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      fce l . ' -oa-y scould bo distributed ^ BMUg . Qe per ° * 0 whom the hon . in < -mbtr i-r Middlesex r . f .-rrol , rather than amoogs ; those who hai ootiin d it in France , who hsd previously di quaLfi d ihemselvrH for becoming its recipients by the muntexiravegain professions of purity end patriotism . Hi might oppaal to the boa . gentleman whether he tbougnt that p rsoml libsrrj had been gecored hy tha rev iln'ion ia Franc * . Wss it necassary to remind him of tee Ci'B of the direc tor of : hs nations ! ateliers , who under pret . nee of b . HU app-int ^ d to a lucrative office in the province was clapped into a poBtchaise , in comp-ny w ith iwo gem fames , and driven to a country town , end , frjm t . at day to ihis had never eeenabie to obtain the slightest exmlanaticra oi the treatment to which he had been tut ) .

      jeered . Ha wou d now call the atJtntion of the hom- to the case of Prussia . There was no country in which education was se generally diffused—there was ni . country whose educational statistics had been so fre . qatntly referred to in tha : house ; and vet the moat curious accounts bad reached us fr > m Berlin respecting tha conduct of thtir National Assembly . It wasnotinrt of the hon . member's plan tbat memn ? ra shon-d tie pail forth . ir serriCJE , bnt that had be * n adopted in Prussia , aud great dissatisfaction was eri . ress-. il because soma 01 the representatives were saving mon ^ y out of tbeir pay , which amoustedtoTs . 61 , per dr . y , ( Lighter . ) Tne good people « 't Beriin proposed io set tiie r repres-entatives to task w » rk , and be paid by th < " j oo instead of the day . ( Laughter . ) The labouring gIhssiso ! this country

      had , he oelitved , narrowly watcV . ed tiie solution of the labour question in France , and woald be sole to draw a useful lesson from it . ( Hea- , ht-ar . ) AH he causewhich led to th = revolution in France exi « ttd in sh ' . s country in a much greater degrcs : than in France . There ivere in th-a country larger masses of people FufiVriog distress . [ A member exclaimed— ' We ti-. ve a ?•> -r Law . ' ] True we have a Poor Law . and thrre were also other redeeming poi . its in our syst . m whien afforded EeUce to ttie U-Iortunate , But no one could Buy tfmt there exisH in France the strong contracts which thi * country exhibited between vast wraith and extreme penurj , for in Franco the fubdivi « ion of Isnil was carried to au extreme point . Distress ant sufi * ring iriii & g from vicissitudes of commerce , which were ibe immediate to

      caus ^ of to e recent Frtnch rev lutioa i listed a grester x entin this country . IIi > had great hope ot this country , bat he did not derive it from a belief thai any measure such as that now proposed by the hon . member fur Montrose would remove all ds .-coateist ¦ Wit hout ticnying -. fast the representative system wa- sr . s cep ' . iolo of improvement , us thought t ^ at if in- hous « were t-iscerelv determined to do its duty , iture war nothing in its composition to prevent it Irom acquiring the rvspec : end confiiencL- of tho people , T .-. o rnjiu hen , peatleman , after siio « ing the hou * e had respond . d to public f ^ ilinj thi * session , in one or two cafes—ana rcbaki < -g Lird G . Bentinck en 4 Lord J . Russell for ihr

      til : th y had mutually mad ? oa account ot tbe missing TVist IndWn dt ^ pitehes—concluded by Bsjiag , Ii wished it to bsunderst-oi that , in vut . ng against 'hmoiion in roduced Ly the b- > n . membt-r for Uoiitro ^ e , hwas ro : jrivln ? an opinion in riivour of the p . ri ciicn tl tu 3 6 \ 6 um now isis ' . 'ii / . N i man couul have watcted th- ; working of tho House oi G imm-. ns sines the passine of the Reform Bdl « ithaat percarin ? tlitt then- True much tbat wa ; bad in the system , ai . d that it wou d 11 pjesib elor a wise asd prac ^ ic-. ! hind—with time sua cocsidsrrAti . 'n—to ifiVc ; gre ^ t iinprovtrctnis , witbou 1 risking the instituiions whicn it was the desire of ali wise mm to miintain unimpaired ( Hear , hear . )

      Lord D Sxr / 4 ET expressed his grstificatlon at nndinp that the djc : ria ~ of fiaality was repuaiatei by all parties . The noble lord ( J . Rassel . ) in his speech appealed io deny that a man l <*& a ri ^ ht to the t ' rancbise . Tsar ra ght be a qi-. stion , but tne noble lord would ot leas ; ndmit that tne principle of the Bri ' . iSn constitution was to extend tna basis of tUe rrpres . UEth . u ss wid .-iy cspossible , ani < mly to place a limit w ' jere the e-. feij it the atare required It . Th . neS : q lost-oa wa-w fctit : the-r it wis sate to extend the franctiite % H = could rut but r < m = mber that the greatest po-rib-e evils , f = nch as tin downtwl of tbe monarchy , the church , and all < ur mosi valuable institution * , were prophreiea is lik > ly to result from pasting the Reform Bill . S . x : eeo . yjars had now elapsed since the Reform B li badpi : s ^ d , and thev had not

      found tnat any of these prenicions of evil had bin n realised . Tbe hon , member for BucSin ^ ham ^ hire ( Mr Disrae '^) tbs other iji ^ ht said that hnn . gentlemen on civile ot the house had opposed the Reform Bill , and got p ^ lteifar their pains Bat tbe hon . gent ! , man had himsell sho « n that tha Reform Bill had eoi b ^ tn a failmv . b--caase hs stated that during the las : twesty years tin-re had been a much more iqnal distribution of tf . e bur . dens of taxation . He was celightrd : o Snd upou iht edmis' . iQH ot hon . gentlemen vrho bad opposed tbe Re ferm Bill , tbat it had done some good . Since , then that measure hai been , on the whole , beneficial in it > operati -n , although he admitted , it hud not done s « much goo J as hs desired , l . t them to on in the sarue ecu = e . { ' Oh , oh ! ' and ' D vid :. ' ) He did not pretend

      that ibis measure would satis'y the people fjr all future time ; but be , for one , was not for finality ; h ? was for graduil protr « S . ( "Oh [ ' ) The constituency formt-rly coniisted of 300 , 000 voters , it nowamonnttd io 1 . 009 , 000 Let them go on increa' -icg the numher , aad tuen they might hope to go on eff cling a fair re auction o' taxation , andobtiinini ; those othtr meisures which theatau cf the country required . ( On , oh V and "D-vidi /) The proposition of triennial Parliaments wa » , in h . s opinion , a very imported one ; and ha was very much astonished to hear the noble lord ( J . RusbpII ) express his prtfe-ence for annual < . v ^ r triennial Parliament ! ( 'Divide . ' ) The great obj-ciicn , however , no doubt , was to a preposal of electoral d ; -tricts . Now it wss

      true ttiat tbcre might be some 'imj'jlty xa arran ^ ink' a Ian for equal electoral districts , . ut this resolution woald not pl .-dge the hon ? e to tny tuch plan , bnt only to a more eqaal apportionment th ' in at present ct memberi to population . { 'D . vide . ' ) Tbe prople at large were itiacbed to oar institutions , and bad no such wish , as -ome impat d to them , to pall down everything ; hut it was important thit the house and tbopio ^ le ihould b ° in harmony ; and if ever there w < s a time when the people of England ought tj be trusted , the present was thst time . With revoluuon in fo many other countries , ad classes here were exhibiti ' g to the world a nobie example of order . L-t tbe hjuse beware of alienatln ; the attachment of such a people , ( ' Hear , hear , ' and 'Dicide . ' )

      Mr Mcstz thRBght , that tbon * S several gestlemsn had spoken in the course of the evening , the subject had been very much shirked . ( A laugh . ) Tbe q-i-stiou really was , wctther the house fui'j , fairly , and n . n ^ stiy represented the people , and , if not , whether the plan proposed wonld place the house in the position in wnicb it on ^ ht to be . ( H-ar , hear . ) Hon . members were certainly mistaken if they tbosght the people wtre oopinicm that they were represented in that house . It had been said , indeed , that this was a nursed agitation not spontaneoas or nata r al , ssl that it ought to have csme from the people , and not to have bees seat t-j the pe / p ! e . ( H ^ ar , hear . ) Now , as far as he ( Mr Mun z ) kc ^ w , it was 5 poataneoas . He had made no communication to his consiituen'B upon the Bubject .

      but tho communication came , in the first instance , trom them to him . Before he kn-w what the proposal o ' the hoa . mimbtr ( ilr Hume ) wa ? to be , they stated to hUs what their plan was , and it q-iite agreed wi : h the plan now proposed . ( Alanijh , ) Hon . members mi ^ ht laugh ; let them , if they chose , say Ue was telling a falsehood { ' jr . ) , no '); wnat he had sitd was tha fact . ( Hear , hear ) His coi * titu nts gave their reason ; jnd it was thec-ndnct of the goviramep . t and tse house on the property-tax end tbe Gating B . U that was tbe cau ^ e of tbe ' r riseatUfsc . ion . ( Hear , hear . ) Put , ifthire had BOtb-en that , let any one leok to the disclosures that had rak ^ n place before the el-rcrion committee ? , and the bribery which bad evidently been practised on both si'ies ; for that was no party erTiir . ( Hesr ) Let

      no one say that the cas . s tbat bud come ont were all that had occurred ; he did ont believe they wera a twentieth psrt ( hetr , hear ) ; te believed that by f .-. r the greater number if the m-mbers of that house had obtained thtir stats bj the iiTflaence of the porket . ( Hesr , tsar . ) Toe policy f-dopted alwiya was io go as littlo way as pos-ible , and when the p ? ople pressed , then tho house went a little farther , but tbey were always reluctant , to trove in the right direction—in ttrat i , f t * e interest of the ptople . Parliament had given a £ 10 Suffrage ; tbey were n > w asked to ko a little fi . rthir . Th « a as to the ballot , it was idle end wrong to give the

      franchise and not place the people in a condi ion to exercise it , People were aft-Md to vot- - > . And why ehonld wa sot have . ht Bill't * We bad it in our clubs . The house should remember that there were now perrons in the c ur . trv quite as well ednca'ed as tha arist craej themselves , and who understood fuliy as well . If nat tetter , the wants and feelings of the prop'e , Tha peo pie did not rf quire great fundamental chances in the constitution ; * nd , even if they w ^ -nt as far as Universal Suffrage no sacl changes would take plaie . Believing the proposition of his hoa . frltnd to b » sound , just , tmi right , he theuld give it his firm and corolel support ( Caeerf . )

      After a speech from Mr . NinoroiTE , defending tbe Protection Society , at No . 17 , 15 . nd-strect , frcm some passing observations of ifr B Osborne , cud attacking Mr Co ^ ricE l' -r kavinir created 1 500 fuggot votes , which carried his tlce ' . iua for the West Ri ling , Mr C . Villiers brtifl . f explained tho ressons wl = y he supported the motion of Mr Hume , though he did not agree in all tho propositions contained in it . His main reason wis that it r cognised the policy of estendiflg the D & tisoUbe representation . H < s did not believe that tbe charactir ot oar legislat ' on hsd been much altered since the R form Act , :. nd he firmly be'ieved tbat it wocld not be much a tered by tbe reform now proposed . After a brkf reply from Mr Yzui , who uplained and enioicid his former stattments , tho heusa divided , when tha numbers were—For Mr Hume ' s motion St

      Ageins : it 351 Mai . rity against it . —267

      MONDAY . JcLT 10 . HOUSE OF LOllDS . —Ieehnd . —Lord Baoron ^ . y wishsi to call the atuadon ot the ncb ' . o Pretlden * ot the Council to an important sn' . jtct ; hj infant wVi & t was a {) a goin ^ 5 n iu I . -tlasd ia the i < rmation of dabs and secret so ?' . Liies , £ fid tee d . tciyline and iraining of per-Eonsfor unkftiul parpusis . Tlii % Eu ^ jcut r . as exciting alarm in the minis of p-rso'S in I-eland who were nut liable to be alirmed on ordiniry cc ; urrtnctB . He wished to < iuow wiieibsr the attention of tho covtrnraent bad been direjud to ± 2 EUijact ! He coaid . only say that if

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      the g . ) i . rmnuutthotij : s . t v . necessary to came to pa ^ lisimint for additional powers , they would bo cheerfully crimed , by shiir lordships and tho other house of par . llament . ( H ar , hear . ) Tne Marquis of Lansdowne eaid there was no donbl thnt the attention of htr Majesty ' s governmment , and of the noble lord at the head of tho government iu Ireland , had been , and was now being , directed to this " upj-ct ; a- * d with resptct to the perils of anch societies tbere could he no diff .-rence of opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) Scotch Fbee Chubch . —The Marquis of Beeadalbane , on presenting numerous petitions in favour ot

      ' ne granting cf sites for free churches in Scotland , mide a statement as to * the amounts expended by the frre church body for t . due .: tional and religions purposes siuee the disruption in 1842 , amounting in the whole to tbe Bum i-. f £ 1 , 592 , 800 . The noble marquis concluded his observations by expressing his hope that the grievance , ot which at least one-third of the people of Scot'and complained , w . iuld be redressed , the more par . icularly because it was inconsistent with the rights and privileges of British subjects that they should be denied fO'its oa whioh to erect buildings for the worship ot Gid .

      -- bonso fhpn sd'o ^ r" "'i HODSE OP COMMONS . —Mr Poset , on tho ground tliat he found it impossible to proceed advantageously wi h the Agricultural Tenant Right ( England ) Bill , owing to the late period of tbe session , moved that the rrter for ( he se .-ond reading be discharged . ME 1 E POLITAN iHPEOViMENTS AND NEW HoOfES OF Pakli 4 hest —A conversation at the instance of Sir 11 . I . vglis took place with reference to the now park at Batt . t « b , the construction of a new bridge at that locality , » i > d aiao with revpect to the proc : edinga had under the Westminster Improvement Act . The new houses of parliament were more than ence inada the subj ct of discussion during tbe evening ; Mr Geeene , in reply to Dr BonsiNO , etiting , with reference to the new House cf Oozumonp , that it wac tip oted it would ho ready for oc . upition by the session of 1850 , but It was difficult to

      -p » -. k with certainly on such a subject ; Bcsisesi cfthe Hod = e . —Lord J Rns-sii , said , that "u Muiiday next ho should ba prepared to state tho g-niral intentions of the government as to tho cours-2 f public business during the remain !' , g portion of tbe spsniou . Colonisation . —Tie subject of colonisation , in reference to Lord Lincoln ' s motion carried on tbe 1 st of J iat , n as made matter of discussion at the instance of tii . it riotle lord . Mr Ha wes said that the noble lord had quite correctly - 'it . d the motion which he had made on the 1 st of June , 1817 , and which was to tbe i Sect that an bumble address <> presented to her Hey . ity , praying her Majesty to take mt « eonsidera ' on the means by which colonisation n-. ijht be made f ubsidiarj to other measaresfor

      promoting toe welfare o ! Ireland . A commission was objected to by tho Euvernrntnt , but inquiry was promised . Oa v e { th of June a select coramiUee was appointed in ihe Home of Lords to inqiire into the matter , and that - ¦ ramittee had not as yet closed its labours . Whether f . at committee would strike out apian by which colonisa-¦ i-n might be promoted withou ' . a large outlay of public money , he did not know but government waited there . at of that inquiry . But tho house must not think that they had remslned wholly quiescent pending that 'rquiry . A passsenjrer act had b . en passed by which the nijTUlity in the emigrant ships had been greatly abated , mii some papers had been recently laid on the table o which he wished to call the attention of tho house . S .. m-t time since Lis noble friend at tl > e head of the Cnionial-office had sanctioned a loin of . £ 100 , 000 to promote emigration to Neu South Wales , and on receiving iniim & t on trom the colony that the debentures ha < J been

      na . d off , a iurtV-cr loan was guaranteed on the territorial revenues of ; £ 3 fl 0 , 000 Theee loans were gra . Miall ' y coming into uperztion , and a larger emigration whs in progress . But besides this important measure , ¦ t was w . ll known that settlers in America were in the bur 4 t of svnding home large sums of money to bring out t ir friends but hitherto there had been few facilities for a similar practice in New South Wales . Arrangements hid , however , been made , by which money paid into the hands of government there would ho paid out by the covernment here , and the emigrants to New South Wales , would have the same facilities as emigrants to A nf-rica . The emigration last year had been enormous io New South Wales and South Australia , 17 , 000 ; and io Canada ( from January to June ) , 171 , 000 . This year , oaring the same period , it had reached 124 , 000 . These tneis would show , that the subjects alluded to by the noble lord in his question had not b ; en wholly overlooked by the gov-rament .

      Void Elections —On the motion of Lord John RcsstLt . it was agreed to that no new writs do iosne for the .. ¦ roughs of Derby and Leicester before Tuesday , the 15 h of August ; and in answer to Mr A . Staffobd the nobie lord stated that he did not mean to go on either •* ifh the Horsbia Borough or the Borough Elections ( No . 2 ) Bill , baton Thursday next , to move for leave to bring in a new bill for inquiry ; and should that bill include Leicester and Derby , then to move , as frequently had been the case , that tbe writs should not issue until ten deys after the csmraencement of the ensuing session , hoping , as be did , to be enabled to carry such a measure befc-re the rising of parliament .

      Scgae Doties . —The house then went into committee on the Sugar Duties . Lord G . Bektince . made a speech of tour hours and a half duration in defence of protection . The debate occupied the remainder of the sitting , and terminated by the adeption of the ministerial plans by a majority of 108 . The honse adj -. orned at tvro o ' clock . TUESDAY , Jdlt 11 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Protection of Femalfs Bill —Th- Bishop of Oxr . 'BD moved the third reading -. f this b'll . An objection had been ra ' sed to that part of the hill , which would punish procuresses , and which , it was said , might be extended to houses for licentious indulgence . Such was not the object of the bill . Tho Lird Chief Justice , and other of his learned friends , had idmitte 1 that no better measure could be devised to m et tbe evil of which they all complaint . It was not inftmous houses , giioou" infamous houses , which this act would tsneb , but tha / urn ' shing of such heuses vith Inmates .

      Lerd Bbouoqah said that two of his objections to the bill had already been removed by the statementofthe right rev . prelate . Although he approved of the measure , and was anxioui to see sack an act passed , ho ' . it that there were very great difficulties in tbe way of legislating on such a subject . Tbeobjectof tbe bill was 'o prevent seduction for the lucre of gain . It was not the o'ject of themeasare to put down prostitutes who resorted professionally to houses of ill fame , hut to prevent tbe seduction of innocent females . Therefore , this was a measure which m ? ant one thing and enacted another . Would the house be justified in passing such a bUl ? Thfi other liw lords conenrrad In this view .

      The Bishop of OxroKD persisted in taking a division . He could not consent to postpone the measure . He had a good authority for ssying that in various parts of the Continent , legislation bad taken place on this subj : ct , and 60 far from Its having increased immorality , the laws which hail been passed placing aifficultieB in the way of keeping open brothels had beea attended with a diminu tion of immorality and vice . Ha entreated their lordships to remember that In rejecting this bill , they would bo exposing that house , which stood high In the moral and religious estimation of the country , to the grievous evil of being thought that they strained at a goat and swallowed a camel . Their lordships then divided—Contents 21 Non-contents .. 28 Majority against the bill ... —7 After f rwarding several other bills , a stage their lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven o ' clock .

      " HOUSE OF COMMONS . —There was a day sitting for the putpose of reeeiving the report on the Sugar Duties , and prof eeditg with tho Eacumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill . The report was brought up by Mr Beesal . The 10 th di . y of July was fixed , instead of the 5 ; b , for the resolutions to take effect , ana" a committee was appointed to I ring in a bill embodying the prepositions . The adjoureed debate oa the Encumbered Estates Bill was opened by Mr SADLlEB . who expressed himself greatly disappointed at finding that a measure , which had been for so many mouths under the consideration of the government , was not of a more comprehensive character than the present , He then offend several suggestions to render the bill more equitable and useful .

      5 ' r J . Gbahah . took a tiffareut view of this bill from th at takea by the last speaker . Ho wag not satisfied with the bill as it came down from the House of Lords , but he looked with tome hope to the practical working of it as amended by the Solicitor Geheeal . Every faeilitj ought and must be given for tho conversion of Iii « h estates into money , and the amendments of the SolicitobGemebal were calculated to give those facilities . He was anxious to see such a subdivision of land , now held by Protestant encumbered landlords , as woul ' d enable Roman Catholics of small capital to become purchasers of it . This measure would leaei to such a subdivision , aud therefore , he should give it his cordial support , especially as It was sound in principle and did not work any violation of right .

      Mr R . D . Bbowhe heartily concurred in the ssntiments expressed by the right honourable baronet towards this measure , which , he believed , would ba found acceptable to a great majority of the most intelligent people of Ire . land . The bill was absolute !? necessary in jastico to Irish landlords , the owners of encumbered property . Sir J . B , Walsh opposed the Bill , which was supported by Mr B . OsBoaNE , in an excellent speech , expository oi the evils Of the present system of holding land in Ireland-In the course of his remarks he showed the beneficial effects of the subdivision of the soil into small estates . Tbe hon . member for Carlow ( Mr Sadlier ) had said that Upwards Of one million andia half of l ; rad was for sale

      iu Ireland . Why was it not bought ? Because your present state of the law was so expensive ; titles were so intricate , and the transfer of land was so dear , that no mun could attempt to buy land in Ireland . The lawyers were directly interested in keeping up the intricate statute of limitations . He quite agreed that ycu must have a new register of estates in Ireland , such as you had in Belgium . Would it not be better for England to give a par liamentary title to estates in England ? It would be rbuisd that there was a necessity for probing this wound to the core . Look at other countries where the law of entail prevailed—in what a state were they ? Look at at Spain- The whole of Andalusia was held b y three proprietors , what was tho state of Norway ? ' rj , p 0 .

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      pulation was'Jll ., ' 0 ' ) , and the csi .-ites Here ll . fir . l . In riwUzrrlaud , itself a country of small estates , in tho can . ttuof Zurich , the valuation was 'JM per head on the poor r . ite . The Belgian tilled his own ground , and had a small property . lie should be told to look at France ; but he mainta ! i > ed that in France there was a most strincent law of entail , because in France the landed proprietor was compelled to subdivide his lands ; and what was that but a law of entail ? He observed that an hon . gentleman , who was celebrated aa a non-intervention barrister , seemed to deny this j but he said that any law which compelled a man to subdivide his property was , in fact , a law of entail . Mr Firm , in his ' Tour in Ireland , ' who had written on this subject , took precisely the same view , and proved that the effect of subdivision was nothing more than the mischievous law of entail . He wanted to know what honourable gentlemen meant to do when they talked about the danger of this bill ? Would any the

      one savthat it was possiblefor Ireland to remain in State lil which She was at this moment ? No grants of landed proprietors , no loan of money , no artificial stimulants to create labour for Ireland , would bo of any use whilst you had the law of real property in the state in whioh it was . If you meant sincerely to eradicate crime you must go a long way in destroying the law of property in Ireland , and it was the buunden duty if the house to adopt such measures as would create a race of small proprietors in Ireland . He did not care a farthing whether they were Roman Catholic or Protestait proprietors , and he was sure that the people were very much misunderstood , for they cared little what they were . He never found any dislike on account of religion , and he believed that there was a great deal more bigotry amongst people in England than in Ireland . There was a commission in 1811—nothing evir came of these commissions—and what was the recommendation of tho landed commission as to the sale of estates ? It said :

      'It rarely happens that land is brought into the market in lots of small amount . Estates are so eneuuibervd , that the expense which would attend dividing them deters proprietors from taking this course , although a largesum would be received . ' He was satisfied that by sucii a bill as this you would raise the value of hind iu Ireland , and , which was of much greater consequence , that you would increase the cereal produce of tie country . What did the report say ? 'Wo believe that there are largo numbers of persons in Ireland possessing u small amount of capital , \\ hieh they would gladly employ in the cultivation of land , and a still larger number " hold land for rent who would cheerfully embrace the opportunity ol be . coming small proprietors ' Ho thought that Ireland owid a lieep debt of gratitude to the English Solicitor-General for having stepped forward and given his attention to this measure : it was a step in the ri ^ ht direction . It was not for him to criticise the details of the bill , and as a warm friend to Ireland he should give it his entire support . v Mr II . A . Hebbebt supported the bill .

      Mr . F . O'Connoh tendered his thanks to the honourable and learned Solicitor-General for having introduced this bill . In 1 S 3 J he hud predicted iu that house that the landlords would be brought to their present position , and he had told them that at last they would bo obliged to apply to Parliament to do that which it was better to do by themselves . They looked upon their estates as being of political value , and now they were obliged to give them agricultural importance . When once the people of Ireland had their own industry protected , they would not ask forabetter political system . The landlords of Ireland had been long sut ject to the dominion of Irish solicitors , and the time was come when the house must aft hide . pendently of landlords and attorneys . If the house wished to do anv real public good , they must act

      mdependei-tly of both the landlords and the attorneys He was rejoiced to perceive that it was at length ad . milled there wiis no escape from the difficulties that existed except by bringing the land into the retail market . What would bu the- effect of this bill ? It would he to raise the value of the land fifty pt-r cent , in the retail market . He condemned Irish member * that they should have come and asked for stringent measures , which would have been rendered unnecessary by the simple perform , ance of their own duties . The honourable baronet ( Sir James Graham ) had said , take o ; ire you do not produce a mortgage panic . It was likely that you would , hut it would give a greater value to the estate mortgaged , und then it would be easy to have a transfer . There would be no difficulty in procuring ample mortgages as a substitute for those which might be called in .

      Mr S . Crawford , Col . Dunne , and other members , having spoken , the amendment of Sir Lucius O'Brien was withdrawn . The bill was then committed pro forma , after which the Chairman reported progress , and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday next . The house then adjourned . WEDNESDAY , July II . HOUSE OF COMMONS—The ino : ion for going into committee on the Sunday Trading Bill wds supported by Mr Alcock , Sir deL Evans , Colonel Thompson , anl Sir E . Buxton , and opposed by Mr B . Wall , Mr Slaney , Mr Hume , Sir G . Grey , and Mr C . Berkeley , After some discussion , tho house divided when the numbers were . —

      For the motion ... ... ... 75 Against it .. 47 Majority in its favour ... —28 The bill then passed through committee . The house then resumed , and it was fixed that tho bill should be recommitted on Friday . Mr Moffiitt withdrew the Qualification of Momb * ra Bill for this session , and the house adjourned at a qaartorpsst five o ' clock .

      ¦ ¦ ¦ 4 _____ The Northern Star. _ __ Ju...

      ¦ ¦ ¦ 4 _____ THE NORTHERN STAR . _ __ Jul y 15 , 184 8 ,

      The Irish Confederation. The Usual Weekl...

      THE IRISH CONFEDERATION . The usual weekly meetings have been held by the Confederate Cuba , at which resolutions condemnatory of the Whig persecutions ; and in support of the Irish League , have been carried unanimously , Subscriptions have also been liberally entered into for the support of the wife and family of poor Looney ; and several new members enrolled . Meetings for ihe Ensuing Webk ' . —Sunday Evening . —Fountain and Still . Golden-lane ; Cartwright ' s Coffee House , RedcroiS-stteet ; Druid'u Arms , Greenwich ; Crown , Gravel-lane , Southward ; Denny ' s Ctffce House , Great St Andrew-street . Mondat . —High-street , Islington . Monbat and Wednesday . —Assembly Room , Deanstreet . Monday , Tuesday , and Thursday . —Washington Hall , Cable-street , VVapping .

      At which places subscriptions will be received for the wife and . five children of the patriot Looney . The Wallace Brigade . —Mr M'Crae will lecture on Sunday evening at the rooms of the Wallace Brigade , Charter Coffee-house , Strutton Ground , Westminster .

      Ete The Chartists Of This Place Bold Wee...

      Ete The Chartists of this place bold weekly meetings every Sunday afternoon , at Andrew Batterham ' u Temperance Cottage , ti enrol member * to the National Charter Association , and to receive subscriptions for the Liberty and Defence Funds . It a lecturer were sent in this and other agricultural parts where the principles are but little known , the good done would be immense . We are determined to do what we can to support the Executive and Commissioners in their holy work . Whittikoton and Cat . —A council and classleaders ' meeting will be held on Tuesday evening , July 18 th . at half-past eight o'clock . Nottingham . —The next meeting of the Land members will be held at Mr Seymour's , Sneinton Hermitage , on Sunday evening , at eeven o'clock precisely .

      Heckmondwike , near Leeds . —A political lecture will be delivered in tbe Red Chapel , top of Heckmondwike , by Mr William Newsome , on Sunday , July 16 ; h , at balf-past two o ' clock in the afternoon . Mr Kydd ' s Route . —Wallingford , Monday ; Mino ries , Tuesday ; Bermondsey locality . Thursday . Mr M'Crae will lecture at the Brunswick Hal ] , Limehouse , on Monday evening ; chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Hvde . —The members of this branch of the Land Company will meet in their room , Hyde-lane , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock .

      Berry Edge — A meeting of . the working men ol the Tillages of Black-hill , Berry Etfse , and Leadgate , & o ., is intended to be holden on Saturday evening next , at seven o'clock , at tho house ot Mr James Reid , painter , Berry Edge , for the purpose of taking into consideration the ntcessity of iotming a law fund for their mutual protection . All persons desirous of joining are solicited to attend . Rodley . —Messrs Brook and Harris , from Leeds , will address a meeting at that place , on Tuesday evening , at ^ even o ' clock . Leeds . —Mr Wei . North , from Wike , near Bradford , will deliver a political sermon in the Vicar ' s Croft , to-morrow afternoon , at two o ' clock .

      Manchester . —The second anniversary of the People ' s Institute will take place en Monday evening , July 17 th . A grand soiree and ball will bopiven on the occasion , at which Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will attend ; also , W . P . Roberts , Esq . ; the Rev ! Jas . Scholefield ; Messrs W . Burton , J . Leach , and Daniel Donovan . Djors open at half-past six . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . —On Wednesday evening , July 19 tb , a ballot for twenty shares in the People ' s Institute , to consist of 420 member , at 6 d . each ballot , will take place . To commence at eight o ' clock in the evening . Colne . —A meeting of the No . 1 branch of the Land Company , will be held at Mr James Stuttard ' s . Colnelane , on Monday evening , July 17 th , when all shareholders belonging to the above branch are requested to attend and pay up their respective levies .

      LaBSTOVE , NOBLANDMOOH , NEAR HALIFAX —A Chartiatcampmeetingwillbe held at Ladstove to morrw afternoon , commencing at two o ' oleck Messrs Snowden , Clissett , and Rushtonara expectci to be present . The district delegates will meet at the Blue Ball , Norland , at twelve o ' clock in the forenoon , when eaoh locality in the district is requested to send a delegate . Bradford-A West Riding delegate meeting of tbo Life and Property Protective Society will be held to-morrow , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Tbose localities who sent delegates to Bradford on the 2 Uf of May are requested to send the same delegates to morrow to Bntferworth-buildings , ThemSc m prepared to pay their several shares of the expenses incurred m getting the rules printed . exPense 3

      Coxhoe -The next district delegate meeting for h a e h nt ff h ° v Durham am' Northumberland Vl ^ V & W ^ Jl is d ™ jffifr r ^ ^ £ SK « i „ i J !» - P an of local agitat on the delegates to 5 ' wiM IThl 5 S " t t 0 ren 00 D ' anda « 2 pmeet M . «» p , J ° , takGn attw 0 ° ' cl (> ck precisely . Slv J ' rn , , 1 ri ckei ! 80 n ' llichard 3 . WatsSn . Carr Sing are C 5 ptcted t 0 ^ , c ? a ih

      Mi-Rc-'Niilb, Matiiematifal, And Aglilcul. Tujial J-Cilool,

      MI-RC- 'NIILB , MATIIEMATIfAL , AND AGlilCUL . TUJiAL J-CilOOL ,

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      IIOWITT'S JOURNAL . THIS JOURNAL having passed Into other hands , to prevent any mistake on the part of the public , Mr and Mrs Howitt beg distinctly to state , that they have no longer any connection whatever with if , or with the Journal with which it is now incorporated .

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      Mr O'Connor To The Men Of Manchester.

      MR O'CONNOR TO THE MEN OF MANCHESTER .

      My Friends, When I Mentioned My Intentio...

      My Friends , When I mentioned my intention of being amongst you on the 17 th , it was in the reasonable hope that the Land Committee would have completed its labours before that time . However , in this expectation I have been disappointed , and as we meet again at twelve o ' clock on Tuesday , you will see the uttec impossibility of my being able to be with you . Many people do suppose that I have the power of Boyle Roche ' s bird , of being in two places at the same time . However , as I am not gifted with that power ; and , as I must be in the Committee at twelve o ' clock on Tuesday , it will be impossible for me to be elsewhere . Your faithful friend , Fkargus O'Connor .

      The Riots Tn Lancashire. The Rioters At ...

      THE RIOTS tN LANCASHIRE . The rioters at Manchester , or at least that portion of them charge i with rioting within the borough , were tried on Friday wtek , at the sessions . The names of i he prischew for trial at the sessions are as fdlows :-J . Hayes , aged 20 ; J . Hall . 18 ; and W . Crenshaw , 25 . [ The prosecution against C . Preston and R . Noblett , taken at the same time , was abandoned for want of evidence . ] The indictment charged the prisoners with rioting and assaulting tho police . —The first witness called was Mr Watts , who described tbe state of confusion the city was thrown into on the 31 st of May , by the attempt of a bady of people from other towns to enter , and in connection with others within the city to hold a meeting , hy which the military and police had to be called out . He also detailed the state of the city in the

      neighbourhood of New Cross on tbe night in question , after the police and military had been called out , and aaid he saw the prisoner Hayes throw two stones at the police . —Mr Superintendent Sawley was next called : he proved that he was in Ancoats lane with a body of police on the evening of the 31 st of May , and taw the prisoner Ilajes , who was loading a number of the rioters , put up his hand and say with an oath he should like to stab the police . —Another policeman stated that he saw Cionshaw throw two stones at the police , near Bennett-street , aad that he followed him into a cellar and captured him . — Mr Beswick , chief superintendent of police , was also called , and stated that he headed a large body of with whom he

      police had to clear the streets very frequently in the neighbourhcod of New Cross . He said that a great number At stones were thrown at the cffleers whilat in the ^ performance of their duty , and when he was in Bennett-street , he had been struck on the ankle with a stone , from the effects of which he had been unable to walk to the office ever § jnce . He could not identify Cronshaw . Hall was idenjified ^ by a policeman as having thrown stones , but in this case an alibi was set up , and he was acquitted . The other two prisone-B were committed to prison for four months . The rioters taken with arms in their bands were committed , it will be recollected , to the assizes at Liverpool .

      The Glasgow Rioters. The Following Caeca...

      THE GLASGOW RIOTERS . The following caeca were brought up before Sheriff Skino and a jury on Saturday week . The first case called was that of John acd James Taylor , brothers , who had been concerned iu the riots in the city in March last . Both panels pleaded guilty , and they were sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment each . James McFadyer , John Henderson , and Elizabeth Kean were also charged as above . Panels pleaded not guilty ; bufr ; * afier the examination of n witness ,

      the prisoners Met adyer and Henderson were again interrogated , and each pleaded guilty . The ease went te trial , and Kean was found guilty , and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment . McFadyer and Henderson were each sentenced to sixty days ' imprisonment . John Ross , labourer , James Park and Edward Herbert , were next placed at the bar ' on a charge similar to the above . Park was not called . The case went to trial against Herbert and Ross . Ross was discharged , and Herbert was sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment .

      Covrawir.-A Meeting Of The Coventry And ...

      Covrawir .-A meeting of the Coventry and Warwickshire district council-men will take place on Pnfe July ? / ' 1 * . wo ° ' clcck ' at Ml Pritchard ' a Coriee-houBO , Gosford-street . ToDMOBDKN-Dr M'Wl will lecture in the e ^ to ' ctk . a 1 ' ' ° n luesda ' ncxf . 18 * July , at HoDDEBSFiEta . —A district meeting will be held on Sunday ICth July at 2 p . m ., afc Mr Joseph Ibetson ' s 'lemptrance-hotel , Buxton-road . ; n ,, ^ M . T * ° ' , Nor ^ ch .-a general meeting of the depositors id the Land aod Labour Bank in tho Norwich district , will bo held on Monday evening , July 17 th , at eight o ' clock , at their room iu bt . LdmundB , to elect officers for tho enauine quarter .

      Birmingham . —A camp meeting will be held tp tho new estate near Bromsgrove , on Sunday , ( ton . m row . ) at twelve o ' clock at n * on , P . O'Conno * , I ' . hj . m . p , and etber friend . * , will addreH ( he mating ,

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      THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC MEETING : A LETTER Addressed ( ipfere Sentenos . ) TO LORD CHIEF JUSTICE SIR THOMAS WILDE . Br BaNEsr Jones , Also , price Threepence , A VERBATIM REPORT OF THE TRIAL * OF ERNEST JONES AND THE OTHER 011 AR 1 IST LEADERS . This letter contains tbe substance of the address which Ernest Jones intended to deliver in the courf , but whioh tha judge would not allow to be spoken . Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at tho Northern Star Office ; and of Ahel Hoywood , Manchester . THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVB ; R Pr / BLtSIIED . Now ready , price Is . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Shortly will be ready , A New aad Improved , and much enlarged Edition of MR SILLETT'S WORK ON SPADE OR FORK HUSBANDRY . This edition will be illustrated with wood-cuts of the tools Mr Sillett recommend ? . Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row , London : and all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      The publication of tlie July number of the "Labourer" was unavoidably postponed . There will be a double number published on the 1 st of August .

      The Northern Star, Saturday, July 15, 1818.

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , JULY 15 , 1818 .

      The Victims Of Whkjgery, A Rancorous Whi...

      THE VICTIMS OF WHKJGERY , A rancorous Whig Attorney-General , a partisan Judge , and middle-class Juries , steeped in hatred towards everything savouring of Chartism , have outraged Justice , and ilungour persecuted friends into dungeons . Fussell is sentenced to two years and three monihs imprisonment ; Williams , two years and one-wee k . Sharp , two years and three months ; Vernon two years ; Looney . two years and two months ; and Ernest Jones , two years .

      These sentences , savagely severe as they are do not include the whole of the punishment the " convicted ' patriots have to encounter . At the expiration of the imprisonment , Fussell ia to find bail , himself in iOOl ., and two sureties in 50 Z . each , to keep the peace for five year ; Williams , Sharp , and Vernon , sureties to the same amount as Fussell , for three years ; Looney , sureties to the same amount for two years j anfr Ernest Jones , himself in 200 / ., and two sureties in 150 / . each , to keep the peace for five years . If unable to find bail , Looney may remain in prison upwards of four years ' Williams , Sharp , and Vernon , five years j a nd Fussell and Ernest Jones , SEVEN YEARS .

      Could the system as it at present stands endure seven or even five years , or the Whigs remain in office that time , we are not confident but that the victims would remain that length of time in prison . Should there be no change within the next two years , we fear it will he found somewhat difficult to procure bail for the imprisoned patriots . Poor Williams told the Judge that his own miserable condition was also the lot of all his friends and acquaintances , and to sentence him to find bail for three years , was , in reality , to sentence him to five years impri sonment . Of course Williams ' s words failed to effect any alteration in the sentence . Williams ' s case is probably that of two or three more of

      the victims . Ernest Jones , from his position in society , may have more friends able to offer themselves as sureties , but it will not be all that are able who will be willing to do so . The men are to be hound to " keep the peace" for ftuo , three , orfiveyears . But who will venture to define every possible breach of the peace ? Is the delivering of a Chartist speech a breach of the peace ? Yes , if the Attorney-General chooses to prosecute , for there is no charge which ^ could possibly be brought against ' a Chartist , that a middle-class Jury would not find " proven " The sentences passed on the victims are intended to gag them for two , three , and five years , over and above the

      imprisonment ; and either in prison or out of prison , gagged they will be , unless before the ex p iration of the first two years , the peo ple obtain r reversal of these inhuman sentences . Our third edition of last week contained a report of the trial of Sharp ; this week the Star contains reports of the trials of Looney and Jones .

      The Counsel for the defence appear , each and all , to have honestly , ably , and courageously discharged their duty . We were present at the trials of Messrs Sharp and Ernest Jones , and can conscientiously affirm that the speeches ot Sergeant Wilkins were truly admirable . But wit , pathos , eloquence , and legal lore were all thrown away upon the Jury . It is our solemn conviction that had Jesus

      Christ stood in the dock charged with the offence of Chartism—which , indeed , is only another name for the principles proclaimed by the founder of Christianity—and had his advo cate possessed the inspiration of Isaiah , the wisdom of Solomon , and the eloquence , of Demosthenes , the Jury would without hesitation have found a verdict of " Guilty . " When brou ght up for sentence the defendants comported themselves most gallantly . Ernest Jones looked round the Court after the manner of a caged but untamed eagle . Beneatli his defiant glance the Jud ge blenched ,

      and the Attorney-General shrunk into less than his usual emaciated insignificance . T king a mean advantage of the position of the defendants , the Chief-Justice lectured them on the enormity of the offences of which the Jury had found them " Guilty ; " as though he believed them guilty of any other offence than thatr-of seeking the ascendancy of Justice . He charged them with only having sought to influence and excite the People , withont having made any pretence to discuss grievances or rights . Well does Chief Justice Wilde know that the grievances and rights of the Working Classes have been discussed for years , but without effecting even an effort on

      the pdrt of the ruling classes , to right the wrong of the millions . « If public meetings , " said the Chief Justice , " were allowed to be made the means of exciting the people to revolution , it was quite evident that public meeting must be done away with . " This is » n unblushuig declaration on the part of the V \ nigs , that the people may hold public meetings , ust as long as those meetings , from the want of numbers , unanimity , or national action , are ineffective ; hut the moment they become dangerous to the ruling faction thev « re to be put down— "done away with . " 00 much for the fudge of " constitutional rights . "

      It is clear that the defendants were tried nominall y for sedition , but were convicted for a very different offence , not laid to their account in the indictment , hut imputed to them b y the Attorney-General in liis persecuting speeches . Very cunningly he made sundr y allusions to " Communism" and " French terrorism " well knowing that the Jury knew nothing of Communism but by evil report . The Chief Justice played on the same string , imputing to the defendants that they had taught the people to look forward to iho sharing of the wealth of the country—meaning a general scramble , h ^ ho speeches of the defendants contain no foundation for this imputation ; but , no mutter , the ? m \ fotwfod was achieved

      —That Of Making The Victim? Additionally...

      —that of making the victim ? additionally ? 1 odious to the ignorant , selfish Jury class , iff men are to be indicted as Chartists , and con ™ victed as Communists , they may begin to askc themselves why they should stop short at advo « eating political reform . Landlords , monopolists , and profitmongers would do well to consider whether the recent trials may not ha ve * done much to enlarge the objects of popularr agitation . " The Charter and No Surrender ' , „ was tbe motto of the men just sentenced to 31 long and cruel incarceration ; another motto ,, more terrible to the usurpers of political power ' and the mono polisers of the wealth produced by other men ' s labour , may , ere long , be the rallying cry of the outraged millions !

      The few words uttered b y Fussell , Williams and Sharp , did them no discredit . Loaney uttered a few sentences of brave contempt for his own and his country ' s oppressors . Vernon seemed to take the sentence , most unjustly passed upon him , with perfect coolness , hut said , he " wished to know whether they were not to be treated like human beings ? Since they had been in gaol , they had been compelled to tear their meat to pieces with their teeth , and to endeavour to get the peel from the potatoes , covered w ith grease , in the same manner . " He was told , in reply , that he must abide hy the

      regulations of the gaol , whatever they were Even the Daily News denounces the foul treatment complained of by Vernon , as perfectly brutish and disgusting . A correspondent of that paper gives the following corroboration of the complaint made by Vernon : — I havo many times bnn in Newgate when th . > prl . eonors for trial have been 8 fr ? ed with their dinner , un < J rhe mods in wkich the food Is distributed , And the pig . liko manner In which thoy are compelled to eat It , I will endeavour to d . ecribe ; at leae 5 , as was tho oaae upon the occasions I reiVr to ;—A man , having the appear * stice of an aseiatant under-cook , With a very dirty apron before him , and with his shiri'skevea rolled up ,

      had before him a Jsind of large tin dhh , and in that there were a number of divisions , each of whioh con . tained ihe quantum of food allotted for a prifconer . Tha prisoners were called seriatim , aud the man 6 Cf eped out of tho divisions with his hands the meat sad tho pota . toes and placed them in the prisoner ' s hands—some sii r eight potato s , unpeiled , and a small pVeea of beef being thaa d . * alt tut to enah prisoner , Ttrare were neither knife , fork , plate , nor anything of tHat kind used , and the prisoners had t » bold the food 39 tbey b st could with one iinud whilst they ate with tbirotho ? . Some of ( hem I observed duvoufthe potatoes wfc ale a * they were , whilst others , more delisate perhaps , gnawed ' eff the peel with their teeth . The meat they had to tear to pieces in the same manner—with their tceh and 3

      ruifers , and their baads consequentl y became covered wltb greate , which they could not remove , unteas they smeared it over iheir clothea . A pickpocket of Ae lowest grade , a ruSiu of tbe most atrocious character , might receive hie meal in this manner ; tho next in tarn might be a man ci respectabilit y—but all were treated alike . Several respectable ruffians in Court grinned when Vernon complained of this horrid treatment ! We must express oar admiration of ' the brief but eloqnent speech delivered b y Ernest

      Jones . For some minutes the Judge sat seemingly paralysed , the Attorney-General ' hid his face and shammed to be asleep , and ail in Court listened with breathless silence . Presently the Chief Justice remembered the'part be had to play and interrupted the speaker , telling him he did not sit there to discuss political questions with him . Mr Jones persevered . but repeated interruptions , concluding with the hasty passing of the sentence , at length silenced our gallant friend . He left the dock with the crv of

      " THE CHARTER , AN D NO SURBENDER . " We learn from the Morning Chronicle , that " a very general regret has been expressed ( among the shopocracy ) lhat a severer sentence was not passed upen Ernest Jones !" Such are the tender mercies of the liberal bourgeoisie . Alter doing its utmost to incite persecution , the Times , on Satu rday last , came out with a

      hypocritical article pretending to recommend lenient sentences on the Chartist Defendants , on the ground that severe sentences would send them out of gaol more bitter and desperate than when they entered it . On Tuesday the Timeshud the assurance to speakof the sentences as " a very mild allowance of punishment ' . " We can assure the Puddledock bully that such ^ mt / crnm will " rankle in the blood ' of the victims , and will command anything but the " gratitude " of the Chartist party .

      One word here on the conspiracy of the Whi gs to goad theJrish people to rebellion . On the 3 rd inst . a number of young men were sentenced to imprisonment , and one to seven years' transportation , for the " crime" of "drilling and training . " The poor fellows were convicted under the GOth

      Working men of England , the Whig faction felt your power in 1841 ; they shall feel it again . Down with "the base , bloodv and brutal Whigsir Chartists , yon have done nobly in your efforts to save your persecuted friends from the dungeon ; you have-failed , but you have the consolation of having done your duty . Another and as holy a duty you must now perform ; you must rush to the rescue of the wives and

      children of the incarcerated patriot * . To the extent of youv humble means give generouslv . and prove to your aristocratic and profitmm ' igenng oppressors th ; -t you are able to turn aside the worst of the poisoned darts aimed at your suffering friends . The victims are in the clutch or Tyranny , but their families must not be victimised . The persecutors would like n > g loat over the sufferings of women and children , but that devilish delight the people will deny them . r

      A Lesson. In The Edinburgh Weekl Y Regis...

      A LESSON . In the Edinburgh Weekl y Register of Juifc ? 21 st , appeared a news paragraph , copied from the Aberdeen Herald , commencing as follows : Abkudebn .-Ciurtist Mbehso .-A meeting Onmuts was held on Monday night , in Union Ilall , tor the purpose of receiving the report of Mr Henrv their del ate to the defunct National Assembly . Mr II . detailed , at great length , the proceedings of tW « body mado a furious attack on F . O'Connor * c < l eshcrtetMlie meeting to support the Assembly ' s I'lnnoi

      S f ' u t <> aubsenbe to the Liberty Fundof fii } * ° ?** „? A U > bad told the men of Linden that tha Chartutsof Aberdom' were up to the mark . ' and procuring arms , buthe was ashamed to-say thai «» e men o Aberdeen had mude him a liar Asa P Jh . ° W ^ ' ^ T uW ask a 1110 h ° W UP Br bU n JItW ' ( Ilere one &** ™ up amidst loud laughter . ) Mr H . thea said that truest Jones had announced to the Assembly tint there werein Aberdeenti . 000 Chartists—all R onJmen and true , armed to the teeth , and waging for tbe < vay . He ( Mr 11 . ) knew at the time that Mr Joaoa was mistaken , but he did not contradict the statement , as ho thought tbat if it were stnt abroad it mi-jht do good , and induce others to be up and doing .

      The remainder of the report is taken up with matters only affecting iMr Henry and the Aberdeen Chartists , and of no interest to our readersgenerally . If the Aberdeen Herald ' s repori is unfair , our columns are open to any correction . We have deferred noticin g the above paragraph until now , becaus e w e would not risk prejudicing the case of Mr Ernest Jones previous to his trial . We think we shall aaw do our persecuted friend no injury , and « , do the cause for which he is suffering some service , by calling attention to the proceedings reported in the Aberdeen Herald , Taking the f airness of this reiwvt for granted , we think it contains a moral whieh should n-jt be lost sight of b y the Chartiat bodv .

      It appears that Mr Henry , by his ow n ao thT i lm be , m teethe men of % „ do „ .. tthe Chartists of Aberdeen wer « » p to 0 mark and procuring ar ^ , » whi . .,, \ ns the truth 1 o ma ) ye this evident , WcaHed for a show of hands on the part cf , S obuwiitoughter ! Wo hop / , Mr HenrY ^ llte

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 15, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15071848/page/4/