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• broad ; for if an untaught and godless population were suffered to grow ap amongst us , the security for capital and machinery would be reduced . It was highly dangerous to trifle with the morals of a nation for the sake of increasing wealth ; the result would be to make the nation poor by debasing the people . Lord WH __ tKU , irf _ supported the bill . The Bishop of St . David-also delivered a powerful speech in its fatour , in the course of which he said : —I t had been said that a greatdegreeof uncertainty attached to this proposition , but he was sure their lordships wonld remember that , some years ago , when this question was incidentally _diseased , thatthe noble and learned lord anmitted in toe fullest manner that a similar _measure then proposed waa in itself highly desirable , but
. tated toaV tbe reason why . to . wo-M _•»» " ¦« " » any legislative measure oa such a subject was that he _loofed for fhe same results _^^__ _T * -neans-that he looked fer the progress of anhsauon from toe removal of the res tneuons on trade . Now whether or n _*^** r _~^™__^*_ _™ he would not say -, _ndther would he venturei to assert . thatthe magnitude of the evils which too bill _wasde-Biened tocure bad been met , but he appealed both to what hisnoble and learned friend had said , and had left unsaid as a proof that some legislation in this direction was necessary . His noble and learned friend had observed an emphatic silence with respect to the evils which arose from the state of things which now existed , while Mi admission that a labouring man after ton
honr . 'labonr was in that state of exhaustion which unfitted him for intellectual exertion—if so , it was in vain to expect that with a longer time of labour , females and yonng people could have toe strength to partake of the benefits which were said to be open to them . ( Hear , hear . ) If this measure was a perilous experiment , the peril was on toe side on which toe evil was to be feared , aad he contended that by adopting this measure their lordships would take toe safest and tbe wisest courses course which as far as human foresight _coaid extend , would produce the greatest benefit to toe greatest number of toe population . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Ash _ - _> --- said , —If he saw auy indication of an intention to make this an eleven hours * bill , when in committee , he _should vote for its second reading ; bnt in toe absence of any such indication , he should vote in favour of toe amendment ofhis noble and learned friend , that the bill be read a second time this daysixmonths . Their lordships mvided—Tor second
reading—Contents 5 ' * _Sfon contents «¦•«•«••« . « _.. ««• . « ...... « . « .. —a Majority for second reading — __ 2 The bill was accordingly read a second time ; and the bonse adjonroedat twenty minutes past t _ - _ l . e _ . Io _ k . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Fooi * Riots in Esgl-SD . — Sir Escott , referring to the accounts in the newspapers toft large bodies of people in Exeter and Taunton and some other towns in the west of England had proceeded to toe markets , and _compeRed toe dealers in provisions , both corn and meat-, to sell them at such price __ , as those bodies of people chose to fix , asked toe Home Secretary whether those accounts were authentic , whether there was _occasion for that alarm which certainly prevailed throughout toe western parts of England , and whether there was any information upon toe subject which he was prepared , consistently with his duty , to lay before toe louse ?
Sir G . Gbet had received communications from the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall , and from toe civil authorities of Exeter , giving an account of some disturbances which had occurred in toe latter part of toe week at Exeter and in its neighbourhood , and in several parts of the east of Cornwall , alleged to be in _consequence of the high price of provisions ; from Taunton , however , he had received no official representation ot any such disturbances , although he had seen statements respecting them inthe newspapers and in private letters . But he was happy to state , that in consequence of toe prompt and _jadidous measures adoptedby toe local authorities , order had been restored { hear , hear ) , and Ue hoped thai there was no cause for alarm with respect tothe future . ( Hear , hear . )
Belief ( _to- _ - _* rrr __* -8 ih _Ib-L-HD . —Mr P . Sckopb then asked Mr L & bouchere whether he was prepared to lay before toe house any statement as to toe progress of the _aystem of relief ia Ireland , under the Temporary Belief Act The honourable _gentleman , in putting toe question , drew an appalling picture of toe condition of the peasantry in some portions of Ireland , where they were dying by hundreds from starvation , mainly owing to the culpable remissness of the relief committees , who had in many instances made bo provision for toe support of the people , in toe interim between the breaking up of toe relief works and tbe establishment of toe new system of relief .
Mr _Lwouchebe replied tothe effect that the government was now in possession of the second report of the relief commissioners iu Dublin , which contained ample information upon the working of the new act . That report was now in the hands of the printer , and when laid before toe house would afford the fullest information upon the question before it . He admitted , however , that many of toe landlords had , instead of aiding , thwarted the government . Pooa Law _Admiri-TBA-ioi * Bui . —• Alter a number of questions put by Mr Ferrand relative to the management of the Poor Law Commission and its unconstitutional nature bad been put and answered by various members ofthe government—on toe question tbat this bill ba read a second time , he moved that it be read a second time
that day six months . For 13 years toe poor aad undefended classes of this country bad been subject to toe rules of three irresponsible men , who made laws and enforced them as they thought proper , without any control on toe part of either toe Parliament or toe government ; and after they had tons acted for 13 years , a committee of that house had reported that they bad acted with cruel injustice to their Assistant Commissioners—that they had not acted according to toe statute which gave them existence—aid that they had shaken toe confidence of all classes in England and Wales in toe administration of the law whicli they were appointed to superintend . If tiey had acted thus to men of talent and influence , who had friends in that honse to defend them , it was easy to imagine how they must have acted towards
toe poor , who were without friends to assist and defend them . In tracing toe original concoction of this law Mr Ferrand made a bitter attack on the principles advocated at that time by Mr Malthus and Lord Brougham ; and alluded with great severity to toe "dark document " which tbe Commissioners under toe original Poor Law Commission had drawn up as thebas ' is of tbepresent Poor law . That-ocument was so dUgracefal , ___ . _d scandalo-B , and wicked , that at first its very existence was denied by toe government , by Sir J . Graham in the House of Commons , and hy the Duke of Wellington in the other honse of parliament ; and it was not until Mr "Walter , who was now lying on toe bed of sickness , absolutely produced it to toe bouse , that Sir J . Graham began to have a faint recollection of it . The law , however , was passed , though
5 , 000 , 000 petitioned against it . It was subsequently put in force at toe point ofthe bayonet ; and then toe Poor Law Commissioners refused all out-door relief—sold up tensot thousands of paupers—built bastiles , gave their inmates a felon ' s dress and worse than a felon ' s diet ; separated hatbands from wives and children from their parents , and made unions so wide and extensive that decrepit men were obliged sometimes to walk 2 i miles to obtain relief . Having thus shown the way in which toe Poor Law _Coanaissioners commenced to enforce their blood-stained law , he next proceeded to show that that law bad been an utter failure by contrasting its results with Lord Brougham ' s promises . He then traced toe operations of the Poor Isaw Commissioners down to toe year 1847 , when Ministers were obliged to
admit that toe Poor Law Commissioners mnst be dismissed from their offices , bnt persevered at toe same time in defending their proceedings . These Poor Law Commissioners , however , boasted in the defence , hy wbich they bad attempted to avert tbeir destruction , tbat after 13 years'labour they had saved the country a million a year . But if they had saved , what was the price at which toe saving had been made ? It was at toe price of an insurrection in Wales , ofan outbreak in the north , of incendiarism in toe south—it was at toe price of a vast increase of infanticides , of a vast increase of toe rural police , of enlarged gaols , of more frequent sessions , and of a winter assize . It was at toe price of general discontent among toe people , and of greater poverty and distress than any which had existed in toe
country since toe French revolution . The law , then , being a failure , what vras the cure for it ! The same law in a different shape , as he showed by a dissection , clause by claus _., of toe bill then before toe House . Having _f-iven the House a . brief sketch of toe powers which toe Cabinet had taken to itself in this bill , he alked to whom were the poor to appeal in case they suffered oppression nnder it—to toe Cabinet . No ; for four members of toe Cabinet would be their oppressors . To that House ! No ; for toe Cabinet must always have a majority in that Hoase so long as it remained a Cabinet , To Her Majesty ! Their memorial must thea pass t . rough tbe bands of tbe Secretary of State ; and though lie did not believe that Sir G . Grey would ever be guilty of such misconduct , there might be a Secretary of State ,
like the last , who would withhold such a document from her hands . To whom , then , must tbey look for protec . tion ! To toe common law of England ; and that led him to the consideration of a point on which he had already touched that evening , thatthe House of Commons bad no right to delegate toe power of making laws to any other body ; and that position he confirmed by the great authorities of Locke , of Blackstone , of Lord Coke , of Lords Eldon , Abinger , and Wynford , and of __ agnaC _ tart _ u He tben proceeded to maintain , on the autherity of Lord Bacon and Sir W . Blackstone , that the poor had a right to relief ; and that if relief wera not given to them , toey had a right to take it . If the Government meant to bolster up toe old law under a new name , toey would undoubtedly fail ; _andhe warned them that as the present Poor Lair lost
them ofiice at toe last election , so would this bill lose them office at the next , if toey persisted in carrying it . He then entered into an examination of " the defence " of toe Poor Law Commissioners , and showed that it was full of statements perfectly destitute of all foundation . He had intended to have made some further remarks on their conduct , but he abstained . Still , as he saw Sir J . Graham ia toe house , he must read a letter which he had received from toe rector of Bewcastle , in the union of Lengtown , descriptive of toe proceedings of its board of guardians , of whioh Sir J . Graham was toe chairman . The rev . author of that letter complained of toe gross mismanagement of toe union—ofthe gross negligence of the Poor Law Commissioner . —and of many _circumstan _. _ces in its workhouse resembling the atrocities of _Andover , No wonder , then , to ft Sir 4 . Gr _ ha __ n . de an
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attempt to inance Mr Parker to withdraw his report lest The Times shonld be in bis ribs for toe next fortnight ; no wonder that , he should feel considerable anxiety on that point , when in toe un _ n of which he was chairman atrocities were occurring similar to those which had given sueh an unfortuiiBte _. celebrity to the Andover Union . . .- _* _,. t ' * " - - ' ¦* •" Mr _Box-DCE in a speech of nearly two hours length made a savage attack on Mr Ferrand , whom be designated by all the choicest terms of hi ? pretty extensive vocabulary . He said that Mr Ferrand was a very fine proof the truth of the axiom tbat a man might do a great deal of mischief with a very slight portion of ability . For the last two hour * Mr Ferrand had heen descanting
on toe act ofthe 43 rd of Elizabeth , and yet it was quite evident that he was quite ignorant of its contents , and had never re _ d _ . word ofits enactments . Mr Ferrand had spoken of tbe inalienable right of the poor to relief , and had quoted Vattel , Puffendorf , and Grotius—of tvbose writings he had never read a syllable—In confirmation of the absurdities which he bad spouted on that po ' nt . Mr Roebuck also attempted a defence of the poor Law itself , but his arguments were such monstrous fallacies , despite the ability with which they were urged , that we cannot think of wasting valuable space by giving them . It is only requisite to say that he maintained the rights ofthe "industrious poor * ' against the " laxy
poor , " and also ' the principle of _centralization as applied to the poor-law—the concentration of the _responsibility in certain commissioners iu London , as leading to the more facile administration of the law . He was not there to say that the workhouse test was toe best that could have been devised ; some test was necessary to enable the administrators of thelaw to distinguish between the honest poor man who required aud deserved relief , and the "idle vagabond , " who w & b too lazy to work . He trusted that toe house would maintain in its integrity too existing law . It was a law which gave with a lavish hand to the deserving poor , and justly withheld from toe idle that which was only toe right of tbe industrious .
Mr G . _Bahkes was surprised that Mr _Reeback had wasted a good hour and a half in animadverting on toe speech of Mr Ferrand , if it was so deficient in worth and weight as he had represented it to be . The real ques . tion for the house to consider was—would ic consent to re-establish under another name tbe same system of Poor Laws wbich had already been found so objectionable , and , along with toe ..-establishment of that _system , would it consent to instal in that house toe mea who bad conducted it soil ) , with greater honour and dignity tban they had ever yet enjoyed ! He entertained a constitutional objection to such apreposal , and thonghtthat sufficient attention had not been given to the fact that this bill introduced two new placemen into parliament _. Sir G _* . Gbet thought that Mr Roebuck bad so completely demolished toe speech of Mr Ferrand tbat it was quite unnecessary to reply tothe arguments which that gentleman haddir ected . _not so much against the bill before
thc house , as against the law of 1824 . He denied that that act had produced nothing but evil ; and asked Mr Ferrand , who said that before its enactment the people of England were loyal and contented , whether he recollected the fires and rick-burnings which devastated the southern counties of England in 1830 . He denied that the bill nas introduced for the sake of increasing the patronage of toe government . In spite of Mr Ferrand ' _s attack on the past exertions and the future intentions of the government , he thought that toe maintenance of toe principle ofthe act of 1834 was essential to the proper care and maintenance of the poor . He declined to enter into the correctness of the attacks made on the Poor Law Commissioners . All he wonld say on the report of the Andover Committee was , that on a careful perusal of it he had not found one word condemnatory of the Poor Law itself , or confirmatory of the statements made that evening by Mr Ferrand .
After a short speech from Colonel _Sibtuosp in support of the amendment of Mr Ferrand , toe debate was adjourned to Tuesday . The house rose at a quarter to t ro o ' clock . TUESDAY , May 18 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Abut Service Bin .-On the questionjfor recommitting tbis bill , The Marquis of Londonderkt _re-urged , with great earnestness , most of the objections which had been offered to the measure iu the other house , observing that nine-tenths of toe army were adverse to it , including officers of great practical knowledge and experience . The Earl of Card-can , although he reluctantly opposed a bill involving toe interests of the army , which was supported by toe Dnke of Wellington , was persuaded , with many officers of the army , that this was a dangerous and visionary- measure . It would entail great expense , difficulty , and confusioa _, and in his opinion destroy the . sprit de corps of the army .
Earl Gbet stated a fact which , he thought , would neutralize toe arguments of the noble lords . He had in . quired ofan officer now in the army , who had risen by meritorious conduct from the ranks , what was his opinion of this bill ; and he replied that he would not have nlisted for life , and had been himself a seven years ' man ; After a few _ohser v _ationsfromlord _Comn-ret-x against the bill , thehouse went into committee . . Several . amendments were proposed which led to lengthened discussions , and ultimatel y the bill passed through committee . Tbe Irish Poor Relief Bill was read a third time and passed after a prot . ae . ed discussion , and after undergoing several amendments . Their lordships adjourned to Thursday .
HOus > E OF COMMONS . —On the motion to consider the report ofthe committee on the Birmingham and Oxford Junction and Birmingham , Wolverhampton , ' and Dudley Railways Amalgamation Bill , Sir F . _Thesiqer moved , as an amendment , that toe hill be referred back to toe said committee . After a stormy and tumultuous discussion , if dis . cussi . n it could be called , the original motion was carried by 214 against 62 . Hon . members were evidently whipped-in by the-great rival railway companies ; and tbe members present , and the deep interest they evinced in this private bill , contrasted curiousl y with the empty benches ofthe preceding evening during the discussion on the Poor Laws' Administration Bill . Lobd _Lieutenanc _. or Ibelahd . —Mr Hchs inquired of the Prime Minister if he had taken measures to fill up toe vacancy of Lord Lieutenant of Irelaud , caused by tbe death of the Earl of Besborough .
Lord J . Russell , with tbe deepest emotion , said he hoped toe bouse would permit him to express the grief that he and his colleague ., aad the sovereign herself , felt at the melancholy loss they had sustained by the decease of toe noble lord , whose intimate knowledge of Ireland , whose clear judgment and conciliating _disposU tion , were eminently qualified to soften down those animosities which werethe bane of tbat couatry . Lord J . Russell having thus given expression to his feelings , proceeded to announce that he had advised her Majesty to fill up toe vacant office immediately , because whatever
might he toe opinion ofthe government with regard to the general nature of the office of toe Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , and tothe policy of maintaining it for any length of time , they were clearly of opinion that in the present circumstances of Ireland , it would not be expedient to make such changes as would be necessary if the constitution of the Lord Lieutenancy were altered . The noble lord also , in answer to Mr Ferrand , stated that jit was not toe intention of toe government to bring in a bill for the purpose of preventing tbe use of flour in cotton factories .
On the motion of Lord G . Eestinc- * it was ordered tbat the house , at its rising , should adjourn over the Derby day , Wednesday . National Schools . —MrT . Duncohbe moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty for annual returns , alphabetically arranged , of every school to which aid had been voted in toe preceding year , distinguishing Church of England from dissenting schools , showing the amount granted in each case , and specifying the items of the names , date of appointment , and salaries of inspectors ; and of the schools making application , distinguishing those refused , and stating the grounds of refusal . Lord J . _Rusbell had no objection to the returns if they were limited to toe next session of parliament in the first instance . Motion agreed to . Returns ordered .
_Tbades Unions ih She _ _fi _ ld , —M . D-N-ohb _ begged to call toe attention ofthe house to a petition from tbe borough of Sheffield , presented on toe 13 th of May , complaining of toe conduct of Mr Wilson Overend , a gentleman of the medical profession in extensive practice in that town and neighbourhood . fwho was frequently called upon as a magistrate to decide in questions between employers and employed . He hoped Mr Overend's physic was better for the community than his law ; but it did _sohappan that this gentleman never de . cided in favour of the employed . The people and the trades of Sheffield were particularly attached tothe system of trades-unions . The magistrates and others took a different view of tbem , and were anxious to put them down . Mr Overend wasthonght an adept in the
art of doing so , and was always sent for when a case of combination occurred . A dispute had arisen between toe owner ofa saw-mill and his men , two of whom were discharged . The owner admitted that these men conducted themselves most civilly . Mr Overend , on application , issued a summons . They were called before toe magistrates , who waited for Mr Overend ; but so soon asthe case was disposed of and the accused parties sen . tenced to three months' imprisonment , witb hard labour , Mr Overend left the court . Fortunately ah appeal was taken by their counsel from the decision , which was quashed upon toe merits . Every man was liable to error , but most of Mr Overend' . convictions had been quashed . The first intention ofthe petitioners was to memorial * * . the Crown to have Mr Overend _Bismissed ; but toey had thought it the best course to have public
attention called to tbe subject in thc first instance . They asked for inquiry ; but before an inquiry could be instituted it was necessary to have a list of the convictions laid on the table . _ The petitioners stated tbat under all the circumstances ilr Overend ' s decisions had lost their influence with tho community . The best remedy for snch complaints was to have in all manufacturing towns a stipendiary magistrate , who should be a person totally removed beyond the influence of court prejudices , and also of trade prejudices . There were such magistrates in Liverpool and Manchester . If it was legal for the masters to combine , it was legal for the men ; and there was nothing in toe present state of tbe law to prevent tbe formation of trades-unions , which , indeed , properly conducted bad often been of great benefit to toe _working classes and protected them from oppression , though those unions must not _wiurt to _iutti _ Wftti < ra or vl-leice .
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The sentence in the Instance specified wis considered mostsevere . Mr Overend sentenced the accused parties , who were highly respectable , to the full term of three months'imprisonment with hard labeur ; it cost them £ 50 to get the appeal carried through . In conclusion he begged to move for a list , of all such ' convictions in Sheffield , specifying the name of themagistrate ormagistrates present in each instance . Sir G . Gbet bad no objection to the motion ; he could not , however , but regret the observations with which it bad been accompanied . The representations made to him differed from those which appeared to have been
made to the honourable gentleman . He was assured that intimidation had been exercised by members of tradesualons , under circumstances which o . _casloned great difficulty , and involved the parties _thomselves in peril . He was bound to say that nothitg had been stated to him with regard to Mr Overend except in commendation ; no representation had been addressed to tbe Crown through the Secretary of State , complaining of that _gentleman's conduct as a magistrate . In one case which occurred in Sheffi Id he was aware that a conviction had baen quashed , but he was aware , also , that the decision was pronounced after the best legal advice had been token .
Mr B . _Dehisoh had no objection to the hon . gentleman ' s motion , but wished appended to that motion of which he had given notice , for an addiess for " copies of memorials lately forwarded' to the right hon . Sir G . Grey , from the mayor and corporation of Sheffield , the cutlers' company of Sheffield , the church burgeBses of Sheffield , and the town trustees of Sheffield , respecting the conduct of Mr Wilson Overend , as a magistrate of toe west riding of Yorkshire . " Hehad the honour of Mr Overend ' s _acquaintance ; that gentleman had onerous duties to perform , the town of Sheffield being afflicted with combinations . The hon . gentleman had been somewhat wrongly informed of the circumstance . The impression conveyed was that Mr Overend had acted singly in Tegard to these convictions , but in every case Mr Overend had acted iu concurrence with another magistrate . The Chancellor of toe Exchequer bore testimony to the high character of Mr Overend .
Mr J . Wobti . et described Mr Overend as one of the most eminent men of bis profession in tbe north of England , and as one of their . ablest , best , most conscientious , and most -fficient magistrates . Mr Overend was called upon to act as a magistrate not engaged in trade _. The act under which the convictions took place excluded persons connected with trade from acting in a judicial capacity .. One conviction was actually quashed _bocause thecolleague of Mr Overend was a merchant exporting scissors , and therefore disqualified as a magistrate under toe act . Every one of the convictions quashed had been soon toe ground of informality ; in sucb cases it was not the magistrate who was at fault . He had no intention of entering into details connected with this subject ; but , if be were to do so , he could present a picture ofthe state
of things in Sheffield which was actually frightful , and which would be sufficient to shake the opinion of even Mr Duncombe himself . . It would be enough to say that a peculiar class of offences had reached such , a height there—he alluded to the destruction of property by gunpowder—that it was found necessary by Sir J . Graham , when Home Secretary , to introduce a specific measure for suppressing the practice . He held in his hand a placard which had been issued on toe morning following one of these offences , offering a reward of £ 1 , 000 , for the detection ef the offender , but it produced no effect ; it was found impossible to obtain any evidence respcting it . In such circum . stances it required a man of vigour and courage to dare to act as a magistrate oa such occasions ; and Mr Overend . was a man of courage , and at the same time a man of moderation . He hoped the hon , member for Finsbury would repeat the advice which he had given the workmen to-night elsewhere , for he bad great
influence with the people of Sheffield , and such advice , coming from bim , would do great good . ( Hear , hear . ) He held in his hand a placard in which that hon . member ' s name was mentioned as president of a trade ' s union society ; and the hon . member could hardly conceive tbe countenance which his name gave to such a society . ( Hear , hear . ) He . assured the house that the consequence of the state of things which existed in Sheffield between masters and workmen was deplorable in the extreme . He knew a case where a gentleman of extensive aapital intended setting up an establishment in Sheffield for the manufacture of engines for railroads ; but from the terrible state of society' which he found existing there , he actually left the town and settled elsewhere . ( Hear , hear . ) It would be doing a great service therefore to the workmen ; if the hon , member for Finsbury would use his influence wiih them , to show tbem that such conduct as he had referred to was doing not only a great injury to the town , but to the trade by which tlicy lived , and to themselves and families . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr Henley knew nothing of the merits of tbis case or of the parties connected with it , beyond what had been then stated to tbe house ; . buthe must say he felt rather surprised at the course taken by the government in lending their countenance to the introduction of sucb subjects into that house . The hon , member for Finsbury had made a strong , although a short speech , containing serious insinuations against a gentleman holding the commission of tbe peace . Now , if there was any ground of c _. mplaint agai _. _at the magistrate referred to , a court of law was the place to carry it to . Mr Wabd remarked , tbat Mr Henley had somewhat misrepresented the facts of the case ; for although it was true that the hon . member for Finsbury bad made 38 me strong statements respecting Mr Overend , on the
other hand an almost unanimous testimony bad been borne in his favour . As one of the members for Sheffield , he ( Mr Ward ) had risen to say th » t he entirely _concurred in many of tbe observations which ha . fallen from gentlemen on both sides of the house , The fact was , that the question of trades' unions was one of tbe most difficult that tbe government or the magistracy could deal with . He knew that in Sheffield there existed a strong feeling on both sides , and that there were faults on both sides . If ever there was a easo in which it was the duty of a magistrate to show exemplary patience and freedom from prepossession on either side , it was a case in which trades' unions were concerned . He ( Mr Ward ) had risked his seat in bis attempts to bring home to tht working classes of Sheffield the injury which they did to
themselves by tbe height to which tbey carried their trades' union proceedings . He admitted that there were cases in which trades' unions were essential to the working classes ; but wben they overstepped the limits ot -.. deration , and attempted to carry their resolutions not fey moral force , bat by influence bordering on threats , which were always followed ( although they could not be traced ) by acts of violence , they inflicted an injury on the working classes generally which it was impossible to estimate . When times of bad trade came the workmen felt tbis themselves . One of their resolutions , for instance , was that no employer of labour ' should be allowed to make choice of his own workmen , and that no workman should be allowed to choose his own employer . When trade was good they might be able to carry this into effect , but not when trade was bad . He held in his hand an advertisement which had lately been issued by the tableknife grinders of Sheffield , announcing their resolution to abandon this rule in consequence » of the
present state of trade . Hesaid bere , as he bad said in Sheffield , that the practice of any system of force or intimidation was destructive of all proper subordination , and fraught with ruin to the trade of the town . He knew the case to which Mr Wortley had referred , iu which a man Intended to invest a large capital in the establishment ofa new branch of trade in Shell-Id , but was compelled to abandon the idea owing to tbe spirit of combination wbich prevailed . He believed tbat nothing but a bitter lesson would bring the workmen to their senses on this subject , and show them the evil which their conduct was calculated to inflict upon themselves . That there were faults on the part of the masters as well as of the men he freely admitted ; and he only hoped that both parties would follow out the principle which had been so properly inculcated by the bon . member for Finsbury , that neither of them had a right to interfere In anything except by moral influence , ( Hear , hear )
Mr T . Duncombe assured the house that the sentiments he had uttered that night with respect to trades ' unions , and toe conduct of the workmen towards their employers , he invariably inculcated ia tbeir presence . The very placard whieh the hon . gentleman ( Mr S . Wortley ) had exhibited to the house related , he belivved , to the National Association of United Trades , which was no doubt a concentration of trades' unions , acting by means of a central committee , but tbe object of which was to create a good understanding between workmen and their employers , and to obviate the necessity of strikes ; so that if the object of the right hon . goRtleman was to put down strikes , he eould not do better tban to encourage that association . ( Hear , hear . ) So far as he ( Mr Duncombe ) was concerned , that association should nerer hare recourse to any such mischievous practice , as the right hon . gentleman had described .
( Hear , hear . ) He must say that it was not quite right to prejudice the case which he had brought under the notice of the house by referring to the explosions and other diabolical outrages which bad occurred in Sheffield , The three men to whom he had referred were totally unconnected with proceedings of that sort . ( Hear , hear . ) He begged to say also tbat if the house wanted to put down secret conspiracies and dangerous combinations among workmen , they should endeavour to give them confidence in the impartial administration of the law , ( Hear , hear . ) The very difficulty which the right hon . gentleman had referred to , of finding magistrates to act in Sheffield , showed the necessity of appointing a stipendiary magistrate for that town , There should , in fact , be a stipendiary magistrate in every town with a population above a certain amount , say 8 , 000 or 10 , 000 , ( Hear , hear , )
The motions of Mr Duncombe and of MrDeni-oa _^^ then respectively agreed to . Railway Bills . —The Ciiancellob of _theSxcar qD _* jB moved for a select committee to consider the expr _ j e _ Cy of adopting measures for suspending further proceed . _ings in all or any of the Railway Bills in the P ' ' .. Kgent _gession ; and for enabling the parties , _m- _vle-f _tce- % tain condit tions , to proceed with the same in a . _fut ure 8 _ej , _* ouo Parliament . Also , whether it is _advjsab' (! to make anj . further provisions in the standing or ' j orgm The com . mittee te report from time to time _. After some objection on the p' Mt of Mr _hodqsok _Hinde , the committee was agreer * _, t 0 and nomi _ ated >
_Poob-Laws _AuMir-isTBAWQH _ si __ . _ -. t _ , * adjourne debate , on toe motion for tha seco __ reading of the Poo Laws Administration Bill , and Mr Ferrand ' s amend msnt , _ftet it _bejeaja Won . J time that day aicmoathi
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was resumed by Mr Chbi » t « , who J" * ® - * «• £ _¦ : _( dover inqviry case , censured : the conduct of _toepresent I commissioners , w _ o , _ _. hoped , would not be _re-appeinted to the now _coi-misslon , the constitution of which ho approved of . He _inipp . rtedjbe bill . During the hon . member ' s _sper . h _/ which was of wearisome length , and delivered tb almost empty benches , the home was near being counted out ; but the friends of the governmsnt in the library and in the lobbies saved them from _» h » t catastrophe . , Mr R . Etwall also travelled over toe Andover union inquiry , and declared his intention to support the amendment . ; , ' Lord Cb . BTEi . A _ assented tothe general principle of the bill , in the hope and belief thit tho modification introduced in the commission would give a better guarantee of the regular administration of the Poor Law . . _
Capt . Pechell and Mr Mannebs _Sottok addressed the liouse , confining tbeir observations almost entirely to a reexamination of the Andover Committee and its proceedings . On the motion of Mr Heni _*" _. ' the debate was again adjourned . ' The _Cuancellob of the _ExcnEQUEB intimated that he would not go on with the Loan Discount Bill until after the Whitsun holidays . On bringing up the report of the vote for the Ecclesiastical Committee agreed upon in committee of supply * : Mr Williams opposed its reception ; and divided the house . . There were—* ' For the vote ... _... ... 76 Againstit ... ... ... ... ••• 8 ' ' ,,. *— -63 The vote was confirmed and received by the house .
Tbo Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , with am _.-ndment 9 , was brought down from the Lords , and on thc motion of Lord John Russell it was ordered to be printed , and the amendments tobe taken into consideration on Monday , the-l . _tinstaut . . ' _, . The other orders ofthe day were disposed of , and the house adjourned at half-past twelve to Thursday . THURSDAY , Mai 20 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Clergy _Offences Bill was after a brief discussion , read a second time , , The Naval"Prison ' s Bill , and Naval Service of Boys Bill , were severally read a second time . At its rising , thehouse adjourned forthe Whitsuntide holidays until Friday next . HOUSE OP COMMONS—Mr T . DoNCOMn _. presented a petition from the coal-miners of England and Wales , complaining of tbe truck system , and praying for tbe appointment of government inspectors . '' ,. ¦'•
Colonial and Bbitish _Svibits . — Mr Mofvatt moved for leave to bring In a bill for assimilating the _warehoasing privileges on Colenlal and British spirits , and another bill to permit British spirits to b « rectified in bond for exportation , and to permitrectified spirits and compounds to be warehoused for exportation _. The CUANCELLeB ofthe _Excbequeb opposed both motions , on the ground of their interference with the revenue , and on a division both motions were lost , Pooa Laws _Abministbation Bill . —The adjourned debate , on the motion for the second reading of the Poor Laws Administration Bill , and Mr Ferrand's amendment , was resumed by Mr Henley . A protracted discussion
followed , in which Lord J , R-SBELL and Mr Disbaeli were the principal speakers . Ibe latter gentleman argued that parishes should not be under metropolitan control . He did not object to the . proposed new com ' mission on the ground of patronage , or of any supposed increase of the power of the Crown _. bec _. nsehe was of opinion that the power of the Crown had decreased , was decreasing , and should be increased ; and he believed tbat were the power of the Crown greater , the condition of the poorer classes would be much better than it is . He , however , objected to the Bill before the House , on the ground that it- would perpetuate that metropolitan control of which he so much disapproved , and he would , therefore , vote for the amendment _.
On ths motion of Mr . _Bobthwice the debate was again anjourned . The House rose nt two o'clock , FRIDAY , Mat 21 . . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr Ferrand presented a petition from John , tbe father of Mary Dawson , now suffering imprisonment under the sentence of certain magistrates for quitting her employment , leaving her work , in the mill of a manufacturer at Keighley , unfinished . The petition set out the various factB of the case , and prayed inquiry . The hon , member gave notice that immediately after the recess , when tbe pttition was printed , he would bring the case , which was one of extreme cruelty and injustice , before the house . Mr Spooner moved the adjourned debate on the first r . ading of the Seduction and Prostitution Suppression Bill ; Colonel Sibtbobp opposed the bill . After a short discussion the bill was read a first time .
. The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the house adjourned for the Whitsun recess to Friday next , the 28 th instant . . Adjoobned Debate . —Poor Laws . —The debate was resumed by Mr Bobtuv ice who opposed the bill , as did also Mr B . Escott , Mr Wakley and Lord J , Manners , Mr P . Miles , Mr Yilliers and Sir J . Graham supported the bill . .. ¦' . " The house divided—For the second reading of the bill 218 Againstit ... -2 Majority for tbe governtment 176 The bill wns read a second time .
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Reported Death of Mr O'Conhell . — The Monileur Parisien , of Thursday night , contains the following announcement : " . They write from Nice that O'Connell died on his arrival at Genoa . " Poor Man's Guardian Socibtx . —The fundamental rule propounded by this really useful and , in the strictest sense of the phrase , " Poor Man's Society , " we set forth in the terms of the society itself , as follows : — "To aid the poor in their applications for parochial relief , and to secure to them the legal and humane dispensation of the Poor-Law , and by every constitutional means to effect such improvements in thelaw itself as may be deemed necessary . " The usefulness and very praiseworthy objects ofthe mission of this society must at once suggest itself to the minds ofall our readers ; ahd we may add , that the formidable efforts made by the patrons of this society go to the complete annihilation , or , at any rate , the removal ef the atrocious clauses of the Poor
Law Bill . The sympathies , and also the more substantial aid of our readers will , we trust , be enlisted in behoof of the , Poor Man ' s Guardian Society . Hitherto the benevolence emanating from __ 0 , Leicester-square , has _beehjpurely ofa private and highly praiseworthy character ; and we have only to refer to the practical exertions of this society manifested throughout the past trying and more than unusually severe winter , to attest the real usefulness of those who have come forward to aid the poor , and , in truth , help those who cannot help themselves . Truly " Blessed is he who _considereth the poor . " And we cordially subscribe to this scriptural axiom . Furthermore , the great combat ofthe society is—to fix a minimum of subsistence below which the labourer need not fall ; and whilst we invite the active co-operation ofall , we think that the reward offered by the society is a guarantee of its good faith , It runs as follows : —
Persons considering themselves aggrieved by Poor-law authorities are invited to make their cases ( properly authenticated ) known to the society , by a written communication to the secretary ; and redress or explanation will immediately be sought for tbem by tbe society , With a view to assist parties applying for parish aid , the society has recently printed a "Poor Man ' s Hand . Book of the New l ' oor . law , being a Guide to Parochial Relief ;" price Threepence , or Fifteen Shillings per hundred , for distribution among the poor , PartieB desirous of forming District Auxiliary Societies are requested to communicate their intentions to the secretary , either personally , or by letter .
James Cleveland , the young man , who waa committed a few weeks ago , on a charge of attempting to steal four Bank of England notes , for _> 2 . Q ,. out of the pocket of Henry Greaves , in Messrs Jones , Loyd and Co . ' s bank , was on Monday tried at the Manchester sessions and acquitted .
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( From the Gazette of Tuesday , Moy 18 . ) Edwin Wood , King William . street , tobacconist—Thos . Wallis , _Oxford-street , wool ' . cn draper—John Marriott _Blas-fieid , Albion-wharf , _ lackfriars , cement manufacturer—John Simpson , ' jate of Old'Change , common carrier — John Hitchir . 3 ) _Chichester-place , Gray ' _s-inn . road , and Upper Whit / . cross-street , leather scller-Iiichd . Wade , Chcapside , tai '; 0 _ —G . Purton , Longfleet _, innkeeper —J . Pickett , Everet ' -street , Brunswick _. quare , cow-keeper -Bobert Graliaw _, , _Clapham-comnion _, Surrey , lodging _, liouse keeper—J mncs Pliilippo _, _Cross-stroet , Finsbury ,
dealer m hors _' es __ ho „ ias Fitch , Duke-street , Toolcystreet , _Borouf ' i 1 ( i 10 p merchant—Charles Vyse , Ludgatestiv _. t , strav _* .. ' bennetmakcr—Abel Quarterman , Oxford , glover—Jol' . n Robinson , jun ., FencUurch-street , ehymist —William' _Havrls , Aberystwith , mineral agent-Frederick Berner , "Vest Kirby and Birkenhead , tea dealer—Joseph Ma-ier _^ Heck-ferry , Cheshire , builder—Charles Tabor and W _iiiiam Clarke , _J ' ottingliam , lace manufacturers—WUH ' ani Stanton , Lenton , Nottinghamshire , laceraaker—Geo ' _.-ge Webster , Staincross , Yorkshire , nailmaker—Wil . ha ' . n and Robert Wild , _Gigg in Heap , Lancashire , h' . eachers—John Dickinson , Manchester , bookbinder-Vohu Berkley , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , morchant .
( From the Gazette of Friday , May 21 . ) Thomas Burrell , Billericay _, Essex , licensed victualler-Edward Palmer , Great _Surrey-street , Blackfriars-road , agricultural agent— James Caleb Whittenbury , Greenwich , buildcf-Sliuto Bavrington Moody , Fcnchurchstreet , civil engineer—William Cra _. _t / Spriiig . street , _Paddiiiuton _, fishmonger—Edward Keoler , Canterbury , dealer in glass—Charles Paddon , Tower Marsh , Lambeth , clothes salesman—Robert Ilibbins , Kctton , Rutlandshire , stonemason-James Henry _Mackey , St _Helcn's-placc , Bishopsgatcstreer , merchant—John Thomas Groves , Millbrook _, Hampshire , seed crusher—Louise _Roclants , Argyll-street , _Regent-street _, milliner-David Wood , ' Whitechnpcl-road , Birmingham , warehouseman— John Sugden , Bradford Yorkshire , butcher-John Marland , Marrick , Yorkshire , banker—James Thomas , Swansea , grocer—John Hill and George Hill , Exeter , builders—Authony Nor vail , Liverpool , painter-Thomas Tnplin Cooke , Manchester , bill vender —Henry Webb , Stafford , dealer in porter—Samuel Boardsley , Stater , Nott . _ ghw » , wiu « __ Mch « nti
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- REVIEW OF THEBRITISH COM TRADE . The weather has heen uninterruptedly fine during the past week , with just sufficient moisture to promote vegetntioivand a decided improvement has been wrought in thc aspect of the country .., _Moream-picious weather than that lately experienced could scarcely be desired ; and one cause of uneasiness , namely , the backwardness oftlie crops , has in some measure been removed . Still it is scarcely possible for the next harvest to be an early one ; and it will , therefore , be the more necessary to husband our resources . What quantity of grain may still remain in tlio hands of the producers cannot be ascertained with any degree of nccurncy , but the more the matter is inquired into , the more general becomes tbeconviction that the smaller farmers have long ago thrashed out ; and tliough some of the more wealthy agriculturists may yet have a fair proportion of their corn on hand , it is , nevertheless , certain that , as a body , the growers hold much
less grain than is usually ' tho case at the corresponding period of tho year . With regard to the stocks in warehouse atthe different large towns , information is more easily obtained ; ' and we are convinced that there is hardly a town in the kingdom , excepting Liverpool and Glasgow , at which anything approaching a fair stock is held . We do not , therefore , feel much surprise at the course which thc trade has taken , and feel some doubt whether the top price has yet been touched . —ifar _* ! . ane Express . . •¦• . . . . The Season and the Crops . —It is scarcely possible to over-estimate the importance of the present delightful and seasonable weather . ' The hay crop , which appeared to he lost , has been rendered quite secure , and thus the principal winter food of cattle is safe . This is ofthe utmost
consequence , as it will not only enable us to keep more cattle and sheep at less expense , But ... economise grain and all descriptions of food , during the winter of thepresent year . In the pastures the benefit will be immediately felt , in the improved condition ofsheep and cattle , andthc great increase of milk , butter , and cheese . Under the reviving influence of moisture and a mild temperature , the spring corn has recovered from the effects of thebiting frosts of April , and looks as well as-ever it did at this season ' of the year ; and , fhou £ * i the wheat plant is still thin in this part of the country , yet the process of tilling or spreading has begun , and will do much to repair the loss of plant . In other parts of the country , thc wheat plant looks much better tban it does in Lancashire , and will easily fill up at this season ef vigorous growth . —Liverpool Times , Tuesday . ¦ _.-..
. Tiik American _Suppues . —The account oftlie supplies of flour and grain at New York and all the other Atlantic cities speak of them as exceedingly small ; and thc g cat difference of opinion _' _. exists as to the extent ofthe supplies which were likely to be received from the interior . — Liverpool Times .
ANOTHER ENORMOUS RISE ! WHEAT AT ONE . HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN SHILLINGS PER QUARTER ! -. _* - ¦ - ¦ " Mabk-iank , Monday , May 17 . —Fresh up to-day , the supply of wheat from *" ssex , Kent , Cambridgeshire , & c „ was extremely small ; hence the show of samples of both red and white was smaller than on many previous market days . This falling off in the arrivals , together with the large attendance of both town and country buyers , caused holders ofall kinds of wheat tobe very firm , and the trade must bo considered very brisk , at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday last of from "five to six shillings per quarter , '" at which amount the whole of the supply was cleared off . The best samples of English white sold freely , at from' " one hundred and nine to one hundred and sixteen shillings per quarter I" This is the highest point of value rc _. lised for a long scries of years , and there is every prospect ot a further rise in the quotations . The
trade m foreign wheat was again very brisk , at an improvement on last Monday ' s rates of from "Five to Six Shillings per Quarter , " and very few parcels were unsold at the close of business . We had a large quantity ) of foreign Barley on show , but that of home growth was trifling . All kinds command a very steady inquiry at fully , but at nothing quotable beyond last week ' , currencies . The show of malt was limited , while the demand for that article was very steady , at , in some instances , ls per qr . more money . Tlie supply of oats on offer to-day was good , yet the trade was very steady , at fully the late advance in the quotations . Very few beans wire on show . Most kinds sold readily at late rates . Peas moved off freely at extreme prices . Indian corn was held at 2 s per qr . more money . The flour trade was firm . Bamsii . —
Wheat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk , old red 96 s to 106 s , new red 95 s to 101 s , old white 100 s to 112 s , new ditto 101 s to 116 s , Norfolk and Lincoln old red 90 s to 98 s , old ' white 100 s to 101 s . —RycCOsto ( 13 s . —Barley : grinding 45 s to 48 s , distilling 55 s to . Ss _. maltitig 58 s to 60 s . —Malt : Brown 75 s to 77 s , pale 73 s to 77 s . —Beans : Tick 47 s to 52 s , pigeon 50 s to Sis . —Peas : white 5 . s to 6 ' 0 s , grey and maple 55 s to 57 s . —Oats : English feed 32 s to 38 s , Poland S 8 s to 40 s—Flour : Town made 75 s to 80 s , Essex and Kent G 4 s to 72 s , Norfolk and Stockton G 4 s to 70 s . FoaEiG .. —Free Wheat : Dantzic and Konigsburg 94 s to 102 s , Mecklenburg 90 s to 97 s , Russian 89 s to 94 s . —Barley : grinding 47 s to 50 s , malting 50 s to 57 . —Beans : Egyptian 42 s to 43 s—Oats : Russian 33 s to 31 s . —American flour . 5 s to 50 s per _lOBlhs .
Wednesday , May 19 . —The arrivals of English wh' at for market this week have been veiy small , and the show of samples of that grain here to-day was trifling . Although the ' attendance of buyers was by no means large , the demand was very firm , and in some instances lsper qr . advance was obtained for selected runs of bo tli red and white . Foreign wheat was in active request , and Is porqr . more money , with a fair average quantity on offer . Other grains maintained Monday ' s prices . Mark-las .., May 21 , —Upwards of 22 , 000 quarters of foreign wheat have come in this week . That article was in heavy request , and offered ata _decline of from ls to 2 s perqr . The amount of busiuess doing was very small _. For export , no sales took place .. ExTBAoitDiNAM-v HiGii Price of Wheat . —At the Windsor market , on Saturday last , some singularly fine samples of wheat realized the enormous sum of __ 3 l per load , A similar price was also obtained for wheat at Uxbridge market on the _preceding Thursday . At Chert _, sey May fair , wliich was held on Friday last , the price of wheatranged from _? 2710 sto * £ * 0 10 s per load .
_Hdddebspield , May 18 . —We have again had a very flat market ; manufacturers make bitter complaints , and several mills are working half time . Richmond ( Yobksuibe ) , May 15 . —We had a tolerable supply of grain in our market to-day , with a further advance on last week's prices . —Wheat sold from 12 s to 15 s , oats 4 s to 5 s 6 d , ( barley 6 s to 6 s 6 d , beans 7 s to 8 s per bushel .
CATTLE , ic . BISE OP PRICKS . SMii-FiEix . Monday , May 17 . —Notwithstanding the arrivals of beasts from our own districts fresh up this morning were seasonably extensive , and of excellent quality , great excitement prevailed in the demand for all kinds of fat stock . This must be attributed , ina grcat measure , to the large number of buyers in attendance from Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , Wakefield , Bristol , and elsewhere , the whole of whom purchased largely for those localities . The beef trade was very brisk , and the quotatioiis advanced over those obtained on Monday Inst of from sixPENCE . to eiciiipenck per 81 bs , and at which amount a total clearance was speedily made . On a comparison of prices , we perceive that beef is now selling' at Is 4 d to ls 6 d , mutton ut ls fid to 2 s , lamb 8 d , veal Sd , and pork 4 d per 8 ttis _., more money thau at tlie corresponding period in 1846 .
from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridseshire , we received about 1 , 000 Scots , homebreds . and shorthorns ; from the western and midland districts , 800 lier . fords , runts , Devons , & c . ; from other parts of England , 500 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 250 horned and polled Scots ; the remainder of the bullock supply being mostly derived from abroad , and thc neighbourhood of the metropolis . There were in the market about 700 oxen and cows , 300 sheep , and 30 calves , mostly from Holland , and which met a very active demand at improved currencies . With sheep we were but moderately supplied . As most of the butchers were very short of supply , the mutton trade was exceedingly brisk , at an advance on last week's currencies of fully 4 dpor 8 __ s , theprimest old downs in thc wool selling freely at 6 s _ dper 81 _ s , those out of the woot producing Es 8 d per Slbs . At the close of thc market a total clearance had been effected . From the Isle of Wight , 230 lambs came fresh to baud , and the
receipts from other quarters were tolerably good . Still , however , the lamb trade was brisk _et " a further rise in value of fully 4 d per Slbs , theprimest down qualities with _, out difficulty realising _|| Cs 8 d per .. lbs . There was a large business doing in calves , the supply of which was moderate , ata risei- value of . d per Slbs . Thepork trade was very firm , and the quotations advanced from 2 d to 4 d per Slbs , with a fair average number of pigs on sale . Coarse and inferior beasts 4 s to 4 s Cd , second quality ditto 4 s Sd to 4 s lOd , prime large oxen 5 s to 5 s Sd , prime scots 5 s 2 d to 5 s -tl , coarse and inferior sheep 4 s Gd to 4 s lOd , second quality ditto 5 s to 5 s 4 d , prime coarse woollcd sheep 5 b Gd to 5 s lOd , prime south down ditto Cs to 6 s 4 d , large coarse calves 4 s 8 d to 5 s 2 d , prime small ditto 5 s 4 d to 5 s Sd , large hogs 4 s to 4 s 8 d , neat small porkers 4 s tod to 5 s 4 d , lambs 5 s fid to 6 s 8 dperSlbs . to sink the offul _, suckling calves 21 s to 32 s , and quarter old store pigs 19 s to 23 s each .
Smithfield , May 21 . —Comparatively speaking , the supply of beasts on sale here this day was small , and of mi-ling quality , owing te which , and the increased attendance of buyers , the beef trade was brisk at a further advance in the quotations of quite id per Slbs . Sheep sold at Monday ' s prices . Lambs obtained a further visa in valuo of 4 d per Slbs . Calves sold freely at full prices , while pigs were quoted at Monday ' s figures .
POTATOES . Rosouon and Spita _ fifv . ds , Monday . —Tork reds 2 tOs _toWtts _, ditto Regent ' s 240 s to 280 s , ditto Shaws 200 s to 3 . 0 s , Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Regents 200 s to 380 s , ditto kidneys , 2008 to _2 _* 20 s , Dutch 1 . 0 s to 180 s perton , _^ WOOL . London , Monday . —Since this day so'nnight the imports of wool have consisted of 836 bales from Port Philip , 1 , 000 ditto from _Launceston _, 331 ditto from Odessa , and 330 ditto from various other quarters . The public sales , at which about 13 , 000 packages havo been offered , have been brought to a close . The best qualities were mostly dis posed of at full prices , but the middling and inferior kinds declined from Id to Hd per lb . In the privHie contract market exceedingly little business is doing .
COTTON . _Liverpool , Monday , May 17 . —The sales today amount to about 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 bales , but th »; market is quite firm and steady .. Prices _ d . to id higher sinco Friday last . • JWThe accounts from America are still more unfavourable than thoso brought by the preceding arrivals , as tothe extent of the supply of cotton , and they aro very far from favourable as to tho prospect oftlie crop now in the ground .
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heart , who , knowing it and obser , { _m it „ " _* T jT mit _' . g _.-, _tcsuch suffering . In one , _*^ _^ o wl __ d . * 1 _" taken in the neighbourhood ot A . _ico . _its , tie sight w indeed sickening , a mai ., . hi ,, , and _^ ° _„* _£ » - _» _dreti _, nil trying to subsist ov . _„< ,, _/ , _„ - ' , A Jg U uc _* n no solitary case . Hu . idre lls thm » . vo - _ MancUest , at this moment , who c : _... t 6 U ' an o'er true , tale ' misery , deep and Ion ? , sun . .- - ,,,-, ttnd absolute want , whi would move the mo g t flint _lKMt __ __ e cxhor ' tatio addressed by _CharVeg Mackay _, to ' wait a little longe is beginning to _ disregarded . Tho very _rccklessni ot despair _seeir < a to be supplanting those _liopas and < , 'pa . t-Uoni of orkjhter day !* which hare hitherto . _<* . ] ,, - ___ .... _ .. : „ -. - ' * . ..-- _• « man
STATE OP TRADE-ALARMlNa RIOVS FRIGHTFUL STATE OF MANCHESTER . The Manchester Courier ot Saturday asserts that „ , !„„ fears may justly be _ento-taiued for the public . _!' _,.,. „ _„ the borough . " On all sides we heur and tell of _Jul-ltl privation , and deep wretchedness , aggravate lumim very many instances , by fever , or low , h _" ngC _' _, A _* " sickness , which makes its abiding . place in tli _ mk _^ ., »* i homes of the poor and wretched , _cliiigiiip- JS ? _ ™ ' ™ tenacity to the rags in which tlicy are _lI ! i _V of employment , aud the unparalleled . „¦ v _SSi . , Wa _- _" _* of the necessaries of life , have iiu _,. " , _^^ ! \ ™ amongst us , and cold _. sUmy cold _ZrJ _t . cd , ad , a , 1 g i _™ st be that
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<> n our suffering population . Straggling eroun « * "' conditioned and _half-starved men may be seen di > '" _*? the state of the times , arguing , declaiming , and ___" - - ing each other with that fearful quietness , which ¦/ e , s _* its very calmness , portends a storm . Should ho » ° any insane attempt be mado to disturb the public n Te _- ' _- prompt , vigorous , and ineffectual steps will be tik ! " _* nip the outbreak in the bud . Without venturing t 0 * ° that there exists anything like an organised combin \ _- " amongst the unemployed classes , we may state that * »„ executive committees of many trades * unions harp frequently , and thc result of their deliberations has h _""'" that a general meeting ofthe trades shall shortly be _h-iS * On what precise day the meeting is to beheld we are . in a position to say , although rumour , which as usual h been very busy , fixes the time for Tuesday in the r « week . The promoters of it , however , soera to be imu very warily . " ue _•*<' . i- * We regret to find , " says tbe _, M _* ii >* i __'_ _Gmrdion "that the number of hands thrown out of employment ' in Manchester , by the closing of mills , is on the _increiw ( 2 , 000 more being out of work on thc 10 th than there « _n on the lst inst ) and that , consequently , distress is ex tendingmore widely amongst our working population , Makchesteb , Monday Evewiso —During this mom
ing and part of yesterday considerable alarm lias been felt from a placard which appeared on the wallsyestcrdav signed "J . C . Clarke . " but without a printer ' s nam . ' invitinjr a meeting of the unemployed operatives , in Ste ' _venson's-square * this day . The authorities took the _bill poster into custody , from whom tlicy learned the name " i . e ., of the printer . On inquiry he produced the manuscr ipt to whicli w . is attached the name stated abore but on reference to the person whose name purported to be signed to the placard , he denied all knowledge of the affair . Inthe course of the dny a placard has made its appearance on tbo walls from the Chartists , denouncing , the proposed meeting , and imputing the issuing of th . first placard to "the defunct Anti-Corn Law League with tlie view of exciting the people to a re-enactment of the scenes of 1842 . " A second cautionary placard has just been issued by Mr Abel Heywood , the bookseller , calling upon the people not to attend to any such calls ' , or to take part in any such meetings . The effect of all has been , that no such meeting took place .
FAMINE RIOTS IN DEVONSHIRE . Exeter . —The groat scarcity of provisions in this city has at length driven the people to riot . About noon on Friday a general attack was made on the bakers' and provision shops . . The rioters proceeded to the corn market und made a clamorous attack uponthe farmers . Their yells were fearful , and the agriculturists , anticipating the most awful consequences , made their escape . The women opened the attack , and the men followed them . One yeoman was felled to the _^ ground by a heavy stick , and another hnd his head cut open . The frenzy of the women was terrific . A young female with an infant in her arms was advised to go home . " Go home 1 " she replied with a fierce invective , " better bide hereto be killed at onco than to go home to starve . " A general cry was raised , "To tho quay , " and a rapid movement in that direction ensued , and a shower of stones soon broke the win _. ows of the corn stores of Messrs Sercombe . The women wildly
exclaimed that they had children at home crying for bread . The residence of Mr J . C . Sercombe , in Colleton _, crescent , was next attacked , and considerable havoc took place . Many of the bakers threw the bread in their shops to the infuriated crowd , and the women hurried away with it in tlieir aprons to their starving families . The city authorities adopted measures for the suppression of the riots . A large party of police and special constables , beaded by themayor and town clerk , marched out , and the principal leaders were apprehended ; these measures had the effect of somewhat subduing the revolt . In the course ofthe evening the yeomanry cavalry were mustered at the Topsham barracks , and the pensioners were assembled and placed under the authority ofthe magistrates , who are prepaved with strong for _. c at a minute ' s notice . The mayor has called a meeting , at the desire ofthe magistrates , to take immediate steps for the preservation ofthe peace oftlie city .
Satpbdav Eveni .-. —The streets to-day have resumed their usual appearance . An order has been issued by the mayor to close all the _public-houses at nine o'clock to night ; the special constables aro at their posts , where they assembled at dusk , and are patrolling the city to sup . press any appearance of riot which might present itself . No"further danger in Exeter was , however , apprehended , whatever mi _|; ht happen to the surrounding districts . The rioters who were apprehended on Friday evening have been committed for trial . Tavistock . —The market was taken possession of by a body of miners from the neighbourhood , who set ahout selling the corn and butter at tlieir own prices . ToBQUAr . —On Tuesday the mob broke into and plundered the bakers' and butchers' shops , and attacked corn stores , < kc . Alarming riots occurred atHoniton , Ashburton , and Crediton , on Friday and Saturday .
RIOTS IN SOMERSETSHIRE . Taunton . —On Saturday a serious riot occurred in this town . It being the monthly market a larger number of corn and other provision dealers were assembled in tlte market , and very early in the day symptoms of disturb _, ances manifested themselves among the populace , which at length broke out furiously . The corn market nas taken possession of , and thc dealers compelled to sell the corn , flour , & c , at thc mob's own prices . Tbe bakers ' and butchers ' shops were attacked , tlieir windows beaten in , and they were compelled to sell the joints of mutton , beef , _ _* .., ut . dperlb ., for which they had been previously asking 9 d . The authorities , seeing the stato of
things , met in the market-hall , and the bailiffs of the town having sworn in special constables proceeded in front of the market-house and rend the RiotAct . ThcYeomanry Cavalry were then sent tor . By eight o ' clock , however , through the exertions of the constables and authorities , the town was getting gradually quieter . Further disturbances occurred on Monday evening _. Nearly all the shops were closed , and the military pen . sioners were stationed with fixed bayonets on the Parade . In the evening a body of men , armed with bludgeons , marched into the town by the East-gate ; thoy were , however , goon overpowered , and several of them were com . mitted to gaol .
RIOTS IN CORNWALL . _Wadkbridge . —On Wednesday afternoon , about three o ' clock , a body of miners from St Austell , Roche , and Luxulyan , to thc number of . 00 and upwards , entered this town to prevent corn from being shipped , and declared their determination to have a supply of that' article at their own prices . There being no corn shipping on that day , they collected round the cellars on the quay , in which tbere were some 300 ov 400 bushels of barley , and threatened thnt unless their wants were supplied , they would break open the cellars . Edward Stephens , Esq ., of _Trewornau , a _magistrate , was immediately sent for . On the arrival of Mr Stephens , he and his companions were
fiercely attacked . Previous to the arrival of the magistrate , the cellars had been broken open , and the men were proceeding to fill the sacks with wliich they were supplied , but no corn was removed . There being serious apprehensions as to the result of these proceedings , it was deemed advisable to organise a force for the purpose of protecting the property that was in danger . About 100 oftlie inhabitants were accordingly sworn in special constables . The rioters sent a message towards evening , stating that ifthe magistrate would pledge himself that the corn should not be shipped , they would disperse ; but this he did not feel himself at liberty to do . After some time , however , they were induced to quit the town , and they left , apparently with the intention of going to their
homes .. The . Plymouth Times of Saturday affords information of a further extension of disturbances arising out of the distressed condition of the labouring poor and the high prices of food . Thc miners took possession of all the corn brought to Collington market on Wednesday , and sold it at 28 s per bushel for wheat , and barley 10 s ., and returned the money to the owners . A _strong military force has been sent from Plymouth to Bodmin , to be reai'Jy to quell any riot that may take place in that neighbourhood . The number of soldiers at Pendennis Castle has been trebled .
RIOTS ON TnE CONTINE 5 * 'f . _Fbague , May _ . —Letters of this date contain reports of disturbane-S in consequence of the high prices of provisions on thc frontiers of Bohemia _towards Saxony and Bavaria , among other places in Karlibad and Teplitz . Cohenhaoek , May 7 . —At Kallundberg ahd Kousoer the people have violently opposed the exportation of . potatoes . Brussels , May ll . —Serious disturbs , nces occasioned by the high price of provisions occurred t' ( tis day in Brussels . About hnlf . past ten the mounted gen darmes cleared the square of the Town Hall and the i _> . elghbouring streets , and the inob dispersed without off . ; ving any resistance . The disturbances were . renew . d f _, n Wednesday night . About half-past ten , some hundred j of persons made an attack on a baker ' s shop in the Ri _; e do la Pompe , near the Porte de Schaerbeek , and ufte r pillaging it ofall the bread it contained , proceeded tc , another baker ' s in the
Rue Notre Dame _aux Noiges , wl iere a similar scene was enacted . Several of too riote rs were arrested . About eleven p . m . an immense numl of persons congregateon iho Grand * Place , opposite t ] , Hotel de Ville : notwithstanding all the exhortations < 0 f the police to induce tlieui to retire , it was found _neeessi' , vy atlast to call out a considerablc force of mounted gi m _ armes , and of the armed fire brigade , who after mud . opposition , and after having arrested five individuals wl i 0 threw stones , suceeoded in clearing the square . Up t , 0 0 nc o ' clock in the morning numerous groups as semb 1 , !* „ various directions , but no further excesses wero r ; 0 nimitted . Considerable excite _, ment prcvoAU _ d during t _, he ent j ~ jay of Thursday , which being Ascension-day , * . fasacloseholidav . Towards night _, fail a _lavge crowd r- .. assembled on the Grand' Place , but , as on the prece _' _din-j m _- gi , t , they were dispersed by the gendarmerie al * , out half-past eleven . Several persons who resisted _, the authorities were conducted to
prison . % . To-BNA-. —Dis' mrbances have also taken place in Tournay . The windr / Ws of no less than twenty bakers' and corn-dealers sjiops were broken , and a tumultuous assemblage of people of the poorer classes perambulated the main stre ets , singing the " _Brabangone ( the national air of Belgiu \ n ) . The windows of tho _. esuits _' establishmcnt , an _ Mnre _ . gious community called the " Redemptionists _, were almost smashed to pieces . Several persons were arres te < * . The Tournay journals publish accounts ot ais . uri , ar . t . cs in the towns ot" Leu _. e and Peruwelz , but it appear s that no grcat disorders were committed . _Tttil _t _- "" Very serious _disorders have taken place at T _. » . _ * ¦} tl _- ° CV 8 mn S _m-d during the night of Tuesday _, _rvl , , * **** dark n nuraber of persons assembled in La « >** __ . de Place . A column of men , preceded by a _per-»™ i bearing a black flag , which at first amounted to 3 . 0 0 : 400 persons , but was so _. n greatly increased , set out iVom thu point , crying , " Work ! bread ! " aud singing the Ma . sellaise . " They then defiled iuto several columns , and spread through every part of the city . In less than two hours every shop in Lisle was given over to plunder .
Caubbai . —Serious disturbances , broke out on Wednesday last at Cambrai . A black flag was paraded through the streets , the multitude vociferating " Bread at 20 sous , or death ! " Every quarter of the town , was disturbed . It was attempted " to disperse the crowd by a display of infantry and cavalry , but tho military failed in their efforts . At six o ' clock in the evening a detachment of fifty National Guards established a post in the hall of the Consistory , and thc firemen , having taken arms , contributed to restore order ; Spain . —El Heraldo announces that riots have taken place in various parts of Spain , in consequenco ot the _liigh'prico of provisions . At Carmona thoy lusted tivo days ' , and at Grenada there was a contliot between tlipeople and tbo troops , when ultimately the town was d ' .-clared in u state of siege _.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22051847/page/8/
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