The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-22 00:00:00

LORD ADOLPHUS VANE TEMPEST, M.P.

A few days since, Lord Adolphus Vane t wryest, one
of the members of Parliament for the Northern Division
of the County of Durham, met and addres-ed a number
of the electors of that division, in the Golden Lion As.
sembly Rooms, South Shields.

His LORDSHIP, who was received with applause, aftei
a few preliminary observations, alluded to two questions
having great affinity with each other, viz., the education
of the poorer classes, and the question what we are to de
with our criminal population! These two questions, he
said, had a wonderful affinity to each other, and hinged
essentially upon one another. As they increased their
education, he conceived they diminished their crime. A
celebrated man had said, its speaking of a river which
had long run a muddy and polluted course, " You must
not go into the middle of the river to cleanse it, but you
must go to the source whence it drew its discoloured
stream." That was the principle upon which they ought
to go. They should go to the fountain bead, the source of
crime, which he conceived to be ignorance. Let tnem
extend education as much as they possioly could, for he
was perfectly satisfied that in proportion as they did so,
would the crime be diminished which existed in this
country. When he observed that there was only 400,0001.
given, and given grudgingly, by the Government of this
country to the cause of education, and reflected upon the
millions which were expended in convictions, prosecu-
tions, and punishing their criminals, he did think That
the expenditure should be reversed, for they might rest
assured that the more they spent on education, the less
they would have to spend in punishing the papetratore
of crime. He hoped that this question Rould assume
some practical form in the house next session. For him-
self, he was exceedingly favourable to the extension of
education. (Hear, hear.) His lordship then referred to
he question—" What is to be done with our criminal
population ?" The ticket-of-leave system bad certainly
not worked with the success that was anticipated. The
system was imperfect, and which he proceeded to de-
monstrate by adverting to the difficulty a ticket of leave
man had of getting employment. No philanthropic
individual, however, would like to see a recurrence of
the Norfolk Island system. His lordship adverted to
the idea of employing convicts on public works, &c., and
proceeded to quote some statistics in reference to what
was doing in various prisons in the country, inns, rative
of the superior advantages of the system pur-utd at
Mi.bank and Portland Prisons. In the Portland pri-
son, at the end of 1854, there were 1,462 prisoners,
who were employed in quarrying, on the prison build.
trigs, or on fortifications, &c., witnout at all interferng
with free labour. He found the cost of keeping those
prisoners amounted to the sutu of 43,833/. ; but they
had earned the sum of 42,8311. The cost of their main-
I,enance had therefore been reduced to abut 6,0001.
At Pentonville, the cost of keeping the prisoners
amounted to 16,9751., reduced by the amount earned by
' them to 15,7751. At Parkhurst the cost of keeping
prisoners was 16,6231., reduced by their labour to
14,277/. At Milbank the cost of prisoners' main-
tenance was 40,2851. ; the amount received fur
labour, 32,2881. The quotations, he conceived,
in a manner, gave a clue to the settlement of this
vexed question, and one which hail occupied so much
attention. The convict could be employed to the ad-
vantage of the country, and without interfer ng with
free labour. He would employ them in constructing
~arbours of refuge, fortifications, Le. There were many
questions which no doubt would engage the attention
of the Legislature during the eesuing session. There
eas, however, one question which was being agitated
very much throughout the country. It was the income
ttx. (Hear.) The question of taxation was a very
difficult one to touch upon. It was a difficult thing
for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to solve the ques-
tion how he could collect the revenue required by the
state, and at the same time give certain reductions.
With respect to the double income tax, his lordship
considered that it would be an act of trickery on the
part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to tali.) advan-
tage of the few days that elapsed between the signing
and ratification of peace, and inflict upon the country
for a longer period a double income tax. (Hear; and
applause.) He could not conceive that the Chancellor
nt the Exchequer would be so blind to all feelings •f
right, as to attempt to continue the people of Ei glawl.
under this double or war tax. Thera woul I, how9ver,
be such a strong pressure put upon the Government that
in his opinion there would be no chalice of its imposition
for another year. For himself, when the subject cirue
before the house, he would adopt that course which
jus-
ice and equity demanded. Mr. Anderson also alll9deed
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vantage and benefit if the system of agricultural
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lordship lfthen re erred to the question
for the extension of the franchise. It was a question
of
h uld have his best and most anxious
introduced t
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church leaseholds. He formerly took considerable
interest in this question—a question which he conceived als
demanded the attention of any representative connected
with the county of Durham, where so much property was
held under the church. There could be no dount teat
tl.e tenure under which the leasehoders held their pro•
perty had a withering and blighting effee
.upon the
improvement generally. Mr. Bell, in his essay on agri-
culture, proved that the system of church leaseholds had
been a great bar to agricultural and other improves
merits. It was not to be expected that a person would
lay out his money upon improvement, without he had a
reasonable expectation of getting a fair return for the
capital expended. (Hear.) lie conceived that it would be
impossible to resist the claims of the leaseholders. When-
ever arrangements were made by the commissioners, due
regard should he had to the iCerestis of the leasehieder.
(Hear, bear.) They should be met fairly and liberally.
(Hear, hear ) This subject should also have his most
earnest attention. With respect to local dues on ship-
ping, he promised to give the matter his careful atten•
tion, and to endeavour by every possible, fair, anti legi-
timate means, to a,dvaucti the interest of the shipowners,
from any of whom he would be most happy to re-
ceive communications on the subject. His lordship
having thanked them for the attention with which they
had listened to his remarks, resumed his seat amid ap-
plause.
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Three cheers having been given to his lordship, the
st;itbem.
proceedings terminated.

SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Azoff, Captain Skottowe,
having completed her repairs, left to-day to take up the
intercolonial station botween Ceylon and the Maurit us.
The Spanish steamship Barcelona was to leave Barcelona
(,n the 21st inst. for S.4.uthampton, calling at the inter-
mediate Spanish ports. No news from the Tyne. A
thick fog has set in this ,evenivg•

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t Abstract of the Directors' Report for the year ending 20th No-
vember, 1856:

Number of policies issued in the year - 1,050
Annual premiums thereon
Total number of policies issued .. 19,617
Annual:lncome on 14,337 existing polices (after
deducting.l33,34A, abatement of premiums at
the last division of profits ini1852)Z201,383 5 2
Interest on capital