The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-02 00:00:00

GAOLERS.

Mr. GREENE presented a petition from the subaltern
officers of different gaols in England, complaining that.
there was no power of granting them superannuated
allowances, and praying the House to take the circum-
stances into consideration, and make legal provision for
that purpose.
CHURCH EDUCATION .

Lord BA.RNARD presented a petition from Temple
Brady, in the county of Cork, against the system of
National Education established in Ireland, and in favour
of Church Education. _ _ .

The New South Wales Bill was read a third time and
passed, Lord Stanley having announced her Majesty's
assent to the appropriation of the Crown revenues to the
purposes of the Bill..
The Stock in Trade Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The Manchester and Bolton Police Bill was read a
third time.
BRIBERY BILL

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated that this Bill
had lately been handed to him, and he had not been able
to go through the whole of it so carefully as he could
have wished ; at the same time, from what he bad seen
of it, he saw that it was quite impossible that the Bill
could pass in its present state. Without pointing out
the defects of the Bill, he would suggest to the Noble
Lord that it should be referred to a Select Committee
up stairs to put it into proper operative shape. That
he thought would be a much more convenient course
than going into Committee of the whole House now.
Mr. C. WOOD said he had looked through the Bill
with great care, and he had come to the same opinion as
had been expressed by the Right Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman opposite.
Mr. MACKINNON said he had given notice that he
should move that this Bill be committed on this day
six months; After what had taken place he should not
now enter into that discussion. He thought what had
passed had shown the justice of his motion. He did not
now wish to interrupt the business of the House, but he
must say that he "thought it impossible for any. Commi-
ttee so to amend that Bill as to make it proper to pass
into a law without entirely altering some of the princi-
ples of the Bill ; under' these circumstances he should
postpone his motion for the third reading being put off
till the third reading came before the House. •
Lord J. RUSSELL regretted that the Hon. Gentle-
man opposite objected to the principles of the Bill. He
(Lord J. Russell) conceived the principles and objects of
the Bill to be correct ones. lie agreed with the Right
Hon. Gentleman opposite that the defects of the Bill
would be better discussed in a Select Committee than in
a Committee of the whole House. He 'was quite willing
that a Select Committee should be appointed. He should,
therefore, on Monday, move that such a Committee
should be appointed.—(Hear.)

After a few words from air. AGLIONBY, the matter
dropped.
NEW WRIT FOR BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

On the motion of Mr. IL BARING, a new writ was
ordered to be issued for the county of Buckingham, in
the room of Sir W. Young, decea.,ed.
SUPPLY—DISTRESS IN THE MANUFACTUR-
ING DISTRICTS.

The House having, on the motion of Sir G. CLERK,
resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, and the Right
Eon. Baronet having moved the estimates for China and
the miscellaneous estimates,

Mr. WALLACE rose and said, that in bringing for-
ward the motion of which he had given- notice relative to
the depression of trade and the distress which prevailed
among the labouring classes, it was his anxious desire
to discharge the duty he had undertaken in the manner
which could least lead to any sort of excitement among
these whose interests were so deeply involved in the
question. The object which he had in view was that
there should be a discussion in that House, which
would bring to light the actual state of the distress which
pervaded these kingdoms from one end to the other.
While he would devote his own particular attention
chiefly to those localities with which he was more in-
timately acquainted, and which had in a manner in-
trusted him with their case, he invited other
Members, who represented constituencies like his,
labouring tinder deep distress, to take their share
in the discussion, and to bring before the House
such facts as might have come to their know-
ledge, and to illustrate their statements by such exam-
ples as would tend to induce her Majesty's Ministers to
take into their consideration that wide-spread—that un-
precedented distress which prevailed throughout the em-
pire. Having prefaced it with these few words, he conceived
he should best discharge his duty by entering at once.
into the task he had undertaken. He would first call
the attention of the House to the state of the mercantile
metropolis in Scotland—the condition that Glasgow was
in. Whilst he thus prefaced what he had to say,. he
would state he would bring information before the
House ; and he should not trouble the House with
anything in the shape of printed documents, or
others, without being perfectly prepared to communicate
the name of his informant. He was prepared also to
give her Majesty's Ministers every information, if re-
quired; and if it were respectfully demanded, he would
not at all withhold the name of his informant from any
Gentleman on either side of the House. His object was
to state nothing but that which he believed to be true—
, to state accurately and fairly, so as to command the
utmost attention, not only of her Majesty's Ministers,
but of the House at large. Now, he had, in the first
place, to . state, that the general trade of the country,
he believed from one end of the kingdom to the other,
was in an exceedingly distressed slate, and that they
would find that no one class could even obtain general
employment, without which no country could exist. He
believed that lie should best discharge his duty by read-
ing
no documents but those which he believed could be
taken. He would first read a letter, dated the 11th
.L.ne. It said that trade was in a much worse
state than in January last. The numbers of the
unemployed had " increased during .the last six
weeks. The number of persons ho had been as-
sisted by the relief fund was 12,000. This did not
prove the number out of employment, for these persons
generally never applied for relief until they had been
supported as long as they possibly could by selling their
furniture and clothes. Wages had fallea in every depart-
Meat, and there was every prospect of their continuing to
fall- Many of the manufacturers had recently discharged a
large number of workpeople, and the general feeling was,
that this would be continued to a still greater ex tent. That
letter was dated the 11th of June. The next letter was
dated the 18th of June, which stated that the town was
woefully stricken. Upwards of 250 soup-tickets had been

furnished, and it was calculated that 1,000 persons had
partaken of the soup. There were 1,000 men tine°,
ployed, but they had reason to believe that ten times ths.
number were out of employment in the city of Gins
gow; and were still on the increase. The next
he would read was a printed document, which he had in;
quired into, and he believed to be correct. It stand
that considerable difficulty existed in obtaining
information, • but they had every reason to 11.
Hey() that one thousand persons were out of employmen:
The Hon. Gentleman having concluded reading
document, went on to say that one of the great causes ofo
the House not being informed on the present state
it
matters was, that no authorised inquiry had been nil
into the distressed condition of the people. He belierev
that it would be found that throughout the conntr;j
generally the authorities were more anxious to coot'
the state of matters than to make it known to the Tj
vernment. The Honourable Gentleman next ea
the attention of the House to another comnindn...,l
cation from tlie unemployed in Glasgow. It state al
" During the last week there have been severj
large meetings of a portion of the unemplolf
in the Green, where the causes of their PE:,
sent distress, and the best mode of alleviating it, hal
been amply discussed. , At a meeting of this
u
Thursday, it was resolved that, on the following
osa
they should proceed en masse. to the city, for the pinTd,,,
of soliciting charity. On Friday forenoon, accordit ;,
several hundreds of them assembled at the Royal heit
change, with the view, it appears, of commencing t•
tour of mendicity through the city, by solfciting ":4
sistance from the gentlemen who attend the room' ex,
benevolent gentleman, whose sympathies wer° felt
cited by the appearance of so many of
low-creatures seeking bread, resolved on ;roes,
ing a sum of money for the purchase of ~;,1 of
and proceeded, accompanied by the greater pcntocie-
the unemployed, to a baker's shop in 11,,„1.17 of.
street, where he bought a considerable ninnu'boa
loaves, and handed them out to the crowd, by wrr,
they were greedily accepted. The pressure, bolefetro,
became so great, that the police were forced to inter 0,0
and, for the protection of the gentleman himself, wn° the
pressed on all hands by the crowd, he was taken tc't
police-office, where he was of course at once 5,e„0l
liberty by the lieutenant on duty. The unene'llor
again returned to the Exchange in considerable /itief
hers, and loitered about for some time, when hat
were informed, by the superintendent of police,_Ther
they could not be allowed to congregate ter;,4nt
in the streets, but that if they wished to br"better
communication with the authorities, they had ed for
repair to the City-hall, which would be OPl,Oll°
their reception. The entire body then moved on oit
City Hall, from whence they sent a deputation t°, ;01
on the Lord Provost, to whom his Lordship OP' mat'
the measures which were taking by the Relief Coln joy
tee for the supply of their wants, and urged the,,oh
propriety of their assembling on the streets in the
tuous manner referred to. The' deputation exPrevi
themselves satisfied with his Lordship's statement,ot
promised to use every effort in their power to Preen er
repetition of the scene which had that day De tilt
hibited. This promise, we have reason to belie:eibeif
deputation fulfilled to the utmost ; but, in 'spite (.1.
solicitations, it was resolved, at a meeting aftervvar°,,-,or
to assemble again on Saturday at the Royal Pi':o,
'On Saturday forenoon, in terms of the resolOP
tiro!,
large number met in front of the Exchange, but's,,
being remonstrated with by the police, they Went
state 6
That he contended was a most unprecedented 51' ote
things, and showed how necessary it was that 5110
speedy measures of relief should be adopted-,,scriV
Hon. Gentleman then read a short paragraph, 0
ing the extent and degree of the distress in Glasg°,,,itV
follows :—" The unemployed are still increasing, note t°
standing the vigorous efforts of the relief corionit',ol
continue them at the miserable employment which ik'itc,'
numbers of them eagerly compete for. There are' Erato
tether, upwards of 1,000, with daily applicati°ll ;°
scores of other 6 miserable Al reeks of men. The
osy
ing may be considered as a fair estimate of those eng
at work, such es it is : 3OO

Working as labourers on the Milton Estate ••••
At the Quarry Hogganfield ..................... • „40
Breaking stones, &c., at Duke-street .......... ••
Do. do. ;se
Parliament-road ....... 70
Point Look-out—Garscube-road ..... 250
Weaving ............................. ..................
Cleaning Gallowgate-burn ......................... 30
Do. March -burn .............................. ..
• 1•093•11
lied °lt,
Besides the above. about 2,000 persons are suPP--neci•i
bread an:l soup daily, at the premises in St. 7.1„,1) t"
Wynd. For the poor miserable souls reduced ,11°5.
these sad alternatives, we are entitled to state, thsidtio°
in employment at manual or other labour are 0,..55'
and attentive, while all are grateful and thankte;',oo°
may also state that the above does not by..,Lan3re or°
include all the unemployed of Glasgow. .-13`c IJP°'
hundreds starving in misery and rags, who en ° 01
bear the thought of being marshalled up to the oil
kitchen, for an allowance of the pauper's fere'safill
thousands besides, who could neither break stte"
on the highway, nor rake the mud out °,,
ib
filthy drains as the Gallowgate Burn. eirts
a letter, dated the 14th June, which he had %Of:
from a friend of his, and who had good means or,
h '
ttier,
taming the truth, it was stated "trade is mac
since January. Many mill-owners, &c. dropping ,110`
hands, and more expected to do so. Many person
that matters will be even worse. yet, and a general •rocll
and gloomy feeling pervades society. In the bottle 011,
something has been doing lately, arising from th,,,,e0a19
demands at this season of the year, but this de'l,-esvP
now over, and the home trade has also become 404
On applying to-day at the office of the relief el,- ni the;
for the unemployed, I find about 3,000 heads of ~".1
for the city and suburbs, out of wer,,'",05,011,;
the rough calculation is that about twelve' t"- )0`
persons are dependent on this fund at present' oillc
sides these, many indviduals are supposed to he olio;
out employment, but who have not applied ftfi.,,,voill;/
having some small means of support left, by p
ate
their clothes, furniture, &c. Such is the 6'
things, which it is the pleasure of two-thirds °I, tr
Honourable Houses of Parliament should exist./&,*
once flourishing community. Our trade is drYpilf,
its foreign springs being in a state of grades sill
nution, and our home trade will dec,%, cola
with it. We are a doomed people. cti
of aristocracy is upon us. Do what )o,
to help us ,• you may depend upon the eccutii,,pogr;
these brief details I have given. Had I been orse.
to colour them, they would have looked nin,el,ll,:slte°
Such was the state of things in Glasgow ; an";,-eiprere
tiion of the manufacturers, shopkeepers, and t).
of the country surrounding Glasgow, was Olt (PO;
A private communication, dated the 18th, tellige:
which he had received from an active and ilidactil.
resident of Kilmarnock, where the carpet mans e°
had been as thriving as in any other part of the road.
stated, "During the time I was engegedlatelYt° njing
some 401. among the unemployed, it was heart-re 600 rj
hear in detail the amount of misery and. destiitethey b,
lated by some of the recipients, who declared boon
neither meat, coals, nor clothing for a long tiroe'oltibil:
she
e
sold every saleable article they had
.previo:s itt I,j
application for relief. I shall only give one slineeil
picture of human misery. One day a person I'd bee
me to lay his case before the Committee. He ,:a
out of employment since January. His wife t one
badly for some years with asthma, and had ntilo to
of meat either for her or himself. I knew the "0,0 oi
a respectable resident in the place, and be 1-11
known to the whole of the Committee to be sc):ng
mitred Is. 6d. They could not give him more e"lvos
pressure of the app:icaats, the place being solnetclscore.3,
rally mobbed. This case is but a fair sample °I vergil,
beings who were served with 9d. each, the most eu, cOi
to adults, and threepence for each child, and presf,
scious that scores of them could be found at t'stisteliji
moment who are dragging out a miserable ;'
who have no kind eye to pity or hand to he.tollei,4;
cannot find work, and who are unable to break
work at out-door labour. The reason that sad, buta;b,
is scar;ely heard of in our own neighbourbo to'
in whispers, is obvious. 'lf you g°
house of God, the preacher will tell y"tl olcou.
is.the cause of your suffering. If hood et
elder for relief he will shake his ttell'.ol jCV:
If you apply to the authorities the,' ',linnet.
have no power, and meet you avitht. 0 oil]
tion. If you apply to the editor yoe the
newspaper he will burn the article. Beg, f") bieltar
be apprehended, and put in prison ! These 8,;(1
outlines of a true drama in living character, %volt/
tote
sented to the optics of our aristocracy, prof' of
them a tale which, if not calculated t°it 00103
sympathy, might induce fear." The rikrai rece the
the next case which he should mention h° P-4 °f oil)
from a person well acquainted with the sitliu neck' 450
working-classes. The letter was dated ICilteern,
June :—".At no former period were the wort' °the,
here so ill clad and ill fed, and so utterly 011,Ieich in 01
the rents of their houses, or the little debt 01000
have contracted ; and lam informed by better
police (who knows the state of the peopt.ethe warool,l
any man here) that an immense number °tie thej,c„. io
classes have sold or pawned every artiolooloplot
bring into the market—that now they ha' „n, snunioo
the shape of personal property to fall back uy- the
the most -precarious employment, en thete br
scanty wages, alone stand between i,roei on. it
starvation. An immense number of erlijotts t°,„rodl"
left this place, and many hundreds are all' to OitiitY'
they had money to pay their passagebie cal3o.oit/
• They are willing to risk any conceive eiou
en
rather than remain where evident stervatonl„ Is'
them. May God grant that your icti wit", the
the present occasion may be atterl d 011°,00
vourable results." Another letter stg rornble ,t
working classes were in a most dePlr,,,titi 11'0,00';
of heartless apathy. He thought it the do!
disputed that the Government had allo,,,cution It
ing classes to fall into such a state of desTerosel4,:er'e the
they had now no means of relieving: ti'as,
should be his endeavour to bring tbeir
_tea the
House, that whether any relief beyri'll:,ll 11' the
there should be an , expression of came t°OIPCII
means were not aftbrded. He nil ',jell tvesad
case of that ill-fated community, Of w,t bee? tow
had been heard, though all had not Y:f feralorLif
iitisg neighbourhood. g Itthheo u rlt o
petitionod .
known to them. 'He came to the casenli,ley,
le of -1-
td the t par:
een btl 191 b
day, felt that their situation had fated thoeove
tially dealt with. The letter was "
of June. All his (Mr. Wallace's) cornolt the u sad
The
whichPe7re
direct. He had seen, with great re4,,preseZ their
bad been increasing from that time WI theted (lt lu'oelots
he thought some means should be out he
(At'-
relief. He (Mr. Wallace) should P 'aid
but he should show 'the distress that p_r
sho shoo their
should be glad if those Hon. Mernb "distressr!,)ol,,r;
low him in this debate would point eat the this
pa ",iper
The writer of this letter stated. 'hoe the
diAricts and confine thetnselves 3,o2e,l):_t:frow (11° ell' 00
the manner in which the Governmeog