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HOUSE OP LORDS-Ttiunday , Aug . 4 . Their Lordships met at five o'clock . Several Bills were brought up from the Commons , ard forwarded a stage ; after which their Lordships adj vanjed .
Friday , Aug . 5-. Ti . eir lordships met at a quarter to five o ' clock-Tfaa royal assent was given by commission to several BIHs . i ^ fd Campbell moved tie second reading of the Bribery at Elrf :: ions' BilL Lord BE . orGKAa supported the BilL Be expressed & Lcpe that LLj House of Ojann-ns -sronld divest itself of ihe privilege of ( ieciuing contested elections , as there tttis ' an indelible impression 3 * road that they did not decide iinpsrti&ily in scch cases . Laid Campsei / l rejoiced that the Bill received the sapp- 'rt c-f his N- > bie and Learned Friend . Tii-3 Bill « as thsn real a second time , and ordered ti t > s r remitted on Mob day nes-S ^ Vferal other Bills ware advanced a stsgs , and the Hojje adjouratd till two o ' clock on Saturday .
Szlurday , Aug . 6 . T \ ii House wet to-4 aj short "? after two o ' clock , the E ^ i ui Shaftzsbuby taking his seat on the -woolsack , in the absence of tba Lord Cnanceilor . A message from the Commons , by Sir G- Clerk and 0 V-- - r-, brjUtat nu tLa Es . e ' ucqner Biils * Bill , the CoDsolteited Fnrsd Appropriation Bill , the Canada Loan Bill , the Eec 1 esu : EUc : u L ^ asinij Bill , the East India B-sr-pric 3 ' B' 5 , arid the lunatic Asylum Jrelaxd ) But , all cf vrhieh ¦ were read a fiVst time , and ordered to be te ^ I s . £ rc ,-n-l cima on ilucday . A message : uso tvi ^' -rht up Ihe B ^ n . ' . ed Com Bill , and ' the Ccari of Ch-TXi-ry OS- 'ts B ; il , siatuig that the House of Commas had agreed to the amendments of their Lordships'J ^ s Hocse then 2-5 je > nraed till Monday at tea o ' clock .
Slonday , Aug . 8 , X-: rd PoKTErQrE moved for a return of all the ontrac ^ s in Irelar . n Teportwl by the conbtabulary in the lx * uiocili . H- ' s Lmiship proeeeied to contrast the retu- ^ s which h « 4 feeen rnaae of these offences curing the tlis-. sjx months of 1821 veitli those of" the ccrrespjL-lii ^ g period in the present year . According to thcs& retaxu , it tppesred thai a considerable increase Tiact taiicu place in the naisher of thesa octtaees—a circumstance . tMcU Ms Lordship pariiy attributed to the redu . " -- -u of the stipendiary magistrates by the present G . T-n . meDt , His Lordship then made some remarks os . Ls aa ^ tL'ge ssid to hava been used fey Chief Justice Pe ^ -tfatfccr hi his charge to the jury at Armagh * the 1
triiu cf tie fhe pnsrnsrs for Kibaudism . "whichh : s JjOTiisc-p ibo-aehs -sras far from consistent With the judicial cnsK ^ tsr-E ^ Gracs the Djke of Wellington had no objection i-j produce the returns moved for by the Noble XiOri , bat at tha same time hec&nld not concur in the infvTsiic ^ Tsb ? ch the It obl e Lord had dra wn from those returrs . His G .-oa was of cplmon that other c : rcun > stSLZ c ** , OT ^ rl-r- 'ksd by the Xoble Xord , mi = irt have coctT , 5 'a ? ed to tcs Sime result , and £ nggt ± ied that -amors rfcose , the superior energy and activity cf tlie eor-tibulary ia dtlectin ? such" ifiences might have had B e » 'Si ) aerabitj snara His Grace vindicated the confinet - > f toe Lvrd Chief Justice , -whose character for abiiii ? and impartvu tj vnts cniiuptachable .
T ' j- Eirl or Glengall said , that the increase of criE-i is Ire-Mid had commenced before the resicr&l of the int-e Gt . T « xni-: it from office ; it tad increased regula ?; y si' -. ce 1340 . H « attributed th 8 increase cf those crifiies of - ahich iha Noble Lord tFortescuej ha ^ . i' -rtlcclirly crmciained , to the election riots in lAi . T ^ c m-r-tj-:-2 'Wti 3 agreed to . ! '• - ¦ * LuJO ) Cha > "CEI-LO 3 ., in presenting the report of t . v C-0 " . aiui ; t re ca the Marriase Liw in Irsiand , and
£ ae r-i ^ rriage J ' 11 , said , teat is con ? eqacncc cf certain piocsr lirgs ~ h .: ch had tiktn place in Ireland , ¦ whicb wc-ul . 1 iccaer it rectssury for the case to bs brought befoit tscir L-rdihTpE by a vrrit cf error , rten the Judc-r ; —ould ta suumoned to artend , but ¦ which it vrs . i . rr . poi . -ibli covH' J take pl ^ ce cur i ng tae present £££ &ion ^ ba prorosod that tlierr lordships should consider : n ConirDHUs thu Bill whici- had been rtftr ri , d to the Cozaoj . tt-re to Icesllsa existing marriages , with a Tiew : •; . prevent parties scfierin ? mconreninxice .
L ? rc CAaPEElL oVjectid to the motion , on the grour . J ihi * tee Blil , -which assunied that these marriagts - « ere null and void , would tend to sh ^ ke confidence ic the validity of such marriages in ether parts of tbe empire tscept England . He thonglit the qaesti-a might iw rtf . ied hy six cr Btven judges , and be rr . a-ie a dscliKLtory L ^ stead of an enacting law . Hia L jKzship then proceeded to cit 8 precedents for such a ccnr « = in the conduct of the Irish Parliament in 1782 and that of "fee English Parliament at a suhsequeiit j-eriod . Lcr ' i BtorGHAH thought it ^ fas Lardly possible for iheir Irsri ^ ps to sass a d ^ cliratcry act in this case , iaasr-. aeh zs th = jsdg- ^ s of ParlUmesi ; had already aVtided , ty a majority of eight to ~ two , that these zuar-IliSt ^ -a ? T . ilirESL
Tcr : uarau-s or CLaxeic * . edk dec ' -ared tfcut m Bpite of ths dveir je of the Judges , the opinion cf ihe people cf Ir—^ iiG 1 e general was in favour of tha validity of these i ^ jirriajcs . 2 "he bill vrzs rsai a second time .
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E 0 r = E OF COMMONS . —Thursday . Aug . 4 . Thf k ? £ aKE 2 took the chiir at fuur o ' clock . Th Es £ b . trqufci Bills i'n . 193 . 000 ; Bill ar-d the Consolidate Fnnn Bill-pasi&c through cotumitt-. -e , and wtre ordere-i to be reports ^ to-morro ~ i Friday . ) lh- S ' ave Trade Sappresiinn Bill v ^ s read a third &nfe asd pas 5 = d-The Tor ^ eco E . 9--gnMlons Bill was read a third time an € pi-i ^ -d . ilr M-iCKlssos moved for leave to introduce a b : U to imi-rove the health of tcvms , hy preventing tha internment of the dead within their precincts . Ths Eon . " -:- _ eiher . after directing ths attention of the Hoes * t ^ ,- the evils of which this bill can . tes > p ! ated the xemedj . said it "S'aa not his intention to attempt to pass lbs bi . i mrM nest session , but Uiat he should now . lay it on the table , in order that all whose interest it xiigbi affect slicald have s . u opportunity of becoming fully BCQUa ^ t- 'd with its provj-iwis .
The Hon . Mr . Cokpee . seconded the metion . The Hen Sl ^ inber alluded to the disgusting and revolting scenes cf ahnoHt daily occurrence in chsrcfc yards stiffing from i ^ e present system of interment , instancing the deaths of sextons who had died in con-Kquei-e ^ of the pestilential gases evolved from these c £ uich 7 ? rds . I »«> f e -sros then given to bring in the BilL Sir F . Bvbdett mov » d for a select committee to inquiie i- _ to tLe ncgociatlonB of the governsient with Mr . Wixnsr concerning hia inventian . Six K . PxsL ttss most unwilling to pay £ 400 000 for an ispeiimfcni . Many of those alleged discoveries had bt * r < submiited to him ; bnt he thought ths besi EaiLHi-. zt reasonable course would be to make the inven . yr guanatee the susce 33 of his own experiment Jjy psj-iiig the expense himself , before the G vemment jaid a sbriiing . A person had recently offered to destroy s line of fettle ship with a Binele shot .
Afttr a few words from Captain Pechell , Sir GCockb ^ rn . aad ilr . Brothertcn , gir . F . BrRDETT replied , Tht H--a * s divided—Tot the motion 2 ; against it 72 ; jnsjwitj 7 o . Lora A 5 KI . ET moved that an address be presented to Her Msjtsty that she may be graciously pleased to direct that the commissioners appointed in answer to an address of this Hcnsa oa the 4 ; h of August , 1840 , for inqnjrim : into ths employment at children in mines , and T&J . - 0 U 3 other branches of industry , be desired to make lurUser Inquiry as to tbe number and ages of the ehildr = n and young persons employed as apprentices to nilssrs , also as to the terms ef their apprenticeship , &c Af : er a short conversion , Lord Ashley replied , and the meci .-s was agreed to .
THE CASE OF JOHN MASON . Mi . I . Doxombb said , it was with much regret that hr : \ -: t Jiimself called upon again to call the attention of fee H erase to the sufferings which Mason and se ^ . a -working men were now undergoing in Stafijrd saol , fent haTtn ^ undertaken the case of these ¦ poor ic « i , he did n ^ £ iMck he "would be discharging bis dntf in a proper manner if lie allowed the Houst to breiAk up wiiout once more endeavouring to c-btiin jusBce fcr tiitm . Ha fe't it imperative upon him to do so also , beci-asa so lorg as these unfortunate individuals were in co ^ £ r ! enjent , hec !> nsidered theright 3 and liberties of the satjfects of her ilajesty remained in abeyance On iDTirs ' . r occasions ha had fully explaired all the cxrcnmsM . cKi of the ease , so that it was unnecessary for
trim to eo into & detail of item again . He would merely : _^ ia say that the doctiine tfeat a constable Ehould h-= Te tho power of deciding whethei a person wasusiog seditious language or not ,. and should have the poarar of dissolving meetings when he pleased , Which was laid down by the Right Hon . Secrete *? for the Home Department , saA he was sorry to say sanctioned by a large majority of the Honse , was most alarming and oacgerotu —( hear , hear ) . The Hon . Gentleman kere . read the words used by Mason as given in evidence by Beman , the constable , and said that il Mason had been killed in being dragged off the bench on "which hestood , nothing cauld have prevented the
constable from being tried for murder . If tJje doctrines llAd down by the Bight Hon . Baronet were correct , why did the Government not send their constables over to the place were tbe Anti-Cora Law delegates held their meetings , within s few yards of the House , and -where much stronger language was given utterance to tvery day than any that ever fell from Mason ? Seren of ths men were working men , baring from two b ) eight children each to provide tor , and such was toe feeling 'which theii ineareeraiion had raised in the neighbourhood in which they resided , that men of & 13 Classes and of all parties had entered into s eubscripfion for the maintenance of their families while they were in gzoL I&ai showed the feeling of toe people
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as to the conduct of the magistrates and the persecntion the men were undergoing , aa < i therefore he thought lie had a right to call for sn expression of the opinion of tie Hv > use in their favour . As a matter of course , he would be told that it would be an interference with the pierogativesof the Crown—that was always the story when any m&ttw was mooted which was disagreeable Is the minister of the day ; but the matter was one of much public importance ; for , during tha ensuing recess , one of the most Important which had occurred for years , co public meeting whatever could be held , if the doctrines M < 1 down by the Right Hon . Baronet opposite , Mr . Winslew , the mzgistrate , B&man , the constable , Mallalieu , the inspector , and Mr . Jeremy , the magistrate , were acted npon . They bad done
many acts of injustice during the session , let them close it by doing one act of peace , and liberate those poor men . He moved that , " An address be presented w her Majesty , praying that her Majtssty will be gracbusiy pleased to take into her Majesty ' s merciful ccraiidcrauon the casa of John Mason and seven working mtn , confined in Stafford gaol , with a view to their immediate discharge . " Sir J . GkahaM regretted that the Hon . Gentleman had wluui- 'ht it his duty sirain to bring this matter before the House , becausa he would be very sorry to use any harsh terms in discuB > ang a matter on which he wished to be utterly impartial . That was now tbe third lime tint the question bad b » en discussed in that Hovi 3 s , and on a previous occasion the House bad
distinctly -cfussd to constitute itself a tribunal of appeal in this case . That tbe Hen . Gentleman intended that ii should be nnde such a tribunal was apparent , for he distinctly stated that it was his intention to impugn , not only the conduct of the magistrates who ordered tile prosecution , but also that of the judge for his address to tbe jary . Sureiy that was a direct appeal from the crisinaJ jurisdiction exercised by them . He ( Sir J . Grabamj -was -prepared , to admit that en an important , a great , a national question , where the ju , < gr 8 were considered to have gone beyond their duty , or if they were charged with corrupt practices , it ; was competent for them , in tha exercise of their high fnactions , to constitute themselves a court of appeal ; bnt it was a power -which ought not to be used npon slight occasions ,
other wise that high power would be brought into contempt . He ( Sir J . Graham ) could not grant the Hon . OJiiSeman ' s assumption that any suspicious circuuista-css attached to this case . There was nothing whatever to impugn the motives eitbrr of the magistrates or the jarfge who presided by saying that Beman might hs . ve been tried fornmrder BuppDSji : g life to hate been lost Tha Hon . GsatJeman completely begged the whole question , for ths issue between them was , -whether " tbe meeting was legal or not ? 17 pen that pe ; Et they had the opinion of the judge who presidednot a country gentleman , but a bamBter of considerable experience , long conversant with criminal trials , and of unexceptionable character They had aJso the verdict—Mirely thst was presumption enoagb in farour of
the a-nftable ' s conduct- He would not go further into th ? ciS ; ; lut he must again protest against that Houae baisg TT \ a , ie an appellative tribunal from the regular constituted criminal courts of tha country . Although it was right that justice should be seasoned wiVh mercy , s-jmo regard must tw had to times and circumstances . He had heard with great regret that consiOtrable excitement prevailed in the county of Staff > rd , and that considcTst > je numbers of workmen had been thrown out of timp-cijuient , in some instances from their own misconduct , and in others under circumstances which he thought entitled them to compassion . He was , however , of opinion , that persons who , imitating the conduct of Mason , had addressed exciting and inflammatory lan !! ua <; 9 to the people , deserved severe censure
and rtpTuir a'ion . In the case which had been bronght under the eoasiderxtion of tbe Houea by the Hon . Member for ILnsbnry , the prisoner Mason bad been convic ' . L'd of using inflammatory and seditions language , and of rendering the meeting at -which snch language was used , and which might otherwise have bf >« n a perficil * legal assembly , an unlawful meeting . It was for htr jlujtsty ' s resjKmsibie advisers to decide what r .- ' prcssntation they mi £ ht make to the Crown with r spect to the case of Mason and h ' " s feiiow ^ priscners . Hs could not compromise the unfettered discretion of tbe JUInist ^ rfi of the Crown by giving to the Hon . Member for Flnsbury any pleOge on the subject , and he hvped the House would resist the motion of the Hon . Genileman .
Mr . Hatt . es said he tbcugbt , unner tae circuinfcfcixceis this case was one ¦ which it wouhi "Well become UiW Right Hon Baronet opposite , and his colkafuee , to bring under ths xnercifal cona-dtra'iou of the C ^ own . He did cot approve of all tb . it had been said by Mason , bnt" he thought the fact of Lia being a paid lecturer ou ^ Lt not to excite a prejudice agninst him . He confessed that he thought the Hon . SJembtr for Fin 3 bury had , on tha present occasion , brought this question somewhat unnecessarily under the eousideration cf the Hocse . He considered that the constable who ' seized Mason ha . d interfered very improperly at the meeting . He !> Ir . Hiweaj had frequently attended similar-mcitings , and he would , when he cons : dt-red it his duty , attend such meetings in future . Her hoped thst the
people vroula not De deterred by what had occurred with r £ fe : ence to this ciss from attending public meetings , an . 1 frtsly tXi > ressi : _ t : their opinions , even though tbev might do no in some-= vhst stron . r language . Indeed , the exercise of tbia ilgLt constituied one gf tts fafegu ^ rds of tbe liberties of the peopl ¦_ ¦ . It was Poniethir . g nf = w to be told that such . in > -eUngs t \ ere unlawful ; nwi he Was still more surprised that i ; thouM be ttited . on hiih authority , ttit constab'es were to be constituted theju'lgfS of their legality or ille ^ lity- He was convinted thr . t all moderate asn entrrLun-rd strong objections to tbe interference of the police et meetings of tho People -wthont jxist and sufficient cause ; and he had been greatly suiprised that such a doctrine ^ should be held" by a Minister of the Crown as tb :. t which had been aivacced oy the R tht Hon . G .-midman opposite .
Mr . Hume said , thnt the police force in this conatiy ought mo to be can leted as to maintain peace , instead of occasicnin ^ v ol = nca and disorder . He had h « ard with surprise and reetet the Goctrine advanced by ths Rlght Hon -B 3 Tcret . t-ia S . crciary for the Home Department ; for he consider * d , that if such a doctrine " 5 ? as acted upon , the m-. st mischievous results wouM ensue . He thought that the future utilicy of tb . 3 police fores depencied chiefly on their not overstepping the bounds of their ifcjp ' tJmate du ^ y . Seme complaints were formerly made to this Hoilw with respect to the conduct of the police —itQ'lirics vare iniiitxited—^ an-1 since that period he thought tbe general conduct cf the force had been most
creditihle . In this case , however , he concsivtu that the police had acted with great impropriety ; and it wis ^ only by checking in their commencement such irregular proceedings that they could hope ts nuintain the peace of the country . He did not know whether it would be prcdent for the Hon . Member for Finsbury to press his motion to a division , for he thought , from some expressions which had fallen from the Right H-m Baronet opposite , that the case might be ltft in the hands of the Government He considered that great benefit wonld arise from the statements which had baen made in the Housa on this snl-jcct ; and he therefore recommended his Hon- Friend not to pres 3 his motion to a- division .
Mr . C . YiLLiERSsaid that the person referred to as a hired lecturer was a resident in BiMon , and was held in considerable esteem in the neighbourhood . However strong the language used at meetings in Staffordshire might have been , no outrage had been committed in tha-. count 7 ; and he thought this was one reason why mercy might be extended to the parties referred to in the motion of the Hon . Member for FinBbury . He had no doubt tbet the Hon . Member would withdraw hia motion If tta Bi ? ht Hon . Baronet opposite would taite the ease into his favourable consideration . It eeeroed that the constable had put his own construction upon the language used by Mason ; and had , without any legal authority , committed an assault upon him . SoVeral of the persons present , who considered the interference
of the constable improper , attempted to rescue Mason ; and tae wiioie of the parties had been tried , convicted , and sentenced to imprisonment for several months , their families meanwhile being left in a state of extreme destitution . He might state , as an evidence of the public feeling on this subject , that a subscription had been entered into by persons of all classes and of all parties for the relief of the families of these men . Mr . Ward thought , that w ' . thont obtaining some assurance iiom the Bight Hon . Gentleman opposite the Hon . Member tor Finsbury ou ? ht not to a ' . Iow his motion to drop . He conceived that there never was a more dangerous period than the present at which to intrust to-parish constables—who were generally ignorant men—^ e power of exercising a judgment on the
Iangnageusedby spsakers at public meetings . He thought the language used at the meeting at which Mason and his fellow-prisoners were present was not one whit more violent than the language ussd in , as well as oct , of that House , —not more violent indeed , than language which bad been used by the Right Hon . G-entleman opposite . Tae language used at that meeting was not ( as -we understood the Hon . Member ) wore seditious than language which ha ( Mr . Ward ) had himself used in that House , or than expressions which had been frequently uttered during the debates on tba Corn Law and tbe Tariff . Feeling it to be a very proper occasion for the House to interfere on behalf of man improperly treated , if his Hon . Friend pressed the Honse to a division , he ( Mr . 'Ward ) should support bis motion .
Mr . R . YoEKE said he would adopt the very language which had been used by these men , and for which they hasl been imprisoned , and would repeat them at the first public meeting ha might attend . It was monstrous that they should be treated as they had been . Tbe magistrates , if he were rightly informed , had offered to compromise the case , and to give them their liberty on their entering into their own recognizances ; bat the men , convinced that they had done HO unlawful act , refused . If this were * o , the magistrates had violated justice by punisbiog them . Hr . Broteeetos thought the Right Hon . Baronei opposite must be convinced that something must be done in tbe case , and ke -would rather trust it to tbe Right Hon . Baronet ' s consideration than press tbe motion to a division .
_ Mx . T . Br a combe , in reply , raid ce Bhoulfi betray his duty to these individuate it ae were to withdraw hia motion . They had violated no law , and ought not to deprived of their liberty . He felt that he bad done hia duty in bringing the case before the House , It was a prosecution instigated by the magistrates of Staffordshire for party purposes , and nnder ttiese circumstances
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he should record his opinion against such , an act of injustice . Tho gallery was then cleared for a division , when the numbers were—For tbe motion .. 30 Against ifc 53 Majority .. 23 The Housa soon after afljDurnetU
Friday , August 5 . The Speakeb took the chair at twelve o ' clock . Several bills were advanced a stage , and a number of petitions presented . ' . - , ; The House then went Into committee on the Newfoundland bin . on clause six being proposed for abolishing the legislative council , Mr . O'CONNELL protested against th \ a mode of taking away the constitution of the colonies without full investigation , and a full opportunity of being heard by witnesses on the part of the colonists . The people ' s right of electing the representatives would be a mere
mockery—a delusion , and an insult . The Chamber of Assembly was to consist of twenty-five members j of these ten were to be elected by the Government , and fix teen by the people ; flo , if only three of those representatives should be returned by the government party , they ( the government ) would have a positive majority in the chamber . Could anything be more absurdmore unjust , or a greater insult : to the pe ' opls , who had always bean considered as a loyai and patriotic people ? He should move that the words " abolishing tha legislative council as a distinct brunch of the legislature , " should be oaiitted .
L ? rd STa-VLET agreed with the Right Hon . Gjntleman that it wusnot advisable to carry on the legislature by means of one chamber only ; but under the present circumstances of this colony , where one House constantly rejected the bills of the other , he thought it would cjiutuee to the mora harmonious management of tbe affairs of the colony , if they were to merge the tvto chambers into one . He fe . t confident it would be for the benefit of the colony to abolish the legislative council as a distinct assembly . ¦ Mr . V- SillTH said that in giving hia vote in favour of this clause , ho did not / wish to bo understood aa in any way sanctioning the permanent abolition of the legislative counc'l . The Noble Lord had at bis ( Mr . V . Buv . th ' s ) desire introduced a clause making this a temporary meature ; it was , in fact , merely an experiment , such as hud been tried in New South Wales and Australia .- Guarding his vote by the sssamption tbat this was only a temporary measure , he should record it in favour of the Noble iord .
Mr . P . Hotv ' abd opposed the principle of the _ bill . Sir . Hume said the inhabitants of Newfoundland were unheard and unrepresented , and tbe House was now about to deprive them of the greatest of privileges —that of managing their own affairs , a system of management under which tne cnlony had improved iu every respect . K thia disfrancUissment were to be applied to anyone English borough there was not a number who would not be rea < iy to cry out on its injustice , lie was-prepared ' to pr > ve that all that had been alleged against the constituencies wero gross exaggerations . Mr . WYSE sa 5 d be must continue to oppoBQ the clanso , us an insult and iDjury to the people , it waa not rlgiifc for the House to punish firet , tben to decide , and then to hear the parties aceused . The committee then divided , tbe numbers being—for the clause , 80 ; for the amendment , 18 ; majority for the clause , 62 .
Several other amendments were proposed , but , upon divicien , negatived , »; id alS the clauses were finally asrreeci to without alteration . Tut * Huusa then resumed , aud the report wts ordered to be brooght up on Saturday . Mr . 0 VosxpLL said tt ; it he belieTed he could now make t ! ie motion of which ' ho had given notice respecting lha lzite trial for rib ^ onism at Armagh . His object vraa not to j > ronounc « &ny jMer . ia . ture cessnre up > n the Government as conntcted with tho transaction in question . Ho thought tbera could possibly be only one opinion as to the nature of those transnetiona , especially as to the employment of the witness Hogan . The only question appeared to be , upon whom did the responsibiiiiy devolve ? If the misconduct was to be attributed
to the niagistratviS and witnesses , they would be liabla to cscsure , imd , -wiihout anticipating any connexion between the G-verament and thosa parties , if thfa GyFerniiient sanciiw . 'ed tho conduct of those witneisas , he th-jught be v . ould be safe iu saying that the House would be unanimous in cen . ^ aring euch conduct . He did not suspect that the No ' ole Lord ( Eiiot ) partic ' pated in tLoso transactions , 'ihe mode in which he personally conducted himself in Ireland precluded sneb » notiun . T :-. e trial : \ i Armagh was one of ribbonism He begged tbe House to keep in mind that the possession of p . 'us-wotus made the persons liable to transportation . Four pcraous were tried at tho last Armagh aEsizjs ; two vfitnessea wove produced to procure » conviction : one of these was a man named : Hogan ,
who had acted as a spy upon the prisoners ; he pretended to be a ribbpnmju , he joined them ; made him-Etlf a' -qa . ih . -t ^ l T 7 ith thtir stcn-Js and thdir p . iss-words , and \ . his he hud duiic for the express purpose of denouncing tLeni . Tee Hon . and Learned Q . ntlcnifin proceidi . ' ;! to v ^ ad the evi . le-nce of Hopan , the approvtr , whifh . ha . i aittadj appeared in the public papers , to the tffect-that bo had m : i . ! e ribbonmen by tho hundred . He in 7 ente < 2 sixty-thret ; classes of pass-words and Ois-8 emi » . a '>? n ' a »? e qunniities of illeaal papers , the niers pt . < 8 S . ss o : ; of 'Ah : ch rzs a transportable offence . All he required was , tbavthe coTcgpond'jnee between tbe maRist-ratcs and tho Qovemmeut , Bhould be produced . Ht truiited tho Governm' -ut would not attempt to acreen tbe prrties imiilicitcd in tli •^ 8 e transactions . He moved mertiy fs > r the c-rrt-Eponuence—he crist no censure upon iht GiveraiueLt by his motion—( hear , hear . ) He
enareiy -absolve thu N-- > ble Lord from all knowledge of such a transaction . In the case of Popay , the then G-JV ^ runiciit had not attempted to cut-coy shield over him . Lira Aithsrp bad at once granted a committee of irq-iiry into his couduct , and had stated it as bis opinion whit the employment of spits to entrap persons into sniit was a most abominable system . Tliat abominable Bystciu had been denounced in jast and eloquent t ; nn 3 » . y the counsel for the defence , who , notwithstanding ha whs of conservative politic . ! , yet did his doty n .-bly to his clients , and in such a niaansr us rtfi -cte < l the highest honour on the Irish bar . Lord AULorp 1-ad stigmatised the spy system as abominable and atrocious . The Kight Hon . and Learned Gentle-W . a co-jcluded by moving for copies of correspondence bitwesn tbtj Grover ;; ment , magi-itiates , and the police , relative to the trial at the late Arm . ijjh assizes .
L'j . d Eliot said , if anything could induce him to accede to the motion of the Right Hon . and Learned Gentleman , it wouid be the calm and temperate ruauner in -wh : ch he bad introduced it ; but he thought he would betray his duty , if he were , by assenting to the production of these paptrs , to furnish what he could no * bnt consider a dangerous and inconvenient prece dent . He bad had no opportunity of seeing the correspondence , but he could well conceive that it was of a confidential ua'ure , and that , the production of it might tend to defeat the ends of justice , either by putting on their- gnard pc .-sons who might bo implicated , or who might ba olgects of Euspicion to tha local authorities , or , on the otner hand , that it might tend to fix imputations upon persons wbo would subsequently ba proved to ba entirely innocent of the c } jarjps brought against
them . ( Hear , be . 'Vr . ) The Noble Lord then went through the circumstances of the case- Hogan had said that he initiatt-d persons into ribbonism ; with the knowledges of the police and the magistrates . Upon that point he ( Lo » d Eiiot ) was not prepared to give an opinion . Ho bad no hesitation in saying that the report of the trial , referred to by the Right Hen . and Learned Gantleman , was altogether i accurate . He natl searched tbe Dublin newspapers of the day , and had found no mention whatever of the occurrences described in that paper . He was satisfied that there w&S nothing in the correspondence which reflects any blame on the Government . He felt it his duty , however , and it was a painful duty , because be could wish that the whole matter waa investigated by the House , but he felt it bis duty , for the reasons which he had stated , not to consent to the production of these papers .
Mr . BUME said he was glad to hear the disclaimer of tbe Noble Lord on the part of the Government , Of all participation in theae proceedings . He wished to know , however , whether Hogan had received any pay from the Government ? Lord Eliot said that Hogan , in his evidence , distinctly denied having received any reward . The House then divided , when there appeared—For the motion , 24 ; against it , 72 ; majority against the motion , 48 . Mr . O'Connell then gave notice that he would move , next session , for a committee to inquire into the subjtcfc of the employment of Hogan and Cox . The Court of Chancery Abolition of Offices' Bill was read a third tuns and passed , with some verbal amendments . ' . -. ' . On the order of the day for goin £ iato Committee on the Bankruptcy Liw Amendment Bill ,
Mt . Philips objpeted to that portion of it that was applicable to tho appointment of official assignees . The Solicitor-General contended that the Bill would carry out all the good that was expected from it Mr . Bernal complained of the late period of the session at which Bills of this importance Were introduced . ; . Sir J . Graham said the Bill was supported by the authority of the other House ; and bo hopsd the Hon . Member would allow the Bill to go into Committee . He advocated the appointment of fixed Commissioners , who Bhould be responsible for the execution of the laws ; and where the debtor made an honourable surrender of his goods , he Bhould not be imprisoned ; but if be acted otherwise be should be subjected to some punishment . Sir Robert Peel supported tha motion . The House theu went into committee , when clause three wo agreed to .
On clause ten being read , a desultory conversation ensued , and , air . wood moved that tbe word " farmer" be inserted so as to bring that class of persons under ita provisions . Mr . Henley opposed tbe motion . The House divided—For the amendment , 7 ; against it ? 5 : majority , ? 8 . The clauses from ten to thirty inclusive were then passed strita ' . im .
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Clause tair . ty-3 ix was agreed to , after aome discua-Sion ;; ' - ; _ :-.... .. ¦ ;¦ ¦ . - : ' : ¦ - ^ ,, ' . .. - ¦; " ' . ; The remaining clauses were then agreed to , and the Caainnan reported progress . Mi . &IASXEB . M an moved that tixe ¦ wine merchants should be allowed a drawback upon tbe wine in stock in the event of a reducrion being made in the duty npon port wine , consequent on the treaty with Portugal . The Hon . Member argued at considerable length in support of bis motion , ^ The ChANCELLoa of the Exchequer opposed the proposition . . ;¦" ; ' ; - ' ; ¦ ; . ¦¦ : . .-. . / '¦ . ¦ . .. ; .. ; : ; "' -, .-Sir BOBfiRT Peel protested against the principle / of allowing a drawback , on foreigu wine , while the same principle was not conceded to other articles coining ftoni foreign oountrjes , : ¦ A short conversation then ensued , and the motion Was necalivad without a division .
The orders of ^ the d » y were then disposed of , and the House adjonraed . V * SalurddViAug . t . The Houspmeii at twelve o'clock . The Consolidated Fund ( Appropriation ) Bill and the Exchequer Bills ( £ 9 , 193 . 0 © 0 j were read a third time aud passed . ; ; ' -. ' '¦ . , .. ¦• ' ¦ ' .- ¦ ¦ .: _ \ : _ . ¦ - . \ ¦ • ¦ - ¦• ' .- ; .. ' ,. '¦ The drder of the day for bringing up the report of the Newfoundland bill was read , aud tae repoit was received . . . : . ¦ .- . ; .- : V . . ¦ .- '• . On the motion that the bill ba engrossed , Mr . B . Wall said he objected to the principle of the bill- He objected , to the bill because be ba < J no information to go upon . Ho proposed as an amendment that the Bill be engrossed this day three months . . ,. -: ' \ ¦ ' '•¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ' . , ¦; , .. . ' . - '¦' ¦ : . ; ¦ _ ¦' Mr . P . Howard seoonded the motion , which , upon a division , was lost by a majority of 43 .
The bill waa then ordered to bo engrossed , and the third reading fixed for Moiiday . Oa the erder of the day being read for . tho consideration of the Lords' amendments to the mines and collieries bill , . ' : Lord Ashley entered into a defence of the report of the coramissioners . and said that , though the amenf ! - meuta made by the Lords in the bill would invalidate to a great extent the utility of the meaaure , yet he aMfepted thoaft amendjhents on account -of the great principle involved in t ^ 9 bill ; Tae coble lord concluded by moving the adoption of the amendments . ' - ¦¦ : ¦ , ¦ " ' ¦ ¦ ¦"• •¦ ¦' ¦¦ ; ' . '¦ C . ' - - : - :.- ¦ " : ¦ ' / .. ' '¦ '¦ ¦' After a few woris from Mr . Forbes ,
Lord Palmehstqn Bald it was with great patn ho observed the , amendments mode by the Hbuae of Lords in this Bill , because those amendments went to deteriorate the spirit of iuiptovement in the legislature of this country evinced in thia bill , to which there could be no objoctlon whatever on political :. grounds . But , under the clrcnmstances stated by the noble lord , he ( Lord Ashley ) had exsreised : a . sound discretion in not calling on the House to negative these amendments . ¦ ' : : ¦ . '¦' . ; ¦ ' . '¦¦'¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦' .. ¦ ' ' : . ' ; .. '' ¦¦ Xord Ashley , In explanatlpn , stated that when the course wa 8 taken in the House Which rendered the changes Inevitable , he ( Lord Ashivy ) : was aaked if he would consent to them ? HU reply was , that he could not help himself , and that he was disposed to sscriflce tho children in : order to save the wohieu . -
Mr . Chaki . es Puller said , as the Noble Lord had acceded to the * mendnients , those who warmly stipported the Bil ^ would not dissent feom them . But he must say , that ; the " whole force of the discussion made the value of the araendments less and less . Till the Right Hon . Bironet defended them , be was not aware how utterly usolea 8 they were-r- ( hear ) He was afraid also they would damage the Bribery Bill , notwithstanding tho assurance given by the Right Hon . Btronet that hewouifl support it . ( A voice fromthe Mioisteriai side of tbe House-- " The Bribery Bill baa passed . ' ) He was very glad to bear it was out of danger . ( Cheers aud laughter : )' -- ' ' ¦ ' - ' " -. . ' " .. ' . '¦ - . ' - - : ¦ : ' . :
Sir Robert Peel said he believed that the Bribery Bill would pass the House of Lords without amendment , but he would not pledge himself thiit the Housa of Lords should adopt all the details of any Bill . The House of Lords was a daliberativa body , and had a perfect right to make any modifications in the Bill which they might ' tiiiuk proper . With regard to some of the aintiiKiinenb he would admit that he was sorry they had been adopted—| hear ;) But with regard ; to some of them , he thought they were improvasueuta . The amendments were then agreed to . Tin : Keuse thon went into Committee on the Borpu ^ hs Incorporation ; aiid after a long discussion between several Hon . Gijntlemen , on the subject of compensation to individuals suffering under the operation of tho Bill , a report waa ordered to bo roccived on Mwnday , when a-clauseis ' to'bs intrpduced for compensating such individuals . : '' ¦¦ •¦
-Li-id Paliieuston moved for copies of any correspondenco which has taken place b ' . uco the lsfc of July last , between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and any Mtiiuber of that House , upon the euhject of the StJ wardship of the Chiltern Hundreds . The Chancellor of the Exchequer seconded the motion of the Noble Lord . Mr . Hum k concurred in the course which had bean adopted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . Mr . V SMITH said tbat Hon- Mcimbera who Wished tho privilege a of the House to be upheld ought to be vtty . ' mueh obligvl to the Noble Lord for bringing this measurt ) before tlio House . After a abort discussion between Sir R . Peel Mr . Yorke .. and Captain Piumrldgej the motion was agreed to . The ovdevs pf the day wsro then disposed of , and the Houso adjourned till Monday , at twelve o ' clock .
Monday , Aug . 8 tk . On the motion for the third reading of the Newfoundland Bill , Mr . P . Howard made another effort for tha rejection of it . The subject having been too often debated to retain any of the freshness appropriate to a flah quMtion , the Hon . Gentleman's opposition was speedily disposed of The Bink ' vuptcy Bill won % into committee ,, and occupied several hiurs . Attempts were made to reduce the salaries of the proposed officers below the minimum which wonld secure adeqmte functionaries ; but this was unsuccessful . A like defuat attended the attempt at preventing the extetision of the institution' of Official Asaigneea to Bj . nkiup { cies worked in the cjunu-y . . ' ¦ ., ¦ - .: . - '¦' Mr . LEFaoY , after the transaction of some other business , moved the issue of a new writ for Ipswich . . . ¦ '¦ ¦•' ¦ ' , ¦ ¦ . - .. ¦ . ¦ • ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦
Mr . T . DuncoMbE said , that the House , if sincere in its virtuous professions of indignation against : bribery , could not suffer the writ to issue that night . There had been five elections Bince the Reform Act , and at every one there had been ia petition . At ttie last election various persons were guilty of bribery , and from thfe report of the lato ComnUttea it appeared that several of those persons had committed the same offences at former elections . One , a Mr . Cook , had bribed diverB electors , and had thus been the cause of vacating tha seats of certain candidates -for whom lie had been asrsnt ; and it would be monstrous that While the
candidata was disqualified to s > t , the agent Who had wrought this disqualification sliould bo still permitted ' to vote . He aaked leave , therefore , to bring in a Bill for disfranchising : these culpable parties , and generally for preventing bribery at Ipswich . He cited the precedents of Shoreham and East Kctford . Sir R Pael hail expressed a desire that some measure of disSranchissmeut should bo applied to the constituencies of tfc oso large towns in which corruption had prevailed . Now Ipswich had been reported for corruption twice in thia very cession , and surely then the Right Hon . Hnronat would not suffer this writ to issue without
some check upou the repetition of Buch practices . Mr . D uncomba then read extracts from evidence given by SirT . Cochrane , who h-idpepreaented Ipswich in the last Parliament , avowing the undue expenditure by him of large suras at Ipswich . To the 'borough , the iUCOnvenience arising from the suspension of the writ was but a slight one—the loss of the ' Membgrs' subscription to the next races . If the report of the Committee were to be neglected , It Wa 3 a piece of waste pap ^ r . Ha knew that great complaints had been made of the decision ; but if gentlemen found fault wita it , they ought to state the particulars in Which the report , was unwarranted by the evidence . Mr . BLACRST 0 NE denied that the evidence made out the alleged use of gross bribery and corruption at the late election . He went into details , exposing the discrepancy between the evidence and the report . .. ' ¦;¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ i- ' - " - . ¦; - . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ' ¦ " : " ¦ : ¦ •¦" ' ' .. . , '
. . Mr . H . FiTiROY denounced the decision , of the committee as one of the inoafc monstrous upon record , and citod passages of the evidence to prove his a ' legations . He asserted that the case had been prejudged by them , and appealed to their very first division to demonstrate their undue bias . The counsel for the sitting Members were quite right not to put their clients to the expence of persevering before } a tribunal from whom it was plain that justice could not be had . Tiiirty shillings given to a man for travelling expencea and for three days' loaa of time had been here adjudicated to be bribery . Why , then , if voters could not ferar tali ) BOTt of loss thomselves , and candidates were forbidden to bear it for them , the only remedy , was to raise the
qualification and confine it to a class who could afford to exercise such a franohlse : Here the whole expenditure had been but ; £ 45 q ; there bad been no bribery at ihii election . The pretext of the present motion was the bribery at electtens gone by . But if , when a constituency shook off corruption , you punished them for the sins of thei * fermer : days , you would hold out very slender encouragement to reformation . The decision was a most nnfalr one ; and if he were a party before a committee of which Mr . p . Stewart were nominated chairman , he should feel , after Mr . P Stewart ' s cdndact on the late committee , that he had no course , however strong bis cue might be , but to retire at once , without keeping up an expensive struggle , which was sure to be fruitless . .:. . ¦ ¦"• '¦ ¦ - - . "' ' - ¦ . . ' ;¦ ¦¦ .- ... .. - ¦ : ' . ¦ : ¦ - ¦¦; ' ¦ : : ' .. :- ¦' ; . - .
Mr . M . J . O'Connell lamented the strong language applied by Mr . Fitzroy to tha majority of the committee , and entered into the evidence in vindication of thefc * eport ( - ' : ' - : : ¦¦' . / . ¦"¦"¦¦ '¦ ¦¦¦ ' : - :.. '¦' - '¦¦ Mr . P . Stewaht said , he had only administered what he believed to bethe law . He appealed to the Conservative members of the committee to vouch what had been his conduct , and whether the committee had not been unanimous in the opinion that both bribery and treating were practised at the late electibii The only difference of opinion had been as to the inference
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of agency to be drawn from the Tact cf bribery . Mr . SteWarfc then entered fuliy into the evidence ' . to show that it bora but the finding ^ of the committae , and rar ferred fora justification of his own inteftrence respecting agenoy to th& bribery act of George II . ( of whicli , howeyer , he did not make the applicability to the agency qaestion » t all intelligible ) . He exhorted the HpuB 9 to concut in Mr . Buncombe ' s motion , and hang up theso corrupt eloctora lifce Bcare-crows to their companions , . , "
Mr . H . SxerABT , a member of the committee , stated hia own opinion to be , that there had been acts of bribery and treating , and that ihe agency of onei party had been clearly proved . Bat it was clear that these irregularities had been not only withoub the : knowledge , but contrary to the express direction of the candidates . He had differed irom the majority ; but he did not imgugn their decision of pattiality . He opposed the dufraacaisemeut recommended by Mr . Dancombe .
Mr . Leerqy de 3 ired to be understood as not questipniug'th ' e ' motives of the Chairman . Bat for his own part he considered the agent in this case to have baen restricted by his principal to certain business , from which bribery was expressly excluded ; and if he had chosen to exceed his authority , his principal was not responsible for that excess . Mr . Lafroy concluded by expressing his intention to oppose Sir . Duncombe ' s ; imeadmaut . Mr . v 7 iLttAJis vindicated hia own decision and that of'hia colleagues on the coiumittee . The Attorney-Genkral brousht the House back
to-, the ' question bdfore it . Ha saw no reason why a charge that twenty-oae voters had been guilty of bribery shoiild 1 ) 9 a ground for disfranchising all the rest of the constituency . Writs ought not to bs suspsudefi tjxeapt Whea the Legislature had it in contemplation to disfranchise or reforai Hui- borsuijh . He had heard with paiu -retn ^ rks upon the ia ' a comTriittBe , which , if drawn into pfecedent , would make it iinposalble for future tribunals of the saine kind to do fcheir duty . Ha agreed with the corunutte 8 that thero were proofs of brlbary ; but not of bribery by the candidates retaraed , nor of bribery in all ihe individuals whom this motion proposad to diatraachise . As to eeveral of them , he showed that the coaitnictce bad proceeded to condemnation without ac ?^ q' 3 ate evidonce ; and conkqusntily , th it there was no sufficient ground for a suspension of tha writ .- , ¦ ' .
Mr .. G . Bulleb reprobated Mr , a . Fitzroy ' s attack on che committee . Ha rejoiced that they had exploded ttie miserable pretextaund ^ r which bribery had been usually committed , such as trayellirig expenses and loss of tiine . Id general he was aaverao . to the auspension of writs ; but he would support tho present , motion , because he believed that if a certain sinall body of ii / ibituaily corrupt electors ware cleared outi of tha ' Ipswich constituency in its preseut baliinctd sttite , fne elections would be th&nccfortiB conducted respectably and honestly . Mr , Darby said , that if . "Mr . ' Fitzroy had expressed himself strongly , it was Mr . Duncomba who had droKged the Hqusq into this discussion , aud thus forcsd tbe opinions of numbers . Mr . Wysb defended hirnsslf . and the other Members of the committee . .
Sir R . PKELgave credit to the committee for hiving decided conscientioualy ; and waa . persuaded that any other tribunal substituted for a committee would soon b ' 8 su \ jected to the same censures . Where were those angelic judges , to be found ' who wauld bs abova all suspicion ? And by whom were tht . y to be appoiate'l ? Aslo the present question , he might , for the arguiuent'a Bake , cencode that there had been bribery , and that the Members had been properly uuseated ; and evtin then it would not foliow , because thirty in ^ n had been guilty
of bribery , that the rights of 1 . 700 electors should be suspended . Besides , a now Act had now been passed for the prevention ; of bribery ; and , tnerefore , iu tb . 9 cases both of Nottingham and of So . uttiamptou , th * j writs had bead ¦ issued . Tae 8 usp < snaion of a writ was no light penalty , and not to bo lightly inflicted . After ths late warni ig , he did not believti that btibory would be practised atthe ntxs tlectioa for Ipswichi Nor did lie think it Wise to 9 t ; irtle the public mind by assuming an exceafiive eagerness to suppress a particular oilence . . ' ,
Mr . Tuenell &aid a f « w words ; and the House , dividing , decided for tba i « . u ; of tbe writ .
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of the witnesses gave evidence on this point ; but as the clearest , perhaps , was Mr . Fliidgate ' s we shall quoto hia wordsr ^( 374 ) . The custom of basket money in Nottingr ham is that of giving money previous to large bribes . For four or five weeks previous to any « lt , ctioa , the people go round to tha cindidates , or their agents to : vsk them for this " banket money ; " They will go to some inn , or some housa appointed for th 8 purpose , where they will recoivo from 10 s . to ^ 0 s , or 30 ^ ., v / hich they will call by the above name , from the fact of its being given on the Saturday , on which day the lnatket is held , and it is supposed that this money is spent in buying provisions for the week . Many huudtecls , if not thousauds , observed the witness , cbnid have been proved to have received this retaining fee from , agents , or parties supposed fob ? agents .-r- ( 374 . )
ABDVCTlOX OF VOieiis . —Many of the voters , accord ^ ing to the savue witness , were made drunk , and taken Iu that state to different places in the neighbourhood ; about three hundred were carried eff iu this way during the last election to different parts of the world . Commonness of Eb . ibeb . y-Bribery , according to Mr . Thomaa Wakefiald ( 871-2 5 ) w bo open , that every body said it was done , but when it came to be inquired into , it was not known ; people even considered there was nothing wrong in it it seemed to be as much a matter of course as anything else ; the machinery by which it was done Was this—a cortain sum of monay was sept to each ward , and that was again sent to some particular individual , and through bis hands it passed to the voters .
A BpsoUGU "Rising in Price , "—The systemlet voters being bid-over by the Opposite ; p . irty appears ( evidence of Mr . Hennay , ( 9700-2 ) to have graduatiy griswn up within these last few years at Nottingham . The ; party witness belonged to bad tried U get the borough of Nottingham for many years pasti fcui were generaUy unsucceasfiil . They tried the purity system , but this Was very derogatory to the feelings of the conatituency . Atter that they put forward as a candidate a gentleman very popular in the neighbourhood , and of a very humane and benevolent character . Thay failed on account of funds , and there was no chance till they got Mr . Walter . Then the effective or money system was adopted , and from that time to this the borough has got" very deat , " " very costly , " and haa risen " very much in price . "
• f coopisg" at NoxTiNqHAM . ~ Ifumberfl of voters ; b » rather several parties , were " cooped , " not in , Nottingham , but in houses ten or twelve mites from Nottingham . Lord Rsncliffe ' a was one with geventeen and Lord Melbourne ' s gardens , at Melbourne , with more than twenty . : Tnigsby-bra ^ k waa a third with twenty , Matlock Was a fourth with twenty , and a farmhouse at a plaoe called Hangh with about the same number . At Lord Melbourne's they were kept in the gardens durhig the day time , for three or four
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days previous to the election , and they slept as they best inighfc at thfl public-bbusea in the neighbourhood They were driven to the gardens iit the morning , and kept tb > re all day and made ^ dmnk . ahd so taken care of a nlght ^ - ( 376-387 . > V ' ^ - . ' -V : - ' . '• . ' " "' - ¦ ¦¦ ..
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RIOT AT BUBSLEM ; ( From a Correspoftent of ihe Sun . J Tunstall , % 7 . —We have bid a btoentabte aflFair during the night in Burslem , and I have collected these particulars from parties on whom I can place impiicif ; reliance ;~ .:: ¦ - '" - .. ¦ '¦'¦• . ' . ¦ . ' ' :: ' . ' . '¦¦ ' . ' . - . '¦' . v ' ' . - About six o ' clock at nigat , three men , calling them , aelvea cqlhera , with a bos , were , asking oontributlons from persons in Burslem covered market , and thence were taken to the lock-up , by Superintendent Kylea , and Brown and Ball , two of the watchmen . No notice seemed to be takea of the affair ; and the town waa verj quiet until a few minutes past-twelve o ' clock , when suddenly the approach of a crowd from the Chapelsquare waa' obaetTwi ; and at the timo , within fifty yard 3 of the _ T 4 > wn-hall , where are the Iock-upB / " A shout was given as soon as the mob was opposite the
hail ; then a second / and instantly they knocked the locks oft ' the doors , liberated the three men , and immediately cbmiiiecced their attack on the windows of tho hall , which have fcaen riddl ed , and ninety squares broken ; several etones w « re thrown through the illuminated dial of the clock , and it it'ipped thereby , at five minutes past one . Another party was then at work in like manner at the George Inn . kept by Mr . William Bartow , and 135 : sash squares ¦ Were quickly demolished , arid much internal mischief done to his preiniaea . Mr . AlcocfcY shop also was partially assailed , and sixtsen squares broken . Mr ; Ryles ' s house was beset by a party of sixty colliera , and eightyfour . squares broken , and the pannels of bi 3 doors and shutters beaten in . ; The furniture was much injured inside the house , lookirig-glasaes were split , tables broken , and indentions in the wivHsover the children ' s
t'eds , a ! id almost deep enough to hsld a pullet a egg . Partial damage was als <) done to a small house occupied by James Gracle , an ex-policeman , who , being pot * valiant , rushed amongst the mob , and was most rudely a'tjused . Hia next-dopr neighbour ' s house alsa suffered from the missiles . Mr . Acton ' s shop and parlour windows are destroyed ; but strange to say , not a square of the 8 bc upper-story windows is broken . A pistol was Rred , and the party obeyed fcne signal , and left the tewn by the Waterloo-road towards
Hanley , leaving a number of bludgeons on the ground . They had remained longer absant than was expected by their fellowa in tho oth « . psurts ; tot , after the firing of the pistol , when going to attack the Gaorge Inn , anrt Mr . Byles ' s , two ' sky-rockets -were aent up in the direction of Cobridge ( between Burstam and Hiinley ) and little doubt can be entertained that they were infjrmed of the military having been sent for In consequence of an express sent as soon as could with saftty be done , to Newcastle , the Bifle company waa brought , and arrived about three o'clock , and here they
remaTu . .. ¦¦ :: ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ - . : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' .. .. : ' :.- ¦ - ;¦" ..--The ; town is Uirohged with spectators of the disastrous con 8 t < lU ? nC 8 S of this ill-judged affair . On tbe afternoon of Saturday , a party of colliers from Longton . & 3- " turned out" those at Norton , three milea from Burslem ; a stona severely injured Mr . Dean , one of tho proprietors , and two of his bailiffi ) were ducked , first ; ' in a dity puddla , and then in the engine waterpit . '• ; . ' ¦ : ' : : ,: ' . - - ' . " V - . " ; - . " ¦¦ " -v- ' : . ; .:..: ¦• : " Mr .-ELMES , the surveyor of the port of London , ia at present ia Hamburgh , surveying the damage 4 one by the late extensive conflagration , for the purpo ^ s of ciaking a design for rebuilding the damaged portion of that city on an improved plan .
At THE Recent North Tipperary Assizes , James Shea was sentenced to be bung on tho 20 ih inst . for murder , and death was also recorded against Patrick f rae ' ey and Thotcas Dunn for abdacwon . Five other ciirainals were alo ordered to be transported for lifcj and three for fifteen years . ;; - . ¦ : ¦ " Or tiik thiibb Chartist petitions which have been presented to the House of Commons / antI successively rejected , the first was signed by a million arid a qam-ier , the second by two millions aud a half , and tlie third bv three millioua aud a half . .
St . Gboix or S $ . Cross , which is situated abont a mile from Winchester , on the road to Southampton , m on >) of tho aiicient hospitals or almonries now remaining in this kingdom . By the will of the donor , every traveller who knoefcs at the door of tais hostel , on his way to or from Winchester , is entritled to receive from the porter a pound of wheatea bread and a eup of strong beer . ' At the North :. Wales Circuit ^ jast tenninateci sentence of death has been prouounced on two womm for murder , Elizabeth fiarrett , aged 23 , oa her illigitiniate child , ei ^ ht months qld j and Hanah Roberts , only 19 years of ago , for poisoning her husband , who was aged 75 . :
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Avg . h .. BANKRUPTS ^ Tlionws AririBtrorig , Conduit-street , paddingtonj mercji . ant , to ; surrender August 12 , at twelve o'clock , Si-pt . 16 ,. at two , at £ he Binirnpt ' s Court . Solicitor , : vlr . Wadeson , Austinfriars j official assignee , Mr Balcher ^ -, ' . ' ; . . . •' .. ' "" '¦¦' , '¦ ;; . '¦ , ¦ . - . . ' : . "¦¦ : ;' r . Robert Rollo , Durham-street , Vauxhail-road , merchant , August 16 , at and o ' clock , Sejtt . i 6 , at one , at the Baafcrupfs Court . Solicitor , Mr . Millard , Tokenhoun 2-yard ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchuiehlane .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ . ..,-. v . - " /¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - •¦; ' . ¦ ¦ '¦ -.- ' . ' . " : ¦ ¦ .. ; ¦ ¦ . ¦ ;
Siophen Knight , WesiHoatbley , Sussex , cattle dealer , August 16 , at ha ) f-pasfc eleven o'clock , Sept . 16 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Mr . Palmer , Temple ; and ; Mr . Birt , East Gfinst ^ ad } official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Prederick ' splace , O . d Jewry . - ¦ ¦ ' :.-. ; Robert Lyoh , High Hblborn , cabinet-maker , Aug . 16 , at half-past one o " clock , Sept 16 , at one , at the Binbrupts * Court . Solicitora , Mr . Dingerfield , Suffolkstreet , Pall-mall , East and Itfr . Brintpn , Kiddermidater . Qmcial assignee , Mr , Edwards , Frederick ' aplace . Old JeWry . ¦ '" .-.- ; ' ¦¦¦ ~ : , . / .. - " ; ¦ ;" . ¦ . : ' John Early , jun-viWest-end-in-HaUey , and Witney , OxforashireV girth web-manufacturer , August ^ 8 , Sept 16 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Mitre Inn , Oiford . Solicitor ,- Mr . Close , Furnival ' a-inn , Holborn . ; \ . :
John M'Gahey , Liverpool , printer , Aug . 15 , Sept 16 , at one o ' clock , at the Clarendon ^ ioomB , Liverpool . SoilcitorSf Mr . Addison , Mecklenburgh-square ; and Mr . JCiementson , Liverpool . John Haddock , Warrington , Iiancashire , bookseller , August 19 , Sdpt 16 , at one o ' clock , r at the Clarendonrooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Beaumont and Urinson ; vVarringtoji . : - Hubert Loosemore , Tiverton , Deyonahire , scrivener , August 18 , Sapt . 16 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Half iVIoon tuu , Eaeter . Solicitor , Mr . Moore , Exeter .
PARTNERSHIPS DTSSOLVED . :, Noble ; Hartley , and Co ., Aldmondbury , near Hudderstield , manufacturer 8 of fancy goods . Holmes , and J . H , < Jrundy , Liverpool , paint manufacturers . T . Rees and W . H . Castie , Liverppol , brewers . Kiri and Thackrey , Leeds , dyers . J'Keirby , jun . and J Robineoo , Mar 8 den , near Burnrey , Lancashire . W . H . S and A . Kitching , Kingston-upon-Hull , brush manufacturers ; so far as regards W . H . Kitching . Bhodes and Holroyd , Hudderefield , cloth-nniahers .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Aug . 0 . . , •'¦¦;¦ ¦ ¦ -,. ; - bankrupts . - v . ' . ¦'¦ ;;¦¦¦; . ¦¦¦ - John Thomas King and John Groombridgs , carpenters , Crimscott-street , Bermondsey , to surrender Aug 11 , at two , and Sept . 20 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Groom , official assignee , Abchurch-lane ; Raw , HighHoiborn . ; . ' ¦ - ¦ . - ' ' \ :: _ : V - "' \ , . ¦ : / ,.. ¦ ; v ' . . . '•' , :-l : - } ~ Thomas Hooper , chemist , Hay , Brsconshire , Ang . 23 and Sept . 20 , at eleven , at the Swan Hotel , Hay Solicitors , Smith and Son , Southampton-street , Bloonu * bury-sq . uaro , London ;(}< vHllm , Hereford . ;; ; Griffith Jones , grocer , Carnarvon , August 23 , and Sept ... 20 , at ieleven , at the Sportsman Hotsl , Carnarvon . Solicitor , Williams , Pwllhelli , Garnarvonshire . - ' , - ¦ ''¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦' •'¦ . " -. - : ' . - ; : ' - . .. - ¦' . ¦ ' ; .- - . ' . '"' ¦ .. V- . ' ' -
Frederick Clark , auctioneer , Portman-street , Portrnan-square , August 15 , at one , and September 20 , at twelve ,-- ; at the Court of Bankruptcy . Pennell , official assignee fDisfaur , Queen Anne-street , Cavendishtqiiare . ;^ - '; ! - ; : " - ¦ ¦/ '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . ' ; ¦ - ¦; . ; \ . " : '¦ . "¦¦ '•" . " ¦ Harry Pallins Jeffreys ^ miller , Much Wenlosk , Salop , August 24 , at . eleven , ; and September 20 , at one , at tbe Crown Inn , Bridgnorth . Solicitora , Hinton and Son * Much Wenlock , Salop ; Baines , Gray ' s Ifln-square . . ; . ; ¦ Robert Biisby , dairyman , Wood-atreet , Bsthnalgreen , August 17 , at half-past eleven , and September 20 . at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Pennellj cfficial assignee ; Young , Warwick-square , Newgatestreet- . ¦ > . ¦;¦' . - -. - ' . ' . ' - ¦ - /¦¦[¦¦ - ¦" .. ' . ¦" .. - " ¦;; ¦ ¦; . ¦/ .. .. ¦ ¦ . '¦ : . .. ¦; William Scott , blanket manufacturer , Earlsheaton , Dewflbury , August 13 , at four , and September 20 , at eleven , at the Cpmmlssionefs ' -roonu ,: Leedi . Solicitors , Jsques , Battye , and EJ wards , Ely-place , London ; Greaves , Dewsbury . v : ; ; v
Edmunii Arrowsmith , mercer , Burnley , Lancaster * August . 18 and September 20 , at twelve , at the Court Hooss , Burnley , SpiiCitors , Cragg and Jeyee , Karpur-8 tre « t , Red Lion-3 qaare , London ; Alcoclt and Dixon , Burnley . ,.-- y '¦'' : . ' ;; : . '¦ ¦ .. :. ¦ .- ¦ ; -: ¦" : - ' - ¦ - ; . ; . John Bant , grocer , Dudley , Worcesterabire , August 23 , at eleven , and Sept 20 , at the Swan , Wolvethanipton . Solicitprs , Shaw , Dudley ; Austin , Threadueedlestree ; t , London . ' V ' - ' . ; ' ¦ -: .. . ¦ . ; ' .: - : vv ¦ ¦'¦ - "¦ ¦ .. * : \? i \ - " . , ¦<¦¦ William Reay , ship-builder , Walker , Northumber land , Sept 2 , at eleven , and Sept 20 ^ at one , at the Bankrupt Commission-room , Newcastle-nDon-Tyne Solicitors , Cuvelje , Skllbeck , and Hall , SenthamptoB huildingB , Chancery-lane , London Keenlyaide and Harle , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . r " ,
: ' . Henry Gray Kellock and Adam Dickenson Kellock , provision nuarchante , Liverpool , August 26 , and September 20 i at two , at the Glarendon-rooms , Liver pool . Solicitors , Boscee , South-square , ' Gray ' a Inn , London ; Moss ,. Liyerpodl Fletcher and Hull- Li-Teipoo ] . ¦ : ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ y ~ - . - " y •¦ .- •¦¦ ¦ ¦ "¦ - ¦ : . .- - ¦ , : ¦' -v ¦ : ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ '
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HOW PERSON'S ARE . -RHTUil'NED TO P . vKLiA . MENr . Th 9 following " eleeant extracts" from the evidence presents to the House of C ) muion 3 ' Cjmproniise Committee , Will shevr to what perfection the whole art of bribery and corruption has bson brought in England . Wtot a striking iliustratiou tboy atford of the total failure of L ^ rd J'ihn Kuasell's Reform Bill ^ -a failurs Which will only be excelled by that of the same puny statesman ' s " Bill for the better discovery of bribfety : " It ia , certainly , a melancholy consideration that the country should he at the inercy of an absembiy of- ' legislators ' : coinposad of persons who owe their seats to the extensive prevalonco of Some of the blackest crimes which disgrace human nature : — .
Harwich . —Parties Brii'ed . —According to the evidence of Mr . James Currie , Parliamentary agent , 6 n < i sum of £ 100 was here distributed in bribes among parsons occupying small houses , or what are called £ 10 voters , moct of thuni small tradespeople ; and many of those who ia this place , which ia very decayed , live by dredging for Btrrne , which is used for Roman csment - ^ - ( Ev . 271—273 ) F .-oni th 8 evidence ; of the same party , it appeared fcbm his notes that thirty-three pofsons wor « bribed , each of whom had large sums paid . to him ' , many of them £ 50 and iglOO , and some more . —( Ev . 297 , 301-2 . ) Mr . Richard Mosse , agent to Mr . Attwood , admitted that on going down to Harwich on the eve of the election , he found that , there were ten open to bribery ( 309 ) 0 and that Mr . Attwood held out the electioneering hope to the inlnbitints "to reduce the Church-rates , " and , in similar electioneering fashion , to take shares in their railway to the txteat of £ 10 , 000 . ( Ev . 309 , 340 . 44 . ) ' NoTTiNGHAji—System of Basket Money—Most
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A ME NDED FACTORY BILL . The following is the substance of a conversation which took plnco in the House ef Commons , on Monday , Aug . 1 st , pn the subject of a Bill for amending the present Factory Act , and which was imperfectly reported in Bonie of the London journals : — Mr . Stuakt Wortley rose and said that in the eariy part of tho sesiiiou the Secretary of ' State for the Home Dtipartuieiit had promUud to bring in a Bill for the aruenihneut of the Fitctory Act ; that tha non-fulrllnisnt of that promiea \ which would most probably be explained by the great pressure of business ) had given rise to much disappointment in the factory districts ; and he "Wished , therefore , to ask whe'her the Secretary of Statu woaid be prepjired ti > bring Ini 1 a Bill for the amendment of tha Factory Act ia the next BeBsion of Parliament ?
Sir James GitAliA . u . in answer , said that he had purposed , iu the Oi-gianing of -. ho year , to brinjr in a Biil ; that ho hud alr . ' . ' . idy prepared the clauses of one , but that he hart no intention , ^ -jth his present vlu ^ va , of bringing in a Bill for the abridgment of the houra of labour . That the reports oTtlw iEspactoM eaniaiaed soHie suggestions which ho thought' worihy of consider atlon ; but , as It hail been etatail to him that the . npnfuiniuient of his promise had occasioned disappointment , he should be very careful of making any more . However , as at present uiviscd , ho should be disposed to bring in a Bui ia th « uexc seasiuo .
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6 THE NORTHERN STAR . " . ; .- ¦ / , .- . ... , ,, : ; . ; .:. . ¦ : ; :- - -: ¦ y \> ' ^ :- ^ ' \
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct611/page/6/
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