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      hxd done what they ongM to have Gone , $ h > bes asans of preventing outrage and crim » in teehfeft m to % e fo und in providing employment for the bsople at far uitcouWlwprovilea . aHdm settling lfc » relations between landlord and tenant ; and if fha $ overamentaad applied thrattlvea to the contideraftofc of remedial meajnres with half the zeal thej B&dfcpplied to this , the ; qnaldfcive given a better guarantee for tbe peact of the country than could ever be obtained from a Coercion Bill . If he wen asked hovtxime should lie repressed , le would say , by tnnltipljfng to the greatest powifale extent the number of tboss who were interested in main * taining tberichu of property ; and net a day or honr caght to be allowed to pats before measures tending to

      that result were introduced . - The hon . member far limerick had said , in opposing this bill , thathe wished not to parky with the essassin . Ue said the same . He courted no popularity among Massing . ( Hear , hear . ) He would assist la any measures that would dash the weapon from fee hand of the assassin . ( Hear , hear . ) Hi would pursue feim through the land ; bat it was because he beiOTed ihi < measure was utterly useless for fb ? otjert it "had in view ; and that while it Impugned all the principles of constitutional liberty , it rendered to the defenceless- good man , who was disposed to peace , no *? curi » y acftinst the perpetrators of crime , that he felt hucBsif called upjn to give to il all the opposition in Xn * po «* f . - " ¦

      Mr Eointsnii rose to address the home , cut for some m ' nates the continued cries for a division prevented him nukingfciaiietf heard . He was at length understood to say < h % t the hon . trember for Nottingham ( Mr Feargas O'Connor ); on a former evening , had , no doubt through misconception , ctated that tbe Provincial Bank of Irelani had filed no less than 80 * informations in toe law Court * of Dublin . Astbat statement wes calculated t » prejudice the chsracter of the bank , of which he ( Mr Eobinsnn ) was a director , he wished to say that vo sooner was the statement made than the agent ef the bank was directed to inquire into the facts of the case , and the result teas , that instead of 800 , only 59 infornracioni baa been filed , which , considering the state of things that had existed in Ireland , could Hot be regarded asacex . traorcinary number .

      Mr Meicm Josh O'Cokkell feared net the eharge of inconsistency on this question , for he bad scorned it before , when he vttai in favour of an Arm * ' Bill . This bill was not tbe bill of 1845 , nor anything like it If it had been ; he would no : hare voted for it even though mnrcen had been committed twice as rapidly as at present . This was a mod . rate measure , which permitted the use of arms in private duelling' , except in dftrarbed districts , and only prevented the use of arms when they Here carried for tbe purpose of disturbing toe public peace . He denied that the magistrates of Ireland were slig hted by this bill , for datt « were left to them anger x % which , if properly exercised , would tond essentially to B f-ae fi * . iin of the country , fie hoped that the law

      would be carried out by the firm conduct « f juries , and wiibout any demand for fartner power * . Now , on that paint he inere ' y wished to say this ; it was the firstduty of parliament topnt an < nd to outrages which weredbgrace fal not to Ireland only , bnt also to tbe empire at large . If the powers of this bill were not suEci-nt . he would not he deterred by any charge of inconsistency from cup . porting the goreantieat in its call for farther powers . He concluded with a word of warning to the government , "When they had established tranquillity in the disturbed districts their duties would only begin . Eetrusted that when the delirium of the patient was cured and his fever was relieved , they would restore the tone of his canititution by wise and sanitary treatment .

      Mr J . Bsight ( who , on rising , was met by cries of 'Divide' ) felt himself in the same position &s the bon . gentleman who bad last spoken . He considered that be was compelled to speak on this question . He had that evening presented to the house a petition signed by upwards of 20 , 000 of the inhabitants of Manchester , the prayer of which was , that the measure now before ths house be not passed , and he therefore felt disposed , before ghing his tote , to explain the reasons which rendered it totally impossible thathe sionld oppose the government . It was certain that the government had been under the absolute necessity of bringing forward toil bill . There wis no doubt that in certain districts ia Ireland , where outrage had for some time prevailed , the ordinary law was altogether powerless , and that in those locali ties the pabh ' e spirit was depraved aad vitiated —( cries

      of Ho , no' ]—insomuch that the people were generally indisposed to da what was al way * done in England , —that -was to say , assist the police in detecting and exposing the criminal . { Hear , hear , and Tenewed cries of 'No . ' ) Some hon . members denied this assertion ; bnt If they would look at the new * papers they would find that ; however these organs of intelligence might differ in other respects , they were an screed fa saying that then edited ft feeling of exultation and triumph in taote districts in Ireland where recently an assassination had been committed . ( Hear , bur , hear . ) There prevailed ia tboie districts a spirit utterly nofesowa in Ef gland , and that bed spirit made it impossible that without calling for extraordinary powers the government could maintain or restore order . ( Hear , hear . ) He iid not ssy that this bill would be effective

      —no man could say that ; but at any rate it was the bonndenduty of the government , by as slight an in . xrtagementon the ordinary law as was consistent with effectual action , to puta stop to the system which at this aoment disgraced Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Ha came no * to the question whether the case of the government was as clear and as perfect , aad be did not think that they had done all they might have done to improve the condition of Ireland . He had expected that the Iriih membsrs—and as an English member he complained of their conduct—vonld haTe donesamething more than find fash ; they complained both of present and past legislation of that bouse towards Ireland , and they appesred to complain wi * a greal deal of justice . They were 105 in number ; sixty or seventy of them were con * sttered Liberals in politics , going more or less in the

      directionof the present government ; eome thirty of them were Repealers , very strong in the expression of their condemnation of tbepilicy of parliament ; and yet not one of them had brought in er attempt * d to introduce those meeEures which thsy ' declared to be essential to ths ^ happiness and tranquillity of their csui . try . ( Laughter . ) He h » d been four years in the louse , and hf did not recollect having observed the Irish menu bers bringing forward any proposition of a practical character daring the whole of that time which had been supported with any thing like unanimity orpeweverance ( Laughter . ) If there had been only tixty English mem . bers represen ; hw the English people baring seats in tbe parliament ( in Dublin , they wonld at least have shown some knowledge of their buriaeis , End done something to forward the views of their constituents . The Irish

      representative * were quite as much to blame as the SsglUh eraahersforthe want of good government recently in- Ireland . He would not now imitate their policy ; a * he had complained , he would msks a sugges . turn . It washisconvictionthat Ireland suffered because Ireland was idle . ( Hear , hear . ) The people of that , as compared with the people of this country , did not work more than two days is the week , and it was inevitable that if there were not industry in ( a nation there would be social anarchy and confusion . Became Ireland suffered —which was because she was idle—Ireland rebelled f ^ - . T , hear ) : and he defied any Legislature to restore -- elen . I to her position nnta it conld eet at work her industry ; and sot until the became industrious weald they find there those steady habits and that doe gradation of rank by which here tbe whole social fabric was

      held together . This idleness , perhaps , was not criminal , it might be forced ( bear , hear ); and be did not dink it arose from & bad- disposition in tbe . race , for out of Ireland , here or in America , the Irishman was among the most active and bard working of men Hesr , hear . ) He had employed many Irish labourers . down hi Lancashire , and when they got eood wages and regular work they were observed to be as desirous of keeping the peace as any like body ef Englisiunen , But toe great secret of the Irish Question was -the Idleness « f Ireland , and thb arose from tie wantoftrade . ( Hear , bear . ) The vast population Bred upon tbe land , and by mismanagement the land was not cultireted so as to be made to the roliest'degree serrieeahle . Then , ana for that reason , becausa ths population could not find employment , tVeyhad perpetual

      disorder ; therefore did they continually come to this fcousefor money to be applied to the maintenance of the people . Again , there was an extensive annual emi . gration from Ireland , because when a man there became possessed of a little means he was not in a position t » employ it to the beet advautage . and he was driven to transfer his capital to another soil . There was a great unanimity in that house on some points respecting Ireland . There was a new cry for a tenant right bill , but if the object was to give the aetaal ownership to the peasant occupier of tha land no measure couU be more fatal to the prosperity of Ireland . ( Hear , bear . ) The bon . member for limerick ( Mr S . O'Brien ) had referred « o the suspended Sale of Encumbered Estates BilL It was a fair question why that bOl was sot ready t and if it was read ; the government was the saore to blame for

      not having Jong since laid it on the tab !* of the house . It was raid last session , as s re « on , for the delay , that the landlords . in Ireland , and the mortgagees fare , did not like the measure ; but if they were to wait for the approval of those parties ia a project of this kind they would never be able to do anything . If the government last session had waited until they could get the sanction of the landlords the Poor Law Bill wonld never have been passed .. The government , to do anything , mast discard allvthe peculiar interests of particalar parties they must legislate from their own point of view , and then they , need not care for such small opposition . There was . a general opinion that all the misfortunes of Ireland wer « ia some way or another to be attributed to the conduct « f the owners of the Mil . He ( ifr Bright ) bad atheery—itmightbeamis iake—of tbe same

      Madhe referred all tbe snffijriugs of ths sister kingdom te the proprietors of the land , for ia that country , as elsewhere , the ownershi p of land gave a political power gtetter than was to be derived from tae ownership of any other description of property . Up to a late period the proprietors of land were the legislators for Ireland , and wjen a law was paswd they were tbe persons by vnomitwasadndnistered . They had legislated , as they thought , for their own benefit ; but he understood that tha insumhranees on land in Ireland were at this moment to an extent which could not be equalled in any other eonntty . He had understood from a very reliable source that in the province of Connaugbt there was not five per cent , of the whole land which was net in some degree undir settlements , and sot one percent which was entirely free from mortgage . This was sot denied .

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      and if it wereaftct , supposing the other provinces to be in much the same position , it was useless for that house teseek farther for the source of the evils of Ireland . ( Hear , bear . ) It « as in this direction they should first attempt an amendment , and if they now passed by this point they would add greatly to the criminality which iidin some respects atttch to them for their former mitgorerameat . So long as the land remained enthralled asA fed up , there was nothing to be done in Ireland . B « begged tbe attention of the gevernmeat to « nt remedy be he ! to propose for this state of things . The view ha took of the subject might at prevent bs

      deesjed extreme , but assuredly the time wouldjet > me | when tbe house weald be compelled to adopt it . The duty of the government was to bring ferward immediately the Sale of Estates Bill , ' and in other ways render it easy for these holding landed property ia Ireland to dispose , if so inclined , of their heavily encumbered estates . Means should betaken to simplify tbe titles to estafes— ( hear , hear)—for now it was sometimes impossible to effect tbe purchase of land , so extreme was the difficulty of meeting the requirements of law in this respect . ( Bear , hear . ) If not permanently , atleast for a season , the expenses of stamps and other matters connected with the transfer of land should ba

      diminished , aad , more than that , they aught to do away with the system cf entail in Irelaad . ( ' Hear , hear , ' and % laugh . ) He should like to see the same principle applied to England , and some day it would bs done . The system was absurd and monstrous ; it was nothing mote than giving the power to tbe dead of disposing of property through successive generations . A man should be permitted to leave property to whomsoever he liked , supposing the person whom he selected lived at the time the will was made ; but he should , have ao right to ax on his heirs when he was dead , buried , and forgotten . The demand was growing stronger for tbe abolition of entail and primogeniture . It might be said the system was indispensable to the eustentttion of tbe aristocratic arrangements of Eagland . That might be so ; but if the priadple had broken down ia Ireland , then perish

      their aristocratic arrangement * rather than leave Ireland to the miserable condition in which she was now suffering . He believed that if the ari-tocratio families in this country were to rtar up their sens in habits of industry and prudence , and with Jjust notions of property , rtey would require none ' ef those adventitious aids for ths purpofc of maintaining large properties in particular bands . Those entails were intolerable in Ireland , and ths time wonld come * when they would be intolerable in England . He believed all the efforts of the government to restore peace to Ireland wonld be unavailing , nnlcss they begun by clearing away all the fetters with which the land was encumbered . The condition of Ireland was a disgrace to England , and an evil to England . Lancashire was constantly overrun by the pauperism of Ireland , and list year it was overrun by the pestilence of

      Ireland . Many of ths evils attributed to the mannfac . taring system had arisen from the overflow of a miserable popolttfon from Ireland into tbe manafactaring districts . By these means , taxes and poor-rates badbeen increased to an enormeus extent . . He protested against the maintenance of a class system , tending to drive off from Ireland a vast part of the population in search of work and food , which , under a better system , could be famished to them in abundance at home . ' There was one peculiar feature in thepresent parliament The House ef Commons contained a greater number of men of business , men from the middle ranks of life , than any former parliament—the government cow In power was a government essentially of the middle classes—it was a government which had shown , he was free to acknowledge , sympathy with the middle classes , ( Laughter . ) Hon . and noble members might smile at tats , but at all

      events it could not be denied than any government which was henceforth to have a majority in that house must-bs a government which sympathised with the middle classes . This parliament being , more than any former one , of the middle classes , he believed that If the government wonld grapple manfully with this question of laud in Ireland , they wonld receive the support of a majority of that house , and thasthey would be enabled to consolidate the power of Ireland , and lay the foundations of a prosperity which she had never knewn since her connexion with England , and which ghe never could know so long as her population were idle . ( Hear , bear . ) The hon . member concluded by expressing his intention to sup . port the bill , bat , at the same time , declaring his conviction that unless remedial measures were speedily brought in , the government could not hope for . the confidence of the country . ( 'Divide , divide . ' )

      Ur Hojcb wished to knew , as the noble lordhai stated that a very important bill relating to Ireland had been actually prepared , why it could not be introduced before the recess ! Lord J . Kdssbix replied , as we understood , that last year the bill on the same subject had been introduced in the House of Lords ; that tbe same coarse wonld be adopted this year ; and that the time of that bouse would be luCcieatry occupied prior to ths recess with the discussion upon the present bill . Sir B . Bazx , who had evidently come prepared with a speech in bis style of small impertinencief , rese amid loud and continued cries of 'Divide , ' « Withdraw , ' and Oh . ' He persisted , however , in keeping on bis legs for a short time , bat ultimately tbe determined opposition of tbe bouse forced him down , and for all he said when up he might as well never have risen . The hon- a then divided , — For the third reading ,,. 173 Against it u

      Majority for the third reading 159 The bill was then read a third time and passed . Hailwax liABooxBxs . —On the motion that the order of the day for the bringing up of tbe railway report be read , Mr A . SuiroiD said he rose for the purpose of bring , ing tinder the notice of the bouse the condition of the labourers employed in the construction of those railways , whose claims bad been most shamefully and dangerously neglected during the whale course of their legls-1 itton on the surject of railways . They were now about t > dismiss great numbers of them at an inclement period of the year without the least consideration , and but for his voice not & single word would probably be heard on tteir behalf . Those who came after them might well tife , when they beheld the freat and magnificent works which had been constructed f n this country by the present generation , how they had acted in respect to the

      temporal and eternal welfare of tbe labourers—whether their medical care had been attended to- ^ -whether their residences and their religious instruction bad been looked after—and whether they bad towards them borne out the character whick they assumed to themselves , of being a philanthropic legislature and a Christian state ! Amongst the numerous acts which had been passed on tte subject of railways , only one was to be fennd , the 1 st and 2 n « of Victoria , having especial reference to the labourers , and that was one of repression . He begged the house to remember that the present was not the casa of those who were old and decrepit , sick and infirm 'but of those who were strong and powerful , and who would be able Tery soon to avenge on society the evils they had received at its hands . In order to show what wi the condition of railway labourers , the hon ; genUemannad extracts from the evidence of the Rev . 3 . E . Thompson , the Kev . J . Mason , Mr Kawlinsoa , Mr Kmfret , and Mr Cbadwick , which had been given before the committee appointed at the instance of the hon . member for Kil .

      raarnock , in July 1816 . This evidence went to show that the habitations of the laboarera were of a most wretched description—that in several instances men , women , and children slept ia the same room—that gross immorality was the result—that the high wages re . ceived wera rather a curse than abenefit—and thatfever and snall-pox were allowed to make their ravages unchecked ; Mr Chadwick state ! " that the tract system was most injarioos to tbe labonre » , and he knew of one instance where the contractors for a piece of work would have lost by the work itself ; but who made . £ 7000 proit by the truck of beer and inferior provisions . They lost twenty and thirty , and sometimes as high a § fifty per cent , by the system ; at tie same time that they were served with articles of an inferior description . There was no regular system of spiritual instruction , said the Rev . Mr Thompson , a ' nd Mr Chadwick mentioned the ' ease

      of a man , who , having received an i njury of t he spine from which he eoald sot recover , requested ' to-have the scriptures read tobJnT , tat ~ wa « « n 2 eredto expire without receiving the least atteation of the nature he ; to earnestly besought . They had to 'deal with nearly 100 , 000 persons , and were they to be left in such a state ? They had not heretofore been treated ' as the members of a civilised community . They had been suffered to go frem ' . work to work , receiving high wageij which they squandered in gratifying the wants which evil habits engendered , and In a reckless course of improvident extravagance , insomuch that their average age did not exceed that of foity . He could not therefore suffer the farther progress « f this measure , without raising tbe voice ef notice against the paBt , and the voice of warning in referenee to the future . The hon . member concluded by giving notice that after the recess he should bring the question forward in a substantive shape .

      Sir O . S * et said , the subject was undoubtedly an importaut one , but as tbe hon . member had given notice of his intention to " submit a substantive proposition on the subject , he should defer his observations on it . He would only now say that the hon . member had , perhaps overrated the power ef psrliament with regard te it ' . Tery much must be left in the hands of directors * f companies , of contractors , and of the gentry resident in the districts through which the line passed . Lord 6 . Bwtihck could not quitelet bis hon . friend ' s charge against the railways pass without observation . He really did not think the devil was quite so black as his hon . friend had painted him . It appeared by the report which had been quoted that these very labourers were receiving 22 s . Cl per week wsgei , and be ( Lord George ) had heard that the companies were at tfeis very time contributing £ 450 , 000 a year to the poor rate , or one-fifteenth of the whole assessment of the country .

      . Mr Aouoitbt believed that in many instances railway companies had provided admirably well for their labourer * . The report was then brought up , and the bill ordered to be re * d a third tim ° on Tuesday . Raw Zealakd . — Mr Labodchebe moved for leave to bring in a Bill to suspend the operation of some of tbe most important provisions of the Act of 184 c , for the Government of New Zealand , Having briefly stated that the Government found , on coming into office , a general concurrence of opinion that a constitutional and repre . sentative government should be given to New Zealand , and having likewise found s record of Sir B . Peel ' s Government ' s intention to introduce such a constitution

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      the Act of 18 * 6 had been passed . Bo ^ ^ , enQw outto Governor Grey instructions ^ ^ _ tha Act into operation , that gentleman ente-. | liedthe gravMt objections to i ^ and lenf aeipat rthj } , homB in wUcn « , „„ obj « ctions were set fQc tji . - The main objection wbb , that by this const ^ u o the English Ministry would have the power . of imposing taxes that would have to be paid by the aboriginal population ; and it was remark . able thf > . '( UW Hew Zealanders were exceedingly intelligent , independent , and jealous in matters , of taxation " nature of the bill which the right bon , gentleman submitted te tbe house was , to suspend for five years a portion of the Act ef 1816 , reviving ths Legislative Councilor 1810 ; this Council , with tbe Governor , to have the power to constitute legislative assemblies for the two provinces . That portion of the Act which provided municipal governmeat for local purposes he pro posed to retain .

      The other hon . members taking part in the diecua . sion were , Mr W E . Gladstone , Mr V . Smith , Mr R . Falser , Mr Hume , Mr Cardwell , Mr Aglioaby , Sir E . Bnxton , and Mr Plamptre . L * a 7 e was given . The Chanceixok of the Exchequer moved the nomination of the members of the committee on Commercial Distress and the Currency . Mr Hdiie moved , and Colonel Sibibobt seconded the amendment for adjourning the question until the 4 th of February . After some discussion the boute divided , when the motion for adjournment was negatived b y a majority of elghty-ntae .

      Lord Geobge Bekiikck moved to increase tbe num . ber of the committee to thirty , wben the bouse again divided ; for the amendment forty . five , for the original motion one hundred and thirty-six . After some discussion , the motion that the committee consist of twenty , six members was agreed to ; but the naming of them was deferred until Wednesday . TUESDAY , Dzcekbeb 14 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Earl of Shafissbubt took his seat , as Deputy Speaker , at five o ' clock . Bbitish Iktekvewtion im Itai . t .. —Lerd Starlet called the attention of the house to the continued absence from the country of LoidMinto , the Lord Privy Seal . That office , though not onerous , was one of high authority , and demanded pretty constant attention , and

      yet the noble lord who filled it was absent from his post when parliament met for an extraordinary session . A generalepinion prevailed that it was the intention of the government ' to establish dlplomatio relations with the court of Rome , and that Lord Minto ' s absence was connected therewith , but as as it bad been stated by Lord Palmerston that the Lord Privy Seal had no mission to the court " of Borne—that is that he was not accredited to the sovereign pontiff—that opinion was of course trafounded . But Lord Minto was not a simple traveller , and it was to be assumed , that he was in some capacity acting as a representative ef the British government . What the object of the movement going on in Italy was , and what was understood by the cry of tbe ' Independence of Italy , ' he ( Lord Stanley ) could not well say ;

      but he thought the last course the government should pursue would be to give such encouragement to tbe poll , tical agitation of Italy as the sending of a cabinet minister of the rank ef the Lord Privy Ssal would indicate . Though Earl Mlnto might not be accredited to the Pope , or to any ether sovereign that we knew of , 3 et , being the representative of the British government , he had , presuming the information which had reached this country to be correct , compromised tbe British government by his acts , by his words , and by his conduct ; and it was due therefore to parliament that they Rhould have a dis tinct understanding of the functions which Lord Miuto bad to perform . Tbe report which bad appeared in such . sources of information , which were open to all . stated

      the minister of Great Britain bad , on more than one or two occasions , appeared in answer to the calls of the people , parading the streets , with flag ! and emblems , aad joined with them in tbe cry In favour of the 'independence of Italy ; ' that , on the second occasion , during a procession at Rome , the crowd assembled before the hotel in which Lord Minto resided , and , recognising him , not as a mere British traveller , but as the supposed representative of this country , aad as expressing the sentiments of the British Government , called for him , and that , in obedience to that call , he appeared on tbe balcony , wavedhiB hand to them , and joined in the Yivas 1 ' for the independence of Italy . He trusted that the noble marquis would be enabled to state that there was no

      truth in these details . The questions he wished to put to tbe Marquis of Lansdowne were , if any and what provisions hid been made for the discharge of the duties of tbe Lord Privy Seal during the absence of Lord Minto , aid what were the precise functions and limits to the authority assigned by the Government to Lord Minto . The Marquis of Lahbdowne said the noble lord matt be sufficiently aware of the duties of the Lord Privy Seal —that it was , in fact , an office which did not require the constant presence of the person who held it . Viewing , as the government did , the present movement in Italy as most important , they became convinced that the-momtnt was come for giving the friendly advice of England

      to the governments and people of that country . For this office Lord Minto had been selected . With respect to the discharge of the duties of the Lord Privy Seal in Lord Hinto ' s abienec , he begged to state that they were per . formed by virtue of a commissien : Swixkhahd . —To questions put by Lord Beaumont , The Marquis of Lanedobhe stated , that as there were no longer two contending parties in Switzerland , the contempleted mediation of the five powers was at an end . But Sir S . Canning was instructed , on passing through Switzerland , to place himself in communication with the authorities , and offer any advice in his power , but in no other way to interfere in tbe domestic Bffairs of Switzerland .

      _ The Bailtravs Bill was brought up and read 8 first time , and their Lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . . In reply to Major Blackall . Sir W . SovERvtuE said that it wae not the intention of the government to resume the system ef public works ia Ireland . West Gloucbstebshibe Election . —Mr Wakiet rose to move the consideration of the petition of the electors ofjthe western division of the county of Gloucester pre . tented 10 th December . He trusted he should find no difficulty in obtaining a committee to inquire into this matter . ^ The question raised was one which concerned the privileges . of the home , and , as there was no committee of privileges to which to refer it , he thought that

      the honse could do no l « ss than appoint a select com . mittee to tako the whole matter into its consideration . The allegations of the petition were such as to show that an open , undisguised , and audacious interference had taken place with the election in the county alluded to , and the charges against Earl Fitzhardinge were such as to render it impossible for the house to overlook them . He was charged , as lord . lieutenant of the county , with coercing a number of men to abandon a yeomanry troop of which they were members , because Mr Grantley Ber . keley was its captain , of tendering to that honourable gentleman a large pecuniary bribe to Induce him te retirefrom being a candidate at the eleotion , and of purchasing votes at the election , and intimidating the voters . His conduct , if true , was a direct violation of one of the standing orders of the honse .

      The Atxormxi . Gkhebal , in resisting the motion , « te n a » 8 te " »«> y cases which had occurred between 1780 and 1845 , to show the difficulties which bad formerly beset cases analogous to that now presented to thehonse . IfLord Fltsbardlnge had been guilty of bribery , tbe proper mode of proesedtag againsfhim was to institute proceedings in an ordinary court of law . This was the only way of reaching him , the house having ne means of punishing him if foand guilty . . Captain Bebkiiet read a document written by Lord Fltchardinge , alleging that the petition had been trumped up against him by those who bad he foundation for it in fact . Mr Gbaktley Bebkelzt observed , that he was pre . pared te prove , if the committee were granted , that several men had left his troop by coercion of their landlord , theL'rd-Lieutenant : Sir R . Inglis opposed , and Mr Htj ke and Lord Dddlii Stbart supported the motion for inquiry .

      Lord J . EcsEEtL did not agree with Mr Hume that the house wai bound , on every occasion on which a petition like this was presented to it , to institute an Inquiry . Some ef the allegations contained in the petition were of a very grave character . but they might be ade . quately examined into by the ordinary tribunals , to which matters apperta ' ning to elections were referred . So far the noble lord was evidently disposed to resist the motion ; but being here informed by SirG . Grey that the petition did not'rest upon the ground upon which the noble lord had supposed it to be based , the neblelord seemed evidently to swerve from his deter , mlnation , admitting that , if tbe case presented by the peti tion was such as conld not be properly inquired into by an election committee , there might be some ground for th « appointment of a select committee . Ai to that , however , he would for ths present reserve his opinion .

      Sir F , TBESioEBssid that Lord J . Ruuell . had drawn a distinction between Lord FitzBardinge acting < as Lord Lieutenant' and' aB being Lord-Lieuteaant / ' Wow , as there was a precedent ; by which we eonli affect Lord Fitzhardinge as'being Lord-Lieutenant , ' he thought that it ought to be followed in order to vindicate the resolution of the house . In 1701 the Bishop of Worcester interfered in . the election for the county of Worcester , not as Almoner to the Qa ' een , but as being such Almoner . Sir John Packington presented a petition coinplainiBg of that interference ; the house subsequently resolved that he had substantiated bis complaint , and an addrets was

      presented to her Majesty requesting her to remove the Bishop ef Worcester from his office of her Almoner , ' and he was removed accordingly . If , then , the committee should report that lord Fitzhardinge was guilty of ths charges against him , the home could address the Crown to remove him from his office of Lord-Lieutenant . The allegations of the petition were of such a character that the house would be trifling with its standing order if it did not inquire into their correctness . Sir G . Gbet moved the adjournment of the debate in orderto give time to consider ifthere were peculiar circumstancesinthis case ef which the law courtB could not take cognizance . Sir R . Peel coincided in this course , and the debate was consequently adjourned to Friday :

      tfonnfT ! : RtTEMD "' -M ' Hobshan drew the atttn-2 ?™ " ? " r ° t 0 the 8 Ct 6 aai 7 m < IV ., c . 77 , prosmaller bishoprics , such augmentation to be effected oat 2 ^ eT thela f 8 er and wealthier see ., provided cat werll / fft T , " ^ o " , at rate , fired b , the cat , were left to the larger sees , and to ther « turnof the

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      ~— : ¦ .: : ¦ ¦ :. ¦¦ £ ¦ : *; .: ; :: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; :.. £ ¦ - ¦ ¦ >"< revenues of all the bishoprics , presented to parliament on the 1 st day oi January , 1815-, and to the first end second general reports of the Ecclesiastlflal Commissioners pre eenttd in Ft-bruary and Jane , ISift , with a view to show that tbe provisions of the ftbovcmentlened act had not been carried out ; The hon . gentleman , after reviewing the revenues of all tbe bishoprics in the country , Insisted that the provisions of that act had been widely departed from . The whole subject , he said , lay within a small compass , being embodied ia the resolutions which he had on the paper , and which he concluded by moving ^ - the last of the series being asfollowB : — ' That from these report s , furnished by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners themselves , it appears to this house that the provisions of the act Sth and 7 th William IT ., c 77 , so far as relates to episcopal Incomes , have not been carried out according to the inteatlons of parliament . ' MrPtoKPTSE seconded the resolution , .

      Sir G . Gbet . did not think the adoption of the ^ reBolu . tlon would answerthe object of the movtr and seconder . To the two first resolutions he would , If pressed , move tbe previous question . The third resolution he wonld meet with a direct negative . Mr Home suggested the withdrawal of the motion , provided the government frould give a pledge to bring in a bill upon the subject . Sir R . Ikou * opposed the resolutions . Lord J . Russell observed , that whether the act referred to wrs defective or not , it could not with reason be Bsid that those to whom the power had been confided of carrying it out had departed from its provisions , so that tbe third resolution , impljing a censure on the commissioners , had no proper foundation . He trusted , therefore , that Mr Horsman would withdraw that , if not also tbe other resolutions . He was not prepared to bring in any bill altering the present mode of admlnis . tering the revenues of the Church .

      Mr Goclscbh , as one of the Ecclesiastical Commlssloneri , threw himself on the justice of tbe house , contending that he bad fairly discharged his duty , and had complied with all tbe provisions of the act of parliament . ' - Several other tnombers took part i n the debate , and the withdrawal of the resolutions was strongly urged . The galleries were then cleared for a division The two first resolutions were put $ erialim , when the question , arose on Sir G . Grey ' s amendment to each of the previous question , the amendment being agreed to in both cases . Mr Hdxb then suggested , as en amendment to the third resolution , that , instead of affirming that the provisions of the act had been departed from , it should be so framed as to propose that those provisions- sheuld undergo the re-comlderation of Parliament . Mr Hobshak . adopted the suggestion , and the resolu-Hon ai modified was then put , the numbers being—. For the resolution , ; . ... $ 5 ' Against It ... ... . „ 130 ; ' Majority against ... ... —fit Tha home adjourned at eleven o ' clock . - -

      ' : Wednesday , Decehbek 15 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Ceime akb Odtbaqb ( Ib « . laud ) But . —On the motion of the Mirquia of Lams . DoWM . thls bill was read a second tioie , and ordered < o be . sommltted on Thursday , and the lords summoned . Bauwats But . —Oa the motion of Earl GiiNvutB this bill was read a second time . ¦ Poo * Law Omicebs . —The Earl ef Si Gibhahs . in reference to several petitions he had presented on Monday , praying for the establishment of a superannuation fund for the benefit of ' officm employed In workhouses under the poor law , expressed on the part of tbe peti . tieners a hope that the government would take the subject into ednsidiration ,. and added that , if the neble marquis '( Lansdowne ) could feel justified in expressing an pinion in favour of the object , it would b « gratefully received .

      The Marquis of Lahsdowne would promise that the subject should be taken into consideration , but was not f repared to exprejg any opinion on it at present , HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Pablfc Works ( Irelaad BUI was reaa a third time and passed . COMKIXITIE OK COHIISBCUL DlflTBBsB . —The CHANceuob or the Excheqcm in moving the nomination vf the different members to serve on the Select Commit , tee on Commercial Distress , moved as Is usual , his own name first ; and in so doing entered into a defence of his construction ol that committee , and contended that he bad not willingly or knowingly omitted any name which ought to be selected . If , as had been suggested , he had placed on It a larger numb 6 r of Scotch and Irish representatives , or of members for the metropolitan

      boroughs and the manufacturing distrists , or cf members who were employers of labour or connected with the East and West India interests , he must have increased the number of the committee much beyond thenumbfr already sanctioned by the house . He had placed on it three leading members of the present , three leading num . bers ef the late , and three leading members of the pro * bable future , government . . He had also placed on it Mr Spooner , the decided opponent of the act of 1844 ; Mr Cayley , tbe advocate of a double-standard of gold and silver ; Mr Hume , the representative of the Scotch system of banking ; Alderman Thompson , a Bank director , an employer of labour , and the propounder of an issue of £ l , netes ; Mr Herries , who contended that the mere convertibility of paper was a sufficient

      protection against over issue ; Mr Glynn and Mr T . Baring , who maintained that if the act of 1814 were maintained , it should contain a provision enabling the government from time to time to relax its restrictive provisions ; Mr Tennent , who was the representative of ths Joint Stock-banks in Ireland ; Mr CobdeB , the enlightened advocate of our great manufacturing Interests ; Mr W . Beckett , the member for Leeds , and himself at the head of one of the best conducted banks in England ; Mr Hudson , the great railway proprietor ; and » lx other members connected with the general Interests of land , trade , and manufactures . He hopsd that he bad now satisfied the honse that the committee was constructed on a sound principle . Nine members of it would probably support , ten would probably

      find fault with , the aot of 1844 ; six had not expressed any opinion upon it either one way or the other . He proposed that Mr F . Baring should be its chairman . If Lord G , Bentinck should succeed in his motion to substitite the aumes of Mr Hastlo and Mr Henley for those which ho had proposed , his lordship would have an absolute majority of seven among those members whose opinioss were pledged . If Mr Pattison were also added to the committee , there would onlj be five persons In support of the bill , and fourteen against it . He should be extremely eorry if Mr Heirles and Mr Hume should persist in their announcement not to serve on the committee . If Mr Hume should persist in that an nouncement , he should have no objection to yield to Mr Waklej ' t proposition , and to substitute Mr Munts in blsEtead . . ¦;¦ ¦

      ' Mr H , Dbdmhosd thought it probable that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s committee would be satisfactory to the present , the last , and the future administration ; bnt it was for the house to decide whether that committee was a fit instrument to carry its intentions into effect . "'' Mr Obbobhe considered the House to be ( engaged Id acting in a scene in the comedy of' Much ado about Nothing . The appointment of the committee was a mere pretext for shelving the question . If the House wished to nominate a fair committee , it should nominate twenty , six gentlemen who had expressed no opinion on the aot of 1814 . ¦¦ .

      A protracted dlicutaion ensued , which occupied nearly the wheleof the sitting , but the list of names as pro . posed by the Chancellor ef the Excbequ « i was eventually agreed to , as follows : —The Chancellor of the Bichft . quer , Sir R . Peel , Lord J . Russell , Lord G . Bentinck , Mr Herries , Mr Goulburn , , Mr Alderman Thompson , Mr Labou 3 here , Sir J . Graham , Mr F . Baring , Mr T . Baring , Mr Cobden , Mr Spooner , Mr W . Beeket ' t , Mr Cayley , Ur Cardwell , Mr Hudson , Mr Home , Mr Rtcardo , Mr Glyn , Sir W . Clay , Mr Diiraell , Mr Thornely , Mr J . Wilton , Mr H . Drummona , and Mr Tennent , Mr Bbotbebtoh submitted ft resolution , that when any new business is brought on after twelve o ' clock atnighf , If it be moved and seconded , that the debate on . such question be adjonrued ,, Mr Speaker shall immediately declare the debate adjourned without putting theques tlon fo the vote . - ' ¦ '

      Sir G . Gbet opposed the motion , as one that would every materially alter the BSBge of the House . , . > The House divided— .. . For the motien ... . ... 88 Against It .. ... ... 67 Majority against the motion ... —24 ' ' [ From our Second Edition of last week , ) . . ' ., THURSDAY , Dec . 9 . HOUSE OF LORDS , —Some conversation about Ireland , was the only matter which occupied the attention of the Lords this evening . . _ . _ THURSDAY , Dso . 9 . : ]

      HOUSE OF COMMONS .-After some preliminary basinets had been . ; dispoied of , Sir G . Grey stated , in reply to Mr J . O'Conncll , that the government was prepared to meet any emergency w nica might alise in the most distressed ' parts of heland . A Landlord and Tenant Bill was under the consideration of the government , and would be brought forward in the course ef a few weeks . The right hon . baronet then proceeded , In an explanatory speech , to move the second reading ofthe Irish Coercion Bill , which was oppesed by Mr John O'Connell . Mr Callaghau , Mr Feargus O'Connor , Mr M O'Connell , Mr Grace , and Mr Shaman Crawford and was supported by Mr B . Cocbrane , Mr Hume , Lord Dudley Stuart , Sir W . Somerville , aHd Mr Moore . The house then divided , and the numbers were—For the second reading , 296 ; against it , 19 ; majority , 277 . The bouse then adjourned . . ( From our Third Edition of hstwek . ) FRIDAY , Deo . 10 .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —After the asking ana ans . wermg of a good many questlonsof no great importance , the question of the committal of the Ibish Coebcion Bui , led to a debate after which the house H-ent Into committee , when on the first clause being moved , Mr J . O'Comneil . submitted an amend , ment limiting the operation of the bill to disturbed distrlcts instead of its applying to any part of Inland specified in proclamations by the Lord-Lleutenant , upon which question the committee divided , the numbers being-for the amendment , 4 j for the original clause , m . Amendments w ej : e proposed to aeveral other SnZVor tWer fr f CtedJ )? the house ' "ohouseadiQurne 4 at one o ' clock .

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      A Deligatb Meeting of the Chartists of Nottinghamshire was ' held on Sunday afternoon , December 12 th , for the purpose of reorganising the town and county in the Charter Association ; The meeting was called for three o ' clock , when the following delegates assembled : —Seven Stars locality—John Skerrington and Henry Thornton ; Castle Ward-George Rodgers and Jonathan Barber ; Salutation —Wm . Treece ; Byron Ward—James Proctor ; Arnold—Josiah Scarcy and John Shepherd ; Calverton—George Harrison ; Carrington—B . Dowse , 0 . Haskard , and J . Moss . Mr Harrison was elected chairman , and Mr Skerritt secretary . Thecbairr man called upeneach . delegate to give ia a report

      from the locality he represented , after which Mr Barber , in an excellent speeob , moved the following resolution : — That it is the opinion of this meeting that , inasmuch as all classes of saciety , except the working class , are represented in the British Parliament , it is highly necesssry that the National Charter Association be reorganised ; because , if the people generally were veil-informed on the principles of democracy , many years wonld not elapse before they were fully and fairly represented in the House of Commons , and the present unjust system would be put an end to , and that local and isolated unions can have . no control over the public mind . ' Mr Baskard seconded the resolution . Carried . Mr

      James Proctor then moved the following : — 'That this meeting , individually and collectively , pledges itself to carry the foregoing reselution into effect ; and that an address be issued by this meeting to the Chartists of the empire , to aid in forwarding this laudable purpose . ' Mr Rodgers having ssoondedtha resolution , it was earned unanimously . Mr John Skerritt was elected district Bub-secretary , and Mr Mott , Bub-treasurer . It was then unanimously agreed : — 'That there be a meeting ofthe country council on the first Sunday in every month ; the first meeting to be held on the first Sunday in January , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , at the New Inn , Carrington ;

      THE ADBSZIS Of THB DKLMATEI . Fellow Working Men , —Tbe time has now arrived that you should be up and doing . The Executive of the National Charter Autelation have called upon the Chartilts of the empire to come forward , and again enrol themselves as members of oar glorious Charter Association . They thus having again unfurled the banner we eall upon you , the working men of Nottinghamshire , to rally round tb « standard , and never again let ' it be furled until you have obtained the enactment into a law of onr glorious Charter . ) 1 '' . : ; v . .: ' . •;

      We have recently obtained a most splendid victory : by returning to the British House of Commons our indefatigable champion , F . OlConnor , Esq .. Let aot that victory become nugatory , then , by your own spsthy ; but arouse * ourselvcs , ~ irod unite in the holy bonds of Chartism , with a firm resolve to free yourselves from the galling chains that have been ti ghtly rivetted upon you by that iniqulteus system under which yon have been so long suffering . Come forward , then , and join the National Charter A . 580 ol » tion in your thousands , like men seek , ing for liberty , with a firm determination never to rest satisfied until you have destroyed that monster evilclass legislation . By becoming members of this association , and being firmly united , you will strengthen the hands of your parliamentary leaders , and thus enabU them more effectually to wage war against a corrupt and time-serving government , who are determined , if po « . slble , to rivet your chains of slavery more tightly , and thus make you more degraded than yon now are .

      Fellow Chartists—be up ^ anddoing ; let every village in the county have its meeting immediately , and form a branchot the association . Elect your council ; let men be choied who have the cause at heart—mea ' who' can be relied upon being determined to persevere 'in tbe object in view , vis ., the enactment of the Psepls ' s Charter . Signed on behalf of the delegates , ' Jqhk Skebbitx , Sec . Bbbrt-bdgx—The Chartist body in this locality is increasing in number . The next meeting will be held on Sunday , Dec . 10 th , at the house of Mr James Ueaob , painter .

      Bebmondset . —The Chartists of this locality are employing every exertion to re-organise the Chartist body , and are determined to support the Metropolitan Delegate Council in their noble endeavours . They also consider John Gathard ' s case ought to be relieved by every Chartist in the metropolis . Bilbion . —A petition against the Irish Coercion Bill has been adopted and unanimously signed at this place . Easikghw Lam . —The Chartists of this locality have subscribed two shillings each to assist the Exeoutive , and appeal to their brethren to do likewise . Lower Warlst . — Mr Ambrose Tomlinson delivered a lecture atj this place on Sunday , the ltth inst ., and gave great satisfaction .

      Metropolitan Delegate Mninra , D « c . 16 th . — Mr Cinrk was appointed to wait oh the Victim Committee . The case of Mr Frost was adjourned for a fortnight . Mr M'Grath brought up the Hall Report from the subcommittee , and proposed the name of tlie Central Hall to be < The Metropolitan Democratic Hall * - ' carried . A committee of management , consisting of thirty -eight persons , were appointed , with power to add to their numbers . - Mr O'Connor to be treasurer ; Mr M'Grath . sub-treasurer ; James Grasaby to be secretary ; Bank—National Land and Labour Bank ; Mr Fleming and Mr Rider , auditors . Mr Clark proposed , and Mr M'Grath seconded , ' ihat a great aggregate meeting be holden to repudiate , on behalf of the English working classes , the infamous Irish Coercion Bill . ' Carried , A deputation / consisting of Messrs Harney , Jones , Schapperi Oborski , and Keen , waited on the committee , respebtine the holdine of

      a Democratic Congress of all Nations . Julian Harney stated the resolutions come to by the society of Fraternal Democrats , and the Brussels Democratic Society , . Mr Thomas Clark strongly soppotted the Views of the deputation , as did also Mi Gnassby . Carl Schapper , and Ernest Jones , then spoke on the advantages ofthe suggested Congress . Mr P , M'Grath and Mr Sbaw , then delivered ex . cellent speeches in support of a motion made by Mr Clark , as follows : — 'That this committee have heard with pleaeure the proposition ofthe Fraternal Democratic Society , to hold a Conference of the 'Democrats of all Nations' at Brussels , in Sept . 1848 , and hereby agree to lend , all the assistance in their power to secure at Buch Conference , an efficient representation of the Democrats of . Great Britain ; ' Handed in from Bermondsey , 5 a ; Clark ' s bpok , 6 sl 0 d ; Mr Paris , Greenwich , Is ; Turntr ' 8 book , 2 s 8 d ; total , 14 j 6 d .

      Mixbndeh Siohes . —At b public meeting ofthe Chartists and members of the Land Company , it was resolved that a petition against the Coercion Bill be presented by F . O'Connor , Esq . The thanks of the meeting were also given to the calumniators of the Land Plan , as their hostility had resulted in a great increase of shareholders , and induced several benefit societies to invest their monies in the Land and Labour Bank . - . : ' Oldham .- ! -Apublio meeting took . place on Monday evening last , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning parliament against the Coercion Bill , when Mr Lennard Heslop was called to

      the chair . The first resolution was moved by Mr R Haslom , and seconded by Mr W . < White , and ably suppo ttef . by Mr E . Clarke , , of ManohestAr , in a speech which elicited much applause ' . Thepetition was then moved by Mr , Wild , and seconded by M » J . Cooper , and nobly supported by Mr D . Donovan , « n ^ fJ Ient BpMch l vhioh ¦« " * »« ek cheered . w ^ T ?* FT * & MowiD S «* ° ton 7 . Lj £ } " 'MW . 'k M-V"be requested-to present the petition , and /^ Duncroft , fcarguB OfCohnor , j O'OonnelUnd W . S . O'Brien , Esqrs ., be requested S&Th ^ P ™ - AT 6 te ^ thanks havingS given to the chairman , the meeting broke - -

      up . R -EPEira oi ihb OiRxiufr RitaBtRiTibN akb tooK Co ^ itm ,: fw « tftl ) ewmW ^ o the 16 th . ~ -Mr Simpson ' s bobki Is 6 d ; Tredegar . per £ « ftWj ; 6 d PrestonMs r Ewfer , IW-fSffi field , 'lld ; total , ISslld . James Gtassby . Secret « y N . B . Tho 7 » « d fromi Bishopwe armouthS week , should have been 8 s 6 d ; will the parties i Sundetland write to Say , to whom they sent thefone pound that appeared in the' Star of July 3 rd it has never been handed over to this Committee .

      Sohkrs Town —Rally for the CharterlThe first pf a series of meetings for the spread of democracy in connexion with the FraternalDemoorats , was held on Wednesday evening , December 8 th | at Mr Duddridge ' sChartist Rooms , 18 , Tonbridgestreet , Newroad . Mr John Fussell was called to the chair , and introduced the business in an able and eJFeotive speech . Mr Charles ' Keen , in an argumentative address , moved the first Resolution : — ' That as equal and inalienable heirship to liberty is the birthright of every human being , we hereby express our deep abhorrence of the system which dooms seven-eiehthx

      of the male adult population ot this empire to politi cal degradation and Blavery , and being convinced that this debasing and obnoxious system will only bo abolished by the enactment of the People ' s Charter we therefore pledge ourselves not to cease from agitating until the Baid measure of universal justice shall ba recognised as the law of this realm . Mr Charles Turner briefly seconded the resolution , which was 3 JE& \ f V S * Julian Harnoy ' ^ &aplendid , animated , and lengthy speech . Mr Harney was rapaSl ft t and T he resolution unanimoajy agreedito . ^ Mr Thomas LucaB moved and Mr John Arnottseconded tho next resolution , which was car-£ K im 0 U J I" * ' T £ at re ? 0 B ™ to R universal brorule in other lands , and sympathise with our brethren ffb . o are subjected thereto . Thatfeeling assured that ho triumph | of democracy in Great Britain would be the dowBtallof despotism throughout Earn ™ . Z ! ' | - n ! ¦ t

      Zr ! Tf nde f plea 8 ure and satisfaction the prospect of a renewed united and determined Btruggle to emancipate the toiling millions from political serfdom . Atter a vote of thanks to the chairman had wen given and acknowledged , and several cards of membership of the National Charter Association had been issued tho meeting separated .

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      Ttobtok . —A publio meeting was held in thi 8 town on Friday , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the Coercion Bill . We applied for the use of the Town Hall , both by deputation and a requisition numerously signed , but our' right worshipful , ' would not allow us the use of the hall for any such purpose . We were , however , determined to have a meeting , and the landlord of ( the White Ball kindly gave his consent to oiirnolding a meeting in the large room at that inD . We gave public notice of the meeting , which was numerously attended . MrW . Beck , a staunch democrat and a * working man , was called to the chair . Mr Eibbey thin read the address of Mr Harney ,

      which was listened to with great interest . An article was then read from the Naws or thb World . Mr M'Neil then moved the following resolution : — 'That this meeting views with abhorrence the dreadful crimes perpetrated in Ireland ; but while we deplore the wretohed state of insubordination and- misery to which that country is reduced , we cannot but regret that her Majesty ' s government should propose a measure to Parliament , which , in the opinion of this meeting is not calculated to remedy the evil * whic h it is intended to cure . ' Mr M'Neil then followed up tbe resolution in a very effective speech ; he said that the present deplorable state of Ireland was not owing to any inherent bad

      principie in the hearts of the Irish , people , but it was tbe injustice and oppression under which they laboured , that drove them to commit the crimes of which they were accused . He had travelled in Ireland , and he knew something about the Irish . Where they were well u 8 ed , | there was not a more contented , a more hospitable , hardworking , or honest people , on the face of the earth . He knew the Irish people well , and he knew they would not tamely submit te be coerced . He quoted a highly respectable authority in this town , one who had served in a military capacity for many years , who stated ^ that if they passed a Coer * cion Bill for Ireland , it would cause a revolution in less than six months . He said that government

      instead of passing a Coercion Bill , Bhould have proposed remedial measures ; they should have gone tothe root ofthe evil , ' and removed the cause of their grievances . Mr M'Neil went on in the same straiu for about three quarters of an hour , and then sat down * The resolution was carried unanimously . The chairman here remarked that if any one had anything to say against the resolution , how was the time to raise . their objections . A person then rose and said , ho had some objections to raise . He began by stating that he was as much opposed to coercion as any in the room , yet be considered coercion was necessary for , Ireland . Ha said that the Irish were s Jsjsj , idle , blood-thirsty set , and he after .

      wards said that it was only a few bad characters that . caused the bloodshed and disturbances in Ire * land . He said he did not see whatthe Irish wanted dith fire a-ms , and afterwards admitted that it wag atgreat privilege to be allowed to keep , fire arms . He referred to a paper that he bad with him to prove what a murderous set the Irish were , but from some cau « e er other , he did not notice in the same paper an account of some of the many grievances under which the poor Irish are now labouring . In m word / the attempt at opposition was a very miserable one . Messrs M'Neil and Kibbey then followed and scattered to the winds the arguments , ef the last sceaker . It was then proposed that a petition

      be sent to parliament , foundedon the foregoing resolution , which was carried ! only one hand being raised against it . Tha petition was then read to the meeting . Mr Rontley then proposed that tb / petitionheadepted . Carried unanimously . Mr ; M Neil then proposed a vote ef tnanks to Mr Harney for his able address to the electors and non-electors of this borough ; the meeting expressing a hope that he would continue such addresses . The motion was carried unanimously . It was then resolved that the petition should be sent to Mr O'Connor . A vote of thanks , was then given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . Wobcisxbb . —At a meeting held on the 13 th inst .

      to appoint a delegate to attend the intended meeting of Sunday next , tho 19 th , for the" better organising the district , it was resolved : — 'That a meeting of the Chartists in | this city and suburbs be held on Monday evening next , at seven o ' clock , at the City Arms , Church-street , to hear the' report of the delegate . ' . . - Wakkfield . — At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists , Mr Thomas Gill , junior , delivered aspirited address on the Progress of Democracy in England and Continental Europe . Mr J . Hamshue addressed the meeting on the Charter . Mr Dawton then moved , and Mr Gill seconded , an address to Mr O'Connor , which was unanimously adopted .

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      ! FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Assjmblt Rooms , 83 , Dean-Stbjbt , SoHo .-Mr M'Grath will deliver a public lecture on Sunday evening next , December 19 th , at half . past . Beven ( Mock precisely . Subject : The Irish Rebellion of 1708 . '—The Westminster branch of the Land Company and Chartist locality will meet for the dispatch prbuamessin the same reoms , at seven precisely ;—Too . National Registration and Central Election Committee will meet for the purpose of electing trustees , &c ., on Tuesday evening . December 21 st . at eight o ' clock precisely . —The National Victim Committee will meet at the some place , at the same hour . Dodlw—The members of the National Charter Association meet at the Jolly Colliers' Five Ways . Hill-street , every Sunday evening , at Bir o ' clock . Dewsbury . —A Tea Party will be held on Christmas Day , in honour of F . O'Connor , Esq . MP when Mr J . Shaw , from Leeds , and Mr J . UatfieleV and Mr W . Newsome , from Heckmondwicke , will attend and address the audience , in the National Chartist Association Room , Union-street . DrM'DotiAix will be at Keighley on Sunday the 19 th ; at Maoclesfield , on Monday the 20 th ; at C rewe , on Tuesday , the 2 lst . EuiND .- ^ Mr Bowden will lecture at this place , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' olock . ; HAii p x > -Mr Ch ' sset will lecture in the Working Man s Hall , on Sunday evening , December 19 th , at mxoVloek . " : ^? ^?? r ^ - Toml'nson . of Halifat , will lecture in the White Hart room , Saltuouse-lane , on Sunday evening , December 19 th , at half-paBt six o ' clock . Subject : The Land and the Charter in connexion with the Commercial State of the country . '—The Chartists and Land members meet oa Monday and Wednesday evenings , at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , at half-past seven o ' clock .-The Chartists also meet on Sunday evenings , at the above pUce , at six o ' clock . Kbighlet . —A tea party will beheld in the Working Man ' s Hall , Keigliley , on Christmas day , in honour of Mr O'Connor ' s return to Parliament for Nottingham . Teatobeonthetableatfoiiro ' clockin the evening , and tickets to the party sixpence each . LivuaraoL . —The annual ball of the Chartists of Liverpool will be held on Friday evening ( Christmas Eve ) , December 24 th , in the New Christian Church . neaustrwt , and of the . secretary of the National o'S [ AM 001 atlon' DancinB to commence at nine nlo ^ « " - - ~ Mr Hanson will lecture at thia place , on Sunday , December 19 th , at six o ' clock in me evening . nii £ 3 ? Gl ? - ~ Mr S hackleton will lecture at this thVevenin y ' December 19 th » a * »« o ' clock in r Fosseix . from Birmingham , ¦ willlecture at th « . n 0 r « : ? o Fri ? i ' Morgan-street , Commercialio ^ S nP ? ° r 6 e 8 Easfc « on Sunday » December the 19 th . Chair taken at eight o ' clock . Subject : 'The Uiarter-the present position and prospects of its advocates . ' The members of the Globe and Friends LOf ?» j rn I ? at J l 0 D * ? Company will please tcattendon Tuesday evening next , to pay the expense fund and lecal levies . ^ aa ^^ T ^ T ^^ Webl ) er and Wilson will address the Chartista of this place on Sunday evening next , December 19 th , at six o ' clock . lpS ? f ^ " 5 i l , ' - Manchester , will leotnrein the People ' s Institute , Heyrod-street . Ancoate op Sunday . Dicember 19 th . Chair to & taken ataix o ' clock in the evening . evm S « S ' "J f Northern Star will be read ^ s ^^ st Sij ^^ & ^^ f ^ Si ^ St SKt ^ s&ffafiS ' ^ . Decembw mSSST wn W »«*• Jame 9 Lwch , of win h « r t 0 , takea at half-past five . There gesfsftss Sooth London Chartist HAM ,.-Mr T . Clark i \ lclure ia h ^ a ^ e hall , on Sunday evS ^ Arlrtf * ^ at ei 8 ht o'clock ; subjectT apSl ? ' ° A Inte . 7 « ancc-aDruDkardcannotbe benefit rfrhAi H lidn 5 Sr ? will take place for the Theevflnwt , ? ' ° Wedncsda y » December 29 th . danciDg , S amu 8 ement to consist of sieging and nn ^ TO'T ^ 9 hartist 8 of Todm orden will vi ? S * J « Bd ^ » on ChriBtmas and New-Year ' s Days , m the Odd-Fellows' Hall .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1449/page/8/