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( Contimud from our Istpxge . } so far from there being a probability ojpttfrant of sugar , L « d G . Bentinck positively asserted that ii the Government would only give coaSdence to the British planter , and security to < , he ssvestment oi capital in the sugar plantations in . the West Indies , in Mauritius , and , above all , ir * tire East Ind ' , there would be an ample supply ofsugar for the consumption of tni 9 country , lie did not deny that if slave-grown sugar were admitted Into the markets of tliis country , the country would gain Id . a pound in the price of its sugar ; but the country had a tight to expect jbetter things from the increased produce of sugar in the East Indies and the Manntius , and from the restored produce of the West Indiesif the Govcrnnieut would only consent to
, facilitate the introduction of free labour into tue plantations of thore colonies , and would continue w » the planters the protection which they now « y 0 J « ° » He calculated that thcupph of . 'M ar for fhe ne « year would amount not to 280 . 000 , as I j ord John Russell contended , but to 340 . 000 tons . / J « S ™** est consumption ever known in J ^ g " ** J ™ execca 24 C . 000 to » s , and ttatbangtfce case he con sijlcredthat , without seeking aid f ™™ £ « J ""? Ionics of othercountr . es , there would «» aaampte provision for the consump tion of Great Bnfcun . lie admitted that his calculation wastounded on the supposition that the price of sugar was not materially diminished ; for it was quite : clear that if it were diminished 63 . a cwfc .. as Lord J . Russell anticipated it wou ld be , by the introduction of Brazilian and
Cuban sugar , it woold no longer be profitable to cultivate Sngar in the East Indies for the British niariet . l > ut it was said that the priu ciplcs of free trade required lhat we should open our markets to the gngar of ihe Brazils , in order that the Brazils Jllifiht open their markets to our manufactures . To this argument he replied , that if we gained a . market for our manufactures in the Brazils , we should lose it in the East indies , and in our other colonies ; and , moreover , should bring on the nativc-s deeper distress than that which we had already inflicted on them by destroying entirely their manufacturing industry . He then entered upon the revenue part of the question , and observed , that he could not understand how Loid J . Russell arrived at his conclusion , that he should gain £ 125 , 000 more of revenue by his scheme
of sugar duties than Mr . Goulburn would have been enabled to obtain by Ms scheme . No more revenue would be derived from British plantation sugar under one scheme than the other . If 20 , 000 tons of free labour sugar were to come in under the noble lord's scheme , at 21 s . aewt ., they would equally come in nndcr tkat of Mr . Goulbnrn , at 19 s . Cd . aewt . Supposing , then , that Lord J . Russell got Is . 6 d . a cwt . more than Mr . Goulburn for his free labour sugar , he would only get £ 23 , 000 more than Mr . Goulburn in that war . Even supposing that the consumption increased to 2 S 0 . . tons , which was 40 , 000 tons more than our greatcotconsumpiion , and that all that increase was made up of slave-grown sugar , he would only obtain £ 421 , 000 of revenue from slave-grown su " * , sothatatthe utmost Lord J . Russell would
not obtain £ 440 , 000 more than Mr . Goulburn . For ills own pare , he believed that £ 2-3 , 333 was all the gain in point of revenue , which Lord J . Russell would derive from his plan for letting into our markets the su » ar of Cuba and Brazils . Such being the fact , he implored his noble friend not to press on a measure so materially affecting the revenue at the present advanced period of the session . The last time these duties were discussed , the discussion in the committee took up eight nights ; and if they were to be discussed at the same length now , or even at that length which their importance deserved , and if at the end of that and the subsequent discussions they should be passed , there would be no Peers in the House of Lords to receive the bill founded upon thi-m- lie then entered upon the last division of Ms
subject—that connected with slavery , on which he said that the question resolved itself into this"Wtmld the people of England have slavery and sugar two-thirds of a penny a pound cheaper , or would they be content to pay that sum for sugar grown by the hands of free British industry ? Were they tired oi their past exertions for the emancipation of the slave , or did they repent the £ 20 , 000 , 000 which they had paid for it ? They were now paying £ 1 , 509 , 000 , and employing 45 ships of war , and a considerable number of sailors , for the repression of the nefarious and diabolical slave trade ; and would they render themselves supremely ridiculous intucejes of all the world , by contributing at the same time £ 1 , 500 , 000 to £ 2 , 000 , 000 to the profits of the slave dealers of Cuba and Brazils , by assenting to these
resolutions ? lie showed , by reference to some horrible and disgusting cruelties inflicted on the slaves in a slave ship of a Brazilian planter of the name of . Fonseca , that there was nothing in the present mode of conducting tne slave trade to reconcile the feelings of Englishmen to it . The statement he was goiug to make as to the Ken * tueky rested on the authority of an English sailor , wiiose mvne was William Page . Uis account was , that there were 500 in all on board when the vesse sailed , but that about a dozen died , and 46 men and one woman were hung or shot during the passage , so that about 440 were landed at Gape Frio . When the slaves camp on board they were all put in irons ; and lere they found described t 3 their Land the nature of a slave ship . The size of the vessel between the
solid deck and the Ix-atn was onl y two feet ten inches . The number of slaves , according to the size of the Tessel , siiou'd have been 299 : it being 67 feet long "try 21 broad , and only of 100 tons . aVow , ercry per-Bih ( WD . otieie'J with our aiweantile nioiine knew ihit three persons were allowed for five tons ; but lere , on the contrary , there were something like four or . five men to the ton , and the poor wretches were shackled two and two , and thrust into a vessel where thire was only two feet teu inches between the deck and the beam . The account went on to state that they were ail put in irons . When the weather was good many of the negroes were on deck , butiu stormy weather they were all beiow . The day after the vessel cr « sstd the bar , and had left Kmgham Bay , the captain armed the cre . w with pistols and cutlasses ,
and sent them aiming the slaves , whose ivona had been taken off , and who had risen against the crew , and there they remained for half an hour or more , shuotingand cutting at the wretched beings , nor did tbvy require any encouragement to do so , as they seemed to like the sport . Tue slaves were then takeu on deck and ironed afresh , and put below , except about seven , who were retained on deck . None , he observed , were killed on that occasion , but nine or ten were wounded . The crew fired with balls in iheir pistols and shot in their muskets , and he believed t ' iat the reason uoae were killed was that they fired through tie hatchways , &c , and that the slaves got out of their way as niueh as possible . The nest day they were brought on deck , two . or three dozen at a time , and tried by the captain and the officers ;
and two or three days afterwards , 4 C men and one woman were h » ng and shot and thrown overboard . And what kind of punishment was this ? Had it a- jifiingiu it like the mercy of the new drop at JTewgate ? A rope was put round their necks , and they were drawn up to the yard-arm in such a way as not to be killed , but to a degree choked , and they were tbi-n shot in the breast and thrown overboard . The noble lord read further details of the horrid cruelties perpetrated upon'these wretched negroes by the crew ^ sometimes two or three " were drawn up and hung to ^ emer—about a dozen had their legs chopped oil . and in this situation they were hungup , and then shot in the breast . When the leet fell on the deck , they . were picked up by the crew aud thrown into the sea , and sometimes at the bi . dy from which they
had been cut , as it hung , still living , at the yardarm . Could anything , asked the noble lord , bu more terrible—more devilish than this ? ( Cheers . ) The statement then went on to say that when the woman was hung she was thrown overboard still living ; and that after ail tills horrjWe work was over , the } brought up about twenty person ? , who were flogged " . and then laid upon t ^ ieir backs . All the women why were Hogged died . During the rest of the passage , those who had been JLggtd lay on their bellies , and tbeileih ol ' .-. ome of them who had been severely floggi-d putrified , and eanic off sometknes to the extent of six or eight inches , and half an inch thick . Such was the character of slave-trading in modem times , { ilear . hear . ) And this was the traffic that sixyears ago Air . Buxton said . consumed 350 . 000 persons a-year . while Lord AberJeen , in JS 4 A , stated , that in his opinion , the average numlicr of slaves imported from Al ' rica to the Spanish . West Indies , was 100 , 000 a-year . ( Hear , hear . ) Heukudescribed the wretched
condition and treatment of the slaves in Cuba and Brazils , and then asked lite house whether it would consent to ruin the humane planters In the East Indies and in the West Indies , to add to tLe profits of the inhumane wretches who cultivated su ^ ar in Cuba and frazils at a loss of life which it was awful to contemplate ? These resolutions would a < lt ? , £ 1 S to the value of each negro in the colonies of Sj > sin and Portugal ; and with sach a premium on the importation tf sl&ves , could they douOt that the slave dealers w ; iufd send out ship after ship to bring fresh cargoes of human misery to their guilty shores ? Ai tec an eloquent peroration , in which he summed up Jus principal arguments , he concluded b y mating , '' 'fiuit in ike present state of the sugar cultivation in -tte Bvitish hast and West Indian possessions , the proposed reduction of duty upon foreign slave-grown sugar is alike unjust and impolitic , as tending to check the advance of production by British , free la bour , and to give a great additional stimulus to slave labour . "
Tiie Chancellor of the Exchequer followed Lord G . Bentinck through eack of the three heads into which he had divided this important subject . Alter dwelling on the importance of providing an adequate supply of su §; ar , which , from a luxury , hud become a necessary article of sustenance to the people of tlii * couua-y , he proceeded to sJiow that the demand for gujjar was now greater , and the rise in its price wa ~ now higher , than it was when the late government was induced to let foreign free-labour suttar come initt competition with sugar the produce of our own possessions , and to contend that the same considerations which had induced the late government to let iu foreig n free-labour sug : ir , induced the present govtrnment to let in slave-labour sugar also . The consumption of the iasc year exceeded that of the pie-
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ceding year ^^^^ SSt ^ S Mr . Gladstone had « tjm « trf . « e supP Jm ^ labour sugar for the ^ % fSi >) e supply for the last under 4 , 000 tons f ^ fS tons " Having thus five quarters did noised ^ government to shown that the measure . g ^ P ^^^ rethatthe ' estimated supply ofsugar EX ^ exi year , which had been . developed to the iou « eby Lord G . Bentmek , was gross y exaggerated , and more particularly that portion of it which was to come from the East Indies . Having shown that Lord G . Bentinck ' s estimate of the supply of sugar was greater , and of the consumption less , than thnt on which we had a right to calculate , he proceeded to examine his observations on the revenue to be
derived from the new scheme of sugar duties , and in so ong entered into a detailed view of the income and expenditure of the country . He observed that Mr . Goulburn had only left him a surplus of £ 10 , 000 and expressed his fears that before the end of the session he should be obliged to bring forward several supp ! cmental estimates . He hoped to reinforce the revenue by this measure ; and such reintorcement was not onlv desirable , but was absolutely indispensable ; " for he calculated that at the enc of the year there would be a deficiency of ± 3 oO , 000 owing to the increased expenditure which we should be compelled to make on various heads , which he enumerated in detail , and which he considered to be necessary to the safety of the state and the maintenance of our honour andcredit .
_ He then replied to the arguments of Lord G . Bentinck on the last of the three heads into which he had divided this subject . He wondered how those who used slave-grown cotton , slave-grown coffee , slave-extracted copper , and slave-grown _ tobacco , could say that by negativing these resolutions they would be discouraging slavery and the slave trade . He charged the noble lord with having laid down principles on that subject which he could not carry into effect , and with seeking to deprive the people of England of an article which was all but a necessary Of life , for the sake of carrying out a visionary scheme of impracticable humanity . In conclusion , he expressed a confident hope that the results of the change now proposed would not be injurious to the
West Indian interest , whilst he was certain that it would be productive of great benefit to the merchant , the manufacturer , and the ship owner , and , above all , the labouring population of Great Britain . Sir R . Ikglis thought the house indebted to Lord G . Bentinck for proposing this amendment , and for supporting it by a speech full \> f facts , in which every fact was an argument . During the whole o the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s reply he could not help fancying that time and space had been annihilated , and that he was listening , in May 1847 , to the speech of a Minister apologising for a deficiency of £ 850 , 000 which he found in his budget , and declining to tell the house whether he would make up that deficiency by the transactions of legitimate commerce , or by the ' blood of the tortured slave .
Lord Sajvbon supported the government measure , as , when once the market was opened , there was no means of discouraging slavery . Mr . Grastley . Bkbkeley would support the measure , provided free trade principles were carried out by allowing the introduction of free labour into our colonies . Sir J . W . HOGO supported the Government , but hoped that sugar and molasses would be allowed in distillation , and that rum would be admitted at equal duties with British , Irish , and Scotch spirits . Air . G . Hop * thought the measure wasone of gross injustice towards the West India proprietor . Sir R Pbel observed , thai ; Lord George Bentinek wasperfectlycorrectinstatingtuat he had announced
at the commencement of the session a measure for the introduction of foreign sugar very different from that proposed by Lord J . Russell . That measure would have given greater encouragement than the present resolutions to the admission of free-labour sugar , and would have continued the exclusion of slave-labour sugar . He had always felt that this question of admitting slave labour sugar was excepted from the category of free-trade . He thought that this country stood in a special relation to the West India colonies . We had emancipated their slaves , and had given them an apparently magnificent cempensation was a matter of doubt ; but be that as it might , it placed this country in a position of some difficulty with respect to the West Indies . He had
therefore been of opinion that considerable time ought to be allowed to the Weat Indies before they were called on to cempete with slave labour sugar , and in that opinion he was confirmed by the dictum of Mr . Deacon flume . We had also constituted ourselves the police of the sea for the suppression of slavery , and that increased the difficulty of our position . In all that had been said by Lord G . Bentinck respecting the abomination of the traffic in slaves , it wag impossible not to agree . Nevertheless , entertaining such opinions , and having great apprehensions of the measure now proposed , and fearing ihat it would give a great stimulus to slave trade , be had come to the conclusion , though not without great hesitation and reluctance , that he must give it his
support . In coming to that conclusion , he was obliged to consider the present situation of parties and the prospect of forming another Government . He agreed with Lord G . Bentinck , that no sham or delusiveopposition ought to be offered to these resolutions , and that if an opposition were offered to them , it ou ^ ht to be one intended to be successful and fatal , He believed that by a combination of parties it would be possible to displace Lord John Russell , or at any rate to prevent his success upon these duties , but then he could not refrain from asking himself whether it would bs consistent with his character io lend himself to such a combination , and his conviction was that it would not be consistent . Lord John Russell had made a proposal tor the final adjustment
of this question , and he was not surprised that the noble Lord had done so . The noble Lord might have adjourned the consideration of it to another session ; but he thought that it was better that the noble Lord had made it at once , as he would otherwise have kept the country in great uncertainty . He then reminded the house that those who compelled i , ord J . Russell to abdicate power were hound to aBk themselves whether they were prepared to take It . Two Governments had existed during the last six weeks . Should a third be now formed ? On what principle ? Should it be on the principle of restoring the late Government ? He said . No . Should the Protectionists be called to power , who would not only defeat this measure , but would also revoke the measure which had just been passed ? The house and the country both said , "No . " Considering , then , that if an
opposition were made to this measure , it ought not to be a sham , but , if possible , a successful opposition ; lie declared that he was not prepared to take upon himself the responsibility and the consequences which must attmd success . He therefore felt bound to support these resolutions , from a conviction that so long as uncertainty prevailed upon them , there would not be that stimulus given to the employment of labour and capital in the British sugar colonies which was essential to their success . Entertaining a conviction that at no remote period these resolutions , if obstructed now . must be carried hereafter , and that the noble Lord was best entitled to the credit of carrying them , he had come , though not without reluctance , to the conclusion to support them in principle , and not to embarrass tlicGevernment by any opposition to them in detail .
Sir T . Aclakd expressed great indignation that Sir R . Peel had rested his . vote , on this occasion , upon the state of parties in that house , and upon the mode in which the Government would be affected by it . He should certainly vote against throwing the English market open to sugar obtained by cruelties which we had endeavoured to put down , at every cost . save that of character . On the motion of Mr . Borthwick the debate was then adjourned . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the house adjourned at half-past one . HOUSE OF LORDS-Tcesday , Jult 28 . The Earl of Shaftesburt took his seat on the Woolsack at five o ' clock . Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills , praying their Lordships' concurrence , CHELSEA BRIDGE AND EMBANKMENT BILL .
On the motion of Lord Canxixg , this Bill was read a third time and passed .
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES BILL . Lord Brougham presented a petition from Joshua and Thomas Watts , the proprietors of the swimming baths , in Peerless Pool , City Road , against the Baths and WasblirmfiAa Bill .
GAUGE OF RAILWAYS BILL . The Earl of Clarendon moved the second reading of lho Bill for regulating the gauire of railways The Bill contained one or two alterations conformably to the report of the committee . Some discussion followed , The Earl of ? kelmersdalb stating it as his opinion that the broad pau » e was preferable to the narrow . The Ear ] of Clarbndo . v denied that the narroiv gauge could be considered as the worst , it having been adopted by continental engineers . ¦ Earl Grey said the object of the Bill waB to prevent any change of gauge during the ensuing year , ftwasdestrab . ' e , he thought , to have uniformity of S auge but how that object was to be attaiued was the difficulty . The Bill was ultimately read a second time . 1 he Sugar Duties Continuance Bill was read a first time .
On the motion of the Loiid Ciukceuou , the Small Debts Bill was read a second time , Some other Bills were forwarded a sta « e and the house ad journed .
BOUSE OP COMMONS . The Speaker took the Chair shortl y before fouv o ' clock . THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK , Air . IIexlky . seeing the Hon . . Member for Finsbury ( Mr . T . Duncombe ) in his place , wished to
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know wtiether it was his intention to make tha motkm of which he ~ l ftd given notice for to-night , Krapebt to his Highness the Duke of Brunswick 8 ¦" - ' ¦ ' ¦ - T ¦ Mr . T . Buncombe said that it had been his intention to bring forward the motion to-night , but in consequence of its being arranged that the debate on the Sugar Duties Bill should take precedence of notices of motion , he was afraid he should not be able to do so . He regretted this extremely , as the subject was one of great importance , and he should be unable to bring it forward before this day fortnight , on which day he was afraid the House would be little inclined to appoint a Select Oomraitto to in . quire into the allegations contained in the petition ot his Highness the Duke of Brunswick : he had , therefore , no alternative but to postpone his motion to the earliest day he could bring it forward next
session . THE MILITIA . Mr . Aoxionby , wished to put a question to the Secretary at War . He had not indeed given notice in the usual way , but as there was a great deal ot anxiety prevailing in the country on the subject , and as he knew that many Hon . Members in that House were not aware lhat a Bill was on the table of the House for the purpose of suspending the ballot for the militia till October , 184 ? , he wished to ask the Right Hon , Gentleman it' it were the intention oi Government to proceed with that Bill ? Mr . Fox Maule said that he found a proposition made by his predecessor with reference to the subject but considering the kte period of the session andtlie great importance of the question , the Government were of opinion that the preferable system would be to renew the Bill ( as had been done for the last thirteen or fourteen yeai ' s ) for another vear .
FLOGGING IN THE ARMY . Mr . B . Escott gave notice that on Tuesday next lie would move fir * a return to be laid before the House of all floggings which had been inflicted in the army from the year 1810 to the present time ; the place where the regiment in which such punishment took place was stationed ; the nnmber of lashes inflicted ; and the consequences that followed ; whether inflicted by farriers , drummers , or so forth ; , « nd also copies of the surgeons' minutes ; and whether the trials had taken place with closed doors .
SUGAR DUTIES . On the motion that the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate be read . Mr . P . Miles , said he should offer no factious opposition to the measure , but wished the question postponed , as at this late season , a fair decision could not be taken on the merits of the measure . The hon . member strongly advocated the protection of the West India interest in all those points already adverted to so frequently . Mr . P . BoRTnwicK followed , condemning Sir R . Peel for his speech on the debate , and expressing his discontent at the small protection ceded to the West India planter by the government , which he should seek to increase by a higher differential duty .
The Marquis of Granbt dwelt at some length on the impulse which would be given to slavery by the adoption of free trade in sugar , and he should accordingly give his hearty assent to the amendment of the noble member for Lynn . Mr . Oswald said , that as Lord George Bentinck's party did not pledge themselves to give any permanent protection to the West India planter , and as the settlement of the question was greatly to be desired , he had made up his mind to rote for the Government plan .
Mr . Humk contended that the alteration of the duties would not affect the condition or increase the number of slaves . He denied that the East India sugar was the produce of slaves , as alleged by Mr . Borthwick . When he left India , thirty years ago , not a slave remained in Bengal . Mr . Hume insisted that the duties imposed by Sir R . Peel were a gross mistake , and urged that , however we might endeavour to avoid the use of slave-labour sugar , the prices of Europe would be averaged , and unless the aggregate-amount of sugar in the world were increased , no stimulus to the slave trade would be given . The horrid statements ofslavery put forth by certain parties ought to have no effect on the
question . His opinion , deliberately formed was that the best mode of extinguishing the alave-trade was to apply the enormous funds now fruitlessly wasted by blockading the coast of Africa , in purchasing the slaves brought down for shipment , and in setting them free instantly . He said it was impossible tor the West Indies to compete successfully with Other couBtries , unless a plentiful supply of labour could be introduced . The present orders in Council were a . complete bar to the introduction of free labour . He thought that the house , without listening to the philanthropists , ought , in an open , manly , straight forward manner , to consider how labour was to be procured .
Sir Jons Rae Reid predicted that the present measure would bring irremediable ruin on the planter , and related a story of a gentleman who was reduced from a clear income of £ 6 , 000 literally to beggary , having hhnsett that day relieved him to save his family from starvation . That very day , in consequence oi" the turn which the debate took last night and of the prospect that these duties would be carried , a decision had been come to by several West Indian proprietors , and , the fiat had gone forth to prevent the cultivation of their estates in future . Mr . BernaIj complained that the West Indian proprietors had for years past been , and atill were , the victims of circumstances over which they had no control . Though it was easy to show that sugar did
not stand on the same grounds as corn , he could not reconcile it to his principles to give a vote for retaining protection for the particular interest to which he himself belonged . He therefore declared his intention to vote in favour of Lord J . Russell ' s resolutions , but at the same time he should stickle for the admission of West Indian spirits on the same terms as English , Scotch , and Irish spirits ; for the admission of sugar into the breweries and distilleries of Great Britain , aud i ' or the extension of the contracts which Lord J . Russell now permitced the West Indian to make with the African negro in Sierra Leone and other British possessions . Mr . E . Dbmsoh followed the same course of argument , and read extracts to show that our efforts had not put down the slave trade .
Mr . James said that the Emancipation Act was a failure , went over the same grounds as the two preceding speakers , and , like them , still said that he should vote for the measure . Mr . Bahkly , at great length , detailed the disadvantages under which the planters were labouring , denounced the Government plan as a "mother country" scheme to provide labour ; but , uuder all circumstances , he could not vote for the
amendment . Mr . DisnAKti recapitulated the three propositions of Lord G . Bentinck's speech , and observed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in his reply to it , had offered to the first an assumption , had met the second with an hypothesis , and had combated the third with a sophism . He then proceQded to sub statitiate that assertion , contending at considerable length that Lord G . Bentir . ck had not over-estimated the supply of sugar from the West Indies , the Mauritius , and the East Indies , and had not underrated the consumption of the British market ; that he had maintained the criticism which he had pOSBCll on the finaHcial calculations ot Lord John Hussell ; and that the Chancellor of the Excheouer had only
upset these criticisms by producing a scries of figures completely different from those of the first Lord of the Treasury , and by transmuting 20 , 000 into 30 , 000 tonsof sugar by a novel species of alchymy : and ihat the irrefragable arguments of Lord G . Bentinck respecting the promotion of slaveryjand the slave trade , had only been met by the vain , delusive , and flashy sophism , that our efforts to put them down hud bepn ' neither effective nor complete . He then proceeded to controvert the position which Lord Russell had advanced in his opening speech on this measure , that it would not give any encouragement to the slave trade , and to examine whether his lordship was justified in calling upon the house to accede to it for the sake of gr at commercial considerations and to
secure the trade of the Brazils . He remi /«) fl'l tlie house that it wa ' sonly last nidit that the Cli : » C illor of the Exchequer had read to it » letter fron- » ii > azilan , whom he represented as high authority , stating that that trade and that commerce were not in existence , and could neither be forfeited nor secured . He showed that our West Indian colonies , even in their lowest fortunes were better consumers of our manufactures at Manchester than the scattered population of the Brazils , and that the millions of men who obeyed our sway in Hindustan consumed in comparably more of our productiuns than all the slave dealers of the worid . He did not , however , oppose thesereBolutiousofMinisiersmerel y because they were antagonistic to our previous iirranircments for tlic
suppression of slavery and th ' . slave trade ; he opposed them because they were ; ntaionistic to the fragment left of the old colonial system of England . He Ventured to predict , that the house would soon retrace its steps , and reconstruct tliac now almost annihilated system , lie said so , biciuise , the history of England wa 3 a history of reaction on ( his point Mr . D'Israeli said : —I have obstrvua in our history i . ' iafc it is the chilrsicterUtic of our eollnti J ' that it always retraces its steps . 1 believe the prtmperity of England may be attributed to this cause , not that it has committed less blunders than otlitfi countries , but that the people , arc a people more
-cnsible of their errors * This history of England is a history of reactions . W / iy , what have you nut done , and wlrnc steps have you u » t retraced ? You destroyed your cl ! iiicliesUiulis . * iiii « iti , and you ivplacetf it . You destroyed join- ajici ' ' - "t monarchy , and jm . retraced your steps —( hwir , h ' -ar . ) You destroyer the House of Lords ; and now y , ' »« are obliged to take your biiis to them for ihcir sanction . You wn abolished your House of Cuninnms i and yet here \ v < .-ire assembled debating ; i great question . ( Hear , hear . ) It is not more than 200 k ' . - i . ' " " 8 ° ^ lllt ' '•' , his liouau you chose to uifect one of tuC 'gi'i-atrs " financial revolutions in the world . You wurc warned against it . An hon . gentleman / then tht leader oi
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"the country party , " rose and denounced the policy of Sir R . Walpole . louhndout , of , the house the most gifted statesman and eloo ; uent , wrHer ot that day affirming that by adopting a system ot indirect taxation you were effecting the degradation ot the people . And what happens now ? / Is there a man who speaks on the subject who dots not tell you * h , t he approves of direct taxation ? Are you not retracing your stens on that important question < i * y cue speeches of your ableut , by tue votes of your most influential men , are you not proving that j bir William Wyndhamwas right , and that Lord Bolingbroke , if he erred at all , erred on the safe side ? lou , say that you don't retrace your steps . Why , con- j trast the debate going on with what haB taken place
in this country as to the abolition ot slavery . ( Cheers . ) Here are Ministers of the Crown coming forward and in the face of England acknowledging that for 40 years they have been in error , and that I they must now terminate for ever the greatest effort which the people themselves ever commenced . — j ( hear , hear . ) You yourselves acknowledge that j £ 50 , 000 , 000 have been expended on this effort , ihe very men who came forward with measures against slavery now virtually tell you that the slave trade lia 8 baffled all their efforts ; and , under thoirauspicos instead of their adversaries , you arc about to become its tributaries . When you hear these very men and these very Ministers announcing that within the last iOveavsyou have expended more than £ 10 , 000 . 000
lor the suppression of slavery , I a ^ k how , when going to the hustings , will you explain the course which it is now proposed to adopt ? Will not the people 9 ay— " What is this Parliamentary Government of England ? These men who tell us they expended £ 10 , 000 , 000 to put down Blavery now come forward and acknowledge that they have expended it only t » effectuate a failure J" I believe that you will retrace your steps , reconstructing the great industrial system which you so rashly , and in circumstances so personally peculiar , destroyed . " ( Loud cheers . ) Turning from this subject , he animadverted with great severity on the funeral oration delivered last night by Lord Sandon over the cause of abolition , It completed the picture of this eventful
ses-BioiJ i to see the Noble Lord , who moved the resolutions of 1841 , sitting on a hogshead of sugar In a white sheet performing penance , and crying " peccavi . " Nothwithstanding the defalcation of Lord Sandon from the ranks of colonial protection , he still thought that its friends might have fought its battle successfully , had they been able to retain the late Prime Minister . No one understood the West India question better than Sir R . Peel—no one could have been a more effective champion of Weat Indian interests . Great , therefore , waa his mortification when he found Sir R . Peel delivering a speech fatal to all their hopes . The reasons too which Sir Robert had given for the conclusions at wliieh lie had arrived were more ingenious and surprising than most of the arguments which the house had heard from his lips . He ( Mr . Disraeli ) appealed to the
people of England , and asked them whether they thought that great colonial interests were to be sacrificed for such minute considerations as who should sit on the Ministerial bench ? If great principles were to be given up by members of Parliament against their conviction for party consideration , he should say " Farewell to the Parliament of England . " Sir R . Peel had also said that he could see how a Government could be formed supposing the present Ministry to be broken up . He did not set much value on that declaration of opinion , for ho would tell Sir ft . Jreel frankly that his forte did not lie bo much in the construction as the dearruction of a Government . He concluded by stating that he felt no hostility against the existing Government , thai he was actuated by no factious motives , and that the friends of Protection could take no other course than that which they had taken .
Lord J . Rusbell admitted the courtesy of Lord G . Bentinck ' s speech in proposing his amendment , but contended that it was impossible i ' or him to assent to it . He vindicated his resolutions from the objections which had been preferred against them , —insisted that they did not tend to the increase of slavery and the slave trade , and maintained that it was expedient to get rid of the present system of levying the sugar duties inasmuch as it prevented the benefits which the colonies would otherwise derive from the employment of free labour . He was sorry to hear from Sir J . R . Reid , that some gentlemen , forgetful that monopoly always prevented exertion and neutralized the skill and labour of all engaged in manufactures or agriculture , had
determined not to send out supplies to the colonies , and to give up the cultivation of their estates , He hoped that other capitalists would take them , and with increased skill he had no doubt that they would find it a profitable speculation . Replying to the speech of Mr . Disraeli , he denied that lie had ever called the colonies a viciou 3 system . He had' stated , that they were the strength of this country , and had expressed a hope that they would flourish ; but he had » aid that the old system of commerce between our colonies and ihe mother country was a vicious system ; and to that opinion he still adhered . He then proceeded to controvert Mr . Disraeli ' s doctrine , that oh all great questions this country always retraced its steDS . He said : —The hon . gentleman made , I
think , some Very curious remarks as to the policy of this country . His observations led to tha * onclusion that this country always retraces its steps' ; A statement ; more unexpected by me could tot have been made . ( Hear . ) No doubt there may be particular cases in which Parliament may have found it necessary to modify its proceedings , but has this country ever gone back after it has adopted an improved BJ'Stem , —after it has thrown aside the letters of prejudices , and cast off errors that are exploded ? ( Clieera . ) That , Sir , is not the characteristic of the English people . ( Hear . ) 1 do not refer now to what occurred in those times of violence when the Throne and the Parliament were scattered by the decisions of a House of Commons , acting with usurped
authority , and governing solely by the sword . ( Hear . ) But speaking from those days when we had anything like regular government , after the Restoration of the House ol Stuart , I think there can be nothing more prudent , nothin i more regularf nothing more beautiful , to the readers of history , than the progress which this country has made . ( Hear , hear . ) In those days of which I now speak personal liberty was not safe ; the subject was liable to be seized and sent to a distant prison . The Habeas Corpus Act was passed to remedy that abuse . Has the country ever retraced its steps in * , respect to that statute ? Have we ever since said that personal liberty ou ^ l U , to be dependent ou the will of the monarch . " The triumphs of liberty , of reason , and of truth
had , in this country , always been Ipermanent , and had always remained ' without any risk of subsequent defeat . J > efendJnc the propriety oS his conduct in having taken office in the present emergency , and maintaining that no Ministry could carry on the Government , either foreign or domestic of this great empire , unless it commanded the support and respect of the House of Commons , he expressed his conviction , that if he were to acquiesce in such a resolution as that which Lord G . Bentinck had proposed , and were to allow his policy to be set aside , and that of his noble friend to be substituted in its . place , he should bejexposing his Administration to contempt , should b « impairing the dignity of the
Crown , whose servant he was , —should be damaging the reputation of the Ministry of which ho was the head , and should be causing some diminution of the glory of the great nation to which they all belonged . He therefore told his noble friend distinctly , that he ( LordJ . Russell ) should not be able to carry on the administration © f public affairs in case his amendment were carried . If that amendment should be approved by a majority < . f that house , Her Majesty would do well to place power in the hands of that majority ; for of this he was sure , that for him to continue holding office , when thus debased , would be to inflict a yennanent injury on the constitution of his country .
The house then divided , when there appeared for reading the order of the day ,
Aj'es 26 o Noes 135 Majority in favour of Ministers ... 130 The house then resolved itself into Committee pro forma , and then resumed . The other orders were disposed of , and the house adjourned at half-past one o ' clock . HOUSE OF COiMMONS , Wednesday , July 29 . The house met at twelve o ' clock .
CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL . Mr . Hume rose , on the ordar of the day being read for going into committee on this bill , and observed that he was ready to postpone it , previded her Majt Sty ' s Government would undertake to bring : in a ) ill upon tlie s-. ime principle next session . Looking back to the history of these charltnble trusts , he found that since 1700 , upwards ot 900 recommendations have been submitted to Parliament with a view of correcting these charitable funds , which had been constantly abused and diverted from the purposes of the donors , They had no less than 35
volumes of printed reports upstairs , which had been obtained at immense expense , and they were stiil in the dark as to the way the great amount of these liinds was expended . When h « found that charitable luiuk amounting to a total of £ 1 , 200 , 000 wore abused , it was necessary that Parliament should sanction a bill which would compel the trustees to return a just account of their receipts and expenditure . His object was to go into committee pro forma , in order that the Government might adopt ihe principle of accountability , and carry it out ui-xt session of Parliament .
Tlio Atti ' ikkbv-Gknkrag opposed the committal of this bill in the absence of ihe Home Secretary . Sir It . Ixolis said , the bill involved so bad a ( irinci p le , and imposed so much hardship on his tel' . ivr j-iiiyccts , thnt he cmild not nro ' ul moving that ( In ! hotwc go into committee upon it that d ; iy three months . Sir G . Grot said , when the bill was first brought Wore tlio house , lie did not object to the principle of it , and he did hope in the course of the next session , the Government would consent to the appoint-
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ment of a commission to take the subject under consideration . "After a short conversation , Mr . Humb intimated that he should withdraw the bill .
ART UNIONS . Mr . Wyes moved the order of the day tor further consideration of the report on the Art Unions Bill . Mr . Goulburn repeated his opposition to the bill . It established nothing more nor less than a lottery , The defence of the bill rested on the statement that this was a lottery of a peculiar class , limited to a useful object , namely , the encouragements of the finearta . If , however , they could raise funds for one object , he would ask the house where they
meant to stop ? Did it not apply to all articles of manufacture ? The vague idea ot peculiar interest would not prevent the extension of the principle to other objects , lie held in his hand a prospectus in which a gentleman in possession of pictures and works of art , was prepared , under the sanction of the bill before the house , to dispose of the whole by lottery . He complained that , by encouraging gambling propensities , or legalising art-unions , they would enable one class to receive an advantage whieh was denied to another class . ...... ,
Mr . Monckton Milnks supported the bill , and said ho considered that , if they rejected it , that numbers of artists , who . by the praiseworthy system of art-unions were now supporting themselves ana their families , would suffer all the evils of penury . He could not , therefore , anticipate any evil from the passing of the measure , but the reverse , as it would foster and increase the taste of the people for the hne arts . Nor did he agree with the right hon . gentleman , the member for the University of Cambridge , that there was . anything wronij iu encouraging this species of lottery . There existed no possibility , not to speak of probability , of a man going and ruining himself and his family for the purpose of buying pictures . Indeed , thero existed not tho slig htest analogy between the art-union principle and the lottery Bystem , which , he admitted , had been attended with
very pernicious consequences . SirR . Pbki « while he generally concurred with the viewa of his right lion , i ' riend , thfe member iav tho Unirersity of Cambridge , did not wish to take any part in the discussion , believing , as it was more than probable that tho Government would support the measure , that tlie bill would be carried , and that opposition would be unavailing . lie believed that the proposed interference with art-unions would be an exception from a right principle , and , like all exceptions , they would reap practical inconvenience from it . But would it be of benefit to art ? Even if it were , he doubted if it would be right to encourage gambling by giving such a power , and so create a precedent ; from which , as he had said , they
would experience practical inconvenience . But he considered that these art-unions encouraged and fostered a spirit of gambling , instead , as had been stated , of a desire to promote the faia arts , because persons in various towns throughout the country , who were not actuated by a love of art , but of gambling , for the £ 300 or £ 400 prices established those art-unions , and considered themselves patrons of the iine arts . —( Hear , hear . )—He questioned much , therefore , whether the fine arts were encouraged by the establishment of art-unions ; in fact , they rather increased the taste for cheap and inferior productions in the place of others , which deserved the denomination of fine art . —( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Wtse believed that the question resolved itself into two considerations ;—Whether or not the Art Union Bill was a violation of a great moral principle and whether that violation was justifiable under the particular circumstances of the case . He denied that art-unions encouraged gambling , a 9 they were estab *
lished for the individual benefit of the members and for the encouragement of the higher branches of the fine arts , and the distribution of pictures among the great body of the people , who , unlike the Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir R . Peel ) were unable to possess valuable and consequen tly high-priced pictures . Besides , Buch exhibitions performed their part in refining and educating the people , and could not , he contended , come underthe definition of gambling . He was at a loss to understand why so much objection should be made to art-unions , when building and other societies were allowed to exist . The Legislature bad given its sanction to the principle of building associations . The members were allowed to have the privilege of drawing by lottery , the choice of this or that building ,, but if the Legislature sanctioned what some might term gambling in respect to building societies , he did not see why the same indulgence should not be extended towards the fine . arts—( Ilear , hear , hear . )
Sir R . iNGLia denied that fine arts were for the instruction of the people , though they tended to the improvement of their moral culture . Art-uuions en . couraged gambling , because money waa raised and prizes distributed by lottery , which was an immoral mod e of raising money- The professors of the fine arts had , in his opinion , no more right to this mode of relief than the manufacturers of knives and scissors . What difference was there between the dispersed Spitalfields silk weavers and the fine art professors ? Why should any benefit or indulgence be extended to the one which was denied to the other ? The hon . member concluded by expressing his unequivocal condemnation of the bill , and moved the adjournment of the consideration of the report to that day three months . Some further discussion ensued , in which . Sir W . James , Mr . Ewarl , Mr . Henley , Mr . B . Eacott . and
Lord E . Vane , took part . Sir Geoiioe Gbey said . he thought thero was a double necessity for tlie Bill . In the first place it would show whether theso institutions came « it ! iin the provisions of the lottery laws , and to subject them to such wholesome restrictions as wo i ; ld prevent , effectually gambling , as it was called . ( Hear , hear . ) The Committee formed to enquire into these art-unions found that some of the evils complained of did exist , but at the same time that they were not inherent to these institutions . They then offered such , suggestions as they considered would have the effect of repressing these evils . He was of opinion that the Bill would be of advantage , and he would give it his support . ( Hear , hear . ) The House divided , when there appeared for the Bill , 50 j against it , 18—being a majority of 32 in favour of the Bill .
The Steam Navigation Bill passed through committee . The Baths and Washhouses ( Ireland ) Bill wasread a second time . Some official Bills were forwarded a stage . Mr . Fbewbn obtained leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the better regulation of episcopal revenues and dioceses . The House then adjourned at half-past four .
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THE CHAR 11 ST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places : —
SUNDAT EVENING . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half . past six o ' clock . —( % Chartist Hall , l , Tumagain-Iane i at six o ' cloak . •—Wescmfuscer ; at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane- at halt-past seven . —Somers Town ; at Air . Duddrege ' s Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamleit . attheWhittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . — Evimett's Bngade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove . at eight o ' clock precisely . — Marylebone ; at the Coach Painters' Avms , Civcus-stieet , at haltpast ' seven . Gray ' s Inn Road , Mason ' s Anns , Britannia-street . — Jfammersmith : at No . 2 , Little Valeplace , at ten in the foreuoon . —Newcastlt-upon-Tyne ; at the bouse of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , lrom seven till nine . —Leicester : at 87 , Cliurcli-gate , at six . Bradford : Woolcombers' Anus Inn , JUopestreet , at fi ve .
MOKDAT ETfiKIiSG . Rochester : at the Victory Inn , at half-past seven . —Cambenvcll : at the Montpelier Tavern , YValworth at eight o ' clock precisely . — Kensington : at eight o ' clock , at the Duke of Su 8 sex . —Iinic / io « M ; at tlic Brunswick Hall , llopemaker ' s Welds , at eight o'clock . Chelsea : at the Temperance Coffee House , Exeter-Street , Sloane-street , at eight o ' clock . — IciCCSter : at No . IT . Archtleden-lane , at seven O ' clock . —• ClupsUno ; at the Temperance Hotel , Bank Avenue , at eight o ' clock . —Annley : at the
house of Mr . William Uates , boot and slioemaKer , Armley Town-gate , at eight o ' clock . —Lii'crjtooi : at ei-ht o ' clock , at Mr . Fan-ell's Temperance llotel , i , C « zneau-street . — Belper . ' at the house of George Wi"le y the Dusty Miller , Field-head , from seven tilt ° niue .- — Bristol ; at No . 1 C , Uorsc-I ' air , at eight o ' clock in the evening . —Darlington : atJohnMoas ' sj No . 24 , Union-street , at half . past seven . —Chorley Wood Common : at Mr . Barbor ' s at seven o ' clock . — Kic&mmiswortk : at the Cai't aud Howes , at 9 even o ' clock . — Mie End : at tho Golden Gross , at seven o ' clock .
TUESDAY EVENING . Gvmwieh : at Mr . Paria ' s , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock . WEDNKSBAY EVENING . Aberdeen : the oiiice-bearers meet at half-past seven , at No . 1 , Moui Mill-lane lkll . —Brighton : No . 2 , at No . 3 , Charles-street , - at eight o ' clock . . ' SATURDAY EVENING . Shoreditch : at Chapman ' s Coffee House , Churchstrcet , at eight o ' clock . Mottram . —Tho monthly nieetinsr of the shareholders in the Co-operative Land Society will be held iii tho LcBturc-niom , oppusite the Bull ' s Head , on Sunday , August 2 , at two o ' clock . At ihe dose of this business , the public meeting will commence to elect it proper person to represent the district in the National Convention to be held at Leeds , August 3 . Fe llow-townsmen , the crisis is at band ; let all admire . ** of demooracy . be itt their post ..
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Stratford-ok-Avow , the birtkplaraof tHa ™ - " ^ tel Shakspere ^ Tfiemembers of . the Land S ? will mVet at' the house of Win . ' Paine , boot and « £ * maker , news-agent , &c ., Sheep-stveet , near a Town-ball , for the purpose of enrolling members ami rec » ivin | r contribution * , and for forwarding . all snh . eeriptiona to the general funds in London . All Jj . think proper to join the society ; will assemble at th above plac » erery Sunday evening , from five to niZ o ' clock , . aft NEWCiSTLH-DPON-ttNE . —A PUhllC lecture m \\\ U given in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn Side on & * \? i uS » 8 t 2 b ? I > r - Marstoi , on ' thS ^
< PA ' , , Chemistry of Health and Life . Admission free Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Mamluboke . —On Monday , August 3 rd , \ j _ Moriss a . practical agriculturist will deliver a leehn . 1 on the Land and its capabilities . " Ur * Cirr Chartist Hall . —On Sunday morning at n o ' clock the monthly meeting of shareholders will be held on important business , all shareholders are particularly requested to attend , as some new directors have to be appointed and also auditors to th » accounts for the last and present quarter . The adjourned discussion will be resumed at the usual time .
A Chabtist Camp Msbtikg will be held on Elackstone-edge , on Sunday , August 2 nd , when Fearem O Connor , Esq ., Messrs . Philip M-Grath , Clark and Doyle , of the Chartist Executive , Ernest Jones and Doctor M'DowalJ , of London , Mr . Tatter-» ale , of Burnley , and other friends of the people , will address the meeting : chair to be taken precisely at two o ' clock . The delegates will meet at the White House at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . It is requested that each locality will send a delegate . ' Bradford . —A Chartist Camp Meeting will be held on Bredford-moor , opposite the Coach and Horses Inn , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the
afternoon . Dr . M'Dowall , Christopher Doyle , of the Executive , and other friends will address the meeting . A lecture will be delivered at half-past seven , the same evening , at the Wooleombefs' Arms Inn , Hope-street . The members of the General Council willmeetat the Woolcombers' Arms , at one o ' clock on Sunday next . The members of the Land Society will meet in the large room of the Woolcombers'Arras , Hope-street , at six o ' clock in the evening to enrol members and receive subscriptions . Bradford . —The members of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society will meet in the Land office , Butterworth-buildings on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at two o'clock in the afternoon . ¦
The members of the Chartist Association will meet in their room , Butterworth-buildings , on Sunday , at five o ' clock in the evening . The tea party committee will meet in the Land office , Butterworth-buildings , on Sunday at six o ' clock . On Monday a soiree and iea party will be held In the Temperance Hall , Leeds-road , at five o'clock in the evening . Feargus O'Connor , Esq . will address the meeting after tea . Mr . M'Grath will preside . A ballwlU be held in the Odd Fellows' Hall , Thorn , ton-road , at eight o'clock in the evening : tickets for the tea party and ball sold by Joseph Alderson . The Forresters band will await the arrival of the directora at the Railway station , and escort them t » the Hall . Mr . C . IJoyle will address the meeting in the Odd Fellows' Hall , at 1 o ' clock in the evening :, Messrs , Clark and Wheeler will also address the meetinga in the Temperance Hall .
Miners Intelligence . — TrtDKSLEr Baxks . — The next Delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held at the house of Mr . Win , Hilton , Spinners' Arms , Tyldesley Banks , on Monday , the lOtb of August , chair to be taken at eleven o'clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq . and several other gentlemen , chair to be taken at three o ' clock , p . m . Leeds . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) afternoon , at 2 o'clock , a Camp Meeting will b& held in Vicar ' s Croft , to be addressed by Messrs . M'Grath and
Clark , from London ; and Mr . Tattersall , trom Burnley . At half-past four Tea will be provided , in the hack room of the Bazaar , at eightpence each , when addresses will be delivered by the above gentlemen . On Monday evening , a Public Meeting will be held in the Croft , when eeveral Delegates to the ConvtBtion will address the meeting—to commence at 1 o'clock . On Tuesday evening , at 8 o ' clock , Mr . Ernest Jones will deliver a Lecture , in the back room of the On Wednesday evening , at 8 o ' clock , Feargm O'Connor , Esq ., will deliver a Lecture in the aboTe
room . The members of the La nd Society will pay their contribution tomorrow evening after the lecture . Ghaud Demonstration to the People ' s Firs ; Estatk . —The Committee for conducting the atioirc , will meet on Sunday afternoon next , August 2 nd , at three o ' clock precisely , at the South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriar ' s-road . Every district , locality , and democratic body , is requested to Lave its representative present on the occasion , as the comfortand convenience of the , friends attending the Demonstration must in a great measure depend on the arrangements made by this committee , each , delegate is requested to come prepared with the mids of the place from whence the vans will start in his district , die .
Vkteran Patriots' Exilhs' Widows' axd Orpiunb' Fund . —The committee are requested to meet in the Hall , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday evening next , August 3 rd , at seven o ' clock precisely . Jomf Skelton \ 24 , Cecil Court , St . Martin ' s Lane . P . S Let each member of the Committee , be at his poBt upon the occasion . Leicester . — A meeting of the members of tie ChartiBt Co-operative Land Society , will je held at 87 , Church-gate , on Monday next , August 2 nd , at / o'clock in the evening . Hammersmith District . — The members and friends of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will meet at their office , No . 2 , Little Vale Placf , tlamniersmitli-road , on Suuday morning next , August 2 nd , at ten o ' clock precisely , to make the necessary arrangements for the forthcoming aewOr stration . All who study comfort , ease , and convenience will take care to be represented ou the
occa . ... ,,. The National Victim Committee will meet jw agree to a report to be submitted to the Couvention at its sitting in Leeds , ) at the South London ChartisfcHall , on Sunday next , August the 2 nd , at tlirrt o'clock ,
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THAMES . Savage Ootbaob . —On Monday , a remarkable looking mnn , of very dark complexion , named William Barrett , ' tailor , who is deaf and dumb , was brought tKibre ¦« I j Broderip , charged with having assaulted a female ii «« l ™ Strong , in sunk a wanner tUat liev life is desuuiniiloi ' Erhettnda W . iliingale , a young womaa residing ut X *« Kaven-street , Wliitechapel , stated that she was eiilW upon early that morning by a person residing at theaojoining house , No . 4 , of which Mrs Strong was ltunlMfr to write out something for the pr isoner to read . At IK same time she t \ as iuformed that the prisoner « -as _ aW » to remove his goods without paying his rent . ilvs . SMS directly afterwards returned home , aud , at herrenuiis ' i she wrote on a paper that his landlady wanted her i * The prisoner made un ' attempt to leave thelwim ; n « «» prevented doing so by SirsStrongwho ottemptiW '"
. , close the street door . The pvisouer- immediately scB * her by the throat , struck her several times , and threw n * with great violence on tlw ground behind the uow . Mrs-Strong got up again and made another ntteuipt to sltut "'' dour , ou which the prisoner pulled it back and jam " * Mrs . Strong ' s head several times between the door and '" walli He also beat her with his fists , and maltreated ftj ill a most cruel manner . Witness opened tlie door to * < $ purpose of releasing Mrs . Strong , who said , the deiii ' *' dumb mau was murdering her , aud had no sooner doi" |? than tho prisoner seized her { , ti \ £ witness ) by the tU « J and nearly strangled her , and , after striking her vioieu » j on the side of the face , he snapped at her like a Jog a » made several attempts to bite her neck and face . Seviwj men then came to the assistance of Mrs . Strong , and Ii » custoof
prisoner was taken ' away from her and given into The witness added , that Airs . Strong was rendered in ** SlUle Uy the savage treatment she received from tliti ** soner , and was carried to her bed , where she has <¦ ' ' '' since remained . The doctor in attendance on her '' given up all hopes of saving her . Police Sergeant Sin * ' No . 2 K , confirmed the statement of tlie dangerous I' * ' tion of the m / nian . Mr . Broderip rend a certiric : i'e ' Air . Beale , a surgeon , which was to the following e ! Krt . ~ " I hereby certify that Airs . Strong has received severe * juries to the brain and spine , and that 1 consider her " ! dangerous state of exhaustion at present . " ' £ he ¦ priSi ) " * was permitted to read the evidence against him , »* after he had done so , writing materials were suniito'il * him , but he did not make use of them . Ho was liieu w mandtid until Tuesday next week .
. CLERKENWETili . IIomible Cask op Gouging . — On Tuesday E " ^ Macatlray , a . savuge looking young woman , was i ' l : 1 Lt j , j the bar lor final examination , charged ty ''"" m M'MulIeu , a journeyman , shoemaker , with the iv " " ^ atrocious assault - . —The prosecutor stated , that : < evenings ago he entered the King ' s Arms public 1 ' ° j ¦\ Vhitccross-street , where the prisoner , her sister . ^ othGi' persons worn drinking . Witness , who li « il " F ^ oue ouiu ' rel with the prisoner , n » ain had some higii . " y with her , when she challenged him to fight , "'' " ' . jji declined ; she then rushed at him , seized him roUi ! J w , neck , and " gouged' , out one of his eyes , -lie was 'Vj to St . ISarthuluinew ' s Hospital in great agony , ¦ » ¦«» eye literally hanging on his check , and his life w . « y nounued by tho surgeon to be iu danger . lie ivl " : '^ i ; in tlie hospital until . Monday , when he was su '' % ] J recovered to attend to give evidence , but with loss 0 lS 3 of the injured eye , Severn ! witnesses corroborated his evidence . . . J The prisoner dcuicd tUeclui'ge , but she was coal * for trial .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 1, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1377/page/8/
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