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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fju » at , Sept . 17 . The Speaker took the < fr »^ at a few minute * before fear o ' clock . lit . Cochba » b took the e * ths and bis seat for Bridport Mt SHiB . MXX Ceawfoxd presented a petition from B individual named James Bullock , of Peterhead , Reottad , complaining of manufacturing distress , and praying for an extension of toe raSra ^ e . Mr . Bbothebtox presented a petition from the Yotmg Men ' s Association at Mac eh ester against tbe Corn Laws . Mr . OOBDE ? presented petitions from . King ' s Lynn , Robs ( SUf&rdablrH , 2 £ aaehester and other pUees against the Corn Laws . Sir E . Wilkot presented a petitioE from the British asd Foreign Anti-Slavery Society , praying for the enforcement of tbe laws against the Blare trade .
Mr . Tillikbs presented a petition from certain aiufactarers of North Derbyshire , complainining of distress from the want of a EnScieney of the necessaries of life , and praying for the total repeal of the OomlAws . The Spxaxbb informed the House that he hid noe&ved a comxfinnleatien from the examiner of recogtritanww , stating that the sureties entered into for the petitions against the retams from the following places -were unexceptionable : —Cardigan , Nottingham , Wakefield , Rochester , Tipperary , Southampton , Newry , and loneester . Captain Pechill moTed that returns of assessed Jaxes from 18 S 2 be priafced . The order of the day for the House going into Committee of Supply haying been read .
Lot * Johjt Russell rose and addressed the House . He said that he a-rsiled himself of the opportunity this motion afforded him to make some observations upon the course which the By * Hon . Gentleman at the head af her Majesty ' s preseS Government had last night declared it to be his intention to pursue . These observations he felt it his duty to make when the Right Hon . Gentleman applied to the House to place a sum of the pahHe money at the disposal of the Crown . He considered this the fitting opportunity to state the views he entertaiaed both £ the present Etlte of the country and af tht course which tbeRightHon . Gantleman yesterday stated i ; to U L : 3 intention , as the head of the Government , to pursue . Before , however , he entered into the topics relative to which he differed greatly from
tite decisions to which her Majesty ' s Grovernmenthad come , he wished to advert to one or two subjects of freat public Importance . With respect to the foreign relations of the state , it appeared te him quite unnecessary to do more than to say that the state of Europe- appeared to afford every prospect of She continuance of that pe » ce on which her Majesty * speech but delivered in this Htose congratulates her Parliament The affairs ef Eur « pe being is this state , there was certainly a question with r # - fcrenca to the United States of America , which in some rerpects bore a very unsatisfactory appearance . When his 2 * obleFriend stated to this House , as Secretary for Poreifu Affairs , his opinion in respect to thfc matter , it appeared her Majesty ' s Government and" that of the
United Statss were perfectly agreed as to the character to be attributed to the attack on , and destruction of the Caroline , that it was a questiom to be debated between nation and cation , and not considered as an individual cause of grievance , ( Hear , hear . ) The Noble Lord then expressed hii confidence that the case at issue wxmld not lead to any interruption of the relations of sanity subsisting between England and America ; he also felt that there was every disposition in the people of this country ts have the matter arranged amioablv . ( Hear , bear . ) He had nothing to say against the appointments made for Ireland . He must say that he had seen those appointments with great satisfaction—hear , hear )—and he trusted it was the intention of the Noble Xori ( Earl de Grey ; to place the people of Ireland on
an equality with the people of this country . He trusted that the Noble Lord who had been appointed the Irish Secretary , would not attempt to iatroduoe- a Bill into this House , which had already been attempted , and which must , if persevered in , tend to the deetrnctien of the representation in that country . They now had met te consider the important affairs of the country . ( Hear , hear . ] Her Majesty bid been advised by her late Ministers to intimate a desire to this House that the laws respecting com should be taken into consideration . The Noble Lord here read tiiat portioa of her Majesty ' s speech relating to the Corn Laws and the distress of the country , and then proceeded to say , that of the importance of these considerations no persoa could entertain a doubt Those laws embarrassed trade ,
deranged the currency , and increased the privations of tiie great body of the community . ( Hear , hew . ) It seemed that the time was come when this important law ought to be taken into consideration . ( Hear , hear . ) Ihe Right Hon . Gentleman ( Sir R . Peel ) bid stated that his time had lately keen occupied in the formation of the administration , and that consequently it was Hot in his power to consider those important measures . ( Hear . ) Bat although that might fee a good reason for the last fortnight , it certainly was not a good reason fat postponing , for &ve months , measures of such vast important * as those to which he w&s now alluding . ( Loud cries of " Hear , hear . " ) It could not but be inferred thai the Bight Hon . Gentleman intended to wopose some alteration in those laws , from what had
escaped him ; and as that was his intention , he thought be ought to have brought forward his measures at once , and not added eight months to tha time which he < Lsrd J . Bossell ) had proposed . ( Hear . ) There were symptoms likewise in the formation of the Government which induced b . frn to have very great doubts whether say alteration of the Com Lawn was intended . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He was not alluding to -the constitution of the Administration from any peeonal conziderztioiu ; but the delay ha thought wot a symptom that no considerable alteration was intended . ( Loud tries of " Hear . " ) Was it possible , then , that this the country coald wait with expectation for five months ? ( Hear . ) Or was it possible that any large measure renting to the trade in corn could be carried ?
( Hear , hear . ) He dii not himself think it could be intended ; and if so , the arguments which had been used against him ( Lord J . JSossell ) for making a delay of one mtnth , the proposal of the Right Hon . 'Baronet teld with tenfold ferce against himself . ( Cheers . ) They might attempt some alteration in the averages to make the lavs more stringent , and if such was the intention , why not propose it in th « month of October ? Why not set the expectation of the country at rest ! IHear , hear . ) The consideration was a most inpertant one ; and he did not know why so long a period should be allowed to elapse before the Cabinet made up their minds as to the measures 'vdtteh they intended to bring forward . At all events some case ongtit to be made out for the proposed very long procrastination .
See how this sore on the state of the manmfactnriag interest ( Hear , hear . ^ He did sot say that any laws could prevent occasional and severe distress in this interest , arising from the state of eur foreign relations as a cause of over-trading ,- bat he thought it was the duty o ? Parliament to be able to say they had nothing to do with causing or contriving this distress . ( . Cheers . ) How depend their restrictions on commerce as they now existed ? were the present Corn Lsws necessary for the sake of revenue ? on the contrary , they defeated all the objects cf revenue . If his proposal of a fixed duty of 6 s . on com had been adopted , they would Lave now a considerable receipt of revenue from this source . He saw nothing to prevent the House tat-ing into consideration the existing Corn Laws during the
present autumn . The No ale Lord then read the prayer of the Manchester meeting , adopted in their addree ? to the throne , on the existing Btate of distress among the poor , which was to the effect that her Majesty \ rould not prorogue the present Session of Parliament until it had taken into consideration that part of Qie speech from the tiron 2 ¦ which related to the existing Corn Liws . This was cot the opinion of Manchester only , but of a great portion of the country . ( Hear , bear . ; It had been suggested that this distress might be met by increased rates ; but , if the distress -were general , this remedy must fail necessarily . ( Hear , hear . } The Noble Lord then repeated his arguments of two years ago en this subject : and expressed bis fears that the cotton trade , if not relieved by a greater freedom of
trade , would be outdone by foreign competition , and that a large portion of the population would then be left wiibcrat resource . As related to the finance , he thought they should , in the course cf the present year , take tome measures for an immediate increase of the revenue . This , he contended , would be best done by throwing open trade , and relieving it from the trammels now hanging over it He was r . fraid the ovrtrss recommended "wonid not give satisfaction Urtie country , asd he felt more conTinced than ever that , if they had adopted their proposals of the 30 th of April last , they would baTe done much already to relieve the existing distress , and , by the adoption of a more natural
intercourse with other nations , they -would have done more t >> a-n in any other way they could accomplish to secure the future peace of the world . Cries -of " hear , hear . " No doubt if Gentlemen opposite had . made up their minds to reject these proposals , that the majority which had already expressed their confidence in Ministers would support them in that determination . At the same time , he did net intend to make any motion on the subject ; but he entered his protest " , as a Member of that House , against its being considered that he gave bis acquieacenoe in the course which it appeared it was intended to pursue . ( The Noble Lord sat down amid sheers which continued for some time . ) *
Sir R . Pbbl aid he had not sought to commence his Government by a controversy of a party character , but the No » le Lord was at perfect liberty to Invite any diseosslon ef the kind , and he felt thankful to him for the opportunity he had given h > "i * f Tp » t- ? ng some observations upon the subjects he had referred . to . He concurred in the desire to preserve our amicable relations with France , and still more cordially in a prayer expressed by the Noble Lard for the protection of that great «** wjiio bow wielded the destinies of France TNBjfee hands of the aa ^ ssin . He believed he might " wfxUi the gooi understanding with France was not aaely to be endangered by the change of Government W / ISAJad just taken place in this country , and he also MEJrad that an amicable understanding between France * fti Bagland would largely eenduoeto the peace of Bswpe . Each country could well afiVd to rest under Vtotarga which each had obtained , convinced that IMfr aa doing must be conducive to the progress of
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civilisation and to the welfare of the world . ( Cheer * With respect to the United States , he oonftteed be viewed oar relations with , that cocairr with great anxiety ; but he could not help h ' tping that the prevailing good sense of the communitr woald have ite influence npon the Government of the State of New York . It was kis desire that such might be the result ; but at the sama time he should make no ooneeasion affecting the honour and independence of tbia country , for the purpose of purchasing a temporary tranquillity . ( Cheers . ) The part of the speech of the Nous Lord which be most xegretted , was Mai in which he had said that be would not call for a decision of the House upon the Muse he ( Sir R . Peel ) bad proposed to pursue . Ha wtfced the Noble Lord bad taken the sense of the
Xetse upon the reasonableness of the demand which he had made upon its confidence . He should than have asked if it was reasonable that , on bis return to office after an absence from power of Un years' duration , he should be called upon within one month to declare as to whether there ought to be an alteration ia the Corn Laws . He would ask if it was not reasonable that an interval should be allowed him te consalt with his colleagues upon a measure of such importance ? If be were not to be allowed a short period for this purpose , what was to be thought of a Government which held office for five yeara , and which never , until May , 1841 , intimated , on the part of that Government , an united opinion upon this important subject ? ( Cheers . ) If t&at Government was to fully convinced that theae laws
were at the root of a great portion of the distress of the people , what must have been ita neglect of duty in having so long delayed a remedy for the eviL ( Hear , hear . ) When he wa 3 prepared with bis measures he would state to tka House at once ths coum he meant to pursue . He would not propose measures to be carried here and rejected there—( loud cheering )—but measures up « n the success of which he wculd be prepared to stake the existence of the Government ( Loud cheering . ) With respect to finance , he had again to regret that tha Noble Lord had not taken the opinion of tb « Hous * In what position , he would ask , did he inherit the Government of the country ? In 1837 there was a defiaiency in the revenue to the extent of £ l , 428 , Mt ; is 18 JS there was a deficit of £ 4 ! MM ; la 1840 there
was a deficiency of £ 1 , 457 , « 6 t ; and in 1841 then was a deficiancy of £ l , 851 , 0 » 9—tbu making an accumulative deficit of £ 5 , 166 , # 00 , For the year 1842 it wai estiiaated that there would be a deficiency of £ 2 , S » 0 , 0 »» , making a total deficit of £ 7 , 666 , 090 when he cam * to the administration of the finances of the couxtry ; and yet , when only one month in office , be was called up » n at once to bring forward measures to remedy the eviL ( Cheers . ) If the late Chancellor of the F . xeheqner had , by his Budget , realised bis fullest expectations , he mast still have proposed a vote of credit , partaking in character of that which his Right Hob . Frien * ( Mr . Goulburn ) would have shortly to bring forward . The late Government had calculated on a revenue , during the present year , of £ fi 00 , 0 lt , arising from the
alteration of the timber duties , whereas it was clear , from the communications of Lord Sydenham , that daring tb « present year not one shilling could be derived from that Boorce . ( Cheers . ) The Right Hon . Baronet tb » n proceeded to argue that little or no revemue could fee derived from the reduction ef 12 a , of the differential duties on sugar ; and subsequently referring to the growing expenees of oar colonies , and the great expence * of the war in China , asked , if in the midst of such accumulated difficulties , it was unreasonable for the House to give him some little time to endeavour to meet them f ( Hear , b # ar , hear . ) Was it not reasonable before bringing forward any measure of finance to wait until they saw what might Uke pUce in America ? ( Cheers . ) He would say no more
on that aead , but would turn to Ireland , where it was said that his advent to power was to be the signal for heisting the standard of ascendancy , and yet not one month had passed away of his administration , when the Noble Lord had admitted that that difficulty he had at least got over—( cheers )—and . that he had given a guarantee to the people of Ireland that they would be governed impartially . ( Cheers . ) He would take care , as far as in him lay , that the law should be administered with firmness and impartiality , and he hoped with vigour ; and , at all events , be would take care not to allow the Administration of Irish affairs to be influenced by the hope of gaining support in the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) He had made engagements to render impartial justice to Ireland , and so far as
depended upon himself those engagements should be fulfilled . ( Cheers . ) The appointment of Lord de Grey aa Lord Lieutenant , and of Sir H . Sugden as L » rd Chancellor of Ireland , was some proof of tha course intended to be pursued . Sir B . Sugden having a pension as a retired Chancellor for a very Bhort tenure of offiee , felt the country had a claim upon his services , and had therefore consented to resume his dntiee ; bit if he had been prevented by any circumstances from doing so , he ( Sir R . Peel ) would nave selected a Chancellor from the Irish bar , which stood as high as aay bar in the world . ( Cheers . i His only object in accepting the
harrass ng duties of his situation was the hope of being of service to his country , and in the measures he should propose no considerations of political support should eezpel him to . become the servile instrument to carry the opinions of other people into effect ( Hear , hear . ) Power was only valuable to any honourable mind because of the opportunity it afforded of being serviceable to the co an try , and when be found that that-power wag denied him in the way accordant with his own feelings and opinions he would reserve to himself the power of retiring from office when be could no longer di « oh&rge its duties to h > s own satisfaction . ( Load cheering . )
Lord PaLHB&sto * w&b of opinion that the reasons for the delay proposed by the Right Hon . Baronet would not be held satisfactory by the country at Urge . He contended that the foreign relations of the country were banded over to the present Government in the most flourishing condition , and sueh aa to tommand respect as powerfully as in any period of o « history . The Noble Lord then entered into a defence of the prepositions of the late Government , and condemned the postponement , until January , of any intimation of the aeasures of that now la existence , asserting that , as far as regarded the Corn Laws , every possible information was already before the House .
Mr . Yillieks spoke of the great distress prevailing in the country , and thought it kard that the Right Hon . Baronet should refuse any measure of relief for a period of many months . With respect to the Com Laws , as they refused to disease the measure in that House , he believed the question would be decided by agitaJUs out of doors . Mr . Brotkbkto * pursued the same course of argument as Mi . Yilliers and Mr . Ward ; referring to hi * promise to give the Government a fair trial , be regretted that Sir R . Peel bad ( jiven him no opparUnity whatever of judging sf his measures .
Mr . Coibe > - said that the course pursued by the Government appeared to be this— " we have a majority of 9 » but we have no argument" This was a bad example—they should not teach the people the doctrine of appealing to numerical force . Vast numbers of the ministerial side of the House were returned by bribery , and were therefore profoundly ignorant of the state of public opinion . The Hon . Member then dwelt on the distress of the people , and attributed the evil altogether to the Corn Laws . Ljrd Sa > do ^ said that prudence , if not decency , onghi to have imposed silence upon hon . gentlemen on the opposition side of the house upon the sulsject of bribery . They should remember that their walls were built of glass , and strongly contrasted with the purity of the elections of members on the ministerial side , as -waa evinced by Bridport , Shrewsbury , and Jfottinghflm .
Mr . HiTa said the late elections had been carried by the most gross and infamous bribery ; but said that he was tree from the charge , as he had never incurred one shilling of expense that he would be ashamed to name . Mr . Ltttox contended that an alteration of the Corn Laws would be productive of much iDjury to Ireland . Mr . S . C&awford thonght the interests of Ireland would be promoted verj considerably by an alteration in tha Corn Laws . Mr . M . J . O'Coit . NElL had but little hope that the Government of Ireland , whatever might be the intentions cf the Noble Secretary for that country , would give ultimate satisfaction . Mr . Hardt attributed the distress in the manufacturiri * districts to over-production . Mr . HiNDLE * denied that over-production was the cause . The real cause was a paucity of
food-Mr . Milnes thonght the question of the Cora Laws to be far too complicated te be dealt with hastily with any advantage to the country . Mr . Fielded then addressed tbe House in a tone so low as to be very imperfectly beard . He contended that Parliament 9 ught at once to proceed with the business of the nation . The state of manufacturing distress he represented to be excessive , especially throughoct Lincashire . It appeared to him that in such a state of things nothing could be more culpable than to postpone the consideration of the Poor Laws , and he could not help wondering that the Hon . Member for Finsbury could sanction any such proceeding . They were prepared to vote away a large amount of the public money for tbe purpose of ™ iyfri"g themselves
comfortable in tae new Houses of Parliament , but they declined taking into consideration the distressed state of the poor . He had ventured to indulge a hope that when the Queen ' s Government poesesssed a majority in that House they would bring forward measures for the relief of the pcor , but in that expectation be had found himself deeply disappeiated . Still , ^ trusted that though the Ministers refused to do their duty , the ^ House would yet do theirs . It was the duty of the House as much to inquire into the conduct as te supply the wants of the Government The taxes which they imposed ought to be calculated to relieve and not to oppress the poor :
but whatever other members might do , be at least wan resolved to place bis own sentiments on record , and should therefore conclude by moving a resolution to this effect—that the distressed state of tbe working classes was so great , particularly in the manufacturing districts , that it became tbe duty of Parliament immediately to inquire into tbe causes of such distress , and to devise means for ita relief , or at all events to grant no supplies ef money to tbe Crown till such inquiry be instituted . By means of tt . motion be proposed to place his opinions on record , and if all parties would only unite in a determination to inquire into tbe reel caosw of tbefdistreaf , be fett to * sort of doubt that
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old England would yet ride mfsly through tb « fftorm . - but if reUef were postponed , b « felt satisfied that they would all have deep reason to ngrefc tbe delay . It did not appear to him that there was over production : be thought that the want of adequate consumption was the great cause of tha distress , and if they wemt oa taxing tbe people for the purpose of maintaining an extravagant and profligate expenditure , it must end in a complete and violent revolution . . Dr . Bowbing seconded the motion . He thanked the Right Hon . Baronet for the sympathy which he bad shown for the ease of the weaver , and all he asked of the Right Hon . Baronet and those , who supported him was , that tbe sympathy which-they felt for tbe sufferings of one man might be kindly extended Jo
the suflMngs of millions .. They wanted a delay of five months—a short time certainly it would prove to gentlemen returning to their avocations and enjoyments in tbe country—but too longatima be Irasconvinoed they would think it , if they would but take the trouble first of looking Into tbe condition of the people , to leave that condition unaltered and unimproved . In the case referred to by tke Right Hon . Baronet , tbe relieving officer said that be bad been applied to for relief about three months before be died , that be visited him , found him and family at work , with more than 3 s . a week coming in , sut that , as tbe standard adopted by the Board was 2 a . Id ., it was not a case for relief , and so the man died w * hout it , the next application having been for a easna , and the d * es wherewith to bury him . He ( Dr . Bowring ) dtt not complain of the conduct of the Board of Guardians—he believed they were not cognkint of the facts ; but let the House bear in mind that there were thousands of Buffering beings in the
country whom the Poor Laws did not reach , and for whom tbe Poor Law Commissioners could flad no relief ; that there existed a vast deal of undiscovered and solitary sorrow , which was borne even unto death by persons cf high-minded pride , whose tale of misery was net told until the parish was called upon to inter their bodies . ( Hear , hear . ) The Noble Lord , the Member for Liverpool , said , that tbe Com Law was not amongst tbe paramount causes of distress ; but the Noble Lord could sot deny that tbe House of Commons was urgently called upon to look into , and endeavour , if possible , to discover where these causes lay . The House might be assured that there was much danger in this proposed delay , since there was much wellgrounded political discontent in the country—a discontent which was likely to be increased when the members of the Opposition in that House should feel tbomselves obliged to inform their constituents that they had appealed and pleaded for them in vain . The House then divided , when there
appeared—For the motion .... 149 For the amendment 41 Majority against the amendment 168 The House then went into committee of supply , and Sir R . PE » L proposed that Mr . Greene should be appointed to the office of chairman of committees of ways and means , to which was to be added the duty of attending to unopposed private bills , and also the duty of taking the chair on general committees , if such should be the pleasure of the House-Mr . Gbeehe took the chair , and returned thanks for his appointment One vote in supply was then taken , after which the House resumed . The Cui . is . uxx reported progress , and obtained leave to sit again on Monday .
Monday , Sept . 20 . Sir G- Clbri :, In reply to a question from Me . Williams , said that the Chancellor of the "Exchequer would not be able to go into Committee of Ways and Means until Friday , or probably Monday next In reply to a question from Mr . Hawes , it was stated by Sir R . Inglis that it was not Mb intention to renew his motion for Church Extension during the present session . J An Hon . Member having remarked npon the presence of Sir Edward Sugden in the House after hi * appointment to tbe IrUb Chancellorship , and without having been re-elected for Ripon . Sir R . Peel said mat there were some forms to be gone through by the late Lord Chancellor , for in effect , Lord Campbell was yet Lord Chancellor of Ireland : but , independent of that , the appointment of Sir E . Sugden bad not been publicly notified , nor bad he kissed bands , and bad therefore not rendered necessary his resignation of his seat for Ripon ,
Sir R . Peel gave notice that on Tuesday be would bring in a BUI for tho continuance until July of the Poor Law Commission and other Bills . He did not propose to make any alteration in the Poer Law BUI until it should come before the bouse in the next session of Parliament Sir G . Clerk then moved that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of Supply . Mr . O . Cave spoke at considerable length in favour of a free trade in Corn , and asked a variety ot questions , to one of which , respecting tbe intention of tbe Government relative to Lord Stanley ' s Irish Registration BiU ,
Sir R . Pebl replied . He did not , be said , identify himself with that Bill . As it was necessary , however , to pass an Irish Registration Bill , be should , in conjunction with the Noble Lord and the other members ef the Government , apply their attention to the subject , with the view ef remedying the evils complained of on tbe one band , and on the other to take core that the existing franchise should be preserved , or that one equally extensive and beneficial should be substituted in Its room-Sir C . Name ft complained of the constitution of tbe Board of Ordnance , connected with which there was no naval officer . Sir R . Peel said it was not tbe usual practice to hive a naval officer on the board , which , notwithstanding , gave general satisfaction .
Mr . S . Crawford said that , unless the Right Hon . Baronet should give a pledge that tbe state of existing distress should be immediately taken into consideration , he most record his dissent to ihe Committee of Supply . If the Right Hon . Baronet should bring forward the bill for continuing the Poor Law Commission , he would move a clause that the Commissioners should be prevented from forcing it Into operation in any place in which it was not already in existence . Sir R . Peel said he deeply regretted the distress referred to by the Hon . Gentleman , but it was impossible that a remedj could be provided by any sudden act of legislation . After some observations from Mr . Thorn elt and Mr . Torkb the House divided npon the question that the Speaker should leave the chair , which was carried by a majority of 136 to 32 , and the Hoase went into committee .
Colonel Sibthorp took an opportunity of condemning tbe job which gave £ 17 , 000 of the public money to Dr . Bowring and others , for making reports respecting the trade and commerce of foreign countries . He found no fault with those reports , for he had never read them , and never should ; but be found fault with the Government which had thus wasted the public money . Understanding , however , that the money was already gone , he was compelled to be content with entering his protest againBt tbe job . Lord C . Hamilton asked if the ¥ oble Lord ( Palmerston ) had not been under the necessity of making extensive alterations in the reports of Dr . Bowring ?
Lord Palme rsio . n said he bad been obliged to strike out the word " Sovereign" wherever it had occurred as applied to Mehemet AIL He was also obliged to erase passages which the Hon . Gentleman ' s prestige in favour of Mehemet Ali induced him to write , but which had nothing whatever to do with the object of his mission . The statistic portion of his reports was , however , extremely valuable . Mr . Milnes bore testimony to the excellence oi these reports , upon which an Hon . Member , whose name we could net learn , said that tho whole business was a most scandalous job . The motion then dropped .
Mr . Wakley condemned the estimates generally as reckless , but he thought the Members generally 'wete more to blame for this than either the last or the present Government The Hon . Gentleman then contended for the propriety of glviug a fair trial to the Government of Sir Robert Peel , which was distinguished for ability , which represented a large portion of the wealth of the country , and which was ao powerful that they could not offer them an effectual opposition . If upon trial it should be feund that they did not bring forward good measures , then would be tbe time to oppose them , and perhaps on a future appeal te the country the result might » e different For his own part , he was fuite willing to give time to ths Right Hsn . Baronet ,
Mr . Fielden said that the people were starving , and could not wait until February . Mr . Williams objected to several items in the votes . Mr . Ewart taunted Mr . Wakley with a probable intention of supporting the Government of Sir R . Peel , and was cheered by the opposition benches when he did so . Mr . Wakley expressed hie astonishment at the altered doctrine now laid down by his Honourable Friend tbe Member for Finsbury , a doctrine totally at variance with that he formerly professed under very similar circumstances . Upon the . vote for the expences of the Caledonian Canal , Mr . Williams contended that it was useless and extravagant to keep np the canal at the publio essence .
Sir R . Pebl thought there was mnch justice in the observations of Ihe Hon . Member for Coventry , and withdrew tbe vote in order to give time for Investiga tion . Col . Sibthorp called attention to the appointment ( made by the late Government ) of Mr . Tiurd , as solicitor to tbe Home Department The appointment was a newone , and in his epinion unnecessary , and he wished to know tf » was the intention of tbe Bight Hon . Baronet ( Sir J . Graham ) to continue It Sir J . Gbaham said Mr . Ytaard was Us private friend and his solicitor also , but still he had felt it to be bis duty to tell him that it was his intention in conjunction with tbe Chancellor of tbe Bxcbequer to investigate the legal business of the publie service and that , after tbe 6 th of October , he moat consider his appointment as suspended until that Investigation took place , and that be must also consider that , in the event of any change in those department , his appointment mart not be allowed to stand inHhe way . ( Cheers *
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Sir Thomas Wilde was of opinion that the appointment was indispensable , and that the whole of the salary was more than saved by the diminution of fees to the Attorney and Solicitor-General . . Sir ROBERT Pekl , speaking from experience of the duties of the Home Department , thonght that the appointment might not be indispensable . He did not , however , mean to give a positive opinion , but he thought with two Under-Secreiaries , one political and the other professional , the assistance of a solicitor might be dispensed with . Upon the vote for a sum for secret services , Mr . Williams said he should divide tbe House upon it He was willing to vote the sum for foreign secret service , bnt as the money for home secret servicecoald be only to pay ' spies , and as spies were not wanting in England or Ireland , be would vote against it
On the division , the tote was carried by a majority of 144 to 7 . On tbe vote for Maynooth , Mr . Plwmptrb said he most oppose this vote on principle . Sir R . Inglis entreated that he would not oppose the vote , as half the money had been already voted , and expences bad been incurred upon the faith of tbe other half being paid . Mr . M . J . O'Comn ell said that if the principle were to fce laid down by tbe HouBe , that no persons of one religion were to contribute to . the support of another , no persons could hail the establishment of such a principle more cordially than the Catholics of Ireland . . Mr . PAKiNGTON hoped that , under the circumstances , the Hob . Member for East Kent would withdraw his opposition .
Sir R . PfiBL said he did not ground bin support of this vote on the fact that half tbe money bad been granted , because he had supported it for tbe Iasty thirty years , both in and out of office ; and be should reserve to himself the right of making whatever proposition he thought proper next session . Mr . Plvmptbe said that , under these circumstances , he should press his motion to a division . Mr . COCHEANE said be should vote against the grant as a point of conscience . Mr . Hope said that the Hon . Member was inconsistent , for he had not offered any opposition to the vote for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , which was passed in the early part of the evening . Mr . Cochrane said if there had been a division on that vote ; he should ^ certainly have voted against it ( Cheers from the opposition benches . ) On a division , the vote was carried by a majority of 99 to 23 . The remaining estimates having been voted , tbe House resumed , the report was brought up , and was ordered to be received on Wednesday next .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Mowday , Sept . 20 . Lord Brotjoham presented a petition from the committee of the British and Foreign anti-Slavery Society , complaining that British capital and British skill were still engaged in the furtherance of tbe infernal traffic in slaves . It was alleged that various mining companies in tbe Braails belonging to British subjects were worked by slaves purchased by the agents of those companies , who , as natives of Great Britain , might hereafter be tried in this country as pirates and felons . Lord Cottenham postponed until next session his bills for improving the administration of justice in bankruptcy and insolvency , and , for the establishment of local courts of judicature throughout the kingdom . Their Lordships adjdurned until Thursday .
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At a Meeting of the Members of tbe National Association , held at the Globe Tavern , Shoe-lane , Fleetstreet , on Tuesday , September 14 th , and on Wednesday , the 15 th , by adjournment , tbe following Address was unanimously adopted : — TO THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL REFORMERS
OF THE UNITED KINttDOM . Fellow Countrymen , —In addressing you on subjects connected with your political rights and social duties , we are no ways anxious to proclaim our actions or our sacrifices in the cause of the people ; we merely demand that justice fot ourselves which we have suffered to establish for others—Bit justice of being heard patUnUy , and judged of impartially . Having been mainly instrumental in embodying in the People's Chart Ha those political principles which , for a great number of years , were cherished by all true Reformers , bat which previously divided and distracted them by being separately contended for ; and many of us having also suffered persecution and imprisonment in defence of its principles ; we thought eurselves entitled , in tommon with others , to put forth our views and opinions respecting the law of the land .
Conceiving that the past conduct ot a number of those who professed to subscribe to the just principles of the Charter , was wanting in that integrity , honesty , and justice which are necessary qualifications to secure the co-operation of the wise and tbe confidence ef the good ; and believing that the falsehood , exaggeration , and violence of those who were active to scheme , bat too cowardly to act , had led to the sacrifice and incarceration of hundreds of victims , by which means our cause had been retarded and defamed , we felt anxious to redeem by reason , what had been tost by madnees and fol iy .
We accordingly , about five months ago , put forth a proposal for forming a National Association , as set forth in a pamphlet written in Warwick Gaol , entitled ' Chartism '—a plan embraeiag such objects as , in our opinion , were best calculated to unite the elements of Chartism , and secure the co-operation of all benevolent minds , who were desirous of benefittiog the great mass of the people , politically and socially . In publishing that plan we explicitly etated that wb HAD NO WISH TO INTERFERE WITH THE SOCIETIES then in existence , our object being to form a general association for certain explicit purposes . These purposes being , first and foremost , to create and extend
a « enlighletted public opinion in favour of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , among persona of all creeds , classes , and opinions ; by the means of missionaries , lecturers , circulating libraries , tracts , &c And , in order to secure proper places of meeting far those purposes , we proposed a systematic and practical plan for the erecting of Public Halls , for the people , in every district of the kingdom ; by which means our workingclass brethren might be taken out of the contaminating influences of public-houaaa and beer-shops , places where too many of their meetings are still held , in which their passions are inflamed , their reason drowned , their families pauperized , and themselves socially degraded and politically enslaved .
Seeing , also , that vast numbers of our infant population are the neglected victims of ignorance and vice , creating on the one band the evils we are seeking to remove on the other—seeing that the selfish , the blgotted , and the fanatic are intent on moulding to their several purposes the infant mind of our country , and that different parties in the state have , for several years past , been devising such national schemes of instruction as shall cause our population to become the blind devotees and tools of despotism , we urged on our brethren the necessity of remedying and averting those evils by adopting a wise and general system of education , in connection with their Public Halls . Such a system of instruction as should develope in tbe rising generation all the faculties which Go A has given them , to the end that they might enjoy their own exist ence , and extend the greatest amount of happiness to others .
In proposing tfclB plan , we impressed on our brethren the necessity of devoting to those ennobling purposes those moans which had been previously wasted in frivolous efforts and childlike displays . We urged them , with all the earnestness which the importance of the subject merits from all ' who would place freedom on an enduring basis , to adopt such a course at agitation in favour of our Charter , as should unite in one bond of brotherhood the wiaeand benevolent among all classes , who would be intent oil cherishing and propagating the noblest principles of freedom amongst young and old , so that tho most substantial fruits might be gathered from that political power we are now seeking to obtain .
This proposal , while it was warmly greeted by the press , and received the commendations of a great number of intelligent minds among all parties , was met ¦ wita fa \ aehood , intolerance , and bitterest rancour , by the most prominent organ of Chartism , the Northern Star . Its proprietor and editor jointly denounced it as a production of Messrs . O'Connell , Hume , and Roebuck—as a plan intended to destroy Feargus O'Connor's political supremacy , and subvert one which he had previously concocted . Education was ridiculed , knowlepoe was sneered at , facts were perverted , truth suppressed , and the lowest passions and prejudices of the multitude were appealed to , to obtain tt clamourous verdict against us . We were denounced by them and their hired partisans as « thieves , ' 'liars , ' and « traitors ' to the cause of Chartism , as persons who , if a' guillotine ' existed in England , would be its juBt victims . Nay a sermon ! has been preached by one of those professors of freedom to show the necessity for privately ' assassina ting' us .
As far aa we have been able to obtain insertion for a vindication of onr conduct , through the channel by which we have been calumniated , we have called , but culled in vain , for proofs of their base assertions . As far as they have dared t « reply te us , they have proclaimed themselves false , intolermnt , and nckless in tbe eyes of every reflecting man ; and when the eyes ot their dupes shall have been opened , they will be ashamed of the virulence they have displayed against men whose only crime has been the publication of raiimtal pUm for the attainment of the People ' s Charter . »
Strong in the rectitude of onr principles , and more than ever convinced of the necessity ef that plan , we pity those who have so vindictively assailed us . Their vanity has fofUmed their intellect , their prejudices have darkened their understanding , and toleration and charitable feeling have been blotted from their roinda . Believing themselves supremely wise , they spam with Gothic ferocity all knowledge , truth , or Jostfce ; and
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judging from their actions , they seem to think that liberty can only be realised by violence and prescription Bat while these are the characteristics ot tbe most ignorant and noisy portion of the Chartist ' body—persons who , without thought of judgment , are empty professors to-day , bat worshippers at any other shrine tomorrow—we believe that tbe great bulk of onr Chartist brethren is composed of men whose conviction in favour of the Charter has sprung from observation , inquiry , and patient investigation regarding the causes of political injustice and social misery .. Men of this description may be deceived and misled for a season by mistification and falsehood ; but their minds , bent on Inquiry and ever open to conviction , will soon penetrate the flimsy veil which has been drawn over their understanding .
, Xo men of this character we . confidently appeal , ' and we ask them whether the best means of obtaining the Charter , and the placing of onr liberties on tbe securest foundation ,-do not form preper and legitimate questions of inquiry for every man in the United Kingdom ? Or , is it that the solviag of these questions forms the exclusive prerogative of any particular individual or party among the people ?—thus practically exemplifying in conduct the despotic principles which we seek to overthrow , and bidding fair to render Chartism A by-word and derision .
Holding the principles of democracy , we will yield to no man ' s dictation : we believe that both England and Ireland have been cursed by man-worship , to the sacrifice and delay of that freedom we are now contending for ; and because we hare dared to honestly assert our opinions , we have incurred the highest displeasure of all those whose vanity expects the homage of a crowd , peculiar patronago , and exclusive power . But warring against such selfish folly and mischievous authority , whether displayed in the courtly aristocrat or the social oppressor , we nhall ever exert our bumble powers to prevent individual or social despotism from being introduced info that just state of things which all-good men are now contending for , and which , if they be united in one bond of brotherhood , no power can mneh longer prevent , delay j or subvert .
Our calumniators . have falsely asserted that we are for delaying the franchise on the grounds of ignorance . So far from this being true , we have reiterated and published in various forms the contrary of this doctrine . We insist on the universality of the franchise on the broad principles of personal and conventional rights . Pertonally , as no man has a right to enslave or starve another man into submission to his will , which . is done by arbitrary and exclusive laws . Conventionally as every man living under the laws of society ought , in right and justice , to have a vote in determining what those laws shonld be . But while , as a right , we thus insist on our just share of political power , we are-desirous of seeing the most effective steps taken to gain it , and of seeing our brethren preparing themselves to use that power wisely when they shall have obtained it ; and not to be half a century exercising the franchise , and at the end of it still find themselves the sport of cunning schemers and wily politicians .
First , then , as regards the best means of obtaining eur Charter . —We are of those who are opposed ; to every thing in the shape of a physical or violent revolution , believing that a victory would be a defeat to the just principles of democracy ; as the military chieftains would become , as all past history affirms , the political despots , and as such a singuinary warfare , calling , up tbe passions in their worst forms ,, must necessarily throw back fox centuries our intellectual and moral progress . Believing that the attainment of the Charter
would be an instrument of benefit to all—the only means through which the corruptions , monopolies , and evils of our Government can be removed , and that those who are Interested in their continuance art * few com ' pared with the population—we think that all that is necessary for the carrying of that measure Is , soberly and rationally to convince all classes of our population , how far it is their interest to unite with us , in order that we may peaceably obtain it ; for a combined people have always numerous means for the attainment of their object without violence .
But it is not the mere possession of the franchise that is to benefit our country ; that is only the means to a just end—the electing of the best and wisest , of men to sol ve a question which , has never yet been propounded in any Legislative body—namely , HOW shall all the BESOUBCES 07 OUR COUNTRY BE MADE TO ADVANCE THE INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL HAPPINESS OF evert individual ? It is not merely the removing of evils , but the establishing of rmaediea that can benefit the millions ; and in order to check the natural selfishness and ambition of rulers , and induce them te enact just and salutary laws , those who possess the power to elect must have knowledge , judgment , and moral principle to direct them , before anything worthy of the name of just Government or true liberty can be established .
Of what benefit would be the franchise , or what description of government would be established by those who , too ignorant to investigate , not only clamourously oppose , but , if they bad power , would even sacrifice all who differ from them f Happily , however , for the progress of humanity , those neglected and maddened unfortunates are few compared with the vast bumbers of our countrymen whose sound sense and generous feeling prompt them to investigation , improvement , and peace . But notwithstanding this feeling prevails at present , the political and social condition of our country is such as to demand the consideration and combined energies of all who are anxious for peace , prosperity , and
intellectual and moral progress . Taking into account the vast extent of social misery which class legislation has mainly occasioned—viewing the contentious of factions for political supremacy , and their desire to perpetuate the corruptions and monopolies by which they exist—seeing the deeply-seated wrongs and extended poverty which prevails , and which if not speedily removed or mitigated , may madden our population into a state of anarchy and direct confusion—a consideration of this state of things should call forth the benevolent feelings of reflecting , men among all classes , and should prompt them to be united , in order to investigate and remedy our political and social evils , and to place the liberties of our country upon a sound and lasting foundation .
• Having thus stated the intolerant conduct pursued against us , and briefly expressed our reasons for our opinions , we call upon men of sense and reflection te decide between us , at tbe same time inviting all who think with us to join the National Association . We remain , on behalf of the members of the National Association residing in London , H . Hetherixgion , Chairman . W . Lovett , Hon . Secretary . 182 , Tottenham Court Road .
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SUNDERLAND ELECTION . OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL . On Friday , at eleven o ' clock , the Mayor attended on the hustings in front of the Exchange , for the purpose of declaring the final state of the poll . There were not less than from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 persons present . Lord Howiok and Mr . Attwood were both present and addressed the electors , but they were very imperfectly heard , owiBg to the confusion
which prevailed . It was expected Mr . Attwood would contradict the story told by Mr . Binns with reference to the offer of a bribe to Chartist voters , but he did not say one word , although it was said a committee had been appointed by the Tory parity to investigate the matter . The following are the numbers as delared by the Mayor : — Lord Howiok 705 Mr . Wolverley Attwood 463
Majority for Lord HovricE ... ... 242 ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO SHOOT AT LORD HOWICK . On Friday afternoon , about an hour after the official announcement of tho poll for SuuderJand , all classes were suddenly thrown into a state of exoitementby a general report that an attempt had been made on tho life of Lord Howick , while being chaired through Monkwearmouth . Inquiry at the police office corroborated the rumour , and also procured the satisfactory information tnat the person accused of the outrage had been taken into custody . Hie name is Edward Liddle , and he is , or rather
was , the proprietor of a public-house called the Reform Tavern , in Whitburn-street , Monkwearmoath . He was a partisan of Mr . Wolverley Attwood , the Tory candidate , during the election , and had acted as \ eader of his band of music . The details of the abominable affair will be found in the subjoined evidence , which was taken at the Major ' s Chambers on Saturday morning : — The magistrates on the bench were Richard White , Esq ., Mayor ; Edward Backhouse , Esq . j Walker Featherstonhaugh , Esq . ; Joseph Simpson , Esq >; Sir Hedworth' Williamson , Bart . ; Andrew White , Esq . ; Richard PembertOD , Esq . ; and Ralph Carr , Esq .
Mr . Jeseph John Wright , the principal resident law agent of Mr . Wolverley Attwood , appeared . on behalf of the prisoner , and Messrs . Burn , Cooper , and Eggleston , solicitors , retained on behalf of Mr . Attwood during the late eleotion , were present . The prisoner having been placed at the bar , Inspector Bailes , of the Sunderland -police , formally charged him with the offence above referred to . John Sedgwick , fruiterer , of the High-street , Bishopwearmouth , sworn , said—I went in the procession before Lord Howick till I came opposite DundasKStreet , uear Liddle ' s houBe , at which blue and white ( Mr . Attwood ' s ) colours vrere displayed , in
I was company with the clerk to the Northern Advertuet , and when we came opposite to Liddle ' s \ house , I said to njy friead , Wfiat a disparity be- > tween the flag and the sign ! " the latter being the Reform Tavern . We stood opposite Pickard ' a * hop I fall thei trowdMssed ; and , after waiting some time , 1 Lord Homers carriage came within ten or fifteen f yardB of Liddle ' s house . I said I hoped the success-1 fox would hare better sense than to annoy Mr . ' Liddle for his flag . Liddle was then sitting in his ahirt sleeves at his window , smoking , and leaning on " ]¦ . www . In the other window on the same floor of the bouse there were a great many men smoking . When the carriage eamo opposite Ltddle ' s house , a
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man came oat and waved a bunch of bine and whit ribands , and said , " Now lads J now i" After that Liddle laid down his pipe and took np a mm * n 5 exclaimed , ? £ 11 shoot , ymj Wtnief !» or «? rasoal !"/ imd either pulled or pretended to pnlltS trigger , i and I saw either , av smoke or a flask t cannotsay which , ! was so much agitated at seeiaetliJ gun . Tbere was no one near Liddle . and the aaoks or Ias ! t was not from his pipe , which he hid laid down . laddie then took in * he gun , and did semi thing to the look . The gun was again presented ! when I was opposite the first horse of the carria » v oh which I cried ont repeatedlr , "Agiin , agtoj " The horses then went off at fall epeed . Liddle srL seated the gan » t the carriage , pulled the trkV « again , and then took jt fa again . When tK was presented a second time , Stones were voDrw from window of the hoase
every ^ I never ww : nA an attack before , and I hope I never shall again From the door or front of the house , aqaanStvo } filth was thrown upon tie carriages , I then m&d « off , but looking round , I saw somethinff present ^ from the . window a third time , like a gun-barrelTor . waiking-ptiotbut Iwas too far off to say which . . r ^ S ? Qgden , Esg-Midr-I was in a gig behind Mr . Bell's carriage , which containe ^ Mr . and M « Bell and Lady Howick . In going up thestreeti saw a stoppaee-a row of some sort or other . liJ servant said , - . . " There ia ^ a man holding J gun out of a window . " After the procession moved on , 1 saw flame and smoke , like the flash of a axm . and something project from the north ripper ym . dow like a gun . I heard no- report . I could boi identifvtheinan ^ hat held the ins tr ument . I saw none « f the ; wmdewa broken as I pMsed ; but aftj I had got past I looked behind , ; and saw an «>
roar . ..., , . .. c Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., sworn , said-When the stoppage took place , I , on looking t » wards Ltddlers house ; saw some men starting back aft if in alarm ; Lady Howick exclaimed , "OL there is a man has fired a gun , and there are boo * white things come out of it . " A rolley of stona was discharged at the carriage from close to LiddU ' i house , one Of Wbioh struck a man dose to the car > riage . I went back to the publio-house , and found tbe crowd forcing their way into it . Some of tk police up-8 tairs called out that the guaw& 3 fount and I saw it in the hands of Setfeant Pearson , jj had no ramrod in it , but the rod was found brokea in another part of the room . I called to Mr . A . J Moore , and on putting the ramrod into the gun . ] found there was something soft in it . 'The ramrod
being too Bhort to draw the charge , we sent f « another rod , and . drew the gna , First came out this pellet . [ Here the witness produced a haH mass of chewed paper three times the size of an « . dinary paper wad . j This pellet was wet and grewr as if it had been taken ont of a gun recently fired ! and it made a stain on my hand . On turning don the muazle of the gun , a good deal of powder fell oa the ground , but a good charge of coarse powda was saved , which I produce . : Cross-examined by Mr . Wright—I never saw tie prisoner till he was in the custody of ths police . From fifteen to twenty minutes might elapse between the first throwing of stones and the gun being m . loaded . When I got back to the pubHc-hons « I found the windows knocked in , and the lower part of the . house gutted ; but the upper room appeared u > touched . 1 was in the back part of the proeessira , and a large crowd had passed the houge before !
came np . Sergeant Pearson , of the Sunderland police , sworn . said , when I entered the house pointed out to me I found prisoner standing on . the stairs . On row into the public-house , we found everything in ^ lower part destroyed . On going up stairs we found a son of Liddle ' s , a bay about fourteen years of an who was crying , and asking where his father ww ! I said I wonld tell him if he would tell us where iis gun was . We soon found , in the corner of a back room which had been occupied by Mr . Attwood ' j band , a gun which the boy said was his father ' s , No damage was done in that room ; it had not bea gutted . The windows of the front room were broken , and of the furniture
some damaged as if by stone ? but there was no appearance of a mob having been up stairs . Witness produced the gun , which is * common fowling-piece with a percussion-lock . A Magistrate here asked who conducted the em against the prisoner ! on which , after a brief consultation between Inspector Bailes and Mr . A . J , Moore , one of Lord Howick ' s law agents , the latter gentleman took tbe management of the prosecttioi-Thomas Milton , of Newcastle , sworn , said hems struck by a stone from the public-house as he was passing , holding by the handle ot Sir Hedworti ' j carriage door . He -also saw the prisoner , whom he knew well , present the gun , but he did not see it fired .
Walker Featherstonhaugh , Esq ., sworn , said—I was in the carriage with Lord , Howick , with my back to the horses , when his Lordship exclaimed , " Good God ! there is a man with a gun ! " On looking . I saw a man . at one of the upper windows , in toe act of cocking something like a gun . From another upper" window a volley of stones was thrown , one of which struck Lord Howiok , and another myself . Several other witnesses spoke to thelsame facts , after which , Mr . Moore prayed the G > urt for an adjournment of the case till Tuesday , when he expected to bring proof of a large quantity of stones having been collected in the house , and also of Liddle ' s having
cleaned his gun with the intention of using it in the way described . Mr . Wright requested the magistrates , if thej remanded the prisoner , to allow him to go ontea bail , as he should shew that he had acted merely ia self-defence . This was objected to by Mr . Moore ; but after a private consultation between the Major and Messrs . Backhouse , Simpson , Pemberton , and Carr , it was at length announced that bail should be taken for the reappearance of the prisoner , himself being bound in £ 80 , and two sureties in £ i 9 each . Messrs . George Hudson and William Story , tiro of Mr . Attwood ' a Monkwearmouth friends , are Liddle's bondsmen .
Liddle ' s house is a perfect wreck , every artiefa of furniture having been smashed to atoms , and his stock of provisions and liquor thrown into the street by the crowd , in revenge for his conduct . The prisoner ' s wife says that the sum of £ * B , which she had concealed in the house , w&s carried off by the mob .
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, , ^ TISCOUNT MELBOURNE CIRCULAR . Viscount Melbourne presents his respectful compliments to those counties , cities , boroughs , and towns corporate of the United Kingdom which haw not yet Toted him their thanks for his Fery popular conduct during the period he was at the head of the defunct Administration . The late Premier particularly begs that their freedom and thanks may be voted to him in gold boxes . He does not wish them to be particularly fastidious , or curious in the patterns of the boxes , only to tike care that they are all thick and heavy , which , when melted'down , will produce a sum or money worth accepting . :
Viscount Melbourne also hints to any nobleman or country gentleman keeping a good table , that be can produce undeniable testimonials of bis being excellent " dinner company ; " and that now having » p «* deal of leisure on his hands , and possessing * mo " unconquerable dislike to dining in hie own house , a ] his own expence , that be shall be happy to conae and stay with them on trial for a month or so , when , if found agreeable , he has no objection to extend the visit up to Christmas . u Any nobleman or gentleman who may feel duH , and require a refreshing-companion , like Viscount Melbourne , will'be good enough to inclose a Kn « him at South-street , inclosing the inside coach ft 1 *" and it shall be immediately attended to . N . B . Earliest applications will have the preference .
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Mauch of Knowledge . —Vebbatim . —8 Sept . 4 li Postmark , Truro . — " A cottager would thauk ta * writer off the Gardenar ' s Gazelle to inform wWJ roman letters are .. I do exhibit at the Shaw and must give my private mark in roman letters and ' dont know they are . "—Literary Gazette . FBANCE .-r-The French journals are filled w' ^ details of disturbances in different parts of ft * , ! The attempt to assassinate one of tho Royal Pb *^ —for it is still doubful whether the assassin an ** at the Duke d'Aumale or the Duke of Orleans , P ? duocd a very painful impression in the Frepchcap 1 ' tal . The Commerce has a ktter from View * ^
which we find the following important 3 nnow > tf " ment : — " The general disarming of Europe has «* b resolved upon . The Cabinet of Vienna has recaW addressed a note to that of the Tuileries , to iovw to reduceits military force conjointly with tbe «?^ great powers . The Cabinet of the Tuileries repM * that , so soon aa the other powers should be rewJ *» disarm , it would do so too , and would be gin . W " reduction of 40 , 000 men . The Austrian Cato" ; consequently , immediately ordered a rednction »» its army ; but , as the autumnal reviews are to ** place almost immediately , the measure is notw ^ carried into execution until the 15 th of October . »
is thought that the landwehr will be disband which will be a reduction of 80 , 0 « 0 men . " Makyiebone . —Right of Womb * ¦ £ ? Fbakchise . —A most spirited and convineijtffJrL ture was delivered oa this aubieot on Wedwg ?^ week , at the Working Man ' s Hall , bv Mrj . *" tin , who handled the subject in such a n ** " ! as to leave no doubt on the minds of all who <**? , her . that women has as just and aa inatieaabi »* J *" to the franchise as man . At the close of the !**¦ " a discussion was invited by Mrs . Martin , ^ T person of tbe name of Puddifoot , came forvratfl ^ said he had an objection to raise against the P *^ , union of the two sexes , in the legislative a ^ 3 € B "" j Hewould , therefore , propoBethattheIadiesshoO' « ° * l a legislative assembly of their own . The JgJ ' & , turees answered the objection to women " •^ Lj , the same legislative assemblies as the meo « J " rj [ she contended was frivolous . Tha meeting long discussion separated .
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6 THE NORTHllN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct568/page/6/
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