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      HOUSE OF LORDS—TncRSDiT , April 2 . TIIE VICTORIES IN INDIA . The Earl of Ripox rose to move a vote of thanks to the arniy of the Sutlej , for the late brilliant actions in India ; and , after adverting to the pleasure which he felt in drawing the attention of the boose to two victories instead of one , proceeded to describe at great length , the circumstances which led to the battle of Aliwal , and to particulari-e the several manoeuvres which resulted in the total defeat

      of that portion of the Sikh army opposed to Sir u . Smith ' s division at Aliwal . His lordship at the same time passed a high eulocium on Sir H . Switu ana the officers under his command ; and , after a less extended notice of the battle of Sobraon , conclmlea oy moving that the thanks of the house ^ oM be given to Sir H . Smith , the officers , and troops "" gj ™ command , for their conduct at the tattto of AW , and to Sir IL Hardinge , Sir 11 . Gough and the officers and troopi under thc , rc omn , « d , for the victory gained over the S . k hsat S » fraon ThKarl of Auckland seconded the motion .

      P Tne Duke of WKtmoVo ; - . after expressing his delight at the tlmmity which prevailed m the house ™ * i , « Jm Droceedcd to comment on the course rfetn * ieh k ^^«« l war blithe Sikhs ^ Theseve ral resolutions were then put aud agreed to . The house then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tihjhsdat , Akul 2 .

      TIIE MILITIA . Dr . Bowbisg , agreeably to a dropped notice , inquired of tho Secretary at War whether any order lad been lately issued with a view of filling up the staff of militia officers , and whether such orders were connected with any arrangements in progress for calling out the militia ? Mr . S . HiiKBEUT said that orders had been issued for the inspeefmn of the militia staff , with a view of filling np vacaucies , so as to have a staff fit for duty After Easter he should move for leave to brin « in a bdl consolidating the laws relating to the militia and the staff , enabling government to call out the militia at any tune .

      _ . TUE VICTORIES OF THE SUTLEJ . Sir K . 1 eel eloquently dwelt on the frequent occasions on which he had b « . -eu called upon to demand the thanks of Parliament for glorious victories achieved by British valour since his acceptance ef offi in 1843 . Sir It . Peel then , after noticing with , laudatory emphasis the cordiality which had been evinced by Sir Henry Hardinge and Sir Hugh trough , gave a brief narrative of the events which had occurred between the battles of Moodkce and lerozeshah and that of Aliwal . lie then described the last-named battle , and moved a vote of thanks to Sir Harry Smith and to the

      omcers and men who were in that action . Approaching the last great conflict , Sir Robert paid a well-merited tribute to the bravery of the Sikh troops , quoting , in testimony , a private letter which had been written by Sir Hugh GougU immediately after the engagement at Sobraon . The General , in this document , expresses his high admiration of the chivalrous bearing of the enemy ; remarking that after victory had unequivocally gone against them , they bated not a jot of their former intrepidity" walking away after the defeat , and even in this extremity disdaining to ask for quarter . " He then moved a vote of thanks to the officers and men who were in the engagement at Sobraon .

      Sir J . Uobhouse seconded the motion , which was supported by several speakers , including Sir 11 Inglis , Lord J . Russell , Sir De Lacy Evans , and Mr Hume . Tie votes were thea passed unanimously .

      INTERMENT IN TOWNS . Mr . Mackixkox obtained leave to bring in a bill for preventing interments in the metropolis and large towns .

      CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES' ACT . Mr . T . Dcxcohbe then moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend an act passed in the 39 th year of the reign of George IIL , c . 79 , relating to corresponding societies and the licensing of places for the purposes of lecture and reading . According to the loth clause of the act 39 George III ., c . 79 , which was commonly called the Corresponding Societies' Act , any person delivering a lecture on any subjects in a room not duly licensed annually by the magistrates , and receive money at the door , and any person paying for admission , was liable to a penalty of £ 20 . He would venture to say there was not a room in the metropolis , or in any part of the country , which was duly licensed for such purposes ; and persons who lectured

      or attended lectures in them were consequently liable to proceedings for these penalties . A case occurred at Hull last year , where an information was laid against a bookseller under this clause , by some parties who entertained a feeling against him . In that case a lecture was given ; money was taken * t the doors ; an information was kid , and the person proceeded against was convicted . The decision of the justice was questioned in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on the ground that the magistrates had no jurisdiction ; but that court confirmed the convic tion . The object of this bill was to relieve parties from , these penalties ; and he hoped it would receive the sanction of the house , lie also proposed to amend the second clause of this act , which operated

      with peculiar hardship on friendly societies established for charitablelpurposes , with reference to the correspondence between the officers of such societies . The ArroRXET-GESERAisaid , he was not disposed to offer any opposition to the introduction of the bill ; but there might be great danger in removing the safeguards established by the act . The hon . gentleman proposed to amend , and he would therefore feel it his duty to give the bill very close attention . If he found it was not objectionable , but would only afford due protection to the public , of course he would not oppose it ; bat , in assenting to its introduction , it must bs understood that he did not pledge himself to support it In a future stage . After i . few word 3 from Mr . Humeand Sir D . Lacy Evans , leave was given to bring in the bill .

      ILLEGALTREATMENT OF FACTORY GIRLS . A discussion ensued upon a motion of Mr . T . Duscombe for a committee to inquire into a charge ef illegal treatment and imprisonment of six factory girls , preferred agalnstcertainraagistratcsat Dundee " . The motion was resisted by the Lord Advocate and Sir J . Graham , and supported by Air . Aglionby and Mr . Duncan . It was negatived on a division , 38 voting for and 63 against the motion . *

      THE SPY SYSTEM . The subject of the Spy System in Ireland was referred to in the course of a conversation which took place upon a motion by Mr . W . S . O'Brien , Mr . Grattan affirming that police emissaries were so numerous , and their disguises so perfect , that it had got to be a constant inquiry in many Irish districts , " Are you a policeman ?" Sir J . Graham denied all knowledge of these circumstances , but promised to institute inquiries upon the subject .

      EVICTION OF TENANTRY . ilr . W . S . O'Briex , having read to the house an account , in extenso , of the recent wholesale eviction of tenantry , at Ballinglass , moved for a commission to inquire into all the circumstances , and report without delay to Parliament . Sir J . Graham opposed the application as unnecessary , in consequence of an inquiry which had already , been set on foot by government into these circumstances . The motion was then withdrawn . Sir J . Graham obtained leave to bring in a bill for the amendment of highways in England . The other orders were then disposed of , and the house adjourned . HOUSE OF LORDS—Fhidat , Apihl 3 .

      EVICTION OF TENANTRY . The Earl of Clakcabtt , on the authority of a letter from a Mr . Holmes , called the attention of their Lordships to Mr . Gerrard ' s contradiction of the statement which hod appeared in the public journals as to the circumstances attending the eviction of a portion of his tenantry . It was sufficient to say that Mr . Gerrard courted inquiry , until which took place te entreated a suspension of their Lordships' judgment on the matter at issue . Their Lordsh'ps then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Fhidat , April 3 .

      PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILL . On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate upon the fitst reading of the Protection of Life ( Ireland ) Bill being moved , Mr . O'Coxxell brought forward the amendment of which he bad given notice , the substance of whicli was to pledge Parliament to devise measures for eradicating the causes of crime in Ireland , instead of contenting themselves with passing penal enactments tending more to oppress the innocent than to restrain the guilty . After having denounced in most emphatic terms the crimes this bill professed to suppress , lie pointed out the extensive and arbitrary powers which were about to be conferred upon the Lord Lieutenant , aud tho unjust immuuity from taxation the bill would grant to the proprietary , lie pointed out the extreme

      severity of the curfew clause , as well as of other portions of the bill . The measure might have derived some recommendation from its being a legislative experiment , Jiad not the experience of the working of seventeen i-receJing Coercion iiilb proved the total futility of all such proceedmgs frr the pacification of Ireland . If government thought it necessary to bring forward a measure for coercing the Irish peasantry into abstinence from Crime , let them produce' simultaneously another bill for making the landed proprietors perform their duties . "Do 1 ask you , " exclaimed the lion , and learned geutleinan , "to direct your legislation for the protection of murder ? Oh . no . 1 ask you to pass laws realiy capable of suppressing crime—1 ask you to release this wretched peasantry , ihe most miserable in Em-ope , iiom their present thraidum—

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      to wave a Pnmen t wand over the mass of misery nowwl i and thus bv removing the fertile source Of Trine to " provid 3 ] nost effectually for enmc-supmSn " He then read * large mass of documen-KSence to connect the prevalent outrage in M » 3 wHh the tenure of landed property as a Jnui He called upon government to reform that tenure ; to extend the elective franchise ; to increase the number of Irish members in Parliament : and to nlacc under equitable regulations the temporalities of the Irish Church . Mr . B . OsiionxB seconded the amendment . Mr . S . IIebbejit defended the measure as calculated for the defence of the humblest class in Ireland . Lord John Russell made one of his Whig speeches , speaking on both sides of the question , and piaising himself and his party for their good inteniions towards Ireland . _ i _ i . l . A Mnsa AT tHlQOt * V

      Mr . II . Bmdgemax , Mr . Kelly , Mr . Butler , and Mr . tiTzoERALD , supported the amendment . Mr . Setmkr spoke in favour of the measure . On the motion of Mr . Carew the debate was then aajOHrned . The other orders having been disposed of , the house adjourned .

      HOUSE OF LORDS-Mosday , April 6 . After transacting the usual private business , and a short conversation on the Indian war , originated by the Marquis of Lansdowne , who expressed his regret at not beipg able to be present when the votes of thanks were moved , and his cordial concurrence in these votes , the attention of their Lordships was called to

      THE POLISH INSURRECTION . Lord Bbaumoxt had given notice that he would call attention to the recent events which had taken place in a province of the Austrian empire ; and he did not think that for so doing any apology was necessary . He did not ask their lordships to consider the subject in connexion with any existing national treaty , which would give him the privilege of bringing it before them ; he claimed the right to discuss it upon far higher grounds—on the ground that every European state not absolutely barbarous had entered into a tacit compact to advance civilisation , and to resist the continuation of all the laws which had been ibrmed at an earlier age , aud the spirit of which was unjustifiable oppression and causeless persecu

      tion . When , , ra one part of Europe , by monstrous deeds , such as those he would shortly allude to , the compact was violated , it was the duty of every ^ other government to take the opportunity which their constitution afforded them of publicly denouncing and condemning the occurrence , and by such a condemnation to compel the state in which the crime had been committed to take measures to prevent a repetition . There had boen lately in Poland a revolt against the established authorities ; that revolt had been subdued , and the leading rebels had been formally tried and formally condemned . It had been a servile war ; the peasants had been encouraged to rise against their

      masters , and the consequence has been a wholesale slaughter of the nobles . In Gallicia , the province of which he spoke , a prefect of one of the towns had openly offered a reward to the serfs who murdered the nobles . ( The noble lord here read an extract , descriptive of the transaction , from the Journal des Debats . ) Their lordships , it was true , knew nothing of these circumstances but from the French and German journals ; but the paper from which he had quoted bore so high a character , their lordships might be confident that such a statement as that which he had taken from its columns would not have been admitted had it not been founded on truth . The

      governments under the authority of which these outrages upon humanity and justice had been committtd Jjad given no expression to their indignation or disapproval . The very reverse was the fact ; and ho found in the proclamation issued by Ferdinand , the Emperor , there was encouragement and thanks offered to the inhabitants of Gallicia for the means which they had taken to secure peace by murder . Was it not the absolute duty of neighbouring states under such circumstances to interfere ? lie would ask the noble earl whether he had received any information relative to the late events in Austria to which he ( Lord Beaumont ) referred , and , if so , whether any means had been taken to make known to the people of that country the disapprobation with which their actions on those occasions were viewed by the government of this ?

      Lord Aberdeen said , that the subject was one in which this country was not directly concerned , and it was excessively difficult to discriminate among the conflicting statements and counter-statements , the amount of truth or falsehood they contained . He referred , however , to the character of Prince Metternicli , with whom he had had the happiness of living for many years in terms of intimacy , as decisive against the truth of those reports , which attributed to the Austrian government the encouragement of assassination . The peasantry of Gallicia had

      experienced the most humane and considerate treatment at the hands of Austria ; and all the information he had received conveyed the impression , that they had proved faithful to the government in resisting the revolted in repelling the insurgents , from the most praiseworthy sentiments of loyalty and gratitude . There had doubtless been some sacrifice of life in the suppression of a must formidable insurrection ; but he could see nothing in the attachment of a population to a state from which they had received tho most substantial benefits , which would justify Lord Beaumont ' s condemnation .

      Lord luxxAiRD believed , that the province of Gallicia had been , in general , well governed by Austria , and in a manner quite different to that adopted in another part of Poland by another government . He did not think the noble lord had brought sufficiently under the notice of the house , the proclamation issued by one of the governors of Gallicia . It wag not denied that such a proclamation was issued , offering a reward for the apprehension of the insurgents , dead or alive . On inquiry , too , he found that every governor wasauthorised by the statute law of Austria , iu certain cases , to issue a proclamation ; he

      understood the law oi that country to be , that all deserters might be taken and brought in , dead or alive , and , by another statute law , all rebels are to be treated as deserters . He believed the proclamation in question was founded on that law ; at the same time he was certain , from the character of Prince Metternich , that he never could havesanctionedanything so barbarous as a proclamation of tkis sore . He was glad the subject had been brought forward , because it enabled the government of this country to show its abhorrence of such barbarity . The subject then dropped .

      Lord Desman then presented a petition from a Mr . J . Smiiu , who complained that his residence hap been entered and searched under the authority of a warrant from ihe Commissioners of Excise , and after a reply from Lord Dalhousie to the effect that the commissioners had not exceeded their powers , their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Moxdat . Afbh . 6 .

      RAILWAY BILLS . On the second , reading of the Sheffield , Buxton , and Crewe Railway Bill a discussion of considerable importance occurred . In reply to observations from Mr . Ward and Lord Sandon , Sir R . Peel observed , that no person could hare viewed without great anxiety the railway speculations of the last autumn and winter . It was one of those speculation fevers , which periodically afflicted this country—which as regularly produced great suffering among private individuals , and which no experience , he was afraid , would ever cure . He was aware of the difficulty which beset the house in interfering with the transactions of commerce generally ; but he thought that , without applying a direct

      limitation either to the amount of capital to be invested in raiiroads , or to the bills to be proceeded with this session , the house had the means of putting a check indirectly on the bills' then before it . There were many schemes before the house ; but then prospects of profit were less , the difficulty of raising money was greater . The appetite for speculation had in consequence diminished very considerably . Unless those schemes were likely to be profitable to individuals , it was not for- the public interest to permit them to proceed ; attd he , therefore , thought that it would be for the public advantage to pass a bill with this limited object—that where a majority holding more than half the stock of the company should represent to Parliament that they

      were not desirous ot proceeding with their bill , they should have a , full opportunity of declaring it by petition to either House of Parliament ; and that , in such case , Parliament should refuse to sanction any further proceedings upon it . He proposed that those who originally proposed the scheme should still remain responsible for the expense which they . had authorised . He thought also that a trustee , or an official assignee , should be appointed to take possession of the property of the company . In such a case the house would be relieved from the necessity of compelling private individuals to proceed with a measure which they disliked , or the public to go on with a measure which to the public would be unprofitable .

      This suggestion gave rise to a lengthy discussion , in the course of which Messrs . Labouchere , Ward , Patten , F . Baring , B . Denison , and other influential members couuected with railways , expressed themselves favourably towards it . Sir R . 1 ' eel observed that the majority of which he had spoken , was to consist , of the present , and not of the original shareholders . He had been misunderstood if it were supposed that he had said that the house was to proceed to the third reading of the bill before it took notice of the petition presented against it . The house might discontinue the proceedings on the bill at the earliest stage of the presentation of the petition . There were certain railroad bills standing for n third rending to morrow . Hi * thuuuht that they should all be postponed for the pvesent f aud the adjournment at Easter would br most favourable for allowing the subscribers tod * ' berate whether they would proceed further with ' Jlenj Lord Mdiii'ETii hoped that Sir R . PE v ; would adhere to his original proyesitiou , and mal ^ jj CW ] ,

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      mlsory on the shareholders or scrip-holders to express their feelings on behalf of every railway scheme ' now before Parliament . After some disoussion the bill was then Jread a second time . Till laftMif t \ w \ l \\ t \ ( slimt / vVi / vl / 1 anh am mam !* . 1 . ^ . 1 . 1 l .

      PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILL . Sir R . Peel then asked such hon . gentlemen as had motions for to-morrow to postpone them , in order that the house might proceed with the adjourned debate on the bill for the protection of life in Ireland . Mr . W . S . O'Brien and Mr . J . O'Cosnell both declared their inability to consent to any measure which would facilitate the progress of the Coercion Bill . Lord MoRrBTii hoped , that as the decision of the house had already been taken in favour of entering

      upon the discussion on the Irish Bill , the Irish members would not waste the time of the house by getting up a preliminary debate on the order of their proceedings . He did not repent of the vote which he had given on a former night in favour of proceeding with the Corn Bill instead of the Irish Bill ; for he had received a letter that morning from one of the largest manufacturers in the West Riding , stating that , in consequence of the stagnation of trade produced by the dilatory progress of the Corn Bill , the distress of the operatives in Yorkshire and Lancashire was extreme , and thatmany of them must have ¦ perished had they not been relieved by private , charity .

      The motion that the order of the day be then read , led to a series of obstructive motions in which the Irish members unequivocally showed their determination to resist the progress of the bill by every means in their power . The order was however at last read and Mr . It . S . Carew rose to oppose the measure , not only because it was unconstitutional in its tendency , but also because it was incapable of accomplishing the object for which it was intended . lie advocated the necessity of readjusting the church property , and of making some alteration in the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland , to which he attributed most of the crimes committed in that country . If the government would but remedy the grievances of Ireland , there would be no occasion for a bill of this oppressive character .

      T / ie O'Consob Don opposed the measure , and maintained there was no connection between it and the prevention of crime in Ireland . Mr . M . Milnes supported it . He admitted , how . ever , that tho punishment of transportation ought not to be inflicted so summarily as was proposed in this bill ; and he should willingly co-operate with any gentleman who should propose to amend that part of the bill in committee . Mr . D . Browne , after congratulating the country on the evident change of temper in the House in Irish affairs , proceeded to make a lengthy discursive speech on the grievances of Ireland , and the remedies proposed for them . He contended that the crimes committed in England—of which he read a long

      catalogue—were quite as numerous , and rather more numerous , than those committed in Ireland ; and yet it was not proposed to put them down in England by Ja coercion bill , because the people of England would not bear it , although such a measure appeared to the Government well suited for the atmosphere of Ireland . He assured the House that so long as the clearance system was carried oa in Ireland , upon the scale recently adopted by Mr . Gerard . it would be impossible to tranquillize that country , even though they were to multiply their coercion bills un times over . lie wished that Ireland should enjoy the same institutions as England ; and if they said they would not repeal the union , let ministers come down to the House and » ay thny would give Ireland the

      same institutions as England , full representation and equal franchises . He particularly addressed himself to the right hon . baronet at the headef her Majesty ' s government , who , he felt , was disposed well towards his countrymen , to ask his own heart what was most wanting in Ireland . * Let him see the anomalous condition of the people ; poverty unexampled in the history of any country , while millions were drained from the country by heartless absentees ; the granaries of the country bursting with their contents , whileithe people , in abject wretchedness , were claiming the miserable pittance from the stranger ; their flocks and herds driven to another land to swell the absentee tribute , while the unfortunate peasantry were at the present moment endeavouring ( to use the

      language of the Peer Law Commissioners ) "to keep a grip of life . " Let the right hon . baronet look to the state of the metropolis of Dublin ; even the prestige of its former greatness gone ; the houses of the nobility desecrated to mean and lowly purposes ; her streets deserted ; her shopkeepers bankrupt ; her Custom-house a depot for English merchandise ; her Exchange a mookery ; her Bank a monopoly ; and her Castle , as it would be under this bill , a despotism , ( llear , hear . ) Let him reflect upon these things ] and , like a great statesman , apply the real remedy , ' —abandon coercion , and , above all , let him show to the Irish people a good intention of impartial government . Let him unite ( to use language which he had heard before ) the science of Watt with the policy of

      the son of Chatham . Let him encourage the introduction of capital into Ireland , the sure foundation of political peace and commercial prosperity , and he would behold a glorious consummation , which would add another laurel to the reputation of a name that then indeed would become immortal , ( Hear , bear . Lord Morpeih observed , that though he was ready to admit that remedial measures ought to have preceded , or at any rate to have accompanied , this measure of coercion , yet he could not take upon himself the responsibility of refusing to give to ihe government some of the powers which they alleged to be essential to the security of human life in Ireland . He was ready to allow that the people of that country in honesty of dealing between man and man , and

      in patience under want and privation , were superior to any other people in the worM . He was ready to allow that it might be easy to pick out crimes more enormous than any committed in Ireland ; but it was not the enormity , but the system , of Irish crime , which called at present for some intervention on the part of the Legislature . He considered that this bill was not calculated to gain its own ends ; but he could not refuse to legislate upon the subject altogether . He had been one of those who hud originally supported the appropriation clause , and he had subsequently stated in his place in Parliament that that clause , baffled as it was , would not do full justice to Ireland . He was also of opinion that all the franchises of Ireland , Parliamentary as well as municipal , ought to rest upon the same basis as those of England and Scotland . Though the Whig government had introduced a Poor Law into Ireland , he thought thai the relation between the ¦ propertii and

      the poverty of mat country required further adjustment ; and most earnestly did he hope that the new law ef landlord and tenant which government was going to nropose , would be formed with due consideration ol the rights of the weak and defenceless . He was also of opinion that the bogs and waste lands of Ireland might be made productive of greater advantage to its population . He then proceeded to remark , that whenever the period should arrive for the first reading of this bill , some time must elapse before it arrived at its third reading . If in the interim the abhorrence with which theae crimes had been branded by the popular leaders of Ireland , should have produced a diminution of their number , and restored security to property and life , he hoped that her Majesty ' s government would meet that manifestation of improvement in a corresponding spirit , and would dispense with the whole , or with the severer part ef this law .

      Mr . P . Scrofe observed that he had resisted bills of this coercive character on former occasions , and he should be consistent with himself in resisting this bill now . So long as you allowed tlie exterminating and depopulating system of the Irish landlords to proceed without check or hindrance , so long would you have a necessity for these coercion bills . He wanted to see the commencement of a better system —the introduction of remedial measures . But at present their policy seemed to be one-sided legislation , which took into account only the interests of tkose who least required favour , the giving large doses of aquafortis to the peasantry and milk-andwater to the landlords . ( Hear , bear . ) They had no right to say that it was an impossibility to give food

      and employment to such a population in such a country as Ireland ; they had ne « sr tried the right means ; they gave to the landlords privileges , the toleprofd in the soil , and tfces they etcclitdtd the masse ) from their natural inheritance . Until tlie resources of the-country were fully developed , he ( Mr . Scrope ) could never approve of the desperate system of emigration . Until they repealed the laws now in force , until they treated Irishmen as Englishmen , and gavoto the one as they gave to the other—the sense of citizenship , they would in vain attempt to tranquillise Ireland . ( Hear . ) If the' evil remained unreformod , it was not hypothetical to warn them of a social convulsion such as iiad taken place in other countries—but which > God forbid should ever occur in a nation so nearly and cfoself connected with [ them as was Ireland . What had been the recent history of France ? Tho

      peasantry Jhore had once baen as v . vte tlie peasantry now in the & t 6 T ' . kingdom ; thuv . yosi > , broke their chains , cla imed an'i trained their rights . The consequence i iad been auspicious ; the peasantry of France had tWsed themsdv < $ t and millions now posses , scd the farms . JvJiii 'h ^ e ad fo >' merly cultivated at the will ajj . d- pfeaat u-e of . Iheir tyrant master * . Irelaud and , Frwic-e , h . *\ Catholic countries had too frequent . an . int' 3 rc vhS ' * r . ot to lead the people ol tlie one to imitate the , «* SJu' to tliem W ? T the other . ( Qea- w \ , "M possessed the fact , and they would -Jj ( v Wi « i " < l t 0 lh ' tlic palp * ble infcienco , fl \}^ l *» < remedy was m revolt . « J' - - " lld most sfcates of tlie » orth " ot 'its Iron [^ . ntry had been freed by the Gov ernmt 'cssit < , . oppression ot their landlords from the nc Ma

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      With these examples before them , did they think the demands of the Irish peasants would not increase ? The introduction of manufactures into Ireland had been talked of , but till the agricultural capabilities of the country were developed the people could not be made to depend upon manufactures . In Ireland there was no inducement to industry ; therefore , it was said , the people were not industrious . But give them long leases or an extension of the Ulster tenant right ( hear , hear ) , and it would be found they would work as hard as the Scotch or English . Ho had long held these opinions ; lie had tried to urge them on Parliament , but he had failed . Now , however , circumstances were verging on a point—they were approaching a crisis , and with no party object , with no other motive in view but the necessity of the case he asked them to secure that peace and tranquillity in which England was so deeply interested , by bringing forward such a series of measures as would go to the root of the evils . 1 ^ 7 !^ 1 » nvmiitilnn li ^ XV-. _ i . 1 . A' . A li . mi til in Ir fltn

      Lord G . Bentinck supported the measure . He could not see how any extension of the political franchise in Ireland could cure the evils against which this bill was intended to guard ; but lie concurred with Lord Morpeth in thinking that a further adjustment of the relations between Irish property and Irish poverty was desirable . lie then proeeeded to attack the conduct of government on account of their dilatory mode of proceeding . What justification was there for the government coming down to the house , and saying that unless it could carry a free trade in corn , it would not introduce a measure for preventing assassination in Ireland ? What was that but saying that , if it could not have a free trade in corn , it would have a free trade in mid-day murder and midnight assassination in Ireland ? If such languago were to be tolerated , they might as wall have Captain Rock sitting in Dublin Castle as Lord-Lieutenant , with a Whiteboy as his secretary , and with Molly Maguire as his principal attendant .

      Mr . J . O'Brien then moved that the debate be adjourned . On this question the house divided , when there appeared—For the adjournment H Against it 120 Majority against it 46 AconversationthentookplaceonapropositionofSir W . Somerville , to adjourn the debate till that day three weeks . Sir R . Peel declared his intention of not giving way to such a proposition , and , after some sharp observations , Sir W . Somerville withdrew it , reserving to himself the right of renewing it , if he thought fit , on Tuesday . The debate was then adjourned till Tuesday .

      In a committee of 3 upply the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated , in answer to a question by Col . Sibthorp , that last year he had anticipated tlie surplus of income over expenditure at £ 90 , 000 . He was happy to state , that , independeatly of the money to be received from China , it now amounted to £ 1 , 750 , 000 . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned at one o ' clock . HOUSE OF LORDS—Ttosday , April 7 . After the presentation of petitions , Lord Campbem , introduced two bills , the first for abolishing that remnant of superstition , dcodands imposed by , coroners' inquests ; and the second for affording compensation to the families of persons who lose their lives by railway or other accidents , whore the degree of negligence was such as to justify a verdict of manslaughter—which were read a first time .

      The Earl of Dauiousii ! then proceeded to present a report from the Railway-office of the Board of Trade , for the years 18 U and 1845 ; and took that opportunity of bringing umfer the notice of their lordships the determination at which the government had arrived with respect to railway legislation , considering it most desirabje that that determination should be promulgated with the least possible delay . The noble carl then proceedod to > detail the course which had been pursued by Parliament on the subject of railway legislation during the present session —referred to the numerous petitions and memorials which had been presented to the Legislature , and to the Board of Trade , complaining of the great evils which were resulting to all branches of trade , as well

      as to the promoters of railway measures , from the state of things which was now found to prevail—all agreeing in the proposition , that the price of every description of materials required in the construction of railways , as well as of all other projects involving a demand for the same description of articles , would be greatly enhanced , while the value of labour would be increased , but which advancement in the price ef wages , it was feared , would not be likely to tend to the permanent improvement of the condition of the labourer . The noble earl , after exposing the system of operating upon the market even by flying pigeons from the very doors of the house , conveying intelligence as to proceedings before Railway Committees , said it was the intention of the government , as early as possible after Easter , to introduce a bill , the object of which would be to enable any of the

      railway company , ? now before Parliament to wind up their affairs , with the view of putting an end to the undertaking for which the funds were originally subscribed . It was proposed , by machinery to be provided , that means should be given to the actual holders of railway stock to call a meeting of the proprietors , for the purpose of determining whether or not the affairs of the company should be wound up . If such a determination should be come to by a majority of the number of shares , then that an official assignee be appointed for the administration ol the funds , and , after satisfying the demand of every creditor , divide the surplus rateably among those entitled to share it ; but should there be a deficit instead of a surplus , that circumstance should not operate as an exemption to the parties liable from the payment of any expenses that had been previously incurred .

      Tho proposal elicited expressions of approval from several of their lordships , and in answer to a question from the Marquis of Lansdowne . Lord Dalhousie said , it was intended after the recess , to propose the postponement of all further progress in the bills at present before committees until the 29 th of this month . On the motion of the Duke of Wellington , the house then adjourned to Tuesday , the 21 st instant . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Tuesdat , April 7 . The house was engaged until six o ' clock with a mass of private business , principally connected with railways . Mr . Hume applied for , and obtained a committee on private bill legislation with a view to remedy the abuses of the present system .

      Mr . Cochiunb in asking a question of Sir R . Peel relative to the financial affairs of Greece , quoted the following statement of the Financial Minister of that country . " I nowjeome down tothisjhouse to tell you that the Finance Department is in a complete state of disorganization and paralysis ; that no accounts exist either as to the revenue or the expenditnrej . and that it will be utterly impossible to furnish you with anything in the shape of a correct budget . In consequence of the dishonesty and incapacity of the puHio functionaries , the public account * are in a state of chaos . All that M . Provilegio and other * have told you respecting every honest man having : been dismissed , and ot tlie spoliation of the pubiis : moneyat Syra and elsewhere , is perfectly true . Millions are due to the state ; and we de-not know who > are our debtors , as the revenue books have disappeared ^ This is the financial statement I have to > make . " ( Laughter . )

      Sir R . Peel thought the house would adsait , after , what they had heard , that the most frank , modes * , and candid of all the Chancellors of the Exchequers in Europe was the Chancellor , of the Exchequer who presided over the ' revenues-of Greece ! ( A laugh ») If the hon gentleman behind ; Mm-had "buoyed himself up" with any hopes of payment of interest upon the Greek debt , he fcSir R . Pcel ) , imist say , for his oivn part , that he-had noibeen sosanguine . ( Renewed laughter . ) Sir R . Peel than , stated the anangemants which

      he intended to make for the progress of public business after Easter . The substance of his statemant was , that he would on Wednesday propose that the House adjourn , ea its rising till Friday week ; that on Friday week he would resume the adjourned debate on the Irish Bill ; aai that on the , Monday following he would propose tliat the Corn Importation Bill and the Customs Bill be committed , in case-the debate on the Irish Bill should then be closed , ; but in case it were not closed , he would then proceed with the Irish Bill before the Corn Bill , until a division on the former measure took place .

      POSTPONEMENT OF BILLS . Mr . T . Duncombe . wished to ask whosher the government had any objection to make to the Lace factories Bill which stood for a second reading

      tomorrow . I Sir J . Graham said his objection to the bill was I an objection to its principle , which he should , be I obliged to take on the motion for the second reading . I Mr . T . Duncomhe would , in that case , move , that I the order of the day , for the secoad reading Jof I the bill be now read , in order to postpone it -to the 23 ml of April . Agreed to . Mr . Wysk , in moving for a select eomnii ; ctce to inquire into the presentstateot ' legal educa tion in Ireland and the means for its further impr ovement and extension , observed , that his object , w as to enhwe this branch of education , of which , t ' . ie importance could not be exaggerated , considering the "vc-vt hiflu enco which lawyers exercised ove , society . He , therefore , railed upon the house tf , f . 0 UI , d n schoolmul college ot mw in Dublin , and to avl it by tho ccmtri-• tions o the state . J | ¦

      bu the motion ot an hon . To . omber , the house was Oh iUHl - tl' « e ?•* **«>!? , f orty members present , countoa , 1 wlaUiglitoV locki 1 ' l stood ail ) oi | 4

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS-Wkdnmday , April 8 . The Speaker took the chair at twelve o ' clock . RESTORATION OF POLAND . Mr . Dc » cos < be presented a petition from a meeting at the Crown a . nd Anchor Tavern , praying that the house would address her Majesty , to take into consideration the state ef Eastern Europe , and , in conjunction with other European powers , devise measures for the restoration of Poland . II ft I lS \ Vt I 1 l 1 I if I AT \ 1 ( l ^ Jd . Wimunnn i w , 1 ...... D

      UNLICENSED LECTURE ROOMS . Mr . Duncombe also presented a petition from Richard Johnson , bookseller , of Hull , praying for an alteration in the 38 th of George III . ( the Correspondence Act ) . The petitioner complained that he ( the petitioner ) hud been subjected under that act to the payment of a penalty of £ 20 for receiving money at the door of a lecture room ; and he submitted that every one who so received money for admissions was liable to be proceeded against by common informers . The same hon . member presented a similar petition of the inhabitants of Hull agreed to at a public meeting .

      CLOTHING FOR INFANTS IN WORKHOUSES . Mr . Christie asked Sir J . Graham , whether the attention of the Poor Law Commissioners had been directed to the cases of two women tried and acquitted at the last assizes for Salisbury and Herelord , respectively , for the murder of their infant children , in consequence of the children having been stripped of their clothing on their mother ' s leaving the union workhouses , of which they had been severally inmates .

      Sir J . Graham observed , that tho Poor Law Commissioners had written a letter to the board of guardians presiding over one of the workhouses to which Mr . Christie referred , stating that where a woman , delivered in a workhouse of a bastard child , desired to leave the workhouse , and had no clothing for her child , the board of guardians or the relieving officer might , upon her application , make her an allowance of such necessary clothing ; and that the board might also empower the master of the workhouse to furnish clothing for the child in cases of that sort , when there was not time for the woman to make application either to the board itself , or to the relieving officer . The cases , therefore , to which Mr .

      Christie had referred , had not arisen either out of the existing state of the law , or out of any order issued by the Poor Law Commissioners . At a subsequent period of the sitting , Mr . Christie expressed his dissatisfaction at the answer which Sir J . Graham had given to his questions . He , therefore , asked some additional questions , of which the most material were , whether the Poor Law Commissioners had inflicted any censure on the workhouse officers for not allowing the clothes to be taken by the mothers of these unfortunate infants , whether a circular letter with general instructions on this subject had been sent to all the unions , and whether he would produce a copy of the letter , of which he had read an extract .

      Sir _ J . Graham observed , that it was impossible for him to give a detailed answer to these questions , as lie had not had any notice of them . He had no objection to produce the letter of which lie had read an extract . The Poor Law Commissioners had no power , to inflict a censure on a board of guardians .

      STATE OF IRELAND . Sir J . Giuiiam laid upon the table of the house the official returns received from the Scarcity Commissioners in Ireland during the month of March in order to convince it that the distress in that country had not only been progressive up to the present time , but that there was every probability of its continuing to increase . He should move that they be printed . Sir R , Peel observed , that the introduction of meal made from Indian corn was creating in Ireland a new taste for a better and more generons description of food than the potatoe . Indian corn , however , was now only admitted by a sort of sufferance . The importers of it would have increased confidence in their speculation if its admission were guaranteed by act of Parliament . Besides foreign wheat , foreign oats , and foreign barley , were still liable to a high duty ; and lit was convinced that , if a decision were taken on the Cem Bill , by which that high duty would be

      materially reduced , the available supply of food would be greatly increased . He therefore appealed to the Irish members , if they wished to confer a great benefit on many districts of tlieir own country , to allow a decision to betaken forthwith on theSrst reading of the Coercion Bill , in order that Parliament might proceed with the Corn Bill without turther delay . _ . This appeal Jled to a long and desultory discussion in which several Irish members declared that a sense of duty to their country would impel them to continue their opposition to every stage of the Coercion Bill . If any delay was the consequence it was Sir Robert ' s own fault . We ; had only to withdraw that Bill for a few weeks , and permit the house to proceed with the Corn Bill first . The Protectionists on the other hand deprecated this incidental discussion of the Corn Bill which they intimated was not so sure of passing as some members thought it was . They also objected to mixing up the two questions of Coercion for Ireland , and Free Trade .

      After a series of explanations as to the course of public business . Sir K . PKE& stated emphatically , that after the Irish Bill bad be en read a first time , it was the intention of government to proceed immediately with the Corn Bi ) l ,. and not to Bring forward any otlie : ; businsss of any Mnd till the sense of the house had been definitively taken on that measure . The house adjourned to Friday , the 17 th inst .

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      THE GLASGOW BOOT AvNB' SHOEMAKERS . TO THE EDITOR : OF TIIE SOUTHERN STAR . Sib , —In your paper of Saturday ,- March 28-, under the head of " Cordwainers ' ( Sensral Mutual Assistance Association , " there appeared a letter from Mr . William Clark , as " general secretMjy'' Us which that genAleman takes it upon himself to stigmatise- the boat and slroematters of Glasgow j and in regard' oi which we are ? warranted in saying to Hi . Clarks ,. and to-all the boot and' shoemakers of the United Kingdom ; that ) the whole-of the charges set forth in tbartocument are false andi calumnious Gas far as the trade of Glasgow 1 iB-ccncernedJi

      Mr . Claris must haTC been-aware that the- association of which he-is Secretary wrote to Gla 3 gow sewral times , end transmuted copie 3-of tlieir general'lawa and Vafanoftheet , with s recommsndhtio ! n to join : the association . Twice was tlie questionidisuussod in general meeting , and rejected ; of which due notice-was senHto the fiomiuittoe of Management . Did tJie Committee ofrilanagsment ack > why it was rejected ? T'hey did not ; bat oa Mr .. Glwkcoming int * office , he opened 1 up'&corcespondence- with an individual in- Glasgow and 1 ordered ) , trim to form an < association , if he-could proeure- only tiy-snty-flvs- personsto join him , Shu-said individual' was appointed—or he styledhimself— "the London * delegate for . S Gotland . "

      The delegate ; aoting up'to-hi 9-commi 3 sio . n beat up'fop recruits , and was-soifar successful that he-mustered thsominous-district'making twenty-five , - whose average debt to the- old society-amounwd'tO' right ahiilinga , or , \ in the whole ,, ten pouadB sterling . These tweaty-. five at- ohob "became membera-of the new asseeiation . ;; there admission wa » free ; and here was aaieasy way . of paying their debt —a dabt doe to'that body , wfco-had : maintained their ¦ wage * against the united i efforts- of all tha wasters-in 'Glasgow for the last fifty years ; that-bad ; who gave them support to sickness-aiwl ample provision for- , deceut'iutcr-: mentinictvseof . death * "W henquarter-dayoame , tbiswliole

      dwtnerot twenty-&ve refused to Ray , " -They w » uld pay no money to the olu-tirad 9 .- ; . they belonged to . the English Association , and they were- supported by . six- thousand men . " They were theu struck ell ' the shops—tke-usual practice with regard to non-puying ; meaihera .. There wer » at the same-time , m-Glasgow ,, seventj man from . Belfast on strike , hD-d upwards-of fifty from Edinburgh ,, also oa . strike ; BD-we did- not require to-send a " specialtrain to Edinburgh , to fill their plaoes ^' as Mn-Olurk asserts ,, nor did one solitary instance coeur , of / any one of theav being tbrown out of employment ^ for they , saw their enror , paid th ' . eir debt , and resumed ' , thoir work . su usual .

      Mr ^ Slark also- [ states that we went . the masters to solicit their assists nice iu putting ; dovm . the unionists-or . they would raise .-ti . ne wages . We did no such thing . ; , but the commissioned ! " London delegate , "'and same of his silly dupes , had itue temerity to try that dodge , -Hell-knowing that we got a . considerable advance-in November , and intimated that we had another rise ot wagas in , contemplution , and . produced his copy of " gensral laws , " reads the eighteenth and nineteenth articles , to . show that the association gave no support to staikts for an advaouu , and proffered to make beviL edges , und- wheel the Bhunks , and other items that we charge for ; and that if thuy xwuld turn , oat the old m « ft lie would pi-ocuve them plunty of raea . from England . ! Ee wa&orderea to go about his . business ; mid lie then threatened the roasters wi& the vtngeaiweof six . thousand man ! In fact ,, all that Mr . Clark charges the

      ' ' 1 I 1 I trade of Glasgow with , aad morels-true of this " -London I delegate" and hU party ; for the little band of Suvinciblue I that he commands now , on heading that a shop , ( in the I eastern dLvhion > was ou strike s \ gainst a curtsUof wages , 1 resolved to take possession oi it , mid actually tilled \ tt with thoir great loader at thek haad . Yes , indeed ; the "Loiidin . delegate" is now " -scafcbiag"it for one of tho lowest shops in the kinsdom . Mr ^ Glark speaks ot relieving caids—tis quitf ; true , we relievo all cards , and wo cannot coniitive to wb at end the ' 000 curds ( seut by him tc the "London delegate ") will come to , or how the assertion or anj other society can I di&tinguish tho honest member from the swindler . " He 1 also elvarges Liverpool with changing the association card , and giving one of their own iustwid . Wo do thu same thing , if tho parson stops and works in the town , but merely paRsing through we give him his own caul . marking the relief ,

      There is uo doubt but tho next meeting of Conference will bo able to produce a better coda of laws thun thu present , which is uot adopted to suit either Scotland or Ireland , wilii tho single exemption of Dublin . The tramp . ihg . moiK'S a '" family support may suit England , but is on too V . ' igh n soule for Scotland . Besides threepence , being the greatest amount to be levied uer week , will bo

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      too small in extreme cases , as is plain just now from tho numerous strikes : and how will Conference do with respect to a strike for advance of wages , surely if they ex . pect towns to join tlie association , they ought to hold out the right hand to those cities and towii 3 where wages are low , or else they will never be induced to contribute to maintain high wages in any place , without a chance of raising their own . These and other considerations prevented the four divisions ol Glasgow from associating themselves with tlieir brethren in England and Ireland , together with an incorrect balance-sheet which indicates a want of some , thing at hcad . quarters , for errors there are not a few , and if typographical it matters not , it shows , at least , a want of proper attention on the part of those who were appointed to superintend the getting up and printing . , > ..

      With regard to the Belfast strike , we say we did as much for our B . irMt brethren as was possible ; we re . heved their cards , and sought and obtained wrk for every one of them , and the eastern division gave them 15 to defend the committee , yet the "London delegate " and seven or eight of his followers , are scabbing it again st them . We also sent money to Belfast for the same end We wish they may prove victorious , for their cause is just . We encourage their men , who are amongst us , although their contributions are very limited , but if they gam the strike we shall be content .

      Now , Mr . Editor , is it not too bad to malign a body of men who never once g . xve offence to the association . We have relieved all their members who came this way , and freely admitted them to the full benefits of our sick and funeral fand , and every other privilege of the trade , at the same time some sections of the " Mutual" Association refuse our cards , and others relieve them , hut cause them to enter the new association , and charge half a crown for admission . Is it to be supposed that we are to give up u society which supports its members in sickness and buries them decently when called out of this world for one so badly arranged , that there is scarcely a single article in the general laws that has not been departed from over and over again ? We hope that Mr . Clark will see his error , and that he will see the necessity of apologizing to that body on whom he has passed such unqualified strictures , and we trust that the trade of Glasgow will always be found , as they have ever been , willing and ready to assist their

      brother operatives , in every way to repel the attacks of greedy masters , and their grovelling tools . James Smitd , Secretary , Eastern Division . James } Iu » doch , Secretary , City Division . No . 17 , King-street , Glasgow , March 25 , 184 G .

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      TIIE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held eycry | week on the following days and places : — 8 USBAT EYEtHNG . South London Chartist Hall , 1 J 5 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartut Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at tho Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin'B-lane- at half-past seven . —Corner * Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmetfs Brigade : at the Rock Tarem , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marylebone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at half , past seven .

      MONDAT EYENIHO . Camltrwell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . TUESDAY EVEXISO . Greenwich : at the Georgeand Dragon , Blackheathhill , at eight o ' clock . Netvcastle-upon-Tpie : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , irom seven until nine o ' clock , for the purposQ of receiving subscriptions and enrolling memscrs . Leicester : The members * and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Chureh-gate , every Sunday night , at six o ' clock . Armley : Tlie members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William dates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock .

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      Cur Chartist Hall , 1 , Tcbnaoais-lank , Fabringdon-street . —On Sunday morning next , April 12 th , the public discussion will . be resumed at haltpasS ten precisely . In tlie afternoon , at three , tha Metropolitan District Council will meet lor the dispatch of business . Is the evening , at seven , Mr . Walter Cooper will deliver a pubJie lecture . Subject— " The Advantages and Disadvantages of Missions to-the Heathen . " ' South Lo . ndon Chawtisi Hall ,. 115 , Blackfrurs-roa'Dv—On Sunday evening next , April 12 tb , Mr . T . Shorter will lecture . Subject ;— " Ob Intel * Jectual , Social , and Poiitieal Progress . " To com . mence at seven o ' clock precisely . CAMDERWBLt AUD WaLWORTH . —A mCStlOg Will be held at th « Montpelier Tavern , Walworih ,, ort Monday evening , April 13 th , at eight o ' clock precisely .

      Hammersmith . . —A meeting will be held ' attlieDua Cow , Brook Green-lane , oa 'Jluesday evening next , April 14 th , at eight o ' clock precissly . Tower Hamiets-. —A publfo- meeting will be held at the Brass Founders' Arms , Whi 5 echape 3 J Road , oa Thursday , April the 16 th , MOj to elect a Delegate to represent the Tower Ilamlet 3 in the forthcoming convention . Clmir to be taken'ab Eight o ' oiockt Nottingham . —Section No . 2 . ' of the ChartiBb Cooperative Land Society will be open < t » reoei 7 e members- on Monday next , , at Mr . J ! Sweet ' s , bookseller and news agent , of whom the rules of the Sooiety can be obtained . West Xiding Dkbegate Msbmnoi—This meetingwill be holden on . Sunday , the 12 th cf April , in the Working Man's Hall ,. Bull Close Lane , Halifax-,. to commence at 12 o'olookat noon ..

      OtDHiia- —On Sunday , to morrow-, two Leotureswilli be delivered in-the-Working ; Man * 3 Hall ; : the tirrt Lecture by FaargUB O'Connor ,. Esq ., to commence at half-past 'Jlen in the morning ; and the second Lecture by MK PL-M'Grath ) to commence at Six o clock > in the evening . On Monday , April 13 th ,. lS 43 j . a Tea ' Party and Ball will , take place in the above Hall ; 'i'ea to be on the table afcifive o ' clock , and the Ball ' to commence at Sevan-precisely . BAnNSLEV . —A public meeting will be held on Monday evening , next , April 13 th , at sixio ' oiook , in Mr . Ackl 3 m !' s < rocm ; . to petukm Parliament against the intended Coercion Bilbtor- Ireland ..

      BubnleT ' . —A \ delegate meeting . T * ill be holden in the Ch » rtist-room ,. Hammerton-strect , em the 19 th inst ., ehair to-be takemat one o ' olpek . The object of the meeting isi to taMe-into consideration tho propriety of sending a delegate to ths general Convention , to-assemble in London ,, and to elect a new district secretary .. Delegates are requested from the following places * : *—Acorington , Blaclibuvnj Bacup , Barnoldswick ,. Glitheroe , Golne , Sabden , and Wheatley-lane :. All communications for . the Burnley Assooiation must be- addressed to William Bubtenvorth , . Secretaiy ,, Bradshaw' ' 8 Temperance Hotel , Gurzonstreet .

      RocHRALE . —Mr . Ghrhteplier B . oyle ,, of the Executive ,, will lectuvo-ih : tli&-Gluirtist-room , Mil-street ,. on Sunday , next ,. the 12 th inst ,, at six o ' clock in the evening .. A tea party and t . all will take place in the Social Institution , Yorksuire-strest ,. on East « r Tuesday , . to cemmemorate tlie first looation of the Chartist Co-operatsve- Land ' . Society . Tea oa tlie tablo . at five o ' clock .. The whole of th . 8 Executive-will ' attend . '• Bristol * —fhe members of tke Land Sooiety will < in future "meet each alternate Monday , at No > . 1 C » : IIorsefcir ,, and No . I 20 j in Temole-strcet .

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      Usiiaa PAanioTs' Benefit Society . —' The Festival CoaMnittee-of this-flourishing institution met on Friday evening ,. Maroh 27 th , and appointed a ; deputation to . wait on ' £ ' . S-. Duncombe , Es <> , M . S ; , tcsolieit him to take the chair at the ensuing diauer , and atooonff :. O'Connor , Esq and G . Bird . Esq ., to invite their attendance . On . Tuesday , evening the deputation zeportedi that Mi' .. Duncomhe had consented to take ttek chair , Mid appointed tlia first Monday in July , and that Messrs . O'Gonnjw and Bird ; had asceptcA the invitation to attend . It was then , agreed that tho festival be celebrated by a dinner and ball , at Chalk Faim Tavern ,, on Monday , July . tith ,. 1 & 1 S . The seesetary announce ! that a general meeting of the members weald take place at tlie Society-houae , Brown Bear Tavern , Broadstitect , IMeomsbury , to appoint a committee to tako , into consideration the renisal ot tke rules , and other business , ou Wednesday , April 22 . Chair to be taken , at eight o ' clock precise !? .

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      BoUdoes , aged sixty-two , after a few dajs illness , consequent on taking cold . The deceased was a sincero Christian and a sterling Chartist . Died , at Easinj ; ton l . uw , in tlie county of Durham , Mary Bowlby Sl'Cafce , wife of Abraham U'Cabe , uftev a lingering illness of eighteen months . Christened , at the same time , by the Uev . J . *>• Mich . il , of Helton le Hole , Emily Arabella M'Cal' 6 , Abraham Marsden il'Cabe , Eliza Cooke M'Cabe , culled alter | the poets .

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