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      tiie upper house , and on ths desperate efforts now Baking to keep a fair face upon the constitutional figment of the accordance and co-operation of the two branches of legislature . It was impossible that tbe people ' s house could be left in the humiliating position of having all their measures ignominiously dismissed , almost without argument , by another and smaller tribunal . Reverting to tbe question "before the honse , Mr . Bright supported- * generous policy , as being the safest for Ireland ; and enforced the necessity of governing that country upon popular , not upon landlord , principles . He would accept the £ 12 rating as a > temporary arrangement : but it must be superseded by a wide and more satisfactory settlement .

      Lord J . Russell , in replying , took occasion to defend himself from the charge -f political pusillanimity . He vindicated the right of the Peers to _rer -rise and modify the decisions of the House of Commons . To " deny that princip le was to erect the lower , house into a single chamber ; and suoh a change in the constitution he was not prepared to advocate believing that , after all its drawbacks of delay or occasional antagonism , tbe existing balance of power was that best calculated to secure good government and popular freedom . The noble lord then reviewed tbe many measures of reform which he had himself been instrumental in passing ; _arguing that Catholic Emancipation , the Reform Bi & the repeal of the Test Act , the commutation

      , of the tithes , and the measures relating to corporations and the Irish church ., showed that the most extensive ameliorations were attainable by discussion and compromise , without the exercise of a de < _jnuc power by the popular representatives . He could not consent to distinguish between the aristocracy and the people of England , as if they-were separate , and hostile communities . Class melted into class , and the individual members of each were interchanged b y . time and circumstances , so as to produce an unity of interest among them all . Here lay , as he believed , a . common mistake , on . which were founded arguments which tended to shake and change the whole constitution of tbe country . As regarded the present bill , it was outlined seme

      years since , but delayed in deference to the deplorable calamities which required social rather than political remedies . Their acceptance of the compromise now suggested in no degree bound them to consider tbe bill final , if , hereafter , a further extension of tbe franchise should appear requisite . After speeches by ' "Mr . M'Coxlaoh and Mr . -If . O'Coksbll , one against and the other in favour of the compromise , Mr . Sheil remarked upon some incongruities exhibited in the amendments of tbe Peers . He specially urged tbe _valie of self-acting registry . If it was omitted the territorial and sacerdotal influence would be io 2 perpetual pressure ; the injunction of the priest would be followed by the influence of the landlord : and the notice to

      reg ister wonld be followed by the notice to quit . ( Hear , hear . ) The consecrated rostrum , rude and _nnfashioned perhaps , would still find its way into the hearts of men , whether they registered at £ 8 or £ 15 . From the consecrated rostrum Father O'Shaughnessy — ( laughter ) — would address his flock somewhat after this fashion— " I expect that before I meet yon on Sunday next , every man in this parish will serve a notice to register , and thus show to Lord Stanley that he will be ready to rote for God and his country at the next election for the county of Mayo . " Patrick Murphy , -touched by the invocations , would serve the notice to register ; and the next day he would meet the territorial possessor , one of . the great Cromwellian deposits left

      hy the old Protector —( great laughter}—and he would immediately say , " Why , Murphy , what is this I hear ? Have you served notice to register ? Are yoa not a tenant ? " Murphy , thereupon , taking off his hat , making an _obsequous bow , and _allowing his long white curls to touch the ground , would say . "Phise your honour —( load laughter ) —Father O'Shaughnessy . " " Father O'Shaughnessy , " the landlord would exclaim , " and pray sir , does Father O'Shaughnessy . know that you have no lease V ( Hear , hear . ) These were the constitutional interrogatories to which the omission olfhe self-acting register would give rise to . He objected to that omission , simply npon the ground that the precarious entry upon the register would

      but embitter the detestation of the elections themselves . He did not despair of the submission of the Lords , nor even of the discretion of Lord Stanley , some of the incidents of whose past career had shown that he was not always unassailable by popular Impulse . Mr . Disrju _ i contended that the question had heen argued in an unconstitutional manner . Premature threats of collision betwten the Peers ahd the Commons had been held out ; aud ( alluding to a casual expression of Mr . Bri ght ' s ) the name of the sovereign introduced as approving a measure -which , legally speaking , had received no recognition from the Crown . Reviewing the successive amendments effected inthe Upper House , he urged that the Lords had throughout acted deliberately and discreetly , and had in nowise exceeded their appropriate functions . Admitting that the natural constituency of Ireland had failed , and that it was

      necessary to attempt to create a factitious one , that attempt must be considered , an experiment , and conducted under due precaution . A difference of thirty or forty thousand inthe number of the electorate was of littleimportance compared with the principle on whioh the line of demarcation was tobe drawn . The Peers had fixed upon certain definite boundaries to the franchise which he thought were prudent , moderate , and to be maintained . Mr . Reikolds warned both Mr . Disraeli and Lord J . Russell that the Irish members had heretofore decided who should be minister , and they might do CO again . If Ireland were not treated liberally , he insinuated that they mi ght be inclined immediately to exercise that power . The right hon . member proceeded to remark upon the arbitrary interference of the Peers with the liberties of the Irish people . Sir G . Ghc t explained the conduct of the Marquis of Lansdowne in reference to the qualification

      _ A division was then taken upon the first proposition upon the rating qualification . The numbers appeared—For the £ 12 qualification ... 213 : For the £ 15 qualification ... 91-122 The bouse divided again , upon the motion of Lord J . _Rdsseix , for restoring the self-acting registration clauses .-

      For restoring the clauses ... 179 Against 109—70 The unopposed amendments were read and agreed to , and the bill referred back to the Upper House . The report from the Committee ef Supply was brought up and agreed to . The report npon the Queen ' s Message relative to the settlement of Marlborough House upon the Prince of Wales was brought up and discussed for some time , and a division called upon a motion made by Mr . Hume for negativing the report . The motion was negatived by a majority' of 42 , the numbers being 81 to 39 . The report was then agreed to , anda bill ordered to be _brought in . The remaining orders an the papers were then gome through , and the house adjourned , at one o ' clock .

      _WEDNESDAY , Jew 31 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — _Sundat Tracing Bill . —The committal of this bill having been moved by _Ht . _ lcock , Mr . _Amsist moved that it be committed that day three months . Time , he contended , did not permit the possibility of the measure receiving proper discession this year . Mr . _Tkeuwst . seconded the amendment , and , after much discussion and an appeal from Sir G . Grey against delaying the progress of the measure on account of objections which ought to be urged in committee . Mr . S . Crawford moved the adjournment ofthe debate . . The house

      divided—For the adjournment 36-The debate was renewed upon the amendment , bnt the bill was ultimately withdrawn , the house merely expressing their assent to a recommendation of . Sir G . Grey that the wages of workmen should be , whenever possible , paid upon the Friday in every week . The Ecclesiastical . Residences ( Ireland ) Bill , which stood for a second reading , was withdrawn by Mr . Napier . Sir J . Duckworth also withdrew the Weights and Measures Bill ,: which had arrived at ths third "reading . The second reading of the Landlord and Tenant ( Ireland ) Bill was opposed by Mr . R . Fox , who moved tbat it be read a second time that day three months .

      Mi _^ Hime . disapproved ofthe system of partial _= nd fragmentary legislation for Ireland , and called Oa the government to explain how fer they were about to give a sanction to the measure _^ _£ _^ , th 00 gh , t that one of * be provisions of the ( bill forbidding the carnage of crops _bynigut was likely to be useful , but could not _approved ihe extended powers given to the landlords by other clauses , and certainly should refuse his consent- to the measure until the details had undergone a deliberate consideration . SirH . W . Bahrox contended that . under the existing law the landlord was generally the aggrieved party , and required protection against the dishonesty of his tenants .

      Mr . Reynolds retorted upon the landlords with a _charge of cruelty and exaction . Mr . HunxTOX offered to compromise . . with the government by adopting the measure to the suggestion offered by Sir G . Grey . Mr . C ; AssrkT believed that tho bill could not be rendered good by any process of amendation . After a protracted discussion , the debate , upon & a motion 9 f' _]& . M'Gw 1 £ Q . B was adjourned till _aHiursday . ' ¦ - - ¦ -

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      The Lords - amendments to . the County Courts Extension BiU were brought up for consideration . Capt . Fitzro t protested against the concurrent jurUdiction" of the superior courts , which the Upper House had introduced , and declared his intention of asking the house to resist that proposition in a future session . As the country liaa expressed itself strongly in favour of some measure for extending the operation of the county courts , he would consent to adopt the bill as it

      stood for the present , rather than sacrifice it altogether . ••• ' _- _- _ The amendments were then agreed to , * witn Borne immaterial exceptions . Tho second reading of tho Inspection of Coal Mines Bill was moved , and opposed on the score of the lateness of the hour . The house divided upon a motion for adjourning the debate , which was negatived by a majority of 39 , the numbers being 15 for the adjournment , and 54 against . Six o ' clock having arrived when this division was completed , the house rose immediately .

      THURSDAY , Auecsr 1 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Commons' amendments to the Parliamentary Voters ( Ireland ) Bill were brought up , and ordered to be taken into consideration on Tuesday next . ¦ Lord _Mohtkaom moved an address to her Majesty for a commission to inquire into the law of landlord and tenant in Great Britain and Ireland . The motion was opposed by the Lord Chancellor and the Marquis of _Lasbdowss , and after a discussion in which the Earl of G _lbsqau took part , was withdrawn . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house met at noon yesterday . The Lords' amendments to the Australian Colonies Bill were brought up for consideration .

      Lord J . _Rnssuix stated that the government did not intend to reverse any of the modifications of the bill introduced to the Upper House . After some further remarks and objections had been urged , the peers' amendments were agreed to , and the house adjourned until five o ' clock . At the evening sitting , The LAsnCoHPANi Scheme . —Mr . F . O'Cosnob said that a persoh named Somerville , better known as the •« WhiStlerat the Plough , " . who had been discharged froni the army , and since ! charged with various offences , had recently published a circular addressedto the "Manchester school , in which he

      8 tatedthathehadbeen ' involred in great expenses in his exertions to put down the Land Company scheme ; that he had been in daily attendance upon the committee ofthe house upon that subject , and that , except £ 10 received from Mr . Greg , he had only been paid by the chairman of the committee one particular sum , on account of his labour in procuring details ofthe plan and arrangements of the Land Company . The hon . gentleman desired to know from the Secretary to the Treasury , whether this sum so paid to that person had been paid out of the pocket of the chairman of the committee , or whether it came out of the secret service fund ?

      Mr . Hatter said although the hon . and learned gentleman bad given him no notice ofthe question , he had a sufficient recollection ofthe circumstances to enable him to answer . The hon : and learned gentleman had attempted to throw discredit upon the person to whom he referred , but whom he ( Mr . Hayter ) believed to be quite as respectable as - the hon . and learned gentleman himself . ( Cheers . ) What the hon . aad learned member had stated with regard to tbis person , and which had nothing to' do with the question he had put , was not borne out by facts . The hon . and learned member , with a view to throw discredit on tbis respectable _Serson , for such he maintained he was—( hear , Yad said that he bad been dismissed from tne army , whereas the fact was that he had been permitted to

      purchase his discbarge . When he ( Mr . Hayter ) bad the misfortune ( for such he should always consider it to be , ) to be the chairman of the committee to inquire into the origin and state of that company which had obtained so unenviable a _notoriety , and in which the honourable and learned member was so largely interested , Mr . Somerville , whom he bad not known before , was recommended to him as a person who could give information wbich would assist the committee in their inquiry . He inquired of hon . gentlemen who knew him of the character ot the man and being satisfied that he was a wellconducted and respectable person , he employed him for the purpose of collecting such information . It turned oat thatthe information so obtained was not material , but it occupied much more time in collecting than he ( Mr . Hayter ) could devote to it , and so far as Mr . Somerville could do so be endeavoured to make him acquainted with circumstances which

      were afterwards given in evidence , whether to the credit or discredit of the hon . and learned member it was not for him to say . In this way Hr . Somerville was occupied for several days , andhaving been so employed , and being very ill able to employ- his time without being remunerated , he ( Mr . Hayter ) , out of his own pocket ; not out of the public funds , as the hon . and leaned member had insinuated—( hear)—out of his own pocket , and from his own money , had given him such compensation fbr his services as he thougnt fitted to the occasion . Mr . Hume . —As the chairman of tbe committee which had raised the fund for purchasing Mr , Somerville ' s discharge , confirmed the statement made by the Under Secretary for the Treasury as to the circumstances under which he left the army , aud the conduct of that individual Bince his discharge had been highly to his credit . ( Hear . ) The house then went into Committee of Supply , which occupied the remainder of the evening .

      FRIDAY , August 2 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord Bbouohah moved for a return of the amount of savings since 1838 from the salaries paid out of the Civil List to the officers of her Majesty ' s Household . Entering at much length into a variety of details respecting the personnel and management of the domestic and state attendants on royalty , the noble lord submitted that their control and remuneration should be placed more immediately within the range of Parliamentary supervision . The Marquis of Lahsdowub reprobated any interference with the Civil List , which was founded upon a formal covenant by the Legislature , and

      could not be brought into question without establishing a dangerous precedent and endangering the independence of the Crown . The Duke of _Wmiinoton and Lord _MosmoLE also opposed it—which was afterwards withdrawn . Their lordships then adjourned . ' HOUSE _OP COMMONS . —The second reading of the Crime and Outrage ( Ireland ) Act ! Continuance Bill having been moved , Mr . J . _O'CoifHBti . observed that the bill being one of pains and penalties should hare originated in that , " and not in the upper , house The Spkakbb ruled that the objection was tenable , and

      Lord J . Russell said that the measure should be j at once withdrawn ; moving immediately afterwards for leave to introduce a new bill . Mr . Home considered the measure unnecessary while Ireland was so perfectly quiescent . Sir W . _Sohmervolb gladly acknowledged the tranquillity that prevailed in that country , but still thought the bill might prove useful . ' Mr . S . Crawford movedan amendment declaring the injustice of renewing coercive measures towards a people whb had borne unexampled sufferings with praiseworthy submission to the laws . . The amendment was seconded by Mr . Reynolds . The bill , he declared , amounted to a suspension of the constitution in Ireland for four more years . . , Mv Names regretted tue , go ' stponement of tbe Landlord and Tenant Bill , and consented to the

      passing of the present measure , which might prove indispensable to the preservation of Irish tranquillity . Lord X Russell contended that the quietude which happily prevailed in Ireland was the consequence of the discretionary use of the very bill which it was urged upon them to lay aside ; It was admitted that the government had made no tyrannous employment of the powers which it placed in their hands . He hoped , however , that' the necessity for such powers was passing away , and would immediately propose to limit the operation of the bill to two years instead of four , and thus make , the period during which it was to be in force terminate upon the 31 st December , 1851 : ' Mr . M . J . ' O'Connell would not refuse to assent to the bringing in of the bill , although he saw no necessity for it . ' ' . 'Z ' y ' ' ' ! j

      Mr . _Briobi also thought that no ' case had been made out for the measure , which he should oppose throughout . Mn Moose moved that the debate should be ! adjourned . Afterf some discussion , the house divided on this amendment ; _. Ayes ... , « ... .... .... mo Noes ... " ... ... ... * ... 89—60 The house then rose for two hours . On resuming at half-past five , in reply to Mr . _Hrathcoxe ,

      f Sir G . Gret stated that it was not the intention ofthe government to bring in , during the present session , any bill for the removal of Smithfield Market . The right hon . baronet prefaced this announcement by reading a letter received that day from the corporation of London relative to this subject . ¦ In answer to a question from Mr . Stanford , Sir G . _GaEv . gave a similar disclaimer of any intention to propose a measure restricting or regulating the sale of poisons .-The house then went into Committee of Supply , and shortly before midnight , the last vote of supply forthe present year was granted . .. The Inspection . of Coal Mines BiU was read ' a second time . , . _.:.-. : The . Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) ' Bill was reada third time . :. _-. ; The house then adjourned . "

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      Representation Of ; Lambeth^ On Tuesday ...

      REPRESENTATION OF ; LAMBETH _^ On Tuesday evening a meeting of . the . electors of Lambeth was held at the Horns Tavern , Kennington , to receive tha resignation of Mr . C ., Pearson , and to hear the opinions of any gentleman who might present himself as a candidate for filling the vacancy in the representation ofthe borough . Mr . J . Hunt , one ofthe churchwardens , presided . Mr . Pearson waB not present . The Chairman having observed that the electors were called upon to exercise a most important right ' ,, said he should not detain them with any remarks of his own , but at once introduce the gentleman who claimed their suffrages . .. _, ., Mr . Williams , who was accompanied by Mr . G , Thompson , M . P ., and Sir Joshua _Walmsley , M . P .,

      then presented himself , and was received with general applause . He was , as their chairman had told them , * * candidate for their suffrages , to succeed their late able and talented representative , Mr . C . Pearson . He had been invited to come forward by some ofthe leading gentlemen of that borough , who assured him that a very large majority ofits eleotors concurred with him in political opinions . Since he appeared amongst them he had receired the most cheering encouragement —( cheers)—but he had not presented himself to them as an untried man . ( Cheers . ) Instead of professions , he could proudly refer the electors to his services and his votes in parliament for thirteen years , invariably in favour of the cause of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) His

      votes had been published , and he could then asseverate that he had never been absent . on any division when the interests of the people were at stake , and that he had never given a vote in opposition to them . ( Cheers . ) He had sprung from tbe people , and his feelings and sympathies were in unison with them and the electoral classes of the country . " ( General cheering . ) He had caused to be circulated very extensively amongst the electors a pamphlet on the defective state , of the representative system—the unequal and oppressive taxation to which the people were subjected , . and the prodigal expenditure of public money so much to be complained of . He hoped they had each got a copy of if _na if wmiU _aaaMa _fV _^ nm Ia _VkAA / im / k n _/* ntiait ~ lTf * n f 0 _iv _nuuill vilAI / VUvtU pvij "

      * V <» _AO » V uwyuiy _«««»» - with his political opinions , and partly with the services which he had rendered to the people ; ( Hear . ) He was then prepared to answer any question put to him , or give any . explanation that might be deemed necessary . He was one of those who had supported the Reform Bill , believing that it would have relieved the people very considerably from the pressure of taxation , but , like others , he bad __ since seen that that measure , _inBtead . of accomplishing the proposed important object , made the government ofthe country dearer , by some millions annually , than it had been under the regime of tbe old _boroughmongers . Seeing the failure of the Reform Act , he was one bf the first to denounce it , not only

      in the House of Commons , but in publio in other places , when calling on the people to come forward and demand suoh an improvement of it as would effectually carry out the objects it was said to have been capable of accomplishing for the benefit of the people . They could not forget that there were 6 , 000 , 000 of men at present in the United Kingdom who were excluded from the franchise , and that very few more than a million enjoyed . it . He maintained that the privilege of electing members of parliament was unequally distributed . He was able to state that there were fifty-five towns in this country , sending seventy-six representatives to the House of Commons , and that the aggregate number of their inhabitants was fewer than those of that borough . If they would do him the honour to send him as their representative to tho House of

      Commons ,-his efforts would be unceasingly exerted to obtain for them a fair representation , in common with their fellow-countrymen , and for the extension of the franchise . Wh y should not the poo * artisan , tben , at that meeting have the power of voting for a representative in parliament , as well as the first lord of the realm ? He would ask tbe first nobleman in the land to look any ofthe hard-working , honest men there in the face , and say by what right a lord should exercise the franchise , and , an humble , industrious man should be excluded ? ( Cheers . ) They should also have the ballot —( cheers )—and short parliaments to enable them to keep short accounts . ( Loud cheers . ) They all knew , as men of business , how much easier it was to settle short than long accounts . ( Laughter . ) While he had been a member ofthe House of Commons he had been in the

      habit of rendering short accounts to those to whom he was answerable . He bad gone " amongst them every . year , and he distinctly told them if they disapproved of him he was prepared to place his seat again at their disposal within twenty-four hours , because he was confident of having discharged his duties faithfully . A Voles . —Pearson said the same thing to us , but he never kept his word . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Williams said he was prepared to pledge himself to do so . Those were his principles , and if the electors approved of them and returned him to parliament , be should honestly and earnestly exercise every power he possessed to accomplish them . He was prepared to answer any questions ; that

      might be put to bim , and he would givo straightforward manly answers , without any equivocation . ( Cheers . ) He believed while he was in parliament there was no man who had . exerted himself more than he had , except Mr . Hume , to keep tbe fingers of the tax collector out of the people ' s pockets . ( Cheers , and loud cries of " Say no more , you are too well known , " 4 c . ) During the applause some written communications having been sent to the hon . gentleman from the body of the room , it appeared they contained questions , in reply to which no said one of them related to his opinion of the qualification at present required for members of parliament , if members returned for any borough in England required a property qualification of £ 3 Q 0 a year . There had been some slight change within tbe last few years ; biit in Scotland no qualification was required . The only qualification required in Scotland was the approbation of tho

      people—( cheers)—which was the true constitutional qualification . ( Continued cheering . ) That was the ' only one he himself would acknowledge . ( Cheers , and cries of "Bravo . " ) Mr . Browne , an elector , who advanced from the body of the meeting , hoped the bon . gentleman would not deceive them as , he said , their Tate representative had done . The speaker concluded , after a very stormy address , by asking the hon . candidate whether he wOuld keep to his word by meeting his constituents of that borough every year ? < Mr . _Willums repeated the question forthe purpose , as he stated , of enabling every one present to hear it . He was asked whether he . would meet his constituents at the close of every session of Parliament ? He gave his answer openly ,, and he had no hesitation in saying , that he would . _( Cheers . ) He would , however , do . more—it required by a majority of the electors , he then promised to surrender their trust to them whenever they demanded it back . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Moore , as a member ofthe Church of England , expressed his disapproval of Mr . Williams having voted for the grant to the college of Maynooth . ( Cries of ° No bigotry , " ahd " Why should not the Roman Catholics have a little , too ? " ) He thought some of the hon . candidate ' s supporters guilty of inconsistency in supporting him after ha v . ing given such a vote in the House of Commons . After some repeated noisy interruption * , the speaker wished to ask the meeting for what sin . Mr . Hawes had been rejected by that borough ? ( A voice" Because he was fa trickster . " : Loud groanB and hisses ) . Mr . Hawes was ' rejeoted because he voted in favour ofthe May nooth grant : where , was the consistency in selecting another gentleman who had given as jmilar vote ? He wished to ask the hon . fentleman , ; how he could . reooncile _, that _voiejvith is profession s as to the separation of church " and State ? ' -. _" . .

      Mr . Williams said his answer was very simple . There was no connexion ' whatever between the two things . ('' Oh ! oh ! 'f—hisses and oheorB . ) He was not going to shirk the question . He appealed to . the ., good sense of every man present , to ' say whether there was any connexion between the ( two branches of the question , in the shape in which it was put to him . ; However ; while he was answering that question , he' might as well answer , a great many others sent , up to him . Since he had answered similar questions ' last evening , he had ascertained that a placard had been published addressed to the "Dissentersof . Lambeth . " The ' _first paragraph was : — " Mr . Williams seeks your vote on the groundrthat he is opposed to tho union of

      church and state ; but are you aware that , notwithstanding this professed opposition to religious endowments ,, he supported the increased grant to the Roman Catholic' College of Maynooth . % That he voted forthe'Minutes of Council ? . And ' thatthese two votes , giving . serious offence to his dissenting constituentsafc Coventry , he was defeated at the last general _elections " . Now , there was no foundation whatever for those statements . Oh the contrary , the Dissenters of Coventry , after having represented them for thirteen years , had emphat _> cally approved of him . / Theyf were as . intelligent , as enlightened , and . as staunch to their principles as could be found there br elsewhere ; and on the 27 th July ; 1847 , they ( _theNonconformistelectors ) passed a resolution approving of himself ahd Mr . Ellice

      tie _wisheu to Bay a lew woras as to the Maynooth grant . It appeared that in 1790 , during the French revolution , the government of this country-encouraged and supported the establishment of . the College of Maynooth , in Ireland .: Itwas established first for the education of Roman Catolics generally but il had afterwards been exclusively used for the education of catholic priests . ( Shame . ) Previously they had been educated abroad—in Franco principally—and it was considered desirable to prevent communications between Irish students qualifying for the Roman catholic priesthood in France and the disaffected in ; Ireland . ' When the ' union ; took place five years _fafterwards , a pledge was given to tha . _Irish parliament that' the English government would continue that grant to Maynooth , He had

      Representation Of ; Lambeth^ On Tuesday ...

      aoted upon what he , considered to be a prinoipleot _fustioe _/ as binding as if it was an agwement _^ -. S mahand m _% '( Applause . V -If the _Rector con sidered he had _donewrong- ' « _l no , no , " ; I ' not ai all" )—he could only state the facts as he had done , and give them hisopihions and reasons simply and plainly . No matter what proposition was made hereafter to grant money for religious purposes , ne would never consent to sixpence being granted . He ho ped he had explained satisfactorily his reasons tor voting for the Maynooth grant , and he should be happy to answer any further questions . _ " „ After a few words from the Rev . J Bum-bit , Mr . Thw aims proposed , and Dr . Evans seconded , the following resolution - ' . That having received from Mr . W . Williams a candid expression of his opinions on all questions of interest to the liberal constituency bf the borough of Lambeth , and viewing with satisfaction his conduct during thirteen in the House of Commons resolved that this

      years , meeting considers him , eminently qualified to represent this borough in parliament , and _pledges itself to use every effort to ensure hw return . It appeared Mr . Edward Miall intimated hiai intention not to come forward at that election , and that he disclaimed all knowledge ofthe placards and printed circulars distributed about the borough with reference to Mr . Williams , whose return , it was said , was beyond all doubt or question . Mr . Williams thanked the meeting sincerely for their noble and manly demonstration ia his favour . It was not in his power to wait upon them individually , for there were upwards of 16 , 000 ; but he wished most earnestly to be , able tb do so , and ho hoped each of them would go to his neighbour and _eolioit him to do likewise . ( Cheers . ) Mr . ¦ G . Thompson , M . P ., next addressed the meeting in an eloquent speech in support of Mr . WilliamB ' s claims on the liberal electors of the borough . "

      _ . .. A resolution of thanks waB passed to the chairman _^ and the meeting separated . The writ for the election having been issued , R . Onslow , Esq ., the returning officer of the borough , read the high sheriff's precept on Thursday , on Kennington Common , and made proclamation that he should proceed to the nomination and return on Monday next , the 5 th inst ., at ten o clock . Th ' eexmember for Marylebone , Sir C , Napier , had issued an address to the electors .

      National Charter Association. The Usual ...

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . The usual weekly meeting , held at the Institution , John-street , was numerously attended on Tuesday evening , July 30 th . Mr . Elliott was called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . ' .. Mr , Walter Coopbr moved the following resolution : — "That this meeting is of opinion that the great principles of civil and religious liberty are violated whenever the House of Commons refuses tb admit any man who has been duly elected a member of its body simply because he will not take an oath , in violation , of , and not binding on his conscience , and by the continuous introduction of bills , professedly for the better observance of the Sabbath , ' or for' Sunday Trading Prevention . ' And

      this meeting looks forward to the obtainment of the ' People ' s Charter' as a means . of putting an end to such wrongs , and the establishment of social rights . " Mr . Cooper said , whatever opinions might prevail elsewhere , the people who frequented this Hall thought that religion waB a question between man and his _Godi ( Hear , hear . ) When he ( Mr . Cooper ) was resident inthe City of London he had voted for Baron Rothschild , because he thought Jews should not be excluded from parliament , and not from any , worship of the money power ! He would now crave indulgence in alluding to an accusation made against him in his absence , relative to . Trades' Unions ; and , at the outset , he wished it to be understood that he looked oh Trades' UnionB

      as great ' schools , where men were taught selfrespect . What he had said was , that aristocracy prevailed in the trades , and that one grade refused to associate with the other ; that , tobe useful , they must be made more extensive in their operationsmore embracing—more fraternal—lifting tip those that were down . He had also been accused of neglecting politics to attend to Trades' affairs . But he never railed to tell the promoters of the Association , with which he was immediately connected , that he was wedded to democracy ; and he thought his continued attendance at this and other halls might bo taken as a fair test ot his enduring affection . He looked forward hopefully to the time when the principles contained in . that resolution should prevail . IT Ami nliDoi * a \ "

      ¦ Mr . D . W . Rum said , the last few days had shown what a House of Commons could do in respect to the admission of Jews . It bad shown the Peers and other powers that it held them as nought . As regarded the " Sunday _Trading Prevention Bill , " its main object appeared to be to trample on that already oppressed body—the costermongers , er general dealers—who obtained a precarious livelihood by vending their goods in tne streets . This he traced to the shopkeepers , but they bad never Conceived that the _costermbngerB would ever have possessed the good sense to meet together and form a friendly society for their own protection and mutual instruction . Let the people but think on matters that concerned them—action would follow ;

      the oppression of aristocrats and money-mongers would cease , and Gagging Bills be heard of no more . The Sabbatarians appeared to be possessed of but one idea—Mammon worship . Although he had ho respect , personally , for Baron Rothschild , he wished to see civil and religious liberty prevail for all ; and hence he cordially seconded the resolution . ( Loud cheers . ) Brontbrbe O'Brien , amidst loud cheers ,, supported the . resolution . So far as regarded the admission of Baron ROthschild to parliament , he was with the author bf the resolution , as he thought no question should be asked of the member elected respecting his religious opinions , but that bis being the chosen of the electors should be an all-sufficient passport . He did hot refuse to admit Jews , but he

      would turn out all usurers and mere moneychangers . As regarded the " Sunday Trading Prevention BUli" he would ask , if their object was for reducing the hours of labour , whether of a Sunday or any other day , ( and he thought ten hours too long , " could they not meet together and say , " We will only-work so long ? " ( "Yes , yes . " ) In King Alfred ' s time eight hours' labour per day was deemed sufficient ; and at the present time , with the aid of railways and canals , one day ' s labour ought tobe regarded as worth six of those in Alfred ' s time ; particularly when it was remembered that they had machine power equal to eight hundred millions of hands ; and still many were found clamouring for a " Ten Hours Bill . " But the whole system wanted altering—and the best way of procuring the alteration was by joining those excellent societies—the National Charter Association , the

      National Reform League , _andthe Fraternal Democrats , and through them to go on proselytising and propogating their opinions , and , at the next general election they might return , at least , sixty men ; holding opinions in accordance with their own . Mr . O'Brien forcibly alluded to the wholesale emigration now taking place from Manchester and other large manufacturing districts , and said it was onl y canting hypocrites who said " Don't speak harshly of Buch a system . " As to the representative system , an eleotion had just taken place in the great county of Mayo , in Ireland , containing a population of some 380 , 000 souls , and what is the result ? Why , after a three days' contest the Free Trader ( Biggins ) gets U 0 votes , and the ProteotioniBt ( Butt ) ninety-eight ,

      making , a total , of polled voters , of 238 , out ofa population of 380 , 000 souls . Thus did _U 0 persons control 'the destinies ol , at least , 380 , 000 souls . He wished them to adopt the motto— ''God helps those who help themselves . ' * Let tbem push steadily and determinedly on for politioal and social rights , and , _they might depend bn . it , that God would boon their side . ( Great cheering ; ) The resolution was carried unanimously . One ofthe Polish refugees then came forward , and sang the favourite democratic hymn , "Viva Italia ! " : . : Julian Harnbt , who was loudly applauded , having made announcement of works from the pen of

      Ernest Jones , about to be published , whioh ' , announcement elicited a hearty response from the meeting—proceeded to comment on the forthcoming Lambeth election , and strongly recommended the bringing forward ofa Chartist candidate , either Ernest Jones or Bronterre O'Brien . Warm app lause greeted this recommendation . Mr . Harney next drew the attention ofthe meeting to the war at present raging between Denmark and the people of . _SchleBwig-Holsteiri ; warmly espousing the cause of the latter . He concluded with a fervent appeal to British Democrats , to give their pecuniary aid to their brethren , the Polish refugees ; and concluded amidst enthusiastic applause . ¦ A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . .

      . Excursion With The Democratic Refugees...

      . Excursion with the Democratic Refugees to _Applkton . —At a meeting held at the Old Dolphin Old-Street , St ., Luke ' s , July 30 th—Mr . M . Claxton in the . chair—it waB resolved , —" That Messrs Bligh _, Moring , Bentley ,: and Bezer , be a committee ! with power to add to their number , to get up a boat excursion to Appleton , accompanied by the Democratic Refugees . " Mr . T . Brown , the secretary , reported that Messrs . Truelove , ofthe John-street Institution , the landlord of the Old Dolphin and Mr , John Fussell ,. had agreed to act as agents in the disposal of tickets , and that . all tickets must be paid for on Friday evening , - August the 9 th . The Committee adjourned until Friday evening next . Rbi ) . Republicanism . -We understand Mr . J . J . Bezerwiil deliver _at leoturo on the prinoiples of Red Republicanism , in the Lecture Hall , Philpot-street , _S _& _fe _** Web 0 l , _evetha _*^ _MbWwiU

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      WORSHIP-STREET .-RonBBRT op A _Lodoini _hotjsb . —A young man of respectable _appearance named John Field , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Hammill , charged with . having _Btolen a silver watch , and numerous other articles , the property of Mr . Samuel Young , coffeehouse-keeper in Shoreditch . —The prosecutor stated , that on the morning of Friday se ' nnighfc the prisoner came to his house with a bulky package in his _poBBession , and after intimating that he had slept the previous night at a p lace in the neighbourhood , where he had not only been subjected to constant annoyance , but suspected it was the resort of thieves , as his property had

      been tampered witn wnue ne was _asieep , engagea a bed , and expressed his intention to stay there for several days . He was accordingly furnished with the required accommodation , and lived in the best style at tho expense of the witness until the following . Tuesday , when he came down stairs with a box in his hand , which he assured witness merely contained soiled linen , which he was about to take to the laundress , and tbat he would return to dinner as usual . Ho failed to do so , however , and upon witness going up to his bedroom a few hours afterwards he found that bis watch had been stolen from the head of his bed , and that not only the prisoner ' s own room , but several of the other bedrooms , had beon plundered of hairbrushes , towels ,

      and almost every other article of that kind . that could bo easily removed . He gave immediate information of tho robbery to the police , and having at length succeeded in tracing the prisoner to another coffeehouse , in Little Britain , he proceeded there and gave him into custody . —Baker , a city policeman , stated that he received charge of the prisoner from the last witness , when he indignantly denied tbat he had anything in his possession belonging to tbe prosecutor , out upon searching him he found in one of his coat pockets the stolen watch , and in a largo carpet bag , which was pointed out to him as belonging to the prisoner , he discovered several'brushes and other articles , which were . also identified by Mr . Young as his property . He likewise discovered a great number of duplicates

      in his possession , and , in addition to the articles before described , he found that , the carpet bag and a large valise , claimed by the prisoner , were closely Sacked with property of every description , whioh he ad every reason to believe , ' if the facts of the present charge obtained publicity , would turn out to be the produce of numerous other robberies . — The prisoner , who declined offering any defence , was ordered to be remanded for a week for other charges to be preferred against him . Unprovoked Assaults . —Andrew Oram , a welldressed middle-aged man , was charged with a series

      of brutal and unprovoked assaults upon two respectable married women , and one of their relatives , named William _Raikes , who had interfered for their protection . —Mr . Hammill severely animadverted upon the wanton and disgraceful nature oi the outrages , and sentenced the prisoner to pay the extreme penalty of £ 6 for assaulting the female complainants , and a second penalty of £ 3 for his attack upon Raikes , or in default to stand committed to the House of Correction for the several terms of two months and six weeks , the latter term of imprisonment to commence at the expiration of the first .

      SOUTHWARK . —A Caution to _LonoiNo-HousB Keepers . — Richard Holgate was charged with being concerned with another man ( not in custody ) in obtaining various sums from several persons resident in the district by the following stratagem : — The system adopted by the prisoner and nis associate to defraud a class of persons keeping lodging-houses was generally attended with success . It appeared that on Friday last a well-dresssed man called at the house of a Mrs . Peacock , near Trinitysquare , represented his name to be Captain Freeman , recently arrived from abroad , and that he was in want of lodgings . He then inspected the apartments , and said they would suit him , and that he should go and send in his luggage . Before ,

      however , he quitted the house , he mentioned that he should send in some stationary articles , and at the same time he drew out of his pocket a purse , from which he took what seemed to be a £ 20 note , and asked her if she would let him have change , and that he would leave money to pay for the parcel . The complainant answered that she could not comply with the request , upon which " Captain Freeman" said , < ' Then you can pay the messenger , who will bring the stationary and also my luggage from on board the _steampacket , and I shall repay you again . " She at once assented tothe proposition , and the " captain" walked but , saying that he should return to his lodging as soon as he arranged some little matters bf business . Some time after his

      departure the prisoner called and inquired if Captain Freeman lived there , and the answer being in tbe affirmative , he then said that he had a small parcel for him , which he bad ordered to be sent there , and tbat it would come to „ . 6 d . Tbe complainant , entertaining no suspicion as to the character of her new lodger , paid the money and took in the parcel , and the prisoner departed . Neither "Captain Freeman , " however , nor his luggage having made their appearance at the stipulated time , the complainant became rather uneasy , and at length decided upon opening tbe parcel which the prisoner was paid for , and found it to oontain onlya few sheets of writing paper , together with three pens , the value of wbich only amounted to a few pence . It is unnecessary to mention that " Captain Freeman "

      never made his appearance at the house afterwards , but information having beeri given of the circumstances attending' the transaction at the Stationhouse inquiries were set on foot , the result Of which was a discovery that the prisoner , in conjunction with the " Captain Freeman" referred to , bad succeeded in obtaining small sums of money from a great number of lodging-house keepers by similar means to those employed in the case of Mrs . Peacook , who was completely thrown off her guard by tho specious manner _: and appearancoofthe " Captain , " a description of whom has been given to the police , and , as the case was deemea incomplete without his presence also , the prisoner was remanded in order to give an opportunity for the apprehension of his associate .

      MANSION HOUSE . _—Forgebv . —Dixon Dawson , a Greenwioh pensioner , who was a few days ago charged with having forged drafts upon Sir John Lubbock and Co ., in the name of Miss Sarah Hawes , the sister of Mr . Benjamin Hawes , sen ., was brought up to . be committed for trial . The following was added to the depositions : — Charles Cuthbert : I have known the prisoner well upwards of fifteen years . He was a fellow servant of mine at Messrs . Hawes _' s , at _Lambeth , for several years I have seen him write , and I believe the writing in the drafts and other papers produced to be his — The prisoner handed in a paper to Alderman Gib ' bs , which the alderman desired should be read in the public room . The following facts were stated ih it .

      — Upwards of sixty years had elapsed since he first went to sea' and the first engagement in which he had fought was that in which Sir Ralph Abercrombie had lost his life . In tho next in which he engaged , which was in 1803 , he received several hard knocks about the head , from which , particularly now that he was advancing in years , he Buffered severely . Ho was on board the Victory at Trafalgar when Nelson fell , and was wounded close to the hero on the quarter deck ; and in 1807 he was in Qaeta , in Ital y , when the French army stormed tne fort , and was there wounded slightly in four places . ' I was sent , ' Baid the old man , " with Sir Samuel Hood to take Madeira , in which we succeeded ; and was engaged off Guadaloupe with two frigates and seven batteries , nine upon one ship , for tv » o hours and forty minutes . On coming home fo England I was sent on board th $ Minotauv 74 , and was one ofthe first men ' . to boara the Danish

      gun boats that our ship destroyed by fire , under the batteries of Copenhagen .. In coming to England our ship waB lostwith 500 men in her , and I had to swim three miles , and was three hours and threequarters in [ the sea before , I got to Camperdown . I was made a prisoner of war and sent to France , where I remained nearly four years , in Valenciennes , half starved , and when the French army werein full retreat from Moscow we were marched 600 miles in that dreadful winter , through frost and snow . My lord , I never was in any prison in my life for any crime till now , and I hope some humane person -will save . me and my poor daughter , who will certainly perish if anything is done to ine so _JkHt n 08 e Greenwich Hospital , and I trust that Mr-Hawes will glye mo a charact fr 6 h year 1816 to 1850 . " -Alderman Gibbs told the prisoner that he must make his statement to the jury , and committed him for trial . J _*'

      _BOW-STREET .-Charob op _Starbing a _Wifb . -W . _ionnel , a porter in the employ of Dr . Townsend , ot the Strand , was charged with stabbing his wile . A certificate was produced from the housesurgeon of the King ' s College Hospital ; stating that barah Pennell was a patient in the hospital , _sufferl _? . ra a very dangerous wound in the palm of tho right hand , which had been inflicted by some ? barp instrument . —J . Luck , police-constable No . 100 , F . division , deposed that he was on duty that morning in Portugal-street , when he saw a cab dnvo up to the entrance of theKing ' _s-cbllege Hotpital . A female alighted , and was assisted in hv

      several persons , and on being examined by the house surgeon she was found to be suffering from a deep incised wound in tho palm of the right hand . After , the wound was dressed , she said she was the wife of W . Fennel ; that she was in bed when her husband came home , and she told him it was a very late hour for him to be out Other words ensued , and ho . lifted up his arm , and aimed a blow at her . . Sheraised her right . arm and she felt something sharp enter her . hand . Sho found that she had been stabbed ; her scream ? _wT several of the lodgers to her _ufi _^ _^ Kt once conveyed her . to the hospital . _WitnesfLk he prisoner into custody . Witness 5 Sd for the weapon , but was unablo tb find M _? soner admitted that ho _struclfhisTife _/ tut £

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      wound was caused hy the nails of hiiifingeri . His wife aggravated him to strike . her . _r-LucK _!»* m the prisoner made the same statement , to him when taken into custody , and he instantly examined his hands . There was . no appearance of blood upon them and from the nature ofthe wound _,-he had no doubt it had been inflicted by some sharp _instrunumt — Mr . Henry remanded the prisoner . . AilLDHALL - Gkttino Wink , bt Foroeb nnn = R 8 -SamuelBartlett wa 8 re . examined , oharge < I SKbteining a quantity of port wine , from the ™ , ' _2 bv means of forged sampling or-T _^ ndoB Docks , Dv _^ meau pr seCution , said ha _^ _TecLSeTffiS the prisoner , but ho would _, , _,, . , _. , _,

      _KT » _^ togo tolle London Doeks , and obtaii , the dooks , drew the samples , and took them to m , _down ' s licensed vituaUer , in _Dark-houw-lane . Ha was subsequently twice emp loyed by the prisoner _fn BSaAran 8 Sctions . -cUes Henry Hodgson said that prisoner came tr _Jum about awrtn _^ hfc ago , and requested to see somo wine [ betweenUS and £ 30 . Witness asked Wm what he wanted 16 for , and prisoner replied that he wanted it _; for shipment to Australia . Witness then showed him soma samples he thought would answer his purpose . Prisoner required a tasting order , and witness gave him three accordingly , but did not give the , sampling order . produced , neither was it in his nanawrW _.-John Hooton , a clerk in the Lpndou

      _DocksT stated he passed the ordera . proo . uceo , _ouu at the time he did so he suspected them , to be forgeries , and gave information to the principal to to ' that effect . It was very easy to obtain tha printed forms that were required for sampling orders , as any one could have them by . app lying at the docks ; the same form also answering the purpose of a tasting order by striking out certain portions thereof . Hence the facility with , which prisoner had been able to forge the names and private marks of Mr . Hodgson an * Mr . Silver , aa there was now difficulty in obtaining * genuine tasting order , whioh contains the private marks of the wine belonging to tho . person Bigning the order , - and which afforded the prisoner opportunity of , copying them with impunity .

      Colloquy Between A Number Of The Masses ...

      COLLOQUY BETWEEN A NUMBER OF THE MASSES AND ASSES OF ENGLAND , SCOT LAND , AND IRELAND , UPON FREE TRADE . Reported by Samuel Gohoon , Esq ., ef Aungier-. street , Dublin . EnqMman . —Why aro wo made to pay 2 s . 2 _Jd . per pound duty on the teas . we use?—Because a fist of useless places , pensions , and expenditures of every kind are thereby kept up to feed the drones and schemers . , ' , ' Give me a list of them?—I cannot , because it would require me to spend a week at least reading it for you . # , . How are we to get rid of it?—Stop tho supplies and taxes ¦ ¦

      . . . Scotchman . —I thought we had members of parliament to reduce our taxes?—Yes , but as they happen to be knaves , whom you , like veritable asses , carry on your backs into parliament , they find it more convenient to share in the plunder thaa to reduce it . ... Farmer , —I see that we have got no repeal of tho malt tax . —You know well that as that tax is paid by the poorest among you , if Parliament repealed it they would lose ose of the poll taxes that feed the list of drones and schemers . There ' s the tax on tobacco 900 and 1400 per cent , on the cost price , why the devil is that not repealed ? Irishman . — 1 was just going to say , I must ax tho member for Judgeborough , conshumin to me , if tbe

      last time the spalpeen came to _requist the nonur of our votes , if he did not tell us ho would vote for a cheap p ipefull for us ; but the next time he came to see us , he was Sir Justice O'Mulligan , and delivered a long rigmarowl charge , all about the evils of agitation and discontent , but the devil a whiff the more we got . The fellow _sould the pass on us there , as well as on Repale . The Irish memoirs flog all the nagurs in the world for cunning _. Why do you always elect schemers and tricksters instead of honest intelligent men?—You may well ax that ! God between us and harm , but all our members are such , we must only take care to get rid of them . English Farmer , —The hop tax we were promised should be abolished without delay , but we seem further off from it than ever .

      London Citizen . —The window tax has been continued upon us in spite of all our remonstrances , and the promises frOm our members , what are wo to do to get rid of it ?—Turn out your members and elect those who will give written pledges to struggle , not merely vote for its repeal , which written promises you can hold up to their faces should they violate them , while you apply the big toe of your right foot to another part of them , should they refuse to resign , and return into your hands the trust they have violated ; any other mode of dealing with such cattle is perfectly futile . Ex quovis ligno mereurius nonftt ; or , in plain English , " you cannot make a silk purse out ofa sow ' s ear . " Artizans and their Families . —The duty on soap is

      still retained , notwithstanding all the slang about sanatory improvements , the appointment of Boards of Health , Commissioners of Sewers , and all that sort of fiddle faddle . Hold ; you make a great mistake in calling it fiddle faddle , it is all a matter of business for the drones and schemers , each of whom may exclaim , like Dr . O'Toole , " It is part of my system . " Aewspaper Proprietors , Schoolmasters , and Lecla * rers . — There is the duty upon paper , and the duty upon advertisements . The pother that is made about the education of the people at last resolves itself into the taxing of the very article upon whicb information is to be conveyed to them , and the cry of Free Trade means , compelling the poor man ,

      who seeks employment , to pay an outrageous tax upon the form in which he announces his wants . Omnes . —Vfe may all go on till night recapitulating those painful and disgraceful truths , but the remedy is in our own hands ; out with the knaves of the House of Commons , and elect men of resolution and probity , who will not betray us , and who , ih any case of desertion , shall be in our power , by the course Mr . G . has indioated . Unless we do that , far better to bo unrepresented altogether , and depend upon our own ways and means for redressing our grievances . The _presentsyatem of parliamentary representation is a curse ; a collection of legislative _attornies , who run up a bill of costs , which the minister pay 8 out of our pockets . Trust yourselves in any way in their hands and you are ruined .

      Working Men's Associations. ' The Second...

      WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATIONS . ' The second public meeting for the purpose of aiding in the establishment of Working Men ' s Associations on the principle of Associative Labour , to ., was held at the National Hall , High Holborn , on Wednesday evening , July 31 st . Mr . _VANSiTiAnr Hxals was called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Mr . Liotd Jones stated the objects and views of the Working Men ' s Associations , and moved the following resolution ;— " That competition 18 _ODO of the principal causes of the misery existing amongst the working classes , and that the organisation of labour by association is the best and most efBcient remedy . "

      Mr . Gehald _Masskt seconded the resolution . ii 5 ?* _S _^ 1 * 8 moved tho foUowi <_ amendment :-Ihat the present unlimited and unrestrained competition is the result of the past and present state of legislation , and tbat no permanent remedy can tako place until the Legislative Assembly is tho representative ofthe whole people . " Mr . _Goonrsuow seconded the amendment . '' Mr . S . _Krnn suggested an alteration in , the wording ofthe resolution ; in tbe last two lines * instead of "the beat remedy , * ' he would bave it : read '• one of the best remedies . " After a few words from Mr . _Hotn _JoUnsf the Chairman put the amendment , which was negatived _SLSStfi £ S _= _" _*• alth _^ h * any \ _ands held in its favour

      were up . . Mr . S . M . _Kvnn then moved his _suggestion ax an amendment which , after a few _worKoTMessrs Jonbs and _Masskt , was accepted and the re solution , as amended , was carried un _aniiSy ' Mr . _Waltsr Cooper moved the following :-That the organisation of labour by _assoemtion cannot only be effected without _endangering but it be the means also of _securinrK theW _Sofifc _2 S ? ° _^ I * _Tauors'Sh _^ _Burini the _\ uin » tlee i _\? that th 0 uest means of _bvSitalff ? _i 8 evml associations is , y »? ir g tl * Wltu custom . " which J __ _SJk 2 iW > . seconded * h « reBolutton , of ttnkl £ h d unanin »> UBly , as was also a vote _attir . t 0 ,- t , ie _ohairman , and the numerously attended meeting separated . :

      Peath. Died On The 27th Of, July, Mr. Jo...

      PEATH . Died on the 27 th of , July , Mr . John Rosden _, _North-i ' oad Preston , in theflft _y-sixthyearofhisage . He waVa staunch _aeasf _ttiftfibSS 'SS _^ rr _*" _-- _^ _SriW-. P _H . J _5 ?** _bedfast advocate of the nfttaftt _^ _atliW * Charter ' vvas a P _* P member Its foundpHLi _^ fi _^ _PwV . ' _"" _* _alwaysready to defend _RbKSwWJ _" _"P rinci P led calumniators . His _acquatt

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      -. ne pamiiol bt Anne , Westminster , at the Printingelhce , 15 , Great Windmill-street , "lax-market , in the City ot Westminster , forthel ' roprietor _. _FEAUGUS'J'CUiNN'J E 3 q . M . P ., and published by the said William Rid _& , at the OHice , in tbe wmo _streeund _uariBU—Satuvdoy August 3 rd , 1850 . _

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03081850/page/8/