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" : THE F SAlLORy STRIKE . Sebiohs Riot at YAHMoirni . -On Saturday last a riat of an alarining character occurred at Yarmouth , arising oat of a dispute between the seam en and a shipowner . Mr . Barber , a shipowner , prefe rred an lnforibatjon before the Major andmag istrates against a sailor who , after engaging to go a voyage , had refused to do so . The - man was brought op in custody , nd on being question ? 0 * ui said he was willing to ' go if properly protected , flis vessel was lying at Lowe ^ toft , and , on the advice of the magistrate , a steam-tug was brought up the harbour to a point opposite the Town Hall , for the paip » se of taking the man to Lowestoft and a body ^ --t % iTf-Tain ¦ -Li ~^ "
, of p olice , accompanied by the Mayor and maristra tes , stared from the Hatt with . theroMi for the porp . se of escorting aim to the vessel , but thev wer e immediately attacked by a crowd of seamen and a severe conflict took P lace . The police though dreadfnlly beaten behaved manfully , and the authorities managed to get tl , einimoD UOardthe tug , end to send him away . Ten or twelve of the rioters were apprehended and placed in the stationhouse . The crowd , ot seamen then retired for a short time , and after a brief consultation , thev came to a determination if possible to rescue their
comrades . For this purpose they assembled iu great numbers , and , amid a concourse of about two thousand people , carried the mast of a ship to the station-house , and began to use it as a batteiing ram , in order to break the door and rescue the prisoners . T&e station-house was defended by the po . lice , about twenty in number ; also by some men from the revenue , several of the coast guard , and eight or nine militia men . The tumult increased ; the authorities caused the Riot Act to be read , and 100 special constables were sworn . Notwithstanding , however , the efforts of this extra force the riot
Continued , and the c ro * d seemed still determined to force open the station-house . At this time there ¦ were twenty policemen , nine militia men , thirty revenue cutter's men and coast guards , and 100 special constables , to oppose about 2 . 000 people . The Mayor and magistrates , fearing that the force at their disposal would be overcome , and that both life and property would be endangered , sent a mesi sage by telegraph to the commanding officer of the 11 th Hussars stationed at the barracks at Norwich , stating tbat a serions riot had taken place , and requesting a sufficient military force to be sent by a spec al train . One troop reached Yarmouth at 6 . 15 , and another troop followed immediately afterwards ,
Soth under the command of Captain Bqugla 3 . When -the fiist troop arrived at Tannouthj Mr . Martin -foand it necessary to clear the station , a mob of people having assembled there , threatening to pull up the raita and to disconnect the telegraphic communication . The Mayor , Captain Pearson , R . K , was then sent for to the station . His worship quickly arrived in a cab , and gave bis authority to Captain Douglas to proceed immediately to quell the riot . The military at once rode into the town , and having received orders , quickly cleared the
streets . The people , frightened at the appearance ef the military with drawn swords , flew away in all directions np the numerous very narrow ' rows peculiar to thetown . In a few h ours quiet was restored , but the military continued to parifte the streets during the night . The sailors held a meeting on Saturday night , but it was of very short duration . It is reported that one man has died from injuries received in the riot , and that another had his finger cut off by a soldier , whilst attempting to seize the bridle of bis horse . . ¦
On Monday , the persons ( seventeen in nnmber ) who bad been captured during the late riot were bronght op for examination before a full beech of magistrates . The court was crowded with spectators , and hundreds of persons assembled round the Town-hall during the inquiry . The Seamens * Committee engaged Mr . Carlos Cooper , barrister , of Norwich , to defend those of the prisoners who were seamen . Twelve of the men were charged with the mioor offence of obstructing ^ assaulting , and resisting the police in . the execution of their duty , whilst they were engaged in conveying the man on board the steam-tug to join his vessel . Of these , three were discharged , and the remainder
were fined m various sums , from 10 s . to £ 5 , including all costs ; and , in default of payment , they were sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from one month to two months .. Five of the ringleaders were charged with riot , and , after a length ened investigation , were fully committed for tria l at the next quarter sessions . The evidence did not bring to light any new facts , hut full y {/ ore out in every substantial particular the former , account of the riot . At the close of the inquiry , in consequence of the excitement prevailing outside the hall , the police , special . constables , asd cutter ' s men , together with a troop of the 11 th hussars , accompanied the vehicle in which the rioters were conveyed to the gaol . The assemblage of people
was very great , and they Jondl y cheered the prisoners , and assailed the police and military with hootings , but no other manifestation of feeling took place . The prisoners being lodged safely in gaol , the military and civil force dispersed , and the crowd speedily followed their example . During the day the mayor issued a hill announcing " that no public processions or out-door meetings of seamen or others would be allowed to take place within the borough during the present excited state of the town . " At night a guard of the military was set within the gaol , and patrols of the cutter ' s men were placed in the streets , &c , Ieadirg to the gaol . In consequence of the arrival of the warsteamers , B ! ack Eagle and Lightning , with a strong body of the marines , the troops have had
orders to return to Norwich . A public meeting of the seamen , &c , of Liverpool , was held in the Music-hall , Bold-street , on the 21 st ult . The meeting was very numerousl y attended . Captain Palmer took the chair . The assembly was addressed by Captain Fildes , Captain Cook , Mr . MQuelan , and Mr . Smith . Resolutions were moved to the effect : — • That it was great presumption in any minister to legislate for the seamen without their consent , and they were determined to resist any measure of the kind . * ' A letter was read by the chairman from a seaman , who called
toe Sailors' Home a " Sailor ' s Gaol and a Sailor ' s Market . * ' Daring the evening a telegraphic communication was received from Shields , stating that the seamen there had determined to go to sea , in consequence of Mr . Labouchere having consented to repeal the twenty-two articles of tbe Act ; but the Liverpool seamen refused to proceed to sea un' ess tbe « hole of the Act was repealed . Affusion was also made to the answer of Mr . Labouchere to the de putation of seamen who waited on him on Thursday . The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman , and three hearty cheers from the seamen assembled .
The strike at Stsnderland , Hartlepool , and Seaham , is virtually at an end . The pitmen in the neighbouring collieries have been literally starving of late , but are now working full time . The general trade of the town bas suffered considerably , and some time must elapse before the vessels will be found for the Sve or six hundred men—still idly parading the streets—as several shipowners have laid up their vessels in consequence of the difficulties they have met with in obtaining hands , in addition to the low freights offering , with increased rates of wages to pay .
The "Hull Pa » ket » ' says : — " We have been informed that the crews of three whaling vessels had signed articles , but were prevented going on board farougb fear ; and one maD , formerl y one of the sailors , committee , having signed to proceed in the Bose , whaler , he was seiz ? d by a mob of seamen , tarred , and rather roughly handled . On the 21 st ult . a large meeting of Newcastle and South Shields seamen was . held at South Shields , and after bearing the report of the delegates , who had been to London and bad an interview with the Board of Trade , the following ' resolution was come to : — " That as the Lords
Commissioners of b « r Majesty ' s Privy Council for Trade have abolished tbe twenty-two regulations , and a > government is unable immediately either to suspend ° r cancel the other , and several parts of the recent Marine Acts to which we neither can nor w ill snbmit—e icquing in so far ' as sneb submission shall conduce to the eventful repeal of the obnoxious clauses in question , we resolve to proceed to sea , and to our usual employments , under protest , ; on Satarday , February 22 nd , afternoon tide , acting , Eosrever , in concert with tbe other northern ports , sad in accordance with the principlesof our friendly « aociations . "
Oa Monday evening a pnblic meeting of the sea-° » n ot the port of London , and their friends , was he'd at the Albion Tavern , High-street , Shadwell , for the purpose of devising the _ besjmeans .. to relieve them , '' fromihe grievances they are now labouring nnder , in consequence of the unjust restrictions imposed upon them by the present Mercantile Marine Act . "—Mr . Joseph Smith was moved to the chair , and said that since the introduction of &e act of which , the body he addrened complained
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O the r Pnt - llaelr 0 p 0 Us WOUW S * »« e » n « had Z 2 JT" * L n theit b «* breh in the EOrtb Tha £ I ** t ° T' ° ft a ! e 8 S ™»«* manner , blltd « ft- fu r < ? mifent ; ftatnreof bein ^ tathl W n I f th ? y ° « 'd ' perceive , chiefly' for Jhe ^ nrpose ; of crea ting ' officer and Varies ' . for functionaries , -no matter how the duties eritrmt . Vl L # aT * discn"ged . Under the . existing statute additional powers were given to shi powner * and masters to deprive sailors of certain privileges ilia ** U -l - « ----- vv .. v . w w « w \ . i » biu t » ivtixgca tney bad .. l wo"t feelings ,. we ; e engendered hT "
previously possessed , without giving them any return . Sailors were also deprived of a proper trjbunal to which they might appeal , in case of any differences arising between them and " their ° a ? ' J mes aad i « ttaUi 25 were also increased , and , farther , they were to be enforced by the aid ol shipping officers and agents . Before this act was passed , sailors could obtain redress for their grievances by an application to the magistrate , the proceedings before whom were published Wy the medium of the press . He denied tbat a shipping master was a competent person to decide cases which ' involved a question of the relative duties between sailors anrl
masters , and contended that it was a flagrant injustice that the party who prepared the sbip ^ articles should be made the judge as to whether or no these articles bad been properl y framed . The mode of proceeding withReference to sailors -was the most repugnant to their feelings as Englishmen ; inas - much as n excluded their body , which , of all others c ntnbuted most largely to extend the national glory , from the benefit of open trial , when disputes arose between them and . their officers . There , was a further grievance inflicted on them under the
I-resent system , namely , that there was no allowance made for lime juice , the necessity for which must be admitted by every one acquainted with what sailors suffered from / scurvy on foreign voyages . They were also aware that four-pence or ei ght-pen , e a day was a very inadequate remuneration for what sailors endured from being placed on short provisions . They , farther suffered great injustice from the mode in which the log book might be kept , all the offences of the sailors being carefully registered , without the least record of the provocation they might have received from the arbitrary and tyrannical conduct of . their officers . All these in .
justices were inflicted under the present system , and the effect would be that that system if persevered in , would break the hardy spirit of British seamen , or force their tars into foreign service , into which in 1849 no less than 20 , 000 of their country . m » n had entered . —Mr : G . Riddel moved the following resolution :-- " That in the opinion of jttiis meeting a committee should be formed for the purpose of framing a petition to lie presented to both houses of parliament , praying for . the modification or repeal of the Mercantile Marine Act . anrjto adopt other measures ' best calculated to relieve' tbe
seamen of the port of London from the heavy grievances imposed on their bod y by the operation of this obnoxious statute . '' He observed ,. ' that if they wanted to obtain redress , that they must appeal to the legislature , for they would not receive any substantial or permanent benefit from , application to the Board of Trade . —Mr . J . Kavanagh seconded the resolution / which was unanimously adopted . —The meeting , which was numerously ; attended , then separated . . ; . - Another large meeting of She sailors now lying in tbe port of London was held on . Tuesday night at the Temperance-hall ; Princes-sqnare , Katcliff-higbway , for the " purpose of adopting the best , means to secure the abolition of the New Mercantile Marine
Act and other grievances of the English seamen . — Mr . Launcelot Bnsby , a master mariner , " was called to the chair . They had much . to complain of in the Sew Marine Act , and he would ask wbat could the seven members of the local board know about merchant seamen ? He was ever ready in supportiuir men in seeking their just rights , and be wpuld ' tell them that , if they only kept themselves in bound ?; they must prosper . —Mr . G . Riddel moved the first resolution , to the effect that a memorial , duly signed , be presented to the Board-of Trade , soliciting the suspension of certain points of the act . He sincerel y believed that it would prove as serious an injury to the owner and master as it had already been to tbe sailor . Surely there could beno better
tribunal with reference to deciding whether a man had done right or wrong than going before ^ magistrate in a public court / but for the future they were to be trapped within closed doors at the shipping office . And then , upon what principle were they to p , H * fo bein en aged , and 2 s . for being paid off ? Just let them look at the case of a man who shipped to go to the East Indies at £ 2 a month , which would give Mm about ls . " 4 d . for twenty-four hours labour , and taking the shipping office ' ehareca from his first month ' s pay , viz ., Is . for engaging , Is . for the muster-roll , ' and 2 s . for paying off , he would have about Is . Old :. ' for the day ' s work , or rather more than a halfpenny ah hour . ( Hear , hear . ) -And then with reference to the Sailors ' Home—did it give them a fair cnance'bf getting " a ship ! ( Cries of "So , no . " ) He was a married man and he would ask wbat chance be would have
while the house was full of its boarders ? ( Cheers . ) He might put his name down , but as long as he lived ont of the bouse , and being married , and having a home of his own , he could not well go into it , his chance of being employed was very small . Then they had an office on Tower Hill , and another at Green ' s Home ; but he contended they were not proper places ; and if they were intended to be of any service to the seamen they ought to b ' e ' at the docks—there there might be a . chance for them . What he mostly objected to in the bill was the shipping offices , the artificial log , and the system of fine ; he wished to see them all abolished . —Mr . Ksvanagh supported the resolution , which was unanimously adopted . —t ) ther speakers ' haying addressed the meeting , and a deputation to wait on tbe Board of Trade being arranged , the meeting , after the usual compliment to the chairman , separated . '
The two war steamers sent down to the northern coast are said to have taken on board strong detachments of marines , in order to act in every possible case of emergency .
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Ax Execution at Pesth . —A Saxon , named Blendel , -was a fortnight ago condemned to death by the Criminal Court of Pesth for having , in 1848 , murdered his master , a watchmaker of that city . The execution was fixed for the 2 Stti Jan ., and the municipal authorities determined ,, but it is not Known for what reason , to revive an old custom ot exposing prisoners condemned to death during three days preceding the execution . Accordingly , Blendel was placed in the vestibule of the prison , behind a strong iron railing , and tbe pnblic were admitted . Bnt the crowd was so large ,, that all could not obtain access ; and the municipality , in consequence , had the extraordinary weakness to order that , for three days , the wretched man should be para Jed for an hour and a half in the-aouares
ano principal streets of the city . On the day of execution , upwards of 20 , 000 persons a ssembled around the scaffold , which was erected in tbe square of the Town-hall . The executioner and his assistants were drunk . They attached the rope round the man ' s neck , and then hauled him up to the beam ; but , as this did not cause strangulation , they pulled violently at other ropes . Still death did not ensue ; and , at last , the chief executioner went up to the man by means of a ladder , and seated himself on him , with a leg over , each shoulder . This broke the neck ; but , for a quarter of an hour before breathing bis last , the wretched criminal suffered atrocious agony .. The populace pelted the executioner , " and it was with the greatest difficulty they were prevented from tearing
him to pieces . . St . Patjl ' s Clock . —I send you the following extract from Boston ' s " Human Longevity , " London , 1799 : — ' James Hatfield died 177 O , aged 105 . ^ as formerly a soldier : when on duty as a sentinel , at Windsor one night , at the expiration of his guard , he heard St . Paul ' s clock ,. London , strike thirteen strokes instead of twelve , and " not being relieved as he expected he fell asleep ; in which , situation he yvasfound iiy the succeeding guard , who soon after came to relieve him ; for such neglect he was tried by a court-martial , but pleading he was on duty his legal time , and asserting , ' as a proof , the singular circumstance of hearing St . Paul ' s clock strike thirteen strokes , which , upon inquiry , proved true —ne was in consequence acquitted . "—Awes and Queries . . .
Aesesicis Bread . —In a recent lecture on nramtic acid at the Glasgow Mechanics ' . Institution , Dr Penny stated that nearly all tbe muriatic acid sold m Glasgow is contaminated with arsenic ' . The doctor said he had examined very carefully numerdus samples obtawedlrom different makers and retail shops , m . all of whicVwith one exception , be had discovered , by Reins cbe ' sfcst ; , the presence of an appreciable proportion of tW poisonous sub-Stance . ; " 2 » ow it is well known that muriatie acid with other chemical articles , is used very . frequently . 13 a substitute for yeast in the making of bread . It therefore-really becomes a very serious question whether the emp loyment" of ao < impure : acid like that mentioned for making sush an essential article of food as bread ' may not b& attended with highly injurious consequences ,.
"The LiSD op LibbbisJ' —The Rev . John J . M'Bride was recently indjfltsd ,. in North Carolina , for presenting a little slave girl with a copy of the Ten Commandments .,. He was found guilty , and hia sentence was «« to stand one hour m the stocks , receive thirty baiheaon the barfr . back aad be finpriwnedoneje /^ iaitiJftCOinnwn'g * " . . ¦¦ : ¦
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OPPOSITION TO . TH& BUDGET . /! A ^/^ 'M ffiwal meeting of the ratepayers and inhabitants of the parish of St . Luke took place , at the British and Foreign Schoolroom , Cowper-street , City-road , ATo consider and : determine on the propriety , of petitioning the legist lature against the . proposal of : the ; , Chancellor ©« the . . ExcUequer , . to substitute an unjust * odious , and unnecessary , house tax , in lieu of .. the * window duties , and to take such other Btepa thereon as may be deemed advisable ; also , to consider and determine on the propriety of opposing a renewalof the income tax . " - ; There was a numerous attendance . '
. Mr .. J . Tarplek , churchwarden , havin g , been unanimousl y called to the chair , stated that the meeting had originated out of one held a fortnight ngo ,-on th $ -subject of the window duty . Since then , the Chancellor of the Exchequer had brought in his •« hodge-podge" budget , and though he nominally . repealed the window duties , they were retained . under another name ; the tax , too , was extended to numbers ^ f houses that had never paid before . Would they accept , this precious piece of legislation ? . (" , No , no . " ) lie hoped , now that a _ crisis had occurred , that thepeople would insist on paying no more than their equitable share of taxation .- . ¦ . - ,....
Mr . PuiLirs moved a resolution declaratory of surprise and indignation'at the proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and calling for a total-repeal of the window duties . By the proposal as it stood-taxation instead of being reduced , would be increased . Many ; now exempt , ' particularly clerks and mechanics , would be included in thenewliou 3 etax , which was besides most palpably unjust and unequal . ¦ This was hot the ffieasure expected , and one ' which they would not receive at the hands of the ministers . ( Cheers . ) _ Mr . Horse seconded the resolution . He considered it nothing short of impertinence for a Chancellor of the Exchequer , to bring forward auob a preposterous bud get of folly . Mr . Paiuskr supported the resolution .
Sir James Ddkb , M . P ., joined moat cordially in giving His support to the repeal of the window' tax without any substitute . He should oppose any government that made such a proposal . ( Cheers . ) : Mr . NicrioLAY / of Marylebone , regrettedL' that ministers had given thorn so much trouble , but he hoped they would get rid of Wood , at all events . He cared not who , was in power so long as the pe ople were united in speaking their sentiments . ( Cheers . ) The Chancellor of the Exchequer , blockhead that he was ,: : bad tnlked of keeping faith , but he thought nothing of keeping faith frit thepeople . .. . - . ¦ ° _ Jlr . Wakiey , M , p . , was \ m ^ cheered on " j " ? ' i . y wcre n . ow a 8 sernbled for ever to get rid of the infernr . 1 window tax . to orotest aeainst
u IP osltIon of a house tax , and to consider wliether the income tax , in its odious and detestabl form , should be continued . ( Hear , hear . ) These were trifling evils in comparison with the monster evil , the source of these grievances—the defective and mock representation of tbe people in parliament . ' ¦ ( Cheers . ) If the millions had a voice-in the election of members , thejr would strike at the root of the causes of inisgoverhment : ' ( Hear , hear . ) Aow was the time to speak out ; and , with his will , he would occupy air the time till next-Friday in meetings on the subject of the suffrage . ( Cheers . ) Parliament vras adiourned till Friday , for the purpose , of the reconstruction of the " ministry . Ho ( Mr . Wakley ) had gone to hold an induest on the
noble lord ( J . Russell ) and never wascoroner bo surprised , for the subject eot up and spoke . ' ( Cheers arid laughter . ) Here Mr . Wakley repeated the substance of Lord J . Russell ' s Statement in the house . The noble lord , he ' said , was now actively engaged in cabiuet-makitig ; wbat sort of furniture he would produce they ' would probably know by Friday . ( Hear , hear . ) At this time it was most important that every constituency should speak but , and not let the new . ministry come into power without knowing what the people desired . ( Hear , hear . ) If the noble lord even selected those who had hitherto opposed reforni ' but were noW ready to advance , let hem have '
t a fair , trial ; but if those were selected who bad always opposed extension ' of the franchise , let them be met with unflinching opposition . ' ( Cheer 3 . ) . Was it to be aaid that this nation . " of industry and enterprise could only be governed-by the aristocracy ,- who were now all in motion at the west-eqd , in . consequence . of there being vacant places ? ( Hear , hi-ar ) My Lady Noodle was calling on Lord Dooille , and asking what parliamentary influence he bad got ; ( Laughter . ) This was very annoying to people who wished to . see the nation rightly governed . There were many young lords who would make good mea-milliners ; but ; he trusted that none such would be included in the
new ministry ; which ought to represent tbe masculine and practical , character of the age . ( Cheers . ) At present , only one man in seven ; in this free country , had a vote ; iind yet they were called on to pay £ 1 , 100 , 000 a year for the suppression of slavery by tbe African squadron , while there were so many slaves at Lome . ( Hear / hear . ) ' Let the people show to the new ministry ' that they were ' determined on having an extension of the franchise . ; The votes of . himself and his colleague , representing perhaps 300 , 000 individuals , might be neutralised by those of the representatives of a borough of 200 or 300 electors . ( Heari hear . ) This ought not
longer to l > e tolerated .- So long as he had health and strength he would strain every nerve to place the people in their jiroper ^ position . ( Cheers . ) The resolution « as then put and unanimously aigreed to . ' ' ' ' ' . : ¦ . Mr . Dale moved that a petition to the House of Commons should be adopted , and that Mr . Waltley , M . P . ; should be requested to present it , and Mr . Duncombe , M . P ., to support . it . ( The petition prayed for the total and unconditional repeal of the window tax . ) He knew two houses at the west-end ; of the j-cnt of £ 90 and £ 150 , which paid no ' window duty , but which , would be taxed £ 10 by the houso tax . ( Hear hear . ) ¦ .- ... Mr . Chrisiib seconded the resolution .
Mr . Waklet , in reference to the request that Mr . Duncombe should support the prayer ; of tbe petition , stated that his hon . colleague' was at present suffering from severe indisposition , ' and had been so ever since he had attended a public meeting a fortnight ago . He felt pain m'thinking that any manin Finsbury could cast a reproach upon him ; no honest reformer would do this . ( Uear , heay . ) Mr . SnitUBEKR moved a resolution declaring that while the needful revenue for the exigencies of the state should be fairl y levied , it was the ' duty of the meeting to use every means ta defeat the attempted renewal of the income . tax , which , ' from its partial , unequal , and unjust ' mode of assessment ; ought to be forthwith abolished , by reason of its having been adopted . for a temporary emergency . Mr . Briscok seconded tlie resolution . '
Mr . IfonjiAS mored an ' amendment ' declaring that the inequalities of the income tax were a less evil than indirect taxation , and expressing a hope that direct taxation would become the main source of the
revenue . ''¦" ' -. Mr . Pomeboy seconded the amendment . . Mr . Gladdiso said the object was to obtain a modification , not a repeal , of the income tax ;¦ and regretted tlie attempt to introduce discord . The amendment was in reality no amendment . After a conversation , the amendment was put , and on a show of hands being taken , there were ninety in its favour and 113 againit it . The original motion was then put and agreed to . Mr . Starling moved the adoption of a petition , praying for the repeal of the income tax , and declaring that no ministry was entitled to the . confidence of the people who did not undertake to enlarge the elective franchise so as to securo a full and complete representHtion of the people in the Commons house of parliament . ( Cheers . V
Some other resolutions were agreed to , and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman . ¦ ' : WARD OE ALDERSGATE . . i , On Monday a meeting of the Inhabitants of this ward , convened by Sir Peter Laurie in compliance with the request of a deputation to the worthy baronet , was held at the City of London ¦ Literarj and Scientific . Institution , Aldersgate-street .. A spirited appeal had been circulated throughout the ward . de claring it . to be the duty . of the public , now that the revenue will allow it , without danger . to the efficiency ^ of our ins titution 8 , ; or without risk to the public creditor , to insist on having the ; tax on windows . repealed , even should its abolition be attended with , the removal of tlie , most peddling Chancellor of . the Exchequer England , ever knew .
The meeting was exceedingly wellattended . . ¦' Sir Pbte » LABHiB ^ on taKing ; the chairj ¦ observed that since he had signed thepaper calling thempeting , there'had been a change in the ministry ; and that , therefore , there might Ke ' n » necessity Tor the motions which , the , meeting , were about to adopt . Still their proceedings cpuhrdo no harm , ' and if the now ministry , shoul ^ attempt to follow pu t the plansof that wbicli had just resigned , they , mig ht be ; productive of ; muct good .. ( Hear / hear ) Ha should be happy at ' a future day to call . a similar ; meeting against the income tas , j thaa : which a more dangerous and unpopular tax could not be conceived . ( Cheers . ); Mr . E . BESLHT . meved a . resolution protesting against the window tax , and demanding that the surplus revenue should be appropriated to making I up tbe- . deficieney that might arise from its- total I and immediate repeal .
Mr . Saul , common councilman , in seconding the potion , observed that the standstill policy-of the Whigs bad led to their defeat . He hoped that the new ministay would contain a proper proportion of the commercial , manafaeturicg , and trading ele > ments- ; sis well-as-tBe-landed iaterests / ( Cheers ,. ) ; Xliaje 80 luUouiwa 3 Qatt » diiicaaijaottalr ^
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w £ fe ^ mm ^^ a aSofai ^ solution , nisrv ^ h- r dadouljt of ' tDe' ^ incferity ft "iform . fJ >^ VP rofesse 1 i ; a regard for . s ' niU ' . vy V th ? mite ^ c ™ tinu ^ a ' taV ' s o ' ' pfP 3 udiciai to Mr \ n ? 6 alth " ^ Ue ' windoW'duty : ; i ' ¦ " ¦ . ' r thitthv - " ^ e < ? qondeTTtue ' resotutiofi , ' declaring f * * S « ^ fll ^ rymust . regula ' te ^ he'ir expWditurt ' couS ^ iV ^' '¦* & * > ^ th o ' . wealtli of the ( offi . ) rden * ^ alre | by ; averUxe / bouD ^ A v A ^ lM 9 n wa 80 arried unanimo ^^^^^^ ^ I ' th ^ mpJin - h was given to the ohairman , and the meeting then . broke up : ; ' ST .. PANCB , ' A 8 . nivL ^ e r enin S i « P meeting of the ratenkr « in , vf exten 8 've . paria 1 i of Sc . ' Pancras took Camden £ , i ) aci ° Veatry-hall , King ' s-road . finaS bi 7 ' or tbe PurP ° se of wn'Weriogithe . or of th « ^ T and bud S et of tlie late Ch « n « llor or tne exchequer , more esoBoiallv in mhnn ' no 0
n SSs 0 ? lti 0 V fah 0 U 8 etaxin 1 ^ of the ';;; . ? MSfu T . also t 0 consider the P rese » t ministnih'SS ¦ ' ^ he sPaco » s hall rn ^ hicd the meetine was held is calculated to hold at least 2 , 000 . persons , v \ vZ r ' ? ° : UDabIe t 0 obtain admission ! ¦' »* -d ' sq ; » fchesenior churchwarden , presided . « *? . ' , Jf " NOHAM proposed the first resolution :-c . » . the ate attempt of the Whig . ministry to fasten upon tho people of England a houBe tax , unequal in lt 3 operation , in lieu of the odious window ux . isan outrago . on the enduring-patience of an overburdened and long-suffering . people ,-and . this meeting urges . upon their , representatives in the Oommons House strenuously , to dpposn any ministry 7 T- u nOt repeal unconditionally and-for . ever a tnx which has . so long disgraced the statute-book , anu ma t a petition , founded upon this resolution bo
presented to parliament . ?? ( Loud cheers . ) . : ' f * ; - BttiEii seconded the resolution . Lord Doncan , on presenting himself , was greatly applauded .. They had heard that-day that there was another government in ; power . ( Hear ,-hear . ) Whatever government mi ght bo . in power . now : or hereafter ,, he ( Lord Duncan ) still intended year after year to bring forward his motion on'iho window dutieauntil they w . ere j repealed without a substitute . ( Cheers ;) He know that in doing so he was supported out of doors , and when a proposal was backed b y the voice of the people it' must ultimately prevail . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho cared- not for government , : it was their support he wanted . ' ( Cheers , and cries of " . You shall have it . ' ?) ; The if
people , . they were so minded , could enforco economy and retrenchment , which they had a right to demand .. ( Cheers . ) ¦ ; SirB . Ham , on rising , was greatl y applauded . He was happy to find that his views were supported notonlyby his constituents , but in every ¦ parish . Upon the first blush of the thing , the budget was full of absurdities as well as injustices . To illustrate the iniquity of the tax , the house of apeer in Belgrave-square , at a rent of £ 700 per year , paid £ 14 0 s . 9 d ., or two and half per cent ; , -whilst the same sized house in Russell-square , at a rent of £ 150 , paid nine and half per cent . A house in Grosvenor-street , rent £ 450 , paid two and quarter per cent . ; whilst ' the same . 'sized house in Gowei -
street , at £ 90 , paid eleven per cent . ; and the houses of the poor in Wild-street , at £ 18 rent , paid £ 0 3 s . ' 5 d :, or thirty-three per cent . ( Shame . ) It was .- the-absurd financial measures of the lato government that turned ¦ them out , and nothing : else- ( hear , hear ) -nnd Lord Stanley was > at that moment the prime minister of this country . ( Tremendous hisses , groans , and uproar , with cries of "Wo won't have him . " ) . All he ( Sir B . Hall ) could say was , that so far as his vote went , he would not have him . ( Cheers . ) He would . do all he could by his vote to turn him out —( cheers)—because if Lord Stanley in the one house , : aud his representative , Mr . Disraeli , in the other . imust , if
they act honestly ;' attempt again to inflict a heavy , duty onthe food of the people . : ( Groans , and ''Let them try it . " ) The men of Marylebone , it would be saia , are difficult to please ; they h ; id turned out the Whips , and now did not like Disraeli . ( Hear , hear . ) What on earth' did they want ? : He could tell them what they would have . They would have reform and retrenchment ; and . if they could not get both at once , only let the House of Commons give them the first , and they would get the other themselves . The ' hon . baronet at further length showed that no ministry could stand at the present time who did not carry out these princi ples , and resumed his seat amidst immense applause .
Mr . Jacob Belt ,, M . P ., expressed his conviction that now the public feeling was roused , it would be ; impossible to either continue'the window duties , or impose a house tax by any government ; ; ¦ Messrs . Smith , Bakery Geesiri , and Cooper having spoken , . ' Lord Dudley Stoart , in answer to loud cal ' s : for him , next addressed the meeting ; He said a new government had aasumed the reins of Office , but it was quite impossible they could go on long because their principles were iiotthoseof the House ' of Commons . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not know whether Lord'Stanley would venture" an a ' ppeal to the country fall he ( Lord D . Stuart ) could say was the sooner , the better . ( Cheers . ) They had expressed" their displeasure with the government of yesterday , but would they be' pleased with the governTnent . of to-day ? ¦ ( Loud cries of "No , no . " )
ine nome lord denounced the family ' eompact of the late government , but he could not understand for one moment that the coi \ ntvy would' consent to be governed by . those whose principles wore not only to make light , dear ! but bread dear also . ( Hear , hear ; and cries of" Wewon ' t have them . " ) 'Mr Herries was pointed at as" the ' new Chancellor of the Exchequer —( groaiia)—the man who proposed that all the surplus should be ' appropriiited to reduee the income tax , and not to the window tax . ( Shame . ) - He could ask therni would they stand that ? ( Loud cries of "No , rio . " ) Thenoble lord declared that a revision of taxation must be insisted on by tho people . ( Loud cheers . ) ' : Mr . R . Fen ton moved , and . Mr . Manning seconded , an address to the Queen , praying her Mhjesty only to take such persons to her councils a s would carry out reform and' retrenchment ; ' which was ' alBo carried urihnhnously . ' ' ¦ ¦ "
A vote of thanks was given to the chairman- and the proceedings terminated . ' /' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦• The Window Tax . —A public ' and influential meeting of the ratepayers and other inhabitants of the parishes of St . Margaret arid St . John the Evangelist , 'Westminster , was held on Tmisday night , at the Lecture Rooms , Yauxhall-bridge-road , at which various resolutions ¦ were unanimously passed , conderahatory of the obnoxious ' 1 window tax , iind the proposition' of the ( late ) Chancellor of the Exchequertb-substitue in Jieu of it a house tax . The meeting , which was numerous , was presided over by Mr . D . Mallock , and . was addressed by Mr . Geesin , churchwarden of St . James ' s ; Mr . Saunders , Mr . Wright , and other , leading "Reformers of both parishes . A resolution was adopted , recommending district petitionsngainat any substitution in lieu ; of the window tax . "The suggestion was received with great . enthusiasm , and will be immediately acted upon . . .... . .
Sr . Andrbw , Holborn , and St .:. Geougethk Martyr . —On Tuesday , evening a very numerous meeting of the inhabitant ratepayers assembled in the hall of the workhouso iu Gray ' s Inn : Lane , for the purpose . qf adopting , resolutions regarding the proposed house tax duties . . The chnir wa 8 taken by j . S . Hopwood , Esq . Thcchairmau , in reference to this important subject ; observed that they , might well congratulate themselves that Sir Charles Wood was no longer a Chancellor of the Exchequer . The country was not prepared for the imposition of any new taxes . ( Voices , . ' Nor will . we have them . " ) Fresh ' burthens upon the country could no longer be endured . Mr . J . Cook Evans read the first resolution , to . the effect" that the meet'ng renewed their declaration as to the window tax , and that the proposed ; house tax was most disgracefully unwarrantably , and wholly uncalled for . ]! Mr ., Cook observed , that it was high time that a Chanoellor of
tho Exchequer should be appointed for , the fitneaR of hisduties ; and not for high birth , or . high breeding . ; Lord John Russell was now upon his trial before the country , and he alone was responsible for the appointment of his Chancellor . "If the country submitted to the imposition-of a house tax ,, they mightquietlysitdown . underan . income or a window tax . After some further , observations the , resolution was seconded by Mr . George Taylor , and carried unanimously . ; Mr . Rogers , Mr . " Paris , Mr . Cooper , and othergehtlemen having addressed the meeting upon the - . second and third resolotioris , which bore only upon the spirit of the first , it' Was moved and , carried unanimously : —" . That a petition , iounded ; bn- the ' foregoing reaolutions , be signed by the chairmanihri'd presehte ' dio theHbuBe of Commons by Thomas'Wakley . 'Esq ;; one of the Members of the boroughi of Pinsbury , " Thanks having been cordially voted f 0 the chairman , the meeting separated . ¦ ' ¦ • •• ¦ , ¦ ;
St . AsNE ' sSond . —On > Veiluosday . ' night a very numerous mDetin < i of kite parishioners of St . Anne ' s , Soho ,. was . held , at . Mjbs ; Kelly ' s , TKea ' tre , Dean-8 treet » Soho , to oppose tKe ' Teintrounction of the housetax . lord Duncan , Sir De Lacy Evahs . M . P . j Mr . Wakley , JIP . ;^ nd Mr . rBell ,, M . P ., and ade-JUtatlon from Marylebone , ' < 5 ic'l , were present . —Mr ; George , ohurcnwarden ' of'the parish ; , having been voted to the " chair . —Mr . Rogers , surgeon ; moved the first resolution , which was as follows : — " That
the window tax , having been condemned by tho people and surrendered by . the government , no future Minister- can' be allowed any longer to enforce it : that the substitution of any impost in its place is unnecessary , because reductions ought to be made m the expenditure of the country to remove not only this butotber taxes that press upon , the lndustry-of . the community , and that the various members of - parliament be requested to oppose ' all erants of - monoy till the finance is red ' jeed ^ —Mr . Cox 8 ecf jnrled ,. and . I » rd Donoaii uupv . jt ^ fco teao '
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lution , whicn-TOs ' r unanimo ' usi y ¦" a ^ reerJ to ' -. Afi . " 'Grant moyed-artd Mr ; Pascoe seconded , the next re ' - solution , whichiwas . totho effeot : — " Thatthe stuhi-Jityof the constitution depends vipon the prospe ' ritv antf happinessofttie ' peoplef and that any attempt to restore « ' system' of protection wouhl prove a 'I ' aifureV an ( 1 dangerous tothe peace of the country . tliiit ' ttiis " meotii ) g pledges itself to support -snob ministers ' ¦ "d&Y ' ' who will ; advocate a system ; of economy , by a reduction of taxation ' . "—Mr . Pasboe soRonded'the resolu'tion , which wis supported ' by Sir De Li Evans , Mr . " 'Wnkley , ; M . P ., Mr . 'Bell ; &c , and . unnnimonslyi agreed to . An address to ' the Quben , and a petition to the nouso of Commons , founded upon them , were adopte < hiM ) i . con . Thank " were then voted to the memberg , and Lord Duncan moved , and Mr . Wakley seconded , a vote of thanks to the chairman , which being agreed to , the meeting separated .. . " ¦
Borough op . Sotjtiiwark . —A meeting , convened by the Reform Association of the borough of Southwa ' ck , was held i . n Wednesday eveningat the Bridgehouse Hotel , London-brid ge , for the purpose of expressing their disapproval of the budget proposed by the - late Chancellor of tho Exchequer . —The chair was taken by Thomas' Pocock , Esq . —Mr . Walker proposed the first resolution , which was to theeffect , " That this meeting cannot hut denounce tho proposition to repeal the window duty , merelv to substitute a house tax in its stead , as a gross insult to the national expression of opinion on this subject , and as a wanton denial of thrust demands of the people ; and this meeting solemnly pledges itself to use every constitutional means of demanding and securing , not only . a total and unconditional
repeal ot the window taxes , but an entire revision of taxation , and such a reduction in tho national expenditure of the country , as shall secure to tho people the full benefits ; of freedom of trade , and the amelioration of the .-burdeiis pressing upon tho industrious cla < 3 es . " -Mr . Howard seconded , and Mr . Alderman Humphrey supported the resolution . —Sir W . Molesworth . was charged with havin » on a former occasion left tho house when a division was abouUo ; tako place on the window tax , in reply to which , he assured the meeting that he was for a total repeal of tlie , window duty , but that he desired not to be their representative if tho real ' feeling of the constituency was against him . —The resolution was then put and carried . —Another resolution was also adopted , and thanks being voted to the chairman , the meeting separated .
PATENT LAW AMENDMENT . A public meeting was hejd on Monday night at the Belle Savage Ian , Ludgate-MH , on the subject of the Amendment of the Patent Laws ; the room was crowded . . General Sir De Laci' Evws , M . P ., . took tbp . chair , and commonced the proceedings by observing that tho subject then before them was notone to excite such public attention as questions of financial reform ; and said that the inventions and improvements which had taken place in the last half century were the real source of our strength , and enabled us to attain our present proud position ; yet there was no country in the world where ' -inventors
wer , e called upon to psy sucn extravagant charges for patents as in this country : in France the charge was but £ 310 s ., whereas in England a patent could not-be obtained for-less than £ 100 ; and besides tile-charges ' for the patent , ; the state of the law was such that ' no real protection was afforded to the patentees , even after the expenditure of large sums of money . In answer to questions which the chairman bad put to ministers in the nouse of Commons , it appeared that the Attorney-General had been directed to prepare a bill to amend the law'of patents , ' and Lord Granville , the President of the Board of Trade ; had promised the subject his earnest attention .
, Mr ; Stockbr vose to move the ' first ' resolution : — " Thatthe present state of the-patent laws is extremely defective , and the same requires complete revision and amendment . " With respect to the measure about to be introduced into the House of Commons for 'the temporary-registration of inventions he had no faith ; and had not sent in applications for space tp ' sl ipw his inventions to . the extent he had NTished . beeaiise ho did not expect . th at ' government would " give him tlie protection he wasentitled to . He hail no faith in the vague promise of government ' to grant protection . Mr , Atkins seconded the resolution .
Mr . Coitev moved the next resolution : — " That this association and meeting are glad to find from the reply ; of Sir George' Grey to the question put by General Sir De Lacy Evans in the House of Commons that ' a bill . to amend the Patent Laws . is to' be introduced ,, But , unless the said bill embod y the following provisions , it will not be satisfactory , viz . : —1 . That the legal recognition of an inventor ' s property , in his own invention be obtained , in the first place ad interim , or provisipnally , at nominal cost , upon the simple application of the inventor ; and in the aecbnrt place , complete letters patent ( or otherwise ) obtainable in a ready and inexpensive manner . " The speaker Btated that he had kept baot'hiS ; invention from the Great National Exhibition'because there was no protection for his - invention there . ¦ Mr . ' Campjos seconded the resolution .
Mr . Wkston spoke to the resolution . What was most nece » sary to bo obtained was protection till an inventor could . carry buKhisiviews , which a poor inventor often found it necessary to do by the assistance of . men of capital . : ' Mr . SHRPnenD moved the following resolution : — " That the present judicial proceedings for deciding questions relevant to patent matters are expensive ; and , as they do not come within tho means of the general body of inventors , unjust . And that better protection against infringements and piraoy must be adopted , to which end scientific and practical judgment mv » i te introduced and
used , and , if found desirable , a special and dulyqualified tribunal appointed , where summary arid certain justice may be obtained . And that , unless the bill to be brought in by the government embody these points , the mere cheapening of patents will not materially improve the condition of . inventors and patentees . " He said that patentees wanted a proper tribunal ; for trying questions , and it must not be attheexpenao of the patentees . If a robbery was committed , the delinquent . was punished at the public expense , and so it should be with the infringement of a patent . ;> and on trials it was requisite that the questions should be tried by men who unrlprstonrl thfim .
¦ Mr . ' Thompson seconded the resolution . On trials respecting patents , he said tbe lawyers must be . thrown overboard , and the quostion decided by men who . . understood-the matters submitted to them , in the same way that collisions at sea were decided by ; ii competent body . Several other gentlemen having spoken , the resolution was put to the meeting and carried unanimously . . . A petition , embodying the above resolutions , was also'agreed to . .
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Tiib Pope in Perii ,. —We have been put in possession of a report to the effect ' that Pio Nino will probably owe the forfeiture of his throne in the Roman City to liis recent aggression on the spiritual and temporal' liberties ' of England . Our informant is a gentleman of high distinction . He assures U 8 that there is at this time organised : in Rome a very formidable-conspiracy ( infinitely move forniidab . le than that wbjch drove Pio . Nino to Civita ' Tecchia , ) originated and inflamed , ho doubt , by the Papal'Aggression upon England . It is inferred from Lord John Russell ' s letter to the Bishop ot Durham ( which has been translated into all the continental languages , ' and very freely circulated , ) , thi « t the English government will no longer support the temporal pretensions of the Pope , aiid that , quoting as their reason , the recent audaeious
" aggression' * of his Holiness upon the spiritual and temporal pretensions of the British Sovereign , they arc pr epayed to advise ' the-Ilftpublio . of France Jto interferehfrmore betw « 8 n the Popeandhis Italinn siibiects , but . to allow the Italians to establish , in Rbiiie a republican goyernrnoht on the model ofthe French Repub ' lic . It is-understood that ' the interfererice p fthe'PapalSee'iri the affairs of Belgium , and tile gross tyranny of the Romish hierarchy , in the r ecent instance frnmished by the death-bed of . a Sardinian ' minister have had the effect of cbmbiri-. irtgi'in tb& Roman . conspiracy ^ ' many eminent and ribiile families ' of bobh Belg ium and Sardinia . Iti « , said , ruorobyer , " that cwtain distinguished persons ' connected withtWAustrian '" House of Peers- - and Commons" ' are mixed up in the plot , and that on thisoceftsionth * Pope is B «* e tobe ousted most effectBally an'd' permanently . -Manchester Cottner .
PoOB-RATiNfc—Sir Joshua Walms i ey has obtained a return to aa order ' of the House of Commons , whi « h- was printed on S aturday , ofthe number of persons in Eng land and "Wales not within the limits , of any pa » liamentary borough or city , who were ! rated toWielief of the poor for the year 1849 at tbe- annual value of £ V > and upwards ; and under £ Sd . According to the return tho number is ' 349 , 210 , residin g within 13 , 268 parishes or townships . No returns have been obtained from fiftyone parishes or townships . In the county of York : the number not within thelimita of a parliamentary ; borougb or . city is 24703 ; in Lancaster , 28 , 091 ; and m Middlesex * 18 , 290 . , » > >
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. MONDAY , Fsbbuart 24 , HOUSE OF LORDS .-The house met at nve 0 clock ., I here was an unusually large attendance ? L ? > l i ° in tho bod . <> t ] 'e houso and round num | rft , » - ! rono ' wl ) fire we also observ « d 'i Pr « nf a A ' ^ Plomntio co vpi , and . other foreignriKSpm ^ P ? rs . "nxious to hear tho ministscri i fn , Ul , this r house I'eapectinR the present S ^ a ^ £ PeiW " «^ occupied CMirouisS ' T 011311 " bcen P re 8 entcd - of '' Order q order ^! }? ? roSe amili 1 ° ories 01 uruer , order , and having i a ; a ftn t i . o tnMa papers relating to the Metropolitan ComnionDr ! Of Sewers , said-M y lords , as there Ho 35 business before tho house , I may as well V 0 S take the opportunity ot moving that this houso do at its rising , adjourn until Friday next . In making
that motion , I tcel that , however imperfect and un ° satisfactory any communication that it is in my power to make will be found to be relating to the present posture of affairs , still it is usual m this house , that any important information eiven , or communication made , on that subject in the other house of parliament should , in substance , bo made also in this house . But , in doing so I shall simply confine myself to a statement of facts , as I understand them to have occurred . My lords , on Friday last , in consequence of a division which had taken place recently in the other house of parliament , her Majesty 3 servants communicated with each other —from domestic circumstances I was not ono of tho number on that occasion-and on that ( lav her Majesty was led to believe that it was probable her 1 ? . T « ntt i rCSipn ° ^ ce on the dav foll ° ™? - 1 arly on baturday morning I camo to town and the same morning that resignation v ^^\ . M \
, ana unanimously tendered fry her Majest / sVcrvants £ rd ( 8 Sevf J T ° UrSC Of th 0 d ^ tK " 2 lord ( Stanley ) , whom I can see opposite , was as I am informed , invited to attend at the PaS , and a proposal was made to him to construct a G overnment . I am also informed that the noulo lord Stated ho w » s 1 not then prepared to form a goTornment . On that communication bcin < r made recourse was then had toother persons , and moro particularly to my noble friend ' lately at the head of the government , and he was requested toreconstruct an adminis tration . My . lords , this i 3 tho present state of matters ; for all it is in my power to sate your lordshi ps is , that my noble friend , lately at tho head of tho government , has , upon reflection , thought it to be his duty towards hop Majesty and towards the country , to attempt the reconstruction of another administration . Beyond t ' ns I have nothing to state . 1 speak aB tho „!„ . ., „
ot a government which in fact exists no more but which is in ofhco nominall y only , and of which I am only the representative as long as it remains nominally m office , and ; for the purpose of making this communication . ( Hear , hoar . ) uiaM " « Lord Stanley . —I am sure nono ' of your lordships will he disposed to make any opposition to the proposal which the noble marquis has now , made to tho house , or , at all events , that it will bo unanimf . nsly agreed that no puhlio business of importance shall bo transacted . ( Hoar , hear . ) I am cxceedinjjly unwilling to make , and , indeed , I will not make , any comment on tho statement made by the noble marquis . Circumstanced as the country now is it is impossible that any revelation can bo made of what has occurred ( Hear , hear . ) In the present state of things , I < J 0 not hold it consistent with my duty to offer any explanations that must necessarily bo of an imperfect character . I can onlv sav .
that oil Saturday I had the honour of a l engthened audience of her Majesty , in tho course of which I laid before . her Majesty , fully and unreservedly , what , were my views of the present state of the country and of parties . Nothing could have exceeded the graciousness , the condescension , indeed , I may say the kindness of her Majesty throughout the whole of that audience j butot what passed at that interview , either as to the advice which I tendered to her Majesty , or of what was stated bv her Ma ] esty , I should ill requite the kindness and favour with which I was visited , if I should at tho present mement say a single word . ( Hear , hear . ) w ™ , " , , jmie shall come—when this political crisis shall have passed ~ I shall be prepared to state , fully ^ ndTOervedly , to your lordships and the country , tho wholo substance of the advice I tendered to her Majes ty , and the course which , as a public man , honoured with tho confidence of her Maiasty , and as a Privy Councillor . I recr . mmpr . r 1
should be taken . ( Hear , hear . ) The Marquis of Lansdowne said it would bo improper to deprive the noble lord of an opportunity of full stating what had occurred when the convenient time for doing so should arrive , or the time vshieh he might judge most'fitting for his owa honour , and most conducive to the public welfare in the meantime , all ho ( Lord Liuisdowne ) be ^ ed of then- lordships to believe was , that in the very short statement he had made he had Btated nothinj ; but that of which he was distinctly informed ( Hear , hear . ) * TH ^ MAURU aus Bir , L . -The Earl of St . German trusted their lordships would have no objection to moot to-morrow ( Tuesday ) to take up the Marriagea Bill , the second reading of which was fixed for that day . This was a measure which embraced no political object , and he hoped his sug gestion would be agreed to . ( Hear . )
Lord Campbell took a different view ofthe Marriages Bill from that entertained by the noble earl but ho concurred with him in thinking that they ouoht to allow it to be disoussed to-morrow . / Hear hear . ) ¦ ¦ -. . • The Archbishop of CANiimBBKY also expressed a wish that the bill should be discussed to-morrow Tho Marquis of Lan-sdowne said their lordshina were aware that it yrns not usual to continue their sutrngs under such circumstances as the present but he thought there wa 3 much force in what had been suggested b y tho noble earl ; and , should they come to a general understanding that this question and this only , was to be discussed , he would start no objection . They mi ght simpl y adjourn till Tuesday , and then their lordships could decideupon such further adjournment as mi ght aeem proper ( Hear , hear . ) It was accordingl y agreed that their lordshina should meet on Tuesday . '
HOUSE OF COMMONS . -Appeaiukck of the House al Halv-pasx Four O ' cLocK . —At half-past four o clock both su ! e 3 of the houso were nearly filled , but the opposition benches appeared to be more closely packed . The members' and strangers ' galleries were also crowded . The whole of the Ministers , with the exception of Lord John Russell Lord Palmerston , and the Chancellor of tho Exchequer had by this time taken their seats on tho ministerial benches . The buzz arising from the almost generally suppressed tone of conversation
carried on in all parts of the house , prevented tho reporters catching distinctly the prayers of tho different petitions which were presented . Elevation op . Sir J . C . Hobiiouse to the Peerage ;—Mr . IIavier , -whose appearance at the table produced an almost- instantaneous silence in , the house , said , Mr . Speaker , I have to move fov a new writ for the election of a member for tho borough of Harwich ; in the room of the right hon . Sir John Cam Hobhouse , who has accepted the office of steward of the Chiltern Hundreds . ( Loud laughter . ) ' . ¦
A number ot petitions relating to Papal Aggression and Agricultural Duties were then presented . Mr . Cowah gave notice that on the house going into Comn . ittee of Ways and Means on tho Buiijeet of the Income-tax , he should move tho following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of tho houso that an incomo tax on trades and professions maybe dispensed with , without loss to the revenue , by substituting a fixed annual charge on persons , in like manner aa is now imposed upon classes arbitrarily selected to bear the burdens of duties on licenses and certificates . "
Hon . members having now finished presenting petitions , the house remained for more than a quarter of an hour without any business to occupy it . All the cabinet ministers had now arrived , with the exception of the . First Lord of tho Treasury , whose usual seat by i the side of Lord Pahncrston remained vacant , when some considerable amusement was excited in the house by Mr . Monckton Milnes , who having just entered the house , and perceiving the vacantplace unwittingly seated himself in it , apparently for the purpose of conversing with Lord Palmerston . This movement was received with loud laughter on all sides , apparently as if saluting the hon . member as the future Primo Minister , and clearing away the mystery which h& 3 enveloped the political world during the lastday op two ! ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦
Lord John Russell entered the house at flva minutes to five , and was received with cheers from bofh sides ofthe house . The noise of conversation which had previously filled thehouse was now hashed , and , amidst deep silence , the Speaker called on the Clerk to read tho Orders oC the Day ,, winch was accordingly done . The Mwisiebu l : JD . Risi ' s .--bn the order ' of the dny for , the Cpmraiiteb of . Ways and Means , ; Lord J . Rus 8 KLi /; me , and was received with marks
of the proftuiidestaUeniion . He said , —Mr . Speaker , I promised . tho house that I would , on this day , state the reasons that induced me to pro « pose , on Friday last , the adjournment of the Committee of Ways arid Means to the present time . I now rise to acquit myself of that engagement . The house will remember that , immediately after the commencement of the session , a motion was made by the hon . gentleman the member for Bur-k n jf lmmshire ( Mr . Disraeli ) , calling on her Mnje 3 t )' a ministers to take immediate measures to relieve
the 013 re » 8 of the owners and occupiers of land . Every member of thiahouse , and every person in the country , must have considered that that motion was a motion to take out of the hands of the government the conduct of the tteasmes wb .
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The Sundat Trading Bill . —On Monday evening a general meeting of the ¦¦ master butchers of the borough of Marylehone took place at the Colosseum Tavern , in the Povtland-road ; for the purpose of considering the bill proposed to be introduced into Parliament for the restriction of < Sunday trading . Mr . VVm . Hanshaw occupied tho chair , and Messrs . Henley , Hoyne ,. Lyorj , and other leading member ' s of the trade in the locality were present . The observations were unanimously in favour of the bill ' , and a deputation was appointed to wait on Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir B . Hall , the members for the borough , to place petitions in their hands , and earnestly to solicit their support ofthe measure .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1615/page/7/
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