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      House Of Lords, Feb. 15. Moxday.—Refoum ...

      Loral MosKta—Whatever may h « ve been the opinion of antiquity on the subject , it ' cannot , in modtra timet , be thought an indfcnity to ' any person to remove nil statue from a place which is reckoned positively disadvantageous to its tffett . With respect to what the hon . member has said r « pecting Pompeii , 1 may observe , that art is not supposed to have been in its most palmy state ¦ when most structures In that city were raised , and that they we also luble to more violent mod's of displacement then works of the present age . ( Laugh'er . ) FACTORIES . —Sir W . Jaws asked the Secretary for the Home Department whether the government intended , in conformity with the recommendation of the Factory Inspectors , to amend the F . ctory Acts with regard to the education of children in printworks ! S . The caslnp and the guarding the machinery in mills ! » - The em . Ploymeut uf children below the » pe of 18 in silk mdto

      Sir G . Our said , that with reference *• *«** ™ questions it was intended to make some a ^ ° ns ott toe subject of the education of children and the casing of machinery , for which purpose it would , be Ww" * * nrceSs , ry to introduce a bill into the house . The subject ta which the third question * f ™ 7 " " ° '* " £ commendation of the F «« ory l «*^* £ ™ alluded to enly in a separate report by on o ^«» Wtors . Without further communication with the Factory Inspectors , and inquiring into the subject ^ heicould not

      EXPENSES INCCUUED IS IltBLAKD .-TheC . us . cellos of tbe E jchecceR explained that the dally pay of the 10 897 officers of the Board of Works was £ 3 ,, / 4 ; that the highest pay was given to officers of the Royal Engineers viz ., SOs . a day and allowances when on duty to some , ' and ' 20 s . to others ; and that the lowest pay was given to overseers of works . Tie ., 2 « . ; the gross amount of maintaining the staff was £ 73 , 600 for four weeks , £ 20 , 800 of which was paid by the public , and the remainder charged on the works done . The daily pay to the destitute labaurer was from 8 d . to 10 d ., and piecework , from

      Sd . to Is . 41 . ; tbe gross amount of maintaining the destitute lstuurirs for the first four weeks in yovember was £ 005 , 351 ; for tbe first four weeks in December , £ 585 , 045 ; and for the whole of December t « the 2 nd of January , £ 742 , 050 . The ratio which the expense of the staff bore to the persons employed was about seven per cent ., and taking everything into consideration , would not certainly exceed ttn per cent . He could not state tke expense of the officers under the Commissariat Office . PUBLIC WORKS ( IRELAND . )—Mr . Roebuck presented a petition from a man named John Hogan , of Adair , in the county cf Limerick , stating that he and bis son had been employed on the government works ; that

      his family were then four in number , —but , having lost one of his children , a daughter , it was reduced to three , aud , in consequence of that reduttion , he had been dismissed from tha works , where he earned lOd . a day , bis son only being retained . He had addressed the Board of ¦ Works , but the reply was that they could not relieve him . The petitioner complained that such harshness should be exhibited to a poor man without a parch of land , while it was a notorious fact , —ous to which he challenged contradiction—that hundreds in that locality , having both land and corn , and money in the bank , were * working on these very roads , being sent there by their landlords for the purpose of enabling them the better to pay their rents . ( Hear . )

      RAILWAYS ( IRELAND ) BILL . — The adjourned debate on this Bill was resumed by the Marquis of Gao-ur . He had heard with the greatest regret the determination expressed by the Gevernmentof opposing a measure which had been proposed , not in hostility to them , but in aid of their plans of relief for Ireland . If they bad not deemed it expedient to adopt the whole Bill , " they might have adopted a part with great benefit to the country which it was the anxiety of all to succour . One of the great evils of Ireland was the want of employment for the people , which was mainly attributable to the greater increase of papulation than of capital In that country , The oaly course , therefore , which lay before them was to diminish the number of the Irish people , or to increase the capital of Ireland . As

      they were led te l » ok for but little from emigration , they must chiefly rely upon the latter remedy , which it was the object of the bill before the house to apply . The extent to which it would develope the Irish fisheries was a strong argument in favour of the measure . The necessary funds could be realised without deranging the finances of the country . To carry it out would require the imposition of no new tax upon the peofle of England , instead of which the scheme of the noble lord ( L « rd George Bentinck ) would pnt money into the treasury , thus identifying the interests of all parties with the bill . The noble marquess then went oa to contravert the statements of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in reference to the number of men who would be employed per mile ou the earthworks , and to the amount of money which would be applied to the payment of wages ; every one of which he maintained was based upon too low an estimate . And admitting that only the able-bodied

      would be employed ou the railroads , infinite good must arise from withdrawing 112 , 000 able-bodied men from tbe half-million and upwards of people now dependent upon the charity of the State . He then denied that all the distress was on the west coast , and that all the railways were confined to the east . A doubt had been expressed if the Irish peasant was physically adequate to that species of labour which was required in the earthworks . of a great railway ; he thought that thi Irish peasant was perfectly capable ef competing , in this respeet , with the native of any country : a very curious table had been published , giving a comparative view of the average strength and siie of Englishmen and Irishmen —( hear , V ear ; and langl ter . ) It appeared that while the height of the Englishman was 63 , that of the Irishman was 72 inches ; that while the Englishman weighed 150 , the Irishman weighed 1551 b . ; and that while the strength in pounds of the Englishman was 403 , that of the Irishman was 482 lb . —( cheers and laughter . )

      Mr . W . Brown and Col . Mure opposed the measure , Tbe latter denounced tbe scheme embodied in tbebili as one of flagrant public immorality . It was " an extensive scheme for the encouragement of railway gambling , - » nder the auspices of the Stste . " Such railways were asecure and creditless enterprises , and essentially bad Concerns could not be metamorphosed into essentially ood ones by the State's interfering to an extent which objected it to two-thirds of the risk of the lose . Aldekmas Thompson- supported it . All that was wanted was tbe credit of the government to secure advances to works which would be perfectly solvent . The government was at this moment promoting the constructs n of railways in India , and he could not see why it was that the people of Ireland had not as strong a claim upon it in this respect as the people of India .

      Mr . P . French , Mr . Corry , Sir W . Clay , and Mr . Shaw , ( though belonging to Lord George ' s pcrty , ) while expressing fteir approval of the plan , would vote against it for the purpose of keeping in the ministry . Mr . > "ewmgat £ supported the Bill . One Chancellor of the Exchequer in possession , and two ex-Chancellors of the Exchequer had urged the finanaial condition of the country as their reasons for objecting to this measure ; but tbey bad not shown that the fiuances were so cow as to present any insurmountable difficulty to the liam requisite . In fact , this measure was one for

      re-Icving the' tax-payers of Eaglaod . But even if the « . ommercial difficulties of the country were great , was reland to be left to starve * The Hon . Member preceded to show that the Bank of England , last spring , had exceeded its bounds in order to meet the wants of railway enterprise ; and he asked if , when the Bank of England in the day of prosperity exceeded its legitimate limits to encourage railways in England , tbe House of Commons , in the day of Irish misery and famine , would hesitate to * exceed its usual course to provide employment and give life to tbe famishing people of Ireland ?

      Mr . Johr O'Cossem . declared his intention to support Loid George Bentiock ' s plan , because it gave the promise of a large expenditure in Ireland , in addition to that provided by tbe Government measures . He gave the government full credit for good intentions , but they were impeded by their entire ignorance of the real state of Ireland and of her people . He had hoped that they would have adopted tha Noble Lord ' s plan . Mr . D'Isiaeu made the speech of the evening : He commenced by en elaborate defence of the motives which had induced L n * d G . Bentinck to bring forward the measure , and the course he had pursued in doing so . He ceasured Lord J . Russell fur not , at the first introduction of the bill , boldly declaring that he would not permit it to be read even a first time . By not doing so .

      he had beeome responsible for all that has since occurred . Under the circumstances , Lord George and his party had so alternative but to proceed , whatever tbe consequences might be . He then administered a castigation to deserters like Mr . Shaw : The right h » n , gentleman ( Mr . Shaw ) was going to vote against them because , although he thought it very improbable , a belief had arisen that , if a vote was given adverse to the government , the government would cease to exist He ( Ur . D'Israeli ) saw gentlemen on the other side of tbe house who had entered Parliament the first time with himself—ten years agoand they would recollect that when they came in tbey were all told that tbe goverament of that day would not last , because it was going out on an Irish question . That government did not go out on au Irish question . Two

      years after { hat the leader of the most powerful party , at least tbrmost powerful party in opposition , that ever enisled in this couatry , forced to accept office against his will , and resigning , under peculiar circumstances , in three days , that position , announced to that house that Ireland was his " great difficulty . " ( Hear , hear . ) A government then again acceded to power which unquestionably was iu a minority , not only as regarded that house , but as regarded the country—a party which , however , he very frankly confessed , although not able to govern England—which generally governed itself—was the only party that ceuld govern Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) But tke Irish question now before them was not the Irish question of the last ten years . ( Cheers . ) Then the Irish question was , how Ireland was to be governed ; now the

      Iri . b question was , how was Ireland to be fed ? After contending that the evils of Ireland were strictly social and economical , and that the idea of curing them by increasing ; the number ot electors for and members of parliament was a pure hallucination , Mr . D'Israeli protested against attributing the visitation to Providence save in the general sense in which all events werj attributable to Providence . But it trould not do for that house to use the easy phrase of a " visitatioa of Providence" to conceal their own Ueket in this respect , for what hadoccurred had been foretold by great statesmen and hy men most experienced in Ireland . Lord Wellesley told them , twenty-five years ago , that the potato , and the graduall y degenerate state of the potato till it eaae to tha " lumper , " would ultimately destroy Ireland

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      unless measures were taken to arrest the evil . Th * j would also find , in the derpatcbes and public papers of Ur Drummond , that that gentleman expressed the same opinion ; and everything now happening in Ireland was , in fact , the occurrence of a eontingency which had been longest fereseen by those who best knew that country , and who were best capable of forming au opinion on the subject Aftsr depending Mr Hudson and Alderman Thompson , whose names are on the back of tha olll , from the imputations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , he said he must rrmind the Chancellor of the Exchequer that it was not merely makers of railways , and creators of rail ways , and manufacturers of irons , who had one pursuit ; there might be a peculiar body Of men in tbe state who followed one pursuit and filled one office ; and when he found three Chancellors of the Exchequer ( laughter ) rising one after the other to oppose this measure , he was disposed to view that financial opposition with some jealousy . (" Hear , " and laughter . ) He Wis bound to say . that the Chancellor of the

      Excheqin-r made his speech in a very bold and dashing spirit . ( A laugh . ) It certainly was in a style not generally heard from Chancellors of the Exchequer ; indeed , so courageous was Us spirit , that be would rattier have expeeled tobtar it from the Secretary at War or the Pay . master of the Forces . ( Laughter . ) But the right hon . gentleman stated most positively , that the noble mem . ber for Lynn and bis friends were quite wrong ; and he asserted that the proportion of capital expended en railroads was only 25 per cent . The right hon . gentleman did not condescend to offer any proof on this point ; he did allege any evidence , or present tbe house with any data ; but he said , " You are perfectly wrong , I have been told , " though he did not nsme his authority , " that the proportion of capital expended is only 25 per cent .,

      and that the utmost you can expect is that £ 1 , 000 a-mile will employ 45 men . " Now , be did not think these were subjects which could be treated upon the tpjs dt'rit of any man . The hon . gentleman then went into a lengthy statement , which he conttaded , subverted the calculations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and from which it appeared that , on an average , about 57 per cent , of tbe whole outlay on railways had been expended iu England , Praace , and Belgium , in the payment of wages to common labourers on the works . Applying this to the capability of the measure for employing labour in Ireland , Ur . D'Israeli said the Chancellor of the Exchequer estimates that the expenditure iu labour is nearly 25 per cent . Well , if we take tbe Irish railroads at £ 16 , 000 per mile , and leave £ 1 . 920 per mile expended in four years ,

      it would give for each mile £ 8 , 280 per year . Now , Sir , the Chancellor of the Exchequer has told us , that for every £ 1 , 000 per mile foe four years , 45 men are employed . Well , 1 bare fhown yen that in tbe labour for these Irish railroads , £ 2 , 280 per mile will be expended ; therefore , according to his own data , instead of 45 men only , 102 may be employed on each line of railroad for the next four years , and that there being proposed to be 1 , 500 miles of J railroad , 153 , 000 labourers , instead of 110 . 000 , as my ' noble friend estimated would be employed ; and although I know he understated his casein allowing five persons dependent upon each labourer , that would make 785 , 000 persons to be sustained by these works , according to the principle of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , for four years . ( Cheers , )

      Tbe hon . gentleman next read a letter from Mr , Hemruing , an Englishman , extensively fengaged in railway contracts in Ireland , showing that Irish labourers were easily trained to railroad work , and that if the measure was passed ' thousands would be immediately employed . He thought the letter of such a man completely answered all the vague and shadowy objections of a late , a later , and the latest Chancellor of the Exchequer . ( A laugh . ) The writer told them that the mere Irish labourer was sufficient for tbe construction of these railways ; that there were Jonly two and a half per cent , of English labourers employed upon his works ; that he could eraploy one thousand more Irish tabourets ; that they were perfectly capable for that kind of labour ; that in a few weeks , they were capable of making even tunnels , and

      that when he wanted more men they came , 'from Connaught and the western counties . But then it was said that these navigators were gay lotbarios , that they were not family men , that they were all Englishmen , and that they bad all left a wife and family at home . ( A laugh . ) Now he had found they were altogether Irish , and he had within the'last hour had a letter put into his hands by the door-keeper of that house from an Irish gentleman , which had almost raised < a blush in him as he read it , and which he would with their permission of the house read to them . The writer was Sir Harvey Bruce . That gentlemen having read what was termed the unanswerable speech of the Chancellor ' of the Exchequer , in which he was reported to have stated that most of those men emplsyed on railways are unmarried men , says .

      that as chairman of the railway through which the Derry and Coleraine line passes , that ( that railway was tbe means to relieve , to a great extent , the destitute poor , although that line had not been carried on very extensively—that the great majority of those men were married men , and that many of those men have families from eight to twelve in number . ( Great laughter . ) These are the navigators whom , we are told , having left their wives at { home went away to sport themselves—they went forth to plunder the government—that they are all mere boys , having neither families nor charge—quite striplings—( Hear , hear , and laughter )—now , however , it turns out otherwise , tbey are married men , and if we get our Bill we will be able to relieve the government from at least the charge of 580 , 000 persons . There ware

      two other objections to dispose of , each of which , like the first , had been brought forward by a Chancellor of the Exchequer . Mr . Baring had warned them of the financial difficulties which surrounded the question , and had instanced the cases of France and Belgium as illustrating the danger to which the proposed measure would subject them . He ( Mr . D'Israeli ) contended that the experience of these two countries , so far as railways were concerned , only encouraged them to proceed with the scheme ; for the undertakings in which the governments of these two countries had embarked had benefited them in everyway , the advantage accruing to their creiit and revenues not being the least . The next objection was grounded upon the impolicy of interfering with private enterprise " ; but thtre was no private enterprise in

      Ireland to interfere with , whilst tbe direct consequence of the measure before tbem would be to create that private enterprise about which they were told to be so careful . Mr . D'Israeli concluded by a general survey of tbe benefits tha measure would confer upon Ireland . It would open up coal mines , and give cheap fuel ns well as cheap food . It wouldcreate new trades , make new residences for men of all classes , give a stimulus to the fisheries such as never before was dreamt of , and in fact , give a new tone and tharacter to the island . If they failed in carrying the plan they would at least' not suffer the bitterness of persoaal mortification , for the plan had not been matured by a scheming ambition , and did not aim to upset a government , but did aspire to benefit a nation . The hoa . gentleman was loudly cheered on resuming his

      seat . The debate was then adjourned , and the house broke up at half-past twelve . HOUSE OF LORDS , Feb . 16 . TTJESDAT . —Earl Fitrwilliam again brought forward the influx of Irish paupers into Liverpool . THE CASTLEBAR UNION . —Lord Lccah at considerable length defended himself against tbe charges made against his conduct , aud that of the Board of Guardians , in closing the Castlebar workhouse upon the paupers of that union . He denied the allegation that he had not paid his rates—accused the government officers of falsehoods respecting bis conduct , and the government of protecting them in those falsehoods , as well as giving currency to them in blue books .

      Earl Gair warmly defended tbe government officers , and the conduct of the government . It had been accused of countenancing attacks made upon the Irish landlords ; but he referred to these blue books to exonerate them from tbat accusation , and he contended that any one who would read those books would be found to confess that the government had done much to throw a shield over the Irish proprietors . Lord Monteagle and the Marquis of Westmeath came to Lord Lucan's assistance , and a protracted personal dis * cutston ensued , which ultimately terminated without any specific result . The Brewing from Sugar and Distilling from Sugar Bills were read a second time , Lord Stanley giving notice that he would move that both bills be referred to a select committee at the next stage . The Destitute Persons Bill passed through committee . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Feu . 16 .

      TUESDAY . —RIGHT TO RELIEF IN IRELAND . — Mr . Scaoer put certain questions to the Home Secretary in consequence of what has transpired in the Castlebar Union , the reply to which by Sir G . Grey , establishes the virtual irresponsibility of the guardians for their past conduct , inasmuch as no compulsory right to relief exists under the present Irish Poor Law . OUTRAGES ON PUBLIC WORKS . —Mr . Smith O'Brien complained of the resolution adopted by the Government of suspending public works whenever outrages were committed by any persons employed on such works . He considered that was involving the innocent in a punishment which should be reserved for the gu'lty alone . Mr . Laboucbebb defended the resolution , as the only means to ensure the apprehension of the criminals , and as the most effectual mode of putting an end to outrages . The result had fully proved the efficacy of this determination , and the government were resolved to enforce it rigidly .

      Mr . O'Bbiek having expressed bis concurrence in the pleasure expressed by a correspondent , tbat in a particular case of outrage , none of the workmen had " peached , " Mr . Laboucbere said he was astonished at the honourable member rejoicing that culprits concerned in an outrage upon a public work bad not been discovered . ADJOURNED DEBATE . —The debate on the Railways Bill ( Ireland ) was then resumed by Mr . B . Osborne , who supported the measure . Colonel Oonolly , Sir John Walsh , aud Sir H . W . Barron also spoke in favour of the bill . Capt . Layard and Mr . V . Stuart opposed it Tho speeches of tho night were those of Sir R . Peel and Lord G . Bentinck . Sir R . Peel opposed the Bill .

      Sir R . Pett , wished to discuss the bill in a spirit and temper befitting the magnitude of the evils for which it was proposed as a remedy . His vote woald be based upon the merits of the bill , and not upon any consideration of the consequences to which tbe noble lord ( Lord John Russell ) stated that the success of the bill would give rise . The extent to which it was now proposed to pledge tbe credit of the government justified a conside-

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      ration of the present financial condition of the country , For the year ending ith of January last , the receipts had been greater than the most sanguiae had anticipated ; Theexcessabovetheestimate was abouttwomillions . But the matter for their consideration , in connection with this bill , was the prospect of the coming year . The government could hardly , considering the condition of tbe country , the high price of cotton and of provisions both at home and abroad , look for so largo a revenue far the coming year . To the navy and ordnance estimates it would be necessary to make an addition of £ 400 000 . He did not anticipate any reduction in the

      miscellaneous estimates ; and tlure wai every reason to believe tbat the expenditure of the coming year would largely exceed tbat of tbe past year . If the amount of expenditure required for Ireland should approach the sum of nine , or possibly eleven millions , it was probable tbat en the 5 th of April , 1843 , there would be a deficit of seven or eight millions . Nor was the extraordinary demand oa account of Irish calamity to bs limited te the coming year , They could not trust to the potato any longer for the sustenance of Ireland . After meeting tbe present distress it would be incumbent upon them-to consider those other measures which would

      regenerate Ireland , at least so far as her subsistence was concerned . And what was the present condition of the money market ! A loan for the proposed railways was significant of taxation . The Three per Cents ., which , a short time ago , were above par , were not at present much above ninety . There had been a fall in funded property to an extent of about five per cent . , As to the unfunded debt . ^ some descriptions of Exchequer biffs were very nearly at a discount . And with respect to the aspect of our foreign affairs , his confidence in the assurance of tranquility by her Majesty was somewhat shaken by the discussions which bad taken place between this government and France , and by the declaration in her Majesty's speech , that three of the great powers of Europe had

      been guilty of a manifest violation of a solemn treaty . Tet it was at a moment like this that the noble lord came forward with a proposal to draw upon the credit of this ' . country to au extent of sixteen millions , They could only provide for the deficit which be contemplated by the increase of taxation , by the issue of Exchequer WIU , ov by the contracting | o { a loan . Was it advisable , under these circumstances , to increase the difficulties of the government , by proposing a further expenditure of sixteen millions for the coming four years ? By so doing they would so charge the market with un . funded debt that it would be absolutely necessary to in . crease the interest on Exchequer bills . They could not pledge the national credit for the promotion of private enterprise without running the risk of loss and

      engendering the necessity for increased taxation . The Treasury was to have no discretion as to the advances , provided the railway commissioners certified ] in favour of certain projects . This transferred the power of expending the public money to a railway board , not responsible to the house for the administration of the national finances . The certificate of the railway commissioners was not to show that any railway would repay the advances made to it , but simply that It would be a public advantage to a particular district , and give beneficial employment to tbe people . And yet it was up » n a certificate like this that the Treasury was to be compelled to make the propoied advanced . And as to the proipect of repayment , he was not quite to sure that it would be made at the end of thirty years ; and even the bill itself

      contemplated the possibility of non-payment , inasmuch as itjproposed to give a further and unlimited time for payment to such projects as . might not turn out to be profitable . He was ready to do every thing that was necessary to give employment to the Irish poor , but he thought tbat tbe amount of advantage proposed to be given by this bill to the Irish shareholders could not be justified . The first application which would be made of the public money to be advanced under this bill would be to pay what was owing to the creditors of railroads , these creditors not being shareholders . Othe railway companies were borrowing money at five and six per cem , and the advance proposed to be made to the Irish railways was to be made at three and a half per cent . If

      the completion of Irish railways was to secure enormous additional profits , as was predicted , to English railways , why did not the latter step in aad complete them > The bill would give a bonus of £ 25 , 000 on every million advanced to the Irish railway companies . Besides , he doubted whether , if they had the money to expend , they could not lay it out in some other means more advan . tageons to Ireland , and it was amongst other reasons , because he doubted this , that he could not give his assent to the bill . In admitting the abstract truth of the proposition , that commercial enterprise should not be aided by the State , the honourable member for Shrewsbury admitted the whole question . The proposition was as applicable to Ireland as it was to England . The noble lord who introduced the bill had stated that the

      Irish landlords who had property in the vicinity of the proposed railways would in the aggregate have the value of their property enhanced to the extent of twantythree millions . If the railways would give such a bonus to Irish landlords , why did tbey not come forward and complete them ? The vast improvement which they would effect in the fisheries was also adduced as an argument in favour of tbe bill . Why , in view of all this , were these railways not completed by private enterprise ? Some alleged that there was no money in Ireland with which to complete them . But there was abundance of money in this country , and why was it not embarked in Irish railroads ! One objection in the way of the construction of Irish railways arose from the difficulty of obtaining land , the process of obtaining which for such

      enterprises should be simplified . If they overpowered Irish enterprise by the application of English capital to its development to the extent to which the bill proposed that they should do , he firmly believed they would be doing anything but advancing the present and permanent interests of Ireland . He was not averse to tbe occasional application of public capital to the promotion of public works ; what he deprecated was such an application of it as would paralyse tbe efforts of this bill , proposing , as it did , to advance to Irish companies fully two-thirds of their capital . The right hon . baronet then contrasted the condition of such means of internal communication as had been aided in their construction by the State with what had been done by private enterprise in the same direction , in order to demonstrate the

      impolicy of extensive State interference with such enterprises . After giving an account of the success of Mr . Bianconi , the car proprietor , the right hon . baroact concluded by an appeal to the Irish landlords ;—let me intreat of you Irish proprietors to imitate his example—( cheers )—and believe me if you feel convinced tbat railroads will add to the value of your property twentythree millions according to the sanguine estimate of tbe noble lord , and , therefore , determine to deal liberally with the companies , and to simplify the cumbrous processes of the law ; if , disregarding " party processions and religious animosities , and the feeling that political considerations overpower private enterprise , " you meet with a deep interest in the welfare of your common country ; if you premote that welfare and at the same time engage in those useful occupations which add to the enjoyment of your own lives and the benefit of your own property ; if you will trust to the influence of

      individual enterprise , and practise that integrity and skill in those public undertakings which you are sure to exhibit in every profession and calling to which you are called ; if you will imitate that example set you by a foreigner unacquainted with the language of the country ; if , forgetful of the malignant influence of party and ^ religious differences , you meet together under a sense of the overpowering calamity from which your country is suffering , and determine to direct all yout energies to the mitigation of that caliiinity , and to the improvement of the social condition of the milPons dependent on your , exertions for their future well-being ; my firm belief is , that you will then do more to promote the interests of your native land than if , resigning yourselves to sloth , aud idleness , and despair , you place your whole confidence in government grnnts ; and government patronage . [ The right honourable gentleman sat down amid cheers wlich lasted for several minutes . ]

      Lord G . Bentinck asked the house ifit would listen to the "( fete policy " of the right honourable gentleman , when they considered that , whilst in Belgium , France , and the United States , where railways bad been promoted by the State , hundreds and thousands of miles had been coastructed , only 123 miles had as yet been completed in Ireland , where private enterprise had been left to its own resources , unaided by the government . The right honourable gentleman had calculated on a deficit of from seven to eight millions , to becausedby the extraordinary expenditure for the coming year in Ireland , which deficit would be diminished by four millions by the bill now before the house . In addition to that , his proposition had not as yet been gainsaid , that the enhanced consumption of exviseable and dutiable articles in Ireland to which the

      bill would give rise would put from six to seven hundred thousand pounds into the Exchequer . And could thev believe that in a country like this , the annual savings o * f which were estimated at fifty millions , four millions could not be raised in each year for four years , with which to improve the permanent condition of an importaatportion of the empire S Ware they to weigh the chances of losing a farthing or a half-penny per cent , en Exchequer Bills against the lives of the Irish people f Having read harrowing details of the suffering in Ireland , aud quoted from totes of thanks which had been sent to him from all parts of the country , tho noble lord replied with great spirit to the arguments of tho various opponents of his measure , although not without much interruption from tha lateness of the hour . Sir Charles Napier's opinions on the question he disposed of by reminding him that however great an authority he might be on naval affairs , he was like a fish out of water when he discoursed on the

      subject of Irish railroads . The noble lord excited roars of laughter , at tbe expense of the Gallant Admiral , by telling the story of the " Sidon , " which had been constructed under his direction , and which the jolly tavs had since re-christened the "Drunken Charley . " Lord G . orge congratulated himself that his plan had not the approbation of Mr . Francis Baring , that Chancellor of the Exchequer so famous for sinking the revenue to the lowest point ; and with respect to the figures and calculations relied on by Mr . Goulburn , he contented himself with remarking " 'Twas a pity when charming women talk of what they don ' t understand . " His lordship thus concluded : My right hon , friend has offered to stake the whole of his fortune to tho house an d to the country on the security of the Government , lam not going to offer mine , because I know that it is worth little , hut if along with my right hon . friend and Mr . Lalng , he chooses to put me at the head of this unpaid commission—( laughter and loud cheers )—tben I will be

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      responsible for tarrying this measure out , without the loss of a single shilling to the State—I will be reipon . siblo for carrying this measure out , and for the employment of the people—I will be responsible for tha regeneration of Ireland ; and if it fall , why then I shall be liableto impeachment , and I shall challenge the bouse to put that process in force against me . I say not this in any trifling spirit , or in any idle bravado . There are ready hands and glad hearts in this bonse , I doubt not , to put it in force . There is a party ; in tbe house to whom I hare shown no quarter , and it Is meet and just that they should give no quarter to me . As I have given no quarter , I will take no quarter ; and I now offer mystlf , with the assistance of the gentlemen I have before named , to carry this measure out at the hazard of

      impeachment —( Laughter)—without costing the couatry a single shilling , and I will answer for its success . ( Cheers . ) It is a measure which offends against no old party recollections—it is a measure which is not against any religious prejudice , —it is a measure which confiscates ho property—it is a measure which makes no oatrage upon constitutional law—It i « a measure which , whilst it clothes the naked and fills the huagry with good things , would not send the rich empty away . And I ask now the Government , for the last time—I appeal to the government- -I implore them to accept it at my hands . I say to them , grant to Ireland , grant to me , mj fervent , my honest , my only prayer ; and I confess I care not if this be the last time tbat I address this or any other mortal assembly . The noble lord resumed bis seat amidst feud and general cheers .

      Lord J , RtrssELb took the same financial view of the question as Sir R . Peel , and contended that , looking at the sums already expeaded to relieve the most pressing distrsss , it would not be expedient to consent to this measure , which he did not think would give immediate relief to destitution . The house divided at half-past tbrse in the morn , ing— For the second reading ... ... ng Against it ... , „ . „ 522 Majority against tbe bill 204

      HOUSE OF COMMONS—Fsuaiuar 17 . WEDNESDAY-SUPPLY . —On the motion of Mr . F ** k ek , the house went into Committee of Supply , and a vote was taken on outstanding Exchequer Bills to the amount of £ 18 , 310 , 700 . FACTORIES BILL . —A large number of petitions having been presented in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill , tbe adjourned debate on this bill was returned by Sir A . L , Hat , who made a speech in opposition to it , in which there was not the slighest novelty either of argument or illustration .

      Mr . Bibhal supported tbebili in an excellent address , in which be successfully took upthe points of interference with adult labourers ; reduction of wages ; foreign com . petition ; tbe effect of factory labour on health , and other topics . An extract from the close of his speech will girt an idea of its quality : —Much had been said both in that house and elsewhere on what had been done by themastermanufacturersby the construction ot parks , aad schools , and athenaeums for the working-classee , He should like to know , however , when were tht working-clasie » to enjoy them ! ( Hear , hear . ) Of what use were mechanics' institutions , and parks , and athenaeums , If the people for whom tha athennams were built , and the parks planted , had neither time , sinews , nor spirits to make use of them t How was a man workiag ten hours a-day to find time for recreation 1 They , would say ho might use these places on a Sunday Why , think what a Sunday was to a man who had been standing ten hours a day at a loom for the six previous days of the

      week ? It was his day literally of rest —( hear , hear)—it was his day for the performance of many little domestic duties he had previously been obliged to neglect , but it was a mockery to call it his day for enjoying their parks and athenreums . ( Hear , hear . ) This was an hypocrisy which deserved to be exposed , ( Renewed cries of " Hear , hear . " ) But he now came to another consideration . It was truly said , that manufacturers at the present moment were depressed . Now , what was the cause of it ! Why , it could be traced te the working of that magnificent and demon power , the steam engine . By the aid of its powers tke manufacturers ot this country had over , stocked every market in the world : The shores ef Seuth America . were white with their calicoes ; the yellow plains of China were coloured with their prints . ( A lavgb . ) What was the cure for all ( his over-prodaetion ? Short time . And , as there mustnecessarily be diminished production in future , what barm waa there in passing this bill ! ( Hear , beer . )

      Mr . Dennisiocm was understood to remark tbat over-production was an increase of good ; it was not an evil , Mr , Bekkac— Then if it was a good let them hear no more grumbling from the manufacturing districts . ( Hear , hear . ) But he denied that it was a good . Ceuld they consider an increased number of bankruptcies a symptom of good 1 Let them see hew frightfully the production had increased ! One factory Inspector reported that in bis district alone between Nor . 1845 and Nov . 184 o ' , 65 new mills were added to the number previously existing , working 3 , 315 additional horse power , and employing 13 , 300 additional workpeople . ( Hear , hear . ) But he had heard something said as to the Americans underselling us . Why , they havo been doing this for

      years . Yet , if tbey contrasted wages in America with wages in England they would find our rates lower than the Americans , whilst they would also find that the American female spinners were much more liberally treated . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a fact of which , perhaps , some members might not be aware , that in the aggregate those workwomen employed in American factories had much more time at their disposal than in this country , Generally , they were the daughters of respectable farmers , and during two or three months of the year they had a vacation from work , during which they retired to their country homes , to renew their domestis tics and sympathies . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them show him a parallel case to this in Yorkshire or in Lancashire . There the work was unceasing—never ending . ( Cheers . )

      Well , then , tak ing all these facts into their considerations , he put it to the matter manufacturers , was it worthwhile to contend now against a principle which was so sure as this was of ultimate adoption ! Let them ask themselves , did not the operatives of Lancashire and Yorkshire deserve something at their hands ! Their agitation for this bill had been a moral agitation : they had never threatened even a turn-out . And yet those men , be it remembered , had good argument on their side . If they [ looked around them they saw no other classes of operatives compelled to work as they were . Not a smith , not a mason , not a carpenter , nor a joiner iu London worked as long as thoy did;—nay , the very mechanics in the mills at which they laboured never worked ten hours a day upon the average . These men , then , had a right to cay let us exercise a free will as well as our fellows , or if you work us extra hours pay us , as you pay our fellow workmen , not upon a scale of arithmetical proportion , but rather on a scale of

      geomatrical progression , ( Loud cheers . ) Let them remember too , that these people were deprived of many of the advantages open to their fellows . There was a chymistry in nature , and though the agricultural peasant might labour as long and might live in greater squalor and carelessness than the factory workmen , yet he had the advantage of free air , and of the glorious sunshine . He at . tained a ripe old age , undepressed In physical or mental energy . How different his condition from that of the occupant of the crowded , ill-ventilated , badly lighted factory' A spirit of justice and fairness dictated to the masters that to these men they owed some compensation for the blessings , of which they were so much deprived ; and with every rospect , he warned them to yield iu time , lett thoy might be made to yield hereafter under greater disadvantage , and left themselves open to the suspicion of avaricious grasping after that which they could not maintain , and which the dictates of morality and Christianity forbade them to hold . ( Loud cheering )

      Mr . S . Crawford followed on the same side , stating that a public meeting of the working classes of Rochdale both men and women had declared their wish that he should support this bill , and their willingness to rhk the chance of a loss of wages , in case it should be passed into law . Mr . Dennistocn * ' . he mouthpiece of tho Glasgow millowners , expressed his surprise that Lord John Russell should be prepared to vote in favour of this measure , especially on the ground that no question of principle was involved in it . It did not follow that because no injury had resulted from-the compulsory reduction of the hours of labour , from fourteen to twelve , no injury would be the consequence of a further reduction of them from twelve to ten . There was no necessity for such a

      reduction , and in a country dependent for its wealth on commerce and manufactures , it was a project as ruinous as it was absurd . If we adopted it , the manufacturers of Great Britain would no longer be able to compete with those of the United States , where the cost of the raw material was so much less . The inevitable result of a further legislative interference in profits and wages would be a loss in wages upon the whole cotton trade of nearly £ 800 , 000 a year . He was convinced that , after this bill came into operation , not many weeks would elapse before those very individuals for whose ideal welfare it was passed would call on Parliament , in accents not to bo misunderstood , to repeal its enactments , and to succour them amid the confusion and ruin which such unwise and unjust legislation had brought upon the

      country . Mr . FrwUND made a long and energetic speech in support of the measure , the hon . member repeated in tho house the arguments which his speeches at public meetings in the factory districts of England and Scotland , have made familiar to our readers . He in an especial manner attacked the late League and Mr . Bright , that hon , member having said last week that , Lord Ashley had made statements in his speeches which he had after , wards given up . Mr . Ferrand after commenting ou the cowardice of attacking the noble lord behind his back , said previously to the Ministry having publicly stated

      their determination to change the corn laws , Lord Ashley published a letter in the newspapers , and intimated to his constituents that he was prepared to vote for that measure ; but he believed he was justified in sayingthough he did not speak on the authority of the noble lord himself—that a communication was made to him by some of the leading cotton-spinners of Lancashire , that if he would support them in obtaining the repeal of the coin laws , they would support him in a Ttn Hours' Bill , ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord had recently been in Lancashire , attending vast meetings of the operatives on this question , and no one had opposed him . He was at Roch . dale , and he believed the hon . member ( Mr , Bright ) wai

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      Invited to meet him . ( Mr . Bright said he was not in . vlted . ) He ( Mr . Pernod ) understood that . the hon . gentleman had b » en invitsd , but would he deny that he was in the town when the noble lord held a meeting there 1 ( Hear . ) The brother of the hon . member ( Mr , Bright ) went to that meeting ; he bad the " pluck" t » go and advocate the views he beld on this question ; but the hon . member did not go to meet the noble lord face to face , and there to make such charges agaiait bim at ha had made in that heuse . ( Cheeri . ) Hit brother however , did appear among his own factory people to oppose the measure of Lard Ashley , though not a sfigle man could be found in the meeting to stand up and assist hint . He again atksd what ( tatementi did Lord Ashley ever make in that house tbat the

      hon . member for Durham ' was prepared to dispute ! He therefore called on the master manufacturers to fulfil the bargain which they had made with their operatives during the antl : corn law agitation , aud to give their support to a Ten Hours' Bill , as they had promised to do if tbeoperatives would support them in obtaining the Repeal of the Corn Laws . He then refuted at great length the arguments advanced by Mr . Bright ; and after concluding his refutation , proceeded to notice the intimidation which was now exercised upon the operatives of Manchester for the purpose ; of gattinn up a statement that they were opposed to the Ten Hours' Bill . He denled on their part the existence of any such feeling . Be . fore he sat down , he would tell tha house deliberately , that the operatives ( and be knew their feelings ) would no longer be trifled with . The Chancellor of the Exchequer , had tald the house that there had been no " strikes" in the north of England , and that tbe working people bad not struck , when tht working people in the

      north of England came te that house and petitioned for protection for their wives and children , tbe house refuted to grant ft ; it did not refute ft te the wivet and children of the colliery working men ; and how was the sympathy of tbe house worked upon f Why , the blue book in their case was embsllished with woodcuts , showing the barbarous degradation of the wives and children of colliers . Beware , lest the working men in tbe factories follow that example . The day might come when Parllament-street might witnesi 600 factory cripples , wasted and mained , with loss of legs and arras , their bodies stunted in our factories ; and as sure as tbey should refuse to the operatives the justice to which they had a right in this question , so sure would tbey take such a step as that to work upon the feelings ot the home ; and the day was not far distant , if the house refused this hilt , when 500 factory cripples might assemble in Palace-yard , joining in the universal song—tbe song of the factory children"We will hare the Ten Hours'Bill , " ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . RoMOCtsald , if noise were rhetoric and a high opinion of ones own case was argument , the speech of the hon . gentleman who had just sat down would be a convincing one . But he ( Mr . Roebuck ) should take the liberty of addressing himself only to tbe small portion of what might be called argument in the observations of the hon . gentleman , passing by , with one or two remarks , the attendant garnish which accompanied the rest of what he said . The hon . member then at length explained and defended ( lie doctrines of those who had been called " coldblooded political economists , " and r elterated in his peculiar style tbe standing objections to the measure . It was certain to reduce wages and ruin our trade . Besides , if tho principle was correot , why not apply it to women

      who worked ia the fields at well as those who worked in the factoties . Why the " printer's devils" and compssltors on the Times who were up all night not be limited also 1 As to the support given to the bill by the Tory party , Mr , Roebuck made a good hit . He did not import party into tbe question ; but he could not shut bis eyes to the fact , when he law gentlemen on the opposite benches watching for every stray straw in their attempts to make a party . They held up a fbg to attract every prejudice , glad to get anything like support , One day they promised mutton to the starving Irish , aad the next they told the English operative they would get him twelve hours' wages for ten hours' work . That was called statesmanship—that was called dealing with the interest of a great country on a comprehensive plan . ( Hear ,

      hear . ) Comprehensive plan ! It was the wrecker's plan . Tbat of the man who hoisted a light on a lee-shore in the hope that he might get something by scrambling amongst the shipwrecked seamen . ( Loud cheers . ) Let them only tee a vessel in distress , be it a Ten Hours Bill or an Irish famine , and gentlemen oppesite immediately hoisted a signal to tempt the ship among the breakers , ( Loud cheeis . ) He hoped that these new-fledged philanthropists would endeavour to extend to tke labouring classes the constitutional right to vote for members of parliament , so that they might have a true and virtual representation in tbat house . He trusted that the honmemher for Finsbury would test the feeling of hon , gentlemen opposite on this question , ( Hear , hear . ) Let them have a "large comprehensive scheme" submitted

      to the leader of the great party opposite —( a laugh)—and the labouring classes could coma and express their opinion themselves . ( Hear , bear . ) When that time arrived , and he hoped it would soon come , then they would see the value of all these fine declamations . Gentlemen opposite always deal with the people nith a patronizing air , putting them on the back as they would a child , and saying , '' We will do everything for your good , * be quiet , we will be your pastors and masters , but don't , for hcaven ' ssake . attemj . t to be legislators . ( Hear . ) He blamed Lord J . Russell for peddling with this question , by consenting to an eleven hours' limitation , and hoped that if the Bill was to be carried at all , which he foresaw it would , it should be carried out to its full extent of ten hours' limitation .

      Mr . TuELAwNfT aad Mr . Maisland spoke in eppesi tion , and Sir G . Stricklaad , Lord Ebrington , and Mr , T Duncombe in favour , Mr . T . Doncohbe entirely concurred in the last remark of Mr . Marsland . He believed that not only were master manufactures tired of agitation on the subject but the labourers themselves , for it was injurious both to employers and employed . He regretted therefore that her Majesty ' s ministers were not prepared to settle the question , so as to prevent further agitation . ( Hear , ) As for an Eleven Hours' Bill it was most absurd , and

      only showed that the government had great doubts as to the justice of the principle . ( Cheers . ) Such a proposition would gain them no credit , aud would not satisfy the factory labourers , who would be content with nothing short of a Ten Hours'Bill , ( Hear , hear . ) Not only had past experience shown that a reduction in the hours of labour had not caused a corresponding decrease in the amount of wages , but be had letters in his possession from high authorities alleging that if the hours wtre reduced to ten , it would rather tend to increase than diminish the amount of wages . He would therefore heartily support the bill .

      Mr . Escott rose amidst loud cries for a division , and moved an adjournment of the debate ; giving ashisreasons ' that the noble lord tho member for London , the right hon . baronet the member for Taraworth , and the noblo lord the member for Lynn , tbe leaders of three great parties in the house , bad not yet spoken , the two former being pledged to explain their sentiments . ( Cries of "No , " and much interruption . ) The right hon . gentleman the Recorder for Dublin ought to answer , not interrupt him . ( Laughter , and renewed cries for adivi . sion . ) Mr . Sniw believed the hon , gentleman ' s only object in moving an adjournment was to impede the progress of the measure .

      Mr . Labouchf . ke would vote with his lion , friend the member for Winchester against the bill , but he thought his reasons for an adjournment were extremely unsatisfactory . ( Loud cheers . ) Such motions were often made for the purposed enabling hon . gentlemen tp ' adilresa the house who were desirous of doing so , but his hon . friend wished to compel hon . members to speak who had no wi » h to do so . Sir R . Pekl denied that he had given any pledge , or entered into any engagement , to again explain why he should offer all the opposition in his power to the principle of the bill . ( Cheers , ) Lord G . Bentinck , in reply to tho hon . gentleman's challenge , begged to say he was in favour of tho bill . ( Cheersand laughter . ) Mr . Bright having seconded the motion for adjournment , thinking it important that the measure should be furtherdiscussed .

      The house divided . For adjournment 7 Against it 283 Majsrity ... 275 It being now within five minutes of six o ' clock , much anxiety was evinced for a division on the main question before that hour ; and on its taking place their appeared For the second reading ,. 195 Against it ... , 87 Majority I 0 S The bill having been read a second time and ordered to be committed . The house adjourned nt ten minutes past six o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF LORDS—Feb . 19 th . Tbe report of the Committee on the Destitute Relief ( Ireland ) Bill was brought up , and , after a few remarks from Lovdl [ EUenborough , Jreceived , Bill to be read a third time on Monday . THE CIVIL WAR IN PORTUGAL . —In reply to a question from Lord Beaumont and some remarks from tbe Earl of Aberdeen , The Marquess of Lansdowne said that no instructions had been given to the British envoy in Lisbon , or to the British officers on the coast of Portugal , which had not for their object the strictest impartiality , whilst nothing had been done which could either directly or indirectl y give any countenance to the insurgents , or to the rumour that the cause of the insurrection was favoured by the Government of this , country .

      PRISON DISCIPLINE . —Lsnn Bboccham concurred with the noble earl , and then presented a petition from the mayor and magistrates of Liverpool , complaining of the present system of prison discipline , particularly in reference to juvenile offenders . The noble and learned lord then in an elaborate speech pointed out the defects of the present system , and on concluding suggested the propriety of the appointment of a committee to inquire into the subject . Earl Gkey said the subject was under tho considova . tion of the . Government , and he had great pleasure > n informing their' lordships that a bill would soon be . brought in the other House of Parliament providing for the necessary legal power for making the required reformation in the law . He also stated that the whole

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      system of trantportation VAI Mbout to und mtt ^ ST '^ ^^ JifiSXSS ^ * then dl ^ « HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fxb . Wtb Forty members not being present at four o ' clock th „ House adjourned . '

      { From ow Third Edition of latt wek . ) In the Hoosc 0 » Loans , on Friday evening the Desti tutt Pertous ( Ireland ) Bill was brought up and read 1 first time ; and the Dittilling from Sugar Bill was read a second time , No other butineis of importaact camo b » . fore the house . In the Ifousa or Cohmoks , on Friday evening , Lord J RossxU moved the third reading of tbe Dettitute Per . ' sons ( Ireland ) Bill , which was pasted without a division . Lord G . Brumes : then moved the second reading of the Railways Bill for Ireland .

      TheCniNciuoa ofthe Exchiqoib oppoaed the Bfa which he characterised as a measure for the benefit of railway shareholders , and other persons interested in railways . He would concede tbat labour to a certain extent , might be provided by the Bill , but unless he could be convinced that the State ought to become a great money-lender , that these railways would furnish a sufficient security foe the money advanced , that the benefits conferred by the scheme would be commensurate with tho amount pro . posed to be expended , and that the finances of the country were in such a state as to admit of so large an ad . vaace , he should feel beund to reject the scheme . To establish that the State should not become a great mo . ney-lender , and that tbe proposed tecurity would not be safe , he quoted advances which had been matte

      to canul companies and to the three principal cities ia Ireland , Dubiin , Cork , and Limtricx—advances which never had never been repaid , either principal or interest He denied that anything like the aumber of perions would be employed as tho noble lord suppoted , and as railway labourers wera not generally men of families , nothing like the aatieipated benefit would be produced by this scheme . The class of railway labourers , too , wera not tha class which was suffering the greateit destitution , and the parts of the country through which the propoied railways would pass were not the most distrested parte ; therefore he concluded that this measure wat not one which would pro . dues immediate or general relief , and that in the present state of the fiaances it should not be adopted by thehouee . The right hon . gentleman concluded by moving as no amendment that tke bill baread a second time tbat day six months .

      Mr . Baihib , Mr . T : T . Baring , Mr . Dillon Browne , Sir C . Napier , and Mr . Goulburn , spoke in opposition to the Bill , which was supported by Mr , Stuart , Sir G . Tyr . rell , Lord Bernard , Mr . Chaplin , and Mr . Hudson . On the motion of Colonel Conolly , the debate was ad . journed . The Distilling from Sugar Bill was read a third time and passed . The House adjourned at half . past twelve to Mob . day .

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      Shbfpieij ) . —A general meeting of the members of the National Charter Association will bo held ia the Democratic Temperance-room , S 3 , fueen-street , on Sunday , February 14 , to nominate a council for the next quarter , chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . At eight o ' clock a discussion will take place . Sub . ject— Will the measures , as proposed by Lord Geo-Bentinck , remove Irish grievances ? Mossrs . Briggg , Seward , Jackson , Cowill , Dyson , Cooper , Holmes * and others will take part . On Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , the committee of the Chartist Land Company will meet as usual in the above reoms . Halifax . —Mr . Smyth will deliver a public leeture in tho "Working Man ' s Hall , Bull Close Lane on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) at six o ' clock in tho evening .

      Baknsliy . — The friends and admirers of Dr . M'Douall are requested to attend at Mr . Thomas Arkftra ' s , on Sunday evening , February 21 st , at se . ven o ' clock . Debut . —The members of this branch of tho Chartist Co-operative Land Company are requested toattend a meeting , to be held at Mr . Belfield's Temperance House , No . i , Green-street , on Sunday evening , February 21 st , at half-past six o ' cloek . Those members who are in arrears for local and general expenses , aro requested to pay up their arrears . Heude . v Bmoge . —Richard Wheclright will deliver a lecture Ln the Democratic Chapel , Bridge-lanes , on Sunday next , at half-past tw » o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Liverpool . —A meeting of the members of tho Chartist Association will take place at Mr . Farrell ' s , 4 , Carneau-street , on Sunday evening next , February 21 st , to take into consideration the propriety of holding a meeting to memorialize the Queen for the im . mediate liberation of Frost , Williams and Jones . Chair to be taken at 7 o ' clock . Tn * Chartism or Hull will meet at tbe Ship-Inn , Church-lane , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock , to make the necessary arrangements for the visit of Dr . M'Douall . The members of the

      Charlist Co-operative Land Company meet every Tuesday evening , at the above place at seven o ' clock . IIUDDHnsmu ) . —A meeting of the Chartists in this district will take place on Sunday , the 21 st instant , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , at Armitage ' s Temperance Hotel , Paddock . A committee meeting will be held in the samo afternoon , at six o ' clock , at Hibeson ' s , Temperance Hotel , Buxtonroad , Huddersfield , to arrange for the reception 0 ! P . M . M'Douall , Esq . ; and tho public meeting which will take place on Tuesday , the 23 rd instant , to adopt the National Petition .

      Carlisle , —The shareholders of the abore branch of the Chartist Co-operative Laud Company are requested to attend a meeting in their room , No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , on Sunday next , February 21 st , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , for the purpose of electing two auditors , a scrutineer , & c , The members ore desired to bring their cards . Those members who are in arrears , aro roqueted to pay up before April 1 st , otherwise their names will be erased from tbe books . The Nohisoham Elbciios Commutes will meet on Sunday morning next , at Mr . Smith ' s coffeehouse , Low Pavement , at ten o ' clock . NormoiMii . —The next meeting of the Land Company in this district will he held at the Fox and Hounds , Old Basford , on Sunday evening next , at 6 o ' clock .

      Bristol . —The members of tho Chartist Co-operative Land Company aro * requested to meet at Nicholl ' s Coffee House , Rosemary Street , on Monday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening . Lbickster . —The members of the first , second , and third sections , are requested to attend at 87 , Church-gate , to elect officers for the next three months . Oldham . —On Sunday , ( to-morrow . ) a lecture will bo delWerd in the school-room of tho Workinjt Man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening , b y a friend . Rochdale . —Tho Central Committee in connection with the case of Dr . M'Douall , will meet on Sunday , Feb . 21 st , at tho Rope and Anchor , CJiecfcham-street , ltochdale , at which meeting , the friend ' s at Ileywood , Bury , Bacup , Todmorden , and other towns , are respectfully invited to attend , The meeting to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Manchester . —Mr . Robert Wilde , of Mottram , will Lecture in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , the 21 st inst . _ Lancashire Miners . —The general Delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place on Monday next , February 22 , at the sign of the Swan-with-two-Necks , ltateliilo Bridge , near Burv , chair to be taken at 11 o ' clock in the forenoon . ' There will be a public meeting , should tho weather be favourable , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and others . Northampton . —A general meeting of the members of the National Land Company , to take into consideration the state of the hical funds , and other very important questions , will be brought forward on Monday evening , February 22 , at Mr . McGirr ' s , tho Temperance Hotel , King-street , at S o ' clock .

      Shor & ditcu , — - V Mutual Instruction Society is held at Mr . Taylor ' s , 122 , Brick Lane , every Sunday evening , at the Railway Engine Coffee-house , near Church-street , chair to bo taken at 8 o ' clock . On Wednesday evening next , Feb . 21 th , Mr . Knight will lecture at the above house , atS o ' clock

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      Dreadful Mcsder atGlasoow On Monday , a few friends had made an appointment to spend the day together in the house of Allan Dunn , sen ., residing at l- ' ullerton , Tollcross . About five o ' clock , the daughter of the said Allan Dunn , accompanied by her husband , returned home to Mosstud , leaving their son and daughter-in-law iu the house of another sister who lives near to old Dunn . After spending a short time there , the latter w « nt to the house occupied by old Dunn , at half . past five o ' clock , accompanied by Dunn ' s two sons , William yell and Allan . During the

      time some ham was getting ready for them old Dunn accused his son William of taking money from his mother tho previous day , which irritated the sou and causnd him to lay hold of his father by the nose ia rathev a rough manner . The old man cried out to the other son , " Will you see him murder me ! " when Allan , who was nt that time usjuk a ham Unite , laid hold of his brother William and inuicted a fearful wound ou his head with tho weapon , and afterwards ran it to the handle into his body immediately above the heart , which caused instant death . On Allan seeing what he bad done , he at once flsd : be has been captured by the police .

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      , me same anu ravish , for the I ' reprictor , FEAltGUS O'COKNOH , Esq ., and published by William Hkwitt , of No . 18 , Charles-streot , Hrandun-strcct , Walworth , in tho parish of St . Mary , Sewitigtou , 111 the County of Surrey , at tbo Office , Ko . IS , Great WindmUl-strcet , Haymarket , in the City of Westminster . ' Saturd ay , February 20 tb , 1817 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20021847/page/8/