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UU'iiillAL 1 'AilL . lAMEr . , t ( t \> 2 ; t ' { tV . i-l fro ! : i the hi P . '« JC . ) ii diT . itl- 'K , or t ' -a : Such : :: v ^' . - li-iiauit s . o ! i * -i K- is Vim ' irwu ili » - ¦; i ' -.-ti ' : ¦» iwyv oi I : ¦ : ¦> ¦ on ur , < . ii ; ,: is loin ' , uis l «; r < i-. uii > ?> itl » lwa I t ; i . - > . V . e s . ivii -i vro : ! i > i- ' tuu -vs sh it , vs ¦¦ lie . i ivU i :- » -vb . 'ca ia : << ivfirc Uiu house , ! it is » u : e which " ,-l . iee * : i very coSMurali ' cs buii ' isn upontiwfinauiv .--ofluls country ( u-.-ar , heat ); ana : that p ' . icisii ; l > i il bar-itn upon Uiu i : n : siices oi ' ihisi country , 1 iio ! oi'i inj ^ uit ' disablst ! from making smiie prutto ^ liuns 1 sr . o ^ lu r-thtrwUe have niailt ., but whiciicouml'TinJ ! tne very heavy burden-ar .- < inu ' . ,
Jro ? a 'hi !;•• :. people ot tiiis tinuut .-y to briiu f '>;" - ?« iru . li ! : u > « . i .-sii . i , ' * L-.-ttJie l ) : ; ri ! c-ii «> c bu . - : ie by the Cursa i . i' . iiiu-f . l Kurd ; itt it he St . ira * - by ths liivperi . U Tie is-usy ami Exchequer . " L trust i-. l-¦ ways tiiat aii .-w sutas -are no : u » tu ^ ranteti by tJ 6-Tcrns « eat cr l \ . rii ; uu ? : it withnut iso-t Stfristnsi'c'nssfltjr .-stiaa ( li- « r . itearj ; that tlu-so aie sums deiivcd irnn u ;« y !> : ciiis by tke 5 « uJi » iu t >! this country . ( ik ; i < - , licar j it is whai thvv pay on their * o : i ;» . their sugar , th . ir it-a , U . tlr tv « ee . ( Iie . ii , iie . r . ) It is that wii : si : furias tliesaryiu-- : ;• ' w- ; :.: i wsnraaijUjtocomtt to t ; :-iag ^ t Hat : o : Iri i r . ml ; ; . n . i « liil « i !> -liev « there is « vtr « - < : i < ios : ti * = ii li > du ail ii : ao w iilierai I do
tliiM ; taut we ' -nu > t , in jusiicc to the } . «« .-pie ft" f . iU ocuuuy , con- * . ; ivr their difteuliiu * ami t : eh" 1 'fiviiuons , and 1 V )« i > y \ i : ir ^ jiiio ir ihoy atcciniiii ^ tlieir u . sih bread . Chce-s ) "With resist t . » t « o advances me to pr . inr .-tori wnahad «} : r « wt : ia deMrcio niakv iiapn-rcinent on tLiae .-u ; ts . uimco the autWky of t « e L ; ird 1 / euuiMnt ' s ; -r > ier . u .. von . ! ncut thacgiit tbatthe terms c .. i . i . iu : o ; m t : ; e j reasurv lni ; iatu ofilus l * t of last D / i-niv . LT suvui « i i * cstcude . ! tu tinra « nd tl « at the ti- 'ii ; for ; : » era-p ;» ymt : ut ot ti ; e advance whkh tliey baa reci u-ttl s .-oa-. d beexumlcdi ' iMin 10 to 22 voars as n iJie i ); ainaue Act of lust session . Hav \ n ' " t ! iu 3
, i-: atci - . ii -s the G 'Vcnsintni intss . dcd to jumjh'Su to j ar-, .: Hie tvii of Ite piestist year , lie proceedelto oiiienrsiha ihsrc v . a-s aaoihcr prtiposaJ , « f which , Vi r . ;' . i o ! ( liiubtiut Iciideney , In- was inclined m trv * hi cxiiorhneu :. He propused to a Avarice ^ 50 000 , Vi ;• . ri-iaii o : i ur beJoiG th 3 I » t of December , 18 i 7 , t ^> the jjr prietors ( it Iwlaiju to furnish seed for sowing thei-landn . ile did tit intend to advance any 1 art w \ it i i the * iaa \) vouier-tuuants , as is migut n -. a ; u « ii i \ . i- lii-i puri-sses tor -. vhich icwasiaijir . hd ; but he ill mgiit ihu if the a-ivances were
liiv . e ty i ,: e i . iO ;! nst :. rs ut tke soil , the measu : e niiii . i ue sate ind usciul . l . i tuning these jiroposit > ; ih » t » : ^ t' ilous ;! . He kit uaand to state that Govt .-. imt-nt ; ouid u-. iT , arid dul uot , expett lo be able i ; . waj . i off eay . rclj « . hs t ^ o ' s of t ' aa awful visitatit = n uuiicr ¦ valcii xreland « as now ! abourii : g . It was Hoi ) . j the j' 0-. vtT o ; man m do ; :. vay vrj : h tlxe oruiuationsi-f l ' rovidcii-jt ! , audi ; was a knowltdije ot that laci Tth ' sh ic' iiim to exyivss Lis astrtni ^ hracnt that t v . i such ctisintn * . ar . d resps .- taitie hidividualsasihe Marqy : ni ; ii : i . ui-. ud Mr . Moons &h » mid have called u ^ : > u liieir cou 2 itrjiu-. * n to itieet at Castleb . tr , for the purpose fi !> c ! i ! : oa : i ! £ i ' arlkrusnt to take step * to in-Evrc * ' ax itoRii&iaiti cheap aud constant supply of luoi" durii : ;; ; u .. iaruiuu - vhlch rurrounded them and
was snii iiavc ^ i . 'ij . ii ; uv was a ta < k bsyoud aii 5 u ? Di-: »! j- . vci - in a ..-coi )) p ] i £ h . Ail that any huliiau GuveranieiJt csuid do » ras to alleviate somewhat tae present dreadful Calatuiiy , anil to save tne grta : bulk « t ie people ; : iud it mavt not be jiua ^ Lcd : La : i ; could ' . urn scarcity into ilenty . IV i . a :, Uov . t-,-2 . ' -, a-t'jniihts : . hiiat ' ie mast was , tuat aju-.-tfii : ii : JorrBshu purj ^ ufe as that which he had j ^ id- ; iril ^ dsh : tuidiiave beaieaiied at Castlebar , xv ^ :, ;; -re . vasar . u . io : s worn ! t . ^ su capable ofconis ::. i 2 g G-JO iiiri ' : i » : i < , imT . rut cositai'jusg at present iL-rt ; iU 3 : i iS-i ^ trious . thcd- . * rscfitbci .. scloseJ , ai-apui guardians sHe ^ ing that they could m-t it-vv ;' : S i . ^ DEcefs . ry to support the woikuouse . in ^ . -: -. v in ihe proposal of me n-Mc maiquw an un-4 ; .. ;* .. ¥ iv . d .-c . 'T , wr . u-h ] -e bad seen on Tither
occa-^ : J : i : i iftiuua , tj lveasjjnentl others to perform v . ;_ : i ; i-ijiinii-i ^ abie , uni vhwr . ary daties , while t- ; : « s ; i- * , £ - 'i « iid pr : L-ticab . e duty of pa \ is « rates for t : ; e su ^ aaai-c of starving nitii , women , and cliili = i- ; ; . a tii j ji ! : J' ; i ; uoani = j , d w : » s n « -g . ected . lie was j .- s ta tosiiy taut wliHe the Government would £ :-t ! ij ; n s . A : Ui . was pacii .-aWc , it would refusa to ia-ii = any -jfoiai-x- . rLic : ! w : is clearly iaijiraclicable . i . c : jun projected to an tier jiart oi his subjecti-a : a- ; y , : ; , is « aich rei . Utd , iioi tu the ;» reseiii , but t- : u .- : " r .: s : i . e : it bciiclii of Ireland . Aithnn ^ h » ve i ; a--i tittn djvtrted by ixiraotdi :. ; ry cireumstauces i- ~ - ; a _ - . ! , vfa , pnaeipiii , j- ^ W lW esiisdient that we s ^ ij-. iviar :: la tfceai r ., ojya as pj > s ibie . The iutrr . frcji-c o . * guv . 'rj 4 iu-- » : inigin i . e civen in three v .- . / s , wjiicJi el ! , ; : ; : tj u- kejjt sciwrai-j au ; i distinct . *> .. a je sj .. j , jr ; o : r . irii .. iuent , it migut give assists .:: > -i ; ! . ; _ . i-jaa lo ::: 'u < v uiuais auxiujs ti inipreve
t ^ -T" ^ i * l ^ . r . 'j ^ Ti lr tin ¦ ; . .. ! . __ ^ . __ _ ? « ¦ i .: r ; i- i ' . - j ; . iiiTy . I :- au- ;; i alto liive assistance by £ r » r . !; u : , u -lie maaey hi ih'j cieciion of w : * rks of ev ; , e . r ; :: mi- uiuiv . ij i . - . i ^ iir ; sy ena- ; t that re--i « : s . v ; j = u ^ t ive . i o ; ia ..- ; iaB i ; . ; i r , u : llit j dtsll . iuic . 1 :. c -us ; ijitvisu : e waica iii j jor ; used to bring iu . " * -iitf , icu ^ icil o ; m- iifbi of these viir-.-e modes of ! i . t .:: ir ;; crfj w « , b « -. d o ; : ihu Drabas . c Ac ; of ia-s : s-. - a-i :: i , a ; i » J < jjj the U'r ; :: s {; iveu to the public tu V .: o lica « a :-y Kiiuut . j- ] btfccmber ia » t . itwa 3 prop .-soi ;•;» . v .:-cre au iuj ^ rviv . iat-at of an estate ' was uw :. : m ... : i W ma-ie ^ iti . vr l . y tiwiuaafc or the
rei-ia :. i . j :.. i ; . y ; wiW . ja ; ,, j s cei r . auvauces should us u .:-Jc iru : u me puOiic iJtia ? . l ' i . o usual rate of ir .: e ; o : a : i .- iraiicrs I : ; a < Je liv me Treasii . y was 5 per t < sa * .. ; ^ li-C D ,: i : lU j ; e Ac ; of bht strsiion it was liXt'i st 03 ^ er ffi : t . ; ai »« ;¦« i-ow jiiopused to exttii .-. siss i .-r-u-. oi t-: ; o . rain g < i A-jt io ilie iiupr .. ve-JUtiio -. raxu By i . aa jusc ui .-inio . ied . Uu a ^ so pro-Pj = lU iv . ij r ^ iru i < j la-jre g ^ j : f ; -ai works to cynsulicuit :. ua amsad th = L > aiua- ( j Ac-s now on the btoluiuiiw .. ii , iue } . rcsc :, i l ) i - , iiingd Acis the pro-Jtnci-. 'Tb u ! adisuu-t ini , in uite . —ti : e > - jui ^ ht prop si- i-j i > b ; . ii ! j ; : io-au !« r -iie i .-a . iuve : tieat of a di 5-
* . i-i- u . - i . wxi . a ^—au . i , i : t ; . <; | -iitii piojr . isvd waa approviu i , . . - .:., ; m-j , iiry . t > w io . iii c . uid be made iiiu , Uj iii ; -. in-jj-j tir .-sicd . la taat imsc the « r «« ia- « - . vaa ui « Icr ; a : ; ua i . y t ' u ^ i ) ua : d if Works J-jf , iu : s ac : VV . WOU .. V & ! .-. ! .. u ^ ic io the dntiua ^ o of * UtMia , ;; : «•; nvcrs . He pio ^ Oi-. 'd to apply it to iKi-e ; :.. jfc : s liiji tutveforc a cousj . i . iaiio " a aud auu-a ; ioc : u o : t . ie a ^ ts w .: * i : ^ Saiily . Lic a j , :, ro j > ' * e .:, o . -, t :. e smue }» : ii , ci p . <_• ou v .-ui- . h other great w-j . -i . » * -. •; . « ^ . oj . nscii l » y tlw Sutc , ti uuuertake bv tUjSii-e ta-j r « c : ani-u : oa of vv . iS ; e latidi m Ireia&a . il iia-1 . j ^ wcu stutAi , . siiU ins lordsiiiy , iu various rcjiut ^ s ^ -i ci . m ; uiaanj ^ crs , iu report * < . » f committees of unz , s-j-j *! , ;> ui by eamicat wristr .-, that in many casrt t «•_• r * : c » ams . Uju ut tiic wrote Jaii-i- ; of Ireland wlUM ;> rj > iuLv proiitabis tiayi-. iyiuent tu tins jiuople , . an- - :. ii : ; e : j ^ Uvi s of grcuL vaiue . Ssr 11 . Kane , in Uir • .. ; .. ; , ¦• - ; , i ; ia lidUstMal ilus turots ¦ f iidatid " bu : s , t ! a > . i ; ittjiimat th . « t then ; nrc 4 . C'JU , u 00 a--res « w . « 5 tu iati-J : u lruiau' 1 wui h migbt t-e recJaluicU
« u « . orMsea W-. -. I Ci ! i ; : v ; tt « : i iau < i .-, « as - ^ fectly currtci , ; wU laas . it w : « u .. txa-jjerateii estimate We pwii . » -c ; o devote 1 , ( 100 , 000 to tuis pur ^ o * . and we pro ^ s ; tUhl WcMan i s : iuuld , i ! tae proprietor b « willing u par ? with it , be imrehased ; but if lie does no * , luijr . ife r , by a . xeptmg a ban under this meature , or out oi ins bwu Rs . jurces , ana i ; l w refuses to sen , liier ? s : nil _ b ; iic ^ sKiuisury p-iwer to the ComlUiSiiuiia- ; o : Wouds and Foits « , to take and iiopr-. ve Hasio iau-is wi . i . ii a-. c b » low a certain vaiue The Tuiue wi : cii « rts promise to c ? ii » iatc , is Ui . d which « 1-jcs uut ^ ive Ue : o'v 2 * . 0 i . p-. tr acre . Mr . UufiBcus . —1-, i : ; a ; tUe . 'i ! : uiu vaiue ? LordJ . KtaifcLL . —Tiiat is cheatipuSl value ' We . yopufe taat tucu . laiiufi ^ ul < * n \} b ' e / improved and le
cuumea to turas gcuerul opdrattons arc concerned that roads siiailw m-,: e ; Oiat geaeri ; irainageshall b * trlfecteiJ , and tfe iscee ^ ary ouiuiin ^ ertcte d but t : ui aune ot tto cultivation oi the lami shall take place uuiu me erccuon o ; a pauiw U ^ , « . lUiei , i ; tn :, t hav-» go-easoreclauacd , tn .-y sUail L , c Uivi ! ed j , » i . iS «» lnUiH » Ue te ^ awruiu amouutur abore a cs . xua amount , i a « . uot at pivsent urei-ared to in . iii » amount ab ^ iutwy . , , « lv , th » i tt ev Vh ?\< u « -. u- los . lhui 23 nor « ,. „« ibau 50 a , r-s S Se Vr . - « s ! ol ibat kinu ; a « d thai « hen these li have o * . -... aimed , th , y may bccit . Kr .-o :.. lei to S ia . iSS i-i- actruiauuiaocr < y , * W i wiUl a 1 ( . ^ ^ i ^ uoi . jsiat they sh all be s ^ dat thceud of thatSnw It i , ... Ujudcd UiatvrcM , a . i not cuuttue « ur 2 "S either tuleiung otr « W , but toa . tM J ! iay be found " ^ . Vi " ^ . V ™ - «*• 1 «|* et that great wiUadual !
aa . auuges g , y arise from this plau 1 expect mat a great nuini ^ r ,, f ^ rxta wil 0 ^ ; luthsrtobeendnrentod ^ p . ir . and many « fthose into crime , by the . great dema . nl forlaml . will manv « f uem be placed m those bwdin . s , aud be able to tttraacouitoriableUvmg by the piuduiw of ibeir labour ( Hear , hear . ) lthmk itke * lse . w ith respect to those who purchase them , Um we shull liable w raise a class of small proprietors , wJiu by their inouatryauu independence will form a valuable class in the tuture society of Ireland , ( ik-ar , Hear . ) £ mt say acre that I do not think-w fcr a , I have been able to form a jud gment-that « kk Uoidinga are a great erii m Ireland . I believe that the particular mode in . which land is held has very okw been a source ot evil in that country , but I do not think tbattlie small dmsiona hare been injurious ; andl am tne nure confirmed in this opinion bV &JL
mat one ot the counties m which there isthfcKtea " estdinsion-I mean the county of Armagh-is notorious . yone of the most flourishing aad bestcul-i-Tatcd in Ireland . ( Hear . ) , If you compare the iviio . e province of Ulster with the province of Manster , you « rjU find that property is more dmiM
in the fu-mer than in the latter . I teliere tuerefore , that in adopting a plan of this tiud , witn a compulsory power , a very Bre . t advantage will be obtained . He now came to tke class of measures founded on wie third mode of interference . And first of the re-Uef to the destitute . It would be remembered that « hen the Poor Law Commission of Inquiry made its « port , it advised that all persons of a certain class snouid be relieved , and in that class it included all t ^? lnflnn « ag € d ' and Permanently disabled . Ine govei-nmeut thought it safer to have workouses 1114
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"hcrtfove proposed tQ brini ; in a bill for * the more « fcctual v . let of Ujo destitute poor of Ireland , which wflulu etHict that tbo guardians otttiortoor would he rc < i-Ihv'l t' / < jiv 3 rnlirf , either in or out of the workhunw , t ' . lie p ^ -: d and infirm , and to all who wefe penu ; .. cudy disabled . This would l « the means , Erst , oi enabling tiio board of cuartlians to use the wc < rkhau < e ai a . teat of destitution ; and , seconlly of enabling them to afford relief out of tho house to i-ifin : i and a ^ eu persons at their own homes with g . vatar satisfaction to the feelin as of the people ' and with a hope of producing a better working of the rSf thfP "> P 0 T ed ^ , ^ the workhouses LT , « , J , v ? Commissioners should have power to enable boards of cuardians to eive relirf ; "tt l ' f T- ^ the O" «»«« ed poor . This power iii-M b 2 n « . l with caution . Ti : e workhouses 2 ht
ou to ba Kept as a test of deslitution ; but there were caJsyhenthoj couUlnotaftord accommodation to all who crowded to their donr ^ and in such easefe aid must i « suven out of doora , not inmoncy . but in ™<« J . K . alievin- -nniv : ers also would be appointed , a- ' . u m cases of urgent Hecessity , where there was causer of starvation , must be emptiwerad to take the parties into the workhouse ? , or to relieve them out if the workhouses until the next meeting of the board of Ruanliaus , when relief could be afforded acefrdinjj to the ceucral rules . Such were the measmeshe proposed to introduce immediately . There were other measures , however , stiil in contemplation of tiie government , of which one was a measure for fcoilitating the sale of encumbered estates . He also proposed tn introduce a bill by which long leasehold tenures renewable for ever should be converted into
freeholds . The various tenures of land in Ireland wore a irrcat evil ; and it was a matter worthy of Parliament to consider how far those tenures coull be simplified , ami the landlord be connected with the tenant and the labourer , as in England . It was owing to this want of conncctian between them in Ireland that it was almost impossible to discover who was the party on whom , in the urgent distress of the country , the dutie « of property became obligatory . Under the second head of public works came fisjiesie ?; but he had nn definite proposition to submit to Parliament on that subject at present . In the course of last autumn a large supply of fish had b » en canght on the west coast of Ireland , but from want of salt , it had been thrown on the land for
manure , instead of being cured for the food of man . He trusted that before the end of the session he should bo prepared with a bill on the subject . There was another subject with respect to which a very strong : feeling existed in Ireland , namely , the subject of emigration . Extravagant expectations lmd been excited and entertained on this subject which never could be realised , lie did not think that either from public or private resources means could be afforded for this purpose , so as to lead to such an extensive emigration as would produce an increase in wagea . It should be recollected that it was not merely providing tlic means of carrying a million of pjrsons to a distant country , but that as an extensive system of era wration , they should look to the
state of the coantries to which thcy . sent them . By injudiciously pursuing such a coursethey might glut the markets of labour in the United States and Canada , and produce the sreatest distress in these countries by the introduction of such a mass of paupers . The best mode of promoting emigration was by affording aid on the arrival of the emicrants at the place of their destination . This had been extensivel y done h 3 t year at Montreal . He should be sorry to give any other stimulus to emigration . lie need bafdly add that he was not prepared on the part of the state to sanction any extensive scheme of emigration then—we should reduce them to ruin , and create b ^' .-arain abundance where we now h * d iudustrioua and happy settlers . He then described the measu- cs
which he had adopted when he held the seals of the Colonial Department to promote emigration by fcsking charge of the emigrant at the ' port of his disembarkation , and by canveying him thence to the field of employment . He showed that there had beon inconsequence a large increase in the amount oferotgration daring the years 1845 and 1846 , and athrmed that under such circumstances he should ha afraidof giving a stimulus to further emigration . There were howtver , some difficulties in the way of emigration contained in the Passenger Act which he intended to remove , but he could give no hope tf an extensive scheme of emigration . Ue knew not whether the calculation of Sir R . Kane was a sober one : but that eminent individual maintained that
there were such extensive agricultural resources to say nothing of mineral resources—in Ireland that it ciuld maintain seventeen millions of inhabitants without difficulty . He ( Lord J . Russell ) was himseli of opinion that if a good system of agriculture were introduced into Ireland—if anything like permanent security were afforded f .-r the investment of capital—if the proprietors would improve thtir lands —met if _ their tenants and labourers would cooperate with them , the present population of Ireland was not excessive . The noble lord concluded an elaborate speech , which occupied two hours and a half , the delivery wa 3 listened to with deep attention by a crowded house in the following terms : — I see no reason—unconnected with laws which 1 hope have ceased to exist—unconnected with unbanpv ei ! cumstar . ce 3 to which ' 1 do not now like to advert uncounected with those circumstances sirI see no
, , reason why Ireland may not at a tuture day rise to a state of great prosperity . ( Cheers . ) . I will read tothehoase a description of a country in which the following evils were said to exist . The writer , an o . d English au' . hor , says— "The husbandmen be thrust ent of their own , or else , eHher by covin or fraud ,. cr vtOient oppression , they re put beside itor by wrongs and injuries they be so wearied that they be compelled to sell all . By one means , therefore , or by the other , either by hook or by crook , they must needs depart away , poor , wretched souk—men , women , husbands , wives , fatherlesschildren , widows w ,, ful mothers with their young babes , and the whole household , small in substance and much in number as husbandry requireth many hands ; away thev trudge , 1 say , ont of their known and accustomed houses , finding no place to rest in . All their household stuff which is very little worth , though it mieht
welt abide tne sale—yet , being suddenly thrust out , they be constnned to sell it for a thing of nought and , when they have wandered about till that be spent , wuat can they then do but steal , and then justiy , partfy , be hauled , or else go about a begging ?" Sir , is this vivid description unlike the storv of an ejectment in Ireland ? ( Hear . ) Of an ejectment where the wi etched families turned out are obliged feisell their little all and forced in a few days either to steal or go about begging ? ( Hear . ) And yet the escnption winch 1 have tead is a description of England by Sir Thomas More —( hear , hear)—a description of the England of this day ! ( Hear , hear . ) And lest it should be considered hi ghly coloured or fanciful , let it be recollected that there ate other accounts written by magistrates , in which it is stated , that in every eounty there were 200 , 000 or 300 000 persons who lived by thieving , who went about . h . iv
the contemporary chroniclers , by sixty at a time , who carried away sheep and cattle , so that no husbandman was secure , and against whom no defence was 8 umcient—that in one year alone no less than 10 000 of these marauders were hanged . ( Hear , hear ) * Sir histsanacecuntofwhat England once was—that England in which we now see so much security . ( Hear , hear . ) And in the absence of the outrages described as formerly existing , I think we have a proof that their existence was owing to the state of society at the time , not the nature of the country Hear , hear . ) I will now read you a description of another country at a different period , at the end of the seventeenth century :- " There are at this day in bcotlaud ( besides a great number of iamilies very meauly provided for by the church boxes , with others , who with living upon bad food , fall into various diseases ) , 200 , 000 people begging from door to door .
mese are notonly no ways advantageous , but a very grevious burden to so poor a country ; and though the number otthem be perhaps double to what was formerly by < reason of the present great distress . yet in all times there have been about 100 000 of these vagabonds who have lived without any regard or submission either to the lawa of the land oreventuoseofGudand nature , fathers incestuouay accompanying their own daughters , the son with the mother , and tho brother with the sUter . JNo magwtrato could ever discover or be informed which way any of these wretches died , or that ever they were baptized . Many murder ,, have been ducovered among them , and they are not only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants ( whoif they Btve not bread of ao me sort of provhion to perhaps forty such villains m one day , are sure to be insuited bi thani but they rob many poor Deonle who live in
E ?™ i m *? y nei S nbo"rl « ood . In yearsof plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mounbuns , where they feast and riot for " many daj " ! ? WHt 00 ni i ^ weddm S * . m « ket 6 , burials . ana other thfrhke public occasions , they are to be seen , both mra and « omea . efpetaally drunk , cursing bias-LriS ?* , | btl ? to ^ r . " Such , sir , is ade-! E 3 S ^ ? f ™ . » M . soter , civilised , religious Scotland ( loud cries of hear , hear ) . Such is a de-«« ; i ° A " bat that c < mntr >' was at ^ e end of the l « *?? - bat tne particular lam-that the particui «« ,. ^ VV , country , has no influence—that a diff -f ha ? . be <« m " P » ectly disordered coninduHtTr h ? ^ rie 8 h a ^ been frequent , where industry has been mtcrruoted-mav JMt Um .
grfJKraaiftrtfls-A Si "' n T al 8 tate "t ' teland-althouRh id-W ¥ 0 Mm nested nith pulitteal instiiutious _ merely benefi cent government can make a country fiovS It is my om ,,, on , that other measures will ba required and when the proper time comes for wimounHS : t 0
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* h » ng » wMch R Crown cannot cranfcr which ITavliamer / i cannot enact : th ^ re are such things as a smrli , of self-r-. Ttanco and a spirit of co-operation O ' . »« t \ cheers . ) Antf I . um stsay plainly , that 1 should indeed despair of tjsis task , were it not . that . 1 thiuk Isee symptoss in Ireland both of greater reliance on the part of the people on their own energies and their own exertions , and a greater willingness to cooperate with others . ( Hear , hear . ) I believe , il they will encourago this spirit amongst themselves , I believe that if they will look to what has been done in this country , and in her neighbour of Scotland , by industry , by perseverance , and by never despairing of success—if they wJ 1 l but 20 on—not looking always t » government proposals and to Parliamentary en-< mmmmmmmmmam m ^^^ ^^^^ m ^* ^ mmmm
actments , but if they will look to what is the task immediately before them , and set themselves heartily and strenuously to perfo : mthat task—that there are means , that there are resources in Ireland , which may yeb bring its miseries to a happy issue . ( Hear , heav . ) There 19 no doubt of tho fertility ot the land ; that fertility has been the theme of admiration with writers and travellers of all nations . There is no doubt either , I must say , of the strength and industry of its inhabitants . The same man who is loitering by the mountain Btde in Tipperary or in Kerry—whose potato © crop has just furnished , him with occupation for a few days—whose wages and whose pig have just enabled him to pay his rent , and elk oat n miserable existence , has perhaps a brother
m liiverpool , Glasgow , or London , who , by the sweat of his brow , from morning till night , is competin g with the strongest and stoutest labourers , and is earning wages equal to any of them . ( Hear , hear . ) I do not think , therefore , that either the fruttfulness of the land , or tho strength or the industry of the inhabitants are to bo blamed . There havo been faults it is true—there have been differencesb » t happy will it bs for us . if wo lay the foundation for the cure of thoso differences . —( Hear , hear . ) Happy will it be , if the Irish themselves take for tlieir maxim their precept , " Help yourself , and Heaven will bless you , " and then I trust that they will find that thore ' hare been uses in adversity . ( The noble lord then resumed hit seat amid protracted cheering . )
A great number of questions relative to the de : tails of tho proposed measures were then aakcdby various members , to whioh Lord J . Russell replied , but the general feeling was that no discussion should take place till the Bills were before the house , which his lordship stated would be on tMonday next . The ' reception of . the Government propositions by all parties seemed to be of a most favourable character . Leave was then given to hrini * in the Bill ? . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , nnd the ^ honse adjourned tit a quar te r pas t ten o ' clock . HOUSE OF LORDS , —Tuesday , January 26 The Royal Assent was given by CommisRion to the Corn Importation Bill , aad the Navigation Laws Suspension Bill . The house then adjourned . HOUSE OF C 0 MM 0 NS .-T 0 WUUY , January 26 .
Mr . T . Dcncombb presented a petition from Glasgow , praying the honse to amend the Act of 1845 , as regarded the arrestment of wages , inasmuch as it was found quite inoperative in the recovery of small debts .
ABOLITION OF POUNDAGE ON CUELSEA PENSIONERS . Mr . F . Maulk a « ked leave to bring ia a bill to abolish poundage on the Chelsea pensioners . Aa this bill took from the public Exchequer , £ 40 , 000 or £ 50 , 000 a year , he thought it necessary to explain the grounds on which he proposed it . This aum arose from tho poundaje paid by each Chelsea pensioner on the pension which he received either for long service or for wounds , or for wreck of constitution suffered in the service of the country . He explained the circumstances on which this poundage was first levied , 100 years ago , and which , ho conceived , fully justified it ; but those circumstances were now completely changed , and therefore herecommended the abolition of this poundage at onc « and forever .
Captain ' . Layabd should belie his feelings if ho did not return his thanks to the Government for the boon which they were now conferring on the wounded and worn-out warriorsof the country .
THE TEN HOURS' BILL . Mr . J . Fielden , after presenting a number of petitions in faVbur of a ten hours' bill , moved for leave to bring in a bill to limit thehours of labour of young persons and ^ females- in factories to 10 hours a-day . With regar < Tto persons between 13 and 18 years of age , his bill was similar in its provisions to one which the late Sir R . Peel had proposed nearly 32 years ago , for it limited their labour to 12 hours , of which two were allotted to meals , for five days in the week , and to eight hours on Saturdays . He proposed to carry out this alteration by restricting the hours of actual labour to 62 hours in the week until
the 1 st of May , 1843 , and after that period to 58 hours in the week ; and he proposed further that the same restrictions should apply to females above 18 years of age . His reason for proposing this measure was , that the time of working yorwg persons and females in factories was far too long , ' had been very mischievous , and , if persevered in , would become the cause of great national evils . It was also called for by all clssses who had had opportunity of observing the consequences of the present systemnot only by medical men and by the minister ' s of religion , but also by many master manufacturers , and by the operatives themselves . Mr . Ferrand seconded the motion .
Sir G . Grey did not intend to object to the introduction of this biH , which , though it slightly differed in form , was in substance the same with that introduced last session by Lord Ashley . He hor . ed that the house would allow this stage of the bill to pass without discussion , nnd would reserve the objections to it , in principle and in detail , for the second reading . He wished , however , to guard himself against being supposed to acquiesce in the measure because he assented to its introduction . Mr . Fielden had referred to the last report of the Resristrar-General as ' " I
affording proof » fthe great mortality occasioned in factories by the long hours of labour . He had himself seen that document , which was one of great importance . It appeared to him to afford proof of the increased mortality , not in factories , but in large towns generally ; for the mortality in Liverpool , where there were no factories , was greater than in Manchester , where there were many factories . The document demonstrated very elearly the necessity of passing seme , very stringent sanitary regulations for the improvement of the health of the iahabitants of large towns . t m B B ^ _ .
Mr . Tkelawny oppo ? ed the bill as a very improper interference between the employer and the employed . It was at once redundant and deficient ; redundant , because it affeeted numbers who worked by time in factories ; deficie ' nt , as it did not provide for the case of female servants in London and of turners in Cornwall , who worked night and day ,. almost without intermission . His great objection , ' however , to this measure was , that it would reduce the rate of wages of labour in factories in the first instance , and of all other labour consequently . . i
Mr . Fkrrasd observed , that the argument of the last speaker only went to prove that , he ought not to be interfered with if he walloped his own ass . Hut the Legislature had already determined to protect dumb animals from cruelty ; and he hoped that it would now extend that protection to women and young children . He was delighted to learn , from a speech made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Halifax , that it was the intention of the Prime Minister to support this bill , ne assured the noble lord that if he did indeed snpport it , he would rally round him a feeling of gratitude which would
not soon menaced iroin tbo mtndsofthelabourii ? classes . " After a few words of approval from Sir G . Stbick . LAND , Sir R . Pebl regretted that Mr . Trelawny had proposed his amendment . He retained the opinions which he had expressed on a former occasion respecting this bill , not because he was indifferent to the interests of the factory children , but because he was conscientiously convinced that , in passing it we should not be consulting their permanent welfare and prosperity . Into all discussions ot this kind however , fee . ng entered as well as reason . To reject this bill without discussion would be insulting to the great masses , who « erc strongly biased in its favour . He , therefore , thought that the house ou < -ht to adopt the same course which had bsen adopted ™ Tfr ? y j- 40 gLve Ieave for th ° ^ auction Ofe ? d it « I ^ lesecand reading ""
L ^ ' " . ^^ . . . Mr . Hume urged the withdrawal of the amendment , m order that there might be a calm and dil passionate discussion of the question Mr . B . Eicon thought that the house ought not to discuss this bill now , as nobody was prepared for such a dnconion . An assertion of Mr . Fefiand " duced himto rise for the purpose of asking Gove ninentferexplanat . ons upon it , Had Mr . Ferrand interpreted rightly the intention of Government ? Did they intend to snpport the Bill , as Mr . Ferrand asse . ted or did they intend to oppose it ? or wafit to be made an open question ? A distinct answer to these queries would be most satisfactory ? Mr . I rblawny , in consequence of the wishes
ex-Mr . B . tscoir again repeated his questions amid loud ones of " Order" from several quarters . Lord J Russell observed , tuat it appeared to be aereedthat tho bill should be read a fi rst rime . \\ hen it came to the next stwje , he sh&uld be propared to state what he would do regarding it Leave was then given to bring in the bill . ' Subsequently it was brought in , read a first time , and ordered to ba read a second time on Wednesday fort" THE NATIONAL GALLERY . Mr . Ilciis then moved au address fur a copv of tho ni . nutesof the trustees of the National Gallery du - J Dg theyeaw 1845 and 1816 , with the namesof Jlltl e trustees present at each meeting ; alio for ™ m Mnf
tue orders and instructions to the keeper of the gallery respecting the cleaning of the pictures , and any directions m respect to their af « mgenient 7 H »
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onlyobject in asking for a'production 6 Fa copy of these . iuinutes waSi to set arrest ,, and clear away the observations that were made wrocornirig them . « e wishod » 1 bo to append these wmls to the terras of his inoiion , " oYatiy other dbcunlents relating thereto , as he understood that reports had been sinoe made , which went to explain several matters connected with the subject . : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; Sir Robert Pbbl said , that as a trustee of the National Gallery , he had pleasure in seconding the mo-^ m ^^ ^ ! mm »
tion ; and he was sure that no objection , would be made to the production of the papers moved for . ( Hear , hear . ) A ' meeting of the trustees had taken placo two days since , and they called on the gentleman in whose immediate charge the pictures were placed , to make a full report on tho subject . He hud now only to express his hope that the House , in consequence of the devoted attachment of Mr . Eastlake to the profession , of which he was an ornament , would suspend their judgement on the subject . The motion was then agreed to .
THE'LAW OF SETTLEMENT . Sir GeokokGbby moved that the following Hon . Gentlemen be nominated the Select Committee on the Law of Settlement—Mr . Charles Buller , SirJ . Graham . Mr . Bankes , Mr . John Evelyn Denison , Sir George Grey , Mr . Hindley , Mr . Thomas Dimcombe , Lord Harry Vane , Mr . Poulett Scrope , Mr . William Miles , Mr . Charles Villiers , Mr . Borthwick , Mr . Charles Round , Mr . Adam , and Mr . Bodkin . Mr . Fkrband objected to the manner in which the committee was constructed ; Of the 15 names proposed , 9 were those of gentlemen holding liberal opinions , and sitting on the Ministerial benches , whilst only 6 were names of Tory or Conservative
memj | . bers . That was not a fair nomination , and would lead to the committee being called a packed committee , in oase it presented a report in favour of the working of the New Poor Law . Sir G . Grey defended the construction of the committee . Only seven persons were taken from 1 the Ministerial , while eight were taken from the : Opposition , benches , He did not , however , look to ' the political opinions of hon . members in naming it ; his obj * otwas to get a fair committee , representing partly the opinions of members for counties and rural districts , and partly the opinions of large towns ; and numerous constituencies . I The committee was then nominated , and the . house adjourned .
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¦ Hyde . —The members of the Chartist Co-operative , Land Company are requested to meet at the house I of Mr . John Leigh , John-street , on Sunday , Jan . ' 31 st , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . ¦ Wksi Riding Delegate Meeting . — The next . West Riding Delegate Meeting will bo held on Sun-; day , February 7 th , in the Working Man ' s Hall , i Bull Close Lane , Halifax , to commence at half-past i twelve o ' cloek . i Halifax District . —A district delegate meeting will bo held at Halifax , on Sunday , Februaay 7 th , at half-past two in the afternoon . Mr . Clissitt will lecture at half-past six in the evening . j Lbicester . —Each locality in Leicester and its suburbs , are requested to send a delegate to the district meeting of United Trades , on Monday next , February 1 st , at half-past ten o ' clock precisely , to be keld at the Barkby Arms , Upper George Street Leicester .
Camberweix and Walwortk . —The shareholders of this district of the National Cooperative | Land Company , aro requested to meet at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , February Ut , on business of the first importance . Hammkhsmith , Fulham , Chi&wick , and tho surrounding ! Villages . —The inhabitants are informed that all who may desire to join theNational Co-operative Land Company , can do so by applying at the district office , 2 , Little Vale Place , Hammersmith road , any day in the week , and that a meeting of the members of the company residing in the district , is held at the above office , every Sunday morning . THB ASNIVERSART OP TH * BlRTH OP TflOMAS Paisb . —The admirers ot the principles of this truly great man are requested to attend at the South
London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars ' s Road , on Sunday evening next , January 31 st , when Mr . Edmund Stallwood , will deliver an oration on his life and writings , to commence at eight o ' clock pre eisely . : Halifax . —A meeting of the members of this district of the National Co-operative Land Company , will be held in the Chartist large room , on Sunday , February Htb , at 2 o ' clock . All members in arrears are requested to take this opportunity of paying up their arrears , or they will not be entitled to be in the ensuing ballot . The Land ! The Land !!—Lectures elucidatory of this all engaging subject are given every Thursday evening , in the large room of the Princess Royal Circus Street , Marylebone , commencing at eight , o ' clock pncisely .
Liverpool . —A lecture will be delivered by Mr Farrall , on the benefits to be derived from the Na * tional Land and Labour Bank , on Sunday evening * Jaunary 31 st , at Mr . Farrall ' s , Temperance Hotel ' 4 , Cazneau-street , chair to be taken at seven o ' clock-W . Smith , Secretary . Mr . M'Crath will lecture , on Sunday , February 14 th , at Mr . Brett ' s , the Giobe and Friends , Mor Ban-street , Commercial-road . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ; The Agitation Committee of the Tower Hamlets , will meet at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal Green , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock , when it iB expected every member will attend to do his duty .
TnE Local Committee of the Chartist , and Registration and Election Committee of the Tower Hamlets , will meet on Wednesday evening , Feb . 3 , at eight o ' clock precisely , at Mr . Brett ' s , Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Commercial-road . Oldiuu . —The Central Committee , in connection with Dr . M'DouaU , will meet on Sunday next at Mr . Lenura Haslop ' s Temperance Hotel , Oldhara , at two o ' clock , p m . Nottingham . — A meeting will be held at Mr . Smith ' s Coffee-house , Low Pavement , at ten o ' clock , on Sunday morning , February 7 th , to consider the propriety of reviving the Chartist Agitation , when it is requested that all friends favournble to the principles of Democracy will make it their especial business to attend .
StioRiBiTcu . —Mr . Wheeler will lecture at Mr . Taylor ' s Railway Engine Coffee-house , 122 , Bricklane , nenr Church-street , on Wednesday evening next . Subject—The Elevation of the Working Classes . Chair to be taken at 8 o ' clock . Doscaster . —A branch of the Land Company is now established in this town , which meets at eight o ' clock , every Tuesday night , at the house of Mr . Thomas Philips , Church-lane . Birmingham . —All members belonging to the Land Company Meeting , at 111 , Rea-street , are reoueated
to , give in their trades and residences personally or otherwise , on Monday evening next , without fail . IIUDDBRSFIELD CHARTIST LAND CoMPANV . Tile members of the Company in the Hudderafield district , are hereby requested to pay their directors levy for 1847 , as well as their arrears for the directors aud conference of last year , or they will be ineligible for the approaching ballot . The secretary and treasurer will attend at Turner ' s Temperance Hotel as usual , every second and last Tuesday evening in the mouth , to receive the contributions .
Martlebone . —Mr . Ernest Jones will lecture a the Coach-painters' Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , January 31 st , at eight o ' clock precisely . The Eastbun Philanthropic Emergency Society will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday next , February 3 rd , at the Society ' s house of meeting , at Mr . Drake ' s , the Standard oi Liberty , Brick-lane , Spitalfiehls . Members who has not cleared up last year ' s accounts , are requested to do so at this meeting . or their names will be erased from the Society ' s books . Chair will be taken at nine o ' clock .
Dr . M'Douall Route for the Month . —Tuesday , February 2 nd , Kidderminster ; Wednesday , 3 rd , Peashoro ; Thursday , 4 th , Chelthenhain ; Sunday , 7 th , Birmingham ; Monday , 8 th , Bilstou ; Tues . day , 9 th , Longton ; Wednesday , 10 th , IlanJey : Thursday , 11 th , Congleton ; Sunday , 14 th , Manchester ; Monday , 15 th , Bacup ; Tuesday , 16 th , Halifax ; Wednesday , 17 th , Dewabury ; Thursday , I 8 th , llolbeck ; Sunday , 21 st , Leeds ; Monday , 22 ad , Bradford ; Tuesday , 23 fH , Huddor-field : ' Wcdnesday , 24 th , Burnley : Thursday , 25 th , Burnley ; Sunday , 28 th , Hull ; Monday , 29 th , Hull . The
Executive CorannUeedesweiuosterneaMy to impress upon the minds of the members of the National Charter Association , the urgent necessity that exists for an advance of funds , so t at they may be enabled to carry on the agitation at this moat important crisis , to pay the lecturers , and present the National Petition in a manner and style becoming the people and the great nation . Dr . M'Douall desires to say , that he understood that the announcement in the Star from the Executive ,, would have prevented any meetings in the Potteries . He will , however , make up for any disappointment by giving a double lecture . The Committee , of course , are not to blame .
NEWCASTi . B- » Pox-rYNE . —The Registration Committee for this locality wiiljmect at the house oi Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , on Sunday evening , Jan . 31 st , atO o ' clock , and all members of that Committee aro earnestly requested to attend . The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company &i-e requested j , to attend at the above house on Sunday evening , January 31 st , at seven o ' clock , to appoint a scrutineer for the next month , and to hear the auditors report . Members who are in arrears for local and general expences , are requested to attend and pay the same , on or before lebruary 15 th , or they will beexeluded from the approaching ballot for location .
The CnAnnsTs . of Newcastle and Gateshead aro respectfully informed that the voluntary subscription S 5 TwW nt t 0 - ' ^ W . oftheDeLce Fund Debt still remains open ,
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¦ ; MONDAY MANSION-HOUSE . —Detection oe two BnaoiABS , —Two well-known young thieves , who have astumed tne nameiof Herbert Glenroj . and Malcolm Grams , the latter of whom was tried a short time ago in the name of Jemmy Kemp , for burglary ; were brought before the Lord Major , charged with breaking into the house of Mr . Taylor , grocer , in BishopBgate Without , and stealing a quantity of plate . One of the prisoners is 18 , and the other 17 jears of age . Mary Cullen , housemaid in Hr . Taylor's family , stated to the following effect : — She went to bed on Saturday uight at fire minutes to twelve o'clock , and at that hour all the doors and windows were fastened , except the back parlour window , on walch there was a skylight , which was closed , not fastened . The back parlour wag « n a level with the draning . room on thefim floor . Witness heard ho noise in the night , and was called by Mte . Taylor at a quarter past seven on Sunday morning . The plate , which had been all safe in the plate basket in the parlour
cupboard when she went to bed , was ljiug iu a heap , on the ground , and was separated from articles of bueer metal , which were put aside as unworthy of notice by the thieves . In the warehouse there was one of the plate * articles near a hogshead , in which the prisoners were subsequently found by the police , who were called into the house by Mr . Taylor . Other evidence was given . It appeared that tho prisoners were found on the premises , secreted in a half-empty sugar-hogshead . The prisonum said that as they were passing along , at five o'cloek in the morning , they saw tbe side-door open , and not having bern in bed all night , and having no means of providing themselves with one , they milked in , and laid down to roost in the sugar hogshead , They declared that their intention was merely to get a nap , and that if they meant robbery , they could easily have got out of the house . They knew nothing at all of the plate , or any . thing else , and they had never been in prison before . The prisoners were committed for trial at the Central Crl minal Court .
WORSHIP-STREET . —Bcsciaries — Austin Mont , rose was brought op for re-examination on the chnrge of having committed divers burglaries and robberies . — Sergeant Brennen , of the detective force of the G flivislon , stated , that on the 23 rd of Deeembtr the premise ofM > i Berdoe , cletbier , Qosweli-road , were broken into , and property to the amount of upwards of j £ 300 was stolen , and ' amongst the rest was a cloak , whioh was pledged at the shop of Messrs . Alton and Walker , Hack , ney . road . On Sunday , the 10 th instant , he wont to the prisoner's lodging , and upon his person he found a
duplicate relating to the cloak , as also several others , touch , ing-property alto belonging to ; Mr . Berdoe . He also found upon the person of the prisoner several implements of housebreaking . In October last , the prisoner , with another , broke into the premises ef Meisri . Hughain and Co ., tailors and drapers , City road , « aA succeeded in carrying off with them property amounting to £ 200 , Messrs . Hugham's premises mere also entered last month , and goods about the same amount were stolen . The pri . toner had been for some time seen lurking about the neigh , bourbood . —The prisoner was committed .
6 UILDHALI 1 . — Dahino Robber ! at a Watch-MAKi& ' g . —Three well-known thieves , George Williams , George Standisb , and John Wilson , were charged nith haringcommitted tlie following daring robbery : —Mr . Henry Perring , of 63 , FarringdoB-etreet , watchmaker , stated that about a quarter to eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , he was removing the watches from tbe window , his son taking them from him and putting tUem in catea . Whilst so engaged , he felt a forcing in of the framework , ae if some one was pushing ngainst it , and then & second and third , when a smash followed , and an immense sqnare | of plate glass fell in pieces , at the same time
a number of watches , fell on the pavement . Witness van to the door and observed Wilson and Williams running away , and suspecting the former had Fome of the pro . perty , he pursued him , followed by Williams , who several times ran across him , evidently for the purpose of tripping him up . Wilson ran among the cabs and made his way towards Fleet-lane , but within a few jardi of that place , he was taken into custody by tbe policeman , who saw him just before fling a gold watch into the road . lie ( Mr . Perring ) then collared Williams , and they were convoyed to the station-house . The glass that was broken was valued at £ 6 . The prisoners were committed for trial ..
THAMES . —Tbe Cleeotman and the Sexvaht . — On Monday Jane Noates , late servant to the Rev . Robert Franklin Spencer , LL . D ., Curate of St . Mnry ' s Whitechapel , who stands sharged with having stolen several articles , of trifling amount , in her master ' s house , surrendered with her bail , before Mr . Tardley . . The case was reported in our last . The prosecutor bow said , if the young woman pnblicaly expressed' her sorrow , and the mother made an ample apology , he would fV-rego the prosecution . Mr . TardUy asked , are there any other eases against the prisoner f—Mr . Pelham : None , Sir ; tbe police have made every inquiry . Here the wife and sister ef the Rev . Gentleman were urging bira to press the case , on which Mr . Polham exclaimed , " This is too bad really , the wife and sister of thvRev . Gentleman are urging him against Ms inclinations . " After a goon deal of wavering on the part of the Rev . Or . Spencer , he at length said he would not press the case . The prisoner was then discharged .
TUESDAY . THAMES —A well known thief named Daniel Murphy was brought before Mr . Tardley , on remand , oharged with stealing a silver watch and appendages , from the parson of John Rodrigues , a Spanish euilor . It appeared tbat on the 16 th instant , the Bailor was in a public house , in Upper East Sraithfield , wbere he fell in with a woman of loose character named Sunn , and after treating her , agreed to go home with her . An attempt was made to steal his watch and his purse before he left the house , but it did not succeed . The sailor and tho girl left the house together , and proceeded up a narrow passage called Brown Bear-alley , towards the house where
the woman lodged , and had just reached the door when the prisoner , who had been in the public-house , and was treated by the sailor , made his appearance , and struck the Spaniard a violent blow on the face , which caused him to stagger ; he fell , and the prisoner , in an instant , snatched his watch , to which a s'lver guard was attached , from his waistcoat pocket . The woman , Dunn , attempted to seize the prisoner , bat be pushed her aside , struck her on the breast aud made off . He was apprehended on the previous Tuesday , by Wfgley a police-con , stable , No . Ill , H . The prisoner said he hod never seen the watch , he had never seim the man , aad lie had never seen the woman . He was committed for trial .
CLERKENWELIi . —A decently attired , middle-aged woman , who gave her name Mavy Davis , but who declined giving her address , was placed at the bar before Mr . Greenwood , charged by Mr . Thomas Doubble , linendraper and haberdasher , of 88 , Leatber . lane , Holborn , with stealing 26 yards of damaik cloth . —The prosecu . tor deposed that the prisoner had been in the habit of visiting his shop for a considerable time past to make trifling purchases , and from the respectability of h « r appearance she was not suspected of robbery , although articles were invariably missed after she had left the shop . On the 12 th inst . she paid a visit , when a large roll of damask cloth was missed from the end of the shop , and whioh she must have concealed under her large cloak , which she now had on , " and which she generally wore .
Feeling convinced that she was the thief , he determined on laying a trap for her detection , for which purpoia he attached a piece of string to a piece ef damask , about eight yards long , the length of the shop , and placed tbe property at the furthest end of the counter , where the prisoner usually went on entering the place . On Monday morning the prisoner called again whilst witness was alone in the shop , and asked for a small quantity of calico . He wns folding it up when the prisoner went to the end of the hop , under pretence to look at a shawl , the price of which she asked , when she contrived to conceal the damask cloth under her cloak , and not perceiving the string attached to the end of it , she walked back , received the calico which she asked for , and was leaving , but the
extent of the string prevented her turther pr » gress thnn the door , and on turning around , the string , one end of which wai fastened to a nail on the wall at the end of the shop , twisted about her neck , and the property falling from her she was nearly strangled by its weight . He ( tailed Taylor , of the G ' divlsion , and traveller into custody . Witness nddfd , that she was connected with a gang of female shoplifters , who had lately plundered him and others in his trade to a considerable extent . Mr . Green , wood told Ur . Doubble he had actod very foolishly , and he had outwitted himself in Ms attempt to entrap the prisoner . It could not be construed into a case of stealing , under the circumstances . Hnvlhg suspt cte-l the prisoner ha ought to lwve dispensed with the string , and have watched her until she took the property away from tb >
ihop , and then have stopped her . He , however , would commit her for trial , for attempting to steal the property . He inquired , whether there was any probability of tracing my other property stolen by the prisoner ! Taylor , said there was ; but the prisoner vcfasca to say where she lived . Mr . Greenwood . —What have you to say to the charge t Prisoner . —Nothing ; only that he nearly choked me with his string . ( A laugh , in which the prisonfr joined . ) Mr . Doubble said , ho suspected the prisoner beloved to a notorious gang of shopliftsrs , in a court near Holborn . Mr . Greenwood said , ha would commit the prisoner for tho attempt to steal the property but , in ordw to afford the police an opportunity to trace othor property , he would remand hor until Saturday next . '
SOUTHWARK .-Franola Oromore , a youn g man fo i . lowing the occupation of a market gardener , was brought before Mr . Seeker , charged with having stolen a number of silver coins of the reign of William HI . aud G eorge II and also several Spanich coins , all in a state of excellent nrt servatlon . The prisoner had , a few days since , atRothV bithe , offered a number of old coins for sale to different tradesmen , at prices infinitely below their in » ri . i , i value Ihe circumstance having reached the ear , of the police ! ° . " ? "r " » he was f ? " ™» y inladl g . Hce . h . wa , questioned to the
a . manner in which he had beeJm po ,. sessed of the coin , several of whioh were found in hi , 2 . seS « on H . i answers being con , idered uusatisfactorT , he was taken into custod y , and when brought before Mr hLnoek t M trdtlmt tW ° ««« *•»• - « foundTin his pockets , whkl , were at first supposed to be the key . of the desk or eseretoire outof which to bad taken the coin , . The accused said that he was a market gardener , in the service of Mr . Brandon , of Rothcrhithe . That , on Wednesday last , be and another man were employed in digging on a piece of wa » t » ground oppoilte the Commerdal Dock
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at Rotlierhitbe ; and , while so engagcd ^ tt ^ Tr ^ sever » l pieces of colo , which the , ^ t Irtt , nrl 7 ° < ^ & halfpence and penny pieces , but onTeS ^ { moul'l frum them they discovered thrnto be ftf 3 ' » They toivk pom-8 Bionpfwha , t they found think 'K had most right to them , a . tbe coin sied , 0 h ^ have no owner , and tho appearance of bavin- h " t ( 1 ried in the soil fur a great number of years ° n bt *' that be was very willing to point out th « soot . v ' ' ^ discovery was made , nnd that his fellow workm th * shared in thespoii , would confirm his statem *!* I * » to . the finding of the coins . Mr . Stekwji * " ?*«*• inquiries should be made . on tho subject of this 7 hat and he wob desired to remain in court until the " ltnt ' the policeman , who shortly entered and said ti V ''' ot all he could collect on the subject the explunati ' f roa > was correct , and thot other persons hearin ,- Of n 1 t " of Crainore and his fellow workmen , who had * * theearthto a eonsiderableextent , but were tli « ,, t ., "f in their expectations . Mr . Seeker said that Jpo ! nt «( I wnsnoroasonto doubt the truth of the yon , "'^ statement , but although he was tho fortunn 1 J"iin '« stiil it was not certain whether hecouhl claim 1 , * " *" . lord of the manor , whoever he was , having a ' " to property of the description found under shnT '' " cumstances . As , however , but a small nnnC , - was found in his possession , he should order Zl ° oitt delivered up to him , and he should discbatKe w , ° castodj , 6 nlni ftom
G 0 ILDHALL .-Case of DisTEss .-An eldM who had evidently been-welt . ducted „ & $ ?** better days , made an application to Alderman i i . *" for relief under the following distre »» in , r ni ohni 0 I > -Hestated that tt ^ 'iSfi ^ and that at the time of the FV » £ P Ulvviu - ary war , he was a merchant , carry | nir „ S ., MvoIuU »» - 68 , Wood-street , Cheapside . 0 JK J * K ° « cumstances , but owing to the diaai ^ . P pCWM *• period , ho lost all in consequence oftfcZTW Ofthat bt « doflI , nchMtergood . , V n ? 2 i \ ?*' " *« on . the army anter Marshall Davougt t VS" * " ** b » orders of the Emperor Bou ' pS ? £ tSi ?* . ' " » 6 nIt of
was that he bennmn ., wi ,:.. !! \ * . . wW oh was that he tecame a bankruot an ihT m > " struggling , Oflir .. bSSfij ; £ \ ;;;? : , becn Tft- k had weived 8 ome ^ to ^ SlE ? who had been exceedingl y kind to him , m , d tt . th h ' small proat arising from the saleot trifling 1 * the streets had been able to rarely exist S ' " and ^ rcundre . His wifc , w'KSta ^ X . ^ comfort in his more prosperous days , could hot b ^ 1 since becamelniaae , and was at present in Mr . Warlar I" ! I if ^" ™ . Two of his * u £
^ . . w « e supported by . so . no kind friends , and the « Z two were dependent upon himself , and what little tj , could occuswnall y make b , vending small article . J fined n , at . Thomas ' s Hospital , with rheumatic fever . Euqur . es having been made , and the statement of m apphcant haong beta found eorreot , he was furnish with an order for new clothing , aad some temporary « liet was giveu tohim . atthe thesame . tlmc Jfiw * call again next day .
FRIDAY . SOUTHWARK .-Martha Joel . a tall woman of respectable appearance , was placed at the bar before Mr . Cot " tiugham chared wiih stealing money trom some of the auiton of thoNewingtou Court of R ^ sts . Mrs . Eli . v bcth Dutton stated tbat a short tone dace fatr husband was summoned before the Commisssioiiers of the New . > ngton Court of Requests , in Trinity Street , for a debt he ha * contracted wi th a tradesman , and was adjud ged to pay £ 4 9 s . in instalments of 10 a . a week . On the pre ceding day she ( witness ) attended at the Court for the purpose of paying the first instalment , and while waitinc to pay that sum to the clerk , she was accosted by the pri socei , who stood between her and the clerk of the Cuurt
who was buwly engaged in receiving aBd enteric monies from the different person who attended fare on business . The prisoner , perceiving that she held her money to pay in , and her book to have it entered , ready in her hand , to give to the clerk , when he was at leisure 1 ° IZ w Vr ff t 0 Witne 8 J ' " « meyourmoniy and book , I W , 1 | hand them over to the gentleman , or other wlscyoumaybedetaintdliere foraconsiderabletimeawav from your family . - , Witness supposing , from the ' ml ner and appearance of the prisoner , that she was con nected in some way or other with the Court , handedhcr the amount of the weekl y instalment of her husband " debt to a , to the clerk . The moment the prisoner g 0 the money she pretended to pay it over , but inste . d 0
doing so by an ingenious device , slipped the tsn shillings up the sleeve of hor gown ; witness , however , did utt notice a the time how the thing was managed but immediately afterwards the prisoner said that sh . mu " t leave the Court for a short period , desiring witness to remain until tbe clerk returned he ' r tbe book , with tb . entry of the meney received . Shortly after the priWi departure n was discovered that sbe had not paid in the complainant ' s money , but had kept it , and only handed over the book to the clerk , in which the entry of its receipt , vas to have betn made . The witness added that she was confident the prisoner was the woman who bad plundered her of the money , and added that from the prisoners apparent knowledge of the forms of the Court , and of her assumed a . qusintance with the business , she ( witness ) thought she was in some W O har C 0 UIlecttd * W » ' iu proceedings .
^ . r » n —Harriot Deenrmp gnntlu . ., 1 . . tan ?™? ? ' * ° ther P ° *<»»»» . whose busband was aHjuil ^ d tu pay a w . ckl y sum ot 10 b . lute Court also attended the examination , and gave evidence ot her having been addressed by the prisoner in a similar way that moraing , iu the Court of Requests , and was induced to handher over the weekly instaimentto pav to the clerk . The prisoner , however , contrived to altp ' tht money up her sleeve by sleight of hand , but the com-Plawant havin g discovert the trick , seized her , and held her until a . pulieenan was called , and upon examination the ten shilling was found up the sleeve of her gown _ In add . tion to the above it was stated , that several other poor persons , who had attended the Court for the purpose of pacing in inouey , had been plundered under similar circumstances . The priioner , who held down her head and w * j . t during the investigation iuto the charges aeainst lur , was committed for trial .
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CORN EXCHANGE . JancTbTmT At this day ' s mnrket there was a Rood suddIv of
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street , llayumrket , in tho City of Westminster , ut tUfl Omeo , in the snme Street anil Parish , for the Proprietor , FE All GUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., and published by William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , Brandon-street , Wahvorth , in the parish of St . Mavy , Newington , Jn the County of Surrey , at the Office , No . 1 * > Great Wimlmill-sticct , llaymarkct , in the City of Westmstcr . Saturday , J . , 7 ,
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PROVINCIAL MARKETS . i 5 gS ^ £ 5 t « 3 bushel . J k > aMS « 5 s > fc " - t 0 6 s - titl - P " mJSiVw ' lSrtUiSi ? , ^ " *? ' - O "' - market wus fairly coastwiuTlutJih i ° u J > flomtho interior as wall j moderate ' extent nVn ? - tUB a"e »«» ance ef buyers , and a Ssto laSurdS" 1688 "" toMacted ' at similar ^ S ^^^ SsSi ^ :: ^
Spring Corn advance in price very f , ft ' we * k SLv ^ . ^ SS&h . «» P" - » ^^ jws ^ iffl afb !!^ jiHSf ^ fe - * hmcausTin , fluur un « l the ut of September next , SnTa ! adL Vi 5 ! " ' ? leconi market . -Pricei oftto by holders but h ^ hlwc Wen « ' »> b- adhered to Uwir Sat ^ L JCr / * Jave «« wi « ed much caution ia bee 1 JW ai'd thB b « s '" ess siuce Tnesdav has ^ T ^^ f F /^ SrV ^ rn wfflA ^ iirftxrys 1 at i 2 s - per biiml > tlnufSS *™ WW " f , , ' Fr « d » y-Tho Arrivals eon . S ^ w ^ r Stfutssi aSr ^ ^ arJt
Manciiestbu Cokn Market , Saturdny .-At the market thw morning a modera . ely fair demand was experienced Sr -- * ^ iu -- oS at this eduction ' iu kf ^ tWoW Th m ° T **' moderate . S 01 Q- fhe supply was
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STATE OFJRADE . lceu d uii : b 0 e 1 0 0 I t ! s" tuS" 5 ° tU Cloth Halts < lm 5 «» Mile 8 ofclSh « « SAKtol !! , « > J i ^ " ' T in demand , butfiuaami ? n ^ i ? . e tho P rin c'P « l articles of sale . Several Z £ S ^ F qu » U l * " ™* town during the week h f m \ m " « beenia thl light , and busfne ^ m u helr P » rc | i"es havo been houses ma be u ° ted dull in the wartdoth SS 7 , ! "'V a most distM " « waj . Th . iswithoutthe ! , * "P « " « lb « SoiMl aU former nimplt , and Drices wouht mi a PP ? ara »« <> f amendment . To nam » SorrecJ «^ urd-such being impossible , at least ,
8 taS of H iMd 7 ' i ! n '• " ^• V 1 "'* d < "na « d . even for the ^ e ^ riK ^ Kr ^ ^ . wS ^ mK'V " , lwe is no illte >" "i 0 " to "Po * <> tIli 5 w cck -s market . Trade remains ilull . llAMFAx .-Tliis week ' s mnrket presents nothinj iu the piece and yarn trade tint will warraut us in materially varying our last report .
RocitDiLE Flan-nix M « ket . —There has been a dull market to . duy j but tow buyers havu attended , aud tne buHnuss transacted has bceu very limited .
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S „ ... " _______ THE ,. 3 S . 0 RIHJEftN , STAR , ^— - ^ _______ January 30 , I 847 —^—«— ¦ nn . i —— . «! t [¦¦¦^¦¦¦ m . r—^ ' mmmmmmmmmamami * ^^^ mmmmammmimmm imimmmi mtmmm 0 mmm ^^ mam ^ mmmm ^ mm ^^ ^ ^ imm ^ ' ^^ - ¦ - ;—¦¦—»— —————_ — , —^ ^^_ '
Printtdby Wougaii M'Gowan, Of 1c. Great Wimlmill-
Printtdby WOUGAIi M'GOWAN , of 1 C . Great Wimlmill-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1403/page/8/
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