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      [ Cbntinued from the First . Page . ] portation of foreign corn duty free into Ireland would be no remedy for the distress , it it existed as alleged , still he would consent to a temporary suspension of the corn duties for Ireland , should the Irish members wish it . He would then agree to an extraordinary measure , for which he believed there was no necessity , and what- would that be but countenancing a delusion ? Sir EL . Peel emphatically denied that there had been any exaggeration respecting the famine , and he adopted and deliberately repeated the expression that the restriction on the importation of foreign food , which he lately thought impolitic , he now believed to be unjust . " He admitted that his change of opinions disentitled him to the confidence of the noble lord ; but having undergone a change of opinion he was bound to confess it . The right hon . not

      baronet proceeded to say that because ne ma , believe free trade in corn would render us dependent an foreigners , because he did not believe that wages raised with the price of food , and because he did not believe the continuance of Protection necessary tor agricultural prosperity or advantageous to commercial developemcnt , therefore bethoug ht the natural premmption in favour of unrestricted importation should prevaU . He believed in the importance ot a territorial aristocracy , but he doubted the justice of the landed aristocracy insisting on the continuance Of the protective lawB . Had the aristocracy of France not insisted on the maintenance of their nrivileees the revolution would not have been brought

      about . With respect to foreign countries , the Premier stated that Sicily had relaxed her commercial . system , and that though neither France , Prussia , nor America had given indication of adopting our policy , there could be no doubt they would when once we passed this Bill . Bnt if they did not , and if we bought the brandies and the silks of France , and the corn and timber of Prussia ; aud if we even paid for onr purchases in gold we would be all the better for It , and lose nothing . The right hon . baronet concluded by reiterating his advice that this country should take for its motto—Advance , and do not recede from the course of the commercial policy you have adopted . . ' *

      Mr . G . Basses supported the amendment . He could perceive no reason for the change that had passed over the right hon . baronet . He could perceive no new lights in his novel doctrine . He had heard the _t . _\ me arguments as now fell from the lips of the First Lord of the Treasury come from the other side of the house , and he had heard them answered , and answered triumphantly , by the right hon . baronet himself . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord George Bentinck , in speaking to a question put to him by Mr . Smith O'Brien—a auestion seeking to know how far the noble lord and ie party acting with him , looking up to him , as they did , as their leader , as a man of talent , would support the hon . member for Limerick in a temporary _suspension of the law for the importation of corn into Ireland , replied with his accustomed good talent ,

      with a degree of caution , which might , he should have thought , have saved him from the attempted _sarcasm ef the right hon . baronet—had stated that he could see no benefit that wonld result from such an experiment , and that he could not lend himself to the delusion that any such benefit could be reasonably expected from it ; yet , in order that he might not be accused of inveterate obstinacy , or of indifference to the alleged state of Ireland , purging himself from any notion that he was agreeing to or yielding any boon , had declared , that if the government would propose that measure , and the Irish members , as the representatives of that country , would distinctly state that they considered that that measure would be beneficial to Ireland , he wonld at once consent to the experiment . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he ( Mr .

      Sanies ) saw no ground for the taunts which had fallen from the prime minister on that subject ; he saw no reason to blame his noble friend for that answer ; but if the government did think that that measure would be for the benefit of Ireland , why did they not concede it ? ( Cheers . ) And if they saw no benefit likely to result from it , why had they , night after night , directed against them the language which they had used , imputing to them that by the length ofthe debates they were delaying relief te Ireland ? Cheers . ) Where were thecheera of the Treasury benches now ? ( "Hear , hear , " and a laugh . ) Such language , such speeches , had been by no means unfrequent at the commencement of these debates , but they had grown " small by degrees , and beautifully less ; " and those were not the arguments which the

      government now used . If , therefore , nothing else had been gained by the proposal of the hon . member for Limerick , they were at least obliged to him for this—that that line of argument was stopped . Nothing was now said about delaying relief to Ireland . That had received its answer , and they might cheer the reply as long as they pleased . ( Hear , hear . ) When he heard the right hon . baronet speak upon the subject of the bullion brought into this country , he was surprised , indeed , to find that he treated it as a matter of no importance at what price they bought it—what _quantify of commodities they gave for it . ( Hear , hear . ) Other opportunities would occur of addressing the house upon that subject , because another important stage of the Bill had to be nassed before it could receive even the , final

      sanction of that house ; bnt he agreed with his ' noble friend in thinking that this was a just and proper occasion to raise a discussion , applicable to the new position which the prime minister had taken when he declared this to be no longer a question of policy , but f t question of national justice . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . member concluded by saying that the change of opinion in the ministry was caused by fear of the League , and that could only lead to stUl greater eon . cessions to popular agitation . Of this he was satisfied , that whilst there existed in the sister kingdom a similar _confederacy , which jet had its success to gain , the course of policy which the right honourable baronet was pursuing'was a direct encouragement to them never to cease their exertions till they could boast a similar triumph .

      Lord J . RuseELL defended Sir R . Pee ) , and the policy he had adopted . As to the cry there was no sufficient reasons addueed for a change of opinions , Lord John said , I think we have heard , in the course of these discussions , arguments enough to show that these laws have produced great evils , that in times of distress , when food has been dear , mortality lias increased , and crime has increased , in proportion to the scarcity and distress ; and under these circumstances I know of butone example , one precedent , for the course which the honourable gentleman pursues . It is in " Gil Bias . " Thehonourablegentlemanmay recollect that whilst Gil Bias is assistant to Dr . Sangrado , he says to him , " I have been your assistant for some months , and I see tbat every case ends fatally ; bleeding and hot water are tried ; but whether

      your patients are young or old , whether their illness ' is sudden or of long duration , the termination is in ! every case the same . " Te which Dr . Sangrado replies — " It is quite true in no single case has there been a care ; but I have written a book —( " Hear , hear "' and laughter)—in which I have proved that the only cure is by bleeding and hot water ; and it is impossible for me to adopt any other treatment . " ( " Hear , i hear , '' and laughter . ) With reference to the effect which concession might have on popular agitation , hi 3 lordship spoke as follows : —The hon . gentleman also spoke of an association , commonly known by the name of the League ; and of another association across the Channel , the object of which is a repeal of the Legislative Union between the two countries . Now I beg the hon . gentleman , and the noble lord ,

      and those with whom thev act , as they dislike yielding to these associations , as they dislike a coursei ol policy which has been in agitation in our market places and in our streets for years , as Ufy thm VT wish that measures of improv _ementahouk _^ meirom Parliament , and be sent unmasked' *» fte people . rather than _^ thaUh e _, _^ _£ _^ _£ popular agitation , I beg themwe * , fw aider the « P _«™^^& amentary Reform , many years we contended »« _" . T Yentu ' rea to say _^ _taSSA _^ _iSBS " _* flowlike a SK _" _wodd _^ n like a torrent . I was . laughed at ? w ir " was called and considered a ridiculous _prefemibut when popular feeling had risen to a £ Lirfrf which could no longer be resisted , then it was discovered that it would have been wiser to hare

      made concessions before ; and as to the many questions _tuMeh will arise after the settlement of this question of the Corn Laws , I do hope that tlie hon . gentleman and others wiU consider well whether Hiere may not be measures which it would be wise for Parliament to enact Wore they ore dictated by popular ag itation . ( Hear , hear ) . Of this I feel sure that if we do not , which 1 trust is our destiny , if we are to give a great example to the nations of the world—if we are to teach the nations ofthe world how to live—we ofthe Houseof Commons ought to think seriously which of our institutions , which of our laws , are founded in reason , in truth , and injustice . ( Hear ,, hear . ) The hon . gentleman makes complaint against the right hon . baronet for calling these laws unjust . Why , tney are

      restrictive , and if restrictions not authorised , and not justified by the general safety and welfare of the people , they cannot be called otherwise than unjust , and if there are other laws which equally bear the stamp of injustice , do notwait _tillagitation , tillmonster meetings tell you what to do . ( Hear , hear . ) Be vAse beforehand . Take an example from whathas happened as to the Catholic Relief Bill , the Reform Bill , and the Corn Law . Maintain only what is founded in reason and justice . Stand by those institutions which are good , and abandon tliose which are not worthy of your _suj > port . ( Cheers . ) In this way I feel convinced that you will be setting a great example , and that in the sight of the world it will be said , "this great nation is a wise and understanding people . " ( Cheers . )

      Mr . _D'IsBAMi said , the noble lord who has just addressed us , has , as well as the right honourable gentleman , assumed the case to be this—whether we are prepared to oppose that which is for the interest of the community , ( Hear , hear . ) I , for one , am not prepared to oppose any measures that are for the interest of the people . But that is , I contend , the real question before us —( hear)—that is the question that has originated in these debates . I did not , however rise to argue this question on the present occasion . I should be sorry , however , if ever an occasion offered to shrink from an unequivocal expres .

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      _sn-n of my opinion upon it , ami 1 do not wish to evade difficulties in the present instance but this is evidentlv not the moment when it _. wouldhe borne , _tnaranymansho'hldrise and enter upon this question . It is only these cool assertions . which we hear from either side of the green table that have made me rise at all . ( Cheers . ) . I cannot pretend to _advannP this at the same time , as any excuse for not ISpS tcI answer the speech ofthe right hon . _aent _™ mau This is not the first time tbat we have heard that speech , though it may be in different localities and from master hands . ( "Hear , " and laughter . ) It has sounded in Stockport—it has echoed in Durham —( Hear , hear)—I suspect it lias been heard within the walls of our classic

      theatre—( Hear , hear , hear)—and as the second-rate houses are in the habit of borrowing from the superior theatrical establishments 1 suppose that the inferior company had adopted a popular performer . ( Laughter and cheers . ) And , especially , when I heard that p icturesque line described which has traversed the kingdom , and the agricultural provinces that lie to the eastward sf it , I think—as I have sometimes heard of rival lines of railway companies , I might have said that this is the line of Cobden _, ( Much laughter . ) When the right hon . gentleman , with the power of mimetic rhetoric says , " we propose that which is for the advantage ofthe people , " then I say that tbat is the very question at issue —( Hear , heaf)—and lam ready to meet it without any

      evasion ; and if the measures of the government have not a tendency to occasion great displacement of labour—of that kind of labour which is of the most _permanent character —( Hear , hear )—if they have not , by that displacement , a tendency also to occasion great social suffering , and , ultimately , great political disasters ; then I say , that their measures are good measures , and I am not prepared to oppose them . ( Hear , bear . ) Now , that , I contend , is the real question —( Cheers)—and that question , with the indulgence ofthe house , and at the proper , time , I am prepared to meet —( Hear , hear )~ and , if I do not meet it now , I hope that no man will for a moment suppose that I admit the justice of the series of assumptions of which the richt hon . gentleman

      has to-night availed himself . ( Cheers . ) ~ The hon . member then attacked the Premier for h aving talked of territorial aristocracy as if it had peculiar privileges , whereas in truth it was open to sll who had wealth to purchase land ; and reasserted the impossibility of carrying on the system of fighting hostile Tariffs with free imports unless by the sacrifice of our domestic labour and a reduction of priees . Mr . Borthwick moved the adjournment of the debate ; and the house was cleared for a division , but some misunderstanding having taken place in consequence of the speaker not hearing the _hou , member ' s motion , no division took place , and all objections having been waived , Lord G . Bentinclfe withdrew his amendment , and the house went into committee on the Bill .

      On the first clause , Lord G . Bbnukck moved that the chairman report progress , and the committee divided thereupon : — For reporting progress _~ r 85 Against it „ .... „ . 181 Majority _~ . 96 Mr . P . Bennett immediately made another motion to the same effect , and the committee again divided : — _Forreportingprogress 55 Against it .... „ . „ . 16 G Majority „ — ,. Ill Mr . Packe moved another amendment , that the Chairman leave the chair .

      After a short discussion , Sir R . Peel said he saw no use in continuing the contest ; but he hoped gentlemen opposite who had notices of motions for this ( Tuesday ) evening would give way , and'allow the committee on the Corn Bill to proceed . Mr . Bowring and Mr . Ewaet instantly gave way and Mr . Packe withdrew his amendment . It was ultimately arranged that the committee on the Corn Bill should proceed on Tuesday ; oni Thursday Lord G . Bentinck to bring on his motion relative to Canada ; on Friday , the report of the Com Bill to be brought up ; and that on Monday next , the third reading of the Corn Bill shall'be moved . The Chairman then reported progress . The Poor Law Removal Bill was read a _> second time . The other orders were disposed of , and the house adjourned at a quarter-past one o ' clock . HOUSE OF LOKDS—Tue & dat , Mat 5 i

      The Earl of _Ripon moved an address to her Majesty , in answer to her most gracious message respecting the conferring of some pecuniary marks of her royal favour on Viscount Hardinge and Lord ( Sough . The noble Earl recapitulated the services of the two gallant noblemen , and mentioned the amusing anecdote , that , when Lord Cough ' s son was _asked'what title his father would take , his reply was , " My father has always been _called' _OkTGough , " and " I do not think he would like to go to his grave " under any other name . " The address moved was a simple echo of the Queen ' s message ,

      The Marquis of Laksdowke seconded the motion , thinking that , independent of the reward Viscount Hardinge and Lord _Gough were entitled to for their military services , it was right that parliament should enable persons who had been raised to the peerage to support their dignities . After speeches from the Duke of Cambridge ,. Lord Brougham , Lord Glenely , and Earl _Fitzwilliam , the address was agreed to . The last speaker wanted to saddle the country with the pension not only for the

      first or second generation , but for the third andfburth , in fact , as long as the male branches of the- family existed . The peerage was hereditary , and the means for supporting it should not be grudged by the nation . Lord Carbw moved for the correspondence that took place with the Irish Government relative to the appointment ofthe Custos Rotulorum of the county of Wexford on the death of the Marquis of Ely , and complained that the Lord-Lieutenant of t & e county had not been appointed Custos Rotulorum according to the intention of the Legislature .

      The Earl of Si . Germans contended that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was not compelled ; by the Act to give the appointment of Custos to the Lord Lieutenant of a county . A desultory discussion followed , and the production of the papers was agreed to . The House then adjourned till Thursday . HOUSE OF COMMONS , _Tcxsdat , Mat 5 th . The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour .

      NEW MEMBER . The Earl of Lincoln took the oaths and his seat as Member for the Falkirk burghs . The Noble Lord was cheered on his entrance by the Ministerial benches .

      NOTICES OF MOTION . Mr . P . Scrope gave notice , that on the second reading ofthe Protection of Life ( Ireland ) Bill , he would move the same resolution which he had moved in 1835 , upon the second reading of the Coercion Bill , viz ., ai resolution to the effect , that before the House passed so severe a measure they should adopt means to remedy the causes whence the crime in Ireland arose . Mr . Hume gave notice , that on Tuesday next he would ask leave to introduce a Bill relieving the tirade of ropemakers from the operation of the Factories' Bill .

      Mr . T . Duncombe stated , that three months ago he had moved for certain returns relating to the removal of the pOOr in the townships of Yorkshire . Some of the towns had forwarded the required returns , but in the case of Blackburn , _Stockport , and Leeds , there had been some difficulty made as to producing them . He , therefore , moved that an order be sent to the town-clerks of those towns commanding their production immediately . —Agreed to .

      CORN IMPORTATION BILL . The order of the day having been read , the house resolved into committee on this bill . On the question that after the lst of February , 1849 , a dnty of Is . a quarter shall be payable on the import of all wheat , barley , bear or bigg , oats , & c . Lord George Bentinck moved the _omisssion of the word " oats , " with the intention of leaving this grain subject to the present duties . The noble lord said , that in the discussion that had already taken place , the arguments were almost confined to wheat , which mainly concerned the people of England , rarely touching upon that grain in which the people of Ireland and Scotland were mostly interested . But when it was considered that there were 558 , 000

      growers of oats m Ireland , whose farms did not exceed fifteen acres , and that the annual importation into England of oats amounted in value to two and a half millions sterling , and that should the proposed abolition of duty on foreign oats lower the price to the extent of ten per cent ., it would cause a tax upon the profits of industry of these small farms of not Jess than £ 250 . 000 a year . The noble lord proceeded to say , " Could it be possible that a farmer who holds fifteen acref MO _JttYO fluch a capital ? Can he possibly have thrashing and winnowing machines and the other requisite machinery for the management of a farm ? But we must deal with such a state of things as we find . We did not make the state of things , but we find 558 , 000 occupiers of land in Ireland who hold but fifteen acres , and we are to say—that they

      ought never to have been farmers , and consequently that they may at once be sacrificed *—( Cheers)—that 55 S _. 000 farmers , employing three millions and _a-half of human souls , are to be sacrificed because they do not possess the required amount of capital . ( Cheers . ) It might certainly have been better that there should be no small tenements in Ireland ; but , as I have already said , we must deal with things as we find them . I cannot cut up human beings like a log of wood . When we find three millions and a half of human creatures , we must take care that we adopt no measure by which they will be reduced to beggary and wretchedness . But it seems that the principles of political economy go so far as to say that these three million and a half of human beings were to be occupied . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) There was a time

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      when the rig ht hon . _gentleman scouted such political _eonmiy as this . ' _•*( Loud cheers . ) ; 1 recoUect " tho time when he "" approved " of the ' deseription ot the political economist contained in the letter [ oi my noble friend , ( Lord J . Russell ) , to the electors of Huntingdon . My noble friend , in that celebrated letter , described them as a body , whose doctrine it was to boy in the cheapest market , to substitute the corn of Russia and Poland for our own—as a body ol men who cared nothing for the difference between an agricultural and a commercial population , and who disreearded the moral and social happiness of the people—as a body of men who counted for nothing a hardy race of farmers and labourers—as a . body of men , with whom wealth was the only object jOt speculation , and who cared nothing for the claims

      and pretensions jof the unprotected poor . ( Louu cheers . ) Such ; was the description to which tho rigkt lion , gentleman gave his hearty concurrence . I recollect that the right . hon . gentleman was interrupted by the hon . member for Montrose , and what was his language then ; ( Loud cheering . ) "You sat for the likeness , " ( exclaimed the right hon . baronet on that occasion , apostiophising the member for Middlesex ) " you present the faithful resemblance of a harsh , coldblooded , political economist ! " —( Loud cries of " Hear , " and laughter . )—" of one whose only object and exclusive aim is the developement of his _ own peculiar system—( bear)—of one who , wedded'to his own theory , would rejoice , if through its practical carrying out , the produce of the fertile foreign soils , and still more wretched peasantry , should displace in our own markets , the products of our agriculture . "

      ( Hear , hear . ) Sir , if the member for " Middlesex , then " presented the faithful remembrance , " then " sat for the portrait" of " a harsh , cold-blooded , political economist "—( laughter , and " hear , hear ") —I want to know whether we might not now find a no less striking " resemblance , " an equally faithful " portrait" of the same character , in the parson of an eminent teacher of Political Economy , at this moment seated on the Treasury Bench . _( . Loud cheers and laughter . ) His lordship then proceeded to argue that the measure would materially injure Ireland , and concluded by lecturing Sir R . Peel for his inconsistency . It might be very well for women and children _So-ebange their opinions , but it w as disgraceful in a statesman , who for thirty years haeV taken part in the councils and government of the country . Sir W . _H . Babrox spoke against the ; motion ' . '

      The _Chanceuor of the _Exchequer said the effect of Lord G . Bentiflck ' s motion would be , that after the lst of February , 1819 , oats would be admitted without any duty at all-The _Atiobnet _Gbkerai , likewise stated that such would be the construction put on the clause should the word " oats" be omitted . Lord G . _BfiswxcB . withdrew his amendment , and on the question that the clause should stand , moved the omission of the entire clause . After a short discussion the gallery was cleared for a _> division , but none took place , and the clause was agreed to . The other clauses were likewise agreed to , and the report was ordered to be brought- up on Friday .

      The Customs'Duties' Bill also passed through committee—Lord G . Beniin 8 ic having declined to-take a dissuasion in that stage .. The report was ordered to be reeeived on Friday . The Polling Places' ( Ireland ) Bill _waa read a Wiiyd time and . passed , and the- house adjourned at nine o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Wednesday , May 6 *

      ROMAN CATHOLIC . RELIEF BILL . Petitions in favour ofthe Bill for removing the disabilities- of Roman Catholics were presented by Mr .. P . Howard , Sir C . Napier ,. Lord J . Manners , and Sir William Somerville ; and against the Bill by Mr ... _Colquhoun . On the order of the day being read for the house to go into * committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill . Mr . Ge _& _quHOuN moved , i s an amendment , that the house should go into committee on the bill thatday _six . _menths . The hon . member said the measure

      contemplated not merely the repeal of the Act ot Supremacy _, and the statute prohibiting the introduction of papal bulls and writings ; . but also the repeal of those clauses in the Roman Catholic Relief Act oi 1827 , which had been introduced as necessary securities by Sir R . Peel himself . To both these distinct portions ofthe Bill , Mr . Colquhoun said he was deter _, minedly opposed ; and he appealed to the head of the government to assist in preventing such a bill from proceeding , further . He objected to it especially on the ground . that it would encourage the Jesuits in this country .

      Sir J . _Gbaoiah was anxious that the hon . member who had charge of this bill would postpone it till the bill which was now before the otkts house of parliament was . before them , Upon that bill several suggestions had . been madein theotheu house , and those suggestions were now under the consideration ofthe servants of the Crown . On these _accounts he trusted the hon . member would postpone tdie consideration of his bill till a future period . Mr . _Waxson could not accede to . the suggestion of Sir J . Graham , inasmuch as * the bill introduced into the Bouse of Lords was essentially different from that-then before the _Housa-of Commons . The Earl of Arundel and Surrey defended the Jesuits from the remarks of Mr .. Colsuhoun . Sir R . Peel regretted that Me . " Watson had not thought fit , to accede to the reasonable and just appeal of Sir J . Graham , and . was compelled to vote against the : further progress of . the present measure , in order to record his dissent from Mr . Watson ' s

      co urse of proceeding . Lord . Ik RvssEtL observed that the present measure consisted of two parts ,. one having reference to obsolete penalties against Roman Catholics , and the other to living penalties enacted . in 1829 . Mr . Watson proposed to repeal both ; but the bill of the House of Lords only repealed the former . Now , if government had made- up its mind not to repeal the . latter ,, and was prepared to say that the law of 1829 ought to be the permanent law of the land ,, it justified the course of , Mr . Watson in calling upon the house at once for a decision on tbat sub-Sir J . Graham then recommended Mr . Watson to , divide this bill into two parts and to raise the _discussion on the latter part only , which went to repeal certain provisions of the act of 1829 , which he still deemed to be wise and salutary . Mr . Wa tson had no objection to take the _coucse suggested . ' % _-

      m n _, _„_ _„ _.,,.,, „ The Speaker informed the house , that if the . bill were to be divided into two parts , an instruction must be moved to that effect ; and before that could be done Mr . Colquhoun , must withdraw his amendment . ' ., " Mr . Colquhoun declined to adopt that course Mr . O'Connell eulogised the Jesuits . He said , Mr . Colquhoun had suggested that we should imitate the examp le of France in religious matters . ( Mr . Colquhoun . — " No ,, I did not . " ) He quoted the French , and a French statesman , as an authority , and would have us follow hia example . There was some novelty in recommending the example of France on matters of religion .- ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . member had cited M . Thiers as an example , and bad called him a great statesman . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) could not quite agree in that description of m . Thiers .

      Had he not endeavoured to stimulate the anti-Anglican feeling in France , in order to raise himself to power ? Could he be a good man or a great statesman who condescended to minister to the bad prejudices of his fellow-countrymen ? ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Finch placed in opposition to the eulogy of Mr . _O'CoHnell the severe condemnation pa 9 sedon the Jesuits by Clement XIV . in his bull tor the repression of that order . Lord R . Grosvenor did not rise to make any observations either in attack upon or defence of the order of Jesuits ; but to notice some expressions that had fallen from Mr . O'Connell . That hon . and learned gentleman had denied to M . Thiers the character of a statesman , and even of a good man „

      because he had availed himself of the anti-Anglican prejudices of his countrymen to excite feelings of hostility between this country and his own . ( Hear , hear . ) lie ( Lord 11 . _Groavenor ) trusted he might , without offence , tell that he hoped he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would not forget the accusation he had so justly made against M . Thiers ( hear , hear ); but that the words he had used would at all times and under all circumstances be indelibly engraven on the memory of the hon . and learned gentleman himself . ( Cheers . ) After further discussion on the comparative merits and demerits ofthe Jesuits , and another discussion on the mode of effecting a division in the bill , the house divided on Mr . Colquhoun ' s amendment which was negatived by a majority of 110 over 67

      es . The house then went into committee , and on the motion of Mr . Watson all the clauses , except those which repealed certain provisions of the Emancipation act of 1829 , were struck out of the bill . Mr . Watson then moved that the chairman report progress , and ask leave to sit again , in order to have the bill reprinted , and the registration clauses added . This motion was eventually carried , but not until a smart skirmish had taken place between Sir Robert Peel , Mr . Law , and Mr . Newdegate , who exchanged some sharp recrimination with one another . The Corresponding Societies' Bill was read a second time . Theadministration of Criminal Justice Bill passed through committee . The Elective Returns' Bill was also committed , and the house adjourned at five o ' clock .

      Annual Conference Of The. Boot Amy Shoem...

      ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE . BOOT Amy SHOEMAKERS' NATIONAL . MUTUAL _ASSISTANT _ASSOCIATIGi * . 0 » Monday , May the 4 th , instant , _one-of the most important Annual Conferences which has yet assembledtof the _aboveTrade ; commenced its sittings at the Kingpand Queen Inn , 3 _" oley Street , Marylebone . On Monday morning „ at 10 o ' clock , the- following Gentlemen took their seats as the Representatives of the undersigned towns and districts : — ' j West End Mens ! Men . Mr . Thos . Williams . Jno . Harrap . f Jas . Devlin . § " i Jno . Smith . g - _* Thos .. Holmes . 5- ' West End WomW Men . Jno . Walkerdine . I City Mens' Mem . Clias . _McCarthy . ; Strong Trade F . Crump . Birmingham ... J . Mason . Manchester ... P . _Blockly . Leeds ... W . Stewart . Sheffield ... Danl .. Sullivan . Bury ... Allen . Birkenhead ... Sefton _. Chatham ... G . _Wes _* . Cheltenham— ... A . Sharland . Carlisle— ... Conkey . Newcastle— ... R . Can .. cam . * - } : _;; j ; gj £ * Clonmel— ... Mard . Londonderry— ... J , West . Waterford— ... J . Daley . Newry— ... C . Hector . Leicester— ... J . Good . Wolverhampton— ... J .-Birch . Nottingham— ... J . Jackson . Oxford— ... A . Melntyre Stafford— ... Jarrington . Winchester— ... Bell . Preston ... W . SaddeU . Belfast- ... Ward . Bridgewater— ... J . Harding ,

      The Unexpected Leturn Ofthe Seiiingapata...

      The unexpected _leturn ofthe _Seiiingapatam East indiiitnan , at _BlackwalJ , on Wednesday afternoon , in an apparently disabled state , attracted _^ considerable attention , and a large crowd of persons assembled on the p ier to witness her arrival , as-on the _previous day it had been reported that she had been in collision with a _laage Dutch' West _Hadiaman in tho-Channel , and whieh was totally lo & t . The Seringa .-patara left the East India Docks on Saturday aftCHnoon , and _Grafiesend on the following day , and proceeded out to sea , on her way -round to Portsmouth to take on board her passengers for the ports she was bound for , Madras and Calcutta . On Monday

      morning she was nearing Beachy Head , steering the usual coursedowEitheChannelbeforethewind . Lateiatl . c night the _bseeze is stated to have freshened up , and at about eleven o ' clock she was sailing at the rate of about nine knots an hour . Before this a vessel was seen beating up , and , to all appearances , _appeared heavily laden . For a short time no danger appeared to exist , but suddenly the ship , which afterwards turned oat to be the Harriet , laden with sugar , from St . Croix to Copenhagen , was noticed to steer a course-close under the Seringapatain ' s bows . They hailed each other , but the crew ofthe Harriet probably being foreigners , aad unacquainted with the English language , were confused , as also were those on boaifd the Indiaman . The result was tbat in a few

      minutes both vessels came in collision . The Seringapatam struck the Harriet amidships , and being almost treble its silo , the concussion was tremendous , cutting the former down to the water ' s edge , and carrying away her mainmast . Such was the force in fact that tho Harriet was thrown almost on her beam ends , and her instant foundering seemed inevitable . Her unfortunate crew instantly ran up the rigging of her fore and mizen mast , and jumped on the bowsprit of the Seringapatam , and shortly afterwards , the remainder of the crew who were below at rest , followed in a state of nudity . They had scarcely done so when her remaining masts broke off and went overboard . By some means her rigging got entangled with the bow of the Indiaman , but as the Harriet filled the pressure carried away all

      forward , viz ., tho bowsprit , jibboom , and other spars of the Seringapatam clean off by her hull , and rolling over for a time disappeared . Luckily the Seringapatam sustained no other damage , although so terrible was the collision , that her crew was fearful that she would founder ; but the continued sounding ot the pumps showed that she was not even making water . The damage , however , being of so extensive a character , she put back , and arrived , as before stated , to make good her repairs . On her arrival , the crew ot tho Harriet were lodged by Mr . Green at his Sailor ' s Home , in East India Road , until such time as they can be removed by their consulto their native country . It has been ascertained that the hull of a large vessel , floating bottom upwards , had beon towed in by a steamer , off Brighton . This is supposed to be the wreck of the Harriet . t

      Attempted Suicide off Watebloo-bbidge . —On Wednesday morning , about two o ' clock , a young man , about twenty-two years of age , threw himself off one ofthe end arches on the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge . An alarm was immediately given and he was rescued in a very exhausted state by some of the constables of the Thames police station , by whom he was conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital . He was a papier macho manufacturer out of employment , and had just loft the company of a youug woman at tho Bath Assembly Rooms in tho Waterloo-road , with whom ho had had some words and parted in anger ,

      Bow Street The Late Attempted Assassinat...

      BOW STREET The late attempted Assassination in _Dnoav-i , _ANp Saturday being the day appointed for the re . exiimin „« 7 " of Thomas Graham , the young man who stands charm / I with-firing a loaded pistol'at Thomas Blewittt iu l ) rUr lane , on the night of Saturday week , the Court _u-. fj crowded with many persons who were anxious to obtain , sight of the prisoner , and who expected that some in , portaiit additional evidence would be adduced on the 0 "" easion ; but in this respect they were doomed to be _^ appointed . Shortly after one o ' clock the prisoner \ vu , placed in the dock . Mr . Humphreys , the solicitor , peared on his behalf . The prisoner'appeared firm - . S collected , and altogether indifferent to the situation i „ which he was placed . The only witness examined was-, Mr . J . Duncan : who stated , that he was house-surgeon to tlie King ' s College Hospital , and that he had attends , ! Blewitt irom the evening of his admission there to tht present time , He hud now recovered from tho shoe ! , caused by the wound he had received . —Mr . Henry : D o you consider that he is now free from danger ?—M _,. Duncan said , that he could not undertake to say at pre " _, sent that he was altogether out of danger , although h e ' had hopes of his recovery . —Mr . Henry said that , _uwlet these circumstances , he felt it his dnty to remand the prisoner for further examination until Saturday next .

      A Terkible Tailok . —On Monday James Cuthbet h _, a journeyman tailor , was charged with drunken and ( lis . orderly conduct opposite the official residence of Sir li , l'eel . iu Whitehall Gardens , on _Saturday afternoon last " . Nothing could be less terrifying than the appearance _ijj the defendant , who , having indulged too freely in an ale house , where the imprisonment of Jlr . S . O'Brien _lmj been warmly discussed by a little assemblage of bis fellow _, countrjnien _, reeled towards Whitehall-gardens , nuiUe j great noise , and told the police and by-passers that ha meant to shoot the right hoii . baronet ( applying to Sir Robert , however , a more unpolished epithet ) as soon as It ; made his appearance outside ofthe door . —lie was _takej to the police-station and searched , but he had no pockets . _ j _u . f . -.. 1 .. ... t . 1 ., 1 „ v ,,... » i .:-. ... i * " " and the onl he had about him where

      ' y weapons a couiji of needles and a thimble being u portion of his _stock-in trade . —The defendant said , that so far from having _in l intention or desire to shoot the Premier , he had been afi along arguing that he was " the first man of the < lav » "the true friend of the people , " & c . ; and , moreover _. ' _bg had actually got tipsy in driuking the health of Sir Itobert , contrary to the wishes of the company present He was totally at a loss to account for his conduct ftl Whitehall-gardens , and fancied it must be all a mistake entirely . It having been found , upon inquiry , that the defendant was really a very harmless and _rtspectaplj man ( although rather given to the sin of drinkinjf , )—Ji _, Henry simply required him to find a couple of sureties , and to enter into his own recognizances to iseep the peaue

      for three months

      WE & TMIHSTER . Thb BattbbseA-Bbidc * _Tbaoedy . —Oh Monday , 0 „ Mr . Burrell enter ng the court , _police-sergeaat W V im . mediately ascended the private platform , and _advancing within a foot of the magistrate , informed him that the coroner ( Mr . Wakley ) had sent his compliments , and desired that the magistrate would send Eliza Ciaik rthc un . fortunatu woman who stands charged with the murder of her children by throwing them into the Thames from _Battersea-bridge , before hun at the _iinjuesc—Mr . Burrell , who spoke in a very low tone of voice , and part of whose observa tions , were consequently lost , replied , "You , caa give my compliments to tne coroner , and , say that X can . not comply with his requtst . " After another remark Which was inaudible , Mr . _Burreli added , " I should be glad to render Mr . Wakley any assistance I legally could . " Immediately after _tldf , ; James Claik , the husband of tb _» unfortunate wouiau above abuded to _> was charged with

      being drunk and incapable of taking care of himseif . Andrew _Mackarstu-, a sergeant of the V division , said that about two o ' clock , on Sunday morning the defendant aui his stepmother , with a man , came to ihe police-station ia Milman ' s-row , Chelsea , and inquired about the deceased ( _,-Oildreii . At a _iruai-ter-past two they all left together accompanied by a police-constable ; but on going along the Kiue's-road the defendant suddenly left the party . 1 * a few minutes afterwards witness was going down iieau-Sjrt-street . When he observed defendantmutteriug soma incoherent language with respect to his children . As he was proceeding hurriedly towards tlm Thames , and evideiitiy iii a state of great excitement , witness considered iha ± lie was neglecting his duty if he did u t _securo him , —Defendant denied , that he was drunk , but said that he

      was very much excited . He did not hear of the melan . choly intelligence of his . wife destroying the . children until between eight and nine o ' clock on Saturday night , when he was first apprised of . it by a man _named-Bartliolomew who- met him in Koyal Hospital-row . —Mr .. _Burrt-ll re ' . called the sergeant , who declared that the defendant had beeiudriukiug very _freelyvand smeit of liquor , —Mr . Bur . rell . iined him 5 s ., which was immediately paid . —The de . fendam ' s stepmother , who held the surviving _diUj _;„ _j arms „ a fine girl , apparently about three years and a half old ,. _enti-eated wirh tears itther eyes , tbat she _uiicht be permitted to keep it . She would undertake to brinir itun and . take care of it . _—Mu . Burreil _, after a private eouver satiun . with air . W . Taylor ,, the chief clerk , directed her to keen it for the present ..

      SOUTH 1 _VARK Atmempted Suicides . —On . Tuesday Elizabeth Davis a respectable-looking , well-dressed , married woman , and _Muitho . 1 ' arry , another married woman , were _brou-h ; betore . Mr . tottiugham _, charged with attempting todestroi themselves In the case of . Davis , the name inserted in the police sheet , it appeared that between four and ti « o _' _cloek-that morning , as policeman 17 U L was on dutv h Upper Ground . street , Blackfriars . his attention , was mr ticularly called to the defendant , whom he observed loi , terlng about a passage which led down to the Thames After watching her movements for some time , he at lsn » tli observed her proceed down tbe turning leading to the river , into which she was about to precipitate herself at the moment he seized her , _audprevented _lierfroui accom . pushing , the act . With much difficulty he brought her away _tuoni the spot , and ou . the way to the station-house she made several

      attempts to . obtaiu her release ,. and ali ) frequently ejaculated that she was determined toputac end to fcer existence . When , token before the inspector at the station-house , she refused to give theleastinfbnus . tion as to who or what she . was , merely saying that she was in . excessive trouble , and . that she had no desire » live . The Inspector finding that she was in a very excited state _otmiud , instead of putting her into a cell by herself , _placed-her iu one where there were two other female pri . soners- for security . She , however , had not been Ion ? locked up when screams were heard issuing from the cell , and on . a policeman repairing there , the defendant was found iu tlie act of strangling , herself with a _handkerchief and would have effected her object , had it not been for tho alarm raised by the two other inmates of the cell . Ia order to prevent a _repetition of tbe attempt uponber life , it was fjjund necessary to have her strictly watched mini she was brought up to this court . When the defendant

      was questioned by Mr .. Cottingham , she still refused to give her name or address ,, or descr ibe the cause of her having attempted to deprive herself of _Ufo , although th * magistrate iu the most kind , and benevolent manner assured , her , that instead of his . wishing to send her to gaol he only wanted to befriend her , and to send for some oj her relatives or friends , who would enter into _suretfe ' thatshe would not repe _.-itthe attempt upon her life . N entreaties , however , had auy effect , and the defend ™ was therefore ordered to . find two sureties of £ 20 eaeh She ,, however , find not been , long locked up , when she be . ' came more calm in her mind , and when subsequent !} questioned by Mr . Edwin * the chief clerk , she then iuformed him that her husband was a managing clerk in a mercantile house in the city ; that on Monday he dined at the London Tavern ,, returned home late , commenced abusing her , and his conduct _iras so bad towards her that she rose from her bed ,, and in a state of mind bordering ou . distraction quitted . the house determined never toreturn , and wandered from her home to the spot where sua was found by the policeman , as above described . She , however , ' . would not be persuaded by Mr . Edwin to

      _sriraoer rem nanus or the abode of her husband , and was therefore sent off with . U & e rest of the prisoners to gaol at five o ' clock , With respect to the oilier women , Parry , who is the wife of a porter LinniccJu ' s-inn-rields , it . appeared that about half-past ten o ' elock that morning , a man named Thomas Maekbeth , in passing over _Blackfriars-bridsie , saw the defendant throw herself off the steps on the Surrey side into the river . He immediatel y rushed down the steps , and jumping into the water , seized her by the hair of the head just as she was sinking the third time , and with the help ofa private'in the Guards drew her ashore , and conveyed her into the receiving house ia Upper Ground-street , where the _urna ! remedies were applied with success , aud the patient was sufficiently recovered by three o ' clock to be enabled to be brought up to this court . On being placed at the bar , she appeared to be in a very desponding state of mind , and endeavoured to cover her face . Her husband , brotlmr _, and some other M her friends attended , from whose iohit _statmionte u nv .

      peared that she was labouring under a . serious internal complaint , f _twn which she suffered _eseruciatillg pnill . an * for which she bad only a day or two previously obtained a letter of admission into the hospital . The husband , however , was [ compelled to allow that his _unfortuiiaM wife was given to a propensity for liquor , which agi' _?" vated fie disease under whieh she laboured . He aud his friends , however , would undertake that she should be niimediately placed iu tho hospital if the magistrate _dis « charged her . Mr . Cottingham assented to the application on the required sureties being produced , and , at the same time , he in energetic terms applauded the conduct ot tne mail Macbeth , to whom the defendant was entirely indebted for the saving _» f her life . He at the same tuna regretted that there was no fund at this court for the purot

      pose rewording persona who saved tbe lives of t etc tellaw . creaturcs , otherwise the man already named would be tully entitled to its benefit . However , lie would advise that person to apply to the Royal Humane Society , and lie ( the : magistrate ) would most willingly give a certificate ox t ie praiseworthy conduct exhibited by him on the occa-SlUU . \

      [From The Gazette Of Friday, May 4.] Joh...

      [ From the Gazette of Friday , May 4 . ] John William _Pitsch , Sackville-street , Piccadilly , tiu or — Godfrey Bingley Wadsworth , Broad-street , Golden-square , apothecary—Charles _Hanibridge , _Curtain-road , Shorediteh , coaehsmith—Edwin Buonaparte Smitlm and James Alexander Thomas Mathews , Great Dovcr . road , Nowington , Surrey , glass merchants—John Harlow , _Leicestsr-square , tobacconist—William Toogood Timewell , _Charlotte-street , Blaekfriars-road , silver lead refiner—George Baxter , _Church-street , St , George ' s , Southwark , currier—William Sheffield , Baguigge . wellsroad

      , grocer—William Sheffield and John Sheffield , Lower Acton-place , Bagnigge-wells-road , grocers—Thoimis Gundy , Lower-road , Islington , grocer Charles Joseph Edmunds , Bluutisbam , Huntingdonshire , _auothecary—ivinjani _urndsliaw , Gretton _, _tfarthainptonshire , cattle salesman—John Harrison , Kingscon-upon-Hull , ship chandler—Edmund Thomas Allen , Castlegate , Yorkshire , apothecary—Thomas Hanson , Leeds , builder—Richard Alarsden , Brynmawr , Brecknock , liueu draper—P . yce llottram , Shrewsbury , draper-Thomas Harmon , Birmingham , victualler - Edward Few , Manchester , eabmet maker-Samuel _Rodgett , Blackburn , Lancashire , _li-ontounder .

      Printed B Y Bod Gal M'Go Wan, Oflfi, Gre...

      Printed b y BOD GAL _M'GO WAN , oflfi , Great _WlmlmUl street

      , _Haymarlwt _, iu the City of Westminster itt " voice , m the same Street aud Parish , for the _l'r _*> _. pnetor , -FEAltGUS O'CONNOR , . Esq ., and published bv Willuh Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , _BrauJ don-street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Marv XeivJ _tngton _, ill the County of Surrey , at the Office , _flo . 15 » Great Windmill-street , llayiuarkot , iu the _Citv'M Westminster . " _ _^ Saturday , May 9 , _13-lG , _* _~

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      r _^ THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER . SIGNAL DEFEAT OF ' O BRIEN , '' BAlRSTOW _, AND THE OTHER " TORY TOOLS" A'l MAN-. CHESTER AND SHEFFIELD .

      MANCHESTER . ' For some time past , something more than a suspicion has existed , that Mr . O'Brien was in the pay ofthe protectionists , and was endeavouring to eftecl . a diversion in their favour . Besides the general spirit of the National Reformer , and the elaborate republication of Lord George Bentinck ' s speeches _^ n its columns , the editor , Mr . O'Brien , has been labouring to induce the Working Classes to oppose Sir Robert Peel ' s Tariff and Com Law Repeal Bills . For this purpose , he has announced his willingness tcattend public meetings , hire buildings , placard and advertise , & c at hisown expense (?) and having ridiculously failed at Barnsley , the tables being completely turned upon him , and nothing , as the lawyers say , taken by his motion , but the pleasure of paying the expenses ( a collection being refused ) , he reserved

      his strength for a grand coup de main at Manchester . _Accordingly , he has for some time fixed his headquarters in the metropolis of manufactures , where he has been feeling the pulses ofthe Chartists , in order to induce some of their old leaders to join his movement . In this object , with one exception , he failed . It was first resolved to hold a meeting in Stevenson ' s Square on Saturday last—but a placard issued by the Chartist Council , to the effect that the Chartists of Manchester would have no connexion with Mr . O'Brien and the Protectionists , and would agitate for no object but the obtaining of the Charter , whole and entire , created terror in the camp of the Conspirators , who abandoning the project of an open-air meeting , called a meeting for Sunday evening in the Socialists ' Hall . Of this meeting we have received not less than three accounts , all three substantially the same . We first give an account of the usual weekly Chartist meeting , also holden on Sunday evening ,

      carpenters ' HALL . On Sunday , our meeting commenced by reading Mr . O'Connor ' _a letter to the audience , after which , our placard was read declaring to the people of Manchester that we had nothing to do with James B . O'Brien and the Protectionists . Another placard was read whieh O'Brien had issued > containing his name , and these of James Leach , Jonathan Bairatpw , and John West , A resolution was moved that we go to the Hal- of Science , it was opposed on the _gsrcrond of the members' meeting deciding that we _trsat them with _ecMempt and go on . with our own meeting . The chairman called on Mr . T . Clark to address the meeting ,, he did so in eloquent strains for nearly an hour , handling his subjects in a masterly style , Mr . Donovan next addressed the _meeting , and said , "Friends I have a , placard in my hand : which 1 will read . " He did soy and after reading it ,, said" I am sorry to see Mr . James Leach ' s name appearing

      between two rogues , for D believe that Mr . " Leach has not received any Tory gold yet , but J know positively that J . B . O'Brien , and J . Bairstow have ; as for Mr , J , West ' s name appearing on the- bill , that I cannot account for ; : 1 had a discussion ) this day with Jonathan Bairstow ,, and he told me he was in the pay of Tories , and that he received one guinea a day ; whether he _wasjokingor not , I cannot say ; bual took it for earnest . I _thensaitbtohim , ' It's not the first time you _> have received Tory money ; for 1 know you have ; , and the people _will have nothing . to do with you . ' '' Wontthey / he replied ; 'but we have his majesty the mob with ub _> and we'll eonojuer . ' I replied , 'You'll be deceived .. ' That , friends ; is the true statement of our discourse _,, and I am fully persuaded he is in the pay of the Tories , to agitate the protection , principle , and _> should they call a public meeting , , not a paid meeting like that to » night , if no other will oppose them , I will .

      i Mr . J . Nuttall said—I am no'gseat orator , but I would advise you to abide by your ? former decision ito stand a distin ' ot party , not assisting either the j Tories or the Whigs , advocating nothing short of ¦ the People ' s Charter . I will attend } if they call a _ipublic meeting , and * back Mr . Donovan , or he shall ' back me . i Mr . Romkin said—Friends , this shews the neces-¦ sity of paying attention to the advice-of your counjoil , sticking stedl ' asfc with them , and never diverging ; from the right pach > with any leader or leaders . If : they call a public meeting , come prepared , and not be taken by surprise . ; A vote of thanks-having been given _< to the various speakers the meeting was dissolved . —? 'he hall was about three parte full .

      While the above meeting was going : on , O ' Brien and his gang were- holding forth at the Hall of iSoience , and getting beautifully threshed by mere ; boys as we shall now * proceed to show . There was ; a , charge for admission to the meeting of one penny , land two pence . _; MEETING AT SHE HALL OF SCIENCE . i At the time specified in the bills , Mr . Thomas : Sames was called to-the Chair , and briefly introduced Mr . O'Brien ,, who for more than an hour laboured to convince the meeting that he was not in the pay of the _Tories , and that Peel's tariff would be productive of infinite injury to the various trades , and in particular to the shoemakers , silkweavers , hoisers , glovers , hatters , curriers , and

      watchmakers . He concluded by reading a _resoluition which Mr . J . Leach rose to propose . , I Mr , Leach commented in bitter terms on the conduct of the deputation sent to him by the Char'list council of the Carpenters' Hall , who , he said , had falsely and basely misrepresented him to the oouneil . He _utterly , denied being in , the pay of any other than _ihe working classes ,, or that he ; was then advocating any other opinions than . those he had bean * contending for .. He _concluded by moving , the resolution ,, which was _' seconded by some one in the body of the hall . The j Chairman was about to put it , when _. Mr . J . Har' greaves rose to niom-an amendment , the substance of ! which was , that nothing short of a truly democratic

      government would remove the _burthensof the people , orgive protection to _> labour . He said Mr . O'Brien aud , his companions-might be very honest in the advocacy of protection ! to labour , but it looked very suspicious for Mr . _O'Buien ( who said in a former meeting held in the Carpentsrs Hall , that he was as poor as any man present ) ,, to go about the country and call public meetings at bis own expease ; he ( . Mr . O'Brien ) must recollect tlitvfc he told a man named Smith , to get out "Slashing "' Hills , and that Tory gold would pay for it . Mr . Bairstow had also told Mr . Donovan that he Mr . B . had received Tory money . Here a scene ensued which it is easier to imagine than describe . Mr . 0 ? Brien raising both arms above his head , and exclaiming , " It ' s a lie , a d d lie , so help me God , it ' s a lie . " Mr . Bairstow jumped to tho front of tlie platform , and then * standing in an

      attitude quitu-as " classical as that of Dan Tucker or Jim Crow , shaking his head and roaring at the top ofi his voice , "Jfll tell you when I received Tory _g-Jd , H received it at the Nottingham . Election , and at Stockport . "' He then went on to . _justify his conduct ,. but was met with hissing and yelling , and cries of " Pay Cooper , " " Give Jones , his clothes , " aad " You ' re a iraitor . " Mr . Nixon then rose , and iaa clear and forcible manner seconded the amendment . Mr . Babstow then moved that the resolution and amendment should go together , and form one _resolution , 'ILe Chairman on putting it to the meeting , was stopped by a person movkgthat the meeting adjourn or dissolve ; this was negatived , as was- also Mr . Bairstow ' s amendment . The amendment by Mr . Hargreaves was then put , and was almost unanimously adopted .

      Mr . O'Brien has promised another meeting , but when , he did not say .

      { From another Correspondent . ) On Thursday last , May 3 , the walls of this town were placarded with large bills , containing the announcement that James Bronterre O'Brien would address the inhabitants in the Hull of Science , Camp Field , on Sir Robert Peel ' s measures—The Ten Hours' Bill—The Poor Law—Coercion Bill and the Charter—Admission , body one penny , gallery two-pence . At the hour announced for business , Mr . O'Brien ' s party nominated Mr . Thomas Eames as * chairman , no opposition was offered , and he took possession ofthe chair , and opened the meeting by reading the placard which called the meeting . He then introduced Mr . O'Brien , who began in the most whining and su pblicating manner to

      hold forth , putting himself in spaniel-like attitudes , and cutting very ludicrous figures , which excited roars of laughter . He then stated Peel ' s tariff would interfere with native industry , and therefore should be opposed unless accompanied by measures of protection . Mr . J . Leach came forward and began with a very shrewd and argumentative speech on protection and statistical evidence of foreign manufactures , giving a description o f the coarse bread which Russians lived upon , stating , if Peel ' s measure was allowed to pass , Englishmen would have to be content with the same kind of food . He then alluded to the placard of the Chartist Body and repudiated the idea of his having received Tory money or of his being in the pay of Tories .

      Mr . J . Bairstow acknowledged he had received Tory money on two former occasions , asserted that a man is perfectly justified in receiving it , provided lie was not hindered from advocating his own principles . The meeting received these confessions with the highest degree of disapprobation . Mr . O'Brien proposed , Mr . Leach seconded , and Mr . Bairstow supported , the following resolution : — "Resolved—That we oppose the Coercion Bill , support tho / i ' en Hours' Bill , ask for a better Poor Law , and advocate the immediate enactment of the People ' s Charter , and that we oppose Peel ' s present Bill , and support Native Industry . "

      Mr . J . Hargreaves moved , Mr . Wm . Nixon seconded , and Mr . W . Nuttall supported , ( three youths not 20 years of age any one of tlusm ) the following Resolution— " That in the opinion of this meeting all Monopolies existing in any country are an evil ; but the Monopoly ofthe Franchise ben g the primary cause of all the evils which wo com plain of , wc are determined not to take part with any agitation that has not for its object the establishment of a free , sound , and Democratic _Govcrumeut , "

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      J . Hargreaves , not 20 years of age , made an excellentspeechj > which 4 _old'well-pn > the audience , making O'Brien and Bairstow writhe in the chairs which they sat oh . Young Nixon , about 18 , followed with his speech . _Youag Nuttall , about 18 , wound up in a masterly style . All expressed their surprise to see Mr . J , Leach connected with Mr . O'Brien ; he ( Leach ) knowing full well that O'Brien was in the pay of the Tories . O'Brien ' s party wanted to dissolve the meeting without trying the motion or iimendment ; but it would not do ; however , they moved the adjournment , but lost it . Mr . -Bairstow moved that both motion and amendment be amalgamated , which was negatived . Then the motion and amendment being put , the amendment was carried by a large majority . O'Brien and Brairstow , after the young men

      replied , got up and appeared more like demons and maniacs by their speeches , grimaces , and attitudes , than men having their faculties . [ N . B . Mr . J . Wist was not at the meeting , although his name appeared on the placard . ] Dr . Hully proposed , and many others seconded , that three groans be given to O'Brien and Bairstow , which was responded to in right earnest . Dr . Hully then proposed , seconded by nearly the whole of the audience , three hearty cheers for Feargus O'Connor , Esq . which were given , and their stentorian voices , clapping and stamping , made the building ring . Thus ( ended O'Brien ' s humbug in Manchester . He or any ether may rest satisfied they cannot decoy the Manchester people . The youflifut victors went of their own accord ; the Chartists holding their usual meeting at the Carpenters' Hall at the same

      time . [ From another Correspondent . ) After describing the proceedings ofthe meeting , much the same as above given , the writer concludes as follows *— " The amendment having been carried by acclamation , three groans were called for , and most heartily given for O'Brien , the same compliment was then paid with , at least , equal liberality to incorruptible and modest Bairstow , and the meeting separated . The impression oh a looker-on was ludicrous in the extreme , and the effect was aptly illustrated by one of the retiring auditors who said , " Wasn't it a larfe to see these Grand Goliahs baited by these little Datids ? " The effect of the course taken by the Chartists is decidedly favourable to tbeir cause . It is evident that they Save a simp ly defined and honest object—namely , the Charter—and that they will neither be cajoled by flattery nor bought by money .

      THE SHEFFIELD MEETING . ( From our Sheffield Correspondent " ) I begto give you an oatline of a Public Meeting held here on Monday _evening , May 4 th , called by the Protectionists . Large placards were posted en the walls , headed " A Great Fobwc Meeting to petition Parliament against Sir Roliert Peel s measures as now proposed . The meeting was called for hal _£ past live , in Paradise Square , and was very thinly attended . _About half-past sis the gentlemen made their appearance . Amidst a dead silence , _Jftr .

      O'Brien commenced by telling : 4 he meeting , that as nobody _couhtread _theresolution-sowellas himself , he had better read it . Having dene so , he spoke for about _half-an-hour , when a person proposed the _relution , which was seconded by some other person * . Mr . Leach _was _> called on to _support it . At the close of his remarks ,. Mr . Evinson movea an amendment ,, saying that he understood that tile meeting was to . be a "Great ffifeeting , " but he-should call it a : " little Gammom Meeting . " After some further rei marks , he concluded by reading the amendment in I _flavour of the People ' s Charter .

      , Mr . Briggs came forward and _aawe he could not _jeomprehend the meeting , he had ! read the bills \ " great meeting "' 5 « t he thought they bad christened their child before- it was born . After a lew more observations he said he cordially seconded the amendment . The Protectionists , anticipatingdefeat , _agreed to- throw their resolution overboardi . t & e chairman put Mr . Kvinson's _* amendment to th > YOte , which was all but unanimously adopted , _only about half a _doaen hands being Held up against it . The meeting broke up without- giving thanks tothe chairman _aris usually done , and not a word was said about the _petition . - *

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      DREADFUL COLLISION OFF BEACHI HEAD .

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      Dreadful Accident . —On Thursday morning about half-past two o ' clock two men were driving a Greenwich fly o yer Waterloo-bridge towards tho Strand , when the horse started and threw both the driver and a man riding on the box with him ' to the ground . The driver was not hurt , but his companion was obliged to be taken to King ' s College Hospital , with no hope of recovery . The horse than darted towards Lancaster-place , where , with the shafts only attached to him he dashed against a lamp-post , where it was left in a dying state .

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      BANKRUPTS .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_09051846/page/8/