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      FRANCE . . EscBOACBMrsrs of tbe _Peiesis . —A fresh topic of _station has arisen , which promises to throw addi--. f 0 Eal interest into the approaching debate upon the gecret Service-Bumey BilL The Archbishop of Lyons _w _fceen summoned before the Privy Council for 1 gmse of authority . The _^ Archbishop assuming- a sower , "tie existence of which will certainly never be _^ _e omised in France , to conde mn by his inandenuMt _auv Wk deemed dangerous to the spiritual interests of " his floek , has undertaken to brand with sacerdotal censure M . _Pupin's celebrated work upon the liber _ies of ihe Galilean Church . M . Dupiffs work is one of a strictly legal character , being little more than a comp ilation of historical documents of unquestion able authenticity , showing the independence of the Church of the See of Ro

      G _* -B _^ me . The Cardinal _tjeUiishop deals liis anathemas upon all those documents , asserting that the so-claimed liberties of the ( _"hurdi have no foundation ; that the interference of _Restate is a _iisiirpation _, arid , in fact , calling upon the Trench to flmg themselves at the feet of Rome , concluding by a defiance addressed to the Privy Council to censure hini , as they had no legal power to do so . Xhii _; is the right-way to go to work ; the sooner the eowled monsters -throw-off their hypocritical disguise , an d exhibit themselves in their true , theirunchanged ch aracter , as the enemies of free thought and man's right , the better for fhe interests ofthe many . Such pranks as those played by the Archbishop of Lyons _Vill soon bring the reaction , and then woe tc the priests 2 _SPAISL

      Go from Home to hear News . _—Accoi-dingtothe Ma drid journals ofthe 10 th and llth , much sensation ias been created in the Spanish capital by the receipt _ofietters from London , mentioning that General _Esp-rrtcro had sent a hostile message tothe Spanish Am bassador , Lee-ruse of some rudeness to Madame t = parteroin his Excellency ' s chapel , who , perhaps , _snc-ouscioHsry had taken possession of that part of lie gallery usually assigned to the ambassador .

      GERMANY . FiusKFOBT , Feb . 14—An official document was _sait a few dajs ago to all the printing offices in Bambet _* gj _requiring the proprietors to forward fbr the future , to the office of Censorship , all the manuscripts iatended for publication , in order that they may be _-rsamincd before they are printed . Hitherto only political _joiirnals and periodicals were _subjected to the censorship in Bavaria .

      _SWITZERLAND . Tux Jesuit Agiiamo *? . —We regret to learn from the Paris papers that the excitement caused by the Jesuits in Switzerland is still on the increase , and that serious disturbances may he anticipated before thc _quesiion is settled . Thc canton of Lnceniehas resolved that the education of the people shall be placed aricrthecontvonlof ihe Jesuits ; and against this - _^ solution not only many of the inhabitants of that canton , bnt the Governments of Berne , . Zurich , and -now the provisional Government of the Pays de Tand , have protested against the introduction of this svstcni of education into the Federation , and seem

      disposed to resist it by force . On . this important subject the Great Council of Vaud had been engaged for ihree days , at aa extraordinary meeting held at Lausanne , whieh terrninat edby the Council abdicating ia _suisse . A general popular meeting , assembled uponMontbesson , at Lausanne , has established a pro--nsioiffli government , composed of -nine members , of which M Brney , councillor of state , has been named president These events have taken place because die grand council had not paid sufficient deference to die prayer of 32 , 000 petitioners for the expulsion of ihe Jesuits , and o <* _cmxed upon the days Of the 14 th and 15 th of February .

      TJMTED STATES . _Asn-RsssT Movemests . —There appears to be no disposition among the Anti-Renters of Rensselaer county to surrender their organisation , and submit temqiiliy tothe operation of the laws . Theprescnce of a strong military force is wanted there , and would Lave a tendency to subdue their spirit . —New York Sun . Axoiheb Axu-Rext Ogtbreak . —The Philadelphia Ledger notices an Anti-Rent outbreak in

      Lancaster . An agent ofthe Hamilton estate arrived in Yhat place to colleetground-rcnts , when some persons collected , formed a procession , and waited upon Mm at his hotel , but were unable to procure an interview . They then resolved that they would pay no more ground-rent , which was received with acclamation _, h was in ihe same county that the meeting was recently held , at which they resolved not to pay any more State taxes , -unless the State Government _sheuld reform , and its representatives grow more _Lonest . —Rnd .

      The Case of Governor Dokb . —The Amemxes of Rhode _Isioxn . —Thc Rhode Island legislature liaving passed a bill for the liberation of Governor Doit , provided he agreed to take the oath before Vie _Supreme Court to support the present constitution of Hie State , and he having refused to comply with these conditions , the following remarks- thereon have np-- _tom-uln the Neiu York Sun . - — Case of Governor Dorr . —Rhode Island Crceltt ask L-jcsiice . —We have already noticed the nonacceptance ofthe pardon to . Gov . " Dorr passed by the Rhode Island Legislatnre , and several jonrnakliave beealoadiuassai _^ gliimfordex * lining to accept the _leiuiv exhibited by the Legislature . There are some

      principles connected with this act ot grace wnich should be known . The . pardon is a conditional one . He must swear allegiance to the Constitution of the Siaie . _Xow there is nothing wrong in this , _excepting lis peculiar applicability to Dorr . The people ' s _constiiution received 14600 votes , and Dorr received thai number of votes as Governor . Uot one ofthe _1-L 0 Q 0 was imprisoned or required to swear to the sea- constitution . Why select Dorr alone to swear fidelity to it , unless It is to make him acknowledge ihat he has acted wrong in consenting to receive 14 , 000 voies for Governor , and preferring _another Charter . Hut there is a point of more _importance involvedin this pardon , as will be seen by the

      annexed extract from the Laws of Rhode Island : — ' The 8 th section of chapter 8 , of the Act of Jan . 253 ? , and ihe 122 nd in the present Digest , enacts 'That every person who shall be sentenced , under _£ ay provision of this Act , to imprisonment for life , or - wine term of one year or more , for any one offence , _stall for ever thereafter be incapable of being elected to any office of honour , trust , or profit in this State , awl of acting as a freeman therein , and ofgiving testimony as a witness before any tribunal in this State , Enless such sentence be reversed . '" Now the sentence has not been reversed . A conditional pardon hag been tendered to him , without a reversal of the sentence , in ease he accepts thc pardon . So that he

      " _* iJ be a convict out of prison , as much as he was in prison , without right , privilege , or citizenship . If tins was intended by the Legislature , it is anything bat act of grace . " Again , section JSO and 181 of tf the new Digest , authorises administration on the convict ' s estate , and provides that in cases of " im-Prisrciment for life , such prisoner's estate shall be Divided amon ! --liis heirs at law , and distributed in _Sesame way as if _fe was dead . " Here his estate _fe _seized upon and divided . lie is dead in law with a -King pardon in hand—deprived of property and Civil rights' Under this inhuman ban Dorr Las _Miai _**** - to gain in accepting the so-called pardon _, _jusoue Island seems intent upon making herself a * W of Algiers among the States ofthe earth .

      < fov . _Dobr asd the Uscrfers . — The -asmping _J _ftiaature of Rhode Island have passed an Act _offer-* _% to liberate Gov . Dorr , on such conditions that he would be entirely deprived of the rights of citizen-¦ _^ I _' . Of course he has refused , and his father has _Petnioned the tyrants for the privilege of visiting his _^ during bis sickness , from a complicated disease , ; _% _* k it is feared will end his life ! If Gov . Dorr is | _>«* ed to die in that prison , it will be the foulest t- « t on the character of this Union that it has e _\* _er _•^ _received ; and , especially will it be an eternal cus _Sfcee on tiie poor men of the present ace . of whose

      _g _»* he is the champion . I know not whether Gov . _^ _" _¦ aovoeates the right to land or not , or whether _kr T € r _^ _*" s atten on drawn to the subject ; but I _-rf _& 7 _* _" ¦ _^ * _-- suffering for his advocacy of the _oft-M " $ ra < X , without which the right -to land _dftrff ** _olnaineti witnont Woodshed , as isevithf *» - m , ? nsent proceedings in this State ; and f t * , y a 30 B' that it is the . duty of all honest ¦ * W _^ pow and 7 fl « n 7 « ss men espeeiallv , to do _fiiTWMBenrle Gov . Dorr atafl hazards , la Yp ' _^ _a gress and the Supreme Court fail to do so . _fyf . 1 " _« npshire associations are forming to _libe-W * - ¦»«» "by force of arms . "—New York _^ _gMm ' sJj _^ ,, .

      t _^ " ¦ _" _*? 0 F _Libertt . —Some thirteen freemen of 3 _* i ? came here on board of vessels from the ¦ _ftWifie 8 ° _^ _*^ _^ ' were yesterday placed in _Eaisn _„ iaent _^ _J the second _municip-dify police , in _Cf of the -Act forbidding free persons of an n , t ? V _* hm -tie limits of the state . Such * _% ! i _? _? _? _* _"iterference with oni * internal laws as xiij j 7 . '• Th , e b _ilassachusetts has been guilty but 5 a -a * _<* e 2 sed vigilance on the part of our police _** Matters . —New Orleans Picayune .

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      _Davjo _/ _Sf _MEEnxas ik Yorkshire . —Mr . Septimus * _4 u * e-l „ _i ) lla ? visit « tt the Mowing places in _Tork--MeitL-Tm _^^ _^ _eek—Dadley-hiD , High Town , _Qcties _tf _^ _Baddersfield—calls on the _difference-^ _oiffif-nn v ? ' _** Yorkshire , to take into their gate to « _lT _^ rati ° n _* e propriety of sending a d _< 3 _eiz _LonA ? ' - _'Speral Trades' Conference , to beheld _£ _¦** on Easter Monday . 0 _^ n an _? v . CoMBJUKBRS are attempting to ° - _J _*^ iiv _' _^ _™ of _^ _ages ; ihey are , however , _teriaL J _w _tw _« ° f the employers , -who seem to be _de-^ _Wrv _doth _?» - * _Mel « _sttobreakiiptheComb-^ _CiW - _^ _eywffl , however , befofled . The _^•^ l _» n / - _? S aine of success if properl y _sup-^ - _? their brother operatives

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      HOUSE OF LORDS , _Thubsdat , Feb . 20 . The Lords assembled , and having had a petition presented by Lord Campbell , complaining of the stealing of newspapers passing through the post , —a subject which that Learned Lord announced liis intention to bring more fully before the llouse ; and after a little * ' small talk" about the time when their new House would be ready ; the second , and all but powerless branch of our " system of checks and counter-cheeks " adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , _Thuhsdat , Feb . 20 . The Speaker took the chair at four o ' clock . A report was brought up that the committee recommended thaf the standing orders should be dispensed with in respect to the London and York Railway ; and also that the standing orders had been complied with in the case ofthe Pontefractand Goole Railway . Air . _Cobuex gave notice of his intention , on a future day , to move for a committee to inquire into the operations of the Corn Laws on tenant-farmers . Sir James Graham said it was his intention on an early dav to ask leave to bring hi a bill to settle the law with respect to orders of magistrates in bastardy cases . This bill had been rendered neces sary by a recent decision of a Learned Judge , who had held that the orders of magistrates were at present illegal .

      1 TA 1 IAX REFUGEES . Sir Charees Xawer wished to put a question to the Right Hon . Baronet opposite with respect to a statement which he had inade the other night _^ regarding the _3 wo sons of Admiral Bandiera , and twenty other individuals . The Right Hon . Baronet had stated that in the expedition in which these individuals had been engaged , the Governor of the Ionian Islands and the Government at home had been taken by surprise . He wished to ask the Right Hon . Raronet whether any report was made to the Government at home of the circumstances , and whether any

      instructions were given by the Home Government to the Governor of __ the Ionian Islands as to how he was to act ? He wished to know whether any instructions had been given by the Governor of these islands , to prevent them from landing . If Lord Seaton had acted a humane part , instead of sending a communication to the _Neapolitan Government , lie should have sent the steamer to acquaint those twenty-two unfortunate individuals , and apprise themlof their danger . He wished to know whether the Governor had represented to the two Bandieras , and twenty others , that they had communicated with the Government what he knew of their intentions .

      Sir R . Peel said he had stated all he knew of this matter the previous evening ; but , for the satisfaction of the . Gallant Officer , he would endeavour to answer his question . No communication had been made by Lord Seaton to the _Neapolitan Government , respecting the intended landing of these twenty-two individuals until after they had sailed . Lord Seaton stated to the Neapolitan officer that one of the Bandieras had arrived in the Ionan Islands in the month of February ; that he then went to Malta , and subsequently returned to the Ionian Islands , _ajid then he had conducted himself there in a manner not to excite any suspicion whatever ; that on the 12 th , when they sailed , the Governor did not suspect their intentions , because they left unaimed .

      Sir C . Napier said that what he wished to know was , whether Lord Seaton had eommuhicated to thc Bandieras , after he had received the remonstrances of the Consuls , so as to warn them of the danger which they were incurring by attempting to land on the coast of Calabria ? Sir R . Peel said that about ten o ' clock in the evening of the 12 th of June the Bandieras had sailed from Corfu , and that Lord Seaton had not previously had the least conception that it was their intention to sail from the island . On the 13 th the Consuls had made their representations alluded to The Hon . and Gallant Officer asked if Lord Seaton had made any communication to the Bandieras

      Now , it was impossible that he eould _^ have made any communication to them before they sailed , because he had entertained no suspicion whatever of then * intention to leave the island . If the Hon . and Gallant Officer intended to ask whether Lord Seaton had sent a boat after them to make a communication to them on the subject , the reply was , that most certainly Lord Seaton had not . Mr . Moxckton Muxes asked if there was . any objection to lay before the House some portion ofthe papers connected with this subject . ( Cnes ' of AIL all 1 and cheers . ) ., _Jtwas a matter that had " created an intense interest throughout the country , and the country would not be satisfied without " further information .

      Sin R . Peel was not aware whether or not the correspondence contained matters which would render it inexpedient to produce the whole of it . He had no objection whatever to lay before the House the substance of it , but it could not be expected thathe could pledge himself to produce the whole of the correspondence without having carefully perused the dispatches of Lord Seaton . Mb S . W . Hoi * e said he might state , from having been in possession of the correspondence , that the Government had received no notice whatever , and on further search he had not been able to find any , of the arrival of ihe Bandieras in the Ionian Islands ; the only notice of their being there was an application from the Austrian Government to have them delivered up as deserters from - the Austrian naval service , which there was no power or wish onthe part ofthe Government to do .

      Mr . T . Ddxco-mbe . —Did the Austrian Government give you any notice of the Bandieras being at Corfu ? Mr . Hope said the Government received no notice whatever . Mr . T .. Duncombe . —Why , it was in Mazzini ' s _letters '—( Great laughter . ) Mr . _MACiaw-o-vprescnted a bill to secure the abatement of the smoke nuisance in large towns , which , after some little opposition on the part of Mi * . Knight and Mr . Hawes , and speeches in support from Mi * . Ferrand , Mr . Milnes , Mr . P . Borthwick _,, Mir . Beckett , Mr . Gill , and Alderman _Copelaud , was laid on the table .

      Mr . Watson moved for , and obtained leave to introduce a bill for repealing " pains and penalties" on Roman Catholics . During the short discussion that ensued , Sir James Graham Stated the _fftCt that tll 6 _Coniniissionei's for the Consolidation ofthe Criminal Law were engaged in consolidating the statutes into one great code , under two separate and distinct heads . Sir J- Graham briefly moved for leave to bring In a bill to regulate the appointment and payment of clerks and other Officers of tha Courts of petty and quarter sessions ofthe peace , oyer and terminer , and gaol delivery .

      POST-OFFICE ESPIOXAGE . On the motion of Mr . T . Duncombe the order of the day for the adjourned debate on the Post-office inquiry was read . Mr . Mokckiox AIhses considered the explanation of Lord Aberdeen , as far as the Bandiera family were concerned , perfectly _satisfactory . At the same time he admitted that the whole of the proceedings involved a very serious question : for if such a proceeding was recognised , the Austrian Government would have nothing to do butto get the sanction of the English Government to invade Italy . It might be , that this was part of a great scheme of foreign poliey , but he thought that Lord Aberdeen ' s sanction to such a proceeding ought to give pain not only to the Government itself , but to every Member of that House . Instead of this secresy , Lord Aberdeen ought to have given notice to

      the newspapers that he was aware of the existence of this conspiracy . Had this been done , tlds unfortunate conspiracy would , in his opinion , not have taken place . The principle , with respect to the rights of foreigners residing in this country , was very vague ; but it was not so as far tbe Hon . Member for Finsbury was concerned : and therefore he ( Mr . Milnes ) was of opinion that the gentlemen on his side ofthe House ought to accede to the request for _inq-airy made by that Hon . Gentleman . It was but ' _-Adr and justice to that Hon . Gentleman , and to the country , that this should be set at rest . No doubt it would be surmised what were the reasons which had Jed to the opening of that Hon . Gentleman ' s letters , as his name had been mixed up with persons who had been brought under the sentence ofthe law . Mr . Duxcombe . —Name them .

      Mr . Milnes . —One gentleman was an mdiwduiu for whom he had himself a very great respect , Mr . _TViUhun Lovett . He need not mention any othere , as one name was as good as another . It could not but be admitted that the Hon . Gentleman had made himself , if not an object of suspicion , at least a person in communication with suspected persons . He therefore thought the warrant had not been issued unwisely , though he thought the Hon . Gentleman had a right to a full explanation . Mr . MkCAntEV said he could not _^ vote for the motion as it then stood , because it might be taken as a censure on the secret committee , which wonld be unfair , as that body being secret , were thereby debarred from making explanations . He also , thought that no further inquiry was necessary , but that the House ought at once to legislate on the subject . He ] -jvould still leave the right ef issuing warrants to the

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      Secretary oi State ; but he would at the same time require that atterareasonable time the letters exariiined , unless detained for judicial purposes , should be delivered up to the owners , stamped , so as to show that they had been opened . Notwithstanding , he thought the Hon . Gentleman ( Mr . Duncombe ) was entitled to know whether his letters had been opened The _Sw _^ _f _+ vi & P _* ati ° ns in other ease s , why not in this ? This was a question of " privilege " iu a high and peculiar sense ; for nothing could be more important than _^ frank and unreserved commumcationsbetween Members and their constituents : and nothing was more intolerable than that such a correspondence-should be subjected to inspection'hy their political opponents .

      Mr . Wohtley endeavoured to defend the Home Secretary , on the plea that the same thing had been done by his predecessors . Mr . Waro was of opinion that after the speech of the Hon . Member for Finsbury ( Mr . Duncombe ) , the House would not be justified in refusing inquiry . It had been stated that the correspondence of that gentleman had been opened on account of his connection with the Chartists ; but he would ask , were not all public men , and especially Members of Parliament , subject to be engaged in similar correspondence ? ( Hear , hear . ) The duties wliich Honourable Members had to perform were as important as the duties of those who had the care of the functions of Government ; and therefore that those gentlemen were

      from their position liable to have letters addressed to them from "suspected" persons . He then enlered at some length into that part of the question relating to the letters of Mr . Mazzini , and the proceedings of the Bandiera family , respecting which he parfcialiy defended the conduct of the Government , though he thought they were not altogether to be held blameless . The opening of the letters of Mr . Duncombe was a stigma on the Government , which could not be wiped away ; and if that Hon . Gentleman had one spark of manly feeling he woidd never cease until he obtained the inquiry sought . Lord Johx Max . vers would support Mr . Duncombe

      if he made his motion for mquiry into his own case ; butheconldnot agree to the generalpropositionbefore the House . As far as the case of the lion . Member for Finsbury went , satisfaction ought to be given . To have such suspicion attached ta him as was implied in the treatment to which his letters had been subjected , was to make him a degraded man . As the question stood he would abstain from voting on the motion before the House . Sir Robert Ixciis and Mr . _Bobthwick expressed themselves in favour of the proceedings of the Government , and defended the report of the Post-office Committee .

      Mr . Berxal thought the motion should be more restricted , in which case he should be glad to support it . He was decidedly of opinion that Mr . Duncombe , in justice to his own character , and to satisfy his constituents , ought to have satisfaction by a full inquiry boing . allowed . Mr . Charles _Buuer made a very able speech , in support of the motion of Mr . _Dunaombe . He recommended that the Right Hon . Bart , should , as one , acknowledge that he had opened the letters in question , as the only means of getting rid of the difficulty in whicli he was placed . Lord IIowick moved an amendment to the effect that a select committee be appointed to ascertain if the letters of any members had been opened , and if they knew the reason why . He supported themotion in a very vigorous and argumentative speech . M . D'Israeli seconded the amendment ; in doing which he delivered a very effective speech , and dealt some very hard hits at the Government and Sir R . Peel .

      Mr . Roebuck said , nothing but the most ample inquiry would satisfy the country on this subject . It was important that the character of the Right Honourable Member for Finsbury should have justice done it . Nothing but the most searching inquiry ouglit to satisfy him . The matter had been shrouded in such mystery that until a full inquiry was granted it was difficult to know what course should , be taken . He hoped that the House would see the necessity of doing this . If the Right Honourable Baronet the Home Secretary would only take a tangible case , the mate cowld he easily brought to an issue . If he would only _5 s 3 ue

      a single warrant , and place it in the hands of one man at the Post-office , in order to examine a letter of the Hon . Member for Finsbury , and afterwards place the warrant on the table of that House , lie had no doubt but that twenty-four hours would not pass before _^ Mr . Duncombe would institute proceedings in the Covirt of Q , ueen ' s Bench to test its legality . After making several other observations on the general question , the Hon . Gentlemanconcluded by declaring Ms intention of supporting the Hon . Member for Finsbury in demanding an inquiry . After several other _Membevs had spoken , an adjournment was moved , when there

      appeared—For the adjournment 29 Against it 269 Majority against the adjournment 24 . 0 _Im-mediately afterwards a great number of the Members left tlie _^ House ; seeing whieh , Sir Robert Peel with great reluctance consented to the adjournment , and the debate in consequence was adjourned till to-morrow ( Friday ) night .

      FRIDAY , FEB . 21 . The order of the day for the adjourned debate on the Post-opkce Spt _Ststeji was read , and Mr . Coilett addressed thc House . He -explained why he bad moved the adjournment the night before , contending that "little" men in debate , like hinself , had no chance of having a " 6 ay _, " unless it were at the beginning of the evening . The " great guns" could demand attention at any time : hut when the hour was late , and a speaker of _minjr rate presented himself , great disinclination to hearhim was manifested . _Theremedyforthiswould perhaps be to time each speaker , giving half an hour to

      the mover of a motion , and a quarter of an hour to each _speaker afterwards . He should support the motion of the Hon . Member for Finsbury . That gentleman had been exceedingly fll-used ; and the House owed it to Wm , tO its own character , and to the country , to grant the inquiry asked for . Mr . Duncombe was well known to be a bold , manly , and independent man ; he was known all the world over as "honest Tom Buncombe-, " and he was at all events , _entitled to fair play at the hand ? Of the _HOUSO . He trusted the Hon . . Gentleman would not rest satisfied until he did receive a fall acquittal froin thc imputations thrown on him .

      Mr . _Peuraud bad been inclined to have given a suent vote , had it not been possible that his doing so in the manner he intended might be construed into a desire to bear hardly on the Home Secretary , with whom he himself had a rather hard fight . He should therefore explain tbegronndsonn-hichlie voted . He disagreed with thc existence ofthe odious power at all . It was not wanted for any honest purpose by any honest Government . The statement made by Mr . Duncombe , was one which the House was bound to notice , and notice in a satisfactory maimer too , if it would maintain its own honour and independence . Both were compromised in the alleged practices of -the Government . The defenders of the unjust and un-English practice had pleaded the state' of the country in 1812 as a justification for their suspicions

      and practices towards Mr . Duncombe ; but let Mm _ftSt whether any other Hon . Member . ? , irho he thought ought to have been objects of suspicion much sooner than Mr . Duncombe , had beeu subjected to similar treatment ? He knew that it was reported at the time of which the Hon . Baronet at the head of the Government spoke so alarmingly , that a meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League had been held in the Mechanics' Institute , Southamptonbuildings , presided over by Mi * . Warbnrton , and attended by Mr . Villiers and Dr . Bowling , at which a person uttered such undisguised instigations to revolt , that a spectator in Ihe meeting called him to order , telling him that wliut he was saying was " physical force . " Had the letters of those Hon . Members been stopped , or read , or copied 2 If not , thought the odious power of the Home Office had not been exercised impartially . As far

      as he could judge , there was far more reason to " suspect " some ofthe League members than there was to " suspect" Mr . Duneombe . But the power to open anybody ' s letters ought not to exist at all . It might possibly , iu extreme cases , be of . use in detecting offences ; but it might also be most grosely abused , and used for the worst purposes against the liberties of the people . Mr . Ferrand concluded by showing how odious this power of opening letters might he made in forwarding the machinery of that system of centralisation to which the Home Secretary was so much attached ; and especially to the carrying out oi' the provisions of the Hew Poor Law . On these grounds * i-ore than on any other , he was desirous not only to take ¦; -vay this power from the Home Secretary , bnt also from every other Minister of the Crown .

      Mr . Stkutt , as a member of the secret committee , defended the decision it had come to , and said the Government had done everything in their power to assist the committee in its investigations . Re considered the Bight Hon . Baronet , the Home Secretary , had been harshly dealt with , and as he thought neither the motion nor the amendment would lead to any practical good , he should decline supporting them . He then entered into a general defence of the Government , in as far as letteropening was concerned , aud laboured to show that the alarming state of the country in 1842 sufficiently justified any exercise of the power that might have been employed atthattirae , ' v

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      Mr . _Golquhoun spoke at length against the motion and amendment , 'and defended the conduct ofthe Home Secretary ; Mr . _"'Wimaahb challenged the Government ' to make out a case to justify the treatment the Hon . Member for Finsbur _^ had received at the hands of the Home Secretary . He was much surprised that the Hon . Gentlemen on the Ministerial side of the House could for a moment entertain the idea that the Hon . Member for Finsbury could in any degree be connected with the _employment of the hand grenades and infernal macliincs , to which allusion had been made . Such allusions ' , made in connection with that Hon . Gentleman ' s name , showed the necessity of a full inquiry being made . The report of the secret committee was most unsatisfactory to the publie mind . Tin ' s , however , could not excite surprise , seeing that Mr . Duncombe's name was . excluded from that committee—a proceeding unparalleledJn the annals of this assembly .

      Mi * . Bailme COCHU . A . NE said it was . a well-known fact that the system of espionage prevailed extensively in _Frahcej yet the people did not complain , it was _neceseary . that to a certain extent such a power should be vested in the hands of the Executive . I Mr . _BtEWETiyin a brief address , said he should have acted precisely as the Hon . Member for Finsbury hail acted , had his letters been opened . He thought the . Government had acted very improperly . Lord C . Hamilton defended the Government , and in the course , of his observations , employed several very illuatufed personal remarks towards Mr . Duncombe . _MtI _^ Watson made a very able speech in favour of an inquiry , into Mr . Duncombe ' s charge . The statute of Aime _) and the subsequent Act of Victoria , made the

      opening of a'letter , without a warrant from the Secretary of State , a misdemeanour . For his part ; he held that'in 4 _^^ . _* a _^ titutionat point of ,. view , there could , be . no such _ilort ' _er'Sis that exercised by the Secretary of State .:: With respect to the discontent exhibited in the North in 1812 , he considered those disturbances to be no excuse for a tyrannical act . He looked upon this power as calculated to revive every evil associated with the spy system . He called upon- the Solicitor-General to state upon what principles of _coustitutionaLlaw he defended the practice of opening letters . He dared that officer to lay-the warrant , by whicli Mr . Duncombe ' s letters had been delayed , on the table of the House , or acknowledge it in any

      way which would get the instrument into the courts . He held that the warrant of the Secretary of State to make such search could not be there maintained . A warrant could not issue without previous information on oath . ; and the Secretary of State couW not administer such oath , and consequently could not receive au information . The wan-ant must also set forth the name of the party it implicated , and specify the offence . All these conditions were necessary to make a warrant legal : and he ventured to ' assert that were the warrant issued by thc Secretary of State taken before the Judges , it would be scouted out of court . He should like the Government to give an opportunity of trying the question . It was of vast importance to public liberty .

      Thc Solicitor-Generai ,, in a long and wordy harangue , travelled over the same ground taken by his colleagues in defence of the espionage , without at all _improving their position . ' He acknowledged that the power to open letters was not conferred by any Statute ; but was a power former ' , -.- a portion of flic prerogative of the sovereign , then had been exercised by the -responsible advisers of the crown , and was recognised in the statutes of Anne and Victoria . He gave it as his opinion—an opinion expvessed with a full recollection of thftTCsponsi'omt _* of his situation—that such a power did lawfully appertain to the office of Secretary of State , and could by that functionary be lawfully exercised _.

      Lord Joint Russell held that the law had been esta Wished in the reign of Queen Anne ; it existed now ; and the Home Secretary was not to be heldblameable for the practice which had always been associated with his office _. If there had been any improper exercise of that power , however , it ought to be inquired into ; and in order to learn this , and to do justice to all concerned , he ' was prepared to support the amendment ofthe Noble Member for Sunderland { hord Howic _^) . He did tliis because inquiry was due to Mr . Duncombe , who stood before the House in such a peculiar position ; -a position wliich , without inquiry , would , 'inflict gross injustice on that gentleman . He must also condemn that new mode of exercising the

      power winch had been adopted by the Foreign Secretary , in stopping the letters of refugees , and communicating the substance of their contents to foreign Governments . ' . exercise of this power in the instance that had C 0 _D _1 C tO their knowledge had led to most deplorable results * . for there could he no doubt but that the two Bandieras had been entrapped to their ruin . For such an exercise of the power the Foreign Secretary was blameable ; and he ( Lord J . Russell ) would agree in a vote of condemnation of such principle , to prevent other Ministers from following the most objectionable practice , and tarnishing the fair fame of England , the reputed refuge for the oppressed of the earth .

      Siv Robert Peel rose and said that ,-as he had spoken before , he should not take advantage of his position to speak again to the general question . He would , however , avail himself of the opportunity to explain one or two points . In the first place be begged to assure Mr . Duncombe that in his former remarks he had never dreamed of implying that he had been mixed up with the Chartist plots aiid rebellions Of 1842 . Such an idea never entered his head . He was shocked when such an outrageous meaning had been put on his words . He must also remark on the extraordinary speech of Mr . D'lsraeli , on the previous night . If such a speech had come from one of the opposition , where he expected ¦ to meet with generous foes , he should not have been surprised : but coining from a "friend , " and from a " candid friend , " too , he scarcely knew how to bl'OOk it . He could deal with his foes , but he could not do with those who broke- his . head with kindness . He then set the House right as to a statement made by Mr .

      D Israeli , affecting one of the G overnment officials . Such statement was without foundation . Ho then complained , and bitterly , of the conduct of the opposition , in joining in the demand for fresh inquiry , Such conduct was not generous ; it was not just . The Government had been tried once ; they had been acquitted ; and why were they to be tried again ? He bid the Whigs beware . He had not so acted towards them , when in opposition , and since he had been in power he had not used his influence in visiting on their heads the condemnation then- conduct was held to have merited , though he had been Solicited tO do SO . He plainly told them that there had been no use made of the power now so much complained of , for which the "Whigs had not fuvnshed a precedent . As to the continued existence of the power , he would not now offer an opinion . He would not purchase an acquittal for the Government _ftt tllO GXpense Of the power itself , by an offer to give it up , Or any portion of it . The question before the House should go on its own merits ; and if the Government were sent to a fresh trial , on the heads of those who sent them be the

      consequences . . Mr . D'Iskaeii gladly embraced the opportunity of unreservedly , publicly , and sincerely apologising fbr the statement he had , without premeditation , made the night previous . He would not reply to Sir Robert Peel ' s twentyfour hours' _conncd-ovcr impromtu , but reserve himself tor another occasion . Lord John Manners asserted the independence of Members on his side of the House . They were not to be tied up with the Ministry , just to do the Minister ' s bidding . Though they might act with them generally ; still on questions affecting their own honouiyand the independence of the House , they would exercise tlieir own opinion , and register theiv votes as justice dictated . This was one of those questions : and in it they should vote against fhe Government , because they held the conduct of Governraeut to be utterly indefensible .

      Mr . Jervis made a smart speech , going over much of the old ground . He strongly supported the motion for inquiry * . _audbealsoboreoutlMr . Watson - s opinion as to the illegality ofthe warrants , inopposition to the Solicitor-General . ' Mr , Mostz . should vote for inquiry , and also _fordoing away with the power entirel y , There being loud calls for a division , Mr . Duncotibe said , he would not detain them long with a reply , considering that the debate had been so protracted . He denied that there was anything personal in his proceeding . He had no object in view , but to put an end to an odious system of espionage . Some

      gentlemen had suggested that he should bring his proofs to the bar of the House , for thus , as yet , he had produced no evidence of his letters having been opened : he begged to state that he should submit amotion for that purpose , and that he should bring his proofs to the bar . ( Loud cheers . ) He would make a motion to call to the bar the officers of the Post-office , who must have committed a breach of privilege if they had opened his letters without a warrant from the Home Secretary . As there appeared a strong feeling in the llouse in favour of the amendment , and as lie thought il pvudent to get a little inquiry sooner than none at all , he should withdraw his motion in order that tho sense of the House might be taken on the amendment .

      The House afterwards divided on Lord Howick ' s amendment , which now stood as a substantive resolution , when theve appeared—For the motion ... , 145 Against it , tt < 240 Majority against it , 95 Mr , Duncombe , on the numbers being announced , immediately gave notice that he should , on Tuesday next , move that the officers ofthe Post-offices the parties whom he charged with having opened his letters , be summoned to the bar of the House to answer for the breach of privilege they had committed . ( Loud cheers followed the announcement . )" The House immediatel y afterwards adjourned .

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      The Late Horrible Case of _Desiitutiox . —The excitement occasioned by the disco veiy of a girl , only 1 G years of age , in the loft of a ruinous cowhouse in the _Wandsworth-wad , in . a state , of unparalleled destitution , the particulars of wliich appeared in last week's Star , has been ; ' great _ihithe ; extreme , _andonouiries continue to be made _'daiTyjW the gentryresident in Clapham and _Fanifoy 6 vt ! i respecting the poor creature ' s condition ; ' It will be recollected that when this miserable girl , Afaiy Lovcday , was" admitted into the Wandsworth Union on Wednesday last , she presented an appalling spectacle , being frightfully emaciated and horribly infested with vermin . For many hours her life hung , as it _wetf , upon a thread , and had _ghenot met with the most humane and almost parental treatment from Mr ; and Mrs . King , the master and matron of the establishment , _death--martin a short time have , terminated _, her sufferings . * Owing to , their care , however , and

      the attention of L ) r . . Connor and his assistants , she haa been . _increaslng'Jn . strength daily . .. The vermin have been wholly exterminated , and the poor creature has beenremoved from the foul ward" into the in--firmavy . It was stated in tho previous accounts that the feet of the unfortunate girl presented all the appearance of incipient mortification . These bminoussigns of a speedy dissolution have not disappeared ; and , although the lotions applied to the feet have effected a more favourable change than could reasoh r ably be expected , still Dr . Connor is far from sanguine as to her ultimate recovery , and is of opinion that if her life is saved , she ; must necessarily lose her feet : The poor creature ' s diet is still of a liquid nature , her system being too'Iow and her masticatory powers too weak to admit of her partaking of solid food . Sooth Wilts Election . —On Saturday Mr . Sydney Herbert was re-elected for South' Wilts , without opposition . ..--- ' - •¦ > :

      Escape fhom Tais Pjuso . y . —On Wednesday night last , a daring escape was effected by a prisoner named David Young , a native of Perth or Dundee , and confined since October last , on a charge of theft by housebreaking , in order to be tried at the Court of Justiciary . Heoccupied the low ceilin the prison , the iron-grated door of which is securely fastened on the outside by an iron chain , and locked with two padlocks . On the gaoler entering the prison that evening , he found the door of Young ' s cell wide open , and thc inmate away . The manner in which he effected his escape seems to set all gaol security at defiance , since it would appear that he broke the two substantial locks of his cell by a board taken fronvhis

      bed , and afterwards another strong lock which secured the room in which thc keepers sleep . Having thus got access into the gaoler's apartment , he changed his clothes , and managed to find the key ofthe door that leads to the bartizan . He then tore up the blankets of his bed , and knotting them together , tied them to an iron bar in a narrow slit in the turret , on which he slid down , and alighted in thcold court-house , the windows of wliich look into the Highstreet , and are secured by deals , wliich he managed to break and leap into the street . Officers were despatched in all directions in search _oHuill , and through their exertions he was found near Fowlis . — Tain Journal .

      Mill work and Machinery . — -On Monday a return , printed oh the motion of Mr . Cardwell , the Secretary ofthe Treasury , was issued , giving an account ofthe declared value of all millwork and machinery exported from the united kingdom in each quarter of the years 1841 , 1842 , 1643 , and 1841 . The declared value of millwork and machinery exported from the United kingdom in the year ended the 5 th of January , 1842 , was £ 5-51 , 361 ; in the year ended the 5 th of January , 1843 , £ 554 , 053 ; in the vearto the 5 th of January , 1844 , £ -713 , 4 * 74 ; and in the year ended the 5 th of January last , to £ _> ft 3 , 1 S 7 , showing an increase on every year in the value of millwork and machinery exported .

      Shocking Accident , —On Monday , at noon , the inhabitants of Regent-street , Lambeth-walk , were thrown into a state of great _alarai in consequence of aloud explosion on the premises of Mr . Fen wick , the well-known artist in fire-works , residing in the same street . It appears that a young man named William Hook , a journeyman firework-maker , was engaged in making a quantity of rockets , for the completion of & shipping order , and whilst ramming one of them with a mallet , the contents suddenly ignited , which

      communicated with a large quantity of combustible materials in front of hhn , the whole of which exploded with dreadful violence , forcing off the roof of the shop , and setting fire to some portion ofthe building , which was speedily extinguished by the other workmen . The poor man Hook was found lying on lus back , frightfully disfigured about the face , hands , and chest , and in dreadful agony . He was removed with all speed in a cab to Guy ' s Hospital , where lie was promptly attended to by Mr . E . Cook , the house surgeon . Very slight hopes are entertained of ids

      recovery . D _^ ki- _vo _Borglarv in the City . —Some time before six o ' clock on Saturday evening last , a most daring burglary was effected in the warehouse of Messrs . M . and S . __ _Hyams , clothiers , 0 « ind 10 , King-street , Cheapside . There were stolen from the premises 186 _J yards of silk velvet ; 000 yards of silk surge , in rolls ; 4951 yards of satin in pieces ; and £ 13 in gold , silver , and copper . A reward of £ 50 was offered yesterday ( Monday ) , to be paid on the apprehension and conviction ot' the thief or thieves , or on . the . recovery of tbe property , or in proportion to any part theveof . The police * are making active search after the burglars .

      The Robbery of Rogers ' s Bank . —We find the following , with reference to this mysterious transaction , in our Paris correspondent ' s letter of Sunday ' s date ; but we have authority to state that the notes found in the possession ofthe arrested parties form 110 part of the property stolen from Messrs , Ro * rei _* s This has been ascertained beyond doubt : — ' Two Englishmen have just been arrested here on suspicion of having been engaged in the robbery of the bank oi Rogers and Co ., in London . It appears that they had been for some time busil y occupied in changing English bank-notes into forcigh gold andpapcr , of which a large amount was found upon them . Itis even said that some of the notes stolen in London were in their possession at the time of their arrest , but this is not stated positively . Information ofthe affair has been _-j iven to Lord Cowley , and an inquiry Is going on , which it is hoped , will lead to valuable disclosures . "—Globe ,

      Dbeadful Mubdeb in New South Wales . —The same paper ( the Sydney _ftwrdian ) contains the following : —On Friday , the 9 th instant , an inquest was held at Livingston's , the Glasgow Anns , in Church-street , Parramatta _, on view of the body of Sarah Jil ' Manus , who . was found on the previous evening with her skull fractured in two places , her arm near the shoulder broken—literally crushed—and several ribs broken . The deceased was ninety years of age , and the mother of twenty-one children . Her husband , Terence M'Manus , having admitted that he did the deed , was taken into custody , and was present at the inquest . From his debilitated appearance and morose manner , it was supposed that ne was labouring under insanity ; . more especially as he had attempted to cut his own throat a few weeks since ; bht from the evidence of several witnesses , and the conduct and language of the prisoner himself during the

      inquest , it became quite evident thathe was perfectly sane : and from the evidence of Dr . Gwynne it appeared that the attempt to eut his throat was only delusive—that it was a mere scratch—and done for some sinister purpose . The prisoner made more than one confession ofthe dreadful deed . It would appear that he must have murdered his wife with a thick door-bar , as sueh an instrument was found , with fresh blood and hair upon it , in the house . M'Manus , who is sixty-seven years of age , appears to be a man of the most ungovernable temper at times ; while at other times he is equally morose and stubborn . The evidence so clearly established an opinion in the minds of a respectable jury of eighteen persons , that the husband had committed , wilful murder , that they unanimously and immediately returned a verdict to that effect ; and Terence M'Manus was committed for trial upon the coroner ' s wan-ant .

      Conox-eR ' s Inquest . —On Wednesday afternoon Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Admiral Keppcl , Hoxton Old-town , on the body of John Bolton , aged tO , who died in the most horrid state of destitution , and who , it was reported , was a very wealthy miser . He lived in a small room on the ground floor Of a miserable hovel in _Ban-ctt ' s-Buildings , Hoxton ; on thejury viewing it , it was filthy in the extreme , and the only thing in the place in the shape of furniture was an old broken Bottomless chair and a small dirty tattered bed , on which the body lay , an object of complete emaciation , one ofthe ears having been nearly eaten away by the swarm of vats that infested

      the place . The scene was altogether one of the most revolting description : everything bespoke the greatest privation , and how the deceased could have lived in the wretched state his remains were found in , was a matter of great astonishment to the coroner and jury . The evidence showed that for the last nine years he had been in the habit of hawking fish about the streets . Latterly , however , he appearing to be . in deep want , and being chargeable to St . Pancras , he was allowed by that parish 2 s . 6 d . 3 week as out-door relief , lie was frequently solicited by the neighbours to cleanse himself and Ids abode j in fact , they proffered theh * services to do so , but he refused . On Sunday

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      allow . parish -o . . A person named Wilson , who lived in the same house , very kindly . gave ' liim ' . some tea and toast . At : night he ' said 'fib ' was better , but on t _!* . c following , nipping ( Monday ) he was found stretched onthe , floor , quite dead . " Mr . Coward , the parish surgeon , gave it as his opinion that apoplexy was the . cause of death . Thejury returned a verdict of—Natural Iteath . _COnON-fill ' S IXQuSST . — _DllBAM-m _Beatu 05 ¦ _* Tocno Womas _, —Yesterday aiternooiu : ( _li'iday ) Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Prince ' s Head , Princesstreet , Westminster , on the body oi Harriet Selina

      _Schoiiar , aged H years , of No . ( i , Rams-Mews Prom the evidence it appeared , that < on Wednesday last thc deceased was engaged cooking some fish , when her apron became ignited , and before the fire could be extinguished the poor creature was enveloped in flames . Iler mother was present at tl _^ tiirie , but on account of her being a cripple she was unable to render any assistance . Several persons who were in the street van to the aid of the unfortunateideceasedV and after much trouble at length succeeded iii extinguishing the flames , but not before she was frightfully burned about the face , neck , amis , and chest . She was removed to Westminster Hospital , whore she expired in the course of nine hours from the effect * of the burns , Verdict—Accidental Death .

      ' Fatal Waggon Accident . —Yesterday ( Friday ) , Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Prince ' s Head , Storey ' s-gate , Westminster , bri ' the body of WiUiam Rogers , aged 31 , Of No ., 13 ,, Task-street , Gray ' _s-inniane , a horse-dealer , and iclipper . * T . Thc deceased , it appeared , on _Wednes'daBlast ; _wiiVin the act of climbing on tothe shafts of . a waggon , in order thathe might , pass toll free over Waterloo-bridge , In so doing Ids foot caught the near wheel of . the vehicle , and he was pulled down , and before the animals could be stopped , the fore-wheel passed over his right leg , and fractured his , thigh . He _was-takeii to Wes minster Hospital , where he died in the course of four hours .: Verdict—Accidental death , ' with a nominal deodand of Is . on the horses aud vehicle .

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      _Crrv of London , —The public discussion on the question "Are the Irish Repeal Members " justified in absenting themselves from the Imperial Parliament ? " will be resumed in the Hall , Tuvnagain-lane , on Sunday forenoon next , February 23 rd , at halfpast ten precisely . In the afternoon , at three o ' clock , the Metropolitan District Council will meet . In the evening , at seveivo'clock , Mr . J . Shcrrard will lecture . Tower ILuhjets . —On Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock , Mr , Philip M'Grath , president of the _Bxccntive , will lecture at the Whittington and Cat , Chni _* ch-i _* ow , Bethnal-green ,

      Emmeti ' s _BniGAn-e- —Mr . T . M . Wheeler will lecture at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , on Sunday evening next , at eight o'clock precisely . _W-ESTMissTEn . —A meeting will be held at the Clock-house , Castle-street , Leicester-square , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven . _CruiBERWEHi _asd Walworth . —A meeting will be held at tho Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , at eight precisely . Souihwark and Lambeth . —Mr . J , F . Linden Will lecture at the St . George ' s Temperance Hall , Blackfriar's-road , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock precisely . _/¦'¦ _IIasbiebsmith , —a meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook-green-lane , on Tuesday evening next , at eight precisely .

      Saffro . v IIiil . —The members of the Saflron Hdl locality are requested to attend on Sunday morning next , at eleven o ' clock . _Gi-EEtf-vicff . —A meeting will be held atthe George and Dragon , Blackhcath Hill , on Tuesday evening next , February 25 th , ' at eight o ' clock precisely . A Meeting will be held at the Feathers Tavern , Warren-street , Tottenham-coiirt-road , on Monday evening , March 3 rd , 1845 , to take into consideration the formation of a Chartist Benevolent Harmonic Society ; chair to he taken at eight o ' clock admission free . Mns . Ellis's Committee will meet at _tlw Hall , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday afternoon , at five o ' clock . Duxcombe Testimoxial . —The central committee will meet on Wednesday evening next—chair to be taken at half-past eight precisely—and every succeeding Wednesday evening , atthePartheiiium Club rooms , St . Martin ' s-lanc . v

      Somers Towx . —Mr . W . Matthews will deliver a lecture at the Bricklayers' Amis , Tonbridge-street , Cromer-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven precisely . Tower Hamlets . —A lecture will be delivered by Mr . M'Grath , president ofthe Executive , next Sunday evening , at Mr . Bartvam ' s , the White Horse , May-street , Whitechapel , to commence at eight precisely . An adjourned meeting of the members of this locality will beheld the same evening at nine o'clock .

      Captain _MakOARIT .---A ball and other entertainments , for the benefit of Captain Margarit , the Spanish refugee , will take place on Monday evening next , Feb . 24 th , at the Cheshire Cheese , Grosvenorrow , Chelsea . Tickets may be had at thc bar of the Cheshire Cheese , and of Mr . Matthews , SS , Westbonrne-street , Sloane-square . The committee hope that their efforts to assist this brave and uncompromising democrat will meet with the co-operation of their brother and sister democrats ot the metropolis , who will thereby prove their faith in the glorious maxim— " The world is my country , and to do good my religion , "

      _OiDirAjr . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . J . K . Tay lor will deliver his second lecture on the Life , Writings , and Genius of Robert Burns , in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , at six o ' clock in the evening . 2 v * _- _} rc . tsriE-o . _v-TrxE . —A general meeting ofthe Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead will be held at thc house of Mv . Martin Judo , Sun Inn , Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on Sunday evening , Feb . 23 rd , a . t six o ' clock , for the purpose of entertaining propositions for the election of the Executive , & c .

      Nottiscuam . —Miss Blatlierwickvrill lecture m the Democratic Chapel next Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . —A Ratepayers' Meeting will he held at Mr . Watson ' s , Dobb-pavk , Basford , on Sunday next , at five o ' clock . —A General Meeting of the Members of the Provident Co-Operativc Society , held at Mr . Dorman ' s , No . 16 , Clare-street , will take place on Sunday evening next , at six o clock . _Pilkington . —Tea Party axd Ball . — A tea party and ball will be held in the Chartist School Room , _IlighCl' -Iane , Pilkington , on Monday evening , March 3 rd . Tea on table at five o ' clock . Mi * , mlliam Bell , of Heywood , and other gentlemen , will attend . South _Lancashire Delegate Meeting . — The next meeting of the South Lancashire delegates Will be held Oh Sunday ( to-morrow ) , in the Chartist Room ,

      Charles Town , Ashton-undcr-Lyne , at ten o ' clock in thc morning , when it is requested that each locality will have their representative present , by whom they arc to send their quota for the Executive , which will be transmitted by the secretary to that body . North Lancashire . —All communications for the North Lancashire district must be addressed ( postpaid ) to Henry Holland , Burnley , Lancashire . Mr . Dovle , of the Executive , will lecture in tbe Association Room , George and Crown-yard , Wakefield , on Monday evening , the 24 th inst ., to commence at ekjht o'clock . All communications are requested to lie addressed toThomas Batty , Wild ' s-yard , Kirkgate , Wakefield . —Mr . Doyle will also lecture at the following plaees : —Tnesday , Dewsbury ; Wednesday , 'Littletown ; Thursday , Cleckheaton , * Friday and Saturday , Bradford ; Sunday , Halifax .

      Mr , Clark ' s First _Fomsiom _' s _RouteisNorth Lancashire . —Bacup , 24 tlr , Haslingden , 25 th ; Oswaldtwistle _, 26 th ; Preston , 2 ? th ; Blackburn , 28 th : _Clitheroe , March 1 st and 2 nd ; Sabden , 3 rd ; _Barnoldswick , 4 th ; Colne , 5 th ; Whealley-lane , 6 th ; Marsden , lih . ; Haggate , 8 th , * Burnley , 9 th ; AsnTON-uNnER-LvNE . —Mv . Dixon will lecture in the Charter Association-room , Bentinck-street _, on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock in the evening . The delegates attending the next delegate meeting in Ashton-undcr-Lyne , wfll please take notice that the Charter Association-room is not now in Charlcstown , but in Bentinck-street , near the new square .,

      Halifax . *—Mr . Benjamin Rushton , of Ovenden , will deliver a lecture in the large room , Bulkiosekne , on Sunday evening next , at half-past six o'clock . The members ofthe National Charter Association will meet in their room , Bullclosc-lane , on Monday next , Feb , 24 , at eight o'clock in the evening . ... _Braufoi > d . —On Sunday evening a ¦ lecture will be delivered in the Chartist room , _Buttorwoi-th-bnildings , to commence at half-past six o ' clock . A meeting of the members and shareholders of the Co-operative Provision Store , Chapel-lane , will be held . ' on Wednesday , the 6 th of March , at eisht o ' clock in the evening . # - _¦• -. •• -. ¦• . •; . = ¦•• Rochdale . —Two lectures will be delivered in the Charter Association room . Rochdale , on Tuesday 1 next , by Mr . Wm . Dixon of Manchester . At the close of each lecture a collection will be made , for the Heywood turn-outs .

      Manchester . —A lecture will be ' delivevedinithe Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday evening next , at halfpast six o'clock , by Mr , Wm . , Jones of Liverpool . Longton , Potteries . *—On Sunday evening Mr . W . Kelsall will lecture in the Working Man ' s Hall , ' at half-past six in the evening . : ? V _ North _SiAFFORDsniRE .-Thenext delegate _meetino of the . North Staffordshire Miners will beheld in _the Working _ManJs Hall , Longton , on Monday , March ord , 1845 , at three o ' clock , p . m . [ Leicester . —To-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , Mi-• _Bau-stow will deliver a lecture . _mtU _Association « _T _° ' -rf _^ _$ _iatf-past six o ' clock , _Sub-ect Sir R . Peel ' s Financial statement , "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 22, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22021845/page/1/