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      The Land!

      THE LAND !

      To The Imperial Chartists. Mt Dear Fmesb...

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . Mt Dear _Fmesbs , —I presume that , in tbe midst ofthe conflict of questions , you will be glad to hear something about the question of questions ; and'that the excitement of free trade , tbe militia , war famine , snd the Queen ' s speech , instead of diverting jour attention from that all-important subject , wilt ratter lead yon to a consideration of it as the means cf making yoa independent of all casualties , whims _^

      caprices , and class legislation , lirst , and most important , then , as regards our association , stands the question of enrolment , which , but for the continued indisposition of our advisingconnsel , _ilr . Macnaiuara , would have been effected long since , Mr . Macnamant , I regret to say , has not been able to attend his office for the last fortnight . The rules were transmitted to ilr . Tidd Pratt , through Mr . Roberts ' cleric , with the opinion of counsel that they were in everv wav conformable to the statute .

      Mr . Tidd Pratt did not object to the name , as he could net , bnt he suggested some trifling alterations which were necessaiy to bring the rules within the strict provisions of the Act of Parliament . Mr . Roberts and his clerk subsequently waited upon Mr . Tidd Pratt in order to ascertain what his objections were , as well as his feelings towards the object . Those gentlemen represent Mr . Tidd Pratt as being not only most courteous , but most anxious to conform to the wish of the society . However , upon

      comparing tbe rales with the several others that be had enrolled , he shewed that in no case did the Act permit the purchase of property by trustees , for the use of the members of a society , and suggested an alteration to the effect that the members , of course under ihe direction of ihe trustees , should purchase the . Land THEMSELVES . _Sow , this is the material objection raised by tbe certifying barrister , and one wbich I had in my mind when I so pertinaciously persisted ( in conference ) on the necessity of the ballot for location preceding the purchase of land .

      The delegates will bear ia mind , that upon the introduction of every fresh motion , I literally bored them with the repeated assertion , that in the end they should rescind their resolution upon this head , andadoptmineforthepwaoasballot . It now appears { hat I was right , and never till this moment have I seen the slightest reason for retracting my former opinion . If the rule , as it now stands , did not present an obstacle to enrolment , I should , nevertheless , haTe wished to se * it expunged ; however , tbe law has enforced what I could not effect . To make

      the rules square , then , with the statute , it will be necessary that the ballot should precede the purchase , in order that the estate should be bought by the members for the society ' s use . This change I think will add great strength , as well as afford great facilities , to our operations . The successful members will be more at liberty to act _fyrthemsdves , without the possibility of infringing or trenching upon the rig hts of their brother members , and I am not _sonr for this transference of power , and this le _^ timate responsibility , from the hands of tbe officers to those of the soldiers .

      Another question which naturally presented itself to view was the desirableness of preserving Chartist principles in our arrangements . Upon this subject I haTe had many consultations with Mr . Roberts , who is equally alive as myself to its importance , and to effect which . Mr . Roberts , it will be seen from tbe following letter , just received , is bending his capacious and all-grasping mind . When I insert his letter , I will make a comment or two npon it : —

      lis Be a * O' -ossob , —I fcaw thought of the Land roles , and I helieTe my plan to be the best , and that the men _woaldliheit the best . It would gire each man a freehold ownership—better than your " lease for _erer — and at an insignificant cost above the present £ n _» ugh aUotments should be tahen at once to cotct the land which the directors will have previously "fixed upon , " not " bought , ** the difference being between the " fixed upon * 'and "bought , " I am wire that the meu would rather give double for the _otciKisaip . W . P . _Robeeis .

      Now , yoa must understand from Mr . Roberts' letter , that he neither objects to , nor seeks to limit , the jeriod of perpetuity meant by a lease for ever , but , on the contrary , he proposes to transform that which , though sufficiently extensive for all agricultural purposes , is ; after all , but a chattel interest , and is not recognised as that description _« f tenure which conveys the vote . _ Vor is it considered so high a tenure as that of freehold , which Mr . Roberts proposes to substitute . This freehold tenure supposes ownership—the tenant liquidating the original purchase money hy easy instalments ; a method which I very

      much prefer , and one which will facilitate rather than retard the process of mortgaging—the members themselves beingthenthe mortgagees , and the lender the mortgagor . I very much prefer relying upon Mr , Roberts' opinion upon all legal matters to confiding in my own , and , truth fo say , it is only nowtbat Mr . Roberts' attention has been called to tiie rules at all . He is our treasurer and nothing more , and his neces sary attendance at Liverpool during the winter assize deprived us of his assistance in conference . He has now turned his attention to the subject , and the rules will be enrolled , preserving the name , the objects , and the wishes of the members made conformable to the statute . Mr . Macnamara still holds , that the re

      vising barrister lias ne power to refuse their enrol ment as they at present stand ; but that gentleman , whose wish appeals to be to enrol every society that does not trench upon the Corresponding Act , states , in reply , that he has already been rebuked by Mr Justice Wightman for the unscrupulous exercise ofhis power . He suggests also that another alteration in the rales is inevitable ; a provision that was carried bravery slender majority—I mean the division of the country into districts . This , he says , is a direct infringement of the Corresponding Act , while its erasure does not , in the least , operate against its being carried into practice when necessaiy . Here again the ballot previous to purchase steps in and aids ns .

      Ton will now thoroughly nndesstand me , that in order to have the rules enrolled , name and idl ;* i £ becomes necessarv that the ballot should * precede . purchase , in order that the members , . not _< the * -officers , should purchase . Secondly , -that the rule for _« the division ofthe countrv ; into districts |( 8 cotlanQ ' may stand } shorildfi _^ expunged _^ and tUeiv which * is . not absolutely necessaiy . _ _foij _£ n- _-olnient , - you * are to - conJ , sider the suggestions _' of Mr . Jtoberts , distinguishing the * difference * between a lease for / ever > _yat < i * stated rent , and r _a-freeliolf , 'whieh . means for ever _. at a rent fined down according to _^ the ' payments « made by the

      occupants . c * This , description v of atenure gives the vote—the other-does'not . _•** I _4 tave » always _^ been very Iiarticnkr . upon _« the _* prntection'wbicb-an _" ultimatcappeal'tothepeople-givestotheir leader _ - _;* and , * therefore , as no * man ' with _* a _* _particle » orbrains ca & tnisunderstand the ~ plaitt ' 3 _ nd '_ u _ iple . matt _ er in which 1 submit _? thc-several propositions , I have _to-rcquest that _. thcy jnay _be-laid * before , tlie several , branches by their officers as speedily as possible _^ so that thc _responsibility may rest upon- * the propertslioulders .

      For myself , I acquiesce in the two alterations which the law prescribes , while I havenot completely made up my mind upon the suggestion of Mr . Roberts . Perhaps , however , your own good sense , and reliance Hpon his judgment , may aid you ? to _ablution , wfiich . with his concurrence , will _perfeedpsatisfyfrne . Mr . Roberts states , in his letter , that _hetwiU' be in London next week , and will then see to _^ tbe enrolment , which , with these changes , you " should consider as accomplished .

      I new torn to a -very flattering portion of my subject . The " Cordwainers , " whose * instal _ hents were acknowledged in thc _^ eneral . account , " and therefore maybe presumed to (» nstitutoVbrancLof "tlte societyj were a distinct and _sepatateJwdv , composed Jbf London shoemakers , whose _objecPwas _' _io purchase small allotments near London , and to build _Rouses upon them , to escape the high rents in the . metropolis ? This association has broken up and joined . the

      Chartist Co-operative Land Association , with the exception of two or three members , whom bad trade and distress bas compelled to withdraw their deposits , amounting to £ 6 16 s . -id . This fact was communicated to me this morning by a deputation of those members who have joined our association , and who brought me an order to receive the £ 6 lCs . 4 d . for the poor fellows , who will become weeklycontributors to the general association , but whom distress had rendered unable to lie out of so large an amount . 1 _Widower their money , with the interest allowed by the

      To The Imperial Chartists. Mt Dear Fmesb...

      bank from the day it was paid to the day itwas withdrawn . I now call your attention to the following letter , just received from France : — Calais , January 12 , 1 S 46 . Dear Sir , —Having read your work on SmaU Farms the rales as _well , and I think it will be of great use to the people . I shall take it as a favour if you will put mc down for two shares in your Chartist Land Society , in the Xot-1 tingham department . I have sent fire pounds , hoping you will send me word how much more I shall have to pay , and I will send it as soon as I can . Yours , & c , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Jacob Wilson . Direct for Jacob Wilson , at Mons . Landes , Coiffenir , Rue du _Harre _, Calais , France .

      The answer to the above is , that Mr . "Wilson has yet 4 s . 4 d . to pay , the price of a double share . So then , my friends , you sec that ray little work upon "Small Farms"hascrossed theseas ; snd is , I believe , destined to proclaim the triump h of labour . I am not a little vain of that work , ner a little flattered by the high eulogiums that have been passed upon it . I still lire in the strong hope , the strongest hope , a well-founded hope of seeing one hundred freemen domiciled in their own castles before the month of May expires , and of having set an example worthy the imitation of the rulers of the world . In America , in France , in Prussia , in England , and in Ireland , faction is warring for the land ; and why shouldn ' t those whose every grievance springs from its

      nonpossession , struggle peacefully for its attainment ? However , while you go on in the struggle , do not forget the great and mighty questions which should just now enlist your every attention ; do not forget your duty to Frost , "Williams , and Jones ; do not omit to inspire your children with a sacred horror ot war , and a preference for the plough-share to tbe sword ; do not neglect to petition against , to denounce , and to bring into social and family contempt , the embodiment of the militia ; and , though last not least , be not unmindful of the persecution of O'Higgins , and the glorious struggle thatheismaking ia Ireland against the enemy of your principles . Again calling your attention to the several propositions I have laid before you , I am , your faithful friend , And unpurchaseable servant , _Fearous O'Cox . vor .

      And National Trades' Journal. ——- ~- — —...

      AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL

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      . —— - ~ - — — — __ . , . _« .,. __> , m mw VOL . X . NO . 428 . LONDON , SATURDAY , _JANUARY 24 , 1846 . ~ _^> b _^^^ p _^^ _^ . '•' " give _Slnlluiga and Sixpence pev Quarter

      ^Foreign Itttellfpnttt

      _^ foreign _Itttellfpnttt

      France. The Debate In The Chamber Of Pee...

      FRANCE . The debate in the Chamber of Peers on the address was brought to a close on Friday , and the House divided , when the address , as drawn up by the committee , was adopted without an amendment by a majority of 120 to *_» . The debate on the address in the Chamber of Deputies commenced on Monday , and was enlivened at the end ot the day by a speech from M . Ledru-Rollin , who , though himself an ultra-Radical , made a violent attack on the Opposition , and especially condemned tbe principles upon which the parties of M . Odilon Barret and M . Thiers bad recently agreed ; to lay aside their differences , and to unite in their attacks upon the government . The terms upon which that junction was effected could be discovered

      by facts . The calls for reform had re-echoed throughout the country , and the Left was asked to join the Reform Conference now assembled in Paris . But tbe organ of the Left had declared tbat no Reform ought to be supported which was not accepted by the Left Centre , and by a portion of the supporters of tbe government . It was evident , therefore , that the Left bad given up their principles , and adhered to those of the Left Centre , of which M . Thiers was the head . He then went on , in the midstof considerable movement and agitation in the Chamber , to advance reasons to prove that the policy of M . Thiers , both at home and abroad , was nothing else than that of the present government . He adjured the Left not to give up the slightest portion of its principles , but to show a steadier front than ever ; then tbe country wonld follow them .

      After the speech of M . Ledru-Rollin , the debate was adjourned . The debate on the Address in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday wascontinued , by M . _Dtsponpeaux de Givrc _. who was followed by M . Thiers . Tbe subject ofthe speech of M . Thiers was the difference which now divided America and tbis country , and the position which the French Government should have occupied in regard to it . He concluded a brillant harangue by accusing the Ministry of having compromised the peace of the world by depriving France of her character as a mediatrix . In M . Guizot ' s reply the Minister eloquently defended the conduct of the Government .

      General Rostollan died at _Passy , near Pans , on Wednesday , in the eighty-fourth year of his age . He served with distinction " throughout the war ofthe Republic and Empire , and commanded a brigade at Antwerp in 1809 , when the British army landed at Walcheren . SPAIN . Madrid , Jan . 13 . —List night a group of persons passing alongthe Calle de la Cruz began to cry " Viva Espartero ! " Tbey separated and fled in different directions as soon as they saw the police approaching . Tbe guards continue to be reinforced at the Postoffice and other points . Letters from Barcelona of thc 15 th inst . announce the arrest of forty-six individuals , and their confinement in the citadel by order ofthe Political Chief .

      PORTUGAL . Opesixg of the Comes . — We have Lisbon correspondence to the 1 Oth inst . The Cortes . was opened by the Queen in person Ji" Relations withlforeign powers continueoBn _£ thef _& reatest harmony . £ She solicited / the _^ nost _^ erious attentionlo the budget and _projectswftlawwhich- _' are to _accompanj-it , _? _ih"iorder tliatJtlie goverriinent _ - "may be ' enabledito . pereevcrein " theWiischafge of the duties-imposed on" it byithis most in ] pqrtant : braiich-of the public administration . She solicits tbe Chambers to support'her government , _tliatfclie country _« may reap tbe-benetits . ot ' -

      'tbereprescntatire . system . " * The * Duke . of * Pa _ me . la , though a member ol _\ the \ commission to . draw up . _the-answer totthe _^ _pi-ech ' _^ fronuihe throne , has giveulhotice that he . cannot _* attcnd » the Chambers » forsome time . ' -It is taken , as'a- , \ lccisive condemnation of'the-ministerial policy . - Itvbas been officially , announced- _thabfthe yellow'fever ,. in ) its * _* worst form of black tvoniit , * has appeared _^ in the Cape , Verde _^ Islands . _ThCvisit of tlicEchiii _* * to-one . oftlicb ' slandsWas * the fafal'cause ol thecalaiuity . _% Alltthe . ports . otfh _ rtugal , _except-Lisbon , are closed * _aga _ nst vesselsfrom those' islands . SWITZERLAND . • _'i . _Jtt _^

      The Grand Council of _thcjCanton of . Berne met on _tlie-. i 2 th . _Tlic-questions > f \ the rcvisio ' n ' oPtbe _constitutiou-was _** agitat « d in tbe first-sitting . " -Tbrceopinions were expressed . " * One , ; oft the Conservative * party , rcjccts ' aU-revision-a » hlangerous . _atf-prcsent , and iis opposed _tortheSniajGrity of the ** will of- " the-people . Tbeiseeoudi opinion , which-aims at _^ _revishigibya _constituent , _kad'Yorjorgans _tiicnienibenrof : the grand council , -who _* convoked'the popular assemblies _. and , amongst others , the president ofthe court o f appeal , M . Funk . - _sThc third , < . which / _conh' ning itself strict ! v

      -within thfrbounds of the constitution , calls for axevision , only by the grand , council , ' was defended by four speakers , oneof whom _was-a councillor of state . The govcrnment _& ppears taking > measures for eventualities in case of attack , _^ ltjisfalmost certain , that if the _grandrcouncilffejects'the . wishes of thcpopular assemblies , Berne Avill . be invested by . _theTJopuJations offSeeland , aud . _Obertand . The other cantons , apprehending-a crisis / which would , affect the ' rest of Switzerland , have sent delegates to study the situation and follow _thediscussious of the

      grandcouncil

      PERSIA . Mahomed . SchahJias . bcen for some time extremely unwell , and latterly hisia & lad _vihas _-assumedsoalarming an appearance , that no hope remains ofhis _recovers His death will _* no doubt bc the _signal-for a civitywar in -unfortunate Persia , The _eklest son ol Mahomed Schah is . 14 years of age , andfis a puny , unintellectual . child . ' , His 30 or 40 uncles , _sons-oi _Fcthat ' -Schah , " who " are . dispersed throug hout the 1 ' cn . _ian-provinccs , and « are living . on trifling incomer , will endeavour fOfdispute-the possession ofrthe throne _with'him . Fearingtboseevents , Hadj-Mirza-Agas si appears to have despatched Mamah-Cban to the Emperor _of-Russia , to implore his assistance ui case bf . ( listurbanccs in-l ' era a . It _is-asserted't liat ' he has offered , on his part , to give every facility to . the Russians to work'the _' _eoahmines in . the Masendevar , and particularly to facilitate * the Russian navigation on the _southern coast of tbe Caspian Sea .

      GREECE . King Otho opened tbe Greek Chambers on the 22 nd Hit . with a speech quite in the western European style of royal speeches , containing a deal of political humbug , duly seasoned with the usual cant about "Divine Providence , " '' Almighty God , " Ax ., ic .

      France. The Debate In The Chamber Of Pee...

      The following are the only paragraphs of the least interest : — Following up the resolutions _thatyau haTe so widely taken in favour of public _instruetion , sev « ral bills will be presented for your profound meditation . You will also have to determine , eonformably to the general wish , tbe required number of episcopal sees . The affairs of the church never cease to occupy my head and my _hearty consequentl y mj government , net only desirous of providing for the welfare ofthe church , but also jealous of the sacred deposit of its independence , preserves , and will pressrve for the future , all that attaches it dogmaticall y to the great church of Jesus Christ of Constantinople . Several other bills , which will contribute to the prosperity of the country , will also be presented for your deliberation .

      It is necessary to place the taxes of the _tfemi under a control such as may insure their heing spent according to the wants of the rate-payers and to the wish of their proper representatives . The law on the councils of the _Nomarcbiie will complete our constitutional and administrative institutions ; and the law on conscription requires to bs reformed both in tbe interest of the army and in that of the citizens . Several other bills for the security of public tranquillity and private property , as well as for insuring our national forests against incendiarism , will be presented to your consiieratlon . We must not forget , gentlemen , that per . sonal security is the primary element « f industry , commerce , and public credit . A commission has been named , according to tha desire ot the National Assembly , to consider the rights and sacrifices made during the war , and to settle to whom compensation ought to be made , and thus acquit this sacred debt bf the country .

      THE RIVER PLATE . LivEurooL , Jak . 20 . —Advices from Monte Video ta the 22 nd of November have been received via Rio de Janeiro . The allied squadrons , we learn , had destroyed thc batteries erected by Rosas at the entrance of the river ; and the large fleet of trading vesselsassembled at Martin Garcia were expecting immediate orders to proceed to their destinations . The port of Monte Video presented a most animated spectacle . 133 merchantmen were in tbe harbour , of which eightytwo had arrived in October , and twenty-eight in November , two of these having on board 300 Spanish _colonists . Great anticipations were entertained of

      extended commercial relations wliich would flow from the opening up of the rich country of Paraguay to the enterprise of our merchants . The immense beneficial results of the trade would alone suffice to compensate for the continued occupation of the Monte Videan territory hy Rosas ' s troops , and it was becoming every day more evident that the weapons so dexterously wialded by the Ministers of England and France , the appeal to the commercial requirements of the native population of these rich countries , would much more effectually than by arms , and in a way more consistent with the progress of civilisation , accomplish the overthrow of the anticommercial system of General Rosas .

      Paraguay , we also learn , had declared war against the Dictator ,

      THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . A letter from Odessa of Jan , 2 nd , in the _Augsb-rgh Gazette , states that news had been received from Daghc 8 tah ofa check which the Russians had met with . General Woronrow had gone off in all haste to the theatre of war . Several general officers were summoned to St . Petcrsburgh , where a council of war was to be held after the Emperor ' s return .

      India And China. Overlaxd Mul.—Intellige...

      INDIA AND CHINA . Overlaxd Mul . —Intelligence from India has this week been received from Calcutta to tiie 7 th , and Bombay to the 16 th ultimo . The Sikh soldiers , who call themselves " Lions " or " Singhs , " having received a portion of their pay , had come down to the banks ofthe Sutlej , and there threatened to invade the British dominions ; hut the latest intelligence received at Bombay on the loth of December does not show that they had realized their intentions . When their approach to the frontiers was known , troops were ordered to move from Umbalia to Ferozepore ; but the Governor-General , who was hastening into the north-west , on hearing of the chanees of the collision , suddenly countermanded the march of those British regiments , which

      were composed of her Majesty ' s army as well as of the native troops . The Governer-General andthe Commander-in-Chief met near tbe frontiers at Kurnaul , on the 20 th of November , and their meeting was far from being an agreeab ' e one , for the former was not pleased with the march of the troops towards Ferozepore , and he told Sir Hugh Gougli _, as it is reported in the best-informed quarters , that even if there was a necessity for invading thc Punjaub , he ( Sir Hugh Gough ) was not to command the invading army . It was expected that the Commander-in-Chief would proceed to Calcutta to take his seat in Council . In the meantime some

      negotiations were believed here to be at work witli the Government of Lahore , in order to neutralise the hostile spirit of tbe Sikh troops , and to avert a war , or else to enable the British army to be thoroughly prepared for carrying on operations . There was some probability of hostility on the frontiers between tlic Sikhs and Scinde , and the Bombay government had ordered 8 , 000 men to be concentrated as soon as possible , in order to have a reinforcement of at least 4 , 000 men ready to be senttothe _banksof the Indus . An army of fifty thousand British troops is encamped near the frontiers of the _Punjaub , bo that the combat when it commences will be upon a ** grand" scale .

      _Hoxo Koxc _Muroer . —On the evening of Friday , a most atrocious murder was committed atthe liouse of Mr . Clarke , blacksmith , near the bury ing-ground . From Mr . Clarke ' s examination before thc magistrate , and the evidence before the coroner , who held an inquest on the body of the murdered woman ( Clarke ' s wife ) , it appears that Clarke was in town until ten o ' clock . On his return lie called for a servant to take his horse , but received no answer . He opened the doorof the forge , which has a communication with the yanLback ofhis house . On entering the yard he found the . back-door , which led direct to hissitting-room _^ open ; ihis . wil ' e was lying on a couch apparently asleep _ _-a 4 amp was . burning dimly , as if itfhad not * beenitrimmed'for-some time . Clarke shook his wife _by-the foot tbathe ' inight waken her . ; the stiff feel o 6 _thc-foot ? alarnicd him _^ _and-oniputting his hand on the-bodv he found it cold . 'he saw also

      blood onthe face . .. He immediately _gave'the * alarm _, to ' the Indian . watchman on-the bcat ,. and aiso _touhc _* inspector at the central-station . . _Theinspector-went . to < tl _| e house . _\ Ifofound that Mrs .- Clarke ' s _* t ! -. roat bad-been cut with , a sharp-instrument . She « had also several cuts . on the neck , onc _ across * thcnose !; which severed the bonc . from « tbc skull , one-across < tbe « forehead , whichthc colonial-surgeon * , thouglitwould'havei been sufficientito * _-rendei _* hcninscnsiblc . _Ongoing up stairs thechildren- ' were found- ; in » bcd-asleep , and seroral boxes opened , aiid * apparently rifled . _,-The children—thc _' oldest four _aiuba half _yearSiOf-agc —heard no noise . Theliousaj ? ervant ,. and ** two men who wrought in . the forge , badabsconded ,-and a * large carving knife-was missing . _ Tbeseappear to be the particulars as known . The jury onHbc inquest returned a _vcrdietiof _.-wilfiiliinufdcr-against some-person or persons unknown . —Friend of China ami Hong Kong Gazette , Oct . 8 .

      Tnr. Pope Aso'thb Auiociiit.—Two S«*Em.A...

      Tnr . Pope aso ' thb _AuiociiiT . —Two S _«* em . ativk Hypocrites . —Tlie following is an extract ofa letter from Rome on the 8 th inst . : — The Emperor of -Itusnia has testified his gratitude to the Pope , for his hospitable reception ,, by } presentiiig » hiin witli a supnrb and costly , crucifix _,-of-beuutiful workuian-• sbip , and richly studed _^ with _< jewels , audi his Holiness , not tobebchind-hand in generosity with'his-mighty ally , ¦ hasintiinatedhis intention of _presenting to his . Imperial Majesty , in return , the relics of the great St . Nicolas , the Emperor ' s patron . Saint . The , gift and the _returns-art worthy of t _ ie : p . irt * es . m « king- them . One , is irresistibly drawn to think of Gil-Bias , in early similar-circumstances . ¦ The . emperor does not appear to be so much'put out by ithe result , as the nephew of'the canon of Oviedo . _,. _' ] Ie is determined to make .-the best : of the matter . ' . The relics _of-St . Nicolas are to . be carried into Kussia , and to

      be _inaugurated to St . 1 ' etorsburg with great ceremony , A-ship of war is to be sent to Italy to carry-thc precious remains of their new destination , and -thanksgivings are tobe offered np in all'the churches tu tbe empire on the occasion . Shocking Assault . —At the Southwark ' police office , on . Monday , _Thouins Overy , a shoemaker in _| _Hermondsey , . was placed at the bar'for rc-cxaniinatioii before Jlr . Cottingham , charged with having assaulted his own daughter , and fractured her skull with the blow of a poker . On a previous examination the facts of the assault had been proved , but the prisoner had

      been remanded , in order to ascertain whether he was of I sound mind . —Mr . Meymott , thc surgeon of the county gaol , stated that when the prisoner was broug ht there he I was ' placed in the infirmary , as he , was labouring under ; fever ; . that his uuv . d , however ,, did not appear to he * . affected , as he talked rationally , hut he was iu a very de- ' bilitated state of health . —Murray , 4 in officer of the court , stated that he had made inquiries respecting the prisoner's previous conduct towards his daughter , and was informed tliat on former occasions he had treated her with harshness . —Mr . Cottingham said that he should commit tlie prisoner E > r trial at the Central Criminal Court , but would accept of bail for his appearance . i

      -.Mpm'ai Parliament

      -. mpm ' ai _parliament

      On 'Ihursday, The Session Of Parliament ...

      On _'Ihursday _, the session of Parliament for I 81 C was opened by the Queen in person ' , with the usual ridiculous ceremonies . The attendance of sightseekers was of course pretty numerous , as it is never difficult to collect a London mob , whether to witness a ltoyal Procession , a . Lord Mayor ' s show , or a public strangulation of wretched criminals . Thc daily papers acknowledge tliat "the cheering was not \ cvy general or loud . " The . Queen looked well ; which is more than can be said of a great many of "her people . " Arrived at the House of Lords , the Queen seated herself on thc throne , and , "in a clear and distinct voice , " read thc following

      SPEECH . My Lords _ak » _Gkotlimsh , It gives me great satisfaction agaiu to meet you in Parliament , and to have the opportunity of re 3 uri ing to your _assittam -e and advice . I continue to receive from my Allies , and from all Foreign Powers , thc strongest assurances of their desire to cultivate the most friendly relations with this country . I rejoice that in concert with the Emperor of Russia , and through the success of our joint mediation , I

      have been enabled to adjust the differences which had long prevailed between the Ottoman Porte and the King of Persia , and liad seriously endangered the tranquillity of the East . For several years a desolating and sanguinary warfare has afflicted the Slates of the Rio de la Plata The Commerce of all nations has been interrupted , and acts of barbarity have been committed unknown to the practice of civilised people . In conjunction with tiie King of the French , 1 am endeavouring to effect the pacification of those States .

      The convention concluded with France in the course of the last year , for tlic more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade , is about to be carried into immediate execution by the active co-operation of tlie two Powers on the Coast of Africa . It is my desire that the present union and thc good understanding which so happily exists between us may always be employed to promote the interests of humanity , and to secure thepeaee of the world . I regret thatthe conflicting claims of Great Britain and the United States in respect to the territory on the North Western Coast of America , although they have been made the subject of repeated negociation , still remain unsettled . You may be assured that no effort , consistent with national honour , shall be wanting on my part to bring this question to an early and peaceful termination . GEMi . nuB . N - or the _IIoubk of COMMON'S ,

      Tbe Estimates for the year will be laid before you at an early period . Although I am deeply sensible of the importance oi" enforcing economy in all brandies of the expenditure , yet I have been compelled , by a due regard to the exigencies of th * public service and to the state of our naval and military _establishments , to propone some increase in the Estimates which provide i ' or their efficiency . My Lords and _Gbstleuex , I have observed with deep _regrot the very frequent instances in which the crime of deliberate assassination has been of late committed in Ireland . It will be your duty to consider whether any measures can be devised calculated to give increased protection to lite , and to bring to justice the perpetrators of so dreadful a crime .

      I have to lament that , in eonscquence ofa failure of the potatoe-crop in several parts of tho United Kingdom , there will bc a deficient supply of an article of food which forms the chief subsistence * l great numbers of my people . The disease by which the plant has been * affected has prevailed to the greatest extent in Ireland . I have adopted all such precautions as it was in my power to adopt for thc purpose of alleviating the sufferings which may be caused by this calamity , and I shall confidently rely on your _cs-opcration in devising such other means for effecting the same benevolent purpose as may require the sanetion of the Legislature . '

      1 bave had great satisfaction in giving my assent to the measures which you have presented to me from time to time , calculated to extend commerce , and to stimulate domestic skill and industry , by the repeal of prohibitory andthe relaxation of protective duties . The prosperous state of tho Revenue , the increased demand for labour , and the general improvement which has taken place in thc internal coudition of the country , arc strong testimonies in favour of the course you have pursued .

      I recommend you to take into your early consideration , whether tbe principles on which you have acted may not with advantage be yet more extensively applied , and whether it may not be in your power , alter a careful review of the existing duties upon many articles , the produce or manufacture of other countries , to make such further reduction and remissions as may tend to ensure the continuance of the great benefits to which I have adverted , and , by enlarging our commercial intercourse , to strengthen the bonds of amity with Foreign Powers . Any measures which you may adopt for effecting those great objects will , 1 am convinced , be accompanied by such precautions as shall prevent permanent loss tothe Revenue , or injurious results to any of tlie great interests of thc country . I have full reliance on your just and dispassionate consideration of matters so deeply affecting the public welfare .

      It is my earnest prayer that , with thc blessings ol Divine Providence on your councils , you may be enabled to promote friendly feelings between different classes of my subjects , provide additional security fir thc continuance of peace , and to maintain contmtment and happiness at home , by increasing the comforts and bettering thc condition of the great body of my people . 'llic House then adjourned till five o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF Lords-Thursday , Jak . 22 . Thc Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack shortly alter five o ' clock . Thc Loud Chancellor having read the speech , The Earl of IIomb rose to propose the Address . _Ilcsaidiitwas satisfactory to think that the subjects _treateilopjin thc Speech arc not surrounded by such difficulties-is call for any particular comment or power of explanation : if they did so , he was fully sensible _of-. _his deficiency to be able , to * grapple with tlicm . _Themoblc'loriUnroccedcd to comment on the several paragraphs off her Majesty ' s speech—his address being , iuuere . ec ' io _oftthefQueen ' s words . Lord DtvRos _secondcihthe'aildrcss . The qucstion . thaf . thc _aiWress-liC'ailopted was * then put _* by , the * Lonui Chancellor , and declared to be carried in _** the affirmative .

      Thc l ) ukc o- _? Ricii . uo . _\ D cvpresscu-some displeasure that . thc'discussion _. had been' so abruptly concluded . He-had , * howuver „ hciird _^ enough _. to kuow . _tliatiMinistersiiutended-to withdraw protection from ' tlio'industry of thc country , and-he cliallciigcil > them . to show any cause " fort-rescinding tke solemn compact'made with the agricultural * ¦ interest- in ' 1 _S-12 :- lie could"see no * difference * _betwcen rthe Anti-Corn Law-League and * the * government , and _. mwrcason . why they < _isbould not create Air . Cobden a * Pcer . > He " denounced the League as * the . author all these " changes , _^ an dt warned their' Lordships by . the cxiimplcKit'fIreland ,, still unappeascd . _byitlic concession oftlS 29 _;\ not'to be-intiniidatcd . into a surrender ofntheir opinions . Ue' _-callcd upon the-great towns , . 'too , to _^ observc thattiffprotcction- were taken

      away . from , agriculture , Sir It . Peel- was * bound < by hisrprouiiscs invlSl > 9 to _^ i'cmovc'it from _evcryiothcr article ; . and ' asked how / _ifIthis complcteirovolution in our system - were . achieved , -the public creditor ivas _tolbcisatislicd . the farmer'to pay h _ s'tithe ,. or a _' singlc _' _saiary _oivpaytnentHo-i-cHiaiti unaltered *)? lie solemnly . protested against thc clause which referraLtoJprotection , as being directly contrary tu cvery . ' principlc and , every speech ¦ ef the present-government , . and challenged it to test- the amount of public ; confidence it enjoyed- ' by an appeal to . the country . . lie declared . _that- 'hc would resist by . every means in '* his ' ' power—factious , if necessary—any "diminution in the amount ofagricultural prote ' ctioi *; ¦ and . concluded by calling fonan explanation ofrthe mysterious resignations' and counter-resignation _* _, ¦ which had lately surprised theworld ..

      The Duke of _sWkuinton declined to defend the conduct oi ' _-Sir . Robert Peel , or-any measure off bis government . The . qiitstwii before their . Lordships was the Address ; other measures ; wouId _* shorfcly-be submitted ' to'tlicm , but they-. . had now only , the address to discuss ,-and an _acquiescence in that bound thciu only . to take into consideration the measures it suggested _. _-upon wli _ ch _* tlievDuke » of _Jticiimondtwoulil hereafter _fiavcainple 'opportunity of expressing his opinions .

      Lord Stanley , 'being called upon by the Duke of Richmond for an explanation of the grounds uponi which he had retired from the government , declined tocntcr into details , upon the pica that he could . noti " explain thc motives , of his ' conduct without stating ' what were the . measures conleiiiplated .. by the other _, members of | thc Cabinet , but stated , tbat uponwnci question only—one-relating to thc degree _andCamount ' _'ol ' iagriculturaltprotcclion—was there » any difference > uf opinion . _Upon'that { qucstion _> a measure was proposed which _hewnsidereihuncnllcd for by any change of circumstances since 1 S 42 , and considering it his

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      duty to dissent from a project approved by a majority of his colleagues , ho had tendered his resignation ; and with this explantion of his motives , and the course he had adopted , bo trusted that their lordships would be satisfied . Lord Hardwicke said , that as he saw in the address a direct advance towards free trade , he must form an exception to those who approved it . The Marquis of Lansdowne said , that _oti a future occasion he would explain the circumstances of some political transactions in which he liad lately taken a

      part . He expressed his cordial approbation of that portion of the address which related to ilie differences with the United States upon the subject of Oregon . Lord Brougham heartily concurred in this opinion , and then , at considerable length , claimed for himself the credit of perfect consistency upon the great question of Corn Law repeal . He strongly condemned , however , thc conduct of ' _tho _,, League . He referred to the state of Ireland , and recommended their Lordships to disregard all considerations of party , and strengthen thc hands ofthe Executive Government .

      Lord Malmesbury protested against the opinion that thc great mass of the people were in iavour of a repeal of thc Corn Laws , Lord Radnor defended the League from the attacks of Lord Brougham , and especially denied that theirconduct had been in any degree unconstitutional . The Marquisof Salisbury and tho Duke of Beauport deprecated any diminution in the amount of agricultural protection , and their lordships then adjourned until to-morrow .

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      HOUSE OF C 0 MM 0 NS-Ti _ unsDAY , Jan . 22 . The House assembled at four o ' clock , and the SrfiAKEU having taken the chair , new writs were moved for , and ordered for the boroughs of Salkirk and Newark , thc shire oi Bute , the West Riding ot Yorkshire , tho city of Cork ( Mr . Serjeant Murphy h . ; ving retired ) , the borough of Casliel , East Sussex , aud Midhurst . RAILWAY BILLS . Sir R . Peel—I wish to givo notice , Sir , that I shall , on Monday next , move for the appointment of a Committee of the whole House , with a view to ascertain the course which the House shall pursue with respect to tlie Bills which will be submitted during this session for the making of railways .

      COMMERCIAL rOLICY OF THE COUNTRY . Sir R . Peel—I also , Sir , beg to give notice that , on Tuesday next , I shall move for the appointment of a Committee to consider what should be the future commercial policy ofthe country . SHORT TIME BILL . Lord Ashley gave notice that he should upon some future day bring in a Bill to reduce the time of labour in factories ; also , that upon some future day lie should bring under the consideration of the House the state of the juvenile population of some parts of London and Southwark ,

      THE ADDRESS . The SrEAKEn having read her Majesty ' s speech , Lord Francis _Egerton rose to move the address . Having referred to those portions of the speech relating to foreign affairs , and expressed his hope that cordial friendship would be maintained between England and the United States , and all differences between the two governments amicably settled , he proceeded to comment on thc indication given in the "speech " . of an intended change in the commercial policy of the country . Ilis own opinions he avowed had of late undergone a considerable change . ( Opposition cheers . ) He bad arrived at the conclusion that restrictions on foreign commodities should no longer bc upheld ' by the _legislature of this country

      ( Loud Opposition clieers . ) lne noble lord concluded by moving the address , which was , as usual , an echo to the " speech . " Mr . B , Denison rose to second the address . He said , with regard to the allusion contained in the latter part of the " speech , " he believed there had , in tho course of the last four years , been a reduction of Custom and Excise duties to the extent of between four and five millions sterling . By this reduction there had been an immense increase of the trade of the country generally , and a large import of foreign commodities into this kingdom . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) He trusted that her Majesty ' s Ministers would persevere in a course that had already been productive of such benefit to the country , and in saying thus much , he felt bound at the same time to

      assert that the results of their proceedings entitled them to what he earnestly hoped tlicy would obtain , lull measures of public confidence . ( Loud cheers . ) He had full confidence in their prudence , patriotism , and integrity . ( Cheers irom thc Opposition . ) Sir It . Peel rose to explain thc motives on which he had acted , and which had governed his conduct . He felt it unjust to be condemned without a hearing . He said nothing on that head ; if a feeling of momentary indignation had been raised , lie felt that he had been trusted with confidence formerly , but if ho did not ask for a reversal of the sentence , he wished to be heard after condemnation , in explanation ofthe grounds which had induced liim to tender his _resignation , and also the "rounds on which that

      trust had been reassumed . The cause of the breaking up of the Government was that great mysterious calamity which had destroyed the article of food on which so many of the poor in this and the sister kingdom depended for their existence . It was a subject requiring immediate decision as to the laws regulating the importance of food , but though thc immediate cause , he would not deny that his opinions on the subject of protection had undergone a change . He would assert his right to act on enlarged experience . He did not consider there was any reason to feci humiliated or abashed in avowing this change , but he should fed humiliated if those opinions , having undergone a change , he liad shrunk from the avowal of it by the fear of the charge of inconsistency . ( Cheers . )

      Those who contended I ' or the removal of impediments in the import of corn had immense advantages—the presumption was in their favour . It might be possible to combat them by showing arguments in favour of prohibition but the presumption could only be combated by showing that the protection duties were fov the benefit of a community , and not of a class . It might be contended that it was necessary that domestic industry should bc protected from competition . It might be contended that high prices meant high wages , and low prises low wages . It might be contended that the land was subject to peculiar burdens , but compensation might be made fir them . He admitted that his opinions on these _subjects-of protection had been modified by the experience ofthe

      last three years , and had no . wish to deprive * these who had before been mere _reasoning men to a conclusion against tlic policy of protection of .. any otfthc credit due to tlicm . He hail watched the effect , of ¦ lhe . measures taken during tlic last threeyearsin favomtof $ frce _« trade _, and the result had been that the doctrine which he had hitherto supported were no longer tenable .. . . He- , did not believe that-wages were _all ' ccted _.-by prices , oitthnt protection to domestic industry _was'tenable . f It was impossible l _' oi > tliosc who _had'nuule'thcchanges in the tariff " , _whicbilhey had made . ' ioibelieve that ' theddoctrine of protecting domestic" industry was tenable . ( Cheers . ) During the lasfthrceyearsApriccs had been low , and yet at no _timcdiiul'wiiiHKrbccn higher . During thc * . threo

      previous » yenrs prices * had , been high , and thclowness of wages bad' produeedfuniversal distress _aiuoiig _& thc kbouring . populat . on / nc next proved from statistical returns _tliut'tlic . resu _. _t-upon trade of venuwing _pvo'tectivcdiitieslmd been agreat increase in the foreign cxports . _of-tlie country ,-and that thc result upon the revenue , thougllliin _tlidast four . years a reduction had bceii'inadc iiiHhc . Customs duties to thc amount _, of ; £ 2 , 000 , 0 ( 10 and upwards , ' and in the Kxeisc ilutics _^ to thc amount of . t ' -1 , 1 ) 00 , 000 , liad been equally'satisfactory . lie then adverted to considerations , which ho deemed of more importance than those of cither trade or revenue—namely , _to-pons ' nleliitionsof morality . ; . and _sliowcd'tliat'iu _ISI ' -V vlicn high prices and . _lhigh-fduiic . S ' vwero in existence ,

      ¦ there hud been an . _'alarminir . * . increase ol ' crime , but ' , that in _IS-l . t things had taken _aifavourablo-turn , and thatiii _IS-l-l'mnUlS-lo tlic _^ dcercnse oi ' . ' _comniitnients . had been ivory large . lie' sho « _cd-. tliat ; the . se . _ailvantages-hnd noUbeen purchased by any ' detriment . to the _agricultural-interest .. He contended _tlmWie was justified in proceeding with the further . " removal of j protecting -duties- bjr tlie ' _gratilying-results . which had ( been produced by ' thc _^ rcmoval of thoso » which he had already rcp calcd . ¦ It was right'that he . should state that , notwithstanding the _coneviction wliich was -thus forced upon his mind , ihc'had been -of opinion that , thc charge of , altering ' the Corn Laws ought nut- to devolve upon him as 1 Minister of'the Crown , lie felt that _. ' with

      tliatcon' viction , which lie could not control , . he could , no ( longer meet _thcannual-. iiiutioii of hon . _' members _' opiposite with ' a _dirccfnegntivLV andith . it , therefore , { lie could no longer continue the contcstson _tlio-stibjeetwith ' any advantage to those who liadMiithcrto . honoured . him wilh : their confidence . lie then ( described the circumstances t \ vhich induced him ( early in November to think that it was _necessary _tqjmcctethcJimpending-cvil by a suppression , of _thevduties nm-the importation of foreigii , ' . produce ; and'read consccutively . the information wliich Go-. _vcrnment had received , from various parts _ol'Uho united . kingdom _. _and'alsoKroni abroad , ' and wliich lie considered . as , justifying him in ' the conclusions to which-he had conic first early in November ami . afterwards-early in . December . _HemexUiead thc . information which , he had received from England , Scot-

      House Of C0mm0ns-Ti_Unsday, Jan. 22. The...

      land , and Ireland , relative to the failure of the potatoe crop ; and hoped that those who had so precipitately condemned tlie Government would nowmako some allowance for its difficult position . The right honourable baronet then entered into a lengthened _, statement relative to the resignation ofthe Ministry anu their rc-instatemeut in oflicc , and proceeded to state that he had given notice that evening that on an early day next week , it was his intention to submit to the House a measure of the greatest importance relative to our commercial policy , j _ie would not anticipate thc discussion on it w ! i „ i _?\ eillns ' hc was anxi _«« s to disconnect that m ~ . a gn nat ionil 1 ( i uest _* ft 0111 an . v Party ? . _ Fh _,, r i _i- i ; lt ! * A , ' expressing a hope _K i < ld 6 ! , t , s ( lc 1 d h House thathis motives were __ ' i ? Uthoilgh , conclusions might be _crro-SSW'tol to defend himself against tho charge that hc had been guilty of treason to the . _ntrri .

      cultural interest . He concluded his speech with an eloquent defence ofhis own Conservative policy butb at liomo and abroad , contending that he bad put an end to the murmurs of disaffection , and had done his utmost to perform no easy task , namely , that of reconciling the action of an ancient monarcliv and a proud aristocracy with that of a reformed lIou . « e of Commons , Lord J . _Russeix next rose to give an explanation of his conduct during thc recent interregnum in the Ministry , lie then stated the ciw . urasU . Mes under wliich Jic had been called upon by her Majesty to form an Administration on the 8 th of last December . On the 10 th lie saw her Majesty on the subject . He should have declined under ordinary circumstances te acccpfc office himself , as his partv were in a minority af 90 or 100 in the Ilouse o ' f Commons , and as that fact alone must-have led _Awlore long to it dissolution _Of'Pai-liamcnt .-. When

      ne mentioned to her ' Majesty that such ' was his eehngsbe placed in his hand a document signed " J ? . l * _^ \ ? e l , in which ho promised to give every = 7 " *' 1 P ° f , his successor , whoever that person _uuglit be ior the settlement of the question ? L ? __ W 8 , _P thc » toltl _h _<» M ' i < - _™ Lif _•« _" _?• T- nUcm 1 * aml t , iat ho * vould consult with his former colleagues on the subject . lie did so and they thought that the new Governnieiit ought to know what were the intentions ofthe late Ministry on the subject ; but Sir R . I ' eel had given him ( Lord J . Russell ) to understand that ho

      . lunot tiiiniutiorthc benefit of the public service mm he should communicate to his successor thc details of lus intended measure . He ( Lord J . Russell ) had then drawn up an outline of . his own measure and had wished to communicate it to Sir K . 1 eel , in order that lie might , if possible , obtain his consent to it along with that of Sir Robert ' s late colleagues . Sir It . I ' eel , however , had thought it not reasonable that a perron not in the service ofthe Crown should be consulted on thc details of a measure proposed by the Minister , ? of the Crown . The noble lord then stated at great length the various steps winch he afterwards took to form a Government on tlie principle of the immediate rcneal of the Corn

      m ' '• ¦ _sulj sequent failure . Mr . D'Isiueli expressed his intention of adhering to the * principles of protection which had sent him into that House , aiu ' i which would have compelled mil to resign his scat if he had conscientiously relinquished them . He did not envy Sir It . I ' eel his feelings m the apologetic address which he had that night delivered to those who were once his party in that House . What could the House think of a statesman who , having served four Sovereigns , was at last compelled by die observation which hc had made m the last tliree or four rears to change his opimons on a subject which must have been repeatedly brought under his consideration in even * point of view in the manifold debates of nearly twentv years ? Such a statesman might be conscientious , but he was at

      any rate unfortunate , and ought not to address his lorin'jr friends in the tone of menace . He knew of no parallel to Sir It . Peel ' s conduct save that ofa late Captain Pasha , of Constantinople , who having received the command of a fleet from the Sultan to attack Mehemet Ali , steered that" fleet at once into the enemy ' s port . That admiral was called a traitor ; but hc defended himself from the charge , on the ground that he was an enemy to war , that he hated a prolonged contest , and that he had terminated it by betraving . the cause ot his master , lie denounced the speech of Sir R . 1 eel that evening asa glorious example of egotistical rhetoric , and censured him in the severest terms for

      the shameful manner in which he had turned round "P ° » his former party . Who was he that dared to tell the House that an ancient monarcliv and a proud aristocracy were useless lumber , and that hc was thc only man who could reconcile their action to that of a reformed House of Commons , whoso reformation he had _rented to thc utmost ? When Sir Robert said that his Conservative policy had put down agitation , notwithstanding bis ( Mr . _H'Israeli ' s ) knowledge of the extent to which Parliamentary farce could sometimes go , lie was peifectlv thunder-™• He concluded a bitter invective against Sir 11 . 1 eel , by declaring that lie was not the Minister who ought to abrogate the Com Laws .

      Loid Nortiilaxd protested in the name of the people ot Ireland against the total repeal ofthe Corn Laws . Mr . Miles said , that no amendment had been moved on the address , because on an cavlv occasion next week an opportunity would be given to the House of expressing a decision on the extraordinary change of principle avowed that night bv Sir It . Peel . He gave notice on behalf of himself and _' sevoval otlier members that the strongest constitutional opposition would be given to his plan , and that every impediment would be made use of to prevent its passing into After a few words to the same effect from Colonel Sibthorp , the address was agreed to without a dissentient voice . The House then adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS—Fbidat , Jas , 13 . THE NEI . SOX _JIOXOfKNT . Mr . Coli . i-. tt , seeing the noble lord thc Chief _Commissioner of Woods and Forests in his place , begged to ask him a question relative to the Nelson monument . Some time since , a Foreign Despot —( order , order)—he begged pardon , a great Foreign Llevo , had tendered tbe sum of £ 500 towards its completion , and the questions he wished _; to put were , —First , IVhy this had been so long delayed ? And , secondly , whether there were any decorations to the base , and , if so , when it might be expected that the monument would bc linisheil ? The Earl of Lincoln ' s answer was to the effect tliat the monument would be completed' " sonic dav . "

      THE . _^ _DDfiESS . The second reading of the address having boon moved , Mr . CoLo . _L-iioux impugned Sir Robert Peel ' s arguments for free trade , which were rotten , like fhe pvitatoes . No resemblance could be traced between liis present principles and those he professed when originally raised to power . Sir Robert J ' eei . called upon those who attacked thc presumed intentions of Government with personal crimination ,. to substitute substantial argument , the only fitting weapon in the present . important discussion . lie referred to thc circumstances ot _histrcsignation _, as evidence of Ins integrity in the public service .

      the _oueoox . Lord _Joiix'Russi-LLunquircd whether _negotiations had . ceased _. bctwcen the British Government and thc Cabinet _^ . Washington relative to the disputed Oregoiifterritory . * - Sir R .. Peei . admitted that he thought Mr . Pakenham had * too summarily . rejected . the proposal made by the American-Government , and , in consequence , •• .. further oiler had been made to submit the question to arbitration . Sir iT . FifK . M-ixn . i-: moved for leave to bring in a billlto amend the nets for the extension nnd .. promo * _( ioii _. of ' _pulil . c _works'iii'Ireland . Leave wns given to bring in the-bill , aud the iluitsc adjourned at halfpast eight o clock .

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      _BANKlllTTS . [ From the _Citzelleof Priday , January-US . ] Joint Tuddeiilmin _. _-Vickeving-place _, Dnyswatcr , builder — Joseph Clcmy , Cluivelwoiid ,. lie . . l _* « iuvoir . _!* t | Unro , builder—ltobert _llal-cr , Switlumipton , - stonemason — John Carlisle ,. Little Love-Jane , Woo . l-slivct , commission _iiirent— , lulm _Liniiit , _ArgyM-pluce , _Uigent-stra-t , _iroldsmith—Joseph llutchiuson ,. lUp \ _voovl , _Coriibill , iwreiia . it —David Unison , St . . Milan ' s , _ageut—l ' urthu ! oii , iew Calway , _Tooley-street , draper—John Ttiviu _* v , _l' . rooUe-street , _Ilolliiirn , _printing materials niamil ' _aeti-. _i'ei—John Cok . r , _Xiu-lbrd ,. X . » rl v . lU , limber dealer—William liufliiinan , Old Jewry-chamber . * * , _mereUiiiu—Sainm .. Dak' * . ) . ' !!! Holder , Lou-leu , im-. ivli . i _ it—John _Hoi . erls and Hugh _liiifjlies _, Mattel-ester , _U- _'eihh-a'a-vs—Jama * _l- ' ivein _.-iii _. _-Clielteutiam , ' loiljfinghoiisc-kotper—Thomas Hodgson , Livurpoul , lioolc _seller—Tlioi-ias-aiid _' _-Mie ' iiiel Thomas . ' vuigiit ,. l ! : _tlli , u _[> - Jiolsterers — Henjamin Crossland , l _\* tiiiY . lirid » _-c , uuiu Umlders / iehl , _htald-kttitter—George _Midii ' _leton , _-Xuttiiig ham , wine merchant—John Arnold , Walsall , woollendraper ,

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      t _FkaRVUI , _ANDi I _* ' ATAli _^ t \ " cbTuE . \ T O . N TIIK _Sot'Tll _Kastkhn Railway . —An accident occurred on . the . _Southeastern Kailway about . jmc o ' _cloek . on _Tues-• day morning . " As Un ., gooils' _^ tr . _-rmi _' which . f _lcavia ¦ l )< mu _vit-i _* ight . ' i \ M . _wasfi'iwsing ovor _* _oney >| $ he oecup . _iiii-11 bridges . in-thc . Mcdw . ty Valley , betireeii . tho jToiihridgcutul -p _. _-nshuvst stations , a-portion . of _, 'thc bridgcoH'fcho . _soii . h side' _. 'di'iu , and the . engine , { ten der ,-. _and-onc of the _waggons were _prceipiiatedftiuiuiig { the ruins . Unfortunately _thc-enginc-drivcr survived ' only _alshort-fcriod ; 'but * tlio * stokei iCseaped'With a

      _'fowislight ' vvoHiul . s . Weliinderstand'lha . the cause lot" the accident was owing'to'the ilnot ! s ,. wliii'h ; liad _j _viacti to such an extraonVimiry height as to underniine the- 'bridge . jr * IJEATll 0 f \ , \ FoitMEll RliVOLUTIONIST . —lkroh _Loinihartl , peer of'Franco , *' died at-hw estate of St . Symphurien , in- the . department of the Iserc , in the _eighty-liith-ycai _* . ol'Jiis _. age , on the llth instant . M . Lombard _Wiis . the _lasttot the member ! , _nt'tym states of 1 ' auphiim who tuok _soaclivea part _ihihomovemntofl 789 . _Vi' _\"' \

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24011846/page/1/