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HOUSE OP 1 OHJ ) S-Friday , July 22 . "Lord . URorGHAM laid npon the table two Bills , having for their object to improve the law of Bankruptcy and to facEit&te arrangements between debtor and creditor . Tie Bills -were Tead a first time , and Lord Lyndhnrsfs me . ' - snrt > upon t&e same subject , a » ¦ well as the Csunty Court's Bill , having been passed through Committee , their Lordships adjourned . Monday , July 25 . Ired WHAKvxurrs intimated in reply to the Bishop of l ^ ndca , that it -sras the intention of Governmerit to establish normal schools , without any Bpecidc leligiena edusition , for th-- -j ^ ho -w era to become themselves th 8 ttaihers of schools . In the distribution of the grant , the Government ¦ would follow the plan laid down by their predecessors .
On the motion for the re-&onimittal gi the Mines and Collieries Bill , . ' Lord Bkocghah icculcattd great caution in the application of the principle of interfering -with the tithta of ' abour . He admitted that the Legislature might intsf&e with the employment of children in occupations irjorieus to their constitutions , but was jealous cf interference -with the oocnpaiion of a < 5 nlts , &s the principle adopt « d in tbe present bill might be extended to other occupations , Bnch as that of pin and nee ^ le-ma&'ii ^ , &z . Tha Marquis of Losdondebsy hailed the support of Lord Brcagham in opposition to thd BUI , as oiber"Wise he bad stood alone , having been thrown uvernoar < i fcy Lard Hativerton . He moved that the Bill be referred to a select
comiaitteejafter a short discussion , the recommittal of the Bill vras carried by-49 to 3 . Tiie Bill was then recommitted , and Lriid Skelm ersdale saved that women above forty years of age at present Tforkin ? in collieries Bhould still be permitted to do so . After considerable discussion , this was rejected by 29 to 35 . - - ¦ The Eirl of Movsicashel proposed to raise the limitation age of children from ten to twelve years This was negatived without a division . The Bill , a-ttr some further discussion , went through coaunittte , and the Housa adjourned .
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HOUSE OP COMMONS , Friday , July 22 . The Ccr . oms Act Amtndment Bill was r&s-d a third time mi passed ; as was also the Exchequer Bills Prpr . aration Bi : L Sir J . Gb . auAil moved that the Poor Law Amendment Bill be now read a third Vine . Mr . Tiei . de > ' gave notice , that on the question that the Biii do pass , he should move as an amendment that it be printed , ia order that Hon . Members might know what it rontained . He belwved that cot five Members iLe-R- what lis vrorisians "were .
Sir . S . CS . A .-WFOB . D Faid this Bill was utterly barren of ar-7 previsions for t ^ e relief of the poor from the oppressive working of the present law ,- its only tfilct Wi . u . 11 re to continue the Commission for Eve years loE £ > r , The q-aestun was then , -would the House c&nszz . : -o a Bill with mch sn object , in the face of all the ODJreikss brousbt . -. gainst the arbitrary character and prccecdinrs A ihc ConmrscioEers 1 He would remind tie Hciiie , thit to those objections no satisfactory answer hid ever been jpven . Tbe Commissioners , it Wd 3 pTQYci , tad b £ tO ! gniHy of the unnecessary and tmte ^ ona'blfi forc ' . r . g of the ic-door t = st in cases where It wag clearly absurd to attempt this— "where there tv&s insuSrient accent odaiHii for the poor , and they conld not be relieved in tbe Hcuse , The next charge against
them was for obstinately directing the use of unwholesome or inadeqaat © d : tt for the paupers , and commanding it to be continued , although thty knew that it procn ^ d diseasa The facts brought forward to srppoit ti-: 55 charges had nsT = r been disproved , and the chsr ^ es accordingly remained in fall farce . The next char i' 2 pgatnst the Connrdssioners was , that they ptrmi ** ed txiranr canary snd excessive punishments—that \ tm net denied . Another charge ws 3 that the rales of the CDnuaissicEera Effecting ai ; fcd persons were inhuman and cruel ; the aged and infirm were put under the ssme roof -with tbe able-bodied , and tept in rach a condition that life could not bs snstained . He challenged any Hon . Jlembcr who supported the Bill to fchow that these charges were false ; tbe ' osly
answer totkem W 2 s _ . that such things had been dons In other places and r . t a foimer time , btt that was no jnstiScatica of the pres-nt conduct of the Cjinmis-Eontrs . Anoth ? T strong objection to the Bill was , that it gave bo poorer of appeal to the poor man against the acts of the Gaardians or Commissioners- Again , the distance of the poor from the workhonsa was generally so great , that it was in , p :. isibls for them to make their ¦ want ? hnown . The House vras now astedto renew t 3 is C- ; iaujL = aon for five years , under a promise from Gr ? ei"c . Tnent that they would introduce a remedial Blli Sest Session . That wzs a pled . ee on which no reliaacs ctsild be p laced , S 3 i ^ a fulnlineut eniirely dep = » jdr < i oa crremmstances . After the conduct of 51 iBi : t = T 3 .. in divides the ' BilL and taking only the
clauses j ^ acting tha Commission , in the Saca oi tn . esr asscTr . rgntra xcat it must be pas = ed entire , how could tfas Hou 2 s reiy oh the pledge now given to bring in a B-w BUi in tbe next SefsioE , when % h& Intentions el Gavemni-ait might be defeated ? If this . Bill passed , jspresenfcsttca would be a Lcnioug . Tii € j . 6 eard math ic recent tfe ' c 3 te 3 of the di £ vres 3 prevailing in ths conuti 7 , and it ' was fit that the Houss should properly inv ~ st % ^ t ; that subjeci . The grsatest relief , however , sriich could be administered , at least to these who most it qaired it , would , he ¦ s'as convinced , be afforded through a huznase and cisritible Poor Law ; but he ¦ wa s sorry to 2 nl that those who talked most loudiy of
the previilizg distKSs were supporters of the -present 235 ! . ETa implcred ilcuibcrs to break their siienee , and tell tbe csuntry what thty nieant to do to relieve the zgoz ' z ' xg dutrcEs which in some pitta existed in iTclsicl . BTe die not Fptsk on this subject with any th : n § like pirty feeling ; he did not txpect that a large nnmbsr would snpporl the motion he waa about to make ; but he was not ashamed to appear in a small laiccri ' . y on this quesiisn . At all evenU , he wculd raiier glory in being in a small minority supportiflg the rish ' - S of the poor , than in the largest majority against thtm . ( Hear . ) He bagged now to move , that the Bui be « ad a third time that day three months .
M . Fields : * sscocded the mofon . The Hob . Member then rnz'l tie letter , which was to the following efect : —The writer-stated , — " I have jtiit read , with astonishment , Sir James Graham ' s statement relative to the beneficial effect of the New Poor Law in rural districts . The fact is , that the Cam Law and the Poor Law together have reduced tens cf taonsands of field labourers in the rural districts to a sti ' e of anject slavery , starvation , and nakedness . It is re ^ Ly heartrending in thi 3 once flourishing , but no * suffering coaaLry , to hear its rulers , who profess to be the ruiriia ^ s of cur peace , comforts , and prosperity , ta : k like Sir James Graham , in the fac « of so many facia , wLieh declare that the fleid labourers at this lEom ^ Dt are starving for want cf -worS . " \\ hen
the Poor Lsw vras istroi ! n 2 = ; J . there -s-as a clause in it enar . lLg teat ou :-ioor r = Iitf should be refused to ableboi 3 iea isea hIi-zt ttd 31 sz of July , 1535 ; but this clauie w ^ s w : ih ; 1 rawn . Now , he asked , why did not the Gi / va-nra ^ n : do what they got the Commissioners to do ? This was a co ^ rdly c-. » urse cf proceeding . He did nit esj ^ ct his oppi-aiti-. ^ u the Bill to be successful . Keariy ail the Literal and Cu ^ strTative Heuibcis would vote f- ^ r the third rtadiag . Stui tie would diBcharge t » 3 Cu ' . v , Tie COnDUCt of thatUcase -was opprefislre to tie poar . Thby pis = ei la-og to icaks food dearer , and then they niii&i « . t := r Aws to rtdoca the rate cf the lbs
Tv ^ zei tht-y tnoa ^ ht labourers of country ¦ won ld b ? s ? this , they were mistaken . He had bc £ D vrarrJB ? iLeni {¦ j ? tea years of tbe av preach of distress ; tno cow that tliitrc » had ccm 2 . He ¦ srculd now endfc ^ Tonr to impress on the Eiisds of the GoveniKect ¦ w hat mast be tee consc-qasnea of continuing the commission for Jiye or&s jear ^ Tits labouring m « n of Eo § and hoped whea a Cons--rvitira Qovercmeat came iatJ poser it -would act on C ^ uttiTative principles , and that their coE , . itiua would be bettered . Taey had been disappointed , and a fet : i ; n 3 of revenge was springing up in tribir , besjnjs , aca srvnW ba manifested in a way "VTjiicii all ¦ ccula have to ueplore .
ilr . Jici-iz could Ev * cotceiva ho ?? a Bill each as taw cume io be sacparted by so maisy of the Liberal parry . i-3 r . Rashleigh condenrccd the Bill for the hardship wiui TTiiich it pressed ujon msn with large fae'IIts iir . Escoxx w : > uld not oppose the third reading . A grear point Lad beea gcined in tee declaration of the Honie Sr-rttary , that the tsp ' asatory ie'ltr of the CDmmiss ; oiier 3 was not to be taken j ^ a binding order . Mr . Agljccnby would vote against the third reading , by rtasuj of ths c ' auss which continued the CommiEiian fv-r Sts years . He begged to be understood £ 3 no * eutenrring in tic strong iaDguage used bj ilr . Picldsm Csptiiia PECHrLL fisld that b . 9 triumphed in the isspite of tke G-. ibtit Ueioej . la answer to a question frora ilr . R . Torka
Sir J . GsaMam rtp * ated his conviction of the necessity for a ctntral authority . -Parochial administration without appeal was recommended by no one ; a ^ d , even sr . ta appeal , it had bstn productive of so many evils , -as to coapel the interposition of the Legislature , It was coa . plained that there lay no appeal from the Bsard of Gaardiaas ; but a representation made to the Cemmiis oDtrs cf any matter in which the Guardians had miscarried would hardly fail to Induce aome remedy . Bsving himself stated in round cumbers , that where 2 DO . O 10 people had been relieved in the workhouses ,
more than 1 , 000 , 000 had been relieved at home , he had zinca . been asked to specify tits proportion of ths able * bodied persona lha cumbe ? of those jslivad daring tht quarter ending Lady-day , 1840 , in the vrorkhonaes , was under 50 , 000 ; at their own homes , 205 , 000 . During the «/ rxe * poodu ) g quarter it 184 . 1 , the nnmbei inhered in the workhouses was 65 , 596 ; at their homes , 280 , 150 ; The system , then , which had been condemned as a crael and iron sy&t = m was , in truth , a plastic and humane one ; and hs earnestly recommended to the House to sanction it by such a majority as Bhould mark their conviction of its usefulness- .
Me . jQ'Goxkell ' s main objection waa against the continuance of the Commission to 1547 . In Ireland there were Commissioners having a political bias , which
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had increased their anp « pttlarity ; and he would bring that branch of the subject before the House early in the next Session . Captain Bekselet approved of the BilL Colontl Sibthokp thought the Bill might be less objectiocable if the Assistant-Commissioners were abolished , and the discretion of the Guardians erJarged . General Johsson was at a less to know the real tenoor of the Bill , which was dismantled of a majority of its clauses in committee , and had not bean printed
since . The Hoase then divided—For the third reading ..... 103 Against it ,,,,,,.., ... » ..... . 30 Majority for the Bill .. -73 Sir T . Aciand moved a clause authorising guardians to appoint local committees for receiving tae applications of the poor in parishes at a distance from the meeting-place of the board of guardians . Sir C . Napieb seconded the motion . Several other Members concurred in recommending Sir T . Acland's clause to the House . The clause was then agreed to ; but , on the question " that the Bill do pass , " Mr . Pielden took another division in which he vaa unsuccessful .
On the motion for going into Committee , of Snpply , Mr- Gibson moved , as an amendment , that the House should go into Committee to consider the distress of the country . He endeavoured to justify himself in this r--perition of impediment to tbe Snpply by referring to constitutional practice , and by professing his belief that Ministers themselves were not yet sufficiently aware of tb © extent of tbe distress . It had been said thst the proportion of uninhabited houses had not increased ; but the houses were inhabited by persons who could not pay their rents . The late increase in the consumption of sDgar , which had been cited as evidence of an improvement , showed only that the measure of th ' e late Government respecting sugar was one which would have benefitted the country . He then read a
variety of reports from Manchester , which be regarded aa affording accurate samples of the general state of the manufacturing districts . He -went through the trades pf the grocer , the butcher , the draper , and the corn and fionr dealer ; observing that , their condition was a fair criterion of the condition of the working classes around them . The persons best competent to judge saw no prosptct of improvement . There might be variations ; th ° e fever nvght be intermittent ; but it coEitituted a permanent disease . It was one which had been long predicted , particularly by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce , in a petition pressing for the removal of all import dnties on food . That representation was made in 1 F 3 S . and had been repeated in every subsequent year ; and the like opinions had been expressed by the
Liverpool BroLers' Association , which was not , like the Manchester Chamber of Commerce a body maintaining Radical politics . The only remedy was the free admission of food ; and whatever ills might be feared by some from that measure , they conld hardly be worse than lbs ills already endured . The restrictive laws prevented that demand which a free exchange would have created for manufactures , and which would have ohviated any disadvantage supposed to remit from machinery . The increased consumption of cotton waa no evidence that employment and wages had increased ; ncr was the erection of a new mill or two a proof that nraruficturiDg industry was on the advance . He pretested asainst the doctrine of those * who thought it politic to repress manufactures , lest the towns should breed a population dangerous to our institutions . This , ia ether words , was to affirm that the manufacturers
cuf > it to be starved down to a certain point . Yet snch , he sairt , was the theory now promulgated even from the pulpit ,- and to that effect he quoted a sermon of the Rev . Mr . Melville . He then contend that all these wtra but attempts to keep the farmers in the dark : that the repeal of the Curn laws was known by its supporters to be not far distant ; and that the honest course would fee to say so at once to the farm era , and bid " them pw-par ? for competition . The present was the fittest possible time for the investigation of the existing distress : the pressing business of legislation was all ilifposed of , and a series of preliminary discussions h 3 d prepared the minds of the House fpr the subject . Tbe coming harvest- did not promiss to reach an average , and even an average harvest did not come up to our want 3 . There couM 1 e found no argument against his proposed Committee , except personal convenience or an insane disregard of an initint dancer .
Dr . BO'WK . ISG referred to the declarations of political , parties in America , aa snowing that the hostile feelings of that country against England were generated by the laws which exclude American produce . He seconded Mr . Gibson ' s motion . Sir J Easthope expressed his sympathy for the suffering population . He guve credit to Ministers for believing that they had done all in their power ; but unless something more were effected , the people would cease X » rely upon the House of Commons .
Mr . Hume contended for Mr . Gibson ' s motion . The agriculturists tbemwlves would support it if they understood their own real interest . The landlords w < rre much mistaken if they thcughfc their estates were their own ; the paupers had the first claim , and the clergy the next He was desirons of an examination irtto the causes of distress , end ha believed our extravagant expenditure would be found to be one of them . The only practical relief would bo by at odcs applying the principles if free trade to all articles of general con&ntnption .
Mr , Villiebs complained of the silence of the Ministerial party , which tie imputed to their consciousness of the weakness of their cause . All their promises and professions had broken down , and been falsified . Public epinion was with them no longer ; the working classes were now awakeDed to a sense of tbe fraud which had bsen practised on the nation , and the rent-rectivera had lost their power . The Opposition might fee censured lur taeir pertinacity in these debates ; but their justification was , that every fresh discussion produced some fresh advantage . His own objects were to Bee the people wtll fed and well educated , and then they might ba safely trusted with political power ; but the first consideration was , that they should be physically well off .
Mr . Mc . vtz felt it is duty to say a tew words , lest it should be inferred from his silence that his own constituents were in a state of comfort . Tke present , however , was not a fit season for inquiry ; the minds of men en all sides were as yet too much inflamed for any calm exam ' nation . Mr . Cobdes addressed the House npon the main question . He denounced the landlords as hypocrites in affecting that they maintained the present Corn Law for the sake of the rural labourers , when the rural labourera were actually in a condition little better than that of tha manufacturers themselves . When Sir Robert
Peel ~ was told that things were improving , he was deceived by parasites . It was in the power of the Legislature even now to arrest the high tariff of America , by a simple declaration that the ports of England were open to American com . There had been a politic . il justice in the process of this session . They began with a law to make the people eat dear bread , and they ended with a Poor JLaw , npon ¦ which their own friends were backsliders from them . 11 , as some said , Sir is Peel Intended to carry out the principles of free trade , there could-be no , fi : ter season than the present ; he might set at defiance tha bigotted S 3 cti ^ n of his own foilo-wcrs : but there was no time to be lost
The House th £ n divided on Mr . Gibson ' s motion , which was nesatived by a majority of 92 ; the numbers being 156 to 64 . ' The House then rasolved itself into a Committee of Supply , bat it being row past two o ' clock , one vote only was taken , and the House resumed . —Adjourned .
Mondayy July 25 . Tn reply to a question asked on Friday night by Lord PjlGerston , it was intimated by Sir Robert Peel , that a supplementary grant of £ 10 , 000 is to be proposed , in adcition to the usual education grant cf £ 30 , 000 . Sir Jaxfs fifEAHijr , fa reply to Mr . E wart , faid that Government were not prepared to substitute anotht ? punishment for that of transportation .
CHARTISTS ASD MAGISTRATES OF STAFFORDSHIRE . Mr . T . Duscombe rose to renew the motion of which ha had given notice seme time ago , and which he had postponed at the request of the Hon . Member for Stafford and the Secretary cf St ' ite for the Home Department . The observations cf the Right Hon . Baronet on that occasion had beea read with much astenishnient and surprise by the persons interested in the fate of the nnhappy men -who -were now FufiWriag in Stafford Goal . The trial took place on the 2 nd of the present month , and they were immediately sent to prison . A petition and memorial were immediately forwarded to the Home OffiM on tbe 13 th , and on the IGth a reply vras received whieh purported to be written by the
direction of the Home Secretary ; and yet when questioned upon the subject in the House , tb& Riahfe Hon . 3 aronet said na had never received any memorial , and , of course , had caused no reply to be written to it Considering that the present Government never made mistakes , never stumbled over stones , or fell into puddles , this contradiction certainly appeared very extraordinary . It wuuld seem that tbe business of the public departments was not conducted in a more accurate manner under the present than it was nnder the late Government If Lord Nonnanby had happened to have made the declaration which tbe Right Honourable Bsronet had done with respect to this transaction , the public would not have heard tiie last of it for sosne time . iHear , hear , hear . ) The question which he was about to bring nnder the
consideration of tbe House was one of » serious nature . It involved the sacred right of the people to meet pc aceably in public to discott pablic grievance * if it should appear that that rig ^ bad beta Violated by the magistrates of stsiFordstiire , be keped the House would aid him in obtaining from tho Government that information for which he was sow about to move . It appeared a report had gone abroad that a statement had been made by some magistrates in Sedgeley , that if a Chartist dared to . ihow his face in the town , he should be immediately arrested . Mr . Mas » n , a Chartist lecturer , however , thinking that the magistrates had no right to make such a statement , determined on holding a meeting in Sedgeley . He had proceeded aboat ten minutes in his lecture , when hs -was interrupted by a constable of the name of Beo&n ( as 'we understood ) who , it afeGuld be observed , was the only 'witness who
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appeared on the trial against the prisoners . And what , after all , was the language to which the censUbJa deposed ? According to his aeconnt , Mason was telling the people , and telling them , as he ( Mr . Duncombe ) believed , truly that the lawa of this country were made by the aristocracy—that the people had no voice in the election ' of their representatives—that the laws which were to be obeyed by all Bhould be made by ail , and consented to by all ; that the individuals in this country who worked the hardest received the least ; and that those who worked the least received the most The constable then interrupted the lecturer , saying that he could stand that no longer ; that ha should do something for his pay ; that Mason Wtt 8 using seditious language ; and that it would be his duty
to break up the meeting . Mason told the constable that he had no business to interrupt him ; that his only business would be to go before the magistrate and lodge infoimation against him , which might be tried on a future day . The constable persisted in patting an end to the meeting ; be took bold of the bench on which Mason was standing , and tilted up the Iectnrer—( a laugh . ) The people interposed , but finally Beman carried off the bench . No breach of the peace was csmmitted , except by the constable . Mr . Mason took out a warrant against the constable , upon which the constable took out another against Mason , and caused him to be apprehended . The magistrates committed Mason for trial , and dismissed the charge against the constable . Mr . Mason and seven others were committed for
attending an unlawful meeting , and for assault The meeting was one which no lawyer would call unlawful or illegal . It was perfectly , peaceable till interrupted by the constable . These poor working men were committed on a charge of unlawfully meeting , and on a charge of riot and assault All thj charges against them , except for unlawfully meeting , bad subsequently vanished , and be ( Mr . Duncombe ) denied that for even that part of the charge there was any good ground . They had not come with arms , or with banners , or in anything like military array , nor was the meeting accompanied by any circumstance that could constitute it aa unlawful assembly . [ Here the proceedings were interrupted by the nomination of some Honourable Members to accompany Mr . Greene , as managers of a conference with
the Lords , on the Wicklow Harbour Bill . On their return , Mr . Greene reported that they had delivered in their reasons for disagreeing to the amendments to the bill . Mr . T . Duncombe then resumed . ' ] He had been going to say when be was interrupted , that Mason and the others had not been guilty of using seditious language ; but that even if they had been guilty , the constable would not have been justified In interrupting them . Mason had been found guilty of attending an unlawful meeting ; the others had been found guilty of ; a common assault . . He ( Mr . Dunconibe ) complained of the arrest ; he complained of the circumsfances that had taken place at the trial ; and he complained of the sentence that had been passed . Tbe constable had evidently a dislike to Mason , and yet the
Chairman in passing sentence gave one man two months ' imprisonment , another man four , and another six months' imprisonment , according to the dictum of the constabla If guilty , they were all equally guilty , and in awarding punishment to refer to a partial witness could not be fair . These men were now prisons rs in Stafford goal , after having been sacrificed to the party spite of the magistrates , and in the present state of feeling in Staffordshire such treatment , he contended , of the working classes was anything but prudent . When they conpled such occurrences with what had lately occurred in Ireland , the people naturally rsked , were they returning to the days of Casttereagh ? He ( Mr . Buncombe ) maintained that the people had a right to meet and discuss what they deemed to be grievances , and this prosecution , instituted by the
magistrates , was disgraceful to the county of Stafford . He did not believe that any judge of asafza would have found these unhappy men guilty , and it would therefore be better if the power of magistrates to try such offences at quarter sessions were taken away . It was too late in the session to ask for a committee of inquiry to investigate these charges , but he would endeavour to obtain tbe best information within bis reach . The Hon . Member . concluded by moving for copies of the depositions upon which J . Maaon , a'Chartist-lecturer , Thomas Cxswell , and six others were ' ' committed for trial at the late Midsummer sessions for the county of Stafford ; together with copies of the indictment ; or indictments , and the names and addresses of the magistrates and jury before whom they were tried . Mr . Hume seconded the motion .
Sir J . GHA 1 IAM said he owed some explanation to the Honourable Gentleman ( Mr . Duncombe ) and to the House for what had occurred on a former occasion , when this « ubject was introduced . He ( Sir J . Graham ) did not wian to avail himself of any subterfuge ; but , when itwas considered , that in the course of the ye&t , about 4 , 000 cases connected with the criminal administration passed through his bands , aaaod to which , at this period of the year , he had to spend about ten hours of tbe day in that House , be thought there waa some excuse for him if be was not always able to recollect th * circmstances of each case when refenud to . Thociee came before him in the shape of a memorial ; but the memorial was indorsed , not "John Mason , " but "Thomas Caswell : " and this circumstance had led to his
mistake . Looking at ail the circumstav . ee of tho «» oc , to ( Sir James Qrabnmj thought tne Honourable Gentleman was taking a strange step , when be attempted to constitute that House a court of appeal against the verdiot of a jury . He ( Sir James Graham ) would not attempt to enter on the details of this subject upon an ejtpavle statement ; but when the Honourable Gentleman said that the constable had exceeded his duty , be ( Sir James Graham ) must say he had still to learn , that a constable hearing at a publio meeting , language calculated to lead to a breach of the peace , was not entitled to arrest the person eo offending . Of course the con * stable would do so on his own responsibility —( hear , hear , hear , from Mr- Hawes ) . At all events , the question had been submitted to a jury , aud tbe Hon .
Gentleman would mrely not say that it was not competent for twelve men empannelled as a jury , to bring in a verdict on a question of this kind . The chairman who presided on the occasion , had held bis office fur twelve years , was a man of acknowledged skill and txperience , and was a member of the legal profession . Tbe Right Hon . Baronet then proceeded to read a statement from the gentleman in question , who stated that for more than seven years he had attended no political metting . or had ever , in public , given expression to any political opinion . Nor had he ever heard any political discussion among the magistrates when they attended the quarter sessions . He ( Sir James Graham ) could add that the chairman bore a high character for impartiality , and the language of Mason was undoubtedly
of a most exciting kind . The proiecutloa was ordered by the magistrates . There were four counts in the indictment . Tile first was for riot , the second for unlawfuily assembling , and the third and fourth for different degrees of assault The jury returned a verdict against one of tbe defendants on the second count , and against the other suven for an assault , and tbe chairman did only what was right in imposing the heaviest punishment up » n Mason . The Hon . Gentleman asked whether the time had arrived when it Waa not lawful fOt the people to meet in a peaceful and lawful manner ? God forbid ! but the question waa . bad these people met in a lawful manner ? Had they met in a peaceful manner ? and in return he would ask ba < 8 they arrived at the time when that House would review the verdict of s jury whose verdict could not be impugned ?—( htar ,
hear . ) The only semblance of doubt on on this point bad since been retracted by the Honourable Gentleman himself , it had been implied that there were grounds f- > r suspecting the chairman of tampering with the jury . The fact was this . The trial lasted from nine o ' clock in the morning tiilfour o ' clock In the afternoon . Tbe chairman , before summing up , begged leave to retire for two or three minutes , and the jury applied for a simi . ' ar indulgence . The jury Ufc the court under charge of a constable , but by mistake went into the san . 'a passage as tbe chairman , who simply put them right ; ts to where they should go . He ( Si * J . Oraham ; contended it was in all respectB a fair , honest , and impartial trial , and deprecated the constituting of that House into a court of appeal . He should oppose the motion .
Mr . E . Buller corroborated the statement that the jurymen who retired were in charge of the proper officer , and the chairman had no communication with them further than had been stated ; and bore testimony to the accuracy of the written statement quoted by the Right Hon . Baronet . The chairman was a gentleman of much legal knowledge clear perception , and sound judgment , and he ( Mr . E . Buller ) knew no one upon whoso impartiality he would place a greater reliance . Mr . Aolio . vbt knew nothing of the parties concerned , or of their political opinions , and was therefore not prepared to give any opinion on the facts of the case . His ofj < jct in - rising was to express his dissent from tbe doctrine of the Right Hon . Baronet He ( Mr . Aglionby ) thought that in a constitutional point of view that House ought to be the supreme Court of Appeal in cases in which the liberty of the subject was concerned . He did not 8 ay thafe motions s . iould be brought forward upon every light and
frivolous occasion ; but in cases of grave doubt and suspicion tbe right ongbt to exercised . He did riot understand the Right Hon . Baronet to say that there had been any breach of the peace until after the interference of the constable It appeared that certain langQage had been used which the constable choose to consider constituted an unlawful meeting . He ( Mr . Aglionby ) did not aeree with the Right Hon . Gentleman ' s definition of an unlawful meeting . He ( Mr . Aglionby ) believed an unlawful assembly to be a meeting held for the purpose of carrying out that which , if carried out , would riot be lawful . He denied that tke constable ought to be constituted a judge of what constituted an unlawful meeting . There must be something calculated to Impress every one with the belief that a breach ef the peace was about to be committed . ' He 0 hOBld euppoit the motion of tbe Hon . Member for Finebniy With the greatest pleasure , and whenever be observed a case of the kind that was not light and frivolsns , he . should assume the right of the House to be a couit of nppeaL
Mr . Hawes hoped the law officers of tbe Crown would stand up in their places , and protest against the unconstitutional doctrine of the Right Hon . Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department . He ( Mr . Hawes ) knew nothing about the case , but when it was said that a constable should be a judge whether a meeting was stditiouB or not— ¦¦•¦ .- . : .. ,--. ¦ ¦ ¦' .. . . - ' - . " , ¦; . ¦ Sir James Graham—It may save the Honourable Member some trouble if I now observe that I did not say the constable " * as justified , bnk that t « did it at hlji
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own risk . The constable observing tumult at a meeting which in bis judgment would lead to a breach of the peace , was justified at his own peril in apprehending the . parties . - ,.: ¦;¦¦¦ -: " \¦ ';¦¦ ' ¦ , ;> ' ¦• . . ¦ :. - ' ' ^ ' - ¦ ; . . . - ¦ . ¦''¦ ¦ ' . ' ¦¦; . ' .- ¦ V Mr . Hawbs neyer dreamed of saying that the constable was exempt from responsibility , but protested against the doctrine that the constable was to be the judge . He had understood the Right Honourable Baronet to say that the constable was now justified by the verdict of the jury . Since the days of the circular of Lord Sidmoutb he had not heard of a more
invidious attempt to put down public discussion than the doctrine now held by the Home Secretary ... Lord Sidinouth ' s circular had been scouted throughout the whole country , and He ( Mr . Hawes ) hoped the opinion of the Kight Honourable Baronet would mtiefc with a similar condemnation . There was a long debate on Li > rd Sidmouth ' a circular , in which Lord Holland and other Liberal authorities bad held that , although it might be true that offenders might escape by the constable not having sufficient power , yet it was better that should bo the case than that he should be armed be with a judicial authority . -
The Attorney-General felt it necessary to say a few words after the sort of challenge by the Honourable Gentleman to the law officers © f the Crown . If the papers were called for with a view to any practical purpose , he should be glad to know what that purpose was . If they were not called for with a view to cast a slur upon the magistrates and jury , he could not understand why they were asked for at all ( hear . ) The only paper of any importance , or for Whictl there could be ft pretence for calling—aUhough he should certainly have objected to its production ;—was the notes of tbe chairman , and that had been abandoned ; but as to the copies of the depositions , the persons committed ; for trial bad alright to such copies , and if there bad been any thing in them '' . containing- matter of complaint they
could have been incorporated in a petition , and brought under the notice of the House .: As for the copy of the indictment , it was nothing more thaii a transcript of a Crown law form containing a charge of attending an unlawful meeting ; and . although the prisoners might not have an office copy , yet they had been furnished with enough to ground any complaint to that House . The next thing called for was a list of the names of the magistrates and jurymen . The names of the magistrates were appended to the commitment , and as to those of the jurymen they must have been notorious , and were called over in court ; ' That House was the last assenikly ia which ; the verdict of a jury ougtit ' -to- be maiie tho Bubject of comment . Much had been said' aa to the power of the constable
in such an assembly . Now , whenever a constable saw anj act done ( hear , hear , ) heard any counsel given , or any language used , the immediate tendency of which waa . to lead to a breach of the peace , it was his business to watch , and takfe care that no breabh of UM ' -peapa should ba committed—^( hear , hear)—or it might become his imperative , duty at once to interfere and prevent it . He ( the Attorney-General ) should be sorry to ' see any proceeding , the tendency of which was to put dowa public opinion , but when he saw that tke conduct of tlie . constable , however rash , had been justified by the verdict of a jury , he did not think the House warranted in interfering . Under all circumstancea he trusted tho House would decide that the case was not one in whi « h its inquisitorial power should be called into opwra :-ion . Mr . p'GONNELL would reeomnifend the Honourable Member for Finabury to witkdraw thut part' of the
motion which culled for the iiaviies of tho magistrates and jurymen . That part of the motion which called for the production of the depositions , ought , in hia opinion , to be acceded to . It / ' struck him that the patties in question had been charged with . one . ' offence , and convicttd of another . The offence with '¦ . Which they were charged was , that they had been guilty or using seditious language . Their conviction went solely upon the ground that they haiV attended an unlawful meeting . He ( Mr . O'Connill ) repudiated the doctrine that an inferior officer , ? uch as a constable , should be made the judgei of . whether language was seditious or not . The fact of the seditious character of the language employed in this instance appeared to be- exceedingly questionable ; and in order that the House might ba enabled to judge of it , it was requisite that the ¦ . depositions ' : should ¦ be . produced . He hoped , therefore , - . that the Honourable Member for Fihsbury would insist upon that part of his-motion .
SirROBERT Inglis contended that no ground whatever bad been shown to wartant tho interference of the House in a matter already adjudicated upon . The depositions fot which the Honourable Member called had nothing whatever to do with tho trial . Mr . T . Duncombe said he should not press for tho names of the roai [ i « trates or jurymfcn . The Solicitor-General said , there could be no other object to be attained by this motion than to caat a censure on the magistrates and jurymen . The Hon . and Learned Member for Cpckermouth said that that House ought to be acourt of appeal ' . If there were any real grievance that Housei-wasi the place where it ought to be made known ; but . be protested against the doctrine of that House beine made a court of appeal on the
decision of a judge oir juvy in any matter , civil cr criminal— ( hear ,. hear ) . •—? ' >;>> k <^ : ^ m » wBj lucompetent to ' -Bii « U' an object , aud it was becauseAhia was intended as an appeal agaiiist the decision of the magistrates and the jury that be now o' > jeC ' . ed to thiamotion—( hear , hear ) . ; Upon what ground was it made 1 Tako the petition , which , aa he understood , was presented to the House by the Hon . Jf ember for FinsKury . The Hen . QenUcman , the Member for Finsbury disclaimed any intention of bringing charges against the magistrates , the chaitruin , or the jury ; he declared that he did not mean to ask for the names of the jury , or the magistrates , or the chairman , but yet what did the petition say ? It proceeded in these words : — "That your petitioneis are fuliy convinced , from the proceedings connected with the trial , that tbe
prosecutors , aud the magistracy , and thu jury who were sworn to return a verdict in accordance with tbo eti > dence , were icfluenct-d more by factious motives than a strict regard to tquity . " Now , be would ask with what view wis the House of Commons called upon to agree to this motion ? It-was said that there existed no intention ef pronouncing cenauire lipan either the magistrates , the chair man ; o * the j . uty . ; then with -what view was the question raiEecl ? In oideri it was said ; that an inquiry might be instituted j but ho professed himself at a loss to discover how a case even for inquiry had been made out . The Right Hon . Gentleman the Member for Cork cpunty had told the House that he was not in possession of any information on the subject , and bo had almost every Member who
addressed the House ; he would , therefore ,, just nritfly state , that the first connt in the indictment charged the prisoners with having created a riot ; the second , with holding an unlawful assembly ; tho third , with assault-Ing a constable in the execution of hi 3 duty ; the fourth , with a coDiinoh assault ; Upon the quosti » n of law to which this trial gave rise the chairman pronounced a judicial opinion , and surely it would not now be maintained that the Hon . Member for Finsbtiry wished the House of Commoris to pronounce a censure Upon that , for , if such were hia -wish , why shoulfl CO disclaim it ? He said he did not cotnpiaiu . Of tho chairman or any one concernen , yet he presented a petition preferring charges against all concerned , he got thatpetition printed with the vdte 3 , and he founded a motion upon it E xch of the charges in tie petition were gone through and denied , aud after giving up every one of the papeis which he demanded in the first
instance , he then naked for the depositions . > vhat could the / production of th ? depositioDS effect ? . No practical tesult c « uW be obtained fcom any papers except the chairman ' s notes ; for tboBei however , the Honourable Member did not ask . ' If the House went into an inquiry , the depositions would be wholly immaterial . It was fugtfested , that if the depositions were produced they would show the grounds of the committal ; but of vrbafc iniportiinee would the grounds of the committal-be after the question had ^ one before agrand jury ? : After they had investigated the < m 05-tion , after thsy had found a true Sill , after tho prisoners had been tried , nay , after they bad been convicted , of what possible use could thia depositions be ? ( Hear , hear . ) No ceusure , no suspicion ever could reat upon the chairman , upon the magistrates ; or upon the jury . What advantage could result from agreeing to the rcotion of the' Honourable Member for Finsbury ? ( Hear , hear . ) .- ' ¦ ' ' . ' - . " ¦ - ' ¦ . - : ' -- " . . . ¦'• ' -v , ¦/¦ ¦ ' - .: '
Mr . Sheil said that his Hon . Friend tbe Member for Finabury did not mean to cast any imputation upon the chnirruaiii the magistrates , of the jury ; neither had the . motion which he brought forward been founded npon the petition , as stated by the jHon .: and Xsarned Solicitor-General . The petition was not once mentioned in this notice of motion . What , then , would be the advantage of producing those papers ? The Right Hon . Bafonet the Home Secretary acimitted that a constable in tho perforuiiiKce of his duty bad exercised some discre ' tien ; that he had received an impression from overt acts , or frpm words , that a certain ^ meeting ' was an unlawful asaenibiy , iina he iuteifeied to disperse that assembly without the ' authority / of a magistrate . It Was trne the Right Hon . Baronet did pot Biy that the
constable was justified in taking such a course ;; but he would ask , were tho ctrcumatancea of such a nature as to call for the ^ approbationf cf the Government ? tin the contrary , the AttornDy-General adihitted that it vi&s inexpedient for constables thus to interfere . Was it not , then , pushing the power of the executive Government to a great length , under these circtunstan |} es ,: te refuse the production of . ' thepapers ? ( Hear , hear . ) Sitmmum jits , summa injutiu . 7 f ^ -th ^ doctrine now insisted upon ; -were to ' pteviil : nb ' piAU fi : ' meeting could be held withoutisiich ' ineeting being liable to dispersion at the wiUot ' a ' constable . Suppose 10 ^ 000 persons were as » mbled . upon any occasion , suppose a coiiBtable-7-att ignorant man , but one anxfo ' ua to do hi « duty—heard or witnessed that Which he c 6 n-
celfed to be illegal , and tterenpon he dispersed the meeting ex mero motti ; ih& question came to be tried not before any one of the jtidgea of the land ; but before an Inferior tribunal ; and snch being the facts of the case , it weuld eurely b « inferred by the country that the refusal to grant papera was a retrospective ratification of the coarse of proceeding adopted , by the constable . An asBembly might be unlawful , hut it would be inert anadviBabiei to give to the constables the power of judging with regard to that unlawfulness , and he trasted Uiot the Housei would / agree with him > that to grant the / 'depositions ia > uch a case es the present wouldjiot beundergtood to imply any censure upon tbe judge or the jury . If the papers were granted it would t » e receiv « d as an expression of ^ the opinion of the
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House of Comuiens that public meetings ought not to be dispewijd by the authority of constables ; out , if they were refused , an oppoalte inference must be drawn . / / : ;¦ ' ¦ , ' : - " ^ - ' - ¦" . ' : I . ¦[¦¦ •¦'¦ . ¦ ¦¦¦¦;¦ ¦' : ¦ ¦ . ; - ' - / :-k ¦ .-. Sir B . Peel said that the Right Hon . Gentleman Who last addressed the House had not attended to the manner in which the motion had originated . It was originally founded , upon the petition , and the Hon . Member moved that the petition be printed , In order , as his oifigliial notice stated , that he should call the attention of the ; House to the prayer of that petition and induce the House to consent to a motion for the production of these papers , on the ground that tbe judge , the juryi and the magistratea were influenced by factious motives rather than a atrict regard for equity .
Let any Hon . Member compare the original notice with the present motionV and he weuld find that it had dwindled almost to nothing ; but yet , if ; the House agreed to the motion , it would amount to saying that the verdict had been given against evidence . That allegation , in fact , constituted the Erst charge . The second , a « already Btated , accused the jury , the judge , and the magistrates with being influenced by factious motives ; the third paragraph of the petition asserted the innocence of the accused ; and the fourth was as follows : — « That previous to the Chairman of the Sessions summing np the evidence , he and two of .- '' ihe .-jur ^ en . ' .-ieft . ' . . the . ; ' . . co ' iirt '' , . by . ' -the .-:, ' sanie door ; and , after being absent for some time , the chairman and one of the jurymen returned together , the
other immediately following , which circumstances ought not to bo allowed to ita ^ pire in any court of justice , it being palpably indicative of unfairness , if not in justice , towards the accuBed . " That stitement was most positively denied . Though the departures from court were simultaneous . It was a circumstance purely accidental . Every one of the charges had been abandoned excepting one , and that was hot contained in the petition / As to tbe&ebairman of the quarter sessionB , he ( Si ? R . Peel ) ^ kl not the honour : of his acquaintance , and had never even seen him ; but had always heard his name . mentioned with the highest esteem , and believed that his services in the administration of justice ( as had been handsomely acknowledged by the Hon . Member for North- Staffordshire )
were highly appreciated in the county—( hear , bear . ) That the House of Commons had no jurisdiction in any case to inquire Into the admjnistratipn of justice , he could not lay down , neither could he undertake to define that jurifldictlon ; though assuredly , if there were reason to suppose . tbat a ehairman . had been tampering with the jury j theipe might be ground for intervention ; but nothing could be more dangerous than , on light grounds , to interfere with the administration of justice and setup the Honse as a court of appeal from juries . As to calling for the names of the jurymen , the Hon . Member for Finbury's own good sense induced him to withdraw bo very snonslrons a proposition- ^ -fhear . ) The most observable thing was that theTHon . Member had called for the names of all the parties concerned
in the matter except the very person who had just the greatest concern in it , namely , the constable . ; ( Mi . Duncombe here cried out ¦¦ ' . We ' ve got it- ')—(» lauRh . ) But now as to the charge against the constable ; what was there to sustain it ? With regard to what his Right Hon . Friend the Minister for the Home Department ; haA sai'l , be had not / understood him to lay down any doctrine abstiactedly- ^ -thearv hear , from the Liberals . ) Surely , bis Right Hon . Friend had done nothing more than refer to the circumstances of this particniar case^— ( " No , no , " from Mr . Hume and others . ) - His Right Hon . Friend would not , of course , lay down iu that House , without any deliberation , what were absolutely the duties of the constabulary in a most difficult class of cases . In the present case
( which was all that his Right Hon . Friend had meant to advert to ) , the constable had performed a very doubtful— -. ( hear , hear , from the Liberals)—as ail cases ef the Borfc must be doubtful , till set at rest as this had been by the verdict of a Court of Justice —( hear , hear , bear , hear . ) The jury had found that the meeting was an illegal one , and thus had justified the man ' s cpnduek— ( hear , hear ) . There had been , too , more than one appeal to . law ; the ; party complaining had brought his action for the assault ( of which nothing had been said ) , and that action bad been dismiss 9 (! r—( hear , hear ) . Why Bhould not then the decisions of a court of law be deemed sufficient
?—( hear , hear ) . It would never do , certainly , for the House to interfere till all legal means ; bad been exhausted- —( hear ; hear ); and if once the House adopted the principle of interfering , in cases so slight , with the judgments of conrts of Jaw , depend upon it there would not be one night without some case of the sort being brought forward , for to the end of the world losing parties would bo dissatisfied with the verdicts —( hear , bear ) . On these grounds , then , he hoped , that to maintain intact the great principles of law , the House would negative decidedly a proposition so fraught with danger to the administration of justice in this country —( cheers ) . .. '¦¦
Xord PAtMERSXON said , be concurred in the general principles laid down by the Kigbt Hon . Baronet ; but cases might , it was admittsd , arise iu which it would be just to interfere ; It had been laid down by high legal nilthnrltj , in Iroland thai in SUCil Cases the Cumplaidlug party could riot properly avail himself of the agsney of the - . press , ; butmust either appeal to the Executive Or to Parliament . Now , in this case there had been an appeal to the Executive , and the Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir JVGraham ) bad considered the subject ifith more or lesaof care— ( a laugh ) , —tbe reault of his deliberation having been unfavourable . There was a perfect disclaimer of any intention ; ' to throw c-nsure on judge or jury ; but the separation of the objectionable parts of
the motion made it mdre expedient to agree to the remainder . What was meant by the conatablfc ' s interfering " on his own responsibility ? ' That seemed as dangerous a doctrine as that which was involved in the conduct of one who , suspecting fraud at cards , pinned his opponenfs hand to the t . ible with a fork , saying , " If it is not a cheat , 1 beg your pardon !"—( laughfcerl .- — The fact was , however , that neither of the Crown ' s law officers had decidedly maintained the legality of the doctrine , that a constable might in any case act on his own idea of the lawfulness of a meeting —( hear . ) He should concur in the ! motion , as establishing what he thought would be a salutary precedent—( hear , bear ) ., ; '¦ . _ : ¦ ¦
Mr . YiLUERS admitted the evil of suffering illiterate men to be expounders of law ; bnt , in this case , a chairiuau of sessions and a jury had justified the constable whose ;; conduct wivs iu question^—( hear , hear . ) But that , In his opinion , made the case of bis Honourable Friend atill stronger for his application to have tbe depositions produced —( hear , hear}—for , as be had now framed his motion , there waa no question of the mode in which tbe law had been adminiatered , or any appeal to this House from a verdict of the court , bnt siruply a request to have the depositions on which the prisoner was committed produced , which was information that was peculiarly interesting for them at this time to pos-8 esa ^( bear , hear)—for the Attorney-General says that there are niany laws which he Bhould be Eorry toaee
construed strictly , and bis Hon . Fnend saya that it the prisoner was convicted properly , the lawis in a singular statQ ^ -ihear . ) For their informatipn > therefore , as a legislative body , it was important that they should know under what circumstances this person had been indicted- and subsequently convicted , and bow far riieetingB to distuss political questions might be held , or might be interrupted ( hear , he . ir ); for if the law , as it had been construed at these sessions , - was known , it might prevent violations of it iu futuro ; and if it was bad or improper to continue it , this House might desire to know that , with a view to alter it . Raising , therefore , as it did , the question of the law , asit might be then enforced , ' 'he sheuld vote for the depositions being ptoduced , as the best evidence they could get of the matter ( hear , hear . )
Mr . Ewart spoke amid cries of " oh , " and : " divide . " He thought a constable ¦ ' ¦ was not a pro-. per ¦ ¦ party to decide as to the unlawfulness of a meetibg , in the Manchester case the people had implements calculated to excite terror in the people , and Mr . Justice Batley had laid it down at York that there must be something to terrify the peo » pie before a meeting could be said to be unJawful ; but at the meeting alluded to on the . present occasion there were no implements calculated to excite terror ^ Mr . M . Philips denied that there were arms .- at the Manchester meeting . It might appear in evidence that tliere -were , but . such waai riot the case ; there were no arms ; nothing but flags . With respect to the present motion , ha must say that be did not think a constable a titp « raon to judge of the legality of a meeting . The Houae then divided— ¦ '' ¦ ¦¦ ; . ¦ F * r the motion .................:......... 32
Against it ...... . i ....., ; .......,......... 116 Majority .. ;¦ ..... .. .,.... . ^ .., . i . 84 On the question that the Sp Eakeb . do how leave the obair , with the view of going into Committee of Supply , ' "" . '¦' •/ .. . . . ' . .:. ' .., - . - . V . ''' ... '" . :. " . . "¦ - ' ¦ . . ¦ Mr . SHAJlMan Crawford called the , attention of the House t& the present distressed condition of the poor of Ireland . He was conyinccd that the Cora Laws had been productive of much , injury ; to Ireland ; and , as an Irish proprietor , waa quite willing to bear his share in any imposed burden for therelief : of the distress , which was so severe , that ciany of the poor might perish of starvation , during the recess , if not by soine means rescued , before . Parliament was : prbrogued . : ; . •/; ¦ ¦/ :: / ¦ ' ;¦ ; . - ' . ¦; . '¦ :. ; ;¦ ,. - ,, '' , / .. ,: ' ' . ¦'¦' . ' . . ' ., ¦' Mr . FiELDEN seconded the motion .
lord Eliot admitted the unquestioned sincerity of Mr . Bharman Crawford , who , aa an Irisji proprietor , bad done much for the welfare of his humbler fellowcountiymen . But there waa nothing in the general condition of Ireland to inspire despondency- —rathex the reverse . The present' distress -Was * of that UVHOl and Unfoitunately annual nature , ariaiog fcoin the condition of a merely p ^ tato-coosuming / population , and , to remedy which the Government had taken measures of relief . Otherwiao the country was ateadilyprogreB 8 ing In improvement , and the people were actuated by a spirit of enteiprise hitherto unknown . ,-.. ' .- ¦ , ; -, ' . ;¦ ¦; ;' After a few observations from Major Bryan and $ Ir . FreBch . "; // ' ' / ''¦''¦ '¦ ¦' : ;; ;' . ' ¦ : . :-- \ : : ' : ¦[¦ ^ i ^ l- ' .. ' /
Mr . O'Cohkell , while thanking ,. '; Mr . Crawford for his motion , and Mr > FMden for seconding it , thought that it might be better withdrawn , as at this late period cf the Session no practical result could come from it . He was used to i ^ ese glowing prophecies about the improved andlmpro ^ . ' ngcondUionof Ireland ; and the present- distreea was as severe as he had ever known , not so much in absolute famine , as in a general
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want of employment , and therefore wages . He admitted , however , that the Irish Government and individuals were taking Bteps to alleviate the distress , tkough he contended that the present conditioh of the country indicated Bomething essentially wrong ; - ; Air . Crawford yielded ; V > Mr . O'Connell ' a suggestion , and withdrew his motion . ; l / - : fv ^ v .: ^ : - Mr . HOME tb » n , before tte Speaker left the chair ; mentioned the condition of his own constituent * , ft © having been called on to do so by- thehi at a publlo meeting , with their chief magistrate presiding . When he had concluded , ' -. " :.: ? . / : - ; - ; : ;; .- ' - ; -- /¦/; : ; . T .- ; ^; -, i :- - '" The House resolved it «* l ! into a Committee of Supply , commencing with the remaining Irish Estimates . This business of Sapply oocnpiedtoft rest of tfio evening ; and several sums were voted . / ;
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Fromthe London Gazette tf Tri ^ , 53 % m : \ ¦ '/ - 'V - ;" ' / - ; ' ¦ ¦ ¦ -BANKRUPTS /' . '" ' ^ Z ¦ ' ¦; " :. ; " ¦ : ~ : ^ Cs John MUla , London-wall , canal-carrier , to surrender-August 1 , September 2 , at eleven O'clock , at th « Rankrupfei ^} Court : solicitars , Messrs . Waterman , Wrigto # ; ais 4 Kingsford , Bssex-streeti Strand ! and Mr . Wood , Wood-bridge , Suffolk ; official assignee . Mr . Grahain , Basinghall-street , '; : Henry and Robert ; Pawcus , Stockton-upon-Tee * , Durham , timber merchants , ^ ' .- ¦ Aug . 4 , Sept ¦ 2 , at one o ' cleck , at the Black Lion Hotel , Stockton-upon-Tees ; solicitors , Messrs . Swain , Stevens , and Co ., Frederick ' splace , Old Jewry j and' Mr . Scaife , Newcastle-upon-. Tyhe .. ; ¦ , - ,- ' . ; :.. ' ¦ .. " . ¦ ¦ . ¦/ : ; ¦ : ¦ .,. v . ' / ' ,: .: . ' ¦ . = .- ¦ . ' .- ;
... George Skipp , Hanloy Castle , Worcestershire , cider-me ^ cbant , August 1 , September 2 , at eleven o ' clock , at the office of Mr . Elgie , Worcester : soil * cltors , Messrs . Clarke and Metcalfe , Lincoln ' s-inn-Fields ;" Mr . Reece , Lsdbury ; and Mr . Elgie , Worcester .: ; - - ^/ - / : . ' .- ¦ /¦ vU / - ' ' ; . ;< :, -- ¦' ; . '; - ; - ; ' ' :.: ' . ¦ Charles Timmis , : Stone ,: Staffordahirej flint-grinder , August 13 , September 2 , at twelve o ' clock , at Trentbam Inn , Trentham ; solicitors , Mr . Smith , SouthhamptOR Buildings ; and Mr . Harding , Burslem , William Seddon and Francis Jordan , St Helen ' s Lancashire , millers , August 3 , September 2 , at fel ^ e o ' clock , at tlie Clarendon rooms , laverpool : solicitors , Messrs . Battye , Fisher , and Sudlow , Chancbry « lane ; and Messrs . Crump and Hassell , Liverpool . Lawrence Yablonsfcy . Birmingham i jeweller , Ang . 1 , Sept . 2 , at eleven o ' clock , at the -Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham : solicitors , Mr . Stafford , Buckingham-si ., strand ; and Mr . Harding , Birmingham ,
SaOTuelRusbton , Nottingham ; ironmonger , Jnly 29 , September 2 , at two o ' clock , at the George IV . Inn , Nottingham : solicitors , ; Mr . Yallop , Furnivai ' s-inn ; aud Messrs . Parsons , Nottingham . John Walsh and" Elijah Halford , Nottingham , tailors , July 29 , September 2 , a * twelve o ' clock , at the George ¦ IV < " ^ Inn , Nottingham : soliciWrs , Mr . Taylor , Featherstone-buildings , Holborn ; and Mr JLees , Nottingham . ¦ '' ¦¦' . ; . '¦ .. ¦ . ; :. ¦¦ ¦ ; ' " . - - . ; ' ¦ ¦ . ' " -, ¦ . ¦ ' . ; .: . -. . /¦¦ PAETNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . , Heaton Mersey Bleaching Company , Heaton Mersey
and Manche 8 ter . ^ -Pisxton and Robinson , Beverley , Yorkshire , linendrapers , —Pilling and Curry , Liverpool , commission merchants . S . Greg and Co ., Quarry-bar . k , an * i Bolllngton , Cheshire and Lancaster , Caton and Bury , Lancashire , spiarerR S . and W . Jones , aud J . W . Jones , Liverpool , boat-builders . J . Hobson and ! M . ¦ Walker ,- carriers betvveen York and Leeds . Messra . Ddnison , BrotherSi Guiseely , Yorkshire , scrlbfelSng and tailing miller ? . Greenwood and Johnson , Halifart Yorkshire , cotton spinners . Fawcet , Preston , and Co ., Liverpool i iron-founders ; aa for as regards W . R . Preston ¦ . . "¦¦•'¦ ., '"¦¦¦' .- ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦'¦'• ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦¦ . '"¦ ' - '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
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From the Gazettev of ' Tuesday , July' 26 . : . ' . ''•¦¦' : ' ¦ ' ; BANKRUPTS . . . ' /¦ , ; ¦ '" '¦" ; , . ¦ ;¦; .: George . Chapman , cowkeeper , Islington , to surrender Ang . 2 , at one , and Sept 6 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Belcher , official- assignee ; < Williams ^ Alfred-place , Bedford-square . / , ^ -- ¦ .- >¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ; .- - John tang , Samuel Armitoge / Biohard Redfearni and John Sy kea , blanket ¦ mannfacturers , ' Kversedge , York , Aug . 6 , and Sept 6 , at the George Hotel , Huddersfield . Jacques , Battye : and Edwards , Ely-place , London ; Watts , Dewsbury , - / - " Daniel Hodgson ; banker , Sandwich ^ Kent , Aug . IS , at seven , and Sept . 6 , at eleven , at the Bell Inn , Sandwich . Rowland ; pud young , White Iiion Court , Cornhill , London . ¦' :.:: ¦ - ; ' -.. ' .. ¦ ¦ - - '¦ ¦ ' ¦> . ' : / . - '¦ y , - ; / : ; ' - \ - : ; -V . . Thomas Hen » y Munday , bookseller , Fore-street , Cripplettate , Ang . ; -6 , at one , and Sapt 6 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Edward ' s , official assignee , Frederick'a place , Qld Jewry ; Nicbolson and Parker , Thtogmortottstreet . \ . ¦'; .. ' • . ; :. ¦ . '¦ ¦ ¦' . ' . . . ¦• ' ¦ .. ¦ . ¦ . - .:. ¦ -. ' ., ¦ ¦' . ' . ' ¦¦ : /
John Cotton , hosier , Nottingham , Aug . 3 , at twelve ,-and Sept 6 , at twpj at the ; George IV . Inn , Noting- < ham , Yallop , Furnivai ' s-inn , London /; Parsons , Jfofc <» ,-tingham .. ' / ^ "' .. v ; - ; - : : :- : y - ¦ -- ' ' : ¦ . ' - ¦¦ ; : v / --ya ' Edward Wilkins , linen draper , Swansea , Aug . 24 ,.-and Sept . 6 , at eleven , at the Bosh Inn , Swanse * Wifcd liams and David , Swansea . '¦ ., : ;¦ ,: ' . '• - , ¦ , ; . *; -.-. . ' ^^ ti n ^ , Elizabeth Fairclough Richardson , publican , Mancheft * . ter , Augi gj and Sept . 6 , at tea , at the Comaaiwowx' *** rooms , Manchester . Jaques , Battye , and Edwards , ^** . ? Place , London ; Beatb , MaDcbaster . " - - ^ h : - ' - ; d 1- VJobQ Scptt , gun roaker , Binnioghata , Aug . ^ Z * at ten , and S « pt 9 / at three , at the Commisrionsra * - Booms , Manchester . Johnson , Son , mi WeatharalL Templ ^ London . Higwn and Son , Manehester . i «; JohnDiokina , upholsterer , Northampton , Ang . 5 andi Sept 6 , at tw > , at the Angel Hotel , Northampton Wing Md Twining Gjay ' f-Um ^ aaw , London tP / weUi lfortb * inpkm . . / v , : ^^ - - ^ A . :.. / -, o ^ -A ^ ^ &
Andrew Lelghton , merokant , Liverpool , Ang . 13 ^ and Sept . 6 , at two at tie Cloreadon-rooma , LiTerpooL , ; VMcenfciand Sherwnod , Temple , London jLittlo dale andBardj » t 01 , LlTerpooL ¦*• w ^ s ^ a d :- - ¦ ¦' ¦ •? ' conn James Metcalfe andTbomas . Metcalfe , upholsterew Cmbridge , Aug . 8 , at . ejeven , > nd Sept d 8 , atlhatf-part one , at the Court of Bankrnptoy . Graham , official assignee , Ba » inghall- « treet ; Gidley , Earl-street , Black * ithm . ¦ v > :: - ; ¦; - ¦ " " . ¦; . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦ .-, ¦ .: v - ¦' .- •" .: ' - . \
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Prokogation of PABLi ^ BHx .-rrThe day ; named for ^^ the prorogation of parliament ia the . lQta or 11 th of August . The labours of the BessioQ will conse quently terminate in a fortnight . ^ ¦/¦'¦ : ' Thebb "was another " affair of ^ honour" oa Wednesday week : Mr . Alexander Pollington and Mr Augustus James Tankerfield , who had a dispute about some , electioneering matter , met on Putney Healib , at five o'clock in the morning , and shot at each other . Mr . Pollington was severely wounded in the groin ; Mr . Tankepfield slightly in the left
Attem ^ ued Mub » eeu— -On . Salurday ght one of two servant girls who slept in the bouse of Tlioma 3 M'Namara , farmer , / at ^^ Bal lycalian . e , ^^ roseoutof bed ^ and , seiziag a knife , without previous threat or intimidation , out the throat of her , bed-fellow * . whoso cries alarmed the family , and constable Slattery , who was on patrole convenieat to the place , sent off for Dr ,. ilaberfc Fitzgerald , ; who sewed ap the ipoision arid hopes are enteitamed of tbe poor girl's recovery . Jealousy is said to hav 9 instigated the horrid , deed * The windpipe was ^ severed [ . by the wouftd , , The offender , PefgyGriffiii , is in custody- The name of the sufferer is Catherine Fitzgerald . —Limerick Chron , Fbightful Accident . —A sad accident happened to a fine youth on our river last weekj who unfortunately got the rope of a steam-tug : coiled round his 1
legs , the effects of which were dreadful . The ieffr leg was nearly torn off , the muscles , great blood vej 3 selEr , and nerves being crushed , and one of tha bones broken to pieces ;; there was also an extensive laceration of the other leg , completely dividing tha tondo Achillis . The amputation of the left leg was recommended ; but as the friends refused their consent , tho arteries were tied , and the best done which the case would admit . As the surgeons expected , symptoms of mortification appeared on the following day r which increased so rapidly as to convince the friends of the youth that the only hope of saving the poor fellow ' s life was by the removal of the limb- ^ - an extremely hazardous experiment under such circumstances . The case is , however , going oa favourably , and but little doubt is entertained of tho patients recovery .- —Dorset Gaxette .
Fatal Railway Accident . —Oa Wednesday week a fearful accident happened on the lioe of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , which proved immediately fatal to a fine young man named Scott , about 19 or 20 years of age He was getting out of the way of the Pre 9 ton train , near Parkside < uot far from the spot where the lamented Mr . HuskissonV "waa killed ) , and which was being hooked on to a train going to Manchester , and did not observfta train to Liverpool , which was coming on at a rapid rate ia the opposite direction . He was immediately knocked down by the ' latter * ' aud cut across the body froih the head , diagonally to the loins by the whole of the train of carriagea passing over him , arid the bodyj ' which lay in an oblique direotion , was only feebly attached together by the clothes . As soon as the
train could be stopped , several of the passengers ' ^ amongst whom was a . medical man , got out , but tha unfortunate individual ' . ; was of course past . medical aid , and the body exhibited a shocking spectacle . Thei'bbdy' was immediately removed , and the utmost secrecy : was observed , the guards not even statingvifc openly as they passed the : different stations , bat mentioniug it in a whisper . To obviate accidenta like these , as the engine of each train is provided with a shrill whistle , which is blown on the approach to the different stations , it would also bo very oesifa « ble that it should be put on as soon as another traiu appears in sight . This shows thehecessity of doing
away with the privacy , in which nnmerous railway accidents are kept on the lines of this part of the cdua ' trylas if the accident of the inquest On the body had been made public , it would have led to the suggestion , of this or other mode of prevention of the occurrence of this or similar accidents ; A great secrecy is invariably observed with' respect io all such accidents , tbongh : it is bai fair ip staie' that ' with all itsimmense traffic ihisi 'is the second ^ if not the first , " . fatal ca « e which has occurred since the lamented dfath of Mr . riuskisson on the first opening of the railway . ' So quiot was'the ; oecurreiice kept that no notice of it Was ; taken in any b'fthe ' local prints . ¦ ' - ' ¦ " ' .:--¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦' - - ' - - ¦ ..:,:: h- " ^ -h , n- ¦' - •' - ' ¦¦ : : - ¦ ;¦ ... " . - ' . - . ¦ .. ¦ . / . ¦ -: ¦ .. ¦ . - ¦ ¦ •¦¦ ¦ . ¦• . ¦¦¦?• . ;•; ¦ ¦' . ; - / tj .. . i ' -i-» : ' . »; -. >
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 30, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct764/page/6/
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