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Speech Of F. O'Cg^Nor, Esq., M.P., Again...
lad lad done what they ougbt to hava < * oue . The be * _uaa-aaans of preventing outrage and _erima in Ireland wai to ee foe found in providing employment for the people as far it t it conld be profiled , aad m settling the relationsbt _rw- _^ _w- _^ n landlord aadjennnt ; andif the government had ippl ' ppl ' ed themselves to the consideration of remedial meatare-ares with half the xsal _thay had applied to this , they rroaVoald have given a better guarantee for the peace of the _wroountry than could ever be obtained from a Coercion BilLSilL If he Iter * asked how crime shonld be repressed , ne vie would aay , by multiplying to tba greatest possible izteiztent the number of those who were interested in mainjtiniaitung the rights al property ; and not a day or _honr tragtaght to be allowed to pass befere measures tending to
Ihathat result were introduced . The hon . member for Limeraericlc h » _d said , in opposing tbis bill , thathe wished sot * 0 fo parley with the assassin _, lie ( aid the same . He sontxrarted no popularity among _atuuist . ( Hear , hear . ) Se Se would uiiit ia any measures that would dash the _we-weapon from the hand of tha assassin . ( Hear , hear . ) He Be woald purine him through the land ; bnt it was _beoausausa he believed tnis measure was utterly useless for _tthethe ol-ject it had in view ; and that while it impugned aU ithe the _principlei af _conttitutional liberty , it rendered to the _Sefdefenceleu good man , who was disposed to peace , no _aeciecarity against the perpetrators of crime , that he felt _iaitnimsslf called upon to give to it all the opposition in ais lis po « _- » r .
J _MrEoBissoirrose . to address the house , but for some _mimSnutes the continued cxiei for a division _prevented him a & la & king himself heard . He was at length understood to nayiay that the hon . member for Nottingham ( Hr Feargus _D'O'Conaar ) , onaformer evening , had , no donbt through _Htimisconception , stated that the _Frorincial Ban ' s of Irelanand had filed no leu than 809 informations in the law rovonrts of Dublin . As tbat statement was _calculated t _» weirejttdleetho character of the hank , ofwhieh he ( Ur EtottoHttton ) was a director , he wished ta say that ro sooner _smms the statement made than the agent of tbe bank was SrtSrected to inquire into the facts of the CU 9 , and the resre-ralt was , that instead of 809 , only 69 informations had _beoeen filed , which , considering the sUte of things that Baud existed in Ireland , conld not , bs _regwdtd as an ex . tntnordinarr number .
l Hr _Moxoin _-foair 0 _ContOL feared net the ebarge of _iiacacorslstency on this question , for be bad scorned it SKbefore , when hs voted in favour of an Arms' Bill . Tbis tftMl was not the bill of 1 S 4 S _, nor anything like it . If it naEiad been , he would not bave voted for It even though aamnrdert had been committed twica as rapidly as at pre . _eesent . This wns a _moderate measure , which permitted _ththa uie of arms in private dwellings , except in disturbed _fliflistricts _. and only prevented the hss of arms when the ; ¦ _HfStere carried for the purpose of disturbing _the-pablic _pepeace . He -lenied that the magistrates of Ireland were _sMEghtedbj this MD , for duties _wers left to them nnder Wtjt , which , if properly exercised , weald tend essentially to hi fee pao'fi a Ion of the conntry . He hoped that the- law
_nrovocld be carried ont by the firm conduct ef juries , and _irrbritbout any demand for farther power * . Now , on that _;* K 0 Oint he merely wished to say this ; itwas the first dutv of : 3 S 3 arfiament to pnt an end to outrages wbich weredisgrace-!! _u ! al not to Ireland only , bnt also to the empire at large . |[ f [ f tha powers of this hill vere aot sufficient _, he would _lusot be deterred by any charge of inconsistency from _snpip-porting the _government in its call for further powers . _IBBe eenelnded with a word of warning to the government . """ When the ; had established tranquillity in the disturbed _liiiitricts their duties would only begin . He trusted that ¦ when the delirium of the patient was cured and his f : ver imras rellered , they would restore the tons ofhis _eansti-Ittution br wise and sanitary treatment .
Mr J . Bkisht ( who , on rising , was met by eries of _•¦• Divido *) felt himself in the same position as the hon . ** £ eatle _* _-un who had last spoken . He considered that be _irrrras compelled to speak on tbis question . He had that serening presented to the house a petition signed by _npinrards of 20 , 000 of the inhabitants of Manchester , the ipprayer of which was , that the measnre now before ths ibhouse _bsnot passed , and be therefore felt disposed _. before { -riving his vote , to expUin the reasons which rendered it _ttotalfy impossible thathe should oppose the _goramaent . lit was certain that the government had been nnder tthe _ab-olnte necessity of bringing forward this bill . "" There was no donbt that in certain districts in Ireland , vwhere outrage had for some time prevailed , the ordinary Haw was altogether powerless , and that in those
locsliftles the public spirit was depraved and vitiated — ( cries ( of' Ko , no *)—insomuch that the people were generally Undisposed to do what wat always done in Entland , —that _rwasto say , assist tbe police in detecting and exposing the ( Criminal . ( Hear , hear , and renewed cries ot 'Ko . ' ) Some hon . members denied this assertion ; but if they mould look at the _newspapers they would find that , how . ( erer these organs of intelligence might differ in other -respects , they were all agreed in saying that thera _texUted a feeling of exultation and _tri-iapa in thoie _districts in Ireland where recintlyan assassination hai been committed . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) There _prevailed im those districts a spirit utterly nn . : _kaowa in Ereland , and that bad spirit made it impostlble that without calling for extraordinary powers the
government could maintain or restore order . ( Hear , hear . ) He did aot say that this bill would be tffictive ¦ —no man could say tbat ; but at any rate it was tbe boundendoty of tha government , by as slight an in . _frisgementon the ordinary law as was _consistrnt with effectual action , to put a stop to the system which at tbis moment disgraced Ireland . ( Hear , bear . } . He came no w to the question whether the case of the government -was ss clear and as perfect , aBd he did not think that they had done all they might have dona to improve tbe condition of Ireland . He had expected that the Irish members—and as an English member he complained oftheir conduct—would hare dons something mora tban find fanlt ; they complained both of present and past legislation of tbat bouse _towards Ireland , and they
appeared to complain with a greal deal of justice . They - were 105 in number ; sixty or ssvenfy of them were considered Liberals in politics , going more or less in the direction ofthe present government ; some thirty of them were Repealers , very strong in tha expression of tbeir Condemnation of the pilicy of parliament ; and yet not one of them had brought in or attempt ! d to introduce those measures which thay declared to ba essential to the happiness and tranquillity of their conn . try . ( Laughter . ) He had been four years in the kouse , and he did not recollect having observed the Irish mem . bers bringing forward any proposition of a practical character daring the whole of that time wbich bad beea supported with anything like unanimity or perseverance . _^ Laughter . ) If there bad been _osl _** sixty English
_mem-Toers representing tbe English people haviug seats in tbe parliament { in Dublin , they would at least hare shown some knowledge of their business , and done something tofarward the views of tbeir constituents . The Irish representatives were quite as much to blame as the "English members for the want of good government recently in Ireland . He would aot now imitate their policy ; as be had complained , he would mats a suggestion _. It was his conviction that Ireland suffered because Ireland was Idle . ( Hear , bear . ) The people of that , aus compared with the people of tbis country , did uot work -more than two days in tha week , and it was inevitable that if there were not industry inja nationthere would be _gofjalanari & _ya- 'd confusion . Because Ireland suffered t »« whicli was because she was idle—Ireland rebelled
_{ hear , hear ) : and he defied any legislators to restore Irelend to her position until it could set at work her industry ; and not tmtO ' sbe became industrious weuld they find there those steady habit * and that due gradation of rank by which hero the whole serial fabric was held together . This idleness , perhaps , was _notcriminal , it might be forced ( hear , hear ); and he did not tbink it arose from a bad disposition in the race , _forontof Ireland , here br in America , the Irishman was among tha most active and hard working of men . Hear , hear . ) He bad employed many Irish labourers down in Lancashire , end when they got good wages aad regular work they were observed to be as desirous of keeping tbe peace as any like body ef 'Englishmen . Bnt the great secret of the Irith
question was tbe idleness ef Ireland , and tbis arose from -tbe wantoftrade . ( Hear . hear . ) Tbe vast population lired upon the land , and by miimanagement the land was not cultivated so as to be made to tbe fullest degree ( Serviceable . Than , and for that reason because the population conld not find _employment , tfce ; had perpetual disorder ; therefore did they continually come to this _feonsa far mousy tobe applied to the maintenance of the people . Again , there was an extensive annual _emf . gration from Ireland , because when a man there becamo possessed of a little means he was not in a position te employ It to the beat advantage , and he was driven to transfer his capital to another soil . There was a great xmanimity _intbathousa on some points respecting
Ireland . There was a new ery for a tenant right bill , but ifthe object was to give the actual ownership to the peasant occupier ofthe land no measure could be more fatal to tho presperity of Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . member for Limerick ( Mr S . O'Brien ) had referred to tbe suspended Sale cf Encumbered Estates Bill . It was a fair question why that bill was not ready ! and if it was ready the government was the more to blame for not having long sines laid it on the table ofthe house _. It was . 'aid last ses-ion , as a _rcrason , for the delay , that the landlords in Ireland , and the mortgagees here , did not like the measure ; but if they were to wait for the approval of those parties in a project of this kind they wonld never bo able to do anything . If the government
last session had waited until they could get the sanction ofthe UnrHords the Poor Law BiU would never hare been passed . Tbe government , te do anything , must discard alt the peculiar interests of particular parties ; tbey must legislate from their own point of view , and then they need not cate for such small opposition . There was a general opinion that all the m _^ _nes ° J Ireland were in some way or another to to attributed to the conduct af the owners of the soil . He ( Mr -J ngnt ) had atheory-itmightbe a mistake-of the same kind ; he referred all the sufferings of tha sister kingdom to the proprietors ofthe land , for ia tbat country , as elsc-„ _bere , the ownership of B- « d gave a political power the of
greater than was tobe derived from _ownership _anyoft-r description of property . Up to a _lateperlod the proprietors of Und were the legislators for Inland , and when a law wss _passed tbey were the I » raons by whomitwasaaministeKd . The , had legislated , as _ftey thought , for their own benefit ; bat he understood that the incumbrances oalaud iu Ireland , were at tins moment to an extent which could not be equalled in any other eountry . Ha had understood frem a very reliable _Bonrco that in the province of _Coauaught ( here was not _«* psr cent of the whole land which was not ia some agree undsr settlements , and aot . one per cant which waa entirely free from mortgage . This was not denied ,
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and if it were a fact , supposing the other provinces to be in much the same position , it was useless for tbat house _teseek farther for the source of ths evils of Ireland . ( _Hsar _, hear . ) It was im _tMsjftrMtton th _» j sbouldJiEsl attempt an amendment , and if th ' eynow passed by this point they would . add greatly to th » criminality wblbh lid in some _resptcts attich to them for their ftimer miigorerament . Se long as the land remained enthralled and tied ap , thera was nothing to be done in Ireland . He begged the attention ef the government to * aa remedy he had to propose for this state of _things . The view he took of the subject might at present be deemed extreme , but assuredly tha tima _wouldjcomewhen the houso would be compelled to adopt it . The * duty of the government was to bring forward
immediately the Sate of Estates Bill , aud in other ways render it easy for these holding landed property ia Ireland to dispose , if so inclined , of their heavily encumbered estates . Means should be _tsken to simplify tbe titles to estates —( hear , hear )—for now it was some _, times impossible to effect the purchase of land , so ex . treme was the difficulty of meeting the requirements of law in tbis respect , ( Hear , bear . ) If uot permanently , atleast for a season , the expenses of stamps and other matters connected with tbe transfer of laad should ba diminished , aad , more tban that , they enght to do away with the system of entail in Ireland . ( ' Hear , hear , ' and a laugh . ) _Heshonld like to see tbe same principle applied to England , and some day it would be done . The system was absurd aod monstrous ; itwas nothing more than giving tbe power to tbe dead of disposing of
properry through successive generations . A man should be permitted to leave property to whomsoever he liked , supposing th _« person whom be selected lived at the time tbe will was mads ; but he _sbsuld have bo right to fix on his heirs whea be was dead , buried , and forgotten . The demand was growing stronger for the abolition of entail and primogeniture . It might be said tha system was _ind'spentabletothestutentation of the aristocratic arrangements of _Eagland . That might baso ; but if the principle had broken down ia Ireland , then perish their aristocratic arrangements rather than leave Ireland to the miserable condition in wbich she was how suffering . He believed tbat ifthe _aristocratic families in tbis couatry were to rear up their ssns ia habits of industry and prudence , and with Oust notions of property , ttey would require none ef those adventitious aids for tbs
purpose of maintaining largo properths in particular hands . Those entails were intolerable in Ireland , and the time would come when thej would be intolerable in England . He believed all tha efforts ot the government to restore peace to Ireland would be ua » T _« _llIoj , eqleM they begun by clearing away all tbe fetters with which tb * land was encumbered . Tha condition of Ireland was a disgrace to England , aad an _avil to England . Lancashire was constantly overrun by tbe pauperism of Ireland , and last year it was overran by the pestilence of Irelanc * . Many of ths evils attributed to the manufacturing system had arisen from the overflow ofa miserable popuktion from Ireland into the manufacturing districts . By these means , taxes and poor-rates had been increased to an enormous extent . He protested against the maintenance of a class system , tending to drive off
from Ireland a vast part of tbe population in search of woikaad food , whicb , under a better system , _csnld be furnished to them in abundance at home . Then was one peculiar feature ia tbapresent parliament . Tbe House ot Commons contained a greater _anmber of men of business , men from the middle ranks of life , than any former parliament—ths government now in power was a government essentially ofthe middle classes—it was a government wbich had shown , be was free to acknowledge , sympathy with the middle classes . ( Laughter . ) Hon . and noble members might smile at this , bat at aU events it could not be denied than any government which was henceforth to have a majority in that house must ba a government which sympathised with the middle classes .
This parlument being , more than any former one , ofthe middle classes , he believed that ifthe government wonld grapple _manfuUy with this question of land in Ireland , they wonld receire the support of a majority of that house , and thns they would be enabled to consolidate tbe power of Ireland , and lay the foundations ofa prosperity which sbe had never knewn since her connexion witb Eagland , and which she never could know so long as her population were idle , ( Hear , hear . ) The ben . member concluded hy expressing his intention to support the bill , but , at the same time , declaring his conviction that unless remedial measures were speedily brought in , the government could not hops for ths confidence ofthe country . ( 'Divide , divide . ' )
Mt Hoke wished to knew , as tbe noble lord had stated that a very important bill relating to Ireland had been actually prepared , wby it conld not be introduced before the recess 1 Lord 3 . _Busbiix replied , as we understood , that last year the bill on the same subject bad bien introduced in tbe House of Lords ; tbat the same course would be adopted tbis year ; and that the time of that house would _besuiBcieitly occupied prior to tha recess irith the discussion npon the present bill . Sir B . Hill , who had evidently come prepared with a speech in his style of small impertinencles _, rose amid loud and continued cries of 'Divide . ' ' Withdraw , ' and * Oh . ' He persisted , however , in keeping oa his legs for a short time , but ultimately the determined opposition of tbe house forced him down , and for all he said when up he might as well never have risen _. The honse then divided , — For the third reading ... 17 * Against it 14
Majority for the third reading 159 The bill was then read a third time and passsd . IUlLWAT Iiabooxkss . —On the motion taat the order of the _day'for the bringing up of the railway report be read , _, , * Ur A . Stahobd said he rose forthe purpose of bringing under the notice of the house the condition of tbe labourers employed in the construction of those railways , whose claims bad been most shamefully and dangerously neglected during the whole course of tbeir legislation on the sul ject of railways , Thry were now about to dismiss great numbers of them at an isclement pt > riod of the year without the least consideration , and but for his voice not a single word would probably be beard on their behalf . Those wbo came after them might well
ask , when they beheld the great and magnificent works which had been constructed in this country by the present generation , bow tbey had acted in respect to the temporal aad eternal welfare of the labourers—whether their medical cara had been attended to—whether their residences and their religious instruction had been looked after—and whether they had towards them borne out tiie character which they assumed to themselves , of being a philanthropic legislature and a christian state ! Amongst the numerous acts which had been passed en the subject of railways , only one was to be found , the 1 st and 2 oi of Tictoria , having especial reference to tbe labonrers , and that was one of repression . He begged tbe house to remember that the present was not tha case of those who were old and decrepit , sick and infirm , but of those who were strong and powerful , and who would
be able very soon to avenge on society the evils they had I received at its hands . In order to show wbat was the condition of railway labourers , tbe hon . gentleman read extracts from the evidence of the Rev . 3 . E . Thompson the Rev . J . Mason , Mr Eawlinsoa , Mr _Pomfret , and Mr Chadwick , wbich had been given before the committeo appointed at the Instance of the hon . member for Kilmarnock , in July 1816 , This evidence went to show that tbe habitations of the labonrers were of a most wretched description—that in several Instances men , women , and children slept in the same room—that gross immorality was the result—that the high wages received wen rather a curse tban a benefit—and thatfever and small-pox were allowed to make their ravages unchecked . - Mr Chadwick stated that tbe track system was most injurious to tke labourers , and he knew of one
instance where the contractors for a piece of work would have lost by the work itself ; bnt who made = £ 700 * profit by the truck of beer and inferior provisions . They lost twenty and thirty , and sometimes as high as fifty _fet cent , by the system ; at the same time that they were served witb articles of an inferior description . There was no regular system of spiritual instruction , said the Rev . Mr Thompson , and Mr Chadwick mentioned the case of aman , who , having received an injury of the spine frem which he could not recover , requested t _« have the scriptures read to him , but was suffered to expire witbout receiving the least attention of tbo _natara he so earnestly besought .. They bad to deal with nearly
400 , 009 persons , and were they to be left in Buck a state s They had not heretofore been treated as the members of a civilised community . They had been _sa & ered to go frem _^ work to work , receiving high wages , wbich they squandered in gratifying tha wants which evil habits engendered , and in a reckless course of improvident extravagance , insomuch that their average age did aot exceed that of foity . He could not therefore suffer tbe further progress ef this measure , withont raising tho voice Of notice against the past , and the voice of warning in reference to the future . The hon . member concluded by giving notice that after the recess he should bring tbe question forward in a substantive shape .
Sir 6 . Gbet said the subject was undoubtedly an important one , bnt as tbe hon . member had given notice of his intention to submit a substantive proposition oa tbe subject , he should defer his observations on it . He would only now say that the hon . member had , perhaps , overrated the power ef parliament with regard to it . Tery much must be left in the hands of directors « f companies , of contractors , and ofthe gentry resident iu tbe districts through which the line passed . Lord G . Bemtisck could not quite lot his hon . friend ' s charge against the railways pass without observation . He really did not think the devil was quite so black as his hon . friend had painted hira . It appeared by tbe report which had been quoted that these very labourers were receiving 22 s , 6 d . per week wages _, and he ( Lord George ) had heard that the companies were at this very time contributing £ 450 , 000 a year to tbe poor rate , or one-fifteenth of the whole assessment of the country . Mr _Aoiio / _tBi believed thst in many instances railway companies had provided admirably well for tbeir labonrers .
The report was then brought up , and th ; bill ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday . New Zealand . —Ur _Labouchese moved for leave to bring is a Bill to suspend the operation of some of the most important provisions of the Aet of 1816 , for the Government ef New Zealand . Having briefly stated that the Government found , on coming into office , a general concurrence of opinion that a constitutional aad representative government should be given to New Zealand , and having likewise found a record of Sir . B , Peel's Government ' s intention to introduce such a constitution ,
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tba Act of 1816 had been passed . But , upon sending out to Governor . Gray _instruetioas to carry the . Act into ' operation , that gentleman entertained the gravest objectieaato it , end sent despatches homeln " whi ch" * these _objections were set forth . . The main objection was , that by this constitution the . English Ministry would have the power of imposing taxes that woald have to be paid by tbe ' nboriginal population ; and it was remark _, able tbat the _Ntw _Zealanders were exceedingly _int-llieent _, independent , and jealous in matters of taxation The nature of the bill wbich tbe right hon . gentleman submitted to tbe house was , to suspend for fire years a portion of the Act ef 1846 , reviving the Legislative Council of 1840 ; this Council , with the Governor , to have the power te constitute legislative assemblies for the two provinces . That portion of the Act wbich provided municipal government for local purposes he pro posed to retain .
The other bon . members taking part in tbe discussion were , Mr * "V . E . Gladstone , Mr V . Smith , Mr R . Palmer , Mr Hume , Mr Cardwell , Mr _AgUoaby , Sir E . Buxton , ani Mr Plumptre . Leave was given . The Chancblioi ofthe _Excheqdeb moved the nomination ofthe members of the committee on Commercial Distress and the Currency . Mr Home moved , and Colonel Sibthobp seconded the amendment for adjourning the question nntil the 4 th of February . After some discussion the bouse divided , wben the motion for adjournment was negatived by a majority cf eighty-nine .
Lord _Gioaei _Bniiincx moved to increase the num . ber of the committee to thirty , when . the house again divided ; for tbe amendment forty . fire , for the original motion one hundred and thirty-sii . After some _discussioa _, tbe motion that tho committee * consist of twentysix members was agreed ta ; but the naming of them was deferred _uatil Wednesday . TUESDAY , _DseWBBa 14 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Earl of _SDArresBinir took bis seat , as Deputy Speaker , at five o ' clock . _BaiTisa Intebvestion IX ; _Itali . — Lord _Stai-let called the attention of the bouse to the continued absence from the coantry of Lord Minto , the Lord Privy Seal . That office , though not onerous , was one of high authority , and demanded pretty constant attention , and
yet the noble lord who filled it was absent from his post when parliament met for an extraordinary session . A -general opinion prevailed that it was the intention of the government to establish diplomatic relations with the conrt of . Rome , and that Lord Minto ' s absence was connected therewith , but as as it had been stated by Lord Palmerston tbat the Lord Privy Seal had ho mjsefon to the court * of Rome—that is that he was not' accredited to the sovereign pontiff—that opinion was of course un . founded . Bnt Lord Minto was not a simple traveller , and it was to be assumed tbat be waB in some capacity acting as a representative ef the British government . What the object of the movement going on in Italy was , and what was understood by the cry of tbe - Independence of Italy , ' he ( Lord Stanley ) conld not well say ;
but he thought the last course the government should pursue would be to give such encouragement to the political agitation of Italy as the sending of a cabinet minister of the rank ef the Lord Privy Sal would _indicate _. Though Earl Minto might not be accredited to the Pope , or to any otber sovereign that we knew of , j et , being the representativs of the British government , had , presuming the information wbich bad reached this coantry to bs correct , compromised the British government by his acts , by his words , and by his conduct ; and it was due therefore to parliament that they should have a dittinct understanding of the functions whieh Lord Minto had to perform . Tbe report which had appeared ia such sources of information , whicb were open to all , stated tbe minister of Gnat Britain had , on more than one or two occasions , appeared in answer to the calls of the people , parading the streets , with flags and emblems ,
and joined with them in the cry in favour ofthe * independence of Italy ; ' tbat , on the second occasion , during a _procession at Rome , the crowd assembled before tho hotel in whicb Lord Minto resided , and , recognising him , not as a mere British traveller , but as the supposed representative of this country , aad as expressing the sentiments of the British Government , called for him , and that , in obedience to tbat call , he appeared on the balcony , wavedhis hand to them , aud joinedin the' Ylvas I ' for tbe Independence of Italy , He trusted tbat the noble marquis would be enabled te state that there was no truth in these details . The questions he wished to put to the Marquis of Lansdowne were , if any and what provisions had been made for the discharge of the duties f the Lerd Privy Seal during the absence of Lord Minto , aad what were the precise functions and limits to tbe authority assigned by tho _Government to Lord Minto .
Tbe Marquis of _Laj-sdowke said tbe noble lord mutt be sufficiently aware ofthe duties of the Lord Privy Seal —thatit was , in fact , an office which did not require the constant presence of the person who beld it . Viewing , as the government did , the present movement in Italy as most important , they became convinced tbat the momc ut was came for giving the friendly advice of England to the governments and people of that country . For this office Lord Minto had been selected . With respect to . the discharge of the duties of thc Lord Privy Seal in Lord
_Mtnto's _abcence , he begged to state that tbey were performed by virtue of a commission . _SwiittBiAND . —To questions put by Lord Beaumont , The Marquis of _Lsitssonnz stated , that as thera were no longer two contending parties in Switzerland , the contemplated mediation of tbe five powers was at an end . But Sir S . Canning was instructed , on passing through Switzerland , to place himself in communication with the authorities , and offer _aayadvloe in his power , but in no other way to interfere in the domestic affairs of Switzerland .
The Railways Bill was brought up and read a first time , and their Lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — In reply to Major BlACKALL . SirW . Sokemille said thatit was not Ihe intention of the government to resume the system et public works ia Ireland . West Gloucistebsbibe Ele « tioi _* . — _MrWiUETrose to move the consideration of the petition of tbe electors of the western division of the county of Gloucester pre . seated 10 th December . He trusted hs sbould find so difficulty i n obtaining a committee to inquiie into this matter . The question raised was one which concerned the privileges ' of the house , and , as there was no committee of privileges to wbich to refer it , he thought that the house could do no Ins than appoint a select com . mittee to tako the whole matter into its consideration .
The allegations ofthe petition were such asto show that an open , undisguised , and audacious interference bad taken place with the election in the county alluded to , and the charges against Earl Fitzhardinge were such as to render it impossible ior the bouse to overlook them , Hewas charged , as lord . litutenant of the county , witb coercing a number of men to abandon a yeomanry troop of wbich they were members , because Mr Grantley Ber . keley was its captain , of tendering to that honourable gentleman a large pecuniary bribe to induce bim to retire from being a candidate at the election , and of purchaeing votes at the election , and intimidating the voters . His conduct , if true , was . a direct violation of one of tbe standing orders of the house .
The _AttobmiGsbebal , in resisting tbe motion , cited a great many cases which had occurred between 1780 and 1845 , to show tbe _difficalties which bad formerly beset cases analogous to tbat now presented to the house . If Lord Fitzhardinge bad been guilty of bribery , tbe _proper mode ot proceeding against bim was to institute proceedings in an ordinary- court of law . This was tbe only way of reaching him , tho bouse having ne means of punishing him if found guilty . Captain BE 6 XM . ET read a document written by Lord Fitfhardinge , alleging that the petition had been trumped up against bim by those who bad ne foundation for it in fact . Mr Gbarilii Bebkeut observed , that he was prepared to prove , if the committee were granted , that several men had left bis troop by coercion of their landlord , theL » _rd-Lientenant . Sir R , Ivans opposed , and Mr Huke aud Lord Dcdley Stcaet supported the motion for inquiry _.
Lord J . _Russzxl did not agree with Mr Hume that the house was bound , on every occasion on which a petition like this was presented to 'it , to institute ah _in-, qu _' ry . Some « f the allegations contained in the petition were of a very grave character , but they might be adequately examined into by the ordinary tribunals , to whieh matters apperta ' ning to elections were referred . So far the noble lord was evidently disposed to resist the motion ; bnt being here informed by Sir G . Grey that the petition did not mt upoa the ground upon which the noble lerd bad supposed it to be baBed , tbe neble lord seemed evidently to swerve from his determination , admitting that , if the case presented by tbe petition was such as could not be properly inquired Into by an election committeo , there migbt be some gronnd for tha _appointment of a sehct committee . As to that , however , he would for tbe present reserve his opinion , SirF . Thesigeb said that Lord 3 . Russell had drawn a distinction between Lord Fitzhardinge acting' as Lord
Lieutenant' and ' as being Lord-Lieutenant . ' Now , us tbere was a precedent by which we eonli affect Lord Fitzhardinge as ' beiog Lord-Lieutenant , ' he thought tbat it _oughtto be followed in order to vindicate the resolution of the house . In 1701 tbe Blshep of Worcester interfered in the election for the county of Worcester , not as Almoner to the Queen , but as being such Almoner . Sir John Packington presented a petition complaining of that interference ; the house subsequently resolved tbat he had substantiated his complaint , and an addresB waB presented to her Majesty requesting her to remove the Bishop ef Worcester from his office of her Almoner , " and he was removed accordingly . If , then , the committee should report that Lord Fitzhardinge was guilty of the charges against bim , tbe house could address tbe Crown to removo bim from his office of Lord-Lieutenant . The allegations of the petition were of such a character , that the house would ba trifling with its standing order if it did not inquire into their correctness _.
Sir G . Gbet moved the adjournment of the debate , in order to give time to consider if there were peculiar cir . _cumstnnces in this case ef which the law _ccurts could not take cognizance . Sir R . Peel coincided in this course , and the debate was consequently adjourned to Friday . _EriBcorAi , _RtviNOSs .-Mr Hobsjun drew the attention of tbo house to the act C and 7 Will . IV ., c . 77 , pro . riding for the augmentation of tba _iEComcsof tho smaller bishoprics , such augmentation to be effected out Of the revenues of the larger and wealthier sees , provided certain average annusl incomes , at rates fixed by the cat , vfjre left to tbe larger sees , and to tbereturn of tie
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_revenues of all the Wshoprlos , presented to parliament on tbe 1 st day of January , 1845 , aad tothe first and second generarreport * of the _EccJeslastleal Commissioners pr * _r rentVd In _February and _jVne , _»» 6 , with ' a view to show tbat the provisions of _tlwuboye-rnentiened : _» _ct" ; had no * been _caWied out . The _Honl- _' _gentleman , after reviewing the revenues of all tbe bishoprics in the country , insisted tbat the provisions of that act bad been widely departed from . The whole subject , he said , lay within a small compass , beiug embodied iu tbe , resolutions wbich he had on tbe paper , and whicb he concluded by movingthe last of tbe series being as follows : — That from these reports , furnished bythe Ecclesiastical ; Commissioners themselves , it appears to this house that the provisions of the act 6 th and 7 th William IT ., c 77 , so far as relates to episcopal incomes , have not been carried ont according to the Intentions of parliament , ' Mr Piumptbe seconded the resolution .
Sir G Gbet did not think the adoption of the resolution would answer the object sf tho mover and seconder . To the two first resolutions be would , if pressed , move the previous question . The third resolution he weuld meet witb a direct negative . < Mr Hpme suggested the withdrawal of tbe motion , provided the government would give a pledge to bring ia a bill upon the subject . Sir B . Inqus opposed the resolutions , Lord J , _Roas & lit observed , thnt whether the act referred to w » s defective or not , it could not with reason be said that tbose to whom the power had been confided of carrying it out bad departed from its provisions , so thatthe third resolution , _impljing a censure on the commissioners , had no proper foundation . He trusteo , therefore , that Mr Horsman would withdraw that , if not also the other resolutions . He was not prepared to bring in any bill altering tbe present mode of _adminlBtering therevenues of the Church .
Mr _Goulbubbt , as one ot the Ecclesiastical _Commissioner t , _thraw himself ou the justice of the house , _coateuding that he had fairly discharged bis duty , and bad complied with all the provisions of tho aot of parliament , . Several other members took psrt in the debate , and the withdrawal ef the resolutions was _strom-Iy urged . The galleries were then cleared for a division . The two first resolutions were put seriatim , when the _question arose on Sir G , Grey's amendment to each of the previous question , the amendment being agreed to in both cases . ilr Hohs then suggested , ns an amendment to the third resolution , that , instead of affirming that the provisions ofthe act had been departed irom , it should be so framed as to propose that those provisions should undergo the reconsideration of Parliament . Mr _Hobskak adopted the suggestion , and the resolution as _modified was then put , the numbers
being—For the resolution ... , „ 65 Against it 130 Majority against ... ... — 6 i The bouse adjourned at eleven o ' clook . _Wednesday , VrcsitBsa 15 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Cbibie anb Ootbaoi ( _Ibbtans ) Bill . — On the motion of the Marquis of Lahsdowne tbis bill was read a second tl . ne , and or _ired to be committed on Thursday , and the lords summoned . Railways Brrx . —On the motion of Earl _CaAl-Vlttx this bill was read a second tiav > .
Poob Law Oemcebb . —The Earl of St _Gkbhaks . in reference to several petitions he bad _presented on Monday , praying . for the establishment of a superannuation fund for the benefit of officers employed in workhouses under the poor law , expressed on the part of the petitioners a hope tbat the government would take the sub . ject into considtration , and added that , if the noble marquis ( _Lansdowne ) could _fiel _justified in _expressing an op inion in favour of the object , it would be gratefully received . The Marquis of Lansdowne would promise that the subject should be taken into consideration , but was not _Prepared to _expregg any opinion on it at present . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tbe Public Works ( Ire . land BiU was read a third timo and passed _.
CoMMlTlTEE ON COHMEBCIAL _DlSTBBSS . —The _CBAKcellob or the Excheqobb in moving the nomination of the different members to servo on the Select Commitue on Commercial Distress , moved as is usual , his own namefir _.-it ; and in so doing outered into _ndtfcnce of his construction ol that committee , and _coatenled that he had not willingly or knowingly omitted any name which ought to be selected . If , « _-e bad been suggested , he had placed in ita larger number of Scotch and Irish representatives , or of members for tbe metropolitan boroug hs and the _menufacturiag _distriets , or cf members who were employers of labour or connected with the East Bnd West India interests , he must have increased the number of the committee much beyond the _numbtr already sanctioned by tha house . He had placed on it
three _Itiading members of _theprssent , three leading members of the late , and three leading members of the _probalile future , government . He had also placed on it Mr Spoon _.-r _, the decided opponent of the aot of 1844 j Mr _Cayley , the advocate of a double standard of gold and silver ; Mr Hume , the representative of the . Scotch system of banking ; Alderman Thompson , a Bank direetor , an emplojer of labour , and the propounder of an issue of £ 1 . _netes ; Mr Hemes , who contended that the mero convertibility of paper was a sufficient protection against over issue ; Mr Glynn and Mr T , Boring , who maintained that if the act of 1844 were maintained , it should contain a provision enabling the govt rnment irom time to time to relax its restrictive provisions ; Mr Tennent , who was the representative
of the Joint Stock-banks in Ireland ; Mr Cobden , the enlightened advocate of our great manufacturing _inttrests * , Mr Vf . Beckett , the ineubtr for Leeds , and himself at tbe head of one of tbe beBt conducted banks in England ; Mr Hudson , the great railway proprietor ; and six other _members connected with the general _interestsof land , trade , and m » vmtactute » . Ho hoped that ho bad now satisfied tbo house that tbe committee was constructed on a sound principle . Nine members of it would i robably support , ten would probably find fault with , the aot of 1844 ; six hai not expressed any opinion upon tt either one way or the other . He proposed tbat ilr F . Baring should be its chairman . If
Lord G . Bentinck should succeed in bis motion to substitute the names of Mr Ha « tie and Mr Henley for those which he had proposed , his lordship would have an absolute majority of seven among those members whose opinions were pledged . If Mr Pattison were also added to tbe committee , there would onl * be five persous in support of the bill , andfourteen against it . He should be _nxtremely sorry if Mr Hemes and Mr Hume should persist iu their announcement not to serve on the committee . If Mr Hume should persist in that an nouncement _, he should have no objection to yield to Mr Waklej's proposition , and to substitute Mr Muntz in his stead .
Mr H . _Bsv mo » d thought it probable that the _Choncellor ofthe Exchequer's _comnil tee would be satisfactory to the present , the last , and the future _administra-Hon ; but it was for the home to decide whether that comm ttee was a fit instrument to carry its intentions into effect . A protracted discussion ensued , which occupied nearly the whele of the sitting , but the list of names as proposed by the Chancellor ef the Exchequer waseventually agreed to , as follows : —The Chancellor of the Exch « - quer , Sir R . Peel , Lord J . Russell , Lord G . Bentlnck , Mr _Hcrries , Mr Goulburn , Mr Alderman Thompson , Mr L » bou : here , Sir J . Graham , Mr F . Baring , Mr T . Baring , Mr Cobden , Mr Spooner , Mr W . Beckett , Mr Cayley , Mr Cardwell , Mr Hudson , Mr Hume , Mr Ricardo , Mr Glyn , Sir W . Clay , Mr Disraeli , Mr Thornely , Mr 3 . Wilton , Mr H . Drummond , and Mr Tennent .
Mr _BaoiuKBToK submitted a resolution that when auy new business is brought on after twelve o ' clock at night , If it bo moved and seconded that the debate on such question be adjourned , Mr Speaker shall immediately declare the debate adjourned w _. thout putting the ques tion to the vote . Sir 0 . Gbet opposed the motion , as one that would every materially alter the asege ofthe Houso , Tho House divided—For the motion ... ... 82 AgainBt it - 57 Majority against the motion „ . - 24 THURSDAY , Decehbeb 16 .
HOUSE OF LORDS . —The question of going into committee on the Coebciom ( Ibish ) Bill , led to a protracted discussion , the epeakers being the Marquis of Ltnadowne _, Lord _Farnbain _, Earl Fitzwilliam , the Earl of St Germans , tbe Marquis of Salisbury , L" > rd B au . mont _. Lord Stanley , Earl Grey , aud Lord Brougham , after which the bill passed through eommittee . The Railways Bill was also eomu / iited ; and the Public Works ( Ireland ) Bill was , after a short conversation , read a second time . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —An irregular conversation arose as to the case of the Rev Mr _M'Deroiott , and the late Major MahOB , at the instance of Mr John O'Con . ttxit , wbo was stopped by the _Spe-kse . Lord Johk Rcbseii _, concluded a powerful speech hj moving that the house do resolve itself into a committee on tbe subject of the removal of the
ClVIt AND _POWTICAL DISABILITIES OF THE JEWS — The motion ' _was supported by W . J . Fox , Mr W . B Gladstone , Mr UomUly _, ani Mr Disraeli . The motion was opposed by Sir R . _Inglls _, who intimated . his intention of taking the sense of tbe house on tho quostion of the Speaker's leaving the chair , and if defeated on that motion , should , in common with many of bis hon . frleuds , oppose the proposition in every stage and form it might assume . The other hon . members opposing the motion were Lord Ashley , Mr _Bankes , Mr Goulbm s , Mr Plumtre , and Sir T . Aolaud ; the debate was adjourned , FRIDAY Decbhbxb 17 . HOUSE OF LORDS . -The . Crime and Outrage ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and passed . Thc Public Works ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time ; and on the _question that it do pass thdr lordships divided , the numbers being five in f * vour of the motion , and four against it .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . -On . the motion of Sir G , V Z v ° _^ T _^_ _^ _^ _"eiB'lueuce on the ' part-f the Earl F . _txhardlnge at the late _thdlon for West Gloucestershire was referred b a committee of pri vdew , to be named ou Monday , _eonsisting of a f wof ho principal members of the house , all _ttokaUtaof _~ £ _& T rr _' he , 0 D S '» _^ _suchmerhau u as oeBired to attend , w _£ ! r nedde _, , te on _¦•"• • _onioval of JewishDI-0 . _MUtles was resumed by Mr Uw , followed by Mr _Uooe ,
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Mr Newdegate , Lord Drumlanrfc , and Mr H . Drummond _agateat the motion ; the speakers In favour of the same being Lord Arundel and Surrey , Lord Morpeth , Sir H . ' Verney 7 * i 6 fd George Bentinck , and O'Gorman Mahon . Lord John Russell ; having replied , the house divided , the numbers befog ' 258 to 188 ; majority , 67 The house then went Int _* committee , when the resolution on wbich to found the bill was agreed to . h
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' A ' _Dswoat * Mkjwi ' bo ofthe Chartists of Notting . _hnnisWre was held on Snnday afternoon , December 12 th for tho purpose of reorganising the town and county in the Charter Association ; The meeting was oalled for three o ' clock , when tbe _followin ? dalegates assembled --Seven Stars locality-John _Skerrington and Henry ThorBton ; _Oastle Ward-Georee Rodgers and Jonathan Barber ; Salutation —Wm Treece ; Byron Ward—Jamea Proctor ; _Arnold-Josiah Searcy and John Shepherd ; _Calverton-Georee Harrison ; Carrington—B . Dowse , O . Haskard , and J . Moss . . Mr Harrison was elected chairman , and Mr Skerritt secretary . The chairman called upon each delegate'to give Ih _ a report
from the locality he represented , alter _winon Mr Barber _* in an excellent _speeoh , moved the following resolution :- ' That it is the opinion nf this meeting that , inasmuch as all classes of society , except the working class , are represented in theBritish Parliament , it is highly _neeesssrythat the National Charter Association be reorganised ; because , if the people generally were well-informed on the principles of democracy , many years would not elapse before tbey wero folly and fairly represented in the House of Commons , and the present unjust system would be put an end to , and that local and isolated unions can have no control over the pnWic mind . ' Mr Haskard seconded tho resolution . Carried . Mr
Jamea Proctor then moved the _loltowrog * . — ' That this meeting , individually and collectively , pledges itself to carry the foregoing _resslution into effect ; and that an address be issued by this meeting to the Chartists of theeropire , to aid in forwarding this laudable purpose / Mr Rodgers having seconded the resolution , it was carried unanimously . Mr John Skerritt was elected district sub-secretary , and Mr Mott . _eub-lreasurer . It waa then unanimously agreed : — 'That there bo a meeting ofthe conntry council on the first Sunday in every month ; the first meeting to be beld on the first Sunday in January , at three o ' clook ia the afternoon , at the New Inn , Carrington .
THB * _DBBtsS O ? "TBC TOXEaiTKS . Fellow Working Men , —The time has now arrived that you should be up and doinj . Tke Executirs of the National Charter Association have called upon the Char _, tists of the empire to come forward , and again enrol themselves as members of oar glorious Charter Associ . ation . They thus bavins / again unfurled the banner we call upon you , the working . men of Nottinghamshire , to rally round tba standard , and never again let it be furled until you have obtained the enactment into a law of our glorious Charter .
We have recently obtained a most splendid victory by ' returning- to the British House of _Ceramone oar indefatigable champion , F . O'Connor , Esq . Let aot tbat victory become nugatory , then , by your own apathy ; but arouse yourselves , and unite in tbe holy bonds of Chartism , with a firm resolve to free yourselves from the galling chainB that have been tightly rivetted upon you by that iniquitous system nnder which you have been so long suffering . Come forward , then , and join the National Charter Association iu your thousands , like men seek . ing for liberty , with a firm determination never to rest satisfied until you have destroyed that monster evilclass legislation . By becoming members of this _assocl . ation , and being firmly united , you will strengthen tbe hands of your parliamentary leaders , and thus enable them more effectually to wage war against a corrupt and time-serving government , who are determined , if possible , to rivet your chains of slavery More tightly , and thus make you more degraded tban you how are .
Fellow Chartists—be up and doing ; let every village in the connty have its meetiBr immediately , and form a brancb ot tbe association . Elect your counoll ; let men be choied wbo bave the cause Bt heart— -mm who ean be relied upon being determined to persevere in the object in view , viz ., the enactment of the Fee-pie ' s Charter . Signed on behalf of the delegates , _Jobh _Skebbitt , See . _Berrt-bdob—The Chartist body in this locality h increasing in nnmber . The next meeting will ba held on Sunday , Dec . 19 th , at the house oi Mr James Reach , painter . Bbrmosdsbt . —The Chartists of this locality are employing every exertion to re-organise the Chartist body , and are determined to support the Metropolitan Delegate Conncil in their noble endeavour * They also consider John Gathard ' s case ought to be relieved by every Chartist in the metropolis .
_BAnnowPonn . —A lecture waa delivered here by Mr John Hull , from Padiham , on Sunday , December 12 th ; subject : 'The Land and the Chatter . ' The lecturer gave general satisfaction . Greenwich asd Dsptfobo . —The enolosed resolutions were proposed and carried on Sunday evening : — ' That we , the members of this locality , hope that Mr O'Connor will not take any more notice of the trash of the Dispatch , _Lioro ' s weekly Tag , the 'Whistler , ' and others ; as we think the columns of the _NoninBBif Star may oontaia more useful information than ropljine to their rubbish / ' That we , the members of tbe Greenwich , Deptford , and Woolwich branch of the Land Company , and of the Charter Association , do form ourselves into an
O'Connor Tartan club , for providing its members and others with vests , scarfs , and other articles of the above manufacture , bv means of small weekly payments . ' [ Patterns , and the price of the articles , may be seen at Mr Sweetlove ' _s , agent for the Nonin * RN Star , at Mr Morgan ' s Chartist _meeting-room , 89 , Butcher-row , Deptford , every Sunday evening ; and at Mr Paris ' s District Land . office , 2 , Coldbath , Greenwich , every Monday evening . ] _Huddbrsfield . —On Friday the 10 th inst . a pnblio meeting was held in the Guildhall . MrW . Murphy wns called to the chair . Mr J . Wallace moved tbe _followin-f resolution : — 'That itis not just to the people of Ireland to enact any bill of a coercive character , without at the same time enacting measures
with a view to their permanent relief , and we are of opinion that the be 3 t means of pacifying Ireland , consists in granting land to the peasantry at a life tenure and a nominal rent to them and their heirs for ever , so that an independent class of _freeholders may be created .- —Mr W . Armitage seconded the resolution . —Dr M'Douall supported tho resolution in an excellent discourse whioh lasted an hour and a half . On the motion being put a forest of hands were held up in favour of it , without a single dissentient . A vote of thanks having been given to the D ctor for his eloquent address , the _meeting broke up highly satisfied . MKiRop _onTANDsueA-fB _Mbktino , Dec . 16 th . — Mr Clark was appointed to wait on the Victim Committee . The case ot Mr Frost was adjourned for a
fortnight . Mr M'Grath brought up the Hall Report from the sub-committee , and proposed the name of theCentral Hall to be "The Metropolitan _Democratic Hall : ' carried . A committee of management , consisting of thirty-eight pers > or . 3 , were appointed _, with power to add to their numbers . Mr O'Connor _, to be treasurer ; Mr M'Grath sub-treasurer ; James Grass & y to be secretary ; Bank—National Land and Labour Bank ; Mr Fleming and Mr Rider , auditors . Mr Clark proposed , and Mr M'Grath seconded , 'That a great aggregate : meeting be holden to repudiate , on behalf of the English working . classes , the infamous Irish Coercion BUI . ' Carried . A deputation , consisting of Messrs Ilarney , Jones , Schapper , Oborski , and Keen , waited on the committee , respecting the holding of a Democratic Congress of all Nations . Julian
Harney stated the resolutions come . to by the _Bociety of Fraternal Democrats , and the ' Brussels Demo _, cratio Society . Mr Thomas Clark strongly sup . ported theviews of tho deputation , asdid also Mr _Giassby . Carl schapper , and Ernest ' Jones , then spoke on the advantages of tho . suggested Congress . Mr P . M'Grath andMr Shaw , then delivered ex . oHIent speeches in support of . a motion made by Mr Clark , as follows : — 'That this committee have beard with pleasure the proposition of the Fraternal Democratic Society , to hold a Conference of the _Drimocrate ot all Nations' at _Brusseh , in Sept . 1843 . and hereby agree to lend all the assistance in their power to secure at suoh Conferenco , an eftcient representation of the Democrats of Great Britain . Handed in from Bermondsey , 6 s ; Clark ' s book , 5 s lOd ; Mr Paris , Greenwich , ls ; Turner ' s book , 2 a 8 d ; total , H _« 0 d .
Natiowi _, _Rkoistratios and _Cbntbal Em-ctiox _CpMsiiTTus . —This body met at the AssemblyRooms , _BS _. _Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday Erening , the 14 th . Mr Godwin in the ehair . After ascertaining the state of the funds , Mr Stallwood moved , * That £ 60 be lodged in the National Latid and Labour Bank to _« o re < lit of the C 0 Il » nittee . ' It waa seconded by Mr Cuffay , and carried unanimously .- On the mo . tion of Messrs Cuffay and Milue , it was unanimously resolved , ' That the members be especially summened by notice in the _Nortbbbn Star , to attend at the Assembly _Rootna , on _Tuesday evening next , Deceniber the 21 st , at eight o ' clook , for the purpose of electing trustees . * The auditor ' s report having been received , lt wag resolved , « Thnt tho balance sheet Bhouldbo published . in . the _Northbrn Siar . _» The committeo then adjourned . t Natiwai , Victim Ccmmit- { eb —The secretary ( Mr John bimpson ) has received 9 s . Od . from _( _"lamlw
well and sixpence Irom a friend , in liquidation of tne claim of Mr Burrows . All persons desirous of contributing to this fund are requested to transmit their subscriptions to Elm Cottage , Waterloostreet , Camberwell . Receipts op tub Central Rkoistratios asd _LiLECTiosi _Comm-TBE , from _Daceraber 9 th tothe loth . —Mr Simpson ' s book , Is GJ , * Tredegar , per Berfiel _. l ; Cd Preston , Is ; Exeter , 10 s ; Mans-* ' It _« total _« 13 s lld * James Grassbv , Score-¦ tavy . N . B . Tho 7 s Gd from _Bishopwearmouth last week , should have been 83 6 d ; will the parties at _Sunderland write to eay , to whom thev sent the ore round that appeared in the _SiAn of July 3 rd ; k _w ba * _ww ken handed over to luia Committee .
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Somkbs Towsr . —tor Thomas _Clarit delivered an eloquent and instructive lecture on Sunday evening last , at Mr _-Doddridge ' s- Rooms .- 18 _,-JTonbridge . street , on the present position of Great Britain and Ireland . After ' a vote of thanks * to Mr Clark and tbe chairman , the meeting separated . Somers Town . —Rally for the Charter ! The first of a series of meetings for' the spread of democracy in connexion w > tb tho Fraternal Democrats , was fce ' d oh Wednesday evening , December 8 th' ' at Mr Dud . dridge ' _s Chartist Rooms , 18 , _TonbridseiStreet , New . road . Mr John Fussell was called to ' the ehair , and introduced the business in an able snd effective speech . Mr Charles Keen , ' in ari arenmehtative address , moved the first resolution : —* That as eqoal
and _inalienaWiJ heirship to liberty is _Jhe birthri ght of every human being , we hereby express onr deep abhorrence of the system which dooms seven-eighths of _tfie male ado-It population of tbis empire to political _dV-rradation and slavery , and being convinced that this if basing and _ofoioxiofls system will only be abolished by the enactment of the People ' s Charter , wa therefor * pledge _ooi-seJVe * not to cease from a <> ifafmg until tbe * said measure cf _tiroi ' _versal justice shall be recognised' as the Uwof ihh realm . ' . . Mr _Charleg Turner brieffr seconded thtf resolution , ; which wag supported by Mr G . Julian Jlamev . in a splendid , animated , and ! lengthy speech . Mr Ilarney was ran . _turously anpInrBW * ed , and the resolution _unanimously
agreed to . — Mr Thomas Lucas _jshted and Mr John Arnott seconded the next resolution _^ wlifch wa s car . ried _nnaumousTy r —• ' That _recognfsifl-r . _unfvers-iJ bro . therhood , we deplore the existence of . tyrannio mig . rule in otber lands , smd sympathise wftn odrbrethrea who are subjected t & erteto . Thatfeelfiig assured that the triumph of democracy in Great Britain would ba tho downfall of despotism throughout _jSurnpe , we hail with unbounded _pfeasare and satisfaction the prospect ofa renewed _nnfted and determined straggle to emancipate the tolling- milliens from _poiffcfearserf . dom . ' After a vote of thanks to the chairman had been given and acknowledged , and several _curds ef membership ofthe National ! Charter Association bad been issued the meeting separated .
Tivtbto ! _-. —A public meeting was held inr _thfa town on Friday , to take into consideration the pro . priety of petitioning Parliament against the _Coer . cion Bill . We applied for the use ofthe Town Hall , both by deputation and a _reepristtion numerously sinned , but our * _risht _worshipf _**? ,. ' Would not _allov us the use of tb * hall for any such purpose . We were , however , determined to have a _meeting and thtr landlord of the White Ball kindljreave his consent to our holding a meeting in the large room at that inn . We gave public notice of the meeting which waa numerously attended . MrW . Beck , a staunch _dpmottrnfc and a working man , was called to the ohair . Mr Kibbey then read the address of Mr Ilarnev whioh was listened to with sreat interest An article
wai then read from tho News op the Would . Mr M'Neil then moved thc following resolution : — 'That this meeting views with abhorrence tiie dreadful crimes perpetrated in Ireland ; bnt while we deplore the wretched state of insubordination and misery to which that conntry is reduced , wn cannot but regret tbat her _Maiesty'a government _shot-i'd- propose a measure to Parliament , which , in the opinion of this meeting is not calculated to remedy the evils which it is intended to cure . ' Mr M'Neil then fol . lowed up tbe resolution in a very effective speech ; he said that the present deplorable-state of Ireland was not owing to any inherent _batTprinciple'in Jtbe hearts ofthe Irish people , but it was the injustice and oppression under which tbey laboured _.
that drove them to commit the crimes of whicirthey were _accused . He had travelled in Ireland , _ano * he _knew-fimething about the Irish . Where they were well _usedjthere was not a more contented , a more Hospitable , hardworking , or honest people , on the face of the earth . He knew tbe Irish people well , and'fie knew they would not tamely submit tebe coerced . He quoted a hiehly respectable authority in this town , one who had served in a military capaoity for manyvears , who stated : that if tbey passed a Coercion BiU for Ireland , it would canse a revolution in Jess than six months . He said that government instead of pawing a Coercion BiH , should havo proposed remedial measures ; they shonld have gone tothe root ofthe evil , and removed the cause of
_theirsnevancea . Mr M'Neil went on in the same strainfor about three quarters of an hour , and tben sat * down . The resolution was carried unanimously . The chairman here remarked tbat if any one had anything to say against the resolution , now was the time to raise their objections . A person then rose and said , h » had some objections to raise . He began by stating that he was as much opposed to coercion as any in the room , yet he considered coercion was necessary ftr Ireland . He said thatthe Irish were a [ sty . idle , _blood-thirstv B « t . and he afterwards aaid that it was only a few bad character ! tbat caused the bloodshed and dis _t urbances in Ire * land . He said he dW not see what the Irish wanted » ithfire a'ms , and afterwards admitted thatit waa a great privilege to be allowed to keesv fire arms . He referred to a paper that he bad with him to prove wbat a murderous set the _Iriah were , but from some ean « o er . other , he did not notice in the same
paper an account of some of the many grievances under which thepoor Irish are now labouring . In a word , the attempt at opposition was a very triserable one . Messrs M'Neil and Kibbey then followed and scattered to the winds the arguments of the last speaker . It waa then proposed that a petition be sent to _uarVament , founded on the foregoing resolution , wbich was carried , only one band being raised against it . The petition was then read to tbe meeting . Mr Rontley th < -n proposed that the petition be adopted . Carried unanimously . Mr M'Neil then proposed a vote of tnanks to Mr Ilarney for hia able address to the electors and non-electors of this borough ; the meeting expressing a hope that he would continue snch addresses . The motion was carried unanimously . It was then resolved thatthe petition Bhould be sent to Mr O'Connor . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and the meeting separated .
FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Assbmblt Rooms , 83 , Dban-Strbet , Soho . —Mr Dixon will deliver a puMio lecture on Sunday evening next . December 19 th . at half . past seven o'clock precisely . Subject : ' The Irish Rebellion of 17 _D 8 . '—The Westminster branch of the Land Company and Chartist locality will meet for the dispatch of business in the same _reoms , at seven precisely . — The National Registration and Central Election Committee will meet for the purpose of electing trustees , &< s ., on Tuesday evening . December 21 st , Bt eight o ' clock precisely . —The National Victim Committee will meet at the same place , at the same hour .
Fissburt . —At a meeting of thia branch , Mr _Wn \ West was appointed treasurer for the ensuing year ; and Mr Messenger appointed secretary , in room of Mr Wright ., Me Edmund Staiiwood will deliver a public lecture at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , Marylebone , at half-past seven o ' olock , on Sunday evening next , Dec . lfcb . Subject :- ' Progression , the Charter , and the Land . ' _Q Harmonic Mbktiso- will take place at the _Princess KovpI , _Circus-street , New-road , on Monday evening the 20 th inst .. for the hfln _**** : _« f th _ , _t < , _t _ . ri ; n _ _.
Democrat , Vincent PakeB . ' _^ DAMMgRSMtTH , _KHNSINGieS , ASD _CHBISHA .-Tho council of this district , are requested to meet at the district office , 2 , Little _Vale-place , Hammersmithroad , on Sunday morning next , _Dicember 19 tb , at ten oclook precisely . The members of the Land Umpnny are also requested to meet at the same time and place ; its trientls are reminded that the company closes on the Slat inst . Iveftos . —A meeting of this branoh will be held on Monday next , in the School-room .
_Sombbb rowx .-On Sunday evening next , Mr _Jiindon will deliver a publio leeture in the Chartistrooms , . 18 , Tonbridge-street , New-road . To commence at eight o ' clock—The council of the Somers Town locality beg to announce that a onncert , & o ., will take place at Mr Duddridge _' s , Bricklayers * Arms . Tonbridt * _e-street , New-road , on Monday evening . December 27 th ( Boxing night ) , for the benefit of John Arnott , their sub-secretary , who , through adversity , is in great need . . Those who are highest on the poll will be entitled to a splendid portrait of Feargus O Connor , Esq ., MP . ( by Martin ) , in a handsome rosewood frame and glased . They trust that their Chartist brethren will rally around them on this occasion .
SouBns Tow » . —The shareholders of the Somer t Town branoh are _requosted to attend at Mr Duddridge ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-Road , oa Monday evening , December 20 , at eight o ' clock . Sown Losddn Chabtist Hau . —Men of South London ! Now is theday and how is the hour , attend in your thousands ' , and show your faithful adherence tothe People ' s Charter ! The third of a series of public meetings , will be convened by the Chartist metropolitan delegate council , at tho South Lnndon
Chartist Hall , corner of Webber-street , _Blaokfriarsrostl , on Monday , December 20 . 1817 , J . Sowell , Esq ., in the chair , to adopt a petition to the legislature praying for the enactment of tho Charter . Messrs M ' Grath , Clark , Ernest Jones , Julian Barney , Fussell , Skelton , and other gentlemen _^ will attend and address the meeting . Admission free . Chair taken at eight o ' clock .. _SnoRBDiTcn —On Sunday evening next a general meeting will take plaoe at the Green-gate , _Haekeey _. road , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of appointing a delegate forthe metropolitan committee .
Towkr II _aiileis . —Themerabersofthe Whittington and Cat braRch are requested to pay their nnnu 8 lex _« pence fund and local levies , during the month of _Dta _* pamhav .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18121847/page/8/
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