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      Mt eeab FbiesdSj—ISoihmg cm be , as nothicg ght to be , more delightful io a sincere politician m ile success of Ms party and his principles ; dit is io commemorate and glorify snch a ie = nli U 1 now addre ^' 7 oa . " It is not likely that yon , 10 toil from morning till night , should haTe time canvas the whole-bsarjog of every subject , -however great joumaj conadaiu importance . My incipsil duty isj to analyse and simplify those

      aits for yon : not to mystify the ^ matter in round-Dot-periods , la a ^ crack-jaw not-anderststt < Ia , ble hUdx article ; bai to giTe you the % l Reading ide-Easy ^ of the mbjick' See , then , my friends , s nnmber of sections £ hat haTe been opposed to , and Eee the manner in which , in our poverty ^ "we re not only held ^ eui ground , but advaaeed our ntion . See abo / tfce great wealth of each of those aions ; aud rerjemRsithat vre h&fe had not only to itend against theat sectionaUy , but upon eTery aaon they aave all united against us .

      rfceir op ^ ositfen / notwithstanding their social eresJs » , od pecnni&ry power , w » 3 onlyfonrddab ] e long a ^ they Trere enabled to enlist & portion of ir order s ^ ainsi yourselves . Hence in . 1840 and 1 r / e fimnd the "League Sghiing the battles of »/ T » ie"in their strong-hold , Manchester , iiot by i -sreigfet or the "nrlue of their principles , but with s streBgth of that prtjc&ce with which they were ibled to imbaa ihe Irish working classes . That xilisry poweY ? sts them for a time ' s great amount

      presumption , if not of real strength , Theirorgans thfceld ihe means by which , this support had been aeTed ; and the ispresaon-conveyed to the pnblic ad was , that theisonnd thinking portion of the jjddsg classes . were farourafcla to the free Trade Kjgl . Tothis wicked device" my ^ lifej * nd many fas Txloablej were all bat sacrificed j and yet , Cher I , nor E ? y brother sufferers , revenged the ime , otherwise than by pitying and exposing those jo could be made the instruments of their own

      X deadly "vr ^ r has raged for some years between s English Chartists and the Irish Repealers . A ir upon which every faction and every grade of ttion , looked with pleasure and delight , because eonainiied their main , nay their only strength . it policy has been reviled , denounced , and censured an " ossrauciiTE policy , " while I think we may WKJoiee in the vielory that it has aebieTed in that ion which now exists between the English Charis and the Irish Sepsalers .

      Hj friends , it is utterly impossible thai the leaders the Repeal movement could be sineere in their roaon to Repeal , or that they could have had the BKest hopes of accomplishing their project , otherse than by a union with the Chartists : or , in derio prevent the possibility of a cavil abont the i bsgte&r" physical force , " I will rather say that ¦ t mast see the impossfblliiy of carrying Repeal , ierwise than by a Parliament chosen by the whole sple . And I will now show you that the present a tactics of that party bear me out in the

      asser-My principal quarrel with the Repealera was that * j returned Whig -candidates instead cf Repeal sfid&ies at the two last -General Elections of 1 S 37 ; I 1 S 41;—whereas they have new wisely decided wn icaiing a Repeal of ih 9 Union the great test qTaliScaaon . Well now , as I have always obrrad , this is the Eioral-foree way , together with od sasnd agitation , of carrying a Repeal of the son ; but Mr . O'Connell mnst knsw , and every u of common sease must know , that the only ans by which that force can be strengthened in t House of Commons , is by giving tire English

      Erkiig classes , who are Repealers , o vote for se representatives , to whose decision the quesi mast be submitted . Every Repealer knows , a if Ireland returned 105 Repealers , that yet slssd aad England with the preseat franchise dd retarn 55 ? anti-Repealers . Therefore it i 3 ieat that the English working classes must be anchissd before the Irish Union can be Repealed . £ I here further repeat what I have often as-BLtLat Ireland would not be bensSited by the sratioa of ber Parliament , if that Parlianstnt s to be eiccied by the present eonEiHnent body

      flriih landlords are ibs trnstees of Charch and f sBsa ^ s property for the beneSs © f tto younger Bssees of their families ;—3 d < 3 tfce landlord ' s opfssia , and isa o : » j > ressioa of the Ckurah , sra the k » grtai £ T 3 rracce 3 of which Irishmen complain ; > d Be alsjthe rwo valaablo privDegcs which the nitois Trfca vrotdd be members of the Irish Parliaem ss- ' er the present franchise would uphold to e dath ; whereas if the Parliament wa 3 chosen ¦ us Irm peopk it would very spsedily dispose , isd for ever destroy , the nzijasi monopoly of kh Ci ^ rcii acd landlords .

      po rissereasai ^ every sincere Chartist and every iccrelkt-ealrr csasthearaly rejoieein the splendid fc&nara' « jon cf working class union exhibited in ^ eai Garden on Monday last . A portion of the J , press has attempted to undernite the value of l the snmbers lending , that meascg ; bat I tell i thw n was attended by many who have been is habit of attending all Westminster gatherings ' Ee last thirty years : and that all agreed that * s tie Jargoet they had ever seenby many thoniis—larger than any election meeting er any

      W * . Atd that aeeting , called of the inhabi-1 « - of Westminster , with the High Bailiff in eiair , une ^ civotallv and without a dissentient I ^ PROXOUKCED in favour of a total ¦ * i' of the Act of Union I 2 f ever ,-In tha course » BJ political life , ^ rhich has been neither short inactive , did I observe so pleasing and bo Ka ! a feeling of nn&nimitv between the English the Irish people—a feeling which we have Brrigit to suppose will be fostered , encouraged , ¦ arcrgthenfcd by e ^ ery honest politician in both

      Bu llish have now Jesmed that wbfe the League Pi ^ uke tools of them , their English brethren » -&orne much to make friends of them . And it * J be feme eonsolatien to Mr . G'Consell and ^ sb Repealers to know ^ thai if Tory-despotism J cm * the Repeal , agitation in Ireland , that ^ 3 uow a firm footing fer him in England , where ^ i of facrios cannot be perpetrated , -or it = ^ terrifcd cut by packed Juries or servile

      ^ ly do 1 fee 2 upon points of honour , that mis . 1 had arranged to Tisit Ireland duriog 1 Picri reamer , yet I ± ave abandoned that F *^ ' ^ - ai > y man shonM suppose me mesa rS * to ti V sdva-itg ^ of 3 ^ O'Connell ' 3 absence W ^ ^^ niaS principles , which may be supposed r aj ? -cce = stheyhadto Mr . O'Conneii ' a in-WJ fc > oppose them . Wins , ihzi no man has a right to expect more

      m * e Jgi-Jior than the pushing of Ms cause io SJ a * "ffi " cil ^ e Govemmeat conceive it Wpzzj to iEierpcse by a state pxosecntion . To HpoiEt 3 ir . O'ConneH has driven his enemies Bcerewre siH ^ g ^ lho £ e disagreeable recol-¦ ss whics btre so . long divided ihe people of ¦ aanncs , ia that ligh ; it is now our duty to ¦ £ f - ¦ .. «* .. « & , J am aware teat I might have sesured ¦ jwinat of approval by annother course which

      t ^ 5 ensured O'CoBndl ' s weakness , and the p lie English and IriA people . But I Ij ^ ~ d teU J ° u trclj , that nationHl good is 1 ^ * 5 , sac ej only object ; and the man -who can r ^ atreaili Ehall . if he has been my bitterest IC ^ h . life , have my most zsaious , cordial , lt > a r port . And it is because I look npon C ^ Mdl as the man , who , if well backed np , lg ^ lC 5 greatest good , that I , as an Irish |* n ** : £ j > ^ 'h Cbarfotj baTe buried my ¦ Vi-f ^ aD fier m otii 7 ion f ° * the purpose l ^ aR service to my country . es of

      l \^ b iDoinanals i » Te led th « ruin HW ¦* ^^ ^ * * £ C . I wonld accept ¦ 7 ** » Jli * aeewiAiIr . O Co 2 OTii . laa t ? Cfc : red ' notiio eak * tkt House of Coa-IE ? - Ch * « iBlhe l * w of . A * land ; aad 1 .-. S ^ to desert or to abandon tie cause of . " ; W ^ P ^ Ple , —who eheerfoBy recsTed ate as a ¦ tf- w ^ ° ^* Te preserved for me an amonnt VW ° Efidence to an extent which Ibelieve no

      ¦¦^^ oDoared before , —until they are tired K ^ 5 " 5 ^ erefore J say to Englishmen , and ¦ C ^ ^ God > 3 aame , let nBlose all thought of - ° okto iaeasopes , " hoBOBTiBg me ly

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      as far as they are capable ttad willing to carry cut those principles upon which the working classes have set their hearts . Is there an Englishman who lives by his labour that will not rejoice at the unequivocal refutation given on Monday last , at Covent Garden , to ihe oftrepeated assertion , that the English people were opposed to a Repeal of the Union ! And is there an honest Irishman who will not heartily rejoice at being undeceived ! Let us go on , then , in the good and glorion 3 work of regeneration . Let us lay aside dissension and disunion , —the weapon with which alone our enemies subdue us ; and let us bear in mind that our strength is in our union , eur power in onr voice , and our success in our

      perseverance . Ever your faithful friend , an English Chartist aad an Iiish Repealer , Fkabgos O'Connor .

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      ( Continued from our eighth page . ) Mr . W-tKiET said , —1 am convinced that the pnbHt ? wHZ not be satisfied with the reasons assigned , either by the members of her Majesty ' Government , or by the JJoble Lord ( Lord J . Russell ) and his Right Hon . Friends , for referring this subject to a secret committee . It is certainly a most extraordinary mode of satisfying public curiosity—( laughter ) . Do the members of the Government suppose that they are to have exclusively all the curiosity in the world ? They have been in the habic of looking into people ' s letters ; and the pnblic want to know why and how and to what extent this practice has been pursned . This public have expressed much surprise and great indignation at the conduct of the

      Government ; in this resptct . In the fiist instance , the Right HonI Baronet ( . Sir J . Graham ) wa 3 taciturn j he very boldly said : ** I won ' t tell you what I have done . I feel it most consistent with my dmy to be silent . You shan't know anything about the matter . " But the public have evinced great anxiety on the subject ; and the press , as I think—contrary to the opinion of my Hon . and Learned Friend—with very laudable zsal—( hear , hear ) , —and , with a very excellent spirit —( hear)—has taken np the question and has exeited the feeling which now exists in England , and has so far succeeded in bringing the Riebi Hon . Bart . ( Sir J . Graham ) to an account , that he is now willing to consent to some inqniry . It is to the press that we are indebted for this result .

      The public say , " Let us have an investigation—let us know what he has done . " The Right Hen . Barones states , as one reason for consentiBg to inquiry , that he doe 3 so in deference to pnblic opinion ; he says that public feeiitg is so much excited on the subject , that he considers it his duty to consent to j an mvestigaton- ^ hear , hear ) . But how are the public to be satisfied ? By being told ihat the in- j vestigation is to be confided to nine Hon . Members ' of thi 3 House , who are to roakeno revealment what- j ever of the manner in which this odiops practice has been exercised , or of the extent to which it has been carried —( an Hoa , Member . — " They are" ) . Yes , j but only a declaration of opinion . I put it to you , ' Sir ( addressing the Speaker ) , vf bether it is

      competent to this committee to . present tho evidence adduced before them to this Honse , or for this Honse to order that it shall be printed ?—( hear , hear ) . No ; the evidence is to be excluded from public observation . But I contend that the public are as competent to form an opinion as to the manner in which this power has been exercised , as the nine gentlemen who are to constitute the committee . Bat wbat is the other reason which , according to the statement of the Right Honourable Baronst , induces him to oonseat to the appointment of a committee ? The Right Honourable Gentkman , in- the-course of the observations he addressed to the House , alluded especially , and with much clearness and ability , to the part which was taken ,

      the t > tber nigfei , by the members of the late Governmeat m the < lebate upon this subject . I infer , from what has transpired , that what the Right Hon . Baronet means 10 do i 3 ibis—to admit that his own conduct has-been rather dark and queer—( laughter ) —with respect to this transaction , but to endeavour 13 set out of his difficulty by saying to the mecbers of the late Government , * thank God 11 am not worse than yoa are—( a ] angb ) . I will prove before this committee mat , if my conduct has been objectiosablfl that of my predesces 3 ors in office was quite as bad . " How very satisfactory to the public ]— ( langhier ) . It is said that when persons of a certain description fall ont ~ honest men get their own—( renewed laughter ) . 2 sow , it is clear to me that but for tie hostility

      T £ a . infe = ted to tbe present Government by the members of the late Administration , we should have had no inquiry at all . 1 am giad there has been a fall out between the Hon . Gentlensen on opposite sides of this House ; but I doubt very much whether the public will get tlieir own . I believe that , if we don ' t take care , tbe practice we have so stroEgly condemned will in future be carried on under the authority of tfcis secret committee . I fear , from the manner in which the iaquiry is likely to be conducted , it will bo admitted that the power in question ought to exist ; if so , who can place limits to its exercise ! There issj be a condemnation of the practice of the late and of the present Governments , aad the committee IO 2 . J report that they hope , after what has

      transpired , tbat the power will 4 > e exercised with extreme deliberation asd caution ; but the practice may CODtinus for twenty , thirty , or forty years , tSl another explosion similar to the present takes place , in consequence of its being carried to too great ac extent , or exercised in an improper manner—( hear . ) I would call npon the Hon . Gentlemen who are to form this committee to apply the principles of common 5 ense and of -common justice to -tbe practice of opening letters and to the state of the law on the subject ; and it is tbeu possible tbat this House and tie pnblic may be satisfied with their decision I am convinced , however , that nothing will satisfy the pnblic that this odious and detesta-ble power ought to be continued— . ( hear ) . A more odious

      power never existed—Jior one which has been exercised in & manner isore calculated to give annoyrnce and to excite dissatisfaction—( bear } . It is curious , that ihongb znj Hon . jDolleague . ( Mr . -T . Dunconrbe ) made several somewhat bold ^ declarations and charges agaiast the -Government ,-not one of them was contradicted by the Right Honourable Baronet opposite . Ail the Right Honaurable Gentleman { Sir J . Graham ) says is— " If I have acted in this way , my predecessors have acted in the same ^ ay "— ( hear , hear ) . Tho Right Hon . gentleman doe 3 not deny tbat tbere i 3 a Eacret office , aud that whole bags of letters are sent to thas office . I do not eay that th&e letters were opened there , nor did my Hon . Colleague make sacb an allegation ^ but , from representations made by Hon . Members of this House , it is believed tbat the practice of opening letters has been carried to an

      enormous extent , and that letters have been opened again and again at the instigation of the agents of foreign governments— ( hear , hear ) . Under these -circumstances 1 woold ask wfceiber it is not the duty of this House to appoint an open committee—to meet ihe question boldly . I am convinced that the public yriu not be disposed to visit the Right Hon . Baronet ihe Home Secretary with a more tevere punishment for iis conduct in relation to this matter than they will award to otter parties ; and , however bad tbe conduct of that Right Hon . Gentleman may have been la opening letters ^ f it is shown that the conduct of his predecessors has been equally objectionable , in the elamour raised against them he will escape , and he will have reason to be glad that he has courted full and open inquiry—( " hear , hear , " and a laugh } . Mr . M'GfiAtHT w . \ 3 glad that , as Ministers had twice in this session a . \ ked their friends to reverse a

      decision , they were now" prepared to reverse a decision of their own , by granting the information which they had before refused . Mr , Wallace wished the Committee to be an open one . There was no use in grantjBg a Committee at ail unless its evidence were » * -o be published . Mr . Macjltilat , with reference to what had fallen from Sir James Graham , decK ^ xed that he bad never participated in the opening of axij letter under this power , nor become acquainted \* ith the contents of any letter so opened . Tke Hon . fcT-entleman said—I deny that in the character of a P . nvy COTnicillOT I ever became acquainted with any circumstance whatever relating to the practice of i . * ie Post-office . I deny that any paper I knew to be obtained by

      the opening or scrapiag of Mais was ever ,- to tha best of ay knowledge , submitted to ae in tha ^ opacity . I declare , also , that tbwre is no gentle . wuv on eithw side ef this H ^ use , wk » is more cokxp letelj igaorut thaa I am » f all tiu details of that ^ epart nent ef the Post-oSc » t » which frequent refei ^ enee has keen » ade during this discussion . Then , vt ^ to respect to the ucend charge made against me bj the Right Hon . Gentlenan , I deny , with equal confidence , the imputation that I came down to this House to aake . a personal attack npon that Right Honourable Baronet . I certainly came down intending to express , concisely , a rerj strong opinion as to the present state of the law and practice ; and I intended to . have prefaced my observations-by declaring tbat I made no imputation whatever upon

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      the Right Hon . Baronet beyond what must attach to him in common with all others who had been called upon to administer the same invidious law . If I departed from ihat line of conduct , it was because the Kight Hon . Baronet himself forced me to snch a conrss—( bear ); because I considered that the line of conduct he adopted was utterly inconsistent with all notions of Ministerial responsibility—( hear , hear ) . I now say , that in my opinion , there is a wide distinction between the conduct of tho Right Hon . Gentleman ( Sir J . Graham ) and that of any persons who have preceded him in his present office ; for who , when called upon in the face of this House to state on what principle he had exercised the power we are now discussing , ever

      declined to do eo before the Right Hon . Baronet ? —( hear ) . When Sir Robert Walpole was oalled upon in thi 3 House to make such a statement , he frankly avowed the principle on which he had acted . The Noble Lord near me has made a dia tinct statement of the principle on which , during his administration , that department waa direoted . He distinctly declared that , in the exercise of this power , be acted solely with a . view to the safety of this country ; and that he would have considered it a decided departure from the spirit of the law to examine the letters of foreigners , ia consequence of applications from foreign Governments , founded upon apprehensions they might entertain . . The Right Hon . Baronet opposite was repeatedly asked : rt Will

      you state that this was tho principle upon which you acted ? " The Right Hon . Gentleman replied that he would not—that a sense of public duty , regard for the safety of ths state , impelled him to refuse to declare tbe principle upon which he had acted . Was that consistent with the conduot of the Right Hon . Baronet to-night ? Why , is not this secret committee , consisting of nine members of this House , to tell upon what principle this practice was carried on ? 1 b it not appointed in order that the House may ascertain on what general principle letters have beon opened —( hear , heat ) % There can be eo doubt that the intention is that this secret committee shall state to the House , not particular cases , but the general principle upon which the

      Post-office and other authorities have acted . To the appointment of that committee tbe Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir James Graham ) entertains no objection . Dees he Dot conceive that the public safety is compromised by the appointment of such a committee ! Let me ask the Ri ^ ht Hon . Baronet why be did not state to the House what he conceives will be the snbsJance of the report of that Committee t—( hear , hear ) . Why , if the report of that Committee wi'l compromise the public safety , the Right Hon . Gentleman ought not to agree to its appointment—( hear , hear ) . IF the public safety be not compromised by such report , the Right Hon . Baronet ought not to have shielded himself under the pretence of " public sifety , " and have refused any answer to

      questions put to him on this question —( hear , hear ) . 1 do not conceive that any report thiB committee may present i 3 likely to induce me to change the opinion I now entertain—that the power possessed by the Secretary of State with regard to the opening of letters is one which produces no advantage at ail commensurate with tho evils and tbe feeling of insecurity which it occasions ; and that it a powi r which , whether we censure the past exercise of it or not , we ought without delay to abolish— ( heai . " ) Mr . Williams objected to the nine Hiembi xa named , as being all of them adherents of one or other of the two great political parties . He thou ght Jlr . Doncorabe and Mr . Hume ought to be upon the Committee .

      Mr . Ccbtejs thought the thanks of ihe for sign public were due to tbe Hon . Member for Finsb nry , for the manner in which he had pressed this su jject on the attention of the Honse —( hear , hear ) - - for be ( Mr . Curteis ) looked on the question as 0 oe of humanity . Whatever the Government might r jay in defence of showing letters , be could not but co' asider it a most cruel act , * it was dreadful to contei opiate the Bufferings poor foreigners might endun 3 from these most unjustifiable proceedings of the G , « vernment . He looked npon the Government as ' oeing a

      party V > any crimes that might bo contempl- ited in reference to thosa foreigners . Ho would ta ke tbat opportunity of expressing his belief , th t if it bad not been for tbe independent press of tbe coun' jry tbey would not be in ttio situation they then were ; and Vie felt persuaded the oratory of the Hon . Me mber for Finsbnry would have been unavailing , if it had Dot been aided by the powerful exertions of the press^—( hear , hear ) . He did not think the observ ations of the Hon . Member for Bath ( ilr . Roebuck . ) on tbo press were at all justifiable .

      Mr . T . I ) C 5 C 0 KS 3 said , if he possessed t he power which had been attributed to him by tbe H- > n . Member for Gretnock , ( Mr . Wallace ) , of dire « ting tbo Ministers as 10 the course they should p ursue , ha should on that occasion request and entrea ± them -to go further than they had gone . Ho did qoL thiui :, in the first place , that it was necessary to have a secret committee , nor did he believe tbat ! ihe public would be satisfied as the committee was th en constituted—( bear , hear ) . Tbe wording of the appointment of this committee was this : — "Taa , t _ a committee of secreoy be appointed to inquire into the state of the law with reEpect t » the deta-Jiing and

      opening of leUers at the -General IPosm ffice , and into the mode in which tbe authority which has been given for such detaining and opening has b een exercised . " Under those words he did not think tha * thecases which be had brought under the coneiderationof the House won Id * be inquired into . Tho case of Mr . Mazzini and others would bet occluded , because all they said was , " as to the-mode in which that authority has been exercised . " They should insert the words— " tho circumstances under whieb , and tho extent to which . " The circumstance and the grounds on which Mr . Mazziai ' s letters had beec opened would then be shown .

      Sir < B , Peel said&e had not the slightest objection to the words . Mr . 5 ? . Dwngombe—The public wished to know not only the circumstances under which letters bad been opened by the Government , but also the extent to which their predecessors had done bo—( hear , hear);—and he was in hopes that the Right Hon . Baronet , ihe Home Secretary would ha 7 e told them the truth , the whole twth , and nothing but the truth , but be did not tell tbea ; he thought at last it was coming , and that the Right Hon . Baronet was going to say , " Well , I will tell you ;"—not a bit of it—( a laugh ) , he stopped short . The Right Hoa . Baronet had stated that he ( Mr . © uncombe ) had asserted he could prove that the Doblin and Brighton bags had and &at

      beea taken into the secreUffice , < everybody's letters bad b&en opened . ^ Now , be begged leave to say , that that was not exactly his statement . What he said was , that the secret and inner office existedthis oSee where deeds of darkness were carried on , and whitlier ho believed sealed bags were taken before letters were given to tbo sorters : and then he said , For instance , the Dublin and Brighton bags might have been taken there , " but he did not say they had ; he cmainly had reason to belieyo they had been sent for , but he could not prove it . He hoped the committee would teli them the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth , ao to the deeds and the discoveries of the Toving commission which visited the manufacturing districts in 1842 ; and he trusted they would have no scruples in telling tbe public whether any letters of his had

      beea opened—( & laugh ) . He called on the committee to report specially whether any letters from the Albany had been opened . He was informed that the Albany let-ers had been stopped ; he had , however , no doubt that the Right Hon . Baronet had done so ia what he considered the execution of his duty . As he had said before , he did not understand why this should be a secret committee . The publio would think they were going to establish the same sort of thing as " the secret and inner office" within their own walls . Tbe responsibility of the committee he should throw on the Government . A 3 far as it went , he waa indebted to them for the investigation they proposed to institute . He hoped it would be full and satisfactory , and he reserved to himdelf the power at any future time of re-opening the question , if he found the committee did not do their duty .

      Mr . Waxlbt said there was not one word in the motion which referred to the re-sealing and re-closing of letters . As the resolution then Btood , the Committee would be justified in not offering one word of comment or opinion to the House upon tbe origin or the extent to which the practice of re-closing and resealing letters had been adopted . S ; r J , Gbasjlh had carefully considered the terms of the motion , and had studiously made them aa wide aa possible . He proposed to have a most complete , thorough investigation , and he hoped tbe motion would be permitted to stand in its original terms . The motion was then agreed to .

      Sir James Graham then said , when he proposed the name of Mr . H . Drammoad to be placed on the Committee , he selected him as a gentleman of experience , and a gentleman in whose integrity and high character the House placed the greatest confidence —( bear , hear ) . He hid , however , overlooked the circumstance that Mr . H . Drummond had practised i \ b the bar . He therefore proposed that the name of Mx . W . Patten be substituted for that of Mr . H . Drutomond . Thtf following commirtre was then agreed to : — Lord £ andon , Mr . W . Patten , Mr . T . Baring ,- Sir W . Heaubcote , Sir C . Lemon , Mn Warburton , Mr . StrutMhe Q'COMT Don , and Mr . Ord ,

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      Mr . HoRSMiHMoght it advisable that , as all parties hoped there ; Vrould be a full and Searching investigation , the name of Mr . T . Duncombe should be on the committee ; ' He was certainly surprised , when he came ioto ^ he House , not to find it there ,. In his opinion both-the names of the Home Secretary and Mr . Dunoombe ought to be on the oommittee . .... f ; Sir R . Pbbl reminded the house that the committee appointed on M * . Hardy's motion against Mr . O'Conaoll had not included . Mr . Hardy , a £ d begged it might be remembered that the Government had here named five of jfts opp ' onents with only four of its supporters . ' $ ' ' >' Air . Sheil said ] ; the charge of M . r . Hardy was against an individual , whereas this was against successive Governments .: Mr . Roebuck ' s committee had not boen formed / without Mr . Roebuck .

      Mr , Hobsman m $ iredthe subsritution of Mr . Duncombe ' s name for that of Mr . W ilson Patten . Mr . Duncombs declared he ' uad no wish to serve . Mr . James made-a formal motion for the addition of Mr . Dttuoombe , opou which tha house divided , — Against the addition ... , 128 For it ... 1 ... 52 Majority aga inst i * 76 Mr . WiilUMS nSoved . the addition of Mr . Hume , who was absent . . ii ' ¦ 1 After a Htmiur ^ her ^ conversation , the motion was withdrawn , a 2 d the oommifcfcee was left to consist of the original uino . , The hou 3 e then , proceeded to a motion of Mr . Mackianon , for a c ammittceupon the prison system , — one of those motions which had been postponed to make way for thr tt of Mr . Duncombo . Mr . Mackinnon was seconded b j Mr . Williams .

      Sir J . Grah am hoped that the motion would not be pressed , it being obvious that , independently of other objections , the session waa too far advanced to allow any r ueful proceeding by a committed in the present yea r . Mr . Wa-jjxey concurred in this opinion , but hoped for a oomi nitsee in the next session to consider various joints wl jjch he regarded as of great importance . Mr . JAacxinnon , replying , withdrew his motion . Tbe fiouse adjourned at twelve o ' clock .

      Wednesday , July 3 . A 1 jnglhy discussion took plaoa on tho Railways Bill , whka was opposed by Mr . Hawes and others ; that geRtleoian moving that the House should reso ) ve itself into Committee on the Railways Bill on t flat day six monihs .: The motion was not pressed and xh « House went into Committee . ( Jlausssone and two were agreed to , the Chairman re- ported progress and obtained leave to sit again torn » rr * vf . Mr . Duwcombe presented a petition from Birr ringham , praying for inquirf into railway obarges i or goods and passengers ; al ? o a petition agreed to iX & piblie meeting in Coven t Garden , praying for the liberation of Daniel O'Gonnell , Esq ., M . P ., and his fellow prisoners . Mr . Mackikaon withdrew his Smoke Prevention Bill , intending to introduce it again next session .

      lie Courts of Common Law Process Bill , and the Customs Duties ( Isle of Man ) Bill severally went through Committee , and were ordered to be reported to-EiO"rrow . The Linen Manufacturers ( Ireland ) Bill was read a'third time cud passed . Mr . Pugsy then obtained leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend an Act . pa&sed in the fourth year of her present Majesty , intituled " An Act to enable tbe owners oi settled dstates to defray tbe expense-of draining the same by way of mortgage . " The Houso then adjourned . Tii 0 BS » vtY , July 4 .

      THE LSTrER-OPENlNe-. Mr . Hckk had seen in the ordinary channels tbat in the discussion of the Committee respecting frhe opening of letters in tha Post-offioo , tho Right Hon . Baronet had said that he was indifferent on the subject . The contrary * wa 9 the fact ; and in the first debate he had denounced the opening of letters us base and disgraceful ; ' -and he had said tbat nothing could ba more degrading to a British Minister than to act as & spy for foreign Governtnouts—( oheers , and cries of ' * Order , order" ) . Ho must say that if the House iiad appointed him to the Committee , he would have had nothing to do with it—( hear ) . He would hato nothing to do with Secret Committees , and ho thought that no proceedings of that House should be secret from thq publio ~»< hear , hear ) . Mr . T . DyxdMBE then moved that petitions presented outhe subject be referred to the Committee . — Ordered .

      THE BANK . CHARTER r . ILL . On the reading of the Order of the Day for the third reading of ihe Bank Charter Bill , Lord WcKSLEY presented a petition against the Bill . Mr . WoBtitousE thon . rose to move the amendment of * hich ho bad given notice , to the tffcot that no tender ia the pe-yment of money made in tho silver corn of this realm , of _ any sum exceeding tho sum of £ 25 at any one time , shall be , related in law or allowed to be a legal tender , withia Great Britain or Ireland , for more thaa according to its valiio by weight , after the rate ot bi 2 d . for each ounce of silver ; and no person to wnom such tender shall be made shall be any ways bound thereby , or obliged to receive the same in payment , in any ottwr scanner than aa aforesaid , any law , atatute , or usage to the contrary notwithstanding .

      Aiter some , discussion the proposed clause was withdrawn . Mr . TuaKBK . moved an amendment at the end of clause nine , to the effect that all sovereigns and halfsovereigns which equally balance in the scales , notwithstanding the samo may not turn the balance shall be accepted aa good aad lawful cein , &p ., &c He proposed this amendment in consequence of tho loss which the publio had sustained through light sovereigns and hslf-sovereigES . The amendtaerit after some discussion was withdrawn . Some conversation followed respecting the " legal tender" clause , on the conclusion of which the bill was passed , and sent up io the Lords . The next business was the oemmittee on the Poorlaw Amendment Bill .

      Mr . Cochrane rose to propose "That the New Poor-law , though improved by the proposed amendments , is sr . ill opposed to the ancient-constitution of this realm , and inadequate to tho necessities of tho people . " After some discussion Mr . Coohraue ' 9 amendment fell to tho ground , ' iioni a technical difficulty , which prevented it frem being put from tho chair . Mr . Borthwick then proposed two resolutions , the first eondemning the New Poor Law ( the 4 th and 5 th William IV ., c . 76 ) , as unconstitutional in principle ,

      and oppressive in operation ; and the second , pledging the Rouse to take it into consideration , with a view , iiot to its partial amendment ( as proposed by the biil , before the House ) , but to its entire reconstruciioB . In support of these resolution , he swopt fr om the Saxon times down to our own ; lauded the JElunbctfajn Poor Law , enacted by great statesmen , whom we saw through the shadows of three centuries ; and contended that our modern changes had ehut ths poor out of the pale of the nnnafcitution .

      Sir James GuAiusi spoke against theas reeelutions , and in defence 01 ' tho present Poor Law . Lord John Russell defended tho present law . Sir Walter James , Captain PeehelJ , Mr . Sharman Crawford , Lord Sandon , and Mr . Wakley joined in the diseussion , the latter designating the union woi khousos as places of torture , but expressed his feart ' tiiat there was no prospect of a repeal of the lavV , seeing that the two leading parties in the House eoncurrod in mutual laudation and maintenance of t bo system . Colonel ( Wood ( Brecon ) and' Mr . Bbotherton followed , and then Mr . Ferrai H ) moved the adjournment of the debate . Sir Bobert Peel opposed the adjournment .

      Lord John Manners expressed his astonishment at the course pursued by Sir Robert Peel . They had discus-sed every other subject , jxiany of them wholly uninteresting to the peasantry ot England , buc tbey grudged two nights' debate o"J a measure affecting the interests of millions of tlu'u * fellowcountrymen . The House divided . on the question of adjournment . Tor the original motion 219 Against it ' , 18

      Majority ... 201 Mr . Febkand again addressed the Houae , ultimately a division was taken , and Mr . Borthwick ' s resolutions were rejected . Several Bills were advanced a stage and the House adjourned at a quarter past two .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS—Thubsday , July 4 . The Earl of Radnor presented a petition from Westminster , praying that the House would address the Queen , to exerciBeher prerogative on behalf of Mr . O'Connell and others . POST OFFICE . — OPENIN * LETIEHS , The Earl of Radnor them rose for the purpose of moving for a Committee of their Lordships upon the Bnbjeot of cpeciug letters by tbe Government and

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      the Post Office . Notwithstanding * what had taken pl ^ ce in the other House of Parliament , he felt bound to bring forward the subject , ! which increased in importance every day . A Committee of their Lordships' House would have more iweight than one of the House of Commons , because their Lordships examined witnesses upon oath , which they did not in the House of Commons . He did not think that any case could justify the detaining of letters of foreigners . He thought it was a breach of hospitalityagainst which his mind , and 5 he believed that

      , of tho public quite revolted . What had they to do with the internal affairs of other countries % If a foreigner came to this country and j did not violate its laws , he thought he ought to have the benefit of the Constitution . The Noble Earl concluded by moving " that a secret committee be kppointed to inquire into tha practice of detaining and opening letters under the provisions of the 1 st { Victoria , 0 . 36 , and more ' particularly into the circumstances under which the letteraof Mr . Mazziui , a literary foreigner residing in England , have been opened . "

      The Duke ot Welmxgton admitted the necessity of inquiry , conducted in the same j way as the one undertaken by the House of Commons . The following peers were proposed : —The Earl of BurliBgton , the Earl of Kosebery , Eirl Somers , Lord Cettenham , Lord Colohester , Lord Brougham , and the Bishop of London . ' A short discussion followed , during which tho Duke of Wellington intimated that the inquiry would extend to the Irish Post-office . The amendment proposed by his grace ( similar to the one adopted in the House of Commous ) was agreed to . Several Bills were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven .

      THE BIGHT OF MEETING IN THE PEOPLE'S OWN MARKET , LEEDS ; AND THE CONDUCT OF THE LESSEE OF THAT MARKET AND THE POLICE IN EXACTING AN 1 LLEGAL TOLL . : The right of the public to meet in the Vicar ' s Croft Market Place has , as the readers of the Star are already aware , been called in question by the unwarrantable proceedings of tbe Magistracy and the Police , aa well eh by tho interference of the Mayor to prevent the ratepayers from assembling ,

      even when called together on requisition addresabd to himself . It was likely , therefore , that such proceedings would be brought befuro the Towe Council of Leeds , in whose handa ia vested the Trust of the { said Market , for public use and convenience . { To put the matter in an intelligible shape before the Council , the following notices have been placed on tbe notice paper by the Councillor whose name is appended to them . Tbe meeting , at which they will be considered , will be holdeu on Wednesday the 17-h inBtast : — \

      > 1—To put a question to tho Mayor , to ascertain whether a certain tetter , —purporting to be written at tbe instance of the Mayor , on the 17 th of June , 1814 , by Edward Read , Chief Constable , t o certain R » xiut ? itionistfl wko bad convened a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants ia the Vicar ' s Croft Market , on Tuesday 'Evening , Juno 18 th , warning them not to hold such meeting , —wes written at the instance of the Mayor , or at his snggeetion . 2—And further , in case the answer to such question should be ia the affirmative , to put another question , to ascurtain tiie grounds or reasons that induced the Mayor to interfere to -prevent a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants , for a legal purpose , and legally convened , in a Market to all intents and purposes Public Property , having been -purchased at the public expense , and held in trust by the Council for the use and bebodf of the Publio , as a Public Marke ' Joshou Hobson .

      3—To move—That as the inhabitants of any City , Borough * or Town Corporate , have an undoubted right to use a public Market-place as a place of public assembly for all lawful purposes , so that such assembling does not prevent , 01 interfere -wittl , tbe ) due course of hsiding tbe regular market on the days set apart aa marfeet-days ; and inasmuch as the Matfeet-place held ia trust by tbe Council of this Bptough lor the use and behoof of the Butg « wes&ud iuliab ' -tants at large , ia , to all intents aad put poeea a public sSlartwt-place—Us purchase iuad nettiug-apart for tbat purpose having bten ordered by a vote ot tbe ratepayeta in vestry assembled , in accordance with tho requirements' of an Act of Parliament , and the purchasy-tuonoy paid out of a fund raised by assessment upon the inhabitants at large ; it

      is manifestly cleat that such inhabitants have a right to uae auca public Market-piacu as a place of meeting for all lawful purposes , on all occasions when not occupied with the immediate business of the market : and further , as it would fa > impossible for this Council , either by vote or other act , to devote or divert the said public Market-place to any other purpose than that for which they hold it in trusx , bo neither can tbsy by vote , by leasing of tolls , or by any other act , abridge , annul , or render void , any of tha rights and privileges ¦ accruing to tho , public from their setting apart and maintaining such Market-place us a place for holding markets , and fur all other purposes and uses connected with markets and Market-places . Joshua Hobsow .

      A—To pnt a question to tbe Chairman , ( or other ¦ Member ) , of the Market Committee , ; to ascertain whether it is known to that Committee that it is a constant practice with the lessee of the Kirkgate Market Tolls to exact toll from those who , under ! , his sanction , make nse of the Publio Highways on which to stand their cans , erect stalls , and expose cattle for sale , to tbe great obstruction aud damage of such Highways : and further to ascertain , that if such illegal exaction bo known to such Committee , whether stups have been taken , either by remonstrance , representation , or otherwise , with the Lessee , to put a slop to such illegal practice , and protect tho pockets of a portion of the public from dosvnrigh . robbery . : Joshua Hobson .

      6—To put a quesiion to tba Chairman ( or other Member ) of the Watch Committee , to ascertain whether it is known to tbat Commiiteu that it is a constant practice with the police , fur some portion of their body ( generally a ; rgeaut and a policemen ) to accompany tbe collector of the Kirkgato Market Tolls ; in his tour through the publio streets and highways to illegally exact toll from parties they may tind waking use of such street for the standing of carts , or exposures of cattle ; in man ; instances going nearly to the bottom of Kirkgate ; into Crown-street ,. in Call-lane ; into Vicar-lane ; into Ludgate-hill ; into Geoige'satreet ; and several other streets ( oven private streets ) in the neighbourhood of the Market ; such

      Policemen accompanying such Collector for the purpose of more readily ensuring ) compliance with the illegal demand ; for should any lone re / use to pay ( lie illegal toll demanded of him , the policemun take him before , the magistrates , and prefer a charge against him of obstructing the public Highways ; and farther to ascertain , that if snch practice on Vati , part of tha police be known to such Watch Committee , whether such attendance , and such couduct , be in pursuance of orders given by such Committee , or any portion of it ; or whether any steps have been taken ! by the Committee to preveut such a flagrant abuse of power , as tiie presence and aid of constables en duty t ° enforce a demand for which there is neither law , right , nor

      reason . : JosHUii Hobson . 6—To move : That the attention of the Council having been directed to tbe grossly illegal practice pursued by tho Lessee of the Knhgute Market Tolls ; in exacting Toll in the public Highways , it i ) t < an instruction to th « Market Committee to take , immediately , such steps as will tffgctually put a stop tu tbe practice , and thus prevent robbery and itnposiiiou , and maintain the character and dignity of this Couneil , under whose assumed sanction the illegal exaction m now made . ; Josh ua J Hocson .

      7—To move : That tbe attention of the Council having been called to tbe highly reprehensible practice of the police accompanying tbe lessee of the Kirkgate Marbot Tolls and aiding and abetting Liui in the j exaction of toil in tbe public Highways without even a colour of law , it be an instruction to the Watch Committee to instantly prohibit such practice , and issue such instruction to the several constables under their costroul , as will tend to protect the public from fraud loommittud under the seeming sanction of authority . Joshua Hobson . We learn that meetings of the Burgesaea in different Wards are to be holden , to express their opinion on these several propositions , and to instruct their representatwea in the Council how to act when the questions involved come to be decided on . The first meeting of this kind will be holden in the North East Ward , on Monday night neit , having bean convened by the worthy Alderman of that Ward . Mr . Alderman Luccock . I

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      Death op Ma . Schqlefibld , MJV—Wo regret to announce the death of this gentleman , which took place on Thursday . The deceased was in his 70 ; h year . By this event a vaoanoy occurs in the representation of Birmingham . I Dbea 0 f . hl Mubdeb in Ibeland . —On Friday night a man named William Coleman , residing a 6 a place oalled Mayfield , between Cloyno and Ballycotton , was found murdered in his bed in a most shooking manner , his head being literally smashed to pieces with a pick-axo . |

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      BRADFCiia . —Open Air Meeting . —Air . G . White , kts of Birmingham , now resident in this town , addressed a meeting near tho Odd Fellows * Hall , at ten o ' clock on Sanday morning last . He declared his determination of . pursuing the same course aa he had done heretofore , and administered a well merited castigation to another of the Sturgeite small fry , who has put forth a trashy pamphlet ia tbb town airainifc " O'Connor and his Siaff . " The f meetings will bo continued every Sunday morning , at ten o ' olook . HUD » ERSPIEI . D . —On Sunday last , Doctor M'DouaU , the advocate of the people ' s rights as contained iu tho Charter , delivered two lectures ia the Hdl of Science , Bath Building ; in tha afternoon the subject was on " The Monopoly of Laud , Laboar , and Machiaery "; and in the evenine ou " The Charter , as the remedy for all political evils . " The audiences were large on both occasions , aud listened to tho doctor's expositions with interest .

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      MR . O'CONNOR'S TOUR . My Friends , —In consequence of same arrangements made by the Manchester Council , I shall not have it in my power to address a meeting for Jame 3 Leach , at the Carpenters Hall , on Sunday uext , as £ bad intended ; and therefore the meeting lor Leach , will be © n Tuesday evening next , the 9 ch of Ju ! y . On Sunday , however , I shall addre 33 the people ia the Carpenter ' s Hall ; the only difference is that upon that night other arrangement were m&do lor other

      purposes , bnt ' ore I hadrdecided upon my plan ; and therefore , my prcsant arrangements stand as follows : ou Sunday evening I shall deliver an aldros 3 in the Carpenter ' s Hall , for money for some eood purpose , I suppose , but not for Leada . On Monday I sha'l be at Liverpool ; and on Tuesday , I invite every honest Chartist who thinks that we ought to pay our jusfc debts , to attend ax the Carpentt-rs Hall . Tne managers Bay that it is better to charge only a Penny than Twopence . So be it then i while 1 btlieve that every man who can afford Twopence will give it .

      Your faithful friend , Feargos O'Conhob . Lekds . —Mr . David Ross will lee ! ore to'iaorrovr ( Sunday ) evening , at half-past six o ' clock , in tho Baziar , Briggate . Bradford . —Mr . White will lecture in the Council Room , on Sunday eveaing , at seven o ' clock . Mr . G . White , late of Bfroiingham , will address an open air meeting ou Sunday morning at ten o ' clock in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall . The Members of tho Council will meet in their room , Butterworth ' s-buildings , on Sunday evening , June 7 th , at six o ' clock . The Chabtists of Wbite Abbey will meet in the School Room , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock . The Chabtists of the Central Locality will meet in the Council Room , on Sunday morning at tt u o ' clock . A fujl attendance is requested .

      The CHAimsts of Now Leeds , George-street , and Bowling Backplane , are requested to moet in ihe Association Room , New Leeds , on Sunday morning at . ten o ' clock , on business of importance . The Chabtists of Little Horton are requested r 0 meet in the School Room , Park-place , ou Sunday morning at ten o ' clock , and six in the evening . Bradfobd . —The members of the Co-operative Society will meet in the Store Rivmo , Chapel-lane , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , to confirm the minutes of the la = t meeting , aud ior the transaction of other business . A Meeting of the Chabtists of Little Horton ., will be held on Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock A full attendance is expected . The Chartists of Makningham will meet in their room on Sunday , at two o ' clock ; and at sis in the evening .

      A Special Meeting of the Council and local lecturers will be held on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock in the Council Room , Butterworth-buildings , to take into consideration cho best moans of organising the district . Delegates are requested to attend from the various localities .

      Theatre . —During the past week the play-going public have had a treat in the judicious selection of the pieces which our indefatigable manager has catered for their amusement . On Thursday evening Sheridan ' s celebrated comedy " Tke School for Scandal" waepresented . The characters wore well cast , and on the whole ably supported . L migufc appear invidious to select particular parties for praise ; but we canaot help but express our admiration of the able manner in which Mr . Pritch-exti sustained the character of Charles Surfac ¦ ¦ -. Tho Joseph Surface of Mr . Holmes was goo < s , but ifc wanted the finish that we have seen on other occasions given to the character . Mr ,

      Bruce Norton was a nne specimen of tha warm-be&Tte 4 old Indian Nabob . Mr . Reymids , as Sir Peter Teazle , was respectable . VTotcusi not forget to men * ion Mr . Hutcfcings as Trip , in iviiir . Ii oharaotor he was excellent . Of the ladies « v haro but Little to say : but that little shall no : b <> cnidemnafcory . The Lady Teazle of Miss W . Sov'b was , in parts , highly creditable . The pprfomances being under tho patronage of tho L ' ed * Medical Students , tho boxes were tolerably well filled—and before the conclusion there vva * a " good hou ^ e . " Lover ' s beautiful song wa * sweetly sung by Miss Villars , and was deservedly enrored . Mr . Sinytbson sung "Tbe Medical Student' vvhUsH was uproariously applauded , and also encored . Mi ? a Sinclair sung "Tell'me my Heart . " This ' ady ia an able yinger , and is an acquisition to the cou , puuy . The dancing was truly beautiful ; part / ca / ariy fho Welsh Pas Ap Shenkin danced by Ma , d * m-. > He !! o

      Louise Le Clercq , and the Bolero Polacco by Hoof . aud Madame Lo Clercq . We should not otait ixl ^ o Monsieur Le Clercq ' s excellent ptrsoninra :-u > u oi the Jew iu the " Sehool for Scandal . " i . ¦ performances terminated with a Now , Grand , IK ^ iorical Bom'badtical ; and completely Uieeuimata Tragedy , called ( being a Burlesque upon oii > Immortal Shukspere ' s ) Richard the 3 rd , wbiuh from tha commencement to the finalekept the house in on < j continued roar of laughter . Mr . Smythson ably p . ' fanned the part of the " crooked gentleman w < . o "Sitaius the crown by crooked means . " While Mis . * Wilars , as Lady Anne the " weeping widow , wi . o having losfc oiid husband , is ready for another , " wa- melaughably distressing in her griefs and -orruws . Altogether the evening was one of nuns ' , rrupte-t enjoyment . We-trust the publio of L-- ¦ . •> w ; U show their appreciation of talent aud iuau . * y by nightly crowding tho theatre .

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      Reprieve of thb Convict Dalmas , —On Thursday evening , shortly before six o ' clock , a reprk . j- urh : ^ her Majesty ' s pleasure for tho convict Da ' .. iSj > n- * received from the Home-office , at Horsemoi . ^ r-lanc ) gaol . The news was announced iu the nij . it cautious manner , notwithstanding which ho « -a ~ completely overpowered by the intelligence . I . ^ uot yet kn&wn whether the prisoner will be trs . ri-, uortoi ibr life , or seut to Bedlam , to be coufineo c „ > ug h : c Majesty ' s pleasure . Fatal Accident . —A boy named Samuol

      Lockwood was accidentally killed at Mr . F . t > a , rn . side' 3 mill , situate at Horbury Bridge , ou Tue ciav morning last . Ifc appears that the buy was s ^ 'iJirig i . y the side of a rag machiue , when one of ih ~ -.. uapj belonging thereto caught his hip and drs ^' d tarn up to the shaft round which it works , aai : hi ks twisted round with such force , that p . i . " of h , ' 3 braiua trere dashed out , and one of hi $ ar ; , i ¦ alaxo * b separated from his body . M ^ dioal asM -x ^ uca wa-j iastamiy procured , but the poor boy enly Ln ^ ered a short time .

      Incendiary Fires . —Information was r * -.. jivau ou Thursday at * 51 the poiico stations , that e . rly on die morning of the 17 th inst ., tho farm horci uaa ^ t Watorbeach , Cambridgeshire , in tiie cor 'I'UtlOD . of Ms . Mason , was wilfuily eot on fire an'i j jiroyed . A reward of £ 209 is offered : and tho Sbci ¦ > , iry ior the Home Department will aarisa th « gran- of fj uf Majesty's free pardon to any accomplice ( not bein ^ the person who actuall yset fire to the premises ) who will give evidenoa . On Monuay night , at half-pa « fc 10 , flames were" seen issuing from ihotiasic t ot the sUble iiud out-houses of the Parsonage Fa-pai io the coupaiion ofMr . Lynt , at Sberiock Cocn wa . il , near the main road from Devonpoit io Liabesrd Tft ^ e was a plentiful supply of water , but no cut a « . s \ Au *

      at hand . ucouid only be used in hand .-bu . Ji-. . a , aai from tho heat of ihe weather and the < iry . nc ; i . a of the building , the flames spread wr . n such i- ^ . uicy that it was found impossible to subdue : julUi . Tiie property consumed consisted of a s-. ah ; , -., poundhouse , and other outbuildings , containing iV : . ± i \ ti ) ia of reeds , a qa ^ utity of sawn elm timber , a ¦ :, * .,-i miii , seme casks , two ploughs , several wfaeeiban-ow-s arid other farming implements , and 14 geese , a poriica of a flock of 24 , Thero is no doube this lire was tha work of an incendiary . Next mortjiug two yo « fl * man : who passed through Sheviock the previous n : g » if ,, were apprehended on suspicion , and taken before Mr » Roberts , of TrevoJ , a county magistrate , but tbera not being sufficient evidence , they were discaav «; ed . This is the second incendiary fire in Sheviock within

      a fortnight , and the guilty parties have in each case escaped detection . In the former case several outhouses and a large rick of wood , tha property cf Mr . Lascombe , were burnt , and two persons wera taken up , but , as in the present , were discharged for want of sufficient evidence . West Kiarr , Junk 20 . —An incendiary firs that took placcMm Thursday last , at Pawkham , in this county , gafense to much alarm amongst the farmers who apprehend that it is but the precursor of similar deeds . The labourers expressed a surmise that the stack of straw wag fired by a " stran « ur man , " who was seen in . the neighbourhood for two days previous to the fire ; but signiaeansly add , that Mr . KusseU , the proprietor , was tke first farmer " about " who had begun to lower tbe wages to 10 s . from Us ., which most of the -farmers weie giving , " aad they hinted that he was endeavouring to induce his neighbour farmers to follow his example .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1844, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1270/page/1/