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FEEdS . —I biTenoi been . able to ascertain TMi daj QPOQ wiich $ e *** of the anti " $ * TwLewaa and the Government for backing ^^ riD tike place ; and in troth the whole sfiiir * iSple » ng fi « n its uncertainty and your * Sr £ eepft £ defendants and witnesses at J ^ T jjpeaBein Lancaster is too bad , when She Scm m ^ teg * ^ - , - , > - fl 5 weis » fco another Tery perplexing featnre in J ^ rcJ case of conspiracy , " namely , that few ol ^^ nS'ii » t » IS " wer 6 known to e&cl 1 oSver before mrt to " conspire , " and np to this moment they to the most part strangers after the conspiracy . Sow I shall tell yon why this is perplexing j-J anseU compete jd 8 to address the " conspirators * S ^ blidy through tha press . While sailing in Minjnon boat there might be man ? wLs jjeeegsary for them to know which the ^^ ntflis should not knew . However , there P ^ grireumstance which I may state— Kobe ^ THE ° COSSPIBiIOBS SEED XPPKfB IS LiKCASTtB ° LI 5 G IHB XBUi : IT IS BT HO MSA 5 S KECES&AST . ? , ^ m , is DISCHiRGED BT TKK SUBSEQOEKT
~ >«« nirea to be present . Judgment will be passed ^ reraicv - * f ffnUy in precisely the same way in Siteence as though they were present . Now , it jnaorisni ^ 1 ** * H should know this ; for the exfL gg ' ofooi wng to and stopping a ± Lancaster vrould ^^ li-TTb sreas , 1 £ convicted , they -will be travelled ^^ » t the country ' s expense . The best counsel ! wi tan be procured has been retained j and all that v-j ingenuity c * ^ ° "" ^ ^ ^ * ^ k ^" 8 is one ! fLioa , * nd on 3 J » **** I'knw * tto 1 Ms j that BsbSow : & * must appear in , person and for this ! Lob , beewss he was arrested and held to bail
H&seqoenfly to ™ foms reqairefl Jor removing "Sijs io the Qneen * s Bench . His case is singular . V ^ jyjis « xpenoe 3 £ honld be paid to Lineaster j \ - jgjU the funds in band would not pay the * ll !» gg of all . Some may wish to defend them-^ Z ^ jiin all snch case 3 J hoM the jost coarse -to v , ^ tbs 5 if » of sneh delegates to Lancaster , Aoaffbe jM ^ y ^ 16 constitueneiesTrho elected them ^ tof ^ of thel / A of August . next Mr . Eoberts will be at
tej ^^ tj Lancas-12 ^ " ly joesday will be in a poationj to commnj ^ fish iae several defendant , wlo desire to kjoj jhemselTes . Let all letters for him be ^ gcjej to the care of Mr . A . He } wood , 60 , Oldham gjeei , JlanciesteTj and let the writer take 4 wSnes with him to the Post Office j ^ o he posts it , and show that it is jc 3 j ]» be 31 fcd with a penny stamp , and let the witness gga nake a note of the day and hour at which it tjj posted , and sign his name to it . Mr . Roberts jj 2 fe ifale to communicate the time when it -will kw eesaij for ihose wishing to appear personally toieai Lancaster . I trust ihai erery man in England will
. ad the speeches ot Lores Brougham and Sachope and Mr . Ferrand ; there they will find one Thole ease . If Brougham had not dabbled in the $ err Poor Law BUI , he wonld now be the greatest Eia tb « England eTer saw . Ot course , you kH iiTs learned from all that has transpired " a puSament , ihat the prosecution is now a prrEnsaEBi prosecution : perseTered in for the Esepnrpose of removing all opposition io free trade > is thai tie nnopposedLeagne may kick Peel into sub-BBaDD to their and bis peeasbbb . Mark thai I ? eA can't yicH imtil lie it compelled 1 he can ' t be Koprtkd so long as the question of the Charter holds fix ascendent over Free Trade 1 !
1 told yen upon the first announcement of the ^ T » cS ihit the Pree-iraders would not allow it to : cased ; and I told toh that if it failed , persecution iredd be had reeonrse to , to direct attentionirom j rt «^ £ ersnts . That I was right is now fully ] jOTTEdjhoTreTfra ]! attempts to step the agitation for ; 2 » QanswIQ ful , as I trust will all attempts of ! Ihe League to force the people into an other outbreak , \ cikJi&Er ?* me , is in contemplation , and would if yoBTTEre fooSsh eEongh to be led by them , be sadiBBftiMffl i ^ BQiartist Trials .
Kcw , how oiten haTe 1 warned you , and how cftes hire yoo regretted not haTing taken mj KTies . Xet net the follosing be lost upon you A free-trader , observed to a Mend of his at AeMoe , that the Giamsts were cowards to i 3 w '_ their friends to be » a "Knlliad and vkaU / proposed another delegation io . North Lanaiire , so to son-race the people there . 2 ? owhear ej sdrice . Look upon eTery man who would eniBumr to persuade ycu to sach a course as oxe who b uploted to 15 JC 2 S vs I We haye had enongh d the " spirited conduct" of those moral-force . ' TBnioa ,
2 . ctnioi conclude without expressing my-regret Jhit I lad appointed to meet Mr . Roberts , at Manchester , on Tuesday , before I saw the adTertisement umOTnang the free trade meetingj in the Biding Seheol , in 5 ^ crjlebonB , for Tuesday next . Bnt if ersr the men ^ bf London , generally , and Marylebone in ^ SJ . Pancras in particular , were called upon to perform a solemn duty , it is on Tuesday next ] If « nr there was an opportunity for leading fac-&m & lesson , that opportunity will present iteelf a Tnesdij . They cannot talk of dictatorship , a of idng let astray . Will they do their work Eb men upon ihat ^ aji -jrilJ &ey meet in their HTgallfiealiEes on Sunday , and marshal themselYes , im go and more an honest working man of Mary-^ » a ? , to the chair , and meet the Free-traders with
anmd a ^ mueat , and test the iwo questions ? Of all i&p ^ etyoar chairmanJ and do not be whedledl H » tb EohooSng , no shouting , but fair arguments . Hiis -mil show Peel that there is no -use in remoTa * us bem his path ; that others will spring up Raieiti mere hostile by our treatment . Surely ¦ w lamigit io expect tiiis at your hands . For es ffiosthsae braTe-workies of Manchester hare Kffl finsimg them in their strong hold ? ad aaB tig- dare to boast of a triumph ™* &nl Good men of London 1 do Tonr duty on bs the
^ Msdsjiandletitnotsaid that League dust ™^« ato yonr eyes . All England will be looking ^ fff ife isnlt . Let it be snch as you can boast iK , izf *^** ^ ^ ^ lras ^ Marylebone we sowed S&ted of Chartiaa ; and surely it has not de-P *?^ &&& , then , I say , meet at your sereral f ^^ ps os Sunday and Monday eTenings . Read J thtiknge to the League % propose your Chair-^ ? ° ® Principles . For if you don ' t beat the ^^¦ S ' s « oi you . If yon find any of your £ = * £ = jrojxssg a trimming policy , suspect him
I sa , my friaids , Your faithful frifind , p FbaEGCS O * COKf 0 E . * J&iepl j t 0 5 eTera ] persons writing me to 3 J ^~ epfc 0 J > le ** ^ wral Places . I hareoaly to $ * S r -Jent 5 oBed ^ e mdden appointment of i BttB H E 10 ath fox onr ^^ ^ reason wh y » nrafaft - ? ] lere 5 Mld J mean * ftat M » I ^ rald hSeSSrd ? Dfr 0 ia I ) ock-liead » otherwise
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesdat , Fbbbpabt 14 . TheDnke of Wellington moved the Toteof thanfeB to the officers and men employed in the military operations in China . He sketched the history of the war , and gave hia high , testimony and approbation to the merits of those engaged in those brilliant sendcas . Lord Atjcxijlkd concurred in all that the Duke o ! Wellington had uttered . He also praised the conduct of the Indian troops who had been along with the regular army in China . The Marquess of Lansdewne , Lord Brougham , the Earl of Haddington , and the Eail of Aberdeen spoke to the motion ; the latter Noble Lord eulogised Six Henry Pottinger ; after which the Tote was agreed to , and the House adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tdxsdat , Feb . 14 . Mr . Q . A . Hamilton took the oaths and Ms seat The 5 P £ axkb announced that the Clerk of the RecogniEiBcea had repotted that the sureties in the case of the Nottingham Election Petition -were unobjectionable . Lord . ASHLBT presented petitions from Durham , Glasgow , Sunderland , Darlington , Carlisle . Newcas tlo-on-Tyne , and North and Sonth Shields , against any abatement of the provisions ot the Colliery Act .
Mr . G . W . Wooi > appeared at the bar with a special report of the Committee en Petitions , and he stated that -a petition had been presented to the House on the ~ 9 th inst ( as -we understood ) , complaining of the conduct of Lord Abinger at the late special commission , and the committee recommended in the report , which he then teld in his hand , that the said petition be printed for the use of lleinbers only . Ordered to be printed accordingly . Sir A . BB . 00 K . E presented a petition from Fermanagh , praying for an inquiry into the operation of the Irish Poor Law .
MI .-T . DU 5 C 011 BB presented a petition from a Bodety of working men , at Bennondsey , stating that they had seen , -with great disgnst , the wars that had been carried on in China and Affghanistan . They bad read also , with great disgust , the accounts that had appeared of the merciless _ tee » tment of the population during the retreat of the troops from Afghanistan , and they prayed the House to institute an investigation into the whole history of those wars . The same Hon . Member presented a petition agreed to at a public meeting in Liverpool , -which expressed the
deepest sympathy with the sufferings of tha working classes , and complained of the charges delivered by Lord Abinger at the proceedings under the spesial commission held in Lancashire and Cheshire , and stating that his concuct on that occasion was considered to have been unjust , unconstitutional , and calculated to deprive the prisoners of a fair trial . The petitioners prayed that the Soosa might institute an immediate inquiry into the allegations made on this subject , and if they proved to be well-founded then the petitioners prajed that the House do present an address to the Crown recommending the removal of the Noble Lord .
Mr . WlLLiAlts gave notice that on Tuesday , the 28 th instant , he would move for an account of tile public money expended upon the Royal palaces and theii appurtenances , whether arising fro unparliamentary grants , the Crown lands , or any other source whatever . Also , on the same day , he would move for a return of all monies which had been received from the Crown lands , Etrays , &c , which were given up to the general revenue of the country upon the settlement of the civil list at the accession of William IT . ; also , on the same day , he would move for a return of the ordinary revenue of the country , together with the expenses of its collection .
On the motion of Mr . Wallace , the following gentlemen were appointed as a committee to inquire into the causes of the distress in Paisley : —Mr . Wallace , Lord Kobert Grosvenor , Mi . M- Sutton , Mr . F . Maule , Sir R , H . Inglis , Mr . Young , Mr P . M . Stewart , Mr . H ^ aatie , Mr . Pringle , Mx . Smollett , Mr . Horsman , Mr . Duncan , Sir . Acland , Mx . Colquhoun , a . id Mr . Wyse . Mr . Wasb gave notice , that on the 28 ( b instant , he would move for a committee to isqoire whether any special burdens pressed upon the lanaed interest , and if so what are their nature and extent —( cheers ) .
Lord Sxaslky moved a vote of thanks to the officers and men employed in the naval and military operations in China . He would mix no disputable topics with this motion ; nor had he any party feeling connected with it , the commanders having all been appointed under the l « t . > iai « iri . i >; i « Tiro XHMlUUKliUe III Kilt Ot ttlC ITIkT 111 China might be properly dated from about February , 1841 , the operations is 1810 having been on a very small and partial scale . In that month it had been jndged expedient to advance oar naval force into the interior waters of China , under the very walls of Canton . The fortifications there were of greit strength : but , almost impregnable as they seemed , they were forced by a comparatively irnrigniflfflTit squadron , which is little more than one hour , through a navigation unknown and difficult , and in many parts unattempted before , and without the aid even of a native pilot , took up its position and retained it . A second attack on Canton was afterwards rendered neccf&ary by the misbehaviour of the Chinese : and whereas the former had
been chiefly a naval operation , this was principally , though by no means exclusively , a military one . By a force hardly amounting to 3 , 600 men in all , a line of hills was occupied , aad the forts captured , in the manner described in Sir Hugh Gough * s despatch , against a body of from 35 , 000 to 15 . 000 Chinese troops . Lord Stanley mentioned with especial honour the conduct of a company of Sepoys , who , cut uff from all assistance had , in circumstances of great difficulty , kept at bay a force of many thousand Chinese . He then described * V >« ecb ^ eqneiit expedition to Amoy , and eulogised the skill with -which the Captains laid their ships in line within the harbonr , and the gallantry of . the escalade by which the troops possessed themselves of the town . Not less gallantry and ability
had been exhibited in the capture of Cbingbai and Ningpo . The good order and discipline of the troops , naval and military , British and Indian , had merited the highest praise , and had left among the native population a deep sense of respect for the British came . He then proceeded to give a narrative of the expedition up the Yang-t&e-Kiwag , and of the capture of Gbing-Xang-Fo . So desperate was the valeur of the defenders , that a large body of the Tartars , ignorant of the mercy which follows British victory set fire to a pile , on which they had heaped their effects , their families , and themselves , and perished in the names- He enlarged upon the difficulties and important consequences of this achievement , which had placed in -our power Nankin , the second city of China ,
and forced the Emperor to a final pacification . Victories there had been which had involved more bloodshed—^ iever any which more merited the thanks of the country . It had been usual to vote separate thanks to the naval and th 9 military farces ; but here both had been so generally and » o zealously combined in their services to their eonntry , that he thought it best to couple both jd the expression of her gratitude . There were several t Scars whose names , not enumerated in this vote , be -sronld gladly have included , bnt the "DracticeTiad been to mention by name those individu&lB « nly who held a certain rank of command . On the consequences of these events he would not enlarge ; he » ould only caution the mercantile world against a too Ksguine expectation of immediate resalts te our com-Ttwyyft from , the opening of markets ia Cliina .
Lcsai PaLKKRSTOS , in seconding a motion upon a subjets with which it had been his lot to te connected , would introduce no topic that could cast even a shade of tiiffeKace . He applauded the skill and courage of the IBritieh , and did juace to the personal valeur which had -JliBtiagBisbed the Chinee amid their aster ignorance of the arts of war . He gave especial esedit to oar officers lot their restraint of all license on tfce part of the troops » forbearance which had much conduced to e . - ^ aWiii among the Chinese a favoeeable opinion ol a ^» d disposition towards , the British . He agreed in de /»«* iing premature peculation for fee markets of Chin * » *« ' expressed hi * persuasion th&t in process of time » considerable exchange of produe * would take place l ^ etween the two countries . Sir Charles Na p «* bore testmonj to the merits of several of the offi ' «** jnentioned in Eie notice of motion .
Sir Q . Siauntos desi ** # > add to tbe encmeratioa of the advantages likely to «* rue from those ^ accesses , the protege introduction O « Christianity into China . He wished to see justice d " ** * o tbe menu of Sir Henry PottiBger , who was n <* named among these C M ^ HracB also desred the Tut «> duction ef Sir H . Pottinger ' s name . . .. SirB . Pbsl declared his cordial occurrence in lh « general praises ef our officers To Sir" 2- Parttogerbe had before paid hi * tribute of applause . He wished , it had been consistent with usuage to inWnce the narae of that meritoriona functionary ; bnt prec x »» t did not sanction the mention of services merely diplomatic in votes of this nature . He was happy , bt ^« rer » to acquaint tbe House , that the Government , sensible of Sir H . Pottinger'B high services , had offered to him whatever official employment in China he misfit be willing to undertake , with the assurance of their enfi » confidence in him . .
_ . „ . The vote then passed , including bj name Sir Hugh Gongh , Sir W-. Parker , Sir Gordon Bremer , and Generals Lord Saulton , Q . Burrell , Sir R Bartley , and Sir J . B , Schoede .
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Mr . Mackihhou moved for leave to introduce a BUI prohibiting interments within the limits of towns . He proposed to exempt certain suburban cemeteries from the operation of the Bill . The principle of his measure must sooner or later be carried , though he felt that there -was a good deal of difficulty in the details . Mr . Home seconded the motion . The measure was very important to tbe health of the poor , and would require the best assistance of the Government to uphold it against probable opposition from private interests .
SirJ . Gbabah approved the principle of the Bill , but bad great doubts about details . Hoping , however , as he did , for further information which might enable the Government , perhaps in this very Session , to bring forward a measure of its own , he must decline to undertake for its co-operation in the present Bill . As to drainage in general , he Intended to recommend tbe appointment of a commission of men of science , for the purpose of fully considering and advising upon this matter . Some objections were made by Mr . HaWES and Mr . Escott , but Mr . MACKiNNOK , with the utmost disposition to attend te aay remedy proposed by the Government , declared his intention to proceed with his own Bill for the present Sir W . Clay , Dr . Bowring , and Mr . M . Philips endeavoured io dissuade him , but he persevered , and leave was given to introduce the BilL DISTRESS OP THE COUNTRY . —ADJOUBNED
DEBATE . Mr . Ewabt commenced the adjourned debate . He laid before the House a series of details , from which be inferred the evils of the restrictive system . He afterwards cited a variety of returns , for tbe purpose of showing the increased competition which our increased manufactures have now to sustain fqpm those of the continent , and the consequent necessity of some measures which may enable our own manufacturers to produce at a cheaper rate , by s reduction in the duties on raw materials—namely , the duties of Customs and Excise—and by a diminution in the price of food . He pressed , therefore , for the repeal of the Cora Laws : and expressed his hope that Sir R . Peel would not long be able to resist that repeal .
Mr . Liddell apprehended that this motion was neither more nor less than a question of confidence or no confidence is the Government . He controverted tbe inferences drawn by Lord Ho wick , from the depression of Sander land , attributing its condition not so much to the general circumstances of the times , as to the rapid growth of the neighbouring ports of Hartiepool and Seaham , which had attracted a great portion of the coal trade and coal craft , once the staples of Sunderland . He attested the successful working of the new duty on coaL The noble lord contended that the prevalent distress could not be attributed to-the New Poor Law . Now , from the information which he ( Mr . Liddell ) bad received , it would appear that the New Poor Law , with
its intricate ant ? expensive machinery , had added in a reay great degree to the distress of the country , by considerably augmenting the amount of the rate , and it was deeply to be lamented that the new law had been carried into operation in the north of England . Where the law was necessary to correct abuses , he t Mr . Liddell ) had no objection to its being carried into operation ; but , in places where no fault could be found , it stood to reason that tbe enforcement of a law involving such expensive establishments must be greatly increasing the rate and tend to impoverish the community . He mentioned this circumstance for the information of his Bight Hon . friend tbe First Lord of the Treasury , who , he hoped , would give it a due consideration—( hear ) . The noble lord argued that the real cause of the distress was to be found in the narrow and restrictive field
offered for the industry and enterprise of the country , and as a remedy urged the enlargement of the market—( bear , hear ; . The manufacturing power of tbe country , however , was so very great , that let the market be extended ever so much , we could work up our manufactures to an over-production . An Intelligent friend of his once observed to him , that if a railroad could be formed to Jupiter , Tenus , and Saturn , and that tbe inhabitants were in want of every necessary of life , the productive power of tb . 6 country would soou glut the planets with the requisite articles —( laughter ) . Tbe noble lord had net established his case , and
he had neglected two or three important points . One of the leading causes was the series of bad harvests preceding the last year . Another ,: and Btill subsisting one , was the derangement of American credit ; aad the vast consequent diminution in our commerce with the United States . Ha would not now enter upon what was cot the proper question before the House— the question of the Corn Laws , On that head he was satisfled with the declarations of Sir K . Peel . It was in vain to assail that Right Hon . Baronet's character either by insinuation or by direct attack ; the gentlemen of England would rally round him , and support him by their voices and their votes .
Lord WorslkT denied tue alleged confldtnce of the agriculturists in tbe Minister , and affirmed the existence of considerable distress in his own county . But , if tha House should go into committee on this distress , would any remedy be found there ? He feared tbe result would be only a Corn Law debate ; and he should therefore , though thus differing from those with whom he usually acted , oppose both the motion and the amendment Mr . Gally Rnjght combated the opinion expressed by the mover , that the distress was unconnected with over-production . The reason why the agriculturists had desired last year , and desired still , to prevent further alteration in the Corn Law , was not tbe selfish fear of diminution in rents , but the belief that general injury , —certainly and immediately tbe ruin of a large portion of those classes which axe employed by the land , —would be the consequence of withdrawing protection .
Mr . Ward called on Government to relieve , distress by liberal measures . He did not regard this as a party question . It would not do for the Minister to let hiB opponents have only tbe benefit of hiB principles , and give his adherents the benefit of his practice . He would beg to « all the attention of the Government to the facts as they regarded the town of Sheffield . He did not want to exaggerate or over-state the case—he believed that exaggeration never helped a bad case , and did great harm to a good one . The facts which he should state , if the KightHon . Baronet and the Right Hon . Gentleman were sincere in theii principles , would make them consider the possibility of their taking their stand on the poor pittance of commercial reform hitherto given to the country . When he had first known
Sheffield , in the year 1836 , there was not , he believed , a single able-bodied man of good character out of employment j there were 300 bouses building , and comfort and respectability wera generally diffused ; the payments to tbe casual poor , which must arise in all parishes of a population of 100 , 000 , amounted to £ 13 Ida . weekly , and no more ; and he asked whether there was then in England a working population possessed of the same means ? He would now pass over three or four years . Undoubtedly tbe financial embarrassments of America , to which allusion had been made , had had a good deal to do with the distresses which arose in the courae of that time—ihear , hear ) . But he would come now to the year of 1839 . That was a very bad year , and 1840 ¦ waatrorse ; and just at the Tery moment -when the price of bread , now increased to nearly double what It had been three years before , the demand for labour was reduced , and the rate of wages became , consequently , proportionately low . In January , 1842 , wheat was
65 s . 2 d . per quarter ; a sum of £ 1 400 was raised by voluntary subscription ; the weekly payments to the casual poor , in the mouth of February , amounted to £ 178 ; in March , to £ 194 ; in April , to £ 278 . In the month of May there were in the Sheffield poor-house 580 inmates ; and the payments to tbe casual poor amounted to £ 333 ; and at the same time payments were going on by all the trades' unionB which were possessed of funds , with a view to the parishes being relieved of the immense burthens which must otherwise have fallen on them , and from this source £ 2 » , 000 were paid during tbe year . In July , wheat was at 67 s . 8 d . ; the weekly payments to the casual poor reached £ 441 ; in August wheat was at 65 a . ptr quarter ; the weekly payments amounted to £ 492 , and there were supposed to be at this time 3 , 000 adult men and 1 , 500 wjmen unemployed . In September and October the fallowing 2 gports were made , and t&ey came from a gentleman wiiose authority Hen . Members opposite would not diBpute , for he was as good a Conservative as any of them
—ifcear ) . " JEPTEMBEB" « th . Average price of wheat 52 s . 4 d—7 th . Shtf field poor : In the house , 585 ; cassal poor , week ' s pay ments , £ 503 . Ecclesall poor : In . ijcuae , 374 ; out payments , £ 132 .
" OCTOBSB . " 5 th , Sheffield PoorhouEe : Inmates , 536 ; casnal poor , £ 467 . Ecclesall Union : In the house , 452—against 258 last year ; out-poor , £ 121 . Report of bettering society ; Since tbe year 1837 , there baa been manifestly a most disastrous turn in trade and manufactures here , sot the consequence of a sudden shock from violent and temporary derangement , traceable to obvious causes , aerate and heavy for a while , a » on former occasions , for which , if slowly , yet surely * amendment followed , but a progressive decay , like the fatal and insidious symptoms of consumption in the human frame , tending towards inevitable destruction . The oldest inhabitant of Sheffield cannot remember a crisis of calamity so general , aad apparently bo hopeless , &a that which h&a come upon us . The labouring classes haTe been gojnz down intoabject destitution . "
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These were the reports of Mr . Montgomery , whose name and reputation were known to the House . —( Hear , bear . ) In November a sum of £ 260 was granted by the London Manufacturers' Relief Committee , and some Uttte relief was afibtdei by the fall in price ef wheat , which now reached an average price of 46 s . ; but there were on the 19 th of the month in the Sheffield poor-house 615 inmates ; bMides 1 , 083 casual poor ; the payments to the canal poior amounted to £ 420 , and the trades' unions stated that their funds altogether applied to the relief of the unemployed poor amounted to £ 29 , 356 during the last four years aud a-hatf . In December wheat was 47 s ; the weekly payments to the casual po « were £ 412 in amount ; a sum being , thus * paid , in one week only ,
£ 212 short of the whole amount paid in one year in 1836 . Now , had things improved in the last year ? At a meeting of the Sheffield Banking Company , on the 27 th January , a report was read , which stated" The period comprised in the report which the directors have now to lay before you has been one . as yau all know , of continued commercial embivrrassmeut and depression , ' The Sheffield , and Rotherham Banking Company were furniBhed with a report containing the following passas ; e : — " In presenting tho seventh annual report of the affairs of the bank , the directors have again to deplore the continuance of commercial depression and embarrassment in every br&nch of trade j" and this was signed by six directors , aJI ; of whom were good Conservatives . So much for the middle classes ; and now
with regard to house property in Sheffield , and tbe building mania in that town . In 1837 there were 300 houses building ; in the present year there were 3 , 40 U houses untenanted —( hear , hear ) . And a gentleman in whom he had the greatest confidence , and whe was poBseised of ^ auny ho uses , had written to him in tbe following terms : —*« I have not at this moment a single tenant who is not in arrears with his rent—some two , otbera three half years , and I believe this to be the general condition of the town . " Another leading merchant wrote , " 1 am sorry to say that the affairs of this town are worse and worse , and no appearance of improvement . Tbe distress is intense , and increasing . The sums raised for tbe relief of the poor are , 1840 £ 26 . , 1841 £ 35 000 , 1842 £ 52 , 000 ; and if we
measure what this year will be , by what the montba of November , December , and January last have been , 1843 will give £ 84 , 000 : I fear it will give more , not less . It is positively fearful . Bat beyond these returns , he had received letters from working men in the town , who stated tbe sufferings which they had n 9 w to undergo , which showed the hopeless state in which all classes wera , and which exhibited a state of misery and depression of tl > e most heartrending character . Qne of thesa letters said tbpt there was nothing but " Increasing misery , increasing pauperism , increasing crime , with decreasing employment , decreasing capital , decreasing hope , and , above all , decreasing religion and morality ; and tbe industrious classes see not merely their domestic comforts and
respectability annihilated , but their power to purchase the commonest article of food or clothing destroyed . '' Upwards of 1 . 000 families were still supported by their trades in lieu of receiving parochial relief , ami from this source they obtained eight shillings per week , which , however , was to pay their rent , thuir rates ( for in Sheffield every man not actually receiving' parish relief was rated ) , and to procura the necessaries of life ; " and yet , " it was said by his informant , " this they prefer to parish relief , nnd to tha wretchedness of wandering over the roads and streets with a broom or rake , with empty bellies , in storms and cold , and what is even worse to the sensitive and once independent mind of a skilled mechanic who has lived in comfort and respectability for twenty or thirty years , the degradation which they
actually feeL" These were sensations , in whioh he thought that every Member of thftt House , on whichever side he sat , must deeply sympathise—( bear , hear ) . They disagreed as to tbe nature of the remedy to be afforded , but would they any longer avoid giving the people that relief which they were entitled to demand 1 He believed that it was the anxious wish of Her Majesty ' s Government that some remedy should be devised ; but was it consistent with this desire , that a motion like the pieBent , directed to the very object whioh all must have in view , should be met and got rid of upon a miserable gmund of technicality , that the committee was not the best means of attaining the desired eid—( hear , hear . ) The distress was now reaching all parties , » nd those who not long since had deemed themselves secure from
all apprehension on this score , now found themselves deeply and seriously affected . Even the agriculturists found that they were not proof against its ; attacks . How did the case stand ? The trade andi xnanW ^ cJures of Sheffield were of a nature to attract many of the respectable orders of society ; and the sous or relatives of agriculturists bad found their way to that town , and had Joined in iu manufactures . . Xbeyhad deemed tue trade to fee dependent upon the opulent and tbe home market only ; but they now found that tblB market was unsafe . Of the silver-platers aud saw-makers , who bad been formerly in employment , not one-fifth could now find work , and many of these only for a few days a-week . A xe-actiou was found to take place with regard to land . An informant wrote to
him" These two trades are generally supplied by the sons of respectable ; families from country districts , well educated , and who give premiums with them . Of fifteen young men , who have just served their time , three are partially employed , four are upon the parish , and eight have' returned to their parents or frieudB . Of fifty-one who have come of age in the last two years , only seven are partially employed—the rest are living either upon the parish or their friends . There are ten other trades still supporting their own poor , 1 , 000 families , averaging four in each , subsisting npon Is . 3 d . per week per head . " Thus it was that the agriculturists , who had eughfc to engage in this species of trade , had been disappointed , aud were driven back by the wants of their fellows to seek relief
and support from their relations , or from their own parishes —( hear , hear ) . He thought that , with . thesa facts before tbem , Honourable Gentlemen would agree with him that the proposal made was for an inquiry into the gravest subjects which could b : brought before the Hocse . They had told the people of England that Parliament was omnipotent—that there was nothing that it could not do , and that when difficulties arose it was the duty of Parliament to remove them . Did they now abjure tbese principles—( hear , bean ? Unhappily they had the power to do mischief as well as good . They had the power , as tbe people believed , of standing between them aud the wages of their labour—(^ ear , hear;—they bad the power to cripple the uopeB and the industry of the people ; and they now refused to enquire into the consequences of their own acts —( hear ' . It was represented 1 that the mover would have done better to make seme definite proposal . He then
criticised the speech of Mr . Gladstone , whom he charged with having slipped into involuntary admissions with respect to the Corn Law , embarrasdiDg to himself , and b > no means palatable to his lender , or Sis party . Much waB said about the impracticable tariffs of other states , for instance , that of America . But those tariffs were produced by our own ; America imposed duties of 34 per cent . ; but our present duty on American corn amounted to about 90 per cent , on the costof tbat article in that country . For bis own part , if he were suffered to go into tbe committee , he woud go into it , not with vague views , but with a very definite one . Allusiona had been made to a late attempt at assassination , as connected with the Anti-Corn Law League . He concurrred in the strongest condemnation of such attempts : but tbe responsibility of them , must lie on those whose policy produced the despair which led to them—that despair which was always generated among tfie people by the feeling of injustice ,
Mr . D'Iseaeli apprehended the real question to be , whether our markets could be so extended as to afford relief for our distress ? There were tbree districts of markets—those of Europe , of the East , and of the New World . The British Government had failed in their endeavour to establish commercial treaties in Europe ; but their failure did not arise from our own fiscal regulations , nor from any indisposition of the European Powers to negotiate such treaties . In the present French Chamber there was a majority prepared for , and disposed to , a commercial treaty with England ; but there existed among the French people , erroneously perhaps , a feeling that they had not been candidly treated by England , and especially by the late Minister for Foreign Affiiirs . A treaty with France would do
more for Sheffield than both the Americas ; the demand for English cutlery in France would soon people the untenanted bouses of Mr . Ward ' s constituents , A treaty of commerce might have been obtai ed with Brazil , and wby had it not ? The Sovereign of Brazil had felt himself slighted , if not insulted , though perhaps unintentionally , by the Foreign-office of England ; our nation , alone of tbe European Powers , having neglected to send a special mission to Rio oa the Brazilian Sovereign ' s coming of age . Again , in Spain , we had raised a general feeling against England by aur const&ot interference with Spanish dissensions . Then as to your Eastern markets . There , neither diplomacy
nor special commissions would help yoo to commercial treaties . But the population in the East would give you , in the Levant , in India , and in China , a vast outlet for your good * , provided you would put your monetary system on a proper footing . Last , there were the markets of the New World . The cause of your ill-fortune in America and Australia was not your own tariff or Corn Law , but the character of those new societies , with their shifting aud speculative habits . He was persuaded , considering our solid resources , tbat our present policy was to gain time ; and , meanwhile , to imposs our burdens , not upon labour , but upon property . The Noble Lord said something mast be doae presently . A treaty with France would create a trade wh > se exchange would , ?• ptesently , "
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amount to £ 12 , 000 , 000 sterling per annum . That would do much more for our country than repealing Corn Laws aud . examining witnesses in a Committee of the whole House . Before such a Committee could have got half through its work the evil would be past . The great barrier to tbe progress of those principles of free ] trade now so loudly asserted by * the advocates of this committee bad been their own Reform Bill . Those principles had been originated by Mr . Pitt in 1787 , had been opposed by Mr . Fox and tbe Whigs , had been advanced by Mr . Wallace , Mr . Huskisson , and Lord R \ pon | down to out own time , —and the Reform Bill had then come in and checked their progress . As to the existing Corn Law ,
he did not pledge himself to assist for ever in maintainlog it unaltered ; he had not yet had sufficient experience of it to take such a resolution ; but to this he would pledge himself , —to assist in maintaining that preponderance of tbe landei interest which Lord j John Russell bima-sif had justified . He did not believe that the other great interest , tbat of our commerce , was in a hopeless state ; but , at all events , he would net ( consent to a remedy for one class by the rain of the other . He could not forget tbe saying of that Doge of Venice who , when be looked on the commerce of the World then asohorad in the lagunis beneath his windows , exclaimed , " This Venice , without teirafirma , is but an eagle with one wing !• ' i
Mr . Ross would rejoice if Mr . Disraeli ' s favourable anticipations of British commerce should ! be realiz d , bnt feared that the House weald sot arrive at such a result by pursuing the policy recommended on the Ministerial aids . Mr . D ' lsraeli bad ,-talked of the Reform Bill as the great check to the principles of free trade ; but he bad not pointed out what } members the Reform Bill had let in who had opposed themselves to tree trade principles . The only free trade " which-tho Reform Bill had marred was the trade iin venal : boroughs . When the principles of free trade first began to shoot from tbe old Tory stock , the nation had been much surprised to eee them grow there ; the stock itself scarce knew its own . — !
" Miraturque novas frondes , et non sua poma . " He saw no season to be content with the existing Corn Law . It did indeed check , but it had not extinguished speculation ; and it deprived the labourer of hie just reward . He should wish a gradual abolition of the law , by the remission of one shilling per annum in the duty , till the whole should be extinguished . Mr . Behesford Hope , who spoke amid much noise , from Members leaving the House , said that the chief subject of discussion was the everlasting ] Corn Laws , while the distress of the people , which was real aad extensive , was kept in the back ground . The cause of the distress was that system of over-population and excessive luxury , which had called together vast masses of human beings in the manufacturing districts under circumstances which made them little better than machines . The Honourable G utleman was understood to say that he would vote against the motion i
The debate was then adjourned on the motion of Dr . Bowring , and the House adjourned at a quarter-past twelve
Wednksdat , Feb . 15 . Sir Robebt Peel , in reply to Dr . Bowring , said that a recent despatch from Colonel Sheil confirmed the rumour of the deaths of Colonel Sitoddart and Captain Conolly in Bokhara . ! The adjourned debate on Lord Howick ' a motion was resumed by ' Dr . Bow ring , who o&lled on Sir R . Peel to direct his attention to these things , whioh were a disgrace to a Christian nation . Other nations were adopting a restrictive policy under the delusion tbat that whioh was workiag our ruin was the cause of our prosperity . But the great principles of free-trade , being associated with the interests and ' the civflizAtion of the human race , must ultimately triumph .
Mr . Sir / AST Wortuey thought if thei Corn Laws were repealed to-morrow , their removal would not produce the effects attributed to them . The meaning of Sir Robert Peel , in his reply respecting the alteration of the law , was obvious to any man who did not wish to distort it . Ho had declared that he considered the Corn Law of last session the best under all circumstances ; and that he ] would not change it until he became convinced of its inapplicability to our commercial condition . The causes of the distress in- that portion of the manufacturing community conneoted with America , were clearly referable to the collapse of the extraordinary speculations in . the United States , and not to tin assertion , resting on mere assumption , that we did not take their corn . I
Mr , Wallace : was satisfied that good would oome of an inquiry into tbe general distress , ! the amount of which he believed thac Ministers and their supporters were anxious to conceal . . Mr . Eec" > tt admitted the distress , and that it ought to ba remedied , and denied that the majority of the House refused to inquire into its nature and extent . But Lord Howick ' s motion pointed to the Corn Laws , and was neither more norless than a scheme for obtaining time , in order to adjust the terms of a moderate fixed duty and to induce the advocates of total repeal to support it . No remedy had yet been suggested but an alteration of the Corn Laws , although the difficulty between the advocates of a fixed jduty and of repeal compelled a resort to generalities ; But if the
effoot ofarepeal of the Corn Laws would be aoheapeuing of provisions , how comes it that while recently prices have been reduced one-third , the distress had also increased one-third ! Mr . Ferrand had attacked the free-trade measures of laa ; . session , for which ho himself { had voted , and wliich had led him to exclaim , " God bless Sir Robert P < jel for ohoapening oatmeal ! " The promoters of the motion , no doubt ; calculated on the discontent of the agriculturists in order to effect their object of damaging the Government : but that agriculturist tvas a short-sighted man who was
discontented with measures which were calculated to benefit the entire communUy . Balioying that Sir Robert Peel had done right ia " his free ! -trade measures , and his alteration of the Corn Law , he had supported , and would support him , and he believed that the bulk of the agricultural interest would do so also . But the Anti-Corn Law Leag-ile , instead of being a safety-valve , was a boiler to excite the steam : it irritated the passions of the people . Had Sir Robert Peel been so foolish as te bind himself to any Corn Law , he would never have again trusted him ; but he disapproved of enacting such a law one session and repealing it the next .
Mr . Charles Wood affirmed that the distress was move general and more severe than had eyer oocurred in the memory of the oldest man ; a . iti produced sta : ements respecting the condition of Leeds and its neighbourhood , where oankrup' -cy , k * s of employment , and consequent demoraiizuion , bad produced fearful effects . i Sir James Graham admitted that the great falling off in our commerce demanded the attention ot the Government and the Legislature '; but the representatives of the people should pause before they hold up tho condition of the country a 3 one of permanent decay . Thus , in contradiction of one assertion , returns exhibited a poaiiivo diminution instead of increase in tha amount of mortality in all our great manufacturing aud commercial towns . An unsound system of eredu was amongst
the causes of our present difficulties ; aud , under the unhealthy influence of fictitious credit , there had been an extraordinary increase in mills and machinery . Bui though the influence of that state of things was not yet ovjr , there were indications of improvement , and a gradual increase in the demand for employment . The changes which had ben effected by the new tariff wore unquestionably the greatest wnich had ever been made at one time in the commercial legislation of this country ; ; and though sugar had not been included , on the distinct principle of maintaining our faith , in the face of the world , on the subject of slavery , yet the price of that article had slightly fallen , stocks were j increasing , and demand was improving . He admitted the great importance of our commerce , ( and the necessity of of providing for our increasing population by extending the field for their employment ; and none were more interested in this than the
landed interest . But the utmost caution was requisite in measures affecting that iaterest ; otherwise agricultural might be suparadded to manufacturing distress , and tlw greatest and j most widespread misery reBult . Ha cited Colonel Torrens and Mr . M'Cullooh in support of his I argument ; and contended that no law that could be devised could prevent speculation in corn , for that depended ou the . nature of the seasons . It was the duty of a statesman to apply principles to particular instances ; and though not setting up the home against the foreign market , nothing could be more disastrous to the
manufacturing interest than sudden changes in the domestic economy of this country . Mr . Labouohere had said that when the regular pilot did not undertake to carry the vessel of the state in a given direction , a chance passenger might undertake tbe duty . But it was requisite , in the first instance , to disposBess the regular pilot of the rudder j and if the opposition sought a change in tbe Administration , let them frankly avow their purpose , and try the issne of the question . He concluded by a general defence of the measures of the Government , and anticipated the rejection of the motion by a commanding and decisive majority , j After a few words of explanation from Mr . Wallace , the debate was adjourned . i
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LONDON , Bsrmondsey . —The Chartists of Crucifix-lane locality , have been in the habit of meeting at the house of Mr . M'Crae , the Horns , Crucifixlane , for several months past , have always paid him for his room , Independent of what has been consumed in beer , &c ; "but this would not do for mind host of the Horns ; he told them broadly they did not drink enough for him , so oat they must go ' . Oar friends in this place will , therefore , meet for tha present , at the Black Eagle , Parish-street , every Monday evening . Business of the greatest importance will take place next Monday evening . Mr . Jeanoa , hairdresser , Snowsfields , will be happy to receive subscriptions for the General Defence Fund , Now or never ought the victims to bad laws to bo supported in the coming struggle .
The Camber-well Locality met as usual at tho Cock Inn . After the regular business . Mr . J . Seweil lectured to a very respectable audience . Three new members were enrolled . Mb . Sherwood lectured at the Chartist Hall , 25 , Star Street , on Sunday last , and gave great satisfaction . The Land ! ths Land ! ! thb Land !!!—Feargas O'Connor delivered a lecture on Tuesday evening , <* i the Hall of Scien ' c * , late Rotunda , Blackfriars-roa d , on this interesting subject : the price of admi = s :. a was twopence to the body of tbe hall , and threepence to the gallery , the proceeds to be devoted to
the widow of the veteran reformer , George , bhor * y after seven o'olook , the place was crowded to excess ; Mr . Kose was called to the chair . andbrUHj opened the business of the meeting , and Mr . O'Coii * nor on entering the room was received with the mo ^ l enthusiastic applause , which was revived at in : rv vals throughout the lecture . At the conclusion , * VJ r . Parker moved ' a vote of thanks to Mr . O'Connor io * his able services , and also returned him thanks oa behalf of the widow George . Mr . Dron seoond < d the motion , which was carried amid great applan e Mr . O'Connor briefly replied . Messrs . Snow , Brewer , Miss Walker , and others , addressed the meeting , and a handsome collection was made at the door .
Clebxknwell . —The Clerkenwell Chartists hold a meeting at the Patriot Coffee House on Monoay evening . Mr . Balls being called to the chair , res d to the meeting a copy of a petition for enquiry into the urjust and partial conduct of Judge Abinger , which , after some disoussion , was carried unanimously . The subject of the election of a new Executive , being the next business brought before tbe meeting , a discussion ensued , which ended by Mr Sharp moving the following resolution . " That tins meeting is of opinion , that the nominations for the next Executive . should be postponed till the termination of the forthcoming trials . " Seconded by Mr . Weedon . and carried .
BIRMINGHAM . —ColttCIL MEETING .--The usual meeting of the council of the Birmingham Chartists was held at their room , in Aston-street , at three o ' clock -on Sunday afternoon . Mr . James Mavitfcy in the chair . The Secretary ( Mr- G . White ) read over the names of the council , after which the minutes of the previous meeting Wore read and confirmed . The Secretary reported the state of the books , and collecting districts , and tne various collectors handed in their books—the result was most satisfactory , the subscriptions being double the amount of the previous week , although the whole had not been received , and there is a good prospect of the progressive increase of the funds of the uir . cn , thus proving that the council has the confidence <> i the Chartist public . A long conversation took place
on the manner in which the districts should be laid out . The map of Birmingham , purchased for the use of the council was laid on the table , and it was ultimately agreed to adopt the Ward system , as carried out by the Municipal corporation . Arrangements were then entered into for providing minute and other books , and getting up an address to the working men of Birmingham , after which the foLlowing resolution was unanimously agreed to" That a Conference of the Chartists of Birmingham ba held at the Royal Oak Inn , Little Charles-street , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of laying the proceedings of the Council before the Chartist body . " The other business of the meeting was then disposed of and a vote of thanks given to the chairman , when the council seperated .
As ^ on-street Meeting . —A meeting was held in the Chartist Room , Aston-street , on Sunday evening last . Mr . Joseph Reece in the chair . Messrs . White and Mason delivered addresses on the state of the cause , to an attentive audience . Ship Inn , Steelh&use-lane . —At the usual weefeij meeting ofChartistsat this place on Tuesday evening last , a subscription was entered into for the General Defence Fund , and h was determined to keep it open till next week , when all friends are requested to attend and give their mite . The Shoemakebs' at Peok-lane held their usual weekly meeting on Monday evening , and voied ten shillings to the General Dofence Fund .
Redditch . —Mr . E . P . Mead lectured here ou Suuday evening last to a very attentive audience . GLASGOW —The directors of the Charter Association met ia their Hall , College Opau , on Friday evening , Mr . Ancott in the chair . After considerable discussion it was , reiolyed < hai the ''' directors- meet in future on Monday , instead of Fiid » y , aad their next mMtihg"fco telie ^ pjale ^ Lang drew the attention of the meeting to the case of their friend who attended their last meeting , but who was now away to England to take his trial along with O'Connor and their other friends at Lancaster . He ( Mr . Lang ) , would move that the conduct of Mr . Ross in advancing thU gentleman £ 1 , be approved of , and confirmed , as an act of the directors ; this being seconded , was , after a few observations , all commisserating the sufferings of their patriotic friends under the iron hand of despotism , carried unanimously .
HUDDBRSFIELD . —On Sunday last the District Delegate Meeting was held in Mr . Dickenson ' a Room , King-street , when delegates were present from Huddersfield , Honley , Holmfirth , Almondbury Kirkheaton , and Yew Green . Mr . John Kelso wa 3 called to the chair . After the usual routine of business had been disposed of , the following resolutions were carried :- ?•*• That in the opinion of the delegates now present , representing the Chartists of Huddersfield , the present plan of organization is superior to any other hitherto promulgated , inasmuch as with one . or two slight modifications it may be made wholly efficient for its purpose , and possesses the rare reoommendation of being in conformity to all the requirements of the law . "— " That the
delegates comprising this meeting recommend to the several members and councilmen of the several localities , the propriety of taking proper steps to encourage native talent , that may present itself ia the shape of local lecturers or expounding of Chartist principles , by giving such credentials of their fitness for such important post whenever satisfied that they possess the requisite qualifications , all due care beinj < taken to prevent the encouragement amongst us of indiscreet zeal or improper sentiment . " — " Tnat the delegates now present recommend to their brother Chartists throughout the kingdom , to consider the propriety of deferring all nominations of persons to fulfil the important ofHse of Executive committee-men for a week or two until the result of the government
prosecutions be known , as this course will enable the people to see who of their friends will be at liberty to serve them , should they be nominated and chosen . " " That as the Chartist trials are hurried on sooner than was expected , and tha ' , as it is of the utmost consequence that the Defence Fund should be large enough to secure , as far as money means can secure , jii 3 tice for the Government prosecuted Chartist advocates , and this meeting suggests to each locality the immediate neeebsiiy of attending to the collecting of subscriptions ia aid of that fuud , both front tho merabsrs of the Cbartist body and other friends of the ' cause . " A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting was adjourned to that day fortnight , to ba holdeu at Yew Green ; chair to taken at one o ' clock .
Halifax . —Mr . Hanson , of Elland , delivered a lecture on Sunday evening last , on the origin , rise , and progress of governments , which gave great satisfaction . Lower Warley . —Mr . Butterly lectured here on Sunday last , " On the presont state of society . " The lotturer gu , ve the utmost satisfaction , from ihc manner iu which he handled the subject . At the conclusion , Mr . B . was requested to deliver another lecture ou Sunday , the 26 th instant , at six o ' clock in the evening . Dehby . —Mr . Thos . Cooper , of Leicester , lectured here ou Tuesday week .
Bury —The Chartists of this town held their weekly meeting in the Garden Street Lecture Room , on Monday evening last * when a friendly conversation took place on various topics connected with the Chartist agitation . The letter of Mr . Oastler from the Fleet Papers , and other interesting articles , wera read from the Star . A committee was chosen to raise means towards defraying the expenses of a brother member , who waa to appear at Lancaster . Idle . —The Chartists of this place met in their room , Stansfield-bmldings , on Sunday last , and voted three shillings to the defence fund . CtiTHEaoE . —Mr . Beesley lectured here on Wednesday , February 8 th .
Stockpobi . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Brown , of London , lectured to a numerous audience and gavo general satisfaction . —On Monday evening , Mr . D Ross , ot Manchester , lectured on the principles of the Charter . At the close , he challenged disouBsioa . but none accepted it . DrjcKRNFiELD . —Oa Monday evening last , Mr . Jamea Leach , of Manchester , leotnrad here , on the Corn Laws , to a large and respectable audience . Sunpebxand . —Mr . P . M . Brophy , of Dublin , delivered two lectures in the Golden Lion Long Room , on the nights of Tuesday , the 7 th , and Thursday , the 9 th of February , to very respectable audiences . At the conclusion of each lecture , sovaral members were enrolled .
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