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      { Continued front onr 1 st _pezge _. ) CHELSEA BRIDGE AND EMBANKMENT BILL . On the motion of Lord Casklvc , this Bill was read a third time and passed . BATHS AND W ASHHOUSES BILL . _^ rd BsoroBAM _printed a peiition from Joshua and _Ihornas Watts , the proprietors ofthe swimming _teths _^ n Peerless Pool , Gity Road , agamstthe Baths . and WashhouBea Bill . -

      GAUGE OF RAILWAYS BILL . The Earl of Clabksdos moved the second reading of the Bill for regulating the gauge of railways . Ihe Bill contained one or two _alterations conforma-• bly to the report of the committee . Some discussion followed , The Earl of Skelmehsbalb stating it as his opinion ihat the broad gauge was preferable to the narrow . Tbe Earl of Clasbsdos denied that the narrow gauge could be considered as the w orst , it having been adopted bv continental engineers . Bill to

      _EarJ-GBETsa _' id the object of tho was prevent any change of gauge during the ensuing year . It was desirable , he _thought , to have uniformity of _^ augc , but how tbat object was to ' be attained was the difficulty . The Bill was ultimately read a second time . The Sngar Duties Continuance Bill was read a first time . On the motion of the Lord Chancellor , the Small Debts' Bill was read a second time , Some other Bills were forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned .

      BOUSE OP COMMONS . The SpKAKiiR took the Chair shortly before four o ' cloek .

      THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK , Mr . _Hkhlet , seeing the Hon . Member for Finsbury ( Mr . T . Buncombe ) in his p lace , wished to know whether it was his intention to make the motion of which he had given notice for to-night , with respect to his Highness the Duke of Bruns _« wick ? " _' «* . Mr . T . _Dukcombb said that it had been his intention to bring forward the motion to-night , but in consequence of its being arranged that the debate on the Sugar Duties Bill should take precedence of notices of motion , he was afraid he should not he able to do so . He regretted this extremely , as the subject was one of great importance , and he should he unable to bring itforward before this day fortnight , on which day he was afraid the House would be little inclined to appoint a Select Committe to inquire into the allegations contained in the petition of his Highness the Duke o f Brunswick : he had , therefore , no alternative but to postpone his motion to the earliest day he could bring it forward next

      session

      THEMILITIA . Mr . Aoliorbt , wished to put a question to the Secretary at War . He had not indeed given notice in the nsual way , but as there was a great deal of anxiety prevailing in the country on the subject , and as he " knew that many Hon . Members in that House were not aware that a Bill was on the table of the House for the purpose of suspending the ballot for the militia till October , 184-7 , he wished to ask the Bight Hon . Gentleman if it were the intention of Government to proceed with that Bill ? Mr . Fox Mamas said that he fonnd a proposition made by his predecessor with reference to the subject feat considering the late period ofthe session and the great importance of the question , the Government were of opinion that the preferable system would be to renew the Bill ( as had been done for the last thirteen or _fourietn years ) for another vear .

      FLOGGING IN THE ARMY . Mr . B . Escoti gave notice that oh Tuesday next he would move for a return to be laid before the House of all floggings which had been inflicted in the army from the year 1810 to the present time ; the place where the regiment in which such punishment took place was stationed ; the number of lashes inflicted ; _andthecxmsequeneesthatfollbwed ; whether inflicted by farriers , drummers , or so forth ; and also copies of the surgeons * minutes ; and whether the trials bad taken place with closed doors .

      SUGAR DUTIES . On the motion thatthe order of the day for re suming the adjourned debate be read . Mr . P . Melbs , said he should offer no factions opposition to the measure , but wished the question postponed , as at this late season , a fair decision could not be taken on the merits of the measure . The hon . member strongly advocated the protection ofthe West India interest in all those points already adverted to so frequently . Mr . P . Borthwick followed , condemning Sir R . -Peel for his speech on the debate , and expressing his discontent at the small protection ceded to the West India planter by the government , which he should seek to increase by a higher differential duty .

      The Marquis of Grassy dwelt at some length on the Impulse which would be given to slavery by tbe adoption of free trade in sugar , and he should accordingly give his hearty assent to the amendment of the noble member for Lynn . Mr . Oswau > said , that as Lord George Bentinck ' s party did not pledge themselves to give any permanent protection to the West India planter , and as the settlement of the question was greatly to be desired , he had made np his mind to rote for the Government plan . Mr . _Htjmb contended that the alteration of the _duties would not affect the condition or increase the number of slaves . He denied that the East India

      sugar was the produce of slaves , as alleged by Mr . Borthwick . When he left India , thirty years ago , not a slave remained in Bengal Mr . flume insisted thatthe duties imposed by SirR . Peel were a gross mistake , and urged that , however we might endeavour to avoid the use of slave-labour sugar , the prices of Europe would be averaged , and unless the -aggregate amount of sugar in the world were increased , no stimulus to the slave trade would be given . The horrid statements of slavery put forth by _wrtain parties ought to have no effect on the question . His opinion , deliberately formed was that the best mode of

      extinguishing the slave-trade was to apply the enormous funds now fruitlessly wasted by Wockadiug the coast of Africa , in _purchaisiug the slaves brought down for shipment , and in setting them free instantly . He said it was impossible for the West Indies to compete successfully with other countries , unless a plentiful supply oi labour conld be introduced . The present orders in Council were a complete bar to the introduction of free labour . He thought that the house , without listening to the philanthropists , ought , in an open , manly , straight forward manner , to consider how labour was to be procured .

      Sir Jons JLax Reid predicted that the present measure wonld bring irremediable ruin on the planter " , and related a story ofa gentleman who was reduced from a cleat income of £ 6 , 000 literally to beggary , having himselt that day relieved him to save Ms family from starvation . That very day , in consequence of the turn which the debate took last night and of the prospect that these duties would be cartied , a decision had been come to by several West Indian proprietors , and the fiat had gone forth to prevent the cultivation of their estates in future . Mr . Birnil complained that the West Indian proprietors lad for years past been , and still were , the victims of circumstances over which they had no control . Though it was easy to show that sugar did

      not stand on the same grounds as corn , he could not reconcile it to his principles to give a vote for retaining protection for the particular interest to which le himself belonged . He therefore declared his intention to vote in faYOur of Lord J . Russell ' s resolutions , but at the same time he should stickle for the admission of West Indian spirits on the same terms as English , Scotch , and Irish spirits ; for the admission of sugar into the breweries and distilleries of Great Britain , and for the extension ofthe contracts which Lord J . Russell now permitted the West Indian to make with the African negro in Sierra Leone and other British possessions . Mr . E . Desisoh followed the same course of argument , and read extracts to show that our efforts had not put down the slave trade .

      Mr . James said that the Emancipation Act was a failure , went over the same grounds as the two preceding speakers , and , like them , still said that he should vote for the measure . M * . Barem , at great _lon | th , detailed the disadvantages under which the planters were labouring denounced the Government plan as a " mother oonntry" scheme to provide labour ; but , nnder all circumstances , he could not vote for the amendment . Mr . Disraeli recapitulated the three propositions of Lord G . Bentinck ' s speech , and observed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer , In his reply to it , had offered to the first an assumption , had met the second with an hypothesis , and had combated the third with a sophism . He then proceeded to sub _stantiate thatassertion , contending at considerable length that Lord G . Bentinck had not over-estimated the supply of sugar from the West Indies , the

      Mauritius , and the East Indies , and had not underrated the consumption of the , British market tbat be had maintained the criticism which he had passed on the financial calculations of Lord John Russell ; and that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had only upset these criticisms _byprodueing a series of figures completely different from those of the first Lord of the Treasury , and by transmuting 20 , 000 in to 30 , 000 tons Of sugar b y a novel species of alchy my : and that the irrefragable arguments of Lord G . Bentinck respecting the promotion of slavery . and the slave trade , had only been met by the vain , delusive , and flashy sophism , that our efforts to put them down had been neither effective nor complete , lie then proceeded to controvert the position which Lord Russell had advanced in his opening speech on this measure , that ii would not give any encouragement to the slave trade , and to examine whether his lordship was justified in calling upon the house to accede to It for the sake of great commercial considerations and to

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      secure the trade ofthe Brazils . He reminded the house thatit was only last night that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had read to it a letter from a Brazilan . whom he repr esented as high authority , stating that that trade and that commerce were not in existence , and could neither be forfeited nor secured He showed that our West Indian colonies , even m their lowest fortunes were better consumers of our manufactures at Manchester than the scattered population ofthe Brazils , and that the millions of men who obeyed _£ our sway inUindostan _^ consumcd incomparably more of onr productions than all the slave dealers of the world . He did not , however , oppose

      theseresolutionsofMinistersmerely because they were antagonistic to our previous arrangements for the suppression of slavery and the _slare trade ; he opposed them because they were antagonistic to the fragment lett ot the old colonial system of England . He ventured to predict , that the house would soon retrace its steps , and reconstruct that now f ™ _* annihilated system . He said so , because , _tfte history of England was a history of reaction on this point Mr . D'lsraeli said : —I have observed in our history that it is the characteristic of our country that it always retraces its steps . I believe the prosperity of England may be attributed to this cause , not that it has committed less blunders than other

      countries , but that the people are a people more sensible of their errors . The history of England is a history of reactions . Why , _whathaye you not done , and what steps have you not retraced " ? Tou destroyed your church establishment , and you replaced it . Ton destroyed your ancient monarchy , and you retraced your steps —( hear , hear . ) Tou destroyed the House of Lords ; and now you are obliged to take your bills to them for their sanction . Tou even abolished your House of Commons ; and yet here we are assembled debating a great question . ( Hear , hear . ) It is not more than 200 years ago that in this house you chose to effect one of the greatest financial revolutions in the world . Tou were warned against it . An bon . gentleman , then the leader of

      "the country party , " rose and denounced the oolicy of Sir R . Walpole . Ion had out of the house the moat gifted statesman and eloquent writer of that day affirming that by adopting a system of indirect taxation you were effecting the degradation of the people . And what happens now ? Is there a man who speaks on the subject who does not tell you that he approves of direct taxation ? Are you not retracing your steps on that important question ? By the speeches of your ablest , by the votes of your most influential men , are yoa not' proving that Sir William Wyndham was right , and that Lord Bolingbroke , if he erred at all , erred on the safe side ? Tou say that you don't retrace your steps . Why , contrast the debate going on with what has taken place

      in this country as to the abolition of slavery . ( Cheers . ) Here are Ministers of the Crown coming forward and in the face of England acknowledging that for 40 years they have been in error , and that they mast now terminate for ever the greatest effort which the people themselves ever commenced . — ( hear , hear . ) Tou yourselves acknowledge that £ 50 , 000 , 000 have been expended on this effort . The very men who came forward with measures against slavery now virtually tell you that the slave trade has baffled all their efforts ; and , under their auspices instead of their adversaries , you are about to become its tributaries . When you hear these very men and these very Ministers announcing that within the last 40 years you have expended more than £ 40 , 000 . 000

      for the suppression of slavery , I ask how , when going to the hustings , will you explain the course which it is now proposed io adopt ? Will not the people say— "What is this Parliamentary Government of England ? These men who tell us they expended £ 40 , 000 , 000 to put down slavery now come forward and acknowledge that they have expended it only to effectuate a failure 1 " I believe that you will retrace your steps , reconstructing the great industrial system which you so rashly , and in circumstances so personally peculiar , destroyed . " ( Loud cheers . ) Turningfrom this subject , he animadverted with great severity on the funeral oration delivered last night by Lord Sandon over the cause of abolition , It completed the picture of this eventful

      ses-I sum , to see the " Noble Lord , " who moved the resolutions of 1841 , sitting on a hogshead of sugar in a white sheet performing penance , and crying " peccavi . " _Nothwithstanding the defalcation of Lord Sandon from the ranks of colonial protection , he still thonght that its friends might have fought ita battle successfully , had they been able to retain the late Prime Minister . No one understood the West India question better than Sir R . Peel—no one could have been a more effective champion of West Indian interests . Great , therefore , was hia mortification when he found Sir R . Peel delivering a speech fatal to all their hopes . The reasons too which Sir Robert had given for the conclusions at which he had arrived were more ingenious and _surnriains than

      most of the arguments which the house had heard from his lips . He ( Mr . Disraeli ) appealed to the people of England , and asked them whether they thought that great colonial interests were to be sacrificed for such minute considerations as who should sit on the Ministerial bench ? If great principles were to be given up by members of Parliament against their conviction for party consideration , he should say "Farewell to the Parliament of England . " Sir R . Peel had also said tbat he could see how a Government could be formed supposing the present Ministry to he broken up . lie did not set much value on that declaration of opinion , for he would tell Sir il . keel frankly that his forte did not lie so much in the construction as the

      desrruction of a Government . He concluded by stating that he felt no hostility against the existing Government , that he was actuated by no factious motives , and that the friends of Protection could take no other course than that which they had taken . Lord J . "RtssEix admitted the courtesy of Lord G . Bentinck ' s speech in proposing his amendment , but contended that it was impossible for him to assent to it . He vindicated his resolutions from the objections which had been preferred against them , —insisted that they did not tend to the increase of slavery and the slave trade , and maintained that it was expedient to get rid of the present system of levying the sugar duties inasmuch as it prevented the benefits which the colonies would otherwise

      derive from the employment of free labour . He waa sorry to hear from Sir J . R . Reid , that some gentlemen , forgetful that monopoly always prevented exertion and neutralized the skill and labour of all engaged in manufactures or agriculture , had determined not to send out supplies to the colonies , and to give up the cultivation of their estates . He hoped that other capitalists would take them , and with increased skill he had no doubt that they would find it a profitable speculation . Replying to the speech of Mr . Disraeli _^ he denied that he had ever called the colonies a vicious system . He had stated , that they were the strength of this country , and had expressed a hope that they would flourish ; but he had said that the old system of commerce between our

      colonies and the mother country was a vicious system ; and to that opinion he still adhered . He then proceeded to controvert Mr . Disraeli' s doctrine , that on all great questions this country always retraced its steps . He said;—The hon . gentleman made , I think , some very curious remarks as to the policy of this country . His observations led to the ponclusion that this country always retraces its steps . A statement more unexpected by me could not have been made . ( Hear . ) No doubt there may be particular cases in which Parliament may have found it necessary to modify itsproceedings , but has this country ever gone back after it has adopted an improved system , —after it has thrown aside the fetters of prejudices , and cast off errors that are exploded ?

      ( Uheera . j That , Sir , is not the characteristic ot the English people . ( Hear . ) I do not refer now to what occurred iu those times of violence when the Throne and the Parliament were scattered by the decisions ofa House of Commons , acting with usurped authority , and governing solely by the sword . ( Hear . ) But speaking from those days when we had anything like regular government , after the Restoration of the House oi Stuart , I think there can be nothing more prudent , nothing more regular , nothing more beautiful , to the readers of history , than the progress which this country has made . ( Hear , hear . ) Ir those days of whieh I now speak personal liberty was not safe ; the subject was liable to be seized and sent to a distant prison . The Habeas Corpus Act was

      passed to remedy that abuse . Has the country ever retraced its steps in respect to that statute ? Have we ever since said that personal liberty ought to be dependent on the will of the monarch . " The triumphs of liberty , of reason , and of truth had , in this country , _alwayg been ' permanent , and had always remained without any risk of subsequent defeat . Defending the propriety of his conduct in having taken office in the present emergency , and maintaining that no Ministry could carry on the Government , either foreign or domestic , of this great empire , unless it commanded the support and respect ofthe House of Commons , he expressed his conviction , that if he were to acquiesce in such a resolution as that which Lord G . Bentinck had proposed , and were to allow his policy to be set aside , and

      tbat of his noble friend to be su bstituted in its place , he should _beloxposing his Administration to contempt , should be impairing the dignity of the Crown , whose servant he was , —should be damaging thc reputation of the Ministry of which he was the bead , and should be causing some diminution of the glory of the great nation to which they all belonged . He therefore told his noble friend distinctly , thathe ( Lord J . Russell ) should not be able to carry on the administration of public affairs in case his amendment were carried . If tbat amendment should be approved by a majority of that house , Her Majesty would do well to place power iu the hands " of ; that majority ; for of this he was gure , that for him to continue holding office , when thus debased , would be to ' millet a permanent injury on the constitution of his country .

      The house then divided , wuen there appeared for reading the order of the day ,

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      The other orders were disposed of , and the hou adjourned at half-past one o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS , _Wbonesdat , Jolt 29

      CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL . Mr . Humk rose , on the ordar ofthe day being rea for going into committee on this bi ) l , and observe _* that he was ready to postpone it , provided her Ma jesty _' s Government would undertake to bring in _i bill upon the same principle next session . Lookinj back to the history of these charitable trusts , h < found that since 1 * 780 , upwards * of 900 recommends tions have been submitted to Parliament with ; view of correcting these charitable funds , which hat been constantly abused and diverted from the pur poses of the donors . They had no lesa than 33 vo

      lumes of printed reports upstairs , which had bet obtained at immense expense , and they were still i the dark as to the way the great amount of thei funds was expended . When he found that charitab funds amounting to a total of £ 1 , 200 , 000 wci abused , it was necessary that Parliament slwu _, sanction a bill which would compel ' the trustees 1 return a just account of their receipts and expend ture . His object was to go into committee pi forma , in order thatthe Government _mightadoj the principle of accountability , and carry it oi next session of Parliament .

      The _AxTonNSY-GxxxnAi , opposed the _committa of this bill in the absence of the Home Secretary . Sir R . Incus said , the bill involved so bad i principle , and imposed so much hardship on his f el low subjects , tbat he could not avoid moving tha 1 the house go into committee upon it that day threi months . ¦ Sir G . Gret said , when the bill was first brougb before the house , he did not object to the _principle of it , and he did hope in the course ofthe next ses sion , the Government would consent to the appoint ment of a commission to take the subject under con sideration . Mr . Hume intimated that he should withdraw thi

      bill . ART UNIONS . Ms . Wtsb moved the order of the day for further consideration of the report on the Art Unions Bill . Mr . Goulburn repeated his opposition to the bill . It established nothing more nor less than a lottery , The defence of , ' the bill rested on the statement thai this wasa lottery of a peculiar class , " limited to a useful object , namely , the encouragements o f the fine arts . If , however , they could raise funds for one object , he would ask the house where they meant to stop ? Did it not apply , to all articles of manufacture ? The vague idea ot . peculiar interest would not prevent the extension of the principle to

      other objects . He held in his hand a prospectus in which a gentleman in possession o f pictures and works of art , was prepared , under the sanction of the bill belore the house , to dispose of the whole by lottery . He complained that , by encouraging gambling propensities , or legalising art-unions , they would enable one class to receive an advantage whieh was denied to another class . Mr . _MosenToiJ Milsbs supported _ the bill , and said , "he considered that , if they rejected it , that numbers of artists , who . by the praiseworthy system of art-unions were now supporting themselves and

      their lamilies , would suffer all the evils of penury . He could not , therefore , anticipate any evil from the passing of the measure , but the reverse , as it would foster and increase the taste ofthe people for the fine aits . Nor did he agree with the right hon . gentleman , the member for the University of Cambridge , tbat there _wsb anything wrong in encouraging this species of lottery . There existed no possibility . ' not to speak of probability , of a man going and ruining himself and his family for the purpose of buying pictures . Indeed , there existed not the slightest analogy between the art-union principle and the lottery system , which , he admitted , had been attended with

      very pernicious consequences . Sir R . Pekl , while he generally concurred with the views of his right hon . friend , the member for the University of Cambridge , did not wish to take any part in the discussion , believing , as it was more than probable that the Government would support the measure , that the bill would be carried , and that opposition would be unavailing . He believed that the proposed interference with art-unions would be an exception from a right principle , and , like all exceptions , they would reap practical inconvenience from it . But would it be of benefit to art ? Eren if it were , he doubted if jt would be right to encourage gambling by giving such a power , and so create a precedent from which , as he had said , they

      wonld experience practical inconvenience . But he considered tbat these art-unions encouraged and fostered a spirit of gambling , instead , as had been stated , of a desire to promote the fine arts , because persons in various towns throughout the country , who were not actuated by a love of ark , but of gambling , for the £ 300 or £ 400 prices established those art-unions , and considered themselves patrons of the fine arts . —( Hear , hear . )—He questioned much , therefore , whether the fine arts were encouraged by the establishment of art-unions ; in fact , they rather increased the taste for cheap and inferior productions in the place of others , which deserved the denomination of fine art . —( Hear , hear . ) Mr . _WrsE believed tbat the question resolved itself into two considerations : —Whether or not the Art

      Union Bill was a violation of a great moral principle and whether that violation was justifiable under the particular circumstances of the case . He denied that art-unions encouraged gambling , as they were established for the individual benefit of the members and for the encouragement ofthe higher branches of the fine arts , and the distribution of p ictures among the great body ofthe people , who , unlike the Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir R . Peel ) wero unable topoS 9 ess valuable and consequently high-priced pictures . Besides , such exhibitions performed their part in refining and educating the people , and could not , he contended , come under the definition of gambling . He was at a loss to understand why so much objection should be made to art-unions , when building and other societies were allowed to exist . The Legislature had

      given its sanction to the principle of building associations . The members were allowed to have the privilege of drawing by lottery , the choice of this or that building , but if the Legislature sanctioned what some might term gambling in respect to building societies , be did not see why tbe same indulgence should not be extended towards the fine arts—( Hear , hear , hear . ) K Sir R . Inglis denied that fine arts were for the instruction ofthe people , though they tended to the improvement of their moral culture . Art-unions encouraged gambling , because money was raised and prizes distributed by lottery , which was an immoral mode of raising money- The professors of the fine arts had , in bis opinion , no more right to this mode of relief than the manufacturers of knives and scissors . What difference was there between the

      dispersed Spitalfields silk weavers and the fine art professors ? Why should any benefit or indulgence be extended to the one which was denied to the other ? The hon . member concluded by expressing his unequivocal condemnation of the bill , and moved the adjournment of the consideration of the report to that day three months . Sir George Gret said be thought there was a double necessity for tbe Bill . In the first place it would show whether theso institutions came within the provisions of the lottery laws , and to subject them to such wholesome restrictions as wo uld prevent , effectually gambling , as it was called . ( Hear ,

      hear . ) The Committee formed to enquire into tlleBG art-unions found tbat some of the evils complained of did exist , but at the same time that they were not inherent to these institutions . They then offered such suggestions as they considered would have the eftect of repressing these evils . lie was of opinion that the Bill would be of advantage , and he would give it his support . ( Hear , hear . ) The House divided , when there appeared for tho Bill , 50 ; against it , 18—being a majority of 32 in favour of the Bill . The Baths and Washhouses ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . V ,

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Thursday , Jult 30 . The Marquis of Lansdowne stated , in answer to a question put by Lord Brougham , that the cases of those Irish magistrates who had been removed from the commission ofthe peace by the late Lord Chancellor of Ireland , on account of being ltenealers , would be reviewed by the present Chancellor , who would exercise his discretion in restoring them . There was , however , no general plan for replacing these dismissed magistrates . The Noble and Learned Lord ' s motion was then withdrawn .

      Lord _Brououam withdrew his motion , -which stood for this evening , relative to the tendency of the Ministerial Sugar Duties to encourage the slave trade ; but intimated tbat he would raise the question on the bill , should it ever reach their Lordships' house . The Earl of Clarendon proposed to refer tho 3 e eight Railway Bills , which by the operation of the sessional orders were excluded from the consideration of their Lordships , to a select committee to examine into the circumstances of each case . After a short deliberation , the committee was appointed and nominated . The Gauge Bill passed through committee , The Religious Disabilities Removal Bill was read a third time and passed . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . _—TnuRsnAY , July 30 . The SrEAKEB took the chair at five minutes before four o ' clock .

      POOR REMOVAL BILL . On the order ofthe day for the third reading of this Bill , being read , Mr . "V . Smith , after _refcrrins to Sir R . Pecl'slcttcr to Her Majesty , and his resignation of ofiice in November last , and to his speecli on IntrocliicJng Lis measure for thc repeal of the corn laws , _observed that in conformity with the views which he had _expressed on both those occasions , lie had brought in 1 ** measures as a compensation lor any loss which the agricultural interest might sustain , Sevon of them had been carried * but there were three—the bill for

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      amending the Law Relative to _DigW _j Wi for the Removal of tho Poor , and _the-Bili tor Advancing Loans to Landlords who wished to Improve their Estates-on which , as they bad not been carried , he was anxious to say a few words , _ine _nrstoi these three bills , which was a most excellent measure , had been dropped for the session , and the last nau : not yet undergone any discussion . The Poor Removal Bill , which had been strangely mutilated , was now before the house ; and therefore it was that he now called the attention ofthe house to the report on local taxation , and to the recommendations contained in it , on which no measures had beenfounded though before the house

      they had now been three years . To these recommendations and some others ol minor importance the attention of Sir G . Grey must ere long be called . Indeed the Prime Minister had expressly promised that he would submit all these questions and all questions relative to settlement to the consideration of a select commitlee either in this or in the next session . He submitted to his noble friend that it would be ad visible to nominate this committee during the present session . It was true that it would not be able to make its report before the prorogation ; but it might collect a masa of returns and other documentary evidence which would be most useful to the select committee * next ,

      session . ., _• • Tlie CuANCBLion of the _Exohbqubb also made a , recital of the different measures announced by Sir . R . Peel asa compensation to the landed interest , and showed that almost all of them had been already carried into more or less effect . Of those 10 measures nine had been passed , and only one had been given up . As to the other questions to which Mr . V . Smith had adverted , he could only say that Government would pay attention to all those questions during the recess , and that at the commencement of the next session would submit its viewa regarding them either to the house or a select committee . Mr . G . Bankes observed , " that the disappointment of those who had expected to receive some

      compensation for the loss inflicted on them by the alteration in the corn laws from the measures announced : by Sir R . Peel , had been' very great when they saw what those measures actually were . With respect to the Poor Removal Bill , which had excited great expectations , the greatest mortification was felt when its details were made known . It would be no relief to the agricultural interest , and would be of no benefit to the poor . Unless an option was left to the pauper to be removed to the place of his previous settlement , instead of forcing bim to accept relief in the parish where he resided for the last five years , he was convinced that the poor man would be a sufferer rather than a gainer , from passing thii bill _. He considered it to be most unfortunate that the

      suggestion which he had made at the commencement of the session , for referring it to a select committee had not been adopted ; for , if it had , those alterations might have been introduced into it , which would have remedied the evils which were universally admitted to . exist under the present law . Sir G . Grey assured Mr . Banks that the whole subject should receive the most anxious and considerate attention from the government during the recess ; and expressed a hope that , when the question was submitted to a select committee next session , government would be prepared to explain its views upon ic , and to support it with a mass of documentary evidence . Mr . Hume considered the speech of Sir G . Grey to afford very strong grounds for postponing tbis measure to next session , It was part of a system which ought not to be treated piecemeal but as a whole ; for the administration ofthe Poor Law was now so

      defective , that the House of Commons had been actually transformed into an executive department , for the purpose of remedying its inhumanity and oppression . He was unwilling to givethe house unnecessary trouble , but he was much inclined to record his own opinion respecting this bill , by movin » that it be read a third time tbat day six months . You must have other administrators of the law than the present Commissioners . Messrs . Scrope , Williams , Finch and Others , severally opposed the bill . Mr . Spooncr and Brotherton supported it . Mr . Bright considered the passing or rejection of this bill to be of no importance at present ; lor there was such a demand for _labourite Yorkshire and Lancashire , that no family would be removed before the next session . There were , therefore , no grounds for passing this bill now . Ile was favourable to its principle ; but nothing was more injurious than partial and ill-cousidered legislation .

      The house divided , when the passing ofthe bill was carried by a majority of SO over 9 voices . The house then went into Committee on the Joint Stock Banks , and Scotland and Ireland Bills . The rejection of the first clause , was negatived by a majority of 53 to 13 . The otlier clauses were then agreed to , and the report was ordered to be brought up on Friday . On the motion of Mr . Labouchere , the Tenants ' Compensation ( Ireland ) Bill was ordered to be mad a second time that day six months . The Arts Union Bill was read a third time and passed . The house adjourned at a quarter-past eleven o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF LORDS , Fmtat . July 31 . The Marquis of _Lansoowne answered a question put by Earl Fitzhafdinge . by stating that he had directed certain Medical Officers , connected with the Council , to visit those localities in the City of London wiiero the Cholera was said to exist , and to report upon it . His Lordship had thought that step was necessary after the statement recently made by the Lord Mayor . These Medical Gentlemen had made their report , and they therein said that they had not found a single case of Asiatic _cholca . They had also visited the hospitals of those districts , and although they had there seen aggravated cases of that kind of cholera prevalent at this season ofthe year , still not one of them waa of the class named Asiatic ,

      The Railway i Gauges Bill was read a third time and passed . The Baths and Wash-houses Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed . Lord _Mostkagib brought forward his motion on the encouragement of industry and employment in Ireland . The Marquis of Lansdown said that he did not then feel himself at liberty to detail the particular measures which the government intended to bring forward for the general benefit of the Irish people . Her majesty's ministers were alive to the importance and necessity of the case , and would exert themselves to the full extent of their power in promoting the object to which the noble lord had called the attention of the bouse . Lord MoNTHAOtK , after a few words from the Earl of Devon and Earl Clancarty , withdrew his motion , The house then adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Friday , July 31 . The Speaker took the chair before 4 o'clock . TIIE STOCKPORT IMPROVEMENT BILL . Mr . _BnotHERTON moved that the order of thc day for the third reading of the Stockport Improvement Bill be discharged , in order thata new bill might be introduced . Mr . T . Duncombe presented a petition , signed by 5090 inhabitants against the bill . The petitioners stated that nine-tenths ofthe inhabitants of Stockport were opposed to the bill , lie would now move that the bill be read a third time that day three months , as he never would agree to the third reading of such a tyrannical measure . Mr . BnoTiiKMw said the motion that lie had made was tantamount to reading tho bill a third time that day three months .

      Mr . T . Duncombe said that unless the Hon . Gentleman would agree to . the proposition of postponing the third reading for three months , he should feel it to be his duty to make tbe motion . The measure was a mo 3 t atrocious and tyrannical one , and no person approved of it except those who were to benefit under it . The parties who opposed the measure had asked the Mayor to call a meeting , which he refused to do , or even to lend tbem the Town-hall ; tlie rcault was , tlie meeting was held in the marketplace , and resolutions were adopted against the measure , whicli hebelieved to be a complete job . The parties had been deceived with respect to the Bill , and did not know for some time who was the

      concoctor of the measure . He wished to know whether the hon . Member for Salford would consent to the withdrawal of the bill without the condition which he had stated , viz ., on tliG understanding that he should bcal * lowed to reintroduce it on a future occasion . It the lion _, gentleman would agree to that , he ( Mr . Duncombe ) would abstain at present from entering at any further lenghtinto the merits of tho bill . The fourth clause proposed to give to the town council of Stockport the sum of £ 10 , 000 out of the public funds ; anil in the distribution of that sura the rate-payers would not have the slightest controul . The proposition contained in that clause was one of the most disgraceful proceedings which any body of men calling themselves liberal could make .

      Mr . BnoTiiKKTON said that ho certainly should not I consent to the withdrawal oi the bill on the terms proposed by the hon . gentleman . , After some discussion Mr . Duncombe said he- would withdraw his amendment , on the understanding that the bill would be withdrawn . Thc amendment was then withdrawn , and tho order of the day for the third reading of the Bill was discharged . Mr . Bu . otuer . t . _'m * then moved for leave to bring iu a fresh Billon iho su _' ojcct—thc Stockport Improvement Act , No , 2 . Some _discussion then arose aa to whether the lion . Member was in order in giving notice of » second Bill on tho subject .

      Strangers were then ordered to withdraw , when there appeared , — For thc motion ..... 32 _AgaidStit .,. _- ...... 40 Against the Bill being brought iu 8

      Flogging In The Army. Lord Joitjf Russkl...

      FLOGGING IN THE ARMY . Lord _JoitJf Russkll said , that as notice of motion had been given by an hon . member respecting flogging in the army ,, he wished to inform the house that he had caused tlie subject to be brought under the consideration of the Commander-in-chief , the Duke of Wellington . The question was therefore at present under tlie consideration of the Commander-in-Chief , not with the object of abrogating the power of inflicting corpoal punishment , but with the view of regulating it . He thought , therefore , it would not be advisable , till the result wag communicated to the house , thatthe subject of flogging in the army should be discussed .

      Dr . _Bowbino was willing that his motion should be postponed , so as not to interfere with the proceedings of the Government regarding the question . Ho would , however , wish the noble lord to understand that if the measure the Government submitted was not satisfactory , he ( Dr . Bowring ) should be at liberty to bring forward the whole question . Re was bound , before the end of the session ; to . bring the subject before the house . \ V _$ _e-.- ' . Mr . Hudson took _. ocMsion to correct misstatements respecting the _'Eastern Counties Railway _, lie said that since the railway was opened in 1840 , eleven millions of passengers had been carried on the line and only one death ofa passenger had occurred ' anterior to the late lamentable accident . During " j . hat period twenty-one passengers had been injured ; three had had broken legs , one a dislocated shoulder , and in other cases the suffering was slight , _liiis statement of facts , he apprehended , would show that there was an unusual exemption from danger

      on the Eastern Counties line . The house then went into , a Committee of Ways and Means , to consider the Sugar Duties resolutions ! . Sir R Inglis announced that neither he nor his friends weuld interfere further with the progress of public busniess by hopelessly contesting this measure after the decisive majority of Tuesday last . The House then went into Committee . . The resolutions , as proposed by the Government , were , after some observations from Mr . Barclay , Sir J . Reid , Mr . Goulburn , Mr . Borthwick , and Lord J . Russell , agreed io . On going into Committee of Supply , Mr . Williams called attention to the manner in which Courts-Martial are constituted in the British navy . He was replied to by Mr . Ward . . : ' The House went into Committee of Supply , and several miscellaneous items were taken .

      Sir W . _Somuhville obtained leave to bring in five Bills to continue Turnpike Acts , Copyhold Commissions , and Loan Societies in Ireland . The House adjourned at half-past Eleven .

      Sailobb Home.—Prince Albert Laid The Founda-

      Sailobb Home . —Prince Albert laid the founda-

      Tion Of A Bailors Home, At Liverpool, On...

      tion of a bailors Home , at Liverpool , on Friday . The two days , during which the prince was in that town , were made the occasion of general festivity _, fn fact the good people ofthe whole district seem to have gone crazy with joy at having a real prince among them , Preparations for the event have been making for months and the display appears to have been of the most splendid description . REPORTED CHOLKKi IM THB METROPOLIS . _—Tllf Morning Post , of Friday , contains a letter from the Lord Mayor , addressed to the Secretary of the New River Company , in which he states , that he has rr oeived information that the Cholera has made its appearance in some parts of the suburbs of London , and desires that the Directors of the New River Company will let out water during the night , so as to thoroughly flush and clean the several gullies and

      drains , in tbe districts supplied by the Company , and thereby prevent in a great measure those noxious exhalations in the atmosphere , which are constantly emitted from the decayed animal and vegetable matter in the sewers , and which are considered by the highest medical authorities the chief cause of the formidable disease referred to . The Secretary has promised , in reply , every attention shall be paid to the request . The Post adds , that though aware that Engl ish Cholera prevails to a great extent in the metropolis , it ought to have been clearly ascertained tbat Asiatic Cbolera exists , before beina thus officially announced , without the mention ofthe authority on which stick a statement is made . "Whether Asiatic or English , however , the fact of disease existing is unquestionable , and the authorities _ousht to act promptly to counteract it , so far as they can , by cleanliness , by drainage , and vigilant superintendence of the districts exposed to its ravages .

      Destructive Fire . —On Thursday _morninc , between twelve and one , a very alarming fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Edward Hodson _, a grocer and _tea-dealer , carrying en business in Snow ' sfields , Bermondsey . It appears , that whilst the police constable on the beat was going his rounds he . perceived smoke in dense bodies issuing through the window-shutters . This convinced the officer that the bnilding was on fire . Without loss of time he raised an alarm in the usual way , which brought serjeant Gravestock and a strong muster of other constables to the spot . After considerable trouble they succeeded in arousing Mr . Hodson from his alumber . At that time there were four or five children and the servants sleeping in the upper portion ofthe bouse _, and it was with the greatest difficulty that they were made sensible of the danger to which they were exposed ; and by strenuous exertions the fire was extinguished .

      Covbntrv . —Thc United Patriots and Patriarchs ' Benefit Societies held their annual feast atthe Squirrell _, Little Park-street , on Monday , July 20 th , Mr . Thomas Pickard in the chair . After the cloth had been removed , the Chairman gave " Prosperity to the United Patriarchs' Benefit Society and all its Branches . " Drank with three times three . Mr . Ruffy addressed the members f or an hour in a strain of fervid eloquence , which was received with great applause . Songs and recitations concluded the evening ' s proceedings , and the company broke up at a late hour , much pleased with the night's entertainment .

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      Tiie Chartist Co-Operatiye Land Society....

      TIIE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIYE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for tbe purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places * . — SUNDAY EVENING . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster , - at the Parthenium Club Rooms , f 2 , St . Martin ' s-lane- at half-past seven . —Somers Toivn : at Mr . Duddrege ' s

      Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , _New-road , at half . past seven . —Tower Hamlets : atthe Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove . at eight o'clock precisely . —Marylebone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-sti ect , at halfpast seven . Gray ' s Inn Road , Mason ' s Arms , Britannia-street . —Hammersmith : at No . 2 , Little Valeplace , at ten in the forenoon . —Newcastle-upon-Tyne : at the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , from seven till nine . — Leicester : at 87 , Church-gate , at six , — Bradford : Woolcombers' Arms Inn , Hopestreet , at fire .

      _MOMOAY EVENING . Rochester : at the Victory Inn , at halt-past seven . —Camberwcll : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth at eight o ' clock precisely . — Kensington - ai eight o ' clock , at the Duke of Sussex . —Limehouse ; at the Brunswick Hall , Ropemaker ' s Fields , at eight o ' clock . — -Chelsea : at the Temperance Coffee Ilouse , Exeter-street , Sloane-street , at eight o ' clock . — Leicester : at No . 17 , Archdcden-lane , at seven o ' clock . —; . Chejystow : at the Temperance Hotel , Bank Avenuo , at eight o ' clock . —Armley : at the

      house of Mr . William Oates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , at eight o clock . — Liverpool : at eight o ' clock , at Mr . Farrell"s Temperance Uotel , 4 , _Cazneau-Street . — Belper : at the house of George Wigley , thc Dusty Miller , Field-head , from seven till nine . — Bristol : at No . 16 , Horse-fair , at eight o ' clock in the evening . —Partington : at John Moss ' s * No . 24 :, Union-street , at half-past seven . —Chorley Wood Common . * at Mr . Barbor ' s at seven o ' clock . — Rickmansworth : at the Cart and Horses , at seven o ' clock . —Mile End : at the Golden Cross , at seven o ' clock ,

      TUESPAT EVENING . (? r « _enuiic / i ; at Mr . Paris's , Cold Bath , at eight o'clock . WEDNESDAY EVENING . Aberdeen : the office-bearers _meot at lulf-pa 9 fi seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill-lane Hal ) . —Brighton , i No . 2 , at No . 3 , Charles-street , at eight o ' clock . SATURDAY EVENING . _Shoreditch : at Chapman ' s Coffee House , _Chiaehstreet , at eight o ' clock . _Cbipplegatb _BflAxcn of the Chartist Co-operative Lund Society . —This Branch meets at Mr . Cartwright ' s Coffee-house . Redcross-street , _Crtp-plegate

      , ever Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock precisely . The Eastern Philantropic . Emergency Society , held at Mr , Drakes , theSuauard of Liberty , Bricklane , Spitalfields , will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday evening next , August 5 , chair will be I taken at half-past 8 o ' clock . Giund Demonstration . —Georgo llichardsoiu one of thc three acre allotees , on the " O'Connorville " Estate , will be most happy to procure lodgings _s . nd other conveniences for any ofhis brother _aUoteos who may have determined on visiling the _or-tub , on tlie day of demonstration . A note addressoa to ' George Richardson , cutler , 1 , lligh-scrcet , Kco _' sington , will meet wilh immediate attention .

      Tue ExsvjINu Cuamist _Coxvy-y _.-nox . — Dr _M'Douall is _ejected delegate for -the _borough o Greenwich , and Mr . JamcsGrassbv , for Westminster Tub _Natu-sai . Victim Committee will moot ( i agree to a report to be submitted to tlie Gonvenlioi at its sitting in Leeds , ) at the South London Chav

      Tiie Chartist Co-Operatiye Land Society....

      tist Hall , on Sunday next , August the 2 nd , at threa o ' clock , ¦ _...-. " Hammersmith District . — The members and friends of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will meet at their office , No . 2 , Little Vale " p * ace _Ilammeramith-road , on Suuday morning next , Au ' gust 2 nd , at ten o ' clock precisely , to make tha necessary arrangements for the furthcoming demonstration . All who study comfort , ease , and convenience will take care to be represented on the oc , casion . I Aged Patriots' and "Victims' _Winows' and o & . phans' Fus » s . —In consequence of the recei pt of letters of a most distressing nature from Messrs . Richards ; J . R . Stuart , and Mrs . Ellis , a Meeting will be held at the South London Chartist Half 115 , Blackfriars Road , on Sunday afternoon nest ' August 2 nd , 1840 , at Four o ' clock , to elect a Secretary , and transact such other business as the urgency of the case demands . Mr . John Shaw and others of the Committee will be in attendance .

      Grand Demonstration to the People ' s Finst Estate . —The Committee for conducting the above will meet on Sunday afternoon next , August 2 nd , at three o'clock precisely , at the South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriar _' s-road . Every district locality , and democratic body , is requested to have its representative present on the occasion , as the comtort and convenience of the friends attending the Demonstration must in a great measure depend on the arrangements made by this committee , each , delegate is requested to come prepared with the name of the place from whence the vans will start in hia district , & c . Vetbhak Patriot ? ' _Exits' Wipows' and Orphans' Fond . —The committee are requested to meet in the Hall , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday evening next , August 3 rd , at seven o'clock precisely . John _SkeltonI 24 , Cecil Court , St . Martin ' s Lane .

      P . S—Let each member of the Committee , be at his pest upon the occasion . MARTiEBONi * . —On Monday , August 3 rd , Mr . Moriss a practical agriculturist will deliver a lectura on " theLand and its capabilities . " City _CuAfensT Hah . —On Sunday morning at , 11 o ' clock the monthly meeting of shareholders will be held on important _business , all shareholders are particularly requested to attend , as some new directors have tobe appointed and also auditors to tha accounts for the last , and present quarter . The adjourned discussion will be resumed at the usual time .

      Police -Jntelligence*

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      Southwark. Extbaohdinaiit Cliahge And Co...

      SOUTHWARK . _EXTBAOHDINAIIT _ClIAHGE AND COUNTEB CHARGE . —On Monday , Mrs . Caroline Simpson , of No . 60 , Nelson _, iquare , v » as charged before Mr , Cottingham with having threatened the life of Mr . Edward Paston Cooper , a den . tist , residing at No . 34 , Berners-street , Oxford street . Tha magistrate was occupitd for a considerable time in the iu . vestigation of the case , which excited much interest in a crowded Court . —Mr . Horry attended on the purt of tha complainant , and Mr . Wontner for the defendant . Tha former gentleman , in stating the . cage , said that soma time since his client was carrying on business in partner _, ihip with a Mr . Story , as dentist , iu Berners-street , Ox . _ford-s treet . During that period Mr . Story formed an im . proper intimacy with Mrs . Simpson , the defendant , who was separated from her husband . The complainant , de . sirous of breaking off such a connexion , spoke to his partner seriously on the subject , and tried all the means

      _in'iiis power to carry that object into effect . This caused a great feeling of rancour on the part cf the defendant , Who Shortly afterwards induced Mr . Story to accompany her to France , to the neglect of his business , and com . plainant followed him thither with a view of prevailing upon him to return . To those exertions were to be attri . buted the hostile feeling engendered against the com . plainant . who was perpetually annoyed by the defendant calling at his house , and who procured people to dog him about , also sending him anonymous letters , one of whicli the Learned Counsel produced , containing u threat against the complainant ' s lite . That letter he would prove to he in the defendant ' s handwriting . On another occasional letter containing a forged cheque for £ 50 , was sent by the same party , and there was no doubt it was transmitted to him with the view that in the event of its being pre . sentcd ior payment , a charge of forgery might be pre . ierrod against him- To such an extent did this feeling

      of hatred prevail , that every means was sought to eftect his destruction by parties in league with the defendant _, and that he was waylaid one night in the Regent ' s Part , stabbed , and robbed of some money he had with him at the time . The complainant had no doubt that his assail _, ants on that occasion were employed by the defendant and her associates , owing to his endeavours to sever a . connection of the disgraceful nature which existed be tween his partnerandth . it woman . Mr . Horry added , that if he proved the handwriting of the letter mentioned to be that of the defendant , he trusted the _magsstrata would consider It was such a case as would call for heavy sureties of thc defendant to keep thc peace . —Mrs . Henry Harris was then called , and tbe letter containing the threat , to the effect that the writer " would do for" th » comp laiiiaHt _. having been examined by her , she staled that it was the defendant ' s writing , and to confirm her skate _, ment she produced several letters which she ( witness ) had received from that person .

      A Mr . Buvor , was next examined , and he stated that complainant had admitted to him that the story of his being Stabbed aa already mentioned _was a fabrication . That lie was wounded was most certain , but he inflicted i t himself , and having injured himself more than he _iu » tended , he thought he was going to die , and accordingly made his will . He appended to the will a statement to the effect that he had wounded _himself to induce a belie £ that he was robbed of money . Witness had seen tha will , which he believed was still in existence . Tlie com . ' plainant was re-called , and he denied the latter assertion , declaring he had never made a will . "Mr , Story stated that , owing to his determination to leave all connection : with the complainant , whom lie had heen supporting for a length of time , it so exasperated htm that he tried an moans to injure him in public estimation . Tlie witn a knew he was a man not worthy of credit , that he hadt . re statement appended to the will he made , in which he adj mined that there was no truth in the report he

      propagated about his being stabbed by assassins , but that ha did it himself . Mr . brent said he was a police agent at Paris , and recollected the complainant calling upon him , describing himself as the nephew of Mr . Bransb y Cooper , and handed to him a warrant to apprehend Afr . Story for robbery . Witness afterwards discovered the document was n forgery ; a fact which the complainant admitted , and also mentioned to him the circumstances about tha affair in the itegenfs-parl-, saying that it was all a hoax and that he did it for a specific purpose . The witness added that from all his inquiries into the character of the complainant , he ascertained him to be unworthy- of credit . Mr . Cottingham having remarked at considerable length on the evidence adduced , said that in his opinion , the fact of the defendant being the ' writer of the lettercontaining the threat against tlie hie ofthe complainant was clearly made out , therefore he should adjudge her to find two siirities of £ 50 each to keep the peace , and be of good behaviour for twelve mouths .

      WORSHIP STREET . Ciuiige or Attempt to Mokdek . —On Monday , Hannah Barker _' was brought up for final examination , charged with having feloniously administered a quantity of oxalic acid to her h- sband , with intent to murder him . Further evidence was given . The prisoner , who appeared terribly depressed and agitated , was then asked if she had any . thing to urge in her defence , but declined doing so , and the Magistrate ordered her to be fully committed on the capital charge .

      THAMES . Savage Outraok . —On Monday , a remarkable looking ; man , of very dark complexion , named William Barrett , a tailor , who is deaf and dumb , was brought before Mr . Broderip , charged with having- assaulted a female named Strong , in such a manner tbat her life is despaired of . Ethelinda _"Wil-. ingale , u young woman residing at No . S , Raven-street , Whitechapel , stated that she was called upon early that morning by a person residing at the ad . joining house , No . 4 , of which Mrs Strong was landlady , to write out something for the prisoner to read . At the same time she v , as informed that the prisoner was about to remove his goods witliout paying liis rent , Mrs , Strong directly afterwards returned home , and , at her request , she wrote on a paper that his landlady wanted her rent . The prisoner made an attempt to leave the house , but was prevuntud doing so by Mrs . Strong , who nttempted to close the street door . The prisoner immediately seized her by the throat , struck her several times , and threw her with great violence on the ground behind the door . Mrs . Strong got up again and made another attempt to shut the door , on whioh the prisoner pulled it buck and jammed Mrs . Strong ' s head several times between the door und the

      wall . He also beat her with his fists , and maltreated hec in a most cruel manner . Witness opened the door for the purpose of releasing Mrs . Strong , who said , the deaf aud dumb man was murdering her , and had no sooner done so than the prisoner seized Jier ( the witness ) by the throat and nearly strangled her , and , after striking her violently Oil the side ofthe face , he snapped at her like a dog and made several attempts to bite bur neck and face . Several men then camu to the assistance of Mrs . Strong , and the prisoner was taken away from her aiul given into custody . The witness added , that Mrs . Strong was rendered insensible by the savage treatment she received from the prisoner , and was curried to her bed , where she has eve * since remained . The doctor in attendance on her had given up all hopes of saving her . Police Sergeant Shaw , No . -2 K , confirmed the statement of the dangerous position ot the woman . Mr . Broderip rcuu n certificate W Mr . Beale , a surgeon , which was to thc allowing effect : — ; ' I hereby certify that Mrs . Strong has received severe iv * _juries to the brain and spiue , and that 1 consider her in * dangerous state y ? exhaustion at present . " Tho- _m-isonet : _tos _pcrrnmt'd to rend the evidence against him ,, nnd , a . Ber he had dvac so , writing materials were _sunpUotl to . turn , out lie did not make useof them . He was . theu remanded until Tuesday nest week .

      _CLRRKEXWELL . _HoRiiiDLB . Case of G , _oijgi . sg . — On Tuesday Ellen . M ; icutt ' vuj . „ _a savage looking young woman , was . placed at the barter final _examination , _charircdi by Edmund Al'Mulleru , a journeyman shoemaker , with the Mowing atrocious assault _v-The prosecutor stated , that a few evenings ago he vutereiX the King ' s Arms public house , _lVhitceross-street , . . where the prisoner , her sister , and other persons were drinking . Witness , who had a previous _, _cjuiirrel with the prisoner , again had some high words wit " aihcr , wheu she challenged him to light , which he declined ; slio then rushed at iuni _, seized him round his neck , and . " gouged' , out one of his eyes . He was taken _% ' j St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital in great agony , with his eye _HtctKiUy hanging on his cheek , aud his life was pro . _uounyed b - Urn surgeon to be in dungcv . Ho remained i" tl . e ilospital until "Monday , when ho was sufficiently recovered to attend to give evidence , but with loss of sight , oi the injured eye , , Several _witnesses corroborated his evidence . I The prisutiui- denied the charge , but she was committed ' for trial .

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      street , HavirarUet _, in tho City _»«•*¦""'» _" " "«'"* Ollice , iu the same Street ami l , _"' _™ _' - l 0 , _** "V _* _* _,. _' _** 0 : yvietuv _, k'KAKGL'S Q'GOHSOll , hsq ., and puM _^' _ied i by William Hewitt , of No . is , Cluivles-stveet , Uran I d ' mi-stivet , Walworth , hi the Parish of St . Mary , Xe » * ' j iii-ton . in the County of Surrey , at _tlnj Oltiee , No . 1 ' I _liivitf _Wiialmiil-suvot , llaymuvket , in the CitV 0 t j _lYuztMiustcr . . I Saturday . August 1 . 1 _* j 1 G .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 1, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01081846/page/8/