . * _**« . ; _Sa _TJRU _^ _gp" - ;
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in cultivating a piece of ground were found to be not only productive of amusement , but also enabled a labourer to derive some portion of his sustenance from thus employing his recreative hours , andif it was considered that theland , but for such an allotment , would lie dormant and useless in a great measure , whilsta drunken and lawless character might be reformed and rendered a sober and industrious and honest man , he ( Sir . Cowper ) did really consider that the universal adoption of this system would at once offer an amusement , combined with a rational , il harmless , and a profitable employment . The great importance which was attached to the possession ofa garden might be discovered in the extreme desire manifested by the labouring classes to obtain a plot of ground for cultivation . There was not a greater anxietv existing amongst the
higher classes to become landed proprietors on alarge scale than was to be witnessed amongst the humbler labourers for the posssession of an allotment . Not only did this feeling exist amongst the agriculturalviMages , but itwas very widely spread in towns and cities , and particularly in the manufacturing districts . The system of allotments had long been _practicaUy known amongst the agricultural villages . But it was only beginning to be known and appreciated in the manufacturing towns and districts . The town of Leeds afforded , he was happy to say , a gratifying example of its good effects , aud of the eagerness with which the operative classes availed themselves of its benefits : and the manner in wliich some of the mUlowners in
that town had stepped forward to promote the system was highly creditable to tliem , more particularly to Mr . Marshall and Mr . Gott , who had been the foremost in procuring allotments there for then operatives . Tho example set in the town of Leeds had proved beneficial , as shewing that tlie system of allotments was practicable even in large towns , and amongst other than the agricultural classes . The weavers repaired to their grounds during the hours of their meals , or after they had finished their labours , and they enjoyed a great gratification in their cultivation , whilst they had an opportunity for breathing the fresh and invigorating air , whieh , if they had not heen tempted by then- allotments , they would not have done . He remembered an instance in which a friend of his was
walking on a fine moonlight night , and be perceived a man working in his garden , it being then about half-past ten o ' clock . His friend asked the man why he was at work so late ? to which the other replied , that he was a weaver , and that his whole day was passed at the loom , so that he could only work by _theUght of the moon . The man , moreover , said he was planting his potatoes by moonlight , and he hoped to be able to gather thein in the ' same manner . In the large -manufacturing towns' there were very considerable numbers ofthe population most desirous of obtaining allotments , but great difficulties existed iu the way of providing a sufficiency of land at such a convenient distance as would render it available for that purpose . There certainly were numbers of benevolent persons who were most desirous of aiding in tliis scheme ,
and who had taken the trouble of establishing allotments on their own grounds . He believed a great many persons who felt interested iu the well-being of the peasant classes had adopted and introduced the system more or less . ( Hear , hear . ) But on looking round it would be seen that only a small proportion of the great mass of landed proprietors had as yet followed this example . There were labourers' gardens iu the immediate vicinity of their own residences established by the large landed proprietors , but the outlying parts of theu- estates , being less under their observation , -were left unprovided in this respect with allotments for the cottiers . The non-resident landlords were likewise neglectful of this matter ; in many villages there were no squires and no great landed proprietors to encourage the system , either by example or precept ; and
lastly , there were vast numbers of landowners who had not taken the trouble to make any efforts , or to inquire iuto the system . He thought , however , if the public attention were once caUcd to tiie beneficial results which had attended the system of allotments wherever it had been fairly tried , that notwiihstadiug the difficulties of procuring land , tlie present generation would not pass away before it was universally adopted . There were many reasons why allotments had not been generally established . Amongst tliem was to be reckoned tlie competition that existed for land , which was so great as to preclude the poorer classes from every chance of success . It was very well known , that notwithstanding all the complaints of agricultural distress , if a farm fell in from auy cause , there were always dozens of applicants for its tenancy , notwithstanding aU the farmers cried . , out that they could not cultivate the land at a profit .
Another difficulty with respect to allotments existed in the alterations and fresh dispositions of the laud , whicli was rendered necessary by the establishment of such a system on au estate , Besides , landlords were compelled to consult , and often to give way to the prejudices of tliose with whom they were connected as their tenants or their neighbours—the fanning classes . At the same time lie had heard of instances where farmers had themselves voluntarily given up portions of their land for the purpose of allotments . The landlord also feared the additional risk and trouble which would result from his having to receive his rents from a great number of tenants instead of from one or two only . But , whatever the reasons might be , the fact was nevertheless that the laudlords , though kindly disposed towards the labouring classes , were averse in the majority of cases to let out tlieir lands in allotments . There existed a mode of
establishing them hy the institution of voluntary associations , but the legal as well as the practical difficulties attendant on this plan had hitherto prevented its general adoption . The great want in such associations was found to be a person to act as security betweuu the tenants and the landlord , and in the majority of cases tliey had failed from not having a sort of middle-man . The hiU whieh he held in his hand was calculated to remedy these wants , and to cure the defects which had been found to operate against the establishment of allotments . Its-provisions and objects were altogether of an auxiliary character . If any benevolent person desired to aid an association such as he had referred to hi carrying out an allotment system , the _biU whicli he proposed to bring in with the permission of the House would afford Ithem the means
of so doing with safety to themselves aud to the satisfaction of the landlord ; and the main provision of it rested entirely upon a parochial organisation . The first proceeding under " the bill which he proposed would be , to consider , at a meeting in vestry , of the propriety of establishing allotments iii the parish , and that being assented to , the next step would be to elect officers who would have the power of carrying out the system amongst the cottagers . There would also be a provision respecting enclosure Acts , and one for the security of the rents to be paid for the allotments ; another provision of tlie biU , would give the power of making the poor-rate responsible for the rent ofthe allotments . The system of allotments was a perfectty secure one , but the tenant who was unwilling to pay the rent of
his plot of ground should not be left in possession of it , and a provision to that effect should be made in the bill . Itwas not necessary to say anythiug to recommend a measure to tlie House which had for its object the rendering of the labouring population more independent than they were . The bill which he held in his hand was calculated to effect that object , and he must say of the subject that no one who had tried the system of allotments could say it had failed . There might be , and there were indeed , certain theoretical objections to allotments , such as that which related to their interfering with the division of labour , and the impossibility ofa mau serving tuo masters , hut these were what he must call mere theoretical objections ; for the real effeet of the allotment svstem would be to raise the labourer ' s wages . No one
could say that a labourer ' s wages were sufficient for his support . He must , therefore , eke them out by cultivating his allotmeut . It had been urged , that the labourer who had an allotment would do less work for Ms employer during the day , that he might reserve his strength to work for himself afterwards . Experience contradicted this . The allotment labourers had been generaUy fouud to be the most moral and industrious men on the farms . This was , no doubt , the consequeucc of the change in their position . Another objection to thesysteni was , that it tended to diminish the circulation of labour throughout the country . But this argument would apply equally to all attempts to elevate the condition ofthe labourer—( hear ); and its legitimate consequence must be that tlie landlord ought to endeavour so to fix the
pressure of poverty and suffering on the labourer as to drive him from his parish . ( Hear . ) No doubt , where there existed a surplus population in auy particular district , it would be doing the labourer a service to Induce hhn to seek employment elsewhere ; but that was a very different case from endeavouring to create such circumstances around him as would force him to do so . Nor was it surprising that the labourer should cling to his parish . There were many circumstances which rendered migration undesirable to him . Not tbe least was the law of settlement , and the chance that , if driven back to his own parish , a careless board of guardians might leave hhn without relief till too late . The roan of capital could emigrate in search of better occupation , and could afford to wait ; but tothe labouring man every day's work was his day's subsistence . Starvation might come on him before he gained his object . For all these reasons he could not suppose the allotment system would be opposed , because the refusal of an allotment
might make the labourer more ready to migrate . ( Hear . ) He contended that , by analogy , the legislature were hound to interfere to help the labourer to the attainment of laud . The legislature had facilitated tlie establishment of loan societies , where the poor man could borrow money , and they had established savings' banks , where he could lay it up , Upon the same principle he contended that they ought to afford the labourer every facility and security in acquiring small portions of land . On the other hand , he would be very sorry that the legislature should interfere at aU with the obligation which lay on individual proprietors . The direct relation between the landlord and the poor tenant was the most beneficial to both , and ought by no means to be put an end to . This bill would not interfere therewith . It was only to come into operation in places where it would be absolutely necessary , then he reaUy believed it would confer a great and effectual benefit ou the working man . The Hon . Member concluded with his motion . Mr . Miles seconded the motion .
Mr . Hume very much feared that this measure would hold out expectations that could not be realised . He doubted much whether the allotment system would succeed ; he feared it would only tend to the vast increase of population and of poverty , until it produced the effects here whicli the same system had already brought about in Ireland . He also dreaded giving the parish authorities the power of levying money on the community to carry out this system . Mr . B . Escoit was glad to hear from the Hon . Mem ber for Hertford that there was to be nothing compuHorj in the measure , though he could not well see how it prcf
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visions could be carried out without some such power . As it was , every landowner had the full power to make allotments , if he thought fit . Wherever the allotment system had been adopted it appeared to have succeeded ; but he believed this to _Ijave arisen-from its having been voluntary ; and he feared that the intervention of the Legislature would do away with this great source of good . The most beneficial operation of the system had been where gardens were given with the cottages , hut not called allotments . ( Hear , hear , ) He could not help fearing , if allotments were increased , as allotments , it would only be opening the door to those evils which existed to so great an extent in Ireland . The great object of the Legislature should be to increase and extend the demand for labour , and also to so educate tho poor as to enable them to make abetter use ofthe wages they got . ( Hear . )
Lord J . Mansebs agreed with his Hon . Friend that it was better for the poor man to get his cottage and garden from the resident landlord . But this bill was intended to apply io cases where tliere were no resident landlords , He would instance particularly the case ofthe frameworkknitters , who could not at present get land under any circumstances . To their case this bill particularly applied , aud if Parliament passed this bill it would confer a great benefit on them . He thought that the feelings and opinions of the people themselves on such a question ought to be respected ; and there was no question , he
believed , on which the sympathies and fcelings of the people were so much excited . as on this . He believed they were unanimous , and they asked for a measure to facilitate as much as possible their getting land in the manner proposed by his Hon . Friend . And whether he succeeded , as some perhaps over-sanguine expected he would , or whether he failed , still his non . Friend opposite would feel that he had dene his duty in bringing the subject forward , and the over-worked and under-paid artisans and mechanics would , he might depend on it , never cease to be grateful for the proposal of such a measure .
Mr . S . _CKAwroBDdenied ' that the poverty of Ireland was to be attributed to small holdings . It was small holdings at exorbitant rents , as in the case of the conacre tenants , that produced the distress of the people . Where the holdings were direct from the head landlord , and at a fair rent , the system worked well , and the people were in comfort . He could meution particularly the estates of the Marquis of Londonderry ( hear ) as an instance of the good effect of small holdings under those circumstances . There the land was let at a _reasonable rent , and every attention was paid to tho comfort of the tenant . ( Ilear . ) So administered , small holdings tended to -tlie prosperity ofthe community . The half-acre system , however , would only work well when the labourer bad other employment . He was glad to see the subject before Parliament . The labouring man at present had no prospect of ever being able to improve his condition—of raising himself in the social scale . This system would ' afford hiin the opportunity , and he had himself witnessed its good effects on the peasantry of liis own country .
Sir TV , James supported the bill , but objected to some ofthe details . Mr . Roebuck said this was a bill which proposed to change so completely the whole condition of the labourer in this country , that he thought it demanded the serious attention of the Government . Tha Right Hon . Baronet the Home Secretary would bear in mind that this bill was to make use of the machinery employed in collection of the poor rates . ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped the bill would not be allowed to go into committee without a declaration from the Government whether they approved or disapproved of it , and how they would make it square with theu- other legislation for the poor .
Sir J . G & aham _raniinded the House that iu the course of last session he had supported the second reading of a similar bill . On that occasion he had at some length stated his opinion upon it , and had particularly referred to that provision which made the poor-rate a security for the payment of the rents of these allotments . To that provision he stiU entertained a decided objection . He understood tlie lion , Member for Hertford to state that liis measure was only permissive , or auxiliary , as lie said , in order that facilities might be given for hiring land . He ( Sir J . Graham ) quite agreed with what had fallen from the Hon . Member for Newark ( Lord J . Manners ) , that when landlords voluntarily gave garden-ground with cottages , that system was infinitely preferable ; but he was not prepared to say that small allotments iu the vicinity of the labouring classes might not be attended with advantage . Hecoidd not possibly object to the introduction of the bill , which , as far as-he understood , was an improvement on the measure of last year , whicli proposed
allotments of one acre , while the present bill did not profess to go beyond half-an-acre . The Hon . Gentleman , to his infinite honour , had besfowed so much attention on the subject that he thought it woidd be highly indecorous in the House to hesitate to give him permission to introduce the bill . On a former occasion he had expressed what he felt , that , from a consideration of what was due to the condition of the labouring classes , any measure proposed by an Hon . Member who had attended to the subject was worthy the attention of the House . The distress and poverty ofthe agricultural peasantry constituted a question which could not be safely overlooked by the House , and he was sure that any measure which held out a reasonable expectation of any addition to their comfort , welfare , and enjoyment must be regarded by the House with respect and attention , and with a wish for its success . He was disposed to give a careful consideration to the bill of the Hon . Member , and to view it with favour , and a hope that some successful issue might result from his labours . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Mangles said , he observed that the statement of the Hon , Member for Winchester ( Mr . Escott)—who spoke in a deprecating tone of the effect of the allotment system on the comfort and well-being of the labouring class , and who contended that a sufficiency of labour was tlie great object desirable for their good—was cheered by gentlemen who differed widely from that Hon . Member with respeet to agricultural matters generally . The Hon . Member , however , threw no light on the mode in which that sufficiency of labour was to be obtained . He ( Mr . Mangles ) lived In a purely agricultural district , and he knew that during tbe winter , and except at the height of the corn and hay harvests , a considerable number of labourers were without employment for many weeks , and others could only obtain it occasionally . During the
recess he had made inquiries as to the effects of allotments in reference to the well-being of the labouring classes . lie had consulted many gentlemen , and many ladios loo ; among others Mrs . Da vies Gilbert ; and on no subject of equal magnitude had he ever found the testimony so unanimous in its favour . Mrs . Davis Gilbert informed him that the allotment system had not failed in a single instance under her management , and she wrote to him , if he recollected right , stating that at one time she had 400 allotment tenants , and for eleven years not one had failed in paying his rent . That was important testimony . He knew that tlie intelligent labourer was in favour of tlie system . After a county meeting on this subject in West Surrey , a group of gentlemen remained discussing the subject in a banking-house . TVhile they were so engaged , a man came in to change a note , and , hearing opinions expressed against the allotment
system , he restrained himself lor sometime in the presence of his superiors . At last he could bear it no longer , and he broke out with , "Gentlemen , you may say what you like , but I know it ' s a good plan , for it has made a man of me . " Ho ( Mr . Mangles ) being struck with what the man said , visited his place , and found he was raising three pigs in his sty , and had a field with a crop of potatoes . There was at his door a chaise-cart with two men in it , who were bargaining with him for some potatoes , and this man , who only four or fivo years before was a common day labourer on 10 s . a week , was then In a condition to be able to refuse the price offered for his potatoes as insufficient . The same man showed him ( Mr . Mangles ) another field , which he was renting , though he had not got it direct from the landowner , at the rate of £ 3 per acre , and said he was making a large profit from it .
Mr . Boethwick had heard with satisfaction the statement ofthe Bight Hon . Baronet the Home Secretary , and expressed his concurrence in it . Leave was then given to bring in the bill .
-Wednesday , March 5 . On the motion for going into committee on the income tax , Captain Bernal Osborne said , he was so decidedly opposed to the assessment of precarious income at the same rate as permanent property , that ho should move as an amendment , that the House should go into committee that day three months . Mr . Muntz contended that the portion of the tax relating to income was obnoxious , vexatious , and inquisitorial , A discussion followed , in which Mr . F . Baring , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr . Ewart , Mr . D . Barclay , and Mr . nawes took part . The House then divided , and the amendment was negatived by amajority of 96 to 23 . The House having resolved itself into committee ,
Mr . _Cubteis proposed that tho operation of the tax should be limited to two instead of to three years , as proposed by Sir R . Peel . The way , he said , in which the tax had been received by the City of London , as contrasted with its opinion of an income tax in 1815 , was a great encouragement to Sir R . Peel , not only to continue , but to double the tax if necessary . On a division the amendment was negatived b y a majority of 69 to 17 . „ Mr . WAK _* t _* er said he felt so confident of the benefit the plan of Sir R . Peel would confer on tho country , that he would not oppose the tax if he thought it would terminate in three years . Sir R . Pjbel said he could give no pledge that the tax would terminate at tho close of three years , for , to judge by the present feeling of the public , the country appeared to be so enamoured of the tax , that it might refuse to allow it to be taken off .
Lord J . Russell observed that ho was not very sanguine that the tax would be repealed at the end of three years , and would therefore have wished that Sir R . Peel had made an attempt to remove the inequalities of its operation . Dr . _Bowbino was favourable to direct taxation on property , and would regret to see the tax wholly removed at the end of three years . Lord Sandon was also favourable to direct taxatim . Sir R . Peel said , he adhered to the intention of continuing the tax as it now stood ; but three years hence , if the tax were to be continued , its principle might be subjected to revision .
The clauses were eventually all agreed to ; the House resumed ; and the report was ordered to be received on Friday next .
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Tho Stamp Duties Assimilation BiU was read a third time , and passed . The House then adjourned .
Thuesday , March 6 . The Speaker took the chair at twelve o ' clock , and immediately afterwards the House went into Committee on the Railway Clauses Consolidation BiU . The discussion of the various clauses oceupied the House tiU a quarter past four o ' clock , when the members adjourned . At five o ' clock the House re-assembled , whan Mr . Blewitt gave notice that on au early day , after Easter , he should move for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the several Acts of Parliament which prohibited the growth and curing of tobacco in Great Britain and Irelaud . THE " CONDITION-OF-ENGLAND QUESTION . "
Mr . _Boktuwick , seeing the Noble Lord , tho Member for London , in his place , would beg leave to ask him a question . In the last session of Parliament , the Noble Lord called the attention of the House to the distressed condition of the labouring population . Since then he ( Mr . Borthwick ) had had many communications from most districts upon the subject ; and , therefore , he would wish to know whether it was the intention of tho Noble Lord to bring the subject before the House this session ? Lord J . Bcssell begged to say , in answer to the Hon . and Learned Member , that it was his iutention to bring tho subject forward , with a view to proposing some legislative measure upon it , shortly after Easter . Mr . Ewaet moved for leave to bring in a bin to enable Town Councils to establish museums of art in corporate towns , Mr . WrsE seconded the motion .
Sir Robert Peel admitted to the fullest extent the advantage of encouraging a taste for the arts amongst every class of society . Still he thought they ought to proceed with great caution when they made a proposition to give Town Councils the power to raise taxes for the purpose of establishing museums . Nevertheless he could not a void that opportunity of recommending Town Councils to employ their best exertions to raise funds upon a voluntary principle for such institutions . Such estab-Ushments as museums , if weU carried out , never failed , not only to instruct and improve , butto make the working classes of every district of the country content with their condition of life . Lord John Manners said , he should be happy to see the proposition of the Hon , Member carried into effect . After a few brief observations from one or two other members concerning the motion ,
Mr . LABOocnERE expressed himself pleased to notice so much unanimity in the House upon a subject of such importance . He agreed in the opiuion already so fully expressed , that institutions of this kind were well calculated to elevate the mind , and otherwise to improve the condition in life of the industrious classes . Mr . _SnEih was in favour of the opening of all public museums and exhibitions on Sunday . Ho did not think that such a proceeding would in the least degree tend to the desecration of the Sabbath ; while it would do much to improve the tastes aud habits of the people . Leave was then given to bring in the biU .
Mr . Ewart then proceeded to move for a Select Committee , to inquire if it was not advisable for the ends of justice that the defendant ' s counsel in civil , and the prisoner ' s council iu criminal , cases , should be permitted to address the jury on the close of the evidence for the defendant or prisoner , Mr . E . briefly addressed the House on the advantages which he alleged would result from this course . The motion was resisted by the Attobnet-Geneeal on the ground that , if adopted , it would lead to serious inconvenienee . The practice _eidsted cm Parliamentary Committees , and they were fully aware of the complaints which were made of the endless speech-making indulged in hy Learned Gentlemen on such occasions . He would suggest that the motion should be withdrawn , aud the matter referred to tlie Commissioners appoiutod to inquire into the present .: state of our various law and criminal courts of justice .
Mr . Ewart agreed to do so , and the motion , by leave of the House , was withdrawn . The Bastardy Bill was read a second time without dissension , and ordered to be committed to-morrow . Several unimportant motions for returns were agreed to , when the orders of the day were disposed of . and the House adjourned .
• - Friday , _Mahcii 7 . On the motion for the House resolving itself into a committee of ways and means on the sugar duties , Mr . Cobden called on the Government to _aUege a sufficient ground for taxing the community to tho extent of ten guineas a ton on the natural price of sugar , for the express purpose of protecting our colonial interests . After a lengthy discussion the House went into committee . The _Chancelloe of the Exchequer then entered into the reasons which induced him to adhere to his original intention of imposing discriminating duties on sugars according to then- qualities . The Right Hon . Gentle / nan concluded by moving tbe discriminating duties . After a lengthened and very desultory discussion tlie first and second resolutions were agreed to . ¦ On the third resolution being moved ,
Sir W . _CfcAY moved as au amendment that the duty on white clayed sugar , the produce of Java , ManiUa , or China , or of any foreign country , such sugar not being the produce of slave labour , should be only £ 1 Ss . -id . instead of £ 18 s . as proposed , and that the duty on brown sugar , being _Muscovadpor clayed , but not equal in quality to white clayed , should be 13 s . 8 d . instead of £ 1 3 s . 4 d . The Chanceixok of the Exchequer contended that if the duties proposed in his resolutions were too high , which he did not believe to be the cas " e , it was au error on the right side , and he would , therefore , oppose the amendment . The House then divided , aud the amendment was negatived by . a majority of 152 to 69 . The resolution was then agreed to . On the fourth resolution being moved , Mr . M . Gibson contended that the duty on foreign molasses should be reduced by 7 s . the cwt ., so as to maintain the differential duty of 10 s . 6 d .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer assented to the proposition , but suggested that the better plan would be to introduce it in the amended bill . On fixing the period for the new duties coming into operation on the 14 th inst ., Mr . WIM . IAM 5 moved as an amendment that the period be postponed tiU the 5 th April . The amendment was withdrawn , the resolutions agreed to , and ordered to be reported on Monday next .
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Glorious Pkogukss ov thu Trades' Movement . The General Committee held its usual weekly meeting at the Bell , Old Bailey , on _TVednesday evening , March the 5 th ; Mr . Taprcll ( Carpenter ) in the chair . The Engineers were represented on the committee for the first time to-night . The delegate informed the committee that the Engineers of London had already elected their deputy to the Conference . A house of Tailors at the West-end , consisting of GOO
members , was also represented for the first time . The secretary read the following letter from the Sawyers of Manchester , which attests the interest the Trades' Conference has excited throughout the country : — "New _Soncert Inn , Oxford-street , Manchester , Feb . 2 _* 7 th , 1845 . —Sir , —The Committee of Management for tlio Sawyers of Manchester and Salford _, for seeking legislative protection , respectfully _solicit your co-operation . Our early movement is in consequence of contributing all the support we are able , by our petition being ready for presentation at Easter , in order to strengthen the views of the NATIONAL
CONFERENCE OF TRADES' DELEGATES , which will be holden in London , on Easter Monday . We find a great number of Trades inthe provincial towns have made arrangements for sending delegates to the Conference . The principal towns of our own trade concur in our views , and earnestly hope , that every city and town , where Sawyers are located , will be ready with their petitions , as by that time all Ministerial measures , whether affecting Trade , Commerce , or Labour , will , or ought to be , brought before the House . Tliose towns whose petitions were not presented last year , should write immediately to their respective Members holding them , stating their desire to have them presented at the most favourable opportunity , to assist the views ofthe Conference of Trades Delegates . —Yours faithfully , William Hume . —P . S . —Our petition will be worded the same as last year .
Those towns requiring a copy , can have one , on application , by return of post . " Mr . Hume also expressed a wish that his letters should be inserted in the only Trades' Journal , the Northern Star . Letters were also read from the Shoemakers of Northampton , from the United Trades of Exeter , from the Trades of Bristol , from the Papermakers of Maidstone , from the Calico Block Printers of Middleton , from Mr . Lockier , on behalf of the Bricklayers ofthe United Kingdom ; and from the Packers of Manchester : all in favour of the Conference . A letter was also read from the Miners of Rothwell and Manchester , the latter body transmitting , through Mr . Grocott , their quota of money for carrying out the preparations necessary for the ensuing Conference . A great meeting of the City Mens ' Men , will be held in favour of the Conference on Tuesday next , the llth instant .
BniMiNOHHAM . —Great _Thaues Meeting . —On Wednesday _evening , February 26 th , a most important public meeting was held in the Mechanics ' Institute , forthe purpose of hearing tho grievances of the Operative Tailors , both locally and nationally . The number present could not be leas than a thousand , comprising a large section of the middle classes and master Tailors , besides the mechanics of various trades . Mr . Williams was called to the _chait _* , and the meeting was addressed bv Messrs . Brake , Roder , Maddock , Talbot , Mr . Parker ( delegate from London ) _, and Mi * . Mason . The following resolution was
adopted ;— " That m the opinion of this meeting the Eresent alarming state of _^ the Tailoring trade , rought about _ny unprincipled competition , is such as demands the immediate attention of all persons interested in its welfare , inasmuch as certain master Tailors have departed from the original mode of employing their workmen on premises , under their immediate supervision , which , by painful experience , has proved detrimental to the beat interests of the respectable employers and employed , and has been tko means of extending disease to a frightful extent
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to . tho community at large , in _consequence of clothes being made up in the wretched habitations of the workmen , who are compelled , from the low wages paid by such employers , to live in the most populated and unhealthy neighbourhoods . This meeting , therefore , earnestly appeals to the public at large to give their support to those employers who hare all their work made on their own premises , to guard themselves against the contingencies that arise from the present system of out-door labour , " The adoption
of a petition to the Legislature , setting forth the grievances of the trade closed the proceedings . [ Late on Thursday , we received a lengthy report of this meeting , of which the above is a notice . It will be observed that tliis meeting took place on Wednesday week ; the report should have been in our hands at the latest by Monday last ; coming the day it did , we had no alternative but to reject the speeches . No doubt but the delay has been occasioned through the engagements ofthe friend who kindly furnished such report preventing him from sending sooner . —Ed . N . S . ]
_Dcncombk Testimonial Central Committee , Parthenium Club Room , 72 , St . Martin's-lanc , Wednesday evening , March 5 th . Mr . Grassby in the chair . —Mi ' . Connolly handed in 12 s ., collected at the Ironmong ers ' Arms , Lizard-street , St . Luke's ; per A . Synic , Kinross , a few friends , 3 s . ; Birmingham , perD . Pott , Messrs . Porter , 10 s . * , Thorsly , 7 s . 6 d . ; Fussell , 5 s . 6 d . ; Potts , 5 s . ; Carter , 5 s . Smith , 5 s . ; Hopkins , 2 s . 6 d . ; Bently , 2 s . 6 d . ; Hodges , 2 s . lid . ; Guest , 2 s . 6 d . Buckley , 2 s . ( 3 d . ; llarhcr , Is . ;
Follows , Is . ; Davis , Is .,- Cresswell , Is . ; Wassell , Is . ; Cook , Is . ; Helling , 6 d . ; Taylor , Cd . ; Dudley , 3 d . ; Ship ' s Crew , two shillings and three-pence . The following resolution was then moved by Mr . J . Simpson , seconded by Mr . J . Symo : — " That the labours of this committee be brought to a close _ffiftthe first day of June next . " Carried unanimously * It was then agreed that a sub-committee of three be appointed to draw up an address . Messrs . M'Grath , Grassby , and Stallwood were duly elected the subcommittee for that purpose .
Greenwich . —Duncombe Testimonial . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Greenwich will be held at the George and Dragon , Blackheath-hill , on Tuesday evening next , for the abovenamed object . Chair to be taken at half-past seven
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WITH SATURDAY'S NEWS , POLICE , LEGAL AND GENERAL . _MANSION HOUSE . Satueday . — Theft , — George Howitt was brought up by policeman HZ , before the Lord Mayor , charged with stealing three zinc saws . Alfred Lewis , a boy , deposed that he was passing the shop of Mr . Hewison , 57 , Cannon-street , yesterday , when he distinctly saw the prisoner take the three saws now produced , from the door of Mr . Hewison ' s shop . Policeman 443 deposed to taking the prisoner into custody with the saws in his possession . The prisoner , who wore the dress of a mechanic , held down his head and said nothing . He was fully committed for trial .
A Soldier's Rewakd . — James _Doolej-, an old man , late of the East India Company's service , was charged by a constable from the Bast India House , Leadenhall-street , with breaking the windows of that establishment . The veteran in reply to the charge said , lie had . served in the Company ' s service for eleven years and eleven montlis , and derived no pension to console him in his old days . He had served iu the Island of Saint Helena , Yesterday he was' walking about , almost driven to madness by hunger and destitution , and regretting that he had not employed his youth in a better manner , so that he might have had something to faU back upon in his old age . In this state of mind he seized a stone and threw it through the window . The Lord Mayor said he _prjsumed the prisoner had not served a sufficient length of time to entitle him to a pension . The veteran replied , No ; he lacked four days of tho required time . His lordship said he had no alternative but to commit hhn for fourteen days * , for wilfully breaking the windows .
Forther Proofs of "National Prosperity . " —Mary Ann Smith , Alice Smith , and Ann Evans , were brought up by policeman . 484 , ou a charge of breaking the Mansionhouse windows . The girls , in answer to the charge , said that they had been in the Peckham establishment for a month ; that Mr . Evans refused to do anything for them ; that they had no home , and that tliey had broken the windows that they might be sent to Bridewell . —The Lord Mayor said this species of offence was on the increase , and means must be _founded put a stop to it . He should , therefore , commit Ann Evans to the House of Correction for two months , and the others for one month each ; the first and last week to be solitary .
_Attemptbo Suicide . —A young woman , who appeared to be considerably advanced in pregnancy , and who gave her name as Kitty Solomons , was brought up on the charge of attempting to throw herself off London-bridge , and also with breaking the windows of the house of a Mr . Hart , in the Miiiories . The prisoner in her defence admitted having made the attempt to commit suicide , and stated that a son of Mr . Hart seduced her and deserted her . His base conduct had driven her to commit the act for which she stood charged . In pursuance of tliis resolution , on last Friday afternoon she wrote a letter to Mr .
Hart , intimating her intention , and wrapping it round a _Itone , she hurled it through the window of the room which her seducer occupied in tho liouse of his father . Having done this she went off to the bridge , and was about to put her intention into execution , when she was prevented by a police constable , who was oh the spot . The Lord Mayor having pointed out tothe prisoner the very grave nature ofthe act she had been about to commit , inquired if there was any one in court who knew the prisoner . The prisoner ' s sister then came forward , and on her promising that she would take care that the prisoner was properly attended to , the latter was dismissed .
QUEEN SQUARE . _Satordait . —A _TROuiiLiisoME Tenant . —This morning , on the opening of the Court , Mr . Prinsop , of Queen-street , Pimlico , made an application to Mr . Bun-el for his advice respecting how to mannge a tenant of his , who was annoying him in the following manner . The party of whom lie complained was an uiidoi * tenant , who had taken premises , of him , for which he engaged to pay quarterly , at tlie rate of £ 45 the year . The tenant had occupied tlie house for nearly a twelvemonth , yet had only paid up the first quarter ' s vent . A few days ago tho tenant left the premises , taking his goods with him , and leaving
a lodger in one of the rooms . Subsequently the lodger also left , and the house being empty , he ( Mr . Prinsop ) took possession . That morning , however , tlie tenant returned and broke open the door , determined to regain possession by forcible means . Now he wished the magistrate ' s opinion as to what could be done to get rid of this person . —Mr . Barrel : You must give him regular notice to quit ere you can eject him from the premises . However , you had better consult some respectable broker or house agent on the subject , who are more familiar with these matters than I am , as to the best means of ridding yourself of such a troublesome person . Mr . Prinsop then withdrew .
MARYLEBONE . A Pesce . —Frederick Fletcher , a lad about ten years of age , was charged with stealing six paint brushes from the window of Mr . Gurnoy _. anoil and colourman , carrying on business at 155 , Edgeware-road . The lad , who has been frequently charged at this court with similar con . duct , put his hand through a hole in a pane of glass and took out the brushes . Mr . Long inquired if they had been found ?—The police constable said they had not , but he knew where they were . Close to tho shop of Mr . Gumey there was a notorious receiver of stolen goods , and iu his window he ( witness ) had that ' morning seen brushes exposed for sale . Mr . Long ordered the police to go to the " fence" and ascertain the truth of bis statement , and if it was true , to bring the man before him . The boy was consequently remanded .
MARLBOKOUGH-STREET . Attempted Murdkii and Roiibeuy . —John Hock , cabmau , No . 48 , was brought up before Mr . Hardwick , the sitting magistrate , charged on suspicion of being concerned in wounding and attempting to rob Mr . Charles Green , merchant ' s clerk , residing at 4 G _, Berwick-street . — The prisoner had been remanded until to-day from last Saturday , in order to give time to the prosecutor to recover sufficiently to give evidence . —Mr . Green was in at tendance , and appeared very pale aud emaciated . His head was bandaged up , the temporal artery having been completely divided from the blow he had received . —The prosecutor ' s deposition went to show that he had heen in a _public-house on Friday week in ( Jt . Russell-street , and had drunk freely of gin and water . While there he was asked by a man if he wanted a cab . The prosecutor replied in
the negative , who left the house and went off to the Blue Posts , Tottenham-court-road . He was followed by the man there . At the latter place the prosecutor treated the party who followed him with a glass of gin , at which time the defendant came into the house , whom he also treated . Shortly after this all went out together ; while outside they annoyed him about having a cab , on which I left them and went along Crown-street . While passing down there he received a violent blow on the bead ; the police subsequently found him in an insensible state . It is supposed the intention of the parties was to rob the prosecutor , after having felled him to the ground , which they were prevented from doing by the police coming up . The prosecutor identified the prisoner as one of the persons who had been drinking with him , and who had struck him the blow . The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial for the offence .
SOUTHWaRK . Saturday . —Burglary . —Two well-known thieves named Richard Wood and Thomas Jones , were placed in the _^ dock before Mr . Cottingham , on the charge of _breakinfj into the house of Mr . Scarborough , No . i Brunswick-street , _lloi-semonger-lane , and stealing therefrom a quantity of plate and wearing apparel A female , named Sarah Byng , was charged as an ai _> _cesaarj _* . A night or two ago the house was broken into , and the articles in question carried away . Information was given to the police , two of _wfiom met Jones carrying a _^ undle on the following mbrninc They followed him to his residence in _Whitehorsel street , and on his opening the door they rushed in after him , and found all the prisoners .. The whole
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of the stolen property was found secreted along with several housebreaking implements . They were then taken into custody—all ot them had been previously convicted . They were remanded , in order to allow time for further inquiry .
GUILDHALL . Saturday . —A _Stiias _« e Case op HoHSE-Smuira —Nearly the whole of the day was occupied m the investigation of a case of horse-stealing , which presented several interesting features . The party charged is Charles Stocking , and the prosecutor is a gentleman of property , residing in Old-square , Lincoln _s-Inn , named Mr . Charles Bevan . The prisoner has been engaged as pout-boy in the service of Mrs . Savage , livery _stable-keener , in Fetter-lane , « it which place the prosecutor was in the habit of putting up his horses . In 1813 , the prosecutor had a valuable grey mare there , wliich he wanted to sell , and the prisoner , who was ostler ofthe stables , was desired in the last day in August to take the mare to Tattersail ' s , there to be sold . Instead of doing this , the prisoner went to Mr . Bctts , a butcher , in Fetter-lane ,
and offered it for sale , but without success . Next ho went to Mr . William Webb , livery stable-keeper , of Gray ' s-inn-lane , to whom he succeeded in selling ifc for £ 16 . The prisoner gave a written receipt and warrant to Mr . Webb , which were signed , " For Mr . Charles Bevan , J . Clarke " Shortly after , Mr . Webb sold the mare to Dr . Day , of Salisbury-square , for £ 30 ; but the completion ofthe sale was prevented by Mr . Bevan , who , in Mr , Webb ' s absence , had the stable broken open , and thft mare removed . Mr . Webb brought an action against Mr . Bevan , and , a few days ago , a verdict was obtained in his favour . The prisoner had made oft' on the night on wliich he sold the mare , and nothing had been seen of him until last Monday , when he was taken at the Bull Hotel , in Cambridge . The prisoner was remanded till next Thursday .
CLERKENWELL . SATunDAr . —Indecent Assault . —A youth , about the age of 15 , was examined before Mr . Coombe , today , and committed for trial for indecentlyassaulting a child , aged 3 years , the daughter of Mr . Dunkley , jeweller , City-road . The particulars are unfit for publication ; suffice it to say , the charge was clearly established .
LAMBETH . Saturday . — A Suspected Gang of Thieves . —¦ Four men and a woman , who exhibited every characteristic of being regular proficients in the pilfering departmont , and who , judging from tho principles of Gall and Lavator , would be very dangerous customers to meet in a quiet corner in a dark night , were placed _, in the dock on suspicion of having been concerned in . several robberies in Lambeth . The names of the four men are Hencssay , Brice , Bennett , aud Thompson , and that of the woman Payne . Mr . Evans , who resides in Hamilton-street , said , that during the past week he had missed a quantity of bed liuen ,
which had been hung out to dry , and which he had strong reason to believe was stolen by the parties in court , as they had been seen several evenings loitering about the premises in a very suspicious manner . Another witness , Mrs . Levi , further deposed to overhearing them discuss the possibility of breaking into her husband ' s shop . Mr . Norton said there was not sufficient evidence on which to commit the prisoners . He must , therefore , discharge them , though there w as strong reason , he admitted , for suspicion . Bennett , however , was detained on the charge of assaulting the police constable who took him into custody , and fined twenty shillings , ov s , month ' s imprisonment .
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> _v CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Saturday , March 8 . — Robbing from a Dwelling-house . —Amelia Maydew , 18 , Selina Edwards , 17 , and Susan Paulo , 28 , the latter a married female , were placed in the dock , charged with stealing a tinbox , containing eight sovereigns , the property of John Greening , and a box , containing a watch and two seals , the property of Hannah Maydew , the mother of the first prisoner , who is also grand-daughter to John Greening . —From a written statement put in by the prisoner Maydew , and the character given by & number of respectable witnesses to the prisoner Edwards , it appeared that thev had both held a good
character as flower-workers uutil last year , when they began frequenting the Yorkshire Stingo saloon . Edwards was seduced , and , being about to become & mother , was turned out of doors by her parents . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners . The grandfather , an old man about eighty , who was ebliged to be supported into the witnessbox , begged , while the tears ran over his cheeks , for mercy for his grandchild . The prisoners were then sentenced , Maydew to three months' imprisonment , with hard labour ; Edwards to nine months' imprison * ment ; and Paulo to twelve months , with hard labour .
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Murderous Arsault o . v thk River Thames—. Tames Loving , a ruffianly-looking , red-haired Irish sailor , belonging to the Richard Neville , was indicted for feloniously assaultinc John Hind " on the 5 th of March , and inflicting divers wounds on his person , with intent to do him some grievous bodilvharm . Wm . Austin , mate of the Richard _NevlUeTstated that the vessel now lay moored off the Customhouse-quay . The prisoner was a seaman on board of her , and on Tuesday last ho went on shove without leave , returning on the Wednesday morning , in a partially intoxicated state . When witness spoke to him , he commenced a volley of the most abusive language , and began to assault him . In consequence of this , the captain desired the mate to go on shore
and fetch a policeman to take him m custody . lie went , and on the Custom-house-quay met tlie City constable , Hind , whe came , on board , and was violently __ assaulted by the prisoner . — John Hind , a city constable , was standing on the Custom-house quay , when ho was fetched on board the Richard Neville by the last witness to take one ofthe seamen who had assaulted him . When he got on board , he saw tlie prisoner on deck ; he was in * toxicatcd , and very violent . Witness wont up to fry - to quiet him , when he seized a large rope and hit him several very violent blows on the head . Witness
then drew his staff , and struck the prisoner in his own defence ; but prisoner , being a yen" powerful man , got the staff from Mm and cut Ms ' head open with it , and he bled very much ; some of the crew forced the staff from him , when he caught up an iron spike and threatened to kill him , which threat he would have put into execution , had not the crew rushed on him and thrown liim on the deck , where they were compelled to bind his hands and feet , and procure one of the Thames-police galleys and convey him on shore . He was found Guilty and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard lubour , in the Compter .
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London * ..-Emmett Brigade . —Mr . Edmund Stallwood will lecture before the above body at the Rock Tavern , Lisson Grove , Marylebone , on Sunday even * ing next , ; March 9 th . * The lecture to commence at eight o ' clock precisely . Chartist Hall , 1 , _Turxagaix-lane . —A discussion will be held at halt-past ten on Sunday _morninfr March the 9 th The members of the Metropolitan District Council will assemble at three precisely A lecture will be delivered in the evening at seven ' _CiiELSEA .-Mr . T . M . Wheeler will lecture at the Cheshire Cheese , _Grosvenor-row , on Suudav evenine next , March the 0 th , at eight precisely . S CAimEKWELL and Walwobth . —A mcetinff will ha
ncia at ine iviontpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , March the 10 th , at eight precisely Somers / W-Mr . J . S . Sherrard will lecture at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , on Sunday evening next , Mavch the 9 th , at eight precisely Tower Hamlets , Whittington and Cat , Church * row , Betlmal-green .-A discussion will take place on Sunday evening next , at the above locality , on the Life and Writings ofthe late William Cobbett- " chair to be taken at eight precisely . An harmonic meeting is held every Saturday at the above house the proceeds applied to Chartist purposes . ' Hall Turnagain- Lane . —A meeting of the _rnem bers will be held on Tuesday next , March llth
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_08031845/page/8/
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