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THE TRIUMPHANT PROGRESS OF DE- ' i ¦ - MOCRACY IN SHROPSHIRE . -. Hitherto this ccnaty fca 3 remained silent on those great principles of democracy emboaisd iu the People ' s Charr « , and even this can scarcely excite wonder when we Tiflict tiut rath is tts aristocratic cbaracUT of both the niiiiole and higher classes , that twelve Totiea at present , represent its mining and agricultural interests in Parliament Tuei&sy last , however , presented a new ftaiure in the political history t-f this rich and beautiful county- Bet btfore I attempt to describe the traly magnificent scese of the-myriads who re-Eponded to the hallowed voicb of liberty , permit me to say that the first lecture given , in this county on the Charter "was delivered by Mr . ilog 2 , of Wolveihampton , - ^__ —^— ——— - —
only feveo weeks ago . Mr . Child , an engineer , and an » Dle raan , has also contributed much to advance the c&u ? e . That gentleman was secretary to the anti-Com Law party , in the district of Coalbrook Dale , but he had no sooner heard the principles of \ h& . Charter mooted , than he resigned , and cficred his services to the few who had formed themselves into the National Charter Association , and since he has dtvoted himsell to Caartisai -with the ardour ol a sincere patriot . Mr . Alfred , another gentleman in the locality , is lecturing oa the principles , and has already displayed consiueraDle ability . And now to ressms . Tuesday list was set apart for a great demonstration o ! thB Jiorthem division of the . county , ia favour ot the Charier . Tac tffeCi of this announcement on tbe constituted authorities , was
most alarming ; the Xard lieutenant was immediately corresponded -with to know -whit -was to be done The . meeting -was to r > e held on the Wrekin ( a noted mountain . ) The day -was beautiful , and every thing seemed to inspire the mind vrith the greatness and solemnity of the causa . Two bands -were essrsg ^ d for the occasion . At ten o ' clock , one part of the procession moved from Oaken Gates , Drec-de-I by . Air . Mason , ilr . Mogg , and the members " of tbe CousciL According to arrangement , the othtr pait of the procession waa to meet thsm at Watling Street , abuit tkree mi ! e 3 distant , and on the way to she Wrvkin . The mass -which had assembled at ibis place was trtmendo- ^ s . As we
proceeded 4 be numbers increased ; and from the sunimii of every heiaht the * ye could reach were to be seen groups of spectators . When the precession -was approaching Watting Street the buad Etiuek . up " See the Cucqusring Htro-comes . ' Tue mass now blocked tha roads in ail directions—i ; "was iraposs'Me to farm any idea of the number ? . The Coalbrook Dile wiug of tke precession here took the lead , preceded by a splendid band . About one o ' clock tbe dsnsi miss reached the spacicu 3 summit of the Wrekin . It canaoi be Ies 3 than a mile and a hilf to the top of tir . s majestic tdiflce of nature . It is covered ( except along the topi with a vast fqrtst ; and , at this season , the windings which lead to Ils heights are beautifully embowered ¦ with the foliage ' x > j the tree ? .
The procession having reached the place where the meeting \ ras to bs held , -we found ourselves hoaenred ¦ wi th t '^ e pr e&escs of fiTe or six magisiriites , one of the depntj-l : *?! : tenants of Ue coin / . y , and a few . score of rur 2 l gns d'arnerie . 2 dr . Child -vras ca l ? d on to preside . Os taking the cL . ij :: \ bo observed , that it was -vrkh no small pleasure he consra ' . u ated tee thouT-isds he ra ^ arour . d him on their exstll-at confine :, on that day , -and especijUlj as it t * &s tha lirst occ ¦ . Vivn they ha'i coma forward to proclaim to their eouLtry the love oi liberty ¦ which animated them , in common "with their fslio » vconntrymen , and their adoption of that great measare of political justice , the People's Charter . He iMr . C . t ¦ would r . ot detain them , as 2 &t . lanney , of "Manchester-, and tieir friend Mr . Mason , were present , "who would address thsra probably at seme length . He would now call npon Mr . Brattan to propose -he first resolution .
Mr . Bhatta > ' then came forvard , and said he felt ranch pleasure in performing what be ceEsiJered an honourcbie duty ; but as he -was not accustomed to speak in public , they -would , thertfo ; e , excuse birr with nitrtly reading the resolution . He then read ana proposed it , as foLows : — " That this metting , having seriously deliberated on the causes of the ilistrass TTi .: ch rov pervades BrLt-sh soriety , and must n-ria ^ atc-Jv preens ? corjseqn . nces fe arfai to contemplate ; also feeliE ? . deeply the I'egrs . 'lation and sufftrica , in common > ffith our f = iiovr-trorkuien throuebout these rtalms , and having long borne our
miseries trith a hope that the G-ovtrnment -would efiect such a-neiiorations in tbe institutions u-to alter this lamentable state of thirgs , -without eiidacgering the peace of society or tie security of property , do ni / W solemnly declare their oy-inica that the o ^ ly mtans of eSectoally couferriDg justice , security , and 3 sappiEess on every cl **« of society , is by and throcsh a complete and equitable representation in the Commons' House cf P ^ liament ; and . farther , ve consider it an act of gross usurpation to deprive acy cl ^ ss of th ? rir legitimate rit ;;; ts asmembersof society , the violation of thetefticredrichts bein ^ the real source of all our national and social calamities . "
Mr- Liosel toss ana s * con : 'ed t \ . The Chaihmax said , they had no ^ y htard tbe resolution proposed and s = con . Ted ; he would nofr introduce to their notice Mr . Lincey to support it . Mr . LI 7 <> et then rose and said—Mr . Chairman and 3 Jen of Shropshire ,. t > d 2 T y .- > u have pr » . \ ed , in the numbers -which -we now b ^ hcii , that you hsve made op jour minds to demand justice—; hsar )—t > -d .. y -we hays unfnr 2 e < i tha banner of Chartism , and he h > pei ility "would plant it there \ rhere tbsy suad , and n-ver cease until the Charter oi * their and their cbillrcn ' s liberties became the law of the land—; h ? ar , hear . ) We have siraigleft lorje , and sxffrre-1 much for ear ¦ principles ; but -who could now sty that we had not gained much— , ray , everything our fcopsa could anticipate in the lime
¦ we had already devoted to free our country ?—ihear , hear . ) He ( ilr . L ) had -aritnesse-3 the distress of the weavers of Larc-ishire ; there , th ' .-ir children were-in rajra , and perishic ^ for tfes wint of foo < t ~ Sow couM a father look on such a sigh * , ¦ without feeling indien : r . t at the "wrongs his family ¦ were suffcrics ? from nrjust gfcvemmcnt : that distress -was now becoming Tinivursal . What was to ba done ? Were the people to bo doomed to this fcr ever" ? Ho ( Mr . L ) -would say , "Withoui bssitation , that if something was not soon done , the most lamentable consequences might bs feared ; und yet , said he ( Mr . L . 1 , -when the psople pray to the luw . makers that this state of thines should be pui an end to , the &jvernment tilk of th ? ir ( thspeoplec ) ' exemplary patience . " But it cannot be endured , and- he hoped the men cf that county "would , from that day
forward , swear before hash Heaven never to jres : satistied until poverty wa 3 banished from the land—( hear , hear , and damping cf hanos . ) We isaid Mr . L . ) vrili tell Sir K . Peel th 3 t if hs wiil not do us joit : cs , the daj ¦ was not far di 3 tait vhen his iliciitry -would me « the same fate as the Wh' urs . The country isaid he ) waj in a deplor ^ We stale , and he thought , - when Sir Robert ^ income " tax came into operation , perhaps their m : 3 dleclassfriend 3 -Rould bexlad to join them fer tb ^ e Cuaxtei jhe ^ r , hear , hear . ) Gj on { said be ) in tbe j ? l < jri . jUi TVork ; the day is fast approaching , -when we must and win be free . He -would r . ot detain thtm ] oDg = r . as IUr . Mason -was present , and -would next address them Mr . Linney then retired arnjdst clapping ef bands , having spoken with great energy and aoility for &bout an hour .
The Chaib . ua > ' said he now felt great p ' - eas-u : e in introQiicing Mr . Mas-nto them . "Mr . MaSO > " then came f . / rward and said , Mr . Chairuan , satn aiwl T » onien tf Sbropshire . I ris . ts to adCTes ; you in the pure and sirnpl language of politia ' . l truth ; jet , -when f stand here and surrey the magnificence ci creation , the po = uc grsndcxir-which clolhts and vnriezates this rasl and lovely scene , I almost forget oui social degradation , did I not behold at one moment your d ^ je ^ ted and care--nom countenances , contrasted ¦ with the beauty and loreliness of even the mwvr . fs flower which now decorates the face of natnre . Ah ! int my friends , cur asseiusiint ! on the lofty heiah ' -a oi this temple of natcre . wbLle it inspires ns with vesezation for the barmonT and sublimity cf all nature ,
also recalls to our minds the solemnity of a great anc holy cause—a cause just in its principles , * x 3 lttd iu it 3 designs , and essential t ^ the happiness of every order in this mighty empire—hear , hear . ) Yes , whatever may be the indulgences riches confer , there can he ed real happiness in their enjoyment unless justly acquired . Your condition , and that of the working classes throughout these realms , prove yiu are rohbsd beyond ca \ n " iation , and the rich -prho are the governors of society axe the guilty authors of this awful crime againsa suffering humanity—ihear . heir );—had they even limited their outrages to despoiling yea of the ¦ wealth you prodncs ,. ani -which yon have the only legitimate title to po .-sess , experience -would have Droved the injuries , and soc . ety would
have resisted , by the fores of arms , any class or power that would thus criminally strip the machine or the labourer of the wealth created t < y his skill or in 3 tstry ; bat th = y ~ kr ; ew that the unjust acquisition of weilth , -would endanger the possessor -, it ¦ w ^ s , therefore , necessary to uesrada the mu . d morally io this inhuman stats cf things—either by perverting relLjioa to derrave the miad , to suit the hirriil c > ndition the oppressors ' of sodcty havd doomefl you to fulfil ; and vr-ckedly attributing e 7 en to G .-d tke calaiuitoas consequences of their o ^ a enm ' -s—or by de ^ raiins the character in iEfanesywith such brutalising toil , so as to prevent the faintest development of tUe mental capabilities cf thsir nature . This , I say , was even more cruel than all their robberies put together , inasmuch as it tended to perprtnate not only' onr miseries , but to make us the instruments of our own debasement ( Sear , hear . ) Oar object , then , is to overthrow tto Tuurpation of political authority . Onr
sufferings are not the effect cf an inscrutable cause ; for in that case onr condition "sr ^ uld be hopeless ; it is only bo to the ignorant mind . It is not any vicissitude of nature , for then "we could behold it , and apply ourselves to avert it—it iinot in the barrenness of our soil , nor in the idleness of our habits . It' is not in our ignorance of the arts and sciences , ner from the want of commerce—for vre are the first nation in arts , science , and commerce . It 1 b no » in natural disadvantages . ? f o ; but what is most strange , our poverty is in consequence of tbe immensity of our wealth and resources JBow then can we expect to be batter eff as our producj ^ a powers increase ? If ^ s our wealth multiplies , vre ^ g j ^ tha same proportion to sink in tbe Bcale of social comfort . ^ ° security , then -we may expect that every additional . ' taproveBient in the sciences , impiies the rain of bo mai ? families—the increase of human " woetbe detasBmait ^ . 0 " 1110 " * consequent upon the poverty it entails , u *« derangement of society , the de-
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preciation of property , and oMmately , to involve , us in uuiver 3 al anarchy ; let jt&tesrora and legislators answer . What shall they e ay ? The first minister in speaking of onr distress , sa jS > he has known as much before as at present , and h . opes it will seon pass . And this man presurats to fill < jne of the offices in the state . Why does he not proc ' aii n the oanse , if he kuows It , and propose a remedy ? If he does nst know , why not avow his ignorance , an d let ns legislate for ourselves ? ( bear , hear . ) We ha * ; e not courted his services , and will allow him to retu e without an apolugy —( laughter ) Well , my friends , t' aere is but one real cure fur onr misfortunes ; that i i a power over those institutions which hves produ- ^ d th ; 3 state of things . When we say a nower , let r ie be nnderstoocl to mean that every
man at the- vz * . of twenty-one shall hsve ^ a vote in the < : V-otion . of law makws and magistrates . OurChai-i- say a that every mau ' . ; f the age I have stated « haHvr-te , in tbe elecUon of Members of Parliament ; bnt I believe the laws are as bad in the administration as in their nature ; and further , I believe that the best laws may be rendered the most odious in their application . But the Charter once attained , all the ¦ subordinate authority of Government -will be constituted by the direct powtr of the people . This then is the ground work of onr cause—it is very simple and tquitable . The man -who would deprive you of a vote , forfeits all title to one himself . What crima so great as that which robs a roan of his rights r . s a m- r . iber of society ? This distinction in politics h-iB lead to aU those
unnatural distiic ' -ions in both rank and social condition . Yes . condition ; there are some born nobls in virtne of acts of Parliament . It is law which determines The nobility—it is law which determines who shall be protected , EDd while yon of every other class are tho iuo ; -t valuable to the very existence of society—you who produce every fraction of wealth or property possessed by tha middle and higher classes—yon , but for yaur skill and labour not a rood of land could be cultivated , drained , or fenced ; not a ship could be bnilt to ? uard onr shores—not an ounce of mineral be brought to the surface of the earth , and this is done at a great sacrifice of human life ; not a honao erected—no maunftictories—no public ways for communication and transit
—no harbours—no products for eouimercia exchangeno palaces for the nobility . Yes , ( said Mr . JI . ) h < 3 mi ^ ht continue this strain , but permit me to say , in the words cf a profound writer , that " but for the iabour of the poor the rich might live in caves and eat scorns for tkeir fo .-d . " iChetrs . ) Mr . M . then entered into a Ion- ; t-xposition of tne causes of the y-resent GiEtress , and tha meatures for the amelioration of thei condition . His Bpeech occupied nearly two hous' and a half . During the whole time he was listened to with the mosc marked attention , and tbe magistrates , vriio were on horseback , drew close no to the speaker , and listened wlih the greattst attention during the delivery of tho whole address , llr . Mason retired amid £ ; reat applatts-. ' .
The Chairman then introd'iced Mr . H : ilford to propose the second resolution . Mr . Haljord rose acd said , tbnt he -wonid not siteriipt to tr £ 5 p ? . s 3 npon them it any great length , a'ter the address -vfbic ' a l : atl just been deiiv-jr .-d . lie wculd thers . ' cnj br '< -fly revii-s- the principlt-s of tha People's Charter . This gentinnan then , in a most able ruacner . Trent t :-. r"URh th ^ six points seriatiiii . Why , said he . sh-T . - . Ki Tre n -t L ^ re the ri ^ ht of vctl .-v ? Can tfley vrho have deprived us uf cur rights justify the robbery ? Ah , no . Tl .-.-y reply tbat we Iiava no property . Afcer they have tuken all i . iiey poss : S 3 from us .
that , is very rsasnuabU-1 Well , and n- ? xi vrc aia tviid tkat we hive ao education . VTdj is this ? What have they dene with ali ths funos set apart for that purpDEu ? Have not the Moated Bishops been roveiling in luxury with the money set apait for our education ? He ( Mr . H . ) "skis astonished how the rich cared to insult tbe wcrkin ^ classes sfcer this barefaced robbery ; bnt he hoped the men of Shropshire would , f / om that day forward , straggle with their fellowworkmtn in tvery other part of the country for the Charter , acd never rest satisfied nntil in became the 3 iw of the land . Ha would propose tho resolution , which was as follows : —
" Thnt t ^ se Tights referred the foregoing resolution ar-i clearly and piwerfnHy defined in tho docu-. meat entitled the People's Charttr , and this rcett ' . ng resolves to hold that measure inviolate , and will never i erase ag : tat : ug nntil it L * cumt 3 the law of thess : realms . " ; Mr . Nicolas seconded it j Mr . ilOGG was then introduced to speak in support ¦ of it . Mtn pf Shropshire , said be , I can as 3 uit » yon I that I nevtr felt more highly gTatined in my Hfe than I i do at this moment . How little did I conceive Borae i ft-w weeks ago , when I first lectured in this comity , ! that in so short a time so many thou-jands would assemi bie in tbis place te udupt the glorious principles i . f thu
i People ' s fharter ? Wtli , I hope it will not stop iu its progress , but go on until everj town in the county has ; its Charter Asrocis'ion . { U ^ i , hezi . ) To-day yru I have nobly doi-e your duty I hope you will cairy out I "what yon Lave so cobly be ^ u i When he ( Mr . 51 . ) I considered vrhat were thtir suifurings and slavery , he ) was astoEished howth ^ ysi ) long sutmitted : but ^ onr ' he "was situfie i tbe time was fast approaching when ¦ Ihe rich "would be giad to do justice to the ' poor . ( Hear , ; h ar . j What did they (' . he working c ' . as-es ) deiire ? ] Why , that they should have plum puddiug and roa&t 1 betf . iiLe their fort&thtrs . ( Hear , hear . ) But what ! was the « ie ? Why that the workir ^ men were treated ; with more cruelty than the dogs or horse 3 cf the ricb Yes , ( said Mr . M . ) the ricb mnri ' s horses are bettor fed
and keot than three-fourths of tb ^ -work ^ Bg clr ^ ssts , and ; let them ( the rich ) now hear him ; he dbseretd , r ome of them pressct , that they would n- - ; t sabmit to it ens d . ^ y longer than th-y could help . Mr . Mogjj then wc ^ t on ta describe tbe har . iships of the working c ! nise 3 in a most able manner , and was much applauded . He wou ' . d come again and again to . visit them . ar : d be hoped Mr . Mason would devote a -week to the cause in Shropshire ; and he was certain it that it would b ? one of the best Caartist counties in the Ungdcm . ( Hear . ) Mr . Mogg addrefised the meeting at considerable length , ; and retired amid great applause-! A resolution of thanks was given to the Convention ' for their es ' .-rtions ; and the Temv > nBtrar . ce acd reemo-I real were adoDted . A vote of thanks was civeu to the
• Chairman , tnd the meeting dissolved . It may be observed ' in conclusion , that tbis meeting has done much to allay ; tie alarm of every class . Chartism was so fearful a ' subject to a great number cf the smaller tradesmen through the xepresentations cf the press , that some j went off to a great distance , and others closed thtdr j shops . The peaceable conduct of so large a mettles . has , however , dispelled their fears . The prospects of i the cause in this county are ruott cheering ; already the Slar hra entered the cottage of many of the miners ; and ! at the close of the meeting every one was inquiring ] whetht-r there would be a report cf the prrc ^ vajngs ? ; About a thousand copies of the Chartist Circular were I disposed ff . Tts general opinion ia that thtre were | between twenty and thirty thousand persons p ; esent
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\ ISIELAND . ] ( From The World ' s Correspondents . ) \ CiSXLEBAE .. —5 ICEDER WILL OUT . —That " truth ; is strange , stranger than fiction" has been most strikingly illustrated by recert events which have ilrawn j asuia the veil cf xivst-ery that throuded the Swinford ; murder . Tbe foilo ^ iiie are the circumstances , tl : a dis-1 closurertfl . tts grer . t credit on Mr . Jackson ; the eSicient ' and ju ? t y respected sub-inspector of this district : — . ' Two revenue policemen named E $ an aud Caulfield , were in company -with a girl in the town cf Swtnfori , in November ] 83 y , when a man named Naugnten cania ¦ up and attempted to tike the girl ' s cloak . Upon this
i the two policemen followed him , and inflicted injuries i on his person of whith hs ( iied the next day . Ssrera ! [ pasons were apprehended for the crime , but strange to ; jay , suspicion ntver rested on the poHci-men . But i some time s ' nee an inqniry liras held at Poxfcrd into a : charge made against a revenue policeman , tbat 1 ) 3 was privately married . On this inquiry CaulSel-1 gave evidtnee that the man charged -vs-. ts mar / Jed . Oil tbis he turns rcund , and accuses Caulfield and E : an of the murder of ^ aaghtsn . They were arrested , E ^ an ia thebirracts here , he being then a soldier in tit 83 th regiment . Other evidence has also turned np . A man retnrned from England a tow days since , and he states
be could not rest , from remorse of conscience , until he came fv-r- ^ axd and declared -what he knew of the case . He acen ? ed the two policemen and Mary Regan , the woman who -vrns ia company with them on the night in question . On this search was made fcr her , and it was found that s ' w had left the neighbourhood , but owing to the tx-. rtions of sub-inspector Jackson , her whe : ea . outs ra . 3 discovered . That gentleman learned that she bad gone to Cork , witU tha volunteers for India , as the wire of a corporal Finn , of the S 8 : h . A description of her person , ani the naraa of the man called her husband , haying been sent to the rab-inspectsr in Cjrk , by Mr . Jackson , she was arreitod , and is now in custody in the county prison .
The Bill which Mr . Phelan and his brother commissiocers are desirous of foisting upon this unfoiiuaala country is in bad odour here . The Bill is founded on the reports prepared by these sapient functionariesand what is the fact ? Meetings of the subscribers to tha Ballina , Ballinrobe , and Killaila charities h . ; ve been held during the last week , as which it was made evident that the statements in the commissioners report regarding these institutions were a t'ssue of blunders . Cork . — Oar distinguished townsman , Sheridan Kuowies has arrived , find has been delighting many an
" old familiar" social circle by the charms of his company . " Grave and reverend seniors" here are m&king asses or themselves by the fosa and palaver th 6 y keep np about bringing the British Mudfog Association to our good city next year . The members of this profound body are excellent cont&isseurs in turtle soup , and as such it would be worth their while to cross the channel and make a report on the perfection to -which that glorious viand has been bronght at the Victoria Hotel by M 'Cormick . As for any good they may do to science beyond arming themselves with tiny hammers and breaking all the fanny Iitte stones they meet in Cove , it is all moonshine .
Treatment of Emigrants . —You are aware that thousands of onr industrious population are levying this unfortunate country almost weekly to seek in a strange clime that subsistence -which bad government denies them at borne . It would be expected that humanity vrcald induce every person to facilitate these poor crea-
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tures in their transit but such is not the fact . I have frequently htard of the snares which the emigrant fead to encounter in Liverpool before his departure , but little thought that there -was such cause for coHiplaint nearer home . Dungarvan . —I regret to have to inform yon of a most horrid , and malicious murder , which , was committed on-Thursday tbe 12 th Instant , near Kiimacthomas . The victim of thi 3 atrocious deed was a young man about twenty-three years of age , from Faha in this county . He was at the fair of Kilmacthomas , oh the day above-mentioned , and on hia returning home abouteleven o ' clock at night , was attacked by two or three fellows , who , it is said harboured towards him
some spleen on account of an old grudge ; one of the villains took up a stone about eight pounds in weight , and with it dealt upon tha unfortunate man ' s bead a deadly blow whkb hud completely broken his skull . His brother who > vaa a witness to this bloody and murderous scene , wouid have in all probability shared the fate of the d ' ceased had ho not fled into KUmacthornas after rescuing himself from the grasp of the ruffrms . A corouer' 3 inquest -w as held on the body and a veiv . ict of -wilful murder" was returned . I have not learned the j-i . rt . l' -s names . The men who are supposed to be t ? ie p' rpiitrat ' -rs of this foul and malignant c imu , have been arrcst-d by the polica at the faneral of the deceased , and are no * r lodged in Waterford Gaul . ¦
Newcastle . —Affair of Honor . —At four o clock on Monday evening last , th « peace of our usually quiet locality was somewhat shaken by the intelligence that a duel was about to tate- pl . ico on the banks of the placid Deele , andapprehersiva that the combat would nave a tragical teiruination , our Peace Preservers on Jearning th ^ j tidings armed with thei r batons , 4 c ., and heided by Thomaj Locke , E ^ . JuBtice of the Peace , immediately hastened ? o tho siene of attraction . Ou tbe ground weru J Be B M— , Esq ., with his friend and second L I'd . M——— , Esq ., and at a . distance the towering and handsome figure of—— M—— , Esq ., supported by Ll 3 frivn-J . A considerable time
having elapsed er *; the pivliminaries-cculd be a ranged , the principal time havii-fj bten occupied endeavouring to adjust tho engine's f f d ^ structiou , whose flints , alas , would yield no fire—and wMost ) powder , " a plague on it , " would jiot ignite . This state cf suspence had continijfctl for some " time , when lo and behold ' . were seen in the distance the hnr in ^ ers ' . of peaca—the worthy Justice with h . 3 " men in buckrum" having arrived on the " u : isatur , ited turf , " in timu . to put the bloodless antagonists under j ' . trest . The dueluts -were subsequently bound tv kotp thf ) peace , —and it is to be hoped tiiey will enter into < i euiid truco over a dizen of exquisite port at the Cjurtutiy Anus .
Londonderry . —Another serions riot has been ciused Lere by t'e Marquis of Donegal's ¦ ¦ te nantry , atso-Aat ' wg ' togttiizr for the imip ' oBo cf putting up st ; ik--nets on tba Dcrry sine ; oi tuu Lou ^ h . Acci » rdir . gly on Wednv-s-v-. y , tdty drove stakes for a net on that sicit ; , near t <> thf , ' ni' . uiii of tho Fahau , a little below anet which v .. u , pl .-ictd there in ¦ tao lieginuing of the Et ; : ise : i , by t : ; r- u-sitnevs > jf tl ; u lfW = w ^ a of the Irish Society . Oa Th ; : r 3 «' . ay , tiio Qahnniuu in tho employment , of tlif . a ^ - -isuet 8 went down the Lougb in fiv-.- or six boais . a » 1 pulled up nearly all th « BtakeB which had bebri jiiantfcsl uy the other party ; by which party they were stoutly , though unsuccessfully , resisted ; and , in tho course of thu >/ ieke , one of the D ^ uo ^ al tenar . try , a nmn of t ^« n . uie of Bradley , with deliberate and ruffianly violence , drove tho sharp eud of a g takb into the eye t > f a young man . Darned J « hH Lynch . The vrouiid was sj serious that ftara were entertained
of . Lynch'a life , aud the recovery of eye-sight despaired of ; but by ski . ful treatment the injured organ wiil not be utter > ' deprived of the power of vision . Oo Thursday , a large band of the asaocmtts in this new fishery specn ' a ' . ion . and jietsoiia iu their intert-st , asseuibifd around Culmore Point , accompanied by , or , as seme ssy . beaded by the Mr . Bcown , by whom the fl > hi ry on the Donegal Bide , under the claim of the Maiquis , hu 3 been chiefly conducted , when some of them taun ' . invly called upon the fishermen in the service of the , assicp . etb to ! uk « down , if they ilnred , the few of their stakes at tht ; Fibm mou ' . h which teniaiued . The con ^ . bub . ty stationed in Dcrry and Muff \ County D-. ict-g'iii Wrre noon upon the bpo T ,, as was aiso the Mayor , who forcib y pointed out to the meeting the danger th ^ y woulii incur by committing a breach of the peaco , and stated his deterciiDation to use every means in his power to prevent disturbance . In obedience to bis mandate they at length dispersed .
Nenagh . —On Thursday , a meeting of the magistrates of Upper Ormond , Lower Orraond , and Owney snd Arra , convened by the High Sheriff , was held at the Court Houao , Nenagh . for tbe purpose of Uking into consideration the disturbed state of those baronies , and to suggest to Government such remedies as would he aiivisabie te ad (< pt for the protection tf life and property , and tha suppression of crime in the country . The meeting was well attended , there being twentyseven magistrates and four stipendiaries present . Resolutions were passed and forwarded to tbe Government the same Diglit—the publication of - whieh for the present is witheld . Crime in the North Hiding , particularly in the neighbouring baronies , is still as rife as ever . An enormous meetiu ^ -was held here on Sunday
last , a * which tlioucnnclB and tens of thousands congregated from toe arij- >; nin « districts of Borrisokane , Tcinpleraore , Roscrea . &c . There could not . be less than 40 , 000 persons present . The oi . ject was to discourage iliecai societies , the fruitful source of all the crirnfis which disgrace this country , it having been understood fast numerous attempts bad been lately made to seduce teetotallers from teinperan-e preparatory to enrolling them amonK the hellish promoters of these gangs . - The tcene was very imposing ,, and was frequently enlivened by the bauds of the IV na « b and Teaiplf more Temperance societies . ibeR ^ v . Joh n Scanian , a president of the Dunkerrin Temperance Society , occupied the chair . The Chairman opened tbe proceedings by readies * to the effect— " That having heard with
considerable pain that attempts had been recently made to induce some members ot the Temperance Socifty to vioiate their pledge ; they 'deplored that such should havo taken piace , feeling the many blessings which have arisen from the almost miraculous spread of temperance . " The Rev . gentleman ; Ubo deplored , aa a source tf increased anxkty , that the * e attempts were made with a view of leading thoughtless persons into illegal associations . " Tbat Siich fcoaieties were repugnant to every principle of religion , ruinous to the delnded victims themselves , iind subversive cf tbe best interests of society . " The Rev . Mr . "Nolan then came to . ward , and said it was-with exceeding great regret he lesyied that some of his parishioners had violated the pledge , but it afforded him seme consolation , that the
ofiending individuals would oome forward upon the plalforra before the immense multitude congregated , and express unfeigned sorrow and contrition for their past conduct , ar . d give eokmn assurance tliat they would renew the pledge at tho hanus of the great apostle of temperance himsulf , when he would make bin promised visit to Nenagh . The Rev . Mr . Nolan , . in continuation , dwelt to a considerable t-xteut on tbe frightful const quences that sprinij from Ribbon Societies . Ho tirew an appalling picture of the enormity of murder ; the fears , terrors , and bufferings of the murderer in this life ; and the awful and everlasting retribution that awaits him in the world to ccuis . He spoke of Mr . Bernard , of Castle Bernard , in tLe most flatterint ; terms . He made honourable mention of Mr . Gteon ; d Minchin , of Busbertown , who gave an abit ^ nent of thirty per cen t t > his tenantry at Rathna vogue , together with forgiviBg them 5 years' arrears of
rer . t He also enumerated many other iustauces of this gei . t . ' eman ' s kindness and benevolence townrrls' his t ^ ants . Of the Very Rev . D 3 an Holme and his nephew , the Rev . ArtLur Holme , he spoke in language calculated to impress the multitude with emotiona of gratitude , to envy these who bad the happiness of Slaving dealings with euch geutlemen . One of the ' uiun concluded by saying " You have all heard what the priest has stated ab&u' Mr . Holme , but if his reverence was to talk to morning he could not tell half their goodness . " The Re-v . Mr . Nolan next adverted to the manner in vhich the tenantry of Loughane were treated by Jlr . R . TJ . Baly . He hoped the next time he would have the pleasure of addressing a raeetin ? of his countrymen that he would be able to make a more extensive mention of tae benevolence of good landlords . * .
POLICE OFFICE . —Wednesday . Mr . Thomas Murray , ship asient , -was summoned at the instance of Lieutenant Friend , Emigration Aaent , t 9 show cause why be would not pay Daniel ATCarthy a shilling par day , Eiuce the 15 : h instant , until the sailing of the Albion . Mr . Murray " s clerk appeared . Lieutenant Frienci said he wished that the ship a ^ ent was-present , a 3 he had &om& observations to make . The Beneh said that Mr . Murray was frequently summoned by tee Caurt , kut never attended . Whenever he was summoned , ho sent a boy . Lieutenant Friend was anxious that the enso should , be decided before the vessel arrived in porh Tbi 3 ship was the Albion of London , which "Ris advertised as : i vessel of 1 , 000 tons burden , vrhile in fact she was only from 3 to 400 tons .
Emigrants had taken their passage by this ! vessel under tbe representation that sha was to s . iil on the 5 th ; the advertisement announced that she wastosail on the 10 th , and some of the people received letters from the agent , advising them that she-was not to sail until the 15 th ; however , they had now arrived at the 18 tb , and the ¦ vessel was not yet in psrt , the consequence of which was that the emigrants were sustaining serions losses , and ' eating oat tneir little sea stores . Under these circumstances he had issued summoness against the agent for Is . a day for the emigrants until the vessel sailed , which case he expected would dispose of the entire , otherwise he would sue for each . His charge against the agent was , that be had put forward : false advertisements to lore the public .
Mr . Murray being sent for , here entered the office , and in answer to Lieutenant Friend admitted a receipt for a deposit for passage money , and that he was agent to tbe ship . Lieutenant Friend contended that as agent Mrf Murray stood in the place of the captain of the vessel , and was chargeable with putting forward a delusive advertisement , stating that the ship was 1 , 000 tons burden , and that she would sail from Cork on the 10 Jh May . However , as Mr , Murray stated that " 10 " -was a mistake for " 15 th , " and that he -wrote te come of the parties to that effect , he { Lieut . P . ) -would only claim Is . a-day from the 15 th , or £ 5 penalty fcr nohperfonaaage . The original advertisement was tbat the
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vessel would Bail on the 10 th , but she was new advertised for the 2 dth > 5 e spoke of the false statement of tonnage , because Mr . Murray pledged himaeif with others to only set out the registered tonnage , but in that respect he had broken hiB word . i Mr . Murray said that when the vessel arrived , she would prove to be ' l > p ' p ' O . tons . ' . ¦¦ .- ¦' . ¦ ' . ; V Lieut . Friend pledged himself thai ; attch would liofc bo found to be the fact . V Mr . Murray advertised the vessel under the directions of the owner , bnt when it waa found that she would not be here on the 10 th ; he wrote to those who had
engaged passages not to come in until the 15 th , and she would , have arrived before this but for the adverse winds . - He would farther say that therewaa no necessity to bring him here as he told all these men that they should be paid la a day . Bench—Will you see them paid ? Mr . Murtay—I will , but not as a matter of right . Xieut . Friend claimed it as » matter of right . Mr . Murray said that by tha Act of Parliament the master only was liabie . He had no objection to the men being paid , as it would not be a penny out of his pocket . ' ¦"¦ . ' ' . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦; . : .: .. ¦ ¦¦ ¦' . ¦; .- : . ; .. ¦ , - . ¦ : ¦ ¦ . :. "¦ ¦ ' ;
The complainant said that he called on Mr . Murray on Tuesday to get the price of a meal of victuals , as he waa starving , but was refused ; and thia day he had only eaten two-potatoes . - . Mr , Murray was advised to get 100 passengers for the ship , and that-was all he knew about it He preferred pulling down 1 , 000 ions to 500 , as it was more likely to serve ' the owners ! The Bench was sorry the law did not give them the power of decreeing the agent . They advised Lieut Friend to summon both master , and agent when the vessel arrived . ¦ .- ¦ .. ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ . - i : .. ' . - ¦ ¦; - ¦ _ : ¦ Lieut Friend , under these circumstances , would withdraw hiB arrangement , and summon for compensation from the 15 th . :
Tho Bench thpufiht that quite fair , as it was an exr cessively hard case towards the poor people . They hoped Lieut Friend would lay this case before the Lords of the Admiralty , and get an opinion on this law , for they regretted th ; ib they believed they could not make the agent pay .: ; - ¦ ; : ¦ . ¦'¦ v--- . :. :- ¦¦'¦ ¦/ : : . .. -. ' . .:. ; Lieut Friend would act on the suggestion : however , he had the pleasure in informing the Bench that an Act would come into operation on the 1 st of June , that would considerably restrain tbe acts of shipbrokers . The partrts then left the olfice .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday ; May 20 . Their Lordships met to-day , at five o'clock , for the first time since the recess . . A message from tho Commona brought up several private bills-Lord Sydnet presented a petition from Charles Yexo . Perrars . Towrishend , cpmrdonly called Lord Charles Vere Ferrara Townahend , complaining of an individual who called himself the Earl of Leicester , being elected as such to Bftiva in Pariiamerit for the borough of Bpdmin , that being the second title of the Marquis of Townshend . The petitioner stated that the individual named was not tho issue of the late peer , but that , unless tbeir Lordships took some steps to prevent it , he would assume the title , and take his seat in their Lordships'House .
The question is one of legitimacy , wo believe j and , on the suggestion of Lord Brougham , the petition was referred to a committee of precedents . The Loed Chancellor gave notice that he should move tbe second reading of the Quarter Sessions Bill on Monday se ' nnip . ht . The Marquis of . Londonderry moved that thereport of the ecclesiastical' commissioners for the year 1841 be laid on the table . Agreed to .: ¦ :,-The House then adjourned , shortly b fore six o ' clock , until Monday .
Monday , May 23 . A short conversation arose between Lord Campbell and the Lord Chancellor on the subject of locking up passengers in railway carriages . The Lord Chancellor had himself been locked up that very morning , and had not experienced any inconvenience . Some Bills were raad a first time .
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B , ^^— ^ — HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , May 20 . The House re assembled to-day for the first time since the Wbitsun recess . The Speaker took the chair shortly before four o ' clock . The attendance of members was very limited . The minutes of evidence taken before the Newcastleunder-Lyne ElecWon Committee were brought in , and ordered to be printed . Sir E . Hayes , as Chairman of tbe Committee appointed to try the merits of ^ the :- ' -Flintshire petition iicaii : st the . return . ' of the Hon . E . " L . M . Mostyn , reported to the House that Mr . Mostyn has not been duly elected to « erve in the present Parliament for Flintshire '; ' . but that' Sir S . R . Glynn was duly elected , and ought to have been returned for the said county . The Speaker informed the House that the petitioners agairitt the return for the berough of Kinsate h- d . resolved not to proceed with the petition against the return for that place . ;
Mr . BuLLER , there boitig some dbnbt as to the right to precedence of liis motion for referring Mr , Warburton ' s ' petition , complaining of corrupt practices at Bridport , to Mr . Roebuck's Committoe , deferred it till Thusday next ; Mr . Mitchell announcing it to be his intention to dtfend hiniseif from the charges contained in that petition on an earlier night , if it should appear that Mr . Buller could not bring forward his motion on Thursday . The following Bills were read a second time , and ordered to be committed : —The Imperial Insurance Company , the Medbqurno Inclosure , an'd'Costs ' s Charity Estate , ' ' ¦ ; . ' ¦ . '¦ ¦ ' ¦ '" \ ' . " " " . " : V - '¦ ' ' -: ' The Abnrdeen Road ' s Bill and the South Metropolitan Gas Bill were read a third time and passed . Sir John Easthope gave notice of a motion for tfee 16 th of June of a bill to abolish church rates , and make some other provision for the service of the church to which these rates "were r . ow applied .
Mr . Milner Gibson gave notica that on the 9 th of Juno he should piove for leave to bring in a bill to prevent persons losing their votes by removal after registration . Lord Palmehson asked a question as to tbe limit of boundary between this country ' s possessions in America and the United States , and the report of the commissioners sent out to inquire into the matter . Sir R . Peel snid one report had been presentod , bnt another which the commissioners , who had recently returned to this country , had made , was not yet in a state to be presented , as the annexes , to that report were not yet quite ready . ,
In answer to Mr . Stafford O'Brien , Lord Eliot satd it was truo that some outrages had been recently committed , in-part of the county of Tipperary , but he could assure the Hon . Member that the accounts on this subject were greatly exaggerated . The Noble Lord did not attempt to deny that that county was itt a very unsatisfactory state ; but ho paid a high compliment to the conduct of the Roman Catholic clergy in the advice which tb > y had given to their flocks to obey tho laws , and abstain from joining or having anything to do with ill gal societies . In Committee of Supply , dipt . Boldero moved the Ordnance Estimates .
Mr . Williams stated' that the deputy barrack masters were a great eXpence to the-country , and the ex * pencea of barracks throughout the colonies were also most extraordinary , ' - , and- should undergo a searching enquiry ; for , during the last fifteen or sixteen yeara it haa averaged about £ 100 , 000 aryc-av . The colonies ought ' to maintain their own expenditure , but they did not do so , notwithstandin !? that we bad given the West India Isianda a monopoly by our tariff . An Hon . Member' complained of the idleness which prevailed ameng ths m ' eni ; and thfir constahly resorting to t '; e canteen and public-house . Such a state of things cuuld not be remedied , unless sonie method was discovered to give them fuH employment A lbug discussion having now ensued between Sir . C . JVapfer , Major Bsvah-, Major Vivian , and Sir R . Peel .
Captain Pechell called the attention of the House to Captain Warner ' s irrvention . The former governments had been accused , he said , of neglecting the advantage to bi ) derived fi'wm securing the invention . He wished to know whether the present Government had secured it Sir R Peel said he had been' a witness to an experiintnt of Captain Warner ' s on a tTnall seale , and so far it was successful . He did not bla tne the Government to : their , neglect , for he had . hiiuself racommehded that the experiment should bo made on a 1 ^ ge scale , and at tbe public expence . Captain Warner h »< 1 not agreed to tnis , . and the communiciitions -with him respecting the invention wereatpresent suspended . -After a few-words from Ciptaih Boldero ,
Lord Ingesxrie eulogised the invention of Captain Warner . He said that any govurnmeht that h eglected it Incurred -a very heavy ' responsibility ' . Referei / ca had been made to the proper quarter on " more tha . ' ? e ! occasion , but without success . ;; Major yiviAS contended that no officer of proj . « r spirit shouldmake t&is important-invention an affair o . ' ^ pounds , shillings , and pence , but should throw himself on the generosity of the country . Lord INGE ^ TRIE , in reply , gaid that Captain Wairner had expended vast sums of money on the experiment . .. ' ¦ ¦ .- ' :: .- ¦ . ¦ •• ¦ .- : ' - . - : -: ' v ;' . ' ; " . ; -. : ¦;¦ - ' ' . / : )/}¦ -. . ' . .. ¦ '¦ Colonel Fox recommended that the country should come to some deteriuinattou respecting Captain Warner ' s invention , if it were of such important resnlts . Mr . Broiherton said that ' the former and present Governments acted wisely in refusing to reward this man for such an infernal invention- —( laoghter > .
Lord INGESXRIE thought that ,: if any government were aware that . ' we , possessed such a secret , they would be careful not to proyoke . iis . ' X ' ... ' _ -. . A long discussion having now ensued , in which Sir G . Cockburn , Captain Pechell , Mr . Williams , Sir Cf Napier , and Captaiu Bolderq took part , relative to the very trifling allowancd of 2 s . 6 d . a day to officers * widows , ' . " ¦ ' ; "• ;¦; - : ' ¦ ' " - ¦' . '¦ ¦ : ; : Lord Ingestrie suggested that a better system should be pursued respecting naval architecture .
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Sir C . Napier called the attention of the House to the improper system which prevailed in the dockyards respecting the employment of landsmen , to the exclusion of seamen . ... ' ¦''¦ . '¦ ¦ . ¦ ' : " . ' . '' "tOfpbo the second reading of the Colonial P . issengerfl ' Bill i Mr ; Wakley made : some objectiono to the clause relating to hill coolies . ; V y i . The Pentonville Infirmary Bill , and Excise Compsund Bill were eaeh read a third time . On the further consideration of the report upon the Municipal . Corporations Bill , Mr . Hodgson moved some amendments , wbiub . were severally put and carried . ' . ' . ¦ , '' . , ' ¦'¦ ¦; . ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ' ; - '' ; '¦ . '¦" ' > ¦'¦ . ' ¦ " '¦" . '" "' . The other orders of the day were then pttfc and carried . ' v ¦'¦ - '¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ " - . - ¦ - . ' . - ; - -- " . ¦"¦ •¦ :- - ¦
' Sir James Graham , in moving that the House resolve itself into a committee npon the Ecclesiastical Corporation Leasing Bill , said that its object was to enable ecclesiastical corporations , aggregate or sole , to grant leases of 99 years , and to appropriate the increased value thus given to church property to the increaee of email livings . : ¦;•;;¦ . ' : : Mr . Ha wes objected , on the part of the great body of dissenters in this country ^ to the principle of this bill , the tendency of which was to increase the value of church property . Mr . Roebtjcic said that the Right Hon . Baronet was , by his bill , enabling the state to deal with the contemplated increase in the case of corporations aggregate ; and yet he left the increase untouched in the case of corporations sole . This inconsiftency , he thonght , required explanation , apart from any consideration of tbe propriety of the suggebted appropriation .
Mr . Wakley thought the motion of the Right Hon . Baronet was founded isn the principle of 'doing every thing for the incumbent , aud nothing for the congregation ; the subject was so momentous a one , that , considering tha thinness of the House , be would suggest that the chairman should report progress , and ask leave to sit again . Sir James Graham said he could not see the validity of the objections urged against tbe bill , but he would take the discussion either on the report or on the second reading . - The bill then went through committee . ¦¦¦ '' .-The Property . Tax Bill was then postponed till Monday .. ¦¦ - -. "' ¦¦ " . ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ; ' -. ¦ ¦ ' - ' ¦ " . The Bribery Prevention Bill was then read a second time .
Sir James Graham then moved to amend the acts for the commutation of tithes in England and Wales , and to continue certain officers , appointed under the said acts for a timo to be liniited . . \ The other orders of the day were then disposed ef , and the House adjourned at "half-past eleven o ' clock .
Monday , May 23 . Colonel Rushbrooke moved the issue of a new writ for the borough of Ipswich . Mr . Wynjn did not mean to oppose the motion , but he called the attention of the House to tbat part » f tbe Ipswich election Committee report , which stated that extensive corruption had prevailed at the last election . Such a statement should not rest on their records unnoticed ; and he recommsntied inquiry , and , if necessary , prosecution by the Attorney ^ Gvrteral of the guilty parties , the bribers as well as the bribisd . Sir George Grey hoped that such an alteration of the law wouM . be mude as would prove more effective tbaa any partial or limited inquiry . v After sjmo conversation , Mr . Hume proposed the suspension of the writ for fourteen days , in order to tee what Was going to be done by Lord John Russell in the way of a general measure to put down bribery andcorruption . : . ,
Lord John Russell considered that both parties suffered very much from these practices . He supported the amendment . ' Sir Robert Peel also considered that these practices were most injurious to the credit and authority of the House . He recommended the suspension of the writ , in order to enable Mr . Wynn to bring formally before the House whether or no the Attorney- General should fee instructed to prosecute tho guiity parties . Mr . Hume approved of this suggestion ; and after some conversation , Mr . Ward suggested that the ; casts of Southampton should be dealt with in the same way . Mr . Wynn thought that it was a dangerous power for : the House to assume in .-suspending writs one moment longer than was necessary . He gave notice far Thursday of his intention to bring on the motion for instructing the Attorney-Gtneral to prosecute in the case of Ipswich , and Colenel Rushbrdoke withdrew his motion for the issue of the writ .
On the motion for going into committee on tho Customs Acts ( the Tariff ) various preliminary matters arose , including a statement from . Mr . CallaghaS respecting the present condition and future prospects of the Irish provision tiade . He concluded with proposing a resolution , '' . -that in removing the prohibition to the importation of any a » tide , there ought not to be charged any duty on the . raw material which Bhould not be charged to articles the manufacture thereof ; and that so long as living animals be charged with a fixed duty , salted provisions Bhould ba chargeable with an equivalent rate , and . not removable from warehouse without payjnent thereof , except for exportation . - ; ' ; . ' ;¦ ' '' ¦ ' ¦ ; : . ;¦ ¦ ; ' ' . : . ¦ : . Mr . Gladstone pointed put that the privilege sought for by this resolution would lead to fraud and evasion , and that , with the present competitive fctate of things , no effective protection could possibly be given to the Irish provision trade .
Mr . Labouchebe concurred with Mr . Gladstone , but Mr . E . Rochk supported tbe resolution . ' After some bbservations from Sir Robert Peel , Lord John Russell , and Sir Robert Ferguson , the motion was withdrawn . The House jthen . trent into committee ; and Mr . William Miles rose to niove that the duties on all live stock imported for the purpose of food should 1 ) 0 taken by weight . The county members wh ? supported Sir Robert Peel had gone along with him as far as they could , and bad borne many , unmerited taunts in so doing ; but tbo time was now . come , in justice to
their constituents , to offer a legitimate opposition . He entered into a statistical comparison of the cost at which a Danish and an English farmer could respectively fatten live stock , taking the price of oil cake and barley in the respective countries , ; and contrasting , also , the different amounts of taxation . to which each was subjected ; and proceeded to show , from the prices at given continental ports , with the freightage and other charges , thstt the British grczier would be exposed' to a ruinous competitidh under the government proposition . He asked not for undue but for just protection ; and hoped that Sir Robert Peel would consent to adopt his amendment .
Mr . Robert Paljier ( Berks , ) supported the amendment . Colonel Wyndham was not aware of the panic alluded to by the preceding speakers as existing amongst the agriculturists of his own county j but his colleague iri the representation , the Earl of March , differed in opinion with him . Mr . Heathcote supported the amendment , from a conviction of the -injurious consequences which would r&Buit from the Government proposition . Mr . Gladstone affirmed that the Government had precisely the same object iu view as the proposer of the amendment , and they were quite satisfied that no evil consequences would ensue to tho British farmer from that part of the proposed tariff which related to
cattle . Viowirig-the state ' or the ' country '; Sir Robert Peel would have failed in his duty had he proposed less than he has done ; and , as to the alleged alarm wbich prevailed amongst the agriculturists , the returns of prices at the late country fairs showed that it was greatly exaggerated . No doubt , theoreticAl accuracy was on the side of the proposition for levying the duty by weight : but great inconvenience would be the result of its adoption , and there was no instance in the tariff of any other country of taking the duties en animals otherwise than by head . There . was no such discrepancy , as had bien argued , between the duty of £ 1 per head for oxen , and the duty of 89 . per cwt , on dead meat , seeing that the freight and duty on the importation of an averaged sized ox would be £ 3 es ^ , and
the charges and duty on the importation , on an equivalent amount of dead meat , would be about £ 3 10 s . The Gover nment proposition was imperatively called for , when our rapidly-increasing population was considered with reference to the high and increasing prices of meat in this country . For himself , he wished that be could persuade himself that a rriuch larger importation would tike place than was at all likely . The consumption of Lohrton was about 200 , 000 , and that of the entire countvy about : l , 6 p 0 , 00 p head of oxen , and looking at the rising prices of cattle in France , Belgium , and the ports of the German union , wasitataUUkBiy that the -eoormotts consumption in this country would be seriously aftcoted by any importation that could take place ? it .-had been calculated , he knew not how
correctly , that 80 . 000 head of horned cattle would be annually imBorted . Now , admitting this , and lookingat our population , increasing at tha rats of 227 , 000 aonls annually , if the rate of increase for the next five years was in the same ratio as the last ten , this country would require a bupply of : 85 , 000 heari of avttie , ia order , not to reduce prices , but to keep them from rising . Hbrsea bore relatively ; a high price in this country ; yet for years their importation into this country was permitted . Why were we not overwhelmed with cheap continental horses ? Viewing the subject in all its bearings , he considered that , the benefit to trade from the Govern ^ rnentproposition , would be coneiderable , while there was no cause cf-alarm for the interests of agriculture . ' ..- : ' ¦ ' .- " --. ' . ¦ . ¦ - ' ' - ¦ - ¦ ¦' . ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' " ¦ ¦ ' . ' ' ¦ -. " .- : -
Dr . Boiy , RiKG gava various statements in support of the Government proposition , which ho regarded as a great an <* important step towards sound principles in odrie t ' ^ BlatioBu y ; .- ¦ ., v ; ¦' ¦ " . , : '¦; , '" . " V . ! ,, ' : ) ¦¦ ¦> . ] Lord Norreys had heard , it said , OhV you can vote for ; Miles ' s mption | it can ' t injure the Government , 'for- ' M won't be carried . ' But , as he considered this te be t . growing dust in the eyes of the farmers , he would be no ^ varty to it , and should oppose the amendment . . '¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ;" .. -.. ' '¦ ' . ¦ •' .. -. . - .-3 .: ' ¦'¦ ..- / .-. ';' " ; Mr . Gally iXx » TGHT considered that it was their dutyt&fiuppSy the' people with fooft as cheaply aa they * could , without &jiy-. ; B * ter iai- disturbanca of the agticnltural interest . Any ono wlip had seen the lean cattle of France / its frightfu l Vi £ B , and tsstsdits detestable mutton , could be ' under ' - bo ; alarm for * he prosperity of our superior breeds . Sir Robert Peel w ^ is . as much the friend of the agricultural-a' « of the manufacturing interest , and was labouring *> 9 adjast their jConaictiog
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claims . There was some danger in tbeintroduction of tho narrow end of the wedge of free trade , but there was more in nailing down the safety . Tal-re * It was not tea , coffee * or sugar , the agrirattuTal intemtwaa afr aid of , bat ; of radicalism , and therefore they gnnported the propositions of the present Government . Lerd Alford opposed th « ainendment ,-. aa not anH » cipating any serious , importation of cattle . . . . - ; Mr . Owen SiaNL ^ t was satisfied that wetad only to create a market in order to receive from abroad a large supply . He supported the amendment .
Lord John BussEHL contrasted the argumenta of those -who opposed and those who supported ' - the amendment , and regarded the speech of Mr . Miles aa most convincing against his amendment Sorely the wisdom of Parliament did not consist in legislating against the welfare of-. the-. ' . community , and compelling them to pay a higher price for meat than they otherwise might Increase the comforts of the working classes and the agricultural interest Would derive its advantage from the improved condition ef the country . But , nevertheless , looking at the arguments with which th © present proposition of the Government was supported * or at other parts of the tariff , he could not reconcile them with other parts of bur legislation , especially with the Corn Act of the present year . ; fie wouldl apply similar and equal principles to manufactures aa well as to agriculture ; and if the British grazier waa to compete with the continental one , why not per * mit similar csmpetition in corn , sugar , and other articles ? ' .. . - . ' ; - : ¦'•' . ' .- .- ¦ . ' - ' : ' , .. " :- - . ' : - ^ -.:
Sir Robert Peel thought that the author of aa eight-shilling duty on the importation of foreign corn was hardly entitled to claim the merit of being a friend to the entire freedom of trade . Limiting himself strictly to the proposition before the house , that of the propriety of removing the prohibition on the importation of foreign cattle , he expressed himself grateful for the generous support which he had received from the great body of the agricultural members of the hpvise , even though differing from them on the present occasion—a-difference . which he hoped would . not last , beyond tha evening . The interests of the community , imperatively demanded the change now proposed , and the apprebcrsions entertained respecting It were perfectly , groundless . The quality of the cheap meat sold
in Hamburg or other piaces must be taken into the account in estimitting the effect of the competition witb British stock ; while what had hitherto been made a matter : of occasional favour , through application to the Treasury , of ; importing , the finest bulls of continental stocks to improve our own breeds , was . now to be afforded to the entire agricultural community . He had n > , t yielded to the solicitations of many esteemed friends who had waited en him to ask for increased protection , for bis conscientious belief was that a duty of £ l pet head was amply sufficient , and he waa of opinion that the population of this countty waa increjising at a rate more alarming and more rapidly than many were aware of . He hoped the House by a large majority would affirm the government proposition . :
Mr . Morgaw J . O'CoNHELt asked who caused the panic alleged to exist ? The farmers' friends J If it had been known at the last general election that , the agriculturists were to submit to such a meaaureas this , the farmers * friends would still have occupied the opposition benches . He regretted that Mr . Gladstone'a speech had not been made on the motion for a flice ^ duty on foreign eorn , or even ; for Mr . Villier ^ motion , as it would have been conclusive in their favour . — [ the House became very impatient during Mr , O'Coanell ' s speech . ] ¦ : ¦ ¦ ;¦ .-. . : . ¦ . \ - Lord Worsley did not thinlt that theamendment had been fairly , mat . V
Mr . Villiers considered that it had been treated with great respect It was not entitled to any consideration at all , when the state of . tb ^ ountry was considered , with a starved and starving " population , dying of disease engendered by the want of sufBcieht food . Yet five hours were consumed in debating whether or not they should have food a little cheaper 1 Mr . Scott : ( Roxburgh ) indignantly repudiated the accusations of Mr . Villiers as a foul calumny . After some observations from Mr . Ward , -. ' / Mr . Oi ^ msby Gore said he had made extensive inquiries , and found that the larger farmers approved of the Government proposition , which he Buppoited on the score ut justice to the pooror parts bf'the country . The impatience of the House was very distinctly manifested during the observations of some of the preced ing speakers , and Mr . Hume , who rose ; to address the Cdminittee , and was greatly interrupted , threatened to move the adjournment of the debate .
Mr . Miles replied ; and on a division there appeared For the Govermect proposition ...... 318 For the amendment ..................... 113 . Majority . ; ... ; .......... ; . 205 ; The Chairman reported progress ; and after some other business / including leave given to Mr . Roebuck to bring in his Indemnity Bill , the House adjourned .
Proof Of A Man's Being Able To Read And White.—At The E.Dn Petty Sassions, On Wediiea-
Proof of a Man ' s being able to Read and White . —At the E . dn Petty Sassions , on Wediiea-
day , the list ot persons nominated to serve the office of Overseer for the year ensuing were laid before the Beach of Magistrates . A Magistrate , taking up one of the lists , enquired : of tho coustable if Joha So-and-so couid read and write ? * 'I should jusfc think he could , your Worship , '' replied the constable . " But why do you Uxink so V "Why , ' cause he looks larnLxl . " " Have you no other reason for thinking so ? " " Oh , yes , your Worship . " "Well , what is it 1 " '" Cause he ' s married to a werry respectable sort of a woman . " The reason assigned was conclusive ; and the man ; who married "a werry respectable -sett of a woman" waa : dulj appointed . c '¦; ' : .. ¦ / ¦/ : .- ' ¦ ' : - / ' ¦" ' . '¦; "V . ¦•¦/' . '
The Income Tax . —Fifty-eight operatives of Worcester havo addressed Sir Robert Peel , to express their-thankfulness to him " for . proposing a direct tax oh property ; a tax that shall affect the rich ; a tax that w \) i compel absentees to contribute their qnota to the < xigencies of the conntry ; a tax that will affect the tundhblder , and throw the burdens of the state on those who are well able to bear them . " They recognise in him . "the poor man ' s friend . " In a ^ brief but" courteous reply , the Minister says , "It is my earnest wish te propose , and to pass into law , such measuies as may tend in their result to promote the demand for labour , arid to increase tha comforts and welfare . ' of the community . "
Firing heb . Majesty's PLANunoM hear Wiwdsor .- ^ -A plantation called the " ¦ Clock-case , " belonging to her Majesty , at Virginia Water , was recently discovered to have been fired at an early hour in the morning , and before any assistaaca could be effectually procured , a very considerable portion was consumed * and ihe remainder destroyed . There being stroDg reasons to lead to the conclusion that tho plantation had been wilfully and malicioubIv fired , the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests have just offered a Teward of twenty guineas to any one who will give such information as may lead to the discovery and conviction of the parties guilty of the offence ; /
: Ludicrous Circumstance in a Cuusch . —Speaking of first impressions at church brings to my mind ar ludicrous circumstance that happeaed some fifty or sixty years ago at— church . The rector , though a man of profound learning and a great theologian , was of such eccentric habits as often to create a doubt among the vulgar whether he was at all times compos mentis . Having remarked for severalsuccessivo Sunday ^ a gentleinan . whowas no parishibnsrj iuyariabl y ' using a seat in . a pew next to that ^ n which a young widow-lady had her sitting , he iutently tyed themv and at one time detectsd the young gentlemau slyly drawing the lady's glove from off the back of the pew where 6 he Svaa accustomed to place it /( her hand and arm tvere
delicately fair , ) iaud placing in it a smailneatlyfolded note . By and by the lady ' s Prayer Book fell- —of course accidentally—from tha ledge of her pew into the gentleman ' s ; he picked it up , found a leaf turned dawnv and he hastily scanned a passage , which evidently caused a -.- -. ' smile of complacency . Our minister saw all their sly proceedings , and continued to watch them with scrutinising eye for two successive Sundays . On the third , as soon as the collects were read , and while the beadle yet obsequiously waited i < v attend him to the chancel ,: our eccentric pastor ,. in . a strong and distinct voice said , "I publish the banns ef marriage between M . and N . ( deliberately pronouncing the names of the parlies ) , if any of voa know iust
cause , " &c , &o .. - -.: 'The eyes of the whole cor . grcgation were turiied on the widow and our gay Lothario ; th e lad y suffaeed with blushes , and the gentleman ; crimsoned with anger ; she fanning herself with vehemence , and he opening and shutting the pew door with rage and violence ; . the minister meanwhile , proceeding through his accustomed duties with tho same decorum and ease as if perfectly innocent of the agitation he had excited . The sermon preached and the service ended , away to tha vestry rush ihe party at the heels of the pastor . " Who authorised you , Sir , to make such a publication of banns ! " demanded they both in a breath . " Auihorised me 3 " said he , with a stare which heightened their confusion . ' "Yes , Sir , who authorised you V' "Oa ! " eaid the minister , with a sly glance alternately at each , " if you don't approve of it ,. I ? Ilforbid the banns next Sunday . " ¦ "Sir . " said
tho ladyv you have been too officious already ; nobody requested you to do any such thing ¦" , * ypil had better mind your own business ! " Why , my prcjty dear / ' said he ; patting her . on the cheek , " what I have done has been all in the way of business ; and if you do not like to wait for three publications , I advise you , sir , "—turning to the' " g ^ ntlemah— "to procure the license ^ the " ring , and- ^ he fee , and then : the whole matter may be settled as soon a 3 to-morrow . " " Well ! " replied the gentleman , addressing the yridow , " with ybnr permission , I will get them , and we may be married in a day or two / ' ^ Ohlyon may both do aa you please , " pettishly , yet . nbtbipgloathingly , replied the ^ Iftdy . It was but a day or two after , the license was p » rocured , the parson received his fee , the bridegroom his bnde , anp the widow , for th © last time , threw her gloves over the back of the pew ; and it was afterwards said that all parties were satisfied with their % d \ vL ? , —Literary Gazette .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 28, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct600/page/6/
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