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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1854.

ITNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE
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it'E ASSURANCE. Ailowan,e in
EDWARD PUGHgickness.
RAWSELL, Secretary.

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this, that nothing could be done in Parliament through , upon a fair footing in their rivalry with the industry of
the representative system except the exertions which
knowledget e United States we ought to eive them the power of
were made within the house were aided by the cordialedutation and a free press. (Cheers.) He
co-operation and the strenuous endeavours of those who ; didnt.l)elitleveY that the population of this country could
influenced opinion without the walls of 'Parliament. : maintain
.a successful competition against the people of
(Hear, hear.) Now they hal endeavoured, as he had
cited
if on one side of the Atlantic there was an edu-
said, to conduct this question in Parliament not as a people with a free press, and on the other side of
party question. (Hear, hear.) He denied that' it was the Atlantic an
.ignorant people and a restricted press.
necessarily a party question. (Hear.) No doubt the These considerations, combined with the anomalous state
independent portion of the Liberal party had at•all times • of the law, the senseless
and
dtigiation which had been pur-
taken great interest in this matter, but there were, hitch ' sued from time st(elntuenessaodut led,salallanoulitilts of revenue
ligent and enlightened Conservatives who had taken an 1 which the stamp duty produced, justifiedh. in apeeal-
interest in it also ; and Mr. Disr.,eli himself, from his , ing to every well-wisherpr of hise country, Conservative or
sympathy with literature, and his desire not to stand in Liberal, to use his most strenuous efforts for the repeal
the way of the spread of knowledge, had on many occa- ,of the taxes on knowledge. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Gib-
sions done what had been in his power to promote the 'son resumed his seat, first proposing as a sentiment—
success of their cause. (Hear, hear.) They had been i " The memory of Francis Place, Henry Hetherington,'
charged with what had been called "an unprincipled ! and the agitators of 1836."
coalition," but he would put it to the meeting whether Mr. RICHARD COBDEN, M.P., was received with great
-the member of Parliament who submitted a motion to cheering. After complimenting Mr. Gibson upon the
the house, and made no compromise of principle, was to
reject the support of those who did not happen to agree zeal and ability which he had displayed as Parliamentary
with him in his general political views ? (Hear, hear.) leader of the opposition to the advertisement duty, and
He did not think such coalitions at all unprincipled ; congratulating him upon the success which had attended
and he was glad to get support for a good measure his exertions, Mr. Cobden said that there were before
wherever it could be found. (Cheers.) Another diffi-
them two questions with reference to the future—the
culty had been started in the House of Commons. It
had been said,• " You should not embarrass the Govern-
question of the paper duty and that of the newspaper
ment, you should place confidence in their general stamp. The former of these was simply a fiscal question,
good intentions, and trust that they will, at a fitting involving about a million of revenue annually ; and he
opportunity, carry out the views you desire." He had believed that there was in this country no party who
seen that course tried on many public questionsnever with much success. (Hear, hear.) .In fact, when,
but
had any prejudice to gratify by the.retention of the paper
duty. It would, however, be a waste of time now to
the gentlemen who had trusted implicitly to Ministers
had expressed disappointment at not finding their wishes dwell much upon a theme the burden of which was the
respected, the reply which they had received had been, removal of a million of taxation, because the present
" Why, you said nothing at all about it—there was no prospect was that very likely Mr. Gladstone would have
pressure upon us. You could not expect us to volun-
tto ask for an increase of the income-tax. Whether we
tear a measure which was sure to bring upon us con-
went to war or remained at peace, the question of the
siderable political opposition, or to run our heads against
paper duty was not a practical question, because he
a stone wall without any necessity." (Hear, hear.),
took it that the preparations for war already made
The best thing to do therefore was to pursue a straight- would prevent any possibility of the repeal of that duty
forward and honourable course—not embarrassing the in the present year. The question of the newspaper
Government unneces arily, but, at the same time, not stamp involved revenue amounting to only about
allowing party or political feelings to stand in the way 150,0001. or 200,0001. per annum, an amount so small
of carrying out an object which they conscientiously be that it would not require any great dexterity on the part
lieved to be right. (Cheers.) Ho believed that this
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to d,spense with it
fear of embarrasing the Government, which led many under any circumstances. The opponents of the stamp
timid men of good intentions to shrink from supporting proposed that instead of every one who printed a
a cause which was likely to win, though they were ready periodical with news in it being obliged to put on
enough to vote 'for it as long as they could be guaran- the paper that beastly red stamp which was the
teed a minority, was the very reason why so many re- badge of intellectual servility in this country—(cheers)—
forms had taken years of agitation to accomplish. With
any man should be allowed to print news—facts, on
respect to the advertisement duty they had certainly
paper, as freely as he (Mr. Cobden) could speak facts
been more successful than they had been in former years
and arguments from the platform ; and that if the
with reference to the stamp duty on newspapers. (Hear,
printed paper were sent through the pest, postage
hear.) Sir Edward Bulwer's mation for the total repeal
should be paid for it in the same manner as for the
of that tax, was met by the then Government with a
suggestion that instead of being repealed it should be transmission of a written paper. But the abolition of
this stamp was opposed on grounds apart from conside-
reduced, the result was that—a division taking place
upon this Ministerial proposition—it was found that a rations of revenue. There was a party in this country
that was afraid of cheap newspapers ; and the very
large number of members, who had professed in the first
object of the Stamp Act, as stated in the preamble, was
instance to be favourable to total repeal, disappeared
to prevent cheap newspapers from circulating among
when asked to vote for it, so that in fact only two were
the people. If there was an overflowing revenue this
left to register their votes in its favour. (Hear, hear.)
year, as there was last, still this question would be
With respect to the advertisement duty, they had been
shirked in the House of Commons. Other taxes would
in a better position. They had carried a resolution, of be repealed, and this one would be retained, because it
which he was himself the mover, in favour of its total ago- served as a most important check upon the dissemination
lition. The Minister proposed a compromise and offered of cheap news. This might be said to be illiberal, un-
to reduce it to 6d. There was therefore the same charitable, and unjust, but it was true. (Hear.) He was
battle to fight as had been fought formerly with respect
to the newspaper stamp, but had been fought with a afraid, too, that there was another opposition. He did
different result. Their friends in the Reuse of Corn not think that the established newspapers generally were
enthusiastically in favour of the removal of this restriction,
mons had stood sufficiently true to enable them to have
a majority against that proposal of sixpence, and to get by which the number of newspapers was confined. In
rid of the duty altogether. But it would be wrong to this opposition he thought they mistook their own in-
lead them to suppose that no credit was due to the terests, and in this imitated the example of the oppo-
Ministers ; for, although no doubt their success had nents of the repeal of the corn-laws. As he told the
landowners who opposed. that measure that there were
been considerable, it would have been quite competent
to Mr. Gladstone, if lie had thought fit, to have defeated persons who eat little or no bread who would consume
them at last by perseverance, and to have carried his any foreign corn which might be imported, and thus
own plan of a sixpenny duty into effect. (Hear, hear.) prevent their land being thrown out of cultivation which
Let them, therefore, speak frankly, and give credit to they anticipated 'would be the result of the repeal' of the
all concerned—to the Liberals who voted for the repeal corn-laws, so he would now say to the new! a
—to the Conservatives who voted for it also—and to prietors, that there were in the United Kingdom p l 13threero.
the Minister who made a graceful concession, when lie millions of adult males who either never saw a newspaper
might, if he had chosen, have persisted in the proposal or habitually never read one, and that if by allowing e
which he had himself submitted to the house. (Cheers.) fect freedom of the press they could cultivate a taste for
He believed that the effect of the repeal of the advertise- reading in this lower stratum of the social system
ment duty must be beneficial, but he did not think that which now did not read at all—if, by allowing them
the full advantage of that measure would be felt by the to get a scrap of news, through the medium of a
penny paper, now and then, they could stimulate a
country until they had an increase of the number of
vehicles for advertisements by the abolition of the penny taste for reading, every man of this class who had
tax—free advertisements and free papers, in which learned to read, and took such a paper, would be
cultivating a taste which might afterwards raise him to
the advertisements should be inserted. They there arch an elevation that he might be a customer for the
fore proposed in the course of the present session to press
on the attention of the Government the necessity of re- high-priced newspaper. (Applause.) He (Mr. Cobden)
did not seek the abolition of the stamp wit i the idea
pealing the stamp duty. (Cheers ) The difficulties of
that question remained pretty much the same as they had that he was going to promote a system which would
supersede any of our able and well-established news-
been. for although in the last session an act of Pasha -
papers. If the peasant took the Times and supplement
ing what a newspaper was, he thought it had failed in its
it-lent had been passed avowedly for the purpose of defin-
home to his cottage, he had not a table large enough to
object—that a newspaper was still as undefined a thing spread it upon ; and if he held it in his hand, the rays of
his feeble rushlight would not illuminate the vast surface
as ever—and that difficulty and litigation must, of •
of print, and he could not find what he wanted. Besides,
necessity, from time to time arise, in the present state
t
of the law. (Hear, hear.) The act in question was, in the news contained in it was not such as he wanted. He
did not care for advertisements of estates to he sold, nor
fact, nothing more than an act to exempt the interesting
for information as to the price of funds, for he had no
Rousehold Narrative of Mr. Charles Dickens from any
prospect of having any money to invest ; the letters of
further persecution on the part of the Stamp office autho- "
"
rities. (Hear, hear.) The precedent would have to be our own correspondent from Vienna or St. Peters-
burg had no interest for him, because he had never
followed. (Hear, hear.) The litigation which would
arise would compel the Government to bring in acts of beard of such places. What such a man wanted to see
was the news of the place and neighbourhood in which he
Parliament from time to time, to declare particular pub `vas
been born, lived, and was destined to die ; and if a
lications not newspapers. And the only way to avoid
system of freedom was allowed to prevail in the. news-
it—to get rid of litigation and render special legislation paper press, there would, within five years, be a weekly
unnecessary—was to declare at once that news was a
paper containing such news published in every market
thing which was not fit to he taxed, and to repeal the
town, and sold at the price of about a penny. It was the
stamp duty at once. (Hear, hear.) The same difficulty
knowledge that a paper contained the news of his inn
which had arisen in the case of Mr. Dickens existed at
mediate neighbourhood—the conviction of any of his
this moment in other cases also. He held in his hand a
neighbours for poaching, and so on—which would first
correspondence between Mr. Timm, the solicitor to the
stimulate a man to read it, or to get it read by his child
Stamp-office, and the proprietor of the Racing limes•
because
it came from school. (Applause.) It was
[Mr. Gibson read the correspondence.] Mr. Timm
iecause they could not give such news as this—as
pronounced the publication of the Racing Ti -: es, on un-
stated by Lord Brougham in a letter which he (Mr.
stamped paper, a breach of the Stamp Laws ; the pro-
Cobden) read at the last anniversary meeting of this
prieter insisted that his paper was not a newspaper,
society that the Society for the Diffusion of Useful
according to Mr. Timm's own definition of the term,
Knowledge were unable to obtain for their Penny Ma-
but a mere "class paper," to which, by that gentleman's
own showing, the Stamp Laws did not apply. Mr. gazing a circulation in the rural districts. What we read
Timm replied, that no man could entertain a doubt that daily was not extracts from geographical works, travels, 1
or histories, but the broadsheet of news, and our reason for
the publication in question was liable to the tax, and
reading it daily was that the events of one day were
threatened to commence proceedings if its issue upon
connected with another ; we got upon a sort of electric
unstamped paper were persisted in. The proprietor re chain of sympathy, and read on to see whither the chain
joined that he had taken advice, and was ready to abide
would lead us. But for this stimulus, how many of us
the consequences, and would furnish the name of his
solicitor whenever Mr. Timm should require it. It "• would read at all? (Applause.) The opponents of the
peered that no proceedings had yet been taken. What stamp wanted to supply a want which never would be
sort of a protector of the revenue was this Mr. Timm,
supplied so long as this restriction was maintained, be-
who, when he had got an article which, he said, no man cause it kept the price of papers at a rate which pressed
could doubt was liable to a tax, knowingly and wilfully heavily upon the great mass of the population in the
allowed it to remain untaxed ?No doubt lie was deterred agricultural districts. And let it be remembered that
by his knowledge of the uncertainty of the law and of the you could never permanently keep the intelligence of
fact that what was held to be a newspaper one day was towns above that of the agricultural districts, because it
held not to be a newspaper the next ; and lie was probably was from the latter that the population of the former was
acting wisely in not exposing his friends to the difficul-
constantly recruited. If they were to bring the workings
ties in which that uncertainty might involve them. class in the country up to a state deserving the name of
But who could tell what effect these threatening letters civilisation, they must let them have cheap newspapers,
might have had on those who had not the conrage or in order that they might be stimulated to read. At
the means of standing out .against them? Who could present, the newspaper press was designedly kept out of
tell how many small publications might have been the reach of these poor people. (Applause ) In a rural
district with which he was very familiar, containing
frightened out of existence by these petty persecutions ?
140,000 inhabitants, and returning nine members to
Some person had thought that their object was only to
Parliament, there was not a single newspaper published.
cheapen those newspapers which were read by the higher
A very respectable individual started a penny newspaper,
and the middle classes. He should be glad to see those
under the delusion that if it were published fortnightly
newspapers as cheap as they could be made. (Hear.)
Considering the ability with which they were'
it would require no stamp. It circulated in all :he vil-
the labour bestowed on them, and the amount of infor-
lages within twenty miles, in some of which a newspaper
mation they contained, it was only astonishing they conduc,ed,
had not been seen since the creation of the world.
could be sold at the price at which they were now pub- Mr. Timm, of the Inland Revenue Office, heard of this
fished. But it was not in reference to this class of papers paper, pounced upon the proprietor, extorting from
s
that they were mainly ene-aged in advocating the aboli-
him some miserable 51.—it wa very like obtaining
tion of the stamp duty. (Hear.) They wanted the cheap money under false pretences—and compelled him to
penny newspaper to be allowed to contain the facts of the stamp his paper. The result was that the price had to
be raised to 2d., and at the next issue a circulation
day, and to circulate them among the great mass of the
of forty-five in three villages fell to five, all of which
people. They were told that a newspaper could not be
were taken by persons other than labourers. Every
published for a penny. The objection was answered by
labourer left 4 taking the paper as soon as its price
the fact that the London, Journal, with a circulation of
was raised to 2d. If it had been desired to offer a pre-
-400,000 was distributed throughout the country without
mium upon ignorance, drunkenness, and vice—to incite
the aid of the post-office, and that the whole cost in the poor labourers to go to the beershop, instead of
eluding carriage, was covered by the penny which was
sitting at home—if it had been desired to take away
charged for it. (A. Voice—John Cassell.) Yes, there
from them all motive for learning to read themselves, or
were others, and John Cassell's publications among
sending their children to school, it could not have beenir:n
them. What was the meaning of preventing such pub
clone more effectually than by stopping t his
lications fiom containing the news of the day ? It was
said that they might contain it if they would submit towhich, after engaging in
some penny novel, the hero of
the very same day there was published
a tax of a penny ; but this was in effect a prohibition. broa to live upon his
every kind of villany, wenta
(Hear.) Itwas worthy of remark that the tax had beenwithout any obstruction
plunder, and this could be soldne a paper. number
.o f
repealed as to comments on the news of the day, whileelse. We talked about
retained as to the news itself. Surely, if they were pre-education,and were at the same time
being in favour of
pared to allow cheap comments to be circulated among which enabled the people to educate
from Mr. Timm or any o
ihni
gn gt
et
mo
p t Have
people cheap
how-
founded.
great body of the people, it would be a wiser policy or, at least, to cultivate a taste for reading.
themselves, _
to allow the facts themselves to be circulated, so that h rned of such hypocrisy. (Applause.) Some
He was as
strangling a system
delusive theories might not find favour, in consequence
of the absence of the facts on which they professed to belt was by such means alone,
(Hear.) The maxim of olden time, however, local ne
that a
appeared to have been completely reversed. Lord Castle-
readev Besides, he was not an enemy to provincial
Puy:oPehUrft'Choantlditinwathseabebgaidniet
local
peoplear tre
reagh was more afraid of comments than of news. But g. Generally speaking, they were
published under
now sedition and blasphemy was free from tax, while
fPhaeerresponsibility of a known proprietor,who generally
news, that dangerous thing—the debates in Parliament, lived in a shop and was a man of some
intelligence, who
and the decisions of the judges—must be dealt out cha- had given bonds to society, by being known amongst
rily to the working classes, and they must pay a toll for his neighbours, that he would not publish in his paper
a knowledge of the law as laid down by the judges of anything which was very •
inimical to m • orals and good
the land, which they were, nevertheless, required to govern tuent. For this reason he did not see ob
any
obey. (Hear, hear.) The middle classes bad a deep in- jection to the encouragement of local papers. What
terest in the policy which would place the news—the
h was,e aimed at, however,that
the people should be
facts of the day, within reach of the great mass of the able to buy what they pleased. He did not want to set
people. (Hear.) They were going to extend the fran- up any class of newspapers
chile—to give political power to numbers who never He only a-ked for
freedom, that the people, should not
hitherto enjoyed it. Did not common sense tell them
be
restrainedf
• hich stood
in the interest
o any newspaper press.
that they ought to remove all restrictions w , Of this he was certain, that if there were any party in
in the way of the circulation of sound knowledge--4`)r this county
enga pon the newspeper press ho
facts were the only sound knowledge—among those who
thought that
they verso nterested in preserving the
were to to vote at elections of members of the Legislature,
st...:ctionof
the stamp, to prevent competition in news-
and so to be instrumental in making laws for the govern- "
papers,
ment of the people of this country ? If they could not
their interest was not the public interest. He
had
me
to get rid of the stamp in seven years from
educate the people on account of religious differences, in
the time of the commencement of the agitation, and if
Heaven's name, let them not stand in the way of the
people educating themselves. Mr. Gibson proceeded to we remained at peace he still hoped to do so. The op-
refer to the law which required securities to be given to Ponente of the stamp were often asked what they pro-
the Stamp-office, in certain cases, against the publication posed to do about the postage. Mr. Rowlarni Hill had
of blasphemy and sedition, and to characterise it as ate !stated that he was prepared to deal with that matter
anal as the great
surd, anomalous, and impracticable. In conclusion, he when it was brought before him ;
1 hulk
expressed his opinion that the working cl tsses and the of the new simpers were sent into the country, not by
capital of this country would be obliged under the system post, but by private parcels, there could not be much
of free commercial policy which we had adopted to enter difficulty about it. Again, it was urged that under the
more and more into competition with formidable present system a newspaper could be sent by post two
rivals, and that in order to enable our people to atiAd or three times for the single payment of the stamp, while