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HAND-LOOM WEAVER S' COMMISSION OF INQUIRY . ' H . S . ehapman and S . Keyser , Esq ., the assistant commissioners , appointed to investigate the condition of the hand-loom weavers , in the Northern -district commenced their inquiries on Tuesday -lastj ' m the Coriik-house , Leeds . As the subject is -one of great importance , we give "below a pretty , * foll report of all that transpired-which was worthy of Temark . , The inqniry , we understand , will last for : a considerable time ; and our readers may expect every information at all . valuable on the question " that may he elicited from the several witnesses . "The business of the inquiry commenced at ten o ' clock , in the morning . "
Mr . Chapman in opening tie business Faid , the object of this commission was to inquire into the - ^ condition of the hand-loom weavers of the district . " The commission was issued in consequence of a vote of the House of Commons to that effect , npon the presentation of petitions in the course of last Novem-• berjQr December , stating the great distress which -existed among the hand-loom weavers , especially of Lancashire , and praying for inquiry in to ^ their condition , the causes of their distress , and , if possible , . to gmmMt remedies for their relief- Of course , it
• "was oeSirsble tHat -t-Tm commissioners should have iii * evidence of the weavers themselves , to inquire not merely into their actual state ana / condition , but to biow what they deemed the causes of their distress , and to hear their suggestions as to the best remedies for relieving it . It was also the duty of the commissioners to inquire into the circumstance * - of tbe-weavers , andif any perron was ready to offer - « iy--ewidence , they ( the commissioners , ) were ready ib receive it , and they would be obliged if any one - vonld come forward for that purpose .
^ Jose ph Best , a weaver , then came forward , and in ¦ answer to the questions of Mr . Chapman , said , I five in Holbeci , and am a married-man , having three children . I weave woollen broad , cloths . I 'tave been a weaver and spinner for many years . I am paid "b y the string . In the fine cloth trade , 3 J 0 porteths is the medium . By the tenn . porteth I mean the number of threads in a given breadth Payment depends upon the setts , and the mode - « f ~ vo ? Tang them . Kot more than Is . lOd . per string * is paid , and a string is ten feet The lowest number of porteths is 27 . 110 or 112 is the 'highest number in Droad cloths . Taldng 80 as the average , one shop would give 2 s . 4 d . and another Is . 6 d . ; but they vary greatly for . the same mode of ¦ working . If it was more regularly conducted . it would be "better for all . A web of cloth of 80 porteths and 18 strings would take a weaver three weeks -to weave it -well , and he must be a good hand to do it . He would have to work fonrteen
hours per day , aUovrmg two hours for ineals . including delivering out . sizing , « i-c This kind of work ought to command the best wages , but it does not by a long yay , I am speaking of fine cloth . The price of it would be _ 33 s . for the three weeks . at the average of Is . 10 d . per stryig , makine ; 21 s . per ¦ week . Jn some instances the sizing is paid lor in addition , bnt some have to find both sizing -shkI -wTndine . In the -winter season we liave to Und light . " There would be a constant deduction ¦ of 8 d . per week for the use of the loom . If a man * arere t » borrow a good loom he would have to pay Is . per week for it . 1 am now spenking of outdoor work . At an average the cost for light will lie Cd . per week the year round . The > dzin < r for IS
strings would cost Is . 3 d . Iir Bramley and the ¦ aei ^ hboTirhood they find the sizing themselves , but in the borough it varies in this re ^ p ^ ct . Some have three looms , but most two . I have two loom--employed at home , and we have to play one-half of our time . 1 have two sons who . are " weavers . 1 have put them ont to work , Jly youngest son has -os . and the eldest 8 s . per week" when fnlly employed . -Employment is much better now than it was in 1835-6 ,-but There are many out of employment , and many only partially employed . There are hundreds of weavers in Leeds not earning Id . per week . Wages fell in 1837 . and have not Vet recovered , and when they fall they generally remain so . * ' there are " always a number , of hands unemployed to Take the low wageg if others wont . i pay six pounds ten shillings lionse-rent , and 15 s . rates and taxes . I am in a fellowship societv .
and in my neighbourhood able-bodied men avail themselves of the advantages of benefit societies . The society which I am in will cost me about £ 1 -a-year . 1 have never worked at any other business . Sometimes a master has a few acres of land , and he generally calls the men off , to gel hay in during the iarvest . Some masters pay 2 s . 6 d . a dav for it , but the practice is not now so general , as the IrL-h work for lower wages . The custom of taking apprentices -among weavers is not so general as formerly . Not having money to spare we cannot give premiums to get-our children apprenticed to other trades . I was "wanting to put ^ my son apprentice to a wool-¦ sorter to a master in this town , and I was asked £ 70 premium , and where can" a weaver find that ? So are are forced to teach , them .-weaving . Chimney-¦ sweeping is "better than weaving in this country . There is no Union amons the hand-loom weavers in
this borough , and we cannot get protection from our legislators . It will take an ordinary lad five years to J > e perfect in the trade . When I was twenty years -old I could make more money by the trade in three < 2 aTg than I now can in six days , and I am now as able to work as I was then . Twenty years ago the work we wrought in SO ' s we were paid 2 s . 6 d . per siring , and wethenput 2 lb . 4 oz . of weight per string in a weft of ISskeins . This was done at Mr . Bateson ' s , at Wortley , and he died worth £ 70 . 000 , so that he must have got something by the trade , and ^ fc ¦ wasa very good master . ^\ ow "vre work in the safxre setts ; and pat 3 lb . 12 oz . per string , and 25 skeins of weft . This additional weft requires twice as mnch working as the former . 11 would tak e a first-rate man in
^ me days working such a piece of cloth . The number of weavers has increased in Leeds during my experience . . Twenty years ago there was not so much weaving in factories as at present . My opinion as to the causes of the reduction of our wages is tiie overplus of machinery . We have some machinery called " mules" which require one man and two boys each , who will do as much work with a mule as five men . Then there are the power-looms , which are worked by Semales , and the best work is given to them and the ^ xorstto the hand-loom weavers . We are of opinion that the corn laws are an evil , but -we think that their repeal would not permanently but partially relieve us , and it is permanent relief we want . "Tie repeal of the corn lawg would give a
stimniant to trade for a while , and be of some benefit to the hand-loom weavers . But except some laws were passed to restrict machinery , the markets "would be glutted with a "larger quantity of goods * hnn the demand would acquire , which would be worse for us , and we think that machinery ought to pay taxes . We think that if machinery were restricted in the duration of its ranninjr , ' or its production taxed , we and our employers conld manage all minor matters . The currency appears to be a great evil to ns , bnt we do not fully understand it . We consider the best remedy for our ¦ condition would be either the taxation of ' the pro-• iuce of machinery , * o as to enable-us to compete with it ; but if Government would sot be disposed to do this , I would sav , shorten the " duration of its
ranxung .. - John Huiion was next examined . —I live at the Bank , in Leeds , and am a woollen weaver . I have Oeen -engaged lately in stuffs . I wove plaids . 1 « as paid 3 * . 6 d . to 4 s . per piece . The pieces -Here from 28 to 30 yards . \\ e must work hard to weave two pieces in a week . The deductions from our work . for sizing , winding , and other expenses , amottat to Is . 21 d . Our nett wages , after these deductions , amount to 5 s , 9 jd . per week . None of ay family work at the trade : I have transDort ^ d
¦ Jhem out of it . I consider the principal cause of our low - wages is the overworking of factories which depreciates the labour of the hand-loom weaver . I mean power-loom weaving . I have thcoght that taxing machinery would remedy the distress of Hie hand-loom weaver , but I think diffex ? nt now . If machinery was taxed without reacting its hour * of running , they would put additional hours upon the poor man ' s labour , and make him pay all the taxes laid upon machinery . 1 should not fike it to be taxed , unless its hours of running were restricted .
James Stead , of Low Moor Side , Holbeck , examined . I have "been a weaver and spinner for more than 30 years . I have worked upon broad cloths lately of from 70 to 74 porteths . I was paid Is , 9 d per string . It would take me noon an average 18 §^ T ^ WSSS 1 ffi tffiS , 5 s 3 S £ s& 5 sar in ^ s&h ^ s ^ ssjszish ^ su feme , and memories are impaired . ' For the lS nreyears I have not been more than half employed cpon an average . V > ithin my experience the number of weavers las great y increased . I should thint
pae increase in me woollen business in Leeds has been more than 50 per cent within the last 30 years I dnn ' t think wages would have kept up if the hands had not increased , with their present increase of machinery . Twenty years ago , I received 2 s . per string in a piece of / 0 porteths , bnt the warps rarfto 20 skeins in the watering of 6 lbs ., and the weft at 16 skeins . The weight then put into one string was 21 b . 1 or 2 oz . Now the weight we have " to pnt into it is from 31 b . 4 oz . to 31 b . 8 oz . per string . The length of the warp is 24 or 25 skeins in the watering of bibs ., and the weft is 23 skein * . Then we could have wove a piece of 70 at 2 s . ner stain * , on an
ave--rage , m eignt days , and now it would take as good a SfT ? ' aTera S e 18 daYs to weave a piece of cloth now . made . I attrilrate ' thii decline v ° J 1- mac hi ° ery . I cannot exactly state when the machinery was firstintroduced into Leeds , but I think it nr t came to Mr . William Hirst ' s sp ^ nnmg mfll . ^ Commisdoner-I mean powerlo : m ? . Stead—It is about four or five years ago pow .-r-looms for making broad cloths were
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introduced into Leeds . Wages -had declined before that . Commissioner- —When do you think wages nrstfbegan to decline ? Stead—They declined indirectly in the weaving department eighteen years ago , by the imposition ^ f additional labour to the weaver for the same p rice . Wages did not fall in money , bntinthe additional quantity of weft . Commissioner—The fact that wages declined before the introduction of machinery iswell worth consideration among yonrselves . Stead—The cause was owing to Mr . William Hirsf s mode of manufacturing goods which was so different to the domestic manufacturers of this borough . He wanted more weft putting into almost everyjob that a man got Forthispnrpose he gave the men premiums besides their waees to induce
them to exert themselves to thentmost , and thus got his cloth manufactured in a superior manner . This was sixteen or eighteen years ago . Other manufacturers followed the example , till at length , when it was found ont what a man could do , the premiums fell off , but the increased work remained . The masters have been adding to the weight 2 oz . now and 2 oz . then , almost up to the present day . Commissioner—Would not that have gone on without machinery ? I cannot speak to that , bnt it has been very much aided by machinery . Eight men , with piecers to assist them , on a . spinningmnle , will do as mnch as ^ iifty men on the jenny . This has caused the spinners to tnm to the loom , and b y this means the weavers have been greatly increased .
WEDNESDAY . Joseph Middlebroek , weaver , of Bramley , wag examined . I have been in the cloth business upwards of forty years . I weave fine cloths . lam now weaving eighty-fourth ' s , and am paid 2 i . per string for it , and I speak it to the credit of my master . Many have paid me less . The piece I have will take me a fortnight at sixteen hours a day , to complete it , and I do not generally take two hours a day for meals . I consider myself off better than many others are . Not one-third of the weavers of Bramley have votes . I commenced working for myself in 1800 . I had Is . 9 d . per string for 63 ' s then , and there was 18 strings in the piece . There
was half a pound less weightputinto the string then than now . We now put in 63 ' s 31 b . 3 or 4 oz . ; and we could weave 15 and sometimes 18 strings per week , working as we do now . In 1824-5 wages began to fall very much , but the decline commenced in 1802 , but not so rapidly as in 1824-5 . They continued good till 1823 . I received 2 s , per string for 70 ' s in 1823 . At that time they might weave three strings per day of 70 's easily as they weave , a string and a half at the present time . In 1824 I got J " d . per string for 7 O '_ s ; that was after the failing of Wentworth ' sbank . Thingswereworsethenthanthey are now . Trade began to improve in 1826 ; but it-has
not got up much since . The causes of the decline are various . First , unnecessary machinery , which takes away manual labour . A mule will throw four men out of employment . That is one of the causes of the ieduction of wages . I believe mules do not cheapen goods . I cannot exactl y state when mules were first introduced . Mr . Win . Hirst was the first to introduce xhem . I think it was in 182 G . Then thereis the power-loom doing us as much , injury as the mules , if not more . Power-looms are attended by females , and every loom thus attended , throws one man out of employment . That is one means of reducing our wages . The power-loomwasintroduced in 1832 .
Commissioner : According to your own showing wages declined before the introduction of mule * and power-looms ; hare you any opinion as to the cause ufthis ? The panic caused it . Another evil is the Corn Law . Commissioner : There I think you are Tight . Middlebrook : In my new it prevents the produce of foreign nations from coming into our country , and our ^ manufacturers are prevented from being introducajSnto other nations , and it embarrasses the working classes of this country . Mr . James Ureen , of Leeds , examined . I am a manufacturer of plaids and camblets , and have been for forty years . There are various qualities and prices . " Twenty-five years apo , we paid 15 s . for what we now pay 6 s . I employ T > etween two or three hundred hands .
Commissioner—Could you , from your books , give the rate of wages for thirty years ? Witness—No , I never kept any old books , and I never was in the habit of owing any thing , but paid as I went on , and therefore I have no occasion to keep old books . Commissioner—Do any pay different prices for the same work ? Witness—No , we are all alike , and we never have any disputes about wages . All employers in stuff goods pay the same wages . The wages have been the same for some years . Since the Union was broken up we never wanted to pull wages off , and the men never wanted an advance . It is three or four years since the Union was broken up . We do not suffer so much from low wages as from
fluctuations in the trade . What do you consider the chief cause of low wages ? Power-looms . "Were not wages reduced before their introduction ? No . But some of the witnesses who have been here say that they were . There was no complaint before powerlooms were introduced . Machinery had not so direct an influence at that day on our trade as others . Our weavers are taxed for poor-rates , power looms are not . Power-looms make paupers , but do not support them . If power-looms paid poor rates , as the hand-loom weavers do , it would relieve ns very much . I cannot see any remedy ; I onl y know that Tiand-loom weavers are labouring under great hardships . I cannot say that I would petition for the abolition of the Corn Laws , because 1 know some farmers are ill enough off . Our weavers are better off than the west country weavers .
THURSDAY . Air . James Cromack , of Bramley , examined . He said , I wort at the woollen cloth business , and have been in it 25 or 26 years . At present I work on 76 ' s or 20 string * . I am paid 2 s . per string . The deductions on the work amount to about 9 d . or lOd . per week . Taking the year round I should only weave 20 webs . In 1820 , 1 earned £ 53 . 5 slOd . 1821 , £ 51 . 16 s . lOd ; 1823 , £ 47 . 14 s . 10 d . ; 1825 , which was the year before the panic , and in which there was a good demand for goody , I earned £ 55 . 18 s . 5 d . ; in 1828 , the demand was somewhat better , and I earned £ 51 . 10 s . 6 d . ; in 1831 , £ 45 . Is . lid . I have no account of my earnings
since 1831 . According to the rate mentioned , if I were fully employed it would give me £ 50 . a year . Last year I might average 13 s . per week . That made me about one-third of my time out of employment . According to this statement if I had been in full employment , I should have earned as much as ever I did . I worked for myself in 1822 , and we were paid something better than we are now , but work was manufactured in quite a different manner , there being a greater quantity of weft put into the string . "Wages have been reduced chiefly in consequence of increased work for the same money , and in some instances the prices in the string have been reduced . The increase of work has been gradual—we have been required to put in more wei ght from year to year . To keep wages really equal they should advance with the increase of weft
however , the power-loom must be hung heavier in order to wea \ e it close . The custom of increasing the weight of weft began first to be noticed about the year 1819 . There was no advance in wages not even at the first . The men attempted to demand an increase of wages in consequence of the increased work continually . But we were told by the masters that they could not afford to give more , as trade wag so bad . In fame instances we got one penny per string advanced , but that was not general . But the advance of three-balfpence would not be any compensation for the increased work . They did once advance wages , but the master * said , " If you will put two more ounces of weft in , I will give you something extra , " a shilling or two perhaps . But this was not continued beyond the first year . If we refused to work on these terms , the master would cet some one else .
Commissioner : Are there more or fewer looms now in Armley than formerl y ? In answer to this question the witness put in a written document containing a statement of the number of power-looms and the rate of wages in former years . He said , you may safel y say there are twice as many now as there were twenty years ago . There are now in Armley some masters who keep as many men as there were in the whole township 25 or 30 years ago . Messrs-Eyres and Son , employ the greatest number . The reduction of wages proceeds from more causes than one—the first cause is the Corn Law because the duty which is put upon forei gn grain has a great tendency to cramp our commerce and in not taking in , duty free , foreign produce ' renders it impossible for foreign nations to take
our manufactures . I attribute another cause to the introduction into our manufactory department certain machines which I consider unnecessary , because they take away our labour and turn us into the streets . Another cause is that we liave never had a right system of management in the trade . A board of trade should be established to equalise the prices to be g-I yen , the board should be established by act of Parliament , their rules to be binding and a clause to enforce a penalty for the violation of the rules
. My plan would be to prevent those out of employment underworking those who are in employ . 1 think the "hours of labour in factories should be reduced to the number of ten hours at the mogL If the hours of labour for children were reduced ana children of niEe years of age allowed to work instead of 13 as by the present law , it would be to the interest of the labouring da > ses , as it would be a compensation for the general reduction of the hours of labour . I think that children of nine years of age might wort ten hours a day , without injury
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to health , in the woollen departments , I cannot speak to others . The Commissioner . —It strikes roe to think that a child should work ten hours ; Well , I should have no objections to eighjt hours , but the present bill doest not" give satisfaction to ! any . We want a more explicit billj one for all to work the samehours . . ' James , Wfutaker , of Armley , was examined ;—1 have been 23 years in the business . I work upon 78 ' s of 28 skeins , 31 b 8 pz . to the watering and am paid 2 s . 2 d . per string , and there are 20 strings in the piece . It would take me three weeks and three days to wejive such apiece on an average . ; In 1822 my earnings amounted to £ 52 7 s . 9 d . ; 1823 , £ 60
16 s . 7 d . ; 1824 , £ 52 3 s . 4 d . ; 1825 , £ 56 5 s . 8 d , ; 1826 , £ 24 Is . 3 d . —this was the year of { he panic ; 1827 , £ 31 6 s . 8 d . ; 1830 , £ 39 16 s . 7 d , ; 1832 , £ 30 28 . lid . ; and the whole amount of my earning in 1833 ^ nd 1834 , put ^ together " , amounted to £ 24 16 s . 9 d ., which was occasioned by want of employment . Upon an average I should think I have not earned more than 9 s . per week . Previous to the introduction of power-looms and mules , oar wages declined ; , It was owing to the superior way in which we had made goods for the same money . Our wages were diminished b y the addition of labour , without increase of price . The cause of that was the newly invented method of finishing
cloth , which began to be so general in this neighbourhoodin 1818 or 1819 . Previous to that time it was finished by hand labour . It was taken from the hand-loom finishers and finished by gigs ^ which stretched the cloths to an extent which ; hand-loom weaving could not , and it required closer weaving to hear it . Wages d > d rise a little from the year 1825 to 1826 , but not in proportion to the inerease of work . The extra quantity of labour per string took more labour than was counter-balanced by the extra price . If I have a family of five children , and suppose you , Sir , followed my business , and had only yourself and one child to keep , you could afford to work for lower wages than I could , and that is one reason for the depression of wages . There are always men to be found who will take work at lower prices . A man with alarge family , and who felt the
necessity of an advance of wages , could not obtain it , because there are always men to be had who will take the master ' s price or any price ; In our town there are upwards of twenty boys of frcm twelve years to fifteen , who have been put apprentices to mechanics . The master mechanics want £ 10 premium , wbich is a barrier in the way of most weavers . The weavers had a union to protect themselves , but they were driven to it from sheer necessity . They were neither beneficial to masters nor men , and I am now decidedly opposed to sueh things . We have none of them now . I think the Corn Laws are the first cause of our distress . I think they have been the means of causing foreign nations to commence manufacturing who never before began , and so created us rivals in the market , and I think they have been , the great cause of the increased machinery in operation at present .
Abraham JJ ' orsnpp , of Wortley , examined . I am a weaver of cloths of 78 's , containing 20 strings : Is . lOd . per string is the gross amount on the average . A piece of this description would take me a fortnight to complete . The deductions upon the work amount to 9 d . per week . I have been a weaver 17 years , and when I commenced for myself I earned more than £ 1 per week . I attribute the decline of wages to more causes than one . The immediate and direct cause is the introduction of mules and powerlooms . There are remote causes , which have a tendency to depress our condition . What are those causes ? Taxation , especially . I would propose a tax upon the raw material . The Corn Laws nave produced bad effects upon our trade ! They prevent our masters from selling their manufacture s
to other countries to the best advantage , and ha ve compelled foreigners to put tarifts on our goods , and compelled our masters to sell cloth for paper instead of -wheat , consequently many mnsters have become insolvent , and their workmen left to starve for want of employment . The Corn Law has also the effect of rising the price of wheat—for instance , the 5 d . loaf on the continent sell for 9 d . in London . Another evil which has produced depression to a great extent is paper payment . Many selfish men have speculated in our trade , become insolvent , and greatly injured the honest manufacturer . As we say at home , " the -weakest go to the wall , " and the operative has been the principalsuife rer . With respect to machinery , I do not see that to stop or impede its progress would improve our condition .
James Stanfield and Charles Hodgson were next examined , and bore similar testimony to the preceding witnesses , The Court was then adjourned to T uesday next .
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POOR LAW MEETING . On Wednesday evening last , a meeting was held in the Market Place , Dewsbury , called by the Poor Law Guardians of that Union , who wished to ask the ratepayers how they were to proceed in cwnse-, quence of the conduct pursued towards them by the Chairman of their Board . A vast concourse of people were in attendance , and the deepest feeling of disgust was manifested by the whole body at the conduct of the Pro-Popr-Law Chairman , who had declared that if he could but prevail on two Guardians to vote with him , the accursed act should be brought into full operation , in spite of all the efforts to the contrary . Mr . Morrit Matthews was called upon to
preside over the meeting , and after he had formally opened the proceedings . I Mr . T . S . Brooke , one of the Guardians of the Dewsbury Board , came forward and detailed to the people the insults the Guardians had received from Mr . Ingham , their Ex ofiicio Cha irman ; the contempt he had manifested for the public Voice ; the heartless indifference he had exhibited at the privations of the poor and the unfortunate ; and tlie alacrity with which he had lent himself to assist in putting the chains of the Devil-King around the necks of his neighbours and townsmen . He had assumed unto himself the right of deciding on all points of law that were mooted by any of the Guardians ; and his bare ipse dixit ( and all who
knew Aim ., knew # fcat that was worth , ) was } like the laws of the iMedes and Persians , not to be called in question . He had also arrogated unto himself the right of explaining the Poor Law Commissioners ' instructions , refusing to allow the Guardians , either individually or collectively , any bay in the matter ; and he had explained those instructions so well , that while they expressl y said that the Guardians might adjourn their meetings from time to time , he had "decided" that they gave no such power , and that the Guardians had no such right . He had- refused to pnt to the vote of the Board any proposition that might be made , or any amendment that might be moved , unless such proposition or amendment squared with
Aw views , in short , he had arrogated unto himself the function of the entire Board , requiring those who had been elected by the rate-payers to " guard " their interests , to sit as mere cyphers , unless they were sycophantic enough to do his bidding ; for he " had declared in the teeth of them all , that if he could but hud two Guardians who would vote with him , the hateful and hated law should be brought into operation , m spite of all that could be done to prevent it It was because of tbisUtate of things that the Guar ^ dians had called them together ; for they were anxious to know whether the views and feelings of the rate-payers were to be entirely set at nought , and Kx . Qfficio Ingham to be get up as supreme dictator ; or their affairs were to be conducted in the
old . English , constitutional manner , —that those who had to pay the money for the local government of their district , should have the control of the expenditure . It vras these questions that the Guardians wanted answering , for they thought the people and Wm . Ingham ought to know how each other stood ; Mr . Brooke also showed the injustice and the impolicy of the law ; and with some powerful remarks on its inapplicability to the circumstances of a free people , he concluded a speech which was listened to throughout with the most intense feeling by the assembled people . The following resolutions were then severally moved , seconded , and carried unanimously" That ikis meeting recommends that every inhabitant and rate-payer of the various town « Wn « nf
the Union should be called upon as speedily as possible to ascertain whether there be a majority in favour of or against the law . " "That this meeting considers that those Guardians who are opposed to the introduction of the Poor Law Act should continue to attend the meeting of the Board to endeavour to prevent the adoption of thelaw , and that under no circumstances they render any assistance to carry it out . " Mr . R . Oa 8 tleb then presented himself to the meeting , and was greeted with a most enthusiastic burst of applause . When the cheering had sub ^ sided , he , in his own energetic style , gave his opinion upon the nature and operation of the' accursed Amendment Act in pretty nearl y the same ^* " " ¥ , ^ . to * ' a * Halifax ; and , as we h him
ave reported there at considerable length , we need not repeat his observations here . His remarks , Wyer , upon the conduct of Mr . Ingham , the " chairman , * ' were of sarcastic , hiring , ' and ^^ tS ^' v His allusions to the " property " which Mr . Ingham has had left to him , and which had been acquired " in some manner , ™ hoL TS S ^^ -T * ¥ ** ^? P \« ated ^ all prelenVif *« WJL ^* 0111 the heart y peals Jf laughter which followed every sally of Mr . Oastler's wit He contended that Mr . Ingham oughtto be extent to enjoy the " property" he "held , " without wanting to deprive his neighbours of all the rights they possess . It was all very well for Mr . Wha ' m to try to deprive his neighbours of that which th ' ey deemed valuable—but it was possible for a man of that sort to come too often ^ and want t oo much , to be
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-& ^^ v"& * 7 * ; "¦ ¦ 'A ^ -. bB events , they SJ « * fe ^ «» 8 mselyes whether the " property » J 5 li , Sfv " ¥ ^ ^^ fficientibr ^ iSn , ^ & v * * , w * ntJnS a *? of the privileges and rfehte S ^ 'J ^ p ^ ^ ^ aUposeii KeS them of ? Foriw own part , hev ^ WperfectKre ^ that any ^ nd every = rate-payer had asixnchS to deprive Mr . Ingham of . W " property , " as SI kad % % Wfrl ^ t ^ nstitationaFriStsreven St fJW ^ ^ t ? Persuade any twoS IKS K&J ah ™ in hi ? attempts to serve the i ^ l ^^^ K ^ ift of
^ emseives theirtorf consdtatibrial ^ ourcVnot £ ft : *« constitutional rights trampled upon , either by the Poor Law Commissioriera ; or any of Aenvmyraudon ^ ^ He concluded amidst the jnost ^ m y fedlts of the ^ ngregated multitude . , Mty OCoNNoivtiext presented himself to the meeUng , and was received with a tremendous burst ^ fbeenng :. -He ^ entered into an argument in favour of people having arms , shewing that aU the law lr S ? "ft" 7 ^ ^ ^ ided n P * - *• P oint , that it was th « duty of a citizen to be in a position to WtSSi ^ fc ?« ¥ ° ? npon his Uberty ; whether attempted ^ y » domestic for / T a foreign memv He contended ^ also , that untT / ffife people were enabled ^^ vcuipw
. iq . repeal isolated Acts of Parliament would be worsethan nseless ; for should they succeed m erasing one from the statute-book , they had no security against its re-enaction , when th *^ gitatfon necessary to procure its repeal lad subsided . Mr . O Connor ^ alBojeminded the people of Dewsbury of the part they had taken at the ^ ast general election , whentheywentto WakefieldtoshoutupMorpSi and the Yellow , and to denounce all who kad the honesty to characterize him what they knew him to be--a supporter of oppression and misrule . He wished them joy of their bargain ; they could not but agree with his votes on the Slavery Question , on the l > oor Law Question , on the Factory Question , on the Insh-search-for-arms Bill , and indeed on every other question that came before Parliament crImi .
lared to continue , or increase the burdens of the people , and trammel public liberty ; No doubt they would go next election to the hustings , and again shout for "Morpetb . and Reform . "; [ Loud cries of /»* &V . never 'No more of that work . ' ] He ( Mr . OC . ); was glad to hear that—andhe demanded that they should prbve themselves true to their declarations by joining next election to undo what they did at the last , election . After a speech of at least an hour , Mr . O'Connor concluded by thanking the men of Dewf bury for the very warm reception they had given to his friend , and their friend , and the friend of all , Mr . Oastler : —for it shewed that they were alive to the value of such a champion . He also thanked them forthe manner in which they had heard him , and retired amidst thunders of applause Thanks were then voted the Chairman , and the meeting dispersed .
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-Tuesday , July 31 . The Royal Assent was given by commission to several Bills , among which was the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill . The Turnpike Acts' Continuance Bill , and the Schools ( Scotland ) Bill , went through committee : Lord MELBOURNE stated , m answer to a question from Lord LondondeIiky , that the Commissioners for the liquidation of the arrears due to the British Legion had arrived in London , but that
in consequence of some difference of opinion as to the mode of inquiry , they had not yet been able to proceed . ' Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed , that a Bill had passed that ¦ House .,, after many alterations had been made in it by himself and the Noble Duke near him , for the protection of labourers proceeding from the East to the Wekt Indies ( the Hill Coolies ) . He wished to know what course Lord Glenelg meant now to take with reference to this subject , as he understood the Bill had failed in the other House .
Lord G LENELG said , the House wa 3 aware that the Bill in question was sent down to the Commons with many amendments . When it reached the other House , much opposition was shewn to it ; andhe could not hope , under allthe circumstances , that the bill would pass with those amendments . The consequence was , that an order had , been transmitted to India forbidding the emigration of Indians until the whole subject was fully considered , and a more general and effectual measure , of protection was devised .
In answer to another question , Lord Glenelg stated that the prohibitions would be absolute until a proper measure should be passed . Lord Brougham -was proceeding to make some observations on the Orders in Council of July , 1832 , which related to this traffic in Hill Coolies , when Lord Glenelg said that the order had been resciaded . LordBROIJGHAM replied thathewasglad to hear it : but he could not forget that when he moved for its repeal a short time since , he was left in a very small minority . Lord BROUGHAM wished to know whether the orders which had been issued for placing upon the throne the present reigning Sovereign of the
kingdom of Oude came from this country ? He understood that two treaties had been entered into wit ' a the present King— -one before he was called to the throne , in which lie premised that in the event of his being placed upon the throne he would sign any tr eaty which the Governor-General of India might dictate—and another subsequently to his being placed upon the throne , in which he stipulated the payment of seventeen lacs of rupees . He wished to ask whether the instructions so issued were known in England beforehand , or whether it was a proceeding emanating from the authorities abroad ? He wished also to ask , whether tliis latter treaty had been acted on ?
Lord GLENELG said , that the orders which his Noble and Learned Friend alluded to did not go from this country , but rested entirely with the Governor-General . This was all the information he possessed upon thesubject ; On the motion of Lord MELBOURNE , the Tithes ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Friday , on the understanding that the debate shall be taken upon going into committee . Lord BROUGHAM announced his intention of giving the bill his strongest opposition , —not , he said , that he expected his opposition would have the least weight with their lordships , but because he felt it his duty to oppose it , and " to maintain his own consistency upon the subject of the Irish Church .
On the motion of Lord LANSDOWNE , the Rdiyal " Exchange Rebuilding Bill was read a third time and passed . Lord H ADDINGTON called the attention of the House to the circumstance of two persons having been appointed magistrates in Cromarty , though legal proceedings-had been instituted against them for forcibly abducting a voter at the last election for Ross and Cromarty . The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that the moment he had heard of this charge against the Individuals in question , he had caused an investigation , wbich was still pending , to be instituted . The Public Records Bill and the Loan Socie . ies ( Ireland ) Bill were read a second time . The second reading of the Trading Companies Bill was postponed till Monday . The Hackney Carriages Bill was reported with amendments .
The LORD CHANCELLOR explained the nature of the amendments which the House of Commons had made in the Imprisonment for Debt Bill , and moved that their Lordships ' s should agre e to them . The Duke of WELLINGTON thought that the absence of Lord Lynphurst and Lord Wynfoud was a sufficient reason for the postponement of the consideration of these amendments . And he had , he said , another reason for the postponement . When this Bill was read a third time in that House , he took the liberty of suggesting to their Lordships the introduction of a clause of compensation to persons for the losses which they would sustain by the operation of the Bill . He had called the attention of the Noble
Viscount opposite to the subject , and the Noble Viscount ' s answer was , that it should be taken into considerationw He had since then given the Noble yiscpunt a paper on the question , and he certainly did expect that the subject Would be taken into consideration in another place , but he hadobserved what had passed there , and he had not seen any symptom of its having been considered at all , and tn , e Bill had come back to their Lordships without any such clause of compensation . Now , these officers would , in his . opinion , ' be very harshly treated in consequence of this omission ; and he also did think that when a Bill of this nature passed that House in the shape it did , in consequence of the peculiar privileges
of the other House of Parliament , it was rather a hard proceeding not to g ive these persons a fair chance * f having their claims considerea , especially when one of her Majesty ' s Ministers had promised that the subject should be taken into consideration . He would , therefore , take , the sense of the House upon the postponement ? in consequience of the manner in which he had been treated upon this question . He entreated of the Noble Viscount opposite to be so good as to take the subject into consideration ; the Noble Viscount said that Be would consider
itthat was his answer ; and of course he ( the Duke of Wellington ) thought that it would be taken into consideration in the other House ot . Parliament . That had npt been ^^ done—the subject had not even been mentioned , and these individuals had never had a chance of having justice done to them . Lord MELBOURNE : I amvery sorry , I am sure I thought that compensation was ^ iven to the gaolers of the Cinque Ports by the Bill , is the Noble Duke sure that that is not the case ? The Duke of WELLINGTON i It is not ,
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The consideration of ti « ConimeBa' amendments was accordingly postponed till Thursday . Their Lordihips then adjeiw » ed till ^ iiursday ^ ^ ifeef ^ ^ t ^ WL The House did not sit tonJay . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ :: ' - " ; " . - ? ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ ' " :- "'•/• ¦• ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : . HOUSE OF GOMMONS .- ^ 7 W « fe ^ July 31 . The Liverpool Clergy Endowments Bill was read a thud , time -and passed . , The Slave Trade Treaties [ Sicily and Ttscany ] Bilb were read a second . hme v as also was the Militia Ballot Suspension Bill . The Transfer of Funds [ War ^ ofBceVBill went throogh Gommittee , and was ordered to be reported on Wednesday .
. Mr PAKINTON inquired whether it was the intention of Governnieni to make any grant out of the casual and territorial revenues of the Crown in Canada to two hospitals—one at Kingston , and the other at Toronto . He understood that Lord Aberdeen had recommended the Lords of the Treasorv to make such a grant . : ¦ . Sir G . ^ GREY replied that this was a mistake . Lord Aberdeen had thought they ' were entitled to assistance from these revenuegj bnt Ids iordsbip hadfound that the revenues were not in a condition to bear any additional charge . There was no immediate prospect of any aid being given to these hospitals from the sources to whi « E the Hon . Member had alluded . ¦
/ The . report of the Contoitttee of Sapply was breught up , and the several resolutions agreed to . Thereportbf the committee of the whole Hbnse on the Civil- List Acts was brought up ; a * resolution waa agreed to \ ' that provision be made out of the consohdate ^ fundpf the United Kingdom of Great Britain : and- Ireland , to defray the charge of such pensions as prior to the accession of Her Majesty were charged upon the consolidated fund , nnder the authority of-the act 2 d and 3 d of William IV ., cap . 116 , upon the civil list , and upon the 4 i per cent , duties , " and a bill founded thereon ordered to be brought in b y Mr . Rice and Lord J . Russell . Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order of the day for the considerationof the Lords' amendments pn the Benefices Pluralities Bill \ but , after ashort conversation , consented to postpone the
consideration till Monday . Lord PALMERSTON stated , in answer to a question from Captain Boldebo , that negotiations were stillpending between the Government of this country and the Government of the United States respecting the proper method of appointing a commission to endeavour to ascertain by actual survey the North American boundary line . • " ' The Joint-stock Banks Bill went through committee , and was ordered to be reported to-day . The Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspension Bill was read a third tirne and passed . The Post-office Bill was read a third time and passed . The Shannon Navigation Bill was withdrawn . The Grocers' Spirit Licenses ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . The House was * counted out on a motion of Sir F . Trench fora Select Committee to inquire into the system pursued b y the Irish Government in offering rewards for the apprehension and conviction of criminals .
JJ ednesday , August 1 . Sir C . GREY , referring to a document recently laid upon the table , being " a new penal code for the go \ eminent of the 70 , 000 , 000 or 80 , 000 , 000 of our fellow-subjects in the East indies ; " inquired whether that code had been in any manner adopted by the Governor-General of India in Council . He also wished toa-k whether Sir J . Hobhouse had any objection to let this code be printed ? He had also a third question to ask—and that was , whether this new penal code made any provision for retaining for British-born subjects resident in India the privilege of trial by Jury . . r ¦ Sir J . HOBHOUSE stated , that the new penal code for India , which had been laid on the table of
the House , had not been in any manner adopted by the Governor-General . It had been ordered to be circulated in the different Presidencies for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of the leading functionaries upen it : but there never had existed any intention of making it law until it had been a sufficient time before Parliament to enable Hon . Members to form an opinion on it . He had not any objection to let the code be printed . As to the third question , it would be best answered by saying , that when his Hon . and Learned Friend read the code in question , he would be able to see whether the trial by jury was retained or not for British-born subjects resident in India . .
Sir F . TRENCH renewed his notice for " aselect committee to inquire into those cases in which the Irish Government has offered rewards for the apprehension or conviction of offenders against the laws ; and in which such rewards , or any portion of them , have not been paid after such apprehension or conviction ; and into the causes why they have been withheld . " The Militia Ballot Suspension Bill was committed on the motion of Lord Howick . Several bills were advanced a sraee .
Mr . RICE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to continue for one year , and to amend the Act 1 st of Victoria , c . 59 , relative to the Bank of Ireland . And in answer to Mr . Hume , stated , the Member for Kilkenny " was mistaken as to the Bank of Ireland receiving 4 i per cent , on the loan which it had made to the Government . " The Bill was read a first , and was ordered to be read a second time to-mprrow . Mr . RICE gave notice that on Friday next he would more for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Four and a Half per Cent , duties . ; Sir C . GREY postponed till next session his motion for copies of all special reports of the Indian Law Commissioners , and of all opinions and resolu tions of the Governor-General of India in Council thereon . The House then adjourned at half-past five o ' clock .
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VOTES OF THE YORKSHIRE ANP LANCASHIRE MEMBERS OI ? THE IRISH TITHE BILL . Order for Third Reading read ; motion made , and question proposed , — " That the Bill be now read the third time ;"—Amendment proposed , to leave out the word " now , " and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day three months : "Question put , " That the word ^ now' stand part of the question : "—The House divided ; Ayea 148 ¦ Noes , 30 . ' MAJORITY—AYES .
J . Brotherton , A . Chapman , J . W . Childerg , T . Greene , J . W . Hogg , Hon . W . S . Lascelles , J . H . Lowther , Viscount Morpeth , J . Parker j E . Protheroe , H . Rich , Viscount Sandon , Right Hon C . P . Thomson , Sir F . Trench , C . "Wood .
MINORITY—NOES , J . Fielden , W . Hutt , Sir Charles Style , T . Thornely , H . G . "Ward . Clause 38 ( Printed Bill amended ) - . —Question put " That the Clause , as amended , stand- part of the Bill : "—The Housedivided ; Ayes , 96 ; Noes , 39 .
MAJORITY—AYES . J . Blackbume , H . . Broadley , A . Chapman , J . W . Hogg , Hon . W . S . Lascelles , J . H . Lowther Viscount Morpeth , J . Parker , Viscbuat Sandon , Lord Stanley , Right Hon . C . P . Thomson , Chas . Wood . MINORITY—NOES . E . Baines , J . Brotherton , J . Fielden , Wm . Hutt , £ . Protheroe , Sir C . Style , T . Thornely ,
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YESTERDAY'S WAKEPIELD CORN We are again shortly supplied with all Grain . Wheat , is Is . to 2 s . per qr . dearer . Oats , Jd . per stone higher . SjBeans are rather dearer , but the demand is only trifling . ¦ - . ¦ Price of Tallow . —The price of Tallow in this town , is 4 s . 6 d . per stone . Price of Potatoes in Leeds , from Is . to Is . 3 d . per score of 2 libs . Leeds Cloth Markets . —In the Coloured and White Cloth Halls , during the past week , there has been a very extensive demand for every description of manufactured goods , and the stock on hand is very limited . In the warehouses , the individuals engaged are fully employed .
Leeds Fortnight Fair , Wednesday , August 1 . — There was a good show of every description of Cattle at this market , which was well attended by buyers , and consequently nearly the whole were disposed of at the following prices : —Beef , from 6 s . to 6 s . 6 d . per stone ; Mutton , and Lamb , 6 d . to 6 ^ d . per lb . Number of Cattle at market : — Beasts , 276 ; Sheep , and Lambs , 2 , 800 ; -Pigs , 50 . Price of "Hay at Leeds , 7 d . to 8 d »; Straw , 5 i . per stone .
Bedalb Fortnight Fair , July 3 L—Our market was this morning well supplied with every description of Stock , which met with a brisk sale . Fat Beasts were in request , and all were soon bought up at an advance of full 6 d . per stone . There was also a large supply of Sheep and Lambs , which met with good prices . Beef , 6 s . 3 d . to 7 s . per stone - Mutton , 6 d . to 6 £ d . per lb . ' '
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Wheat , 66 s . ^ Ts s . ^ er qr . ; ^ aailS ^ 5 s . 9 d . perbosh eli Oats / 12 d , Vl 4 d . ^ erltoS ; * The woollen trade ia this tart fai it resM * K ^^ » in a healthy stateto ^^ ^ e ^^^ demand for most kind at goods . Price * tL $ *? almost sta tionary , indeed W ^ annoT ^ og ^ material dteratipn ; for many weeks past ; W $ keep firm in price , demands »«* w last 3 Oils remain stationary . ™ *** * ^ Bradfokd Wool Market ^ r ^ On « , til « fWoolthat Jaa changed hands . thw ^ kSl been large , ^ bat prices con tinue firm , ? £ ? £ * Botany Wool bbeginaing to be » hown m «* £ lit v ^ n
^ e ^ jemen ' i ^ nd CombingiscleaB . and S BUadfo Rd Yarn : Mabkbt .-A fair ax ^ Sf ^ * urineS 3 has been transact ed ^ tS w « k ! pnCe 8 refflain ab «> Bt the same ^ S Bradford Pibcb MABKET . -Thte preyali opimcm ^ pears to be there has bee n lesSS done . The price of Tarn doeg not admitof S manufacturer Tealising a . profit without ^ Sfe S ¥ ^ rss fs ^^
tions no material alteration in prices to-dav t 1 six-quarter wide : Merinos stillWinue Scefand there is no diminution in the demand for six-quaS Common AlapaqhaE , gures . There is abo a C 0 S derable demand for wx-quarter Plain Cloth X printing . ior ; Halifax M ark et , Juljr 28 . —Our market : o-tiay has been similar to that of last week littte business has been done , and no alteration in prices * there is n < y activity either amongst the buyers w sellers , only the latter are anxious to quit their stocks , and the former very shy , yet there are son * inquiries after lots , at the prices that could be takenthere is a want of confidence amongst all parties . '
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET , July 31 gt- » The supply of goods in the Cloth Hall to-day was only limited , in consequence of the necessary atten tion to the hay harvest . The goods brought fe were readily disposed of at a percept ible advance in price . Considerable sales are made in Wools An average business has been done in the warehouses during the week . Sax , ford Cattle Market j Aug . 1 . —We had a very kr e show of all kinds of Cattle at ttts day s market , and a great many customers , whici caused all to get sold up , excepta few Beasts , at » little decline in price . The following are the nW bers :-Beef . 788 from 5 § d . to 6 d . ; Sheep , 3 , 636 from 6 d . to 6 | d . ; Lambs , 4 , 486 from 6 d . to 6 M . ; Calves 56 , from 6 d . to 6 M . per lb .
Malton Corn Market , July 28 . —We had only a short supply of Grain at our market this day but few samples being offered ,, which sold , however at an advance , in prices . We give- a statemeal of prices : —Wheat , from 9 s . 6 d . to 10 s . 3 d per bushel of 40 stone to the quarter : Barley 30 s ' toSSs . per ^ qr . of 32 st . ; Oats , 12 d . to 13 d . per st . ^ other articles nominal . * ¦ ¦'
Howden Corn Market , July 28 . Total Quantities Pr . Qr . Tot Amount . Imp . Measure . £ . s . d . £ . ,. £ Wheat .... 129 .. 3 9 4 .... 665 18 0 Oats 404 .. 1 0 4 ,... 409 2 6 Beans .... 44 .. 1 16 5 .... 80 4 0 : York Corn Market , July 28 . —We ha * had very showery weather during the past week , and
the appearance ; of the growing Corn has notbea much improved , yet the sarae opinion which w expressed in our last account , receives confirmanoi to-day , viz . that for some miles round this city Wheat looks very well . At to-day ' s market we hare next to nothing offering , and the farmers obtain froa needy buyers an advance of Is to 2 s . per qr . onon last quotations for fresh Wheat ; and Oats an ! Beans are full Is . per qr . dearer .
Saddleworth . —The woollen cloth trade hen is pretty brisk ; kerseys are in particular request Goods , foT the winter trade , are in gboddemak as also those for export . . ' State of Trade . —There was a very actm demand for Yarn yesterday , arid a considerable extent of business was done at the full prices of & preceding week ; and some of the spinners wm demanding a slight advance , which , however , wn not obtained in any considerable number of casa . In goods there was no material change from tie preceding Tuesday . —Manchester Guardian 4 Wednesday .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . Lethbridge ' s Divorce Bill was reported The Report on the Militia Ballot Suspension B 2 was received . The Slave Trade ( Sicily ) Bill was read a third & and passed . , . ; .. / ¦ ' ,- The Slave Trade ( Tuscany ) Bill was also read I third time and passed . The Transfer of Funds ( War-office ) Bill , wasreaJ a third time and passed ; The Affirmation of Oaths Bill was read a secoul time and ordered to be committed tb-morrbw
The Militia Pay Bill was read a second tine , id ordered to be committed to-morrow . The Stamp Dies Bill and the Valuation ( Ireland Bill were also read a second time , and ordered to Je committed to-morrow . The Forms of Pleading Bill -was read a third tina and passed . Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved the ordero ( the dayfertheconsideratioh of the Lords' ameniimenteto the Corporation [ Ireland : ] Bilt TSfe debate was going on when our report left .
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Accounts from Posen , bearing date 20 thnit ., state that " from all quarters we have news from PoM of the movements of the Russian regiments stationed in that kingdom . The reason assigned for them » the concentration , of a large force in the yioinityof Odessa , on the destiuation of whiclx thexe ate <*» jectures , but nothing certain . The accounts ftoa Warsaw say that the Emperor was in remarkaty good spirits , and friendly arid affable to every bofy The Poles confidently expect various favours , & pecially the removal df the obstacles- ' to trade 0 Russia ; The opinions of our inquirers on the fortress of Modlin ( New Georgiewsk ) . areyeryfavourable . The works will be of immense -extent " arf strengtlj , so . as to form a fortress of the first ola « 3 . "
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The prosecution instituted against the notopo ® Marquis of Waterford and his companions in ribtooj outrage at Melton some year and a half sinc&ujl which the looal Mag ' strates had most improperly allowed to be compromised , vra * proe ' eeded . with by ^ rection of Government . The trial took plaw ^ Derby on Tuesday last . They were convicted , ^ fined Onf Hundred Pounds each . ; But how utterly inadequate is the sentence in * flicted by the judge on the offenders before us ! W are not even required to be present on its beN
passed—their delicate sensibilities are spared * w pain of hearing the accents of offended justice . ^ fine upon each of one hundred pounds is deeB *' sufficient atonement—a sum which each of ¦ «* offenders Would deem a trifliHg price for so hign ** enjoyment ; and society is left exposed to tbe p ^ petration of similar outrages ,, and the exainpM the offence and its consequences is left in _ fullp injurious operation ^ Most confidently do we i # * that the prosecution had better never have"W proceeded with , than so inadequate a sentence b » been deemed equivalent for the ^ crime . —Globe .
We are able to announce ; that Ministers --M ? determined on offering every resistance to * acceptance of the Irish Municipal Bill by & . House of Commons , as distorted and emascnlsr by Lord Lyndhurst . The Tories intend to mm to-nig ht in full force to preserve the bantling , ™ it will be in vain . — Globe .
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