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      ( Continued from our seventh page . ) IIOUSE OF LORDS—Tiiciisda _y , Feb . 19 . Several petitions were presented for aud against a ei epeal of tne Corn Laws . _Lonl Beaumont moved , pursuant to notice , for ipapapcrs relative to the interference of England aud " fi France in the affairs of Rio de la Plata . The Earl of Aberdeen _, replied , and justified the leoeoursc adopted by the goverumcut of this country , as _wiwcll as that of France , iu reference to the matters rereferrcd to in the motion of the noble lord , but _istastatingatthe same time , that as certain terms had Itoetoeen prepared by Geucral Rosas , which , in present iciicircumstanecs he was uot at liberty to state , he trtrusted the noble lord would withdraw his motion . _TlThis the noble lord did , after a few words from Lord _( CiCoIchester in favour of his motion .

      The Grand Jury Presentment ( Ireland ) Bill was iththcn read a lirst time ; and tlie Drainage ( Irelaud ) B Bill , and thc Bill for regulating Charitable Trusts : inin Eugland , were brought up from the Commons . The house adjourned at a quarter to seven o ' clock . : HOUSE OF _COMMONS—Tnensn-VY , Feb . 19 . Lord G . Bestows * presented a petition , signed bv ' 4 , 4 , 75 b' handloom weavers in Spitalfields . Tlie _peti'ti'tioners stated that they viewed with alarm the ¦ _sisweepin _*; changes proposed by the government , supiprportcd by tlie cry ef cheap bread , which , in the opi-: _* ni _* _nion of the petitioners meant low wages , therefore rtllhey prayed this house not to sanction thc proposed anmeasure .

      CHARTIST EXILES . Mr . Siubmas _Crawfoiid presented a , petition from Jr lnCaster ' sisued b _* " , ( H )() 0 Peratives of the town ; atolso a petition from Airdrie , in Scotland , _prayiu " itfor the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones . °

      TEN HOURS' BILL . Mr . CoorEK presented petitions from Wigan . and sseveral other places , in favour of the Ten Hours ' 3 _K 1 L _. The County "Works ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third _t time and passed . The Drainage ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time 3 and passed .

      INTERFERENCE AT ELECTIONS . Mr . _Coixett then rose to move for a Committee < of Privileges to inquire into the causes that led to the _v vacation of their seats in this house , by the niem-1 hers lately representing Chichester , Newark , Wood's stock , and Buckingham , to make inquiries as to the _Sections of the present members for those places , : and to inquire how far the standing order against ' the interference of peers in elections had been _inj-fringed .

      Mr . W . "Williams seconded the motion , animad-* verting upon tho unfair ducal influences which had J-been brought to bear upon those constituencies in ' the election of their representatives . Sir R , Feel wasnotdisposed to deny that members < of the Peerage did , in common with other large landed proprietors , exercise the authority of wealth and station for the purposes wliich hadbeen alleged . _TFhere was nothing objectionable in this , since peers lad as mueh right as other men to give effect to their opinions upon the conduct of Administrations If inquiries of the kind suggested were to be pro secuted upon every vague rumour , no individual would bs sate . He should offer the proposal his _strenuous opposition . Mr . Hume recommended that the motion should be " Withdrawn .

      Mr . S . Crawford hoped that the people would use their own power to restrain the exercise of this ¦ unconstitutional power . Mr . Coiaeii then withdrew his motion .

      RIVER PLATE . On the order of the day for rcsumingthe adjourned _debate , Lord Johs Russell inquired whether the government were enabled to give any further information with reference to the war between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video ? Sir Rohekt Peel said they had not received any official information with regard to the action at Parana . He was not enabled to give any information beyond what was contained in the documents which were laid on the table . Lord _Palmerstos inquired whether any conven tion had been entered into between England and France for the purpose of carrying on hostile _opera-** tions in the La Plata . Sir _Roitesr Peel said no convention had bsen entered into .

      ADJOURNED DEBATE . Lord Dcxcax resumed the adjourned debate on the Corn Importation Act , by observing thathe had abstained hitherto from taking any part in these deflates , because he was conscious that the principles of free trade were not only triumphant in the Cabinet , bnt also in the country . Ills lordship said , however , that having met thc same farmer in Somersetshire who had told Mr . Miles that we should be swamped with corn fromlAmerica , when driving a _bargain with him , confessed to his lordship that his motive was to prevent" being gammoned by the hon . member in tlie same way he had often been gammoued before . " His -lordship , in conformity with the pledges he gave on the hustings , _heattily supported the measure . After a short explanation from Mr . Hudson ,

      Alderman Thompson said that he had not been an Indifferent observer during the last twenty years of thc changes in the tariff . He had given hissuppoit to those measures ; but , as other changes concurrent therewith had taken place , such as the alterations in the _baukin-, * _institutions of the country , the effects of which were still pending , —and as foreigncuuntries had testified no indication of adopting reciprocal measures of free trade , we ought to pause before we passed the present measure . Sir William _Moleswokth followed in an able speech , in which he refuted the argument of the Protectionists , that the high price of corn invariably led tu an advance of wages ; but he insisted that the wages of labmr tended rather to rise wheu prices

      were low . The honourable member then went over the politico-economical ground traversed by the preceding s _* _K-akcrs , demonstrating that the repeal of _* he Corn Laws would affect the landlord , and not the teuant ; but where it did affect the tenant , he would be beneficially affected by a more certain contract being secured to him . The hon . baronet , in a temperate , argumentative speech , showed that the tenant-farmer might , hy the app lication of skill aiid industrv , raise more produce , which would enable him _tojpav a higher rent , aud yet derive a much greater profit to himself . He cordially supported the measure . . .

      Air . _Bkxett , in a long speech , repeated the argu 4 -ments already urged by the Protectionists , ami ridiculing Sir Charles Napier , said that the gallant Commodore might plough thewaves with moresuccess than he would ever . lough the land . The hon . _member had alwavs treated the labourers as his friends , and not as machines ; he said 4 that the Goatacre meetin" was concocted by the emissaries ofthe League " who were _determined to get " a flare-up " in Wiltshire ; the farmers were fattened up for _slan-hter , tlieir property was half confiscated in 1819 " and now another bluw was preparing for them . He heartilv condemned the measure .

      The Hon . II . _Bekkelev attacked Mr . P . Miles for iiis present amendment , and showed by the petition of the Bristol merchants that they disavowed any participation iu the hon . member's sentiments . Mr . J . Tollemache followed on the Protection side . Mr . T . _Drj . vcoMiiE—Cordially concurring , as I do , in the measure now introduced by her Majesty ' s minister *—bclieviug , as I do , that it is a measue that M » t only does honour to the Ministry that has _procured it , but that it will reflect equal honour on the Parliament that adopts it—believing , as 1 do , after tlie statement made by the hou . baronet the First

      Lord of the Treasury , that by pubiie opinion aloneiiiroudi the influence of pulic opinion alone , can he hope to overcome the difficulties with which he is surrounded , or _sustain himself against thc obloquy -with winch bigotry and ignorance have assailed him — - ( loud cheers from the Ministerial and Opposition tenches)—1 say , sir , believing ibis , _Ithiuk it _uehoves 4 hosewnodonotowe tlieir seats tothe nomination of peers , aud who are therefore removable at their adeasure—( hear , and lau » hter ) -but who owe their leats to the free and intelligent voice ofthe people —it behoves them to stand up in support of the aneasures of which they approve ; and not , upon an _^ oc casion like thi s , to give them a _edent , lukewarm , or jealous support . ( Lond cheers . ) Far be it from observation in tue tew remarks

      jne to make any -which I am about to offer which would lead honourable gentlemen opposite to believe that I am _insensible to the painful and false position , I may say , in which they are placed . ( Loud cheers _sad laughter . ) I can make every allowance for those-whose powers of brain cannot keep pace with ihe conversions which they see going on around them . ( Much laughter . ) A simultaneous change ias taken place in the breasts of distinguished pubiie men on both sides of the house ; but that is not a reason for us oa this side of the house to cavil or _quarrel with the change ofopinionsofthe right hon . gentleman . It is enough , for us to feel grateful for ¦ ihe change , and to admire the ability with which it is carried out . ( Hear . ) But I must say that those ibr whom I feel sympathy with regard to their

      powers of change or conversion are those who are . sitting around liim . They are not taking the right cuurseto extricate themselves from the false position in which they are placed . I ask you if , instead of indulging in personal abuse ofthe right hon . baronet aad his colleague , in the midst of which you utter _« antingbypocritiralexpressionsaboutyour giving him credit for conscientious mid honest motives , but still jOu have no confidence in him as a minister . ( Ironieal cheers from the Protectionist benches . ) There ' s ihe learned Recorder of Dublin went further than any of you . ( Loud cheers from the Opposition . ) "What did he call the ministers with whom he said he had all his life been accustomed to associate as friends and political leader?—why , he called them political cowards , and said that he had bo longer any cofifidence in such politieal rewards . ; - „ ,, : t d counter-cheers . ) I ask

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      vou , if that is your opinion , why , net come forward , aud move a vote of want of confidence in ministers—( great cheering from the OppositioiO-a vote of censure upon the Treasury Bench . Such a course as tliat would be manly , intelligible , and parliamentary . It would be parliamentary , for you did it in 1 S 41 , in an amendment upon the address , by which it was proposed to meddle with that which it is now proposed to touch , the commercial interests of the country it . What was the amendment you moved ? Why , in effect , that any government which undertook to meddle with the commercial interests ofthe country , ought to possess the confidence of this house . You proposed that amendment , and you carried . In your amendment you said , " We assure your _Alajes y that we are deeply sensible of the importance of those considerations to wliich your Majesty has been graciousl y pleased to direct .. ur attention m reierence to the commerce and

      the revenue of the country , aid to the laws wliich r egulate thc trade in corn , that in deciding upon the course which it may be thought advisable to pursue with reference to such matters , it will be our earnest uesire to consult the interestand promote the weltavcot all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects , that we ieel it to be our duty humbly to submit to your Majesty that it is essential to thc satisfactory results ot our deliberations upon these and other matters of public concern , that your Majesty's government should possess the confidence of this house and of the country , and respectfully to represent to your Majesty that that confidence'is not reposed in the present advisers ol your Majesty . " That was your opinion in 1 S 11 , aud you expressed in a manly and intelligible aud a parliamentay manner that whicli you do now . l _' ou say the Ministry have not thc confidence of the houses and the country ? Why do you not try us b y that test ? .

      Sir J . Ttrrell— ( as we believe)—Because you would _notsupport us . ( Cheers from the Protectionist benches . ) Mr . Doxcombe—How do you know I would not—I never told you I would not , and you have no right to assume that I would not—why not have , tried it in this way , and leave it to the country to decide ? Sir J . Tyrrell—Because your party would not support us . ' Mr . Duncombe—I have no party hut the country . You go on hoping obloquy upon the government , and accusing them of treachery and perfidy and treason . Treason to whom f What would you have had the right hou . baronet have done under the circumstances of November last ? You have not answered that question yet . We

      think that the right hon . baronet has discharged his duty satisfactorily to the country and the public , and honourably to himself , by the conduct which he has pursued . What would you have him do ? lie resigned office . Were you prepared to take it yourselves ! ( Hear , hear . ) The right hon . gentleman , the Secretary for the Colonies , in his address to the electors of . Newark , said that he had been informed that those who were in favour of protection were not prepared to form a government . The noble lord the member for London was prepared to accept the formation of a Ministry . He failed for some reason or other . The Whigs were unable to succeed in this object , not from want of courage , but from want of coscord . What was the righthon . baronet to do ? You admit that there must be a government of some sort , and if so , how

      could the right hon . baronet have done otherwise than he did , in order , as it has been stated elsewhere , that her Majesty might hare it in her power to meet Parliament . ( Cheers . ) I . wish that the noble lord had done the same thing , and had come down to the house , even if he had suly tea men to follow him - , and I believe that such is the opinion of this house , tbat they would have sustained him as well as they have done the right hon . baronet . You talk about the right hon . baronet's treason—treason to whom t To the people , to the country , to bis own honour ? No , but treason to Toryism . ( Loud cheers . ) That the right hon . baronet preferred the interests of the Ration to that of a party . There is only one treason that lie can commit new , and that is _treason to ( he people , by vacillating iu the course which he has adopted .

      You say that the opinions of the people are with you , but where is the exhibition of it . Where was protection in the West Riding of Yorkshire ? ( Hear , hear . ) Where was protection yesterday in Westminster ? ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I want to know why the Protectionists did not forward a candidate there . For myself I do not care two straws which ofthe two candidates was elected , but why did not you put forward one ? Why did not you hoist the standard of protection in Covent-garden ? Because you knew that if you did , your candidate would havestood up to his knees in cabbage stalks . We shall hear a good deal in the different parts of the couutry of tenants-at-will , and farmers being up in arms . The right hon . gentleman , the member for the University of Oxford , tells us that the clergy and the church are

      alarmed , aud that the tithe interest and tlie church are not properly taken care of . But he does not tell us why ; he did net g ive us his reasons . Whenever anything is proposed for the good of the people , some hon . gentleman is sure to get up and ttdl us that we do uot recollect the church . ( Cheers and loud laughter . ) _YThat has the church to do with tithes ? Why , the church has no more to do with tithes than the church means religion . ( Laughter . ) I believe that if the farmers could vote by ballot 'hey would vote for this measure ; but , under the tf . iant at will clause they could not ; in deference to the wishes of some honourable members , they could not vote against their landlords . With regard to the tithes , I have au authority for fheright hon . gentleman , the member for the University of Oxford , whieh

      may do away with the alarm that exists . The tithe owner , either clerical or lay , had not the slightest complaint to make against this measure . My authority is such , as I am certain the member for the University of _Oxford wiU pay the greatest deference to . It is taken from the Times newspaper ; it is a change made by the Bishop of Rochester after the Tithe Commutation Bill passed . It was this , that we catered into a compact with tbe church , on the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act , tbat their tithes hereafter should not be prejudiced or deteriorated , by auy act of ours , and that ttis act would so deteriorate and prejudice their tithes . The right hon . gentleman , the member for the University , said that he was opposed to the Tithe Commutation Bill at tliat time . It does so happen that I have often joined

      with the right hon . gentleman against measures that have been proposed , but upon totally different reasons . I voted against the Maynooth Bill on the voluntary principle ; he voted . for it on . the high church principle . I said that I thought the Tithe CommutationBill was unjust to the landed interest ; aud alto with reference to the repeal of the Corn Laws , because if the Corn Laws were repealed , certain lauds would be thrown out of cultivation , and saddled with a rent charge which it was totally impossible tbey could sustain . I also opposed it on another ground , that iu order to shake the tithes you gave them claims on land which they never possessed before . You gave the tithe owner a claim above all the other charges on laud . It was no lien on . land , it was a personal claim ; but now it was a positive

      rent charge , and the tithe was such that , no matter what the price of com may be , the land would not be able to sustain it . What was the opinion of the Bishop of Rochester when this bill passed ? He stated in his charge to the dioeese , with respect to two bills —the Tithes Commutation Act and the Registration of Births and Marriages Act ;—that" in the present state of the public party in tbis country , and particularly considering the state ofthe House of Parliament , the Titne Bili may be considered as favourable towards tlie settlement of so difficult a question as could be expected . Happily for this country , the landowners felt the principal interest in it , for they had considerable tithe property , and they thought it tlieir interest that a fair settlement of the question should be made . The clergy , therefore , in this

      instance experienced a greater degree of justice tlian has beeu usually extended towards them iu other matters . " It is not _parliamentary to impute motives to men ; but the bishop thus charges parties iu this house with selfinterest in coming t _» au arrangement beneficial to the country . If I said it , I may be considered acting wrong ; but it is a radical opinion , coming from a bishop , and therefore it is ali right and orthodox . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I call the attention of the right lion , baronet ( Sir Jt . Inglis ) to the remark on tlie future value of tithes , which alleged " that it was a dangerous and delusive arrangement , which would leave a great diminution in the property ofthe church , and , iu causing a decrease in the value of articles that create th « value of tithes , would produce evils greater than weie anticipated . But it

      must he remembered that as incomes wcre derived from articles of produce , it would he equally ufiected , ' under circumstances where a diminution took place iu their diminution and value , and there was not , therefore , any just cause for that alarm which existed iu this country . " That ought to be sufficient authority for the right hon . gentleman , the member for tbe University of Oxford . That charge was given in 1837 by the Bishop of Rochester . Sow , sir , I must say , that the only argument that had beeu used by honourable gentlemen opposite in defence of this measure , that could be called an argument , was a reference to occurrences tbat took place in 1812 . I do think that those occurrences ought te be kept completely out of sight on this subject . I can easily understand that the right hon . baronet opposite , _despoudingly despairing

      of making any impression on the reason of those behind him , should think it necessary to appeal to their fears—( hear , hear , )—but I think that at the same time he is appealing to the fears of those gentlemen , he should do justice to the past conduct on this subject of gentlemen on this side of the house . ( Hear , hear . ) He ought to recollect , that iu 1812 , when those dreadful- occurrences , which then mahifeited themselves , were going on , when that terrible distress prevailed , when there was every symptom and appearance of considerable tumult andeonfusion , he should recollect , I say , that up to that time continual motions had been made ou this side of the house entirelysimilar , involving exactly thu same principles

      as these that are now put forward by the government . ( Hear , hear . ) We told the government over aud over again , that if they would but give effectto those sound principles of commercial poUcy , with the enunciation of whick tliey had begun the session , and more especially those affecting provisions and tht fo « d of the people , they would very speedily put an end to all the distress j prevalent in the couutry , to all the misery , and conse- j quently to all the coufuskm and disorder . I myself , ! towards the end of July of that year , brought forward a motion for an address to . the Crown , praying her I Majesty , that , in . the event ' of the measures which ! had been passed . that session not proving ade- j qiiate to the / , _contemplated objects , she would be J pleased to call the ParL _' aineht together again without

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      delay , —( hear , hear)—for thepurpose of having other and better principles thoroughly carried out . The motion of mme was rejected , though by a very small majority , considering the strength of the _gotonmcut party . We tire now told that measures , similar to those then desired by us , will remove distress and it ' s attendant confusion ' : ' , if so , I say , wc have a right to conclude that the-same measures at that time would hare had the like beneficial effect ; would have relieved the right hon . bart . from the necessity which he was then under , and of which he , I will not say , beasts , but of which he reminds us , of sendT ing down a battalion of guards and a park of artillery into the manufactun ' ng districts . ( Hear , hear . ) If the ri ghthon . baronet had sent down a measure like this , us he-was urged to do . there would have been , I repeat , no

      necessity for his guards or his park of artillery ; for content and peace would have been restored , with the removal of the distress , ( Hear , hear . ) Had the right lion _, baronet listened to us at that time , it is impossible to say how much misery would not have been prevented , how much suffering spared , how much crime saved us . ( Hear . ) Thauk God , however , whoever the Ministers of the Crown may be , they rule over a _lsyal , a peaceable , and honest people . Aye , and a forgiving , people . ( Cheers . ) A people that have forgotten and forgiven the errors which you then perpetrated , and in rctuvn for whose forgiveness of your errors , all you can do now is to pass this measure as quickly as you can , as honestly and sincerely as you can , and not to leave them for a moment to regret a look back to those days I speak of . ( Hear , hear . )

      There was a question put to the right hon . baronet , by the lion , member for Norfolk , oii the point of total and immediate repeal , and areference to the samo point by a noble lord on this side , thc question being , whether the right lion , baronet considers it essential to his measure that total and immediate repeal should not new be mooted , He seems to imagine that it is essential to the success of his proposition , thatthe final plan should not be pressed , and such being the case , there appears to be an understanding that the noble lord , and those who act with him , shall not sanction any motion for immediate repeal . The righthon . baronet , however , though he showed the Protectionists' manifest indisposition to settle the business at once , is quite disposed to accommodate them . I hope they they will , see the advantage of so settling it ,

      and thus relieve , the noble lord and others from what would seem to be their implied pledge . ( Hear . ) , Thereis anotherpart of the measure to which I would beg to call the particular attention ol the right hou . baronet . When the plan was proposed to us , we were told that we'were to take it as a whole , aud in tho whole . Now , I beg to toll you very distinctly , that the part of the measure whieh the operative classes of the manufacturing districts regard as , after all , the most valuable to them , is that which makes the important change in the law of settlement—( hear , hear)—and 1 tell you that if you strike out that part ef the measure , the measure will be valueless in the eyes of the operatives . ( Hear , hear . ) Tho right hon . baronet has told us that he wishes us not to press that part of the plan ,: till the Corn Law part has

      been settled in this house . Now , there is , I am told , an idea prevalent in some of the great manufacturing towns , that it . is intended to offer a very severe opposition to that portion ot the measure . I hear that the language which has beeu held in particular quarters on this point , hi , let us get the Corn Law part of the question settled —( hear , hear , )—and then we will deal with the law of settlement question . ( Hear . ) If you take this course , I can tell you , there will arise tliroughoutthe country an agitation which will render the Corn Law part of ihe measure entirely valueless —( cries of hear , hear , from the Protectionist benches)—and I therefore call on her Majesty ' s Ministers to give us ail assurance that they consider this law of settlement question an inseparable part and parcel of the measure . 1 hope that her Majesty ' s government will consider this au essential _portiou of the measure . ( Hear , hear . ) I

      do not ask it as compensation to , the agriculturists . ( Hear , hear . ) It will be a boon to them , but it will be a great act of justice to the operatives . ( Hear , hear . ) I believe that thc opposition to this part of the measure is kept io abeyance , and therefore jou must look to it with a jealous eye when it comes forward . But I believe her Majesty's government are sincere —( hear)—and that they intend to carry all the measure , but if . they do not carry this part of it , I hope the other portion of it will not be allowed to pass . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But to that portion of the houac commonly called the agricultural interest —( laughter ) , —I do believe that as soon as the days of protection shall have passed by , tliat they will be the first to acknowledge that their alarms were unfounded , and that they will lament ' the errors which they so long and so pertinaciously continued . ( Loud cheers . )

      Sir S . Ackland defended the agricultural interest against the charge of ignorance and bigotry , which the last speaker had preferred against it . Lord _Alered Paget and Mr . B . Baring having spoken in favour of the Premier ' s measures , Mr . Beuce moved an adjournment .

      IIOUSE OF C 0 MM 0- \ S-Fmday , Feb . 20 . The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr . Ccmming B & uce , who reiterated the usual arguments against the abolition oi protection . Mr . VoiKBTr Sckope urged at length the absurdity of denying to a skilful aud industrious population an ample supply of the first necessaries of life . Mr . Newdegate censured the policy of the government both on currency and corn , as detrimental to all the interests ofthe country . The peculiar burdens on agriculture he estimated at twelve millions sterling annually , which included tithes , a charge essentially a peculiar burden . Sir Robert Peel was the Minister of the necessities of the crown , not of the public opinion of the country .

      Mr . Babklv spoke at some length in favour of thc government measures , wliich he approved in preference to the extreme policy of either the Protectionists or the Anti-Corn Law League . Mr . Bennett ( Suffolk ) opposed the _governuwutmeu .

      sure . Mr . Mustz was satisfied that with our system of currency a repeal of the Corn Laws would be detrimental to native industry . Of it he wished to be an equitable protector ; but , as protection was most unequally diffused , he supported a repeal ofthe Corn Laws , in order to bring about the change he desiderated , Mr . D'Isbaeli lamented that there were no statistics of agriculture ; but this was undisputed , that fifty years ago we were compelled to import corn to supply our population , and that now , when our population was doubled , we fed them from our own resources and at lower prices than formerly . No man could prove that protection had been the bane of agriculture in England , unless he could show that the cultivation of our soil was inferior to that

      of other countries ; but it was generally admitted that it was infinitely superior to that of every nation in the world . Those who boasted of our present prosperity could not deny that our people were employed ; and if it were not as well employed as he could wish , still its work would not be increased by the admission of foreign competition , nor its wages increased by a reduction in the price of corn . He thought that iu England we Might to do more than merely maintain a balance between its agricultural and manufacturing interests . We should give ¦ a preponderance to the agricultural . We had been told that the object of this change was the transference of power from the agricultural to themamifacturing class . He admitted the

      intelligence , aud did hot envy the wealth and opulence of the manufacturer ; bat in this age , when we had been suffering much from class interests , wcre we to bs rescued from one class merely to sink under the avowed domination of another ? If such were to be . the great result of tbe struggle , he protested against the ignominious catastrophe . If we were to have a change he hoped that the foundations of it would be deep , and the scheme grand and comprehensive : then , instead of falling under the thraldom of capitalists , who prided themselves more upon their wealth than their intelligence , we should seek , in bending to a new- _course , for the means of safety in the institutions of our ancient monarchy , and in the invigorated energies of an educated

      AND ENFRANCHISED PEOPLE . On the motion of Mr . E . Duller the debate was adjourned to Monday . [ We have selected , if not the most important portion of Mr . D'Israeli ' s speech for his own party , at least for _ourselves , and the conclusion to which the hon . gentleman comes , that when the measure is carried and tha old party connection broken up , that their reliance upon an EDUCATED aud ENFRANCHISED people must be the last , and only alternative for the nation ; those tew words of Mr . D'Israeli ' s speech , whether they are indicative of party conviction , party apprehension , protectionist fear ,

      or protectionist spite , are , nevertheless , balm to our cause . It is an old saying amongst sportsmen , that there is no foul hunting a fox , aud we care but little whether the consistent or inconsistent Tories hunt down and destroy the beast—CLASS LEGISLATION . Our readers will find but little interest in the anti-Peel ' portion of Mr . D'lisraeh ' sspeech . It was sound butnotargumeiitativc , cutting but n it crushing , spiteful , and , therefore , deprived of one of the essential charms of oratory . However , the confession ef ENFRANCHISING the people covers a multitude of sins , and iuduces us to tolerate much of what we might otherwise revile . 1

      The East India Company Have Received Inf...

      The East India Company have received information of the total loss of the Company ' s war sloop , Coote , Lieut . J . S . Grieve , on a reef of rocks opposite Calicut , on the 3 rd of . November last . Mr . Knowles , Q . C ., has been appointed Attorney-General of the county palatine of Lancaster , vice the Hon . J . S . Wortley , promoted to the office of Judge Advocate-General . The disputes between the colliers in and around Bolton , and tlieir employers still remains in tlie same position , without any apparent disposition on

      either side Co yield . It will be _t'een from an advertisement in another column , that a public meeting will bo hold at the London Mechanics' Institution , _Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , Holborn , on Monday , hebruary 23 , 1846 , to take * into consideration the case of the journeymen boot and shoemakers of Belfast , and the strong _shoemake rs'ot London , now on strike ; the men of Belfast . being charged by their employers , under the common Jaw , with conspiracy , and are now out on bail . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Working-men ! this question must . be settled . Let us meet and settle it .

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      ; MANSION-HOUSE . "With his Brogue and _ms Blabney And Bothering WA ' rs . "~ -0 n ' Monday Elizabeth Boyd , a 'simple Irishwoman , charged a rough ill-looking fellow , a native of the same country , with having imposed upon and robbed her . The complainant was industriously performing her domestic duties , when tha prisoner walked up to her , aHd addrossinghcr in affectionate terms , said , " Betty , jewel , you don ' t forget me , do you ? " As she had not the slightest recollection of the man ' s face or person , she told him candidly that he was quite a stranger to her . " Oh , then , faith , said lie , "it ' s I that ' s your own brother . " —( Laughter . ) "M y brother J" exclaimed the woman , " that ' s quite impossible . You are not like him in anj respect . You have quite a different sort of face , andhe

      is a great deal taller . " " Why , my jewel , " said he , "that's the fault of the ' climate . I ' ve been in 'the _hotcountry . I ' ve been over-burnt my features , so that I an't like the same man at all , and quite spoiled my growth , so that I an't near the size I used to be . "—( Laughter , ) The Lord Mayor : Had you no sueh recollection of your brother as would help to detect such an extraordinary attempt at imposition ? "Witness : Upon my word , my Lord , I could not see the leastbit of likeness in the world between him and my brother . But I did not know but that the severe heat of the foreign parts he was in might have changed his complexion , so I thought it the best way to go for my sister to hare her opinionsabouthim . " Oh , fuifh /' says he , " you may depend upon tbe truth of what 1 say . You are niy sister , sure enough , " and so he kissed my hand . Well , I said to him you look tired ; wouldn't you like a cup of tea , and some breadand butter and eggs ? " Yes , " says he , "I ' ve no objections , " so I gave him a good bellyful and then I went for my sister , and the moment he saw

      her he claimed relationship and kissed her hand , So we didn't know but he might be our brother , and then he told us the ship he came heme in was lying in the St . Katharine ' s Dock , and he had ou board silk for a gown for mo and for my sister , a chest of tea , and some other things that would be of use , only he wanted some money to pay the duty . ( A laugh . ) We then gave him all the money we had , and away he went . This was in October , and I never set eyes upon him since until this morning . I found after he left the house that he had taken a basin full of lump sugar and a silk handkerchief , although I had just before lent him one te tie up the silk gowns with . The prisoner : Oh , then it's I that repents of it . I'll never do it again , please you , my Lord Mayor . It-was nothing but distress that drove me to the bad act ; but I'll take my oath against such deceitful doings for ever . The Lord Mayor : You have been guilty' of a most disgraceful robbery upon those two credulous poor women , and you shall repent it on the treadmill . —Committed .

      SOUTnWAItK . . Violent Assault and Attempt at Suicide , —On Monday , _tteorge LoveiandTrceve was charged with committing a violent assault on his wife , and threatening her life , and afterwards attempting to destroy himself . A policeman ofthe L division stated that on Saturday night he was called to a house in _Hatfield-street , Stamfordstreet , and informed that a gentleman upstairs had violently assaulted his wife , and afterwards mado an attempt upon his own life . He ( the constable ) immediately proceeded to a room on the fhv-t floor , and saw the prisoner , from whose hands a razor had just been wrested , after he had inflicted a wound on his throat . The pri . soner appeared to be in a state of great excitement , and after the 'round was dressed , he was conveyed to the

      station-house . Mrs . Treeve stated that she was married to the prisoner three years ago in Guernsey , he at that period being an officer in the . West India Mail Packet Company ; tliat Ids father was a major in the army , and barrack master of Jersey . Some time ago the prisoner was left a considerable sum of money at the decease of a near relation ,. since wliich period he had been leading a very intemperate life . That on Saturday night he returned home and got into a violent passion with her in consequence of her having called at the- residence of a solicitor in Bedford-row , from whom he was in the habit of receiving the money bequeathed by his deceased relation , That it was true she had visited the gentleman alluded to in order to acquaint him of the manner in which her husband was squandering away the produce of the legacy ,

      and to prevent it if possible . The prisoner having been apprised of the circumstance , when he returned home he began to abuse her , threatened to stab heir with a knife which , he snatched from the supper table , but which he laid down , again , and then taking up a jug of water he threw the contents over her , and also flung a glass decanter at her . She was compelled to call for protection , and the landlady of the house interfered , but to no purpose . He , in fact , was as violent as ever , and when police was called , he shut himself up in the room alone , and there it was he drew the razor across his throat . The prisoner said he had no recollection of the

      circumstances , the wound he had inflicted on himself was uot of the slightest consequence , and if permitted to go at large he would never go near his wife again , Mr . Cottingham said that he could not permit a man who had . acted in the manner he had done to have his liberty without he found bail to keep the peace , for if ha was now discharged he might murder his wife , and then he ( the magistrate ) would bo blamed for not putting the law in force when the prisoner was first brought before him . Thc magistrate then adjudged the prisoner to enter into his own recognizance of £ 100 , and find two sureties of £ 50 , each to keep the peace , aad to be imprisoned until such sureties were entered into .

      _WORSHIP-STREET : Charge of _FoRotav . —On Tuesday William Itedway Allen was charged with having feloniously uttered two forged bills of exchange for £ 30 and £ 05 , with intent to defraud Mr . James Wilson , _Brunswick-place , City-road . The prosecutor stated that , in the latter part of the month of January , 1812 , the prisoner , with whom he hud beeu previously acquainted , called at his house , and requested that he would discountfor him a bill for £ 30 , purporting to be accepted by Mr . Islop Odell , an extensive builder at Queen ' s road , Dalston . The prisoner said that he hud

      received the bill in payment of an account due to lura by Mr . Ode . _'l , and feeling satisfied as to the respectability of the ostensible acceptor , witness advanced him the amount without the slightest hesitation . On the _-filli of March following , the prisoner induced him te discount another bill for £ 65 , and bearing the same acceptance , but both the bills in question , on arriving at maturity , were declared to be forgeries . Mr . Islop Odell proved that neither of the signatures to the bills produced were in his handwriting , and that he had never authorised any one to sign them for him . The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next .

      THAMES . Charge of Robbery . —On Tuesday Elizabeth Webb , seventeen or eighteen years of age , was charged with robbing her employers . It appeared from the evidence that the girl was in a rery destitute condition two years ago , and was relieved and succoured by the parish of St . Dionis , Backchurch , in Fenchurch . street . After being well clothed and put in a fair way of getting on in the world , a situation was procured , for her by Mr . Brewer , the assistant-overseer , in the family of a gentleman named Home , at Plaistow , in Essex , and she continued there until three mouths back , when she left , and no suspicion of her honesty being then entertained , she was recommended to another situation in the house of a widow lady named Jessop , also living iu Flaistow , where she

      remained until the 19 th of January . Subsequently to this suspicions were entertained of her honesty , and Mr . Brewer went to tho dwelling of her uncle in Radclift ' , and upon searching her box he found the body ofa silk gown , a crape tippet , and a pair of crape cuffs belonging to Mrs . Jessop , her last employer . He caused her to be apprehended , and Serjeant Harris , 21 K , soon ascertained that a good deal of property had been lost both by Mr . Home and _Mrs _< Jessop , while the prisoner wasin their service . A great proportion of the property was traced to the prisoner , who had employed her aunt to pawn some of it , whilu the remainder she had pledged in her own name ,

      and represented that she came from Mrs . Jessop , and the pawnbrokers made out the duplicates in the name of Elizabeth Webb , for Mrs , Jessop . Table-linen and female wearing apparel to the amount of £ 8 , the property of Mrs . Jessop , the whole of which the prisoner had pawned on three separate occasions in one day , the 23 rd of December , were produced by a pawnbroker ' s shopman , named Gosling . The whole ofthe articles wereidentificd by Mrs . Jessop . A valuable gold ring , belonging to Mr . Home , pawned by the girl ' s aunt at the request of her niece , was identified by him . The prisoner held down her head and _ebbbed aloud , She made no defence . Mr . Broduri committed her .

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      DREADFUL MURDER . ASSASSINATION IN THE METROPOLIS . Shortly after six o ' clock on Monday morning the inhabitants of Pitt ' _s-place , a narrow paved court leading from Drury-lane to Great Wild-street , were alarmed by the report ofa pistol from the house No . i in that place , the _nrst-noor and cellar of whicli wero occupied by the deceased , James Bostock , in his trade as a working brass and gun metal-founder . The first person whose attention seems to have been particularly attracted by the circumstance was a man named Parsons , who occupied the second-floor of the house in which deceased resided . Hearing the discharge of a pistol while ' in the act of dressing himself ne descended to the ground-floor for the purpose of discovering whence it had been fired . On reaching the passage at the toot of the staircase , he stumbled over _what-aDoeared to be the body of a

      man , and on opening the street door he at once discovered the deceased Bostock stretched upon the ground apparently lifeless , with a stream of blood issuing from ono of his ears . A neighbour named Woodman and several other persons were soon onthe spot , and the police-strctchei having been obtained , by the advice of a medical gentleman who had been summoned on the instant , the deceased was at once removed to King ' s College Hospital . A medical examination immediately diBcovered that the deceased ' s ear had been penetrated by a bullet , and from the fact that the unhappy man , although still breathing , was in a perfect state of coma , it became evident that the ball still remained within tho skull . After lingering from the period of his admission until nearly four o ' clock in the afternoon , the deceased expired from the effects of the wound . !¦¦

      1 < or some time after the attention of the police had been called to the circumstances above detailed probably owing to the absence of all motive for the crime , there was considerable doubt as to the nartv by whom tu _« twt had beeu committed . In tUecourse

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      ofthe morning , however , such facts were brought to light as leave little , if any , doubt as to the author of the catastrophe ; . It appears that the deceased had } _nhiseiupl 6 yas an apprentice , a young man named Ihomas Wix . On Saturday last Wis was sent by the deceased to one of his customers to obtain payment of a small bill , amounting to 15 s ., or thereabouts . Wix obtained the money , and on his return home informed his master that he had had the misfortune to lose lis . out of the amount . He begged the deceased to allow him to make up tho loss by payments of 2 s . 6 d . a-week , to be deducted from his wages . 1 his , however , the deceased objected to do , and further he expressed his determination to deduct the whole sum from the wages due to Wix on Saturday night-a proceeding wliich he afterwards carried into ettect . 11 ns circumstance is supposed to have

      created a rancorous feeling against his master in the mind of Wix , the more so as the parties are described to have lived generally on very ind ifferent terms . It was the custom of Wix to knock up his master about six o ' clock cverv morning , in order to obtain admission to tlie workshop . He is supposed to have done this on Monday morning , as the widow of the . deceased states that it was in answer to a single knock at the door that her husband , who had just breakfasted , descended the staircase from their apartments on the first floor . The report of the pistol almost immediately followed the opening of the door , anil from the position in wliich deceased was found , it is conjectured thatthe assassin must have watched

      the opportunity afforded by the deceased turning round to proceed up stairs in order to take his deadly aim . The possession of a pistol , with powder and bullets , by Wix , is proved in a very clear and satisfactory manner , by a tradesman named Stene , who keeps an oil shop in Great Wild-street . Wix went into Mr . Stone ' s shop on Saturday , the 7 th instant , and purchased a small quantity of gunpowder , remarking that he was going out shooting on the following day ( Sunday ) . On Monday , the 9 th instant , he again visited Mr . Stone ' s shop , and purchased on that occasion another small quantity of gunpowder . Mr . Stone asked him what he had shot on the previous day , to which he replied by giving a description of some bird which Mr . Stone imagined to be a snips . Doubting the fact , Mr . Stone asked him what sort ofa gun he used , whereupon Wix pulled out from

      his breast a bright barrelled pistol about six inches long . Mr . Stone next asked him what sort of shot he used , to which question Wix replied by producing three or four email bullets . At Mr , Stone ' s request Wix gave him one of the latter , to see if it would fit a pistol he had in use . This bullet was on Monday handed to the police by Mr . Stone , and in the event of a similar one being found in the head of the deceased . it will , of course , form an important link in the chain of evidence to bo produced against Wix hereafter . Thus , taking all these facts into consideration , although it does not at present appear that any one saw Wix near thc scene of the murder on Monday morning , as he had absconded from his usual haunts , anil has not been heard of since Sunday , it is only reasonable to suppose that he must be privy to the crime of which he is suspected . The deceased has left a widow but no children .

      Wix appears to have borne but a very indifferent character for some years past . About nine months since he endeavoured to poison himself by taking an enormous dose of laudanum while labouring under some excitement . The attempt was , however , discovered in time to frustrate his intention . His mother is a poor woman of very good character . She lives in Little Wild-street , buther son has long been separated from her by his dissipated course * . He is about 21 years of age .

      _ArPBEUEKSIOJf OP THK MURDERER . At a late hour last night Thomas Wix was discovered at a coffee-house , and taken into custody . Information was brought to , the police-station in the morning' that ¦ the prisoner was seen ih Finsburysquare ; and it appears that he subsequently went to Gravesend , probably with the view of planning a more effectual escape . He seems , however , to have become much dejected , and , on his return to London , he sent for a friend to consult with him upon the matter . It was , we believe , during an interview with his friend , that Mr . Pierce , the superintendent of the F division , received information from one of the constables on watch as to his appearance , < tc , and caused his immediate apprehension .

      EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OP TUP MURDERKB . Thomas Wix , who stands charged with thc murder of his master , James Bostock , was on Tuesday placed at the bar before Mr . Twyford , at Bow-street policecourt . From the time of the opening of thc court , and indeed for some time previous , the street was crowded with people , anxiously waiting to " catch a sight" ofthe accused . A beadle was in attendance to take notes of the examination , and to furnish a rcsport to the coroner , by whom he had been sent .

      A few minutes before the prisoner was brought to the court , a gentleman applied to the magistrate to have tho case put off till to-morrow , saying that he was a relatisn of the prisoner , and that he was in possession of facts which , he thought , would materially alter the aspect of the case . Mr . Twyford said that he could not postpone the hearing of the case . If the applicant had any facts to adduce , an opportunity would te given him in the course ofthe examination . At ten minutes to two o'clock the prisoner was placed in the dock . He is very boyish-looking , not appearing to be more than seventeen years of age . He was dressed in a velveteen jacket . During the examination he showed great levity , and evi dently thought very little ofthe charge against him .

      Samuel Parsons , an old man who lives in the same house as the deceased , No . 4 , Pitt-place , Drury-lane , said—I am a coachmaker by trade . At seven o ' clock on the morning of Monday , being then inhed , 1 heard a cry of" Master ; " I immediately got up , and partly dressed myself . Before I was quite dressed I heard the report of a pistol . When I was dressed I went down stairs and found a candle alight in the _presage I put it out . Afterwards I fount ! a body in the passage , and I went to the street-door , and saw Mr . Goodman , who lives at the house opposite , at his door . I asked him to bring a light , which he did , and we went together to the place where I had seen the light . We found the body of Mr . Bostock lying in the passage , and covered with blood . We then called in the poiioe , and the hody was taken away on a stretcher .

      A shopman in the employ of Messrs . Harding , gunsmiths , of 62 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-inn , said that on Monday or Tuesday of last week the prisoner came to him with a pistol , which was out of order . It was a flint and steel pistol . Witness oiled the . _spring , which was stiff ; and the barrel , which was rusty . He said he wanted to shoot a dog that had bit him , and showed a scar upon his jaw . He aaked witness to give him a bullet . He had not a bullet , but he gave him two slugs . On Wednesday he came again , and said that the pistol had missed fire , but witness showed him that it was in good order . He said he had shot the dog . On Thursday he went to the shop again and showed witness a percussion cap pistol , which ho said he had got in exchange for the other , and had given half-a-crown into the bargain . Witness put the pistol in order , and gave the prisoner a few caps . He said he wanted to go shootingon Primrose-hill on Sunday . He then went

      away . Edward Mailers , a dealer in pawnbroker ' s unredeemed pledges , of 129 , Druiy- ! ane , sft _?* i that in the course of last week the prisoner came several times to his shop to bargain for a pistol which he wished to j buy . Finally witness gave him a percussion-cap pistol in exchange for a flint pistol , receiving half-acrown in addition from the _prisoner . The prisoner said that he wanted it to shoot birds with . ( The witncss produced the pistol which he had received from the prisoner . ) James Stowe , an oil and colourman , of 19 , Great Wild-street , proved that the prisoner bought gunpowder of him on several occasions during the last week . He always said he wanted it to shoet birds | with , and on one occasion he showed him a pistol .

      John Collins , U l , stated that while he was on duty in Great Wild-street on Saturday night , he was called into the house , No . 4 , Pitt's-place , by the deceased , who was about to give the prisoner into custody for obtaining money , and converting it to his own use . Tho prisoner said he had lost it , and offered to pay half-a-crown a week till the whole sum ( lis . ) should be paid . The deceased did pot give him in charge , but said he would stop out of his week ' s wages the Us ., and 2 s . 6 d ., which he had borrowed from him . Policemen Pocock , F . . 14 , and Thompson , A 62 , took the prisoier in charge , in a coffee-house in Great Queen-street , Drury-lane , at about twelve o ' clock on Monday night . He asked on the road to the station-house , whether " the ' governor was dead ?" They told him ho was ; and he said " he was a rogue to me ; this was _brewiig for him , for twelve months , and I have revenged myself for his cruel treatment to me . " He was cautioned that anything he said would be used against him , and he said bo

      more . The prisoner , who , during the evidence of the policemen , had appeared more serious than before on being asked if he had any question to put to the witne 8 eJPocock , sanl "No ; he gives his evidence so sincerely that 1 can say nothing to him ; and the evidence is so clear against me that I must confess that I am guilty of it . I did do it ; and I only wonder 1 did not do it twelve months ago . his conduct to me was so cruel . " The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute and the prisoner was fully committed . prosecuw '

      n -ri 1 I ? _i _O" T , IE M 1 JRDE « E » man . OnThursday , Mr . Bedford , the Coroner for Westminster , and a respectable jury of _hoixsehoWers rSt Tl ptew _v clement _WSSB fieCto fiii _- t rn _., _? _y- street . _Lincoln ' _s-innwhowa _? B , ? _'i _^ th ? deathof James Bostock , « sid _^ _A p" _5 ? 0 rnin _S ° t' Monday last , at his 2 _ST . _£ _^ _W ' Drury-lane , under _circumfnrfJh _^ ve ™ d . As the persons called be-» amn _r coroner were _» without an exception , the same who were examined at Bow-street on Tuesday , it is quite unnecessary to repeat the evidence . After « w ??? , hberation the jury returned a verdict of 'Vfufulmurder agahut Thomas WiUiam Wix "

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      Meetings In Behalf Of The Chartist Exile...

      MEETINGS IN BEHALF OF THE CHARTIST EXILES . [ Continued from our Sixth Paqe . ]

      IMPORTANT MEETING AT GREENWICH . A public meeting ; took place in the splendid Lecture Hall , Royal-hill , Greenwich , on Wednesday evening , when not less than 700 persons were present . . . ..... Mr . Ellis , an opulent tradesman of Deptford , was unanimously called to the chair , and in a few appropriate remarks , he concluded by reading a letter from Admiral W . J . D . Dundas , one of the membera for the Borough , in which the writer said he should be engaged on the 18 th , but , nevertheless , he should bo most happy to present and support any petition the meeting might entrust to his care . ( Cheers . ) Mr . T . Clark then moved the first resolution as follows : — " That this meeting is of opinion ,

      considering that mercy has been extended to _Papineau and other Canadians , who were arrested with arms in their hands , that the time has fully arrived when a measure of equal mercy should be meted out to John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , the victims of the Newport outbreak of 1839 . Resolved , therefore , that a petition to . the House of Commons be adopted for an address to her Majesty , praying her to restore them to their , country , families , and friends . " Mr . Clark said—He was well pleased to see so many present , it spoke well for the cause in which they were engaged , that of mercy and justice . ( Hear , hear . ) Fro 3 t , Williams , and Jones belonged to a class rather above that of working men , but they , nevertheless , sympathised deeply with the

      wonting classes ; tney saw mat the middle and upper classes were represented in Parliament , and , consequently , that their interests were protected , but that the working classes , being unrepresented , their interests were unprotected , and they were treated like miserable , wretched outcasts ; they , accordingly , demanded for them the same rights , privileges , and immunities which were enjoyed , by the other classes , and whicli they , as the producers of all wealth , so justly merited —( loud cheers)—yet for the advocacy of such pure and holy principles they had been banished . ( Hear , hear . ) ( Mr . Feargus O'Connor now entered the hall , and was greeted with great cheering . ) Those much esteemed and highly honourable men were now in the sixth year of their exile ,

      and ho had no doubt the meeting agreed with him , that the sufferings endured by thesemen and their bereaved wives aud families had been more than a sufficient expiation for any crime they had committed . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor rose amid great cheering to second the resolution , and said—Whatever might be the result of this petition they had met to propose and support , the meeting reflected great credit on the Chartist body of Greenwich and Deptford , who had got it up , and must tend to advance the great cause of public liberty . ( Loud cheers . ) Ten years ago he had the honour to be invited by the Greenwich Chartists to a feast given to the members for the borough , and the great principles he advocated were thenthoucht

      nonsense by the middle classes . How gratifying was it , therefore , to see so many of that class present to-night , mixing with the working class . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor here entered into a lucid exposition of the principles of the People's Charter , which he stated were part and parcel of the British constitution , and these also were the real and good principles enunciated by Frost , Williams , and Jones , and for thus advocating the equal rights of all , had they been persecuted and prosecuted . ( Hear , hear . ) He had the sanction of Chief Baron Pollock and Solicitor-General Sir Fitzroy Kelly , for saying that they were not only illegally tried but illegally convicted —( hear , hear ); yet , strange as it may appear , royal marriages , royal births , royal christenings had taken place , the hulks had been ransacked for

      persons on whom to exercise the royal clemency , whilst men of high moral reputation had been allowed to rot and perish in prisons , or drag on a miserable existence in penal settlements , whose only crime had been that of feeling intensely for the wrongs and sufferings of their fellow men . ( Shame , shame ! and great applause . ) Mr . O'Connor next alluded forcibly to the peculiar circumstances attending the trial of the Welsh martyrs . Their patriotic friend Duncombe had given notice of a motion on the subject for wliich they had met , and let the people only g ive him their cordial and hearty support—let each individual only have the vanity to believe that on his efforts success depended , and victory would be theirs . Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amid great cheering . The resolution was then unanimously adopted .

      Mr . Doyle rose and submitted a petition , embodying the spirit of the foregoing resolution , and said our martyred brethren were the victims of spies employed by government , and paid out of the hard earnings of the industrious people . ( Hear , hear . ) He well remembered that Lord _, Liverpool justified the employment of such base nefarious means , en the plea that it had been adopted by all former governments , and he presumed that Russell and Melbourne had no better excuse f _'» r continuing the same dastardly practice . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Doyle next presented a graphic sketch of the misery , wretchedness , and destitution of the people , especially in the manufacturing districts , and asked , under such circumstances , was it wonderful that they should hold

      such meetings as those for which the Welch martyrs were so unjustifiably banished ? ( Loud cheers . ) It was for enlightening the people that Frost , Williams , and Jones had sacrificed their liberties , and , until the people possessed what they justly demanded _-i-equal rights and equal laws—peace , prosperity , and happiness would never prevail . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Philip M'Grath rose , loudly applauded , to second thc adoption of the petition , and said—They had met to do an act of justice—to ask , in the name of humanity , a grave assemblage to do an act of mercy to Jehu Frost and his brave , but perhaps erring compatriots . ( Loud cheers . ) Frost was the

      advecate of the rights of all ; he saw one man in seven only enfranchised , and the remainder without the pale of the constitution , hence his exertions in favour of the People ' s Charter . John Frost only enunciated the great truth , that all mankind were equal . He ( Mr . M'Grath ) called on all the daughters , sons , matrons , and fathers present , to make the cause of the Welsh martyrs their cause ; then would they be enabled to get up such a breeze of public feeling as shall waft them from the land of their captivity to tke bosoms of their wives , families , and friends . ( Loud cheers . ) Tiie petition was unanimously adopted .

      Mr . J . Morgan moved , and Mr . Walter FJyer _leconded—'' That Admiral J . Vy " . Dundas be requested to present the petition just adopted ; and that £ . G . Barnard , the other member for the borough , be requested to support its prayer . " Carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to the chairman , who suitably acknowledged the honour done him , and the meeting dissolved .

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      ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE . Chartist Tea Party and Baix . —A tea party and ball came off at the house of Mr . Thomas Coop , si » n ofthe Shepherds' Arms , Old-street , _Ashton , on Monday evening last , February 16 . The tea being given by Mr . T : Coop , of the above house , on account of his recent removal from the Tontine Inn , Catherinestreet , the large room was crowded to excess . The worthy host , who . is a republican Chartist , had spared neither trouble nor expense to make the ladies comfortable . Thc room was embellished with portraits of Hunt , O'Connor , and other patriots , and was altogether most tastefully decorated . About half-past tive not leas than one hundred ofthe female Chartists sat down to a substantial repast , wliich did very great credit to the worthy host and hostess . Singing , dancing , and recitations were the order of the

      evening until a very late hour , when , at the conclusion , there were three cheers given lor Feargus O'Connor , three for Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , three for the Ten Hours | Bill , and three times three for the Charter , The party broke up at a very early hour , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainments .

      STOCKPORT . On Friday evening , a public meeting , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for an efficient Ten Hours' Bill , was convened in the large room ofthe Total Abstinence Society , Lower Hilgate , Stockport . Mr . Thomas Wilson , an old and staunch friend to this humane measure , was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Hamer , a manufacturer , moved the first resolution , which was seconded by an operative and supported at great length by Mr . Joseph Mullineaux secretary of the Central Short Time Committee ! f he second resolution was moved by William Pott a factory operative , and seconded by Mr . Mitchell . 1 he meeting was then addressed by Mr . Leech who was warmly cheered . A vote of thanks having been passed to the Central Committee , to our friends in and out of Parliament , and to the chairman , the meeting broke up .

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      fhe Highland estate of Aberarda , in the countv of Inverness has been purchased bv Captain Sutherland , of Udale , for tho sum of £ 36 , 050 . Extensive preparatians are on foot in many parts of Germany to celebrate the three-hundredth anniversary of the death of Luther . Representation op North Nottinghamshire . —A vacancy has been caused in the representation of this division , by thc death , on Weduesday last , of Mr . Gaily Knight , who had sat for it since 1 S 34 . We understand that the blast iron furnace men of Dundy van have got a considerable advance on their wages unsolicited . —Glasgow Argus .

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      Printed bv DOOGAL M'GOWAN , of 10 , Great Windmill-

      Street, Haymarket, In Thc City Ot Westmi...

      street , Haymarket , in thc City ot Westmiiuter , iu _ Hie Office in the same Street and l _' arlsh , tor the Proprietor _PEABGl _^ _O'lJONNOll , Esq ., and published _liy K H . «« _. of No . 18 , Char e _^ treet , _Brun _; _don-street , Walworth , in the _r" _™"'/ . _" _- _^^^* . ington , i . ith » Comity ot Surrey , at the Oihee , _No . lis _. Great Windmill-street , _Hajriuarkot , in . the .. City ot Westminster . „ _, . „ .. Saturday , _Fekraary 21 , lite

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_21021846/page/8/