Star. — London, England, 1831-02-11 00:00:00

''~y''~•"~"~ :" I 4 f ~, ~+~ 5 Tilt KING'S PRINTS& Mr. IlUdiß said had a motion to make, of which he had given notice, that the House had nothing to feat from a longapeech, as be had lost his voice. (The Honourable Gentleman was very hoarse, and this an nouncement, and the voice in which it was made , produced a general laugh. in which the ilonourable Gentleman joined, and concluded by sow,- observations which we could not catch.) fhe Honourable Gentleman presented a petition from Messrs. John, Robert, and Charles Childs, of which the following is a copy : •"fo the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, " The humble Petition of John Childs, Robert Childs, and Charles Chit.* of Bungay, in Suffolk, Printers and Copartners. Sheweth, " That by virtue of certain Letters Patent the sole duller of panting Statutes, Acts of Parliament, Proclamations, Bibles, Testaments, the Books of Common Prayer, oil all Books authorized to be used in Churches, has been for many Teats confined to the Patentees in such Patents named. " That your Petitioners have examined such of the Public Accounts as chew the prices paid by the Government to the Patentees for Acts of Parliament • That your petitioners do not find that any returns have been made of the prices paid by his Majesty's Government m the patentees for bibles. testaments, and prayer books. But as your petitiers know the price at whit), they are charged, when purchased hy on the trade from the patentee, they are enabled to state, and your petitioners do respectfully securities for accuracy, dispatch, and certainty, the bibles, testaments, and prayer books, might and ought to be supplied to the public at prices 25 per cent. lower than the prices whieh are charged by the patentees. " That Acts of Parliament might, and ought to be, supplied to the public 33 per cent. cheaper than they have been so charged. " That having detected a system of charge so excessive in mattets which are necessarily subject to the scrutiny of the Printers, your Petitioners submit that it is not unreasonable to infer that, at the least, similar overcharges have been made by the Patentees, in framing their accounts of work, in which numbers are not detailed, and rate is not specified. * That as evidence to your Honourable House that your Petitioners are not stating these facts without ample means of information on the subject, your Petitioners state, that in addition to their long and exten sive business-experience as the Proprietors and Conductors of a large Printing Establishment. they have themselves been employed to Stetcotype the Plates from which Testaments were printed by the Irish Patentee. That your Petitioners have heard and believe, that a patent is now about to be granted to certain persons, creating anew and extending the same monopoly for a further long period of time. " That your Petitioners conceive themselves and the public greatly aggrieved by such monopoly. Your Petitioners theretore humbly pray that a Committee may be appointed to enquire into the propriety of renewing the said Patent, and that the renewal thereof may be withheld until such Committee shall report thereon. " For self, and Robert Childs and Charles Childs, my partners, (A true Copy.) "JOHN CHILDS." The petition having been read, Mr: HUME moved that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the nature and extent of the patents enjoyed by the King's Printers in England, Scotland, and Ireland: the authority by which they are held, and how far the public interests are promoted by them. Lord NUGENT said that an inquiry had already been instituted by order of the Noble Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the subject to which that petition referred would form a portion o f attention of the committee employed on the inquiry. He had no doubt but the result of the inquiry would be that considerable reductions would take place, and the report would furnish the hon. gent. with some valuable infor mation on the subject. Sir R. INGLIS said a few words. Mr. GOULBURN spoke in support of the continuance of the patent. Mr. HUME proposed that on the committee there should be a mein ber for Oxford, a member for Cambridge, two members for Scotland, and one member for Ireland. A committee was appointed. SCOTCH HANISUPT LAWS. The new LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND gave notice of a motion for to-morrow (this day) to continue the existing bankrupt laws in Scotland. Lord ALTHORP mid that he was under the necessity of post. potting his motion relating to Windsor Castle and Buckingham house. The day for which he named the postponement did not reach the gallery. SIMIAN CANAL. The Noble Lord then moved for a select committee, to enquire into, and to report upon, the papers relative to the Rideau Canal. The noble lord enumerated the several estimates, which confined the expenditure to 400,0001 but that it afterwards increased to 693,4001. and then to 943,0001. Under these circumstances, he thought it necessary to submit it to the house, to see what was to be done, now that the expen- I diture had exceeded the original estimate by 672,0001. and that more money was still required to complete it. The noble lord had some hopes that the authorities of Canada would be willing to come forward, to maim the mother country ; but he considered the question to be, whe ther or DOI it would be better to sacrifice what had been already ex pended, rather than to lay oaten) more? Mt. WARBURTON remarked, that his Majesty's government had been rather unfortunate in their canal speculations. Ile instanced the Caledonian Canal se one, aod he believed there was another in Sussex, both of which had been completed at a vast expense, and from which no remuneration was derived : and he thought that this Rideau Canal would turn out much such a sort of speculation. It had been begun without the consent of parliament. When Mr. Canning was on the ministerial benches, he (Air. Warburton) had, along with a friend on his left (Mr. Hume) refused to sanction a grant for that purpose and they then thought by the statement, that the expenditure would e xceed the estimate. 'M speculation bad evidently failed already. He thought it impolitic to cut canals in places where the trade was not worth having. It would no doubt be a great advantage to the colony,but it would be no benefit to the mother country. All the trade that passed through that canal must be forced, and could not consequently be profitable. The money was much wanted at home, and he would let the colony it self undertake the work. They could borrow the money ; but do not let us in times of distress like these, expend 500,0001. in that way: and even that will perhaps be:only one-third of what will ultimately be required. Sir J. NEWPORT said, that no dependence could be placed on the representations from Canada. He thought it would be much better to stop short, and to consider the money already laid out as thrown away. He agreed with the last member, that the work ought to be left to the colony to complete if they chose. bk. LABOUCHRRE said, that he had supported the grant on its on presentation, and he was willing to take the responsibility he lad thereby incurred, as he considered it to have been granted on honest sad fair ground.. If we meant to retain British America, he hoped that the House would pause before they came to a hasty conclusion. The canal, as a communication, would be the means of saving a great sum of money incase of a war, if we meant to defend America. He was pleas ed that the noble lord was about to submit the subject to a select com mittee • and he also entertained the same opinion with the Noble Lord, tint it ought to be suggested to the Colony to assist the mo ther country. Mr. SPRING RICE deprecated the practice of expending money on public works, which was not sanctioned by Parliament. He hoped that the Committee would look into this. Ministers were thus com pelled to seek money for work that was commenced without the know ledge of Parliament. Going into a Committee of Supply was, under these circumstances, a mere farce; a speech might be made, but in tact, the present Ministers for the time were thus made the responsible agents fur the money so expended. He did not mean to bring forward thesis a done against the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, no doubt, at the time had acted with perfect candour when he proposed the additional and subsequeht grants. Mr. GIOULBU RN said, that the case was exactly as the hon. mem ber had stated it. He (Mr. Goulburn) dido know the extent of the expenditure when he had asked fur b e gra nt t; nor did he know, when he moved for the supply, that the expenditure had so far exceeded the estimate. But he considered it a reasonable demand. If we are to ex pect allegiance from our colonies. we must now and then expend money for their benefit. He had no doubt that the authorities of Canada, with their wonted liberality, would come forward and assist. Sir ROBERT PEEL spoke in support of the utility of the canal. Lord ALTHORP numb a few observations, and the Committee was appointed, Mr. WARBURTON was opposed to granting any more money for that purpose. He did not wish it to be understood that be was opposed to-laying out money where it could be shown that advantages were to be:derived by this country from the outlay ; but he considered that our laying out money to establish an empire on that vast Continent paid only tend to weaken the mother country. • Mr. LABOUCH ERE said a few worde in explanation. Mr. H. TWISS said it was impossible for a statesman to take a view of the colonies as a statement or question of pounds, shil lings, and pence. He wished, that instead of making the policy that had been adopted for some time past the subject of a side-wind attack, the question should be regularly met by an inquiry into the whole sys tem of the colonipl management. He would 'remark, that although our colonies 'had been expensive, we had derives great advantage from them. In case of war we had been enabled to use their coasts, instead of fighting our battles on the shores of our own home. The Hon. Gent. hod saM. ant he (Mr. T.) believed that such too was the opinion of Hon. Member for Middleaes, that the sooner we declared Canada inde 4sendent the better, but be would ask how long would those HOOK Gentlemen guarantee that Canada would remain independent. And shot would be the consequence if it fell into the hands of the United States, who were carrying on a war of commerce with this country. lie deprecated all this kind of incidental discussion, and he hoped that the question would be brought forward in a tangible shape. Mr. BARING considered many of our Welds of the greatest importance to us. on account of their situations. The West In dian colonies and Canada were of that desaiption t but be would' give up our colony in the lonisa Isles as union, and as a mere waste of money. He would be happy to tee that this was one item et raving which the Noble Chancellor of the out. when be brought up his Bedsit. The canal had done much good, for It had given employment to four thousand persons, who bad left this country for want of employment, and bad ena bled them to settle there in different places. But he had, never. limit:sin always been spinet laying out this money . H e was ti ther afraid that the money was already expended, and that we were not now to have a committee to inquire whether or not the money sheen he granted, but that it would only be to direct the payment of it. He thought it a gnat dereliction of duty that such sums should be ineunal without the sanction of Parliament. He was astonished how it cam , that the au th orities abroad should expend such sums, without being duly authorised ; and how such oedema could be sent ikon home withod the knowledge sod coOnimant of Parliament. Sir 0. MURRAY admitted that if the extent of th expenditure had been foreseen, Government, probably, would not hav e e undertaken the works in question. There was. however, some excuse for the difference in the estimates; they wete taken under peculiar circumstances, in a country of large extent, covered in many parts with forests and swamps, and in which it was exceedingly difftetdt to arrive at an estimate ap proaching to truth. With respect to the expediency of continuing the works, certainly the expenditure required was still very great ; but considering the vast importance of the works, both in a military and commercial point of view, and the large increase of population they would cause in those parts, he was of opinion that they should not be abandoned. Mr. MABERLY said that the expenditure had been carried on bg the late government, without ever dealing with that house. The sub. jea bad been presented to it only in an abstract manner. This wu Imam for the house never in future to involve itself in such expenses for our colonies, placed as they were at so great 'distance, Was the whole of the circumstances were laid before it. Mr. GUEST said that the Member for Callington had alluded to the number of settlers employed in consequence of the works ; be (Mr. Guest) thought that this large sum, about a million, would have been spent to as much advantage in employing the labourers at home. Lord ALTHORP said that the system followed in the present case was certainly one which ought not to be adopted in future. Mr. HUNT was of opiate* that no colony should be kept unless able towpport heath While the people were suffering under such severe privations it was dreadful that their mosey should be thus taken out of their pockets, and sent over to support a system of patronage In the colonies. It was a ridiculous scheme to send over a number of Irish labourers, and to export the people's money to support them abroad; it would be much more humane to support them at home, and more judicious to expend the money in draining the bogs in Ire land, or some other national improvement. ( Hear, hear.) What was the object of our continual expenses in Canada Patronage, pa tronage, patronage ! Had not the Canadians offered to suport their own establishment? With respect to the present expenditure, the Noble Lord admitted that he knew not how the scheme had been carried en. He (Mr. Hunt) asked why so much money had been expended; bow had the orders for the money been obtained? How could they meet their constituents if they allowed the Treasury to ad vance such enormous sums without knowing why ? Mr. H. TWISS explained. The motion was then agreed to. Mn HUNT rose to move fora return of a copy of the regulations in his Majesty's gaol at Fishaton, in the county of Wilts, stating whether the practice has been for criminal prisoners to see their attorneys in pri mate or not, and whether a paper of the cause of ---. Lush, drawn up by the prisoner, was or was not in the hands of the gaoler. The house would recollect the statement he had made on a former evening. That statement had been met with an expression of doubt, as to its correct ness. Now be would never make a statement to that house without be ing able to prove its truth. (Hear.) If the returns were not granted, he should go down to Salsbury, and have the affidavits of all the attor neys there, that by the regulations of the gaol an accused person could not see his confidential adviser, except in the presence of the gaoler or a turnkey. It was fit that such practice should be revealed. He should make one observation more.—lt was the opinion out of doors that hon. members heard the complaints of the peoph with coolness and neglect. ((tries of " No.") Statements, enough to make tears flow, were there passed over with indifference. allowed petitions of o a r read were =; they were not even obe explained or read. AU he was, that the people should know how their affairs were treated in that house. WARBURTON, in seconding the motion, observed, that the number of the petitions were such, Ng on such various subjects, that If t hey were to hear a long address on each, it would be impossible to get I through the business before them. Mr. G. LAMB said investigations had been made into the regula tions of the Wiltshire gaol, sad into the ease of bush in particular. One of the letters he had received in consequence was from a noble lord (Lord Radsoc)— certainly no enemy to freedom, and one in whom the bon. member would himself place confidence. It was certain that by the regulations of the gaol, no paper r from the prisooers wits 'Bowed to go out, without being examined by the gaoler. Lush's attorney did come for instructioos, and It was true that the gaoler's clerk accompa. pied him. All, however, that took place, was this :—Lush delivered., his attorney his confession, drawn up. The gaoler's clerk said that it must be submitted to the gaoler. He carried it to the gaoler, who threw his eye over it to see whether it was a bona /Us confession, and it was returned in a very few minutes. The paper was never produced it the trial ; he had a letter from the attorney for the prosecution that nett communication of it had been made to him. Indeed, he (Ma Lamb) believed the gaoler to have had no positive knowledge of the contents. With respect to the other point, it had been perhaps 'dared from one of the regulations approved of by the magistrates. that the legal advisers should communicate with the prisoners in the mom a third prison. The practice, if it existed, was wrong, and he Iris i• sinus that it should go out to the pelt, that the prisoners had aright to confer with their legal advisers in private. (Hear, bear.) Mr. NORTH said, if the prisoners were not allowed to do so, it would be a violation of the constitutional law and of the law of nature. Mr. H. TWI SS said a few words. 'NO ATTORNEY-GENERAL considered the practice complained et highly improper. Alderman WOOD said, that, with the exception of the IdoespeElon Gaol, the practice occurred in almost every gaol in the klaplete. Be spoke this warily, for he had visited the pole. Sir C. WETHERELL denied that the practice was general, not withstanding the statement of the worthy alderman, the man Qui,mores hominum multorum via et urbes. (A laugh.) He must have picked up much incorrect information in Ms pere grinations. After a few words from Lord NUGENT, Mr. WHITMOSE, Mr. LAMB, and Mr. DICKENSON, Mr. HUNT replied.—He objected to the Under Secretary; first, that Lord Radnor knew nothing about the matter. Visiting Magistrates knew nothing of the interior of a gaol. He had himself had the honour to be in a gaol for two years—(a laugh)—and he could assure them, that they knew nothing of what was going on. The gaol assumed quite a new appearance at their arrival.—(A laugh.) He objected next, that the Under Secretary must have had part of his information from the voter himself. He had stated that the latter had the paper in his hands for only a few minutes ; now, the fact was, that it remained with hint for two days. However, as after what had been said that evening, the practice would be done away with, he (Mr. Hunt) would not press his motion. the motion was then withdrawn. OFFICE OF SECOIDER AT DUBLIN. Mr. SHAW, in rising to move for returns connected with the office of Recorder at Dublin, said he must make some observations on a petition presented on the subject by the member for Clare---a petition containing the most palpable falsehoods. It purported to be signed by several untried persons confined in the gaol at Dublin, but was, more properly, the emanation of a single individual, Joseph Andrew Mac donald. It complained first, that several persons had remained un. tried and in gaol. in consequence of the absence of him ( Mr. Shaw) the Recorder, from Dublin. The fact was, that all the prisoners bad been tried exceptttwo. The next charge was against the chaplain of the gaol for refusing to come to administer to the prisoner spiritual consolation when be was at the hour of death. Now the fact was, that the pri soner was a roman catholic, and had confessed he had called on the pro testant chaplain only for the purpose of having a subject to petition against him, and to obtain his dismissal. The hon. member went through the other charges contained in the petition, and refuted them seriatim. He then gave an account of the mode of sitting of the Re corder at Dublin, in refutation of a statement made on a former occa sion by Mr. O'Gorman Mahon. He said that four out of every five weeks were wholly at his own service; and knowing that fact, his con stituents had solicited him to devote his time to their interests. Be must add that his judicial duties were paramount to all other consider ations, o d that fact his constituents knew. What had made the hon. member for Clare (O'Gorman Blahon)visit the humble sphere in which he moved, he knew not, except it was that love of an imaginary gthvance which sometimes &Meted the Irish mind; but if there were wonted ground for ceu.plaint, the lion. member might have success fully travelled from north to south, and yet found his court the last floiccomplaint, on the ground that had been urged. If a prisoner bad been in other prisons, was he likely to be brought to trial in five days afterwards : would he not, if he were waiting for the assizes, be more likely to remain five months ? For the benefit of his office he had given ncrartle privilege of practising as a barrister on the circuit. He also de that be was entirely independent of the Crown—of the Lord Lieutenant, or of any Ministers ; and that he had his ahoy also independent of die crown, or of any vote of that house. At the same time, be was ready to meet any charge that might be preferred anulest him, or against his office, or respecting the propriety of his boiii,t • seat in that house. After regretting that observations malls in • slat house on forirer occasions, b the members for Clare and 11114Messx, had tendered it necessary for him to trespass on the house vile this Es fence of himself, he concluded with moving a series of papas iltastee. the of the office of Recorder of Dublin—of the cases tried—of those disposed of--and those loft unarmed of, at the conclusion of each Sessioa, an. Mr. O'GORMAN MAHON lownded the motion, and said, he had pleasure in (bag ; and its ilth gpatilisd in being able to state, that be was mob (podia with this Wad sod manly manner in which the Ressethe of Dublin bed vindicated bliweelE The answer was most triumphal, sal be was glad that they had so able a Member amiopst them in that Reuse. For the charge lee before made be had act ed mut Matioasly. He hod a petition from Joseph Andrew Macdonald (a dessothoth of one of the that Ilmoilles in Wmd), and sigma by f Ars Misr persons, camplalmin that they could not be brought to aft to the Reemthe of Diddles absence in Loath, Moth log Sem of the amass might be surrepdtiess-Aut be mold not avoid poommting the toMen.-his duty would set allow Mo. Ho hod Whom& dos Romis that be dwell pessont the peti tion-baths Remit would ass stay in tan. Be sosmised to Dab- Us,sod aloes to Name on his sods in pythons to swim dun to beer the peddom. He thought the complaints bad act boa answered. Es rapt the Recorder mkt be in two places at oncolo that House and in Dublin•-one duty or the other must be left Odom. Nor bad Macdonald% somplaint been answered. He was called a maniac, but how was that proved ? He knew it was the fashion to call every body a maniac who made complaints. But was the man a maniac be. cause be did net dress after the Recorder's fashion ? Bemuse, instead of having a three-Odd wig, he bad neither waistcoat nor cravat ? (Laughter.) The pow man had not 4001. a year from the C.mporadon of Dublin, and 1,0011. a year from that House ; bat that was no proof of his being nod. When tried, the man was sequined—then was it an " Imaginary grievance" to have been kept twelve days in the dungeons of Dublin Newgate, when be ought toe ve been brought to trial at once ? The Recorder, when canvassing the office, said he would sit three days a week In his Court ;he bad not one so; duo was not complaint justifiable ? The Recorder talked of his constituency— the people ; his constituency was the corporation, and not the people— that corporation that tyrannised over the poop% and with the to bation of that House, foe the House would not listen to complaints splint the corporation. Mr. WARBURTON thought it was improper that such an officer should hold a seat in that house ; and if a bill were brought in to dis qualify Recorders, he would support it. Motion agreed to. Papas ordered. Mr. CUItTEIS withdrew his notice of modem for leave of abeam to Mr. Lefroy. Mr. V. STUART presented • width flea Oudekforab teoar plaining of names to the Carrickfergus dodos =rea.haviog been forged, forged, and praying the house to adopt Memos t Petition ordered to be printed. OARS LAWS. Lord ALTHORP gave notice that as he could act lemon a odds lord's bill on the game laws, be should, on Tuesday next, bll ring in abi on that subject. (Hew.) POOR UTTLRWIXT. Mr. BATESON moved that the report of the committee on the poor settlement bill be taken into further consideration. He said he should propose that the payment of 101. a year rent should entitle to settlement. This led to an extended conversadon, when the Speaker that the bill should be recommitted; then the clause of the :g ges colld ed be more freely discussed. Bill recommitted accordingly. The several clauses were agreed to ; the house resumed.--Report no ITIOI7OII. Lord NUG OJT postponed the second reading of °the labouring pee bill to to-morrow week. The posmtarrer general's bill was mod a third dine and Sir W. POLICES presented a petition from Petworth, fo7 l : 4l. general fast.—(A laugh.) Mr. HODOES presented s petition from Malin, Kent, the a repeal of the duty on malt; and similar petitions from two parishes in Kent. Mr. SLA NEY presented a petition from workmen near Marleheatev, for the repot' of the duty on printed calico. The House adjourned at Twelve o'Clock. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. LEICESTER CHRONICLE. A subscription in behalf of the Poles has been entered into in this town, and the sum of twenty pounds has already been sent to the editor of the Morning Chrawiek, to be by him forwarded to its dedhiation. The following paragraphs appear in a petition from Limiter against the Coax Laws s— " The that and great duty of the Government, and penticularly of the Commons House of Parliament is, to secure to the peop le . supply of cheap and wholesome food, and to give free *ps to tide industry, that they may have the ability to obtain it, He it WM edifice can have no stability unless It rests upon this sal liseiedu. dm. But your petitioners conceive the can laws have fresh the nip posits of these effects. On the one hand, the working classes , daft the led detects years, have, with sheet intervals, been deprived of auffielikey of bread, while, on the other, the waisbouses of our ma indhetnems have frequently been crowded with goods, and our arti eons destitute of employment, when, at the sum time, had it not been for the corn laws, these goods might without doubt have hem exchanged for the agrisaltusal produce of other countries, and the poor thaeby furnished wids==aent an a anelestable sab &Ode, to the great benefit of the mannfitetuter, and /* other classes of society. One midst a great merit of atomised by the corn laws, is the heavy duty which foreign states have laid upon ear delefedures, having been esequiled to adopt an eaden. reel come of piney in their attempts to establish deemfactories Mimed of eulthedeg their unpins lands. It was Added by the his dent of the United States of America. in Jultddestlon d their that England would take their cotton wool and manufacture it into clothing, and then send it back to them, the Americens, to wear, bat would not take their corn unless this country was appioacb lag to a state of famine. If the Coen Laws were imposed so provide the People with a sufficiency of the common mew series of life, they have completely failed in producing that did. Bat If they were imposed to keep the supply of food unequal to the de mend, and consequently to enhance its price, and to produce want, dis tress, and misery, they have had the m&neholy effect, and justice, rea son, and humanity, equally and loudly call for their repeal. The corn laws, as it respects agriculture, only involve a question of rent. Had they produced prosperity among the fanners and agricultuial labourers, your petitioners might have demurred pressing so urgently for their re ; but as your petitioners can discover no benefit which these clued have derived from them, and as they have been productive of the mai fold evils stated by your petitioned to the manufacturers and artisans of the country, they humbly alma your honourable house to adopt such measures as will ensure the speedy and ultimate repeal of the said laws. Suffering as the people are from poverty and misery of defy kb4— from enormous public taxation, it is impossible for the goventatestleng to refuse to institute a most strict inquiry into all Corpuses nada, and to order their just and appropriate application to the netedlike of the people.—lf the exposure produced by Mr. Otway ass's returns—lf the known and acknowledged expenditure of metse iledi l la ret and Sir C. Hasting's election, with all the particulars of secret swim money and of that enlightening correspondents! which ensued between Mr. Otway Cave and the members of the coepencieu.—if the another ing of the Elective Franchise of the resident Burping by the eddies of 2,000 Honorary non-resident Freemen„—if the member of • • of large amount, at the disposal of the Coryolation• which the town knows nothing—if the sufferings of 1, committed to gaol in the space of a few years unconvicted's( allY aims —if the increase in the charge upon the bo rough in a few yews fame nothing to 4001. per annum,—if the case of Mr. Thomas 'Fielding, though not the last, nor the least of similar occurrences, will sit stir the town to demand a Parliamentary inquiry, nothing we can say can have that effect. The artisans, &a of Leicester, have sent the following memorial to' Lord Melbourne : "The humble Memorial of the Aaiun' sad Mechanics of Leicester, " Shewah,—That they have long endured great privations, owing to the want of employment, and the lowness of their wages, which at the present time are not adequate to purchase a sufficiency of the common necessaries of life. That the manufacturers have frequently reduced the wages of their workmen, and at the same time given them a Dote to the parish officers to have their wages made up out of the poor rates, and that parishes have, in times of temporary dependsa el trade, sent their unemployed poor to the manufacturers -el gee work at any price, premising them to make up their jesting' from the same source. From these asses the peer have become pauperised to a considerable extent; a state alike in. seuctive of their virtues and their comforts. The independence, am , fart, and happiness of the poor thus appear to have been lost s ight of by the manufacturers and perish officers; and often when a poor man has been thrown out of employ, or unable to subsist on the produce of his labour, his home has beau broken up, and himself and family sent many miles to what is termed a " House of industry," where the poor of from 20 to 30 perishes are immured together, and where he has been treated as &felon and a slave, rather than as a free-ban Englishman. The *clings of the poorman have been outraged, and his comforts trampled in the dust. He has been condemned to labour sixteen hours tatty, soda the fame time to be a parish pauper, and to pine in misery and want; and It cannot be a natter of surprise that deep dissatisfaction has been the result. Your memorialists beg to urge upon roar lordship the necessity of a complete revision of the poor laws; of missing a bill to make it highly penal to relied aman on damn' of his family, out of the rates, when in health and in full employ ; for if men are to have their earnings made up out of these rates, there is no point to which wages may not be reduced, and the universal pauperism of 'the working elders must be the - colisiiiiinee. Tour liiimodelsts would also - urge the ab solute necessity of paling a bill, empowering the magistrates of each county to lay a rate upon all kinds of property, whether extra parochial, or employed in trade, to relieve the poor man whim destitute of employ,' and that dish pear wan an condition of subscribing Si. per wok, or such less elm thiillapistrates may appoint, shall Ow Nelda to re. lie as follows, via—a single mm s 71. a =need his wife its., and if two children lls. per week, when out of employ. By this plan the practice of rounds:nen would be superseded, and a resource provided for the poor man and his family in times of temporary depression Glade, and when thrown out of employ by the introduction of machinery." At the lest rent audit, Mr. Edwards, steward of George Pochin, F A+ anotionced to the tenants that he was instructed to make an abatement of 1$ per cent. upon their rents. , More than nine hundred weavers, besides a considerable number of poems connected with other trades, are now out of employ in Nom ich . 2U rector of a parish about nine miles south of this town, had r e . souse to a singular stratagem, a few days ago. to holuce his parishion. l on to pay some outstanding debts contracted by former churchwarden. which the present officers could not by law pay without consent of the perishionera Finding that neither coaxing nor any persuasion whin he could use, would avail with the meeting, he exclaimed—" You that are honest men go to the right.--you that are not, go to the left !" on which the three churchwardens went to the right, remainder, about dozen farmers, Ike. to the left. The Corporation of Leicester forbid any person to keep a beer-house under an Excise License, unless he also purchases the freedom of th, borough. I.IIIOESTZIL, SaTtllDAT.••••lfi r lifit, Iles lid; Barley, 45s lid: g =2 /4 1s lid; Beans, 4241 M; Peas, 395; Fine Flour, 63. to 6bs ; Wheaten, 60s to 624: Household, 58e to 60; Quartern Loaf, Wheaten llid; Ditto, Household, 104 d. Looonzolouon, TIIIISIDAY.—Wheat, 85s; Barley, 48e; Oat,. 27s 6d; Beans, boa; Malt, 715, Flour, Wheaten, 645; Standard, ditto, 62s ; Household, 60s. MARRIED.—At Ashboum, the Rev. I T. Fletcher, A.M. of Great Easton, to Miss Win Spencer—At Uppingham, E. Woollett, fourth eon of Sir R. Wilmot, Esq. Bart. to Augusta Matilda, only daughter of C. Champion, Reg —At Grantham, Mr. W. B. Hand. cock, to Miss Ann 'amp, of Manchester. DIED.—In Southgatmstnet, aged 72, Jane, relict of the late John Ring, Req.—R. Chamber, Esq. of Hinckley, eminently distinguished in the correction of distorted portions of the human frame ; and gr eh e :Areat number of wealthy patients confided to his care, contributed to the prosperity of the neighbourhood. SHEFFIELD MERCURY, FEB. 5. The joameymen letter-gem printers of Sheffield have mreed upon the following resides to Mimeo; to be forwarded to Lord Viscount al M ati thelt for if z e re la wri Lee se heavily upon the Newspaper Press, beth as regards the Stamp and Advertisement Duties, have been long sod seriously felt as airflow burden by your petitioners ; and that a reaped& ef the NM NSW in the humble opinion of your petitioners, ultimo* teal It. imemlise tether than diminish, the amount of revenue at tbess6mn. atia laseter-preee Printers might Naturally be supposed, Rem Wheeled them by their pesfoirsa of obtaining infur. Malta, to be ditffirst who would feel alive to disk own interests, it is undeniable thatio body of men have bean less lodise them ; yet, not. withstanding chit this has boon the case,your Pennines most respectfully state, that tbstmoNnlty awl good policy of the redeelkannr prayed for, had been early eseeidelmi mid although the appoint @spininess of the letter-pens prinblee Wash own and those universally of other plates, way We led pew Hesse to infer, that a satidasteey soqpietentio was /teen M des Maim which have obtained fora greet risible Opus ; your Petitioners humbly and earnestly wish it to be kininissal lapin your lisooneable House, that such indifference Ise am in shmigwehee et tbe diarist universally felt prohibition to pee lings or admiliee ie , but merely from a consciousness that the pregekey of the tae would long ere this have ap peared gelding to your niSSWIWNSwe, and obtained your serious at. tender's; the ewes of Ineedal legislation. The evils whisk your palomino& the country labour under from sheen imposts ems hepahleth a—the Revenue is not benefitted ; many meet deserviajand bilhastrines poems in the various trades of print. log, type Arm, paper making, Az are deprived of employment ; besides as pew honourable house must have observed, these imposts check the peeves of knowledge, and diminish the means by which public opting emerciem a Watery and efficient controul over public men and public measures, thus closing the most powerful organ which the people possess. Yout peti_doners further beg leave to state, that whatever is adcu. land to Sande or to crush the Press, hes a direct tendency to augment and to the moral and intellectual darkness, already too pre. valent to those islands. The press is the herald of knowledge, and the handmaid of social order, and it is at once the duty and interest of a free state to fester and encourage this useful instrument of mental im t and eivilizatiom Turbulence and disaffection have always Crt illn h e eeaosegtance of national ignorance. It is only an enlightened population w can fully estimate the advantages of good govern. matt, and yield, from the Impulse of reason, inimmation, and affection, that °beams to the laws, which is exacted from the uninstructed by the sena Moe of paniehment alone. Yam pokiness', ehonikre, deem it unnecessary to fix any specific same to wide's, in their glans, the reductions ought to extend; humbly and senalsody relying upon the wisdom and liberality of your Honour. sible Reuss, to grant such relief, as after your mature deliberation, you dull deem advisable. As a peel of the dying away of the prejadice against diesel:don, the Mewing document, executed on the 2d of February, 1831: ,4 In the name of God, Ameo, , of Rotherham in the county of Yak, being of sound oiled, memory, and underst anding, do leave this as my last wUI sod siteneent. I lean my best wishes to all my dear friends, bring ell l poison ; but I give and be math to -----, En. of Sheffield, Surgeon, my body to be dissected for the beoeflt of mankind." At a meeting of the owners or proprietors of estates through which the projected railway from She ffi eld to Goole is proposed to pass, Sir Wm. B. Cooke But. in the chair, it was resolved unanim ou sly,—That it is the opini on of tide meeting, that the projected railway from Sheffield to Goalie is wholly unnecessary and uncalled for, and that it will tend most manifestly to the injury of the valuable estates of the land-owners along the lino. without producing a commensurate public advantage. That this meeting is far from wishing that any undue attention should be paid to their individual internee, but that they feel it a duty to themselves and the community to protest against such a violation of private rights, particularly Ames then is not the most remote shadow of a public be nefit of cosseriponfmcmagnitude. M. Meongeemey at this town, has engaged. after Easter, to lecture bare des assabses et the Hoye; Institution, on Poetry and the Poets. At the meeting of the Council of the Sheffield Political Union, held passim week, at the Town Hall, T. A. Ward, Esq. was unanimously Sleeted aeal , nimo ,B. Boyle, E sq. Deputy Chairman, and Messrs. E. Resnaley. sad T. Orme, secretaries for the ensuing year. Theinbecribers to the thole Railway have determined that as, under =Med deiammeseek the Bill for the Sheffield and Goole Railway wed* net be misled in the present Session of Parliament, and that great advantage wed& be derived from a delay until the ensuing Session, pro. ceedings balesendiately suspended, and that the soliciton be directed to discontinue their canvass for assents and dissents, and all other proceed isp as to des MB. Warren's biocides advertisements and quotations of Lardner's Cy eloped'. about dB is and all the provincial papers. Mr. Parris, the principal Artist who painted that wonderful work, the view of Leeks and its vicinity, as seen from the top of St. Paul's, and which is now exhibiting at the Colosseum in Regent's Park, has presented a magnificent picture to St. George's Church in this town, which has been placed in an appropriate situation, forming a back ground to the Communion Tahle. This picture, which is nine feet by eleven feet six inches within the flame, was painted by Mr. Peon some years ago, and was in the British Institution exbibidon of 1824. DIED.—At Rawtry, T. Le Gay Brewerton, Esq.—Near Pasistooe. in his 38th year, H. J. S. Payne, son of W. Payne, Esq. late of Frick. ley.—At Barnsley, Mrs. Mason, wife of Mr. Godfrey Mason. LIMERICK. EVENING POST. The general quarterly meeting of the Protestant Colonization Society of Ireland, was held on Saturday, at the society's chamber, Dame street, John Mayne, Req. in the chair. The report of the committee of' mnagement was read, the details of which were of a most encour• aging nature. It appears that although one year only has expired since the suggestion of a plan for colonizing on our wastes, the manag ing committee have succeeded, by untewittiog diligence and energy, lo bringing ureter survey and partial cultivation, a Imo of near one thousand acres in the county of Donegal, which has been taken from Sir Edmond Hayes, Baronet, on very advantageous terms. An order has been issued for the erection of colonists' houses. and the Committee of `Management . 1 venture to promise, that the pee. sent year shall not pass over without exhibiting one specimen, at lent. of the practicability of colonizing at home. A tract of 2,000 ants, it the western part of the county Cook, has been offered the Society, ( terms that appear to be eligible, and it has been determined to have property immediately inspected and reported upon. On Monday evening about one hundred of the most respectable gee tlemen in Cork sat down to a sumptuous and well-served dinner, Oren at the Chamber of Commerce, in honour of the Mgh.episised, patriotic. and honest individual— iterberr Baldwin, Req. M.D. The utmost iv, lofty and good feeling pervaded the meeting. Richard Dowden, Esq. took the chair, Thomas Lyons, Eq. and Daniel Murphy, acted as Vice-Presidents. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. H. rt. Morning 1 511 Afternoon ....... Lownon s hinted and rubliebed by Jost Morn& at the Orrice, 'No. 1, Picksilapkos, Two* 111.2. 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