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London, England, 1852-06-07 00:00:00

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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD
REFORM ASSOCIATION.

(CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.)
Sir,—On Thursday the 3rd of June the House of
Commons resumed its sittings after what is called the
Whitsuntide recess.

The House was principally occupied in Committee of
Supply. Resistance was made on the articles for Secret
service, and far Irish Horse-racing; bat not carried to a
division. The latter subject led to observations on the
increase of places for gambling • under the name of
betting-roome, in_ the metropolis and elsewhere. But it
did not appear to be comprehended, that the way to
encourage, betting-rooms was to give the public money
for horse-racing. _ •
On reading the Industrial and Provident Partnerships
Bill a third time,a clause -was-proposed for limiting the
liabilities; and wee resisted, re theroe the ground of not
being .a proper Ake fpr sb important a diectission, than
of any general hostility to the principle. I have
always felt a- persuleion, of the correctness of which
garde of your triends "ere better able to judge, that the
non-limitstieu of_parinerihip jisbiliticf, was to a great
extent the work of a Tssry Lord. Chanceller of unpleesing
memory, acting on the principle which you will find
stated inehe illislory•of the Decline and Fall of the
itemen Empire, as leedine the Emperors to oppose the
iastitution of a corps of firemen-at Rome,—a morbid
dread of the effects of human -cotneinatiene and n provi-
dent desire to throw impeclimeets its way, by increas-
ing, the possible Cangers attendant. The same ftieuds
may besSppe*d to for their better knowledge, whether
it is not established by the practice of first-class niitfons,
that the limitation of liabilities is perfectly practicable,
with entire consistence with the general welfare. Under
wee circumstances, the peosent rule must before long
give way.
.On Friday, Committee of Supply; with numerous
divisions connected with the question of grants for edu-
cational and religious purposes, to a variety of sects and
parties. The principle appeared to prevail, that seeing
there was not the slightest probability, or expectation in
anybody's mind, of starting fair upon the Voluntary
theax ? which says,
Principle, the next best thing was to make approaches
where possible, towards giving a share to all, of what is
by all contributed. The opposition to it appears to
belr the parallel of the fallacy abroad upon the Income
known fact, and what there is not the smallest ex-
eit onfiticya alikigeute!
the rich, in other
pectatiou of, altering. -
sseessessee se beteig that the men of smaller
• t"*".W.-. canassikatat tgesnttoile. *wok
assuming what would be
,just if certain other things
were non-existent, and recommending. _
those other things are
neither it for use when
On the same night progress removed nor likely to be.
with the New Zealand was made in Committee
The Tories are laying
themselves out to prove themselves
ministraters than the Whi better Colonial ad-
to do it. ges and they are in the way
The friend to whom I was formerly '
serrations on the effects of the one-shilling
for ob-
‘f:rulysaollf tmaxesenses'oillay
forwarded the included extract from a illaliteng duty, has
n
a journal in your neighbourhood, the ceerZbes: of
which it will come within your power to decide.
inferences from it are so important, that it is my design
to take it as a text, for some more last words before the
dissolution of this present Parliament.

" EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE IN THE WEALTH Arras
POPULATION OP BRADFORD.—It is one of the meet
extraordinary features in the present condition of the
manufacturers in the West Riding, that in the town of
Bradford, during the last sixteen months, the building
and improvement committee have sanctioned the erec-
tion of no less than 1,703 buildings, of which 1,340 are
dwelling-houses, 31 mills and warehouses, 84 shops, ti
churches, chapels, and schools, and 237 of a miscellane-
ous character. This is not all. Ninety-four new streets
have been opened in the same period. It is fair
to presume that this increase in tenements has
added to the population something like 6,700 souls. It
is estimated that the amount expended exceeds 160,8001.
for the dwelling-houses alone. Tho whole amount ex-
pended would not be less than 238.000/. Thus, in the
comparative short space of time of 16 months, a popula-
tion of half the size of Doncaster is brought together and
comfortably housed and enjoying all the luxury and
prosperity of this flourishing seat of industry. These
facts are so startling, that the rapid progress of Brad-
ford may fairly challenge the like in the history of mo-
dern times."—Doncester, Nottingham, and Lincoln Ga-
zette, May 2S, 1852.
Upoh this my friend remarks, " For a long time past,
whenever•two or three tradesmen's shops in Aylesbury,
Chelmsford, Lincoln, or any other agricultural borough
or city have been unoccupied, a paragraph has usually
found its way into the County paper, and from thence
been copied through ail the round of Carlton Club
papers in England, with a sort of standing title, 'Effects
of Free Trade." I should like to see the present para-
graph made use of, as something of a counterpoise to a
host of such on the other side."

As without standing on numerical exactness, there
can be no doubt that the statement respecting the in-
crease of Bradford is true in the main, it is for you
and your friends to censider, what a crisis is close upon
you at the present time. Where did all this increase
come from? Simply from the removal of restrictions
upon the trade in foreign corn, for which you are prin-
cipal suppliers of what goes to pay. It is the effect of the
cessation of unjust violence done to you, exactly as an in-
crease in cattle. keeping might he the result of putting down
cattle-liftirg on the border. If the cattle-litters attempt
to tell you, that all you gain is taken from them, be
ready with the answer. that you are the true men and
they the others; and if they doubt it, try them with the
question whether they will agree to a bounty, turn and
turn about, on foreign corn, by way of promoting the
exchange of your manufactures for it abroad. The point
I want you and all friends to understand, ,is that
you at Bradford are the men who are getting
your own again by the removal of the Corn Laws, and
that there is a Ministry now in office, which is going to
a General Election with the avowed purpose of taking it
all from you if it can, and not doing it if it can't. Yon
must be deeply sensible of the merit of the last admis-
sion.
And now let me ask your friends of every degree,
whether they have formed any, practical notion of what
it is that is coming upon them. Bradford bits doubled
through the effects of commercial energy and freedom.
Bradford must bo cut dowleto one-half, if that commer-
cial freedom is pat down, as it is the avowed intention
of one of the two political parties in the State to do.
Have you calculated how, and at what cost of suffering
to each, this process must be brought about? To
begin with
what are called the operative classes.
women, and . all—is to be out
is to be the share of each ? If
dallemawl
afen.Bhr
has
sd Bradford—men,
What then
—t
hn
s ome
laen' s ,
one of them must go to tho dig-
gings and die with a knife in his midriff, or else sell
himself to do the deeds of darkness the Anglo-Saaer,
calls war, and come back, if he is the one in a score who
feauott,dothwrit
does so, to be looked shy on by his neighbours as a sort
of journeyman felon for hire. If he has daughters, it is
needless to be particular upon the ways in which, by
young Bradfuorpci
parity of reasoning, one of them must and will, in the
long run, find her way out of existence. Who chases
amneyanstiueßstireandfoarbdeiest to
thbee
Bradford, male and temale, must be cut dowse
the end, cihsusthesetrhee
wealthier classes, the same reasoning may be
Thtosolfthhaelf;
plied with the proper changes. Half
in those ranks, must go into the bankrupt
must go there in the end, but not till theylist. They
out and exhausted the paternal propert '
have first worn
to avoid it. No more sendiegs to theye endeavours
more rising to the bench, for University—no
are now in the nursery—ea ulur are who
new firms extending to possible
for the commercial grandeegreat-grandchildren,
s
districts. Ail is to be swallowed of
th°
manufacturing
project, of taking it from e... in the dull p
owners of rent. HOW your class to give it the
your share? you will much will any of you take for
into cornets, to say whit be
besieged, hunted, driven
induce you to consent. No
means of influence will
or
invent, will fail to be persuasion which human skill can
if Bradford can only accumulated on yoar beads. For
who can be be made to go for the Derby policy,
leg you will
onlyexpected to hold out? It is of no use aety-
is to be settled lbe one in the heap, and that neottho be
mg
a city set upon aiyour solitary action.
rtl°Lirarconduot
arguments tor hill, and from your fls_—ced.
All this is theoillion are to be prom'
decision; and the
decision, as far rapidly approaching
Tbaare of it, is in your
hands. There eras regards our share
of all men, when
good and evil
with trains
times in 1
of measurelessthe extent seem put
trains
into their handthe one and eschew the
other. If
yeti. s, to chase
allow Bra dford to be cat down to
half, I abet! comenow d eeet my old constituents upon
the Test In an
1 .
esincerely,
I am, Sir, yours v ry
Ali OLD REFORMER.

Blackheath, Jane 7, 1852.

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SIIAFTESBURY 1101:18E, KENSINGTON.—This de-
lightful abode, with four acres of pleasure garden, is to be dis-
posed of to the highest bidder on Monday next. The col-
lection of pictures and cellar of rare wines, including some of
curohe superior furniture with bronzes,
the veritable cabinet hock from Prince Metternich's Estate, will
'eine will be offered. The private
be sold on the same day with the statues, vases, and plants. On
to-Pm"ceorrow by tickets.
%mtihaeeTwrbalfceoßea,lreniloacwni:de;gcos:
arei. PALACE.—We observe a new work
announced as to appear in a few days, entitled "Recollections
and Tales of the Crystal Palace," by the talented Authoress
Temptation ; or, a Wife's Perils," &c. A
fertile than the one she has chosen on this occa-
sion could scarcely be imagined, and it must afford peculiar
scope for -developu powers of description which were so
tohfeßmeeigooviBre
strikingly ed in " Belgravia." No better wish can be
formed for the fair Authoress than that the same success that
daifferentattendd the first should also crown this second effort of her
muse, which will doubtless be looked for with eagerness by
the reading public, and more especially by the fair and
fashionable part of it, who may chance to recognise in the
underCo m Commons
theon s
stories and descriptions it contains an occasional friend or ac-
quaintance.
PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX.—A return Was on
state-
mentFrid y
of ptrhinet
amounted, gi v i giving
propertyto thellou
assesseds e o f
schedules of the Property and Income-tax Act in
Britain. In 1814 and 1815 the total amount of the Great
assessed under the several schedules was 168,q' property
1813, 227,710,144!.; in 1844, 221,101 717C4,r81. In
220,464,9681. ;in 1846,227.853,1321. ;in thr "n 1845,
in 1843, 229,868,226/. •in 1849 ~,,, 49 228,937,702/. ;
9 -01.95, (5
229,226,9201 ; ami in 'lB5l, 230,416,` ' , . 90/. ;in 1850,
Isl 4 and 1315. the property assessed 'j3l.
In Scotland, in
in 1851, 26,980,267/. ~~•as 14,462,958/. ; and

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