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CHIXiSEA . —Public Meetikg . —A public meeting in favour of the stonemason * on strike , was held at the Teetotal Hall , New-road , on Friday , Feb . 18 th , the attendance was numerous and respectable . Mr . Baron , president of the Teetotal Society , having been , called to the chair , informed the meeting that they were called for a different purpose to that which / usually congregated them in that hall , and that he felt it Ms doty to state , that by taking the ehair on the present occasion he neither pledged himself or tie teetotal body to the side of the masons or of their employers ; they would hear the statements made , and act accordingly . Mr . Mac moved the first resolution , in doing which he detailed the various insults and wrongs which the mason 3 h&d
received from Allen . "That in the opinion of this meeting the steady , upright , and manly conduct of the masons during their long and arduous struggle , preeminently deserves the utmost praisa and additional Bupport . " Mr . Thomas seconded the resolution . Mr . Ford in an an able address exposed the Banner in which the press of the metropolis had misrepresented the masons , and refnsed insertion to their statements ; the Northern Star wa 3 the only paper which had consistently advocated the rights ofthe masons , and of working men generally—( great cheering . ) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr . Ruffy Hicley was pleased to Bee the manly position taken by their Chairman , he would not pledge himself either to the men or to
the masters , but requested their attention to the statements to be laid before them , thus appealing to iheir jndgment and not to their prejudices . Mr . Bidley in feeling . and eloquent laEgnage , denounced the conduct of Allen and his employers , and moved the following resolution : — " That in the opinion oi this meeting the bold and decisive coaduct adopted by the quarrymen in refusing to prepare stone to supply Grissell and Peto , deserves our cordial thanks and support , and is calculated to induce in us a greater stimulant to renewed exertions ; and that this meeting pledges itself to give all the support in fcheir power to the masons and their brethren who have made the stand of right against might . " Mr . Goddard , stone-sawyer , in an excellent address
seconded the resoJution , and asked in forcible terms where were the philanthropic gentlemrn who advocated the abolition of black slavery , who expended twenty millions of money m . that , and yet refused to notice ibe slavery practised under iheir noses at home ! He was an old teetotaller , and he called upon them at their Saturday night soc : al meeting to contribute to the support of this cause . Mr . Anderson addresssed the meeting at some length thanking them in the name of the masons for the support already given , and entreating its continuance , Mr . Gro 5 jean then rose and Baid , I have been requested by my friend , Mr . Goddird , to say a few words on this subject ; and when I tell 5 on that my father came from a country boasting its republican
principles , a nation distinguished for its burning love of liberty , when that feeling seemed to be extinguished in the other nations of Europe , still was it preserved in the mountains and barren rocss of Switzerland ; then 1 nay assure you that it did not take much persuasion 10 induce me to give vent to my feelings on this subject . J believe that I have imbibed something of the sentiments of my father . While od 6 of the speakers CMr . Eidky ) was dilating with such eloquence and energy on the subject , I fell the spirit of my native land Durning within me , ¦ when he asserted that it wa 3 a strike of might against right ; I felt he might have gone further , and have said it was a strike of virtue against vice , of religion against irreligion : it is a wrong notion
that religious people are opposed to freedom ; the Tery foundation of Christianity is love your neighbour as yourself . Is not a wile dearer than a neighbour ! and yet this feeling was shamefully outraged by this man , I forget his name , ' tis a name which ought to be forgotten . ( A voice , Alien . ") I would not lave a child of mine called Allen- If the report of his conduct be correct , and I believe three hundred jnen in preference to three , it is a disgrace to a Christian country ; it would be a disgrace even to the most barbarous . I say that teetotallers not only here , bxt throughout the kingdom , should aid and assist in this strike . This Allen , by his conduct , in debarring the men from water has attacked a principle which has worked great things in raising
jaan to a high moral position in seciety . If it be not trus , let him come to our public meetings and decy it ; ha will have a fair impartial hearing . It is worse treatment than is endured even by the African slave . I do not get my living by working men , but by the upper clas 3 of society ; bnt I assert that you onght to be free ; thai you deserve to possess your liberty . I believe man was intended to be free ; the Bible assures me that it is so . I know that by thus asserting my principles , 1 endanger my means of living ; bnt so dearly do I love liberty , that when I see it infringed , I am compelled to denounce such , conduct . Men have been knowa to sacrifice their lives for liberty ; sacrifice only the principle of drinking , which the aristocracy have instilled
into yon , and you may speedily be free . I woald recommend it to every trade association , from John O'Groats to Lands' End , to give up drinking one day oat of the seven , and then yon may raise ench a fund as would ensure yen snecess . Talk about liberty in a ragged jacket ! Liberty likes to be well fed ; to have money in its pocket . I love liberty ; I wish to transmit it to my children ; therefore , I make them teetotallers . Follow ray example , and the voice of yonr complaints will soon be heard in the legislature . Mr . Grogean , during Iii 3 address , was loudly cheered , A vote of thanks was given to the proprietors of the Hall , and likewise to the Chairman ; after which , the meeting dissolved . There was a collection in aid of its object .
j iiriKMOHDSEY . —A publie meeting , to consider the distress of the country , was held at the Ship Tavern , Long Acre , Bermondsey , on "Wednesday week . Mr . O'Connor attended and addr ^ sed the assembly for upwards ef two hours . The room ? , staircases , and every avenue to the place wa * crowded to excess whilst the street was completely blocked up by an immense crowd anxious to catch the words of the speaker from the opened windows . "We are sorry we cannot give even a sketch of the proceedings , as our reporter , having no information Bent him , was unable to discover the place of meeting uniil half past seven o ' clock , at which time it was impossible to procure admission . We trust the like will not asaiu occur , as great disappointment i 3 felt by the public when meetings of thi 3 description are not reported . The proceedings closed about halfpast nine . Mr . O'Connor was loudly cheered . Many signatures were obtained to the National Petition .
CaOKPTOlT . —The Mill Ow . n-ers at their "Work agais . —A firm in Crompton , well-known as members of the " plague , " have exhibited their charity last week by reducing the vrage 3 of their workmen about one-seventh . —Qnery . Will they rednce the rents in the same ratio ? BOTTOH . —Affbat i ? t rap Workhouse . — On Sunday week , Joseph Robinson , a pauper , was commanded by Jacksen , the governor , to clean some potatoes for the dinner , and to cut them in p ieces . Wieu he had cleaned and cnt them they did not pleise the governor , who began in a very overbearing manner to threaten , and finally struck Robinson . The governor was brought by a warrant , on Monday , before Mr . Doby , the recently appointed magistrate , at the Rope and Anchor , Royton , and bound to keep the peace for three months and pay the costs .
POLMONT , ( by Fauuhk .. )—Total Abstike > C £ Soieee—The Total Abstinence Society held their first soiree in Polmont Hall School , on the evening of Friday , the 18 ' . h inst . The Hall was extremely well fiiled . After tea , the party were entertained , and , it is hoped , edified by the sentiments delivered by the different speakers , censisting of Mr . Clelland ( chairman , ) Mr . Colmston , from Bdinburgb , Mr . M'Culloch , teacher , Polmont Hall , Messrs . Adams , and M'Donald , &c . The Cha rman , inaaeloque&t address , traced the rise and progress of total abstinence . Throughout the whole of his speech he was listened to with the greatest attention , and , indeed , so were the rest of the speakers . The soDgT , both sentimental and comic , called forth rapturous bursts cf applause . Recitations and
tonversation completed the amusements of the even-JB £ - The company separated at a pretty late hour , * nd next morning found , to their sweet experience , ftat it 13 perfectly possible to spend an evening with comfort and happiness without the aid of ardent spirits , and that those who profess otherwise are either fools or madmen , Taxing the soiree as a whole , the village of Polmont has not seen its like ( or a while ; but probably it may not be so long before they " see its like again . " Aye , again and * £ « a . Much praise is due to those wno were active in getting np the affair , and the ease and regularity which marked the proceedings throughoat . Votes of thanks to tho singers , &c . having been given , the evening ' s amusements terminated to ine entire satisfaction of all concerned .
Eni 5 BrEGH am ) Glasgow Railway . —Polmost Staiios—The inhabitants of this quarter witnessed * splendid appearance on Friday last , in the passing and repassicg of trains on th 3 above line of Railway . The arrival of tho first was abont eleven o ' clock , consisting of one engine by way of pioneer ; after -which three splendid engines , with upwards of thirty first class carriages filled with gentlemen . After proceeding to Edinburgh , and being joined by the there resident proprietors and directors , they returned to Glasgow , where a dinner was prepared . Tie caTalcade , in going west , consisted of the
pioneer engine , four engines , with thirty-three carriages , and at a small distance behind , another train , consisting of three engines and twenty-nine carriages . Those who witnessed the return of the train to Edinburgh in the evening describe its appearance aa having been most imposing . The engines were burning white and red lights , and the carriages brilliantly illuminated . If the effect produced on &is place by the above occurrence may ba taken , as a pecioen of what is to follow , we ratter doobt the SKiaorialB to the Proprietor ? , &c , against running Ssadav bains will be cart into the shade .
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The Forged Exchequer Bills . —In the Court of Exchequer on Friday , au action was brought by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England againBt a gentleman named Tomkins , to recover the value of eight ^ ICOO forged Excbeqner Bills th ey had received from him . Lord . Monteagle was present , and announced the eight bills produced to be forge ries . Mr . Percival corroborated Lord Moateagle ' s evidence . Mr . ErJe addressed the Jury for the defendant . Lord Abinger said he had no difficulty in saying , that , in his opinion , there was no legal liability on the Government to pay forged bills , although theTe were other considerations which might induce the Government to pay such bills . He could conceive that the Government might think it proper to pay Exchequer Bills , though forged , when it was ascertained that these bills were in the hands of
innocent holders , who had come by them fairly , and yet that they should refuse to pay other bills which the holders did not show had come fairly into their hands . Mr . Percival stated that the signature was notin his handwriting , and gave the elements on whicb he came to that conclusion . Lord Monteagle said that he cid not believe the signatures to be in the hand-writing of Mr . Percival ; and both these witnesses deelared , that upon examining the counterfoils they were convinced that the signatures to these bills were forged , and that these were not genuine Exchequer Bills . Under these circumstances he directed the Jury , if they believed the Exchequer Bills were forged , to find for the plaintiff ; if they believed that they w ? re net forged , they should find for the defendant . The Jury , without any hesitation , returned a verdict ior the plaintiff . —Damages
, £ 8 , 343 . _ ; Horrible Death from Starvation . —On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at the Cumberland ' s Head . City-road , on the body of Frances Stocking , aged b"fi , who was starved to death under the following dreadful circumstances . The . jnry having viewed the body , which presented an appalling spectacle , being nothing more than skin and bone , the i ' ollowirg evidence was laid before them : — Mary Adams , of No . 7 , White-rose-place , Whiteoross-street , said tho deceased was in the habit of getting her living by charing , and she had known her for the last twenty years . Latterly she had been sleeping at tne Refuge for the Destitute , in Playhouse-yard , being nearly starved , and having no
other place to go t *» . On Tuesday night Iae 5 she called upon her , and complained of being ill , and asked her for shelter for the night , saying that on the following morning she would try to get into the hospital . She went out that monrir !? , and she never saw her again alive . She had bread night and morning from the Refuge , but was in too bad a state to eat it . Henry Charlton , Police constablo 119 G , said on Wednesday moraine about half-past nine o ' clock he was on duty in WhHecross-street , and saw the deceased sitting on the stop of a door very ill . Being unable ta walk he procured a stretcher and took her to the workhousp . Clementina Hales , one of the nurses in Sc . Luke ' s workhouse , said deceased was in a dreadful state of destitution when brought in ;
wine and beer were given to her , but she could not drink either . Mr . Jumes , the snrgeon , saw her and administered to her , but she died about eight o ' clock on the following morning . Mr . Henry James said deceased complaiBed of a dreadful pain in her chest , and a small blister was applied to the affected part . Warm stimnladat ; medicine was given to her , and Mr . Ranee also saw h r since death ; he had opened the body , aad found the intestines inflated with wind , evidently showing that she had not partaken of solid food for seta a time . She was beyond the power of taking any food , and he had no doubt her death was' accelerated by starvation . Verdict" Natural Death , acedcrated by want and destitution . "
EXPLOSIOS OF A PoWDES-MlLL NEAR HOUXSLOW . —Two Men killed , a . vd three wousded . — < Ve regret to state that one of thf extensive powdermills belonging to Mes 5 rs . C . B . Curtis and Harvey , gunpowder manufacturers , situated at Hounslow Heath , exploded ou Saturday forenoon , and occasioned the loss of two lives and the infliction of serious injuries to three other persons . The explosion took place a few minutes after ten o ' clock , and the tremendous report caused thereby was heard for many miles round the neighbourhood , and occasioned the greatest consternation and alarm , particularly at Honnslow , Twickenham , and the adjacent villages , the inhabitants of which lushed from their houses , fearing it was an earthquake . Immediately on the
cause of the report being ascertained , hundreds of persons hastened to the spot , anxious ' to learn the extent of damage , when it was found that one only of the mills had exploded , and that the remaining portion of the extensive premises had escaped uninjured . The mill in questiun , which was one called a corning mill , was situated en ihe banks of the river Colne , and , as are all the erections forming the works , was a detached bu lding . Two men were employed in it , of the names of H . Finch and W , Woolman , whose custom it was to commence at seven o ' clock in the morning , having firs ; had their breakfast , and work until eleven o ' clock , when they broke off for dinner . On S . tirday morning they wtnt to their work at the usuji time , at which period the mill contained about a ii . zen barrels of dry powder , each barrel eonsi . *! insi ox' lOOlbs ., making a
tetal of about l , 200 ibs . weight . Of the cause of the accident nothing positive can evi r be known , neither of the unfortunate men ' surviving to tell the tale , and the building itself is levellt d with the ground . Three other men , named Alfred Malthouse , William Calvin , and Peter Thomas , employed on other parts of the works , who were accidentally in the close vicinage of- the mill , have sustains ! most serious injuries from the effects or" the explosion . Tne bodies of Finch and Woolman were iouud at a short distance from trie mill in a frightfully disfigured and mutilated condition , and were removed to one ofthe sheds to await the coroner ' s iEqaest . B <> th men have left \ vid 0 w 3 and families . Malthouse , after lingering in great agony until Saturday evening , began to sink , and death put an end to his sufferings in the course cf the night .
Horrible Mvrver . —The quiet little market town of Xlanfair-caerinioii , simaie on the banks of the Yerniew , in the eutmsy of Montgomery , was on Sunday night , throve into a dreadful state of excitement , by a report that a murder had juit been committed there , which upon inquiry wa 3 found , alas , to be true . The following , we believe , to bs a correct statement of the circumstances attending the tragedy : —The perpetrator of the murder and his victim were both brothers , and both shoemakers , ; iamed Robert and Evan Davies . The unhappy Emrderer was , it appears , a young man of dissolute ha&its , very much addicted to drink , and rather given to idleness . He came home abo ! : : nine o ' clock on Sunday night in a sta ^ e of intox-cation ,
and began to abuse his mother and sister . Oae of his Ei 3 ters ran to her brother Robert ' s house , which was but a few doors from their own , to get him to try to qniet Evan , and persuade him to ge to bed . Tiie poyr fellow < although his wife , knowing the violent temper of his brother , tried to persuade him from going ) went , and found him at his supper , an J when remonstrating with him about his conauct , he plunged M 3 knife ( a shoemaker's knife ) which he had in Mb hand , and with which the previous moment he had been- cutting bread , into the abdomen of his brother , who instantly fell a lifeless corpse , in the presence of his agonized mother and sister . Tin infatuated fellow exclaimed , " Oh , God ! oh , God !" and then escaped . Surgical assistance was promptly rendered , but was » f no avail—the vital spark hai fled . The chief constable of the Montgomery rural
police , Major Newcorabe , and Superintendent Bowen , both of whom reside in Llanfair , were soon on the spotjiearing evidence of all tfca . t had taken place . The body they would not allow to be moved until after the inquest , which was held the next day , wiieu a verdict of manslaughter was returned against Even Davies . The rural police were actively engaged in pursuing the murderer , but they received so many reports of one seeing him here , and another there , that he was not apprehended until Wednesday , and then within two fields ef the town where the transaction took place . He was discovered accidentally by a girl , who went to fodder the cows , between two stacks of hay , nearly lost for want j for he had not tasted food sinea the melancholy catastrophe occurred . He was immediately taken into CHstody , and committed on Thnrsday to take his trial-for the offence at the next Montgomery
Assizes . Alarming Accident at Sib John Rknnie ' s Fousdby , Holland street , Southwabk . On Saturday afternoon , about half-past four o ' clock , a serious accident iook place in tne extensive iron-foundry , carried on by Messrs . Rennie and Co ., in Hollandstreet , Blackfriars . It appears that Beveral workmen were engaged , during the afternoon , in the ardooua task of casting an immense diving bell , tbe mould for which had been completed some hours previous . The cauldron , which is of a Tery large size , aid suspended over the furnace by means of a powerful crane , contained on this occasion more than six tons of metal , and while in the act of being slung to ihe required spot , through Borne derangement of the machinery , the ponderous vessel overbalanced , and discharged its burning liquid in every direction among the labourers employed , setting fire to tho massive beams and rafters of the building
The utmost alarm was occasioned by the accident , and every assistance was promptly rendered to tbe unfortunate sufferers , six in number , who were eonye * cd in coaches to Guy ' s Hospital in a state of great suffering . The floating engine from Southwark-bridge was towed to the Bpot , and several of the brigade establishment soon followed , but the workmen on the premises so successfully exerted themselves with tho fire-engine attached to the foundry that their services were scarcely required , and before five o ' clock all danger of the flr « extending was at an end . The names of the unfortunate men scalded by the metal are—Barton , Hardy , Perry , Dolpfiin , George and Earry , the litter of whom is frightfully burnt in all parts of this body , the injuries sustained by toe former being chiefly confined to their legs and feet . Tbe damage sustained by the building is eomparatiTely trifting , T > ut its escape from entire destruction appears altogether nuraeulouB . Tbe property is heaVily insured .
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A ststem called " plugging , " and other devices having been resorted to in different parts of ihe kingdom to the great detriment of the sovereigns now in circulation , it is stated , on the beBt authority , that they will all be called in , for the purpose of being recoiued . A Shocking affair recently occurred at Warrington . A man named John Taylor murdered his brother by stabbing hia in the stomach . Both parties had been drinking , and the crime was committed during a sudden quarrel , when Taylor pulled out a penknife , and cursing his brother inflicted a wound which caused his death . At the inquest , which was held on Tuesday , the jury returned a verdict of " wilful murder" against John Taylor , who was committed , on the coroner ' s warrant , to take his trisl , at the next Livemool Assizes .
Dreadful Destitution . —On Wednesday , J , G . Ball , Esq ., held an inquest at Kingscourt , Rodborough , on the body of Samuel Wood , aged 64 , who was found dead on the floor . The jury , on viewing the body of the deceased , were horror-stricken at the famine-worn spectacle which the deceased presented , and at the destitute condition of the wretched abode in which he lay , without bed , blanket , sheet , counterpane , or coverlid , or any other comfort except a few flocks and some shoe-patches . It appeared that the deceased and his wife had 3-.
par week to subsist upon . It was also proved that the assistant overseer of the parish was written to fourteen days previous to deceased ' s death , and repeated applications were made from several of the pariBhoners , stating his wretchedness , want , and destitution . Applications were also made to the relieving officer , but without avail or effect . The jury returned a verdict "That the deceased died from disease , and that death was hastened by privation and want of necessary food and covering "Devizes Gazette .
Wages of Parliament Men . —By an Act of Parliament , in 1544 , tsmp . Henry VIII ., one hundred acres of land , at Maddingley , in Cambridgeshire , are declared to be of the yearly value of £ 10 , and to be let to hire to John Hinde , serjeant-at-law , for that sum yearly , to the use and intent that the profits thereof should be for the fees and wages of the knights in Parliament for the county of Cambridge . In consequence of this appropriation the laud was called the Shire Manor , and is so termed in the Act of Parliament .
Desperate Case of Suicide in a Union Wobkhousb , Feb . 12 . —A considerable senpation was created in the town of Chatham , early in tho morning , owing to a report that an inmate of the Medway Union House had destroyed himself , by severing his head from his body in one of the wards of tho establishment . Upon inquiry , it was found that the man had been an inmate for sometime , and was confined to the sick ward , as he was labouring under afHiction and disease , which , from the nature of his complaint , occasioned the man to be irritable . Tho ward in which the unfortunate man was placed was about twelve feet square , and had in it twelve Bick men , ths whole of whom retired to rest at the regulation hour . About twelve o ' clock one of tho inmates was awoke by a strange noise in the room , and he immediately raised an alarm , and it was
found that the deceased , Joseph Anderson , had cut his throat in such a determined manner that his head held on only by the back of his neck . The body was found outside the bed on the flo : ir , in a bending position , with a case-knife lying by its side , covered with blood . Tho deceased expired instantly . Information was quickly conveyed to the master of the house , and the surgeon of the Union was sent for . A Coroner ' s inquest was held on the body the same day before Mr . Hinde , at the White Swan ; and from the evidence of James Masters , the nurse , and Mr . Ely , the surgeon of the Union , which was in conformity with * -he above , the Jury returned a vardict that the deceased destroyed himself during a fit of temporary insanity . The deceased was in the 75 ih year of his age , and was married ; his widow resides at Brompton .
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ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE UPON A YOUNG ENGLISH LADY AT PARIS . " A recent occurrence at the Hotel Bedford , Paris , in whicb the sanctity of the bedchamber of a young English lady of family and fortune baa been violated under circumstances so aggravated as to be almost without a parallel , has created the most extraordinary sensation among the families of the nobility and gentry of Devonshire , to many of -whom she is personally known . It would appear , from the facts contained in the following " p ' ain , unvarnished" statement , which cornea from one of tba parties intsrested in tbe matter , that the scheme ef obtaining possession of this young lady's person and fortune bad for some time past been in contemplation by tbe adventurer C , aad that he bad deliberately laid bis plans for accomplishing the object which was so signally frustrated by tbe heroic conduct and resolute firmness of the lady and her maid : —
Tbe heroine of this extraordinary romance of real life is MlssB ., tbe heiress to extensive property , and a member of oae of the oldest and most wailthy families in the county of Devon . In the autumn of last year she met Mr . and Mrs . D ., at Highfield House , Davonshfre , who , after this meeting , paid great attention to her , frequently calling upon her at her residence in C——n Terrace , Exeter , and expressing the most MeadJy sympathy with regard to her health , 'which was at the time in a delicate state , in consequence of the recent loss of two members of her family . They expressed themselves extremely anxious that she should take a trip with them , urging that , as her spirits -were depressed , it would do he ? good- They , on one occasion , brought C . with them , and , as it Is alleged ,
introduced him to Miss B . as a man of fortune ; and a per * son named H . was aJso introduced as an old friend of theirs . Mrs . D . entreated Miss B . to go to London for the benefit of her health . She subsequently did come to town , and was introduced to Lord and Lady W . P . Mr . and Mrs . D . several times proposed a trip to Paris , which Miss B . at length assented te , on condition that Lord and Lady W . P . should accompany them . On the 15 th of January the party left London for Paris , consisting of Miss B ., Mr . and Mrs . D ., Mr . C , Mr . H ., Miss H ., and Miss S . ( daughter of Mrs . H . by a former marriage ) . On their arrival at Paris they took up their abode at the Hotel Bedford , the scene of tbe late scandalous proceeding , where they lived in great style , with faur carriages and a retinue of servants , Lord and
Lady W . P ., with their three sens , having joined them in the French capital . It bad been arranged that C should ba caterer , and have the ordering and directing of matters and the payment of tbe accounts , the others repajing him their respective shares . In tWis way matters went on until Friday , the 28 th of Jannary , on the evening ef vfhich day , Mr . C . treated the servants of Miss B . ( namely)—Charlotte , her maid , Chapman , her butler , and a French servant named FraDgois , to the Opera , having obtained at his own request , as a particular favour , Miss B . 's permission to do sc . tie also , it appears , made arrangements that after the performances they should go to a restaurant and have supper , instead of coming directly home to the hotel . Chapman , hawever , a prudent young man , said to tbe maid at the
conclusion ofthe Opera , " Charlotte , I think you had better return to your mistress ; " and she went home to the hotel accordingly . About half-past twelve o ' clock , Miss B . went to her chamber , accompanied by her maid , but did not retire to bed until much later , the maid having sat for some time at work , and Miss B . sitting up writing letters until about half-past two . The maid always slept in the same room with her mistress ; an '' on the night in question slept in the same bed , in consequence of Miss B . having sat up until her feet we .-e cold . Shortly after they were in bed Miss B . thought she heard a noise , and told her maid Charlotte to look a < d see what it was . She replied that she could not fete anything , and supposed that it was the noise of a piece of wood falling into the grate ; for there was a
light in tbe room and tbe fire burning . Neither of them had been asleep . Shortly afterwards Miss B . heard a noise a Becond time , and en looking np , exclaimed in much alarm , " Good God , Charlotte , there ' s a man in the roem . " Charlotte seeing at once who he was , called out , " Mr . C . what do you do here ? " He replied , " Hold your tongues ; bold your noise , no one will hear you or como to your assistance , whatever noise you make . " Upon this Miss B ., in a tone of extreme indignation , said , " Where am I , that I am to be thus treated ? " Both Miss C . and her maid , with great courage ana presence of mind , flew to the bell and rang it , but C . immediately broke down the rope and said , " I only wiah to speak to you , Miss B . " She replied , " You can h we nothiag to say to me here , in such a
place , and ; : t such an hour ; you most be a villain thus to enter a gentlewoman ' s chamber , and I command you instantly to leave my presence . " He coolly added , " 1 will not leave , neither shall you ; " and Miss R said , " Then Ml throw myself eut of the window , for I will not remain in the same room with stub a wretch as you ! ' At this moment tbe maid broke a pane of glass in the window , and both screamed " murder J" which alarmed the house . Upon some persons calling from outside to know what was tba matter , be told them " teat the servant had Invited him into hex room , and now wanted to get rid of him . " While he was speaking to them the maid got tbe door open , and Miss B . made her escape from the room , altheugh C . straggled with the maid , and attempted again to bolt it-Miss B . states , that in b « r flight some person attempted to turn her back , bnt fhe cried oat , " For God's sake save me ; " and the rat of the bouse being now aroused ,
she was allowed to pas * on . Miss B . states , that Mr . D , on bearing what bad occurred , raid to her , " Tbe tcooadrel—the vagabond 2 I'll act as your brother in the morning , and shoot him like a sparrow ! " In tbe morning , however , both ladies and gentlemen requested her to grant Mr . C . an interview , saying that he was willing to fall upon bis knees and implore her forgiveness . She resolutely and pointedly replied tkatabe would never again see him unless it were to Bee Dim punished for bis infamy , adding , that tbe man must be a villain wbo would endeavour to obtain a woman for bis wife without her consent . Miss B . declared that she had never gives , and sever would give , Mr . a , the slightest encouragement as a suitor . She then placed herself under tbe protection cf Mrs . Lawaon , the wife of the proprietor of tbe hotel r . nd quitted Paris for London the next day , attended by her servant * . In one of tbe eaily statements of this » Skir , it mi represented that C . entezed tht bed ot Mia B .. bat tbia U not ton * .
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the lady and her maid having both quitted the bed on being alarmed by his presence . It was also stated that the _ English Ambassador had recommended , that the affair should be hushed np by a : marriage bnt Lord Cowlej , wbo paid every attention to Miaa B . 's representations , did not offer any advice of the kind stated . She is at present in town , dally receiving tbe visits of numerous friends , sympathising with her In the mental suffering which the outrageous and distressing occurreneehaa produced . Mrs . lawnoh , of the Bedford , has writtea to Miss B ., stating that C . never paid them one farthing , although he obtained £ 178 as that lady ' a snare of the total essences incurred . ;
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HOUSE OF LORDS -FBibAvV Feb 18 . Lord Campbell gave notice tbat oh Monday week be would move for leave to bring in certaia Bills relative to the better administration of justice in the House of Lords and Privy Council . A few petitions were presented , after ¦ which their Lordahipa adjourned .
Monday ^ Feb . 21 . The Earl of Aberdeen laid before their Lordships the treaties which had been agreed to and signed by tbe Ministers of the five great powers for the abolition ef the Blave trade . He abstained from remarking upon the circumstances which had induced the King of the French to suspend the exchange of ratifications for the present , but explained that the two treaties which had been concluded between this country and France in 1831 and 1833 were almost as extensive in their operation as that which tae French Government now declined te ratify . ^ V- ; ¦ . ¦
Lord Brougham expressed his deep regretthat the ratification of this most important treaty should have been even temporarily postponed , and vindicated the Government , as well as the people geneKiIIy , from the imputation of auy sinister motive in the effort they were now making to abolish for ever the African slave trade . : ¦ . . ¦ . ' . ¦ ;¦; . '¦ ¦ - •; " ' ¦['¦ ' ; ' : ¦¦¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ''" The treaties were then laid on the table , and their Lordships shortly afterwards adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , Feb . 18 . Mr . TVakley read a letter from the late Lord Presi . dent of the Com t of Session in Scotland , stating that he wrote to him because he believed he had taken part in the debata upon the motion of Lord John Russell , from motives wholy unconnected with party . He further stated that , in the course of eleven years , he had been absent but three time 3 from the trial of Jury causes , and he regretted that the motion of the Noble Lord had been opposed , though he bad no doubt upon sufficient Parliamentary grounds , as it might lead to an erroneous impression aa to the frequency of his attendance . ; ¦ " " . - ... ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ' - ' ' ' . ¦ ¦ "• ¦ '; ' . ¦ : ¦¦' Sir R . Peel said be had also received a letter from the Lord President denying that he had tendered his resignation in 1835 . Mr . 'F . Ma ' ule felt himself called upon , after ^ these statements , to express hia regret for having been led liito an eiror . ^ - .. ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ : ' ¦¦¦ : ¦ ¦'"¦ - . : . ¦ •¦ . ; ¦•¦ ¦ ¦ -
The debate on Mr . Thesiger ' s motion , relative to the petition of Lord Ennishpwen against the return from the late Belfast election , was 1 resumed , ; when The Speaker declared his opinion that as the petition was presented , and as no objection was made at tbe time of its presentation , it had been received . Mr . C . Wood contended , that having been received , they were bound to «> end it to the committee . In his opinion the House generally coincided , and Mr . Thesiger withdrew his motion . The House having * -resolved iiself into a committee f- > r the consideration of the Corn Laws ,
Mr . ViLLiERS brought forward the motion of which he had given notice , in litu of the motion of Sir Robert Peel , " that ail duties payable upon the importation of corn , grain , meal , or flour do now cease and determine . ' * The Hon . Gentleman contended that tho House was not a faithful picture ( f the intelligence out tf doora , but was guilty tf a breach of trust in turning the power enti U 3 ted to them to their own advantage rather than to tbat of their constituents . The result ; of the laws imposed by the Legislature on the importation of foreign corn was to produce an extent cf distress throughout the country which could not ba exaggerated . In Euch a state of things a small measure of justice would not be sufficient to meet the evil , as the Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir J . Graham ) appeared to suppose from what he said
in the last debate , to the effect that he had sufficient experience of the inutility of attempting to satisfy the people by large meam-es of concession . Ho and others were called impracticable men , because they asked for tbe total repeal of tbe Corn Law , but he would ask if there was anything ha'f so unreasonable Jn asking for the repeal cf the law , as there was in maintaining for years this very tew wmch was now admitted on all hands to be bad . They should have altered the law long since ; the people could no longer wait , they had neither time nor temper to wait the result of their modifications , for they were starving . They talked of the wrong they Wcti'd do by the immediate abolition of tUe law ; but he would tell them ta remember the wrong and mischief they bad perpetrated in maintaining it
The Hon . Gent , quoted the opinions of Lord Grenville in 1815 , who opposed the imposition of ¦ ¦ any restriction upon commerce in food , nnd said that any bounty to tho Corn grower would be a tax upon the consumer for the benefit of the landed proprietor . Some very large landed proprietors bad declared that this protection was wholly unnecessary for . the agriculturalist . Lord Spencer , Lord FitzWilliam , Lord Leicester , and Other persons of great judgment and extensive property were of this opinion , and it could scarcely be said that they would not be extensive sufferers , if a withdrawal of the existing : protecting duties ; should prove as injurious as by many people supposed ; He denied that any : peculiar burdens were imposed upon the land * so as to jus . tify them in requiring the protectlne duties on corn .
The landowners claimed compensation in the shape of these duties for local t fixes and for the malt tax ; but who were to compensate the people ? - —they paid more for their beer , and more for their bread ; and who was to compensate them for this ? The landowners , bowever , had Bhown no ground whatever for obtaining this bounty on corn—they had shown no peculiar charges pressing exclusively on them . The county rate fell as well on towns as on the country , and the poor laws were settled in a most favourable way for the landed interest . They were constantly hearing of protection in that houso for various interests , but they never heard of protection for the poor . In fact , the protection afforded to these interests was nothing less than injustice to industry . . The honourable gentleman read a statement sent him by a labauring man , who earned 11 s . a-week ,
and who paid in indirect taxation no less than 5 s . a week , or nearly half the produce of his labour . What taxes pressed upon the agriculturalist comparable to these ? Or what right could they show to protection more than this poor labourer ? It was a mistake to suppose that every quarter of wheat imported would necessarily supercede a quarter of home-grown ; but such would not be the case—the consequence would be an increase of consumption of wheat , which was now beyond the reach of about one-third of the community . Mr . Oswald seconded the motion , and contended that no one clays tf the community had the right to impose a tax upon all the other classes for his own benefit He was opposed to monopoly , which he designated as a robbing of the many for the benefit of the few ; a proceeding quite as impolitic as it was manifestly unjo « t .
Lord Mahon contended that , ae regarded the labouring classes , the question resolved itself simply thuswhether they wwuiu have mederately dear bread and moderately high wages , or low bread and low wages , and quoted various authorities to show that one w » a so far dependent ou the other that the labourer would not be materially benefited by a reduction in the price of bread . One great object they should not lose sight of in their legislation—they should always seek to render this country a ? far as possible independent of foreign nations for its supply—that , in fact , any foreign supply should be only supplementary to our borne produce . " . '• ¦; ' . -. ;?¦ " \ : : '¦'' . -. ¦ '¦ ¦ - ' - : -: ¦'¦¦¦ - \ r - '''; : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' .-Mr . Elphinstone contended that the only way in which they could hope to relieve the existing distress was by a repeal of tbe Corn Laws .
Mr . G . He a thcoTE said that the arguments of Sir R . Peel were much more forcible for maintaining the present law than for the alteration he proposed to effect in it He was in favour of a graduated scale of duties , but be was of opinion that the proposed measure would not ba satisfactory to the agricultu ; ist , although , placed as they now were , they must be content to accept the best bargain they could get Mr . Leader gave his hearty support to the motion ot Mr . Villlera , and contended that tbe working classes were opposed to the Com Laws , though many of them thought it was better to direct their efforts to get rid of what they very appropriately termed •¦ class legisla . tion" at once ; in which case the Cora Laws 'would fall with other laws , perbsp 3 equally obnoxious . The working classes , in fict , thought , with Franklin , that these restrictive laws on trade were political blunders or jobs , perpetrated for the advancement of a particular class . ¦ ¦ . - ' - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ : ¦• ¦ . - - "¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦' ¦¦ " ¦ : ' V ' ¦¦ : ' : '•'¦>¦ . ¦' ; - '
Mr . Mainwabing said he must oppose a motion which could not fail to be ruinous in its consequences to tLe best interest * of the country . Mr . Brotherton said , that in the manufacturing district ) tae merchart * were ruined , the manufacturers bankrupt , and the operatives starving . AU this be attributed to the operation of the Con Lavs , and expressed bia conviction that their repeal would confer essential benefit on the community . He csuld not look upon this measure as a concession to tbe people . The Corn Law was in its nature unjust , and they bad no right to call that a concession which was only the
partial restoration of a right . The agriculturists were aid to be tbe best easterners if tbe manufacturers , bat if a man went into a draper ' s shop , and robbed his till of a shilling , and then came back and spent eixpenoe . tbe draper would not be apt to think him a very good customer . The Hon . Member referred to an attack which be said was made by Mr . Ferrond on a former evening upon himself , Mr . Cobden , and others , and said that so far from Mr . Cobden working his mills day and night , with cruelty to the operatives , to his own great advantage , aa Mr . Fenand described him , tb » faet was tbat Mr . Cobd « n sever had a mill in Us lite As to
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himself he was said to have grown enormously rfchi in the sanie way , ¦ wh ereaa in truth hia richer consisted in the fewnesis of his wantsV ¦ ; Mr . FERRAND read a letter , in which the facts ho stated were contained . ; ; : ¦ Lord J . Manners was glad to perceive that the debate was introduced-by ^ the Hon . Member for Wolverhampton , and subsequently conducted , ¦ without any of the asperities which attached to the subject out of doors . The ¦ Nb&e Lord opposed the motion of Mr . Villiers as calculated to produce most mischievous effects . ¦• • ¦ - " ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦'¦ . ¦ ¦'¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ,- • ' ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ '¦ •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . : '¦ '••¦¦ V . : : ¦ ; :
Sir C . NAPIER said he had voted for an 8 a . fixed duty because he thought it quite as much protection as the agriculturists \ 'weie" entitled to expect , and because he thought that if they had the fixed duty they would very soon get rid of it altogether —( great laughter . ) The gallant officer stated that according to his calculations 18 s . would be a prohibitory duty , and intimated his intention of voting for the motion of Mr . VilliersV ;^ -- - •; .- ' . . . : '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - , :: - " - ¦ ¦ , : ¦ : - -v - Captain Berkeley regretted that this motion had been brought forward , for he feared that it would rather retard than otherwise the very object the Hon . Gentleman bad in view . He should , however , support the motion as a choice of difficulties . ¦ On the motion ; of Mr / Hard y the debate was adjourned until Monday . Monday , February 21 .
Sir JaMES Graham stated , in answer to some questions from Mr . Duncombe , that although tho several important questions already before the House , together with the financial measures , which would as soon as possible be ; brought forward / would compel the Government to postpone any measure on the subject of the Poor Laws until after Easter , it was not then their intention to blink the question , but to introduce a measure which should not only ; continue the Poor Law Commission for a considerably longer period than one year , bub incorporate such modifications of the existing measure as ; might be deemed expedient He declined to enter Into explanations upon maiters of detail , bat would be prepared to lay his bill before the House immediately after the Easter reces ? .
THE CORN LAWS . —ADJOURNED DEBATE . Mr . ; HARDY , who , when the House had resolved itself , into Cpmmittee oa the Corn Laws , began the adjourned debate , observed that the duty on foreign corn was not " . maintained with a view to benefit the home grower any more than the duties on foreign manufactures were maintained with a view to benefit the home manufacturer : the object was to benefit all classes , and to keep the country independent of foreigners for her food . The present protection for the manufacturers was enacted by the landed classes , although it was their interest to get cheap goods ; but if in those days the Legislature had been chiefly composed of manufacturers , be suspected that they would have enacted no corresponding protection to the land .
Much had been said of ctton mills , sold at a great loss ; but if , under thg Corn Laws , mills had been built , nnd found profitable till Jately , the Corn Laws could hardly be the cause of their late depreciation . Long , too , did the labourers enjoy good wages under the Corn Laws ; and ho waa , therefore , in like manner , at a loss to uctderstaud how the Corn Laws could have caused the present distress of that class . The real causes of distress were in the manufacturers themselves—in the production of more goods than could be consumed . He animadverted severely on the calumnies of the Anti-Corn Law meetings , with their pulpit agitators beating the dram ecclesiastic If he had sent round petitions , praying for an increase of wages , he could have got twice the number of signatures which the Anti-Corn Law agitators had collected .
Colonel Fox said , he would have supported a gradual repeal of the duty ; but not being prepared to concur in an immediate abrogation of the whole impost , he should abstain from voting at all . Mr . Lindsay defended the Iandlonlsfrom the charge of oppression , arid dwelt upon the ^ tendency .-of Sir It . Peel ' s measurp to correct the gambliug bo prevalent under the present law . He would never act from parly motives upon a subject so important as commerce ; but he thought the interests of agriculture a still higher consideration .
Captain La yard could not support Mr . Villlers's resolution , but was desirous of a fixed duty . The land in this country paid a less proportion of the public burdens than in several of the continental states . He admitted the benevolence and bounty of the English landlords he did not charge them with injustice or inhumanity , but with ignorance ; Tho handwriting was on the wall , and the kingdom was departing from them . '' ; . ' •¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ; . - . ¦¦ ' . ) : ¦ ' . . . ; , : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . " . . ' . ' Mr . SMYTUEbadno doubt that if the anti-Corn Law
principle were pushed to tho extreme , and corn put on the footing of tobacco , the revenue would be much increased ; but was that a principle for a MinisteT to act upon against such a body as the agricultural interest ? On the other hand , he would beseech the agriculturists to remember bow much manufactures had done for their own rental and : the country ' s prosperity . He grieved to hear that the people were Buffering from over-production- —that is , over-industry ; and he hailed this measure as the first instalment of a sounder policy in cummerco . :. "• " ¦ . '¦ ' . ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ "''¦ ¦ ' . ¦¦ '¦'' . ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ . ¦'' ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦
Mr . Macaulay controverted the opinion expressed by Sir R . Peel , that cheapness c f food wae , not always a blessing to the people . It was olways a blessing to them , though not of itself alone sufficient to their happiness . To show that in a country Hire Prussia , which , within living memory , had been so tfcen and so wide y the seat of war , the people were in a state of less comfort than in this secure land , was not a proof that Prussia had no advantage in the cheapness of her food . He himself might just asI ' well take the opposite extreme by instancing Ohio , were cheap corn and high wages were co- ? xistent . As to independence of foreign supply , that it was impossible in any country Where , as in England , corn is dearer than in the neighbouring states . Sir R . Peel had declared bis preference cf a casual over a constant dependence , but he himself preferred a constant dependence to a casual one , for a constant
dependence would be mutual . Sir R . Peel ' s plan allowed us access , in the year * of dependence , only to those places where it was confessed that the harvests were likely to fail simultaneously with our own , and excluded us from commerce with America , where the seasons were not thus coincident . Yet even when the continental system of Bonaparte was at its height , we bad imported into England , from the very ^ territories under his control , a greater quantity of corn than in any previous or succeeding period . He enlarged on the ; impolicy of forcing the foreign growers of cord to exchange their own ploughs for our looms . He denied tbat there was anything of principle in the Goveroment measure ; but he was not disposed naw to take away , according to the \ tenour of Mr . TiUiers ' s resolution , all protection ftorn agriculturo , and should therefore abstain fromvoting .
Mr . S . W 0 UTLEY combated the opinien that the labourers would ba materially benefitted by the cheapening of corn . He quoted Adam Smith ' and Ricardo to show that wages are regulated not solely by the proportion between the supply of labour and tke demand for it , but also by the price of the labourer ' s food . If thus the reduction of the price of corn should occasion a proportionat 9 reduction In the wages ef labour , the labourer would be left on the whole with no greater command than before over the enjoyments of life . He then noticed the argument of those who had said , that if by the importation of foreign produce the firmer should be driven from his present occupation , he could transfer bia capital to some other business , and exposed the unreasonableness < sf such & suggestion ;
Mr . Mitchell said , he had consulted many persons on the scheme of the Right Hon . Baronet , and had found the general opinion to be , that though it did not go so far aa many desired , it was at all eyeiits a great improvement in the existing law , ¦ .-Mr . C . Bulleb said the great objection to the present com law was its ^ manifost . ; injustice . The landowners disclaimed all selfish motives in maintaining this 1 » W ; but at least the fact was that tbe law had thetficct of raising their rents ; and so of throwing suspicion upon their characters . He did not know what was meant by overproduction , nothing had been produced but by capital and labour , which were waiting for that employment Since 1821 there had been on increase of niore than 4 , 000 , 000 in the population , and for no part of that increase had our own
agriculture furnished any provisions ; their whole maintenance had been provided by our manufactures . Surely you ought not to prevent these increasing multitudes from resorting to the agriculture of foreign countries . He could not , however , vote with Mr . yilliers for the tetal and immediate repeal of the duty . He thought that the agricultural interests did bear exclusively some burdens , for , ; which , being peculiar to themselves , they ought to be compensated . But a still stronger argument against a total and Immediate repeal wou'd be found ia th « vested intjreats which such a repeal would instantaneously destroy , interests not of landlords only , but of farmers , and of labourers . The mischief itself would be most injurious ; the alarm consequent npoa it still more so . . But these were not reasons for i * sliding scale , for they ^^ were not circumstances of a fluctuating character .
Mr . Hope observed , that all the arguments attempted by the manufacturers were as nothing , unleas they could disprove the fact of over production . He expressed his indignation » t the tone taken against tbe landlords by the anti-Corn Law agitators . The principle of these persons would annihilate our agriculture , and reduce us to a merely manufacturing population , dependent altogether on foreigners for sttbsurtauce . ' . . '¦ ¦¦ ¦ . 'V ' " •• '¦ ¦ : ¦ . ¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ v- ¦ . •¦ '¦ Mrv Ri ce wished that the fixed duty proposed by the late Government bad been accepted ; it would have been better than the plan now offered , whicb , however , bad this merit , and a merit it was , that it pleased no party . He thought Mr . Vllliera ' s ptoposal a dangerous one , and would vote againit it .
Mr . MiLNES remarked upon the inconsistency of Mr . C . Buller , In declaring the principle of the Com Law te be unjust , and yet proposing to postpone its abrogation . For his own part , he was convinced that no necessity now existed for the proposed repeal ; and if sneb a necessity should at seme future time be brought on , he was by no means satisfied that the country would gain by the change . The landlord might possibly be unable to stand , but if he fell , he would bring down tbe fondholder with him . It was no null pralsa to the Right Hon . Baronet that ba had proposed <* lj wbat b « was likely to auor—not ttuowiBg oot
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hopes and promises which he could not fulfil , and ¦ which , it was unbecoming in a statesman to pat forth . He owned he should have liked a still larger measure of reduction ; but he rejoiced . to see the growing tendency toward freedom of trade . Mr . Wakley said it was only in the Honse of Commons that this subject was treated as difficult to be understood the people outof do » r » understood it perfectly . Your protection Was only to the landlords ; tile labourers had none ; tiey were left in a state of deplorable destitution ^ Protection had been token from manufactures ; you should have begun with food . Tba country wm now in actual insecurity , so feverish was the public mind on the subject . He agreed with thow who thought the , trne remedy was to remodel theHousa
of Commons . The ltnded interest eomp ained of theic especial burdens ; they called the poor-rate a burden , when they ought to deem the relief of the poor a pleasure . The highway rate , also , was called a burden on the landed interests ; but it was a burden for their own pleasure , and profit ; and without loadB he knew not what would become of rents . Tithe , too , was called a burden on the landed interests . Strange that they should designate the maintenance of the Churcb . a burden 1 What had the people got by the change of Ministers ? A continuation Of the Corn Law . H « would not deny that the new law was an improvement on the old one : it would make the trade in com
more regular ; but he did not believe it would lower priws by one sixpence a quarter . Your Corn Law was a curse upon the country ; the master infamy of ail the world . The poor had only their labour to feed them , rind y » u forbade them to buy their food from the cheapest market He was sent hither by ^ 70 , 000 persons to demand justice to the poor . They were resolved to use passive resistance until they should get a remedy by reforming the Reform Bill . Sir R . Peel had great abilities , ami commanded great means and powers . H « might benefit , not only England , but the whole habi « table globe . If he failed to do so the failure would be a fearful one . . , ¦
Mr . Mraiz doubted whether Sir R . Peel was jnsttfied in taking the government if be bad nothinif bette * than this to produce ; but he was sa fettered tbat he could , not do tho good he deaired . The land was certainly entitled to protection , but not in this shape . Two-thirds of the labonrers of this country ^^ were well paid ; but the Temaiuing third , who were employed In the manufacture of articles for export , were in a state of woful destitution . Ho then read some extracts from a pampuiet > against the Corn Laws , published some years ago , and attributed to Sir J . Graham ; after which he entered into some considerations upon the connexion of tbe corn question with the question of currency . ^;/ ' ¦/ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ '¦ •¦ . - . . - .. ¦ . : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : . . "'' ¦ '¦; . ' ¦ " ' . ¦ :. . ¦' . - ¦ Mr . S . Crawford moved the adjournment of the debate to Tuesday . The House then adjourned .
: . : ¦ .. . ' Tuesday , Feb , % 2 . In reply to a qneslion from Mr . Hindleyi Sir Robert Peel reiterated , on the part of the Government , an expression of strong sympathy with the present Government of Spain , bis hope that it would be able to maintain itself free from foreign interference , and his conviction that , on the whole , it was conducive to the civilization and prosperity of the country ; ' . . . '¦ ' ' - . •' . - ' . ' ¦ : -V ¦[ '¦ . : ' ¦' . . ¦ ' : . ' "•' . • . ;• ¦' Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that the Government intended to take measures to remedy the deficiency in the gold coinage . The House went into Committee on the Corn [ Laws ; and . - ¦ , . ' . .: ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ :- . - ; : /; ; - ¦ , : ' ' : ' ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ¦¦' .: ¦ '' . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦' ¦¦ .. : ' :- ¦ : ¦' .-. Mr . Sharman Crawford resumed the adjourned debate , expressing himself strongly in favour of a repeal of protective duties .
Mr . Martin entered into some statements involving calculations ,, showing that the lauded interest bore a larger share of the public burdens thaH other classes of the comninnlty , snch as the manufacturing . Mr . Frederick Villiers explained , that Mr . Vii'ier' 8 motion , though , from the introduction of the word" now / ' it demanded the immediate repoat of protective duties , . yet , nevertheless , there was no wish on the part , of either tho mover or its supporters to injure the landed -interest , by refusing proper time for the change . V ' - : ; ¦' - ' :. ' ¦ . : ' -. ¦ - . ¦' . ¦•'¦¦ Sir Charles Burrell quoted the opinion of Mr . Canning , that ; he had never beard the landlords ' case answered . .. " - . ¦ ' , ¦ . . ¦ ¦'¦ . . ' .. ¦ ¦; . v ¦ ''' . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ! . ¦ . " ¦ . ' . ' ¦ . '¦" Mr . Powell agreed with Sir Charles Burrell that the discussion in the House should be conducted without ! asperity , but the example of it came frbm the opposite side of the House .
Mr . Granby considered that while deeply sympathising with the distress in the manufacturing districts , it was the bounden duty of the House to take care not to increase that distress by repealing the Corn LavrB . Mr . Morgan . J . O'CorJNEii . preferred a fixed duty t ) a sliding scale ; but viewing the subject with reference to principle , and its influence oa the interests of tbe conntry , he would go farther , and vote for Mr . Villers ' motion . ¦¦ . ' .. !'¦"¦ ¦'¦¦ ¦; . ¦ ¦ . ¦ . - . ¦¦'¦ ¦ : ¦ : Sir Francis . BaRDETT was convinced , from facts which had come to his knowledge , that the Govtriment proposition had given satisfaction to a great portion of the agricultural community . The landed interest was denounced , both without and within the House ; yet tto laniio-wnonB , inetoad o £ boing griping , OToiicir . us
personages , were contented with a very moderate return for their outlay , ; Sir Robert Peel's measura would certainly not materially reduce the price > £ wheat in this country ; but he was surprised to hear our distress , especially the derangement of the currency , attributed to the Com Laws , when / the veiy reverse was the case . It was not tae money price of corn , but the excessive competition of labourers , ¦ which . caused the distress among the working classes in tiiiacountry , that ' excesaivo competition being maiuiy brought about by Irish immigrants . He concluded by vindicating the character of the landed proprietors . Lord Duncan affirmed that « very hour protection to exclusive interests was kept up added to the difficulty cf our circumstances . Unjust taxation lost us
America-Mr . Stanxon expressed himself strongy in favour-cf the working classes , and Would cheoifully join iu sdy measure for . their benefit : Mr . P . M . Stewart expressed hia own surprise , aal that of his constituency , that Sir Robert Peel hs < l failed to perceive the connection between our pernici'fua commercial policy , especial y our Corn and Provisloa Liws , and the universal distress . No wonder , sftur such a denial of the connection of cause and effect ,-that we had obtained so small an improvement on the present system . Asto the peculiar burdens of the landowners ; what were they ? Tithe ? When an estate was bought' subject to tithe , the purchaser only bought nine-tenths—the tithe was not his . Landed property contributed largely to the poor and county rates , bnt personal property paid heavy
stamp duties , from which real property had been exempted . The account was , that there were special burdens to the extent of twelve hundred thousand pounds , and special exemptions to the extent of two millions . In 1828 , Sir R . Peel had declared , that it was then , quite clear that Britain did not grow enough for its inhabitants ; how stood the case now , with our increased population , or how could Sir Robert feel how reconcile his present argument , that it was worth while to pay something to be independent of other countries ? In 1833 , Mr , Stewart had voted with Mr . Hume for a fixed duty , with a view to a free trade in corn , and had done so along with Sir Francis Burdett ; and now with a view to the same object , he would vote for Mr . Villiers ' s motion . Sir Robert Peel ' s measure might take its place on the ; statute-book , but the question was not ; thereby settled . 1
Mr . WoOdhouse freely conceded , that if the Corn Laws could be proved to have been detrimental to the general interest of the community , they ought to ba rejpealed .. . "• : > - "' :- ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ''¦ ¦ . ' ..: ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ "'¦ - :. •• • ' ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦" . "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ' . ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ Mr . MiLNER Gibson was afraid tbat whatever might be the number of signatures to anti-Corn Law petitions no number whatever Would induce some Hon . Members to assent to ' 'their prayer . Mr . E $ cott rose amid eries of " divide . " He thought that before Mr . Villiers called en the House to repeal the present law , be should prove taat it was the cause of the existing distress , and that its repeal would not produce greater misery . Mr . Ewart moved the adjournment of the debate at five minutes to twelve .
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Extraordinary Invitation . — " Mr .. Richard Shackell very kindly invites those persons wbo have already takes , a part of his turnips , from a field known by the name of Townsend field , to attend on the said premises between the hours of ten and twelve o ' clock this day , when he will be there for the purpose of delivering the remaining part . Only the persons who have taken the others will be expected . " The above was published by the crier through tha village of ? Sampford Peverell , on the 21 st of January . —Western Times .
Approved Remedies fo » evbry-Malady . —For a fit of passion : Walk out in tho open ftir , you may speak your mind to the winds without hurting any one , or proclaiming yourself a simpleton . For a fife of idleness : Count the tickings of a clock ; do this for one hour , and you will begin to pull off yoar coat the next , and work like a negro . For a fit of extravagance and folly : Go to the workhouse , or speak with the ragged inmates of a gaol , and you will bo convinced ; ^ ¦" - \ : ;/ . ''"' . " ¦ '¦ '' - v \ -: ; " . "• ' - . - .. ' / - ¦ '" '¦ M Wh 6 makes hk ; ' . bed of briar and thorn , Must be content to lie forlorn . " : ' ¦ ..
-Fora fit of ambition : Go into the caurchvard , and read the gravestones ; they will tell 50 a the end of ambition . The grave will soon be your bedchamber , the earth your pillow , corruption jour father , aad the worm your mother and your sister . For a fit of repining : Look about for the halt and the blind , and visit the bedridden , and afflicted , and deranged ; and they will make yon ashamed of complaining of your lighter afflictions . Caution to Emigrakts . —A correspondent desires
as to caution these parties who intend leaving this eonnixy for the United States or Canada not to engage to "befonnd with provisions" by the ehipping agents , but by all means to find their own ; and in no case to ship with auch designing oharacteia if it can be avoided , or purchase proTisioni or other necessaries for outfit at their stores , as they are sore to be imposed upon shonld oppbrtonity offer . Of oonrse this does not apply to eabin passenffen whose O TtfgwsMnti are wtthUm captain « f thftski *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1150/page/3/
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