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      HOUSE OF LORDS , Mojtoat , March 3 . Thr . -ebms introduced ey lord Cammem . for Ihe purpose 01 > ffecting certain legal changes in actions by civil process , were read a second time , after which their Lordships adjourned .

      Tuesday , Masco 4 . Lord Ashbumoh presented a petition from certain tradesmen in Westminster , complaining of the operation of Lord Brougham ' s Bill of last session , for abolishing imprisonment for small debts . Lord Bmoohak defended the hill of last year , but said he would endeavour to frame a measure to enable creditors to get at the wages or salaries of debtors who might hold atuaiioas as clerks , or otherwise . Lord BzmAir presented a petittion from an individual , complaining that he bad been for three years in prison owing to bis entertaining a conscientious objection to taking an oath . He further stated the same objection prevented Ms obtaining the county allowance , and he had , therefore , great difficulty in escaping famine . The Lord Cuaxcelloe said he would take the matter into consideration , in order to ascertain if such cases would ii « t admit of a remedy . In w _\> to a question from Lord Campbell ,

      Thelrai-J CnANCELiAjs said he had no intention of reintroducing the Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill during the present session . The House then adjourned .

      Thursday , March 6 . The Constahles ( Scotland ) Bill and several other measures were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned at an early hour .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Mosdax , Maech 3 . 07 XMNG OF LETTERS IN THE POST-OFFICE . Mr . T . Dcscohbe ga-re notice that , immediately after Easter , le would move for leave to Mug in a hill to secure the inviolability of letters passing through the Postoffice . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Sbtiz , gave notice that he would , on Tuesday , the 11 th of March , move a resolution expressing the regret of the House that letters addressed to foreigners re ading in this country had been opened in the Post-office without their lcnowledge or sanction , and that certain information with regard to ihe disturbances in the Papal States , obtained by such means , should have been communicated to a foreign power . ( Hear . ) The Hoase having resolved itself into a committee of ways a ~ : d means ,

      The Chakcelloh ofthe Exchequer moved a resolution upon winch to ground the introduction of a bill for imposing the sugar duties for the ensuing year in accordance vitr . the plan of SirR . Peel . He had fixed upon the 14 & of March for the commencement of the new duties , in order to give the merchants one month ' s time to get lid of their stocks on hand . Mr . WrnuMS thought the time should be extended ; one month was not sufficient to enable merchants in a large w ay of business to get rid of their stocks on hand . The £ aANCEU . oii ofthe Exchequer said a long postponement af the new duties would derange the course of business by checking the importation of sugar . ifrer some discussion it was agreed that the resolution shoul'i be postponed until ! Friday , and that meanwhile the Government should decide whether or not they would adopt the principle of classification . The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill passed through committee , and the House adjourned .

      Tcesdat , Mahch 4 . Lord \ j £ isvnLE Sohebset brought uudcr consideration thv rci-ort of the committee appointed to ascertain the best method of constituting committees on railway bills . The report recommended the adoption of twenty-two resolutions , the first four of which were agreed to without observation . The fifth , however , providing that every member selected should sign a declaration that neither himself nor his constituents were possessed of any local or personal interest in the line or tines upon which he was called to adjudicate , led to considerable discussion , but was eventually agreed to . On the resolution rendering it compulsory on Hon . Members to attend on the committee for which they had been selected ,

      Mr . Myil objected that this would he hard on the forensic aad mercantile members , who could not spare the requisite time to attend to those committees . Such an attendance on private bills formed no part of the constitutional business which Hon . Members undertook to perform when they became representatives of the people . Sir K , ? £ E & said the business had come upon them , and it would degrade them in the eyes of the nation if they did not make an exertion to meet it . If they were to remit these railway MUs to a tribunal out of doors , the result would be that their own weightand influence would be lessened in the public mind , and eventually they would find that they had raised a rival authority by abandoning their duty , and would sink themselves to the level of a debiting -Jub . On . the other hand , by mating a proper exertion to meet the difficulty of the case , they would raise themselves in the estimation of the whole countrv .

      Several lion . Members entirely approved of the view of the nisltcr taken by Sir It . Peel , and the resolution , as it stood , was agreed to , as were also the remaining resolutions , after a very protracted and desultory discussoa .

      FIELD GARDENS . Mr . Cooteb rose , pursuant to notice , for the purpose of moving for leave to bring in a bill to promote the letting of field gardens to the labouring poor . The object which he had in view was to extend the benefits of the allotment system as widely as possible . There might be those who despaired of effecting by means of legislation anything like direct relief ; hut he did hope that those disposed to such an opinion would not too hastily express it , for the subject was one of a very grave and serious nature . Every one must know that the condition of the poor in tills country was one of the utmost privation and suffering—that a fearful state of things now existed . They must know also that many of the labouring classes

      looked to the House of Commons for relief , as they knew no other quarter froni which they could hope to receive it ; and he should greatly regret if it became necessary to tell the poor that the House of Commons could not redress their grievances . One of the points at which he should aim in the preparation of his iutended measure would be to cement the connexion between the working classes and the land . The connexion of the labourer with the land prove-J at all times an important ingredient in the social system of this country . Formerly all cottagers possessed small allotments of land ; all the peasantry above the rank c-f serfs enjoyed rights of commonage , though he would not take on himself to say that he could point to the precise

      time" Ere England's griefs began , When every rood of ground maintained its man . " But it v . -as quite certain that before the sixteenth century there was a very large proportion of the land of this country in the hands ofthe labouring poor . Since * tnat time , however , various causes were at work to alter that state of things ; there was , first , the French Revolutionary war , then a discontinuance of the practice of granting leases for lives , and until small allotments had been of late years made the connexion between the labourer and the land might be said to have been quite severed . In the course of the experience which had been already obtained with respect to the practical working of the allotment system , it was found that half an acre was the mfivimnm in general of land that could be advantageously

      cultivated in that way , and it was not unreasonable to say that a quarter of "an acre was the quantity of land which might be allotted uudcr any extensive adaptation of the system , as being most likely to prove beneficial to the labourer , whilst its limited extent would prevent such an allotment from proviugprejudicial to thelarge proprietors or cultivators . But the principal value which the allotment system possessed , in his estimation , and in that of its supporters , was the moral effect produced by it upon tiie labourers themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) And first he would look at it under the head of amusement and reaction in leisure or unemployed hours . The labourers Of the present day were nnder great disadvantages compared with , their predecessors of past ages . They no longer had tlie old recreations to fall hack upon , or to

      relax their minds and limbs after the fatigues of the day were over . The old forcstsports and pastimes of England no longer were at their command . Those means of enjoyment might be read of in the poets , but they no longer existed for tlie poor labourer . The village maypole had DO votaries for ihe dance at the present day 5 indeed , it would require a different race of men to the peasantry of England , in order that such boisterous exercises as those should be properly enjoyed and entered into . Books required more intellectual cultivation than was usual amongst tlie labouring classes . There was , however , one species of amusement which he was not inclined to

      Speak liglitly oS knowing how eloquently and how sincerely it had been advocated by tie Noble Lord the Member for Uewark ( Lord J . Manners ) ; but he believed his Uoble Friend would agree with him that cricket required too much skill as weU as too great a degree of agility to be within the reach of any hut an extremely limited num . ber ofthe working classes . Hut all these difficulties and objections vanished iu the application of a system such as that which he proposed . For if voluntary occupation in cuMva ing a piece of ground were found to be not only productive of amusement , but also enabled a labourer to derive some portion of his sustenance from thus employing his recreative hours , andif it was considered that the land ,

      but for such an allotment , would lie dormant and useless In a great measure , whilstadrunkenandlawlesa character might he reformed and rendered a sober and industrious and honest man , he ( Mr . Cowper ) did really consider that the universal adoption of this system would at once offer an amusement , combined with a rational , a harmless , and a profitable employment . The great importance which was attached to the possession of a garden might be discovered in tlie exfrenie desire manifested by the labouring classes to obtain a plot of ground for cultivation . There-was not a greater anxiety existing amongst the higher classes to become landedproprietors on a large scale ™ an was to be witnessed amongst the humbler labourers ^™ P «^<^ ra « f aaaUotnient . Kot only did this feel . « S ^^ ? ae agricultural villages , but itwas very ____^^ w towns and cities , and particularly in the iff w ^ S f * % cts ; *** astern of allotmenUhad XnT »? E hMlly ^ own " « Wt the agricultural &&* assxss ia = ra

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      town of Leeds afforded , he was happy to say , a gratifying example of its good effects , and ofthe eagerness with which the operative classes availed themselves of its benefits ; and the manner in which some of the millowners iu that town had stepped forward to promote the system was highly creditable to them , more particularly to Mr . Marshall and Mr . Gott , who had been the foremost in procuring allotments there for their operatives . The example set in the town , of Leeds had proved beneficial , as shewing that the system of aUotments was practicable even in large towns , and amongst other than the agricultural classes . The weavers repaired to their grounds during the hours of their meals , or after they had finished their labours , and they enjoyed agreatgratification in their cultivation , whilst they had an opportunity for breathing the

      fresh and invigorating air , which , if they had not been tempted by their allotments , they would not have done . He remembered an instance in which a friend of his was walking on a fine moonlight night , and he perceived a man working in his garden , it being then about half-past ten o ' clock . His friend asked the man why he was at work so late ? to which the other rep lied , that he was a weaver , and that his whole day was passed at the loom , so that he could only work by tlie light of the moon . The man , moreover , said he was planting his potatoes by moonlight , and he hoped to he able to gather them in the same manner . In the large manufacturing towns there were very considerable numbers ofthe population most desirous of obtaining allotments , but great difficulties existed in the way of providing a sufficiency of land at such a convenient distance as would render it available for that purpose . There certaiidy were numbers of benevolent persons who were most desirous of aiding in this scheme ,

      and who had taken the trouble of establishing aUotments on their own grounds . He believed a great many persons who felt interested in the weU-being of the peasant classes had adopted and introduced the system more or less . ( Hear , hear . ) " But on looking round it would be seen that only a smaU proportion of the great mass of landed proprietors had as yet followed this example . There were labourers ' gardens in the immediate vicinity of their own residences established by the large landed proprietors , but the outlying parts of their estates , being less under their observation , were left unprovided in this respect with allotments for the cottiers . The non-resident landlords were likewise neglectful of this matter ; in many villages there were no squires and no great landed proprietors to encourage the system , either by example or precept ; and lastly , there were vast numbers of landowners who had not taken the trouble to make any efforts , or to inquire into the system . He thought , however , if the public attention were once caUed to the beneficial results which had

      attended the system of allotments wherever it had been fairly tried , that notwiihstading the difficulties of procuring land , the present generation would ntrt pass away before it was universally adopted . There were many reasons why allotments had not been generally established . Amongst them was to be reckoned the competition that existed for land , which was so great as to preclude the poorer classes from every chance of success . It was very well known , that notwithstanding all the complaints of agricultural distress , if a farm fell iu from any cause , there were always dozens of applicants for its tenancy , notwithstanding all the farmers cried out that they could not cultivate the laud at a profit . Another difficulty with respect to allotments existed in the alterations and fresh dispositions of the

      land , which was rendered necessary by the establishment of such a system on au estate . Besides , landlords were compelled to consult , and often to give way to the prejudices of those with whom they were connected as their tenants or their neighbours—the fanning classes . At the same time he had heard of instances where farmers had themselves voluntarily given up portions of their land for the purpose of allotments . The landlord also feared the additional risk and trouble which would result from his having to receive his rents from a great number of tenants instead of from one or two only . But , whatever the reasons might be , the fact was nevertheless that the landlords , though kindly disposed towards the labouring classes , were averse in tlie majority of cases to let out their landsin allotments . There existed a mode of

      establishing them by the institution of voluntary associations , but the legal as well as the practical difficulties attendant on this plan had hitherto prevented its general adoption . The great want in such associations was found to be a person to act as security between the tenants and the landlord , and in the majority of cases they had failed from not having a sort of middleman . The bill which he held in his hand was calculated to remedy these wants , and to cure the defects which had been found to operate against the establishment of aUotments . Its provisions aud objects were altogether of an auxiliary character . If any benevolent person desired to aid an association such as he had referred to in carrying out an allotment system , the biU which he proposed to bring in with the permission of the House would afford Ithem the means

      of so doing with safety to themselves and to the satisfaction of the landlord ; and the main provision of it rested entirely upon a parochial organisation . The first proceeding under "the biU which he proposed would he , to consider , at a meeting in vestry , of the propriety of establishing allotments in the parish , and that being assented to , the next step would be to elect officers who would have the power of carrying out the system amongst the cottagers . There would also be a provision respecting enclosure Acts , and one for the security of the rents to be paid for tlie allotments ; another provision of the biU would give the power of making the poor-rate responsible for the rent ofthe allotments . The system of Allotments was a perfectly secure one , but the tenant who was unwilling to pay the rent of

      his plot of ground should not be left in possession of it , and a provision to that effect should be made in the bill . It was not necessary to say anything to recommend a measure to the House which had for its object the rendering of the labouring population more independent than they were . The bill which he held in his hand was calculated to effect that object , and he must say of the subject that no one who had tried the system of allotments could say it had failed . There might be , aud there were indeed , certain theoretical objections to allotments , such as that which related to their interfering with the division of labour , and tlie impossibility of a man serving two masters , but these were what he must caU mere theoretical objections ; for the real effect of the allotment system would be to raise the labourer ' s wages . No one

      could say that a labourer ' s wages were sufficient for his support . He must , therefore , eke them out by cultivating his allotment . It had been urged , that tlie labourer who had an allotment would do less work for his employer during the day , that he might reserve his strength to work for himself afterwards . Experience contradicted this . The allotment labourers had been generally found to be the most moral and industrious men on the farms . This was , no donbt , the consequence of the change in their position . Another objection to thesystem was , that it tended to diminish the circulation of labour throughout the country . But this argument would apply equally to all attempts to elevate the condition ofthe labourer—( hear ); and its legitimate consequence must be that the landlord ought to endeavour , so to fix the

      pressure of poverty and suffering on the labourer as to drive him from his parish . ( Hear . ) No doubt , where there existed a surplus population in any particular district , it would be doing the labourer a service to induce him to seek employment elsewhere ; but that was a very different case from endeavouring to create such circumstances around him as would force him to do so . Nor was it surprising that the labourer should cling to his parish . There were many circumstances which rendered migration undesirable to him . Not the least was the law of settlement , and the chance that , if driven back to his own parish , a careless board of guardians might leave him without relief till too late . The man of capital could emigrate in search of better occupat ion , andcould afford to wait ; but to the labouring man every day's work was his day ' s subsistence . Starvation might come on him before he gained his object . For all these reasons he could not suppose the allotment system would be opposed , because the refusal of an allotment

      might make the labourer more ready to migrate . ( Hear . ) He contended that , by analogy , the legislature were bound to . interfere to help the labourer to the attainment of land . The legislature had facilitated the establishment of loan societies , where the poor man could borrow money , and they had established savings' banks , where bo could lay it up . Upon the same principle he contended that they ought to afford the labourer every facility and security in acquiring small portions of land . On the other hand , he would be very sorry that the legislature should interfere at all with the obligation which lay on individual proprietors . The direct relation between the landlord and the poor tenant was the most beneficial to both , and ought by no means to be put an end to . This biU would not interfere therewith . It was only to come into operation in places where it would be absolutely necessary , and then he really believed it would confer a great and effectual benefit on the working man . The Hon . Member concluded with his motion . Mr . Miles seconded the motion .

      Mr . Hume very much feared that this measure would hold out expectations that could not be realised . He doubted much whether the allotment system would succeed ; he feared it would only tend to the vast increase of population and of poverty , until it produced the effects here which the same system had already brought about in Ireland . He also dreaded giving the parish authorities the power of levying money oh the community to carry out this system . Mr . B . Escott was glad to hear from the Hon , Member for Hertford that there was to be nothing compulsory in the measure , though he could not well see how its provisions could be carried out without som . e such power . As it was , every landowner had the fuH power to make

      allotments , if he thought fit . wherever the allotment system had been adopted it appeared to have succeeded ; but he believed this to have arisen from its having been voluntary ; and he feared that the intervention of the Legislature would do away with this great source of good . The most beneficial operation of the system had been where gardens were given with the cottages , but not called , allotments . ( Hear , hear . ) He could not help fearing , if aUotments were increased , as allotments , it would only be opening the door to those evils which existed to so great au extent in . Ireland . The great object of the Legislature should be to increase and extend the demand for labour , and also to so educate the poor as to enable them to make a better use ofthe wages they got . ( Hear . )

      LordJ . MAHKEBS agreed with his Hon . Friend that it was better for the poor man to get his cottage and garden from the resident landlord . But this bill wasintemded to apply to cases where there were no resident landlords . He would instance particularly the case ofthe frameworkknitters , who could not at present get land under any circumstances . To their case this bill particularly ap-

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      plied , and if Parliament passed this bill it would confer a great benefit on them . He thought that the feelings and opinions of the peopl e themselves on such a question ought to be respected ; and there was no question , he believed , on which the sympathies and feelings of the people were so much excited as on this . He believed they were unanimous , and they asked for a measure to facilitate as much as possible their getting land in the manner proposed by his Hon . Friend . And whether he succeeded , as some perhaps over-sanguino expected he would , or whether he failed , still his Hon . Friend opposite would feel that he had done his duty in bringing the subject forward , and the over-worked and under-paid artisans and mechanics would , he might depend on it , never cease to be grateful for the proposal of such a measure .

      Mr . S . Cbawfoud denied that the poverty of Ireland was to be attributed to small holdings . It was smaU holdings at exorbitant rents , as in the case of the conacre tenants , that produced the distress of the people . Where the holdings were direct from the head landlord , and at a fair rent , the system worked ,-well , and the people were in comfort . He could mention particularly the estates of the Marquis of Londonderry ( hear ) as an instance of the good effect of small holdings under those circumstances . There the land was let at a reasonable rent , and every attention was paid to the comfort of the tenant . ( Hear . ) So administered , small holdings tended to the prosperity ofthe community . The ' half-acre system , however , would only work well when the labourer had other employment . He was glad to see the subject before Parliament . The labouring man at present had no prospect of ever being able to improve his condition—of raising himself in the social scale . Tlus system would afford him the opportunity , and he had himself witnessed its good effects on the peasantry of his own country .

      Sir W . James supported the bill , but objected to some ofthe details . Mr . Roebuck said this was a bill which proposed to change so completely the whole condition of the labourer in this country , that ho thought it demanded the serious attention of the Government . The Right Hon . Baronet the Home Secretary would bear in mind that this bill was to make use of the machinery employed in eoUectio n of the poor rates . ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped the bill would not be allowed to go into committee without a declaration from the Government whether they approved or disapproved , of it , and how they would make it square with their other legislation for the poor .

      Sir J . Gbahah reminded the House that in the course of last session he had supported the second reading of a similar bill . On that occasion he had at some length stated his opinion upon it , and had particularly referred to that provision which- made tlie poor-rate a security for the payment of the rents of these allotments . To that provision he stiU entertained a decided objection . He understood flic Hon , Member for Hertford to state that his measure was only permissive , or auxiliary , as he said , in order that facilities might be given for hiring land . He ( Sir J . Graham ) quite agreed with what had fallen from the Hon . Member for Newark ( Lord J . Manners ) , that when landlords voluntarily gave garden-ground with cottages , that system was infinitely preferable ; but he was not prepared to say that small allotments in the vicinity of the labouring classes might not be attended with advantage . He could hot possibly object to the introduction ofthe bill , which , as far as he understood , was an improvement on the measure of last year , which proposed

      allotments of one acre , while the present bill did not profess to go beyond half-an-acre . The Hon . Gentleman , to his infinite honour , had bestowed so much attention on the subject that he thought it would be highly indecorous in the House to hesitate to give him permission to introduce the bill . On a former occasion lie had expressed what he felt , that , from a consideration of what was due to the condition of the labouring classes , any measure proposed by an Hon . Member who had attended to the subject was worthy the attention of the House . The-distress and poverty of the agricultural peasantry constituted a question which could not be safely overlooked by the House , and he was sure that any measure which held out a reasonable expectation of any addition to their comfort , welfare , and enjoyment must be regarded by the House with respect and attention , and with a wish for its success . He was disposed to give a careful consideration to the bill of the Hon , Member , and to view it with favour , and a hope that some successful issue vaiglit result from his labours . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Mangles said , he observed that the statement of the Hon . Member for Winchester ( Mr , Bscott ) —who spoke in a deprecating tone of the effect of the allotment system on the comfort and well-being of the labouring class , and who contended that a sufficiency of labour was the great object desirable for their good—was cheered by gentlemen who differed widely from , that Hon . Member with respect to agricultural matters generaUy . The Hon . Member , however , threw no lighten the mode in which that sufficiency of labour was to be obtained . He ( Mr . Mangles ) lived in a purely agricultural district , and he knew that during the winter , and except at the height of the corn and hay harvests , a considerable number of labourers were without employment for many- weeks , and others could only obtain it occasionally . During the

      recess he had made inquiries as to the effects of allotmeats in reference to the well-being of the labouring classes . He had consulted many gentlemen , and niany ladics too ; among others Mrs . Davies Gilbert ; and on no subject of equal ^ magnitude had he ever found the testimony so unanimous in its favour . Mrs ,-Davis Gilbert informed him that the allotment system had not failed in a single instance under her management , and she wrote to him , if he recoUected right , stating that at one time she had 400 allotment tenants , and for eleven years not one had failed in paying his rent . That was important testimony . He knew that the intelligent labourer was in favour of the system . After a county meeting on this subject hi West Surrey , a group of gentlemen remained discussing the subject in a banking-house . While they were so engaged , a man came in to change a note , and , bearing opinions expressed against the allotment

      system , he restrained himself for sometime in the presence of his superiors . At lasthe could bear it no longer , and he broke out with , " Gentlemen , you may say what you like , but I know it ' s a good plan , for it has made a man of me . " He ( Mr . Mangles ) being struck with what tlie man said , visited his place , and found he was' raising three pigs in his sty , and had a field with a crop of potatoes . There was at his door a chaise-cart with two men in it , who were bargaining with him for some potatoes , and this man , who only four or five years before was a common day labourer on 10 s . a week , was then in a condition-to be able to refuse the price offered for his potatoes as insufficient . The same man showed him ( Mr , Mangles ) another field , which he was renting , though he had not got it direct from the landowner , at the rate of JE 3 per acre , aud said he was making a large profit from it .

      Mr . Boethwick had heard with satisfaction the statement ofthe Right Hon . Baronet the Home Secretary , and expressed his concurrence in it . Leave was then given to bring in the bill .

      ^ tXDXESDAYj March 5 . On the motion for going into committee on the income tax , Captain Beenai . Osborne said , he was so decidedly opposed to tlie assessment of precarious income at the same rate as permanent property , that ho should move as an amendment , that the . House should go into com . mittee that day three months . Mr . Muntz contended that the portion of the tax relating to income was obnoxious , vexatious , and inquisitorial . A discussion followed , in which Mr , F . Baring , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr . Ewart , Mr , D , Barclay , and Mr . Hawes took part . The House then divided , and the amendment was negatived by a majority of 36 to 23 . c The House having resolved itself into committee ,

      Mr . CcaTEis proposed that the operation of the tax should be limited to two instead of to three years , as proposed by Sir R , Peel . The way , he said , in which the tax had been received hy the City of London , as contrasted with its opinion of an income tax iu 1815 , was a great encouragement to Sir R . Peel , not only to continue , but to double the tax if necessary , On a division the amendment was negatived by a majority jof 69 to 17 . Mr / Waklev said he felt so confident of the benefit the plan of Sir R . Peel would confer on the country , that he would not oppose the tax If he thought it would terminate in three years . Sir R . Peel said he could give 110 pledge that the tax would terminate at the close of three years , for , to judge by the present feeling of the public , the country appeared to be so enamoured of the tax , that it might refuse to allow it to be taken off .

      Lord J . Russell observed that he was not very sanguine that the tax would be repealed at the end of three years , and would therefore have wished that Sir R . Peel had made an attempt to remove the inequalities of its operation . Dr . Bowrikg was favourable to direct taxation on property , and would regret to see the tax wholly removed at the end of three years . Lord Sakdon was also favourable to direct taxation , Sir R . Peel said , he adhered to the intention of continning the tax as it now stood ; but three years hence , If the tax were to be continued , its principle might be subjected to revision . The clauses were eventually all agreed to ; the House resumed ; and the report was ordered to be received on Friday next . The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill was read a third time , and passed . The House then adjourned .

      Thursday , March 6 . The Speaker took the chair at twelve o ' clock , and immediately afterwards tho House went into Committee on the Railway Clauses Csnsolidation Bill . The discussion of the various clauses occupied the House till a quarter past four o ' clock , when the members adjourned . At five o ' clock the House re-assemblcd , when Mr . BiEWiTi gave notice that on an early day , after Easter , he should move for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the several Acts of Parliament which prohibited the growth and curing of tobacco in Great Britain and Ireland . THE " CONDITION-OF-ENGLAND QUESTION . "

      Mr . BoamwicK , seeing tho Noble Lord , the Member for London , in his place , would beg leave to ask him a question . In the last session of Parliament , the Noble Lord called the attention of the House to the distressed condition of the labouring population . Since then he ( Mr . Borthwick ) bad had many communications from most districts upon the subject ; and , therefore , he would wish to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord to bring the subject before the House this session ?

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      Lord J . Russell begged to say , in answer to the Hon . and Learned Member , that it was his intention to bring the subject forward , with a view to proposing some legislative measure upon it , shortly after Easter . . _ Mr Ewabt moved for leave to bring in a biU to onaDie Tovm Councils to establish museums of art incorporate towns . * Mr . WrsE seconded the motion . Sir Robert Peel admitted to the . fullest extent tho advantage of encouraging a taste for the arts amongst ht to

      every class of society . Still he thought they oug proceed with great caution when they made a proposition to give Town Councils the power to raise taxes for the purpose of estabUshing museums . Nevertheless he could not avo id that opportunity of recommending Town Councils to employ their best exertions to raise funds upon a voluntary principle for such institutions . Such establishments as museums , if well carried out , never failed , not only to instruct and improve , but to make the working classes of every district of the-country content with their condition of life .

      Lord John Manners said , he should be happy to see the proposition of the Hon . Member carried into effect . After a few brief observations from one or two Other members concerning the motion , Mr . Laboucuebe expressed himself pleased to notice so much unanimity in the House upon a subject of such importance . He agreed in the opinion already so fully expressed , that institutions of this kind were well calculated to elevate the mind , and otherwise to improve the condition in life of the industrious classes . Mr . SHEiL . was in favour of the opening of all public museums and exhibitions on Sunday . He did not think that such a proceeding would in the least degree tend to the desecration of the Sabbath ; whUe it would do much to improve the tastes and habits of the people . Leave was then given to bring in the bill .

      Mr . Ewart then proceeded to move for a Select Committee , to inquire if it was not advisable for the' ends of justice that the defendant ' s counsel in civil , and the prisoner's council in criminal , cases , should bejiermitted to address the jury on the close of the . evidence for the defendant or prisoner . Mr . E . briefly addressed the House on the advantages which he alleged would result from this course . , The motion was resisted by the AxTORNEr-GENEEAL on the ground that , if adopted , it would lead to serious inconvenience . The practice existed on Parliamentary Committees , and they were fully aware of the complaints which were made of the endless speech-making indulged in by Learned Gentlemen on such occasions . He would suggest that the motion should be withdrawn , and the matter referred to the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the present state of our various law and criminal courts of justice . Mr . Ewart agreed to do so , and the motion , by leave of the House , was withdrawn .

      The Bastardy BiU was read a second time without dissension , and ordered to be committed to-morrow . Several unimportant motions for returns were agreed to , when tlie orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned .

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      GlOIUOUS PllOGRESS OF THE TltADES * MOVEMENT The General Committee held its usual weekly meeting at the Bell , Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening , March the 5 th ; Mr . Taprell ( Carpenter ) in the chair . The Engineers were represented-on the committee for the first time to-night . The delegate informed the committee that the Engineers of London had already elected their deputy to the Conference . A house of Tailors at the West-end , consisting of 600

      members , was also represented for the first time . The secretary' read tho following letter from the Sawyers of Manchester , which attests the interest the Trades' Conference has excited throughout the country : — "New Goncert Inn , Oxford-street , Manchester , Feb . 2 fth , 1846 . —Sir , —The Committee of Management for the Sawyers of Manchester and Salford , ibr seeking legislative protection , respectfull y solicit your co-operation . .. Our early movement is in consequence ot contributing all the support we are able , by our petition being ready for presentation at Easter , in order to strengthen the views of the NATIONAL

      CONFERENCE OF TRADES' DELEGATES , which will beholden in London , on Easter Monday . We find a great number of Trades in the provincial towns have made 'arrangements for sending delegates to the Conference . The principal towns of our own trade concur in our views , and earnestly hope , that every city and town , where Sawyers are located , will be ready with their petitions , as by that time all Ministerial measures , whether affecting Trade , Commerce , or Labour , will , or ought to be , brought before the House . Those towns whose petitions were not presented last year , should write immediately to their respective Members holding them , stating their desire to have them presented at the most favourable opportunity , to assist tho views ofthe ConferencAof Trades Delegates . —Yours faithfully , William Hume . —P . S . —Our petition will be worded the same as last year .

      Those towns requiring a copy , can have one , on application , by return of post . " Mr . Hume also expressed a wish that his letters should be inserted iii the only Trades' Journal , the Northern Star . Letters were also read from the Shoemakers of Northampton , froni the United Trades of Exeter , from the Trades of Bristol , from the Papermakers of Maidstone , from the Calico Block Printers of Middleton , from Mr . Lockier , on behalf of the Bricklayers ofthe United Kingdom ; and from the Packers of Manchester : all in favour of the Conference . A letter was also read from the Miners of Rothwcll and Manchester , the latter body transmitting , through Mr . Grocott , their quota of money for carrying out the preparations necessary for the ensuing Conference . A great meeting of the City Mens' Men , will he held in favour of the Conference on Tuesday next , the 11 th instant .

      Bum-. —Advance of Wages . —Wc are happy to say that one factory master has given his hands the advance they ' sought , but the hands of Messrs . Walker arc still on strike , and determined never to go in until the employers give tho same advance per cut that other manufacturers have given . It is gratifying to know that the hands in work are subscribing sixpence per week per loom for the support of those on strike . Sheffield Tkades . —A substantial dinner was got up at the house of Benjamin Hudson , Ball Inn , Canine-lane , on Tuesday , ' 25 th of Feb ., on which occasion a testimonial of £ 57 los . 5 d . was presented

      to Mr . John Drury , for his services in the cause of Trades Unions . About eighty delegates sat down to dinner as representatives of their respective trades . After the cloth was removed , the chairman gave a whole string of sentiments , one only of a public nature , and that was " That the best thanks of the meeting be given to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., for his manly defence ofthe Trades . " The sentiment was spoken to by Mr . Butterry , delegate from the Society of Razor Smiths , in a very able speech . After a variety of other business the meeting oroke up .

      Hawick Frahe-work Knitters . — On Monday night a meeting of the Stocking-makers of tins town was held in the Town-Hall , when , among other business , the amount of the subscription to assist our brethren in the south to carry on the "Frame Rent Question" was stated to be upwards of seven pounds . As the subscription was not closed , the meeting directed £ 4 to be remitted immediately , and the remainder in a short time . As the Frame-work Knitters in Scotland arc as much interested in getting rid of the unjust and oppressive exaction of Frame Rent as their English brethren , it is hoped thatthe example of Hawick will be speedily followed by the stockuigcrs iu Edinburgh , Dumfries , Langholm , & c , & c .

      Meeting of Delegates on tub Factory ; Bill , — Bolton , Monday , March 3 . — A meeting of delefates from the factory districts of this county was ield yesterday at the Temperance Hotel , in this town , " to take into consideration the best means of forwarding the passing of a ten hours' bill" in the present session of Parliament . " The meeting was numerously attended , there being about thirty delegates present . The chair was occupied by Mr . S . Hawarth , an operative Cotton Spinner . The chairman commenced the proceedings by expressing his regret that they ( the operatives ) were so situate as to bo compelled , in fact , to hold these meetings on the Sunday . He always regretted this , as indeed the delegates generally did ; but they were so situate , that if not held on that day , it would be next to im-Eossible to get a meeting at all , as few of them would e able to attend such nicotines on a workinsr dav .

      on account ofthe obstructions which would be thrown in their way . They ( the delegates ) all knew well that if any of them were to leave their work to attend such meetings they would instantly be discharged . ( Hear , Hear . ) They were then assembled to consider the best means to be adopted to insure the passing of the ten hours' bill in tho present session of Parliament . Before the delegates came to any conclusion , he thought that each delegate had better give in a report as to how far each district was prepared to act , in case any emergency should arise ; iiow far they were organised ; and what was the state of feeling in reference to that great question , among the factory operatives generall y . He would now call upon the delegates to give in their reports in the way which he had suggested . The delegate for Bolton said , that the operatives of that town wore fully alive to the benefits of a ten hours' bill , and were very anxious for

      its adoption . They had a most efficient committee , which had been appointed for the purpose of assisting m carrying the measure . The Bolton operatives were , in fact , prepared to make any sacriBce , as far as thair own interests were concerned , to carry the ten hours bill . The hearty determination of the factory operatives of . that town had been shown on the occasion of Dr . Bowing ' s last visit to his conaffluents , when they had met him and told him trankly and fairly that he . did not represent the opinions qr wishes ofthe working classoa when he voted against Lord Ashley ' s motion last session . He was happy to say that every minister of the Established ^ hm-ch in Bolton was with them , with the sl exception of the vicar . They had also many of the Dissenting ministers with them . The delegate trom Manchester said there never had been a time when the operatives of that town were more fully alive to the necessity of a ten hours' bill . They

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      were , in fact , prepared , at whatever cost of time or money , to do all in their power to carry its adoption . They had not lately held any public meetings on the subject , because they thought it unnecessary , but they wore quietly aiding the cause by other means . They , too , had the cordial support ofthe clergymen ofthe Established Church , and among them lie might mention the Dean and Vice-Dean . They had also the support of many of the ministers of other religious persuasions . The Hyde delegate said , that in his district they were fast progressing . They had been strengthening their committee , which was chiefly composed of young men . He could say that the operatives as a body were now more earnest and anxious for the carrying of a ten hours'bill than they had ever been .

      They were also prepared to contribute then * share towards any expense that might be incurred in promoting the cause . The Oldham delegates said the factory workers in their district were exceedingly anxious about the measure . They had a very efficient committee , well supported by the operatives . They had , within thelast five weeks , visited every clergyman and medical man in the town , and not one out of the whole number had refused to support them in their efforts for a ten hours' bill . The Stockport delegate said , the factory workers of that town were , without exception , in favour of a ten hours' bill , and were willing to support the short time committee in their efforts to obtain it , although the most of the burden and labour

      of doing so fell on the spinners . The delegates from Bury and Heywood gave similar reports , and from which it appeared that they were raising funds for any call that might be made upon them during the session of Parliament . The Preston delegates gave a similar report . In many ofthe speeches delivered in Parliament last session by the opponents of the measure , it had been stated that wages would be reduced ; but there was one circumstance in connection with the town of Preston which went far to controvert those statements . The fact to which he referred was this - . —Mr . Robert Gardiner , of Manchester , who had a very large factory at Preston , determined last summer to try ; the experiment of working eleven hours a day , without making any

      abatement from the wages of the hands . When the proposal was first made , it was received with gratitude by most ofthe hands , but was opposed by a few women , who wore Power-loom Weavers , and who seemed to think that the alteration would lessen their means of getting dresses , « Sic . ; some of them even cried bitterly , and cxpresseda wish to work the JongerJiours . Tlie experiment , however , had been made , and had turned out to be very successful , and he ( the delegate } was warranted in saying that the same women would turn out to resist a return to the old system , as they now got fully as much wages as under the iweive hour regulation , whilst the benefits to married women and aged men were beyond calculation . The delegates from Warrington , Chorlev , Cuowbent , Hindley ,

      Macclesfield , and several other places , gave similar reports ; after which the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " 1 . That in the opinion of this meeting of delegates the most efficient means ot promoting the real interests of the factory-workers , is the adoption of a good ten hours' bill , and that we shall never cease our exertions until such a bill is granted by Parliament . " " 2 . The petitions be forwarded from every town throughout-the manufacturing districts in favour of a ten hours' bill . " " 3 . That the Lancashire Central Short-time Committee be instructed to draw up such petitions , and forward them to the districts for signatures . " " ± . That , it

      having come to the knowledge of the meeting of delegates , now assembled , that many breaches of the present Act are being committed , all violations be carefully investigated , and when properly authenticated , the facts of the case be forwarded to the Central Short-time Committee at Manchester , for the purpose of being laid before the Inspector , or otherwise dealt with , as may appear necessary . " The remaining resolutions consisted of the thanks of the delegates to their friends both in and out of Parliament . A vote of confidence in , and thanks to , the Lancashire Short-time Committee was also passed . The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the chairman , and the meeting broke up .

      Birmingiiham . —Great Trades Meetino . — On Wednesday evening , February 26 th , a most important public meeting was held in the Mechanics ' Institute , for the purpose of hearing the grievances of the Operative Tailors , both locally and nationally . The number present could not be lcsa than a thousand , comprising a large section of the middle classes and master Tailors , besides the mechanics of various trades . Mr . Williams was called to the chair , and the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Brake , Roder , Maddock , Talbot , Mr . Parker ( delegate from London ) , and Mr . Mason . The following resolution was adopted : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the present alarming state of the Tailoring trade , brought about by unprincipled competition , is

      such as demands the immediate attention of all persons interested in its welfare , inasmuch as certain master Tailors have departed from the original mode of employing their workmen on premises , under their immediate supervision , which , by painful experience , has proved detrimental to the best interests of the respectable employers and employpd , and has been the means of extending disease to a frightful extent to the community at largo , in consequence of clothes being made up iu the wretched habitations of the workmen , who are compelled , from the low wages paid by such employers , to live in the most populated and unhealthy neighbourhoods . . This meeting , therefore , earnestly appeals to the public at large to

      give their support to those employers who have all their work made on their own premises , to guard themselves against tho contingencies that arise from the present system of out-door labour . " The adoption oi ^ a petition to the Legislature , setting forth the grievances of the trade closed the proceedings . [ Late on Thursday , we received a lengthy report of this meeting , of which the above is a notice . It will be observed that this meeting took place on Wednesday week ; the veportshould have been in our hands at the latest by Monday last ; coming the day it did , we had no alternative but to reject the speeches . No doubt but the delay has been occasioned through the engagements ofthe friend who kindly furnished such report preventing him from sending sooner . —Ed . N . S . l

      Bury , —Tho strike of the Iron Trades in this town still continues , and the men appear determined never to give up the contest until justice is done to them . We have to regret that some trifling disturbances took place in the town during the past week , owing to tlie masters bringing a number of knobsticks to talce the places of the " old hands . " The women and lads in the neighbourhood mobbed them : of course , the masters want to- lay the blame upon the men on strike . Owing to many false and calumnious reports which the masters have promulgated against the men , thoy hayo laid a statement of their grievances before the public . . Later News . —We have just heard that a deputation waited on Messrs . Howarth , Sempsar andCc , and that they have agreed to every demand the men made ; the consequence is , that 250 of the men have resumed work . Therefore , there are only the men employed by Walker , the " cheap bread" man , now out .

      Hetwood . —iTwo Weavers were discharged last week from the mill of Messrs . Clegg and Hall for morel *• - presenting their Mighty Highnesses with a requisition to advance their wages one farthing per pound , which had been agreed upon by the whole of the Weavers . Deputing the two persons alluded to with such presentation of the requisition was enough to cause the gross insult offered to honest labour by discharging them from the premises ; an advance of one farthing per pound has been obtained by the in

      Weavers the employ of Mr . John Hargreaves . This gentleman has set a noble example to the manufacturers , by being the first to advance the Fustian Weavers , We have known him for many years , and have always found him among the foremost to advance the cause of suffering humanity . The millowners , as a body , have too often been found leagued against the working classes ; but we are glad to say that Heywood possesses one , who , setting aside the selfish views of his fellow mill-owners , has ever been found to be the friend of the working class .

      Wioan Miners . —A meeting ofthe Coal-Miners of Wigan was held on the 4 th of March , at the Brewers ' Arms Inn , when a lecture was delivered by Mr Benj . Embleton . Mr . Emblcton will lecture at the following places : —March 10 th , King William Inn ; ili' , if . ? ce Inn > RoEe and Anchor Inn ; l ^}> } ^ Inn : I 5 fcl * . Hand and Heart Inn ; all in the Wigan district . Miners' Intelligence . — The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place on Monday next , March 10 , at the house of Mr . Israel Riley , Commercial Inn , Over Darwcn ; chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . The lew tor the fortnight is two shillings per member . W P ' Roberts , Esq ., will address the Miners- of Darwcn and the neighbourhood on the same day .

      Greenwich . —Duncombe Testimonial . —A public meeting ot the inhabitants of the borough of Greenwich will be held at the George and Dragon , Blackheath-hill , on Tuesday evening next , for the abovenamed object . Chair to be taken at half-past seven Duncombe Testimonial Central Committee , Parthemum Club Room , 72 , St . Martm ' s-lane , Wednesday evening , March 5 th . Mr . Grassby in the chair . —Mr Connolly handed in 12 s ., collected at the Ironmonl gers Arms , Lizard-street , St . Luke's ; per A . Svme Kinross , Mew Incuds , 3 s . ; Birmingham ; per D . Pott J ? 5 * -. pSST ' - ^ f . ThM ^ ' -7 s- & £ Fussel ' , 5 s . 6 d . j Potts ,, os . 5 Carter , 5 s . ; Smith , os . ; Hopl fans , aed . ; Beiitly , 2 s . 6 d . ; Hodges , 2 s . Gd " ; Guest , 2 s . 6 d . ; Buckley , 2 a . 6 d . Barker u Follows is ^ Davis Is . ? Ci-cssweil , £ ? Wasseil ' Is . ; Cook , Is . ; Helling , 6 d .: Taylor . 6 d . V rSt ' 3 d

      [; hlupsurew , two shillings and three-pence . The Mowing resolution was th enmoyed by MV . rSimnson , seconded ^ Mr . J . Syme :-. " That the laS * of this committee be brought to a close oS th S day of June next . " Carried unanimously ? It was then agreed that a sub-committee of tfiee be ant Minted : to draw up an address . Mewrs M'Satli ISfcJT ? W " * Were dulylBd the S committee for that purpose .

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      Ashio . v Miners . —A public meeting of the Co ^ o Miners of the Ashton district was held at Hur ^ rs cross , on the afternoon of Monday , March 3 rd , TITi hardy sons of the mine proved their devotidk to the principles of the Miners' Associatictii by the numbers that attended . At two oclodoi Mr . Wm . Welsbey was unanimously called to tit chair , and opened the meeting with a few remark ] upon the benefits which both masters and men khi derived from the Miners' Association . Themeetutu was afterwards addressed by Mr . Wm . Dixon , , Manchester , and others . The meeting closed wito thanks to W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and the chairman . 1 . St . Helen ' s Miners . —The Coal Miners of SS Helen ' s , to the number of 200 . had a nublic dinner e <

      Monday last , March 3 rd , provided by Mr . and Mrli Pigot , the worthy host and hostess of the Colliersr Arms . After the company had done ample justice ts 1 the good things set before them , Mr . Wm . Ilalgatal was called upon to preside , who , after a few briei remarks , gave the following toast : — "The Mineral Association of Great Britain and Ireland-: may : win its way , until every miner in the countrv becomeu a member , and enjoys the benefits resulting from a a adherence to its rules . " Mr . Wm . Dixon respondele in ashort speech . The chairman then gave " Healtlt and prosperity to W . P . Roberts , Esq . ; " drunk witil three times three . " Success to the advocates of M Rights of Industry ; " drunk with three times thre < ei and one cheer more . The chairman then said , tkl next sentiment was one which . he was sure event person in the room would most heartily respond tot ( it was "Success to the only representative of thh sons of toil in the House of Commons , Thos . Sllngsbb Duncombe , Esq ., Finsbury's Pride and Eng land' ^ ' !

      Glory . ' and may the Trades' Conference , about trti meet in London under his guidance , be enabled t ( ti propound some plan which will be beneficial to cvcit class who live by honest labour . " This was rcspondee ! to by the whole company rising , and most enthusiasis iieally cheering for several minutes . The reninindetei of the evening wasspent with songs , recitations , andc other rational and innocent amusements . The coma pany broke up betwixt ten and eleven o ' clock , hi » hIvY delighted with the evenina ' s entertainments . ° "" Northampton Boot and Shoemakers . — Otiti Monday evening , March the 3 rd , an adjourned meeU mg was holden in the large room of the SaraceiiYa Head Inn , for the purpose of electing a delegate iu the forthcoming Conference . The following menubers were nominated—Messrs . Kerns , Coleman , Mun-sday , and Johnson . The result was the election off Mr . Kenis by a large majority .

      BRADFORD . On Sunday the Members of the General Council I met in their room Butterwortli-buildings , when it i was resolved— " That a public meeting ofthe Trades 1 of Bradford be immediately convened , to cam- out the propositions ofthe London Trades , to hold a Con . ' ference of Trades Delegates on Easter Monday " Messrs . Cole , Hurley , Hirst , Stamp , Leadlev , arid Smyth , were appointed a committee to cam- out the resolution . 0 . > - Sunday Evesixo a public meeting was held in the Chartist-room , to elect delegates to the West Riding meeting . Messrs . Cole and Jackson were '

      ciccteu . ine proceedings ot the Manchester Council with respect to the charges preferred by Dr . M'Douall against Mr . O'Connorand J . Leach , we re then entered into , find the following resolution unanimous !? adopted : — "That having patiently awaited the result of the investigation of the charges preferred against Mr . O'Connor , - by P . M . M'Douall , we hereby record our unequivocal disapproval of the con . duct of Dr . M'Douall , and declare our unabated confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; and nlodge our . selves to struggle on with that unflinching and untiring patriot , until the People ' s Charter lie tlie law of the land .

      On Sunday Evening Mr . Joseph Aldewon addressed the people of Stanningley . MOSSLEY . A Lecture was delivered here on Tuesday evening last by Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , whicf gave general satisfaction .

      ROCHDALE . At a General Meeting of Members on Tuesda ? evening the present Executive waa nominated for the ensuing year , and carried unanimously . TODMORDEN . ' Two Lectures wore delivered in the Odd c ' ehW Hall on Sunday last , by Mr . Thomas Tattcrsall , to crowded audiences . Votes of confidence ia Mr , O'Connor and Mr . Win . Bell were unanimously passed , and £ 2 voted for the Executive Committee . "

      PILKINGTON . A Tea-party was holden in the Chartist-room of Pilkington on Monday last . It was addressed hv Messrs . W . Bell , of Heywood , and A . Uirst , of Oldhm . A number of glees and songs were sung , and ( Lc scholars of the Democratic School recited a number of pieces . The proceedings were kept up till an early hour , and gave unmixed satisfaction to those assembled . MACCLESFIELD . Emsctiox of Delegates 10 tot , Tumjks' Co :-FEUEXCE .- ~ On Monday week a public meeting vas

      held on Park-green for the above-named object , wtea Mr . JohnWestand Mr . S . Bentole were elected . Sonic parties , however , objected , and circulated a report that it was-to be converted into a Chartist Movement . To repel these unjust -insinuations , Mr . West and Mr . Bentole resigned , to give the Weavers a full opportunit y of selecting such men as they thought best qualified for the important mission . Tho votes were taken by ballot in the various shop } , and on Monday night , when the pole closed , Messrs , West and Bentole were again elected by very laws majorities .

      East Kent Election . —Caxtekbcry , Mo . vdav .-The election for a member for the eastern division of Kent , in the room of Sir E . Knatchbull , took place to-day , on Barbara Down , at eleven o ' clock . During the whole proceedings the rain and snow fell Ik unwelcome abundance , The His-U Sheriff , * Moses Montefiorc , having opened the court , Sk E . Deering said he had great pleasure in nominating Wm . Dcedes , Esq ., of Sandling Park , as a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament . Sir Brook Bridges seconded the nomination . The HigH Sheriff having called upon anv elector to nominate another candidate , no other candidate beins propos ed , the High Sheriff declared W . Dcedes , Esq .. duly relectcd .

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      The North Lancashire Delegate Meetino yfill be held at Bradshaw ' s Temperance Hotel , Burr .. ey on Sunday , March 16 , 1845 . The localities are requested to send delegates , as busuusa of importance will be brought forward . Mi * . Thomas Clark ' s second fortnight ' s route : —Bacup , 10 th ; llaslingden , Uta ; Oswaldwistle , 12 th ; Preston , 13 th ; Blackburn , Utti ; Clitheroe , 15 th ; Barnoldswick , 17 th ; Colno , m \ Barrowford , 19 th ; Marsdcn , 20 th ; Haggate , 2 iit , Burnley , 22 nd and 23 rd . Birmingham . —Mr . Williamson will lecture on oil ?; dav evening next . M . iiy > 1 i nth at the Democratic

      Chapel , Thorp-street , at half-past six . The Soc « t f of Cordwainers will hold a meeting at the lw Office , Moor-street , on Monday , March the lOtu , ^ five in the evening , to elect a delegate to repre * --them in the National Trades Conference . Newcastle-upo \ -Tvxe . —The council of the * «' tional Charter Association of Kcwcastle-up ? ' -1 - , ^ will meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun 1 ^ Side , ncxtSunday evening , MarchSth , at sixocioc-They earnestly request aU the members tobenre- . c > as business of importance will be broug ht before 1 * meeting . , , .. Dcleatf

      Manchester . —The National Victim , and . Committee will in future meet at the house ; the Secretary , E . Clark , 37 , llenrv-street , OMn * - " road . „ , Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . J . h- ii lor will deliver his third lecture on the " Lite , ' j ) tmgs , and Genius of Robert Burns , " in the U ^ Room , Greaves-street , at six o ' clock in the evemg After the lecture , a members' meeting wdl oe - ' for the purpose of nominating fit and pro per pernio serve on the Executive Committee for the ensu * J'car . , , , Nottingham . —Mr . Dorman will lecture in p Democratic Chapel , Nottingham , on Sunday eve ' - " next , at six o ' clock .

      The North Nottinghamshire District Coiv will meet on Sunday next , March 0 , 1 S 45 , at ^ o ' clock in the afternoon , atthe Fexand Houn d ^ Basford . A parish meeting will be held at the : >' place , at five o ' clock . _ Halifax . —Mr . Murrav will lecture iu the >> K ing Man ' s Hall on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at sixoc--111 the evening . West Riding Delegate Meetino .-T 1 «»» S will be held in the-Working Man ' s Hall , BuBfe lane , Halifax , on Sunday , March 9 th , at eleven 0 famine forenoon . ! - HuDDEnsFiELD . —Two lectures will be dcliwC t . lin Hall nf Q ,.: ™„„ l . „ Tot- n v \ 1 » nil all ' ";! uuicm 1

      --. w aam . a v . -u , UT x . ir , Vj . A / I * " -, v , u £ next , at half-past two in the afternoon , and at ^ past six in the evening . Mr . Doyle will also w , in the Town Hall , Abnondbury , on Monda y « m the Democratic Institution , Swan-lane , Lip * ^ on Tuesday evening ; and in the Evang * " " formers' Meeting-room , Berry Brow , on »¦ » " * > evening—on the necessitv of a Democratic w » ' ment . ' f jji Rochoale . —Mr . Davis will lecture on ^ evening next , at six o ' clock , in the Association-V Mill-street .-The Rev . V . Jackson will P « f , V sermons in the Assembly-room , on Sunday W mst ., on behalf of the Chartist Sunday-scho ' -.

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