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      Monday, Mat 22, House Of Lords.—The Wobk...

      eoapfcineu of in the petition * *> £ *? ? £ * ttythithedidn * shrink fc » ^ " * £ honourable ^ But although H *** ^ C . e lonla n * ta him , he ( Sir B . mg is ; a v _ t j ^ y aittina S £ » SSi :. i"S ^" ««* tribunal having ^ Unt iarisLtiou with one already appoints * . "l ^ oiTSa ncUed with the boa . baronet to th ,. Tiew « d « d * ed th « withdrawal of the motion for the ^^ 0 . G « e irf & drev hit motion on that under-8 t HE ^ TH of Towss . —The House then went into committeeontheFcblic Health Bill , and tho greater por . don of the eveaing was occupied in the discussion of Us clsuees , the Souse resaafag after the let in clause had been aeresd to , end the committees to sit again on Thursday

      . ,. .. Pes = 10 FS —Mr SI 4 O 5 SEG 0 K , pursuant to his notice , movedfer the follow . ^ returns :-vis . ' A return of the srrvices-sf the folloirki e persons . wb » r ' . ceive the suras chareeJ against their names from tbe Penny Post-office Terence- such amounts being deducted therefrom in US p , o «« to the Exchequer , and stating the » . »•» and he-rs oi his Grace the Dako of Schombfrg ; thfi Dik * oi Marlborough , £ 4 ; C 00 ; the Dakeof Grifcon , £ 3 407 10 s . ; heirs of the Bake of Schombor ? . £ 2 , 900 — total £ 1-0 , 307 10 s ., feein ? the amount of tbe gross p ;> stag : s on 2 { 73 800 letters , and-of eet pasties , deducting tbe . sptnseof 7 . 321 / -C 0 letters ; a similar return of the services and duties of the following persons , who receive annually the endermtntioned sums est of the revenue of ibeexcise , in its progress to the Exchequer : the Duke tfGrafton ( exclusive of annual pension of £ 4 000 from

      Post-office ) , £ 7 , 012 12 « . ; Esrl Cowper , £ 1 £ 95 1 C * .: a's ' gnees of the Iato C . tsrles Burn , b =-in * moiety ot Earl of Bath ' s pension . £ 1 , 200 ; total £ 9 9 S 7 8 s . Return of the services for which the following Rums are paid out Of the revenue of Ireland , viz : —Prince of llecklenbmy Strelitz , £ 1 . 778 4 s . 4 . 1 . ; Viscount Dancan , nuw Earl ol Camperdown , (» xcla = ive ot pension of £ 2 , 0 . 00 from reve nueof TJm-eaK . ngdom . ) £ 997 9 s . ; total , £ 2 , 775 13 v 4 d . Lord 5 . RrssELL-said be could hardly think that the Treasury , cr any other public department , could make anything like an accurate return of the sercioes ftf the great 3 ake of Marlboraugh , but he believed there was not oaly a book entitled , ' Coie ' s L fe of Uarlboroogb , ' bat also several histories of the reign of Qaeen Anne , which would famish the hon . member with the services rendered bv the Duke of Mariboreugb , for which th » -

      pencion alluded to had been charged upon the revenues of the crown . ( Hear , hear , and a lengh . ) As to the services of the Date of Scbomberg , they were well known to anybody w & oflsd read tbe history of the period in which he lired . fHsar . hear . ) If , however , the ton . member wahsd to know to shorn of the Duke of Ssfaombsrg ' i heirs the money were paid , no doubt such a return could be procured . But of what use would it be ? Originally tbeee sums had been paid out of the hereditary revenues of the crown ; but fince the legislature had taken those revenues to the public account , and had added time burdens to the civil list , he did not see , after that arrangement , how these burdens so under , taken could now be avoided , or that the obligation conseqaent upon the crown ' s surrender of its hereditary revenues eauli te got rid of . He , therefore , hoped tbe house wonld not content to grant the motion . ( Hear . )

      Mr MACGREGoa could not but regret tbat the noble lord should , in the manner he had , have trifled with a question affecting the taxation of the country . ( Oh , oh . ) He ( Mr Uacgregor ) had brought forward this motion as having » direct beano ? upon the profuse withdrawal of money from tbe public revenues of the nation , and he referred not to the first , but to the present Duke ot Marlborough ; and he contended tbat if the parliament bj which the original pension hs : i been voted , had been EO corrupt as to TOte it in perpetuity , it was time that a reformvd parliament should put an end to the iniquity .

      The first Doke of ilarlbcrough , to whom the pension was granted , died without issue , and he ( ilr Hacgregor ) su ^ mittjd there were no public grounds on which it ought to be continued to the present duke . In the same way he mignt speak of the pension enjoyed by the present Duke of Grafton . If the noble lord refused these re . tons , the country would demand athisbandsan inquiry . The gallery was cleared but no division took plac , the motion bda ? withdrawn , as were other motions by the sami member for similar returns , the house adjourned at one o ' clock .

      T PES DAT , MAT 23 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Parliamentary Proceedisgs Bill passed through committee , pnd after some other reatine busisess the house adjourned at an early hour . HOUSE OF COMMONS —Di ? kiss & l of ods Minis . TE £ et the Couet or Spaik . — To questions put by Mr G . Basses , L / r 1 Paimceetov replied that , from despatches received that moralng , he was informed that , oa the 17 th instant , Sir Henry Bulwer was about to leave Madrid , having rcceivei his passports from the Spanish minister . The coble lird intimated that he woald on Thursday piasirit the d-tpi ' ch to parliament . Mr Asstei asked whether Sir H . Balwer's departure was caused by his removal to another embassage , or whether it was indicative of a rupture of friendly relations with the Spanish court .

      Lard PiiiiEawos said that Sir H . Balwer ' s departure yia . 9 not caused by his appointment to any other court , nor did it proceed froa a rupture of friendly relations between this country and Spain . The Dssbt . '—Lord G . Bebtisck zneved that the he-use . at its rising , should adjourn over Wednesday tne'Derby ' day . Mr Hdxe opposed the motion , and divided the house on it . Thtre were—For Lord George Bentinck ' s motion ... 103 Against it ... „ 90 Majority for the proposed adjournment 13

      Results or Free Teade . —Lird G . Bestikce . moved fcr returns , showing the quantities and prices , duty psid , of Canadian timber sold by public sale ia Londoa oh the 10 th cf Mirch ; ale ) , showing any reductions of duties on thrown silks and on Indian silks which may have teen made in 1 S 42 , together with the importations of such siiks in the years 1842 , 1845 , and 184 G respectively , oa which such refactions may hare been made ; likewise , showing the quantities of raw and waste silk iaa ported , exp-rteS , and consumed at home in the years 1844 and 1 S 15 , as compared with the two years , 1816 and 3847 , with similar returns in regard to thrown silks ; also showinsE the various articles of foreign manufacture imported into the port of London during the four months ending 5-h of May instant . The noble lord said that he moved fc- ^ thtse returns in order to clear up statements saadabyMm on a former occasion , tbe accuracy of which baa been doubted . At this time , when the great

      questisu before the country was what made of taxation bore most lightly on the people , it was ef the utmost impar . tance to obtain correct information relative te the working of thosa alterations made in the tariff . It was his opinion that direct taxation wai not that description which bore most lightly on the people , but that by Cueterns duties the public revenue should in great part be raistd . The noble lord proceeded to show , from the information he was able to collect , that while the price of Baltic tiisber had risen elevfn shillings per loa 4 since 3842 , the price of Canadian timbtr had fallen , thus establishing that foreigners alene had benefited by the reduction of the duties on timber ] and that our colonists and our revenue had been the sufferers . Oa s fcrmtr occasion he ppoka of the great distress that STfcT & ilrd iu Spiia'fielus and Bathnal Green , aad he at . tributed that distress in a great measure to the competition of foreign goods . He dated the commencement of that distress from 1842 and contrasted the state of

      matters previously with those of 184 S and 1846 ; but he was told that he had committed a great chronological error ; thst he was totally mistaken in ascribing the distress that commenced in 1812 to any alteration in the law ; for that the law was not altered till after the distress took place , and could not produce such aa effect previous to 16 * 5 . At that time the house cheered thst statement a ; onaeonelasivenpon the subject , coming , as it did , from the faih / . r of the measure , or , if not from the father , at least from the father by adoption , for certainly they fead feeea told that all these alterations were tha emanations Of the minds of Mr Macgregor and Mr Lain ? . ( A laugh . ) The statement of the right hon . gentleman on that occa-Bioa was cheered by the bouse , bho" it y , tnt forth to the country stamped with his high authority . The expression he ( Lard 6 . Benrinck ) then used was , that the silk

      trade bad been dabbled with , and , though the accuracy of hi * statement had been called in question , he believed tott by tbe returns now fought for it Tfould be found that the alteratioa in the silk trade took plaee in 1842 . That alteration had his hearty concurrence , because it ires consistent with all the principles be had ever advocated . Ct was an alteration admitting the silks of the British transmarine possessions into consumption on easy terra * in this eiuntry ; it was an alteration which acknowledged the principle that the calonies and British possessions abroad should as aearly as possible be placed on a level with ourselves ; that the silks and ban . dinnw oi tie British poss 3 C £ ions £ n India should have the duty on them rsdneed from treaty to five per cent , oa their intlsy . The effect of this reduction was , that while 41 , 000 pieces of India eilk tnd bandanas were

      iraport-d in 1842 , th * re were imported in 1845 not fewer than 178 . 000 pieces ; whilsin 1816 ( which was not gorerneS ny tne measure of that year ) they had increased to 1 B 7 , 000 pieces , ( Hear , hear . ) He had stated on a former occasion that they had dabbled with the silk trade , and he added that it had materially injured the ¦ wearer * of Sp : talfields and Bethnal Green . The noble lord oppasite then tcid the old tale that iha distress of those wearers was not owing to the competition of fo feigners , but to the competition of Manchester . ( Hear , fcear ) Sow , he could not find that there was any such great iacriase siaca 1842 in the number of silk mills catablisii- d in Manchester ; so far as he could judge froze returns before the houie , bat not very clearly drawn Out ,

      there were eight or nine silk mills In Manchester in 1842 ; and he fonnd that thera were in full employment at this time hut seven tailis in that town . He believed that all the persons together In this country engaged in ike slik trade did oot exceed 55 , 000 ; aad then when he tsra * d his eyes from Manchester and leoked at the importations from abroad , he found that there existed a rery different state of things . He had asked that there hould be . laid before the house returns of the importstioa , amoBg other things , of eHk alone Into the port of London—not tho importations into Southampton , or lirerpool , or the United Kingdom , but into the portjof Iiondon alone ; aad having looked into the paper which » M W < J ? Wto » dtebe $ e . ofioAaj y 0 j tb 9 CJaBtolB

      Monday, Mat 22, House Of Lords.—The Wobk...

      Housg , heml | hUUt 9 thtt bo found that , in tha f « ar month ' s endiag the 5 : h of May , the silk goods imported mto that port alone—reckoning £ 3 , which was the valueout by the trade on each pound weight of manufactured silk goods—amounted to £ 505 , 770 which represented a sum of mosey amounting at the end of the year to upwards of £ 1 , 500 , 000 . Now . if they took the wages of the peeple of SpitalHelds and Bathnal-greea at » u average of 9 s . a week , they would find that into the port of London alone there had baen Imported silk goods vTbicb , after deducting one third for tha material consumed , would afford employment and wages & U the year through to « tfiOa persons . ( Hear . ) When , therefore , he stated that there were about 53 , people engaged in the silk trade in the united kingdom—that there had

      been imported within the last four months into London alone goods paying 5 * .. 6 s ., 7 s ., and Si . or , the poind weight , and £ 10 and £ 15 per cent , ad ncXorm , which ad valorem , was charged on the iavoice price , and that these important good * were equivalent to the labour and wages of 64 , 000 men , did he not prove that it wasfor ^ ign competition , and not the competition of eight mills in Winchester , that was destroying the energies of such places as S pitaUeldj and Bethnal-green ? ( Hear , hear . ) And when au argument was attempted to be used against him , drawn from figures , to show what was the average of the ten years' importation betwixt 1833 and 1813 and a comparison wsththatof the importation of

      tne last two years , bis answer to euch sn argument was , that distress was known to exist in Spitalfields and Bathsalgreen tq . ua ! to the amount of the labour employed on these imported foreign goods . ( Hear . ) But when he was told that the overage importation of foreign silk gcods during thi se ten years was 200 , 6001 b , weight , hs had to set against that CSC , 0081 b . of raw material . He had asked for a return of what had been consumed , inasmuch as returns of the exportation of tiik had been altogether omitted and overlooked , and if the right hon . gentleman would look to the returns , and deduct the eiportations from the Importations , he would find a very different tfeeult from that which he had arrired at . He

      would find that the consumption of the silk of various descriptions , of raw silk , of thrown silk , and of waste silk , in tbe two years 18 ( 6 and 1847 , was less than the . onsumption ef 1844-1845 , by a very large amount . He bad moved for a return to show the quantity of silk consumed at home in 1846-47 , as compared with the years 1844 and 1345 , and he found that there was a decrease in the first years , 1846-47 , as compared with the years 1844 . 45 of 246 0001 b . orthrawn silk , of 99 . 0001 b . of raw silk , and 1 , , 0001 b . oi waste silk ; that was to gay , after deducting ' the exportation from theimporta'ion , ( Hear . ) But when the right hon . gentleman lightl y treated the distress of the Spitalfields and Bethnal-green weaverswhen he tried to urge them by figures into the belief that they were not in distress , he would rtad an extract

      from a letter addressed by the rector of Bethnel-green to the noble lord at the head of the government , and no one could deny that that gentleman was well able to speak on the subject . He said : — ' I am now in the seventh year of my residence in this parish , and from my posi tion es incumbent of the poorest and most populous district of the parish , I am compelled to state that I have seen 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 , there has been a still greater diminution of work , so tbat during tbe past winter a far greater number tfean was ever before known had been obliged to become inmates of the workhouse . * ( Hear , hear . ) Such was the state of

      matters in 1841 , when the silk duties were altered . The right hon . gentleman , though he might hate scoffed and jeered at him ( Lord Q- . Bentinck , ) would scarcely scoff and jeer at the sufferings of these honest people , or endeavour to persuade them by statements of figures deduced from officials returns that they were in a high state of prosperity . The rev . gentleman went en to tell tbe noble lord : — ' And if yonr lordship knew to Tibet extremity of wretchedness these people will submit before they resort to this alternate of the workhouse , you rroulfi be better able tojudgeof th * extent of destitution which prevails , fer it is not 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 , that these poor people can be induced to break up their

      little homes and consent to be classed as paupers ; and yet during tbis winter nearly tte 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 halfa-miillen sterling worth of foreign silk and manufactures into the country within a period of four months ; un amount which would have given employment to 64 , 000 people . It was some consolation that he could turn from tbis miserable picture to what was rather a better state of things ; for he was well aware that things were rather better new , and that there hafi been a spring and u start in the trade of Spitalfields . The disturbances which had occurred on the continent of Europe , the organic and democratic changes

      which had shaken the confidence of capital in foreign countries , and had made it dear , had been giving a c ^ eck to foreign manufactures , which , if the people of this country persevered in their efforts to preserve order , as they seemed disposed to do , would , he trusted , bring back' grist to their mill , ' and restore their trade , so tbat they wonld see it rise again on the ruin of that of their rival ? . But while ha attributed the improvement of trade to the present state of matters abread , he felt that other causes also had been in operation . Tbe state , ments he was about to quote were not the statements of wild protectionists . He found them In a weekly paper of Btroag free-trade opiniens . In that paper , which was of very large circulation , he found that' healthful excitement , ' as it was termed , which had sprung up in

      Spitalfields , ascribed to different causes ; and it must be gratifying to all their feelings of loyalty when they foun * that this 'healthful excitement' was attributable to an order which 'bad ieen given on the part of her Majesty . This free-trade paper w th great hon sty , nudj the following statement j' We are much gratified in finding that the considerate act of the Queen with respect to dress at the ap . proachiugdraMiog-room already promises to accomplish the purpose for which it is intended . A healthful ex . citemeat has been produced in Spitalfields . Sleeks that hunj heavily on hand baye been disposed of ; orders are following ; anl , ia most sanguine hopes of a revival taking place , tbe gloom and despondency are dispelled which have hitherto prevailed . Added to the

      direct effect , of her Majestj ' a drawing-room is the example of a number of ladies of rank and influenca who have engaged tobe the patrons of the industry and skid of their own countrymen , and whose example will not fall to operate first in their ewn circles , then iu the descending scale oa the various grades which never fail to copy their betters In matters of taste and fashion . ' So there were the ruin and the remedy presented in strong contrast . There was , on the one hand , the ruin of beds and tables and chairs taken away to be fold , of these pe-or people deprived of all their comfort . By the act of her Majesty , as they were told b y the First Minlater of the Crown , not upon the advice of a responsible Minister of the Cabinet , but acting upon 'Nature ' s impulse all UBchesk'd by art

      Tith feelings kmd that flow from out the heart ' they fsnnd Her . Majesty had cancelled the mischief tnd mitigated the injury inflicted by those free-trade mea . sores which had brought inte the port of Londoa alone half a million of silk manufactures from France , Bel . gium , and Germany . The returns for which he moved were not eoafined to silk ; aeither did he wish so far to narrow Mi view of the qaostioa . He found thera had been imported into the port of London , bearding the spinners in their own country , cotton goods free of duty , within a period of four months to tbe value of £ 137 , 974 , which , at tha earns rata of wages ( and he feared that the operatives were not getting so much in Manchester ) , would give employment te 11 . 000 or 12 , 000 persons engaged as operatives in that

      trade . Ha had read that day a statement of Captain Willie , from which it appeared that there were It 000 operatives oat of employmsnt , or employed on short time , in Manchester alone ; of these tho number altogether out of employment was 6 , 000 . The house had told all this trade was very good for Bradford , that if silks were Imported pantaloons from Bradford would ba seat out in exchange . Ha found from the same returns that the woollens imported from foreign cenntriea into the port of London within the same four menths , free of duty amounted in value to £ 98 , 831 , which , calculating es before , would representon the year a sum of £ 386 000 samcient to give employment to some 15 000 people ' But , what mi the fact as regarded that to * ., f Bradford , which was repreBente d as so prosperous 9 There were 15 , 000 persons receiving relief in the pariah in Bradford . Thegallant colonel counted without hia host when he reckoned that it waa only necessary to admit untaxed and little taxed foreign silks to have the nan * n 1 ni-tnB i +. C T > -. _ Jf a * - _ 4 * S » U » taloons of Bradford

      _ exchanged for them . It was not cnly cottons and woollens tbat were Imported in this way ; but as a native of Nottinghamshire , he might be permitted to call the attention of the house to the stata of the lace trade iu the county town of his native county , oemg the chief seat of the lace manufacture . Iato the por of London alone , he found there had been im . ported within four months lace to the value of £ 80 , 793 . Wri ^ rrn / nl' v Pr 0 b ' Wy 8 e 6 n 8 la "« f «™ Mr oW . ™ t , S" " No , t , lB 8 ! lam . containing tbereports Of different clergymen of that town on the present state oi Nottingham . But to begin Tiith the laeemXrs h ^ T r L \ . letter of a , ace ™**« toaV'the business of pawnbroking was pressed b y nnn 8 a 8 i cff , „ to get advances . Sales of second-han / furniturV wer nP . H , n « anUfaCtar iDg Work Pe ° Ple *« e bordering oa destitution many being without any means of sub sisteace whatsoever' ( Hear fc ™ , \ n . v most exceeded ,, » £ ' a -J T '' But thU waB al-Si „ , ceaed b ? the description elves bv th * Rl . « . »„ .

      - ( hear !) - ? aad 8 t e ? 2 lt ° L ^ , l 8 tn WW * Prevailed MnBdoffteprSX " u ^" i , eBrt ,, 1 CB ,, »'' ™ rebeUion . - Aman can 0 nlvdi « < laVn ° «*««*» und soon iu that way . ° % ^ ZL ' 1 ' 5 * I D woa , ddieae ' they would not go into th « ° - M < " Br °° kB , aid * ould rather itt ^ , ' L £ 1 ™?™?* ° ™ ' , hPJ of the working « lme 8 Were b a ™ B ¦ *> £ P ^ ion Numbsrs rrho , when he came ta ££ Z %£ ™ were in different circumstances h „ „„ p * going about dirty , ia rags , and emaclat ^ J C curates , 'he addeiJ , 'who was in Irelan d ialt , J who was on one of the relief committees , declarVth * sawn * destitution in that country worse than whath . saw in Nottingham . ' He ™' ,, ^^ at 7 h . ll tUaee- with which it was borne , ' AaQther clergyman .

      Monday, Mat 22, House Of Lords.—The Wobk...

      ( the Rev Mr Davio « , isewnbent in Nottingham ) saW he verily believed that for eighteen months not half of the mechanics * femiileB had more than enough to keep them from absolute starvation . ' The R « v . Mr Howard represented tbe distress existing among the lower classes as more general and severe than ever , and as trol . i painful to wlineu . The Rev . Mr Butler BUtcd that in 1845 6 rates irera made of 4 s . 2 d . perpoun ^ in St Mary ' s parish ; there wa » a large balance and comparatively small arrears of rates not recovered . But ia April , 1846 , rates were made at 69 . lOd . per lb . ; there was a balance of only £ 197 ia the bank , and the arrears amounted nearly to £ 7 , 400 . He observed that tbey always expected improvement from winter to summer , but he feared there was but partial work for tho operatives . He added , however , that ' the change was simultaneous with tho

      changes in our commercial policy . ' ( Hear , hoar . ) The Rev . Mr Milton stated , of a street which he had te pass through , that five out of seven homes were empty ; tbe poorer sort of people wero driven from their cottages into the unions , and those of bettor condition were unable to pay the very heavy poor-rates , which amounted to 12 » . 6 d . per pound . ( Hear , beer . ) It used ti be argued that tbe levying of something like a rate of 2 s . per pound In Ireland afforded a sufficient reason for exempting that country from the income-tax ; Notting * » " > might surely , with as much justice , claim 1 xeraption from taxation . Mr Milton said that his surprise was tbat the people were not desperate long ago . Such was the state of the lace trade , met as it was with the competitioa of foreign countries . But there waa another class whose Bufferings claimed the attention of the houso . He

      meant the poor needlewomen , in whom the noble lord tho member for Bath ( Lord Ashley ) , aa well as his noble lady , took fo great an interest . Th > ir distress was not SurpriBicg when it was borne in mind tbat in the same four months needlework , ninctenths of the value of which alone consisted of labour as distinguished from material , had been imported to the extent of £ 30 , 000 , which his noble friend the member for Bath , if ho wero in tho house , wonld shpw , 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 the port of London , then , he found that , ex . elusive of cambrics , boots and shees , boot fronts , clacks , and watches , and other small articles not enumerated , amounting in value to abjut £ 190 , 000 , of the three

      articles of cotton , woollen , and silk , and also of lace and needlework , there had been imported within the four months , ending the 5 th of May last , as much as would have given emplojment to something over 100 , 000 persons . ( Hear , hear . ) He had got a statement of the number of bankruptcies which had occurred In England in the last nineteen wetke of tbe present year , and he mustlook to the year 1826 to find a parallel to them He found tbat in England , in tho last nineteen weeks alone , there had been 818 bankruptcies , and jet 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 being now arranged by friendly inspection . He now came to Scotland . ' Stands Scotland where it did ?

      Alas ! poor country , almost afraid to know itaelf . ' He found that , ia Scotland , there had been nothing at all approaching to the amount of sequestrations which had occurred during those nineteen weeks . The only year which came near it was 1843 , when great diatMBB existed in Paisley and Glasgow , and when , in tho corresponding nineteen * eeki , there were 222 sequestrations . He held in his hand a statement from the Economist of las * . Saturday , from which it appeared , that three manufacturers in Paisley hadgiven notice of their intention to turn off 1 , 000 families out of their houses ; that there were 8 , 000 other families who had also received notice tbat they were to be turned out ; and that , out of filty . one mills , eighteen had stopped altogether , and seven were working short time . It was not only manufacturers and operatives—it was not only merchants , and planters ,

      and brokers who wero ruined . Ruin could not assail the millowner and the merchant , the planter and the broker , without descending to these in a lower scale ; and it was in vain to reduce the pries of produce , , by ruining thase whogiew tho produce , mo disabled them from employing the same number of servants as before , He held in his hand a statement of the advertisements for servants' places which had appeared in the Times nawepaptT ia the first twelve days of May , as compared with tbe same period in antecedent years ; and also a similar statement respecting tho advertisements from masters seeking to engage servants . These told their story very plainly , Thev included the whole clcTss of

      dependents who were employed by the wealthier classes , such as governeiseB , ladies' -maids , cook ? , housekeepers , housemaids , butlers , coachmen , grooms , gardener ? , and others . He found that in the first twelve days of May , 1842 , there were 1 , 455 advertisements from persons of different descriptions , wanting places . In 1846 there were 1 . 828 ; in 1847 they had increased to 2 , 066 ; and in the present year they amounted to 2 4 S 0 , ¦ ( Hear , hear . ) Let not butlers , gardeners , coachmen , grooms , govt messes , and nurses , imagine that they must not share tho falling fortunes of their employers , who had been rained by too free competition , ( Hear , baar . ) He found that of advertisements for servants there were

      99 in the first twelve days of 1845 ; in 184 G there were 143 ; in 1847 there were 177 ; and in 1848 they had fallen to one-half what they were in 184 G . Distress ran through the whole category of trades and classes , He did not ascribe the whole of this distress to free trade ; there were other causes to which it was partly owing , such as bad harvests ; but he thought he had shown good ground for ascribing much of that distress to the change which had taken place in the commercial policy of tho country . He thought he bad laid a auffioient foundation for asking for tbe returns which he now moved for , and which , though perhaps they might occasion eome little trouble , would tend to throw more light upon the subject than the Board of Trade had ever yetvouchsafed to show to tho house or the country . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr Gladstone argued that the present moment of collapse after a period of extraordinary enterprise was not a time to test fairly tho new commercial principles ; but he denied that the colonial timber trade bad fallen , although he admitted tbat the price of Canadian timber had been ' reduced in a small degree—a reduction brought about by foreign competition , which be highly approved of . Admitting the distress of our silk weavers , he denied that the periods selected by the nobis lord , to show the contrast of former prosperity with present depression , wero just , 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 the 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 bad been reduced , there had been a small increase in the revenue .

      Mr Newde « atb adduced ihe frightful and unprecedented distress prevalent in the district with ' which he was connected as evidence of some deep cause ef depression , and coming , as it did , immediately after a groat and novel experiment in commercial and financial legislation , he thought tbat tbere could be littlo doubt as to tbe original evil . The hon . member controverted the data and averages relied on by Mr Gladstone ia support of tha success of the Free Trade theories . . Sir G . Cleek defended tha commercial policy carried out by Sir R , Feel , and contended that it had worked satisfactorily . Mr LAB 3 UCBEB 5 said that nothing had occurred to make him regret the support he gave to Sir R . Peel ' s Free Trade policy ; on the contrary , ho felt convinced that the changes made , especially tha repeal of tho Corn Lawg , had had a most ben-.-fioial effect politically , socially , and morally on this country . The right hon . gentlemen offered n o objection to the returns asked for .

      Mr Milner Gibboh complained that , by an unusual debate oa unopposed returns , Mr Hume's reform motion had been postponed . He believed that debates euch as this were mere waste of the time of the house . Mr Hewlet congratulated the hon member on his return to his old seat , and reminded him how often he and his friends had again and again and again wasted the time of the house on their pet theories , never ceasing until they had obtained all they wanted . Tho returns moved for were agreed to . Elecioeal Refobh , —Mr Hohe , on the pretence of the hour being too late ( eleven o ' clock ) , postponed the motion , of which he hud given notice on this subject , until the 20 th of June . This announcement gave rise to ado . bate , which our readers will find fully reported by the Mobhino Chbokicle , and appended to Mr O'Connor ' s letter upon the subject . Lord John Russell took the advantage of a very nncslled for and unjustifiable attack upon Mr 0 Connor by Mr CoMan / to make the assertion , that the middle and working classes neither wlohcdfor the People ' s Charter , nor Mr Hume ' s Four Points

      1 u o » l . / ? " TpostpoI 1 : dtllBmotlon on the ballot to the 20 th of June . WnX ^ ° ? w , ! re dUposea ef ' ** honso ad . journod to Thursday .

      r ™ rrD „ THDR 8 DAY , MAT 25 , 1818 . HOUSE OF LORDS . -Jews DmHIUTIBB BllI >_ « hU b 1 i a i r < 1 »^ / „ ^ SDOWSE m ° th 8 8 econd ™<"" ng oi f „ n ! ' , ? V , a 5 « conten , 1 8 d that theconstituon „ J ? h i " T J P ' irtloi P « Un in the regulation of the . affairs ofthecuntry on account of his opi . nions and that by no Act of Parliament had the Jews ever been specifically refused admission into Parliament . The oaths which formed the only barrior against a Jew taking his seat as a Member of either House had been enactdd solely and avowedly for the purpose of excluding Roman Catholics at a critical period , when it was feared parsons of that religion were favourable to tho cause of thf . Pretender . He did not believe tbat on religious grounds they were bound to exclude Jews , nor did he consider persons of the Jewish persuasion unfit to havo a voice in the legislature . The Earl ei -Ellembobodgb moved that the bill be read a second time that < lay six months . . The Duko of Cambridge opposed the bill

      Viscount Cahhimg supported tho bill , and tho Archbl . hopofCASTEBBOiT and Eatl Win chei . bea briefly declared their Intention of giving it opposition The Dako of Abgtle supported tho secou ' d reading of the bill , as did also the Bishop of St David ' s . Tha Bishop of OxrosD opposed tho bill , on tho ground that the Jews were a separote nation , and that they verged on infidelity . The Earl of St Gebmahs said no reason was adducad , nor did he know any reason why the Jews nhonld not enjoy cIvjI rights in their fall Mtent Btsd he believed tbat if they were admitted to seats in the legislature they would become useful and proper legislatere . Lord Stahlet based his o o itioa on religious

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      grounds . He could not consent te ploce Jtns on the same f oottag B » Ctui « lnn 8 . Lord Bbopghah supported the MH . The Marquis of Lahsdowhe replied , after which tte houso divided on the question , that the bill be read a second time , when there appeared—Contents : —Present 96 Proxies ... 82-128 Non-ce-ntcnts : —Present 125 Proxies 38—163 Majority neainst the government —35 The Commons were occupied the entire night In committee on the Public Health . Bill . Eventuallj progress was reported , in order that the bill might be reprinted . ( From our Third Edition of last week . )

      FRIDAY , Mai 19 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — The Hatiohai Laud Company— Sir B . Hah , seeing the member for Nottingham in his place , wished to put a question to him in reference to a bill he had brought in for the purpose of amending the Frieadly Societies Act , but virtually to legalise a scheme of which ho was the chief promoter . Since the bill had been introduced he had looked over it , and bad had some conversation with parties who were laterestcd iu it , and this conversation had convinced him that it was necessary that the measure should beinquired into . It would be competent for him on the second

      reading of the bill to move tbat it be referred to a select committee , but then it would be understood that the house approved of the principle of the bill , and the com mil tea would only have power to inquire into its clauses . Now in the other house of parliament the case was different ; there tho committee had the power to inquire into tho whole subject , and he would venture to suggest to the honourable and learned geatloman that , instead of the bill being read at eo late a period of the session as the 14 th of June , it would be much better that ho should move for a select committee to inquire into the nature and object of this scheme proposed to be legalised by this

      bill . Mr F . O'CsNrlOB , said , in reply to the question of the hon . baronet , he presumed upon his moving the second reading of the bill It was tho intention of the hon . b . ironet to move that it be referred to a select committee ! Sir B . Haix . — No , it is not . Mr F . O'Cokhob said , at oil events the object of the hon . baronet was tbe same as his own . The hon . baronet was amicus for inquiry , and he was desirous that the most searching investigation should take place into the object of tho scheme . He had introduced the bill far the purpose of relieving himself from the responsibilities of manager of the undertaking , and it waa his intention to nominate as trustees uuder the bill , the

      noble lord the member for Bath , the hon . member for Rochdale , and Lord John Manners , being three gentlemen in whom the working classes bad the most confidence , and who would ba empowered to investigate the affairs of the society , and to ascertain whether the funds bad been properly managed . He understood , however , that tbe right hon . baronet tha Secretary of State for tho Home Department , who was good enough to ellew the bill to be read a first time without discussion , in . tended to oppose the second reading , and if he found that were so to-night , he would adopt the suggestion of the hon . baronet who had put the question to him , and give notice tbat he should move the appelniaaent of tho committee on an early day . After some conversation of a miscellaneous nature ,

      Mr F . O'Connor stated , that since he had replied to the question of the hon . baronet the member for Marylebone ( Sir B . Hall ) , he had had some conversation with tho right hon . baronet ( Sir G . 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 . Tho Health of Towns Bill went through committee as far as clause 61 , when the Cbalrm-m reported progress , and asked leaved to eitoh Monday next . Lonatic Asylums ( Scotland ) Bill . — The Loan An . vocate moved that the select committee do consist of twenty-one members , when after a short conversation the house adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock .

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      [ From our Third Edition of last week . ) MIDDLESEX COUNTY MEETING . TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM . —THE POLICE AND THE PEOPLE . On Wednesday a public meeting was held in Captain Hall's Riding School , Albany-street , Regent ' spark , for the purpose of considering and adopting resolutions in reference to the new Electoral Reform

      movement . About half-past twelve o ' clock the door of the Riding School was thrown open , and a considerable number of people entered the body of the place . By one o ' clock 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 Jonea , Mr Kydd , Mr Wheeler , and some others .

      At a few minutes past one o'clock Mr Hume presented himself accompanied by Mr W , Williams , late M . 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 the chair , Mr Under-Sheriff Wire read the requisition calling tho 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 cries 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 Iconvencd . ( Cheers , and renewed cries of ' Out with the police ! ' ' Turn them out ! ' ' No Gagging Bill ! ' & o . ) Mr Sheriff Cubiit , addressing tbe mealing , asked , ' Is it your pleasure that we should go on with the business ? ( Cries of' Yes , yes , ' * no , no , ' and ' turn out the police . ' ) ' I see no earthly reason why you thould feel annoyed merely because there happen to bo 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 Cubiit said : ' Gentlemen , your wishes shall be obeyed . ' ( ' Tremendous cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs , which lasted for several minutes . )

      _ A lane was then opened instinctively , and the policemen marched out in single file amidst the most uproarious cheering . Mr Wit hams ( late M . P . for Coventry ) then moved the 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 properly , 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 been extensively influenced by bribery , corruption , coercion , and intimidation ; that the Reform Act has not realised the just expectations of the country ; that aince the parsing of that Act the public expenditure has not only been more extravagantbut has exceeded by

      , many millions sterling the expenditure of the last session of the unreformed Pa rliament ; that the system of taxation ia so contrired 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 tbe expenditure had increased since the Reform Bill , and that Lord John Russell had brought the country to the brink of ruin . He also showed the unparalleled increase of the military and police forces under the present ministry , and said , when they - looked at all these facts , he called upon them to say , whether or no the Reform Act has satisfied the expectations that were formed regarding it . —( Loud cries of' No , no' ( — -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 those noblemen said was necessary for tho country at that time . ( Hear , hear , } How was that to be effected ? ( Loud cries of' By the Charter , ' and cheers . ) That was the important question they were met there that day to discuss . The only difference among them was upon tbe question of the franchiae . ( Loud cries of'Hear . ') Sime gentlemen called out for the Charter , others for Universal Suffrage , and another great and powerful body came forward , and wished for the present to stop at Household Suffrage . ( Cries of ' No , no , '

      and ' The Charter . ' ) Now they roust see whether or no an agreement could not be come to . ( Hear , hear . ) He could not help saying tbat the Chartists throughout the country , were evincing the best possible spirit and feeling . ( Hear . ) They must give and take a little ; and what he would have both parties to do , would be to throw aside thoir minor differences and unitedly to oppose the aristocratic ihflaence which impeded their progress . Therefore he would s iy , let them give and take a littlo , and be would venture to say that tho love of order , and that manly courage which had oharacteriged the people of thia country , would enable thera to obtain that form of government which they desired . ^

      Mr Henry Hall , of Uxbridge , seconded the resolution . Mr Kvddwm next about to address the meeting , when The Chairman said , as it was a county mee ' - ing . he could not be heard unless he was a free . holder . Mr Ktdd said , he certainly was no freeholder , but he was a resident m the county of Middlesex , and b * understood that he was eligible to address the meeting from the terms of the notioe calling it .-cConr iderable confusion here ensued , when the people insuiting on hearing Mr Kydd , wnpse flpeeoa we quote

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      from the Chbonicw , and regret that we cannot give entire . The Sheriff , after some consultation * th hm friends , told Mr Kydd that he " ^ P ""^ - ;* Kydd accordingly dideo , and said that a union between the working and middle classes was much to b 3 desired , and such a union wasabsolutely . necessary , in order to carry out the op inions of both . ( Hear , hear . ) But the working mon of England bad made up their minds on great questions . ( Cheera . ) They had not made up their minds tooppoaeall movements except their own , because it was impossible that men could came to the same conclusions upon all questions . ( Hear , hear . ) But the working men had made up their minds that there should not be peace or an end of agitation throughout the country until

      such time as man ' s rights were fully recognised . ( Loudcheering . ) He saw nothing unreasonable to reasonable men in tho resolution . A general prosperity was essential to the good of all ; but , he woald ask , had the wealthy men of the country done their duty by the working classes ? The great question was , what waa to be done with the starving people , This was the question that puzzled Lord John ltus-B 9 ll . For years past the rent-roll of the aristocracy had increased in proportion as the wages of tbe poor man had decreased . He would not flatter the meeting , for he waa sure that if they became aristocrats to-morrow , they would probably be like the aristocrats , and resist every advance . Ho denied that the working men entertained any notions of equality , but were prepared to live by the sweat of their brow . He wag a labourer himself , and waa cs-nvincod that society must bo changed , as well as the House of Common ? . He did not charge the aristocracy

      with wilfully misgoverning , but he attributed their conduct to their being ignorant of the true principles of government , He asked the meeting whether it was prepared to assist in this great movement —( ' Yes , yes ')—without intending destruction ? ( ' Yes , yes , yes . ' ) Englishmen required only justice ; and if the government would only conciliate the people all would be well . The lower orders , the middle classes , and the aristocracy , 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 means to find the poof food , he would tell them fearlessly that there should ba no peace iu the hall while there was want in the cottage , ( Loud and continued cheering . ) After a few words frora Mr George Beacon ,

      The Chairman put the resolution to the meeting , and declared it to be carried . Mr Heme then presented himself amidst loud cheers . He said he had listened with much pleasure to the speech of Mr Kydd , and he would ask either the House of Peers or the House of Commons if they could produce one single man who could have so stated bis case . ( Cheers . ) Was it not a striking grievance that such a man should not only not be represented , but that he should be disqualified from a seat in the House of Commons itself . ( Cheera . ) His honourable friend ( Mr

      Williams ) had 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 Bill 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 means 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 euch a man aa Mr Kydd , who not only had not a vote , but who , for want of a property qualification , had not a right to a seat in the House of Commona—fhear , 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 ho sheuld conceive to himself there was something wrong . ( Cheers . ) He could not but admit that wealth and rank was too much opposed to them many of them , perhaps , from ignorance ; but they should endeavour to instruct them , and at tVe present time passing events ought to bo 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 the subject of the franchise . ( Cheers . ) But it was not in the House of Commons tbat he could expect to succeed . ( Hear , hear . )

      The hon gentleman concluded by moving the second resolution , which was as follows : — 'That to secure the stability of the throne , public order and contentment , the constitutional rights of the people , equalisation of taxation , economy of the 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 , and 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 u * for the attainment of one great and common object—the emancipapation of our country from class legislation and misgovernment !'

      Mr Sergeant Gaseleb seconded the resolution . Mr Ernest Jones next addressed tho meeting , after considerable difficulties raised by the sheriff , for although a freeholder of Middlesex , Mr Jones declined using that privilege . He was received with loud bursts of applause . He said he was highly desirous of seeing a cordial union between the middle and working classes , but he wished first to understand the basis on which it was to be founded . No union could be lasting without euch an understanding , and Mr Hume had failed to give one definite promise . If they wore to unite with a party , they must know who they were to unite with . New Mr Hnme did not seem to know his own mind—or was afraid to speak it—he did not venture boldly to say Triennial

      Farliaments—but did not define the limits of residencew the equality of _ representation—but he spoke against Annual Parliaments , because a man could not in one year learn how to conduct business in the House of Commons . ( Laughter . ) Now , he would tell Mr Hnme , that honesty did not require schooling —they sent their representatives there to remedy the distress of the country , not to learn the trickery of'droppedorders , ' counts out , ' and the secrets of the' division bell . ' ( Hear , hear . ) He would tell him , that it was not in the house , a man ought to learn legislation , but out of the house , ameng the people . Therefore his argument was frivolous , — since if a man did not know what the country required , before entering the house , that house was the likely place to teach it him . ( Cheers . )

      Mr Hume acknowledged the principle of Universal Suffrage—then why deprive millions of it for three years ? For if a man 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 seem to know his own mind . He said he was opposed to a Property Qualificationyet tbe resolution he moved sanctioned a Property Qualification . ( Hear . ) Well , if he was opposed to a Property Qualification , how could he object to Pavmentof Members ? ( Cheers . ) The honourable gentleman wai in a fix . ( Laughter . ) Now , then , they were called on that day to unite with the middle classes . This was the courtship between the middle class maid and the Ohsrtiet 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 waa the Six Points of the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) He did not like the preparations for the wedding . Were the policemen' the bridesmen , and the old pensioners outside the bridesmaids ? ( Deafening cheers and laughter . ) Bah ! Their reform movement smelt too much of A 21 and the bludgeon . ( Hear , hear ) Why had they tried to range a double range of police btfore the platform ? ( Hear . ) It was passing & vote of no confidence in the people ; and if they were undeserving of confidence , they ought to scorn toask for their friendship . ( Cheers . ) Or it was passing a vote of no confidence in themselves . If eo , how could they expect us te confide ? ( Loud cheers . ) The fact was , they wera afraid to quit the verge of the great ocean of democracy , where , indeed , the real shoals and rooka

      lay , but would not venture out in the midst of that vast ocean where the vessel of the State could alone ride with safety . ( Cheers ) Ho would first put the question on the basis of principle . Were they richf or were they wrong ? If the people were right ' what honest man could ask them to ' give and take , ' " toyield 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 . ) lie would cow me ^ t thera with their own weapons , on the ground of expediency , which Mr Hume himself httd taken . They called on the Chartists to march under the middle class banner Naw , then , let the weaker party join the stronger . There is some ' expediency' in that . Which , continned the speaker , is the stronger ? In the hou * e you are the weakest party . And I will now show you who is strongest out of the house . I will not mare an amendment , but just show you your mistnia

      pe . x , oOK wen on meeting , sir . Now , menof Lohdori , every one of you who , for the People ' s Charter , whole and entire , hold up his hand . ( A whole forest of hands , almost every one in the body ot the meeting , obeyed the call , amidst deafening and often reiterated cheering . ) B Mr Evans moved as an amendment , * That the property-quaiifi ation ef members should be abolished ; that tho duration of Parliament should be limited to three years ; that the elective franchise should be extended to all householder and occupiers «» f apartments paying rant at the rate of £ 6 per an . num , and that parliamentary district * be equalised ' ( 0 roans and hisses . )

      Mr Hbthisrinqton supported the motion . « n ii- * ' i 9 " > wobM SD PP ° the motion on the principle of expediency .

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      Mr Vbrhox would oppose it . > Mr Mat would move , as a further araendm That it ia the deliberate opinion of thia wffli that none of the evils complained of will ever h » J titled but by the enactment of the full six DoinV ^ the Ptoole ' s Charter . ' p 01 n N Mr Whkelbb seconded this amendment . Mr B . O'Brien ( who was greeted with interrn * tory shouts of Who ran away on 10 th of A pril V \ was willing to g ive the middle classes a trial aJ would support Mr Hume ' s motion . ( Groans ' a « 5 hisses . ) ' The Hon . Mr Penman next attempted to add tte 9 the meeting in favour of the motion , and told them a reason why they should not all be freemen was tW they would have , in that case , to serve on jurif } ( Immoderate laughter , amid which , after some inef feetuat attempts to speak , the hon . gentleman sat doffn . )

      Mr Hume then replied , and characterised tu ' whole hog Chartists , who rejected the overtures { the middle classes as 'imprac'icables / and ' Utopian dreamers , ' as things at present stood in this country ( Groans . ) The Cimibman then proceeded to take the sen ^ of the meeting , while a scene of considerable confa . sion was created by certain parties . The ohai * m & n at first refusing to put the rider for the Charter , and being forced to do so , on putting it out of its regulai course , the meeting did not know what they were to vote for , and some of the leading Chartists voted for Mr Hume . A general call was than made to pot it to the vote again , but the sheriff refused to do so . A motion for a petition to both Houses of Parlia . ment , founded upon the resolutions , was then mfy seconded , and lost by four to one , yet the sheriff de .

      dared it carried . A motion for a vote of thanks to the sheriff wag negatived , and' three hearty cheers for the Charter were given instead . The Times , Chronicle , and other papers , are forced to admit that the show of hands taken by Mt Jones for the Charter was almost unanimous , m ^ the disgraceful trick of the ' Reformers'thus mmt recoil on their own heads .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Halifax—To-morrow evening , at six o ' clock , Mr Sutcliffe . of Sowerby Bridge , will lecture in the Working Man's Hall , Bull Close-lane . Rochdale . —The membere of the Land Company are requested to meet at the Chartist room , iorkshire-street , to pay up their levies for the ballot , and other important business , on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock . ' Burt . —A Confederate meeting will take place o & Sunday evening at six o ' clock . All friends of Ireland and the Irish Confederation are requested to attendat the Sessions room , behind the Albion Hotel .

      The West Riding Delicate Wertikg will be held at Butterworth ' a-buildings , Bradford , on Sunday June 4 th . All the local lecturers in the West Riding are invited to attend , and those places having meet , iogs for that day , are respectfully requested to forego them . Business to commence at ten o ' clock in tte forenoon . HinE . —The members of this branch of the L & nd Company will meet in their room , Hyde-lane , on Sunday next , at one o ' clock p . m . Hyde . —Mr John West , of Macclesfield , will ad . dress the people of Hyde and its vicinity in the Land Company ' s meeting room , Hyde-lane , on !> und » j next , at six 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 .

      Staffobdshirb—A Chartist camp meeting will be held on Wheatley Moor , near the Potteries ' , 6 n Sunday next , May 28 th , at half-past ten o ' clock precisely , when it is hoped that every Chartist in tits surrounding neighbourhood will attend . Several talent ? d lecturers will be in attendance and address the meeting . Todmorden . — 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 Manchester branch will be held in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , May 28 ; h . Chair to be taken at nine o ' clock in the morning . Leeds . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at halfpast six o ' clock , Mr Samuel Kydd will address a meeting in the Vicar ' f-croft .

      Barnsley—Mr Brook will address a meeting at Stock ' s Hill , on Tuesday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock . Preston . —A special general meeting of this branch of the Charter Associatfon will be held in their Readine-room , back of Frankland ' s Temperance Hotel , Lune-street , for the purpose of taking into consideration the plan of organisation as laid down by the Executive Committee . NoTxiNonAM .-r-A district delegate meeting will be held at tbe Seven Stars , Barker-gate , at eight o ' clock , on Monday evening next , to which the various localities are requested to send delegates . Rochdale . —A lecture will be delivered in the 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 general meeting of the Land members will ba held in the same place at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      HuLh—The National Co-operative Land Company ' s Tea party and Ball will take place in tho Assembly Reoms Jarrat-atreet , on Tuesday , May 00 th . F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . has promised tobe present . The branch hold their meetings in the Wilberforce Rooms , every Tuesday and Friday evenings . Hebden Briooe All members of this branch ol the National Land Company are requested to attend at the Chartist room , on Saturday next , May 27 tb . Shareholders who desire to be in the next ballot must pay off all arrears , both local and general , on or before the 27 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 ; Barnsley , Thursday , June 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 ' clock in the eveninp . Bradford—A special meeting of Chartist lecturers and Pieakera will beheld at Wilsden , near Singley 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 . We earnestly request tho attendance of lecturers ana spenkers from Leeds , Keighley , Halifax , Ovenden , Cleckheaton , Birstal , Bradford , Bingley , and all other places in the West Riding , as subjects of the greatest importance are to be brought before the meeting . A Meeting of the Chartists of Manchester-roaa will be held in tbe Yorkshire Divan , on Sunday ( tomorrow ) , at six o ' clock in the evening .

      The Council of tho 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 , South ; ate . The Chartists of Bradford will meet in their various localities as usual , to arrange for the adoption of the New Plan of Organisation . The Members of the Chartist Association . * ^' ing in Buttorfield-building ? , will assemble on Sunday , at six o ' clock in the evening . NomtfGHAU . —The next meeting ; of the Land members will ba held at the Turk ' s Head , Leenside , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock—A Freeand-Eisy will be held at the Fox and Hounds , Cbp ter-gate , on Saturday evening , at seven o ' clock .

      Salford . —The officers of the Salford branch cf the Land Company will , in future , meet at the house of Mr John Robinson , 1 , Johnson's-yard , near Cork-street , Ohapel . sheel , Salford , to receive SUB ' scriptions and transact business , every Sunday afternoon , frora two till four , and every Wednesday night , from eight to ten . Warwick and Leamington . —An aggregate meeting of the Land members and Chartists of Warwick and Leamington , will be held at tho Partobelio Tavern , Emscote , at eight o ' clock on next Tuesday evening , May 30 th , to elect officers , according to the new plan of organisation , Leicester . —The members of the National Char tor Association wilf meet at No . 20 , C & rley-streflf , en Sunday morning , to enrol persons desirous of b > coming members , from nine to ten o ' clock .

      Little Town , near Leads . —The Land members are requested to meet at the bouse of Mr Chatlea Brooks , on Sunday , May 33 th , at ten o ' clock in lb * forenoon . The paid-up membera are requested te pay their looal expenses , otherwise they will not have tbeir tickets placed in the ballot-box . Bristol . —The general council of the National Charter Association meet at Mrs Snow ' s Ciffierooms , Temple street , on Monday and Tuesday erenings , at seven o ' clock , to enrol members , & o . Gotham . —Mr J . Skevington , of Loughboroug h . will speak at Gotham , on Monday , the 29 th inst ., " * the People ' s Charter . '

      A Socm La , nca * hirb Dklkgate Mkbtino ff ' 11 take place at the Spinner ' s Arms , Tyldsley Bank ? , Chowbent , on Sunday , Mav 28 th , previous to the camp mooting . Delegates are expect-, d from the following localities - Manchester , Royton . Sb » J Bury , Bolton , Yfigan , Liverpool , St Helen ' s , Stockport , Rochdale , Oldham , Hyde , Middleton , Free co »» an * Warrington . The Auuun . —Thia locality which meets every Sunday evening at the corner of Willmott . fiCW Bethnal . green-road , is going on prosperously . » ° have enlisted a number of now members .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 16, Great Rviudnu''" Street, Haymarket, In The City Of Westminster, A\& U Uuiuein Atreet

      Printed by DOUGaL M'GOWAN , of 16 , Great rViudnu ''" street , Haymarket , in the City of Westminster , a \& uuiuein atreet

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27051848/page/8/