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      Monday, Mabch 15. House Of Lords.—S*Ie O...

      _Ttt-ish money" to _Uuisia . The House of Commons , by ffirraiug the _rosoluU-. _'ES before it , would strengthen the hands of tho executive government in case of difficulty ; hut this was no question ot peace and war . Amongst the advantages of a Whig government was this disadvantage , that whenever it was inclined to anything like « job it was sure to be supported by the opposite side , whereas , amongst the disadvantages of a Tory government was the advantage tbat wherever it was similarly inclined it was cure to be resisted by those in opposmoc , Lord J- Russell would on this _oecarion be - *> _"PP _^ those opposite , but be warned him and the majority who might sup _' port him . that this _- »» _«* lf _^^ question , of which the English people would not lose

      _* 8 " „ , _ „ . j „ mopd the annexation of Mr _Sxvrnc strong ly condemned tne Cracow , and the _consequent violation ef tlie treaty ot _VenZ though he could not _cone-m * in tbe p _^ _posal to st ? uctfo . _i oftheindependenc- of Cracow , _ttetaon . member _said-if Craco * liadb . _comeSo full of conspirators and _ofBrigan-ls—if it was _tbevetrcatof robbers and of _vagabondsl-if it was a den of moral and material buccaneers —what had the three Towers been about ( Hear , hear . ) Why did they not sooner interfere !—why did they not nip the e . il in the bud ?—why did they su & Vr it to grown ap under tbeir eyes 1—why did they not arrest the progress of depwity ! What was the meanine of their protection ? what had been tbe use of the Protectorate !

      ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Would _England be justified , after thirty years , in coming forward in the face of Europe and saying to tbe Ionian Islands , "You are full of conspirators—you are a den of moral aud material buccaneers , and _thtrcfere we will destroy your independence—we will _extinguish yonr liberty . '' And yet this act , gross and flagrant as it would be , would not be a more unjust , or a more monstrous violation of the Treaty of Paristhan the seizure of Cracow was of the treaty of Vienna . ( Hear , hear . ) They _sbouldremerabertheprot-uiseof the Emperor Alexander ' s , aptly quoted hy the hon . member for p . _uitefract , Thc Emp . rorsaid , resp * cling Cracow , " Tbis city _shaH enjoy tranquillity and peace , by consecrating itself to the arts , to industry , and t «> commerce ; it shall remain as a monum _* _-nt of magnanimous policy ,

      which bas placed your independence on tbe very spot ¦ where the ashes © f the best of your sovereigns repose . " Magnanimous policy 1 Well , between tbat _magjanimoos _p-ilicy and the mercy of derision , he almost agreed witb th * noble lord the member for Lynn , who thanked the three Powers for that mercy of decision . But the two combined had no parallel in the history ofthe world—not even in that" Prince" whom he feared other Princes had to * ranch followed . _Uoihing like it , be repeated , was to te found in history ; they must go for an example to the annals of fable—to the example of Semiramis , who suckled aud then attempted to _dt-baach Kinya * . The three Powers might be said to have suckled Craeow . and then to have destroyed her . But why did they destroy her ? The solution was to be fonnd , net in the State of

      Cracow—not by reason of ber den of brigands—not in her being the _f--cus of « m « pir »; y , but in tbe _e-rents wbich had occurred in London , in Paris , and in Madrid . ( Hear , hear . ) History , which had recorded the triumphs of despotism , marked her most decisive one when the friends of freedom were most divided . The consequences of the late misunderstandings were similar to what ban occurred in 1835 , when there was some difference between France aad England on the snt _*} ect of Spain . He believed that if the difference between France and England had not occurred on the Spanish marriages , that , not . withstanding the plots and cabals which were said to exist at Cracow , _theindependence of that city would hr . ve remained undisturbed at tbis moment , and that , notwithstanding , they wonld have attained by legitimate means the perfect security of their own territory . If the Rood _understanding had continued between France and " England the three Powers would have used their bands ,

      but _finding it otherwise tbey used their hoos . ( Hear , hear , ) He would venture to implore the noble lord the member for Tiverton to renew that entente cordinle , and to resume that intimate alliance . He called upon bim to do so for the _interetts of civilization , for tbe sake of pnbb ' c order , and for tbe sake of the continuance of peace . ( Hear , hear . ) He called upon him to do so , not merely to prevent the recurrence of actions such as this , bnt in order to prevent a re-action , in order to ensure peace , in order to extinguish those smouldering ashes of war which were still alive , and which-flashed forth the other day the whole length of the Appenines , fromGcnoa to Calabria—ind which might there , as well as elsewhere , cause more serious demonstrations . {•• Hear , hear , hear , " and cheers . ) He was convinced that if that entente _eordiale was re-established—if these two great _constituiional governments would really aud _effectually act together , their protest would against so untoward au event would be much more valuable ! tban the interest on

      the _Rocso-Dutch Loan . MrDisBAELi lamented as much as any one ceuld do , tbe downfal anft partition of Poland , but the question sow before the house had nothing to do with tbat event . The partition of Poland had '' ceased to be a political catastrophe , and must now be recognised as an historic fact . " Cracow was an Austrian town at tbe commencement of tbat rtruggle , wbich tbe treaty of Vienna was designated to terminate , and it bad now became an Austrian town again . _Ajainst its becoming so both France and England had protested , and new the House of Commons was called upon to affirm the protest pre . sented by Lcrd Palmerston on bebalf of this country , and to punish one of " the parties charged with having had a hand in the act complained of . He maintained il

      to be a principle of public law that the violation of a par . _ticolar treaty inserted into a general treaty was not a violation of the general treaty . This had been decided by men " second to none , " and on more occasions than one in reference to the treaty of Westphalia . The relation of a _particular to a general treaty " was exemplified , in more modern times , by the conduct of tbe Kin ? of Holland , at the time ofthe dismemberment of the kingdom of the Jfethei lands . Honourable members seemed to think that Cracow had been left , by the treaty of Vienna , as a last homage to _Poland , and that the loss of its independence was the extinction ofthe last remnant of that kingdom . He regarded it as the greatest insult that could be offered to Poland , to say that so insignificant a state sbould be erected as a homage to a great ,

      though fallen , monarchy . He had no _sympathy with a race of twenty millions that suffered themselves to be partitioned . If they were a great people , ai some believed them to be , they would have produces' great things . Had they possessed a great national character , they would not have been enslaved . A high national character saved Austria in tbe days of Maria Theresa , when it was threatened with partition by a band of conspirators , at the brad of whom were the king and _republic of Poland . The disturbances which every now and then agitated Poland did not originate with the people , wko were better off in their present circumstances than tbey were under their ancient and national rulers , bnt with a banished and fallen aristocracy , who long enslaved , and at lsst betrayed their country . It was with these aristocratic conspirators tbat so many ofthe liberals of this country sympathized—by encouraging

      whom they were endangering the peace of Europe , whilst tbey were doing anything bat promoting the interests of the Polish people . On a former occasion , wben Lord Palmerston was foreign minister , and when a similar _proposal to that now before the house was made in reference to the payments in question to Russia , tbe noble lord insisted on paying the money , and on that occasion One ofhis strongest supporters was tlie honourable member for Montrose , who gave a hearty vote for that payment . The honourable gentleman then voted that white was black ; and now that he had , some fifteen _ye-irs afterwards , screwed up his courage to make a white speech , and to give a white vote , he was , as he ( Mr Disraeli ) understood , about to show the white feather . He was clad that the noble lord still adhered to the propriety of continuing the payment of the money , and in doing so the noble lord would _hnve his support .

      Lord Palmebsth said thatthe discussion divided itself into two pirts , whether the suppression of the City of Cracow was a violation of the treaty of Vienna , and whether the extinction of tbat free territory absolved Great Britain from the continuance of the payment of the Itiuso-Dutch Loan . Notwithstanding the ingenious arguments of Mr Disraeli , he insisted that the annexation cf Cracow was a manifest violation ofthe treaty of Vienna . As to the argument founded on tbe case of Belgium , he maintained that it was not valid , because tbe separation of Belgium from Holland was agreed to by all the five great powers , who signed the convention of November 1831 , to tbat effect . Bnt while persuaded that the extinction of Cracow was a violation of tbe

      treaty of Vienna , he objected to the declaration of that opinion by a resolution of the nonse of Commons . Therefore , as he could not give the first resolution pro * posed by Mr Hume a direct negative , he would meet it by moving the previous question . With respect to the resolution to withhold payment for the future of theRus . _tia-Dutch Loan , he could sot assent to it , because he be . lieved that in honour we could not release ourselves from our obligation . The moral strength which this country derives from its stiifet adherence , not only to the letter , but to tbe spirit o treaties , was incalculable , and therefore nothing should be done that could possibly impair that moral power . The noble lord having moved the " previous question , " appealed to the " parliamentary judgment- * of Mr Hume not to press the resolutions to a division . Mr 3 . _O'Conkeli . denounced the " blood-stained

      _JIettmsich" and " the execrable monster Nicholas . " Mr lie HE confessed tbat in this instance discretion was the better part of valour , and withdrew bis motion amidst loud cheers from Lord George Bentinck and Ms friends . Tbe Marine Mutiny Bill was read a second time , and the House adjourned at a quarter-past one o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , JIasch 17 . HOUSE OP COMMONS . — The house met at twelve o ' clock , and previously to the discussion on the Factory Bill had two divisions , by which the _considetation ot Ur _Waddington's Rating of Tenements Bill , and Sir J . Parkinson ' s Juvenile Offenders Bill—both of which stood for a second reading that day—was postponed ; tht first to the 81 st , and the last to tbe 24 th inst . The postponement of thc first measure waa carried by a majority of S 7 over W ; and that of the lat ter by a majority of 93 " over 29 voices .

      _Factost Bih _, . —The order of the day for going into committee on the Factories Bill was then read , whereupon , Lord J . _RcsstLi . presented a petition , signed by 592 master spinners and manufacturers of Lancashire and Yorkshire , in favour ofthe bill Mr Bn «» presen ted a petition from certain lessees of mills with water-power , stating that they were under

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      _obKcations to pay certain rents , pvedicatefl upon th supposition that they would have twelve hours' use o the water-power per day _. nndthat if they were limited in the use of it to only ten hours , tbey would be unable to meet their engagements . On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair , Mr _Pessistous , after giving a history of the rise and progress of the opinion of Parliament respecting this bill , denounced it as a measure which had been introduced toits notice under a false title ; for instead of limiting the hours of labour of young persons and females in factories , it was a bill to limit the exteut of adult

      male labour . Having endeavoured to show that former legislation on this subject had not been beneficial , either to the operatives or to tbeir children , he went over the old grounds of opposition to this measure , stating , that it would expose the operatives to a tax of 161 per cent _, on their wages , and that it would give to foreign competitors au advantage of SO per cent , over the English manufacturer . He then calledthe attention of thehonse to the nature of the proposal which be was autborized to make to the supporters of this bill , and which Lord J . Russell had last night characterized as feasible . By thU bill it was proposed that no female or young person should work more than 59 hours in the week . The

      master manufacturers were willing to agree to that enactment , provided they were allowed to work three days in the week as much as 12 hours a-day , confining themselves at the same time not to work for two consecutive days more than 20 hours . If that proposition , wbich must be carried out by relays of workmen , were adopted , the masters were inclined to believe that the productive power of tbe country would not be impaired . He , therefore , proposed to postpone the committee for a fortnight , io order that the manufacturing interest might have time to consider this proposal , aud to say "Ay , " or "No" to it . A prolonged discussion took place on this motion , in the course of which , Mr Bare ar repeated his former objections to tbe bill , and complained of the silence of Lord 3 . Russell , who , though he was Prime Minister , had studiously shrunk from stating any reason for the support which he gave it .

      MrHlNDtn deprecated the attack just made on Lord J , RusscTl , and reminded Mr Bright tbat , lu one ofthe debates an the Corn Laws , he had expressed his concurrence witb Mr Cobden in thinking , "Thatit would be an excellent thing if tho workmen cont ' d have only ten hours labour , and thnt snch a result was practicable if the bouse would do but justice to the industrious population . " Mr Fielden _« 6 kcd Mr Bright , whose attack on Lord 3 . Rus « . e ! l be denounced as most unjustifiable , whether he had not _elrawn up with bis own hand tbe memorial

      which had been presented against this bill , and to which had been appended the names of many persons who not only had never signed it , but who in point of fact had no existence at all ? Having left Ur Bright to digest that question , as be best could , he declared his intention of uot giving up the principle ofa Ten Hours' Bill for which he had so long _cantesdeel . He then referred to Mr Dennistoun ' s _proposal , and observed , that as far as his knowledge went , nothing could be more unsatisfactory to the master manufacturers tban the system of relays which that gentleman recommended .

      Mr Bright answered the question put to him by Mr Fielden by attributing tbe mistakes iu tbe signatures att-icbe _*" . to the memorial to a misprint . Sir R . Peel declared his intention not to support the proposition for postponement after tbe full discussion which the bill had already uudergoneon so many different occasions . Mr Denmstoun withdrew his amendment . On tbe question that the Speaker do now leave the chair , Lord J . _Kcsseix repelled the attach made on him by Mr Bright , who was not quite entitled to lecture him for h ' _s silence . I hope tbat neither the honourable member for Durham nor the house will forget tbat on one occasion I did assign , very shortly indeed , the reasons

      which induced me to take this course ; and if I did not occupy more than ten minutes , the cause of my brevity was tbe honourable member who bas now taunted and thrown reproach upon me . He left me no more than ten minutes before tbe arrival of the hour of adjournment . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Therigkt honourable member for Tamworth also said on a former day tbat he expected tohear my opinions on tbe subject : no doubt he intended tbat I should have an opportunity of speaking , but he too left me only ten minutes for the explanation of my views . ( Hear , hear . ) He was led on , I dare say , by the course of his argument further than he intended , and was uot able to finish what he had to offer in the time he meant to occupy ; but the consequence was that he allowed me only ten minutes , and tbat not being suffi .

      cent , I refrained from soliciting thc attention ofthe honse ; tbe hon . member for Durham told me that the situation in which lam now placed is a retribution for thc conduct I and my friends pursued in 1844 . At that period I saw clearly that , differing as I did from some of my friends , connected with me by private ties , and who might , in tbe event of a . change of government , be con . nectedwith ine in office , such differences might lead to inconvenience and embarrassment . Therefore , with my eyes open , thinking that a bill of tbis kind would be a benefit as affecting children , I gave it my support , and 1 am willing now to bear the inconvenience and embarrass _, ment I three years ago anticipated . If however the honourable member means to imply by talking of the retribution _, that I was then merely _factiously endeavouring

      to thwart and oppose the government of 1844 , 1 beg tn ttU hiw that such imputationsare easily restored . ( Hear , hear . ) He might be told of great manufacturers , deeply engaged in the Anti Corn-Law League , who said that te * hours labour would be quite sufficient if the Corn Laws were repealed . ( Hear , hear . ) If I wtre disposed to retort imputations , I might urge that they held this language merely in order to get the working classes to support the repeal of the Corn Laws , and tbat now tbat object is accomplished they bare not _realised the expectations the ; led the working classes to indulge , ( Cheers . ) After declaring his conviction tbat an endeavour to limit the labour of young persons to hours to which their strength was equal was a perfectly legitimate object for the house to pursue , be denied tbat this bill

      would indirectly limit the labour of adult persons . Bui even if it did produce that result , the principle on which this bill was founded was not an unsound one ; for it ought to be our object to elevate the character of the working classes , to give them as mncb means as possible for their moral and religious instruction , and to afford tbem as much time as possible to cultivate tbeir domestic affections , and to learn domestic habits . He did not sec how these objects could be obtained so long as the hours of labour of young persons were so prolonged as tbey were at present . He confessed , however , thathe sbould prefer an Eleven to a Ten Hours Bill , for under such a system he thought that we should see more steady and equal employment extended through different years tban we did at the present moment .

      Let us consider next the great question which I admit is raised by this bill—whether you can give this advantage to tbe sons and daughters for the working classes without , at the same time , injuring tbe manufacturing industry of tbe country 1 I admit that this is a very large and formidable question . Although the limitation of time may have only an indirect operation upon adults , yet the practical _resnltmay be to deprive them of employ _, ment and to drive our manufacturers out ofthe markets of foreign countries and this is a rery serious considera * tion . I mast observe , however , in reference to it , tbat it does not appear to me that thc case has been made out . In tbe first place , I must remark that tbe _ques . tion does not apply to the whole thirty-seven millions of our exported manufactu res ; because with reft « ence to

      a portion of it the limitation to eleven hours is particularly carried into effect . This has been lately accomplished by one of our largest manufacturing houses—Messrs Marshall , of Leeds , who carry on their works for eleven hours in the day , and carry them on , as we may presume , to a profit . We hare likewise been fold that in many otber branches of trade the working people are only employed for eleven hours in the _dsy . Therefore the question , as I have said , does not apply to the whole tbirty . seven millions . Besides , let us _consider how many various elements there are in tbe price of the commodity which is sent abroad by us to compete with the produce of foreign manufacturers . Take cotton , for instance . We know there is , first , thc original price ofthe raw material ; then comes tbe cost of conveyance

      across tbe ocean , and the commission of the merchant at Liverpool ; afterwards , the cotton is to be wrought into thread , and tben into some species of manufacture . Next , it has to be shipped again and carried , we will suppose to Chins , where it is to be sold in competition with goods of French , Swiss , or American manufacture . Putting together all these elements of price , tbere are few , perhaps not more than one , in which any loss is to be sustained by the manufacturer . I am speaking now of the manufacturer . I nill speak afterwards of tbe labourer . In the first place , the original price of the raw material will not be altered by the proposed change in the law . Next , witb regard to wages ; we must suppose that , whatever may be the value of 12 hours , a 12 hour price will be paid for it ; and whatever may be the

      value of II hours , an 11 hour price will be paid for it . Then what is the part of the cost on which tha manufacturer will lose ! We will take the amount of a manufacturer ' s fixed capital at £ 100 , 000 ; and I have iuquired of different manufacturers , and they have given me different statements ; but I will take one who reckons that the interest on his fixed capital is 5 per cent . ; be calculates the wear and tear of machinery at 6 per cent . ; oil , coal , tallow , and other articles , at about 12 percent . ; and he adds 1 per cent , for gas , making in the whole 24 per cent , npon the value of bis fixed capital . As to wear and tear of machinery , if there is to be a reduction inthe number of hours of labour , there must be a _correspondiig reduction in the wear and tear of machinery . In the same way , less oil , less coal , less tallow ,

      and less gas will be consumed ; so that at last there is only the 5 per cent , interest on the fixed capital upou which any loss will be incurred . That is to say , with regard to all the other articles there will be no change ; but working a less number of hours , and producing thereby a smaller quantity of manufactured goods , there will , of course , be some loss on the interest ofthe fixed capital . As far as 1 can see , this would be the result of a reduction ia the number of hoars of work . But on the otber hand , wc have to consider what has been the state of our manufacturers in past _yeaTS , and what is their state at the present moment . - Let us recollect , in the first place , with referenco to cotton , that a short time ago there was a tax upon the raw material of about £ 700 , 000 a year . Next tbere has been , as I believe ,

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      and as all those who were iu favour ol tho repeal Ol the Corn Laws believe , n considerable relief by the recent change in this particular . Whatever may be the ultimate reduction in the price of grain , tbis at least is obvious , that nhcu the Corn Laws arc entirely repealed there can no longer be that difference _beteveen the value in this country and upou the continent . That consideration will be just the same whether you suppose the general price of corn to be high or low . ¦ If the general average , we willnssume , has formerly been 55 s . per quarter in this country , and 45 s . per quarter in France , iu future years the average will be nearly the same iu both countries . If hereafter there should be a general scarcity , owing to a deficient harvest , the French manufacturer will not enjoy the advantage of having bis corn at _COs ., while the

      English manufacturer is paying perhaps 70 . I hold that this advantage is , at tho lowest , equal to £ 700 , 000 a year . ( Cheers . ) I am sure that all wbo nr _* ued with me for the repeal of the corn lnws , maintained that our manu . facturers were exposed to thc greatest possible disadvantage in the markets of China and South America , b cause tbey could not obtain provisions at the price as our rivals in trade ; and _aga'nst this evil we have now effectually guarded . Therefore it is my convictioa tlut wehave given great advantages to thc cotton manufacturers , first by the repeal of the duty on the raw material , and next by the repeal of the duty on corn . On wool , likewise , a few years ago there was a duty , wbich has now been removed ; and these are the two great articles on which the bill before the honse is to operate .

      They were warned that the bill would lead to a reduction of wages ; but from all that he could learn , the operatives were willing to run the risk of this . As to the time at which they proposed to make thc change provided for in the bill , he thought the present a time peculiarly well fitted for making the experiment , and believed that if it passed , limiting the hours of daily labour to eleven , the production of the country would be equal to its present production , employment would be more constant , and tbe manufacturing power Oftlie country would be more steadily brought into action than now . I cannot look with indifference to the situatiou of that large portion ofthe people of whom some have said that they seem only born to work , to eat , to sleep and to die ( cheers ) ; and in my opinion it is the

      duty of the State as much as possible to take care that the labouring classes are , in tbe first place , made aware ofthe _doctriuesof their religion ; in the next , that they should be able to cultivate domestic habits and affections ; and in tbe third place , that they should look upon the law and thc government as their prefecture from undue , because unnecessary , Inflictions . I confess I do not see how those objects have been attained , or tbat they are likely to be attained as long as tbehours of labour for young persons are permitted to bs protracted as they hare been hitherto . I cannot conceive how a girl , say ol fourteen years of age , after having been employed twelve or more hours in a factory , coming home weary and exhausted , unable to do anything but rest in order to be ready for thc toils of

      the next day , can be brought up so as to make cither a good wife or a good mother . ( Cheers . ) Therefore , although I confess there is risk , I am willing to incur that risk in the hope of improving the character and elevating tbe condition of the people . If I am mistaken in my view , I can only act upoR tho principle which , after the most serious consideration , appears to me wise , prudent _, and proper . lam , therefore , ready to go into a committee on this bill ; and when you , Mr Speaker , have left tbe chair , I am prepared to vote for a clause regtricting the hours of labour to eleven ; in that shape I wish thc measure to be passed ; for while it gives

      considerable advantages to young persons , it will prove that this house is disposed to do everything it can for the p romotion of the welfare and happiness of so large and valuable a portion of ber Majesty's subjects . ( Cheers . The house then went into committee . On clause two ( the Ten Hours' clause ) coming up , Viscount Morpeth intimated tbat he would vote tbat it be expanged from the bill . On the motion that this clause stand part of the bill , the committee divided , and the numbers were—For the clause 14 * Against it 06

      Majority for clause ... ... ... 87 The announcement was received with loud cheers . The other clauses were then agreed to ; and the house resumed amid much cheering . The report was ordered to be brought up on the 21 st of April . The house then adjourned . THURSDAY , MAKCH 18 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tlie royal assent was given , by commission , to the Consolidated Fund ( £ 18 , 000 , 000 ) Bill and the Labouring Poor ( Ireland ) Bill . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Dr Bowsing moved for a copy of the continuation of the correspondence on the subject of quarantine law . The hon . gentleman supported his motion by an elaborate statement designed to show that the plague was not contagious , and tbat quarantine regulations are inefficient as a protection against it . Mr Hume seconded the motion . —Agreed to .

      Irish Absentees . —Mr W . S . O'Beien then moved , " That , inasmuch as the non-residence ef landed propiietorBin Ireland is one of the causes of social disorganization in that kingdom , it is expedient to impose a [ charge by way of special assessment , in aid ef local objects of an useful nature , upon the estates of absentee proprietors , with a view to nuke some compen . _sation for tlie evils resulting from their _non-residence . '' In supporting this motion , the honourable gentleman controverted , at some length , tho proposition put forward by Mr M'CuHdch and others , that absenteeism was not prejudicial to Ireland , and maintained that that country paid virtually to _England an annual tribute equal to the amount withdrawn from it by absentees , whieh was estimated by some at no less than four millions a year , or nearly _one-tbird of the whole rental of the country . Mr . Toite seconded the motion . After some debate , thc house divided , when the motion

      was rejected , the numbers being 19 to 70 . Mr . _Obmsbt Gobe then moved for a select committee to inquire into the necessity for the removal of Smithfield Market , as a nuisance in the centre of the Britiah metropolis , to some appropriate site comprising nn area of not less than twelve acres , ond the establishment of abattoirs in the vicinity of London . After some conversation the motion was agreed to . Rajah op Sattaba . —Mr Home moved for returns of papers connected with the case of the Rajah of Sattava , Mr Hume , _howevtr , withdrew part of his motion , and the remainder was agreed to . _LordMoBPETU broug ht in a bill for the better drainage of towns . The other _businei * on the paper was then disposed of , aad the house adjourned . FRIDAY , March 1 » .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —The business was Iimifsd to Ihe presentation of petitions , and adeclaratioa _from the Marquis of _Conyngham _, that _tkough his name was appended to thc protest of the " Irish party , " presented ts-Lord J . Russell , against out-door relief , it was done without his knowledge or consent , he being in favour of that proposition ; Lord Monteagle admitting that his noble friend ' s name had been inserted by mistake . FRIDAY , Mabch 19 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Winnow Tax . —Lord _Msbpeth , in answer to Lord Duncan , said that _although

      the subject of windows was iuvolved in the sanitary question as regarded the health of towns , he was not aware that it was tho intention of the Chancellor of tho Exchequer , in the forthcoming " bill , to propose any change ofa financial character witb respect to the _window-tax . Lord J . _Rbsseix was anxious , b -fore geing into committee on the Irish Poor Law Bill , Jo take the oppor . tunity of expressing in that house , as a British subject , the deep and lasting gratification ho felt at the nobis and munificent subscriptions entered into by tke , people ofthe United States , for the relief of thu existing distress in Ireland , a sentiment loudly cheered from all parts of

      the bouse . _Pooa Relief ( Ireland Tho House then wont Into Committee ou the Poor Relief ( Irelanrt ) BUI . In the committee considerable wrangling took place on certain amendments proposed on thc * nr » t aud second clauses , but not pressed by their movers to n division . The chief discussion , however , took p lace at ttie close of the evening , when Mr Shaw proposed to expunge the whole of tho second clause , which authorizes the Poor Law ComroisshHVMS under their seal to administer in certain special cases , relief out of the workhouse ts destitute poor persons not permanently disabled , for any time not exceeding two calendar months from the thnt of their order , provided always that nil relief given out of the workhouses to such persons shall be given in food ouly , save in cases of sudden aad urgent necessity .

      Lord J . Russell said that Mr . Shaw had argued throughout as if the present state of tbiugs in Ireland was to bo permanent , and drew the inference that therefore out-door relief would be found impracticable . That , it was to be hoped , would not be tbe case ; and all that tbe clause proposed to do was , to afford somo relief when , either from a temporary increase of distress , the prevalence of fevers , or infectious diseases in the workhouses , it became necessary to prevent the people from _s'arviog . The experience wc had had in this country proved that out-door relief was not incompatible with prosperity , and the successful pursuits of trade , commerce , and manufactures . Indeed , he was to some extent inclined to think the two coincident , and he hoped that the introduction of this principle into the law would lay the foundation ofa better system in Ireland , by furnishing a strong inducement to better cultivation on the part of landlords and farmers , and more industrious habits on the part of tbe labourer .

      Towards the close of tho debato the committee became most disorderly—the uproar beggared all description , and many speeches were not more intelligible than so much dumb show . The leaders ofthe Irish party supported the amendment with true national zeal and impetuosity , fighting against the clause as a measure affecting '' the life and property" of every landlord ani tenant in Ireland . A | _division took place , when the numbers were , For Mr Shaw ' s amendment 33 Agaiust It 243

      Majority against it ... < joO The Chairman was directed to report _progress , and having done so the bill was ordored to ba recommitted on Monday next . The other ordtrs of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock .

      8 The Northern Star. March 20, 1847.

      8 THE NORTHERN STAR . March 20 , 1847 .

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      MANSION-HOUSE . —The _Bbitish _Motuai . _Emiokation * Association ;—Tho Lord Mayor received recently a letter from a clergyman , requesting his lordship ' s advice upon a subject of considerable interest and importance to several poor and industrious people in the' parish in which the reverend gentleman officiated . His lordship ' s correspondent wished to bo informed whether a society designated as above , nnd addressing the publie from 141 , Leadenball-street , London , possessed such a character as would justify a recommendation to his parishioners to embrace the terms ofits prospectus , which professed to have " the object to render assistance , andftrm a fund to enable the comparatively poor and needy to emigrate on the most philanthropic and benevolent principles . "

      Immediately upon receiving the letter , tbe Lord Mayor proceeded to make inquiries in London and different parts ofthe country , as to the responsibility of the pai ties who appeared to be principally engaged in the association . His lordship , on Saturday , remarked that , from inquiries hehad made , he was bound to say that the association was one into which people should enter with great caution . Tie solicitor to the association said , there were several most respectable references which wero calculated to show that the institution _wos a bond fide one , and that the committeo of directors , who were to guarantee the protection of all emigrants sent to Texas , were of unquestionable integrity and honour . The Lord Mayor declared , that he could not see to whom the persons who might be induced to _emigrate were to look for security .

      There was no name in the prospectus at all known to the mercantile community of London , and to whom were individuals to look for the proper application of tbe £ 2 , 500 tobe placed , as the prospectus stated , iu the Bank of England , and to form a ground for a loan of £ 25 to each emigrant f Tha gentlemen alluded to as responsible were not tangible . They were beyond the jurisdiction of tbis country . The solicitor to the association intimated that it would be unreasonable to draw an inference so injurious to the project from tho mere evidence of a small beginning . He had himself once been engaged in an insurance company , wbich in commoncing was not able to pay any one , and it was , atthe present time , flourishing . The Lord Mayor repeated , that he felt it to be an imperative duty upon him to denounce publicly , schemes for which there appeared to be no substantial support .

      On _Wedntsday , Lieut . Lean waited upon the Lord Mayor , and affirmed what his lordship had stated in connexion with tbo above society , adding that the projects of emigration far Texas had not escaped the notice of Her Mojesly ' s commissioners , who had issued tho following circulur : — "Caction respecting Emigration to Texas . _—Emigrants are warned tbat her Majesty ' s vice-consul at Galveston , in a despatch , dated Jan . 6 last , states that from the experience of a six years' residence in Texas , he does not hesitate to pronounce thatcertaiu statements which

      have recently appeared respecting thesalubrifyof the climate , the fertility of the soil , and the richness of the mineral productions of Texas are greatly exag gerated , and that there is a melancholy evidence of the fact in thc misery suffered by many of the emigrants attached to the German Emigration Associations . He further expresses a conviction that if British subjects should be induced to emigrate to Texas , they will probably en counter sickness and destitution . —By order of her Ma * jf sty ' s colonial land and emigration commissioners , S . Waucott , Secretary . "

      Captain Lean observed that it must be highly _satisfac tory to his lordship to be assured that numbers of per . sons preparing to run tho hazard of emigration to Texas had , in consequence of his vigilance , and praiseworthy interference , altered their determination tobreak up tbeir homes upon so dangerous a speculation , The Lord Mayor said he felt it to be his duty to obtain the most accurate information before he uttered a word upon tbe su'ject ; but having heard of the nature and character ofthe association , he did not for a moment hesitate to denounce it . Since the above statement , his lordship has received several letters confirmatory of the result of his inquiries ,

      Assault in a _Gambling-house . —On Thursday Abraham Myers was charged with having violently assaulted a man named Myers . The complainant said that the defendant walked into the divan kept by the complainant and asked for his son , who happened to be there , and immediately struck him ( complainant ) in the face , dragged down the gas apparatus , and wrenching the _banisters , acted witb the fury of a mndman , Solomon Hart , bore evidence to the assault , and in answer to a question , as to whether gambling was carried on in the premises , swore there never was the least gambling in thc house ; nothing at all but cigars and coffee . The gentlemen might sometimes play drafts , but never gambled ; it would not be allowed . The Lord Mayor : Defendant , how can you answer this accusation ?

      Defendant : Unfortunately , my lord , I have a son , whom these peoplo have been destroying in their villanous den , I went there la 6 t nixht , and managed to get through the three doors which shut in a room where several persons were playing at hazard , and my eon actually had the dice-box in bis band , I at once snatched the dice , and then the complain . itt and j-the witness struggled with mc , and got them from me , and pushed me against the banisters , which snapped with my weight . My son lost there , a night or two before , upwards of two sovereigns ; and my object was to get him away , and to secure the dice . My appearance there caused great confusion , for I pushed into the room before there was time to ring the alarm-bell . There is a square-table in the room covered with green baize , and under it there is a flannel . The draft-board is kept

      merely as a blind . They were all playing hazard . Solomon Hart was agaiu called by the Lord Mayor . —The Lord Mayor : Was there any playing with dice !—Solomon : No such thing . I never saw dice in the house in my life . ( Laughter . )—The Lord Mayor : Let the defendant ' s son be sworn . Now , young man , what were you about when your father went into the divan ' —Benjamin Mayers ( son of the defendant ) : I had the dice in my hand , aud a set of us were sitting round the table playing hazard . —The Lord Mayor : How was this mischief douc ?—Witness : All the people jumped over thc table to get out ofthe house , and I tried as well as the rest _. My father was knocked against the banisters , and they gave way , —The Lord Mayor : I dismiss the case , and I shall endeavour to prevent you from pursuing this villainous system .

      GUILDHALL . —The "Pahcei , Post" Bbbbu- . —Mr . Aldhouse , one of the superintendents of the Parcel Post Cempany , a concern started about a month ago , to deliver parcels , with the punctuality of the post , for only Id ., attended on Saturday to solicit advice . The directors had resigned ; tbe _creditors , or assumed creditors , were seizing the carts and horses in the streets , and it waa , therefore , unsafe to send out about 1 , 000 parcels , which had been collected from the 600 receiving-houses . Yet their _nondelivery might be most inconvenient to persons leaving London . Mr . Aldhouse feared tbat , if ho pent the parcels out , if they were not seized by the creditors , tbey would be embezzled and detained by the guards uud drivers , who had deposited £ 10 each on taking their places , and would detain the parcels by way

      of security for repayment . He was anxious the public should have their -parcels . —Sir Wm . Magnay and Sir P . Laurie commended their caution , and recommended that he should send the parcels to tho original Parcels Delivery Company , As the 600 tradesmen who keep recrivln _; - houses are responsible to the public for a number ol parcels which are mitsing , it was recommended that they , together with the servants oi the company who had deposited cash by way of security , should meet and enforce the settlement with the sufferers , or indemnity from the directors , while they have property which can bo reached . It appeared the company was net in motion by about £ 2 , 000 , collected from persons who sought em . ploymeut under it ; and who , no doubt , will lo 3 e the hard-earned savings of years . '

      Mr Gough , the late secretary attended on Tuesday , and said he wished to make a counter-statement relating to the affa _' rs of that company , many of the representations that were made being without any foundation . It had been said the directors had withdrawn one after the other from the company , whereas he could state that it was not true . There were nine directors , and up to the present time five had retired , in consequence he supposed , of being unable to pay up the rest of their sharesnamely , £ -215 , to make up £ 250 , £ 35 having been advanced . In consequenoe of this there were only four directors left , who found themselves left in the awkward predicament of being thrust into the situation of

      _propnetors instead of directors , but who still had not shrunk from their responsibility , and were prepared to settle with the men . The directors wero highly respectable parties , with _upwards of £ 40 , 000 . Another assertion he wished to contradict , which was that the carts , etc ., had been mortgaged for £ l , X 00 before they were in the _posy-silonc-f the company , there not being ono word of truth in the statement ; and , finally the men employed had not deposited near half the sum of money that had been stated in the reports . Alderman Sidney was glad to hear tbere was some chance ofa fair settlement , and , he had no doubt , the press would act as fairly in giving Mr . Gough ' s statement publicity » s they had done those ofthe other parties .

      WORSUIP-STREET . _—ExtbaoRDH-auv Robbmy of £ 300 worth op Silk . —On Monday , John Thomas redder , porter in the employ of Mr Mercer , a silk merchant , was charged with having _bezn concerned in stealing two bales of silk from his master ' s warehouse , in Chapel Court , Spitalfields . Mr Mercer said the prisoner had been five years in his service as porter , and had the care of his warehouse in _Chapel-coutt , but resided elsewhere , and no person lired upon the premises , although complainant himself had a bed there , and slept there occasionally . He went away as usual at four o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , nnd left tho prisoner , whom be expected to shut up about fire o ' clock , and to hare tbe warehouse ready for him nt nine o ' clock in the morning . The prisoner kept thc key , and complainant himself had a

      duplicate key , and was in the habit of going to tho warehouse unknown to the prisoner on Sunday mornings , to make an inspection . Lnst Sunday morning he wen * ; about ten o ' clock , and obtained _admission witb % ut any difficulty , and found the counting-house and front premises safe ; but presently afterwards obsorved that a door _leading from Ibe back warehouse into the yard was open . Thero were bolts nnd a lock as fastening ! - . The yard was surrounded by a wall twelve feet high , in wliich there was a door opening into n public thoroughfare , but ho saw that tho bar was across the door , and a pad . Jock in the staple as usual . On examination of the wnrehouse , iu which there were bales of siik of the value of about £ 1 , 000 , ho mi 3 scd two , weighing COOlbs ., of _oivianzino silk , and worth £ _i ) 0 fi , property which be hud seen tluro safe on the Saturday uftcrnoon . Ho imme-

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      diately went In a cub to the prisoner ' s residence in Mansfield-street , _Kingsland-road . The prisoner , he sold , was very pale nt the sight of him , and became much agitated when informed that tbe warehouse had been robbed . Hed ns suspicion then of tho prisoner , but took him back with him in thc cab to tho warehouse , and sent him to the neighbouring police station for assistance , and afterwards gave him into custody on suspicion . The prisoner took copious notes of the evidence given by tho complainant , whom ho cross-examined very abl y . The complainant admitted , in reply , that there was a quantity of plate in tbe upper part ofthe premises , of which theprisoner had the care besides money in and upon tho desk in the counting-house , and other property , which he might have appropriated , if dishonest . Sergeant Jubb , 8 IIsaid he

      , was at the station-house , in Chnpe ' _-yard , on Sunday forenoon , wben the prisoner came and informed him that Mr Mercer ' s warehouse in Chapel-court , had been robbed of £ 1 , 000 worth of silk . He wen t immediately with the prisoner to examine the premises . The prisoner led him through the door from the warehouse into the yard , and mounting the steps to the door in tho high wall , exclaimed , "ITere is where thoy got in ; this padlock is broken . " The sergeant himself , however , proceed to examine the padlock wbich was in the staple , and found thnt it was broken , but was quite sure thai the fracture was not very recent , and the prisoner then said that the boy Alfred , he remembered , had told him some days ago that the padlock was broken , but _| he for . got to mention it for which he was very sorry , Tho

      inspector added , as was also stated by the complainant , that the dust upon the wall and the yard had not been disturbed , and the door in tho wall being found barred , it was evident that the bales of silk , even if thrown out , that they must have been lifted over the wall , twelve feet high , wbich he conceived to b : quite out ef the _question with property of such weight and bulk . Tbere was no appearance of force anywhere else about the premises , nnd the result of his inspection was a perfect _cotnictioit in bis mind , tbat the only entry had been through the front door . The prisoner as appeared from a letter found on him , had been seeking other employment . Mr . Broughton said it certainly was very mysterious how such propertycould havebeen conveyed away , but at present there was no evidence against the prisoner , whom he therefore dis . charged .

      Pto ' _s Head Evidshce . —On Monday Samuel Palmer was charged with having stolen a piece 6 f beef and half a pig ' s head , in Whitechapel Market . The prisoner was seen by a boy " collaring " a piece of beef which lay upon a bot . rd , and was followed and taken into custody nnd to tbe station house , where , upon being questioned , he said he had just purchased tbe meat at Newgate Market . The butcher would have given htm an opportunity of escape , but that one ofthe police found tied up in a _handkerchief in his _peckctthe half of a pig's head , wliich must hove been stolen some time before from the same shop . The double robbery determined the com . plninont to pursue the more disagreeable course . The prisoner—As sure as I am a living man , my lord , I bought both the beef and the _half-head in Newgate Market of a man that hawks about cheap wittlcs . Lord Mayor ( to the prosecutor)—Have you got any evidence as to the pig ' s head ! Butcher—I did not know it wos my property till I went back and found the otber half in

      the shop , and as I had cut it in tiro myself I knew it immediately . Tou see , my lord ( producing the other half and clapping both together ) , how nicely they match . ( Laughter . ) Just look at that bone , your lordship , how it fits in where it was smashed , and don't the animal ' s jaws look as if the breath was coming out of them f ( Laughter . ) Lord Mayor—What have yeu now to say prisoner ? How does it happen that you bought the half of the pig ' s head in Newgate Market , when the other half _wasljingin the prosecutor ' s shop in Whitechapel ? Prisoner—Why , my lord , the man I bought it of goes round all the markets , and picks up everywhere , so he might have called in and bought tbe halt head he sold to me ; but please you , my lord , pigs is so much like each other iu the face , that a man must be a good judge to know one half ofa head from another . I'm blest if ever I knew oue pig from another from looking in their faces , and I ' ve seen a good many in mv time , ( Laughter . ) The Lord Mayor teld the prisoner his ingenuity sbould not avail him , and sent him to Bridewell for a month .

      SOUTHWARK . —Attempted Suicide . —On Monday Mr . John Sears , thc proprietor of an extensive China and glass warehouse , in _Blackmau-street , was charged witb having attempted to commit suicide . Policeman 78 M stated , tbat while on duty that morning in _Blackmanstreet , hearing cries of murder frora Mr Sears' premises he weut in , and on entering the parlour , found Mrs Sears holding herhHsband _, who was making the most violent exertions to extricate himself from her . Policeman perceiving tbat Mr Sears had cut his throat in two _placos . from wbich the blood was flowing , and tbat an open razor was lying oa tbe Moor near the spot , secured him at once from inflicting further injury upon himself , and conveyed him to tho station-house . Previously , however , to going there , tho defendant expressed his regret

      that he had not succeeded in his object , and added that although hu Was restrained from it then he should do it effectually before long . Mrs Sears attended and stated that about two years ago her husband ' s house ia the London-road was burnt down , and upwards of £ 2 , 000 worth of property , wbich was not insured , was totally destroyed . Since that event ho had exhibited much mental depression , but would not permit her to call in medical advice . On thc preceding night he slept with a carving knife under Ms pillow , although she endeavoured to dissuade him from it . His reason for doing so was to use t in case he should be disturbed throughout the night . When he rose from b > _et that morning he manifested much impatience of temper , and he suddenly entered the room where sho was sitting with an open razor in his

      hand , and drew it across bis throat before she bad time to prevent him . He was about to repeat the act , when she rushed upon him , and succeeded in disarming him of the weapon but not before he hail inflicted a second slight wound in his throat . The- defendant , who seemed more composed in his mind when brought before the magis . trate , said that his misfortunes in business in the London-road preyed upon his mind and disordered his intellects otherwise he never would hare attempted such an act . Mr Cottingham said the defendant mado a very determined attempt at self-destruction , and that to prevent a repetition of such an act , heshould adjudge him to find two sureties of £ 50 each , or be committed for two months _. The defendant ' s wife expressed a desire to procure the required sureties immediately _toiffecthislibc . _- _^ v ' on , but

      the magistrate advised her not to ( Jo so , but to let him remain in gaol until efforts were made to obtain his admission into an asylum , where by care and attention lie would be restored to the use of his reason . FOBFEITCBE Or A WIFE ' S CLAIM UPON nEB HUSBAND . —On Fr dsy , J . Ellridge was charged with having un . lawfully refused to support his wife Mary Ann , who had become chargeablo to the parish of Hackney . The defendant alleged as his reason , that last Tuesday fortnight , when he went borne , he found a man rolled up in a sheet under tho bed ; after this proof ofhis wife ' s infidelity be separated Irom her . Their son . he said , saw the man as well as himself . The wife , in explanation , said that the man spoken of came into the room and sat down upon the chair , but without attempting to touch

      her . Hearing a _kvniek , however , she said , " Here ' s my husband . " aud was going to let him in when the man said . "Don ' t be a fool , " and got under the bed , but was pointt _* tl out to her husband by ber littleboy , and then camo from under the bed ; he was a stntnger to her , but a friend of her husband , who , she had no doubt , sent him there in , order to " have a pull " upon her , and un excuse for getting rid of her . The _defendnnt indignantly denied the imputed collusion . Thc man was his fellow workman , but no friend , nnd had never been in his place with his consent . Tbe case was suspended until the son , a little boy , was sent for , and his evidence was found to be so conclusive , that Mr Bingham discharged the defendant witbout making any order upon him , and the wife returned to the workhouse .

      THAMES . —James Reid , who was formerly a licensed shipping agent , was charged before Mr Yardley , upon an information exhibited by Mr Coleman , clerk to the _Registrar-Geuoral of seamen , with engaging a seaman to enter on board a merchunt-sbi p , ho not being duly licensed to do so by thu Board of Trade , by which he had incurred a penally not exceeding £ 20 . Mr Pelham stated the case for the prosecution , which ho said was instituted by the Board of Trade , under the " Act for the Protection of Seamen entering on board raerchaut-yhips . " The Board were determined to see that useful law enforced , and to protect seamen from imposition , and for that purpose were determined to prosecute all unlicensed persons who hired seamen fr merchant vessels . The defendant was formerly licensed for one year , but on the licensing day , in January last , the Board , for certain reasons , declined to renew bis license ; but , notwith . standing , be still continued to carry on his business .

      He was warned of the consequences . He again petitioned the Board , and his licenco was again refused , and as he disregarded repeated warnings , tbis proceeding came necessary . Charles Beaumont a British registered seaman , was then called , and he stated that on the 25 th _Feibru ' _. ivy last he was rout by Reid , in _Ratcliffe-higViwn-y , who asked him if he wanted a ship , and upon replying in the affirmative , he was taken on board the Mary , iu the St . Catharine ' s Dock , where he signed the ship ' s articles . Reid _wab sitting at thc table , and said to the captain , " I have shipped this man , " Reid acted as shipping master for the whole of tho crew , and received their register tickets , which he _delivered to tho captain . Beaumont further said that he was hindered from pursuing the voyage by illness . After further evidence , Mr Yardley convicted the defendant iu tho penalty of £ 5 and costs , and in default of payment he would be committed for two months .

      MARYLEBONE _RoB-iF-a * . — On _Tuessay , John Gibbs whs charged with having stolen two greatcoats , one lined throughout with sable of tho moat expensive description , valued nt _f'lS _, from the residence of John Todd , Esq ., Nottingham-place , _New-road . Demits Buiford , the butler , deposed that on the 80 th of January , the prisoner called at the house , saying he was directed te ask tor some linen which was to bo taken to Argyllstreet . Witness went upstairs to speak to his mistress , who knew nothing at all about the matter , and on his return he found that the _fiifiontr and the two coats had vanished from the hall . Sergeant Harri * on , 11 D , stated that on the 17 ih ultimo , the prisoner and three others were charged with picking pockets , and upon thatoccn . sion lie took down the butler , who at once identified him ( prisoner ) ns being the _perfon who had asked for the linen alluded to . He was convicted by the magistrate , and sentenced'to ono month ' s Imprisonment , and yesterday , immediately upon his being liberated , he ( Harrison ) apprehended him for the _cfTe-ncc uow alleged to agaiust

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      lum . The _pnsoher denied all knowledge of the robberv and said that be was an entire stranger to the west end Of the town . The ser geant remarked tbat neither of th . coats hadyet beea met with , nnd added , that a g reat many robberies ofa similar nature had taken place TU prisoner was remanded . 8 BOW . STREET .-PosT . Omcr . _Robbeht .-o _.- Tues day , Alfred Trigg , was finally examined before Mr Jar * dine , on a charge of stealing a letter _nddreitcd to Jfr " _Uayss _. of _Henrietta-street , and containing a cheque for £ 18 . The gentleman who forwarded the cheque »/ tended to prove that it was in his handwriting ; and thia completed the evidence against him . The prisoner ws « then further charged with having retained certain other letters , which had been entrusted to hira for delivery ( Ie was committed for trial on both charges .

      CLERKENWELL . — Vioient Assault . — Livujg Burniditti was _charged by _Misa Eliza Hester , with bay , ing committed a violent assault , by which she n ag seriously injured . Thc defendant and complainant some time since became acquainted , a mutual attachment exisied between them , and a correspondence c » rrkdon with honourable views until about five months ago , when in consequence of some conduct on the part of the de * fendant , she was induced to rcpu ! s « his overtures , which excited bis ire , and he , defendant , and the men in his employ , were inthe constant habit of watching for her in , the street , and annoying her in ever way . Since she had rejected his addresses , he formed another attachment for * Rebecca Clarke , a friend and companion of complainant rrho had also repulsed the defendant , for similar reasons to those assigned by Miss Hester , nnd hearing that ,

      defendanthad traduced her ( Miss Clarke ' s ) Character , on , Thursday last , she went , accompanied by Miss Hester , to defendant ' s house , to remonstrate with him , when he rushed apon them , violently struck Miss Clarke , called Miss Hester vile names , struck her severely on ths chest _, swore he would murder her , aud , seizing her round the waist , lifted her up , and attempted to throw her over the area railings , but was lukily prevented doing so by Miss Clarke , who went to her assistance . Miss Hester became insensible , and had ever since been ill under the

      care of a surgeon . He called Miss Eliza nester , who appeared to be very much indisposed , and in so weakly a state tbat she was supported to a chair near thc bench to give evidence . She added thnt she went in fear and danger of her life from the defendant , Miss Clarke con . firmed her testimony . —Letitia Hufch ' nsdeposed that the complainant had had leeches applied to h « r chest , audi she was to have half-a-dozen more that night . Mr Greenwood convicted defendant in the penalty of 40 s . and _coBts , and ordered him to find bail to keep the peace for two months .

      GREENWICH . _—FEtoHY . —Henry _Covnish and Jam Gale , charged with appropriating £ 05 in Bank of England notes , the property of Miss Martha Powell , of YictuaU ling _Office-row , Deptford , were brought up for final exa . minntion . After hearing witnesses , Mr Jeremy said there had been no evidence adduced to shew that the femnlo prisoner hnd a guilty knowledge of tbe robbery-She would , therefore , bt discharged at once . The male prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate for trial , and the witnesses bound orer in _£ 40 each to giveevidence .

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      _Emi-obatio _*" . —ConK . —The tide roils on , increasing in strength and numbers as the season advances . The streets and quays here are literally swarming with legions of emigrants , chiefly from the counties of Afeath , fVestmea ' . h , and Roscommon , mostly of the comfoi table class of farmers , flying from their native country as though it were smitten with a plague . So great are the numbers leaving one county alone ( Westmeath ) , that an additional boat for their accommodation has heen put on by the directors of the Royal Canal , as the packet and fly boats were unable to meet the demands of the people seeking a passage . Extensive _Rons-mr . —On Monday information was received by the police that on the 13 th inst ., as a gentleman was leaving a banking house in Castlestreet , Liverpool , he had his pocket picked of a pocket book containing Bank of England Notes to the value of £ 750 .

      _Dkstbcciivb Firb . —Athloke , _Mabcii li—A most awful fire broke out this afternoon , about four o'clock , owing to a chimney taking fire in a very populous part of the town , which is chiefly inhabited by poor persons . Upwards of thirty cabins have been burned to the gronnd ; and were it not for the unexampled exertion of the military of the garrison , it is dreadful to contemplate what might hare been tbe result . Closb of TnE Tmal of tue _TwENiv-EiGnT Robbers . —Thc * Gazette des Tribunaux' of the 11 th , contains the conclusion of the trial of the twenty _, eight robbers before tho Assize Court of the Seine . Twelve have been discharged , one sentenced to the pulleys for twenty years , Eve for ten years , two for fifteen years , one for twelve years , one for eight years , three for six years , two for live years , and one for five years to prison .

      Paisley . — Triumph of the Working Classes . —A meeting has been recently held here for the purpose of forming lines of railway in connexion with this town , and with the view of thrusting upon thc people undertakings which have been countenanced by _monopolists _; and thus , whether beneficial or otherwise to the majority , endeavouring to deceive thc working classes into the belief that their interests were really consulted ; whilst the sequel has proved that the monopolists hare Ueen signally defeated , and held up in their own proper colours . At a crowded meeting last week ,

      Councillor _Connell in the chair , the following _resolution was submitted : — " That the arbitrary conduct of the Ayrshire Company , in charging too high for minerals and parcels , their irregular hours of starting the trains , and the otherwise _im-u-oper treatment of the inhabitants , call loudly for tlie establishment of an independent line of railway _bej tvveen Paisley and Glasgow . " After a stormy debate , the concoctors of the meeting were utterly routed , the following amendment being carried amidst the applause ofthe meeting : — " That as there appears to be no material _difTerence between the lines as ta

      the mineral traffic , and as it is evident , from the arguments brought forward , that neither will secure to the inhabitants thc benefits of competition , this meeting leaves the respective companies to fight their own battles . " We are glad to see the men of Paisley are " up and doing , " and , although we regret to add there is a vast amount of sad destitution amongst them , they have not sunk into carelessness and apathy which distress too fatally engenders , and cf which the sister country present ; so fearful an example .

      GovEn . vMK . NT _Education . —A meeting of _upff-trds of 10 , 000 persons was held at the Coloured Cloth Hall , Leeds , on Wednesday last , the Mayor in tho chair . The meeting was called in opposition to the Government plan . An amendment in support oftlie plan waa moved by Mr _Stanstield , and supported by Dr Hook . The amendment was lost . The original resolutions were adopted . The meeting lasted five hours . Fatal Accident on * the River . —On Tuesday afternoon a voung gentleman named Hatfield , a

      member of tlte St . Bartholomew s Aquatic Club , left Avis ' s , Bells Tavern , Putney , ia a light wherry , accompanied by Elliott , the coxswain of the Neptune Club , and one of the crack watermen of the Thames . The tide was ebbing strong , and there was much wind and considerable surf . When off the Bishop's Meadow , the wind , as it is supposed , caught the boat on its quarter , and upset her , and both of them were in the water . Mr Hatfield , being able to swim , for sometime held up Elliot ; his weight , however compelled him to part from him , aud he sank before assistance could arrive .

      San&Wptg

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      (From The Gazette Of Tuesday, March 10.)...

      ( From the Gazette of Tuesday , March 10 . ) R . Saw , Hammersmith , _crocer and cheesemonger—W . Round , Hammersmith , grocer and cheesemonger — J * Joyce , WarwickJaiie , City , corn denier , and waggon-office keeper—J .- 6 . Fennell , _King-street _, Holborn , child-bed . linen , Berlin wool , awl perliumery dealer—C . Janliue , _Basinghnll-sti-eet , woollen warehouseman — R . I _' arker , New _Inn-ynrd , Old Bailey , carrier—F . Kcstcven , Camden _, street , _Camdcn-town , builder—G . Hilton , Ilithc , Kent , grocer—H . H . 11 . Vaull , rcckham , Surrey , lodgingliouse keeper—W . Hay ward , Ashford , Kent , butcher-J . lhdstead , ItadclitFc , near Manchester , cotton manufacturer —J . Nosworthy , Muuchester , stockbroker—J . Winder , Salford , bleacher — It . Booth , J . _liooth , nnd T . Bcotb , Hnughton , Lancashire , hat manufacturers—0 . Uoodwiu and T . Goodwin , _llursle-m , _Stiillbrdshire , druggists—R _* Gibson , Castle 1 ' rumwich , VFarwickshiro , grazier—T . Walkdcn , Mansfield , Nottinghamshire , scrivener— "' Glover and F , Glover , Leeds , _dyers—Hliznbetli _Barrs , Cheltenham , lodgiisghousc . kcener--J . Harvey , Liskeard _, Cornwall , assaycr—J . _Ingham , Liverpool , merchant .

      (From The Gazette Of Friday, March 19.) ...

      ( From the Gazette of Friday , March 19 . ) J . Pells , Soulhtoun , Suffolk , grocer—J . Hazard and W . Beaumont , Deptford , tailors — C . Brown , Somersetstreet , Aldgnte , plumber and glazier—G . Toil and U . M . Uonald , Old Jewry chambers , City , Bast India merchants —T . B . Wnvell , Brading , Isle of Wright , miUtr-D . E . Columbine , Carlton-cliambers , ltcgent-strect _, mom ' . vscirvener—T . Walkdcn , _AfatisfUld , scrivener— W . Saio _* _-- - son and M . Rigoy , Uury , Lancashire , joiners—J . Hunt , Manchester _iiiercliniit-11 . W . Shipley , Nottingham , hicc maiiut ' acturei- — T . lteudcr , Fok-shill , Warwickshire , miller —T . _Jobling , High Conside , Durhnin , _drajiw—T . l _' otts , _Nowenstlc-ujiou-Tyne , draper — T . _Blatn-rj , Liverpool , corn-broker—K . Dix , Wells , Somersetshire , _sadeler—T . Hardwick and \ Y . Ilardwich , Leeels , aeietioners — W . Glover , Leeds , _woolll'il . _mailllfactliri'i ' —A . Keir , North Cave , Yorkshire , wood-merchant—W . Si- "*** * Uttuxeter , _Staffoidshh-c , mercer .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan , Of Ic, Great Wind'*''*- 1-

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of IC , Great Wind '* '' * - 1-

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      street , ilayniarket , in the City of Wcstinin > ter , nt « * " Office , in the same Street ami Parish , for iho _proprietor , FE Ali _GCS O'CONNOR , Esq ., and _puhli-licd by WiiLiAii Hewitt , of Ne . 18 , _Charles-street . 1 > P" _' don-street , Wulwovt . li , iu th * parish of St . Mary . _*** l ' w > _" _iiigtsn , ill the County of _Sum-v , at tho ("' . ice . . ** ¦ . ' i Grout _Vfiudmill-strcet , Haymarket , in the _Cityul'U'jt . lllillSte'i ' . _Sutuvdiiy " _xUvrch 20 tli , 1817 . J

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20031847/page/8/