The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-27 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY

THE FACTORIES BlLL.—Among the parties who voted
for the report of the committee on this bill, were Lord
Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas, W. Entwistle, Lord George
Bentinck, J. I. Blackburne, J. Brotherton, W. Ewart,
Captain Gladstone, G. Hudson, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir J.
Jervis, Lord J. Manners, Lord J. Russell, J. Tollemache,
W. B. Ferrand, J. Fielden, &c. The following names
appear among those who voted against receiving the re-
port; W. Brown, W. T. Egerton, Sir R. Peel, T. Thorn-
ley, J. Bright, T. M. Gibson, G. C. Legh, J. A. Roebuck,
J. Hume, &c.

MR. BIiIGHT'S SPEECH ON THE EDUCATION QUESTION.
—Mr. Bright, in his speech on the government plan of
education, on Tuesday evening, is reported to have said,
(alluding to the established church) :—" His forefathers
had languished in prison, under the direction of that
church which, the house was now asked to aggrandise.
Within the last two years, the place of worship he at-
tended had been stripped of its furniture to pay the sala-
ries of the ministers of the church." As Mr. Bright's
usual place of residence is Rochdale, this assertion would
be generally understood to have reference to something
which had occurred in that town. We have, therefore,
been requested to state, that, so far as regards the clergy
of Rochdale, or any of them, there is not the slightest
foundation for the statement; and that none of those gen-
tlemen have salaries or stipends derived from any source
which would have given rise to any such proceeding as the
stripping of the place of worship attended by the hon.
gentleman, or any other place of worship.—Manchester
Guardian.

MR. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, M.P.—On Montlay a meet-
ing of the electors of West Gloucestershire, or, rather,
of that large portion of the county within the limits of
the Forest of Dean, was held at the Speech House, Dean
Forest, for the purpose of hearing certain explanations
proposed to be made by the hon. Grantley. F. Berkeley.
The meeting was held in the centre of the Forest of Dean,
a wild, uncultivated district, and was attended by some
500 persons, chiefly miners and coal-masters. • Mr. Berke-
ley, after entering into the disputes with his brother,
moved a resolution condemnatory of the government
education-scheme. Reverting again to politics, he said
he had found a gentleman willing to support him in his
hour of need—Mr. Clayton, of Bierley Hall, Yorkshire,
whom he now introduced to the meeting. Mr. Clayton
was an iron-miner and coal-master, and therefore well
acquainted with their interests. If ever two tories should
be nominated, Mr. Clayton would be ready to come for-
ward and solicit their suffrages.—Mr. Hunt (a quaker)
then came forward and spoke against Mr. Grantley
Berkeley's public conduct, more especially • his vote in
favour of the game laws. Mr. H. said that they should
have an anti-game-law candidate at the next election. A
warm debate followed.—Mr. Grantley Berkeley replied,
and with other speakers charged Mr. Hunt with being
the abettor of Earl Fitzhardinge. In the course of his
remarks, Mr. Berkeley was interrupted by Mr. Trotter, a
gentleman of the neighbourhood, upon which Mr. Berke-
ley said :—" 1 won't be interrupted. Don't do it again,
because I won't stand it. If you interrupt me again, I'll
have you out of that carriage.' —Mr. Trotter subsequently
said be thought Mr. Grantley Berkeley ought not to come
out in that " punch o' the head" sort of style. He (Mr.
Trotter) would be killed before he would be intimidated.
Mr. Grantley Berkeley afterwards denied that be had
threatened to strike him, and the apology was accepted.
—After some personal matters, both parties getting rather
warm, a resolution condemning the government education
plan was' carried. A resolution expressing approval of
Mr. Grantley Berkeleys explanation, was also carried by
three votes to one. An amendment, expressing dissatis-
faction at the hon. member's conduct, was lost by aliout
the same proportion of votes.