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among ihe . workpeople in tke manufacturing districts . " iieu 1 was iu the _liewli of England , intending the West Biding election , 1 came iucontact with _ar-je bodies of Uie working i * _9 _pnlauun , and they instructed mc u > bring their case before this house ; and they said that their battle was the battle of labour agaiust . capital , and that so far from uu extension oi trade in this country being of the slightest benefit to them , it had been the bitterest curse . They produced statements of the greatest importance to prove to ine that this was the fact ; which _statements I have to thank my hon . friend tne member for East Cornwall for having , at his expense , pubfished to the world ; and let me tell thi s house , that it would he well if hon . members would purcbasc
the book , and in a few pages read the history of a working man in the _uianutacturiug districts ot the north of En » laud during the last few years ; tt is written by a working man , but one who has shown abilitv for above his order . He traces all the sutlerings which the working classes have endured , not to a restrictive policy in yonr manufactures ana commerce , but to overtrading , and thc g lutting of the markets . ( Hear , hear . ) He proves iu these pages that thc more your _manufacsured goods have in-Creased the more dreadful have hecii the _suffenui-s of thc working population ; and with the permission of the house I should just like to read fifteen or twenty lines . He says , that in 17 S 1 , 5 , 198 , 000 lb . of cotton were used in the manufactories of the cotton
districts of England , and that the mean increase rom 17 S 1 to _1-S 41 was fiom that quantity to 52 S , 0 O 0 . OO 0 lb . —the trade increased 101 times , or , in other words , where we manufactured 1 lb . of cotton in 1761 we manufactured 101 lb . in ISil . This working man goes on to say , ' wc presume the Corn Law repealers could not expect a more rapid increase of trade than has here taken place during thc last sixty years , supposing that all restrictions were removed from our commerce ; and surely if there were a _shadow of truth in thc statements that 'increased trade would give increased prosperity to the ¦ working classes , ' they ought indeed to lie supremely hanpy . " . Now hear tUc effect upon the _wages"Dnrlng the periods included in the above table , it
wiil be seen , however , that the hand-loom weaver ¦ was reduced from 33 s . 3 d . for weaviug 20 yards of a € 0 _rei'd , down to Ss . Ud . for 24 yards . Now , if the hand-loam weaver of 1841 was paid for weaving 24 yards at the same rate as the weaver of 1790 for weaving 20 yards , he should receive 39 s . 10 _| d ., instead of wliich he only received 3 s . Od . ; that is , he received Is . where he used to receive 10 s . " Such is the effect of your increased manufactures upon the hand-loom weavers in the cotton districts . ( Hear , hear . ) Can anything be more frightful than the sufferings which increased trade
has brought upon those poor people ? ( Hear , hear . But this working man goes on and shows the price of calico , and , speaking of the amount of money expended for clothes , he says _; " In 1815 , wheu the weaver was paid 28 s . for the same work which he now performs for 5 s .. he had to pay Is . per yard for calico ; in ISIS , he might _puichase it for 4 d . ; and he shows that this , and the cheapening of silk , linen , and woollen , give him a total saving of £ 5 in the year ; but then the loss in his wages amounts to £ 5 S 10 s . " ( Hear . ) But fhe power-loom weavers have even suffered more extensively in a shorter time , than has been the lot of the hand-loom weavers .
He says that in 1823 tke power-loom weavers of Sidebottom ' s mill , Waterside , had for weaving twentyfour yards , twenty-one picks to the quarter-inch , 2 s . ; they- noiv receive ls . for the same length , with one pick more to the quarter , which ought to be Id . extra . Another master paid 2 s . Sd . in 1825 for twenty-four yards , and in lSoti only 1 $ . 2 d ., and the wages have fallen still lowerstnce . ( Hear , hear . ) Icould quote many other statements equally startling from tliis hook ; and , late as . it is , there is one statement made by Mr . Muggeridge , the _coninmsioner for inquiring into the suite of the manufacturing population in the midland counties , which I must not overlook . It shows that what brought £ 2 3 s . in 1829 , broughtohly 19 s . in 1839 , while the trade of Rochdale had
doubled . A weaver of Bolton , who was examined before the select comniittec of the house , being asked ¦ whe ther he would be as well off if the Corn Laws were repealed , replied that he would not if he got all his food for nothing ; aud when further asked , why he _thought so , his answer was , because a reduction had taken place in his wages amounting to more than the price of all the food he needed and the clothes he wore . The same volume also contained evidence of a startling character , as to the effects which tlie intrw . _' _uciiou of machinery io so la _ c an extent in manufactures , had produced on the condition of the labouring classes . Thc other evening I was accused by the hon . member for Stroud of being opposed to all macliinerv . That charge is
totally unfounded . 1 am iu favour of machinery , so long as it is subservient to manual labour , but the moment it supersedes manual labour , I think , with the iate Sir R . Peel , that it becomes the bitterest curse of this country . After showing that the inevitable tendency of machinery and open competition with £ 'reisners was to reduce the wagesof labour , the hou . member next took up the exportation of _labourers from the agricultural districts , for the purpose of competing with the manufacturing operatives , and thereby lowcrin * their wages , lie brought forward the celebrated correspondence between Ashworth , of Preston , and Gregg , both Leaguers , and Chadwick , the secretory to the Poor La \ v " Commission , praying for these labourers : showed iiow
they were inveigled from their homes : and then showed the treatment they received from their new masters . Two years ago I moved for certain returns , whicli were to prove that the agricultural population had been worked to death in the manufacturing districts ; the house ordered the Poor Law Commissioners to account for the tens of thousands ol labourers who had been induced to leave their homes , and go to Yorkshire and Lancashire , but the only return that could be made was of about 8 , 000 who had so migrated ; they could account , for their _leaving the Smith of England , but they could not account for tlieir return . 1 can prove that they have been worked to death —( hear , hear );—but before I do that I must state that extraordinary documents connected
with the Poor Law Commissioners and their assistants have come into my hands within the last few day _? . The country will now begin to know what has been uo ' mg on in Somerset-liouse for the last few years , and how the commissioners have been playing into the hands of the Anti-Corn Law LeagUe _, ( IJear , hear . ) I hare received a letter from Mr . U . Gibbous , Kjedlow _Itid-tc , West Wycombe , Bucks , inclosing an account for « arded from Messrs . Ashworth to that parish for charges for persons belonging to it who had been tempted to migrate to Egerton mills in 1835 at the instigation of the Poor Law Commissioner , — Gilbert , Esq ., and Messrs . Ashworth and Gregg . Tlie rharges were for medical attendance aud allowances to different families , and amounted to £ _tll _VU . 4 d . A { iart of this was paid , and a prompt oiiicr seut that no farther advances would be made by tne union . The consequence of this was that Messrs . Ashworth wrote to the . guardians .
stating tliat , " after the serrice they had rendered to the parish of Bledlow . they considered this as a very unworthy return" ( hear , hear ); and pressing fer the repayment of money they had advanced in sums of -R Gil . a-weck to a widow named Avery . What will tne house think of this ? The Poor Law Commissioners have paid to Messrs . Ashworth the sum of £ 47 13 s . 4 x 1 . in aid of wages—paid it to a firm ¦ which _proposed tliat labourers should be sent to tlieir district in order to reduce the rate of wages' ( The hon . _jienthinan also read the items of the account for medical attendance above referred to , and aiistof thc number « f the family , Avery , who were sent back to their t-arish in a state quite untit for _asricnltuml pursuits . ) This is a pretty exposure . M _>* . Charles Trimmer , u factory inspector , engaged in 1837 , 1838 , and 183 ' J . the hree _suea-eding years to tlie removal of tire agricultural labourers , reported thai in that time 3 JII cases of accident had been
taken to the ltifiviuaiy at Stockport , out of which thirty-six wcre owin _* : to the parties beiug caught by the machinery _whilsv cleauing it in a moving state . Out of these 310 cases he stoics that he only kuows of two- in which tiie manufacturers h : iv ~ made any reparation or compensation to the injured parties . _i _litxtr . hear . ) Thus it appears that 240 poor labourers have been torn limb from limb hi three yeans by the machinery of the free trade manufacturers , and carried into thu Stockport infirmary , and yet only two have received the slightest compensation . { Hear , " hear . ) I challen _;* e hou . members opposite who profess Anti-Corn Law Lea » ue doctrines , to produce one case in this country of an English country gentleman having a labourer lamed in his
employment , without having instantly provided for his family . ___ ( Hear , hear . ) I challenge them to send their paid lecturers , convicted blasphemers , and discharged soldiers , with the stripes of the cat-o ' -niuefails on their backs , to inquire and to produce one instance of cruelty on the part of the country gentlemen , similar to what I have just described ' . Having thus exposed the cruelty of the League to their-work-people , Mr . Ferrand next tooK up the selfishness of its members . He brought forward the conduct of Mr . George Wilson , its chairman , with reference to the proposal of Sir Robert Peel tO take the duty off starch , in which he is a dealer . In consequence of his influence , a deputation waited upon the Premier , and the consequence was that starch was one of the two things that obtained mercy in
the tariff , lobsters tcingthe other . ( Laughter . ) He then referred to the charge he had made _against Mr . Cobden for practising truck at Chorlev , and read extracts from the report of the committee , of which Lord Ashley was chairman , and Messrs . Cobden and Bnghtmembers , _toshowthathisstatementswerefully borne out , and concluded a long speech bv saying—I appeal tothegentlemanl yfeeiing of this house for my justification . It is late in doim ; so , I admit ; but my conscience has always acquitted me ; and I was unwilling to rake up an unpleasant discussion . I knew I was speaking the truth , and I now call upon the house to decide which of the two members it was , the hon . member for Stockport or myself , who made a statement without a shadow of foundation . ( Hear . ) J am prepared to meet that hon . member on his own ground or on mine . He may go down to Knaresborough , aud spend his £ 1 , 500 , hut 1 have -far too high
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an opinion of my constituents to beheye that he can be _suceessfui , or that theassociafcioii which lie represents would be countenanced . I thank the house for the indulgence with which , this evening , I have been heard . 1 have felt it my duty to redeem every pledge I « a , vc to mv constituen ts . I am prepared to go be- _, fore thera ; I challenge you to do the same . ( Loud On the motion of Dr . Uowring , the debate was then adjourned till Thursday , and after the other orders of thc day were disposed of , the house rose at a quarter to one o ' clock . HOUSE OF _COMMOXS-Weoxesda t , Feu . 25 . The house met at twelve o ' clock .
TEN HOURS' HILL . Petitions in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill were presented by Mr . T . Buncombe , from Glasgow , Paisley , and other places ; by Sir It . H . Inglis , from a place in the county of Lincoln ; and by Mr . W . Patten , from several places in Lancashire . FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . Mr . S . Crawford presented three petitions agreed to at public _meetings held at Rochdale , praying for a remission ofthe sentences on Frost , Williams , and Joues .
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL . Mr . T . Duncomuh moved the second reading of this bill . Its object was to correct au error which had crept into the wording of the act , and to remove certain doubts as to the meaning of one clause , which had been declared by Mr . Justice Wightman to exclude friendly societies from its operation . The case in which the decision was given was this : —A man named John Scott was amembcrof the South Shields Provident and Loan Society , and being inarrear with the society , was sued by the body . To cvaide payment he availed himself of this flaw ; and the judge held that the objection was fatal to the action . To remedy this defect the bill was brought in . Tlie following was an extract irom the opinion of Mr .
Justice Wightman on that case , as reported in the Legal _Observer of January 15 : — " I am of opinion that this society is not a friendly society , and that the words , ' or any other purpose not illegal , ' in the second section ot -i and 5 William IV ., c . 40 , must be construed so as to bear some relation to the declared object of the act , namely , for thc mutual relief and maintenance of all aud every the members thereof , their wives , children , < fcc ., in sickness , infancy , advanced age , widowhood , or any other natural state or contingency , whereof the occurrence is susceptible of calculation by way of average . If these words were to receive a more extended construction , they would then include societies which it is not contended fall within the act , namely ,
for insurances on lives , and numerous others . " The concluding sentence of his decision , if the words referred to were to receive _aniore extendedsense , would include societies for insurances on lives , and showed he was not very familiar with the facts of the case ; seeing that there were at that very momentno fewer than 5 , 000 friendly societies enrolled and their rules certified , fer the purpose of providing relief in the event of the death of the members , with incomes varying from £ 5 , 000 to £ 7 , 000 a-year each . Now , if the construction of Air . Justice Wightman were correct , what would be the consequence to those societies , in the case ofa dispute arising betweeu a
member and the trustees ? The consequence would be , that the magistrate would refuse to interfere , the case would go before the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and the society would be ruined . Or a trustee might go off with the whole funds , and mischief and roguery of every kiud mightensue , it Mr . Justice Wightmsn _' s construction of the Act of Parliament were the correct one . It was not for him to say that Mr . Justice Wightman was wrong ; but he might mention that thc _Attorneys-General was decidedly of opinion that societies . like the _' one in question ought to be enrolled under thc Friendly Societies Act ; and surely , if Mr . Justice Wightman had known that Mr . Tidd Pratt had enrolled some
thousands of these societies , he would have hesitated before he gave such a decision as he had given . As it was , Mr . Tidd Pratt was obliged to hold his hands ; applications were every day made to him to certify thc rules of similar societies , and he could not do it . ( Hear . ) He ( Mr . Duncombe ) assured the house that the introduction of this bill was no crotchet of his ; he had not only been requested to introduce it by many friendly societies , but he had the full concurrence of Mr . Tidd Pratt himself , who had seen the bill , and approved of it . ( Hear , hear . ) The object of the bill was very simple . The present
Act , as he had stated , contained the words " or _another purpose not illegal . " Mr . Justice Wightman had decided that to come within the meaning of this Act , the objects of the societies must be ejusdem generis , as the relief and maintenance of the members , tlieir wives and children , in sickness , advanced age , < fcc . Now , the object of the bill which he introduced was to give a more extended effect to the Act ; and he , therefore , proposed to introduce , after " any other purpose not illegal , " the words " whether ofthe same description as heretofore mentioned or otherwise . "
Sir J . Graham was most friendly to such societies , and desirous of seeing their advantages extended . . Though he did not mean to oppose the second reading , he wished to have an interview wiih Mr . Tidd Pratt before he could give his entire support to tlie bill . On looking into the bill he found that the only difference between it and the present act lay in the enactiag words " or otherwise . " . Now , _hs confessed that he did not approve of the introduction of those words . The objects of the societies ought , in his opinion , to be ejusdem generis _> as those specified in the act , namely , the relief of members and tlieir families during sickness , advanced age , and the like ; whereas , if the words " ex otliei'wiae" \ _v'e te introduced , it would enlarge the operations of the friendlv
_societies to all objects of whatever kind , provided only thatthey were not illegal . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he begged the house to observe the effect of this . There might be many tilings not illegal which it might not be thejjolicy of tiie State to encourage . Friendly societies , under the operations of the present act , had many advantages . They might sue and be sued by their officers , they might make bye-laws , which were enforced by summary and stringent laws . He would candidly state to the house the apprehensions he entertained in regard to this bill . He xvas not prepared ta say that if masters . should continue to reduce tlterate of wages it was illegal , or even inexpedient , that workmen should combine to obtain a rise of -wages . Such was the effect of the law as it now stood since the
passing of thc measure introduced by the hon . member for Montrose . But if workmen were to enter into a mutual assurance for the purpose of maintaining each , oilier during strikes , although that might not be illegal , yet he had great doubts whetiter it would be politic on the part of tiie state to extend all thc advantages of the Friendly Societies' Act to such societies . ( Hear , hear . ) Now tiie introduction of the words " or _otlicrwisc " wuldhavctiiatcj )' ect . He thought it , therefore , most desirable to pause before going into committee on _thiB bill . Be did not sec why poUlical objects might not distinctly come under the operation of tids bill , if passed . Now , _altliough not itiegal , it did not follow tliat it would be tiie policy of tiie state to encourage these . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Henley was also afraid that the great advantages possessed by friendly societies , under the act , might be perverted to improper purposes . There was one matter , however , which he wished speedily to mention with reference to these societies . He meant the power of carrying actions against friendly societies into the Court of Chancery , which he fear ed might become a great abuse . He ( Mr . Henley ) did not know whether any . means could be adopted to improve the law in this respect ,, but he thought the point well worthy of consideration . ( Hear . ) Mr . Duncombe . assured the house , that , as the object of the 1 th and 5 th William IV . was understood to extend the operations of friendly societies to all purposes not illegal , and as a construction bad
been put upon that act at variance with this object , he only , wished , by the present measure , to carry out the intentions of the original framers of that measure . The right hon . baronet ( Sir J . Graham ) had expressed his fears of political objects com ing under the operation of this measure . He could only say that he liad introduced the measure for no political purpose whatever ; but , after all , political societies were not illegal , and he did notseeamj harm would be done even if ting wer * to come under its operation . Since he had brought in this bill he had been overwhelmed with letters complaining of its defects , and asking
him to introduce ail sorts of amendments , but which he had declined to do , because it would require a new Act of Parliament to meet the wishes of all the people who had addressed him . He intended merel y to confine himself to extending the operations of friendly societies to the objects originally intended by thc last alteration of the law . He hoped the righthon . baronet would take an early opportunity of seeing Mr . Tidd Pratt , who would explain the matter much better than he ( Mr . Duncombe ) could do , and who could assure him that there was no such danger to be apprehended from tho measure as he seemed to think .
After a few words fromMr . J . S . Wortley and Mr . Ilawes , Sir . J . Graham said , that if the hon . member ( Mr . Duncombe ) would pat the bill for committee on Wednesday next , he ( Sir J . Graham ) would take the _opportunity before that time of seeing Mr . Tidd Pratt , of conferring with the law officers ofthe Crown , and considering the cft ' ect of Mr . Justice Wightmari ' s judgment . He would also confer with the hon . member himself before Wednesday , and point out what .-Iterations he wished in the bill . The bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next . The Roman Catholic Relief Bill was read a second time . Some railway bills were forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned .
HOUSE OF LORDS—Thursdat , Fkb . 2 C . The Duke of RicnJios » presented fifty-four petitions in favour of protection to agriculture , also a petition from a town in the county of Warwick against the government measure . The petitioners were engaged in the ribbon manufacture , and viewed the measures of the government with great alarm .
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> The case of Brian Seery again occupied the attention of the house for a short time , but nothing new was elicited . The County Works Presentments ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . The Public Works ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF _COMMONS-Thubsday _, Feb . 26 .
LABOURERS IN FACTORIES . Mr . Duncombe presented a petition in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill . He also presented a petition from six factory girls , in the employ of Messrs . Baxter and Brothers , manufacturers , of Dundee . The petitioners complained of ill-treatment at the bands of tlieir employers , and prayed the house to make some inquiry upon the subject . He ( Mr . Duncombe ) believed that the circumstances of the case were these . The Messrs . Baxters had . it appeared , increased the wages of some of their workers , and these girls made a demand for a similar increase , which was refused them . They _did-not in consequence attend their work one afternoon , and when tliey returned on the following morning , the six of
them ( the youngest being only thirteen years of age ) were locked up for six hours and then taken before a magistrate ( but previously he might state that tliey had been compelled to sign a paper making certain admissions ) , when they were sentenced to ten days ' imprisonment , with hard labour . They , therefore , prayed thc house to make inquiry into the . matter , with a view to remedy this grievance . Dr . Bowrixo presented five petitions from Bolton in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill . Mr . S . _Ckawpoiid presented a petition , signed by upwards of nine thousand of the inhabitants of Rochdale , in favour of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill . A number of petitions were presented for and against the government measure .
FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . Captain Pechell presented a petition , signed by seven hundred of the inhabitants of Brighton , praying for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jones . The hon . and gallant member _saij . 1 he bad to infor m _, tbe house that the parties signing the petition were most respectable , and had affixed their places of residence to their names . A new writ was ordered for the borough of Bridport , in the room of Mr . Baillie Cochrane , who since the Election had accepted the office of her Majesty ' s Chiltern Hundreds . _' - '
ADJOURNED DEBATE ; r . _* , Mr . Ross opened the debate , and expressed his intention to vote for the government measure . Mr . B . Desison contradicted the statement which had been made by Mr . Ferrand , on Tuesday night , that he ( Mr . Denisou ) had been deluded by Sir Robert Peel into seconding the Address , under a false representation of the purposes of government with respect to the Corn Laws . He had undertaken that duty , approving Sir R . Peel ' s tariff of 1812 , and conjecturing from its success that it was the intention of government to construct the present measure upon the same princij les , but he had not been prepared to expect that Sir R . Peel would propose a total abolition of the Corn Laws after a period of three years , during which we were to have a diminished sliding
scale , accompanied by certain _compulsatory propositions . In propounding such a scheme , Sir R . Peel had committed a mistake , which many now regretted , and which he hoped that Sir It . Peel would never lire to regret himself . Though he should oppose to the uttermost that scheme , he hoped that , if it were made law , it would promote the public interests in the way which Sir R . Peel expected , _lie had been returned to Parliament upon Protectionist principles , and he should act in accordance with those principles b y voting for the amendment . ' In conclusion , he warned Lord Morpeth against believing that his return for the West Riding was " , i proof ' .-that the opinions of the electors of that district werechanged onthe subject of the Corn Law ' s ; and , by advertising him , that , at the next general election , the extent of the change would probably be brought to a
test . Mr . Brotheuton supported the government mea
sure . Mr . Christopher expressed his intention to resist the measure of the government , and to give his cordial support to the amendment of Mr . Miles . The hon . gentleman ' s speech was merely a repetition of the usual " protectionist" arguments . Mr . _CAnnwELL supported the measure . Mr . Finch opposed the measure . He ridiculed the " conversions" on the Ministerial benches as partly miraculous and partly ludicrous . He entered into a general defence _of the existing Corn Laws , aiid into a violent denunciation of the proposed alteration in them , concluding both with an impassioned appeal to the house not to assent to the monstrous injustice of sweeping away at once all protection from
agriculture . Mr . Sevmer ( one ofthe newly-elected members for Dorsetshire ) observed , that some members elected five years ago , seemed to have forgotten the sentiments of their constituents ; but it was impossible tor him , who was only elected on Thursday last , to display such a failure of _Hiomory . He undertook to say , that in Dorsetshire the farmers were to a man strong Protectionists , and he believed that _ninetetvths ofthe farmers in other counties of England were so too . Mr . Villiers commented upon the speech of the previous speaker . The debate had been proceeding at a tardy pace , protracted beyond all endurable limits , affording too clear a proof of the importance attached to any legislative measure involving the
interests of the rich . He admitted that the present measure was not complete , but it went a great way in the right direction ; and the declaration of the Protectionists assured its further efficiency , if the present proposition was affirmed . They had allowed eleven nights of the debate to pass without giving any reply to what had been alleged as the results of a Corn Law—want , immorality , and increased mortality . Mr . V . then commented on several of the speeches made by the Protectionists in that house and elsewhere , and more particularly on a speech made by Lord Stanley some years ago in Lancashire , when lie admitted that the Corn Laws raised rents ,
and raised the price of food , but did not raise thc rate of wages . Such was thc system for which the landownei-s of England were fighting ; and that was the system which rendered the prosperous farmer " so rare a bird that lie was to be stuffed and sent as a curiosity to the British Museum , " and tiie labourer so demoralised that his wretched condition had passed into a by-word . Yes ; the complaint of the agriculturists was low prices , and their object in supporting the Corn Laws was high prices , In bringing forward this measure the government was protecting the agriculturists from . themselves , and he hoped that they would have good sense enough to see that , and to consent to the abolition of a law which was an evidence of tlieir past selfishness and present shame . On the motion of Mr . Baskes , the debate was adjourned .
Lord J . Russell hoped that to-morrow night this debate would be brought to a close . [ Several voices cried out" No , no . " Col . _Siimiofir-E called attention to thc circumstance that several members of the government were unprovided with seats iu the house to the detriment ofthe public interests . ' Mr . _Spoosbr hoped that thc debate would terminate to-morrow night , but would not consent to such a proposal unless every member had an opportunity of delivering his opinion . The other orders having been disposed of , the house adjourned .
HOUSE OF LORDS-Friday , Feb . 2- ? . The report of the Drainage ( Irelaud ) Bill was brought up , to some of the provisions of which Lords Monteagle and Cotteiiliam objected . After some discussion the report was postponed . The Fisheries , Harbours , and Piers ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and passed , and the house adjourned at a little before six o ' clock .
HOUSE OF COMMONS-Fiuday , Feb . 27 . Mr . Ferrand presented a petition from Knaresborough , praying for the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones . " Mr . T . Duscombk moved that the petition which he presented yesterday , from William Scott , , the chairman of a public meeting of the inhabitants of Dundee ; complaining of the illegal treatment and imprisonment of six factory girls , be printed with the votes . ¦ _, PUBLIC WORKS ( IRELAND ) BILL , No . 2 . Ihe house then went into committee on this bill . Ihe report was received , and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday . THE MILITIA BILL . In answer to a
question-Mr . S . _nEBBEKi said , though it was impossible , owing to the protracted discussion now pending before the house , to say at what moment he should be able to introduce the Militia Bill , he would give as early a notice of his intention to do so as he was able .
TIIE SEATLESS MINISTERS . Colonel Sibthom * renewed the inquiry which he had the previous _eveningniade respecting the vacancies in the Administration , complaining of the inconveniences the public interests sustained by thc absence from Parliament of Lord Lincoln , Mr . Gladstone , and the Jaw officers for Ireland . " Sir Robert Peel reminded Col . Sibthorp that the gallant member was himself in some respects responsible , by the part he had taken at the South Notts election , for the temporary exclusion of Lord Lincoln from the house . It was a mistake to suppose that there were any vacancies in the administration , except in ' the instance of thc Chief Commissiouership of Woods and Forests , which office would soon be filled up . The confidence he felt in the recent measures of government made him less solicitous than he would otherwise have been for the aid afforded by the presence of all his colleagues in that house .
MR . FERRAND AND HIS ASSAILANTS . The speech of Mr . Ferrand on Tuesday evening _brought down upon him the ire of Messrs . Roebuck , Bright , Bowring , and 0 ! Conncll , who severally attacked him on Thursday night . Mr . Ferrand this
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evening ; replied _tothese gentlemen , which brought rejoinders from them ; and called up ' Sir Rflbert Peel —who retracted his celebrated , " assassination speech of three years ago—Mv . D'Israeli , Mr . Cobden , Mi * . Fielden , and others , but the crowded state ol our columns prevents us from doing more than alluding _to-jt this week ; in our next we shall end eavour to give an outline of this ' spicy bit" of Parliamentary news .
ADJOURNED DEBATE . " . The twelfth night of the adjourned debate wis commenced by Mr . G . Bankes . He objected to sir Robert , Peel ' s having declared his intended line ot Parliamentary conduct to the Queen at tbe time oi the late _Cahiuot interregnum : the tendency of that intimation having been unduly to bias her Majesty s choice , and to produce a coalition prejudicial to the public interests . The general feeling of tho constituencies was known to be in favour of Protection principles , of which the defeat of Lord Lincoln in Nottinghamshire was a striking illustration . He discerned too striking a resemblance between Sir Robert Peel ' s present measures and those financial operations of M . Necker , which immediately preceded tho French Revolution . He concluded by threatening the opposition of the House of Lords , and expressing his intention to vote in favour of tho amendment .
Mr . B . Escon considered that the inquiry whether the measure before the house could be postponed was essential to the present discussion . He denied that that postponement was possible . Those who were surprised at the present measures of government must have been inattentive observers of passing events—to them the tariff of 1842 had no meaning , and the significant declarationsof governmeutduring the last four years gave no instruction . What could be more inconsistent than the present attachment of'the Protectionist party to a Corn Law , which twelvemonths ago they had vehemently denounced ? The Protectionist party had very much injured their cause , by their injudicieus choice of leaders . The Duke of Richmond was no match for Me . Cobden and the constituency ofthe kingdom . .. The condition of the people imperatively called for this measure , and he should give it his hearty support .
Captain Gladstone bore testimony to the distress existing in Ireland , but denied the sufficiency of the present measure to procure its diminution . He should be ready to support some portion of the present measure , but , objecting to the part relating to the Corn Laws , he should vote for the amendment . Mr . Cobden commenced by referring to the extraneous topics which had been introduced into the present debate . It had been so in past times ; whenever the Protectionist party fought to evade the main question , they had vituperated ' the Whigs or the Anti-Corn Law League . They wore contributing bv this course most effectually to the popularity of the Ministry . They spoke of desiring a dissolution , Rnd threatened it through the Ilouse of Lords ; but what
would be the result ? His knowledge of the franchise enabled him to state confidently that tliey would be in a minority . Every oneof the large towns was in favour of free trade principles , and the whole . political power of the landlords , rested , on 150 , 000 _tenants-at-will . A consequence of this anomalous competition between small and large constituencies , if persisted in , . must be a further change of the elective franchise . They might allege that petitions were no certain test of the state of public opinion upon this question , but what did they say to the meetings which had been held in all parts of the country ? If they referred to the declarations of the coerced constituencies ,-he would remind them that measures were on foot fpr purifying those depositaries of public authority , and enabling them to give an unbiassed verdict upon matters submitted to their judgment . Fallacies of
the oldest fashion hadlbecn revived in this debate to the amusement and amazement of the people out of doors .. A dreadful depreciation in the value of land had been predicted as a consequence of free trade measures ; he knew on ample authority , that farms were letting at highm * rents than ever . How Impotent had been their efforts to raise by Act of Parliament the _Y-ealttv of tha _covwitv' _?' . Those resources could only be augmented by the intelligence and industry of our people . It behoves the rising generation of British statesmen to study well the great questions which were now developing themselves , and which promised the dawn of a new and improved era in the world . Mr . Sfooner spoke in favour oi a fixed duty and against the present measure . '; .. Mr . P . BoRTinvicK expressed his intention to vote for the amendment .
Lord G . Bentinck offered some hostile comments upon the mode in which the measure had been introduced to Parliament , and condemned it as having been constructed upon too narrow an induction . He was altogether opposed to the measure , and should vote for the amendment . The division then took place .
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. _MANSION-HOUSE . The _RuFPiAStv Police . —On Monday , Mr . Charles Watson and Mr . _Tarker , " respectable tradesmen _^ " were brought up , charged with a misdemeanor iu buying assisted in the escape of ii person from the custody of a policeman . The case occasioned no small degree of interest . Policeman Jeremiah Maher ( 513 ) stated that between three and four o ' clock on Sunday afternoon he had a prisoner in custody on London Bridge for selling nuts , the footway having been completely blocked up . The defendant , Mr / Watson , walked up and got between witness' and his prisoner , and Mr . ravker began to abuse witness , and said to him , "if it were not for the law , I would twist your rieck off . " The latter ' defendant , in other _wordsi encouraged the former to interfere with the
policeman ' s duty . The crowd , _alwa } s ready tojtske part against the police , became extremely noisy and turbulent , and the prisoners escaped . Mr . Watson declared tha { f there never had occurred , in the public streets , a more gross outrage . He and his wife , child , and sister-in-law , wcre walking over the bridge , when his wile pointed to policeman Maher , who was knocking about two poor boys who were selling nuts in a most cruel manner . She requested him to speak to the policeman , not to treat the boys , so roughly , and he accordingly tapped the policeman on the shoulder , and repeated his wife ' s request , but the moment he spoke the word , Maher seined him by the collar and dragged him away from his family to the station-house , as if he had committed some robbery . Mr , Parker said that the utmost Mr . Watson had done was mildly to request Maher not to ill-use the boys , who were crying bitterly , and whose heads Maher was knocking together , after having tumbled their nuts about several times . Charles hord , of No . 37 , Itedcros 8 . str « et , tailor , « aid that
he and his wife and three children , were passing when the disturbance took place . He saw Maher following the boys and throwing their nuts about , pulling them , and then seizing Mr , Watson and dragging him to the stationl \ ouse .., Ji « s _VwVtcft , sister to Mr , Watson ' s wife , was the first who noticed Maher knocking the heads of the boys together , Maher , the moment Mr , Watson expostulated , seized him , and insisted upon dragging him along to the station-house , telling him at thc same time that he had a tine coat on , and that it would soon be taken oft ' . The policeman tumbled the nuts about three times , and would not let the boys go over ' the bridge ; witness spoke to him , and he threatened to take her into custody , although she had her sister ' s child asleep iu her arms . Other evidence to the likeeft ' ect was given , and the Lord Mayor dismissed thc defendants , and said that he should send a copy of the depositions to the Commissioner of Police , who would be able to decide whether policeman Maher acted according to the instructions issued to the force .
GUILDHALL . The late Stabhino Case . —Committal for Murder , —On Monday morning John Tracy was brought up before Aldermen Copeland , Farebrother ,. and Hunter , charged with the murder of a man named Thomas Martin . The facts of the case appeared in last Saturday ' s Star . It appears that the unfortunate man , after being removed to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , expired on Saturday evening . After evidence of these facts had been produced , the prisoner was fully committed to Newgate to take his trial for the murder .
_WORSHIP-STREET . Cbabce or Bam . — On Wednesday , William Challis , a tobucconist in thallackney-road , was placed at tlie bar before Mr . Broughton . charged with havhag criminally assaulted Jane Wilson , a child twelve years of age , The complainant stated , that as she was proceeding home at nine o ' clock , on the preceding evening , the defendant , who was standing at the door of his shop smoking a cigar , 8 toppedber , and induced her to enter the house , under the _pretence of sendin _, _-- her upon an errand ' . ' lie next led her into a . room at the back of tlie shop , instantly threw her down , and , in spite of her resistance , ( succeeded in perpetrating the offence imputed to him ., The defendant then promised her 5 s . if she would not ' mention his conduct towards her , and placed Is . Gd , in her hand , but she indignantly flung it upon the ground , and a customer having fortunately entered the shop at the moment , she availed herself of this interruption to escape into the
street , where she informed the first woman she met of the treatment she had sustained , and requested to be led home to her parents , Elizabeth Blake , the woman just referred to , proved thatthe girl , upon leaving tho defeudaiit ' 6 house , accosted her in a state of great distress and alarm , _and . havvng informed her ofthe circumstances , she conveyed her to the house of her aunt , who returned with her . to the defendant , and gave him into custody , Mrs . Esther Bostock , a lodger of the defendant , deposed that at the time of the alleged assault she heard theories and sobs ofa child hi the room beneath her ; imd the constable who apprehended him stated ,- that on reaching the house he found a crowd ' of several hundred persons assembled in front of it , amongst whom were numerous women , who threatened to tear the defendant to pieces , and altogether expressed such exasperation against him , that the witness was compelled to procure a cab and the assistance of several other Officers to enable him to convey
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CLERKENWELL . ¦<¦ .,. _- ¦ , _' , Attempted Suicide . — Crime and Wretchedness , — On Thursday , Mary Ann Francis , a well-looking girl , aged- about ' 20 , was charged with having attempted to drown herself . Police constable 116 N , deposed that having been on duty on Paul ' s-terrace' bridge between twelve and one in the morning , he heard a splash in the water , and looking over the battlements , saw by the light ofa lamp , a woman who had just risen to the surface ; he dashed in and took her out with some difficulty ; she was uuite unsensible for some time after , and when she recovered , talked incoherently and wildly . The
mngistrate inquire * if she had given any reason for her conduct . < Police serjeant 23 . N said , he had known the girl for some years ; she had upon a former occasion attempted to destroy herself . She had been seduced by a relative , since which she was very miserable . She sometimes got drunk , and was subject to fits . When the prisoner was brought before this Court for a similar offence ( attempted suicide ) , about twelve months ago , the magistrate sent for the step . father , but he refused to come forward . The prisoner , when asked for her defence , said she was very miserable at home . She was sent to the workhouse .
SOUTHWARK . _Extiaobdinabt CHARGE . — On Tuesday George Thompson was charged on the police sheet with feloniously and knowingly urging Bridget Edgar , of Dyerstreet , Gravel-lane , Southwark , to take poison , of which she died . The investigation into the circumstances excited a considerable degree of interest , during which tbe court was crowded with persons anxious to hear the result ofthe case . Mr . Robinson ( solicitor ) briefly stated the case , from which it appeared that a female named Edgar , a widow in the above street , said that for some time past she had been eohabiting with the prisoner , who formed an acquaintance with her . That of late they lived very unhappily , the prisoner being in the habit of treating her in a very cruel manner . On Saturday night ,
the lMh inst ., they had a disagreement , the result of which was that the prisoner turned her out and shut the door against her . Shortly after , a policeman on finding her in the street , and she having disclosed to him the _cwiduct of her assailant , insisted on her admission , and she was accordingly permitted by him toenterthe houseagain . The following day ( Sunday ) the parties again had high words , in the midst of which the deceased drew from her i pocket a paper containing a white powder , and emptying it into a tea cup , poured water upon it , and exclaimed that she should poison herself . Upon hearing the threat the prisoner did not attempt to prevent the unfortunate woman from carr > _-lngitiutocxtcutioii , hvi . tgaxe \ itt 6 ia-nce to words calculated to urge her into the commission of the act . The moment he used the expression , she put
the cup to her lips , and swallowed oft ' the contents . This was between two and three o ' clock in the afternoon , and although the prisoner must have been aware of the deadly nature ofthe dose , yet he made no attempt to counteract its effects , nnd permitted the unfortunate creature to remain writhing in agony until between tire and six o ' clock , when a Mrs . _'Saager entered the house and found her lying on her back in one ofthe rooms evidently in great pain . The prisoner was present at tbe time , and in reply to the question of Mrs . Seager , the deceased said that she had taken arsenic , and calling the prisoner to her she held out her hand and ejaculated , " George , I would not bave taken it , but for you ; you ought to have prevented it , but 1 forgive you . " un that occasion the prisoner said — " I saw her take a white powder , but I was not aware
it was poison . Now , he ( Mr . Robinson ) contended that the prisoner musthave been perfectly cognizant that she had taken a powder of a deleterious nature , for-it appeared she had commenced vomiting very scon afterwards , aud also complained of great pain and heat internally . Soon after Mrs , Seager ' s visit the deceased was conveyed to the hospital , where she lingered until Tuesday , and then expired . Mr . Cottingham said that the conduct of the prisoner , to say the least of it , throughout the . affair , was of a mest extraordinary nature . The circumstance of his being present when the unfortunate woman had ' the folly to swallow the poison , and no attempt on his part to _prerent it , and afterwards allowing her to yemain for nearly two hours
writhing in pain , without calling in the aid of a medical man , exemplified , in an extraordinary degree , his utter want of the common feelings of humanity , and he ( the magistrate ) must say of the necessity of the present investigation _. It was , as he before said , a most grave charge , and one , if proved , that would affect the life of the accused ; and , in order that a full and fair inquiryshould be instituted into the whole of the circumstances , as well on the part of deceased's friends as on behalf of the accused , he should therefore remand him until Tuesday next , hut would accept of bail , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties of £ 100 each , to appear on ' that day . The prisoner , not being provided with the requisite sureties , was committed .
Charge of Rai * £ . —On Thursday , Joseph Taylor , a powerful-looking young man , in the employ of a town carman at Bankside , was placed at the bar charged with committing a rape on Ann Banner , the wife of a painter and glazier in _Cretn-street , Blackfriars-road . The complainant , a tall _respectable-looking woman , stated that on Tuesday night , between ten and eleven o ' clock , she left home to call upon a woman whom _shekaew , and for whom she was making a bonnet . As she ( complainant ) was walking towards Bahkside from Holland-street , -the prisoner spoke to hor , and after a little conversation he invited her to take some coffee , and said they could go to the shop where they sold it . She , being rather thirsty at the time , accepted the invitation , and they proceeded forward together until thay arrived at a door which was
open . When they got there the prisoner pusked her in , saying that was the way to the coffee-room ; and when he got inside he closed the door , and , the place being in darkness , he urged her forward into a stable amongst a number of _jhorses , and there left her . She remained in this place , afraid to move , for three or four hours , when lie returned , and , throwing her down upon some straw , succeeded in violating her , in spite of her exertions to prevent him , He then left her , and as well as she was able she crawled to the door , and finding it open ' went out , and told thc first policeman she met of the outrage that had been committed upon her . Shortly afterwards ,
while in the company of the policeman , she saw the prisoner going in the direction of the stables , and gave him into custody . In her cross-examination by Mr . Boberts , she said that she did call out while in thc stable , but it being down a turning ho onehtard her ; that she had not been drinking previously with the prisoner . The reason she did not make an effort to leave the stable in the interval from the time he first left her until his return was , that _beinj amongst thc horses , she was afraid to move , lest they should kick or trample upon her . She left her husband in bed at the time she left home , and should not have gone out at the hour she did had i t not been » n business , Ths prisoner was remanded .
THAMES . Concealing the Birth or a Child : —On Tuesday , Elizabeth Gard , aged 22 , was charged with _concealing the birth of her illegitimate child . The prisoner was in a very weak state , and was allowed a teat during the examination . Mr . Broderip inquired if an inquest had been held on the child ? The answer was in the affirmative , and that the jury had relieved the prisoner of the heavy charge of murdering the child , by returning an open verdict . Theprisoner was committed for trial for concealing the birth .
LAMBETH . Commitment of a Husband for _Cdttino his Wife ' s Throat . —On Wednesday , Frederick Muuton , a master tailor , residing at No . 3 , Halford-terrace , _Penton-place _, Walworth , who has been in custody for several weeks on the charge of cutting the throat of his wife , was placed at the b _. ir before Mr . Henry , for filial examination . There are several circumstances attending this case , whieh render it one of a very peculiar character . In the first place , the mother-in-law of the prisoner , who was a mast important witness , has been found dead in her bed since the prisoner's apprehension and her examination in this court . In the next place the evidence agaiust the accused appeared so conclusive , that nearly every individual who heard it _ felt almost conscious of his guilt ;
but the wife herself has come fo _.-ward—declares her husband perfectly innocent of tbe charge , and asserts that her own was the baud with which the wound on her throat was inflicted . The circumstance took place on the morning of Sunday , the 25 th of last month , when the _prisonsv and his wife were heard by the mother and brother of the latter to be quarrelling below stairs some moments after the scuffling ceased , andine prisoner was heard fo cry " murder , " or , ' . ' mother ; " and his mother-in-law hastened down to see what was the matter . On reaching the bottom « f the stairs she found theprisoner standing there in a state of nudity , with bis person covered with spots of blood , and , upon looking into the front-parlour , the old lady saw her daughter lying on the floor , with a wound in front of her throat , from which
her blood was copiously flowing . She exclaimed , " Who has done it ! " and the prisoner's wife , pointing to the prisoner , replied , " He has done' it . " Besides this , it was proved that the prisoner and his wife had lived on most unhappy terms , andhe was in the habit of ill-using her , and threatening her lifo ; and further , a female , named Cox , who lived servant next door , deposed that on the morning in question , about eight o ' clock , she was in the parlour of her master's house , and heard a man say , in the passage of the prisoner ' s house , " You'll halloo murder ; I'll ' give jou something-to halloo murder for , you faggot . " After this there wag _» seuflls , and a gurgling noise , and then the parties seemed to go into the front parlour , and she ( _wituess ) heard a woman ' s voice say , " What have you done V aud " Oh i you villain , you ' ve done it at last ! " and then she heard something heavy fall on the ground . . With respect to the medical evidence , there appears a considerable difference
in the opinion given by the two surgeons who have been examined . Mr . Otway _, the gentleman who was first called in , and under whose treatment the prisoner's wife has nearly recovered , expresses it to be his decided opinion that Mrs . Munton had inflicted the wound herself , and speaks of the situation of the wound itself being in front of the throat , as in a great measure confirmatory Of that opinion . . Mr . Howitt , a surgeon , who had been called In by thc p olice , gave a diffcreHt and opposite opinion . The latter gentleman thought that if Mrs . Munton had attempted to cut herself , she would have couimeHced the wound further back on the left side . A person cutting at the throat of another who is resisting , would have greater difficulty in getting at any other part than the wind-pipe . Witness had seen many cases wherein _. suicide had been committed by cutting the throat , and in aU those which had come under his notice the wound was _generully inflicted on the leftside ofthe
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throat , and not In the centre as the r >«« _.. _, "V ' Howitt said that ongoing _" t _^ _fiV" _™* ; . _*' quested the prlsonerto strip . 0 ™ wSS _?" ,, 0 , Ue he re - the thick part of the arm . He _alSfl SU _^? ' U 8 t bel ° _* back part of the right arm , and a _bSandT V * the elbow of the same arm . Both _i . S _^ l _? bruised and discoloured , and the bruises _externi-a r shoulder to shoulder . On the . left arm there ~ T scratches and a slight cut below the elbow Th fingers of the left hand were cut across _apparently bv th cut of a _broad-pointed sharp instrument . ThereUr ! no other marks about him , but he was much discolour * , with blood all over , especially his feot . HU shirt , both the front and sleeves , was saturated with blood .-C Munton , the prisoner's wife , was next examined . _£ is a tall middle aged female , was tery pale , and seem a very weak from the _aenure loss of blood , and the effects of the wound , which , it appears , is nearly healed _Unnn
_hnino _ritfn « n flin in n Inm ( ah . Jt - .. * 1 _' _^ H being sworn , she in a low tone deposed that she had been married to the prisoner for about three years and with the exception of a few words about business but which they soon made up again , they lived happily together . She was subject to an unu . _ual flow of blood to her head , and this disturbed her mini a good deal . On the morning of Sunday the 25 th of last month she got out of bed from her husban d for . fte purpose of lighting the fire , and while she went along the passage her mind became so distressed tint she could not tell what her feelings were . There was some thing came before her and excited her very much , and said "You must do the rash act ! " She then went into the kitchen and got the razor . She was at that time _ia a dreadful state of madness , and gave one cut in the passage and the other in the room . She declared that her husband was innocent and that she had inflicted the wound herself . The sister of Mrs . Muuton , a mpectable marrUd female , contradicted a part ef her sister ' s evi .
dence , declared that the prisoner was _frequentl y in tiie habit of ill-using her , that her sister had on many occasions complained of his ill-treatment , and being black aud blue from his violence , and she actually saw the pri . soner ill-use her herself . This was confirmed by Arthur Vesey , the illegitimate son of Mrs . Munton . Mr , Henry remarked that taking the whole of the evidence into consideration , he should send the case before a jury , nnd leave it to them to say whether tliey believed the state _, ment of Mrs . Munton , or whether she was not giving a false colouring to the case in order to srreen her husband from the charge .
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LONDON . National Victim Committee . —This body met or-Sunday evening , February 22 nd , at the Hall , ] Turnagain-lane—Mr . Shaw in the chair . Letters wcre read from Mr . John Richards , acknowledging the receipt of £ 2 , voted at the last meeting ; and from Mr . Robert Brook , of Todmorden , making an appeal for assistance on behalf of Mr . James _Mwmey of Millwood , Todmorden . Mr , Milne moved , " That the sum of £ 2 be awarded to Mr . James Mooney , " wliich was seconded by Mr . G . H . Tucker , and carried .
City Chartist "Hall , 1 , _Tursaoais-lajie . — Mr . Christopher Doyle delivered an able , interesting , and eloquent lecture , on the Irish Rebellion , at this institution , on Sunday evening , February the 22 nd . At the conclusion , a unanimous vote of thanks was given to the lecturer . Mr . A . Hirst afterwards eloquently addressed the meeting . Westminster . —Mr . Stallwood delivered an , able address , on the character of Thomas Paine and his political and theological works . He was listened to throughout with breathless attention , and at the conclusion was greeted with loudapplause . A discussion then ensued , and in conclusion a vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to Mr . Stallwood , and the meeting dissolved .
STOCKPORT . Mr . _Danovan _, of Manchester , lectured in the Chartist Room , Bombers-brow , on Sunday evening last . The lecturer gave universal satisfaction . A lecture will be delivered in the above room on Sunday evening next , at six o ' cloek precisely .
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MEETINGS IN BEHALF OF THE CHARTIST EXILES . [ Continued from our Third Page . ] _ MEETING AT DALKEITH . A public meeting was held in the Masons' Hall , to petition the Ilouse of Commons to memorialise her Majesty to extend her mercy to John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones . At the time appointed , Mr . Daniel Potter was called to the chair , who opened the business of the meeting b y a few appropriate remarks . The resolutions ( three in number ) were moved , seconded , and supported by the following gentlemen : —Messrs . William Taylor , Samuel Clark , James _M'Phcrson , James Mann , Alexander Munroe , James Taylor , and Steel . A petition , signed by the chairman , was agreed to , and sent to Sharman Crawford , M . P ., for presentation .
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Hammersmith . — Fnosr , Williams , a . v » Jo . ms . — The friends of the above martyrs are informed that petitions on their behal f Ue for signature at Mr . Cullingham ' s , builder , King-street , Hammers ** ith ; Mr . Newell , boot and shoemaker , 5 , Providmccplace , Brook Green-lane ; and at Mr . E . Stallwodd ' s , 2 , Little Vale-place , Hammersmith-road . Friends of humanity , attach your names immediately , as the petition must shortly be forwarded to the members for the county for presentation . Hawick , February 23 , —The petitions for the liberation of Frost , William , Jones , and Ellis , which . were agreed to at the public meeting held in the Town Hall , on the second instant , were on Saturday last sent to Mr . Ewart for presentation , with 110 signatures each .
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FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . INTENDED _MOTION OF T . S . DUNCOMBE , M . P . The Albany , Feb . _iiS _, 1 SW . Beak Sir , — I thought it was universally understood that I _sliauld not bring on my motion for , at least , a fortnight or three weeks , and you are quite right in saying that it was ¦ so arranged when I last had the pleasure of seeing you . In about a fortnight or three weeks I hope that this corn question will be so far advanced , that I shall then ba able to bring it forward , aud in the mean time , I hope you will have « verything in 'preparation , - 'it least as far as petitions can avail , I remain , dear sir , yours faithfully , Tuos . S . _DuscoMBt , Mr . Thomas Clark .
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TIIE PENRITH RIOTS . At tho spring assizes at Carlisle , on Wednesday , John Hobday , charged with cutting and wounding Dennis Salmon , was found guilty and sentenced to be transported for nfteen years , Mr , Justice Patteson , in passing sentence , said a more cowardly and dastardly act than that of wliich they hadbeen guilty , in attacking to the number of some 2 , 000 a house in wliich ten or twelve of their fellow-subjects had taken shelter , and beating them iii the inhuman manner they had done , had hardly ever come before a court of justice . Even if there had been a fight between parties more equally matched , and such
outrages had been committed in the course of it , it would be necessary to repress such conduct by very severe examples ; still more so when a numerous mob attack . a few who can make no resistance , pull tlieni out of tlie house , beat them till they are insensible , and I actually continue to beat them while lying insensible * on the ground . Two men named Stead and Andrews 5 were found guilty on a similar charge ; theibrmer was i sentenced to eighteen , and the latter to twelve 3 months' imprisonment . Several other parties v _/ ho a were indicted for . riot pleaded " Guilty , " and were e discharged on their recognizances to keep the peace , * ,
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BANKRUPTS . [ from the _Gazttte of Friday , February 27 f Ji . ] Edward William ' s , 9 , _Uishopse , ate . _stri-et , _lineii-draptr cr —Lewis Reis , James Tower , and Gustavus Komig , l ? eu- uchureh-street , soap and candle manufacturers—George ge Butler Earp , London , ship-broker and emigration agent nt — Jolm Sandarer , _Kenton-street , _Brunswick-square , re , cabinet-maker—llichard Ckilds , Queen Anne-street , Ca- _' avendish-square , tailor—William White , Aylesbury , tailorlor and draper—William Bull Harvey , late of Cornwall , _butml now of Ilerbert-street , New _North-road , mercer anumd draper—John Shirt , Broad-street , Lambeth-buttsgrocercer
, and cheesemonger—Abraham France aud William rul- _'ullou Lawton , Leeds , sharebrokers—Abraham France , ice , Leeds , sliarcbroker—John Wright , Tamworth , banker-r-Issachar Roberts , Mold , Flintshire , grocer—Henry _Johaiho Barker , Flixton , Lancashire , miller—Thomas Paruell _. iell _, _ilunchcster _. laccman—George Terry , Stroud , Gloucester-tershire , coach builder— Joseph Metford , Bath , wine iner-ierchant—John Godfrey , Shepton Mallett , _SomerBetsliu _** . _! " _** linen-draper—Samuel Evans , Wigan , Lancashire , eoUoatmi spinner—John Brock , Chester , innkeeper—James _Cor-Corrail , Boston , shipowner and coal merchant .
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We recentl y visited this elegant place of _amusemeiitieu and were much gratitied with the . representation of tin' tl : "Minute Gun _« t Sea ; " it was a neonate performance . TIk Tl : acting of Messrs . Douglass and Jtayncr , as Tom Toii _/ _oiij and _Zaiudown _, was really good . Douglass is by far the ti best "Sailor" now on the stage .. Mrs . Campbell ' s por po formunce of Rachel _Lansdoum elicited the fieque'Vuei plaudits of the audience , and T . Lee , as Jerry , drew _roan-oa of laughter . Trofessor Hcmmings and sous continue hue i gratify the audience by their graceful feats of gyumasi _.-t . isia
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street , Haymarket , in the City of Westminster , at tint t Office , in the ' same Street mid Parish , for the _l'ro _l'i prictor , FEAUGUS O'CONNOR ,. Esq ., and _publisluiislby William Hewitt , ot ' . No . . 18 , Charles-street , _Uriilii " don-street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , Nc « Nt iugton , in the Comity of Surrey , at the Office , No . Ho . Great - 'Windmill-street , Iliiymarkot , in ttae _CitJ V > Westminster . . . ' ¦ Saturday , February 28 , 1816 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 28, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_28021846/page/8/
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