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London, England, 1825-06-30 00:00:00

[SIOItNII4G HERALD. j

In the Evidence on the Combination Laws we
were much struck with an observation of a'
weaver, who said,- that-since those odious laws
had been -rescinded,' wages on the whole' had
been much better, and he concluded by drawing
this inference, that the increase of wages had
caused the decrease of Poor Kates. 'Adam
Stpiih, Dr, Macculloch, Mr. Ricardo, and the
whole tribe of writers and speakers on political
econOny, never put forth more truth than is con-
tained in this proposition of the weaver. We ques-
tion whether Adam Smith and the others have let
out so-much light. This simple ,position of the
-lvea-ver's:. is, possibly the best reason to gi%en
Why there ought to be no law to prevent work
people from -cofnbining and bargaining with their
rosters regarding the price of work. " The higher
Me -wages, -the lower the Poor IZates. This
sentence ought ;to go' down in conjunction 'with
that of the Ere-n 6 Merchant, who said to Col-
bert; When he asked what he could -do for trade,
nothing," " We are glad" to see that Mr.
h'flume is so obstinate in his oPposition:to a new
girt tharshotad be full of coercive clauses, but
at Ow time the law ought to be severs
_and summary for the punishment of such tqlt
reis
-as ShOUld,' whether by vitriol •or :other diabolic
means, seek prevent -others from -work-1.4
for whom, and at such prices as they pleas-
ed. We are greatly av'ers'e to making a laW
that should put it in the. power of- masters

to become despotic towards those they employ ;
but, on the other hand, the law should be severe
and prompt to punish despostism on the part of
the employed. The idea of men dashing vitriol
into each other's eyes is horrible—quite as much
so as Thurtell's cold-blooded murder. And that
this should have happened in this enlightened
century, and among the peculiarly enlightened
people of Scotland—..those who pride themselves
so much on the education bestowed on them by
their employers ! Why, if the working class of
the people generally were to proceed as those
people have proceeded, it would be enough' to
sicken their employers from giving them educa-
tion, or being at the trouble and expence of be-
stowing on them Tracts or Bibles.

[MORNING POST.]
The .only business of any conseqUence in. Pa-
rliament last night was the further consideration
of the Combination Laws in the Commons.' Alm
Hume, who seems now to have forgotten what he
introduced into his own Bill last year, vehe-
mently opposed the present as " fatal to the
liberty of the Operatives," because it contained'
a clause-which he originated himself at that.pe-.
riod. This, had it been applied to some other parts
of the former measure, might have been an act of
justice and magnanimity, but as it was, the Ho-
nourable Metnber happened to hit on that
clause in his own Bill which most deserved to
be retained, as affording the means of furnishing
those who by threats, intimidation, or violence,
should interfere with the perfect freedom of la-
bour. Mr. liobhouse was the only Member who
supported him in -his opposition, and both had
the happiness of finding.themselves countenanced
by. each other, when, on a division on' the question
of receiving the Report of the Bill, it turned out
that they formed the whole of the minority:-..-
The measure introduced by Lord Suffield in the
House of Lords some time since, for, abolishing
the use of spring guns generally, was lost last
nightio the Commons on the question that the
Bill do pass, by a majority. of one.,

• [NEW Timm.]
The Combination Laws formed the chief busi-
ness which occupied the. House of Commons last
night. Mr. Hobhouse presented a petitiom from
a number of mechanics, who' acted as dele-
gates from their fellow workmen, which gave
rise to an animated debate,' when the argu-
ments and 'assertions advanced by Mr. Hume,
and various misrepresentations, were ably re-1
plied to and exposed by Mr. Peel. Mr. W.Sinith,
Sir F. Burdett, Mr..Huskisson, and many. other
Members, joined. in the dismission. Upon Mr.
Wallace moving for the bringing' up of .the Re-
port on the Work Men Combination Pill, Mr.
Hume pertinaciously renewed his opposition, a►id
wholly undismayed by the' former defeats, he
persisted in dividing the House, when.the Hon.
Member I'm' Aberdeen found himself in .a most
discouraging minority—there` being only two
votes against the considering of the .Report.—
A very unlooked-for result attended the third
reading of the Spring ,Guns Bill. Mr. 'fenny-.
son, the .great suppOrter of the measure, was dis-
satisfied with the alterations that had been made,
and joined in the opposition, and the Bill was
thrown out on a division by a majority of 32 votes
to 31 in its favour.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
There is something indescribably malicious in
the attempt which the Chancellor made on Mon-
day night to bring down the public wrath on his
adversaries,_ by denouncing them as the imme-
diate cause of his adhesion to office. A more
cruel attempt to render a number of individuals
responsible for an affliction which is so imps,
tiently borne by the community, .we have Dever
heard of ; and we cannot but question whether
the laws of political hostility permit 'of resort to
a manoeuvre so calculated to..cover an enemy
with unmerited odium. It seems to us savage
End dangerous to the last degree. Had the Lord
Chancellor assailed his foes with the vituperation
of his champion in. The Courier, we should have
considered it as comparatively fair; we would
willingly have permitted him the full.use of the
vocabulary commonly in request on such occa-
sions, and he might have talked, ad libitum, of
" sordid libellers," " unblushing" falsehoods,"
cc filth of,a factious Press,"
"rancorous spirit _ of
hostility," unrelenting fury °
of persecullo,"
&c. &c. without transgressing the bounds of
civilized wordy warefaiv ; but there is a re.
finement: of cruelty in marking out certain
persons as Objects for pnbliC spleen,
by decrib-
ing them.As having been the instruments which
have nailed him to the Woolsack, that, we cannot
condemn in terms of suffirient severity. With
a more excitable population it would be impos-
sible to speculate on the extent of the mischiefs
which might haVe arisen from this singular and
cruel. charge----“ These are the men who keep tne
in place," says the Chancellor-7" but Gs's. them:
.1. should have retired !wig ago." That is, this,
but an instigation 'to stone the authors of the
grievance ? To point outdo the crew the pilot
who has run the ship on the, rock, is to suggest
the flinging
of him into the sea, and to denounce
certain persons as' the proximate causes'of a de-
plored evil is to prompt to punishment. A. feels
that he is a perpetual blister, and he cries, "
make me stick." Does not this turn the
patient:s wrath against BI- It ever there was a
speech calculated to produce a breach of the
peace it was that of the Chancellor on the occa-
sion to which we allude, and we have to thank
the good Sense andlemPer of the town, that no
barns happened to Messrs.. Brougham,
Abercrombie,
and others, in a sudden tumult ex-
cited by it, and that our I.Vindo'syS, at the least,
were not broken. To misdirect the wrath of
that patietitless army of Martyrs, the' suitors.
ire Chaneeni, is a serious Matter, and we.
know .of no charge snore malicious or more
perilous than that of being the cause of the
Lord. Chancellor's adhesion to office• Fortu-
nately, however, the public are well aware that
Lord lta's'Tinany`thousand reasons a
.year
(perhaps nOtexactly 35,000) for keepinwhis seat.'
and when one cause is sufficient to account for an
effect, it is idler to seek another: Baulking an
adversary is undoubtedly a
pleasure,. but filling

a parse and distributing places.- and sinecures
amongst one's good friends and relations, are even
greater enjoyments, not to mention the gratifica-
tion of keeping Mr: Brougham out of a silk, gown,
which must be a luxury of. w• very high order.

[TrIE PUBLIC._I4DGER.J
Ave. have received the Paris Papers of Mon-
day,- and 'The Etoile of Tuesday ; but with
the exception of some extracts in the latter
from The Greek • Chronicle of Missolonghi,
their contents are wholly, uninteresting. 'These
extracts, which. come down only to. the 7th 'of
May, may be looked upon as• a- proof of the
successful progress of the enemy,. as other-
wise news of a much later date from that in-
teresting theatre might have been received. It
is proper, however, to observe, that in the tone
of them there is nothing to justify the infer-
ence of imminent danger ; and from this circum-
tance we draw good augury, because the spirits
of the. Journal must have great influence on the
defence of the place. It was on the 27th
of 'April that the Turkish army of the
SeraSkier took up a, position in the Olive
Gardens near Missolonghi. The next day,
they were driven from this'position, after a smart
action ; but the Turks rallying, the 'Greeks
were compelled to retire under the cannon of
the fortress. But, if it be true that the loss
of the Greeks consisted only, in one -man- killed
and eight wounded, the action cannot have been
very hot, or, in other words, their resistance
upon this occasion was .any thing but obsti-
nate.. The Greeks, however, are said to be
very active, for which -due allowance, how-
ever, must be made ; and, .as late as the 7th
of May, the enemy is state!' to have made no
impression upon the place. :The Turks had, in all
probability only a few .field pieces at that period,
as the nature of the country through which they
had previously passed, rendered the transport of
heavy artillery wholly Impracticable. Till the
arrival of the Captain PaCha's fleet, the
..Opera-
tions of a regulqr siege could not commence ; -arid
till then, all opiniou as to
,the probable fate of
the place must be suspended. , S