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      "Rebellion" In The Ministerial Camp. Xbz Independent Membeb Ixd The "Xcteeexdent "

      "REBELLION" IN THE MINISTERIAL CAMP . XBZ INDEPENDENT MEMBEB iXD THE " xCTEEEXDENt "

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      . MIKI 5 TEB . Tbb debates caused by Mr . Diwcokbe's motions tektive to the Home Secretary and his Post-office espionage , hare been productive of more results than a mere exposure of the Mamies practised in the "inner office , " or by the " roving coimnissloners : " tesults that are likely to tell with good effect on the position of parties in the House , and lead to amorc com prehensive imdeKsianoing than has hitherto prc-Tailed of the relationship that should subsist between the Minister of the day and those who act with him as bis " ordinary supporters . " It is well known that Sir Robeet Peel ' s Government is one

      that is merely tolerated by the "predominant interest "—( thanks to Lord John Russell for that predominance , who purposely framed the Reform Bill to secure it 3)—because they have no other man fit to occupy the postof leader . It isasweUknown that almost the entire of the party suspect , dread , nay , evenwiE the man whom circumstances have conspired to force Outhemas"lordandniaster . " Itisalsoaswellknown , that with such feelings as these they have been compelled to do Ms bidding—to swallow all their former doetrines—tt / viokteall their hustings' pledges—tosacrifice the landed interest at the shrine of manufactur ing advantage—to give up that " protection to agri

      culture , " which they held to he indispensable , and to wade with the expediency-mongering Minister through the mire of msee-tbadeisji , to the enactment of Sew Tariffs , and the passing of Canada Corn Bills ; in which every principle on which they had prided themselves through life was violated , and voted to be mbsoimd and desihcctivjs I It is well-known also , that this same high and haughty party have felt themselves so bound to the Minister they detested , — bound from a fear that the Whigs in name should come "in , "—that they obsequiously and spaniel-like Crouched before him on two memorable occasions , and did his insolent and dictaorial bidding , whenlhe

      ondisguisedl y " ordered" them to eat their tivnfe , find iffisearsn -ruBin recorded votes 1 All this is aow matter of history ; and it had naturally produced a feeling of ineffable scorn and supreme contempt lor the Lord Joltns and the lord Charles of the most haughty aristocracy in the world , who , HiinfO the plebeian son of a mere cotton-spinner , bowed their necks so abjectly to the servile yoke , and licked the feet of the man they so heartily despised . True , this degrading course has not been pursued without some little murmuriug on the part of some « ' who had been sent to swell a Toiy majority ; " and there were even signs of mutiny apparent on the Treasury Benches , when the peremptory " call" to rescind rotes was made on the " ordinary supporters

      of Government / ' It was , however , reserved for Mr . J 3 ewcombe ' s recent motions to fan the incipient mutiny into openEEBEmos : and it is for the purpose ofpuitingthe reader in possession of the facts rela ting to the noble and independent stand now made against Ministerial insolence and debasing requirement ; that we now write : a stand which is sure to lead , eventually , not only to the overthrow of Sir Robert Peel's Government , but also to the breaking up of party and faction as mere party and faction , and induce a feeling of independence in spirit amongst Members of Parliament , which will inevitably lead to independence of action . This " itEBEfcuos , " therefore , is one that should be hailed by the people as the harbinger of letter days and better deads for them .

      It will naturally be expected that it is the Yonxo England party who have thus thrown off the Ministerial livery : fcr from the party who had the manli ness to protest against the dictatorship of Peel , and to flatly refuse to do his insolent bidding , could such a course as that of open kebellio . v against Ids iron party-rule alone be expected . The other portion Of Psei / s " ordinary supporters" showed themselves too abject and too servile ever to permit a ray of hope in on the mind , that they would raise the standard of bebexuox against any demand or requirement , however abasing . That natural expectation is the true one . It is the Youxc Esglaxd section of the House that have " come out" against the dated Minister ,

      sjA asserted the independence of Members , even though seated on the Ministerial side of the House , from such controul as has lately been attempted to be exercised over them : and that bold declaration of ZNDETEN 3 E 5 CE has also drawn from the Minister himself a counter declaration of ins independence of "his " party ; a distinct intimation , that in future he wBl follow tiic bent of his ows Inclination , leaving those who hate and serve him to follow , or not , as they list ! Therefore all parties nmv know their relative position in the Bouse : a knowledge which renders their duties to themselves and the country far more onerous than before ; and for "which knowledge we are indebted to the debates and explanations that Mr . Dcxcombe has been the means of raising .

      On the first night of the present session that Mr Descombe Introduced the Post-office infamies , and showed that the Secret Committee , appointed to whitewash the Government , had evaded their duty , Sir Robert spoke in a very bitter strain of the renewed attack on bis Government , after what he called " a full acquittal" had been pronounced by bis own-appointed Secret Committee . Contrary to iis expectation , the debate was adjourned ; and on the second evening , Lord Howick , having cunningly discovered that there were grounds on which the IVhigs could support Mr . Dbscombe against the Ministry , without involving themselves in an open Inquiry as to their own practices , moved an

      amendment on Mr . Dcxcombe ' s motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the whole question , to the effect that the inquiry should be confined to Mr . Ddxcombe ' s individual case . This amendniemV one very likely to meet with the general-support of "her Majesty ' s opposition , " and of those who were too independent to commit injustice on an individual Member toserveacoufidencc-violating Government , — was seconded by Mr . D'Isbaeu , the talented leader of theYouxo Esglaxd section . In the course of his remarks , he thus alluded to the ill-at-ease exhibition which Sir Robert Peel had made on the previous evening : and thus laid down the grounds on which his vote , and those who acted with him , would be recorded against the Government : —

      I come n . iw to pic political circumstances and considerations which formed the second Dead of Lis defence . The Bight Hon . Gentleman wffl pardon me for obserring it , out he displayed on that occasion an unusual warmth . (« Hear , " and a laugh . ) I am aware that it by no means follows that the Bight Hon . Gentleman felt it ( Laughter . ) The Bight Hon . Baronet has too great a mind , and fills too eminent a position , ever to lose his temper ; hut in a popular assembly it is sometimes expedient to enact the part of the choleric gentleman . ( A . laugh . ) The Bight Hon . Gentleman touched the red box with emotion . ( A laugh . ) I know from old experience that when one first enters the House , these exhibitions are rather alarming ; and I believe that some of the younger members were much frightened ( laughter ) ; but I advised them not to he

      terrified . I told them that the Right Hon . Baronet would not eat them up , would not even resign ; the very worst thing he icoiild do tcould be to tell them to rescind a vote . ( Load cheering , and shouts of laughter . ) The Bight Hon , Gentleman ' favoured us with his views of the question , legal and political . I don't wish to compare small * km £ ? with great , hut it is not very long ago when the House was favoured by a gentleman from the sister country with a speech in favour of the income tax , which occasioned considerable comment and amotion . ( "Hear , hear ,- " and a laugh . ) Now , I must say , that had it not been for the speech of the Bight Hon . Gentleman , I wont say we should not have had the motion of the Hon . Member , fent I have a great suspicion that we should not have been favoarod -with the amendment of the Noble Lord the

      Member for Sunderland . ( Hear , hear . ) But after the speech of the Bight Hon . Gentleman—after having assured ns that in 1842 the country was in a state of great commotion , —after having told us of the heavy response baity which then devolved on the Government , —after his having read evidence which , at the time , did not receive the credit it has since obtained ( cheers ) , —after the Bight Hon . Gentleman had , is fact , more than intimated that it was possible that even members of Yailiameut might have been guilty of " privy conspiracy and rebellion , " it seems to me quite impossible that fte question could have been left as otherwise it might hat « been . ( Cheers . ) I inowihat my Hon . Friend the Hoiberfor Hull ( Sir J .

      Haunsex ) intended , when this quertion was originally brought forward , to support the report of the committee , —^> e certainl y did not actually pledge himself to do so , out he had at thattime a very great bias in their favour £ " **•) Bat after the distinct assertions of the Hon . ~ T ^ ? mshury , that his letters had been opened , and that dishonour had been cast upon himself and his consatnenis , we , who possess feelings and duties similar to those of the Hon . Member for Rnsbuiy , did consider ttas a matter which could not possibly be passed over wrffloutmquiry . ( cheers . ) Ofthe Eight Hon . Baronet the ~ ™ r ^ ** State I know noming bat honour , and have «^ nMced nothing but courtesy . ( Laughter from the vppoamra . ) i ^ 6 wr ? tnat m expression which is

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      perfectly sincere should cause any ebullition of such a character . ( Hear . ) I have , I repeat , no personal feelins against the Bight Hon . Baronet . I should think no one on this bench-had any personal feeling against the Bight Hon . Secretary . The personal feelings which do exist in this debate , as mentioned by the Right Hon . Secretary at War , are a Cabinet secret . ( Hear , and a laugh . ) The Bight Hon . Gentleman at the head of the Government will not , I am sure , be offended at our giving an independent vote on the present question , upon whatever side ofthe House we may sit . The Secretary at War says that it is not a question of confidence . ( Hear , hear . ) Nor does any one seem to think that it is . ( Hear , hear . ) As for the First Minister , he is superior to all parties—he governs by pure reason , not by party .

      ( Cheers and laughter . ) With regard to the secret committee , we know it consisted of gentlemen whom we all respect , and we believe that they performed their duty ; but we regret that the House did not animate them to do more than they did . The circumstances brought before us at the time , though not in the' shape ofthe original motion of the Hon . Member for Finsbury , were deeply interesting to the country , and we might , under such circumstances , t o us e a c o mmo n e x pression , have "hit the nail on the head . " It is useless for a Minister of the Crown to say , " The committee gave us a verdict . " Nobody accuses the Ministcf . ( Hear , hear . ) But something has happened which has put us for a moment behind the scene , and led us to think that the manner 'in which the play is managed is

      not the most advantageous to the public . What happened to the Bight Hon . Gentleman might have happened to another Minister , and , t h a d , I hope , the question not being a party one , that at whatever side of the House we sat , we would have done our duty . ( Hear . ) We are in the third year of a Walpoleian Administration . ( A laugh . ) Parry fee l in g is extinct , and if we find a great injury and injustice to the public exemplified in an instance of one of ourselves , let us not hesitate to come forward and take advantage of existing circumstances to put an end to it . The Hon . Gentleman opposite has made an accusation—a very distinct and definite accusation . As far as I am concerned , I should never wish to see an accusation of the kind partake of personal acerbity . We , however , know nothing about that ; we only

      suppose the Hon . Gentleman is irritated at having his letters opened . I win not go so far as the Hon . Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford , a n d sa y tha t the Government may open and read all my letters ; but this I win say , that they may open all my letters provided they answer them . ( Laughter . ) The amendment which the Noble Lord has proposed seems to me to meet th e exi gency of the case . I am quite persuaded that her Majesty ' s Government will on consideration feel that it is no defeat , no discomfiture , on their part to accede to that amendment . It is not brought forward in a hostile spirit , as they may consider the motion ofthe Hon . Member for Fiushury , It is not brought forward in a hostile spirit ; and , as far as I am concerned , it is not supported in a hostile spirit . TVe are making no attack upon the Government . ( Hear , hear , from Sir R . Peel . )

      This " move" on the part of the | Whigs and Mr . DIsraeli , threw new life into the debate ; and it was again adjourned , in spite ofthe opposition ofthe " strong Government , " to the following evening . It was then resumed , to the exclusion and postponement of other business : so important did the Minister himself deem it to he , In the course of the evening , Sir Robert Peel , in a tone of suppressed bitterness and evident wounded feeling , which drew upon him the derisive cheers of the whole assembly , thus expressed himself in relation to the speech of Mr . © 'Israeli : —

      In the course of last night the Hon . Gentleman the Member for Shrewsbury declared his intention of supporting the motion of the Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland . During the speech delivered by the Hon , Gentleman , he observed that I had with very great apparent warmth addressed the House , and that I had been very emphatic in my action ; yet , although he had heard the charges made , that the Government had been the cause of the spilling of innocent blood—that they had fabricated warrants , and exceeded their powers—he undertook to assure the House that , notwithstanding my apparent feeling , my warmth was entirely simulated ; that I was acting a part which I found it convenient to actthe part of a choleric gentleman . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) It is certainly very possible to manifest great vehemence of action , and yet not to be in a great passion . On the other hand , it is possible to be exceedingly cold , indifferent , and composed in your manner , and yet to

      cherish very acrimonious feelings . ( Loud derisive cheers . ) notwithstanding the provocation of the Hon . Gentleman , I will not deal so harshly with Mm as he has dealt with me . He undertakes to assure the House that my vehemence was all pretended , and warmth aU simulated . I , on the contrary , will do him entire justice ; I do beliere that his bitterness was not simulated ( cheers and laughter ) , but that it was entirely sincere . ( Renewed cheers . ) The Hon . GentUm & uhas a per f e ct ri ght—who questions it ?—to support a hostile motion . It is perfectly open for the Hon . Gentleman to let the debate proceed for two nights , and , finding that the motion is not exactly put in a convenient form , to try to ascertain what is the mode of amending it which may be most captivating and convenient . He is at perfect liberty to give a direct support to the motion ; but all I ask is , that when he gives that support to the motion , do not let him say that he does it in a friendly spirit . ( Cheers . )

      " Give me the avowed , the erect , the manly foe ; Bold I can meet , perhaps can turn the blow ; But of all plagues , good Heaven , thy wrath can send , Save me , oh , save me , from a candid friend . " ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Here we meet in debate with our opponents opposite . We enter into conflict with them , mutually attacking and repelling attack adverse jrontc . ( Hear , hear . ) When engaged in that conflict , it is certainly not very convenient , though it may be unavoidable , to have a blow aimed at your rig h t flank which you did not expect . ( Hear , hear , ) Be it so . It cannot be helped ; but aU I ask is , do not let your "balm break our heads . "

      After the speech of the Minister , in which he refused the inquiry asked at his hands , the House divided , when the obsequious and the time-serving went into the lobby against Mr . Doscohbe , and by a " tyrant majority" of ninety-five refused even the modicum of justice contemplated by Lord Howick ' s amendment . Nothing daunted , however , Mr . Puncombe reintroduced the question on Friday night last ; and his motion that the Secretary ofthe Post-office should be called to the bar of the House , to answer why he had stopped and opened a Member ' s letters , was seconded by Mr . D'Israeli , in the following eloquent and masterly speech , in which it will be seen that he pays Sir Kobem Peel off with more than interest

      for Ms ungracious attack and ids bitter taunts about candid friendship . He also descants on the true relationship that should subsist between a Minister and his supporters ; and he lays bare the system by which it has been attempted to prostrate and annihilate the independence of Members , to reduce them into the mere echo of the will and behest of the Minister of the day . The speech was one of the most remarkable , and certainly one of the most able , ever delivered in the chapel of St . Stephen ' s : and it was received by the House with such vehement and hearty applause that an effectual stop was put to all business for some time after it was concluded . Here the speech is in full . It will amply repay perusal : —

      Mr . D'lSBAEU . —Sir , the Hon . Member for Finsbury has brought before the House his proposition in an intelligible shgpe . He has laid before the House the statement of a personal grievance , and he has distinctly affirmed to us that in making that statement he makes no personal attack upon any individual . Sir , I should have hardly thought that it was necessary to make that declaration , liadit not been for the associations connected with this motion , which perhaps originated in other debates to which I myself mean not to refer . If the case of the last general warrant that was issued by a Secretary of State be compared with the last post-office warrant that was is s ued b y a Sec re tary o f Sta t e , I think we may clearly in the parallel discover that no personal Imputation need he appealed to in order to vindicate a public right . Sir , { here is not the slightest doubt that the last general warrant issued by a Secretary ef State was an act of tyranny , an act of oppression , an act essentially iniquitous ; but

      no one pretends that the Secretary of State who issued that general warrant was aryrantian oppressor , a man eminently unjust . On the contrary , Lord Halifax was a very good sort of man . Society under these circumstances steps in and settles the rule which decides these questions . It acknowleges that usage is the moral vindication of the Minister ; but while it frees the Minister from any personal stigma , it does not emancipate him from the consequence of an illegal act . That is the question which now engages theattention of the House andinterests the nation . ( Cheers . ) We are not to seek what may be the cause that has brought it forward . I give the Hon . Gentleman who has brought it forward credit for the same parity of motive as the Minister appealed to ; and I must say 1 was much surprised that a Minister of the Crown should ever have risen in this House and said that the question was only prompted by personal motives . ( Cheers . ) TheHon . Gentleman the Member for Finsbury has placed the case neatly and completely before us . He

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      says , "If my'letters have been stopped and opened by the Government , the officers of tile Crown and Post-office have committed a breach of privilege ,. unless they have done so upon the warrant of a Minister . " If they have done so , let them produce the warrant ; he will then be in a position to appeal to the House and the country for a vindication of his character , or to the : courts of law , to decide whether that warrant is a legal instrument or not . Sir , I am at a loss to comprehend what answer can be given to that direct appeal . ( Cheers . ) This is the view naturally taken by the Hon . Gentleman , in his individual ease . He fee ' s the individual grievance—he naturally looks to the individual remedy . All that he wants is the warrant . All that he wants is an opportunity of vindicating his innocence , or allowing others .

      tO prove lUS guilt . ( Cheers . ) I believe that the country requires more . I believe that the country is anxious that that warrant should be produced— -not merely that it should vindicate the honour aud conduct ofthe Hon , G entleman , or the reverse ; but that an opportunity should be afforded to the subjects ofthe Queen to try whether that instrument is a legal one ; and how is it possible for any person to have that opportunity unless the House interferes , as it is requested in the present instance ? It is not asked to exercise its prerogative and privilege-to vindicate any gentleman who ' cannot vindicate himself by law . The situation ofthe Hon . Gentleman is that which-may be the situation of any member of this House—of any subject of the Queen , to-morrow . Some gentlemen may rise and say that this is a power that

      ought always to be at the disposition of Government ; some may say that it is disgraceful to this country that foreign nations should know we exercise it ; and \ oih > rA may rise aud state that that can hardly be the case since every foreign nation does itself exercise it ; but there is this distinction—though foreign nations always do exercise this power , foreign nations never believed that England did . ( Cheers . ) It resolves itself into this question —are you content to be ruled by a popular Government , or do you wish to be ruled by a Government of police ? ( Loud cheers from the Opposition , ) No doubt a popular Government has many inconveniences . No doubt it would be much better that the question of the sugar duties , for instance , should be settled without , any loss of time . It is a great inconvenience to trade , as the

      Bight Hon . Gentleman ( Sir B . Peel ) has often told us , that there should be any discussion on the subject . I don't doubt that if the question were settled by that Right Hon . Gentleman himself , in his cabinet , it would be equally well , perhaps better . This is one ofthe inconveniences wo endure for popular Government , aud so it is with reference to the correspondence of individuals . You have a popular Government , you have a strong local system ; you may , by not prying into the correspondence of individuals , be sujected to great calumnies . You may have Bristol burnt , as Bristol was hurnt ; you may have Birmingham assailed , as you had it assailed —but the country strikes the balance . It agrees to suffer these great injuries for the sake of a popular Government , instead of a Government of police ; and the country , after aU , must decide it . ( Cheers . ) Now , sir ,

      I believe that is the impartial view as regards the general question . As regards the country , though sympathising with the Hon . Gentleman who presses the case of his individual wrong , they desire also an opportunity to decide whether this warrant of the Secretary of State is a legal warrant . They wish to have it decided as the question of general warrants was decided ; and if it be a legal warrant , then it becomes an open question fit for discussion whether such a power should be allowed in a free country to subsist . ( Cheers , ) Sir , the Hon . Gentleman who has introduced the question to-nig ht seems , in some remarks he has made , to think that an impartial discussion of the question is impossible in this House . Certainly , when I recollect the last debate , to which I need not refer , I am not surprised , from the elaborate misconceptions of former debates , that the Hon . Gentleman should fear this discussion would not be free .

      But I cannot believe , although the Hon . Gentleman fears , that any iutimidation is purposely enacted in _ tins House ; but there is notthe slightest doubt that , on both occasions now before us , and upon others which have occurred within the last two or three years , there have been misunderstandings , founded on the misconceptions , perhaps mutual misconceptions , of the relations that subsist between the leaders of a party and the supporters of a party . Sir , I may allude to these circumstances , because the Hon , Gentleman seems to think that on this occasion he is not secure of a fair discussion of this question , and because , unless there is a correct understanding on this head , I almost despair of his receiving that fair discussion . When the balanced state of parties ceased in this House , it must have been pretty evident to those who had

      any idea of the constituent elements of such an assembly , that what we caU party feeling , though for a short time from custom preserved , would eventually evaporate . There were very few , if any , party questions ; and it was pretty clear that , in a popular assembly of more than 600 persons , questions would constantly arise in which gentlemen , though sitting on different sides of the House , without compromising the elementary principles of their politics , would very often divide in the same lobby ; and very often in discussions take the same side . ( Cheers . ) An Hon . Gentleman on the other side gets up and proposes a motion which , at first blush , does not seem to call in question any of the marked principles of either partyif twopartiesindeedstiU exist . ( Cheers . ) Some gentleman on this side thinks it a legitimate opportunity to

      express his opinions on the question , —he happens to support the motion , —the Government barely attend to the debate—treat it , perhaps , with indifference or carelessness ; the debate trails on , comes into a second night ; certain circumstances occur which portend a division , which I will not say might be embarrassing—that would be impossible—but disagreeable to the Government . Immediately this takes place a certain system is brought into play , which may prevent , perhaps , that fair discussion the Hon . Gentleman would seem to despair of , and which I can hardly believe can long be permitted to subsistinthis House . Sir , it seems to me that the system is established on two principles , or rather processesinuendo and imputation — the insinuation of base motive , ami the allegation of factious conduct ,

      ( Loud cheers from the Opposition beaches . ) Generally it developes itself in this manner—there are some indications of irritability on the Treasury bench—( a laugh )—almost immediately followed by some imputations among the immediate adherents ofthe Government ; and then , as I have observed in several debates , some gentleman gets up—an avowed adherent , or perhaps a secret supporter of the Government—and instantly we have imputations of mean motives , of personal motives I should say of corrupt motives , against every gentleman who is perhaps speaking , or about to vote , in opposition to Government , although the question may not be one that involves any party principle or any decided principle whatever—a mere matter of practice and detail . Now , Sir , in this state of affairs , probably at the end of the

      second or third night of debate , when a course so injurious has naturally produced acerbity in many quarters , perhaps expressions of that bitterness the sincerity of which is not doubted—( cheers and a laugh )—then , at the right moment , the Right Hon . Gentleman ( Sir R . Peel ) rises to cap the climax , and probably , having just been assured by one of his aide-de-camp that he is secure of a greater majority than ever , he makes a passionate appeal to his supporters , as if the strong Government were in the very throes of dissolution , and uses language which , in my opinion , is susceptible of only one interpretationthat some gentlemen on this side of the House would , to embarrass Government , descend to political collusion and

      Pariiamentary intrigue . ( Cheers . ) Now , Sir I protest against the system . ( Cheers . ) The system is not founded in justice or fair play . ( Cheers . ) It is not founded upon a real understanding ofthe principles on which party connexion should exist . It is , in fact , a system of tyranny , and as degrading to those who exercise it as to those who endure it . ( Cheers , ) I take a recent case , because fresh in our memory . When the Hon . Gentleman ( Mr . Duncombe ) the other night called our attention to the instance of his grievance , he brought forward a motion which , on the face of it , every one must see would be opposed by the Government that exists and the Government that preceded them . It was therefore taken out of the category

      of party questions . There was a general impression m the House that it was extremely desirable that the decision of the committee should be supported . That impression was not peculiar to this side of the House . An Hon . Gentleman , the Member for Hull ( Sir J . Hanmer ) , the independence of whose character is , I believe , universally acknowled ged —( cheers)—who is certainly as incapable of political intrigue as any gentleman in the House , spoke in the debate without concert or combination , forming his opinion merely on the statement of the Hon . Member for Finsbury , and being himself particularly inclined to support the decision of the committee ; but he thought it was impossible that this individual instance of the Hon . Member could be passed over . He expressed his op inion in a frank , manly manner . It so happened , as probably it will often happen in a popular assembly of this kind , that circhance

      cumstances change to that degree that there was a of a division—circumstances not embarrassing , but probably more disagreeable to the Government than they at first anticipated , if they condescended to think of a division in the first instance . WeU , immediately aU the powers of the system were put into action . ( Cheers . ) The Right Hon . Gentleman was brought forward to sanction it by his great example . The division is called for . Gentlemen were brought up from the country to support an endangered Government that never was in peril , ana again a great party triumph , when there was not a single party principle at stake , no single party principle in danger . ( Cheers . ) Now , Sir , I really think there oug ht to be a more liberal sense of party connexion than that which the Treasury bench at this moment recognizes ; and I think that the Right Hon . Gentleman at the head of the Government is the last Minister who should assume to be a political martinet , I can conceive a Minister in a posi-

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      tion in which he requires devotion from his party—I can suppose a Minister having a very small majority—i can suppose he holds power merely in deference to the wishes of his party ; he has a right to say to his supporters , "I have to fight a very difficult game ; I would much rather give up power ; still I will hold on ; but you must be ready at all times to support me with devotion . " That is not the position of the Right Hon . Gentleman . His position is quite the reverse . He has a very large party to support lum , and an opposition before him which , though distinguished doubtless by very eminent talents , and , numerically , far from contemptible , is not , neverthless , distinguished for its power of cohesion . ( Cheers and a laugh . ) The Bight Hon . Gentleman * , in aposition which really would allow , him to be indulgent . It is very easy for him

      . to tarn round and say , " What can be more treacherous than this—to be attacked on the right flank ? I am prepared to meet the foe before me ; no one ever sawme quail . " ( Alaugh . ) The Right Hon . Gentleman forgets that the foe before never wished to fight him . ( Cheers and a laugh . ) He may sometimes be assailed on his right flank , but while he boasts of his courage and determination to conquer , the Right Hon . Gentleman forgets that the victory is very easy when nobody opposes him . There is another reason why he should not adopt this tone—he should not forget , after all , a great many of his supporters were elected on the hustings under very different circumstances to those under which they sit here . ( Loud cheers from the Opposition benches . ) Really a little philosophical consideration from so great a

      statesman under such circumstances is the least we might expect , ( Cheers . ) I admit that I for one . was sent here by my constituents to sit on this side . He may object to me , although I think he has no great occasion to object that am sometimes in a different lobby to himself ; but I was sent to swell a Tory majority—to support a Tory Ministry . ( Cheers from the Opposition . ) Whether a Tory Ministry exists or not I do not pretend to decide ( a laugh ); but I am bound to believe that the Tory majorit y s t ill remains ,, and therefore I do not think that it is the majority that should cross the House , but only the Ministry . ( Loud cheers and much laughter . ) 1 hope that the Right Hon , Gentleman , on reflection , will take a more condescending and charitable view of our conduct than he has hitherto been pleased to do . I am sure

      myself I never misinterpret the conduct of the Right Hon . Gentleman . I know there are some who think that he is looking out for new allies . I never believed anything of the kind . ( A laugh . ) The position of the Right Hon . Gentleman is clear and precise . I don't believe he is looking to any coalition , although many of my constituents do , The Right Hon . Gentleman caught the Whigs bathing , and walked away with their clothes . ( Much cheering and great laughter . ) He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal position , and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments . ( Continued cheers and laughter . ) I cannot conceive thatthe RlghtHon . Gentleman will ever desert his party ; they seem never to desert him . There never was a man yet who had less need to find new friends . I , therefore , hope all these xumouia

      ivill cease . I look on the Right Hon . Gentleman as a man who has tamed the Shrew of Liberalism by her own ^ actics . He is the political Pefntcftio , who has outbid you till . ( Cheers and laughter . ) If we could only induce the Right Hon . Gentleman , therefore , to take a larger and more liberal view of his Parliamentary position than he seems to adopt in moments too testy for so great a man to indulge in , he would spare us some imputations which I assure him are really painful , If the Right Hon . Gentleman may find it sometimes convenient to reprove a supporter on his right flank , perhaps we deserve it—I , for one , am quite prepared to bow to the rod —( a laugh ) but really if the Right Hon . Gentleman , instead of having recourse to obloquy , would only stick to quotation , he may rely on it , it would be a safer weapon . It is one he always

      wields with the hand of a master ; and when he does appeal to any authority , in prose or verse , he is sure to be successful , partly because he never quotes a passage that has not previously received the meed of Parliamentary approbation , and partly and principally because his quotations are so happy . ( Cheers . ) The Right Hon . Gentleman knows what the introduction of a great name does in debate—how important is its effect , and occasionally how electrical . He never refers to any author who is not great , and sometimes who is not loved—Canning for example . ( Hear , hear . ) That is aname never to be mentioned , I am sure , in the House of Commons without emotion . We all . admire his genius . We all , at least most of us , deplore his untimely end ; and we all

      sympathise with him in his fierce struggle with supreme prejudice and sublime mediocrity —( cheers aud a laugh ) , —with inveterate foes , and with candid friends . ( Loud cheering . ) The Right Hon . Gentleman maybe sure that a quotation from such an authority will always tell . Some lines , for example , upon friendship , written by Mr . Cam-dug , aud quoted by the Right Hon . Gentleman The theme , the poet , the speaker—what a felicitous combination ! Its effect in debate must be overwhelming ; and I am sure , if it were addressed to me . all that would remain would be for me thus publicly to congratulate the Right Hon . Gentleman , not only on his ready memory , but on his courageous conscience . ( The Hon . Gentleman sat down amidst loud cheering . )

      It was impossible that sueh a speech could be passed over by Sir Robert Peel , The "turning of the tables" on him so completely , as to the quotation from Canning about "candid friendship , " placed him is such an unenviable position before those over whom he " ruled the roast , " that it stung him into the following declaration of his owif independence of the Tory party , and into the avowal , that whether his " ragged regiment" would march with him through Coventry or not , tduough Covekiky he would < K > ,-if it pleased him to do so : —

      Here , Sir , I should close if I had not heard the speech of the Hon . Gentleman who seconded the motion , I do hope , that having discharged himself of the accumulated virus of the last week , he now feels more at ease than he was . ( Laughter and applause . ) K that is so he need not be disturbed by any impressions on his part that he has at all interfered with my peace of mind in consequence of the attack he has made , I tell the Hon . Gentleman at once that 1 will not condescend to reciprocate personalities with him . ( Loud cheers . ) Neither now nor after the lapse of a week will I stoop to reciprocate them ( renewed cheers)—because I really feel no inclination for the practice . I also feel , Sir , that in this respect the Hon . Gentleman would have a very great advantage over me , because he has had leisure to prepare his attack . I have

      often heard from that Hon . Gentleman observations of a very personal nature upon myself . I have often heard them made from immediatel y behind here ( the Government bench ) , but I never felt it at all necessary to notice them , and I should not have noticed them the other night if it had not been that the Hon . Gentleman who seconded the motion , oAvhich ho entirely disapproved , had not said he did it in a friendly spirit . And that alone would not have induced me to notice him ; hut in the course of that speech he charged me with having appointed to office an Hon , Gentleman who had been concerned or connected with a plot . I do not , however , make any further reference to that , because the Hon . Gentleman made a fair and ample reparation . The Hon . Gentleman having been betrayed into an error , made all the reparation in his power .

      I at once frankly aver that , and not one word more shall I say upon it . Rut it was that declaration of the Hon . Gentleman , that he seconded the motion in a friendly spirit , which made me partake of the feelings which ran through the House , and which in the French Chambers are called mouvemens divers . It was really the involuntary expression of a feeling partly partaking of thenature of e , shudder , and partly of a laugh , when the Hon . Gentleman said he seconded the motion in a "friendly spirit . " ( Loudcheersaudlaughter . ) I assure the Hon . GentlemanI have not the slightest Wish to fetter his independence , or the independence of any other member of this House , ( Hear , hear . ) Every man must be the guardian of his own independence ; and if the Hon . Member disapproves either of the acts of the Government , or disapproves of the

      general pokey of the Government , he must censure the act , and he must condemn the Government . ( Hear , hear . ) I have here no rights to exercise by which I can prevent the Hon , Gentleman from exercising that independent action . I court no man ' s favour . ( Hear , hear . ) I think I do understand the relations in which a Minister ought to stand towards those who give him then- general support . ( Hear , hear . ) I think he ought , while he possesses it , to be proud of their confidence ; but I think he ought to incur the risk of losing that confidence by taking the course which he believes to be for the public interest . ( Loud cheers . ) That is the course I have taken , and that course I will continue to take . ( Continued cheers . ) If you think that any acts of mine are at variance with the policy which I supported in the year 183 * in Government , or have supported since , let those acts be examined , vote against them , and condemn them . If you think , in respect to the church , that any course pursued by the Go .

      vernment has endangered that institution , censure and oppose the particular act . if you think we have , at variance with our principles , greatl y extended popular privileges , or infused the fresh blood of democracy into the working of the cwistJtutiOB , tell us so , and oppose us . IJ you denounce our commercial or financial policy , oppose the particular act . If the combination of our misconduct is such that you think we are no longer entitled to confidence , mark your want of confidence by a public declaration of opinion and by distinct opposition to us . ( Loud cheers . ) I should regret the loss of that confidence to which the Hon . Gentleman refers , but I freely say that , as the Minister of the Crown , I wiU attempt to do good as far as I can , and If , in attempting to accomplish that , I forfeit the confidence which I have so much prized , I will adopt that course rather than retain confidence at the expense of the public good . ( Cheers . ) Ifi as I said before , our general policy is objectionable , if it is not Conservative , if we are injuring the rights of pro-

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      perty or the prerogatives of the Crown , if wo are undermining cither civil or sacred institutions , prove that we have done so , and . withhold your confidence from us . ( Cheers . ) The Hon . Gentlemaa has refetred to the relations in which I stood to the late Mr . Canning ; and ho thinks , upon that account he is fairly entitled to withhold his confidence and respect from me . ( Hear . ) Sir , it ought not to need a quotation from a poem of Mr . Ca nn ing ' s to open the Hon . Gentleman ' s eyes to my misfortune . The Hon . Gentleman must be perfectly aware , in the year 1811 , aud subsequently , of those relations towards Mr . Canning , and of the course I have pursued with regard to that most eminent and distinguished man ; aud the knowledge of that course , and not an accidental quotation from a poem , ought to have entitled me to the

      Hon . Gentleman's confidence and respect ata much earlier period . ( Hear , and cheers . ) But , as I said before , it is not my intention to reciprocate personalities with the Hon . Gentlemen . I do not wish in the slightest degree to fetter his independence , or the independence of any other man who may sit upon this ( the Ministerial ) side of the House ; but again I repeat , that being in the position which I hold , I will pursue that course which I believe to ho for the public interest ; and if , in the course of pursuing it , I subject myself to the Hon . Gentleman ' s vituperation , or to the much heavier penalty of diminished confidence upon the part of others , that penalty I am ready to pay , and submit to the consequences . ( Loud cheers , during which the Right Hon . Baronet resumed his seat . )

      There ! Thus tho matter stands ! Young Enoumd is in open-rebellion ! Sir Robert has snapped his fingers in the face of all his " supportera : " he has , in effect , told them that he Mows he is hated by them ; that he is merely tolerated , because they have nobody else ; that he will make the most of his position ; that he will pursue his ows course , totally irrespective of their wishes or ; the wishes of their constituents ; that they may follow him or not , in his free tkade travels , just as they . please ; but . that if they don't , he will place himself at the head of the Whigs , and lead them on against the " predominant interest " of the country ! Such is , in effect , the meaning of Sir Robert Pkel's speech : and for the elicitation of this exposition of the present position of parties vrc have to thank Mr . Buncombe .

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      SPAIN . Disturbances . —Madrid journals of the 23 rd of February announcethat a military riot had occurred at Valencia , between some artillerymen and soldiers of- the regiment of Lerida , and it was thought that a severe example wouid ; , r . iu <« k . . The . riaioaid «>!» - mations from some pulpitis had excited tho attention of Government . , Intbioues of Chkistia'A . — -The Madrid journals of the 2 oth ult ., although they do not bring news , showthat party spirit is alive in ih $ t capital . The late conspiracy at "Vittoria was noi ); as it is now avowed , either Carlist or Esparterist ; but if we are to credit the rumours abroad , Absolutist , for a , new

      watchword has been added to the list . At the head of this latter party is said to bo the Marquis de Viluma , sustained by the Queen Mother , who wishes to disembarrass herself of Narvaez . Through the mass of suspicion , invention , and intrigue , _ of which the Madrid journals bear such marks , it is difficult to arrive at oven the semblance of truth . The Castelfano predicts another revolution as the consequence of the reactionary measures of the Government , of which the Church Preperty Restoration Bulls taken as the sign . The Spanish Government had resolved upon sending a small expedition to Monte Video .

      SWITZERLAND . Opening of the Swiss Diet . —Zurich , Feb . 24 . — " This morning , at nine o ' clock , the opening ofthe extraordinary session of the Diet took place , but without tho ceremonial which is usual on such occasions . The prodigious number of persons in the streets adjoining the HOtel-de-Ville testified the interest that the population take in the grave matter which has caused this extraordinary meeting of the federal assembly . The verification of credentials preceded the opening speech . Those of the deputation from Vaud gave rise to a sharp discussion . The head ofthe ultramontane deputies , M . Siegwort , the representative of Lucerne , opened the matter by contesting the" right of MM . Druey andBriatteto

      sit in the Diet , lo recognise them as deputies 01 Vaud would be , he said , to sanction the revolution of that canton . This opinion was shaved by the deputies of the cantons of Uri , Unterwald , Schwys , Zug , Friburg , and the Valais . They declared that the credentials could not be any longer in force , since the body which delivered them no longer existed . According to the deputy of Neufehatel , the deputation ' of Vaud could not present itself provided with credentials separated from instructions . The deputies ofthe liberal cantons opposed the opinion ofthe ultramontane deputies . In their opinion , Vaud being provided with powers perfectly regular as to the required form , the Diet had no right to demand more ; for , if it had to reject the deputation under

      pretext or having violated a cantonal constitution , what conduct would it hold with respect to the deputation of a canton which had violated the constitution infinitely more , that of the Valais ? As to instructions , an order of the Diet of 183 i had decided that the deputies were responsible only to their own cantons . The first deputy of the canton of Yaudpresent sp ^ oke very strongly against the pretension to exclude him and his colleague from the federal assembly , when provided with powers perfectly regular . If the powers ivhich he held from the Grand Council did not please them , lie could , he said , exhibit those which had been handed him by the provisional government . He was thereforeperfectly regular both inprinciple and form , and did not suppose thatthe wish was to complicate the present situation still more , pregnant as it was with tempest , by a decision which , by excluding the deputies of Vaud from the Diet , would

      irritate to the highest pitch the people whom they represented . Some deputies , those of Bale-city , for instance , recommended a middle course—to allow the deputies to take their scats , but without having any right to vote until the Grand Council of their canton had been recognised . Had a vote been proceeded to at once , no result would have followed , for eleven deputies and a half had pronounced for the admission , and twelve are necessary to give an absolute majority ; seven and a half had pronounced for absolute exclusion , and three had adopted an intermediate line . In the supposition that a half vote could be detached from the minority—that of Bale-city or Appenzell—if the vote were postponed to the next day , the deputy of Berne formally proposed that course , which was adopted without opposition , so much did all the members of the Diet dread an irrevocable decision .

      The Vorort communicated to thedeputiesthe Earl of Aberdeen ' s note to D . R . Moricr , l & q ., the British Minister . His lordship avpresses the deep regret of her Majesty ' s Government at the receipt of Mr . Merier ' s dispatch respecting the recent disturbances , but announces thatit does not feel called upon to pronounce an opinion with regard to the causes which may have produced the events narrated by him . Respect for the nationality and independence ofthe canton would deter her Majesty ' s Government from any interference in the internal affairs of Switzerland ; but the continuance of the present disorders might ( it is hinted ) lead to consequences whicli Swiss patriotism would naturally object to . His 10 rdsMp " concludes his note ( of which the foregoing is merely a hasty and

      incomplete analysis ) by empowering Mr . Morier to lay it before the President ofthe Helvetic Confederation . The following passage from the Zurich Gazette has been copied into several German papers : — " A diplomatic communication , transmitted by the English envoy to the President ofthe Helvetic Confederation ( M . Mousson ) , has caused excessive ( nebergrossej joy amongst the Conservative circles of our city ; but , on the other hand , has been coldly enough received by the remaining portion of the public , as they discern in it only the system of the Vorort , which sets all kinds of extraneous dangers . in the foreground , whereby those with which we are threatened on the

      side of the Jesuits are concealed . This mode of proceeding has not been responded to by Switzerland , " A Zurich letter ofthe 25 th says : — " The Diet has this day , in its second sitting , admitted the deputies ofthe Vaud by a majority of twelve and . a half to nine ; viz ., Uri , Unterwald , Zug , St . Gall , Valais , Neufehatel , Friburg , Schwitz , and Lucerne !" The Universal Swiss Gazette has the following from Berne , Feb . 25 : — " We areassured that the General ofthe Jesuits at Rome has resolved to suppress the Jesuits' colleges in Switzerland , in order to prevent the civil war which is menaced by the presence oi the Jesuits in this country . "

      The FoiiowiKG is from the correspondent of the Times .- —Lausanne , Feb . 27 . —We are here in the midst of our elections for the " Grand" Censed , " which have already lasted fourdajs , and the results of which are exactly such as I foretold in my lastthat is to say , that the Radical candidates are au returned by immense majorities , and that the Conservatives have no chance except in a few small places in the country , or where the opposite party choose to allow them to come in . You know that in this can-

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      ft dri " we are blessed with the enjoyment of universa suffrage , so that there is no means of opposing the ! will of the mob , when their heads have been heated i or turned by any political circumstances , or by any popular cry , " as is thVcase just now . ¦ ¦ ,. The Vmwmoxs ly the Diet . - Iho discussion in the Swiss diet on the question of the Jesuits commenced on the 27 th ult . After the Chancellor ^} the Diet had made a communication of the petitions , signed by 120 , 000 persons , for the expulsion of too Jesuits , M . Neuhaus , one of the deputies from Levr . e , and who is regarded as the chief of the liberal partv , opened the debate . He began by observing that it was the business and duty of the Diet to provide tor the internal and external safety of Switzerland , and

      then proceeded to attribute the present commotion m that country to the intrigues of the Jesuits and their partisans . He described the Jesuits as dangerous to the state—first , because with their system of morals they teach a people to commit tranquilly the most culpable acts ; secondly , because they profit by their ecclesiastical character to introduce trouble and division into families ; thirdl y , because the order of Jesuits inculcates blind and passive submission , and thus lays prostrate the human mind ; fourthly , because , having neither family nor social relations , the Jesuits can no longer be good citizens ; fifthly , because they are constantly aimiug at pwev VfittuMlt compunction as to the means ; and , sixthly , because , as regards Switzerland , the wineinal

      object of the order is the extirpation of Protestantism . M . Neuhaus concluded by reading his instructions from his canton , which were to demand a decree for the expulsion of the Jesuits from every part of Switzerland . M . Neuhaus was followed by M . Siegwarfc , deputy from Lucerne . This gentleman denied the Jesuits were the cause of the existing agitation , and ascribed it to the irritation produced in the minds of the Catholics by the suppression of the convents . He declared , in the name of his canton , that it would not subscribe to any of the cliimrical ideas about the influence of the Jesuits , and would not revoke the decree which had been issued in their favour . The deputies of Uri , Schwyz , Unterwald , Zug . and Fribsure , defended the

      Jesuits , and asserted that all that had been said against them was mere calumny . The deputy for Soleurc , M . Munzinger , said thatthe represented i Catholic canton , but he was nevertheless insbuefcei to demand the expulsion of the Jesuits , for the clergy of his canton were enlightened , and opposed to the charlatanism of that order . He stated that Iris instructions were voted by three-fourths of the Grand Council , supported by 7 , 000 petitioners , whereas , for the acceptation of the constitutionof the canton there were only 6 , 000 petitioners . This fact , bethought , would show the state of public feeling on the question of the Jesuits in Soleure . After hearing the deputies of Glaris and Outer Appenzell , who agreed with the deputy for Berne , the Diet adjourned until the followuig day .

      Latek and Important News . —Decision of the Diet against the Jesuits . —On the 20 th of February the debate on the Jesuits was resumed ; and , after much discussion , a vote was taken on the main question , which was decided against the Jesuits , 'ien cantons and two half cantons voted that the question should become federal , and that the Diet should pronounce the expulsion of the order not only from Lucerne , but from the tvholc of Switzerland . Eight cantons and two half cantons voted that the question should be left for the decision of each individual

      canton . CTRCA 53 IA . Mobs Tniritnis of sjjk Fukb Moukxacn'skss . — Moke 7 ) hv * \ . v , s op site Russians . —Intelligence reewiYvid- tlua . wcok from Constantinople informs us that the KiouW . bmng now frozeu over , the Circassians were \ eoustautly crossing that river , And carrying uu . it wi « -j ..- ' wii ; t ; try expedition !!) as far as . sixty miles across tho Russuiu Wu ^ ., .... „• ~ ~ t- ; . ? . z-p- ? $ booty . On these occasions they meet with' no opposition . Sueli few Russian troops as are found in that neighbourhood take refuge in their towered forts , constructed to support their invasive operations , where they remain complete prisoners .

      INDIA AND CHINA . OVERLAND MAIL . IMPORTANT NEW 3 . The news received by the present mail is of the 18 th of December from China ; 23 rd of January from Calcutta and Delhi ; 24 th of January from Madras ; and 25 th , from Agra ; and from Bombay to the 1 st of February . The LvsurheciioiV in Kolapore and Sawunt Warree continues unsubdued , although 10 , 000 men are in the field for the purpose of suppressing it . Three British officers have , in the course or the month , been slain by the enemy . The roads are everywhere blocked up , and robbery and plunder universal .

      Glory !—Fate of the Highland Soldiers in Scinde . —The most important intelligence from Scinde refers to the sickness amongst the Highlanders . The wreck of this unhappy regiment arrived at Hyderabad from Sukkur , whence they had . been removed for the benefit of theivhealthon New lear aday . Of the whole regiment one man only was able tovalkto the hospital without assistance . On one occasion ninety-six men had died in the space of ten days , and seventy had died within a week of their arrival . Eighteen funerals had occurred in the course of twenty four hours . They have lost since the beginning of September , 402 men , thirty-fhie women , and 120 children—in all 557 . It is proposed to remove the regiment to Kurraoheefor the benefit of sea air—here they are to share the European Barrack along with her Majesty ' s 86 th . Medical men hold out no hope of recovery to the majority until they have been removed as far from the scene of their misfortunes as possible . Sir Charles Napier , on the other hand , resists all medical counsel ; he will

      not hear of the return of the sick men to India , for fear of its casting a stigma on the salubrity of Scinde . This is the fourth European corps that has been eonipelled to leave Scinde from sickness in the course of the past twenty months , namely , her Majesty ' s 28 th , entirely disorganised ; a wing of the 2 d Bombay Europeans , scarcely a healthy man amongst them ; and the Bombay Horse Artillery , which regiment has one-third of its men away . Her Majesty ' s 86 th was saved from a similar fate by having been sent in time from Hyderabad to Kurrackee . Half the Highlanders will leave their bones in Scinde , however speedily they may now be removed , and of the survivors not one man in three will ever be fit for field service in India . They will be sent home aa incurable invalids , or drop away one by one ; so that > ofthe 1100 men which were on the muster roll of the regiment in Octobei-, 1844 , not 200 will remain in December , 1845 . '

      Sib Chahi . es Napier has proceeded intotae Bhoogtee Mountains , with a force of nearly 5000 men for the purpose of chastising the marauders , who continually infest our frontier during the hot season . The expedition is a dangerous one . By the latest accounts they weregetting on successfully , the General himself having arrived at Deyra . Another Revolution in the Punjmjb . —A fresh revolution has occurred at Lahore . Heera Singh , the vizeer , his chief adviser Pundit Jella . with two other sirdars of note , have been slain . Property to the amount of £ 40 , 000 , chiefly in gold and silver , was found in the house ofthe deceased minister , and was confiscated and made over to the public treasury . The entire power is in the hands of the troops , who pull down and set up governments at pleasure . There have been some disturbances of no great moment in Gopal , near Ncpaul and Caslunere .

      Apfoiunistan . —The last letters , with news to the 2 Tth November , make no further mention of the plague , from which we may safely infer that its ravages have been stayed , at least iu Cabool , though it is still prevalent to some extent in the valley of Peshawur .

      Destructive Fire At Bradford.—A Fire Was...

      Destructive Fire at Bradford . —A fire was discovered on Tuesday night on the premises of Messrs . Tordoff and Son / tea dealers , of Kirkgate , in this town ; and the result , after energetic and successful efforts to preserve the surrounding p ile of buildings , was—the entire destruction , with its valuable contents , of the warehouse used by Messrs . Tordoff for the preparation of cocoa and chocolate .

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      THE MINERS' MAGAZINE . Edik & ly W . P . Roberts , Esq . THE Sixth Number will be published on the 9 th of March inst . Price Four-pence . The Lancashire Miners are requested to receive their numbers through their Delegates , who will be at thj County Delegate Meeting on the 9 th of March . The MAGAZINE and all the back numbers may be obtained from the agents , Mr . Cleave , of London , or Mr . Hey wood , Manchester ; or direct from Mr . Roberts' Officsf , 2 , Robert-street , Ade l phi , London ; 11 , Royal Arcade , Newcastle : and 8 , Princess-street , Manchester .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08031845/page/1/