The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-17 00:00:00

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nephews' John Hill and George Staveley Hill, and his friend
thought it right to answer, as it was one of a serious cha-
Richard Egerton, Esq. The last-named gentleman is left a
ratter. The hon. member for Stockport had not only said
legacy of £2,000. that the labourers on his estate were worse paid than any
The following is a comparative return of the season. of 1841 other labourers in the county, but that they were worse off

and 1842. recently received by the directors of the New as far as respected clothing, health, and education. To these
Brunswick Land Company, of the crops raised, and stock charges he would say a few words ; and if he had a difficulty
remaining in the possession of the settlers holding lands in in dealing with the other part of the charges, that difficulty
the township of Stanley : 1841. 1842. was much increased here, for those actions which might de-
' : name of charity, lost all their grace when they
to be told by those who had themselves performed
(Hear.) But having been defied by the hon. mem-
ber for Stockport, and called on to state what the actual
situation of his labourers were, be would state what had
passed with reference to his property in autumn last—not,
however, in consequence of any apprehension entertained of
an attack through the instrumentality of, the statements of
the Anti-corn-law leaguers. (Hear, hear.) In November
last, he (Mr. Bankes) left that part of his estate where
he usually resided, and went to another part of his pro-
e,-I.,hard

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611

Wheat bushels
Oats ditto

2,375 4,808
653 1,367

I them

Buckwheat ditto
Barley
Potatoes
Turnips
Hay
Horses

11,610
1,110

Oxen or steers
Cows

Heifers

130 181
123 127 I

perty, for t
winter

4;s reason—that foreseeing an early and a
...pproaching, and hearing that the labouring classes
.e suffering privations in consequence, he went to live
among them for six weeks, with the view of affording them
relief. His first act was to require from his steward the name
of every man, woman, and child on his estate. The list was
placed in his hands the following morning, and from that list
the ladies of his family proceeded to relieve those who needed

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Calves

Acres cleared

Acres prepared for 1843 .
This summary shows a consid

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able excess in every article of

farm produce

and stock, with the exception of hay and I

horses ' • the termer is atErmutame LO LUG Uay ion+.o
being thrown into pasture in 1842, and also to the general
failure of this crop throughout the province last year. The
decrease of horses is accounted for by the discovery the
settlers have at length made, that oxen are far more useful
on recently cleared land in America than horses; hence the
great increase in this description of live stock.

were supplied ; so that if, in the month of January following,
when the hon. member sent, down his spies and informers,
the clothing of the labdurers and their families was in a bad
condition, the tact could only be accounted for by the articles
having come from Manchester—(laughter)—the greater por-
tion of the articles being of Manchester manufacture. He
did not, however,follow the line recommended so strongly by
some persons, namely, to buy in the cheapest market. He
bad gone to the small trader in his neighbourhood to get sup.
plied, thinking it but fair that every one should have a chance
of maki,g some fair profit.—(Hear.) He wished to place this
list in the hands of the hon. member for Stockport; and be
" ao more further than to remark that the number
and to be many hundreds.—(Cheers.) Now as to

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the charge that his labourers were the worst educated of any
theta in the country. This would be, he admitted, the most
ions charge if true.—(Hear.) The persons who furnished
member for Stockport with his information must
or concealed the truth, unless they stated
efforts had been made, and were still making, in
reference to education. Those persons should have told him
that subscriptions were raised for two schools at least. That
at the head of one list the proper name—the name of the
county member—stood for £lsq, and at the head of the other
a loan of X5OO from the county member. for which no in-
terest was to be demanded, and which was not to be recalled
as it Wail needed. There were also annual subscrip-

the hon

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tions to six schools. There was a seventh, but that belonged
to the county member. (Dear.) Did he show these things
as an evidence that he had done more than his duty, or
that he was perfectly satisfied with what had been done?

Nothing of the kind ; but he did state them, because he
was bound to repel, and with the utmost indignation, those
accusations which the honourable member for Stockport
had so boldly brought against him. But was it to be per-

ignorance of the facts

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any place or on any occasion, should venture to make charges
of this kind? (Hear, hear, hear.) And it did surprise him
when he found, subsequent to that debate, and he only
referred to it as an excuse for the statements he had been
compelled to make, that large bodies of persons had thought
it necessary to congratulate the hon. member for Stockport
A„,,rß' hp dianlaved that night, and the

ression

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which his statement had made on the country, and that they
should have made this the ground of their congratulation
Annrobation. that the member for Stockport " had

stern regard to

tice." (Laughter.) Was this a specimen of the hon. mem.
ber's "stern regard for justice," to proceed to cast censure
before he had collected evidence ? (Cheers.) Was this the
hon. member's notion of fairness. justice, or Christianity,
to choose a time to attack an individual when a debate was
at its conclusion, and thus to take his chance of the subject

of his attack having an opportunity of replying to charges
that were not true? (Cheers.) If such were the honoura-
ble member's notions of "stern justice," he trusted with
--Mice he should not come into contact. (Cheers.)

to trusted he had now said enough at least to vindicate
iruself from the mistakes—for he was yet bound to suppose
le hon. member for Stockport had acted on erroneous in-
nmation—which had been put forth against him. It was,

however, necessary to be on his guard against
ble member for Stockport, and therefore he' begged it to be
understood he did not claim any merit whatsoever in what
Id done with respect to those on his estate. All he
iished to show by proof was that his labours were not, as
asserted, in a worse situation in point of education and com-
fort than the labourers of any other part of England. He
did not mean to say his labourers were in a better condition
than in any other parts of the country. He had heard that
higher wages, and he hoped they would continue, were paid
in other portions of the country. He only intended to show
that they were not in that situation which the hon. member
for Stockport had declared them to be.