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\ '''S \,.. ' )r rifles. (Hear, hear.) While the law afforded egitimate remedy, he could pot avoid observing ,uggestion was calculated to create much mist :ountry, (Hear, hear.) He apologized to the hour , isen on the present occasion, but, in the absenee )ranch of the government with which he was :onceived he should have neglected his duty had rom offering these few observations t o th e h ouse . Mr. W. WHITMORE was not aware in what part he elections to which the. hen. member for Bin lluded, and the circumstances he had stated had Le must say that it would have been impossible, w. ection of the military, for the e l ec t ors o f WO ave conscientiously recorded their votes in the le usual protection afforded on such occasions was astrumentality of the police, but if that was found e must declare that it was absolutely necessary that [mild have the protection of the military. (Hear, sat the people of this country would never be ind crown out in that house, or by instigation elsewh, those means which had been shadowed forth on ceasion. (Hear, hear.) He must also beg to add, ace to the election to which he had alluded (Wolv' sat if the military had not been called out, it was rm conviction, that not only would the peace of the een endangered, but that the scenes which had iacted at Bristol would have been again performed ill unpton. (Hear, hear.) He must also state that mid be too great on the authorities f or th e i r co ne :casion to which he had referred. Mr. T. ATTWOOD said, that in making the observe ldressed to the house, he had not alluded to the late rolverhampton. An hon. - MEMBER said, that when such an asserti, e name of the place ought to be stated. (Cries one.") Mr. T. ATTwoori said, that the place to which he id where the infantry appeared with loaded musk , valry galloped up to the hustings, was the borough the county of Staffoid. Mr. FORS TER said, that as member for the born, 11; he craved the indulgence of the house while he two observations upon the present occasion. ( 7 d heard with surprise the, remarks which had beef e hon. member for Birmingham, and he was the' shed to hear those remarks applied to the contest ugh he (Mr. Forster) represented, as the whole fat mstances of that election must be, well known b' ntleman, who had himself been present (hear), an might be said " quorum pars magna fuit." (11' e (Mr. Foster) could state that it had been anour rsons deputed to attend at Walsall by the other car representation of that borough (who was no other, of the hon. member for Birmingham himself), tbP, al were to come from Birmingh am t o a tt en d t h e ele alsall. He could, also state that nearly 20,000 ne, headed and preceded by men hi military uniform'' tonging to no corps (hear); that those men made the inn in which the electors in his (Mr. Forster's), re congregated for the night; th a t u p war d s o f 3 0 ! re apprehended for the riot, and that great numbe l l o ctors in the. popular interest had been seriouslY, s t ear.) It was true thaton th e f o ll ow i ng d a y t h e tn sent for, but not until the election has virtuabij ear.) The military had not, however, been called ent time to preserve those w h o h a d vote d cons civo m injury, though happily they did arrive time ei 3 o e the town of Walsall from the fate of Bristol, null e magistracy and authoriti es o f W a l sa ll an d i ts D T td had on that occasi on ac t e d w ith great mo d era tio iartiality, and not only with a painful vigilance to f e y town, but also the uninterrupted exercise of thy uchise. ( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Forster) was reP,f,ei merits of the question befor e an y t r ib una l th a t ''' mber for Birmingham might choose. (Hear, hear.) r d Ir. T. ATTWO O D was p re p are d t o come to the 1),!10° se to show that the whole o f th e disturbances wlaich'oll red had originated in the interference of the spe c h , o l des, who had themsel v es b ro k en th e w i n d ows, and tXt eked children, and thereby excited the irritation of ts. J" Oh! oh !") Er. DUDE stated that he had hi mse lf rece i ve d a pet,_iti°t'fl, lsall (as we understood) t o th e same e ff ect as ' 0 40,1 been presented by the hon. memb e r f or BirminP l4 l l ch he (Mr. Hume) had delayed in bringing forlv 3 „ vas aware that the hon. member f or W a l sa ll was 111 ' )) 0 petition stated that the military were in the towl' o ti polling, so that the statements now made were some, lance. He should now abstain from saying more ; ( 1 1 a that he should present the p e titi on w ith which he b usted to-morrow. .1; r. BrexixcaLiat. supported the prayer of the Pp tely, that all elections whe re m ilit ar y interference I should be declared null and void.. Every inemb:Aci , ,each constituency must know, th a t th e l aw p rov id o f - oval of military to a certain distance from the place c o: , in order' that no such interference might take plu e: question now, might be whether, in many instane derence had been necessary; and ho thought 00 d deny that in Sheffield, on the late election, the inter, o i improper. In the case of Sh e ffi e ld, b e f ore any,th i c t spired to warrant the int ro d uc ti on o f a m ili tar y o , r he Lary were sent f or , and were met ten miles from he magistrates, who ordered them to l oa d ; the.)' ied in Sheffield, and were notten m in u t es i n th e tovO l o. out interference with them by the people, they iss u nn yard in which they were congregated and tired uri Ile; a p oor watc h man on d uty in the preservati qf e was killed, several c hild ren w h o were pass i n g tided, 'and innocent blood had been shed. (Hear.) fo r said that constitutional means wer e p rov ided ?ss of such grievances, but lie begged to remind 11013 ; that an inquiry at the bar of the h ouse cou ld n ot , I or carried on at an expense short of .£2,000, and the. he would ask r could poor persons (who were the t t e sufferers on such occasions) proceed? (Hear.) .ed that prevention was at all times better than Cu aped that when the subject of vo t e by b a ll o t was b r the consideration of the house, some provisions' for taking the poll at election s i n suc h a wa y es to nterference of military unnecessary and unknown. 1 hon. MEMBER (name unknown) had heard fregd,o had been present the c i rcums t ances atten di ng the ference at Sheffield, and from what he knew-he e, ° ,, e , if any such interference was justifiable it was at y it the town had been saved. hon. MEMBER (also unknown) begged to 'be DIA ° , 1 • if the representatives f o r I re l an d, t o o b serve that ItY) effects of military interferen ce a t e l ec ti ons h a d be and that in the county with which he was conuee t b e f o had the military been marched into the town, but 'e the committee-rooms of some of the candidates• e petition was ordered to lie upon the table. lad T. ATTWOOD presented a p e titi on f rom th e Mil 1 Union of the working class e s, com pl a i n i ng of, to he 121 in the King's speech and in th e a dd ress f ro Ok - ss y reference to the grievanc es o f th e wor ki ng cla s s to o' L t aunity, and regretting that measures of coer6 3 ° ll o, ll lir nrC should have been called for in both the fpeCe b ii o 'ss. The _petitioners prayed the abolition,of 'v(Ci3e" bread, malt, soap, hops, tea, sugar, and tobacco , aught...) be ier petitions were also presented by several hon. ° / d . ng for the abolition of negro-slavery, the asse ss ,. ll gt axes on knowledge, r tithes, corn law s , an d s disturbance suppression bill; and PEASE presented a petition from Jacob Webb, !' r fl e in e county. of Somerset, p ray i ng f or an alters. Led nof the establi s h e d c h urc h . The petitioner Ic: s pr - o r should be 52 bi s h ops , a bi s h op for each county led for, who should. confine the mse l ves t o teachingl Ling thei gospel, and who should have no co ncern ative proceedings.—The h ouse a j ourne d at half-Past ELECTION COMMITTEES. terday two com m itt ees were c h osen b y b a ll o t to t 0 f of election Petitions. The following are the re sults :d lists : PETERSFIELD BOROUGH. I George Cayley Sir John Johnstone rard Buller, Esq. Josiah Wedgwood, E 81 .054.1 Lry Handley, Esq. I Robert Throckmorton, i. H. V. S. Jerningham I Hon. George Lamb V. W. Pendarves, E sq . I R. A. Slaney, Esq. I William Chavtor committee having retired to the Speaker's ( 41 ° 1 ' 1? he Hon. George Lamb to be their chairman. OXFORD CITY. lamin Handley, Esq. Hon. C. A. W. rell' °°: rhomas Fremantle William Pinney, 94. l Villiers Josiah J. Guest, En ' g , iam R. Clayton, Esq. J. J. H. Johnstone, s ' hew Sharp, Esq. William Verner, Esq' and Walker, Esq. ilt ng retired to the Speaker's chamber, the ni n 3ir Thomas Fremantle to be their chairman. MR. SADLER'S TEN HOURS' BILL. Thursday week a public meeting of the electors and of the borough of Manchester was held in the Exchange ;-room, for the purpose of discussing the propriety of pe -ig the leaislature to pass Mr. Sadler's Ten Hours' Fac }Sill, or some other measure equally efficient. The follow excellent address, delivered by Mr. Condy, th e b ar rister, Vates so powerfully and clea r ly the object for which the ' was held, that we cannot refrain from laying it before ..ters:— ~• C oNDY rose, amidst loud cheers, to propose the first re- Len- He remarked o n th e anxiety he had felt, ever since had do ne hi m the honour to request his assist , as to the manner in which he should discharge the duty had confided t o hi m. Long ere Mr. Sadler had agitated nestionth (Mr. C on d y ) h a d b een fully consc i ous o f t h e of e, he evils of the present factory system; but how he public otre 'a d l the matter to bear in such a manner as that, with tratt n ig an) , party further than a necessity for declaring should oblige him he could make a due impression mind, he had been much puzzled to discover ; even now his thoughts were not so collected as he could 'wished, his thoughts and oppoftunity allowed of his arranging r i ,a3.ore completely. He felt somewhat comforted, how r coneerniug, them, however, t...... b3 . r . some allusions on the subject which he had seen in , d 'aeY were rather premature, to be sure; but still they to guide him, in some dearee, as to the mode he should 210 treating of the Criestion Before he said anything rially intend , however,he should state aunanit, tended to discuss the matter : first, as a question 6 Mr ---" ; next, as to the . propriety of legal interference ; the , as to the effect of interference or non-interference ''Leondition and prosperity of the country. Ile must be '''?werer, how he treated of the matter on the score of ` 1 3 7. ; for the letter to which he had alluded, and which had Printed and circUlated, though without a name, stated that to and E lect s Ympathie s of the people of England were soon ex : .. r a i s t hat, therefore, the question ought not to be so treated 4 clues ? . those feelings; but that it should be argued solely lf • I°ll of policy, in order that a calm and dispassionate in it Might be afforded. The same sentiment was advo - leav e cl " the public journals • therefore he (Mr. Candy) Lat ll : mit the pathetic ; he must' tell of the tortures endure i as • LS % and the injuries inflicted upon their tender frames, w it a , ,aa'ected the commercial interests and the body politic. a.- t gi a d. to find, however,. from the number of names at 7 . __,o the t that humanity was not yet out of date, t 4: ), :a tktere seemed some danger that this antiquated virtue t disappearing And was it possible that in the 19th (ai l of the Christian era, there was less humanity than in beat4d Y a es of eathen worship? The Romans had . their ,'s certainly; and Titus ordered 11,0 W pair of gladiators LI I tllZ r !ficed at one exhibition; but even when that state was ' ni ; act; o ' la t of annihilation the sentiment of humanity was not Is ' t se " te d ' judging from the extract he had referred as, g sub s am ong Engliihmen. And when the sentiment was 4 at q4t.eY ad vocated in th e th eatre a t R ome , i n a play written by the whole aud . se and applauded. But there was ience ro . , I tcled" r is difficult which he had al see -' '3' whichY started by the Jour l nal to w t ( ,,,,t ar he (Mr. Condy) was a most beaten from his ` 0 th.' °and —the propriety of legal interference. They were 'Pe et ; ''.t the recent disclosures -.- in - the House of Commons te atter•ng th e r ., ath Why no • net (tart re „ actory system . were not on o .. . oil oath. '.."e statements of the writers in question oi . lent', e • i oath. In i ily , i justice au oath was the condition for admitting testi -4'48 ' -a imicrf • cor for reward to the 2 ,, 0 a 4 , 1 ..0 for punishment on another, "tt• - 'itic' th t't was not necessary for every -4 . •eu3,, II 1 11 I titer e who stated a fact on his own veracity,. and who had I s h `ksser st °lle c „., Way or the. other, to make an affidavit of what 8 : 7 ;1 th t , — `• (Hear ) Oh but the evidence was ex-parte. •,etts cis as if 6 a man .crere to be knocked down in the 1-4 , 1 ? . ,ei -4 , p " get his brains almost beaten out, and upon appeal -1 'th e 14 11? 2- a magistrate to make his complaint, was told that his - ey Le Wa S ex- rte. (Cheers and laughter.) Thus, when 6140 11 1)r°ce eded t xil Abe ealth and o eve ope t infant he inuries of the factory syste . m td r h Were told morals of the popu a i . l fon enaaged in it, wer e ~, that their statements were ex-palte. • Yes, and °f the • t o twisted ' s the scrofulous diseases, the affections th idd..._spine,, e,' ores figs, and the numerous other maladies engendered by Nty) at factory-system. (Loud cheers.) . When he (Mr. t f od 4114 -et th w ; as ve y ou nn. he used to think that sufficient o Ile 'e. o-41 ' and - reasonable portion of air and exercise, were td , 4a r ,. „b, a t %e 4 i4 3" tor health and comfort. He had lived, however, to )Ph fh l 3 tiOns amended. He found that evidence was gi 'yen ' 4 4 •4 . h . h ' Ithful as a polluted atmos ,',.re. “ at there was not ina so ea. 4 :ri, , Lilat • b rat nothing conduced so muchto Ye 44 r .„ all above seven Mier tinge;u flours labour per day on . . and that food was almost a superfluity. (Cheers.) l a stl ; 44 : ac ting to the gigantic efforts of Messrs. Sadler and -41), ere .'n the cause of the factory amelioration, Mr. Condy sa e oh a nitained the expediency of protecting infancy from un -I.ll4ettrescion and fraudulent contract. In support of this ar jalth; l ,e alluded to the law as regarded minors among the 'l' sift- i` as ses who ere almost exempted from the paymen th e•iast debts w • • tion He next ailuded . to i t ,- by leislative sane • ,ktlie australioofthe Poor Laws as affording another in• fed t° of id _. h overseers were permit ,t to ref gisiative interference, as the ark i !Ise relief to those persons who had children able to 1141'd .4 tact° • evident that the law was not back s,• HI . ries. It was . r, h interfering • and, as it was admitted . that the law could tn ight e °dr: Conti' ) oed it would be admitte adth t the law dy) tiles ea.rty as i Y .•M Con to correct its errors. He (. r. W el* clu ght if theusb isle parents to send liildrett to ,b,_. at . law constrained ' qua r ood rtes at such an early age as it now did, in order to hose (41lg , the 1 ttl e law could do was to remove t . shia tegoiati eas i . h the system was carried on, and .. ablate i ons under which INtile e s 4 their place a measure som , e &nine- like that of Mr. Nye(' • (L end cheers He (Mr. Condy) had once cond eaten . at he v „ the ...tn e a ~ g l, ‘-.. the was an adept. Adam Smith and other writers on 1,, - aaject who opinions n o t t to have some weight, that r an tea r t ' a c ' i t i worth foTl e o re win w g o which would not repay wear t t e he themaster d , tad ' aff e °l a liberal profit for capital andri k But - the time for en . t lt_ o ai tl i nn , ample wages to the . workman gene _ y. b (Laughte . r.) e 00, 6 . Su ell absurd doctrines was fashion —Y i n •a a• • in • -thing was now the ` - e r , ca r , 4 :rectums and eve') • nd he (Mr. ‘.ad -c an in sentiment as well as substance , a when d e 3-1 belleved he should fall into disrepute with some, R,- s aid that he saw the canker of decay in that system which alia keepotiler up the commercial interests at the expense of every t ai part of t h e community. (Hear, hear.) But he was deter i r k l i .ed to tak e hi s stand on the old- fashioned ground of mo te LY, in considering the question ; and he should proceed 4,,sabrait a vari e t y o f evidence,--evidence, mind, which was. thlt sworn to,—(g rea t l aug h ter,)—in support of his views .431 ease H e conten d ed that the system of infant slavery (he 1: 11 ,t1 say —of creeping and slow infanticide) f ar f r om adding ci t te wealth of the country, had a directly con trary effect. to, o ..._then allud e d t o t h e poor rates, which he slated amounted tit i . 'elit 1 :7,000,000 annually, and said that a great portion of a tts rate was devoted to the maintenance of public tranquillity.. t4e" baanuf t ' di •ts such had been the increase of , N.... _ . ac unng . sti:ic , . l i gkt - i' l f rate, and the diminution in the value of -alue of manufacture, se ° believed the proportion of that rate won r, 1 1 4, ld be found to ), -T. k i ‘lent to the whole of the actual profits of the manufactu -1 ell ~- -` e ~,' ld not make affidavit of this (laughter;) but he `ttei zi e. ,;:i iv t u be the ca , e and he should, perhaps some day, 4 ° c• - v‘ to "make it appear. When he considered. the . burden: lli t e ) , - n ature of this poor rate in Lancashire, and the inconve ,_''f fe e : cd: k • the population down to the lowest minimum a keeping *lii' -- and the greatest maximum of labour, t e ,,nided of the apolo m of .zEsop and the golden egg—we limed to be in the act of killing our goose. Mr. Condy then th,eeeded to state that the factory system tended to . deprave I,,pecies, both physically and morally, and he rac ia l. d eo N?eal summary further in support of the fact. He then, _ _ thrination of the case, read the following extract from . M . r. the . ,2 . 4 11ee s smell in the House of Commons ou moving ''',ond reading of the Factory Bill. and rest a „` Without sufficient intervals for food, recreation, a . . h"„a continued often through the night, in rooms artificially I v iated, lighted by gas, in which the atmosphere i:s also other -1.;3e so polluted and offensive, as to render it, as it is stated, by th% ) iration, even for a few minutes painful. They attribute . to t i, i s system of labour in many cases, first, languor and debility, e i ,tness, loss of appetite, pulmonary complaints,. such as dilli- A q V of breathing, coughs, a l ' m o other and r I. c o o n il e suiz e t a m a n es s .; while a i , t. t4 ( 'ommon in factories, consequences an are not prodicecl, the 14 4 ,. e e more distressing ene _ , d the growth impeded, and life Nseular power is less ! t) ttly shortened. Deono f itY is also acommon and distress ti result of this overstrained and too early labour. The % to the earthly 4.e in which the animal, in contradistinction fat s, ' early hie are then pliable, saer is known to prevail in , . i taa , b„., often cannot sustain injury. Hence, those of the 13' for •ny hours without e,,, become ....0 Illa foot, which is composed of archof the . ht' bent; the form, . is pressed down and its el, t ral of those of a wedgel ike arises that disease of the foot tteicity destroyed, from which in factory districts. The st,i! lately described but common and its processes inept -1 " e •often greatly affected, . a t i , also, is occasioned. great deformity is FO' protruded, by which also d • tension. Hence the hit' tendons also fail by over pressure aen and angel(, are over strale joints such as those of . the k q called knock-knees and lame qtititled producing the deformity Thus are numbers of '-hills, so exceedingly common in . mills. and frequently I•e 4 Pen distorted and crippled inearly life, p ( e) ered incapable of any business whatever." (I‘l the horrors, I '. Condy) had often remarked to others that led an ing t"'". ischie t Touse O f , 0 ice 0 f SA uTt e a i :,ill; 'l.ll.li'l s coo .1111 i. ' of e Coop k r e4( l , he late 1,,,..0e, was th e `" 4 n. Ind 0 4 ' tt e °Tlsll that the e had x He Y had 1 lr. ) • t , e, ridUCCa tt ' kte l u ti t e i l where , h illd of on t- e i l Itt uf r e add, 0 et r ll ' olverli thlith ras his Ad b e i n r the to ye 91 d beel l e w „, ial ned ill er g Cc that 1)° 11t Y ' con d u ct A„ lie - --- (1 th •f ll4 °Pt i tc rvationY4t.th er 'l e late e' ginaill Lion 04 2 i ii r li c T l aal ies of ' 14 th . ' en l , ary, ho, le hau 'tier, askete , o pri ‘i , igh of 'e pi t f ittu antY' rougiV ta',,, hiene) 4 ~._es (Be , le w l,•, beep / ac ed i ' ll I I the D / ' 4 4 le a ;est O r ' 'Y i lt r a '' !„ f u eo,, ,ely _'l.t Iby I. !: e .till a nd 0A ' h_as (Hey th to 4 : c u a n tl e wo '; : ::i la i ill ' paler. . 1 e ~Y ..i y ( THE LIVERPOOL SPI'ANDARD. of the factory system seemed to have far outstripped the imagi nation of the most gifted of poets. When considering the sub ject, he had once turned to a book !which all valued—he meant "Paradise Lost," and here he found i description of the plagues which were to afflict posterity, which, seemed to have a special reference to the effects of the factory system. The passage oc curred in the address of the angel to Adam previously to the latter's exclusion from Paradise : " Immediately a place • Before his eyes appeared, sad, noisome, dark; A lazar-house it seemed; wherein were laid Numbers of all diseased : all maladies Of ghaStly spasm, or racking torture, qualms Of heartsick agony, all feverous kinds, Convulsion, epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcer, colic pangs, -moping melancholy, Marasmus, and wide wasting pestilence, Dropsies, and asthmas, and joint-racking rheums, Dire was the tossing, deep the groans." (Cheers.) Was it possible, he asked, to read the catalogue of ills which affected the manufacturing districts, without instantly determining to aid the endeavours of the persons who had already lifted up their voices in favour of those who had not the power to make their own contracts .? (Hear, hear.) How could anybody argue for the policy of a system of cruelty which was not equalled amongst the most barbarous of nations ? The factory children were treated as if they made their own terms. Oh, but it was said in reply, they are under the control of their parents, and we therefore need be under no fear on their ac count. Why, there was a period when the people of Europe— England not excepted—actually sold their children for slaves ; and this system lasted until so late a period as the reign of Henry the Seventh. (Cheers.) How could it be said, then, that children were safe if left to the control of their parents ? " Gentlemen," said Mr. Condy, "when interest comes in collision with humanity, I would not trust my own heart— wherefore should I, then, trust to any other man ?" Why a people once the most civilised in the world—the Hindoos— would now continue the system of infanticide but for the strong arm of British law. It was but lately that a petition had been presented to the British government pretended to be signed by Hindoo women, praying . that they might be allowed to con tinue their reasonable diversion of roasting themselves alive. (Laughter.)—Could the widows of Hindoos have any interest in the perpetuation of this custom ? Certainly not ; any their relatives, who came in for a share of their substance, could; and so could the homicidal priest, who got another liberal portion besides certain mortuary fees, consequent upon the ceremony. The propriety of the custom was solemnly argued before the Privy Council; by certain loose-tongued lawyers, in fluenced, no doubt, by a pretty liberal fee, who strongly con tended for its continuance. (Hear.) Suppose some sneering Gibbon .or incredulous Hume, some three centuries hence, were to record that a petition had been presented to the legis lature, to allow the Hindoos the privilege of burning them selves—would their statement be believed ? (Cries of " No, no !") But we live just in time to know that, if a penny fee be offered for the justification of any outrage on humanity, there will always be some persons ready to find out a reason for its perpetration, even though it should sweep whole provinces from the face of the earth: (Cheers.) Mr. Condy then read several extracts from the speech of Mr. Oa'stier at the Dews bury meeting, on the 6th February. These extracts referred to the evils of the system as it existed in Yorkshire. It will be un necessary to insert the extracts, as our readers are by this time sufficiently conversant with the hardships undergone by the poor factory children. One extract will suffice :- 1 " Before I carne into this room (said Mr. Oastler) I met with an operative who said he had five children working in a mill in this neighbourhood, and that many a time he had carried them in his arms at five o'clock in a morning to that mid, and had fetched them back at nine at night." (Shame, shame.) Mr. Condy admitted that not the masters only were to blame. Blame attached to the public for quietly allowing the system to reach and continue at its present height. He believed there were many of the masters who would be glad to get rid of the odium of the factory system, if they could do so with due regard to their proper interests; and they were only deterred from making the attempt by the represeptations of certain doctrinal people as to the impropriety of legislative interfer ence, who assured them that, unless they made the children in their establishments work fourteen hours per day, their property would all go to ruin. They would certainly perceive their mis take some day, and would then doubtless thank the public for disabusing them. As to the profitableness of the long hour system, it had been calculated by a gentleman at Dewsbury, that the additional hours were not worth the additional cost, from the fatigue of the children, and the confusion which ensued in the endeavour to keep them to their work. In reply to the - argument of the impropriety of legal inter ference, Mr. Condy remarked that it was deemed legal to in terfere on behalf of the negro slaves; and these being private property, surely the owners had a right to demand the power to do what they liked with their own. (Laughter.) Neither was it considered an unwarrantable exercise of power .to pro vide for the precious health of the adult felon at the hulks. Still it was denied that a similar interference was right on the part of the infant population. There was a proverb in a certain book which said—" The wise man cousidereth all things; but the eyes of the fool are in the ends of the earth." Our sympathies were to be extended to the negro slaves (and he thougnt Justly extended to them,) and to the housebreaker serving his imprisonment on the Thames, and still not one pang was to be deducted from the Sufferings of the poor factory child ren of Lancashire and Yorkshire ; and this, only because com merce must be protected, and a free trade upheld. And why was this? Because the nation had been engaged in a long and expensive war; an enormous national debt had been incurred; and if the steam-engine were allowed to stand for five minutes, the interest of that - debt could not be paid. (Loud cheers.) Here was the nation plunged into an inextricable debt, and we called upon children under ten years of age to bear the burden. Truly it was a glorious achievement to push the Corsican into the sea in which he had threatened to push us ; but what was the result? The sword has been turned from our enemies, and plunged into the bowels of suffering infancy. Before, you sacri ficed-men ; we now give you children. In fact, the factory sys tem was not a whit better than settled, legalised infanticide. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Condy continued at great length to attack the factory system and its advocates; combining argument, illus tration, and sarcasm, with the happiest effect. He exposed the monstrous doctrine of a system which practically inculcated that infant labour was to supersede that of adults, and quoting Dean Swift's satirical proposal to the Irish, to fatten and dispose of their superfluous offspring, suggested that the same mode might now-be advantageously adopted with the useless parents of the factory children. He concluded a speech of which our sketch will afford but an imperfect idea, by moving the first resolution, and sat down amidst loud applause. which the sabbath was desecrated, and the children deprived of the benefits of religious instruction. This, in his opinion, called for the most energetic interposition of the ministers of religion. They were frequently aroused to their work by a leathern in strument which he would show to the meeting. [The rev. gen tleman herd exhibited a leathern strap with a knot in the centre, from which depended two thongs; and the sight of it caused -a general murmur throughout the room. He stated that he had received it from the father of two children at Byerley, Who had been so ill-treated at a factory that he had been compelled to remove them.] The overseer, in using this strap, was in the habit of putting the heads of the children bet Ween his knees' and lashing them until they were so bruised and lacerated that they could not rest in their beds. (Cries of " Shame.") The rev. _gentleman concluded by moving a resolution expressive of the detestation in which the meeting held the conduct pursued towards factory children, and of its determination to support the proposed bill for improving their condition,—which was seconded by. Mr. GouLD, and carried unanimously. Mr. O'CONNELL proposed the second resolution, in which he warmly and heartily concurred that 'the Meeting was convinced that the rains of oppression were a national loss, and that le gislative interference, on the Subject of the condition Of factory children, was imperatively called for." This resolution was seconded by Mr. HELps,_who denied the truth of what had been advanced to Show that the proposed li mitation would have the effect of ruining the foreign trade of the country in the staple cotton manufacture, and went into a statement from the American tariff' and the evidence before the committee, in support of his position, as far as related to the United States and the kingdom of France. The measure pro posed steered clear of legislative interference in the concerns of. individuals, and left the question of wages to be decided be tween the parties, merely limiting the hours of night and day work, particularly for children under nine years of age. The resolution was carried unanimously. WILLIAMS, M.l'., in moving the third resolution, said that: he had received information froni Manchester that the nianufactureri there were determined to effect amelioration, 'and were ready to co •operate by stopping the working of their steam-engines, except during certain hours, under heavy pe nalties. The hon. and gallant member concluded by moving a resolution expressive of the satisfaction of the meeting that Mr. Sadler's bill had been taken up by Lord Ashley, which was seconded by Mr. LYALL, and carried unanimously. Mr. ll6iccii+inE, M.P., proposed the fourth resolution, -call ing upon all the towns and villages in the empire to evince the Same anxiety on British as they had before done on that of ne gro slavery, Mr. OASTLER seConded. \the resolution, and went into a dis gusting detail of the punishment's inflicted on, and the miseries endured by, factory children. He also eulogised the conduct of Mn Sadler and others, who had contributed both their time and their money in aid of ,ihe cause, and concluded with hoping that when the operatives were subscribing,—when the little children themselves, out of their miserable pittance, were con tributing to the cause, it would not be considered too much to ask from the British public, and particularly from that meeting, such pecuniary assistance as they might be disposed to give to the cause of the oppressed factory children. (Cheers.) Lord TEYNnAM assured the meeting that the bill would have his most cordial support in the House of Lords. Votes of thanks to Mr. Sadler, Lord Ashley, and the Lord Mayor, were then proposed and carried, on which thanks were teturned. THE LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. On Tuesday, pursuant to a requisition to, the Rev. James Aspinall, president, signed by several of the governors, a ge nevil meeting was, held in Wason's-buildings, Harrington street, to consider of the propriety of rescinding a resolution passed at a meeting on the 15th instant, for the appropriation of a portion of the North Dispensary to the purpose of a hospital. 'I he Rev. J. ASPINALL, on taking the chair, rcommended, in consequence of the length in which the farmer discussion had been carried, that gentlemen should be as brief and as much to the point as possible. The Rev. J. B. MONK, as one of the requisitionists, begged leave to state to the meeting the reasons which had induced him to join. in so unusual a proceeding as that of calling a meeting to rescind resolutions passed after long consideration. But' many gentlemen who had. attended purposely to resist the measure, had been obliged to retire, in consequence of the length of the discussion. He might safely say that two thirds of the meeting, as originally constituted, were against the • measure, and they lost it by a very small majority. As it was also necessary. that a great interest should be excited upon the subject before the requisite funds could be looked for, he considered that he was only benefitting the institution, by assisting in bringing the question before the public. lib had heard that as a member of the Infirmary committee, it was indelicate, if not improper, for him to come there for that purpose ; he did not conceive it possible for any man to con sider the Infirmary committee had an interest against the measure, but rather the contrary. He had as great au interest in the welfare of that charity as any one in being: he has served on the committee, and had only retired when other duties claimed his time. The subject before them was not introduced to them without much discussion in the Dispensary committee; they did not come forward to recommend it; many, on the contrary, were the warmest opposers of it. Some of them he had seen in that room very actively engaged in oppo sition to it, and they ought to have great hesitation in adopting that which they had rejected. He did not wish to discuss the merits of the plan, and he would, therefore, conclude by pro posing that the resolution adopted at the ast meeting should be rescinded. The Rev. C. T. GLADWIN seconded the motion. He thought it was not expedient to combine two institutions, the operations of which were under such different regulations, the one being that of complete order and quiet, the other of a desultory operation altogether. It had also been already stated, that the building was not in itself fit for the purpose; next, that the funds could not be procured from the sources from which they at Present sprung ; and finally, that it would be improper to press a measure so much against the wish of the subscribers. Mr. WAINWRIGHT said, he would beg to trespass a little on their time, while he stated the reasons for the part which his.- friends and himself had taken, craving their indulgence on the ground of the great importance of the subject, and the belief that persons of his procession were most likely to be acquainted with it. To begin with the principle, he thought it the duty of every man to perfect the institution with which he was connected. He ought not to rest satisfied with it as it was, but if he saw anything which could improve it, to bring it before the public. He should better explain his meaning if he alluded to two or three in the town which he considered . perfect institutions ; none was perhaps isexf"..` ' extent, but he meant rfection as to chaisis.ter. r irst the Infirmary appeared a peg ' et institution. it., There was nothing for either medical officei t esss.....s. es uesire: everything to supply the most. judicious .treatment to sufferers, speedily to remove their diseases, and to iestore them to health. Every man entering the house had not only a claim upon it, but was in some measure considered a property of the institution, and was there until the end of his life or his disease. It was of the first conscquence that a person afflicted with a disease, whether medical or surgical, should remain under the same treatment from beginning to end. No second attendant could have the proper idea of the operation of medicines, or the effect of constitution and habit. He could not know so well the moral character of his patient, so as to adopt his remedies accordingly. That institution was perfect in this respect. A man who no longer required the beds and food, might remain an out-patient, whilst he continued under the same care. Another was the Institution for Curing Diseases of the Eye. The professed object of it was to relieve those who attended at the institution, and no doubt that answered in a great majority of cases. But what were they to do with extreme cases, perhaps requiring, operation ? What were they to do when a patient had no friends, or any one to take care of him ? They had beds, and there a poor creature was treated pro perly, and kept from all those exposures and habits which could not be avoided in any other , way. He might mention ether institutions, if the time would allow, but he just wished them to compare their institution with these. It was well known the object was to prescribe for those who could attend the house or not. Its object was great and noble, and pursued to an extent which did honour to the liberally of the town but he contended it was not a perfect institution. They dicl not all the good they might do, if they would only grant them the few beds they asked for. He would look at it first as it concerned the poor, and secondly as it concerned the institiii tion, in the light of a medical school. With respect to the poor, both in in-door and out-door practice, he wished the objectors would only sit with them in their halls as surgeons or physicians, and in a very short time their objections would be at an end. Nothing. could do away with them so quickly, for, if he might so say, it would floor them immediately.—(A. laugh.) The great majority of cases did unconummiy well iii the way they followed. The poor patients were kept from all the vicissitudes of climate, and from all the disadvantages of their condition : it might be said at first that there was nothing requiring a bed, but if in a very short time that idea was not changed, he would confess himself mistaken. Ile assured them that they had cases week after week, month after month, which they could not cure, because they were not able to protect them from the.. evil consequences to m.Lich they were subject from a variety of causes. It was impossible, again, for many disorders to be cured while the patient was attending his daily labour. On the subject of a medical school, it Was a subject of deep regret that, with thirty or forty thousands patients a-year it did not become a medical school. The gene rality of their practice was most unsatisfactory. A young. man might witness the beginning, the middle, or the end of a, case; and never see it again. As a member of the profesSion which had lives to deal with, he did pray them to make the institution as perfect as possible. If they had beds they conid give clinical 'lectures, and many other advantages. With regard to the friends of a charity not being able to afford £3OO a-year, he thought it trifling with the subject. If they could raise £7OOO for n new hospital, he thought they need not despair of obtaining £3OO a year. They did not wish to interfere with the Infirmary; they asked for twelve or twenty beds to relieve extreme cases, and the Infirmary had 240. (Hear.) The Infirmary he might call his alma neater; there he had received kindness which he could never forget, and he should be pained to the heart if he thought .he was doing any thing injurious to its interests. As to the locality of the Dis pensary, instead of being in a hollow, it was absolutely on a ridge of ground, and in some directions they might almost roll from it. (Laughter.) The apartments were admirably adapted to the purpose, and one of thein, the anatomy room, surpassed any of the apartments in the- Infirmary. (Heai, hear.) He had entertained this object for a length of time, and he was glad of the opportunity of thus expressing him self. He candidly avowed that one great consideration was his 'own benefit, for he held it to be their hightest duty to do good to themselves in this respect. It was a duty to those when' he saw around him. (Cheers.) Dr. Foamy said, about two or three years ago an applica tion was made from the surgeons of the Dispensary to the me dical men whether there was any objection to an being made to the committee to make use of the rooms of the Divensary. They had not the slightest objection. (Hear, heai.) He moreover asserted that no such feeling existed in the committee against making that —an infirmary, if they pleased. There ,was no such jealousy between the committees of the two institutions : that he was sure of. All the cases Mr. Wdinwright had alluded to were provided for by the Infirmary, where the doors were open night and day for cases of accident, and he was confident if they brought surgical cases into "th& rooms of the Dispensary, with the stagnant, stinking water of the canal separated from the building only by a single street, added to the want of ventilation in the rooms, the first heats of summer would bring the hospital gangrene into the place. (Hear, hear.) A desultory discussion then ensued in which several gentlemen delivered their opinions, and on a division being called for, the numbers were declared to be—for the amend ment 33, for the motion 35—which annulled the resolution for the admission of in-door patients. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the proprietors for the use of the room, and to the president, for his impartial . and gentlemanly conduct in the chair. ELECTION OF A PHYSICIAN TO THE WORKHOUSE. Yesterday a meeting was held in St: Nicholas' Church for the election of a Physician to the Workhouse and Fever Hospital, in the place of Dr. Baird, who has been appointed to the Infir mary. At one o'clock the Rev. JONATHAN BROOKES took the chair, and Mr. LOWNDES, the vestry-clerk, having read the public mi tice under which the meeting was assembled, Air. T. B. HORSFALL, in moving an adjournment to the Ses sions House, said, that he was aware it had been customary for the nomination of the candidates to take place in the church, and, subsequently, to adjourn to the Sessions House, for the pur pose of taking the votes ;—but he was sure the disgraceful scenes which had on previous occasions taken place, at meetings of this description, must have been deeply painful to the rev. chairnian, and to every member of our national church, as well as to every conscientious diisenter, he should, therefore, move that the meeting do at once adjourn to the Sessions House. Mr. THOMAS KAYE seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN thought the abuse alluded to by Mr. Hors fall would not be likely to take place on that occasion, as the present meeting was only one for the nomination of candidates to fill the office. Before the next vestry meeting took place, he would take the subject into consideration, and he agreed with Mr. H. that it would be very desirable that they should find some other place to discuss the affairs of the parisli Mr. SANDARS proposed Dr. Hunter Lane as a fit and proper person to fill the situation, and expressed his confidence that he would, if elected, give every satisfaction to the parish of Liver pool. . . iltr. Tilos. TAYLOR secOudeti the inotion, and in doing so eulo gised the talents and acquirements of the Doctor, and expressed a hope that the parishioners would not forget the important ser vices which he had rendered them duriug the prevalence of the cholera. HoasFALL regretted that the nomination of Dr. Gouth wtite had not been entrusted to some one more intimately ac quainted with Dr. Gouthwaite than himself, and, conse , quently, more competent to do justice to his merits. Ile had, however, known him as an able and indefatigable physician to the Dis pensary for the last seven years, and thottglit that it would be an ill return for those services to place another over his head who. had but servedthe town fora short period of time. To Dr. Lane and his colleague Dr. Squires, the parish was much indebted, for their services at the Cholera Hospital. But still he thought the claims of Dr. G. superior, and he felt assured that by electing that. gentleman , the parish would do credit to themselves and confer a lasting benefit on the pitiable objects who were the in mates of the Fever Hospital. Mr. ACKERS seconded the motion. The resolutions having been put by the Chairthan, the show of hands was declared to be in favour of Dr. Gouthwaite._ Mr. SANDAIt, on the part of Dr. Hunter Lane, demanded a poll, which will commence this morning, at the Sessions-house, at ten o'clock. The announced appointment of Lord Frederick Fitzclarence to the Deputy Lieutenaucy of the Tower will not take place on the contrary, we believe that the post will be immediately filled by a veteran general office.—Globe. Though upwards of £2,000 were expended in the Isle of Guernsey, in cleansing and other precautionary measures, we regret to learn that the cholera has proved extremely fatal there. Out of 351 persons attacked, not less than 97 have died in less than three weeks.—Times. THE EMBARGOo—In consequence of the embargo against the Dutch so large a quantity of foreign craft has arrived in Eng lish ports, for the purpose of conveying goods to Holland; that they cannot all be employed in that trade ; and as foreign vessels under any circumstances can work cheaper than Eno. ---. -ad as many of thean are now here looking out for employment in an over-stocKeu marKet, - lug their attention to other ports besides those of Holland, and the result of Lord Palmerston's magnanimous policy in entlea vouring to crush an honourable ally is further to depress the much-injured British ship-owner, by exposing him to a more severe and unnatural rivalry than the new Navigation Code had laid him open to. Foreign captains are now asking for freight to any place upon almost any terms.—Standard. Miss FANNY KEMBLE.—The Philadelphia papers, received yesterday, contain the following account of a scandalous at tempt to excite the popular indignation in that city against Miss Kemble :—The following contemptible libel was circulated_ in the form of a hand-bill at Walnut-street Theatre last night (Jan. 30,) during the performance of Fazio, in which Mr. and Miss. Kemble appeared. After the fall of the curtain, at the close of ' the second act, a large bundle of them were thrown from the gallery into the pit by a person who immediately left the house. —" Fanny Kemble.—A letter from Washington, of the 26th instant, received in this city from a gentleman of undoubted 'veracity, contains the following :—" Miss Fanny Kemble was introduced by one of her own countrymen to a gentleman of respectability, and with whom she subsequently . rode out on horseback. She observed, in course of conversation with him, "that she had not seen a lady or gentleman fit for her to asso— ciate with since she came to America." Whew near honie he (the gentleman with whom she had been conversing, and whom: she supposed to be an Englishman,) said he had the honour of. being an American, and that her sex alone protected her- from a proper resentment of the insult given. What a comment on the fashionables of Philadelphia! Will they continue toapam- - per the heiress of Mrs. Trollope ? Such conduct as this com ing from one who has had the praises , and the purses of -the- American people lavished upon her without measure, ought to be particularly' remembered, especially at her benefit." , Af ter a few minutes Mr. Keiable came forward, and after reading the hand-bill aloud with great perspicuity and firmness of man ner, he declared its contents, wholly faire ; that the individua!- who had so signalised his valour by insulting a female would have fetal(' in her father a protector ready to answer for any thing. she had done ; that his daughter and himself had received the utmost kindness and attention in every city in America which they had visited; and that if they could have used any . such expressions, they would have been amongst the most un grateful people in the world. This address was received wits unanimous applause, and great regret was expressed that the author could not be discovered. A letter had been subse quently received from the gentleman whose conversation with Miss Kemble the hand bills had referred to, denying the whole:story, and expressing his cordial respect, &c., for the lady ailki her Conduct. FACTORY CHILDREN: On Saturday a meeting was held at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament in support of the bill . for limiting the hours of work of factory children, and to prevent the employment of any children in factories of tender years. The Lord May or in the chair. Among the gentlemen assembled on the platform, were— Lord Teynham, Lord Ashley, Mr. O'Connell, M.P , Hon. Mr. Duncombe, M.P., Col. Torrens, M.P., Mr. Robinson, M.P., Mr. Wilks, M.P., Sir Edward Knatehbull, M.l'., Sir Andrew Agnew, M.P. Mr. M. T. Sadler, Mr. Robert Owen, and seve ral members of the committee engaged in forwarding the object of the meeting. The LORD IlAvoil having opened the business Of the day, The Rev. C. S. BULL, incumbent of Byerly, in proposing the first resolution, gave au outline of the duty performed by fac tory children, who were roused from their beds long before the dawn of day, to enable them to arrive at factories, sometimes far distant, at the time appointed for the commencement of their work; and such was the anxiety of the parents of the children, from fear of the consequences of a late attendance, that he had known instances where they had sat up all night to 'be in time to call them in the morning. Where the parents were too poor to have clocks,: the children had been known to start from home hours'before their time, lest they should be too late and receive punishment. (Hear.) Their work commenced at six in the morning, and they continued until twelve without any refreshment, no time being allowed for breakfast. At 12 o'clock they were allowed half an hour for dinner, and, on their return, their work in general continued until seven at night; but when there was a brisk demand, or any machinery chanced to be broken, they very frequently worked much longer, and w the childr en were seldom or never allowed to sit down during the period Of labour. (Hear, hear.) After having been thus kept until a lat e h our in t h e even i ng, th e c hildren had to re turn home, fr equent l y tired, and dwa.etrethesanie resumed, a tehe d a i r lt y a h n ha c ovi e u nr o g f o several tehetmxiilrilelso, workr jaded i i i i d itgb ed rtohu a e i g i ih d r rain or snow ; and, alth oug h they might arrive at the factory t n o thego to u drenched to the skin, they were compelled to begin in their wet clothes, and continue again during the whole day. In Sep tember last, in a factory at Bradfo rd , th e c hild ren were em ployed from six o'clock in the morning until half-past eleven at night ; and he had heard of cares, aere ' after having been kept until that time on Saturday night, they had been called on to work again at half-past twelve on the Sunday morning; by 1111111 to bec , , -..' there w T f Winn • . i them, ibes, yol eh ether : is were 4, 4 . , _ - - ,