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C MBRiOT 5 sniRB .-JIr . Odeane has withdrawn from the position of aspirant to the representation of this county , ind a meeting was held at thB Red Lion , Cambridge , en Saturday , to nominate another cand'date . Mr . Ireland , of OosdenPark , was first put forward on the proposition o ! Mr Alexander Co'ton . anl was seconded by Mr . Culledge , of Mnrch . Mr . Bennett then proposed Mr . Ball , and Mr . Dabede seconded the nomination . A show of hands being taken , there was an immense majority in favour of Mr BalL It is n » t thorcna'ilv understood at present whether or not Mr . Bill will cmne " forward ; but it is certain that both Mr . In-fond and Mr . Benj on arc eager to contest the matter with Mr . Towuley . Petshhoeocgh . —This city is experiencing a lull in political miners and all opposition seems to have subsided . Earl Fi 2 'iliiam having promised Mr . Watson his support
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE vT . rrn . Tims TWRtVtVFffENCE .
has refund w withdraw it . Mr . Layard , we understand , will not nn < Jer such circumstances come forward . —Cambridge Jaitpendmt . Tyaijjxgford . —The candidates for Reading are in a state of absolute torpor , but at Wallingford a vigorous contest i s going on between Mr . MaUns . the eminent Chancery barrister , and Mr . Alfred Morrison , whose father is supposed to have bought the t > orou « h m connexion with his Other pureki « es . —EerhJdre Chrmkle . Bddbebsfiklb . —A new candidate is in the field at Huddersfield , in the person of Mr . William Williams , a merchant of much popularity . Mr . Ciienbam has refused again to contest the borough , and the battle is now likely to be bet w ^ P re 3 ent '" ember , Mr . W . R . C . Stansfield and Jlr . Williams , both of shorn are Liber-Is , thousb differing in degree . Mr , Williams is Of the school of Cobden , and Sir . StansRoW favours ths views of the Whigs .
Sheffield . —The " Sheffield Times" announces a fourth candidate for the representation of that town in the person of Mr . Gcorjre ILi . lSeld , of Manchester . —The supporters pf Mr . Toulmin Smith hope to strengthen their cause by Inducing Mr . HadfieM ' s friends to join with them in ousting Jlr . Parker and Mr . Roebuck . Coventry . —A meeting of some of the most active supporters of Mr . Edward E . 'lice , M . P ., has been held , to considpr the course most desirable to be pursued for securing his re election . The members of the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association have also met to take the necessary steps for securing Mr . GeacU ' s return at the next election . It is expected that both gentlemen will be returned . —Birmingham Journal .
Tavistock . —Mr . Samuel Carter , of the Western Circuit , has issued an address to the electors of the town , offering himself as a candidate for the representation at the coming election . Mr . Carter is a Radical Reformer ; he advocates free Trade and general Parliamentary Reform , as embodied in Mr . Hume ' s annual motion . Salford . —We have authority fo state ( says the "Man-Chester Examiner" ) that Mr . Brotherton has acquiesced in the wishes of his friends that he should again stand as a candidate for the representation of SUford . Stafford . —In addition to Mr . Serjeant Allen , two other gentlemen are announced as candidates for the representation of Stafford . An address to the electors has been published from Mr . Arthur Otway , who is a free-trader ; a friend to progressive reform ; in favour of shortening the duration of rarliaroent , the free exercise of the franchise , and an alteration in the manner of levying the income tax . Another candidate is Mr . Phillips , a barrister on the Northern Circuit , who , we are informed , is a member of the Anti-Coralaw Leaene .
South Shields . —A third candidate for the representation of this borough has just started in the person of Mr . James Mather , snirit-mf rchant of that place . Mr . Mather is tbi * father of Mr . Erskine Mather , whose ill-treatment by an Austrian officer at Florence has excited so much interest . Thehon . gentleman has just arrived from Florences , and this accounts for his late appearance in the field . Mr . Mather has for m « ny yean professed extreme Liberal principles , and shown treat zeal in advocating them . He now , however , makes an exception in favour of the shipping interest , contending that protection there is necessary to maintain a aursery for seamen , for the sake of our national defences . JJr . Mather , it will be rememhered , headed the procession of Eeamen to the House of Commons , which took place when the navigation l aws were under discussion . __ Leeds . —Mr . Beckett has retired from the field , and it j 3 now almost certain that the two Liberal candidates—the Right D"n . M . T . JBaines and Sir George Goodman—will be returned without a contest .
Lln < mlx Ciiy . —Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has declined to be put in nomination . Sir Ilenry Bulwer ha 3 consented to stand , if acquisition as numerously signed as that presented to his brother were obtained . Upon this , the heads of the "Whi g and Tory parties at once entered into an alliance with each other ; an active and joint canvass was commenced , and a great number of signatures and promises have been obtained . Tobk—Mr . Pashley , Q . C ., of the Northern Circuit , is in the field as candidate for the representation of tb . 13 city . He is in favour of a re-adjustment of taxation , general and local ; advoca tes the ballot , a large extension of the suffrage , and the necessity of shortening the duration of parliament ; and he avows his firm determination to adhere to the principles of civil and religious liberty . Two gentlemen of local connexion , named as candidates in the Liberal interest , have retired , and it seems probable that Mr . Pashley will displace the present Protectionist member , Mr . Smythe . '
The Towkr Hamkis . —We understand that Charles Salisbury Butler , Esq ., a very active magistrate of the county , and a resident in the Tower Hamlets , has , in con-Bequence of several requisitions numerously signed , signified Jus intention of becoming a candidate for the borough at the ensuing election . Dtolet . —Mr . Benbow vill offer himself again , and being brought forward under the powerful influence of Lord Ward , lie will no doubt be re-elected . Ltmisgtos . —The Lord Advrcate of Scotland has met with a cordial reception from the electors of this borough .
Ih South Warwick—the now world-famed Uorth Warwick—a tremendous struggle may reasonably be anticipated , and it is now settled beyond all doubt that two gentlemen , upon Pree Trade principles , will be brought forward to dispute the claims of Messrs . Xewdegate and Spooncr . —Mr-¦ mi ngham Jfcrcurtf . Toweb Hamlets . —A public meeting was held on Tnesday etening at the British Institution , Cowper-street , City , road , to hear an address from Mr . William Newton , upon the subject of " Capital and Labour , " and to consider the propriety of bringing forward that gentleman as a candidate for the borough . The audience consisted of about a , 500 persons , many of whom were electors . —Dr . Brooks having been called to thejshair , Mr . Matthias moved , and Mr . J . Shaw seconded , a resolution , expressive of the necessity of labour being represented in the House of Commons . —Mr . W . Sewton , who was greeted with immense appiause , addressed the meetin g and avnwed himself a
Chartist m princi ple . He was willing to accept , but not to agitate , for a less measure of reform . After a few remarKs fromllr . Mollett , the resolution was unanimously pissed . —Mr . . Newcombe moved , and Mr . Taughan seconded , a motion , calling upon Mr . Newton to stand as a candidate lortiie borougb , pledging themselves to procure a requisiuon troai the electors sufficient in numbers to justify him w takmg that step .-Mr . Pettie ably supported the motion . Which was carried with two dissentients .-31 r . Newton , in r epiy , stated that if a requisition , signed by a sufficient r" 7 er the electors , was presented to him , he -would most undoubtedl to the poll He disapproved
y go . ^ i , f . u " " n an excitement for other parties , and retiring wnen the polhng day came . He then explained relative to ^ is quaiitication ; means of meeting the expenses , &c . and mi down highl y applauded . The meeting adjourned with a vote of thanks to the Chairman . Both surprise and tarna tion were expressed at the entire absenBe of the Press , ™«» the exception of " The Star " and the " Operative . ' £ t a ^ sequent meeting of Mr . Ifewton ' s Committee , a ™ e » wt 8 keBfflai eli gible part of the borough for a cen tral Committee room . Local Committees were formed « a « the various districta of the Hamlets , and arrange ments made for holding consecutive meetings , issuin g of
aooresses . &c . A requisition is preparing , soliciting Mr . ito bert Hanbury , the well-known brewer , to come forward . « 13 rumoured that Mr . Acton S . Ayrton intends to retire 'torn the contest .
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THE IRISH ELECTIONS . Mr . Anstey has informed the electors of Toughal that he wilt not again seek their suffrages . The Honourable Mr . Mostyn , son of Lord Taus , of Harfowden , will , it is said , positively start for Westmeath , where his father has lately purchased the property of Sir . Hercules Robinson . Sir Richard Levinge , who is in the Seld for the same county , has contrived to put forward a po litcal creed , which seems to satisfy both the Liberal and T parties .
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, * ^ Steam Boiler Explosioss . —On Wednesday msnt M Bnuti gny ( d'Evreux ) performed before the memi « I !* -ii Ro val Institution . Albemarle-street , an experi-Son * Th ™?* the chief cause of steam-boiler exploanml ' A hJv ^ tBre * ° the- spheroidal condition asheZ ° Jn ! £ ni < te whe n brought into Budden contact with S 3 d 5 SSn . ? - Bonti & ny cwnwM * ? heatinga of Wr T ^ r > and dropping upon it a small quantity inioht h 1 e h 1 mi instead of coming into contact , as Pafidi ,, ^ iBM 8 >»> ed , with the heated metal , and exand enf , V ^ om » remained at an appreciable distance , * emorinSfl atat , P erature far sh"rt of boilin ^ On diminilm ! u mefrom the metal P'ate . and consequently ? ... ? g the amount of heat . t . h * , »»» o » k into p . on .
caped \ i S " meta 1 ' bnr 8 t violently into steam and estoot i rii Bo ntl S ny now » ^ tead of using the metal plate , * atatV »« f rb 0 ttie > ' ffb 5 ch may be considered the repre-StowfaTw **?** engine bofler- Tnis bo"le he made e * nref * a a i Pon " ng water into it , corked the bottle a PparaL "moved the lamp . For a few seconds the saoint « r m tran 1 aU-Dut so sooner had a sufficient *« er ¦ « , r > . t , escape ^ permit of contact with the **• cork »; tl ela , I VIolently expanded , and forced out that artmc ?« il ° ? ^ P ' ? " - M . Boutigny remarked WtX . f k T ' 5 ° difficulty of tempering highly the * pheSi ^ ^ , d the difficulty by reference to ^ CtiZ C 0 "dlU 0 D ° f w * er into which it is plunged . 8 t » Uve ^ ^""" ded a series of well-devised and demonl * the ton ^ I" ? 611 hj di n > iDg his hands , only moistened sndience i ? to molten lead- Moltea iron , he told his da iw hCwS'l i K ? , ^ wt ' ^ only as II is solidiiv ^ T ? hand he P 8 ed into the metal juBt 6 trnct ) v e kindI wOTld a pemanent fi ^ t ' ° f a most de-^ j ^ ge oftha if faoPHraTOBS MR Losr Lbooiob . —
Botll » 'g be p ^ n i ' - fOT the loss of luggage , ev& though Sen tleman ^ d ^^ coMejance ; and a jury has given a ~ ouam agesfora box whicjiwas missing .
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MONDAY , March 29 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-The Earl of gunnoiiomramoved for the production of a proclamation issueo by the Commissioner of Suinde , under the direction of the Governor-General < , f India , declaring the torfeituro of all the territories held by Prince Ali Moorad , with the exception of what he received from his f . ther , oh the ground of his having been guilty of forgery and fraud in obtaining possession of them . The nol . le earl proceeded to argue that although the decision of the Gnvprnor-Gcncral « as correct , yet the sentence was so very severe that it ought , in his opinion , to be revised and ameliorated . Lord Brouohton contended thu guilt of Ali Moorad was beyond doubt .
The Earl of Debbt . commented on the course pursued by the noble eirl , am ) espr « sse-l his satisfaction at Lord Broughton ' s defence oi ilie E *> t inJia Company . The report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the guilt of Ali Moorad should ba in common fairness produced with the nt her papnrs moved for . After some observations from Earl GrbT , the papers moved for were ordered , including the one suggested Dy the E : < rl of Derby . Their lortlsh ' u-s tln » n adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Common Law Fee 3 Regulation Bill passed through committee .
The Militia . —Mr . Walpolb . in n . ovine th-it the Chancellor of the Exchequer , b'uiseif , and the Secretary : it War . do prepare and brini' i >> a bill to amend and consolidate the laws respecting the militia observed that lie "as so conscious of the magnitude of the 8 tili ) "Ct and the tiiffieuU ties with which it is surrounded , that if ho had been in a private position nothitm would have justified him in bringing it forward . On the other hand , he was so convinced of the absolute necessity of s-oaio iuea > ure upon the sutj u et , that if he shrank fr <>»> the ta k h « should he neglecting his duty . It was aduiitted , he supposed , that this country ought to he . in its means of dif ^ ncH at least , placed upon an equal footing with other countries , looking at the ele menta of anarchy and confusion which might eaRily break out not many months heii-e . ( Hear . ) It was true , our
friendly relations with other Powers had increased and were increasing ; hut this fact would show that we were not influenced hy jealousy or fe ir . ( llear , hear . } The first question was , were ve in such a > tato of defe ce as a treat country like this ought to he in ? The testimony of the first military and naval authorities showed that it had not sufficient provision against a sudden emergency . ( Hear , hear . ) Steam navig ation exposed the country to more t > n > inent peril than at former periods . ( Hear , hear . ) Past governments had in times of panic proposed measures similar ro this ; and the house had already decided tha > something ought to be done to put tlie country in a better State of defence . ( Hear , hear . ) There were , he observed , three cla < sesof ohj-ct « rs to a militia . One said , our defences were sufficient » s they were ; hut Mr . Walpole showed
that while our army was very little larger than that of Belgium r . otwithsian > l'ng the dimensions of nnr empire , in oise of a su < lden incursion not more than 25 000 men could be brought to bear upon any one point ; and that our ships in commission at home consisted of onl y nine of the line , five frigates , one sloop , and seventeen steamers . Others said that there was no immediate necessity ( jpr preparation ; but hasty preparations , while less perfeet , would ajgravate panic . ( Cheers . ) The time of preparation and of action ought not to be simultaneous . The third class of ob ] ectors urged that we should increase our re » ul » r army . This would add to the permanent expense , and hotli army and navy were instruments of attack as well as defence , so that an augmentation of either would rouse suspicion and provoke jealousy . ( Cheers . ) The militia was a national
institution —( hear , hear)—a force familiar to the country ( hear , hear)—we had actually at this moment a militia , for the law was only suspended . TUe militw had , moreover , done gond service to the country , and , in assuming the character of ? oldi- r , the militia man did not renounce that of citizen . ( Tle ^ r , hear . ) Aftpr a short review of the history of the militia kwa , Mr . Walpolo proceeded todevelope the plan proposed by the government—namely , first , to raise , if possible , without abandoning the hallot , a force of 80 , 000 volunteers , to he drilled and trained under the regulations of the 43 rd G -orge III . ; 50 , 000 only to be raised the first year , and 30 . 000 the second year , the period of service to be five years . Secondly , it was proposed to raise these men by bounties of £ 3 or £ 4 , either to be paid down at the time , or at the rate of 2 s . or 2 s . 61 . per month .
the rolunteer heing at liberty to take it in one way or the other . Thirdly , with respect to the officers , it was proposed to dispense with the qualifications required b y the 43 rd George III . in regard to all officers below the rank of major , and generally to consider the havin been in the army equivalent to qualification . Fourthly , the bill provided that the nurafer of days' training required in the year should be twenty-one , the Crown having the power to extend the period to seven week- * , or reduce ir to three days . Listly , with respect to the embodiment- of the men , it was not proposed to make any alteration in the existing law . The expanse required for bounty and equipment would be about £ 1 . 200 , 000 ; but if spread over five years , it would be about £ 210 . 000 a year ; except that , during the first year , the cost of equipment would raise the expense
to £ 100 , 000 , including tue clothing . This being a national defence , it was intended that the expense of the equipment , arms , and bounty sh-uld , save in districts ' which should not provide the proper quota , be borne by the public purse . Having disposed of anticipated objections , Mr . Walpnle concluded by appealing to the house to accept this measure , and thereby assist the government in .- . ccomplishing the object of providing an effectual defence for the country with as little interference as possible with the ordinary habits and industry of the people ; observing that , if it were rejected , either from party tuo ivesor through an overweening confidence in the assumed impregnability of our insular position , the government would have the satisfaction , at least , of knowing that they had endeavoured to do their duty . ( Loud cheers )
Mr . Uume , not objecting to the introduction of the bill , condemned the policy of the measure as unnecessary at the present time , when this country was upon the most amicable terms with other nations . ( near , hear . ) Sir Db Laci EvaSS did not ol'ject to the amendment and consolidation of the militia Ian , hut he preferred an addition to the regular force to a miiitia . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . M . Gibsos thought it would be better to defer this measure , connected with the permanent defence of the country , until after an appeal should have been made to the country . ( Cheers . ) lie would rather increase the
regular army . Lord Palmerston said it was his intention to ^ ive this measure every support in his power . ( Cheers . ) It was impossible to overstate the necessity of some permanent arrangement of this kind . He admitted that there was no present danger ; if there had bpen this measure would be insufficient to meet it ; it only laid a foundation in case of danger . ( Cheers . ) An increase of the regular army could not be maintained ; and 8 . 000 regular troops would cost as much as the drilling of these 80 , 000 men . ( Cheers . ) This measure , generally speaking , was a very good one , and was highly deserving of the favour and sanction . of the bouse . ( Loud cheers . )
Colonel Thompson recommended the putting off the measure . Lord J . Rcsseil , agreeing that our means of defence should he increased , thought the very able statement of Mr . Walpole , however clear and explicit in some parts , was less so in others , which , not t > eing agreeable to touch upon , he had seemed anxious to avoid . ( Cheers . ) Jf 80 , 000 volunteers were not obtained recourse must be had to the ballot ; how was that to be done , and wbat were the classes to be subject to the ballot 1 It would be most unjustifiable in him ( Lord John ) to offer any obstacle to the introduction of this Mil ; at the same time it was for the country to judge , and although hu should prefer a militia force to an increase of the regular army , the country might entertain a repugnance to it . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . VTALPOLEsaid , it waa intended , if there should not be a sufficient number of volunteers , to full back upon the ballot , which would extend from the ages of eighteen to thirty five . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . G . Duff was of opinion that the question ought to be first submitted to the constituency . Mr . Cobdk . v said , the difficulty he felt in this d'SCUSSlOn was greater and greater , ( llear , hear . ) The more be heard upon the subject of the increase of our armament , the more he was at a loss to understand the reason for it . ( Cheers . ) So far from there being any necessity for increasing our establishments , the necessity was removed further than ever . ( Hear , hear . ) Sobody believed there was any real danger of an invasion from Prance , which
had every motive for peace , and yet we fancied that the French , as if they were a gang of bandits , were without warning , coming to devastate our shores . ( Cheers . ) U | . ou this pretext the house was called upon to expend an amount of money which would remove taxes that obstructed education and repressed industry —( hear , hear)—and , believing that this measure , which was denounced out of doors , w ould only tend to increase the armaments abroad , while it cast a wan ton expense upon the country , he should offer to it in every mage his most determined opposition . ( Hear , hear . ) "
Major Behesfohd observed that the notorious failure 3 Of Mr . Cobden in the character of prophet should deter the house from placing implicit reliance upon his opinions . ( Hear , hear . ) When large armies were kept up abroadlarger than could be required for domestic purpo > es-while id this country our army was insumcien t for domestic uses , there was a manifest necessity , under such circumstances , for some defensive force—a measure of Protection for the virtue , the industry , and the chastity of tuo country . ( Cheers . ) Admiral Bkrkelbt , in defending himself against some strictures by Mr . Cobden , entered into details respecting the naval arrangements of the late government . Mr . F . Macle had always been of opinion that in these days a militia , local or regular , chosen by ballot , would he most unpopular , and the great ohject in view hi the measure of the late Government was to make it as little
burdensome to the connlry as possible . ( Hear , hear . ) The present measure proposed to go a great deal further , and was to all intents a revival of the regular militia , aud fcis belief was that for a regular mili tia very few volunteers would be got . ( Hear , hear . ) Then there must be a ballot , and looking at the present complicated machinery for that purpose , he was sure the force could not be got together in less than ten months ; whereas the object of the " late government was to obtain a fotce that could be called together in ten weeks . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hobhodse , believing that the danger against which it was intended to provide was liifinitessmall y small , and that the measure was dispropnrtiocatel y large , considering that the expense would be great , and the inconvenience to thepeople , who would be distracted in their occupations ,
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severe , should oppose the bill even in its present stage Our navy was amply sufficient to repel the danger , and there was not the name ohjeotion to an increase of tue navv asofthearmy . ( Hear , hear . ) ' Mr . Nrwdkoatb supported the measure . Mr . HoaaiUN siiid , there was uo precedent for a covernmet . t asking for so large a force without some immediate and pressing necessity ; and if a defence against invasion was required , it ought to be by an increase hi the regular army , not by a militia . ( Hear , hear . ) Either the danger was imaginary , and there should be no additional force iit iu ' ° i ' f r > tlie foree 9 hould conii st of regular troops . Captain BoldkBo said , in the present condition of France under a dictator , it would he difficult to foretel what was likely to take place during the ensuing twelvo montlis ( Hear , bear . ) ' Colonel Sibthorp should support the present bill , though preferring the old militia system , he did not bind himself to approve all the details of the bill . > ., »« » u « .. u : ' . ! ~ "
After a few remarUs from tlie O'Gonnus Mahon , Thn Ciiancbilor of tlie . Excrkqokr , premising that the co-^ rnment , upon the present , occasion , had merely obeyed an order in the house , observed that the arguments of Mr Cihden went to t' -e length that in the present statu of the " world no country need de-end itself . ( Hour , hear . ) To that conclu inn he could not arrive . ( Cheers . ) ' With respect to this specifio measure , though , the ballot wa- not abandoned , it was believed that the voluntary principle might be appealed to with complete success . ( Hear hear ) fie hoped , however , tha hill would bfi allowed to be brought in : ample opportunity would be afforded for discussing its details . ( Hear , hear . ) 6
Mr . Bright insisted the government incurred no responsibihty in this matter , if the constituency wereieall y averse to a militia . Great authorities had avowed that this bill was not the effect of panic ; if so , there was no urg ent occasion for the measure , and if no evil hud arisen from the abandonment of the bill of 1848 , lie askeil that this question should he postponed till the opinion of the country upon it could be ascertained , ( llea ^ hear . ) It was almost admitted that the bullot w : is iiusvkiiole , so , tnat , when ihe system came to be worked in the manufacturing districts infinite mischief inlgl . t lie done by the wuhdiawal of men engaif d in delicate and skilled operations , ( Cheers . ) Mr . WHiTKsmB replied to tlie arguments of Mr . Cobden and deduced from iln- peculiar and abnormal condition of a , neighbouring country , an argument in support of this measure , which was intended , he said , to affjrd protection to a ! l classes in the kingdom . ( Cheers )
Mr . Roebuck denied thsit . it was politic or wise to require the house to decide a question respecting winch the opinion of the country was not seitled , and he asked whether the government would consent to liiV the bill upon tlie table and give tun e for the consideration of the question ? ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Walpoir said he intended to fix the second reading of the bill after Easter . The motion was then agreed to . On the report of the Committee of Supp ' y some further con vcrsation took pi . ce respecting the interest upon . Exchequer-hills . Leave was given to bring in certain bills ; and the other business living been disposed of , the nouae adjourned at twenty minutes past one o ' clock . TUESDAY MARcn 30 .
HOUSE OP LORDS .-Thk Crystal PALACK .-ln replv to a question frum Lord Cau . pi . ell , the Eurl of Derby state . thiH ; beautiful building U id answered all tueobjoots forwhiehitwMereoteil . The government had therefore determined that the contractors should be called UDon to remove it . (•• ll 9 ar , hear , " from their lordships . ) Hubert Owes . —Lord KnouoiuM then presented : i petition from Mr . Itoburt O . ven , a » e . n ' . lem : in now more than four scora years of aue , praying tUat befove he departed he might be per itted to state his news to their lordships a 8 to the true pi iniiiples on which hu-uan societv ou"lit 10 bo governed . The noble and learned lord then delivered a high eulogy on Mr . O-ven ' s ion if continued exertions in the cause of humanity , and said that fu-ure generations would bo indented to h'in us the founder of infant schools .
D 0 R 4 TION OP THB PRBSENT SESSION OP PARLIAMENT A conversation of corisidemblH importance ensued , in ttio course of whi . ih Lord Dkrbt denied that he had made such a-statement as to the duration of Parliament as had led to the withdrawal of further opposition , and enabled ministers to net supplies voted on that undemanuin " . Tlie noble lord said :-Nothing has over fallen from my lips which could lead any man to suppose that the present would be a session of unusuall y short duration . I never aaid anything that could j ostif y such a conclusion . I say further , that the continuance of the session depends on causes over which 1 can have no control . As far as I 0 in form an opinion , the next sessionso far from boinga short
, and hurried session , will commence at an early period , and will he of no ordinary duration . The noble earl has done me the honour to allude still further to what he supposes me to have said . Wimt I did say was this , that I thought it advisable that the autumn should not pass over without Parliament coming to a decision on oertain subjects deeply affecting the welfare and interests of the country . But I did not say anything which could lead the house , nor did I intend to lead the house , to the impression that there would be an early di-solution in the spring , to be followed up by a short and hurried session in the summer . On the part of her Majasoy ' s government there was no such intention .
This declaration called up the Duke of Newcastle in answer to whom the supposed pledge had been given , and who denied the correctness of the now version . The noble earl has stated with great correctness the latter part of the answer which he cave me ; but , the noble earl will not , I think , deny that he also stated that lie did contemplate an early dissolution of parliament , and that he did not think it right , considering the temper of the present House of Commons , to persevere with any measures of legislation except those w ich were of instant urgency , lie will not , I think , deny that he also stated that which , of course , produced a great effect , and rendered his explanation more satisfactory—that ho would not pledge himself to dissolve parliament on any definite or particular day—that he would not pledge himself to dissolve in April , May , or June—Tlie Eurl of Drrby . —I never mentioned those months .
The Duke of Nkwc \ 8 ti . r . -I must , tiien , appeal to the reool lection of your lordshi ps—for my recollection on the point is distinct . If the noble earl says that he made suoh a statement without inten ing it , I am ready to admit it ; but from my perfect reliance on my own recollection I must say that the noble earl has forgotten his own statement ; for I a * er that he distinctly said that he did not pledge himself to the time of di-solution , and that he would not say whether it was . to take place in the month of April , May . or June . ' The Earl of Dkrby . —The noble duke has evidently misunderstood what tell from me on a former occasion . I
aaid that I would not pledge myself to specify the day on which I would advis « her Majesty to dissolve parliament , or the mouth in which a general election should take placo . I said that I thought that it was expedient for the public advantage that the autumn should not pass over without a new parliament having an opportunity of discussing certain questions of deep general interest ; and I added , almost in the same words which I repeated to-day , that I thought it was expedient that tlu ^ e questions should bo disposed of before the ordinary time of assembling parliament for the session of 1853 . That statement I repeat again . Beyond that I have not bound m \ self , nor will I be induced , to go .
Here tho conversation dropped . On the motion of the Earl of Lonsdale , the Personal Estates of Intestates Bili passed through committee . On the motion of Lord BriU'cham , the Proclamation for Assembling Parliament Bill w . ts read a third time and passed . His lordship , after pointing out various def eta , and suggesting r medies , received a reply from the Lord Chancellor , thut these suggestions would be seriously con-8 ide < ed as soon aa Chancery Reform was disposed of . Foreign Refugees . —Lord Beaumont complained that the returns laid on the Uute relating to foreign refugees were not quite perfect , and said ho would draw the atien-Uon of the house to those papers on Monday next , and ac the same time would ask Lord Derby if they were prepared to g > ve any inform aion with respect to the treatment of the Rev . Mr . Wi . grove , and of another clergyman , who had been removed from Pesth and another place in the Austrian dominions , : uid if they would lay on the table the correspondence which had taken place in oases where British subjects had made complaints to the homo
government . The Earl of Ualmksburt said he could answer the question at once . Tne Rev . Mr . Wingrovo was arrested by mistake . The matter hail been ii quired into and settled , and the rev . gentleman had received compen > ation . Lwd Beaumont . —Let the papers be produced , and they would » ee win-ther due compensation wns made or not . The Earl of Dkrbt suggested that notice should be given of a motion on the subject . L"rd Bkadmont then gave notice that ho should move for all the correspondence which had taken place on the subject . Lunatic Administration . —Lord Ltcdhuust moved for
returns in ord . r to niKhe an exposition of tlie abuses in this department , wlrch he did in a speech of great force . The Commissioners are paid not by salaries , hut hy fees , and the co . < ts are enormous . Each of them received £ 5 a day during the time he waa discharging his duty as a commissioner exclusive of certain fees to which he was entitled . This applied to commissions worked in the country ; but the fees which the commissioners received in London were double the amount of the feex received in the country . Thus the commissioners received in the country £ 20 a day , and in London £ 40 a d- ay . In the case ot Lord Portsmouth , which was a L'mtloii case , the fees paid to the commissioners amounted to n » less a sum than £ 1 , 070 ; in the case of Mr . Davenport to £ 500 ; and it
was a usual thing for them to amount to some hundred pounds . Besides being paid by fees , the mem hers of the jury which sat in tho case were each paid a guinea a-dny ; and the solicitors on eacti side were reiiiuiieratod according to the length of the < iurationof the commission ; so that of all the parties engaged in it none were interested in shortening its duration . Formerly a very great abuse prevailed , to which he put a stop as soon as he became acquainted with it . At the end of each day the parties engaged Wider the commission assembled at some tavern or inn in the neighbourhood to partake of an entertainment at the expense of tue luuatic , refreshing themselves for their lahours at the end of the day , according to the advice of the poet , —
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Bill for Provid ' eni and industrial ft > ' ? ehefships were presented by Mr . W . J . Pox , from the Go-operative Societv at Shaw , Oldham j by Colonel Thompson , from a Workmen ' s Co-operative Association in Bradford ; and by Sir G Strickland , from Preston . The Budget . —A question from Mr . Teknbkt , as to the duty on home made spirits , elicited tho following reply from ' The CnANCKiLOR of tho Exchequer . —In answer to tho hon . gentleman I lieg to say that when I make my financial Statement , which I hope to do shortly , I will communicate to the house the mode in whioh we propose to deal with the taxation of the country . ( A laugh . ) ¦ — m ;
Commercial Steam Saw . —Mr . Anperson moved a resolution , that , in order better to provide'for the public safety , economise the public resources , and preserve peace , it is desiralrte that measures should be adopted with a view to render the commercial steam navy promptly . available for the national defence in case of emergency , Ho observed that , in our measures of preparation for defence , we had been beginning at the wronjr end ; that the object should he ,, in the first instance , to prevent invasion ; that the United Kingdom possessed 1 , 300 steam vessels of all classes , and that , if the government made an . arrangement with the owners of from 100 to 200 of the largest class of coast steamers , they would be quite sufficient torepulany invasion . He gave an outline of the plan he suggested for the ordering of this kind of armament and of its details , citing the report of the committee of 1849 , which stated , as the result of the evidence , that our commercial steam marine could furnish a most useful auxiliary force for tho national defence—a force , he added ) which could iicver be used for atrsressive purposes .
Mr . Mackisnon seconded the motion , and expressed his surprise that the recommendation of the committee on this subject had not been carried out before . He urged on the government the necessity of abolishing the light dues and other charges to which our coasting vessels were liable . Mr . Stafford gave an account of the comparative naval forces of Great Britain , France , and Russia , including details a 3 to the disposition of these , forces . The general rcault was : —Tho naval fovces of the thveo great mara . time powers of Europe wera—Ljne-of-battle-ships—Great Britain , 12 ; France , 4-5 ; Russia , 45 . Frigates . —Great Britain , S 3 ; Franco , 55 ; Russia , 10 . The total sailing force was—Great Britain , 236 ; France , 257 ; Russia , 174 . Coming to largo steamers , Groat Britain had 37 ; France , 61 ; Russia , 8 . Of stenmers under 200 horse povrer , Great
Britain hail 97 ; France , 57 ; Russia , 2-1 . But it should be rememhered that we had also the large Transatlantic steamers ; and it was shown in a letter from Mr . Turnbull , our Consul at Marseilles , that a . large steamer , the Montezuma , carried in 1818 from Oran to Port Totulres , from tho 20 th to the 24 th of April , 1 . S 18 men of the Ctli Light Infantry and SGt ' i Regiment of the Line , and 195 officers and crew of the ship—making 2 , 013 men altogether . The hon . gentleman opposite had compared our present position with that of 1807 ; but to compare the two periods appeared to him to be idle . There were many additional circumstances now to be considered on the supposition of an invasion . The truth wag , that what formerly would have taken a month to do towards invasion might now be done in a night . ( Hear , hear . ) At the first outbreak all depended
on our naval supremacy in the narrow seas . ( Hear . ) Naval defence was requisite for our great arsenals . The Channel Islands were now without any vessel of war , and they could not overlook the state of the undefended towns on our coasts , Brighton , Yarmouth , Harwich , Hull , Newcastle , Leith , Aberdeen , and Dundee . Then they must consider the effect of rail ways . On the outbreak of a war France might send her sailors across that country from the south to the North ; but our fleet was cut in two , divided by the Gut of Gibraltar , while , Malta and Alexandria having become the outports of our Indian trade , our interests in the Mediterranean must be protected . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not bring these things forward to cause alarm ; but he felt tbat they had a close bearing on the subject before them ; and he feared that thestatement of the greatest gener il of the
ago in 1847 , though not forgotten by the people of England , had been too much lost sight of by the members of that House . Under these circumstances , the present Board of Admiralty acquiesced in the motion of tho hon . member , but tho navy estimates having been passed there was , of course no funds available for carrying into effect the proposed resolution , and he must also observe that to naval men the main difficulty did not appear that of expense , though that of course must be a great consideration ; but the question was whether tho naval and mercantile crews would work well together , and whether the latter would like to bo placed under martial law . The question was one of detail , and not "f principle , and the present Admiralty Board would rejoice most heartily if every vessel now belonging to a company could be rendered subservient to the purposes of national defence .
Captain Scobkll thought the facts stated by the hon . Secretary to the Admiralty very satisfactory , as they went far to show that the country was perfectly safe . ( Hear , hear . ) With regard to steam , he stated broadly that if it gave facility for attack it gave equal facility for defence . Further discussion ensued , and the motion was ultimately withdrawn , the object of the mover having been obtained . Wine Dctiks . —Mr . kmr&r moved for a select committee to inquire into the causes of the decline in the revenue derived from tho import duties on wines . The present high rate of differential duties levied on foreign wine 3 was productive of fraud on the consumer , and fraud on tho revenue , and the returns of-entries for consumption and revenue at the several rates of duty from the Methuen Treaty down to tho Ia 3 t alteration in 1840 , showed that at the low duty the consumption was increased and the revenue benefited . He suggested an equal duty of 13 . per gallon . If the duty on French wines were so reduced , Portugal would soe the
necessity of making such commercial arrangements as would bring about a reduction of duty on her wines . In conclusion he urged the advantage of tho measure he proposed in preserving peaoe between England and France by uniting them in closer commercial relations . The CnAXCKLiiOR of tho Exchequer acquiesced in the principle laid down by Mr . Pitt when he reduced tho scale of duties established by the Methuen Treaty—tho principlo of reciprocity—but he reminded the house that though we had reduced the duties on French wines there had boen no reciprocity on the park of France . Without doubt , reduction of duty led to increased consumption as a general rule , but in this case the loss occasioned by the reduction made in 1831 was not regained until 1844 . He denied that there had been any falling off either in the consumption or the revenue and showed , by a reference to the official returns , that there had been rather an increase than otherwise . He had no objection to grant a committee of inquiry into the import duties on wines , but not into the causes of what had not occurred .
Lord Palmebston , —adverting to a promise made by the Portuguese government before , he left office , that steps would be taken to make the regulations of the Oporto Company consonant with the interpretation put by the British ministry on the treaty of 1842 , —asked tho present ministers what was the state of the negotiations on the subject . The President of the Board of Truss intimated that the negotiations were still pending , but added thot no effort on the part of the government should be wanting to bring them to a successful issue . Mr . Anstey accepted the committee on the terms offered , and the motion as altered was agreed to .
THE BALLOT . Mr . H . Bkiikblb ? rose , pursuant to notice , to bring forward his annual motion on the ballot . Tho hon . member said : —We have before us the prospect of an immediate general election . ( Loud laughter , provoked by tho sorrowful tone in which the hon . gentleman delivered the sentence . ) I don ' t know whether my hon . friends laugh because they are rejoiced . At all events , it is a prospect which is full in our view ; and with that general election all tho glaring mischiefs of our electoral system will be forced into aotivity ; and during tbat election the electors will be exposed to all the reality of those evils which I , during many years , have been endeavouring , perhaps feebly , to pourtray . Because of that impending election , I ask the house to give me leave . to bring in a bill with a view to diminishing : those
mischiefs and decreasing those evils . We had last year a great influx of foreigners into this country , Thoy found us a great , sedate people , very much attached to order . If those foreigners were to see us a fow months hence , steeped in our election saturnalia , they would conclude , from our confusion , our drunkenness , and debauchery , that England was one vast maison des fous—a . nation of madmen . The next will he a general election distinguished in excess by all the evils , by all the atrocities of all previous elections . A rich and powerful party , after an exclusion of years , has got the " honeyed bowl , " to its lips , and the general election is to decide whether that bowl is to be drained to the dregs , or whether it is to be snatched altogether from them . A great struggle is certain . Already the note of preparation has gone forth . Already herds of law
attorneys have orept from the purlieus of police courts , and from the ante-chambers of the bankruptcy courts , where they have wrung fees from the hands of poverty and vice , and have presented themselves in all the pomp of electioneering agents of the great and noble . ( Cheers . ) What is that agency ? It is a searching inquiry into the biographies of the electors , in order that devilish ingenuity itiny obtain a command over misfortune and force unwilling votes . What is the trade of these men ? Their trade . Is the elector ' s conscience , and their neins the elector ' s misery . Their employers—the House of Lords ; the result—the House of Commons . He had now before him an analysis of the evidence taken before the committee of 1835 upon this subject , and if gentlemen would wade through it , and hear how men in the power of the persons just referred to were reduced to the condition of beasts , they would come to the conclusion that it was not the aristocracy alone who were guilty , but that democracy was to the full as tyrannical . ( Hear . ) To from this book onl
quote great y one case , the case , not of a wretche'l Radical , a despised Dissenter , or a dreaded Guido Vaux of a Roman Catholic , but a regular tough Tory- ( laughter)—a > ery honest man under the ban of persecution—Mr . James Gilbert , a licensed victualler and wine-merchant at Birmingham , stated that he bad taken an aotive part in the last election for that borough and canvasse'l for Richard Spooner , Epq . ( A laugh . ) lie stated that there was an extensive system of intimidation in practice at that election , by which the votes of a considerable number of electors were influenced ; and he cited three very strong cases , —two landlorJs and a pork butcher . ( A Uttgh . ) He said that , but for the Political Union , Mr . Suooner would have been in the house- ( hear , hear ) -that the Dissenting ministers took an active part ; and he had been informed that one particularl y , Mr . East , laid great stress on his congregation , and the Catholic clergymen also ; that master manufacturers had very great influence over the votes of the operatives , and he had heard of their telling them that if referm were got they should pay better
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wages ; (^ Hear ^ hear i'' and lnuahter . ) He said , on the Tory side , they did not preach about reform , but cinefly about the church being in danger . ( Great laughter . ) H « said the tradesman was dependent upon tho populace . ( H « ar . $ Being asked about the ballot as a remedy , he said "he ooulil never bring his mind to do anything secret "—( hear , hear)—that secret voting would be a benofit at the time to thoso who were not able to g ive their votes openly without ruin , but if it goc wind , it would cause . 1 worse jealousy- — ( hear , hear )—it would be n benefit if it was so contrived that it never got wind how a man voted —( hear , hear)—he "thought they would be ahlo to get it out of him , unless ho were a man of strong nerve . " ( Hear , hoar . ) Jlr . Berkeley entertained tho house for BOine time with iivejy passages in the evidence of witnesses , and treated aa iarcical the suggestion of Mr . Disv : » cli that the way to cure corruption was " by elevating the tone of the community . " ¦ hh fh alo"S ll 8 t of boroughs which he said wero " tarred I h 1 it ! » e ^> i " asSt , Alb 1 ns ; and then grappled wun tuo ob jections urBed n . ^ in ^ . M ... ballot , maintaining _ . , ... ^ Lmm ^ — .
'X »«« e of this pfin in France was ' bnlli . mt , and nroifS' or \ f ' rfee . tly , telirf *» ory , notwithstanding the tSll tL LJr J box ™ - ^ a * ffh ° reflwd i 0 mSt ™ S ? ' ' spoke of Democratic tendencies , ^ ff ^ -wttirt did . so , thoy would perform a great « ol of « Umct juiiw to the public , and of honour to themselves ( CIio « m ) Mr . Barrow , so fur from being a convert to the " ' allot believed that it would increase demoralisation aim mibery He concluded that it would prove a delusion and a snare , more from the experienco of other countries than trom any theoretical not ons . That it did not secure secresy was d . monstratcd in Aun-rica . Sir U . Hall would grant that the election of tho lion , membi'i- for South Notts was a pvonf of tho imlenemienco ot that constituency . Uo wag . In-h-cil . a remarkable
instance ; becauso the tenant farmers of that county , nofl trusting in the aristocracy , w . re detfrnrned themselves to wing torvard a man to carry out the objects tli-y had at ne . ir t . It was well known that noble dukes in that cunty brought « p their tenants at olvclions like a flo .-k of sheep . St . ' ? J A 11 election was now pending in the l . ovtb ot Jingliinil where tho millowners were canvassing the smallest tradesmen in favour of their candidate , and where lie working classes were banding together , and coi . g to the tradesmen , saying to them . "You shall vot- " f .. r our candidate . So that the tradesman did not ki . OW whether 10 utsobligo the millowners or the working mm .. Ho deleutne
assertion of tlie hon . gentleman ( Mr . Berkeley ) that the constituency of MarylolM . no were- oomipt . He SlKi lh "' borough for nfrwn years ; lh * n » were ne . iilj 20 , 000 voters , and he said it was impovsibl- for any fwW « - t : ike . 1 > lace in lhat borough . ( Cries of" Oh !" from the Ministerial henche » . ) Tho election di « urb .-inoes in the united States were not canned bv the ballot , but arose from the elections not beinu pro ' pi-rlv ooi-ducted . Hie parochial elections for St . G .-orge ' s , Manle ^ n .-, and innnft * t "" I W 01 > s "arying from 15 , ( 1 00 to U . OUU 111 each , took place ovt-ry year by ballot . The vntii'l ? took p ace in districts , aud tin- greatest order and propriety prevailed . He was anxious that thero should be no delay 111 the dissolution of parliament , in order that the opinion of the country upon this and other subjects mi <> ht bo
Mr . W . Williams rose amid loud cries of " Oh , oh !" from both sides of the house . Tlie ballot was not . tlie only thing wanted to improve our electoral syr-ti-m . lie hogged to remind hon . members of a leiurn published in 1817 , ! , V , u ))> snowcat » i | t 2 Hbov ( iughs , with a . constituency of IIO . jOO , returned 329 members , beins . 1 maj-iir . \ in that houso . Any representation f . muded upon suoh a 8 tate of things was illusory , and ought to be amended . Mr . B . Cociiranb said , that the foreigner whom the hon . gentleman opposite desired to have as a witne s of our next general election mi ght , by selecting Mr . Coppoclt as his cicerone on the occ < 8 ion , certainly obtain a very edifying insight into tho elcctioneeriii" ( weeding * of the other side of the house . ( Laughter . ) As to th . j ballot , if that astern
wero to be adopted far electors , it . should , as a Kiting corollary , be also applied to the taking of vot-s in that house ; but he much doubted whether the constituencies who insisted upon pledges from their representatives would like to give up their present means of ascprtamiii" whether those pledges wero fulfilled . ( Hear , hear . ) As to the United States , tho United States was a Rt-piiblio , whereas we lived under a constitutional monarchy , so that no valid analogy could be drawn between the two countries in this particular any more that there was similarity hetween the two representative assemblies , if we were to judjo from the proceedings in Congress the other day , wi , « n t « o hon . members of the American Legislature , Alossrs . Brown and Wilcox , having a difference of opinion In tho house , set to work calling each other liars and pulling each other hy thg
ears . ( Laughter . ) Quoting Sir James Graham , the hon . member said : — " The whole system of secret vrting is inconsistent with the English character . If he be an ' honest man and a firm friend he will not want the ballufc . If he skulks he will not avail himselt of it . The only persons to whom the ballot would be valuable would be those dirty , hypocritical scoundrels —( hear , hear , ant ) laughter)—men whoae faces belie their purpose—men who pretend to bo your friends only to deceive and betray you—who flatter you with vain hopes of support , which they have no intention to realise—men who talk of intimidation , but . seek the Opportunity of gratifying their 9 ordid envy , their revenge , and . that bittev hatred which , combined with their cowardice , marks them as tho moBt contemptible of mankind . " These are tho men who demand a measure that is a mere recipe to
Lend to lies the confidence of truth . ( " Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) He ( Mr . Coci . rane ) couldnot at all improve on this language of the right hon , l . aronet , and he would not attempt to do so ; but it . was curious that Sir James seemed now to favour "dirty , hypocritical scoundrels . " Mr . Cobden , upon this exhausted question , declined to notice fallacies which had been often exposed . He a . iopted the instance of France alleged hy the former speaker . At tho general elections there ., 0 , 000 , 000 of people voted in one day , and that without tumult , or confusion : how different was thut from tho scenes of riot am ! confusi n which
took place at Borne of tho smaller elections in this country . The absenoe of all outward demonstration—the ordinary accompaniments of flags , band .-, and processions , which , with the ballot , would not be used—would prevent those riots and disturbances which all should be anxious 10 avoid . The people of tho United States , who complained of the corruption at their elections , did not wish to resort to open voting , but that the ballot should be made secret ; and so it should . Unless the ballot was guarded l > y aecresy , it would not be effective in protecting the voter from undue influence—whether of landlords , of millowners , or of mobs . Capt . Scobell supported tho motion , but could uain but an imperfect hearing .
Mr . Walpolb . —Tue hon , member fm- the West Riding , in arguing this question with his usual ability , has rested his support of the ballot on two grounds . The hon . member did noLoondesceud to discuss the question in its political bearings , but invited us to look at it in its moral aspect ; and , viewing it in that light , he contended tint tho introduction of the ballot would prevent certain evils , . ml elevate and improve the moral condition of the people . Now , I think I shall be able to show that the ballot , ii . ste . id of preventing the evih to which the lion , member re . lerred , might possibly leave them as they are , but woulu probabl y augment them ; and that , instead of advancing moralitv , it would be very detrimental to it . ( Cheers . ) Before entering upon this part of the subject 1 wili take tho liberty of referring to two observations which foil from the hon .
member . The hon . member declared that the extension of the franchise , for which he is so anxious , would i < e an unmitigated evil , unless it wero accompanied by the hallot . I trust the membm t >? ttas house will bear this declaration in mind when they come to givo their votes upon the nest question which will be submitted to their consideration . The next motion upon the paper is for leave to bring in a , bill " to make this franoliiao and procedure at elections in the counties in England and Wales tiio same as in the boroughs , l > y giving the right of voting , to all occupiers of tenements of tlie annual value of £ 10 . Seeing , then , that in the opinion o ( the hon . member tho extension of the franchise without the ballot ivuuiii bean
unmitigated evil , if the house , as 1 trust it will , should reject tho present motion , I think 1 am entitled tu chum the vote of thehon . member against the motion of his lion , friend which follows . ( Loud cheers . ) The other passage of the hon . member ' s speech to which I am about to refer I cannot pass over so lightly , and indeed he must permit ma to say that it was not worthy of him ; because it was not an accurate repveseatation of the words of the noble lord at the head of the government . ( Hoar , hoar . ) The words which tho hon . member used were very remarkable ; ha said , that the noble lord at the head of the government had made use of the expression , that tho landlords of England looked on their tenantry as political capital .
Mr . Cobden . —No , I did not . ( Cries of " Oh , oh ' " " Order ! " ) ' ' Mr . Walpolb , —I am not misstating -what tho hon , member said . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cobden . —I read a quotation from Lord Dorby ' 3 speech . ( " Order , order ! " ) Mr . 'Walpole .--I believe the words whioh the lion , member attributed to Lord Derby were , that ihe tenants of England were the political capital of their landlords . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cobden . —I did not say so . ( Loud cries of " Oh , oh !") Tho right hon . gentleman is only wasting his own time aud ours in arguing on an unfounded hypi thesis . ( " No , no . " ) I quoted Lord Derby ' s word s from " Hansard " ( "Oh , oh ! " ) and I said , after some otherremarks interspersed , that he claimed the tenants os his political capital . ( Oh , oh ! " and groans . ) Mr . ¦ Wjufolk .-I should be very sorry to misrepresent the honmember .
, Mr . ConDEN . — "Capital" is an American phrase , ( " Order , order . " ) . „ . . Mr . Walpole .-TIio hon . member shall not put me out by theso interruptions . ( Loud cheers . ) lhat the hon . member used the words I have stated , and in the manner I have stated , 1 firmly believe , brcauso they were taken down at the time . ( Continued cheering . ) If not , let him retract them . ( Cheers . ) The hon . member uuquestiqn-. ably went on to quote the exact language used by ihenot > le lord at the he ad of the government ; but does that la . neuage contain the expression attributed to the noble lord by tho hon . member ? ( Cheers . ) On the contiary it pointed to this , that the occupying tenantry of counW and the landlords ot counties entertained feelings of mutual regard and goodwill towards each other , » nd in tu . 9 way landlords exercised influence over their tenauts . That was the effect of the passage quoted by the hon , member *
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