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Heamh or _Lo-vdow -dcbi _> _---- the W _' sek . —The 1 , 217 deaths registered in thc week exhibit an excess of 254 above the weekly average of the quarter , which ends on June the 39 th ; but . tins unusual result is due only in part to an increased rate of mortality . Thc registration ofa considerable portion of those deaths oh which inquests were held , though they occurred at an earlier period , is not completed till the end of the quarter ; a feet , by -which is explained the accumulation of deaths observed in the present return , from fractures , hanging , drowning , _poifcon , hums , and some ' . vaguelv described as " natural , " or "from the visitation of God . " The number now returned by coroners as ; caused by violence is upwards of 80 . _thoueh the weeklv _averase is only 29 ;
those enumerated in tho table as " sudden deaths " are 46 , though thei average does not exceed 11 ; an excess , for the same reason , is found under " apoplexy / ' the eases returned being 42 , while * the ave-* rageis 24 . Bnt the mortality from diseases ofa tubercular nature , and from those of the organs of circulation , differs little from the average ; that from diseases of the respiratory organs falls _conside 1 rably under it . In thc zvmotic or epidemic class the increase is remarkable ; here , the deaths which in the two previous weeks were respectively 251 , 277 , -were last week 349 , whilst tbe average is 198 . The fatal causes in this group , which attract notice , are hooping-cough , from which there were 53 deaths ( the average being 86 ; * ) duvrrhcea , from .-which there
were 30 , whilst the average is 12 ; and cholera , from -which 134 deaths are enumerated . The recent progress of this disease is shown hy the weekly returns ; for in four previous weeks the fatal cases were respectively 9 , 22 , 42 , and 49 . Last week it was fatal to 76 males and 48 females , of whom only five were under five years of age , 21 between that age and fifteen years , SS at fifteen and under sixty , and 10 at sixty and upwards . Few deaths from it occurred in the north districts . Mr . Western , the registrar of St . James , Clerkenwell , reports that a man died ¦ fro m " fever" after an illness of six days . He had lam on the floor of a miserable hovel six feet square , and within a few feet of nuisance , which accumulated and overflowed in the court . Two cases are
ascribed to intemperance , two to privation , and a young man of 18 died in Pancras of " phthisis , " while left in a destitute condition by his father , who had deserted him . A woman died in . the City-road sub-district at the advanced age of 100 years . The mean height ofthe barometer during the week was 29 . 870 in . The mean temperature of tlie week was rather higher than the average of seven years , though under it dnring the last three days . It was about 5 deg . hi gher than the average on Tuesday and Wednesday ; and on the former day the highest in the shade was 75 deg . 6 min . in the sun ' 100 deg . . 7 min . The mean temperature of the "week _tras 60 deg-. 2 min . - Accidext at theEusiox Siation . —On Monday evening , whilst shunting the seven o ' clock , up train , after the passengers had alighted , to make room for
tho _eight o clock up train , a first-class carriage ran off the line against one of the columns supporting the shed . The : girders of the roof immediately broke , and a portion of the roof fell upon one of the first-class carriages . - So person was hurt , but the damage done to the roof was considerable . Laye * _g ? the Fibst Sto _* se ot ? " the Olimpic Theatre . — -For a considerable time past labourers have been employed on the site of tho late Olympic Theatre , clearing away such worthlessruinsas were occasioned bythe recent calamitous , fires , and on Saturday last the first stone of the new edifice was laid by Miss Ellen Cavell , daughter of the proprietor , in presence of the proprietor , the architect , and a large circle of private friends , including numerous persons connected with literature , the fine arts , andthe drama . ACCIOEXI OS THE RlVER ASD LOSS OF LlFE . —An
accident occurred upon the river on Saturday evening last , near the Archbishop of Canterbury ' s palace . It appeared that five persons , named Wm . Field , Edward Groves , Samuel Miller , Thomas Barnes , and Wm . Higgins , all inthe employment of Messrs . Price , the patent cocoa-nut candle manufacturers , at Yauxhall , had been to witness a cricket match at Battersea , and were returning in a four-oared boat , -when the surf caused by a passing steamer struck the boat and turned it over , precipitating the five persons into the river . Several watermen put off in their boats , nnd succeeded after some time in getting the four first-named out of the water , but Higgins unfortunately was drowned . _2 he deceased was a son of Police-constable Higgins , _?* f the L division .
ISOJIESTS . Death _wboe Batbixo . — -Before Mr . Biggs , on Saturday last , atthe Spotted Dog ,. Strand-lane , on the body of Mr . William Taylor ,- late chief manager at Messrs . Simpkin and Marshall , publishers ,- _Stationers ' -court , _Lndj-jate-hill . —Mr , Hearne , bookseller , Stationers ' -court , stated that early on Wednesday week , witness , deceased , and four others rowed from St . Paul ' s Wharf to thc British Flag , "Battersea , where they bathed . Witness hearing deceased scream violently looked towards where he was , and saw him struggling with Mr . Cogger Witness swam towards them at the moment that Mr . Cogger released himself from deceased ' s grasp when deceased sank , and witness diving after him ,
bronght him to the surface . Deceased grasped witness and both sank to the bottom . Witness , however , released himself from deceased , but he was so exhausted that he reached the shore with difficulty . —Mr . Cogger gave similar testimony . —A juror censured the police for allowing parties to bathe in the river , which he said was a most disgracefulpractice . —The superintendent ef the 'Thames police replied , that they had no power to prevent the practice . — Terdict , " Accidental Death . " Death op the Bishop of Exeter ' s Brother . — On Saturday night , at eight o ' clock , a jury were empanelled , before Mr . Bedford , the coroner , in the board-rooni of St . James ' s Workhouse , Polandstreet , Westminster , to inquire into the
circumstances attending the death of J . Phillpotts , Esq ., the late member for Gloucester , and brother to the Bishop of Exeter , -who died very suddenly in an omnibus . —Mr . Alexander Ure , of So . 2 A , _Blooms-Trary-squaTe , surgeon , deposed that the deceased gentleman was seventy-four years of age , and resided at No . 14 , Pall-mall , fie was a barrister-atlaw , and was member for Gloucester for upwards of seventeen years . Witness never attended him professionally , but always considered him to be a very healthy man . The Bishop ef Exeter and deceased ' s son had been written to and informed of the death , hut they were not able to arrive in town to give evidence . —The coroner observed that it was unnecessary , as Mr . Ure had identified the body . —James
Robert * " * , of No , 26 , Park-street , Camden-town _, said , he was conductor to oneof the Waterloo omnibuses . On Friday night , abaut a quarter past ten o ' clock , the deceased hailed him at the corner of Devonshirestreet , in-Portland-place . The omnibus was stopped , and he got in without assistance , and appeared perfectly well . On reaching the Regent _^ pircus _, _Oxford-Btreet , the omnibus stopped , it being usual to wait several minutes to take up passengers at that point . Two minutes had nut . elapsed when witness looked in to see how many passengers there were . The deceased was sitting near the door , and there were -two ladies and a gentleman in the omnibus . "Witness had only just looked in when the deceased suddenly fell on one . side , and laid along the seat .
Witness immediately opened the door and assisted in lifting him up . He appeared quite helpless , and in a state of insensibility . Witness , with the assistance of several persons , carried him to the shop of Mr . Budge , a chemist , in Regent-circus , and a surgeon was instantly sent for , who , upon his arrival , pronounced the deceased to be quite dead . He sever spoke after he fell . The omnibus was stationary when he fell . —Mr . J . G . French said he made a post mortem examination ofthe deceased , in the presence of Mr . Ure . There were no external marks of violence .. The heart -was considerably enlarged , and doable the usual size . * The valve of the left ventricle was ossified . The rest of the organs were quite healthy . Witness opened the head , and
found an effusion in the ventricles of the brain . Witness was of opinion the deceased had died ofa diseased heart , which was quite sufficient to account for the suddenness ofthe death . ' There was no appearance of any deleterious matter in the stomach . Death must have been instantaneous . —The coroner said , after hearing sueh evidence there , was no-occasion to proceed further in the inquiry . The death was most awfully sudden , and a most -melancholy _, one . —The jury immediately , returned a verdict of " _Natural death from a diseased heart . '' A Mas Muhdeeed bt his Wife . —On Monday , Mr . H . SL Wakley , deputy coroner , received" _i- _' _-t-fonnation of : the death , of Peter * White , a shoemaker , lately residing . atBeherford-street _^ Fitzroy-inarket
It appeared that the deceased and his wife had ibr some timepastlived very uncomfortable-together , in consequence of the latter giving way to intemperate habits . _, On -the 5 th of last month they had both been out to a party // and tbey ' returned home- oeT tween eight and nine o ' clock . Thev deceased then ¦ w ent _tO'bed , . when his wife came up to him soon afterwards , and pretended that she wanted to kiss Mm . _ She then drew a knife , which her husband used in-his business , across his throat , inflicting a dreadful wound , from which blood flowed in streams . The cries of the -man' -brought assistance , " arid- he was conveyed -to University Cblieire Hbsnital the
same night at half-past * nine' o ' clock . The-wound in the fl * roat : was dressed ; and everything was done for _hintthat thenature of thecase w ould permit- of , hut the'deceased : died on Sunday last . -The -woman nas been taken intcccustody . —On Tuesday , an inquestWas'held at _the . _U-niversity- . College _^ Hospital before Mr . B . II ; Wakley , on the hody of the ¦ said Peter White . —Mr . H . S . _Gayeand Mr . W . Filliter , house surgeons ofthe hospital , gave evidence tothe effect that the deceased died of low or- gangrenous inflammation ofthe lungs , brought on by the -wound in the throat . —The jury returned a Terdict of V- _Mansla-ughter " against Mary White .
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The Poison ot a CnunciivAiiD Trek . —An inquest was held at Chichester on Saturday last / on the bodies of Ann Walker , aged three jcars , and James Walker , aged six years . —L . Buckoll deposed , I am a surgeon and reside at Chichester , and attended the two deceased children . T was first called to see them on Wednesday between thehours of two and three in the afternoon . I found them both in the same condition . They were very ill and the . symptoms were the same . The bowels were much inflamed , and the elder , the boy , was gradually sinking I * observed nothing particular to cause death . They had been ill , as I was informed , seven _oreiwht days before I saw them . last" evening I maie ° a post mortem examination of the bodies . I
opened the body and chest , and founa . tnc raucous membrane highly inflamed , and the inflammation extending through the whole canal , each'containing vegetable matter more or less digested . The alimentary canal contained six or eight large worms . The vegetable matter could not cause the worms . I should say , froni the smell of . the vegetable matter , itwas a species _ofsavin or cypress tree . The smell was exactly the same as the sprig which I now produce . I found in the stomach of the elder three or four table-spoonfuls of this vegetable matter , and in the younger about a spoonful and a half . "All food had been ejected from . them either by vomiting or otherwise _^ I how produce a portion of a shrub , which I believe to be savin , although I am informed
itis a species ofthe male cvpress . 1 thins a quantity of this plant taken into the stomach would destroy life . 1 got this sprig from a tree in St . Paul ' s Churchyard , near the residence of the ' deceased children / and it is the only tree in the yard of that nature . The contents of the stomachs " contained a similar portion of the shrub now produced , which I have no doubt was . the cause of death . I dp not believe that the children could be forced to eat it unless it was given them in the way of a salad . M y impression is that the children had voluntarily eaten the sprigs when they were in the churchyard playing together . —Sarah Morris sworn : I reside at "North-gate , and am grandmother to the de-Ceased Children . The mother and the children came
to our house from Luggershall on a visit last Monday week , and they appeared in very good health when they came . I first observed their illness on the following Thursday ; the little girl was taken ill first They appeared very well- on Wednesday moraine , for they were out and up in St . Paul's Churchyard ' along , with me . On Thursday the little girl complained that she was very sick , and frequently vomited * something green . I heard no complaint until after they had their breakfast on that day . The children received some medicine from Air . - Woods , the chemist in "North-street ; but it did them no good . —Verdict , " That the children were under the age of discretion , and that they had incautiously taken and eaten a certain portion of a savin or Cyprus tree , which was the cause of death . " Embezzlement from the Lancashire anu ¦ Tobkshire _RatlWat- _Compa-st . — On Monday _^ -at-the Manchester Borough Court , before Miv Maude , a well-dressed man , named George Jackson , who had
been employed as a collector on the above line , was charged with embezzling different sums of money , amounting in the aggregate to upwards of £ 80 from his employers . The prosecution rested on two sums for " which he had not accounted , " one of five pounds and the other of twenty-three pounds ; the receipts for these items being produced by the parties who had paid the money to the prisoner . The other defalcations were also proved by a clerk in the employ of the company , who was sent round , after suspicion had attached itself to Jackson , to ' . the various parties whose accounts appeared from the books to be still owing . The prisoner's salary was £ 100 per annum . He admitted the fraud , and said that he had spent the money in betting at the Manchester Steeple Chase . He was committed for trial .
Sisgi-lar Deaths : —Chatham , Friday , June 29 . — A Bomewhat singular _eh'eumstance has occurred here within the past week . A man named Marriner , belonging to the dockyard , while employed'in repairing a leather strap , pricked the forefinger ofhis left hand with an awl , which in three or four days caused mortification of the arm , and killed the man . Two or three days previous to Marriner pricking his finger , his daughter pricked her finger with a needle , and while in attendance on her father the finger caught tbe infection from him , which also turned to mortification , and she died the very day her father was interred .
. Poiso . _ninqs At Westbubt , Wiltshire . —An inquest was held here _^ before Mr . G . Sylvester / one of the county coroners , arid a respectable jury , on Thursday , the 28 th nit ., which has been the means of disclosing a revolting-if not a series of eleven revolting , murders ; by the administration of arsenic by an unnatural parent , to her child , ifnot children . Considerable excitement , as may be naturally supposed , has prevailed in this quiet little town during the week , in consequence of the exhumation of the body of a child who had died under very suspicious circumstances , and . whose death it was alleged had been caused by arsenic , administered by Rebecca Smith , its mother , who it appears is the wife of a labourer , named Philip Smith , and who has
been married abeut eighteen years , during which period she has given birth to eleven children , most of whom , with the exception of the eldest * died in infancy , viz . —Philip , born October 10 , 1837 , died October 13 , 1837 , aged three days ; Philip , born October 13 , 1838 , died October 21 , 1838 , aged eight days ; Susan , born March ¦ 18 , 1840 , died April 1 , 1840 , aged fourteen days ; Sarah , born July 18 . 1842 , died Aug . 7 , 1842 , agedtwenty-onedays ; Edward , born Jan . 14 1844 , died within a month '; Edward , born in 1846 , died in three days ; and Richard , the subject of this inquiry , born May 16 , 1849 , died June 12 , 1849 , aged twenty-seven days . Under these circumstances suspicions naturally arose , and it was determined to exhume thebofdy . which was done , when a
post mortem examination was made by Mr . 6 . Shorland , of Westbury , and Mr . Gibbs . These gentlemen feeling convinced" by the examination of the presence of arsenic in the child ' s stomach ; the whole of the viscera , together with the stomach and intestines and their contents , were carefully removed from the body , and ( having been sealed up in a proper vessel ) were transmitted to Mr ; Herapath , the celebrated analytical chemist , of Bristol , for examination , and Rebecca Smith was given into custody . She is a forbidding , ' ill-favoured woman , of about forty-five years of age , and has manifested the most stolid indifference since her apprehension . It having been proved bythe evidence that the prisoner had purchased arsenic a few days before
the death of the child , from the shop pi Mr . Taylor , druggist , of Westbury , and Mr . Ilerapath having given his opinion that the deceased died from the effect" * of arsenic , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against "Rebecca Smith , ; who was thereupon committed to take her trial at the ensuing Wilts Assizes . —Philip Smith , father of the deceased child , said the child was perfectly healthy when born , and that from its death he had derived no pecuniary benefit " . Pismso a £ 100 Note . —As a gentleman was getting into one of the first-claSS Carriages at Rugbystation last week , ¦¦ ' his attention was attracted to a piece of paper suspended between the cushion and the seat . Upon examining it , the gentleman found ,
to his astonishment , that it was a £ 100 note . He immediately got out of the carriage and handed the note to tho station-master . The carriage in question had been turned off from , a train that had previously come in , and . it is supposed that the occupant , in getting out for the purpose of renewing his journey , left the note behind . EiuenAMON pbom Liv £ _bpool . —Contrary to the expectation expressed in our last notice of this subject , that the tide of emigration from this port would fall off in the next few weeks , owing to the approach of harvest , we have a further increase to _report during the past month . The numbers now stand as -follows : —First six months , of 1848 ,
62 , 680 ; first six months . of 1849 , 87 , 443 . The increase _, on the ;" _Uet . mottt * h :-is _^ m' _** K > uB < l -numbers , 5 , 000 persons .. The same improvement continues to be noticed in the class , of emigrants going , many of whom appear to be of moderate substance .,-- This , too , is the case in the emigration from other ports , as is shown in the case of the loss of the unfortunate vessel Charles Bartlett , from London to New York . Ofthe parties saved we find some stated to have lost , besides baggage , tools , & c , cash varying from £ 5 , which is about the lowest , to one case in which the loss is £ 800 . . On the average , they appear to have possessed from £ 20 to £ 40 . each , and to have beea parties likely to get on in their new country . — _Liverpool Standard . * .
. Distress is Hull . —A public meeting , convened by the Mayor on receipt of a requisition fromthe principal inhabitants , was held in the-Towh-hall at Hull on Monday , for ; the purpose of adopting some means of _alleviating the large and -increasing amount ef . distress _^ existing in that town-in consequence of tbe Danish blockade . Mr . J . Lee Smith , ihe Mayor -of ike borough was called to the chair , and stated-thafi he : held in hia hand an authenticated document , from whieh it . appeared that , in one -part of the town only , 2 , 195 workmeh were out of employment , and that upon these were dependent 8 , 780 wives and children , _makmg-a _' total . of 10 , 975 Mr . G . S . Thompson ( chairman of * the i working men ' s committee ) presented a number of harrowing
details of the suffering and- distress prevalent : iu HulL . [ Hundreds of : men ; - with large families , had for months past scarcely earaedsuffiijient to gain a subsistence , for ' one day per week ' . - He believed that there were as many ; aB 6 , 000 men in . tfie towii ' not having permanent employment . Mrj _* Alderm ' an ' _Gresham stated' that" the receipts of the butchers ;' bakers , and numerous other classes ; of tradesmen had fallen off one _^ _-half . v Mr . _'Alde-rmah' Jones-said , that during thelast forty / years that he had "bfeeht in the retail trade it had never been so dull as _" at ' present ; except during three ; weeks wben the cholera raged a number _^ orV " . _yearsJ-ago . - Resolutions ' were agreed to for the formation of a relief committee andthe raising of subscriptions , which the Mayor headed with £ 50 .
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SATURDAY , J ™* 30-HOUSE OF COMMONS . —This Ilouse sat at twelve O ' clock . _n / r -n . , Tue Cholera in LoNroN .-Mr . Frewbn asked whether the government had taken any precautions to secure the health ofthe metropolis , m consequence of ' the fe-appearance ' of ; the .. cholera , and whether any steps ha ' . l be ' _.-n taken to : prevent , burials in St . Margaret ' s churchyard , in the : lmmediate . vicinity of the ' . House ..- "'" _* ' ' _.- •' ¦ ; - -.. - . *' . ¦ , ¦• _: * .. ¦> . :. - ¦ _> _ ¦ :- ' : ¦
Sir- ! Geobgb'Gbbv replied ; that the Board of Health would _fekc every . precaution which thelaw enabled theni to do as regarded , the cholera , but . they diinbt possess the power , of preventing interments _irithecWrchyard referredto . _^ _,:,. . . ; , , . Imsh-Poor Law . _,-r- The House then , in pur saanceof the notice for _^ whichit was specially summoned to sit , resolved , itself again into committee on the Poor Relief ( Irelaud ) Bill , commencing with clause 12 , ' enacting " Civil bid decree , for poor rates may be filed as judgment of superior court , and , have force as such . " ' This clause , which , it was urged , raised the question of the . _< _€ 4 rating , originated o discussion in reference to evictions , and the payment of rates by landlords for defaulting tenants , the clause beih" eventually agreed to , on the
understanding that Lord John Russell would consider the sub ; iect with a view of doing justice between _^ thetwb parties whose interests were involved by limiting the time within which possession might be regained . On clause 13 being put "judgments for poor rates to _havepriorityI ' . except _^^ in . certain ,. cases , " : LordNA & a moved to limit the operation of the , clause to ' electoral divisions" instead of " unions , " which proposition , on a division , was negatived ; by a majdrity of 32 , the numbers 40 to 72 . This being the last debateable feature on the bill , . various bon . members proposed clauses and provisos , some of which were adopted , others _fumma-ily rejected , and some nostponed _, after which it was agreed to go on-with the debateable matter on Tuesday ; attwelveo ' clock , And the House adjourned shortly after six o ' clock
MONDAY , July . 2 . HOUSE OF LORDS , —Avsthian Affatbs .-The Marquis df _JjANsndwNB laid on the table communications made by the Austrian _! government , relative to the advance of the Austrian troops into Tuscany and the Legations , and , in reply to Lord _Bioughain . stated that Kossuth ' s authority _in'Hiin--gary had not been recognised , nor could it be under exis'ing circumstances . Ent _* il-5 d Estates . —The _;^ Duke of Richmond brought up the report ofthe _celect committee on
entailed estates , andprcsented a bill _embodyiiii ; the views of * he committee , its object being to enable landholders to borrow money for the purpose ' bf drainage '; the noble duke replying , in answer to _questi-ins as to extending * it to * Ireland , that he should not object to that proposition , but , as he wished the bill to pass as quickly as possible , he Had not included Ireland , well knowing tint any bill applying to that country was not * very likely io go rapioly through its stages elsewhere . _; ( Laughter . ) * After a few words from * the Marquis of LoNrioii
derrt _, ... The Earl of Carlisib' intimated his approval of the measure , and should be hanpy to give any assistance in his _powtr in forwarding it through its remaining stages . Lord Beaumont supported- the bill , which was read a first time . Australian Colonies . —Lord Monteaole , oh presenting a petition from Sydney , New South Wales , on the subject of the proposed alteration of the constitution of the Australian Colonies , and complaining of the inefficient state of the franchise , asked whether it was the intent'on of the government to _proesed with the bill in the present sessioh . 'fhe noble lord then proceeded to propound his views on the 8 ubjectof legislation for colonial reiresentation , and concluded by stating , that as Earl Grey had been returned as the sole representative for Melbourne , in Port Philip , he wished t' > know what his views were on the subject .
Earl Grey would not enter into the merits of a bill hot before their lordships , but proceeded to answer the observations of the noble lord , as to the course taken previously to submitting bills of this description by the government ; referred to the present state of representation in Australia , and stuted from personal communications he had had that day with some gentlemen _conrn'ted with these colonies , that he felt himself _jusufied in assuring their lordships the passing of the bill was anxiously desired by them After speeches from Lord Lyttleton and Lord _Stanlef , urging the withdrawal of the measure , _* Earl _Gbby expressed his desire to avail himself of suggestions offered by the latter noble lord , but it would be matter of deep regret to himself if the bill did not pass in the present session .
_Railway Accounts . —Lord Monteagm moved the second reading ofthe Audit of Railway Accounts Bill , proposing to take the debate on going into committee . The Earls of Lonsdale and _Yarbohough warmly-opposed the bill , the first-named noble lord moving that it be read a second time that day three months . After a reply from Lord Monte a gle the House divided , wh _<* n the original motion was carried by a majority of 5 , the numbers 10 to 5 , when the bill was read a second time , and their lordships adjourned . . HOUSE OP COMMONS . — Rupture with CniNA . —Lord Palmerston , in reply to a question put by Mr . _Baillik , stated , with reference to the
non-fulfilment by the Government of China ofthe stipulation to admit British subjec's into the city of Canton , that , under the circumstances alleged by the Chinese authorities , it was not the intention of her Majesty ' s government to enforce the right by arms ; but , retaining the right ( which was not disputed ) , they consented to a temporary suspension of it ; and he further stated , 'that it was intended to exsct from tbe Chinese government the execution of that article of the treaty of Nankin which stipulated that British subjects should be at liberty to carry on their commercial transactions in China without the
intervention of the _Co-Hongi . Evictions in 1 rbl . _\ nd . —Lord J . Russell replied to Mr . S . Crawford that the government had received and read with regret Captain Kennedy ' s reports as to evictions at _Kibush _, and while he was not aware that the law on this subject could be made more stringent , yet what could be done would be done to prevent evasions of the act of last session . The noble lord the ** proceeded at some length to detail the course he intended to pursue withvespectto public business for the _remainder of . the session . The measures to be postponed until next year being the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill , the Charitable Trusts Bill , and perhaps others of inferior consequence ,
A desultory debate ensued on various points connected with the conduct of public . business , at the termination of wbich several bills were read a third time , and the stages of others postponed in order to make way for the debate of the evening , State op the Nation . —Mr . Disraeli rose to move that the Ilouse would resolve itself into a committee , to consider the state < . f the nation . He began by observing that \ the distress of this country-had been progressive since the formation of the present government , notwithstanding the favourable circumstances they enjoyed inthe absence of an organised opposition , and in their being uncontrolled and uncriticised . He contrasted the condition of this country when the present governmmt _; assumed the reins of
power , in 184 B _, with relation to Europe ,. to our colonies , to Ireland , and to our finances , with its present state , when European tranquillity and ; English influence had disappeared together—when many of our colonies were ruined , others were discontented , and some had been in insurrection—when our exports had declined . Jfc 7 , 000 , 000—when our once ; prosperous agriculture was prostrate—when Ireland , was in a state ot social decomposition—and when , insteal ofa surplus . revenue of _^ 3 , 000 . 000 , there had been a der ficiency to that amount , ; terminated not by an act of the Cabinet , but by the interference of that House . Mr . Disuaeli thenread ifficialdetails which showed the depression of wages and increase of : pauperism among the labouring classes , whose condition he
observed , was a test of the real state ot the country ; and he insisted that it was the . paramount duty , ol the House not to separate without inquiring into , this unprecedented and progressive decay of the country _, lie appealed to the statement not only as a justification , but as au urgent cause of his motion , andhe proceeded to examine the reasons to which he referred the deterioration of the . population : and the general decay ofthe country . ' A principal ; reason . was the decline inthe value of our foreign commerce ; and he showed that ; notwithstanding continental convulsions the quantity bf goods * exported ; froin the : United Kingdom ( denoted by official value ) was equal to that of tbe great years 1845 and 1846 ; but the ; dc clared jvalue of exports in these two years _averaged -659 , 500 , 000 , but iu 1848 it was only _^ 53 , 000 , 000 ; so that our working classes , for the same quantity of goods / had received ¦ : ¦ i £ 6 , 5 d 0 , 000 less in 1848-than in 1845 and 1846 . From thisand-other facts ) Mr .
_Disbabli argued that the principles of profitable interchange wttt foreign- nations adopted in our new commercial " theoiry' were '¦ _'errdheousi-: rendering British labour of less _^ exchangeable value .: Other _^ reasons Were found in the state of the home market and the fall _ofprieeffj * which diminished . the _^ means of employment ; aridin the increase of immigration ftomlreland ; the _* re > uit not of the famine , but of the ppUcy pf' _ffie _/ goVe ' _-f _^ lhante _^ evils _*" what ; _fiad-b _^ _erithe'fiuahcialpro ' _ccfidiDga-of the present _: _Mimsfe-f _*^ ' * Inc ' _reaMd _^ creased _tatatiohl-MrVBitSBABLi theni _reviewed their colonial admihistratiori—the 'da ' rkes't _?' p ' v -fn . theJ ! _fiia ' tdiy— and- passed thence id their 1 fdr ' eign ) . policy _^ which , he _' _maihtairiedi- _^ hilst it _> had ! diiiiinisl _> ed the _influeifte-of tBis countryi ' haffbeeii bhe of the - _% iacipal causes of the continental convulsions j and he adduced the case of Italy as an example of the _principles and the effects of their policy . One predomi- >
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nant cause , however , 'of our calamities was the legislation which had changed the principles p t pur society substituting others which as economical principles were falhci' _-us , ' whilst they destroyed that noble spirit of ambition which was the source of a nation s greatness , prosperity , and power . " Mr . Hum-: not rising to p . opose the amendment of which he had given notice , ,. The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose , m the nope ; tbat * Mr . Hume had abandoned that amendment ' , to opposethe motion , . which heldout , no . sne cific remedy forthe distress so eloquently described by Mn Disraeli ; That remedy'was suggested in a resolution of a recent ; meeting-rnamely , the restoration' of protection : He first vindicated the colonial
policy -of the present-government , - _Bhowingfnim official returns the ' progressive increase of . exports from the West' India-colonies sincei ' the : _adoption _, _- of _* ree trade principles ,- ; even '' in British' Guiana ; and then proceeded to the main topic—the internal state of the country . He complained of Mr ; Disraeli's assumiHg its state in ' - March / 1848 , as a test of its condition how—that period beihgTemarkablefdr . the high ' price of corn ; arid he' gave statistical results of the'inquiries he had made iii all parts of-tlie country , whence it appeared that employment of labour _wae increasing , ' and _the number of ablebodied paupers diminishing . 'In . the manufacturing districts , the circumstances of the artisans ; nbwin full employ ment , had not been so favourable iri _' iespect to wages
and comforts for many years as at _prtsehtj and "their improved condition was apparentin the great diminution of crime .. ' This impulse' domestic industry had received from the encouragement given . by a reduction of duty upon raw _forei-rri commodities , * and Sir Charles Wood pointed ' out . the fallacy of the inference drawn by Mr ! . 'Disraeli from the . comparative . cheap-: ness of our exports , the quantity ' of which , he had admitted , had increased , and they were still hicreasing in quantity and value in an extraordinary degree . After extractingadditipnal evidence ofthe improved condition * of the labouring classes fi-om' the vast increase in the consumption of the chief articles of domestic use _. and showing by a variety of retunriB the success which the principles of commercial legislation
lately adopted had realised , including qui * shippingwhich , he contended , directly negatived the allega tions of the membet' foi ? Bucks—he turned to that part of the subject respecting which , he confessed , he could not give equally satisfactory statementsnamely , the state ofthe agricultural districts . He admitted that : considerable , _complaihl : and alarm existed amongst farmers ; but , although the average price ; of wheat for the rive months ending May was only 45 s . 3 d ., during the last three yeara it had beenfcs . 3 } d ,, and what must be the state of the agricultural interest , if , w ith price ' B like these , farmers were , as Mr . Disraeli asserted , ruined ? Sir Charles Wood discussed at much length the action of recent legislation , the repeal ofthe corn laws and the modification of the tariff , upon our agriculture , pointing out the failure of the predictions which had threatened a superflux of foreign corn , and then applied himself to what he said was the pith ofthe question—namely ,
the condition of the agricultural labourers . He believed that in the south-west of England wages were reduced , and that there was . a want of employment ; but this , he showed , was not the case , in other parts , where labourers in husbandry were able to purchase with the same wages a greater amount of necessaries . _; He urged the farmers to follow the example of the manufacturers , _and-by an . * improved system' of agriculture give _itioreased employment ; whilst it would diminish , the cost of production and price , thereby doubly bettering the labourer ' s condition _, lie argued this question as acountry gentleman—ene of a class which could not fulfil the public duties attaching to their station unless they possessed the confidence of the great body ofthe people , which would be withheld . if the people believed they were intent upon their own : interests ; and if this motion was an attempt to reverse past legislation , he trusted the House would resist it , as fatal to the best interests of the country and to the stability of its
institutions . ; • Mr . Baillie supported the motion , believing that there never was a period when the state of the country more imperatively required the anxious consideration of'the legislature . He had been disappointed in the effects of our free trade meamres ' which , owing to the manner in which a sound principle was carried out by the government , had been one of the chief causes of the existing distress , and had ruined the colonies . Mr .. Roebuck observed , that if Mr . Disraeli did not mean by his motion _that he was ready to take the government into his own hands , he meant nothing . He had come forward as . the head of a great party with sume proposals , but what they were lie was not able or not willing to tell ; the whole force of bis speech bad been confined to criticism . " Passing au animated panegyric upon the public conduct
of Sir Robert Peel for the repeal of the corn laws , and adverting to the circumstances of his ejectment from office , when the star of Mr . Disraeli rose—he asked why the House should depart on this occasion from the ordinary principles of the constitution , and interrupt the business of the session to consider the state of the nation . Tbat state , was one of great hope and confidence . The deficiency of the revenue could be accounted for without accusing the principles of free trade . He could _assert authoritatively that the mercantile community was improving , and that if any part of the agricultural community w s suffering , it was the landlords alone . Mr . Roebuck defended tbe foreign policy of the government , which " , aided by the prudential legislation of Sir R . Peel _, who had madea timely concession to the intelligent wishes of the people , had preserved England in the most critical period which the world had ever
known . Mr . Plumpirb , in supporting the motion , controverted some of the statements of" Sir C . Wood and Mr . Roebuck respecting pauperism' amongst the » _blebodied-in rural districts- which was increasing in Kent , through want of employment and the distress of the farmer , owing to the adoption of free trade principles . On the motion of Mr . Slanky , the debate was adjourned until Tuesday . Several bills were advanced a stage , and the other orders having been disposed of , the House adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock .
¦'• • ' TUESDAY , July 5 . HOUSE OP LORDS . _—Plunoer in India . —The Earl of Ellenbokoiigh brought forward the claims of the army of the Punjaub in . respect to the property of the late Maharajah of Lahore ; After some , discussion , in whicli the right of the army ofthe Punjaub ; to some share of the booty secured to the East India Company b y its exertion was . universally admitted , the matter dropped ; The bill for the Audit of Railway Accounts passed through committee , and was reported . Their lordships then adjourned . *
HOUSE 0 P . 0 OMMONS . —Imsii Poor Law . —The House ; met at twelve o'clock , and . in committee resumed the consideration ofthe clauses proposed by way of amendment tothe Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , the discussion ot which continued until three o'clock when it was further adjourned to twelve o ' clock on Thursday . The House then suspended its sitting until five . o ' clock :. . _- ¦ ; Metropolitan Police . —Lord Dudley Stuart , in a speech explanatory of the objects involved in his
motion , moved " For a select committee to inquire into tlio manner of making the assessment in the several _counties for the maintenance of the : Metropolitan , police , and into the expenditure thereof ;; as well as into the general administration of the force ' , and especially into the recent annual increased charge of upwards of £ 88 , 000 on the count y of Middlesex , " 'lhe noble lord denounced the police as so many , petty tyrants , and affirmed that -the Metropolis could be more effectually guarded by infinitely fewer men and at a far less cost .
Sir G . Grey thought it unnecessary to defend the police from the charge of being so many petty tyrants- _and-Tvith regard to the proposed inquiry ; a similar one had : already been made ;; : Doubtless there were inequalities in the Metropolitan rating , but these , he believed , would -bo shortly remedied . ' . Mr . Broihebton considered the whole system of police-ratimj unjust ; and referred to Manchester as an instance , which : contributed largely to the- support Of the Metropolitan police . Mr : Osboene thought the ' complaint was ' ¦ not against the police ; but against the inequality of the assessment by . which they were paid . It was a most efficient , and , in the metropolis' well managed force ; : ' ' ' - ¦¦ _** * ' :. ¦ _:-.,:-: _¦
SivW . _. joliffe suggested alterations in _the-constitiitipn and disposition ofthe force . -- . ¦ -. _c-Ii . ¦ .- ¦ Mr ;' Hume thought the-manner of paying '* the force ought to be enquired into ; but was of' opinion the noble lord ought to satisfy himself ' with .. ' moving for returns , with the intention--of renewing _thepreseht motion in tho next session , when he hoped the government would agree to it . * -: •' . _* : ¦ ¦• . Si _^ De Lacy Evans said that the present ¦ system of assessing ; for the . police _rates-was very unfair : ; foreven if 2 d . or ; 3 d . in the pound would _suffice'th ' e act required 6 d ;; to be colleoted . * : Aii -inquiry" was absolutely requisite , and he should certainly support any proposal to that effect , " At-the same time-he
hoped the noble lord j seeingwhat the feeling of the House _jon'the ' subject was , _^ would withdraw his motion and renew- it next sessioh . ¦ '/; ••' :: ; ¦ '• ' Sir G . _^ GEEYdeniedthe necessity'foV so doing ' - ' : ' _s Sir _^ . W ; Hooo accused Sir _Oi ; Grey * ' 6 fa breach of faith in _withdrawingthd bill for reducingthe * ra'te f from ' 6 d ; to . 5 di ; and reminded ;* Mr . ; _Brothertdn ! that the police of 'tho Metropolis were * ' ! detached from thence to any part of England on any _pmergendy arisirigv * ¦ . ¦¦¦ ••¦ ¦ - ¦ . . ¦ - . _y-u _:-:. ' .:: y : > ¦; ,- ¦ _:: r . y .. _;! _ry : ; le * ; Sir Geobge Grey replied that * when ' _such was'the casetheir _expenses were paidbytheplaces ' to which they Were sent . " -Measures had b ' eentalcen lately ; to equalise the rale over the various _parishes'in the ¦ _Uetropolis . ; : ¦ ' •• ' ;•; *> ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ' .- ¦ . ¦ _.-. ' . ¦ ¦ ¦' _- :: ' ¦ :: -:. ¦ .:: ¦ ¦ ~ The _hoiiBo then divided- ? - * -- "' _n \ . _*•;;/ . ; •' . _- . _' :
Por the motion ... ... ... 23 Against it 137 Majority —109
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_mBEmw _^*^^ mmMm _^^ _s _^ _mmxn _^^* - _^~^ - THE PEOPLE'S « 3 HARTER . " Petitions in favour of the Charter were presented by Mr . J . Ellis , from Leicester , ; Mr . ; " \ V . Patien , several fiom . Pfcstp nj . ' Mv' * ViLLiER _^ ' frbm' Wplyp ' rhnmpton ; Mi _\; Cobden ,.-from places ; in Yorkshire J Capt . Pec hell ,-from Brighton ; Lord SEAnAM ; from Duriiain ; Sir J . . WalmsIiEY , from .. Bolton ; Lord D . Stuart , from St . Paucrasand _Somci' 3 _, Town _^ Mr . G . THOMEs 6 N , " from the . Tower Hamlets ;' ahd by 'Mr . _RicAR-bo _. _'Mr . _Musiz , Mr . _Heald , and ' 'Mr .. W . _Ji-Pq-s . After presenting several petitions _^ ¦ ¦ _--:. ¦ ¦•¦ . ' Mr . 0 ' Connor said , that liewasaware of the great disadvantages wliich he haid to contend against , _asauindependetit member , "in submitting 'so largo a ! proposition to the British
parliament . ' ' - - ± Many appeals 'had been made to him to withdraw- hi 8 * prop 6 siti 6 n ,- iu order that the , debate upon ' that' of the hon . member for * _^ Buckinghamshire might he v resumed ; But if one reason stronger than another : could be urged in favour of his proposition , it was' the assertion of the hon . member for Buckinghamshirej in _' _. which He stated that the mainoDject ofhis proposition was to secure such a system of legislation as would d 6 _\ justice to- all dasses . ( Heai _' , hear . ) _^ Arid : as he ( Mr . _O'Gohnor ) saw * no other possible nieans of accomplishing this object except by the enfranchisement of all ¦
classes , '' he felt himself not- ' oniy -j ustified , but called _iupon' -to"persevere . '¦ ' ( Hear , ' hear *) _4 ubther _* argumeut that mig ht be urged , arid probably 'ivould be urge " bV against his _^ proposition _^ _;* was the recent debate upon the motion of the hon . member for Montrose ; but he must remind the House that the motion of that honmember was- but the reflex of the mind of a classj whilo his -motion represented the views and principles of _amajority of the nation ; but he had 'a stronger _iridncemerit arid : a ! grea . ter justification , if any was _needed-, > ior submitting his proposition ; "It was that , ; in bis op
inionevery , question discussed out of doors should be sessionally -- discussed within those ;*; walls . ( Hear , hear , ) And for the simple reason , that if those princip les ' -were untenable and - could not be sustained by-argument ; if they were but the -mere ' Utopias of wild theorists , it was the duty of that House to meet them by argument , to dissolve the-delusion and develope the truth '; while , upon the other hand , the resort to hrute force for the suppression of any opinion , however visionary , but tended to rivet those principles and opinions more deeply in the minds of
the people . ; - ( Hear , hear . ) : The people of this country have _-witneiss- _^ _. tliree _^ eat changes within the lash twenty years- —Emancipation , Reform , and Free ; Trade , and from each of which they were * promised great social- advantages , but from none * -of which had they derived a particle of social benefit . Emancipation promised tho Catholic religious equality , while the church steeple still constitutes the conqueror ' s trophy and the'Catholic ' s badge"of slavery , who still has to pay tribute to the conquering church . Reform promised such national benefits that the nation was roused to
madness for its ¦ achievment , while all have been disappointed in its result ; and as to Free Trade , he should abstain from commenting upon that measure , lest ' a word of excitement falling from him might justify the opposition of those who professed to . be the friends of the working classes . ( Hear _^ hear . ) He had no doubt that many hon . members would be much disappointed bythe speech , asthey anticipated a violent tirade-discursive , not consecutive or susceptible of analysis—but it was his determination that no exciting feelings of hia should
damage the cause of his clients . ( Hear , hear . ) From those three changes , then , the people had derived not a particle of benefit , arid they were now resolved upon contending only for those political advantages which would lead to the anticipated social end . ( Hear , hear . ) If a modicum of justice had been done to the people—if timely and prudent concessions had been made to _Catholics . and Reformers , Emancipation and Reform might have been deferred . If Gratton and * Old Sarum had been
disfranchised , and Manchester , " Birming ham _^ and other large towns enfranchised , that fury and excitement which made a large demand , and led to more extensive concessions , might have been delayed , and this is the inevitable consequence of withholding from justice until you are at length compelled to surrender tp fear . ( Hear , hear . ) The people of this country are gaining wisdom by the hour . ¦•• There is knowledge upon every passing breeze , 'and they have discovered that admirals arid captains , in the navy ; generals , colonels , majors , captains , and lieutenants : in the army ; mer
chants , bankers , traders , manufacturers , landlords , shopkeepers , and last , not least , lawyers , though antagonist to ono another , are arrayed in deadly , _^ hostility ag ainst ; thoso iipon whose industry , all * live and thrive , and grow rich ; while , as labour is not only the real source , but the only source ,- of wealth ; if labourers or their . representatives were ' admitted into that House , it would-be impossible for them justly to represent themselves without justl y representing- all other classes ; and thus making the rich _richerj and the poor rich . ( Hear , hear . ) And here he must beg to
dissent from a proposition of the hon . member for Buckinghamshire . That hon . gentleman in developing ,. or , rather , shadowing , the labour question , said that his object was to secure the profits of labour to the employer , while his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) object was to secure it to the ; labourer himself , - and make him the first partaker of the fruits of his own-industry . ( Hear , * hear . ) [ HereMr . Bellew and the Solicitor-General foi - ' Scotland were engaged in a buzzing conversation upon the Treasury bench , when ! Mr , O' Connor observed , that if his arguments were unpalatable to those gentlemen ,
they need not listen to them , but he requested that they would not interrupt hinii ] The noble lord may urge the absence of a monster petition as an . argument against the . present motion , whereas that was no indication of popular apathy , but the strongest signof _disgust'foiy and no confidence in , _thit House : He had received letters froni Birmingham and other large towns , expressing the deterriiination of the people never to petition that Hou _* _se again : * His Birmingham ; _correspbrident stated that the iron-handed men of Birmingham- had determined to watch events and " bide ' their tim e ' _' _*
andthe , nobleilord . now wouldfirid ; it difficult to * recruit .-them-under the _Mariner .. of Tom Young , of the * Home . ; Office . * = ' ( _Cheers- 'and laughter . ) _; He ' i _* _hought _-a too drowsy , . and had seiit -the noble : ; lord-to sleep , ! buthe was . glad to -find ' that ' . the ' magic name of " _TomYoungV h ' adroused _hitn . But , if he wanted stronger proof of-the justification of the' ' pedple _^ riot petitioning thatHduse , he could furriishlt from the ' coridUcti ' lbftheJnoble lord' the member . , , for - . Hertford ; ' . ' ' . Now _^ ' what 5 _Wk-,-ihe only , -poor : privilege / aliowed _;^^ electors ? .-.. Was 'it : not . that :. of : petitiomngthat
Hou « e , and makingtheir grievances 'arid their _wishes _jknowfr tp- _^ hat House ; -and * w 6 iild ri 6 t _thfe _^ enial . bf ihat ; - _^ juBtificatiqri for resorting to other , and -more desperate remedies ? :., _* _H petition- Avas ; senfctothe _nqUelord—heretiirned it indignantly—stated that he' could ' , not _Acquiesce _' -in- its pr _^ _yer-ii-^?^ y ' _* _^* _fl _?^& v _^^^ P every _channel _, of < 3 oinp ) am Again , how was their petitiori treated last year by _^ the noble-lord ? _^ Why , in the language of the 1 despot of old ; he exclaimed _^ _^ ' / . ¦? :
* j- ; . v _^ . f . . . ; ;;; _- ;; - , «? , I'll hear niojiiore . ' ¦" ¦'' .. I know ye ,-well ] I know : ye ,: ye base suppliants ' : " ' ¦ Fear , is t , he pnly * worship ,,, of ; . your Bouls rahd ever ., . where ye haje . , _* :... . .. ¦ - _*' . _,-,- ' •' . . . ' _M _^ _C _^ ei _^ ce , _^ _: _metches ,-shaU poririff bn iVj . ithe _^ earth _,,, ' . _=, ,- _¦ . .., _;' _,:.: ' . ; ., _**• ' * . * ' -.. _•^ _my _^ _inisterial _^ oXshouldiread _^ n _enimksl ' _«¦?' . _Wf-y . OU Imust _eontrolmy soldier , _. ' . ' 'i " ' ' Amlcoop my eagles from their carrion _*^ So ' "'' Are _^ _ye-notcommonerB , yile . things in nature * ! Poor . prioeless peasants , ; out . . of ¦ my . _sightl "* ,, ¦ - ¦" . . '••'¦ _w ' ' _^{ ' _$ _?> _J _^ _° k _^ the ; pe _p- pWs' _* _DetMon
was _ti'eated _** Jiast year ;; affd _thaitl-l . the _^ ause 6 f theiabs ' erice ' . Of ' _^ etitio _^ hear . ) ' _llow _' differently ' the " petitions _tim poor are treated when they petition for the poor . and when they petition for the rich .
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When they / petitioned : for , emancipation , reform , ; or free trade , at so much a'sheet , they had ; able advocates in-that'House tO ' defend them if _their'autheiiticity ; was arraigned , while themaa wlio presented the ' petition of the people was a _tai-get : for - all to fire at , and inust vouch for the respectability of every petitioner As the state o f France may be urged as an argument against , his proposition , and * as he wished to * anticipate those quibbles ; let it be understood that the state of France and the attempted transition from despotic to free institutions mother countries , Was the strongest
and most , powerful argument in favour * of timely _^ _^ and prudent concessions being made to thepeople' of 'thiscountry , Iii France , there was a censorshi p upon _thepress- _^ -there was a , total suppression of public opinion , and a great change came with a hop , step , and jump upon a people whose . minds had not been prepared for it . Not so in England , however , as , deny it who might , the mind of the Eriglishpeopl © was in advance of all other nations upon earth , and was better prepared to turn any change , however sweeping , '; -to national advantage . Reformation was _said _* to be the parent of revoluti
on ; while , in reality , the denial of reformation was the inevitable cause Of revolution _. But if the state of France should be urged , Ietitbe b ' orrie in mind , that thoy bad had three elections in that _country-4 twb for an As- ' seihbly , and one for a President ; ar id notwithstanding the antagonism of opinion , those contests ; were conducted in perfect tranquillity ; while , as he had predicted , it was the developement of the improved mind , manifested in the second Assembly , that roused , the fears of the aristocracy , arid it "was they who created the alarm . ( Hear , hear . ) The . Prime Minister of the special-constable President created the
revolution of 1848 , and violated the constitution in 1849 by the invasion of the Roman Republic . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chancellor of the Exchequer last ni ght exulted in the fraternity which existed between the French and English nations . What an anomal y ; when your Attorney-General is prosecuting political offenders at home , you are . fraternising With -a rebel—a . fugitive—a special-constable President- _^ -and now boast that he is your faithful all y ! He would now develope , seratim , the several points contained , in the People ' s Charter ; and lest it may be supposed that that document was the embodiment' of
wild and visionary schemes and _theories of his own , he begged to present to the House . the original document , drawn lip 'b y Daniel O'Connell , and bearing his signature , as well as that of the hon . member for Ashton-under-Lyne—Charles Hindley , William - Sharma * a Crawford , Thomas Wakley , Peyronet Thompson , and John Arthur Roebuck , accepting the propositions with a slight variation of opinion as ' to a . preference . for triennial to annual _parliariients . For himself * he would prefer annual parliaments to any , or all the principles , embodied' in the People ' s Charter ; and for this simple reason , that then representatives would be elected whose opinions would be framed upon existing
circumstances . Important questions would not then be decided by small inajorities _, in spit * of any feeling that existed _thrbughoutthe country , however universal that feeling niight be , which certainl y would not be the case if there were annual parliaments , for then the minds of the constituencies of the kingdom would be developed , and members would have to bow tothe wills of those * constituencies' arid the electors could compare notes with their representatives for a single session , while they find it difficult to keep a seven years' . account-( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord used the argument against the proposition for triennial parliaments , that there had , since the passing of the Reform Bill , been elections even more
frequent than every three years .. But that was an argument to which he ( Mr . O'Connor ) couldnot subscribe , because , although there might have been elections every three years they broke down suddenl y , the country was appealed to upon some vague . proposition , while the laws made during the two years and a half remained upon the statute book . _Whea the dissolution was anticipated , hon .. gentle-¦ men catered for popular support b y professions of popular princi ples—they made their hugtings' speech—they qualified past errors bypromise of repentance , but with the renewal of trust tliey relapsed into former antagonism
Let hiin instance it by this fact : In 1841 when tho dissolution was suddenl y proclaimed —the liberation of all political offenders ' was submitted to that House , and was only negatived b y the casting vote of the Speaker % whereas the question , was extinguished- and buried as soon as that trust was renewed . ( Hear , hear . ) But he would base it upon a more extensive argument . Itwas this : what could be more ridiculous than the presumption , that in this age of progress-- the man selected to represent the . mind of to-day -should be capable- of representing the mind of-this day
seven years ; and was it not an ' . a'dmittcd fact , that , in the commercial distress of last year , many ! qualified electors became bankrupt , andmany whose votes constituted the majority of hon ; members having seats in that House , had become paupers , and , by the law , were disqualified ? But , to turn to Ireland , tliey found * that country representing dead men . ( Hear - hear . ) The object ofthe House should ho critically to understand the opinion of the day , and ' to make laws in unison with that opinion , and then you would have legislation oiie whole piece of political mechanism , harmonising with and
representingthemind of the country ; instead of / as now , a kind of patch-work thing , composed of repugnant and irreconcilable fragments . Here . a bit of temporal ; legislation— -here a bit of spiritual—here a bit Of commercial—here a bit of agricultural—and all whimsical _j . here a bit to tickle the Protestant—there a bit to tickle the'Catholic—here a bit to -win the Dissenter—and there a . bit to tickle the Jew ; and , speaking of the Jew — as he was for _-openings-tlie- House to all , ' ho rejoiced to learn , that . Baron Rothschild ' was again the colleague ' ofthe ; noble
lord , and _therepreBentative of the " 'wealthiest 1 city- _^ London . ( Hear , hear , ; andloud ' cheers . ) _^ _omeihoni'gertlenieh repudiated'anriual par- ' liairieuta in corisequerice of "the confusion that ' _, might result ; the tranquillity that prevailed * in ¦ _- France amongst an -excited people -was , how- ever , _anirrefutablcansw"er to _such ' -ariargu _* mer it f , while the fact that' no' _constituencr - would * _dismi _& a / _faithfulServant ;'' ; was ' a _stifi--stronger . argument , ;; while one ; whoThad'diB « . honoured ; his -trust would . r eceive _:-but'iditfle - countenance- from his 1 eriiployers . " ' Goiild' hi ' instarice ; a : ; stronger _argiimenV _^ iil ; favoiir _' of ar inual _^ iame"ats ;; thim ; ' _^ o fa _^ bothlof v
the members for _Sheffield :. bein ' _g-. _i _* _equested-to " ' resign , a trust which ,-in the 6 pirii 6 n * v 0 f ithos _% _= _vtyi ! Yot' _4 _^ fo _^* nthem , _^ th ey ' haid •• v _iolatea _^ Accoming' _-torthG _^ _pKseiit : _systete tl _^ v _^^ gramme of the _. _sessibri , was _foi-eslia _^ _wedfe a ; kmd . -of _, piay . b . iU- _^ -no ; _iConstituency Vknbwa _. _-tb _^ what _theirrepresentativei -should _vbe-wledg _^ h ( _f _^ f _^ _^^^ . pr 6 homn _^ mWW submitted _to'thems whereas ' with _^ haments ;; * those _^ gramme . ofthe _^ session- , should _^ _be'disti'ibuted _^ _' - _nwnth _^ before _^ e _** p _^^^ thus aftording 'the _-coristituerici-is -atf opportu- _* mty ; of testingthe several _candidatesnnon _th-n verat
_^ propositions .... For , himself ; _, : he _^ ivonldV be sorr _7 _Jo : seeeyen a . Ghartist _- _paiiHamentBit-. tmg _. for seven years , _rasthe _. te _mptation _^ are io ' great that _theacta would-- lead ¦ -. te '' _-- _" iy 6 bii . i , _dis- ' _^^ _# _^ _y ( Hear , - _; hear _;)^ Lefchim _« _^ _WuestiWtt _^ mm House wa _§ returned . in 184 _iyupbn th * _priMipIe ! of ;! protectioii _; . arid , without _testing public opinion asito _^ he _^ _changelt _^ _mighthavV _uuteone ; theright hon ; lba _^ bn _^ tor lamworth , _aBsumirigaKiMofdict-itbrshi _^ oyer the public mind , carried a measure in direct opposition to that public opinion by the
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 7, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07071849/page/6/
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