The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-26 00:00:00

• ttrais t
ke Jen. coos' ler their ca e, but in vain. The )
thsu real a betiu,,n csuas the sa),•ers of Man-
thr, ',) eomplssniug ",.t, the eir.,‘ots of
iiinegwelandreds out of bread in every t,),vo it the United
Rith,l!l' lie read also a p,titlonfr,-on calico printer:,
o'ft_ .strnilar Co•opltdiit Such was the languao.e used
tlitt by the calico printers. Yet that body
esrnlal,:rta not petition the Hou6,:. for the repeal of the
• IN.); for they would tell thew that that re-
(tr. old he their ruin. In the session before last he
tve t,orrand) presented a petition signed by twenty-
toulltit,usand frame-work knitters of the Midland
they did
complaining of the effect of machinery, but
sa not
y fur the repeal of the corn-laws. The
worusletriber then referred to a pamphlet, written by a
fltrissa.mao in Manchester, which stated the dreadful
5,00.,ne, into which machinery had brought the
lie;!ag classes in Manchester and its -neighbourhood.
ittiCited that, although the trade in cotton factories
likidynnt 1781 to 1841, inerea,ed 101 times, yet the
the 3. °in weavers had now only ls. where, in 1791,
Itentsr"ived 10s. The Hon. Member then read dotal-
thine , showing the effect of the introduction of ma-
it;.nerctiinotno
tr,(Z power looms, and stating that, with the
of machinery, the employment of the
(; of all other species of articles was
the eased in a most frightful degree, and that
The grneatest misery and distress was the result.
the to."'ght Hon. Gentleman the President of
1,44 ard of Trade had introduced a clause into a Bill
(14;,8sion legalising the exportation of machinery. He
%Nei' errand) believed that that measure would ulti-
tirse: rain the country; it might increase trade for a
who' that it would bring ruin he felt certain. All
last th he had spoken to on the subject had told him
ted e Right Hon. Gentleman had begun at the wrong
Nil:that they were all anxious for free trade in every-
-1104. N;xeept machinery. He believed that even the
'ember for Sheffield, if he made further inquiries
woe e, subject, would find that protection.
lethetahigs in this country that required p
34 l very year in which the exportation of machinery
holes alised, notwithstanding foreign orders, there were
thest than 450 machine makers out of employ in Man-
!,tlisite,rsalune- So much with respect to the legislation
,gtles,f,",'tu'r,r- Now, the Hon. Member who had intro-
des,ebu's question had thought proper to give the
tgrie ,some most harrowing details with respect to the
ephiitatural districts, horrors which, if true, in his
las", Would only be increased by a repeal of the corn-
'ftf uw
, he would give the House some description
kept - B‘'t,', of things in the town of Bolton from a state-
Iltoseen'sade by Mr. Ashworth. (The lion. Member then
that t,`Led to read the statement, from which it appeared
tos4" greatest distress and misery prevailed in that
qth From another statement made in the pamphlet
ktr:cilv?vicing man, to which he had adverted, it ap-
tlki, that in some instances in that town the working
eights"! were so destitute that they were obliged to lie
keh in a bed.) Now he (Mr. Ferrand) believed that no
ktr; state of things existed in the agricultural
evicts. The Hon. Member had laboured hard to
lase nee the House that the repeal of the corn-
Illl,th,sw° hitherto been the custom of that house to deny
trnth of the assertions he (Mr. Ferrand) made.
d4;at dill the working men of Lancashire say the other
like "'II he went among them ? Why. that every
11 gent he had made was true. The Noble Lord, the
ilkroer for Sunderland, whom he was sorry not now to
4 rep bis Place—(Considerable 1 tughter, caused, we be-
Lord Howiek being fast asleep under the gal-
Boas some tion. Member on the other side of
tastia when the Noble Lord waked, would be kind
it') tell him what he (Mr. Ferrand) had said.—
err)"g.a.) That Noble L rd had asserted that he (Mr.
„., li
slnsi„') had stated that the Member for Stockport was.
lita -Al' on in his factory the truck system in all its
,1/44111,,-"".---(Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Ferrand) had
%t•its-° such thing ; but what he stated was, that he un-
to h".-154 that the Hon. Member kept cows, and sold milk
tee work people. The Hon. Member for Stockport
„.111141,;(). denied this ; and therefore he trusted that the
„Nts; "d, when he again made such assertions, would
IhN'are that he had proper data on which to found
414; The Hon. Member who had brought forward
!or-4ttenof combination for the repeal of the
h 4 spoke
(4t t{ ;he (Mr. Ferrand) would have them combine
thedestruction of machinery, for if they did not,
of'l,,‘vntild be sunk deeper in misery still, for the sake
hevaAadering to the luxuries of the millowners.
L'lttkagati-Corn-law League had for some time past been
wok
• to destroy the agricultural party, in order
t4-atir h'trade principles. The
brorit; Is what they called tree
14.4 g people ktiew this, and the Anti-Corn-law
4 dared not to go to Manchester and hold a public.
titsseng in support of their principles. The working
larti 3 knew that the Anti-Corn-law League were the
tit Aile.% who upheld the extension of machinery--that
4il bpinerY which prevented the labourer from earning
13a5 'eat' by the sweat of his brow. The Hon. Gentle-
`thtoneluded by moving the following amendment—
Lltepurpose
the House do resolve itself into a Committee, for
'l:l)°se of considering the following resolutions :
Nit appears by a recent census, that the people of
3 itl-Qlllltry are rapidly increasing in number. That it
4f h evidence before this House, that a large proportion
~,,el4443ls..:nr:tthajest.,e's subjects are insufficiently provided with
'hsCeans of purchasing the first necessary of life.
ough a corn-raw is in force, which protects the.
441, of food produced by British capital and native
(11CrY, and thereby increases its abundance, whilst it
Nis.,„" Competition in the market of labour, neverthe-
‘terlj'achtnery has for many years lessened among the
ttfth trig classes the means of purchasing the same. That
Britise°rn-law having for its obj-et the protection of
tkpru capital, and the encouragement of native labour
kadcisYed in the growth of an article upon which de
14 ',tile subsistence of the community, is just in p
ahsat' "eneficial in operation, and ought not to be abol-
test; That it is, therefore, expedient that every
den-
1/4;Pfay
atent n protection shall be iven to natve in-
J) Which is the groundrk of our nationali great-
, e;aad the source of our national wealth."
gteittain BERKELEY deprecated the attempt which
"ten made to set the manufacturing party and the
eultural party of this country against each other.
ihri,,,stalsidered that one could not be injured withou in-
tost-g, the other. He also regretted to find the Anti-
41W--,:law League persisted in their denunciations
kt:,-st the landed aristocracy of the country. The
Por'Op
of this country were among the first to sup-
'n▪
amable institutions, and to stand forward in acts
Ari:tlevolence. He deprecated the practice whie t e
trA;;Corn-law League had adopted of going aaiongst
lisittinencies with whom they were not at all connected.
Ittltii'leved that the repeal of the corn-laws would be a
Gentittf time, and time only, and he believed that Hon.
,enaen opposite were convinced that the corn-lasts
%Iva doomed, He should vote for the repeal of the corn-
ts the only course for him to adopt.
ktsa,GLADSTONE said that he was anxious to take
the ss-is'Y opportunity of addressing the House, because
takt,ouse would probably be anxious to know what
111417 the Government intended to take with respect to
4111/4 1; °tion. It would be his duty to endeavour to per.
ti
the House to meet the motion with a direct nega-
te In order to do that, it would be necessary for him
tssi4er briefly to the merriment which had been pro-
1t,441,t ,The question that would be submittedto them first
Apt.' ue that the words proposed to be left out stand
11°t *so?? the question. If they affirmed that ques.tion, they
then have to vote aye or no to the motion of the
t(nt; Ilembe'r for Wolverhampton. Ho thought the
`Oriel and he thought the Hon. Member far Knares-
thohjailh himself would see that it was desirable they
4447" vote aye or no to a question of so much import-
and that it ought not to be met by any indirect
141111,r'sition. The amendment of the lion. Member
l'isth-Vlarexborousli mixed up with this question many
• 'natters of great importance. With respect to the
(tit, ,Gentleman's proposition regarding machinery, he
ktit,,?ladstene) could not give it his support. His con-
-4111D", ‘",_)ax conviction was that, however great the hard-
-1),1111-„,iste labourer had to undergo in consequence
▪ -`4linery, yet if that machinery were to be restricted
1411W°111e1 at the same time restrict the means
Iti4teliMreds of the working classes from obtaining sub-
lou,liee. He hoped the Honourable Member would
of the motion of the Honourable Member for
ts.et. verhampton to come fairly before the House, and
Neve tha subject of his amendment to a separate dis-
ks-thiZl- He now came to the motion of the Honourable
-ver for NV 1 h ton, The Honourable Gentle-
-4,4 NW amp
tiftoa,kd that no Member on that (the Ministerial) side
,Itiouse would ever have the courage to get up and
h'uat the corn-laws were maintained for the benefit
°arm!, farmer, lie (Mr. Gladstone) thought the Hon-
of Gentleman had underrated the manly courage
torAentlemen on that side of the House. The
Lkli*'aws were for the benefit of the agricultural
thu'rer, the farmer, and the landlord ; but he believed
lords the corn-laws were to be repealed, the land-
C,l,oht Would be that class that would most easily
iheestr against the difficulty attendant on such a step.
.ve ts-on Member for Wolverhampton said that, wher-
ah were spirited and independent farmers, they
,tatellOrd, as ftwir conviction that the corn-law was not
~adi,„"L'd, for their benefit, 'but for the benefit of their
144 (r"6* The Hon. Gentleman, as it appeared to him,
',at :in that instance argued in a circle, for wherever he
liabni:,ifarmers who thought ill of the corn-laws, he
stha peh" them " spirted and independent," while he denied
'tests -,-aracter to the great mass of the farmers.—(Hear,
stt,.-tijw Nov, s() far as' he had had an opportunity of
taills,ng the feelings of the farmers of this country
eO4 subject, looking impartially at the movement and tohnef
atilell-rrn-fili °velment which was going on on the subject.o
-qtte°l.--'avt's, he must confess that it appeared to him
litto,tge farmers did more to stimulate and urge on _
Alo,
e farmr support of those laws than the landlords.did
R, ers. He did not say whether they were right
reeng in doing so. It was not a question of right, but
4he m
3,llnestion of feeling, and as such must
':laththat lie thought there was a stronger feeling
the,: Part of the farmers in favour of the corn-law than
se was on thetart of the landlords. He could not.
kb( it was otherwise on the part of the agricultural
Ele4)Crers• The apTicultural labourers, it could riot be
tt„:f.?, were, by far the greater number of them. ex-
urettely
anxious far the maintenance of the corn-law.—
hear.) The Hon. Gentleman, by his speech,
the to imply that the prevalence of incendiarism in
ethe gricuitural districts was owing to the existence of
1"Ni:il-law. He had stated that there was nothing so
Iriallied as the condition of the agricultural labourer.
kittes4gard to that subject, however, he must be per-
tltlie to state that he thou ht the Hon. Gentleman had
r h ' g
ave: the worst specimen of that condition as the ave-
th;' and although he must admit that in many parts of
vhs'notintry the condition of the agricultural labourer
sari Sot satisatctory, es to the enjoyment of the neces-
%lle
_pod comforts of life, yet at all events it must be
th4evued that the agricultural labourer was free from
extreme reverses of his condition which had
Las() eked, during the last few years, the condition of the
_Neir,Pers of Paisley Stock' pert and other manufac-
14ittergsut°,„vn.s, reverses'whch entailed' upon them. more
• slabt.ur [tering than hadeverbeen known to the agricultural
141,1 zed twrc-(1-lear, hear.) The lion. Gentleman had
mid vozo_ttt was the cause of that incendiarism, and he
""(1 t• lay Own a proposition which be had