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      THE COMMITTEE OF THE EDINBURGH CHARTIST ASSOCIATION TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE SOUTH MIDLAND AXD ElSTERN DISTRICT , " " ' C 0 MPKI 5 I 5 G THE COUNTIES OP EDINBURGH , HADDINGTON , LISLITHGOW , PEEBLES , BERWICK , A > 'D THB SOUTH OF FIFE . Beotheb Democrats , —The hurry and bustle attendant on the retting np and presentation of the

      K&tfT . n&l Petition is gone by , and the excitement that na * ur ? liy arose in the minds of the care-worn sons of toil , has p 3 fsed away . Bat let not apathy sad indiffirtr -ce gain tfce ascendency over you . It is now time that we Ehonld Bet to -wort in earnest , and pnt our house in order , bo that all deficiencies may be supplied , 33 d errors rectified ; at the same time taking care that our outworks are so strengthened that the foe may be repulsed fey oar united energies , and victory BeeaTi-A . - ¦

      F > r this desirable purpose it is necessary that the district , of which Edinburgh is the centre , according to th- plan agreed upon by tha Convention , held in Glasgow , in January List , shsuld be speedily organised . For -his object , we request all the associations in the above counties to send a delegate to attend a meetirg to br fc-M in Edinburgh , on Monday , Jane 13 th , 18-12 , with a certificate of their appointment , to consider the besi insa for the agitation of the district-In taking this step , we have no desire to dictate ; find trust : tat delay , which bas already occurred , will be a Sttffiei-nt apology for thus hurriedly calling upon you to lend your aid in forwarding the great cause of universal

      By order of the Committee of the Chartist Association , Thomas Blackie , Secretary . Edinburgh , ? , Milne Square , May 29 , 1824 . KB The delegates will meet at two e ' ulock , p . m . in Waiiefield Chapel , Carrubber ' 3 Ciose , High street . -

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      THE XEW POOR LAW PUBLIC MEETING IN LANCASHIRE . ( From a Correspondent . ) The statements of the Right Hon . Secretary for the Home Department relating to fee working of the New Poor Law Bill in the out-towmshipB of large towns , made in his plaee in theHouse of Commons , appears to have given great offence , not only to the oper atives who suffer under the Bill , but to the overseers , Guardians , and millowners who manage it in the eut-townships of the manufacturing districts . The township of Newton , in the parish of Manchester , containing a population of about 7 , 000 persons , instead of being beneatted ( acceding to the statements of Sir James Graham ) by being attached to the Union of a large town , has had its poor-rates doubled since it haa been under the operation of the New Poor Law Bill , and this does not aris 8 from increased distress in the

      townships , but from the sums they- have had to pay to an extensive Union for the purpose of defraying the enormous expences of officials under the new law . The largest amount that the township of Newton Heath paid for the relitf of the poor for one year during three years prior to its beinf placed under the ban of the Poor Law Commissioners was , £ 3112 s . Id . This was in 1840 , when distress was very prevalent , and two cotton-mills were , from the depression of trade , compelled to cease working . During the past year , when only one mill is stopped , and the distress by no means so great as in 1840 , they have bten called open to pay £ ¦ 365 13 s . 6 d . to the Union ; and I have the authority of the assistant-overseer or relieving officer for stating that the poor are much worse fed than when the expenditure was less , and the poor managed by local protectors .

      This is found to be the case in most ef the outtownships attached to large Unions in the manufacturing districts , and yet on the lllh of May Sir James Graham is reported to have said , "Judging from the example of Manchester , and the great advantages which had there occurred from the uniting of the adjoining districts under one Board of Guardians , be would not ¦ wish to prevent the union of rural districts with large towns . He thought a striding example was afforded by Manchester of the great advantages resulting from the union of districts with large towns . " In order to show Sir JameB Graham that he has been acting under false information with reference to the Mil , and particularly as to ita beneficial workings in the ont-townships , some of the most respectable and ii . flueiitial millownera and manufacturers of Newton Heatb , among whom were twelve of the principal firms , signed a rtquisition to the authorities , of which the following is a copy : —

      "To the Constables of the Township of Newton . — We , the undersigned ratepayers of Newton , b ? g that you will call a public town ' s meeting of the inhabitants , for the purpose of considering the propriety of addressing Sir J . Graham on remarks made by him during the debate on the New Poor Law , statins that the ir > f-jrm : ition from the Manchetter Union was that it worked Well in the out-townships . " In compliance with the above requisition the high constables convened a public meeting , which was beld last evening ( the 27 th ) in the school-room , Newton , and was most numerously attended by ratepayers of different grades In politics . The chair was occupied by Mr . K . Valley , one of the high constables

      Mr . J . Leigh , a manufacturer , after producing the report of the account of the overseers of the poor for the year commencing March 25 , 1841 , and ending March 25 , 1842 , and showing the increase of rates under the new bill as compared with the old one las previously stated ) , said that they had no controul over the money demanded from them by the union , and where it went to they had no opportunity of kDowing , excepting by judging from salaries that were paid . He then read from the Times of JJay 12 tb the statements of Sir J . Graham , which he reprobated in strong terms , ar . d said that he should move that a ietter be sent from the meeting to Mr . Giimsditch , the Member for Macclesfled , putting that gentleman in immediate possession of the facts , bo that he would be enabled to refute

      the statements of Sir J . Graham in the House of Commons . Mr . Leigh then read the letter he proposed to send , which wen ; to show , so far from Sir J . Graham ' s statement being correct , " that the Manchester Union worked well in the out-townships , " that in consequence of its ^ working so ineffectively the inhabitants of Newten had refused to nominate any guardians to represent them in the Union ; that the increase of expenditure of the new system had been fifty per cent over the old , and thiB could not be acconnted fer by any extra outlay upon the poor ; and that inBtead of the law meeting the wants of the needy , they had been compelled to resort to voluntary contribution for their relief ; that they had painfnl experience of the hardships the poor had to undf-rgo by being compelled to travel snch dutaaees to obtain a pkltry pittance , which frequently thuy did not get . Allusion was also made in the lttter to the case of a poor woman at PeDninglon , who , for several

      successive days , had travelled a great distance backwards and forwards to the relieving dnser in vain , and ¦ wh o had subsequently died of starvation . Quite contrary to the statement oi Sir James Graham , the Union was too Inree evar to be humanely or properly worked . Mr . D . BOOTH said that he should ol ^ ject to a letter being sent to Mr . Grimsditcb having for its object the correcting of Sir J . Graham ; he should move as an amendment , — "That the meeting should petition for a total repeal of the iniquitous law . " He was afraid that Sir J . Graham and his party were intending to pass a worse law ( if it were possible ) than the previous one . Tee law was un-Cbxistian , and alike disgraceful to the Htatute-bsok and the country at large . ( Hear , bear . ) Being inconsistent with Christianity , no country could possibly stand under such a law , and if not abolished the end of it must be an insurrection in the land He was far petitioning for a total repeal of the law . and nothine else .

      Mr . Leigh said that they had found petitioning was of no ust ; their petitions had been unbeet ' ed . Mr . Booth said that that had been found to be the casa , and he thought , nnder such circumstances , they ought to seek for universal suffrage . Mr . Leigh hoped that his motion would be allowed to pass , as it was necessary that a member of Parliament should be , without delay , put in possession of the fctate of the out-townships in the Manchester union . He had no objection to join them heart and soul in a petition for the total repeal of the law afterwards , and he did not believe-there was one individual in the

      meeting who would not join them . SfcYtxal of the working men then addressed the meeting , anH were in favour of a strong remonstrance or Betltiombeing proposed and sent to the Government , praying them to withdraw the measure . This they were of opinion would be the best answer to the calumnies of Sir James Graham . One of the operatives read a statement from a pauper named Alexander Rigby , confined in the Manchester workhouse . It was addressed to the R ; v . Mr . Scholefield , of Every-street , Manchester . The writer stated , that they were never allowed to go out of the workhouse , and they supposed Skey must consider themselves prisoners for life . When

      they complained of the confinement to the governor , he informed them the same strictuess was used throughout England , and if they did not like it they must be cailcd together and discharged . The boya were kept at work from five in the morning until seven in the evenirg breaking srones , and the girls were employed from five in the morning nntil six in the evening , picking oakum . The writer concluded by stating that the girls had been dreadfully beaten by the taskmaster with stick 3 on their bare backs , and by hoping that the Rev . Mr . Scholofield would causa an inquiry to be made inta their treatment .

      Having read the above , the speaker stated that the food allowed to the paupers in the Union Workhouses was scarcely sufficient to keep soul and body together , and yet out of "the poor rates " the salaries of commissioners , assistant-commissioners , their travelling expenses , &c , amounted in 1840 to £ 50 , 173 . Mr . Wooo , a manufacturer , said that he should vote for the amendment , but he wouid rather that the meeting should adjourn , and in the mean time prepare a petition . It was ultimately agreed that the amendment should be withdrawn , on condition that a petition for the total repeal should be sent to Parliament at tbe same time . Tois was agreed to , and the motion that the letter be presented te Mr . Grimsditch was passed .

      A p = tHion for the total repeal of the iniquitous act " was --ubsequently adopted and signed , and the meeting separated peaceably . It is a well-known fact , which says little in favour of the New Poor L ^ w , that there is not one unio n in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire , Yorkshire , or Cnesiur =, where the law is not broken . The guardianB dare not carry out the law for fear of their lives , and lhc commissioners dare not press them to do so for fear of their salaries Times .

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      """"" ' ¦ * A pANiC—The Courrier Beige states that the railroad train from Mons to Bruxelles having been stopped by the bursting of a pipe tube , a traveller , who no doubt was occupied with the idea of the accident on the Versailles railroad , exclaimed , " We are goiDg to be burnt , " when a scene of indescribable confusion arose . The travellers endeavoured to make their escape through the doors and windows ; but though many haTT their clothes torn , not one received tbe slightest injury .

      Hbaktless Villant . —A most heartless case of seduction is recorded in the Sydney papers as haying occurred on board the emigrant ship Agricola , armed at Port Philip , the seducer being the Burgeon © f tbe vessel , named Brown , and the seduced a poor orphan girl , about eighteen . years of age . The magistrates are investigating the affair with the hopes of awarding the prisoner the punishment due to his crime , and the charge of having neglected his duty while on board the Agricola will a ' so be preferred against him to make donbly sure of his not escaping with impunity . Tie conduct of Captain Innes , thu master of the vessel , in the matter is Bpoken of in terms of praise , he having released the poor creature ' s boxes , which were held in charge at her lodgings for the rent due , which , although Mr . Brown had taken them , he had the effrontery to leave unpaid .

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      IRISHMEN IN JAMAICA . At the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Socie ) y , heWonthe 13 th Instant , the R ? v . Mr . Knibb alluded , in the following terma , to the inhuman treatment and fearful sufferings to which th « Irish emigrants to Jamaica were subjected : — I do implore tbia respectable assembly not to allow their feelings to be harrowed up by tho bloody and murderous system of European emigration . 1 have witnessed scenes with respect to this which I shall never forget I have seated myself By the side of a poor deluded Irish emigrant , though of a different religion t * myself , and , in the absence of one whom he considered his only spiritual guide , he was glad to receive temporal and spiritual consolation from myself . I have stood by his side , when in the deepest depths of

      poverty , joined t © despair , and on a bed covered with ra ; s , be has breathed his last , a dupe to this infernal scheme—( hear , hear ) . In circumstances which I could not mention to this respectable audience , have the victims of this accursed plan been hurried into eternity . I declare , without the least f _ -ar of being contradicted —and , if theHouse of Commons think that I cannot prove it , let them call me as a witness to their bar—( loud cheers)—I declare that there have been scenes in Jamaica , within the last two years , unequilled in atrocity by all the abominations connected with the foreign slave-trade . I say this not on account of the number ; but when I think of the manner in which these poor deluded people came—when I think that comfort was the lot of some before they left their homes ,

      and that I have stood by their bedsides , where poverty , disease , and starvation have combined to hurry them from the world—when I have seen the misery and the last ; gasp of breath , and I have bad the office of consigning them to the tomb—I implore , on behalf of Ireland , that she be rescued from a system which entails misery on all wbe go , and must bring down the just judgment of God—( hear . ) So convinced was Sir C . Metcalf of this , that at his request I interfered . I know his Excellency thought 1 could not prove what I had asserted with respect to one estate ; but an investigation was ordered . Mr . Kelly , a special magistrate , was Invited to Spanish Town , and his evidence was taken ; but it was so abominably filthy that it was suppressed . I have it , however , and the world shall have it too . If it is

      necessary to state bow I obtained it , that sha ll be done , for on that subject I care for no "individual that breatheB on earth —( cheers ) . It is but the other day that I went to one of the jails in J . imuica . I dare say a great many people will say , I had no bnsinass there— ( laughter ) . I have business everywhere where tyranny dwells . / saw in that jail a poor Irish girl , seventeen years of age , fed upon the coarsest corn ineal , without cojfee or tea , or anything but water . Seeing her there I enquired what was her crime ; she told me that she bad been hired by Mr . Hylton at £ 8 per year , and that her food was to be found her ; when be had taken her seventeen miles up the country , he told her he would only give her £ 6 . ( Hew , hear . ') She was one of the unfortunate victims who went out in the Robert Kerr .

      For refusing to work for six pounds , what did the chief magistrate no ? He called two of his brother magistrates into his house to dine , and after dinner they held a court is the house , find sentenced this poor Irish girl , who had not be . n in the island tbree weeks , to pay a fine of three pounds , or . In di fault of rinding goods upon which it could be levied , to imprisonment for fifteen days . ( Hear . ) The moment I saw her I said , " I will pay the money , and you can come out " ( Cheer * . ) The poor girl had been walked barefooted seventeen m ies under a burning sun to a jail , in which she was placed for fouitten days in the midst of a deadly morass . I had her taken care of in . the mansion house . I said to the jailer , " Give me a copy of her commitment ; " be replied . " I dare not do it ;

      what would the magistrates say ? " I answered , " I don ' t care whether you durst or not , but you shall : you know that every perBon has a right to a copy of their commitment , and demand it 9 h behalf of this poor gfri . " ( Cheers . ) And here it is—" Whereas , E . izJ Kennedy , an immigrant , located on Retirement , the property cf Thomas Ricketts Hylton , Esq ., has been convicted before ua , David Mason , sen ., and David Mason , jun ., Esqrs ., two of her Majesty ' 8 justices of the peace , for the parish of Westmoreland , of refusing "— -mind how logical they are — " to do tbf duty she had agreed upon to perform to the said Thomas Ricketta Hylton , and baa been sentenced to pay a fine of three pounds sterling , or , in default of goods to levy upon , to fifteen days in the House

      t-f Correction , agreeable to the act to enourage immigration to this island , < Scc . ( Loud laughter . ) And whereas no goods to levy on have been found ; these are in her Majesty's name . " I thought my first duty was to tell the governor about this . I wrote to Daniel O'Connell , but I think the Post-office stopped the letter . You shall ha ? e the governor s reply : — " Sir , I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of tbe 26 ih ult Inquiry will be made into the circumstances of tbe case therein reported , and , pending the receipt if the result , the Governor suspends hia judgment on the conduct of the parties concerned . But , whatever the causes may have been , hia Excellency deeply laments that a young female , immediately after her arrival in this island , should have been subjected to

      a fine which she could not be expected to pay , and tt > ths consequent degradation and danger of imprisonment He requests y > u to accept his thanks for your generous interference in paying the fine , and rescuing the unfortunate prisoner from confinement , and begs leave to transmit herewith the amount of the expense which be undi rstands you to have incurred upon that occasion , " iChetrs . ) I say honour to whom honour is due —( renewed cheers )—and I shall feel pleasure in referring m-jre than once to the kindness the Governor has manifested to these poor deluded creatures . I only regret that in the last despatch , on leaving the colony , he has still recoinmendtit , under certain conditions , a new trial of this emigration scueme ; and if he bad not done this—if the whole of his official weight had not

      been thrown into the scale , I should not have stated some circumstances which duty now compels me to lay before you—( cries of " Hear , hear . " ) I have here an account of emigration to differeut parishes . I wish you to nndeis-and that I have been there ; mine is no hearsay evitieuce , for I have gone to the bedside of these poor victims , and I have endtavonred to smooth their pasBiige to tbe torhb . On Hyde Hall estate , between March and July , twenty-one emigrants arrived , six with wives and children , tho rest single men ; in November the sarue year , twelve of the men and women were dead , four of the children were dead , six of tho widows and orphans were shipped by the kindness of an individual to America , five were in the hospital , and three remained fit to work . On tho 19 th of April , four .

      persons from Ireland were situated at Glamorgan , and these estates are not on tba plain , they ore on the mountain ; the man , the woman , " ¦ aud their children were dead by the 10 th of Jane The other day I went to another estate at Eddinyton . 1 saw on that estate , to the windward of Dundee , two Irish families from London , On one bed , without a rag to cover them , lay the father vomiting blood ; on the samo bed lay two children , one four , and thebiher two years of age ; in a oorner of the room lay a girl of fourteen , ill with ague and fuver , and the mother bad not a farthing to support any of them —( loud cries ef " Hear , hear . ") In tbe next room wnicb I visited , after having prayed with this poor Irishman , and done something else for him—for it is of no use to attend to the soul if

      you do not taka care of the body—( hear , hear)—I saw another Irishman on his d « athbed . I wrote to the Governor , teliiug him that the only alternative was the removal of the survivors back again to England , or their death . The Governor wrote back , and I have his letter ; it is to this effect : — " If these are the only means , take a passage for the whole , and I will pay the expeuce , let it be what may . " ( Loud cheers . ) lieturned to these poor people with joyful tidings ; but , though a vessel was to sail in ten days , three of the parents were dead , and two of the children I There were three orphans whom I sent in a carriage to my own house ; one died before it bad been there six hours ; the other two are in the Normal School , and they are supported by his Excellency Sir Charles

      Metcalfehere is the letter with which be sent me the money—11 , I am directed to acknowledge tfce receipt of your letter , " says the secretary , " of the 8 th instant , and to transmit herewith a cheque for £ 30 , being the amount stated to be sufficient for tbe board and education of three orphan children for one year . " One being dead , I told tbe Governor there were plenty of others , and I should find oue . I aver that I can prove that a mother has lain with her two children beside her , the one ten years of age , and the other an infant dying at her breast , while her other daughter has been weeping over the putrid remains . I aver I can prove that my poor fellow-creatures are subsisting on what is called Spanish aeed ' es , what is given to feed rabbita , mixed with water ; tl . at starvation , misery , spoliation , and death is tbe result of this actursed new slave-trade . I speak strongly , because 1 have a right so to speaktcheers . )—A body of these poor Irishmen came to me , and our pockets ought to be fuller than Baptists '

      pockets usually are —( laughter)—to supply all the demands that ar . j made , and implored me to do something for them . —What can I do ? Oh , get us out of this country . Another man said , " I will walk a mile on my knees to thank you , if you can get me out of this place . " A woman who landed in 1835 , assured us that she came out with one hundred and fifty emigrants , twenty of whom returned home , and all the rest were dead . Let those who are carrying on this plot in reference to the West Indies hear these facts ; they certainly shall through the public pres ? . ( Cheers . ) I would implore that a ship be immediately freighted by the British Government—it cannot be better employed—to fetch home these emigrants . Let them throw their guns overboard , and put up hammocks for the dying . I hope there are spirits in thia country that will assist me in carrying out this object I hoped that Daniel O'Connell would have been here , and I would have asked his aid on behalf of hia

      countrymen . There are a few withered creatures left ; there are a few orphans and widows , and I implore that no time be lost in fetching them home again . I am sure thaj ; if you could see them , you would not want the eloquence of Daniel O Connell to convince you of the atrocity of European emigration . Emigration , even from Africa , though it may not be so fatal in its effects , will be quite as abominable iu its principles . — Were it necessary , which it is nok , I could detain you for hours with statements of this kind . But I dare not conclude without reiterating the earnest cry from dying , starving emigrants in Jamaica that yet suffer in that climate . Gould you see them as I have beheld them heartbroken , dying and dead , you would implore her

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      Majesty ' s government sot to let a month pass without sending a vessel to bring the deluded victims back to tbe land of their fathers . Think you we are afraid of them competing with the negro ? No ; nor is the negro himself . He treats them kindly . One of my brethren saw the other day a deacon of hia own church walking on the road-side , and a poor Irish emigrant was riding on ahorse . His minister asked " how that came to pass ?" His deacon replied , "I saw bim lying under a tree starving , I got off my horse and put him on , and I am walking by his side to take him home and give him

      something to eat "— ( lBud cheers . ) I ask you whether he could have done more ? I ask you if a black man would have been ao treated if be had come to reduce wages here ? No Irishman has perished , because the black roan would , to the utmost of his power , prevent it—( cheers . ) I ask the meeting not to . allow the Government to be palmed upon by those who think they can reduce the negroes to serfs . They cannot , and they will not , for we have a mountain-top to which to flee . We have already suffered enough—they shall not extinguish the ethereal light which now beams on the Islands of the West ; Come what will , we wiir be free , and enjoy the blessing which God has given us—( cheers . ) ' - . ' , '¦' : ¦ - : '¦" " '¦ ¦ : ¦' ' ¦ v . ' ' ¦ ¦' :: ' - •¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Monday , May 30 . The Earl of GlengaLl , in moving for returns respecting the number of rewards offered by ; the Irish Government for the detection of offenders , commented oil the statements which bod been made by Lord Wbarncliffe on Friday night last , with respect t © the condition of the county of Tipperary , and the influence of the Catholic clergy . He also defended the conduct of the landlords , and blamed the younger portion of the Catholic priests , whom he considered as largely implicated in exciting and perpetuating that centempt for social order which led to these outrages . Lerd Whakncliffe briefly dtfanded bis previous observations . ¦

      • . •• a Batl FORTESCUE defended the Catholic clergy Of Ireland , as being , on the whole , a most exemplary body , from whom he had received , while at the head of the Irish Government , most efficient assistance in the suppression of crime . A short debate ensued , after which the motion was agreed to . :

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      HQUSE OF COMMONS , Fhiday , May 27 . The House went Into Committee on the Tariff question ; as to the duty ; to be lbvied from train and spermaceti oil , blubber , and whale fins , Mr . Lyall moved to postpone the commencement ef these imposts from the dates imposed in the tariff , to certain periods of the years 1843 and 1844 respectively . ¦ : . ¦ ' ,. . ¦ . : .. ; ' - . . . . ¦¦¦ . . , - .. ; ¦ " ¦ . - - . : : In this he was supported by Mr . G . Palmer , Mr . Hawes , and Mr . Chapman , upon grounds peculiar to the oil trade , and to the adventurers in the whale fishery , who bad gone out without notice Of the proposed reduction ; Sir . C . Napier concurred in the motion , for the sake of that important nursery of seamen the mercantile marine , which be greatly feared was on the decline , while the competing marine of foreigners seemed to be increasing .

      Sir K . Peel and Mr . Gladstone resisted the extension of time , mainly on account of the very high prices incident to this fluctuating trade , referred to an official return of the mercantile marine In the years 1840 and 1841 , from which it appeared that the numbers of British seamen and Bhips , and the amount of British tonnage , had been considerably greater in the latter than in tbe former of those years ; while tbe foreign marine exhibited , on the contrary , a great diminution in 1841 , as compared with 1840 . . Lord J . Russell and Mr . C . BVLLER argued for the extension of the time , on the ground that if the tariff was properly adjusted in allowing any extension at all , it ought to allow snch an extension as would do comple . e justice to all the persons engaged in the now pending voyages .

      Captain FiizuoY doubted the conclusion drawn from the comparison of the years 1848 and 1841 ; and expressed his disapprobation of many provisions in our navigation laws ; but made some admissions respecting the present stato of the fisheries and of the prices , upon which Sir R . Peel founded another earnest exhortation to the House that they should permit , without further extension of the time , a reduction so obviously necessary for the relief of manufacturing and other consumption . The Committee , on division , decided against the extension . On the schedule relating to timber , Mr . Hawes and other Members objected not to the duties , but to the system of measurement on which it is proposed to levy tb « m ; wnicb . system Mr . Gladstone and Sir B . Peel dtfended on the authority of practical

      ¦ men . -. . - ¦ . . . , ,. ... ¦ - Mr . Chapman carried his objections further , remonstrating against the main principle of the proposed reductionB on timber . Mr . Hume recommended it to Government to make the reductions at once , instead of postponing them to October ; for , as carpenters , and others who had no ' Btock of wood in hand must postpone their purchases of that artie ' e until after the reduction , it was plain that in the interval thero would be ho employment for the workmen .

      This suggestion was resisted by other members on behalf of the numerous parties at present possessing stock ; and Sir R . Peel waa of opinion that justice to those parties precluded him from altering ihe course ¦ whi ch he had announced , and on the faith whereof they had been acting . The mode of measurement , however , was a subject which he would reconsider , though not at present inclined to alter the view he bad already taken of it The Committee then adjourned , and the House having resumed , Mr . C . Buller brought on his motion for referring $ t to Mr . Roebuck ' s committee to inquire into a corrupt compromise alleged to hava been made by Mr . Warburton respecting the Bridport election . In the cases of Nottingham arid of the other places included

      in the chaTge of Mr . Roebuck , the allegations of bribery ¦ ar id of compromise rested only upon rumour , but here they rested on the direct evidence of Mr . Warburton himself , contained in a petition to the House ; and on the factibat no fewer than fifty-one actions bad been brought for bribery against Mr . Mitchell , one of the Bitting Members , and discontinued in pursuance of the general compromise respecting the Bridport election . That this compromise was made in a former , and not in . the present , session , was a frivolous distinction . Mr . Buller then stated the circumstances of compromise severally affecting Mr . Mitchell and the other sitting Member , Mr . Cochrane . He thought it should be a Btrong additional reasen with the House in favour of his motion , that the case was one involving the characters of two of its Meic-bers .

      Mr . Cochrane then entered into the details of the case , first , as concerned his own conduct , and secondly , as concerned the conduct of Mr . Warburton , of which he considered himself as having reason to complain . The Hon . Member , in the course of bis speech , repeated various passages from the conversations and correspondence between himself and Mr . Warburton , which raised repeated roars of laughter at the simplicity of tint eminent . Reformer , and at his anxiety to preserve his reputation for purity amidst the potent odour of his own admissions of corraption .

      Next came the turn of &fr . Mitchell , who made a statement of his own case , c ontroverting much of Mr . Warburton ' s petition , end throwing very serieus censure on his conduct . He distinguished this : case from the cases referred to Mr . Roebuck ' s committee . In each of those instances one , of the sitting Members had made a tacit admission of guilt by retiring ; bat he bad not retired ; he bad manfully stood his ground , and kept it And as to the actions against him for bribery , they had been brought , he believed , for the purpose of frightening him , and had been abandoned because it was felt that they could not be maintained .

      Sir T . Wilde said that the admissions of the two preceding speakers had left no doubt as to the existence of facts which required investigation by the committee . After censuring the House for , tkje cheers of derision with which they had received the quotations from Mr . Warburton ' s conversations and letters , he proceeded to defend that geutiuman , and to retort upon his accusers . It was remarkable , that Mr . Warburton sought inquiry , and that hia accusers resisted it There had been a resignation of a seat in this case as well as in the other ' s , namely , tho resignation of Mr , Warburton ; on what just g « mnd , then , could the reference to the committee ^ be opposed ?

      Sir John Walsu moved , as an amendment , that Mr . Roebuck's committee should limit its inquiries , in the several cases before it , to the subject of the alleged compromises , omitting all investigation respecting tbe imputed bribery . He thought the precedent of these references a very dangeroU 3 eiie , which , in the bands of an unscrupulous majority , might be made the instiumeut of much mischief ; Mr . Escott said , the inquiry in the other cases was asked by a man who stood untainted ( Mr . Roebuck ;) but the inquiry in the present case was asked by a man who admitted his own guilt .

      Sir R . Peel did not think that distinction sufficient to exempt the present case from the desired inquiry ; nor did he see how Sir John Walsh's limitation could be adopted , though be certainly apprehended that tbe committee had undertaken a much larger duty than it could discharge . Again , these compromises had been usual for thirty years , and no member had considered himself bound to go on for the public , If he could secure the seat for himself . The committee would do more usefully to devise means of future prevention , than to occupy themselves with the facts of the past case 3 . He should be glad if Lord John Russell ' s announced bill for the prevention of bribery could pass before the now proposed inquiry should take place ; but ho should feel himself bound , if the motion of Mr . C . Buller was pressedto vote for it , : : V . ; " j .

      , Lord John Russell did not think this quite so streng a cise for-inquiry as the others ,- because , from the statements of Mjiv YVavburton and the two sitting members themaelves , the Hpuse was . now in , possession of all the facts . He thoughttbe . committee couid . never do justice to the various inqufiies whioh . would be in *

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      volved in the investigation of the bribery committed at all the places denounced before it ; but nevertheless he would consent to the proposed reference . ; * Sir R Inglis said that this jurisdiction belonged , by law , to Election Committees . " ¦ :- ¦ Lord Palmerston questioned whether a compromise was necessarily illegal or culpable . Indeed , the statutes seemed rather to recognise the legality of such arrangements . He would rather amend tbe law both as to compromise and as to bribery , than enter upon these enquiries into particular cases . The system , arid not the individuals , should be tho object of their attention . And after the decision against enquiry in the case of Ipswich , be did not see how the House could consistently send this case to the Com mittao . ; : '¦ : ' ' /'•; . •' . - ¦ : -: v . ' : ' ; - ; ¦ : - '¦ . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ••• ¦¦ ¦

      Lord Stanley observed , that Mr . C , Bailer's metion Was in two separate clauses ; the first affirming the expediency of an enquiry , and the second delegating that enquiry to Mr . Roebuck ' s Committee . He was prepared to vote at present only for the first of those two clauses . . . .: '¦ : ; : ';¦ ¦ .: ¦ . ¦ : .. '"' . /" ¦ \ ' . ' ^\/; ' ¦ . ' Mr . GEORGE Banks warned the House against a precedent which would be used by every disappointed candidate . Mr . C . Buller said , that if the House adopted the first clause of his motion , affirming the expediency of some enquiry , he should not object to defer the question , in what mode or before what committee , that inquiry should be pursued , : The House divided—¦ For the motion ... ... ... 37 Againstit ... ... ... ... 156

      Majority ... ... ... 119 The other orders of the day were then disposed of , ond and the House adjourned at half-past two o ' clock . ¦ ¦ .: ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦'"¦ "•¦ ' . ' ¦; "• ¦ ¦' . ¦ - ¦ . - : '¦ :- '•

      Monday , May ? 0 . Mr . Thomas Dungombb presented a petition from John Wren , of Southampton , offering to make certain disclosures relating to tbe bribery practised at the last and preceding elections , if he were protected by indemnity . On the motion that the petition be printed , a somewhat animated and singular debate arose , which , however , ended in the motion being agreed to . The Witnesses' Indemnity Bill passed through committee . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ -. : , ¦ ¦' ;• ; .. ¦ ;; ..: > . - ¦¦ , i- . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ .. ..: ; '¦ _ Sir R . Peel moved the order of the day for tke third reading of the Property Tax Bil ? . On the question "that the bill be now read a third time" being put , ¦ Mr . S . Grawfoed rose to bring forward , as an amendment , the motion of which he had given notice , and which , was as follows :- ^ -

      "That , as by the existing laws a large proportion of the people of this realm are excluded from voting for Members of Parliament , and as it also appears by the reports of different election committees that corrupt practices have been used to an extraordinary extent in procuring the return of Members to this present House ef Commons , and as , from both , these cauaea , thiB House caunot be considered a fair representation of the people . it is , therefore , unfit that any system of increased taxation should be imposed by Parliament until all just causes of complaintywith regard . to the mode of electing the Members of this House shall be first redressed . "

      The Hon . Member , who spoke in an exceedingly low tone of voice , and was most indistinctly heard , was understood to commence his observations by saying , be thought it was necessary for the House to consider whether they were in a condition to adopt a mode of taxation hitherto unprecedented , except in the case of an European war , and he felt he should not do his duty as a representative of the people and pledged to'protect their rights , if he did not now rise te oppose such a principle of taxation as that now pre : sented for the final adoption of the House ; It could hardly be necessary for him at . this time to prove that the principle of taxation and representatiftn ought to co-exist and be identical . That principle had been asserted in the time of Charlse I . and of William III .,

      and was recognised by the jealousy with which any interference by the House of Lords with money bills was regarded . This jealousy arose from the rule that all money or tax bills must originate in the Commons House of Parliament , on the great principle that the people ought only to be taxed by themselves through their representativea . But were the people under the present system at present represented in that House ? It might be said that because property was representyd tho people were virtually represented ; but he ( Mr . S . Crawford ) denied that there was even a virtual representation of a great portion of the propeity of the country . But if they looked to the sfcite of the Buffrage of the people at large , there was net even a pretence of representation . If they compared the amount of

      population with tho number of electors ^ -if they compared the numbers of tbose who bad the suffrage with tbose who had not , it would appear from returns which from time to time , had been moved for by various Hon . Members , that in England and Wales the number of electors , as compared with the aniount of population , was in the propurtion of 1 to 18 J , in Scofland of 1 to 30 , and in Ireland of 1 to 57 ; and in the United Kingdom on the average as 1 to 44 , ( Hear * hear . J But these evils had been aggravated . by corrupt practices in the return of membera in an inimense degree . The house had by reports of its own committees , by the declaration of Members of Pdrlia- ' ment themselves , and by various other means , undeniable evidence of thu corrupt state oi the rep esehtation ; but he required no stronger ; proof of that corruption

      than the fact that bad been elicited by the motion of the Hon . Member for Finsbury ( Mr . T . Duncombe ) , when hedesired to apply a test to the Members who might be called upon to serve oh the committee to bs appointed pursuant to the . motion carried by the Hon . and Learned Member for Bath . That test was ts the effect that the individuals appointed had not themselves been guilty of any illegal expenditure in procuring their own returns to Parliament , and that motion had been resisted on the ground that the test would upset the desired inquiry , inasmuch as a sufficient number of Members could not be found who , by taking the tost could serve on the committee . So that the House , by the rejection of that motion , bad condemned itself , anil no wonder then that it should stand condemned in the eyes of the

      country . Again , if reference were made to the reports of election committees , made ( as we understood ) during tbe present Parliament , it would be fouud that no less than forty towns and other places returning Members to Parliament were tainted with corruption ; in otaer places compromises had been effected to prevent exposure of corrupt practices , and in others gross bribery bad been proved to exist ¦¦ : Was it not necessary then on theBe grounds : that the House should take into its consideration the means for making that House the fair representation of tho people ? On a former occasion he had stated the remedies be had to suggest Those remedies chiefly were an extension of the suffrage , an improved distribution of the electorial districts , the vote by ballot , and the

      shonemng the duration of Pariiaments , He should not now dwell upon those propositions , which the House refused to adopt when he made them . The House bad refused them again when they negatived the motion of the Hon . Member for Finsbury , though that motion was baaed upon the petition of upwards of three millions of the people , aad he ( Mr . S . Crawfordi now called on those who had joined in those refusals to name what remedies they would propose for the great mass of evils which were known to exist , and to make that house a just , fair , and free represen-. tation of the people . It had been urged as an argument against reforin , ikat 1 be people had prospered under the old system of representaiioD . That argument could not now avail , because it could not be denied that

      universal distress prevailed throughout the whole kingdom , and afforded a distinct proof of bad legialation . The people complained that the legislation , of that House was class legislation , and in proof they pointed to the Corn Laws and to the New Poer Law . They referred also to the extravagant expenditure in all departments of the fitate , and they complained that this Property Tax was imposed to defray 'the expencea of the wars bow carrying ou in India and in China—wars as unjust as they were impolitic . If a corroboration of this were wanted , it existed in a paper which had been signed by all the the Birmingham delegates to the Complete Suffrage Conference . In this , after deploring , the receiit disasters and losses in Aftchanistan , the paper

      went on to say that the wars both in China and Affghanlstan , having originatad in unfairness and injustice , cannet be expected to terminate except in national disgrace . Such were the sentiments of the great body of the delegates , and . the paper must , he conceived , be considered as a very fair test of the feelings cf ihe people . If the people ' s voiee . 'Vtbey Sitfd , " had a just share in the deliberations of therepreaentatiyes , such , wars would not have been undertaken ;'' The delegates also adverted in this paper to the war in Canada , and they stated that that war was an attempt to put the minority of the people of that country bve »' the majority , contrary to the opinion and wishes of their Housa of Commons . If the people bad been justly represanted such a war as that would never have taken place . In his opinion it would be unsafe for the House

      of Commons to tax the people , If the people did not tbii k that they were fairly represented . ; As an illustration of this he might refer to the result of the proceedings which Charles I . and James II . originated for the taxation of tbe people without their consent The people rose agaicsii them . So it might be with a Parliament which attempted to impose taxes without properly responding to the popular voice ; the people might be driven to resistance . It might be asked , if the motion were carried , what were the results which he could expect from it ? He expected . that if it were carried the immediate effect would be that the Heuse weald proceed take into

      to consideration the state of the representation , or else to have a new Parliament altogether . This was his object ; but he did not call on the House ^ o adopt the principles of the Charter ; be asked only that they should be ready to redress all just caases of complaint against the present defective representative system . He had only to eay that this motion was made with no party views , and so he hoped it would be understood generally ; but , concurring in the vie w that representation and taxation were intimately allied rights , and thinking that when taxes were brought forward that was a fair and just opportunity for bringing on such a motion , te trustid tlat the House would consent to it .

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      Mr . O'Connell seconded the motion . Sir Robert Peel thought that if the House of Commons , as at present constituted , was disqualified from increasing taxation , neither conld it undertake the reform of the tariff , or even reform itself . He would rather have met tbe motion as a substantive one , on a more soitabla

      occasion . . ; - ¦¦ :. ¦ . ¦ ¦•'¦ '• ¦¦¦ : ¦ : ¦ -:. ' , ¦ . ¦ .- ' ; After a few observations feomMft O'Connell , Mr . Hume , and Lord John Manners , Lord John Russell intimated , that t&ohgh he could not vote for Mr . S . Crawford ' s amendment , he would t ake the sense of the House on the third reading of the Income Tax Bill . y On a division , there appeared 21 for the amendment and 156 againstit . Mr . F . T . Basin a then proceeded bo state his reason * for opposing the third reading of the Income Tax Bill but was interrupted by _ r ' ' Sir Robert Peel , who said that be had just received information that an attempt had been made onthe life of her Majesty . In answer to some loud excla mations , "Is the Queen safet " . he replied that he ? Majesty was perfectly safe , and that theaasassui was in custody . ' . ' . ' : ¦¦¦ : ' ' ¦ .: ¦ ¦ ¦ . . - ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦/¦ ' ' . ¦ ¦ . - - . - . In ebedience to a universal call the House then adjourned . ' ; -,. y ;

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      A Valuable Bdstle . —Some , amusement was occasioned one day this we ? k by the town crier proclaiming the loss of a lady ' s bustle , and offering a reward for its restoration . But great was the surprise of all who heard the public orator when he announced that this elegant appendage contained a large Bum of money in noteq and gold . It is to be hoped that this notice may meet the eje of the finder , who is , perhaps , unaware of the value or use of the article . —Monmouthshire Beacon . Dbath THBOPGHlNroxrcATibN . —Between ten and eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , James Caloraft , a sawyer , was crossing tho carriage-way by thf Marshgate turnpike , Lambeth , in a state of extreme intoxication , when he stumbled , and staggering back a

      pace or two , fell directly in front of one of the "Atlas" omnibugesi on its way from Paddington to the Elephant and Castle Tavern , and before he could scramble out of the way , although he appeared fully sensible . of his danger , and feebly endeavoured to do go , or that any of tho many persons who witnessed the occurrence could rush forward to render him assistance , the fore and hind wheels oh the nearside passed over his chest . The unfortunate man , as the heavy vehicle passed over himj gave a piercing and long-continued shriek , during the utterance of which he rolled several times over in the road , evidently

      convulstd py the agonizing struggles of death . He was removed to tW surgery of Dr . Brooks , near to the Marsh-gate , who , detecting the fracture of at least six or seven ribs oh the left side . With a corresponding depression on tho caviiy of the stomach , at ones pronounced the injury to be fatal . The deceased remained at Mr . Brooks ' a for three-quartera of an ; hour , and some signs of life being still displayed , it was thought expedient to remove him to Westminster Hospital , where he expired in a short time after his arrival . The deceased , who was a well-behaved , hard-working man , has left a widow and several children totally unprovided for .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , May 27 . BANKRUPTS . . - ; T- ; ' . ; ,. ¦¦ . ¦ - Edward Bowxa , Gracechurch-stteet , umbre \ la--waTehouseman , to surrender June 7 , attwelve o ' clock , July 8 , &t one , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Sturmy , Wellington-street , London Bridge ; ofiicial assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Basinghall-street . Elizabeth Style , Windsor , bookseller , Jane 2 , at eleven o ' clock , July 8 , at twelve ^ at the Bankrupts ' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Burbridge , Hatton-garden ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher . William Hill and William Kemble Wackerbath , Lcadenhall-street , ship and insurance brokers , June 6 , at half-past ten o clock , Jaly 8 , at eleven at the Bankrupts' G-jurt . Solicitor , Mr . Williams , Coptbali-court ; official assienee , Mr . Graham , Basinchall-street .

      William Goodmg , Chatham , boot-maker , June 8 , July 8 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' -Court . ¦ Solicitor , Mr . Hughes ^ Ch apet-street , Bedford-row ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghall-street . .. ., Thomas Dykes , Broad-street , St . Giie& ' s , stationer , June 11 , at two o clock , July 8 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court , Solicitors , Messrs . Rhodes , Beevor and . Lane , Chancery-lane , official asaignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurcn-Iane . . . ¦ : ; . Charles P ^ ndlebury , Bury , Lancashire , bleacher , June 14 , July 8 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Swan Hotel , Boiton-le-Moors . Solicitors , Messrs . Mike / P ^ rry , Milne and Morris , Temple ; and Mr . Briggs , Bolton .

      Francis Davis , Weymeuth and Meleombe Regis , Dorsetshire , wine-merchant , June 7 , July 8 , at twelve o ' clock , at the AntelopB Inn , Dwchester . Solicitors . Mr . Combe . Staple-inn ; and Mr . Phillips , Weymputli and MelcbrobeRegis . ;; -. : ^ : . George Hutton , Liverpool , ship-chandler , June 8 , July 2 , at one O ' clock , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool- Solicitors , Mr . Roscoe , Raymond-buildings , Gray ' s inn ;_ and Mr . Moss , Liverpool . , ' James Dawson , HitMersfield , woollen cloth-merchant , June 10 , at three o ' clock , July 8 , at two , at the Pack Horse Inn , Huddets&eld . ' Sblicitors , Messra . Bittye , Fisher , and Sudlow , Chancery-lane ; , and Messrs . Stephenson , Floyd , and Booth , Holmfirth , near Huddersfield . ' . :

      William Hey wood , Basinghall-street and Sdtanchester , warehouseman , June 10 , July 8 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester Solicitors . Messrs . Abbott and , Arney , Charlotte-street , Bedfordsquare ; and Mr . Bennett , Manchester . : Thomas Evans , Welchpool , Montgomeryshire , and O 3 westry , Shropshire'j draper , June 13 , July 8 , at ten o ' clock , at the Royal Oak Inn , Welchpbbl . Solicitonr , Messrs . Milne , Pflnry , Milne , and Morris , Temple ; asd Mr . Yearsley , Welchpool . Charles Homer , sen ., West Bromwich , Staffordshire , wine-merchant , June 11 , July 8 , at two o ' clock , at tka Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . ' Solicitors , Messrs . Satithspn and Mitton , Southamptbo-baildingB , Ciiaocery-lane ; and Mr . Smith , Liverpool .

      PAETNEESHIPS DfSSOLVED . Donglas , Whinery and Ce ., Liverpool , currifew . W . C . Gardner , and Co ., Sunderland , brokers . Hardy and Stephenson , Kingston-upon-Hull , coal-merchants . Haigh and Crow ; Milnes-bridge , near Huddersfleld , fancy woollen-manufacturers . Feroandes , Dunn , and Co ., Wakefield , Yorkshire , coal-owners j as far as regards T . Casson and H . M . Walker , ifayler , Merrall , and Barkers , Bradford , Yorkshire , macbinemakers ; as far as regards W . Nayler and M . MemlL Yewdalis , Robinson , and Co ., Otley , Yorkshire , scribbling and fulling millers . T . Barton and Co ., Preston , Lancashire flix-spiriners ; as far as regards L . Spencer . Manchester andLiverpool District Banking Company ; as far as regards D . Marshall . :

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 31

      bankhupts . George Biggs , coal-merchant , Lower Thames-street , City , to surrender , June 10 , at half-past twelve , and July 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Alsagor , Birchin-iane > official assignee ; Solicitor , Mr . Stephen , Skiriner ' s-place , Sise-lane . Edward Emerson , thread-manufacturer , Manchester , Jnne 14 , and July 12 , at two , at the CommisBioners Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Mr . Newman , Lincoln ' s-inn-flelos ; Mr . Willoughby , Manchester . John Herdman and Edward Herdman , Junior , rnillers , Congleton , Cheshire , June 9 , and July twelve , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Norris , Liverpool ; Messrs . Norris , AHeni and Simpson , Baftlett's-buildings , Holborn , London .

      Thomas Thain Johnson , ribbon-manufacturer , Wood-streeet , Cheapside , June 10 , at half-past eleveD , and July 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankraptcy . Mr . Graham , Ba 3 inghaH-street , official assignee ; Solicit j ^ Mir . Sadgrove , ; Mark-lane . - ' . ' ¦ - . John Standford , architect , late of Pall-mall , June . 8 , at one , and July 12 , ! at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Linkingtbn , official assignee ; Solicttow , Messrs . Barber and Bircham , Ne w Bridge-street , Biacfcfriars . . . ¦ . ¦ . •• ¦";•• . ¦¦ ¦ Samuel Wooley , coal-dealsr , BirchWood , June 8 , and July 12 , at twelve , at the George the Fourth Inn , Nottingham . Solicitors , Mr . Yallop , Furaivtil ' a Inn ; Mr . Parsons , Jun ., Nottingham . Henry Rose , oiUnierphant , Biackbura , Lancashire , June 15 , and July 12 , at eleven , at the Towfl-haM » Prsston . Solicitors , Messrs . R and W . Ascrott , Preston ^ Messrs . Adli » gton , Gagory , Faulkner , ' and FoBett , Bedford-row , London .

      Caleb Robinsonj tailor , High Holborn , June 10 , at eleven , and July 12 , at twelve , at the Conrt of Bankruptcy . Mr , Gibson , Basinghall-st : eet , official assignee ; Solicitors , Messrs . MarJon and Prichard , Netrgsteatreet , ¦ . ¦ ¦¦¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦•¦ . " :--V- : - ' ' ¦ ¦ : : - " : ' ' ''¦ ' ¦ :. -: . ' : '¦ ;' ' ^ : : .. George Gibson , upholsterer , Ritcliff-highway ,: J * f » and July 12 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy ^ ¦»*• Belcher , official assignee ; Solicitor , Mr . Howeli . ^ tt * - cliff-highway . .. . . : : : ¦ '"/ James Jackson , chemist , Lincoln , June 14 , attwo » and July 12 , at twelve , at the Office of Dadding « nd Djnby , Lincoln . ; Solicitors , Messrs . Hawkins , BloxBBt and Stocker , New Bos well-court , Lincoln ' s rioP , London ; Messrs . budding and Danby , Lincoln . " , " ^ Benjamin Simmons and Jonathan Brook ,, ttooitoaa ders , Dackhead , Bermondsey , June 1 , and July i 2 i * t one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Green j xjffic&l assignee , Alderaanbary ; Solicitors , Jiessnr . ^ Endssy and Mason , Cateaton-atreet ? '¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ : : ¦ - v' ^ : ~ :

      Joseph Beanland , wool-stapler ; BirkensHaV ^ irttoms , Yorkshire , Jane 13 ; at ten , and July ^ ^ t twelve , at the Commissioners' Ropms , Leeds . "Sb ^ o * tors , Mr ^ Fentbn , ^^ Fenchurch-street i Messra . Fenton and Jones , or Battye and Clay , HuddersfieW . ' ; Benjamin Thompson , irott-manufaetttrer , Newcasfle upon-Tyne , May 17 , ana Joly 12 , M one , - " at the Biiikrnpt Commission Room ; ¦ -Newcastle-upon-Tyne Solicitors , Messrs . Crosby and Compton , 3 , Cuurchcourt , Old Jewry , London ; Mr . Hoyle , Newcastleupbn-Tyne . : " ¦' ' .- ¦ ¦' \ : : ¦' : " . '¦ '' . /¦ ¦ ¦¦¦' ;; : ' ' ' ; r - ' John Frank , farmer , Oswestry , June 11 / and J ? 12 , at tea , at the Shire-hall , Shrewsbury . Solicitor , Mr . Edward Odwell . 52 . Lincbln ' s-inn-fields , London ,

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      MACHINERY . The following is a copy of a petition which was presents to the House cf Commons by Mr . Waklty , on the " rd of Slay , from the Letter-Press Printers of Londo-j : — To the Rijhi Horiouratfe and Honourable the CommoTis of Oil Vniied Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament as * emb ' ed . The Humble Petition of tie Members of the Press Department of the Printing Business , distressed by Steam Power being ujsed in the printing of Gjvernment and oteer Works : Hr >! 3 LT SITEWETH , *

      Tr ..- since the introduction of Machinery in the Press D ^ psr'TOent of the Printing Business your Petitioners havt ; suffered extreme privations , nnmiti ^ attd hs . r < lshrps , nndeservin ? degradation and oppression from poverty , thrrngh destitution of their accustomed occupation ; ¦ which circumstances seem to be totally inconsistent with i ' a wealth of the count *? , the liberality of the Tarl . as institutions , acd the benevolenca of the public at la . 've . 1 hz * , ycur petitioners scorn the humiliating and degT « i . ng position cf being considered as dependents on charity , may be evidenced by the sums contributed by mr-iibers of their own profession ( end many of . those Ee ^ . f-ers only partially employed ) during the late perlx : of unparalleled distress ; when the" enactments of the New Poor Law were the on ]/ provisions which presented themselves to save an industtiona and deserving l > jly cf English AriisiRB from the severities attending absolute want and de * t tution .

      T ' aat your petitioners humbly conceive no s ^ Tmg can accr ^ s to the revenue fr .-m cheapness in printing Acts of Parliament , public or private sills , vot £ 3 of your Hos urable House , Hiinc : e 3 of eyidenca , reports , or any ' tber documents in any other department of the state while numbers of indust'ioas , dcs = rTing , and once respectable individuals are suffered to want the cerason necessaries of esisience , ai ; d , cocsequently , £ hc means of adding their quota to th- revenue , through was : of the necessary occupation which would enable thers jhj to

      do-A :: I your petitioners haniV . 7 submit to your Honourablv House , taat the 55 , 1 acting instrnment adopted in the jrluting of G .-vernnivn 1 : w-. rks can have no oth-r eWrx' i ^ si tlxat of en ; o ! nniei-t to the master , and misery to the man ; that n ;? prirr . te ad . vanti- ? 3 can accrue to the sl ^ te ; that it can confer ao na ; ional advantjge or pnV . 'c faenefl : ; tha ; it tfiects no saving ; and if it couH . . ¦ jour petitioners humbly pray your Honourable Hous ^ noi to succour that .-EviEg , and consign numbers of r -UT fellow-creatures to writhe in the pangs of pevrrry , wretchedness , and ignominj . 11 st it is solely br machinery that tbe kingdom- is innnflLted from ote extremity to tbe other witn the scnrri ; ou 3 prints whkh f-manate from the L .-ndou market , end which are ths c ^ use of much immorality , rnauj aeiinqoencies ; the profanation of the Sabbath , and opes contempt of reHrioa .

      T :. at your patitiouers d ^ not coinpliLn the msehinery used in the ofiice « of the public journalists , by re& ' r f < n of the public having induced the necessity of those jourtia ^ fsta having reccurse to enlargement . That w «; crave no lux- ^ riant indulcences ; we ask you not t /> lift us above our spht-rrs—we are not disewntented ¦ w rtl : out position in tbe granation of society—we respect prowty [ a single kistices cever having occurred irt' - ; cin m * chio * ry , the property of our employers , has suff-7 vd molestation or iDJnry at onr hinds )— -we seek

      Bot Jiicre than we are b < - > and ' * n charity , tmth , acd justice to ask , considering tnat we h ^ . ve sacrificed seven ef the most rigorous year * of oar lives to the attainment of an sn frsm which va wtra led to expect s fair proportion of employment—we implore your Honourable HouBe not to consent to our being placed beneath the" common level—not to thiu > t us Into tlie desrraciHg circl ? t > f panp-rism—not to suffer the manly spirit of ihe English artisan to droop and withtr in the midst of boundless TPeakh , and a plfenteoutnass which God alone in his ble « ina can bestow .

      Thai your petitioners , finding everything being lowered in the scale of cheapness of production—labour earioited t > meet this—the wages of industry rfHiuctd t « comprte with this—invention being multipiied to efi " e ..-t this , therefore appeal to your Honourable Hoase , as the representatives of all circumstances which concern the welfare of her Majesty ' s loyal subjects , to 4 efine some jirnir to this cheapness of production—to concert some znta ^ s whereby an alleviation of the wretchedness and "UEcert&inty to which we are daily exposed may to some extrnt be established .

      That there are about two hundred printing offices ( eXLUKVe of newspaper cmcts ) in London—and that amongst that number , about one hundred andtwentyfive niikChines ars sjcamtd into operation , to" the deterioration < upon an average ) of the labour cf eight pe r * -as for each machme : that , taiicg iato account the Jicmber of machines , the Libour of one thousand men is entirely saptrsedBfl by a non-consuming , nontax-p -. jiBg automaton , wbereby a Ios 3 is sustained by the home market anl the revenue , to the amount oi about seventy-five thoi := and ponnds per annum .

      And yorur petitioners fcumfcly submit io your Honour ^^ i- Hsuse , tha * this labour-destroying power has bem brought into operation by ths Universities of Oxford and Cambridge , for the especial purpose of printing the Holy Seripturea;—that your petitioners feel tois with an extreme d ?? ree of severity ami ieartf ^ ' . t pain , seeing ihni such pywer was wholly sad entensiy unnecessary ; thst those Uaiversitlf-s are not tra < i \ n ? capitalists ; that no cheapness of production coulri ^ ifect their patent rights ; that no competitive priuc . ^ lts could touch them : that by the iatr » duction of ^ u \ : h destructive pu ^ er , above one hundred ami trwt-nty in-lividualB hive be . n thrown oat of employment , who , together with their families , are scattered through , the business , to the further detriment oi thtir already over-numbered and distressed fjlluwwcrknien .

      Ttiat there can be no injury sustained or depreciation of j-roper : y effected bj it-ts haad printing press , may be instanced by the wisdom of the system ad opted by that highly respeetabl ? , influential , and religious body , the Wesleyan Metho : i . » ts , whose works constitute vast tuTnbers , are of ixtcnsive circulation , and of a character conducive to t ^ e happiness and contentment of tb'ise by whom they are pcrniid , and which are all pro ince-i and disseminated by the hands of man , through that philant ' iropic and Christian body of the conmiunity having acc ^ . ed to au appeal mide to them by your humble petitioners .

      That your Petitioners haTe laboured incessantly and atrennously to place themselves above the degrading position of Pauperism;—t iat they pension their own poor ard aged brethren , from funds raised by annual contributions from numbers of their own profession , and donations from the Christian , Charitable , and welldisposed of their employers : that weekly contributions are also collected for the purpose of establishing Alms Houses , to shelter from the scorn of a frowning world , the respected , poor , ane iptiiin members of their own body ;—that if your Pcdtioaera are deprived of the means whereby they live , they must be deprived also of holding out the hand of chsrity , and the age < J , infirm , and despised artisan , whose limbs refuse to psrform . a once theerfnl occupation , mnst be left to extreme indieence , or become the inmate of a Workhouse .

      That your Petitioners pray your Honourable House t < use tbe mest desirable means of extending the labom of man in preference ts inanimate operation ; thai whert there is a continually increasing population , wh ( posseis no other inb-risance bat that corse which wai pronounced upon their first parents , no unnecessary saving of labour can be nationally beBeficial . And your Petitioners fartber pray your Hononrabl < House to render them tint assistance which , thej cannot render themselves ; they entreat your Honour able House to take the subject into your most Sirioo .

      eonsKi « ation ; they pray you in the name of Him wl givtth , and who can take away—in the prayers an entreaties of those whom they love above * all earthl joys , to give to their prayer tint attention whic justice requires , reason dictates , and sympathy cal for ; _ that your Honourable House wo ' uid have ti printing of Qovernm = Et works performed by the ban of m-in in lieu cf steam power ; that by granting th their prayer , the virtue of so toblo an example migl soon be foEswed in other channels , that their hop ( may brighten , their prasKcts cheer the hearts cf father , mothers , wives , and children . And your Petitioner will , as in duty bound , ev < p « y .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct601/page/6/