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MR . ROEBUCK AND HIS CONSTITUENTS . ( From our oxen Correspondent .. ) On Wednesday , April 27 th , a public meeting -was convened in the large Banquet Room of the Guildhall , Bath , for the pxpress purpose cf hearing an explanption from Mr . Roebuck , Member fer the city , in regard to bis conduct in voting "with the Tones for Sir Robert Peel ' s income tax . Many of the middle classes felt much annoyed at such conduct ; and on hearing that such w * s the case , Mr . Roebuck resolved at once up * n calling the present meeting , for the purpose just alluded to . The Editor of the Bath Journal rebuked the Hon . Member on account of tbis ^ nnoxious Tots , and hence much disapprobation Tm > felt regarding it .
Mr . Roebuck's address , -which -was issued in the early part of the week , to the electors . and non-electors , entreated them to suspend their judgment on his conduct till they had heard a fair explanation from him . Hence the meeting was looked forward to with much interest ty all parties . He -was to commence at one o ' clock in the day , and long before that time the spacious room began rapidly to fill , and when the speaking commenced the' room "iras so densely threnged that numbers were glad to get away from the excessive heat . Mr . Roebuck was received 'with great applause .
Mr . Wm . Hvnt , the late Mayor , was unanimously appointed to the office of Chairman . He opened ' the business in a short speech , by way of explaining ; the object for "which the meeting "was called . They were conTtned at the invitation of one of their respected members , -who was desirous of explaining to them his reasons for taking the course he had d » ne in the present session of Parliament . The invitation , to B » y the least ef it , was highly honourable , and illustrstive of his political integrity . tCnet-raj He ( ihe Chairman ) ¦ was persuaded that they would receive him in that , spirit of candonr , and with that respectful attention ¦ which was always due to a member tf Parliament from his constituents . At the same time , no feeling of respect ouiht to lead them to forget that Mr . Roebuck
¦ w as holding a responsible office . Af ttr making a few-. more remarks on this head , the Chairman said Mr . j Roebuck should be allowed first to make his explanation uninterrupted ; after that , any gent . eman would j be at liberty to submit any question to him , or advance- ! any arguments to the meeting , ( cheers . ) j Mr . Roebtck now came forward and was again j received with enthusiastic cheers . He said he had taken ' en the present occasion a somewhat remarkable conrse , j TFhxh was almost novel among us ; but it was one j which he thought might not be bad as an txample . In ; the r . ischarge of a great public duty , it happing of j necessity , that many parties from misapprehension" and I mis-instrucs on , do not always undi-rstand what hasi
betn done in their name ; and therefore he who acts for the people ought , on every occasion , for his own sake as well eb for the sake of those for whom he is i acting , to explain to them distinct y what hs had done j in their name . It might be that he ha < i done * 5 Toni > ; i and if so , he couid do himself no injury , if really > honest , by statins openly what he had done , discussing i it calmly and furly with all parties , and then , taking j that new light which had been afforded him by such discusiion , act according to the best of his judgment , ! leaving the ultimate decision with those from whom he had derived his power —< . cheers . ) That was the course he should take on that occasion . The objections that ; had been made to him had come entirely iiom his " btst ; friends , in 3 spirit so kind , so absolutely affectionate j
that be hoped all Nr&nld believe him when h 9 S 3 id that thfre was nothing in Ms mind bat kindness and gratitude for those who had told him what they had . He came there in the spirit of enquiry and perfect ca idour ; and was about to address himself to all parties , anil to ask them whether the line of conduct he had pursued , deviated from-that line of integrity which should be the gte&l attribute of all who represented the peopie ? and nest whether—if having acted according to his light , he had acted in consonance with the feelings an . d interests of his constituents ?—( hear , hear ) The objection taken against bi 3 conduct were twofold ; one aross from personal consderation , and which he would first aLuie to and dismisss ; the other , a-s it was a public matter , he would dwell upon more at large . Tfie first
objection wss chst m the pursuit of his profession he had been abs-ntfroin the House of Commons It was true that he had b ? en absent , but they ssoold regard this objection as applying privately to himself . When they e : ected him , it was well known to eTt-ry man who gave his vote fiat hs was Eeekin ? to gaiu for himself an honourable competence by an honourable profession . ( Crit 3 of Trus , true . " and cheers . ) In ihe perfect knowledge of this , and knowing the inci-ients of that prcf .-ssioa , ( and without which no man could carry it on , ? certain nectssary absences from L"iulon upon the ds < : z ; s of the country , ttey [ the electors ; had chosen him r . 3 one of their Trprese . ' . t-ilives . The Honourable Member next proceed *! to p ^ int out the great importance of having in tee legislature men" of
aH sorts of profession , of which none , he said , was of mure importance 10 the legislature than he wko was to carry the law into eSVct as a lawyer . As a member t f that profession , they had elected him , and ha ha > i jur-Eued the course which every one of that distinguished profession had pnr > ued when elected io sit in Parliament . Never since the Parliament had sat tfils stssion bad there been a nitht , when he was in London , that he liad not attended it , and had s-looni left h before midnight . iCries of " Duncoiabt ' s laotion . " " no , no ; " wh'le this was going on , Mr . R . stepped from the floor or form on which he stood to the table . " ; He proceeded next to remark tiiat the persons who had "written to him in reference to -his conduct were those to whom he was under the deepest obligation . ( Cries
cf " give the litters , give the names . ") And he did not in the least exaggerate when he said that they are the persons for whom , in this world , he had almott the great-ast rerard . He disnrssed this matter by saying that they ( the electors ; knew what tSsy were about "when they elected him ; that they tad got the consequences , and mutt put up with them . Cheers , and laughter , ; The Ho : curable and Learned Gentltmin next applied hims .-f to what he called the more important psrt of the bniiEeis—a jastiSeation cf his conduct in the House of Commons during the present session . He had be-. n ene who allowed , andvery properly allowed Sir Robert Perl time to consider anil mature his plans . But he did m . t entertain the use . fcss hope that with the present House of Cjuixn - 'ns , they ihou . d
have a liberal Administration . He had , therefore , said to himself , it is now his duty to make ; the best of the bad , and to get all the good he con d , on * of th . present circumstances , fortba peopie —( slight cheering ., The Prime Minister had said . I am Cjiiue Eswjy into my S 3 it . ; 1 desire t me to look around me , and 1 heps that tune will be granted , so ttmt I may have time to do the bts : in my po ^ r . " He ( Mr , B- > said that ¦ was a jast demand , -nd that be would be no par-- ? to the cn .-t 23 Lng him of that wLicb he aske . 1 for— ijsaelj , tims to perfect his measure ? . In so acting , be ' t- ' he speaker , had givt-n offence ; but if ths people calmiy . eonsidrred and fairly tstiniated "what was the position cf Sir Robert P--e ' ; , they would n » t blame him ; Mr . Rebecks . He tbos ^ tiv it to . t * his duty Id civs the
Prims jiicut-ir a c := ar staae , though he b-u no favour fcr himself— .. isniibtsr an' } cheers , j To the first proposition cf the Right Hon . Bironet ( his alteration o ; the Com LafTs : he i . a !"; £ : v _ n his most ardent , vtheisieii ' . opposition . In so doing , hs supposed he b _ id"givi ; n no ^ ff ^ nc-e to his constituents—ilauactcr . ) They dtbircd free trade in ihs Srit grdat necessary of life ; and he sincerely beiicvc-d that he represected not mer-ly the-Bujonty of thosd who v >> teJ fjr him at the last ejection , but t ' ae majority of thc ^ se of the non-eltcto-s- of ihi : i city , when he stepped somewhat onward in the iijiTch of liberality , and demanded a perfect free tra ^ e in cora—iChcers . ; He didn ' t think he had given ofiVnce in that . He cause next to th 5 fiuincial iuta ? ure 3 of Sir Robert Pc-tl . Th-y were to coniiecr
the circumsianccs in uhich he wns placed , and then to ask themselves toe question whether the comiuct fee ha-i vurmed waa nol hone-t , wise , anijast ? There ¦ was a detici-ucy in th ? t-jvciiu ^ amounting to four millions , admitted by all parries- Sir Robert said it must be paid , and it was assented to by the bench opposite He iMr . R ) obj ? c e'l t > ti- ' ^ t , ana said it ougui 1 > bs sav-r . - l—\ hear . ac < i ch-.-::= j ;—but so use' ^ ss was his proposition , so th « jrou < ciy unsupported oa bo : a sides cf the house that he wa > to »! ly unable to Jje- m-ore than that pit ' . ent Si « t of a bear . ii ^ wh . ch it W £ is s-oiuetiHcs , or a ' nia ^ t a ; ways , his fat = to gtt ia that H :.-use . sntt fyr whieh fce -was much or . ' nrtfl to it . It vrouid have be = a useless in his rtividixii the Hi use , ss be sb' -n ! 1 no : have bien Evn-u ' -rted bj more ttion a oozrn p-rVons
liza Hod . Gentleman sinl he was desirous of ipeakiru of tae late a . miisiaintinn in tte kindest way ; his oi'jsct w = s to TT . n friends , to on ^ lnte « nemit 3 , and to dt ; uway with misc ¦ mc ? ptioc . Ho pouittd out tbg ina-ltquacy uf the ra-asu t 3 of Lord John Ru&scil to make up for tie deficiency in the rcvenus . They Were o&j : 2 t : > 4 to pjy t * e itebl aii'i S : r Itiije-t proposed to ^ o two thing 3 ; first , he wouVi-t-iX property and income , aud sj j- riiirve the c-rmniereial iu-er ^ t 3 of tbe country . He MCepte i that proposition— chters mingled with hi-sin ? - ) ' He « r-j « rc ' -rd to extnv . isanii-xpeniiitDre ; bat though he rtii , he was cot ii > tmni to ; tbereror ; , he did the sic-jr-1 best thing—and aavised to pay at the le ^ st O 33 t to the people , which was to pay the money dirtctly and aui t > y lean , fer that was tfce worst , uf all
poa .-ibl 2 nsoJcS of relief : it was 1-kea man wh > . sesing baiikrup ' . cs at , the tnA of the year , went on borrowuig all the twelvemonth : bankruptcy must come at lart tetfjid more Matrons by being thus put off . Tcry weli , we were agreed that it shculd be paiu 2 iow % Sir Ro-btrt Peel proposed to pay it in two waysbv a tax on fixed property , and by a tsx on income . He \ Mr . R i agreed to tha * , proposition , upon th <* condition : fix-d property w * s cf more value than fluctuating property ; regulate your tax with regard to this circumstance , and it wili then be an honest , a just , and a straightforward proceeding— ( cheers . 1 He would give his humble ciesd of praise to the Right Hon . Gentleit bo
man , as hp . vir . ^ done dly honestly . His friends behind fcvru did not ax ail relish it—( laughter . ); The speaker welt on to justify the line of policy pur- ; sued by Sir Robert Peel , and said he felt t ' jf influence of ine age ; tiiua . - iTitii Jl Its concurrer . t circunj .-taDCcs ,- ' ¦ was pressing upi-n his niiml . He "was respunvib ' . s ; ' and the responsibijity pressing on him , a clear-iigLt- ; ' ! , sagacious man , he avw that-he ^ vas really doii-g tfce : best for his owa party and for evtrjbody else— cries cf j " Is he honest ?'') He ; the speaker ) could not dive into , men ' a minds- All ha cvdd do was to take things as ; they come , and to judge t , f in-iividaa ! acts—cheers .: It was foi Oae alone to di ? e into the human heart- -He
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Sittikg Up asd Down . —In a recent conrersalio between two ^ e > liemen , on the ?> ibj ct of ^ fing u at mghs , with th- tick , one of them remark-d tb . 2 he could not " stand sitting up , ' to which the otht vexy gravely rtplieo , that he did not mind " biuin up , if he could he down . " Takixg a Soda Powder . —An individual v ? h had never seen the process oi mixing a soda pawdt performed , was ordered by his pbjsician to drin soda water . A box of powders was according ] obtained from the druggist , and iho acid diisolve
¦ in one nimbler and the sada in another , as pe : direction . With sundry contortions oi" the face , th < acid-wa . 3 turned oil , and theft the soda poured int < his stomach alter it . The acid and aikah iueetin < in that confined region , and finding it too smal fc > r their lively operations , boiled over as a matte : of course . The poor fellow thought it was certain !; his day of dooia when ho felt the pother withii him . and found the foam spouting from his mout ! and nose , like steam from a safety valve . The nex -time lie took & soda powder , he was like the Irish man wlien ha cst : ^ h' a second suake— "He let i alone , "—Baltimore Visitor-
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NATIONAL CONVENTION . Friday , April 29 . Mr . Duncan in the chair , Mr . Leach vice chair . Secretary read over the names , and Messrs . Phllp , Lowery , Stallwood , Harrison , Williams , Bartlett , Molr , White , M'Pherson , Beealey , Woodward , O'Connor , Duncan , Doyle . O'Brien , Campbell , Pitkethly , Ridley , and Roberts were present . The minutes were then read and confirmed . Mr . Balrstow reported from the committee for procuring the release of the political prisoners , that in an interview they had with Mr . Buncombe , he had suggested the propriety of waiting on the Members cf Parliament for those places where the parties bad been arrested , and that they intended adopting the suggestion .
Mr . Pitkethly reported that he had waited on Mr . Dan combe respecting the depntation of the working classes being heard at the bar of the House of Commons , and that he wished a deputation to wait on him the easning day at 12 o ' clock , to put him . in information of the state of the country , that he might give the more argent reasons for the depution being heard . He had likewise waited on Mr . Mantis , ' who was rather crotchety at first , but agreed to support Mr . Duncomoe ' s motion . Mr . Crawford also without hesitation agreed
to Bupport it They had got a lithographic circular which they intended Bending to the various M . P ' s who might be likely to support it He had also waited on Mr . Williams , member for Coventry , who suggested that they should embody their vtews on the release of the political prisoners , in a petition , and that it should be signed by the whole of the Convention , and then procure a deputation of as many members of Parliament 8 B possible to assist them in waiting on the Government authorities . He should himself be very happy to make one .
Mr . O'Brien moved , and Mr . Pitkethly seconded , that a committee of two persons be appointed to draw np an address for the above orject . Carried , and Messrs . Lowery and Bairstew were appeinted . Mr . O'Connor reported that , In company with Mr . Moir , he attended a crowaed meeting at Dockhead , which was ctmfly composed of Irishmen . The subject was the Repeal of the Union and the Charter ; and the general feeling among trie assembly was that it would be impossible to get a Repeal of the Union , unless they first obtained the Charter . Mr . 0 Connor , then paid a hit'h compliment to Mr . Moir , for the able address he delivered at that meeting . Mr . Bairst-w gave in a report of an excellent meeting he had attended , in company with Messrs . Stallwood , Campbell , and Mason , at Kensington . Mr . Woedward reported from a meeting he had attended at the Hjse , Twig Faliy .
Mr . Bairstow read a printed address from Leicester , showing the- progress of tbtir principles . Mr . Campb ' : ll read a public notice , issued by the authorities of Burnley , stating that parties bad been wandtring about the streets , demanding bread , and that if it was continued , they would subject themselves to tho penalities of the aw . Mr . Campbell also read a printed copy of a bill , issued by the inhabitants in reply , showini ; that it was impossible for men quietly to starve , ami desiring the authorities to state some means by which the unemployed population might procure a subsistence .
A letter wns read from Greenock stating their confidence in the Convention and an vising that simultaneous meetings should be held all over the country , when the fate of the petition should be decided , and that the Convention should advise the country as to what other steps should be tiken to obtain that redress , which , in the event of the rejection of the National Petition , the House wouid have dented thtiu . The letter also stated their determination to stand by the Charter eDtire , name and all , Nut , at the same time , they hailed with pl-isure the acknowledgmet . t of their principles being tha only ones adapted to the salvation of the nation by the Con ' ereuci ? at Birmingham , and would earnestly aiivise the party to join the eldest organised body—the National Charter .-issociation . It was also their opinion , that , if the petition was rejected , a remonstrance ehould be got up , numerously signed .
Mr . Morgan Wiiliims nail letters from Halifax giving a chrering account of their progress . From Birmingham , staling that the operative cordwainera had jjintd them ia a body . From Abergavenny , Newtown , and otiu-r places in Wales , containing nn account of hignuturcs , and iikewite money tor the use of the Convention . Not one t , f the Mgnatures had been received without firtt txpJaining the otj ^ ct of the petition ; nlso a letter from Gatehouse , in Gallowayshire , stating that the farmers in that district had signed the petition and likewise their servants . Ex ' Mf ts fruiu various othor letters were read , all giving ;¦ cheering aicoutit of the progress of the movement , and detailing the distressed condition of the population in their several districts . Petition Sheets Were received from the following places : —
Signatures . Signatures . Birmingham ... l ' J . ooo Abercavenny ... 613 Hackney ... 285 ShrevvsDHry ... 2 , 800 Wa ' es ... 2 , 01 ) 0 Exeter ... 3 . 000 Ynysynghaiail , Halifax 6 uO near New- CauterDury -.. 1 400 bridge 2 nd . Stafford ... 2 , 200 p-tltion ... 800 Keiguley ... 800 Glasgow ... 16 no Dunfermline ... 2 000 Ch-jiity ... 1 2 dO C . renccster ... 1 , 400 Buraiey ... 2 . G 0 O Croydon 1 , 800 Hammersmith .. l , 0 (> 0 Potteries 2 . Aher ^ uvenny ... SUO Chatham . 1 , 400
Alnvikk ... S 00 Leigh 400 D ^ Wibury ... 2 , 400 Horbury 1 , 400 D : rby ... 1 , 800 Poczince 1 , 000 >' itw Q-iUovjty . 200 Newport , Isle of Bunk Foot , vvight ... 502 Perthshire ... 400 Ha ' . fleld 200 Asblu-tuu ... 1200 Ayr 1 , 200 Barnalcy ... CS'iO Chelsea COO Potteiies ... 2 , 000 Leeds 41 . 200 Oswald Briste .. COO Keiijhley ... 11 , 000 IVolvcrharapton 3 , 000 Bsrmondsey ... S . fiOO K : rcuiibright .. 600 Lambeth 6 ' GOO Newt n hte * ard 800 Limcbouse ... 3 , 200 OWham . ... C . 800
Tho . 'uVject cf the deputation to the bar of the House < . f Commons was then token into consider-; : tii ) D . Mr . B « esley moved , and Mr . O'Brien seconded that tb-j r . tin ' iition consist of the whole Conventien . — Carriv'i . Scvcnl motions and amendments were then proposed relative t 'the number of persons to be speakers on behalf of the deputation , and the manner in which they were to he choj-en ; but they were all ultimately withdrawn , with the exception of Mr . Philp ' s;—that the speakers * h- ; uhi consist of one delegate from each district , tnd tb : < t where a district sent more than one nif . iibcr . the choice should be decided by Ballot j and an a : ii ; n <' . niMU movi-it by Mr . Lowery , t . Vat the Convenli-m thi'uid ballot for the individuals in lists of five , aa'l t ' : at t > ii-y should pp ^ ak according tj the rotation citciii ( . < 1 by the ba ! l' > .
. Mr . L jwerys motion was carried , and the ballot de-1 cir ! e <; in t ' ce following manner;—: Mfi-Ers Diif-c ' iu . L » ap . h . O'Connor , Lowery , O'Brien , j Bmatow , M Douill . Pnilp . Mason , Moir , Bee 9 ley , j M'Piierson , Harrison , D . yle , Williams , Stallwood , j White . Ki'lU ' V , -Woodwurd , and Tnomason ; the ballot i rras not fmih « r pnm .-cuted . ' A letter wa « readf . om L ^ eds , stating thatth 6 irpe-| tition h-ri received 41 ( 00 signatures , and that many ¦ nit-. re ¦ wo u ' il be procured . Mr . S ; uHwv « oil moved , and Mr . M'Pherson seconded
' -hut tl .-L- Convention atlj ' . urn until the following morni : i « : at j . ine o'clm-k , it wouid be advisable to meet on Sututv'ay , t-n acvount of thu pressure of busines ? . j The motion v .-as not carried on account of itsinvo . lvini ; in ixta fXjKi : ; e , but the members "were requested . to bo' piii .-e ' . u .-i ] in tbfir attendance at the committeei roum on the f . ;' , l"wing ni"rnirif ; . j After the nar . aiction of other minor businesa , the j Convention adjourned ut . t-1 . Monday morning at nine ! o ' clock . ! Saturday , April SO .
' Every nijiubui" was ut h-s post fully occupied in ! myki :: ^ ' i < re ] . ii : atiuus for the ensuing Monday . Upwards i uf 200 , OvO s . i .-: i < iturea wer-: receivoil from various dis-I trict-, unii th .- Petition Commiiue miijht by a superj rJcial o ' :- ? ervcr buve been tukcii for a quantity of ' . journt } ii : i-u paperliaiigers , so tiume ^ ed were they in '; re ; mis of pa ? er ami pails of paitt . The petition will i indetd be - gi ^ aniic liioimmtntal record of the giievj ances of a in :-: iun ; it will al * o he an incontrovertitile j refutation t : f the chiri ^ e of violence and physical-force i so often bro'iiiht against the Chartiit body , for tbe fact of upwards of thrcts luinions < . t buuiiin beings petition-: ing fur thut w : ; ich t '; ey are entiied to as a right , I proclaims aluu . l-to cve ; y unp ' t-judictd mind that these ' . li : tn must have a iiet-p rtsptci . for the laws of their : country , that they must be actuated by a high-toned ¦ feeling of morality , ana must likewise possess in i a hit ' h degreb the virtue ( query ) cf patience , or
they would indtea huvu t < etuim » the violent men thvy arc tiunttd with being . Compared with the present tho hist Nut'oi . ai Petition shrinks Into insignificance , and tbe cvinmntte have intelligence that thousands of sbtets have not > et , arrived . In fact , the greater portion of to-morrow , Sunday , will have to be rtevoted tj this great and ho > y work of arranging for presentation this mighty theuuh , fittest-and inanimate declaration of u nation ' s will . Tlws agitation committee was also on this day busily engaged in making preparations for the grand piocession of Monday , and from the energy with wh . ca this committee and the London Provisional Committee have displayed in their
arrangements , there is every reason to believe that it will be a don . onstrj . tion worthy even of the cause it is intended to support . Daring this and the preceeding day , an artist of first rate ability has been actively engaged in making preparations Icr the splendid engraving of the Convention . &c , which in due tune will be presented to the readers of the Northern Star , the likbnesses of those members whs have sat to the artist are pronounced by jui ces to be excelltiit The various other comniittaes are actively tiiiployed . Indeed this is a busy cay with the whole t . 1 the Metropolitan Chartists ; all looking forward with pleasure to the proceedings oi Monday .
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HOUSE , OF LORDS .-Fritlay , April 29 , Several Bills received the royal assent , including tbe . Corn Importation Bill ^ which is' now one of the " Btaktutes of the realm . " Mohday ^ May % Lord Denman intimated his intention of withdrawing the Baptists * Affirmation Bill , and introducing a bill of a more comprehensive naturo , which would include ail Christians having a conscientious objection to the taking of an oath . Lord Brougham called the attention of their Lordships to the working of the Act for the Trial of Controverted Elections of Members of the House of Commons
, and the system of bribery and corruption disclosed in the evidenee before electien committees . After condemning the present system , the Noble and Learned Lord entered at somo detiil ihto a plan which had been 6 « ggested by the Duke of Wellington for the trial * f controverted elections , by which a tribunal was proposed to be created , composed of seven members of the Hou 3 e of Commons , an * five of the House of Lords , to be presided over by one of the Judges of the land , not having a seat in either House ef Parliament He concluded with a motion , that a message be sent to the Commons , asking them to communicate copies of the evidence taken before the Sudbury , Ipswich , and Great Mariow Election Committees .
After some conversation as to whether the Commons would not consider such a message an interference with their privileges , the mction was withdrawn .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , April 29 . The House went into Committee on the Income Tax Bill ; and schedule D was proposed . On this , Mr . S . Crawford proposed the omission of the words in the schedule t which impose a tax on industrial income . When the amendment was afeout to be put , Mr , Roebuck interposed , as its proposition would place a difficulty in the way of an amendment which he had to propose , namely , that " for and in respect of the annual profits or gains from any profession : trade , or vocation , there ahall be levied annually , for « very twenty shillings , threepence halfpenny . " The difficulty
being , through a suggestion of Sir Rotwrt Peel ' s ^ obviated , by which Mr , Roebuck ' s amendment obtained precedence , the Honourable and Learned Member argued in favour of his . proposition , on the ground that it was unequal , therefore , ui Just , to lay the same ' . aiuotiat of : tax on industrial income as on landed property . He quoted from Adam Smith certain propositions , defining the " incidents of a- tax ;'' and , contending that his amendment was an approximation to justice , he threw on Sir Robert Peel , as the most powerful man of the day , the sole odium of the injustice , should the amendment be rejected .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer could not , seeing that all taxes were necessarily tqual , i ^ ree to Mr . Roebuck ' s proposition . Mr . Ward , regarding the amendment as a proposition for mitigating the justice of the income tax , did not think that the argument of tho univeraat inequality of all taxation was a fitting or reasonable reply to a case which vught to meet with the indulgent consideration of the House . Mr . Stuart WoRtley , while adinitting that Mr . Roebuck had argued with great force , in favour of his proposition , denied t' > at the rent-roll of a landeiV proprietor wivs to be tiken as his actual income . Property in land proved often a more precarious source of income than that derived from commerce ; and therefore to agree to the amendment would not be an " approximation to justice . " . ' : ¦
Mr . Ha WES supported the amendment by illustrations of a practical character , such as similar amounts of money invested in lands and trade , the land yielding tt-n and the trade twelve per cent . To tax these two kinds of income equally , the income from trade should contribute a smaller amount in the pound tdan the income from land . Mr . Bokthwick opposed the nihtmd-ment , on the ground tbat instead cf rectifying , it would commit injustice . - ¦ . " .-.
Mr . LABOUCHEnE . having given the amendment the best consideration in his power , couid not support it . Its very proposition , supported as it was by popular favour out of doors , was a proof of the irjudicious choice , of the time for the imposition of an income tax at all . If it were mcessary to impose such a tax , it should be universal in its applieation , for to admit i-xceptions now would afford dangerous precedents . Were the amendment carried , the clerk in a public office , with a small salary , would be taxed , while the thriving merchant would be exempted .
Sir K . H . 1 NOL 1 S renewed his former proposition , of takinn £ l 50 as the avaning poiat of taxation , the tax to be levied on all above that amount , bo th ^ t an income of £ 200 would only bo taxed on £ 50 . It wt-uld be a very great relief to numbers moving in a respectable sphere , and maintaining a genteel appearance on small incomes , and would materially diminish the unpopularity of the tax . But he threw this out as a suggestion , and did not propose it as a substantive motion . Mr . Vernon Smith argued that the tax waa necessarily UDJust , seeing that it was proposed to levy the same amount from variable as from permanent incomes
Sir Robert Peel contended that the same inequality applied to the assessed taxes , and to taxes on consumption , while the income tax bad this advantage , that the wealthy man could not withdraw himself from it , as he could from other taxes , by removing abroad . The Government proposed an income tax in connection with measures which would rei ' uce the cost of living , and benefit all classes of the coiuniumty ; and this income , tax , thus proposed , was to be levied on farmers occupying at the will of their landlords , - and whose incomes , depending on the viscissituOeS of the seasons , were more precarious than those of the surgeon or the commercial man . If the wealthy physician , thethriving lawyer , or the prosperous banker , were to
be taxed at a lower rate .. than clergymen , wnose incomes , though permanent , were also variable , or tha clerk in a public office , the naval or military man , or the widow with a small jointure , then a . great injustice would be committed . If we were to have an iacomo tax at all , ( and he would net now discuas its necessity , ) it must bo laid equally on all descriptions of . in . como War had-a tendency to increase the value of'landed property , and . to interfere with the profits of commerce ; and if an exception were now made , on the score of justice , in the imposition of an income tax ^ it mnat b 8 permitted in time of war , whon it wou'd work still greater injustice than now . He adhered , to the Government measure , undeterred by any fear of responsibility .
Lord Howick considered that the arguments of Sir Robert- Peel went to shew that the income tax was radically defective . He remained of the same opinion which the Right Hon . Baronet had formerly so well expressed , that it was not worth while to levy so vexatious an impost for the small amount which was proposed to be raised by it ; and the time for its imposition was also peculiarly unfortunate , considering the intense competition which prevailed in every trade and profession . He supported the ameriment , Mr , Edward Buller opposed the amendment ; on the ground that it would increase the intquality and injustice of an income tax . i Mr . Wallace declared his intention of voting for Mr . Roebuck's amendment , and afterwards for that of Mr . S . Crawford .
Mr . James could understand that the members of the late Ministry wished the income tax to go t ;> the country with all its inequality and iniquity , in order that it might aid them in regaining office ; but having no auch feeling , he would swpport the amendment Mr . Leader wassure that , though the majority might bo against theisupporters of the -amendment , the weight of argument was with them . ; The country , London included , was in an extraordinary state of distress , ' bankruptcies in every street ; and this was the time chosen for such a tax by a Qtjvernment which was to do such wondeTs for the community .
Lord John Rlssell pointed out some of the inequalities which would result from the adoption of the amendment Persms having si l . fe interest would have to pay 7 d . in the pi » und , out of a small income , while tht » rich hanker or merchant wou ! d only pay threepence-halfpenny . It would . be ' no justification ; of such an injustice , to say that they belonged to different classes , and were placed in different schedules . In opposing the-amendment , therefore , he was not actuated by any wish to run < i < -r t » ie tax more unpopular . Mr . Mitchell considered the income tax to be a just onu , and being aisxi ; ui to remove all imperfection from it . he would Mi ) jp »> r ' t the amendment . Mr . ROEBUCK replied . On a division , ttw ' ve were 258 against his amendment , and 11 £ in favour of it . Mr . S . Crawford then ; proposed his amendmeut , tbe tffect t f wiucn would extinguish schedule D . His amendment was supported by
Mr . Hume , who' called-on Sir Robert Peel to review the whole sy ^ ttm of pur tixatiou . On a division , the amendment was lost by 259 to 50 . Schedule D was then agreed to . On Schedule E , Sir Charles Napier called the attention of the committee to the condition of military and naval officers under the rank of geueral aud fl . ig officers , tubsistirig Boiely on their pay , and whose incomes would be seriously affected by the tax . He moved that they should be exempted altogether . Captain Carnegie put it to Sir Charles Napier not toprees his amendment . On this tax depended thd maintenance of the army and navy , and though the tax would fall h >; xvily on the incomes of officers , they should not ba put in the unenviable position of seeking exemption from the burdens of the state . Afterj . oma ohsLrvations from Lord Worsley , Captain
Pechell , and Captain Piumnuge , Sir Robert PEt I . did not think it would be jiwt to exempt this class of ' her Majesty ' s subjects , wnatever might be their claims on general respect . On a division , the amehuinent was rgected ^ by 205 to 32 . i Schedule E was then agreed to ; and the House resuratd . the Chairmau reporting-progress , and obiaining leave to sit ou Monday uixt . Richard Gibbons , who had been committed r > y the Great Mariow Election Committee , was troughs , to
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the bar , reprimanded by the Speaker , and then discharged . . . ¦;¦/¦ ¦' , ¦ ¦ -.-. - . f - .. '; " ¦ ' ..- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . . '¦ Oa the motion of Sir Robert Peel , that the reprimand of tho Speaker be entered on the journals of the House . - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦; . - ' ¦ :: . :: ' . ' . ; ; . " ' :. .. - ' . :- ¦ ' : '¦ ' : ' :. Mr . T . Duncombe commented on the severity of the terras of the reprimand , and declared his belief that Gibbons had not committed perjury . Bit Robert Peel vindicated the Speaker , as having fitly and properly discharged the duty laid upon him . . ¦ -. ' - ¦ ¦ V '¦' - ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ¦¦ :: ..:: ' ¦¦ ¦¦ ' . - . ¦ " ¦ - . . " . ;• - •¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ; - ; : ; ,.: After some observations from different Members , the motion was agreed to . The other orders of the day wore then disposed of .
.... " . . - Saturday , April 30 . The House met at two o ' clock , to consider a motion made on Friday night by Mr . Thesiger , with a yiew to the discharge of Mr . Mabson . This witness had been committed by the House on the report of the Southampton Election Cpmniitteo , for not producing certain documents required of him , by a warrant for his attendance ( in the nature of subjicena ) which had been issued in the preceding session ; and the question now was , whether with the termination of the session the obligation of the process terminated likewise . Mr . Thesiger contended that the force of the warrant had wholly ceased , and that therefore the witness could not lawfully be detained fer hot having obeyed it In this opinion he was seconded by Mr . 0 . W . Wynn and the Solicitor-General concurred , to the extent of considering . the legality of the warrant to be at all events too questionable to allow the further imprieonment of the witness . ¦
Sir George Grey , without admitting the warrant to be illegal , was content that under the circumstances the witness should be discharged ; but as the question was one affecting also tho process under which other witnesses were attending upon other committees , he notified his intention of moving for a Salect Committee to inquiry into the general question of legality . In that view Sir T . WILDE coincided , declaring in favour of the witness's discbarse , who , he thought , could not properly be detained pending the inquiry . A good deal of time was consumed , and the House without dividing , directed the discharge of the witness .
Monday , May 2 . On entering the House this evening the first object that attracted attention was the Chartist leviathan petition , which was lying in a heap—rudis indigestaque moles—at the foot of the table . It appeared that the parties to whom the task had been entrusted bad not taken an accurate measurement of the lower door leading into the House of Commons , which was too narrow for the admission of th \ B inons papyri . A difficulty , arose , therefore , as to the means of getting it into the House , for its bu . k was too great to admit of its being introduced ( as a whole ) through the ordinary portals leading to this branch of the senate . The doors of the House were not wide enou » h for it . It was consequently necessary to unroll it , and to carry it piecemeal int ) the body of the House , where it was piled into a vast heap , spreading over a great part of the floor , and rising high above the level of the table . The petition and its bearers excited the greatest interest .
thh ; charter . Mr . T . Dvjncombe rose and said—Sir , tbe importance of thia petition , an importance derived not only from the matter which it contains , but from the great numbers who have Bigned it . would , I a-rii quite satisfied , be sufficient to induce the Housu to relax those rules which have been laid down with regard to the presentation of petitions , and would grant me its indulgence ; but , as I have given notice of a motion for tormorr 6 w , that this putitiou shall be taken into the seripUB consideration of the House , and that those who have signed it shall be heard by their counsel and agents at the bar of the House in support of the allegations it contains , I shall uot ask the House to grant me this indulgence , but Bhall keep myself v ? ithin ttiose limits which the House Las
prescribed with regard to the presentation of petitions ; ann therfefjro 1 beg to offer to tho acceptance of thia House a petition signed by 3 , 315 , 752 oC the industrious classes ef the country . T » e petition proceeds from those upon whose toil and industry , upon whose affection , and upon whose attachment , T may say ; every law , the G-ivernmem . of this country , and not only the Government but the whole property and commerce of this country depends , and they now most respectfully come before you to state the manifold grievances under which they suffer . These grievances they state , and I need not go over them , because I intend to ask the Clerk of the House to read what those principal grievances are , winch they have endured for * along time , and which they attribute to class legislation , and to tho
misrepresentation of their interests in this Hous 2 , They state that for a considerable length of time their interests htive been grossly neglected , and that no interests beyond your 0 wh . have ever been considered of withiu these walls . Sir ,-they are ready to prove the allegations of their petition at the bir of ycur Houourable House . They pray to be heard there , for within the limits © fa petition they cannot set forth a tithe of tiia grievances of which they complain ; but if you will grant them a hearing , they state that they shall be ab ! e to set forth auch a tale of the . unmerited Bufferings endured by the working classes in England and in Ireland , as can be scarcely credited . Their wants are most urgent , and they attribute all tbeir grievances to class legislation . The petition is signed by 3 , 315 752 of the industrious
classes of the country . I would wish to analyse the signatures attached to it , but I will content myself with stating the names only of those cities , hamlets , and towns , in which more than 10 000 signatures have been attached . The following is the statement attached to the petition : —^ Manchester , 99 , 680 ; Newcastle aud districts , 5 ) 2 , 000 j Glasgow and Lanarkshire , 78 , 003 ; Halifax , 30 , 400 ; Nintihgtia ' nishire , 40 , 000 ; Lewis , 41 , 0 S 0 ; Birmiugham , 43 . 000 ; Norwich 21 560 j Bolton , IS 500 ; Leicestt-r , 18 floo ; Uodhdaie , 19 , 600 ; Loughborough and districta , 10 , 000 ; Salford , is ) . f ) OO ; East Riding , Yorkshire , agricultural districts , 14 , 840 ; Worcester , 10 , 000 ; Merthyr Tyd vil and districts , 3 U 0 O ; Aberdeen , 17 , 600 ; l ^ eighly , 11 000 ; Brighton , 12 . 700 ; Bristol , 13 . 800 ; Huddersh' eld , 23 . 180 ; Sheffield ,
27 , 'JOO ; ScoLlaud , Weit Midland districts , 18 . 000 ; Dunfermline , 16 , 000 ; Cheltenham , 10 400 ; Liverpool , 23 , 000 ; Stalyl ridgo and districts , 10 000 ; Stockport , 14 , 000 ; MacclesSttld and suburbs , 10 , 000 ; North Lancashire , 52 , 0 C 0 ; Oldhain , 15 000 ; Aehto ;; , 14 200 ; Bradford and district , Yorkshire , 45 , 100 ; Burnley and district , 14 , 600 ; Preston and district , 24 000 ; Wigan , 10 . 000 ; London and suburbs , 200 OU 0 ; from 371 other towns , villages , &c . 2 , 134 , 897—total , 3 315 . 752 . I balieve that every one of these signatures are bo : > a fide signatures . The potiliontrs suggest that the proper remedy for their grievances would be that they should
have a voice in the election of representatives to this House . They complain that they are totally and entirely unrepresented ; and if they ara -permitted to be heard , they ttite that they shall be able to adduce , satisfactory arguments to prove that the document , usually called the People ' s Charter , ought to be passed , iiito . ' a- 'law . That document prays for-Universal- Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Pariiaments , no Property ( iiialitioation , P . iynunt of Members , and Equal Electoral Districts . Tnis petition is signed by 3 , 315 , 752 of the industrious classes ; ami I now press it on tliti attention of this Hon . House , Sir , I move that the petition be read by the Clark at the table .
The Speaker—Piease to bring it up —( a laujh from the Ministerial benches . Tho petition was then read by the Clerk at the table . Mr , T . Duncombe then moved thut the pttition be printed with the votes , for the purpose of bringing the subject of it under the consideration of the House . Agreed to . The noise of members rapidly retiring from the House uf lur the Chartist demonstration was at an oud rendered it impossible for some time to collect what was going on in tbe House .
The Houso then went into committee on tho Iucome Tux Bill . The schedules having been all voted on Friday nigbt . theciramitteo now proceeded with the remainder uf the bill , which formed the great business > f the entire evening . Commencing with clause 3 , the committee proceeded regularly , clause by clause , occasionut conversations arising on tbe machinery of the bill . Sic . No - division , however , took placa until the 87 th clause , when Mr ; HUME proponed an amendment , exempting dividends from the tax- until July , instead of commencing with April . This was lost by 159 to 84 . Mr . Baking brought forward an amendment , to exempt the loreign fuudholdei , holding British stock , but uot residing in Britain , or any portion of the Brfoh doiiiinioiis .
This was resisted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , but > lr . Libouehire prodst ^ d t ^ ie subject on the ' consideration of Sir Robert P » el , ou the ' ground , that a regard for National f . ntli shouid lead the gujernraent to grant the eXtuwpttiU . Sir Robert Peel , however , could not see the force of tbe arguments employed * Foreig era hok ' . ing shares m railways , &c , were subjected to the tax , and why should the ftiuds held by ' ' foreigners not residtnt in tnis country be exempted ? That they were exempted under tho former act aroso probably from political considerations , and not from a conviction that it was unjust to subject them , equally with others , to such a tax iuid on Bi'ttish income . AfUraoiiid conveiSittionthe committee divided , when there
appeared—For the amendment ............ 40 Against it .. 203 Majority lt > 3 Adjourned at a quarter to two o ' clock . r r ii ~ ii ~ I ' lTfiiii ii i > i < iJiji ^^^ T ^^ mi * ii ii i i i i
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Dangerous Statk of Lewks Gaol . —During the last few months the vagrants have increased to a great extent in Brighton , and the mafeiatrates have almost invariably made it a rule to commit them to the House of Correction at Lewes to hard labour . The governor of the gaol has frequently represented to the bench , that from ' " . tae crowded staio of the prison he is unable to carry out the sentence of hard labour , and is obliged to put four'and Hva in each ceil . On Saturday ihe eubjecc ' was a ^ ain mentioned to the bench , ana it was teared that a dreadfui disease would break out in the prison , as the ecarlet lever was racing to an alarming extent in Lewes . The ' -iua ^ is ' ' ates have sinco endeavoured to get rid of the vagrants by driving them out of the tows .
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. ^ P > isLEr . T-Messrs . Hastie , OkwaAd , and Johnston . Members of Parliament , have remitted to the Pro-Tost of Paisley £ 1 , 009 5 s . 4 d ., which they received from gentlemen in Calcutta , Madras , and Bombay , inlaid of the fund for the relief of the distressed operatives of Paisley . Shocking Mubdeb . —A revolting mntder has been committed at a place called C ! oed e Vedw , which is the name given to a few cottages in the parish ofDjngestow about two miles and a half from Ragland , on the road to Moninonth . The victim wasachild one yearand ten months old , named Eliz * Hughes , who died bj the hands of itsowri mother , committed by drowning it in a pan of water , and then cutting open the abdomen . The unhappy
woman , who is thirty-nine years of age , and has been roamed about three years , is insane . A few days before the committal of the dreadful deed , she appeared low spirited and dejected ; but not sufficiently 8 < rtas to cause ... any alarm to her husbasd and neighbours , On the day of the murder , her husband returned home to dinner rather before his usual time , and told his wife that as he was in a hurry he would not wait for his dinner to be cooked but would have bread and cheese . He dandled his child on his knees during the time , and on going back to his work , the little creature followed him to the door . The mother told her husband to pick her up and kiss herwhich
, he did , and it must have been soon after his departure that the unhappy creature destroyed it . She immediately posted to a neighbour , a quarter of a mile from the houae i and narrated the particulars of her crime , and was soon afterwards apprehended at Penrose . Since her apprehension , np to the time of her being conveyed to the county jail on Monday eyening , she was exceedingly violent and outrageous , but did not make the least allusion to her child . An inquest has been hela over the body , and a verdict of "Wilful Murder" returned against Maria Hughes . Tbe wretched woman was forthwith conveyed to Monmouth Gaol .
Huwger and THEFi . —On Saturday six men were had up at the New Bailey , Manchester , for stealing bread , but they were in such a wretched condition that the Magistrate found Ii necessary to admonish and discharge them . One of them named O'Leary said he had eaten one meal of potatoes on Sunday , and had been fasting Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday . On Wednesday his child asked him for something to eat ; and having nothing to give him , ho :. went- ' , to Mrs . Tegs ' s shop , and said to her , "Mistress , be so kind aa to gi vc ma a loaf of bread . ' * " ¦ No , " said she , "I will gvie you a piece . " He said a piece wa , s of ho use to him and his hungry child , so he took a loaf . The police officer met him at the door , and seized him . He refused to go with the officer , and < in trying to get away , he ( O'Leary ) fell over a woman , and broke his arm .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , April 29 . BANKRUPTS . v George Seath . Blnekfriars-road , victualler , to surrender May 6 , June 10 , at half-past one o ' cloek > at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Michael , Red Lionsquare . Official Assignee , Mr . Whitmore . J Basinghiillstreet . " '¦ ¦ ; . ¦ . . ' . ¦ : ' ¦' ¦ '" . '"¦ ' ¦' . . ' - ' ' ¦ ' "Francis Jamea Gabaidestbn , St -A . ban ' s ; - dealer , in horses , May 6 , at eleven o ' clock , June 10 , at one , at the Bankrupts ' Court . Sulicitors , Messrs . Weymouth and Green , Cateaton-street . Official . Assignee , Mr . Boleher . Jame ^ Pearcy , St . John ' s street , St . Sepu ; chr « , leather-seller , May 6 , kt one o ' clock , June 10 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . I ., ami S . Nay lor . Great Newport-street- Official Assignee , Mr . Penriall .
Edward Cooper , Hith-street , St . Giles ' s , and Piccadilly , stationer , May , 13 , at twelve o ' clock ; Juno 10 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts '^ Court Solicitor , > Ir . Jones , Sise-lane ; Official Assignee , Mr . Johnson , Baainghall-street . . William Henry Wells , Gvldsworthy-place , Rotherhithe , builder , May 14 , at half-past twelve o ' clock , June 10 . ; at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court Soikitsr , Mr . Slee , Parish-jitreet , Southwark . Official Aarfignew , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . ; John Joaes , Langaveiach , Glamorganshire , maltster , May 18 , June 10 , at eleven o ' clock , at : the Bush Inn , S nausea . Solicitors , Messrs . Holme , Loftua , and Young , New Jnn ; and Mi . Cullibertson , Ne&th . William Henry Suiith , Manchester , hop-merchant , May-, 0 , June Id , at eieven o ' clock , at the Star aud Garter Inn , Worcester . Solicitors , Mr . Baiifurd , Gray ' s Inn-square ; and Messrs . Bedford and Pidcock , . Worcester .
James and Thomas Turner , Kirkburton , Yorkshire , clothiers , May 14 , June 10 , at ten o ' clock , as the Pack Horse Inn , Uudderefiold . Solicitors , Messrff . Battye , Fisher , an . i Sudlow , Chancery-lahe ; and Me 8 sre . ScepbeLSon , Floyd , and Booth , Holmfirth near Huddersfleld . . . William and Henry Kynnersley , Tattenhttl ; 'Staffordshire , milleis , Way 3 , June 10 , at twelve o ' clock , at th 6 . Koyal Hotel , Derby . Sulicitors , Messrs . Adlington , Gregory . Faulkner , andFollett , Bedford-row ; and Mr . M 6 s 8 , Derby . . " Jamea Bannister and Dinah Simpson , Liverpool , shipwrights , May 11 , June 10 , at one o ' clock , at the Ciafendon-rooms , Liyerp . uol . ¦ Solicitor , Mr . Dean , Essex-street , Strand ; and Mr . Peacock , Liverpool . Lancelet Bi ; ck . Bristol , broker , May 13 , at ona o ' clock , June 10 , at two , at the Commercial-roomB , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Clarke and Medcalf , Liiicola's-inn-. fi-jlds ; and Mf . Siuilti , Bristol .
William Johnson , Birmingham , ironmonger , May 10 . ¦ J , uuff- . 7 , at the Waterloorooins , Birmingham . Solicitora , Mr . Wilkinson , Lincoln ' a-inn-fields ; and Air . Tarleton , Birmingham . . ¦ . ; -. - ' Edward Jenkins , Lsominster , tailor , May 20 , June 10 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Waterloo Hotel , Lfoiniuster . Sjiicitors , Mr . Smith , Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Hauimoad , Leominster .
PA . RTSERSHIPS DISSOLVED . S . Lloyd and S . Kirk , Sheffield , general iron-fouhdera W . Sea win . jun ., aud R . Dresser , York , chemists . G , Taylor and Co ., Liverpool , Citrt-ownera . C . C . Watkin » son and Co , Huddersfidid , YorKshire , thread-manufacturers . E . and J . Jones , Liverpool , joiners . Rauilea and Robinson , Liverpool , timber-merchants ; as far aa regards J . Robinson .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 3 . BANKRUPTS . . Joseph . Pidcock and Thomas Burton , corn-factors , Nottingham , to surrender May 18 , and June 14 , at eleven , at the George the Fourth Inu , Nottingham ; Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , Inner-Temple , London ; aud Mr . BowUy , Nottingham . JohaCiec , draper , Devonport , May 14 , and June 14 , at- eleven , at TowhsteiHl ' s London Inn , Devonport . Solic tors , Smith , S > nth : impton-buildings , Chancery , l . aiie , Lumiou ; Gilbard , D ^ vonport . Robert Elliott , wine-merchaut , Liverpoel , May 18 , and June 14 . at twelve , at the Clarendon-rooms , Li vcrpoo } ' . Dimmock , S zs-lane , Bucklersbury , Londun ; Faircloiigh , Liverpool . I U . ' - M , ¦ ¦ ; . . ¦ . * -
. _ 1 William Antill , umbrella stick manufacturer , Bourn-Gloucestershire , May 9 , June 14 , at two , at the George Inn , Stroud , Gloucestershire . Solicitora , Bay ! is , Devoiishire-gqnare , London ; Winterbotham and Th'omas , Tewketbury . " .. '" -.-Francis Jitnes Osbslrfeston , dealer in horses , St . Aloan's , May 6 , at eleven ,, and June 10 , at one , at ino Court of . ' -Bankruptcy . Balcher , Official assignee ; Solicitora , Messrs . Weymouth and Rigby , Chanceiylane .. . Gdorge Hibbert , jun ' , pawnbroker , Chesterfleld , May 9 and June Ii ,, at one , at the Rutland Arms , Bjikewell . Solicitors , Messrs . Spence and Bullivanfc , Aifred-place , Bedford-row ; Lucus and Cutts , Chesterfitrd . - - Dpdshon Blake , mohair manufacturer , Norwich , May 17 and Jane 14 , at eleven , at the Royal . Hote / , Norwich . Solicitora , Mr . Diirrant , Norwich ; Messrs . Wood and Blake , Faleon-stratt , Alderpgate-streit .
James Bradahaw and George Williams , woollettdrapevs , Marylebone-strtet , Piccadilly , May 12 , at eleven , and Juue . 14 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Penneil , officiil assn ; nee ; Solicitors , Messrs . Lxwrauce and Bleukarnc , Bucklersbury . . ; ' William Crosby , Banj . imin Vallentine , and Benjamin White , hardwaremen , L-adenhall-streetj City , May 10 , at one , and June : 14 , at --eleven , afe the Court of Bankruptcy . Graham , official ' assignee - , Basinghall-strcet ; Solicitor , Mr . Spye . r , Broad-street-buildings . Evlward Godda . d , draptr , Holbeach , Lincolnshire , May 12 , at ten , and June 14 , at twelve , at the Peacuek Ino , Beaton . Solicitors , Messrs . Bartrum and . Son , Bi 8 hof > sga : e-strett , London ; and Messrs . Johnson , Stuitm and Key , Holbeacb El ! Ztbfcth Havarii vgrocer , Swausea , May 18 , and J une 14 , at two , at the Comuiercial-roorus , BristoL Solicitors , Messrs . White and Eyre , Bedford-row , LwjiIou ; aud Mr . Short ,-Bristol . ' . :-
..-Thomas Johnson , stationer , Liverpool ; ' May 18 , and Juue 14 , at oue , at the Clarendbn-rooms , South'John-Street , Liverpool . Solicitor , Mr . Thompson , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Cuvelj e , Skilbeck and HaU , Southanipton-buildings , Chancery-lane . Kichard Sutton , wheelwright , Warrington , Lancashire May 12 , and Juue 14 , at two , at the Clarendonr < 9 oms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and FolJett , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr . Ashton , or Messrs . Nicholson and : Sons , War « rihgton . . ' . - " ¦' . - . ¦ i' . '¦¦' . ' ¦ ' ' . ¦ '¦¦ : . : .. ' Rubert Marsh , provision-dealer , Uphslland , Lancashire , May 12 , and June 14 atone , at the Clarendonrooms , Liverpool . Solicitor , Mr . Johnson , SL Helen ' s ; and Messrs . Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Beaford-row . London .
William Wallis and John Wallis , corn-merchants , Wragby , Lincolnshire , May 11 and June 14 , at twelve , at the City Arms Inn , Lincjl i . Solicitors , Messrs . Lofty and Potter , KLng-Htuwt , CheatosWe ; und Mr . Moody , VVriigby . John Moore * marchant , Colenian-street , City of London , May 13 , ami June 14 , ut bieten , at the Court , ' of Bankruptcy . < Slr . Grdoma , Abchuroh-lane , Lombardstreet , official assi gnee ; aad Alessrs . Bartrum and Co ., Bishopsgatt-3 treet . ' .
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was backward in imputing : dishonesty -where he had not the evidence to justify the charge . After a few more observations on this head , Mr . Roebuck said the income tax was an unequal on « , and that he would propose a motion te the House the had it now on the books ) , and - * e should see whether tho Honsa of Commons is -what it ought to be , a real representation of the petvple—whether in reality tbe proposal , as it -will be carried out , -will be a fair and equil taxation of the peopla Now , if a man had £ 100 a year from funded ei Unded property , he ¦ would be taxed about three p 6 r cent ., that is , supposing him to have £ 150 a year or more . If a man gel that £ 100 by tbe labour of his hands , in trade or art , or by a proftssion , he was by the present bill to be
taxed also at the same rate . He objected to that , and the reason was this , if he wanted to ensure £ 100 to his children at his death , he should be obliged to go into the market and pay a sum of money for it , and that sum of money would be the difference of the value of his £ 100 a year which he gained by his profession and that -which a man gained from so much land . He , ¦ working hard in his profession , had to provide for his family in after life ; but it was not so with the man who had land , as that would be in existence after his death . Therefore tbe diflerence -was clear—it was tbe sum of money which would be required to buy an annuity of £ 100 a-ytar . That he proposed to the House of Commons ; but it waa supposed to b « intricate and difficult to determine what , in such a case , waa tlie
value of a man's life ; though he did not think so . But taking it at that rate , he would attempt to set this great end by other means , by taxing prefessional men and men in trade at one half at vrhat land was taxed at , He would propose that- ts the House to-morrow or Friday . Thty -were to wat « h well the division , to see ¦ who voted for it anrt wno voted against it ; and then we shall learn the preponderance of the landed proprietors over every other party . The speaker next leferred to the inquisitorial natureof JSirKobertbbill ; which he proposed to remedy by proposingtbat every man should make a fair return of what his incoina was upon his solemn affirmation , a scheme that would operjtj much better than the present obnoxious mode of levying the tax He spoke for come time on this point ; he eonld not see
why a mai . should "wish to be thought ricb . tr than he really was . We want to borrow £ 100 of our banker ; : f he knew the circumstances cf 5 he case ha would not lend it He ought to know them . Really and in truth he cculd not get at the bott « . m of the fear which is expressed by many people , except by attributing it to their vanity . He believed it to be one of tae greatest jnis-Tic 3 of Englishmen that every man is attempting to make himself appear a greater man than he rtally isicheers . ) " There is Mr . So-and-so , he is yerj rich , he k « tpa his carriage , he gives his dinners , and the . report goes abroad that he is worth £ 3 000 a-year . But it i 3 f jund out , by-and-bye , that he is really thus kind and benevolent having no more than £ 1 , 500 per annum . The barm , they say , there was in tbis , 'was
that the man -who lives on his estate , or income , did not feel it—it was the poor trader . '' Then he asked tbe trader why he wished to be thought richer than he was ? ( Here some one cried out , * a false capital , that is it . ' Laughter , which lasted for some time ) Mr . Roebuck next spoke in regard to the course he had pursued ; he said he had to repr- sent a varitcy of opinions and interests ; he cuuld n > . t suit si ' . H * was an arbiter among them . There -wtre the Tich , he had to represent them ; and also the professional nieu . and the traders , and the bard working men—he did tue best for all . He next said his constituents were to judge him calmly—to hear & \ i < l f , > ibe : \ T , and not to be deceived by what may be said of him in the reports cf the proceedings in tbe House
oi- Commons , for they give no possible insight into what was -joins ; on there . The rrpoitsrs were not t j blame . If his constituents thought bins to be wrong they would tell him so , and ask him to come and expliiin- ( Cheers . ) He had now in reality arrived at the end of the ehaxges made agaimt hi : u : —first , he had heen absenrfrom the House ; next , lie haii voted for Sir Robert Peel on the matter which he hn »! txplsined . The speaker spoke in Ttference to Bums maters of no very great importance ; and afterwards remarked that he dare Sjy there were some present who went very far ; there were perhaps , some Chartists prrsent—( Loud cries t . f " Yts , yes , " from all parts of tbe room ) He found among thtsn a grtat deal of intoknin- ,-. ?; he did not a ^ ree with them in all things ; ivr . s he therefore to be
condemned as their enemy ? He would tben ask them , as well as others , not to allow t ! : e : r o-prn notions of their own worth , virtue , or intelligence , so to Mind their minds to their own imp-jr / V ^ ti-: ^ as to allow them to condemn others whclrs ^ i e . Depend upon it , Bone cf us are perfect ; and it might be thut tbe opinion to which we were the inoit wt-ddei ] , \ 7 hs the mast erroneous . Therefore , he would ask all . E '^ t to give up their opinkns . but to hold them with caraour and forbearance ; and that they "would practice them towards him , if thej believed him to be fairly up to tlit ligh * he LrH , —doinc wfcat he told them at the c _ n ; nitiicen-ent he would do , swerving not for partial or personal interests nor from pashion—( Chess i After i ^ sking a few more observations , he concluded a very conciliatory : ; nd judicious speech amid lou : i applause .
Tne CHA 1 K . MAS a .-kfed if there w . is . iny person desirous of putting any question to Mr . Kotb . xk . tHrre a few notes were handed tJ Mr . Kj-. hock , v ; ho again came forward and answered tLcm cviJently much to the satisfaction if the authors anJ ? be inevti ; : , ' ) Mr . Kebne , prrprietor i _ -f the Sa'k Journal who had rebuked . Mr . Roebuck fc-r having given Lib vote to Sir Rjbert Peel , was called for . After much-hesitation he came forward ; but his opposing remarks were not liked ky the meeting . He said he should njver shrink fr-m expressing his hontst convictions ; but be vras alwsys ready to change hi 3 opinions ¦ wh- . n proved to be erroneous . He moved a vote of c-jafi-Jtnce in . Mr . Rosbuck .
Mr . H . Vincent was coiled fur by many in the meeting . He came forward anJ "w . 's Luiily clieer . d . He felt pleased that so humble an individual as Liimsc-lf had been called npon to perform a pkasiiig rtutr ou tuch an occasion as that . He ruade son : e excillent observations , in tho course of which he suiii be thould tupport John Anbar Roebuck as long as he advocated thy rifihto of the people , tut no longer . He hop ^ -d Mr . R >> ebuck "wi » nl « i vote for the extension of the suffrage , aa > l those necessarj adjuncts which were advoc ^ ttd by tbe ni'y . st rational portion of the Ckaitists . Hy cj' -. siaered Mr . IL to be a man of talent and of itrict h- . le ^ rny , in whom confilencr ; ccull be sufcly plated . He seconded most cordially Mr- K-ene ' s motion . Mr Eldiiidge . amid noise and contas' > n , rebuked Mr . Kotouck fur having voted with the Tcri-s . The meetic ? was impatient - ^ vith him , in consequence of the incoherent manner in -which he apoke . lie thought the income tix wouii Etren ^ taen the bunds of the \ eopifc ' a
. Mr . ARC 1 URD spoke in laudation of . Mr . Roebuck ' s conduct . Tha Chairman said a few "words ia reply to Mr . El . lri . ise . Mr . G . EdwaBDS nude a burn-ursome sptech shewing the chdnue that had come over the spirit of thfiTincrs . He "was accustomed to visit D ^ ' zs Cjtu market ; when there some time since , the Sarii ^ r * spoke in th" Iiicbsst terms of Sir R ibert P ;¦•;] , as btir . z their
gr ^ au * t friend Bat since Sir Robert hn-1 brought forfrard his income tix bill and hU pr . jpos . il f > r tfce alteration of he tariff , they denouccad him in unmensuretl terms , tnty -wi .-he . l tbe son of a b at th" ik-vil . ' : L > nd la-ughtor . in which Mr . Roebuck ani ail on tLv platform heartily joined . ) Tae resolution -iva- > put and cirritd unanimonsiy . M ; . KOEBVCH retiiTEeAtb ^ Tik ? . Tcanka vr-re th'j :: i ; iven to the Chairman and thv Mayor , "who had crantid the use of the Hall ; and afte : thrc-c ch ' . ers for R ^ buck , the msettng seDarated .
The Ci . ' . rtis-s tconght proper before the comm&nceuirut of fuis raw-. isg , to picSsnt - /_ c f-jl' -jtring resolution c . me to by their society to Mr . R-ctu ^ k : — ' We , the Cii-rnsts of iiath , approve of the coin ' uct -.. f J < hn Arthur Roebuck in voting for Sir Robcit Reel ' s iiicoiua tax . as a mtatu e of direct taxation . au >! promise him cur tupport &o lone as ha auvocit .-j the rights : mii inttrests of tho working ciasscf . " The folio-ring is the copy of a letter seci to Mr . Roebuck exid L-jra Duucac , thi member 3 for Br . th : — " Gloucester Road Bnilainss , Lower " Svrar . STtick . 15 -V . \ .
" Sis , —The Council of the Bith National Charter Association lave deputed mo to r-q-. i-. st j-.-. i , by ls ! t-r , to rappr-rt the prayer of the Xnticiial Petition , which is to be presented to tbe Hotr-e of C smnions nn Sloruloy Etxt ; and likewise , to request you to vote for the rTL-posit-on that certain m -n ; bcr 3 of the Natitional Conveiitinn now sitting in London , bs heard at the Bit of the House on behalf of ths s ^ . id p : t ti- ^ n . " By cump . yis : g with this requvs ' ., vl , u will ensure the thanks aiid tupport < f , " The Chartists ov Bath . 'Signed on tht-ir bfcLalf , " G . M . Batitlett . " ' In rf-ply . Lord Duncan £ ays tho subject tha'l receive hi 3 hesi attention ; bat as bis letter is maricr ;! ' private , it ia "wnLhrld at present . Tdcre is no dcubt as tc Mr . Roebuck ' s vote . Muise nous vcrrons .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 7, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct753/page/6/
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