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London, England, 1844-06-26 00:00:00

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coasiler their case, but in vain. The If ).?
then.
-. read a petitioitfrom the sawyers. of Nlan-
k.e:i.p.'"naplanung of theeeffecte of' saw mills, which
tiewfdreds out of bread in every town in the United
NI (a He read also a ;petition from calico printers,
abet complaint i'Such was the langu ige, use 1
Irian the caliceklock printers. Yet that body
beeeell,n not petition till. House for the repeal of the
,:itll;,,e,r.,rant:o; for they evould tell them that that re-
el, „Ind Le their ruin. ' In the session before last he
presented a petition signed by twenty-
',4lo‘tesaiel frame-work knitters of the Midland
tit). dZi complaining of the effect of machinery, but
PraY for the repeal of the corn-laws. The
eiiiii,etneer then referred to a pamphlet, written by a .
in Manchester, which sta'ed the dreadful
kkick,, int) which machinery had brought the
Se pluses in Manchester and its neighbourhood.
i, 'Kt that, although She trade in. cotton factories
lite. Pin 1781 to 1841, increased 101 times, yet the
Itr,;()?111- weavers had now only ls. where, in 1791,
te (-shed
nts 10s- The Member then read docu-
show'
'eery tog the effect of the introduction of ma-
ttetio into power loorne 1; and stating that, with the
hteresti°n of Machinery} the employment of the
re t'asee c)t all other species of articles was
tTI most frightful degree, and that
tie 1.1-iest misery and distress was the result.
Le go ;a t Run.
Gen'tleman the President of
-4.(1"f Trade had introduced a clause into a Bill
(44:18etee legalising the exportation of machinery. He
,ktelyer.r,ani) believed that that measure would ulti-
e,b 1:1111 the country; it might increase trade for a
line that it would bring ruin he felt certain, All
„tithe I," ;had spoken to on the subject had told him
ateLa"lht Hon. Gentleman had begun at the wrong
;" eY were all anxious for free trade in every-
sieeePt machirary. He believed that even the
' tt„el°lber for Sheffield, if he made further inquiries
subject, would find that there were
blithe e'e leh3 in this country that required p
mrotection.
13 .Year in which the exportation ofmachinery
notwithstanding foreign orders, there were
t
Alan machine makers out of employ in Man-
• So much with respect to the legislation
ke t,11e17. Now, the lion. Member who had intro-
i▪ se se questien had thotight proper to give the
-,Nit4lll" inlet harrowing details with respect to the
N 44 districts, horrors which, if true, in his
Ws 11Ar°"1(1 only be increased by a repeal of the cern-
Vl' arnly, he would give the House some description
t'nt.it-'l_,t or thing- in the town of Bolton from a state-
t\r`testioat'ie by Mr..-A'shworth. (The llon: M.emher then.
4,1 t el, to read the statement, from which it appeared
-;l'''a tes t distress and misery prevailed in that
r'ln another statement made in the pamphlet
rl",(l.''''lcing man, to which he had adverted, it ap-
eqNest„illt in some instanc 's in that town the e-orking
14-`chti CO destitute that they were obliged to lie
ash state Now' he (Mr. Ferrand) believed that no
est—existed in the agricultural
14'41.4; The Hon.a-sMember had labou.redhard
„Ito-
t*,ll hied be
House that the repeal of the co,
hs.",l be an advantage to the working classes.
Itherto been the custom of that house to deny
0411 of the assertions he (Mr. Ferrand) made.
LI, he the workingmen of Lancashire say the other
Irtk_ seestle be went amone them ? Why, that every
vihtoe had made was true.. The Noble Lord, the
l in ht. for Sunderland, whom he was sorry not now to
tt:%belsePlace—(Considerable laughter, caused, we be-
Howick b.-ing fast asleep under the gal-
54kj reaps some lion. Member on the other side of
'then the Noble Lord waked, would be kind
elan to tell him what he (Mr. Ferrand) had said.—
0
Ott * That Noble Lerd had asserted that he (Mr.
Oils,' `lad stated that the Member for Stockport was
eeh6in his factory the truck system in all its
el n 4 see (Bear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Ferrand) had
eite4nch thing ; but what he stated was, that he un-
he that the Hon. Member kept cows, and sold milk
4,
'4 q° twejlt people. The Hon. Member for Stockport
Cnwhen he;
d thisamain and tmadeherefosuch assertions,re he trusted that th
ld
e
% -"i'd,
11
iteha.t he had proper data on which to found
hit koti " lion. Member who had brought forward
ttlit 'ln spoke of combination for the repeal of_ the
1 ;be (Mr. Ferrand) would have them combine
destruction of machinery, for if they did not,
hrj` PaZuld be sunk deeper in misery still, for the sake
le.k-elrine• to the luxuries of the millownes,
I,4lky'tu-eorn-law League had for some time past been
g to destroy the agricultural party, in order
I'l'kinentsll What they called free trade principles. The
k4iteee:, People knew this, and the Anti-Corn-law
s4tiee('aved not to go to Manchester and hold a public.
esea support of their principles. The working
new that the Anti-Corn-law League were the
wuo upheld the extension of machinery—that
~SbrY which prevented the labourer from earning
re-a,by the sweat of his brow. The Hon. Gentle-
u,Tinby moving-the following amendment—
e House-do resolve itself into. a Committee, for
t 4, t ir:se of considering the following resolutions
te„l appears by a recent census, that the people of.
1,14 111 try are rapidly increasing in number. That it
th 4. te'ii`e'ence before this House, that a large proportion
I‘;'4a.lesty's subjects are insufficiently provided with
4tians of purchasing the first necessary of life.
Liklekthough a corn-law is in force, which protects the
qteit.,°,f foed produced by British capital and native
ON"' and thereby increases its abundance, whilst it
e'llte,slntietition in the market of labour, neyerth. e-
lth7oinery. has for many years lessened among the
tieh classes the means of purchasing the same. That
„,lis teOrodaw having for its object. the protection of
pi capital, and the encouragement of native labour
Cod3"tl" in the growth of an article upon which de
jCe subsistence of the community, is just in pren-
eleelvneticials in operation, and ought net to be abol-
it ' therefore, expedient that every en-
is,.
Oter `"el.tt and protection hall be given to native hi-
e* ' which is the. groundwork of our national great-
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thane Retiree of our national wealth."
cllec4in BERKELEY deprecate I the attempt which
tie sin mete to set the manufacturirg party and the
Nis ral
party of this co intry against each other.
litiitieredthat ene could not be injured without
in-
oih er. He also regretted to find the Anti-
f, League persisted in their denunciations
%-
the landed aristocracy of the country. The
Ptsee' e
'l`eY tuis country were among the first to sup-
e --aritable institutionse and to stand forward in acts
4144,eiolence.Hedeprecatel the .practice. which the
tli'lttieurneinw League had adopted of going amontgs_t
.
e lencies with whom they were not at all conneced
e eh .
,P.ed that the repeal of the corn-laws would be a
e',N"'le-,11.11ne, and time only, and he believed that Hon.
sr 'te were convinced that the corn-lams
thin dr'11:1-1'ste should vote for the repeal of the corn-
-
.tile only course for him to adopt.
IltIlleet;11a1.1),sTONE said that he was anxious
because
take
e
eoeportunity of addressing the Hose, Leah
t
'l)tees'ese would probably be anxious to. know w a
toe Government intended te take with respect to
Ne-c,}lt,itni- It would be his duty to endeavour to per.
the House to meet the motion with a direct In
order to do that, it would be necessary for him
1144der briefly to the amendment which had been pro-
il,Thequestion that would be submitted to them first
dart tl
that the words proposed to be left out stand
Oilf the question' If they affirmed that question, they
)4'514: 1-tltsil have to vote aye or no to the motion of the
'ember for Wolverhampton. He thought the
iTte;',Rod he thought the Hon. Member for Knare.s-
1-441PL himself would see that it was desirable they
vote
f aye or no to a question of so much import-
llee)"..;ll4,;(l. that it ought not to be met by any indirect
ewe Ite°:l- The amendment of the Hon. Member
Matters
mixed up with this question many
Gentleman's
of great importance. With respect to the
"entleman's proposition regarding machinery, he
hielstone) could not give it his support. His con-
SliPatte)4" conviction was that, however great the.bard-
Oaeer labourer had to undergo in consequence-
eft-littera, yet if that machinery were to be restrioted
h -at the same time restrict the means
al4:-.'redB of the working classes from obtaining sub-
He hoped the Honourable Member would
;tl,,.tehe motion of the Honourable Member for
,"„ampten to come fairly before the House, and.
gstieve' 'ale subject of his amendment to a separate dis-
Zetee-"' He now came to the motion of the Honourable
:Jen :er for Wolverhampton. The Honourable Gentle-
!tee-aelel that no Member on that (the Ministerial) side
hfs ty,eteuse would ever have the courage to get up and
the lt the corn-laws were maintained for the benefit
titirefi 'atlier. He (Mr. Gladstone) thought the Hon-
-14? Gentleman had underrated the manly courage
tieeZentleuaen on that side of the House. The
apa/vi were for the benefit of the eiericultural
'4l-'4.. the farmer, and the landlord ; 'out he believed
Icee, 4,1 the corn-laws were to be repealed, the land-
m'cnuld be that class that would most easily
11eelF aZainst the difficulty attendant on. such a step.
:ever th Member for Wolveshempton said that, wher-
;'4 ata.,ere Were spirited and independent farmers, they
intended, ttair conviction, that the corn-law was not
1,44(,e1 for their benefit, but for the benefit of their
1,7(1 ei-r't,s• The Hon. as"entlerean,.as it appeared to him,
hhind 'tat instances argued in a circle, for wherever he
eb farmers who thought ill of the corn-laws,. he
``seirted and independent?' while he denied
eeilril Tow,
tot the great mass of the farmers.—(Heaek
;Btitz,,:. 'NOW, so far as he had had an opportunity of
meea'MP', the feelings of the farmers of this country on
et eject, locking impartially at the movement and the
ae ee`l.-toovetnent which was going on on the subject of
I'4'4 tikt'ort-elan's, he must confess that it appeared to him
a°dlfarmers did more to stimulate and urge on the
iA7I3 30-pport of those laws than the landlords did
4'l' 11/1%41"S- Ile did not say whether they were right
t
ng
in doing so. It was not a question of right, b
se loestie
the „II of feling, and as such he mpst
tithe he thoughht there was a stronger feeling
thee Part of the
farmers in favour of the corn-law than
r4,e the7part of: the landlords. He co.iild.4. not.
tioe.ceter•
4- eas otherwise on the part of the agriculairal
etee. The agricultural labeurers, it could not' be
(ploy' ;ere., by far the greater:number of them, ex-
, tear, hisnxtolis fir the maintenance of the corn-law.—
to'ar.) The Hon. Gentleman, by his speech,.
‘,ll* 4gricuiln-Tly that the prevalence of incendiarism
eern..i't..nral districts was owing to the existence of
a"• He had stated that there was nothing so
Pith re,, as the condition of the agricultural labourer.
714114 Ni td 'rd to that subject, however, he must be had
,(11 state that he thought the Hon. Gentleman had
t gothe
Worst specimen of that condition as the axe-
e,oa,,ne although he must admit that in many parts of
NvtlistsLeeejitistar.Ytist(h_er.. condition of the agricultural labourer
e,,,:ea end
ce %tory, as to the enjoyment of the neces-
tOded thvalaelrorts of life, yet at all events it must be
the agricuitural labotn7. was free from
ittlets;tdo,e(itrueriene
reverses of his condition
.which had
there of
last few year; the condition of the
bit -"crsvins ,e4lBleY, Stockport, and other manufac-
hteterseer verses which had entailed upon them more
~.otiet,.....mg than had ever been known to the agricultural
hammed wha(ilear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman had
Texittr4as the
lay cause of that incendiarism, and he
"1 to down 0 proposition which he had