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London, England, 1845-02-04 00:00:00

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" Who runs may read."

TEA PARTY AT WHITE CONDUIT
HOUSE.
SOIREE IN HONOUR OF THOMAS SLINGSBY
DUNCOMBE, ESQ., M.P. FOR FINSBURY.
A soiree of the friends, admire t, and constituents of
Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esq., was yesterday held
in the White Conduit House, for the purpose of honour-
ing, that gentleman for his unflinching advocacy of the
rights of the people.
The room was crowded to excess, not less than 500
having sat down to tea; and when the worthy representa-
tive of Finsbury entered the room, the cheering Was of
the most enthusiastic description.
Dr. Wade having been called to the chair, was sup-
ported right and left by Feargus O'Connor, Esq., J.
Duncombe, Esq., solicitor. Mr. J. Roberts, Esq., Roger
O'Connor, Esq., &c. T. S. Duncombe, Esq., sat on
his left.
Letters of apology were read from Col. Thompson,
Mr. Patteson, MT., Mr. W. S. Crawford, M.P., and
Mr. T. Wakley, M.P.
The CHAIRMAN, in rising to give the first sentiment,
" The
,peorile, and may they speedily obtain their just
rights,' said that his sympathies had over been with
the people, and he had always been most anxious to see
the fullest emancipation of labour—(Hear, hear)—and
he hoped that at the first favourable opportunity the
labouring classes would adopt the advice of Sir Robert
Peel and take their affairs into their own hands, but to
do so required union and a proper system of organisa-
tion.—(Cheers.) Ile felt proud at the position he oc-
cupied that evening, as the meeting was, properly
speaking, one called by the borough of Finsbury
to do honour to their Member for his atriotic and un-
paralleled exertions in the House of Coranions, which
not only commanded the gratitude of his own consti-
tuents, but the admiration of Great Britain and Ireland.
In returning to Parliament that honest, eloquent,
talented., and indefatigable person, his constituents had
entitled themselves to the thanks of all their fellow-
countrymen.—(Hear, hear.) He was happy to under-
stand that the trades of Great Britain had again deter-
mined to unite, and it was assuredly just that they should
do so; for it' the employers might combine to depress the
price of labour, surely they had an equal right to com-
bine for the purpose of defending themselves.—(hear,
hear, and cheers.) The object of the meeting was to do
honour to the representative who had acted so honest,
so proud, and so prominent a part in a corrupt Parlia-
ment; who had united the spirit of the Christian and
the philanthrophy of the philosopher, with the purest
principle of the patriot. The same principle actuated
him as in days gone by; actuated those who gave eman-
cipation to America from the thraldom of Great Britain,
and those who rescued Switzerland from the grasp of
the Bavarian despot.—(lmmense cheering.) It was the
principle which rendered a people great, happy, and
prosperous, and it only could eventually make England
great, glorious, and free.—(Great cheering.)
Mr. CLA.RKE seconded the sentiment.
Mr. It. MOORE next proposed " Thomas Slingsby
Duncombe, Esq., the faithful representative of the in-
dustrious millions in the House of Commons." Nothing
but a sense of the obligations they all owed to their ex-
cellent representative could have induced him to take a
personal share in the business of that evening. Thomas
Slingsby Duncombe was indeed the representative of the
people, and not merely of the Finsbury 101. householders.
—(Cheers.) It would occupy too much of their time were
he to advert, however briefly, to the eminent services
done to the people by Mr. Duncombe. The speaker,
after eulogising the conduct and principles of the Hon.
Member for Finsbury, concluded by prophesying that in
the forthcoming session of Parliament the Hon. Gentle-
man would persevere in the course which had already
so distinguished him, and at the end of the session again
meet his constituents to receive their gratitude and con-
gratulations.
Mr. Duecomue then rose, and was received with the
most enthusiastic applause, which continued for many
minutes. At length silence being obtained, he said—
Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen—l can assure
you that the pleasure I feel—the gratification that I have
in meeting you this evening, is not altogether of an un-
mixed character, for I consider with regret that so many
of you should have come here—that you should have left
your warm firesides and comfortable homes merely for
the purpose of paying a compliment to so humble an in-
dividual
as myself, that you should so distinguish me far
beyond the merits I possess, or the services that I have
performed, and yet I hope that I have done my duty—
for at best it is but such—as the independent representa-
tive of an independent constituency.—(Criea of " You
have," and much cheering.) I rejoice to find that my con-
duct and Parliamentary career tneetwith your approbation,
and that from others present, and not connected with the
borough of Finsbury—a large portion of my fellow-
countrymen—l should receive similar encouragement.
Gentlemen, Parliament is to meet to-morrow, but I
should mislead you if I said that next session will en-
title itself any more than the last to the gratitude of the
people, or to any part of the toiling millions of the
country.—(Hear, hear.)—You well know the vagaries—
the pranks that were played last session. You well re-
collect our votes—for being one of that House, I say our
votes—upon the Sugar Duties Bill. You recollect our
votes on the Factories' Bill. You well recollect that on
its being proposed that sugar might be admitted a little
cheaper, it was but a little, but still the movement was
in the right direction—(Hear, hear)—when the Govern-
ment came down and told us that if we did so vote
for a reduced duty, the country would cease to be
governed by a Tory Administration.—(hear, hear.)—
What did the Tories in the House? Why, they pre-
ferred a Tory Administration to cheap sugar for the
people of England, and they then rescinded their votes.
—(hear, hear.) You recollect the tergiversation which
took place with regard to the Factory Bill. One evening
we voted that ten hours' labour was sufficient for the
women, the daughters, and the children of the nen of
England.—(Cheers.) On another evening we carried
that by a small majority; but on a succeeding one comes
down Sir Robert Peel, and says, "If you don't make the
women, the daughters, and the children work the twelve
hours, the country ceases to be governed by a Tory
Administration." Well, our votes were rescinded, and
yet to the Members who doomed them to work for twelve
hours in their dangerous vocation they pay dearly--(The
sentence was lost amid the tremendous cheering.) These
questions will net, of course, come again before the House
during the present session. They are disposed of, and
if any one were to attempt to introduce them,
Ministers would easily get their supporters to rescind
oven their pledged votes on the very next day.—(Hear.)
If such a measure is proposed again, I will be no party to
it. I will not again be fooled by Lord Ashley, or by any
other Member.—(Cheers.) I will not be induced
to vote one day for an Eight Hours' Bill, and on a second
day for a Ten Hours Bill, and then, after all, find Sir R.
Peel come down and command the House to turn about and
wheel about jest at his pleasure.—(Great cheering.)
It is monstrous. It is insulting to the common sense of
the country to call this conduct representation. I flatter
myself that I represent the, common sense of the country
—(Cheers)—for I hope I represent the sentiments of the
people.—(Continued cheering.) I have said that Parlia-
ment opens to-morrow. The business begins at five
o'clock; the Speaker comes in and tells us that he
attended at the House of Lords, where her
Majesty made her gracious speech, and where
he had the good fortune to obtain a correct copy of it.
—(Laughter.) Then we, of course, congratulate him on
his possession of so correct a copy, and then he reads it,
and then again two men in answer jump up, and one
moves and the other seconds an address to her Majesty. I
—(Continued laughter.) Have you ever read an ad-
dress ? If you have, you will certainly never read a
second.—(Laughter.) You may be sure the address is
a mere echo of the speech, and what is it ? Why, this.
Her Majesty congratulates herself and the country on
the daily assurances of good feeling and continued amity
expressed by all the fcreign Powers, and so on ; but
how much more consolatory and satisfactory it would be,
could she tell us, that from one end of her own kingdom
to the other, contentment and happiness prevailed among
her people. I hope it has not been represented to her,
during her late visits among tha aristocracy, that the
magnificence of Burleigh and the grandeur of Stowe is a
guide to the real condition of the country ?—(Cheers.)
Let her go to Sheffield, to Derby, to Nottingham,
to Leicester. Let her view men with wives and families
working for 4s. a week, aye, and working, too, for four-
teen or sixteen hours a day.—(Hear, hear.) Let them
not talk of the prosperity and happiness of a country
where such misery as this is found—(Cheers)—and
where filth and discontent as surely accompany it. Let
her go among the miners of the north—let her go
among the ill used colliers', who, if they consent not to
be blown up by fifties and by hundreds; who, if they
ask but for a proper, a good ventilation, in order to work
with safety underground, are told that they are mis-
guided men—that they belong to a union of working
men—and that they are so prejudiced that they cannot
see things properly or fairly ; she would indeed find a
vast difference there from what she saw in the aspect
of Strathfieldsaye and of Stowe, where she had been
met, I dare say, with an obsequious tenantry and a
body of yeomanry, and the farmers of the counties. But
there are other matters that will be introduced—some-
thing, probably, in connexion with the property and
income-tax. The Premier has told you that he
has got a surplus revenue. How is he to dispose of it ?
We, in London, want him to take off the window-tax ;
the farmer wants him to reduce the malt-tax ; and the
manufacturer prays him to take the duty off the raw
material. I cannot see how it is possible for him to
escape from this difficiiky. It is not our business, how-
ever, to settle it for him.—(Laughter.) If he asks us
how we should do it, we shall say to him as he did to
the Whigs, " Call us in and we will show you how
we do ie—(Continued laughter.) Let him call me, and I
will show him how I will do it,—(Cheers.) I will call
on the people—(Prolonged cheers)—consult the indi-
vidual industry of the country. I will say, " Meet
them fairly ; let them be represented ; and then
they will tell you how the revenue of the country can be
improved and maintained.— (Immense cheering.) They
have as much respect for the rights of property as you
have ; and, having that respect for its rights, they will
still maintain them. But with respect to the income-
tax ; if none of the other taxes be taken off,
I trust at least that some alteration may be made in it.
With regard to the articles of general consumption with
the people, no increase of duty can be added to them.
Indirect taxation has received its death-blow in this
country, and all taxes must be directed against the
realised property of the country.—(Cheers.) Yes, all
taxes on trades and professions must be considered
final, and be in future received from realised and funded
property.—(Great cheering.) There will no doubt be
some allusion made to the ecclesiastical courts of the
country, and no doubt another attempt will be made to
bolster them up. Last year such an attempt was made,
and Government, in supporting them, exposed themselves
to contempt and infamy. These courts owed their
origin solely to the dark ages, and are only continued to
this day to suit the purposes of the House of Commons.
They are a reproach to the country, an abomination in
the eyes of men, and an iniquity in the sight of Heaven.
Their whole business ought at once to be transferred
to the civil courts, where decisions are founded on equity,

PtlltriMbi.
, On Settle). Louis Philippe, aecompani, d by Colonel
I)!ltnas and other officers, left the Tuileries, for Ver-
sill!le& On his way, the King stopp:d for an hour at
lilt Cloud, and returned to the Tuileries at six.
4The Cot/44,4(mnd announces the arrivel at Cher-
)°,trrge, of 140 pieces of artillery ala Paixhans, of 80_
e 'l3• east et Ruelle, near Rochefort. They are intended
•°r,the armament of the ramparts of the place.
~,,h4iteeeetints from Germany, stating that the epidemy,
,ielth had caused such destruction among the horned
t,liedinin_. Galicia and Lower Austria, was gradually
W i;
~ are asaured, says the Presse, that the Minister of
ale Works will, in a few days, present to the Chum-
`'f Deputies a Bill relative to the concession of the
!enern railroad.
'ion Sleek states that the Opposition had not, as men-
-I„tied by several of its contemporaries, come to the reso-
rt of abstaining from voting on the Secret Service
,-,neY Bile,
ellettboe thousand military passengers arrived at Toulon
ee .e thousand
inst, on board the Orduoque, French war,
teblielee, from Algiers. 1,004 was the number which
lead
113 ft Algiers, but four were unfortunately washed
11:110°%,rd in a gale on the 20th.
tele •c.cile, 'Montpellier journal, announces that a
teeiPauY has been formed in that town, with a view to
and
ansititution of a direct line of packets between Cette
!rule gters. Two iron steamers, of the value of 500,000
estaitarieseh (20,0001.) are to perform this service
Ceee,%,
°late -"e` "alines, Mara :hal de Camp, has left Paris,
the 'ft" with a mission, the object of which is to define
shit ,rentiera of Morocco. It will be remembered that
ttilstliZundary question was the same which immediately
tirt.*
• ed the late hostilities between France and that
it're'sre°,,tl de Meer, who had at first refused the post of
'4l a Itt °f the Supreme Council of War and Marine,
4 ecePted it at the suggestion of Queen Christina.
e,beheral Espinosa, who we* banished without trial to
eoleil;°rl a charge of alleged participation in the late
isKing a', had been pardoned and permitted to remain
.
~ Ia ei,;,l``` 3.11:V7 ALND P 03403111.
n ihe:end of 2s. ed. in the pour d has been declared
%seer;
at estate of Johnson, Johnson, and Mann, late
,i,ily Roreford.
tetteeete'sions of the Central Criminal Court have com-
t7see-' The calendar contains the names of 160 pri-
tit;',o° the New Court Samuel Aden pleaded guilty
••'''St, oi Large of having robbed the dressing-rooms of
tis,,,-„' tu theatres of swords and other properties, and
ksi t4e e
heated to be imprisoned for one year at Brixton,
The e Well whipped before he left Newgate.
1114 bartlld jury at the Surrey Sessions have returned
lie la ia both the cruelty cases.
ttsJoroittletned Dakey was sentenced by the. Lord
Nt the Mansion-house, to one month's imprison-
s 441 hard '
P, in ~,,,,, belabour, for havinig. ran away from a
mt,At:, the lgot!,e had been engage!
itet, evttu 1411, Robert Huggins Smith,.ll4,_,llpiroghm-
I, ' Ale, Plmtig, Was charged with obtaining 31. I
~4111‘5.011111) of the firm of Hall and Allan, drapers,
e',ith, of
,rmellYard, by the pretence that he was()freputPed
Allen's theu're CluaY' at Rotterdam,
4„ates hr e, and an intimate acquaaimntaannce of, Mr.
'Mate other, who resides at Rotterdam. Ile was re-
tie e •
h, 4tlee excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of
a'tb,cire, Queen,
ae-sPare Court, with respect to the case of Miss
li-4413 -,;', it appeared to be the general impressio
cushione ,-„`tterapt would be made to procure the lady's
ilI f ;s' nail- Mr. Burrell came to the Court in the
q"ivaea'e afternoon, and was engaged for some time
te,So ke c,cenversation with Mr. Bond and the clerksi,
le illueati
, cation was made to him on the subject of
elel te,„
th )11 P 1,911 named John Redknap, William Brister,
th:•4, d '..,',1),', Joseph Richards, and Joseph Undey,
tilt, 4.4„,-... -Waling a quantity of corn, the property of
kitetcersteith Conveyance Company, were fully
JAt e from Hammersmith.
416 eie 'ph - eeammersmith.
4te'ttode r "'es Court, Margaret Duffy, who has been
tat",ht for robbing licensed victuallers before, was
theft, 'fore Mr. Broderip on three different charges
I, alld rll
u y committed.
ki,'4l),,eotlller NIOETAZINAII.
iiltrri;e'd° of Beau—forrt lianad the Marquis 4 Worcester
'l''l et Bee at Beaufort louse, from Badminton.
U b'attee,,Q of Cleveland arrived in St. James's-square,
1.4•4 at ''Y evenin f o Raby Castle, where the
ttt tttlt,!ld Lady l'gurt mPoulett still remain. His
44,i *44 to Babyu i s afew days,
1 .I\ht °II' ll ato close the hunt-
lee lie.„, ,
Nej't' ire itieT of Lansdowne has arrived at Lansdowne
44,„5, ,ftial l'ewood Park, Wilts, for the Parliamentary
11),111:e,,, thelarchioness and Lady Louisa Fitamaurice
temlc , present at Bowood.
I'le katie,l°ls of Bute has arrived in town, from Dum-
tit:dati,' '''s Lordship's seat in Ayrshire, to. attend
kap 'site in Parliament The Noble Marquis's mar-
Nee,,llliaarka,(lY Sophia Hastings does not take place so
1, l'h ' ii -.need. We have reason to believe that no
ji„t a;,,,,,cal is defi • ly fixed on for the nuptials.
''i ',4ele-1,411d Couneitteese of llardwick have arrived at
The 4: totel, Brook-street, to attend her Majesty
k t •-tling ,
~,, t, me . e'f the session.
)41'44111a th'erlon Countess of Clarendon have come to
'Se e rove, near Watford, Ilerts.
Ilee)1:11i e °lintess Cadogan and Ladies Augusta and
a te ado
t'ete'oliet,,gitri, and a distinguished circle, are visit-
e fIIIY, lien viscountess Viscountess Sydney, at Frognall Lodge,
ti,:,l;ati eat-
Noll!' )n,,,arld Countess of Zetland aro expected to
4Th IrQ, "In the course of the week, from Aske Hall,
e.1,1', tetart ,f. ,
ZiLlittlof lit,a,..ori.':,:irbesborsough intends to come to town to-
Hall, Lincolnshire, to be at the
/,,,N 114 t p mlatnent,
44' Nre4llnerston has returned to Carlton -house-
b ‘lt i 41righ 'visiting Lord and Lady Ashley, at Earl
Nt, 5 rstot„°ll) Where Viscountess Palmerston in-
"g her stay until the close of the ensuing
817111 -1111)ewa
110 1,,,,.!1111„„g" Lady Rendlesham and the Hon.
"411 i, 'd lte-a•lmn,' who have been passing some weeks.
itt,itstne , 'oegliam, at the Noble Lord's seat in
ON S. '0 town for the season early in the ensu-
-1 e'rlatel L
t. p vi„o‘dy Beauvale arrived in town on Satur-
et-is Seem °IA Melbourne's seat in Hertfordshire.
ttl;')tats t 4nd Lady Elizabeth Russell have been
a, y \/leta-Y,ks with the Duke and Duchess of Bed-
Stj°lst alga f-!•bbeY, Bedfordshire.
et khle' and e‘-°°x, the Hon. Mr. Shirley, the Hon.
Fitlttriv,, 41)t. Harnmersley, were among the fa-
,
1,11 teet."l4 at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, during
k 0 last 11e.4.
it,„:11,,„- hew --A-ReliziLiamitotra.
.4,' '44;4 a ernerieen line-of-packet ship North-
Nt)tatol7%)arrved in the St. Katharine's Dock,
tk, te
rest
eo after a very boisterous passage. This
,Vtlkil,s tnsldorahly the largest of the extensive
NiAletti !the jachile between London and Ne.v York,
'Ol
,tle toltu'rs," and this is her second trip across
101m:'.. lere:u the United States. She has brcught,
atZtih'ut it,;',o ecunPlement of cabin and steerage pas-
titetteo of 44141:tie_ Cargo. o.f the usual descrtptio.n and
!V,teetitit
or ,i provisions for consumption in this
~qttit.tlty,w,aahtohiedCommittee of the Medical Protec-
ele 4ti kelt, - last evening, at their room, Exeter
4at't el 4, (lip .
~1 e( • n
carlament-street, in the chair. A
tt, ki goons all •
,I le 9s 'ftsci ' eging that the late charter of the
el 4. g that 3 was obtained by misrepresentation,
itty;ntetl W 4
tNtttelt°l,l the ell
-s e nJa.sis o,' ege might be remodelled on a
m,e,_4reil,elle4e
iz,,yesponsibility, and that the mem-
eetoph'it have a voice in the election of
I,'Aolieraeri of , Y the secretary, and signed by
Oh ale te) ek e`.fle Committee who were members
e,t1143', br
tulscussion then e )ok place, in vvhi, h
em et t,,,ta,„ ~-Lynea, see
tOtik ' ale,, anouid
em, tee. reera,,,,. Petition her Majesty for a new
tittt"l‘,4t am "on for general praetitimaere, or fur
Pei 's il.‘vhich jeorganiantion of the College of Sur-
Ntiefigi,it of 'V :',oualittee adjourned.
e,l'le4(hlt,teoleeeli`Ziday last the pheasantry on the
1 etlaatit,ii Bleitro'd°rge Reid of the Royal Horse
I'o4ll the,nd roeheee Park, Bucks, was burglariously
lee eft time hen `.4 of four tame cock pheasants,
t'ltl, to ktte , with which the robbers got clear
e 1 telt 4of th
I,,,tstkilei 11141,06 , e robbery was immediately for-
kailtlitete'hoes, I.ea) and they commenced search-
NN tehe Bi ln the neighbourhood of Uxbridge.
seellit ill'oraitietiiVt°! , the Feathers, they found four
N)als, rate of
e'Pnen and David Grainer, and
ea) eat tetertg i: gang of depredators, living at
ti'l tZa y,m'ete were!'-' the tap-room, and they were in-
hah.,t,l4r ,
on two baskets belonging to them
it,ctty
_ln eie,eaatnining the baskets, they were
lel t'is ‘ere F'°‘ Of the reeje
,a' er,. lietee,„_Q, pheasants, still alive. The
4 th;teelfe broil-71 ly taken into caetody, and
/NO- Ive ' the aitt" up for examination before
taele Illeti te ore, Ing Magistrate at Uxbridge, by
Itottr,S:th,e4letheforroet"ihntoillan_i_remo.ve.'d to Beaconsfielci,
OM /ole (talsisten ""alaggliam magistrates.
~i feat er, Otee„
the of fifteen rank and file, and 1, pt 't 9o 1 '4 ("r n
li,,let,,ttp() wiea,"Yal Sappers and Miners,
itele,,,lsq a, ee‘, 11:leeched, headed b , h b s
41'1)-ats to "`erdaym,, . e t e ras
Pietelees. T Black "ming, to Mr. Roff's wharf,
f Va tilip'3•egt, he detach In in one of the Woolwich
il,Sjtit, tq, jday aft 'Went embarked. at the East
tie at,,_)t 11 toete,, awn, in the William Shand,
le'mq,k4agliNlee°ll. the'"°g
kl'ii4l.te tith i!, his pa,Peaker of the House of Corn-
Ne. ill_ e'!atae,,
,12;atne,leary dinners on Saturday
rjs,le.itie4ght iConneil ‘eir Robert Peel, Sir James
eiht` 4e, q, 4 of h ' henrY Goulburn, and the
ter,ellloltt-tillettl,,evrieht. e Government, dine with the
i,t.,,,,t.,1,,.
,i.,,,,4to(lo_eeting
°llt44("t4Mis tel'`)ta
of general practitioners
ei 4, i?,ll,`)lr 4,,1t1er,z,!_,,,t!ie 14th of January, request-
kiateelevii7itieues, ~,r, tion for their branch of the
h qt,; ac,111`11R(Ile,
,lasevvra has replied, in letter dated
v'e't'titl, r,i,tltatl e,irn7.,i. saver
to the Apothecaries' So
ll_ e,ttie,ite ;',eler,„,,h,et body to submit a measure
T
tr,it,Ro °at ehst:Hl,ngness to consider it if sub-
er,ei'll,',4l,'. the her satireThig, that the memorialists
~i, f;')till,.. areeine,t_u,ed him that they represent
i, !el
tr(iall et,54 . ,
%thLi4t•NbC)lld:"}i I:el baS Well
a thes metropolitan
Sol'''. elete eeelmr!,atestio„ elemadal Board, at Oxford,
, te,,tbeee Chien e ,". of the 90th Tract, was pre-
itke-4tlet4 lil.°llda signed by the Bishops
, t 'al h to °I. ee ester, an '
.4'44 y i;day iivreatid four hundred and forty
Z(4,, ~ate,'")ll:,et two 21;• An adjourned meeting
I'd. hett,.alliNtoi;:
,;„°,°_lte,. when sin amendment,
I ml e'ethe ~:• p!...Rte'," 'Pal of Braseeose Col-
-1 laeti,Llai,steoe'ealards, Rector of Exeter
tai mit"
hia.e oaken into conaidera-

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instead of all that miserable weakness which tee ace daily
going on in Doctors' Conatil.ons.-:---(Chbera,) The
beral MenaiArs, myself aiiiong them, may not be able
iMrhaps to do much good, but we trust that we may pre.
vent a considerable degree of harm, as in the last session,
in the case of the Masters' and Servants' Bill.—(lm-
mense cheering). We destroye 1 that Bill—(Cheers)--
which at once made the industry and labour of the
working man not worth a twenty-flcear hours' purchase;
which placed him at 'the mercy of his employer,
for if he gave but a disrepectful look, or, as it was called
in the Bill, " misbehaviour," it subjected him to three
months on the tread-mill; but there was no like punish-
ment if the master misbehaved himself. Oh, no. It be-
hoved the friends of the people to keep a sharp look out
fur those measures, and therefore, I say, that if we do
not much good, we can at least prevent some mischief.—
(Great cheering,) Dlr.;Moore has expressed a hope that
I will not suffer the Post-office espionage to remain as it
is. I hope that you all know me sufficiently well to be-
lieve that I will not allow it so to remain. On the last
day of the past session I gave notice that I should call
the attention of the House to the Secret Committee Re
port, and to-morrow I will renew that notice—(Tre-
fnendous cheering)—and I will undertake to prove that
that report was made for the sole purpose of mystifying
the public. Sir James Graham had named his own
jury, and I was excluded from it.—(Hear, hear.)
I could have given them some real information,
and they declined to possess it.—(Laughter and cheer..)
No, they said this—at least they meant it:—" The state-
ment mast be screened from the public; now we know,
that if you come into this room, you will let the cat out
of the bag."— (Laughter.) But I hare done that pretty
well already.—(" You have," and laughter.) Ali, but
then they were in doubt about my statements; bat was
there one of those statements once controverted—one
contrary evidence found against it? They escaped, how-
ever, as well as they could, and screened Sir J. Graham
as much as possible. I have read since that time in some
newspaper that the secret office is closed, and that the
clerks are sent to the right about.—(Laughter and
cheers.) Is that report satisfactory ? Is it not as pro-
bable that it is only removed from the Post-office to the
Home-office—(Shouts of laughter)—and that the ser-
vices
of the clerks are transferred to Sir J. Graham's
outer room?—(Laughter.) It will be a more convenient
arrangement; so that if any of you write to me—and my
letters have been opened before now—there will be no
time lost. He can at once say, " What is this, see what
is written to Duncombe, and let me know imme-
diately."—(Shame, and hisses.) Oh, what a stain
to our country in the eyes of foreign nations. What
indignity that the prisons of despotic foreign rowers
should be filled with victims to our Post-office espionage.
The blood of the nine men who have lately suffered in
Calabria is on the Post- office of England. It is a well
known fact now that we gave the Pope information of
what was going on in his dominions, and it is equally
well known that on the principle of " one good turn
deserves another," he has done the Government a good
turn now by using his influence on the politics of Ire-
land.—(Hear, hear.) The Government said, "We
assisted you in putting down rebellion in your terri-
tories, now give us your assistance with Daniel O'Con-
nell." I trust and hope that there is sufficient
independence remaining with the people of Ireland that,
be their religious principles what they will, they will
not allow a foreign potentate to interfere in their
struggle for their political freedom.—(Great cheers.)
My friends, lam reminded of the trades' conference. I
do then say that I trust the metropolitan trades, and the
trades throughout England, will meet by delegates here,
for it is quite clear to me that there is now an attempt
to prejudice the public mind against all combinations,
saving always combinations of capitalists.—(Hear,
hear.) The Honourable Speaker made some further
observations on the principles of trades' unions, and
concluded by thanking them for the confidence they had
conferred on him; and he hoped that the ensuing session
would not in any way shake their friendship—that he
would meet them at the end of it, and be as warmly
greeted as he had been that evening. He then sat
down amid enthusiastic applause.
Several other speakers followed, and a ball wound up
the festivities of the evening.

THE GRAVESEND STAR STEAM-
PACKET COMPANY.

In compliance with an advertisement which appeared
in the Times, calling a meeting of the Shareholders of
this Company, a numerous and highly respectable assem-
blage of that body was held yesterday, at the George
and Vulture Tavern, Lombard-street. At a few minutes
past one o'clock, upon the motion of Mr. Marryat,
George Frederick Young, Esq., was unanimously
called to the chair.
Mr. MA RRYAT said that as they had met for the pro-
motion and protection of their interests as Shareholders
in this Company, he trusted that all the information that
could be procured for the furtherance of those objects
would be elicited ; but he would suggest that it would
be well that none but Shareholders should be present.
After a short discussion, it was agreed upon that the
newspaper reporters should be allowed to be present ;
but no other persons who were not Shareholders or
Proprietors.
The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to say, that as he felt
he owed the meeting some explanation for having called
it, he would now beg leave to offer that explanation,
and in doing so those whom he had the ho-
nour of addressing might rest assured he would he
exceedingly brief. The reason he had taken upon him-
self to call this meeting was this': There were many
Proprietors and Shareholders, who, like himself and those
by whom he was surrounded, had long been engaged in
this unfortunate Company. When first they embarked
in it, he thought they might say, without vanity, that
they did so without any desire to induce others to follow
their example, but merely for the purpose that was ap-
parent—namely, a commercial speculation; but, owing to
the faith reposed in those to whose management the
affairs of the Company were entrusted, very many
persons were induced to embark their capital in it, and
had it not been for this feeling, he pledged himself that
he, and many others whom he knew, would;have long
since retired from the Company altogether.—(Elear,
hear.) lie did not mean to indulge in any observations
which might be deemed individually offensive ; but, at
the same time, he would rot hesitate to say that the
affairs of the Company had been not oily fraught with
disaster and loss, but they had been conducted in a
manner which he for one could not approve of ; and he
would go further, and add that his opinion was, that
many of the losses of the Company had been owing to
those to whom its management had been entrusted.—
(hear.) He, in common with the other Shareholders,
had received the printed circular or notice of
the Directors, and he should confess that that rotice did
strike him with amazement, and it was in consequence
of it that he had deemed it his duty to call this meeting.
—(Hear, hear.) However, he had resolved to restrain
his feelings, and not to give expression to his suspicion
until this meeting was held ; and here he would say,
that a more bold attempt of a body entrusted with the
management of the affairs of a Company, to hold the rod
over that Company, and dictate to them the terms upon
which they should almost sacrifice their own interest, he
had never heard.—(Hear, hear.) The proposition of the
Directors was to this effect, that they would either buy
up the shares from the Proprietors at 12s. per share, or
that the latter should pay up a dividend of I per share.
But whether these propositions were the result of an
ascertained fact by the Directors, to the effect that the
property was worth no more—a matter which every
individual Shareholder was entitled to be informed upon
—they were left in utter ignorance of. For these reasons
he would say he did think that such a course of conduct
was not becoming on the part of the Directors.
—(hear, hear.) The circular of the Directors had
led many country Shareholders to believe they
had no other alternative than that it proposed ;
arid to his own knowledge many female Shareholders
had actually acceded to the proposition, believing that
this treatment of them was such as they had no valid
means of resisting.—(Hear.) Now, he did think this
was a position in which the Shareholders should not
have been placed ; and he entertained the hope that the
Directors would give the fullest and most frank and
satisfactory statement of the affairs of the Company ;
that those affairs would appear not to be in so bad a
state as the Shareholders had been led to suppose ; that
if the property was to be sold, it would bring a larger
sum than could be expected from the statement of the
Directors ; and that if such should be the ultimate reso-
lution of the Shareholders, the proceeds should be
divided fairly, part passe, between them.—(Hear, hear.)
The Directors had called upon the Shareholders to do a
certain amount by a given day, without affording the
latter sufficient time for consideration. There were
many Shareholders in the country who were at a less to
know how to act. They had asked his advice.
This he did not like to give ; but the course'
which ho himself thought he ought to
adopt, was to call upon the Directors for their consent,
and ask them in decorous, but at the same time firm,
terms, fer a full explanation of the affairs of the Com-
pany.—(Hear.) It the Directors had the power to buy
up the shares, he had no doubt but the Shareholders
could get an inhibition from the Court of Chancery to
restrain them ; but he did not think the deed of settle-
ment gave them that power.—(Hear, hear.) After a
few further observations, the Chairman concluded by
repeating what he had said at the outset—namely, that
under the circumstances he had mentioned, he had
deemed it his duty to call the present meeting in
order that they might adopt whatever means they
deemed most expedient for the protection of their
own interest ; begged that hard words might not be
used, as they would only throw impediments in the
way of business ; and thanked his auditory for the at-
tention with which they had heard him.
Mr. HITCHENS concurred in al that had fallen from
their respected Chairman. He fully agreed with him
that it would be injudicious to use hard words, though
they broke no bones. At a former meeting of the Share-
holders at Gravesend, it was agreed upon that the Com-
pany should be broken up, but that had not been done,
and lie was at a loss to know why it had not. It
was true they had been told a flattering story as to the
state of their affairs, and that a dividend of 10 per
cent. had been declared. But, he would ask, what had
they now? Why, nothing.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.)
He would ask, what right had the Directors to say HOW
they would take upon themselves to dispose of a property
that for the last ten years had been getting worse and
worse ? He denied they had any such right, and there-
fore they should not call upon the Shareholders to sell
their property until a full and fair statement had been
laid before them, showing the real and actual value of
it.—(lleer.) The Shareholders had seen no data what-
ever upon 'which the Directors had gone in order to
ascertain the value of their property, and, therefore, he
would si y, without wishing to use hard words, that on
his soul lie had never seen or heard anything like this in
his lit e.—(Hear, and a laugh.) After applauding the
course taken by the Chairman, Mr. kitchens concluded
by me sing the first resolution, which, with the others,
will be foued in our advertising columns.
The, CHAIRMAN was of opinion that from this meet-
' requisition to the Directors to

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call a gt;nei•al mettint.; of the ShatthUlders, and td
press a strong hope that the former would at that meet-
ing evince a wish to adopt whatever course should be
deemed most advisable by the latter, instead of coming
with their pockets filled with proxies, in order to enable
them to carry out their own views.—(Hear, hear.) In-
deed, he could not think they would do otherwise, and
therefore he would suggest the adaptioh of such a re-
quisition.
Mr. ARNOLD, the Treasurer of the Company, next
a•ldressed the meeting. IL: said, that when first he saw
the advertisement calling this meeting, he did not in-
tend to be present, as it was anonymous ; but he was
glad that he had a? tended. He felt that he should take
to himself a share of the discredit, if any there was,
that should fall upon the Directors. He had been urg-
ing them since July last to make out a statement, but
they had not done so. He was not a Director, but the Trea-
surer of the Company, and, as such, he felt proud of the
confidence they reposed in hirn.—(Hear.) lie did not,
however, mean to throw any reflection upon the Direc-
tors, for he believed the majority of them to be highly
honourable and upright men, and willing to adopt any
coarse that the Shareholders should point out.—(Hear.)
Some of the Directors were men of considerable wealth
and influence, and would, therefore, be ashamed to do any
act unworthy of men of high character.—(Hear, hear.)
lie had not a copy of the deed of settlement, but he
believed it would be found that its clauses were very
strong, and that Lone of them conferred the power on
the Lord Chancellor alluded to by the Chairman. lie
would suggest that four or fire of the Shareholders
should meet the Directors, and ask them to show,
if they could, whether they had had good premises for
the arguments set forth in their circular.

with regret the moral, pecuniary, and social evils result-
ing from the operation of the gittne4ats 1 the protection
thereby afforded to game causes so great an abundance
that it becomes a temptation to indigent and unemployed
labourers to transgress the laws, to the great injury of
their moral charactr and the loss of all respect for the
constituted authorities; that the game-laws consequently
tntrtil on us, your petitioners, a large parochial expense,
as well as serious loss to the cultivators of the soil in the
destruction of their crops. That your petitioners have a
decided objection to partial laws, which secure sport and
amusement for the few to the great detriment of the ma-
jority of the nation, which laws have been the principal
cause of a large outlay in this county in the erection of
a new prison, and which laws have often occasioned the
sacrifice of human lives and liberty in this and adjoining
counties. Your petitioners respectfully call the attention
of your Honourable House to the circumstances which
produced the lamentable murder of the gamekeepers at
Croom, in Warwickshire, and at Odd, us Bedfordshire,
and beg to express their full concurrence in the declare
tion made by the Coroner's jury in the former case.
Deeply lamenting the continuance of these feudal game-
laws, so immoral in their tendency, so fruitful in crime,
destructive to human life and property, and so inconsis-
tent with the precepts' of Christianity, your petitioners
Ho
nourable
House earnestly but respectfully entreat your
House to pass such measures as will cause their entire
and immediate repeal. And your petitioners will ever
Pr ay
M."
r. PERRIN (a farmer) observed, that he witnessed so
much mischief arising from the game-laws, that he could
not refuse to second the petition, which was thereupon
adopted with loud acclamation.
On the motion of Mr. ADCOCK, seconded by Mr. GUNN,
Mr. Bright was requested to present the same to the
House of Commons, and support the prayer thereof.
Mr. BRIGHT, M.P., then came forward and was loudly
cheered. He expressed his gratification at the compli-
ment paid to him, in his being invited to undertake the
duty just imposed upon him. He had no connexion
with that town or county beyond that which every man
living under the same Government had with every part
of the country. He believed he had been invited because
of the interest be took in the subject. He conceived that
this meeting was a perfectly spotaneous movement. He
had intended to come to it rather as a learner and a
listener than as a speaker, for although he might
know something of the game-laws theoretically, by
means of what he bad heard and read, he came from
a densely-populated district, where the people had
something better to do than to preserve game. What
he had now heard from the farmers who had spoken
confirmed his impression, and corroborated the state•
meats made at the meeting at Ruislip. The game-
laws were especially unsuited to the present condi-
tion of things in this country ; and the evils of
which they were the parent were beginning to engage
the attention of the country to such an extent that
the ',day was rapidly approaching when they must be
either greatly modified, or entirely abolished.—(Cheers.)
They were injurious to the farmer, by promoting the
rearing and the maintaining of what was called a large
head of game. They were also very injurious to the
labourer by causing bad farming, and putting an irre-
sistible temptation before him to break the law. But
there was a general charge he would bring against the
game-law s. The landowners of this country had under-
taken to feed the people. It was common for them to
express their desire that this country should be inde-
pendent of foreigners for the supply of food, saying
that the land of this country was sufficient to supply the
whole population with food. He was not going into
other questions. But the landowners having under-
taken to feed the 27,000,000 of people in England and
Ireland, if there was reason to believe that these people
were not sufficiently fed, then it was the height of in-
justice and immorality on the part of the landholders to
keep up a very large quantity of game—a kind of ver-
min—to devour a large portion of particular food which
multitudes of the starving population would be glad to
obtain.—(Hear.) Every eater, as well as every grower of
agricultural produce, had reason to complain of the game-
laws. To the farmer, whether having a lease or not, they
were an injury and nuisance. The landowners of Eng-
land were in the habit of calling themselves the farmer's
friends, and of speaking in Parliament in favour of
protection for the farmer • yet they supported the game
laws, which formed one Of the greatest barriers to their
success. The farmersi n that neighbourhood were less
spirited ; they found it difficult to pay their rents. Some
were looking to Parliament for help, and some knew not
where to look, but were quite in despair. But the farmer
should consider who they were that maintained this
system, and whether it was not for their own pleasure
or profit. Then would come the question how far the
farmer's interests were identified with those of the land-
owner, and the consideration whether it was not worth
while for the farmers to take their own business into
their own hands.—(Hear, hear.) But farmers were ge-
nerally quiet men, and afraid to speak their minds, and
act up to their convictions. But he trusted that the
time would come when they would show greater inde-
pendence of spirit, and not mind so mach what their
landlords and their agents and stewards told them. They
should unite together to obtain deliverance from those
evils which were forced upon them in consequence of
their own neglect of their own interests. The motion
of which he had given notice had reference not only to
the injury done to the farmer, but the demoralizing
influence of the game-laws upon the labouring popula-
tion. He would put it to any minister or teacher of re•
ligion, whether he did not find all his efforts counteracted
verymuch in particular districts by the propensityto poach-
ing on the part of the labourers? In 1843 no fewer than
4,500 men were convicted of poaching in England and
Wales. A large number of them were sent to prison because
they could not pay the fines. It was equally certain
that many of them came out not simply poachers as they
went in, but hardened and deeply injured persons, by
contamination with men of bad character, felons of every
class.—(Hear, hear.) In 26 cases out of the 41 game-
keepers killed, as mentioned by the chairman, the co-
roner's jury had returned a verdict of " Wilful murder."
Was not that an appalling state of things ? And all for
the sake of providing a miserable gratification to a very
small portion of the public. In 10 years, then, 26
murders had been committed under the game-laws ; and
there was every reason to believe that some of the ether
cases were cases of murder also. Not only had 26 men
lost their lives, but 26 murderers had been made. The
gamekeeper had been hurried into eternity in the midst
of a savage conflict with the poacher, who had been
tried, convicted, and hanged in the face of thousands ;
while the family of each was left without protection,
and that of the latter with the stain of having a parent
dying an ignominious death.—(Hear.) All this was
caused because a certain small portion of the community
was resolved to • gratify a barbarous appetite for a bar-
barous pleasure, and to make laws severer in respect to
this species of property titan those affecting other pro-
perty; the same being carried Into effect with a rigour
that disgraced those who sat on the bench of justice.
—(Hear.) Game was styled property • but not all the
laws in the Statasfe-book could make it so to the
mind of the labourer. There was abundant proof of that
t 2; lar large
game
to be found in the reports of the Parliamentary Commit-
tees
preservers sat o n theho gave their
evidence acknowledged
e
that they did not consider game property in the same
sense that they would a sheep or an ox. It was impossi-
ble to identify game, or to keep it within fences. Atter
some allusion to the murder of Lord Derby's game-
keeper, the Hon. Gentleman observed that the Govern-
ment might not agree to his motion ; he believed they
would consent to the appointment of a Committee, as it
was impossible to make any great changes in the game-
laws without first obtaining more information on the
subject. He was quite sure that there was a large body
of the people anxious to have this question put on a pro-
per and satisfactory footing; When he got down at the
station at Cheddington, the first thing which struck his
attention was a field full of ant-hills, and next the multi-
tudinous chimneys of the union workhouse. These were
the features of Buckingham which first met his eye.
But if their eounty were cultivated as other counties in
England and Scotland were, their labourers would be 50
per cent. better off, the farmers would be in a condition
of greater comfort, and the landowners, instead of being
gods looked up to with fear rather than love, would by
their just conduct live in the hearts and affections of all
around them.—(Hear hear.) He did not set himself up
as the farmer's friend. The time was coming when
the farmers would find out their friends.—(Hear, hear.)
But he would deliver the farmer from the tyranny
of the watchfulness of the gamekeeper.—(Hear, hear.)
The farmer durst not on his own land set foot on a nest
of game, nor pick up a half-dead hare. The farmer
should look about him, and search into the cause of this
degradation.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted that this
second meeting would lead to others, and that by union
and perseverance the attention of the Legislature might
be drawn to the subject. He was not without hopes, nor
would be have his auditors to be hopeless; for, of late,
he had reason to think that the men who composed
the Legislature were much improved in tone, and that a
greater regard to public opinion than heretofore was paid
by both Houses of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. GIBBS, jun., proposed a vote of thanks to Mr.
Bright, to the Duke of Grafton, aid to Sir H. Verney.
Mr. POOLE seconded the motion, which was passed
unanimously.
Upon the motion of Mr. CAPE, seconded by -Mr.
DICKIES, a vote of thanks was presented to the High
Sheriff for the use of the County-hall, and to the
Chairman for his services upon the present occasion.
The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment, and
said he believed that two-thirds of the gentlemen who
sat on the magistrates' bench had been guilty of poaching
when young, and therefore ho was surprised at the se-
verity with which they treated poachers. He hoped they
would learn to be more lenient, particularly the clerical
magistrates.—(Laughter and sheers.) Having read a
nassage from a leading article on the subject of the game-
laws from a journal of that day, the Chairman declared
the meeting dissolved.
ay

Here a short discussion took place upon the wording
of the resolutions (which will be found in our first page)
and requisition, which, having been agreed to, a vote of
thanks was passed by acclamation to the Chairman, and
the meeting separated.

REPEAL OF THE GAME-LAWS.
(From the Times.)
AYLESBURY, MONDAY NIGHT.—A public meeting of
the inhabitants of Aylesbury and its vicinity was held in
the County-ball in this town this evening, for the pur-
pose of adopting a petition to Parliament in favour of
a repeal of the game-laws. The meeting was both
numerously and respectably attended.
Dr. LEE (of Hartwell-hoase) presided, and opened the
business of the evening by stating that the present meet-
ing bad been called in consequerce of some gentlemen,
farmers, and others in the neighbourhood, having long
been of opinion that that the game-laws had bees most
injurious to the general interests of society ; that while
they afforded amusement and luxury to a few privileged
individuals, they were ruinous to the well-being of the
nation at large.—(Hear, bear.) The subject hal been
growing in public interest year after year, and now many
influential gentlemen were determined to press it upon
the attention of the Legislature. In the course of last
summer Sir 11. Verney, one of the magistrates, proposed
a resolution that application should be made to her Ma-
jesty's Government, with a view to induce them to bring
forward some measure to modify and improve the game-
laws ; and upon that occasion Sir H. Verney men-
tioned that nearly one-third of the persons in gaol
had been committed for infractions of the game-
laws. That resolution was seconded by himself, and
supported by two clergymen and another gentleman ;
but he was sorry to say that they were bat five, and a
majority of 18 or 20 against them. The result, how-
ever, had not damped the ardour of the minority.—
(Cheers.) After reading the notice of motion gives by
Mr. Bright for a Select Committee of the House of
Commons to inquire into the operation of the game-
laws, and also the statements of Mr. Williams, an in-
spector of prisons, corroborated by some chaplains of
gaols as to the demoralising influence of those laws,lhe
Chairman adverted to a return obtained by Mr. Main-
waring of the number of gamekeepers murdered during
the ten years ending 1843, from which it appeared that
no fewer than 41 gamekeepers had lost their lives during
that period in protecting the game of lords of manors.
He was sorry to say that the first on the list was Charles
Coles, the gamekeeper of a clergyman of the Church of
England, one of those gentlemen who professed to be
the descendants of the Apostles, though Holy Writ did
not inform them that the Apostles took out
Hear,game
licenses, or went fox-hunting.—(Cries of "
hear.") The next was a gamekeeper to a relative
of Lord De Grey, in Bedfordshire ; the next case
was in Berkshire ; and then came, he regretted to
see, one in Buckinghamshire. In Cheshire there had
been three such murders, in Derbyshire two, in
Gloucestershire:one. To the disgrace of Buckingham he
was compelled to admit that another gamekeeper had
been killed in that county. In Northamptonshire two
had been murdered. From a return of the number of
persons convicted of offences against the game-laws in
1843, obtained by Mr. Bright, he found that there were
119 such persons who had been convicted either at the
quarter or the petty sessions in Buckingham.—(Hear.)
Those details showed that the present meeting was
called for no light purpose, but one involving the com
fort, happiness, and lives of their fellow-creatures.—
(Hear.) However right it might be thought that Dukes.
Marquises, and Baronets should have their amusements
and pleasures, those amusements and pleasures were not
to be promoted at the expense of the imprisonment, ba-
nishment, and death of large numbers of their fellow-
subjects. Sir H. Verney stated last July, that out of
539 prisoners in Buckingham, apprehended daring the
preceding year, 169 were offenders under the game-laws.
—(Hear.) The recent instance of the murder of the
Earl of Lichfield's gamekeeper had created a most pain-
ful sensation in the paiblie mind ; and so impressed were
the Coroner's jury who sat on the inquest with the fact
that the game-laws were a fruitful source of crime, that
they made a unanimous representation in writing to that
effect, which had been forwarded by the Coroner to the
Secretary of State for the Herne Department, and he
trusted that it would meet with due attention.—(Hear.)
He had hoped that Aylesbury would be the first in this
movement, but it had been anticipated by the parish of
Ruislip, in Middlesex; still the men of Buckingham had
the honour of being second is the field.—(Cheers.) He
was glad to see also that the Earl of Euston had issued'
an address to the magistracy of Sussex upon the subject
—(Hear, hear.) To the old style of shooting he did not
object. Formerly gentlemen considered shooting a pur-
suit which united exercise and sport; they would go out
with their dogs, and if they killed two or three heads of
game, they were satisfied. Latterly noblemen and lords
of manors had got into the practice of preserving game
to the amount of thousands upon thousands, and recently
they had adopted a foreign custom, to which they durst
not give an English name—the battue.—(Hear, hear, and
a laugh.) He regretted to find that persons of whom he
wished to speak respectfully, such as the Marquis of
Exeter, the Duke of Rutland, and others, had fallen into
the new fashion, which' was, getting men to surround
and drive the game together, ao that, instead of sporting,
it was downwright murder and massacre.—(Hear, hear.)
He was sorry to add, that in that very county there
had lately been a most heartless and brutal battue.—
(Hear, hear.) But it was attended with some not very
consistent formalities, for it appeared that the parties
first went to chapel to say prayer at nine o'clock, and
at ten they were ready for the battue. The massacre
was then perpetrated by eight or ten men styled
noble ; and to wind up all, the newspapers stated
that when it was over the band played " See the Con
quering Hero comes" as they returned.—(Laughter.)
While he readily acknowledged that the Duke of Buck-
inghampossessed many good qualities, he must say, that
his Grace was not likely to keep up his dignity, or to
win the esteem of his fellow-subjects, by such proceed-
ings as that.—(Cheers.) It might look very well, while
he was surrounded by hussars, and yeomanry, and te-
nantry, having half-a-crown for their day's work, but
no true soldier, or sailor, or sportsman could approve of
such wholesale slaughter. Such doings were not con-
fined to the laity ; the clergy patronised them, and he
had heard of one clergyman who made the school-boys
of his parish beat up game for his battue. (Shame 1)
A petition to Parliament was about to be submitted to
the meeting, and he thought it would be well if copies of
it were sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the
Bishop of the diocese, so that in their next milk and
water charges they might remonstrate with their clergy
upon the subject.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) In the
neighbourhood of Salisbury there had- recently been
three battues, which caused the destruction of 1,100
heads of game. His opinion, was, that the game-laws
should be abolished, and that the law of trespass would be
quite sufficient to insure a gentleman sufficient game and
sport.. His neighbours would protect his_land, and his
tenants would get rid of a great source of disaffection.—
(Hear.) Any gentleman- who would have the moral
courage to call upon Parliament to repeal 'the garre laws
would prove himself to be the farmer's friend. The game
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his neighbourhood with taxation to maintain the wives
and children of those he caused to be sent to gaol. The
game preserver was indeed the tyrant of his county,
filling the prison with inmates sent from his own do-
mains, and doing mischief to almost every other class of
his fellow-subjects.—(Cheem)
Mr. GRACE re-echoed the sentiments of the Chairman
with regard to the game-laws increasing local taxation,
and proposed the first resolution :
" That this meeting have long beheld with regret the
moral, pecuniary, and social evils arising from the
operation of the game-laws, by which the labourer is
degraded, the farmer impoverished, society often dis-
organised, and the amount of local taxation seriously in-
creased."
It was seconded by the Rev. W. MORLAND, and unani-
mously adopted.
Mr. SCRIVENER (a farmer) said he believed the game-
laws to be so had, that it was impossible to amend them,
and therefore they should be got rid of altogether.—
(Hear, hear.) He believed them to be a Crying evil. He
did not wish to curtail the sports of the gentry, but to
see them pay the expenses of their sports, and not 1
them upon other people.—(Cheers.) Had there been no
game-laws, he thought they might have been spared the
expense of a new prison, which would cost something
like 40,000/.—(A voice," Aye, and the workhouse too.")
He moved the second resolution.—
" That a petition to Parliament, praying for the total
and immediate repeal of the game-laws, be adopted and
signed by this meeting, and as many of 'the inhabitants
of Aylesbury and its neighbourhood as think proper to
affiz their signatures."
Mr. J. Moonxs (another farmer) having seconded the
proposition, it was agreed to nem. con.
Mr. GIBRS, sen., said that he was glad to see so
numerous an attendance, and to observe the presence of
some lads, for there was not a youth of fifteen years and
upwards who was not interested i n the object of the
meeting ; and after making a few emarks on Mr. Ber-
keley's pamphlet, he proposed the adoption of the fol-
lowing petition:—
" To THE HON. THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
" The humble petition of the inhabitants of the town
of Aylesbury, in the county of Buckingham, and
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SIR EDWARD KNATCIIBULL.—There is no truth
in the statements of some of our contemporaries that the
Paymaster of the Forces is about t• retire from the Ca
binet. It is true that the Right Hon. Baronet has not
of late regularly attended the Cabinet Councils, but the
cause has been the illness of his dauhter, and some
slight personal indisposition, and not a misunderstanding
between him and his colleagues.—Morning Paper.
FUNERAL OF THE MARQUIS OF SLIGO.--
mains of the late Marquis of Sligo were interred yes-
terday in the catacombs of the General Cemetery,
Kensal-green. The mournful ceremony was conducted
in a very private manner, in accordance with the ex-
pressed wish of the deceased Peer, and the funeral was
attended by only a small circle of the lamented noble-
man's family connexions.
MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday last,
at the parish church of Rochdale,
a Therri ed
bridegroom
d eg ro Marthaom Wood,dou ageddouble
fifty-
five,jointed,
u‘;pl.lBeusrmsn:bs on each hand. The bride has been
James Crossley, aged
fie
httvwopoa'her bed, of rheumatism, for the last seven
cat twenty-five,
confined
n hnbt yaeo -sdt
years ; she had to be carried into the church by seven
wen, colliers.--Liverpool Chronicle.