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¦ "W ^ _ ^^_——I——THE COMMITTEE OF THE EDINBURGH CHaRTiSf ASSOGjATiON TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE BOriH JilDlAK D AXD EiSIErVN D-SCB . ICT , COSIPPOSISG T 11 S COUNTIES OF EDINBURGH , HADDI > aiO >" , LISLITHGOW . FEE 3 LE 3 , BEEW 1 CK , iJB THE SO * CTH OF FIFE . BKOTKta Democsats , —Toe hurry and bustle attendaas on the geitin * up and presentation cf "the JTat : jnal Petition is sJ"e by , and the exeitemeut that r 2 . t 3 . raHv arose in the minds of the care-worn sons of toil , has pissed a ^ -ay . Bat let not apathy and indiS ? renca rain , the ascendency over you . It is now time that we should set to work ia earnest , and put cur hon ^ e in order , so that all deficiencies may be snpplied , and errors rectified ; at tho same time taking care that our outworks are so strengthened that the foe may be repulsed by our united energies , and victory secured .
F . rr this desirable pnrpose it 5 s necessary that the district , of which Edinburgh is the centre , according to the plan agreed upon by the Convention , held in Glasgow , in January last , shsuld be speeoily organised . For this oT-j-.-ct , -we request all the associations in the above c ^ cri ^ s to send a delegate to attend a meeti-g to be h £ id in E linbun ? h . on Monday , Jane 13 th , 1842 , with a certificate of tbeir appointment , to consider the bes * plan for the agitation of the district In taking this step , we have no desire to dictate , and trust that delay , which has already occurred , will be a sufficient apology for thus hurriedly cailinjjnpon you to lend your aid in forwarding the great cause of uniTfeisal
liberty . . By oraer of the Committee cf the Chartist Association , Thomas Blackie , Secretary . Edinburgh , 7 , Milne Squire , May 29 , 1824 . KB . The delegates wial n : eet at two Velock , P . M . in WhiteSeld Ciispel , Carrubber ' s Close , Hisastreet . ' .. . ^_ , _
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THE NEW POOR LAW . —PUBLIC MEETING IN LANCASHIRE . ( From a Correspondent . ) The statements of the Right Hon . Secretary for the Home D 3 p : iTtment relating to the working of the New Poor Law Bui in the out-towndiips of large towns , made in his place in the House of Commons , appears to hzvva given . great offence , not only to the operatives who suffer under the Bill , but to the overseers , Guardians , and millowners who manage it in the out-townships of the manufacturing districts .
The township of Newton , in the parish of Manchester , containing a population of about 7 , 000 persons , instead of b-. i = ? btnefitted ( according to the statements of Sir J : m = b trriiham ; by bain -, ' attached to the Union of a ; . ^ e town , has had Us p-- >* r-rates doubled s . nce it has l > : vn under the operation of the New Poor Law Bill , and this does not arise from increased distress in the townships , but from the sums they have had to pay to an extensive Union for the purpose of defraying tho enormous expences of officials under the new law . The largest amount that the township of Newton Heath paid for the rditf of the poor for one year during three
years prior to its being placed under ths ban of the Poor Law Commissioners was £ 31 12 s . Id . This was ia 1840 , -when distress was very prevalent , and two cotton-mills were , from the depression of trade , compelled to cease working . During the past year , when only one mill is stopped , and the distress by no means so srreal ; as in 1840 , they have been called upen to pay £ 665 13 s . 6 ± to the Union ; and I have the authority of the assktait-overseer or relieving officer for stating that the poor are much worse fed than when the ex ptmditure was less , and the pocr managed by local protectors .
This is f .-sund to be the case in most ef the outtownships attached to large Unions in the manufacturing district ? , and yet on the 11 th of May Sir James Graham is reported to have said , " Judging from the exampie of Manchester , and the great advantages which bad there occtared from the uniting of the adjoining districts UEder one Board cf Guardians , he would not wish to prevent the union of rural districts with large towns . He thcught a striking example was afforded by Manchester of the great advantages resulting from the union of districts with large towns . " In order to show Sir James Graham t > . at he has been acting under false information with reference to the Vill , and particularly as to its beneficial workings in the out-townships , soiue of the moit respectable and i : flueutial iniilowners and manufacturers of Newton Heath , among whom were twelve of the principal firms , signed a requisition to the authorities , of which the following is a copy : —
To the Constables of the Township of Newton . — We , the undersigned ratepayers of Newton , beg that rou will call a public town ' s meeting of the inhabitants , fir the purpose of considering the propriety cf addressing Sir J . Griham on remarks made by him during the debate on the Nt w Poor Law , gtatinz that the fofornntiou from the Manchester Union was tn ' it it worked well in the cut-townships . " In compliance with tbe above rfqTisition . the high constables csnvened a pnblic meeting , \ rhich was beld last evening ( the 27 ; h ) in the £ C > ool-room , Newton , and was uses : Dume ^ -usly attendei by ratepayers of different grades in politics . The chair was occupied by Mr . N . Varley , one cf tbe high constables
Mr . J . Leigh , a manufacturer , after producing the repoxi of the account of the overseers of the poor for the year commc-ncing March 25 , 1841 , and ending March 25 , 1842 . and showing the increase of rates under the new bill as compared with the old one ( as previously stated ) , Eaid that they bad no centroul over the money demanded from them by the union , and where it went to they had no opportunity of knowing , excepting by judging from salaries that were paid . He then read from the Times of May 12 th the statements cf Sir J . Graham , which he reprobated in strong Urnis , and said that he ikould move that a letter be sent from the meeting to Mr . G .-imsditch , the Member for M-. cclesfie d , putting that gentleman in immediate possession Lf the facts , so that he would be enabled to refute
tbe statements of Sir J . Graham in the House of Commons . Mr . Leigh then read tho letter be proposed to send , which wens to show , so far from Sir J . Graham ' s stitenitnt being correct , " that the Manchester Union worked well iu the out-towuibij > s , " that in consequence of it 3 working so ineffectively the inhabitants of Newten had refused to nonjinate any guardians to represent : them iu tbe Union ; that the increase of expenditure of the new system had been fifty per cent over the old , and this could not be accounted far by any extra outlay npon tbe poor- ; and that instead of the law meeting the wants of the needy , they had been compelled to resort to voluntary contribution for their relitf ; tbat they bad painful expf rienee cf the hardships the poor ha < 1 to undergo by bting compelled to travel such dutacc ^ s to obtain a paltry pittance , which frequently they did not get Allusion was a : so nisde in the letter to the case
of a poor woman at Ptcningien , who , for several successive dsys , had travelled a great distance backwards and forwards to the relieving offiier in vain , and who bad subsequently uied of starvation . Quite contrary to the statement of Sir James Graham , the Union was too lar ^ e ever to be humanfcly or properly worked . Mr . D . . Booth Euid that be should oVjeet to a letter being Esnt to Mr . Grimsditch having for iU o ' rjact the correcting of Sir J . Graham ; he shculd move as an amendment , —" That tb 8 rr . &eting should petition fjr b rofaJ repe 3 l ol the iniquitous ) sw . " He was afraid that Sir J . Graham and his party were intending to pas 3 a worse la \ 7 ( if it were possible ) than the previous one . Tbe law was un-Christi ^ n , and alike disgraceful to the statut =-b > ok and tbe country at large . ( Hear , hear . ) Being inconsistent with Christianity , no couutiy couid possibly stand under such a Jaw , and if not abolished the end of it must be an insurrection in t ! : e
land . He was for petitioning for a total repeal of tae law , and nothing else . Mr . Leigh said that they had found petitioning was of no use ; their petitions had been unhee- ' ed . Mr . Booth said that that had been found to be the case , and he thought , under such circumstances , they ought to seek for universal suffrage . Mr . Leigh hoped that his motion would be allowed to pass , as it was necessary that a member of Parliament should be , without delay , put in possession of the state cf the on . t-towErb . ips in tbe Manchester union . He had no objection to join them heart and soul in a petition for the total repeal of the law afterwards , and he did not believe there was one individual iu the meeting who would not join them .
Several of the working men then addressed the meetin ? , and were in favour of a strong remanst'ance or petition being proposed and sent to the Government , prayins them to withdraw the measure . This they were of opinion would ba tho best answer to the calumries of Sir J : unes Graham . One of the operatives iernl ¦ a statement from a pauper n * med Alexander Rigby , confined in the Manchester workhouse . It was addressed to tbe Rsv . Mr . Scholefiald , of Every-street , Manchester . The writer stated , that they were never allowed to go out of the workhouse , and t : c-y supposed they must consider themselves prisoners fur life . When
they complained of the confinement to the governor , he informed them the same strictness was used throu ^ hov . Enzland , and if they did not like it tfeey must he cail-.-U together and discharged . The boys were kept at work from fire in the morning until seven in the evening breaking stones , and the giria were employed from Eve in tbe morning until six in the evening , picking oakum . The writer concluded by Btating that the girls had bten dread fully fetaten by tbe taskmaster -with Eticksj ou tbeir bare backs , and by hoping that the Rev . Mr . Schole-£ v ! d would causa an inquiry to bo made int : > tbtii treatment .
Havic ? read the above , the " speaker stater ! that the : food allowed to the paupers in the Union Work- ! houses was scarcely sufficient to keep soul and boJy together , and yet out of "the poor rates " : " tbe \ K = laries of commissioners , assistant-commissioners , j tbeir travelling expenses , &c , amounted in 1840 ts ' £ 50 , 173 . ' Mr . Wood , a manufacturer , said that he should ! vote for the amendment , but he would rather that the ! meeting-should adjeum , and in the mean time prepare : a petitien . j It was ultimately agreed that the amendment Ehould be withdrawn , on condition that a petition j ior the total repeal should be sent to Parliament at tbe same time . This wa 3 agreed to , and the motion that the letter be presented t « Mr . GriEiBditch was ! passed . |
A petition for tho total rep sal of the ' -mi quit 0 U 3 act " was subsequeiitly adopted and signed , and the meeting ! separated peaceabiy . \ It is a well-known fact , which says little in favour of tbe New Poor L ^ w , thit thire is not 6 ne union in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire , Yorkshire , or Cnesnire , where the law is not broken . The guardians ' dare not carry out ths law for fear of their lives , and : the conuniesiocera dare not pre 3 S them to do so for fear I of their salaries . —Times . \
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IRISHMEN IN JAMAICA . At the annual meeting of the British and Foreign AuU-Slavery Socie ) y , h&W on the 13 th instant , the R 3 V . Mr . Kuibb allu'led , in the following terms , to the inhuman treatment and fearful Bufferings to which the Irisb . emigrants to Jamaica were subjected : — I do implore this respectable assembly not to allow their feelings to be harrowed np by the bloody and nrarderoua system of Buropeaa emigration , l have witnessed sceneB with respect to this .-which * I . shall never forget . I bave seated myself by the side of a poor deluded Irish emigrant , though of a different religion ts myself , and , in the absence of one whom he considered his only spiritual guide , he was glad to receive temporal and spiritual consolation from myself .
I have stood by his side , when in the deepest depths of poverty , joined to despair , and on a bed covered with ra ^ s , he has breathed his last , a dups to this infernal schema—( hear , hear ) . In circumstances which I could not msntion to this respectable audience , have the victims of this accursed plan oeen hurried into eternity . I declare , without the leass f ; ar of being contradicted —and , if thsIKuse of ComvnonB think that I cannot prove it , let them call me as a witness to their bar—( loud cheers )—1 declare tha ' t there have been acenas in Jamaica , within the last two years , unequilled in atrocity by all the abominations connected with the foreign slave-trade . I say this not on account of the number ; but when I think of the manner in which these poor deluded people came—when I think that
comfort was the lot of some before they left their homes , and that I have stood by their bsdsides , where poverty , disease , and starvation have combined to hurry them from theworkl—when I have seenthe misery and the last gasp of breath , and I have had the office of consigning them to the tomb—I implore , on behalf of Ireland , that she be rescued from a system which entails misery on all whe go , and must bring down the just judgment of Gad— ( hear . ) So convinced was Sir C . Metcaif of this , that at his request I interfered . I know his Excellency thought I could not prove what I had asserted with resper . t to one estate , but r . n investigation was ordered , Mr . Keiiy , a special magistrate , was invited to Spaaish Town , and b . s evidence was taken ; but it was so ubominably filthy that it was suppressed . I have it ,
however , and the world shall have Jt too . If it is necessary to stute how I obtained it , that shall be done , for on that subject I care for no individuaVtbat breathes on tarth—( cheers ) . It , h but the other day tbat I went to one of the jails in Jamaica . I dare say a great many peopla will say , I had no bu&inass there—( kughter ) . I have business everywhere where tyranny dwells . I saw in that jail a poor Irish girl , seventeen years of a ' je . fed upon the coarsest corn nieal ^ without coffee or lea , or anything but water . Saeine her there I enquired what was her crime ; she told me that she had been hired by Mr . Hylton at £ 8 per year , and that mt fjod was to be found her ; when he had taken her seventeen miles up the country , he told her he would only eivo her £ 6 . ( Hear , hear . ) S / ie ivus one of the
unfortunate victims uho went out in the Robert Kerr . For refusing lo vroik for sis pounds , what did the etiitf magistrate do ? Bo called two ol his brother magistrates into his house to dine , and after dinner they hold a court in tbe bcuse , and sentenced this poor Irish girl , who had nut be . n in the island three weeks , to pay a fine of tbreo pouniis , or , in di . fj . ult of finding goods upon which it could be levied , to inipriacnnmnt for niteen days . ( He : ir . ) Tho moment I -saw her I said , " I will pay the momey , and you can come out " ( Cheers . ) The poor girl bad been walked barefooted seventeen miles under a burning sun to a jail , in which she was placed for foutteen days in tho midst of a deadly morass . 1 had her taken care of in the mansion huuse . I said to the jailer , " Give me a copy of ber
commitment ; " he replied , " I dare not do it ; what would the magistrates s . iy ? ' I answered , " I dont care whuther you durst or not , but you shall : you know that every person has a right' to a cany of their commitment , and I demand it on behalf of this poor girl . " ( Cheers . ) And here it is— " Whcreis , E-izi Keunpuy , an iuimicrant , located on K < tirtmsnt , - the property if Thomas Kicketts Hylton , Esq ., ha 3 teen convicted before ua , David Mascn , sen ., ami D . ivi : i Mason , jun ., Eiqrs ., two of her Majesty ' s justices of the peace , for the parish of Westmoreland . i , t re : u .: int ;"—uund how logical they arc — " to do the cuty sfce hud agreed upon to perform to the said Thomas RiukeUs Hylton , and Las been sentenced to pay a fine of three pounds sterling , or , in
default of goods to levy upon , to fifteen days in the House cf Correction , agreeable to the act to encourage immigration to this islaud , &c . ( Loud laughter . ) And whereas no goods to ltvy on have been found ; these are in her Majesty ' s name . " I thought * my first duty was to tell the governnt about tkis . I wrote to Daniel O'Connell , but 1 think the Post-offica stopped tho letter . You . shall have tLe fcovernor ' a reply : —• ' Sir , I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26 lb . ult . Inquiry wsil be nvade into the circumstances of tbe easy therein reported , and , pending the receipt tf the result * , tho G jvcnior suspends hia judgment on the conduct of tLd parties « oucfcrned . But , whatever the causes may have l ^ ien , his Excellency deeply laments tl : at a yuuug -female , immediately after
her arrival in this :-land , should have been subjected to a fiiie which the couid mt im expected to pay , and te the consequent degradation and dacge-r of ¦ iuiprkunlufaut . He requestjyuu to accept hia tfr&nka-for jour generous interfe- ;< . ; : ce in paying the fine , and rescuing the unfortunate prisoner from contlueinent , and tega lsave to transmit herewith the amount of the expense which he undtrstantis jou to have incurred upun that Occasion . " tChetrsi I any honour ta whom honour is due —( renewed cheersj—and I shall feel pleasure in Tcf « Tring mure than once to the kindness the Governor has manifested to these poor deluded creatures . I only regret that iu the liat , dttpatch , on leaving the colony , he Las still recommended , under certain conditions , a new trial of this eniii / raiion scheme ; and if he bad not
done this—if the whuie of h : s cfiicial weight had not been thrown iat <> tLe scale , I should not have stated some circumstances which duty now compels me to lay before you—{ cries of " Hear , hear . " ) I have hera an account of emigration to different parishes . I wish you to unders : and that I have been there ; mine is no hearsay evidence , for I Lave gone to the bedside of these poor victims , and I have endeavoured to smooth their passage to the tomb . On Hyde Hall estite , between March and July , twenty-one emigrants arrived , six with wites and children , thes rf ; st single men ; in November tbe same year , twvivts of the men aud women were dead , four of the children weve dead ,-six of the widows and orphans were shipped by the kindness of an individual to America , fi 7 e were iii the hospital , and three
remained fit to work . On the 19 th of April , four persons from Ireland were situated at Glamorgan , and these estates are net on the plain , they are . on-the mountain ; the man , tho vo ^ an , and tbuir children were dead by the 10 th of Juno . Tho other day 1 went to I ' . uoiher estate at E iiiinutoii . I saw . on that estate , to the windward of Dundeie , two Irisb families from L'jiidon . Oa one bed , without a rag to cover them , lay tiie father vomiting blood ; en the samo bed lay two children , one fyur , and tb » other two years of age ; in a cornyr vi tha room lay a girl of fourteen , ill with ague and f ^ ver , and tbe mother bad not a farthing to support auy of theia—( load cues ef " Hear , hear . ") Iu tbe jitx !* . room which I viaited , after having prayed with this poor Irishman , and done something
else for him—for it is of no use to attend to the soul if you do nut taka care of the body —( hear , hear)—I saw another Iiislircan on his dvattibed . 1 wrnte to the G jvtrnor , teiin 5 him tbat tLe only alternative was the removal of the survivors b . ick again to England , or their death . The Governor wrote back , nnd 1 have bis leiter ; it is to tuis effect : — "It these are tho only means , take a pa-tage for . ttie whole , und I will pay the espunce , let it be what n , ay . " ( Loud cheers . ) 1 returned to these poor peo ^ lri with joyful tidings ; but , tLough a vessel was to sad in ten days , three of the parents were dead , and tv ^ o of the children ! There were three ori'haua \ vhom I s » nt in a -carriage-to my own house ; one died b « . f 're it had been there six hours ; the other two are ia tiid Normal School , and they are
supported by his Esc-ikncy Sir Charles Metcalfehere is the letter with which be sent me the money" Sir , I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter , " sajs the secretary , " of the 8 th instant , auu to transmit herewith a cLeqae for £ 30 , being the amount stated to be tufijcit-n > for the board and education of three orphan ciiil'lren for one year . " One being dead , I told the'Governor tbere were plenty of others , and I should find one . I aver that I can prove that a mother has iain with her t--. to children beside her , the one ten yeais of age , and ihu other an infant dying at her breast , while her other daughter has been wespiu « over the putrid remains . 1 aver I can prove that my poor iellow-creaturts iiro subsisting on what is called Spanish * seeu * , what is given-to feed rabbits , mixed
with wat-r ; t ' . at cturvatto . i , misery , spoliation , and death is the result of this aaursed new slave-trade . I speak strongiy , becvu .-e 1 have a right so to speakicheers . )—A body of tswae poor Irishmen came tome , and our pockets ougat tu be fuller than Baptists ' potkeU usually an—( ¦ • iU ^ hur)—to supply all the demands that are nmle , ahii implored me to do something for them . —Vy'kat can I du ? Oh , get us out of this country . Another man taid , " t will walk a mile on my knees to thank y u . if you can get me out oi this piace . " A woman who landed in 1835 , assured ua that she came out with one hundred and fifty emigrants , tweLty of whom returned home , and all the rest were dead . Lbt those who are carrying on this plot in reference to the West Indies hear these facts ; they certainly shall through the public press . ( Cheers . ) I would implore that a ship be immediately freighted by the British Government—it cannot be betttr employed—to fetch hoiue these emigrant ? . Let
them throw their guns overboard , and put up hammocks for the dying . I hope there are spirits in this country that will assist me in carrying out this object . I hoped that Daniel O'Gonnell would have been here , and I would have asktd hia aid on behalf of his countrymen . There are a few withered creatures left ; there are a few orphans and widows , and I implore that no time be lost iu fetching them home again . I am eare that if you could see them , you -would not want the eloquence of Djniel 0 Connell to convince you of the atrocity cf European emigration . Emigration , even from Africa , though it may not be so fatal in its eff . ctB , wili be quite aB abominable in its principles . — Wereitteecssary , which it is no * , I could detain you for hoi-irs with statements of this kind . But 1 dare not conclude" without reiterating the earnest cry from dying , fitarvin * *!? emigrants in Jamaica that yet suffer in that climate . Gould yon tee them as I have beheld them heaxtbrokOO . djing and dead , you would implore hej
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Majesty's government not to let a month pass without sending a vessel ts bring the deluded yictiraH back to the land of their fathers . Think you we are afraid of them competing with the negro ? No ; nor is the negro himself . He treats them kindly . One of my brethren saw the other day a deacon of hia own church walking on the road-side , and a poor Irish emigrant was riding on a horse . His minister asked' how that came ta pas *?" His deacon replied , « 'I aaw bim lying under a tree starving , I got off my horse and put him on , and I am walking by his sido to take him home and give him something to eat "— ( leud cheers . ) I ask you whether
he conld have done more ? I ask you if a block man would have been eo treated if he bad come to reduce wages here ? No Irishman has perished , because the black man would , to the utmost of his power , prevent it —( cheers . ) I ask the -meeting not to allow tbe Government to be palmed upon by those who think they can reduce the negroes to serfs . They cannot , and they will not , for we have a mouatatn-top to which to flee . We have already sufiered enough- —they shall not extinguish the ethereal light which now , beams on tho isluntls of the west : C-mie what will , we will be free , and enjoy the blessing which God has given us—( cheers . ) *
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Monday , May 30 . The Earl of Glen gall , in moving for returns respecting the number of rewards offered by tho Irish Government fpr the detection of offenders , commented on the statements which bad been made by Lord Wharncliffe on Friday night last , with respect ta the condition of the county of Tipperary , and the infiaencc of the Catholic clergy . He also defended the conduct of tbe landlords , and blamed tbe younger portion of the Catholic priests , whom he considered as largely impltcated in exciting and perpetuating that centempt for aocial order , which led to theaa outrages . Lsrd Wjurncliffe briefly defended his previous observations .
Earl Fortescue defended the Catholic clergy of Ireland , as being , on the whole , a mofct exemplary body , from -whom he had received , while at the head of tha Irish Government , most tfficient assistance in the suppression of crime . A short debate ensued , after which the motion was agreed to .
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HOUSE OF COMMuNS , Friday , May 27 . The House went into Committee on the Tariff question ; as to tho duty to be levied from traiu and speriHactti oil , blubber , aud . whale fins , Mr . Lyall moved to postpone the commencement © f these imposts from the . 'dates * imposed in the tariff , to certain i periods of the years 1843 and 1841 reaDectively . In this he was supported by Mr . G . Palmer , Mr . Hawes , and * Mr . Chapman , upon grounds : peculiar to the oil traclu , anil to the adventui'ers iu . the whale fishery , who had goce out without notice of the proposed reduction . . Sir . C . NapieR cor . cuired in the motion , for the sake of that important nursery of eeanien the mercantile marine , -which lie greatly feared waa on the decline , while tlie competing marine of foreigners seemed to bo increasing . Sir It . Peel and Mr . Gladstone resisted the
extension of time , maiiily on account of the very high prices incident to this fluctuating trade , referred to an official return of the mercantile marine iu the years 1840 and 1841 , from which it appeared that the numbers of British Beamen and ships , -and ibe amount of British tonnage , had been considerably greater in the latter than iu the former cf those years ; while the foreign marine exhibited , on the contrary , a great diminution in 1841 , as compared with 1840 . Lurd J . Russell and Mr . C . Buller argned for the extension of tho time , on the ground that if the tariff was properly adjusted in . allowing any extension at all , it ought to allow snch an extension as would do comple . e justice to all the persons engaged in the now P- -ndsi ) g vovf-Ces .
Cai > -. v . in Fitzroy doubted the conclusion drawn from the crfiiipariion of the years 1 S 40 and 1841 ; and expressed bia disapprobation Of many provisions in our navigation laws ; but made . some , admissions respecting the present state of the fisheries and of the prices , upon which Sir K . Peel founded another earnest exhortation to tho Houso that they should permit , without further extension of the time , a reduction so obviousiy necessary for the relief of manufacturing and other consumption . The Committee , on division , decided against the ex- - teiision . On the schedule relating to timber , Mr . Hawes and other Members objected not to the duties , but to the syttam cf iueasiTrement on -which it is proposed to levy them ; which ayate ' m Mr . Gladstone and Sir ii . Peel dtfended on the authority of practical
men . Mr . Ciiai'JUN carried his objections further , remoiiBtrating auuinst the main principle of the proposed reductions on timber . Mr . Hume recommended it to Government to make the reductions at once , instead of postponing them to O-tober ; for , as carpenters and others who had no stock of woud in hand must postpone their purchases of that artic o until after the reduction , it was ^ lairi that in tha interval there would be no employment for the workmen .
Tiiis suggestion was resisted by other members on behalf of the numerous parties at prestnt possessing stock ; and Sir R . Peel was of opinion that justice to those parties precluded him from altering the course which he had announced , and on the faith whereof they had been nctiiig . The mode of measurement , however , was a subject which he would reconsider , though not at present inclined to alter the view he bad already taken of it . : The Committee then adjourned , and the House having resumed , Mr . C . Buller brought on his motion for referring it to Mr . Roebuck ' s committee to inquire Into a corrupt compromise alleged to have been made by Mt Warburton respecting the Bridjport election . In the cases of Nottingham arid of the other places included
in the charge of Mr . Roebuck , the allegations of bribery and of cempTOiniBo rested only upon rumour , but here they rested on the direct evidence of Mr . Warburton himself , contained in a petition to the House ; and on the fact that no fewer than fifty-one actions had been brought for bribery against Mr . Mitchell j one of the sitting Members , and discontinued in pursuance of the general compromise respecting the Bridpprt election . That this compromise was made in a former , and not in the present , session , was a frivolous distinction . Mr .- ' . Buller then stated the circumstances of compromise severally affecting Mr . Mitchell and the other sitting Members Mr . ' Cochrane . He thought it should be a strong additional reastm with the Bouae in favour of his motion , that the case was one involving the characters of two of its Mem . bers .
Mr . Cochrane then entered into the details of the case , first , as concerned his own conduct , and secondly , as concerned the conduct of Mr . Warburton , of which he considered himself as having reason to complain . The Hon . Member , in the course of his speech , repeated various ¦ pussages from the conversations and correspondence between himself and Mr . Warburton , wbich ra ; sed repeated roars of laughter at the simplicity of 'that eminent Rsformer , aud at his anxiety to preserve his reputation for purity amidst the potent oelout of hia own admissions of corruption .
Next came the turn of Mr . Mitchell , who made a statement of his own . case , controverting much of Mr . Warburton ' s petitiont and throwing very seriaus cen > sure on his conduct . He distinguished this case from the cases referred to Mr . Roebuck's committee . In each cf those instances one of the sitting Members had madt ) a tacit admission of guilt by retiring ; but he bad not retired ; he had manfully stood his gvouud , and kept it . And as to the actions against him for bribery , they bad been brought , he beiieved , for the purpose of frightening him , and bad been abandoned because it was 7 f ? lt that they could not be maintained . -.- ¦ '*
SirT . Wilde said that tbe admissions of the two preceding speakers had left no doubt as to the existence of facts which required investigatf on by the committee . Aft «? r ceoeuring tho House for the cbeera of derision with which they had received the , quotations from Mr . Warburton ' s conversations and letters , he proceeded to defend that gentleman , and to retort upon his accusers . It was roniarkable , that Mr . Warburton sought inquiry , and that bis accusers resisted it . There had been a resignation of a seat in this case as well as in the others , . namely ,- the resignation of Mr . Warburton ; on what just ground , then , could the reference to the committtebe opposed ?
Sir John Walsh , moved , as an amendment , that Air- Roebuck ' s committee should limit its inquiries , in the several cases before it , to the subject of the alleged compromises , oniitting all investigation respecting the imputed bribery . He thought the precedenfc ' of these references a very dangerous one , which , in the hands of an unscrupulous majority , might be made the inatrumsut of much mlsehi-if . . . ¦ '¦ : Mr . EscoTX said , the inquiry in the other cases was asked by a man who stood untainted ( Mr . Roebuck ;) but the inquiry in the present case was asked by a man who admitted his own guilt .
Sir R . Peel did not think that distinction sufficient to exempt the present case from the desired inquiry ; nor did he see how Sir John Walsh ' s limitation could bo adopted , though he certainly apprehended that the committee had undertaken a much larger duty than it could discharge . Again , these compromises had been usual for thirty years , and no member had considered himself bound to go on for the public , if he could secure the seat for himself . The committee Would do more usefully to devise means of future prevention , than to occupy themselves with the facts of the past cases . He should be glad if Lord John Russell ' s announced bill for the prevention of bribery could pass before the now proposed inquiry should take place ; but be should feel himself bound , if the motion of Mr . C . BUtLER waa pressed , to vote for it . ¦
Lord John Russell did not think this quite bo streng a case for inquiry as the others ; because , from the statements of Mr . Warburton and the tvto sitting memberg themselves , the Housa was now in possession of all tbe facts . He thought the committee could never do jaBtice to the various inquiries which -would be in-
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volved in the investigation of the bribery committed at all the places denounced before it ; but nevertheless he would consent to the proposed reference . Sir R Inglis said that this jurisdiction belonged , by law , toElection Committess . Lord Palbierston questioned whether a compromise was necessarily illegal or culpable . Indeed , the statutes seemed rather to recognise tbe legality of such arrangements . He would rather amend the law both as to compromise and as to bribery , than enter upon these enquiries into parUcular cases . The system , and not the individuals ; should be tho object of their attention . And after the decision against enquiry in the case of Ipswich , be did not see how the House could consistently send this case to the Committee .. ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' : " - ¦¦ ,.: ¦ ¦¦ ¦ •'• - ¦ ¦¦ - ' ' - " ¦ ¦ ¦
Lord Stanley observed , that Mr . C . Buller ' s mstwn was in two separate clauses ; the first affirming , the expediency of an enquiry , and : tUe second delegating that enquiry to Mr . Roebuck ' s Committee- He was prepared to vote at present only for the first of those two clauses . . , ¦ Mr . George Banks warned the House against a precedent which would be usod by every disappointed candidate- * : ; : : Mr . C . Buller said , that if the House adopted the first clause of his motion , affirming the expediency of some enquiry , be shouid not dbjsctlo defer the question , in what mode or before what committee , that inquiry should be pursued , The Home divined—For the motion ... .. » ... 37 Againstit . i . ... 156
Majority ... ... ... U 9 The other orders > f the day were then disposed of , ond and the House adj turned at half-past , two o ' clock . Monday , May ZQ . Mr . Thomas Du ^ combe presented a petition , from John Wr ^ n , of Southampton , offcririg : to make certain disclosures relating to the bribery practised at the last and precwiinij eltcUons , if he were protected by indemiiity .. Ou the . motion that the petition be printed , a . somewhat animated and singular debate arose , which , huwevery ended in the motion being agreed to . : The WitneBdes' Indemnity Bill passed through committee . Sir R Peel moved the order of the day for tke third readinjg of the Property Tax Bil ? . Oa tbe question " that thy bill be now read a third time" beiDg put .
Mr . S Crawford rose to bring forward , as an amendment , the motion of which he had given notice , and which was as follows : — •" ¦ That , as by the existing laws a large proportion of the people of this realm are excluded from voting for Members of Parliament , and as it also appears by the reports of different election committees that cormpt practices have been uacd to an extraordinary extent in procuring the return of Members to this present House cf Commons ...-and- as ., from both these causes , this House cannot be consiiiered * foirRepresentation of the people , it is , therefore , unfit that any sjsU-m of increased taxation should be imposed by Pariiament until all juat causes of complaint with regard to the mode of electing the Members of this Houso shall be first redressed . "
The Hon . Member , who spoke In an exceedingly low tone of voice , and was most iadistinetly . heard , was understood to commence his observations by saying , he thought it was necessary for the House to con- ; sidtT whether tbey were in a condition to adopt a mode of taxation hitherto unprecedented , except in the case of an European war , and he felt he should not ; do his duty as a representative of the people and ; pledged to protect their rights , if he did not now rise to oppose such a priuciple of taxation as that now pre- sented tor the final adoption of the House . It could hardJy bo necessary for him at thia : time to prove that , the principle of taxation and representation ought to co-exist and be identical . That principle had been asserted in the time of Cbarise I . aud of Williaiii III ' .,
and was recognised by the jaaiousy with which any interference by the House of Lorda with money bills was regarded . This jaalousy arose ftorn the ruis that all money or tax --bills must originate in the Commons Heusa of Pdr'iainevt , on the great principle that the people ought only to ba taxed by tlietnselves tbrougbi their representatives , liut were the people under the present ayttom at present representid iu that House ? It might be said that because property wa 3 represented the people were virtually represented ; bat he ( Mr . S . * Crawford ) denied that there was even a virtual rapresentation of a great portion of the property of the country . But if tiiey looked to the stat-s of the suffrage of the people at large , there was nst even a pretence of representation . If they compared tho amount of
population with the number of electors—if they , compared tbe numbers of those who had the suffrage . wit ' a tl--03 e who had not , it would appear from returns which from time to time , had been moved for by various Hon . Members , that in England and Wales the number of eltcton , aa compared with the amount of popula . tion , was in the proportion of 1 to 18 ^ , in Scotland of 1 to 30 , and ia Ireland of 1 to S 7 ; and in the United Kingdom on the average as 1 to 44 , ( He . ar , hoRv . ) But these evils hud been aggravated by corrupt practices in the return of members in . an ini--meiise-de ^ reo .. - The house had by reports of its own conniiittees , by thfl declaration of Members of Parliament themselves , and by various other means , undeniable evidence of the corrupt state of the rep . eaenliition ;
but fa e required no ttronger . proof : of that corruption than the ficfc that had been elicited by the motion of the Hon . Member for Fiiiebury ( Mr . T . ttuncombe ) , wjien he desired to apply a test to the Membera Who might be called upon to serve on the committee to ba appointed pursuant to the motion carried by the Hon . and Learned Member for B 3 th . That test was t $ the effect that the individuals appointed bad not themselves been guilty of any illegal expenditure in procuring their own returns to Parliament , and that ; motion had been resisted on the ground that the test would upaet the desired inquiry j inasmuch as a sufficient number of Members could not bd found who , by taking the tsst could servo on the committee . So that the House , by the rejection of tbat motion , had condemned itself , and no wonder then
tbat it should stand condemned in the eyes of the country . Again , if reference were made to the report 3 of election committees , made ( as we understood ) during the present Parliament , it would be found that no less tban forty towns and other places returning Members to Parliament were tainted with corruption ; in other places compromises had been effected to prevent exposure of corrupt practices , aud in others gross bribery had been proved to exist . Was it not necessary then on theae grounds that the House should take into its consideration the means , for making that House the fair representation of the people ? On a former occasion he had stated the remedies he had to suggest Thbsq remedies chiefly were an extension of the suffrage , an improved distribution of
the electorial districtBi the vote by ballot , and the shortening the duration cf Parliaments . He should not now dwell upon those propositions , which the House refused to adopt when he made them . The House had refused them again when they negatived the motion of the Hon . Member for Finsbury , though that motion was based upon the petition of- upwards of three millions of the people , and he ( Mr . '& Crawford ) now cailud on those who had joined in those refusals to name what remedies they would propose for tho great mass of evils which were known to exist , and to make that house a just , fair , and free representation of the people . It had been urged as an argument against reform , that the people had prospered under the old system of representation . That argument could
not now avail , because it could hot be denied that universal distress prevailed throughout the whole kingdom , and afforded a distinct proof of bad legislation . The people complained that the legislation of that House was class legislation , and in proof they pointed to . the Corn Laws and to the New Poer Law , They referred also to the extravagant expenditure in all departments of the etate , and they complamed that this Property Tax was imposed to defray the expences of tlie wars now carrying on In Isdia arid in China—wars as unjust aa they were ' impolitic ' If a corroboMtion of this were wanted , it existed iri a paper which bad been signed by all the the Birmingham delegates to the Complete Suffrage Conference . In this , after deploring the
recent disasters and losses in Affghanistan , the paper went on to say that the wars both in China and Affgbanistan , having originated in unfairness and injustice , cannet be expected to . terminate except in national disgrace . Such Were the sentiments of the grea < i body of the delegates , and tlie paper must , be conceived , be considered as a very fair test of the feelings of the people . " If the people's voice , " they said , " had s just share in the deliberations of the representatives , such wars would not have been undertaken . ' The delegates also adverted in this paper to the war in Canada , and they stated that that war waB an attempt to put the minority of the people of that country bve * tho majority , contrary to the opinion and wishes of their House of Commons . If the people had been justly
represented such a war as that would never have taken place . In his opinion it would be unsafe for the House of Commons to tax the people , if the people did not thi /) k that they were fairly represented . As an illustration of this he might refer to the result of the proceedings which Charles I . and James If . originated for the taxation of the peojale -Without their consent . The people rose againsi them . So it might be with a Parliament which attempted to impose taxes without properly responding to the popular voice the people might be driven to resistance . It might be asked , if the motion were carried , what were the results which he could expect from it ? He ^ expected that if it were tanteti the immediate
effect would be that the House weuld proceed to take into consideration the state of the -representation , or else to have a new Parliament altogether . Th « was his object ; bat he did not call on the House to adopt the principles of the Charts ; he asked only that they should be ready to redress all just causes of complaint against the present defective representative system . He had only to say that this motion was made with no party views , ; and so he hoped it would be understood generally ; but , concuri ing in the view that representation and taxation were ' ¦ ¦' intimately allied rights , and thinking that when taxes , were brought forward that was a fair and ju 3 t opportunity for bringing on such a nujfcion , te trusfed tlat the House would consent tait
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Mr . O'Connell seconded the motion . Sir RoBEar PBEt thought that if the House of Commons , as at present constituted , was disqualified from increasing taxation , neither could it undertake the reform of the tariff , or even reform itself . He would rather have met the motion as a substantive one , pa a more suitable occasion . * ¦ ... ' - '¦ . ' ..-. * . ' ¦ * . "¦ -. ¦ . ' . *¦ -:-. . .- '¦ ¦ After a ^ few observations from Mr . O'Conneli , Mr Hume , and Lord John Manners , v Lord JOHN / RUSSELL intimated , that though he could . not vote for Mr . S . Crawfordls amendment , he would take the sense of the House on the third residing of the Income Tax Bill . '"' . * .: !* ¦ . ;¦' ¦ ' ,. ¦ ¦ ¦ - ^ . On a divUion , there appeared 21 for the amendment and 156 against it . ; - ' ¦ - Mr . F . T . Baring then proceeded to state his reasons for opposing tb 9 third reading of the Income Tax Bill , but was interrupted by ;
Sir Robert Peel , who said that he had just received information that an attempt had been made on the life of her Majesty . In answer .- ' to some loud excla mations , "Is the Queen safe V' he replied that her Majesty waa perfectly safe , and that the assassin was ia custody ; . ' - * ¦ * ¦ :.- ' ¦ '¦ ¦ : *¦ ¦ ' •¦ ¦ ¦*¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' : ¦ ¦ * . ¦* ' ' . •• . * ¦'¦' -. - '* . " ' : " . * *• . In ebedience to a universal call the House then adjourned .
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A Valuable BtrsTtB . —Some amusement was occasioned one day this week by the towa crier proclaiming the loss of a lady ' s bustle , and offeriag a reward for its restoration . But great was the surprise of all who heard the public orator when he announced that this elegant appendage contained a large sum of money in notes and gold . It is to be hoped that this notice may meet the eye of the finder , who ia , perhaps , unaware of the value or use of the article . —MonmoutTishire Beacon .-- ¦ ¦
Death through Intoxication . —Between ten and eleven o'clock on Saturday night , James Calcraft , a sawyer , was crossing the carriage-way b y the Marshgate turn -jitee , ¦ Lambeth , in a state of extreme irit *> xication , when he stumbled , and staggering back a pace or two , fell directly in front of one of the " Atlas" omnibuses , on its way from Paddington to the Elephant and Castle Tavern , and before he could scramble out of the way , although he appeared fully sensible of his danger , and feebly endeavoured to do so , or that any of the many persons who witnessed the occurrence could rush forward to render him assistance , the fore and hind wheeia on the near side passed over his chest . The unfortunate man , a 3 the heavy vehicle passed over him , gave a piercing and
loug-eontinued shriek , daring the utterance of which . he rolled several times over iri the road , evidently convulsed by the agonizing struggles of death . He / was removed to tke surgery of Dr . Brooks , near to theMarsh ^ gate , who , detecting the fracture of at least six or seven ribs on the left side , with a corresponding depression on the cavity of the stomach , at once pronounced the injury to be fatal . The deceased remained at Mr . Brooks ' s for three-quarters of an hour , and some signs of life being . still displayed , it was thought iexpedient to remove him to Westminster Hospital , where he expired in a short time after his arrival . The deceased , ; who was a well-behaved , hard-working man , has loft a widow and several children totally unprovided for .
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From ike London Gazette of Friday , 2 fay 27 . BANKRUPTS . : \ Edward Bowra , Gracechurch-street , umbrella-ware houseman , to surrender June 1 , at twelve o ' clock , July 8 , at one , at the Bankrupts' Court . ; Solicitor , Mr Sturmy , ¦ Wellington-street , London Bridge ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Basinghall-street . . : Elizabeth Style , Windsor , bookseller , June 2 , at eleven o ' clock , July 8 , at twelve , at the Bankiupta' Court . Solicitor ,, Mr . Barbridge , Hatton-garden ; official assignee , Mr . Balcher . ; .
. William . Hill and William Kemble Wackerbatb , LeadenhaH-street , ship and insurance brokers , June 6 , at half-past ten o ' clock , July . 8 , at eleven at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Williams , Copthall-court ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , BasinghaU-street .: William Gooding , Chatham , bpot-niafeer j June 8 , July , 8 , at eleven o'clock , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Hughes , Chapel-street , Bedford-row j oificial assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghall-street . Thomas Dykes , Broad-street , St ., Giles's , stationer , June 11 . at two o'clock , July 8 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court , Solicitors , Messrs . Rhodes , Bsevor ani Lane , Chanciery-lahe ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch-lane . ' . '** : / . * , '• -- ¦
Charles Pendlebury , BuTy , Lancashire , bleacher , June 14 , July 8 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Swan Hotel , Bolton-le-Moors . Solicitora , Messrs . Milne , Parry , Milne and Morris , Temple ; and Mr . Briggs , Bo Hon . Francis Davis , Weymouth and Meleoinbe Regis , Dorsetshire , wine-merchant , June 7 , July 8 , at twelve o ' clocki at the Antelope Inn , Dorchester . Solicitors . Mr . Combe , StapliB-inn ; and Mr . Phillips , Weymoutli and Melcoro be Regis . , \ ; \ *; George Hutton , Liverpool , ship-chandler , June 8 , July 2 , at one o ' clock , at the Claren * lon Rooms , Liverpool , Solicitors , Mr . Koscoe , RaymorHl-btuldJng 8 , G-ray ' s inn ; and Mr . Moss , Liverpool . : ' .- ' - .
James DaWson , Hudder&fisld , woollen cloth-nierchant , June 10 , at three o ' clock , July 8 , at two , at the Pack Horse Inn , Huddersfleld . Solicitora , Messrs Bittye , Fisher , and Sudlow , Chancery-lane ; and Messrs . Stephenson , Floydy and Booth ; Holmfirth , near Hucldersfield . ' ^ . :. Wi ' mam Hey wood , Basincliall-street and Manchester , warehouseman , June 10 , July 8 ,-at eieyen o'clock , at the Commissibners' Rooms , Manchester Solicitow . Messrs .. Abbott and'Arney , Charlotte-street , Bedfordsquare ; and Mr . Bennett , Manchester . ;¦ Thomas E *? ans , Welchpool , Montgbmeryshire , and Oswestry , Shropshire , draper , June 13 , July 8 , at ten o ' clock , at the Royal Oak Inn , Welcbpool . Solicitors , Messrs . ililne , Parry , Milne , and Morris , Temple ; and Mr . Yearsiey , Welcbpool . ., '¦
Charles Homer , sea ., ^^ West Bromwich , Staffordshire , wine-merchant , June 11 , July 8 , at two o'clock , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Smithson and Mitton , Sauthampton-buUdinga , Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Smith , Liverpool .
¦ PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Donglas , Whlnery and Ce ., Liverpool , curriers . W . C . Cfardner , and Co ., Sunderland , brokers . Hardy and Stephenson , Kingston-upbn-HuIl , coal-merchants . Haigh and Crow , Milnes-bridge , near Huddersfleld , fancy wpolkri-manufacturerB . Fernandes , Dnnn , and Co ., WakeSeld , Yorkshire , coal-owners ; as far as regards T . Casson and H ; M . Walker . Nayler , Merrall , and Harkers , Bradford , Yorkshire , machinemakers ; as far as regards W . Nayler and M . Merrall . Yewdalls , Robinson , and Co ., Otley , Yorkshire , acr ibbling and fulling ^ millers . T . Birton and Co ., Preston , Lancashire fluc-spinners ; as far as regards L . Spencer . Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company ; as far as regards D . Marshall . „
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' ¦ . ' : * " . ¦ " ¦» * ... .: * . ' : ¦ : ¦ ¦ * ' . - ¦ ; From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 31 . BANKRUPTS . George . Biggs , coal-merchant , Lower Thames-street , City , to surrender , Juue 10 , at half-past twelve , and July 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Alsagtr , Bvrchin-lane * ' official assignee jSolioitor , Mr . Stephen , Skinner ' s-place , Sise-laue . Edward Emerson , thread-manufacturer , Manchester , June 14 , and Juiy 12 , at two , at the Commissioners ' Rpoms , ' Manchestar . Solicitors , Mr . Newman , Lincoln's-inn-fields ; Mr . Willoughby , Manchester . John Herdman and Edward Herdman , Junior , millers , Conaleton , Cheshire , June ? , and July twe ; ve , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Norris , Liverpool ; Messrs . Norris , Allen , and Simpson , Bartlett's-buildings , Holbom . London .
Thomas Thain Johnson , ribbon-manufacturer , Wood-streeet , Gheapside , June 10 , at half-past eleven , and July 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Graham , ¦ Basingball-street , official assignee ; Solicitor , i \ Ir . Sadgrove , Mark-lane . John Standford , architect , late of Pall-mall , June 8 , at one , and Juiy 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Lankington , official assignee ; Solicitow > Messrs . Barber and Bircham , New Bridga-street , Blacfefriars . Samuel Wooley , coal-dealer , Birchwood , Jnne 8 , and July 12 , at twelve , at the George the Fourth Inn , Nottingham . Solicl'iarsj Mr . Yallop , Furuivul ' a Inn ; Mr . Parsons , Jun ., Nottingham . Henry Rose , oil-merchant , Blackburn , Lancashire , June 15 , and July 12 , at eleven , at tho Town-hall , Preston . Solicitors , Messrs . R . and W . Ascrott , Preston ; Messrs . Adlisgton , Gsgory , Faulkner , and Ftriiett , Beiiford-row , London . . ' ¦
Caleb Robinson , tailor , High Holborn , June 10 , at eleven , and July 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Gibson , Basinghall-stTeet , official assignee ; Solicitors , Messrs . Mardon and Prichard , Newgatestreet '¦ . ' ;¦ : ,- . /;¦ ¦ - - .. - " . .. ' ¦ ' /¦• . --: . . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦" - ¦ '¦ . George Gibson , upholsterer , Ratcliff-highway , June 7 . and July is , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . M * - Balcher , official assignee ; Solicitor , Mr . Howell , B * tclifl-highway . James Jackson , chemist , Lincoln , June 14 , at f ^>» and July 12 , at twelve , at the Office of Dadding and Danby , Lincoln . Solicitors , Messrs . Hawkins , Bloxam , and Stocker , New Boswell-court , Lincoln ' s Ina , London ; Messrs . Dudding and Danby , Lincoln . Benjamin Simmons and Jonathan Brook , iron . foundera , Dockbead , Berinondsey , June 7 , and July 12 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Green , offlotal assignee , Aldermanbury Solicitors , Messrs . Lindsay and Mason , Cateaton-street .
Joseph Besnland , wool-stapler , Birkenshaw Bottoms , Yorkshire , June 13 ,., < at ten , and July 12 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leeds . Solidtors , Mr . Fenton , Fenchurch-street ; Messrs . Fentoa and Jones , or Battye and Clay , Hudderaaeld . Benjamin Thompson , iron-manufacturer , Newcastleupbn-Tyne , May 17 , and July 12 , at one , at the Bwkrupt Commission Room , Newcastle- -npbn-Tj ne . Solicitors , Messrs . Crosby and Compton , 3 , Chnrchcourt , Old Jewry , London ; Mr . Hbyle , Newcastle-Hpbri-Tyne . ' . *'¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦' ¦ "¦ ¦• " ; ¦* ,. ¦ . ¦ - -- ¦ - : ¦¦¦¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦' ;¦ ¦ . ' . " : ¦¦¦ "
. Jphn Frank , farmer , Oswestry ; June 11 , and July 12 , at ten , at . the Shire-hall , Shrewsbury . Solicitor , Mr . Edward Oswell , 52 i Lincoln ' s-inn-flelds , Lpndon .
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MACHINERY . Tha follotrin ? is a copy of a petition which was press-ate * to tbe House cf C' > mmo 59 by Mr . Watley , en the 3 rd of May , from tbe L ; ttar-Pres 3 Priutsrs of Londoa : — To ik * Ri : hi Honourab l e arid Ho ? iouraV . e ihe Commons of the United Ki 7 igdom of Grej . t Bri ' . ain and I . eland , in Parliament assemb ' ed The Su-suble Petition of tha Members of the Press D 3 pzxt : ~ iMX . of the Printing I 3 cgiEes 3 , distressed by Si-e-iiii Power being U 3 ^ d in the printing of Government and ether Woris : Stjhblt She'weth ,
Teat since the introduction of Machinery in the Press Drpartment of the Printing Business your Petitioners have suffered extreme pnritioni , unmitigated hardslrps , Trndeserviaa deeradston and ojipivssion from poverty , through deir : rudon of thvir asenstenjed occupation ; ¦ which circumstances seem to he totjliy inconsistent with the T-. a : th cf the courtly , the liberality of the various insiitutious , and the benevolence of the public E . t lsr ? a . Tiiat year p-titior ^ rs Ewm the humiliating and degrading position t-f !> eir ;* i : C' r-sidereil as deptntlents on charity , * csy be fevid ^ ncfi by the snms contributed "by members of sheir otrn profession ( and many of those aembers only partially employedi during the late period cf mir'aralJeled distress ; when the enactments of the New Poor Law were the only provisions which presented themselves to save an industrious and deserving body cf English Artisans from the severities attending abs-jVate -want and d&t tution .
Thit your petitioners humbly fconcerve no saving can accrue ? o the revenue from cheapness in printing . Ict 3 of Parliament , pebhe or private Mils , votes of your Hone arable House , Kiinutes of evidence , reports , or any oth * r documents in any other department of the state , while cumbers of iadustrioas , deserving , and once respectable inlividuals are suffared to want tbe common nec ^ -sssrits of existence , and , conseqaentiy , the means of adding their quota to the revenue , through "want of the necessary occupation which would enafele them so to do .
Ani yonr petitioners humbly suomit to your Hononrable Hou 5 ? , that the self-actin ? instruisjent adopted in the priming of Government \ rorks can have no oth ^ r effect tha : that of einohzTJent to the master , and misery to the man ; that no priyate advantage can accrue to the state ; that it can confer no national advantage or public beneS . **; tint it effects no saving ; and if it eouM , your pstitioners humbly pray your Honourable House uot to snecour taat saving , and consign numbers of your fellb-ar-CKaturrs to -vrrithe in the pangs of poverty , "wretchedness , tad ignominy . Tiiat it is sole ' y by machinery ttiit the kinr lorn is inundated from one txcremity to tha other with the scurrilous pT-nta ¦ which emanity from the London market , and ¦^ hieh are the ca uad of much immorality , many deli-aqsMrncies , ths profanation of tiie &ti ) baiii , and open contcijjpt of religion .
That j cur p 3 lit . on ; rs do not eomplain of the machi-Eery use ^ iu the offices cf ths public jcnnialist ? , by reason of the public tu . vinsj iu&uced the necessity of those journalists having res ^ urse to enlargcnieut . That w ^ o avs no luxuriant indulgences ; we ask you not to lift us -. above our spheres — -we are not dise -ntented -with our position in the gradation of society—we respect property o single insijaiea never having occurred yfhertdn machinery , the prvpeitj ofour employers , hss Euffried molestation or injury at cur hands )—we seek
not more thin we are bound in charity , trnth , and justice to ask , coiisidarinE that we hsrs saariSesd stven © f the most vigorous yeaxs of oai lives to ths attainment of an art from which we were ltd to expect a fair proportion of employment—we implore your Honourable House not to coaseat to our being placed baneAth" the common level—not to thrust us into tJis degrading circle of pauperism—not to suffer tlie manly spirit of the Ec-sli ^ h artisan to droop and wither in the midst of bonndlesj wealth , and a plenteousne&s which God alone in Me blessing caa besto-s .
That your petitioners , finding everything bain £ lowered in the scala of cheapness of production—labow curtailed t ; meet this—the wases of industry xeducec te compete with this—invention being multiplied tc effect this , therefore appeal to your Honourable House ss the representatives of all circumstances which concen the -welfare of hex Majesty ' s loyal subjects , to deine somi limit to this cheapness of production—to ameers som < means whereby an alleviation of the wrfctchedness anc uncertainty to -srhich we are daily exposed may to somi extent be established .
That there are about two hundred printing office ( exclusive of newsp-ipex offices ) rn London—and tha amongst that cumber , about one hundred and twenty five machines are steamed into operation , to the de terioration jupon an average ) of the labour cf eigh persons for each machine : that , taking -into accoun the number of machines , the labour of one thousam men is entirely £ apersed 2 d by a non-consuming , non tax-paying a > : tomatjn , is-hercby a loss is iU 5 * Laine ! i b ; the home msrktt aul the revenue , to the amount o about EeTenty-S-re thousand pounds per annnm .
And your petitioners humbly submit "to your Bon ourable House , that this labour-destroying -pewer ha been brought into operation by the Umvers . t : e 3 o : Oxford and Cambridge , for the especial purpose o : printing the Holy Scriptures;—that your petitioner fsel this with an extreme degree of severity aud heart feit pain , seeing that suck power was -wholly and en tlrely -annecsssary ; ttfat th'jse Uraversities are no trading dpitalists ; that no -cheapness of productioi coula affect tfceir patent rights ; that no conip > etitiTi principles could touch them ; that by the intrsductio-i of such destructive power , above one hundred an ; twenty individuals have been tbrosrn out of employ ment , who , together with their families , are sea ' . tere ! through the business , to the further detriment o their already over-numbered and distressed . f .- 'Iuw workmen .
That there can be no injury sustained or depreciatio of property effiacted by the hand printing prtss . ma be instarjead 07 the ¦ wisdom cf the system adopted b that highly -respectable , influential , and religious bodj the Wesleyan Methodists , whose works constant vast numbers , sra of extensive circuladon , and of character conducive to the happiness and coutentmea of those by -whom they are perused , and which are a produced and disseminated by the hands of mar through that philanthropic 3 nd Christian body of tb community haTing acceded to ax . appeal made to thei by your humble petitioners .
That your Petitioners haTe laboured incessantly anc strenuously to pl ^ ce themselves above the degra . 'iDi position of Pauperism;—t '^ &t they pension their owi poor and aged brethren , from fends raised by amma contributions from numbers of their own profession and donations from the Christian , -Charitable , and well disposed cf their employers .- that weekly contribution are also collected for the purpose of fcstablishing Aim Houses , to shelter frois the scorn of a frowning -world . the respected , poor , and inarm members of their otn body;—that if your Pecliosers are deprived of th < means whereby they live , they mu « t fee deprive'd als < of holding out tie hand of charity , and the' aged , infirm and despised artaan , """ Those Iimb 3 refuse to perform once cheerful occupation , must be left to extrenu indigence , or become tha inmste of a Workhouse .
That your Petitioners pray your Honourable House tc nse the mest desirable means of extending the laboui of man in preference t « inanimate operation ; that where there ia a continually increasing population , who possess no other inh ^ itance but that corse which was pronounced npon their first parents , no unnecessary saving of labour can be nationally bezeficiaL And you . - Petitioners farther pray your Honourable Hoase to render them tint assistance wbich- they c-iano t render themselves ; they entreat your Honourable House to take tbe subject into your most aarions
coniidetttioa ; they pray you in the name of Him who fiveth , and who can take away—in the -orayers and ¦ entieaaes of those whom they love above " all earthly 307 ^ to give to their prayer that attention which justice requires , reason dictates , and sympathy calls for ; that your Honourable House would have -the printing of Government works performed by the hand of man in lieu cf steam power ; that by granting this their prayer , the-virtue of so noble an example might . soon be foh ' owed in other channels , that their hopes may brighten , their prospects cheer the hearts of fathers , mothers , -wives , and ebildren . And your Petitioner * will , as in duty bound , ever
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A Pakic . —Th < j Courrier Beige states that the railroad train frora Mobs to Bruxelles having been stopped by the bursting of a pipe tube , a traveller , who no ooubt was occupied -roth the idea of the accident on the Versailles railroad , exclaimed , " We are goiDg to be burnt , " when a scene of indescribable confusion arose . The travellers endeavoured to make their escape thrcu& 'b the doors and windows ; but though many had tL eir clothe 3 torn , noe one received tte slightest injury .-
Hba-btlbss Villast . —A . « ost heartless case of seduction is recorded in the Sj dney papers aa having occurred on braid the emi & tant ship Agricola , arrived at Port Philip , the sedut -er being the surgeon ef the vessel , named Brown , . "«» d the seduced a poor orphan girl , about eighteen 5 "« urs of age . The magistrates are investigating the afl ^ with the hopes of awarding the prisoner the punis * ^ mentdne to his crime , and the charge of having nej .. « et « d his duty while on board the Agricola -will also ^ preferred against him to make doubly sure of his not escaping with impunity . The conduct of Captain i flC -2 ^ the master of the yessel , in the matter is sp . "'ten of in terms of piaise , he having released the i " * 00 T # rea .-ture ' s boxes , which were held in chargt * a £ ter lodgings for the rent due , which , althou < . -& Air ' Brown had taken them , he had the effrontery u " ** save- - nnpaid .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1164/page/6/
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