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      _FRANCE . Escroachjeesis of imE _Pmests . —A fresh topic of ag itation has arisen , which promises to . ' throw additional interest into the approaching dehateupon the Secret Serviceimoney BilL The Archbishop of Lyons has ken summoned before the Privy Council for abuse of authority . The Archbishop assuming a power , the existence of wliich will certainl y never be _jeeognised ir Prance , to condemn by his mandcment anv book deemed dangerous to the spiritual interests 0 f " bis floek , has _undertaken to brand with sacerdotal censure JL Dunin ' s celebrated -work upon tlie liberties ofthe _Gallican Church . aL Dnpin's work is one of & _strieth / legal _ character , being little more than a _wa flpilatioii of Historical _documents of unquestionable autluaitlcity , showing tlie independence of fhe

      Gallican Church of the See of Rome . Tlie Cardinal _jirchbishop deals bis anathemas upon all those documents , asserting that the _sh-clairaed liberties of the ChuMhiave no foundation _; that the Interference of ihestafe is a usurpation , and , in fact , calling upon the French to fling themselves at the feet 0 f Rome , eoncluiling by a defiance addressed to the Privy Council to censure bim , as they bad no legal power to do so . This is the right way to go to work ; tbe sooner the cowled monsters throw off their hypocritical disguise , and exhibit themselves in their true , their unchanged character , as tbe enemies of free thought and man ' s right , the better for the interests of the many . Such pranks as those played _bythe Archbishop of Lyons wdl soon bring the reaction , and then woe to the Biieste !

      _SPAES . - Go TB 0 M Home to hear ! News . —According to the Madrid journals of the 10 th and llth , much sensation has been created in the Spanish capital by the receipt of letters from London , mentioning that General Espartero had sent a hostile message to tbe Spanish Ambassador , because of some-rudeness to Madame Espartero in his Excellency ' s chapel , who , perhaps , unconsciously had taken possession of that part of the gallery usually assigned to the ambassador .

      _GERMANY . Tbaxhfobt , Feb . 14 . —An official document was sent a few days ago to all the printing offices in Bamberg , requiring tlie proprietors to forward for the future , to the ohice of Censorship , all the manuscripts intended for publication , in order that they may be c -samined before they are printed . Hitherto only _poetical journals and _periodicals were subjected tothe censoiship in Bavaria .

      SWITZERLAND . The Jeseit Agitatiox . —We regret to learn from the Paris papers that the excitement caused by the Jesuits in Switzerland is still on the increase , and that serious disturbances may be anticipated before the question is settled .. The canton of Lucerne has resolved that the education of the people shall be placed nndcrtheeontwulof the Jesuits ; and against this resolution not only many of the inhabitants of thai canton , but the Governments of Berne , Zurich , and now the provisional Government of the Pays de "Vaud , have protested against the introduction of this

      system of education into the Federation , and seem disposed to resist it by force . On this important subject the Great Council of Tand had been engaged for three days , at aa extraordinary meeting held at Lausanne , which temunatedby the Council abdicating en mam . A general popular meeting , assembled upon Montbesson , at Lausanne , has establisheda provisional government , composed of nine members , of which M . Druey , councillor of state , has been named president These events have taken place because the grand council had not paid sufficient deference to the prayer of 32 , 000 petitioners for the expulsion of the Jesuits , and occurred upon thedays ofthe 14 th and 35 th of February .

      UNITED STATES . _Asti-Rest Movements . —There appeals to be no disposition among the Anti-Renters of Rensselaer comity to surrender their organisation , and submit tranquilly tothe operailono / the laws . The presence of a strong military f orce is wanted there , and would have a tendency to subdue their spirit . —New York Sun . Another _Asti-Rest Outbreak . —The Philadelpliia Ledger notices au Anti-Rent outbreak in

      Lancaster . An agent ofthe Hamilton estate arrived in that place to collectground-rents , when somepei _* sons collected , formed aproeession , and w * aited npon him at his hotel , but were unable to procure an interview . They then resolved that they would pay no more ground-rent , which was received with acclamation . It was in the same county that the meeting was recently held , at which they resolved not to pay any more State taxes , unless tiie State Government should reform , and its representatives grow more honest . —Hid .

      The Case op Governor Dorr . —The Aigerixes op Rhode Islasb . —The Rhode Island legislature having passed a bill for the liberation of Governor Dorr , provided he agreed to take the _oatli before the Supreme Court to support _thejn-esent constitution of the StafiV-and heJiaving refused to comply with these conditions , the following remarks rthereon have appeared ill the New Tori Sun : — Case of Governor Dorr . —Rhode Isiaxd Qrveltx axd Lyjcstice . —We have already noticed the nonacceptance of the pardon to Gov . Dorr passed by the Rhode Island I _^ idatnre , and several _journaWhare been loud in assailing him for declining to accept the lenity exhibited by the Legislature . There are some principles connected with this " act of grace which

      should be known . The pardon is a conditional one . He must swear allegiance to the Constitution of the State . Sow there is nothing wrong in this , excepting its peculiar applicability to Dorr . The people's constitution received 14 _^ 000 votes , and Doit received thai number of votes as _Gorei-nor . Not one ofthe J _^ _OQO wa s imprisoned or required to swear to the new constitution . Why select Dorr alone to swear fidelity to it , unless it is to make him acknowledge that he has acted wrong in consenting to receive 14 , 000 votes for Governor , and _preferring another Charter . But there is a point of more importance involved in this pardon , as will be seen by the annexed extract from the Laws of Rhode Hand : — "Tho Sib section of chapter 8 , of the Act of Jan .

      1 S 38 , and the 122 nd in the present Digest * enacts * That every person who shall be sentenced , under any provision of this Act , to imprisonment for life , or forthe term of one year or more , for any one offence , shall for ever thereafter be incapable of being elected io any office of honour , trust , or profit in this State , and of acting as a freeman therein , and of giving testimony as a witness More any tribunal in this State , unless such sentence be reversed . '" Sow the sentence has not been reversed . A conditional pardon has been tendered to him , without a reversal of the sentence , mease he accepts the pardon . So that he will be a convict out of prison , as much as he was in

      prison , without right , privilege , or citizenship . If this was intended by the Legislature , it is anything but an act of grace . Again , section 180 and 181 of of tbe new Digest , authorises administration on the convict ' s estate , and provides that in cases of " imprisonment for life , such prisoner ' s estate shall be divided among his hens at law , and distributed in the same way as if he was dead . " Here Ms estate is seized upon and divided . He is dead in law with a living pardon in hand—deprived of property and civil lights ! Tinder this inhuman ban Dorr has nothing to gain in accepting the so-called pardon . Rhode Hand seems intent upon making herself a sort of Algiers among the States ofthe earth .

      Gov . Dorr asd the Usurpers . — The usurping legislature of Rhode Island have passed an Act offering to liberate Gov . Dorr , on such conditions that he Would be entirely deprived of the rights of citizenship . . Of course he has refused , and his father lias petitioned the tyrants for the privilege of Tisifing his son during his sickness , from a complicated disease , -which it is feared will end his life ! If Gov . Dorr is suficred-io die in that prison , it will be thefoulest blot on the character of this Union that it has ever _? et received ; and , ' especially will it be an eternal dis-£ race on the poor men of the present age , of whose cause he IS fllC Champion . I Imow not whether Gov . _on- to or

      _^ advocates the right land not , or whether he ever had his attention drawn to the subject ; but I _^ pow that he is suffering for his _advoercy of the n of suffrage , without which ihe right to land y ™ « tl » obtained without Woodshed , as is _evi-<« ent froni present proceedings in this State ; and _therefore I know that it is the duty of all honest Men , and of poor and landless men especially , to do _Tj hat they can to liberate Gov . Dorr at all hazards , suonld Congress and the Snpreme Conrt fail to do ' so . JB - _^ CW Hampshire associations are forming to _liber ie Gov . Dorr "bv force of arms . "—A York '' onaiy _Jhtfs Advocate .

      A Laxo or Liberit . —Some thirteen free men of ro-oar , who came here on board of vessels from the lree states of the union , were yesterday placed in _co nhnement by the second -municipality police , in _pw-suance of the Act forbidding free persons of «*> ar to come within the limits of fhe state . Sneh _^" 'mpertinent interference with our internal laws as ™ at of which Massachusetts has been gnilty bnt 9 » ds to increased Tigflance on the part of our police "J these -m atters . —New Orleans Picayune .

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      Davf _? _ilEETE-JGs ik Yorkshire , —Mr . Septimus . _K _^ _ywh _asvmted the following places in Tork-¦ "JJ B . during last week—Dudley-hill , High Town , _^« tnam , andHuddersfield-callB on the different _sc-£ _? _** Miners , ia Yorkshire , to take into their _* Y ° i » eonadeiation the propriety of sending a _delef 7 _^ the General Trades' Conference , to beheld m _** ndon on Easter Monday . _. f _^ E _Sdepweu ) CoiiBiaKEHs are attempting to _^^ l _^ naliBation of wages ; ihey are , however , _Z _^ d by two of the em ployers , who seem to be _de-^ ned to do their little besttobreakup the Comb : J _2 _* Umon . _ToeywJILhowerervbefoaeA The _P- _^ _asers are Eangoine of success if properly , sup-, _* _"" *« b y their brother operatives

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

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thursdat , Feb . 20 . The Speaker took the chair at four o ' cloek . A report was brought up that the committee recommended that the standing orders should be dispensed with in respect to the London and York . Railway ; and also that the standing orders liad been complied within the case of the _Pontefractand Goole Railway . Mr . Cobden gave notice of Ids intention , on a future day , to move for a committee to inquire into the operations ofthe Corn Laws on tenant-fanners . Sir James Graham said it was his intention on ah early day to ask leave to bring in a bill to settle the law with respect to orders of magistrates in bastardy cases . Tliis bill had been rendered necessary by a recent decision of a Learned Judge , who had held thatthe orders of magistrates were at present illegal .

      HALIAX REFUGEES . . .. . .-, Sir Charles xJapier wished to put a question to . the Bight Hon . Baronet opposite , with respect'to a state- ' ment which he had made the other ni g ht _^ regarding _theitwo sons of Admiral Bandiera , and twenty other individuals . The Right Hon . Baronet had stated that in the expedition in which these individuals had been engaged , the Governor of the Ionian Islands and the Government at home bad been taken by surprise . - He wished to . ask the Right Hon . Baronet whether any report was made to the Government at home of the circumstances , and whether any instructions were given by the Home Government to the Governor of _^ the Ionian Islands as to how he was to act ? He wished to know whether anv instructions

      had been given by the . Governor of these islands to prevent -them from landing . If Lord Seaton had acted a humane part , instead of sending a communication to the Neapolitan Government , he should have sent the steamer to acquaint those twenty-two unfortunate individuals , and apprise them _' of their danger . He wished- to know whether the Governor had represented to the two . Bandieras , and twenty others ; thattheyhad communicated with the Government what he knew of their intentions . 7 Sir It . Peei , said he had stated all he knew of this matter the previous evening : but , for the satisfaction

      of the Gallant-Officer , he would endeavour to answer his question . No communication had been made by Lord Seaton to the Neapolitan Government , respecting the intended landing of these twenty-two individuals until after they had sailed . Lord S & _iton stated tothe Neapolitan officer that one of the Bandieras had arrived in the Ionan Islands in the month of February ; that he then went to Malta , and subsequently returned to the Ionian Islands , and then he had conducted lumself there in a manner not to excite any suspicion whatever ; tliat on the 12 th , when they sailed , the Governor did not suspect their intentions , because they left unarmed _.

      Sir C . Namer said that what he wished to know was , whether Lord Seaton had communicated to the Bandieras , after he had received the -remonstrances of the Consuls , so a _$ ' to warn them of the danger which they were incurring by attempting to land on the coast of Calabria ? Sir R . Peel said that about ten o ' clock in the evening of the 12 th of June the Bandieras had sailed from Corfu , and" that Lord -Seaton had not previously had the least conception that it was tlieir intention to sail from the island . On the 13 th the

      Consuls had made their representations alluded to . The Hon . and Gallant Officer asked if Lord Seaton had made any communication to the Bandieras . Now , it was impossible that he _couldjave made any communication to them before they sailed , because he had entertained no suspicion whatever of their intention to leave the island . If the Hon . and Gallant Officer intended to ask whether Lord Seaton had sent a boat after them to make a communication to them on the subject , the " reply -was , that moab certainly Lord Seaton had not .

      Mr . Moxcktoj ? " Moses asked if there was . any objection to lay before the House some portion of the papers connected with this subject . ( _CnesVtf All , all and cheers . ) It was a matter that had created an intense interest throughout the country , and the country would not be satisfied without further information . Sir R . Peel was not aware whether or not the correspondence contained matters which would render it inexpedient to produce the whole of it . He bad no objection whatever to lay before the House the substance of it , but it could not be expected that he could pledge himself to produce the whole of the

      correspondence without having carefully perused the dispatches of Lord Seaton . Mr S . W . Hope said he might state , from having been in possession of the correspondence , that the Government had received no notice whatever , and on -further search he had not been able to find any , of the arrival of the Bandieras in the Ionian Islands * , the only notice of tlieir being there was an application from the Austrian Government to have them delivered up as deserters from the Austrian naval service , which there was no power or wish on the part ofthe Government to do .

      Mr . T . Doscombe . —Did the Austrian Government give you any uoticeof the Bandieras being at Corfu ? Mr . Hope said the Government received no notice whatever . Mr . T . BcseoMBE . —Why , It was in Mazzini ' s let-¦| ers !—( Great laughter . ) Mr . Mackiksox presented a billto secure the abatement of the smoke nuisance in large towns , which , after some little opposition on the part of Mr . Knight and Mr . Hawes , and speeches in support from Mr . Ferrand , Mr . Milnes , Mr . P . Borthwick , Mr . Beckett , Mr . Gill , and Aldcnnan Copeland , was laid on the table .

      Mr . watsox moved for , and obtained leave to introduce a bill lor repealing " pains and penalties" on Roman Catholics . During the short discussion that ensued , Sir James Graham stated the . factthatthe Commissioners for the Consolidation ofthe Criminal Law were engaged in _coiwoKtfarmi _*/ tlie statutes into one great code , under two separate and distinct heads _, sir J . Graham briefly moved for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the appointment and payment of clerks and other Officers of tho Courts of petty and quarter sessions of the peace , oyer and terminer , and gaol delivery .

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

      Lord ' Aberdeen ought to have given notice to the newspapers that he was aware of the existence of tliis conspiracy . Had this been done , this unfor tunate conspiracy would , in his opinion , not . have taken place . The principle , with respect to the rights of foreigners residing in this country , Avas very vague ; bnt it was not so as far the Hon . Jlemberlfor Finsbnry was concerned * . and therefore he ( Mr . Milnes ) was of opinion that tbe gentlemen onhis side of the House ought to accede to the request for inquiry made by that Hon . Gentleman . It was but fair and justice to that Hon . Gentleman , and to the country , that this should be set at rest . No doubt it would be surmised what were the reasons which had led to the opening of that Hon . Gentleman's letters , as his name had been mixed up with persons who had been brought under the sentence of the law .-

      Mr . Duxcombe . —Name ihem . Mr . Milxes . —One gentleman was an individual for whom he had himself a very great respect , Mr . William Lovett . He need not mention any others , as one name was as good as another . It could not but be admitted that the Hon . Gentleman had made himself , if not an object of suspicion , at least a person in communication with suspected persons . He therefore thought the warrant had not been issued unwisely , though he thought the Hon . Gentleman had a right to a full explanation . Mr . _Macawsv said he could not vote for the motion as it then stood , because it might be taken as a censure on the secret committee , ' --which ' would be anfair , as that body being secret , were thereby debarred from making _emanations . He also thought thai no further inquiry was necessary , but that tiie House o * aght at once to legislateon the subject . He -would still leave the rightef issuing warrants to the

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      - _ijw Secretary of State ; but he would at the same t / _ntYrer quirethat after _areasopablc time the letters _e-kmine'd , unless detained for judicial purposes , should be delivered up to the owners , * stamped , so as to show that they had been opened . Notwithstanding , he thought the Hon . Gentleman ( Mr . Duncombe ) was entitled to know whether his letters had beeh _^ opened . The Government had given explanations in other cases , why not in this ? This was a question of " privilege " in a high and peculiar _^ sense ; for nothing could'be more important than frank and unreserved comniu _. mcationsbetween Members and their constituents _-, and nothing was more intolerable than that such a correspondence should be subjected to inspection by their political opponents . i

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

      from their position liable to have letters addressed to them from " suspected" persons . He then enlered at some length into that part of the _question relating to , the letters of Mr . Mazzini , and the proceedings of the Bandiera family , respecting w'hlch he _^ pai * tially _defendedtlie conduct of the Government , thoughhe thought they were not altogether fo be held blameless . ; The opening of the letters of Mr . Dnneombe was a stigma on the Government , which could not be wiped . away ; and if that Hon . Gentleman had one spark of manly feeling he would never cease until he obtained the inquiry soHght . Lord _Jbnx Manners would support Mr . Duncombe

      if he made his motion for inquiry into his own case ; but he could not agree to the _generajproposition before the House . As far as the case of the Hon . Member for Finsbury went , satisfaction ought to be given . To have such suspicion attached t » him as was implied in the treatment to which his letters had been subjected , was to make him a degraded man . As the question stood he would abstain from voting oh tlie motion before the House . ! Sir Robert Lvglis and Mr . Borthwick expressed themselves in favour of the proceedings of the Government , and defended the report of the Post-office Committee . '

      Mr . Bebxal thought the motion should be more restricted , in which case he should be glad to support it . He was decidedly of opinion that Mr . Duncombe , injustice to his own character , and to satisfy his constituents , ought to have satisfaction by a full inquiry being allowed . Mr . _Ch-oiles Bdlleb made a very able speech , in support ofthe motion of Mr . Dvmoombe . He recommended that the Right Hon . Bart , should , as one , acknowledge that he had opened the letters in question , as the only means of getting rid of the difficulty in which he was placed .

      Lord Howick moved an amendment to the effect that a select committee be appointed to ascertain if the letters of any members had been opened , and if they knew the reason why . He supported the motion in a . very vigorous and argumentative speech . M . D'Ishaeli seconded the amendment ; in doing which he delivered a veiy effective speech , and dealt some very hard hits at the Government and Sir R . Peel . Mr . Roebuck said , nothing but the most ample inquiry would satisfy the country on this subject . It was important that the character of the llight Honourable Member for Finsbury should have justice done it . Nothing but ' ' the most searching inquiry ought to satisfy him . The matter had been shrouded in such mystery that until a full inquiry was granted it was difficult to know what course should be taken . He hoped that the House

      would see the necessity of doing this . If ; the Right Honourable Baronet the llome Secretary would only take a tangible case , the matter could be easily brought to an issue . If he would only iesue a single warrant , and place it in the hands of : one man at the Post-office , in order to examine a letter ofthe Hon . 'Member for Finsbury , and . afterwords place the warrant on the table of that House , he had no doubt but that twenty-four horn's would not pass before Mr . Duncombe would institute proceedings in the Court of Queen ' s Bench to test its legality . After making several other ; observations on the general question , the Hon . Gentleman concluded by declaring his intention of supporting the Hon . Member for Finsbury in demanding aninqmry . " After several other Members had spoken , an adjournment was moved , when there appeared—For the adjournment ....... 29 Against it 260

      Majority against the adjournment 210 Immediately afterwards a great number of-the Members left _thc'House ; seeing which , Sir Robert Peel with great reluctance consented to the adjournment , and the debate in consequence was adjourned till to-morrow ( Friday ) night .

      FRIDAY , FEB . 21 . The order of the day for the adjourned debate on the Post-office Spt _Svstem was read , and Mr . _Coilett addressed the liouse . He explained why he had moved the adjournment the night before , contending that "little" men in . debate , like hinself , had no chance of having a " say , " unless it were at the beginning of the evening . The " great guns " could demand attention at any time : but when the hour was late , and a speaker of minor rate presented himself , great disinclination to hear him was manifested . The remedy for this would perhaps he to time each speaker , giving half an hour to

      the mover 01 amotion , and a quarter of an hour to each speaker afterwards . He should support the motion of the Hon . Mem 7 ier for Finsbury . That gentleman had been exceedingly fll-used ; and the House owed it to him , to its own character , and to the country , to grant the inquiry asked for . Mr , Duncombe was well known to he a bold , manly , and independent man ; he was known all the world over as "honest Tom Duncombe ; " and he was at all events , entitled to fair play at the hands ofthe House . He trusted the Hon . Gentleman would not rest satisfied until he did receive a full acquittal from the imputations thrown on liim .

      Mr . Febkand had been inclined to have given a silent vote , had it not been possible that his doing so in the manner he intended might be construed into a desire to bear hardly on the Home Secretary , with whom he himself had a rather hard fight . He should therefore explain the grounds on which he voted . He disagreed with the existence of the odious power at all . It was not wanted for any honest purpose by any honest Government . The statement made hy Mr . Duncombe , was one which the House was bound to notice , aiid notice in a satisfactory manner too , if it would maintain its own honour and * mdependence . Both were compromised in the alleged practices of the Government . The defenders of the unjust and . un-English practice had pleaded the state of the country in 1842 as a justification for their suspicions

      and practices towards Mr . Duncombe ; but let him ask whether any other Hon . Members , who he thought ought to have been objects of suspicion much sooner than Mr . Duncombe , had been subjected to similar treatment ? He knew that it . was reported at the time of wluch the Hon . Baronet at the head of the Government spoke so alanniuglv , that a meeting of tlie _Anti-Oom law league had been held in tlie Mechanics' Institute , Southamptonbuildings , presided over by Mr . Warburton , and attended by Mr . Vilhers and Dr . Bo wring , . it which a person uttered such undisguised instigations to revolt , __ that a spectator in the meeting called him to order , telling him that what he was saying was " physical force . " Had the letters of those Bon . 3 fembers been stopped , or read , or copied ? If not , he thought the odious power of the Home Office had not been exercised impartially . As

      fatas he could judge , tliere was far more reason to " suspect some of the league members than there was to " suspect" Mr . Duncombe . But the power to open anybody ' s letters ought not to exist at all . It might possibly , in extreme cases , he of use in detecting offences ; but it nnghl also be most grosely abused , and used for the worst purposes against the liberties of the people . Mr . Ferrand concluded by showing how odio us tins power of opening letters might he made in forwarding tlie machinery of that system of centralisation to which Hie Home Secretary was so much attached ; and especially to the carrying on ; ofthe provisions of the New Poor Law . On these _groun-:. < s more than on any other , he was _desirOUS not Only to _takeaway tins power from the Home Secretary , hut also from every other Minister of the Crown .

      Mr . _Sibbtt , as a member of the secret committee , defended the decision it had come to , and said the . Government had done everything in their power ,. to assist tlie committee in its investigations . He . considered * the Right Hon . Baronet , the Home Secretary , had been harshly dealt with , and as he thought neither the motion nor the amendment would lead to any practical good , he should decline supporting them . He then entered into a general defence of the Government , in as far as letteropening was concerned , aud laboured to 7 show that the alarming state of the country in 1842 sufficiently justified _any-eiercise of " the power that mightihaye been employed at that time . ' - ¦¦ _'* ;

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      _TMi _* . coLqvnqw spoke at length against tlie motion aiid _-an-iendm _' ent ; and defended the conduct of the Home _Seerctary ; ; :. \ , ¦/ , " . "' _! '¦' ' . ¦ ' -. - _. 'Mr . _"Wii-mams challenged the Government to make out a ease to justify the treatment the Hon , Member for Finsbury liad received at . the hands , of the Home Secretary . He was _miii-h ' surpWsed that the ! Hon . Gentlemen on the Miiiistevial ' side of the House coiild ' for a moment entertain the idea that the Hon . Member for Finsbury could ill any degree be connected with the employment ofthe hand gre - nades and infernal machines , to which allusion had been made ; . Such allusions , made in connection witli that Hon . Gentleman's name , showed the necessity of a full inquiry being made . The report of the secret committee was most unsatisfactory to the public mind , !; This , however , could not excite surprise , seeing that Mr . Duncombe ' s name was' excluded from , that committee—a proceeding unparalleled in the annals of this assembly . ' ¦ '

      Mr . . Baiixie Cochiune said it was a well-known fact that the system of espionage prevailed extensively in France , yet the people did not complain . It was necessary that to a certain extent such apower should be vested in the hands ofthe Executive . Mr . Bi ! e-wetx , in a brief address , said he should have acted precisely as the Hon . Member for , Finsbury had acted , had his letters been . opened . He thought the Government had acted very improperly . : Iord 0 . Hamilton defended the Government , and in the course of his observations , employed several Very illnatured personal remarks towards Mr ; Duncombe .

      Mr . Watson made a very able speech in favour of an inquiry into Mr . : Duncombe's " charge .: The statute of _Auue , andjthe ; subsequent Act of Victoria , made the opening of a letter , without a warrant from the Secretary of State , a misdemeanour . For his -part , he held that in a constitutional point of view , there could be ' no such power as that exercised by the Secretary of State , With respect to the discontent exhibited in the North in 1 S 1 ? , he considered those disturbances to he- no excuse , for a tyrannical act . , He looked upon this power'as calculated to revive every evil associated with the spy . system . He called upon the . Solicitor-General to state upon what principles of constitutional law he defended the practice of opening letters , He dared that officer to lay the warrant , by which Mr . Duncombe ' s letters had been delayed ,

      on the table ot the House , or acknowledge it in any way wliich would get tlie instrument into the courts . He held that the warrant of the Secretary of State to make such search could not be tliere maintained . A warrant could not issue without previous information on oath ; and the Secretary of State could not administer sueh _oathy and consequently could not receive an information , The warrant " must also set forth the name of the party it implicated , and specify the offence . ' All these conditions were necessary to make a warrant legal : and he ventured to assert that were the warrant issued by the Secretary of State taken before the Judges , it would be scouted : _o-ut of court . He should like the Government to give an opportunity of trying the question . It was of vast importance to public liberty .

      . The _SoiicitojuGeneral , in a long and wordy harangue , travelled over the same ground taken by his colleagues in defence of the espionage , without at all irapf _oring their position . He acknowledged that the po wev to open letters was not _con /« iT « d by any statute ; but was * a power formerly a portion of tlie prerogative Of the S 0 _« Verisign , then had been exercised by tlie responsible advisers of the crown , and was recognised in the statutes of Anne and Victoria . He : gave it as his opinion—aw opinion expressed with a full _recoUection of the responsibility of his situation—that such apower did lawfully appertain to the office of Secretary of State , and could by that functionary be lawfully exercised .

      lord John _Epssell held that the law had been established in the veign of Queen Anne ; it existed now ; ancl the Home Secretary was not to be held blameable for the practice wliich had always been associated ' with his office . If there had been any improper exercise of that power , however , it ought to be inquired into ; and in order to leavn tliis , and to do justice to all concerned , he was prepared to support the amendment of tlie Noble Member for Sunderland ( Lord Howick ) . He did this because inquiry was due to Mr , Duncombe , who stood before the House in such a peculiar position ; . a position which , without inquiry , would . inflict _gvoss injustice on that gentleman _, ne must also condemn that new mode of exercising the

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

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

      D'lsraeli , affecting one of the Government officials . Such statement was without foundation . He then complained , and bitterly , of the conduct of the opposition , in joining in the demand for fWsh Inquiry . Such conduct was not generous ; it was not just . The Government l \ , ad been tried once . ; they had been acquitted ; and why were they to be tried again 1 He bid the Whigs . beware . He had not so acted towards them , when in opposition , and since he had been in power he had not used , life _mftiftWJ . 'ft iw N _* isi _ing on their heads the condemnation tlieir conduct was held to have merited , though he had been solicited to do so . lie plainly told them that there had been no use made of the poivernowsomucb complained of , forwhich the Whigs had not furnshed a precedent . As to the continued existence of tlie power , he * would not now offer an opinion . He would not purchase an acquittal for the Government at the expense of the power itself , by an offer to give it up , o-r any portion of it . The question before the nouso should go on its own merits ; and if the Government were sent to a fresh trial , on the heads of those who sent them be the

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

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

      gentlemen had suggested that he should bring his proofs to the bar of . the House , for thus , as yet , he * had produced no evidence of his letters having been opened : he begged to state that he should submit a motion for that _puvpose , and that he should bring his proofs to the bar . ( Loud cheers . ) He would make a motion to call to the bar the officers of the Post-office , who must have committed a breach , of privilege if they had opened his letters without a warrant from the Home Secretary . As there appeared a strong feeling in the House iu favour of the amendment , and as he thought il prudent to get a little inquiry sooner than none at all . lie should withdraw his motion in order that the SC 11 _SB of the Houge might betaken on the amendment .

      The House afterwards divided on Lord _Howick's amendment , which now stood as a substantive resolution , when there appeared— -.. ' , "" For the motion . ;' ..... „„ .,., „ . „ MS Against it ....... .. ; . 240 * ' _*

      Majority against it ............ 95 ' Mr . Duncombe , oh the numbers being announced , ! immediately gave notice that he should , on-Tuesday next , move thatthe officers of the _Fost-ofiieeB the parties whom he charged with having opened his letters , be summoned to the bar of the House ' to answer for the breach of privilege they had committed . ( Loud cheers followed the ! announcement : ) ' . . The House immediately afterwards _adjbrane ' d .

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      ; The Late * Horrible Cm : of Destitution' : —The excitement occasioned by the discovery of a girl , only IG years of age , in the loft ofa ruinous cowhouse in the _TVVandsworth-road , in a state of unparalleled destitution , the particulars of which appeared in last week ' s Star , lias been great in the extreme , and inquiries continue to he made daily by ; tho gentry resident in Clapham and Wandsworth respecting the poor creature's condition ! 'It will be recollected that when this miserable , girl , Mary Loveday , was admitted into the Wandsworth Union on Wednesday last , she presented an appalliue : spectacle , being frightfully emaciated and horribly infested with vermin . Por many _hoiu-s her life hung , as it were , upon athread , and had she not met with the most humane and almost parental treatment from Mr . and Mrs . King , the master and matron of the establishment , death must in a short time have . terminated her _auffevinss . _Owine to their cave , however , and

      the attention bfDr . Connor and his assistants , she has been increasing hi strength daily . The vermin have been wholly exterminated , and the poor creature has been removed from the foul ward ! into the infirmary . It was stated in the previous accounts that the feet of the unfortunate girl presented all the appearance of incipient mortification . These ominoussignsof aspeedy dissolution havenotdisappeared ; and , although the lotions . applied to the ¦ feet have effected a more favourable chauge than could reasonably be expected , still Dr . Connor is far from sanguine as to her ultimate recovery , and is of opinion that if lier life is saved , she must necessarily lose her feet , The poor , creature ' s dietjis still of a liquid nature , her system being too low and her masticatory powers too weak to admit of her partaking of solid food . South Wilts Election . —On Saturday Mr . _Sj _* dney Herbert was re-elected for South Wilts , without opposition .

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

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

      Muxwomi asd Machinery . —On Monday a return , printed on the motion of Mr . Cardwell , the Secretary of the Treasury , was issued , giving an account of the declared value of all millwork and machinery exported from the united kingdom in each quarter of the years 1841 , 1842 , 1843 , and 1 S 44 . The declared value of millwork and machinery exported , from the United kingdom in the year ended the 5 th of January , 1842 , was £ 551 , 361 ; in the year ended the oth of January , 1843 , - £ 554 , 653 ; in the year to the 5 th of January , , 1844 , £ 713 , 474 ; and in the year ended the 5 th of January last , to £ 7 * 73 , 187 , showing an increase on every year in the value of millwork and machinery exported .

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

      materials in front of him ; the whole ofwhich exploded with dreadful violence , forcing off the roof of the shop , and setting fire to some portion ofthe building , which was speedily exfcinguislied by the other workmen . The poor man Hook was found lying on his back , frightfull y disfigured about the face , hands , and chest , andin dreadful agony . He was removed with all speed in a cab to Ofay ' s Hospital , ; where he was promptly attended to by Mr . E . Cook , the house surgeon . Very slight hopes are entertained of his recovery .

      t Daring _Burgiaky in the City . —Some time before six o ' clock on Saturday evening last , a most daring burglary was effected in the warehouse of Messrs . M . and S . _' Hyams , clothiers , 0 and 10 , King-street , Cheapside . There were stolen from the premises 18 _d | yards of silk velvet ; 600 yards of silk surge , in rolls ; 4951 yards of satin in pieces , * and £ 13 in gold , silver , and copper . A . reward of £ 50 was offered yesterday ( Monday ) , to be paid on _the-apprclicnsioil and conviction of the thief or thieves , or On the _l'CCOVCl'y Of the property , or in proportion to any part thereof . The police are making active search . after the burglars .

      The Robbery of Rogers ' s Bank . —We find the following , with reference to this mysterious transaction , in our Paris correspondent's letter of Sunday ' s date ; but we have authority to state that tllC notes found in the possession ofthe arrested parties form no part of the property stolen from Messrs . Rogers . This has been ascertained beyond doubt : — "Two Englishmen have just been arrested here on suspicion of having been engaged in tho robbery of the bank ol Rogers and Co ., in London . It appears that they had been for some time busil y occupied in changing English bank-notes into foreigh gold and paper , of whieh a large amount was found npon tliem . It" is even said that some of the notes stolen in London were in their possession at the time of . their arrest , but this is not stated positively . Information of the affair has been given to Lord Cowley , and an inquiry is going on , which it is _lioped will lead to valuable disclosures . "—Globe .

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

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

      Coroner ' s Inquest . —On Wednesday afternoon Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Admiral Kcppel , Hoxton Old-town , on the bod y of John Bolton , aged 70 , who died inthe most horrid state of destitution , and who , It was reported , was a very wealthy miser . He lived in a small room on the ground floor ofa miserable hovel in Barrett's-Buildings , Hoxton ; on the jury _viewing it , it was filth y in the extreme , and the only tiling in tho place in the shape of furniture was . an old broken bottomless chair and a small dirty tattered bed , on which the body lay , an object of complete emaciation , one ofthe ears having been nearly eaten away by the swarm of rats that infested

      the place . The scene " was altogether- one of the most revolting description : everything bespoke the greatest privation , and how the deceased could _haveliYedm the wretched Btate liis remains were found in , was a matter of great astonishment to the coroner and jury . The evidence showed that for tbe last nine years he had been * in * the habit of hawking fish about the streets . '• Latterly , however , he appearing to be in deep want , and being chargeable to St . Pancras , he was allowed by _, ; thatparish 2 s . JBd . a week as out-dobr relief . lie was frequently , solicited by the neighbours to cleanse himself and his abode j in fact , they proffered their services to do so , b \ rt he refused . On Sunday

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      _, : _*;([ : » > . /! _fioy r io D 7 _ja « i ; ra // he complained-of being very unwell , but would not allow the parish-doctor tfo he called- to his aid . A person named _vWilsoB } whoilived in the same house , _yeiy kindly gave _hfovswHe _^ tea-, lujd . _itoastryi' At night lie said ! he ' vas ! better , biit ' iOjv . tlieifollowi * _fe morning ( _Moritlay , ) he was . found . stretched ; on . the floor , quite dead ! ' ill * . Coward , ihe ' . parish , surgeon , gave it as his opin ion ¦' , th at apoplexy * :. was , the . cause , 01 . death . Th ' ejuvy . _i'uknicd _^ - Coroner ' s ¦ ¦ _:-, Inquest ;— DrkadfI'i , 'Death op a Young Woman . — Yesterday afternoon ( Friday ) Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Prince ' s Head , ' Fnnces-Strce ' t _, . _. Westminster , -oh : _* the ¦ body of Harriet Selina

      Schollar , aged -, _17-A _-ears , -. -of •'• No _;''¦»? Rams Mews . From the evidence it appearcd ; Hh ' at' on Wednesday last the . deceased was .. engaged , eppking'some fish , when her apron became ignited ,, _juid before the fire could be ' extinguished the po 6 _i-crfiatHre _^ 'as , _'pfl TeIoped in flames ! Her motlier was , _present , _iiftjie time , but ' on account of her being a cripple ' she was unable to render any assistance . .. Several ) persons , who were in the street ran to the aid of the ' unfortunate deceased , and ' aftermuch trouble at length succeeded in _extinguishing the flames , but not before she was frightfully burned about the face , neck , arms and chest . She was removed to Westminster _HospitnUvhereshe expired in the course of nine hours from tiie effects of the burns . - Verdict—Accidental . Death . : , _* J

      Fatai _. Waooo . v "Accidj-x ' t . —Yesterday ( Friday ) , Mi * . Higgs held an inquest at the Prince ' s Head , Storey ' s-gate , Westminster , on the body of William Rogers , aged 31 , of , Np . ' -13 r-Tash-stvect ! nrny ' _s-innlane , a horse-dealer and clipper . __ The deceased , it appeared , on Wednesday last , was inthe act of climbing on tothe shafts of a waggon ,, in order . that lie might pass toll free over Waterloo-bridge ! In so doing his foot caught the near wheel ofthe vehicle , and he was _pulJed down , and before tlio' animals could be stopped , the fore-wheel passed , over his right leg , and fractured his thigh . _Hejwas taken to Wes minster Hospital , where he died in the course of four hours . Verdict—Accidental death , with a nominal deodand'of Is . on thehorsesaud vehicle .

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      Citt of Loxdox . —The public discussion ., on the cmestion "Ave the Irish Repeal ' Members justified in absenting themselves from the Imperial _Pavivr - ment ? " will be resumed in the Hall , _Tuvnagaih-lanr , on Sunday forenoon next , February 23 rd , at halfpast ten precisely . In the afternoon , at three o ' clock , the Metropolitan District Council will meet . Inthe evening , at seven o clock _. My . J . Shemird will lecture . Tower Hamlets . —On Sunday evenimr next , at eight o ' clock , Mv . Philip M'Grath , president ofthe Executive , will lecture at the Whittington and Gat , Church-vow , _Bethnal-gi-een . Emmett ' s Brigade . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler will lecture at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-gvove , on Sunday evening next , at eight o clock precisely .

      Westmixsteu . —A meeting will be held at the Clock-house , Castle-street , Leicester-square , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven . Camberwell axd _Walavorih . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , at eight precisely . Southwaric axd Lambeiii . —Mr . J , F . Linden will lecture at the St . George ' s Temperance Hall , Blackfriar ' s-road , on Sunday evening , at seven o clock precisely . Hammersmith . —A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook-grcen-lane , on Tuesday evening next , at eight precisely .

      Saffron Hill . —The members of the Saffron Hill locality are requested to attend on Sunday morning next , at eleven o ' clock . Greenwich . —A meeting will be held at the George and Dragon , Blaehheath I-Iill , on Tuesday evening next , Fehmary _% Bth , at _oiffht o ' clock pi-ociocly . A Meetixg will be held at the Feathers Tavern , Warren-street , ; . Tottenham-coiirt-road , on Monday evening , March" 3 rd , 1 S 45 , to take into consideration the formation of a Chartist Benevolent Harmonic Society ; chair to be taken at eight o ' clock ; admission free . '

      Mrs . Emjs _' s Committee will meet at the Hall , _Turnagain-lane , on Sunday afternoon , at five o ' clock . DtracOMBE Teswmoxial . —The central committee will meet on Wednesday evening next—chair to be taken at half-past eiglit precisely—and every succeeding Wednesday evening , atthePartheniumClub rooms , St . Martin ' s-lane . Somers Town . —Mr . W . Matthews will deliver a _lecture at the Bricklayers' Anus , Tonbridge-street , Cromer-street _, on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven precisely . Tower Hamlets . —A lecture will be delivered by Mr . _M'Gvatb , president of the Executive , next-Sun day evening , at Mr . Bartram ' s , the White Horse , May-street , Whitcchapel , to commence at eight precisely . An adjourned meeting of the members of this locality will bfthekl the same evening at nine o ' clock . : . - -. ¦ ¦ v '' ' . .

      _Capiaix Marcarit . —A ball and other entertainments , for the benefit of Captain Margarit , the Spanish refugee , will take place on Monday evening next , Feb . 24 th , at the Cheshire Cheese , Grosvenorrow , Chelsea , Tickets may be had at the bar of the Cheshire Cheese , and of Mr . Matthews , 88 , West * bourne-street , Sloane-squarc . The committee } hope that their efforts to assist this brave and uncompromising democrat will meet with the co-operation of their brother and sister democrats of the metropolis , who will thereby prove / their faith in the glorious maxim— " The world is my country , and to do good my religion . " Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . J . K . Taylor will deliver his second lecture on the Life , Writings , and Genius of Robert Burns , in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , at six o ' clock in the

      evening . _Neivcastle-ok-Tyxe . —A _gonei'iil meeting ofthe Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead will be held at the house of Mr ; Martin Judc , Sun Inn , Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on Sunday evening , Feb . 23 rd , at six o ' clock , for the purpose of . entertaining propositions for the election ofthe Executive , & c . Nottingham . —Miss Blatherwickwill lecture inthe Democratic- Chapel next Swnday evening , at six o ' clock . —A Ratepayers' Meeting will belieldat Mr . Watson ' s , Dobb-park , Basford , on _Snndiiy next , at five o ' clock . —A General Meeting of the Members of the Provident Co-Operative Society , held at Mr . Dorman ' s , No . 16 , Clare-street , will take place on Sunday evening _nextj at six o clock .

      Pilkingtox . —TErFAim * AND Ball . —Aiea party and ball will be held in the Chartist School Room , Higher-lane , 1 'illdngton , on Monday evening , March 3 rd . Tea on table at five o ' clock . Mr . William Bell , of Heywood , and other gentlemen , will attend . South Lancashire Delegate Meeting . —The next meeting ol' the South Lancashire delegates will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , in the Chartist Room , Charles Town , _Ashton-under-Lyne , at ten O ' clock in the morning , when it is requested that each locality will have their representative present , by whom they are to send their quota for the Executive , which will

      be transmitted by the secretary to that body . North Lancashire . —All communications for the North Lancashire district must be addressed ( postpaid ) to Henry Holland , Burnley , Lancashire . Mb . Doxle , of the Executive , will lecture in the _Assonatio-n lloom , George and Crown-yard , Wakefield , on Monday evening , the 24 th inst ., to commerice at eight o'clock . All communications are requested to be addressed toThomas Batty , Wild's-yard , Kirkgate , Wakefield . —Mr . Doyle will also lecture at the following places : —Tuesday , Dewsbury * , Wednesday , Littletown , * Thursday , Cleckheaton ; Friday and Saturday , Bradford ; Sunday , Halifax .

      Mr . Clark ' s First Fortnight ' s Route in North L _\ XCAaim \ E . —BaCUP , 24 th ; Haslingden , 25 th . / . Oswaldtwistie , 20 th ; " Preston , 27 th ; Blackburn , 28 th : Clitberoe , March 1 st and 2 nd * , Sabden , 3 rd ; Barnoldswick , 4 th ; Colne , 5 th ; Wheatley- ] ane , 76 th ; Marsden , * 7 th _* , Haggatc , 8 th ; Burnley ,. 9 th . 7 ' , ; _AsuroK-uNDER-LTNE . —Mr . Dixon .. will lecture in the Charter Association-room , Bentinck-street _^ on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock in the- evening . The delegates attending the next delegate meeting in Ashton-undcr-Lync , will p lease , . take notice that the Charter Association-room is not now in Charlestown , but in Bcntinck-street , near the new square .

      Halifax . —Mr . Benjamin Rushton , of Ovenden , will deliver a lecture in the large room , _lkllcloselanc _, on Sunday evening next , at half-past six o ' clock . The members ofthe National" Charter Association will meet in their room , Bullclose-lanej on Monday next , Feb . 24 , at eight o ' clock iii ! the evening . . !¦ Bradford . —On Sunday evening a lecture will be delivered in the Chartist room ; Buttevworth-buildings , to commence at half-past sixjo ' clock . A meeting of the members and shareholders of the Co-operative Provision Stove , Chapel-lane , will be held on Wednesday , the 5 th of March , at eight- o ' _clock _irp the

      evening . _-. . . _; , < , ; Rochdale . —Two lectures will be delivered in the Charter Association room . Itochdale , on . Tuesday next , by Mr . Wm . Dixoii of Manchester . . At tbe close of each lecture a collection will be made for the Hey wood turn-outs . Manchester . —A lecture will be delivered in the Carpenters ' . Hail , on . Sunday . evening , next ,-at halfpasi six o ' clock ,. by Mr . Wm ., Jones of Liverpool , Longton , Poiibries . —On Sunday _evening Mr . W . Kelsall will lecture in the -Working Man ' s _i-IIall , at ialf-past six in the evening _' r 7 _" 77- _^ 7- > . ' -:, North _SiAFFoibsHiRE _.-iThe next delegate ! meeting of the , North Staffordshire Miners will _beheldin'the WorkingMan ' s ' Hall , _Losgtoh , oiQi Monday _.-Miircli 3 rd 1845 at three o ' clock * '! i ' _:-i 7 ¦ ¦

      , , , p .. _- . , > . *; ,. . . ii -.. _. »>' . •; - Lbicester . . —To-morrow ( Sunday ) eveningM _£ Bairstow will deliver a room , Pike-street , at half " Sir R , Peel ' s Financial

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 22, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_22021845/page/1/