The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-31 00:00:00

BOURSE.

PARIS, JAN. 30. For For AOCALIV.,
Money. , Opening, ilightvt. Loriest. (Among.
——
8 pee Cants. 37 85 38 0 Se 0 S 7 45 37 90
3 per Cents. 95 20 93 20 93 53 95 10 93 IS
! do. New Loma.. „ or r• N „
n
8 per Cents. I. Is n
4 per Gana 1 ITU ” ~ ~
Esobange on London : 90 days, 25 40 ; 9041435, 4 274 (money).
..r..., 1840
3, IOU
Do. 48
Da. 58 '
..... ... . „ Bank Shares
Piedmont 3 per Coats 97 0 „

But: w.—St. Germain, 415; Tensing* (richt bank), 203 75; Ter'
sailks (left bank), 170; tineons, SNP; Rouen and lime, 255 75
Pari • and Rouen, 557 50; Avignon and 31aneillcs, 215 ; Strasbourg
and Bale, 115 ; Centre (Vierson), 310 ; Orleans and Boman:, 415 ;
North, 011 75; Parkland Sfra•bnurg, 360; Tours and Nantes, 57450;
Montereau and Troyes, 112 50; °rand Connie, 600.

MADRID, JAN. 24.—Three per Cents., 271 account. Your per
Ceuta., 121 paper. Five per Cents., 111 paper. Coupons, 71 raper ;
Bank or at. Ferdinand, al. tattange on London, 30.33.

Irpe Court.

WINDSOR, JAN. 30.
The Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince
Albert took their usual early morning walk.
The royal family took walking and pony exercise in the
Slopes and Windsor Perk.

PRIVY COUNCIL.

Her Majesty held a Privy Council at 2 o'clock. It
was attendee by his Royal Highness the Prince Albert; the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Lora President; the Earl of Minto,
Lord Privy Seel; Lord John Royal, First Lord of the
Treasury; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the 1100313
Department; Viscount Pabnenton, Secretary of State for
For. ign Affairs; Earl Grey. Secretary of State for the Co-
lonies ; Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer ;
Sir John Hnbhouse, Presidenr of the Board of Control; Lard
Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; the Right
Hon. Henry Lahouchere, President of the Board of Trade ;
tie Earl of Carlisle, First Commissioner of the Woo ts and
Forests ; the Right Hon. Fez Mauls, Secretary at War ; the
Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Coamberlain ; and the Doke
of Norfolk, Muter of the Horse. Lord John amen had an
audience of the Queen previous to the council. The Marquis
of Lanedowtin bad also an audience of her Majesty.
At the Privy Council an election was ordered for two Scotch
Peers, in the room of the Earl of Airlie and Lord Colville,
of Culross, deceased.—The Queen's Spa eh, on opening the
&melons of Parliament, was arranged andagreed ueon.—The
Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.—Mr. Justice Taltourd was presented to the Queen,
at au audience, by the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, her
Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, kissed hands upon his appointment, and had the
honour of Knighthood conferred upon him by her Majesty.
—The Right Hon. Sir David Dundee, Judge Advocate-
General, had an audience of the Queen, and submitted to
her Majesty the proceedings of some courts martial.—Her
Majesty was attended by Lard Comoro, Lord in Waiting,
and Major-General Sir Frederic Stovia, Groom in Waiting.
—After the council, luncheon was aerated to the miListers and
officers of state in attendance.

Shortly after three o'clock, Lord John Russell, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl
of Minto, the Marqui. 01 Breads'belie, Viscount Palmerton,
Lord Campbell, Sir George Grey, Sir Jetta Hobhouse, the
CM-m*llm of the Exchequer, Mr. Lsbauchere, Mr. Fox
Menlo, and the Hon. W. Bathurst, took their departure,
returning to town by a epeeist train on the Great Western
Railway. The Duke of Norfolk, the Right Hon. Sir Datil
Dundee, and Sir Thomas Telfourd also left the Castle.
The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveeon Gower
are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening.
The royal dinner party this evening will include her
Royal Highness the Duehen of Lent, Lady Fanny Howard,
Baroness de Botch, the Duchess of Sutherland, Ludy C.
Lemon Gower, and Sir George Cooper.
The Queen's private band will attend after dinner.

A Sub-Committee of the Commission for the Exhi-
bition cf that met yesterday, at the of of the Board of
Trade. There were present Earl Granville, Mr. Jones
Loyd, and Mr T. F. Gibson.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, as Lord President of
the Council. entertained a distinguished party of peers last
evening, at a full-dress dinner, at Lansdowne House.
Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury,
gave a lull dress dinner yerterday evening, at his officul
residuum in Downing street, to the following party: The
! Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, the
lion. Charles P. Villiers, the Mover, and Sir James Duke,
Rut. the Seconder of the Address in the House of Com-
mons; Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Ebrington, Lord
John Hay, Lord Marcus Hill, Lord Allred Paget, Lord
Clarence IPapet, Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the
Suhequer. Sir John Hobbouse, Sir Francis Baring, Sir
William &entrain., Sir David Dundee, the Right Hon.
W. G. Hirer, the Right Hon. Fox Mauls, the
Right Hon Henry Lahoucnere, the Right Hon. R. Lelor
Shell, the Right Hon. W. Srbright Lamellas, the Attorney-
General. the Solialtor.Oeneral, the Lard Advocate of Scot-
land, the Solicitor-General for Scotland, the Rom J. Elliott,
the Hon. William Cowper, the Hon. Col. Amos, the Hon.
Cul. Robert Boyle, Admiral Ludas, Admiral Berkeley,
Mr. R. Suomi, Mr. G. Curnewall L:mia, Mr. Benjamin
Haw e, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. R. M. Bellew, Mr. H. Rii h,
Mr. H. Tedfaell, Mr. James Wilson, Mr. J. Parker, Mr. M.
T. Dailies. and Mr. R. W. Grey.
Her Majesty's speech, delivered this day (by royal com-
mission) on opening the session of parliament, we. read
by Lord John Russell to the assembled guests.
Lady John Russell had an assembly last evening
at her residence in Chestnut-plus.

RETIZINIENT OP LORD DERMAL—It is said that
Lord Denman, yielding to the representations of Lo• 1
Br 'ages= (who arrived from Puis on Monday). bee at
length determined to retire from the bench. His ineeessor,
according to present arrangements, is to be Lard Campbell.
TUE BOARD OP ADKIRALTIN—Lora John Hay is
about to retire from the kinalralty, u d Captain Houston
Stewart, IL.N , Comptrotler Gourd of the flout gnaw, will
succeed him —Morning Parr.

WINDOW AND BRICIE DUTIES.

Oa Tuesday but a meagre= deputatioa, repro
sentlag Tuitions philanthropic, architectural, and sani-
tary saciatiss of the metropolis, waited by appoiet-
mut 06 the Board of Health, and was received by
Lord Ashley, Mr. Edwin Chadwick, and Dr. South-
wood Smith. Lord ASHLEY in the chair.

Lieut.-Colonel SYKES explained the object of the
deputation. It was to obtain an official expression of
opinion on the part of the board respecting certain
impediments to the construction of healthful habita-
tions, connected with our fiscal burdens, which had
been langcomplained of by all persons who had been
engaged in the philanthropic endeavour to improve
the dwellings of the working clues., or who had
been professionally employed in works of construc-
tion. The board, it was hoped, would use its media-
tion with government, and he bad then every con-
fidence that the evils to which he alluded would be
speedily removed.
Mr. N. B. WARD s'ated, that during the thirty
years that he had followed the profession of a surgeon
in the parish of St. George's-in-the-East, the defec-
tive constructitin of the habitations of the working
classes, in respect to light and ventilation, had been
continually forced anon his attention, and finding that
the evil was one to be greatly traced to the window
duties, he had come to bear his testimony to their
injurious operation.
Dr. SW HERLAND, one of the medical inspectors
of the board present, confirmed the statements of Mr.
Ward. Ophthalmia waii, perhaps, the only exception
to a fact now familiar to medical practitioners,—that
reoovery from disease might be hastened by simply
removing a patient from a darkened room to one with
abundance of light.
Mr. C. GATLIFF, secretary to the society f-r im-
proving the dwellings of the working classes, said
that the annual expenses connected with an adequate
supply of light, air, and water to the buildings they
had erected, were such as greatly to impede, and
almost to paralyse the operations of the society.
They were now paying upon their institution in St.
Pancras the sum of 1821.185. in window duties. This
was • charge of 1 per cent. per annum upon the
original outlay ; and a fourth of this sum arose out
of the tux upon the windows of their waterclosets ;
their being one watereloret to every separate finite of
three rooms throughout the building.
Mr. W. E. HICKSON observed that the revenue
produced by the window duty, at the date of the last
completed return (April 5, 1848), was 1,733,9191.
Whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer could spare
this large amount from the public treasury, and whe-
ther the real property of the country should be
relieved to this extent were financial questions wholly
distinct from the objet of the present deputation.
If there were to be a choice of taxation, he was of
opinion that the abolition of the excise duties would
better promote trade and industry than the entire
exemptiou of hone property from fiscal burdens; but
if houses were to cintinue to be taxed, it way surely
possible to tax th-m in such a mutter that the system
of eves meat adopted should not operate as a direct
premium for the encouragement of dirt, darkness, and
deka ive ventilation. There were two obiec•ions to
the window duties : one was inequality of asseaament,
which made them oppressive—but this was the minor
evil. The more serious objection to them was
their prohibitory character is respect to light
and air; felt not in the houses of the rich, where
the tax was paid, bat in the houses of small trades-
men (the lodging house landlords of the poor)
where the tax is now almost universally evaded.
He could net believe that Sir Charles Wood
would incur the respensibilty cf allowing
each a baneful system to remain in ope-
ration another session ; but as they might pos-
sibly be told by him that he wee rut a sani-
tary commissioner, and that, having his attention
solely occupied will ways and means, he had no
knowledge of metiers concerted witrt health and sick-
ness. The prest nt deputation had applied to the
B estd of Health, principally with the hope that all
the facts connected with this case might by the board
be offiaslly placed before the gevernment.
Mr. GODWIN, • practical architect, extensively
connected by e'rcumstances with the building profes-
sion, begged permission to add a word upon the mis-
chievous operation of another duty seriously interfer-
ing with w orks efeenstruction,—the excise duty t.pon
bricks. Although the duty levied WAS but ss. 10d.
per 1,000, the effect of the duty and the re-
strictions connected with it was to double
the price to the public. Since the criginal
imposition of this duty, the pies ri. brickwork
had risen from 71. 103. per rod to 12/., while the
value of all oilier materials used iti buldirg had de-
clined. The duty was levied as soon as the bricks
were stacked, and before they were burnt. the
manufacturer, therefore, had to ply upon all that
were spoiled in the burning, and this so raised the
price of the best bricks, as to create a market f
bricks of the most infamous quality—fragile, porous,
utterly incapable of reins iog damp and wet, and cer-
tain to crumble to powder within a few years. A
majority of the houses now in proc as of erection in
the suburbs of the metropolis were being built of
bricks of this description. A further effect of the
duty was to increase disproportionately the cost of
hollow bricks, so useful in promoting the dryaees of
walls; and it was a general discouragement to all
improvements in the form in which this material was
at present employed.
Lord ASHLEY, seeing Mr. Lindley present, in-
quired what was the effect in Hamburg of the ab-
*trice of these or similar restrictions, in reference to
the extensive works of construction upen which he
was there employed ?
Mr. LINDLEY said that, with regard to bricks,
he was enabled to purchase for 153. per 1,000 bricks
of a similar quality, but of somewhat smeller size, to
those for which he should be charg. d 35.. per 1,000
in this country. Bricks were, in fail, so cheap in
Hamburg that a coneiderable export trade was car-
ried on in them with all parts of the world, including
our own colonies. Vessels in the Elb •. instead of
dredging for gravel as in the Theme, took out bricks
as ballast. With regard to the absence of window
duties in Germany, the difference was visible at a
glance. No one there would be csntent with a single
window to a room where a greater number could be
obtained. It would be considered living in a hole.
The entire facade of some of the houses be:ween
Hamburg and Vienna might be described as being of
glass.

Mr. CHADWICK would suggest that this object
might possibly be accomplished by a commutation of
both the window and brick d,:tiss into a moderate
house tax, of course avoiding the objection of moque
assessment, which rendered the original house tax
unpopular, and caused it to be aboli•hed. Although
as a financial question such a propositioa wa not one
for the consideration of the Board of IL alth, it might

be submitted by the de putilion on a future occasion
to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Lord ASHLEY said that as sub ,rdinate depart-
ment of govt rement, the Board of Health had, as the
deputation must be aware, no power of interference
with the measures which her Majesty's minis-
ters might deem it necessary to support from
considerations of revenue. With regard, however,
to the sanitary evils to which the depot ttion had al-
luded, there could be no doubt whatever on the sub-
ject. Tney were all of one opinion. if a strong ex
pression of that opinion on the part of the board
would serve the object, it should certainly be given.
" But," said his lordship," it will be fit you, as repre-
senting the public, to follow up the 'Went, n. Ton
have made telt, day. You have been hitting the right
nail on the head, you must now drive it home; and I
can only further say, that I trust the ntmo.t success
will attend your exertioas."
After a few words from Colonel SYKES, thanking
his lordship for the courtesy with which they had
been received, and the highly satisfectJry result of
the interview, the deputation withdrew.

EXPENSES OP VORONEIU3' INQUE.PS.—It appears
from all official ratan! that baterossa the 13:h of Auaust last
and the 3rd of October, Mr. Pickier, corons r for the
western d vision of bliddl.sez. held inquisitions upon 153
deed !mate., the fees upon which were 2041., and miles., and
disbursements 2361. 13s. 3d. ; and betweon the CI: of oe-
' tuber and the 31st ot December, 246 inquisitior a, the eo.t
attehdino which was 732 i. 16.. 34.: total inquosts, 399;
cost, 9691. I la, 64. Between the 18th of Aogv.st andthe 6th
of October Mr. Baker held 173 inquiestso na, the upraise
attending which ware 5651. 164.7 d.; an 4, between the 9th
of October and the 31st of December :128 inquisitions, tks
expenses upon which were 7301. 14x. 6.1.: total inquests,
401 ; cost, 1,2961. 10.. Id. From the Ist of August to the
31st Decomber Mr. Bedford, the coroner for W. stminater,
held 138 inquests, the eosts upon which were 3911. 4s. Bd.
and between the lit of July rad the 31st ot December Mr.
Riggs, the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, held 13 in-
quests, the coats upon which wee* 521 13s. 2d. General
total ;—ingussts, 919 i expenses, 2,71'21.195. 6d.

PARLIAMENTARY
AND FINANCIAL REFORM,
GREAT MEETING AT HE FREE-TRADE
HALL, MANCHESTER.
A brief description of this meeting, ore of the
and mat infinentlal ever held In the Free-trade
largest oa
was given in the Pope's. yesterday.
Mr. GEORGE WILSON, woo presided, roe tt open ,ht,
proceedings precisely at half past seven e'cleck, and mad;
They were assembled an this occasion as members and friend,
of the Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association, 11,
the purpose of soaking the co-operation of the meeting ,4
favour of a scheme for the enfranchising the people, to a cer.
tain extent, through freehold qualifications; to repeat their at
surances col confidence in the members ter Mane inter; arq..,
have a few lot words with their old friends the proteetilj,
fists, in order that they Welt be warned that, however
amusing their operatior• had been during the bet
three
or four months, it was only right to inform them tez.
pastel, and mildly, yet firmly, that the first rensa
attempt, on their part, to disturb the existing ceder of thin:e
Of endanger the permanency of fro- trade, would
involve them in consequences which, es wise men, tilt,
ought properly to conrider. (Cheers.) By finateiel reOgi
was meant a thorough and searching inveatigat on ot,,
every description of the expenditure of the country ; sod
farther, a determination to co-operate with every similar
w i itty n the kingdom. for the purpose cf procuring the
reduction of such expenditure, acurding to the pl propes,g
in Mr. Cobden's huffiest, of ten millions ravine
He would at once repudiate the idea (if loch coo,
for a moment be entertained) that their roetety hd
ever contemplated making this movemeet art,tf.ing 144
as a means to an end. If any gentleman t,,,,zt
held an opinion that, by the mode of entriusehfaernent
they advocated, they intended to prevent the pro;er and
foil
enfraochiseutent of the people—or even to propose it es 4
substitute for ether—be might at once believe them
they stated that they washed their hands emir, ly or task
motive : the idea was fallacious. Their ahem: contereol
nut the borough voters in the "lightest dente. They titre
proposing to deal with one hundred and fifty rain. mgt.
Inn of parliament fur England and Wale', w. o xd. Wb
blocks of granite, opposing all kinds of reform in the House
of Commons. The scheme appeared to Lim (.le. %lett)
to be the most practicable plan for obtaining a ch. or, in the
representation as far as the county voters were c,I ter- ;
it was • more practieabli plan than any that hal yet hot,
submitted to the luhlic. Their (view's, when they took
their seat, in the house, mould, be had no doubt, meie run.
lutions in favour of arbitration and pew, vote by h:!..t,
equafintion of taxation, and the extension of the franchis
which reso:utions would no doubt be lost, Mr. fin tt.:
would, he believed, prop le a measure on behalf of that oar:
of the British popu:ation, the redress of whose wrong. is
had before so warmly advocated; that measure, too, w•
no doubt be lost. Mr. Cobden would prep.).* anetht r mit
sure on behalf e f that vast colonial populltieo
acknowledged the sceptre of Victoria; he had no do.ht :hit,
too, would be lost. They might not tarry one Rice:. oioi.,h
during the nex session of parliament; but eta th-
able men who led the frecotrade straggle succe-50.1.!, art
who were in advance of eye ry statesman in the li.goe
Commons by seven years—(Cheers)—woul make i.r..,!r0,
under every debate, although not registered to .eery
sion. Every debate and every divi.ion would b: hut 0,
further indication—another advance in the history or
progress. Tre Hauge of Commons was not eh. t.hool
great principles untelly issued ; but they she uld f td
ral that, with el. its defects, it was not so h., tuft t, •y
sealed up against ell light from without, as that the s
and penevering Worts of the people would at some
in the future, effectually reform it.
Mr. ARCHIBALD PRENTICE move: the first
only resolution, which wee as t dthers :7

"That this its. sting, thankful to :h• borourh
for their past services in the cause of parbarmnttry
financial reform, entrdta them, in the ensuing
continue to give their votes for the redueli sa tts ;
expenditure ro at least the standard of ; _nd :
Hume 's motion for the extension of the suff,...e to all t,
holders; the re•dis•r:bution ot seats, tridatil
and vote by ballot."

He said the, bsinc followed by Mr. Cobden, and 7 t
Bright, he would veasult both the pleasure of the rcer.
and his
,own also, by not el• laying th, in the IS r.
listening to those IW3 gentlemen. Trey bat ht.< 7. •
csptains in one grand struggle to obtain food for
and let them irti.t that they would be quite as sate, • ..
their present struitale for good aid ehe ip gorert.mtet.
JAMES KERSHAW, Esq , seconded n, -
tion, and it was carriel a I but unanimously, one a s• •
amongst ten thousand persons Lolding up Li, hAcd,
conch lauehter.

RICHARD COBDEN, Esq., M.P., then came re
amnia great cheering, which was again and eon, re%
the vast audience rising, and wwving hats and .•.r.
and after claming the indulgence of the mertit.z
goatee el a hoarseness of vein. 'Pito •
nieelog is called in behalf of the of jests of the l•
'ary and Ficiancial farm Association; it is c.. .
41 noun of the assembling of parliament; our obpr. :
it for granted, iu beteg here to.nignt, is that the ',tile
of M.nehester may be heard, with a few last writs, ;
to the assembling of the legislature. Now, gentlem•
will be known to you that our attention In pariitm. •
be, in the first place, directed to the question of 1
and protectien, lot us, if you please, begin by ende ,v
to ascertain how we stand in that question. (" II ar
cheers.) Why, I humbly apprehend that it woulu be
possible we could es ter the arena of the Mei e Co
under circumstances more favourable for the v.:ldie
the principles that have been fleet enunciated (rota ti
and crowned with the triumphs of the men active
struggle in this place. I say it would be IneFseibl,
to m. et, under eireumstanets mire =heisted to vi
by facts and experience, the truth and souralues,
principles. (Lo.d cheers) I have lately had oec
extend my travels into districts of the country wh.
prise nearly every part of cur national industry.
visited the iron district, the woollen district, tt
district, the tLx distiict. I have been in Bucklue
amonest the lice and straw plat, and char met
have had an opporuei•y of inquiring something
state of the industry of oar mines, and of hest
the best soured the state of the shipping inn
and I say, locking to all these great interests, it th,
or failure of the principles we have hire a..opteal
tested by the condition of these great national
we go to parliament with a triumphant ease in um
(Cheers.) Bat, is it not a little singular, that, wb
have travelled, I have been close upon the traces
gathering of men who are rushing t gather in the
the snow and :rust—thus airing to you a iniarante
sincerity and earuestness with which they go ; I ha'
of men assembling, in all parts of the country whet,
been, to pass resolutions, declaring that, not merely
ture, but all the great interests of the c,-,untry—te
their phrase—are suffering injury and are nasteuine
(Lauchter.) Is it not a very singular and anoint
Sat things, that ycu should have men so 'gement o
going on in this cou,,,ry, that they should be meetin
claim to the world that the condition of its people 1,
opposite of what I believe we shall Hod to he the
reterenee to the real indexes of the condition el
great national interests ? (Load cheers.) And ail
‘Vny, e a I have proctimed elsewhere, and will pr.
the Rouse of Commons, it is because the late::
in this country have been accastomed, from ti
memorial, to regard themselves as the emir
importance in the country, and they cannot suffer
being persuaded that every part of the country is
with them. (Great laughter and chem.) Now,
anybody to point out a time when the leaded i:.• t'
country, as it ie called. was contented, and when
of the community was not suffering from distress ~.
(" Rear," and cheers.) It is a m.itur of Maxus
accessible to us all—whenever you have had gee
in any of the manufacturing districts, an increase
ism, mills stopping, mines abandoned, experts an
diminishing—when you have had the revenue
when you have had every symptom of notional cuff.
national decline, then, as a rule, you have had th
interest in tnts country always contented; an,l, on
nary, just as your coudition thrived, thruagh the
price of food—why, then, you have always I
landed interest declaring you were going to •
this were the first time we had been peseing
this ordeal, there would be Saute eznee
not understanding it; but it is net the lint
third, or fourth time that you have bad a
provisions, and contentment in the manWacturiug
with discontent among the tended interest. Thar.
are hut repeating what they did be'ore, and al
proves to demonstration that the state of the pier
country has never yet been pro.pereus exc. lit •
landed interest nave been discontented and sea
change. (Cheers.) And what is the change they L
waited ? Why, it has been a high price of
which your well bail is not compatible.
hear.) In all ag.s of the world, in all past time
it was wanted to have a curse it Hinted up en
munity, why, then, a blight was invoked trot
upon their harvests. And shall it be told the
country, we are to continue to lire hale.uelii
rule where, by human uniedetion, and no: by JO
the whole community shall be put uron a short
of food, merely that a very small fraction of that
nity may thrive upon their distress? (Cheers
indignant that this question should have been reel,
Nuw one oldie arguments which our friends the pre
are p trading at this moment is this: "Why, I'
the corn laws were repealed, we would get as gas
we did beton." Well, I don't know that evir I
anything about rents ; but this I did my. and say
land will be permanently of more value in Engielol
trade than over it would with protection. A,
(Cheers.) Why, because pretiction—that is, tee
we.uld be destroyed by the commerce of this e•
Without your commerce the land would be of very
at all. (Loud cheers.) But my friends, the In
landlords tell us, " Now, you say we must reduce e
I always said there was a great deal more to .1)1
clueing rents ; and if I was a landlord, I 'tour I'l
fore I came to a reduction of me money rent, I h 4
pointed out myself that yon have in this Cuar'
margin in the improvement of the soil before
reduction of your rents,—in the reduction of 1,
—(cheers)—in the clearing away of your hedge'
hedgerow timber; for with all our bast
cultural improvement, the face of this co,
sena much more the anieet of a state of eat
France, or a great part of Germany, in couseellinti
twrmild,
wirregishialaarer
ahemdgeree,rhoawreb,ouarndforth;
to be removed, in order that a greater amount
food may be produced by the neople. (:hero.)
I say it you do not zdaort to mama itarr4vocuu,
,miCeS,ttr;
"er

old es ter the arena of the Hon e c: Co .-
stances more favourable for the veille •-.
that have been hest enunciated from V .. •
wilt the triumph, of the men ereagad r.
is place. I say it would be ineposnble 7 .1
rr
ateulated to via
L•re.-i:d• ieecunhrale:e'inainh)7lmrul2atrhve
e lately had o cat_
'vela into districts of the country ah.ca
Leery Fart of cur national industry. I
iron district, the woollen district, the c
lax diettict. I have been in iluckiaeh,n... •7
lice and straw pia t, and chair rusk, r..
opportuail of inquiring sometking • 2
edustry of oar mines, and of lateen./
tees the state of the shipping ted.,2.—i
eking to all these great interests, it tie
the principles we have here aeopted h :
condition of these great national
lenient with • triumphant ease in our etc.:
at, is it not a little singular, that, when r :
I, I have been close upon the traces o:
men who are rushing t gather in the In.,'
I :rust—thus airing to you a guarantee ..!
earuestness with which they go ; I hat: •
blieg, in all parts of the country where I Les
resolutions, declaring that, not merely seer_.
:ho great interests of the country—tor tt. •
•are suffering injury and are easteeing 1 C.
Is it not a very singular and enaint: •
t ycu should have men so ',moved of et
cou,.try, that they should be mettind t
that the condition of its people is the s•,y
hat I believe we shall Had to he the (A, .. •
the real indexes of the condition VI 1.. -7
I interests ? (Land cheers.) And wi y
ee
pructoimed elsewhere, and will pt.—. t•n • ,
Commons, it le because the lateliie
try have been aecastunied, from live
o regard themselves as the orly e 1...
a the country, and they cannot suffer a 2
tied that every part of the country i. 'Li! :
(Great laughter and cl.eels.) Now, 1 dm,
oint out a time when the landed i:.' t :
t is called, was contented, and when the :
unity was not suffering from distrew a... 2..
el cheers.) It is a mottcr of his:oty—A
us all—whenever you have had great
2 manufacturing districts, an inereaie
spiting, mines abandoned, experts tied tar. r,
—when you have had the revenue
vc had every symptom of national stiff. te
;int, then, as a rule, you have had the .
as country always contented; and, on 112 7.•
I your coudition thrived, throegh the en•••••:'.,7
el—why, then, you have always had
rest declaring you were going to rte:,
,he first time we had been p.s.ing
there would be saute exceve
:ending it; but it is net the lirst, s ••-:
nth time that you Suave bad a lew ; 2 •
nd contentment In the menu:lecturing
rat among the landed interest. Teener.: •'
Ling what they did bc'ere, and all • '
monstration that the state of the p, • :'
yet been pro.pereue except al.,
est nave been discontented and lexioal 7 •
eers.) And what is the change they
Shy, it has been a high price of Led e
e well being is not compatible.
all tog.s of the world, in all past "
led to have a Curse it dieted tom any cx-..
y, then, a blight was invoked from h•
harvests. And shall it be told that. Ins
are to continue to lire hale.udi) une.t
.. a
by human maied•ction, and no: by diviec
,ommuni.y shall be put uron a short or." •*:.
rely that a very small fraction of that e,..2:7•:.
thrive upon their distress? 'Cheers 1 I
tat this question should have been revs," izi
the arguments which our friends the prole:te•
g at this moment is thus: " Why, fon .42:,;
es were repealed, we would get as red
re." Well, I don't ks'w that eve r
out rents ; but this I did say. and say.•":;;,
permanently of more value inEngienn!",",h,.
over it would with protection. An_
Why, because reaction—that is, T ettnl ••:r:
,estroyed by the commerce of this 7. 11.'•:.,
Ir commerce the land would be of very
suit cheers.) But my friends. the pro:oc%
um, " Now, you say we must reduce out.n_
id there was a great deal more to .10 n a,•:;,,,.
; and if I was a landlord, I wail I do
to a reduction of my money rent. I have
t myself that you have in this ovan'r
the improvement of the soil before yea
rams
If your rents,—in the reductids of Yon"
—in the clearing sway of your hedite-nr,,,,,,.
timber; for with all our b etst.
t more the sweet of a state of ;tenet"
ot
the
a great part of Germany, in colner'll
mprovement, the face of this
or
[tiler hedge rows, and thu scatte id naaae:_
h are a mere harbour for pate, and nl
amount (Fray
wed, in order that a greater anion
e produced by the yeople. (Cheered
I do not resort to tame Sutures:eau:an. ta
Culuutl. this
:u.

~▪
,ee whim your limey rest. kid what do the Medlar&
say-- sow ? That the sad cannot be cultivated U there
Mt at all. Well, I my It is only • metier if rat
giver el. (Cheese) Bet what we intend to tell them sew
gad in future, sad what we did not my mash about lianas
1.2.4 „dation, is ski% that you are hypeorltse Is matte,
Loam the tarsiers fa this cue, bemuse, if yea will deal
with the brim% it le entirely a leadlord's gues-
sed if yea mama tasks the brawn pay their
re,st with worst pekes by any arralpillellS R agree-
meat with the telemetry, why then it is a qinsion of rent,
wed yes mum red's* your rest until May cis mate the
tale of (-rootage prosper. (Cheers.) list it is • timearight
▪ t yo,crisi for landkreds to bring Isamit hasten, at
16, arse''' of the year, Omagh snow asd Ms ISMS of
ice. Olt to the hustings, to canoe them to debit yettobta and
Nv " this is a getout tartan's goodies." The Idelidermen
tan Amen a vast duel more sperit and istenee than the
posh ; they have not followed she leadimi is their me
kr pro. toes. On the contrary, fa deed all parts of Ire.
isekt *bet have meembied sat voted arid* Ibe leadlords,
gad damereed the wen lamas am squiao Is /N the cos-
merry II nest of all robbieg the. Wes (madimate amount
of f, at. 'Chem.) We bare had he belsad one or two
1•,,e0 Instances of patriotism
and the, part of landlord. ;
would Hie partmularly, and I do it with gratitude
tin"j tanvors-Lte, to the cooduct of Mr. ffharstion urewford
; ;he oor.ty ot Down. (Cheers.) Mr. Sharma Crawford,
ee, of the largest landlords in the county of Down, met
the pdationtate at Dowopetrick, headed the oppo
sibon to tr, 'enabled., and carried kis amendment by •
• raj .city. (" Hear. hear," end cheers.) And this
b oat as has esprosed his willingness to ester into such
snot, news with his tenants se will enable them to carry
an tMir Mottoes on precisely the same teems, that ia, with
imo toe ma* advantage to themselves, under a tyst. of
Melna,• se they did under protective. (11.er, Lear.)
Bat the: was sot the only meeting; there wee aeotler
in Ireland alio held in the metal of DJWO. It
we. athely • termer.' meeting—a lugedes lately held at Bt.
rawesels of 2,060 tenant farmers sad °then
itt „ded. No landlords were mixed up with them at all.
Now, we had reed the speeches at that meeting, sad they
mitt to be a wsrainc to toe landowners et Bitelsed that •
use say c nee in 1t•-gland on.. the resat farmer lore
e •le as those tenant femurs have span. (Hear.)
want to call m teatime to in this feature of these Irian
~,!,soe is. bases. a peat attempt has been
Mt, tot nag the whole testae of Ireland to beer athis
eue•Gos w einiament—es attempt to make it appear that
the re(e. ....atter; of Ireland are *emir, al sae maw sup-
f., pro:tenon of apicalture. (11.ar, hear.) litt Imy
art the ...solort:sef the llinse el Commas dare, after Such
e.geshlos es thtse—will say one dire to say that he re-
tre,firs tae sprit sad wishes of the mePrity of the Irish
P ~,e •I on he Ems to admeete peottotsoa el industry, as
a'ioe.l by these eloquent °Won et them meetings ? I
• my what my idiot& Bright has said, in a vacs which
to. hen Mao 1 thronahout the Mimed, that the Irish people
ate e...eslete on the hlcolish free-traders in every object in
ere tor pm.iag d ors Orange and landlord emending in
esel cheers); and for gettiog the ln.h pimple
Ma ea. -s, that social and p aithal position white has
• r toy lid by tram in the history of that no-
t:: snit, t.otstry. The only hope for the Irish people—the
e.,.1 hap f °tie Irish '/Miler—the oely hope for the poor
I' .i re•terr. it in the *yap 04 sad cooperation and eon.
6.; 6.p et the messes of toe people of Enolond and Swot.
Mod. A...d • e t.O them from this temple or free tra.bi—troin
h.• em chi re the list wont lath that ernaecipmed the
e,-mer e o. this Lioplens—we tell then that the sump'.
e• to* party with -h earned free trade in Elieland is at the
sent e the people°. Ire!and, to girt then equal religious,
and coadrniii rty with ourselves. (C
hers)
)
A 4 '467664 of Hos repos. eat of Irel tad toeing Paw
I-. Le; w.:b the represtatst.ves of Manchester or Yorkshire,
to :hire,: .set thesit.a the subject of the bread-tam let bet
boa pe .p.• have,' tat I trust erelong they will have, a
r. pea ntstian of the jet,: le'• %%AMAMI I predict that you
w... t.wl :reit represent tures acting alonhs.de of Jay boa.
th. ea )lr. Brig tad spa fa achieving M.ess gnat gad
Lt•ir.'ta ret.rine—( rad cho.riain—wkieh run:abate so
▪ t. t e meiprocal benefit of the two islands. (Hera,
heor. • Well, sir, we meet is the course of forty-Mom
.n the how* of CAILMOILS, and, pad e.ng by what the •
;., • o.e-hisis have been in the c•nutry, you must
ta et. a very formidable ohaneettlit on the subject of free
tr.' e. %I ell, mkt, sass you do sot ettreet &LP saheb, wit
y.. may be dhaplatiatsd. (Laugh•tr, and cheese) I
• t..) much shoed that the les.ltn of tee pttitee-
ti‘ti•. 1..t.y, who have been denouncing Sr =bat
{sing b.trayed his party—:hat s, for having
re aty el. Alos.d that worn-out and old system whoa it
was ett.ly taprociesble to adop: or to support it-1 an
mrs.t r. c:.' vary as. who have been wooer-clog 8r
It :at I'e-1, Lutes very note% would have tried to lump
ism Lt• i.lsle, and tLat tt..y hid it in their eye to play
prods. iy toe • the tame • lit solves. (Chien.) I rens a-
be* very w U in IAI, whta 1 Coate i. w pa:hasten', tuare
wee an iedivietml who came to parliament at the mice
time, who s.essed to Layy. Wan beough: there eseeciaLy to
be let Imo* like a noasidl upon me, a:.d to bat constantly
lvare.ng at me right site siztm. The late venerable Otani.
Lytle, se. nobt r for bli ilL•tes, mat far me owe tight to
c......r d swat maell beside Lim la the hover, and to said,
"1 have Men aid y•ears a member of this ; I UM
the utter if the limos of Commons, and I Lave seat
fa. yto, yoa44 ma, to Lies the U arty ut offering you •
• Ito:, I sever sow such a ruffian genteman tote is
Lame !wig .re, as that man opposite who is always &necking
yoo. iloachter tad cheers.) sow, listen to me—don't
• 1...: nets take any notice st what he says ;" and,
e.etaird Mr. CObdeli, I tollOWed Mr. Bjug's advice from
!LI .61/1•:. and I intend to follow miaow. (Cheers.) That
edud ont.ined in the boom force parliament; lee
t,..4 .6 toe house is, it eat tot tolerate individuals like that—
Hot is, the conttituents cannot tolerate them for more this
cure ha:lament. (Beam hear.) dat though nut is the
I.e a a leader of the proteetioaists on: of amrs, and
teen joy of thew leader. (Cheers and laughter.)
tin, CT, I do not expect any very fottnidable
or ~.csions upon the subject of free trade; but
• hare a pottiest party and • fecoious party—a
r beet open mischief in • small way, co•stantly
rl to v,te black tor white f-T the purpose of em.
*sio-it the aoverament. Their object will be confusion ,
• h.v no no:re sympathy of feeling for Lard Jobe
- I. e,vi than they bad for Sr Hobert Peel before;
-y the cap they had taken of patting to-ward Mr.
es ue pretest government has very properly stepped
the so, s of S r Bober Peet; hat they will try emir,
at emitareasting governmear, and roudering the pro
1,4 of t:.e Home of Commons difficult and quite
d way can. Do they ever thick they will
.p ea eathusissm—ever muster the ',whit. e;claw.,
their Semen—_o they think the Duke of I/ichmond
tea toesther his is in Sussex if he plants on
•L. I.).erus the fitp " &I." or "94." a Isaf, instead
.1. 1" (Great Inuahter.) When did you ever hear of
it,e.nt mewed in the kingdom by offering the people •
met i..steed of a big coos 1 Oa the vomiter,. the
:-.ms us Lave already sten eouvinee me that it there
a ventral election, • dissolution on the question of the
4s, tie conetry would pees.- at a scene from one
•he other, which there is sot one individual present
r,om would like to witness. but whatever admin.
.s 1,m...t00/tato would have from the revival of this,

Lw,

then is ant one point es wldelk the faestriedin
. Lot Lave bra time. the advantage. Let th.sa well
muted that this quakes of the bread tax may area be
10 Um L.:di of that very slut of the community whin
add fairly tad frankly own did not take the share 1
is abolishing them% law. But what we have seen
avid, with the shoemakers, and at Ilinckley, with the
it 4.r., will matinee you, I am sure, that this quoin
. used's:nod by the asses of the people. k Hear, bear.)
*pest from my own experience; in visiting Yeah.
I toad the working causes viewing me with vuy
.vat saes, following me in the streets of Sheffield with
.I*. teat feelings to what they did five or six yens ago,
I hr.: went there to advocate this measure. At that
they were deluded by the protectionists. They had
to •,,me extent, persuaded that cheap food meant low
•. N .., they find everywhere better employment,
as or e t percent cheaper than they could get it before,
• tendency to arise in wages, rattier than to • redaction
ere any change has taken plass at all Tnerefore I wan
tratocracy of this country—sot in support of physical
c.—l want no physical Gros—bat I warn them, from the
.raptosse we have already seen, that they have nothing to
by a dissolution of parlisissat ea the corn laws. II
j of a aumerical majority in the house, no natant&
would due to earry ea parliament with each a majority
against the express wish of the great mass el the arants
They c..n therefore gain nothing, and I exhort them
this moment to abandon the idea of any admin.
a them he appealing to the country by a ventral nestles.
w, geatlemn I am sorry I have had *cession ever to
luta to 1102 thousands of-tiate exhausted tale of proem
1. We thought naturally we were going to do something
that flowed from free trade; that we should hate
ol in the hall and elsewhere to reduce the
Sandi.
of the couatry ; and that we should have had
sin of protectionists in following that object. Bat 1
el tell you, I believe a great part of the ensuing as
at all events, will b, bet to us for all chance of either
tel rat ran or any other useful measure, on account of
"Yobbo wh•ch the protectionist parry tat again takes
se a which will have to be met and disoosed of before
sea have the slightest chine, of the no operation of the
ty constituencies In carrying out financial reform. I
a hue, then, in general terms to say, that all subsequent
-ellen tunes 1 bad the honour of addressing you this time
theme, as, eosins me in the view I then took, that it
Practicable, that it Is inpatient, and that it Is Jut that we
return es quickly as porsiblt—the sooner the better—
' raper.ditenellB36. (Chem.) I believe that it is
teal pranisable ; say, more, I led eseviessed that it is
• qt. sin whether it shell be done is one es two
It nest er lens time. We are in promos ef ding it.
down we shall do something anaidierable MOMS it
attain ; hut if the protestioains bad tablet say
etent then that which they have famed, we
atld have made rapid strides towards a greet esinetles
tk heathens of this country. Now, I have *sea It Meted
k,,nr .go that it is thought we should hays a wirplas el
at,,. or million*, so is the next year's balsamesksote
to at we must not use the money for the reduction of
'lase bet for the reduction of the debt. W,ll, nobody
• men strongly than I do the necessity of rtnesag
eseemous, that also.t fabulous amount of debt with
1441 we have bees burdened by our ancestors ; bet
ion rialtos that I see some advantages in applying
7 farthiag 51 surplus we can get to the fo•
"an of Meadow la the first place, with the pre.
riptaseatatisa afare people, with the presoak she.
411kr et
Princearatill WO Oct of the most scommalsal
L'4l), ef leaving them with say beluga
k"1. we have them two millions to apply to the re
cuss of the debt they may swallow up that swains by sane
• artaditare ; but, if we dispose of the sundae Ise the
se.es if tandem. yes leave them without say sespins
Pia/ walk Thiel sae name why I should like LI IS be

s appliedN the reiaMISM of hastion. Another pima le,
I this may a war km ell& prom open the Wormy of the
osastry saw as an *Made is moat of the people ;
r and lus amalosmom rah ant a the weellffaarn. of tka are of
r the population, alai Ong Mould b. removed. Per instance,
r take the amide of debar.
ea say sae 'appose it is
I possible, of a we hams absiiihoi the aavaation laws Is/
allowed foreign milts is am We this seastry duty free..
r is it nesible that wo oas nemliamerea lay a heavier duty=
the timber with whisk our own shipwright, bald their
, Yon seat, therefore, sheikh the da,y as timber la some
I or other. W.II, I wasld take the some gonna with
to paper. Look at the paper tax and other taus on UMW
they
ledge : am rs *sly inhale with the ealighteaseat
people, but with the employment 011ie people. Why, you
ban typographers wallas/I the owner, like pay en, im
ported by their riles,; but ma is. printer would be
wasting eamployasat if it were sot for the restriction
pat upon kis tenspation by the tax epos papa. And
I apply the same remain, to soap, and to other
things; so that t 0.,. is as absolute necessity that there
should be es these articles a redaction of duty somehow. If
yes do sot apply the surplus you have to the reeler
aoa of then tem, y.O must do it in some other way.
After alluding to the advantages accruing from the FreehoM
Land Ilemensest, Mr. Cu^dea concluded as follows :
Now, the 'gets of fres trade in the necessaries of life are,
that it will reader more steady the business and pursuits of
this mutiny; it will tend to absolve yos tram these violent
conflicts which have tended so mach to demoralise both
ouster sad men ; for I know nothing mere calculated to
lead to sash disasten is thesis, than to he at mee moment
depressed into adversity, and then to be suddenly raised
to the pinnacle of prosperity. If yen give equable
empluyonat, you will tend to improve the character of both
tee master aad the workmen; and one of the effects whin
I look for from this improved condition of the working
Blames is this, that I believe th, y will have more rename at
their disposal, and will be witless to apply these resources
mama their own moral, social, sad polities' *levities. I
do not mean to my that you mos% be seiniricase exposed to
vicisaitudes is true country, from a short supply of cotton
or iron ether easealties Heaven forbid I should sty that
say particular mown would he a panacea for all calamities,
but I believe it is posadble that we emu me the skilled nue
nano of this country .rata an elevation mentally and
smelly higher than any labostriag mu ever attained be fore;
and I shall be disaprointed iron of the affects of that im-
provement in their economical nankin is sot to induce
than to take every poss:ble means to umber the portals of
the constitution, and to take their position ea they ought to
do, and as I hops they will do, by a direct act tat parliament,
amongst then who enjoy the sights of freemen. (Cheers )
The hon. pm:lmams resumed his seat amidst protracted
she. rims.
JOHN BRIGHT, E.g., M.P. for Manchester, then rose,
and we received with loud cheers. lie said : If there be
is, feature which, son then soother, diatingaines the
theses In which we live' it occurs to me that it is this—the
lalleskalds am oat et discussion sad investigation which
in sow brought to bear on all the great social sad political
postions fferies the condirioa of the eountry. (11.ar.)
And tt.o meeting upon which I am now looking, is one
proof of the fact which I am stating, and it is but one of a
, seeks of meeting. which have ben held is various parts of
the arantry, since the slime of the last ',aim of parliament,
at which great social a. d political questions have been
dimmed. Is feet, we sow live in an age of agitatioe.
Tae pariamentary reeves I hue found to be isdeed very
lit he of a Dens at all. (•• lieu hear," mid laughter )
• parliamentary rears is • period of fla or sin months,
Wring a au:Minable airtime of which sot a few members
of pardameat Hod themelves espied outside the walls of
parliament in dimming the very same german which trey
dismissed within them wells dans the tame that pailioneut
was seating. la fact, is the runs or daring the sissies of
pallawient alike these great question are being ezananied;
e. d I believe every south, almost every day, in adding to
the intelOpnee, and the strength of the molution of the
pulelie In tavour of great and salutary po:iticsl changes.
(Hear.) Now, lam beteroloz enough to say that I pearly
approve of this state or things, and that I rejoice at
It. (Cheers.) We never hear now of any great
whig Januar, except a beams in Chesham-plan •, %nue
the prime minister lives, or at the end of the station, a
white belt dime. ret Greenwich. The memory of Charles
James Fos appears to be almost forgotten, and I know not
how long it is since it has been toasted by our !fiends the
whip is any pablee meeting. Now it Is worth examioing
why that as. These parties, these hereditary Motions, have
tame. Ives no great fo:lowing in the country, and I believe
it would be l possible for sillier of them to gut up, iu towa
or country, such dinners and meetings win Watts past, to
tele over the same things—to cruse the same empty pro-
fessions, and to lead slant large bodies of their countrymen,
in favour of a policy which meant nothing if it were not inuuded
for the most part to delude the public. (Clears.) But yet :
Uric is an agitation log en in the country, and mere ait
now, that is, within the Ain few y. ars, than at any former 1
period, but it is an saltation by the people and for the
p-ople--leheersl—and not for the pulp at merely of bring-
lag into ciao, armin men, that they wily uletribute patrol'. '
age is a arta* aireetiw ; bat is favour of such a ylarty, and
unit each a party, as that by which great and wise princip:es
will be aerie d out is the legislation of the United Krngdois. 4
(Cheers.) MO peaty that is really moving sad gaining is
the country is tending, I believe, tows, .5 a peaceable, a ism, I
and enduring deurotersey. (Loud than.) And what is
this party doing? Is it conspiring ? By no means. This is
not a a duty tur compiney. This is not the time, and this i
Is not th' e .untry m whit t secret conspireci s tor changing
political affairs, or fir the overthrow of political power, ton
succeed. (Coasts.) Couspirecin lead to violeoce—,.fen to !
bliocishtel and to MGM ; and with all such political arrange-
ments or combine' ions we have Dot sow, nor have we ever i
bad, heart or port, for we will not interfere wi,h guy such r
secret or unholy combinations. (Cheers.) But lock to the I
country and ace what has bt4lll doing, AMU how that demo
cratic movement to which I referred hall been carried ea. I
There is an associ.tien acting in *IA metrop•lis, for the
purees* of enlisting the people, as far as visible, in falser
of part:amen:art rerorm. They have held great meetines is
in any great towns, and they have been enthusiastically tree
caved in almost all of th. in. T. a missionaries of this asso.
Cation have delivered able, powerful, and conclusive speeches
as to the inequality of our representative system. Bat they
tell us in the broad face of day all they hope ur intend to do, I
and the newspapers &atlas tacit most secret de.iberations
almoat as if they were spetches delivered from the platform, I
Look what else has bean doing. My hon. fii. ad wholsme ad. I
dressed you has bean among hie great constituency in York
shire, speaking twice on the ttttt question of free trade, once en
the scarcely less important question of colonial government. I
He has had the tools Cl/Ur/Lae, within a stone's throw of
Loathe/a-street, to get up and denounce that erre-blind, im- 1
moral, and foolish also as of handing over the capital of this
country to pay for the armaments of foreign nations, and for
the cruelty of foreign despots. (Great cheering). And on
this platform, and is another place in thin. town, I have
ventured to call the attention of my countrymen to the coo-
dition of the people of Ireland. (Cheers.) AU these are
questions of immense Magnitude and importance. We are
not impostors. who come before the people and Witham to I
follow some Will.o'-th'-Wiso, which leads only to their owa
personal exaltation, and not ti the advantage of the country. I
Since the very moment we ant entered public life you ttttt
and our sympathies at variance with yours. (Cheers.)
And in those measures we now advocate said recommend, wr

act on the principles on which we always acted ; and when
those mea.ures are carried—as carried out they will be—we
can lay our bands on our hearts, and ray we struggled for
them for your and fur the country's goad, and the country
will reap the 'seised: from cur exertious. (Low! cheers.) But
if we wanted another evidance of the progress of this pasty,
we have it in the condition of the newspaper press. There
are twenty-five per cent. more liberal papers in the United
I Kingdom than there are tory papers; but this is a small
estimate sits their real condition. Where one circulate. of
the newspapers which publish thus• obsolete and foolish des
trines then are halts-dozen of the papers whi 'lt advocate
those just and wise principles we employ ourselves to ex-
pound. lint even this does not show the true state of this
matter. Oar rulers have taxed newspapers to such a degree
that they are restricted to those only who can afford to pay a
high price for them. Take the paper which comes to us
before ft become. a newspaper—its original price would
be but small. Bat cite man who made it has his works
and manu'aetory infested with the harpies of the excise.
He tzanot take • key and gn to unlock a room or a
box, but • government officer stands over him, to write down
everything he does, and he has to pay an enormous tax,
besides endurieg the Indescribable annoyance of this excise
✓ancillance;—tnen when the paper is made, and comes to
the office of the Manchester Examinee or of the Guardian,
its price is doubled by a stamp—a penny is added to its
°Aisne! met It COMM lank printed, and a great number of
edurtisemests are wen in it. The publisher wenn to offer
it at a small price, because he is paid for the advertisements;
bat if you see a column or two of those small advertisements,
which you may remark in the Manchester Geordian on
Saturday, or in the notes every day, you may be stare every
one of them pays a tax of Is. 6d. to the Chancellor of the
Exchequer. The unemployed servant, the porter out of
work, the groom in search of • situation, would be charged
but is. 6d. lOr an advertisemeat; but, on account of this tax,
you must charge him 3e. (Cheers.) Bat if a mill worth 20,0001.
or • landed estate worth 50,0001. is advertised, the landlord or
millowner pays precisely the same tax for his advertisement
of halt a column as the poor man fur his advertisement for a
place of 16a. a week. (" Shame," and cheers.) All this is
foolish, but it becomes hideous from its injustice and Louisa.
lity. (Cheers.) If this tax were abolished, and newspapers
were ea free as breed now te—thanks to the people of Eng.
land—aewspapen would be in the hands of men who could
osty pay fit for them instead of 6d. ; and the circulation of
the liberal over the tory papers would be probably in the
proportion of 60 to 1. (Chun.) However, this is rather
spokes by way of parenthesis. (Laughter.) If opinion be
advancing, es I say it is, the question fur us is, why is
legislative amion so tardy, and way is parliament lagging
behind? Why does parliament do so little of that which
the people wish It to do? Whv is our expenditure so great
that it Is believed by men who Lave investigated the subject
that it could be reduced by tea millions sterling, and yet that
the efficiency of every department of the public service would
not be intuited ? How ia it that our colonial eovernment
remains unreformed, when it is notorious thit wherever
there is a British colony, there is constant dial:paint and dia-
satisfastion with ter Colonial-oaks, and threats (not uttered
is whispered tame) that they will threw off their allegiance
as soon se they are able and why is it that the greet empire
over which, by fraud and foece, this eonatry has obtained •
mastery, I mean India, with its hutdred millions of inhabi-
tants, is left to drag on Its decaying and miserable existence,
subjected to the ignorance and cruelty of Leadenluill-street
la tie last century, our statesman were giving a
bounty to English landowners to inducethem to export
cone, Is order to make • scarcity here and to raise the prism
( Seer, hear.) For thirty years of this watery they have
been putting • high duty upon fore,in corn, in order to
keep it net, with the same object—to create scarcity here
I and to rakes the price. And sow all the leading states-
man el the day have gathered their lreehest and meet es

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, datizglaberie/a.4 ea the very fold wkne they hen upset
I this polley of presedlag stateemea ; led thia
they hen skew they ben den ujen the Mufti gal mem.
r modillsa et mat kam amentO tke pee*. TAO Mtn
, army hew alleibeed le be deOsilmi dL (011nata.)
The lbw ire that Men genentesegASils: ere Edam
[ very esdeasslibery her are they . at I see me
of ink- penestlas needap a simples= " Wh . lobe
wee Mk. Gatedien He bad am: had aa as
OnieL" agreghter.) What as esseeigillniep slosseiem
a OM ewe Min got at °ekede V he Melee that Oohed, is
wee* empides who beis net been at Oxford. (Leather.)
Anther mm, as Irish laadowner, said, " Who areColsdeo
and Heigh{ / dm's they come from the dregs el Wpeop:e ? " (lamskter.) Bat It 'teepees that
.your peat
statesmen, wheolow expose, and perhaps jastly earns that
they Mall baboons la Idaaory as equal to say of their pin-
d•ceseurs is whim ad politico! eagasity, build then
groans; sad meet awdories hoe we. a policy which we re-
essessalei eel belled apes la Me Pres Trade Hall lag
belie is wee emendated ly *he fa the kgislatitre. (Leen
cheering.) Bet we will take smeary awe to show that. after
all, these lirredituy statesmen ken we great MOOD to plum
themselves. We widget* swam matry. In the year 1778;
England had Ivey stead,. ellinedge as tie other side of the
Atlantic. Tea per. elherwards theft were sonnies ne
longer, but they sled bell before the world as an iodine.-
deo& nods geerifai reiseelle. Now, I would like to know
weer' /aeries No her slatmssen from. It As quite clear
that up to 1778 people is We gesustry—l mega Lon North
and the staseerems Osiris ley—sever supposed for a moment
that there were say statesmen is the colonies of America ;
but yet, somehow or other, they found statesmen. Tone
was a man named George Weebiegton. (Laud Chien,)
Now George We shington was a sort of neighbour of ours,
bemuse hie featly emigrated from Cheshire. In his own
country he would act have been a statesman—that is very
certain. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Bat if you will
go down through the whole list of American presidents,
tram George Washington their Me, to Zachary Taylor,
I
thew present president, should like to ask whether,
if you take the whole list of them, they do not equal in
Mai enter, in sagacity, in patriotism, and la having acquired
and deserved an eaduring fame, that of any prime
ministers we have had from Lord North to Lad J. Russell.
(" Hear, hear," and cheers.) Well, in this country, it
is thought necessary to have very distinguished men—men
of great and high birth adequately to represent the
British nation at foreign courts—with about 10,00 W. a-
year. (Cheep and lsaghti r.) Th. Americans had an
ambassador once, named Franklin—and he is a man that
will be thought of leng, even alter a great many English
ambassadors hays been forgotten, (Cheers.) Lately, in
this country, we had Mr. Bancroft, antheander from the
United 8 ates—• man who has written one of the most, per-
haps the most, admirable histcry at his owe ematry---• man
qualified in every respect to represent the tens worth and
dignity of the republic to which he belongs. Well, I want to
know whether, it you trees all the American ambassador.
from Franklin to Bannon, they are not fit to stand side by
side in the page of history with as aristocratic ambassadors
which this country km seat out to foreign courts ? (Cheers.)
But now we will go to the Aniline= senate. It is annidend
low on this side of the country to go into detail on this
matter. It is not considered quite discreet, seeing that we
live under our glorious constitution. (Hear, hear.) Now
the American senate answers in some respects, bat in a very
alight aeons indeed, to our House of Lords; that is, it is
what is called " the upper house;" it is a repreeentative
assembly, and it cousins of two members fur every state in
the maim. It consists now, I believe, of sixty members.
Bear in mind it is as elective assembly. It dare oppose the
will of thi. House of Awl resentaties • ; it exerts as great an
influence over public opinion in America as the House of
Representatives, and perhaps a greater influence. There can
be no Joust that the existence of that Senate has been
one of the main causes of the coiisolidation of the great
American coated. ratios, and of the Ter) wise arid just policy
which, on the whole, that confederation bar o nerved.
Look at their House of Representatives. Bills in that hone* I
are not passed by ono-loarth of its memheis; they do not
Come down in their white waistcoats at halt-pest 11 o'clock,
and vote they know not how and care hot hoe, so that they
tallow the particular man wham they suppose to be the
leach, of their party. There is an isefioitely better attea-
donee in the American House of Represen.atives than there
i. in the House of Commons in this country, and an Intl. '
nitely better and more real attention to the iutareata sad t,
the wants of the constituencies. Now, look ; this reputlic
has existsd for 70 years—people said it would not exist 70
scull.. It has had, in ell that time, about 4 years of war.
It tas no national de (Hear, Mtn is JIM
now some four or five millions of existing deficiency,
means of ply lag of which are about to be provided. They
do not incur a debt without taking steps to pay it off
again. But from 1792 to 1816, a period of not more than
15 years, under your glorious ecentitutien, with your here.
dairy llouse of 1.,,,rd5, with the Commons representing the
lord. and not the people—rclusers)—we hays added t / our
ational debt more tban 680 million pi.uuds sterling. (Shame,
shame.) In Amens* they have few taxes compued with
what we have; they have not the haters.% of that enormous
debt to hay ; and they have not an enormous standing army
and a first to scour every sea, end to bully and tubule on
every coast. (Cheers.) They hate an army no greater than
we pay for in Canada at this moment; and, therefore, they
are free from the iaterest of that debt, and free from the
vast amount of 17 or 18 millions, which we pay mutually fsr
our peace armaments. And bear in mind, that although
in America eight or ten millions per annum are not
entrusted to a favoured sect for the purpose of
instructing the people in 'morality and religion—
there is no evidence to show that the people of the
United States of America are not at least as moral and reli
limas, and much better educated, than the people of this
country are. (Cheers.) And they have loss pauperism, and
less crime than we have; and they have )ter of that which is
a standing disgrace to the constitution of England—they
have less of insurrection. Now, it was only as I was coming
here that this subject of insurrection crossed my miad, or I
would have made a list of what this cmniry has been doing
in this way for at least 60 years. Ou to Scotland. In 1794
or 1795 some excellent, and, I am perfectly convinced, inno-
cent men, were transported, because they were believed to be
dissatistii d with the institutions of their country. In 1820
two men were hanged at Still:11g, and many were trans-
ported or imprisoned, for a small rising or insurrection
which took place in Scotland. From 1817 to 1820,
many of you recol:ect the disturbed condition of
this district. How many of your tellow-men were
imprisoned or wore transportmt. Even on this very
place on which we now stand—(loud cheers), they were dig
paned and trampled on by the form which this constitution
brought against them. (Hear, hear.) In 1839, the insur-
rectionary spirit showed knell in Wales, and men, is whom
ignorant men unhappily trusted, ars now at the ether side
of the globe paying the penalty for their rashness and their
crime. And more lately still, men, in whom Irishmen
trusted, have come under the bon of the goveroment, and
are now on their way to a penal settlement. Now lam not
saying that these men, or the bulk of them, were not fairly
tried, and fairly convicted, and fairly punished ; bat what I
mean to say is this, that, with • °Destitution in harmony
with justice, and with the national sentiment, you could not
thus have continually recurring insurrections in every part
of the United Kingdom, and have your courts of Jostles
itiegracad with cases of this n (cheers —when
men (many of them criminal, more of them rash and foolish)
bring themselves under the heavy penalties of the law.
Whether you have come to the nose COOCIII/1011 I have come
to, er not, of this I am certain, that our present system
of representation is hinging our constitution and govern-
ment to a dead lock, that great changes are inevitable, that
you cannot hays that reform of abuses that curtailment of
your expenditure, that diffusion of contintasentand tranquil-
lity among the people, which an desirable with the present
Corm of outhouses of parliament ; and it is because I am coo-
rioted of this, that I have ventured to-night to lay these
fats before you, in the hope tnat many who did not thus
entsider this question may take it horse with them, and fear-
linty, boldly, honestly examine why it is, if it be so, that the
great bulk of the population of this country should be ex-
cluded from any share of political power. (Chien.) Ir,
then, we hold then views—if we believe that ere long our
population will have a large increase of political power, it
becomes us, in all we address to them, to encoarage them to a
wise and just exercise of that power. Weakoald teach them that
passe, that morality, that justice, that equality in the law and
the government, are the only foundations upon which a per.
rammed sad prosperous state can be built up ; and we should
endeavour to show them, as we may show them, what our
government may be, what it would be, what the people of
this country would be, as compared with what they now are,
if the power of a class were taken away, and the political
influence exerted by parliament were an emanation from the
intelligence and virtu* of the whole people. (Cheers.)
Now, to-night, we have had laid before us by our chairman,
In a most lucid manner, one of the means by which we hope
to attain these ends. Thera is one class to whom I would
address a word: not to the working men, who are exhorted
to save, and to purchase a county franchise, but to the
hundreds in this room who are able to-morrow, if aged be,
to pay the value of the county franchise, and yet have not
got it. Why should not every man who is an elector for a
borough—or, wbether he is or not, if he has SOL, or 401.,
or 601. to invest, make it a paint to secure for himself and
his sons—and advise his friends to do the same—the county
franchise, by which he can have an incressal power in the
representation of the country ? Oh, rely upon it, for there
can be no doubt of it whatever, all which has boon gained
in the last century and a half in this country for the ame-
lioration of your institutions, or the improvement of your
laws, has been gained by the constant preasure of the
popular party upon the government. (Hear, hear.) It is
with the people that justice and honesty in political matte r@
mainly reads. (Hear.) Let every roan, then, by this 40e.
movement, by purchning the franchise, by attending meet*
begs, by diffusing information, by everything that morality
will sanction, take to himself and exorcise the power which
is within his reach ; and it may be your children's children
will bias you that you did not content yourselves longer
with allowing the government of this great empire to remain
is hands which have proved themselves unworthy and
incapable of efficiently administering it.
The hrs. gentleman sat down amidst prolonged and oaths'.
slants cheers.

THE lIANJACRE3 OFF THE COAST OF

A pal& Ifiretini rea had_ ffeder reithiel, IA
the Ludes 'Pavan, galled by Ilisserriffsa and
tree Societies, to amides. the (Weft IMAM la barer
lthe ea the our of Brine is lair ha j sad re peddles pew
llamas& for she Walesa Imarifyke Malicia of the pried,*
of awarding bead-mew kg Ike fleglewelie• of Irreg.
Jour* Brazos, let; ezalsithe tie chair, read the fol-
lowing Utter rem Mr. t
Morthester, Jan. 29, 1830.
My dear aturge,—l dieU sot he back in London in tin:
go thud the smiths upon the &mean Yammers en Wei.
node, ; bat I ant glad yen are going to make a marts
PiSesi
or BAP; tr=arl ethayo.ur L'res
ead writaggrat
every paper and report Wooing light rpm the
attack apse the Saner Dyeks, sad have bees
le asserts* the grouch upon which our ships if
itt" salted late use at all es ocession. Moss ear-
WI
;Wals no evident* stealer the 1,600 masa who &nerd
in mat to death which would hey, ceavicted one
rilletre ef any offence lain Bailie' wart of jetties. It
smith Wham, bees a patellar and cold-blooded butchery,
white breads its &ether not only with cruelty bat sawardios
—for there appears to have bees set the slightest danger of
reeirnies le the Dower employed in the manure. I hope
for the Are, of oar country that the gouramett will be
emapollsd to *meow tee wader of Burk Brooke, and
believe me faithfully yours,
Joseph &urge, Bq. lawahho COBD/Ur.
The roue which they were there met to disease not oily
demanded*, &papa*, of thou who, like himself, con-
sidered human hie to be ender all circumstances sacred, bell
of those protasis( Christianity, who old not go so far em
that point att he did, sad of every gentleman present what-
ever its creed or profession, in wires near ousted a single
spark of busesaity. (Hear.) They were not met there to
discus the grosed.s oa whisk they held their eastern
possessions either Ice India or Colas, otherwise
it might be shown that their presence I. these
csoantnee was marked by oppression sad ideating.
It must be known to them all that their brief connexion with
China had been insugurated with, if print*, more atrocious
conduct than had marked their history in India. (Hear.)
They had made, for the sake of a few unprincipled English-
u is, an attack on that country arnally to make them pay
for the atrocities committed upon them, without a shadow
a justice. (Hear.) They were not there to *muss
that question, which retarded the progress of peace and
love more than anything that had ever occurred. (Hear.)
Bet it was their duty as Englishmen to inquire what their
resent conduct was in that part of the word, and whether
it was right that their ships should be employed is currying
on wholesale murder. (Hear, hear.) It might be said it
was for the protection of their commerce. As a commercial
man he begged to say a few words oa that point. He chal-
lenged thou who defended thew proseedings to produce a
single instance in which pirates la China attacked &Ili*
vessels mimed in legitimate commerce. And here he begged
tree who heard him to observe, that there was en important
distinction between Chinese Malays and Dyaha. (Hear.)
He had paid insurauces on vessels to the amount a
, tundreds of *wounds of pounds, and he was
not aware that he bad paid one shilling lees
oa account of English commerce being defended, as wee said,
by the British navy. If that navy was all rattled to-
morrow, he believed they could insure vessels at Lloyds to
any amount without plying one shilling more on that ac-
count. The money which they had paid in respect to the cue
of the Malays had been distributed in the tollowing manner, as
it appeared nom the etatemeota of the parties theopelves.
In the early part of last month it appeared that the citie.n
and crew of her Majesty'. snip Semarang, who are entioed
to share for services against pirates ea the 3rd of Jam, 1844,
are to apply for their shares, respectively, at 39, C,lllfill/.
arou, on tee 29* init. The vmunt of these iedtvitlusl
shares is stated es toltows:—Captein. 1,3291. 12a. 10d.; find
class, 3191. 3,. 2jd.; second class l9:1 9s. 4) i. ; third cuss,
931. 14s. 83 el.; fourth class, 831. 164 6fil ; filth class,
311. 18,. 2fd. ; 'lath class, 211. 6s. 61 1. ; seventh class,
RM. 12a. 81d. Signed, Onimanuey, 8 ea, sod Co., agents
Now, bees wu a narrative of a transaction that was to be
rewarded oa the above scale, as everted from a work en-
titled " Borneo and the Indian Archipelago, by Frank S.
Muryats, late Midshipman of H.M.S. Semarang, surveying
vessel. Longman and Co., 1848."
" Among the latter was a female child, appatently about
eight months old, in a state es nudity. 1w poor little
creature's left srm wee nearly severed trona its body by a
grape shot. She was removed into the boar, where the rest
of the wounded were placed, with as much cue as possible.
A low morning sound escaped from her lipe, her eyes were
{Lied, and she was evidently last cluing; I. would hays
been a mercy to have pot an end to her sufferings. The
dead were then thrown overboard, and the prase set on
tire. The last prate, containing the wounded, was left to
her fate."
This case cuss before the Court of Admiralty, when
Dr. Addams applied to the court to award the bounties
smcdied in the tito Ga. IV., a. 49, for the capure and de.
auction of piratical ships and vessels. He sub...itted that
the affidavits produced clearly showed the character of the
persons on board ti.e prelims, and that not loss than 1,330
persons were alive on board the several prahus at the be-
ginning of the attack, 350 of whom were killed.—The Queen's
Adv..catta, on brh .lf of the crown, admitted that a very
meritorious service had been performed, and made no oppo-
sition to the application.—The C ,urt pronounced for the
usual bounties oat the number of pirates stated.
In reading the s extrum he was struck with a thrill of
horror, mid could scarcely believe these scenes possible.
He believed that nothing mare atrocious had ever takes
'lace than this attack since that of the Spaniards upon the
Mexicans. (Hear, hear.) He trusted it would not pass
without reprobation by the British public, and that au inqui'y
would be demanded Into it by the House of Commons.
(Laud cheers.)
Mr. AARON SMITH, a gentleman in the body of the
meeting, asked if the meeting was celed to condemn Rajah
Brooks and those brave men who protected British commerce
in those distant seas. (Laughter.) The Chairman said that
no British vessel was attacked by pirates. He was ready to
produce an brume to the contrary, (Hear, hear.)
Mr. GILPIN rase to order, arid said that as the resolution
was not propelled and seconded he could not address the
meeting at that stage, but he would have an opportu..ity of
doing a . if he cams on the platform when the resolution was
before the meeting. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. RICHARDS theologise forward to lay before the meet-
ing &distinct and tell statement of the facts and circumstances
of the case, in order that they might be able to pionounce •
fair judgment upon it. (Hear.) He would nll the gentleman
who had just *pekoe that he m. ant to impugn the conduct
of Sir Jana Brooke. (Hear, hear.) In doing so he would
empl ty no questionable evidence. Unhappily they had no
evidence save such as had been coloured oirectly or indi.
redly by the influence of Sir James Brooke himself. Ha:
they the repreeentations of the wretched victims, the case
would no doubt wear a very different aspect. The evidence
in their presence' was that which was to be gathered either
from the journals, letter, and speeches of Rajah Brooks, or
from the papers which were considered his organs in the
Eastern Archipelago, or from documents sent hums by per-
sons who were preset at the expedition, and who were in-
tense and unscrupulous admirers of Sir Jere,. It
was necessary that he should give a rapid sketch
of the put course of that gentleman ia the
Eastern Archipelago. It seemed that Sir James
was originally a subaltern in the service of the East
India Company. Having retuned home from India, in
the year 1838 be bought sad fitted out en armed yacht—
the itayalist—and, witn a cargo obtained from a commercial
house in the city, sailed for the Emeriti Archipelago. It
was bat fair to give Sir Junes Brooke's own statement of
the feelings by which he was actuated. At the beginning
et his journal he said, " I may pass over in silence my mo•
fives for undertaking so long and orator a voyage; and it
will be sufficient to say, that I have been firmly convinced of
its beneficial tendency in adding to knowledge, incrernino
trade, and sprouting christianitv." It would soon
be seen that Sir James Brooke's notion of the
best way of spreading Christianity among heathens was
very peculiar. (Hear, bear.) Weil, Sir James nailed for
Borneo. He touched, in the first instance, at the town of
Suawak, which was on the north-west coast of the island.
On his arrival he found the rajah, or governor, of that pro
vine, engaged in putting down a revolt among his ewe sub-
jects in the interior. Sir J. Broeke, thinking it hie duty
to interfere in this domestic quarrel, immediately placed the
men and the guns of the Muslin at the disposal of this
rejsh, whose name was Muda Hurst. It was sometimes
found convenient to represent the Bornean dyaks as ferocious
and blood-thirsty. In Sir James Brooke's owa account this
war sppeared very ridiculous; all the service which Mr.
Brooke rendered was to break down a stockade of
bamboo cans and mad, after which, he said, he and his
allies woe a complete and bloodier victory. And what had
Sir James Brooks the modesty to claim as hiszeward ? Why
rolling less than the cession of the entire province and
government of Sarawak to him and his successors. He said
that in the midst of the war Muds lisnint promised that if
he would fight with him against his subjects he should have
the country. Wtother the promise were made or not he
(Mr. Richards) didnot know ; but if he did, he very naturally
wished, after the war was over, to avoid fulfilling the pro-
miss. Bat Sir Jame Brooke was not a man to he hided
with. He said:
Mier trying is vela sir same tine to came his eailot bi artiotia•
till =dialers " the merset kr other kook seem& but he
shall lean gemarder erre reryhtteseft o ity einingsse told me
that 1 was lame se Meer to mks it le sea hefestiseoad 1 we, re-
Wed term the strength of our. yageetteaLAclani. Moulting on
lewd tiepin I sneered me peeps, my loathes and
mode of swaths. eced havtag lawkd vesesre ins with grope
asS "th.orr NM bromat Ivor trendies talus, I promeded on shore,
wh a dlownhmite y masa, ma letting UP a pen ateh•
oftwwa or the MOW. *pa dasereed sea ellalrea an issmoilLito
aOlllOOl. la aPm watts I painted eat the:Meal el_ Itakets. bill
e,mYYrrea ~J.,•_ LlMMN•rasion el anglaise% mil ray eseasst to attack
•7 '''"'s iii'4l Mee Wm him the esesertintwonexpleimed to the
*IN_ Qat_ !r are( AAA. lad a limp Indy of
IWgiq Is asr.sia inured Ire the wily men to prevent blecTeld wr
~........••••", oak to prerth me germ, et the corm try. The umnbs.
.•••I".is anwusseadeu lad the rebid seer • • • Undrr tie
liwn ef the kayak* ear with a mad body et mesa to Muted mereereallAsLa Shaper seewri rrity of stelteriewr iss et is we ear-
. Ciegdosimenat ertriligli al.up,e_afgard. eel deaterod f
t sad on the Seth of
amidst, 1141. 1 wee WOMEN NIA and go-
vernor or throw*sk roar of esnesie end • general display
L el digs and banners from ths shore awl keels re the river."
Having Ia this mammary manner taken pourers& of the
country, Sir J. Brooke relied armed Mao, aad bud that
indthlisiemarguinwawereaki7banutdwidbegkerehe hirykag.beenuingtlillawelithstkubraewinrrat.bhiret.lisieguakedd
the province. Ameag these were the Baker= and Sambas
Dysks. In the very first insurers which he made into the
provisos of Sarawak, 81r James observed up in the
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Ma. Socdaq of Utig's lea,

WT. RENZI ASHWORTH proposed, end ALAI. HINZ; I
Bea , M.P., mended, a vote of thanks to the hon. members.
who h►d addressed the meting. The motion was serried'.q
melansation.

The CHAIRMAN then annonoold that the Ftethold
Land Committee were then sitting in the beck roan of the
hall, for the porpoise dinamoting bminne.
The repor.en' tables were them altered, la tzder that the
enrolment of members might take plies.
The promedimm of the mesas, tereskated at about Ml 4
peat ten o'clock.

er his penises, ft happened that
Koppel, with her Majesty's ship Hdc,
wee wasdarleg shoat time seas, hang, as wee afar the
ease with her Majesty's skip Dods, solthing particular to do,
mail Mettle, eat be • job. (Cheers send leaghter_.) Instead,
etr J. Brooke penned upon him lead preened him into his
serfies. Something like a means had been held
eat he • gayness''s' they had there been
warmed against smpleymg ; reproach against the
vilest seen whe were thawed is the naval envies of
their country. He hcg.d they would not dare to out an
wejust repeal& as ebernalat of any man, whether
gallant or ungallant, sot because of anything which might
appear la the Globe, but Boss sense of justice is their own
bosoms (hear); bet if they had a jest gnu:l4 for impugning
the imadest of maul facers why should they not dare to
Impugn it (Cheers.) Were net those gallant men their
servants? (" H art, " end cheers.) Did they not wear their
livery ? Did they not coadeseend to feeds* their pay,
coming from the kabala of their hands and the sweat of their
brow ? (Cheers.) If they found these men employing the
authority with which they were entrusted by the HMSO'
people to perpetuate deeds of oppression, and in eating in
such • manner as to dim the lustre ~f the British name, they
had a right to protest against such an abuse of delegated
power. (Cheep.) Well, Captain Keppel placed him-
sell at the disposal of Rajah Brooke. Eepeditinas
weft Immediately planned spinet the various hostile
tribes, and is tee diary of stir James, it was said :
'• 71st the osentry was Ulnantreated for miles, by the barn-
Ismail the apital, Pad..l, sad asthma* villages; at which week and
plisaderiag ear native falowees woe most espert."—(Vol. U. p. St)
"The nos Avenel nounetise wm serried on et Puna; tot the
town was brew thus Paddi, sail, night settingin, the connagratice
Manduaisealetleelis"—(P.6s.) At Ilembas, slier we bad destroyed we elledeed • log of trees. On our return to the still
Mosel the ens pisheremes town of Paddi, we lobed that
ismerters (Mr. Prooke's silks) bad not bean
inha The ersismyreemilmillemaidd waste. Al had been demisted,
together with Mir entembas Mater storm of rice. It was a melan-
choly slight; sad, Sr a mement, begot the horrid acme piracy and
creel murder's( 011111kpagills, sedum heart relented at what I had
dome—it was bat Ist • few ralautes."—(P.
Very little field/nos led C opt. Keppel to the conclusion
that these parties were pirates. Having seen certain b' ate
around Borneo, he immediately concluded that they were
pirates, and, without any indication of hoatility on
their part, or any warning, jhe opened a deadly
discharge upon them. On one occasion, Captain
Keppel gave • command to fire • six-pounder et
• den of Dyaks which were coming up the river ; and had
not a delay occurred. in onsequecte of the powder having
been blown off, fiat) persoLs who wt re discovered to be allies
of di, Rush would nave been sent to dear long homes.
(Haar, hear.) Haring with the help of her Majesty's vessels
dangled villages and rice fields, and other poseesaims of the
Djake, he thou. ht he ought to take the whole island of
Borneo under his care. Accordingly, he went to the Sultan
of Borneo, the highest authority in the Wand, and obtained
' from him • raCficstion of the grant of his province. And
11,w did he testify his gratitedo for that ratification ?
Why, by setting on foot at the court of the Sultan intrigues
for the purposes of deposing him, aced rai-in‘ his own crea-
ture Muda Hints to his place, no douht with the intention
of inducing the latter afterwards to cede to Wan the whole
island. We said,—

The Rev. R. C. DRIBBLE, a minister of the established'
=unit, proposed the Ant esealation, vit. :
That the recent daughter of 1,600 or 2,000 Dyaks off
the e act of Senses, by Ruttish eaamea, acting under the
direction of Sir James Brooke, on a vague and general int-
'retaliator pirecy,le a geese outrage on all the rights of nitise
and humanity, and nAlculated to ME deep dishonour upon
our national character as a civilised and Christi= people;
and that a thorough and searching inquiry should be imam-
disitely instituted by pirliamentlisto all the circumstances of
this transudes, as well as the general line of policy pur-
sued by Sir Janus Brooks in his treatment of the abotiginal
tribes of Borneo."
He atm, 4erward to move this resolution, because as a
man he felt that the right of trial before pttnishenent, which
was due to the whole human race, had been violated in this
eau; and moreoveras a sailor, who in his earlier days had
served In those seas ae an officer in the navy. He was aware
of the evils of piracy in those localities, and of course did not
for a moment excuse it; but what he contended was, that
the means now employed to put it down would render the
odor's profession in those seas mere dangerous than It ever
had yet been. The way to put down piracy amongst those
tribes was by establiahing friendly and commercial relations
with thew It was not his inten'ion to pass an en-
tirely sweeping censure on Sir J. Brooke. (Hear,
hear) Is tie interest management ot the country
under his government he believed there was
much to be admired and much to be commended.
Mr. TURNBULL said, that as a minister of the church,
though not ot the estahlerhed church, he felt great pleasure
in seroaoing the resolution.
The reedlution having been put,
Mr. SMITH was called on to address the meeting. He
said he did not come there to offer any objection to the meet-
ing, and would not have addressed it all, but for the remark
of the chairman, that no British ship Lad been attacked by
pirates in ChM. seas. He was an =cuter witness of the con-
trary. (Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN said that what he said was this, that
no seseel leeltimately eogaged in commerce in the Chinese
seas had been attacked by pirates. (Hear )
Mr. SMITH said be was attacked at midnight, by a fleet
of Borneo pirates. (Hear, hear.) lie was not in the Bei, lilt
nave, and bed not received anything from the government.
He 66d been in the British mercnaut service for thirty years.
He spent the beat part of his lie in that service, and he could
say ot the men who commanded in those seas that they pos-
sessed as much kindness ot heart and humanity as any class
of men in this country. ("liter, hear," and " Oh, oh.")
He aid nut know Sir J. Brooke, but thole who navigated
in these seas were under great obligations to him and
those who, acting with him. had suppressed piracy.
(Hear, hear.) On the 30tn of April, IS:i6, whilst nevi-
getiue the Mary Anne, and engaged, as he trusted, in legiti-
mate commerce, he was suddenly called from Lis cabin at
retidniAr, and was informed that hie e' sail was surrounded
ig a fleet of y irate.. He got upon deck, and immediately a
shot passed between bin and Lis steward. (thee.) An
engagement of five hour,' durasion ensued, and this WWI not
tag first time be was attacked by them. (Hear.) It bad
been asked how they could know there men to be pirates ?
He would leave the meeting ti judge whet their character
was, when he toll them that tram ten to twenty of these
pious, not vessels made of cane, is was said, but carrying
about 100 men, and impelled by seventy or eighty oars,
cnaomleawt.: satrirowunhdathirciothluip.theiyfilaro
'whh.rn IheyN"'fouasindt7thehmad-
selves attacked in ti is way ? It was the duty of every man
to defend himself. (He r, Lear.) In this engagement,
which lasted, as he said, five hours, he b Leved they killed
as many men in proportion as ItejAh Brooke aid. For him-
self, he did his btu endeavours to do ed. (" Iliac, hear,"
and "Oh, oh.") On that cecesien one of these prahus
hoisted the British deg. Where could they get it, except by
me measure of those from whom they to. k it ?

I nave long known this man (the Sultan of Borneo) to be unfit to
reign ; but hi„ time drawls to a close, and, from the Bret, I have never
Let eight of the aueimbility of dep./dee him, and subultuting Made
Laskin in lois place. The ume, however, is not yet ripe. Brune re-
quire% repose, and there are or may be prejudices in Eng Lind. Howe
ewr, RAN day, if events follow their present course, he will cease to
be sultan.

What right bad this foreigner to play in Borneo the part of
Warwick the king-maker? (Heu, hear) The Sultan
acted u any crowned head in Eu-ope would have acted in
similar ease. Having discovered the conspiracy, he seized
Duda Haseim and put him and the other cosepirators to
death. Sir 'ernes Brooke was thraan ii.to transports of in-
dignation, and said he must avenge the innocent
blood. He induced Sir Edward Belcher to go
up the riser with his 'queens°, and, attar picking
• quarrel w•th the sultan, battered down his capita', com-
pelled him to reiro to the jungle, and bellowed him there,
plundering and slaying on his way. Having permeated these
exploits, he thouzht of returning t England. A very ela-
borate system of preparatory puffing was instituted. He
was represented en a distinguished philanthropist, who was
ionnated by very disinterested and benevolent motives He
could not modestly publish his own journal; but the Hon.
Captain Keppel came to the rescue, and the result was, that
Sr James had eppeared before the public as a second
John Howard. (Laughter., He re'uentd to England
in 1846. The University of Oxford made him •
doctor of lees; the Corporation of London presented
to him the freedom of the city in a geld box;
royalty flattered him, the rnioistry caressed him, the bishops
blessed him (Laughter.) And then i' became a ques ion
what should be dune to reward this distinguished philan-
thropist. An attempt had been made by Mr. Brooke some
years before t• induce the Bri tan government to take the
province of Sarawak under its protection, but Lord Stanley,
who was then at the head 01 the Colonial Office, declined,
and in his opinion wisely, to grant the re quest. But there
was a little barren island called Lebuan, and a lineral min e-
try—for it wee liberal in disposing of the people's 'Loney—
( hear, hear)—set up an establishment on that rock at an ex-
pense of 10,0001. a-year, at the head of which was Sir James
Brooke with a salary of 2.0001 a-year. In addition to this
he was consul to the Sultan it 13.4-neo, and there was made
Over to him a monopoly of the trade in antimony ore, besides
being governor of Sarawak. Lantillet was 300 mile. from
Sarawak ; and how did Sr Lines prriorm
his conflicting duties? Having pocketed his salary
of 2,0001. within a month alter his arrival he
commenced his old work of destroying the Dyaks.
It we. found convenient, when the conduct of Rajah B. ocke
was called in quick's, to represent these Dyaks as desperate
and blood thirsty fellows. But on • former cussien Sir
James said of them that they were not as warlike as tie
ether tribes of Dyaks, and that from their dread of fire-arms
a few boats and six-plunders would be suffideat to put
whole fleets to flight. (Hear, hear,) An attempt bad been
made to mystify the public miral by contusing these Bornesn
Dyaks with the pirates of the Chinese seas, although he had
no doubt that under the abominable system of head moi.ey,
they would soon have atrccities enough in those seas
—(hear, hear)—but an attempt had been made to confuse
them, while really there was a complete and broad distiuo-
tion. The Me .1111 of warfare possessed by these Dyaks con-
sisted of prahus constructed of rattan reeds, wooden spears,
and wicker shields, while Rajah Brooke said that when
they got fire-arms they fired them once and then threw
them away. (Hear, hear.) Against such people as these
Rajah Brooke fl••ed out an expedition in April, which
destroyed eight Sarabu villages, and 40 tons of paddy, the
principal food of the people. (Shame.) Then came the ex-
pedition of July, consisting of 11.111.'s ship, Albatross, of 12
guns; Royalist, 10 guns; Nemesis, a large war steamer;
besides 'event gun boats. There was also a large fleet of
prahtts, brl nericg to Sir J. Brooke's barbarian &him They
watched their opportunity when every male of the attacked
villages were absent, on what sou alleged to have been a pi-
ratical expedition, although there was no proof of the fact
They watched their opportunity, and, forasmuch as these
people res:ded principal: on the banks of the rivers, the
squadron stationed dm:selves at the mouths of those rivers,
and watched for a day and • night, until they received the
signal of destruction. Instantly the rajah gave the signal
for an indiscriminate attack. He would read the description
of this attack, given by a p non who WAS present, and who
wu, by the way, a warm friend of the rajah:
Trying es It was to the patience of all parties, we remained in poet-
tion until the Mat, during which interval every precaution human
foresight could suggest was adopted to ensure sweep. About half-
past sewn p.m. se were engaerd in a roister of whist on board
the Nemesia, and had Kismet abandoned all hope of surprising the
enemy, when a spy bolt returned at best speed, with the long anal
aceicausly.looked.fur intelligence that the piratical fleet had rounded
Tanjong lied, and was rapidly approaching our position. As yet it was,
of course, uncertain for which river they would make. Thi. question
was, however, soon set at rest, and a Musk Ikea rockets from the cut-
ters,andi if great and small guns from the remainder of the Rajah's force
stationed a t the entranee of the Kaluka announced that the enemy had
attempted to force that river, and bed met with • warmer reception
than they had anticipated. A rseket was new need by the rajah, and
on this preconcerted signal Captain Farquhar moved round Butting
Marron with the European force under his immediate command to
support the rajah it necessary, and ale, with • view to enelming the
enemy betwe.-n two tires, leaving, however, a strong netive lore° at
the mouth of the Amebas to intercept the pirates in came of their nam-
ing the European ha As and making he their native river. Finding
themselves foiled at the Kaluka, the enmity, gallantly followed by the
two cutters, and the rajah's light skirmishing baste, which kept up •
constant tire, put to Wm, with the intention of running for the Malang
Lupar. Sere, however, no d iubt, mach to their surprise, they eneutin-
tend Captain Ferquher's boots, and being saluted with round shot and
rockets ti icy divided their force. They yet, however, preserved admirable
order. Some, retursisg to the Kuluka (still most judiciously
by the rajah), renewed their attempt to enter, but with the guarded
earted
bid
sumer ; others, passing in shoal water inside Captain Farquher,
made for the &zebus; and the remainder, having greater speed than
his heavily-Eiden boat; succeeded for the present in escaping to sea.
The Nenteeie hod hitherto remained at the mouth of the Sambas in
position, but ready to muse at a moment's notice to any punt where
her services might be required. She now meted her part, and dui
right nobly. Perceiving, by the tire from Captain Farquhar's boats,
that the enemy had attempted to put to sea, Commander Wattage
gave chase, and fell in with 17 prams which hail rue:ceded in
escaping Captain Farquhar, and were making in beautiful lion foe
the Wang Lupe,. When obese, we eluted them with grape and
eaniatrr from our 3-2
-pounders, raking the entire line, which we then
broke, driving many of them on shore badly crippled, where they feil
an eiey prey to the Dyak boats, which, headed by Mr. Steel, of Sara-
wak, In the Snake, followed the Nemesia, but n) vex interfered with
her fire. We then pursued five others, and destroyed them in detail,
passing round each and pouring in a constant fire of mare and
canister, musketry and rifle,, until they drifted part us helpless Lye,
without • living being onboard.
That discharge of grape was a fearful sight as, at point-blank range,
it crashed over the sea and through toe devoted prahuit, marking its
era k with the Boating bodies of the dyinr, shattered prahus, planks,
period
directions : wherever the eye was turned it met the Wiliant double
ttithesheiey....ld:res pirates,
war zg a 1
exalting
It a ti:hretahellhllls:ufrt:ht.
me :lheaftoglutimltidyng"hear:e.t..PivitiVngt tthboirpe:u
flash of the great gun, the bright gain flame of musketry, the light.
nit wreak of the rocket, or the donating blaze of the blue light;
wh Ist the ter was saluted with the boom of cannon, the roar ut mus-
ketry, the wild tone of the tomtum, the clear startling note of the
grshf, or the still more (rueful warwhoop of the ')yIA, telling a sad
tale of thetructkin and death. The pirates now, finding themselves
surrounded, lost all preAhee of mind—order was no longer prenteed
—the flotilla scattered and tied in every elinetkin, the crews jumping
oneturat and ewinuning for the share, or running the endues
aground, and taking refuge to the jungle.
About twelve o'clock at night the fight might be considered as
over, although isolated tire continued until midnight. The entire
force under Captain Farquhar's command may be estimated at 3,000
MIL From information subsequently obtained, that et the enemy
cannel be taken lower than 120 peaks end 4,000 sea The loas'of
the enemy la the scion waste) embus and not lom than no men ;
whilst we lost but two men killed and six wounded. In addition,bow-
ever, to the lees in action, the enemy sunered meat
severely, tieing followed In the jungle by the layals,
who, like bloodhound; tracked and hunted them down,
cutting their heads eg, and 4ingtug them in es • proof of
, victory ; and even adieu who essped • violent death at least one-
third must lave whited before they reached their hew, Wing 4ito-
gether destitute of food. The tetanal, at the enemy may, thereon,
be estimated at 1,100 ass ; they have also lost an Immense quantity
of brass gar, sairdwits, pegs, and arms of ell sorts, with whieh they
wen well provided, Id widget they either threw overboard to lighten
their wakes adenine& their speed and prevent them from sinking,
ca alsamtemed ea taking to the bogies More than • mile of the beach
of [lambic Marron was crewed with wrecks and alssodused prshui,
which weretgecu hunt or cerried as prises,

Mr. GEORGE IHO NI PSON thought that great praise we.
due to these societies who had piled this meeting together.
(Hear ) lie thought it de.irable that t. a queseton thonld
be thoroughly discussed, act ho mated all pet ems who
heard him to hive their opinions with the same fear-
lessness as the gentleman whom they had ju t heard.
He hoped the question would be diecuesed both on
moral mid relig.ous ground', and also on tee gvund of in-
ternational law and Enghett jurimatLence. He hoped it
would be not only discussed on them grounds, but teat it
would be brought before a higher trthithat. It would be
well to state to the meeting at len.th the emcee of 'Nth
Brooke before these transaction, occurred. The hoc. gentle-
man here gave a sketch of the lite of Sir James 8r....ke up
to the time when he entered the Sarawak in his yacht, the
Royalist, with a crow of 19 salon ii,.d seven Malays, whom
he took on board at Singapore. On arr.vieg there
he found a rebe.lion existing spirit the authority
of me Sultan of Borneo. The sultan's uncle, Buda
Hassan, was acting there as viceroy. Rajah ito.ke
paid him a visit, which was returned by Muda Hassan.
He expressed a desire, and asked for permission to visit the
Interior of the island. He cot only obeeiaed that permission,
but in addition Mula Ha son gave him provistens and guides
fr his journey. Mr. Brooke said ta ey retired to b.d with
as entire a feeling of security as though reposing in England.
Sr James crossed over to Singapore witncut seeing
any ot these ferocious pirates. He thou laid in a fresh st.ax
of provisions, and without any canvoy started off to another
aloud, Ce.eb'es. lie visited every rajah ; i.e snengied in the
spurts of the people, he explored the country, and foe sin
uthote.s the only treatment he received we. unbounded hoe-
pi;ality, He then returned to Singapore, and afterwards
eroce.ded to the Serawa river—that river which this gentle-
wait said was to dangerous. (Hear, hear.) From the
journal of Mr. Rooks it eppeared to have been during
ads excursion that he received the impression that a
European settled at Sarawak might open a trade
with the interior, and establish a large and profitable
commerce with Singapore. He 'sire " I consider our re-
ception as an additional proof now much better the natives
are disposed where they have had no intercourse with Euro-
puns; how perfectly willing they are to extend a friendly
uospitelity wnen never previouly Injured or aggravated ,•
and, as the first white men who have ever visited
their country, we must bear the most cordial
testimouy to their unaffected kandnisi." (Hear, hear.)
Ou returning to the Screw& river, he found the war still goit.g
on. The rajah asked his assistance. nxil I.e must say that
down to that time ho found nothing but w net woo noble in
nis conduct, and he did not wonder that he should at lest
have said, " Well, I'll land my men, and see if I cannot
bring this war to an issue." He cams down the river after
bring victorious. A formal offer of the government was
made to him; he cock time to consider, and
eventually accepted the offer. Then happened what Mr.
Richards had stated with regard to Macota. Then it wee
that Mr. Brooke took those de:litre steps which
I.d to his becoming the governor of the prosiece.
He must do Sr James the justice to say, that he found
him at that period sling justly—protecting the weak, and
behaving better than almost any man of whom be had read
under similar circumstances. But a point arrived at which
be .eemed to have become desirous of a:quiring fame, and
of aggrandising himself, in connexion with Borneo, and
much was it to be regretted that, after conducting himself
with so much propriety, he sbou.d have turned the aged
and helpless out of their homes, and (imaged in wholesale
slaughter. The lives teken with the assistance of Sir Ed-
ward Belcher were too numereus fir computation. lie
(Mr. Thompson) denied that Litman was obtained
in a straightforward manner. It never entered the
mind of the Sultan of Borneo to cede one inch
of territory beyond what was ex:cried by the dread of
Cannata. (Hear, hear.) Midshipman Marryat gave an
account of this visit. Rajah Brooke said, "At our
first audience with the Suiten we leund his Highness es
pliant and yielding as we could desire ; " that was very
pleasant, was it not? (Laughter.) Ile then said that he
bad obtained the offer of Labuan ; that he had prepared the
popular mind ; that the account would be very agreeable
to Muds Hamm; and that he had settled the teal ques-
tioa. (Hear, hear.) That all appeared very smooth. But
what said midshipman Marryat ?
He would read a few extracts from his log :
Ten a.m. of this day was fixed upon as the hour for a full Preis
visit to the sultan. The demands now made be Mr. Brooko
and Captain Belcher were, that proper respect should be paid to the
English dig, that the forts mon the island of e Monsen should be
dismontled, and that the Sultm should reins:ate Mode owl Budruileen
in °dices becoming their tank. These demands created great 410:141.
ttafaction.
"As it appeared," says Mr. Marryat, "that there was no
Mame of our elem.uod being complied with without coercion, the
eenierenoe was broken up by our principals rolnueg to the steamer
which toy within pistol shot of the palace, and monodies the Sultan
and the ministers that a few broadsides would destroy the town.
Having made this observation, we all ruse to take oar departure,
M'folltiorinthgaLwye.
• among shouldhtindO
manner by the beard -when, at a signal from him
iice.oltrilt iMnflortir -7:7Btrveivertakti'agri'olielemln:r...i•Zidt:43lllll:llat EUtthrti:
we might have toll been despatch.' in a mocuent.
Mote than roe chief had his hand upon his tree as
did not venture further without authority.
felt
a% e /41111:411101 at Brune for a140:1•• UMLII4{ which time a pest deal
ehweam"alberk,edintthtrougwhhstteaverPaßugen“r havef"beetsci out
theirof wthishme "theme-they
of diplomatic duty was gone through by the seniors of the party,
leasing the juniors to amuse themselves with discovering fresh ob-
jects of interest, and illustrating everything worthy of notice. • •
Every day en interview was halt with the Hutton, but no definite
answer had been obtained to our demands. On the sixth, however'
it was retelved by our iliplomi-la that moms time should be wasted
in useless discussion, but that the sultan must be at once brought to
terms; Indeed our own safety demanded it, for the popularfeelhut was
so much excited, and the people were so indignant at out attempt to
coerce their sultan, that we ware in hourly expectation of an attack.
At seven in the evening the party repaired to the audinicocluunber
leaving their arms behind them, fur they Mt that any effort hums new
Europeans to defend themselves against to many hundreds world be
unavailing, and that more would be gained by a show of indifference.
They landed at the platform, and the barge, in which was Lieutenant
Burgh (slurs dead) and myself, was ordered to I e on her oars abremit
of the audience chamber, and to keep her ff-pounder, in which there
was a fearful dose of grape and canister, poicted at the Sultan himself
during the whole of the interview.
it was an anxious time. The audience chamber was filet with
hundreds of armed men, in the midst of whom were fleet euromana
dal:unarm to their Sultan. The platform whomo was crowded with tho
The
We, on our parts, were well prepared for fearful vengeance. E
thcwildtca:lifatirluemtiMarwsufotez!thniedfaniney.tive lei the city but was am nil to
huge was so placed that the wassination of Mr. Brooke and the ü-
by the slaughter of hundreds; and to the [IWO
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tested er i.ir.
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the
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the barge, to [Wow to.i the work of death. v• It ,
bete! i
one of the steamer's guns to look into the audience chain , the
reposes would have been revetment, on the tint dins-barge of our gun,
sad matters easonted a serious mpearance.
Woos where I our on the barge all appeared hushed In the au-
Imnueshisieb.dwas. pothEmyted dizurrecotp..at the rb.dultan.h.Ad mhiaan.hukeldetthree
aligyhthrided towdienee-roons. 'could see the prime minister, Muds, and liudrudeen,
ae they roes in tent to meek. 1 could perceive by the motion of their
tips that they were talking, but not a sound came to our rare. This
mace of things Weed about half an hour, and then there ht
stir, and Mr. Brooke and his party marched weenie be
crowd*: warriors. e .. e. •- --;-.. Ilt
ny dint of trireme he lad pined hie point. . . eat )4
:treaty, by which he bound himself to ..„„, the Bri
sake over to us the island of labuan, to . Tr • . vie
W info of Manson. to discountenance piracy, • l:e.
itgarudeen into erikes beating their birth 1114 • • '
i:i e ,mix. heard Mr. Brook.• remark that e yi,,:.....x •
vex* well sitar. UM. our guns were directed a ' . ii -..• Ilialikti ti‘
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