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      watched with the utmost interest bj tho people of EnslsniJ , sna nof the I «« f so tbstthegorern nient of Austria had manifested i « . self by no means eo *« aro of the rial position of things is the peninsula as was to bo dsiircd for the sake of ell partie ? . Prince Metternich , how ever had of late ysars been maklnjr g" * ' concessions to the Hungarians , " and to other nations within the peculiar terrtories of Austria , and it was to be hoped tbut more mature eossiderati ™ of the progress of events wouM lead him to adopt a liberal policy also with regard to the Italian populatians ; ( Hear , haar . ) The conduct of Yiscoutu Paltaerston would doubtless materially conduce ti this most desirable mult . ( Hear , hear , ) Nothing cocia ba ' more gratifying to Englishmen than ths en rgetic t » 3 nner In which the noble Secretary for For .

      eign AffiiH had , in his communications with the Austrian ministers , BsseTten the rigbt of the sovereign princes of Italy to make such constitutional chang sand ameliorations In their respective states as they deemed required by the advanced , and still advancing , progress of pnblic opinion—a public opinion which had long since felt tb . it the population of Italy were ill-governed , and which now demanded that the ill eovernmeat should V exchanged for a popular administration , calculated te restore Italian prosperity and Italian happiness . ( Hear , hear . ) ThsnoMu lord on all occasions bad done justice t » the admirable and extraordinary man who had Iztt been called to fill the pontifical throne—( hear)—» nd to bis energetic purpose to remedy the gri at political maladies whieh had so long aSicted the PapaVstatea . He ( Dr Bo i * ring ) was one of the last men who would

      encourage In our government any pratuitous or physical force meddling with the arrangements of foreign powers ; hnt he bailed with pride and pleasure the spectacle of EnglaHd lending her mor&l iDflueure to the came of liberty and to the adTOcacy of the oppressed in that great struggle with oppression which was now goinsr on throughout the eirilised worM . ( Hear , hear . ) In Italy the great objwt of British policy sho « ldba the consolidation of the various Italian interests in ona great nstioRsl league , Charles Albert , tho Grand Duke ol Tuscany , and even the King of Naples , taught by Bad expsriEnce , were all progressing , more or Uss rafidly , iu tho right path , and aided by ibe meral influence of Great Britain , there wai etery hope that the greatness and glory of the Italian nation might ones more be fjstored .

      Viscount PtLKERKOK said that hi * bon . friend bad called ths attention of the bouse to some of tho most re . mark » ble and interesting events which had occurred in our time . ( Hear , near . ) It was , indeed , Impossible fvr any man to witness the progress which constitutional opinion !' and institution ! were making in Italy without feeling the despect and liveliest interest in that progress . { Hear , hear . ) Italy was not only interesting in a * erj Sfjh degree from her peculiar position at the present moment , tut she Tras interesting to us , perhaps even still mare , from our cherished and elevating associations Kith her wondrous Etorr , with her rise , her greatness as Eiistress of the world , and her fall to almoit entire political insignificance—an Insignificance from which he fer-« ntly hoped sia teas now ibout to cmweip&te herself . ( Hear , hear . ) Nor did he merely hope ; he felt confident that a brighter day trai now dawning off Italy . ( Hear . ) The confidence with which we might look to the future . prosperity of that country was founded on the gifts which natUFahadhasttiKeaKdA on the last ! ani on if *

      inhabitants , Atold ail the political misfortunes to which the country had been subjected , the natural rigour of ths Italian mind , the extent of its intellectual resources , and , he might se . j , the tpUn&oni « £ its genius , had , even in tb « darkest periods of the palitical history of the Italian * , gaone forth with a brightness -which had attracted the admiration of the whola cmlise 4 world . It was most gratifying to see that ths progress which national liberty was making throughout Italy , ir&s e progress brought about br tbe b * nnonlou 6 accord of the sovereigns nnd people of Italy—( hear , hear )—and it was OB that cirennjstance more especially that he ventured to found his hopa that the ameliorations now proceeding there would be permanent and stable , for , based upon mutual conpact , thej nero naturally less likely 10 te Bhukan by future

      untow « 1 evauti . ( Heir . near . ) The hoa . member had edverted to the positian of Austria in relation to the ertnts now passing i * the Italian peninsula . It wag highly ististectory to him , and ha wss sure it would be so less frS-tiTylng to the honso , th- » t lie wai able to s'atP , that to far . as her Majesty ' s government w « 9 Informed of the intentions of the cabinet of Vienna , there was no reason ti sppre&eni that the policy of that cibiaei would lead it to any hoitilt iuterfirencs with the events which w * re now taklag plaes in Italy . ( ChJSK . ) H « had , Indeed , within the last twenty-four hours , received a communication from « ar ambassador at Vienna , -which gave very satisfactory sssnrances on this head . ( Renewed cheers ) The cour « n thai indicated was the court 9 naturally to ie expected from theprudeaes a » d wisdom of the Austrian

      government ; and most feappy -was he to find « uch a course adopted . ( Hear , hear . ) With reference to tha commercial league * f Italy , he should wishing hon . frl-.-nd and the home to defer asking for tho correspondence on tfeis subject until a more expedient occasion . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbe general principle * of that Iesgue only were at present laid down on a broad bails , tbe details remained to be fixed ; and he felt convinced ; hat it wouid . only retgrd the progregj of events , to produce bsfere tao house ths Tirious comnmaioations confidentially exebaaged fcitween the varieus courts of Its-ly and oar ministers there , as to ths various suggestions and propositions made oa the subject , ( Hear , hear . ) He could assure tha honsf that tho general pr i nciple which seamed to actuate all parties wss in the highest

      degree favourable to tha promotion of the commercial prosperity of It ^ Iy oa one uniform basis ; and he would add , that so far ai it became the gevaram » at and this country to tender advice , or to expres * an opinion , the sdrice was ofcred in a spirit of earnest desire to aid in the development of th&t prosperity . ( Hear , hear . ) As to tb 0 politioal chsngrs proceeding in Italy , whatever the faelinjs of her Majesty ' s govercnwnt on the subject , with whatever gratification they witnessed the cause of tho ? s political ev » ats —( hear , hear)—they did not conlider it fitting that the British minuter * in the Penin-* n ' a should interfere further thaa ths gifisg an opinion wt ? a it should te sought by the various governments , tffssr , hear . ) And here let him say it was most gratlfying co her Majesty ' i government to witness the moat perfect confidence with which England was regarded by th « Ttrioas Italian potentates— ( hear , hear )—as a

      marksi Initanos of which he would state that kU no ' ol . friend . Lord HInto , had proceeded from Rome to N » - jles in consequence of the desire expressed by the Sieiliani- on the one hand , and by tbe gorernnunt of Naples on tha « ther , that the frienoly assistance of BritiBh diplomaoy should b » applied t « wards the tsttsfactory lettiosentof the points in dispute between them . ( Hear , bear . ) He -wai sure that those who were acquainted with Lord Miate would feel that this task , delicate and diScnlt as it might be , could not have been placed in better hands—( hear , hear )—and that in any advice which , atthe solicitation of the parties , he might think himtslf at liberty to offer , he would be actuated by the siost disinterested bat earnest 4 es * T 9 to bring -matters to tuch an adjustment as shonld be consistent with the liberty , happinen , snd welfare of the people , and the Juit dignity and honour of the crown . ( Hear , hear . )

      Af ! er a few words from Mr CecaaAHE , expressive of tli approbttlon of the conduetpursued bj her Majesty ' s government in reference to Ital y . Dr Bowsikg oansented to withdraw his motion , and it wa « accordingly withdrawn . Satiojml Land CoHPisr . —t £ r O'Cowkos said , that at the request of the Attomey-Ganeral , and harinc re-C eivthe asiursnce of that learned gentleman , th * t he would consult the right h ? a . gentleman , the secretary for tha Home Department , upon the unbject of framing s short declaratory act to extend the 9 th anfl 10 th Tie , to the Land Company , he would , for those reasons , pestpone Ills motion to Tuesday , the 29 th inst ., feeling con . Tincsd that by ' adopting that course he best consulted the intereits of his elientt , as , no dsubt , his refusal to grant the required time for consideration may lead to en angry opposition , which might be fatal to the object that he had nearest at heart .

      Sir Gt . Geei wai not aware that the Attorney . General h&i asked the hon . gentleman to postpone his motion ; bat , after what he had heard the hoB . gentleman state , be would net object to the motisa being postponed , it being snderitoed that he ( Sir G , Grey ) did not in any way pledge himself as to tha ooarga he should { Uk « until lie bad heard the principle of the measure stated . Mr P . O'CoKsea replied , that ho had merely stated to the ho « aa the reasons upon which he bad postponed his mot oa and the understanding he had with tfee Attorney . Qtntral upon the en > j- ct .

      Law Lisdlobd akd Tehakt ( Imlakd ) . —SirW . SoHKZViLLr f aid that , in moving for leave to bring in a bill to amesd the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland , bo should probably best consult the convenience of tbe bouie if he at esce proceeded to suits what was theuataTB of the measure , as well as to give some details regpsctiag the macbiaerj by which It wst to be earned cat : sad slso Us scans which tbe government intended to propose for rea ^ eringit efficient . The subject was at once delicate , complicated , and difficult to deal with ; end those characteristics led him to think that tbe best plan to panne was to lay the whole of the details of the proposed measure before the parliament , go that there might exist as opportunity for judging it , and comparing it with the difficulties which it was framed to meet . The

      fcUJ , therefore , might be said to embrace two distinct plans , Ths first was for affording compensation to tenants for improvemestn effected on their holdings , tbe second would , he trusted , he found to embody several not unimportant changes ia the present relations betwten landlord and tenant . The bill proposed to encourage / he outlay of capital upon his holding bj the tenant , by securing to him an adequate remuneration for that outlay in all casts where he had not derived the foil benefitfrom It . This would be » ficctsd -with as little Interference with tilt rights of the landlords as was possible . It was not his purpose to linger OTer th » subject at present , by Insisting on tbe necessity for concedinp

      this act of jostloe to the tenantry . The principle had already been admitted to os ju « by a majority within that house , and ont ef door * also . It ww , moreover , no new principle ; on the contrary , it was one of some an . tiqulty ; for in a work now a century old it was laid down that , inasmuch as it wa 3 not the custom in Ireland for the landlord to provide farm buiidings ' for the tenastrr , if tbetenant , after having built fuch , was dispossessed ot kis holding before he had derived the fall benefit ef his OJitUy , fce wa « entitled to be comp = nsat £ d £ 0 that extent . ffh p V ' pleC 3 mellk 8 Wise with the recommendation £ nfl ?! fl in » ° l . ?* ' 8 com : ni « ef . and it had b « n « a-K , nf * inlrodn « a on the subject of landlord aad tenaatty oae of his ( Sir v > Swj M ] predW € g .

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      < or » , sh . ch bill had been permitted to bs read a first tim ? . He would proceed to stste how he proposed to create the mvoblnery by which the compensation tube made for outlay of capital ghouM be ascertained . From t' »» passing ef the net all tor . aot * havlug holdings above £ 10 ., and possessing an inttres , as specified , whether ijndera lease , or from year to year , might servo a notice ( the form of * rhich would be given in a schedule to the bill ) on hi » landlord , specifying tho nature of the outlsy intended to bo made , whether it be building , or drainage , or subsoilinc , or of any OJher deuription , and having done ss tbe tenant must proceed to name an arbitrator , calling likewise oa the land-< ord to nominate one on bis own behalf . If the landlord did nit nominate an arbitrator , within twenty-one

      dajs , then toe tenant mipbt apply to tho petty sewJons , wVitre a landlord ' s arbitrator wbb to be appointed and afterward * conjoined to that of the tenant . Tbo two arbitrators were then 10 choose on umpire , and if they could not agree In the choice , th n the petty sessions wa « njrninto be applied to , . and tho p-rson there named to be umpire . Tbe body thus constituted would proceid to examine and decide on ihe-notice served by tlie tenant on his landlord . Thej would havo to iurvey the land and tho projected improvements , and report ob the value and the amount of additional rent which would accrue from them , and if their de . clslon sbou'd be in fatflur of the improvements , then they were to be empowered to make an award wherein they were to state the name of tha superior landlord ,

      who would be bound thereby , ( Hear , ) The award thus made wou ! d be depositid with tho clerk of the peace , a copy of it would be served by the tenant on bit immediate landlord , and tho other intermediate land , lords concerned in the land in question , up to tho superior of a ll , wt-re likewise te be served with copies of this award . An appeal might be made against tbii award within twenty-one days of its being notified to the landlord ; the assistant barrister of tbe county wonld decide upon it , and his decision was to be final . The tenant was then to be empowered to proceed to execute tbe works thus specified , and upon tbeir completion , the arbitrators were to examine them , and to famish him with a certifiate of tbeir having betn finished , after which they were to decide whether any deduction wai to bo made from the rent fixed , and their decision was to be

      filed by the clerk of the peace . When the tenancy was ts be terminated , It was proposed that if tha period of twenty one yeara had not elapsed since tbe outlay was made , the l&udlord , whatever nude he might take to regain bis possession , was to proceed by firet . serving a notice on tba tenant , calling upon him to nominate an arbitrator , aad incase of neglect er refuial , procuring tbo appointment of one , as in the first instance . The arbitrator * of both parties wonld then proeeed to examine the improvemratK , and to moko their award of tar an . onnt of cotnpenfation to te made to tbeoutgolng tenant , which , however , was not three y « ars' rental pf ¦ he holiliog . And tbe Immediate landlord was to hare the power of recovering tbe same amount from his up . per landlord , if bl » interest In tbe holding terminated

      ttlthin agiven and * peoiflod time of the kflprottmenls beinjr paid for to the outgoing tenant . All tbe provisions of the bill which he bad detailed wore of a prospective nature . Ther * was a great difficulty in making them retrospective in xome cases , but not so ia respect to holdings uR ^ er the annu&l « olu 6 of £ 10 ., althoug h * U would be a hardship t » inch a class of t « na » t 9 to subject them to the machinery of the bill . For that reaeon tha bill enacted that no tenant , whose holding was not above £ 10 , Ehoulo . be entitled t « more than three year « 'rental for Improvements of five years' standing , aud the decision of the assistant < barrister in all oases wts to be final . Ha Uad now finished hla explanation with reipect to tha tenants' improvements portion of the bill , and would proceed to eiplain that part of It which re .

      gutted th ? relation between landlord and tenant , Tbere were to be clauses inserted by which the occupying te . nant wai to be protected against a double distress for rent ( h ; ar)—which he was subjected to at present , as well from bis Immediate as from his superior landlord . The till enactr . d that for the fatnro a tenant who held land under certain lntere « t » should be deprlrod of tha power of making a . distress when he sublet his land ; and the bill provided the Bub-tenants in these cases with an equitable defence in the superior courts of law . They already had such a defence in the courts of the assist ant-barristers , but it is not ge-od in a court of f quitrt and consequently the tenant was deprived of tbe benefi , of the aaslatant-bnrrister ' s decision . It wss

      proposedtherefore , to increase the powers of tlio assistant-barriga ters the details of which would be found m the bill . The messnre provided also that tenants at will might b ejected upon non-payment of their rest . This claus would be beneficial alike to landlord and tenant , and it woull not give the for ner any advantage which be did not already possess . He believed that if the landlord had » ach a power , the system of holding notices toquit , interrorem , over tbe heads oftenants , would be no longer resorted to , and a ( treat source of irritation would thus be done away wiih . It was proposed to coupla that power of ejection with a provision that en parol demise no rent should be recovered which was of more than two

      yenrs standing . Mr P . O ' Consob asked the precise meaning ; of tha Tjerta ' p . ro ' uemfoB ' . ' Sir W . SoHEaviLLE—Where tbero wa » no lease : and the bill also provided that evtry receipt given for rent should ipecify each particular gale for vrhica it was paid , or else that such receipt should be taken as good t r the last gale due . ( H-.-ar , hear . ) He bad notf gone tVc = ghtfle chief details of the proposed bill , and in enswertothe objections of those who urged the ioipropriety of interposing a legislative interference fietvreen man and man In their private transactions , he would

      reply , ' Look at tbe state of Ireland , her undeyelopei resources , her neglected agriculture ; ' and then he thought it would ba admitted by all that the time was come when legislation ought to prevail , if tver it was to do go . For himielf , he could only say that , provided justice was done to the landlord , the more generously the heuse legislated for the tenantry of Ireland , tbe greater wonld be the benefit conferred on that country . Mr S . Gbatttobd said that this bill would create a degree of dismay in some ports of Ireland of which he was sure that Sir W . SomerWHe bad no idea . It would overthrow the tenant right of Ulster ; and such a result wonld be attended with the most fatal consequezces to

      that security which tbe tenancy in the north of Ireland : had in their pf esent holdings . That tenant right ought ! to ba extended to the whole of Ireland instead of being j destroyed in any part of it . The bill had been intro- ! duced with the best intentions , but would be totally inefficient if It werenotconsiueraWy improved , Mr H . HsbbeVT abatained froia making any comments on the bill of which Sir W . Somerrille had just

      explained tbe details , and rrpiicd to tho speech made by MrS . CrawfordontheteaantWghtof Ulster . Ho showed that those who talked so much about tenp . nt right did not even underst&nd the phrasa that they were using , and amused the house by explaining to it the different interpretations put upoH it in diff .-rent districts in Ireland ; he contended that Mr S . Crawford , in the various speeches be bad made upor that subject , was holding oat to the tenantry of Ireland hopes which could never be realised , Mr Pagak expressed bis concurrence In most of the opinions so ably developed by Mr S . Crawford . He refretted that the measure before tbo house would not tranquillize Ireland . He considered the bill Introduced on this subject by Lord Lincoln far better than this , n-hicU was a paltry coneoction , and would create greet dissatisfaction and dismay in every part of Ireland .

      Lord Casii * BEA 0 H suloglsed Sir W . S-raerville for the great practical pood whieti he had produced in Irelind during bit tenure ef office , but regretted that he could not congratulate him upon the bill which bo had Just brought forward . It would by no means com- op to the expectations which had been formed of it in the north of Ireland . Mr Fearghs O'Connor said , that having made this subject the study of his life , and attaching to it paramount importance , his taking part in this discussion , though a question appertaining to Irish property , would not be considered obtrusive . ( Htar , hear . ) He thought some parts of the measure would give great satisfaction , but he regretted

      to find that the government was not prepared to go to the root of the evil . Ia his opinion , the honourable member for Rochdale had been rather unfairly treated by the honourable member for Kerry . His honourable friend ( Mr S . Crawford ) had been charged with the faults and ignorance of others . The honourable member for Kerry , in objecting to the transfer of land from the owner to the occupier , had illustrated his argument by asking what would be the feelings of the country if the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to transfer the property of a private individual to tbe coffers of the Exchequer ? Why the Chancellor of the Exchequer was constantly doing that very thing .

      ( Hear , and laughter . ) It was , one of therighthou . baronet ' s greatest privileges , and one which he used most extensively . ( Laughter . ) The honourable member for Kerry had drawn a deplorable picture of the state of the Ardfert commoners—he had described them as browsing like goats ; but the honourable gentleman did not tell the house what quantity of land was occupied by each of those commoners—whether it was sufficient to support them . The honourable " gentleman had given the strongest proof of the value of laud in Ireland , by quoting the prices at which the tenant-right had been sold . What he cetnplained of was that the bill did not go to the root of the evil . The Irish landlords naturally opposed the measure . But they must bear

      m mind the fact that free « trade had been com . menced , aad free-trade must be carried out . Now what was the principle to which he alludedit was , as admitted by the professors of the science , that when one channel of industry was closed against labour another was opened . Now , however , we had not onty one channel , but the whole course choked up in manufactures , railroads , building , and other speculations—and the only channel which could be ' opened sufficiently capacious to embrace all was the Land . ( Hear , hear . ) The subject excited great attention in Ireland , but not more so than it did in England . In Ireland the agitation was for small farms—for tenant-right . In England the same cry would , very shortly bs raised .

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      ( Hear , hear . ) The cry which no human power could smother or allay . He congratulated the right h onourable gentleman on parts of the measure . The reg istration of votes , the taking away the power of distress in certain cases , the regulation of the law of ejectment , the giving an equitable as well as a legal jurisdiction to the Court of Quarter Sessions , were all good provisions . These provisions had all been proposed by him ( Mr O'Connor ) fourteen years ago , and . would now be found repeated in the motion of which he had given notice before the vecess , thus showing that the folly of to-day was the wisdom of the morrow ; and would he not be justified in appropriating to himself all the beneficial clauses in

      the ri g ht honourable gentleman ' s bill , while the government which now confessed their justice , but postponed their provisions and lagged behind pub / lie opinion , and proved their incapacity to legislate upon the greatest of all questions , the question of agriculture . ( Hear , hear . ) And here he would further add , in answer to the hon . member for Kerry , and in answer to the denial of the right of this house to interfere with landed property , that the government was constantly in the habit of doing so indirectly . What was the Tithe Commutation Act ? What was the cattle tariff of 1842 ? What was the Poor Law ? What was Free-trade , but one and all a direct interference with the ri g hts of landed

      property . ( Hear , hear , and cheers , ) He must , however , say that the machinery of the bill was too complicated . He agreed that it would be to the permanent benefit of Ireland , if as good a system of agriculture could be established as thct which prevailed in England . The landlords of Ireland should go through the agricultural counties of England and see the farm-buildings . He would rather hold sixty actea of land at £ 100 a-year with farm buildings , than he would 100 acres of the same land at £ 100 a-year without those buildings . The erection of commodious buildings , suited to a farm of sixty acres , would not cost more than £ 300 in Ireland . Six per cent , on the outlay would be £ 18- That additional rent would be nothing in comparison to the loss sustained by the absence of the buildings . Tbe farmer lost . £ 40 a year and more in the .

      cordition of his cattle from their being exposed to the cold , independently of the loss of the manure . One question had been lost sight of in this diseussion . It was the duty of the government to' superinduce the employment of task-labour instead of slove-labour in Ireland . The bill contained clauses respecting the appointment of arbitrators , and tbe assessment of compensation , but the house should bear in mind the saying , that a landlord of straw can break a tenant of steel . ' He hoped that a measure for the sale of encumbered estates would speedily be brought forward . Under existing e ' reumstances it was impossible for many of the landlords of Ireland to perform their proper and legitimate duties . ( Hear , hear . ) In many cases interest jon loans , at the rate of ten and fifteen ptr cent ., was paid by the life owners . When honourable members talked of the

      want of agricultural enterprise in Ireland , they overlooked the fact that this apathy did not arise from anything peculiar in the land , but from the uncertainty of its tenure . In Ireland every man knew that his labour on the land was slave-labour—that he would not reap the benefit of his own improTement—and h « worked but little . Bub give him fixity of tenure , and he would work from the dawn of morning till the noon of night . ( Hear , hear ) . Let not the house snppose that the bill would dispose of the Land question . The hopes of the people cf the United Kingdom were fixed on the land . 'Io that gladdened hope might be mainly attributed the remarkable and praiseworthy patience and ' quietude

      of the working population , under most distressing circumstances . But if that hope be once destroyed or shaken , he ( Mr O'Connor ) would not long answer for the stability ot her institutions . There was not an acre of land , either in England or Ireland , but would let for double its present renta 1 if th right of the tenant was equitably secured . The right honourable baronet must propose some more extensive and more comprehensive measure . The present bill would be a fruitful one for lawymit would lead to a great Heal of contention and litigation between landlord and tenant . It mattered not whether the people of Ulster were satisfied with their privileges or that the people of Kerrv wanted

      more ; a stringent law would have to be applied to the whole kingdom . If all the property in Ireland were managed like thp estate of the noble lord ( Lord Castlereagh ) , there would be no necessity for such a bill . ( Hear , hear . ) Or if it were managed like the property of many lords in England , there would he as little cause of complaint . But , unfortunately , in Ireland a gfion landlord was the exception , while in England it was the rule . ( Hear , hear . ) And when good landlords proposed measures for the settlement of this question , and the suggestions of these men , so thoroughly acquainted

      with the state pf the country , wererej-cted , would not the people say that the legislation of the house was fallacious—that it was based on speculation rather than experience ? He disagreed with the honourable gentleman , the member for Cork , as to the usefulness of the agricultural lecturers . He agreed that tbe agricultural lecturers proposed by Lord Clarendon were admirable things ; they might be a little difficult to be comprehended at first by the farmers , but they would come to understand them , and he , for one , shonld like to see a Minister of Ag'iculture sitting in that house . And why should it not

      be 80 ? We had a minister of pepper , of ginger , of nutmegs , allsp ice and mace —( cheers and laughter ) —and why not a Minister of Agriculture ? [ Mr Labouchere , the President of the Board of Trade , here moved to his seat from behind the Speaker ' s chair , amid much laughter . ] Yes , said Mr O'Connor , I see the right hon . gentleman , but I should much

      rather see the bush of agricultural health substituted for the pale and palid look winch is now traced by the duties of office upon the right honourable gentleman ' s face . ( Laughter . ) He hoped that the landed interest would ere long see the necessity of such a member © f the government . After all their discusssions and considerations , they had afforded no relief to Ireland . Would the house show him any measure that had been adopted daringthelastforty-eight years for theencourngement of agriculture in Ireland ? It might be answered that , without the aid of legislation , the people cultivated the land . True , it was their natural occupation . All other occupations were artificial . If Lord

      Clarendon carried out his excellent scheme for the formation of small farms , they would hearof no more outrages—no more murders—in Ireland ; nor would they require any poor-laws for that couHlry . He would endeavour to give the bill bis best aitentinn . It was a very bulky affair , and very little understood by the house . It was not yet submitted to their consideration , although from its size and thickness , when used for reference by the right hon . hart ., he owned its bulk appalled him . ( Hear , hear . ) What a simple people required upon a simple subject was a simple law , while the outlines of the present bill , as pourtrayed by the rijrht hon . gent ., led him to anticipate endless , expensive , and vexatious litigagation . ( Hear , hear . ) What the people wanted was something simple . They wanted to work lor

      themselves , and not for other men—they were unwilling that either the landlord or the middle-man should have the result of their labours . As far as the bill went it was good—it was getting the wedge into the matter . Tbe government had a difficult task . He could see the right honourable baronet ( Sir Win . Somerville ) looking coyly . right and left , at the Irish landlords when he explained the provisions of th £ bill . The right honourable baronet seemed to ask , 1 How do you like this ? ' and' How do you like that V ( Laughter . ) The existing state of things required something more stringent , strenuous , and strong , than the provisions which the right hon . gent , had propounded to the house , but he should reserve what further observations he had to make until he was in a situation to judge of the measure as a whole . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr M . J . O'Connkllwub of opinion that a retrospective operation onght to be given to tbis bill , and called apoB the government to reconsider their determination to make it only prospective . Leave was then given to bring in the bill , which waa subsequently read a firattlme . Mr Fcstr then obtained le&Ye to bring in a bill for the Improvement of agricultural tenant right in England and ffaleg ; and Mr W . S . O'Brien to bring in a bill to provide further facilities for the permanent improvement of landed property in Ireland by the owners thereof . Both bills woro declared to be nearly the name &s those Introduced bj the Bocae hon . m * mber& last jenr . The other orders wore then disposed of , and thehoueo adjourned at a quarter past one . TUESDAY , Feb . 15 .

      HOUSE QY CO&IMONS . —Roism Catboxio Ilmi ? Bat . —Mr Anstkt moved that the house resolve itsoH Into a comuiitti-e on tbis bill . Mr Law objected to tbe motion and proposed as an amendment that the bill be ceinmittcd that day til months . He principally relied on tho objections urged again » t the bill by Mr S . VTnlpole in a reevnt discussion , and of the impolicy of fioing into "ommitteo to recontldcr the Emancipation Act of 1829 , which had only been paued in constquencoof theBecuriiles attached to it , Mr H . Dbdmuond thought that tho great fault in iho speech of Mr Law was that it was made some twenty

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      j 9 t > TB too lats . If the present hill could not be op j . o'fd on tho ground of principle , it ivas in vaia to op pose it * n the ground &f expediency . He t \ t » rtfore con-» ld « red i * w'J desirable that the houso should go into commi ttee on the bill . ¦ jgir if . Inous contended tbat the concenlcd object ol lhia bill wan tho deduction of such securititp i > t Parliament bud provided bj i tho set of 1829 for the remaining ProtKBtantinm of the empire . Bury Roman Ca tholic couniry in Europo had in succession tspelled th « Jesuits from its territories on account of tho hostility of their priuci | ilua to thoie of « ivil government ; und vet it was now propoied io lcgalid « the existence of chat con fraternity in Groat Dri : ain and Ireland . Referring to Mr Druminond ' t question , against what did the church of Eng land require to be protected ? ' ho replied , that it requiied to too proteoted against this bill , ann against its own member * j > r « aching against its peculiar doctilnes . _ ...... . ... ..... .,

      Mr Anstit defended the provisions of tho bill before the house , replying at some length to the objection * of Mr 8 . Walpnlaand Sir It . Inglis . It was most unjust to Impute to him any _ intentions hostile to the Chris , tinjsity of the country , lie only anked the hou 3 e to receive ths Roman Catholio cl < r ; y within tbe pale of the con stitution , and to plane them on tho lord on which it bad not refused to place the Jewish Rabbis . MrNiffDieiTB slated nevere ! objootiono to the bill , and contended that wo ought to ba on our guard against tho Jesuit * , as tho papsra < m the table proved btjond all dUputo that " tho conduct of the Jesuits at Lucerne bad bean tbe sole chums of tbe iste civil war in Switzerland . His indignation was roustd , first , when he law a private mimber of parliament introducing a bill , like the prosent , tending to the eitablishment of th : Roman Catholic ( chnrch in th « BS Ulanda ; indnext , nhun hi > 8 aw th » Britinh government quibbling oa the point , whether Lord Mlnto was at Rome in a private or a public capacity . Thlt was not the time for pausing suchn bill as the pre »« nt .

      Sir 6 . Obey had stated in tho last dobsto th&t , tvhlle ho differed from dome porticos of the bill , he so far agreed vrith its principles and provisions ns to be enabled to vote for its soaend ra ' it ; and its committal . He thon proceeded to defend the government against Mr Newdagite ' s charge that it had been guilty of u meat disingenuous quibble in asserting that Lord Minto fias not its accredited agent at th : Court of Reme , Colonol Conollt and the Marquis of Ab&nby opposed the bill . lit Gud . tone stated tfe&t in hi ? opinion the houa .

      wasbouHdto go into committee on tbis bill , asked the Attorney-General to give the houao his view with regard to > be legal position of the ancient statutes inserted in and profe « sed to be repealed by It . He &id not think it right , whilst we oocaBlonullj invoked the aid of the Pope for our civil-affnir > , that we should leave on our statute book a luvr tvbich made it penal to introduce into this country a papal bull or rescript . He also contended that those who maintained that tke law re Dpscting the religious orders ghould remain unaltered were bound touhoiv something cot only against the Jesuits but also against the religious orders generally .

      Mr Sheil would not vote for this bill if it could be ¦ honn tbat any clause of it violated any substantial tmfeguBrd of tho net of 1829 . Intro wero , howevtr , clauses iu that set which were galling to the Roman Catholics and of no use to tbe Established Church . The law against the Jesuits and the other religious orders nag eo severe that it contained within it the principle of self-frustration . Tbe kingdom vrac at present full of Jesuits . They had colleges at Stoneyhuret and Clon gowea , aad the superior of the order was now in London ; and yet no government would venture to put the law in fores againat that order . Tha disqualification whioh prevented a Roman Catholic from becoming Lord Chancellor of Ireland was a real grievance . If the legislature did not remove that disqualification , it might re . move tbe fetter but it would leave tha mark of the chain to fester behind it .

      Mr hsm , ei aaid , the houso had heard a jtroat deal cf the indignity of transporting a Christian Brotb . tr , hut he denied tbat they were liable to this puuiBhment , in tbe manner suggested . They vrero for a breach of tha existing act , liablo to banishment , awd then , if they re . tnained in tbis Country three months aitsr tbe order for banUhmeut , they were subject to transportation . Thej were Uablo to transportation , not for being members ol a Christian Brotherhood , but because they bad refused to obey the law of tho land , &nd conform to tbo milder nontonce of banishment . ( Hear , htar . ) The other religiout arders were , like tbe Jesuits , affiliated societies , connected with foreign bodies ; subject to a foreign head ; and it mutt never be forgotton , that the main object of tbeso societies was to change the ostnbllshori religion of chit country , ( Cheers . ) He should oppose the bill , because no real grievance had been shonn to justify its introduction .

      The Earl of Abcndel and Scbbet said the honourable member who had just gat down , who usually displayed 8 * muca sagacity and ability , declared that these Christian Brothers rrere only subject to transportation if they neglected to register their nameo in conformity with the hill of 1829 . Mr HisMUrt ; If they refaaeS to obey tho ordor of banishment . The Earl of Abukdei , nnd Subbbt said an honourable member near him remarked that this w » a almost n Jesuitical argument . He perfectly saw the diet ' siti n which the right hon . gentleman , the member for the Vni varsity of Oxford , drew between the Jesuits and tha other religious orders ; but he would remind the right hon . gent ' emnn that no order which had not been sactioned by tho Church of Rome had a right to ba admitted into

      this country . It was said that the religious orders were to be kept out for tbe security of the Protestant establishment of this country , and that those ordttrs were dangerous to civil obedience . The ripht hon : gentleman had eaid that tho constitution of the Jesuits was inimical to civil obedience ; but upon tbat point he would refer the right bon gentlsmes to the opinions expressed by Frederick of Prussia , CutheriaeofRuieiR , and Henry of Navarre , and also to 'ibe opinion of Rob rt Southey , ' Tbe noblt lord then read a passage from the writings nf Dr Southey , to the effect that , although ho hated Popery ,. ho was a great admirer of the Jesuits , and tbat bo believed , as a body , they had done more for literature than all the heads of our universities . The noble lord then proceeded to ray , that It wi >< of the utmost impnrtance in a Chrlstlnn country to obta n tho presence and action of men devotud to the service of God , alt whose temporal interests were subservient to the great cause o' Christianity , who .

      by their example and perseverance in Christian duties , gained the admiration of all , and who won to the faith those even « ho were its enemies . Were lion , members aware of the atheistical and infidel publications which wero Bold at a cheap rate amon ; the lower orders ? He held in his hand a number of the Northern Stab , con . taining advertisements of many such works—the textbooks of infidelity . Amongst them were 'Volney's works , '' Discussion on the Bible , '' Discussion of the Ex . intenee of God . ' Tom Pniue ' s works , ' ' The New Ecce Homo ; or , Christianity proved to bo Idolatry , ' Socialism made Easy' ( laughter , ) ' The Three Impostors ; or , Moses , Mahomet , and Christ , ' with others which he neod not quote . When works such as thoso were spread over the land , the assistance of the men whom it was sought to exclude would ba found valuable . Neither the Church of England nor the influence of all the Dissenting bndie a succeeded in etenimiug infidelity . Let , then , tho church have freedom .

      SirJ . 1 \* KINOTON could not vote for any measure of which the object was to repeal the securities of tho Relief Act of 1829 . The Attobnet-Generai , replied to the question of Mr Gladstone , and snid tlint if there was any difference of opinion on the subject to wJticli it referred , it would be best discussed in th e committee . The house then divided upon the amendment , when there wora—Ayen 15 * Noes 186 Majority against the amendment 32 The house then went into committee pro forma . The Chaibman reported progress , and obtained Ivare to ait again that day three weoks . The houso then adjourned . THURSDAY , Fib . io .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Jounny Bmgiit , the notorious pincb . belly nnd consistent Free Trader , put the question to the Attorney-Gen'ral , whether , as was tho opinion leathered from the explanation of the hon . mem . berfor NottiuuUiwn , he iuteuded to embrace the . Kationsl Land Company in an Act of Parliament to be framed for the purpose . lie put ths question , as tho protection of tbe property of thousands of the working men depended upon it . The ATTojtMEr-GBNEBAL ( who was evidentl y prepared for the questions by liis lion , friend , having road his answer from a printed paper ) replied , that he was much obliged to his hon . friend for putting the question , as there had Icon somi misapprehension upon the subject . lie liad consulted the hon . member for Nottingham , and found tViat the right lion . Secretary for tho Homo Depart .

      ment , had misunderstood the reason nf signed by the hon member far Nottingham , for postponing lus motion . What ho stated io the hon . member was , that , in consequence of the right hon . Sewetarj for Ireland ' s Bill standing for tho same night , he would postpone his motion ; and also to afford hip time to consider tho objects of the Land Company , which he did not then understand ; und if , upon consideration , he saw the propriety of framing an Act to include that Oompuny lie would do Be ; and lie also men tioned the patition that had been presented from the Odd Fellows to the same effect j bnt ho felt bound to say , that , if the hon . member for Nottingham had proposed biB motion in the shape iu which it now

      stood , ho would have considered it ht 3 duty to havo opposed it . Mr O'CoNNon said , tbat what he stated in the first instnnce whs , that the Attorney . General had requested him to postpone his motion to allow him to have tun * to have communication with the right lion . Sacrotury for thp Home Department ; to 6 oe if a Hhort declaratory bill could bo framed to embrace the Land Company , That the hon . and learned AUorney-Geueral should not have been ignorant of the objects of that Company , inasmuch us ho had been feed to give , bia opinions upon it—( Litigator )—Mid he hlld Wligstated the conversation , bs cause it was he ( Mr O'Connor } and not the AttovKey General , who hud referred to tho case of the Odd Fellows

      [ As soon as tho conversation ended , the Quakei- Free Truder ran to the Library to communicrto the tfiad tidings to tho Mancuesteb Examinkk ; this sugacious BenuUir being wholly iguoyunt of the fact that Mr O'Connor but seeks the protection of tho Statute Law , in order to suve the Company the further expense eonsequ-nt upon the complete registration of the Company , which this sympathising economist can neither prevent nor returd . So much for Jinny ' s desi-e to close tho healthy channel when he lias closed tlte putrid one agninst liis slaves . No doubt his Parliamentary Mivr » r iTho Maschestbh Exami . neb ) will partici pate in tlie senator's igno * uiicc , and rejoice in tho presumed jubileB—but , God help the single-breasted gentleman and his double-fuctd uolleague , as they may just us well liopo to stop tho tide with a pitchtork as to arrest the progress of the Land Company . ]

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      MR KYDD'S TOUR . Sheffield .- On Tuesday evening week a numerous ooncourse ol the working elaeses assembled ini the Town Hall , Sheffield , to hear ft lecture on tho subject of the National Defences and the People ' s Kights , by Samuel Kydd , of London . . The chair was ocoupied by Mr Sewabd , who , in his opening observations , pronounced as hum bug the story that government was afraid of an invasion by the French . Ilia wpinion was that government wai more afraid of the increased intelligence of the people than of an invasion by the French . ( Hear . ) Mr Ktdd , after having been loudly cheered , began his lecture by ob .-erviog that in this country there exists & war of classes . It was not a war of indivi-^^ »< t > TrvnTvo t / ittr

      duals ; lor Bo , kmdly ia nature in her sympathies—ao true is that cord of sympathy that forms the moral tie that binds society together , tbat men , by the essence of their common nature , live together and agree to live together in their individual capacity . But , partly owing to clasa legislation , and partly owing to other circumstances that must erer attend the general progress of civilisation , we live in this nineteenth century—and in this , the greatest country in the world when viewed a& a nation—yet we are living in a land of classes , where the doctrine is not understood and practised that the interest of the working classes is the true interest of all—( hear , hear)—and that a house having for its basis a groundwork that is uvaife and unsound , never can have lor its fabric a

      building with a sura foundation . But various ide& 9 had pervaded tho minds of men relative to what constituted true national greatness ; and the rulers of this nation were at this hour , no doubt , to aoae extent indebted to those statesmen who had preceded thorn fur their ideas of sound national government and true national wealth . In accordance with the subject of his lecture , then , he would inquire briefly into the causes that had given rise in the minds of our modern statesmen to i deai of war- Many of them had inherited those ideas from that great writer of the latter part of the sixteenth and the early part of the seventeenth century , Lord Bacon , who , ppeaking of a country's greatness , argued tbat no body , either natural or political , could be happy without exerciee ,

      find that to a kingdom or a state a just and honourable war was true and legitimate exercise . A civil war , his lordship further argued , was indeed like the heat of a fever , but a foreign war was like the beat of exercise , and kept the body ; in health . Tbis authority , j in all probability . had inherited the idea of the ancient j Romans , the ancient Spartan ? , and the ancient CarthagenianB , —namely , that conquest waa the ] great object of their existence . Many of our ] statesmen at the present day- inherited tbe notion that it was necessary i ' or the welfare of a country that it should maintain an enormous standing army . This was the doctrine of' I am BtroDger , therefore shall 1 rule . ' . If it were the nature ot man tbat he conld only be governed by ths rod , then was

      that doctoir . e itttfej BVkt « &Ufch were not ibe nature of man—if , he were a being ' of ' mental capability and moral relationship , then the right cue to the government of man was of a higher order than brute power , And tbe men who attempted to govern ia these times by the thoughts and actions of earlier ages . niight as well attempt to wrap up a giaut in swaddling clothes . ( Hear , hear . ) It was thought by his Grace the Duke of Wellington that we were in danger of an invasion , and Lsrd John Russell had so far evinced his sympathy with his Grace as te intimate bia conviction of the necessity for an addition to the Btanding army ; bat if Lord John waa right in this particular , was he not wrung in suffering it to be declared in tho Queen ' s Speech at tho opening ef Parliament—for which speech , no

      doubt , he as tho head of the government was answerable—that a continuance of friendly relations with foreign powers might be confidently looked forward to ? ( Cheers . ) B « fc what were the people ' the ( working classes ) to fight ior ? The object of this branch of tbe lecturer ' s argument was to show that the onus of providing and maintaining defences for property lay upon tha owners of such property , and njt upon the masses of tbe people , who derived &o small a share of benefit from it . It was upon this ; principle , he observed , that grants of land were made to the nobility by William the Cucqueror . To atand up in the defence of property was natural and right , and the people were read ; to do this where property deserved to be protected . The people were

      naturally conser ^ itive ; but yet there waa a va difference between protecting property within country , and forming themselves into an arm < militia to protect tho general property of tbe fum holder , the landowner , aud the church dignit&riea tbe country . ( Hear , hear . ) Those men . had i claim upon the people ; they had forfeited eve ; tie that bsund them and the people togethe The people bad been robbed of their intere in the land ; they had been deprived of tl common lands , to the extent of tbree millions at a quarter a year ; and now , then , could tl people be expected te consent to undertat the defence of ibis property ? We had Isad one w « with France—& bloody and brutal war ; and whi

      was the result ? Why , a national debt t > : £ 850 , 000 , 000 ; and more war would entail more debt . ( Hear , hear . ) Who waa to pay it ? The people would pay no more . ( Loud cheers . ) If the people again went to war it would be not ior kings or aristocracies ; it would be to do a little business on their own account . ( Cheers . ) Tney had fought the battles of kings and aristocracies enough already . He believed that the outcry about the probable lane ing of the French was all moonshine . He had recently been at Windsor , and had seen the presents made to her Majesty by the King of tbe French , the Emperor of Russia , and Ibraham Pacha , which showed him that there was & fraternity of king ? , and he felt that there ought to be a fraternityjot the people too . There was nut a warlike disposition in thin country towards France , neither did the French people cherish a hostile disposition towards us . If a body of armed Frenchmen were to land upon our

      shores , instead of fight rg with them , we eught to allow some of th 9 many Frenchmen in this country to j reason with them , and to show them that they had no interest in fighting frith ua ; and vriittt a man had no interest in doing that he would Hot do . Happily , there was now an intelligent people on both .-icks of ; tbe channel . There were many who looked at the ¦ People ' s Charter aa an ignorant document , and an . j impossibility ; but it was the people ' s right , and theywould not rest satisfied till it had been granted to them . The same law of progression which had forced the aristocracy to consent to tho enfranchisement of the borough 9 would compel them to consent to the enfranchisement of the people . ( Cheers ) After Bomo further observations in favour of the People's Charter , tho lecturer concluded by expressing his conviction that upon tho pnssingof this measure depended mainly , the future well-being of tbe great mass of the people . —It was then announced that petitions in favour of the Charter would be laid fur signature at various places in the town . On tbe motion of Mr Oixei , seconded by Councillor Brigqs , the thanks of the meeting were voted fcjMr Kydd for his able and interesting lecture .

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      DS M'DOUALL ' S TOUR . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Alva , Feb . 13 th , 1813 . f BiBWJ , —1 again proceed to report to yon the pro . gress l have made in endeavouriug to arouse my countrymen to renewed agitation fjr the Charter . Tbo Glasgow friends not being prepared to hazard a great public meeting in tbe meantime have very properly post , poried it until mj return from the north , when I hope to mest my colleague , Wist . On Tuesday , the 8 th , I procooeUd to Johnston , where , although tho weather w . » very inclement , I lectur « d t »

      an excellent end most intelligent audience . Through iome mismanagement in the Post-office the Kldenlis frtande did not receive their notieo in time , and conaequontly , although I was at my poit , it wss thought beat «> thtow the , two m *« . tl&ga Into one . An old friend , Fraaer , lives near to Johnston , and although one would Imagine he had fiddled all the Chartism out of him , he still , I am frlren to understand , delights is hating a fling at O'Connor and the Stab . The man expected to pi a j first fiddle in the movement , but was thrown out , and tho bile of disappointment is very natural , but rather out of tune bow .

      On Thursday , the 10 th , I precseded to Falkirk , whera vie h&d & very excellent meeting la & chapel , which would hold , I imagine , 1 , 900 people . On Friday a second meeting was held iu the same place , equally well attended , on which occasion I bad tha pleasure of meet , ing a brother chip in the person of Dr Hunter , of Edinburgh . Tho Doctor was exceedingly happy , aud mads the audlenoe extremely lively by his pointed remark * and felicitous reasoning . The petition was unanimously dopted , and a committee chosen to manage it , and ,

      likewise the affairs ef tho society . This is the proper course . It is no use my lecturing anywhere , unless the mult it a worldBg committee to organise the district in which they may be situated , I would strongly impress upon my countrymen the necessity of imitating thoir English brethren in their ergauitatiun . Glasgow , Edinburgh , Stirling , Dundee , and Aberdeen , should form tbs centra of their respective districts—should hold delsjata meetings , and should appoint local lecturers to ngitate , organise , and distribute petition sheetn , cards , tracts , isc , &c . | > i I I r ¦

      Without that nothing caa bs well done , or done ipsedily . There is no organisation now , and I find my labour quadrupled ; but I must get through it , aud en . deavour to leave something like a syitera and order behind me . I bare to thank the aetire minds ia those places I visited fer their cordial co-operation , I visited Carron Iron Works , on my way to Alra . It is a wonderful sight , an ) a moat gratifying one in many senses . Human skill and ingenuity are ererywhere prominent , nnd always pleasing . Carron Works are a great example of a combination ot j » ower , resource , nad » kUl , and , a rare evidence of co-oper&ttoe power . ' r , ¦ i .

      The best feature about the company's works , however , is the perfect toleration of religious or political feeling ; oo class of men have a better chance of ameliorating chtir condition than tho Carron men , but they want the will . They can , but tkey won ' t . If thty oould not , they would .

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      There hns beon only ona strike sinoo the commonoe morit of the work , and they are aged , grim an < i gj UnJ enoug h . There are many land numbers in thi » work whol <* D £ to hare a Job at gratemaUing for the peopi e ' , paradise . On Saturday I lectured In Alloa , to a very gWsi nudlciice , oa the Lsnd and Labour Bank , with wi ^ they wore much gratified , A word or two in concluslonjrtlotir * to ilimenaion in our ranks . Sad experience has taught me th » t wh er 8 that bsglof hope of human redemption endi . 1 / We a tohaf «« q «» bWlogi , b « cksHdlngi , j » al « u » l « e , i » hu , . and private letter writing , I , for ons , knowing t h » inevitable ruin , will not wait to meet it and be inrolved in it a third time . I shall most cordially secood Mr There hns beon onlv ona strike sinoo the eomm— .

      O'Connor and ihe directors in endeavouring to reatoro peace and uoanimlty to our rankf , and I am sure It onirequirei forbearance and common sense on all aides with public opinfon and honesty a * a judge . I harg felt it my duty . ' to aet on example of obedimce to tha dlrccton , so long as . 1 > as erapleyed h y them I taa safely ity , that they have behave . ! towards me with ths utmost filratBi , and in the most honourable manner , Tbe private slanderers have no chance of doing mil ! chief in th » ir hand * , for tbeir letters are st once for . warded to tho parties aspersed . Nothing could be mora Btrulgtuforwsrd , ) more Jtitt , or more effectual Id crushing snakes in tbe grass . Yours in the caus ^ , P . M . M'Dquau .

      P . S . The weekly 'Dl > hcl 6 ui , 'Iias been at its dirty work again . If I thought that an ) penon gav « the slights ?* cr * dit to anitbin ? it says , I might ba Umpted to take notiof of Hi report concerning myself , which was lent by a brainless woodea-headed puppy , called Beau Nash of Newport , I think silent contempt bast for the' Diibolout , and ita gutt « r-zoo 8 e of an editor . At tor Fields of Nant . wlch , I am only astonished that tbe sensible men of Crawa take any notice of him . Their report , howarer , I am bound to lay is quite correct . P . M . MD .

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      ADDnB 88 OP THB MBMB 1 B 8 OF THE OnANGB SOCIRTT OP QUEENSDBIB . TO THB WORKING CLASSES . —We , tho members of the Orange Society , held at tha Marquia of Granby , Queensbead , have viewed witfc extreme pain , the rancorous animosity which formerly existed betwixt the members of nur order and another portion of her Majesty ' s * uriject « ; not , we are aonry to eay , without ample ciaae . We have long since abandoned the principles on whieh societiea bearing this name acted . We acknowledge only the principles of Universal Brotherhood , and exist only for the purpose of oupporting each other . | Our attention has been called to tbe impolicy of the I workiufir classes lending their hard-earned money to the profit-mongering capitalist , to be afterwards used

      ' as an engine of oppression . We resolved last winter to commence acting on a different principle , and ; accordingly we withdrew our j : old froas the hands of I the prefit-mongers , -and opened a co-operative store , ; for the purpose of supplying our own members and | neighbours with a goed article » t a reasonable price , and thus reduce the enormous profi' 8 whieh were at i that time being realised . In this we have been eminently successful . In consequence of the Attack ! which has been made on tbe Charti » t Land Schema and Land and Labour Bank , our attention has been called to thoio institutions . We immediately pro . cured a copy of the rules , which wo have carefully read and discussed . After mature connideration , wa have come to the conclusion that the bank offers ths

      |; best possible security—infinitely superior to tha promise-to pay gecurity of' other banks . We are likewise of opinion that the purpose to which it ia to be applied , viz : —that of emancipating labour from the grasp of capital , and placing the labourer in an indppendent position ; together with the buperior interest which it offers , are advantages which ought not to be slighted or neglected . Ac . crdingly , wo have come to a resolution to send what apare capital we have to that bank , amounting it present to the snm ef £ 20 . Hoping that the working classes will begin to look seriously into tho matter ; and support their own order , —We remain , youra truly , the Members of the Orange Society , Queenshead . —John Lillt , Secretary .

      ; Ipswich . —I herewith acquaint you of a move * ment in that class in which I am happy to state you take&reat interest , namely , the working classes , end you will , I am sure , feel much more interested when I inform y <> u tbat the meeting » f which I am about to speak was convtned , presided over , and addressed entirely by working men . A meeting called by handbills was held on Monday evening , Feb . 14 th , in the Temperance Hall . The attendance numbered from Bix to eight hundred . The following resolutions were unan imously adopted , and concluded with three hearty cheers for Ff argus O'Connor and the Land ;— ' That it is opinion of this raeetiD ? , that all war is inimicable to man ' s best interest , inasmuch as it prevents the developmentof those feel nga

      and habits which alone can seeure peace on earth and goftd will to man ; thia meeting , therefore , pledges itself to oppose to ita utjermost , erer / thing that has a tendency to create a war spirit among the inhabitants of thia oountry . ' That this meeting believes the invasion cry has been wised as » pretext for creating places for the idle seiops of the aristocracy , and to retard the growing spirit of democracy , and therefore protests in the strocgett manner possible against any increase in our naval and military establishments . ' 'That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the spirit of war is fostered and engendered by the corruption of

      irresponsible government , which would be best remedied by thfi adoption of the People ' s Charter aa the law of the land . ' ' That the petition naw read founded on the resolutions , be signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting , and that E . H . Adair , Esq ., M . P ., be requested to present aad support ths same . ' An application was made for the use of our town ! hall , and wa « refused by the Mayor ; tha meeting ' waB presided over by Mr Francis . The pro * F > OBer and seconders of the ' resolutions , were Mr Boo « ley , Mr Warner ; Mr Gosling , Mr M ' Pherson ; Mr Sarrod , Mr Pearse ; Mr Chapman , Mr Cook . Tha neeting originated with the council of the Charter Association .

      Southampton . —Mr Sannders delivered a lecture i Tuesday night , Feb . Stb , at the Burton Aie-> uee . The lecture was highly applauded . A ibscription waa commenced in support of Me 'Connor's Beat in parliament .

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      ( From the QaxtlU of Tuesday , Feb . 15 . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Jno . Bond Cooko and Geo . Shaw , 'Denton , Lancashire , it manufacturers—Robert Murray , Liverpool , woollen raper . BANKRUPTS . Thomas Phipps , Hijh Holborn , sadler-Henry Burrell , ull and tfouth . street , City , lodging housekeeper—James addon Brswnlie . Richmond-street , St James's , cabinet aker-Henry Harvey , Stock Exchange , stock dealerhades Slade , Grange , Kent , market gardener—Henry larke , Aldermanbury , warehouseman—Robert Oakley , outhompton , market gardener—George Stokea , jun ., restleigli , Somersetshire , cheese dealer—Stephen Chas . aylor , the Crescent , New Peckham , wine merchanthomas Treemantle , Bedford New-road , Clapham-riso , uilder — "William Henry Mann , Maidea-lace ,

      Queenrpet . Cheapside , lead merchant—Mary Emma Edwards , ristol . biiaktr—Ellen Edwards , Bristol , banker—Eliza nne Edwards , Bristol , banker—Evan Parry , Pontypool , onmouthshire , draper—Lewis Pofey , Wootton-under . Jge , Gloucestershire , printer—John Stephens , Bath , : ocer and tea dealer — Richard Jewell , Beeralstos , evonshire , boot and shoe maker—William Stanbury , nwsaiul , Cornwall , grocer —Henry Tucker , Colyton , evonshire , linen draper—Robert Burns , Exeter , general aper—Alfred Furniss , Derby , grocer—Thomas Cattel ilcox , Birmingham , linen-draper—Thomas Lowe , sen ., id Thomas Lowe , jun ., Whitworth , Shropshire , ] bone jalerg — Jabei Rubery , Darlston , Staffordshire , lock anufactnrer—Thomas Butterworth , Rochdale , La » caure , woollen , manufacturer—William Henry Bushell , unchaste * , innkeeper—Simon Rutland , Hostnorpe , Lin . Hnshire , coaclimaker .

      SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . W . Gray , Edinburgh , grain merchant—W . M . Jamieson , dinburgh , draper—D . Yellowlees . Edinburgh , coauhnlder—Cumming and Co . ThornulU ; M'Kay and Co . anquhar , Dumfrieshire , storekeepers .

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      —^» Abkrnbthi ' s Pits Ointment .-One of the greatest Iagacies bequeathed to human kind , by the immortal Abernethy , was , no doubt , his wonderful discovery for the » uro of that most loathsome and painful disease—the p iles . The proprietor of this valuable romedy , thoug h under tbe treatment of several doctors , suffered intensely for many years with the piles and occasional bearin ^ sdown , ' yet was nothing better , but rath « r grew worse , ' until he applied to chat eminent surgeon . Mr Aberuethy , whose prescription completely cured him , and has Biuce provud its powers ti > heal Iu thousands of cases oi piles , . flstuloo , &c . In fact , tlio vaedieal profession , always slow and unwilling to acknowledge the virtues of any medicine not prepared by themselves , ara now auanimous in recommending The Pile Ointment , ' as prepared from tho original prescription of that departed wonder of tho age , Mr Abernethy . Sold in covered pots at is . fid ., by all respectable chemists and dealers in patent mediciue * in every market tonn throughout tho United Kingdom .

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      , naymamet , iu tile Uity of Westminster , at m * Office , in tho same Street and L ' urish , for the Proprietor , FKARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and published by \ V illiam Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charlos-street , Brandon-street , Walworth , in the parish of St . Mavy , Sewingtou , in the County of Surrey , at thu Office , >' o . l « i Great Windmill-street . Haynanrket . in the Cityoi'Wi r *' uiiustev . —Saturdii } -, February l ? th , 1818 ' -i

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      -as- DEATH . Recently and suddenly , Mr Peter Prance , a Sbomeia Chartist . The deceased was much respected by tbe democrats of that town . MARRIED . At Snelnton Church , on Sunday last , Mr Henry Stapleton , to Miss Elir . a Blntherwiek , s ' econd daughter of Mr John Blatherwick , of Manvers-street , New Sneinton Notts . » On Friday , the 4 th inst ., at the Registry Office , Ply * mouth , Mr Edwin Robertson , branch secretary of the N ' a " tion . vl Land Company , to Miss Jane Easterbrook , a young lady of amiable disposition , and high intellectual attainments .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR ¦ FEMWMTjUgy . —— — — ' — '¦ — ¦ ~~~~~ — " " ~

      Turuei Printttdvy Botjgal M'Govan, Of 16, Great Windmill'

      turuei PrintttdVy BOTJGAL M'GOVAN , of 16 , Great Windmill'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1458/page/8/