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      the upper house , and on tho-desperate efforts now making to keep a fair face upon the constitutional figment of the accordance and co-operation ofthe t w o br a nch e s of leg islature . It was impossible that tho peopl e ' s house couhVbe left in the humiliating position of having alltheir measures igriominiously dismissed , almost without argument , b y ano t her and smaller tribunal . Reverting to the question before the house , Mr . Bright supported a generous policy , as being the safest for Ireland ; and enforced the necessity of governing that country upon popular , not upon landlord , princi ples . He would accept the £ 12 rating as a temporary arrangement : but i t mu st be superseded b y a wide andmore satisfactory settiement . ,

      Lord J , Russell ; in replying , took occasion to defend himself from the charge of political pusillanimity . He vindicated the right of the Peers to revise and modify tho decisions of the House of Commons . To deny that principle was to erect the lower house into a single chamber ; and such a change in the constitution he was not prepared to advocate , believing that , after all its drawbacks of delay or occasional antagonism , the existing balance of power was that best calculated to secure good government and popular freedom . The noble lord then reviewed the many measures of reform which he had himself been instrumental in passing ; arguing that Catholic Emancipation , the R e form B i ll t he r ep e a l of the Test Act , the commutation

      , of the tithes , " and ihe measures relating to corporations and the Irish church , showed that the most extensWo ameliorations were attainable by discussion and compromise , without the exercise of a despinc power by the popular representatives . He could not consent to distinguish between the aristocracy and the people of Eng land , as if they were separate and hostile communities . Class melted into class , and the individual members of each were interchanged b y t i m e a nd circumstances , so as to produce an unity of interest among them all . Here Jay , as he believed , a common mistake , on which

      were founded arguments which tended to shake and change the whole constitution of the country . As r e g a r d ed t he p resent bill , it was outlined seme ! years sauce , hut delayed in deference to the deplorablecalamities ^ rhich required social ratherthan political remedies . Their acceptance of the compromise now suggested in no degree bound them to consider the bill final , if , hereafter , a further extension ofthe franchise should appear requisite . After speeches by Mr . M'Cullagh ana Mr . SI . O'Cossell , one against and the other iu favour of the compromise , Mr . Sheil remarked upon some incongruities exhibited in the amendments of the Peers . He

      specially urged the value of self-acting registry . If it was omitted the territoriarand sacerdotal influence would be in a perpetual pressure ; the injunction of the priest would be followed by the influence of the landlord ; and the notice to register would be followed by the notice to quit . ( Hear , hear . ) The consecrated rostrum , rude and nnfashioned perhaps , wo uld s t ill find i ts w a y into th e h ea rt s of men , whether they registered at £ 8 or £ 15 . Prom the consecrated rostrum Father O'Shaughnessy —( laughter ) — would address" his flock somewhat after this fashion— " I expect that before I meet you on Sunday next , every man in this p a ri s h w i ll s erve a notice to r egister , and thus show to Lord S ta nley that he w ill be re a d y t o vo te

      for God anihis country at the next election for the county , of Mayo . " P a t r i c k Murphy , touched by the invocations , would serve the notice to register ; and the next day he would meet the territorial possessor , one of the great Cromwellian deposits left by the old Protector —( great laughter )—and he would immediately say , " Why , Murphy , wh a t is this I hear ? Have you served notice to * register ? Are yon not a tenant ? ' Murphy , thereupon , t aking o ff h is hat , making an obsequous bow , and allowing his long white curls to touch the ground , would say , " Plaise your honour —( loud laughter ) —Father O'Shaughnessy .- " "Father O'Shaughnessy , " the landlord would exclaim , " and pray air , does Father O'Shaug hne ss y know t h a t you have no lease ? " ( Hear , hear . ) These were the

      constitutional interrogatories to which the omission of the self-acting register would give rise to : He objected to that omission , simply upon the ground that the precarious entry upon the reg is t er would but embitter the detestation of the elections themselves . He did not despair of the submission of th e Lord s , nor e ven of t he dis c r et ion of Lord Stanley , some of the incidents of whose past career had shown that he was not always unassailable by popular impulse . Mr . Disraeli contended that the question had been argued in an unconstitutional manner . Premature threats of collision hetwten the Peers and the Commons bad been held out ; and ( alluding to a casual expression of Mr . Bright ' sJ the name of the sovereign introduced as approving a measure wnicn

      , legally speasmg , nan received no recognition from the Crown . Reviewing the successive amendments effected in the Upper House , he urged that the Lords had throughout acted deliberately and discreetly , and had in nowise exceeded their appropriate functions . Admitting that the natural constituency of Ireland had failed , and that it was necessary to attempt to create a factitious one , that attempt must be considered , an experiment , and conducted under due precaution . A difference of thirty or forty thousand in tbe number of the electorate was of little ira portance compared with the principle on which the line of demarcation was to be

      drawn . The Peers had fixed upon certain definite boundaries to the franchise which he thoug ht were pendent , moderate , and to be maintained . Mr . RBrxoLBs warned both Mr . Disraeli and Lord J . Russell that the Irish members had heretofore decided who sh o uld be mini st er , and th e y mi g ht do so again . If Ireland were not treated liberally , he insinuated that they might be inclined immediately to exercise that power . The right hon . member proceeded to remark upon the arbitrary interference of the Peers with the liberties of the Irish peop le . S ir G . Grey exp lained the conduct of the Marquis of Lansdowne in reference to the qualification clause .

      A division was then taken upon the first proposition upon the rating qualification . The numbers appeared—For the £ 12 qualification ... 213 Forthe £ 15 qualUtcation ... 91-122 The hou s e divided a gain , upon the motion of Lord J . Russell , for restoring the self-acting registration clauses . . For restoring the clauses ... 179 -against 109—70 The un o ppo s ed a mendment s were read a nd agreed to , and the bill referred back to the Upper H o use .

      The report from the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to . The report upon the Queen ' s Message relative to the settlement of Marlborough House upon the Prince of Wales was brought np and discussed for some t ime , and a division called npon a motion made by Mr . Hume for negativing the report . The motion was negatived-by a majority of 42 , the numbers being 81 to 39 . The report was then agreed to , and a bill ordered to be brought in . Hie remaining orders on the papers were then goae thro u gh , and th e house a d journed , at one o ' clock .

      "WEDNESDAY , Jolt 31 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Suctat Thamso Bul . —The committal of this bill having been moved by Mr . Alcock , Mr . Akstet moved that it be committed that day three months . - Time , he contended , did no t perm it the possibility ofthe measure receiving proper discussion this year . Mr . Thelawst- seconded the amendment , and , after much discussion and an appeal from Sir 6 . Grey against delaying the progress of the measure mi account of objections which ought to be urged in committee . Mr . S . Ceawfokd moved the adjournment ofthe debate . The house

      divided—For the adjournment 36 Against 71—35 . The debate was renewed upon the amendment , but the bill was ultimately withdrawn , the house merel y expressing their assent to a recommendation of Sir G . Grey that the wages of workmen should be , w henever possible , paid npon the Friday in every week ; The Ecclesiastical Residences ( Ireland ) Hill , which stood for a second reading , was withdrawn Dj Mr . Sjpieb . Sir J . Duckworth also withdrew the Weig hts and Measures Bill , which had arrived at the third leading . The second reading of the Landlord and Tenant ( Ir e l a nd ) B i l l was opposed by Mr . R . Fox , who moved that it be read a second time that day three months .

      Mr . Bonn disapproved of the system of partial : nd fragmentary legislation for Ireland , a nd c a lled « n the government to explain how far they were about to give a sanction to the measure . ¦ -. « f ? : e / ? . ^ ° g ^ t one of the provisions Of the bill ferbidding the earriage of crops by nieh t wasbkelyto fee useful , hut could not approve of the extended jewers given to the landlords by other clauses , and ce rt a inly should refuse hi s c on se nt to the measure until the details had undergone a deliberate consideration .

      .. Sir H . W . Basso * contended that under the existing law the landlord was generally the aggrieved party , and required protection against tbe dishonesty of his tenants . : Mr . BsnroLns retorted npon the landlords with a charge of cruelty and axaetion .-Mr . Huoxtok offered to compromise with the government by adopting the measure to the ' suggestion off e redby SirG . Grey . - Mr . C . Asste ? believed that the bill could not be rendered good by any process of amendation . " -Aft » ft protracted discussion , the debaie , upon the motion ef Mr . M'Coixaqh , was adjourned till Jtosday , - ^ * » - '¦ ' ¦ ¦ : * - ¦ ' . \ - ; . < : ¦ : ¦ - ¦ : " .. - ¦ '' : ' "'¦ ¦ ''" ¦ '

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      The Lords * amendments to the County Courts Extension Bill were brought up for consideration , CapKFmROT protested against the " c o ncurrent jurisdiction " , of the superior courts , which the Upper House had introduced , and declar e d hi s intention of asking the house to resist that proposition in a ; future session . ' As the country had expressed itself strongly in favour of some measure for extending the operation of the county courts , he would consent to adopt the bill as it

      stood for the present , rather than sacrifice it altogether . The amendments were then agreed to , with some immaterial exceptions . The second reading of the Inspection of Coal Mines Bill was moved , and opposed on the score of the lateness of the hour . The house divided upon a motion for adjourning the debate , which was negat ived by a m a jority of 39 , the numbers being 15 for the adjournment , and 54 against . Six o ' clock having arrived when this division was completed , the house rose immediately .

      THURSDAY , August 1 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Commons * amendments to the Parliamentary Voter s ( Ir e l a nd ) Bill were brought up , and ordered to' betaken into consideration on Tuesday next . Lord Mosteaglb moved an address to her Majesty for a commission to inquire into the law of landlord and tenant in Great Britain and Ireland . The motion was opposed by the Lord Chancellor and the Marquis of Lahsdowhe , and after a discussion in which the Earl of Glexgau , took part , was withdrawn .

      Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house met at noon yesterday . The Lords' amendments to the Australian Colonies Bill were brought up for consideration . Lord J . Russell stated that the government did not intend to reverse any of the modifications of the bill introduced to the Upper House . After some further remarks and objections had been urged , the peers' amendments were agreed to , and the house adjourned until five o ' clock . At the evening sitting .

      The Laot Company Scheme . -- Mr . P . O ' Connor said that a person named Som e rville , better known as the " W h istler at tbe Ploug h , ' * who had been disc harged from th e a rm y , a nd s ince char g ed w i t h v a riou s offenc es , had recently published a circular addressed to the Manchester school , in which he stated that he had been involved in great expenses in his exertions to put down the Land Company scheme ; that he had been in daily attendance upon the committee of the bouse upon that subject , and that , except £ 10 received from Mr . Greg ' ; he bad only b e en p a id by the ch a irm a n of the commi tt ee one particular sum , on account of his labour in procuring details ofthe plan and arrangements of the Land Company . The hon . gentleman desired to know f r om th e Secr e t a ry t o t be T r e as ury , whether this sum so paid to that person had been paid out of the pocket of the chairman of the committee , or whet her it c ame out of the secret s ervi ce fund ? •¦

      -Mr . Hattbb . said although the hon . and learned gentleman had given him no notice ofthe question , he had a sufficient recollection of tho circumstances to enable him to answer . The hon . and learned gentleman had attempted to throw discredit upon the person to whom he referred , but whom he ( Mr . Hayter ) believed to be quite as respectable as tho hon . and learned gentleman himself . ( Cheers . ) What the hon . aad learned member had stated w i t h regard to this person , and which had nothing to do with the question he had put , was not borne out by facts . The hon . and learned member , with a view to throw discredit on this respectable person , for such he maintained he was —( hear , yhad said that he had been dismissed from the army

      , whereas the fact was that he had been permitted to purchase his discharge . When he ( Mr . Hayter ) had the misfortune ( for such he should always consider it to be , ) to be t he chairm a n of the commi t tee to inquire into th e ori gin and state of that company which had obtained so unenviable a notoriety , and iu which the honourable and learned member was so largel y interested , Mr . Somerville , whom he had not known before , was recommended to him as a pe r so n who could give information which would assist the committee in their inquiry . He inquired of hop . gentlemen who knew him of the character ot the man , and being satisfied that he was a wellconducted and respectable person , h e emp loyed him for the purpose of collecting such information . It

      turned out that the information so obtained was not material , but i t o c cu pied much more time in collecting than he ( Mr . Hayter ) could devote to it , arid so far as Mr . Somerville could do so he endeavoured to make him acquainted with circumstances which were afterwards given in evidence , whether to the credit or discredit Of the hon . and learned member it was not for him to say . In this way Mr . Somerville w a s occu pied for several days , andhaving been so employed , and being very ill able to employ bis time without being remunerated , he ( Mr . H ayte r ) out of his own pocket , not out of the public funds .

      as the hon . and learned member had insinuated—( hear)—out of his own pocket , a ud from h is own money , had given him such compensation for his services as he thougnt fitted to the occasion . Mr . Hume . —As the chairman of the committee which had raised the fund for purchasing Mr . Somerville ' s discharge , confirmed the statement made by the Under Secretary for the Treasury as to the circumstances under which he left the army , and the conduct of that individual since' his discharge bad been highly to his credit . ( Hear . ) The house then went into Committee of Supply , which occupied the remainder of the evening .

      ( From our Third Edition of 'lost week . ) FRIDAY , Jolt 26 . HOUSE OP LORDS . —The . three persons , named Byrne , M ' A rthur , and Hind , committed for brea c h of privilege in having for g ed signatures to a petition , were brought up and discharged , with a reprimand . Payment of the costs of incarceration was remitted , on account of their poverty . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . "— The Hon . Mr . Stanley took the oaths and his seat as member for Chester . Admission o * Jews into the House . — Baron N . N . de Rothschild then came np to the table , accompanied by Mr . P . Wood and Mr . A . Smith . The New Testament being tendered as usual , preparatory to his taking the oath of alleg iance , the hon . member requested to be sworn upon the Old Testament .

      Sir R . Ikolis , remarking that on no previous occasion had a ny man p resum e d to claim a share in the duties of this still Christian legislature , except after professing his accordance with their common faith , declared his own intention of withstanding tothe last every attempt to include among the legislators for a Christian people a . member who would not in some form or solemnity pronounce himself a Christian . Dwelling upon the accepted practice in this respect , whi c h he sa id had exi s ted ever since the people of England had embraced Christianity , he . moved a resolution setting forth the determination of the house not to alter its established customs . The Attorney-General , referring to the

      precedent set by Sir . R . Peel ,. when Mr . O'Cehnell was first returned for Cl a re , and abstaining from any expression of his present opinion , he moved , as an amendment , that Baron Rothschild should in person , or by counsel , be heard at the bar ofthe house , in support of his claim to sit as member , after taking the oaths which his conscience mig ht a dmit to be binding . Mr . P . Wood enunciated the maxim that membership in th a t house was one of the privileges which every British subject had a right to enjoy , except specially , aud unquestionably debarred by a statute ofthe legislature . Examining the form of the three oaths—of allegiance , supremacy , and abjurationr e qu i red of members of parliament , he showed at much length , that by the legal signification of the

      several statutes , those oaths fell under the category of affirmation ? , which , in all courts of law , were accepted when taken in accordance with individual forms and ^ faith . This conclusion he pronounced clear and indisputable , and as . it would permit the elected member t o enjoy his privileges , so it yet more strongly calls npon bun to fulfil his duties to his constituents . Mr . Stuart Wortlet deprecated taking the house either by storm or by surprise , and submitted that the debate ought to be adjourned for some days tbat members might consider their opinions . Lord J . Russell coincided in believing that some delay mig ht r ea son a bl y be asked ; for , but suggested that in fixing the day for resuming the

      deb a te t he convenience of Raron Rothschild should be in some measure consulted . He would not then express his own opinion , but wished the house to bear in mind the importance of the question which they were about to determine . Sir B . Hall , on behalf of the electors of London , remonstrated with much warmth against the treatment they had r e c e iv ed a t th e h a nd s o f the prime minister . A bill had been announced and kept in suspense during the whole session . . Only on Saturday last they had learned that it was abandoned ; and then their elected representative , in consequence of resolutions adopted at an influential

      m ee ting of his con s tituents , bad presented himself for admission that day . J Mr . C . Anstey denounced the proposal for adjourning the debate . It was prompted , h e decl a red , by a vnsh , to , burke the question , and had been adopted by a convenient arrangementmade between the principal members of the two hereditary factions in the legislature . • " .. . Mr . Newueoate denied the right of the House of Commons to settle by i t self a q ue s tion which h a d formed the subject of bills submitted to both branches of tho . legislature durimr two successive sessions . " .

      M ^ i ??? ™! on t h e other hand , protested against getting rid of a question attesting civil and religious Jibertjr bjr a . sham battle , for the conve-

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      nience of the / goverrimentv Hetifialie'd Upon the Speaker , to say-whether howas not empowered to administer an oath to the Baron in . the same manner as the Judgesof the land . ; . , ' ;'"' . " Ultimately flip ameridiiierit . was withdrawn , and notice of a new amendment given ; declaring that Baron Rbtschild should be at once admitted ; , ! " his seat on taking the oaths according to tho forms , pf hiaownfaith . ... . ;;; ' i Some miscellaneous butI . animated controversy followed respecting the day when the discussion should . be resumed . ' Mr . Anstey moved that the d e b a te should proceed th a t ev e ning upon members re-assembling ; but this motion was negatived upon

      a division by 191 votes to 62 ^ 129 . A second division was called upon a motion for fixing the renewed debate for twelve o ' clock bri ' Monday , which was a ffi r m e d by a m a jori t y of 168 to ' 67—101 . The house then adjourned to a quarter to six .. On the house resuming , Lord J . Russell then gave notice that when the lords' amendirients to the Irish Franchise Bill came on ' for consideration on Tuesday , he should move that the £ 15 rating he reduced to £ 12 ; and the clause rendering personal application necessary before an elector was

      admitted to the franchise , be withdrawn . The house then went into committee of supp ly upon the army estimatosj where the dry details ^ of militar y fin a nce were enlivened by a f a cetious speech from Mr . H . Berkeley in opposition to the yeomanry rote . When the house resumed , the' report of the committee of supply was received and agreed to , cer t ain bills were adv a nced a s tage , and the remaining business having been disposed of , the house adjourned at two o clock until Monday . . '

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      Representation Of Lambeth. On Tuesday Ev...

      REPRESENTATION OF LAMBETH . On Tuesday evening a meeting of the electors of Lambeth was held at the Horns Tavern , Kennington , to receive the resignation of Mr . C . Pearson , " and to hear the opinions of any gentleman who mig ht p resent himself a s a c a ndid a t e fo r fillin g t h e vacancy in the representation of the borough , Mr . J . Hunt , one of the churchwarden ' s , presided . Mr . Pearson was not present .. . The Chairman having observed that the electors were called upon to exercise a most i m portant ri g ht , said he . should hot detain them with any remarks of his own , but at once introduce the gentleman who claimed their suffrages . ; , ' . Mr . Williams , who was accompanied by Mr / G , i

      Thompson , M . P ., and sir , oosnua waimsiey , m .:. then presented himself , and was received with general applause .. He was , as their-chairman had told them , a candidate for their suffrages , to s ucceed their late able and talented representative , Mr . C . Pearson . He bad been invited to , come forward by some ofthe leading gentlemen of that borough , who assured him that a very large majority bf its electors con c urr e d wi t h him in p olitical op inions . Since he appeared amongst them he had received the most cheering encouragement —( cheers)—but he had not presented himself to them as an untried man . ( Cheers . ) Instead of professions , he could proudly refer the electors to his services and his votes in parliament for thirteen years , invariably in favour ofthe cause of tho people . ' ( Loud cheers . ) His

      votes had been published , arid he could then asseverate that he had never been absent on any division when the interests ofthe people were at stake , and that he had never given a vote in opposition to them . ( Cheers . ) He had sprung . from' the people , and bis feelings and sympathies were in unison with them and the electoral classes ofthe country . ( General cheering . ) He had caused to be circulated very extensively amongst the electors a pamphlet on the defective state of the representative system—the unequal and oppressive taxation to which the people were subjected , and . the prodigal expenditure of public money so much'to be complained of . He hoped they h a d e ach g ot a co p y of it , a s i t would e na ble th e m t o become acq u a inted

      with his political op inions , and partl y with the services which he had rendered to the people . ( Hear . ) He was then prepared to answer any question put to him ,, or give any explanation that might be deemed necessary . He was one of those who had supported the Reforin Bill , believing ' that it would have relieved the people very considerably from the p ressure of taxa t ion , but , like others , he had : since seen that that measure , ; instead of accomp lishing the proposed-important object , made the government ofthe country dearer , by some millions annuall y , than it had been under the regime of the old boroughmongers . Seeing the failure of the Reform Act , he was one of th e first to denounce it , not onjy in the . Houseof Commons , bu t in p u bl ic in other

      places , when calling on the people to come forward ¦ and demand such an improvement of it as would effectually carry put the objects it was said to have been capable of accomplishing for the benefit of the people . They could not forget that there were 6 , 000 , 000 of men at present in , the United Kingdom who were ex c luded from the ' franchise ^ and that very few more than a million enjoyed it . He maintained tbat the privilege of electing members of parliament was unequally distributed . He , was able to state that there were fifty-five towns in this country , sending seventy-six representatives to the House of Commons , and that the aggregate number of t h e ir i n h a bi ta n t s was fewe r th a n those of t ha t borough . If they would do him the honour to send

      him as their representative to the House of Commons his efforts would he unceasingly exerted to obtain for them a fair ; representation , in common with tbeir fellow-countrymen , and for the extension of the franchise . Why should riot the poor artisan , then , at that meeting have the power of voting for a representative in parliament , as well as the first lord ofthe realm ? He would ask the first nobleman in the land to look ' any of tho hard-working , honest men there in the face , arid say by what right a lord should exercise the fr a nch ise , and ah . humble , industrious man should be excluded ? ( Cheers . ) They

      should also have the , ballot —( cheers)—arid short parliaments to enable them to keep short accounts . ( Loud cheers . ) They all knew , as men of business , how much easier it was to settle short than long accounts . ( Laughter . ) , While he had been a member of the House of Commons he had been in the habit of rendering short accounts to those to whom he was answerable . He had gone " amongst them every ye a r and ho distinctly told them if . they disapproved of him he was prepared to place his seat again at their disposal within , twenty-four hours , because he was confident of having discharged his duties faithfully . '

      . A Voice . —Pearson said the same thingto us , but he nevet kept his word . ( Laug hter , ) Mr . Williams said ho was prepared to p led ge himself to do so .. Those were his principles , and . if the electors approved of them andreturhed him to parliament , he should honestly and earnestly exercise every power he possessed to accomplish them . He was prepared to answer any questions that might be put to him , and hewould give straightforr ward manly ans w ers without any equivocation . ( Cheers . ) He believed while he was in parliament there was no man who had exerted himself more than he had , except Mr . Hume , Jo keep the fingers of th e 'tax collector but of the people ' s pockets , ( Cheers , and loud cries of " Say no' more , you are

      too well known , " die . ) During the applause some written communications having been sent to the hon . gentleman from the body . of . the room , it appeared they contained questions , in . reply to which he said one of them related to his opinion of the qualification at present required for members of par-: hament , if members returned for any borough in England required a property qualification of £ 300 a year . There had been some sli ght change wi t hin the last f e w y ears ; but in Scotl a nd no qu a lific a tion was required . The onl y qu a lification required in Scotland was the approbation of the people—( cheers)—which , was the true constitutional qualification . ( Continued cheering . ) That was the only one he himself would acknowledge . ( Cheers , and cries of "Bravo . " ) Mr . Browne , an elector , who advanced from the

      bod y of the meeting , hoped the hon . gentleman would not deceive them as , h e said , their lato representative had done . The speaker concluded , after a very stormy address , by asking the hon . candidate whether he would keep to his word by meeting his constituents of that borough every year ? Mr . Williams repeated the question for the purpose , as he stated , ofenablingeverybrie present to hear it . He was asked whether he would meet his constituents at the close of every session of Parliament ? He gave his answer openly ; and hehad no hesitation in saying that he would . ( Cheers . ) He would , however , ; do more—if required b y a majority of the electors , he then promised to ' surrender their trust to them whenever they demanded it hack . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Moore , as a member of the Church bf England , expressed his disapproval of Mr . Williams having voted for the grant to the college of May . nooth . ( Crie 8 of . "Nobigotry , 7 " ana » Why should not" the Roman Catholics have a little , too ? " ) Ho thought some of the hon . candidate ' s supporters guilty of inconsistency in supporting him after having given such a vote iff the House of Commons . After some repeated noisyinterrbptioni , the speaker wished to ask . the meeting for what sin Mr . Hawes had been rejected -by that borough ? ( A voice" Because he was a trickster . " L oud groans and hisses ) . - ^ Mr . Hawes was rejected because he voted infayourof the Maynooth grarit : where was the consistency in selecting another gentleman who had given a similar vote ? He wished to ask the hon . fentlemari , how he could reconcile that vote with is professions as to the separation of church and slate ? . • • '¦ ¦ ' : -:

      Mr . Williams said his answer was very simple There was no connexion whatever between the two things . ( "Oh ! oh !"—hisses and cheers . ) He wasnot going to shirk the question . He appealed to the good sense of every man present , to s « whether there was any connexion between the twn branches of thequestion ; in the ^ shape in JbMit was put to him . However , white h <» w < , « „ J . ¦ * manynthers mb ^ M him , ' S- heS

      Representation Of Lambeth. On Tuesday Ev...

      ^ T ^ irpd ! similar questions evening , he had aD 8 W ! ILerSu pIaoard had . been . published , ^; nS « pt & M Mr williams seeks your vote „ n the ground that he is opposed to the ; union of XuSSS state ; but are you aware that ; notwith stending this professed opposition tq Teligious en * & en ^ ts , he supported the increased grant to tho Roman Cathplib Cellege pf Maynppth ? : That ; be votedfwtke Minutes of Council ? ' . And that these two Votes giving serious offence to . his dissenting constituents at Coventry , he . was defeated at the last general election . " Now , there was nefoundation whatever for those statements . . On the contrary , the Dissenters of Coventry , , after , haying oiu

      re presented them for thirteen years , , . um . fp »^ c ' ally approved of him . They were as intelligent , as enli g ht e hed , a nd as staunch totheir prmcipresas could be found there or elsewhere ; and . on the 2 7 t h July , 1847 , they ( the Nonconformist electors ) passed a resolution approving of himself and Mr . Elhce . He wished to say a few word ^ as- to the Maynooth erant . It appeared that in 1790 , during the French revolution , the government of this country encouraeed and supported tho establishment of ; the College of Maynooth , in Ireland . ; It was established first forthe education of . Roman Catplies generally , but it had afterwards been exclusivel y used for the education of catholic priests . ( Shame . ) Previousl y they had been educated abroad—in France princi-CWMiuwcu ¦«/

      pally—and IS Wao ueojittwo pioivuv communications between Irish students qualify ing for the Rom awcatholic priesthood in France and the disaffected in Ireland . When the union tcok place five years afterwards , a pledge was given to the Irish parliament that the English government would continue that grant to Maynooth . ¦ He had acted upon what he considered to be a principle of justice , as binding as if it was an agreement be' tween man and man . ( Applause . ) If the electors considered he had done wrong —(" no , no , " " at all" )—he could only state the facts as he had done , and give them ; his op inions and reasons simp l y and'plainly . No matter what proposition was made hereafter to grant money for religious purposes , he would never consent to sixpence being granted . Ho

      hoped ho had explained satisfactorily his reasons' for voting for the Maynooth grant , and he should be happy to answer , any further questions . After a few words from the Roy . J Burnett , Mr . Thwaites propos e d , and Dr . Evahs seconded , the folio wing , resolution : — " That having received frorii Mr . W . ; Williams a candid expression of his op inions on all questions of interest to the liberal constituency ofthe borough . of Lambeth , and viewirig with satisfaction , his conduct during thirteen yeare in the House of Commons , res o lve d that t his meetin g considers him eminentl y qualified to represent this borough in parliament , and pledges itself to use every effort to ensure his return . It appeared Mr . Edward Miall intimated his intention not to come forward at that election , and th a t he disclaimed all knowledge . of the plac a rds and printed circulars distributed about the borough with reference to Mr . Williams , whose return , it was said , was beyond all doubt or question .

      The resolution was adopted amidst acclamations , and with two dissentients only .., ' Mr . Williams thanked tho meeting . sincerely for their noble , and manly demonstration ia his favour . Itwasnot . in his power , to . wait upon them indivU dually , for there were upwards of ¦ 16 , 000 ; but he wished most earnestly to be able to dp so , and be hoped each of them would go to his neighbour and solicit him to do likewise . ( Cheers . ) , , ; . ¦ Mr . . G . Thompson , M . P ., next addressed the meeting in , an eloquent speech in , support of Mr . Williams ' s claims on the liberal electors ofthe boroug h ...., ¦ - . .,-. , , ; , ; .: ¦ ; , ?_ " . ' . ' : A resolution bf thanks was passed to the chairman , and the meeting separated ^ i

      The writ for the election having , been issued , R . Onslow ,, Esq ., the returning officer ofthe borough , re a d ; the , high sheriff ' s . precept on Thursday , ' on Kenriington Common , and made proclama t ion that he should proceed to the nomination and return on Monday next , the 5 th inst ., at ten o clock , i The exmember for Marylebone , Sir 0 . Napier , had issued an address to the electors .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . The usual weekly meeting , held , at the Institution , John-street , was numerously attended oh Tuesday . e v e ning , Jul y 30 th . Mr . Elliott was called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . , [' : Mr . Walter Cooper moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting is , of opinion , that the great principles of civil and , religious liberty are violated . whenever the House "' of Commons refuses to admit any . man who has been duly elected a member of its body simply because he will not take an oath , -in , viola t ion of , and not binding ori his consci e nce , and by the continuous , introduction of bills , professedl y for * the better , observance ofthe

      Sabbath , ' or for ' , Sunday Trading Prevention . ' And this meeting looks forward to the obtainment ofthe ' P e op le ' s Charter' , a s a means , ; of putting an end to such wrong s , and the , establishment of social ri ghts . " Mr . Cooper said , whatever opinions might p r e v a il elsewhere , the p eople who frequented'this Hall thought that religion was a question between man and his God .. ( Hear , hear . ) When he ( Mr . Cooper ) was resident in the City of London ho had voted for Baron Rothschild , because he thought Jews should not be excluded from parliament , arid not from any worship of tho money power ., He would now crave indulgence in alluding to an accusation made against him in his absence , relative to Trades' Unions ; and , at the outset , he wished it

      to be . understood that he looked on Trades Unions as great schools ,. where men were taught . " selfrespect . What he had said was , that aristocracy prevailed in the trades , and that one grade refused to associate with the other ; that , to bo useful , they must be made more extensive in their operationsmore embracing—more fraternal—lifting up those that were down . He had also been , accused of neglecting politics to attend to Trades' affairs . But he never failed to tell the promoters of the Association , with which he was immediately connected , that he was wedded to . democracy ; and he thought his continued attendance at this and other halls might be taken as a fair test of his enduring affection . He looked forward hopefully to the time when the

      principles contained in that resolution ; s h ould prevail . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . D . W . Rum said , tho last few days had shown . what a House of Commons could do in respect to the admission of Jews . It had shown the Peers and other , powers that it held them as nought . Aa regarded the ' * ' Sunday Trading Prevention Bill , " its iriain object appeared ; tb be to trample on that already oppressed body—the costermongers , er general dealers—who obtained a precarious livelihood by Vending their goods in the streets . This he traced to the shopkeepers ,. but they h a d never conceived that the costermongers ; would ever have possessed the good sense to meet together and form a friendly society for their own protection arid mutual instruction . Let the people but think on

      matters that concerned them—action would follow ; the oppression of aristocrats and money-mongers would cease , and Gagging Bills be heard of no more . The Sabbatarians appeared to be possessed of but one idea—Mamriion worship . Although he had no respeotj personally , for Baron Rothschild , he wished to see civil and religious liberty prevail for all ; and hence he cordially seconded the resolution . ( Loud cheers . ) Bronterrk O'BaiEN i , amidst loud cheers , supported the resolution . So far as regarded the admission of Barori Rothschild to parliament , he was with the author of the resolution , as he thought no question should be asked of the member elected respecting his religious opinions , but t h at his being tho chosen of the electors should be an all-sufficient

      passport . He did not refuse to admit Jews , " but he would turn out all usurers and mere moneychangers , As re ga rded t he "Sunday Trading Prevention Bill , " he would ask , if t h e ir obj e ct w a s for reducin g the hours of l a bour , whether of a Sunda y or an y other day , ( and he thought ten hours too long , ) couldthey not meet together and say , " Wo will only work so long ? " ( "Yes , yes . " ) In King Alfred ' s tim e ei g h t hours ' labour per day was deemed sufficient ; and at the present time , with the aid of railways and canals , one day ' s labour ought to he regarded as worth six of . those in Alfred ' s time , particularly when it was remembered that they had machine power equal to eight hundred millions of hands ; and still many were found

      clamouring for a " Ten . flours Bill . " But the whole system wanted alteringjl-and the best way of procuring the alteration was by joining those excellent societies—the National Charter Association , the National Reform League , and the Fraternal Democrats , and through them to go ori proselytising and propogatirig their opinions ; and , at the next general election they might return , at least , sixty men holding opinions in a ccordance with their own Mr O'Brien forcibly alluded to tho wholesale emigration now taking place from Manchester and other large manufa c tu ring dis t rict s , and said it ' was onlv canting hypocrites who said " Don't speak harshl ? ^^^ fel ^^^^ ^ veBystem " an « lect 0 had just taken lace

      , p in the greatcbuntv l nnn ° ' ; lreland ' "o pining a population oi H 3 80 000 soul s , and what is the result ? WhS ' 52 a t hree days ' contest the Free Trader ( IliSfis H O votes , and the Protectionist ( Butt n fffifht making a total , of polled voters of sWffi cttS ?' " -A ^ B ra Bfi S bed ttJT'V ! ' ^ > «• He tho « , . h « V ? al pt th « motto- " God helps SnVnn ° Vv e Jp pelves . " Let them push steadily and determinedly on for political and social « gbt 8 , _ and , they might depend on it , that God woiild beon their side . ( Great cheering . ) I no resolution was carried unanimously ;" Ono of the Polish refugees then onihe forward , and sang the favourite democratic hymn , '' Yiva Italia ! . " '• • ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' " . - - . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .- / . ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ . ' -. " JuUAN HiBNBT , ; who was loudly applarided / . hay-

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      ing made announcement of worksfrom the « jn j f Ernest , JoDe 8 r about , to ^ e publishe ^ wnica a Scement eWed - a hearty response ftomjg meettag ^^ toett'd ^ 'C dpiMiw theJWm ing Lambeth election , and . strong ly ^ ? g Ernest S Jbnes ; orlBrori erre O'Brien . Warn ¦ applausb greeted this recommendation . Mr . Harney next drew theattention ofthe « ef DVLth * . S at nresent raging between Denmark and tho people oflcSwle-Hto of t he l a tter 3 , ^ concluded with a fervent ap peal to Brit fh Dembcrats , to g ive their pecuniary aid to Eheir brethren . the Polish refugees ; and concluded amidst enthusiastic applause . , „» , ,, _„ , ' A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting sep arated . ; , ; ....- '

      ' ¦ ¦ • ¦' Police.

      ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' police .

      Worship-Street. -Robbert Of A Lodoinonou...

      WORSHIP-STREET . -Robbert of a Lodoinonousi . —A young man of respectable appearance , named John Field , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Hammill , charged with having stolen a silver watch , and numerous other articles , the property bf Mr . Samuel Young , coffeehouse-keeper in Sftoreditoh .-The prosecutor stated , that on the morning of Friday se ' nni ght the prisoner came to his house with ' a bulky package in'his possession , and after intimating tbat he had slept the previous night at a place in the neighbourhood , where he had no t on l y been subjected to constant annoyance , but suspect e d it was the resort bf thieves , as his property had

      beentampe r ed with while he was asleep , engaged a bed , and expressed his intention to stay there for several days . He was accordingly furnished with the required accommodation , , and lived in tho best style at the expense of the witness until the following Tuesday , when he cariie down stairs with a box in his hand , which he assured witness merely contained soiled linen , which he was about to take to the laundress , and that he would return to dinner as usual . He failed to do so , however , and upon witness going up to his bedroom a few hours afterwards he found that his watch , had been stolen from the head of his bed , and that not only the prisoner ' s own room , but several of the other bedrooms , had been p lundered of hairbrushes , towels ,

      arid almost every other article of that kind that could be easily removed . He gave immediate information of the robbery to the police ,, and having at . length succeeded in tracing the prisoner to another coffeehouse , in Li t tle Britain , he proceeded there and gave him into custody . —Baker , a city policeman , stated that he received charge of the prisoner from the last witness , when he Indignantly denied that he had anything in his possession belonging to tho prosecutor , but upon searching him he found in one of his coat pockets the stolen watch , and in a large carpet b ag , which was pointed but to him as belonging tothe prisoner , he discovered several brushes and other articles , which were also identified by Mr . Young . as his property . He likewise discovered a great number of duplicates in his possession , and , in addition , to the articles before described , he found that the carpet bag and a large v a lise , claimed by the prisoner , were closely packed with property of every description ; which he had every , reason 'o believe , if the f a cts of the

      present charge obtained publicity , would turn out to bbtbe produce ] of numerous other robberies . — The prisprier , who declined , offering any defence , was ordered to he remanded : for a week for other charges to be preferred against him . .,, Unprovoked Assaults . —Andrew Oram , a welldressed middle-aged man , was charged with a series of brutal and unprovoked assaults upon two respectable married women , and one of . their relatives , named William Raikes , who . had interfered for their protection . r-iMr . Hammill severely animadverted upon the wanton and disgraceful nature of the outrages , and sentenced . the prisoner to pay the extreme penalty of £ 5 for assaulting the female comp lainants , and a second penalty of £ 3 for his attack upon Raikes , or in default to stand committed to the House of Correction for the several terms of two months and six weeks , the latter term of imprisonment to commence at the expiration of the first . . '

      SOUTHWARK . —A Caution to Lo » gino-housb Keepers .--: Richard Holgate was charged with being concerned with another man ( not in custody ) in obtaining various sums from " several persons resident in the district by the following stratagem — The system adopted by the prisoner and bis associate to defraud a class of persons keeping lodging-houses was generally attended with success . It appeared that on Friday last a well-dresssed man Called at ^ the house of a Mrs ; Peacock , near Trinitysquare , represented his riairie to be Captain Preemani recently arrived from abroad , and that he was in want of lodgings . He then inspected the apartments , and said they would suit hirii , and that he should go and send , iri his luggage . Before ,

      howe ver , no quitted the house , he mentioned that he shouldsend in some stationary articles , and a t the same time he drew out of his pocket a purse , from wh i ch he , took what seemed to be a £ 20 note , and asked her if she would let him have change , and that he would leave riioney to pay for the parcel . The complainant answered that she could not comply with thereouest , upon which "Captain Freeman " said , " Then you can nay the messenger , who will bring the stationary and also my luggage from onboard the atearapaeket , and I shall repay you again , " She at once assented tothe proposition , and the " captain" walked out , saying that he should return to his lodging as soon as he arranged some little matters of business . Some time after his

      departure the prisoner called and inquired if Captain Freeman lived there , and the answer being in the affirmative , he then said that he had a small parcel for him , which he had ordered to be sent there , and that it would come to , 4 s . 6 d . The complainant , entertaining no suspicion as to the character of her new lodger , paid the money and took in the parcel , and the prisoner departed . Neither "Captain Freeman , " however , nor his luggage having made their appearance at the stipulated time , the complainant became rather uneasy , and at length decided upon opening the parcel which the prisoner was paid for , and found it tocontain onlya few sheets of writing paper , together with three pens , the value bf which only amounted to a few nence . It is

      unnecessary ' !© mention that "Captain Freeman " never made his appearance at the house afterwards , but information having been given of the circumstances attending the transaction at the stationhouse inquiries were , set on foot , the result of which was a discovery that the prisoner , i n conjunction with the "Captain Freeman" referred to , had succeeded in obtainirig small sums of money from a great number of lodging-bouse keepers by similar means to those employed in the case of Mrs . Peacock , who was completely thrown off her guard by the specious manner and appearance of the " Captain , a description of whom has heen given to the police , and , as the case was deemed incomplete without his presence also , the prisoner was remanded m order to give an opportunity for the apprehension of his associate .

      MANSION HOUSE .-FoRoxRY .-Dixon Dawson , a Greenwich pensioner , who was a few days ago charged with having forged dr a fts u po n Sir J o h n Lubbock and Co ., in the name of Miss Sarah Hawes , the sister of Mr . Benjamin Hawes , sen ., was brought up . to be committed for trial . The following was added to tho depositions : ~ Charles Cuthbert ; I have known the prisoner well upwards of fifteen years . He was a fellow servant of mine at Messrs . Hawes ' s , at Lambeth , for several years . I have seen him write , and I believe the writing in the drafts and other papers produced to be his . The prisoner handed in a paper to Alderman Gibbs . which the alderman desired should be read in the public room . The following facts were stated in it ;

      — Upwards of sixty years had elapsed since he first went to sea ; and the first engagement iri which he had fought was that in which Sir Ralph Abercrombie had . lost his life . In tho next in which he engaged , which was in 1803 , he received several hard Knocks about the head , from which , particularly now that he was advancing in years , he suffered severely . Ho was on board . the Victory at rrafakar when Nelson fell , and was wounded close to the hero on the quarterdeck ; and in 1807 he was m Gaeta , m I tal y , when the French army stormed t h e for t , and was there wounded slightly in four places . ' « I was sent , ' said the old man , " with Sir Samuel Hood to take Madeira , in which . we sucfrTiti ' ! £ rf en ^ ag ? d ? Gua < fcloupe with two frigates and seven batteries , nine upon one shin te , ST aild ^ T ' o / coming honTe to England I was sent on hoard the Minotaur 74 a ? the fi 8 t me to board

      ^ ^ . ° ; . * IKS gun boats that our ship destroyed b y fire , under th e 5 , " ? - e 8 of Copenhagen , h / coiing to End our ship was lost with 600 men in her ^ and I bS tJ quarters in | the sea before , I got to Camperdown I was made a prisoner of war and sent to France * ciSnno / h ^ r ^ r ^ fo « r year s , m Valenl ciennes , half starved , and when the French army Ann ' m ¦ retrea t from Moscow wo were marched wo miles iu that dreadful winter , through frost and snow . My lord , I never was in any prison in my me for any crime tillnow , and I hope some humane person will save me and my poor daughter , who will certainly perish if anything is done to me so that I shall lose Greenwich Hospital , and I trust that Mr . Hawes will give mo a character from the year 1816 to 18 C 0 . "—Alderman Gibbs told the prisoner that he must make his statement to thejury , and committed him for trial .

      BOW-STREET .-Char . oe of Stabbiko a Wife . —W . . Fennel , a porter in the employ of Dr . Townsend , of the Strand , was charged with stabbing his wife , , A certificate was produced from the housesurgeon of tho King ' s College Hospital , stating that Sarah Pennoll was a patient in the hospital , suffering from ^ a very dangerous wound in the palm of thought hand , which had been inflicted by some sharp mstrumen t-J .. Luck , police-conBtable No 100 , F ; diyiBion , deposed that fie . was on dutv tW morningm TortugaLrtrcet , when ¦ u SrrfA

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      drive u p to the enttoncepf the King i-college Hos * nitaL ifemale ; aii ? hted , _ and ., wasa 8 Siste ( rm by several " persons , and ; on being . examined by the house surgeon she waB ; found to be Buffering from a deep incised wound in the pa m of the right und i ¦ After the wound was dressed ^ she said sho Sh ^ ife of W . Fennel ; that she was in bed ^ Sr ^ husoand came home ; and she told him it ' ! aJLTate hour for him to be out . Other -a . ZZJitul arid he lifted up his arm , and aimed R ^ JwKer She raised her ^ ight arte , and she ? KlthmV sharp enter her nand : ' She found

      li-i « r * ha lodgers to her assistance , who at 8 eref in ^ d her to the hospital . Witness took ?? S into custody . ^ Witness searched fot fiw ^ lSlJ ^^ W . ? i ?« pri-SoS 7 dmittod that bX' ^ m tw HiS wound was caused by the nails of ™* m \ gj wife awravated h m to strike her . —luck saw tne SwiwKrtho sanie statement to ^ him when faken h tStody , and he instantlynxanijd h ^ bands . There was no . W ?^ *^ J & L them , and from the nature of the wound ,-he had no doubt it had been inflicted by some sharp instrument—Mr . Henrv remandedthe prisoner . ment . —Mr . Henry remanueu wc r »™ ' » "

      GUILDHALL . — Gkttino Win « bv FoROED ORDBBs .-Samuel Bartlettwas re-examined , c h arged with obtaining a quantity of -port wine , from the London Docks , by means « f forged sampling orders . —Mr . Humphreys , for the prosecution , said he had five charges against the prisoner , but' he would only go into two of them . —Thomas May stated that he was a wine porter , and that on the 17 th of July last he met tho prisoner in Thames-street , who gave him a sampling order , signed " Charles H . Hodgson , " to go to the London Docks , and obtain seventeen samples of port wine . Witness went to tho docks , drew the samples , and took them to Mr . Brown s licensed vitualler , in Dark-house-lane . He

      was subsequentl y twice employed by the prisoner in similar transactions . —Charles Henry Hodgson said that prisoner came to him about a fortnight ago , and requested to see some wine between £ 25 and £ 30 . Witness asked him what he wanted it for , and prisoner replied that he wanted it for shipment to Australia . Witness then showed him soma samples he thoug ht would answer his purpose . Prisoner required a tasting order , and witness gave him three according ly , but did not give the sampling ord e r produc e d , neither was it in his handwriting . —John Hooton , a clerk in the London Docks , -stated he passed , the orders produced , but at tho time . die did so he suspected them to be

      for g eries , and gave information to tho principal to to that effect . It was very easy to obtain the printed forms that were required for sampling orders , as any one could have them by applying at the docks : ¦ the same form also answering the purpose of a tasting order by striking out certain portions thereof . Hence the facility with winch prisoner had been able to forge the names and private marks of Mr . Hodgson and Mr . Silver , aa there was now difficulty in-obtaining a genuine tastin g order , which contains the private marks ol the wine belonging lo the person signing the order , and which afforded tbe prisoner opportunity of copying them with impunity . :

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      COLLOQUY BETWEEN A NUMBER OF THE MASSES AND ASSES OF ENGLAND , SCOT LAND , AND IRELAND , UPON FREE TRADE Reported by Samuel Gordon , Esq ., ef Aungier-• street , Dublin . Englishman .- ' Why are we made to pay 2 s . 2 Jd . per pound duty on the teas we use?—Because a , fist of useless places , pensions , and expendi t ures of every kind are thereby kept up to feed the dronea and schemers . Give me a list of them ?—I cannot , because it would require me to spend a week at least reading it for you . . How are we to get rid of it?—Stop the supplies and taxes .

      Scotchman . —I thought we had members of parliament to reduce our taxes?—Yes , but as t hey happen to be knaves , whom you , like veritable asses , carry on your backs into parliament , they find it more convenient to share in the plunder than to reduce it . Farmer . —l see that we have got no repeal of the malt tax . —You know well that as that tax is paid by the poorest among you , if Parliament repealed it they would lose one of tho poll taxes that feed the list of drones and schemers . There ' s the tax on tobacco 900 and 1400 per cent . on the cost price , why the devil is that not repealed ? Irishman . — I w a s just g oing to sa y , I must ax the member f o r Jud ge borou gb , con s humin to m e , if the last time tho spalpeen came to requist the honur of

      our votes , if he did not tell us he would vote for a cheap p ipefull for us ; but the next time he came to see u s , he was Sir Justice O'Mulligan , and delivered a long ri g marowl ch a rge , all about the evils of agitation and discontent , but the devil a whiff tbe more we got . The fellow sould the pass on us there , as well as on Repale . The Irish memhirs flog all the nagurs in the world for cunning . Why do you always elect schemers and tricksters inst ea d of honest int e lli gent men ?—You may well ax tba t ! God between us and harm , but all our members are such , we must only take care to get rid of them . En g lish Farmer . —The hop tax we were promised should be abolished without delay , but we seem further off from it than ever .

      London Citizen . —The window tax has been continued upon us in spite of all our remonstrances ,, and the promises from our members , what are we to do to get rid of it?—Turn out your members and eleot those who will give written pled ges tostrug g le ,. not merely vote for its repeal , which written promises you . oan hold up to their faces should they violate them , while you apply tho bi g toe of your ri ght foot to another part of them , should t hey r e fu s e to re s i gn , and retu r n into your h a nds the trust they have violated ; any other mode of dealing with such cattle is perfectly futile . Ex quovis lignomercuritu nonjit ; or , in plain Eriglish , " you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow ' s ear . " Artizans and their Families . —The duty on soap is

      still ret a ined , notwithstanding all the slang about sanatory im p rovements , the appointment of Boards of Health , C ommi ss ioners of S ewers , and all t h a t sort of fiddle faddie . Hold ; you make a great mistake in calling it fiddle faddie , it is all a matter of business for the dronea and schemers , each of whom may exclaim , like Dr . O'Toole , " It is part of my system . " Aetvspaper Proprietors , Schoolmasters , and Leciu * rers . —There is tho duty upon paper , and the duty npon advertisements . The pother that is made about the education of the people at last resolves itself into the taxing of the very article upon which information i s to be conv e yed to them , and the cry of Free Trade means , compelling the poor man ,

      who s eeks employment , to pay an outrageous tax upon the form in which he announces his wants . Omnes . —We may all go on tillnightrecapitulating those painful and disgraceful truths , butthe remedy is in our own hands ; out with the knaves of tho House of Commons , and elect men of resolution and probity * who will not . betray us , and who , in any case of desertion , s h al l b o in o ur power , b y the course Mr . G . has indicated . Unless we do that , far better to bo unrepresented altogether , and depend upon our own ways and means for redressing our grievances . The present system of parliamentary representation is a curse ; a collection of legislative a t t ornies , who run up a bill of costs , which the minister pays out of our pockets . Trust yourselves in any w a y in their hand s and you are ruined .

      Fall of a Mill at Stockport . —Dreadful Loss of Life . —On Tuesday afternoon , between one and two o clock , a very serious and alarming accident occurred at a mill belonging to Mr . Cephas Howard , and rented by Mr . Jos . Hey wood as a doubling mill , while the hands were at dinner . One ofthe main supports of the building gave way , and a g reat portion of it fell , burying fifteen or twenty ofthe hands who remained inside . Five people were

      conveyed to the infirmary , of whom one has died , and others are not expected to live . At . present , none of those who were completel y buried have been recovered , so that the names are not accurately known ; but , in addition to a number of girls who were dining at the mill , there were some machinists and workmen , who were employed there temporarily . It is a fine large fireproof mill , four storeys high ; and it will have to be almost entirel y rebuilt . A great portion of the machinery was new , and has been entirely destroyed .

      Hoixowav's Ointment and Pilu , a Nbvhc Fauisg Remidi foi the Curb of Scdbvt audScobbdtic Homoors . — Thomas Andrews , of Satton-street , Newcastle , had been afflicted for year * with scuvvj arid sforbutic humours aU over hit body , he had been under tht treatment of several medical men , but to no purpose , as at last his case wai pronounced incurable ; the poor man then , as a forlorn hope , commenced usinp Holloway ' g Ointment and Pills , which to ffectually eradicated the disease from his system that in the course of six weeks he was enabled to resume his former emalojment , and hi * skin is now as clear as that of an infant .

      Pbatu..Died Ori The ?7th Of July, Mr. Jo...

      PBATU . . Died ori the ? 7 th of July , Mr . John Rosden , North-road , Preston , in the lifty-sixth year of Ids age . He wasastaunch supporter and defender ot the principles of political and social reform . H « was one of the last remains of the brave men who struggled so nobly in favour of Radical Reform in the days ofthe ever memorable Henry Hunt and William Cobbett . He has , been a stadfast advocate of tbe RL ' v 1- ¦ ''? ? >' Cluirter ' was a Paid-up member u . fc ^ 'if l 0 na ^ a" ?? P y . <* always ready to defend us tounder against his unprincipled calumniators . lUs loss is deeply regretted by a numerous circle of friends and acquaintances .

      Printed By William Kider, Of No. S, Maccleefield-Sutet, M The Parish Of St. Anue, Westminster, At The Printing-

      Printed by WILLIAM KIDER , of No . S , Maccleefield-sutet , m the parish of St . Anue , Westminster , at the Printing-

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      arace , 16 , Great WindmiU-street , Haymarket , In the City of Westminster , I ' trthel ' roprietor . EEAUGUSO'CONMOK Esq . M . P ., and published by the said William Rider , at the 0 » ce . in the « m » e , street * nd BarlBb—S , itunli >» i August 3 rd , 19 S 0 . ...

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03081850/page/8/