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      April 3.1852. _____J!, He Star - 7

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      -^ ^Ilection Intelligence. „«„»«> _\Fr O...

      - ^ ^ iLECTION INTELLIGENCE . „«„»«> _\ fr Odeane has withdrawn from the CiMBBID f ° Xnt to ^* the re presentation of this county , po tion of aspirant to « "cpre Cambridge , < n ia ^^^«^> ^ ° { Saturday , to no « » * f ard on tne proposition of ^ VeSuV ^^^ oMhrch Mr . Bennett then proposed Mr . Ball , and Mr . D , bede seconded the nomination . A show of hands being liken there was an immense majority in favour of Mr 1 MI It is not thorcn ^ ilr understood at present whether m- not Mr Ml will come " forward ; but it is certain that lo th . Mr . Ireland and Mr . Bcnyon are eager to contest tbe mitter with Mr . Townley . I ' ETSflBonocGif— This city is experiencing a lull in polltical matter- " , and all opposition seems to have subsided . Earl Fi ' . z william having promised Mr . Watson his support hss refused to withdraw it . Mr . L'yard , we understand , will not under such circumstances come forward . — Cain hridae Independent .

      WiLLixcFonn . —The candidates for Reading are in a state of absolute torpor , but at Wallingford a vigorous contest is going on between Mr . Matins , the eminent Chancery barrister , and iir . Alfred Morrison , whose father is supposed to have bought the borough in connexion with his other purchases . —Berhldre Chronicle . IJcoBEssriELD . —A new candidate is in the field at Huddersfield , in the person of Mr . William Williams , a merchant of much popularily . Mr . Chectbam has refused again to contest the borough , and the battle is now likely to be between the present member , Mr . W . R . fj . Stansfield and Mr . Williams , both of whom are Liberals , though differing in degree . Mr . Williams is of tbe school of Cobden , and Mr . Stansfield favours tbe views of the Whigs .

      Sheffield . —The " Sheffield Times" announces a fourth candidate for the representation of tbat town in the person Of Mr . George Hadfield , of Manchester . —The supporters of Mr . Tonlmin Smith hope to strengthen their cause by inducing Mr . Hadfield ' s friends to join with them in ousting Mr . Parker and Mr . Roebuck . Cotextbx—A meetinir of some of the most active supporters of Jfr . Edward Ellice , M . P ., has been held , to consider the course most desirable to be pursued for securing his re election . The members of the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association have also met to take the necessary steps for securing Mr . Geacb ' s return at the next election . It is expected tbat both g entlemen will be returned . —Birmin gham Journal .

      Tavistock . —Mr . Samuel Carter , of the Western Circuit , bas i ssued an address to the electors of the town , offering himself as a candidate for the representation at the coming election . Mr . Carter is a Radical Reformer ; he advocates Free Trade and general Parliamentary Reform , as embodied in Mr . Hume ' s annual motion . Sauobo . —We have authority to state ( says the '' Manchester Examiner" ) tbat Mr . Brotherton bas acquiesced in tbe wishes of his friends tbat he should again stand as a candidate for the representation of Silford . Stiftobd . —In addition to Mr . Serjeant Allen , two other gentlemen are announced as candidates for the representation of Stafford . Ah address to the electors has been published from Mr . Arthur Otway , who is a free-trader ; a friend to progressive reform ; in favour of shortening the duration of Parliament , the free exercise of tbe franchise , and an alteration in the manner of levying the income tax . Another candidate is Mr . Phillips , a barrister on the Northern Circuit , who , we are informed , is a member of the Anti-Corn-Law League .

      Sooib Shtelbs . —A thirdjcandidate for tbe representation Of thisboionsh has just started in the person of Mr . James Mather , sm'rit-mercnant of that place . Mr . Mather is the father of Mr . Erskine Mather , whose ill-treatment by an Austrian officer at Florence has excited so much interest . The hon . gentleman has just arrived from Florences , and this accounts for his late appearance in tbe field . Mr . Mather hasfornvray years professed extreme Libsral principles , and shown great zeal in advocating them . He now . however , makes an exception in favour of tbe shipping interest , contending that protection there is necessary to maintain a nursery for seamen , for the sake of our national defences . Mr . Mather , it will he remembered , headed tbe procession of seamen to the House of Commons , which took place when the navigation laws were nnder discussion . Leeds . —Mr . Beckett bas retired from the field , and it is now almost certain tbat tbe two Liberal candidates—tbe Right Hon . M . T . Baines and Sir George Goodman—will be returned without a contest .

      Lixcots Cirr . —Sir . Edward Bulwer Lytton has declined to be put in nomination . Sir Henry Bulwer has consented to stand , if a requisition as numerously signed as that presented to his brother were obtained . Upon this , tbe heads of the Whig and Tory parties at once entered into an alliance with each other ; an active and joint canvass was commenced , and a great number of signatures and promises have been obtained . York . —Mr . Pashley , Q . C ., of the Northern Circuit , is in the field as candidate for tbe representation of this city . He is in favour of a re-adjustment of taxation , general and local ; advocates the ballot , a large extension of the suffrage , aud the necessity of shortening the duration of parliament ; and be avows his firm determination to adhere to tbe principles of civil and religious liberty . Two gentlemen of local connexion , named as candidates in thc Liberal interest , havcrctired , and it seems probabb that Mr . Pashley will displace the present Protccsionist member , Mr . Smvthe .

      The Towek Hamlets . —We understand that Charles Salisbury Batler , E ? q ., a very active magistrate of the cooniy . and a resident in the Tower Hamlets , has , in consequence of several requisitions numerously signed , signified his intention of becoming a candidate for the borough at the ensuing election . BmiKr . —Mr . Benbow will offer himself again , and being brought forward under thc powerful influence of Lord Ward , he will no doubt be re-elected . LvMixoTox . —The Lord Advrcate of Scotland bas met with a cordial recention from the e ' ectors of this borough . Is ITokth Warwick— the now world-famed North Warwick—a tremendous struggle may reasonably be anticipated , and it is now settled beyond all doubt that two gentlemen , vpon Free Trade princi ples , will be brought forward to dispute the claims of Messrs . Xewdegate and Spooncr . —Btrvnvgham , Sfcrcurv .

      Tower Hamlets . —A public meeting was held on Tuesday evening at tbe British Institution , Cowper-street , Cityroad , to hear an address from Mr . William Newton , upon the subject of " Capital and Labour , " and to consider the propriety of bringing forward that gentleman as a candidate for the borough . The audience consisted of about 1 , 500 persons , many of whom were electors . —Dr . Brooks bavins been called to the ? chair , Mr . Matthias moved , and Mr . J . Shaw seconded , a resolution , expressive of the necessity of labour being represented in tbe House of Commons . —Mr . W . Jfewton , who was greeted with immense applause , addressed the meeting , and avowed himself a Chartist in principle . He was willing ? to accent , but not

      to agitate , for a less measure of reform . After a few remarks from Mr . Mollett , the resolution was unanimously passed . —Mr . Newcombo moved , and Mr . Vanghan seconded , amotion , calling upon Mr . Newton to stand as a candidate w the borongii , pled ging themselves to procure a requisition from the electors sufficien t in numbers to justify him tt taking that step . —Mr . Pettie ably supported the motion , wnichwas carried with two dissentients . —Mr . Uewton , in reply , stated that if a requisition , signed by a sufficient rramber of the electors , was presented to him , he would most undoubtedly go to the poll . He disapproved oi getting Dp an excitement for other parties , and retiring wnea the polling day came . He then explained relative to ms qualification ; means of meeting the exnenses . &« .. and t

      » down highly applauded . The meeting adjournaWitb a vote of thanks to the Chairman . Both surprise andinmgnation were expressed at the entire absense of tho Press , wth the exception of ' The Stir " and tbe " Operative . " j" a sub ; . eq nent meeting of Mr . Xewton ' s Committee , a novvscw astakeninan eli gible part of the borough for a Antral Committee room . Local Committees were formed a all the various districts of tho Hamlets , and arrangements made for holding consecutive meetings , issuing of addresses . & o . A requisition is preparing , soliciting Mr . Robert Hanbnry , the well-known brewer , to come forward . It is rumoured that Mr . Acton S . Ayrton intends to retire from the contest .

      The Irish Elections. Mr. Anstey Has Info...

      THE IRISH ELECTIONS . Mr . Anstey has informed the electors of Yonghal that he will not again seek their suffrages . The Honourable Mr . Mostyn , son of Lord Yanx , of Harrowden , wjU it is jaid , positively start for Westmeath , where his father bas lately purchased the property of Sir . B ercoles Robinson . Sir Richard Leringe , who is in the Seld for the same county , has contrived to put forward a Pplitcal creed , which seems to satisfy both the Liberal and * ory parties .

      Cttsr Or Steam Boiler Explosions.—On Wed...

      CttSR or Steam Boiler Explosions . —On Wednesday night M . Bouti gny ( d'Evreux ) performed before the memm ^ t ° - « Royal Institution . Albemarle-street , an experision . T ^ toe "f the chief cause of steam-boiler explommarfi . r ^ was on to <» spheroidal condition as . h 3 J 8 when brought into sudden contact with n » Mi , smface 8 - M . Bontigny commenced by heating a Of wat n ^ hot » dropping upon it a small q uantity mhUh ' i h ^ instead of coming into contact , as PanoW * " ^"" ag'ned , with tbe heated metal , andex-,-j o mto vapour , remained at an ntmree . iahle distance ,

      femor in ^? ed a temperature far short 0 f boiling . On tfmimVT ti ) e , flaH , efr < "u the metal plate , and consequently tact 4 " S " > amount of heat , the water came into couched „ ^ mcta l . hnrst violently into steam and es-* ook a « £ ' , ^ y now inste » d of using the metal plate , ^ ntatir t b ° iHc > which mav be considered the repi etftwii *! ° * 8 team en S Uoiler - This bottle he made 8-cur efi . i P 0 Unn S » tcr "lto it , corked tho bottle a & para £ removed the lamp . For a few seconds the ^ ect rf T amed tran 1 —hut so sooner had a sufficient " *« er ti t esca P cu t 0 permit of contact with the ft 8 cort . latter T " ioleI 1 % expanded , and forced out ^ t arM a loud es P Ios 5 on M . Boutignv remarked ***** 1 ?* ^ the Acuity <» tempering highly the * PhcWi xpla , ned the difficulty by reference to iL L = ini » m . condIt ! 0 r , of water into which it is plunged . stniive ^ . ° acladed a series of well-devised and demonb ' t 0 DB » riineEts ^ dippinghis hands , only moistened " ^ ence rf ' . V molten lead . Molten iron , he told bis ^ Str brir . „ i x have bccn I " 110 as innocent , the only

      5 " soUdrV d " P S into thc metal yist , ^ ctito fc = ., ' / ifl 5 ' Wflcn a permanent fixation of a most dc-W ^ ould rcsnlt . eJuiBe fth v ^ ao pn , EioB 3 ron Lost Lugoage . — t ^ Propri et ^ v ^^ i'one County Court has pronounced f ^ g be pafd 11 ¦ - for the loss of lugga S ' <*& though fitotleaian g » , its con veyance ; and a jury has civen a ¦ xfcmagesfor a bos wnichwas anaaol ..

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      Mosday, March 29. House Op Lords.-Theear...

      MOSDAY , March 29 . HOUSE OP LORDS .-TheEarl of EiiEXBonouon moved for the production of a proclamation issued by the Commissioner of Scinde , under the direction of the Governor-General tf India , declaring the forfeiture of all the territories held by Prince AH Moor-ad , with thc exception of what he received from his father , on the ground of his having been guilty of forgery and fraud in obtaining possession of them . The noble earl proceeded to argue that although the decision of the Governor-General was correct , yetthe sentence was so very severe that it ought , in his opinion , to he revised and ameliorated . Lord BnouGiuos contended the guilt of Ali Moorad was beyond doubt .

      Tho Earl of Derby commented on the course pursued by the noble carl , and expressed his satisfaction at Lord Broughton ' s defence of the East India Company . The roport of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the guilt of Ali Moorad should l > 3 in common fairness produced with tho other papers moved for . After some observations from Earl Gbet , the papers moved for were ordered , including the one suggested by tho E-irl of Derby . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OP COMMOSS . —The Common Law Fees Regulation Bill passed through committee . that the Chan

      The Mitir / A . —Mr . Wjipoxe , in moving - cellor of the Exchequer , himself , and the Secretary at War , do prepare and bring in a bill to amend and consolidate the laws respecting the militia observed that he was so conscious of the magnitude of the subject and the difficulties with which it is surrounded , that if ho had been in a private position nothing would have justified him in bringin" - it forward . On the other hand , he was so convinced of the absolute necessity ofsoao measure upon the subject , that if be shrank from the ta :-k he should be neglecting his duty . It was admitted , he supposed , tbat this country aueh ' t to be , in its means of defence at least , placed upon anequal footing with other countries , looking at the elements of anarchy and confusion which might easily break out not many months hence . ( Hear . ) It was true , our

      friendly relations with other Powers bad increased and were increasing ; but this fact would show tbat we were not influenced bj jealousy or fear . ( Hear , hear . ) The first question was , were we in such a state of defence as a ereat country like this ought to bo in ? The testimony of tbe first military and naval authorities showed that it had not sufficient provision against a sudden emergency . ( Hear , hear . ) Steam navigation exposed the country to more eminent peril than at former periods . { Hear , hear . ) Past governments had in times of panic proposed measures similar to this ; and tbe house had already decided that something ought to be done to put the country in a better state of defence . ( Hear , hear . ) There were , he observed , three classes of objectors to a militia . One said , our defences were sufficient as they were ; but Mr . Walpole showed

      that while our army was very little larger than that of Belgium notwithstanding the dimensions of our empire , incase of a sudden incursion not more than 25 , 000 men could be brought to bear upon any one point ; and that our ships in commission at home consisted of only nine of the line , five frigates , one sloop , and seventeen steamers . Others said that there was no immediate necessity for preparation ; but hasty preparations , while less perfect , would aggravate panic . ( Cheers . ) The time of preparation and of action ought not to be simultaneous . The third class of objectors urged that we should increase our regular army . This would add to tho permanent expense , and both army and navy were instruments of attack as well as defence , so that an augmentation of either -would rouse suspision and provoke jealousy . ( Cheers . ) The militia was a national

      institution —( hear , hear)—a force familiar to the country—( hear , hear)—wc had actually at this moment a militia , for the law was only suspended . The militia had , moreover , done good service to tbe country , and . in assuming the character of soldier , the militia man did not renounce that of citizen . ( llerx , hear . ) After a short review of the history of tbe militia laws , Mr . Walpole proceeded to develope the plan proposed by the government—namely , first , to raise , if possible , without abandoning the ballot , a force of 80 , 000 volunteers , to be drilled and trained under the regulations of the 43 rd George III . ; 50 , 000 only to be raised the first year , and 30 , 000 the second year , the period of service to be five years . Secondly , it was proposed to raise these men by bounties of £ 3 or £ 1 , either to be paid down at the time , or at the rate of 2 s . or 2 s . Gd . per month ,

      the volunteer being at liberty to take it in ono way or thc other . Thirdly , with respect to tbe officers , it was proposed to dispense with the qualifications required by the 43 rd George III . in regard to all officers below the rank of major , and generally to consider the bavin ,- been in the army equivalent to qualification . Fourthly , tho bill provided that the number of days' training required in tho year should be twenty-one , tho Crown having the power to extend the period to seven weeks , or reduce it to three days . jDistly , with respect to the embodiment of the men , it was not proposed to make any alteration in the existing law . Thc expense required for bounty and equipment would be about £ 1 , 200 , 000 ; but if spread over five years , it would be about £ 240 , 000 a year ; except that , during the first year , tho cost of equipment would raise the expense

      to £ 400 , 000 , including the clothing . This being a national defence , it was intended that the expense of the equipment , arms , and bounty should , save in districts which should not provide the proper quota , be borne by the public purse . Having disposed of anticipated objections , Mr . Walpole concluded by appealing to the bouse to accept this measure , and thereby assist the government in .-. ccomplishing the object of providing an effectual defence for the country with as little interference as possible with the ordinary habits and industry of the people ; observing that , if it were rejected , either from party motives or through an overweening confidence in the assumed impregnability of our insular position , the government would have the satisfaction , at least , of knowing that they had endeavoured to do their duty . ( Loud cheers )

      Mr . Hume , not objecting to thc introduction of the bill , condemned the policy of the measure as unnecessary at the present time , when this country was upon tbe most amicable terms with other nations . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir De Lact Evaxs did not object to thc amendment and consolidation of tho militia law , but he preferred an addition to the regular force to a militia . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . M . Gibsox thought it would be better to defer this measure , connected with the permanent defence of the country , until after an appeal should have been made to the country . ( Cheers . ) He would rather increase tbe regular army . Lord Palmerstos said it was his intention to give this

      measure every support in his power . ( Cheers . ) It was impossible to overstate the necessity of some permanent arrangement of this kind . He admitted tbat there was no present danger ; if there had been this measure would be insufficient to meet it ; it only laid a foundation in case of danger . ( Cheers . ) An increase of the regular army could not be maintained ; and 8 , 000 regular troops would cost as much as the drilling of these 80 , 000 men . ( Cheers . ) This measure , generally speaking , was a very good one , and was highly deserving of the favour and sanction of the house . ( Lend cheers . ) Colonel Thompson recommended the putting off the

      measure . Lord J . Russell , agreeing that our means of defence should be increased , thought the very able statement of Mr . Walpole , however clear and explicit in some parts , was less so in others , which , not being agreeable to touch upon , he had seemed anxious to avoid . ( Cheers . ) If 80 , 000 volunteers were not obtained recourse must be had to the ballot ; how was that to be done , and what were the classes to be subject to tho ballot ? It would be most unjustifiable in him ( Lord John ) to offer any obstacle to the introduction of this bill ; at the same time it was for tho country to judge , and although he should prefer a militia force to an increase of the regular army , the country might entertain a repugnance to it . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Walpole said , it was intended , if there should notbe a sufficient number of volunteers , to fall back upon the ballot , which would extend from tho ages Of eighteen to thirty-five . ( Hear , bear . )

      Mr . G . Doff was of opinion that the question ought to be first submitted to the constituency . Mr . Coboex said , the difficulty he felt in this discussion was greater and greater . { Hear , hear . ) The move bo heard upon the subject of tho increase of our armament , tbe more he was at a loss to understand the reason for it . ( Cheers . ) So far from there being any necessity for increasing our establishments , tho necessity was removed further than ever . ( Hear , hear . ) Kobody believed there was any real danger of an invasion from France , which had every motive for peace , and yet wo fancied that the French , as if they were a gang of bandits , were without warning , coming to devastate our shores . ( Cheers . ) Upon this pretext the house was called upon to expend an amount of money which would remove taxes that obstructed education and repressed industry—( hear , hear)—and ,

      believing tbat this measure , which was denounced out of doors , would only tend to increase the armaments abroad , while it cast a wanton expense upon the country , he should offer to it in every stage bis most determined opposition . ( Hear , hear . ) Major BEBEsronD observed tbat the notorious failures of Mr . Cobden in the character of prophet should deter the bouse from placing implicit reliance upon his opinions . ( Hear , hear . ) When large armies were kept up abroadlarger than could be required for domestic purposes—while in this country our army was insufficient for domes ! ic uses , there was a manifest necessity , under such circumstances , for some defensive force—a measure of Protection for the virtue , the industry , and the chastity of tho country . ( Cheers . ) Admiral Berkeley , in defending himself against some strictures by Mr . Cobden , entered into details respecting the naval arrangements of the late government .

      Mr . F . Maule bad always been of opinion tbat in these days a militia , local or regular , chosen by ballot , would be most unpopular , and the great object m view in tho measure of tbe late Government was to make it as little burdensome io the country as possible . ( Hear , hear . ) The present measure proposed to go a great deal further , and was to all intents a revival of the regular militia , and his belief was tbat for a regular militia very few volunteers would be got . ( Hear , hear . ) -Then there must be a ballot , and looking at the present complicated machinery for that purpose , he was sure the force could not be got together in le = "s than ten months ; whereas tbe object of thc late government was io obtain a force that could be called together in ten weeks . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr Hobhodse , believing that the danger against which it was intended to provide was mfinitesimaljy small , and that the measure was'disproportionatel y large , considering that tho expense would be great , and the inconvenience to thopeople , vho would bo distraqted mthm occupations ,

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      severe , should oppose tho bill even in its present stage . Our navy was amply sufficient to repel the danger , and there was not the same objection to an increase of the navy as of the army ' . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . IfawnEOATK supported the measure . Mr . HonsiiA . v said , there was no precedent for a government asking for so large a force without some immediate and pressing necessity ; and if a defence against invasion was required , it ought to ho by an increase in the regular army , not by a militia . ( Hear , hear . ) Either the danger was imaginary , and there should be no additional force at all . ; or , if real , the force should condst Of regular troops . ( Hear , hear . ) Captain Boldbko said , in tho present condition of France , under a dictator , it would he difficult to forctel what was likely to take place during tho ensuing twelve months , ( Hear , hear . )

      Colonel Sibtiiokp should support the present hill , though , preferring the old militia system , he did not bind himself to approve all the details of the bill . After a few remarks from thc O'Gorman Mahok , The Cuakcellor of thc ExciiEQuEn , premising that the government , upon tho present occasion , had merel y obeyed an order in the house , observed that the arguments of Mr . Cobden went to tho length that in the present state of tho world no country need defend itself . ( Hear , hear . ) To that conclusion he could not arrive , ( Cheers , ) With respect to this specific measure , though the ballot was not abandoned , it was believed that the voluntary principle might bo appealed to with complete success , ( Hear , hear . ) Ho hoped , however , the hill would be allowed to be brought in ; ample opportunity would be afforded for discussing its details . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Bright insisted the government incurred no responsibility in this matter , if the constituency were really averse to a militia . ' Great authorities had avowed that this bill was not tbe effect of panic ; if so , there was no urgent occasion for the measure , and if no evil had arisen from the abandonment of the bill of 1848 , he asked that this question should be postponed till thc opinion of the country upon it could be ascertained . ( Hear , hear . ) Ifc was almost admitted that the ballot was inevitable , so , tnat , when the system came to be worked in thc manufacturing districts , infinite mischief might be done hy tho withdrawal of men engaged in delicate and skilled operations . ( Cheers . ) Mr . WHrruswE replied to the arguments of Mr . Cobden and deduced from Ihe peculiar and abnormal condition of a neighbouring country , an argument in support of this measure , which was intended , he said , to afford protection to all classes in the kingdom . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Roebuck denied that it was politic or wise to require the house to decide a question respecting which the opinion of tho country was not settled , and ho asked whether the government would consent to lay the bill upon the table , and give time for the consideration of the question ? ( Hear , bear . ) Mr . Waipolb said he intended to fix tbe second reading of the bill after Easter . The motion was then agreed to . On tho report of tho Committee of Supply some further conversation took pl-ice respecting the interest upon Exchequer-bills . Leave was given to bring in certain bills ; and the other business having been disposed of , the aouse adjourned at twenty minutes past one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , March 30 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Cursm Palace . —In reply to a question from Lord Campbell , tho Earl of Dbubv stated this beautiful building had answered all the objects for which it was erected . The government had therefore determined that tho contractors should he nailed upon to remove it . ( " Hear , hear , " from their lordships . ) Robert 0 wkn . —Lord Hroboham then presented a petition from Mr . Robert Owen , a gentleman now moro than four score years ofage , praying that before he departed he might bo per ittcd to state his ? iows to their lordships as to the true principles on which human society ought to be governed . The noble and learned lord then delivered a high eulogy on Mr . Owen ' s Ion ? continued exertions in the cause of humanity , and said that future generations would he indebted to him as the founder of infant schools .

      Duration of tub Present Session op Parliament . —A conversation of . considerable importance ensued , in tho course of which Lord Derby denied that ho had made such a statement as to the duration of Parliament as had led to the withdrawal of further opposition , and enabled ministers to get supplies voted on that understanding . The noble lord said : —Nothing has ever fallen from my lips which could lead any man to suppose that the present would be a session of unuawiUy short duration . 1 never said anything that could justify such a conclusion . I say further , that the continuance of the session depends on causes over which lean have no control . As far as I oin form an opinion , the next session , so far from being a short

      and hurried session , will commence at an early period , and Will bo Of no Ordinary duration . The noble earl has done me the honour to allude still further ( to what ho supposes me to havo said . What I did say was this , that I thought it advisable that the autumn should not pass over without Parliament coming to a decision on certain subjects deeply affecting tho welfare and interests of the country . But 1 did not say anything which could lead the house , nor did I intend to lead tho house , to the impression that there would ho an early dissolution in tho spring , to bo followed up by a short and hurried session in the summer . Ou the part of her Majesty ' s government there was no such intention .

      This declaration called up the Duko of Newcastle in answer to whom the supposed pledge had been given , and who denied the correctness of tho new version . The noble earl has stated with great correctness the latter part of the answer which he gave me ; hut tho noble earl will not , I think , deny tbat he also stated that ho did contemplate an early dissolution of parliament , and that he did not think it right , considering the temper of the present House of Commons , to persevere with any measures of legislation except those which were of instant urgency , lie will not , I think , deny that he also stated that which , of course , produced a great effect , and rendered his explanation moro satisfactory—that he would not pledge himself to dissolve parliament on any definite or particular day—that lie would not pledge himself to dissolve in April , May , or June—Tho Earl of Dehbv . —I never mentioned thoso months .

      The Duke of Newcastle . —I must , then , appeal to the recollection of your lordships—for my recollection on the point is distinct . If the noble earl says that ho made such a statement without intending it , I am ready to admit it ; but from my perfect reliance on my own recollection I must say that tho noble earl has forgotten his own statement ; for I aver that he distinctly said that he did not pledge himself to tho time of dissolution , and that ho would not say whether it was to take place in the month of April , May , or June . The Earl of Derby . —The noble duke has evidently misunderstood what fell from me on a former occasion . I said that I would not pledge myself to specify the day on

      which I would advise her Majesty to dissolve parliament , or tho month in which a general election should take place , I said that I thought that it was expedient for the public advantage that tho autumn should not pass over without a new parliament having an opportunity of discussing certain questions of deep general interest ; and I added , almost in the same words which I repeated to-day , that I thought it was expedient that those questions should be disposed of before the ordinary time of assembling parliament for the session of 1 S 53 . That statement I repeat again . Beyond that I have not bound myself , nor will I bo induced , to go . Here the conversation dropped .

      On the motion of the Earl of Lossdalb , tho Personal Estates of Intestates Bill passed through committee . On the motion of Lord Brougham , tho Proclamation for Assembling Parliament Bill was read a third timo and passed . His lordship , after pointing out various deft cts , and suggesting remedies , received a reply from the Lord Chancellor , that these suggestions would bo seriously considerod as soon as Chancery Reform was disposed of . Foreign Refugees . —Lord Beaumont complained that the returns laid on tho table relating to foreign refugees were not quite perfect , and said he would draw the attention of the house to those papers on Monday next , and ac the same time would ask Lord Derby if they wore prepared to give any information with respect to the treatment of the Rev . Mr . Wingrovc , and of another clergyman , who had been removed from Pesth and another place in tho Austrian dominions , and if they would lay on the table the correspondence which had taken place in cases where British subjects had made complaints to the home government .

      The Earl of Malmesburt said he could answer tho question at once . Tho Rev . Mr . Wingrovo was arrested by mistake . The matter had been inquired into and settled , and the rev . gentleman had received compensation . Lord Beaumont . —Let the papers ho produced , and thoy would see whether due compensation was made or not . The Earl of Derby suggested that notice should bo given of a motion on the subject . Lord Beaumont then gave notice that he should movo for all the correspondence which had taken place on the subject .

      Lunatic Abmikhiraiion . —Lord Lvunnunsn moved for returns in order to make an exposition of tho abuses in this department , which he did in a speech of great force . The Commissioners are paid not by salaries , but by fees , and the costs are enormous . Each of them received £ 5 a day during the time he was discharging his duty as a commissioner , exclusive of . certain fees to which he was entitled . This applied to commissions worked in the country ; but the fees which the commissioners received in London wore double the amount of the fees received in the country . Thus thc commissioners received in tho country £ 20 a day , and in London £ 40 a day . In the case of Lord Portsmouth , which was a London case , tho fees paid to tho commissioners amounted to no less a . sum than £ 1 , 070 ; in the case of Mr . Davenport to £ 500 ; and it was a usual thing for them to amount to some hundred pounds . Besides being paid by fees , the members of the

      jury which sat in the case were each paid a guinea a-day ; and tho solicitors on each side were remunerated according to the length of the duration of tbo commission ; so that of all the parties engaged in it nona were interested in shortening its duration . Formerly a very great abuse prevailed , to which he put a stop as soon as he became acquainted with it . At the end of each day the parties engaged under tho commission assembled at some tavern or inn in the neighbourhood to partake of an entertainment at the expense of the lunatic , refreshing themselves for their labours at the end of thc day , according to the advice of the poet , — Tu sapiens Cnire memento Tristitiam vitajque labores Molli , l ? lance , mero , ( Alaush . ) - _ HOUSE OF COMMOXS .-Petitions in favour of the

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      Bill for Provident and Industrial Partnerships were presented by Mr . W . J . Fox , from the Co-operative Society at Shaw , Oldham ; by Colonel Thompson , from a Workmen ' s Co-operative Association in Bradford ; and by Sir G . Strickland , from Preston . . The Budget . —A question from Mr . Tensest , as to tho duty on home mado spirits , elicited tho following reply frora . ,, -r , Tho Chancellor of tho Exchequer . —In answer to tho hon . " entlcmnn I beg to say that when I make my financial statement , which I hope to do shortly , I will comraunieato to the house tho mode in which we propose to deal with tho taxation of thc country . ( A laugh . )

      Commercial Steam Navy . —Mr . Asperson moved a resolution , that , in order better to provide for the public safety , economise the public resources , and preserve peace , it is desirable that measures should bo adopted with a view to render tho commercial steam navy promptly available for thc national defence in case of emergency . Ho observed that , in our measures of preparation for defence , we had been beginning at the wrong end ; that tho object should be , in the first instance , to prevent invasion ; that tho United Kin « -doni possessed 1 , 300 steam vessels of all classes , and that , if the government made an arrangement with tho owners of from 100 to 200 of the largest class of coast steamers , they would be quite sufficient to repel any invasion . He gave an outline of the plan be suggested for tho ordering of this kind of armament and of its details , citing the report of the committee of 1819 , which stated , as tho result of the evidence , that our commercial steam marine could furnish a . most useful auxiliary force for the national defence—a force , he added , which could never bo used for

      aggressive purposes . Mr . Mackisnon seconded the motion , and expressed his surprise that the recommendation of the committee on this subject had not b oon carried out before . He urged on the government the necessity of abolishing the light dues and other charges to which our coasting vessels wore liable . Mr . Stafford gave an account of the comparative naval forces of Great Britain , France , and Russia , including details as to the disposition of these forces . The general result was : —The naval forces of the three great mara . time powers of Europe wero—Line-of-battle-sbips—Great Britain , 72 ; France , 45 ; Russia , 45 . Frigates . —Great Britain , 83 ; France , 55 ; Russia , 10 . Tne total sailing force was-Great Britain , 230 ; France , 257 ; Russia , 174 . Coming to large steamers , Great Britain had 37 ; France , 61 ; Russia , 8 . Of steamers under 200 horse power , Great

      Britain had 97 ; France , 57 ; Russia , 24 . But it should be remembered that we had also the larg e Transatlantic steamers ; and it was shown in a letter from Mr . Turnbuli , our Consul at Marseilles , that a large steamer , the Montezuma , carried in 1848 from Oran to Port Yendres , from the 20 th to the 24 th of April , 1 , 818 men of the 6 th Light Infantry and oGt i Regiment of the Lino , and 195 officers and crew of the ship—making 2 , 013 men altogether . The hon . gentleman opposite had compared our present position with that of 1807 ; but to compare the two periods appeared to him to bo idle . There wero many additional circumstances now to be considered on the supposition of an invasion . Tho truth was , that what formerly would have taken a month to do towards invasion might now be done in a night . ( Hear , hear . ) At the first outbreak all depended

      on our naval supremacy in tho narrow seas . ( Hear . ) Naval defence was requisite for our great arsenals . Tho Channel Islands were now without any vessel of war , and they could not overlook the state of the undefended towns on our coasts , Brighton , Yarmouth , H arwich , Hull , Newcastle , Leifch , Aberdeen , and Dundee . Then they must consider the effect of railways . On the outbreak of a war France might send her sailors across that country from the south to the North ; but our fleet was cut in two , divided by tho Gut of Gibraltar , while , Malta and Alexandria having become the outports of our Indian trade , our interests in the Mediterranean must be protected . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not bring these things forward to cause alarm ; but he felt that tbey had a close bearing on the subject before thorn ; and he feared that the statement of the greatest general of the age in 1847 , thoug h not forgotten by the people of England , had been too much lost sight of by thc members o ' f that House . Under those circumstances , the present Board of Admiralty acquiesced in tho motion of the hon . member ,

      but the navy estimates having been passed there was , of course , no funds available for carrying into effect the proposed resolution , and he must also observe that to naval men the main difficulty did not appear that of expense , though that of course must be a great consideration ; but the question was whether the naval and mercantile crews would work well together , and whether the latter would liko to be placed under martial law . The question was one of detail , and not « i principle , and the present Admiralty Board would rejoice most heartily if every vessel now belonging to a company could bo rendered subservient to the purposes of national defence . Captain Scohell thought the facts stated by the hon . Secretary to the Admiralty very satisfactory , as they went far to show that the country was perfectly safe . ( Hear , hear . ) With regard to steam , ho stated broadly that if it gave facility for attack it gave equal facility for defence . Further discussion ensued , and the motion was ultimately withdrawn , tho object of tho mover having been

      obtained . Wise Duties . —Mr . Asstet moved for a select committee to inquire into tho causes of the decline in the revenue derived from the import ditties on wines . Tho present high rate of differential duties levied on foreign wines was productive of fraud on tha consumer , and fraud on the revenue , and the returns of entries for consumption and revenue at tho several rates of duty from the Methuen Treaty down to the last alteration in 1840 , showed that at tho low duty the consumption was increased and the revenue benefited . He suggested an equal duty of Is . per gallon , If tho duty on French wines were so reduced , Portugal would sec tho necessity of making such commercial arrangements as would bring about a reduction of duty on her wines . In conclusion he urged the advantage of-tlio measure he proposed in preserving peace between England and Franco by uniting them in closer commercial relations .

      The Chancellor of tbo Exchequer acquiesced in tho principle laid down b y Mr . Pitt when he reduced the scale of duties established by the Methuen Treaty—the principle of reciprocity—but he reminded the house that though we had reduced the duties on French w > nes there had been no reciprocity on the part of France . Without doubt , reduction of duty led to increased consumption as a general rule , but in this case the loss occasioned by the reduction made in 1831 was not regained until 1844 . He denied that there had been any falling off either in the consumption or the revenue , and showed , by a reference to the official returns , that there had been rather an increase than otherwise . He bad no objection to grant a committee of inquiry into the import duties on wines , but not into the causes of what had not occurred .

      Lord Palmerston , —adverting to a promise made by the Portuguese government before he left office , that steps would be taken to make tho regulations of the Oporto Company consonant with the interpretation put by the British ministry on tho treaty of 1842 , —asked the present ministers what was tbe state of the negotiations on tha subject . The President of the Boabb of Trade intimated that the negotiations were still pending , but added thot no effort on the part of the government should bo wanting to bring them to a successful issue . Mr . Anstey accepted the committee on the terms offered , and the motion as altered was agreed to .

      THE BALLOT . Mr . H . Berkeley rose , pursuant to notice , to bring forward bis annual motion on the ballot . The hon . member said : —We have before us the prospect of an immediate general election . ( Loud laughter , provoked by the . sorrowful tone in which tbe hon . gentleman delivered the sentence . ) I don't know whether my hon . friends laugh because they are rejoiced . At all events , it is a prospect which is full in our view ; and with that general election all the glaring mischiefs of our electoral system will be'forced into activity ; and during that election the electors will be exposed to all tho reality of those evils which I , during many years , have been endeavouring , perhaps feebly , to pourtray . Because of that impending election , I ask the house to give mo leave to bring in a bill with a view to diminishing those

      mischiefs and decreasing thoso ovils . We had last year a great influx of foreigners into this country . They found us a great , sedate people , very much attached to order . If those foreigners were to see us a few months hence , steeped in our election saturnalia , they would conclude , from our confusion , our drunkenness , and debauchery , that England was one vast maison des fous—a . nation of madmen . The next will bo a general election distinguished in excess by all tho evils , by all tbo atrocities of all previous elections . A rich and powerful party , after an exclusion of years , has got the " honeyed bowl" to its lips , and the general election is to decide whether that bowl is to he drained to the dregs , or whether it is to be snatched altogether from them . A great struggle is certain . Already the note of preparation has gone forth . Already herds of law

      attorneys have crept from the purlieus of police courts , and from the ante-chambers of tho bankruptcy courts , where they have wrung fees from the hands of poverty and vice , and have presented themselves in all the pomp of electioneering agents Of tho great and noble . ( Cheers . ) What is that agency ? It is a searching inquiry into the biographies of the electors , in order that devilish ingenuity may obtain a command over misfortune and force unwilling votes . What is tho - trado of those men ? Their trado is the elector ' s conscience , and their means the elector ' s misery . Their employers—the House of Lords ; the result—tho House of Commons . He had now before him an analysis of tho evidence taicen before the committee of 1835 upon this subject , and if gentlemen would wade through it , and hear how men in the power of the persons just referred to were reduced to the condition of beasts , they would come to thc conclusion that it was not tbe aristocracy alone who were guilty , but that democracy . was to the full as tyrannical . ( Hear . ) To

      quote from this great book only one case , the case , not of a wretched Radical , a despised Dissenter , or a dreaded Guido Vaux of a Roman-Catholic , but a regular tough Tory- ( laughter ) -a very honest man under the ban of persecution— Mr . James = Gilbert , a licensed victualler and wine-merchant at Birmiftgham , ' stated tbat he had taken an active part in the last election for that borough and canvassed for Richard Spooncr , Esq . ( A lau < dr . ) - He stated that there was an extensive system of intimidation'in practice at that election , by which ' the votes of a considerable number of electors wore influenced ; and ho cited three very strong cases , —two landlords and a pork-butcher . ( A laugh . ) Ho said that , but for the . Political Union ,. Mr . Spooner would havo been in the house —( hear , ' hear ) -that the Dissenting ministers took an active part ; and he had been informed that one particularly , Mr . East , laid great stress on his congregation , and the Catholic clergymen also ; that master manufacturers had very great influence over the votes of tho operatives , and he had heard of their telling vhera that if referm wore got thoy should pay better

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      wages . ( " Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) He said , on tho Tory side , they did not preach about reform , but chiefly about tho church being in danger . ( Great laughter . ) He said the tradesman was dependent upon the populace . ( Hear . ) Being asked about tho ballot as a remedy , ho said" ho could never bring his mind to do anything secret - ( hear , hear ) -that secret voting would be a benefit at , the time to those who were not able to g ive their votes openly without ruin , but if it got wind , it would cause a worse je » y—( hear , hear ) -ft would be a benefit if it was so contrived that it never got windhow a man voted —( bear , near)—ho "thought they would be able to get ifc out of mm , unless bo were a man of strong nerve . " ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Berkeley entertained the house for some time with , livel y passages in tho evidence of witnesses , and treated aa farcical tho suggestion of Mr . Disraeli that the way to cure corruption was " by elevatin" the tone of the community . ' He read alongifct of boroughs which he said were " tarred with the same brush" StAlbans and then grappled

      as . ; with the ob jocuons urged against the ballot , maintaining that the working of this plan in France was brilliant , and in America perfectl y satisfactory , notwithstanding the breaking of a few ballot boxes . Those who refused to trust the people , and spoke of Democratic tendencies , might as well anticipate from under tbe foundation of that house tho outburst of a subt erranean fire . The ballotnright be appropriated to constituencies over 1 , 000 voters ; though wedded to the principle , he was not to the details . Ho asked the house to permit him to bring in a bill to give protection to electors at the polling booths , and if they did so , they would perform a great act of abstract justice to tho public , and of honour to themselves . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Barrow , so far from being a convert to tbo ballot believed that it would increase demoralisation and bribery . He concluded that it would prove a delusion and a snare , moro from the experience of other countries than from any theoretical notions . That it did not secure seoresy was demonstrated in America .

      Sir B . Hall would grant that the election of tho hon . member for South Notts was a proof of the independence of that constituency . He was , Indeed , a remarkable instance ; because the tenant farmers of that county , not trusting in the aristocracy , were determined themselves to bring forward a man to carry out the objects they had at heart . It was well known that noble dukes in that county / um ? Pi nBir tenants at elections like a flock of sheep . xI ' ? '" ) ' ection wa » now pending in the north of England where the millowners were canvassing the smallest tradesmen in favour of their candidate , and where the working classes were banding together , and going to the tradesmen , saying to them , "You shall vote for our candidate . " So that the tradesman did not know whether to disoblige the millowners or the workiner men , He

      den e « wo assertion of the hon . gentleman ( Mr . Berkeley ) that tho constituency of Marylebone were corrupt . He bad represented that borough for fifteen years ; there were nearly 20 , 000 voters , and he said it was impossible for any corruption to take place in that borough . ( Cries of" Oh I " trom the Ministerial benches . ) The election disturbances in the Lntted States wero not caused by the ballot , but arose from the elections not being properly conducted . The parochial elections for St . George ' s , Marylebone , and St . Pancras , with ratepayers varying from 15 , 000 to 19 , 000 . in each , took place every year by ballot . The voting took place in districts , and the greatest order and propriety prevailed . He was anxious that thero should be no delay in the dissolution of parliament , in order that the opinion of ihe country upon this and other subjects might bo taken .

      Mr . W . Williams rose amid loud cries of " Oh , oh 1 " from both sides of the house . The ballot was not tho only thing wanted to improve our electoral system . He begged to remind bon . members of a return published in 1847 , which showed tbat 214 boroughs , with a constituency of 116 , 500 , returned 320 members , being a majority in that house . Any representation founded upon such a state of things was illusory , and ought to be amended . Mr . B . Cochrane said , that the foreigner whom tho hon . gentleman opposite desired to have as a witness of our next general election might , by selecting Mr . Coppoek as his cicerone on the occasion , certainly obtain a very edifying insight into the electioneering proceedings of the other side of the house . ( Laughter . ) As to the ballot , if that system were to be adopted for electors , it should , as a fitting

      corollary , be also applied to , tbe taking of votes in that house ; but he much doubted whether the constituencies who insisted upon pledges from their representatives would like to give up their present means of ascertaining whether those pledges were fulfilled . ( Hear , hear . ) As to the United States , the United States was a Republic , whereas wo lived under a constitutional monarchy , so that no valid analogy could be drawn between tho two countries in this particular any more that there was similarity between the two representative assemblies , if wo were to judge from the proceedings in Congress the other day , when two hon . members of the American Legislature , Messrs . Brown and Wilcox * having a difference of opinion In the house , set to work calling each other liars and pulling each other by tho

      ears . ( Laughter . ) Quoting Sir James Graham , the hon . member said : — " The whole system of secret voting is inconsistent with the English character . If be be an honest man and a firm friend he will not want tho ballot . If ho skulks he will not avail himself of it . Tho only persons to whom the ballot would be valuable would be thoso dirty , hypocritical scoundrels —( hear , hear , and laughter)—men whoso faces belie their purpose—men who pretend to bo your friends ouly to deceive and betray you—who flatter you with vain hopes of support , which they have no intention to realise—men who . talk of intimidation , but seek tha opportunity of gratifying their . sordid envy , their revenge , and that bitter hatred which , combined with their cowardice , marks them as the most contemptible of mankind . " These aro tho men who demand a measure that is a mere recipe to

      Lend to lies the confidence of truth . . ( " Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) He ( Mr . Cochrane ) could not at all improve on this language of the right hon . baronet , and he would not attempt to do so ; but it was curious that Sir James seemed now to favour "dirty , hypocritical scoundrels . " Mr . Cobden , upon this exhausted question , declined to notice fallacies which had been often exposed ; He adopted tho instance of France alleged by the former speaker . At the general elections there , 6 , 000 , 000 of people voted in one day , " and that without tumult or confusion ; how different was that from tbe scenes of riot and confusion which took place at some of the smaller elections in this country . The absence of all outward demonstration—the ordinary accompaniments of flags , bands , and processions , which , with the ballot , would not be used—would prevent thoso riots and disturbances which all should be anxious to avoid .

      The people of the United States , who complained . of tho corruption at their elections , did not wish to resort to open voting , but that tho ballot should be made secret ; and so it should . Unless the ballot was guarded by secresy , it would not be effective in protecting the voter from undue influence—whether of landlords , of millowners , or of mobs . Capt . Scobbll supported tbe motion , but could gain but an imperfect hearing . Mr . Walpole . —The hon . member for the West Riding , in arguing this question with his usual ability , has rested his support of the ballot on two grounds . The hon . mom- > ber did not condescend to discuss the question in its politi- ¦ oal bearings , but invited us to look at it in its moral aspect ; ; and , viewing it in that light , he contended that the intro- duction of the ballot would prevent certain evils , and ele- vate and improve the moral condition of the people . Now ,

      I think I shall be able to show that the ballot , instead of f preventing the evils to which the hon . member referred , i , might possibly leave them as they are , but would probably y augment tbem ; and that , instead of advancing morality , r , it would be very detrimental to it . ( Cheers . ) Before en-1-tering upon this part of the subject I will take the liberty ; y of referring to two observations which fell from the hon . i . member . The hon . member declared that the extension of sf tho franchise , for which he is so anxious , would be an un-1-mitigated evil , unless it were accompanied by tho ballot , t . I trust the members of this house will bear this declara- ation in mind when they como to give their votes upon m the next question which will be submitted to their ir consideration . The next motion upon tho paper is for or leave to bring in a bill " to make tho franchise and pro- ocedure at elections in the counties in' England and Wales es

      tbo same as m the boroughs , by giving the right of voting ig to all occupiers of tenements of the annual value of £ J 0 . " . " Seeing , then , that in the opinion of tho hon . ' member tho io extension of the franchise without the ballot would be an in unmitigated evil , if the house , as I trust it will , should re- ojeofc the present motion , I think I am entitled to claim the io vote of tho hon . member against the motion of his hon . n . friend which follows . ( Loud cheers . ) The other passage » e of the hon . member ' s speech to which I am about to refer I I cannot pass over so lightly , and indeed ho must permit mo no to say that it was not worthy of him ; because it was not ot an accurate representation of tho words of tho noble lord rd at the head of the government . ( Hear , hear . ) The "words : ds which tho hon . member used were very remarkable ; his he said , that the noble lord at the head of the government hadiad mado use of tho expression , that tho landlords of Englandmd looked on their tenantry as political capital .

      Mr . Cobden .-No , I did not . ( Cries of « Oh , oh !" i 1 " " Ord . er J" ) Mr . Wali > olt 5 . —I am nob misstating what tho honjon ,, member said . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cobden . —I read a quotation from Lord Derby ' fby ' " speech . ( "Order , order ! " ) Mr . " Walpole . —I believe tho words which the honhon ,, member , attributed to Lord Derby were , that the tenantfantff of England ' were the political capital of their Jandlordsards ., ( Cheers . ) ' ¦ *¦ ••* . Mr . Cobden .-i-I did not say so . ( Loud cries of " Oh , Oh „ oh ! " ) The . right hon . gentleman is only wasting his ownowm time and ours in arguing on an unfounded hypothcsis . esis .. ( " So , no . " ) I quoted Lord Derby ' s wor ds from Han-iansard " ( "Oh , oh I" ) and I said , after some othcrrcmarksim-: si interspersed , that ho claimed tho tenants as his political capwaptv tal . ( Oh , oh ! " and uroans . l . ' . ' ,, Mr . WALroLK .- ! should be very sorry to misrepresenfcsenil tho honmember '

      , , . . .. Mr . Cobden . I"Capital" is ™ American phrasorasoi { " Order order " \ ' K Mr . WALPOLE . -iThe hon . member shall not put mo ouo out by these interruptions . (^ ad , ( he ? r '' L ? * t hon hom member used the word s I have stated , and m the manneumw I have stated , I firmly believe , because they were take taker down at the time . ( Continued cheering . ) U not , let hist bin retract them . ( Cheers . ) lbe hon . member unquestiorstiorr ably went on to quote tho exact language used by the nob ! nobl . 1 lord at tho head of the government ; but does that hit law cuage contain t he expression attributed to the noble loile Ion by the ' bon . member ? ( Cheers . ) On tho contrary , n-y , pointed to t his , that the occupying tenantry of conntirantw and the landlords of counties entertained feelings of m of mv tual ' rcgard and goodwill towards each other , and in tl in til w > 7 landlords exercised influence Over their tenants . Th . Tha was the > efiectol the passage quoted by tho hon , merabcerab «

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03041852/page/7/