Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-19

Of its merits. tIlear, hear He agreed with the
hon. baronet, that that the fitting occasion
TO press motion Of such extensive interest TO dvi-
sion, though he differed entirely from the hon baro-
net IN his estimate OF It's merits aud tendency He
could not put lament that the hon. baronct had au-
died. contrary to the usage OF that house, the pro-
cecdings OF the other branch Of the Lcgslaturc.-
such illusions were at all times inconvenicnt-in-
Decd unfair, tho parties attacked necessarily
unable TO explain or vindicate their conduct at the
place and instant of its being anmadvertcd upon In
the present instance the hon. baronct had not only
attacked his noble friend at the head OF the Govern
ment, butt he was confident quite unntentionally had
misrcprcsented his noble friends observations. IIc
was satisfied that his noble friend did not as the hon.
baronet had stated. ascrbe the distress with which
unfortunately the manufacturing and agricultural in
terests were then visited tho introduction of steam
and machinery al that his noble friend said was
that partial distress was by incompatible
with improvements in those clements or causes of
our national greatness and prosperity. His noble
friend by no means lamented these improvements
but only commended that their introduction-he par.
cuiafly alluded to the power oom-might at first
aggravate the distress by throwing certain
number OF hands out of employment and that this
partial dminution of the demand for labor did some.
times tend, with the great efforts made to undersel
foreigners IL the markets of the world, to create
temporary distress in the manufacturing districts.
Was 1t fair, he asked, to make this opnion-no mat
ter how erroneous--the ground of charge against
the Prime Minister, of ascribinp the distresses of
the industrious classes of the community to the i'm.
provements of machinery? (Iear.) No man felt
more rejoced at the progress of science than his
hooie friend, as no man was moro deeply impressed
WIN the conviction ofthe intimacy between improve
ments IN science and art, and national greatness
Several other Members spoke,-when the Galleries
were cleared for division.
For the amendment l, against il &C.
The report on the Address was then read and adop-
ted F
"1o this art thou at last, Dragging JOHN BuH,'
No tntn 1,, ,nc.-
well known in this Country, traversng the North
of England, lecturng, from all accounts to immense
audiences on the state Ct trade, the universal de-
preston, paper money, Reform in Parliament the
debt, &C. weekly narrative of the incidents of
his progress published in his Register and is great
iycurious from his minute and original reflections on
the state of things in the places which lie visited the
causes, and the remedies. Among others he visited
proud Preston in Lancashire, for which he stood
candidate at the last Parliamentary election in 1890,
and against which he is believed to entertain some
Ill will for his bad success on that occasion Some
allowance perhaps is to be made for this feeling but
tnere is TOO good reason to suppose that his picture
Is not much overcharged, and that it is applicable
Win more or less force, to all the trading towns
IN the North and Centre of England
"The situation of Preston is deplorable To so
low state has the trade come that some at least
one lone was named to me) of the manufacturers who
have hitherto used power looms, being able to get
the work done at ioioer price in that way. Let
any one Judge them what the wages that the poor
creatures must receive who do the work now Indeed
when looked at the body of good and sincere men,
INDUSTRIOUS and ingenious men, who stood before me
al Preston; when behed the rags that covered them
unworthy of the name OF clothing; when | behold
their pale and thin faces, their sunk eyes, and their
miserable looks, the picture presented bv
my own group OF men and boys at Barn Elm, rushed
0uld M fork
bic system which had reduced so many mcritorlous
men to such state. The coverings of the bodies
OF these people of proud Preston III which borough
observe, Lord Derby has mansion were far inferior
to the coverings of many spor hoy that have seen
IN many of The fields of Surry and in HampshJe-
YES the STAKES, put up in the fields, twisted round
%th straw, and then covered over with garments to
Brighten away the birds have never seen covered
with such miserable rags the people of proud Pres
ton are now covered with There might be q coupe
or three thousand standing before me- and leaving out
inc garm OF the lnsoent and yrannical masters
verify believe that the covering OF the whole will,
the exception Of the wooden clogs upon their feet
was not worth forty shlings. | remember that nv
,ather used to buy tons of rags 10 chopup for
lot MS mop garden Scores of garments have seen
among those rags tar more valuable, far better look
lng than the things which covered, in part cover
ca, the nakedness of this shvcring and il-treated
group The very day that were at Preston the
Quarter Sessions was holden there and before the
Grand Jury was dismissed, and while they were in
the box, a bowl OF soup was brought into the Court
ana Siter having been tasted by the Chairman, was
handed round to the Magistrates, and then to the
drand Jury who appeared to have Toasted upon this
OCCASION a Ia sdnimeiie as the French cali it. that
is.to say sitting round the in circle and hand
ing the spoon from mouth to mouth. After the re-
past was over, the Chairman escorted the Grand Ju-
rors to encourage The making of similar messes in all
their districts, in order to relieve and comfort the
poor 10 this art thou come at last, brogging John
Bull This is the result of having "tyice CONQUERED
Frnncc, and restored the Dourbons! This is tina,
"indemnity for The future" which the Heaven born
Pitt promised rs the effect of the war. What the
soup was made of cannot sey but this know well
unit any thing horrible this picture so bumilia
ing to the nation, never was heard of before wish
tue poor people TO whom this soup is rendered could
come IN body offny thousand, and see the Ia ca
tcrs rolling in Hyde Park or going TO levco. Tbrv
would then at once cause and effect"
HON. MIR. Chiffon.