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      Colonial Anu Iommu

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      MOVEMENTS OF THE 'WEEK . An arrival fr ° India asserts the discovery of a conspiracy on the part of the deceased Akhbar Khan in connection with the Candahar chiefs , for the invasion of British India , via Shirkarpore . The Scbah of Persia was to supply the needful cash , and Yar Mahommed of Heraut was to have contributed 3 , 000 men towards the enterprise .

      Westrongly doubt the truth of this statement , bnt if true , there must be an end to the p lot now that there is an end of Akhbar . We observe a report that that prince was poisoned by his own father . This notwithstanding the crimes of Asiatic courts , we take leave to doubt . Since the news from Portugal , given below . was in type , we have received later intelligence , to the effect that the terms proposed by Lord Palmerston bad

      been accepted by the Queen and the new Ministry . Colonel Wvlde had set out for St Ubes to put a stop to hostilities . A complete amnesty had been agreed to . If the terms were rejected by the insurgents , there was then to be an armed intervention by England in support of the Queen ; It was reported that the Junta would not accept any terms of accommodation unless their troops were allowed to garrison Xisbon and Oporto as guarantees against any future coup ctetat .

      The Pope is marching onward . His latest act has been the summoning of a consultative junta composed of individuals selected from the different provinces of the Roman states , for the purpose of discussing with the government the affairs of the admiaistrat . ionf and of aiding it in the measures to be adopted for the amelioration of the condition of the people , This is a step towards " representative institutions . " Amodificationof the Greek ministry has taken place . Coletti , however , still retains his place and lis supremacy ; the evil genius of his country . The quarrel with Turkey remains unsettled .

      It would appear from a stray number of the New Tori Journal of Commerce , that the Castle of St Juan d' Ulloa , notwithstanding its vaunted impreg nabflity , has fallen into the hands of the American invaders , and with it Vera Cruz . We expect the -confirmation of this intelligence before going to press . Since the almve was in type , intelligence has reached the metropolis of two arrivals at Liverpool from New York , bringing the details of the bomibardment and capture of San Juan d'Ulloa , with the the reported , loss on the side of the Mexicans of J . OOOand 15 Americans killed and 50 wounded . ¦ ¦

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      , r ^ — — —— —^ — »— — - ^ r w . u % H * FRANCE . A Ttejst's Fsars . —Saturday being the / e / e-day of Louis Philippe , extraordinary precautions were 4 aken to prevent any equivical demonstration of ^ popular affection for the royal personage . Oa Satnr--day evening , extra patrols surrounded the Chateau . -An orderfrom head-quarters was despatched te all "the barracks , enjoiniug the commander of corpse to double the piquets , and to hold a force ready to march -at a moment ' s warning . Boa Maza arrived at Marseilles ' on the 26 th : The Sud of Marseillessays : "This remarkable prisoner will be sent to the Chateau de Pomervi , in the ^ Pyrenees , whichis appointed for his rwidence . "

      A letter , addressed to the Mordtear Jadldaire of Xjons , gives a fearful description of the destitution of the population of Beaujolais , It can only be compared to the misery in Ireland . Whole families are -starving and without hope of being able to procure bread . Thk Pibk Fobhecahoss . — The Union Ib ~ ¦ narehique states , that for some tune past a considerable number of gun carriages has been transferred from the arsenal of Metz to Paris , to be used in the -fort of St Denis . It issaid , that by September next all the materials for arming the forts round Paris irill have arrived in the capital .

      SPAIN . On the 28 th alt a deputation , composed of Messrs 3 fendizabal , Cortina , OInzaga . Laserna , Madoz . and Cordery . waited on the Queen toentreat her Majesty to extend the benefit of the amnesty to several generals , and , in particular , to the ex-Regent , Espartero . The Queen graciously replied to the demand , saying "that she personally desired onion , bat that the question mustbereferred to her councilof Ministers . Cabusxs Destboted . —A letter from Barcelona -states that an engagement took place on the 23 rd , between a band of about 100 Garlists and a detachment of the royal troops , at Basella , near Solsona Twelve of the insurgents were killed and drowned , twenty-three were taken prisoners , and the rest -escaped .

      PORTUGAL . Thk Crra . WiB . —We have Lisbon news to the 23 th of April . The Royal Tar steamer , chartered by the Lisbon government , had been captured on the 21 st off the rock of Lisbon by the Mindello steamer , belonging to the insurgents , and carried into St Elbe's , which Sa da Bandeira had put into a state of defence , and which , was invested by the Queen ' s troops under Vinhaes . The Royal Tar , besides her fa-pounders , had on board 10 , 000 muskets and 40 , 000 -cartridges . Adoop . belongingtothe Queen ' s party , « as also taken by the insurgents , whilst on her way teem Gibraltar . The King , as commander-in-chief , bad joined the besieging army before St TJbes . Some accounts represent the Queen as having refused to accept Lord Palmerston's terms , and that negotiations was suspended until the fate of St Ubes should % e decided . Other reports represent the Queen as baving agreed to accept the conditions imposed by the British government .

      A change oi ministry has taken place . The new -administration consists of M . Bayard , in the depart- , ment of Foreign Affairs ; M . Leitan , Justice ; M ., Proense , Interior ; M . Tojal , Finance and Marine ; and Baron da Prate de Barea , War . Si Michael's , April 27- —This island has been in revolt some time . Independent of the garrison , 800 -cscadores of the line , there are 1 , 700 and odd armed volunteers . The governing junta are displaying great energy and activity ; they have recently remitted to the Oporto junta Id contos of reis , island currency—about 2 , TOW . —a large sum for so small a place . They are seeking for -vessels to embark a considerable portion of their force for Portugal ; and as the islanders are a fine , hardy , athletic race of men , this addition to the popular cause in Portugal iroulu be a valuable auxiliary . GERMANY .

      Prussia . —The King of Prussia had , on the 22 nd alt , laid before the Diet at Berlin the proposition for a new law , to abolish the tax at present in force upon flour , or rather all kinds of bread-stuffs and batcher ' s meat ( McM tmd Schiadttaiever ) , into a land of personal or head tax , for the poorer classes , and an income-tax , somewhat like Sir Robert Peel's , lor the more wealthy ones . - In the sitting . of the 27 th , adopted two important resolutions . It voted first , that the exportation of potatoes should not be allowed , and next that they should net be employe * In the distillation of brandies and spirits . ¦

      Hasoteb . —The General Diet was prorogued by loyal edict on the 21 st nit The same Gazette in which this notification appears contains the king's answer to the request of the Estates , that he would allow the debates to be published ; The reply coneludes with this emphatic declaration : — "After mature scrutiny and conscientious deliberation on -our duties , we have irrevocably decided nevsb to allow the meetings of our loyal Estates to be open to the pubic . " The reason assigned for this determination is , that publicity can only beuseful"insiMjalled constitutional states" ( in togmamten constitution-H »« taottn ); aad would be positively prejudicial in bis kingdom , where the deputies Vare not allowed to receive instructions from their constituents , and are not responsible to them . " The fabrication of brandy and vinegar from potatoes has been forbidden ia Saxony and Bavaria

      ITALY . Rom , April 22 . —As previously announced , the 2 , 590 th anniversary of the foundation of Rome was celebrated at that city on the 21 st nit ., by a grand ban * quetinthe Grotto diTito , which was attended by about 800 citirtns , of all classes and ages . After the repast speeches were made , verses recited , and national hyma sung . An immense concourse of people was assembled to witness the ceremony , at which the greatest order prevailed . On the 19 th Cardinal Gizzi addressed a circular to the governors of the Roman provinces , declaring that

      bis Holmes desired to create an assembly of the notablepersonagesauddelegatesof the principal towns of the Roman states . A letter from Civita-Vecchia says , that this announcement was received there with demonstrations of the greatest joy , and was welcomed probably in a similarmanner throughout all thestates ofthecaurehi The circular was made knownin Rome on the day after the anniversary of its foundation . One common sentiment pervaded Rome on its becom ing known . "Let us hasten to the Quirinal to express our gntitaoV' was thennivenal shout . The circalar . prbiteiinbvrge characters , wa hoisted on

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      » standard , and a rendezvous was appointed for sun-Bet , on the Piaxta del Popolo ; every Roman was to come with a torch . - At the appointed hour the immense square was filled to overflowing , the crowd occupying the neighbouring streets . At eight in the evening the immense mass began to move by companies in the most perfect order , preceded by bands of music The Corso was illuminated , the windows and balconies crowded with spectators , waving their handkerchiefs , and making the air resound with shouts ef . " Hail to . Rome!—to the provinces !—Long life to Pius IX . > " The Pope appeared on the balcony of the Quirinal , the surrounding space being brilliantly lit up by the flare of the torches . After the usual blessing , thousands of voices joined in one immense , imposing viva , which died away in silence , after which the people separated in the greatest order . .

      Letters from Bologna of the 25 th nit , announce ' that the Pope had sanctioned the principle of the es- j tablishment of national guards throughout the pontl- ' Seal dominions , and that a decree to thateffectahould be shortly published by His Holiness . . - j According to the Felsineo ( Bologna journal ) of the 22 nd ult ., the Grad Dake of Tuscany , taking ex- ample by the Pope , was on the peinfc of . adopting a ' liberal and progressive system of administration . j RUSSIA . j Letters in the Frankfort Post Ami Zeitang , under date April 21 , say , that the Emperor of Russia has adjourned his visit to Warsaw . The liver cemplaint , from which he is suffering i 3 of so serious a nature ! that his physicians have advised him not to quit St Petersburg before the middle of the summer . :

      Letters from St Petersburg state that two general officers and twelve colonels , have been committed for trial on the charge et having embezzled monies destined for the service of the military hosoitals . Thb Russian Ckssob 3 hip . —M . Lebedoff has published at St Petersburg , uader the authority of the censorship , a work relating to the first six years of the reign of the Emperor Nicholas . Hardly , however , had the work appeared , than it was seized by the police , although written in the most flattering style towards his Imperial Majesty , add the author himself was imprisoned as being guilty of having infringed the law ,, which . ordains that all writings treating of the reigning Sovereign must , before publication , be submitted to the Minister of the Court '

      EGYPT . Letters from Alexandria of the 19 th nit , announce that the foundation of the first lock of the barrage of the Nile was laid on the 9 th ult . by his Highness Mehemet AH with considerable pomp . A general salute of artillery concluded the ceremony ; 70 balls were slaughtered and given to the workmen , and a large quantity of rice and 2 , 000 sheep were distributed amongst the poor . ...

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . bepobted capture of vbra chuz and 81 joas d ' dlloa . The Times el Thursday last contained the following : —We have received a copy of the New York Journal of Commerce ot the 16 th ultimo , which was furnished to our correspondent at Plymouth by a pilot , who obtained it from an American packet bound for Havre . The following extracts leave no doubt as to the capture of Vera Cruz and the Castle of St Joan d'UJloa by the American force under General Scott , though in the absence of the intermediate papers between the 7 th , the latest previous date , and the 16 th ult ., we are unable to furnish our readers with any details of the operation in quesion : —

      " an avalakchb w victories . " On the 1 st day of the present month we pub * liihed the first authentic intelligence of the battle of Buena Vista , in which General Taylor with 5 , 000 men defeated Santa Anna with 20 , 000 . Since that date , we have announced the recapture of Los Angolos . whioh had risen against the new authorities in California , aad the re-establishment of American rule throughout that territory . Also the defeat and dispersion of the insurgents in' New Mexico . Also the unconditional surrenkr of Vera Cruz and the Caste of San Juan d'Ulloa , with four thou 3 ond troops , to tha American forces under General Seott . And lastly , the capture of Chihuahua , capital- of the state of the same name , by a force under Colonel D jniphan . Such a succession of victories ( two of them most important ) is

      something new in our annals , and it is to be hoped may lead the Mexican government , if there should be such a government , to treat for peace .. If , however , it shonld beget in the minds of our people a thirst for military glory , it will prove the greatest calamity which ever befel us . Peace is our element , and without it we cannot expect permanent or J' - ' ngcontinued prosperity . If Mexico should now be inclined to negotiate , we trust government will do itself the honour to offer liberal terms , such as will show to the world that as this war came upon us unexpectedly , and contrary to our most ardent wishes , so it has been prosecuted , not for territorial aggrandisement , not to depress a weaker power , but because there was not been a moment since it broke out when Mexico ( would listen to propositions for peace , although overtures tor thatjobject have - been repeatedly tendered . "

      A CIVIL WAR IN CHINA . ONE HUKDBKD AND THIRTY THOUSAND BIX . HUNDRED A 5 D XHIBTr-EIQHT PERSONS KILLED OB WOUMDED . ( From the Jiloniteur Beige of May 3 . ) The Chinese Repository gives an account ,, which could hardly be ' credited had we not positive proofs of the density of the population of-the Chinese empire . According to the above journal , published by the American missionaries , a civil war , or rather feud , took place between the two neighbouring departments of Chang-Chao and Tseven-Chao , in the iroWnceof Gokien , in which 24 , 515 houses and 660 huts were pillaged and burnt to ; the ground , and 130 , 63 $ persons killed or wounded . .

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      Baihks v . Baihes . — -The Learned Recorder of Hull , Matthew Talbot Baines , Esq ., QC , brother to Mr Edward Baton , took : care in his address to the Grand Jury on Friday last , to remove any suspicion which might have existed jof his participation in the editor of the Leeds Mercury ' s abhorrence of the Government scheme of n ational education . In charging the grand jury the learned recorder said , " I , for one . rejoice greatly over the improved prospects of national education ; for it is quite impossible to

      conceive a subject of greater importance . So far from wishing to limit education at all , if I had my own wilL I would oiake it accessible to ^ every . human being ; because in proportion as yon disseminate the blessings of a sound , religious , and moral education , in exactly the same proportion do you provide for the dearest . interestsof the public at large . " . Mr Thomas Baines , the editor of the Uverpool Times , is also at issue with Mr E . Baines , jun ., on this important question , not ^ having , like his brother , changed his opinion upon it .

      Morphia vereus Ethbh vosSurqioai Opbbatioss . —Excision of the mamma was performed here lately by Dr Chisholm , assisted by Dr Ross , Camrusmore , Sutherlandshire , Dr Wilson , and Mr Manford , the patient being plaeed under the influenceof morphia instead of ether , with the most satisfactory result . The patient underwent the operation with the greatest firmness and composure , stating afterwards that it was not nearly so severe as she anticipated . She has felt no pain whatever since the part was dressed after the operation , and she has been able to go home to the country within a fortnight from that period , quite well , the cure having taken place in the most favourable manner by what surgeons term the first intention . Dr Chisholm is of opinion that

      morphia will be found sately to supersede ether in all the cases to which it is at present in its new character applied . —Inverness Journal . ' ; .. Oarers of tax Pickwick Pambs . —If is" not , we believe , generally , known , that the "Pickwick Papers" originated with the artist , poor Seymour , who , having executed seven or eight etchings , sought a purchaser for them , and sent forth Ms wife for the purposeof finding one . She entered by chance the shop of Chapman and Hall , and submitted the deigns , which were at once accepted ; subsequently application was made to Mr Charles Dickins to accompany them with letter-press , and immortal Pick . wick was the result . The first eight illustrations to this hook only are by Mr Seymour . Some two or

      three months after the first number appeared , and when the author was carrying all before him , the artist rese early one morning , walked into the garden , and hung himself . Such are the ups and downs of life . Fame and fortune to the one-suicide to the other , and penury to his wife and children-. He left a widow and two children to struggle withpoverty—a terrible struggle it has been , although the Artists' Benevolent Fund came liberally to their aid . A Disn »» tnsHEDlCHiBAOiBB . — " The most curious incident , " says the Union Monarchiow " thatoccurred at the meeting of the officers of the National Guard

      in the galleries of the Louvre , was that of beholding a chief of battalion , dressed in his grand uniform , and whose breast was covered with twelve decorations , five crosses , four crachats ; and three collars ! Pending the two hours during which the officers waited in the grand gallery , that officer was constantly surrounded by a crowd anxiously inquiring * in what kingdoms , in what battles , and for what exploits he bad gained more orders than ever figured on the breasts of Turenne or Massena ? The enigma wa 3 soon solved . The name of' M . Alexandra Dumas ' having been utterei , 2 uriosity ceased , and made room for raillery . "

      Shocking Accidkht . —On Wednesday evening , between five and six o'clock , a fine boy , aged six years , son of Mr Ay res , the coal merchant of Water-street , Arundel-street , Strand , in crossing the latter street , near St Mary ' s Church , was knocked down by a Eongsland omnibuB , No . 4 , 772 , the off fore wheel passing longitudinally over his body , which was frigh fully crushed . He was conveyed by the police to King ' s College Hospital , without any hopes of recovery . . PuenisH . —On Tuesday a fight came off at Woking Common , Surrey , between Langham , of Leicester , and William Sparkes , the Australian champion ; The Englfoaman wasttaYietor .

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      ,: ¦ DIVISION O 2 UTHB FACTORIES BILL ., . HOUSE OP COMMONS , Mohdat ,, Mat 3 . Order for Third Beading read ; ' . ' motion made , and question proposed . —" That the bill be now . read a third time : "—Amendment proposed , ' to leave out the word " now , " and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this dsy six months : "—Question put , ¦ "That the word ' now * stand part of . the question . " The house divided—Ayeg , 151 ; Noes , 88 . ^ - ^^•^^^ - ^""^* MM ^*** M" '" ' ' *

      MAJORITY—AYES . . Ackers , J JHudsoa . Gi- ; Acland , Sir T D - Humphrey , Alderman Aclaad , ID . . ' . . Iogestrie , Viscount Adderlej . CB Inglli , Sir R H AiuBworth , P . Johnson , General Antrebus , E . ; Kemble . H Armstrong , Sir A Eerrison , Sir E Arundel and Surrey , Earl Lambton H of Law . Hon . CE Ashley , HonH Lawless , Hon . C Austen , Colonel - ' Lawson , A : , - ¦ Baillie , W Lennox , Lord G H G Bankes , G . Lopes , Sir R .. . Bateson , T Lowther , Hon . Colonel Bennet . F . . Mackinnon , W A .

      Bernal , R , , Macnamara , Major Blackburn , JI M'Cartby , A Boldero , HG ¦ Manners , Lord J Brisco , M March , Earl of Broadley . H Masterniaii . J Broadwood . il Monahan . JH Buck , Lw" Morgan , O Bulkeley , Sir R B W Morris , D Bailer , E MoBtyn , Hon . E M L Bynjr , Rt Hon G S ,-. " . ' Mundy , E M Cabbell , BB Munts . U F , Christopher , R A Napier , Sir G .. Clayton , RR Neeld . Joseph Cli « , Viscount NewpwtjViBcount CoUetLJ . O'Brien , AS

      Oolvile , C R - . , O'Brien , C Courtenay , Lord Packe , C , W Cowper . HonWF Paget , Colonel Crawford , WS . Palmer , R Carteis , H B / Palmer , G ¦ Baries , I > AS Perfect . R .. Denison , WJ Plumptre , J P , DeuisoD . E B Plumridge , Captain D'Ejacourt , Bight Hon Pothill , F OT ' . ; .: »; .: Prime , R . Disraeli , B ¦ ¦ , ' .-, ' ¦ Pusey , P Dodd , G :- ; Rashleigh . W . ,: Douglass , Sir H Rice , ER , | jjl . Duncombe , T ... Rich , H Dnncombe , HonO . Richards , R Dnndas , Admiral Rolleston , Colonel

      DuPre , CG . Roand , J Entwhle , W ~ . Rnssell , Lord J Evans , SirDL . Kussell , J D W Ewart , W . Rutherford , AFerrand , WB . . Seymer , IIK Floyer . J .. Shaw , Right Hon . F French . F . Sheii , Rt Hon . R L Fuller . AE Shertdan . RB Gaskell . JM . Shirley , EJ " .., Gladstone , Copt ¦ . Sibthorp , Colonel . Godson , R ; > Smith , A ¦ ; Gore , w " . O . j «;! . <¦< . .. ¦ ¦¦ Smith , Rt Hon . RV Gore , TTBO .. <; . Somerrille , Sir . WM Granger . TC ; Spooner . R . Grey , Rt Hon Sir G Stanley , Hon , W O Grimiditch , T . >;; Staunton , Sir G T

      Grogan . E . Strickland , Sir G Halford . SirH Tolletnache , J Hall , Colonel ,. Tioubridge , Sir E T Halsey . TP . Tufnell . H t Harcourt , GG ¦ Turner , E-, Hardy , J . Tumor , C ¦ Harris , Hon Cspt Vane , Lord H Hatton , Capt V Vyj , H , ' . Heathcoat , G 3 . Vyvyan , SirRR Henley , JW ; . Wakley . T Hill , Lord E Walksr , R HildyardiTBT Williams , W Hindley ,. C ¦ .. . . ' -. ¦¦¦ Yorke , H-R Hodgson , F . .. - .: . TeUers . Howard , Hon CW G Fielden . J Howard , P H ' Brothtrtou , J

      , ; : MINORITY—NOES . > Aldam , W ¦ Hutt , W ¦¦ ¦ ¦ Baine , W Jones , Captain Barclay , D > Labouchere , Rt . Hon . H Baring , HB Langstqn . JH Baring , Rt . Hon . F T Legb , G C . . Baring , Rt . Hen . W B Lincoln , Earl of Barriagtohj Viscount ; Loch . J ' - Barron , SirH W ' Lockhart , AE Bell , M M'Taggart , Sir J . Botfield , B • ¦¦• • ¦¦ - ' Marshall , W ¦¦¦' '¦ Bonverie , Hen . E P Marflan « , H Bowles , Admiral Martin , J - Brown , W MUdmay , H St Joha Bruce , CLC Moffatt . 0 Busfield , W Morpetb , Viscount

      Callaghan , D J : O'Ferrall . RM Cavendish , Hon G H Ogle , Savile O H ' Clay , Sir William Ord , W Clerk , Jtt . Hon . Sir ( r . Parker , J Colebrooke , Sip T E Patten , J W Dairymple , Captain Pattison , 3 Dawson , Hon . Ty . Peel , Rt . Hon . Sir It Denison , J E Pendams , E W W Dickenson , JH Philip * , M Douglas , Sir C E Price , Sir R ' Diigdale , WS Protberoe , E D Duncan , Viscount - ¦¦ Seymour , Lord Duncan , G . „ -. ; , -.- Somerset , Lord G Egerton , W T Stansfield , W C R EscotVB : " - ¦ " . : . . ' Staritoh , VWH ; ^

      Evan » , W Strutt , Rt . Hon . B Fielden , Sir W .. Tancred . HW Fitzroy , Hon . H ~ \ Thesiger , Sir F Forster , M ; ' Thornley . T ' Gai , T " Villiersi Hon ; C Gisborne . T Wall . CB Qonlburn , Rt . Hon . H . Ward , HG Graham , Rt . Hon . Sii J ' WinningtoniSirTE Greeae , T ¦ Wood , Rt . Hon . Sir C Hamilton , Lord C ' : Wood , Colonel T Hanmer . SirJ ' Wrightson , W B Hawes , B' " ' Young , J Hensage . GHW tkibbb . Heron , Sir H Leader , JT Houldsworth , T Trelawny , J S Hume , J : ' '¦¦'_ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -

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      FwaHTFOL OCCUBBKRCBS AT HaUPSUAD , —A long inquiry took place before Mr J . I . Mills , the deputy coroner , and a jury , at University College Hospital , on the body of Thomas Evett , aged forty-tour , a eab driver . Mr Joseph Charles fiarkwortb resided at Well-walk , Hampstead , wa 3 connected with the firm of Young , Valance , and Young , solicitors , St Mildred ' s-court . On the morning of the 27 th ult . engaged deceased ' s cab , and ordered him to drive to ilampstead : at the commencement , of Well-walk there are several roads leading on to various parts of the heath , and they are so disgracefully arrayed that even in open day the pathway of Well-walk may be mistaken for the road instead of a pathway . The ights of Hampstead are lit by contract for six

      months , and on the night before , the contracts being out , there were no lamps lighted . The deceased mistook this path , he wa 3 about to call to him , when Buddenly the cab felllfrom the pathway into the road , a depth of three feet . The screams of deceased were frightful ; witness haying got through the uppermost window fouad him lyicg with his legs under the top of the cab . Innumerable accidents had , resulted from the dangerous nature of this spot , the poor cabman was perfectly sober . lie . considered the surveyor of the roads responsible .. Mr Keith stated that be had frequently brought , the . subject of the disgraceful state of thb and other parts of

      Hampstead oetore tne vestries there , but was always put down by . the * gehtry . Only recently a glass coach was turned over , one of the Parcel Delivery Company ' s horses had its legs broken ,, and in some' parts this path , which no one could distinguish from the road , was three feet nine inches in height . Mr Mills said no doubt that whose duty it was to look after the matter were responsible , and in case of death criminally responsible . The jury , having expressed their opinion that the neglect of the authorities of Hampstead was highly reprehensible , in not affording proper protection to the public in such dangerous plaoes , returned a verdict of" Accidental death . "

      Gbauhab sx Act a Pabuambnt . —The . police clauses bill , which has just been printed , as well as many other bills which have preceded it , contains the following rules of English grammar . not to be found in any text book upon the subject : — . . ,. ' . : Words importing the . Bingukir number , shall . include the plural number , and words importing the plural number shall include the singular number . .. Words importing the masculine gender . shall , include females . The word " person " shall include a corporation , whether aggregate or sole . The word " . lands . ?' shall include messuages lands . tenemenU . and hereditaments of any tenure . The' word- i % street" shall extend to and include any rood , square , court , alley , and thoroughfare , or piblic passage , within the limits of the special act . Tha eipression " two justices" shall be understood to meaatwo or more justices met and acting together . ¦

      IIeket Heine , shb celbbr&ted German Pobx . — The Universal German Gazette of Augtbwa , tii the 21 th contains letters written Irom Paris by M luaube , the dramatic poet , who was engaged by the directors of that journal to go to the French capiteL to . procure information as to the state of health of . flency Heine . After giving a detailed account of tha-hojjeless condition of the invalid poet , M . Laube oonoludeB as fol lows : '— " It is not from the intengjnabie conflicts in literature and politics that the nital power of this formidable champion has been broken . A blow from his own family has stricken hiniv and brought upon him a species of apoplexy whitiihas annihilated him , and'will be an etemalreproaeitothat family . When W ^ L g S 14 * ud the twmificent acts of Heine S f i ° ^ ° ^ « tW" names will be remembered and talked of , thasks to the poet , and hiBtory thf ^^ u " ^ ! ad 4 tttat * « ke Byron , he died from the . . lil » 4 ttr . 8 « Wch !» received from tho hands * A hlS OVB > B « Skt ' iOII 3 . "'

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      ¦• ' ¦ ' = ¦ ¦ ¦ -. ' MONDAY . ' May 8 , ' . ¦ " , ' . ' , vi ! r ¦ : . ' -,.. HOUS E OF LORDS . —The Marquis of Lamsdowsb , n answer to the Earl of St Germans , intimated that the ' mbject of rating of tithes under the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , should receive the fullest consideration before the neasure passed . ; ... - ¦ ¦¦ i The Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill ; was read a third time and passed . ..... ....... . : ¦¦ : The Army Service Bill went through Committee pro form , in ordered to be printed with amendments . ¦ ., L&ws of Landlord and Tenant in Ibbland . —The ¦ Marquis of Westheath moved—'' That the existing laws sf landlord and tenant in Ireland are not calculated to : regulate equitably the duties , reciprocal obligations , and interests ot the parties in those relations in that country , and under actual circumstances require immediate revlsion and amendment ; and that the imposition of increased burdens and new responsibilities , on land renders such revision and . amendment argent and indispensable . ' The Marquis ofLANSsoWNE having drawn the attention of the house to the abstract character of tha motion , which pronounced genaral statements as to the law of landlord and tenant , without laying down those ! alterations an * amendment ? that it ; was desirable to make , coupled with the fact that a bill for regulating the rela . tion between landlord and tenant was now before the other house , prevailed on the noble marquis to withdraw ; his motion , and the house then adjourned , , ¦ ¦ ' HOUSE OF COMMONS .-PoaxoaAL .-In answer to a question of Mr P . Borthwick , Lord . . Palmebstok said there was no foundation whatever for the rumour in existence , that England , France , and Spain intendfd , under the provisions of the quadruple alliance , to interfere with the affairs of Portugal . It was the wish of ber Majesty's Government to effect a reconciliation between the- contending parties ; but no . 8 tepwould . be taken beyond that , except to protect the person of the Queen . .. . ... .. .: -. - \ , ; -.. w .- ' . ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ Factobt . Bill . —On the motion that this bill be read ' a third time . . ¦ . ¦ -. .. •; , ;• ¦ - .,,....

      Mr Tbelawnt said that , in moving that the bill bo read a third time ; that day six months , he would address the house oh the subject of a clause of which he had given notice ..: That . clause was , that the bill should continue in operation for only three years . The measure was acknowledged by all to be an experiment , and the language even of the working . classes , f jr . whose benefit it was designed , in reference to it , was , that " they were willing to risk it . " Itwas a measure , accompanied by penalties , levelled at : the industry of the country . The various speeches which had . been addressed to the house-showed that they were guided by no filed , principles in legislating on this subject . ; There seemed to be

      great doubt how it would operate . . If the house adopted the clause which he proposed . -they would be able to continue the measure if it succeeded , and , if it failed , it would not be necessary to have the country agitated , in order to do away with it . He believed the Inb mring classes themselves would be the first to ask the house to have it repealed . He proposed that it should continue in operation for three years , in order to give it a fair trial . -The differences of opinion which existed amongst the members of the government should of itself make them ' pause before they gave a permanent character to a measure wbich would affect such numbers of the working classes , . Hear , hear . ) ... ¦ ¦• . .. . . < - ' - ! .. : ¦ ; Mr Leader seconded the motion . - ¦ ' '

      Mr Gbimsditcs supported the bill . The hon . gentle . man who had just spoken seemed to know but little of the effect of the factory svstem an the working classes in the north of England . He knew it to have a most pernicious effect . Th « object of this measure was to' place factory world rs in the sime position as masons and most other classes of workmen in this country , as regarded the hour 3 of labour . . They were injuring the race by over-work . Many of the manufacturers felt this . His own hon . colleague ( Mr ; Brocklehurst ) was one of the largest manufacturers in the world , and he bad always voted for a ten haurs'bill . For his own part he hoped they would discountenance the . opposition which was offered to this measure . ' ! . >

      Mr Laboucuebe having already spoken upon this question , should occupy the house but a short time on the present occasion . His sense of the importance of the question , however , was such , that he felt bound to state that hiving reconsidered the question with attention , he remained of opinion that this perilous experiment could not but be attended with disappointment to the working class , whilst it would involve the manufacturing interests of the country in great hazard and peril . It had been said that night ! 'try the , meapure as an experiment . " His belief was / that this was a measure which could not be tried as an experiment . , ( Hear , hear ) :-. It was quite possible that its first effect would be to raise the price of manufactures , and give an artificial stimulus to our trade . But sooner or later prices must again find their

      level , and then we should discover , and too lste , that we had thrown away ' the great advantage of employing British industry to its full extent in this coun » ry . ( Hear , hear . ) No one could controvert that amongst our rivals the cotton manufacture was carried on more than ten hours a day . Yet here we were to lay , it down as ' an inflexible rule , to be adhered to under all circumstances , and in every state © f the markets , that the artisans of England should not work longer than that period ! Why , he could not but forsee that the . effect of such a rule would be to place -British industry under a great disadvantage , { dfeers . ) An hon . friend of his had given notice that he shouldmove a clause exempting Ireland from the operation of this bill . That was an amendment which , in -justice to Eugland . he could riot support ; bat he must say that he thought there was enough , at the present time , in the state of Ireland , to

      form good reason why no swh measure Bhoul&be passed at all . Ho had a ' communication from Ulster , stating that all the labour of the weavers in that province , during three nights and six days of the week , was scarcely suflr cient to secure them a livelihood . Were they , then , by l egislative interference , to drive these men to reliuquish the occupations in which they had been brought up , and enter upon other employments , toiwbich they were unaccustomed ? If they did so , they would certainly doanythjng but a kindness . to the labourer . ( Hear , heart ) And this brought him . to ask how far itwas intended that the principle of this measure- should be carried ? Did they contemplate carrying it cut or not !< Was this- to be a final measure , or were tbey . to go further still * These were questions which were very , material , and to which he should be glad of a reply before they went to a division . : . • .

      MrSTANSJiELD had no doubt that , if this bill were carried , great injury would be done to the workpeople . But the small manufacturers , wo « ld also be mostinjuriously affected ; indeed , unless- machinery could be wry greatly improved , this class must , fir the mostpart , be ruined . He regretted-that parliament was likely to be induced , by populqr clamour , to add another to the long list of useless restrictions upon . time . ( CrUs of " Question !"—• 'Withdraw ! " ) -. . ' ... ' ; ¦ Mr Hosa ( who rose amid loud cries of "Wi , " and "Divide /' ^ expressed his regret that the housa should display such great impatience- to pass so dangerous a measure as that before them . He wbb astonished that a majority should be . found in the present parliament to

      put a stop . te-free trade in labona , . Let them raBect on what would be the consequences if this ; bill injui-ed our manufactures to any largeextent . Let labour bo thrown loose , and who would have to > support it ! The land would be the victim ; and this was a point which the country gent ^ men . in that hous e ought serimsly to consider ; 20 or , 25 ptrcpnt . of additional taxation surely would be no ' benefit in a country already owr-taxed . They were bound to reflect also that ., there was nothing so dangerous . to tamper with in this country as capital . Capital could ' move , though land could not ; and if capital and labour were withdsawn , land would- l ( e nearly valueless . For their own 6 akes , therefore , let them rejectthebiU . ' . ,

      The house then divided , when the numbers were—For the amendment « .: ,.... ; . ¦ . „ . 88 Againstitf' , ' .. « . ^ , ,... « .. ; 151 . , Majority against .., ... , [¦ ,.. :. - ^_ GS Mr Tbslawny then withdrew the clause which he had intended to move , limiting the operation ef . ihe bill to a period of three ye ' ars " . >„ . ¦¦ .. ¦ . .- " ..-' " The bill was then read a . tliird " time , andj amid muchi cheering , was afterwards finally passed .. ; - The Gbeek Loan . —On the order of the day for going , into committee of supply , , . . ¦ <¦• " Lord J . Mannebs , in moving for a return of all money * paid by "Great Britain on account of tha interest of the Gre ) kloan up to the . 1 st Jan ., 1847 , eaprassed his deep , regret at ' ttie influence which France had exercised in the affairs of Qrece ,. and was desirous thai the house should express , in firm and decided language ) , an opinion favourable to the independtace of that country .

      Lord PALMEBsfdM'fter detailto ftthe means by which ^ he independence of Sreecs had beaft achieved , —the pe ~ culationwhich had been carried oc . Uy the Greek , govern , ment , in order to prevent the appoft » ance of a sarplus iu , tnepublio acconnJ * , lest any of thimoney should be ' takeft Tf- ^ x ^ l " ^ . P »> «« ' ^ n , said he did . nat se » that England , Fmnce , or Russikoould interfaiie with tlw internal adminUtraticn of Gbcwbe-yond th 8 ] bolnt % requiring thattJw treaty euga ^ aents by wh ^ tshe bouad herself to pas tfce interest of th > loan shoulibe faitbfallT observed , . fio regretted toTsaj that the treaty of 1833- hai een set at « wght , and ths aetarn moved for by tha noble lord would Aow that little short ' of £ aoD , 000 haH been advanced by this countij , to'Greece . If the poverty of Greece retired this saejjifi ^ Vat thehaEds of thliconntry , it wouiab * cheerfullj jnadej but tU charge of the interest \»

      a » unneoessaBilj thrown bis . uj , wafch made it the duty of the goveiriwwnt of this country tttiasist unw the Gfickgovernrasnt paying its own interest upon its own eabt . Her Marty ' s government , hawever ; had no desHe to preBs hwd apon Greec ? in her present cbndition , contenting itsellfiw ? the preseat with vailing upon it to pay ths last irvsvslment of £ 2 $ 900 , and to muko " , provision SW the paymwutof future instilments and arrears already accumulated .. All that this country wanted was to secure tUe ^ piuess and prosperity xt Greece , Her Majesty a government gBW no adv 8 ntage which could be secured by raising up a . British party in Greece , and would never lend itself to suoh > " policy , nor could he understand what possibls object the French government could hold out to itself in pursui ng the policy which some had attributed to it , of building up a French party in that country , : ¦ , , ¦ . ¦?¦

      After some further observations from several hon members , the motion waV withdrawn , and the house went into committee of supply pn the mi 8 celfc ne 0 Vu estimates ; tie principal subjects of diecus « U * ^^ 1 t he new Hou »? i of ParUatneut and harbours p ' f refugo

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      Poos Law . —Sir G . Gbey . moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the administration ol laws for the relief of the . poor in England . He commenced by stating that it was hot his intention , in thebill , which he was about to Introduce , to effect any alteration in the general provisions of ' the law which regulated the relief of the poor , as the object of the bill was to be confined to the administration of tbe law , and to the constitution of the body on which the duty of the administering them should bo devolved ; In 1812 , the poor law commission then existing ' was continued for a farther period of five years , wh , ch poriod would expire in the summer of 1848 Lord Jehn Resell had stated , at the commencement of the session , that the government had determined not to propose to Parharaent U . continue the present poorllaw commission . But the reasa ,,, which in 1834 had led to the creation o a general authority for the administration of the lawstill remained

      , , to a great extent , in full and unimpaired force . Such general authority could not be safely dispensed with . It was imposiihle , without ii central general authority , to guard against the evils which had grown up under the ioriner system . Under these circumstances , it would riot be ' safe to recur to a system of local adminiitration . It would be impossible on the other hand , to lay down fixed and precise rules' to be applied in all cases in an unvarying manner . It was necessary to take into consideration the varying circura . BtanceBof the different districts of the couutry , and the sometimes varying circumstancvs of a particular district . The principle , therefore ; on which it was safest to . rely was that of a combination of local administration with a general central ' authority . The question thcn : was , what should be the body to ^ whorti die administration of the law was in future to be entrusted I In 1834 it" had been thought desirable that'the poor-law commissioners should be disconnected witii the executive

      government , and that they should be divested of everything savouring of ' a ' political character . 'The experiment- th > n tried had not been successful , ' and he thought that the law would ' h ' avo operated more satisfactoril y had that experiment not be . n niadePlt had lea , in the first place , to an irnperfect' responsibility to Par lament , and in the next place to providing the com-SITV ! butll T' * ct means of defending » nd vindicating their acts whenever they were assailed . It was not his purpose on that occasion to go into " any general defence of the conduct of the c JmmUsioners . But he thought that it would l > av ' e bein better for all parties to have given them the meams of directly vindicating themselves . The principle of the' measure , then , which he now sought to introduce iu tb the house , was that of the

      maintennnje of a general superintending authority , but subject to direct and immediate lwponsibility to Parlia . meat . ' The provisions ofthi bill , founded on this pririci pie , were as follows : —It provided for the cessation oi the powers of the ' present commiisiouers . The' croivn would then be empowered to appoint a . commission for the administration of the Poor Luws ^ on the plan oi the Board of Control , which superintended the adminisi tration of the affairs of India . ' The'board was to consist . of one . number who should be the . President of the board and who should be the responsible person charged with the adtninistratUn of the law , but with

      horn would be associated persons holding high iomces iu fie government who would be ex ofiicio meiiibers 6 i the board , and the parties proposed io'bi thus ' assohiated with him where the President of the Council , the Lord Privy Seal / one of the Secretaries of State , and the Chancellorof the Exchequer . It was also proposed that there should be two secretaries to the board . The president and one of the secretaries should be eligible to a seat in Parliament , altheugh . it would , not necessarily follow that they should'both sit In tho sauie house . It was proposed to introduce very . material changes iuto the mode in wbich the new board was to exercise its fane .

      tiocs , as compared with the presentmode . It was kno ' nn that , under the present system , sue !* , general rules as were framed had to bo submitted to the -Secretary of State for forty days before they came into operation . Tne acts of ths preseHt board are required to be done uuder the seal of the commi 8 sioners , and they are authorized to be done by two members , or by the president , under his signature , and counter-signed bythe secretary . But the new board was not to be authorized . to frame general rules , except under the signature of three mem . bers o the beard . It would be required that such gene , ral rule should be signed by the president of the board , and by two Cabinet Ministers , TlieBe rules might afterwurds be disavowed by ; order in council , and then , if thought mcessary , carried before the Court of Queen ' s Bench by certiorari . As the Secretary of State lor the

      Home Department would be a member of the board , it was no longer proposed to have amiustlreports addressed to that functionary , but to the Crown , and afterwards submitted to Parliament . The board would also be invested . with the power , to appoint , a certain number of inspectors , to discharge the duties nuw performed bythe assistant-commissioners .: .. The , existing number of assistant-comniissioners was found to be too small . It was proposed to extend thanumber . of inspectors to twelve . . It was fiually propoaed ithat the commission thus to be created should last only lor five years , so that the whole subject would , at this end of that period , comt again under the consideration ot Parliament . The right hon . gentleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in the bill , reserving all discussion upon it until the second reading , which he proposed to move on that day iortuight . - . ' . ..

      Mr FEfnn » i > wanted to know whether it was the intentiono / the government to appoint any of the present commissioners to the new board , because , if it . was , it would , be the duty of some membor of that house to hring the subjectforward with aview of deciding whether , after the exposure of . the Andover union coininittee , any of those persons was competent to fulfil , the arduous duties required of a Poor law commUsioner . ( Hear , hear . ) He alse wished to , know whether it was the intention ot the government to leave the unions of their present size . Some of them were so extensive that the poor had to walk ten and twelve , and in some case * thirty or forty , mile ' s , to make application . ( Hear , hear . ) This was agreat hardship , and ought to . be remedied ,. Ho also wished to kiiow whetherfthe present . district auditors ; wure tore , maiu iu power . They were move cruel and insulting than even the commissioners : themselves , and ought to-be speedily got rid ' of . He should also lilss to know whether

      the law under the new biU would be put in operatien with all the cruelty and oppression of the present law rbecause If that wus the intention , h would vm an agitation in the country far greater than that wbicli carried the 'fen Hours' Bill , lie rejoiced that tbe new general rules were not to- be signed by ths Qjaoen , the sovereign » rul mother of her people . Tbe proposed alterationin the board was also for the better - but ha strongly objected that three Cabinet Ministers shouidhave the power of making , regulations for tbe poor , which were to have tbe forca of laws . With such a proposition in the bill , the right hon . gentleman , was not going to rest on a bed of roses , even in carrying the measure through Parliament .. Of all parties , none was so- unpopular ia the country as thc : Whigs , and ion them to make laws for the poor wasone-ot the most preposterww-psopositions- ever pro . pounded to Parliament . ( Laughter . ) . . All be could say was that on this day , fortnight he would bo ready to give the bill his most strenuous opnositiou .

      A Uasultory conveMatlon ensued in wbioh several members tout part , . ,, Mr . BAKKsurgaithe sameobiections against the new board which wests urged at an early , p « iod of the session , by . Mr Dunsombe . It would create ia the goverament s . new power of patronagej and in . case the administration of the . law should continue unpopular , would , render it almost impossible for the members » . f it to obtain a seat in Parliament . .. ' :.. ' Lur . dJ « UK Rbssell denied , that govetnment had any wish . to . obtain . additional patronago by . this bill . H » de ^ feudedthe existence of a central , suoeriatendence as-an essential quality of any efficient Poos- Law , and conf

      tended that tbe president of thb new . board of superintendence would be as directly , responsible to Parliament as . the President ef the Board , of Cbiitswl or of the Board of Trade . He refused to give any pledge to tho house that he would exclude- tiis Poor iaw Commissionen , from oEco uad « r tlie . new board , oa the ground taat tbe . gpverumeat ought to reserve to itself full discretion to appoint to-office all persons who . webe eomj-etent topor-> form its duties . All other questions , « uch as the size of i uuions ,. tbe powers of district auditors , &c , could be , bast settled when th » . biU was uawed , and a reBRonsibla jfuncUonary was appointed to watch overits ndininutration ; .: .

      MtSebband gave . , notice that as Lord Johni Russell had refused to give the pledg ^ -wlnch he had asked forV hesbsuldnK > ve , ona . futuredaj , a distinct resolution , that the Poor Law G . ommissionars were ineligible to hold , ofliaamnder tho new board , and . should found that resola , ; tiou , on the report ofitheAndojw Committee , •' ! ieave was then , given to . bring in tha-bill . 'Itwas cead a first , atul ordareitobftieaU a secoiai timesntjjat day fortnight . ¦ : ¦„¦¦> , . v ¦ .:., ,.. ¦ -. ; The house adjouraed sooa afcev twelv ^ o ' clock , ¦ ' TUESDAY , Mat 4 . ¦ | .. HOUSE . OF , L 0 RDS .. ^ Tactojix Bus . —Lord ) & «* . ' sbak , in the absence of the Earl of SJlesinore ,, ¦ moved the first reading , of tha factory Bill , tutd-gavc sfttice of the secofld readisg foe Jriday , the 1-Kth inst . Aft « v a few words , from Lord Brougham ; wha . trusted that tie bill would not be postpotvsd beyond'the 14 th inst , the bill wa » rod a iirst time .. < >'; " ' . At a , subsoqu , eat part of the evening ; Lore * Feversham fixed Monday the ITth inst ., for tlis second xsudink . ¦

      • SQUiDaoN ovEvoldtion . —Ia reply to . lord Habd . wic ^ e , tbe Earl of Auckland said a squajiiron of evolu ^ tiou would probably be assem , bled in July . ¦ The Earl of Ellenbobouom objected > o British squad . , ronibeiugeinplo ^ ed ' at AtlynsandIiU \ wns , iu assutiog the domestic intrigues of ( foreign countries . The Marquis of Lansuowne saidihose squadrons were only employed for tlm protectioi of British iaterests aud iu giving aid . which ; we are bwnd to give by speeific treatius . -, ; , .. Tue Moneta&x Pbessobe . —Lord WuAR » cnpr en quiKd ^ vhethcr Government had had auy assistanca aTatWaucTs I h 9 > ° ""*** audott 8 t ^ -

      « £ ? , ? t * ° ' ¦ l *? u >«»« 8 aid ^ could distinctly : the Bank . He added , that the exuting pressure on the monej . ^ et had beoa my « bThe hoS it would sooa bo ovttcome ., Govtrnment was anxious to addB . ath . uig to the difficulties experienced by the Bank 01 England in managing its affairs in the best possible way . tor the inurest of its own proprietors .. Lord Bbouguim observed that tliu crisis had been produded by the failure of the harvest and the disordered state of tha exchanges , and under existing circumstances , could o . QAhav » " beon avoided . ¦

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      LandedPao » EMi . ( lKELAHD ) HBii , t . —The Maiquig of Lansdown * moved the ordtr of the day for going into committee on thisblil , and explained its object , ' which was to advance £ 1 , 600 , 000 , at 6 $ per cent , interest on all kindsoflanded estates in Ireland . As this ' measure was intended to apply generally thrqughoHt the country , it became desirable that It should be made applicable to the circumstances of a vast variety , of ' individuals ; tho previsions of the bill had been , therefore , so framed * that they fitted themselves to the case of almostevery descri ption of property , in Ireland , and it would be in the power of every proprietor to avail himself of it , ..- . '" ThtDukepf Weliinoton declared his conviction that this and the Encumbered Estates Bill nere of all measures the most calculated to lead to the improvement

      of Ireland . There was ,. however , ; a roost pernicious practice now prevalent in Ireland of making land the cir . % culating capital of the country , and pledging tbe land foe the purpose of paying the wages of the labourer . It was necessary , therefore , to enforce the payment of wages in tlie current coin of the realm , and lie should propose a clause rendering such payments compulsor / , botwithstanding any bargain with employers to the contrary . Earl Fitzwillum declared his approbation of tha bill , but regretted the smallnrfis of the proposed advance , . ¦ ' TheEnrlofWicKiow , on the contrary , thought it % very liberal grant . .. •» . ¦¦

      Lord Monteagle thought that the bill would lead to A great improvements , and saw ' no objection te the proposal of tho Duks of Welling'on as to tbe payment of ¦ . . wages , which , if carried out , would have the most beneficial effects . , It was his intention to move a clause pro- ' ¦ ' "¦ viding for the ereotion of small grim mills ; in various . _ . ' & parts of Ireland , to , meet the change from the I'se of ** % ? potatoes to that of corn .. , . After some further discussion the clause respecting tha erection of mills was agreed to .. The bill then passed through committee , and it was settled that tbe amendment of the Duke of Wellington should be considered when the report was brought up . ... . -. -. Their Lordships then adjourned . . ¦ ¦

      Dublin Imfbovement Bill . —On the motion that this bill be read a second time , a lengthened and animated ' discussion wose , Mr Shiel and . Laboucbers , amongst others , supporting tht bill , and Mr Grogan , the Earl of Lincoln , and others opposing it . A division afterwards took place , when the numbers were—. -,. For . the second reading 108 . , Against the second reading ... 120 , Majority against 12 Pabliamentabi Ratesand Taxes . — Lord J . Rnsssiz . gave notice that on Tuesday , the 18 th of Mhy , he should move for leave to . bring in a bill lo regulate the days of payment of rates and taxes bt Parliamentarv . electcrs .

      . CerFEE-HousE Keepebs . —Sir De Lact Evans whh : d to call tbe attention of the government to the bard situation in which coffee-houBC keepers were placed by the defectire . state of the law , A man might go into a coffee-house Bnd run up a li 1 without having a fartbing in his pocket , and the injured party had no other remedy than a suit in . Chancery . Ho hoped the government would endeavour to provide a summary remedy by an application to . a police magistrate . . _ . The Attobnet-Ginebal Bald it appeared from returns furnished by the police-magistrates that in one year there were , 600 cases of eatlng . hou'e keepers being imprsed upon , and . 00 . 0 cases of unpbid cib hire . A summary remedy like that proposed coald not be thought of , for the debt was but a mere contract debt , and could only bo enforced by civil process . The honourable and gallant _ . officer would no doubt be happy to hear that such debts ? might uow be recovered without a suit in Chancery , for a cheap remedy was afforded by the new Small Debts Courts . :. . .

      Metropolitan Buildings Act . —Mr T . Doncohbe said that as he believed it was the intention of the robltt lord the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests to introduce a bill to amend the Metropolitan Buil lings Act , he would postpone his motion for a select committ ;« to inquire into its operation , or if it were more convenient , he would make his motion , and the noble lord could by way of amendment move for leave to bring in

      his bill ., ; .- . . Visceunt Moepeth intimated heehould prefer the . Vat . ter alternative , and both motions being put from tho chair , the amendment was carried , and leave was given to bring in the bill . ..-.,-Pees in Coorts of Law and Ewitt . —Mr Watsw tben moved for a select-committee , to inquire into and report to the house on the taxation of suitors in ths courts of law and equity by the collection of fees , and tho amount thereof , and the modo of collection ; and the appropriation of fees in the courts of law and equity , and in all inferiorcoutts , and . in the courts of special and general sessions in { England and Wales ; and as to ths salaries and fees received by officers of those court ;; and whether any and what means couW . be adopted , "ith » view of superintending and regulating the collection and appropriation thereof . The honourable and learned gentleman , in supporting this motion , alluded to ms-y fees which had sprung up without having any legal origin whatsoever , Nor was there any check upon the host

      of persons who were in the habit of collecting fees in tho various courts of law and equity . In most instances the fees are paid over to the consolidated fund ; but it was most important that some control should be placed over them—that the parties paying them should know where * fore they paid them , and that-those whose duty itwas to receive the fees should have / in effectual check over those who collected them . One object of the inquiry which ho sought was , that when they came to investigate into the amount and legality / of the fees , some mode might bo devised whereby fraud might be prevented in their col . lection . To show the necessity for inquiry , thehon . and learned gentleman stated to the house the amount of fees which bad been oollectedfor specified periods in our different courts , theexaetion of which had been most injurioas to the suitors . It was an important qnestisn , in his opinion , whether the courts of law had any right toexact fees at nil . He also wished that tbe investigation contemplated by his motion should extend to the salaries paid to offieers of tbe courts of justice .

      The- Attobnet Geneeal would offer no opposition to the motion , which was then agreed to . . ' . On the motion for the nomination of the Smithfield market committee a division took place on an amendment for the insertion of iordR . Grosvenor ' s name into the committee , when forty members not being present tho house stood adjourned . . : , WEDNESDAY , M * T 5 . B 0 OTB OP COMMONS . —The Drainage of Lands Bill , after a short discussion , in which Colonel Sibthorp urged the introduction of a- clause giving security to copyhold tenants for improvements made by them ; -and Lord ' Lincoln , in reply , expressing his belief that such an objeot ought to be effected by a separate bill , went throueh committee . ' ¦ . .

      RaaisTttiTLOM- os ToTEtts- Bill . —Mr Walpole moved the second reading of the Registration of Voters BiU , which he said was founded on the report of a select c « m « mittee appointed-last year to inquire into the subject . The first object of this bill was to secure the bona fids voter from a repetition of frivolous objections , after ho had-once substantiated his vote ; bis second , object was to dk-aw a distinction between techsicul errors and the | want of qualification ; and his third wai to leave the ob . jeotor the . largest pow « rs to purify tto register , but to . restrainhim : from exercising those powers vexatiously . , IfapersoB . once proved his vote he was entitled to the ' privilege of having a " provodEegistened rote , " and his iname would remain on the list so long as he retained tbe . same qualification . If ,. however , hi » yote were a second time obi ' Dcted to , the objector , after tbe elector had sub .

      . stantiatsd it against the objection made , would have to . pay Wsvcosts , In cases where it party claimed a vote for the first time , any person living in the district might take steps to show that . the . claimant was not entitled ta [ vote , ia order to prevent collusion , between the objector and objected . ] He psoposed . that parties who objected to a vote must ' specify generally the ground 3 of . objection , whethei they objected on-the merits of the qualification or on . the ground of misdescripWon . If they ebjecsed . uponthemerits , they wonldhave . no right to . go into ether matters ; if upon a misdescription , inquiry must ba confined to the columns ia which tbe description occurred . To prevent wholesale objections , be proposed that with every objection , is 6 d , by way of costs , should be de .

      pasited by the t * ieotor with the overseers of thj pariBh in which the electoi ' s franchise was Bituate . If . lhe ob . j j ^ ctor failed , the money , . would be handed over to the person objectid . to , ; : if he succeeded , it would be returned ito him . Tbe revising barristor , however would have discretioaaiy power to give costs to a larger amount in cases where > tbe paTtie&objected to had beeu pat to preat trouble and . expense . After referring to some other abuses in ihe present mode of asceitaining aud register , ing tho franchises of the electors ,, for wbicb . he had rot attempted . tu provide any remedy in his present bill , he declared his readiness if the house , would allow it to go into committee to adopt any suggestions which might assist ia , producing ; the beneficial results whickhu sought to accomplish .. •

      ..-.-Sir « v 6 rei expressed a hope that th& house would agree to the first rftadin * of the bill . He-ihoughtthatit contained manj valuable provisions ; but ho could not coDeeal from the house that it contained others which would require mature consideration before they could be- adopted . The voter ought to be $ wtected in the ex . erciseof his franchise , whilst , on the oiherhand , iwidless obstacles ought not to be thrown in the way » f well founded objections : ' Mr BiiauT , after stating that he- would not bbj- ct to the second reading of the bill , referred to the fact that ! jhe ' eoinrntttee had been appointed with tho view of exposing the systom of registration which bad been carried out by the Anti Corn-Law League , and contended that the evidence of Mr Wilson proved that that b « dy had been perfectly justified in the covirsb they had taken , while also other evidence taken by the committee satisfactorily cleared the character of Shut body from the suspicion that they had improperly or injuriously interfered with the oounty istration ' ;

      reg . , , Mr Nkwdeqate said that no less than'fifty ^ persons had claimed a vote for the West Riding of Yorkshire out of one set of premists , called " Bright's-oulldings , " in Barnsley j and in another instance scvpralcl » itas were made , under slmUar circurastatices , ontdf a p \ ace called " Cobden " . Btreet , the designation of which localities ex . cited the risibility of the house . After a few observations from Mr V , Smith , Mr Adderley . indMrG . J . Heathcote . ' . ' The Ohanceliou of the ExcnEquEB said , as baving beena number of the committee in question , ' he felt bound to state , without intendlnj to impute that the weight of evidence preponderated against any party in particular , that gtwt aVaies w « reproredto » Ut . aa *

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1417/page/7/