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    • "KEBELLIOS" IN THE MffllSTERIAL CAMP.
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      "Kebellios" In The Mffllsterial Camp.

      " _KEBELLIOS" IN THE MffllSTERIAL CAMP .

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      TaS _aWKENDESI _MKMBER AND THK _XSDHPESBZrT jnsisiER . Tag debates caused by Mr . Dcscombe _' s motions relative to the Home Secretary and his Post-office espionage , have been productive of mote results than a mere exposure of the infamies practised in tlie "inner office , " or fay the " roving commissioners : " results that are likely to tell with good effect on the position of parties in the House , and lead to a more comnrehensiTe understanding than lias hitherto prevailed of the relationship that should subsist be tween the Minister of the day and those who act with-him as his " ordinary supporters . " It is well _knvwn that Sir _Hobeiit Peel ' s Government is one ; ¦

      that i 3 merely tolerated hy the " predominant interest "—( thanks to Lord John Russellfor / _Aa _*? predominance , _wi : o purposel y framed the Reform BUI to secure it!)—became they have no other mail fit to occupy the postofleader . - Itisaswellknownthatalmost the entire of the party suspect , dread , nay , evcnHAiE the man whom circumstances have conspired to force Ofltiemas"Iordandmaster . _- " ItisalsoaswelllaiOwn , th a *; with such feelings as these they have been comaellt _*;*] to do his bidding—to swallow all their former dix-i rincs—to violate all their hustings ' pledges—to _sanifiseihelanded interest at the shrine of manufactm ios advantage—to give tip that " protection to agri .

      culture , " which they held to be indispensable , and to wade _with , the espediency-mongering Minister through the mire of _pree-iradeism , tothe enactment of _$ _& Tariffe _, and the passing of Canada Corn Bills In which every principle on which they had prided themselves through life was violated , and voted to be v . nsound and _destructive ! It is well-known also that this same high and haughty party have felt themselves so bound , to the Minister they detested , — _bouad from a fear thatthe Whigs in name should come "in , " —that they obsequiously and spaniel-like cronehed before lim on tw o memorable occasions , and did hia insolent and dictaorial bidding , whcn _! hc

      nntlisgui : ** _diy " ordered" them to cat their-words , and . _-SEse-Js-sD t-uxie ifficonBia ) votes ! All this is sc _»! vjmati *> -r of Mstoiy ; and it Lad joaturally produced a _icc ' iingof ineffable scorn and supreme cont- _? n * . i _> tf .= vOie Lord Johns and the Lord Charles of the mou haughty aristocracy in the world , who , suEio the plebeian son of a mere cotton-spinner , _fissedtlu-ir necks so abjectly to the servile yoke , and licked thr ;" cet of tlie man they so heartily despised . True , this _degrading course Las not been pursued _without r me little murmuring on tlie part of some " who had been sent to swell a Tory majority ; " and there were even signs of mutiny apparent on the Treasury Benches * when the peremptory " call" to rescind vc-. _« was made on the " ordinary supporters

      of Government . " It was , however , reserved for Mr . DESCoaBE ' s recent motions to fan the incipient _fliufinyiiito open rebellion : and it is for the purpose o f pvtUng ihe reader in possession of the facts relating tothe noble and independent stand now made against _Ministerial insolence and debasing requirewesis _iJsii we now write : a sland which is sore to lead , _evc-Jiiually , not only to the overthrow of Sir Roeeht Peel ' s Government , but also tothe breaking up of party and faction as mere party and faction , and induce a feeling of independence in spirit amongst Members of Parliament , which will inevitably lead to independence of action . This " bebee-Sio _* s , therefore , is one that should be hailed by the people as the harbinger of octtcr daws and better deeds for them .

      It wUl naturally be expected that it is the Young £ s 6 LA 5 » party who have thus thrown off the Ministerial livery : fer from the party _wlo had the _inanliaess to protest against the dictatorship of Pf . f . x . , and to aatly refuse to do his insolent bidding , could such a course as that of open -rebellion against his iron party-rnle alone be expected . The other portion of Peel ' s '' ordinary supporters" showed themselves too abject and too servile ever to permit a ray of hope in oi ; the mind , that they would raise the standard of 3 _E 5 EUJ 0 X against any demand or requirement , however abasing . That natural expectation is tlie true one . It is the Yocvg _Exglakd section of the House that have " come out" against the hated Mnister ,

      and asserted the independence of Members , even though seated on ihe Ministerial side of the House , from such controul as has lately been attempted to be escrcised over them : and that bold declaration of _iMjEKEWDEKCE has also drawn from the Minister himself a counter declaration of _ms independence of "his " _parfep _; a distinct intimation , that in future fat * will j ' offoui tlie bent of his ovfi . _incfinafion , leaving those who hate and _seeve him to follow , or not , as the ? list I Therefore all parties 7 ioiv know their relative position in the House : a knowledge which _rendess their duties to themselves and the country far more onerous than before ; and for wliich knowledge we are indebted to the debates and explanations Ihat Mr . _Dbscombe Las been the means of raising .

      On the first night of the present session that Mr . Docombs introduced the Post-office infamies , and showed that the Secret Committee , appointed to whitewash the Government , had evaded their duty , Sir _Sobeut spoke in a very hitter strain ef the resewed attack on his Government , after what he called " a full acquittal" had been pronounced by his c-wa-appnintcd Secret Committee . Contrary to his _fxpeei-ilioB , the debate was adjourned ; and on the second evening , Lord Howick , having cunningly discovered that there were grounds on whicli the JVhigs cenld support Mr . _Doxcombe against the Ministry , without involving themselves in an open iEonii _*} ' as to their own practices , moved an

      _amendaient . on Mr . Dcxcombe _' s motion for a Select Coniroities to Inquire into the whole question , to the effect that the inquiry should be confined to Mr . _Do-cohbe _' s nidividual case . This amendmentone very likely to . meet with , the general support of "her Majesty ' s opposition , " and of those who were too independent to commit injustice on an individual _Me-ffibertoserveaeonfidence-viokting Government , — wa ? seconded by Mr . _D'Isra-eu , the talented leader of _theYocxo _Exglaxd section . In the course pf his Tem & rks , he thus ; dluded to the ill-at-case exhibition _wrhich Sir Robert Peel had made on the previous _eveniag : and thus laid down the grounds on which _lik vote , and those who acted with him , would be recorded against the Government : —

      X come new to the political circumstances and considerations which formed the second head of his defence . The E % ht lion . Gentleman wHl pardon me for observing it . oat fie displayed on that occasion an unusual warmth . ( " Hear , " _.. nd a laugh . ) I am aware that it by no means _foiie _*** - that the Bight Hon . Gentleman felt it ( Laughter . ) The Right Hon . Baronet has too great a mind , and SI ! s ; oo eminent a position , ever to lose his temper ; but ia a popular assembly it is sometimes expedient to enact the part - - . f the choleric gentleman . ( A laugh . ) The "Right Eon . Gentleman touched the red box with emotion . ( A _lasgh . ) _Iknowtrom old experience that when one first enter : the House , these exhibitions are rather

      alarming ; and I believe that some ofthe younger members were much _mghiened ( laughter ); but I advised them not to be _harmed . I told them that the Eight Hon . Baronet would not eat them up , would not even resign ; ihe very worst thing heicould do _wouldbe to teU them toresdnd a vote _( _LoTid rhcering , and shouts of laughter . ) The Bight Hon . Gentleman favoured us with his views of the question , legal and political . I don't wish to compare small things with great , but it is not very long ago when the House waB favoured by a gentleman from the sister _coun-5 tj -nth a speech in favour of the income tax , which _occaSosed considerable comment and amotion . (" Hear , hear , " and a laugh . ) Sow , I must say , that had it not

      been for the speech of the Bight Hon . Gentleman , I wont say we should not have had the motion of the Hon . Member , oat I have a great suspicion that we should not have bees favoured witb the amendment of the Kohle Lord the Member for Sunderland . ( Hear , hear . ) But after the _spseth of the Right Hon . Gentleman—after having assured xs that in 1342 the country was in a state of great connection , —after hating told ns of the heavy responsibility which then devolved on the Government , —after his _bating read evidence wliich , at the time , did not receive the credit it has since obtained ( cheers ) , —after the Bight Hon . Gentleman had , in fact , more than intimated that it was possible that even members of Parliament might have- been guilty of " privy conspiracy anil rebellion , " it seems to me quite impossible that the question could have

      _tuenieh as otherwise it might hate been . ( Cheers . ) I know that my Hon . Friend the _Me-nberfor Hull ( Sir J . Hasmer ) intended , when this question was originally _brought forward , to support the report of the committee , —ic certainly did not actually pledge himself to do so , tat nc iad at that time a Yery great bias in their favour ( Hear . ) But arte ** the distinct _a-ssertions of the Hon . Member for Fiusbury , that his letters had been opened , a 1 * 3 that dishonour bad been cast upon himself and his constituent ? , we , who possess feelings and duties similar to those of the Hon . Member for FiMbury , did consider this a matter which could not possibly be passed over without inquiry . ( Cheers ' . ) Ofthe Bight Hon . Baronet the Secretary of State 1 know nothiag but honour , and have experienced nothing but courtesy . ( Laughter from the Opposition . ) I am son ; that an expression which is

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      perfectly sincere should cause any ebullition of sucli a character . ( Hear . ) I have , I repeat , no personal feeling against the Right Hon . Baronet . I should think no one on this bench had any personal feeling against the _llijrlll Hon . _Secretary . The personal reelings which do exist in this debate , as mentioned by the Bight Hon . Secretary 3 t War , are a Cabinet secret . ( Hear , and a laugh . ) The Bight Hon . Gentleman at the head of the Government will not , I am sure , be offended at our giving an independent vote on the present question , upon whatever side ofthe House we may sit . The Secretary at War lays that it is not a question of confidence . ( Hear , „< _-r . _~«„ .:.. „ . „ i _i _3 v .. * . *!**— _< . — . . . _-

      hear . ) Kor docs any one seem to think that it is . ( Hear , hear . ) As for the First Minister , he is superior to all parties—he governs by pure reason , not by party . ( Cheers and laughter . ) With regard to the secret committee , we know it consisted of gentlemen whom we all respect , and we believe that they performed their duty ; but we regret that the liouse did not animate them to do more than they did . The circumstances brought before us at the time , though not in the shape of the original motion ofthe Hon . Member for Finsbury , were deeply interesting tothe country , aud we might , under such circumstances , to use a common expression , have "hit the nail ou the head . " It is

      useless for a _afinister the Crown to say , " The committee gave us a verdict . " Nobody accuses the Minister . ( Hear , hear . ) But something has happened which has put us for a moment behind the scene , and led us to think that the manner In whieh the play is managed is not the most advantageous to the public . What happened to the Bight Hon . Gentleman might have happened to another Minister , and , if it had , I hope , the question not being a party one , that at whatever side of the * ouse we sat , we would have done our duty . ( Hear . ) We are -in the third year ofa Walpoleian Administration . ( A laugh . ) Party feeling is extinct , and if we find a great injury and injustice to the public exemplified in an instance of one of ourselves , let us not hesitate to come forward and take advantage of existing circumstances to put au end to it . The Hon . Gentleman opposite has made an accusation—a very distinct and definite accusation . As far as I am concerned , I should never wish to

      see an accusation of the kind partake of personal acerbity . We , however , knoiv nothing about that ; we only suppose the Hon . Gentleman is irritated at having his letters opened , I will not go so far as the Hon . Baronet the Member forthe University of Oxford , and say that the Govermnent may open and read aU my letters ; but this I will say , that they may open all my letters provided they answer them . ( Laughter . ) _ Tlie amendment which the Noble Lord has proposed se « ms to me to meet the exigency of the case . I am quite persuaded that her Majesty's Government will on consideration feel that it is no defeat , no discomfiture , on tlieir part to accede to that amendment . It is not brought forward in a hostile spirit , as they may consider the motion ofthe Hon . Member for Fiusbury . It is not brought forward in a hostile spir it ; and , as fer as I am concerned , it is not supported in a hostile spirit . We are making no attack upon the Government . ( Hear , hear , from Sir B . Peel . )

      This " move" on the part of thejWhigs and Mr . DTskaeu , threw new life into the debate ; and it was again adjourned , in spite ofthe opposition ofthe " strong Government , " to the following evening . It was then resumed , to the exclusion and postponement of other business : so important did the Minister himsclf deem it to be . In the course of the evening , Sir Robert Peel , in a tone of suppressed bitterness and evident wounded feeling , which drew upon him the derisive cheers of the whole assembly , thus expressed _hjniself in relation to the speech of Mi * . jD'Israeli : —

      In the course of last night the Hon . Gentleman the Member for Shrewsbury declared his intention of supporting the motion of the Noble Lord tlie Member for Sunderland . During the speech delivered by the Hon . Gentleman , he observed that I had with very great apparent warmth addressed the House , aud that I had been very emphatic in my action ; yet , although he had heard the charges made , that the Government- had been the cause of the spilling of innocent blood—that they had fabricated warrants , and exceeded their powers—he undertook to assure the House that , notwithstanding my apparent feeling , my warmth was entirely simulated that I was acting a part which I found it convenient to actthe part of a choleric gentleman . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) It is certainly veiy possible to manifest great vehemence of action , and yet not to be in a great passion . On the other hand , it is possible to be exceedingly cold , indifferent , and composed in your manner , and yet to

      cherish very acrimonious feelings . ( Loud derisive cheers . ) Notwithstanding the provocation of the Hon . Gentleman , I will not deal so harshly with him as he has dealt with me . He undertakes to assure the House that my vehemence was all pretended , and warmth all simulated . I , on the contrary , will do him entire justice : I do believe that his bitterness was not simulated ( cheers and laughter ) , but that it was entirely sincere . ( Henewed cheers . ) The Hon . Gentleman has a perfect right—who questions it ?—to support a hostile motion . It is perfectly open for the Hon . Gentleman to let the debate proceed for two nights , and , finding that the motion is not exactly put in a convenient form , to try to ascertain what is the mode of amending it which may be most captivating and convenient . He is at perfect liberty to give a direct support to the motion ; but all 1 ask is , that when he gives that support to the motion , do not let him say that he does it in a friendly spirit . ( Cheers . )

      "Give me the avowed , the erect / the manly foe ; Bold I can meet , perhaps can turn the blow ; But of aU plagues , good Heaven , thy wrath can send , Save me , oh , save me , from a candid friend . " ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Here we meet in debate with our opponents opposite . We enter into conflict with them , mutually attacking and repelling attack adeem fronte . ( Hear , " hear . ) When engaged in that conflict , it is certainly not very convenient , though it may be unavoidable , to have a blow aimed at your right flank which you did uot expect . { Hear , hear . ) Be it so . It cannot be helped ; but all I ask is , do not let your " balm break our heads . "

      After the speech of the Minister , in which he refused the inquiry asked at liis hands , the House divided , when the obsequious and the time-serving went into the lobby against Mr . Duncombe , and by a * *• tyrant- majority ' 01 * ninety five refused even the modicum of justice contemplated by Lord Howick ' s amendment . Nothing daunted , however , Mr . Ptixcombe reintroduced the question on Friday night last ; and his motion that the Secretary of the Post-office should be called to the bar of the House , to answer why he had stopped and opened a Member ' s lctters , was seconded by Mr . D'Israkli , in the following eloquent and masterly speech , in which it will be seen that he pays Sir Robebt Peel off with more than interest

      for his ungracious attack and his bitter taunts about candid friendship . He also descants on the true relationship that should subsist between a Minister and his supporters ; and he lays bare the system by which it has been attempted to prostrate and annihilate the independence of Members , to reduce them into the mere echo of the will and behest of the Minister of the day . The speech was one of the most remarkable , and certainly one of the most able , ever- delivered in the chapel of St . Stephen ' s : and it was received by the House with sueh vehement and hearty applause that an effectual stop was put to all business for some time after it was concluded . Here the speech is in full . It will amply repay perusal : —

      Mr . _D'Isbaeh . —Sir , the Hon . Member for Finsbury has brought before the House his proposition in an intelligible shape . He has laid before the House the statement of a personal grievance , and he has distinctly affirmed to ns that in making that statement he makes no personal attack upon any individual . Sir , I should have hardly thought that it was necessary to make that declaration , hadit not been for the associations _cr-nnected with this motion , wliich perhaps originated in other debates to which I myself mean not to refer . Jf the case of the last general warrant that was issued by a Secretary of State be compared with the last post-office warrant tliat was issued by a Secretary of State , I think wc may clearly in the parallel discover that no personal imputation need be appealed to in order to vindicate a public right . Sir , there is not the slightest doubt that the last general war rant issued by a Secretary f State was an act of tyranny , an act of oppression , an act essentially iniquitous ; but

      no one pretends that the Secretary of State who issued that general warrant was a tyrant , an oppressor , a man eminently unjust . On the contrary , Lord Halifax was a very good sort of man . Society under these circumstances steps In and settles the role which decides these questions . It acknowlegea that usage is the moral vindication of the Minister ; but while it frees the Minister from any personal stigma , it does not emancipate him from the consequence of an illegal act . That is the question which now engages the attention ofthe House andinterests the nation . ( Cheers . ) We are not to seek what may be the cause that has brought it forward . I give the Hon . Gentleman who has brought it forward credit for the same purity of motive as the Minister appealed to ; and I must say I was much surprised that a Minister of the Crown should ever have risen in this House and said that the question was only prompted by personal motives . ( Cheers . ) TheHon . Gentleman the Member for Fintsbury has placed the case neatly and completely before us . He

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      says . " If my letters have been stopped and opened by the Government , the officers ofthe Crown and Post-office have committed a breach of privilege , unless they have done so upon the warrant of a Minister , " If tliey have done so , let them produce the warrant ; he will then be in a position to appeal to the House and the country for a vindication of his character , or to the courts of law , to decide whether that warrant is a legal instrument or not . Sir , I am at a loss to comprehend what answer can be given to that direct appeal . ( Cheers . ) This is the view naturally taken by the Hon . Gentleman in his individual case . He fee l s the individual grievance—he naturally looks to the individual remedy . AH that'he wants is the warraut . AU that he wants is an opportunity of vindicating his innocence ,- or allowing others < . _™ . .... . . , ,.

      to prove his guilt . ( Cheers . ) I believe that the country requires more . I believe that the country is anxious that that warrant should be' produced—not merely that it should vindicate the honour , and conduct of tlie Hon . Gentleman , or the reverse ; but that an opportunity should he afforded to the subjects ofthe Queen to try whether that instrument is a legal one ; and how is it possible for any person to have that opportunity unless the House interferes , as it is requested in the present instance ? It is not asked to exercise its prerogative and privilege to vindicate any gentleman who cannot Vindicate himself by law . The situation ofthe Hon . Gentleman is that which may he the situation of any member of this House—of any subject of the Queen , to-morrow . Some gentlemen may rise and say that this is a power that

      ought always to he at the disposition of Government ; some may say that it is disgraceful to this country that forciga nations should know we exercise it ; and others may rise aud state that that can hardly be the ease since every foreign nation does itself exercise it ; but there is tliis distinction—though foreign nations always do exercise this power , foreign nations never believed that Englaud did . ( Cheers . ) It resolves itself into this question —are you content to be ruled by a popular Government , or do you wish to be ruled hy a Government of police ? ( Loud cheers from the Opposition . ) No _doubt a popular Government has many inconveniences . No doubt it would be much better that the question of the sugar duties , for instance , should be settled without any loss of time . It is a great inconvenience to trade , as the

      Right Hon . Gentleman ( Sir R . Peel ) has often told us , that there should be any discussion on the subject . I don't doubt that if the question were settled by that Bight Hon . Gentleman himself , iu his cabinet , it wouldbe equally well , perhaps better . This is ono of the inconveniences we endure for popular Government , and so it is with reference to the correspondence of individuals . You have a popular Government , you have a strong local system ; you may , by not prying into the eorrasjoudeuee of individuals , be sujected to great calumnies . You may have Bristol burnt , as Btist « l was burnt ; you may have Birmingham assailed , as you had it assailed —but the country strikes the balance . It agrees to suffer these great injuries for the sake of a popular Government , instead ofa Government of police ; and the

      country , after all , must decide it . ( Cheers . ) Now , sir , I believe that is the impartial view as regards the general question . As regards the country , though sympathising frith the Hon . Gentleman who presses the case of his individual wrong , they desire also an opportunity to decide whether this wan-ant of the Secretary of State is a legal warrant . They wish to have it decided as the question of general warrants was decided ; and if it be a legal warrant , then it becomes an open question fit for discussion whether such a power should be allowed in a free country to subsist . ( Cheers . ) Sir , the Hon . Geutleman who has introduced the question to-night seems , in some remarks he has made , to think that an impartial discussion ofthe question is impossible in this House Certainly , when I recollect the last debate , to

      which I need not refer , I am not surprised , from the elaborate misconceptions of former debates , thatthe Hon , Gentleman should fear this discussion would not be free . But I cannot believe ,-although the Hon . Gentleman fears , that any intimidation is purposely enacted in this House ; but there is not the slightest doubt that , on both occasions now before us , and upon others whieh have occurred within the last two or three years , there' have been misunderstandings , founded on the misconceptions , perhaps mutual misconceptions , of the relations that subsist between the leaders of a party and the _suppurters of a party . . Sir , I may allude to these circumstances , because the Hon . Gentleman seems to think that on this occasion he is not secure ofa fair discussion of this question , and because , unless there is a correct understanding on this

      head , I almost despair of his receiving that fan- discussion . When the balanced state of parties ceased in this House , it must have been pretty evident to those who had any idea of the constituent elements of such au assembly , that what we call party feeling , though for a short time from custom preserved , would eventually evaporate . There were very few , if any , party questions ; and it was pretty clear tliat , in a popular assembly of more than 600 persons , questions would constantly arise in which gentlemen , though sitting ou different sides of the nouse , without compromising the elementary principles of their politics , would very of ten divide in the same lobby ; and very often in discussions take the same side . ( Cheers . ) An Hon . Gentleman on the other side gets up and proposes a motion which , at first blush , does not seem to call

      in question any ofthe marked principles of either partyif two parties indeed still exist . ( Cheers . ) Some gentleman on this side thinks it a legitimate opportunity to express his opinions on the question , —he happens to support the motion , —the Government barely attend to the debate—treat it , perhaps , with indifference or carelessness ; the debate trails on , comes into a second night ; certain circumstances occur wluch portend a division , which I will not say might be embarrassing—that would be impossible—but disagreeable to the Government . Immediately this takes place a certain system is brought into play , which may prevent , perhaps , that fair discussion the Hon . Gentleman would seem to despair of , and wliich I can hardly believe can long be permitted to subsist in this House . Sir , it seems to me that the system is

      established on two principles , or rather processesiuuendo and imputation — the insinuation of base motive , and the allegation of factious conduct . ( Loud cheers from the Opposition benches . ) Generally it _developes itself in this mauner—there are some indications of irritability on the Treasury bench—( a laugh)—almost immediately followed by some itnputations among the immediate adherents ofthe Government ; and then as I have observed in several debates , some gentleman gets up—an avowed adherent , or perhaps a secret supporter of the Government—and . instantly we have imputations of mean motives , of personal motives , I should say of corrupt motives , against every gentleman who is perhaps speaking , or about to vote , in opposition to Government , although the question may not be one

      that involves any party principle or any decided principle whatever—a mere matter of practice and detail . Now , Sir , in this state of aftairs , probably at the end of the second or third night of debate , when a course so injurious has naturally produced acerbity in many quarters , perhaps expressions of that bitterness the sincerity of which is not doubted—( cheers and a laugh)—then , at the right moment , the Kight Hon . Gentleman ( Sir R . Peel ) rises to cap the climax , and probably , having just been assured by one of his aide-de-camp that he is secure of a greater majority than ever , he makes a passionate appeal to his supporters , as if the strong Government were in the very throes of dissolution , and uses language which , in my opinion , is susceptible of only one interpretationthat some gentlemen on this side of the House would , to

      embarrass Government , descend to political collusion and Parliamentary _iutrigue . ( Cheers . ) Now , Sir I protest against the system . ( Cheers . ) The system is not founded in justice or fair play . ( Cheers . ) It is not founded upon a real understanding ofthe principles on which party connexion should exist . It is , in fact , a system of tyranny , and as degrading to those who exercise it as to those who endure it . ( Cheers . ) I take a recent case , because fresh in our memory . When the Hon . Gentleman ( Mr . Duncombe ) the other night called our attention to the instance of his grievance , he brought forward a motion which , on the face of It , everyone must see would be opposed by the Government that exists and the Government that preceded them . It was therefore taken out of the category of party questions . There was a general impression in

      the House that it was extremely desirable that the decision of the committee should be supported . That impression was not peculiar to this side of the House . An Hon . Gentleman , the Member for Hull ( Sir 3 . Hanmer ) , the independence of whose character is , I believe , universally acknowledged—( cheers )—who is certainly as incapable of political intrigue as any gentleman in the House , spoke in the debate without concert or combination , - forming his opinion merely on the statement of the Hon , Member for Finsbury , and being himself particularly inclined to support the decision of the committee * , but he thought it was impossible that this individual instance of the Hon . Member could be passed over . He expressed his opinion in a frank , manly manner . It sohappened , as probably it will often happen in a popular assembly of this kind , that circumstances change to that degree that there was a chance

      of a division—circumstances not embarrassing , but probably more disagreeable to the Government than they at first anticipated , If they condescended to think of a division in the first instance . Well , immediately aU the powers of the system were put into action . ( Cheers . ) The Right Hon . Gentleman was brought forward to sanction it by hia great example . The division is called for . Gentlemen were brought up from the country to support an endangered Government that never was in peril , and again a great party triumph , when'there was not a single party principle at stake , no single party princip le in danger . ( Cheers . ) Now , Sir , I really think there ought to be a more liberal sense of party connexion than that which the Treasury beach at this moment recognizes ; and I think that the Itight Hon . Gentleman at the head of the Government is the last Minister who should assume to be a political martinet . I can conceive a Minister in a posi-

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      tion in which he requires devotion from his party—lean suppose u Minister having a very small majority—I can suppose he holds power merely in deference to the wishes of liis party ; lie ha g a right to say to his supporters , « . l have to fight a very difficult game ; I would much rather give up power ; still I will hold on ; but you must be ready at all times to support . me with devotion . " That is not the position of the Right Hon . Gentleman . His position is quite the reverse . He has a very large party to support him , and an opposition before him which , though distinguished doubtless by very . eminent talents , and , numericall y , far from coutcuiptible , is not , nevertbless , distinguished for its power of cohesion . . ( Cheers and a laugh . ) The RightHon . Gentlemanis inaposition which really would allow him to be indulgent . It is verv easy ... . . . .. .

      for him to turn round and say , " What can be more treacherous than this—to be attacked on the right flank ? I am prepared to meet the foe before me ; no one ever saw me quail . " ( A laugh . ) The Right Hon . Gentleman forgets that the foe before never wished to fight him . ( Cheers and a laugh . ) He may sometimes be-assailed on his right flank , but while he boasts of his courage aud determination to conquer , the Right Hon . Gentleman forgets that the victory is very easy when nobody opposes him . There is another reason why he should not adopt this tone—he Should not forget , after all , a great many of liis supporters were elected on the hustings under very different circumstances to those under which they sit here . ( Loud cheers from the Opposition benches . ) * Really a little philosophical consideration from so great a statesman _unde--. such circumstances is the least we might

      expect . ' . ¦( _ffiaeVa . ) I ' admit that I for one was sent here by my constituents to sit on this side . He may object to mc , although I think he has no great occasion to object that I am sometimes in a different lobby to himself ; but I was sent to swell a Tory majority—to support a Tory Ministry . ( Cheers from the Opposition . ) Whether a Tory Ministry exists or not I do not pretend to decide ( a laugh ); butil am bound to believe that the Tory majority still remains , and therefore I do not think that it is the majority that should cross the House , but only the Ministry . ( Loud cheers and much laughter . ) 1 hope that the Right Hon . Gentleman , on reflection , will take a more condescending and charitable view of our conduct than he has hitherto been pleased to do , I am sure myself ! never misinterpret the conduct of the . Right Hon . GentlemanI know there are some who think that he is

      looking out for new allies . I never believed anything of the kind . ( A laugh . ) The position of the Right Hon . Gentleman is clear and precise . I don't believe he is looking to any coalition , although many of my constituents do . Tlie Right Hon . Gentleman caught the Whigs bathing , and walked away with their clothes , ( Much cheering and great laughter . ) He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal position , and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments . ( Continued cheers and laughter . ) I cannot conceive that the RightHon . Gentleman will ever desert his party ; they seem never to desert him . There never was a man yet who had less need to find new friends . I , therefore , hope all these rumours will cease . I look on the Right Hon . Gentleman as a man who has tamed tlie Shrew of Liberalism by her own

      tactics . He is the political i'clmofifo _, who has outbid you all . ( Cheers and laughter . ) If we could only induce the Right Hon . Gentleman , therefore , to take a larger and more liberal view of his Parliamentary position than he seems to adopt in moments too testy for so great a man to indulge in , he would spare us some imputations which I assure him are really painful . If the Right Hon . Gentleman may find it sometimes convenient to reprove a supporter on his right flank , perhaps we deserve it—I , fov one , am quite prepared to bow to the rod —( a laugh ) but really if tlie Right Hon . Gentleman , instead of having recourse to obloquy , would only stick to quotation , he may rely oa it ; it would be a safer weapon . It is one he always wields with the hand of a master ; and when he does appeal to any authority , in prose or verse , he is sure to be

      successful , partly because he never quotes a passage that has not previously received the meed of Parliamentary approbation , and partly and principally because his quotations are bo happy . ( Cheers . ) The Right Hon . Gentleman knows what the introduction of a great name does in debate—how important is its effect , and occasionally how electrical . He never refers to any author who is not great , and sometimes who is not loved—Canning for example . ( Hear , hear . ) Thatis a name never to bejnentioned , I am sure , in the House of Commons without emotion . We all admire his genius . Wc aU , at least most of us , deplore his untimely end ; and we all sympathise with him in his fierce struggle with supreme

      prejudice and sublime mediocrity—( cheers and a laugh ) , —with inveterate foes , and with candid friends , ( Loud cheering . ) The Right Hon . Gentleman may be sure that a quotation from such an authority will always tell . Some lines , for example , upon friendship , written by Mr . Canning , and quoted by the Right Hon . Gentleman ! The theme , the poet , the speaker—what a felicitous combination ! Its effect in debate must be overwhelming ; and I am sure , if it were addressed to me , aU that would remain would be for me thus publicly to congratulate the Right Hon . Gentleman , not only on his ready memory biit on his courageous conscience . ( The Hon . Gentleman sat down amidst loud cheering . )

      It was impossible that such a speech could be passed over by Sir Robert Peel . The " turning of the tables" on him so completely , as to the quotation from Canning about "candid friendship , " placed liim in such an unenviable position before those over whom he " ruled the roast , " that it stung him into the following declaration of his own independence of the Tory party , and into the avowal , tliat whether his " ragged regiment" would inarch with Mm through Coventry or not , through _Covestev he would ao , if it pleased him to do so i—

      nere _, Sir , I should close if I had not heard the speech of the Hon . Gentleman who' seconded , the motion . I do hope , that having discharged himself of the accumulated virus of the last week , he now feels more at ease than he was . ( Laughter and applause . ) If that is so he need not be disturbed by any impressions on his part that he has at all interfered with my peace of mind in consequence of the attack he has made . I tell the Hon . Gentleman at once that I will not condescend to reciprocate personalities with him . ( Loud cheers . ) Neither now nor after the lapse of a week will I stoop to reciprocate them ( renewed cheers)—because I really feel no inclination for the practice . I also feel , Sir , that in this respect tho Hon . Gentleman would have a very great advantage over me , because he has had leisure to prepare his attack . I have

      often heard from that Hon . Gentleman observations ofa very personal nature upon myself . I have often heard them made from immediately behind here ( the Government bench ) , but I never felt it at all necessary to notice them , and I should not have noticed them the other night ff it had not been that the Hon . Gentleman who seconded the motion , ofwhich he entirely disapproved , had not said he did it in a friendly spirit . And that alone would not have induced me to notice him ; hut in the course of that speech he charged me with having appointed to office an Hon . Gentleman who had been concerned or connected with a plot . I do not , however , make any further _referencFto that , because the Hon . Gentleman made a fair and ample reparation , the Hon . Gentleman having been betrayed into an error , made all the reparation in his power .

      I at once frankly aver that , and not one word more shall I say upon it . But it was that declaration of the Hon . Gentleman , that he seconded the motion in a friend _^ spirit , which made me partake of the feelings which ran tlirough the House , and which in the French Chambers are called muvemens divers . It was really the involuntary expression of a feeling partly partaking of the nature of a shudder , and partly of a laugh , when the Hon . Gentleman said he seconded the motion in a "friendly spirit . " ( Loudcheersandlaughter . ) I assure the Hon , GentlemanI have not the slightest nish to fetter his independence , or ( he independence of any other __ member of this House . ( Hear , hear . ) Every man must he the-guardian of his own independence ; and if the Hon ! Member disapproves either of the acts ofthe Government , or disapproves ofthe

      general policy of the G overnment , he must censure the act , and he must condemn the Government . ( Hear , hear . ) I have here no rights to exercise b y which I can prevent the Hon . Gentleman _trmm exercising that independent action . I court no man ' s favour . ( Hear , hear . ) I think I do understand the relations in which a Minister ought to stand towards those who give him their general sup * port . ( Hear , hear . ) I think he ought , while he possesses it , to be proud of their confidence ; but I think he ought to incur the risk of losing that confidence by taking the course which he believes to be for the public interest . ( Loud cheers . ) That Is the course I have taken , and that course I wiU continue to take . ( Continued cheers . ) II you think that any acts of mine are at variance with the policy which I supported in the year 1834 in Government , or have supported since , let those acts be examined , vote against them , and condemn them . If you think , in respect to the church , that any course pursued by the

      Govcrnment has endangered that institution , censure and oppose the particular act . If you think we have , at variance with our principles , greatly extended popular privileges , or infused the fresh blood of democracy into the wwking * of the censtitution , tell us so , and oppose us . Il ' you denounce our commercial or financial poliev , oppose the particular act . . If the combination of our * misconduct is such that you think we are no longer entitled to confidence , mark your want of confidence by a pubhc declaration of opinion and by distinct opposition to us . ( Loud cheers . ) I should regret the loss of that confidence to which the Hon . Gentleman refers , but I freely say that , as the Minister of the Crown , I will attempt to do good a » far as I can , and if , in attempting to accomplish that , I forfeit the confidence which I have so much prized , I will adopt that course rather than retain confidence at the expense of the public good . ( Cheers . ) If , as I said before , our general policy is objectionable , if it is not Conservative , if we aro injuring the rights of pro-

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      perty or the prerogatives ' of the Crown , if weave undermining either civil or sacred institutions , prove that we have done so , and withhold your confidence from us . ( Cheers . ) The Hon . Gentleman has referred to the relations in which I stood to the late Mr . Canning and he thinks upon that account he is fairly entitled to withhold his confidence and respect from me . ( Hear . ) Sir , it ought not to need a quotation from a poem of Mr . Canning ' s to open the Hon . Gentleman ' s eyes to my misfortune . The Hon , Gentleman must be perfectly aware , in the year 1841 , and subsequently , of those relations towards Mr . Canning , and of the course I have pursued with regard to that most eminent and distinguished man ; and the knowledge of that course , and not an accidental quotation from a poem , ought to have entitled me to the

      Hon , Gentleman ' s confidence and respect ata much earlier period . ( Hear , - and cheers . ) But , as I said before , it is notiny intention to reciprocate personalities with the Hon . Gentlemen . I do not wish in the slightest degree to { fetter his independence , or the independence of any other man who may sit upon this ( the Ministerial ) side of the House ; but again I repeat , that being in the position which I hold , I will pursue that course _. which I believe to be for the public interest ; and if , inthe course of pursuing- it , -1 subject myself to the Hon . Gentleman ' s vituperation , or to the much heavier penalty of diminished confidence upon the part of others , that penalty I am ready to pay , and submit to the consequences . ( Loud cheers , during which the Right Horn Baronet resumed his seat . ) ' . ..

      , _; . There ! ,. ; - { Thus ., the matter stands ! Young Enoland is in open _smnstLiosl Sir Robert has snapped his fingers in the face of all his " supporters : " he has , in effect , told them that he knows he is hated by them ; that lie is merely tolerated , because they have nobody else ; that he will make the most of his position ; that ho will pursue his own course , totally irrespective of their wishes or the wishes of their constituents ; that they , may follow him or not , in his _mee tiude travels , just as they please ; but that if they don't , lie will place himself at the head of the "Whigs , and lead them on against the " predominant interest " of the country ! Such is , in effect , the meaning of Sir Robert Peel ' s speech : and for the elicitation of this exposition of the present position of parties we have to thank Mr . Duncombe .

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      Spain. ' Disturbances.—Madrid Journals O...

      SPAIN . ' Disturbances . —Madrid journals of the 23 rd of February announcethat a military riot had occurred at Valencia , between some artillerymen and soldiers of the regiment of Lcrida , and it was thought that a severe example would be made . The violent declamations from some pulpits had excited the attention of Government . Intrigues of Chbistika . —The Madrid journals of the 25 th ult ., although they do not bring news , show tliat party spirit is alive in that capital . The late conspiracy at Vittoria was not , as it is now avowed , either Carlist or Esparterist ; but if we are to credit

      the rumours abroad , Absolutist , for a new watchword has been added to the list . At the head of this latter party is said to be the Marquis de Viluma , sustained by the Queen Mother , who wishes to disembarrass herself of Narvaez . Through the mass of suspicion , invention , and intrigue , of whicli the Madrid journals bear such ' marks , it is difficult to arrive at even the semblance of truth . The Castcllano predicts another revolution as the consequence of the reactionary measdres of the Government , of wliich the Church Property Restoration Bill is taken as the sign . The Spanish Government had resolved upon sending a small expedition to Monte Video .

      SWITZERLAND . _Opesisg or the Swiss Diet . —Zurich , Feb , 24 . — " This morning , at nine o ' clock , the opening ofthe extraordinary session of the Diet took place , but without the ceremonial which is usual on such occasions . The prodigious number of persons in the streets adjoining the H 6 tcl-de-Ville testified the interest that the population take in the grave matter which has caused this extraordinary meeting of the federal assembly . The verification of credentials preceded the opening speech . Those of the deputation from Vaud gave rise to a sharp discussion . The head of the ultramontane deputies , M . Siegwort , the representative of Lucerne , opened the matter by contesting the" right of M M . Druey and Briatte to

      sit in the Diet . To recognise them as deputies of Vaud would be , he said , to sanction the revolution of that canton . This opinion was shared by the deputies of the cantons of Vr ' i , Unterwald , Sehuys , Zug , Friburg , and the Valais . They declared that the credentials could not be any longer in force , since the body which delivered them no longer existed . According to the deputy , of Neufohatel , tho deputation of Vaud could not present itself provided with credentials separated from instructions . The deputies ofthe liberal cantons opposed the opinion ofthe ultramontane deputies , In tlieir opinion , Vaud being provided with powers perfectly regular as to the required form , tiie Diet had no right to demand more ; for , if it had to reject the deputation under

      pretext of having violated a cantonal constitution , what conduct would it hold with respect to the deputation of a canton which had violated the constitution infinitely more , that ofthe Valais ? As to instructions , an order of the Diet of 1834 had decided that the deputies were responsible only to their own cantons . The first deputy ofthe canton of Vaud present spoke very strongly against the pretension to exclude hiin and his colleague from the federal assembly , when provided with powers perfectly regular . If the powers which he held from the Grand Council did not please them , he could , he said , exhibit those whieh had been handed him by the provisional government . He was therefore perfectly regular both inprinciple and form , and did not suppose thatthe wish was to

      complicate the present situation still more , pregnant as it was with tempest , by a decision which , by excluding the deputies of Vaud from the Diet , would irritate to the highest pitch the people whom they represented . Some deputies , those of Bale-city , for instance , recommendeil a middle course—to allow the deputies to take their Seats , but without having any right to vote ; until the Grand Council of their canton had been recognised . Had a vote been proceeded to at ence , no result would have followed , for eleven deputies and a half had pronounced for the admission , and twelve are necessary to give an absolute majority ; seven and a half had pronounced for absolute exclusion , and three had adopted an intermediate line . In the supposition that a half vote could

      be detached from the minority—that of Bale-city or Appenzell—if the vote were postponed to the next day , the deputy of Berne formally proposed that comae , which was adopted without opposition , so much did all the members of the Diet dread au irrevocable decision . The Vorort communicated to the deputieathe Earl of Aberdeen's note to 1 ) . R . Morier , Esq ., the British Minister . His lordship expresses the deep regret of her Majesty ' s Government at the receipt of Mr . Morier ' s dispatch respecting the recent disturbances , but _announces thatit does not feel called upon to pronounce an opinion with regard to the causes whicli may have produced the events narrated by him . Respect for the nationality and independence ofthe canton would

      deter her Majesty ' s Government from anv interference in the internal affairs of Switzerland - , but the continuance of the present disorders might ( it is hinted ) lead to consequences which Swiss patriotism would naturally object to . His lordship concludes Ms note ( of whicli the foregoing is merely a hasty and incomplete analysis ) by empowering Mr . Morier to lay it before the President ofthe Helvetic Confederation . The _fellou-jng passage from the Zurich Gazette has been copied into several German papers : — " A diplomatic communication , transmitted by the English envoy to the President ofthe Helvetic Confederation ( M . Mousson ) , has caused excessive ( ncbergrosse ) joy amongst the Conservative circles of our city ; but , on the other hand , has been coldly enough received by the remaining portion of the public , as they discern

      in it only the system of the Vorort , which sets all kinds of' extraneous dangers in the foreground , whereby those with which we are threatened on the aide of the Jesuits are _coscealed . This mode of proceeding has not been responded to by Switzerland . " A Zurich letter ofthe 25 th says : — " The Diet has this day , in its second sitting , admitted the deputies ofthe Vaud by a majority of twelve and a half to nine ; viz ., Uri , Unterwald , Zug , St . Gall , Valais , Ncufchatel , Friburg , Schwitz , and Lucerne !" The Universal Swiss Gazette has the following from Berne , Feb . 25 : — " We are assured that the General ofthe Jesuits at Rome has resolved to su ppress the Jesuits' colleges in Switzerland , in order to prevent the civil war whicli is menaced by the presence of the Jesuits in this country . "

      The roLiowiNG is from the correspondent of the Times : —Lausanne , Fjbb . 27 . —We are here in the midst of our elections for the " Grand Conseil , " which have already lasted four days , and the results of which are exactly such as I foretold in my lastthat is to say , that the Radical candidates are all returned by immense majorities _^ and that the Conservatives have no chance except in a few small places in the country , or where the opposite party choose to allow them to come in . You know that in this can

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      ton we arc blessed with the enjoyment of universa suffrage , so that there is no means of opposing the will of the mob , when tlieir heads have been heated or turned by any political circumstances , or by any popular crv , * as is the case just now . ' . Thk Discussions is the Diet , -ihe discussion in the Swiss diet on the question of Hie Jesuits commenced omthe 27 th ult . After the Ch ancellor of the Diet had m ade a communication of the petitions , signed by 120 , 000 persons , for the expulsion of the Jesuits , M . Neuhaus , one ofthe deputies from Berne , and who is regarded as the chief . of the hbei-. if party , opened the debate . He began by observing that it was the business and duty of the Diet to provide for the internal and external safety of Switzerland , and

      then proceeded to attribute the present * commotion m that country to the intrigues of % ? esiuts and their partisans . He described the JcsBitV as dangerous to the state-first , because with their system of morals they teach a people to commit tranquilly the most culpable acts ; sccondlv , because they profit by their ecclesiastical _eliai-neterio _introduce _twiible and divi * . Sion into families ; third ] v , because the-oroer of Jesuits inculcates blind and passive submission , and thus lays prostrate the human mind ; _fonrthlyi because , having neither family nor social relations , the Jesuits can no longer be good citizens ; fifthly ,, because they are constantly aiming at power without compunction as to the means ; and , sixthly , because , as regards Switzerland , the principal object of the order is the extirpation of Protestantism . M . Neuhaus concluded by reading his instructions from his canton , which were to

      demand a decree tor the expulsion of the Jesuits from every p « rt of Switeerland . M . Neuhaus was followed by M . Sicgwart , deputy from Lucerne . Thi & gentleman denied the Jesuits were the cause of the existing agitation , and ascribed it to the irritation produced in the minds o the Catholics by _, the suppression of the convents . He declared , in the name of his canton , that it would not subscribe to any of the chimrical ideas about the influence of the Jesuits , and would not revoke tho decree which had been issued in their favour . The deputies of Uri , Schwyz , Unterwald , Zug , and Fribsurg , defended the Jesuits , and asserted that all that had been said against them was mere calumny . The deputy for _Soleure , M . Munzinger , said _thatthe represented _t Catholic canton , but he was nevertheless instructed to demand the expulsion of the Jesuits , for the clergy of his canton were enlightened , and opposed to the charlatanism of that order . He statedthat his

      instructions were voted by three-fourths of the Grand Council , supported-by 7 , 000 petitioners , whereas , for the acceptation ofthe _coiistit-utionol _' the canton tliere were only 6 , 000 petitioners . This Diet , he thought , would show the state of public feeling on the question of the Jesuits in Soleure . After hearing the deputies of Claris and Outer Appenzell , who agreed with the deputy for Berne , the Diet adjourned until the following day . Later ano _Imfoktant Neivs . —Decision or tuk Diei _aoaisst the Jj 5 s _*« its . —On the -20 th . of February the debate on the Jesuits was resumed ; and , after much discussion , a vote was taken on the main question , which was decided against the Jesuits . Ten cantons and two half cantons voted that the question should become federal , and that the Diet should pronounce the expulsion of the order not only from Lucerne , but from the ivhole of Switzerland . Eight cantons and two half cantons voted tliat the question should he left for the decision of each individual

      canton . CIRCASSIA . More Triumpus of the Fiiee _Mountaineeks . — More Defeats op the Russians . —Intelligence received this week from Constantinople informs us that the Kouban being now frozen over , the Circassians were constantly crossing that river , and carrying their chapols ( military expeditions ) as far as sixty miles across the Russian border , and making great booty . On these occasions they meet with no opposition . Such few Russian troops as are found in that neighbourhood take refuge in tneir towered forts , constructed to support their invasive operations , where they remain complete prisoners . INDIA AND CHINA . .

      _oveuiand mail . —important news . , Tne news received by the present mail is of the 18 th of December from China ; 23 rd of January from Calcutta and Delhi ; 24 th of January from Madras ; and 25 th , from Agra ; and from Bombay to the 1 st of February . The Insurrection in Ivolapore and Sawunt Warree continues unsubdued , although 10 , 000 men are in the field for the purpose of _suppressing it . Throe British officers have , in the course ofthe month , been slain by the enemy . The roads are everywhere blocked up , and robbery and plunder universal .

      Glory !—Fate of the Highland Soldiers in Scinde . —The most important intelligence from Scinde refers to the sickness amongst the Highlanders . The wreck of this unhappy regiment arrived at Hyderabad from Sukkur , whence they had been removed for the benefit of then-health on New Year _' sday . Of the whole regiment one man only was able toValkto the hospital without assistance . On one occasion ninety-six men had died in the space often days , and seventy had died within a week of their amval . Eighteen funerals had occurred in the course of twenty four hours . They have lost since the beginning of September , 402 men thirty-five women , and 120 children—in all 551 . It is proposed to remove the regiment to Kurrachce for the benefit of sea aii- —here they are to share the European Barrack along with her Majesty ' s 86 th . Medical men hold out no hope of recovery to the majority until they have been removed as far from the scene of their

      misfortunes as possible . Sir Charles Napier , on the other hand , resists all medical counsel , * he will not hear of the return of the sick men to India , for fear of its casting a stigma on the salubrity of Scinde . This is the fourth European corps that has been compelled to leave Scinde from sickness in the course ofthe past twenty months , namely , her Majesty ' s 28 th , entirely disorganised ; a wing of the 2 d Bombay Europeans , scarcely a healthy man amongst them ; and the . Bombay Horse Artillery , which regiment lias one-third of its men away . Her Majesty ' s 86 th was saved from a similar fate by having been sent in time from Hyderabad to . _Kun-achee . Half the Highlanders will leave their bones in Scinde , however speedily they may now be removed , and of the survivors not one man in three will ever be fit for field service in India . They will be sent home as incurable invalids , or drop away one by one ; so that , ofthe 1100 men which were on the muster roll ofthe regiment in October , 1844 , not 200 will remain in December , 1845 .

      Sir Charles Napier has proceeded into the Bhoogtee Mountains , with a force of nearly fiOOO men lor the purpose of chastising the marauders , who continually infest our frontier during the hot season . The expedition is a dangerous one . By the latest accounts they were _getting on successfully , the General himself having arrived at Deyra . _Ano-hier Revolution in _ras Punjauh . —A fresh revolution has occurred at Lahore . Heera Singh , the vizeer , his chief adviser Pundit Jella , with two other sirdars of note , have been slain . Property to the amount of £ 40 , 000 , chiefly in gold and silver , was found in the house of the deceased minister , and was confiscated and made over to the public treasury . The entire power is in the hands of the troops , who pull down and set up governments at pleasure . TnERK HAVE BEEN SOMEDISTURnANCESofnOgre . moment in Gopal , near Nepaul and Cashmere .

      _Afghanistan . —The last letters , with news to the 27 th November , make no further mention of the plague , from wliich we may safely infer that ita ravages have been stayed , at least in Cabool _, thouf h it is still prevalent to some extent in the valley of Peshawur .

      Destructive Fire At Bradford.—A Fire Was...

      Destructive Fire at Bradford . —A fire was discovered on Tuesday night on the premises of Messrs , Tordoff and Son , tea dealers , of Kit-legate , in this town ; and the result , after energetic and successful efforts to preserve the surrounding pile of buildings , was—the entire destruction , with its valuable contents , of the warehouse used by Messrs . Tordoff for the preparation of cocoa and chocolate .

      The Miners' Magazine.

      THE MINERS' MAGAZINE .

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      Edited by W . P . _Egberts , Esq . THE Sixtb Number wiU be published on the 9 th of March inst . Price Four-pence . The Lancashire Miners arc requested to receive their numbers through their Delegates , who will be at the County Delegate Meeting on the 9 th of March , The MAGAZINE and all the back numbers may be obtained from the agents , Mr . Cleave , of London , or Mr , Heywood , Manchester ; or direct from Mr . Roberts" Offices , 2 , Robert-street , Adelphi , Loudon ; 11 , Royal Arcade , Newcastle ; and 8 , Princess-street , Manchester .

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