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The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...
de _nary _framed _aafl ' _glaierl _, Will lie . awarded by . _jjjji _^ on _theeameocwsiori _;' . '"' : _ , ... _^ _VTsstmwster . —A special meeting of , the Chartist Co -operative Land Society will be held atthe _Parrtemum , St . Martin ' s-lane . on Sunday evening _JJxt , at _& b _-a-snal hour , when tue attendance of all _-grsons id particularly requested . P _SmJmtta .-A meeting ef the members ofthe ¦ _Vational Charter Association vdH he neH at Mr . Ca _^' 5 t )~ w _^ ticTe mp _^ oe- Mom ! ' Sunday , Bkxsixt _.-A Gtarfist Festival _wjBtjske place in " 3 _fr . Akdme _* _sIargeRMm , _onBarmt _» Feast , Mon-« tey , August 24 th , to commemorate tee opemng of the People ' s First Estate , TMeteto be had of any _x & _fee members ofthe N . C . AsswaatMm . it clock
Leeos _—To-KJorrow evening , seven o ' , a _Kscusaon will take place , oa " Capital _Punfetsaent ; " in the Back-room of foe Baiaar . AU _^ ersons who _arefkrouruble to the _-ejection of _Chwifets jnto local offices , are requested to meet _to-uH-ttow a fterno « i , _* 't ' half-past two . inthe _Back-roomtif the - _jjawar , when important _"twsriess will he brought forward respecting the organization of the " several wards TO _* _tlte borough . _SHflasmrca . —A genera ? meeting of the -Sternberg cf this 'branch of the "Land Society , _Tsull "" b e " held at Chapman ' s toffee-house , " 117 Church Street , Shoreditch . on Thursday eveninsr , _August 2 _Jth . _BtMCffiTlunOS _CessCtWB , —This bo % will meet to settle accounts and wind up affairs , 86 the office _ofthe _' -ChartMfc _Cto-o _* rerativeLand Society , 83 , Deanstreet , on Sunday _afternoon next , August 23 , at | 2 r « s o ' clock _precisely .
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ESCE 1 PTS OP _TSE CHARTIST _"OQ-OPERATrFfS "LASD SOCIETY . FER MR . _O'CONIfCS . SECTION So . ! , PHASES . ft . 6 -Leicester , per 2 . - _* srilL . „ _^ „ I *' o 0 Halifax , per C . W . Smith .. .. .. "O-2 0 Stockport , per T . Woodhouse - .. .. 2 . * _" 0 0 "Worcester , per _U . Griffiths .. .. " S S o "Manimester , Bm . X "Murray « . » * * ° £ 15 il o SECTION 5 c . 2 . SHAMS , "Leicester , per" 2 Astill .. n .. .. " 1 0 o nalifas , per'C . W . Smith „ .. » 4 13 2 _"Sotttinghasn ; per J . Sweet .. .. .. 9 0 B Bradford per 3 . Alderson ... .. 5 * 0 Torquay , gar " R . 3 L Putt _... » 15 5 10 Oldham , per " w . "Hamer - .. „ 2 0 0 "Newton Abbot , per J . B . Crewe .. - 21 0 0 "Worcester , per 3 f . _Griffiths .. .. ,. o 1 4 Manchester , per J . Murray .. ~ 6 IS C "Prom _"DroSsflen , nem- " _Mairchester , per 3 . ilnrray _ „ — .. « _201
£ 66 14 5 5 . B . — " 3 ihe sura _announced last week -ircm _Xidderininsttt-,- _£ isoiild bave been—Ko . 1 Section .. .. .. 4 3 0 >* e . 2 SeSdon .. .. .. .. .. 8 17 O £ 8 0 0 PER GENEE _& L SECRETAUff . SECTION No . 1 . I * SS 4 » ES , ' £ s . a . £ & . d . Burtes - - 5 0 0 Leeds- -- - 5 0 Q lane " Bed- - ft . 3 fl Westminster _ 0-4 0 _CroxSon - - O TS " 6 Hull - — -280 Wk ~ - - 015 3 Hanley - - 11 3 9 £ -24 IS 6 SECTION No . 2 . _jawa-Ja Wilson , lane EriE - - 14 0 _Sflscen - - 0 "I 6 Thos . ladd , jun . -5 4 _vfi Devizes . J . Da-ris 5 4 6 _helper - - 4 0 ' 0 Do ., _**** . Bond - 2 12 4 Edinhnrgh- - 110 * 0 Do-. _^ . Bond - 2 12 York- - - 1 4 53 Do ., ' * . Jervis - O * 5 O Congleton - . 14 1 Charles Barrett- 2 4 6 William Preedy- O " 2 , * S J . G . Holland - 012 _Geoige-Broolis - 0 10-0 Crovcon - - 2 * 17 2 ThomasHoore - 0 1 _*« 3 an \ es Mathers- S C 6 G _. "J . Harney - 0 " 2 0 _Borsl- _^ y , per Chap- "John'"Keen- - 0 14 _Jiaa :- - - 0 * S 0
£ 34 6 2 TOt & XXASD _FUSI _* . "Mr . O'Connor , Section "No . 1 .. . 13 Tl 0 Mr . _"Wheeler _; ,. „ .. . 24 IS 6 _£ 3 S J ) * 6 Mr .-O'Connor . Secticr . 5 fo . 2 .. .. 66 W 5 Jlr . "Wheeler , „ „ — 34 O 2 £ 100 0 7 _NATIONAL _CKiRTER ASSOCIATION . P £ B _* aSB . 6 _' COXSGE . R > B -COS VESTlOlt . Bacup , per J Mawson .. .. .. .. 010 O Sunderland , per H . Homes .. .. „ 1 * 0 FOE -KB . FBOST . _S-ilfoii , _j * r 3 . Mfllington -. .. .. 020 Torquay , per R . H . Part . _« .. .. 0 " . 4 4 RECEIPTS OF _NATIONAL CHARTER _ASSOCIATION . PER GESEBAL _SECEITAXS . _fOE _COSVESTIOS . Halifax . - 0 510 TJewsbury - - 06-3 Oifyrd - - 0 4 0 roa _^ xecctive . W . _SsJnion - 0 0 6 Lower Warley - 0 3 4 T . _Sainoa- - 0 0 C _HalifaS 0 2 ~ _ij Bradford O fl C 1 Thomas _SASitsWnEEtxn , Secretary . *
ro * _Kc-rfOST . J . H . B . — - _OlO Dj ., T . Carter - 0 0 C Halifax , C . Brown 0 0 6 Bo ., Solomon Bo .. Eli Dyson - 0 0 6 Warbotham - 0 0 C Norwich - - 0 3 1 Bo ., J . Frost - 0 0 < _C' _-mrktoc , _J . Pick- Do ., Jas . 'Fox - 0 0 6 ford- - - 0 2 f Do ., Charles Lees 0 0 3 Bo ., * . Carter - 0 0 6 * Readin _? , _f 9 r Bell 0 2 6 £ 0 14 10 __ j
DADDT ETCHiBDS . Nottingham , . per J . Sweet .. _.. .. 0 9 0 ; To (* morden > _psr T . Witham .. _.. .. 0 o 6 Thomas Marthc Wheei . _*® , Secretary . ' _EKKA - n 5 M . - _^ flie £ 1 acknowledged -from Mams , Leices ter , last _woeVj-Ehould _haTcbeenilstsecOon . To tke Skb-Secretahies . —A Post Office Order was received fry . me . ic the latter end of .-Tune , _oribeginning of Jnly , for j £ 3- _&^ , payable at Ch aring Cre ss Office : the Order was neglected " ta he _stanjped . hy the Post Office Authorities , and not bearing the mark of any town , it is _inipossiMe-to recognize irom _whenoeit _camc-or to get it , cashed : any _Secsstary sending a -sum _of-thgt _^ amount to me about 4 he _tima in question , will iplease to _tcensmit me " _unnieuiatdyTCord . The books willcwtgive me the name "f tlie plae _^ -astthe amount was to te _appliedrt-a various finds . _Pesams seeding cash must fce-careful _icexpressly statins : to vSuch Seetion it _belongsjimmejisejirouble is _causeffbytfijo _nesjkcj . Secretaries _sending for CeatiScates must state esgiecui . lt * ' whether Ifeey are _farsing le , or double _sliares , and SO which Section ; unless tiiis is attended to , constant mistakes must occur in the ballot for location . Tuob . M . _Whseier , Secretary .
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HOUSE OP COMMONS , Satcbday , Ave . 15 . line house met at _twdve o ' clock . After a considerable _aoount of mere routine _busiless had beea _traisaeted . the order of ihe day was reat for the third reading ofthe "B ritish _Poosessions Sill On the motion that ihe bill be read a third _tlmej ___ TheCa . jxcEU . oR ofthe _jE-sccheqceb said that he _intesded to bring up a clause which _would introduce sueh amendments into the bill as would obviate the Objection ? of Mr . _Gulboorn , sad as would prevent the colon ;**! legislatures from _levying unfair di & _crlminallog _. duiies on British produce and manufactures .
Lord G . _SexrixcK rose to more that the bill be read a third time that day three months . The effect of tbe bill wonld be to take away the monopoly that , np to the _preseat time , the manufacturers and -producers of Great _Britain had enjoyed in the _Brit-sh colonies . The effect ofthe recent _free-tratfe measures had not been sueh as to afford the house much encouragement to proeeed in the same course . 'The passing ofthe Cora Bill , and the prospect ofthe _parsing of the Sugar Bill , had not appeared to have secured the prosperity nf the manufacturers , as they were told . At Oldham , Stockport , Ashton , Iwnkinfiem _, and in some places in Torkshire , the master manufacturers had already given notice te their workmen of a reduction of five per cent in their
wages , telling them that as food was cheaper , thev could afford to work for lower wages . The effect of the recent free-trade measure ** upon Manchester was described ia a circular by Messrs . Gibson and Ord , who stated that there bad never been so dull a month as that which had just passed . And this was the state of things notwithstanding the fine harvest throughout the country . It was not at all improbable that the fanners , seeing the price of wheat rapidly falling to 49 s . a quarter , would forbear to purchase any manufactures until they saw whether they eould afford to pay for them —( Hear , hear . ) From Canada the accounts were , that all kinds of produce , but particularly floar and timber , had fallen in value , and lie knew that a house had recalled an order for
_itl'JO _. OOO worth of dry goods to be sent to the Canadas , ia consequence of the passing or the recent measure ? . Snch was the consequence of their tree-trade measures in Oanada . Under these cireuimtances , the manufacturers could ill afford to lose the monopoly of the colonial market which they now enjoyed , and the house ought to pause before they read a third time a bill so important , and introduced too , at so laf _« a period of the session . The bill was only printed en the 11 th of August , and the house was now asked on the loth to read it a third time , _a-d pass it . At preseat half the house were gone to the moors ( a laugh , ) and another fourth were gone tti the continent . Only about -50 or 60 members re-Qaiaed to legislate 9 " a lull of too much importance
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to pass in such a house . -The noble lord at the head of the GoTernraent once said , and well said , that this country could uot bear to nave a revolution once a year . At present , however , they had a revolution once a week . ( A laugh . ) The eonsequeuce of passing this bill would ultimately he to abolish the _navifwtlonkws . ( Hear , hear , from Mr . Bright . ) Let thesMpmng interest know that the hou . member for Durham cheered that statement , and that it was the intention ofthe manufacturers of England to do away mth the navigation laws . He considered that heshouldbewanfeng in his duty to all the great mSerests concerned if he forebore to oppose the hill audheaccordiftgly moved that it be read a third time that day three months . Mr . _IlBR « fr seconded the motion .
Lord J , _Rt-ssEU , said his neule friend had told the house _thatftalf the members had gone to the moors , and he had certainly been in hopes that his noble _fr _^ _ndhsfl been among that party . ( Much laughter , ) If his ndble friend were enjoying himself in shooting at this "Cane ofthe year he should be better p leased , but as _% » noble friend lhad returned to the house he should he obliged to -repeat to him the general prb > cipteE on which the measure rested . His lordship thee _^ _jontended that ire ought not to eSpose the colo * _tg « to the disad *»* ffl \ tages , when we _tookftom them _allthe advantages -of protection . If the manufacturing and agrtctrltaral part of the _population had a _* right to eonstrme the cheapest sugar they could get , the colonres _** rerealso entitled tohave their pro-¦ fisionsand ma _* c * factures at as cheap ft rate as they -eould be obtained . He declined , ripon this occasion , j to follow his-coble friend into that discussion , en the policy ofthe navigation taws , into which he had i so _recklessly' estered .
Mr . _SroovsR declared his * _intt & tion of voting < fe favour of the amendment . Mr . BsmsT said that Lord ' _(* , Bentinck _havisg been absent for some _tiraetfroTCXhe house , it was'isot impossible'that he had heen-down in the raanrifac _turingtirstrlcts , and he * had * th * re picked np ths information with which be had to-day favoureli the house . Tie ( Mr . _Bright ) fancied , however , if the real sestet were known how the noble lord * b * d _obtained-flis _iufonnatiot , 4 t _* would be _foundthtit-he had derived it from the columns of the Standard newspaper . The nohlts lord -hkd stated , that'in some parts of Lancashire , 'Cheshire , and Yorkshire , —at Oldrr & _a , Stockport , Diikintield , and other places , wages were _fallins - _t-an'd that the reasob -given bv
the rfesstersfor a _tediretiua was , that there had "been a fa * . * ; in price of food . "He ( Mr . Brig ' rll' } had some _acenaintance with the distriet to whieh the noble lerrKhad referred , _and'hc could state 'His " belief that thera waa no _mstrmfatteirer within -iSwfeTtly miles til j _Manchester so _fenreUtebly ignorant en the subject ' HS'to make snch a statement to Ks -workmen . lie ( Mr . Bright ) had _seena paragraph-in" the newspapers _lathis subject . He believed the * Steteraent to % e _tfetally false ; and hcihad never beewable to discevet any other foundation for it than tbat > which was fne-« _fcently the foundation of newspaper _paragrarAs—Gfce very lively imagination of _rhVeSitors . He "believed that at no "time within tho memory ofthe eldest man in the district to which'he had referred ¦ had the population ever been more fully employee cr enjoyed greater physical comforts , than at this moment . The _* feeof food wasiicwlow , and there
• _s-asan abundant'demand for lahour . _ltwxs'trui that the state « f trade was _not-so satisfactory _Qs- ' rakkt be . The-neble lord seemed to flatter himselj that a feeling _of' * regret was entertained throughout the country afrrte repeal of the-eorn laws . Ee !( Mr , Bright ) believed , on the contrary , that there *« _was-at almost _unanraneas feeling of _acquiescence in 'the principles whieh had been adopted by the late and by the present'Government . H Hear , hearj ) 'H « ( 5 lr . Brightybsd cheered the 'noble lord during his reference _to-the navigation laws , because _hehelieved the principle - which had been carried out withregard to corn and sugar must eventually be applied to-ship phnr . ( Hear , hear . ) After some further discussion , in which Mr . Bbrxai _, Mr . B . ? Ks 9 oit , and Mr . _ffiaoTHEBioirsupported , and Mr . _Hbrist , Sir H . Doughs . Mr . M . _iGoan , and Mr . Nbwdeg . _vte opposed the bill , the house divided , when there appeared ,
For the amendment -8 Against it 41 Majority against it ... -39 i Tlie bill suae , then read & third time and passed , j The house then disposed ofthe other orders of if he j day and adjourned .
HOUSE -OF LORDS , Monday , August " 17 The house met at 5 o ' clock . ] _L' -rti Rkhejoale complained of the inefficient way in which the commissioners appointed to _inquire into t it-state of the college at Maynooth had performed their duty , and recommended that steps should-be taken to obtain a more accurate report . The _Marcuisof LAXsnowsE-promised thatevery . -attention should be paid to the college : and the matter imiiped . Tiie Su ? ar _^ ruties Bill and several other bills were then read a third time and passed ; after which -the iiou > e adjourned . HOUSE OF -COMMONS ,-Mosdat , _August-l _*** . Tne _Speakee took the chair-at 12 o ' clock .
In consequence of a request * made to him by Sit * G . Gket , Mr . Kcme agreed not to press , to-morrow , his resolutions - respecting the 'Conduct of the Poor Law _Commieskners . He stated , however , Uiat he would bring them forward on this day week , as his eyes were now © pen to the mal-s £ _ministratiou . of the _•' oorLaw , of winch he had been _a-sufporterfroraitho lirstmoment c £ Ug _introductioa-almost down-to ; the present time _. Sir J . _HoBSCCBS , in reply to _question _frotc-Mr . Warburton deniea that there was any truth in a statement eontainedVin a newspaper called the _Herold . of Peace , that previously to the march on Sobraon , the 30 th regiment had been employed . La maiming and shouting all thecrisoners taken _from'thefSikhs the
previous battles . _vOn the contrary , the surgeons of the British army had been employed in taking care of the wouRde _& Sakhs to the general astonishment oi . an enemy who had never before _« een . the practise tif-such humanity . . 'lord J . Ross Hi ! -then announced ? that it was the intention of Her _Majesty ' s _Ministers to drop the triifcbr the renewal . of the Arms Act . . On consulting the < Lord Lieutenant cf Ireland , hcifeund that his noble friend was of - opinion that it-would be far bettex to dispense with the bill altogether than to continue it divested of the _branding . _andi « gistratioB clauses , to which -so _nsany gentlemen had objected . His . noble friend had likewise declared- his readiness to .. undertake the _'Gavei-mnent of -Ireland without the -continuance of those clauses . _& e : _( Lord John
Russell ) had great satisfaction iu informing the house that there bad-been . no Impediment tn the administ ** ation of jusiice oc the present circuits in Ireland , aad that juries appeared to have been fully done their duty whenever the evidence tsas _syft ' eient to warrant a verdict of _guilty . During the last month , too , ; the . « 3 ences reperted -by the constabulary as grare offences had _grea-tly decreased . If , however , it should . unfortunately tuvn out , herei / _tor , < that there was a necessity for . _deir-anding extcaordiuary powers in order to preserve life and properip in -keiand , Her Majesty's Govemmeat would not _slufiak from the duty which would then be _incumbeat . _-i _* pan thera . The noble lord concluded-by moving the urdeff of tlie day for going into _coiamiitee upon the Public Works ( _IrelandJ Bill .
Mr . Eecoyx and Mr . _Huusexpaessed their api > io _< bation of the conduct of Government in taking this important subject into their _candidire-considenitioc A conversation . then took plaee on the question of placing the Wellington statue on the lop of the triumphal arch . From _^ hat then tramspined _, it appears Uiat the statue is to be placed on the top of that accli for three weeks j and th » t if in thai time it is noi approved of by the Government , it is ita be taken down again at the expense of the erectors . Several
members expressed their dissatisfaction at this arrangement . After several questions had been put hy Dr . Bowbijw on the subject of _Jigging in the away . Lord J . Russell declared that the Duke o ? Wellington did not inteud to evade any declaration which he had made either to that house or to the other house of Parliament . It was the desire and intention of Government to diminish the frequency of this punishment as much as possible with the view of ultimately sustaining the discipline of the army by other and better means .
Mr . C . Buller , Mr . "Williams , Captain Berkeley , and Mr . Wakley , each delivered theii * sentiments on the subject ; and the latter gentleman defended himself against the charges prefe-red against his conduct as coroner on the inquest . The house then went into committee on the Public Works ( Ireland ) Bill . Lord John Russell took a review of the whole question of Irish distress and thc failure ofthe potato crop . He recapitulated themeasures adopted hy the late Government—the purchase of Indian corn , the donations , the public works executed , the advances , ifcc , all of which amounted to £ 852 , 481 , of which £ 357 , 63 0 * was not to he repaid , and £ 494 , 851 to be repaid . These measures he considered as prudent , and well calculated to effect their object under the then existing emergency , though he regarded the principle of the Government buying food fur the
people , and of advances and grants for public works , to be liable to grave objection . Lord John proceeded to uuutc a large number of letters from all parts of Ireland to establish that the potato crop disease this year was even more alarming than last . It had , therefore , become the duty of the Government to consider in what manner they should propose to Parliament to make provision for some employment for the labouring classes of Ireland , and at the same time leave , as he trusted Parliament wouid leave , such a discretion in __ the hands of the Government as any emergency might render necessan * in their opinion . It had appeared to the Government that , while there should be public works , and those public works should be undertaken under due control , that they should nnt defray the cost of those works from any parliament-try grant , but tliat they should be defrayed from a loan to be repaid by the counties . He proposed , therefore , to introduce a bill to authorise the Lord
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, ?>* _¦* - _"** ' _f _'¦¦' -. * H Lieutenant to summon a _Mtony BeBBion , or a county _sessiDufor works " of relief , thei choiceof such works " as would afford the -necessary- employment to be left to the session , and the works to be superintended by the Board of Works—advances to be made from the Treasury to be repaid in ten years , at 3 _* t per cent , interest . In yery poor districts , the works would be undertaken by the Government , but then they should be works of public utility , and a grant of £ 50 , 000 would be proposed for that purpose . He did not proposeeither to interfere with the general supply of food by merchants , nor the wholesale or retail trade , which must have suffered derangement , by the operation consequent on the in-With
troduction of Indian corn . reference to the Relief Committee , the Government would take care to avoid those errors into which thc late Government had fallen , and guided by the experience they had received , he hoped to be able to tweet effectively the serious distress of the _eauntry , and he hoped to avoid those evils which had arisen from members of the Relief Committee giving tickets to persons who did not require such relief . The officers to be employed would be the commissariat officers , to be paid by the Government , and any others whom it might be found necessary to employ would he also paid by the Government . Having these objects in view , he proposed first , that a sum should be voted to defray the -expenses already incurred ; then a vote for direct
- _advances by Exchequer bills for the purposes stated iu the bill , and then the vote for the districts which might speedily require it . He considered the pre * -sent as a special "case requiring the intervention of " Parliament , and _-rffiidering it imperative on the Government to take extraordinary measures for the re * lief of the people . He trusted that the course which he was proposfi * Bg would convince "fee poorest _amongj the Irish people that the house was not insensible to the claims which they had upon & as the Parliament of the Unite *! 'Kingdom . He assured the committee , that the la'te Ministry had shown a very lattdathle anxiety to " meet this evil , —that the-remedies wb _* ich they _appfied had been suited-to the _occasiojjy-that the present Government was imitating the -spirit in which they had acted , and was endeavouring to _t' _-ke advantage of their experience to correcterrors-Which were inevitable , in consequence of unforeseen difficulties . The noble tord concluded by moving that %
_grant-dk £ 175 . 000 be "voted , to defray the _* _es"pense 8 latelv'incurred , and to make further advances out of the ( Exchequer ; and _* £ i 50 , _* 000 for the promotion of public works in Ireland , for the beBefifof ' _^ ery poor Mr . LABOtCHKBfE'considered any _iaoidenial discu _** - momenthe Poor £ aws quite useless -at that moment . Vxteulogised _the'messures of the kitetand defended ¦ _ftKlgroposition of the present govonJmenK The late _^ government had _ttrk _^ n * extraerdiBsry measures to in-• troduce a supply of'Indian corn into _feeland ; bu * wow the corn trade'was perfect !** open , and nothing -conld be more fatal" to the interests * Of the country than that _government should _rfnderfia-ke the _tradeoff 'the corn merchant . He hoped that'the bill , whiih ' _ht accordance _'Wibh'the intentions of _& ord J Russell i ft would be his duK *? to lay ou the table of the _lteuse ,-• would prevent the Irish people frMtt being fefttina -state or destitutidE , while it would provide efficient checks to contrOr'the admkjistratioc of _measuresfor
rEheir relief . _TheEarl-oflLrscoLJ * _de-aied'thai the _measOres Of * 4 he late government had < demoralr 3 ed the _hamts'bf "ihe labouring' _-population's ! ' Ireland , and dfcserved that it they bid , the _meaeures oft / he present-govern-Tnentwhieh-were founded upon'them , _wonkl'lay-it open to thes & ne imputation . He believed ,- _"howeveri that considerable benefit'had _-betn derived from thd measures ofthe late _adwinistrafcfcn , and that-grew moral advantage wouM'CventtilsE ' 7 accrue * from theri to the labouring population , lie hoped 1 that the
people of Ireland woaW-see th £ t no government -ir England -would _allowEJbem" to perish _froia'destitetion . He'fully appwved oftheuntentiom ? cf her Mnjesty ' s government oS _* bis _siibseit . Mr . L & eo-jchere _expressed- & is regret that :-Lord Lincoln should suppose that be was disptsed to-snderrate ths manner _^ which-the kto _gow-rnmentj'in circumstances of uosxample _^ dimcaHy , had _^ performed Ha duty . After * discussio » , _- 'in _whicS Sir Ri " Ferguson , " Mr . Escott ; thu _Chauoeiror'Of-ihe _ExchcC _i Uer _, " -Kir . Eenley , -8 i ? D _.- _\ _Soirr 3 ys , Mr . Hume , _-ftlr . _Moufeon Miles , and Mr . _M' _-Gore "; joined .
'Ehe'resblutions _** _eretheni « _greed-to The _' _tooRse then resumed , ari _^ 'therepeit was * ee ? dered ' "tc bfl ree eived on _Tuesdaj-. ( ) n the _^ crder ot * _Sse day-for going _< iz £ o _committee of . ' supply . lK > rd ' -G . _Besemcx called the attention of _* 4 he _Ho-ase to the _ista-be of tha _* earrying' trade witfethe Spa aiisfe ' _-colonies . \ The . grievances ef-whiefcrthe meiich * ntEof Liverpool _complained- _* _were-of * wilve yea rs ' standing ; and _aithoEgh they-had made repeal wd _tfemonstraaea , no redress had _^ heen _obtsfiaed for * ihem . They _complaiafid-. ihat by _^ ie regulations of tl ie _SpasishGoTCLnment _i by their- con-recipocity , muc h t _& e-tergest gertion of _£ he carrying tradeiiad been _lost-to the ' _-Bcittish shipping , and transferred to Spawasb _^ bcttoms . ¦ By the distinctive duties _leased
at H _avanuah _, 3 _Qi- _$ _sr cent . . ad _valonaz , was . levied on _goodVui British _shipj-vwhile those in Spanish = ships wane-only-snbject t » £ duty _ofi-Sli per « ent . Then there were a _& ier discriminating duties inr the . tolls t aken _. in _portal * : quaran * kefees ,, iic . ; the _result being , that-whereas in iS 33 , , _a-iSpaiiish-eiipladen 4 _* or ; a Spanish-colony-was an extraordinary sight in _Lijrei-, pool , ltowjit -was . almost as _^ rare an occurrence to . £ nil an Enr & sh s _^ ip _-O the p « rt oti Lives-pool , laden . with _goodftfcr the _ifcvannah . The -. Americans had _>« iffered in . _^ _. _simiisr way , but they . had passed ;/ a _aieasure of * etaliawcfi * , and in _.-eansequenee of tha _$ , -Spain abaadoned . . her _discrimuiattingwduties . with . respect to the , United-States . .-In 1841 . the last for . which returns _couIda » procured , the declared value of goods brought to Cuba by _^ British ships > was _, . _jESS . OOO ., hy _Americaa 349 , 441 ., aad by _> Sp _* _wiish ships . _iji £ 8 , 245 . "Ciiswasthe efiect . cf . admitriag foreign
countries _intorc-ompetiiion with tiie . ship : . of Great . Britain—the worstshipe and the _^ worst sailors in the . world were thus enabled to beat-tliose of Great - . Britain out o ( the > Spanish colouiahirade . iTnenavi-. gatkai laws of Spain , mate it worth , the _\ yhile of the merchants to pay-Spanish vessels a freight , ef 60 s . per . ton in preference . to paying l € s . ' per eton to 'Britisfc vessels . * Lordi _Gwrge _pressed on the govemment aa imitatioc . of the policy ot Asdericit . That countsj * did not t « _ist _, to - " examples of . liberality , " _ijut hail . recourse to energetic measures , ! had -Ulcpted _H , he policy of retaliation , which obtained 1 ibr . them - . the beneiits they desired . iWe , on the _COntrary _. Jiad it ; ied conciliation and . liberality , and we found no _-generosity in return . . "Mr . -M . GiB . 10 x _ado-ittedithe injury thutJiad _. hQen dose to ( British shipj wi _^ , but hoped no _. retaliathig _poliev would be adopted hy _. the-Government' .
Levd P 4 iiiER 6 roN said we had no reciprocity treaty with . Spain , and therefore we could hot de-i _masd . _thatjBritish vessels _ghenl £ be placed on the ; footing of _Spanish vessels in _.-Spanish porta . Buti we had treaties with Spain that . entitled us to the ' footing < of the most favoured _natfuss , and , therefore _,, if Spais _Atadyiaided anything to . A _* _ierica , we should ! have a right . to require an equal concession . He ' was not , howave _? , sufficiently infoiaied on the _eabject ; _but * o . anyiretaliating policy he was decidedly , opposed . After a i &« v _wowis from Mr . JliifUS , the subject dropped . _ROLAND .
Mr . _Humb fflovedifcff any correspondence between the Government 01 her Majesty and tlie . Government of Cracow , _RuBsaa , _Prusnia , and Austria ., relative to the appointment of a _"BuiAish agent at Craeow , since the declaration made hy the Minister of Foreign _Afiiirs iuthe House of _CoKmons , in the year 1836 , if Ms intention of sending a consul to _l-eside at _Ccacow . He said that the _« _s _* ents , to which he was ibawt to draw the attention of the house , had occurred on a spot where we were no _^ , only interested in their _y * ro £ ress , but entitled to-kcow their cause , and bound to interfere to prevent their repetition _^—[ Hear , hear . ) It became a question for their consideration whether , when they saw a weak state _in-l raded by more powerful neighbours , and its
_libertiessstroyed , there ought not to be some interference n the part of this country . —( Hear , hear . ) In 1830 ley had lost the opportunity of joining with France 1 demand of Russia thc restoration of the rights and bei'ties of Poland . Had Earl Grey used the lanlage in 1830 which he employed in 1793 Poland ould now be again a nation . But he had not done 1 ; and although there could belittle doubt that Pond would yet regain her freedom , still he feared iat before that epoch much time would elapse . The mour of England was sullied by allowing the _liberes ofa small power like Cracow to be thus taken vay . When the noble lord was asked why _govei-nent had not sent out a consul to Cracow , he replied iat Government had given up the intention . He
lought they were entitled to an answer from the noble rd , exculpatory ofthe conduct of tlie British Governent . —( Hear , hear . ) They ought not to _permitthose eaties to remaiii in . 1 state which might at any fuiie period embroil them with other powers . He und by the general treaty of Vienna that there were jo articles , of which one related to the Poles , and e other to the Government of Cracow . By the st it was stipulated that the Poles , subjects of ustria , Russia , and Prussia should obtain a ee representative _constitution such as _teh Government should think proper and _exidieiit to grant them . That clause had never been lulled , and the English Government had _ncyer had
ie courage to demand the cause . To that pusillamity on the part of this country were attributable ost of tiie evils that had befallen Poland . —( Hear , _> ar . ) By the second of the articles he had _mensned the existence of Craeow , as an independent mtral state , was guaranteed hy Austria , Russia , and russia , under the protection of those powers . By clause of that treaty itwas laid down that no , armed ree was to he introduced into Cracow under any etencc whatever . To that treaty the British Amissador had affixed his signature , in token that ngland was a party to it . And yet every article of iat treaty had been violated , while England quietly jrmitted those Governments to break the pledges iat they had solemnly takwj in tire face oft h * * ¥ 0 _ric *
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had _hewoVll { 1 trayedthe _^ _» _M if they SS ! r t < v ta »» w-what method they had Z _, L _5 S _^» p " hear ' After reviewing the recent Tamitl " to ft ?? K ? Ga , licia * _wWch must be now ha _thert w _„« PUbUc ' , Hume Proewded to > ay Eurone wW _^" p 0 ther instance in the history of _2 _L _™? re the _, Government had instigated the _Kinnln if J er _, the _«&«¦* above them , and where nosteps had been taken by the Government specified by moving for the correspondence Lord _PiLMKRsroN said that nothing could be more painful so a right-minded individual , than discussionR tnrniri ( 7 _/ _in flic _« .. klAA _^ _« r _D _« l « _H . l . i _^ . , \
related to a great and a noble people , who in former times held a pre-eminent position amongst the states of Europe , and who by the occurrence of events of the greatest magnitude at a remote period were deprived of their nationality , and absorbed by the neighbouring territories . But the events to which those _reoolleetions applied were now matters of history ; and whatever might be the aspirations of those whose dreams led them fondly to believe that tbe time wouM some when the former political condition of _Pola-ad would be restored , they , sitting in that House , « nd knowing what were the treaties and _enpgemttits by which the powers of Europe were bound , and the present political distribution of _fcurepe regulated , couMttotgo farther back than to
the treaty of Vienna , To that extent , however , they ought to go , and upon that treaty tliey had a right to take their stand . There could be no doubt _\ * m _** _Vico ,, a had beei * ? _iola * e ( 8 .-- ( Hear , hear . ) The treaty was explicit in its _language ,. and provided that the-republic of Cracow was to be maintained as a free-aad independent rfttibe . Not only were Austria _, Russia , and Prussia ( parties to that treaty—Great -Britain , France , _and _' other kingdoms also were parties to it . In relation to those events , he would give the three powers -credit for not having intentionally 'departed from the -engagements they had entered hto hy executing she treaty of Vienna . But he maintained , witheut'donbt , that when * k « emergencies should have ceased which had 'been
_alleged'as'the ground of i & _esetpreceedings , it _wastUte duty Of the three powers to _replace Cracow ,-on that footing Of -complete _im & jpendence to which it-was entitled 'by the treaty df ¦ Vienna . He « _fso hoped th s * such was the intention of the three powers , * and _feahad no _knowledgctotlK-contrary , St was to the _interest -of those powers _tfutt they _shodd'rogard the _ibreatyot Vienna as-a ' whole : ; for _theynere-sagacious - enough to know _tteat if-the treaty were 'not -good on the 'Vistula it _might'be'btd on the Rhine Or on the ! Pov 4 ( Hear , hear . !) 'His ' -Honourable _friend , he was -afraid , had _ratlwr'Understated thas _« exagg _«» i , ted the hideous scenes 'lie had . described -as having taken place in those provinces : ; and these _he-did-net speak from official vriformation , but "from th « ordinary
'source of intelligence "; and he Baust-say , ' 4 hat scenesth _«» e _describewl _'werewithout _sample tin any age- ;< cefiainly not in tbe'history of _tBodern'Europe . His Hen . Friend , he was * _nure , _woidd-exouse him for net ' weeding _mwrs-amply to the teirms Of'iijs motion . _^ - ' * ( Fear , hear ) . ! Se thought , however , - that the papers •¦ ho _wasprepUredtos _^ ive him'would 1 ifford sufficient _ftitislactiOBontheifactsouttf which-his motion _hsd arisen ; and so far as a representatioa on the part of 'the British 6 ovetr . ment _might'go _. _'ili-j could assure fJiim that * othing _* hould "be * wanting . Dn Bo ** _-fiivc- _sa « d that the speech _4 t : the _noblcQord could not fail" to write a deep impression upon the minds of the pccnlc of tinVcoantry . He waseglad ,
to find , _vthat the'tieatyof -Vienna had been violated by _thosevhodrery it up _^ _anitwhri'hKd _gainedsOTnuch by it -Without meaning the slightest blame - to ' attach _tc * _-tbe'noble lord , _he-thoHght'theresideHse of a Britisfc _represeistativeatf racowa'icost important arrang « Kent , ¦ _= a » d if it had heen made before , fhe -believed' _ihat"these events would not have occurred . — ( Hear _*)— ' ¦ _Tbe-.-ipeech-Ofcthe-noMe lord , he repeated , had given him great _satistaction ; but _if-HfVspared him ttsll the _uoxfc sessiWf . of _Pariiaraent _, _ifcwas- his _nurpese then Ho show that / _the-aepect of' Poland required the _inefirferanceef-thia ' Government _f _-and the conocrrettt Bid of every--one whothated tyeanny and adored independence .
A & er a few _remark _^ _-from-Mr _.-M . M . _Milnos , Mri J . A . Smith ,. Mr _.- 'Wyse , and Mr . P . Stewart , _deprej cato _** y of the conduct _> cf the * Austrian Government , ! Mir Hume said-after the admirable speech of the _nofeia lord , 60 did nod -wish to go to a division , -bud with the " leave of-the _house- _'would withdraw his amendment . It was accordingly-withdrawn . "E » e other Bills on -the table were forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned at halt-past twelve b _ctoak ,. _haviag- _safcoontinuouEjrj twelve : hours- and a half , HOUSE OF _LO-RDS , _Tcesdat / _Ahg . 16 . iT & e . house sat a short time , atad .. after the Royal Assent wasgiven ( by Commission ) to several Bills , ameaust . wbich were . t ( ieSugar'Duties . BUI , and the Beligious Opinions : Bill , and forwarding : the Bills . on the ia ble _aaSaye , was _adjourned till Thursday . _HOUSEvOF COMMONS , iTa _: esday ,. Aco . 18 . _<
( The-Speaker took the chair-at twelve o _'« Jock , Mr ... B ., B . _» Gawklij took the oaths and his seat foi -St . Ailban's .
, RAILW AY _. LEGISLATION . Mr . _vMorihson moved-the confirmation . of the resolutions .. of ithe select committee on -railways , wbichreeommended the . establishment of . j , _Railway Board . Mr . _ii ? .. _"iVooE proposed to accept the , first , second , and ninth resolutions ,. and on them to found a short Bill , to-be . immediately _ioteoduced .
I REOEWr . LAW _-APPQIM'ME-NrrS . Sir G . _fGmjT having moved the order of tlie day for goingiinto committee ok _the-Smdl _DebtsiEi' 11 , Lord S . : Bbktia * ck called the attention of the ihouse to a job- , which had been . committed by the late . government with . _iespect to the- _{ ppotntmentof the . _present chief justice ot * Bombay . At the _present-there were two chief justices of _th-tt ; _'Presidency . On the _: _S 9 th of June last , ithe late administration resigned Lthe reins of . government , but _appointed on the : 30 th Mr . D . _Polloekito the office of « eliief * _justice of _iBambaj ? . At thatitime _.-Sir II . Ro | ec , 'thoohicfjusticeK > f Boijbay , hadinot tendered his resignation to the govercment . S-ir H . . Roper was in theseventh year of the ( _performance ot * hie duties as chief justice of _Bombay . Five years' -service entitied him to a
retiring pension d .- £ , 700 a year ; seven years'service to a retiring pension of $ 1 * 000 ayear . Sir II . Rope »' s _periods seven years" ' ser . vice would Eot . expire till the 2 nd ot _* 4 iext November .: and yet to perpetrate a job , the late President of the _aboard of Control had superseded Sir 11 . Roper , and , apjaointed Mr . D . Pollock as chief justice in his stead , iliy the law of tlie land , as soon as Mr- Pollock was _appointed , the authority of Sir H . Roper as chief justioeoeased ; and tlie result < was , that every trial whieh _fcnd since taken place 'before Sir M . Roper , _beoadue illegal , and every eri-: itinal convicted and hanged in the interval , -was a iimrdered ma n . To remedy . this illegality , a bill , under the title of the " Patent Commission Bill , " lhad passed the- Ilouse of Lords , and would , in all dh > bability , be in _^ _roi _' uced into that house that evening . The object of this job had been to snake a vacancy in * tlie _Commissiosers of Insolvency , and thereby to reward the private secretary of Lord Lyndhurst . He
had aothing to _saf against the _chaiacter of Mr . D . Pollock , but lie _wae 05 years of age . Passing over the appointment of Mr . C . Phillips as successor to Mr . D . Pollock an _anointment , however , whioh was attributable to the _ireendship of an ex-Chancellor , who had recently defended in another place all the tergiversation of thc late government , he had no hesitation in denouncing , as a gross job , the appointment of Mr . Perry as the successor of Mr . C . Phillips . He called on tho partisans of the late government to show him any precedent for so nefarious a job" ; The govermrnt was aKjtually defunct when it made this _appointment ; and he therefore felt himself entitled to call for investigation into the manner in which this patronage of the ehief justiceship had been disposed of . After one of his usual bitter _attacks on the late administration , he called upon Sir J . Hobhouse to lay before the house all the information which lie could produce tvith respect to this
appointment . Sir J . Hobhouse stated the facts of the case , and left thebouse to come to its own decision upon them In February last , Sir 11 . _Roveu wrote to Lord Ripon , expressing his wish to retire from the chief justiceship of Bombay , not immediately , but on the 2 d ot November next , when he would he entitled to a retiring pension of £ 1 , 000 a-year for seven years' service . On ( the 4 th ot May , Lord Ripon , having taken Her Majesty ' s pleasure on the subject , accepted the resignation of Sir H . Roper on the terms on which it had been tendered . On the lGth of June , Lord Ripon requested Mr . Gladstone , the Colonial Secretary , to make but a patent for the appointment of Mr . D . Pollock as successor to Sir II . Roper . Mr . Gladstone , on enouirintr into the matter , informed
Lord Ripon thatfe was illegal to appoint a Judge in prospeem . Lord Ripon thereupon ordered letters patent to be made out , appointing Mr . D . Pollock forthwith chief justice of Bombay . This was accordingly done on the 1 st of July , and in the patent appointing Mr . D . Pollock there was a clause annulling thc appointment of Sir II . Roper . As soon as he ( Sir J . Hobhouse ) saw that eause he consulted the Attorney-General upon it , and the Attorney-General , liter _cxiiniininK ' » t (> _i _' _. informed him that there was no remedy except an act of Parliament , to legalize 1 all that _mif-ht take place in the interval between Mr . D . Pollock ' s appointment and the time ot taking Ins seat as-chief , justice at Bombay , and an act of I arhanicnt had in consequence been drawn up and introduced into the House of Lords by the present Lord
Chancellor . . . Sir J . \ V . _lloco said , that before thc introduction of steam it was the invariable vulo that all judges 111 India should give a year ' s notice of thoir intention to resign , in order that a new judge might arrive before the departure of the retirirg one . Lord Ripon had written to the Secretary of the Colonies , desiring that a patent should be made out , constituting Mr . _PoJlock chief justice from the 2 d of _November
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next , Sir J . Hobhouse had said that this could not legally be doner but he wished to know why not ' . The late Sir W . Follett , and the law advisers of the East India Company , . said that it could be done ; and , if they were wrong , the error had existed for at least a century- He then read an opinion , signed by Sir W . Follett , the present Lord Chief Baron , and the late Mr . Serjeant Spankie , which _justined tho course recently taken by Lord Ripon with respect to the appointment of Mr . D . PoJlock as chief justice of Bombay , The _Aiiorket-Gbnbrai _. corrected Sir J . W . Hogg as to what he bad said respecting the practice of former times . He had himself come to the oninion which Sir J . Hobhouse had communicated to the house , after mature deliberation , and he was happy to say that he had been fortified in it by the
eoncurrent opinion of the present Lord Chief Baron , the present Lord Chancellor , the late Lord Chancellor , and the late Attorney-General . It was laid down in all our old law-books and especially in Comjn 1 Digest , that a judicial office would not be held in reversion * The object of the bill introduced into the other house was to cure _altogethe * the inconvenience which had been felt in this case , and to make all letters patent in future take effect upou the arrival of the new judge in India . Mr . S . _WofcrLBy agreed with the Attorney-General that a judicial office could not be granted in re version , but was not sure timt au appointment to a judicial-office was illegal , he charged Lord G . Bentinck _witfe taking the house by surprise , and with wantonly exposing the character of the late
Government . M * _r-. Hume said he could uot help observing that the whole case brought before the house by tlie noble lord , the _ member for Lynn , developed proceedidgs of a most [ singular "character . On looking 'over Cha papers he held in "his hand , he found there asserted a downright lie , It might be designated an error , but he would _demonstrate it to be what he called it—a he * It was asserted that Sir Henry Roper had resigned his ofiice at a certain term stated , but he had _* u _€ t resigned his office , nor was he to resign fc * _some _^ time subsequently to the period stated ; and * was ' n » t that , he would ask _. ' _-a downright falsehood ? The -noble lord had done the State good service by _hringing forward this gross . _jeb , or something ve- _£ * f like-one . After a few words from Mr . Bern ax _,
_Mr-. 'GrOui ' Bt'BN complained < o ( me _ccerse taken by _Lord'Gr , Bentinck , in attributing , without notice , to a mam as dblc _' _as hims « H " > nefarious -corruption and _flagitf . ous _profligacy . Mr . _Hes-jey _enforced the ¦ same views of this question 'which had beeu dsc & dy taken by Lord G . Beatinek . SLord _'LtucoLN was of -opinion _ttiat this case bad been most unfairly represented , and censured Lord «© . Bentinck in _bringi-Eg it forward so unexpectedly , when ' every member of the late _administratio-n _'dffectcd'cy it was _crt of town , and unable to be _preBOAt either to _defend 'himself or instruct others to do so .
• Mr . _IBisHAMJ , after 'defending Lord G . Bentinck _from'tfce censuresd 4 * the _lastspeaker , proceeded to condettm the appointment of Mr . D . Pollock as an _ajipoifctment made 'by a government in -extremis . lie also denounced it as a very improper distribution '• of patWMfge hy Lord Ripon . The answers _whiciii had been ; g ' rven 'to the statement oi Lord G . _'Eentinck confirmed it in every particular . If an investigation -were "made into it , he helieved that the conduct of 'Lord Lyndhurst would come
_ipura from _the-ordeal- ; but it was by _noimeans clear tliat other individuals ' had not committed themselves by action 8 'whioh 'required Parliamentary investigation , "and -which would hereafter be visited by public reprobation . He then retorted on the 'Ministerial "party generally , and on Mr . S . Wortley «• particular , thc invectives which they had cast on tine consistency _of'Lord'G . Bentindk ' _-s Parliamentary ; conduct . Several bills ¦ _weretfchen advanced a stage . The house then-adjourned-at 1 o ' clock .
_tHOUSE-O _*? _COMMONS . _—Wi _^ bbmv , Aim . 19 th . Lord ' George 'Beriinck _retuacted the charge ihe had brought the previous day , in his _spuech on the subject of the _appointment-of the Chief Justice ' of Bombay , as _to-theibartering-of patronage between the _Lord'ChanceHor-and the 'Earl of Ripon , with re _spect to the nomination to the _living-of -Knockton . The Constabulary . ( Ireland ) -Bill _. afterashortdebate , was _read-a second time , and _^ various other . measures proceeded with . Sib De Lacy _( Evjhc « moved _< an addrees to Her Majesty fer t & e-extension of the principle adopted for the navy , as regarded retiring officers to the army ; and that decorative honours should be awarded to the _existing survivors of the battle of Trafalgar , and of the . Peninsular war . After some discussion tlie motion-was _withdrawn .
_TheiOaANCBLLOR'Of the _juxchbqver brought m a Bill to constitute a board for the regulation of all matters ' relative to railways . The board willconsist of five . indi < viduals ,. apresidentiniore or less connected with the-Government , two paid members not connected -with the . Government , and two unpaid members connected with the Government . The house then adjourned . HOUSE OF . _LORDS—Tjiursbay , _AutsusiSO . Lord Lvkdhursi . ro _* e to answer the _accueation _ijuade . by : Lord G . Bentinck , in the lower house , respecting certain recent law appointments , and after -recapitulating and explaining the _tcircumstances oi the case-. with extreme ability , . concluded by a vehement , philippic on _tttaiuoblc author of the accusation , which he stigmatised as slanderous and vexatious .
. After some discussion , the British Possessions iBili was . read a second time , . and other measures proceeded with . ffihe House of Commons having objected to the _amendmentsonade by their Lordships hi the Baths and Washhouses Bill , a conference was held , and their Lordships finally agree not to insist on the said amendments . IIOjQSE OF -COMMONS . — Thursday , Ave . 20 . Loud CouRTEXiff brought up the report of the select committee on the Andover Union . The Consolidated Fund bill went through _cominittecr
SMALL DEBTS BILL . Considerable discussion took place iu Committee on the Smali Debts Courts bill , particularly on the 9 th clause , _several members objecting to the Judges established under U \ e bill being allowed to practise after their _appointment . It was urged that they should be paid hi gher salaries , and be required to devote their . whole time to the discharge of their judicial duties . ( Colonel Wood moved as an amendment that Judges appointed under the Act should cease to practice as barristers . The amendment was opposed by Lord John _Russew ,, on the ground that its adoption would necessitate the payment of higher salaries to such Judges ; he was not prepared to propose such an increase of the expenditure of the country . The amendment was lost on a division by a majority of 57 against 12 . An amendment , proposed by Mr . _'Wkxos . x , to the effect that attorneys be eligible to the office of judge under the Bill , wiis also lost , by a majority ot 00 against 10 .
The remaining clauses were then agreed to witliout discussion . The Railway Commissioners Bill was read a second time , and the various other measures before the house advanced a stage . HOUSE OF _LORDS-Pbidav , Auo . 21 . The Contagious Diseases Bill passed through committee . , Several other Bills were forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Fhidat , Aug . 21 . On thc order or thelday tor going into committee on the
RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS BILL . Several members objected to a bill involving such extensive interests being proceeded with at so lute a period of the session , especially as most of those members who were connected with railways had left town . Ultimately it was moved as an amendment that the house go into Committee that day three months . On a division there apperrcd for going into Committee 04 , against the motion 0- This result is attributable to the circumstance of the tellers for the amendment , Colonel Sibthorp , and Mr . B . Escott , being the only members who voted against the original motion . . The Bill then passed through Committee without amendment .
..... On the order of the day for the second reading of the Patents Commission Bill , Lord G . Bentinck took the opportunity ot justifying his conduct , in answer to the observations made bv Lord Lyndhurst , in the other House of Parliament on the preceding night . He contended that the subject of the charge he had made was fully sustained , he having clearly shown that there had been » friendly exchange of patronage between the former Noble President of tlie Board Ot' _Contl'Oul , and the late Lord Chancellor , inasmuch as Mr . D . Pollock had received the office of Chief Justice of Bombay from thc Earl of Ripon , while Lord Lyndhurst liad nominated Mr . Wilson , the friend of
the former Noble Lord , to the _livine at Norton . That arrangement was to enable the Lord Chancellor to appoint his friend , Mv . Perry , to the oflice of Chief Commissioner of Bankrupts at Liverpool . Ue was surprised at the imputation of being instigated by base , Bordid , and selfish _motives , from Lord Lyndhurst , when that noble lord had himself , through his secretary , urged him to join the minority against the Sugar Duties Bill , for the puvpose of forming an administration ; he had repelled that association for his own part , but referred the messenger to his friend Lord Stanley . If he wer » base , sordid , and selfish , it was not atthe public expense , for he never had oise shilling of the public money . The House then went into Committee otv thc
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- —v .. -.-: _.,- _^ _SMALL DpT _^ . BILL ,, ;_ _,.... _,,, . ,,.. which was opposed by Mr . * rVAKLi * ir and Mr . Hekuiy _, almost clause by clause ; they proposed a number of amendments , but did not succeed in at all alteri-te the tenour of the Bill as proposed by _Government f ne whole of the clauses were read and agreed to seriatim , and the Bill passed through Committee .
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UNITED SOCIETY OF JOURNEYMEN BASKET MAKERS . The above Society held their First Annual Confe rence at the house of Mrs . Smelt , Spread Eagle-Tavern , bmithneld-markot , Manchester , on Monday the 10 th of _August , and three following days . Delegates were in attendance _reprosenting the various districts ofthe three Kingdoms . To commemorate the occasion a sumptuous Dinner was provided by the members of the Manchester district , which was supplied by the worthy _hostess , ( MrB . Smelt , ) aud of which ninety-nine members _, partook .
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Ma. ^ Uim-N, Devonport.—You Must Retain ...
Ma . _^ _UiM-n , _Devonport . —You must retain the profits _, _derired from tbesole ofthe Star in your own hands ,, and appropriate it to whatever fund you thiuk proper . The method proposed would subject us to a system ot accounts ra _& er . complicated , and empower U 8 IO ' dispose of moeies over which you alone have the entireright of control . -... _-. Mr . "PATa ' _CK-CfHiociKg —Ibis gentleman ' s letter is in . type , hut we are compelled by press of matter to withhold it till -our next number . We request Mr . _O'Hig _* _- gins to post his letters so thatthe 5 may reach London _, on the Tuesday . We also request that Mr . O'fl . will address Mb communications to the " Editor of the-Northern Slar , " at the Star Office , so that the waitingfor Mr . -O'Connor ' s return to town , hefore giving the letter to the compositors , may be in future avoided . To the _Ciuetists . —We have _received the _folfowinft . letter ' . —
•' Dear Sir , You were pleased to insert in yourco _' umnsonthelst instant , an effusion of mine , headed "The People ' s "First Estate , or Anticipation ! ofthe 2 ? rh of August . " That the HfcmonM . va . Hon Committee agreed to have 2 , 000 of the said production printed , to he sold at one penny each , on the occasion , you are « ware , and that they , with the greatest generosity decided to award me half the profits of such sale , ( this token of their kindness I shall erer gratefully remember ) you are already cognisant of . Permit mi to add , that , when Mr Hornby reported to the Sowers-town Locality , tbe dewsion of the committee as to printing 2 , 000 copies of the Song , my locality being of opinion that the number was too email , agreed to have 1000 more printed on their own responsibility
On arriving on the estate , on Monday lust , and txposinp my song for sale , I was not a little surprised tofm < l that the majority were already supplied . I then _., discovered that there were no less than three pirated ' editions for stile , one _printftd in gold oh blue , another in green on ' white , ( similar to the original ) and one printed in tbe common ballad style , with another song attached . In conversation with one of the vendors I ' found that' about 5 , 000 of the pirated editions had ' been printed and sold to the vendors , at 4 s . per 100 ,. _consequently nearly the whole of the committee ' s edition remain on hand , whereby the kind intentions of tbe Committee towards your humble servant are frustrated . My ohjeet in writing to you is to-ask ; your advice under the circumstances I have detailed ' _.
I am Sir , yours fraternally , Somers To'Yn , Augii 3 tl 9 th _, _Johh Arnott . " [ We consider this a very hard _case , and that Mr . Arnotthas been shamefully treated by the pirates who baFe . profited by stealing his song . The advice we give it ,. that the localities throughout the country send their onSers for a few copies each , to Mr . Wheeler , 83 , Dean : 8 tret , Soho , London . By this plan the unfold copies may be disposed of , loss prevented , the intentions of the committee carried out , and our country friendsbecome possessed of a song which is veally worth preserving . ] E . B . _WALSAit . —Tour letter denies everything , but proves nothing . If Joseph _Hicken can defend himself let him do so .
Good Sxmaritan must have known that the matter sent ' could only be inserted as an advertisement . Charles S , Swain . —The lines shall appear in our neat number , we hare no room for them this week , _Cordwainei-8 ' Association . —We have received a statement , from this Association , in reply to a paragraph which appeared in our last number , from the City of London Beot and Shoemakers , which statement , we are compelled by press of matter to postpon .- till next week . A Phokographbk _, —Your letter has been forwarded to Mr . O'Connor . A _Const-ant _RtADEB _.- —We suspect you are right , but have no certain knowledge . _JuriTER . —We know nothing of the letter .
Royal Polytechnic Institution. This Inte...
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . This intellectual establishment still continues to be crowded by eager enquirers after scientific knowledge . During the past week Dr . John Ryan has been engaged in delivering a series of Lectur . s on the application of Chemistry to tlie various _Arf-s and . Manufactures—such as ghss making , & c . In" one of these lectures the Doctor illustrated a method of cutting and boring glass , with common iron instruments , employing :, however , a solution of camphor in turpentine , instead of the usual preparations , sueh aa emery , sulphate of copper , ifcc . By keeping the instrument
moistened with the camphorated turpentine , the learned lecturer showed , that glass _rnifht be cut and bored as readily as any of the metals _, this is a secret well worth knowing ; , and we cannot avoid expressing our thanks to the Professor , who thus prominently has explained to the world , amatter of such universal advantage . This Gendeman seems almost daily to bring new ideas and improvements before the public , most of them matters of vast importance to the cornniimity . Very Jong-,. we trust , he will delight his hearers by his admirable and most popular lectures , and that he will reap that reward his industry and talents merit .
Tke D^Gentuii Hurder, Dagenham, Tiiursda...
TKE D _^ GENtUii HURDER , Dagenham , Tiiursdat Night . —The adjourned in . quest , relating to the atrocious , and now truly mysterious murder of the _police-eonstiible , George Clarke , was again resumed this afternoon , before C . C . Lewis , Esq ., the Coroner for the Southern Division of Essex ,. at the Cross Keys lun , Dgenham . Abraham Batfoy was the first witness . He said—It was false what I stated about Parsons being on duty on Monday night . I did not see him , but Parsons lias several times asked me , if I was asked the quession ,. te say that I saw him on duty at twelve o ' clock that '
night , at the station-house , making out the report . I can . not say when Parsons first asked me to say this , but it was , I think , between the finding of the body and the first inquest . It hus not only bean bstw . en me and Parsons , but between all of us , to say so . I have learned from other constables tbat Parsons was not on duty after twelve o'clock . ( Sensation . ) Kimpton stated that whin lie went on to _thehuath _, at one o'clock , with the report , but he did not make a report , and thut he kept the horse out till three o ' clock , when he took it home , being afraid to keep it out late . It has passed _bet-veea Parsons and me , and the other men , that " We were allin a mess , and must stick to one tale . " ( Great sensation . ) That has passed repeatedly .
Several other constables were afterwards examined—They deposed that their foiincr statements were false , as regarded the time at which they had severally met _Serjeant Parsons and deceased , Clarke , on the night of tho murder . They also swore that the Serjeant had said they must all agree as to time . After similar evidence , Parsons denied the truth of thestatements made by the witnesses . The Coroner here remarked that the Police had grossly perjured themselves ; lie regretted certain circumstances ' had arisen which would render a further adjournment necessary . The enquiry was adjourned for three weeks .
The suspended policemen are under strict surveillance ; and so _greatis the suspicion attached to the _Serjeant that Messrs , Kendall , Langley , and Shaw , ofthe detective police , hare received positive instructions not to permit him out of their sight , and to _ttiko care that no communication whatever took place between him and the other constables .
A Practical Illustiutiok Of The "Dxnefit...
A Practical Illustiutiok of the " dxnefits or thk Small Farm System—Mr . Thomas Longbottom _, of Gibbct-streotj Halifax , recently purchased four and a-half acres of laud , on the plan recommended by Mr . O'Connor . He purchased a cow , which last week produced two calves which are in a thriving condition . Mr . Longbottom is now cutting the third crop of rye grass—he has three cows , two calves , Jour pigs , potatoes , cabbages , turnips , mangel worzei , clover , hay , < fcc . Our intoruiantadds , " people are coming far and near to inspect this little farm , and they ait go away surprised , blessing Mr , _O'Con-« : '•• and his book on Small Farms . " Secession from the Establishment . —Our fair readers will learn with considerable pain , that that civil young man . Mr . Drugaett , lias seceded from the establishment of Messrs . Jacmiot and Bobbins , and joined the grocery concern over the way . —Punch .
_Flogoixg in the Army ant . _Navv . —A crowded meeting was held at Exeter Hall , on Wednesday , for the formation of a society to promote the abolition of flogging iu the army and navv . The chair was occupied by Mr . Wakley , M . P ., and amongst the speakers were Mr . G , Thompson , the Rev . Dr . Carlile , the Rev . J . Dickenson , Mr . R . Bridgenian j-M . l _* ., Mr . Curtcis , M . P ., and Mr . Wright -, eS Philadelphia . The resolutions were unanimously _^ adopted . Ti . _*_ The Prokooatiom of _PwauKSKT .-It is now « understood , that Parliament will be prorogued on theft , 27 th instant . _£
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 22, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22081846/page/5/
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