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      "TwrtE PROCESSION AND FATAL RIOT IN oB iM * a LIVERPOOL . ^ onions Orange clubs in Liverpool and its - nitT having resolved upon a procession on Mon * to celebrate the Battle ofthe Boyne , assembled % pir respective lodges at an early hour , and prod-d to the place of rendezvous—the statue of *? ' Qeorge the Third in the London-road . There - ffurge space of ground at this spot , similar in j * ie respects to the square at Charing-cross , Lon-^ before the fountains were erected . The a » - fiiJsto number could not hare been less than

      ¦ l i )! W ; in ° were P / obably nearer J . UuU The l . an" * Vera fixed in "lorries , " a species of long l , ri , tbat , b < -ing readily turned , forum an impas ' able narricade at a cross street , without a ino-^ ' delay . Every officer of each lod » e had an ora liee * i : d bine scarf , and each member was decote J with the same colours in festoons and ro-J . . jes . Eight bands of music were engaged , and jolts '"? cou exce-d the grandeur and imposing jgjct is the immense assemblage deployed before he monument above alluded to .

      It was determined , on tbe part of the Irish inhabitants of tbat part of Liverpool , tbat this provision should not be allowed to pass off quietly ; accordingly , many hundreds of them assembled in tbe neighbourhood , armed with pockets full of boat's and other missiles . The " tylers , " however , offue various lodges had each a drawn sword , and , 33 these altogether amounted to upwards of a hundred , and very many of the Orangemen had also . iaJbTds , and others truncheons , while some carried loaded pistols in their pockets , a desperate conflict MS speedily got up ; and , we regret to say , has . erminated in tbe loss of human life , the exact ex-: ent of which we cannot as yet determine , but one policeman , one of the procession , and an Irishman , so killed , number * dnngrronsly wounded , and very aany have received injuries more or less severe .

      There is a great difference of opinion expressed a , to the propriety of allowing the procession to ta ' ie p lace at all . Be this as it may , as soon as the procession had _ got a little beyond Seymour-Street , the Irishmen saluted the Orangemen with a volley of brickbats and stones ; the Qrangcmez advanced ; those who had the pistol * dreWthem and fired upon the crowd , 'while the sword smen and halberdiers rushed on to their assailants , wounding many severely and putting them , to flight . The scene at this moment it would be impossible to describe ; several were on the ground

      weltering in their blood ; others were nastily borne off by their companions , and the Orangemen , being ¦ ef t masters of the field , coolly re-formed , and proceeded through the streets , the bands playing " The Ifoyre Water , " taking the route to Toxtetb ParS , Dake-street , Great George-Street , Ranelaghjtreet , Bold-street , Church street , Lord-street , Cattle street—in short , all the principal thoroughfares of the town , the line extending a mile in length , and the swordsmen at intervals , throughout the lin ' ' on either side , about 200 policemen , with Mr . Coaimissioner Bowling at their head , formed kro a compact body , bringing up the rear .

      At Park-lane some fresh rioting occurred , without any very serious consequences . It was a reinrfcable circumstance that two soldiers ofthe 23 th Resiaieut were in the procession . In Dale-street a pb .-r fellow , not taking any part iu the procesi-ioa , b-t - who happened to have orange colours rather profusely displayed , and who , it was stated , bd only hist arrived by the train , was attacked by the aui :-Orange party , and a respectable househo-Jcr , who came np to his assistance , had a dead ci 5 thrown at him , which struck his spectacles , fcocking pieces of glass into his eyes , and he was cxried off to the infirmary , where tbe surgeon ; ive it as his opinion that his si ght is wholly desroyed . In Gloucester-street , Shaw ' s-brow , « fc & , ilere were numbers of spectators who took HO

      sirt in the affray , but who received severe injuries from thc indiscriminate attack of the armed procession and those who assailed them . One man had a dangerous bullet-wound in the fleshy part of the arm—another had his thumb nearly severed i : pm bis hand , and scores might be seen all bruised s « . i bleeding , retreatinw from the terrible conflict . Seir the Custom House a man was left in the r-tter for dead , with a wound on his head between = oand three inches in length . Still , for hours \ fier * ards , the procession preanbulated the town , rsiag over the same ground ; but no further riot a J occurred up to the hour at which our dispatch . eft ( half-past four p . m . } The inhabitants , howler , are naturally in great dread of the approach « f night . They know that fearful retribution is

      rtenili'l ; not a lumper in the docks returned to ? crk after the dinner hour : and should tbe Orangea « i n"t have wholly dispersed before nightfall , the asseqoences will indeed te terrible . It is the sriversal opinion that had the mayor or magistrates read the Riot Act when the first violence oc-:: rred , much of the after consequences would i » ve been spared . 'While two of tbe Orangemen , rto bad for a moment separated from the main iaiy , were attempting to regain their position , : lov were attacked by some of their opponents . A siiceuiHn , who witnessed this proceeding , walked -P , until nearly close , when he made a rush at one a ihe irishmen , ivho was dressed life . © a dock -vrler , and struck him on the back with his trar . cheon . In a moment he was surrounded and aockeo down , his hat and stick flung high into the it , and he was so severely beaten that he lived but V . 'out three hours afterwards .

      The Orangemen broke up about one o ' clock , in ~ i same locality from which they had started , and ~ e different lodges , with flags flying , proceeded to :. « r various lodge rooms for dinner . These had s sustain several small skirmishes ; and we were ; : es ? es in South Castle-street to one lodge being i ' -ied with stones , the violence coming from a mber of prostitutes and little raged urchins , both Ojaand girls . They were followed up Pitt-street b y . ? immense rabble . The police made five arrests , three of them—: ia Morgan , William Wrigler , and Denis Itourke -being charged with aiding and abetting , in the * aal . iud cowardl y attack upon the policeman . ii were brought formally before Mr . Mansfield ; fae police-court , and remanded for seven days . iiomas M'Farlane was also brought np for ex--: in ; the mob in Dale-street , but was discharged . icira ^ I \ V Don ald , for attempting to throw 8101163 ¦ - ' . he { -recession iu Lord-street , was fined 60 s . find

      FURTHER FARTICGLAKS . 5 ' ? are happy to state that the fears entertained ^ ' ' arthw riot and collision between the Catholics * 'l Orangemen have proved unfounded , and that ~? various lodges were enabled to meet and dine at " -art'siieetive houses without further molestation . - •? oiid the facts narrated above we g ive the follow-- " - " particulars : —While the body was assembling J-Vjs Lon Jon-road , several pistols were fired by the ; ~ » - . tinen . One man was wounded in the right ^? lf , and covered with blood . Mr , William Duff , ^ ^ 'each-polisher , called out , as he saw another ~ * beating the poor fellow , " For God ' s sake don ' t s Ikio * " upon which several of those with sashes ; ' : commenced an attack upon Mr . Duff , one of ~& n at ihe same time takin g a life-preserver from ••^ bucket ; upon which Duff ran off , the Orangef * following and throwing a volley of stones after " o ; ln *" s reireat he lost his hat , which was im---Jiaiei y cut to pieces bv the swordsmen .

      —Imme-• -ne . y alter the first affray , intelligence was des-** t » t > l to the head police-office , whore precautions " 2 ? " " I p Tent » as far ! l 9 possible , any fur-- " breach of the peace , aud a reserve was read y I-t'icn police-station to act as necessity required . ; - * mob who formed the advanced guard had prorM clubs , staves , and other weapons , which th < -v s ** red wrj mucti disposed to Utc ; some flou-• -Gd bu « e pjet-es of wo d , which they had obtained : u the fences in the nei-rhboarhood of the p-. irk i several pistols were discharged during the pro-- * s of the procession . M the corner of Mansfield street , a slight affraV - « I'lace . aud another at the corner of Richmond " - ;^ and Fox-street ; at tbe latter place , an Irish-_ -J was carried away seriously wounded . After « % r Up In t | , T endon-road , where the conflict __* I'lice in the morning , several pistols were ¦¦ ¦ b di scharged , which occasioned considerable u * K > n and excitemeni , but the large body of fe- present prevented anv further serious

      colli-- , . -i j i a ttempt at dii-turbanee was made , but the ^' ¦ ¦*< tns were promptlv secured . About half-past ' .: \ i ihe body whose loilae is held in Blair-street , ^ returning through Duncan-street , they were *> - tue ba ! lkid < rin » ' in the fleshv nart ofthe

      • yiis man was biken into custody by the lJ- ea he was found t" h = < ve some bad wounds ^ . ' ; " ^> 'd a c ;< rv-ng-knift ; -nns found in hi * hH ' " " * li 8 i ' - '" ' * no nred tue * not was R 01 : " _ - Th ? second shot took effect upon a ' . ^¦• mi'o j ; ; ch .- . rd Brown , fourteen j ears of age , ; - - ^ n . W oojma- ^ of the Black Dull , Scotland-> j . yoijt ' , aas silting in the front drawsu « - \ uTir'Z ,: ! " s I ,, other * s house , when ihe shot « , ^; ^ iicii ccnsidevahly lacerated hk shoulder , . " „ ? f --y his litV is not con-si < lered in danger . ^ r ! . " ^ - "Pprebended upwards of forty p « r' -. "J ' " ¦ ' "' ' ' - 'Sg- 'ige'i in tho various alfi ay-s and < •* - =: t . j jj ,.. - , onMiceiufu a number of

      isr o " *• ' he almost excitement , pevailoil - * t ( . " » - : e own U P t 0 a * hour , but by the fig . " " forge bodies of police , all further efforts k ere suppressed ; the atreets were cleared

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      fro it time to time , but still the people returned * and manifested great disposition to renew the disturbance . The following are now in the infirmary , some ol them in a precarious state - . —Policeman Jackson Patric Hagan , John Min » t , W . Jacob , and Robert Kershaw ; the latter had his hand dreadv fully shattered while discharging a pistol , and immediate amputation was considered necessary There are also in tbe same institution several who have received wounds and contusions more or less severe , principall y on the head ; but with the exception of three , named Dowdall , Burns , and Devitt , none of them are considered of a dangerous character .

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      SURREY THEATRE . Harnett ' s liuuntoin Sylpk was performed on Monday evening by the respectable operatic company at this theatre , in a manner * hich revived much of the pleasure we used to derive from this cha mmg opera iu the days when it ha t more than a humlre-: representations in the course of a coup e of seasons . The Mountain Sy l ph is a piece which , fur the roman tic interest of its subject and the masterly character of its music , would do honour to the musical stnge of any country in Europe , and yet this chefd ' eeuvre , with everything fedonshi g to English opera , has for years fallen into utter n- gleet . Its revival does credit to the Surrey Theatre , more

      especially when it is considered that this theatre is not exclusively devoted to opera . The orchestra is of considerable numeriod strength , consists of good players , and , under the able direction of Mr . German Reed , is well disciplined and efficient ; and the chorus , though not powerful , sunn in tune and with tolerable correctness . The principal characters were sustained by well-known performers ; the Sylph bv Miss P . Ilorton , who acted and sang delightfully ; Jessie by Miss Jane Coveney , Donald by Mr . Travers , and Hela by M . B '» rnini . The piece was exceedingly well put upon ihe stage , and the performance , in its ensemble , was animated and agreeable , and deservedly gave great satisfaction to a crowded audience .

      PRINCESS'S THEATRE . On Monday evening a very numerous audience assembled at this theatre on the" occasion of the benefit of Mr . and Mrs . Charles fc > an . The entertainments included the tragedy of The Gamester , the comedy of the Honeymoon , and the farce of Betsy Baker . The mournful aud almost obsolete pUy ot 7 % e Gamester , though not well calculated to afford Mr . Kean an opportunity for the display of that physical energy which is one of the le iding characteristics of his acting , was sufficiently adapted to call forth those profound emotions of the heart which sorrow and remorse alone can excite . The character of the ruined gamester was well sustained throughout , and many of the " points , "—

      more especially that in whicti Beverley first charges Stukeley withhaving wronged him , and afterwards asks forgiveness for the language to which rage and despair have prompted him—were g iven with great dramatic force and effect . Mrs . Kean , in the heroine , gave a most interesting p icture of heartfelt affection of a wife for her husband , amidst "II his disgraces and misfortunes , and nothing could be more deeply affective than tho generous outburst of thrilling feeling with which the distressed woman endeavours in the last scene to cheer and comfort the afflicted gamester . This scene was a triumph

      of dramatic art—that particular phase ofthe art in which Mrs . Kean has no rival at the present time . Tobin ' s admired play ofthe Honeymoon which followed , formed an agreeable contrast from- deep tragedy to what is called "hig h comedy , and in this 3 Ir . and Mrs . Kean succeeded with as much effect in exciting the audience to laughter as th / 7 had before in moving them to tears . The entertainments produced throughout a most favourable impression , and so well was the " benefit" patro nised that it was necessary to displace the musician * from their usual places , and to convert the whole of the orchestra into stalls .

      OLYMPIC THEATRE . Borneo and Juliet was performed at this theatre on Wednesday night , the parts of the ^ hero aud heroine being sustained by Mr . J . William Wallack and Miss Ellen Paucit . Mr . Wallaek , who appeared in RomCO for the first time in London , was , on the whole , very successful . His handsome person was well suited to the part , he was attired with taste , acted with great animation , and declaimed the passionate rhapsodies of the youthful lover with becoming ardour . In the concluding , at the tomb ot Juliet , he was too violent ; the pathos of this scene lies in that utter , overwhelming , despair which assumes the calmness and composure of one who has no longer anything to fear , or to hope for save his

      re-union in the tomb with tbe object ot his loie . Mr . vf aUack , too , shows somewhat too much of the conventionalities of the theatre ; too much of thc stage walk , the stage poses—that mannerism , in short , which it is not easy to describe , but which is at one recognised as peculiar to the hoards . Mr . Wallaek has inteUigence . energy , and feeling ; were he less artificial he would he a first-rate actor . Miss Faucit ' s Juliet is well known to be one of the most finished performances now to be witnessed on the stage . She possesses in an eminent degree the quality in which Mr . Wallaek is deficient—a simple and natural manner , which gives a tenfold charm to her grace and elegance , » nd tenfold truth and power to her expression of passion and feeling . In

      the balcony scene she was delightful , blending the warmth and enthusiasm of her newborn love with the most exquisite feminine delicacy ; and it was in this seene that siie was most happily supported by Mr . Wallaek . There was much tint was good in Mr . H . Fan-en ' s Mereutio ; but his exuberance of animal spirit tended occasionally to vulgarity , and he made some strange mistakes in bis readings as when he said of Queen Mab , that " she is the fairies ' midwife , " and that "Sometimes she g ; illops o ' er a courtier ' s nose , And then dreams he of smelling out a suit . " Mrs . B . Bartletfc was a capital Nurse . The remainder of the characters were respectably acted , and the whole performance was received with great applause . Every part of the house was crowded .

      QI'EEX'S THEATRE . Oa Monday evening The Mack Doctor ; or , the Fated Lovers of lionrlon , was produced at this theatre—thc parts of Fabian ( the doctor ) and Pauline de la Reynerie being personated by Mr . and Mrs . Cowle . " Toe plot of this p iece , founded on the French Revolution of 1 "' ? A , abounds with interest , and is by far the best dramatic production of that eventful period . Ample scope was afforded Mr . and Mrs . Cowle for the display of their talents in the parts assigned them , to which they did full justice , as evinced by the repeated p laudits of tbe house . Nothing could excel their acting in the second act , and tbe denouement was truly electrifying . In the last act , the idiotic insanitv of Fabian can

      never be surpassed , and but rarely equalled . They were ably supported by Mr . E . Green ( the stage manager ) as Andre , Mr . II . Chester as the Chevalier de St . Luce , Miss C . Gibson as the Marchioness , and Miss Givers as Aurelia . We strongly recommend our play-going friends to see the Black Doctor , and witness the performance ot those deservedly favourite actors of the X-itional Standard Theatre , whose engagement , we regret to perceive , is onlv-for a limited number of nights . The farce of The Master Ken followed , in which Mr . Chester , as Sharpset , plac ' ed himself above mediocrity , and Miss River ? , as the love-sick Rose , played with admirable > , aivetu . The entertoiainents concluded with a nautical drama called Be Spectre bkijf .

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . The hall and ? al ! eries of this establishment are crowded niornimrand evening by thousands of admiring visitors , attracted by the wonders contained in all parts of this museum of science and art . The lectures on chemistry and other interesting subjects , delivered by thc professors , arc of a character highly appropriate for instructing the various classes who visit the metropolis during the festive season . The subjects chosen by Doctor Bachoffner and Mr . Pepper , are on the interesting objects , now exhibiting in the Crystal Palace—tbe

      former on Rakewell ' s copying telegraph , and thc latter on the minerals and crystals ! The interest eseite . l bj subjects of this nature is exceedingly great , as it enables the visitors of the Great Exhibition to understand much , which , without this knowledge obtained at the Polytechnic , would find themselves in not a little perplexity . The managers of thi * institution are deserving of much praise for thus enabling the public to reap advantages of so supei ior a tature . Doctor Bachoffiier continues his admirable lecture on the total eclijise , up to the 23 th inst .

      CREMOHNE GARDENS . On Wednesday ni g ht a "juvenile fete " Varied the pleasant monotony of the amusements of Cretuornc Garden ; . The juvenile public , attracted b y a practicable half-price , were collected in large numbers : and there were in addition those great crowd- ' with which Cremorne has only this rear hecoroe acquainted , undtr the clever management of Mr . Simpson . Tt ; 0 manifold carte of attractions was nunc ad « nn : » te ' . 0 supply the increased number of visitor-- ; uml : t night balloon ascent at ten o ' clock rewarded tbe patience of thos-e who bad anived earlv ai ^ i who had had sufficient opportunities < = f bW - - -MB « s « i ^ ^ eath . " After this hour tbe fe < tivn : os continued in the usual locate , iu the n < - ! "hki ; rU « d of tho " circular ball-room , " where a ' n cq-jirtt :. i Terpsichore rei-ncd ovw the movci » vnt * . o ! m = mt «« " * " «*>*• Jt j 110 " ! * bt * umier-siood th :.: :.. i * «**<* these A'ardcns have

      been iu > ww-: . 1 . : dl it *| wcts ; aud f e pressure aboii' the -i : c > r : w .- ; .-ajipoinleU carriages , tndic * K- t ie -rt---.- ' ti H'puhiiity , in very desirable oircle * 0 : ., jfc . ict- 0 : ' amusement which appeals to all closes « f U 3 - leasure seeking public .

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      PROPOSED LIBERATION OF KOSSUTH . A respectable and crowded maatwg was held at the fown . hall , Manchester , on Wednesday morninu , to memoraliae Lord Palmerston to use his influence in favour of Kossuth . The meeting had been called by the mayor , upon a requisition numerously si . ned by influential inhabitants . Among the gentlemen present were Mr . Absolom Watkin ( a borough magistrate ) , Alderman Watkins , Mr . Wood , Rev . Dr . Vaughtn , General Messaros , M . de M « rey , Dr . Merei ( ofthe University of Pesth ) , and Rev . Dr . llc . rd .

      Mr . AB 30 L 0 M Watkix moved tho first resolution : — " That this meeting would express sincere sympathy with Louis Kossuth , tbe late governor ol Hungary , in the suffering and wrong to which he has so l"ng been subject as a captive in Turkey ; the detention of himself and companions in that country against their inclination , being in violation of the pledges aiven to them by the Turkish government on their entrance into that territory , and a proceeding which has been attended by circumstances of hardship and cruelty ^ the knowledge of which has filled the minds of all- % enerous men m these nations with amazement and sorrow . " ( Loud

      cheers . ) . . The Rev . J . J . Tavlou , M . A ., Unitarian minister , seconded the motion in an able address , which was much cheered . General Messaros next presented himself , and spoke at some length . His reception was extremely gratifying . The motion was carried with great cheering . The Rev . Dr . Vadoiias , Principal Of tha Lancashire Independent College , on rising to address the meeting , was received with much cheering . He said—I rise to more the following resolution : " That this meeting begs respectivel y to call on the British government to use its good offices with the government of Turkey to procure the immediate liberation of Louis Kossuth , and of his few companions now left to him ; that this meeting is the

      more urgent in pressing that very decided measures be taken to secure this object , inasmuch as it cannot but regard tbe life of Kossuth as exposed to imminent danger by the course pursued towards him on the part of the government of Turkey , no doubt under the dictation of Russia and Austria ; and should the life of one of the purest and most heroic among patriots in modern times fall a sacrifice to this unjust and cruel policy , this meeting feels that the people of this country will regard all governments that might bave interposed effectually for the deliverance of Louis Kossuth , and did not , as being responsible , before God and man , for what shall hive happened . " This resolution is intended to be a memorial to Lord Palmerston . It will be seen that in such a

      resolution we do call upon the government of England to interfere—I use that word " interfere" without any scruple , and advisedly —( hear , hear )—to interfere upon the question as between Turkey on one side and Russia and Austria on the Other . But in doing this , it is to be borne in mind that we have not been the first to interfere in this way in this question . We do not meet here to day to take the first step in that direction , as relating to the object now before us . There has , on the contrary , ¦ ieen a a succession of interferences . The first

      interference was when Austria interferred for the purpose of putting down the constitution—the chartered , ancient , free constitution ' of Hungary . ( Bear , hear . ) The next step of interference was when , having failed in that magnanimous attempt , Austria called to Russia to come to her help that that work might be done . ( Hear , hear . ) And the interference came . Tbe next step of interference was when Austria and Russia followed a bleeding remnant of the Hungarian patriots to tbe borders of Turkey , and then pushed their interference into tbe councils of the Sultan , and said , " You are not to keep these men with you at your pleasure , but to deliver tbem up to us according to our pleasure . " ( Hear , hear . ) And then came "

      another , and a fourth point of interference , which was when , the British minister interposed , and placed the interference of the British cabinet in favour of those exiles against the interference of Austria and Russia , demanding their freedom . ( Cheers . ) Very true , and I regret it , our interferetice on that occasion was , in my judgment , a very timid business . ( Hear , hear . ) Nevertheless , cautious and timid as | t was—of a sort not particularly likely to produce much effect , it did produce effect . To that interference no doubt we are indebted that the Refugees were not given up , that " one of the purest , one of the most heroic , of patriots in modern times" was not seized , and , with some dozen perhaps of his companions in

      misfortune , hung dog-like . ( Hear . ) After a tragedy of that kind which had gone before there is room to fear that if he had been seized a second tragedy of that nature would have been enacted . ( Hear , hear . ) General Haynau mi ght not have stood alone- ( hisses and groans)—in being chief manager in such a tragedy —( a voice , " Send him to Barclay ' s brewery , " and laughter )—there might have been another of those foul things to have stained European history and made us blush ior what ia called modern civilisation . We should not then , I think , have seen this hall graced to-day as it is by the presence of our guest , General Messaros . ( Loud cheers . ) And as we have gained something bv our interference before , very limited

      as it then was , I think we ought to try to gain a little more by the same peaceful means , at le at . We outfit , I think , to have prevented the wrong and suffering inflicted on Kossuth and his companions by their forced detention in Turkey . But as we have not done that thing , the next thing should be assuredly to endeavour to abate the measure of that wrong as far as may bo within our power . And I will venture to say that a meeting like the present , a meeting connected with the town of Manchester , and with these northern counties of England , there is no country in Europe the independence of which should be so dear to England , and especially to manufacturers—mercantile England—as the independence of Turkey .

      ( Hear , hear . ) Now , men of Manchester , I call on you . for the honour of your town , to do . your duty in this matter . ( Cheers . ) It is a tremendous exigency , and there must be no delay , there must be no mistake . There are those who say that Of all p laces in the world Manchester is the last in which you can hope to get up anything like a clear and emphatic utterance in favour of a subject of this nature . They insist upon it that we are so absorbed , so taken up with our idolatry of trade and our money-getting , that whatever it be , if it is not calculated to help on that , and if it can in any way come into the injury of that , it is sure to be a thing for which Manchester men will be careful not to find time , nor thought , nor feeling , nor

      anything else . Now , is this truth , or is it calumny ? ( A voice— " calumny . " ) Let the proceedings of this day show it is a calumny . Let what you do here to-day go from end to end of the world , and tell what a Manchester town-hall meeting can utter upon a question of this kind . ( Cheers . ) Yes , and it ought to be remembered that , of all people , those of Laneisbire should be the friends of liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) I know not where we are to look for the ark of our own freedom if not to such a county as Lancashire . There is a natural relationship between commerce and freedom . The man who prosecutes traffic must have free space in which to trade in order to be successful ; and if he is to have a ri ght to prosecute it , he must see that there are

      good laws to protect his gains , anil to secure them to bim when be has made them . He must see further that there are good laws that shall be like a shield round his person , und secure to that its proper freedom . Now these two points , security Of property and security of person , take in all that is comprehended in the glorious name of liberty . And where do you find liberty but in societies like this ? In the middle age where was liberty but in the manufacturing aud mercantile states of Germany and Italy ? And when you eome further down what power is that on the continent of Eurooe which , from the age of our own Elizabeth down to the time of William III ., was found to act as the great breakwater against the entire sea of

      continental despotism , and rolling back the pride of Spain and Austria , and then driving back into her own territory the towering ambition of France , though led by Louis XIV . —what power was it but the mercantileDutoh , the men whose ships were on all waters , and who were the carriers for the whole world ? When we have sentmembersto our House of Commons we have always been careful to ti .-ll them this : " Now you don't go there , mind , to vote our money without getting us some very good laws in return . " And though it may sound much more eloquent to say tbat our liberties were purchased by the hlooil of our fathers , it is much more true to say we bought tbem with money which came from our free manufacturing and mercantile

      interest . And then look for a moment at the continent ; you see it at this moment bri-tling with baronets from one end of it to the other . Why is nil ' this ? It is to keep do « £ discontented people , and is intended to give some promise of safety to monarchs who sit on uneasy thrones . Oh , why ,. ye kings and rulers of the earth need ye fear youi ' people ? Does Queen Victoria fear her people ? ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) Is she obliged whenever she goes abroad to go in this glitter o f terror which must always accompany you ? The secret which these sovereigns have to learn is very simple , and the lesson is a very easy one . Would that kings

      would learn it : "Be just , and fear not . ( Loud cheers . ) " Study humanity until you learn to trust in humanity . " ( Hear , tear . ) Sir , 1 have done ; and yet when I reflect on the momentous trust which has been committed to the care of Britain in thc last few years , I cannot but feel that she has not proved equal to it . ( Hear , hear . ) So long as the struggle was between Hungary and AiUstria , we should have left them to settle iheir disputes among themselves . But when Russia invaded Hungary , then , I think , we also should have interfered and have said to the Emperor Nicholas , " The day on which you cross the Hungarian

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      Sffif i ! n * day n "h ' luh we 8 ha 11 feel ourmltn WtXdTrL ' commission to our fleets M blockade every port iu your j omlnion # » . fPro . ISedlhf ^^ Ruasian amt , i ^» ™« l'i tw would hit ° h Whiuh h so mucb need 8 ' Austria wfthin „ Ilo be 0 n felled to keep her ambition within limits more befitting her pretensions . Turkey would not have been humblcd 3 s a ; . e has inrr , " ? , nS " ? ? 0 uld mt have oeen converted iVIf ^ " -ack-yardfor soldiers , and the Italy Hv I ?? nm iook wouId " 06 have been the Italy wmen then existed . There would have been , ' solemnly beheve , a sure and steadv nroeress uuon

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      THE KAFFIR WAR . The following letter , from a private correspondent at tho Cape of Good Hope , though repeating some facts alread y made public , will be read with interest : — For two months previous to the arrival of the Singapore , with detachments of regiments already here , and the Vulcan with the 7 ith . nothing of any consequence has been done in K--iffriiria . ' Colonel Mackitinon has been marching hither and thither with ins 2 . 500 men , through tbe districts that are held by the Forts White and Cox , now relieving this post and now that , aud sometimes endeavouring to harrass the enemy by "lifting" bis cattle . These

      raids are tar Irom loading us to believe that Mnckinnon possesses the characteristics of a border trooper , for they bave hitherto been anything but successful . So monotonous and dull has this eternal tread of armed men marching in and out from King William ' s Town become , that no one can now read the various despatches that from time to time appear , without being wearied by their unvaried sameness ; for , so seldom are they characterised by anything unusual or brilliant , that the latest despatch can hardly be considered anything more than a mere echo of those before . Although this period maybe said to be barren of incident , and the Kaffirs cannot be said to havo lost much property , they have , nevertheless , been sufficiently noivied

      and harrassed by the troops marching and countermarching through their country . Their crops ' have been laid waste and their villages burnt , and though the fields thus wasted were but trifling in extent , and their kraals but collections of rude bee hive huts , formed of the branches of trees " , and of easy construction , there can be no doubt that these people have suffered very considerably , and they are now in a condition in which they will be much more likely to be brought to terms by rigorous measures than they have been since the commencement of the war . The low country that they mostl y inhabited is now blackened with the fire tbat consumed their dwellings , and they themselves forced to retire imo the fastnesses ofthe Amatola hills with their

      cattle , to nurse these feelings of hate towards us , with the sight of their charred and wasted country ever before their eyes to trace that hatred more indelibly on their hearts than ever , and , as occasion presents itself , to rush down in savage furious bands upon our troops , apparently seeking death by our swords or bullets , rather than lie down and die of starvation among Che fastnesses of their mountains , as they fear will be their fato . The low condition to which they have been reduced would hardly of itself have struck sufficient fear into the hearts of the ' Kaffirs , so as to make them more easily to be dealt with , had it . not been accompanied by some partial successes gained over them , and some more decided ones gained over their friends and allies . The most considerable of these was a commando or raid , conducted with such

      rigour and skill by Commandant Joubcrt , among the Tambookie people , that ho succeeded in taking from them no less than 6 , 000 of their cattle . This was followed by some successes of Major Wilmot in Stock ' s and Seyolo's country , and some more in the Keiskamma spruits , where Col . Eyre auccePAled in capturing some cattle ( about 250 ) , and killing souie 150 of the Kaffirs . Besides this , Sir Harry himself , in his late excursion to Port Hare , succeeded in thwarting the daring intention of a great body of Kaffirs that had determined to rescue the Hottentot prisoners that were before the military tribunal for being concerned in tho Kat River rebellion . This measure was done so well , that the Kaffirs , to the amount of about 2 , 000 , were actually driven out of their impenetrable bush , and had to take to the open country , and they were taught that even the bush and their mountain fastnesses cannot be

      considered a protection to them . Had it not been for these successes , there is every reason to believe that those of the Kaffirs who a ' re now acting with us through fear , would have risen to assist the Gaikas in their struggle , for , as it was , more than one chief showed an inclination to do so , and disaffection was already spreading among our own people . The rebellion Of Rat River was extending- , and had already embraced some of the eastern levies , with those Cape Mounted Riflemen that were under the governor ' s orders , who , it turned out , had been for some time in communication with the . enemy , and who , there is every reason to think , were in the habit , when in action , of firing blank cartridge instead Of ball . Indeed , everything

      indicated a war of races ; the African of various shades against the white man , except in the case of tlie Fingoes , who , occupied with the one feeling of hate towards their old masters , the Kaffirs , who spurned them with more than Spartan pride , rejoiced to find themselves in arms against them with the certainty of being able to witness their defeat . This spirit had not long evinced itself before Kreili , the supreme chief of the Kosa races , whose territory begins at the Great Kye , or eastern extremity of Ka ' ffraria , sent messages to the 11 ' lambie chiefs , Pato and Umhala , urging them to take up arms in defence of Sandilli , and pledging his support in driving into the sea that detested white man , that was ever advancing , year by year , into his country . So urgent was Kreili , that his

      messengers assured them of the assistance of numbers of Hottentots , who , he said , had fled from the colony , and were experienced in our mode of warfare , - and , as if by way of showing the security of hia offers , he commenced operations by burning down a military station in tbe neighbourhood of his great p lace . Tato , however , remained deaf to these advances , no doubt suspecting that thc signal of revolt would be the signal for us to seizj his properly , and he still remained true to his first engagement , to keep the communication up between Buffalo mouth and King William ' s Town . Umhala , on the other hand , lent a willing ear to Kreih ' s advances , and would have joined him but for the interference of his amapakati , ov

      councillors , who , unwilling to engage in a fight out of which they well knew they could not come other than losers , told their chief rather laconically that they could not think of allowing him to break his word , reminding him of his having only lately sent a white ox to " Smith" in token of his friendship . This vacillating conduct of Umhala brought upon bim thc notice ' of the governor , who called on him to give hostages , so that , in the event of his attacking Kreiii , he would have some security for his good faith . This demand was promptly complied with , mid Umhala sent two of his sons as securities for his " sitting still , " Kreili , still bent on throwing bis force into the balance against England , ioined his warriors to those of Seyolo and Mapassn , ' forming a combined force Of 4 , 000 men , that were met by Captain Tylden , the commandant of Cradock , at the head of a mixed body of Burghers and

      Yingoes , who routed them entirely , with the loss of more than 120 si-. iin . These have been the chief incidents that have occurred in Kaffraria up to the arrival of the late reinforcements . Sir Harry has given up of late his intention of attacking Kreili , and has resumed the patrolling system , which , now that the winter is setting in , is a most arduous duty , sleeping , as the troops have to do , in the open air , and perhaps on wet ground , Without fttiy tCRtS . This harassing warfare will be continued till the reinforcements are all read y to come into tbe field , when the Amatolas will be ' stormed and the Kaffirs driven out . Here , no doubt , there will be a fierce and desperate struggle , much cruelty -will be perpecrated , and country laid waste ; for , Hither tll . 'll ) leave the Amatola , the Kaffir will fi g ht to tho last , and will prefer death to be driven forth homeless and herdless from scenes that must be dear to every member « . f his rnci ' .

      TiicTith rcgr . were landed at Al / jon Hay , from whence they aiv to PVOCCCd 10 JOIII Coloill ' l Somerset at Tore Hare . In the midst 01 a . 11 this conveying of men ami munitions of w ; ir , inarching of troops , driving out of Kaffirs , ar . d seizing of cattle , one naturally pauses to ask the rjuestion—How is all this to end ? in ail : ho ? e preparations and doings , is there anything which , when done , any plan or scheme , which when executed is likely to lead to some settlement ofthis long protracted struggle between the Kaffir

      and his white invader ? Ov is this war simply progressing like other Kaffir wars , and carrying with it the seed * of f uture and mnre expensive ones ? Are we destined for ever to have this mortal struggle with the hi . 'iek man of South Africa ; or how long is it to last \ llav we to drive him to the Mountains ofthe Moon , or how far ' J Assuredly at prosent lhere is nothing to make us hope that this will he anything li !; e the last we shall have nay , this war has even less thevspect of a final struggle tkia any that have ^ Ci'i : ? before . At present it is ont tribe—the G .-iik 1—that , roused bv tho hisnli done

      its chief , assert' - us t' -gnt to live uv . des its owe laws , and u > &* el ' . -r . its O'au courjtry ; aad it

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      is with tin ' s one tribe chiefly that we are how ftl war ~ it ia this * one , among many and far more itnP' ^^ t . ones , that we are now to -subjugate . This war will do it , and they will have to kiss the feet of England ' s representative ; and after listening to a good deal of mock heroic and rodomontade , they will be forced to swear a hypocritical allegiance at the point of the sword . Butso longas their country is dotted over with our hated forts , and their old pleasant places , where they once herded their fathers' flocks are in our hands , can the old feeling ever bo supposed to die ? Will thc desire to be once more s nation ce ; ise to animate them , and for ever ? Does the same feeling not exist among other tribes because they have not shown it on this

      occasion ; or will it cevse after the Giaka ' s are well beaten ? Are we sure when this war is over that we have stifled the underground fire ; or have we merely scotched a chance manifestation of it ; and wiiileongaged with this or congratulating ourselves that it is put out , how do we know that some niuht a n > d glare in the sky will not tell us that this great and moral volcano was not put out but only slumbered . In other words , when Gaika ' s chief Samiilli ia crushed , who can tell tllnt in a year or two after some H'hiinbie chief , chafing under tho yoke that he hates , may not rouse Young Kaffirland , when England will have again to take ttie field as she has so often

      done before , and with only this difference'from the la-t , that then she will have a H'Jambie instead of a Gaika for an enemy . At this rate wo shall have a war in perpetuity , and so leave a rich inheritance t « our children ' s children , for these with whom we are now engaged are very far from being the most important of South African tribes . For , immediately in their rear are nations far more numerous ! and important , —these are the Amatemba , the Amapmida , Amsizootahs , besides tbe two warlike tri-ies that now own the supremacy ofMoshesh and Sikowyella ; and seeing that they are all becoming skilled in the art of war , and some of them are now becoming aware of the v ; vlu « of establishing a commis .-ariat , we shall find our difficulties evor to be on

      the increase , and it will be found that in a hundred years we shall not . bo very much in advance of where we now are . It becomes us then to change the system that we are still following in the teeth of facts that show it to be utterly worthless .

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      SATURDAY , Jew 12 . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —The house met to forward certain bills their next singes . Upon the third reading of tho Civil Bills , < fcc . ( Ireland ) , Bill , a debate arose on an amendment proposed by Mr . VJ'Cullaoh , which was ultimately negatived , and the bill passed . Leave was given to introduce a bill to amend the mode of assessing Tytho Rent Charges under the Lighting and Watching Act and the Public Health Act . The house rose at half-past two o ' clock .

      MONDAY , July U . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tho Bishop of Oxfohd moved that copies of thc correspondence touching the fIorfield Manor Estate , which had passed between the Copyhold Commissioners and the Ecclesiastical Commission , should be laid on the table , and entered into an elaborate defence of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol , whose motives , he contended , had been grievously misrepresented . The Marquis of Laxsdowne having moved the first reading of the Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee Bill ,

      Lord Brougham apologised to the house for addressing the house on this stage of the bill , but the state o f his health was such that if he did not speak now he should not have an opportunity of doing so again this session . He approved ofthe present measure as a step , though not a stride , in the right direction ; but if any one supposed that any structural alteration of the Court of Chancery would satisfy the wants of the public , he was a dreamer , and would some day awake to a sad reality . He desired no rash changes , but the house might rest assured that if efficient measures of Chancery reform wer * not speedily introduced , the inevit ; ib \ o result would be , that the good would be swept away with the bad , and the jurisprudence and judicature of the country would be reduced to a state which would supply a wholesome warning to those who , from a fear of granting moderate and safe reform , exposed their lordships to the dangers of a violent revolution .

      The Lord CiiANCEixon having expresseJ his satisfaction that tin bill met with the approbation of Lord Bhouoiiam , it was read a first time . Some other business was then dispatched , and their lordships adjourned . house OF COMMONS . —In reply to a question from Mr . T . Duncombe as to the intentions of the government . with respect to legislation on water supply this session , Lord J . Russell said , the course of the

      government must depend upon the proceedings of tllC Committee to whom the subject had been referred ; but , supposing that the Committee should not report in time to admit of legislation this session , tho government could , of course , take no step in the matter ; and as it was desirable that the sewers and the water supply SllOUhl 1 ) 0 Ullder One Combined management , if no measure could be introduced this session , with respect to water supply , it was intended to propose only a temporary and provisional sewer bill in the present session .

      Sir W . Vkkner asked whether the attention of the Attorney General for England had been Called to certain passages in a newspaper , called the Catholic Vindicator , published on the 5 th of July , and particularly to one of them to the following effect : — " That if her Majesty the Queen should place her signature to a certain abominable bill ( the Ecclesiastical Titles Bills ) , she will compel all real Catholics to regard her in a manner wc are certain she will have cause to regret . " Lord J . Ut / s .-iELi , said that his attention had been

      directed to the suijvet , but he thought it very umidvisable to bring a worthless paper into some degtee of importance by taking notice of it . He must say , however , that he believed the abominable sentiments it contained wore wholly foreign to the real feelings of the Roman Catholics of this country . Supply . —On the order for going into Committee of Supply , Mr . Hkynolds moved a resolution condemnatory of any diminution of the annual grants 10 tho Dublin hospitals as unjust and impolitic . Sir L . O'Brikn . seconded the motion .

      The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated the grounds upon which he resisted tho motion . A Parliamentary Committee had recommended upon principle the iiiscontinuance of these grants to the eighteen establishments at Dublin ; but it was not intended to diminish the votes to two of them , which were the principal schools of medicine and surgery . The motion was supported by Mr . Roche , Mr . Grooas , Mr . S . HBKUKttT , Colosel Dujjne , and opposed by Mr . V . Smith . Upon a division , it was negatived by 100 against 43 . Mr . Hume inquired of Mr . P . Miles whether he intended , and when , to bring forward the subject of the Bishop of Gloucester ' s proceedings with reference to the Horfield estate . Mr . V . Miles said , after what had taken place elsewhere , he did not think it necessary to bring the matter under discussion in that house .

      Mr . IIoksman said , he was ready and anxious to substantiate the statement ho had made . He had brought before the house an abuse which he thought was one of tbe greatest and grossest which , on a very serious subject , could be presented to it , and if the house did not consider it necessary that there should be a further discussion of the subject , he was not called upon to take any further steps in relation to it . Lord J . Manners noticed tho severity of Mr . llovsman ' s invectives , and the elaborate and prepared terms in which they were conveyed . Mr . Gladsione was bound to say he thought that the statement of Mr . Horsman had been most seriously impugned in almost every material particular , und that it was very desirable that there sbould be a further discussion of the question .

      The subject then dropped , and tho house went into Committee of Supply upon the remaining Civil Service Estimates , the discussion of which occupied the rest of the evening . In the course of the discussion , Lord Palmkbston held out very encouraging prospects of the speedy extinction of the slave trade . On tho coast of Africn , he said , by the jrvat vigilance of our cruisers ; by the treaties with " native chiefs , which had been observed with great fidelity ; by tho progress made by the colony of Liberia ; by the co-operation of the authorities lu the Portuguese sett ' ements , and by the active ami fiienCly assistance ofthe French and American Offi - Oci'S , a great impression had been made ou the slave trade on that coast , and , as far as the Line , it might be said to be at present almost extinguished . On the const of Brazil , tho British cruisers having been more concentrated , their operations were

      hecoming more effectual , whilst the Brazilian gOYCVn ' ment , which had passed a law declaring the slave trade piracy , had at last , exerted a proper degree of vigilance and power in enforcing its regulations , aiid the result had been that in the course of eight months they had almost extinguished the Brazilian slave trade . The number of slaves imported into Brazil in 1850 was not above half that brought in former years ; in the first quarter of the present year very few slavus had been brought , and the government of Brazil was now co-operating heartily with that of England , and fulfilling the obligations of tho treaties between- the two Countries . Ia Africa , itself , legitimate commerce was increasing an aiiti-sl . ivo trade feeling was growing Un lu Brazil , where capital was withdrawn from the traffic in slaves and invested in other speculations so that both in Africa and Brazil there had been a most happy change . That tllta change would be

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      permanent he also confidentl y anticipated . At last , therefore , our perseverance had been rewarded , if not by tho annihilation of this abominable traffic , at least by having brought it within the narrowest limits . Tho Chairman having reported progress , certain bills were forwavd « d their respective stages , and the other business having been disposed of , the house adjourned at a quarter past ono o ' clock . TUESDAY Jult 15 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-The Karl ot Dkmw moved that the Correspondence , Orders in Council , « fec , referring to the proposed constitution for the Cape colony , should be referred to a select committee . The noble earl gave , in elaborate detail ; a

      history ofthe efforts that nau been made since 1842 to introduce a repnsentaiive system into that colony . Very shortly after that year the fitness ofthe colony for self-government was conceded , and the question became how the system could be most readily and safely organised . Much inquiry and deliberation took p lace both in England and at the Capeupi-n this point , to which lie referred at some length ; but afterwards an order in council was issued at home ordaining , though against the advices of all the authorities on the spot , that the local legislature was to consist of two bodies , a House of Assembly , aud a Legislative Council , both being elective . Upon the transmission of this order to the colony , the anti-convict agitation supervened . This agitation was pushed to an unwarrantable extreme , hut was founded on justice , and proved successful . Out of it grew a collision which finally resulted , upon an ' election of five

      new members to the colonial council , in the resignation of lour ofthe number . thus leaving a council consisting only of six members , while ten at ) e » st were necessary to give it a legal existence . With a body of advisers so crippled , the governor found himself unable to determine the delicate questions of detail necessary to put the colonial constitution fairly at work , notwithstanding his own anxiety to effect , that purpose , the urgent necessity of lhe ca « e , and the extreme impatience of tbe colonists themselves . The matter , in fact , had come to a complete deadlock , to resolve which demanded the intervention and authority of Parliament . Disowning any wish to obtain a party triumph , the noble earl concluded by enforcing the necessity of the Imperial Lesislature addressing itself to the accomplishment of this task , even at the risk of prolonging a session which had now nearly waned to a close .

      L-ird Lyndhuhst seconded the motion , and was proceeding to address their lordships , but after an appeal from the Colonial Secretary , followed by a brief altercation , the noble and learned lord gaVO way to Earl Grist , who remarked that the ample details to which they had lis : ened , bore little reference to the motion whereto they were appended . Serious difficulties and risk attended the introduction and first working of a representative system at the Cape , arising from the circumstance that the colony was inhabited by many different races , enjoying very different degrees of civilisation , and split into many internal parties and factions . ( Hear , hear ) . Detailing the various facts and reasons that had led to the

      conclusion that a complete system ot representarion—election in both branches—was the most expedient , Earl Grey recapitulated the measures by which an organisation based upon that principle was attempted and for the time frustrated , attributing that unfortunate result to an error in judgment on the part of Sir xi-Smith , and to the factious spirit in which every effort was met by certain members of the council , who ought to bave co-operated most earnestly and amicably in carrying them into effect . Though unsuccessful , he submitted tbat neither the government at home , nor the executive in the colony had acted wrong , ( Hear , hear . ) Adverting to future prospects , tho noble secretary stated tbat instructions had been sent out to the governor , empowering him to proceed with a council of six members . The absence

      of Sir II . Smith on the frontier , in consequence of the Kaffir outbreak , had prevented instructions being acted upon , but hish legal opinion had been glVCIl tO the efi ' dct that their import was perfectly legal . The government were most anxious 10 establish the constitution at the Cape . When a'l the despatches were received , he was sanguine enough to believe that ordinances might be framed wh ch would enable Sir H . Smith to overcome every ilifiiouliy ; and when the Kaffir war ctwue to an end ( which might speedily be looked for ) , there need be little delay in setting the representative system fairly at work . There was no doubt that the Crown , with the advice of the Privy Council , and by the agency oi'letters patent , possessed full competency to deal with the contingency . What , therefore , was thc use of invoking the Interference of Parliament ? The select committee could

      do no good on this side ; and on the other , ita appointment would be fraught with danger to the cMony , and injury to the public service . Examining the state of parties in the colony he contended that the opposition to tbe government was excited by a faction who leaned for support upon the Dutch farmers , whose discontents dated from tha era of slave emancipation , and on tbe anti-convict party . On this later question Earl Grey pnlarped at much length , defending the polioy of the administration , and rebuking the truculence and insubordination manifested among the colonists in tbe affair of the Neptune . ( Cheers ) . Loid Malmsudmiv supported tiie motion . If the constitution were now given to the Cape \)} ' tllC R 0 » ver-nor- or home author ! ries , ir would bereceived with suspicion instead of being hailed as a boon . Nothing but the interposition of Parliament could now satisfy the colonists .

      Lord Craxworth addressed himself to the legal question , shewing cause for concluding tbat the pro * ceedings of the government were , throughout , according to la »' . Lord Ly . ndhurst argued on the other side , sup , porting the opinion of various lawyers of celebrity , who believed that the conduct of the Colonel-officehad been altogether illegal . The Loan Chascelio « replied , and quoted Lord Mansfield in support of the doctrine that the Crown and its advisers had full authority to do all that wast about to be done at the Cape , the establishment of a constitution with a representative system and elective assemblies being included . The precedent set in the case of New Grenada was , he maintained , strictly ia point to the same effect .

      The Duke of Argyll declared that he could not vote for the motion , viewing it in effect as a vote of censure ; believing that the conduct of the Colonial Secretary , except in the instance ofthe convicts , had been marked with extreme liberality towards the Cape colonists . After some remarks from Lord Whabncliffe and the Duke of Newcastle , The E'irl of Deruv replied . Their lordships then divided on his motion : — Contents CS Nou-Contents T-t Majority for Government — 0 The house then adjourned at one o ' clock .

      HOUSE OP COMMOSS .-In the earlv sitting ofthe house tho Unlawful Oaths ( Irelaud ) ' Bill , the Turnpike Roads ( Ireland ) Bill , the Private Lunatic-Asylums ( Ireland ) Bill , and the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill were severally read a third time and passed . The remainder of the sitting was occupied in the > discussion in committee of the clauses of the County Courts Further Extension Bill . Mr . Dekdks reported tbat the Harwich election committee had come to tbe decision that at the recent election for that borough Mr . Crawford was not duly elected , and that the election was void . In the ereninfr sitting

      Lotd kaas moved a resolution that the housa would , on a future day , resolve itself into a coin * tnittee to take into consideration the milling inti-rest in Ireland . The noble lord reminded the house that one by one the staple manufactures of Ireland bad disappeared , and the ov . ' iy remaining Otl>— -that Ot the corn mills—was now nearl y annihilated by th » free importation of foreign flour . In ; . 12 l of tho largest mills in Ireland the capital embarked was no less than one million sterliti ' . ' , g ivimr employment , when in full work , to 5 , TOM people ; but at present there were not more people hilly employed than 2 , 700 . The greatest dhtre ?? prevailed in tho trade , owing to the competition with the American and French millers : and it was . he coniwiiled , the

      duty of the house to institute an inquiry into th © Case . In conclusion ol ' : > very argumentative speech , the noble lord i-aid that lie did not look upon tho division of that night as of very great importance * for he felt convinced that eie long Parliament would feel the wisdom of retracing the policy of 18-10 , and returning to that system of protection under which this country h : id for so many acres enjoyed a degree of prospeihy wholly unexampled . Air . Lahoithehk t'omplimwited thc noble lord on tbe industry which he had ilevoted to this subject , but said that the case lie h ; t « i made out , if good at x 1 , would go the length uf inducing him to call on the houi-e to re-impose ibe corn ' Jawa . TfothinP - > rttilfl ltn « - ** vi * r lirt TYWUTi imnf ... ! .. \ & couldhoweverha

      , , move propostorous than to mopose that the millm of the United Kingdom " had any reason 10 complain of il * alteration of tho corn laws , lor that alteration had led to a meat increase 111 tho importation of foioisn eon ., uhiie out- own gron-tn had not diminished , ami as all f ' niii « Aim must have beou converted iraoflo , b ? ii S millers their business must have been r ^ y it creased rather than lesser . cd . th ?! ' ;/; ^'" . supported the motion , contending oaS of » h !! ° ' U / IU : ii 0 VS % vns r ** r"t * th " case Ot the agnculun ists , who were ruined hv a par icular law . Their ruin matri'iallv air , ctcd " the "fcU-boing of three-fourths of the whole community , ana surely under such circumstances it became necessary to have -dii inimirv

      . all " . C . Anstt . y supported tie motion . - r ' -T ,, ! M . 1 MJ . B . KocuYoppiacd the ado ption'ft ** motion , which would place ft whip : iCth 6 t ' < l 8 <» the miller to grind dowi . still lower the ;«»""' . " ¦ W-uing constantl y over him t »» i « rea >; ot ^» S nothing bat f oreign . sraii :. . . ; . . f - it . ltif , Mr . Nkwdkgate eutereu m ' . o ¦ ¦ >> f :: - , \ v Lord tics in support of the rivawt : ; . ;* •< •¦• • *•*> > i ' aas .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 19, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19071851/page/7/