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: ' . - ,. . « . _ la ^ a , Monday ^ U « Leloved Friends ,-My heart expands as I » t Jm to vvritetoyou during - the time allowed for £ * Itoenotbrcakfested yeVbutlam M Slsawy &t « dayBEor { he * te& mountain -fl I saw THIRTY THOUSAND confirmed rtait fctsysome of whom Bad , travelled over , tttrty mfles to renew their covenant ; and . none could be ^ t who tod not come more than three miles , as J ^ as not a house ( with one exception ) . tfttnn flat distance . ; I never saw more devotion to the jund cans * in my life- ^ 1 never srasmMnn enlhu-^ a sm even in the [ midst of « rar -madness in 1839 . Every thing now hears a more wholesome aspect ftwTin thehest daysof Chartism ; " The new Char-? ist CRY is , « Down withJEnglish FINALTY and Irish
PRAUD . ' , . " -We have been interrupted in our . proceedings Tip to this time fay the most brutal , savage , and uproarions » nductif Thomas Copper , THE . CHAUTIST He will reply to every one , and interrupt every speaker , chairman and all ; uses the most beastly and insdtmg language ; and hishest endeavour to sow dissension between members who spoike freely of other members to him , when he was in Stafford prison . Four o'dock . —Cooper having denied the authority of tfie Convention , ana having insultingly refused to appear before . the Election Committee , has been imanhnonsly eddied the Convention ; ' and I am just about to start for Bradford . - ¦;• ' -
Tuesday , 12 o ' clock . —What I-npw write can be confirmed by every man , woman and cbildin Bradford : so let no man snppose ^ Jhat I write ' -what so many couM contradict if notfrue ^^ en tli e ttain arrived at Bradford station I was ^ terally astounded . I was prepareifSc . a ^^ fet tea p ^ I but «» n ? litter amazement I raw twobands ^ waiting attnettafiori , one of them most magnificently dressed , auda long line of carriages , vritli the streets crammed . We proceeded in triumphant procession through the " town , and so large was the eonconrse of working men when we arrived at the Temperance Hall , where tea was prepared , that I could not foreg o the ,
opportmutf of Eddressing ' the moltitnde of industry which I saw before me . I spofce at great length , and . the Old princip les are more iively than ever they wereat Bradford . We had two meetings going on at the same time ; one in the Oddfenows Hall and the other at the Temperance Hall . I was at the latter place , and in my whole life I never beheld a more magnificent spectacle . The place is very large and it ¦ was crammed by a respectable audience . Mr . M'Grath occupied the chair , and spoke in his nsual eloquent , pleasingand convincing strain . I addressed the meeting at great length upon the Charter and the Land , and the new position of political
parties ; and I can truly say that the present popular hatred of migs and Whiggery afford me some satisfaction for the tyranny that I and others have siffered at their hands . The resolution has been taken throughout the length and breadth of theland to fight the battle of constitutionality against the coalition . of "Whig finality , Irish place hunters , and newspaper corruption . I now learn , as it is avowedly confessed by all , that the Land plan has saved Chart ism , M&reyived it for the forthcoming struggle . You may rest assured , my friends , that all the machinery of "Whig cruelty will be put into requisition once more , " but we are determined to meet it at the ontset and assert our rights which were denied in 1839 , ' 40 . ' 4 i and ' 42 , by both Whigs
and Tories . : It would be quite impossible to convey to you the slightest notion of the wise selection of delegates made by the Chartist body . You will see that -we number nearly forty ; ' and but one mind appears to govern all , now that we have got rid of ihe madman . Cooper has been ' bellowing at the door for a considerable time this morning , but we have appointed two resolute door keepers , and the shopkeepers in the neighbouThoob * have threatened to hand _ him over io the police if he continues to annoy them . He bellows like a mad bull . Before he was expelled , I challenged him to bring forward all his charges and that I would answer them . It
sow appears that he has been made the tool of a set of cowardly rascals who had not the courage to strike themselves—fellows who' have been sucking me unfjl they hoped I had- no blood left , I have discovered such a train of villainy being hatched here by those vampires as would astonish you ; but I vail be at them all , and perhaps may alter their position in society a hit . "What think you of this ? A very honest man holds twenty shares in the Nor thern Star , One of the conspirators , after trying to poison his mind for months , came to him and said ,. " Come with me to my lawyer , and he'll getjjoa jour monev . " " Hio , " said the man , " I don ' t want to waste anything in law . " "OH ! YOU SHAN'T
WASTE ANYTHING ; MY LAWYER TOLL SEE
THAT ALL BIGHT . " I may now say one word about a letter that appeared in the Star of Saturday last , a letter which should not have been published ; nor do I envy the feelings of the writer ; I mean the letter objecting to the return of Dr . Jl'Douall to the Chartist cause . I know not what motive could have dictated that letter , hut 1 may observe that there is this difference between the ease of Dr . M'Douall and others which
tbe writer ( of whose name I am ignorant ) does not perceive . While all others who left us joined our enemies in bitter abuse of ns , the Doctor never joined any other party , and never , hy word or deed , tried to injure Chartism . And I ask what feeling could have suggested the notion of criminality in receiving back to our aid a zealous , enthusiastic , able young advocate of our principles when we require all the aid we can muster to fight united faction .
I may now satisfy the -writers misgivings by assuring him that tbe doctor has been received with open arms by the Chartists of Lancashire and Yorkshire , and that while t " ae charge against ine lias been < L-jtiug men from the movement , I rejoice in the further accusation of encouraging those . wlio have seceded for a season , in again tendering their aid . I do sincerely trust that we shall have no renewal of the petty differences between the leaders of tbe people , by ¦ whi ch tbe people are the principal sufferers .
Wednesday , 12 o ' clock . —Last night we had one Of th « OLD 3 JEETIXGS at Huddersfield . You will remember that I gave the malcontents three full weeks' notice of my iniention to give them a field day at Huddcrsiield , when I would meet all charges that the slanderers had been for weeks so busily circulating . Meeting after meeting of the conspirators had keen held for the purpose of gelthig up a cast , while I had no communication with any mortal
living . I used no exertion or even means to secure the attendance of tho ? e who might be considered fiieneHy to me . At ei ^ lit o ' clock 1 arrived iu HuddenMd accompanied by Messrs . M'Grath and Clark , and was accompanied to the Philosophical Hall bv some of my old friends . I never was received more cordially in my life , nor was there , ever a more >} en&A or triumphant meeting ; it was ,
indeed , a crammer . I commenced by makiug Proclamation for any accoar that had anything to eWe against me iu any shape whatever , but the valiant slanderers , so brave in my absence , thought discretion the belter part of valor and d « l not make their appearance . 1 spoke at great length , and M'Grath a-.: d Clark , neither of whom had ever before hesa ia lluilderefield , followed , and made most ekquait afld telling speeches , to the great ( HJ ^ it of the audience , who remained natsaut , atlea-£ - * * .- «} V'Mited . At tl ' . edose an address , which Vili ' bs found under the Lead ' Hudder ^ i / tcis unan mously presented as an answer to my brave accuser ? .
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"When the meeting was over the old Chartists assembled upon the platform and appointed a . nigh for meeting to Te-organize the National Charter Association , independently of the conspirators . ; I shall shortly be able to disclose a conspiracy to you which has been concocted b y three worthies , sitting in conclave , and accounts of freir own arrangements that will astonish you and them no less . These , are the parties who have inflamed ' the nnndnof Cooper , but some of their confidants have sp lit top " soon , and have communicated the v correspondence , and how the " machinery-was to he worked . " ' : Your faithful Friend and Servant , ; Fbabods O'Conxor .
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HOUSE OF LORDSi . —Thuebday , Jwi 80 . The Marquis of LANsptfWKB stated , ' inanswerto . a question put by Lord' Brougham , that the "cases of those Irish magistrates who had been removed from " the commission of the peace by the late Lord Chancellor of Ireland , on account of being Repealers , wonld be reviewed by the present Chancellor , who would exercise Ms discretion in restoring ; them . There' was . however . no general plan for replacing these dismissed magistrates , v . ' ¦ ' The ¦ Noble and Learned Lord ' s motion was then withdrawn ^ - ' * ~~ ^•' " ' - :. ; - > - ; A »> r .- . -r . * 5 ~ .- . ^ i * ., -.-nibuurawu ; -- ¦¦¦ - ' . - - ^ -x ;^^ - i- * 11 - 1-Ms
, , _ „ ^ ^ . , - ^ -, Lord BEouGHAir ^ rithdrew motion , whichsiofij for this evening , relative to 4 he tendency of the ! Ministerial Sugar Duties to encourage the slave trade ; hut intimated thai he would raise the question on the bill , should it ever reach their Lordships' house ; The Earl of CtABEHDO » proposed to refer those eight Railway Bills , which by the operation of the sessional orders ' were exclndeS from the consideration of their Lordships , to a select committee to examine into the circumstances of , each case . ¦ - ' : After a short deliberation , the committee was appointed and nominated . ¦ ; ,-. ' .. ; ' , , , . ' ' The Gauge Bill passed through committee , ¦ ¦ - i The Religious Disabilities Removal Bill was read a third time and passed . ' Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —^ Thursdat , Jtot 30 . The Speaker took the chair at five minutes before four o ' clock .
POOR REMOVAL BILL ! On the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill , beine read , ' , Mr . V . Sunn , after referring to Sir R . Peel ' s letter to Her Majesty , and his resignation of office in November last , and to his speech on introducing his measure for the repeal of the corn laws , observed that in conformity with the . views which he had fexpressed on both those occasions , he had brought in 10 measures as a compensation for any . loss which the agricultural interest might sustain . Seven of them had been carried ; but there were three—the bill for amending the Law Relative to Highways , the Bill for the Removal of the Poor , and the Bill for Advancing Loans to Landlords who wished to Improve ihelr plates—on which , as they had not been car * ried , he was anxious to say a few words . The firstof thesa three bills , which was a most excellent measure , had been dropped for the session , and the last had pot
yet undergone any discussion . Ihe roor Removal Bill , which had been strangely mutilated , was now before the house ; and therefore' it was that he now called the attention of the house to the report on local taxation , and to the recommendations contained in it , on which no measures had beehfounded though they had now been three years before the house . To these recommendations and some others « f minor importance the attention of Sir G . Grey must ere long be called . Indeed the Prime Minister had expressly promised that he would submit all these questions asd all questions relative to settlement to the consideration of a select committee either in this or in the next session . 'He submitted to his ndble friend that it would . be advisible to nominate this committee during the present session . It - was true that it would not be able to make its report before the prorogation ; but it might collect a mass of returns and other doenmentary evidence , which wouU be most usefnl to the select committee next
session . -r .. . ; The Chancellor of the Exchequer also made a recital of tbe different measures announced by Sir 11 . Peel as a compensation to the landed interest , and . showed that almost all of them had been already curried into more or less effect . Of these 10 measures nine had been passed , and only one had been given up . As to the other questions to which Mr . "V . Smith bad adverted , he could only say that Government would pay attention to all those questions during the recess , and that at the commencement of the next session would submit its viows ^ regarding them either to the house or a select committee . Mr . G- Bakkes observed , that the disappointment of those who had expected to receive some
compensation for the li . ss inflicted on them by the alteration in tJiecorn Jaws from the measures announced by Sir R . Peel , had been very great when they saw what those measures actually were . With respect to the Poor Removal . Bill , which had excited great expectations , the greatest mortification was Felt when its details were made known . It would be no relief to the agricultural interest , and would be of no benefit to the poor . "Unless an option was left to the pauper to be removed to the place of his previous settlement , instead of forcing him to accept relief in the parish' where he resided for tbe last five vear ? , he was convinced that tbe poor man would be a sufferer rather than a gainer , from passing this bill
He considered it to be most unfortunate that the suggestion which he had made at the commencement Of the session , for referring it to a select committee had net been adopted ; for , if it had , those alfcrations miiiht have been introduced into it , which would have remedied the evils which were universally admitted to exist under the present law . Sir G . Grkt assured Mr . Banks that the whole subject should receive the most anxious and considerate attention from the government during the recess ; and expressed a hope that , when the question was submitted to a select committee next session , government would be prepared to explain its views upon it . and to support it with a mass of documentary evidence .
ilr . Hume considered the speech of Sir G . Grey to afford verv strong grounds for postponing this measure to nest session . It was part uf a system whicii ouslit not to be treated piecemeal but as a whole ; fcsr ^ he administration of the Poor Law was now so defective , that the House of C « mmons had bm > actually tHu&formed into an executive department , for the purpose of remedying its inhumanity' -and oppression . He was unwilling to « ivc the hou . < e unnecessary trouble , but he was much inclined to rccnvd his own opinion respecting this bill , by wovins that it be Tcad a third time that day six months . You mu-t have other administrators of tke law than ihe present Commissioners . Messrs . Scrope . Williams , Finch and others , severally opposed the bill . Mr . Spooler and Brotiiorto ; : supported it .
Mr . Bright considered the passing or rejection of this bill to be of uu importance at present ; inv there was such a demand fur iahnunn "Yorkshire and Laucsshive , that no family would be removed before fhe next session . There were , therefore , no grounds for passin g this bill now . He was favourable to its principle fliiit nothing was ir . r : rc injurious than partial and ill-co-jslilcred legislation . Th « b « -. use diW « l « -d . v . lic : i tLepassni ^ of » li bill was carried l » r a majority '" ' " 5 ( 5 ovtr 0 voices . The lioV . sc tuen went- into Committee oa the Joint Stock linn .: ? , nn < l Scotland : md Ireland Dills . The rejoL-tion of the "rst clause was iicjralivsd by a maj ority of 53 to 13 . The other clauses were then Agreed to , and the report xrsa ordered to be bi-oughi upon Friday . ¦¦ _ - _ . . . ... the Ten
" On the iTir > « : on of ^?^ . Labouchrnv -inL *' Comp snsanoii ( I'eland ) liul . vras orcicral to La raid a . •/ a / Mid timo 1 hat , day six months . The Arfcs Union Eill w ; tsread a third tiisc and p asspd . The house adjourned at a quarter-past eleven o ' clock .
HOUSE OF LORDS , FmrAT . Jnlv 81 . Tlie Marquis of Lansdoivxe answered a qiiestirn pill by Euii FicJiii . 'i- 'linfje . by stating £ »» . it lie W ijirceted certain Medical OlTu-evs . connected with ih < Ooi : i ,-eil , tu visit th' -se Jflcaliiics in the City of Lou ds ; n where tliu Ghulv . va , was said to exist , nm \ i < report ii ^ 'Oti it . Hi- l . « r « lship ha « ihowjUt tnststot «•;< :-, uecosMiry after the statincit rcceitiiy misde by ( Ji-: L > jr ; i iJayor . Th ; -se Meiiicai Geiitlcmcn had « jsifl < tiidr report , anu they therein said that they li »< not found a sinule ense uf Asiatic clwiVa . They bn < ji ! so vic-ileil the !) o ? piuls of those districts , and a ! thf ) st % h they Jiail thi-rb zcen aggravated eases of thai kirtflct * ciiok-ni prcvairnt at tiiis svtison of the year , htiil not one of ( hvm w ; i 3 of ihe chist ranK-o Asiatic , Tiic Railway . Gau-ts Bill was read a third linu anri p ; is « cd .
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flie enconrageraent ¦;»/ industij and CRipJoyment in Ireland . . ...:. ; , ' The Marquis of Lansdown said that he did not then feel himself at liberty ; 'to detail the particular nica-6 « res Trhich ihe government intended to bring forward for the general benefit of tho Irish people . Her majesty ' s ministers were alive , to the importance and necessity of the ; case , and would exert themselves to the full extent , of their power in'promoting the object to which , the noble lord had called thfcattention of the house . . ' . . .. . .. .. , S Lord MoKTBAGLBi after a few words from the Earl of Devon and Earl Claucarfcy , withdrew his motion . . Ihe house , then adjourned . .
HOUSE OP C 0 MM 0 NS . ^ Fbtbat ; JCM ; 3 l . The Speaker took'the chair before 4 o ' clock . ' ¦ THE STOCKPORT IMPROVEMENT ; BILL Mr . Brothertom moved that f lie or ^ er of tlie day for the third reading of the . Stockport : Jmproyeraent Bill be discharged , in order that a new bill might be introduced . . - ¦ ; v Mr ., T . Doncombe presented a petition , . signcdj by 5096 inhabitants against the bill ... The petitioners stated that . nine-tenths of the inhabitants of" Stockport were opppsedto the bill ,, ; ; He wiiW no ^ vmove that the bill be . read a . third time thnt day . three months , as he never would agree to the third readine'of snch atrrannicalnieasHro .- ¦ ¦ ¦ - " " ' ^
• Mr . Brotiierton-said the . motion that he had made was tantamount . to .. reading the bill a third time that day three months . i ^ Mr . l \ . DuKcq ^ V gaid Uiat Aniessithe npn . Gentleniah ' wpuld agree to the proposition of pbstpoh'ing the third-reading -for . 'three months , he ^ shb iild ; feelH to be . his duty toinake the motion . ,. Tliemeasure was a most atrociQUs and tyrannicaf- one , ami no person approved of it except thosewlio were to benefit under . it . The parties who opposed the moa * sure had asked the Mayor tocsiti a meeting , which he refused to do . ' or even to lend tl ; em the Town-hall ; the result was ; tlie meeting was held- in the marketplace , and resolations were adopted againstthenvear sure , which he belieyed tohe . a , complete job . , : "flic parties had "; been deceived with respect to .. the ^ Bill , and did not know for * socne time who was the concoctbr of-the measure .- He wished to know whether
the hon . Member for Salford would consent to the withdrawalof the bill without the condition which he had stated , viz ., on the understanding that he should be allpwcdtoreintrnduceitonafuturccccasion . Ifihehon , gentleman would' agree to that , he ( Mr . Dunc « mbe ] would abstain at ; present from entering at any further lenght into the merits of the bill . The fourth clause proposed to give to the town council of' Stockport the sum of £ 10 , 000 out of the public funds ; and in tho distribution of that sum the rate-pay ere would not have the '' slightest controuk 'Tlie proposition contained in ' that clause was one of the most disgraceful proceedings which any body of men calling themselves liberal could make . . ' " . Mr . Brotjierton said that he certainly should not consent to the withdrawal of the bill on the terms proposed by the hon . gentleman . After some discussion
Mr . Dukcoubb said he would withdraw mb amendment , on the understanding that the bill would be withdrawn .. . The amendment was then withdrawn , and the order of the day for the third reading of the Bill was discharged . Mr . Brothebtos then moved for leave . to bring in a fresh Bill on the subject—the Stockport Improvement Act , No . 2 . Some discussion then arose as to whether the lion . Member was in order in giving notice of a second Bill on the subject . ' Strangers were then ordered to withdraw , when there appeared , — .. . ¦ ¦ ¦ - . - For the motion 32 Agalnsfcifc . / . 40 ' Against the Bill befog brought in 8
v FLOGGING IN THE ARMY . Lord John Russrll said , that as notice of motion had been given by an hon . ineinbeujrespecting flogging in the army , he wished to inform the house that lie had caused the subject to be brought under tlie consideration of the Comtnander-in-chief , the Duke of Wellington . The Question was therefore at present under the consideration of the Commander-in-Chief , hot with' the object of abrogating the power of hjilieting corpoal punishment , but with the view of regulating it . He thought , therefore , ifc woidd tiofc be advisable , till theresult was communicated to the house , that the subject of flogging in the army should be discussed .
Dr . Bowki . vg was willing that his motion should be postponed , so as not to interfere with the proceedings of the Government regarding the question , ffc irotild . however , wish the noble lord to understand that if the measure the Government submitted w . -isnofc satisfactory , he ( Dr . Bowring ) should be at liberty to bring forward the whole question . He was bound , before the end of the session , to bring the subject before the house . Air . Hudson took occasion to correct
misstatements respecting the Eastern Counties Railway , lie said that since tho railway was opened in ISiO , eleven millions of passengers had been carried on the line and only one death of a passenger bad occurred . interior to the late lamentable accident . During fcbaf period twenty-one passengers liad hern injured ; three had hud broken legs , one a dislocated shouls ! er , and in other cases the suffering was slight . Thit statement of facts , he apprehended , would show that there was an unusual exemption from danger on the Eastern Counties line .
The house then went , into a Committee of Ways and Means , to consider the Sugar Duties resolution ' s . Sir R Lvclis announced that neither he nor his friends would interfere further with the progress oi public busniess by hopelessly contesting t-Jiis measure after the decisive majority of Tuesday last . The House then went into Committee . The resolutions , as proposed by the Government , were , after some observations from Mr . Barclay , Sir J . Reid , Mi . Goulburu , Mr . BortkwicK , and Lord J . Russell , agreed to . On going inJo CVniraittee of Supply , Mr . Williams called attention to tiic mauuer in which . Courts-Martial are constituted in the British navy . Hu was replk-d to by Mr . Ward . The House went into Committee of Supply , and saveral miscellaneous items were taken .
Sir W . Somkuvillk obtained leave to bring in five Bills to continue Turnpike Acts , Copyhold Coi » - missi ! ns . and Loiin Societies in Ireland . The House adjourned alkali-past lilleven . HOUSE OF LOIluS . —Monday , Aug . 3 . Lord BnocoiMsr moved fora return of the pension * which , had . been granted since the year 1808 . lie did not «> oan to offer any objection to tho pensions which had been "ranted , as ho believed ihey were al ! unobjectionable , ' i ln-y bad been given generally to 5 flien > i ! ic persons anil to persons distinguished in li-. erature . Tlie l ; ist one wiiicli lincl uccn given ht < highly approved of—that to Mr . Wiidcrspin . However , it was lri-= t < : rically incorrect to say that Mr . Wiidcrspin was the author o ! infant sciiculs , for they . had previousiy been introduced by Mr . Owen of New Lanark . ( Hear . )
The Marquis uf Lanfdowse observed , that tbe noble and loarnud lo d opposite could not at any F'eri » d of his forensic career have put J > ny witnesH into tho box more fully prepared than ho was to coniirm ihe stateinent which the house had just heard . He concurred in all that had been fiiid in approval of tile ialionrKuf Mr . Wiltlurepiu ; nut he also went ; i ! on . L' wiih theunbfosnd Jearucd lord wi : cn be stated that Mr . - Ktjiiert Owen was ihe founder of all iniaiit 5 cho '' ] s , He always hnd cnnsitU'rcd Mr . Owen In have been thu fouudei'of those achuob , uliluwiduo one contributed moiv to their extension thsn did Mr . Wiidcrspin . The muies of Wiiderspin aud Obcrlin would lon ^ r be jjratffuli y rnmmbtrcd in conncxioii with those schools . Hss ' had himself seen the system as promoted by Air . \ VihJeis ;« iu at full w : it-k in Dulil ; i ) , ;> nd he was nb ' e to twiify mo > t nncimivcciilly tu i ( a betitficiul results . Mr . ^ - 'iWctvpin's merits veiv ufa high order , iiltlusuyli t ! ie dcsi » n of ihoso schooLs originated wi > . l > Mr- Oivi ;!) .
The M . arqii ! s of Lans-bowe innvcd the second reading of : the Wash-house !; liill for England ; u : d Walas . It was one tlioiuh liunit'ic in name , was nevcrthckiiS eiititkd to cunsidcriibh : rcsptet . There were ; tirendy established several wssh-honyes for the beuciit iifih ' cpoor , namely , two in Ti'jiidon ami one in Liverpool , which pvodui'ccl the bwtelF . uta . In Louduu , . "here was one iu G ! asihoi ? S !> y . " . n ] I in t ! ie City , iiiui one in Kusfoii-squ .-iiv , v . / . t-rc the snui'i charge oi iliree-hulfiicnce a iie ;; ii was lluiiid Kiii ' ikieiitly ' remunerative . The cxpamo of the batli in"
Glasslmuscyard was .- £ 237 , ' . visile tho number of persons who raited it was 00 , 000 . and tho amount < f pro / its , £ 317 , or a sum yielding very nvavly 3 J ] : or rent . Thu _ biil
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mi ^ fi ~ thf ;' 'B § b ) eloti ' _ afthe head other'M ' ajefity ' a Minuterri ^ majrtiqt'be u ^ ^^ on or before ^ Friday next , wliat are the' intentions pi her j Majesty's ^ overnmen ^ lrith'iregard to military punislifei- en fc | « apeeiall 7 wi ^^ 'View to th&abolitipn of militaryfldgging ^ - ( hear , hear ) --an (] I-be ^ to giye notice ' , that $ sb ' ai-l * bnng :-forwara niy motion in ' ^ fersnee to - tlmt subject on Friday ,. ion -going"into Committee ; qf Supply ; -At the same time I wish to state , that to -morrow I 'shall ask -the ? 'Government whether they are acquainted with the fact that flog . ging has been ;; introduceclonavery large scale irithe island oPHong : Kong , and that on the 5 th-qf April last ,: no less than fifty-four individuals were ' flogged for £ violation * of the police regulations ; ' and -after , having been so-flogged , were delivered over ( pjaiecond . paaishmjBnt . to , the : 01 iinese authoritiesii .,, ?; : "
; v : | 5 : j ; n ? iMlLLBANK . PRISON ; i < , ; w-i :-.-. < % ! ¦ $ z ~ ' $ wcombb ffiaheUto ask ^^ ue ^ ion , jiii con « qirehce ; of ^ oiue ^ ^ observati 6 nitlia ( i . haa been'made a few eyetilrigs agp r ^ pjeetingiAill ^ ank ^ mMO ' ;^ wished tpjask | the , ' rigM hoii . bar 6 hefc , " | he ' Sebre ^ ry pfthe ' IIoi ^ e ^ anartinent }^^^ ^ 6 bjeofci 6 n ' 'tq jay i -th ! e' report respectih ' g ^ thafrins'Mtution on _' fcUbJ-. iabl ^ fofthe ;^ hib ' use ^ . and ' ajso . he'wished'tpask why it ^ as ^ tliat in the' t ' cnth ' aifnnal rep ' ort of . the IiispaeM 1 of ¦ Prisons , Millbiihlt 'Prison ' wa 9 specially
' SiEGfOHpiB i GRBr said ;? that ; the repbrt which lie lia . fl j ^ ii& ~?)\ i ; A 3 iiidfc '' a' 4 nai ^ meV ' .. AV -Bopl ^ as "he re' oetv ; ca "' tfif : Wal-re port-ho ' would 1 » yit ^ p * bnthe ? tablfl of tj » 6 * hou 8 g : ^ w ? ' 10 : 0 ^^ im :: K' ¦ In ^ n * j ¥ $ jte * 4 ^ y ; ¦ r . " ^' ^| wfe * t ? 5 ^^* iM ^ UftteTiad receiye <^ er , ; : Maf JGsky ' sgi i adouia ' ' couiraah ( lg , " that tlfeTBirSoago ^ walk should , be thrown open , . to tu ' e'publid'fduving tho rer cess , but that ; tlie gates should be shut at' different periods . They -would , however ; be kept open I at night in future , the same as wuen Parliament was sitting , ¦ .- '" . ' , ., !> ' . '¦ ' - . , .,
IMPROVEMENTS IN IRELAND . ' ; Sir IJenrt W ^ iiBARRON , in pursnance . of notice given os a pvevioua ' . evening , begged to ask the right honourable gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer , how much mone . v was now applicable as advances to private individuals or others carrying ' on improvements in Ireland . . ; ;" " . The Chancem . or of the . Exchequer 8 aid ., tEat £ 50 , 000 had been voted under the Public .. Werks Act , and in the course of the ensuing week he hoped to bo able to lay upon the table of the house papers connected with the expenditure ., of the different sums . - ¦ -. ' - " .. ¦ . / ¦
Sir Henry W . Bahron said he also desired , to . ask if it were intended to apply to Parliament for any means oF employing the people on public works during the next winter . He implored the serious attention , oi ' the Government to this subject , having received most authentic information from well-informed , - sources that a lavge portion of the potato crop was already destroyed beyond all powers of redemption . i Tho Chancruor ol the Exciiequkr feared that the statement was too true as to the failure of the crop of potatoes , but , from tho best [ information received by Government ; he assured the hon . baronet that there was a sufficiency of food ln ' privaie hands ' to meet the wants of Ireland for months , and Government would adopt the most judicial practical measures to meet any emergency . . .. . , v .
Mr . Duscombe said that it would tend very much towards allaying public excitement and public anxiety iftbenoWe lord atthe-head of the Treasury now stated ' what alterations were intended tobeniade by Government and the Commander-in-Chief with respect to the infliction of corporal pumshment in the army . He aske'd the noble lord the question because he believed it was very generally understood that some recent determination had been come to on the subject , and it would be more satifactory ii the noble lord would then state its purport . i Lord Jon \\ Russell observed that ihe result of the recent deliberations connected with the important subject brought under the ' notice of the house , would be ready for communication to the house on Friday , when he waulcl be prepared to state what was the decision of tho Commander-in-Chief .
The Noble Lord , in reply to Mr . S . Crawford , said that the Government had come to the opinion that it would not be advisable to bring forward , this session , a Bill either for the permanent or temporary compensation to tenants in Ireland , on account of the difficulty of the subject . But at the verycommenceracut of fhe iiext session tbe . . Government \ yould be prepared to in ^ roduee a Bill framed after mature consideration . ' "" ¦ ; ' '"' ¦ - „ ¦ • . .. ¦ . Ili 8 Lordship also in answer to a question from Lord Olive , stated that should the St . Asaph ,
Bangor , and Manchester Dioceses' Bill pressed , he should oppose it ; although , in deference to the opinion of the House of Lords and the Bench of Bishops , the Government were disposed to give the ¦• ubiectthe best consideration , not with the view , certainly , of agreeing to the Bill in its present shape , but of deciding the question with reference to the state ofthcparisliecl and boundaries of the dioceses . Lord Olive , upon the assurance that Ministers , would , during the recess , deliberate attentively on the subject , withdrew the Bill .
ThG resolutions agreed to in Committee on Ways . ind Means , f' -r the future scale of sugar duties 1 , were reported , and a Bill founded thereon ordered to bs hrouglit in . On the order of the Jay for going into CommiMee of Supply , Captain Layarb moved an address to the Queen , prajingfler Majesty to direct inquiry to beniade , how far the reduction of the period of service in th e army froia the present unlimited term would tend to procure a better class of recruits , diminish desertion , ami thus add to the efficiency of the service ?
The ilou Member recommended ten yews as the period of service . Mr . Fox Maul ? , said , the Government were not indisposed to consider tlie question of enlistment for life , although it was one of a _ very grave and clangorous nature . At the present time we required to have 21 . 000 soldiers in the East Indies , and 31 . 000 in the colonies generally—making a total of 55 , 000 on foreign service . That force left this country for a period of foreign service of , on the average , fifteen or sixteen years , if , tlien , they had limited enlistment to * ten year ? , they would , after the expiration of that time , have had to change the whole of these men onee ami a half . Was thai an expense on which Honourable Gentlemen were prepared at once to embark ? Mr . IIuMEflssuied the Seeretaryat-War that if the adoption of the ten years , service would effect desirable reforms , he would cheerfully consent to double the estimates require : ! for that purpose .
Sir l ) e Lacy Evans , Mr . Osbornc , Mr . Bernai , Mr . . Williams , Co ) . T . Wood , and Col . Sibthovp , took part in the discussion that fo lowed , and u . 'tfiiiiitcly C « ptaln Layanl withdrew his motion . _ Mr . Hume moved a resolution to the effect : — That in tlie opinion of the house , and according to ttic correspondence laid before it relative to the procccdj ' ngsiu t ! ' « island of Malta during the Carnival holidays in February last , the conduct of the Governor and of the Magistrates acting under his , orders , in the interference with'the usnges of the inhabitants , and their guaranteed rights and privileges , ww contrary to the principles of civil and religious liberty . The foundation of the charge ms , tliafc t'io Governor liari refused to sanctum tie usage of making on a Sunday during the Carnival .
Mr . I 1 awj { s , Mr . C . Wood , and Mr . Fox Macle resisted the motion , vhich was . supported by Dr . lWrlug , Mv . V . Smith , Mr . Ktvai-t , nud Mr . B . Escott . The house divided—For the lU-bolul-ittn 12 Agalust is ... ... ... ... tfl ) Mtij' . irity against the motion ... 38 After a . speech fnuu Mr . Williams , the house at 1 piwi . 1 i » i » t imo Committee of Supply s \ t half-p »« t . fwe ! v »> o ' clock , and the remaining arm ? votes were :: S'e > Hlto . Si »)) u bills nn Die taWr wt-re furwardctl a stage , ati
HOUSE OF LORDS , —Tubsdav , A \> o . 4 ThcL'Avd OiiANCKJ-Lou took his suatou live Wool sick atao ' clui'lc - i .
ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE AND BUU . 1 AL tJKUVJOK BILLS . On the inoii ' . !)) of the IMshop of Losdos , thcae bills were raid a second time . ART-UNIONS BILL . On the motion oi' Lvitl AiosrfiAULK , tliis bill iv ; ib re id a second time . THE BISHOP Of EXKTEK , AND THE DUKE OF . SOMEUSET . Tiic Earl i > f Rausoii eutcrml iuio exjilanntions relative iv > thi ; uhai ^ o of bivaeh of iaith rrcenlly iii : ulu by tlie Uialiop of Mxcicr , . i ^ . -iiisttlio D-ikcor So'umsct ) in rofeivutx ; to tiiu Kuv . Mr , fcjhoi'e and tlie chapel at Lit id » uv . vii .
The Bijli op of H . vrii !; i \' . t IVk ) , i , 8 , on the part o ( the Bishop of KxsIim , who was absent , reiul a uovresnnndence bcUvwn tho Bishop of Exeler , the Earl ot Radnor and Lord Seymour . On the motion of tho Marquis of LnnsJowno , thft
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J ?* "&fFi 0 M ^ M $ n < li Bill ' was . read " a-fiffli time ,, after a remonstrance"from 'the Earl of Eglin- ' M ? ' ? . HiWfli-iv | » m . aird' * ga > nst pressing forward siidh a measure this session , and contrary to the desire of the Scottish people . The second , reading ' was-set down for J hursday . ¦ j- : - ' y-Tho- 'MslwMarriage Act Amendment Bill wasTead a second time . ; . ; - ¦ ; ,: vThcBatha and Wash-houses Bill passed through committee ;;\ , ftv , / ; , ;\ . .- . - . , . . . ¦ ; ..-,- ° . Earl Grev guve , notice that , on Thursday , he would move-the second reading ot ' tlie Poor Removiil Bill . - ' .,, " -i .- : ; - > -. 3 .: < i > Si " . /" n , .. > -.., -. ; r , ^ i :,- } - - , i t ^ Lord Beaumont gavenotice tint ,-on . Tuesday next , he should move , for ; copies ; of correspondence that bad passer ! -beWeejij the Government of tbis cour . ir / am ! the :. poui : ( 8 oiVyiejina , Berlin , and St . Petersburgh ; ralative to certain events whicii had taken place at Cracow , in violation of ( he treaty of Vienna . ' - ^ - ' ,
, ^ O ^ - ' & ^ OpUiiO ^ S y ^ T u ^ jiri ^^ ^ lp : -r : i > -, MILLBANK ^ BENITENTJARY / '"' &l ] ' Mr . T . S . -PuNcoMBE- presented- a petition " from Edward B « ker ,., who set ; forth that lie had sometime since petitioned thei house and memorialispd ' thaSq- ' cretar ^ , of State , . ' cpin ' pliiiiiing of the cruelty and mode , (» f ; treatment practised , in the prisbnjat Mill'bi ! Qk ; i ^ . Fegorc } r had . be , en ' , ' . niade upon : ta ' e-tsuhiect whicii had beeni $ printecUby . 'Orde ' r of the hbuse ; e » The petitiottey asserted thjit ^ nie' vieporf'had' be ^ iiVmade after au ^^ iaves tigation seefetly ' cohdncted withiiiVthe wails-of-the -prkonr-and ^ in the ftb , ene 6 of : the pBti - - tionerv who assured the . house , ; that it was-io-many pasi 8 ^ solutely- ; fa ) se 4- { 1 iat facts ' . were , distpetid in . i ? Mwlp ? S ?<; hWpr ^ dlv ^ h > r&tmth 8
ihe gbvernor ^ d&ial ^ tbe ^ et ] ti ^ r . aga ipfe ^ ea that prisahers h ^ d .-been " closely , ! and 'iliegaliy / impri- soned and kepi upon bread and wafer , some for three days , and aome even for bo many as . ' eijjhteetfdaya in the uionth . That many had been ' . gofcimt'upon bread , and water , and ' that twenty persons had attempted or committed suicide in consequence of the cruel / conduct of the . . governor , ; and that the state of the prison aflforded . a strong and melancholy contrast to that which it had presented during the last twenty years . ; The petitioner further slated ; tbafc several persons in a dying state had been removed from the pri--son . to Woolwich , where every second man of them had siheadied , and that the object . of so removing them ' when in that condition was to prevent inauirv and
the consequent exposureof the conduct of the prison . And further , that no account had been rendered to the Secretary of State of the fines imposed upon the officers within the prison , who were obliged to . give receipts for their full amount of pay , and the deductions consequently did net appear . , The petitioner concluded by proving that the house would order a thorough inquiry into the cruelties , the deaths , the attempted suicides , and the fines upon the prison officers , and also'how far the inspectors had done their duty , in allowing those irregularities to exist without having reported upon them . The petitioner said he wa 3 prepared to prove all thecharges'he had
ramie , and he prayed further that if such an inquiry as he sought for were granted , all the witnesses he might call for should be protected . The honourable member concluded by giving notice that he should move to-morrow that the petition be printed with the VOtC 8 . .. ... . ; ; i ' . : \ Lord J . Russeh presented a petition from the booksellers , canujlaining of tbe effects of a clause Introduced into several railway bills which enabled the directors to open , parcels and charge separately ; for their . contents ; ., and praying , . that-it-might be amended , the eJfects being , most injurious to their trade . . ; ¦
FLOGGING IN HONG KONG . Dr , BowBisorosein pursuance of notice , to aals whether the attention of the government had been called to the frequent : application of flogging a * a punishment for . petty offences in the island of Hong Kong , it being stated that no less than 54 persons were so punished on Saturday , the 25 th of Aprillast . ' for not having obtained tickets of registration ; and after such infliction were delivered over to the Chinese authorities , to be subjected to further penalties under tho criminal , code of that empire . The hon . member said it was stated in the Hong Kong papers that flogging was habitually practised there . For the most trifling offences the Chinese were sentenced to be scoureed ,, and the people of the
country were impressed ; with the notion that we were a very cruel people . On tho 25 th of April a Chinese was accused of \ robbery , and having been followed by someoffieers into an adjacent village , the natives thr ^ wstones at the officers , and succeeded in rescuing him . The consequcnee was a general arrest of the whole of the male inhabitants of the colony , and no less than 54 on being found without the letters of license from the authorities were publicly flogged . These persons were then delivered uy to the Uhiuese authorities of the neighbouring districts , and for the offence of leaving their own country , they endured a second infliction . lie wished to know whether the hon . gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies was cognizantof the facts ?
Mr . Hawes said no accounts of what the hon . gentleman referred to had been received by the gevernment . The only punishment which the magistrates could inflict under the Registry Act was a pecuniary fine , or , in the event of the fine not being paid , imprisonment with hard labour . The attention of the noble lord at the head of the Colonial Department would be directed lo the matter , and the most searching inquiries would be made .
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE .- MORNING SITTINGS . Lord John Russell said that from the 2 nd of July astyear the house met each day at twelve o ' clock for the transaction of public business . He did not meanto propose that such an arrangement should come into effect this week ; but he intended moving that after the present week they should meet each day at twelve o ' clock to dispatch public business .
TIIE TOBACCO DUTIES . Dr . Bowmno said that he felt some regret to be compelled , by a sense of duty , again to call the attention of the House to that legislation whicii regarded tbe introduction of Tobacco into-this kingdom . He took occasion some time ago to show to the House , by what he considered important facts and figures , and by irresistible statistical evidence , the evil results of the duties ou tobacco . Upon a previous occasion he had shown the immense increase whicii had taken place in the United Kingdom in the number of seizures in consequence of the degrading effects of the pernicious duties on tobacco alluded to , and the innumerable evils aud cruelties whicii had arisen from the same unhappy source . He
would venture to call upon the ltight Honourable Baronet the Home Secretary to look around him , and see the state of the law on this subject . Let him inquire why such enormous multitudes of people wcrelirought before the magistrates , crowded into prisons i with heavy charges upon the public , in order to carry out their puishment-These law . s inflicted a great hardship on innocent individuals , lie know tliat mosb respectable persons , most unimpeachable in character , living in Norwich purchased a-cask of tobacco , stipulating a price for ,-i particular quality , as tlie Excise Iraew andacknowledgi'd . The cask was received , the seal was broken , and the cask opened , when the tobacco wiis discovered to bo of a mixed quality . The case was carried
into court and the Magistrates decided that legal possession could not fix the purchasers with damages ; but this decision was overturned afterwards , and tlie purchasers were fined iu the Umited sum of £ 50 . Such proceedings were a great hardship . Tho hon . and learned member concluded by moving-- " That she state of the tubacco flutks required tho revision ot' Parliament , with a view to their early ruductiou . " Tho Chanckll"R of the Excmkqukr admitted the existence of inuuy of tlie evils complained of , out said that in the present state of tlie revenue , he was not prepared , on behalf of the Government , to agree to the motion , lie could , however , as-sure the hon . ami learned meniber . aud the house that the subject slioutd receive the earnest consideration of the
Government . An hon . member moved that fc ! i « house be counted nnd thuvo being only thirty ^ ivoinoniburs present , tho house adjourned at a quarter before six . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Wkdsksdat , August 5 , Mr . Mackisnon , in nwiiig tho seecmil reading of the Public Oesnetries Bill , described the objects whicii it wns intended to accomplish , and tlie machinery by which those objects were to be uuahicd . Tlie expcn-: c which xiiu-ft be incurred i ; i carry fag this ( . lilt into effect would uos exceed S-J . \ v : v ( icaif per annum , nnd he proposed to defray it by making a . small addition to the pour-rates . As ilds subject flight to be taken out oi' his hand .-- h y the Government , lie proposed to read his bill a &Kc « md time now , pro forma , in the li : p . 'S tli . it in tho next session tho Govemmeut wouiu found uuen it a satis-Jactury measure .
fru- Cv . Gkey hoped that Mr . M ; u khnon , who was entitled to great credit lor ( Lepiins which ho had tultun Ujjo / i tills important auijOjb , \ rou \ d ufft < -u \\ upon liio house to pitdgc i ' sc-lt ' to cue principles of his nieiisuro , but wiiuld Wive tho matter in Ihe hamis-ol Government , with tiio awurancc that tiwy wvuki Kivc to ifi the . most unxious couskicration . Mr . Mackisnos assented to tho suggestion and withdrew Ills motion . Sovuvtil bills were tben advanced a stage .
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l ^? . - % ~ <» tion ^ of-. the » GhancelIor . > ofwthe ^ Es te # ^ 3 ^^ j ^ " ^ |^ , V ^ r ^ mi . moVed for , leare to bring in » tfefolp . 'SP ^^ -r tlife tonimissioiiera' . Her M&-fjtf ^ i ] X 0 * *'' « Bll {«* ii- - oerfeii . ' -6 biiditf 6 n 8 >' s ( iw » isteteSf ^ ' ^ tbe-podr ,= out of' 4 be l . erediti . vy DoweVhif ' \«?« : ' - ' Orewtf ;; * an ^ on-another : bill ,, eniffoodf ? t l ! ii ; Commissidners of Her Majesty ' * ' dwi » llma ? F » i on certain . ¦ conditione , csites far ThnPa « ' * (^ e ^ provement of the metropolis . rinhi » l ^ u ^ o ^ considere d the object " of the vv ui " ^ « st legitimated but contended that * } snouid be obtained in a legitimate mode by erant 3 srifiBmWf ¦ ' ¦¦ : •"¦ = ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦* V- -. --.- ¦ :.. ¦ -. ¦ . - : ; . '¦• ¦ :. .
' - ¦'' - ' After a few words from Mr . Humb , Sir R ; Inolis , and Mr , HusiEYr the ; bills were brought in and read ;* -ifittt ttme . 4 . "' - , ' . "''' . '' "' ¦ ¦ ; ; •' Lord 'MorpbtB also obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable the- Privy Council'to make regulationa for the'j > reVenti 6 n bfcontagiou 8 disorders , Jind for Ilia more speady removal of nuiBnnceai ' ! t - - '*•>'>" ¦ : ' --t . v The other orders of'the day were then disposed > of , and'ttiehoUseiadjourned atOo ' clookv <¦¦>' . < . '* . . ¦ .-Hi ¦'¦*¦!¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - , ¦ ¦ . ¦ , ; .. " J : 'Ai-. il ^ . " - •¦'¦ :- ¦¦ ¦ - 'J \ --: > T : " t - ~ f-^
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The Britannia , whicii left New York oa the loth , arrived at Livcruool yesterday atteraooa , lit haltpast 4 o ' clock . As regards the news from tlie United State ? , this arrival ilocs not add much to ouv previous information . We find that the Tariff Bill had not imssad tho senate , but was stiil under discussion , and h was thought it would not be adopted by that body without material alterations . Neither h ; ui tho Sub-Treasury nor the 'Warehousing passed , though tins latter was ou tho eve of doing so , There is nothing of any great importance from the scat ot war in Mexico . It appears certain that the Mexican troops were at Monterey , which place they were fortifving ; General Parades is stated to be inure at
the head o ( ci ^ iiO thousand p icked troops . Preparations were making iu tl \ e American camp for a forward movement , which was expected to be Lcgun about tlio 7 th ult . Respecting tho condition 01 aftairs in the city of Mexico , ifc was rmncurcd Uiat llerrera is now President , and was also on the march towards the frontier . It was addcdtluvt , towards t ) ic means for prosecuting Hie war with tllO United Statessatnoi-ieh Mexican citizens had subscribed U ) 6 sum of two niiliuns of dollars , and that the cliutehes lut < l also bt-en very liberal of their loans . An attack li : u ! b ± cn li ' isulti ut Taiupico by tho U . S . ship St . > . htry , on tlie 13 th of Juuc , but it was liniiU'd to tho exchrtnge of a lew shots and shells . An attempt to utit oub tho Mexican gun-boats failed , ns is ajlegtd by the writer of the account for want
ofsuflicienfc torce . Sailobs Home . —Prince Albert laid tho ^ ndat ' wn of a S » i ! ora Uorno , ab Liverpool , on f- '^ aj ' ' Ttic two days , during which tlie prince » vas m _ -tftafi town , were made the occasion ot general /« W ; Iu fact tlie good people of the whole district seem to littYo ino cVwitU M « t baving a realjiunce araonS then .. Preparations for the erent have been uiAkinff for months and tlio display app u 1 i tchuva been uf the moit solendid description ,
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WltDERSPINPENSION ; ORIGIN OF INFANT •;¦ ¦ <¦; ,: , ^ SCHOOLS ^ ; ;• _ ' : ' ?; f ! ' .: ¦ TO ^ THB EDITOR OF IHB KORTHBRN STAR . ^ Sir ,- ^ ! rejoice that the Government has , by thegrant of a pension to Mr . Wllderspm , ftckuowledged the great'importance of Infant Schools , and the service which that gentleman has rendered in the cause .:: ^ - > k- .-. . ,-..-. , , ' . ., .. .. . ,: :,,.. . - .. .,.,. , ... .. I confess , however i Iwas somewhat astonished to find l ) i r Lord John Russell ' s letter , that the pension was granted to Mr . ^ Vilderspin as " the Fbunder'iuid Prompter of , Infant Scliools , " because I thought 'tlie fact had been sufficiently , well , known , that Robert Owen , and not Mr . Wiiderspin , was , ' , the Fowiker , and that , the , system had : H 3 origin at New Lanark , I'have before-me abundant evidence ; of thi » fact , obtained from a variety of sources ;¦ and it has , on more ' than'oue occassion , been stated in Parlia > mentary . Dehatea on the suhje ' et . off Rational .
Edu-: ETheJrutttis , that , Mr , Ow ^ n outlined the , system 5 H ^ 3 y ° rk . ' put ^ t ^ M ^ i ' epfitled ^ VEssays ' o ^ the •^ orniation . of Character ;' . ' and about . thejsame period commenced arrangein ' ents for putting it inpractice , by 'the ereetidh of a ' very'large and costly building at New Lanark , ' which was opened on thei 1 st of January , 181 ( 5 , by an address from the Fourideiyjand on the following day the first Infant School was commenced . Mr . ' Owen felt that . ' teachers for an . Infant School Had yet to'be trained , and that the best would probably arise from the school itself , which was in fact the case . -For immediate purposes ,
however , he selected James Buchanan , a simp le hearted , weaver of the New Lanark Mills ; who , ( to borrow Owen's description , ) " had a strong natural love of children ; and the-patience and forbearance necessary for the purpose / with a very pliable and teachable disposition , so far as his limited powers of mind would admit . " What follows is quoted from the introductory chapter of " Chambers ' s Educational Course .. ' Infant Education from two to six years of age , "first-pnblished in , 1836 and will show . how , and where , Mr . Wiiderspin became first connected with the system . ~
v------" In the year 1816 , New Lanark , was visited by a party of statesmen , amongst whom were the * Marquess of Larisdowne , Mr ! ( now Lord ) Brougham , Mr . Smith , M . P ., for Norwich , and Mr . Mill pi the India House . Being conducted to the Infant School , they were much struck by the novelty of the system , and . not less impressed by a sense ' of its great capabilities , as a ineans of elevating the physical , moral , and intellectual condition of human beings . The formation of a Society tat the Promoting Infant education , ' and'the establishment of a Model Infant School at 'Brewer ' s Greeii ; Tothillfields , London , were the , consequences '; and Mr . Buchanan was translated from New . Lanark , with
the approbation of Mr . Oweu , to take charge of this more . important seminary . A locality was soon after chosen for another Infant School in Spittalfields \ and , as it was impossible to obtain a teacher already qualified , Mr . Buchanan was requested to lookout a person capable of being taught the art , arid likely , when taught , to practice it with effect ' , This gentleman knew well how peculiar a range of qualifications , moral as well as intellectual , was required in an infant teacher ; how indispensable , above all things , was that benevolent enthusiasm , without which : an infant school flags and expires ; and he therefore requested time to perform the . duty imposed upon him . He at length recollected
that his school had been visited by a yeung man named Wiiderspin , who was in a Counting-house in the City , who seemed to differ from all"other Visitors in the intensity of the interest which he took in what was going on , his ready appreciation of the value of the system , and the great delight he displayed in witnessing the improvement and happiness of the infants . Mr . Buchanan promised to sound Mr . Wiiderspin as to his views in life , and to ascertain whether he might be induced to embark in the profession of an Infant School teacher , and
begin with the Spitalfields School . Mr . Wilderspin , wheu the scheme was proposed to hiir , requested some days to reflect upon it , as his ; CC §|> - tance , if it should take place , would be no ligtit choice , but a pledge of the devotion of his life to the pursuit , He made up his mind , and , presenting himself to Mr . Buchanan , declared himself ready to embark in the enterprise with every energy which . he possessed . After benefiting ty all the aid which he could receive from Mr . Buchanan . Mr . Wilderspin was , in due course , appointed to the Spitalfields ' School . "
There is , I believe , a slight inaccuracy in the above , as to the date of the visit to New Lanark . It was not until the year 1818 or 1819 . The substantial facts , however , set forth by Messrs . Chambers in the foregoing paragraph , had been previously stated by Lord Brougham , in his speech upon the Education of the People , in the House of Lords , on the 21 st of May , 1835 , > vherein he said ?— " In this country , I think it is now about sixteen or seventeen years since my noble friend ( Lord Laudsdowue ) and I , with some others , began the first of these Seminaries , lorroiuiiuj the plan , as well as the ieachet * , from Mr . Owen's manufactory , at Lanark ; and though it has been eclipsed by others , to which it gave rise , especially Mr . Wilderspin's , in Spitalfields , and Wilson ' s , at WaUhamstow , &c ., &c . "
And again , in presenting a petition from Mr ' Owen , ou the 29 thof July followiug , Lord Brougham described Mr . Owen as having been " the Jint to establish an Infant School , in which the children of the persons who were employed in his manufactory were instructed in the wavs of morality and virtue . I have iu my possession various other documents connected with this subject , among which is a copy of a letter addressd' to Messrs . Chambers , by Mr . Wildespin , in 1836 , in which , speaking oi ' _ the amount given by those gentlemen , of the origin of Infant Schools , ( and which I have already quoted , ) he says , " Jn the main points you are correct .
Believing that neither you , nor the public , will misunderstand the object of this letter . I am , Sir , Your ' s , Justitia . Adelphi , August 3 , 18 = 16 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 8, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1378/page/1/
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