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      HOUSE OF LORDS , Mosbat , Arm . 28 . OLD BAILET THEATRICALS . The Marqais of Clashicarde called their Lordships' attention to tie disgraceful scene which took I place at Vewgate , on the occasion of the delivery of the condemned sermon prior to the execution of the , criminal Hocker . The chapel was in effect turned into a theatre—visitors were admitted by tickets from the sheriffs , and the criminal was so placed as to be open to the scrutiny of all those who , actuated more by curiosity than proper feeling , had found means to be admitted to witness what might almost be called the performance . The noble marquis condemned in the strongest manner the course pursued by the City authorities , and moved for certain returns with the view of ascertaining the correctness

      ef the descriptions given in the public papers , and preventing the recurrence of such scenes in future . There was one feature of the transaction particularly reprehensible . Lord Brougham also condemned the practice , and warned the Cit y authorities , if they wished to preserve their privileges respecting the administration of justice , tow they allowed practices so revolting to be earned on under their own immediate supervision . There was a perversion of jubtice in the course pursued , for to one class of prisoners this exposure in the chapel would be a serious aggravation of the punishment to which they were condemned , while to another class , of which Hocker formed one , it would be in the nature of a reward , ministering to their morbid love of notoriety at the very time when their attention should be directed to an atonement for their crimps .

      Lord Staslet said there could be but one opinion as to the gross impropriety of the transactions referred to . They were deserving of the strongest condemnation , but ' if the noble marquis would withdraw Ms motion , he would undertake that the Secretary of State should make inquiry into the whole of the facts , after which , if necessary , the noble marquis might again bring it under their lordships' consideration . Lord Redesdale said that the proceedings at the execution , were a continuation of tue theatrical scene at the condemned sermon , Jind almost equally reprehensible . _ The Mar auis of CnxRiainnE adopted the sugges tion of Lord Stanley , and withdrew his motion . A great number of petitions were presented , after which their lordships adjourned .

      Tuesday , ArniL 39 . After a conversation on the proposed bill for the union of the sees of St . Asaph and Langor , Lord Denman moved the second reading of the Oaths Dispensation Bill ; but , on the suggestion of the Duke of Wellington , he consented to withdraw it , in ihe hope that a more general measure might be introduced . The Earl of Dalhousie moved ihe second reading of the Auction Duties Bill ; the tax had been found to be unjust and oppressive , and , besides , one which was constantly evaded . Lord Brougham said this was the only part of the

      bndgct which he did not moderately admire . No one , not even the auctioneers themselves , complained of the tax ; he did not profess to know much about the matter , but he knew enough to oppose the details of the bill . Lord Starlet had understood the second reading was only tmfornv ' t , and that discussion was to lie postponed till a later stage . As Lord Brougham ' s objections seemed directed against the details of the measure , and not against its principle , he hoped their Lordships would allow the bill to be read a second time . It was accordingly read , several bills were forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fkidat , April 25 . After the presentation of a number of petitions , Sir R . Peel gave his promised explanation of the measure contemplated by the Government for regulating the system of banking in Scotland and Ireland . Bjr the Bank Act , passed last session for England , a principle was established which it was desirable , expedient * and just should be extended to Ireland aid Scotland . By that bill a security for convertibility was given to the public , while issues were left unchecked , provided that all issues beyond the existing amount were based on gold and silver actually in possession of the bank . In England that measure had worked well , and in a time of increased commerce and extensive speculation had met all

      emergencies to such an extent that those who were originally opposed to it were now compelled to admit that it had given greater confidence than previousl y existed in the general stability of the monetary concerns of the country . In addition to regulating the issues in England there wasa prohibition against the establishment of any new bank of issue , and this principle he proposed to extend to the whole of the United Kingdom . The law in Ireland relating to banking was complicated and uncertain , and at a future period it should be revised and amended , but at present he would confine his attention to banks of issue . . To tiie Bank of Ireland the Government was indebted to a considerable sum , bearing interest at 3 i percent ., and this bank had the privilege of

      exclusive issue within sixty-four miles . all round Dublin , and no other bank of issue could have a place of business or a house of agency in that city . This was a serious inconvenience , and he proposed to enable the other seven banks of issue to circulate their notes and have places of business in Dublin The Bank of Ireland had treated the Government very liberally in this matter , consenting at once to the abatement of their privileges , and requiring only that the same restrictions should be placed on other banks as they were liable to . The directors had also voluntarily proposed that there should hereafter be no distinction in the oaths taken by Protestant and Roman Catholic directors and proprietors . The bank would still remain the bank of the Government * and would receive for ten Years certain 3 * per cent , on the debt due to it—this to include all

      charges for management . A weekly return should be made the same as that required mini the Bank of England , thus giving a feeling of confidence and security to the commercial world . In Scotland they had no Rational bank , but they had nineteen banks of Issue in all , three being chartered banks with a limited liability . The eight banks in Ireland , and nineteen iu Scotland , now issued notes under £ 5 value ; and with this power he did not propose to interfere , though he would not guarantee that no change iu that respect should ever take place . This privilege of issuing small notes he proposed should continue , without any restriction as to the proportion which £ 1 and £ 2 notes should bear to notes of higher value . In accordance to the principle of the English bill , a return should be made of the average issues during a given period , and such average issue he proposed should be the maximum of

      issues on securities . Any amount of paper circulation beyond the average must be based on gold and silver in possession of the bank , or Bank of England notes ; but as in Scotland Bank of England notes do not ordinarily circulate , this excess of issue there might be based exclusivel y on specie . The period for ascertaining the average should be the thirteen lunar months succeeding April 27 th of last year . A separate mode of return would be requisite for Scotland , owing to the pcculiaritiesof ite circulation With respect to these occasional excesses of circula tion , the Government intended to trust to thehonour of the banks reseiTing to itself the power of inquiry if any suspicion should arise as to the falsification or incorrectness of returns . The returns would spematters

      dry , as of statistical information , the amount of notes above or below tkc value of £ 5 ; the names of the partners , which should be periodically published ; and there should be also a weekly private return to the Government of the amount of specie held by each bant Thiswouldnotbepublished , butbe altogether for the information of the Government . He proposed that the law should come into operation on the 1 st of January next , thus affording ample time for preparation . Theri ghthon . baronetthen showed " **> a ? nMSt , those banks making an over issue could nqt be called upon to have a larger amount of specie than a fifth of their whole circulation ; while tie Provincial Bank of Ireland , without any over issue , always had about a third , and generally nearly half the amount of their issues in specie . He deprecated all discussion at that moment . The

      object was to have a uniform system of banking throughout the United Kingdom , so as to give the Bank of England the power of guarding against political or commercial panics , and place our monetary system on a stable foundation , and any improvement in the bill had better be postponed until hon . _ gentlemen should have had time to consider the particulars of its provisions after it should have been printed- The ri ght hon . baronet concluded by moving for leave to bring in two bills , one for Ireland and the other for Scotland , to amend the laws rela ting to banking in those countries . In reply to questions from Mr . C . Wood , Sir R . Peel said he had not provided for the pro hibition of notes of 30 s . and other fractional sums in

      Ireland , but he thought it would be an improvement to put a stop to them , and he hoped there would be no objection to it . With respect to the amount of Swde usually held by the Scotch and Irish banks , that specie would answer as the depositpro tcmto for any extra issue of paper which might take place . Mr . F . Macle said that , without giving anv opinion as to whether the bill was a good or a bad one , he felt bound to say that it was by no means so alarming in its nature as he expected . Mr . P ; M . Stewaht feared that Sir R . Peel had an intention at some remote period of establishine one bank of issue , and one only . for the United Kin £ Smm 7 *^ sro jJJsea that the right hon . baronet Stem SEftPlWBpa bbndf to interfere with a gstem ofiaoKng so unobjectionable as that of

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      Mr . IIcme thought the banks in Scotland would make no objection to any one proposition contained in the bill of the right hon . baronet , except that which took the average . This would operate inconveniently , for at some periods of the year the issne in Scotland was always beyond the average of the year ' s circulation . Sir R . Peel said he was aware of that , but he did not restrict the issue ; he only required that the additional issue should be upon specie . Leave was then given to brine in two bills , one for

      Ireland and the other for Scotland . On the motion for going into committee on the Maynooth College Bill , Mr . Law , at the suggestion of Sir R . Peel , said he would not bring forward his motion that evening , but would on Monday move on the report being brought up , that it should be received that day six months . The bill was passed through committee , and was ordered to be reported on Monday . The remaining business was then disposed of , and the house adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Monday , Arm 28 . MAYNOOIH . Qaine question iuat the report on the Maynooth College Bill should be brought up , Mr . Law moved that the report should be brought up that day six months . The hon . gentleman conr tended that they should either continue the usual grant of £ 9000 , or abrogate the grant altogether , leaving the Catholics of Ireland to support the College in the efficiency in which they might think it ought to be maintained . Mr . V . Smith would support , at any individual risk , a bill which he considered as a satisfactory movement towards the ultimate endowment of the Catholic priesthood of Ireland . Lord Xorreys , Lord Dalmeny , Sir C . Douglas , and Mr . Hawes severally spoke in support of the hill .

      Mr . Hixdlet opposed the bill upon the voluntary principle , and contended that its opponents ought not to be charged with bigotry because they repudiated any further endowment of religious opinions . The bill was subsequently supported by Mr . Round and Mr . Borthwick , and opposed reluctantly by Mr . Brotherton ; after which Mr . Fox Matoe said he looked upon the bill as lending to an endowment of the Catholic religion , although Sir R . Peel had stated that he saw great difficulties in the way of any such endowment . The right hon . baronet , however , would have said four or five years ago that he saw great difficulties in the way of t ' uc Maynooth College Bill , and yet the right hon . baronet himself had now introduced it . Mr . Fox

      Maule then proceeded to charge Sir R . Peel with having encouraged the "Ko Popery" cry , in order to defeat the Melbourne Cabinet , in the year 1838 , and quoted a letter from the Rev . Dr . Buchanan , of Glasgow , riving a quotation from a speech of Sir R . Peel to a deputation which waited upon him relative to church extension in Scotland . That quotation was expressive of apprehension inconsequence of the exertions making for the extension of the Roman Catholic religion throughout Europe . Mr . Prixole said he was present as one of the deputation , aud had no doubt of the correctness of the quotation . He believed Sir R . Peel spoke his veal sentiments on that occasion , and he believed that he still entertained those sentiments , and that

      he would never have proposed the bill on the table if he thought it possible that it could prove injurious to the Protestant Church . On this point he differed from his right hon . friend , for he was of opinion that it would prove decidedl y injurious , and therefore it was that he opposed it . Mr . M . J . O'CosjfELL supported the bill . " Sir R . Peel defended the bill and adverted to the letter read by Mr . Fox Maule , whom he charged with want of courtesy in not showing Mm the letter before reading it to the house . He had no recollection of the language he used on the occasion referred to , but must say that the tone of the lion , member ' s quotation was not consonant to that which he was in the habit of using . It was not his custom to designate

      Catholicism as Popery . He had never sought , even when opposed to Catholic emancipation , to raise the cry of " No Popery , " nor had he ever suggested the propriety of petitioning against that measure . On the contrary , he had always recommended that the subject should be left to the decision of the legislature . He deeply regretted the agitation which the bill had given rise to , but lie felt it the more neeessarv steadily to persevere , in order to convince the Catholics that public men in this country were swaved only by a sense of duty . Mr . Duscomde supported the amendment of Mr . Law . The right hon . baronet was forcing this bill in defiance of the opinions of the people of England . The hon . member for the City of London had stated that it was the preliminary measure to the endowment of the Catholic clergy in Ireland , and to that

      this country never would submit . Even the motion of the hon . member for Sheffield would have removed the objection , because the great objection was the principle of endowment . To that principle the people strongly objected , - from whatever source the money came , whether from the Consolidated Fund or from the revenues of the Church . They objected to the establishment of another church in a country where there was one too many . ( Laughter . ) Therighthon . baronet had now set the public opinion at defiance ; having a majority in that house , made up of his political opponents , he was prepared to set a very great amount of public opinion at defiance . The right hon . baronet liad proved himself the greatest friend to the extension of the elective franchise in the country , because the public would not allow it to remain as it was at preseut after they had been so

      contemned . Mr . Coixett supported the bill . His constituents felt deeply obliged to the right hon . baronet , not only for the measure but for the noble and confiding manner in which it was introduced ; but their gratitude would have been greatly increased had the money been taken from some less objectionable source than the Consolidated Fund . They would have found no objection to have had it taken from the surplus of the revenues of the Irish Church , bo far as they were sufficient ; and , if they were not sufficient , they might easily find other sources . For instance , they might take £ 3000 from the revenues of the Bishop of London . If that were not enough , let them apply to the Lord Bishop of Exeter for another £ 5000 , and having reduced their pomp and arrogance to that extent , thereby placing them more UDon a level with

      the apostles , of whom they facetiously called themselves the descendants ( laughter ); but they were no more so than was he . ( Loud laughter , and cries of divide . " ) The house then divided , and Mr . Law ' s amendment was defeated by a majority of 232 to 119 . Mr . Taxcred then moved , to add to the resolution of the committee , that provision be made out of the consolidated fund for the endowment of the College of Maynooth , the following words : — " Until provision shall be made for the same by any Act to be passed in this or any subsequent session of Parliament , either out of any surplus in the hands of the ecclesiastical commissioners of Ireland , or by an assessment of the lands of Ireland to aa amount equivalent to the remission of tithes made to the landlords of Ireland by the Tithe Commutation Act , as Parliament may deem most advisable . "

      The house again divided , when Mr . Tancred ' s amendment was defeated b y a majority of P 8 against 52 . The report was then received . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned . Tuesday , April 29 . There not being more than forty members present atfour o ' clock , the house stood adjourned . Wedxesdat , April 30 . The house met at four o ' clock . Mr . T . Duxcombe gave notice , that if the Maynooth bill was read a third time , he should move a clause limiting its operation to three years .

      Mr . S . Crawford gave notice , that when the noble lord the member for London moved the resolutions of which , he had given notice , he should move an amendment on one of them , to the effect that the house do pay immediate attention to the claims urged in the petitions of the people for extension of the claims urged in the petitions of the people for extension of the suffrage , and that resolutions 4 and 5 be omitted Mr . Ewart gave notice , that on the third reading of the Maynooth Endowment Bill , he should move — " That while is is expedient to open all the educational establishments of Ireland to the Catholics to reduce to its due dimensions the Irish Church , and establish entire civil and religious equality between Great Britain and Ireland , it is not advisable to extend the principle of making any religious denomination endowed by and dependent on the State . " STATE OP THE POOR . —LORD 3 . RCSSEIi ' s MOTION POSTPONED .

      Lord J . Russell , with reference to the resolutions of which he had given notice for to-morrow , said that as the right hon . baronet was anxious to take the committee on the Maynooth BUI on Friday , and as the debate on the resolutions would most probably be an adjourned one , he was unwilling to interfere with the order of the day on Friday , and therefore suggested to the right hon . baronet that he should give him up some early Government day next week for his motion . Sir R . Peel said he was unwilling that the progress of the Maynooth Bill should be impeded . It would probably pass through committee on Friday , and be

      reported on Monday , after which it would depend on circumstances how long the debate might be on the third reading . Perhaps his hon . friend ( Sir R . Inglis ) would state the course he intended to pursue with respect to that . If his hon . friend thought it would be impossible to conclude the debate on the third reading by Friday week , then he thought it would be much better to fix an early day for the third reading after Whitsuntide . As it might be inconvenient to take it on Friday after the meeting of the house , he thought that perhaps the following Monday would , in that case , be the better day . He would then propose to give the noble lord the first Mondav after the third reading for his motion . If , then , " the third

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      reading were fixed for the 19 th of May , he would propose to give the noble lord Monday , the 26 th . Sir R . Ixolis expressed his willingness to concur in the suggestion of the right hon . baronet as to the Maynooth Bill , and he had no doubt that his hon friends who acted with him would do the same Sir R . Peel then fixed the third reading of the Maynooth Bill for the 19 th , and Lord J . Russell ' s motion for the 26 th of May . Lord J . RcssELUhen pestponedhis notice till after Whitsuntide .

      ACADEMICAL EDUCATION' IN IRELAND . Mr . F . Matjle inquired when the right lion , baronet proposed to state his plan with respect to other academical institutions in Ireland ? Sir R . Peel hoped that a member of the Government would be able to make that statement on Friday before the house separated . The Government were expecting a deputation from the north of Ireland every day on the subject ; but they would do the best they could to have the statement made on Friday . Tlie Calico Printworks Bill was read a third time and passed .

      ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL . On the order of the day for the second reading of tliisbill , Sir J . Graham appealed to the hon . member ( Mr . Watson ) who had introduced it to delay the second reading till the Government had received the report of the Commissioners on the Criminal Law , to whom the subject of these penal laws affecting the Roman Catholics and some of the Dissenters had been referred by the Lord Chancellor . He hoped that the hon . member would deter the second reading to an earl

      y day after Whitsuntide . On receiving the report of the commissioners , the Government would propose some measure on the subject . Mr . Watson was most anxious to have the bill passed this session ; and he would not object to the right hon . baronet ' s proposal , provided the progress of the bill was not obstructed any further than was necessary to make it accord with the report of the commissioners . He would propose that the bill should be read pro forma , and be discussed at a future stage ?

      Sir J . Graham assured the lion , and learned member that nothing was further from his intention than the obstruction of the measure which he had brought forward . ( Hear . ) But he must beg to call his attention to the fact , that the operation of his bill was confined to England , whereas the instructions issued to the commission already referred to were to inquire into the penal laws affecting the Roman Catholics and Dissenters , not only in England , but also in Scotland and Ireland , and the commissioners had already referred several questions upon this subject to the Lord-Advocate and to the Attorney-General for Ireland ; the result of those inquiries would necessarily be to render the abolition of these penal laws far more extensive than the present measure effected . He therefore thought it not unreasonable to ask the hon and learned member to postpone his measure until the report of the Law Commission was made ,

      m order that the Government might have the advantage which that report would give them in dealing with this subject . He trusted that the report would be soon ready ; but , under the present circumstances , he must pay that the request which he made was not , in his opinion , an unfair or unreasonable one . Mr . Watson would not , after what the right hon . baronet had said , press his bill on the present occasion ; but he would take the earliest opportunity that he could obtain . after the recess to move the second reading . He saw so much inconsistency in the penal laws upon religious points that lie apprehended the greatest difficulty in getting them remedied . But he wanted , above all things toestablish the principle that penal laws directed against persons of a different religion to the Church of England were a disgrace to the statute-book . The motion was withdrawn .

      ARRESTMEXT OF WAGES . Mi- . T . Duncombe said , he had hoped to have moved this bill forward another stage , in order that le working classes in Scotland might be put upon he same footing as they were in Ireland and Engand ; and also that tlieir employers might be relieved from the disagreeable position in which they were placed by the operation of the existing laws in that country ; but finding many difficulties , he bad , at the suggestion of several individuals who had come up from Scotland to give evidence on the subject , consented to modify his measure . Those persons had promised him the draught of a bill which would satisfy all parties , and which he would submit to the i / ord-Ad vocate as soon as he eot it . The views taken

      > y the persons to whom he referred were very liberal . They proposed never to arrest more than half the amount of wages due , and likewise to take the circumstances of men with wives and families of children into consideration , so that they did not suffer too much by the operation of the new bill . His did not know it ' these views suited the Lord-Advocate , mt they would be submitted to him . He was aware it might be deemed a liberty in him to interfere in a matter affecting Scotland , but he had done so because of the urgency of the case , and because also he had observed , that whenever a similar measure had been introduced , it had always been stifled , owing to local influence or some other causo . He knew , also , it had been urged that if the present system in force in

      Scotland was abolished , the truck system would be introduced , to the injury of the working classes . Sow , no oue had ever objected more strongly than himself to the track system , and his mode of checking it would be by punishing those who were a second time convieted of that offence with imprisonment , let their wealth or station be what it might . The people who interested themselves in the measure would have no objection to such an enactment , but it could not be introduced into the bill which he had prepared . The course which he should take was to ask leave to withdraw the present measure , and to

      discharge the order of the day for the second reading ; and he did so upon condition that he was to be permitted at a future time to bring in another bill for the same purpose . T Lord-Advocate said that the matter to which the bdlot the hon . member referred certainly deserved attention , but he feared that a measure such as that was would not effect the desired remedy . Mr . F . Matjle said that the difficulties to which the hon . member alluded , with reference to former measures of the same description as his own , arose out of the extreme difficulty of dealing with the question .

      Sir J . Graham said , that he had had some communication with Sir William Rae upon tke subject , and that learned person was of opinion that an extensive alteration m the existing law respecting wa « es was requiredin Scotland , but at the same time he expressed an opinion that the law could not be safely altered , unless some further precautions were taken against the truck system . He was of opinion that the practice of arrestnient of wages was carried to extremes , but that it ought not to be altogether abolished . Mr . Rutherford observed , that there was no arrestment of wages practicable until execution had been obtained . Mr . T . Duscombe observed , that his opinions differed so slightl y from those expressed on the opposite side of the house on the subject of his bill , that he earnestly wished the Lord-Advocate would undertake the subject . The motion was then withdrawn .

      The other orders of the day wire then disposed of , and the house adjourned at six o ' clock .

      Thursday , May 1 . The early portion of the evening was occupied in a discussion on the Railway clauses . Consolidation Bills for England and Scotland now returned back with amendments from the House of Lords . On the motion of Lord Granville Somerset the bill relating to England was agreed to . The bill relating to Scotland was thrown out on account of some objectionable clause giving extraordinary powers to Sheriffs , which had been surreptitiousl y introduced into the bill by the lord advocate . The understanding was that it should be introduced as a new bill with the amendments of the Lords added to it . scotch : universities .

      „ _ Mr . Rutherford moved for leave to bring in a bill tor regulating the admission to the chairs of the Scotch Universities . The design in view by the hon . member ' s bill is to remove certain restrictions which at present are imposed on those who seek to beae-Si If Profeforahips of the Universities of SfS ? ' ^* ™ ' ? ' V e said Kofewfc ^ re bound J » take certain oaths , by which-the chain of the ESf ' 1 T « sed , . ^ dissentedfrom the iffilfh ChuJ < : h- . This state of tilings wasadthe result of this feeline had befin . ™ Vitati ™

      which , it not put down by a change in the law , would rfefoTleaS l ° efficieney « f these semina-Mr . Horse Drummond agreed with the hon . gentleman who had introduced the question . In former 25 " r ° ^ do bt itr was necessary , when a stringent state of the law was necessary , but that period had gone b y and the law should now be adapted to the altered state of public opinion . p ^ SSftSttKKJ ^ ssawtt&iaftia

      Sir James Graham , after taking a retrospective g anceat the history of the two countrSSX Union , contended that Parliament was under strong pledges to the Church of Scotland , in reference to the matter of University education . He thought , however lfanyconcessionwas to be made on the subject the present time was as good as any to make it ; as not only themajorityofthepeopleofScotland , he believed but thehead of the Universities , with oneortwo exceol tions , were in favour of an alteration in the tests » d plied to candidates for professorships . Under ill these circumstances , he thought it would be unwSe jn ^ i ^ ernment to object to the introduction of fhebdl , but he hopedit would not bepressed Krd to secoad reading till the house andthe couE had nad ample time to examine , and to express an

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      opinion not only on the details , but the principle of the bill . Mr . Fox Maule thanked the Secretory of State for the Home Department for the manner in which he had met the motion . He thought the measure would go a long way to remove a great deal of contention now existing in Scotland on the subject of University education . Leave was then given to bring in the bill . FIELD GARDENS , PLEASURE GROUNDS , AND ENCLOSURES . THE ALLOTMENT STSTEM . The Earl of Lincoln rose to ask leave to bring in a bill for appointing a board of commissioners for regulating and facilitating the enclosure of commons and waste lands , and allotting them as gardens to

      the poor in England and Wales . His bill proposed to divide the lands to be enclosed into three classes . With regard to the first class , he proposed to give the commissioners power to authorise the enclosure of them without the intervention of Parliament ; he meant that class of lands included in the 7 th William IV . Over mixed conmionable land he proposed that the commissioners should have the power without the intervention of Parliament . He proposed that the commissioners should make every inquiry , aud upon these inquiries found a report annually to the Secretary of State , to be by him laid before Parliament . He then proposed that an annual bill , authorising the enclosure of such lands , should be presented to Parliament , for which provision would have to be made in the standing orders of the house . The third class affected by the bill would be those lands within a certain radius of all towns above a certain amount

      of population . He proposed that the commissioners should be bound within such radius to lake no steps whatever without making full inquiries into all circumstances connected with the lands , and making thereon a special report to the house . The bill further provided that all village greens should be exempted from its operations , but the commissioners would have power to beautify and drain those village greens which at present , in many instances , were little better than swamps . The bill provided that the land so reclaimed or enclosed should be let out to the poorer classes in gardens and allotments , at such an adequate rent charge as would keep up the regular market value of property . These were the main features of the bill he asked leave to introduce , some of which , he said , Avere borrowed from the hon . member for Hertford . Leave was then given to bring in the bill . The orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned

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      GUILDHALL . Satubdat . —A Brute of a Husband . — Elizabeth Stignal was this morning charged before Sir John Pirie with having threatened to commit suicide . On Friday evening she came to the station-house in a state of gvea ' t excitement , and said she was resolved to put an end to her life . On her being asked the reason by the officer , she said because of the sly treatment of her husband . The officer detained her , and now brought her before the magistrate . She appeared very dejected , and expressed great sorrow for what she had said , as she was so distressed in mind at the time , that she hardly knew what she was doing . She resided at Wandsworth , and her husband was in the habit constantly of abusing and

      beating her , so that she had in a moment of desperation concluded to make away with herself . Sir John Fit ic thought it would be best to detain her till Monday in order to bring up her husband , but she begged to be liberated as her husband was at present doing no work , and the family was altogether dependent on her exertions . She had some work at present , which if she did not execute , would deprive her of farther employment . On these considerations the magistrate consented to her discharge . Mistaken Identity ; or , Taking the Wrong Man . —Daniel Griffith , a decent-looking man , about thirty years of age , was brought up on suspicion of being concerned in a robbery lately committed at a gentleman's house , No . 46 , Devonshire-street , Portland-place . Hiss Elizabeth George , a servant at No . 11 , Great Warner , street , Gray's Inn-road , stated that , about a month ago , she callod at the house in Devonshire-street , where she saw the prisoner , whom she understood was courting her sister . About a week after , she went into the country , and in the

      evening back to town . She called a second time to see the prisoner , when she learned that he hadnb . sconded , taking with him a considerable amount of his master's property . A sum of money was advertised for his apprehension , and the witness was instructed to give him into custody if she saw him . That morning she accidentally met him in Cheaptide , when she called a policeman and gave him in charge . She had no ill will whatever towards the prisoner . The accused protested his innocence , and said that he had never been a footman ns alleged , or had seen the witness in his life . He was a grocer , and had been so for fifteen years . He resided at No . 62 , Snowhill , Two respectable grocers were then called who had known him for twelve years , who said he had been in the employment of one of them in the City for the last five weeks . Sir John Pirie said it was clear to him the young woman had made a mistake regarding the identity of the accused . He dismissed the case , remarking that Mr . Griffith left the Court without the least imputation on his character .

      Mondat . —Mn . Dunn , the Bamhster . — Mr . Dunn was summoned before Alderman Humphcry to answer a charge ot assault preferred against him by Mrs . Mary Wall ^ a chanvomaii . —The complainant stated that she was in the habit of washing for Mr . Dunn , when in the J ; leet L nson , and on one occasion his bill came to 2 s . 3 d ., which he refused to pay , alleging that a shilling was tad much for washing a dressing-gown . She knew that it was not , as she washed all his things very low . Witness reiused to give up the gown ; when one morning , on calling at Jus room for the money , he closed the door on her , and said that she should give it up , but she still persisted in her resolution , at the same time saying that no one snouUl have it but the police , upon which he pushed licr about the room and struck her several times . Complainant , screamed out , when he swore that bv " Jalms" he

      would not pay , and that he would cleave her with the poker if she did not give up the dressing-gown .-Alderman Iluraphery : When did this take place ' -Complainant : Two years and a half ago , your worship . ( Laughtei-. ) - Alderman Humphery : Two years and a half ago ! Then why did you not apply to the governor of the Fleet , who would have prevented your being treated in that wav ? Have you any witnesses here to prove you were hurt f-Complainnnt : The sorra a one , your worship , except myself to prove it .-Alderman Humphery : Where's your husband I-Complainant t His fcMi , ^ Aonou ^ -lZman Humphevy : You haye not proved the assault , and , therefore , I muBtdisnuss the summons . -At the instance of the Alderman , however , Mr . Dunn made the woman a present ot lialt . a-crown , not as a compensation , but as a free gift J ^ ld * " !?™** " AM 00 U . 0 B . " - Augusta

      Bar-IZj % « tT ° * 1 Jei ' . ' S ed 20 ' residi " 8 £ Traitonalley , Goulston-street , Whitechapel , was charged with annoying Mr Wenstern . a tailor ^ e ' siding in S ^ u street , Ar li' ? g at h is coat as he waIked through the streets ! -Mr . Alderman Humphery asked if he knew the woman 1 -The complainant said he did . She was formerly the servant in his kouse . -The defendant at the same time explained that he was the father of an infant six weeks old which she carried in her arms , and which he refused to maintain . She said he was a Pole . If he had been a German she should not have suffered thus .-The complainant said he did not acknowledge the child . —She ¦ sked why he paid the doctor if he did not own the child 1 —Mr . Alderman Humphery asked him if he had evei

      slept with the girl ' -Complainant said he had , but he did not acknowledge the child .-Mr . Alderman Humphery asked what would have been done if this had happened in his own conntry ? Would he not be compelled to keep his own offspring , as every honest man should do ? -The complainantsaid he did not know .- " Then you never had a child before , " said the magistrate ? -Coinplaiiiant said he nad not . —Mr . Alderman Humphery discharged the prisoner , observing that the complainant had brought the annoyance upon himself by his indiscretion . The young woman must not annoy him again , but the officer should accompany her to the Thames Police-office to take out -i summons to affiliate the child , and he gave her half-acrown for her prescntwlief .

      QUEEN SQUAUE . ¦ Satokdat . —Hoaxing an M . P . —Begging Letter Fbaod . —Elizabeth Webbing was charged to-day , before Mr . Burrel , the sitting magistrate , by the lion , Mr . Chavteris , M . P . for Gloucestershire , with getting money from him under the following false pretences : —Mr . Charteris deposed that about a month ago the prisoner called at his house , in Chesham-place , and had an interview with him , during which she represented herself to be a Mrs . Clifford , wife to a farmer in Gloucestershire , aud one of prosecutor ' s constituents . She said her husband had got into difficulties by putting his name to a bill for £ 4 , 000 , and that , in order to meet the expense , he had been obliged to sell off all he had , farm , stock , &c . A few days ago they had come up to London together , to settle the lawyer ' s account having taken up the billwhen

      , it was found they were somewhat deficient in the amount , and the husband was thrown into the Quaen ' s Bench , where he at preseut lay . She had scraped up all the money she could for his release , but she was still £ 215 s . short , which she begged that he ( Mr . Charteris ) would advance to her . In support of her story she gave reference to several parties in Gloucesteshire , which he ( Mr . Charteris ) knew , and hence he gave her the £ 2 15 s . When she had gone , suspecting the probability of the story , he sent his footman to watch her . The latter followed for some time , but at last lost her at the turn of a street . He went to the Queen ' s Bench prison , where he learned that no such eprson as Clifford was described to her , was incD'ccrated there . He next went to the police-office , and gave infor mation respecting the case . Nothing was heard of her till few when her

      a days ago , husband was taken into cus tody for a begging letter imposition , and throueh him information was obtained which led to the apprehension of the prisoner . She was found at 27 , Cranbourne str e " New Kent . road .-The footman corroborated H , 2 features of Mr . Charteris ' s evidonce . -The officer of thP Mendicity Society said that bothher and Sliusband were well known begging letter impostors . When the prisoner was taken , a great number of letters wer ! seized , purporting to be written by the lead nT ™ nT ofthearifitocraey . He had been commit Sfor ^ ST and her husband had been twice in miRnn fnVrfl'i cases of fraud .-The case was remLdTL & We ™ In EZST case th 8 t might be *«™ id 2 S

      WORSHIP STREET Wedkesdi ? —Novel MoDr ofT » im . a ably-dressed man , about thlr ^ vew ^ ft VT ^" Webb , was Placed at tte 7 ar blw ag M ' na -S iedH , enry charged wiOi having obtained the !»™ ^ , n ^ ouell ^ ' Wil&n Butt , a t ^ - ^ TSfflK ^ WS ^

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      ^ mi . ii . -a-- ^—^ p^— —^^——^———^—mmm by means of the following novel ami jivtt ' ul stratagem . A great number of other tradesmen , from all parts of the metropolis , were also in attendance to prosecute charges of a similar description against the prisoner . It appeared that on the 19 th instant a decently dressed woman entered the shop of Mr . Butt , who had only that'day commenced business , and requested to be served with 91 b . of German lead , the same quantity of Derby rottenstone , and 21 b . of cvocus ( lovt'der , for looking-glasses , none of which articles the prosecutor had , but promised to procure them for her . About half nn hour after she had left the shop , a man ( not the prisoner ) , who represented himself as a traveller for Messrs . Jones and Co ., wholesale colour manufacturers in the Southwark-bridge-road , called and solicited on behalf of that firm , and was directed to send iu a quantity of the articles the woman had just before

      inquired for to the amount of £ 4 , part of which the same man soon afterwards brought , and was paid £ 2 Is . for . At a later hour the prisoner himself called with the re . mainder of the goods , on account of which he received 20 s ., and was desired to call for the balance on the follow , ing Monday . Nothing more was seen of the woman who had ordered the goods ; and when the prisoner called again on the Monday , the goods having in the interim been found to be of tie most spurious description , and it having also been ascertained that Messrs . Jones and Co ., of the Southwark-bridge-road , were not in existence , he was immediately handed over to the custody of a policeman . Five other charges were afterwards substantiated , and the prisoner , who declined ottering any defence , was ordered to be brought up again next week , that the remaining testimony might be taken preparatory to his committal for'trial .

      BOW . STREET . . Monday , — Robbeiiy by a . Cleuk . — A youug man . named Kichard Green was placed at the bar before Mr , Hall , charged with breaking open a drawer in the office of Messrs . Pickering and Co ., 4 , Stone-buildings , Lincoln'siiui , solicitors , and stealing therefrom two £ 5 Bank of England notes , with other monies , the property of his employers . —The prisoner said nothing in bis defence , and bail being refused for his future appearance , he was ordered to tie remanded for a week .

      MARYLEBONE . Saturday . —Stabbing . —James Nieholls , a lad aged fifteen , was charged with stabbing William Cushman , anothor lad , in the belly with a clasp knife with which he was eating his dinner . It appeared that the lads were quarrelling iu the cabin of a boat lying in the basin of the Regent ' s Canal , adjacent to the wharf of Mr . Mat . thewman , and the prisoner stabbed him in the belly . The boy was taken to the hospital , where he lies in a dangerous state , with little hope of his recovery . The prisoner , who said Cushman pushed him about and pulled him out of the cabin head first , was remanded till Thursday .

      Satordat . — Xue AluuDEii or Eliza Davis , Eight Years ago . —It will be in the recollection of our readers that on the 9 th . of May , 1837 , a barbarous murder was committed on the person of Eliza Davis , barmaid to Afr . Wadley , landlord of the King's Arms , Frederick-street , llegent's-park . The horrid affair caused a considerable excitement , but no clue could be gained with regard to tin ; perpetrator of the sanguinary deed . This day a welldressed young man , who gave his name Walter Chambers , and who stated at the Albany-street station-house that lie resided at No . 40 , YfMttiebuvy-street , F . uston-square , was brought up in custody and placed at the bar before Mr . Long , charged on his own confession with having committed the mni'der . A vast number of persons congregated in the vicinity of the court , and , as may be imagined , the proceedings excited a very great degree of interest Harriet Snarkes deposed that she was barmaid at Mr . Wadlev ' s

      , the King ' s Arms , and that on the previous morning , between ten and eleven o'clock , the prisoner came into the house and said , " This is the place , I believe , where the girl was murdered . " She told him it was , and he said , " I did it ; I cut her throat over the bar . "—Mr . Long : What further passed ?—Witness : He called for a quartern of gin , and asked me to give Win credit for it , as he had no money . She told him that she had not the power to give credit , when he said , " I'll jump over the bar and serve yon the same . "—Hilsden , 42 S , took the prisoner into custody on Saturday morning , at the King ' s Arms , in consequeuce ot information which he ( witness ) had received as to the confession made by the prisoner respecting his being the murderer of Elixa Davis , the barmaid . —Lewis French , a coffee and eating-house keeper , living at 19 , Little Charles-street , licgent ' s-park , stated that on the previous inorniuar .

      between ten and eleven o ' clock , the prisoner came into his ( witness ' s ) house , and partook of some coffee , Jtc . He was a little the worse for drink . —Mr . Long : 'fell me everything that transpired between you as to conversation . —Witness : He said to me , "I am the murderer . 1 cut Hie girl ' s throat . "—In answ « r to further questions put by the ma-{ dstrates , witneis said the prisoucv was not so fdv gone in drink as not to know what he was about . —Mr . Aggs said that the verdict of the jury , who sat upon the body , was that of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . —The prisoner , on being asked what he had t « say , replied , " I have got myself into trouble , and I must get out of it , I suppose , in the best way I can . "—He was remanded till Friday next . On the arrival of the Government van a great crowd was collected , and the utmost anxiety was manifested to obtain a view of the self-accused murderer .

      SOTJTHWAIIK . Toesdat . —" Mbs . Caudie" and heu Husband in " Qoeer Company . "—Yesterday , Mary Wilson , a young woman with an infant in her arms , was brought up , charged with stealing a watch from the person of a tradesman named Routh , living in Tooley-strcet . The complainant stated that as ho was returning home the preceding night from a publichouse in which he was iu the habit of spending a few hours of an evening , he was accosted by the prisoner as he was passing through one of the arches of the Greenwich railroad ; he , however , repulsed her , telling her he was going home , but she still continued by his side , and with great dexterity pulled the watch out of his fob , and went away with it . He added that he gave information of the robbery , and the prisoner was taken into custody the same night with the watch in her possession . The magistrate expressed some surprise

      that the complainant should have permitted the prisoner to go away with his watch , as it could not have been dif . fieult to overtake her , especially as she had an infant in her arms at the time . In reply to the magistrate , the complainant said that he did not stop to converse with the woman , nor had he made any improper overtures to her . This latter assertion , however , was contradicted by the prisoner , who declared the defendant began pulling her about . She added that he gave her the watch to keep till next day , saying he had no change to give her . During the above statement , the complainant ' s wife , who h ; id got wind of the affair , eutcrcd the court , and on hearing the account given of the transaction by the woman , manifasted the strongest indignation , and said , " that her husband deserved to lose his watch for talking to such a hussey . " The complainant in vain endeavoured to

      tranimillise his wife , who every now and then darted at him a look of the most sovereign contempt . The subse ^ icnt apprehension of the prisoner , and the finding of the watch were as follow :-After she had left the complainant , she met a young man to whom she exhibited the watch , when he tried to prevail upon her to let him accompany her to her lodgings . She , however , refused , shutting the door in his face , and he went and gave information at the stationhouse , which led to her being taken into custody . After a lengthened inquiry , the magistrate said that , under the peculiar civcumstariccs of the case , if he sent the prisoner for trial , no jury would convict her ; he should , therefore , discharge her , and ovder the watch to be restored to the owner . The complainant said that he had no wisli to press any charge , and quitted the court closely followed by his wife , who seemed determined on renting her rage upon him when an opportunity presented itself .

      THAMES . Wednesday . — Manslaughter . —An Irish labourer , named John Denny , was yesterday brought up on yeinsmd , charged with having caused the death of a man named William Bates , lately carrying on the business of a springmaker , in Black Lion-yard , Wliitechapel-road . —It appeared that on Wednesday , the 23 rd ultimo , the prisoner on his way from Romford to London went into the Rabbits public-house , at Little Ilford , where the deceased and some others were sitting in the yard . Deceased began to " chaff" the prisoner about his country , aud though requested by one of the persons present to desist , he still went on . At last the prisoner threw some porter in Bates's face , and struck him : a scuffle then ensued , in the course of which they got in amongst some carts , where they fell and deceased , who was bleeding at the nose and mouth , exclaimed that his leg was broken . The prisoner still continued very violent , and a constable ' wub called in , but , on leaving a half-sovereign as security for a table which he had broken and some glasses , he was suffered to depart and the injured man was conveyed home , where he was

      attended by Mr . Llewellyn , surgeon , of Mount-place , Whitechapel , who found his left ankle joint dislocated , and one of the bones of the leg fractured . The patient went on rather favourably until Saturday , when delirium trement supervened , and lie died about half-past one o ' clock on Monday morning , as Mr . Llewellyn had no doubt , of the injuries which he had sustained . There was a contusion between the ankle and the knee , another behind the left car , one on the left eye , and some others on the chest . The prisoner was arrested on Monday , at his residenco , 10 , Globe-lane , Mile-end . —Dcnney , in his defence , said , that when he was about to sit on a seat near the deceased , the latter moved away , on which ho ( Denney ) said , " I'm not lousy . " to which the deceased replied , " You are an Irishman . " Denney answered , "I know I am ; but I am not the worse for that . " Bates then kept egging him on , until he admitted that , in lus aggravation , he threw some beer in the deceased ' s face . Bates then got up and " rolled into him , " on which a " scrummage" followed , and they both fell , when the deceased exclaimed that his ankle was put out . —The prisoner was committed to take his trial for manslaughter at the Cen tral Criminal Court .

      Odtbageous Conduct . —An old man , named Martin Loyal Browning , was charged with a violent and cowardly assault on Benjamin Bow den , a lad about 13 years old potboy to Mr . Webb , proprietor of the Mowers' Arms public-house , Bow-common . It appeared that the mi Boner went about five o'clock on Saturday evening to the Mowers' Arms , and remained there for a considerable time using most abominable language , which disgusted all who heard him . Whilst in the tap-room the felfow made a kick at he landlord ' s daughter , when the coinnlainant ( who whilst giving Wb evidence seemed to suffer great pain ) threw himself between and received the kick in Ms 5 S- « P ! ^ . not being aware that the boy had onwWohth ^ nH "" ? ' * , Vrisonerontof theliouse , Zon " hVc latteyiyned round , and dashed his hand of t ? £ i q Me ° glftss with such ™ lence that a piece ? i the olc ? " « W ? « <™* Mrs . Webb on the

      neckinkt-. ^ . , aiv » £ T * !"'? bled Prof » sely . The prisoner was time , as the lad complained of great suffering he was taken to Air . hmythe , the surtreon , of Bromley , who found that ut-was suffering from a severe rupture , which would compel liim to wear a truss for the remainder of his life . As tiie boy had never exhibited any such symptoms before were was no doubt the injury was the result of the kick , ihe prisoner in his defence , said—I am more sinned against than sinning . It is too frequently the case that elderly men are mocked at by young people , and they were all jeering me . I did not get out of my seat , but merely threw up my leg . Mr . Broderip : Yes , and you have , in all probability , ruined this poor lad for life . You must find bail to answer this charge elsewhere , yourself in £ 10 unfl two sureties of £ 20 each . Not being able to find bail the prisoner was locked up .

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      Mahyleboxe . —Mr . Thomas Clark will deliver a lecture on Trades Unions , at the Coach [^ inters ' Anns , Circus , Marylcbone , at eight o ' clock , tin Sunday evening . The Victim Fund Committee , appointed bv the ate Convention , will meet at the Hall , Tunia ' sainlane , at two o clock to-morrow ( Sunday ) . The Localities in the various Metropolitan J 3 o > kougiis are requested to call public meetings immediately ( m accordance with the instructions of the late Convention ) , to appoint one person from each locality m the Borough , to form , in conjunction with the Executive , a Central Registration and FAmion Com mittee . Each locality is also requested to elect one person ,, to form , in conjunction with the Executive , the Exiles' llestoration Committee . —T . M . IYukeier Secretary . '

      City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lanc .-The adjourned discussion will be resumed on Sunday morning next , at half-past ten . The metropolitan district council will meet at three precisel y , to consider the measures of the recent Convention . In the evening , at seven , Mr . P . M'Gratli will deliver a public lecture . HAMMEnsjfiTH . —A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook-green-lane , on Tuesday evening ; at eight o ' clock precisely . Camberwbh and Walwomh . —A meetiii" will be Jield at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening , at eight precisely . Westmixstek . — A meeting will be held at the bun and 'lhirtcen Cantons ( Clock House ) , Castlestreet , Leicester-square , on Sunday eveniim , at eight precisely .

      ToffEU Hamlets . —The monthly meeting of the General Councillors will be held at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , on Sunday evening , at six o clock . —The members of the locality are re ' quested to meet at eight o ' clock , on business of importance . WiiiTEciiAPEL-Mr . Bolwell , of Bath , will lecture at the White Horse , St . Mary ' s-street , on Sunday evening . J Mr . Doyi . g , of the Executive , will lecture on Sunday evening , at Mr . Duddridge ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , lonbridge-street , New-road .

      Marylehone . —A public meeting will take place on Monday evening , at the Coachpainters' Arms , Uireusstreet , iNew-road , for the purpos » of hearing the report iroin the delegate from the Conference . So tomtus-otoh-Twe . —The Chartists of New . castle and Gateshead will hold their monthlv meeting at Mr . Martin Judc ' s , Sun Inn , Side , on Suuday evening , at six o ' clock . IUufax . —My . B . llushton will lecture on Tuesday next , m the large room , Bullchwe-lane , at six o ' clock . IIbbdbn-bridob . —A ball and other entertainments will be held in the Democratic Chapel , on Whit Monday , the 12 th of May , at six o ' clock in the evening . *

      Sheffield .-Oh Sunday a discussion will take Place in the Reading-room , 21 , Fig Tree-lane-subject , Organisation of Land Schemes . " The chair to be taken at seven o ' clock precisely . On Wednesday , a meeting of the members will lie held to pass the monthly accounts , and take into consideration the amended plan of organisation as agreed to by the annual Convention . Derby . -TIic Chartists of Derby will hold a public tea testival and soiree , in the Mechanics' Lecture Hall , Wardwick , Derby , on Whit Monday , May 12 th . 1 ea on table at five o ' clock precisely . NoTiiMiHAM . —Mr . Dorman will make his report o £ the proceedings of Conference , on Sunday evening at six o clock , in the Democratic Chapel . '

      Ihe St . Ann ' s Ward Co-operative Society * will meet every Sunday , at two o ' clock , to admit members and transact other business . ^ on ' r Nottinghamshire . —The council will meet at the iSew Inn , Carrington , on Sunday afternoon next , at four o ' clock precisely . Leeds . —Mr . George White will deliver a lecture to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , in the Bazaar , at half past six o ' clock . A Camp Meeting will be held in the afternoon , at two o ' clock , on Richmond-hill , Bank . Mr . White and other friends will attend . Mr . I David Ross will deliver two lectures on Whit-Sunday , j in . the afternoon and evening , when collections will I be made in aid of the Sunday school .

      Heywood . —On Sunday , two lectures will be delivered in the Chartist Association Room , Hartleystreet : at two o ' clock in the afternoon , by Mr . Am . brose Hurst , of Oldham—subject , " Educa ' tioir , " and in the evening , by Mr . W . Bell , of Heywood—subject , " the State Church : its cost to tlie labouring millions . " Mottram in Longdendale . —Mr . William Dixon will lecture in the Association Itoem , opposite tho Bull ' s Head , on Sunday , at two in the afternoon , and six in the evening . Oldham . —On Sunday , Mr . F . A . Tavlor will lecture in the Working Man ' s Hall , Horsedge-street , at six m the evening .

      West Riding Delegate Meeting . —The next Weat Ruling delegate meeting will be holden on Sunday , May 11 th , in the Working Man ' s . Hall , . Bullclose ' lane , Halifax . To commence attv ^ eu » 'dock . Halifax .-The Chartists are re < ftESt # lto meet in their Room , on Tuesday evening , Weight o ' clock , on business of importance . V ^ Bradford .-The Chartists of the central locality will meet on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , in the council-room , Butterworth-buildinga . The memhers of the council will meet at two o ' clock in the alternoon . A full attendance is expected

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      Ancient Order of Dudids . — Presentatioss . Last week the members of the Manchester district of this philanthropic society presented P . A and P . E . R . A . William Butterworth with a handsome patent lever watch , as a token of esteem , and a reward for the very valuable services he has rendered to the district during a servitude of five years as dis . triet master . Latterly , also , the members of the R . A . C . Degree , No . 13 of the above order , held at the Peacock Inn ; Dale-street , Manchester riresentwl P . EE . A . Riehard Smith with a $ nEi ! v « medal , value £ 2 10 b ., consideration of his efficient services whilst holding the office of E . R . A .

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      Tub Pesst Dckeop Bccmngium . —kt the U Uck iugham Sessions—as we learn from the A ylab , ifeus—the chivalrous , the magnificent , the ' battut loving Buckingham , prosecuted one Caleb Blaclcwelf for " having damaged a fence , to the amount of one ptnny ! " BlackwelJ , it appears , was a poacher , and had twice before been summarily convicted . Where upon , lor this third offence , he was sentenced to " four months" imprisonment with hard labour and to be once privately whipped . '" And yet there a » falsifying people , who avouch that tlie Duke of Buck ingham is not beloved by tho peasantry ! Seandalou « malignity ! He is beloved ! and henceforth let ki . reputation , like the name of Whittington , go down to posterity , for ever associated with a ( at P ^

      Musical Treat . —We have attended one of MP Henry Smith ' s vocal entertainments at the Western Literary and Scientific Institution , Leicester-SQu ar ? and have been highly pleased with the perforinW It is no easy task for a singer to entertain an -i ^ i ence for a couple of hours , unvaried by anytlun » ' « ,, I his own pattering on the piano : but Mr . ' Smith . ? , ceeds admirably . His songs are well selected £ show the power of an excellent baritone voice '' Old Arm Chair" and the ' Gambler ' s Wife" tr ii most effectively on the audience . The whole of hi . songs are well sung , and the accompaniments on tW pianoforte judiciously played .

      Liabilities op as Editor . —Lord Deirmau 1 m laid down the law recently , that an Editor Iias t right to insert any paragraph before he has ascei tained "that the assertion made in it is absolutr iv true . "So then , in the case of the late discoveries m-ifo by the Earl of Ross ' s telescope , an editor ought to lm , > proceeded to the different planets mentioned before he inserted any statement respecting them . Accord ing to Lord Denman , the Man in the Moon and Orion would both recover swingeing damages from almost every editor in the United Kingdom for the r eflections cast by the earl ' s telescope on their characters as planets . —1 ' unch .

      Too Bad . —The following announcement has appeared in various papera : — "The Rev . W . Dealtrv D . D ., Chancellor of the diocese , Canon of the Catliis dr « il Church of Winchester , Prebendary of Southwell , and rector of tlie parish of Clapiiam , Surrey , has been appointed , by the Lord Bishop of Winchestei-, to the Archdeaconry of Surrey , void by the elevation of the Venerable Samuel Wilbertbrcc to tha Deanery of Westminster . " Poor Dr . Dcaltry We fcel for him deeply . How will he ever get through the" work which he will now have to do ? He was already laden with four several offices in the Church and saddled with the obligation of being in three different places at once . He had to pray , preach , exhort , console , convert , and go about visiting tlie sick and doing good at Winchester , Southwell and Clapham ; besides all which , lie had his Chancellor ' s

      business to . attend to . And now , m addition an archdeaconry is clapped upon his shoulders . Really this is working a willing horse to death . There " is not , we are persuaded , a negro in all Kentucky fagged to the extent that Dr . Dealtrv will be What has the poor clergyman done to deserve such treatment ? How , we would wish to know , would the Bishop of Winchester like it himself ? It is much more like a Turk than a Bishop to make a fellowcreature to toil in this way . We say it is a great deal too bad of his Lordship , and recommend him to be more considerate in future . We shall be i o' d that Dr . Dcaltry will be well paid for his labour . Yes but what has that to do with the matter ? What pay can compensate a man for exertions which must necessarily kill him I—Punch .

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      8 THE NOETHER N STAR . May 3 . 1845 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 3, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1313/page/8/