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THE RATIONAL SCHOOL GRAMMAR , AND ENTERTAINING CLASS BOOK . By Wh . Hnx . —Manchester : Abel Heywood , Oldbamstreet ; * nd Hobson , Star office , Leeds . A netf and enlarged and greatly impreved edition pf this nse&l manual , has jnst made its appearance . It ha 3 been got up in an exceedingly neat and beaniifnl manner , by Mr . Heywood , of Manchester , in whose hands the copyright of the edition is vested , and to whom great credit attaches for the excellence &nd correctness of his yyorkraansbip . It is a grazri-- mar , as we need not inform our readers , suitable for the whole people , and ougi * to be extensively circulated ; its price is within ihs means of a very large proportion of the community .
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XiEBDS . —Extensive Damage . —On Saturday last , four lads , the eldest only thirteen ye ^ rs of age , named Edward Riley , James Wallis , Thos . Mourn , and Patrick Geuings , -were charged with bavin ? , on the same morning , trespassed in a field , in the occupation of Mr . Omhwaite , on the Chapel Town Boad , and with having committed damage by undermining a bank in the , field , for the purpose of getting stones . They were found in the field at an early h our , by one of Mr . Outhwaita ' s servants , who ssnt for : he police , by whom the mother of one of them was seen near the field watching . The damage done was proved to exceed six shillings , which the lads were ordered to pay , with the expenses , or in default , to go to Wakefield for fourteen days .
The Oastleb Subscription . —On Monday evening a meeting of the friends of Mr . Richard bastler vras held at Mr . Smiiirs , the Commercial Hotel , Albion-street , Leeds , in order to take sreps for the promotion of a subscription to aid the general fund ¦ c ommenced in London , to procure the libera ; on of llr . Oastler from the Fleet prison , and to provide him with & suitable annuiry after hi > enlargement . Mr- Win . Atkinson vras called to the chair ; he addressed the meeting in a good speech , pointing out the sieiling qualities of Mr . Oastler , as the enemy of Oppression , the sworn advocate of the cause of the factory children , the opponent of the New Poor Law , the friend of humanity in general , aDd the able defender of the British conitiiut : on . Eloquent and forcible addresses in support of tie cau ? c which the meeting had met to uphold , wtre also delivered by Mr . Mallinson , Mr . Summers , Mr . Porring ,
Mr . Founder , Mr . Smithson . and others , It was resolved to immediately commence a subscription on behalf of Mr . Oastler upon the basis of the subscription originated among th . 2 friends of that gentleman in London , but subject to rhe control of the local subscribers as to its fiual appropr . ation . A committee was appointed to superintend the subscription , with power to add 10 their niim-1 t , consisting of the Chairman , Mr . Heywood , Mr . Joshua- Bower , Mr . George Denman , Mr . Robert Pounder , Mr . Richard Stead , jau ., Mr . Joshua Hobson , Mr . Summers , Mr . Robert v layton , > 3 r . Perring , Mr . A . Maliinscn . Mr . Singleton , and Mr . John Daniel . The Chairman was appointed Treasurer , and Mr . John Beekwvh Hon . Secretary . After passing resolutions to tfleet the above objects , thanks were vo ^ ed to the Chairman , snd the meeting broke up . T ^ e reso . atiou-5 will be found advertised in another column .
Assaxxt ox a Watchiia >\—On Monday last , a sweep named Ephraim Wood , was brought up zt tbe Conn House , on a charge of having , at an warly hour on Sunday morning , committed aua .-sault upon Cordukes , a watchman , whom he also threatened to jitab . The prisoner is a well known " disorderly , " aid having been found walking the streets druuk , at two o ' clock on Sunday morning , he vras ordered home . Instead of obeying , he turned T : irk , and refund to budge , having previously drawn his knife , with which he threatened to " rip up" any one who
Eiui't approach him . The waichman had wirh him a very quiet dog , which Wood stiz-a , a- d cni its boweis open . This d » g , by the bye , belongs" to nobody , but attends the watchmen every n i ght when they go on duty , accompanies some Gne or other ei them during the night , goes to office punctually at six o'clock , when they are dismissd , ar ; d is " not again seen till line o ' clock aicam . Tne poor animal ws 5 immediately taken proprr are of , and hopes are entertained it will yet live to attend its " nightly duty The ferocious prisoner was Sned i' 5 . and in default of pavment sent for two months to Wakefield .
Robbesixs . —On Monday night the shop of Mr . Wilson , in Chapel-street , Hunslri . was broken cpen and four hides ia an unfinished state , and wme welts were stolen . On the same mght all the b : ll ; and the brass hat plus , were stolen from an empty house No . 20 , Grove-terrace . Melancholy a >~ d Fatal Eventt&om Tins . Arms . —We have this week to record another cf thase fatal events which it so frequently fa-Is to the 2 ol of the public journalist to notice , 3 rismg from the iEcautioas use o : ' fire arms Ir ia no ; . how .--ver , ¦ want of cannon , alone in saisinsane ?; we are afraid we do not speak too strongly when we say tha : ero ; , s carelessness has been xhibued . The occurrence we have to notice is of an extremely painful aud
distressing nature , aiid has resulted in the dta : h of a young lady in her sixteenth year , the daughter of Mr . Mawson , ods oi the verger- of York Catnedral . It took place at the hou e of Mr . J . L ) . Hepworth , surgeon-aurist , Leeds , on Fr ; d 3 y evening last , nndtr the following circumstances : —Oa the morning of the day mentioned , ( Friday ) . Mr . H-. pworth had been out before breakfast , with a double barrelled gun , to shoot at some pigeons , in a field aojoining his £ arden . He had but three caps , and after firing twice , both barrels being then loaded , he had only one e&p left with which h ? fired off the left hand barrel , and left the right hand barrel charged wiih a mixture of ! Xo . 5 and 6 shot , in which state he sent the gun home ; and it
being ectirely without caps , and Mr . Hepworth sot knowing that there were any in the house , the gun was dtposited in i : s usual place , a room on the ground floor , accessible to ail his family , but which , being generally med for surgical operations , he avers his children were discharged from entering . Here , however , the gnri was placed wiihout , as it appears , even so much-as a caution that either of the barrels were charged . Mr . Hepworth did not dine at home on that day , and after dining out he went with some frioncis to the theat-e ; Mrs . Hepworth , it would appear , was out in she evening also , and in addition to . Mr . Hepworch ' s family , there w = re in the house Miss Mawson , a you : h named Small wood , son of Mr . Smiilwood ,
of Middlethorpe , near "ioik , ( m ~ n <> , as wdi as Mis ? Mawson , was und .-r surgical treatmtnti ' or ceifueES , ) and a soa of Mr . Kitson , engineer , whG was visiting young Hepworth . It app-ars that in the course cf the inornirg , Master Hepworth ( who is about t-Lven years of age . ) and Master Sicall . vood , wh l ; i goiajj aa errand ii . to Bri ^ ga . e , bought soae percussion caps , and thus , unkBOTrn to Mr . Hetwi / rih , they had had them In their possession . Smailwood , who seems to be a jadge of such thing ? , tho-gh ; the- * caps were no : ^ rood ones , because iLey were not fi-j-. ed , and is s ^ id to have remarked to Master Hepworth tha ; they were such as oeca =-: o : i-.. d frequent acciaents . However , abjus eight o ' clock ia the evcuitg , a bitel wa 3 procured , on the end
cf wir . cn cue of these caps was stuck , niii the t ' . cei was then droppri on to the hearihsicue . to try if it would explode . It did explode , and Mus er Hepworth having then three or lour in Lis pc-.-sCisi ^ n , Smailwood persuad-. d Lini to throw them iiiio the fire , ^ or fear .-umttniEg shouid happ-.-: i . Tbey v . cre thrown into the nre , ad smajiwt .-oa a ! so threw seme of his in , but not all , for iicm-cimely after Master Hepworth , who seemed lu hs . ro Tcpentcd the destruction of his share , after b ' .-irg refu-ed others by Smailwood . suddenly thrust his haxid into the waistcoat pock ' t of the latter , a :: d again possessed himself of two cap ? . He thon imzo-uiately left the room , an i s ^ in os i iiH ' aiuansousjy , as it would appear , returned , aud , be . ore any of
the party saw him , Miss Mawsoa was stretched a corpse ou the floor . The ro ? m in which the tragical occurrence took place 15 a very small o ^ e " on the groun-J Root , its dimensiuns not being more than two yards by three , and the coor of which is opposus to that in which the gun was deposited , on-y a lobby being "between them . In this room wt-re sit , at a small ^ ork-tuble , Miss Mawsoa , t .-u « agtd , unconscious of danger , at her Ecedie , Mu . ~ ter = Snaailwoo-i an ' Kitson , and an iafa ^ t of Mr . Hepw < -Tth ' s . None of ti ' . ese saw either the g > : n or M ^ s-rer HepTrorth after he left the room . Mas-f-r K ' : t .-on ? a \ s bo heajd Lim exclaim , "tee . Miss Miwsou , " tut before He cjuld raise his eyes , the ; atai ; ri £ gtf had been drawn . It is 2 : ot to be sur > po > f : d that more than half a yard would intervene between the muzz . e of the gun and Miss . Mawson ' s . head ; she received the whole charge en masse , rut above the right car , and
oi _ course her brains were blown oat , aii « i lLe ik \ m frightfully fractured . Death , under these circumstances , must have been instamaueons . The greatest confusion immediately prevailed in the hou £ e , and a crowd of persons were soon assembled . It was some time before Mr . H « . pworth could be found ; aud the stase of mind of both himself and Mrs . Hepworth on learning the sad tidings may be better imagined than described . An inquest was held on the body of Miss Mawson , on Saturday evening , before John Blackburn , Esq ., at which these circumstances were detailed , ana Master Hepworfh stated that he had npt the siighesi knowledge of the ^ unitingloaded , nor did he point it at Miss Mawson : he held it in hi 3 hand , with the cap on the nipple , aud the lock was too strong for his fingers to hold . The Jury , after consulting together , returned a verdict ot "Accidental Dea h , " adding ihat the ;; coui'i li .: rcparatc withcut expressing in strong it-iot * t ~ h --ir i-elij .-g that iii-3 c ^ nc-uct of } Jr . Il-.- ] .-v ..-rt : ; i \ - ¦ . v ::. _ — ^ u ^ . iliat ^ . a ii ; a ., uii j-roti-c : ^ I r .. _> ¦ . - ~ : — / - - - " - ¦ -
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' Leeds Court House . —In consequence of the delajs which almost daily occur in the transaction of the police business at the Court House , from the late or non-attendance of prosecutors or witnesses , the Magistrates have come to the determination of discharging all prisoners , the parties against whom are not ready when the case is called on . We are g ' ad to hear that the Magistrates have , at last , determined to transact the daily business in the large Court , except when that is occupied by the Quarter Sessions . The nuisance of the small Court , or Rotation Office , has been by us frequently alluded to , and we are happy to congratulate both the Bench and the public on the decision .
Accident jbom Fusious Drivixg —On Tuesday Ia * t , John Tunnacliffe , of Pudsey , was charged at Leeds Court House , with having , on the 9 th of April last , on the Wellington-road , ran over a little boy , named Rowland Cawood , son of Mr . Cawood , woolstapler , residing at 2 , Little Qaeen-street , by which the splinter bone of . his leg was broken , and he received other i pj ' nrie 3 which had confined him to the house ever since . It was proved that Tunnaoliffij was driving at a most furiou 3 rate—racing , in fact with the Bradford coach , and that his conduct was very reprehensible . Mr . Braithwane , Mirgeon , has since attended the lad , and Tunnacliffe had promised time after time to settle the affair . This he had neglected to do , and the affair came before the magistrates , who ordered him to pay a fine of 50 s . and the costs , or in default to go to Wakefield for a month . . -
- Cloth Stolen . —On Tuesday last , eight yards of tweed cloth , value about Is . 8 d . per yard , was stolen from the white cloth hall , Leeds , between the hours of twelve and two o ' clock . Death bt Dsow . mng . —Oa Tuesday last , an inquest was held a the Robin Hood Inn , East-street , Leeds , before Mr . Hopp 3 , Deputy Coroner , on thu body of Mary Rowley , thirteen years of age , who resided with " her mother in Hammond ' s Buildings , Low Fold , and whose body was found in the river Alre , on Monday morning . The deceased had for some time been in a despondiag way , and was not seen after nine o ' clock on Sunday night . The river was searched on account of her having frequently said she . should drown herself ; but there was no evidence to show that she had done so , or how Bhe came into the water . The jury , therefore , returned a verdict of " found drowned . '"
Death by Burnixg . —On Tuesday morning , an inqaest was held at the C « urt House , before Mr . Hopps , Deputy Coroner , on the body of Sarah Ann Wood , whose parents reside in Blezard ' s-yard , Meadow-lane . The clothes of deceased , who was eleven years of age , caught fire on Sunday morning , and she was go burnt that she died on Monday . Verdict , " Accidental death . " Puese Lost—On Tuesday morning last , Captain Luard , of the Royal Artillery , now stationed in Leeds Barracks , had the mi&'ortune to lose a silk purse , containing two or three £ 5 uotes , a sovereign and a half , and some silver . It was lost between Briggate aud the Free Grammar School .
Stealing a Watch . —On Tuesday last , a girl of the town named Mary Ann WnnfiVld , and her fancy man ,-John Oliver Wilks , were charged before the magistrates at Leeds Court House , with having stolen a silver watch ; the property of Robert Saxon , a cloth weaver . The prosecutor was walking along Kirkgate , on Monday nigh ' , in a state of happy obliviousness of all human afuirs , when he was m *> t by three girls , one of whom , ( the prisoner ) kmdly eased him of his watch , of course to > ave somebody
else tbre trouble ; ihis she handed t . o Wiiks , and told him to cut . '' He did cut , but the transaction having befn witnessed by a respectable female who was j& ? t by , she gave Information f > tie police , and was able to give such a description of the offenders , as led to their apprehension . W ' iks was stopped and searched in York-street , by the burial-ground rails , but nothing was found on him ; tbe watch , however , was afterwards found to have been thrown by him into the burial ground . T . i ^ y were both sworn to , and . were committed for trial .
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TO THE COMMONS OF GKEAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . . IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . THE 2 tEMO-NSTRA > C £ OF THE JMlAiJlTA . VTS OF 17 \ I-UBL 1 C MEET 1 . NG ASSEMBLED . SliEWETH , That tLe people cf the TJr . iteJ Kingdom are now -Miffc-nng drfititutiun acd m : iL-ry to an extent hitherto cairsowE , of which numerous patliaTuentaiy and other efficis ! ticcunjents drawn tip ?< y order of your Htuse and Led authorities , and charitable institutions in varu us parts of the kin ^ i ' . cm , be ^ i abundant testimony ; That deaths from deit : tut 5 on , and the commission of crime from absolute want , are of duly occurrence , ai : d rapidly on the increas ;; , aa the same sources of information will fchow ; " TLat not or . ly are the woriiD ? classes sunk to the ) ovrest depths of misery and wretchedness , but the middle-clashes arts fast falling ini-a embarrassment aid ram : ¦
That ¦ " ¦ bile thi 3 alarming distress s . r , d misery among the people have bei-n ckuly on the incrt ^ e , the annual proii-aclio : i of we ^ tb from the 'various rrscurces ( . f this empire has increased bejond any t xt-ut hitherto known rn the history of our country ; an anomaly not to be . ic-CODDt-rd for but id the luonor-o ' . y < jl political power , the argast usurpation of authority anJ the consequent bad government of the nation ; That the great mass of the people are denied the ricat of representation in Parliament , and the present House of . Commons , brin .: eleoied by a ii . iiited class , legislates only-for the ir . t ^' -: sts of that class , to the utter ruin cf the grtut majority of tbe people -, That the unenfranchised and suffering people kave petitioned Immbly . repestrd ^ y , bH'A in vast mimbers , for a redress of their CTierjur-s . but without the least effect , orthe ^ ppeiranc = of the remotest prospect of rtcriving any portk-n of their rights from the present Government ;
That , K-iicving the statement of their grievances , and the r . atunj of their claims , clear ) v , cninily , and mspss ^ iuniV iy , &t tfw bar of your House , would crt-ate a iavou . rar .-1 e impression , and lead to the concession of justice , TiinEE millions five hundred thousand of the epprci .-i-eivand injured people , prayed respectfully for a henrin ^ by themselves , their counsel , or agents , at the bar of your House ; but th := t hea . ing was unequivocaDy and nnhesitaUng ' . y denud ; and at the same tinie their principles and objects grossly
and improperly misrepresented , and cruelly perverted ; Tim the p ; titioners alluded to prayed your House to flec ' . aie : — " That if your honourable House "was of opinion that the people ef Great Britain and Ireland ought not to fcc represented , that such opiuion might be une ' quivocahy made known ; that tbe people might fully understand -what they could , or could not , expect from yonr honourable House . " And your decision having been made known , the people hereby protest against the right of your House to deny their just demands embodied in their petition ;
That , therefore , the people now assembled have n « hope whatever for the mitigation of theii sufferings , o : the concession of their rights , by the House of Oom mons as at present constituted . They , therefore , submit this last declaration o f thei condition and fee ings to yeur House , deeply de plorinj the iiti'er disregard of the interests of the grear mass o the pecple by the members of your House , a *^ d dread itg tfie a"tt f'il oinscqueucuG to ¦ wLLcb . that disr egaid ma ; 11 .-:-: op-J now S 5 ? cr .. t : t ( l bercby etc ! are that the ¦^ :- :.. lr ^ : ta yr-icf ::. ars -. i 3 c-s .-I tt--vj t ; i remedy 'hoi c . c-. ' : ; : n ' -- the v =- i I-eir . jr ; ? vi-: rty . _ . the securi ' y t pru ^ -rty , aud thtir est-.- ' . ^ . e ju . ^ ru" j ;? , iiLpvrativc .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , May 6 . The Bishop of Nobwich presented several petitioM , complaining of ttie employment of -very young children of both sexea in the moat severe drudgery of the collieries . Lord Fitzwilliam deprecated any interference on the part of the Legislature with the right of the subject to choose his own means of subsistence , and urged the necessity , if restrictions were imposed in the case of the colleries , of extending the inquiry into every bra . ch of labour in which children were employed . The Marquis of Londonderet declared that in the districts of the Tyne and Wear such hardships a 3 those described in the petitions presented were wholly unknown .
The Marquis of Normanbt explained that the inquiry had been intended to include the case of children employed in factories of every description ; and Lord Fitzwilliah argued that it should elso extend to those employed in agriculture , who were , he contended , from the low wages they obtained , in a worse position than the better fed collierB . Another petition on the same question from Sittingbourne was presented by Lord WinchilSEa which led to a short conversation , in which the Bishop of London took pa : t , on the comparative advantages to the labourer of employment in agriculture and manufactures . The subject theu dropped . Lord Brougham afterwards introduced his bill for tho regulation of election committees of the Lower House , and briefly explained that its object was to grant to committees additional powers to obtain evidence , ami also to afford effectual protection to the witnesses they might tximine .
A short and somewhat angry discussion ensued between the Marquis of Normauby and the Marquis of Londokdebry on the su b ject of some aspersions cast by the latter nobleman upon the Wliii ? magistrates of Sunderland ; after which the House aojuurned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thursday , May 5 . Mr . Roebuck , gave notice that he should next day put questions to Lord Chelsea , Mr . Russell , Sir G- Larpent , Sir J . Hobhouse , Captain Plumridge , Mr . H . Elphinstone , Mr . John Att wood , and Major Beresfoid , inquiring whether they were cognizint of , or parties to , any arrangement or understanding , by which it was agreed , in order to facilitate the return of other persons for the places which they represented , that those Hon . Members should accept the stewardship of her Majesty ' 8 Chiltern Hundreds , thereby vacating the seats to which they had been dec ' ared duly elected by the select committee appointed to try the merits of the petitio s against their returns ? He abxuUt also move for a select committee to inquire if certain practices said to have been resorted to in the election if certain members of that House were not a gross breach of privilege ; and expressed his determination to oppose the issue of new writs until these questions were satisfactorily answered .
. Mr . Hutt moved for copies of circulars by the Secretary of State for tho Home Department to the various town-clerks or clerks to the magistrates , between the months of August and December , 1841 , requiring information as to the state of the magistracy in their respective towns . Sir J . Guaiiasi had expected that a distinctive motion would have been made on which he co »! d have asked tbe House fjr a decided expression of its opinion . But the weakntsa of the present motion , to which no opposition would be j > m n . was in strong contrast with the condemnatory language used by tbe mover of it .
A very considerable number of members now followed in succession , each addressing his observations with special reference to the particular place which he represented , or was connected with . So eager , indeed , were Members to speak , that much amusement was occasionally created by the nuTub :-rs who literally "leaped up" to catch the Speaker's eye , whenever it was supposed that any particular Member addressing the House was about to sit down . The object of each speakerusing his local knowledge or information—was to vindicate or criminate the late Government in their magisterial appointment ? . The names of the different speakers were—Sir John Eamntr , Mr . Henry Berkciy , Mr . Brotherton , Sir Clmlts DoujVis , Captain Mangles , Col . Sibthorp , Lord Robert Grosvenor , Mr . Mainvr ; iring , Mr . H . Liimbtoh , Air . Tatton Egertun , Mr . J »; rvis , Mr . Scarlatt , Mr . CalUghw , Cuptain Fitz . -oy , Mr . Vernon Smith , and Mr . Wakley .
Sir R . Peel desired that those who found ftult with the f -rm of Mr . Hutfs motion would recollect how pjzzling it must have beeu to frame the motion at all ; and he suggested several formulas , each of which he showed to be inconvenient and unavailable for the pnrpos © of a vote . H « feared that some party spirit was insepaiablo even from the judicial institutions of a free people ; but this freedom had countervailing advantages , which be was sure the House would not be willing to forego . The defence of the Government had been wholly mistaken by gentlemen opposite . It was not tbat they were entitled to do ill , because others might have done worse ; but it was this
—that if a large majority of magistrut-js was found holding one set of political opinions , the Government were bound to secure the public against their abuse of }* ower by providing a check through magistrates of other politics . He instanced various large boroughs , in the r . i ;^ regate whereof there was but odo Conservative magistrate , and then enumerated divers smaller town 9 throughout the whole of which there was not one Conservative upon the bench . Surely this inequality couM bear no proportion to the qualifications t-. f the gentlemen in the two pariies . Sir J . Graham h : d introduced a considerable body of Conservatives , but he had still left the balance in the hunds in which he found it .
Lord John Russell said , that if the Whigs , on coming into office in 1830 , had acted on the principle now avowed , there must have been then a sweeping change in tke county magistracy , Torlfied as it was , under a long reign of Tory Lord Chancellors and Tory Government . But such a consideration p . s political principles should be a very minor one in selecting individuals to fill judicial stations . Sir Robert Peel had made lijjht of the principle of popular selection , as exercised through the Town Councils . In so doing , he repudiated an ancient principle of the English Constitution , which was in practical operation in the City of London , aud was also freeiy exercised in Scotland . He did not deny that the Town Councils generally recommended a great preponderance of magistrates of liberal opinions ; but if the majority of the ptople were of these opinions , it was natural that there should be such a preponderance .
After some observations from Mr . Williams , Mr . Collins , Lord Worsley , and Mr Strutt , and also some remarks from Ciptaiu Liyard , the debate , which lasted from five o ' clock till half-past twelve , was closed by a reply from Mr . Hutt , and then the motion was agreed to . Captain Pecuell moved for returns connnecteM with offences in union workhouses ; which returns were ordered . Sir James Graham postpon : d his notice of the Poor L * W Amtndni * n 4 Bill till Tuesday -next .
Mr . Gobso > then rose to move that a new writ b issued for tbe borough of Nottingham in the room tf Sir G . H . de Laiipest , who had accepted tho Chiit ^ ra HnDdreds , but was met by Mr . Brotheruin , vrbo moved the adjournment of the House . This latter motion was seconded hy Mr . Wood , who remarking that it would be uncourteous to proceed with the former in the abs-nce of Mr . Kjebuck , the Hon . Member for Kidderminster consented to defer his motion ; and the House adjourned . Friday , May G . Mr . Roeiscck , in pursuance of notice , administered to the members for Xotnr , !; ham , Ptnryn , Harwich , and Lfwes . Certain interrogatories , amountirvj to a ilemanrl from each whether he had bseu party to the hushing up of proceedings f - . r bribery befoie an election committee by any argument for the withdrawal of any of the parties .
Lord Chelsea , one of tha members for Reading , who was the first party thus questioned , declined , peremptorily and unequivocally , to answer any such question Mr . Roebuck said , this was quite satisfactory . Mr . Russell , the other member for Reading , thought these were questions to be as-ked before an election committee . The " prvsent attempt was no inconsiderable stride towar . l the resumption by the House of the old election judicature . The Learned Member might draw what inference he pleased ; probably his inferences would be about as pertinent as bia qutstions .
The next party catechised was Csptrrin Pluairulge ; Member for Penryn . His answer wjis , that he bad net been cognizant of the arrangement in his own case till aft ^ r it was made . Adverting to the loud cheers and laughter with which thi 3 avowal was receive ! , he added that he had understood it was the usage to leave these matters inth 9 hands of the lawyers . Mr . Roebuck wa * obliged to the . gnllant captain for his candour . He then addressed a searching question to Sir John Hobhouse , who said that he did not admit the light U > put the question , and therefore should not answer it . Mr . Roebuck then interrogated Mr . Howard Elphinstone , who stated that in bis case there had been a compromise , but that he did not contemplate accepting the Chiltern Hundreds .
The next parties whom Mr . Roebuck called upon were Major Beresford and Mr . Attwood , members for Harwich . Mr . Attwood was absent from London . Majoi Beresford denied Mr . Roebuck ' s right to catechise him . Let that Learned Member , if he thought he bad a case of suspicion , bring it before a competent tribunal , and then he might answer the inquiry , though not to that learned inquisitor . Mr . Roehuck asked whether he was entitled now to bta .:. ; the case against the members before mentioned . The 5 i-e \ kfh laid down the genera' course required
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members accused , to proceed at ofice , He stood there , he said , to charge with bribery tbe members for Nottingham , Harwich , Reading , Penryn , sad Lewes . He would flrat suppose a contest for NitttDgham . carried by some Parliamentary Napoleon with overwhelming bribery ; a petition ; threatening diaclorttte ; a retreat of one of the sitting Members ; and a amh of money , paid down , or promised * . -to escape the inquiry , All thesa circumsta-ces he had heard alleged to ; and if the House would refer tho matter to a coranrtttBe . he behaved he could prove them . Next , ho would go to Reading ; and he had reason to beliave that a bond had been executed , obliging the Noble Member for that borough to vacate his seat by a certain day . There had been charges before the election committee ef
bribery and intimidation practised by the Bitting Members ; and in one day the whole was hushed up . He then read the accusations contained in the Nottingham petition ; and described those in the Reading petition to be nearly as strong . Next , aa to Lewes t his charge was , that the Members were returned by bribery ; that the petitioners had proof of it ; and that ene of the sitting Members , afraid of that proof , had retired . There BatMr . Elphinatone ; but , " Where , and oh ! where" was bia colleague ? Echo answered " Where . " He was not denouncing the individuals ; but the system . At Penryii , the like occurrences took place , and the Gallant Member was to retira Why ? ( Captain Plumridge called out , " Because my people made bad
a bargain" ) What ! were such interests as this House represented to be made matter of bargain ? Now , for Harwich . The two sitting Members were accused , by three petitions , of bribery ' and treating . The petitions were retired , and one of the Members was to retire tjo . All he wanted now was an inquiry . Such cases ought hot to be considered as the mere nffairs of the candidates / It was not fit that a candidate should buy a whole constituency , as at Nottingham , and then sell it to the petitioner against him . Was any man here bo bold as to refuse him an inquiry T He hoped to have his motion seconded by the Right Hon . Member for Nottingham , whose character was so deeply implicated ; He concluded by moving for a Committee of Inquiry .
Mr . HENRY PlTZROY , one of the sitting members for Lewes , seconded the motion . He challenged inquiry He had petitioned for a seat which he considered justly bis own ; and was he to blame for taking possession of it when conceded to him ? He BUiely was not bound to incur tbe expense ef a three weeks' prostcution for the sake of the public ; when he was called on to act as public prosecutor he should expect a large salary . ; He had been party to no pecuniary , to no nuwOTthy , compromise : and in his life he had never , directly er indirectly , sought a vote by corruption . Mr . Elphinstone said a fow words , which were inaudible . Captain ' Plum-ridge solemnly pretested that he had not paid , that he had not promised to pay , and that he did Lot intend to pay , one shilling in respect of bis late election .
Mr . wynn moved the adjournment of the debate , and was seconded by Mr . Ward . Mr . Wynn recommended it to the House in future to exercise more severity than heretofore against witnesses' committed for prevarication , who had hitherto been let off with periods of imprisonment , far ti > o brief . Mr . 'WaIiiley wished the inquiry to go a great deal further than the f jw cases now mentioned ; There were 'fifty quiteas bad . The debate was then adjourned to Monday ; and the House resolved itself into committee" on tho Incometax Rill .
On arriving at clause 96 , Mr . Hume proposed that the income on which tho tax should be paid should be calculated from tlia . average profits of one year instead of three . On a division , the amendment was rejected by 7 G to 27 . The various clauses , up to 1 . , having been agreed to , Mr . Hume hioved nn amendment on clause 188 , that the act should remain in force for one year only , and not for thvee On a division there appeared , For the amendment 52 For the'original clause 174 Majority 122
Mr . P . Howard proposed another amendment npoii the clime , tq the eff-ct that tha income tax thoul'l continuerin operation for two years ;' only . The motion was afterwards with ' . ira . wu and the clause was passed . ' . j The last clitu . se , 189 , was then agreed to . In ansvskr to Mr . Fox Maule ,.-the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that it had been determined to exempt the funds used for the repairs of dissenting places of worship from the operation of the income tax . . ¦ : ¦ - ¦ - ¦
Mr . Redhead Yoiike proposed " That it be an instruction to tho committee on the Property Tax Bill , that theyjhave power , to introduce a clause to exempt attorriiea and solicitors from the annual payment of certificate duties during the time they shall be subject to a toe upon income " Colonel Si UTHORP supported the motion . The Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed it . Aft- ^ r a few words from Alderman Humphery and Mr . Wnkhy . The committee divided , when the numbers were—Ayes 18 Noes 18 . 3 Against the clause 1 (? 5 The bill having gone through committee , the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday next
Monday , May 0 . Tbe House was filled at an early hour by members desirous to enquire in , or curious to witness , the ilecision on Mr .. Roebuck's adjourned motion for a committee to inquire into the late cases of election coraproiniatt . ¦ Mr . Beresford declared his anxiety , for the sake of his own character , that the committee should be appointsd , and that its inquiry should he a searching one . He would willingly answer to a proper authority though he bad decliued to answer the learned mover .
Rumours of bribery were s ? id by that member to be afloat . Now , there were also rumours that a learned person had been elected in a former Parliament without due possession of his qualification , which had been conveyed to him in London only on the very day on which he had sworn at Bath that he possessed it . Purhaps those rumours were as false as same that were now relied on . He might rely on grounds of public expediency to resist the proposed committee ; but he would do no such thing : on the contrary , he would pray the House to grant it .
Mr . Wynn said there was no precedent for such a cbmmiitae . Tho circumstances alleged di < i not neoessarily imply corruption . Tiie regular course would be , far the-Hon , Member to bring forward a specific charge on each case , and for fie House thereupon to determine what proceedings they would iidopt with reference to it , but not to appoint a fishing committee . Mr . Ward thought that Sir Q . Lsrpent ' a withdrawal , after two contests , ami ininieriiate . ly upon tha decision of a ' committee in his favour , was a Very suspicious circumstance ; So was the . sudden success of the sitting members at Harwich , vr ' uh a verii , vidi , vici , ngainst a brace of camiidates who the day before appeared to be perfectly-safe . Such things called fora starching and instant inquiry , which he could not consider aa a fishing nor as a roving one . He was anxious that the axe should b 6 laid at once to the root of this spreading evil .
Sir R . Inglis said that had he been present on Friday last , he would have endeavoured to resist the pu'ting of the original questions . What did tho learned mover propose ? To make the parties criminate themselves ? or to . proceed-on'the testimony of accomplices ? If a member , or a Bttangsr , interrogated before the proposed Committee , should refuse to answer a question , on the ground of its tendency to criminate himself , would you v- 'iilUT-e to : commit him ? Mr . Redhead Youke supported the motion . Lord Palmerstox exprea . iod his surprise at the Bilence of Ministers . D . nunfcss they had their reasons ; he would explain iiis own . Ho could not vote for this motion . It was not a motion for a general inquiry into the extent of bribery at the late ekction , but into the
grounds of particular compromises . These arrangements , so far fr . jm being contrary to statute , setmed to be directly contemplated by a clause in one of the Election Acts ; and if they were alte-cd to be illegal as breaches of privilege , this , question was one-at least of sufficient . importance tortqunea previous discussion by the House . A member , ; ii » pri > ed that his agents have bribedaad that he must lose his seat , was guilty of no'breach of privilege in retiring without further exptnee . If then ' there was no breach either of privi * lege or if j-tituto law , there could bo only one other reason for the proceeding—ruutioly . to lay the ground of some new law for the repression of bribery ; but when the practice was alvuiUy- so ttotorious , he saw no occasion fur further inquiries . He vas ready to concur in a strong me .-isurs : or putting down this Wholesale
corruption . Comnum report was the ground alleged for j the proposed proceeding ; but common report went much further than to these particular cases ; it extended to a very large proportion of all the . 'late contests . Much of that tvil was o < ving to the mutilation by the other I House of Lord John Russell's bill , sent up by the Commons imrnei-. iately before the general election ; but , ere the close of the present 8 « ssUm , some such measure must pass the Legislature . Either the now proposed inquiry should be as extensive as the eyil , or it should net take place at all . The only other remedy suggested was the Ballot , but that would only introduce worse evils of an » ther kind . If anything could ever induce him to support the Ballot , it would be a refusal on tha part of Minitsera to concur in an effectual law agains * „ bribery . I -
Sir R . Peel was not aware that this was so ^ . cidedly a party question as to have made it iacumf # \ on the Minister to declare bimseif at the coinnr dnce . ment of the debate ; nor would any refusal r j the Government to concur in any particular nie » " 3 nre of legislation very well justify the Noble Lord i' voting for that ballot , which he had but just deolaiv 4 to be a rtmedy worse than the disease . As to iiLbW 0 particular charges , he dW not think them definite en' jugh to warrant the prepoieil inquiry . The prucUca Qf these com-1 remiseshe beiieveiihad lone existed nrf Anrhiiniv 1 rcimseslie xi \ ite
, . . « , oejieveu , au long e ..--u ; and cerbiinly tL-r ; ^ . : ) trv l impxessioa . had alwajs ; bof ' . that election tr'i :: < n * w .- ! -j mere , pn ; c « wUiigs for' tho possession of ! ' . he ; -:-. > . is , and iuvo-iyed ' uofoWsu ' , iOu . to prosecute ]
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for the public . The fitnesss of a compromise wonld depend ranch upon the circumstances ef each case . A sitting Member of small fortune , presaed by a very expensive petition , might fairly choose retirement rather than ruin . If ; however , on the other hand , a charge of corruption were put upon record , he thongbt it ought not to go unexamined . On that principle he had- acted in the Carlow case ( OConnell and Raphael ) . ; Tue mere want of power to exariiine on oath was not a sufficient bar ; and if the present charges sbonld be reduced into a definite form , showing primafucie a gross breach of privilege , he thonght it would be for the honour of the House not to leave the matter nrrfsvestigated , bnt to refer it to a comrnittee , armed with the ordinary constitutional powers .
Lord John Russell was not of opinion theft a iitting Member or a petitioner should be oblised , wh « n the question of the title to the seat was settled , to spend £ 3 , 000 or £ 4 , 000 for the purpose of punishiha ; corroption . These compromises had been common ; and the proper course would be to provide some mode of investigating such cases at the public expence . He called on Sir Robert Peel to introduce , as Minister , a Bill like that which the Lords had rejected in 1841 ; such a Bill , becoming thus a MiniBterial measure , would undoubtedly pass . The present charges were too vague . If they could be put upon the journals in a specific form , he agreed with Sir Robert Peel that a Committee ought to be appoiiite . il ; but he believed the greatest benefit to be derived from these trans Actions would be that they should lead to some legislative remedy .
Mr . M . J . O'COJfNELi , desired to say , in tbe absence of Mr . Daniel O'Connell , that the motion for a Committee in the Carlow case was not opposed . He . would vote for the present motion . Sir Robert Peel explained as to what Lord John had suggested about a legislative measure . He could only eay that he would concur in forwarding such a Bill , if framed by the Noble Lord ,, who bnA more leisure than he had ; he himself could not find tha time necessaryforthatmature consideration which the framing of it by the Government would require . Mr Huke supported the tuotion . Mr . Lindsay , though regretting to differ from Mr . Wynn and ' Sir R . Peel , feit that the character of the House demanded this inquiry . Mr . Muntz was of the same opinion ; as was also Mr . Plumptre .
Lord Stanley said the objection to Mr . Roebuck ' s motion was , that the charges were advanced as breaches of privilege , but without enough of specification to show whether tht : y actually were such , The inquiry proposed by Roebuck was not into the ixten't of the bribery , but info tbe legality of the compromise . The Lewes case , mentioned the other night , presented nothing from which to infer the least impropriety in the compromise made by the sitting Member . Other ca . « as might be more doubtful ; but tbe practice was no novelty , and had never been considered aa a breach of privilege . There was -certainly , however , a novelty in those cases where a sittiut ; Member , having been declared by a committee to be duly elected , h . id
thereupon vacated a is seat ; and in those cases also , where a bond was taken in a heavy penalty ; but before he could accede to the proposal of a committee , there ought to be some specific question for that committee to deal with and be confined to . ; ' The motion here should , nt all events , have been framed like that of the Carlow case , for an inquiry into the charges of the particular petition ? .. He was as anxious as any man for the suppression of bribery , but he feared that such a committee as Mr . Roebuck asked for would mix up private objects with public ones to a dangerous exteat . Disappointed men would be too apt to avail themselves of the public purse , in order to revenge themselves on their rivals .
Mr . Sheil said , the member for 3 ath was specific enough in his char . jes ; it was only in the form of hia motion that he was too vague ; but the motion might be amended . He wished for an inquiry , not in order to indulge in the bad luxury of giving pain to individuals , but for tbe sake of the public . Mr . Roebuck , replied . He vindicated hia motion from the iinpufation of vagueness , a ; j'l himself from the charge o " ' asperity . Ho cited from the journals the case of Mr . Shepherd . He was , hewjyer , prep , irert
to proceed in any fawn which would effect tha substantial object . Ha was willing to put the matter in this shape , that , at the places mentioned , there had been compromises made to preclude the investigation of brio ; ry ; would that do ? On one hand hia charge was called too wide ; on the other it was complained of as m . t ^ ulSciently comprehensive , In addition to the committee , however , it would be necessary to h / ive a bill of indemnity : without that , the inquiry would be useless ; and he would not carry it on impote : ; tly and to his own shame .
While Mr . Koebuck was writing out his altered motion at the table , Sir T . Acland expressed his opinion that the Lewes case should be excepted , since it did not fall . wit ' ii . u what he regarded as the real objection , namely , . 'that the parties took tbe judgment of the csmmittte with an arrangement to depart from it as soon as it should be Riven . At Lewes , on the contrary , all the parties taking the judgment were content to-abide by . iu The motion , as altered , proposed tbe inquiry ihould be , whether in tho cases ' mentioned there had been corrupt compromises for the purpose of avoiding investigation into alleged bribery . Mr . JJeeld , who had been a member of the Lewes committee , ur # t ? il the omission of Lewes . Mr . Lauou ' civeris opposed that omission , and rejoiced that the proposal was now in a form wherein-he c . uld support it .
Mr . Murphy thought , that after Mr , H . Fitzroy ' s declaration on the . former- evening , it would be unjust to him to exclude Lewes . Sir J . Walsh wished , that since Mr . Roebuck ' s main ground as to thesa several cases was curreut report , he would include another case also to which similar repurts applied ^—that of Bridporfc . Mr . C . Buller , for Mr . Warburtori's sake , supported the suggestion . Sir R Peel reminded the House that Bridport had not been included in the mover ' s notice . Indeed , he wished a little more time had been taken for the wording of the whole motion . After a few woTda from Mr . C . Wood and Sir R . Imglis , the motion was then agreed to without a divison .
The House then proceeded to the report of the Income Tax Bill i when Mr . Goulburn brought up a clause to relieve householders from the payment of this tax as a condition of their Parliamentary registration . This was passed unanimously . Mr . B Wood proposed a clause for enabling a party assessable under more schedules than one to set off losses sustained under one or more , of them against profits made under other or others of them , so that the payment should be only in the balance of total income . Mr . Goulburn opposed tho change , as militating against the general principle and practical tfficacy of the bill . Such a provision had been included under the original Income-tax Act ; but upon experience it bail been abandoned in 1803 , as leading to great evasion and general complaint .
Mr . Ward admitted trnt it might be expedient to make tbe first collection on the principle defended by Mr . Goulburn ; but he saw no reason why the hardships so occasioned should not be corrected by ^ he commissioners on proof of the facts . Mr , GouLnuRN and Mr . Wood each again enforced his own argument . Sir R . Peel supported Mr . Goulburn ' s view . Lord -H ' owjck . espoused Mr . Wood's clause , observing on the great hardship of refusing to allow the deduction of a loss in one concern from a profit in another , merely because the Government , for its own convenience , had placed these two concerns in different schedules , for where they were bcth in the ' same schedule tho deduction was allowed . Mr . HusiPHEiiY urged that tho diawbr . ck now sought was only an application of the principo on which allowances were proposed in this very bill to persona with incomesbelow £ 150 per annum .
Mr . Chapman contended for Mr- Wood ' s pnnei- ; pie . . I Mr . James adverted to another-str-fc . of hardship—i that ' cf a marriage settlement ; , where the trustees had stock in their names , the dividends o £ which , went ' . wholly to pay the preniiuins of a policy oa tbe husband ' s life . On tii ' osa dividends ' th * tax would take 3 per ! cent , by which amount therefore , those divideml 3 would i fall short of the necessary premiums . If tho tax on such insu aucea was not to be remitied , how was tbe trust to be executed ? ; Mr . Hume , reyer-ted to . Mr . Wood ' s proposals which ; he supported . A . ' banker looses , £ 5 , 0 ^ 0 by b ad delta ; he bay a sum . loftsed in Exchtquer Bills for the ¦ Galls < f that - same basiuess . Will you charge him the three per cent , oa ! he whole amount of the Exchequer Bilie , without first deducting the loss of the-bad Uebti ? . ¦ :
Mr . Woor , ( Kendal ) , Mr . IIawes , and Mr . Muntz argued for > lT . b . Wood ' s clause . i The H / ., use then divided , and the clause was ! rejected- ¦ i Mr . Q' , in a speech which was nearly inau- dibla frr ' . m the inattention of the House , proposed a series 0 ' £ clauses , having for their object to treat all y income' i not derived from lauds or funds according j to the value of them if estimated in capital , and to i char ? e the property-tax only on the income which such '; ¦ ¦ «» pi' ca . 1 would produce were it invested at five per . cap t . - ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ , . . ¦ . j Mr . Goulburn opposed this clause , as at variance j T irith the whole principle of the bill , which professed to tax income , and not mere eapitaL I I This clause was supported by Mr . Hume and Mr . ; Howard . The House divided , and the clause was rejected .
' Mr . Goulburn introduced some words ; giving the exemptions enjoyed by cathedrals , colleges , &c ., to ] all places used solely for Divine worship ; waicbaddi-: tion was adopted . ' Sir R : Inglis again pressed on the consideration of ; Govetnment ( and requested that Sir R . Peel would notice on the third reading ) his suggestion for excepting : inconiea above £ 150 a year from the per centige on the first £ 150 of theiv amount . Sir R . Peel unik-vtook to < - , i 7 e or . the third foa'ling [ an explanation of the r-.-iisc-ns . wbich prcclr-dsii !> . « . adoptioa of that iu ^ iitioti . i Various' vo-rbr . 1 a'v _ r ; 1 mtnt 3 were made , and the report beicg gouo turuUjjh , the thii-iueadin ' s waa up-1
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pointed for Friday > s&i ? ct to farther postponement in case the tariff should not then have made sufficient progress . ' - ¦'' , ' . ¦ ' . . '¦ .- ¦ ¦¦• .- ¦ ¦¦'' . ' -: ¦ ¦ ' .. - ' ¦ -. "' -. 'V . . . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' .:.- . The Hdnie then proceefied with the other orders of the day , and no .. business of yablic interest ' eameon . before the adjournment ¦''¦ : ; The following are the moti «»» of Mr . KoebncK , the first in its ^ original , and the twa latter as mbdifled by snecessive amendments : —
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Being : > ' Time . —It i 3 currently reported that mosey ha > b ? en actually paid on account , for a sest to witness the execut'ou of Good . Murder bt a Highwayman . —A desperate highwayman of the old rchoul ha ^ bt ; en detected in fuil practrce in the immediate ne \*; hbonrb i ~ > od of London , aud he has sisnalised his peiz'ire by a murder . Several persons have complaiiied lately thai they had been stopped aud robbed in ' . he fields near Hornsey Wood . One of ihe .-e was a breiver ' s collecting-clerk , "who had £ 70 in his pocket ; but he made the roblsr believe that 11 s . was " hi 3 all "; and ihe latter magnanimously returned him a shilling . Moss , an active policeman , was set to watch ; and a ! half-past three o'clock on Thursday afternoon ,
he saw a dark young man , whoso waist was bulky , as if he had weapons concealed about him . follow . n % a gentleman on the road to Hornsey Wood . The Policeman approached , not needing the warning to s : aad back ; aud the man dreiv a hor .-e-pistol from his sice and fired ; shattering the Policeman ' s left arm . He fled across the fields towards Highbury , pursued by the wounded Policeman and Motte , a jjurceyman baker , who was near the spot . At Highbury South , he ran down a blind lane ; and then ; seeing escape impossible , he stood at baj . Several" p = m > ns had now joined in the pursuit Motte rushed forward to sii z ? him , and received the ball from one pkiol in his WtaTm ; and the contents of anothtr pistol passed through the heart of Policeman Daly . A crowd closed upon the murderer ; who exclaimed , "I'm done cow ! 1 give mysdf up " and he surrendered his pistols . A knife , stained with blood , was found concealed in his watch-fob .
He is a i-mall man , very fair , and thin and sharp in rhe fare . Taken before a magistrate , he said that his Dame is Thomas Cooper ; that he is twenty-three years of age ; and that he had been out of work . After he was placed in confinement , he became very sick , and it was supposed that he had taken poison ; but a medical man atributed the sickness to his state of Excitement . Cooper was placed before the . Magistrate at Cierkenwell Fo'Ice-offi ^ e , on Saturday ; and the first surmise as to his having swallowed poison proTed to be correct ; for he was suddenly taken ill , and then he confessed that he had swallowed arsenic and laudanum , as he fl ? d from Moss . He was carried to the House of Correction , and placed ' nnder medical care . An inquest was opened on Friday , on the body of Daly ; but it was at once adjourned till Monday , aud from that day again to Wednesday .
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THE ORXGTKAt MOTiSlf' . 'That a Select Committee be appointed to fntfaifif whether certain charges made of . corrupt proceedings ott the trial of certain election petitions bbfore Election Committees 1 lately appointed to try the aaae ; and wfciefe proceedings are charged as a gross breach of the privileges of this-House , be true . " . ; ' ; ¦ . "" . AMENDMENT . " That , a Select Committee be-appointed toinqawe -whether . 'in the cases of the election petitions presented to the House from Reading , Nottingham , Btowich , . Lewes , and Falmoath , there have not been corrupt compromises entered into for the pnrpose of withdrawing f romthe ,. ihyt ; stigatien of theSelectCpmmitteesappointed to Sry . th ' f ! merits of those several petitions the gros 3 bribery practised at the said elections . "
> . _ ' SECON&EO AMENDED MOTION . " That the House having been informed by an Hob . ' Member that he has heard and believes that in the cases of the election petitions presented to the House fronv Harwich , Nottingham . Reading , Lewes , and Fdlmbutn , certain corrupt compromises have been entered into for ' the pur ' po « ebf avoiding an invfstiiatioii into the gross bribery alleged to have been practised at the elections for the said towns , a Select Committee be appointed to inquire , whether such compromises have been entered into , and whether such bribery had taken place in the aforesaid . to wns . " This last was carried .
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ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION TO THE UNREPRESENTED PEOPLE . Fellow Countrymen , —The House of Commons has once more declared its hatred of liberty ; it has again spurned tho voice of an indignant people : it has absolved itself from all virtual as well as real responsibility to the country ; it has treated your petition with scorn ; it his scouted the prayers of three millions and a half of people ; it has refused even to . adtnit your delegates to its presence , to prove the truth of the allegations of your petition at the
bar of l / s- Houso . It has cffvjred no reasons for this treatment that are not as insulting a . 3 the treatment ; itself , Jt . has urged no objections to your petitioa which may hoc be equally urged against every other petition haying the same objects in view ; and concluding with tiie same prayer . It has , consequently , rendered the right of petition a degrading mockery , and convinced' every rational witness 01 its conduce that ic ; would be a worse than useless expenditure of time and labour ever again topetitipn that House for complete justice while its constitution remains what
HIS . . ¦ , ' .. -. •' Shall we , then , stultify ourselves by again petitioning that House for the Charter I The Hon . presenter of our petition ha 3 pwblicly declared that ws cinnot get up another National Petition to tho present House without degrading our cause : and so keenly has he felt his share of the humiliation that he vows he will never present another . petition for us <> fthe » like kind . SVijII the indu-trious millions— thcauthors of our-Country ' s greatness—be les . s conscious of wrong aii ( i intuit—le-s eonsciousoi their own fii ^ nify , than a member , of the- House of Commons 1 We cannot believe it . We cannot bolieve t lat you will : ever again stoop to patition a House which has already .-trampled upon t ' . iree of your petitions , each of th <; na so uninorously signed .-as ' 10 bo justly entitled a National Petition .
Fally convinced , then , fellow-countrymen , that it vyould be-bo ! -h useless and insuUing to advise you to get up-another National Pbtition to the present House ( though holding the right of Petition itself most sacrvd and inviolate , ) and at the same time , fuliy resolved to carry on the agitation by every safa and practicable m < a : is le't opeu to us by the law , until success has crowned our efforts , We have accordingly agreed to recoaamend for your adoption , the folio wing measures and suxgeauoijs , as the bes ; that occur to ' -us .,. 'under existing' circumstances , lor promoting the success of the glorious objects we have m view •—
1 . We have prepared a . memorial . to tho QJioen , and a remonstrance to the House of Commons , which , \ r& trust , will be adopted throughout the Kingdom within the ensuing two months , so that . both may be ready for presentation by the middle of July , at latest . For this " purpose , w « recommend the immediate calliniC of public meeungs ,. in every county , city , borough , I village , & . C ., to which the said . memorial and rcmori-: strance may be submitted for adoption ; and we : hereby instruct the Executive and the members of this Convention w give their best services at ail such I meetings as they can conveniently attend . j- 2 With a view to facilitate this object , aa well as to extend or organization , we recommend the 1 " immediate ' ¦ sending " of lecturers to the unaeitated
. districts of the country—more particularly in tie I agricultural ccurties ; and we cannot too strongly I . impress 1 on the people tho necessity of supplying the ! Executive with the requisite pecuniary meaus for j carrying this .. recommendation , into effect . j 3 We recommend the friends of the Charter to use j their 'best endeavours in . each locality to augment 1 tho numbers and funds of their Associations , by every sate and available means in their power : — such as by the disiribution of Chartist tracts and i 'other publications friendly to our cause , by local 1 collector ' s , by friendly visits aud mutual instruction i classes , by , public discussious with adverse parties ^ I and , above ail ,-by inculcating temperate and sober habits amongst our Chartist brichre'i . :
I 4 . While we desire the members ot the National ! ' . Charter Association to abide firmly by their present I orgaiiiz'ltibu , and to give thoir undivided pecuniary j support t ) their own . Association ^ we , at-the same j time , deem it essential to bur success that ; we should ! exhibit no jealousy or intolerant . feeling , towards other Associations or Unions , professing the same or similar principles to our own . We should like , however , to see a marked distinction always made { . be ' . ween the friends of our principles , and their { known enemies , by giving to the former our unfailing countenance and support , and by withholding both from the latter . More particularly do we desire to see this rule observed in our own relations with
the middle classes . No countenance or support for aay m'dil . !^ -class man who- shall oppose our rights , or refuse to hear ua in defence of them ; but let us , on all occasions , demonstrate ouf respect and affection for . those who would givs us the full measure of them . , In othi-r words , let us study to promote the interests-of all who respect oar just claims ; but treat with merited sooru the men of every class who , from pride or selfishness , would withhold our riaht ? . ' ... . 5 . in the event of our memorial and remonstrance failing to produce the desired eftoct on the Sovcteign and her Parliament , we deem it advisable that thounreprestnted people should immediately set about making ,-the . - ; necessary preparations for a practical assemott-of their claims at the next general election . For this purpose we reoommend the National Charter
1 ' t t -t f * ( Association to register the names of ; all : the : eiector 3 and non-electors of their respective . counties ,- boroughs , &C ; , and to canvass the whole ot them , for their votes and support ; st > - that we may bo ready to put forth ou ? wholo undivided strength when the next general ekouon comes . The objects tevbe then accomplished are—lit , to senure seats in tho House of Commons for as many Chartist candid ' atea as -poss > bio ; » nd 2 nd , to elect by show of haaoV , a . real National . Representation , in whoso hands niaj then be . plac << d the future direction of the mo 7 eaient t until , with , ? ho people ' s aid , they shall havesuivnoun ted all ' opposition , aiid , caused the Charter to be made the basis of our repsesentaiive system . Thepiacticil steps njL-ti-spary for the real zation cftheto cbjectB , will be submitted to the country by the-: Ssecutive Council .
1 > 1 ' ' We caiiaot separate , fellow-countTVEien , without congratulating you on thb exalted position we have attained .. Never before in the history © four country , tid thevworking classes exhibit ! such , union amougat themselves , and so much devotion io the cause of liberty .-. ; and never be ' oro . did their ciaims to emancivs . . ioii commaTid eo much attention and respect , bota within and without the wails of Parliiment . The precession which accompanied your petition to the- Hoiise of Commons on the 2 nd oi May , proved at once the-inunenso pro { ire ~ s t . f our cause in public opinion , and the p : eposftvous folly of those who would suppress the just demands of a great and outraged people by tyrannical persecution and bruto violence . Oaw . a ' r . d , then , and we conquer ; backward , aud vrefall .- ' No power oa earth can long withold our just rightB , if we but continue true to our principlesto ourselves , arid to . one another . . ';
, In cbnclubion , we wish you , fellow-countrymen ., to understand that the preceding recommendations comprise only the more prominent measures which we deem advisable for immediate adoption , in order to meet tie existing crisis . There are otheM in reserve . which will , doubtless , be submitted to 30 a when the proper time . arrives for recommending them . " " . ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ¦' . ¦ ¦ .. ¦¦ : ¦¦"¦ :. "" ¦ ¦ Signe 4 » on behalf of the ConyoQtion ^ Abbak Duncan . Chairman .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 14, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1161/page/3/
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