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the head of the sheets, and no names at cause, in the first place, I am naturally the head of the first sheet; and that he to suppose that the petitioners had their wished there to be a standing order of reasons for not making them the chanthe House for members to put their nels of their petitions; and, in the next names at the head of petitions for these place, because those gentlemen will reasons. Mr. WILKS, the Member for always have an opportunity of hearing Boston, objected to any such regulation, the petition read, and of reading it, if and said that it was one further step to they please, as soon as it is out of narrow the right of petition. Mr. O'Con- my hands. It is not for me to judge nell saw no harm in the order about of the motives of the petitioners, or of putting the name of the Member; but the grounds of their conduct, It is fór could see no reason for rejecting a peti- me to obey their will in presenting their tion on account of its being printed; petitions, in sending which to me they and, as to lithograph, that objection had do me very great honour. I shall now never been made before. I make no insert the list. commentary, but here merely state the facts, having opportunities enough to 1. make comments whenever I inay choose. My readers will recollect, however; that the objection to printed petitions was first started and enforced to prevent Major Cartwright's petitions from being presented in 1816 and 1817, when a million and a half of people petitioned for Parliamentary reform. That is all that I shall add upon the subject at 2. present.

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The new regulations prevent us from presenting petitions at any time that we 3. like. Our names are on a list, and we are called on in our turn. I have attended now several mid-day sittings, and have not been able to bring forward my petitions. I have thirty-five now in my hands, with, I should suppose, fifty thousand names signed to them; and those most numerously signed, pray the military court bill may not pass into a law. I will here give a list of them, 5. that the petitioners may see that I have not neglected my duty with regard to them, a duty which I deem the most sacred of all. The list is as follows; 6. and the petitioners may be assured that I will do all the justice in my power to their several petitions; taking care, at 7. the same time, not to be unnecessarily tedious, because that can do no good; and trifling efforts to annoy your opponents only tend to your own discredit. 8. Some Members, finding that I had petitions from places which they represent, have requested to see the petitions before being presented, which I have thought 9. it my duty not to comply with. Be

From the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, Burgesses and other electors and rate-payers of the "town and borough of Kidnelly in the county of Carmarthen, praying that the Irish Coercion Bill may not pass, and praying that the real cause of it may cease, namely, the cruel exaction of tithes.

From the electors, rate-payers, and inhabitants of the Borough of Carmarthen. The same prayer. From the electors and rate-payers of the town and borough of Saint Clears and Pentre Llanfihangel, in the county of Carmarthen.The same prayer.

From Preston, in Lancashire, agreed
to at a public meeting called by the
Mayor, praying that their Irish
brethren may not be subjected to a
military law.

From the City of Norwich, praying
for repeal of taxes, and that no
more blood may be shed to compel
payment of tithes in Ireland.
From the parish of Callan, county

of Mayo, praying that the Coercion
Bill may not pass.

From the parish of Muhar, in the
county of Kerry, praying that they
may not be degraded by subjection
to military law.

From the inhabitants of the Tower
Hamlets, praying that the Coercion
Bill for Ireland may not pass into
a law.

From the parish of Kilvine, in the
county of Mayo, beseeching the

House not to pass the horrible bill, which is to enable a few military officers to transport them for life.

10. From the city of Ely, for the repeal of the assessed taxes..

11. From Chipping-Norton, for the repeal of some of the present taxes,

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12. The petition of Timothy Hutt and Mark Anthony Johnson, praying for a repeal of taxes, and against coercive.measures for Ireland. 13. The petition of James Hamson, of

Thorne-Falcon, complaining of the dreadful pressure of local taxation. 14. The petition of the undersigned inhabitants of Manchester, praying for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. 15. Petition of James Dunn, Esq., of

Gray's-inn, barrister-at-law, complaining of certain proceedings of

certain magistrates.

16. Petition of William Blayland of Leamington, against the longer existence of tithes. 17. From Joseph Townshend Holman, of Gray's-inn, praying that a law may be passed to authorise the defendants in cases of libel, to produce the truth in justification. 18. Petition of R. Webb, of Harcourtstreet, Marybonne, praying for a repeal of all the taxes on knowledge.

19. Petition from the borough of Lymington, in the county of Hants, praying for the adoption of the ballot at elections. 20. From the society of Free-Inquirers, in the parish of Marybonne, praying the House to adopt measures so that all persecution for religious opinions may cease, and that it will take into its consideration the hard case of the Rev. Robert Taylor. 21. A pétition from the same, praying the House to adopt measures to put an end to all religious persecutions, and to take into its consideration the hard case of Richard Carlile. 22. From the undersigned inhabitants

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of the borough of Manchester, setting forth the numerous evils attending upon making laws at midnight, and praying the House to alter its present practice as to this

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From the undersigned inhabitants of the city of Norwich, against white slavery; setting forth the state of degradation and misery in which the working classes now are; setting forth the injustice of paying in gold the interest of a debt contracted in paper; setting forth the injustice they have endured from law's passed by the aristocracy and its nominees; 'setting forth the injustice of the tithe system; praying for that equitable adjustment for which they prayed in the year 1823; praying that a bill may be passed to give protection to electors at future elections; praying for a repeal of the taxes which most oppress the working people, and praying that no supplies may be granted until these measures be adopted.

From the inhabitants of Eccleshill, in the county of York, praying the House to pass the Ten-hour Fac tory Bill

From the frame-work knitters, of Basford, in the county of Nottingham, praying the House to take their hard case into its consideration, and to afford them relief by those means which the petitioners very respectfully beg leave to be permitted to suggest. From the working-classes and others of the borough of Great Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk, describing the horror they feel at seeing their Irish fellow-subjects subjected to trial before red-coat courts of jus tice, and praying the House not to pass any bill having that object in

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From the members of the Political Union of the borough of Chitheroe in the county of Lancaster, praying that their Irish brethren may no be subjected to a governmen wholly unknown to the constitu

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On Wednesday, at the noon sitting in 28. From the inhabitants of Spitalfields, the House of Commons, Mr. Roebuck, praying that the Martial-Law Bill in presenting a petition from Bath, for for Ireland may not pass, and pray- which he is a member, made an admiing the House to adopt just mea-rable speech in support of the prayer of sures towards those who have pro- the petitioners, against the Military posed it. Courts of Justice Bill for Ireland. 29. From James Peters, of the city of spoke of that bill in the manner that Bristol, against the proposed bill became him as the representative of a for new laws relating to the keep- city inhabited by English people; but, ing of the Lord's day. in the heat of his indignation he ex30. From the inhabitants, electors, and pressed his opinion that, if.that bill were rate-payers in the borough of Llan- passed, the members from Ireland ought nelly, praying the House to reject to quit the House with disdain, and not the horrid bill for coercing Ireland, enter it again. After Mr. Roebuck, and for compelling the people of Mr. Finn rose, and said, that he fully that ill-treated country to pay participated in all the indignant feelings tithes at the point of the bayonet. so well expressed by the hon. Member 31. From the council, associates, and for Bath;" but," said he, "so far from friends of the Northern Political quitting the House, we, the members Union, in public meeting assem- for Ireland, will remain still more bled, praying for the enactment of" firmly at our posts: we will be conthe vote by ballot at elections for "stant in our endeavours to relieve the members to serve in Parliament; " people of England from the enormous and for a repeal of the unjust and" burden of taxes which they bear; to odious Septennial Act. sweep away the sinecures and the un32, From the inhabitants of the Hamlet" merited pensions, and to remove all of SEA, in Lancashire, praying the" their various oppressions. The symHouse not to pass the Martial Law" pathy which they have shown for us, Bill for Ireland, and praying it to will make us everlastingly grateful to impeach those who had dared to "them; that aristocracy who oppress propose it. us, oppress them also; we will teach 33. From John Martin, of Canterbury," our countrymen that they can never complaining of the abuses of the " hope for redress, except by making law by attorneys, and praying for common cause with the people of an alteration and a simplifying of" England against that all-devouring the law, in order to render justice "aristocracy. We will be unremitting more cheap. "in our efforts; in our attendance here 34. From Thomas Parkins, complain- "and in the discharge of all our duties ing of the conduct of certain ma- as representatives of the English as engagistrates, praying for redress. "well as of the Irish people." 35. From the undersigned, in behalf I was never more gratified than at of themselves and others, assem- the hearing of this speech. It was bled by public advertisement, at short, but it was sensible, spirited, and White Conduit House, on Tuesday, it produced the suitable effect in the the nineteenth of March, 1833, House, as it will do throughout the against the Martial-law Bill for country. Mr. Finn, no doubt, spoke Ireland.

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the sentiments of the other Irish members; and if they act up to that speech, they will do ten thousand times greater good to England than has been done by all its own members put together, for a great many years past.

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RESULT OF A SURVEY (taken in January, 1833), of the Condition
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From this Table it appears, that in these Thirty-five Townships, the population is 203,349.the whole.- The number out of work in the families visited, is 2,287.- -The number unfit for the families visited earn are £4,447 18s.This sum will give for each of those who work & of Is. 9fd.The rent paid by the families visited is, per annum, £32,693 17s. 5d.implements, will be an average for each individual of, at least, 3d. a-week; and this, with the food and clothing for each individual for a week, Is. 34d. -The whole parish relief given weekly for a day, for food and clothing, from both wages and relief, is 24d.

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F. Clough, Constable; &c,
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J. Pickup, E. Thompson.
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