The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-16 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION.

r the prop.:'': ii p;ivat, ,ntraet ipstend of hy public com 7
pet itiOn. -Nu Injury '.:l arise from t".)c postponemept
of the Bill until the as :t Parliament, which would meet
in about ft couple of mouths, and he trusted, therefore,
the house would not object to motion for tO 're:NA:m.ll4ml.
ilk should thcee=.:WO move that the Bill he recommitted.
;Sir J. GRA lIA M defended the Bill, and said the pur-
chase had been narrowly scrutinized, and vl/4 as approved'
and sanctioned by the' Court of Chancery.
Mr. BiIISCOL supported the 'notion.
Sir E. SUGDEN said nothing waS more absurd thin'
to talk of the tenant having an interest in this property.
It appeared that he hail nothing but a verbal promise of
renewal
.of the lease, which was of no legal ctfeet what-

ever.

Sir DE LACY EVANS said an appeal was made to
the House to confirm or annul any deasions. They were
simply asked to allow a re-consideration of the question,
in which he trusted they would consent.
The House then divided—
Tor the motion
Against it
Maiority against the Motion —37
The South M.etropolitan Gas Bill Was read a third
time and passed.
On the motion of Lord- MORPETH the Railway
(Ireland) Bill was read a first time.
On the tactical of 'air 11. PEEL the Elections' Peti-
tions Trial Bill was read a third time and passed.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
CHEQU.ER the _Appropriation Bill was read a third
time and passed.
Colonel SALIVEY wished to call the attention of the
Under-Secretary of State •to a matter which, though it
had affected him personally, was also of some importance
to the public. Front time immemorial there-had been
a highway through Windsor Park leading from
Staines to Reading ; but nn Wednesday night last
as he (Colonel Salwey) was pasSuig through
the Park in his carriage after - ten o'clock,
he found the gate on the road closed, and on ordering it
to be opened, he was assailed with the most unmeasured
abuse, and told that though he would he.allowed to pass
on that occasion, he had no right, to travel on the road
after ten o'clock. Now he wished to ask the Under
Secretary of State whether such conduct had been iu
any way authorised ?
Mr. E. J. STANLEY said that the keeper had no
authority to act as the Hon. Member had represented,
and his conduct must have- originated in some mistake,
which he would take care to see rectified.
The Militia Pay Bill was read a third time and passed.
Messengers from the Lords brought down various
Bills. •

The Lords' Amendments to the Gotirdoln Harbour Bill
were ageed to.
The Lords amendments to the .Stoke-upon-Trent.
, Small Debts Bill, were agreed to.
I DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. CORN-LAWS.
On Mr. SCHOLEFIELD rising to brber forward the
' motion, of • which ho had given notice on the- siilteet of
the distress so generally existing throughotit the country,
Mr. GODSON rose, and claimed precetlenee for the
motion of which he had given notice relating to the peti;,-,
tion of Edward Kilbean Cox, as his motion related'
' matter of privilege.
The SPEAKER did not consider that the petition-eoff
Cox could be considered as relating to a questiiii of pri-
vilege, and therefore the Hon. Member for Kiddermin-
ster could not brine; on his motion out of its regular order.
He therefore called rpon Mr. Seholefield to proceed. •
Mr. SCHOLEVIIIILD then rose to move the following
resolution :—" That the extreme sutfi:Ting of the
indas-
trions classes, from want of employment, low weg.es,
and high price of provisions, renders it the imperative
duty of 1 aril:uncut to devise means for- the alleviation
I of the great miser... Yrhich now pervades all the manu-
facturing districts ,bf the country." The Hon. Member
commenced his addiess in a very low tone of Voice. We
understood him to say that the House Commons ap-
peared to him to be hardly aware thin • such a thing
as distress existed in the numnfarturime districts.
and those who were aware o the distress :seemed
to be totally ignorant of the cause: The pressure of
taxation upon the industry of the country wae, the cause
of these sufferings. • At. the present time the manufactitr-
ing interest was in a moot depressed state ; nearly ail the
markets in the world were, in a great measure, closed
against them. The bianufact tires of many other. mien-
. tries were excelling ;those of England ; those of Ger-
many, for instance excelled those of Sheffield. One pe-
culiar feature in thee suffering whieb existed was that the
condition of the middle elas::es nee scarcely superior to
that of the working classes- -{Hear, hear, heer)e-.se low
I 'were the profits afforded by the various branches Of' Ina-
, nitfacture. He begged to cell the attention of the House
to the state of Birmingham at the present time. The
followine, documents bearing upon this subject were
then read by the lion. :
' " The condition of the inhabitants of Eirmingliam is
more deplorable than ever. Cruel mortgagers are dis-
posing of property on which they -have advanced money,
for less.than one-third of its value, or radio-, I should say,
they are purchasing buildings at thatrate. In'consequoce,
of trade being so bad, aril( aud taxes so high,
mortgagees have not been to be pnetnal in the pay-
meat of interest. ; their !wopertv has been advertised
to be. sold, and no • seae being practicable, a legal
process has been gone through, and.: the property
been transferred from the legitimate owner to
the mortgagee, and this has been the case, lately, in a
great many inshnces."
" Trade is daily getting worse. I,7llilst the number
or bankmptg-isIL;„ the number o: insolvents is Treater
in all the manufacturing districts, and the pave
debtors are crying Melte room, the 'prison- is •--100
small for us.' This ws:is eetuallv the case ht 'Bir-
mingham only a few weeks :tee when the Commis-
sioners held a Court, tZrie the'relief insolve-nt dehtors,
and those miserable me a have been sent forth into the
world, pennyless, and ref-Ailing but an alteration in trade-
Can prevent their comnite to the Wi:eklionse. Although
it was so recently emptied of its inmates. there is at fee:,h
succession of tafortanate debtors, many of whom have
lived respectably, 'and contributed largely by the pay-
ment of taxes and poor-rates so the benefit of the CaCIiMU-
, nity,, but whoare now about to perish in obscurite.
" Tradesnien, with very few exceptions, are in
Jeopardy every hour. Tfiey apply to tae pawn-
brokers in vain, for they have grkented boars
till they have nu monoy to /end ; 1,11(1 the con-
sequence is, all the heads of fineLities are in ill health,
and . medicine is of we avail. Hope . deferred:
maketh the heart sick,' and .one need nut be. skilled,in,
physiognomy to be al.'.e to discover, by •:t man's connte-
nonce, that he eonsi?,
,ers himself standing on a quicksand:
and :Hess he is
shortly sink,"
unexpectedly ern-ported, that he must
Another e'
obliged 1:,-
painfra
the.
sew

.ass of extreme sufferers were those who were.
go to the pawnbrokers, and he had most
_,vidence of that. The Hon. Member here read
dowing documents, in order to prove the distressed
Of various parts of the country : •
"A list of one week's pledges at one shop, containing
65 ple d'res. out of which only two lots exceeded 3s. each.
tjpwr .rds of 30 pledges are gowns, shifts, women's petti-
coats , and ehildren's ffocks ; the rest are shawls, men's
wai s teoats, and jackets, a bed cover, a pillow, a wed-
diu g- ring, and other small articles, the whole averaging
onl y ls. 9d. each in value.
lirmingham contains 94 pawnbrokers, and if each has
p] edges per week, the weekly number of the town; of
mat pledges, not exceeding 3s. each, exceeds 6,000."
A former state,ment sent him chews that the master ma-
nufa( turers had so many goods in pawn, already, that
the p .Lwnbrokers, are unable to find further money to ad-
yenta • upon them.
.A , au ins:ance of the g-reat distress in Birming-
ham- 4, he would refer to a letter that had been written to
a C to rgyman of that town :
`•week has passed, and you have vonchsafed us no
rep ly. . Nine weeks have gone since the Committee con-
clude I its labours, reporting., that they had found above
40,00 i )• individuals so miserable as to be grateful,--yes,
hemb Iv grateful—for a donation 'of less than ltd. per
helot per week.. Nine weeks have passed since that re-
port; ! ; trade clarity:, that period has actually grown worse,
and A- ;)tiling has been done': no attempt has been made
to reli eve!

14.• lway yott to consi:ter how ill such
grouppoverty S delay ; - hots In.:,ny miseries and - aaxieties,
crovii'
.ling in. etteb successive hour, have made
;lad'. . .."um ..,t in thatk an alr'e. Some victims of -our neglect
ton: r iov „..its
min k -tr c 4 ' ' 'AI
••- • a I°ll earthly comfort soothed their last moral
ago ii..y : the, pertud found refuge in the grave. f"
aid, for which affection
.)-earned, a necessi-
.t4;e P4d vim.; regretthat the thousand appliances which
denied—they rest—but, to the living is left
',mg. u ; have restored health, or softened
uell, e d .
13,1 'le productions of every climate, tributary to our
pain, were all
ins', rag*. :y, •und plastic to our skill, fill every store with
the • 11)
eons of: enjoyment, and vet, English
alledas English wealth. " , poverty is as
nn Ns
are rec ei‘ing from
, •4 VI . 'Ol-kitten, with large families,
Six, to' eleven shillings per week, and would be able, if
they , !mild work 'full time, to earn from 15s. to 30s. per
week. How these families live and pay 'vac= only be •
unsm red by the pour creatures ,themselves. I- know
thcy ; are obliged to crowd together in dwellings not fit
for Ix .gs to litter in. I know places, called Chambers,
When an different families of both sexes, and 'of all ages,
i are cc repelled to pass the night at the same time. Is
not -4 'is enough to make Chartists ?Is not this enough
provisions ; he has
to dip ioralize the people?
himself and his wife are
" .A ,t the Board of Guardians, yesterday, a young
wo; nt ,u applied for relief, whose husband had been three
nsmte; en:
4.;
1.;!5 - ei:epikePsor Ipl osl n: ng; efito.hrety'ot debt
ia 1 dntuw;e' o small children. The
Gu trd inns thought the woman appeared almost lost
for wa at ; they allowed her three shillings,' and two
may
es. , per week,' for nine, weeks—not sufficient,
h ,maoirled
icnoaunl
yd r
en nut
6. bn...ie ,
,al‘lioi w(i- edp a t3o
tlht cern), asstalnedv i
ie.
ns
afte c I mying for lodgings, to keep body and . soul
tog eth.
anreee.dsoo
eifiripglarochial relief. ' • .' ' - •
"La st week a young wife died in child-birth ; her
time w as come, but, for want. of strength, she was not
able t o bring forth-it physician was called in but his
assi: ita nee was unavailing—he said, he had no doubt:her
deal 1.1 was occasioned by deficiency of nourishment."
N av :he had been toldhy.anllonOurable Baronet in that
.110 to e that his rents were well paid—that he had never
rec Jed them better. lie (Mr. Scholefield) said
the t, he thought 110 was - a fortunate man, but
at the same time he said that he thought
1 if b is tenants . were tradesmen, they would have not
b. pm. paid, because it - was only by profits that
C . Ai,: rents could be paid, and they were not mak-
i IT any. A now. state of things had. now
oisetu, the people out of doors were taking a course
.
of their own, they were adopting a plan which they
thought best calculated for their own interest.
lie was at a town meeting some time _ ago, the oh-
ktt of which
_was to petition the House of Com-
, mu% for a repeal -of r the Corn-laWs,. and the
;, conclusion to which that meeting came was \
not to peti-
t thin, because they felt convinced that the repeat of .the
ad corn-laws.wouldo them no 6.00411 A week after. be
mi.
, was at a meeting at Shetlield, and t ere the same results
sings follow€ i there they refused to petition for the repeal of