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      Mondai, Aran 12. House Op Commons.—Lord ...

      In fa * our of the bill ... ... ... 4 Againstit 77 Majority against ... ... 73 Q _Qoaxeks' » vd Jews' U-amors . — Mr _Cubirtie _Beov moved for leave to bring in a bill to remove doubts a * to _^ to Qu akers' and Jews' marriages _solemoisci before th .-2 nd 2 nd day of March , 1837 . He said that in consequence ol whi what bad occurred on the recent _investigation of _thnus qa _«« tion ot _Tfrw-bytetian miHTiagea in IteUad , _douht « hat had been expressed by some of the judges in thit coiwtry _» : _ * to the complete _valid'tj ofthe marriag «» of * Je _*» s " >• _* Qa Quakers celebrated before _themaniajje act of 183 _^ . ic _** v oil bill which he now proposed to Introduce 8 MKV went to thi the extent of removing these doubt * . ..,,, „ ,. •» SirG . _GKT had been assured by high _£ » 1 «« _J _« f A tbat no such dnubtt as those _referr _* . to < W really _ exist M Wft a . tbey appeared lo hare bee * tt »™ _»« by the be bench in _cVtin cases , he should offer no objection to the in introdnctioa of the bill . . t * then Riven to bring in the bill .

      _eare «_ Oa the motion of MrirnM . variou s accounts of the m gross and _nett amount ot _thecu-Aom * atthe _^ _ldency o _ofBe-agal for the last year were _ordered to be laid on tl t __» table . . . . _Fiirm Bi _tts or Cosh—Mr Hoke moved for leave t < to bring in a bill to amen * an act to _establish the tax a _stion of private bills of costs . He said thatthe bill m which he wished to [ introduce _woutd giveto the Speaker o of the House of Common * the same power with regard t . ta the bill * of costs of tbis house which tbe L rd Chanc cellor had over bilU of corns ofthe Courti of Chancery T The Speaker would have power to apfoint an officer t to -ax all bill * of _cotts whenever the parties who had ti to pay them desired to submit them to taxation . A a difference of opinion exitted in the committee on the p p * int whether all bills should be _suhmi'ted te taxation ,

      a or only such bill * at the parties desired to have taxed . 1 The committee , however , had agreed that in all cases v where corporate bodies brought in bills , the cottt must 1 be taxed before they were paid . Since the Reform Bill i was passed £ S 2 , 0 M had been paid by the corporation of 1 Livtrp . ol for various local acts which it had carried f through parliament Since the year 1836 the trustees i ofthe Clyde Navigation had paid £ 55 , 000 for law expenses i consequent on their different application ! for bills in that bouse—alum much larger tban thst which tbey had paid daring the same time for improving the oavigatiom of the river . It was therefore quite evident , that if the house wished to protect the public from spoliation and robbery , sotae strict _regulation of tbis character was

      absolutely necessary . £ 1 , 985 hed been paid by the corporation of Ken castle for the Newcastle Coal Act , which only consisted of two clauses , and did not _occnpjr the committee more than a single hour . The Bury Improvement Bill of last session , which was a mere Military bill , bad cost . £ 3 , 692 . Be wa * sorry to ( ay thnt all these _expanses had been submitted to by reformed corporations , which ought never to have sanctioned them for a single mi . ute . If auy otber reason was wante-d to justify the introduction of this bill , hehad oue which most be declare , and that •»«* . tbat tho pre iminary law expenses ofthe London and Tork Railway amounted to no leu a sum than f 432 , 600 . leave was tben given to bring in tbe biU . _

      Cost of the New Houses or PixtiiKtHT . —Mr Home mo ved for a variety of returns relative to the cost of erecting tbe oew Houses of Parliament . Mr H . BmtiR was very glad tbat these Tetonv * had beeu moved for . The original estimate of erecting the new Houses of Parliament was £ 800 , 000 ; the expense already incurred wag £ 1 , 000 . 000 ; and he understood tbat it would be nearly £ 2 , 000 , 0 30 before they were completed . Ms _Ho _ t observed , tbat it when these returns were made , they were not suoh as to enable tbe House to ascertain precisely the whole amount of expense to be in . eurred in these new buildings , he should mave for a Parliamentary _investigation ia'o the . ubject . The Exchequer-Bills £ ( 18 , 310 , 700 ) Bill went through committee , and was ordered to be reported to-morrow , ( _Wednesdays The report on the Prieosffi ( Ireland ) Bill was brought op and received . Fives ( Iskliub ) Bm _^ -On tbe third reading of this

      bill being moved , Mr P . French rose , not to object to the bill , but to _sujj-est to Government the propriety of establishing some competent medical superintendence over the various medical establishments in Ireland . He alto Bade some observations on tbe fever now unfortunately raging in Ireland . It was of two kinds . The first wat a low typhus fever , under which tbe parties generally sank in two or three days ; Tba other wat a virulent fever raging in tbe workhouses . He knew of instances in which whole families had _perithtd by it after a patient bad been removed _tobiaorra cabin from the workhouse in which it prevailed .

      Mr _Liboccheke was aware of the great importance of j the _suggestion just offered to him by Mr French , But ! tbe present was s temporary bill , intended to check thej progress of that fever wbich was unfortuna tely so rife in Ireland at the present moment . With such a bill it was not expedient to mix up the suggestion of bis honourable friead ; bnt it was a subject to which the best attention of the Government mutt be given hereafter . The bill was then read * third time , and after some chutes had been added to it by way of rider * , was patted . Mr Pox _Maule then cave notice that as it was _expe dient that the House should pronounce upon tbe principle of limited enlistment , without that principle being burdeued with the other provisions of the Army Service Bill , which referred to ths Chelsea pensioners , be would on Thursday , after the third reading of tbe bill , move that clauses 3 , 4 , 3 and 5 be struck out , intending to bring in another aud separate bill , for rendering effective the service of Chelsea pensioner * .

      Tbe other business waa tben disposed of , and the House adjourned at an early hour . _WEDNESDAY , Aram 14 . HOOSE OF _CO-ifOXS . —The Shake * took the chair at twelve o ' clock . _Bokait Catholic _Eklisv . —Oa the order ofthe day for go s ** too committee on tbe Roman Catholic Belie Bill , f Sir B . _Iffous rote to oppose the motion . Considering the small majority by which the second reading if tbe bill bad been carried , the large majority by which a timi far bill had been defeated dnring the last session of Par . liament _, and the intrinsic importance ofthe subject , the House , he conceived , would not deem bim unreasonable in taking tuch a coarse . The hon . gentleman who had introduced the bill had given notice of certain alterations ,

      which he wat willing to bave engrafted upon it , bnt these alterations affected only its Litter clauses , leaving tbe main and more important portion of the bill wholly nntouched . In bis ( Sir R . _lnglis ' s ) new , therefore , the bill eren if amended as proponed , would be aa objectionable as it wat in itt original state . It was a bill which tended to the destruction ofthe Protestant constitution , church , and character of tbis country , and which would , in its operation , go the length of subverting that great constitutional provision which limited the throne to a Protestant _tucceision . It wat oae of tbe many measures which bad been brought forward within the last fifty years for the _pnrpoie , if not of extinguishing , at least of degrading the established _religion of the country and the Protestantism of the empire . It was his _^ nod fortune to be acquainted with many very respectable Human

      Catholics , both within and without the house , but tbat wonld sot prevent him from speaking h "» mind with reference to the Church of Rome . The boa . gentleman then proceeded to detail to the house what hit mind was , when it appeared tbat it wu fully impressed with the conviction that that Church was now quite as bad at tbe used to ba ; that the was inveterately aud unchangeably opposed to tbe Protestantism of England ; that the wat bent on subverting it , aud setting herself up in itt _ttead ; that the was at ready as ever to fulminate htr bulls over tbe Continent ; thatthe bat at great an itch for excommunicating individual ! and interdicting communities aa of yure * , that if ths did not now absolve subjects from their allegiance , it wat not for want of tbe witb to do so ,

      bat because now-a-dayt inch a course wat not quite convenient ; that if the did not now burn heretics , it was because « b « dared not , bat that the would do to to-morrow if the could , and rather like it ; that , in short , the nas still as great a monster aa she wa i in the sixteenth century , although policy and expediency might have in . due-d ber in tome inttaneet to wear a r __*« k . He tben called opun Lord John Butsell to remember the dying words of bit illustrious ancestor , whose opposition to popery waa one or tbe most conspicuous features ofhis career ; and concluded by moving , at an amendment , that ths _bouM go into committee on tbe bill tbat day til months . Mr Law seconded the amendment .

      Tbe Earl af _AacaniL and Setter opposed the amend _, meat , vindicating the Church of Home from the attacks o f Sir B . H , Iug _! is . In tbo course of hit speech , his lordship made the following observations , which const ' _, fated the almost entire subject ofthe subsequent debate , and wera machhatptd upon by the "Protestant- * members . HU Von . friend who Lad just sat down ( Sir R . H . Inglis ) had said that the church of Borne was _aatago miiticto Protestantism . He perfectly agreed witb hit hon . friend ; to it wu ; and ao it wouU be as long as the world should last , or tilt Protettantitm itself thould W extinguished . ( Ironical cheers from tbe Opposition . ) He could _illuitrate hit _vitws by an incident which had happened _tabimtelf . He wat once on the plains of Marathon , directing hia attention to the mine of a Grecian temple , when _antaitern stranger stood by hit side , lost } a reflection whiltt contemplating that _nnble temple . In the neig hbourhood from which the Persian force had b * en expelled he had seen tbe descendant of the con .

      qaeredgtElnr upon the ruin * of a mighty empire which remained in poetry alone ; and he asked himself whether the Catholic or the Protestant faith should stand t the last hoar ; and that reflection led his feeble and ttninttrscted mind to the same retnlt at history and argument bad broug ht that of the right hon . member for Edinburgh ( Mr Macaulay ) , when , looking through the long vista of ages , be fancied tome stranger from Hew Zealand seated on a broken arch of London-bridge and contemplit ing the mint of St Paul ' s , whilst the tuec « saor of St Peter was wielding with undiminished force thepower wbich had beea so long before conferred upon the Prince of Apottles by the Son of Jrhovah and ofthe fiebrew woman . With the ie sentiments , he thould certt _^ y _tweaetheamen amen t of hit hon . friend . He wat _E , _^! X _^ * _. ? _ * *** _* e _ttrnggle for re-H _^ _Ottttoedom . which he maintained would continue . Stw _' hiar ) _TOmPwte , t ««« tt htw _«« nct .

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      _UrTuntrW _raid tbe noble lord had told the bouse [ plainly , and he did not blame bim for - -peaking what he felt to ' be the hoBest truth , thata contest was going on by _Pop-ry against Protestantism , and that it would R _« . on until Proestaiittsm itself became extinct . ( Erear . ) That was the noble lord's assertion . As far as be was concerned , tbat was his intention , and as far as he nns a representative of the church of Rome that was the intention of that church ( hear , hear ); and thit hil was only part and parcel of that contest . The noble lord had spoken out very plainly , and he ( Mr Piumptr _,- * thsnked him for it . What the _Protettautt lamented wat that they knew not where to find their enemies ; they might behold to-day , when it suited their purpose , but to-morrow , when ii might not be so convenient to them—when they might be met by a superior poiver , tbey might hold their peace ; but the noble lord , as an honest man and an open _antagonist , had told them plainly what was the purpose of his church ; bis _Innguage w _» s plain and intelligible , and the Protestants of

      this eountry were prepared to meet it by entirely opposite language . The church of Rome might be carrying on mat _contest , and might te disposed , when she thought it convenient and found that she had the power to do to , to become a persecuting _charcb . She might be disposed to give this country and others , in proportion as sbe regained power , trouble , and sucb as might lead to great misery ; but when tbe noble lord spoke of the retnlt ofthe contest of Protestantism becoming extinct Wo * the foot of the cb _*« rpi » nf Rome , he iMr _Plumctre ) was not afraid of such a result . He was satisfied tbat Protestantism ont founded on a rock . He only shrank from and deprecated tbe struggle which the church of Rome was promoting , and which honourable members , not of tbat church , were in their _raeataret promoting by advocating such a bill as that now before the house ; he took no part in sucb a measure—it was only parcel of that contest which was to be carried on against Protestantism onto the end , and on that ground he should oppose it . ( Hear , bear . )

      j Lord H . V » vx considered that the objection to this bill , founded on tbe fact ofits repealing a statute containing the Protestant declaration exacted from the Sovereign in conformity with the Bill of Rights , might be obviated by adding a few wards to it , stating , that no part of tbe Bill of Rights should be affected by it . Mr _Spoonek had no _objection to repeal the penalties for introdneing Papal bulls into this country ; but contended that there nas a wide difference between repealing thote penalties , and Tendering the introduction of those bulls legal . Adverting to a pernicious dogma of the Roman Catholic Church , that "he who obeyed his Spiritual Director was free * from responsibility to God for what he did , ** he denounced it as » doctrine subversive of the liberty of _conscience , and ofthe Protestant right of p-ivate judgment . He had contented to the _concession of 1829 , buthe wonld never have done so had " tha extinction of Protettantitm" been talked of at that time . In consenting to tbat act , the Protestants had committed a great mistake _.

      Mr Shew ,, after commenting upon the speech of Mr - Spoonrr , proceeded to show tbe necessity of modifying , if not of totsily _repealing , the laws now on the statute hook against the regular orders of the Church of Rome . If there were no other argument _> n faveur of their _modificntion , the fact that they are almost inoperative would be a sufficient one . They merely answered the purposes of contumely , and none ether . Some of the most illustrious divines of Ireland belonged to regular orders—amongst whom be might instance Father Matthew , the _apottle of temperance , and Dr Doyle , who was the first that had the courage to assert tbat the Irish peasant hat as good a right to his Ufa as the landlord has to his estate , and to maintain thatthe " prerogatives ef poverty on both sides of the channel were the same . '' And yet , had tbe laws now in existence beeu put in force

      against these two gentlemen , the latter might have been transported for life , and tbe former would have bad the opportunity of propagating hit temperance principles in Van Diemen ' s Land and Australia . Since the time of the Popish plot , vague feats had been entertained in . this country of the order of the Jet aits . But , in bis opinion , their virtues had overbalanced their faults . At all ' events the Irish Jesuits were without blame , for tbey had not within the last thirty years mixed themf elvee np with political _questions . or taken part in national agitations . Why . tben , keep laws upon the statute book which rendered thsm liable to the penalty of transportation' Would Mr Spooner , Mr Plumtre , or Sir R . Inglis advise the Attorney-General to prosecute tuch

      men as Father Matthew or Dr Doyle ! This they were unprepared to do ; and " wherefore should intolerance show its teeth , when itt teeth were too loose to bite ! " He was confident that "Protestant security was not to be promoted by Catholic interdiction . " There wat one point in reference to which he wished to see a _elause introduced into the bill . He could see no reason why the Lord Chancellor of Ireland , who had no chnrch patronage at bis disposal , should not he a Catholic , or rather why . Catholicism shonld debar an Irish barrister from attaining the post and dignity of Lord Chancellor . He hoped when they went Into committee on the bill that a clause rectifying this grievance would be introduced .

      _MrFiucn made a stent Protestant speech against tbe bill . Lord 3 . _HifNEts was not convinced ofthe impolicy of this bill by any of the arguments advanced against it . To continue paint and penalties against the professors of a different creed wat not the belt mode of promoting the interests of the Chnrch of England . He did not apprehend the sli ghtest danger from the remission of the pena ties to which members ofthe _relijiioas orders of the Chnrch of Rome were now exposed by their residence in tbis country . He defended the Jesuits from the attacks made upon them by Sir R . Inglis , and threw dirt upon Michelet , Qainet , and other French authors , who bave recently attempted to write _thatorderdewn . He deprecated tbeimpropermeans nbich bad been unscrupulously _ustd to stir up the Protestant feelings of the country against tbe bill .

      Mr _Kewdettate , Mr Goulburn , Mr Estcourt , and Mr Law opposed the bill . Sir John _Ensthope , Mr John Collett , Lord Sandon , and Sir George Grey _supported the motion to go into committee . The Home _Secretary warmly advocated the principle of relaxing as far as possible the penal statutes against the Roman Catholics , although he entertained many _objectioat to the details of the bill , Mr J . Colmit _taid he thought ifa man conducted himself properly in this world he was jastas likely to go to heaven at last whether he was a member of the Church of England , a Roman _Catholic , a Dissenter , a Mahometan , or a Hindoo . ( Laughter . ) He wat a member of the Chnrch ot _Englsnd himself , but he wonld be a party to no

      intolerance . ( Cries of "Divide . ") The Bishop of E « eter had had tbe effrontery to denounce from the pulpit a ball , the proceeds of which wereto be given to the charity funds for relief in Ireland and Scotland , though the Queen had attended tbe opera when the performances wvre for a similar purpose . Great objection teemed to br . entertained by the right hon . gentleman whe last addressed the house to processions of Roman Catholics in pontifical robes ; for himself he must say he hoped his boo . and learned friend who had the conduct of the bill , would content to the introduction of a clause in comtnltt _. e which would prevent tbe bishops from goia g to tbe House of Lords in their episcopal habits , when others went iu plain clothes . ( Loan laughter . )

      Mr Watson replied tothe _ohjections urged against tbe bill , and the House divided—For going into committee 110 Againstit ... ... ... ... 193 Majority 39 By this decision the bill is lost . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the bouse adjourned at 6 o ' clock . THURSDAY , A 1-5 IL 15 . HOUSE OF LORDS —Tbe Peers assembled _thitveniogfor the first time in the new House ofLorit . In answer to a question from Lord BrooaHAK , Tbe Marquis of _Lahioownk stated that it was intended to confine the application of tbe Government grant for educational purposes to those tchools in which the authorised version of the Scriptures wat used .

      The Marquis of Weitkeatb brought in a bill to prevent tbe waste of land in Ireland , whieh was read a first time . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Lord J . Russell brought in the Irish Vagrancy Bill , which wat read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday next . StMDAY _TaADiMQ , —Mr Hind-let then moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the state of Sunday Trading in the metropolis . After & short _ducussios , the notion wat earned by a _najority of 51 to 19 . Aim _Sexvice But . —Mr Fox _Macis moved the third reading ofthe Army Service Bill . Sir H . Docaut moved tbat tbe BiU be read a third time that day six months . Oa a _dirision , the amendment wat . rejected by a majority of 91 against 43 . The Exchequer Bills , £ 18 , 310 , 700 , wat read a third time and pasted . FRIDAT , _ArsiL 16 .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —A number of petition ! in favour ofandagaintt the Government Education Measure were presented . The Army Service Bill was read a first time . Several Bills were advanced a stage , and their lordships adjourned , HOUSE OF COMMONS . —After the presentation of an immense number of petitions , some ofthem tor , and others against the Government Measure of Education , the POOR LAW RELIEF ( IRELAND ) BILL was brought up to be read a third time . A lengthened _diicuwlem _eawwd . te wM _«_ Sit 0 . Grey , Lord G . Bentinck , Mr Laboucbere , Mr Goulburn , Lord J . _Rustell and Mr Disraeli , took part . The bill was then read a third time and passed . Upon the motion of Lord J . Rdssell the Landed Property ( Ireland ) Bill wat read a third time . Tbe remaining orders of the day were then disposed of , aud the honse adjourned .

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      _RtBsns Whe at—Correspondence from St . Petersburgb of the 28 th ult . refers to the perfect elnt of wheat in the markets of the Russian capital . Thero was on hand a superfluity of supply sufficient to load 900 or 1 , 000 vessels . No less than 400 shoemakers are said to have left Dublin during the last month , being out of employment . Some tea which had lately been grown in the Indian district of Knnsoor , is said to be fully equal in quality to the finest Chinese teas ; and its caltiw ! tion ii expected to _prore profitable .-

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      BOW _* STREET . _—Attekimed Rape asd _Robbeht . — Richard Harrison , landlord of the Per cock public-house in _Houghton-strott , Clare Maiket , was chargcl with _stealing £ 115 s , tbe property ofCtiarlus Turner , landlord ofthe Tailors' Arras publichouse , in ClemcntVlanc , and attempting to commit a rape upon his wife under aggravated circumstance . s . Mrs Turucr stated that during the hours of Divine Service on tho 4 th instant , her husband being out of town , she retired to hei bedroom to

      lie down , and haviugfell asleep , she wag suddenly awofce by theprifooer , who forced open the door , _andhavlnu his person exposed , he threw himself upon her pressing his hand to her mouth , to prevent her making any noise , but by using all her _strength she threw him off , and got out of the bed . Shethen sat on a chair rery much exhausted , and he again made a second attempt by throwing himself across her lap , which she resisted as well as she could by holding bis ear and scratching his face ; upon which he said , "You , is that what you mean ! " still , _strugglin _^ with her round the room , _trying to overpower her , and on passing a wilting desk he _suatched the amount

      in question , wmch she had brought up from the shop for safety . She kept no servant , and there wag do person living in the house except a lodger and ber brother , both of nhom she thought were gone out . She had bren suffering much from the treatment she intt with , and awaited the arrival of her husband in town . On tiie following morning the _pritontr came again to the house , and said , " Don ' t be making a singing about that there money , I'll bring it you at nifcht , " at the same time holding up a sovereign between his _Bnger and thumb , which he ofE-ted to her if she would spend hatf on hour up

      stairs with him , upon wbich she _threatened to lock linn up unless he went away , ami when her husband caine homo he would do what the law allowed . She mentioned the circumstance to no female , and on Priday when her husband returned , she directly Informed him of what took place , and they then consulted with a professional man to take proceedings . The _witoess underwent a long cross-examination without altering her direct testimony . There being no defence set up , the Magistrate ordered the prisoner to enter into his own recognizances In the sum of £ 80 for each offence , and two _suretiet in £ 40 , to _antwerboth chargetat the next session of the Central

      Criminal Court . _DigoscKBi-t _Sotmsts . - George Fcrbyand Edward _Aubsry , two privates in the Snd Battalion of the Cold * stream Guards , were charged with riotous and disorderly conduct , aud threatening tho constables in tho execution of their duty . The case occupied the court some tihrie . and from the evidence adduced it appeared that 101 F _division received information while on duty iu Long _, acre that a person had been robbed of his hat by two soldiers , but he refused to prefer the charge , and they took it away . About two o'clock in the morning there was a disturbance in _New-ttreet , Covent _* garden , and the prisoner Ferby was found in hit uniform , drunk , swinging his belt orer his head : and threatening to dash out

      the brains of every —— constable who dared approach him . Shortly after the _sther prisoner wag seen with the hat in hit possession , previous to which they knocked a basket of clothes off a poor man ' s head , and , having repeatedly refuted to go to their barracks , they wen taken into custody , theprisoner Perby continuing to use tbe most violent language against the police . The prisoner Aubrey denied having stolen the hat , having got it from a young man as a security , with whom he had been gambling , and the other prisoner declared he never intended injury to tbe officers , by whom the facts ngalntt bim were overstated . Mr Henry said they had grossly misconducted _themselves , and , as drunkenness could bt no excuse they should pay a penalty of £ 5 each , in default of which they thould be imprisoned for one

      month , LAMBETH . _—WHottsAtE Swih » li _** q . —On _Monday John Began , who had been proprietor of the Adelphi Shades , nnd more recently kept the Wine Rooms in the Westminster-road , was p laced at the bar , before Mr Elliott , on various charges of gross fraud . Mr Games appeared to prosecute for one of the _petsout _victimised , and Mr Roberts appeared for the prisoner . From the evidence , which was somewhat lengthy , it appeared that a short time since the prisoner took a house in tho Broad _, way , _We-tminster , and fitted it up in a very expensive manner fer the grocery , provision , and _cheenemongery business , but before the day on which he _promitel to open for business had arrived , he dispojed of the whole of the fixtures . Among his victims was Mr David Lewi * ,

      _ajapanner and ten canister maker , in Clerkenwell ; Mr _Chas . Burdett , a beam and scale msker , in _Bishopsgate Without ; and Mr Williams , a gat-fitter , in Gray ' t-Inn . lane ; but the _s _' _rotsgest case was thnt of a poor man named _Youles , who had been swindled out ofa pony and chaise , of the value of £ 18 . From the statement of Mr Games , borne out by the testimony of the complainant , it appeared that about three weeks ago , when wanting money very badly , he agreed to sell a pony and chaise cart to Began for £ 18 , intending that it should be a ready money bargain . On getting possession of the properly , however , the prisoner said thut he was taken short of eash , and that he had made arrangements with a frUnd of his , named Nordon , to discount his bill . Youles foolishly took a bill drawn by the prisoner for £ 18 , and made payable at the Loudon and Westminster Bank , and the latter observing that the discount would be 18 s , handed him that sum . The bill was carried to Nordon , who at first exhibited a disposition to discount it , but

      found fault with tha form in which it waa drawn , and a . second bill being written out , the first was detained by the parties . Nordon then changed his tone , said he could get the bill _discouuted , but ultimately refused to have anything to do with it . The witness , in reply to a question put by the magistrate , said he had been induced to part with his property solely on the prisoner ' s _rrpresen . stion , that bis friend Nordon would discount his bill on the tame day that he gave It . The prisoner was re . manded for a week . On the application ofhis _attorney , bowever , he was a mitted to bail . At the conclusion of the case , Mr Games , on the part of the prosecution , applied to the magistrate for the assistance of Serjeant Guff , as it required more thun ordinary _juetgment io petting it up . There could be very little doubt , he said , that the house in Westminster had been taken by the prisoner , who had been formerly mixed up in such transactions , for the purposes of fraud , and on the next examination , he , Mr Games , expected to tee present at least a hundred ofhis victims

      MABYLEBONE . —A _Maoistbatk ' s _Definitioh or A "Gent . "— A man , named William Whelan , was charged by 103 D , who said , " Pleaseyour worship , on Saturday night I found the prisoner drunk , and witb the assistance of two _clri'ians , I took him to the station-home " —Mr Rawlinson : Who do you eall civilians _1—Consta ble : They were two " gents . "—Mr Rawliusoni Do you m « an to say that they were ** gents V—Constable : Yes , your worship Mr Rawlinson : Don't talk of "gents . " again , I pray you . A " gent . " is a blackguard . —The _i-riioner was discharged ,

      BOBBEBT AT THE LoMDOM AK 0 _B-BMINOHAM _BAILwat _STATioif _.- —On Tuesday Mr Rawlinson was occupied for nearly two hours in the investigation of a _charui ' against a number of persons who had been taken into custody for having beon concerned in stealing propmy to the amount of nearly £ 600 , frora a van belonging to Messrs Crowley and Co ., whiih firm had , by _hand-billa , offered a reward of £ 80 , for such information as _woulil lead to the apprehension and conviction of the thieves , — The naraeJ of the prisoners were John Freer , William Martin . Henry East . Samuel Freer , John Cheny , Joseph Taylor , James Taylor , Joel Taylor , Joseph Cooper , and William Pullen . A considerable degree of interest wa * excited in consequ _.-nce of tho numerous robberies which from time to time , havo been perpetrated at the different stations , and the Court was , therefore , much crowded—Mr Vann attended for the prosecution ; Mr Wilk . _nson manager to Messrs Crowley ' s , tbe welMtnown r « ilwa _* .

      carriers , also attended ; as did Mr Barker , superintendent of tha railway company ' s police , and Inspector rascoe , of the N division . A great deal of _evide-nce wat then gone into , from whieh it appeared that several of the _pritonershad carried off from tbe premises a quantity of goods in a van , and that they had no right whatever to do so , A portion of the said goods was ultimately met with by SeTgeant Sanders , at No . 3 , Colehrook place , Hoxton . It was further shown that at the house in question much of tbe property stolen was discovered . Other evidence was gone Into touching the robbery , and tho * e prisoners firtt-nasted were remanded rill _Tuesday next ; the remaining three were discharged on their promising to appear on the day named . It is fully ex . pected that on the next examination some fads will be elicited which will have a tendency to exhibit to the public a system of robbery carried on upon a very exten . _slve scale .

      WORSHIP-STREET . —On Tuesday Thomas Bone , a middle-aged man of respectable appearance , was charg * d with having obtained , by false prettnoet , tevtral guld watches and articles of jewellery , of the value of £ 55 , from Mr Charles Madell , described at a cabinet-maker and dealer in fancy goods , residing in Baltic-street , 8 t Lnk <*' a . Tbe _prose-cutor stated that he hnd been acquainted for about two months with tbe prisoner , und that pursuant to an appointment between them , he went on Saturday afternoon to the Cr <* wa Tavern , in Clerke well-green , to exhibit to bim a quantity of jewellery an . l watches , for which the prisoner told him he could find a purchaser . The articlet in question consisted of tour gold watches , two chains , and six pair of earrings , and the prisoner requested bit permission to show them to a

      gentleman , of whom be said he had juat purchased about £ 700 worth of timber , and wh <> wat aaxlont to make _suitable presents to two of bit daughters , wh * were about to be married . On tbe faith of this statement , witness allowed bim to leave tbe house with the articles , and after about an hour ' s abimce , the prisoner returned , and told him that he bad tent the goods to the Waterlooroad , for the _inspection ot tho intended purchaser , and that they mutt proceed tbere to _^ eiher to complete the negotiation . He accordingly accompanied tbe prisoner to that locality , where they called at two or three houses withoat meeting tbe person of whom they were in

      quest , but at each of wldcb the prisoner piled him with brandy and water , and finally contrived to give him the slip , and go * clear off with tbe property . He had since called several times at the prisoner ' s residence , but wat unable to meet with him until the preceding _evening , when he remained in tie neighbourhood with two officers in plain clothes , till the arrival of the prisoner , and gave him into custod y . —Mr Solomon , a _tolhltor , wbo appeered for tbe defence , contended tbat the transaction amounted merely to a debt , and could not properly be made the subject of criminal proceed ' _ngi . —Mr Arnold , _hewever , considered it his duty tortwmid the _nrfconer upon the charge , but contented , vj swept btaU f « Ms

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      future appearance , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties of £ 100 each . SOUTHWARK . —Arthur Haywood , a rough looking countryman , wos charged with setting tho casual ward in St Olave ' s Workhouse ou fire . The porter of the workhouso stated that tho prisoner , with several others , was admitted into the casual ward to sleep . Soon after their admission an alarm was given that a fire was raging in the casual ward , and on proceeding there it was found thc placo was all enveloped In a dense smoke , nnd thata qu mtity of straw was on firo in the middle of the floor , thc hoards of which were in flame . * , Several persoas were immediately em loyed lu conveying water from the yard to the ward , with which the fire was at length extinguished . The porter added that had not the alarm been given when it was , the house , with its inmates ,

      would very likely have been burot . At all events many liveB would have been sacrlfieed , there being a number of tigod people there who were too infirm to be enabled to escape . A youth was then called forward , and he stated that he was lying down in the casual ward , nnd heing awake at tho time , saw the prisoner , who was smoking , throw from his pipe Borne lighted tobacco , which ignited the s traw , and it was soon on fire . The prisoner made no effort to extinguish the flames , but seemed to enjoy it , and witness jumped up and ran out of the ward , which was full of smoke , and gave the alarm of fire , Mr Cottingham said it was extremel y improper to allow persons in the prisoner ' s situation to smoke tobacco in a place where such a disaster as that of a fire might be attended with such fearful consequences to the unfortunate inmates . He then asked the prisoner what he had to say in answer to the charge t The porter said that no smoking was permitted , but that with alt their vigilance some of tho men admitted occasionally contriv _. d to smoke in the ward , but such a practice was

      strongly condemned by tbe Board of Guardians . The prisoner said that he admitted smoking a pipo of tobacco In the ward , and that some of the ashes drop _, ping into the dry straw , set fir * to It all in a moment , and that he was nearly overpowered with the smoke or be would have lent a han ' in extinguishing the flames . It did not seem _pottlble , he added , that he would havo wilfully committed such an act , for he would hive tun the risk of losing his own life . Mr Cottingham taid tbat was a most fortunate circumstance that the lad witnessed the circumstance of tbe prisoner dropping tbe tobacco ashes amongst the straw , otherwise a' most strious loss of life might have ensued . The _magittrate _thsn pointed out to the prisoner the extreme impropriety of his conduct , in smoking in such a place , and added , that if he was satisfied he set fire to the straw intentionally , he should unquestionably bare sent him for trial , but as he believed it was the result of accident , he should , therefore , on thit occasion , discharge him , and at the same time trusted that it would operate as an

      example-GUILDHALL . —PABCtt , Post _Cohpaht— The affairs of thit defunct Company on Tuesday were brought under tbe notice of Sir P . L _. _iurie , and the room was crowded with guards and drivers . Mr Ashurst ' s cltrk utemieil as the representative of the latter body , and Mr Strict , solicitor , appeared on behalf of some of the directors . The matter had been mentioned to Sir Peter the previous day , in consequence of one of the parcel carts which bad been detained by the men , and deposited at tbe ttables of Mr Matthews , a dairyman , in tho Borough , having been forcibly removed hy a pangi 1 forty Irishmen , collected in St Giles ' s , and having tuen retaken by the men in the City . Sir P . Laurie expressed his surprise that this matter had not been settled long ago , at be had been publicly _assurrd by the secretary , Mr Gough , that four of the directors were worth

      £ 10 . 000 , Mr Ashley replied there was one director a man of good property . The solicitor employed to wind up the company ' s affairs was engaged in disposing of the _assestsofthe concern , and paying as far as they would go the turns due to the poor men whom Mr _Ashurst represented . The carts hnd been sold , but till they were delivered the buyers would not pay for tbem , and nothing could be paid to the po » r men simply because they persisted in withholding the property . Mr Ashnrst _' _s clerk said tbey were not satisfied that when they gave up the carts they would be paid . They were sold to Mr Kingwelt _, the builder of the carts . Now he had been paid £ 1 , 200 ; but £ 600 was owing to him , and if the carts were once delivered , would he not set tbem off against hit bill f The men had aright to be satisfied tbat Mr Kingwell wat prepared and intended to pay for the carts ,

      end next , that the solicitor who received the money was _disponed and was duly authorised to divide it . Sir P . Laurie saw no difficulty in trusting to the poor men re . ttoring any property they held , if they were paid . The directors ought to club together , and produce the money . The Hon . _Agnstns F . Berkeley was put forth as a _director , buthe had publicly deaied it . Mr Ashley said , that notwithstanding his denial he was a director , and he had bis name in a deed . Sir P . Laurie said tbis was tlie age of humbug . The public would be gulled with anything . One of the delusions of tbe day was tbat want of education was tbe great source of crime , the truth being , that the mo'c education had progressed , the greater had been tbe increase of crime . With regard to the matter before him , it had * better stand over till the next day , wben the solicitor for the directors would attend .

      On the following day , all the parties appeared . Mr _Hurd represented Mr Kingwefl , wbo had purchased the carts ; Mr Ashurst ' s clerk appeared for the drivers ; aad Mr Strict for the company . Sir Peter Laurie asked if Mr Strict was tbe gentleman wbo said tbat four of the directors were worth £ 40 , 000 , and every shilling owing would be immediately paid Mr Strict said he was not , but there wat no want of money , and be bad been entrusted to endeavour to arrange the company ' s affairs . In the first place he proposed to pay off the men , about 1 . 10 in number . The horses and carts were more than sufficient for the purpose . He had told the horses , and repaid with that one-half of the deposits made by the drivers , dec . He had also sold the _cartt to the makers of > hem , and upon delivering the whole of them he was to r , ceive £ 600 , which wat more than sufficient to pay the

      rest of the deposits and the wages due , _tuppoivog every man to have a week ' s notice from the day the concern was closed ; but the men had possession of several carts , secreted In different places , and prevented him from doing what he intended . One of the drivers said that the company had thirty . _six out of fhe _forty-five carts . When Mr Kingwell resorted to hiring gangs of Irish to forcibly seise property , it did not look like meaning to pay for it , but seizing it in reduction of his debt . Sir Peter confessed this seemed as ifthe cart-builder was de . termioed to take care of himself . The directors might deal safely witb the men by paying the amount , and re . ceivlnir the carts at the same time and place . Mr Strict thought it wat quite reasonable that the company's property should be first collected aad sold before the directors dipped further ioto their pockets . Sir Peter

      apprehended they had not dipped much yet . Mr _Ashurst ' s clerk said they were not agreed as to what was due . By the deposit note given when the men paid their money , it was contradicted that the money should be _returned any day they left the company ' s service , and the _non-paymmt of the deposit of itself _coastltuted a continuance ofthe service up to tbis day . It was fair , became , tilt they could stake tbeir little capital elsewhere , they could not get employ . Mr Strict said they had hindered him from repaying the deposit by withholding part of the property . They might continue to de so for ayear , but they could not take advantage of their own wrong , and claim a year ' s wages . Sir Peter replied , certainly net , hut recommended a compromise , that , instead of six weeks , which the men claimed , or one week , which Mr Strict offered , they be al _' owed four weeks . Mr Strici had better consult the directert on thin . Every man must expect to pay something for his folly . Mr

      Ashurst ' s clerk put in a chiim for £ 10 more . The men had borrowed £ 40 on depositing five cartt , with the condition that they mi _^ ht be told at tbe end ofa month , if not redeemed with £ 50 . Mr Strict said he would have nothing to do with it . it was , in effect , a charge of £ 10 for the interest of £ 40 for ane month , or a few days , lent on the sicurity of property worth above £ 100 . Sir Peter Laurie hoped they would arrange all the matters between themselves in a day or two ; or if both sides weuld submit to bis arbitration , they might appeal to him again . He a « ked what had become of the parcels which were ia the company ' s hands when it stopped . Mr Aldhouse said tbey were all forwarded the same evening . Tbe company had only about half a dozen packages , in respect to which neither the patty to whom nor by whom they were sent , ceuld be discovered . Great carriers , like the Birmingham Railway , bad £ 1 , 000 worth of goods per » nnum left on their bands . The parties thanked Sir P « er for giving them a hearing and retired ,

      LAMBETH—John Bene , a confidential _tcrvant in the employment of Mr Edward Harris Robbits , boot and shoemaker , _Walworth-road , was placed at tbe bar for final examination , on a chargo of plundering his _ma-itcr of property to a considerable amount . On the former examination it was shown that tbe prisoner for some time past had been in the habit of tending his master ' s materials to bit own house as well at to different workmen , to get boott and shoes mads up for himself ; and not content with tbis , actually carried off the boott and shoes ot hit employer ready made . On hie house being starched a vast quantity of property was found tbere , and nearly the whole of it bore tho

      prosecutor's private mark . Thit day Mr Robbitt wished to withdraw from the prosecution , on the ground , at he alleged , that he wat not aware wben he caused the prisoner to be taken into custody , thnt thr punishment would exceed three or six months' imprisonment ; but finding * that It wat likely to be much more serious , and also au account of the _pritoner ' s family and friends , he did not wish to press the charge , Mr Elliott remarked that the cane was one ot to serious a character , that he coald not , consistently with hit duty to the public , allow it to be arranged in any way , but mutt tend it before a jury . The prisoner wos accordingly committed for trial .

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      Punch on ths _Eoucaiiok _Schkme . —Having been _requested to " pronounce" on the s bjectof _t" * e government education scheme , we bog leave to say that we have wcit-hed the wot and the com in those scales of justice which we always carry about with us . We have looked at the project itself , and at tbe character t the opposition which it has encountered ; and when _de'ired to say whether we think the remedy proposed ot the awful _ionwanee tba . t prevails is more reasonable than the hostility with which it is met , we have _nly to observe , to thc publio at _larrp—•• Yew _ aint _* e anil antidote are both Wore you . "—Pweh , Ths _Suluk * _sn m _IntsH—We hear that the Sultan hat _scribed reuiiitice _^ it _ttithe fund _tm & in _wd of lh . < l ( Mr _«« 4 . _Inth .

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      ¦ OI IAKUK OP ftlUTtNY OS THB _HtOH & EA _3 _—t'LT MouTH . —During tho past week a case of an _extraor-. _iiiiary character has been undergoing investigation before W . U . Hawker aud Joseph Whiteford _, Esq * _, two of the borough magistrates ; and the matter has excitedgreater iuterest than any question which has come before our court since the case of the Brazilian pirates . Ten men , constituting nearly the whole of the crew ofthe James Campbell , a barque of three hundred tons , belonging to Glasgow , hound for BataviJi , and thence to Singapore , came intc this port on Ihureday week , having their master , Mr Wm . Graham , in custody , bound , and kept guard orer by the men in turns , the seamen saying that they wero afraid , from his known violence , that he would do them some serious harm . The case was first briefly heard on Friday ; it was tben adjourned till Tuesday , and ha 3 been continued from dav to

      day since . When the ship was brought into port , the lirst mate went to Lloyd ' s agent , ar . d acquainted him with the _ciroumstancea that led to the captain ' s being taken into custody by his men ; but subsequently the crew were given into custody , all but the first mate and tim steward , who were left free till Tuesday morning , about eleven o ' clock , when they were taken into custody , and only a boy was left free . The circumstance arose out of the intemperate Iangunge and manners of the captain , who it appears has already been tried afc the Central Criminal Court for knocking down a man on board a vessel of which he was tho commander , for which offence it is stated that he was imprisoned for six months . He has also been fined £ 5 at the court at Madras fur a similar offence . At the same time the course the prisoners have pursued in bringing the ship home has , it is said , occasioned a loss of at least £ 1 , 200 . On Thursday the whole ofthe men with the exception of Nettles , the steward , were committed for trial .

      Important prom Portuoai .. —Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the lOtli inst . At Lisbon _everything was in confusion . Conde de Mello was advancing rapidly towards the capital , and he was to be joined at Coxhilhau , opposite Lisbon , by Sada Bandeira . Tbe ministers of the Queen had , in consequence of this march , fallen into consternation , and sending for Sir II . Seymour , and the other admiral on the station , begged for a force to protect the Queen , in case a rising should tike place . This , however , was refused ; the admiral offering only to receive the Queen on board the Hibernia , in case it was found necessary for her to leave the _Aeces 9 _idades . Preparations were making to repel any attack , and somo troops had been sent over the river to reinforce the division of the army at Venda de _Palmslla . One hundred and five of them , however , had deserted . The _Tt ' _inca has the following version of this news : —We have Lisbon news to the 10 th inst . Count

      Tajul , on the part of the Queen and the Government , had called on Sir Hamilton Seymour and Admiral Parker , who had placed the British squadron at the Queen ' s orders , and promised thut the men would land immediately she "desired it , to protect herself and throne . Omasa of the _Prussiah Dust . —Berlin , April 11 , —This day at noon the opening of the United States of the Diet took place at the White Iiali of the Palace Royal . His Mnjesty the King , who walked from the cathedral to , the palace amid the cheers and _greetings of the people , was received at his entrance into the White Hall with three rounds of applause by the assembled States , Iiis Majesty immediately ascended the throne , and , sitting down , delivered his speech , which was of formidable length . On his retirement the King was again greeted with cheers from the members of the assembly .

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      THE WARRINGTON "CONSPIRATORS . " MEETING AT TIIE HALL , WATERLOO-ROAD An important meeting of the South London Engineers was held on Saturday evening , April the 10 th , in the Temperance Hall , Waterloo-road , which was densely crowded on the occasion . Mr Hbtf-klu was unanimously called to- the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Mr MawAED , the district secretary , related the circumstance ofthe conviction of nine ofthe Newton men , and ,, by the exertion of Mr W . P . Roberts , the

      acquittal of the remainder of the twenty-six conspirators . The Manchester committee had recommended that the case should be brought before the Court ot Queen's Bench , and that in order to raise the necessary fundsfor that purpose , the contribution of sixpence per week per man should be continued for six weeks longer , and he ( Mr Milwarel ) trusted this recommendation would be adopted , and that those members ai . d shots who hnd not previously subscribed would outvie the most patriotic in their _subscriptions and exertions for their _suffering lellowmen . ( Loudcnem . )

      Mr _BiRut said he was much gratified at the liberal manner in which others than engineers had _subsciibed on behalf of their oppressed brethren , such _notileconduct ought to suffuse with shame the cheeks of those degenerato _engineers who had been so remiss in their duty as not yet to have subscribed their mite tu uphold the interest and welfare ofthe trade by whieh they lived . ( Loud cheers . ) He had much pleasure in moving the following resolution : — That each man in the tra < _le be requested to subscribe sixpence per week for the ensuing six weeks in order to bring the case of our persecuted brethren of Warrington before an unprejudiced jury of the Court of Queen ' s Bench . Mr Bkech seconded the motion .

      Mr lliHDi . h ? , in supporting it , Baid among the many privileges handed down to us by our forefathers wus that of the right , of public meetings , of which he knew none of more importance—{ Hear , hear , ) to meet , to speak , to cive utterance to thtir free tliou _< -hts , either as regards a Prince Metternich , an Einpcrorof Russia , or a tyrant employer . ( Loud cheers . ) He was glad they so highly appreciated this privilege as to attend in such large numbers . When they met in their hall last , it was to protest against the ignorance , arrogance and oppressive _osnduct of a bench of magistrates , composed of cotton and iron ]

      lords . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , they had to complain of die act of a prejudiced jury , a set of men who from their _t-tation in society mi _^ ht be fairly presumed to have an interest in keeping the men down . He trusted that it would not be sixpence a week that would prevent us taking the case before the Court of Queen ' s Bench . ( Loud cheers . ) Somo few might think it wrong to spend money in law ; but for his part he did not know how they could more profitably spend it than by upholding their just rights and privileges . ( Much applause , ) Mr Hindley resumed his seat amidst protracted cheering _.

      Mr _Wst . _Nkwtob rose amidst considerable cheering , an 1 _s . u ' d he _thought the proceedings of _Mes-rs _Joues and Putts against _twenty-six working men , merited all tlie obloquy and opprobrium that could be thrown on it At the time they commenced their persecution , they could not have formed any idea that the case would have been taken up by their fellow-weirkmen in the warm and energetic manner it had been ( hear , hear , ) but thanki to meetings like these , withenibutiasm , auch as he had witnessed thin evening they had b _. cn enabled to stay the hands of _pi-iju « e _« _. _jureis _, and the persecution of unjust and unprincipled employers . ( _Loiulcheevs . ) Helookedan it as their duty to uphold their trade in all its integrity . True , thev had no lady patronesses , ner had they

      any foremen to hand round the subscription lists tor thein _. but had tbey not _thcircommontraueamlcom * mun interest to uphold . ) ( Great cheering . ) They had been called tbe ari * tocracy of the trades , aud _thought too _prwud to join with carpenters , plasterers , stockingers , and weavers , but lie disclaimed the imputation . ( Loud _clieers . ) They _tuinlit uot have been sufficiently acquainted with the merits of the associative principle , ami having been able to support themselves alone , it had kept them in a state of isolation , but of this he wa- < sure , that they muststretch out a helping hind to their poorer brethren , and

      elevate them in the social scale , or they would ultimately drag the _engineers down to their level . ( Great applause . ) The onlv way that they would effectually serve their brethren in misfortune , was _byVubscribing freely , and taking their case into the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and once before an unprejudicea tribunal , he thounht an acquittal certain . ( Cheers . ) Tho resolution was unanimously adopted . On the motion of Messrs _PMing and llanson , a vote of thanks was given to the committee wh <> had conducted the subscription hitherto for the South Londou District , and their re-appointment was adopted by acclamation .

      Mr William Newton thought they had another duty to perlorm . He stood therein his social position , a member ol a Trades body , and as such was totnlly disconnected with politics of any description . Ue felt that the Northern Star had done them great service , not only on the _prerent occasion , although that was large , for in that day ' s paper they had lour commns and a halt of the trial matter , a leading article , and a fair report of their last night ' s meeting thereon . ( Greatapplause . ) But that journalhad also done them great service on former occasions . After paying some high compliments to the reporter ( Mr Stallwood ) for the great interest he took in their affairs , and for his general assiduity , he concluded by moving : —

      That the best thanks of thit meeting are hereby given to the _Editors and Reporter of the Northsrn Star , for the great services they have rendered our trade . ( Loud cheering . ) Mr _HiMDiir , in seconding the motion , said ho could not wave politics , for although he felt the _svrvice rendered in a social paint of view , he thanked that journal equally for its able advocacy of the enfranchisement ofthe millions , a . question he thought deeply interesting io all , for once admit the people to political equality , and they would hear no mora of such trials as that ef the Warrington men . ( "Great cheering . ) The resolution was carried amidst the acclamation of all . Mr _Stauwood rose amid renewed cheering to acknowledge the compliment , and said , as far as his own humble abilities were concerned , thoy were always at their service . Ever since the great _consolidate union , Ue h * 4 _teton a < l «« p ui _Uwiy

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      | interest in trade affairs , and as regarded the edit of that journal , including its proprietor , _sureho » that they felt but too happy when it was in th power to serve , in the smallest way , the inter _^ t ' « the industrious millions . ( Great cheering . ) 0 { A fin-plate Worker rose in the bod y of theme ing and aaid , he should much like to see a _resoliii _- _some'hing like the following adopted : — * ° n That the attempt to supprest all legal _retlstance defence of labour , by the _conriction ot our fello _* ,. _£ " men , is not only unjust to them , but is also ol the utm importance to every individual who lives b y his | ah " and we recommend the attention of the several t JT _' bodies throughout the Kingdom be called to this ca . and at tbe same time to solicit their support , and _enn _' ' mcir 8 i oeuilioi

      } np _ . uy w . our _uniortunate _hrpn-J of Newton . _" ¦ - " _** . After a few words frora Messrs * Milnard , Hindi and Newton , it was resolved that the resolution ll referred to the committee , with a view to the carr 7 ing its spirit into operation . ™ * A vote of thanks was then awarded to the dr ' man , by acclamation , and ene of the most Si " sisatio meetings we ever witnessed quietly dissolved

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      MEETING AT GHE _ _* _YtvrC * , A very numerous and highly re ! pMtabl _' _, engineers waa held on Tuesday evening , April _imfi the _npuciouB room of the North Pole Tavern Ore J h Mr Jons Holland was unanimousl y ou lled To th chair , and having read the circular convening theme * ing , sai _. _i other trades had beeniavitcd to attend _beean * they ( thc engineers ) wished their sympath y Thev _H not ask them to _sub . cribe . However , if they thourtt * to do so , tuch assistance would be kindl y received IW _pretetit _wffre _. douut _' ess _, aware ofthe origin of the _ _, _„ . _£ between Messrs Jones and Potts , and their men thit it commenced by a breach ofthe usages of th « trade on the part of the employers , and be had no doubt that thev had alt , enrned by this time , that thedi . _putehadre _^ suited In the conviction of nine of the men _. _aud that , too evidently in opposition to the summing-up of the _jud-e ' He thought it an imperative duty to obtain a fair and impartial trial for their muc h-wronged brethren . ( Loud cheers . )

      The District Secretary { Jfr H . Broderick ) read a state _, meat of the receipts and expenditure ofthe committee , whieh ; on the motion of Messrs Laws and Martin , _nat declared tobe highly satisfactory . _MrBaoniaicK said , t ! . e _* y were aware of the enormous length of the indictment against the men of Newton . It contained uo less than 994 points . Yet the jury brought In a verdict of guilty against nine of tteir brethren in a quarter of an hour . He thought this , of itself , was quite sufficient to demand further inquiry , Hehad _therefore , much pleasure in moving tbe following _resolu ' tion : — ** That this meeting protests against the unjust verdict ofa biassed jury , who have convicted niue of our fellowworkmen on a general charge of conspiracy ; thit meeting beinjf of opinion the men onl y exercised a right , at once legal and jast . " Mr _WaiDot * seconded the motion , which wat carried unanimously .

      Mr _CiiittE » Jact- sotr moved the following resold . Won : — " That in conformity , with the request ofthe committee at Manchester we hereby pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to tlie continuation ofa subscription of sixpence per week , per man , for six weeks to come , " Mr Daniel Cla * s seconded the resolution . MrHlNDLKT said , he was gratified _tofiid so man / as * sctnblod to enter their solemn protest against the verdiet of what they justly deemed a prejudiced jury—and to demand , and _talte the necessary steps to secure a fair trial for the _. ' r oppressed brethren . ( Gbeers . ) He agreed with a former speaker that the masters wera the aggressors , nut the men ; be also * agreed that it wat a conspiracy on the part ofthe masters- ro " impoverish" tba men . The _roaMers had the malting nnd tbo enforcing o' tbe law ;

      nevertheless , by clubbing their peBce , and acting in the _epirit of union , they could and would teach their oppressors such a lesson that they would not easily forget . The mea of Newton felt tbat they bad acted ttrictly right _. and they were determined to defend them at any cost , ( Great cheering . ) No doubt it was a novel step for wot king-men to walk into the Court of Queen ' s Bench with : Sir * "itwoy Kelly at their head , but this was the age of progression . ( Loudcheers . ) This tria ) had set tbem thinking : it would prepare them for new scenes , eause them to- exptore oew _Helds for future operation . ( Uear , hear . > Should this appeal to the Queen ' s Bench fail , tbere would be yet another dooropen _. an appeal to tho twelve Judges . ( Great cheering . ) Let them rally round their brethren , persevere to tiie last , and victory must ultimately csown their efforts . ( Vehement cheering . ) The resolution wat carried unanimously .

      Mir Y _* _iu , um Newton said , this wat tbeir third -netting , and aU well attended , all exhibiting good feeling and the holiest enthusiasm . Mr N . delivered au _eJctllunt speech , and concluded by moving * — " Tbat this meeting feels called upon to _oxpreit their warmest thanks to the conductors of tbe Northern Star , and such other newspapers at have advocated the caw of their persecuted fellow-workmen . " Mr Newton here pointed out the great serviee the Northern Star in particular had rendered their trade , ia the shape of able leaders , reports , & c , kc . Bethought it was their bounden duty to support the paper tbat tup * porteJ them , and leave the support of ethers to those < rho benefited by them . ( L » ud clieers . ) Mr _Faossia seconded tbe motion , which wat carried unanimously amid tbe loudest applause .

      Mr _RoB-soi _* , Vice-President ofthe National Association of United Trades for the Employment of Labour rose , and expressed the great pleasure hehad experienced in listen _, ing to the two able aud eloquent speakers wbo bad preceded him , and who had so ably advocated the principles of the association to which he belonged ; and taid , although not connected with their body , he felt a great interest in the question they had met to _dweuts , as It certainly waa a new thing for a judge tt tay _innoceat _, and the jury to say guilty . This was decidedly tbe first of a teries of attempts to crush the working men . Mr Robson then entered into a brief but eloquent sketch ofthe principles ot the National Trades'Association , and ofthe _greatiraportance and _superiority of a national union of trades over erery other union . ( He iat down vehemently applauded , ) The committee , hitherto managing the Defence Fund for this district wus re-appointed , with tbe thanks of the meeting for past services .

      Mr Hois , a millwright , aud a nine years' subscriber to the JVewlaern Star , snid he had read Mr UeWiou ' _t speech , and hud taken the advice tbere offered , and he now came forward with five shillings for the fund . Mr Hull then breached a plan of a co-operative store , by which means some i' 5 , 0 U 0 might be easily obtained , without the _expenditure of a single farthing excepting what they usually spent for their own and family ' s consumption . ( Loud cheers . ) Thanks having been duly voted by acclamation to the chairman , the meeting separated ,

      Tueatuicai. Benefit.—The Metropolitan De...

      _Tueatuicai . Benefit . —The Metropolitan Delegate Committee havo cngHged the Royal Pavilion Theatre fur Wednesd » y , April 28 The Committee have issued a very attractive programme . In tbe new _Melo-Drama , tlie favourite nnd celebrated actor , Mr 0 . Freer , will sustain the leading character . Dancing-Master Wilson and his Pupils will go through some astonishing evolutions ; and , in addition to a variety of Singing and Dancing , tbe entertainment * nill conclude with a Democratic Drama written by Mr E O . Burton . We trust tbe efforts _« f the Committee will be duly appreciated , and tbat their friends will rally round them on the _occation . Tickets

      to be bad of Messrt Wheeler , 83 , Dean-street , Soho ; G . J . Harney , " Northern Star" office , Great Windmillstreet , Haymarket * , Parker , Pewter Plaiter , White Lion _, street , Norton Falgate ; Knowlei , St _Mary-ttreef , Whitechapel * , E . Feird , Gun . street , Limehouse ; _Sulley , Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal green ; Brat , Globe and Friends , _Morgan-Mreet , Commercial-road ; Drake , _"Whltechapel-rotd ; _Bartratn , _Brassfounders' Arms , Ditto ; Pratt , Crown and Anchor , Bethnal-green ; Luke King , Railway Coffeehouse , Brick-lane , Spltalfieldt * , J . Shaw , 'H , Gloucesterstreet , Commercial-road : P . M'Grath , treasurer , 83 ,

      Dean-street , Soho ; Grassby , chairman , _New-ttreet , Westminster ; andTapp , tecrttary , 37 , _Skianer-ttreet , _Bishopssate . Mr Galk ' s Second Balloon _Asckht _.- — Mr Gale made his second ascent from the Rosemary Branch , Peckham on Monday last . The assemblage inside i the grounds was fully 5 , 000 , and outside another ' cypher would not cover the calculatioa . At ft quarter ' past six the word " Go" was given by Mr Gale , and I he and his _fellow-aerial travellers , Messrs . John EU- - wood 3 nd George Sbarpe , were _diseaeaged . with tho >

      machine that carried them , from , tbe cords which » held thera ana it from tlieir upward flight . A tea- - _porary excitement , of & most painful kind , waa ¦ created by the appearance of the balloon ( shortly J after Mr Gale had descended te . the lower car , and d _discharged his fireworks ) , by toe machine to ail » p _« >• pearance losing form , collapsing , and _desce * _dins t with fearful Telocity . We are happy to say that tbii ii was quickly dispelled by a _fait-riding horseman , who io returned to the _starting-piaee , and _annosaoed the ie safe _desce-i t of the aerial _voyagersoa Pengvaeunaou , u , on the farther side ot _Peckham-rye .

      Mount Hkcl » — At the beginning ol" December er dense volumes of 8 mol ;» begun to _issuftfrom Heola . la . and from the 10 th till ibe 15 th of February repeated « d shocks of earthquake , were felt at _Retkiavik and ita ita environs . The inhabitants of Iceland have been len almost decimated by the measles , dysentery , typhus , us , andrheumatic _ievtar . The _Braziliass consider plumpness an essential kid point of female , beauty ; and the greatest compliment ent that can be pain a Brazilian lady is to tell her Ibat bat she _t-rowg fatter and fairer every day . Fins in Turket . _*—The iww ) y constructed govern- -eminent Bilk manufactories at _Brussa hara been con * _jon sumed hy fire . It is supposed the damage exceed * _jeda

      £ 300 , m

      Frinted By Dougai, M'Gowan , Of It Great Windmill-Mill-

      frinted by DOUGAI , M'GOWAN , of It Great Windmill-mill-

      , Uaymavkei, In Tne Uity Of Westmin*Ter,...

      , _uaymavKei , in tne _uity of Westmin _* ter , at tne , t thes Office , m the same Street and Parish , for the Pro- Proprietor , FBAK 6 US _O'CONNOB , Esq ., and _pubUsbrtthcJI by William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Chartewtttit . _Brtn _^ _rtn-. _don-strict , Walworth , iu the parish of St . Mary , _Weff-Neff " _ _T' - _bounty of Surrey , at tho Office , No . l * i * . 1 * _A Great _WlnOiriiU _^ _ti-eet _, Haymarket , iu the . Clty _offfM _«< _WMto mAusA « r , ' * Saturday April 17 th , 1847 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17041847/page/8/