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CHEXiSEA . —Public Mbeosg . —A public meet " iag in favour of t > 5 e stonemasons on Bfcrike , was held Bt the Teetotal Hall , New-read , on Friday , Feb . 28 th , the attendance was numerous and respectable Mr . Baron , president of the Teetotal Society , having been called to the chair , informed tho meeting that they were called for a different purpose to that which usually congregated them in that hall , and that he felt it his duty to state , that by taking the chair on the present occasion heneither pledged himself or the teetotal body to the side of the masons or of ; beir employers ; they wonld hear the statements made , and act a-usordingly . Mr . Mac moved thenrss resolnrion , in doing which he detailed the Tariou 3 insults and wrongs which the mason 3 had received from Allen . M Tnat in the opinion of this
meeting the sieady , upright , and manly conduct of the masons during their long and arduous struggle , preeminently deserres the utmost praise aad additional support . " Mr . Thomas seconded tae resolution llr Ford 1 h an an able address exposed the Hianner in which the press of the metropolis had misrepresented the masons , and refused insertion to their statements ; tae Northern Star was the only Daper which had consistently advocated the rights Ef the masons , asd cf working men . generally—( great cheering . ) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr . Ruffy Ridley was pleased to see the man ly position taken by their Chairman , he would not pledge himself either to tho men or to the mastery but requested their a ' . tomion to the statements to be laid before them , thus appealing to thsir judgment and not to their prejudices . Mr . Ridley in feeling and eloquent language , denounced the conduct of Alien and his employers , and moved in
the following resolution : — lna ^ opinion of this mettiEg the bold and decisive conduct adopted by the quarrymen in refusing to prepare stone to supply Grisscll and Peto , deserves our cordial thanks and supyort , and is calculated to induce in us a greater stimulant to renewed exertions ; and that this meeting pledges itself to give all the support in their power to the masons and their brethren who have made the stand of right against might . " Mr . Goddard , stone-sawyer , in an excellent address seconded the resolution , and asked in forcible terms where were the philanthropic gentleman who advocated tha abolition of black slavery , who expended twenty millions of money in that , and yet refuted to notice the slavery practised under their noses at
home ! He was an oid teetotaller , and he called upon them at their Saturday eight social meeting to contribute to the support of ihis cause . Mr . Anderson addresssed the meeting ai some length thanking them in the name of the masons for the support already given , and entreating iia continuance . Mr . Gro ? jean then rose atd said , I have been rsouested by my friend , ilr . Goddard , to say a few words on this subject ; and when I tell you that my father came from a country boasting it 3 republican principles , a nation distinguished for its burning love of liberty , when that feel . ng seemed to be txtingaishid iu the ether nations of Europe , sriil was it preserved in Vne mountains and barren rocks of Switzerland j then 1 may assure you that it did not
takemuca persuasion to induce me to give vent to my reelings on this subject . 1 believe that 1 have imbibed something of the sentimests of my father . While one of the speakers ( Mr . Ridley ) wa = tilting with such eloquence and energy on the tuij ^ ct , 1 felt the spirit of my native land burning wiul : n me , when he asserted that it was a strike of might against right ; I felt he plight have gone further , and have said it was a strike of virtue agains : vice , of religion against irreli * ion ; it is a wrong notion that religicns people are opposed to freedom ; the Tery fonndatioa of Christianity is loFe your neighbour as yourself . Is iiot a wife dearer than a neighbour ? and yet : his feeling was shamefully outraged by this man , I forget his name , 'tis a name which ought
to be forgotten . ( A voice , " Alien . ") I would not have a child of mine ealkd Allen . If the report of his conduct be correct , and I believe three hundred jaen in preference to three , it is a disgrace to a Christian country ; it would be a disgrace even to the most barbarous . I say that teetotallers not only here , bn ; throughout the kingdom , should aid and assist in this sirike . This Allen , by his condnct . in debarring the men from water has attacked a principle which has worked great things in raising man to a high moral position in ftrcisiy . li h be not trn"j , let him come to our public meetings and deny it ; he will have a fair impartial heariig . It i 3 worse treatment than is ensured even by the African slave . I do not ge : my living by working
men , but by the upper ciiss of society ; but I assert that yon ought to be free ; that you deserve to possess your liberty . I believe man wa 3 intended to be free ; ihe Bible assures me that it is so . 1 know that by thus asserting my principles , I endanger my means of living ; but so dearly do I lore liberty , that when I see it infringed , I am compiled to denounce such conduct . Men have been known to sacrifice their lives for liberty ; saerincs only the principle ¦ of drinking , which the aristocracy have instilled into yon , and you may speedily be free . I would recommend it to every trade association , from John
O'Groats to Itands End , to give up drinking one day ont of the seven , and then yon may raise = uch a fund as wonld ensure you success . Talk about liberty in a ragged jaeket ! Liberty likes to be well fed ; to have money in its pocket . " I love liberty ; 1 wish to transmit it to my children ; therefore , I make them teetotallers . 1 ' oilow roy example , and the veice of your complaints will soon be he 3 rd in the legislature . Mr . Gro > jran , during his address , was loudly cheered . A vote of thanks was ^ iven to the proprietors of the HalJ , and likewise to the Chairman ; after which , the meeting dissolved There was a collection in aid of its object .
BEEWONDSEY . —A pnblie meeting , to consder the distress of the country , was held at the Ship Tavern , Long Acre , Bermondsey , on Wednesday week Sir . O'Connor attended and addressed the assembly for upwards ef two hours . The rooms , staircases , and every avenue to the place was crowded to excess whilst the street was completely blocked up by an immense crowd anxions to catch the words of the speaker from the opened windows . We are sorry we caEnot give even a sketch of the proceedings , as our reporter , having no information sent him , was unable to discover the place of meeting until half past seven o ' clock , at which time it wa ? impossible to procure admission . Ws trn ^ i ihe l : £ e will not again occur , as gTeat disappointment is felt by the public when meering 3 of this description are not reported . The proceedings closed about halfpast nine . Mr . O'Connor was londJy cbeejv-d . Many BEnaiures "were obtained to the National Petition .
CSO 2 VIPTOS . —The Mill Ovtness at theie "WofiK agaix . —A & : m in Croxnpton , wvIi-knoTrn as members of the " plague , " have exhibited vli-ir ebaijiy last tfeek by reducing the wages of tbeir "Workmen about one-seventh . —Query . Will they reduce fee rents in the same ratio 1 HOTTON . —AFFRAY IS THF WoUKHOUsE . — Oa Suudsy week , Joseph Robinson , a pauper , was commanded by Jacks- n , the governor , to clean some police ? for the dinner , and to cut them Ih p : ecas . « Tren he had cleaned and cut them tbej did not pleise the governor , wno began in a very overbearing manner to threaten , and finally-StrncS Robinson The tjovcrnor was brought by a warrant , on Monday , bsfore Mr . Doby , the recently appointed magistrate , ai ice Rop-3 ar . d Anchor , Royton , and bound to keep the peace for three months ami pay the co-ts .
POIiMOHT , ( by Fxlkikk . )—Total Aesti-K > C £ Soirze—Tfee Total Abstinence Society held their Srss sr . jree in Pdnjout Hsll Scr&o , on the evenly of-Friday , the 18 h in-:. Tlie Hall-was ex-reisay well filled . Alter tea , the p _ r- -y were en : enaineu , and , it is h < psd , editkd by Lie sentiments delivered by the d ' : ii-. reiit spsuk-rs , consisting of Mr . Cleiiind ( chairmaii . ) Mr . Cu ] nir : ou , from Edinburgh , Mr . M'CnHo ^ h , t-a ^ her , Palmort Hall , Messrs . Addins , and M'Donald , dec . The Cha . man , in an elcquer . t address , traced the rise and progress of to ' . al abainenca . Throughout the whole of his spsich he was lisunB-d io -R-iui tbo ^ rmtest aitention , and , indeed , sd were the rest of the speaker * . The songs , both sentimental - ± r . d comic , c ^ llfd forth rapiuroBS bursts cf applause . Reci . adoiis aisd
wavtrsation completed tie amusements of the eveniag . The comply separated a _ 5 a pretty late hour , aiidnextmcinicgfoBDd , to their sweet experience , that it is perfectly pessibie to speed an evraiux with Comfort £ -id happiness without the aid o ; a . rc- - -nt spirus , aid that ' those who profess other "i-t ; are either fuo ^ or mac ; aon . Izzia ^ the soirea as a "Wiiole , ihc village of Polmont- lias not seen its like for a wbiio ; but probably n rcay nos be s « long btioretbry " see its like a _ ain . ' Aye , aj ; ain snd again , iia-a praisa is cue to those Trho were active in f ; e ; : J 2 K U P tne affair , and tLe case svd icgalariiy v » hich mark-. d th-j proccedia .-s throaghoat . Yjies of thauks to ib . 9 siEgers , &c , iiavm ^ been £ » vta , ths evening ' s amusements lcriainated to the eu-. ire sat : sfaction cf all coactrued .
ED :. \ jjcru ; ii j . sd Glasgow Rajt-wat . —Polhox Station —The inhabitants of th'S q—irttr witncsse . i a > p " iend : d ippearance on Friday lasr , in the passinland repatsii . g of trains on the above line ol lilil-wsv . The arrival of the first was about eleven o'clock , ' consisting ef onesngiueby way cf pioneer afttr which three splendid eDgines , -with upwardi ol thirty first class carriages filled with gentlemen . Alter proceeding to Edinburgh , and beicg jomeii by the there resident proprietors and directors , thtv returned to Glasgow , where a dinner was pieparec The cavalcade , in going west , consisted of ihe
pioreer engine , fenr engines , with thirty-three C 3 i xisges , £ nd at a small distance behind , another trail consisting of-three engines and twemy-ntne ca : riages . Those who witnessed the reiurn of the trai to . Edinburgh , in the evening describe us appf-ai acce as having been moss imposing . The engine "were bcrnics white and red lights , and the camsgt brilliantly ili ' uminated . If ice tfllct prodtc -H 6 this place by ice above oc-carrtnee may be t&keiisis Bpecimen of what is to follow , we ra'her coubt ib memorials to the Proprietor ? , &c , asram&t rinsiu Saidav trains will be cs _ st into the shade .
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Thb Foeged Exchequeb Bills . —In the Court of Exchequer on Friday , an action was brought by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England agiJnBt a gentleman named Tomkins , to recover the vahie of ? i « hi £ ! w » Torgcd E ? cUqaer Bills they had reedrpi from him . Lord Moutes ^^ was present , and anhonheefl ihe eight bill ' s produced to Le forgeries . Mr . Perciral corroborated Lord MoHteagle ' s evidence . Mr . Erie addressed the Jury for tho defendant . Lord Abinger said he had no difficulty in saying , ihat , in his opinion , there was no legalliabihty on the Government to pay forged bil ] s , althon-h there were other considerations which might induce the Government to pay such bills . He could conceive thai the Government might think it proper to pay Exchequer Bills , though forged , when it was ascertained that these bills were in the hands of innocent
holders , who had come by them fairly , and yet that they should refuse to pay other bills which the holders d ! i not show had come fairly into their hands . Mr . Percival stated that the signature was not in his handwriting , and gave the elements on V -a K came - to ^ at exclusion . Lord Monteaglo said that he did not believe the signatures" to be in toe hand-writing of Mr . Percival ; and both these witnesses declared , that upon examining the counterfoils they were convinced that tho signatures to these bills were forged , and that these were not genuine Exchequer Bills . . Under these circumstances he directed the Jury , if they believed the Exchequer Bills were forged , to find for the plaintiff ; if they believed that th&y were not forged , they should find for the defendant . The Jury , without any hesitation , returned a verdict for the plaintiff . —Damages , £ o , Ud . * '
Hoshible Death fboh Staevat oh . —On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at the Cumberland ' s Head , City-road , on the body of Frances Stocking , aged 66 , who wa 3 starved to death under the following dreadful circumstances . The jury having viewed the body , which presented an appalling spectacle , being nothing more than skin and bene , the following evidence was laid before them : — Mary Adams , of No . 7 , Whits-rose -place , WLitecross-street , said the deceased was in the habit of getting . her living by charing , and she had known her for the last twenty years . Latterly she had been sleeping at the RefHge for the " Destitute , in Playhouse-yard , being nearly starved , and having no other place to go tn . On Tuesday night last she called
upon her ,- and complained of being iU , and asked her for shelter for the nigkt , saying that on the following morning she would try to get into the hospital Snewent out that morning , and she never saw her again alive ^ She had bread night and morning from the Refuge , but was in too bad asrato to eat it . Henry Charlton , Police constabio 119 G , said on Wednesday morning about half-past nine o ' clock he was on duty in Whitecross-strcet , and saw the deceased sitting on the step of a door very ill . Being unable to walk he procured a stretcher and took her to the workhouse . Clementina Hales , one of the nurses in St . Luke's workhouse , said deceased was in a dreadful state of destitution when brought in
wine and beer vrere given to her , but she could not drink either . Mr . James , the surgeon , saw her and administered to her , but she di- ^ d about eis ; b . t o ' clock on the following morning . Mr . Henry James said deceased complained of a dreadful pain in her chest , and a small blister was applied to tho affected part . Warm stimulating medicine was given to her , and Mr . Ranee also saw her since death ; he had opened the body , and found the intestines inflated with wind , evidently s howing that she had not partaken of solid fo ^ d _ for some time . She was beyond the power of taking any food , axd he had no doubt her death was accelerated by starvation . Verdict" Natural Death , accelerated by want and destitution . "
Explosion of a Powdee-Mill . near Hounslow . — iWO-MzS KILliD , AXD IHIIEE WOODED . — ft ~ 6 regret to state tha : one of the extensive powder- mills belonging to Messrs . C . B . Curtis aEd Harvey , gunpowder manufacturers , situated at Hounslow Heath , exploded on Saturday forenoon , and occasioned the loss of two lives and the iufliction of 5 erioKs injuries to three other persons . The explo- -, sion took place a few minutes after ten o ' clock , and j the tremendous report caused thereby was heard for many miles round the neighbourhood , and occasioned > the greatest consternation and alarm , particularly at Hounslow , Twickenham , and the adjacent Tillages ,, the inhabitants of which rushed { r < -m their houses , fearing it was au earthquake . Immediately on the 1
causa of the repors being ascertained , hundreds of i persons hastened to the spot , anxious to leara the j extent of damage , when it was found that one only of the mills had exploded , and that the remaining portion of the extensive premises had escaped unin- i jorea . The mill in question , which was one called a eornicg mill , wa 3 situated on the bauk 3 of the rivsr Colne , and , as are all the * rettions formicg the : works , was a detached building . Two men wpre employed in it , of the Dames of H . Finch and W . Woolman , whose custom it was to commence at s ? ven o ' clock in the morning , having firs ; had their
breakfast , and work until eleven o'clock , when thev broke off for dinner . O . i Saturday marning they ^ j wen : to their work at the usual lime , at which period I the mill contained aoout a cczin barrels of dry ; powder , each barrel consisting of lOOibs ., making a total of about l , 200 ; bs . vsreisht . Of the cause of the accident nothing positive can t'ver be known , neither of the nnfortnnate men shrviving to tell the tale , and the building itselt is levHkri with the ground . Three other men , named Alfred Maltheuse , Wi . liam Calvin , and Peter Thomas , employed on other parts , cf tha works , who were accidentally in the close vicinage of thesjii ] . have Hi .-taini .-d most serious
injuries from the eff-cis of the explosion . Tho bodies o- ' Finch a-d Wo- ' -iman were iound at a short dis-: tance from th * ju li in a frightfully disfigared and i mutilat- 'd condition , and were removed to one of ihe . sheds to a ^ j-t if > c coroner ' s inquest . Both men ; have left w . dows and families . Malthouse , after i lingenrg in arr-at agony until Saturday evening , be ^ -an to sink , and death put an end to his sufferings , in ihe course f he night . HoRRiBL-.: ^ i ^^ lpEB . —The quiet little market town ; of Lianfair-caeriuioUj simite on the banks of the i Yernitw 3 in the county of Montgomery , was on . Suuciay nigh :, thrown into a . dreatdfol state of ex- ' citcm * - « :, by a r : pyr : that a mnrder had juit'been . ' somm t ed- th-r , which upon inqniry was found , " jLs . io be ' , 7 : e . The following , we believe , to be a ,
; corr- ct states- u : of the circumsiances attending the : ra . ^ eay : — i ;;> - prpetrator of the mnrder and his j ; Tici : m vmc both brothers , and both shoemakers , ; ; nimej Robert and Evan Davies . The unhappy > niurderer was , it appear ? , a young man of dissolute i I nabus , Very much addicted to drink , and rather ; given to idlane a 3 . He came home about nine ' I o ' clock on Sunday night in a sra'e cf intoxication , j ' and b ;^ an to abu ^ e his mother and sister . Uue of ! his ° 5 i ? rers ivn to her brother Robert ' s house , which was but a few doors from their own , to get bim to ' try to quiet Evan , and persuade him to g 9 to bed . I : Tno poor feHow ( although his wife , knowing the ; violent : emrtr of nis brother , tried to persuade him ,
from going ) *> v-: m . and found him at his supper , and ' v . 'htn rtm-jn ? ira ~; ng with him about his cqnauct , he ; ¦ piasged nis knife ( a shoemaker ' s knife ) which he had in his hand , and with which the previous moment he : had be < n cutting bread , into the abdomen of his j brother , who instantly fell a lifeless corpse , in the i s presence of his agonized mother and sister . Th « ' 1 infatuated fellow exclaimed , " Oh , God ! oh , God I " , and -hen escaped . Surgical assistance was promptly \ - rendered , bat vra 3 cf no avail—the vital spark ba i ' . fled . The chief canstabie of the Montgomery luial i ' . pjlice ^ Msjo rNewcombe , and Superintendent Bow « n . ooth of wrioui reside in Llanfair , wf-re soon on thr ¦ spot , hearing evidt-nc of all tlat had taken place
The body-they would noi allow to be moved until atier the inquest , which was held the n ? xt day , w : ; en a verdict xit maLs ' aiighter was returned aw ; aintt Ev ^ n Divies . Tr . e rural p- ' -lice were actively enga ^ ea in pursuing the murderer , bnt they r * cci 7 ed so nsdnj reports of oae tc ; ing him here , and aaotner there , ihat be waa not apprehended uniil Wednesday , and then within two fields of the town where iho transiiclion touk place . He wss discovered aceidcntally by a girl , who went to foddt-r the cows , between two . stacks of hay , nearly loat for waat ; for he had not tasted food Bin : a the nitliccho y catastrophe occurred . He was immediately iakt .-n in > o CBStcdy , and commitr-rd on Thursday \ o take his trial fcr the clT . nce a ; the next Mcnteommy
ASilZtS . AlahmkiG Accident at Sib John "Regie ' s Foi ^ dkv , Holland stkket , Sol-tiiwabk Oa Saturday at ttrnoo : i . aboTi ; half-past four o ' clock , a serious accident touk place in the extensive iron-foundry , carried on Ly iiessrs . Rennic and Co ., in Hollandstreet , Blackmars . It appears that several workmen were engaged , during the afternoon , in ihs arduous task o ; casting an immensa diving bell , the Eonla ior which had been completed some hours previous . The c-auldron , which is of a very large size , ar . d suspended over the furnace by ineacs of a puvvtrfu ] crane , contained on this occasion more than six tons oi meia :, and while in the act cf beiog
slung iu'ihe required spot , tisrongh some deraugemeni of the machinery , tho ponderous vessel overbalaDceJ , and discharged its buruirsg liquid in every direction ataocg ths labourtrs employed , setting fire to the massive beams and rafters of the building The utmost alarm was occasioned by the accident , and every assistance was promptly rendered to the usfortuiiate sufferers , six in number , who were convevfcd in coaches to Guy ' s Hospital in a state of # rr&t suffering . The fbating cagine from Soulhwark-bridge was towea to the spot , and several ot ihe bmaae establishment soon followed , but the exerted
workmen on the premises so successfully themselves with tb . 9 fire-engine attached to the foundry that their services were scarcely required , and before five o ' clock all danger of the lire extending was at au end . The names of the unfortunate men -calded by theme tai are—Burton , Hardy , Perry , Dolpliin , George airl Barry , the litter of whom is fritrntfuily burnt in all parts of this body , the injari-5 sustained by t ' ae former being chiefiy confined to their legs and f eet . The damage sustained by the building is comr , -raiirel y trflmg , bnt its escape from entire deetmo ' . ion appears altogether miraculous . The property is heayily insured .
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A ststkm CjJled " plugging , " and 6 $ ** devices having been resorted to in different parts of k'ngdom to tho great detriment of the sovereigns now in circulation , it is stated , oa tho best authority , that they will all be called in , for the purpose of being recoiued . A Shockisg affair recently occurred at Warrinetori . A man named John Taylor murdered his brother-by stabbing him in tho stomach . Both parties had uttn drinking , and the crime-wai commuted during a sudden quarrel , when Taylor pulled ont a penknife , and cursing his brother inflicted a wound which caused his death . At the inquest , which was held on Tuesday , the jury returned a verdict of " wilful murder" againss John Taylor , who was committed , on the coroser's warrant , to take his tricl , at the next Liverpool Assizes .
Dreadful Destitution . —On Wednesday , J , G . Ball , Esq ., held an inquest at Ivingscourt , Rodborough , on the body of Samuel Wood , aged 64 , who was found dead on the floor . Tho jury , on viewing the body of the deceased , were horror-stricken at the famine-worn spectacle which the deceased presented , and at the destitute condition of the wretched abode in which he lay , without bed , blanket , sheet , ceunterpane , or coverlid , or any other comfort except a few flocks and some shos-patches It appeared that the deceased and his wife had 3 ~
per week to subsist upon . It was also proved that the assistant overseer of the parish was written to fourteen days previous to deceased ' s death , and repeated applications were made from several of the parishoners , stating his wretchedness , want , and destitution . Applications were also made to the relieving officer , but without avail or effect . Tho jury returned a verdict " That the deceased died from disease , aad that death was hastened by privation and want of necessary food and covering "Devizes Gazelle .
wages of Parliament Men . —By an Act of Parliament , in 1544 , temp . Henry Till ., one hundred aeres of land , at Maddingley , in Cambridgeshire , are declared to be of the yearly value of £ 10 , and to bo let to hire to John Hinde , serjeant-at-law , for that sum yearly , to the use and intent that the profits thereof should be for the fees and wages of the knights in Parliament for the county of Cambridge . In consequence of this appropriation tho land was called the Shire Manor , and is so termed in the Act of Parliament .
Desperate Case of Suicide in a Ujsion Workhouse , Feb . 12 . —A considerable sensation was created in the town of Chatham , early in the morning , owing to a report that an inmate of the Medway Union House bad destroyed himself , by severing his head from his body iu ono of the wards of the establishment . Upon inquiry , it was fouud that the man had been a . n inmato for some time , and was confined to the sick ward , as he was labouring under affliction and disease , which , from the nature of bis complaint , occasioned the man to be irritable . Tho ward in which the unfortunate man was placed was about twelve fest square , and had in it twelve sick men , ths whole of whom retired to rest at the regulation honr . About twelve o ' clock ono of the innmtes was awoke by a strange noise in the room , and he immediately raised an alarm , and it was
found that the deceased , Joseph Anderson , had cat his throat in such a determined manner that his head held on only by the back of his neck . The body was found outside the bed on the flo'jr , in a bending position , with a case-knifo lying by its aide , covered with bloud . The deceased expired instantly . Information was quickly convej'ed io the mister of the house , and the surgeon of the Union wa ^ sent for . A Coroner ' s inquest was held on the body the same day before Mr . Hinde , at the White Swan and from the evidence of James Masters , the nurse , and Mr . Ely , the surgeon of the Union , which was in conformity with the above , the Jury returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed himself during afit of temporary insanity . The deceased was in the 75 vh year of his age , and was married ; his widow resides at Broxapton .
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Sb ^ SsiS " - ^ havlng both « u 5 tted «» ted w ? ha evST X P ** ^ . It wasalsostated that m £ , ngl 58 h Ambassador had recommended that the affair i .. ° u- <« oa hashed up by a inarriage ; but Lord Cowley , who ^ aM every attention to Mies B . ' s representitions , did xLotcffisr . any advice of the kind / stated . She is at present in iCVti , daily receiving the Tisits of numerous friends , sympathising with h « r la the mental suffering which the outrageous and distressing occurrence has produced , jfrs . Lvfffxm , of tho Bedford , has writtea to . Misa B . stating that C . never paid them ono farthing , although ha obtained £ 178 aattat lady's share of the total exigences Incurred .
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HOUSE OF LOR , DS .-FRiDAY irFEB W . Lord Campbell gave notice that on Monday week he would move for leave to bring in certain Bills relative to the better administration of justice in the House of Lords and Pi-ivy Council . A--few petitions were presented , after which their Lordships adjourned . -V
Monday , Feb . 21 . The Earl of Aberdeen laid before their I-ordshipa the treaties which had been agreed to and signed by the Ministers of the five great powers for the abolition of the slave trade . He abstained--from remarking upon the circumstances which had induced the King of the French to suspend tho exchange of ratifications for the present , but explained that the two treaties which had been concluded between this country and France in 1831 and 1833 were almost as- extensive In their operation as that whfca tae Fronclj Gfovermnent now declined te ratify . , ' :. ' ¦
Lord BROUGBAMexpressed his deepregr 8 t , tbatthe ratification of this m ost important treaty should have been even temporarily postponed , and vindicated the Government , as well as the people generally , from the imputation of any sinister motive in the effort they were now making to abolish for ever the African slave trade . ¦ : ... ¦ : " ¦¦ .. •• ¦¦ ¦ The treaties -were than laid on the table , and their Lordships ehoitly afterwards adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS .-FniDAT , Feb . 18 . Mr . Wakley read a letter from the late Lord President of the CouTt of Session in Scotland , stating that he wrote to him because he believed be had taken part in the debata upon the motion of Lord John Russell , from motives whol y unconnected with party . He further stated that , in the course of eleven years , lie had been absent but three times from the trial of Jury causes , and he regretted that the motion of the Noble Lord bad been opposed , though he had no doubt upon sufHcinnt Parliamentary grounds , as it might lead to an erroneous impression , as to the frequency of hia attendance . ¦ ¦ -. ' ... Sit R . Peel said he had also rt : oeiv 6 d a letter from the Lord President denying that he tad tendered his resignationin 1835 . Mr .-. F . Maule felt himself called upon , after these statements , to express his regret for haying been led into
an . The debate on Mr . Thesiger / s motion , relative to the petition of Lord Eunishpwen against the return from ' -the late Belfast election , was leautued , "when * The SrEAKER declared his opinion that as the petition waa presented , and as no objection was made at the time of its presentation , it aad been received . Mr . C . Wood contended , that having been received , they were b'uad to J » end it to tho committee . In his opinion the Hcu ^ e . gfcaeraliy coincided , and Mr . Thesiger withdrew bis motion . : . The Htu ^ e havinf ; resplv € d iiself into a committee for the consideration of tho Corn Laws . of
Mr . ViLLiERS brcu ^ at motion which he had given notice , in , litu ( ; f the motion of Sir Robert Peel , " that all duties payable vipon the impeitatibn of corn , grain , meal , or fl ' . ur do now cease and deterhiine . " The Hon . Gentlemau contended that the House was not a fiitlful picture < f the intelligence out cf doors , but was tullty of a breach tf trust in turning the power entrusted to them to their own advantage rather than to that of their consti ' . uinta ..- The result of the laws imposed by the Legislature on the import ition of foreign corn was to produce an extent cf distress throughout the country which could not be exaKeerated . In ttioh a state of tilings a suvj . 11 measure of jui ' tice would not be sufficient to meet the evil , as the Rijjht Hon . Bironet ( Sir J . Graham ) anpeared to suppose from what he said
in the last debate , to the effect thut he had eufflciont experience cf the inutility of attempting to satisfy the people by large meattires cf concession .: He and others were called impracticable -nie ' n , '* because they asked for the total repeal tf the Corn Law , fcut he would ask if thero was auylhing half so unreasonable in asking for the repeal cf the law , as there was in maintaining for years this very law which was now admitted on all hands to be bad . They should have altered the law long since ; the : people coutd no longer : wait , they had neither time nor temper to wait the result of their modifications , for they were starving . They talked of the WTong they , weald' da by the immediate abolition of the law ; but he would tell them to remember the wrong and mischief they had perpetrated in maintaining it
The Hon . Gent quoted the opinions of Lord Grenville in 1815 , who opposed the iirip . usition ' of any Kstriction upon COiliiuerou In f > od , and euid that any bounty to tho Qotii grower would be a tax upon the consumer for tho benefit of the lanled proprietor . Some very large landed proprietors had declared that this protection was whoJJy unnecessary for the agriculturalist Lord Spencer , Lord FitzwillitiHi , Lord Leicester , and other persons of great judgment and extensive--property were of this opinion , aiidit could scarcely bo said that they ¦ would not be extensivo sufferers , if a withdrawal of the existing protecting diuieS should prove as injurious as l > y many people supposed . He denied that any peculiar DurcieriS were imposed upon the lam ^ so as to justify them in requiring the protecting duties on corn
The landowners chiimed compensation ui the shape of thfcsa duties for local taxes and for the malt tax ; but who were to compensate the people ?—they paid more for their beer , and more . for their bread ; and : who was to compensate them for this ? The landowners , however , had ihown no ground whatever for obtaining this bounty on corn—they bad shown no peculiar charges pressing exclusively on them . Th'i county rate fed as weil on towns as on the country , and the poor laws were settled in a most favourable way for the landed interest . They were constantly bearing of protsction in that house for various interests , but thvy never heard of protection for the pour . In fact , tho protection afforded
to these interests was nothing less than injustice to industry . The -honourable . 'gentleman read . a-statement sent'him by a labouring man , who earned lls . a-Week , and who paid in indirect' taxation no less than , 5 s . a week , or nearly half the produce of liis labour . What taxes pressed upon the agricuit . untli . sb comparable to these ? Or what right could they show to protection more than this poor labourer ? It was a mistake to suppose that every quartor of wheat imported would necessarily ¦ superceda a . quarter of home-grown ; but * uch would not be the caso—the consequenco . would be an increase of consumption of wheat , which was now beyond the reach of about one-third of the community .
Mr . Oswald seconded the motion , and contended that no one da&s cf the- community had the right to impose a Ux upon all the Otht'r classes for his « wn btneflt He u'as opposed to monopoly , which he designated as a robbing of the many for the benefit of the few ; a prccsediug quite as impolitic as it was manifestly unjuit . Lord Mahon contended that , as regarded the labouring classes , the question rssolved itself simply thuswhether they m ? vuid have moderately dear bread and moderately high wages , or low bread and low wages , and quoted various authorities to show that one was so far dependent on ' the other that the labourer would not be materially benefited by a reduction in the price of breail . Oae great ol > jset they should not lese sight of in their legislation—they should always seek to render this country r . s far as possibla independent of foveij , "n uutions for its supply— that , in fact , any foreign supply stould be oaly supplementary to our home produce .
Mr . Ei . phinstone contended that tho only way in which they couid hope to relieve the existing distress wits by a repeal'of tha Corn Laws . Mr . ( J . Heatucute said that tho arguments , of Sir R . Peel were much niorc forcible for maintaining tho present law than fuv the alteration he propescd to effect in it . He was in favour of a graduated scale of duties , but he was of opinion that the proposed measure would not ba satisfactory to tns a ' gricuUu ist , a \ though , placed as they now were , they inust be content to accept the best bargain this ? could get . :
Mr . LEADER gave his hearty support to tho motion of Mr . ViUiers , and contcuded that the working classes won . ' opposed to the Corn Lwa , though many of them thought it was bbtUr to direct their tfljut * . to get rid of what they very appropriately ' termed ' class legislation" at once ; iu -which case the Corn Laws would f ; ill with other laws , perh : ip 3 equally obnoxious . The working classes , in fact , thought , with Franklin , that thtse restrictive laws on trade were political blunders or jobs , perpetrated for the advancement of a particular class . Mr . MAi . NW'AliiNG said he must oppose a motion which ccuid cot fail to be ruinous in its cpnsequsnces to tt » e best interests of the country .
Mr . BrotuehtON said , that in the manufacturing distrtt 3 the merchai t 3 were ruined , ihe manufacturers bankrupt , and the operatives starving . All this he attributed . to the operation of the Corn Laws , and expressed his conviction that their repeal would confer essential benefit on the community . He csuid not look upon this measure as a concession to the people . The Corn Law was iu its nature unjust , and they , had no right to call that a concession which waa only the partuU restoration of a light The ogriculturista Nirete but
sr . id to be the best custamerscf the manufacturers , if a luan went into a draper ' s shop , and Tobbed hia tili of a shilling , and then came back and spent sixpence , tie draper would not be apt to think him a very good , customer . Tke Hon . Member referred to an attack which he said was made by Mr . PertanA on a tormer , evening upon himself , Mr . C , obden ,: end others ,, and said that so far from Mr . Cobden . working his miil . a day and night , with cruelty to the operatives , tft his own . great advantage , as Mr . Ftrraud described bim , the fact was that Mr . Cobden new had & mill ia bis life .. Aa to
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himself he was esid to hare gf own enormonsiy rich in * he same way , wn ^ -eas in truth bis iJchw consisted in tho ttT ^? eflS 9 ^ wants . -,- . - Mr , FE ^ : ? At < C *? a ^ a letter , in -whldi ihe iaeU fae stated were co ^ taintiv ? - ' ¦ : Lord J . MANKtiSS ffti ^ -S ^ to perceive that the 6 ebate was introduced by * i& «* J v Member for Wolverhampton , and snbssquentfy conducted , without any of the asperities which attaened t <> : £ he suhjeot out of doors , The ¦ Noble' Lord opposed ^ ii ^ motion of Mr . Viilier 3 as calculated to produce most n » techieyoua eSectv - -. - - ' . - ¦ ¦ : ¦ '' . ¦ ¦• ' - ' ¦'¦ ¦ : " ¦¦ ' .- ¦ " ' . '
Bit C . Napier szid he httdVofad forsu 83 . fixed duty becausa he thought it quiter as much * prv'tection as fee agriculturists were entitled' to expacti arid because he thought that if they hs * the fixed duty they would very soon get rid of it altogether —( gi eat laughter . ) The gallant officer stated that" according io hia calculations I 83 . would be a prohibifory duty * and intimated hia intention of voting for the iaotion of Mr . V 3 llierR ¦ - [ : '' ' : ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ,:. ' . ¦'¦ . ' : . ; " y . . Captain Berkeley regretted that this motion had been brought forward , for hie feared that it would rather retard than otherwise tho very object the Hon . © entleraan had in view . H < 3 shocJdj however , support the motion as a choice of difiicultiea . ' /¦ On the motion cf Mr . Hardy the debata was adjourned until Monday . Monday , February' 21 .
Sir JaHES Graham stated , in answer to some questions from Mr . Duncombe , that although the several important questions already before the House , togsther / withtbe financial measures , which would as soon as possible be brought forward ^ would compel the Government tfr postpone any measure bn the subject of the Poor Laws until after Easter , it was not then their intention to blink tho question , but to intfodiica a measure which BhouM not only continue the Poor Law Commission for-a- considerably longer period than one year , but incorporate saeh modifications of tlie existing measure as might be deemed expedient . He declined to enter into explanations upon matters of detail , bat would be prepared to lay his bill before the House immediately after the Easter recess . THE CORN LAWS—ADJOURNED DEBATE .
Mr Hardy , who , when the House had resolved itself into Committee on the Corn Laws , began the adjourned debate , observed that the duty on foreign corn was not maintained with a view to beiaefit the home grower any more than the duties on foreign ma-BUfactures were liiaintained with a view to beneSfc the home jnanufacfurer ; the object waa to beneSi all classes , and to keep the country independent : of foreigners for her food . The present protection -or the manufacturers was enacted by tu » landed classes , although it was their interest to get cheap goods ; but if in those days the Legislature had been chiefly composed of manufacturers , he suspected that they would have enacted no ! corresponding protection to the land . Much had been said of cotton niilla , Bold at a great
loss ; but if , under thg Corn Laws , mills had been builtr , and found proQtable till lately , tho Corn Lavra could hardly be the cause of their late depreciation . Long , too , did tha labourers enjoy good wages under the Corn Laws ; and he ' Was , therefore * in like mannerj at a loss to uoderstand how the Coin Laws could have caused the present distress of that class . The real causes of distress were in the manufacturers themselves—in the production of more goods than could be consumed . He animadverted severely on the calumnies of the Anti-Corn Law meetings , with their -pulpit agitators beating the drun ecclesiastic If he had sent round petitions , praying for an increase of wages , he could have got twice the . number of signatures which the Anti-Corn Law agitators had collected .
Colonel Fox said , he would have supported a gradual repeal of the duty ; but not being prepared-to concur in an immediate abrogation of tha whole impost , he should abstain from voting at all . Mr . LlKpsAY defended the landlords from the charge of oppression , ; and dwelt upon the tendency of Sir R . Peel ' B measnre to correct the gambling so prevalent under the present law . He would never act from party motives ' upon a subject so important as commerce ; but h 9 thought the interests of agriculture a still higher consideration .
Captain La yard could not support Mr . Villiers ' s resoJution , but was desirous of a fixed duty . ' The land in this country paid a less propoition of the public burdens than in several of the continental states . He admitted the , benevolence and bounty of the English landlords ; . he did not charge them with injustice or inhumanity , but with ignorance . The handwriting was on the wall , and the kingdom was departing from them . Mr . Smytiie had no doubt that if the auti-Corn Law principle were pushed to the ex reme > and corn put on tha footing of tobacco , the revpnue would be much increased ; but was that a principle for a Siinibter to act upon against such a body as the agricultural intsrest ? On the other baud , he would beseech the agrieultnrists to remember how . mnch nittnufactures had done for their « wn rental and the country ' s prosperity . " He grieved to hear that the people were suffering from over-production—that is , over-industry ; and he .. hailed this measure'as the . first instalment of a sounder policy in
commerce . Mr . Macaulay controverted the opinion expressed : by SirR . Peel , that cheapness of food wae not always a blessing to the people . It was always a blessing to them , though not of itself alone sufficieut to their happiness . To show that in a country like Prussia , which , within living memory , had been so cf cen and so wide y t&e seat tf war , the people were in a state of less comfort than in this secure land , was not a . proof that P / ussia had no advantago in the cheapness of her food . He himself might just as well take the opposito extreme by iiistancing Ohio , were cheap corn and high wages were co- ? xisti : « t . As to independence of foreign supply , that it was impossible in any country where , as in England , corn is dearer than in the neighbouring states . Sir R . Peel had declared his preference cf a casual over a const : ! nt dependence , but he himaeif preferred a
constant dependence to a casual one , for a constant dependence would be mutual . Sir R . Peel ' s pi in allowed us access , in t be years tf dependence , only to those places where it was conftsscd that the harvests were likely to fail simultaneously with our own , and excluded us from commerce with America , where t ' jc seasons were not thus coincident . Yet even when jfche continental system of Bonaparte was at its height , we had imported intJ England , from the very territories under his control , agreater quantity of corn than in any previous or eucceeding period . He enlarged on the iinpolicy of forcing the foreign growers of corn to exchange their Own plonghs for pur looms . He denied that there was : iuj thing of principle in the Government measure ; but he was not disposed now to tako away , ac ^ cording to the tenour of Mr . Villk-rs ' s resolution , all protection fi om agriculture , and should therefore abstain ironi voting .
Mr . S . WORTLEY combated the opsnien that the labourers would be mateiially benefited by the cheapening of corn . He quoted Adam Smith hnd Ricardo '' to show . that wages are regulated not solely by the proportion between the supply of labour and the demanii for it , but also by the price of the labourer ' s food . Jf thus the reduction of the price ; of cuin should occasion a proportionate reduction in the wsg . es « f labour , the labourer would be l ^ ft on the whole with no greater command than before over the enjoyments o lif < 3 . He then noticed the argument of thoso who had said , that if-. by the importation of foreign pror . uce the firmer should be driven from his present occupation , he could transfer his capital to some other business , and exposed the unreasonableness sf such a suggestion .
Mr , Mitchell said , he had cou&alted many persons on the scheme of the Right Hon . Baronet ,, and had found the general opinion to be , that though it did not go so far as many desired , it was at ail -bVCLti a great improvement in the existing law . > lr . C . BULLER said the grtat objection to the present corn law was its manifest injustice . Tfee landownersdisclaimed all selfish motives in maintaining this law ; but at lease the fact was that the law had the effect of raising their rents ; and so of throwing suspicion upon their characters . He did not know wbat was meant by overproduction , lathing had b-zeu produced but by capital iand labour , which were waiting for that employment . Since 1821 there had bten an increase of more than 4 , 000 , 000 in the population , and for no part of that increase had our own
agriculture furnished any provisions ; their whole maintenance had been provided by our manufactures . Surely you ought not to prevent these increasing mu'fcltudes from resorting to the agriculture Of foreign countries . He could not , however , voto with Mr . Vi . lierd for the total and : immediate repeal of the duty . He thought that the agricuUur'il interests did bear exclusively some burdens , for which , beiug peculiar to themselves , they ougbt to he compensated . But a still stronger argument against a total and . immediate repeal wou d be found in the vested ictsrests which such " a rept-al would instantaneously destroy , interests not of landlords only , but of farmers , and of labourers . The mischief itself would be most injurious ; the alarm consequent npiin it still more-so . But these were not reasons for a sliding scale , for they w « e not circumttances of a fiuctuitting character . :
Mr . HOPE observed , that all the arguments attempted by the manufacturera were as nothing , unless they could disprove the fact of over production . Be expressed his indignation at the tons taken against ths landlords by the anti-Corn Law agitators . The principle of these petaens weuld annihilate our agriculture , and reduce us to a -roerely mannfactnring population , dependent altogether on foreigners for aubaistance . ¦ .. ' . ¦ "¦ .- ; " . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ., ; . -. . - ¦ . , ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦ Mr . RICE wished that tho fixed duty proposed by the late (^ jvernment had been accepted ; it would have been better than the plan now offered , which , however , had this merit , and a meiit it wad , that it pleased no patty . He thought Mr . yiliicrs ' a proposal a dangerous one , and would vote sgainbt it . .:
Mr . MitNES remarked upon the ineonsistency of Mr . C . Buller , in declaiin ^ the-principle of the Corn Law te be unjubt , and jet proposing to postpone its abrogation . For his own part , he was convinced that no necessity now existed for the proposed repeal ; and if such a necessity should at ssme futhre time be brought on , ho was by no means salisned that the country would gain by the change . The landlord might possibly be unable ta ; stand , but 5 f he fell , he would bring down the fundholder with him . It was no amall prake to the Kight Hon . Baronet that he had proposed only \« fea . ibe . wa * lik « ly : ' -U cany—not throwing oat
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hopes and promises which he could not falfll , sad which it was unbecoming in a statesman to pat forth . He owned ha should have liked a still larger measure of reduction ; but he rejoiced to see the growing tea ^ - dsney inward freedom of trade . ¦ Mr WaivI'EY said it was only in the Honie of Commons that this stfyect was treitsd- as difficult to ba understood ; the people V"t of dojrs nuderstood it perfectly . Your protection was only to the lanulorda ; tha labourers had none ; they werd left in ft state of deplov rable destitation . Protection had been taken from manufactures '' ; you should have begun Ttith food . The ctPntry was how in actual insecurity , st ? feverish was the putMc mind on the subject . He agreed with thosa who thougut thetraa remedy was to remodel ttsafieuse
of Commons . . The landed interest corapained of their especial bardena ; they called the poor-rate a burden , when they o « i ? ht to deem the relief of the poor > ' . pfeesure . The highway rate , also , was called a burden on the landed interests but it was a burden for their own pleasure and profit ; and withbnt roads he fcnew not what would betoaie of rent ^ . Tithe , too , was called a bnrden oil tbtt tended interests . Strange that they Bheuid designate ^ the 1 maintenance of the Church a burden I What had the pjopi ? got by the changa ef Ministers ? . A cbntianaticxs of the Corn Law . He wonld not deny that the he * ' law was an improvement on the old ono : it wou 3 j 5 M 3 ke the trade in corn
more regalar ; but ; he did not relive it wodd lower prices by one sixpence a quarter . Your Corn Law was a curse upon the country ; the master infamy of all the world . The poor had only their Isbour to feed 6 h « m ^ and you forbade them to buy theS food from tiis cheapest market Ho was sent hithevl > y 270 , 000 " per * sons to demand justice to the poor . They were resolved to use passive resistanco until they shoali get a rem ^ djr by reforming the Reform Bill . Sir R . fiel ha ^ great abilities , and commanded great means . and powers . He might benefit , not only England , but the whole habitable globe . If he failed to do so the failuriTrouM be * fearful one :
Mr . Muniz -doubted whether Sir R . Peel was justified in taking , the government if he had nothing better than this to produce ; but he was sa fettered that h » could hot do the good bb desired . The land was eef ' tainly entitled to protection , but not in this- shape , Two-thirds of . the labourers of this -couritry were Well paid ; but the- remaining third , who were ctuployed'in the manufacture of articles for expdrt , werei in tf state of woful destitution . Hu then read some extracts from a pamphlet against the C ^ rn Laws ,. publiahed s « aie years- ago , and attributed to Sir J . Grahr . ju ; : ftTtar which he aiitered into some conshierationa upon the Connexion of the com question with the qusstion of currency . . , ¦' - . ,. - ¦ .:... ; ' ' ¦ '• • ¦ - . '• ' ¦¦ : ' ¦ - ' ; '" ;¦ ¦ : ' ¦'•¦ ¦ Mr . S . Cbawford moved the adjournment of the debate to Tuasday . The House then adjourned . / Tuesday , Feh . %% In reply to a question from Mr . Hindley ,
Sir Roberi Peel reiterated , on the part of tba government , an expression of strong sympathy witBt the present Government of Spain , his hope that it wouid be ablp to maintain itself free from foreign interference , and his conviction that , on the whole , ifc was conducive to the civilizition and prosperity of the ? country . . ¦"¦ ¦ .- ' - : : . ¦ -.- ' . ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ - ; : The Chancellor of the Exchequer statad that the ( J ) yerhnient intended to take measures to remedy the deficiency in the gold eoinage . The House went into Committee on the Corn Law »> and - ' ¦ " . ¦¦ '¦ . . ¦' -.: ¦ -: ' .- "¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦¦ ¦ -, - , ¦ - " - .. ¦ . - " ' .- : . ' Mr , Sharma . v Crawford resumed the adjourned debate , expressing hiniseif ttrongly in favour of a repeal of protective duties . Mr . Marmn entered into seme statements involving calculations , " showing that the landed interest bore a larger share of the public burdens than other classes of the community , " such as the manufacturing . .
Mr . FREDERteK ViLtiERS explained , that Mr . Villier ' s motion , though , from the : introdnction of tha word " now , ' ' ' ' . it' 'demanded the immediate repeal of protective ' . duties ' , yet , " . nevertheless , there ' . was' no wish on the part of- either the mover or its supporters toinjure the landed interest , by refusing proper time for thechange . ' - ' - ¦ ¦ . -. - . '¦ " . . ' . . •• ' :. '¦ -: ' . ; ' -. / - ¦;; Sir Charles Burrell quoted "; the opinion of Mr . Canning , that he had never heard the landlords'case answered . . Mr . Powell agreed with Sir Charles Burrell that the : discussion in the House should be conducted without asperity , but the example of it came from tho opposite side of tho House . Air . Or an by conftitiered that while deeply sympathising with the distress in the manufacturing districts . it was the bounden duty of the House to take caro not to increase that t ' . istress by repeallvR the Corn Laws .
Mr . Morgax J , O'Connell preferred a fixed duty to a Sfliding scale ; but viewing the subject with reference to principle , and its influence ou the interests of the conntry , he would go farther , and vote for Mr Villera' motien .. . . ; . . ' ¦ ¦' : ¦ - Sir Fn . Ai'Cis Bordett -was convinced , from facts which had come to his knowledge , that the Government proposition had given satisfaction to a great portion of the agricultural community . The landed interest was lienouneed , both without and within the House ; yet the landowners ,. lnstead of being griping , avaneioua
personages , were contented with a very moderate retuni for their outlay . Sir Robert Peel's measure would certainly not materially reduce the price of wheat in this country ; but he was surprised to hear our dntresa , especially the derangement of the currency , attributed to tlie Corn Laws , when the very reverse was the ease . It "waa not . -tha money p » lo » of corn , but the excessiva competition of labi > urfcrs , which caused the distress among the working classes in this country , ' that excessive conipe'titioh being mainly brought about by '' Irish immigrant '' . '¦ . He wncluded by vindicating the character of the landed proprietore .
Lord DUKGAN nffirmed that every hour protection to exclusive interests was kept up added to the difficulty of our circumstances . Unjust taxation lost us America . Mr . Sxanion expressed ; himself strong y in favour of the working classts , and would cheerfully join in any measure for their benefit .-; Mr . P . M . SXEWAR . T expressed bis own surprise , aad that of his constituency , that Sir Robert Peel had failed to perceive thb connection between bur pernicieus commercial pallcy , csptqial y bur Corn and Provision Laws , and the univereul distress . No wonder , after c-uch a denial of the connection , of cause and effect , that we had obtained so small an improvement on the present system . As to the peculiar burdens of the landowners , what were they > Tithe ? When an estate was bought subject to tithe , the purchaser onlybought nine-tentha—the tithe was not his . Landed property contributed largely to the poor and
county , rates , but personal property paid heavy stamp dn ties , from which real property had been exempted .. The account wias , that there were special burdens to the extent of twelve hundred thousand pounds , arid special fexemptions to the 6 Xtent of two millions . In 1828 , Sir R . Peel liad declared , that it was then qnite clear that Britain did not grow enough for its inhabitants ; how stpod the case now , with our increased population , or liow cou'd Sir Robert P » jel now reconcile his present argument , that it was worth while to pay something to be independent of other countries ? la 1 S 33 , Mt , Stewart had voted with Mr . Hume for a fixed duty , with a view to . a free thvde . in corn , and had tK-ne so along with -Sir Francis Bordett ; and now with a view to-the name object , he would vote for Mr . Villiers's motion . Sir Roi > crt Peel ' s measure might take . its place on tho-iitatuta-book , but the question was not thereby settled . : ¦ '¦¦ .
Mr , Wooi > noiJSE frerfy conceded , that if the ^ Com Laws could be proved to have been detrimental to the general -iii ' tereet' of the community , they ought to bo repealet !^ ;¦ ; '¦' / / : ' . " ; " . : . ;; - ¦' ¦ ¦ . " . ' ' . . ' ¦'"; Mr . MitNER Gibson was afraid that whateverniight be the number of signatures to anti-Corn La ^ r petitU'i : s no number wbatevier would induce seme Hori : Members to assent to their prayer . Mr . EscpTT rose amid eries of" divide . " He thought that before Mr . Villiers called en the House to repeal the present law , he should provo tbat it was tho cause of the existing distress , and that ^ ta repeal would iiot produce gr «; iter misery . . , Mr . Ewari moved the adjournment of the dabate at five minutes to twelve .
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ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE UPON A YOUXG ENGLISH LADY AT PARIS . A recent occurrence at the Hotel Bedford , Paris , in which the Banctity of the bedchamber of a young English lady of family and fortune haa been violated under circumitunees so £ ggravate < i as to be almost without a parallel , has created the most extraordinary sensation among the families of the nobility and gentry of Devonshire , to many of whom she is personally known . It would appear , from the facts contained in the following " p ain , unvarnished" statement , which comes from one of the parties interested in the matter , that the scher ;; e sf obtaining possession of this young lady ' s person and foitune had for some time past been in coutemplatiuii by the adventurer C , and that he had deliberately laid his plans for accomplishing the object which was so Bignally frustrated by thehereic conduct and resolute firmness of the lady and her maid : —
The heroine cf this extraordinary romance of real life is . Miss B ., the heiress to extensive property , and a member of one of the oldest and most wealthy families in the county of Devon . In the autumn of last year she met Air . and Mrs . D ., at Hightield House , Devonshire , who , after this meeting , paid great attention to her , frequently calling upon her at her residence in C n Terrace , Exeter , and expressing the most friendly sympathy with regard to her health , which was at the time in a delicate state , iu cons-, quence of the recent loss of two members of her family . They expressed thfinselves extremely anxious that she shon'd take a trip with thtin , urging that , as her spirits were depressed , it would do her good . Tliey , on one occasion , brought C . with . them , and , as it is alleged ,
introduced him to Miss B . as a man of fortune ; and a person named H . was also introduced as an old friend of theirs . Mrs . D . entreated Miss B . to go to London for the benefit of her health . She subsequently did come to town , and was introduced to Lord and Lady IV * . P . Mr . and Mrs . D . several times proposed a trip to Pnris , which Miss B . at length assented to , on condhion that Lord and Lady W . P . should accompany them . On the 15 th of January the party left London for Paris , consisting of Miss B ., Mr . and Mrs . D ., Mr . C , Mr . H ., Miss H ., and Misa S . ( daughter of Mrs . H . by a former marriage ) . Oa their arrival at-F ' aria they took up their abode at the Hote ; Bedford , tho scene of the late scandalous proceeding , wh 6 re they lived in great style , with f « ur carriages and a retinue of servants , Lord and
Lady W . P ., with their three sens , having joined them in the French capital . It had b « en arranged that C . should he caterer , and have the ordering and directing of matters and the payment of the accounts , the others repaying him their respective shares . In tV . is way matters wunt on until Friday , the 28 th of January , on the . evening of which day , Mr . C . treated the servants of Miss B . ( naiErly )—Charlotte , her maid , Chapman , her butler , and a French servant named Fransois , to the Opera , having obtained at his own request , a ^ a particular favonr , Miss B . ' s permission to do bq . He also , it appears , made arrangements that aft = r the performances they should go to a restaurant and have supper , intteaa of coming directly home to tho hotel . Chapman , however , a prudent y ^ ung man , said to the maid at the
conclusion of the Opera , " Char otte , I think ytu had better return to your mistr . ss ; " and she went home to the hotal accordingly . About half-past twelve o'clock , Miss E . went to her chamber , accompanied by her maid , but did not retire to bed until much later , the maid having sat for some time at work , and Miss B . sitting up writing Istter 3 until about half-past two . The maid always slept in the same room with her mistress ; and on thenigLt in question slept in the samo bed , in consequence of Miss B . having sat up until her feet we e cjld . Shortly after they were in bed Miss B . thought she beard a noise , and told her maid Chariutte to look and see whav it was . She replied that she could not see anything , and supposed that it was the noise of a piece of wood failing into the grate ; for there was a
light in the room and ttie ure burning . Neither of them h ; id been asleep . Shortly afterwards Miss B . heard a noise a second time , and en looking up , exclaimed in much alarm , " Gaod God , Charlotte , tflere ' a a man in the roBiu . " Ch&Tlotte Beeing at once who he was , called out , " Mr . C . what do you do htro ? " He replied , " Hold your tongueB ; hoi J . your nuise , no one will bear you or come to your assistance , whatever noise you make . " Upon this Mias B ., in a tone of extreme indignation , Eaid , " Wbera am I , that I am to be thus treated ?• ' Both Miss 0- ar . d ber maid , with great courage :. nd presence of mind , flsw to tho bell aad rung it , but C . immediately brck « down the rope and said , " I
oi . ly wish to speak to you , Miss B . " She replied , ' You can have nothiag to say to mo here , in such a j > iacs , and at such an hour ; you must bs a vi 21 ai ; i thus to enter a gentlewoman ' s chamber , and I command you instantly to leave my presence . " He cooliy audtd , " I . will not leave , neither ahali you ; " and Miss B . said , " Then I'll throw niyselt eut of the window , for 1 will not remain in the same room with such a wretch as you ! " At this moment the maid broke a pane of giass in th « s window , ai . d both screamed " zuurdtr ! " which alarmed the house . Upon some porsor . s calling from outside to know what was tho matter , h& told them " that the servant had invited him ii : to her
room , and now wanted to get rid of him . " Wnile he was speaking t- > them the maid got the door open , MissB . mado her escape from the room , although C . struggled with the maid , and attempted again to bylt it Miss B . BUtes , that in ber flight some person attempted to turn her back , but she cried out , " For God ' s sake save me ; " and the rettof the house being now aroused , she was allowed to pass on . Miss B states , that Mr . D ., on hearing what had occurred , said to her , " The Bcoundrel—the vagabond ! I'll act as your brother in tae morning , and shoot him like a sparrow ! " In the morniM , however , both ladies and gentlemen requested her to grant Mr . < 3 . an interview , saying that fie waa
willing to fall upon his knees and implore her forgiveness . She resolutely and pointedly replied that she wouid never again see him unless it wtru to see him pusished for his infamy , adding , tiiat tho sian must be a viilain who would endeavour to obtain a woman for his wife -without her consent . Misa B . declared that the had never given , and never would give , Mr . C ., tuo slightest encouragement as a suiter . She tben placed herself under the protection of Mrs . Lawaon , the wife of the proprietor of the hotel and quilted Paris for London the next day , attended by her servants . In one of the early Btattmeate of this affair , it was represented that C . entered the bed of Miss B ., bnt this isiaflt toue ,
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ExTRAORDiNARV Invitation , -r " Mr . Eichard Shacki-li very kindly invites those persons who have already taken a . part of his turnips , from .. a field known by the name of Town ^ end field , to attend ou tho said premises between tho hours of ten as ^ twelve o'clock this'day . When he will be there for tho purpose of delivering the remaining part , duly the persoiis who have taken the othcra will be a ^ pected . " The above was published by tho crior through the village of : ? SanipfordPeverellj on the 21 stOf January ^ — Western Times .
Approved K £ medie 3 eoE every MAiADV . — Fora fit of passion : Walk out in tho open air , y _ ou may sptak your mind to tho winds without hurting anyone , : or proclaiming yourself a siinpleSon .. JFbr a fit of idlentes i . Coun : the t . ckings of a . lock ; do thiat . for oiie hour , and you will begin to paJl off your coat , the next , and work like a negro . - . £ to a fit of extras vagance and ' fclly : Go to the wotkhouse , or spaafc with the ragged inmates of a gaol ,, and you wiU J . hft convinced ' [ "Wio makes hit bed of brigand thorn , Must be conieht to lie forloin . "
For a fit of ambition : Go into , the caurchyai 4 . and read thei . ' grayfstones ; they will tell you ihe . and of ambition , the ^ rave -will soon be y our bedc ^ ajoiber , the eaitfh your pillow , corruption your father , asd the worm your raot . her . aud your Bister . Fos a fit of repining : Lojk about for the halt and t&o blind * and visit , the bedridden ^ and afflicted , ami dtranged ; and they will make you ashamed ot coEjplaining of yourlighter afflictioos * Gaution to EiiioiwiM . —A correspandent desire us to caution these parties who ii \ tead leaving this country for tae United States 05 Canada not to engage to " ba found with provisions '' by the sappingagents , but bj all means te find their own j > attd in no case to ship with such designipgeharaoters if it can be avoided ,. or purchase provisions c * other necessariesi for outfit at their stores , as to $ y are sure to be 4 mi | 08 ed upon should oppottuu ^ y offer . Of cbursfr ! tliia does net apply to ctsbin passenger * vfuese ( Bnga geniOTU : § r § with thQ oapt&JR of tf !» 9 WiP *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct743/page/3/
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