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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Moxbat , Arnn . 20 . The Speaker took the chair at four o ' clock , but Shere not being ^ forty members present , the house itoood adjournec . HOUSE OF LORDS—Tuesdat , April 21 . Lord BcorGiiAM presented a petition against the Charitable Trusts Bill , but stated that he did not soncurin its prayer . The petitioners seemed to be ilarmed at the idea of the bill passing . He thought , however , that there need be no alarm at that or any other bill passing which theis iordship 3 might agree to . They sent them down , he hardly knew where ,
for there seemed an utter incapacity to do ° . u ? in ??? in another place . ( Laushter . ) Their lordships did their business , hut elsewhere they seemed nerer to think of it . ( Renewed laughter . ) MBB * ftf The Earl of Dalhousie moved tj'e ^ ns ^ onement ol SB proceedings on railway bills til 1 the 2 , >> instant , and frave rofice that he should call fate attentiono the Souse on Thursday next to a separate Older , applicab ' e to the bilk so postponed . The motion was pat and agreed ^ to , jtssfiffAsffias-a house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS -Tpbsdat . Ami . 21 . The Speaker took the chair at four o ' clock .
NEW MEMBERS . i Lonl Milton an d Mr . Rich took their seats as mem- " bers ferMalton and Richmond . ] A considerable portion of the early sitting was ocjnpied with questions on various subjects , and the [ wswers thereto , on the part of the ministers . Among ' iese vrasthefoiloxring : — > "PROTECTION OF LIFE" IN ENGLAND . I Mr . C . Powell wished to put a question . He had een in a Sheffield paper an account of the construcionofan infernal machine , intended to intimidate he master-manufacturers , which the paper in queslon described as causing the peaceable inhabitants if the town the i ^ eatest consternation and terror .
5 e should be glad to ask whether , if such a statenent were well-founded , her Majesty ' s government , irhich always did equal justice to Eugland and to Ireland , would not introduce " a bill for the better protection of iife in that part of the United Kingdom Balled England . " ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) Sir J . Graham said he had received no account of the circumstance to which the lion , member had alluded . One of the km . members for Sheffield had just entered the house , and perhaps the question had better be put to him . Mr . G- Powell . —Then I understand the government refused to answer the second part of the question : they will only " protect life" in Ireland .
Lord G . Bextinck complained of a false return as to Memel and Canada timber—and Mr . C . Buller of delays in the presentations of returns which were ordered by the house . _ Sir R . Peel threw the blame of the one on the Custom House authorities , and Sir J . Graham on tiie remissness of Irish officials . POOR LAW COMMISSION . Public business was commenced by Mr . Christie , who moved for copies of all correspondence , between W . Day , Esq ., late Assistant-Commissioner of Poor Laws , and the Poor Law Commissioners and the Secretary for the Home Department , relative to his involuntary resignation , of his Assistant Poor Law Commissionership , and of all
minutes relative to Mr . Day ' s resignation , and to the appointment of Colonel Wade as his successor , lie founded his motion upon the conduct of the Poor Law -Commissioners towards Mr . Day , who had been appointed an Assistant Poor Law Commissioner in 1835 , and had discharged the duties of his office for efeht years with great credit to himself and satisfaction to his superiors , [ n August , 1 S 43 , Mr . Day whilst exercising his functions in South . Wales , had the misfortune te break his leg , and was laid np for five weeks by that accident . He had almost foniotton its occurrence , when , in January , 1844 , he received a letter from one of the Puor Law Commissioners , regretting that the state of his bodily health w-uld not allow him to mate the necessary " exertions for the discharge of his duty , and suggesting the propriety of hisresisnation . Mr . Christie then gave a , history of ' tlie uaanv unsuccessful remonstrances which * Mr . Dav
made against the painful injustice thus inflicted on an old servant of the public , and called the attention of the house to the fact that the only answer which the Poor Law Commissioners gave to them , was by ringing changes on their own sense of public duty , and on the exi « ei-cie 3 of the public service . After applying to Sir J . Graham who told him that it was intended to reduce the number of Assistant Commissioners , he was surprised by the appointment of another in his place , and wa 3 at length compelled to resign . Mr . Christie said it was immaterial to him whether the case iff Mr . Day was referred to the same committee as the case of Mr . Parker or not ; for his belief wa 9 , that with these two eases before thehouse , and with some other facts , such as the Rochdale case , which were at present under its cognizance , it would be impossible for the house to vote the salaries of the Poor Law Commissioners again without a previous inquiry into their mode of administering the Poor Law .
Sir J . Graham had no intention of opposing -he present motion . On a former occasion he had endeavoured to show that it would not be possible for the Lour Law Commissioners to discharge their duty properly if they had not unfettered power to appoint and to change their Assistant Commissioners . He was willing to produce all the papers for which Mr . Christie asked , and to submit them to the committee on the Andover Union . He protested that in his eonduct towards Mr . Day , he had not been guided by any liking or disliking . His onl y object had been to promote the public service at a time <> f public danger , by the appointment of the most efficient person to an office of great public importance . The motion was then agreed to .
POST-OFFICE MISMANAGEMENT ^ Mr . T . Du . ncombe then rose to move for a select committee to enquire into the allegations of the petition of Mr . Jonathan Duncan , on the mal-administration of affairs in the General Post-Oinee . If the Government intended to accede to this motion also , lie ( Mr . T . Duncombe ) need not occupy the time of thehouse ; but , if otherwise , he trusted that if he made out a case for enquiry , the house would support the motion . ( Hear , hear . ) In no public department was investigation more important than in the case of the Post-office , if abuses could be substantiated . Last session he had moved for an inquiry into a portion of the present complaints , particularly with regard to the payment of the officers by fees , but it
was felt to be to& late in the session . The house ought now to agree to an enquiry , if even irrespective of the public interests , it had any regard to its own honour , and not wish its orders to be treated with contempt . ( Hear , hear . ) There was no public department in this country , the admin stration of which furnished greater cause , or juster grounds of dissatisfaction than the General Post-office ; complaints were made , not only outside t ' ie walls but within them , and to a most alarming and discreditable extent . The public complained of the delay in the delivery of letters , and he would undertake to prove that they would be delivered in London an hour and half earlier every morning , but for certain mal-practices , ( hear , hear . ); and within the walls the letter-earriew and sub-sorters were greatly dissatisfied , not only because of the manner ill which they were remunerated , but on account of the manner in which they were treated by some of their superior
officers . If a subordinate made any complaint it had no chance of reaching the Postmaster-General fairly , because it had to ge throu gh a channel in which it was misrepresented , if not stopped altogether ; so much so , that the men were afraid to make any complaint whatever . ( Dear , hear . ) The petition proceeded from Mr . Duncan of 13 , Chesterplace , Kenn ' mgton , proprietor of the Sentinel newspaper ; he was a gentleman well known to many Bon . members as one who would not make allegations which he was not fully prepared to prove ; and he ( Mr . T . Duneombe ) had taken great trouble in examining the statements therein made , and he believed they could be all established by evidence . ( Hear , hear . ) The lion , member then entered into several details , to show that if there were not great mal-administration in the Post-office , the letters would be delivered an hour and half sooner in every part of the metropolis . He also stated that the
letter-earrieis complained not onl y of the scale of their fcniuiicration , but also of the mode in which they were treated by their superiors . lie then entered into a history of the manner in which the information for Kitty ' s Post-office Director ,, was obtained by the letter camera at the public expence for the benefit of a private individual and stigmatised it as a grossjob , winch converted the Post-office into a lucrative printing-office , and filled its subordinate officers with discontent and dissatisfaction . He believed that neither the Secretary nor the Postmaster General were aware of all the circumstances under which that pnWication was got up . Lettm requesting subscriptions for Edit ? s Directory had been delivered by the letter carriers without stamns at the principal houses iu the metropolis , and that was so of fraud
direct an allegation upon the revenue that the house was bound to inquire into the truth of it He had moved List session for a return of the profiu derived from the printing of this Directory wiiica was hawked about from door to do ; . r by tlie letter carriers for Mr Kelly ' s benefit ; and the . return made was , that the pronto did not exeiel 1 " > o ( M a-year . > ow , if this committee ware •¦ ranted " lie would prove that the profits of that publication ' cot up , as he had described , at the public expense enabled Mr . Kelly to put 12 , 000 / . to 15 , 000 * . into Ids pocket yearly . If he was asked what was his remedy for the state of things which prevailed in the Post-office , and into which he now asked tlic house to inquire , hie [ would say , that a good deal might be done by doing " away with the whole system of fees
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~* especially with regard to the early ^^ JL ^ SS ha ) The system was this , that a fcgu *» rner advanced to 23 s ., and . after ^^ J ^ j to ¦ & ; oftiraeatthis remuner at . on Jewas he Qf hismooniebBing lrfVto h . in-d e P an excecding ] T fees on the early delnory . in w j th u ^ unjust system , and he wonM ™ J and ^ ^' . ^• "SSftJSflS . Nothing was more ^^^ S ^ lette ? which came twenty miles f l 12 don should be p laced on the early post and nvied bya man with a red coat , while another letter meSly because it came only 12 miles , should be delivered at another hour by a man in a blue coat Why should there not be only one department for tiie delivery of letters ? and why should not all letters be delivered at the earliest or at any hour at whiclithewritersmightchonscto send them ? ( Hear . ) Let all letters be equally delivered , and give the men _
a fair remuneration on a graduated scale of salary according to their services . Let the letter-carrier be promoted to the sub-sorter ' s situation when a vacancy occurred , instead of putting in new men as sub " - sorters , who did not understand the duties . The whole system , indeed , might be placed on a much better footing . If a committee were appointed , he would have practical men among the sub-sorters examined on the points to which he had advertedsensible , practical men , well acquainted with these matters , but whose knowledge had never been , made available , a few of the superior officers continually standing between them and the Postmaster-General ( Hear . ) That early delivery ought to be done away with . A public institution ought to be for the equal
benefit of all . No man , because he paid more than another , ought to have his letters sooner . ( Hear . ) That was not the principle on which a Post-office should be established . To illustrate the nature of this early delivery , he would take the case of Chancery-lane , occupied chiefly by lawyers , many of whom submitted , like idiots , to the extortion which prer vailed under the system . A man who resided ; . t No . 1 on the third floor paid the extortionate fee , whilst a man on the first or second floor did not submit to it . The letter-carrier in going his round passed the doors of these two , but . delivered the letters to the person on the third floorj and wentup Chancery-lane , delivering in the same way the letters of those only who paid the fee , and passing the doors of all others .
He then came back to the bottom of Chancery-lano and commenced therewith his late-delivery letters to those who did not submit to the extortion . Now , he ( Mr . Duncombe ) maintained that they had no ri » ht to ask the letter-carrier , according to his oath , to delay the delivery of a letter an instant because one man gave him more than other . ( Hear , hear . ) The system was persisted in for the sole purpose of keeping up the wages of those men who were put on a reduced salary after a certain term of service , and who sot what was called the favoured work . ( Hear . ) He did not see how , consistently with the public good and with their own honour , they could refuse him this inquiry . ( Hear . ) He repeated , that the Post-office department was most justly complained of by the public at large ; that great maladministration existed in it , and should be removed . He said also that great tyrannv and oppression was exercised
towards a meritorious body of servants in that department , and that they were in a state of discontent that might some day or other be most disastrous to the commercial interests of this country ; for he should like to know what would be the state of that city if these parties struck their work—such things having already been contemplated by them ? For what pu-pose should government stifle this inquiry if it were not to perpetuate these evils , and this gross job of the Directory , which he had said before was the bane of that establishment , and ought to be done away with ? fle believed that a committee of that house impartially selected would place the establishment on a footing satisfactory not only to the public , but to all parties concerned therein . The lion , gentleman then moved the appointment of a committee toiuquire into the allegations in Mr . Duncan ' s petition as to maladministration in the affairs of the Po .-toffice .
Mr . Williams believed Mr . Duncan to be a gentleman incapable of making any statement to that house or elsewhere which he did not thoroughly believe to be consistent with truth ; the charges brought forward on that occasion were such as the house could not refuse to inquire into unless they were prepared to proclaim to the country that the public servants were justified in committing frauds on the public property . Here was a charge distinctly made , that the public property was used for the private interest of individuals , who had been named ; and such a charge cou ! d not be disregarded , especially when made on the . authority of a gentleman who was in every respect entitled to confidence ^ He believed there wa 3 no department connected with the government that in ire required looking into than the Postoffice . There was a time when the Post-office was an example of correctness and order , but that time
was gone by . To refuse the inquiry , would be offering a premium to public servants to act not only with dishonesty , but also with a total disregard to the performance of their public dutie 3 . He seconded the motion with much pleasure , and he hoped that the government would ofier no objection to the inquiry . Mr . Cardwell insisted that there was not , on the part of the Treasury or the Postniaster-GeueraJ , the slightest desire to screen from detection , exposure , and punishment , any such ma ' -practiees as Mr . Duncombe had just denounced , provided that proof was tendered of their existence . There was no occasion to bring forward such charges in the House of Commons , as the Treasury and the Postmaster-Geiiera' were at all times ready to receive memorials complaining of such mal-practiccs , and to investigate Into their truth . Mr . Duxcombe . —They would never get there .
Mr . Cakdwell continued . —lie ( Mr . Cardwell ) reeeived day after day scores of memorials in the public iepartment in- which he had the honour to serve ; and lie should not dare to stand up in that house and vindicate his conduct , if it could be truly said that memorials plainly drawn up and properly expressed , containing charges of inal-practices , were treated with disrespect in that department . He would say , that if the hon . member could truly make such statement he would have a good case , not merely for a committee of inquiry , but for severe reprobation upon the uublic servants , who could make no answer in that house , when any one brought forward so grave a charge . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . gentleman then defended Mr . Kelly from the charges which Mr .
Duncombu had preferred against him , and in the course of that defence gave a history of the Post-office Directory , and of the mode in which it had been originally purchased , and subsequently got up by that gentleman . The information which it contained was official , collected by official persons for official purposes , and must be collected for the Post-office , even if Mr . Kelly ' s Directory had no existence . The profits which Mr . Kelly derived from that publication were not more than that fair remuneration which a man had a right to expect from the employment of his capital and the exercise of his industry , and were correctly stated in the return before the house . As any alleged abuses connected with the Post-office niijjht be redressed by the Treasury , he objected to the appointmen t of a committee .
Mr . Moffatt did not think that the hon . member who had just sit dowa and answered the able argument of his hon . friend the member for Finsbury . The hon . gentleman said that no complaint had been made either to the heads of the department or to the Treasury , but he would remind the hon . member that the inferior officers had felt a degree of hesitation in coming before their superiors ; but if a committee of the house was appointed , the parties complaining would come before them and state their grievances with full confidence that they would have more justice done them than they expected at the hands of their superiors . Inquiry would also have the effect of exposing abuses in the system of the Post-office , and of leading to a judicious reform . That system was both slow and slovenly . Letters which might , under proper management , be delivered at nine o ' clock in the morning , were not delivered until half-past ten .
Mr . Protiieroe supported the motion for a committee of inquiry . Mr . Buothemon complained of the manner in which the appointment of letter-carriers iu larsre provincial towns was made . There had been sent down to Manchester , from Buckinghamshire , a number of agricultural labourers , as letter carriers—men who could hardly read or write , and who were so unacquainted with the localities of Manchester , that they had even now the greatest difficulty of making out the different streets to which it was their duty to carry letters . Mr . Christie was by no mentis satisfied with the speech of Mr . Cardwell . He had denied " upon authority" the statements of Mr . Duncombe , but he had not stated upon what authority . It might be that the authority on which all these denials were given , was only the authority of the parties inculpated .
Mr . F . Barisg opposed the motion : there was nothing either in the petition of Mr . Duncan or in the complaints of the public to warrant an inquiry into ihe administration of the Post-oniee . At the same time he doubted whether it was advisable to carry on the I ' st-d / ice . ' Directory for tlie benefit of an individual by means of the officers of the public . Mr . Warelt said , that during the debate he had been speculating as to how the ex-official members ou that side of the house would vote , anU he found he was right in his conjecture , that not one of them would agree to the motion of his hon . colleague .
Whenever the public servants were attacked , the ins and outs always agreed . Perhaps they anticipated that inquiry might extend to their own period of office , or they might contemplate the probability of returning to power , and in cither case it might prove inconvenient . The statement of the honorable gentleman the Secretary to the Treasury , in auswer to his hojj . colleague , was absurd , if it was meant to be a refutation of the charges brought forward . If this house was not to enter into inquiry when such allegations were made , their functions as t ^ e inquest of the nation were at an end . If the house was satisned with such a reply as that of the hon . gentleman
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they would relinquish their duty as protectors of the interests of the people . He dissociated jhe ' allegationsih the petition " from tlie general conduct of the Post-olfice . He received hundreds of lettei' 3 , and ho knew that the duties of that department were most laborious , and were most wonderfully executed . It could not be denied that it was a most astonishing institution , and every one must be struck with the wonderful manner in which its functions were performed . An inquiry , however , was needed to sift the allegations contained in Mr . Duncan ' s petition . The Cuasckllor of ihr Exchkqukr reiterated the statement of Mr . Cardwell as to the readiness of the Treasury to examine into charges of malversation preferred against any officers of the departments in connection with it . lie defended the administration of the Post-office from the censures cast upon it , and asserted tliat if a committee were granted on such vague allegations as the present , the time of the louse would be wasted upon inquiries which could lead to no practical result . — It !*_ . _ _ . _* lh 1 I . - » h dj mm A ** _> * m A ., u . A A . _ " - «* %
After a few words from Mr . B . Escon , as to the intelligence 3 hown by Mr . Bokenham , the superior officer of Mr . Kelly , when examined by the previous Committee of enquiry into Post-office matters . Mr . T . Duncombe replied that he had never said that Mr . Bokenham was not a most intelli gent witness . On the contrary , he desired to have him , and those other gentlemen who bad been below the bar , and between whom and the government a running communication had been kept up all the evening , examined even now at the bar , because he believed
they could prove his case . lie denied that this was a mere squabble between the Directory and a newspaper editor , but it involved a great and important public question , lie distinctly charged wilfully false returns to have been mode to that house , and he believed every allegation in the petition could be proved by witnesses from the Post-office itself . He had done his duty by calling the attention of the house to the petition , and he now left it to the house to decide whether or not a select committee should be appointed to inquire into the allegations which it contained . The house then divided—For the motion 49 Against it ' . 92 . , - » . " ¦ * Majority againstlthe motion ... 43
IRISH RAILWAY BILLS . Mr . W . S . O'Brien brought forward the motion of which he ^ gave notice— "That with ' a view to diminish the inconvenience and expense now incurred in carrying through Parliament bills for the construction of railways in Ireland , it is expedient that in the case of Irish Railway Bills all such inquiries as are now conducted in London by committees , in both Houses of Parliament , should , after the termination of the present session , take place in Ireland . " His plan for carrying out his resolution was as follows . The Speaker at the end of every session was to have power to appoint a commission to examine all Irish Railroad Bills . The commission was to consist of
hve persons—an eminent lawyer , a » ivil engineer , a military engineer , a mercantile man of high station and character , and an intelligent country gentleman . The commission should have power to decide on the policy as well as on the facts involved in each bill , subject , of course , to an appeal to that house , lie left , however , to the government , hi case it should accede to bis resolution , full power of carrying it into eifect by another plan . He had thrown out his own ideas ; but he would not say that another plan less objectionable might not be devised . In case the government gave him its support on this resolution , he should move that the same princi ple be also applied to all private bills coming from Ireland . Mr . F . French seconded the resolution .
Sir R . Peel observed , that from the number of motions which had gone off that evening , it was quite evident that the house was not prepared for the present very important motion . It certainly was a matter not unworthy of consideration whether in cane of railroads , and other important worksj we might not institute certain preliminary inquiries on the spot ; but it preliminary inquiries " were to be instituted on the spot , the other distant parts of tho empire , as well as Ireland , ought to have the benefit of them . There must always be a strong objection , on the part of the house , touive up its legislative
power , and to transfer to live individuals the right of dealing with all the landed property of Ireland , Brides , Mr . S . O'Brien had not seated what he would d' » with the joint power of the House of Lords , lie hoped that Mr . S . O'Brien would withdraw his motion ; for it was quite impossible that the liouso could now assent toic . All that he could assent to was the propriety of consideration whether some preliminary inquiry might not be made on the spot with the expediency of local public works , by some body acting under the authority and control of the House of Commons ; but the power of legislation must not be taken away from the two houses of Parliament .
After a bnet discussion , in which Mr . C . Powell , Mr . Wakley , Lord C . Hamilton , Colonel Conolly , Air . AL O'Connell , Mr . Williams , Mr . Frewen , Mr . E . B . Roche , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Colonel Rawdon , and Mr . D . Browne joined , the house divided , when there appeared—F « r the resolution 25 Against it ,... 69 Majority against it 44 The other orders of tho day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Wedxesday , Aimul 22 , The Speaker took the chair at twelve o ' clock .
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL . Oh the motion of Sir J . Graham , the house went into committee for the further consideration of the report of this bill . Mr . T . Du . ncombe said that great alarm existed in all parts of the country on the subject of some of the enactments of this bill . There was no doubt that if some of the present defects of the bill were not corrected , they would have the effect of ruining many very valuable Friendly Societies . He particularly objected to that part of the bill by which parties who had invested their money in Friendly Societies were not allowed to transfer it when about to leave the society , lie could mention a case which occurred some short time ago , where parties were about to quit the country and to go and settle in Russia ;• and the consequence was they lost the advantage of their
investments . This was a hard case , and if its principle were carried out in similar cases , it would , as he had said , he the ruin of many valuable societies . Sir J . Graham said , that tho bill was introduced for the purpose of extending the effect of the judgment given by Mr . Justice Wightman , and it would not interfere with any Friendly Society already in existence ; on the contrary , some of its objects were to extond and improve tiie facilities for the formation of such societies . With , respect to the power of the transfer of shares and investments , he apprehended that the hon . member did not state the law exactly ou the subject . Those societies whose members had now the right of transferring their shares or investments would continue to hold that right without being interfered with by this bill , but he did not wish , nor was the bill intended , to give a right to an indiscriminate sale of shares in those Fricndlv Societies .
Mr . Ruthkrfoed thought that parties who had made investments in tho 3 e societies ought to bu allowed to withdraw them on retiring from them . Sir J . Graham said , that the right of indiscriminate transfer , unless it was guarded ami limited , mi lit lead to great abuse . N » w , he would take the case of men associating fora "strike" not to work under a particular rate of wages . That might bo lawfully done since the alterations in the combination aws but the power of transferto which the hon . member referred might Iks carried further , and Friendly and other Benefit Societies might soon be converted into " Strike Associations , " and the funds intended
for other purposes might be applied to enable men to hold out against their former employers . This would be an abuse which would ruin many societies . Mr . Rutukuford would be willing to limit tho amount of individual investments in such societies to £ 20 , or any other sum that would be sufficientl y low to prevent their being converted to the hscs of " Strike Associations , " but he would not deprive the investor ot the power of withdrawing his investments when about to retire from the society The ATroRNKY-Gr . NF . RAL said , that the principle of the clause to which they were then referring was the
formation of a fund from which on certain conditions the members of the society could get supnlicd with clothes , or fuel , or other aids , without the aid of charitable donations . If the principle of indiscriminate transler were adopted , there might not be any means of preventing others becoming members who would be opposed to the original promoters of the society . He dulnot say that the member of a Friendly Society , as the law now stood , iui « ht not withdraw his investments when ho pleased , subject to certain rules agreed to by the societ y itself . Ue had not seen the rules ot any society in which this was not admitted .
Mr . T , Duncombe sa id that his object was not to give an indiscriminate right of transfer . He would lim it it to some party bo-ng a member of the society , which would obviate some of the objections raised against it ; but he believed that the principal ground of the right hon . baronet ' s objection was to put down what hecalled " strike associations ; " but there , ho ( Air . Duncombe ) contended , existed no good ground for feeling any alarm on that point . The alterations which the right hon . gentkman proposed to make , in not allowing persons having shares in these societies to transfer them io members of their own families , would in his opinion work a great injustice in many instances . The Soliciior-Genkbal said , the questions which arose upon this part of the bill were two , —first , whether any shares or interest in the funds of these
societies were transferable or not ; and secondly , whether any interest or any fumls to which any particular member should be entitled ought to be confined exclusively to himself , or his family ; or whether , under the provisions of this bill , power should be given for any one else to partici pate in the benefit of those funds . With rapect to the first point , it would be exceedingly mischievous if any doubt were suffered
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to exist whethor any such interestwere transferable and to hold by law , or to provide by enactment , th *' they could be transferred , would be to . open the do or to speculation and gambling among thosoclasses of society where the practice of that vice was most pei - nioiou 3 . Tho provisions of this bill therefore , were to prevent any doubt upon the point , by providing against the possibility of those interests being transferred . Upon the second point , 'it was an entire misapprehension to suppose that as tho law now existed , or as he trusted it would stand when this bill was passed , there was , or could be , the slightest difficulty on the part of any contributor to those societies , on a charge of residence or circumstances in life rendering it necessary for him to withdraw altogether from the institution to which he belonged , in obtaining with-, .. ' '' tl'l ' lt ' % t m m . . rt 11 ^ % m
out diminution , his share of tiie funds , and applying it as he thought proper . By the rules of many existing societies it was expressly provided for ; but the provisions of this bill would make the law certain upon the point , by allowing the withdrawal by any person of his share of the funds under certain circumstances . Mr . Rutherford suggested a separate clause , in the nature of a proviso , to the effect that nothing should prevent the adoption or enforcement of a rule or regulation by which members retiring should receive their former contributions . Sir J . Graham said , the rules sf friendly societies generally contained a clause of this description , and it was for the interest of the working classes that they should . For instance , if a man who had been contributing to a society should leave London to
reside in the country , he ought to have possession of the accumulated fruits of his industry . If there ^ yaa any doubt about it he would undertake , on bringing up the report , to insert a clause carrying out the views of the hon . member , with the understanding that the person retiring was alone to be entitled to receive his former contributions . On clause 4 being read , which' makes it compulsory upon societies before enrolment to obtain not only a certificate of their legality from the Attorney-General , but also the assent of the Home Secretary . Mr . T . Ddncombk said , it would be putting societies to a great deal of unnecessary trouble , expense , and annoyance to compel them to obtain the assent of the Home Secretary , after the Attorney-General had certified their legality . He therefore proposed that the words " Secretary of State" bo left out . . ; .
Sir J . Graham admitted , that the Home Secretary and the Attorney-General had already ample employment , and that no additional duties but such as wero absolutely necessary ought to bo imposed on them . Thetfa was ;; however , a creat objection to a too strict definition , by which societies with laudable and important objects might be excluded . After defining the objects for which societies might be established , it was thought advisable that ' power should be given for ] the enrolment , of societies ( the consent of the Attorney-General and the Home Secretary being first obtained ) which were hot entitled to enrolment under previous clauses . The clause ' , as amended , was tlien ordered to stand part of the bill . On clause 3 , *
Mr . T . Duncombe asked , if the provisions of the bill were to apply retrospectively to those friendly societies which were already in existence and had been certified ? If that was to be the case , the measuro would have a most injurious effect upon many of those institutes . Sir J . Graham said , the bill would leave all existing certified societies in the same position as at present . They would still continue liable , as they now were , to challenge in a court of law , if any question as to their legality arose . ¦ Mr . Hawes said , the bill would leave the great difficulty affeetinc the existing societies untouched , if it did not settle the question as to their legality . The question was not determined by the judgment of Mr . Justice Wightman in the South Shields caso , for he ( Mr . Hawes ) had in his possession the opinion of the learned Attorney-General in direct opposition to Mr . Justice Wightman ' s decision .
Sir J . Graham said it was an unusual and unprecedented proceeding to bring forward in that House an opinion given by counsel on a case not before the House , and upon an ex parte statement , against the solemn decision of so eminent a judge as Mr . Justice Wightman , pronounced after hearing the . case fully argued . He ( Sir J . Graham ) could be . no party , directly or indirectly , to any attempt io reverse such a decision by a declaratory law , nor could he ask the House to do ho . That judgement had n- ) t been revcrscd by any judicial authority ; it had not been appealed against ; and neither directly nor indirectly ought it to be rotractivelv interfered with . It had
been considered expedient that a legal remedy skould not be precluded against societies in the same position as that with regard to which Mr . Justice Wightman was called upon to decide ; and this hill was , therefore , only a prospective measure . All sncieties existing before the passing of this bill would stand upon the same legal footing as if such a measure had not been adopted ; but in case of doubt being entertained by any of those societies as to the lejial foundation on which they stood , they might , under the fifth paragraph of the first clause , apply for a n « w constitution , if their objects were certified to be legal by the Attorney-General .
Mr . T . Dokcombe observed , that out of the 4 , 000 friendly societies in existence , they would not be able to find 200 that were not in the same peril as the South Shields Society . His object was that these 4 , 000 societies which had their rules enrolled by the barrister , Mr . Tidd Pratt , should be considered legal societies from this moment , and with this view he should pro pose as an amendment to insert the words " orenrolled " after the word " established , " in the third clause . After a short conversation the amendment vraa withdrawn . ¦
Mr . P . Duncomue then observed that the clause , aa it stood at present , declared to be within the beneficial provisions of the Friendly Societies Act "any friendly society established before the passing ot this act for any purpose which is hereinbefore specified , or for any le * al purpose to be certified and allowed by tho Secretary of State . " Ac . He would move , as * an amendment , that the word " or" be inserted after " act , " his object being to disjoin the first part of the clause from any qualifying words , so that nil friendly societies at present established should be legalized . This had been his object in introducing the present ~
bill . , Sir J . Graham objected to this being done without a preliminary injury into the objectsof t ! io soeiotiea thus to be legalized by so sweeping a provision . This amendment would change the tenor of tho bill altogether . Mr . T . DtwcoMBK was quite willing to limit himself to enrolled societies , and these must already have been allowed and certified by Mi \ Tidd Pratt , the registrar ; who was to have such extensive powers under the . proposed bill , that his decision might surely be thus acted on by tho house . Societies already declared illegal by a court of justice would be excluded by a subsequent part of the clause .
Ihe Attorney-Gksrral objected to legislating in the dark about the nature of the societies to be legalized . Lord J . ' Manners thought , that if it was implied that societies iniyht have been allowed by Mr . Tidd Pratt which were illegal , that gentleman ought to lay down and state his rules of procedure . Sir J . GritAUAM considered this a bill to lav down for Mr . Tidd Pratt ' s guidance what should be legal objects . In doubtful cases he might have formerly allowed some rules to pass which it might not be expedient retrospectively to legalize . After some ^ conversation the committee divided ; the numbers were : —
For the amendment 7 Against it ., 93 Majority .. ' _ SG After a trifling verbal amendment had been made , Mr . Du . ncomiie said he hml certain words which ho wished to add to the clause . There were certain societies established for the relief of the members connected with them , and their families , but they were not enrolled in consequence of being included under what were called " Corresponding Societies , " having district branches in viirious parts of the country . One of these , the Odd Fel - lows' Society , had upwards of 400 , 000 members in England and Scotland , and they wished to have the power of enrol .
ment , but could not do ao on account of having branch societies , what he proposed , therefor ? , wua to add to the clause tho words , " that existing benefit societies , generally known under the name of Odd Fellows' Societies , Forresters , ltvchabiten , Old Friends , and other societies making provision for assistance at death , allowance in sickness , endowments and provision for old age , and for tho maintenance ot ' tlu-ir wives mid children , and nominees shall , after the passing of this act , bs eligible for enrol , ment . " Tliero were momucrs of that house connected with the society of Odd Fellows . lie did not know whether the hon . member for Birminjham ( Mr . Spooner ) was or not , but he believed bis colleague was , and he hoped he should have his support to this proposal .
The Attoiiney . General observed , that they had already agreed to provisions which would include generally nil the societies that ought to be embraced within the scope of the act , but the object of the provision brought forward by tho hon . membur was to define and specify certain societies , of the establishment of which he had no knowledge at all . It appeared to him that the proviso was altogether unnecessary . If these societies were legal , and within tlie forms comprehended under the former provisions of the act , there was i . o occasion to specify them . If , on tho other h : md , they were not within the terms of the former prorisions , and were not
established fora legal purpose , then the boo . member was attempting to introduce a proviso which would include societies which ought not be included , and which bad been already virtually rejected- by the house when it Musi-d the insertion of the « ord ' all . " In short , if . these socic ties were illegal , the house could not sanction tbtir existence , and if they were k'fjal , they ivcre alrwidy provill-d for in the other provisions of the bill . As to ' benefit socioties havii . branches , bo thought it was desirable to proti-ct societies so constitute . ! , and acconlingiv lie w ! s prepared to give bis assent to the proviso whii-Vthehon . member for Hertford intended to move . He thought mt that proviso would answer the objoct of the hon . gen . tlemnn . ° Mr . Dt'NcoMUE , seeing it was the intention ofthe go-
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vernment to agree t » the clause to b » proposed by ths hon . member for Hertford , would not press his amend : ment . The amendment was then , by leave , withdrawn , and Hie ehuue was agreed to . The other clauses wero agreed to with some verbal amendments as far as clause 15 . The house then resumed , the Chairman reported progress , and the bill w : i 3 ordered to be recommitted on Friday . COUNTY ELECTIONS BILL . Mr . Elpiiinstone then moved the second reading of this bill , of which tho object is to limit the time for taking ths poll in counties to one day , as is now the case in boroughs . He vindicated tho change on the grouud that it would lead to a great saving of expense . Lord Worslei , Mr . Uuiqht , and Mr . B . Escort supportvd the principle of the measure , as being calculated to promote increased purity at elections , by curtailing the period of their continuance . .- _ * .- _ _ _ 1 J - —
Colonel T . Wood moved , " That the bill be read that day six months . " The amendment wan supported by Mr . Nuwdcgate , who apprehended from the contemplated change a terrible accession of strength to the AntLCorn Law League at any future general election . Hr . U . Denison , Sir J . Grnhum , and Lord 6 . Bentinck took the same ' course from a fear that the county constituencies would be curtailed of their present proportions if less time were allowed them to record their votes . Colonel Sibthorp avowed himself hostilu to the bill in consequence of its tendency to check the circulation of money at an election . Upon a division , the bill was lost , there being for the second reading 32 , and against it 55 . The Railway Deposits' Bill , and tlie Commons Encloaurc Sill wero read a third time and passed . The house then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Fmdat , Apkil 17 . I From our Third Edition of last iveck . ]
^ The house resumed its sittings to-day after the Easter recess . The Spbakgr took the chair at foui o ' clock , when a considerable number of members were present .
WIGAN ELECTION . Sir T 7 . Heathcote , chairman of the TVioan Election Committee , brought up the report of that committee , which declared the Hon . James Lindsay duly elected to serve in the present parliament for the borough ofWigan .
PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILL . Upon Sir J , Graham ' s moving that the orders of the day for the first reading of the Protection of Life ( Ireland ) Bill be read . Mr . W . S . O'BniEN . made an appeal to the government on the deplorable condition of Ireland . The people of that country were dying by thousands of starvation . Several verdicts had been returned by the juries serving on coroner ' s inquests to that effect . In Kilkenny , and in Clare , the suffering was more intense than in any part of the country . In Cork and Waterfowl the distress was nearly as bad , and the prospect of the future was even worse than the present , lie gave full credit to _ the Government for their prudent forethought , in causing a large portion of Indian meal to be imported ; but he
wished to hear ; some explanations of the reasons which bad induced the Government , after it had distributed a certain quantity of that meal at Cork at reduced prices , to withhold a further supply of it . Did the Government intend to withhold it until the whole country was one mass of distress and famine ? If so , the Government would have to deal with starving multitudes who would rather hi shot than perish of starvation . After showing that the Drainage Act , the Public Works' Act , the Grand Jury Presentment Act , and the Fisheries' Act , could not be rendered available for the relief of the existing distress , he expressed his regret that the government had deemed it necessary to , combine the relief of just distress with tlie
repeal of the Corn Laws , as it had prevented many persons , who would otherwise have combined with the government , from co-operating with it . The government ought also to have disconnected the measures of coercion from those of a remedial character . An Irish Parliament would have assembled in November , and would then have considered the measures necessary to meet a foreseen calamity . Government must be held responsible for all the loss of life which might occur from the scarcity of food , and for all the outbreaks which might be occasioned by it . Mr . Rociie complained that government ^ , by its receut proceedings at Cork , had not only excited great discontent and dissatisfaction among the population in that vicinity , but'bsul also done much worse by
raising the price of corn in all the great corn depots in the empire . There was an absolute want of food in almost every district in Ireland . In liia own , which generally was able to supply corn for other districts , the people were suffering so much distress from want of provisions , that'they were actually consuming , as food , the potatoes which had been reserved for seed . He insisted that the landlords of Ireland were doing all they could to obtain a supply of food for their peop ' e ; but they did not know where to obtain it . He was himself employing on his own estates 400 mon at p -esent , but though they had money in their hands , they did not know where to obtain provisions .
Sir It . Peel said that tho last speaker had given a melancholy confirmation of the impression which had long existed in the mind of Sir J . Graham and himself , and government was at present , in a situation of great difficulty , and was afraid lest it should aggravate the difficulty , which it wished to cure , by adopting hasty and ill-considered measures . Withoutstating the definite measures of relief which the Government had in contemplation , lest the statement should impede their operation , he inf rmed the house that the Government had purchased for the . supply of Ireland , not only Indian
corn , but also ximerican oatmeal . He therefore implored that hon . gentleman , for the sake of the -100 workmen whom he so honourably employed on his estates , to assist him in his efforts to enable those workmen to purchase oatmeal , not at a duty of . 7 s but at a duty of Is . Gd . a cwo . The responsibility of relieving the distress of Ireland rested primarily and immediately on those who were resident on the spot , and who drew their fortunes from the soil ; and he could not allow that responsibility to be transferred to the Executive Government , fo which it did not legitimately belong .
Mr . C . Powell , Sir W . Somektille , and Mr . 'W . Collett olle ; cd a few observations . Mr . O'Connell expressed his readiness to postpone his objections to an Irish Poor-law in favour of such a measure us Goveinmcnt might consider necessary to meet the present distress . Col . Verneii , Sir . J . O'Connell , Mr . Fitzgebald and Mr . Ward , briefly addressed the House . The order of the day vra ^ then read , nnd Mr . J . O'Bmen commenced the adjourned debate , and in a speech of considvrable power advocated a remedial Irish policy . A pauce of some duration heie occurred , and the Speaker had directed , ivith sonorous voice , that " strangers must withdraw , " when Mr . C . Powell rose to sustain the debate . He opposed the Bill ,
Sir J . Gh . uiam thought that he could not be accused either of having concealed or of having underrated the sad calamity with which Ireland was at present afflicted . Nothing but the extremity of the present emergency wuuM justify tlie measures of government in attempting to feed this entire people under the sudden calamity of approaching famine ; for its machinery was not adequate to any such object . No official account had yet been received of the occurrence of any death from destitution . When it was stated that distress was now endangering life in Ireland , it ought to be remembered that there were workhouses throughout Ireland , and that in no one instance were they full . It was true that the government had ordered a 1-irge importation of Indian corn ; but it was not for the purpose of meeting the entire wants of the
Ivish people , but tor tlie purpose of chocking the markets and of preventing the price of corn from being undulj enhanced . After stating how far the dirtVrent measures of government had failed and succeeded , he informed the house that the Irish government had been desired to investigate all the propositions made for new jml )! ic wurks , and to undertake new public works , even if the sum now granted for them were insufficient for their completion ; tor at a future period of the session , he should appl y to Parliament with confidence for any advance which might be necessary beyond the amount now specifier ! in the I ' uhlio Warks' Act . He thought that an Irish Parliament could uot have dealt with a case of this description more generously than the British Parliament had done . He hoped that the discussion on the first reading of this bill would now be allowed to proceed .
At this time ( half-past 8 o'clock ) the house was very thinly attended , and not a single member occupied the ; Protectionist benches . Mr . Ward prefaced his speech by adverting to this circumstance , which he stigmatised as 1 disgraceful to the character of a British Senate . He an- i nounced his opposition to the Government measure , not that he either under-estimated the turpitude of the crimes imputed to the Irish peasantry , or disputed what had b < -en stated of their existence , but because he distrusted the efficacy of the proposed remedy , lleferring to his ennduct with regard to the Coercion Bill of the Wlii-s he expressed his regret at the support he bad given that measure , and which he attributed to his ignorance at the time of Irish subjects .
Mr . Vernon Svmth , Sir W . Somerville , and Mr J Collect opposed the bill . Mr . Montagu Gore supported it ' . Mr . J . OConhbu moved that the debate be now ad journed , on the ground that Ministers wore not prc pared to speak at present , and that time ou-ht there fore to oe ullowed them for preparation . Their ailcnco was a most outrageous and unjustifiable insult to the pcDi > le of Ireland . It this species of treatment wore continued , he should call on his friends to be silent also , ami to proceed by constant adjournments in opposition to tins lull . il Mr . W , S . O'ISmen seconded the motion . Sir II PsEileft it to the home to judge Imw for the accusation ot Mr . J . O'Connell was just or not . H ,. knew ol no debate in whieh mwe respectful attention hail been paid to the speoclus of Irish entlen . en . Ultimately the house divided on the motion , when tlure appeared—Ayes \ 2 () Koi's " " - Majority against the amendment—57 |
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After the division , Mr . Roche moved , and Jfr f . Powell seconded'the motion , that the house do now ad journ . Some conversation took place on the subject in which Sir R . Peel declared that he would have risen t speak , had lie supposed that the division would ' tako pluce that night , and that he should certainly ivtat before the debate was closed . On this announcement Mr . Roche withdrew his motion , and Mr . J . O'Conneil withdrew the expression , that Minister * were treating Ire land with disrespect . The debate was then adjourned till Monday next . The other ordirs were then disposed of , and th » house adjourned at half . past twelve .
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FKLLow-LABOURKits . -Having been invited amon « at you to deliver a scries of lectures , explanatory of tho nature and objects of the " National Trades' Asso . oitoion , with a view of forming branches of that Highly important body in your several districts , pernut me to take this medium of informing you of the result ol my labours , and our general prospects of success . r '
IIANLEY . iwi , Mm d * y aftcmoon l lecturcd in tiie " Christian Brethren s ' room , at two o ' clock , to a hHily reapectable , intelligent , and attentive aud ence the chair being ably filled by that long tried aid SrtoJ T ™ Ll . ™ ' ^ PO » ers , Mr ? Murk Lancaster 1 entered into the general merits of "Trades ' Unions and pointed out the causes of tlie failure of tho working classes in effecting labours regeneration on tonner occasions , by sectional or local unions I endeavoured to show the great advantages possessed by the " National Trades Association , " as ^ national body in resisting the attacks daily made by combined capital upon the rights of labour , and was pleased to find that my remarks gave general satisfaction . After alluding to several topics of a local nature , and showing the evils to which you were dail y exposed by your disorganisation , Mr . Humphries , a most intelh . ent young man , moved a resolution to the effect — "That the time had now arrived when national
exertions should supersede local and sectional combinations to emancipate labour from the thraldom and tyranny of capital , and that the working men of llanley and Shelton agree to form themselves into a branch of the 'National Trade 3 Union , ' to act in concert with other branches to be formed in these districts . " This resolution was seconded by Mr . Maitlaml , and carried unanimously . Mr . G . Mart then made a communication to the meeting , that the painters and gilders had already joined the associaciation , which was received with great applause . After several quo 3 tion 3 had been asked and answered , a committo of thirteen ( with power to add to their number ) , comprising the mo 3 t active and intelligent men in the district ; was appointed , and the meeting separated highly ^ ratified . .
TUNSTALL . At seven o ' clock in the evening , I addressed a meeting in the " Christian Brethren ' s" room , 'i ' unstall . Mr . John Steele in the chair . The meeting was not so numerous as at llanley , but the best spirit was manifested , and resolutions similar to those at llanley were passed , and a committee appointed to carry them out .
BURSLEM . On Tuesday night I addressed the men of Burslem in the spai-ious Temperance Hall ; aa Burslem was looked upon us the stronghold of the " emigration " party , opposition was expected ; but though some of that party were present , and discussion solicited , there was not one of them had courage sufficient to dispute my positions . I entered at some length into the question of " surplus labour , " and showed the superior advantages already derived by adopting the principle of " regulating" production- by shortening the hours of labour , as compared with those assumed to be derivable from a system of emigration . At the conclusion of my address , the meeting pledged themselves to assist the committee I had already formed in Burslem to carry out the objects of the association .
LOHGTON LANE END . On Wednesday evening I lectured in the " Working Man ' s Hall , " Longton , to a numerous audience , the room , which is a spacious one and a credit to the working men , being well filled— "Daddy Richards " in the chair . I entered into the object ' s of the association , co-operation , land , labour , and machinery , and at tlie conclusion of my addivss , Mr . Booth iiskedit u was the intention of those joining the association to take steps to discharge the debt which the old Potters' Union had incurred with the Sheffield trades ?
t Maitland , the secretary , said it was the intention ot the committee , who had invited Mr . West to the district , to impress upon the minds of the potters the necessity of being just in their dealings with their fellow working men before they came before the country to demand and secure " justice for themselves . Mr . Booth said , in that case he would join them ; but he had made up his mind to have nothing to do with any union that would not do its utmost to honourably discharge the just and too long neglected claims of the Sheffield trades . After several other questions had been asked , an active and intelligent committee was appointed , to act in concert with the other districts .
STOKE . On Thursday evening I addressed the men of Stoke in the " Christian Brethren ' s Room . " The meeting listened with great attention to my statements , and at the close resolutions similar to those passed at the other meetings , were adopted , and a well-appointed committee cl \ osen . Such , my friend * , is a brief sketch of my laboura amongst you . My success was most gratifying to myself , and cannot fail to be cheering to you . There is a wide field before you for the exercise of ycur moral energies , with well grounded hopes of success . The foundation-stone has been laid securely ; your committees have been formed of men of high moral diameter and long-tried standing , and in point of intelligence second to none I have met with in any part of the country ; and you enjoy local advantages
possessed by iv \ v bodies of working men . Iu future , therefore , letusiox be your watchword , and " be just , and fear not" your motto , and ere long you will take your stand in the foremost ranks of that great nationa confederacy of the sons ot toil , who are destined to achieve labour ' s emancipation . 1 have to regret that yourhttle ' illuminator" has for a time ceased to reflect its refulgent beams amongst you , but let me hope that the day is not far distant when it will reappear with redoubled splendour . In conclusion , I have to tender my warmest acknowledgements for the kindness and hospitality that I " experienced whilst amongst yon , .-md to express a hope that ere long I may again visit you , to find your union strong in confidence , the terror of your enemies , and the stay and hope of every honest man . I remain , your friend and labourer .
Macclesfield , April 20 th , 1 S 40 . John West . r I 7 e w ! v h ! ll ) ?' t , , JoiIS West agai" in the held , battling tor labour ' s emancipation . Of all men , Jons West is " the man" to enlighten his order as to tlie rights ot labour , and the means of procuring their enfranchisement . The silence of Jons West is ( tor his order ) a national calamity , and one that should not be permuted . It mi ght be prevented if the working classes would do justice to the able and talented men who belong to their ranks—nature '' jjontlemen . Of those , John Wkst is one of the nomest . Ihe silent , hungry slavery of the loom is not ior such a man . It is with tongue and pen he should be employed in labouring , not for any grinding profitmongers , but for the people , whose interests he is so well calculated to promote . Let the oeoiile look in
it , and not miss the services of such a man . We shall be obliged to Mr . West for any communications he may favour us with . —Ed . JV . $ , ]
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John Shaw , in introducing tlie correspondence , read letters from the following distinguished and patriotic individuals , all of whom expressed themselves in favour ot the views of the committee , and passed most flattering _ encomiums on the genius of Mr . Cooper : some of the writers pledged themselves to attend the V a * \ v bPs ? ifr ' ' n - & ? - Do » g'M Jerrold , ™ w „ " nP \ w ? . ? . I ) r - Priec « George Thomp . not 'k » }' - W i ! ThoIIM " « he Inverrurv poet Ihe sentiments these letters contained gave Mtwtaouon to all present . The committee anticipate a goo . muster ot the most talented men of the present day , and beg to impress on the minds of all triends an early application for tickets , the price of whii-h will be Is . each , to be had of any of the committee . It was resolved to meet again on Monday evening , at the Dispatch Coffee-house , when the attendance of all friends is respectfully requested , at eight o ' clock precisely . ' «^ wa >« a « iagii «« -. tMc »» m , mi , , ,--. „„
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