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London, England, 1850-07-10 00:00:00

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ember ember for Meath (Mr. Grattan) rose after the and against the rescinding of the recent resolution passed by
thekciolinsiideration of
the , nd alluded to certain measures not immediately under the House.
the House. The Hon. Member fur Mn FORSTER presented a petition, which, as wwelalsafsrowme
to th,,_gmnshire, upon the assumption that he was to reply could understand. amidst the noise and confusion,.
and ~'.'e extraneous observations of hii Hon. Friend, got up the underwriters of Lloyd's, which he said contained several
The ,101ated the
se words
of , rules of that Asienabl -- (Hear, hear.) important facts, and the petitioners. declareldhatbraetstirticmildwbaos
eilleetpienee of Hon. Member were in substance 'that, in impossible to carry on their business while
,ebate „, .or new matter having been introduced a new in force. Also another petition very numerously and highly,
respectably signed by admirals, general officers,.
finest tb."ags.
tgenerated. The Hon. Gentlemar!, onewould also physicians,a
or nt'auec , would at once have addressed himself to thtaat and professional men, against the new regulation
What kin, 0 would at least have mace some reference third petition from a place, the name of which we c;ould not
eAvejas.,f ln the Hon. Member for Meath-that he would hear, to the same effect.
Was he did the pretended cause of his rising; but the fact dr. DISRAELI presented a petition from a place inßucks,
jest lciroudicioeneedt even allude to it.. Upon the main sub- in favour, we believe, of the new regulation.
waold be .by his Hon. Friend (Mr.. Grattan) thereh Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petitionfromeigthneedinbeyettinhge
held the night before at the London Tavern,
Nord
ea time •• and opportunity for discussion, but this .
lt,he reaelutionat he hoped the House would now be firm in chairman, chairman against the continuance of the. restriction..
liec the Ho which it had passed.-(Hear, hear.) But favourheaorf the
rwesheehataeeditawpasetirmtiopnossi
are for a
Douse n. Gentleman sai iwe are for a monarchy-woe new arrangement,
'tee impossible 1 e t
Btit. representinof Lords-we are for a House of Com- Sir J. PAKINGTON apprehended that Hon. Members
linen. ,
'tta sue "°, himself and his friends. But the Hon. Gentle- go on, but as be objected-(Cries of " Order.")
th -1,.1, a
fe"e3 wao'ted" ot do you want? " He would tell him what ' Mr., ROEBUCK said that it was not competent to the
, hut
all eetoosluah had not been conceded to them-they wanted The SPEAKER had nut observed that the Hon. ulsember
making objections to the petitions, or that he was out
Tears ,i lon of the franchise. It was now nearly twenty wfas d r
ace theca the Reform Bill had been passed, and they had . or' e_
to ths s often attempted to obtain a franchise more suitable Sir J.
a 'grow u J . PAKINGTON said that it was not his intention to,
for been folicieg_, wants and wishes of the population, but they mike any observations on the petition. .
2 eaten,' ain almost every instance. Even A proposal Much confusion, and cries of" Go on," amidst which .
'atones toaft.ta the period for the payment of the rates three Mr. LOCKE rose. He said he felt himself placed
tinhaat,
the
4rhalisetria
usta af, 'ear than the Original Pealed had not been carried ' difficulty. He had a petition of importance to presentl
.1
had
of thirteen years. The Hon. Gentleman was of personal interest to himself. He
ilfiaielliscmertoatroinycsoahilud,
e Reform id
;el been in Parliament he would have opposed in the early part of the evening, that
let eask him if he was always of that not come on betweea eleven and twelve o'clock, he would
tditlirl-(flear hear.)m
Sir ISRAELI not press it forward. Two or thnresaeaGaleinyt,lacmadenhoenhtabdetoopld-
posite
side had addressed him personally,
Ir la Ha, intimated that he was.
Friend (m •1&-Will the. Hon. Gentleman look my Hon. them he would not bring it on after eleven o'clock. Tile
41ta3's of trh'an't.
oarree.) in the face and say that he has been Hon. Member. was proceeding, when disorder was renewed,
during which
en, bie ~ -pinion ?
Sir 8, AE Certainly.
ha •HA Mr. COBDEN presented a petition,
.but neither the pur-
new LL -Certainly Why the Hon. Gentleman Port nor the name of the place from which it emanated could
atbt,ene
tinast.lTd., be heard.
,forward a.; the grea 'champion of rotection
otside ofhiheiot opinions now entertained by Gentlemen on Sir R. INGLIS was understood to move that Mr. F. Mac-.,
kenzie be heard.
resolved hare determined
House. The Hon. Gentleman said in effect-
The SPEAKER put the question that Mr. Mackenzie be
aholeoa ta oetermined upon the-Reform Bill, and we have.
these
were
it shall be final measure." Let me ask him go do --ere alwa . a.. heard.-(No, no, and go on.)
The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Member for Honiton
kr wc to th 3 a his principles ? - (Hear ) Did he,
,not
• O'no e borough of Hh Wycombe as the pratge of had risen when called upon to bring forward his motion, and
dge'adowo nnuneh and Mr. Hume? ((Hear.)Hear, hear.) Did he not he apprehended was in strict possession of the House. Ap-
, rear derpeals had been made to the Hon.. Member to put off his mo-
te h to re there auspices? Did he not en-
tion, but the Hon. Member was in possession, and ought to
,se to Present Marylebone?-(Hear.) Did he not
aysriseiPles°_ gory present
Parliament for that borough on Liberal have the option of proceeding or not.-(Cheers.) When
the Hen. Member sat down any other Hon. Member might
4'l the 14, (Hear.) Why, I can tell the Hon. Gentleman
ae!!!'.4ll-d 'gill? the very shape in which he framed_ his ad- speak.
Nee ideas place in which he wrote it ; and if I had any Mr. LOCKE rose again, but as the noise prevented a word
have(i„ beat pea the debate would have taken this turn, I would he uttered from being heard he resumed his seat.
p-,.',`tiglitee Pared with a copy of that excellent address.- S. li- . INGLIS then rose, but was received with a storm
callsir to order and for Mr. Locke, and " Chair, chair."
1-,:atlealai; and cries of "Hear.") Yes, I can tell the Hon.
of
Sir it INGLIS -1- esnectfaily submitted that, after the
atta3Peeeod °f the very place in which that address
-I:et, 4,, and I will too.-(Laughter.) It was in Crawford- Qpeik r had called upon the Hon. Member for Honiton, he
1e ij 3 anstone nadapuet another question from the chair-namely, "
.That
Was • en• Cant -square, in the borough of Marylebone.
the petitions do lie upon the thble?" Upon that queste
sad la Lig house rnan visited a tallow -chandler there, and it
the Hon. Member for Droitwich rose, and, therefore, the
tie e°f "Question." e that address.-(Great lhughter,
Hon Member for Honiton was not in poss.ession,-(Much
Celiora and ) Question 1 •Aye but this is the
11:ghter.1,h° Very ugly question it is too.-(Renewed cheering, and renewed confusion.) He took this ground
the utmost respect to the Chair, that the Hon. Member
tes'er9neel,oi There sits the Hon, Gentleman (said the Hon.
with
Honiton had net that audience of the. House. to which he
it:'ecist Party to Mr. Disraeli), the champion of the forPro-
would have been so well entitled if the intermediate question
th,.elied been
there sits the Hon. Gentleman-who says.
had not been put.- (Cheers.)
tol,tteferro`ilan the House, he would have voted against
The SPEAKER said that, according. to the rues ofetmhe-
leardigh neacaL-and yet that same Hon. Gentleman went
House, no debate could arise on petitions. The Horn. M
fet eni nandil'ulbe under the auspices of my Hon. Friend.
wardof the late M O'Connell and ut himself barfor .
'il)I
b ' Droitwich had risen to speak tot hat subject, and the
question resecting t o pe
a as.-- sent Marylebone borough on prin-
fgoest (Cheerie aril cries of " Question.") I have the thought it rightt that tthoes
ate stet Feet for the talents of the Hon. Gentleman ; but have elle oppordun y etmhebesruifdoerct Honof
ptountteloh.gouo.lffd
eoatiti Le 4. facts-facts in' which, I believe, the Honourable he thougpilhetaoknt.huaMut Hon. Member was still in
thns eet toe 'lf tllerriber for Nottingham (Mr. O'Connor) can phis motion,
thoughtossesl the- debate slnuld not proceed further, any Hon.
(lieu, hear, and cheering.) If the House
ro hand am wrong-and I again assert that, under
ti:e arid tlicd seal of the Honourable Member for Mont-
, rash e. t• le late Mr.however, that Mr. Forbes Mackenzie
Member was at liberty to move the adjournment of the.
House. The question,
fin
th "as sent down O'Connell, the Honourable Gen-
en. eHo -own to' High Wycembe. Ido not be heard must be first put.
the Gentlerofut•khan went to the whole extent. of the
is %ark. , the Charter. Ido not say he was quite up to Mr. A. HOPE attempted to address the House, but in
vain.
oottl'ellada;t°
evidence
he was a decided Liberal, I think there
horosyith ti‘leidlienee t Mr. DISRAELI said a.few words, but wwerseruenterrsetdoondethuillyn
inaudible by the buzz which prevailed.
0 prove.-(Question.) I have now
to say that the Hon. Member for Honiton bad. certainly
hed .i'leu of tl on- Gentleman. There he now sits the
Iv been n loProteetionist party-the Hon. Member who said, that after eleven o'clock he would not bring on the
ti Yesaibe
_candidate for Marylebone-a candidate for High motion. ut when these arrangements were made for the
D.4,11as wipuo. Liberal principles. I hope the lion. Gen- convenience of Members the House should,not be too severe
11'1"otrahtill'eln the snirit of his own prophecy-that if the
,440,,te.
~,),
theeearried` in their interpretation. ,
IWhkenatnlade
considering House returned
the
nature from the
o f
division it was eleven o c oo ,
we on this si e o
.. • 'd f the House will be
aso ao„,, electors-but meet me on the himings-an id 't
Dothere tso.f,Bso that he may what mattered ? it
the question-which he did not. think required a very long
meet that same tallow. chandler debate, if they did sit up a little later,
I, tecethia ki4ughter, and cries of " Question.") I will not was much more desirable that the subject should be disposed
all go awry; and lie collected the
pea it if foie further, nor would I have at all touched of than that theyshould
jekuler reatte Hon. Member had not in a most unusual feeling cf .he Mouse to be that the Hon. Alember for }billion
" and " Goon.")
net before °Peued the debate and gone into the whole sub- should speak.- N
-hal. prie the House. I will support the motion of my
e kr, b/at the Menaber for East 6 e "Withdraw,
j;rraewate‘Nr,iitihoigxeualwerinfo: confusion here arose, with cries of
We understood Sir Robert Inglis
,erha •sitAurr y..
able itli'a the ELIRow rose, after a pause of •a
few moments- to refuse to withdraw his motion that Mr. F. Mackenzie be
heard, and that motion was then put from the chair, and
.et/ me if a e Will not think it obtrusive or objection-
e ear, hanswer the questions of the Hon. Gentleman. negatived.
ces e.., ear,) 1 d
Cleo 'Plariaii,_ nayt propose to offer any very' length- Mr. LOCKE then rose, but was heard with difficulty
amidst the buzz and incoherent sounds which filled the at-
ei,, sale with hills of conduct. What the Hon. Gentle- would respond, to the
arOor tieerey ch an air of originality was said in the mod here of the House. He said he
%tajW"Stated times before. The House may not remember. best of his ability, to the feeling and wishes of the House,
bizi, OS' was n.Pon so insignificant a subject ;if they did, it and' would detain' them for as short a period as possible; fur
he felt that at that time of the night he could not expect
"e ha h quite unnecessary for the Hon. Gentleman to
th„,tu, anaie_raes, or that I should give an answer to them. that attention with which at an earlier period of the evening
--` 4(1 -'!'B, 40WeVer, to correct soma errors in matters of
the 10.,.. I trust the they might possibly have favoured him. Ho assured the
_ y g to h._
w,. near.)
Isroo .(Rear , House will hear' me whilst I explain House, however, that.
the stoppage of the Post-office was a
importaece, and one
that demanded a
The Hon. Gentleman was entirely subject of very great
and much more careful consideration than the House
Z„ Place :', hole statement. I never was a candidate for larger.
had bestowed. The House might be assured that in any
kuen****-(Iroo' close
the merits of the Re-orm Bill were in ques- .
n lour 'cal eheeri •
'etl e was pa cheering, and cries of Hear, ear.
„ h , That remar s .
3k he might make he had not the slightest intention
kr,. eltimi
an._dssed at the period to which the Honourable
of imputing blame to any Honourable adember, but this
sear. have be u es---(Renewed ironical cheers.) Whatever he would say, that the day on which the debate on
awleete, /
nen the eccentricity of my opinions on political this subject occurred, and the resolution passed, happened to
laa......(criaaas always-consistently opposed to the Reform be a day on which some races were held, and, consequently,
1' alg Part's ef " Hear, hear.") I in opposition to the
aley, and . ,was
eo, aye e_ in 'Deposition from no interested motives- Members, therefore, had been taken by surprise.-( Hear.)
iertaie eaPressed the o• • I have d to-night-I
41a1 T "eu them pinions ohe . . The Noble Lord the Member for Bath had undoubtedly made
saw ory epini
sa as the traditionary, historical, legitimate, his statement with great moderation, an. d however much he
?tight 4 great ;. Bof the people of this country, and when I (M cat ocke) might differ in opinion
• • • • ' with him as to the
beano-
tor 0 ,cal movement made b t which phon-of teru es
ti °r wane,. , y a par yto , h Ihe had laid down, there could
ahens whee I was opposed, Igave utterance to my sen-of his motives, of the mo-
of the urity and charity
doubt i .
tealgs, as a'eu the Reform Bill - deration with which de had propounded his views to the
thene oon edo ae__ I was propos! ,d I o osed the upon the great
of House. The Noble Lord bad dwelt much
eavaation4 ieaaah
hear) opposed the Whig settlement
number of petititions which had been presented to the House
hen .s'etre oe_•_••••• 'ar, -and I only accepted it because
, aeept ed -tin favour of the views he advocated. .1 petitionsc) was
e.,",1 totally mist ki *-
(Cheers.) But the Hon. Gentle-10a,,a or that I aen when he says that lam now op- not prepared to deny the number of to that ef-
aa'at, beeau ever at any time 'opposed to that settle-,
Any that se I was . e a•as feet or to deny that the greater number might be on the
Lord • but when it was remembered how
Nall at I ever
said in favour of Parliamentary finality e e side of the Noble,
s-(Elear, hear) -
was the process of getting up petition . , .
state wOlild Justify
anthing in this House or aut of it a
I naesydoubted whether the House would be jestified. in con-
enetnent. , ilea they Hon. Gentleman in making that , , .
et g the greatness of number as a basis tor settling such
ea.'aie oil thealre mei I went down to the borough of Wy-
ei
airmen as this-(Hear, hear)-or in accepting such a test
iiiyor Montro recommendation of m Hon. Friend the Mem-
afelu hlic o inion. These titions were not the safet guides
as °t
I3'°r ' that W I lived in that borough • I was bred OPU . .
40 nin that tower
the
_ln other incidents; and from this circumstance, as well in legislation, an
dangerous it was, to set in
House
What'NA,. to , itgelsbeieve that I now represent . how easy it was, but how
the organized machinery of the conventicle as to the
a th „ Which that bo situated. Hear.)( As to motion
'ad then neon, Gentle roug -Sabbatical observances in this country.-
eculiar mode of
so 4 talloeh
man says about Marylebone borough P t that ma-
dings of those who once se h
it 3 , the 11 audler, I will not dwell upon. That bo- (Cheers.) . The procee
was most unjustifiable. They did not e-
aeals, and id. Baronet, by some hap chance, now re re- ehinery in action
character of all other persons who did
Dann? ''' reviles_seaY by the aid of that tallow-chandler whom sitate to thedartkoen
subscribe to their peculiar tenets, and this
cafe'Pal
et; au Pport (A laugh )-although I dare say he is his not choose
to the House. During the last session he had
alo'n'°ll of th gr.- (Renewed laughter.) I have no re- he coned.. prove
the attention of the House to the sub-
Dr Yeti till, e circumstances excet that I believe I em- felt it his duty to call
elaion le' 'll.an• SPeakin 'ject of railway communication .
on Sundays, and he had made
,aaet,,,, this address- Irecall no ex-
, g generally, can
a motion respecting lines of railway not
'teal oP"esea-which • 1 cannot, of course, answer for the h. was at
that day. At that time the same active mac inery
leet
11,11111300 I
have
e,cs not in perfect unison with tihe ever work, and he had received several letters on the subject, theo
tlitioaetelvocate of paprTasmed htere. I dlistelaimhhhaavtiNnygasetyheer
tenor of which provei to him the mischief that wasprhe
11 hiR friendsate by the en ary fine i T
erha / Noble Lord (Lord J.Russell) and his
th tnentar repeat, I was opposed to that system of would. read to the House, merely as an instance of the vicious
to of ti,Y settlement, because it was opposed to the in- ' motives and feelings which actuated men who resorted to
eth o inians and con-
-4.ll,,ltleive f,„ e PartY wit hi h nnected and not those moans for influencing or coereme e p , .
I d on this
'len' not - raY Mind to the c interestswascoofthe ' t I duet of other men. and of the spirit that presai.e
.4.. . . further notice true . coun rah
question. The Hon. Member then read the following extract
etdaezto?orniona 1
uhhek those ludicrous misrepresentatims.
will from the letter :-" Although lam not personally acquainted
Th: aro to P
Sousa uPtiold.- (Cheers.)u Z 1 y youth I now maintain, and
with you, nor have ever seen you, but as I hear and read in
thee • •
For
- divided, when there appeared- the papers about you; and see the way you want to disturb
the motion
peaceful land, Scotland-my conscience compels me to
Against• "'" 100 our
it ~. - - ...
159
9eewrite you against the cursed Bill you want to pass in
Th. Ma' ' •
- tcotias jonty against the motion..• -na Parliament for compelling railways to run on Sala-
ams accordingly lost. bath, and to carry second and third-class passen-
. COLONIA ' gers. I will demand of you, and answer me
It_alr. ANs,,m., L AND FOREIGN COFFEE. in Scripture doctrine (if you are able), 'are you
sad rotted
to inquire
moved that a Select Committee be really thinking that you are greater than. your Maker, who
de • f"eian trnaihre into the declining state of the colonial made the whole universe? Are you making a law of your
frarieed;ean, este in celiac., and of the public revenue thence own to set the holy law of God at defiance? Do you want to
tideprrietign Whether such decline is attributable to any
,rob us of the day which God gave us to rest upoh and to
_ e bosh__ practise whether
by the sellers of coffee. or others, and as to -rk
hold. 1 Diyou want to rob God of the worship that is
oiirity of
a;eans of preventing such frauds. In 1846 the quan- dueeepto im on that day ? Do you want us to become agents
6, eniCtiLeetered for foreign export was 51,813,6511b5., for the devil because you are one? Do you think that
ti:'32o,so6lb3°uta' was 786,654/. In 1849 the antity was you are a gad yourself ? Do you think that you will rule
Isequantt *, upon which the duty was 643,2181. In 1816 over us like the Pope of Rome? Do you want to turn the
hoe ie
saaentered for home consumption was 36,793,0611b5., kingdom of God into a kingdom of devils? It seems to me
!!hole c:tttaa4,l it had sunk to 34,434,0941b5. During the that you think all these. 0, may God open your eyes and
,/ real coin- Period there was a decrease in the consumption
article, coin- while there was an increase of the fictitious a -your error, and make you wise (for indeed you
let you see
t be wise enough when you take anything to
Colonel Br • . d' not appear to
of
God).
Don't you hear God crying from
Stilted th 4CKALL seconded the motion. He refire- do with the
you,
'O, do not this abominable thing
!1./44a e cofiee planters of Ceylon, who desired that no die- Heaven to
r
saying Now, what is this abominable thing that
ion duty should be levied n chicory, but that some
"37 should which
I hhaetree? It is your violating his law. Do you think
They cur take place into the sudden depression in coffee. God says
cane., riveted from 25 000 to 30 000 acres of land, with a you are able to contend with God? You want to force
o'6'),lT f 1,280,000 L embarked' l / people from God to
thou
serve satan. You want to deprive
he ""°1• or 100 000 L , and a year y ont ay
ofof th • ting day, Art more just than
them eir res God?
ard on th ' , and were, therefore, entitled to be en
__ e subject Youcrucifying the Saviour a second time. You want
f sue kalA , •
areof hisglory. Have you never read the
tat, NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER need go no to rob him
God?
_.
dose farther than the II book of the law of nowesthou
K t not that God worked
so copse- on. Gentleman's own statements to show •
'ere sear a Committee would be. When the facts days himself, and rested on the seventh day, and he corn-
six .
Aare admitted.
what were they to inquire about? Remedies mended his creatures to do the same? not man alone he
(be suggested : it was admitt d .
" commanded thus, but also thebeasts
of the field that work
(Rear.) lie would not • e they were applicable.-of
for the man. He saw that theywould need a day rest,
esi . . go into the arguments he had used them seventh portion of time to rest from all
, 4 former occasion. If he
tradedpr and he gave a
r• 0 the manner in which the an excise inquisition
their earthly labours; and he said unto them, 'Remember
aa‘,ore
ee carried on, he would
be
.is month was over have the whole the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' It is a day made for man ;
The diminution- which had been referredole country in a flame..
is a day fur the worshipping of God particularly ; all
L° the i
th , importation of foreign coffee. to was attributable
it is
employments are to be laid aside that day. When
--a; at this n conclusion he said
neriod of the session the i the Sabbathl command was given to the children of Israel,
Prove to be • leas 1 nquiry proposed would
bdr. , a most boo one.- ( le„.)
they were bound tokeep
ale GIBSON agreed it would be useless to for I entirely disapprove of your
In 1 ee • is
ee ra' tt a had been appoint a 13* doings vex My soul greatly,
ey suggested i
%kit h , a remedy n a petition '
ill If you would send a Bill before Parliament to stop all
the dun e presented, which was, that they should equalise railways running on Sunday in Great Britain, then I would
4 Protest
on foreign and colonial coffee.. Colonial coffee had not only be pleased with. you, but would
b o Idpray God for a bless-
ket ar luag duty de() per cent., and it kept out of the mar-acted the reverse,
ing on your head ; but since you hate
.quite
Forst e nigh. flavoured coffee, and chicory was u-ea with the hi trying to establish a carnal law against the spiritual law
. orst cafe
lo the . e•of Ceylon. They declared they had confidence of God my prayer will be for a curse on your head as
(he
8 y)i:ciple of free trade.--(Cries of " -Oh oh." Gi long as' you t• ein your evil practices, and on every
wit said b h f bu :in •• his coffvee
,e British farmer the benefit 0 3 h c one else thactcaismuof the same mind as ourself." That
Sir
./ telPg burdened with protection.
of , , , letter was only a sample of the many of the same
(Lae • IYRELL said he was a grower cnicore.- kind which had come to him during the year. [The
furghter.)lt was considered profitable crop.-(Laughter.) reading of the • d with much laugh•
passage was receive , Itnished a
a labour, for the purpose of •
ter 1 II
brniin . . great amount of e had alluded to this letter for the purpose of warn-
y,„ ing the Noble Lord and his supporters in these opinious, that
to tali 41t into the market in a proper state.-(Hear.) `-'l' voting for the promotion • t f th•
a limo the refused to and practical enforcemen o is
j),llt dut c Chancellor of the Exchequer had peculiar doctrine of Sabbatical observance could do no raged 3r, upon it. It was used with coffee, as it was sup- sible good, and would on d ' -• I
it, and ° give the Mocha flavour.--(Laughter ) He repeated hear)-and to show to end in a violent re-action--(Hear
it, a GIVe the Mocha fiavour.-.-(Laughter) He repeated hcar)-and to show to publ itan a't io ent re-action-- Hear
tau,rassttood by it.who entered upon this ,
Then as to the price, it was an impor- dangerous question what') kind men
fupersons they were by 1
ita.ptsed ter in the consideration of this subject. As to being whom this agitation was carried on. The resolution he had
gllano . ,t,'Pon, the agriculturists suffered in the purchase of 1 to move was as follows :---.. That, whilst this House acknow-
use eeitaut as far as the use of chicory was concerned, the 1 ledges with satisfaction the diminution in the amount of a Soperi' was found beneficial to the poor, who got thereby Sundae, labour' effected by the ;scent arrangements in the
Chancel' article than they otherwise could obtain. If the
self, that ienetf the post-office, it cannot but be sensible of the public incon-
Exchequer became an agriculturist him- venience which has arisen from the total cessation of any
t'ltsite, urest would be better protected upon the benches i
dentvery or collection of letters on Sundays, and that an
aln, A.Nerea-e.
Ane if ---L'. replied. ' humble address be therefore presented to her Msjesty, pray-
ouse theft. . ing that she will be graciously pleased to cause an inquiry to
For tl divided, when there appeered-the amount of Sunday labour might not
le motion be made, whether 1
t• *
Against it - ...
- „.. ... 60 be reduced wi 'thout c..rnplete y put ing an end to the collec-
Mato • '''' ••• •-• •• • 205 and delivery of letters,
&e., on Sundays; and that, pend-
'on
St ND ntY ••• . 145' tiinquiry,
her Majesty will be graciously pleased to
AY Rl' - ..'
*-- ing such
and delivery of letter:, &c.,
On Rl's IN . dcrs that the collection _
~
an,, ,ur re-admission a , THE POST-OFFICE. grve ter
11 be continued as heretofore. In the first
re uoatie turn of al ion to the gallery it was eleven o'clock, i on Sundays, shall
4rildetion of
wilici; Leeks had arrived to bring forward the place he would say that her Majesty's Government had not
the amount of labour in the
the delivery
of the r
he had given notice, for the virtual re- ! received that credit fur
reducingto which they were justly entitled.-
,ereevery on beams !gulations in the rostooffice regarding ' Post-office on Sunday
.oaithenaißßEszes sof letters and newspaers, I (Hear, hear.) The
BNoble Member for Bath had ed-
i t midst of noiso KENZIE was upon his legs, speaking ' mitts!, indeed, that great efforts had been made, and
exertions, but he felt
gnathure 'Lust
1,0_,c and confusion, and expressing the hope great good had been effected by those
of odd they had done
bring it''''t Cake ea.iu ti proceed with the motion at so late ; strongly that the aggregate amount
l.
`• Ca ~ tarty g.d before the public
iOn 4, after ten
The Hon. Mover had said he would not had not been properly or sufficiently p c
' 'which sever 0, eo,„or eleven o'clock.- ("Oh, oh •;" i who should become better acquainted with
a the great reduc-
could not c)ll'u• Mand lent in Sunday
obtain tethers
great confusion, in the midst of 1 tions that had been made by the Governu ,
d extracts
. sir R. IN a hear tried to address the House, but 1 Post-office labour. The Hon. Member .
i GUS tem'ag) here quota
not be h Tlill in order to
show the
had on th -'" that a fulland fair discussion from the report of Mr. Rowland _ ~
I- in the nit ne y-order
, lion. iv star . e bosonlaid
could great extent of the reduction of laeour . _ Hill
said
0,000, had said at that hour of the night. The dep a-11-tient of the Post office. On this point elr.
ecos.4 ,anight......(„ d( cvsould not bring it on after eleven ...." St ill I was of opinion that with whatever inconvenience..
'49 119nOlitAble Me 111 g° On ;" " No, no.")
nibera the 1 the improvements might be attended, they would be ac
tit prolented petitiOnii fOr . opted by the public it accompanied by another rlea4ure

conferring an equivalent advantage, an opinion which, not-
withstanding some complaints, has, on the whole, been jus-
tifi dby the result. :Such a measure, as your Lordship will
remember, was at that time under consideration, and had
long been regarded as a desideratum, viz., the transmission
of the ' forward' letters through London oa the Sunday,
with a view to their delivery on the Monday morning, a
measure which I felt confident might be effected, not only
without any addition to Sunday labour, but even, when taken
in all its bearings, with a great reduction thereof. Even in
the London office, on which alone the labour of such transmis-
sion would fall, I saw reason to believe that in the event the
total amount of Sunday labour, so far from being increased,
would be actually diminished by the improvement. I need
not remind your Lordship how fully this anticipation has
been confirmed by experience. With these views pre-
pared, under your Lordship's instructions, the minute of the
3d of February, 1849, submitting the combined measures,
of closing the provincial offices throughout. England and
Wales on the Sunday, as a general rule, from ten o'clock
to five; of restricting their Sunday deliveries in all
eases to one, and, on the other hand, of ' providing for
the transmission on the Sunday of the ' forward' let-
ters through London, so as to be delivered on the Monday."
There was an epitome of the whole report in an able article
in the Nit number of the Quarterly Review, to which he
requested the attention of the House. Tee llonourable
Member then read the following extract ;-" On the 7th
of January, 1849, the money order Sunday business was
-finally suspended throughout England and Wales, thus
suddenly relieving 450 provincial post-offices; on the let of
April, 1849, the suspension of the money -order Sunday
business was extended to Ireland and Scotland, thus re
lievieg 234 additional offices; on the 28th of October, 1849,
the provincial pesteoffices throughout England and %Vales
were not only as a general rule closed on Sunday from ten
o'clock to five, but their deliveries on that day were restricted
to one. By these measures 508 provincial post-offices were
closed for about three additional hours. In 191 post towns,
233 deliveries were discontinued, and 3CB letter-carriers re-
lieved of one hour and a half each of Sunday duty. On the
29:h of December, 1649, in the suburbs of London, beyond
the three-mile circle, the early Sunday delivery was trans-
ferred to a very late delivery on Saturday night, by which
191 persons were entirely relieved from Sunday dirty; on the
13th of January, 1850, in the provincial post-offices through-
out England and Wales, further extensive relief was given-
1, by the discontinuance of a large number of Sunday
mails; 2, by the disuse of money pre-payments for all
inland letters, by which restrictions 576 provincial post-
offices and about 4,000 dependent offices were closed on
an average for four additional hours." The effect of the
several measures adopted by the Post-office had been to
relieve every Sunday upwards of 6,000 persons, on an
average, for five hours and a half each.-( Hear, hear.)
Those general reductions were in the act of being made
when the Noble Lord the Member for Bath introduced his
measure to the House, and when the House, forgetting all
that had been done and was being done, stopped the entire
postal service of the country on Sundays, in the expectation
that Sunday labour would be stopped at the same time. He
(Mr. Locke) wias strongly of opinion there was no reduction
of Sunday labour. There might be the shifting of labour
from one class of employes to another, but there was no re-
duction in the amount of labour necessary for carrying on the
required communication of the country. - (Hear.) It was
true that letters and newspapers must remain in the Post-
office until Monday morning, but arrangements were made
for the employment of persons to deliver newspapers totally
distinct from the Post-office. The railway companies had set
the example of carrying newspapers to every station of the
line, and had them delivered on Sunday. In the great towns
of Liverpool and Manchester, and in other towns, there was
a distinct class of persons organized to deliver newspapers. -
(Hear, hear.) In a letter from Mr. Heywood it was stated
that he was ready to establish boys, like the Post-office, for
the delivery of letters. In a letter from Willmer and Smith,
of Liverpool, they stated that they would deliver newspapers
by their own messengers on the Sunday morning.- (Hear. )
He also begged to refer to another communication
from a correspondent in the Times, who stated that be and
his father for thirty years had been booksellers and news-
paper agents, and that they never had sold any newspapers
on the Sunday. The newspapers were sent to the sub-
scribers, and they visited them for the cash ; but now they
had to employ several messengers to go about the town and
perform what had been done by four postmen. Then there
were placards posted on the walls stating that newspapers
would be delivered, and there was scarcely a beershop in the
town that was not taking in Sunday newspapers under the
new regime.-(Hear, hear.) Could any one doubt that by
the division of labour it was necessary to employ a larger
amount of persons than were employed when the business
was conducted through one channel? But that was not all.
Those facilities were open only to the rich.-(Hear, hear.)
The poor man could not get a special messenger or send par-
cels by the railway train.- (Hear, hear.) He begged to read
an extract from the letter of a surgeon, who stated that he
came from the country to attend a funeral which was to
have taken place on Monday, but on his arrival he found a
letter had been sent to him, stating that the funeral was
postponed to Tuesday. The consequence was, that during
his absence one of his patients died. He (Mr. Locke) also
called attention to a letter from the superintendent of a
lunatic institution, stating the difficulties that would arise in
communicating with the relatives of patients under the new
system. He likewise read a letter from a medical gentleman
referring to the Nardship which that system would cause to
the poor in cases of sickness, and a letter from Dr. Laycock.
of York, to thaSsameeffect.-(Hear, hear.) A letter posted
on Saturday afternoon would not be delivered until the Mon-
day morning following, though the destination was only a
few miles, and that delay would be felt throughout the whole
country.-(Hear, hear.) The morning mails would be only,
available to the extent of 200 miles, and the detention of the
delivery beyond that extent must cause serious inconve-
nience. A vessel sailing from the Thames called at certain
places on the count, at Dover, Plfmouth, and other places, to
receive dispatches, and that vessel might sail on a Sunday,
or a vessel from Hull might sail on Sunday, and in such
cases the passengers often availed themselves of the Sunday
night's mail to communicate with their friends, but that ad-
vantage was now taken from them, and it should not be
taken away on light grounde.-:--(Hear, hear.) But is the
Noble Lord to limit the application of this measure to the
Post-office ? Why not comprehend other public depart-
ments and private establishment,? Why were domestic ser-
vants to be deprived of that rest which was
.essential for the
Post-office ? - (Hear, hear.) Because, if they asserted
that principle in its entirety, the whole country would
see the extent of the mischief, and that it woult, in fact,
overturn the whole framework of soeiety.-(Hear, hear.)
How he asked, were they to rest on the Sabbath, an d what
was ;he rest they were to enjoy. Was it relaxation, or fa-
t
mily intercourse, or innocent recreation ?-(Hear, hear.) It
was the preparing of the mind for great religious and moral
impressions-purifying the heart by the contemplation of
God's works, and resting from labour-stirring up in the
mind the precepts of Christian charity and duty, on which a
man may meditate during hours of toil-that was the rest of
christianized and humanized men, and constituted that so; t
cf society that made families happy, communities contented,
and nations free and prosperous. In conclusion he begged
to move the resolution.
Mr. ROEBUCK seconded the resolution, and did so be•
cause he had not had an opportunity of expressing any opi-
nion with respect to the resolution that had been passed by
the House. He took it that those persons who had aided in
passing that resolution had been actuated by one of two
opinions. One opinion was, that the matter was a religious
matter; the other was, that it was one cf mere policy and
convenience. When they came to discuss the matter those
opinions crossed one another, and, as the disputants might
happen to be affected, each opinion was employed in refe-
rence to this subject. He would take the liberty to separate
them, and bring them, as far as lie could, clearly, and defi-
nitely before the House, and would ask the House upon
which of the two, or upon both, they were determined to
rest their decision.-(Hear.) Directly and broadly he
would assert, that as a religious question the House of Com-
mons had no right to deal with it. He had been told by
those who claimed for themselves the right to express an
opinion to the House that their opinion was that the House
had no right to thrust down the throats of laymen a religious
opinion.-(Hear.) Who would come forward to vindicate
that right? Was it the Dissenters of this country? Were
they, of all other men, to do so, who instructed their repre-
sentatives to come to that House and say there should be no
State Church, and who asserted also that there should he
perfect freedom of religious opinion? - (Hear. ) How could
these very men sign petitions insisting that it was the duty
of the House to enforce what they called the observance of
the Sabbath?- (Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Roebuck) de-
nied totally that the Sabbath was known to the Christian
religion.-( Hear, hear.) He spoke it seriously and
gravely.-(Hear, hear.) He was not speaking there for the
purpose of exciting any opinion but that of conscientious and
deep concern for the interests of the country, and he asseited
that so far as Great Britain was concerned, this was not a
question within the competence of the House of Commons,
for it was not the Jewish Sabbath they were endeavouring
to enforce, it was the Christian Sunday-a thing very dif-
ferent from the Jewish Sabbath-(Hear, hear)-and none
of the canons against the breach of the Jewish Sabbath
could be properly directed against any act performed on the
Christian Sunday.- (Hear, hear.) If he 'wanted an autho-
rity, he could go back to the great fathers of the Protestant
Church, beginning with Luther and going on to Calvin and
other authorities of that Church ; and every one of them
said that the Christian Sunday was what the Church called
a feast day-it was not marked' by ascetic observances,
it had nothing to do with the Biblical Sabbath, it was a day
of rest, a day set apart fur human observances and far hu-
man purposes, and upon human grounds he was to justify
his proof of that assertion.-(Hear, hear.) He did not pre-
tend to argue with any other man respecting his religion-
with. that he had nothing to do ; it was a question for him
and the great Author of his being, he had no desire to inter-
fere with them, and would that the same humility would
persuade other men to abstain from forcing their opinions
upon others.- (Hear, hear.) The second matter was the
political observance of the state; and he came to it with a
full knowledge of the great benefits which mankind derived
from a day of rest. Every man who worked with anything
like seriousness or consecutivness with head or hand must be
grateful to an institution that gives him peace one day in the
seven. No man could more fully understand the value of
such a day than one who belonged to his profession; and if
an observance was established that gave him relaxation on
the seventh day, he was most humble and grateful for
such means being provided for him.- (Hear, hear.
But let them understand what that meant. Let it not berun away with by a word or a name, and let them ask what
they wished to consider es rest.-(Hear, hear.) Rest to the
body and to the mind to the largest number of the commu-
nity to whom it can be afforeed.- (Hear, hear.) How could
it be afforded to the largest number? There were certain
works of absolute necessity, that could not be got rid of;
but necessity was a narrow word.-(Hear, hear.) Then
came:that which mankind might consider not altogether a
matter of need or necessity, but of habits become almost
such. - (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord talked of the work
of postmen on Sunday-that he would discuss presently,-
(Hear, hear.) Where was the difference between the post-
man's work and the labour of the servant, who in the
morning laid with parade their Sunday's breakfast table,
and who prepared the coach to go to church, and
brought it back again for that humble servant of the
Lord who had ridden to church to pray?-(Hear, hear.)
How many of them who had signed the petitions bad
confined themselves to the necessities of the Sabbath ?-
(Hear, hear.) What were the necessities of the Sabbath? A
healthy man required a crust of bread and a glass of water
for his food for twelve hours. Was there any man who con-
fined himself to that?- (Hear, hear.) There is an Hon.
Gentleman opi osite who is at the head of a large brewing
concern, and he wanted to know from him if they malted oa
a Sunday ?-(Hear, hear.) In doing so, were they workers
in a matter of necessity ? It was said that malting required
e:ght days, and that it was necessary to give the community
an
argumentte
good beer, therefore Mum and Co. malt on a Sunda3'n.
(Laughter.)
lleAd nhde
nfoutrtahreirghthtatno
ituhttaitt,rahte a e wanted
dto know
how many public-houses wire open in which beer was so
works of necessity? [An HON. MEMBER-Not
allusions. ]-Ile dtd rot know that Meux by personal
and Co were Mem-
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but
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ing,e:tant when it affected our interests.
work of necessity ? The poor man worked hard forw wasd a
in the week. His education was not like that of genxtlerls
that House. The mere writing of a letter for working

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1850.

man was a matter of trouble, it cost him time ; but he wrote
it on hii dafeTt rest. Take the case of a factory worker,
employed from six to six, managing to write a letter to
his wife, or some member of his family in the country. He
wrote it upon the. Sundry. According to the old system
he deposited it in the Post-office on the Sunday, or, as
the case . might be, received his letter on the Sunday.
There was no such thing new.--(Hear, hear.) But
with regard to the education of the poor man, it was itn-
possible he could be all day at church; or that his mind
could be 'dedicated for so many hours to religious observance.
Which then was the best—that he should have a Sunday
paper, or go to the pothouse? The pothouse was open, but
the newspaper box was shut; and he might not have his'
newspaper, though he might have as much gin as he liked.
(Hear, hear.) Then it was said that the new system was
an abridgment of Sunday labour; but, he asked, did it
abridge Sunday labour? As he had already said, it was the
duty of the State to secure the greatest q'iantity of real rest
for the largest portion of the people; but bow was that to
be done?. By combination, and by employing the great arts
which had been discovered for facilitating intercourse, which
had made towns nearer to each other than villages in their
suburbs were formerly. Liverpool was nearer London
nowoso thanof
thosllei gsha
Igoe:ammowas
means,
hvbu.
hnyd,r e dt
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haogoo, ldthwreoubgeh
ptrhee.
vented from enjoying the advantage of these great dis-
coveries? The Post-office was a cheap, easy, and
expeditious messenger for the letters of the poor
man. To shut it up, then, for a time, was to prevent the
poor man, during that time, from availing himself of that
cheap, easy, and expeditious mode of rending his letters.
Let the man be placed 100 miles from London, with his
family in the metropolis. He was taken suddenly ill on the
Saturday' night, and everybody knew how sudden were such
visitations; but the next day, being Sunday, he could not
send a letter through the post to communicate his condition
,to his family. But if he were a person who was rich, he
could dispatch his servant by the railway. The railway car-
ried the rich man's servant, who was his messenger; but the
railway would carry a hundred thousand letters which might
be so many messengers for poor men.— (Hear, hear.) But
the poor man was cut off from all possibility of rending his
message, and he was obliged to linger, away from his family,
unable to communicate with them,just because a pharasaical
House of Commons bad said the Post-office should be closed
upon the Sunday. They had, hoseever, been told that the
House had been taken by surprise. The word was a very
happy one. Though they voted for the resolution, a large
number of Members never believed it would ever be carried
into execution— (Hear)—and he believed the only surprise
had been perpetrated by the Noble Lord at the head of the
Government.—(Hear.) The Noble Lord took the House at
its word; he accepted an unexpected majority for a defined
and positive opinion; he had put it into effect; and the Noble
Lord had done great evil (as we understood) by so doing. But
it was said there were many petitions for the change. Yes;
there came the clergyman and the minister with," Will you
not sign the petition against postal labour on the Sabbath ?"
and down went the name. The petition then came up to
the House of Commons. "What are you going to do ?"
said one Member to another. To which he replied, " I know
it will not be carried, so I will vote for it."—(Hear, hear.)
Unluckily it had been carried.—(Hear, hear.) He must say
lie had now, for twenty years, seen the question fought in that.
House with a full belief that it would never be carried; but
it had been carried, and the very people who had signed
petitions for it—hundreds and thousands of them—now
turned round and said they never contemplated such would
be its consequences.—(Hear, hear.) He appealed to Hon.
Gentlemen on both sides whether they had not in converse
with Members of that House, and in converse out of the
House, frequently heard the statement, "I never be-
lieved it would be carried, and I could not believe that such
would be the consequence of it."—(Hear hear.) What
was it. then, which had been done ? Why, all that had
been done was this—that a letter arriving at its destination
lay there the whole of Sunday without being delivered. The
railway travelled upon the Saturday night and the Sunday
night, but the letters would not be delivered until Monday.
The only persons, therefore, who were freed from labour
were the deliverers of the letters. By the combination and
arrangements of the Post-office a very few persons had
been enabled to do the duty of delivery upon Sunday ; hut,
wanting those arrangements and facilities which the Post-
office necessarily acquired, a great number would rudely do
that which the Post-office had done well ; and, so far
from abridging labour on Sunday, it would be multiplied
fivefold, But there was yet another step. By Act of Par-
liament society had been told there was one thing which
they should not do, and that was to carry a letter. Now,
the ordinary habits of society would induce the
public to say " You are not jastified in inter-
fering with the free exercise of men's liberty; and
what is there to justify the State in saying that a sheet
of paper folded in a peculiar way, and addressed in a par-
ticular manner, shall not be carried except by the State ?"
But what did the State, on the other hand ? Whilst prohi-
biting individuals from carrying letters it undertook to carry
them itse:f ; and therefore if he could prove he had de-
rived injury fairly and clearly from the arrestetion of his
letters by the order of the Post-office, he had a fair action
against the party who had so injured him. What, how-
ever, was taking place, and this affected the moral part of
the question? The Honourable Member for Hooiton had
read some advertisements announcing the measures that in-
dividuals we e taking in consequence of the closing of the
Post-office on Sunday; for, could any body think that this
moving energetic society would be " cribbed, cabinned,
been
carried?confined"
Not
iv
ata aresolution
societylike
tht would
rudely that which the Post-office did well, which would be which
obliged i e(1 had
t bo
re-
quire the employment of five men where only one was
employed before.—(Hear, hear.) Looking, therefore, at
the question in a practical point of view Le asserted that the
House cf Commons had no right to inflict such a resolution
upon the community ; and if any man said was one for
the observapce of the Sabbath, he denied his right to make.
that assertion, and declared it was nothing less than re-
ligious bigotry. The House had nothing to do with the re-
ligious question; then it came to a question of political exi
gency. On this point it was clear that the pretence ot,
abridging labour upon the Sunday was leading to a direct
and positive increase of it. That increase would progres-
from week to week; and It would gradually break up all the,
arrangehrenlS,ef the Post-office. It would eventually shake.
that institution ter its base, for when once the people had
been taught to look to themselves for the carriage of letters;
great difficulty would certainly be found in inducing them to
return to the Post office.— (Hear.)
Lord ASHLEY said it was by no means his intention to
enter into the length and breadth of this question, because
he considered it already to some extent decided. (Hear,
and some cries of .‘ Oh, oh.") The House had adopted a re-
olution upon the subject. The resolution so adopted had
been carried to her Majesty under the advice of her respon-
sible Ministers, her Majesty had givenorders for the closing
of the Post-office, and he (Lord Ashley), in the name of those
he represented, demanded that a full and fair trial should be
had of that resolution. Let the House consider how the
question stood. The resolution was carried on the 30th
May, and shortly afterwards the Minister of the Crown de-
clared her Majesty's intention to carry its terms into effect.
But within twenty days after the order having been given'
for the closing of the Post-office, a proposition was made to
rescind the resolution; and he wished to ask whether within
so short a period anybody could undertake to say a full, fair,
and sufficient trial had been given ? Let the House see the
manner in which it had been brought into operation. Let
them read the terms in which the order was couched. Let
him, too, call attention to an almost unprecedented matter
in the history of Parliament. A question was asked from a
Minister ot the Crown, whether certain facilities would be
given for the purpose of carrying the resolution into effect,
when not only was the answer that no facilities would be
given, but a very strong opinion was expressed by the Mi-
nister that petitions should be got up and presented to the
House to reconsider its decision.—(Hear, hear.) He there-
fore maintained that there had not been a full, fair, and
satisfactory trial of the resolution. The number of signa-
tures to the petitions presented in its favour had been very
nearly 700,00 J, whilst those presented against it
since
notice had been given of an
3,509 ; and the number presented
ainmouitnstedfavtoo onlur,
intention to rescind the order, had been as ten to one
against, compared with those for it. Surely, then, some
strong grounds were required to call upon the House to re-
vere a decision of such a nature ; and he asked the House
eieer
whether either the mover or the seconder of the proposition
had adduced any facts to shake, in the slightest degree, the
previous opinion of the House ? Where was the inconvenience,
iat
There ihuaamda bbheeree
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from
towns o u
contrary, there had
benefit which had resulted from it, and prayingthe Govern-
ment not to be a party to rescind the
hear.) The facts, therefore, did not prove inconvenience ;
but they showed this, that ithose who wished to rescind the
resolution were true to their own principles they must
open the Post-office in London. (Hear, hear.) Every
evil that, had been quoted in the country would exist
in a tenfold degree if the Post-office in the metropolis
were opened. The Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Locke)
had quoted instances of inconvenience to parties
connected with lunatic asylums; bat' was not that
precisely the case of every lunatic asylum the metropo-
lis? The metropolis
was the great concentration of all
the lunatic asylums in the country—(A laugh) - and the
cases were precisely analogous. He maintained, therefore, that
there was something more for the House to consider than the
mere rescinding of the resolution, inasmuch as all the argu-
ments of inconvenience to the country pressed wish tenfold
more force upon the metropolis. But he did not believe incon-
venience had occurred here, for the system had prevailed for
several years, and he had yet to learn what difficulty re-
sulted from it. Was it not, further, the case when a proposi-
tion was made a few years ago to open the Post-office in the
metropolis, that it excited a degree of opposition a hich made
it quite impossible for the establishment to advance.a single
step towards it?—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman, how-
ever, said he must warn the House, because of the way in
which petitions had been got up. No doubt there were
various arts employed in the getting up of some peti-
tions; but some reference must be made in determining
both to the quality as well as the number of
persons signing. Could the petition from Glasgow be sup-
posed to have been got up as the Hn. Gentleman had de-
scribed? The gentlemen who signed that petition were ca-
pable of judging for themselves. They were not liable
to the charge of influence. Yet out of fifty-one members of
the town council, forty-one had signed the petition; also
twenty-two surgeons, sixty-eight procurators, and brokers,
merchant., manufacturers, and capitalists to the number of
no less than 500. Nearly 200 merchants, bankers, and
others had signed the petition from Liverpool, and a great
number of the same class that from Birmingham. All these
petitions bore a character of not having been signed by par-
ties ignorant of what 'they were doing. He therefore was
not prepared to say that the new system had had a full, fair,
and satisfactory trial. The question had been argued al-
ready, and he stood upon two ;Tints- first, that there was
the example of the metropolis, in which no mischief bad
ever occurred from closing the Post-office upon the Lord's-
day ; and next that the resolution had
bet. en carrth ied, and
that her Majesty's Ministers accept i Hetherefore
demanded a full, fair, and satisfactory trial of it.
The Honourable Gentleman had warned him against en-
couraging a spirit of puritanism. He denied that he
did. He put it - mainly upon the ground that it
under- ;
was an act of justice to over-
worked
right and
call upon them paid men
to
and he denied that there was any
do work not absolutely necessary. This language made no
impression on his mind—(Hear)—and he only alluded to it
to show the Hon. Gentleman that the strong feeling to which
he had alluded was not all confined to one side on this ques-
tion. He would conclude by repeating that the House was
bound in respect to the large number of petitions to which he
had referred, in respect to the dignity of the Crown, and in
respect to its own consistency, togive this measure a full,
perfect, and sufficient )
Mr. AGLIONBY rose amidst cries of "Divide." He said
the Noble Lord had asked if this measure had had a full and
sufficient trial. He (Mr. Aglionby) would answer that it
l
had already been tried too long, andhe regretted exceed-
ingly that it had had any trial at all.—(Hear, he
ar.) No-
thing
thing cold so much tend to the desecration of the Sabbath
as the very measure of the Noble Lord (Lord Ashley). It
was Bowing the seeds of vice in the large towns in the coun-
try, and in his own borough (Cockermouth )
he could state
that it was driving to public-houses on a Sunday twee who
formerly frequented the Mechanics' institute,

Sir R. INGLIS, in rising to address *the House, felt that
he was about to take the place which ought to be occupied by
a Tember of her Majesty's G Nernment, because the present
was a question in which the honour of their Royal Mistress
w f
concerned.—(Oh,
oh.) The Ministry aright have come
do n to the House and asked them to rescind the order
be re they submitted it to the Crown for approval; but,
of r what had taken plat", the Government now ought to
de end the course which they had recommended the Sove-
rei fn to adopt. Did the House know how the employes in
th Post-office had spent the first Sunday during which this
m asure had liberated thernirom their ordinary duties? At
Bristol between 40 and 50 of them assembled to render thanks
to God for the boon which bad been conceded to them; in
Manchester, 65 of them attended the church of gip Rev. H.
Stpwell, who took an active part in the movement; and at
Liberpool, 75 Post-offiee clerks and letter carriers walked to
church four abreast on the occasion. The Hon. Gentleman
then referred to the evidence adduced by Lord Overstone
Winn Mr. Jones- Loyd) before a Committee in 1838, with
regard to the great moral good accruing from the cessation of
thep ordinary pursuits of the week on Sundays, and concluded
1.4
h calling on the House to adhere to its previous decision.
ord JOHN RUSSELL—Sir, the Honourable Gentleman
w o has just sat down has appealed so directly to the Go-
vernment, that Icannot help rising to explain the position
in which we stand with regard to this question. My lion.
Friend will not deny that the proposition originally made
did not meet with our support. But my Hon. Friend seems
to'forget the circumstance that it is not in our own power to
withhold from the Sovereign an address passed by this
Hbuse.—(Hear, hear.) The House having agreed to the
address, and Members of this House being Members of the
Privy Council, we-did not think we could have been justi-
fied in withholding that address from the Crown, which this
Huse had directed should be preseutel to her Majesty, and
this is a case of the particular difference which, as I stated
on a former cccasion, draws a distinction between an address
and a simple resolution of this House which remains on its
journals, and may be erased or rescinded on the following
day. Well, having accordingly presented the eddress to her
Majesty, we were bound to give some advice respecting it,
and I own it appeared to me, and in a consultation my col-
leagues were of the same opinion, that the only course
we could pursue was to advise her Majesty to comply
with the address.—(Hear, hear.) At the same
time I did not disguise from the Sovereign,
any more than my Honourable Friend has not disguised
bis sentiments from the House, that that vote of the House
of Commons was not in accordance with our opinions.
(Hear, hear.) I certainly could have wished that this sub-
ject had not come on again so soon for consideration. How-
ever, the question is now brought before me, and I am bound
to express my opinion and record my vote on the subject. I
own that I do not think the shutting of the Post-office on
Sundays is a question perfectly analogous to the practice of
ordinary labour on the Sunday. ; nor do I either think it a
question that is to be determined by the number of great
bankers in easy tircumstances who are ready to support
either view with respect to it.— (Hear, hear.) 'With regard
to the Post-office, there is this distinction between
Sunday labour there and other classes of Sunday
labour, namely, that the cessation of Sunday labour
in the Post-office does not confine the delay in the trans-
mission of letters from ono place to another to one day only,
but extends to two days. A party writing from London
to Glasgow has his letters delayed partly in London,
partly on the road, and partly at Glasgow. The con-
sequence is, that if you shut up the Post-office on Sunday,
there will be one day of the week which is a day of rest
at the London Post-office, and another day's rest from
the labour performed in the provincial post. offices. But if
you decide that in every part of the country the Post-office
shall be closed in the same way on Sunday, it is evident that
there is more than one day out of the seven during which the
interruption of the communication will extend. Letters
could not be delivered until Monday morning. and, there.
fore, postal communication is not similar to those questions
which regard most other species of Sunday labour and the
laws and regulations which the country hes adopted with
respect to them. Now, as to the consequences which flow
from such a regulation as the one now enforced in compli-
ance with the recent address from this House, I do not
think, as I have already stated, that commercial correspond-
ence is the chief matter to be considered.—(Hear, hear.) I
think if it was merely commercial correspondence that is
concerned, it would be quite right to stop all labour in the
Post-office on Sunday, and that persons at Manchester or
Glasgow, who are engaged in commercial affairs should not
have their business correspondence delivered to them on
Sunday. As far as concerns commercial men in these
towns, there is nothing to prevent them from carrying on
their business on another day. But it is a very different
question as far as regards the family and domestic
affairs of the community, because it concerns their gene-
ral well-being, or the voyages of individuals from abroad,
and still more because it concerns the illness, and it may be
the imminent danger, of near and dear relatives. And, Sir,
I cannot lose sight of this circumstance, that here is a par-
ticular department of the state peculiarly charged with the
business of carrying letters, and armed with all the powers of
the state for preventing other persons from interfering to
perform that duty.—(hear.) It is therefore charged ex-
clusively, and takes upon itself exclusively to perform this
particular duty. Supposing it conveys a letter on a Saturday
evening from London, informing a daughter that her tither
is dangerously ill, and unless she sets out immediately she
may never see him again alive, or receive his blessing; and
supposing that that letter having arrived in a provincial
town early on Sunday morning, is there detained for 24 hours,
in the post-office, while the daughter, knowing, perhaps, of
her father's illness, is suffering all the agonies of protracted
anxiety during these 24 hours, until she is at length
permitted to see her letter. I remember there was a case
that excited much attention not very long ago—the case
of the Duchess of Sutherland—whose father was dying at
Castle Howard. It was generally thought at the time very
hard that she should not have been allowed to enter the
railway carriage to proceed to see her father before he ex-
pired, and the occurrence attracted much attention, owing
to the rank and conspicuous position of the person to whom
the refusal was made. But this very circumstance which
shocked the minds of so many people, from the apparent
barbarity, and cruelty of preventing a daughter from going
to her father, we might have repeated at present, under the
recent postal change, every Sunday ; but with this differ-
ence, that the hardship would be confined to poor families,
who could pay a penny for a letter, but who could not afford
to send a telegraphic message or a parcel by railway; and
this might occur in 50 or 100, or even in 300 instances for
what we know, every time we detained letters in the Post-
office on Sunday. 1 own that I think, if we are to adopt
this motion, we should take it in the sense in which I con-
ceive it is intended, namely, for an inquiry whether you
cannot confine the delivery of letters on Sunday within
such a short time as will enable the clerks in the post-offices
of these towns to attend Divine service, and enjoy some re-
creation. I think that is an object which is very desirable,
and which, as far as I can judge, it would be far from impos-
sible to attain. If that is the case, then, I certainly should
consider it would be better to omit the last words of the reso-
lution, and that, instead of reverting to the former rule
pending the proposed inquiry, it would be advisable to con.
tinue the present regulation in the interim, care being
taken that the inquiry should be conducted as speedily as
possible,—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MUNTZ had supported the former resolution of the
House on this sulject, because he regarded it as a great ob-
ject to the working man not to be employed on Sundays
unless upon business of necessity. He had had a personal
reason for it, because he had not had for years a comfortable
quiet Sunday, owing to the multitude of letters he received
on that day.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) During the short
time for which this regulation had been in force he had
never sustained the slightest inconvenience from it, and he
had had the pleasure of enjoying what he never did before,
comfortable Sundays. He had received letters from various
parts of the country, approving of the resolution, and stating
the advantages experienced from it ; but never one against
it. It was true he had seen anonymous letters in newspapers
complaining of it; but he put them down for what he
always believed such letters to be—the composition of the
editor, or of some person employed on the newspaper.—( A
laugh.) He had given the resolution his support in the
first instance, after a very large meeting of his townsmen, at
which ten persons out of eleven were in favour of it.
Mr GLADSTONE was not quite certain that he had ac-
curately gathered the meaning of the Noble Lord. Did he
propose simply to omit the last clause of the motion of the
[lon. Member for Honiton, praying her Majesty that, pending
the inquiry, the delivery of letters should be continued, leav-
ing the rest of the motion unaltered?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Yes.
Mr. GLADSTONE would then suggest to the Noble Lord
that alteration would not meet the reasonable objections that
were entertained to the motion. If the Noble Lord would
take a day or two to consider—(No, no)—the precise form of
the motion that should be submitted to the House, he
thought that would be the course most likely to meet the
convenience of the House, and to lead to an amicable
settlement of the question. If not, the Noble Lord, how-
ever well he might intend, left the motion open to the most
important of the substantial objections that were urged
against it. He for one decidedly objected to come to a vote
declaring that sensible inconveniences had been experienced
from the arrangements lately adopted,as the resolution would
be left. Having heard the statement of the Government,
and the objections which had been brought against the motion
of his Noble Friend (Lord Ashley), he very much wished
that the subject, when first brought forward, had received a
more full discussion. But the moth n was passed by the
House, and to rescind the decision of the House was rather
a serious matter, the more so when it was done so suddenly
that it was perfectly plain that it was not done from expe-
rience.—(Hear, hear.) However anxious he might be to
secure to working men the immense boon and blessing of
cessation from Sunday labour, he was not prepared to say
that in some cases for the public convenience that boon should
not be withheld, but you could not say you were sensible of
the public inconveniences that arose from the cessation of
the delivery cf letters, when, in point of fact, you
had not watched the working of the new system
any length of time, and were merely acting upon
a foregone conclusion entertained before the motion
of his Noble Friend with the same force as it was en-
tertained now.—(Hear, hear.) But if it were objectionable
to rescind the resolution of that House, much more was it
objectionable that they should now take the course they were
invited to take as regarded the measure. On the 30th May
an address was agreed to, praying the Crown to put a stop to
the delivery of letters on Sundays. It by no means followed
that the answer of the Crown was to be a mere echo of the
address; it was in the power of the Crown to take an inter-
mediate course, to institute inquiries, and proceed with
cautien ; but Ministers thought themselves bound to give at
once full and absolute effect to the address voted by the
House. The answer to the address was received on the 10th
of June, End the 23d of June was the first Sunday on which
the delivery of letters was stopped. He was not prepared,
and he hoped the House was not prepared, on the 10th of
July, to come to a vote declaring that they were convinced,
meaning of course that they were convinced by observation,
of the results of the great public inconveniences resulting
from the new arrangement.- (Hear.) The Noble Lord now
virtually called upon them to retrace their steps, by condemn.
ing a course that had been in operation only three Sun-
days, and he did not think it fair to the Crown that, having
induced the Crown to take a very decided measure in
consequence cf the address of that House, they should
now, within three weeks, virtually invite the Crown to
take a different course.—(Hear, hear.) The question was
net now the same as was before them on the 30th May.
With respect to the personal and family inconveniences, on
which the Noble Lord had dwelt, it was perfectly obvious
that this was a question of degree, and that the same thing
might arise in towns where there wins no second delivery on
Sunday, and they must place against this the immense ad-
vantages that would flow from the strict observance of the
Sunday. If they wished to preserveaheir own consistency,
their due relations towards their Crown, or the dignity of the
Crown itself, in the face of the country, this was not a time
at which they should re-open the question.—(Hear.)
Mr. RICE concurred with the Right Hon. Gentleman who
had just addressed the House in thinking that they ought
not to vote the resolution as it would stand with the omission
of the last clause.
Mr. A. B. HOPE supported the motion, wishing to esta-
blish a rational and Christian, and not a Judaising observ-
ance of the Sunday.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought, after what had fallen
from the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for the
University of Oxfcrd, it would be desirable to come to some
understanding as to the proper form of the resolution. It
appeared to him that it would be quite /Sufficient, leaving eat

the latter words, to vote that an humble address be pre-
smted to her Majesty, "praying that her Majesty will be
graciously pleated to cause an inquiry to be made whether
the amount of Sunday late ur may not be reduced, without
completely putting an end to the collection and delivery of
let t ers."-- ( Hear, hear.)
Sir T. D. ACLAND would be happy to concur in the reso-
lution as proposed to be amended by hie Noble Friend, be-
lieving it to represent justly the feelings of the House.
Mr. HUME was sorry to see such excitement manifested
on a question which ought to be gravely debated. The pre-
vious vote, in a House of 140 Members was agreed to hastily
and in consequence of Members being taken by surprise. He
thought the opinion of the House ought now to be expressed
on the original motion, as it would always be in the power of
the Government to institute an inquiry.
Mr. CARDWELL, after having given a painful attention
to the debate, rose to express his opinion on this subject, as
he represented a constituency which, more than any other
perhaps, had taken an interest in it. He thought the course
proposed by the Noble Lord was one which, in such a junc-
ture, would be approved of by the great majority of the peo-
ple. It was one which would tend on the one band to miti-
gate the inconvenience which would flow from a continuance
of tl:e restrictions, and on the other, to pay a homage to
those religious feelings which had been so strongly expressed
on the subject.
Mr. SCHOLEFIELD dissented from the views which had
been expressed by his colleague (Mr. Muntz), and expressed
his belief that a majority of his constituents were in favour
of the removal of the newly-imposed restrictions.
Lord D. STUART considered that the House was bound
to express an opinion at once upon the motion of the Hon.
Member for Honiton.
Mr. DISRAELI did not think the wording of the amend-
ment had bef n sufficiently considered. It referred to Sun-
day labour in the Post-office, when in fact there was no
Sunday labour. They therefore. cculd not address her Ma-
jesty to mitigate a thing which had no existence, Believing
that the amendment proposed would stultify the object in
view, he suggested that the best step would be to adjourn
the debate.
Sir GEORGE GREY said that if the Honourable Member
bad read the whole of the amendment, the inconsistency he
would indicate would not be found to have any existence.
Of course the amendment had is view the past Sunday labout6
in the Post-office.
Lord J. MANNERS denied that the motion securing the
present restriction had been carried by surprise.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the original motion ... ... 92
Against it ... ... 233
Majority ... ... —l4l
On our return to the gallery,
Mr. ROEBUCK asked whether, as it was not likely that
the House would sit many weeks longer, it was proposed to
institute inquiry without further application to the House?
L.:-rd JOHN -RUSSELL thought the best course to adopt
under present circumstances would be to leave the matter
to the discretion of the Crown. He thought it was com-
petent to her Majesty's advisers to advise the Crown to
make regulations permitting the transmission and delivery
of letters.
Lord ASHLEY wished to know whether he was to under-
stand from his Noble Friend, that supposing the inquiry was
to take six weeks or two months—(oh, oh, and cries of " One
week")—was he to under›tand that her Majesty's Ministers
intended to 'act upon the report without previously communi-
cating their intentions to I'arliament ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that if Parliament was sitting,
he would certainly state to the House the result of the in-
quiry, and the directions given by the Crown in consequence.
If Parliament should not be sitting, he certainly thought it
was competent in the advisers of the Crown to issue direc-
tions respecting the delivery of letters.
An Hose MEMBER asked what sort of inquiry was in-
tended to be instituted?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he could not at present
state the exact mode in which the inquiry would be con-
ducted; but all the means at the, disposal of the Treasury
and the Post office would be employed for the purpose.
The amendment of Lord John Russell was then put from
the chair, when
Lord SfLEY said, after the explanation the Noble Lord
had given of his intention to take the matter altogether
out of the here's of Parliament, he must say, and he said it
with great regret, that it was impossible for him to agree
with the motion of the Noble Lord.—(" Oh, oh," and cheers.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL reminded the Noble Lord that
his own original motion proposed an inquiry which was
in every respect as vague and undefined as the present. _
Lord A, rose, but was received with loud cries of
" Spok
LordefOHN MANNERS said the Noble Lord opposite
had reminded him that the motioa of his Noble Friend,
which was carried, did propose an inquiry upon this subject.
He would now ask whether it was not the duty of the Go-
vernment, before this time, to have instituted that inquiry,
and to abide by the advice he had given to the Crown till
that inquiry was made ?
Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR could not consent to leave
this matter in the hands of the Government, recollecting that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer had on a previous occasion
avowed that Ministers advised the Crown to consent to the
motion of his Noble Friend, in the hope that thereby the
people would be roused to petition against it.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his Noble
Friend had unconsciously misrepresented him ; he never used
any phrase that could bear that meaning.
Mr. PHILIP HOWARD rose to denounce the closing of
the Post-office as a tyrannical measure amidst loud and
continued shootings, which rendered nearly every sentence
inaudible.
Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE moved the adjournment of
the debate, but subsequently, at the instigation of some of
his friends, withdrew the motion.
In answer to Mr. PLUMPTRE,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that if Parliament should be
sitting at the time the report was made, he would have no
objection to lay that report on the table of the House, and at
the same time state the advice he meant to tender to the
Crown upon it, so that any Member would then be at liberty
to move an address to the Crown upon the subject.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For Lord John Russell's amendment ... 195
Against it ... ... 112
Majority ••• ••• ••• —B3
Several Bills were passed through Committee pro formd.
The other orders of the day were then disposed ot, and the
House adjourned at a Quarter to Three o'clock.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Monday the btb, the Mercantile Marine Bid
was proceeded with to a certain extent in Committee.
The rest of the night was expended on the Ecclesias-
tical Committee Bill. An obscure subject, on which very
little light can be got by au ordinary intellect, from study
of the Bill. The glimmering to be obtained is, that
something is to be done by the Bill, which the Ecclesias-
tical Establishment would not do of itself; from which
Vac conclusion with many will be, to incline them to its
support. There seems so little danger of the present
Government doing anything infuriate or rash in that
direction, that average minds will lean towards giving it
ass'Atanco.
On Tuesday was an important debate on Mr. Locke
King's motion for extension of the Suffrage. Tho
language of the Opposition was remarkable for its osten-
tatious boast, that “ not one-tenth of the Liberal side of
the House would be returned on a new election." This
is the simple consequence of the nullity of defence made
by the Free Trade party in the House. Everything has
been allowed to go there by default; so that the boldness
of the adversary has been encouraged to a state of lull-
, blown recklessness.
The division nevertheless showed a substantial in-
crease of the Suffrage party. 100 voters, malting wi.h
the tellers and six pairs 108, is a strength considerably
greater than has been before exhibited. The Prime
Minister as good as recommended, that a motion to the
effect in hand should be made at tho commencement of
the session, when there would be a prospect of its being
attended with success. And it was a ladies in the
Liberal party, that none of them et)od up and closed
with the tempting recommendation of the Premier.
The arguments of the Opposition were peculiarly
feeble. That there were traditions in the English tried
favourable to the preservation of abuse; that England
was a monarchy, and a monarchy was incompatible
with justice; that it was essential to the preservation of
public peace that one vote of the Protectionist party
should count fur ten of the other's, or which is the same
thing, that one thOusend of their voters should send as
many Members to rarliam.mt as ten thousand of the
others; were the grounds on which they maintained the
iudispetrableness cf 'wrong.
The House afterwards proceeded to Mr. Locke's mo-
tion for an Address to tLe Crown, praying for inquiry
whetherthe amount of. Sunday labour in the Post-odice
might trot be redueffaithout completely putting an end
to the collection and delivery of letters &e. ou Sundays,
and that- pending kgcla,inquiry the collection and deli-
very-of, letters slulti4,4gt continued as heretofore. The
mover AO the seep 444 01r. Roebuck) maintained their
case with great abiiitY. Lord John Russell with great
tact innved an amendment, consisting nearly in the
same terms as the other, with the omission of the final
clause relating to returning to the old practice pending
the inquiry; which was finally carried by 195 against
112. The talent of the Premier in this manner relieved
the country from a dilemma, which was every day grow-
ing more serious, and tending to consequences which
everybody must have finally deplored.
I arri, Sir, your obedient servant,
. AN OLD REFORMER.
lA-taint], July Ip,j-00.

A 1.;4D1r Cur TO PIECES.—An accident of a truly
appalling character occurred on the York and Scarborough
Railway on Thursday last, by which a lady of independence,
named Martin, met with a terrible death. It appeared she
bad been staying at Holdgate, near York, and left her resi-
dence between three and four o'clock, with the intention of
taking a walk along the hanks of the River Ouse. Soon
afterwards she was observed by a gentleman walking on the
railway near the viadact which crosses the stream in ques-
tion, and at the, same time a train was approaching at a
rapid rate towards York. Site remained evidently uncon-
scious of its coming up, having her parasol before her, and
was 'walking leisurely along the permament way between
the line of rails until the engine-driver gave the whistle
alarm, which attra4ted her attention, when seeing her dan-
ger slab turned round and ran back with the intention of es-
capiu. s,t nfortunately, however, the train was too close
upon: lief, for in th 4. next moment or so the engine struck the
unhiippy
,lady to the ground, and the whole of the carriages,
17 in numb-!r, pasiedover her body. She was dreadfully
mangled ; her body, in fact, was literally cut to pieces. It
was witb•much diflitulty her person could be identified. Not
the least,blame could be imputed to the engine-driver, who
did all-ita-his power: to prevent the occurrence. An inquest
wasjaelAon the bodyaziatesday, and a verdict of Accidental
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