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      HOUSE OF LORVS-Thursday , Aug . 4 , Thei ? Lordship * met at five o'clock . Ssveral Billa were brought » p from th © Commons , and forwarded a stage ; after which their Lordships adjourned . Friday , Aug . 5-Thsiiiordships met at a quarter to fire o ' clock . The royal assent was given by commission to several BIQa . . Lord Campbell moTed the second reading of the Bribery at Elrfrtions * BilL Lord Erovgham supported the BilL He expressed s hope that the J 3 aose of Uammens would direst itself of the privilege of deciding contested elections , as there was an indelible impression abroad that the ; did not decide impartially In Each eases . - .=. '"' Irjid Campbell rejoiced that the Bill received the support cf his Noble and Learned Friend . The Bill "was then read a second ' time , and ordered to be committed on Monday next . S = ? eral other Bills "Were advanced a stage , and tie House adjourned till two o ' clock on Saturday .

      Saturday , Aug . 6 , T ' ts Honse raet to-day shortly after two o ' clock , the Eiti of Shaftzsbubt taking hiB seat on the woolsack , in the absence of the Lord Chancellor , A message from the Cemmons , by Sir G . Clerk ana oltr-rs , brought up th& Excatquer BuIb' Bill , the Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill , the Canada Loan BUI ,-the Ecc-e&U 5 tical Leasing Bill , the East India B tb'prics * B : j 1 , and the Lunatic Asylum ilreland > BUI , all of which "were read a first time , and ordered to ba xea 4 a second time on Monday . A message also br ^ nsht np the Bonded Corn Bill , and the Court of Chaccery Offices' Bill , stating that the House of Commons had sgre&d to the amendments of thair Lord * ships . Xlc House then adjourned till Monday at ten o ' clock .

      Monday , Aug , 8 . Lord Fobtejqtjs moved for a rehirn of all the ontragrs in lrelsu-i reported by the constabulary in the last jnonti- Hra "L -rdshlp proceeded to contrast the Ktums which hs& been made of tfcese cffcnces daring the first six monlLs of 1831 with those of the conesp > udir 1 : > pmoS in the present year . Accordingto these returns , itsppearsd that a considerable increase had i&kfca place ia tbe number of these outrages—a clrcnmstance vrhich his Lordship partly 3 tiribnted to the redact * -n of the stipendiary m-s ^ istrate * by the present Ct-i ^ fcrnmeBL , His Lordship fcbett- m » 4 e some remarks Ob lfc »? ' . ifl ^ nsge said to have been used by Chief Jnstice Penttfather in bis cfcarge to the jary at Armagh , afthe trial of-the five prisoners-for Ribandism , which bis Lordship , tfcostht "waa far from consistent with the judim ' : cnsricter .

      H-s & .-ace the 1 > oS » of WExrr . tGTOu had no objection iu produce the returns movei for by the Noble lord , but at the * ame time be could not concur in tie inf-. Ti-nce which tfce Nobls L ^ ni had drawn from those Tgttrna . His'Gracs was of opinion that other circutastatces . oTtxicH-fcd hy the Noble Lord , nrji ^ t . have contributed to tha same result , and suggested that asiouc these , the superior energy and activity cf the con *! -b . ilary in detecting such effenees might frive _ had S coz ;> id « rahle share . His G-i&cb vindicate ! the con-4 nct of tbe Lord Chief Jnstice , whose character for ability and impartiality was unimpeachable .

      The Eiri of ule > 'Gall said , teat the increase of crime in Ireland had camme ~« -d before the removal of tie late Government from office ; it- bad Increased regularly since 1840 . H « attributed the increase of those crimes of -which the Jfoble ' Lord ( Yorteactie ) had vs ^ ticalEijy complained , to the elfccu . sn riots in 1341 . Tec motion was agresd to . Tcs Lose CnA > csiJ . oa , in presenting the report of tbe Coaimittie on the Marriase Law in Ireland , and

      tie Marriage Bill , said , that in conseqnence of certain p ? oc ^ t-GiDg 3 which had taken place an Ireland , -which ¦ wonid resder it necessary far th « case to bs bronght before their Lordships by a WTit of error , uben the Jadces would be suumoned to attend , but which It "wr . s impossible could take place during the present session , he proposed that their Lordships should con-Bidtr in Committee the Bill which had been rtfer r * d to the Committee to legalise eacBting m « riases , with a Tiew U ) pr * TPDt parties suffering iricoiiTeiiJtBCQ .

      Lord Campbell orjected to the motion , on tie ground that tne Bill , wliich assumed tiiat these marriages were nnll and roid , would tend to shiks con-2 deoce ia tbe Tali 4 ity of seen marriages in » ther parts of the empire except England . He thought the Question might i > e st-frUta by six or ssren-jadgea , and be M&de a declarstjry instead of an enacting law . His L-jrdship then proceeded to cite precedents for such S et-nrse in the conduct of tbe Irish Parliament in 1782 and that of tise English Parliament at a subse-5 u * nt period . Lorn BfiorGHAM thought it was hardly possible far iheir Lordsliips to j > a&s a dedsratory -act iu tills C&Sd , InasTiinch as the jadge 3 of Parliament had already decided , by a majority of eight to two , that these marxiaeea -were illutaL

      Toe Marquis of ClakbicaRBE declared thatrin spite of the decision of tha Judi . the opinion of the people of Ire ' ana in general was in faTour of the Talidicy of thef = marriages-She bill wsa read a second tlsie .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Thursday , Aug . i . The Speaker took tb % chair at four o ' clock . The EscfceqcerBilij ^ . 193 000 , Bill and the Consolidatt-d Fund Bill pissea mronsh committee , and were ordered to be reportel to-morrow ^ ridiy . ) Ths Slave Trade Suppression Bill was read a third time and passed . The Tobacco Eegnlations Bill was read a third time mi pasjied . Mr MACKIK 50 N moTed for leaTe to introduce a bill to improve the health of towns , by preventing the interment of the dead within their precincts . The San . Member , itfter directrnir liie attention of the House to the evils of whiekthi * bill contemplated the remedy , said it was not his intention toattempt to pass the bill until next Bession , bnt that he should now lay it on tbe table , in order that all whose * interest it might affect should iaye an opportunity of becoming fully acq-u ^ in-ird with its proTi-ions .

      The Hoa . Mi . COffPEB seesxaded the TE 6 t ! on . Tbe Hen ilt-oiber alluded to the disansting aod reToltinjf scenes of almost daily occurrfcntw in chnrch yards arising from the present system of interment , instancing the deatiis of stxtons who had died in con-Beqneuce of the pestilential gases erolTed from these Churchyards . Leave was then jjifen to bring in the Bill-Sir F- Bubdett moved for a select committee to inquir- kito the Eegoe : atior > a of the government with 2 ir . Warner concerning his infeatioa . Sir R . Peel was most unwilling to pay £ 400 . 000 lor an experiment Many of those alleged discoTeries had besn submitted to him ; bni he thought the best and moot reasonable coarse would be to make the inreitor guarantee lie success of his own experiment by paying tbe expenEe himself , bifora the G ¦ vemmeiit paid a atiliing . A person bad recently off « ted to destroy & line of battle strip wjtb a 8 in §] e shot .

      Aft-r a few words from Captain Pcchell , Sir GCtoekbtim . and Sir . Brotberton , Sir . F BDBDETT replied , The H- > use divided—For the motion 2 ; against it 72 ; majority 70 . - Lord A 5 hlet moted that an address be presented to Het Majesty that she may be graciously pleased to direct that the commissioners appointed in answer to an address of this House on the 4 = h of August , 1840 , for inquiring into tbe employment of children in mines , and vari us other branches of industry , be desired to dais farther inquiry as to tbe number and ages of the CbiMrtQ and yencg p « sona employed as apprentices to miners , also as to the terms af their apprenticeship , is . After » shert eoffrcrafon , Lord Aihley replied , and the motion was agrd&d to .

      THE CASE OF JOH 3 T 3 IASON . Hi . 1 . DUKCO 34 BB said , it -was irita much regret Jiiat lie lelt himself called upon again to call the attention of the House to the Bufferings which Mason and seven working men were now undergoing in Stafford gaol , but having undertaken the case of these poor men . hs did not tliink he would be discharging his dnty in a proper manner if he allowed the House to break up without once more endeaTouring to obtain jnstf oe for them . He f ^ Jfc is imp erative upon him to do 80 also , bfccausa so long as thsse -nnforthnate individuals \ rerein coennement , he considered the rights and liberties of the subjects of her Majesty remained in abeyance .

      On former occasions he had folly explained all the cireumBtanees of the ease , so that it was unnecessary for him to go into » - detail of them again . He would merely again say that the doctrine tfest a constable ¦ houid nave the power of deciding whether , a petson was . using sedifcioos language or not , and should have tha power ol * disBol'ving meetings when he pleased , "whitfi was laid down by flie B " igat Hon . Secretary for ttjg Hems Department , and he was sorry to eay sanction ^ by a large majority of the Howe , was most alarm tngiQta dangerous—( hear , hear ) . - The Hon , Grantleman kere lead tbe words used by Mason as given in eridets * byBtean , tbe constable , and said that if

      Mason Sad been Billed in being dragged off the bench on wMdt be stoodi * notfaing csold bare prevented the constable from beinifteed for murda . If the doctrines law down by th * KigJ& Hon . Baronrt were corrert , » hy did the ( JoTennnent not send their constables cvw to Q » place were ttaTAnti-Corn lew del ^ ate * beld their meetings , within a few yards of the House , ¦ od where much stronger language iraa given utter-» we to every < J » y thaaany tiafc ever fell from Mason ? Bevai << tt » aa »* ew working men , laving from two K > « IHt children « eh to provide for , ana such was the SSwL ??" ' ' ** incar «»^ - * 3 i > 3 £ ^ £ naghbourhood In which they wsided , that men of all gawa and of all parties had entered into a sut ^ rip-Eon for the maintenance of theii families while tbey Were ingaoL Tfeat showed the feeling of tiia people

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      as to the condactof the magistrates and the persecution the men were undergoing , and therefore he thought be had a right to call for an expression of the opinion of the H&nse in their favour . As a matter of course , he would be told that is would be an interference with the prerogatives of the Crown—that was always the story when any . iaatUr was mooted which was disagreeable ta theminiaier of tbe day ; bnt the matter was one of much public importance ; for , during the ensuing recess , one of the most important which . had occurred for years , no pnblio meeting whatever could be held , if

      the doctrines laid down by the Right Hon .. Baronet opposite , Mi . Winslew , the magistrate , Banian , the constable , Mailalieu , the Inspector , and Mr . Jeremy , the magistrate , were acted npon . They had dona many acts of injustice daring the session , let them clossit by doing one aet of peace , and liberate those poor men . He moved that , " An address be presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into her Majesty's mercLfal consideration the case of John Mason and seven working men , confined in Stafford gaol , with a view to their immediate discharge . "

      -Sir J . GeahaM regretted that the Hon . Gentleman had thought it bis duty again to bring this matter before the House , because he would be very lorry to use any b ^ wh terms in discussing a matter on which be Wished to bs utterly impartial . That was now the third time that the question bad bsen discussed in that House , and on a previous occasion the House had distinctly : efuBed to constitute it&eli a tribunal of appeal in this case . That the Hen . Gentleman intended that it should be made such a tribunal was apparent , for he distinctly stated that it was his intention to impugn , not only tbe conduct of the magistrates who ordered the prosecution , but also that of the jndge for his address to'the jary . Surely that was a direct appeal from tbe criminal jurisdiction 6 xarclsed by theBi . He iSir J .

      Graham ; was prepared to aamit that on an important , a great , a national question , where tke ju « gts were considered to have gone beyond their duty , or if they were charged -with corrupt practices , It vras competent for them , In the exercise of their Wgh functions , to constitute themselves a court of appeal ; but it was a power which ought not tobeusednpon slight occasions , otherwise that high power would be brought into contempt . Hs ( Sir J . Graham ) conld not grant the Hon . Gentleman ' s assumption that auy suspicious circamstanoes attached to this case . There was nothing whatever to impugn the motives either of the macistrates or the judge who presided by saying that Beman might have been tried for murder supposing life to have been lost . The Hoa Gentleman eomplbtely bvgaed the

      whole question , for'the 'issue between 'them wis , whether the meeting was legal or not ? Upen that p * int they had the opinion of the judge who presidednot » country gentleman , font & barrfstef of considerable - experience , long conversant with criminal trials and of unexceptionable character They had also tbe verdict—surely that was presumption enough in favour of the constable ' s conduct He wonld not go farther into tae csss ; but be must again protest against that Hou ^ o bein ? made an appellative tribunal from the regular constituted criminal courts of the country . Although it was Tight that justice should be seasoned with mercy , soma regard must be had to times and circumstances . He had heard with sreat reirret that cocsWerable excitement prevailed in the county of 8 t < iff ini , and that considerable numbers of workmen had been thrown out of

      employment , in some instances from their own misconduct , and in others under circumstances which he thought entitled them to eompasRion- Ha -was , however , of opinion , that persons who , imitating the conduct of MBson , had addressed exciting and Inflammatory language to the people , deserved severe censure and reprsfcation . In the case which had beeii brought under the consideration of the House by the Hon . Member for Fmsbury , the prisoner Mason had been convicted of -rising inflammatory and sedition * language .

      and flf rendering the meeting at which such language was used , and which might otherwise have been a perfectly legal assembly , an unlawful meeting . It was for her Majesty ' s responsible advisers to decide whai representation they might make to the Crown with respect to the case of Mason and his feiiow . prisoners . He could not compromise the anftttcrsd discretion of the Ministers of the Crown by giving to the Hon . > 1 ember for Fissbury any pledge on the BUtj .-Ct , and he hoped the House would resist the motion of the Hon . Gentleman .

      Mr . Hawes said he thought , under the circumstancsa . this case was one whjch it would well become the Bight Hon-Baronet opposite , and bis colleagues , to bring under the merciful consirteraMon of the Crown . He did not approve of a ! l that had been said by Mason , but he thought the fact of his beiDjj a paid lecturer ought not to excite a prvjufiice against him . He confessed that he thought the Hon . Member for FiDBbury had , on the present occasion , brought this question somewiiat unnecessarily -under tbe eotiaideration of the Honsa . He considered that tbe constable who seil id

      Mason had interfered very improperly at the meeting . Ha tMr . Hawes ) bad frequently attended similar me < . t ings , and he would , when he considered it his duty , attend such meetings in future . He hoped that the people would not Tbe dettrred by what had occurred -with reference to this case from attending public meetings , and fjtejy expressing tbeir opinions , even though they might do eo in somewnat strong language . Indeed , the exercise of tbi » right constituted one of the safeguards of the liberties of the people . It was something new to be told that sueh meetings wtre unlawful ; aud be was still more surprised that it should be stated , on high author-. ty , that constables were to be constituted the judges of their lsg&Uty or illegality . He was convinced that all moderate men tntertained strong objections to tbe interference of the police at / oeetings of the people without just and sufficient ; cause ; and he had been greatly surprised that such a doctrine should be held by a Minister of the Crown as that which had been advanced by tae R . ght Hon . Gentleman opposite .

      Mr . Hume Baid , that the police force In this countiy ought « o to be condutsd as to maintain peace , instead of occasioning vio ' enc 9 and disorder . He had heard with sirprise and regret the doctrine advanced by the Right Hon . Baronet , the Secretary for the Home Department ; tor he considered , that if such a doctrine was acted upon , the most mischievous results wonld en > ue . He thought that the future utility of the patice force depended chiefly on their not overstepping the bounds of their legitimate duty . Seme complaints" were formerly ruade to tnis House with respect to the conduct of the police —inquiries were instituted—and since that period he thought the general conduct cf the force had been most

      creditable . In this case , however , he conceived that the police had acted with great impropriety ; and it was only by checking in theii commencement snen irreguIaT proceedings ifeat they could hope t » maintain the peace of tbe country . He did not know whether it would be prudent for the Hon . Member for Finsbury topre » 8 his motion to a division , foi he thought , from some txpresskras which had fallen from the Bight Hon . Baronet opposite , that the case might be left ia the hands of the G > ve : nment He considered that great benefit wonld arise from tbe statements wliich had been wade in the Houss on tbifl su " 'j : ct ; and he therefore recommended his Hon . Eriend not t-r press Ms motion to a division .

      Mr . C- Yiilie ns said that the person referred to as a hired lecturer was a resident in Bilston , and was held in considerable « Bttem in the neighbourhood . However strong the lancnage used at meetings in Staffordshire mijrbt have b = en , do outrage had been commitled in tha \ county ; sad he thought this was one reason why mercy mUh : ba extended to tbe parties refen > rt to in the motion of the Hon . Member for Fin 3 bu .-y . He had no doubt that tbe Hon . Member would withdraw his motion if the Kight Hon . Baronet opposite would take tbe case into his favourable consideration . It seemed

      that the constable bad put has own construction upon the language nsed by Mason ; and had , without any legal authority , committed an assault upon him . Several of the . persons present , who considered the interference of the constable improper , attempted to rescue Mason ; and t&e whole of the partieB had bean tried , convicted , and sentenced to imprisonment for several months , their families meanwhile being left in a state of extreme cUstiiution . Be might state , as an evidence of the public ' feeling on this sut > ject . that a subscription had been entered into hy persons of all classes and of all parties for the relief of the families of these men . Mr . Wabd thought , t * iat w-thout obtaining Borne atsnrance from the Right Hon . Gentleman opposite the Hon . Member for Finsbury ought not to allow his motion to drop . He eonceived that there never was & more daneenos period than the-present at -which to

      intrust to parish constables—who were generally ignorant men—the power of exercising a jidgment on the language used by speakers at public meetings . He thought the language nsed at the metting at which Mason and his feilow-prisoners were present was not one whit more violent than the language used in , as well as oct . of that House , —not more violent indeed , than ianifnsge -which had been used by Ch 9 ' Right HoB . Gentleman opposite . Tee language used at that meeting was not ias we undtmood the Hon . Member ) snore seditious thnn language which he ( Mr . Ward ) had himself used in that House , or than expressions which had teen freqn-. ntiy uttered during the debates on the Corn Law and the Tariff . Feeling it to be a very proper occasion for tbe House to interfere on behalf ef men improperly treated , if his Hon . Friend pressed the House to a division , he ( Mr . Ward ) should support his motion .

      Mr . R- Yohke said he -wonld adopt the very language which hid befcn used by these men , and for which they ha * been imprisoned , and would repeat them at the first public meeting he might attend ! It was monstrous that they should b ? treated as they had been . The magistrates , if he were rightly informed ,- had offered to compromise the case , and to give them their liberty on their entering into their own xecognizraces ; but the men , convinced that they had done no unlawful act , refuted . If this were so , tbe magistrates had violated justice by punishing them . . : Mr . 'BBOTHEBTON thought the Bight Hob . Baronet opposite must be convinced that something most be doae in tbe case , and be wonld rather trust it to the Right Hon . Baronet ' s consideration , than , press the motion to a dirigion . - -

      Mb . T- Dokcoxsb , in lepry , said he shoald betray his duty to these individuals if he were to withdraw his motion . They had violated no law , and ought not to deprived of their liberty . He felt that he had don 9 his duty in bringing the case before the House . It was a prosecnlion instigated by the magistrates of Staffordshire for party purpesu , and under these circumstances

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      he should record his opinion against such an set of injustice . The gallery was then cleared for a division , when the numbers were—For the motion . ...... „ .,., >„ 39 Againstit 53 Majority .................. 23 The House soon after adjourned .

      Friday , August 5 . : The Speaker took the cUalt at twelve p'doijk . Several bills were advanced a Btage , and a number of petitions presented . ' The House then went into committee on the Newfoundland bill . On clause six being proposed for abolbhins the legislative council , . ., Mr . O Connell protested against this mode of taking away the constitution of the colonies without fall investigation , and afull opportunity of being heard by witnesses on the part of the colcniats . The people ' s right of electing the representatives would be a mere

      mockery—a delusion , and an iusult The Chamber of Assembly was to consist of twenty-five members ; cf these ten were to be elected by the Government , and fifteen by the people ; ao , if only three of those representatives should be returned by the government parly , they ( the government ) would have a positive majority in the chamber . Could anything be more absurdmore unjust , or a greater insult to the people , who had always been considered as a loyal and patriotic people ? He should move that the words " abolishing the legislative council as a diotinct enoch of the legislature , '' should be omitted . .

      Lord Stanlet agreed with the Right Hon . Gentleman that it was not advisable to carry on the legislature by means of one chamber only ; but under the present circumstances of this colony , where one House constantly rejected the bills of the other , he thought it wonld Cjucuce to the more harmonious management of the affairs of the colony , if they were to merge tbe two chambers into one . He felt confident ifc would be for the benefit of the colony to abolish the legislative council as a distinct assembly . Mr . V . Smith suii that in giving his vote in favour of this clause , no tad not wish to be understood as in any way sanctioning the permanent abolition of th 8 lesrislati-ve cimnc l . The Noble Lord had at his < Mt . Y . Smith ' s ) desxte Introduced a clause ra&fciBg this a temporary meafure ; it was , in f ict , merely an experiment , such us had beta tried in New South Wales and Australia . Guarding his vote by tbe assumption that this was only a temporary measure , he should record it in favour of thu Noble Lord . " :

      Mr . P . Howard opposed the principle of the bill . Mr . HUME Baid the inhabitants of Newfoundland were unheard and unrepresented , and tbe House was now about to deprive them of tbe greatest of privileges —that of managing their own affairs , a system of management under which tbe colony had improved in every respect . 11 this liisfranchiseuient were to bo applied to any one English borough there was not a member who would nut be r ^ a ^ y to cry out on its injustice . He was prepared to prove that all that had been alleged against the constituencies were gross exaggerations . Mr . Wtse said he must continue to oppose the clause , as an insult and injury to the people . It was not right for tbe H ' . use tj punish first , then to decide , and then to hear the parties accused . The coBimittefe then divided , the numbers being—for the clause , 80 ; for the amendment , 18 ; majority for the c ' . auee , 62 .

      Several other amendments were proposed , but , upon division , negatived , and all the clauses were finally agreed to without alteration . The House then resumed , and the report was ordered to be brought up on Saturday . Mr . O Cosnell said that he believed he could now make tbe motio . i of which he had given notice respecting the laie trial for ribbonisin at Armagh . Bis object was not to pronounce any yremature censure up' > n the Government ae connected with the transaction in question . He thought tDtre could possibly be only one opinion as to the nature of those transactions , especially as to the emplojmtnt of the witness Sogiui , Tlie only question appeared to be , upon whom did the responsibility devolve ? If tho mibcomiuet was to be attributed

      to the iiiagistratea and witnesses , they would be liable to censure , and , without anticipating any connexion between the Government and those parties , if the Government sanctioned the conduct of those Witnesses , he thought ha would be safe iu saying that tbe House would be unanimous in censuring such conduct . He did not suspect that the Noble Lord ( Eliet ) participated in those transactions . The mode in which he personally conducted himself in Ireland precluded snch a notion T . ; e trial « t Armagh was one of ribbonism . He begged the House t <> fceep in mind that the possession of . pass-word * made the persons liable to transportation . Four p ? rdons were tried at the last Armagh asszjo ; two witnesses were produced to procure a conviction ; one of these wai a man named Hogan ,

      ¦ ha < l acttd as a spy upon the prisoners ; he pretended t /» be a ribbouman , he joined them ; made himself acquainted with their secrets and their ptvSS-WOrdS , and ti »! 8 he bad done for tlie rxpress purpose of de-D ' . uncing them . Tiie Hon . and Ltarned Gentleman proceeded to rtati the evidence of Hogan , the approver * which has already appeared in the public papers , to this rffc . et that he had mule ribbonmen by the hundred . He invented uixty-three classes of pass-words and disseminated larg-j quantities of illegal papers , the mere pps 9 r £ 3 ioa of which was a transportable offence . All he required ^ as , that the correspondence between the magistrates and the Guvernmeut , should be proriuced . Ht trusted the Government would not attempt to screen the pxrties implic ^ ited in th- ^ se transactions . He move d merely for the correspondence— -he eai < t no censure upon ihe Governmtat by his motion—( hear , hear . ) He

      entirely absolved the Noble Lord from all know lodge of such a transaction . In the case of Popay , the then Government had not attempted to cast any shield over him . Lord A 1 thorp had at once granted a committee cf iLqiiry into his conduct , and ha < i stated it as his opinion that the employment of spies to entrap penonB into sruiit was a most abominable Bystem . That abominable system bad been denounced in just and eloquent terms by the counsel for tbe defence , who , notwithstanding he was of conservative politics , yet did his duty nobly to his clients , ami in such a manner as rtfl cted the highest honour on the Irish bar . Lord Alihorphad stigmatised the spy system as abominablo and atrocious . The Right Hon . and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving for copies of correspondence between the Government , magistrates , and the police , relative to tb « trial at the late Armagh ass ' Z > 8 .

      Lord Eliot said , if anything could induce hlta to ficcede to the motion of the Right Hon . and Learned Gentleman , it would be the calm and temperate manner in which he bad introduced it ; but be thought he would betray his duty , if he were , by assenting to the production of these papers , to furnish what he could no but consider a danger ms aud inconvenient precedent H- ; had had no opportunity of seeing the corres ' poadence , but he could well conceive that it was of a confidential nature , and that the production of it might tend to defeat tee ends of justice , either by putting on their « uird persons who might ba implicated , or who mieht be ot-jeots of suBpicion to tbe local authorities , or , on tbe other band , that It might tend to fix imputations npon persona i » ho wonld aubseqnsntly be proved to be entirely innocent of the charges brought against

      them . ( Hear , hear . ) The Noble Lord then went through the circumstancts of the case . Hogan had said that , he initiated persons into ribbonism , with the knowledge of the police and the magistrates . Upon that point' he ( Lord E ; iot ) was not prepared to give an opinion . He hid no hesitation in saying that the report of the trial , referred to by the Right H » n . and I / earned Gentleman , was altogether i accurate . He had searched the Dublin newspapers of the day , and bad found no mention whatever of the occurrences described in that paper . He was satisfied that there was nothing In tbe correspondence which Ttfl > ct 8 any blame on the Government He felt it his duty , however , and it was a painful dnty , because he could wish that the Whole matter was investigated by the House , but he felt it his duty , for thereasona which he had stated , not to consent to the production of these papers .

      Mr Hume said he was glad to hear the disclaimer of the Noble LdVd on the part of the Government , of all participation in these proceedings . He wished to know , however , whether Hogan bad received any pay from the Government ? iiont Eliot said that Hogan , in his evidence , diatinctly denied having received any reward . .- ¦ . ¦ : The House then divided , when there appeared—For the motion , 24 ; againat it , 72 ; majority against the motion , 48 . Mr . OCokhell then gave notice that be would move , next session , for a committee to inquire into the subject of tbe employment of Hogan and Cox . The Court of Chancery Abolition of Offices * Bill was read a third time and passed , with some verbal amend-, meats . ; . On the order of the day for going into Committee on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment Bill ,

      Mr . Philips objected to that portion of it that was applicable to the appointment of official assignees . The Solicitor-Gen ERAii contended that the Bill would carry oat all tbe good that was expected from it Mr . BebnaL complained of tha late period of the session at which Bills of this importance were Introduced . . Sir J , Gbaham aaid the Bill was supported by the authority of the other House ; and be hoped the Hon . Member would allow the BUI to go into Committee . He advocated the appointment of fixed Commissioners , who should . be responsible for the execution of the laws ; and where tbe debtor made an honourable surrender of his goods , he attonld not be imprisoned ; bat it he acted otherwise he 8 houl 4 be Bnbjected to some panishment . ; Sir Rojbbt Peel supported tbe motion . The House then want into committee , when clause three was agreed to . 7

      On clause ten being read , a desultory conversation ensued , and , Mr . Wood moved that the word "farmer" be inserted so as to bring that class of penSBw under its provisions . Mr . Heslet opposed the motion . The House divided—For the amendment , 7 j against it 85 : majority , 78 . The clauses from tea to thirty inclusive were then passed seniatim .

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      Clause thirty-six was agreed to , after some disoussionv . ' - - .. ) - . . .. . - ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ .. ¦ .- ¦ ¦ . ¦"¦ .- ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦ •;¦ . . ; : .. ¦ ; ¦ .: ' ; ' . ¦ : ¦ ¦ "¦ ¦;\ . . ' ; . ' ¦; " ; ¦ . The remaining clauses werd then agreed to , and the Chairman reported progress . '" : ; , "'; : Mr . MASTERM IN moved that the wine mercbanta ebould be allowed a drawback upon the wine in stock in the event of a reduction being made in the duty upon port wine , consequent on the ti « &ty witti Pottugal , The Hon , Member argued at considerable length in support of hl « motion . ' .:. J \ "' .-:. ^ ' \ - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; - ' - ; . -: > " -: ' : ' - "' \ - ' - ' - - ¦¦¦ -: The CHANCEitoR of the ExcHEQUKil opposed the prdp bsitlpn . - ¦ :: ' -: ¦' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦! . ; ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦ : . ''¦ ¦ ' '¦ ¦ .: '¦ ; ¦ ' - . - . ¦ . '' . ' -. ' :: ' ' , ¦ ¦ ¦ Sir ^ Robert Peei . protested against the principle of allowing a drawback on foreign Wine , while the same principle was not conceded to other articles coming front foreign countries . ' ¦ ' ' . ' / .. ' ' : ¦*¦ ¦ ; ; V ' . ' , ¦¦'¦' ; ''¦ \ :-y / ¦ A short conversation then ensued , and the motion was negatived without a division . . - .. :, ' ¦

      The orders of the d » y were then disposed of , and the Honse adjourned . . ' 0 ';¦• ¦ -. ; - ''; ' ., y ;~ -: ^\ ' ; ¦ ¦ ' V- ? ' ¦ ' '¦ ''• " .. \ 'Saturdayf ' Augl' 9 ) ' ' " : ' [ . •;•> ¦ . ' The House met at twelve o ' clock . The Consolidated Fund { Appropriation ) Bill and the Exchequer Bills ( £ 9 , 193 , 0 * 10 ) were read a third time and passed . ' . ' . ' ¦¦'¦¦¦ ¦ ¦•• • ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦ - ¦' . ¦ ¦ /¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ :- ' v . ; . ^ : ¦ '¦ .: : •••; : ' .. ¦ / ;" ' ¦; ., V -- ; TflBoraer of tha day for bringing up the report of the Newfoundland bill was read , and tbe report was received . ; '¦'¦ . v . - - ' "" .. ¦ i / y , - r ' \; ' :. . ' ::: "¦¦} ' ; '¦¦¦¦' :, ''¦ ¦ On the motion that the bill be engrossed , Mr . B . Wali , said he objeotedto the principle of the bill . He objected to the bill because he had ho information to 8 <> upon . He proposed as an amendment that the Bill t > e engrossed this day three months . - ; . ¦ : ' ,. ' ¦ . ¦ ' '' ¦ . ' ¦¦ . : ;¦ . - . V 7 •¦ ¦ ¦"' ¦ ¦'¦''¦ . - . < ¦ '¦'' . . ¦ ' "' : " ~" - - : ' - ' - - ' ¦ , Mr . P . Ho waed seconded the motion , whlch upon & division , was lost by ft majority of 43 .

      The bill was then ordered to be engrossed , and the third reading fixed for Monday . On the erder of the day being read for the consideration of the Lords' amendmentstb the mines and coIUeriesvMlLV . " ¦ . " .- ' : ' \ :- \ : . :: -,:.. ¦ r ;;\; ^ - • • • • . ¦ ¦ ¦ . Lord Ashley entered into a defence of the report of the cor amissiontrs , and said that , though the amendme . ta made by the Lords iu the bill would invalidate to a great extent the utility of the measure , yet he accepted those amendjoents on account of the great principle involved w ^ the bllL ; V Tiie : robla , lord cancioded by moving the adoption of the amendments . " : ¦ . . '¦ . . "' .- ¦¦ ¦ .. "'¦ ' - ¦ ..-.. ¦¦ .- ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ' ¦¦'¦¦ ¦ ' ¦¦¦ ' .. After a few wor ^ ls from Mr Forbes , \

      Lord PalmEBSTON said it . Was with great pain be observed the amendments made by the Hpose of Lords in this Bill , became those amendments went to deteriorate the spirit of improvement inther leglslatura of this country evlneed in this bJU , to which there conld be no objaction whatever on political grounds . But ; under the circumstances stated by the noble lord , he ( Lord Ashley ) had exerclseda sound diecretlon in not calling on the House to negative these , amendruenta . , : ¦ - ' , ' . .. . •¦; . , " , t : ' . i /; . ' - ' - - ' - ' ; ' ¦ '¦ . ¦'¦'¦ ¦ ' : ¦ . ' ., '¦ Lord Ashlet , in explanation , stated that when the course was taken in the House which rendered the Changes inevitable , he ( Lord Aehly ) was asked if be would consent to them ? His reply waB , that be could not help himself , and that he was disposed to sacrifice the children in order to save the women .

      Mr . Chables BUILEit said , as the Noble Lord had acceded to the amendments , those wh 4 ^ atniiy supported the Bill would not dissent from them . But he must say , that the whole force of the discussion made the value of the amendments less and less . . Till the Right Hon . Baronet defended them , he was not aware how utterly useless , they Wero- ^ -ihe / ir , ) He was afraid also they would damage the Bribery Bill ; notwithstanding the assurance given by the Right Hon . Baronet that he would support it . ( A voice from the Ministerial side of the House— " The Bribery Bill has passed . " ) He was very glad to hear It was out of danger . ( Cheera and laughter . ) , . '""¦ .. '' ¦'¦ : ' .: .. , .. " . ¦ ; '¦ ¦' . ' ¦;¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; . ' " '¦ ' . ¦¦'¦ •• .

      Sir Robert Peel 8 Md-. her . belieyed that the Bribery Bill would-. pass . the House of Lords without amendment , but he would not pledge himself that the House of Lords should adopt all the details of any Bill , The House of Lords wan a deliberative body , and had a perfect right to make any ; modifications in the Bill which fcbey might think proper . With regard to some of tbe amen amenta he would admit that he Was sorry thoy had been adopted —( bear . ) But with regard to Borne of them , he thought they were improvements . Tiie amendments were then agreed to . The Heuse then went into Committee qd ' the Boroughs incorporation ; and after a long discussion between several Hon . Goatlemen , on the subject of compensation to individuals suffering under the operation of the Bill , a report was ordered to be received on Monday , when a clause is to be Introduced for compensating such Individuals . -

      Lord PALMEfiSTON moved for copies of any correspondence -whicb . has taken place Bince the 1 st of July last , behween the Chancellor of the Exchequer and any Member of thatHoui-e , upon the subject of the Stewardship of the ChUtarn Btundreds . The Chancellor of the Exchequer seconded the motion of the Noble Lord . Mr . HUME concunred in tho course which had beea adopted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ., Mr . V ; Smith said that Honi Bl ^ mbers who wished tha privileges of the House to be upheld ought to be very much obliged to the Noble Lord for bringing this miasurebefora the House . After a short discussion between Sir B . Peel Mr . Yorke , and Captain Plumridge , the motion was agreedto . ' ; , ; : ' .- ; .- ; ' . ' - . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . •¦' ' . ' ¦ , ;¦ ' . ' . The orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned till Monduy , at twelve o'clock .

      Monday , Aug . Wi ; On the motion for the third reading of the Newfoundland Bill . ; Mr . P . Howard made another effort for tha rejection of it The subject having been too often debated to letain any of the freBhness appropriato to a fish question , the Hon . (^ nUeman ' s opposition was speedily disposed of . The Bankruptcy Bill went into commit tea , and occupied several hours . Attempts were made to reduce the salaries of the proposed officers below the minimum which would secure Ddequite functionaries ; but this was unsuccessful . A like defeat attended ib . < s attempt at preventing , the extension , of ' the institution of Official Assignees '' - ' to Binkruptcles Worked In the country . . ' | ' ¦; ¦ ¦ ... ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ . . ¦"" . • ' ¦ '¦ . : '¦¦¦ ¦ '¦¦ ' -. . ¦ . ' ' ' Mr . Lefrot , after the transaction of some other business , moved the issue ot a hew writ for Ipswich . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ '¦ - ' . ¦ ' . . "¦ ¦ : ¦ ' : ¦'¦ - ¦¦ ; '¦¦ ¦; - ¦ - . ' ¦ ..- ' ¦ ¦ . - ¦

      Mr . T . Duncoiibk said , that the Hoise , if sincere in its virtuous profession * of Indignation against bribery , ; could not suffer the writ to issue that night . There had been five elections since the Reform Act , and at every one there bad been a petition . At the last election various persons were guilty of bribery , and from the report of the late Committee it appeared that several of those persona had committed the same offences at former elections . One , a Mr . Cook , had bribed divers electors , and bad thus been the cause of vacating the seats of certain candidates for whom he had been agent ; and it would be monstrous that while the candidate was disqualified to ait , the agent who had wrought this disqualification should be still permitted to vote . He asked leave , -therefore , to bring in a Bill for disfranchising these culpable parties , and generally for prevention bribery at Ipswich . He cited the precadentabf Shoreham and East « atfor < S ^ Sir R Pael

      had expressed a desire that some measure of disf ran * chisement should be applied to the constituencies of those large towns in which corruption had prevailed . Now I pswich had been reported for corruption twice in this very session , and surely then the Right Hon . Baron 3 t would not suffer this writ to issue without some check upon the repetition of such practices . Mr . Duuoombe then read extracts from evidence tiven by Sir T . Cocbrane , who had represented Ipswich in the last Parliament , avowing the undue expenditure by him of large suras at Ipswich . To the borough , the inconvonience arising from the suspension of the writ was but a slight one—the loss of tke MembeiB * subscription to the next racea ; If the report of the Committee were to be neglected , it was a piece of waste papar . He knew that great complaints had been made of the decision ; but if gentlemen found fault with it , they ought to state the particulars in which the report was unwarranted by the evidence . ;

      Mr . BLACK . STONE denied that the evidence made out the alleged use of - gross , bribery and ' . corruption , at the late election . He went into details , exposing the discrepancy between the evidence and the report . -: . . ¦¦¦ " '¦' ¦ r : . - ¦¦ '¦ ' -. " : \ . ¦ ¦ :. : ¦' :..:, ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦'¦ : - '¦' : ' Mr . H . FiTzaoy denounced the decision of the committee as one of the most monstrpus upon record , and cited passages of the evidence to prove his allegations . He asserted that the case had been prejudged by them , and appealed to their very flrat : division to demonstrate their undue ; bias . ; The counsel for the sitting Members were quite light ; not to put their cUenta to the expence of persevering before a tribunal from whom it was plain that justice could not be had ; Thirty shillings given to a man

      for travelling expencea and for three days' Iosb of time had been here adjudicated to be bribery . Why , then . If voters cculd not feear this sort of loss themselves , and candidates were forbidden to boar it for them , the only remedy was to raise the qaaliflcation and confine it to a class ; who could afford to exercise such a franchise . Here the whole expenditure had been but . £ 450 ; there bad been no bribery at Ws election . The pretext of the present motion was the bribery at elections gone by . But if » when a constituency shook off corruption , you . punished , them for the Bins of their fermer days , yen

      would bold out very slender encouragement to reformation . The decision was a most unfair one j and if he . were a parity before a committee Of Which Mr , P . Bt « wart were nominated chairman , te" Bhould feel , after Mr . P Stevrart ' s ; iooiidact on the late committee , that he had no course , however strong bis case might be , but to retire at once , without keep-Ing np tin expendve struggle , which was row id be fruitless . ' .. v '¦'¦' v ' - V . i ' - : ' - ; ' ¦ * .-.- ¦ ¦< ¦ ¦ ' . '¦' : '¦' - ' ¦ : ' Mr . M . J . OXJONNEtL lamented the strong language appUed by 3 tfr . Fitzroy to the majority of the cominittee , and entered into the evidence in Yindication of their report ¦¦ ¦! . ¦;' :-i- -- - ¦ . •/¦ ¦ > ¦ ¦ ¦¦ , ; -: ¦ , ¦¦¦ ¦ - •• - .

      Mr . P . Stewart laid , he had only admhilstered what he believed to be the law . He appealed to the Conservative members of the committee to vouch What had been his conduct , and whether the committee had not been Mammons in the opinion that both bribery and treating were practised at the lato election . The only difference of opinion had been as to tJie inference

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      of agency to be drawn from the fact of bribery . Mr . Stewart then entered fully into the evidenoe to show that it bore out the ' finding of the committee , and referred fora Justification ot nis own inte > leiet «» T&s pectirig ajjenpy to the bribery act of George ^ II . { of which , howeter , he did not iaake the applicability to the agency question at ^ all intaUiglole ) . He exhorted the House to concur in Mr . Dancoinbe'a motion , and hang up these corrupt electors like ware-crows to their ^ oqtnpatdopai :. -- : :. ' - ' : ' ¦ - ¦ ¦' - ¦' : "} . - * : ¦ ¦'¦ ' . , ' . ' : ¦¦" . ¦ : ; - = ¦ : , - . Mn iS . SlTJAET , a membar of the committee , stated his own ojinloa to be , that there bad beenaeta of bribery ' . ind ' . V- ' ' ; i ^ togi ' . - 'f . ana ' ' ; tbat ' ' >^ . ' ' -.: 'W ^ of one party had been clearly proved . But it Was clear that these Irregularities had been not only with , out the knowledge , bat contrary ; to the express direction of the candidates . He had differed from the majority ; 'but hs did not impugn their decision of partiality . He opposed thei disfrauchisemenfc recomruenrted by Mr . Duncombe .

      . Mr ; LEFROYdeBired to be understood as not questioning the motives of the Chairman , Bat for his own part he considered the agent in this case to have been restricted by his prinoipal to certain business , from which bribery was expressly-excluded ; and if he had chosen to exceed hfa authority , his principal was not responsible for thftt excess . 3 « r . Lefroy odncluded by expressing his intention to oppose Mr . Bahcombe ' s

      amendment . : j . ; . ¦ V . ^ JWr .- 'WrL'liAtfS-vindiMWd ^ hta 'pwii dec ^ pn ' . andtnat . of his colleagues on thecommittee . r , ! ^ The AiTOBNEY-QENERAt ' brought the Mouse back to the queBtipn before , it He saw no reasaia why a charge that twenty-oHe voters had been guilty of bribery should be a ground for disfranchising all the rest of th > constituency . Writs ought not to be suspended except when the Legislature had it in contemplation to disfranchise or reform the bbraugh . He tad

      heard with pain remarks upon : the late committee , which , if drawn into precedent ,, would make it impossible for future tribunals of the same kind to do their duty . He agreed with the committee that there were proofs of bribery ; but not of bribery by the candidates returned , nor of bribery in all the individuals whom this motion proposed to disfranchise . As to several of them , he showed that the coanrnittee had proceeded to condemnation without adequate evidence ; and cpMequentiy , that there was no ¦ sufficient ground for a sUBpension of this Writ ; f

      Mr . C . BuLtER ieprobated Mr / H . Fltzroy 3 attack on the committee . He rejoic 8 d that they had exploded the miserable pretexts under which ' bribery had been usually committed , such as travelling expenses and loss of time . In general he was adverse to tte suspension of writs ; but he would support the present motion , because ha believed that if a certain "small body ofhabituaUy corrupt electors were cleared out of the Ipswich constituency in its present balunced state , the elections would be thenceforth conducted respectably and honestly . ;* . ¦ . ¦ ¦** r ¦ . ' . : ¦ , *¦ ' ¦' .-. ' -.-.. " * ' * ¦ . ' . ' . ¦• ' Mr . jDaHby said , that if Mr . Fitzroy had expressed himself strongly , it was Mr . Duncombe who had dragged the Housa into this discusaion , and thus forced the opinions of merabera . Mr . Wysk defended himself and the other ¦ Members Of the committee . :

      Sir R ; Pbel gave credit to the cbmuiittee for having deoided conspientiously ; and was persuaded that any other tribunal substituted for a committee would soon be subjected to the same censures . Where were those angelic judges to be : found who wauld be above all suspicion ? And by whom W 6 retht , y-to be appointed ? Ab to the present 4 «« Btion , he might , for the argufflieiat'B sake , conwde that there had been bribery , and that the Members bad been properly unseated ; : and even then it would not followj because thirty men had been guilty

      of bribery , that the rights of 1 , 7 * 0 electors should be suspended . Basldes , a new Act had now been passed for . "the prevention of briery ; and , therefore , in the cases both of Nottingham and of Southampton , the writs ' bad been issued . The suspension of a writ was no light penalty , and not to be lightly inflicted . After the late warning , he . did not baliove that bribery would be practised at the nexs election for Ipswioh . Nor did he think it wisa to startle tbe public mind by assuming fth excasaive eagerness to auppreas a particular offence-. '" . -. * . : : - ' ' . ''" .- ' " * ¦'• ' '• " . - ' " ' :

      Mr . TuPNELi , said a few words ; and the House , dividing , decided for the issue of the writ

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      HOW PERSONS ARE RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT . The following " elegant extracts" from the evidence presented to the House of Cornsions' Compromise Committee , Will shew to what perfectiQn the whole art of bribery and corruption has been brought in Eogland . What a striking 'illustration , they afford of the total failure of Lord John Ruasell's Reform Bill—a failure which " willipnly be excelled by- . 'that-.-of the same puny statesman's ' - ' Bill for the better discovery off bribery' ! It is , certiiinly , a melancholy Consideration that the country should be atthe mercy of an assenibly of legislators composed of persons who owe their seats to the extensive prevalence of some of the blackest crimes which disgrace human nature : —

      Harwich . —PAKTiEis BRiiiED . —According to the evidence of Mr . James Currie , ParliameBtary agent , one sura of £ 100 was here distributed in bribes among persona occupying small houBes , or what are Called £ 10 voters , most of them small tradespeople ; and many of those who in this place , which is very decayed ; liva by dredging for atone , which is usiad for Roman cement . —( Ev . 271—273 > From the evidence of the flame party , it appeared frem his notes that thirty-three persons were bri bed , each of whom had large sums paid to him , many of them £ 50 and £ 100 , and Bome more . —¦( Ev . 297 , 301-2 ) Mr : Rlchatd Mosse , agent to Mr . AUwooU , admitted that on going down to Harwich on the eve of the election , he found that there waM ten open to bribery ( 309 ) , and that Jtir . Attwood held out the electioneering hope to the ihhabitanta «• to reduce the Church-rates , " and , in similar electioneering fashion , to take shares in their railway to the extent of £ 10 , 000 . lEv , 309 / 340 44 . )

      Nottingham—System of Biaskei Money—Most of the witnesses gave evidence on this point ; but aa the clearest , perhaps * Was Mr . Fladgate's we shall quote his words —( 374 ) . The custom of basket money in NettlBgham is that of giving money previous to large bribes . EW four or five Weeks ^ pteviuug to any alettion , the people go round to the candidates , or their agents to ask them for this " basKo ; money . " They will go to some inn , or some house appointed for the purpose , where they Will recaive from 10 s .: to 20 a . or 30 s ., which they , will call by the above name , from the fact of ita being given on the Saturday , on which day the market is held , and it is supposed that this money is spent in buying proriaippa tor the . week . Many hundreds , if not thousands , observed ..-. the- witness , could have been proved to have received this retaining fee from agents , or parties supposed to be agents .-- ( 374 . )

      AfiDUCTidN of Voters . —Many of the voters , accord-Ing to the same witneaa , were made drunk , and taken In that statei" to | different places in the neighbeurhood ; about three hundred were carried eff in this Way during the last election to different parta of the world . COMMONNESS OF ^ ^ BRIBERY . —BriberyjaccordiDg to Mr .: Thomas Wakeneld ( 871-2 fli was bo open , thai eyery body said it was done , but when it came to be inquired into , it was noVknown ; people even considered there was nothing wrong in it ; it seemed to be aa much a niatter of course as anything else ; the machinery by whioh it was done was this— -a certain Buai of money was sent to each ward , and that was again sent to some particular individual , and through hfa hands it paased to the voters . * -. ' , ¦ *¦'' - ; . * - * " : ''¦ - ¦'¦ * ¦' , ¦ ¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦;• . :- '

      A BOEOXJGH «• BlSING IN PniCE . ' ^ Tha system ef voterabeing bid-over by the oppoaite garty appears ( evidence of Mr * Hennay , ( 9700-2 ) to have grad'oally grewn upvwithin theae last feW years at Nettingham . The party witness belonged to had tried tte ; get the borough of Nottingham for many years paist , but were generaliy unsuccessful . They tried the puritysystem , bat this was very derogatory to the feeling ? el tha constituency . After tbit th 6 y pnt forward M a Candidate a gentleman very popular in the nelghftoarhood , and of a Tery humane and benevolent cnaracter . Thsy failed on account of funds , and there was no chance till they got Mr , Walter . Then the effecttTe oie mottBy system was adopted , and from that time to this the borough has got " very dear , " " very costly , " and has risen " very much to price . ^ - " . :: - : - / ' \ ' \' . '' '} -r ;¦ ¦ ¦ .-:. ' U . ' : : '" r ' ' ¦' .: .. ¦ : ¦

      " Coopino" - 'A .-T . No-rTiNGHAii .- —Numbers of voters , or rather sev « ral parties , were " cooped , " not in Nottingham , but in houses ten or twelve miles from Nottingham . Lord Rancliffe ' s was one with seventeen ; and Lord Melbourne ' s gardens , at Melbourna , with more titan twenty . Trugaby-braok was a third with twenty , Mattock was a fourth with twenty , and a farmbouae at a place called Haugh With about the same number . At Xor * Melbourne ' s they were kept in the gardens during the day time , for three or foui

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      days previous to the election , and they slept ; as they best might at the public-honses in the neighbourhood . They were driven to the gardens in the morning , and keptth .-ro all ; day and made drunk , and » o taken eaw pf a bight—1376-387 . ) * . - ¦ ¦ -

      BIOT AT BUBSLB 3 I . > - - ( From ^ Corre 9 poOent Cjf ii ^ Sm . ) . ^^ :::: TuNsTAtt , ado 7 . ^ -we haw had ft lamentable affair during the night in Borslem , and I have collected these particulars from parties on whom I can place im . plicit reliaBce : — c ¦ , - ; - . .. ;; . . : . ; . ¦ : ' -. ¦ . ::- ¦¦/ - . ¦* ' X ' : - ¦ : . i :. > " : ¦'¦ , . About six o ' olock at night , three men , calling them * selves colliers , with a bt > x , were asking contribations from persons in Barslem covered market ; and thenoa were taken to Uie lock-up , by Superiatendeot Kylfflr , and Bx'own and Ball , tiro of the watchmeit No noUca aeemei to be takeo of the affair ; and the to wn was Tety quiet until a few minutes past twelve o ' clock , when suddenly the approach of a crowd from , the Chapri .

      square was observed , and at the time ; witbii flfly yards of the Town-hall , where are the lock-npa . A shout was given as soon aa the mob was opposite tbe hall ; then a second , and instantly they knocked the locks off the doors , liberated the three men , and . imme > diately commenced their attack on the wlhdoWa of the hall , which have been riddled , aud ^ Einety squares broken ; several stones were thrown through the illuminated dial of ; the dock , * and it stopped thereby , at five minutea past one . Another party was then at work in like manner at the Georga Inn , kept by Mr . William Barlow , and 135 sash eqaares were quickly demolished , and much internal mischief done'to his premiBea . Mr . Alcock ' s shop also Was

      partially assailed , and sixteen equares broken . Mr . Ryles ' s house was beset by a party of sixty colliers ., and eighty , four squares broken , and the pannelff of his doors and shutters beaten in . Th * faraitnre was much injured inside the house , looking-glasses were split , tables broken , and indentions in the walls over the children ' s h ^ da , and almost deep enough to hold a pullet ' s egg Partial damage was also done to asmail house occupied by James Gracie , an ex-policeman , who , baing potvaliant , rushed amongst the mob , and was moat rudely abused . fi > s nest-door neighbour ' s house also suffered : from the missiles . Mr . Acton ' s shop and parioar windows are deatroyed ; bat strange to Bay , not a equare of the six upper-story windows is broken . A pistol

      was fired , and the party obeyed the signal , and "left the : t » wn by the Waterloo-road towards Hanley , leaving a number of bladgeons - « n the gronnd . They bad remained longer absent than was expected by their fellows in the other parts ; for , after the firing of the pistol , when going to attack the George Inn , and Mr . Byiea ' s . tw'o sky-rockets were sent up in the direction of Cobridge ( between Borslam and Hanley ) and little doubt can be entertained thai they were informed of the military having been sent for . In consequence of ah express sent as soon as could with safety be done , to Newcastle , the Rifle company Was bronght , and arrived about three o ' clock , and here they remain . ¦ - :- : - - ' ¦ * . * ¦ ' ¦* : - . ' •" '¦ - < ¦' - . ¦'¦ ; . . ¦ ' " / :-.- .: ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦

      The town is thronged with spectators of the dieaatrous consequencea of this ill-judged affair . O . a the afternoon of Saturday , a party ef colliers from Longton . &c . " turned out" those at Norton , three miles from Burslem ; a stone severely injured Mr . Dean , one of the proprietors * and two of his bailiffs Were ducked , first in a dity puddl 9 , and then in the engine water V & ¦ - ' ¦ ' ' . ^¦ ¦ •• ' * v " ¦'" .. ¦ ¦ . . * . ' ¦ "; V ¦ ¦ ¦ -.. ¦ - / - ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ' . ' ¦ ' ¦'• "¦ ¦ " : ' ¦ :. . ; -

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      Mr . Elmes , the surveyor of the port of London , is at present in Hamburgh , surveying the damage done by-the late extensive conflagration , for the purpose of making a design for rebuilding the damaged porwonpf that city on an improved plan . At the ilEci ? Nx Northi Tipperary Assizes , Jamea Shea . - was . senteuced to be hung on the 20 th inst . for murder , and death was also recorded against Patrick Tracey and Thomas Dunn for abduction . Five other criminals were also ordered to be transported for lit © , and three for fifteen years . Or the THiiEE Chartist petitions whioh have been presented to the House of Commons , anu successively rejected , the first was signed by a million and a quarter , the second by two millions and a half , and the third by three millions and a half . ,

      St . Croix or St . Cross , which is situated about a mile from Winchester , on the road to Southampton , is one of the ancient hospitals or almonries now remaining in this kingdom . By the will of the donoTj every traveller who knocks at the door of this hoatel , oh hi 8 way to or from Winohester , is entitled- ' . -to ; , receive from the porter a pound of . wheaten bread and a cup of strong beer .: ; ; At the North Wales Circuit , ja 9 t terminatecf sentence of daaib . has been pronounced ~ on two women for murder , Elizabeth ; Barrett , aged 23 , oh her Jliigitimate child , eight months old ; and Hanah Roberts , only 19 years of a ^ e , for poisoning her husband , who was aged 75 . v ; . . '•"'

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      from the London . Gazette of Friday , dug & ¦ ¦ ' . - : ' . . ¦ ¦; ' -. . BANKRUPTS . . , ' : .,. ; . ' , - ^' ' . ' .: ' ' ' ¦ ¦ Thomas ArmatroDg , Condait-street , ¦ Paddington , merchant , to surrender August 112 , at twelve o ' clock , Sept . 16 at two , at tHe Binkrupt ' s Court Solicitor , Mr . ; Wade 8 on , Austlnfriara ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher . . ! .:. ; ' : :: . -r ; ' . - . [ . ' ¦ :- ' ' - ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' - ¦¦' ¦¦' . v . "";' - > "; : :.. ' Robert Rollb , Darham-street , Vauxhall-road , merchant , " August 16 , at one o ' clock , Sept' 16 . at one , at the Bankrupt ' s Court . Solicitor , Mr . M . i \ lard , Totenhouseryard ; official assignee , Mr . Groom ; Abchuxca lane . : " ' ¦ ' ¦ -. ¦'¦ ' . '¦¦¦ ¦ ' . " . ¦ : ¦ . "¦ -. '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ... ¦ . ¦ - : ¦' ¦ ' . ¦ '¦'¦

      Stephen Knight , West Hoathley , Sussex , cattle dealer , August ' 16 , at half-past eleven o ' clock . Sept 16 , at twelvej , at the Bankrupts' Ooart Solicitors ; , Slr . Palmer , Temple ; and Mr . Birt , East Grinsteadf official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' splacei Old Jewry . : ¦ : '¦ .--. ¦ ¦ ¦"•' . ••; - '" V- ¦"•' - " ' : "'¦ ¦ . - ¦ .: ' [' - ¦ . ' - ¦ : ' . ' ' .:.. iR jfiert Lyonj High Holborn , cabiBftt-make * , Aug . 16 , at half-past one o ' clock , Sept . 16 , at one , at the Baniuupttf Court , Solicitora , Mr . Dangsrfield , Suffolkstreet , Pall-mall , East ; and Mr . Brlnton , Kidderminster . Official assignee , Mr , Edwards , Frederick ' aplace , Old Jewry . \ -: ¦ ¦ ; John Early , jun ., Westrend-ln-Hailey , and Witney , Oxfordshire , girth web-manufacturer , August , 8 , Sept 18 , at twelve ©" clock , at the Mitra Inn , Oxford . Solicitor , Mr . Close , Forhival ' s-inn , Holborn .

      John WQahey , ^ Liverpool , printer , Aug . 15 , Sept , 16 , at one o ' clock , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors ,- Mr . Addisbn , Mecklenburgh-square ; and Mr . Ciementson , Liverpool . John Haddock , Warringfcon > liaricashire . bookseller , August 19 , Sept 16 " , at one-o ' clock ; at thei Clarehdojj-Tooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , MeaflM . Beaumont ^ and Urmsen , Warrington . . ; : Robert Loosemorei Ttverlon , Devonshire , scrivener , August ^ 18 , Sapt . 16 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Half Moon Inn , Exeter . Solicitor , Mr . Moerc , Exeter .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Noble , Hartley , and Co ., Aldmondbury , nearHuddersfield , manufacturers of fancy goods . Holmes , and J . H . Grundy , Liverpool , paint manufacturers . T . Rees and ' Wi H . Castle , Liverpool , brewers . Kirk and Thackrey , Leeds , dyera J . Keirby , jan . and J Robinson , Maraden , near Burnley , LauCaahU-e . W . H . S . and A . Kitching , Kingaton-upon-Huil , brush manufacturers ; so far as regards W . a . Kitching . Rhodes and Holroyd , HuddersSeld , cloth-finishers .

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      ... . ¦ : , - .: * m ...-. - ¦'¦ .. ¦•¦•¦ . ¦ . ¦ •'• ' ¦ From the Gdsette of Tuesday , dug . 9 . ? ; - ; ¦' ¦'¦ ¦¦ . BANKRUPTS . ' . ¦ / ' .. ' . ' '¦ ' ^ t ; :. ¦ ' ¦ - John Thomas King ; ana" John GropTnbrfdge , ; carpen . tets , Crlmscott-Btreet , Bermondsey , to surrender Aug . M 11 , at two . and Sept 20 , at one , at the Court of Bankrnptcy . Groom , official assignee , Abcharch-lane ; Raw , " HighBqlbprn . ' '¦ . ; : ' ¦ ¦ - ' ... ; . ¦ - . '¦; : , ; . ' ;' : /;¦; " ::-.- /; . ' , . ¦ / :.,.-, ; , / . Thomas Hooper , ehetnis t . Hay , Breconahire , Aug . S 9 and'SVpVS 0 , '' at . . . eleVea ; ''Bt ' . . &e . . J 9 ira ^ . > H ^ li- ' ' £ ^ ' SolioitoTs , Smith and Son , SoHthampton-street , BlooniUki bury-square , London ; Gseililiu , Hereford .: ^ ¦ -.. ' > v " x Griffith Jones , grocer , Caraarvon , August 23 , and Sept . 20 , at eleven , at the Sportsman ' "H ' otal , Car- ) narvon . Solicitor , Williama , Pwlihelli , Carnarronshire . : "v = . ' ; - . - " .-. - . K- . ; : v-. ' . ' ' -. ' '" . ' . , ¦•¦ ¦ . ¦ . "•' . ; ' - . .: ; - ' . ; . . ' ' ¦ . - ' ; Frederick Clark , auctibnber , Portman-staeet , Portman . so . uarei August 15 . at one , and September : 20 , at twelve , at the Court of Banferoptcy . Pemwll , official assignee ; Dafaur , Queen Anne street .

      Cavendiah-£ qua » . - . :- ;• - .: ¦• ; ¦ ::. ¦ : . ¦ ¦¦ : ;¦¦ . - ; . " ' ¦ . . ' . ' . ; " ¦ . ¦ ¦ - . . ¦ ¦" : ¦ - ¦;¦ . " , - ¦ Harry ColHns Jeffreys , miller , Much Wenlo < bci Salop ,. August 24 , at eleven , and September 2 < V at one , at . the Crown Inn , Bridgnprtb . Solicitors , Hinton and Son , Ma ch Wenlocjs , Salop j ; Balnea , 'Gray ' s I&h-BquareV ' - ' ¦ - '¦' . ' ¦ ::- " . : ..: ,.,, ; : ¦'¦] . .. v \^; , _ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ :, ¦ ¦' .. ;; v :- - Robert Busby , dairyman , Wpoa ^ treefe BetnnaK gi-een , August lT t at half-past eleven , ; and September 20 , at twelve , at the Ccnrt of Bznirupbcy . ' ¦ PennelL ¦ ¦ - Offloial assignee ; v 'ypung /; . Warwi (* r 8 qaaw ^ . ^« trtBirA ! - ; street . "¦ . ¦ ... •¦¦ ¦'¦ . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ - '¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦ . - ¦¦ ,, ¦'• ¦ : •¦ ¦¦ .: ;; . ¦ .. . . •••> - . •>'¦ ^ -ffa y ^ . - . W-: ^

      William Scott , blanket manufactuwr , Eariaheaton , > Dawsbury , August 1 ^ 3 , ' at fou ^ and ; September * ' *);^; at eleven , at the Commlaaioners ' -rooms , Lceda . Soli- '« citors , Jaques , Battyer and Edjyardte , JBly-place , Eo * i ^ don ;' Greaves , I > awsbury . ; '¦ ; ¦';_ ^ . -. v , u . ; f- ^ i , ;> - Sivtl ;/; i ' Edmund Arrowsmitb , mercer , Burnley , Lanedstef' ' < AnguBt 18 iind September 20 , at twelT 9 / - « t ' tt »* Couit House , Burnley . Solidtow , Cragg and , 3 er « . Harpwr-street , Beil Iion > square , ^ Xondpn s Alooek 13 . Dixen , Burnley . " ^ " i ] ' : > : 'V- ¦ , < ¦ . ¦ : * T ^^ - ' . ' - ¦ ji 3 ^**** * & *»* ' ^ a ^ esV W <^ tejab ^^ Ai » il ' * p , afc ^ tercn , andSept . 20 , at the Swan , WotorMnrt * ^ to ^^ toj Shaw , J ) ad % i jLM , / r hnaaa ^ £ WiUam Beay , ship ^ uiW ^ , Walka ^ NorthonibW had . Sept 2 , at eleren , and Sept 20 , at one . ^ Se Bankropt CommissiOn . rpom , Wcartle ^ SaSiTO SolicUon , C ^ Ue , SkUlx ^ , ; md Ha ^ SenSS 8

      SS ^ S ^ : ^^ Henry Gray KeUocfc and Adam Dickenson KeUock , provision merchants , Liverpool , August 26 , ana September 20 , at two , at the Clarendon-rootiw , iavwp o ^ oIicitorB , ^ oscee , Soutb > square , Gray ' s Inn , London ; Moss , Liverpool , Fietcher and Hull . LIvaipooL ' - ' --. - ' . "^ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . " ¦ ¦ ; - ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦•¦ .- ¦ - . ¦ . •¦; ' ' . ¦

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      AMENDED FACTORY BILL . The following i « the substanop of a conversetion which took place in the House of Commons , on Monday , Atig . Itt , on . the subject of a Bill for amending the present Factory Act , and which was imperfectly reported in some of the London journals t- — : Mr . Stuart Wortlet rose and said that in . the early part of the ' session the Secretary of ' . -State for the Homo P-partment had promised to bring in a Bill for the amenrtment of the Factory Act ; that the ; non-fulfilment' of that promise ( which would moat probably be explained ; by the great pressure of business ) had gi ^ en rise to vauob dlaappoiutraent In the factory districts ; and he wished , therefore , to oak wfie'her the Secretary of Statu would be prepared to bring iu a Bill for the amendment of the Factory Act in the next session of Parliament ?

      Sir James Graham , in answer , said that he had purposed , in the beginning of ihe year ; to bring in a Bill ; that he had already prepared the clauses of one , but that he had no intsntion , -with his present views , of bringing in a Bill for the abridgment of the hours of labour . That the reports of the inepectdrs contained some suggestions Which he [ 'thought worthy of cohsideration ; but , as it had been stated to him that the honfulfilment ^ f his promise had occasioned disappointment , he should b « very careful of makihg any more . Howeveri as Qt present advised , he should be disposed to bring in a Bill in the nexc session .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1174/page/6/