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MR . ROEBUCK AND HIS CONSTITUENTS . ( From our oven Correspondent . } On Wednesiay , April 27 th , a public meeting was convened in thg large B&nquet Room of the Guildh&li . Bath , for tiie express purpose of hearing an explanation from Mr . Roebuck , Member for the city , in regard to his conduct in voting vita the Tories for Sir Robtr : Peel ' s income tax . Many of the middle classes felt much annoyed at such conduct ; and on hearing that KJch was the case , Mr . Roebuck resolved at once imd railing the present meeting , for the purpose just alluded to . The Editor of the Both Journal rebuked the Hon . Member on account of tlus obnoxious vote , and hence much disapDrobation was felt reganling it .
Mr Roebuck'B address , -which was issued in the « arly part of the week , to the electors and non-electors , entreated them to suspend their judi ? ment on his conduct iUi they had beard a fair explanation from him . Hei . ce the meeting was looked forward to with mueh interest by ail parties . He was to eonimsnce at one o ' clock in the day , and long before that time the spicious room began rapidiy to 211 , and when the speaking commenced the ro ^ ui wes so densely thronged thai numbers were gla < l to get avay from the excessive heat . Mr . Roebuck was received with great applause .
Mr . WH . Bunt , the late Mayor , was unanimously appointed to the office of Chairman . He opened tha business in a short speech ., by way of explaining the j object for "Which th * meeting was called . They wc ? e COLVtned at the invitation of one of their T ** pected Evnbers . who was desirous of esplai ' . isg to them his j reasons for taking the course he had dune in the prc- j Ben ; session of Parliament The invitation , to ' say vhe j le ^ -st ef it , was highly honourable , and iiiustrtt ve of i hit political integrity . ( Cheers . ) Ho ( the Cflairiuaii } j Vas persuaded that they would receive him in that ] spirit of candour , and with that respectful uttenu .-n- ! ¦ wmch was always due to a member i f Parliament irurn j his constituents . At the same time , no feeling of
Ife-pect ought to Kad them to forget that Mr . Roebuck ma holding a responsible office . After muking a frw'j mo-e remarks en this head , the Chairman said Mr . ! Rrbuek should b « allowed first to make his explain- ' tio .. uninterrupted ; after that , any gent , ema » wouia ! be at liberty to submit any question tu him , or advance i anj arguments to the meeting , ( cheers . ) _ " 1 Mr . ROEETTCK now came forward and was iursial received "with cnthu ^ iasdo cheers . He said he had taken en the present oecssien a soiiewhat remarkable course-, irh .-CQ was a } mo 3 t novel amoDg us ; fcat is was " one ^ rLIch he thought might not be bad as an ex-impie . In j the cisebarge of a great public duty , it h ^ pp * ns of necessity , tnat many parties from nrsapprehesBion &t . ci j nr . s-instruet on , do not alwavs understand what baa j
bisn done in their name ; andthsstfore he ^ tho ficts j for the people ought , on every occasion , for his- own j sake as weil zs for the sake of those for -wh ^ m he is ; acting , to explain to tbrm distici t y what he had done j 5 n LLeir name . Ii might be that he had done jwri > r . a ; j ani if so , he could do himself no injury , if Trail } honest , by s-tatinz openly what be had dons , discussing- ? it c-ihhly and f-i : rly with all parties , and then ubinit j th' : r new iight which had been hSurded him by s-uch"j discnsiion , act according to the best of his judgment , ' ! leaving the ultimate decision with those from whom be j had derived his power—scheers . ) That was the course he should take on that occasion . The ohj-ctions that ! j j ) 1 i j j i j
hs <* been made to him had come entirely iivm his bt-stJ £ ri * n 4 s , iu a spirit so kind , so absolutely sifrctiunat I thsr he hoped all weuld beiieve him when he » sid that i tSs-re was uoUiiug in his mind but kindness and gra'i- j tnde far those who had told him what they had . H-r '• came there in tb . 8 spirit of enquiry and perfect ca . dour -, ; and was about 10 address himself to all parties , ana to ask them whether the line of con'iact hs ha . 1 pursued . ' debated from that line of integrity which shoula be j the sreai attribute of aJl who represented the peopie ? ; ana next- whether—if having acted according - to his ! light , he bad zcuxl in consonance with the feelings a :: n"j interests of his constituents ?—( kear , he ^ r . ) The o ^ j .-c- i tioii fc ± ea azaiast his conduct w ^ re twofold ; one aruse J fro : n Dvrsonal consideration , and which be would first !' ; I ;
alicie to and dismisss ; the otter , as it was a puhiic'j matter , he would dwtll upon more at laii ? e . The Tirsi ] obj = etioc wss th * t in tha pursuit of his profession he i had been absent from the House of Comruirs . It -was \ tret that he had been ahssnt , but they sioald re > 2 ai \ l : this objection as applying privately to himself When they e ! ectsd hha , it was well known to every man who i gave his vote ttat h ^ j was seeking to gain for himself i an honourable competence by an honourable -pn . fVs- i sion . / Cries of " Tras , true , " and chetrs . ) -In tb * ' perfect knowledge of this , and knowing the inci-ieuts j
of that profession , ( 3 nd wit ' uout which no mats could carry it on , i certain uecsssary absinres from L ^ sdon : npon the ass-zss of the country , tb ? y ( the eiectorsj hat ! * ; chosen Mm ^ s one of their representatives . The j Honourable Member next proceeded to p ^ int out the i great importance of having in the legislature men «< f ; all sorr 3 of profession , of which noce , he said , was of : m&r * iicporrance to the legislature than he wfeo was to carrj the law into tffjci as a lawyer . As a iEe : aBer « f : that prc-fesion , they had elected him , and he baa j-ut- sutd the course which every one of that distinsuisned profa ^ ion bad pursued when el ecred to sit in Piriiamect . Is ever since the Parliament had sat ttiis
session had there fcten a m ? ht , when he was in London , ; that he liid not attended it , and had seldom- left it he f' - 'Jeiaidnirht . ( Cries of " DnnCDiiibt ' s motion , * . ' . " no , I do ; " wh ^ lB this wa 3 geing en , Mr . ~ R . jfcepped from the floor or form on which be stood to the table . ") He proceeded next So remark that the persons who had j written to him in reference to his condnct were those to whom he was under the deepest obligation . / Cries ' of " give the litters , give the names . ") And he did 1 not in the least exagferate when he said tha ; they are j the pfeKOns for whom , in this world , he had almost the '
greatest regard . He dismissed this matter by saying ' that they ( the electors ) knew what they were about j when they elected him ; that they had got the consequences , and must put up with them , t Cheers , and laughter . ) The Honourable " and Learned Gentleman next applied himself to what he called the more important part of the business—a justification of his conduct in the House of Gammons daring the prtstat Bession . He had boon ene who allowed , and very pro : > erly allo-wed Sir Robert Peel time to consider and mature his plans . Bnt he did net entertain the nse ! ess hope th 3 t with the prfessnt House of Commons , they should have a liberal Administration . He had , therefore , said to himself , it is nv » his duty to make the best of the
bad , and to get all the good be con d , cut of the present cireumst'iiices , for the people —( slight cheering , j The Prime Minister had said . " I am eome nswjy int j my seat ; I desire time to look around me , and 1 hope that time will be granted , so that T may have time to do the best in my power . " He ( Mr . R . ; said that was a just demand , and that he would be no pariy to the curtailing him -. A that- which he asked for—namely , tima to perfect his measures . In so acting ^ he iih- speaker j had given offence ; but if the people calmly considered and tdrly estimated what was the position of Sir Robert P ^ elj they would net blame him ( Mr . Roebuck ! . He thought it to be his duty to give the Prime Minister a clear stage , though he had no favour for Limself—' . laughter and cheers . ) To the first proposition cf ths Right Hon . Baronet" ( his aiU-rhtkn of
the Com Laws > he sad given his most ardent , vehement opposition . In so doing , he supposed he had given no o 3 = ESe to his constituents—( laughter . ) They -Jesirfc . fi free * trs . de in the first great necessary of life ; hik I he siccsrely hedeved that he represented not mersly t " .: e majority of those vrho voted for him at the last v ' . ectios , but tee majority of these of the non-ekck > rs of th ; . t city , when he stepped somewhat onward in the r . isj-cb of libeniity , and demanded a perfect free tra ' ein corn—{ cheers . ) He didn't think he had rivsn cfi ' dzcin that . He came next to the financial if ? ea-sores of Sir Robert Peel . They were to consider ths circumstances in which he was plsetd , ard then to ask themselves the question whetaer the ' con ^ 'Cl fee had pursued was not honest , wise , sn- ' just ? 'fe ^ re
was a deseiency in the revenue smouEbn ? to f- _ > uT m : IlionE , admitted by all parties . S : rRoi--ert ia d it icost be paid , and it wa 3 assented , to by the be- ^ ch eppoiite He < Mr . R . i objected to that and saia it orght to bs saved—ihear , aEdcheers );—but so ase ^ ss wns ' nis proposition , so thoroughly unsuppor'e < i on Lot 7 i iid = s of the house thst he wis totally unable to % e \ i ^ .= ; re than that r > atttjit sort of r hearing wLxh it was sanet- 'mes , or siiioit always , hia fate to get in . hat H tj-s , and for which he wa 3 much obliged to it . It would have bfc 5 B -uaeltss in his dividicq the H ise , as he sii . nM not have bten stppcrted by more than a dozen pbrsocs . The Hr-nl Gentleman said he was desirous of speakiE ^ of the late a ^ mi 2 i * irati on in the fcinut- ; i wby ; bia orject was to trln niends , to concili-. t-e enemies arsl to
d # away witn rBisojncepti ' . 'n . He poL-ttd oat the inadequacy of tLe m . asuTts of Lord John Resell to make up for the dtScieccy in the revenue . They were obliged to p-y the debt , anl Sir Robe t proposed ts so two things ; first , he would tix propert * end income , and so relieve the commercial islar-. iis of the country . He accepted that Deposition—chrf-rs mingled "with bissiiig . ) Hs objected to extravagsnt expenditure ; but though he did , he was not litt .-ned to ; therefore , he did the second best thing—and advised to ray at the least cost to the pe ^ p ' e , which w ^ 3 to pay the mocej directly and not fey lean , f sr that wa 3 the worst of all possible modes of relitf : it was like a man who , sec-ing bankruptcy at the end of the year , went on borrowing all the twelvemorth : bankruptcy must come at last tenfold more disastrous by being thus put off . Very -well , we were agreed that it should be , paid Now , Sir Robert Petl proposed to pay it in two waysby a tax on fixed property , and by a tax on income .
He , Hr . R ) agreed to that proposition , upon this ^ conditlon : fixed property was of more value than fluctusting property ; regulate your tax with regard to this circumEtance , and it will then ba an honest , a jast , ° -and a straightforward proceeding— ( cheers . ) He would give his humble meed of praise to the Right Hon . Gentleman , as having done it bo' . dly and honestly . His friends behind him did not at all relish it—i ( Laughier . ; The Bpeakef "went on to justify the line of policy pursued by Sir Robert Peel , and said he felt ttieirflav- 'nee of the age ; time , with all its concurrent circu ' . ^ -tMces , was pressing tipan his mind . He was respaaiib'e ; and the responsibility pressing on him , a clear-Mg ' aUd , eagadoui man , hs * aw that he was reslly dgir . g tbe besi for his own party and for evtr ; body e ' sa— : cries of *• ¦ Is he honest ? ' *) He ( the spe&ker ; could sot oive intomen ' s mindj . All hs could do was to t-A * things as they come , and to jadge of individual act' — ehters . / It ¦ srsifor One alone to dive into the human heart . He
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was backward in imputing dishonesty where he had not tbe , evidence to justify the charge . After a few more observations on thiahead , Mr . Roebuck said the income tax was an unequal one . and that he wonld ' propose a motion to the House ( he had it now on the book *) , and vre should see whether the House of Commons iB what it ought to be , a real representation of the peopley-whether in reality the proposal , a » it will be earned out , will be a fair and equal taxation of the 1 people . Now , if a man had £ 100 a year ' from funded er landed property , he would be taxed about three per cant ., that is , suppo' sing him to have £ 150 " a year or more . If a man get that £ 100 by the lab . nr of his hands , in trade or art , or by a profession , he was by the present bill to be
taxfd alse at the same rate . He objected to that , and the reason was this , if he wanted to ensure £ 100 to his children at his death , be should be obliged to go into ihe market and pay a sum of money for it , and that sum of money wonld be tbe d-fference of the value of bis £ 100 a year which he gained by his profession and that which a man gained from so runch land . He , working bard in hia profession , had to provide for his family in after life ; but it was not bo with the man who had land as that would ho in existence after his death . Therefore tbe difference was cleai—it was the sum of money which would b ^ required to buy an annuity of £ 100 a-yt-ar . That he proposed to the House of Commons ; but it was supposed to be Intricate and difficult to determine what , in such a case , was the
value of a man's life ; though be did not think so . But titking it at that r .: t . - ' . be would attempt to cet this sr-at end by other mains , by taxing prt frssional men and nif ; i in trade at one half at what laud was taxed at . He would propose that t « the House to-morrow or Friday . They were to watch well the division , to see * tio voted for it an who voted against it ; and then we shall learn the preponderance of tbe landed proprietors over every other party The speaker n ^ xt referred to then quisitorial natureol Sii Robert sbill ; which he prop ^ std to n-mecy by proposing that tverymrnsbould make a fair return of wbat his inci / ine was upon his solemn affirmation , ascheine th&t would oper ^ td ruuch bfciter tran the present obnoxious mi . de of levying the tas . He spoke for some time on this point ; he could not see
¦ why a man should wUb to be thought richer than he really was . We want to borrow - £ 100 of our banker ; f ne knew the circumstances < 1 vbe case he would not lend it . He ought to know them Really and in trnth be c . uid not get at the bi'tb-m of the fear which is expre ^ sed by mai > y people , txcrpt by attributing it to their vanity . He believed it t' > be one of tbe greatest miB ries of Euslishnien tha' t-very man is attempting to make himself appear a greater man than he really iaicheeis . ) " There is Mr . So-ar . d-so , he is very rich , he k ^ cps his carriage , he giTos his dinners , and the ¦> purt £ : > es abroad that he is worth £ 3 000 a-year . But it is f jund out , by-and-bje , that he is really thus kind and bt-nevolent having no more than £ 1 . 500 per aiinum . The harm , they * ay , there was in this , was
| that the man woo lives on his estate , or income , 4 id not f ^ el it—it was the poor trader . " Then he asked thi- tmfier why he wished to bo thought richer than he -was ? lHere some one cried out , * a fa \ se capital , that is it . ' Lanafer-er . which lasted for some time ) Mr . Riebuck next spoke in regard to the course he hadpursued ; he said h' had to repr- sent a vaiisty of opinions and iiit-rfsts ; he could n-1 suit all . He was an arbiter among tht-m . There were the rich , he had to represent them ; and also tbe professional Ben , and the traders , i and the hard working mt : ;—he did tne best for all . tie next said his con > ti'uents were to judge him calmly—to hear and forbear , and not to be deceived by what may be said of him in rbe reports of the proceedings in tbe House
of Commons , for tpey give no possible insight into wh&t was . » oing on there . The reporters were not t' blame if his conbtitut-nts thought him to be wrong they would tfcll him so . and ask him to come and explain . ( Cheers . ) He had now in T ^ ality arrived at the end of the charges made against him : —first , he had brtn absent from "he House ; ntxt he had voted for Sir Robert Peel on the matt « r which he haJ explained . The sptaker spoke in reference to S ' . me maters of no very great importance ; ^ nd afterwards remarked that he dare &jy there wero some present who went very far ; thtre were peihsps , some Chartists ' present —( Loud cries cf " Yes . yes , " from all par's of the roum ) He feund amoi . g thtm a great deal of intolerance ; be did not aarbe with them in all things ; was he therefore to be
condemned as their tnt-my ? He would t ien ahk them , as well as other ? , not to allow their own notiors of their own worth , virtue , or intelligence , so to blind their minds to their own imperfections as to allow them to condemn others wholesale . Depenu upon it , none of us are perfect ; and it mi ^ ht be that the opinion to which we were the mutt wedded , was the most erroneous . Therefore , he would ask all , not to give up their opinions , out to hold them wjtfi candour and forbearance ; and that tbty would practice them towards him , if they b *; ieved him to I * fairly up to tbe light he had , —^ ooinir what he told them at the commencement he sould do . swerving not for partial or personal interests nor . from passion—( CheerB ) After making a few more Observations , be contluded ' a very conciliatory and judicious speech amid lunA applause .
Toe Chaikmas asked if there was any person desirous of putting any question to Mr . Koebuck . ( Here a few notes wtrs har . ded t > > lr . Roebnck , who again cams forward and answered them evidently much to the satisfaction < A tha anthers and the meeting ) Mr . KEENE . proprietor of thp Bath Journal who had rrbuked Mr . Roebuck for having given bis vote to Sir R j bert Peel , was called for . After much hesitation he Cdme forward ; but his opposing remarks were not liked fey the meeting . He said he should never shrink fr * m expressing his honest convictions ; but ho was alwiys ready to change hiB opinions whwn pToved to be erroneous . He moved a vole of confidence in Mr . ftoebnek .
' ilr . H . Vincent was called for by many in the meeting . He came forward and was louiily cheered . 3 « felt pleased that so humb ' e an individual as himself had been called upon to ' perform a pleasing dutj on > nch an occasion as that He made some excellent observations , in the course of which he said he should support John Arthur Roetmck as long as he a / ivocated the riithts of the peopie , but no ionger . He hoped Mr . Roehuc ' K would vote for the extansioa of the suffrage , and those necessary adjuncts which were advocattd by the most rational portion of the Ckart's's . He considered Mr . R . to be a ttikti of talent and of strict integrity , in whom cocfHencs could be safely placed . He Seconded most cordially Mr . K- ^ ene's motion .
Mr Eldbidgk . amid noise and confusion , rebuked Mr . Koebucfc for having voted with the Tories . The meeting was impatient with him , in consequence of the incoherent manner in which he spoke . He thought the income tax would strengthen thci hands of the people ' s enemies . Mr . AKCiUBD spoke in laudation of Mr . Roebuck ' s conduct . The CHAIRMAN said a few words in reply to Ur . Eldridze . Mr- G . Ed wa EDS made a hum « arsome speech shewing the change that had come over the spirit of the firraers . He was accustomed to visit Devizes corn
market ; when thtre same time eicce , the farmers fpoke in- the highest terras of Sir Robert Pcfel , as being their grratest friend But since S : r Robert had brought forward bis income tix Mil and his proposil for the alteration of the tariff , they denounced him in unmeasured : erius ; they wished tbe son of a b at tbe devil iLond laughter , in which Mr . Roebuck and all on the pls'forin heartily joined . ) Trie Tesolution was put and carried unanimously . C 21 r . ROEBUCK returned thank a * Thaiiks were then given to the Chairman and the MBTor . who had eranttd the use of tbe Hall ; and after three ch-rers for Roebuck , the meeting separated .
The Chartisto thought propt-r before the commencem ' . Lt of this mees-ing , to prtss-t the following resolution come to by their society to v ! r . Roebuck : — " We , -the Chartists of Bath , approve of the conduct of John Arthur Roebuck in voting for Sir Robert Reel's income zz . x . as a measu : e of direet taxation , and promise him "ur support so lone as he aav-Ksfcss the rights and interests of the working classes . " Tfee following is tbe copy of a letter sect to Mr . Roebuck and Lord Duncan , tbe members for Rath ;—" Gloucester Road Buildings , Lower " S ^ answick . Bith .
" Sib , —The Council of the Bith National Charter Association have deputed me to request you , by letter , t-J eupport tbe prayer of the National Petition , which is to be presented to the House ^{ Commons on Monday next ; aud likewise , to request you to vote for the proposition that certain members of the Nautiocal Convention now sitting in London , be heard at the Bar of tea House on beha f of the said petition . " By complying with thus requ-st , you will ensure the thanks and support i f , ' The Chartists of Bath , " Signed on their behalf , ' G . M . Babtlett . " In reply . Lord Duncan says tbe subject shail receive his bess attsntion ; bnt as his letter is marked ' private , ' it is -withheld at present . There is no doubt as to Mr . Roebuck ' s vote . Maise nous vcrrons .
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Sitting Up and Down . —In a Tecent conversation between two gei = Uemenj on the subjtct of sitiiujj up at night , with the = ick , one of thtm remarked tbat he could not" stand sitting up , ' to which the other very gravely replied , that he did not mind " sitting up , if he could lie down . " ' Taking a Soda Powder— An individual who had never seen the process of mixing a soda powder performed , was ordered bv his physician to drink soda water . A box of powders was accordingly obtained from the druggist , and the acid dissolved in one tumbler and the soda in another , as per
direction . With sundry contortions of the face , the acid was turned off , and then the soda poured into hi 3 stomach after it . The acid and alkali meeting in that confined region , and finding it too small for their lively operations , boiled over as a matter of course . The poor ftllow thought it was cei tainly his day of doom when he felt the pother within him , and found the foam spout-ing from his mouth and nose , like steam from a safety valve . The next time he took a soda powder , he was like the Irit > hma . n when he caught a seoond Bnake— He let it alone . "— Ballimore Visitor-
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NATIONAL CONVENTION . Friday , April 29 . Mr . Duncan in the chair , Mt . Leach vloe chair . Secretary read over the names , and Messrs . Philp , Lowery , Stall wood , Harrison , Williams , Bartlett , Molr , White , M'Pherson , Beesky , Woodward , O'Connor , Duncan . Doyle , O'Brien , Campbell , Pitkethly , Ridley , and Roberts were present . The minutes were then read and confirmed . Mr . Bdirstow reported from the committee for procuring tbe releasa of the political prisoners , that in an interview they had with Mr . Duncombe , be bad suggested the propriety of waiting on the Members of Parliament for those places where the parties bad been arrested , and that they intended adopting the suggestion .
Mr . Pitkethly reported that he had waited on Mr . Duncombe respecting the deputation of the working classes being heard at the bar of the House of Commons , and tbat be wished a deputation ts wait on him the ensuing day at 12 o'clock , to put him in information if the state of the country , that he might give the more urgent reasens for the depution being heard . He had likewise waited on Mr . Muutz . who was rather crotchety at first , but agreed to support Mr . Duncombe ' s motion . Mr . Crawford also without hesitation agreed to support it They had got a lithographic circular which they intended sending to the various M . P's who might be likely to support it . " He had also waited on Mr . Williams , member for Coventry , who suggested that they should tmbody their vitws on the release of the political prisoners , in a petition , and that it should be signed by the whole of the Convention , and then procure a deputation of as many members of Parliament as possible to assist them in waiting on the Government authorities . He should himself be very happy to make
one . Mr . O'Brien moved , and Mr . Pitkethly seconded , tbat a committee of two persons be appointed to draw up an address for the above obj-ct . Carried , and Messrs . Lowery and Bairstew were appointed . Mr . O'Connor reported that , in company with Mr . Moir , he attended a crowued meeting at Dockhead . which was chitfly composed of irishmeD . The subject was the Repeal of the Union and the Charter and the general feeling Simons the assembly was that it would be impossible to get a Repeal of the Union , unless they first obtained the Charter . Mr . O Connor then paid a hish ccmoliment to Mr . Moir , for the able address he delivered at that meeting . Mr . Bairst » w gave in a report of an excellent meeting he had attended , in company with Messrs . Siallwood , Canipbell , and Mason , at Kensington .
Mr . Woed ward reported from a meeting he had attended at the Kjse . Twig Fsliy . Mr . Biirstow read a printed address from Leicester , showing the progress of tbeir principles . Mr . Canipbll read a publ-c noiice , issuod by the authorities of Burnley , stating that parties had been wandering about the street * , demanding bread , and that if it was continued , they would subject themselves to the penalities of the aw . Mr . Campbell also read a printed copy of a bill , issued by the inhabitants in rrply , showinu that it was impossible for men quietly to starve . an : i desiring the authorities to state some means by wh ^ ch the unemployed population might procures subsistence .
A letter was read from Greenock stating their confidence in tbe Convention and a'lvising that simultaneous meetings should be held all ever the country , vihen the fate of the petition should be decided , and that the Convention should adn > e the country aa to what othi-r steps should be t : \ ken to obtain that redress , which , in the event of the rejection of the National Petition , the House wonld have denied them . The letter also stated their determination to stand by tbe Charter entire , name and all , but , at the same time , they hailed with pleasure tbe acknowledgment of thuir principles being the only ones adapted to the salvation of tbe nation by the Con- ' erence at Birmingham , and would earnestly advise the party to join the eldest organised body—tha National Charter Association . It was also thoiropiuion , that , if tbe petition was rejected , a remonstrance should be got up , numerously signed .
Mr . Morgan Williums rta < 1 letters from Halifax giving a cheering account of their progress . From Birmingham , stating th .-it the opcrat ' iVo cord trainers had joined them in a body . From Abergavenny , Newtown , and other places in Wales , containing au accouDt of signatures , aud hkewite money for the U 3 e ol the Convention . Not one of the signatures had been received without first explaining the object of the petition ; aJsu a ietter trom Qnuhouse , in Gjllowayshire , stating that the farmers in that district had signed the petition and likewise their s < srvantd . Extracts from various other letters wero read , all giving a cheering account of the progress of the movement , aud detailing the distressed condition of ( he population in their several districts . Petition Sheets were received from the following places : —
Signatures . Signatures . Birmingham ... 19 . 0 ' 0 Abergavenny ... 613 Hackiey ... 28 o Shrewsbury ... 2 , 800 Wales ... 2 , 600 Exeter ... 3 0 H 0 Ynysyngharad , Haiif : ix 6 » 0 near New- Canterbury ... 1 400 bridze 2 nd Stafford ... 2 , 200 Petition ... 800 Keighley ... 800 Glasgow ... 1 , 600 Danf ^ rmline ... 2 000 Chancy ... 1 200 Cireucester ... 1 , 400 Burnley ... 2 , 600 Croydon 1 800 Hammersmith .. 1 , 600 Potteries 2 000 Abergavenny ... 800 Chatham 1 , 400
Aln # kk ... 800 Leigh ... 400 D-Wsbury ... 2 , 400 Horbury 1 . Darby ... 1 , 800 Pcnzuice ... ... 1 , 000 New Galloway . 200 Newport , Isle of Bank Poot , wight ... 502 Perthshire ... 400 Hatfield 200 Ahhlurton .... 1 , 200 Ayr 1 , 200 Bani 8 lby ... C . SOO Chelsea 600 Potteries ... 2 , 000 L edg 41 200 Oswald Briste .. 600 KMghley ... 11 , 000 Wolverhsmpton 3 , 000 Barmomlsey ... 5 , 600 Kircudbright ... COO Lambeth ... ... 6 600 Newton Steward 800 Limubouse ... 3 , 200 Oidham ... C . 800
The subject of the deputation to the bar of the House of Commons was then taken into consideration . Mr . Beesley moved , and Mr . O'Brien seconded that the deputation consist of the whole Conventien . — Carried . Several motions and amendments were then proposed relative to the number of persons to be speakers on behalf of tbe deputation , and the manner in which thsy were to be chosen ; but they were all ultimately withdrawn , with the exception of Mr . Pnilp's ;—that the speakers should consist of one delegate from each district , and tb . 3 t wLere a district sent more than one member , tbe choice should be decided byBiUlot ; and an amendment moved by Mr . Lowery , t > . at the Convention should ballot for the individuals in lists of five , and that they shou . ' d speak according to the rotation decided by the ballot .
Mr . Lowery ' 8 motion was carried , and tbe ballot decided in tbe following manner;—Meiers Duncan , Lf-eeh , O'Connor , Lowery , O'Brien , Bairstow , M'Douall , Philp , Mason , Moir , Beesley , M'Pherson , Harrison , Doyle , Williams , Stallwood , White , Ri'iley , Woodward , and Thumason ; the ballot was not further prostcuted . A letter was read from Leeds , stating that theirpetiVion had received 41 . 008 signatures , and that many more would be procured . Mr . Stallwood moved , and Mr . M'Pherson secondtd that the Cuavtutiou adjourn until the following morning at nine o ' clock , it would be advisable to meet on Saturcay , on account of the pressure of business . The motion was not carried on account of its involving an tx'ra txpence , but the members were requested to be pur . ctunl in their attendance at the committee-Toom on the following morning .
After the transaction of other minor business , the Convention adjourned until Monday morning at nine o " cluck . Saturday , April 30 . Every member was at hi 3 post fully occupied in making prtj ^ aiations for the ensuing Monday . Upwards of 200 . 0 U 0 sig . 'i&turea vrere rec&ivfcd from T < irious districts , and tho Petition Commitke might by a superficial obscrvtr have been taken for a quantity of journeymen paperhacgers , so immersed -were they in reams of paper and pails of paste . Tiie petition will inaetd bo a gigaijic monumental record of the grievances of n mt-ion ; it will also bo an incontrovertible refutation of the charge of violence and physical-force so often bri . ntht against the Chartist body , for tbe tact
of upwards of three millions of human bdDt-a petitioning for thit which they are entitled to as a right , proclaims aloui to every unprejudiced mind that these njen must hare a deep respect for the laws of their country , that they must be actuate ! by a high-toned feeling of morality , and must likewise possess in a high degree the virtue ( query ) tf patience , or they would indeed have become the violent men they are taunted with being . Compared with the present the last National Petition shrinks into insignificance , and the committee have intelligence that thousands of sheets have not yet arrived . In fact , the greater portion of to-morrow , Sunday , will have to be devoted to this great and holy work of arranging for presentation this mighty though silent and inanimate declaration of a nation ' s will . The agitation committee
wa 3 also on this day busily engaged in making preparations for the grand procession of Monday , and from the energy with which this committee and the London Provisional Committee have displayed in their arrangements , there is every re ^ on to believe that it will be a demonstration worthy even of tha cause it is intended to support . During this aud the precceding day , an artist of first rate ability has been actively engaged in making preparations for the splendid engraving of th » Convention , < 5 tc . which in dua time will be presented to the readers of the Noi them Star , the likenesses of those members who have sat to the artist are pronounced by ju-. lgea to be excellent . The various other committees are actively employed . Indeed this is a busy Oay with tbe whole cf the Metropolitan Chartists ; all looking forward with pleasure to tho proceedings of Monday .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —f riday , Aprtt 29 . SeTeral Bills received the royal - ' assent , iaelndiagtfae Corn „ Importation Bill , which is now one of the 11 statutes of the realm . " Monday tMay 2 . Lord Denman intimated his intention of withdrawing the Baptists' Affirmation Bill , and introducing a bill of a more comprehensive nature , -which would include all Christians bavlDg a conscientious objection to the takirist of an path . Lord Brougham called the attention of their Lord-Bhips to the working of the Act for the Trial of Controverted Elections of Members of the House of Commons , and the system of bribery and corruption disclosed in the evidence before electien committees . After condemning
the present system , the Noble and Learned Lord entered at , somo detail into , a plan which had . been suggested by the Duke of Wellington for the trial ef controverted elections ; by which a tribunal was proposed to be created , composed of seven members of the House of Comnnma , anA five of the House of Lords , to be presided over by one of the Judges of the land , not haying a seat in either House ef Parliament . ' He concluded with a motion , that a message be sent to the Commons , asking them to communicate copies of the evidence takon before the Sudbury , Ipswich , and Great Marlow Election Committee . ... " ..- "
After some conversation as to whether the Commons would not consider such a message an interference with their privileges , tho motion wiis withdrawn .
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HOUSE OF CO . YlM . iNS , Friday , Ap ril 29 . The House went into Committee on the Income Tax Bill ; aDd schedule D was proposed . On this , * Mr . S . Ckaw fiord proposed the omission of the words in the schedule which impose a tax on industrial income . When the amendriient . was about to b « put , Mr . Roebuck interposed ^ aa its proposition would place a difficuky in the way of an amend men t which he had to propose , namely , that " for and in respect of the annual profits or gain 3 from any profession , trade , or vocation , there shall bo levied annually , for every twenty shiliinKa , threepence halfpenny . " The difficulty cf Sir Ro
being , ihroukh a ^ -suggestion Peel ' s , obviat&l , by which Mr . Roebuck ' s amendment obtained precedence , tin- Honourable and Learned Member argued in favour of hia propwsitiou , on the ground that it was untquiil . thHrefore , u just , to lay tbe same amount of tax on indtiistriiil incnino as oil landed property . He -qnut-d from Ad iui ^ ininh certain proponitions . defining the ' incidents of a tax ;'" and , contending that his amendment was an approximation to justice , he threw on ' Sir Robart Paei . a . s tiie most powerful man of the day , the sole odium of the injustice , should theamendmtnt bti rejected .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer could not . seeinij that all taxes were necessarily tqual , agree to Mr . R > ebuek s pMposition Mr . Ward , regarding the aniendiiient as a proposition fqr mitigating the justice of the iriconie tax , did not think that tti « arKU « i « nv of the universal in * quality of all taxation was a nttint ; or reasonable reply to a case which ought to meet w \ ih the indulgent consideration of tho H us-. Mr . ST ' u-AiiT Wortlev , while admitting that . Mr . Robtiuck h ; id ar «; ueti wiih great force in favour of his proposition , denied t at the rent-roll or" a landed proprietor w : is to br taken as his actual income . Property in land pruvei ) often a njore precarious source of income than tbat derived from commerce ; and therefore to agree to the amendment would not be an " approximation to justice "
Mr . Hawes supported the amendment by illustrations of a practical charactir , such as similar amouuts of money invested in lands and trade , tlio Itind yielding ten and tbe trade twelve pur cent . To tax these two kinds of incomo equally , the income from trade should contribute a smaller amount in the pound than the income from land . Mr . BouTHWick oppoHed the amendment , on the ground thut instead tf lectit ' jhig . it would commit injustice .
Mr . LabouchERE having siven the amendment the best coiihiderut on in bis power , couid not support it Ita very proposition , supportsd as it was by popular favour out of doors , was a proof of the injudicious choice of the time for the imposition of en income tax ut ail . If it were necessary to impose such a tax , it should be universal in its application , for to admit exceptions now would afford daugeroua precedents . Were th « amendment carried , the clerk in a public office , with a small salary , would be taxed , while the thriving nierch iht would be exempted .
Sir R . H . Inglis renewed bis former proposition , of taking £ l 5 U aa th » H'arring point of taxation , the tax to be leviid on aH above that amount , so that an income of £ 200 w ' uuld only be taxed oh £ a 0 . It . wwld bo a very grea't relief , to number moving in a respectable sphere , and maintaining u genteel appearance on small incomes , and would materially diminish the unpopularity of the tax .. ' But-be throw this out as a , suideation , and did not propose it as a substantive motion . Mr . Vernon Smith argued that the tax was nocessariiy unjust , seeing that it was proposed to levy the same auiounL from variable as from , pormauent incomes
Sir Robert Peel contended-that'tbe same inequality applied to the assessed taxes , and to taxes on consumption , while the income tax had this advantage , that tue wealthy man could not withdraw himself from it , as he could from other taxes , by removing abroad . The Gyvernment proposed an income tax in connection with itieauures which would reiiuce the port of living , and hi nefit all classes of the community ; and this inctSuie tax , thus proposed , was to be levied on farmers occupying at the will of their , landlords , and whoise incomes , depending on the yiscissituilt's of the seasonB , wero more precarious tban those of tbe surgeon or the commercial man . If the wealthy physician , the thriving lawyer , or the prosperous banker , were to
be taxed at a lower rate ; than clergymen , whose incnincB , though permanent , wore also variable , er tho Clerk in a public office , the naval or military man , or the widow witli a small jointure , then a great injustice would be committed . If we were to have an income tax at all , ( and he would not now discuss its necessity , ) it must be laid equally on all descriptions of income War had a tendency to increase the value of landed property , and to 'interfere with the profits of ' - comnurce ; and if an exctiption were now made , on the score of justice , in the imposition of an income tax , it must boipermitted in time of war , when it would work still greater injustice than now . He adhered to the Government measure , undeterred by any fear of responsibility .
Lord Howick considered that the argumen a of-Sir Robert Peel went to shew that the income tax was radically defective . He remained of the same opinion which the Right Hon . Baronet had -formerly so well expressed j that At was not worth v / hilo to levy so vexatious an impost for the small amount which was proposed to be raised by it ; find tbe time for its imposition waa also peculiarly unfortunate , considering the intense competition wbich preVuilerf in every trade and profession . He supported the atne dtnent , : Mr . Edward Buller , opposed the amenJment , on the K » ouud > that it would increase the inequality and injustice 6 f . an income tax . Mr . VVallace declared his intention of voting for Mr . Roebuck ' s amendment , and afterwards for that of Mr . S ' .-Crawford .
Mr . JaMES could understand that the members of the late Mimatry wished tho income tax to go to the country with all its inequality and iniquity , in order that it might aid them in resuming ofli'ie ; but having no such feeling , he would Eupport the ameadineut . Mr . Leader w » s sure that , though thu majority might be against the supporters of the am ^ nilnifent , the weight of argument was with them . The country , Lendon included , was in an extraordinary state <> f distress , bankruptcies in every street ; aud this was the time chosen for such a tax by a Gjverniueat which was to do such wonders for the community .
Lord John Russell pointed out some of the inequalities which would result f torn the adoption of the amendment . Parsons having a i-. fe interest would have to pay 7 d . inthepwund , out of a small income , while the rich banker or ' merchant would only pay threepeHcoVhalfpenny . It would be no justification of cuch an iujuitico , to say that they belonged to different classes , and were placed in diffsrent schtdules . In opp , oaing the aHiendiiK'nt . thereforej he was not actuated by any wish to render the tax more unpopular . Mr . Mitchell considered the income tax to boa just one , and being iinxii us to remove all imperfection trom it , be would support the 'c-uiendment . Mr . Roebuck replied . On . a division , thvro were 258 against his amendment , and 112 in favour of it . Mr . . 'si-. Crawford then proposed his amendment , tbe tffect cf which would extinguish schedule D . His amendment was supported by
Mr . Hume , who called on Sir Robert Peel to review the whole - ' system of . our taxation . Oq a division , tbe amMndraent was lost by 259 to 50 . Schedule D was then agreed to . On Schedule E , Sir " . Charles Napier called the attention of the committee to the condition of military and naval officers under the rank of general and flag officers , tu&itisting aoiely on their pay , and whose incoinea would be seriously affected by the tax . He moved that they should be exempted altogether . Ciptain Carnegie put it to Sir Charles Napier not to press his amendment . On this tax depended the maintenance of the army and navy , and though the tax would fall heavily on the incomes of officers , they should not ba put in the unenviable position of Beeking exemption from the burdens of the state . After some observations from Lord Wotsley , Captain Pechell . and Captain Plumridge ,
Sir Robert Peei- did not think it would be just to exempt this claB 9 of her Majesty ' s bubjscts , whatever might be their clainiB on general respect . On a division , the amendment was rejected by 205 to 32 . ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ' " . ' " ' . ¦' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' .. " Schedule E was then agreed to ; and the House resumed , the Chairman reporting progress , and obtaining leave te sit on Monday next . Riehard Gibbona , who bad been commuted by the Great Mavlow E lection Committee , was brought to
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tbe bar , reprimanded by ttze Speaker , and then discharged . . ' : ¦ ¦' ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ :. . '• ¦ : . ' .. ' ¦ ' ¦ .. ' . ¦ ¦ - - . ¦ ' ' . ' ¦ Oa the motion of Sir Robert Pbei ., that the reprimand of tho Speaker be entered on the journals of the House . : : . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ :- ¦¦;¦¦'¦ , ¦"¦ " ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ' /¦ .: ' . '" . /; Mr . T . Duncombe commented on the severity of the terms of the reprimand , and declared bis belief that GribbODS bad not committed perjury . Si » Robert Peel vindicated the Speaker , as having fitly and properly discharged the duty laid npon bim . .. . . - ¦ ¦ " " ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - " . ¦ - . '¦ ¦ ¦' . ' ¦ ¦ - . ¦ : ¦ ' - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . After some observations from different Membera , the motion was agreed to . The other orders of the day ware then disposed of .
Saturday , April ZQ . The House met at two o ' clock , to consider a motion made on Friday night by Mr . Thesiger , with a view to the discharge of Mr . Mabson . This witness bad been committed by the House on the report of the Southampton Election Committee , for not producing certain documents required of him , by a warrant for his atten dance ( in the nature of subpoena ) which had been issued in the preceding sesBion ; and the question now was , whether with the termination of the session tbe obligation of the Drocess terminated likewise . Mr . Thesiger contended that the force of the warrant had wholly ceased , and that therefore the witness could not lawfully be detained fer not having obeyed it . In this opinion he was seconded by Mr . C . W- Wynn ; and the SoHcitor-Greneral concurred , to the extent of con ^ sidering the legality of the warrant to be at all events too questionaole to allow the further imprisonment of the witness .
Sir George Grey , without admitting the warrant to be illegal , was content tbat under the circumstances the witness should be discharged ; but as the question was one affecting also the process under which other witnesses were attending upon other committees , be notified his intention of moving for a Select Committee to inquiry iuto the general question of legality . In that view Sir T . Wilde coincided , declaring in favour cf the witness ' s discharge , who , he thought , could not properly be detained peuding the inquiry . A good deal of time was consumed , and the House without dividing , directed the discharge of the witness .
Monday , May 2 . On entering the House this evening the first object thai attracted attention was the Chartist leviathan petition , which was lying in a heap—rwd *' s indigestaqiic moles—at the foot of the table . It appeared that the parties to whom the task had been entrusted had not taken an accurate measurement of the lower door leading into the House of Commons , which was too narrow for the admission of this vtms papyri . A difficulty arose , therefore , as to the means u £ getting it into the House , for its bulk was too great to admit of its being introduced ( as a whole ) through the ordinary portals leading to this branch of the senate . The doors of the House were not wide enough for it . It was consequently necessary to unroll it , aud to carry it piecemeal int ) tho body of the House , where it was piled iuto a vast heap , spreading over a great part of the floor , and rising high above the level of tbe table . The petition and its bearers excited the greatest intareat .
THE CHARTER . Mr . T . Duncombe rose and said— Sir , the importance of this petition , an importance derived not only from the matter which it contains , but from the great numbers , who have signed it , would , I am quite satisfied , be sufficient to induce the House to relax those rules which bavu been laid down with regard to the presentation of petitions , and would grant me ita indulgence ; but , as I have given notice of a motion for to-morrow , that this petition shall be taken into the serious consideration of the House , and that those who have signed it shall be heard by their counsel and agents at the bar of the House in support of tbe allegations it contains , I shall not ask the House to grant me this indulgence , butsball keep myself within those limits which the Hvu-je Las
prescribed with regard to the presentation of petitions ; and . therefore .. I beg to offer to the acceptance of this House a petition signed by 3 , 315 , 752 of the industrious classes « f the cuuntry . The petition , proceeds from those upon whose toil and industry , upon whose affection , and upon whose attachment , I may say , every law , the Government of this country , and not only the Government but the whole property and commerce of this country depends , and they now most respect ' ul ! y come before you to state the manifold grievances under which they suffer . These grievances they state , and I need not go over them , because I intend to ask the Clerk of the House to read what those principal grievances are , which they have endured for a Jong time , and which they attribute to class legislation , and to the
misrepresentation of their interests in thia Hoasa . They fitute that for a considerable length of time thuir interests Lava been grossly neglected , and that no interests beyond your « wn , have ever been conBiUered of within these walls . Sir , they are ready to prove the allegations of tbeir petition at the b * r of your Honourable House . They pray to be heard there , for within , the limits of a petition they cannot set forth a tithe of tho grievances of which they complain ; but if you will grant them a hearing , they state that they shall be able to set forth such a tale of the unmerited sufferings endured by the working classes in England and in Ireland , as can be sc . irctly credited . Their wants are most urgent , and they attribute all their grievances to class legislation . The petition is signed by 3 , 315 , 752 of the industrious
classes of th « country . I would wish to analyse the signatures attached to it , but I will content myself with stating the names only of those cities , hamlets , and towns , ia which more than 10 , 000 signatures have been attached . The following is the statement attached to the petition : —Manchester , 99 , 680 ; Newcastie and districts , 92 , 000 ; Glasgow and Lanarkshire , 78 , 052 ; Halifax , 36 , 400 ; Nottinghamshire , 40 , 000 ; Leeds , 41 , 060 ; Birmingham , 43 , 000 ; Norwich 21 560 j Bolton , 18500 ; Leicester , 18 . 000 ; Roshdale , 19 , 600 ; Loughborough and districts , 10 , 000 ; Salford , 19 ; 600 ; Baat Riding , Yorkshire , agricultural districts , 14 , 810 ; WBrcester , 16 , 000 ; M » rthyr Tydvil and districts , 3900 ; Aberdeen , 17 , 600 ; Keighly , 11 000 ; Brighton , 12 , 700 ; Bristol . 13 , 800 : Huddersfleld , 23 , 180 ; Sbeffiald ,
27 , 200 ; Scotland , Wett Midland districts , 18 , 000 ; Dunfermline , 16 , 000 ; Cheltenham , 10 . 400 { Liverpool , 23 , 000 ; Stalybridge and districts , 10 000 ; Scockport , 14 , 000 ; Macclesneld and suburbs , 10 , 000 ; North Lancashire , 62 , 000 ; Oidham , 15 ; 000 ; Ashton , 14 . 200 ; Bradford and district , Yorkshire , 45 , 100 ; Burnley and district , 14 , 000 ; Preston and district , 24 , 000 ; Wigan , 10 , 000 London and suburbs ^ 200 , 000 ; from 371 other towns , villages , &c . 2 , 134 y 897 r-total , 3315 , 752 . I believe that every one of these" signatures are boua fide signatures . The petitioners suggest tbat the proper remedy for their grievances would be that they should
have a voice in the election of representatives to this House . They complain that they are totally and eutirely unrepresented ; and if they are permitted to be heard , they eUte that they shall be able to adduce satisfactory arguments to prove that the document , ; usually called the People's Charter , ought to be passed iuto a law . That document prays for Universal Suffrage , " -. Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , no Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and Equal Electoral Districts . Tnis petition is " signed by 3 , 315 , 752 of the industrious classes ; and I now press it on the attention of this Hon . House , Sir , 1 move that the petition be read by the Clerk at the table .
The SPEA . KER . ^ -Please bring Up—( a lmyb . from the Ministerial benches . The petition was then read by the Clerk at the table . Mr . T . Duncombe then moved that the petition be printed with the votes , for the purpose of bringing the subject of it under the consideration of the House . Agreed to . The noisa of members rapid iy retiring from the House after tbe Chartist demonstration was at an end rendered it impossible for some time to collect what was going on in the House .
The House then went into committee on tho Income Tax Bill . The schedules having been all voted on Friday night , the committee now proceeded with the remainder of the bill , which formed the great business * i tho entire evening . Commencing with clause 3 , the committee proceeded regularly , clause by clause , occasional conversations arising on the machinery of tba bill , fitc No division , however , took place until the 87 th clause , wheu Mr . Hume proposed au amendment , exempting dividends from the tax until July , instead of commencing with April . This was lost by 159 to 84 . Mr . Baring brought forward an amendment , to exempt the foreicn fundholdei , holding British stock , but jiot residing in Britain , or any portion of the Brtish dominions .
This was resisted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , but Mr . LaboucbSre pressed t ; ie subject on the consideration of Sir Robert Peel , on the grounti that a regard for National faith should lead the gw » ernuient to grant the ex-raptton . Sir Robert Peel , however , could not see the force of the arguments employed . Foreigners holding shares in railways , &c , were subjected to the tax / and why should the fandt ) held by foreigners not resident in this country be exempted ? That they were exempted under the former act arose probaoly from political considerations , and not from a conviction tbat it was unjust to subject them , equaily with OlherSj to such a tax Uid oh British income . After some conversation the committee divided , when thero appeared—For the amendment 40 Against it ... Majority .................. 163 Adjourned at a quarter to two o ' clock . iwyw ^/^ z / M / M ^^ k ^/ ui ^^ v ^^^ y ^^
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Dangerous State op Lewes Gaol . —During the last few months the vagrants have increased to . a great extent in Brighton , and the magistrates have almost invariably made it a rule to commit them to the House of Correction at Lewes to hard labour . The governor of the gaol has frequently represented to the beach , that from tne crowded stace of the prison he is unublo to carry out the sentencei of hard labour , and is obliged to put four and five in eauh ' Ce'll . On Saturday the subject was again mentioned to the bench , and it was feared that a dreadful disease would break out in the prison , as tho Bparlet fever was raging to an alarmiug exteat in L . ttwe 8 . The maaiatrateB have since endeavoured to gtt rid-of . the \ agrantB iby driving them out of the iowu .
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Paisley . —Messrs . Hastie , Oswald , and Johnston . Members of Parliament , have remitted to the Pro-TOBtbf -Paisley £ 1 , 009 5 s . 4 d ., which they received from gentlemen in Calcutta , Madras , and Bombay , in aid of the fand for the relief of the distressed operatives of Paisley . SHOCKifto MoB » Ka . —A revolting murder haa been committed at a place called Coed e Vedw , which is the name given to a few cottages in the parish of Dingestow about two miles and a half fjrpm Ragland , on the road to Monmouth . T / ie victim wasachild one yearand ten monthBold . named Eliza Hu £ he 8 , who died by the hands of itsbwn mother , committed by drowning it in a pan of water , and then cutting open the abdomen . The unhannv
woman , who ia thirty-nine years of age ^ and has been married about three years , is ir . saae . A fewdays before the committal of the dreadful deed ; she appeared low spirited and dejected ; but not sufficiently so as to cause any alarm to her husband and neighbours . Oa the dsty of the murder , her husband returned hometo dinner rather before nis usual time , and told his wife that as he was in a hurry he would not wait for his dinner to be cooked but would have bread and cheese . He dandled his child oh his knees duriDg the time , arid on going back to his work , the little creature followed him to -thedoor , The mother told her husband to pick her up and kiss her , which
he did , and it muss have bet-n soon after his departure that the unhappy creature destroyea -it . She immediately posted to a neighbour , a quarter of a mile from the house , a » d narrated the particulars of-. her crime , and was soon afterwards apprehended at Penrose . Since her apprehension ; up to the time of her being conveyed to the county jail on Monday evening , she was exceedingly violent and outrageous , but did not make the least allusion to her child An inquest has been helo over the body , and a verdict of "Wilful MurHer" returned against Maria Hughes . The wretched woman was forthwith conveyed to Monmouth Gaol .
Hunger and Theft . —On Saturday six men were had up at the New Bdiley , Manchester , for stealing bread , but they were in such a wretched ¦ condition that the Magistrate found it necessary to admonish and discharge them . One of them named p'Leary said he had eaten one meal of potatoes on Sunday , and had been fasting Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday . On Wednesday his child asked him for something to eat ; and having nothing to ^ ive him , he went to Mrs . Tegg ' s shop , and said to her , "Mistress , be so kind as t 6 giv « me a loaf of bread . " "No , " said she , "I will gvie you a p i ce . " He said a / piece was of no use to him and his hungry child j SQ ' h ' e .-took a loaf . The police officer met him at the door , ~ and seized him . He refused to feo with the officer , and , in trying to get away , he ( O'Leary ) fell over a woman , and broke hia arm .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , April 29 . . . BANKRUPTS . George Seatb . Biackfriars-ruad , victualler , to surrender May 6 , June 10 , at half-past one o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' C < urt . Solicitor , Mr . Michael , Red Lionsquire . Official Assignee , Mr . Whitniore ,- Basinghallstreet .. ' ' ' ¦ -. ; : . '"' . ' . .. "'" ¦ ¦'¦' ¦ ¦' ; , Francis James Osbaideston , St . Alban's , dealer in horstS ; May 6 , at eieven o ' clock , June 10 , at one , at tne Binkrupta' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . VVeymoutb . and Grev ' n ^ UateatoiJ-strres . Official Assignee , Mr . Belcher Jaiues Pearcy , St . John ' s street . St . S « puichr « , leatber-selier . May 6 , at cne o ' clock , June 10 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . T « and S . Nay lor . ' Great Newport-street . Official Assignee , Mr . Pennelt .
Edward Cooper , Hj « h-street , St . Giles ' s , and Piccadiliy , stationer , May 13 , at twelve o ' ciock , June 10 , tit eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Joiies , Siselane ; Official Assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basiughall-atreet -William Henry Wells , Goldsworthy-place . Rotherhithe , builder , Mav 14 , at half-past twelvo o ' clock . June 10 , at eleven , at trie Baukrupts" Court Siiicitar , ftte'Siee , PuTishfstreet . SouthWurk . Official Assignee , . Mr . Edw . iras , Frerierick ' s-piace , Old Jewry . ' John Jonea , Langavelach , Glamorgansaire , maltster , May 18 , June 10 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bush Inn , Svvansea . Solicitors , Messrs . Holme , Loftus , and Young , New Inn ; and Mr . CuttibertBon , N < ach . <¦ William Henry Smith , Manchester , hop-merchant , May . d , ' June 10 , ' at eleven o ' clock , at tne Star and Garter Inn , Worcester . Solicitors , Mr . Bedford , Gray / a Inn-square ; and Messrs . Bedford andPidcook , Worcester .
James and Thomas Turner , Kirkburton , Yorkshire , clpthiers , May 14 , Juntf 10 . at ten o ' clock , at the Pack Horse Inn , Huitderafleld . Solicitors , Messrs Battyei Fisher , and Sudlow , Chancery-lane ; and Messrs . \ S : ephei . soh , Floyd , and Booth , Holmflrth , neal ¦ ttuddersfleld , Wi < liam and Henry Kynnersley , Tattenhill , StafibrdsWre , miHerSi May 3 , June 10 , at twelve o ' clock . at the Koyal Hotel , Derby . Solicitors , Mesira . Adlington , Gregory ,. Faulkner , and Fpllett , Bedford-row ; and Mr . Aloss , Derby . James Bannister and Dinah Simpson , Liverpool , shipwrights . May 11 , June 10 , at one o ' clock , at the Ciarendou-room 8 , Liverpool . Solicitor , Mr . Dean , Essex-street , Strand ; and Air . Peacock , Liverpool . Lancelot Beck , Bristol broker , May 13 , at one o ' clock , June 10 , at two , at the Commercial-rooms , BristoJ . Solicitors , Messrs . Cfarke and Medcalf , Lincolii ' 84 nn-field »; and Mr . Smith , Bristol
. , William Johnson , Birmingham , ironmonger , May 10 , June 7 , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham . Solicitora , Mr . Wilkinson , Lincoln ' s-inn-flelds ; and Mr . Tarleton , Birmingham . . ¦ ' , Edward Jenkins , Leominstor , tailor , May 20 , June 10 , at twelve o'clock , at the Waterloo Hotel , L ^ ominster . Solicitora , Mr . Siiiith . Southampt > n-buildinga Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Hammond , Luonunster .
PAETNEHSHIPS DfSSOI . VED . . S . Lloyd and S . Kirk , Sheffield , general iron-founders . W . Scawin , jun ., and R . Dresser , York , chemists . Q Taylorand Co ., Liverpool , cure-owners . C ; C . Watkinson and Co , Huddersfield , Yorkshire , thread-manufacturers . E . and J . Jones , Liverpool , joiners . Randies and Robinson , Liverpool , timber-mBrchanta ; as far aa regards J . Robinson .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 3 . BANKRUPTS . Joseph Pidcock and Thomas Barton , corn-factors , Nottingham , to surrender May 18 , aud June 14 , at eleven , tit the Georae the Fourth Inn . Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , Inner-Temple , Lomion j and Mr . Bowlt-y , Nuttinghani . John Cree . draper , Dovonport , . Vlay 14 , and June 14 ^ at eleven , at Townshends London Inn , DeVonport . Solicitors , Smith , Southampton-buildings , Chancerylaue , London ; Gilbard , Ddvonport Robert Elliott , wine-merchaiit Liverposl , May 18 , and June 14 , attwelve , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Dimmbck , S ze-lane , Bucklerabury , London Fairclough , Livorpool .
William Autill , umbrella stick manufacturer , Bourn-Gloucestershire , May 9 , June 14 , at two , at the G » orge Inn , Stroud , Gloucestershire . Solicitors , Brtjlis , D ^ yonshirti-square , London ; Winterbotham and Thomas , Tewke * bury . Erahcia James Oiibaldeston , dealfr in horseB , St . Alb ^' s , May 6 , at eieven , and June 10 , at one , at tne Court of Binkruptcy . Belcher , Official assignee ; Solicitors , Messrs . Weymoutb and Rigby , Chancery-. George Hibbert , Jan ., pawnbroker , ChesterBeld , May 9 and June 14 , at one , at the Rutland Arms , B 3 kewell . Soiieitors , Messrs . Spence aud Buliivaut , Alfred-place , Bedford-row ; Lucus and Cutts , Chestsrfield . , .: ¦' Dodshon Blake , mohair manufacturer , Norwich , May . 17 and June 14 , at eleven , at the Koyal Hotel , Norwich . Solicitors , Mr . Darraat , Norwich ; Messrs Woad and Blake , Faleon-strebt . AlderEaate-strett .
James Bradsbaw and Gjorge Williams , woollendrapers , Marylebone-street , Piccadilly , May 12 , at eleven , and June 14 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Penned , official as *« H ! nee ; Solicitors , Alessrs . Lawrance and Blenkarne , Bucklersbury . William Crosby , Benjamin Vailentine , and Benjamin White , bardwareHien , LBaaenhiill-strefct , Chy , Muy 10 , at one , ami June 14 V at eleven , ai tha Court of Bankruptcy . , Grauam , official assi gnee , Baaiughall-strtet ; Solicitor , Mr Spyer , Broad-atreet-buildings . EAwnrd Goddard , draper , Holbeach , Lincolnghira , Mayas , at tm , ami June 14 , at twelve , at the Peacock Ii ) n , Baston . Solicitors , Messrs . Bartrum and Son , Bisbop 8 ga ; e-street / London ; and Messrs . Johnson , Sturton and Key , Holbeach . Eilzibfcth Havaru , grocer , Swansea , May 18 , and June 14 , at two , at the Commercial-rooniB , Bristol . Soiicit 0 " \ ** ' White and E Jf » , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr , Short , Bristol . :
Thomas Johnson , stationer , Liverpool , May 18 . and June 14 , at one , at the Clarendon-rooms , South Johnstreet , . Liverpool . Solicitor , Mr . Thompson , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Cuvelje , Skilbeck and Hall . Southamptdn-buiWings , Chanceryrlaue . * Ric . kard Sutton , wheelwright , Warrington , Lancashire , May 12 , and June 14 , at two , at the Clarenclonrepms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs ; Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and FoUett , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr . Atshton , or Mesars . Nicholson and Sons , Warrington . ' ..... ¦ . "¦ . - ¦"¦ : ¦ ' . ' - ; . -:-. ¦ . . ¦ - ; ¦ .- •¦¦ .. Robert Marsh , provision-dealer , Uphelland , Lancashire , May 12 , and June 14 / at one , at the Clarendonrooms , Liverpool . Solicitor , Mr . Johnson ; St . Helen ' s ; and Alessr . -. Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , andFollett , Bedford-row . London .
_ Wjlliam Wallis and John Wallis , corn-merchants , Wragby , Lincolnshire , May 11 and June 14 , at twelve , at . tha Cuy Arms Inn , Lincoln . Solicitors , Messre Lofty and Potter , King-street , Cheapside ; and Mr Moody , Wragby . . JoLn Moore , merchant , Coleman-street , City of London , May J 3 , and June 14 , at eleven , at the Court of Baukruptoy . Mr , Grooma , Abchurch-lane , Lombardiatreet , official assignee ; and Messrs . Bertram antl Co ., B ishopa ^ te-atreet .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 7, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct429/page/6/
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