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      among the workpeople in the manufacturing districts . When 1 was in the north of England , attending the West Riding election , 1 came in contact with large bodies of the working population , auu they instruceil nic to bring tiu-ir . case k-forc this house ; and they said that their battle was the buttle of labour against capital , and that so far from an extension of trade in this country being of the slightest benefit to them , it had been the bitterestcurse . They produced statements of the greatest importance to prove to me that this was the fact ; which statements I have to thank my hon . friend tlio member for East Cornwall for having , at his expense , published to the world ; and let me tell this house , that it would be well if hon . members wouM purely the book , and in a few pages read the hwwO ' . ™ . * ¦ working man in the manufacturing districts otine north of Eneland durins the last few *«« »«" amone the workpeople in the manufacturinj ; dis-

      written by a working man , bus « - »**• f i ^ X " ability farabovc his Older . He traces aUthe * uttuv ings which the working classes taw « J «« U nrtto Restrictive policy in your manufact ' res and ^ commerce but to "s ^^ tfasS ; Saf the m ^ yoSanlfXcd s o ,, ds hajeV creased , the more dreadful l . ave teat the sufferings oKcorking population ; and with the permission of the house I should jnst like to read hfteen or ticatvlinet Hesa « . that in 1781 , 5 , 198 , 000 lfc of cotton were used in the manutaciones of the cotton districts « 'f England , and that the mean increase from 17 SI to 1841-was fiom that quantity to 528 , 000 . 0001 b—the trade increased 101 times , or , in other words , where we manufactured 1 lb . of cotton in 17 S 1 we manufactured 101 ! b . in 3811 . This

      ¦ working man goes on to say , we presume the Corn law repealers could not expect a more rapid increase < rf trade than has here taken place < luijn" tbe last sixtrrcar- s , supposing that all restrictions were removed from our commerce ; and surely if there were a shadow of truth in the statements that ' increased trade would give increased prosperity to the working classes ' they ought indeed to be supremely Laopy . > , ow hear the effect upon the wajres—•• During the periods included in the above table it will be seen however that the hand-loom weaver was reduced from 33 s . 3 d . for weaving 20 yards of a € 0 reed , down to 3 s . U . for 24 vardl . Now if the liand-loom weaver of 1841 was paid forweav ng 24 jards at the same rate as the weaver of 1790 for weaving 20 yards , he 6 hould receive 39 s 10 ^

      is , ne weened is . where he used to receive 10 s " feuch is the effect of your increased manufactures H , ? n hand-i ooin weavers in the cotton disf ^ Wfiil ?^ ^ - Can " ^ S be more frightful than the sufierings which increased trade Aas brought upon those poor people ? ( Hear , hear . ) J > ut tins worktng man goes on and shows the price 01 calico , and , speaking of the amount of money expended for clothes , he says : "in ISIS , when . the weaver was paid 2 Ss . for the same work which he sow performs for 5 s ., he had to pay Is . per yard lor calico ; in 1843 , he might purchase it for 4 d . ; and he shows that this , and the cheapening of silk , iiuen , and woollen , give him a total saving of £ 5 in the year : but then the loss in his wages amounts toioSlOs . " ( Heir . ) But the power- ! oom weavers

      nave even suffered more extensively in a shorter time than has been the lotof the hand-loom weavers . He says that in 1 S 23 the power-loom weavers of SidebiittoKi ' smill , Waterside , had for weaving twentyfour yards , twenty-one picks to the quarter-inch , 2 s . ; they now receive Is . for the same length , with one pick more to the quarter , which ougnt to be Id . extra . Another master paid 2 s . Sd . in 1 S 25 for twenty-four jards , and in 1 S 36 only Is . 2 d ., and the wages * hare fa kn still lower since . ( Hear , hear . ) I could quote » any other statements equally startling from this book ; and , late as it is , there is one statement made hy Mr . Muggeridjie , the comrai-sioner f » r inquiring onto the state of die manufacturing population in the midland counties , which I must not overlook . It

      Shows that what brought £ 2 3 s . in 1829 . broughtonly 39 . « . in 1 S 39 , while tlie trade of Rochdale had doul )! cd . A weaver of Bolton , who was examined before the select committee of tie house , being asked whether he wou-d be as well off if the Corn Laws were repealed , replied that he would not if he got all Lisfood for nothing ; and when further asked , why he thought so , his answer vas because a reduction lad taken place in his wages amounting to more than the price of all the food he needed and the clothes he wore . The same volume also contained evidence of a startling character , as to the effects which the introduction of machinery to so large an extent in manufactures , had produced on the condition of the labouring classes . Tlie other evening

      was accused by the hou . member for Stroud of being opposed to all machinery . That charge is iotaliy unfounded . lam iu favour of machinery , so long as it is subservient to manual labour , but the moment it supersedes manual labour , I think , with the iafce Sir It . Peel , that it becomes the bitterest curse of this country . After showiu < j that the inevitalile tendency of machinery and open competition with f .-reLnicrs was to reduce the waues of labour , the ton . member next took up the exportation of labourers from the agricultural districts , for the purpose of competing with the manufacturing operatives , and thereby lowering their wages . He brought forward the celebrated correspondence between As-hwortii , of Preston , and Gresg , both Leaguers and

      , Chitdwick , the secretory to the Poor Law Commission , praying for these labourers : showed how they were inveigled from their homes : and then showed the treatment they received from their new masters . ' Two years ago 1 moved for certain returns , which were to prove that the agricultural population Lad been worked to death iu the manufacturing districts ; the house ordere d the Tuor Law Comt missiouers to account for the tens of thousands of labourers who had been induced to leave their homes , and go t » Yorkshire and Lancashire , but the only return that could be made was of about S . 000 who ha 4 so migrated : they could account for their leaving the South of England , but they i-ould nut account for their return . 1 can prove that they have been

      worked to death —( hear , lu-ar ) ;—but before 1 do that 1 must state that extraordinary documents connected wish the Poor Law Commissioners aiid their assistants have come into my hands within the last few « lay * . The country will now bagin to kuow what has be-n coing on iu Somerset-lriusc for the last few rears , asid hwt the commissioners have been playing into this Jutsusof tlie Anti-Corn LawLt-asue . ( Hear , hear . ) I have received a letter from Mr . " II . Gibbons , lJled-Io » - Ridge , West Wyeoinhe , Bucks , inclosing an ac-Ciunt forwarded fmra Messrs . Asinvorrh to that parish for charges for persoi . s bclongim : to it who ! : ••

      Grez ? . Tae charges were for medical attendance and ailo'vanws to different families , and amounted V * . € 01 13-. 4-i . A part of this was p ; iid , and a pnmi'it or'cr sent that no farther advances w < mld be Blade liy tliti union . The consequence , of this was that Messrs . Aslnvorth wrote to the guardians , statins that , - ' after the service they laid rendered to tlw parish <> f ftleulow , they considered this as a very nnwurthy lvtani" ( hear , hoar ); and pressing for the repayment of money they had advanced in sums of 4 s . Otu a-weck to a widow named Avery . "What will ii . c house thiuk of this ? The Poor Law C » miniss » mi'rs Ikivc paid to Messrs . A < Jiworth the sum of 447 l-J-5 . 4 d . in aid of wa ; es—paid it to a firm which propo > : cd that kibourci-sthouM be sent to tlieir

      district in order m reduce the rate of wages ! ( The lum . gentleman a ? so read the items of th « account f .. r medical attendance almve refined tu , aud aiistof the number of the family , Avery , who were sent b . « : k to their i-aridi ju a sL-ite quite unfit for iu : r : « - ! : lt : ir ; : l nursuits . ) Tills is ; pretty exposure . ? . !• - . Charles Trimmer , a laciorv inspector , c ' u « a « ed in 1 > j 7 . ! &-8 . and 1 S 39 . tU « : luce succeedii ;^ yciir * t « - ii : c removal of tlie .-igriculturiii iab 'Uivis , rc | . O ! ttd tin : - In that time 010 cases of accid-.-nt , had been t&k . < : u t « the iufirpuu-y at StueVpon , oat of wtiiuU tliiriy-six were uw | n <; to ihe parties being caught by the iKKchiuery whilst cle . - . uiii- h in a moving state . Out of i ! : e-e 3 iO cases he states that he only knows of two in which tiie nrauufacturcrs Lavs uiudo juiv

      roparatum or compensation to the iijuvi-d jmrtit-s . ( Hear , licnr . ) Tlius it apjivars thai . 240 poor Infcourers lmve been torn limb fnun lhu ! i i ^ tlu-ee years by the machinery of the ficu traile manufacturers , and . carried into the StiickjKirt iiiiirniary , and jet only two have received tu « yUghiustcunipeiisation . ( Hear , hear . ) I challenge hon . inwiii . <; i ^ oi » po .-itc who profess Anti-Corn Law Ltauut d . ^ trincs , to produce one case in this country cf ai « En « iiMi country gentleman having a labourer lamed in his tmplovment , without having instantly provided for his family . ( Hear , hear . ) I challenge tiit-m to send their paid lecturers , convicted blasphcnu-rs , ami discharged soldiers , with the stripes of tiie cat-o ' -ninetails on their backs , to inquire and lo pro iuc «

      one instance of cruelty on the part of the countrv gentlemen , similar to what I have just ( Jeicribcd * Baying thus exposed the cruelty of the Lea-ue t ( i their work-people , Mr . Ferrand next took u ;> the selfishness of its members . He brought forward the conduct of Mr . George Wilson , its chairman , with JCference to the proposal of Sir Robert 1 ' eel to take the duty off starch , in which he is a dealer . In consequence of his influence , a deputation waited upon tlie Premier , and the consequence was that starch was one of the two things that obtained mercy in the tariff , lobsters being the other . ( Laughter . ) He then rcterred to the charge he had made against Mr . Cubilcn for practising truck at Chorlev , and read extracts

      from the report of the committee , of which if f Ashley was chairman , and Messrs . Cobden and 2 inglitmcmlers , toshowtliathisstatcmentswerefully borne out , and concluded a long speech by saying—I appeal to the gentlemanl y feeling of this house for my justiOcation . It is late in doing so , I admit ; but my conscience has always acquitted me ; and I was unwilling to rake up an unpleasant discussion . I knew I was speaking the truth , and I now call upon the linu . se to decide which of the two members it was , the hon . member for Stockport or myself , who made n statement without a shadow of foundation . ( Hear . ) I am prepared to meet that hon . member on bis own ground or on mine . He may go down to Knaresboroagli , and spend Us £ l , 500 , -iufc I have far too hi gh

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      cSM KfflsiawaasK rjSE 3 S ^» £ R £ Lird 1 have felt it my duty to redeem every pledge 1 < uve to my constituents . 1 am prepared to go before them ; I challenge you to do the same . ( Loud On the motion of Dr . Bowring , the debate was then adjourned till Uiursday , and after the other orders of the day were disposed of , the house rose at a quarter to one o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Wkdnbsdat F ™ 2-5 The house met at twelve o ' clock au opinion of my constituents w-teUewthat he can

      p .... . TEN HOURS' BILL . .. IltrbvVT "rf ? Houre' Bil 1 •« FROST WILLIAMS AND JONES . t « -, t ir" ™? " presented thrcepetitions agreod to at public meetings held at Rochdale , praying for a renugsion ot the sentences on Frost , Williams / and Jones . ' . '

      FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL . . i * j ! Duscombe moved the second reading of tins bill . Its object was to correct an error which had crept into the wording of the act , and to remore certain doubts as to themeaniug of one clause , which 11 , " $ en declared by Mr . Justice Wighttuan to exclude friendl y societies from its operation . The case in which the decision was given was this : —A man named John Scott was a member of the South Shields 1 rovident and Loan Society , and being in arrear with the society , was sued b y the bodj , To evade p ayment he availed himself of this flaw ; and thv jud ge held that the objection was fatal to the action . 1 o remedy this defect the bill was brought in . The

      following wau an extract lrom the opinion of Mr . Justice Wightman on that case , ' as reported in th « Legal Ohermr of January 15 : — " I am of -opinion that this society is not a friendly society , and that the wordg , ' or any other purpose not illegal , ' in the second section ot 4 and 5 William IV ., c . 40 , must be construed so as to bear some relation to the declared object of the act , namely , for the mutual relief and maintenance of all and every the member * thereof , their wives , children , &c , in sickness , infancy , advanced age , widowhood , or any other natural state or contingency , whereof the occurrence is susceptible of calculation by way of average . If these words were to receive a more extended

      construction , they would then incluue societies which it is not contended fall within the act , namely , for insurances on lives , and numerous others . " Tlie concluding sentence of his decision , if the words referred to were to receive a more extendedsense , would include societies for insurances on lives , and showed he was not very familiar with the facts of the ca * e ; ieeing that there were at that very moment no fewer than 5 , 000 friendly societies enrolled and their rules certified , far the purpose of providing relief in the event of the death of the members , with incomes varying from £ 5 , 000 to £ 7 , 000 a-year each . Now , if the construction of Mr . Justice Wightman were correct , what would be the consequence to those societies , in the case of a dispute arising between a

      member and the trustees ? The consequence would be , that the magistrate would refuse to interfere , the case would go before tha Court of Queen ' s Bench , and tho society would be ruined . Or a trustee might go off with the whole funds , and mischief and roguery of every kind might ensue , it Mr . Justice Wightnun ' s construction of the Act of F « rli » ment wero the correct one . It was not for him to t-ay that Mr . Justice Wightman was wrong ; but he might mention that the Attorney-General was decidedly of opinion that societies . like the one in question ought to be enrolled under the Friendly Societiet Act ; and surely , if Mr . Justice Wightman had known that Mr . Tidd Pratt had enrolled some thousands of these societies , he would have hesitated before he gave such a decision as he had given . As it was Mr . Tidd Pratt was obliged to hold hit hands ; applications were every day made to him to certify the rules of Bimilar societies , and he could

      not do it . ( Hear . ) He ( Mr . Duucombe ) assured the house that the . introduction of this bill was no crotchet of his ; he had not only been requested to introduce it by , many friendly societies , but he had the full concurrence of Mr . Tidd Pratt himself , who had seen the bill , and approved of it . ( Hear , hear . ) The object of the b . ll . was very simple . The present Act , as he had stated , contained the words " or any other purpose not illegal . " Mr . Justice Wightman had decided that to come within the meaning of this Act , the objects of the societies must be cjusdem generis , as the relief and maintenance of the members , their wives and children , in sickness , Advanced age , < fce . Now , the object of the bill which he introduced was to give a more extended effect to the Act ; and he , therefore , proposed to introduce , after "any other purpose not illegal , " the words " whether of the some description as heretofore mentioned or otherwise . "

      Sir J . GiumM was most friendly to such societies , and desirous of seeing their advantages extended . Though he did not mean to oppose the second reading , he wished to have an interview with Mr . Tidd Pratt before he could give his entire support to the bill . On looking into the bill he found that the only difference between it and the present act lay in the enacting words " or otherwise . " Now , hs confessed that he did not approve of the introduction of those words . The objects of the societies ought , in his opinion , to be cjusdtm generis ias those specified in the act , namely , the relief of members and their families during sickness , advanced age , and the like ; whereas , if the words " or otherwise" were introduced , it would enlarge the operations of the friendly

      Pieties to all objects of whatever kind , provided only that they wore not illegal . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he bagged the house to observe the effect of this . Tltert might be many tilings not illegal which it might not bt tlie policy of tlie State to em . o « r / e . Friendly societies , under the operations of the present act had many advantages . They might sue and t > e SUed bv tlieir officers , they might make bye-laws , whicli -ww , enforced by summary and stringent laws . He would candidly state to the house the apprehensions he entcrtaintd in regard to this bill . Ikwasmt prepared to say tliat if masters should continue to reduce tlterate of wages it was illegal , or eyep inexpedient , that workmen should combine to ' obtain a rise of tvat , es . Such was the effect of the law as it now stoud sinco the

      passing of the measure introduced by the hon . member for Montrose . But if workmen ivcre to enter into a mutual assurance for the jntrpose of maintaining each , otlicr during strikes , although that might not he illegal , yet he had great doubts whether it would b * politic on the jxirt of the state to c » ttnd all the advantages of the Friendly Societies' Act to such societies . ( hear , hear . ) Now the introduction of the words " or otlienvise" would have tltatejftet . He thought it , therefore , most desirable to pause before going into committee on this bill . He did not sec iv / iiy . political ohjeels rnigld not distinctly eomt wider ihe operation of tliis bill , if jxuscd . How , altJiough not illegal , it did not follow that it would be the policy of the state to encourage Huse . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Hk . nlet was also afraid that the great advantages possessed by friendly societies , under the act , might be perverted to improper purposes . There w : is oue matter , however , which he wished speedily to mention with reference to these societies . lie meant the power of carrying actions against fricndlj societies into the Court of Chancery , which he feared might become a great abuse . lie ( Mr . Henley ) did not kuow whether any means could be adopted to improve the law in this respect , but he thought the | uiiiit well worthy of consideration . ( Hear . ) Mr . Du . vcombe . assured the house , that , as the object of the 4 th and Stli William IV . was understoud to extend the operations of friendly societies to all purposes not illegal , and as a construction had

      been put upon that act at variance with this object , he ouly . wished , by the present measure , to carry out the intentions of the ori ginal trainers of that measure . The right hon . baronet ( Sir J . Graham ) had expressed his fears of political objects coin ing under thu operation of thi » measure . He could not say that lie hatl introduced the measure for iw political purpose whatever ; but , after all , political societies wtn not d ' eyd , and he did not see any harm would ie done even it iky were to com , under its operation . Since he had brought in this bill he had ken overwhelmed with letters complaining of its defects , and

      askinhim to introduce all sorts of amendments , but which he had declined to do , because it would require a new-Act of Parliament to meet . the wishes of all the people who had addressed him . He intended merely io confine himself to extending the operations of friendly societies to the objects originally- intended by the last alteration of the law . " lie hoped the right hon . baronet would take an early opportunity of seeing Mr . Tidd Pratt , wlio would explain the matter much better than he ( Mr . Duncombc ) could do , and who could assure him that there was no such da »« er to be apprehended from the measure as ha seemed to think .

      After a , few words from Mr . J . S . Wortley and Mr llawcs , Sir . J . Graham said , that if the hon . tuembor ( Mr Duucombe ) would jmt the bill for committee on Wedl nesday next , he ( Sir J . Graham ) would take the opportunity before thai time of seeing Mr . Tidd Pratt of conferring with the law officers of the Crown , and considering the effect of Mr . Justice Wij-htman ' s judgment . lie would also confer with the hon member himself before Wednesday , and point out what alterations he wished in tlie bill . The bil ! was read a second time , and ordered to bo committedon Wednesday next . The Roman Catholic Relief Bill was road asecond time . Some railway bills were forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned . HOUSE OF LORDS-TiiuiiSDAr , Feb . 26

      The Duke of Richmond prescHted fifty-lour petitions in favour of protection to agriculture , also a petition fromatownin the county of Warwick ' ;! gainst thu !! overnment measure . The petitioners were engaged in the ribbon manufacture , and viewed ilio measures of tue government wivh in-cut alarm

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      Ihe case of Brian Seery again occupied the attention of tlie house fora short time , but nothing now was elicited . r ;" . The Couuty Works Presentment * ( Ireland ) Bill "URadla second time . The Public Works ( Ireland ) Bill watvread a third time . Their lordshi p * then adjourned . . HOUSE OF COMMONS-TnuRflPAT , Fan . 26 . . The case of Brian Seery again occupied the atten-

      LABOURERS IN FACTORIES . Mr . Ddj ccombb pregenteda petition in favour of the teniHoure Bill . He also presented a petition from wx factory girls , in the employ of Messrs . Baxter and Brothers , manufacturers , of Dundee . ' The petitwnere complained of ill-treatment at the hands of their employers , and prayed the house to make some inquiry upon the subject . He ( Mr . Duncombe ) believed that the eircunwtanoes of the cage wert these : The Messrs . Baxters' had , it ap p eared , increased the wages of some of their workers , and these girls made a demand for a similar increase , which was refused them . They did not in consequence attend their work one afternoon , and when they returned on the following morning , tho six of

      them ( the youngest being only thirteen years of age ) were locked up for six hours and then taken before a magistrate ( but previously he might state that they had been compelled to sign a p&per making certain admissiens ) , when they were sentenced to ten d * ys ' imprisonment , with hard labour . They , therefore , prayed the house to make inquiry into the matter , with a view to remedy this grievance . Or . Bowrixg presented five petitions from Bolton in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill . ; Mr . S . Crawford presented a petition , signed by upwards ! of nine thousand of the inhabitant ! of Rochdale , in favour of the Ten Hour * ' Factory Bill . i . number of petitions were presented for and against the government measure .

      FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . Captain Fechgll presented a petition , signed by seven hundred of the inhabitants of Brighton , praying for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jones . The hon . and gallant member said he had to . inform the house that the parties signing the petition were mo 9 t respectnble , and had affixed their plaGeBof refiidonco to their names . i ¦ A . new writ was ordered for the borougk of Bridport , in the room of Mr . Baillie Cochrano ; who since the Election had accepted the office of hecMajesty ' s Chiltern Hundreds . ' ' ' The Adjourned Debate was resumed by Mr . Ross [ Leftspeaking . ] , ¦ ¦ . ... ••; ; HOUSE OF COMMONS—TuunsDAi , Feb . W . [ from our Second Edition of htt week . ]

      ADJOURNED DEBATE . LordDcscAN resumed the adjourned debate on the Corn Importation Act , by observing that he had abstained hitherto from taking any part in these debates , because he was conscious that the principles of free trade were not only triumphant in the Cabinet , but also in the country . His lordship said , however , that having met the same former in Somersetshire who had told Mr . Miles that we Bhould be swamped with corn from ; America , when driving a bargain with him , confessed to his lordsliip that his motive was to prevent " being gammoned by the hon . member in the same way Tie had often been gammoned before . " His lordship , in conformity with the Dledces he cave on the hustings , heartily

      supported the measure . . Mr . T . Duxcombe— Cordially concurring , as I do , in tho measure now introduced bv her Majesty ' s ministers-believing , as I do , that it is a raeasue that not only does honour to the Ministry that has produced it , but that it will reflect equal honour on the Parliament that adopts it—believing , as I do , after the statement made by the hon . baronet the First Lord of the Treasury , that by public opinion alonethrough the influence of pulic opinion alono , can he hope to overcome the difficulties with which he is surrounded , or sustain himself against the ebloquy with which bigotry and ignorance have assailedhim —( loud cheers from the Ministerial and Opposition benches)—I say , sir , believing this , I think it behoves

      those who do not owe their seats to the nomination of peers , and who are therefore removable at tlieir pleasure —( hear , and laughter)—but who owe their seats to the free and intelligent voice of the people —it behoves them to stand up in support of the measures of which they approve ; and not , upon ' an occasion like this , to give them a silent , lukewarm , or jealous support . ( Loud cheers . ) Far be it from me to make any observation in the few remarks which I am about to offer which would lead honourable gentlemen opposite to believe that I am insensible to the painful and false position , I may say , in which they are placed . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) I can make every allowance for those whose powers of brain cannot keep pace with the conversions which they see going on around them . ( Much laughter . ) A simultaneous change has taken place in the breasts of distinguished public ineu on both sides of the house ; but tbat is not a

      reason for uh oh this side of tha house to cavil or quarrel with the change ofopinionsofthe right hon . gentleman . It is enough for us to feel grateful for the change , and to admire the ability with which it is carried out . ( Hear . ) But I must say that those for whom I feel sympathy with regard to their powers of change or conversion are those who arc sitting around him . They aro not taking the right course to extricate themselves from tlie false position in which they are placed . I ask you if , instead of indulging in personal abuse of the right hon . baronet and his colleague , in the midst of which you utter canting hypocritiialexpressions about your giving him credit for conscientious and honest motives , but still you have no confidence in him as a ! minister . ( Ironical cheers from the Protectionist benches . ) There ' s the learned Recorder of Dublin went further than any of you . ( Loud cheers from the Opposition . ) What did he call the ministers with whom he said

      he had all his lifu been . accustomed to associate as friends and political leader ? —why , he called them political cowards , and said that he had no longer any confidence in such political cowards . ( Cheers , and counter-cheers . ) I ask you , if that is your opinion , - why net come forward , and move a vote of want of confidence in ministers—( great ti ering from the Opposition)—a vote of censure upon u . -Treasury Bench . Such a course as that would be manly ; intelligible , and parliamentary . It would be parliament ! ..- .,-, for you did it in 1841 , in an amendment upon , the add ress , by which it was proposed to meddle with that wv » ii it is now proposed ; to touch , the commercial interest « , }¦ ti , o country .. What was the amendment you moved ? Why , in effect , that any government which undertook to meddle with the commercial interests of the

      country , ought to possess the confidence ot this house . You proposed that amendment , and you earned it . In your amendment you said , " We assure your Majesiy that we are deeply sensible of the importance of those considerations to which your Majesty has been graciously pleased to direct nur attention in reference to the commerce and tlie revenue of the country , and to the laws which regulate the trade in corn , that in deciding upon the course which it may be thought advisable to pursue with reference to such matters , it will be our earnest desire to consult the interest and promote the welfare ofall classes of her Majesty ' s subjects , that

      we feel it to be our duty humbly to submit to your Majesty that it is essential to the satisfactory results of our deliberations upon these and other matters of public concern , that your Majesty ' s' government should possess the confidence of this house and of the country , and respectfully to represent to your Majesty that that confidence is not reposed in the present advisers ol your Majesty . " That was your opinion in 1 S 41 , and you expressed in a manly and intelligible and a pai'Iiamentay manner that which you do now . You say the Ministry have not the confidence of the houses and the country ? Why do you not try us by that test ?

      Sir J . Tyeuell—( as we believe)—Because you would notsupfcort us . ( Cheers from the Protectionist benches . ) Mr . Duncombe—How do you know I would not—I never told you I would not , and you have ho right to assume that 1 would not—why not have tried it in this way , and leave it to the country to decide ? Sir J . Ti-Knsi . fr—Because your party would not support us . . Mr . Dunc'imue—I have no party but the country . You SoonusiiyiHgoUoiiuy upon tho government , and accusing them of treachery and perfid y and ti-casou . Treason to whom ? . What would you have had the right hon . barontjt have done under the circumstances of November lust ] You have not answered that qucstioii yet . We

      think that the right hon . baronet has discharged his duty satisfactorily to the country and tlie public , and honourably to himself , by the conduct which he hns . pursued . What would you have him do ? He rcsigr . ed ottiee . Were you prepared to take it yourselves ? ( Hear , hear . ) The right hon . goutlemau , the Secretary for the Colonies , in his address to the electors of Newark , suid that he hud betn informed that those who were in favour of protection were not prepared to form a gorcrnment . Tho noble lord the member for London was prepared to accept the lormntion of a Ministry . lie failed for some reason or other . The Whi&s were uuublc to succeed iu this object , not from want of courage , but from want of eoRCord . What was the right hou . baronet to do ? You admit thut there must be a government of some sort , and if so , how

      couhl the right hon . baronet have done otherwise than he ( lid , in order , as it lias been stated elsewhere , that her Majesty might have it in her power to meet Parliament . ( Cheers . ) I wish that the noble lord had done the same thing , nud had come down to the house , even if ho had only ten men to follow him ; aud I believe that such is the opinion of this house , that they would have sustained Win r . s well us they have done ihe vigltt hon . baronet . You talk about the right lion , baronet ' s treason—treason to whom ? To tlie people , to the country , to his own honour ? No , but treason to Toryism . ( Loud cheers . ) That tne right hon . baronet , preferred tlie interests of the nation to that of a party . There is only one treason that he can commit now , and tbat is treason to the people , by vacillating iu the course which he Ims adopted . You say that the opinions of the people are with you , but wltKiv is the exhibition of it . Where was protection in the West UMing of Yorkshire ? ( Hear ,-hear . ) Where whs iirntuution yesterday in Westminster ? ( Hear , hear , aud cheers . ) I want to know wh y the Protectionists did

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      not forward a candidate there . '¦ ¦ For myself I do not care two straws which of the two candidates was elected , but why . did not you put . forward one ! ; Why did not you hoist the standard of protection in , Cpvent-garden ? liecause you know that if you did , your candidate would havestood up to his knees in cabbage stalks . We shall hear a good deal in . the different parts . of ^ the country of tenants-at-will , and farmers being up in aram . The right hon . gentloman , the member for the University of Oxford , tells us thut the clergy and the church are alarmed , and that the tithe interest and the church are not properly taken care of . But he does not tell us wh y ; he did not give us his rea 6 onB . Whenever anything is proposed for the good of the people , some hon , gentleman is sure to get up and tvll us that we do not recollect the not forward a candidate there , i For myself I do not care

      church ., ( Cheers and loud laughter . ) What has the church to do with tithes ? Why , the church has no more to do with tithes than the church means religion . ( Laughter . ) I believe , that if the farmers could rote , by ballot , they would vote for this measure ; but , under the tvjant at will clause the ; could not ; 'in deference to the wishes of some honourable members , they could not vote against their landlords . With regard to the tithes , I have au authority for the right hon . gentleman , the member for the University of Oxford , whvuh may do away with the alarm that exists . The tithe owner , either clerical or lay , had not the slightest com . plaint to make against this measure ' .. My authority is such , as I am certain the member for the University of Oxford will pay . the greatest deference to . It is taken

      from tho Times newspaper ; it is a change made by the Bishop of Rochester after the Tithe Commutation Bill passed . It was this , thut wo eitterod into a compact with the church , on tho passing of the Tithe Commutation Act , that their tithes liereafter should not be prejudiced or deteriorated , by any act of ours , and that this act would , so deteriorate and prejudice their tithes . The rig ht hon . gentleman , the member for the Univeisity , said that he was opposed to the Tithe Commutation Bill ' itt that time . It does so happen that I have often joined with the right hon . gentleman against measures that have . been proposed , but upon totally , different reasons . -I voted against the Maynooth Bill on the voluntary principle ; he voted for it on the'hi gh church principle . I said that I thought the Tithe

      CommutationBill was unjust to the landed interest ; and also with reference to the repeal of the Corn Laws , because if the Corn Laws were repealed , . certain lauds would be thrown out of cultivation , and saddled with a rent charge which it was totally impossible they could sustain . ' I also opposed it on another ground , that iu order to shake the titties you gave them claims on land which they nerer possessed before . You gave the tithe ! owner a claim above all the other charges on land . It wits uo lien on land , it was a personal claim ; but now it was a positive rent charge , and the tithe was such that , no matter what the price of corn may be , the land would not . be able to sustain it . What was the opinion of the . Bishop of Rochester when this bill passed ? , He stated in his charge to the dioeese , with respect to two Dills

      —the Tithes Commutation Act and the Registration of Births and Marriages Act—that "in the present state of the public partyiu this country , and particularly consider , ing the state of the House of 1 ' nrliameat , the Tithe Bill may be considered as favourable towards the settlement of so difficult a question as could be expected . Happily for this country , the landowners felt the priucipal interest in it , for they Imd considerable tithe property , and they thought it their interest that a fair settlement of the question should be made . The clergy , therefore , in this instance experienced a greater degree of justice than has been usually extended towards them in other matters . " It is not parliamentary to impute motives to men ; but the bishop thus charges parties in this house with selfinterest in coming t » an arrangement beneficial to the

      country , If I said it , I may be considered acting wrong ; but it is a radical opinion , coming from a bishop , and therefore it is all right and orthodox . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I call the attention of the right hon . baronet ( Sir 11 . Inglis ) to the remark on the future value of tithes , which alleged " that it was a dangerous and delusive arrangement , which would leave a groat diminution in the property of the church , and , in causing a decrease iu tha value of articles that create the value of tithes , would produce evils greater than weie anticipated . But it must . be remembered that as incomes were derived from articles of produce , it would be equally affected , under circumstances where a diminution took place in their diminution aud value , and there was not , therefore , any just cause for that alarm which existed in this country . "

      That ought to be sufficient authority for the right hon . gentleman , the member for the University of Oxford . That charge was given in 1837 by the Bishop of Rochester , Now , sir , I must say , that the only argument that had been used by honourable gentlemen opposite in defence of this measure , that could be called an argument , was a reference to occurrences that took place in 1842 . I do think that those occurrences ought te be kept completely out of sight on this subject .. I can easily understand that the right hon . baronet opposite , despondingly despairing of making any impression on the reason of those behind him , should think it necessary to appeal to their fears—( hear , hear , )—but I think that at the same time he is appealing to the fears of those gentlemen , he should do justice to the past conduct on this subject of

      gentlemen on this side of the house . ( Hear , hear . ) He ought to recollect , that in 1842 , when those dreadful occurrences , which then manifested themselves , were going on , when that terrible distress prevailed , when there was every symptom and appearance of considerable ' tumult and confusion , he should recollect , I say , that up to that time continual motions had been made on this side of the aouse entireljsimilar . involving exactly the same principles as those that are now put forward by the government . ( Hear , hear . ) We told the government over and over again , that if they would but giveeffecttothosesoundprinciples of commercial policy , with the enunciation of whick they had begun the session , and' more especially those affecting provisions und the fo * d of the people , they would very speedily put an end to all the distress

      prevalent in the country , to all the misery , and consequently to all the confusion and disorder . I myself , towards the end of July of that year , brought forward a motion for an address to the Crown , praying her Majesty , that , iu the event of the measures which had been passed that session not proving adequate to the contemplated objects , she would be pleased to call the Parliament together again without delay , —( hear , hear)—for ' thepurpose of having other and better principles thoroughly carried out . The motion of mine was rejected , though by a very small majority , considering the strength of the government party . We are now told that measures , similar to those then desired by us , will remove distress and its attendant confusion ' : 'if so , I say , we have a right to conclude that the same

      measures at that time would have had the like beneficial effect ; would have relieved the right hon . bavt . from the necessity which he was then under , and of which he , I ) not say , boasts , but of which he reminds us , of send"f T " " « ha , ttali u ^ guards a « d a park of artillery into th « manufaciu . v . aifitricts . ( H «» , . ™ » , * right lion , baronet had sent down a measure like this , as he was urged to do , there would have been , I repeat , no necessity for his guards or his park of artillery ; for content and peace would have been restored ,,, with the removal of the distress . ( Hear , hear . ) Had the right hon . baronet listened to us at that time , it is impossible to say how much misery would not have been prevented , how much guttering spat » d , how much crime saved ue . ( Hear . ) Thank God , however , whoever the Ministers of the

      Crown may be , they rule over a l » yal , a peaceable , and honest people . Aye , and a forgiving people . . ( Cheers . ) A peoplo that have forgotten and forgiven the errors which you then perpetrated , and in return for whose forgiveness of your errors , all you can do now is to pass this measure as quickly as you can , as honestly and sincerely as you can , and not to leave them for a moment to regret a look buck to those days I speak of . ( Hear , hear , ) There was a question put to the right hon . baronet , by the hon . member for Norfolk , on the point of total and immediate repeal , and arcference to the same point by a noble lord on this side , the question being , whether the right lion , baronet considers it essential to his measure that total and immediate repeal should not n » w be mooted , He seems to imagine that it is essential to the success ot

      his proposition , that the final plan should not he pressed , aud such being the case , there appears to be an understanding that the noble lord , and those who act with him , shall not sanction any motion for immediate repeal . The right hon . baronet , however , though he showed the Protectionists' manifest indisposition to settle the business at once , is quite disposed to accommodate them . I hope they they will see the , advantage of so settling it , and thus relieve the noble lord and others from what would seem to bo their implied pledge . ( Hear . ) ' Tkoreis anotherpart of the measure to which I would beg to call the particular attention of the right hou . baronet . When the plan was proposed to us , we were told that we were to take it as a whole , and in the whole . Now , I beg to tell you very distinctly , that the part of the measure which

      the operative classes of the manufacturing districts regard as , after all , the most valuable to them , is that which makes the important change in the law of settlement—( hear , hear)—and I tell you that if you strike out that part ef the measure , the measure will be valueless in the eyes of the operatives . ( Hear , hear . ) The right hon . baronet has told us that he wishes us not to press that part of the plan , till the Com Law part has been settled in this house . Now , there is , I am told , an idea prevalent in some of the great manufacturing towns , that it is intended to offer a very severe opposition to that portion ot the measure . 1 hear that the language which has been held in particular quarters on this point , is , lot us get the Com Law part of the question settled —( hear , hear , )—and then we will deal will ' , the law of settlement question , ( Hear . ) If you take this course , I can tell you , there will arise throug houtthe country an agitatiou which will render the

      Com I » aw part of the measure entirely , valueless —( cries of hear , hear , from' the Protectionist benches )—and I therefore call on ker Majesty ' s . Ministers to give us an assurance that they consider this law of settlement question an inseparable part and parcel of the measure . 1 hope that her Majesty ' s government will consider this an essential uoriion of the measure . ( Hear , hear . ) I do not ask it as compensation to tho agriculturists . ( Hear , hear . ) It will be a bsonto them , but it will be a great act of justice to the operatives . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 believe that the opposition to this part of the measure is kept in abeyance , and therefore jo ' u must look to it with a jealous eye when it comes forward . But I believe her Majesty ' s government are sincere—( hear)—aud that they intend to carry all the measure , but if they do not carry this part of it , 1 hope the other portion of it will not he allowed to pass . ( Hear , hear , and cheera . ) But to that portion . of the house commonly calll ' u the agricultural interest— ( laughter ) , —I do biilievc that as

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      soon as the days of protection shall have , passed by . that they will be the first to acknowledge that their alarms were unfounded , and that they will lament the errors which they so long and so . pertinaciously continued . ( Loud cheers , ) . . . . Sir S . Ackland defended the agricultural interest against the charge of ignorance and bigotry , which the last speaker had preferred against it . Lord Aifred Paoet and Mr . B . Baring having spoken in favour of the Premier ' s measures , Mr . Bruce moved an adjournment . , , soon as the days of protection shall havs , passed by , that

      HOUSE OF COMMONS-FniDAY , Feb . 20 . Tlie adjourned debate was resumed by Mr . Cuhsiinq Bboce , who reiterated tbe UBual argu . meats against the abolition of protection . Mr . Poolett . Sckope urged at length the absurdity of denying to a skilful and industrious population an ample supply of the first necessaries of life . Mr . Newdeoate censured the policy of the government both on currency and corn , as detrimental to all the interests of the country . The peculiar burdens on agriculture he estimated at twehe Millions sterling annually , which included tithes , a charge essentially a peculiar burden . Sir Robert Peel was the Minister of the necessities of the crown , not of the public opinion of the country . ' , Mr . BAiiKLr spoke at some length in favour of the government measures , which he approved in preference to the extreme policy of either the Protectionists or the Anti-Corn Law League .

      Mr . Bennett ( Suffolk ) opposed the government mea . SUM . ' : . Mr . Mcntz was satisfied that with our system of ourrency a repeal of the Corn Laws would be detrimental to native industry . Of it he wished to be an equitable protector ; but , as protection was most unequally diffused , he supported a repeal of the Corn Laws , in order to bring about the change he desiderated , Mr . D'Isbaeli lamented that there were no statistics of agriculture ; but this was undisputed , that fifty years ago we were compelled to import corn to supply our population , and that now , when our population was doubled , we fed them from our own resources and at lower prices than formerly . No man could prove that protection had been the bane of agriculture in England , unless he could

      show that the cultivation of our soil was inferior to that of other countries ; but it waB generally admitted that it was infinitely superior to that of every nation in the world . Those who boasted of our present prosperity could not deny that our people were employed ; and . if it were not as well employed a 6 he could wish , still its work would not be increased by tha admission of foreign competition , nor'its wages increased by a reduction in the price of corn , He thought that in England we » ught to do more than mer « ly main , tain a balance between its agricultural and manufacturing interests . We Bhould give a preponderance to the agricultural . We had been told that the object of this change was the transference of power from the

      agricultural to themanufacturing class . He admitted the intelligence , and did not envy the wealth and opulence of the manufacturer ; but in this age , when we had been suffering much from class interests , were we to be rescued from one class merely to sink under the avowed domination of another ? If such wero to be . the great result of the struggle , he protested against the ignominious catastrophe . If we were to have a change he hoped that the foundations of it would be deep , ' and the scheme grand and comprehensive : then , instead of falling under the thraldom of capitalists , who prided themselves m oreupon their wealth than their intelligence , we should seek , in bending to a new ceurse , for the means of safety in the institutions of our ancient monarchy , and in the invigorated energies of an educated

      AND ENFRANCHISED PEOPLE . On the metion of Mr , E , Buller the debate was adjourned to Monday . [ We have selected , if not the most important portion , of Mr . D'Israeli ' s speech for his own party , at least for ourselves , und the conclusion to which the hon . gentleman comes , that when the measure is carried and the old party connection broken up , that their reliance upon an EDUCATED and ENFRANCHISED people must be the last , and only alternative for the nation ; those tew words of Mr . D'lstaeli ' B speech , whethar they are indicative of party conviction , party apprehension , protectionist fear ,

      or protectionist spite , are , nevertheless , ' balm to our cause . It is an old saying amongst sportsmen , that there is no foul hunting a fox , and we care but little whether the consistent or inconsistent Tories hunt down and destroy the beast—CLASS LEGISLATION . Our readers will'find but little interest in the anti-Peel portion of Mr . D'lisracli ' stpeech . It was sound but not argumentative , cutting but n it crushing , spitetul , and , therefore , deprived of one of the essential ; charms of oratory . However , the confession ef ENFRANCHISING the people covers a multitude of sins , and induces us to tolerate much of what we might otherwiserevile . ]

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      MANSION . nOUSB . The Ruffianly Police . —On Monday , Mr . Charles Watson and Mr . Parker , " respectable tradesmen , " were brought up , charged with a misdemeanor in having assisttd iu tbe escape of a person from the custody of a policeman . The caseoccasioned no small degree of interest . Policeman Jeremiah Maher ( 613 ) stated that between three and four o ' clock on Sunday afternoon he had a prisoner iu custody on London . Bridge for selling nuts , the footway having been completely blocked up . The defendant , Mr . Watson , walked up and got between witness and his prisoner , and Mr . Parker began to abuse witness , and said to him , "if it were not for the law , I would twist your neck off . " The latter defendant , in other words , encouraged the former to interfere with the

      policeman ' s duty . The crowd , alwa } 8 ready to ^ take part against the police , became extremely noisy and turbulent , and the prisoners escaped , Mr , Watson declared that there never had occurred ; in the public streets , a more gross outrage . He and his wife , child , and sister-in-law , were walking over the bridge , when his wife pointed to policeman Maher , who was knocking about two poor boys who were selling nuts in a most cruel manner . She requested him to speak to the policeman , not to treat the boys so roughly , and he accordingly tapped tbe policeman on the shoulder , and repeated his wife ' s request , 'but the moment he spoke the word , Maher seized him by the collar and dragged him away from his family to the station-house , as if he had committed some robbery ; Mr . Parker said that the utmost Mr . Watson had done was mildly to request Maher not to ill-use the boys , who were crying bitterly , and whose heads Maher was knocking together , after having tumbled their nuts about several times , Charles Lord , of No . 37 , Redcross . street , tailor , said that

      he and his wife and three children , werepnssiue ' " - "" " disturbance took > " — ' "" " -J . crioUowingthe bojs .... >» vu . u , ung their nuts about , pulling them , and then seizing Mr . Watson and dragging him to the stationhouse . . Miss Parkes , sister , to Sir . Watson ' s wife , was the first who noticed Maher knocking the heads of the'boys together , llalier , the moment Mr . Watson expocfui < .. < -a , seized him , and insisted upon dragging him along to the station-house , telling him at the same time that he had a tine coat on , and that it would soon be taken off . The policeman tumbled the nuts nbout three times , and would not let the boys go over the bridge ; witness spoke to him , and he threatened to take her into custody , although she had her sister ' s child asleep iu her arms . Other evidence to the like ; effcct was given , and the Lord Mayor dismissed the defendants , and said that he should kend a copy of the depositions to the Commissioner of Police , who would be able to decide whether policeman Malier acted according to the instructions issued to the force .

      GUILDHALL . . The late Stabbing Case . —Committal for Mobdeb . —On Monday morning John Tracy was brought up beforo Aldermen Copeland , FarebrotUer , and Hunter , eharged with the murder of a man nunud Thomas Uai-tin . The facts of the ease appeared in last Saturday ' s Star . It appears that the unlortunate man , after bring removed to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , expired oa Saturday evening . After evidence of these facts had be « n produced , tbe prisoner was fully committed to Kewgati to take hit trial for the murder .

      WORSHIP-STREET . Charge of Rape . —On Wedtieiday . William Challis , a tobacconist in the Hackncy . road , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with uaviag criminally assaulted Jano Wilson , a child twelve yenrs of age . Tho complainant stated , that as ilio was proceeding home at nine o ' clock on the prccediug evening , the defendant , who was standing at the floor of his shop smoking a cigar , stopped her , and induced her to inter the house , under the pretence of sending her upon an errand . He next led her iuto a room at the back of tbc shop , ineUntly threw her down , and , in spite of her resistance , succeeded in perpetrating the offence imputed to him . The defendant thcu promised her 5 s . if she would not mention his conduct towards her , nnd placed Is . 6 d , in her hand , but sliw indigu ' antly flung it upon the ground , and a customer having fortunately entered the shop at the moment , she iivaiUd herself of this interruption to escape iuto the street , where sh » informed the first woman she met of the

      treatment she had sustained , and requested to be led home I to her parents . Elhabeth Blake , the woman just re-1 ferred to , proved that the girl , upon leaving the defen-1 dunt ' s house , accosted her in a state of great distress and I alarm , and having informed her of tho circumstances , bUo I conveyed her to the house of her aunt , who returned I with her to tho defendant , nnd gave him into custody . I Urs . Esther Bostock , a lodger of the defendant , deposed that at the time of the alleged assault she heard the cries and « obs of a child in the room beuenth her . ; and the con- 1 stable who apprehended him stated , that on reaching the house he found a crowd of several hundred persons assembled in front of it , amongst whom were numerous women " who threatened to tear the defendant to " pieces and altogether expressed such exasperation against him tint the witness was compelled to procuve a cab and the as sistanceofsevevarother oftlcers to onable himtoconvey y ^ WZ * " * "" *" * - ^ ph . ° ™

      SOUTHWARD i / XTttAOEDlNAUT ClIlRop f \ . m j r 5 p aud knowingl y urging Bridget Edgar , of Dyer-Sea ™?!; - > S ° UthWatk ' tkepriL of which o tn i ^ ° « K " <> n into the circumstances excited a considerable de ^ of intCTClit dMri *\™ " cw was crowded with persons anxious to Llr Je suit . ofthe case . Mr . Robin , eu ( soiicitor ) brk . | taled

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      the case , from which it appeared that o r m i Edgar , a widow" in the above S win , ? , t ™™* time past she had been ohabiti " . With , k * " "! Wne formed an acquaintance with \ M "' fc ^ ' lived very unhappily , the prisoner W ^ m ttXi !^ treating herinaTerycmlmanner . OnSa tXShf th « l * thinst , theyhada « usagreement , thereS y f 2 h was that the prisoner turned her out and shut the d £ « g » insther . Shortly after , a policeman on findinghtrt the street , and she having disclosed to him the c « ndu « of ¦ er anaiiant , insisted on her admission , and ihe was « cordmgly permitted b y him to enter the houseagain . The following day ( Sunday ) the parties again had high word . in the the case , frora whichit appeared that «<¦„« ,. u ., 117 "

      midst of which tbe deceased drew from ' her pocket a paper contaisin * a white powder , and emptying " into atea cup , poured water upon it , and exclaimed that ihe should poison herself . Upon hearing the threat the pritoner did not attempt to prevent the unfortunate woman from carrying it iuto execution , but gave utteranc * to words calculated to urge her into the commisfion of the act . The moment he used the expression , she put the cup to her lips , and swallowed off the content * . Thi » was between two and three o ' clockin theoftsrnoon , and although the prisoner must have been awareof the ' deadly nature of the do « e , yet he made no attempt to counteract it « effect * , and permitted the unfortunate creature to

      remain writhing in agony until between five and six o ' clock , when a Mrs / 8 eager entered the house and found her Ijing on her back in one of the rooms evidently in great pain . The prisoner was presentat the time , and in reply to the question of Mrs . Seager , the deceased said that he had taken arsenic , and calling the prisoner to her she held out her hand and ejaculated , "George , I would not have taken it , but for you ; you ought to have prevented it , but 1 forgive you . " on that occasion tk « prisoner said — " I saw her take a white powder , but I was not aware it was poison . " Now , he ( Mr . Robinson ) « ontended tb « the prisoner must have been perfectly cognizant that the had _ taken a powder of a deltterious nature , for it ap . peared she had commenced vomiting very soon afterwardi , and also complained of great pain and heat internally . Soon after Mrs . Seager ' s visit the deceased w * 8 conveyed to the hospital , where she lingered until Tuesday , and then expired . Mr . Cottingham said that the conduct of the prisoner , to say the least of

      it , throughout the affair , was of a most extraordinary nature . The circumstance of his being present when the unfortunate woman had the folly to swallow the poison , and no attempt on his part to prevent it , and afterwards allowing her to remain for nearly two hours writhing in pain , without calling in the aid of a medical man , exemplified , in an extraordinary degree , his u tter want of the common feelings of humanity , and he ( th e magistrate ) must say of the necessity of the present in vestigation . It was , as he befere said , a most grave charge , and one if proved , that would affect the life of the accused ; and , in order that a full and fair inqnh-v * hould be instituted into the whole of the circumstances as well on the part of deceased ' s friends as on behulf of the accused , he should therefore remand him until Tues . day next , but would accept of bail , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties of £ 100 each , to appear on that day . The prisoner , not being provided with the requisite sureties was committed . '

      . THAMES . . Coifcealiko the Birth op A Child : —On Tuesday , Elizabeth Gard , aged 32 , was charged with concealing the birth of her illegitimate child . The prisoner was in a very weak state , and was allowed a teat during th » examination , Mr . Broderip inquired if an inquest had been held on the child ! The answer was in the affirmative , and that the jury , had relieved the prisoner of the heavy charge of murdering the child , by returning an opsn verdict . The prisoner wa » committed for trial for concealing the birth .

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      THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of-enrollin g members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places : — " ' u SUNDAT EVENING . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road at hall-past six o ' clock .- City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turn again-lanc : at six . o ' clock . - Westminster : at the Parthemum Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , at halt-past mnn . -SomenTewn : at Mr . Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbndge-street , New-road , a half . pastseven .-r 0 u / er Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely .-J / antfeioMc ' at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halt past seven . '

      MONDAY EVENING . Camhrwdl : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walwortb , at eight o ' clock precisely . ' TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , Blackhcath-Uill , at eight odock . Newcastle-uppn-Tyne : This branch of the ChartUt Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church- "ate every Sunday night , at six o ' clock .

      Armley : The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William Oatcs , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock .

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      . City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , Famngdon-street . —On Sunday morning next ( to-morrow ) , a general meeting of shareholders will be held in the coffee-room , at half-past ten precisely . The public discussion will be resumed in the hall at half-past ten precisely . In the evening , at seven o ' clock , Mr . Thomas Clark will deliver a public lecture . Subject , "The physical , social , and moral degradation engendered by the factory system . " South London Chaktisi Hall , 115 , Blackfriar ' sroad . —Mr . Doyle will lecture at this hall on Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , at half-past seven . Sub " - ject , "The Irish Rebellion of 1799 . " On Wednesday evenins next a general meeting of shareholders of the hall will be held , at eight o ' clock precisely .

      Marylebone . —Mr . A . Hunnibell will lecture at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday evenirg next ( to-morrow ) , at half-past seven . Subject , " Democracy versus Monarchical Governments . " Westminster . —Mr , T . M . Wheeler will lecture on Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , at half-past seven , ? K \ , Parth enium » 72 , St . Alartiii ' s-lane . Subject , * War establishments . The militia Ibrco : its beneficial tendency under good government : itstyrannv under class lpoi « li > t « nn " ""• - w .. i ... « ... t .. JuUll ' . e ^ K company will meet for the transaction of business at theParthenium , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , on Monday evening next ; at eight precisely . Cambebwell asd Walworth . -a meeting will be held at the Montpel . er Tavern , W » lworth , on Mon . day evening next , at eight precisely . Hammersmith -A meeting will bs held at the Dun Cow , Brook Green-lane , on Tuesday evening next , at eight presisely . J °

      m p ? S ? -TP £ , sday evci » ngnext , March 3 , Mr . P . M'Grath , ot the Executive ^ will deliver a leeture at the Brunswick Hall , Ropcmakcrs ' - helds , Limehouse Subject , " The Charter and the Land . Chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock , when several talented friends will attend . The formation of a Chartist locality , and the establishment ot a branch of the Land Society , is anticipated . , Wab with AMERiCA . -The Fraternal Dcmocrab will meet on Sunday evening , March 1 st , at « x o clock precisely , in the large reom of the Red lion , corner of Archer-street , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , to consider the propriety of adopting an address to the working classes of Great Britain and tho United States on the subject of tlie threatened war between the two countries . Lbhd 8 . —Mr . T . S . Mackintosh will doliver hit third lecture to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , at Iwlfpast six .

      Oumuu . — On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mv . James Leach , of Manchester , will lecture in the schoolroom of the Working-man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening . Salfohd . —A meeting of the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will take place in the Mtional Chartist Association-room , back of Great | ftt » r scja-

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      BANKRUPTS [ From the Gazette of Friday , FOnmrg 20 th . ] , iutI rt Vir ' ? teward - street . SpitaWeMs , silk-ma-2 ™ ~ J " H »«» . Lendenhall-market , butchcr-U . Docker , Pall-mall , oilman and wawh « ndW _ 0 . CIK . * luaaerminBter , Worcestershire , and King Wiiliam-sueet , and Adelaide-place , City , , arn llnd ^ Lission-asent-:,, ; BltU : k (! r aud ° - Earitl '> Jm ., Gresham-strect , City , u ehousemen-J . Dalton , Wandwortli , grocer and tl eesemong er-J . Knox , Black Hotse-vard , r > omUtrcot , carpen ter—R . Kimpton , Crescent , Jcwiu-strect , Ctipplo-BOtc , jeweller- T . M . Taylor , Newcar tle-upon-Tyne . mereliant—J . Eirkett , Cockermouth , Cumberland , tan"ei-J . Phillips , W . Hague , andS . Hague , Munch ,. * ' , I cot on . spinners-C . Collins , Kidderminster , yanwM " j . MM yarn-ageut—J . C . Chambers , Ipsley , Warwickshire needle manufacturer—j . Millner , Stourjwrt , Worcestershire , innkeeper—E . Iloare , Charfield , Gloucestershire clothier .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 28, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1356/page/8/