The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-29 00:00:00

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wished to shoot Mr. Christie because be had put this
I
Mr. Christie—in fact that the Under-Secretary of Statert, ,
question to Mr. Parker. There never had b
Mr. -
answer given to that question, and 'if the
did not think that it required an answer, best ( ne-
Ferrand) knew that the country expecte- col:
There was the scene in the committee-room. lie "...t.,
now carry the House to the scene in the potic,e.COise r
After the occurrence in the committee-room Mr. rar ,t,
at mice proceeded to the Westminster Police-cotn't, 317
been
nouase s
there, to the astonishment of the worthy msgitte-7-1`:
answerable for the peace of the country to the Secre 017
of State for the Home Department, applied for a e to",
rant against the llon. Mr. John Henry Manners SW e9ll-
- have him bound over to keep the peace towards thus
Honourable Member for Weymouth. The wart se'
was granted, and a great-sized, robust pol lc!:
officer was dispatched to the Under Secretary of S tat,if,.
for the Homo Department, to intimate to him that bitle'
presence was required at the Police-office. Now, ron
V
tohree
fzlieushei,mwahce
othmenrilittteweascrfi ginhqt,uiirny,thpeafratciceuoi
ar _
athskise,dt
after the answers of the witnesses in the Andover U' lie!:
Committee, brought out conduct as cruel, as tin leo
and he would add, as infamous as ever disgraced 14
public office in this kingdom. He was one of t'
I hose '
whose character had been attempted to be destroce d b
,_
these very Poor-law Commissioners, because within . thet
walls he had fearlessly, and to the best of his hu eabl 0
abilities, attempted to do his duty,—(Hear, II a: .)
Now, he asked the Secretary of State for the I PO!
8:
Department were these men yet in office ? Were_ OS
Poor-law Commissioners exercising their contro' I eVer
millions of their fellow-countrymen who were too I eeor
no
claim redress in the courts of law ; who had, nil 3c4i, su'
court to appeal to but that House. He demande d from
the Secretary of State for the Home Department at s
meat
saver to that question—Were the present Gov( mn men;
going to screen the commissioners from any fur tied 3r ins
'
rebel'
thou
qo
juitrnye ?Int
nWee,rweerthnemyengzinngr
hadto ltehaegvueenevoiethsetehdenUaie
to refuse him the inquiry ? If they had, of cola: se the
committee would be refused him. But he lc,
hew.
well what the country would say -to such conduct I•7_
couetry would say that Government would not to ant tn.
inquiry, because they were afraid of furthe." exce
(Hear, hear.) The House would remember', th at some.
three or four years ago. he brought under the ni )tice et
the House an attempt of these Poor-law Commit ;goners
of the
to erect a treadmill in the union workhouse
borough of Halifax. He made the statement ul , ion the
tate for
best authority, and yet the late Secretary of S
contra-
the Home Department gut up in that House :Ind
dieted him in the flattest terms. New, would dal ! 11.
believe that at that very moment the sPeci f
cost of
cations, and plans, and estimate of • sure.
such a building, were recorded in the minutes
of the board of guardians of that union. Mi e Cl' l
elnee,l
an A-sistant Poer-law Commissioner, made ari port e
bear out the statement of the Right Hon Durable Ile:
ronet the late Secretary of State for the Hol mo Depart-
ment, ment, and afterwards, when the chairman or the boar:
of guardians remonstrated with him on his col educt, h,
shook his fist in that gentleman's face, decla ring that
what had been slated was false. /stow, lute ing given
to the House a slight sketch of the con duct a- the Poor',
law Cotnmissioners, he would now bring
the great Jenkin Jones's case, for the pterposie of sbe
s-
ing to the House how these Poor-:ame Co
hl.t -t,
sioners bad carried on the busines e t" rho
office. Before, however, he did so, he wou Id iirsw" the
of the Secretary of State fo: c the NI,
Department to a circumstance that occurr td 'in Y°1.,...,
shire a few years ago. In a particular dist, ;jet the CT.%
missioners determined to establish a union w orkhouse,ho_;
bof ore there
the people resisted the attempt, avd the I military the,
called out to quell the disturbance. The c enduct of fe:
Commissioners was manifestly illegal, and had any. tea'
been killed, the magistrate who calle, -I in them ilitarirt;
and the officer who commanded them
guilty of murder. But to return to the Jenkin Joinde 0
Case. That person was charged with leaving, so' .est
office, and after this charge had been
him Mr. Jones wrote a letter
Secretary of State for the Home s
ler, sferred againite
Go tbe
eet,
,would have bese,g,
PePartmotiee
impugning the conduct of Mr. Lewis, but no n
_..,..
2AIOO/,
c;,, ",
whatever was taken of that letter. It aus clear, n„u___`4l
ev.-r, that Mr. Lewis and the Commission( ,rs were afraid
of Mr. Jones, who was a poor clerk at 200/. e ye,to., ,
while his antagonist, Mr. Lewis, received'
times as much as the firmer, for Mr. Cood r', th°,3geititi- ''
tary of Mr. Lewis, waited upon 'Mr. Jortos;nottitv to
mated to that gentleman that if he would pl..'ad gul ;Alt
the charge of misdemeanour that had Wes
against him he would not be called up forju dgmne3 aft,er
was a trick, however, laid to catch Mr. Jose ',l,;leaded
he had incautiously acceded to the request al'uterd, was
guilty he was thrown into prison. Now, be as.. ."F "did
brot. leo
Mr. Lewis still a Poor law Commissioner, and l'en-eutri
Government intend that he should remain? The 14,- tbst
demanded that an answer should be given ;°,. th°
question. The late Secretary of St ate i°""ei Mr:
Home Department could not deny having reeled eir
Jones' letter, because its receipt was acki tovidej gen-
Captain O'Brien, who was at the time the 11.11;fle the
Baronet's Secretary. He could easily i ossstes• sere-
alarm with which the Right Hon. Baronet tb 01°`0,3 that
tary of State for the Home Department losscernimediately
letter. No doubt, the Right Hon. Baront,t,'.l4 is a bad
sent for Mr. Lewis, and said to him
business. Here is this Jenkin Joner goinc: take evg
and his month must be stopped. We Ice tSt
what we are doing." After Mr. Jones, halt been three
months in prison—his punishment was twelve In°13111:
imprisonment—he petitioned the Home office for Pa
discharge, but no notice was taken of his petition, s°-
in the end ho wrote a letter to Mr. Conde, intimatil
that no notice had been taken of his pats tion, 913
declaring that he would not allow the matter to feet'
In the end he was discharged, but at whose order Pllf'
e .
Jones never could learn. The imprisonme eat did oc';
in any may injure his reputation, and he Vie; '
''
.1'2.-0 tell sll,
restored to his former situation- in an insure-th'e
company, and on his return he was presented bY 4
proprietors with 100 guineas. After quotir; s clu„..6l);ittee
of the evidence taken before the Andover C"re`7,--s a
the Honourable Gentleman went on to sa y he bailie
right to demand from the late Secretary of I: ilate 09,srs
Home Department what had become of the prilate let
not
of Mr. Lewis? Mr. Lewis himself said he. could ,/,
find them, but the truth was, they had been
and it was the duty of the House to inquir e bontow4l.
were destroyed—whether they were burnt of ' Furf-were
Some of them would yet be forthcoming, for then" clad
documents in existence which Government wo ald he;lot
to possess again. They had not got them yet, andheing
was more they would not do so. He would n°w_thitelf
under their notice some circumstances more im isen des
connected with himself. On a former occasio IA P-esele
Oared in that House that the Right He 41°0.006
Baronet the late Secretary of State for ate, ' tee
Department had made a statement -„in neff
House which he knew was untrue. lieu the
deStfOlhe
distinctly repeated that charge. He would telnero,
House the mode adopted by the Poor-law Commt r,,°,,,ete •
and the late Secretary of State for the Home. veSte4
mont, in getting up reports for the purpose of au" *ad
the Honourable and Learned Member for Bo itan Let
himself. The person employed in this infamous- ec'-bf,
was a man named Mott, who formerly got his li vingdoe,
farming the poor in several large poor-houses in re ')", of
and who was an advocate of the Malthusian doettelndo
inducing the poor to live upon the commonest gut ded
and smallest quantity of food. Having recommet%eif
himself in this way, he became an assistant Poeve e /
Commissioner. He had been dismissed from this of6e;
but was stiil kept in the employment of the Poorell'o,
Commissioners its another capacity. He was nOW •!;' 0
publication under the sanction and eu
editor and publisher of the " Peor-law Circular, rd
pport 'a
the Poor law Commissioners, at Somerset 11ttis"..
He sent a circular to the effect that, that the guard'.
would be allowed to take a certain number of conie,,ph
that paper, as it would relate only to matters iu nr"'",,-
bthey were officially interested. That concern 50°i-
ecame bankrupt, and in what character did they tb;l3l,e
Mr. Mott next appeared. Why, a partner in 1-s
management of lunatics with Mr. Coode late Assisten
Commissioner. Good God ! Could anything
the
more monstrous ? He next appeared in r,,,;
character of auditor of the district on';' ,-,
and holding the office with the sanction of the Comma
sioners of Somerset House. So much for that peri°,`"f
but how had M. Mott been conducting himself late 44
Why he had been obliged to fly his country, to One
his creditors ; .and was obliged to take refuge in the Ora
WTI
of Man. (The Hon. Member here read an extract,„fre:-
the speech of the late Secretary of State for the
countyteod .
him
m This
abouthi ins whichw a
tshaet
mha timehe
tter .matter.
resided,hNeno
awhne,
d wasthata
Department, which contained charges on him, and preeeeee.
what she
consideredhn an honourable course to be pursued 8.
Some
eurable course from one Englishman to se°,t`-f
opportunity ought to have been afforded to hsw °
Vivi'
defending himself, but in this case there was none. ""
he
deuce was given
and received by Mr. Chadwick, Thene
nothing magistrate
shnndo tbee
nfoirs
ai:
report was sent by that gentleman, to Mr. Mott. krs
. Hon. Member here read several extracts from the 1'0;
in question), and continued—Some of the statements it,
that report were denied by witnesses of the most
ableresPe°,,t-
character. That report was made on the 2d ";
June, and they should now hear how the Bolton repe‘fr
was drawn up. The Hon. and Learned Memberii;
Bolton had made some statements in the House 7,t;
respect to Bolton, and a special Commissioner was !lei t
and who did they select but this very Mr. M ? li-v"e r. Mott le t
that House
shear how he conducted himself. Mr...-q$
went to Bolton, but never visited any single case brag'
before that House by the Hon. and Learned Gentlerilfify.
He resided there for some time ; and from the 913a-0
which he displayed, and from the little advantage th:f
was likely to result from his visit, the inhabitants.
Bolton thought it would be better to make some me".
the matter themselves, and deputed Mr. Naseby to brill
d
before his notice the • cl.
pai
case mentioned by the lieu. i, r
Learned Doctor. Mr. Naseby called at Mr. Mott's, re'
derce . , and he was told that Mr. Mott had gone find:-
don the day before • but he looked through the vvii:
and there he saw Mr.i Mott sitting at his ease.—(l4atit" 0
ter.) Mr. Mott shortly after departed, and the Bette t
Report was drawn up. The House ordered that rep
to be printed, and it was sent to the inhabitstits a
Bolton. But what happened ? Mr. Ashworth and
twelve most respectable persons in Bolt3n,eates, n ."
the neighbourhood appeared before the InaFsis-rt . e.t
and proved upon the :affidavit. But Mr. Mott s reP°-34,ee'et
was a singular fabrication. The Hon. Member here .-e1;0
read copious extracts from the report in question, tit
eeS
d ,
t l'eel
gether with thb statements rebutting the allegations,_
contained. He must express his surprise that "
its.t
ve,-; e:loti
statements then made, that any functionary shotliqine
..: eer,,,e:l
far have wandered from his duty as to have trended ibe'j
proper motives, and accused of partisanship those Iv
re"
had adopted such proceedings. But still the late See i.,
tary of State continued Mr. Mott in office. A consett.
cation was made which led to an application for theli)e7.,
duction of papers with respect to this matter ; s,'?dste for
was a statement made by the late Secretary, of Dta' himself
the Home Department, and when defending I,er
(Mr. Ferrand) he adduced this evidence, togerru'id --
with letters and documents, which be soul