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      FRANCE . Thb Secret Smncs F ^ v . - ^ e deUte m the Chamber of Peas upon the Secret . Service FundLill terminated on Friday evening , and upon the question teing put to the rote there appeared—For the grant ^ i Against it •••_• . . * .. Majority for Ministers o < The debate was moreprotractedandmore animated than is usual with that grave assembly . The third day ' s debate turned entirely upon the abuse commit ted br the Archbishop of Lyons in his mandemen against M . Lupin ' s book , and for which he had been insured by the Council of State . The Keeper of the Seals and the venerable Count Portalis , who had been a Cabinet Minister under the Restoration , vinfficatcd the independence of the Galilean Church , and proved that the doctrines of the Archbishop were subversive of the law of the land . A

      Toclos , Mabch 3 . —Strike of the Workmen » un ; AnsESiL . —{ From the Homing Uerald . J—At break of day thismorning the drums beat to armsall the authoritieswere at their post ; a stranger ¦ would lave imagined that the town was besieged . The feet is , all the -workmen in the arsenal have made a strike—they refuse to work to-day , but in all probability will to-morrow . The anger of the men -was roused because Admiral Baudin had docked off tic few minutes given after the ringing of the call-ML Little or no importance is attached to the strike . Two battalions of infantry have been sent into the arsenal to keep four thousand galley slaves in order , and Admiral Baudin , the maritime prefect , has issued a proclamation of a most humane and soothing description .- . Mabch 4 .

      The workmen still hold out , and nave torn down the proclamation . Several of the men , particularly the bakers , having shewn a disposition to give in , lave been fll-treated by their comrades . The cooks , bakers , and nearly all the men of the sonadron lying in this port , have been placed at the disposition of the prefect . Monday , March 10 . —Defeat of the Ministry . — On a ballot on the PensionBill this day in the Chamber of Deputies , there were—For the bill .. v 188 . Against it ¦ .. . •¦••¦•>••• - - •*••¦¦••• 2 M \ Majority against Ministers 13

      M . Remusat afterwards proceeded to develope his proposition relative to the incompatibility of certain - public functions -with those of deputies . M . Guizot combated it on the ground that it was defective in itself , and contrary to the institutions and interests of society . Ee would accordingly oppose its adoption , bat had no objection to its being taken into consideration , because it would lead to a discussion of its merits , which would induce the Chamber to reject it . AL Beaumont complimented M . Guizot on this resolution , and reminded him that be had hitherto opposed even its being taken into consideration . M . Dupin , who spoke next , said that he had always voted against the proposition , but that the recent dismissal of several public functionaries on account of their -rotes had converted him to its principle . The taking into consideration of the proposition was then put to the vote , and agreed ixt by the Chamber without a single dissenting voice .

      SWITZERLAND . The Diet . —We learn from the Gazette & c Zurich that the proposition for referring the question before the Diet to a committee , had on the oth been carried by a majority of three . The Diet adjourned to the sixth to name the members of the committee , and would then adjourn further for a month to receive their report . Letters from Zurich of the 7 th inst . state , that the Minister of France presented to the President of the Diet on the 6 th a note from M . Guizot to the same effect as that of Lord Aberdeen . The Biet was not to meet until the 10 th to resume the discussion on the free corps . The Grand Council of Vaud elected on the 7 th a committee of fifteen members , who were to be charged with the revision of the Constitution of 1831 .

      General Sonnenbcrg , the Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the Catholic League , had disbanded a great portion of the troops levied by Lucerne on the 5 th inst .

      MEXICO Capture of Santa Anna . —The Tay brings the following news : — " The accounts respecting the movements of Santa Anna , slate that after his attack upon Pueblahefled with ljOOOcavalry to San Antonio , and from thence he stole away in the night , with four attendants only , and left his followers in the lurch . Be attempted to reach bis farm , that is , his private property , at Encerro , but on his way was caught by a small partv of Indians , who captured and made him prisoner . " This took p lace at the village of Hicoa about three leagues from Calopa , whence they

      escorted him , their party havmgbeen reinforced , and delivered hmi over to the authorities . He was shortly afterwards removed to the castle of Perote . The general impression is , that be will be shortly put upon lis trial , afterwards banished the country , and the whole of his property confiscated to the state . He -was careless enough to write to some friends at Vera Cruz respecting his money and other treasures , and giving directions for their safe disposal . The letters were , however , seized , and an embargo laid upon the whole . General Bravo , it is supposed , will be the new President . The country isnow tranquil

      UNITED STATES . Important News . —The Senate asd Annexation . —Bv an arrival at Liverpool we have received New York journals to the 12 th of February . The last accounts from "Washington stated that the committee of the Senate on the foreign relations had reported on the Texan question . The report hsvery long , but the importance of the documentlies in its conclusion , which is as follows : — ' The committee respectfully recommend the

      adoption of the following resolutions : — " ' Resolved—That the joint resolution from the House of Representatives for the annexation of Texas to the "United States be rejected . "' Resolved—That the several bills and joint resolutions originating in the Senate the resolutions of sundry state legislatures , and the petitions and memorials of many citizens of the "United States , for and against the annexation of Texas to this union , which have been referred to this committee , do lie Upon the table . '"

      The committee consisted of Mr . Archer , of Virginia , chairman , Mr . Buchanan , Mr . Berrian , Mr , Morehead , andMr- Choate . Mr . Buchanan only dissented from the report . The discussion was expected to commence immediately , and no doubt appears to have been entertained of the adoption of the shove resolutions .

      WEST INDIES . Southampton , March 11 . —The Tay royal mail Steam-ship , commander Richard Sharp , arrived this ¦ zoning , at half-past eleven o ' clock . Destructive Fire at Barbadoes . —Between the hours of 8 and 9 o ' clock on Monday night , Peb . 3 rd , a Hiree-starv stone-wall dwelling , in the occupation of Mr . L Lobo , situate opposite the north-western extremity of Swan-street , Bridgetown , was discovered bv some of the occupants to have taken fire on the ground-floor in a frontroom , in which a coloured woman , of the name of Dial , aUas Mulatto , kept > cookshop , and in which she was in the habit of using a coal pot for the purpose of dressing food and making smrar cakes for sale . A strong scent of burning rag

      and a smother first attracted the suspicions of the family , who were in the drawing-room above , when Mr . Isaac Lobo immediately hastened down stairs , searched the kitchen , buttery , & c ., but not seeing any fire in either , went to a door of the room occupied by Dial and finding it closed , peeped through the keyhole of the lock , when to his utter surprise , he discovered the whole of the room enveloped in flames . Mr . Lobo instantly gave the alarm of fire . Two gentlemen , Mr . Bynoe and Mr . Pile , who were passing at the time , at the request of Mr . Lobo , assisted him in forcing open the door -which -was in the inner pari of the house , and on doing so , the fire , which had now received a current of fresh air , burst forth with tremendous furv , communicated to the stair-case , » n <>

      ia a few minutes after th * whole of the building was in a blaze . By this time crowds of persons hail rushed to the spot , and every exertion was made to arrest tbeprogress of the devouring clement , as befori this could be effected the rising tlame had mounted up and taken possession of the garret and root and was now pouring forth dense volumes of fire an * smoke through every door and window of the building . As soon as the fire-engines could be brought tt . flie place , thev were made to play upon the front and rear of the burning premises , but it was evident that ererv such attempt to extinguish the tire , which raged with great violence and had nearly consumea the roof , would be in vain , and the water from the engines was then discharged upon the roofs oftbe nearest houses , in order , if possible , to preserve them from the effects of the numberless sparks which werv

      feffing thicklv nponthem ; this attempt proved likewise fruitless * and unavailing . A house to the vest Of Mr . Iiobo ' s was the next which took fire , and shortly afterwards one aback at the east end ol Chapel-street , tenanted by Miss Innis , and another at fte opposite corner to the north of Broad-street , the property of Mr . John Wilson , were in a blaze . From the position of the wind , which was blow ing but moderately from the north-east , the fire took an opposite direction , and one bouse after the ofe to the west of Chapel-street on both sides was consumed until it had reached a large dwelling , the property of Mr . Aaron Robinson ,, on the right side , wherelt stopped , while on the left side the fire burnt tonearly thelasthouse , and communicating inite course with George ' s-street , which is next to ChapeLstreet , and runs parallel with it , hud this portion of the town also in ashes . The fire by tins Janie had reached from Wilson ' s bouse across Becfewith square , and made Its way Into Lower Broad-

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      street ; a large house of Mrs . Allans , adjoining the West Indian office , was speedily wrapt in flames ; these quickly communicated to the chambers of the Hon . G . N . Taylor and the Hon . the Solicitor-General , next , to the valuable druggist establishment of Mr . John . Gill , and from thence passed over to the opposite side , ' burning with great fury and spreading the flames to every house in the whole street , on the right until it reached the house of Mr . John Wrong , where it stopped , but on the left still more calamitous consequences ensued . Here the fire passed in a a southerly direction to Canary-street , destroying the valuable stores of the Messrs . Hardy , the handsome residence of Mr . Torres , and almost every other building in this quarter and vicinity , until it arrived at the back stores of the Messrs . Moore , where it was

      brought under and extinguished at this point , at about three o clock in the morning . At this moment the whole of the west end of the city , from the house where the fire originated as far down as within a few feet of Miss Rebecca Phillips * hotel in Cumberlandstreet , presented one unvaried scene of ruin and desolation , no trace remaining of the burned houses but their blackened and dilapidated walls . During the conflagration the spectacle was truly awful and terrific . In Lower Broad-street more especially , where the fire raged with unabated violence throughout the whole night , and where every building covering an area of fully a mile and a-half was burning together , the spectacle was heart-rending in the extreme ; nor did the confusion attendant upon the removal of the few articles of household property

      which could be saved from the general wreck add a little to the prevailing terror and . dismay . The wharf , Prince William Henry-street , and many other parts of the town , were literally thronged with hogsheads , barrels , boxes , fiirniture , and other packages , belonging to individuals who had either fled from their burning dwellings , or had them removed there as a place of safety . On its being found that the engines had but little or no visible effect upon the burning masses , it was at length resolved , as the only alternative , to blow up such of the houses as would , from their position , connect the chain of flame at several points with those streets lower down to the westward , and further on to the southward . The materials requisite for the undertaking were provided , and this duty was performed by a detachment of the

      Royal Sappers and Miners , and another of the Royal Artillery , under their superior officers , in a high ] y creditable and effectual manner . Several explosions took place with good effect . His Excellency the Governor , the Commander of the Forces , the Lord Bishop , and Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam , were in the town from an early hour , and were eye-witnesses of the terrible effects of this awful visitation , a calamity which we have but imperfectl y described , and of which the power of language can convey no distinct or adequate idea to those who were not the beholders of the terrific spectacle . At this moment even , indeed , it is impossible to compute with any degree of accuracy the aggregate amount of losses occasioned by the destruction of property . Some personsestimateit at £ 400 , 000 , some at half amillion , and othersat even more . If , however , the valuable houses and buildings destroyed were to be rebuilt

      upon the same plans , the like furniture replaced , and the stolen and consumed goods thrown into the calculation , we should think it would require little short of a million to do this . Barriers nave been placed in various parts of the city to prevent any interruption to the performance or this duty . Notwithstanding the almost incalculable destruction of property which resulted from the conflagration of Monday night , and the confusion and dismay it created , we are enabled to state that there was no loss of human life , and although hundreds of seamen with the daring character of these brave and hardy sons of the ocean , were actively engaged in working upon the burning houses and assisting otherwise , only one of them , a man belonging to the Pique frigate , received aninjury , and tins not to avery considerable extent , a consoling circumstance in the midst of our distress .

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      The Trades Conference . —The Preliminary Committee held its weekly meeting at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening , March 12 th ; Mr . lleid ( Steam-engine-maker ) in the . chair . The room was crowded with delegates , anxiously looking forward to Easter Monday , and zealously co-operating in the preliminaries necessary to give eclat to the forthcoming Conference . Two bodies of Steamengine-makers were represented on the committee for the first time . A body of Plasterers likewise had their delegates present , as had two of the most important houses of Tailors at the West-end . The secretary ( Mr . T . Barratt ) read _ between thirty and forty letters from the provincial trades . Many of them had alreadv elected their delegates to the

      Conference , and the remainder had taken the necessary steps for that purpose . The sub-committee brought up their report for the guidance of the Conference , with sundry important suggestions to that body . The report embodied the points contained in the letters of Messrs . Drury and Buncombe . It was unanimously adopted . "Messrs . Barrett and Wartnaby were deputed to wait on Mr . Buncombe , to request his attendance attheopeningof the Conference . '' " Messrs . Bush , Wartnab y , Dunning , Robertson , Allen , Cox , aiid Wilson were appointed a sub-committee , in conjunction with the secretary , to receive the delegates on their arrival . " The suo-committee to be in waiting at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , from nine o clock in

      the morning for that purpose . The delegates are expected to Bring their credentials with them . The committee then adjourned . Trades Cohferexcb . — In consequence of the London press ( with the exception of the Northern Star J entirely suppressing every movement connected with the better organisation of the Trades , the Directors of the City Chartist Hall , Turnagain-lane , Skinner-street , have determined to open the above place to discuss any question affecting the working classes . The following subject is named for Sunday evening , March 16 th— "Is the projected Trades Conference calculated to benefit the working classes ? " Delegates from the country will attend . Chair taken at seven o ' clock precisely .

      Shoemakers . —The en masse meeting of City men ' s men was held in the Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , on Tuesday evening , March 11 th , for the purpose of electing a delegate to the forthcoming " National Conference of Trades . " The meeting was most numerously attended . The greatest enthusiasm was displayed on the occasion . Mr . M'Fredericks was called to the chair . Messrs : James , M'Cavthy , and Ditthon were duly nominated as candidates , and , after a sharp contest , Mr . James was declared duly elected . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . Carvers and Gilders . —A meeting of the above body was held on Tuesday evening , March 11 th , at the Green Man , Berwick-street , soho , to elect a delegate to the Conference . Mi " . Williams was proposed and unanimously elected . Steps were taken to effect a corporation of the whole trade in the matter , and the meeting separated .

      Important Triumph of the Needle Finishers ' Uxiojr . —Some weeks since the Needle Finishers of Redditeh and neighbourhood formed a Union of the whole Trade to resist the encroachments made by a portion of unprincipled manufacturers , especially Baylis and Son , who demanded 20 per cent , from the workmen after a certain quantity of work had boen performed . In their resistance they have succeeded , and have even gained an advance of 15 per cent . This chagrined the masters so , that every despicable means was adopted to injure those who had been instrumental in establishing the Union . One young man was dismissed for taking a leading part . His case was immediately brought before the Operarives' Committee , when Baylis and Son were informed , unless he was reinstated in his place , all those in

      employ would immediately leave work . To this demand the masters consented and also to another advance <» f 15 percent . Afterwards , by comparing the prices jiaid for finishing darning needles , the "hards " found they were still receiving 20 per cent , less than other firms were paying . In this also they induced die masters to give the advance . The last act we have to enumerate is an attempted reduction of a halfpenny per thousand on blunts and betweens , or something more than 10 per cent . A committee meeting was directly called , when it was unanimously resolved to support the men against this reduction . As soon as this decision of the committee was known to Baylis and Son , they agreed togrve the usual prices paid ; and the men resumed their work after a few days . Thus , in every strike , have the men here been successful .

      Bradford Trades . —On Monday evening the members of the Trades ' Committee met in the Councilroom , Butterworth-buildings , when the reports of several trades were delivered in . With respect to the forthcoming Conference , the printed circular from the London committee was read , and the following resolutions were adopted : —" That a public meeting be held on Tuesday next , in the Temperance-rooms , Victoria-buildings , to elect delegates to the forthcoming Conference . "— " That the nominations of each Trade be forwarded to the committee by Tuesday evening , at six o clock . Septimus Davis will visit the following places next week : —Monday , 17 th , Cawthorne ; Tuesday , Silkstone : Wednesday , Stanbro' or Grain-moor .

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      Bradford Irades' Meeting . —A special meeting of the Shoemakers' Society will be held at the Boy and Barrel Inn , Westgate , on Monday evening , at seven o clock—A public meeting will be held in the Temperance-room , Victoria-buildings , on Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock ,, to elect delegates to the Trades' Conference about to be held in London on Easter Monday and following days . The , Trades ' committee are requested to meet at six o ' clock on Tuesday evening , to arrange the business of the meeting . All trades are requested to forward nominations to the committee on Tuesday afternoon . Miners' Intelligence . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place at the house of Mr . N . Gaskell , Queen ' s Arms Clayton , near Manchester . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . The levy for the fortnight

      is 2 s . per member . W . P . Roberts , Esq ., will address the Miners of the neighbourhood on the same day . The names of the persons elected to represent the Miners of Lancashire in the forthcoming Conference of Trades , about to be held in London , are , Mr . John Berry , Mr . Matthew Pasquell , and Mr . Joseph Brockbank . The Miners , late of Kirldess Colliery , most thankfully acknowledge a second contribution of ££ 10 s ., in addition to one of £ 5 ; from the Miners of Aspull district . £ Colliers' Strike . —Ihe pitmenHately employed at Mr . Smith ' s colliery , Longton , have struck for an advance of wages . Four shillings per day , we are informed , is the rate of wages sought to be obtained , being an advance of 7 d . per day over their late scale of remuneration . Humour states that other colliers in the neighbourhood , will soon follow their example ^ —North Staffordshire Mercury .

      George Brown wlB also ^ visit the following places : —Monday , the 17 th , Birchencliffe ; Tuesday , Melthein ; Wednesday , Huddersfield . Burt . —Case of Assault . —It will be remembered by the readers of the Star , that there has been a strike on the part of the iron trades of Bury for some time past , and the following case arose out of this dispute . As is too often the case , three of the Boilermakers turned traitors to their fellow-workmen , and one of the traitors was the defendant in this case . The Boner-makers' club is held at the Boar ' s Head Inn ; at their meeting night on Saturday , March 1 st , the defendant , George Lomax , with Ins father and two brothel's , went into the above-named house , evidently with the intention of lucking up a row with

      the Boiler-makers on strike . The complainant , Wm . Riley , is also a Boiler-maker , and was at the clubhouse on the night in question . When the Lomax ' s came in , the complainant good-naturedly said to \ Vm . Lomax , " Come in , and sit down , no one will hami thee . " George Lomax replied , " He was on wait , and was not afraid of any b- —of them . " Riley and Wm . Lomax got into conversation concerning the strike . At this time George came out of the bar , and Riley remarked that he would not have done as he had done , if he had to beg his bread from door to door . Upon this George Lomax , a very powerful man , struck the complainant and knocked him down . This was the assault complained of . The complainant Riley took out a summons against

      George Lomax , upon which the four Lomax ' s took out niue summonses against parties on strike . The case was brought before the magistrates on Friday , March fth , when Mr . || Gill , on the part of W . P . Roberts , Esq ., applied to the bench to have the cases postponed until Monday , the 10 th inst ., as it was not in the power of Mr . Roberts to be present before that time . This was granted . On Monday morning the case was brought up again , when Mr . Roberts appeared on the part of the men on strike , and Mr . S . Woodcock for the " knobsticks . "—Mr . Roberts applied for the case of Riley u . Geo . Lomax to be entered into first , inasmuch as it was the first summons taken out , and therefore had the priority of claim . —Mr . Woodcock objected to this , and laid

      claim to having his case heard first . The bench decided that the cases of the Lomax ' s against others should be heard first . —Mr . Woodcock called George Lomax , a great coarse-looking fellow . He , of course , swore that he had ill-used nobody ; he had struck nobody , but he had been beat , auu kicked , and much abused himself . However , in the cross-examination which Mr . Roberts put him through , he admitted that he did just lay his hand gentl y on poor Riley ( who is a mere dwarf to him ) , and he did defend himself against James Pollard ; he did strike him . The next witness called was D . Horracks , another "knobtick" of course . He did not see the Lomax ' s strike any one ; he saw no blow struck . — Cross-examined by Mr . Roberts : He came out of ! the fight

      , lest he should catch it himself . He did hot sec any of the Lomax ' s stripped , He only saw George Lomax give Riley a gentle pat . —William Lomax aud George Green supported the credence of the other witnesses . After which , two young lads were called to prove that five weeks ago one of the turn-outs named Brook ( a very small man ) said that he would warn G . Lomax ' s ear-hole forknobsticking . — Mr . Roberts then applied for the evidence oi RUey to be taken for the other defendants ; Upon which a long argument took place betwixt him and Mr . Woodcock . Mr . Roberts cited the case of Cartledge at the Lancaster trials , that , notwithstanding he was a defendant , he was allowed to give evidence . The bench overruled the application , and refused to hear Riley ,

      upon which Mr . Roberts requested that their refusal should be entered on the books of the court . —Mr . Roberts then applied for leave to call the defendants ' wives as evidence , not to prove anything favourable for their own husbands , but for the other defendants . —Mr . Woodcock never heard of such a thing as bringing men s wives forward as evidence . — Mr . Roberts said it was time his friend on the opposite side was going to school again , for it appeared he did not know what law was yet . —The magistrates granted Mr . Roberts' request . —Mr . Roberts then called several witnesses unconnected with the Boiler-makers . One of the witnesses heard the Lomax ' s say in'the street , ' "jit is the Boiler-makers' club-night—let ' s go to old Joe s , and have a b ¦ row . " Andalso

      , , that they commenced the fight by George Lomax giving Riley , not" a gentle pat , " but a blow , which knocked him off the fdrm on which he sat . This concluded the case . The magistrates then retired for about a quarter of an hour , when they returned into court . The magistrates said , aftei giving the case their due consideration , they considered it to be an ale-houso row , and therefore their decision was , that both parties be bound in their own recognizances to keep the peace for six months . — There was also a ease of intimidation brought before the bench . Mr . Grundy appeared for the prosecution , and W . P . Roberts , Esq ., for the defence . The case was one of those which frequently occur in times

      of differences \ betwixt masters and workmen . The facts of the case are simply these . Some of the "knobsticks" were coming up King-street , when the women and children commenced calling them "knobsticks , " " black sheep , " & c ., and one or two of the turn-outs being in the street , it was now sought to make them the victims of the "knobsticks '" vengeance . The case having been heard , Mr . Roberts addressed the court for nearl y an hour , in a speech of thrilling eloquence , maintaining that no case had been made out against his clients . The magistrates sentenced the men to two months' imprisonment and hard labour . But Mr . Roberts appealed against their decision , and the case will consequently be taken into a higher court .

      Bristol Trades . —A meeting of Trades secretaries and delegates was held at the Crown and Dove , Bridewell-street , on Monday evening , March 10 th , to consider the propriety of sendingdelegatcs from the trades of thiscityto the Easter Conference ; Mr . Hefter , Corkcutter , in the chair . Mr . Jacobs was elected secretary , and read the correspondence on the subject . The Bristol plan was then read and approved of . The Brassfounders' delegate reported that they considered one delegate sufficient to be sent , from the trades , and would be then * share towards the expense , At ten o ' clock the meeting adjourned to Monday next , to receive the reports of other trades , and conclude the arrangements .

      Yorkshire . —The next general delegate meeting of Miners will be held at the house of Mr . Samuel Rowbottom , the Unicorn Inn , Adwalton , on Saturday , thelSth day of March—to commence at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , when it is expected that every colliery will senda delegate to the said meeting , to take into consideration the propriety of Yorkshire sending a delegate to the Trades' Conference , to be held in London on Easter Monday . " Prosperity" at Cullompton . ¦— On Saturday fortnight the Woolcombers in the employ of Messrs . Tyscott were informed by ( Mr . John Tyscott , son of the elder Tyscott ) that thev were to work for one farthingperlb . lessfrom thatdav forward . The men

      consulted their brother workmen in the western district on this attempt , and came to the conclusion of striking work , rather than submit to the proposed reduction . Accordingly they struck , and have stood out , being supported b y their fellow workmen , over a district of nearl y 200 miles . The workmen seem sanguine of ultimate success , as no men can be obtained , although every means has been triedanother proof of the utility of a General Union . It is rather a " curious coincidence , " that , on the same day that your paper arrived with the news of the Ptemier ' a " Financial Plan , " with Mr . O ' Connor s comment thereon , the worthy who informed the workmen of the proposed reduction , had the audacity to talk of the men " affording" to work for tesa , as

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      sugar would be cheaper ! And this is another of those benevolent gents , who wish for " cheap food " for the Labourers ' . Ills sympathetic nature seeks fortius , that the men " may work for less !"

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      Mr . B . Escoirsaid he was sure that his friends who had objected to the details of the bill could not be aware of the enormities which it removed . He showed that clerks to the magistrates had taken many fees to which they had no legal title , and to whieh pai'ties had been rendered liable for no other purposeilian to expose them to annoyance and op- , pressien , - and concluded by warning the House not to measurethe amount of compensation to be granted tO these ' officers in the shape of salary by the amount of their-peculations . , Mr . WAKAEYgave Mr . B . Escott hi gh credit for the labour and assiduity with which he had ferrettcd out allthVenormities connected with the fee system in our subordinate courts , and trusted that he would

      turn his attention to the fee system in the superior , courts '; at Westminster . A magistrate sometime ago had filed a criminal infonna'tibn " against him . He was-served in consequence with a piece of paper whichtold him nothing . Wishing to know what he was accused of , he applied to his legal adviser , who informed ljam that he- 'cduid not learn the nature of the aotusation againsfc'him until he had paid a fee of £ 8 or- 'Jli-to'ioine officer of the court for the affidavits filed against him . He afterwards found that he had to pay a still heavier fee before he he could file the affidavits necessary to his ' nwn defence . He denounced such a system as obnoxious to the free and impartial administration of justice . The bill was then read a second time .

      The Bastardy Bill went through committee , and the House then adjourned . Thursday , Mvrch 13 . The House resumed at five o ' clock . The Bedford , Birmingham , and London Railway Bill was read a first time . It was reported to the House , on behalf of the committee on the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway , that the standing orders might be dispensed with .

      POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE . Mr . Sheil presented a petition from Signor Palliotti , in reference to the transactions connected with the Government opening of letters addressed to foreigners resident in London . The petitioners declared that they had found it impossible to reconcile the treatment of the Bandieras with the declarations of her Majesty ' s Government . Mr . Wakley presented a petition from the electors of the Borough of Finsbury , praying that the

      House " will forthwith institute such a full inquiry as shall satisfy the public at large , and the electors of Finsbury in particular , whether any , and what warrant existed for the opening of Mr . Buncombe ' s letters , and whether any suspicion justly attached to his character , so that they may judge if that gentleman is any longer fitted to . continue the representative of a free and independent constituency , and that you will enact a full and sufficient remedy , so as to prevent the recurrence of such abuses as are now complained of . "

      The Hon . Member then gave notice that he should , to-morrow , move that the petition be printed , with the votes .

      NOTICES OF MOTIOS . Mr . Sheil gave notice that he should , on Tuesday next , bring forward the motion of which he hail given notice on Tuesday last , " on the subject of the opening of letters of foreigners at the Post-office . Mr . S . Crawford gave notice that if the Government did not propose any measure for the amendment of the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland , he should himself , after Easter , move for leave to bring in a bill to enable the tenant , if ejected , to recover compensation from his landlord for any improvement he might have made upon the land , and also to amend the laws regulating the value of property in Ireland . Mr . Wyse gave notice that , after Easter , he should renew the motion which he had made last session oh the subject of national education .

      agricultural distress , in the hands of the league . Mr . Cobden rose to move for a " select committee to inquire into the extent and nature of the alleged existing agricultural distress , and into the effects of legislative protection upon the interests of landowners , tenant-farmers , and tenant-labourers . " His object was , he said , to decide a long disputed question , between the agricultural aud manufacturing interests . In doing this he would endeavour to show that the interests of neither landowner , farmer , nor labourer , were in harmony with the protective policy of the genfclamen on the opposite side of the House ; but rather in favour of the principles of Free Trade . This he could show , not only ; from facts collected from the manufacturing districts of the kingdom , but from

      the admissions and reasonings of tenant-farmers themselves , many of whom had become members of the Anti-Corn-Law League . One great effect of the protective policy might be seen in the present state of the agricultural districts ; in the absence of improvements—in the inferiority of implementsand in the general debasement of the labouring population . Nothing could more strikingly display the evil effects of the policy pursued in agricultural matters , than the general condition of the rural districts , as compared with the manufacturing portions of the kingdom . In the former , everything was nearly stationary : few improvements were to be ibund either in mechanical contrivances or in scientific skill ; while in the latter , the most . gigantic

      results had been brought about within a very limited period of time . The Hon . Gentleman then went into a long statement of facts in support of the general position which he had laid down ' ; snowing up , in his peculiar manner , the " evil effects" of the tenantat-will system , the slavery to which the tenant fanners had been reduced by the landowners , and the deplorable state into which the labourers had been brought by a system of neglect , of ignorance , and of oppression . These evils , he maintained , ought to be inquired into , so as they might learn how far they had their origin in the system of protection , or the contrary . If the House would only consent to let him have suchan inquiry , he would sendforthsuchevidence into the country as should effectually put an end to the Corn Law monoply before the passing of

      two years over their heads . Wh y did they cling to the " tattered rag" of protection ? He believed it was only to maintain their political influence ; but he was happy to say that a new and better state of things had arrived , which would , ere long , seal the doom of monoply and protection . Mr . Sidney Herbert ( Secretary to the Treasury ) was decidedly against the motion ; as all previous inquiries of tliat kind had led to no useful result . He denied that improvements were not frequently taking place in agricultural matters ; and would caution the House against listening to the desires of such gentlemen as the Hon . Member for Stockport It was his ( Mr . Herbert ' s ) opinion that if such inquiries were allowed to take place , they would lead to the greatest uncertainty throughout the country , and very much increase the existing agricultural distress .

      Mr . S . O'Brien moved an amendment to Mr . Cobden ' s motion , that " a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the extent and causes of the existing agricultural distress . " It was his opinion that this a committee would be materially for the advantage of both the farmers and labourers , while such a committee as that required by Mr . Cobden would be merely one for the discussion of questionsin political economy . He ( Mr . O'Brien ) was returned upon protective principles to the House of Commons , which principles he believed to be true , as he had never yet seen any reason to doubt them . At the suggestion ol sir Robert Peel the amendment was afterwards withdrawn .

      Lord Howick supported the motion . He thought the statement of Mr . Sidney Herbert was incomprehensible . Ihe Members on the Conservative side of the House were sent there for the protection of agrieultuval interests , but instead of improving the condition of the farmers and their labourers they obstructed their progress . He admitted the truth of a remark made by Lord John Russell , that " protection was the bane of agriculture , " Improvements in the arts , sciences , and manufactures , which were unprotected , were so vast that they could scarcely be chronicled : but what was the case with agriculture ? why in every part of the country was to be seen large tracts of land uncultivated and unproductive want of

      Irom proper draining ? ' n wv ° V . J onI-wnded address , supported the motion He said the time was coming when to Robert Peel would have- to announce in one oi his long financial statements that he was a convert to absolute Free Trade princi ples , andexcTted EHWS h opposedthemotiottmaambling Mr . Villiers supported the motion in a very clever address , and intimated that whether the motion were granted or not , he should persist in bringth ! CoraL amiUalm 0 ti ° ° ^ totalrepealof Mr . Bankes opposed the motion , and said the present agricultural distress was occasioned by the Uorernjaeat u reaking protective principles .

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      Lord Worslbv also opposed the motion . He did not think the labours of any Select Committee could settle the question . Mr . Cobden briefly replied , when the House divided , and there appeared—For the motion ... ... ... 121 Against it ... . ... ... .... 213 Majority against the motion : — -92 : The orders of ? he day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned . THE CASK OF , THE LONDON COMPOSITORS AND . THEIR KIND EMPLOYERS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE KOKTHEKN STAB . '

      Sir , —In thanking you for the manly article which appeared in your last Northern Star , I hope you wiU excuse my " correcting biie mistake you have made , andallowinc tO'laV . hefovft you . tha real . faets ot the cases , hoping that they will assist you in another article upon the subject . You state thaC'a Mr . M'Dowall has been selected by the masters to try the foul experiment upon the pliancy of his men . " . Thisis not quite correct ; for iiv . M'Dowall was the sole onoinato ) ' of the scheme , —he having taken the " Appeal Cases' ? so much below the other masters , that he foundhe could not pay the regular established price to his men and put profit in his pocket : so he took , as he thought , a safe time to propose to the Master Printers of the metropolis a reduction in the price of this particular ¦ work . --With this in view , he , as secretary to the Masters ' Association , summoned a . committee of that association

      to meet at Ms own house , where he had prepared the resolutions eventually sent round to the trade . A meeting was thenc . alledof . the ; Mastersat . Audertoh ' sHotel , Mr . Spottiswoode in the chair , when M'Dowall endeavoured to convince them that jhe- $ Ueths of the Masters paid only 7 d . pel- thousand ; a statement totaUy devoid of truth , 8 d . having always been paid . Mr . M'Dowall ' s resolutions were then put by the chairman to the meeting , as recontrMnded by tfte committee ; and , as most employers are ever willing to benefit themselves by trampling on the rights of the men working for them , it is unnecessary to say they were earned by a largo majority . The Master Printers , however , were not awavc that the Compositors of the three kingdoms were united in an Association as well as the Master Printers of London ; aud they entirely forgot to consider the most important part of the question , viz .: —whether the Compositors of London would take the offered reduction ? It was speedily settled bytho whole body that it should not be taken . Sir , the necessity of an

      union amongst the members of every trade was never more fuUy exemplified than in this instance ; " and nothing can more fully show that if men continue firm and true to each other they must triumph . The London Compositors have remained true to this principle , and they have IriumpJtcd—fov on Saturday it was resolved by the Masters ( more unanimously than they were passed ) , " JViat their former resolutions should be rescinded , find the men offered their frames at the former prices ; " thus " proving , sir , that unanimity and determination in a good cause must triumph against oppression and tyranny . t Should you think proper to notice the question again , f hope you will notice the shameful and unjust practice adopted by Air . M'Dowall of "Posting" the men who would not submit to take precisely what price fie liked to pay them for their labour , in opposition to the established scale price ; thus endeavouring to prevent men , who had been guilty of no fault , from earning for themsclvea and famUies that support which every man had a right to .

      I hope , sir , you will continue to advocate the cause of the industrious classes in the same manner as you have done in this instance ; and press upon evsry trade the immediate necessity of uniting firmly together to protect industry , and to oppose tyranny in whatever shape it may offer itself . If they prove true to each other they must triumph . Had our employers succeeded in reducing us in this one instance , a general reduction would most certainly have followed . As it is , the wuo ? i of the men has foiled t ! iem . I remain , yours , truly , " A Ttpe-Lifteb . "

      Borou gh o Greenwich . —A public meeting was held at the George and Dragon Tavern , Blackhcathhill , on Tuesday evening , March 11 th , in support of the Buncombe Testimonial , and in denunciation of the espionage at the Post-office . —Mr . J . Morgan , tallow-chandler , was unanimousl y called to the chair . He said gratitude was pre-eminently due to Mr . Duncombe ; for had it not been for the great service rendered by the Member for Finsbury , the working classes would at this moment have been subject to be dragged from their employment and placed on the treadmill at the mere nod of any capricious employer , through the operation of the Masters and Servants Bill , happily strangled in its birth by Mr . Duncombe . ( Cheers ) . Who was there that did not owe that

      gentleman a deep and heavy debt of gratitude for his very able and effective expose oi the nefarious system of espionage at the Post-office ? — Mr . Woldridge , licensed victualler , moved the following resolution ;—" That this meeting view with admiration the manly and consistent Parliamentary conduct of Thomas Slingsby Buncombe in advocating the rights and liberties of the many ; and hereby pledge themselves to aid and assist the Central Committee'in raising ; t grateful testimonial to that gentleman . " Mr . Turner seconded the motion . — -Mr . Stallwood , as one of a deputation from the Central Committee , in a briel speech supported the resolution . —Mr . M'Grath , in a few eloquent and pertinent remarks , also ably supj ported the motion . He said the poor and impoverished Irish raised £ 15 , 000 annually for Daniel

      O'Connell , and ke asked was T . S , Duncombe less worth ; of their gratitude ? If Duncombe was to have a testimonial the working classes must raise it . Tht Master and Servants Bill , alluded to by their chairman , was a vile concoction of Toryism ; a measure which , if it had been suffered , to pass , would have conferred perpetual serfdom on the working classes . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Duncombe , too , had let the li g ht of day In on the nefarious practices of the Home Secretary . 'He believed every one was aware of Mr . Duncombe ' s Herculean labours on behalf of the working classes . ( Loud cheers . ) He trusted the borough of Greenwich would do her share in raising such a testimonial as would be worth Mr . Duncombe ' s acceptance , and worthy of the people to give . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr .

      Robson moved the second resolution as follows : — "That this meeting have heard with detestation and alarm of the system of espionage , as practised at the General Post-office under the sanction of fee Secretary of State for the Home Department ; and look forward with hope to the introduction of Mr . Duncombe ' s promised motion for an end of a system fraught with such baneful consequences . " Mr . Robson contrasted the conduct of Mr . Duncombe with that of the Home Secretary . The former was consistent , patriotic , virtuous , good—doing all he could for the working classes , to relieve them from political and social degradation ; whilst the other , by the most degrading and vile means , was rendering all the assistance in his power to aid foreign despots to crush the liberties , and endanger the lives of their more

      virtuous fellow men . ( Hear , and loud cheers . ) The useless non-producers might daily be seen traversing the " great metropolis" in a splendid equipage , revelling in luxury , whilst the useful wealth-producer was allowed to " shiver and perish in his rags . " Mr . Duncembe had seen those things , and felt for the miseries of the poor and oppressed ; and in his place in Parliament claimed for them a larger share of the " good things ot * this life . " ( Loud cheers . ) It was now for them to show that they duly appreciated the labours of so worthy a champion . ( Cheers . ) Mr \ Dowling , the other deputy from the Central Committee , said he perhaps might he pardoned if he travelled a little out of the record . Splendid testimonials had been presented to a Cochrane , a Marlborough , a Nelson , and a Wellington : then why shoals not a National Testimonial be presented to a Duaeombe , who , In a social point of view , was much more worthy of it . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . Duncombe had consistentl y supported the shortening the duration of the hours of labour ; the abolition of church-rates ; the abolition of those remnants of gross superstition , the Ecclesiastical Courts ; the abolition of the rate-pay ing clauses in the Reform Bill ; and that great and crowning measure , the . right of suffrage to all —( loud cheers ) : therefore , as Lis friend Stallwood had justly said , all classes of reformers were indebted to Duneombe : and , for his part , he never would be satisfied until Graham was hurled from power , and Duncombe filled his place . ( Cheers . ) _ Mr . Blackmore ably supported the resolution , which was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was then carried by acclamation to the chairman , . and ^ the meeting separated . The following sums have already been collected in the borough of Greenwich;—The Shipwrights of Deptford , £ 10 ; working men of Greenwich , £ 4 2 s . 2 d . ; working men of Lewisham , £ 1 15 s . 3 d . ; Admiral Dundas , M . P ., £ 1 ; E . G . Barnard , MiP ., £ 1 .

      The Homcjomhio Svstem . —On Tuesday , an inquest waakeld before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Blue Room , Tavistoek-street , Bedford-square on the body of Henry Cordwell , a solicitor , whose death was alleged to have been caused by treatment under the homoeopathic system of medicine . Mr . Wakley , on commencing the inquiry , asked who made the post mortem examination ?—Dr . Hancock , whowas present , said that he had examined the thorax and abdomen , Mr . Wakley said that it was not usual to

      make an examination without an order from the coroner . Ho had understood that many medical gentlemen of eminence had been present at the examination ; andhe was verymuch surprised to find , when he saw the body , that the head had not been examined . In a case like the present , where the death was alleged to have been caused by improper practice , it was necessa . / that every part of the bod y should be strictly examined . Could Mr . Hancock state the cause of death?—Mr . Hancock said that there was hfflmorrhagefroui the bowels of the deceased . —Mr . Wakley : Of course yon could not ascertain the

      Mr. B. Escoirsaid He Was Sure That His F...

      extent of the haemorrhage ' . Whether it wa 0 our ounces ' or four pounds . ?—Dr . Hancock : Certainly not .- — Mr Wakley : Then you could hot distihctly ' ascertain tiie cause ofule ath .-Di \ Ilancocki . There was the disease I have already described . —Mr . Wakley said that he was afraid that he should be compelled to adjourn - the inquiry . He had received a , great many letters from some friends of the deceased , demanding an inquiry . He had also received many anonymous letters to the same effect . -Were there any . of the friends or relatives of the ; deceased present ? -A gentleman stepped forward and said that he had been afriond of the deceased He understood that a

      rela-. tive of the deceased resided in Bedtord-row , and believed his name was Field . Mr . Wakley said he should adjourn the inquiry until an examination ot the head had been made , - and the cause * of death ascertained . He understood ' thata medical-genWeman named Currie had at first ' - treated the . deceased under the homoeopathic system , and that afterwards » rs . Roots and Headland had-been called in . Dr . Currie askedifhe might be present at the exammation . Some reports had been circulated against him , and he was anxious to have the " inquiry followed up to the

      fullest extent . 'Mr . Wakley inquired whether Dr . Currie was a member of any medical institution in England ? Dr . Currie said ho was hot , but that he was educated in France , and had received his dip loma there . ( The diploma was produced . ) Mr ! Wakley said he was not , therefore , a legal practitioner . An Englishman , und erthc same circumstances , would not be allowed to practice in Paris . However , Dr . Currie could be present at tha post mortem examination , it he chose . The inquest was then adjourned until Friday next . ; ' :

      Married Men . —The more married men you have , says Voltaire , the fewer crimes there will be ; Examine the frightful columns of our criminal ' calendars—you will there find a hundred youths executer for one father of a family . Marriage renders a mai more virtuous and more wise . The father of a family is not willing to blush before his children .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 15, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15031845/page/1/