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s ^^ nwafesssss sSySSa-ar . ^ sss ? ? JS ' fad . dvUed tta . ithdraw . lof the motion for the pr 0 . G 3 KE withdrew hie motion on that unto"" he ^ t ' h of Towns — The House then went into committee oa the Public Health BM , and the grea ter pertionof the evening wss occupied in the discassion ot i « e clauses , the House r . susnlng after the lSf . h clause h » d been agreed to , and the committee to «» sgam on
Penmoks —M r MiCGBEGOE , pursuant to his notice , moTed for the following returns :-vis . ' A return of the servos of the following persons , wb » receive the snm * chargei against their name , from the . Penny ? ost . » ffice revenue such amounts being deducted therefrom in its srogresl to the Exchequer , and stating the a * m <* and heirs or his Grzce the Dak ? of Schombcrz ; the Dike ot MarlberOCgh £ 4 COO ; tne Duke of Sr . fcon , £ 3 . 407 10 s . ; heirs of the Dake of Schomborg . £ 2 , 900 — tatal £ 10 , 307 10 s ., bsin ? tba amoaot of the gross postages on " 473 800 letters . anS of F . et postages , deducting the < Xpr-nee of 7 , 321 , 400 letUw ; a 6 imilar return of the Fer-Tice « and dutiel of the foilnniDg persons , who receive anannlly the undermentioned f nrns oat of the revenno of
the excise , in its progress to the Ercluquer : the Duke of G .-afron ( exclusive of annual pension of £ 4 , 000 from Poft-cfice ) , £ 7 , 012 12 * . ; E-rl Cowper , £ 1 . 595 163 .: assignees of the late Charles Burn , bsine moiety of Esrl of Bath ' s pension . £ . , 200 ; total £ 9 . 917 8 j . Return of the services for vihich the following sums are paid ont of the revenue of Ireland , viz - . —Prince of Hecklenbnre Stre ! i : z . £ 1 , 773 is . 4 J . ; VisconatDancan , now Earl of CaaperdOKu , ( "X Clunve Of penBion of £ -2 , 000 from reve Hue of United Kingdom , } £ 997 9 s . ; total , £ 2 , 775 13 i ii . Lord J . Rcsseii . s"d be could hardly think that tV . e Treasury , or any other public department , could make anjt&im ? like oa accurate retora of the screlces ef the grset Du ' je of Ihrlbc . rongn , but Ba believed there was not oalj- a book entitled , ' Coit ' i L fe of Harlboroogh , ' but also several histories of the reign of Qaeen Anne , ¦ which wonld famish the hon . member with the services
lenSerea by the Dake of Harlboreugh , for which the pension alluded tO had been e&Brged opoa the rermnw of the crown . ( Hear , hear , and a Jsngb . ) As to tbe services of the Duke of Scaomberg , they were well knowD to anybody who had read tbe history of the period in which he lived . ( Hear , hear . ) If , hosverer , the boa . meiBbsr Irishes to knot to whom of the Dake of Schoraberg * heirs the motu . y were paid , no doubt 6 uch a return could bi procured . But of Jrfiit u ? e rroald it be 1 Originally these sums had been paid oat of the hereditary revenues of the crown ; but since the legislature had taken those revsnaes to the public account , and had added those burdens to the civil list , he did not see , after that arrangement , how these burdens so undfr * taken could now b 3 avoided , or that tbe obligstion conesqutnt npon the crown ' s surrender of its hereditary revenues couli le got rid of . He , therefore , hoped the horns would not content to grant the motion . ( Hear . )
Mr Macosegdb could not but regret that the noble lord Ehculd , in the manner he had , have trifled with a question affectinc the taxation of tfae cenntrj-. ( Ob , ob . ) He ( Mr ifscgregor ) had Jsroogit forward this motion bb having a direct bearing ap- in the profuse withdrawal oi money from the public revenues of the nation , and he referred not to the first , bat to the present Dake o ! MarlboroHjh ; and he contended that if the parliament by which the original pensioa haa been voted , bad feeen so corrupt as to rofe it in perpsftrifj ' , it was titne that a reformed parliameat should put an end to the iniquity .
The Sr 3 t Daka of Marlbsrough , to whom the pension TT 35 granted , died nithont issue , and he ( Mr JfacgregorJ submitted there were no public grounds on which it eng ht to be continued to the present duke . In the same Tray he might speak o : the pension ftyoysd by tbe present Duke of Grafton . If the nob ' . o lord refused these returns , the country woald demand at his hands an inquiry . The gallery was cleared but no division took plac .- , the motion baieg withdrawn , as were other motions by the ssm 3 member for similar returns , the house adjonraed at one o'clock .
TPE 3 DAT , Mat 23 . H 017 SE OF L 0 XD 5 . —The Parliamentary ProceediEgs BUI passed throngh committee , nnd after some other renting busiasss the house adjourned at an early hoar . HOUSE OF C QMHONS —Dishissal of ocb Mikis-TEB BT THS Cocbt of Spais . —To qaestioas put by Mr G . Bass . es , Lcrl PiLHESBTOS replied that , from despatches received that inorF-ing , hi was informed that , on the 17 tb instant , Sir Henry Bnlwer was about to leaxe MidrH , having received h ' s pasiports from the Spsnish minister The noble lard intimated that ha woald oa Thursday present the dj « p » tch to parliament . Mr Asstet asked whether Sir H . Bnlwer ' s departure was pansefl by his removal to anothtr embusBa ^ o , or whether it was inaicative of a rnpturj of friendly relationg with the Spanish court .
Lard Palkezstos said that Sir H . Balsrer ' s depsrtnre Trap not csnsed by his appointmeat to any other coart , jsor did it proceed from a rupture of friendly relations between this coaniry and Spain . c The Dsbet , '—Lord G . Behtisck moved that the tease , at its rising , should adjourn over Wednesday the'Derby ' day . Mr Hchs opposed ths motion , and divided the house on it . There were—For lard George Bsntiack ' a motion ... 103 Apain ; t it 90 Majority for the proposed adjournment —13 of
SES ^ LTS Fexe Te » de . —Lord G . Bektisck moved for returns , Bnowing- the quantities and prices , duty paid , of Canadian timber Bold by public sale is London oa the 10 : bof March ; a !§\ showing any reductions of duties on thrown silks and on Indian silks which may have teen maae in 1 S 42 , together with the importations ot inch silks ia the years ISIS . ISii , and 18 i 5 respectively , oa which such reductions may have been made ; like-• wise , showing the quantities of rat ? and waste silk im ported , exported , and consumed at feome in the years 1844 and 1845 _ ss compared with the two yearB , 1816 and 2847 , with similar returns in regard to thrown silks ; « Uo showing the variou ? articles of foreign manufacture imported into thaport of London during taefonr months ending 5 : h ef iliy instant . The noble lord said that he Boved fc ' theie retunn in order to clear up statements
Z&ade by Mm on a former occasion , the accuracy of wfeicb £ ad been doubted . At this time , when the great quettisn before the cnun'ry was what mide of taxation bore aaost lightly on the people , it was of the utmost impor . fanes to obtain correct information relative ta the workin ; of tboia elttratiom made in the tariff . It was &i » opinion that direct taxation wa * not tb . it de ? cripion ¦ which bore mo 3 t lightly on tbe people , tut that by Customs datiee the public r . venue Ehonld in great part fe = raised . Tbe noble lord proceeiafi to show , from ths in formation he was able to collect , that while tha pries of Baltic tinber bed risen eleven shillings per lca < 5 since 38 f 2 , the price of Canadian titaber had fallen , then estabiifhiog that foreigners alene had btneBted by the redaction of tho duties oa tiaber * and tbat our colonists aad our revenue had been ' the Enff = rers .
Oa a fora r occasion he ppoke of the great distress that preTaiL-d in Sp talfields and Bethnal Green , aHd he attributed tha ^ distress in a great measuro to the competj . iiou of foreign good ? . Ea datsd ths commencement of ihat distress from 1842 , and contrasted the state of mat-Sirs previously with those of 18 iS and 1846 ; but he waB Sold thathehai committed a great chronological error ; th&t he was totally misteken in ascribing the distress t&at commenced in 1812 to any alteration in the law ; for that the lew was not altered till after the distress took pl * ce , and conld not produce such as eff ct previous to 1845 . At that time the houss cheered th » t statement as oco conclusive upon , ths subject , coming , as it did , from Uzafaiher of the measure , or if not from the father , at least from the father by adoption , ( or csrtainly they fcad feeen . told that all thees alterations were the emanations
of the minds of Mr Mscgregor asd Mr Lain ^ . laugh . ) ! Ehe statement of the- ri ^ fet hon . gentleman oh tbat occa » eion was chterei by the house , aBd it « ent forth to the country 8 t mped with his high authority . Tie erpreg-^ on he ( L ord 6 . Bentkck ) then used was , that the silk trade had been dabbled with , ana , though the accuracy of his statement had been called In question , ha heiie ? ed that by the returns now sought for it would be found that the altsratioa in the silk trade took placa in 1842 . That alteration had his hsarty concurrence , because i t 'was censietent with all the prinolples he had ever advociUd . It was an alteratioi admitting the silks of the British transmarine possessions into consumption on eaty terir . j in this country ; it ttss an alteration which Acknowledged the principle that the ctlonies and British possessions abroad should as nearly as possible b-
placed on a level with ourselves ; that the silks and fean . danes ct the British pooss « sion 9 in India should hav . the doty on them reduced from twenty to five per oi-nt on their outlay . The effect of this reduction was , thai Trails 41 , ( 0 ) pieces of Indie silk and bsndanas were Jnsportsd in 1842 , tusrs were imported in 1845 cot fenvt than 173 , 009 pieces ; while in 18 J 6 ( which was not go Ternel by tha measure of that year ) they had incrs ^ ser to 187 , 000 pieces . ( Hear , hear . ) He had ttsted on & former occasion that they had dabbled with the silk Crtle , and he aJJed that it had material * / iojared the "menenof Sp ' . talfields and Betkual Qreen . The noblu lok opposite then told the old tale that tha distress of thoteweiTers was not owing to the competition of fo xeigners , bat to the competition of Manchester . ( Hear , tear ) Now , he could not find that thera was any § ueh
pe * t iecrsase since-1842 in the number of silk mills establiih . d in Manchester ; so f « r as he conld judge froaa returns before the house , bnt not Tery clearly drawn out , thera were eight or nine silk mills in Manchester in 1 MJ ; « nd he found that there were in fall empiBjment et this time bat seven idills in tent town . He beiUved ihatall Unpersons together in this country « ngaged in th » slk trade did not exceed 65 , 000 ; and then vshen he ttm » 4 hiseyesfroniHancbester « nd lacked at the iaj . pamtious from abroad , he found tbtt there etistci s xerj different state of things , He bid a&ked that there bouIS ba laid before the bouse returns of the importa-* wa , among other things , of silk alcne into tho port of tte-daa—not ths importations into Southampton , or ^• rpool , or the trailed Kngdoa , but lato the portfof * ° «* a » lonB ; ai hiTlag IoBkefi Into til p » jer wbioh " B » W 4 ento « dtobe tfc » « fflei « l p » per ofU * CbiHb
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House , he mig ht state th « t he found thtt , in the foar tnoathB enoiJg the 5 th of May , the Bilk goods imported into that port done—Ttckoaing £ 3 , which was the Y * la « put by the tr » de on each pound weight of manufactured eilk goods—amounted to £ 585 , 770 which represen ted 6 iam of moa » y amounting at the end of the year to npwards of £ 1 , 500 , 000 . Now , if they took the wages of thepesple if Spi ' . alfields andBe thnal-grceu at an nverage of 9 s . a week , they would find that into the port of London alone there had been imported silk goous which , aftfr dedwetiog one third for the material con . SUtnea , would » fford employment and wages all tneyear ttronitn . tO «« WP e ™ o » .. ( Hear . ) When , therefore , he stated that there were aBDUt 53 , 000 people engnged In tbeidk trade in tbe united king dom-that there had been imported within the last four months into London the pound
alone goods pa 7 iog 5 i .. « ... : « ., a » d 8 s . on wci bt , and £ 10 imd £ 15 per cent . «< I vatom , which ad valorem wag charged on the iavoico price , and tbat these important good * were equivalent to the labour and wages of 61 000 men , did he not prove that it wasforugn competition , and not the competition of eight mills in LLmchester . tbat was destroying the energies of such places as Spitalfield , and Bethnal green 1 ( Hear , hear . ) And when aa argument w&B attempted to be used against him , drawn from figures , to show what was the average of the ten years' importation betwUt 1833 aad 1813 and a comparison withtbatof the importatien of toe last two years , his answer to cuch an argumtnt was . that distress wa * known to exist in Spitaifields and BethBal-green equal to the amount of the labour emnlo . ed on these imported foreign goods . ( Hear . ) But
when he ' wastolu that theaverage importation of foreign silk gcodsdariDjtht se ten years was 20 O , CC 0 lb , weight , h * had to set against that 636 0091 b . of raw material . He had asked for a return of what had been consumed , inasmuch as return ? of the exportation of fiiik had been altogether omitted and overlooked , and if the right hon . gentleamn would look to the returns , and deduct the exportation from the importations , he would find a very different result from tbat tshich he had arrived at . He would find that the consumption of the silk of various descriptions , Of raw Bilk , ef thrown silk , and of waste silk , in the two years 1846 and 1817 , was less than the consumption ef 1844-181 * , by a very large amount . He had mOTed for a return to show the quantity of silk con . samed at borne in I&tS 47 , as compared with" the years 1344 and 1846 and be found tbst there was a decrease in
the firnt years . 1846-47 , as compared with tne rears 1844 . 45 of 246 0001 b . of tbrawn silk , of 09 0001 b . of raw silk , and 1 , 148 . 0001 b . of waste silk ; that was to say , after deducting the exportatioa from the importation . ( Hear . ) But when the ri ^ nt hoc , gentleman ughtij- treated the distress of the Spitaifields and Bethnal-green weaverswhen hetriedtourge them by figures into the belief th » t they wero not in dlstrtss , be wonld rf a < * an extract from a latter addressed by the rector of Bethcsl-green to tbe aoble lord at the head of tbe government , and no one conld deny that tbat gentkmhn was well able to speak on the subject . He said : — ' I em now in tbe seventh ye-ar of my residence in this parish , and from my posi don as incumbent of the poorest and most populous district of the parieb , I am compelled to state that I have neen the weaving population year after year become
more and more destitute , worse clothed , worse housed , and worse fed—their wages being continually reducedand , in addition to the reduction ef wages , thera has baen a still greater diminution of wort , 80 that during tbe pait winter a far greater number than was ever before known bad been obliged to become inmates of the norkhouse . ' ( Hear , hear . ) Such was the state of nutters in 1841 , when the silk duties were altered . The right hon . RentlemaD , though be might have scoffed and jeered at him ( Lord G . Bentinck , ) would scarcely scoff end jeer at the sufferings of these honest people , or endeavour to persuade them by statements of figures deduced from officials returns tbat they were in a high state of prosperity . The rer . gentleman went en to tell the noble lord : — ' And if jour lordship knew to what extremity of wretchedness these people will submit before they resort to this alternate of the workhouse , you would be better able to judge of the extend of destitution
ivbich prevail ? , f * r it i 9 aot till every available piece of furniture is disposed of , it is not till they have no longer a bed to lie down upon or a chair on which to sit , tbat these poor people can be induced to break up their little homes and consent to be classed as paupers ; and yet during tfeis winter nearly tke whole weaving population has been reduced to this -extremity . ' Such was the result of a competition almost compare , tively free with foreigners . It had brought above half , a-mlllisn Bterllng worth of foreign eilk and manufactures into the country within a period of four months ; an amount which would have given employment to 61 , 000 people . It was some consolation tbat he could turn from thiB miserable picture to what was rather a batter state of things ; for he was well aware tbat things were rather better now , and that there had betn a spring and a start in tho trade of Spitaifields . The diatnrhancea which had occurred on the contiaent
• f Europe , the organic and democratic chsnget which had shaken the conSoence of capital In forglgn countries , and had made it dear , had been giving a c"ieck to foreign manufactures , which , if the people of this country persevered in their efforts to preserve order , ae they seemed disposed to do , woold , he trusted , bring bick' grist to their mill , ' and restore their trad > , 60 that they would see it rise again on the ruin of that of their rivals . But whils he attributed the improvement of trade to the present state of matters abroad , he felt tbat other causes also had been in operation . The statements he was about to quote were cot the statements of wild proteciionists . He found tbeic in a weekly paper of 6 troag free-trade opinions . In that paper , which was of rer / large circulation , he found that' healthful excitemsnt . as it was termed , which had Fprung np in Spl .
tulfields , escribed to different canoes ; end it must be Bratifyin ? to ali their feelings of loyalty when they fo : ni that this 'healthful excitement' wbj attributable to an order which had ieen given on ihe part of fcer Majesty . This free . trado paper , t ? th great hon Btj , mtds the following statement u' We are much gratified in finding that the considerate act of the Q aeen with respect to dress at the ap . proaching draMing-room already promises to accomplish the purpose for which it is intended . A healthful ex cltemsat has bsen produced in SpitaifieUs . Stecka that hune heavily ov hand have been disposed of ; orders are following ; an ) , ia moBtsnnguine hopes of a revival taking place , the gloom , and despondency are dispelled which have hitherto prevailed . Added to the
direct effect , of her MajeBty ' i drawing-room iBtheex . ample of a number of ladies of rank and influence whe have engaged to be the patrons of the industry and skill of their own countrymen , and whose example will sot foil to operate first in their own circle ? , then In the descending scale on the various grades which never fail to copy their batters in milters of taste and fashion . ' So there were the ruin and the remedy presented in troug contrast . There was , on the one hand , the ruin Of beds and tables and ebairs taken away to be rold , of these poor people deprived of all their comfort . By the set of her ll « jssty , as they were told by the First Min . Uter of the Crown , not upon the advice of a responsible Minister of the Cabinet , but acting upon 'Nature ' s impulse all uacheik'd by art ,
Mitb feelings kind tbat flow from out the heart , ' they fuund Her ! Majesty bad cancelled tbe miechief and mitigated tbe injury icflcted by those free-trade measures which had brought inte the port of London , alone half a minion of silk manufactures from France , Belgium , and Germany . The return ! for which he moved sera not eosfined to silk ; neither did he wish so far to narrow his view of the qaestioa . He found there had been imported into the port of London , bearding the epinnera in their owa country , cotton goods free of duty , within a period of four months , to tbe value of £ 137 , 974 , which , at ths same rate of wages ( and he feared tbac the operatives were not getting so much in Manchester ) , would give employment t * 11 , 000 or 12 , 006 pprsona engaged as operatives in that trade . He had read that day a statement of Captain Willie , from which it appeared tbat tb-re were 11 , 0 ( 1 operatives oat of emplojmsnt , or employed on short time , in Manchester alone ; of these tbe number altogether out of emplojmsnt was 6 000 . The house had told
all this trade was very good tor Bradford , tbat if silks were imported pantaloons from Bradford would bo seat oat in exchange . He found from the same returns , thitthe woollens imported from foreign centuries into the port of London within ths same four months , free of datj , amounted in value to £ 98 , 831 , ivUcfa , calrulatfug aB before , would represent on the year a sum of £ 386 , 009 , saficient to give employment to » ome 15 O 0 U people . But , what was the fact as regarded that town of Bradford , which was represented as so prosperous ! There were 15 , 000 persons receiving relief in the parish In Bradford . The gallant colonel counted without his host when he reckoned » bat it was only necessary to admit HQtateri and little taxed foreign silks to have the pan . taloons of Bradford exchanged for tbem , It was not only cottons and woollens tbat were Imported in this way ; bat as s native of Nottinghamshire , he might b ? permitted to call the attention of tbe bouse to the ststa > •>( the lace trade in the county town of his native county , eing the chief seat of the lace manufacture . lato the
uort of London alone , he found there had been im . ported within four mouths lace to the value of £ 20 793 , Hon . members had probably seen a latter frou « Mr Wnpht , a beok-r in Nottingham , containing tbereporM if different clergymen of that town os tbe present ic « t « » 1 Nottingham . Bat to begin with the Jacem&b'n . It appeared from the letter of a laceraaker tbat ' the business of pawnbroking was pressed by unusual efforts to get advsnees . Sales of second hand furniture wera of everyday occurrence . It resulted that one . fomth ef tho manufacturing workpeople were bordering oa destitution , many being without any msans of sub-• lsteBoe whatsoever . ' ( Hear , hear . ) But this * almost exoeeaedby the description given by the cler Wm < rai Mr Brooks , vicar of St Mary ' s a . cribed to tha dUnus Bt
of the people the gpirit of Chartism which prevailed n ^ TT " t that he had heard ° « n say , wh . n rah m ' a P aMe 6 Vil co ™ 1 ™™ of sedition and rebellion 'A man can only die once , a » d I would die .. toon in that way as by starvation . U , Brooke « ld they woald not go into the union workhoTs * they would rather starve . ' He believed ' a large pirMoS of the working classes were in a state of seml-starvatton Numbers nbo , nhea he came ta the place in April 1844 were In different circumgtaaces , he now reoowiied going about dirty , le rags , and emaolated . ' ' Oae of my eumtes ' he added , ' who was In Ireland lait year , snrt who was on one of the relief committees , declares tb atht » aw n » destitution in that country worse than what he i » W la Nottingham . ' He was surprised at the patlexce with which it waa borne / Another clerrjmaa
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( the Rev If r Divle « , iaoutnbentin Nottingham ) said he " verily believed that for eighteen months not half of ths mechanics * families bad more than enough to keep them from abaolate Btarvatlon . ' The Rst . Mr Howard repre « sented the distresu existing among the lewer classes as more general and severe than ever , and as truly painful to witness . The Rev . Mr B « tler Btatcd that In 1816 6 rates irera made of 4 a . 34 . perpoun 4 in St Mar / a pariih ; there was a largo balance and comparatively email arrears of rates net recovered . Bat ia April , 1816 , rates were made at 5 a . lOd . per 1 b . ; there was a balance of only £ 197 ia the bank , QHd the arrears amounted nearly to £ 7 , 400 , He observed that they alway * expected improvement from winter to summer , but he feared there was but partial work for the operatives . He addod , however , that the change was simultaneous with th « ==- — ; . ..
changes in our commercial policy , ' ( Hear , hear . ) The Rev . Mr Milton stated , of a street which he had to pass through , that five oat of fltven homes Tfere empty ; the poorer eort of psople wero driven from their cottages iato the unions , and those of bettor condition were ? nable to pay the very heavy poor-rates , which amounted to 123 , 6 a . per pound . ( Hear , hear . ) It used to be argued that the levying of BOmething like a rato of 2 s , per pound ia Ireland afforded a sufficient reasen for exempting tbat country frem tho income-tax ; Nottingham might surely , with as much justice , claim exemption from taxation . Mr Milton said that his surprise was that the people were not desperate long ago . Such was the state of the lace trade , met as it was with the competition of foreign countries . But there was another claas whose Bufferings claimed the attention of the house . He
meant the poor needUwomen , in whom the noble lord the member for Bath ( Lord Ashley ) , as well as hi 6 noble lady , took bo great an intereat . Their distress was not surprising when it was borne in mind that in tha same four months needlework , nine-tcnths of the value of which alone consisted of labour as distinguished from material , had been imported to the extent Of £ 39 , 000 , which hi » noble friend tho member for Bath , if Ue were in the house , would show , at a rate of wages far beyond the ordinary rate , would give employment to 6 , 000 or 7 , 090 persons . With reference . to the foreign manufactures imported into tho port of London , then , he found that , ex . elusive of cambrics , boots and shees , boot front * , decks , and watches , and other small articles not enumerated , amounting in value to about £ 190 , 000 , of the three
artides of cotten , woollen , and eilk , and aleo of lace and needlework , there bad boen imported within the four months , ending the 5 th of May last , as much QB would have given employment to something over 100 , 000 per-Bons . ( Hear , hear . ) He had got a statement of the number of bankruptcies which had occurred In England in the hat nineteen weeks of the present year , and be mustlook to the year 1826 to find a parallel to them . He found that in England , in the last nineteen weeks alone , there had been 848 bankruptcies , and yet If his right hon . friend , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , were present , he would probably tell them that bankruptcies were ' now getting quite out of fashion , these matters bo . ing now arranged by friendly inspection . He HOW came to Scotland , 1 Stands Sootlandwbereitdid ?
AIsb ! poor country , almost afraid to know itself . ' He fonad that , ia Scotland , there bad been nothing at all approaching to tbe amount of sequestrations which had occurred during those nineteen weeks . The only year which came near it was 1842 , when great distress existed In Paisley und Glasgow , and when , in the corresponding atneteen * eeks , there were 222 sequestrations . He held in his harid a statement from the Economist of la » t Saturdfty , from which it appeared , that three menufsoturers in Paisley hadjiven notice of theJr intention to turn off 1 , 000 families out of their houses ; fhat there were 3 , 000 other families who had bIbo received notice tbat they were to be turned out ; and that , out of fiftyone mills , eighteen had stopped altogether , and seven were working short time . It wa 9 not only manufacturers and opera tives—it w » b not only merchants , and planters .
and brokers who were ruined . Ruin cobH not assail the mlllowner and the merchant , the planter and tho broker , without descending to thoBe in a lower scale ; and it was in vain to redace tbe prico of produce , if , by ruining these who grew the produce , we disabled them from employing the lame number of servants as before . He held In his hand a statement of the advertisements for servants' places which had appeared in the Times newepiptr in tho firBt twelve days of May , aa compared with the same period in antecedent years ; and alao a similar statement respecting the advertisements from masters seeking to engage servants . These told their story very plainly . They Included the whole class of dependents who were employed by the wealthier classes , suoh ss governeises , ladie& ' -maids , cooke , housekeepers , housemaids , butlers , coachmen , groorao , gardeners , and others . He found that in the first twelve days of May , 1642 , there were 1 , 455 advertisements from persons of different descriptions , wanting places . In 1846 there were 1 , 828 ; In 1817 they had increased to 2 , 066 ;
and in the present year they Amounted to 2 . 130 . ( Hear , bear . ) Let not butlers , gardeners , coachmen , grooms , govtrnesses , and nurses , imagine that they must not share the falling fortunes of their employers , who had been rained by too free competition . ( Hear , hoar . ) He found that ef advertisements for servants there were 99 In tho first twelve days of 1815 ; in 1846 there were 143 ; in 1847 tbere were 177 ; and ia 1848 they had fallen to one . kalf what they were in 1816 , Distress ran through the whole category of trades and classes . He did not atcribe ( he whole of this distress to free trade ; there were other causes to which it was . partly owing , such as bad harvests ; tut he thought he had shown good ground forasuribing much of tbat distress to tbe ehaoge whloh had taken place is the commercial policy of tbe country . He thought he had l&ii a aufficlent foundation for asking for tbe returns which he now sieved for , and which , though perhaps they might occasion some little trouble , would tend to throw more light upon tbe subject than the Board of Trade had ever yetroachsafed to chow to the house or the country . ( Hear , bear . )
Mr Gladstone argued that the present moment of collapse after & period of extraordinary enterprise was not a time to test fairly the new commercial principles ; but he denied that the coloaial timber trade had fallen , although he admitted that the price of Canadian timber had been ' reduced in a small degree—a reduction brought about by foreign competition , which he highly approved of . Admitting the distress of our silk weavers , ho denled that the periods selected by the nsble lord , to show the contrast of former prosperity with present depression , were jcut , or could present a correct idea of the working of the new tariff . The right hon . gentleman contended that the consumption of foreign goods had increased , that tho importation ef raw materials had increased , that the total consumption of goods by the British people had largely increased , and that while the rates of duty had been reduced , there had been a small innreain In the revenue .
Mr Niwdegatk adduced ( he frightful and uaprecedented distress prevalent in thfi district with which he was connected as eviitDCa of some deep cause ef depression , an *) coming , as it did , immediately after a great and novel exptriment in commercial and financial legis ' atlon , he thought tbat there could be little doubt ob to the original evil . The hon . member controverted the data and averages relied on by Mr Gladstone la support of tbe success o' the Free Trade theories . Sir 6 . Clerk defended the commercial polio ; carried out by Sir R . P « el , and contended that it had worked satisfactorily , Mr LiBiUCHEBE s » id that nothing had occurred to make him regret the support he gave to Sir B . Feol ' o Free Trade policy ; on th « contrary , he felt convinced that the changes made , especially the repeal of the Corn Laws , had had s mast ben-fioial ffoct politically , socially , and marally on thiecountry . Therighthen . gentlemen offered no oWi'Mion to the returns asked for .
Mr Milnib Gibson complained that , by an unusual debate oa unoppesed returns , Mr Hume ' s reform motion had been -poii poned . He believed that debates inch as this wre mere waste of the time of the house . Mr HtNLfcT congratulated the hon member on his return to his old seat , and reminded him how often he aud his friend * htd again and again and again wasted tbe time of the house on their pet theories , never ceasing until they hod obtained ell they wanted , The returns moved for were agreed to . EleciobaIi Refobh , —Mr Hume , on the pretence of tho hour being too lute ( eleven o ' clock ) , postponed the motion , of which he had given notice on this out ject , until the 20 th of June . This announcement gave rise to a debate , which our rcoders will find fully reported by the Mobnin * CnaotiicLE , and appended to Mr O'Connor ' o letter upon the subject . Lora John RusBell took tho advantage of » very uncalled for and unjustifiable attack npon Mr O'Connor by Mr Coijdan , to make the assertion , that the middle and working olasees neither wished for the Pcople ' t Charter , nor Mr Hume ' s Pour Points
Mr H . Berkeley postponed his motion on the ballot to the 20 ih of June . The othur orders were diBpoBed of , ond the houBe adjourned to Thursday . ( From our Third Edition of latt week . ) THURSDAY , Max 18 . Poblic Health Bill —O ¦ the order of tho day for geine into committee on the Public Health Bill , Colonel Sibieobp ileuonnced the Bill as a gross job , and moved , as En amendment , that the house go into committee on it that day nix months . Mr Ubqoh * bt seconded the amendment , and the nous'dlvi ai—For fcoinjf into committee ,,, ,,. 219 Against it ... ... ... 1 Majori'y 8 gainst the amendment ... .. 218 Tho hoane wenr into committee , and after a dlseassion eiftm * Louragot aa far as the thirl clause . At nine o ' clock tbe further consideration of tbe bill was postp .. a-d . Tbe Borough Elections Bill Was then read a sucond time .
The other orders were disposed of , nod the houee adjourned . FRIDAY Mat 10 . HOTJSE OF COMMONS The Natsokai . Land Company —Sir B Hall , Boeing the member for Nottingham iu hi * place , wished to put a question to him lu reference to a bill he bad brought in for the purposoof amending th » Friendly Societies Act , bHt virtually to lexalUe a scheme of which he was the chief promoter . Sines the bill had been Introduced he had looked over It , and had had some convraation with partleB who were iDtertited la it . and this conversation had convinced him tbst it was necessary tbat thomsature should beiugulred lato . It would be competent for him on the second reading of the bill ta move that It be referred to a select eammittee , bat then it woold bo understood that tbe houee approved of the priaoiple of the bill , and the com mittce would only hare power to inquire Into its elasrca .
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Now in t he other house of parliament tho case was dif . fereat ; there tho committee had the power to inquire Into tho whole subject , and he would venture to suggest to the honourable and learned gentleman that , inBtead of the bill being read a * so late a period of the session BB the 14 tb of June , ii would be much better that he should move for a select committee to inquire into the natnre acd object of this scheme proposed to baKgalisedby this Mr F . O'CoNNott said , In reply to the question of the hon baronet , he presumed upon his moving the , second readin g af the bill it was tbe intention of tho hon . baronet to move that it be referred to a select committee ! Sir BHall— Noit ia » ot , v . » . „ thn other home of parliament tho case wat dif .
. . , Mr F . O'Comhob said , at all events the object of the hon baronet was the same aB his own . The hon . baronet was unsic us for Inquiry , and be was desirous tbat the most searching inveatigatlon should take place Into the object of tbe scheme . He had introduced the bill for the purpose of relieving himself from the re » ponslbilities of manager of the undertaking , and it was his lntestion to nominate aa trustees under tho bill , tbe noble lord Ihe member for Bath , the hon . member for Rochdale , and Lord John Manners , being three gentlemen in whom the working classes bad tbe m 09 t
confidenoe , and who would bo empowered to investigate tbe affairs of the society , and to ascertain whether the funds had been properly managed . He understood , however , that the tight hon . baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department , who was good enough to sllew tbe bill to be read a first time without discussion , intended to oppose the second reading ,, and if he found that were so to-night , he would adopt tho suggestion of tbe hou . barenet wLo had put tbe question to him , and give notice that he should move the appointment of tbe cetnmittee on an early day . Aftor some conversation of a miscellaneous nature ,
Mr F , O'Connor stated , that Binco he had rt-plicd to the question of the hon , baronet the member for Marylebone ( Sir B . Hall ) , he had had some conversation with the rig ht hon . barontt ( Sir 6 . Grey . ) He now begged to give notice that on Tuesday next he should move the appointment of a select committee to inquire into tho plan . The Health of TowtiB Bill went through committee as far as clause 57 , when tbe Chairman reported progress , and asked leaved to sit on Monday next . Lunatic Abtmjks ( Scotland ) Bill . — Tho toar > Advocate moved that the select committed do COQBlfit Of twenty-one members , when after a ahort conversation the house adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock .
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( From our Ihird Edition of last med : ) MIDDLESEX COUNTY MEETING . TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM . —THK POLICE AND THE
PEOPLE . Oa Wednesday a public meeting w as beld in Captain Hall ! # Riding School , Albany-street , Regentspark , for the purpose of considering and adopting resolutions in reference to t he new Electoral Reform movement . About half-past twelve o ' clock tho door of the Riding School was thrown open , and a considerable number of people entered the body of tbe place . By Olie O ' clCCfc it was completely filled . Among the crowd several well-dressed females appeared , and a considerable number of policemen were sprinkled here and there over the meeting .
Shortly before the commencement of the proceedings several of those who took an active part in the late National Convention came upon the platform , and were enthusiastically cheered . Among them were Mr Ernest Jones , Mr Kydd . Mr Wheeler , and seme others . At a few minutes past one o ' olook Mr Hume presented himself accompanied by Mr W . Williams , lateM . P . for Coventry , and was loudly applauded . Mr Sheriff Cubitt , and Mr Under-Sheriff Wire , arrived at the same time , and Mr Sheriff Cubitt having taken ihe chair , Mr Under-Sheriff Wire read the requisition calling the meeting . When he had concluded . .
A Person in the crowd , who said he was a freeholder of the county of Middlesex , demanded to ask the Sheriffs a question before the meeting proceeded further . ( Cries of ' order , order . ' ) He observed , that a great number of police were scattered throughout the meeting , which he regarded as the first introduction of the Gagging Bill . ( Great uproar and ories of ' Out with the police ! ' ' No Gagging Bill ! ' ) A Person on the balcony said it was shameful to introduce a body of police constables into a meeting so [ convened . ( Cheera , and renewed cries of ' Out with the police ! ' ' Turn them out ! ' ' No Gagging Bilir&c . )
Mr Sheriff Ctjbht , addressing the meeting , asked , 'Isit your pleasure tbat we should go on with the business ? ( Cries of 'Yes , yes , '' no , ' and 'turn out the police . ' ) 'I see no earthly reason why you should feel annoyed merely because there happen to be some policemen mingled amongst you . _ ( Tremendous uproar , and renewed cries of ' Out with the police ! ' * No spies ! " Do you call this an Englishman ' s liberty V &c ) Mr Sheriff CuBirr said : ' Gentlemen , your wishes shall be obeyed . ' ( ' Tremendous cheering and waving of bats and handkerchiefs , which lasted for several minutes . )
A lane was then opened instinctively , and tho policemen marohed out in single file amidst the most uproarious cheering . Mr WiELUMa ( late M . P . for Coventry ) then moved tho first resolution;— ' That , in the opinion of this meeting , the Commons' House of Parliament , as at present constituted , does not fairly represent the population , the property , or industry of the country ; that the disclosures made before Committtees of 1835 —1842 , and also during the present Session , prove that the return of its members has beep extensively influenced by bribery , corruption , coercion , and intimidation ; that the Reform Act has not realised the just expectations of the country ; that since the pacing of that Act the public expenditure has not only been more extravagant , but haB exceeded by
many millions sterling the expenditure of tha last Besaion of the unreformed Parliament ; that the system of taxation in so contrived as to favour the aristocracy , and to throw the pressure of its burthen unjustly on the industrious classes of the people . Mr Williams proceeded to show by figures that the expenditure had increased since the Reform Bill , and that Lord John Russell had brought the country to tho brink of ruin . He also shotted the unparalleled increase of the military and police forces under tbe present ministry , and Baid , when they looked at all these facts , he called upon tbem to say , whether or no the Reform Act has aafefied the expectations that were formed regarding it —( Load crie 9 of' No , ne' ( —and whether the country was not now called on to
carry ut these measures promised by Lord John Russell and Earl Grey , but which their measures had failed to accomplish ? They wanted such another Re form Bill , to carry out what tnose noblemen eaid was necesaary for the country atthnstime . ( Hear , hear . ) How was that to be effected ? ( Loud cries of By the Charter , ' and cheera . ) That was the important question they were met there that day to discuss . The only difference among ; them was upon the question of the franchise . ( L < ud cries of 'Hear . ' ) S me gentle * men called out for the Charter , others for Universal Suffrage , and another great and powerful bedy came forward , and wished for the present to Btop at Household Suffrage . ( Cries of 'No , no , '
and ' The Charter . ' ) Now they must see whether or no an agreement could not be come to . ( Hear , hear . ) lie could not help saying that the Chartists throughout the country , were evincing the best poasiblo spirit and feeling . ( Hoar . ) They must give and take a little ; and what he would have both parties to do , would ba to throw aside their minor differences and unitedly to oppose tho aristocratic influence which impeded their progress . Therefore he would e iy , let them give and take a little , and he would venture to say that tbe love of order , and that manly courage which had characterised the people of this country , would enable them to obtain that form of government which they desired .
Mr Hhnet Hall , of Uxbridge , seconded the resolution . Mr Ktdd was next abont to address the meeting , when The Chairman said , as it was a county meeting , he could not be heard unless he was a tree , holder . Mr Ktdd said , he certainly was no freeholder , but he was a resident in the county of Middlesex , and he understood that he was eligible to address the meeting from the terras of the notice calling it . — ( Considerable confusioa hero ensued , when the people insisting on hearing Mr Kydd , whose s eech we quote from the CnRONici / E , and regret that we cannot give vntire . Tiie Skeriff , after some consultation with his friends , told Mr Kyrfd that he might prooeed . )—Mr Kydd accordingly did * o . and said that a union
between the working and middle classes waa ration to be desired , and such a uaion wag absolutely Ineutggary , in oro > r to carry out the opinions of both" ( Hear hear . ) But the working men of England had made up their minds on great questions . ( Cheers . ) They had not made up their minds fcoopposeall movement except their owa , because it was impossible that men could came to the same conclusions upon all ones tiona . ( Hear , hear . ) But the working men had made up their minds that there should not beDeaee or an end of agitation throughout the crnmtrv untU such time as man's rights wero tally reco&niRPd ( Loudcheering . ) Ho saw nothing ffiwSHffito reasonable men in the resolution . A general nLpenty was essential to the good of all ; but , he Sd ask , had the wea thy men of the country done their duty by the working olasaea ? The great guegS was , what was to be dona with the atawiJnS Ttas tbe
was question that pulled Lord John Rua-Bell . For years past the rent-roll of theaSL rS had eased " » Proportion as the wages of " tSS man had decreased . He weald not flatter ¦ t £ meet ing , for he was aure that if they beSiZStl to-morrow , they would probabl ? be like the So crats , and resist every advanoe . He denied that the working men entertained any aottona of eaualitv but wereprenared toliveby 4 eSweat oMS We waa a labourer himself , and waa convinced that
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Bociety muBt be ohmg ^ , «* ^ ell . W ™"" J Commons . He did not charge the **»* & with wilfully misgoverning , but he attributed their conduct to , « heir being ignorant Of the true principles of government , He asked the meeting whether it was prepared to assist in this great movement-C Yes , yes' ) -wtthout intinding destruction ? ( ' Yes , yeB , yes > . ' ) Englishmen required only jastioe ; and if the government would only conciliate the people ali wonld be well . ansto ,. .. jT Onga of gocietv must be changed , al well asiww "" »™ «
The lower orders , the middle classes , and the . cracv , all required to assume a higher moral tone , for in order to make Universal Suffrage work properly , society would require to be framed so as to suit it . After some further remarks , Mr Kydd concluded a most eloquent address by saying , that all they wanted was , a just appreciation of their rights , and if government did not adopt meana to find the poor food , he would toll them fearlessly that there should be no peace in the hall while there was want in the cottage . ( Loud and continued cheering . )
After a few words from Mr George Beacon , The Chairman put the resolution to the meeting , and declared it to be carried . Mr Hume then presented himself amidst loud cheers . He said he had listened with much pleasure to the speech of Mr Kydd , and he wonld ask either the House of Peers or the House of Commons if ihey could produce one single man who could have so stated his case . ( Cheers . ) Was it not a Btriklng grievance that such a man should not only not bo represented , but that he should be disqualified from a seat in the House of Commons itself . ( Cheers . ) His honourable friend ( Mr Williams ) bad entered so fully into a few , and only a few , of the evils which class legislation had inflicted en
the country , that he would net again go over that subject The result of the Reform Bili had been to place the power of governing in the hands of the middle classes , and if those classes performed their duty aright they had the ceans of extending the suffrage to others who had it not , and also to make those alterations in the taxation of the country which were so desirable . They had found that the great cause of discontent in this country arose from the state of the elective franchise , and he did not much wonder ; for when be saw BUch a man as Mr Kydd , who not only had not a vote , but who , for want of a property qualification , had not a right to a ao&t in the Honae of CommonB—( hear , hear );—and when , again , the working man looked round and saw
thousands rolling in wealth and affluence , when be was suffering extreme poverty , it was but natural that he should conceive to himself there was something wrong < ( Cheers . ) He conld not but admit that wealth and rank was too much opposed to them many of them , perhaps , from ignorance ; but they should endeavour to hiBtruct them , and at tre present time passing events ought to be instructive to them . ( Hear , hear . ) They would be still further instructed on the 23 rd of the present month , when he brought forward his motion in the House of Commons on tho subject of tbe franchise . ( Cheers . ) But it waa not in the House of Cemmons that he could expect to succeed . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon gentleman concluded by moving the second resolution , which was as follows : — ' Thafc to secure
the stability of the throne , public order and contentment , the constitutional rights of the people , equalisation of taxation , economy of tbe public expenditure , just laws , and good government , it is indispensable that the elective franchise should be extended to all men who are registered as residents for a limited time ; that the duration of Parliaments should not exceed three years ; that votes should be taken by ballot , aBd that there should be a more equal apportionment of members to population . Also , that we earnestly invite Reformers of all classes , especially those who advocate a more extended measure of , reform , to discard differences , and cordially to unite ^ and co-operate with us for the attainment of one great and common object—the emancipapatioo of our country from class legislation and misgovernment !'
Mr Sergeant Gase&ee seconded the resolution . Mr Ernest Jones next addressed the meeting , after considerable difficulties raised by the sheriff , for although a freeholder of Middlesex , Mr Jonea declined using that privilege . He was received with loud burats of applause . He said he was highly desirous of seeing & cordial union between the middle and working classes , but he wished first to understand the basis on which it was to be founded . Ne union could be lasting without such an understanding , and Mr Hume had failed to give one definite promise . If they were to unite with a party , they must know who they were to unite with . New Mr Hume did not Seem to know Ilia own mind—or was afraid to speak it—he did not venture boldly to say Triennial
Parliaments—but did not define the limits of residenceor the equality of representation—but he spoke against A nnual Parliaments , because a man could not in one year learn how to conduct busineaa in the House of Commons . ( Laughter . ) Now , he would tell Mr Ilnrae , that honesty did not require schooling —they sent their representatives there to remedy tbe distress oi the country , not to learn the triokery of'droppedorders , ' counts out , ' and the secrets of the' division bell . ' ( Hear , hear ) He would tell him , tbat it was not in the house , a man ought to learn legislation , but out of the house , ameng the people . Therefore his argument waa frivolous , — since if a man did not know what the country reqniredbefore entering the house , that house
, was the likely place to teach it him . ( Cheers . ) Mr Hume acknowledged the ' principle of Universal Suffraee—then why deprive millions of it for three yoara ? For if a IB < jn becomes of age one day later than a general election , he was disfranchised for three years—till the next one . ( Hear , hear . ) Why , Mr Hume did not f eem to know his own mind . lie said he was opposed to a Property Qualificationyet the resolution he moved sanctioned a Property Qualification . ( Hear . ) Well , if he waa opposed to a Propsrty Qualification , how could he object to Payment of Members ? ( Cheers . ) The honourable gentleman wa 3 in a fix . ( Laughter . ) Now , then , ihey were called on that day to unite with the middle classes . This wag tho courtship between
the middle class maid and the Chartist man ; and the little maid had looked very sweet ; but before he , for one , could sanction the marriage , he must read the marriage contract , and see that that contract was the Six Points of the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) He did not like the preparations for tbe wedding . Were the policemen , ' the bridesmen , and the old pensioners outside the bridesmaids ? ( Deafening cheera and laughter . ) Bah ! Their reform movement smeic too much of A 21 and the bludgeon . ( Hear , hear . ) Why had they tried to range a double raRge of police before the platform ? ( Hear . ) It was passing a vote of no confidence in the people ; and if they were undeserving of confidence , they oueht to scorn to ask for their
friendship ( Cheers ) Or it was passing a vote of no cenfidence in themselves . If so , how could they expect Us te OOnfide ? ( Loud cheers . ) The fact was , they were afraid to quicthe verge of the great ocean of democracy , where , indeed , the real shoals and rocks lay , but would not venture out in the midst oi that vast ocean where the vessel oi the Stare could alone ride with safety . ( Cheers ) He wonld first put the question on the basis of principle . Were they right , or were they wrong ? If the people were right , what honest man cnuld ask them to ' give and take , ' to yield half—to be only half honest ? ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) If the people were wrong , why did they not tell them so honestly at once ? ( Repeated cheering . ) He would now meet them with their
own weapons , on the ground of expediency , which Mr Hume himself had taken . They called on the Chartists to march under the middle class banner : New , then , let the weaker party join the stronger . There is some ' expediency'in that , Which , continued the speaker , is the stronger ? In the house you are the weakest party . And I will now show you who is strongest out of the house , I will not move an amendment , but just show you your mistake . Look well on this meeting , sir . Now , men of London , every one of you , who is for the I ' eople's Charter , whole and entire , bold up his hand . ( A whole forest of hands , almost every ono in the body of the meeting , obeyed the call , amidst deafening and often reiterated oheering . )
Mr Evans moved as an amendment , ' That the property-qualification of members should be abo » l > shed ; that the duration of Parliament should be limited to three years ; that the elective franchise should be extended to all householders and occupiers of apartments paying rent at the rate of £ G per annum , and that parliamentary districts be equalised , ' ( Groans and hissee . ) Mr IIethbringtun supported the motion . Mr Spur , as a Chartist , would support the motion on thfi urinciple of ( Xpedienoy . Mr Verncn would oppose it . Mr May would move , as a further amendment , ' That it is the deliberate opinion of this meeting that none of the evils complained of will ever b 8 rectified but by the enactment of the full six points of the People ' s Charter . ' Mr Whkklkr neconded this amendment .
Mr B . O'Brien ( wha was greeted with interrogatory shouts of * Who ran away on 10 th of April ? ' ) was willing to give the middle classes a trial , and would support ; Mr Hume ' s motion , ( Groaaa and biases ) The Hon . Mr Den man next attempted to address the meeting in favour of the motion , and told them a reason why they should not all be freemen was that they would have , in thst case , to serve on juriis , ( Immoderate laughter , amid which , after some ineffectual attempts to speak , the hon . gentleman eat doffn . ) Mr [ Icme then replied , and characterised the 1 whole hog Chartikts , who rejected the overtures c ! the middlu classes as 'impraciicablea , ' and ' Utopian dreamers , ' as things at present stood in this country . / Groans . )
The Chairman then &roceed « d to take the sense of the niceting while a scene of considerable oonfu . sioa was created by certain parties . The chairmaa at first refusing to put the rider for the Charter , and being forced to do so , on putting it out of its regular ofiurse , the meeting did not know what they were to vote for , and some of the leading Chartists voted for Mr Hume , A general call who then made to put it
fc o the vote again , but the sheriff refugad to do so A motion foe a petition to both Hou ? cg of p ^' meat , founded upon the resolutions , was then madT seconded , and lost by four to © ne , yet the sheriff < £ olarad it carried . A motion for a vote of thanks to the sheriff tmb negatived , and three hearty cheers for tho Charts were given instead . The Times Chiionicle , and other papers , are forced to admit that the show of hands taken by M » Jones for the Charter was almost unanimous , ,, j the disgraceful trick of the ' Reformers' thus mU " recoil on their own heads . fc o the ?•>** aKatn t but the nheriff refused to do wT . mt > i :. , . netition to bnth IlmiWB « r a .. ? .
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. — ^ ggtm —«_ FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Halifax—To-morrow evening , at six o ' olock , Mr Sutcliffe , of Sowerby Bridge , will lecture in thn Working Man's Hall , Bull Clo 3 e-lane . e K 0 CHDAr , E , —The members of the Land Company are requested to meet at the Chartist roem , Xorkahire-street , to pay up their levies for the ballot , and other important business , on Sunday af ternoon , at two o ' cl ok . Towbr Hamlets . —On Sunday next , another mon . gter meeting will be held in BiBbop Banner ' s- fields .
Chair to be taken at five o clock . The meeting will be addressed by Me ? era Sharp , May , Shaw , and others . On San-tay evening , a lecture mil be delivered to the middle classes , at tbe Wolverley ArniB . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock , Thk West Ridino Delegate Meeting will , 'be held at Butterworth ' sbuildings , Bradferd , oa Sunday , June 4 th . All the local lecturers in the West Riding are invited to attend , and those places having meetings i ' or that day , are respectfully requested to forego them . Business to commeBce at ten o ' clock iu the forenoon .
Htdh — The members of this branch of the Land Company will meet in their room , Hyde-lane , oa Sunday next , at ono o ' clock p . m . Hyde . —Mr John West , of Macclesfield , will address the people of Hyde and , its vicinity in the Lani Company ' s meeting room , Hyde-lane , on Sunday next , at sis o ' clock in the evening . Those districts requiring the service of Mr West for a few days will please to address—John Gaskell , 26 , Norbury-street , Hyde , Cheshire . Staffordshire — A Chartist camp meeting will be held on Wheatley Moor , near the Potteries , on Sunday next , May 28 th , at half-past ten o ' olock prec ' uely , when it ia hoped that every Chartist in the surrounding neighbourhood will attend . Several talented lecturers will be in attendance and address the meeting .
Todmordek . — The delegates must meet at the White House , Blackstone Edge , on Sunday , May 28 th , at eleven o ' clock , a . m . Manchester . — A special meeting of the Man . Chester branch will is held in Hie People ' s Institute , on Sunday , May 28 &h . Chair to be taken at nine o ' clock in the morning . Leeds . —On Sunday ( to-morrew ) evening , at half , past sis o ' clock , Mr Samuel Kydd will address a meeting in the Vicar ' s-oroft . BAR . vsLEy . ~ Mr Brook will address a meeting at S look ' s Hill , on Tuesday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock . Preston A special general meeting of this branch of the Charter Association will ba held in their Reading-room , back of Frankland's Tempe . ranee Hotel , Luoe-stwet , for the purpose of taking into consideration the plan of organisation aB laid down by the Executive Committee ,
Nottingham . —A district delegate meeting will ba held at the Seven Stars , Barker-gate , at eight o ' clock , on Monday evening next , to which the vs . rious localities are requested to send delegates . Rochdale . —A lecture will be delivered in tke Chartist room , Torkthire-street , on Sunday evening , the 28 th instant , by Mr Archdeacon , of Manchester , Chair to be taken at half past five o ' clock . A gene . ral meeting of the Land members will be held in the same place at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Hull —The National Co-operative Land Company ' s Tea party and Ball will take place in tha Assembly Rsoras , Jarrat-street , on Tuesday , May 30 th . F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . has promised to fre present . The branch hold their meetiBRS in the Wilberforce Rooms , every Tuesday and Friday evenings .
Hebdeh Bridge—All members of this branch of the National Land Company are requested to attend at the Chartist rnom , on Saturday next , May 27 th Shareholders who desire to be in the next ballot must pay off all arrears , both local and general , on or before the 2 ? th inst-Mr S . Kydd ' s Route —Todmorden , Saturday , 27 th : Leeds , Sunday , 28 th ; Halifax , Monday , 29 th ; Bradford , Tuesday , 30 th ; Sheffield . Wednesday , 31 st ; Barosley , Thursday , Jnne 1 st ; Elland , Friday , 2 nd ; Manchester , Sunday 3 rd ; Stockport , Monday , 4 th . Manchester . —Mr Thomas Rankin will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , May 28 th . Chair to be taken at six o ' olook in the evening .
Bradford —A special meeting of Chartist leptn . rers and Breakers will be he'd at Wilsden , nearBing . ley and Keighley , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) and a Chartist camp meeting will be held at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Yfe earnestly request the attendance of lecturers and sneakers from Leeds , Keighley , Halifax , Ovenden , Cleckheaton , Birstal , Bradford , Bingley , and all other places in the WeBt Ridinz , as subjects of the greatest importance are to be brought before the meeting . A Meeting of the Chartists of Manchester-road will be held in the Yorkshire Divan , on Sunday ( tomorrow ) , at six o ' clock in the evening . The Coukoil of the National Charter Association will meet for the transaction of business , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at six o'clock , in Wilson's Coffee-rooms , next door to the Temperance-hall , Southirate .
The CHAitTfsTS of Bradford wil j meet in their various localities as usual , to arrange for the adoption of the New Plan of Organisation . The Membkrs of the Chartist Association , meeting in Butterfield -buildingo , will assemble on Sunday , at six o ' clock in the evening . Nottingham . —The next meeting of the Land members will be held at the Turk ' s Head , Leenside , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . —A Freeand-E ^ gy will be held at the Fox and Hounds , Carter-sate , on Saturday evening , at seven o'clock . Saltord . —The officers of the Salford branch of thp Land Company will , in future , meet at the house of Mr John Robinson , 1 , Johnson ' a-yard . near Cork-street , Chapel . stieet , Salford , to receive budscriptions and transact business , every Sunday afternoon , from two till four , and every Wednesday night , from eight to ten .
Warwick and Leamington . —An _ aggref !» te meet- 1 ing of the Land members and ChartiBts of Warwick j and Leamin « ton . will be held at the Partnbello j Tavern , Emsoote , at eight o ' clock on next Tomdty evening , M » y SOtb , to elect officers , according to the \ new plan of organisation . ' Leicester . —The members of the National Char ter Association will meet at No . 20 . Carley- 'treet , , en Sunday morning , to enrol persons deiirous of be- coming members , from nine to ten o ' clock .
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( From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 18 . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED E Hall , Manchester , stockbroker .
BANKRUPTS . T Hamburg , Northampton , wine merhant—S Daries ^ Pimlico , coal merchant—P Leo , Great M&rjlebona . streeti « j carver and gilder — 6 Parnell , Walworth commom brewer-W T Grove , Arthur-street West , L » ndonbridg « t % wholesale dealer iu sugar—A M Blackiston , Horsham , t Sussex , innkeeper—J Walter , New Kent road , Newing ' ton , bookseller — T North , Blaekfriara-rond , metal piercer—D W Woddell , Gosport , Southampton , » crivtn « f T I ' onsor , Nesvgnte-markot , meat salesman—6 D De' i verous , Leominster , innkeeper— R Rny , Stoke-upon- . ' Trent , china manufacturer—J W Busst , Bilston , Staf- ' fordshire , innkeeper—W Blount , Ripley , Derbyshire , grocer—W Watson , Elland , Yorkshire , ivonmoatfer-J I ) . ' Clay , Raistrick , Yorkshire , fancy cloth manufacturer- :, Alary Bruoton , Leeds , innkeeper—J Howard , Glossof-Derbyshire , cotton spinner . '¦
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS , fe William Boothi Farmvortn , Lancashire , coal nigeler- u Jane Latham , Halifax-William Woeks , gen .. Norttieis ' V Oxfordshire , railway contrnctor— Mary Yartha , Killa * ij Cornwall—Christopher Brady , Liverpool , ironmonger " v John Williams , Liverpool , beer sbop-Uecpsr—Pryce Da- vies , Walton-on-the-hill , Lancashire , bookkeeper—CharW . Trascott , Truro , boot and Bhoenuker—P ,, ter M'Cleuii . Manchester , blacksmith—Martha Elizabeth BmUob , ^ Manchester , EeBopstress—Richard Harrison , ChorleJr Lancashire — George Ingram , Wolverh « mpton , ( ot > ' dealer-John Borrettt , Yarmouth , baker-Robert P » f ker Bacon , Great Yarmouth , hat maker— Samuel Cartt' / Darlaaton , Staffordshire , coach and railway smMl-W' l miah Polmrd , Stamford , imiholder « nd butcher— GeW r Rastall , FaHutighain , Lincolnshire , grocer and draper | ,
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . A Rhind , Dundee and Newport , Fifeshirc , corn »»' chant -it Angus , Grecnock , merpJiBnt--i « 7 Meu Edinburgh , lodging letter .
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HlRTTT On Tuesday , May 9 th , Mrs ' sarab , wife of f ' ^ 1 Pearce , one of the occupants , gave birth to a &w"u being the first child born on the Cuartervllle estafhonour of the fouudur , Feargus O'Connor , it ™ , ita tered at the office iu Witney by the name « ' ' *^ Foargus Peavce . . of Baptist d , May 16 th , by the Rev . Wm . MacnM ,, Trinity Chapel , Sudbury , Feargus O'Connor WOW of James aud Mary Aim Woods .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1472/page/8/
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