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      tbaitlehandwi-jting on the note strongly resembled Sueldon ' s .-Mr . C . Sorth , of Trinitv ColS proved that thejromissory note which be saw S S ' a nV ^ V ** nofc si S ™* to hbn-Thc S 2 S ? ? aTOnt Wt . there was no Evidence £ S ? % S 5 S £ 5 Ss ] ury , therefore , "Acquitted" the prisoner . . .

      < tn ™ REACIJ , 0 F PR 0 XUSE OF MABSUOB . SO ™ - , v . Garkett . _ < Andrews and Mr . U Alalley were council for the plaintiff ; Mr Pren-< jergast and Mr . Sanders appeared for the defendant . From the opening statement of the learned council it appeared that the plaintiff was a young lady of great personal beauty , the only daughter of a medical gentleman of long standing and respectability in this town , and that the defendant , at the time when the foundation for this action wae laid , vas an unaer-graduate of Catherine Hall — himself the son of a medical man in the north of England . In early life the plaintiff had been a great invalid , and during a long illness had fallen lnme . From this defect , however , she had gradually recovered .

      but still remained in delicate health , when she was introduced to the defendant at the house of a common friend . Ere long her attractions had elieiteugreatattention from the defendant , who was not much iier junior , and in a short time he became her professed admirer and suitor , till in the month of May , 1 S 47 , he gave expression to his feelings in the following note , which may perhaps be given to to the world as a remarkably neat and appropriate mode of conveying an . offer of marriage . — " Catherine Hall . —Since n ? y first introduction to you I have not been ma 3 ter of mv own heart , and therefore I cannot do better than ( sic ) to offer it to her "who has rohbed me of it . If yon will accept of such an Offeiin < r , I am indeed a hannv man . Believe me .

      your truly attached , H . W . G . "—This letter was enclosed in a very tiny envolope , addressed to MLss Southee , Cambridge , " and , being shown by tne younglady to her mother , was submitted after-Trards to'her father , who thereupon wrote to the defendant a highly creditable letter , wherein he delicately alluded to the state of his daughter ' s health , and , after admonishing the defendant that she wonld consequently require the greatest care , consideration , and affection at his hands , called upon him to examine well the serious nature of the oner he had made to her , and to pause ere he involved her in an engagement , which , unless honourably carried out on his part , would entail a . load of misery on her , which would be considerbly

      enhanccd by her infirmity . The defendant responded to this appeal in a manner and with an earnestness which sati s fied Mr . Sonthee that Ms affection for the plaintiff was not of a transient character , and from that time he -was the accepted suitor of the young lady . In July he left Cambridge for a short time , repairing to his family at Liverpool , -whence he -wrote frequently , addressing the plaintiff as * ' My dearest Amelia , " andsubscribin <* hiinself asher " devotedly attached , H . W , Garrett . " At the installation of Prince Albert the defendant repaired again to the university , when he became the guest of Mr . Southee , anil accompanied his family to all the gay doings of that event . On his return home he resumed his correspondence , - which , at first , was

      characterised , by the same expressions of attachment to the plaintiff -which had won her heart . In a . short time , however , he alluded to certain losses which he had sustained , and ere Ids return to Cambridge , in the October following , she was simply " dearest Amelia , " while he-was only "her attached H . W . Garrett . " When he came up in October he sent a friend to speak to Mr . Southee , touching his losses ; but that gentleman required a personal interview , -wherein he put certain questions to the defendant relative to that subject , -which "were now described to have been but unsatisfactorily answered . On the "whole the conduct of the defendant excited the suspicion of the young lady ' s father , who had heard TumoiiK of another attachment , and after waiting

      somelfttle time for " further and better particulars , " as the lawyers have it , he took upon himself —although his daughter ' s affections had been rather strengthened than weakened by the reported deficiciency in her suitor's fortunes , { which at no time -was ever supposed to exceed £ 300 per annum)—to address a pointed letter of remonstrance to the defendant , calling to mind the caution he had given him in the first instance , ani requiring an explicit explanation of his motives for discarding his daughter , with whose feelings he , as her father , could not hut deem that he bad been trifling in a most heartless manner . To this letter no reply was < £ ren by the defendant , who had in the meantime taken Ms dejjrco , and had entered into holv orders , and no

      solution of his conduct was vouchsafed till his marriage with " a lady in the north " -was announced in the public prints . Stung to the quick by this desertion of his daughter , i £ r . Southee determined that this action should be brought ; and soon after the proceedings were commenced the defendant wrote a letter to tne gentloman at whose Louse he had met the plaintiff , in which , after inquiring whether his friend had heard of " Southee ' s preceedings , " and wondering why he had been " so sly about them , " the writer adding that he did not care for them , as " he had made a settlement on his -wife of all his tin , so that neither Southee nor any one else could ever get a copper of it . " This effusion , so different from his first composition , his friend deemed it

      his duty to show to Mr . Southee , and , as may be supposed , its terms did not in any way assuage the indignation of that gentleman , nor mako amends fco lu = unhappy daughter for that insult which the poets terms the "spretoewjuria forma . "The above statement having been made on behalf of the plaintiff , her father was put into the box to substantiate it , but lis examination had hardly begun , ere The Chief Baron interposed , and observing that as the defendant could not deny his promise and its breach , the only question -was as to the amount of damages , and suggested that they might possibly be . irrans ^ edbetTveen the parties on terms comeusurate with the circumstances of the defendant , -who , as appeared from one of his lettershad

      aecep-, teu the appointment of under master at some graiaiaar school in the country . On this suggestion , the learned counsel entered into a close and lengthened nejrociation , which finally resulted in the defendant ' s submitting to a verdict for £ 200 , accompanied hv an express and suitable disavowal on his part of any imputation on tbe conduct or character of the fair defendant . On the contrary , the defendant , to usa the language of his learned counsel , * - had always desired that his case should be conducted in a manner which might relieve the plaintiff from all blame and pain ; but the truth was that he bad formed a prior attachment in another quarter , which had only given way to the influence Of the pLiintiiTs attractions , and it was . nerhans .

      but natural and likely that the defendant should revert to his earliest love when removed from the immediate presence of the plaintiff . " —The Chief Baron expressed his entire approval of the course which had been taken in the arrangement of the case , and having passed a well-merited compliment on the first letter of Mr . Southoe , added that the object of the" action had been fully obtained , for the plaintiff had now the satisfaction of knowing that the change in the defendatt's feelings towards her had not been actuated by any impressions in the sli ghtest degree derogatory to her fair fame and reputation , which had been " fully vindicated by these proceedings . —The jury then found a verdict , under Ms lordship ' s direction , for the plaintiff , for £ 300 .

      Dobchesteb , March 16 . Iliegai , IxoccLiTIOX—AL Lymes , 58 , was arrai gned ou the coroner ' s inquisition , which charged him with causing the deaths of John IToare and Samuel Iloare , atBroadwinsor . TJie children were the infant children of a dairyman , who , instead of taking them to a properly " qualified practitioner , allowed the prisoner to perform on them the dangerous operation of inoculation . The prisoner acted apparently from kind motives , but thelearned Jndge pointed out that by the 3 and 4 "Vic , cap . 29 , he had rendered hitn&jlf responsible for the death of the children . Verdict , " Guilty . " Sentenced to two days' imprisonment .

      Chahoe of SriBBisc—G . Davis was indicted for stabbing William Bolt , with intent to kill and ^ nurder him . The parties were conversing together in a public house at Weymouth , and their language getting warm tne landlady took the prisoner by the shoulders and shut him out of the back door , which was opposite to his lodgings . The prisoner rushed into his bouse and seizing up a shoemaker ' s knife , returned , going round the house to the front door , mU gorng np to the prosecutor he stabbed him deep in the abdomen , inflicting a very serious wouud . The prisoner was found " Guilty , " and the Judge ordered sentence of Death , to W recorded . The assizes terminated at an earlv hour

      Exeieb , Mabch 20 . COMMITTAI FOB REFUSING TO T . \ KE AX OiTH . — The crier of the court informed his lordship that a "witness refused to be sworn to give evidence in a case of housebrcaking before the grand jury . —Mrs . " Watson , the person indicted , lmvwg been called foi ' w . W an . l questioned by the learned judge , she 1 > reply stated that she had conscientious scruples to taking the oath , founded upon the 5 th chapter of St . Matthew . She belonged to the church of Engfcuiil , awl { Laving been informed that she must be sew to prison if she persisted in her refusal ) she

      Would take the consequences . - It tras foolish , Tfri « ap . ] , i , aring thought of it , out having t-oisjrfit < tit she must abide the punishment . —ilr . < -u-iii .-c . Williams then consulted lord Denman , and c" » lytuniing said he would give her an hour xo c O ; : ? MlT of it , and duriifg that time he -would re-« M"iU 0 iid her to read the articles of her religion . - » she persisted in refusfoff , he had no other alterative i , to scud her to pTrison . —3 Irs . Watson said *"< - was very sorry for it . The how -would be of no v ; aiio jJioul . -l be of tlie same resolution . —Before ttkii usii-aig aaotlicr case , about tw 0 hours afttr-

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      wards , Mrs . Watson was requested to stand forward , and his lovdship said he understood she had in the interval seen a clergyman . Was she aware that the bishops and clergy felt no scruples in taking the oatb , which she declined to ^ take ?—Mrs . Watson said she was quite aware of it . —The Judge : Then why do you refuse ?—Mrs . Watson : Because I see it in the Bible . —The Judge : And do you mean to persist in refusing to be sworn ?—Sirs . Watson * I do . —The Judge : Then the sheriff must take you into custody and convey you to the countv <* aol I have no other alternative . The contumacious witness , who is a middle-aged woman of very respectable appearance , was then removed in custody TOSSESSLVG FOKOF . 0 BAXK OF EXCUXD XoTfis _

      A Policewoman . —J . Davis and T . Bmie were arraigned upon four indictments for liaviri" in their possession two £ 5 Bank of England notes ? knowing them to be forged . —Mr . Sergeant Manning and Mr . Hadow conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Bank of England , and Mr . Stone and Mr . Collier defended the prisoners . On the 5 th of Au-nst last , » letter arrived at the Dorchester Post Office , in the Chard bag , directed to " Mr . Lock , Post Office , Dorchester , Dorset . " The name of the post-master at Dorchester happened to be Lock , and supposing the letter was intended for him , he opened it , and found enclosed two apparently genuine Bank , of England notes , without any writing to show from whom they were sent . Mi-. Lock gave the letter containing the notes to hi 3 wife , who locked them

      up m her drawer until the Oth of August , when he took them to-Messrs . Williams ' s bank , Dorchester , and it was then intimated that tlie notes were suspected to have been forged . On tlie following morning , aletter , posted at Wey mouth , reached the Dorchester Post Office , directed to the postmaster there , which requested that if a letter was lying in the Dorchester Post Office , directed to Mr . Lock , and sent from Chard , that it might be forwarded to Exeter . Upon reading this , Mr . Look ' s suspicions were strengthened , and , by advice of his friends , he proceeded to Exeter on the 11 th of August , and had an interview with the'Post Office surveyor of the district , The consequence was , that the letter containing the two £ 5 notes was re-sealed , the word

      "Dorchester erased , and " Exeter" added , 'to give the appearance of the letter having been forwarded from Dorchester at the request of the writer if the letter from Weymouth . The former letter was then confided to Mr . Pattinson , the chief clerk of the Exe ter Post Office , and he placed it in the pigeon-hole marked "L , " where letters in that initial directed to the Post Office ar

      , was his . He paid a penny charged for it , and walked away , being in company with the other prisoner , Byrne . Meanwhile Stuckes , the policeman , had heard the application , and ' watched the prisoners . Just at this time , Mrs . Stuckes , in discharge of her domestic duties , had brought her husbanahis dinner , lie told her also to observe the prisoners . The policeman , Stuckes , and his wife followed them in the High-street , perceiving which Davis , who had previously opened tho letter , crushed it in his hand , and passed it to Byrne . Stuckes made a dash at . them both , and captured Davis , but Byrne eluded" his grasp , and would have escaped had not Mrs . Stuckes collared him ,, and , in spite of £ i-eat stnifffflinsr ; held him until assistance

      arrived . In the scuffle Byrne contrived to drop the letter ; it was almost immediately recovered by Mrs . Stuckes , and found to contain the two £ 5 " notes , which an inspector of the Bank of England now pronounced to be forged . When informed of the charge at the station-house , both prisoners declined saying anything . On the person of Davis were found three thimbles , such as arc usually employed in thimblerig ; and Stuckes recognised him as a person he had seen , frequently at the Exeter races , and who was known as Joe Rowe . Inside the lining of Byrne ' s hat was found a Bank of Elegance note . —Th 6 jury found both , the prisoners " Guilty , " and they were sentenced to be transported for seven years .

      Shrewsbury , March 22 . Charge of Murder . —Richard Wilson was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife , Anne Wilson , on the 10 th February last , at tho parish of Drayton-in-Hales , by drowning her in a canal . — Mr . Phillimore and Mr . Bailey were counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr . Kenealy for the defence . —It appeared that the prisoner was a pensioner living in Hankelosv , in Cheshire , and was in the habit of coming to Market Drayton to receive his pension . On the above day he and bis wife came to Market Drayton for that purpose , and they remained there till late in the day . About five o ' clock they were seen walking homewards by the side of the Shropshire Canal , and appeared on rood terms ; he

      calling her " niy dear , and speaking kindly to her , until she , inconsequence of being lame and drunk , could not walk as fast as he wished . He thereupon abused and beat her , and threatened to throw her into the canal . She replied that- he would not dare to do it . He said he would do it before she got home . IIg then knocked Ker down and abused her again . After some angry language he pulled her up and made her move on . About hve or ten minutes after they had gone out of si ght of the witness who saw this List transaction screams were heard , and a cry of murder . Soon afterwards they were seen going along the canal bank by another witness , who Heard them occasionally interchanging terms ol endearment and sometimes quarrelling' . He walked

      about half a mile -with them . They were both tipsy . She was lame , and unable to walk without the aid of a stick . He walked with them to near a bridge called Victoria Bridge . When they got near that she became very lame and was unable to go on , and lay down . The prisoner begged of her to go on . She snid she could not . 1 LT said , " your eyes , if you do not I will drown you . ' She replied , he dare not . The witness then left them . That was about six o ' clock . About seven o ' clock that witness agam met the pr isoner at a lock-house , called the Adderley Lock-house , and not seeing the woman with him asked him where she was , and he said he had left herneav abridge , called Simon'sbridsre , on the side of the canal , waiting for a boat .

      Tlie witness took another man with him , and went back to the place indicated , and a considerable distance lieyond it , but could find no irace of her . About nine o'clock the next morning he saw her body taken out of the canal , near Betton Woodbridge , about 200 yards from the spot where he had last seen her with the prisoner , and he found her stick in a field about thirty yards from the spot where the body was found . The canal at that point runs through a cutting five or sis yards deep . Tho embankment is exceedingly steep and high , and on the top of the embankment there is a high hedge , and inside the hedge the stick was found . It was utterly impossible for her to have climbed the embankment , or to have flung the stick from the

      footpath of the canal up over the hedge . On cross-examination , this witness , Jolin Williams , said that from the first time he had seen her and the prisoner she was unable to walk , and moved on with great difficulty . It was starlight and dark when he parted from them , and she was then lying against the side of the footpath . Boats were in the habit of passing about that time on the canal , and about an hour afterwards a boat came up in the direction in which she was coming . Her bonnet was not found . The body was first seen floating on the surface of the water , by a boatman , who was passing in a boat . The bedy was lying straight , and her clothes were lying straight . Her gown was wrapt round her left hand . This , tlie boatman said , might have been

      caused by the flush of the water . Her shawl was wrapt two or three times round her head . This , in the judgment of the same witness , must have been done by some one . There was no sign of blood upon hoi . Her enp was not torn , and presented no sign of a tear . About ten o'clock on the Saturday evening prisoner called at a public-house in his neighbourhood , and had a glass of ale ; and on the landlady inquiring for his wife , he said he had left heron the canal side-waiting" for a boat ; and on his proceeding to go away , and her asking him why he went , he said he wanted to go home to prepare a cup of iea and a pood fire for his wife , as the boat would not pass till about half-past twelve o'clock . He appeared as if ho had been a great deal the but then

      worse for liquor , was recovering . Sometime later in the evening he went to another public-house , and offered to treat , a young man to a quart of ale , and on the landlady saying it was too late , and his wife would not likehis stopping out late , he said she would not know of it . On being questioned the next morning by two police-constables , he said he had last seen her tlie night before coming ftom Brayton on the hanks of the canal . lie had occasion to stop behind for a short timo , and on again walking along the canal , and not overtaking her , he shouted out , hut he admitted that he had since made no inquiries amongst the neighbours respecting her . On being charged with haying drowned her , he exclaimed , "My God ! has the poor thing done anything to herself ? I hope she h not uCilUi On being taken towards the locK-up house , as ho

      was passing that part of the road parallel to the spot where the body was found he -was greatly affected , and when he reached the lock-up llOUSC lie CXMblteil all the si gns of a man in deep affliction . When he was taken to the place where the body lay , he said , " Oh , deaf ; - oh dear ! I doubt I shall suffer for this . If I do I shall die' iuuOCCllt . ThCSC hands never put tliat poor body in tlie water . " On going near the body , and removing the shawl which covered the face , he became insensible , and the policeiuan was obliged to hold him up Ia his arms , and take him out into the open air . The surgeon who examined the body said there was no mark whatever of violence to be discovered upon it . —Mr . Kenealy addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , and after a careful and minute analysis of the evidence by hi 9 lordship the jury almost immediaielv returned a verdict of " ^© t guilty . "

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      Leicester , March 21 . Cave v . Hawkins . —Action tor Seduction . — The plaintiff was a farmer and grazier living at Frolesworth , in Leicestershire , and defendant was also a farmer , formerly residing in that \ arish . In the year 1840 , the defendant ( who was about thirty years old ) became acquainted with Catherine Cave , daughter of plaintiff , who was about sevent en . The intimacy was formed without the knowledge of her paivnts . and 'he ptoce of meeting was frequently in the plaintiff's gaiden . to which defendant had access by getting over a hedge from a road . This intimacy was kept up until 1817 , when Cn'h rine Cave was found to be pregnant . This was represented as having so serious an effect on the health of her mother ,

      that > he died a few months after . The young woman , was confined In February , 1 S 48 , and WAS SO affected by her misfortune having caused her mother's death , that her health decliued , ar . d > he never recovered . After the birth of the child defendant was applied to to contribute to Its maintenance , blithe refu ed . An application was thi > n made to the Luttervvorlh bench of magistrates , who made an order upon defendant . This order was appealed against , and the court of quarter sessions quashed it on account of informality . Another application was made to the same magistrates , and tliey had to adjouvn their court , on the 13 th of February , last , to the bedroom of the young woman , for the purpose of taking her evidence , is

      she was , at tnat time , on her sick bed , and , indeed , died on the following day . Another order for 2 s . 63 . p ; r week was made upon defendant- Evidence was cilled to prove that the young . woman superintended her father's dairy , and was a very good cheese maker . This was done , as Mr . llumfrcy informed the jury * because the law required proof of '" loss of services " to sustain an action of that kind . No evidence was called for the defence ; but Mr . Whitehurst delivered a long address , intended to damage the evid ; nce for plaintiff , and the character of the deceased , Catherine Cave , but he called no evidence in support of his defence . After a rather lengthy consultation , the jury gave a verdict for plaintiff—damages £ 100 .

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      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS ' . —Tuesday . ] Gabiios to Servants . —T . Rixon , 19 , a very cunning looking fellow , was indicted for stealing two coats , value £ 5 , the property of the Hon . George W . ildegrare , from the mansion of Earl Waldcgrave , in Harley-street . —There were other indictments against the prisoner , charging him with stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel , the property severally of Yiscount Chowton , Hon . Sarah Annersley , John Warren , George M . Lesse , and Matthew Gunning . Evidence was given in support of two of these indictments , and tho facts disclosed showed that the prisoner was a very artful person , and possessed ; of consummate impudence . He would provide himself with a large milliner ' s basket , and assuming the air

      of a regular distributor and collector of bonnets , would call at various houses in the neighbourhood of the west-end squares , and inform the servant who answered the bell that he had been sent from some well-known millinery oi dress-making establishment , in either Regent or Oxford-street , for some articles of clothing , to be altered , cleaned , or exchanged . While the domcatlCS w ero making inquiries relative to tho . articles supposed to have been sent for , the prisoner took advantage of thenabsence , and crammed every coat , hat , umbrella , and pair of boots the hall mi ght contain into hia capacious basket , and on those occasions when he did not carry the basket ho contented himself by throwing all the coats he could lay hold of across his shoulders , and made off as quick as his legs could

      carry him . That -was the ' mode in which he effected the felony at Earl Waldegrave ' s . —The . jury found the prisoner " Guilty . "—Air . Serjeant Adams said that the prisoner was far too clever to be allowed to remain in this country , and , therefore , to see what his wits would do for him in another , the sentence was that he be transported for seven , years . —The prisoner left the dock bowing very blandly to the judge and the officers of the court . Felony by a Clergyman ' s Soss . —Charles aiul John Remington , the sons of a beneficcd clergyman , were indicted each of them , for stealing a pair of trowsers . , The prisoners pleaded guilty . The Learned Judge said that he had in his iiands a letter from one of the parents of the prisoners , and

      proceeded to read in un undertone to the magistrates on the bench . The letter contained the names of several very respectable persons , and was couched in vei ; y pathetic and feeling terms ; in addition to which it alluded to matters of a private nature which were not intended to be made public , and therefore it was not read aloud . The learned judge said that it was a very painful case , and taking into consideration all the circumstances , the sentence was that Charles be kept to hard labour for three months in Westminster Bridewell , and John for the like period in Cold Bath-fields . —The prisoner John said that both he and his brother were extremely sensible of the consideration and leniency his lordship had shown them .

      Juvexile Cunsisg . —A diminutive boy , apparently ten or eleven years old , was convicted of having walked into a shop and stolen 2 s . from the till . —Serjeant Adams asked the prisoner how old be was —Prisoner . —Sixteen , sir . —Mr . Serjeant Adams said that showed the sort of boy he was ; he said he was sixteen years old , whilst he could not be more than ten or eleven , his object being to get an extra allowance in prison ; a prisoner of ten years old having somewhat less than one of sixteen . { Laughter . ) Subsequently the prisoner was sentenced to three months' hard labour .

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      DREADFUL FIRES . London . —On Sunday morning , shortly before three o ' clock , the extensive soap factory belonging to Messrs . Paton and Charles , 148 , High-street , Wapping , was discovered to be on fire . In a few minutes the brigade engines from Schoolhouse-lane , Wellclose and Jeffrey-squares stations . ittended , when the firemen found tlie flames ascending through the roof high into the air , completely illuminating the river and the surrounding districts . Such a tearful aspect did the flames at one period peasant that if-waa deemed advisable to send to llotherhitho for the floating engine . It was not until nearly fifty feet by thirty feet of the roof over the main factory was burned off , and . tVTO vats ,

      COntainmg flbout four tons of tallow , were seriously damaged , that the fire was extinguished . The loss , although very considerable , will not prevent the firm from carrying on their business . Fortunately Messrs . Paton and Charles wore insured in tho Sun fire-office . The origin of tho fire was said to be the spontaneous ignition from the steam apparatus . One of the workmen at Messrs . Paton and Charles's , in rendering assistance at the fire , fell down one of the pits , and was seriously if not fatally injured . Toitexham-Court-Road . — On Tuesday night , ftbont a qiifli'tei before eleven o'clock ; the oil and Italian warehouse belonging to Mr . Bowman , No . 3 , Tottenham-eourt-i'oad , was discovered to be on fire . An officer sprung his rattle and raised an alarm , and after repeatedly knocking at the front door he succeeded in arousing the inmates , consisting of Mr . and Mrs . Tompkins , the lodgers , with

      their two children . These parties were sleeping on the second floor , and upon being aroused from their slumbers found the building so filled with sulphurous vapour and smoke that none of them were able to make their descent by the staircase . Mr . Tompkins made the host of his way to tlie front room on the second floor , the only place of escape left , when the poliee called to him . and told him to remain until the fire-escape arrived . . The man , apprehensive that some of the gunpowder" or other inflammable articles would explode , was just on the point of throwing his family out of window , when two of the Royal Society ' s fire escapes arrived . The conductors having mounted their machines , they entered the se ' cond floor , and in the baek room * they found the inmates , whom they assisted in escaping . The flames were not extinguished until considerable damage was done . Mr . Bowman was insured in tho County Fire Office .

      ISCESDIART FlBE AT BtACKMOKE , ESSEX . —On Saturday night last , the buildings upon Wyatt ' s Farm , Wyatt ' s Green , in the occupation of Mr . William Greenwood , were found to be . on nre . An alarm was raised , and a messenger despatched for the engine at Ongar , which was promptly conveyed to the spot , and every exertion was made to arrest the progress of the raging element . The flames however , spread with uncontrollable fury , and two barns , a range of sheds , three waggons with other implements , some hny and straw were speedily consumed , the total loss being roughly estimated at £ 700 . The stock was insured in the Sun Fireoffice to Christmas , 1847 ; but it has been uninsum iu that office since that period , anil we are informed the also

      was not protected in any other ; buildings were uninsured . Little doubt is entertained tna the conflagration was wilfully occasioned , and Superintendent Flood , who with several constables were in attendance , ascertaining that a man named Robert Uftbrd , had been recently discharged by Mr . Greenwood for misconduct , OP inquiry fouwUHnt lie was seen on the premises shortly before the fire broke out * and s&on after it was discovered ^ yas met in the fields a short distance from them , going in the direction of 'Blackmore . These suspicious circumstances , in connexion with the confused . account he * ave of himself , induced the officer to take him into custody , and the accused , after undergoing cSnStion before a magistrate on Monday , was fully committed for trial .

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      Vatek Stamp , a . vd Adveiwise . mis . nt Duties . —The letter-press printers of Glasgow , at a meeting held on Tuesday Lt , unanimously agreed to petition the IWof CoHvinons forarepoalov reduction of the duty on paper , the stamp duty on newspapers , and the dutv on advertisements , as mflwtuig . injurious SSons on their profcssion by vhick large numbers of them are out of employment ,

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      MONDAY , March 19 . CoS ? r f ° . BI ) S-T ™» spobtatios to the 22 f $$ T ^ , ° ' mr ° P y t 0 Lo « l Stanley stated that since the subject of transportation had hS « m . CUSS 0 d in ^ ll 0 llS 0 the Government had been made aware that the step contemplated of sending convicts to the Cape £ ad been received with disapprobation in that colony . Despatches had > een received transmitting a memorial from the colonists in opposition to the proposition , which there would bo no objection to produce

      Out-door PAurERS .-The Earl of Carlisee , in moving the second reading of tho Out-dooi' Panpcw BUI , oxpUunod that inasmuch . is parishes could send pauper children out of their jurisdiction to be maintained and educated it was necessary that tUc buildings which were devoted to their reception should be under the efficient supervision of tlie Poor Law Commissioners , as well as of medical inspectors , this being one of tho principal objects which the ¦ n ™ 0 Proposed to eftect . I ho bill was then read a second sime .

      loLisii ItEFUGEES . —The Earl of Egliktox moved or a return of the number of Polish refugees receiving allowances for subsistence and medical expense between the . 28 th of Miireh , 1848 , and the 20 th ot March , 1819 . The noble earl , after referring to tlie Sin ^ f W ^ f thilt hil < l ^ en supplied , complained , that , while the country was undergoing all sorts ot shifts in order to reduce the expenditure , the iolistv refugees in England were receiving iust as large an amount as ever , and protested a | ainst the people hang taxed beyond what they conldbow on behalt of a hvwJess and turbulent race , who had no Claim whatever upon them . Whether they looked to the barricades of Paris , to the rebellion in Ilunrary or to the insurrection in Tienna , it would be found tliat the Poles wero always revelling in scenes of anarchy and bloodshed . The Marquis of . Lmjotottcb wag not prepared lo deny that disfci-cas to some extent prevailed among the agricultural classes ; yet the poverty of tlie

      country was not so great as to render it necessary to depavt from the principle of extending sympathy with a liberal hand to a people driven from their country by a calamity which deprived them of a national existence . Whatever the conduct of the Poles had been in other countries , they had not misbehaved themselves in this ; and the efrect of the bounty bestowed upon them here had been to prevent their engaging themselves in such scenes as the noble loru had described , the rule being that if recipients of it left this country they forfeited their claim to further relief . At the same time , the greatest care would be taken in tho administration of tho grant in order to prevent abuse . . Lord Stanley was of opinion that if , as stated by the noble ear ] , the assistance afforded had not been given to relieve distress , but applied to medical cases , arising out of profligacy and vice , it ceased to bo medical charity altogether , and was a monstrous abuse . \

      The Marquis of LONDONDERRY contended that great abuses existed . also in the relief of Spanish retugees , which class of persons were in fact a disgrace to any country . Tho return , in » modified form , was then agreed to , and their lordships adjourned . : HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Mr , Mukiz moved the second reading of the Birmingham liorough ( Exemption from Couniy Rates ) Bill . Lord Brooke objected to tho bill on two grounds —first , that . the county lunatic asylum and gaol would be of service to Birmingham , and secondly , because tho bill would go to . altcr the general law of the land , which , if desirable , should be effected by a general measure , including other towns similarly circumstanced . Tho noble loz-d moved that tho bill be read a second time that day six months .

      A '" ter a debate , in which Sir G , Gbet opposed the second reading of the Bill , Mr . Mustz referred to the almost unbearable amount of rates already levied upon tlie people of Birmingham , and varned tho Homo Secretary if they were increased , a disturbance m the borough might be the consequence . On a division , the second reading was carried by a majority of 8—the numbers 70 to ( & . J . Indemnity to the Canadian " Rebels . " — Mr . Haweb , in reply to Mr . 1 \ Mackenzie , as to « biil being in progress iu the Canadian legislature for indemnifying certain persons for losses incurred during the rebellion in 1837 and 1838 , including thirty-eight persons who had taken part in the rebellion , stated that no despatch or communication had reached the Colonial office that such a bill was under consideration .

      Adulteration ov Coffee , — Mr . A \ stey put several questions on the subject of the adulteration of coffee-by the use bfchicoi'y , in . consequence of the treasury minute which was issued two years ago suspending the Act of Parliament which prohibited the sale of chicory from being used for the adulteraction of coffee . The Chancellor of tho Exchequer replied that he had received accounts from various quarters stating that a due admixture of a certain quantity of chicory improved the coffee , and tended to promote its use , especially among the labouring classes . Ik was undoubtedly true that a groat re- ' duction in the price of Ceylon coffee had taken place , but which might bo attributable to the qunn " tity introduced , as also to the introduction of a very inferior description of coffee grown by the natives of

      tho island , and not well prepared . But undoubtedly , with the low prices which prevailed last year , the consumption of coffee ought to have increased instead of diminished , as was tlie case ; which , however , might be accounted for on the supposition that chicory had been substituted for coffee , and that a portion of the revenue which the Exchequer ought to have received had been diverted into the pockets of the dealers in the former article . It would not be desirable to put a duty on chicory at the present timo , but it was pvopcr that the parties engaged in its cultivation should bo warned that such might be the case hereafter , in ovd&v lhat -they might not then say they were wholly unprepared for . such a result . Education in the Akmy . —In answer to a question from Mr . EwarTi

      Mr . F . Maule said , his Grace the Commander-in-Chief had determined to institute a tost of education for officers previous to their obtaining commissions in the army . It was also intended by his Grace to have two examinations on the promotion of officers from tho rank of ensign to that of lieutenant which were to be entirely of a professional character—to ascertain that those officers were thoroughly acquainted with all the duties entailed upon them by their profession and bv the regulations

      of the army . Thou there was to bo a third examination of subalterns before they got their company , which would be of a more enlarged character as to their skill and knowledge , and would be the final examination to which officers would be subject . The Commander-in-Cliief had entered into this inquiry in the spirit which public opinion had manifested for sometime past , and with a view to the efficiency of the army . ( Hear , ) Aiimt Estimates . —The House having gone into Committee of Supply ,

      Mr . F . Maule said the number of troops which it was proposed to maintain for the ensuing year was 103 , 254 , her Majesty ' s government having considered that , looking to the state of the colonies , and the general aspect of affairs , tho country might he relieved from the cost of 10 , 000 men , the number of troops borne on the rolls of the arrny last year being 113 , 847 . He then reviewed the various demands for troops , for which the government had to provide . First , with respect to affairs abroad , although tlie alarm had to a great extent passed . way , yet their aspect was not such as to permit this country to assume -an entirely indifferent attitude . Secondly , invegard to the colonies , although hereafter the force there might be diminished , at

      present ) t was not considered by the government safe or prudent to reduce its amount . Thirdly , for tho preservation of peace and order at home , he stated that of the 53 , 000 troops at home , 27 , 000 and a fraction were located in England and Scotland , and 25 , 000 and a fraction in Ireland ; and he demonstrated the necessity of keeping a sufficient number of troops in readiness to meet applications iv 6 m the civil magistrates to preserve tho peace of towns by vefovviBg to tho number of such applications during the past year in England , and by suggesting the expediency of repressing with promptitude any apprehended collision with the civil power . Upon the last head , tlie furnishing reliefs of our troops in tlie colonies , Mr . Maule cited an opinion exnresged bv

      Sir R . Pool , who , in 1845 , said it was the duty of those in charge of our military arrangement to take care that men sent abroad in the service- of the country should not ho exiled , but should be allowed to return to their homes within a reasonable time ; but if tho House complied with the proposal of Mr . Hume for a further reduction of 14 , 000 men , it wotild not be possible to carry out the wholesome rule of relieving corps in India in fifteen years and in other colonies in ten years , with an interval of five years at homo . Mr . F . Maule then took a rapid glance at tlie various items , pointing out the decease which had taken place in most o the money charges , and observed that the present expenditure for the army was vevy little higher than that of 1835 , the gross charge on the army estimates

      of thatyoai' uain * ^ aOQ . tsa , and that of 1849-50 , £ 6 , 142 , 211 . the increase being only £ 235 , 000 . He concluded with a defence of tlie army against the attacks of the Financial Reformers , and 08 DGeiftlly OH the " clothing colonels . " Ho wished , before ho sat down , to say a few words in refutation of charges ' which had been brought aoainst the avmy iw general by a body of individuals who had constituted tkemselves a Financial Reform Committee m Liverpool . ( Hear , hear . ) lie would not have noticed any of these charges if they had been founded m fact or in truth . ( " Iloav , " and cWs . ) He did not object , and he was sure no persons in tlie army would object , to the closest scrutiny into flic whole expenditure of that service ; but with swhascnHlny , tlie officers of tho aw » v had notUng

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      to do ; it lestedtvatU the officials of the government , and with the determination of that House . lie would not objocttoany scrutiny into tlie expenditure of tho army conducted in a fair and proper manner ; but , as the statements put forth b y tho Financial Committee- of Liverpool were neither founded in fairness new in- justice —( cheers)—und as they would tend not only to do infinite injury to the arm ) -, but to the very parties who were putting forth those statements , ho thought it necessary to say a fo \ r words on the sulij ' pcfc . The committee to which he alluded had attacked the system of clothing the army ; but surely they might have attacked that system without imputing motives—( hear , hear )—to the colonels , whose duty it was to provide

      tiio clothing for their men , not by any arrangement of their own , but under a system which had existed for upwards of U 0 years . ( Ucu , hciw . ) Thco&mmitteo might certainly have inquired into this matter , before insisting that the colonels and quarter-masters of regiments laid their heads togethov to change the pattern of tho articles with which the soldiov was compelled to provide himself , inorder that thuir own profits might bo enhanced . ( Hear . ) The system of clothing the army had been the subject of several inquiries , and if the parties by whom those inquiries had been conducted had not boon able to recommend a better plan than that now pursued , he did not think it very likely tliat the Liverpool Committee would do so . Jn 1783 , the

      clothing system was inquivod vnto \> y fhe Commissioners of Public Accounts , who stated that- they could not recommend any change , either in point of economy , or of satisfaction to the soldier , in 1703 , the subject was inquired into by the Finance Committee , and in ISOS by a military commission , with tlie same result . In 1833 , a commission of that House , many of whom , ho would venture to say , irerc as prejudiced as any members of the Liverpool Financial Committee , went into tho consideration of tbe subject , and they agreed unanimously to a report Containing these passages ;—•< it further appears that the wholesome cautions and checks by which the supply of clothing \> y tho colonels ha ' s been accompanied , have invariably secured the

      comtortjuiu satisnicuon ot the soldier , and the complete efficiency of this branch of . the public service . The committee are not , therefore , prepared to suggest any change in this long-established system , which , although at first it may appear anomalous , and to involve the objectionable princi ple of giving profit to the colonels out of monies ostensibly voted for another purpose , secures the responsibility of those officers for the just and punctual distribution of the clothing to ' the ' , different regiments , dispersed as they are throughout various and distant colonies , arid which at thesaino time protects the public from tho losses to which they would be exposed by the accumulation of stores of this description supplied under the management of public boards from

      extensive establishments , superannuation allowances to those who conduct them , and from that multiplicity of accounts which a transfer of the charge of this supply from those in whom it is now vested into any other hands must inevitably produce . " He thought , then , that it was somewhat hard to charge upon the " clothing colonels , " as they were most invidiously Called , tlie responsibility of '» system which tJiey had not themselves created , which had undergone no less than four scrutinies , and for which no substitute had been proposed . ( Hear , hear . ) But he was sorry to observe that tlie Liverpool Committee did not confine themselves to these insinuations against the colonels ; lie had read their pamphlets with great care , and it

      seemed to him their chief object was to run down the officer in the opinion of the soldier . ( Hew , hear . ) The officers of the army wore hold \ vp to odium , and it was said the army was erected and maintained for the benefit of tho aristocracy . Indeed , the whole tone of the pamphlet was , ' in his opinion , dangerous in the extreme , not only to the constitution of the army , but to the very existence of good order in this country . ( Hear . ) Now , if the soldier should , from any circumstance , lose that confidence which he now justly reposed in his commanding officer , and if he consequently lost Iu 3 regard for discipline , he ( Mr . F . Maule ) had no hesitation in saying that the army would become at once an armed rabble . ( Hear , ) If this wevo the case , who would be the first to suffer from such a state of things ? Not the ofneera of the army ; not the landed gentry , who lived on their estates in the country ; but the inhabitants of towns . Instead of

      having orderly and well-behaved soldiers , who kept their hands from picking and stealing , and who offered no violence to their neighbours , walking through the streets , they would have a disorderly rabble , thieving in one direction and assaulting in another , and the peaceable inhabitants would rue the day when the Financial Reform . Committee of Liverpool , or any other Reform Committee , began to hold . up tho officers of the army to odium and reproach . He did not make those observations from any objection to inquiry into the expenditure of the public money ; but because ho thought any inquiry on this subject should be carried on with due regard to the feelings of the officers of tho army , to the discipline of their men , and to the safety of the public , and not in a manner which might tend to destroy that respect for authority and discipline without which the British army , instead of being a boast and protection , would be a disgrace tb this country . ( Ilear , hear . )

      Mr . Upme confessed thai the condition of the army had been much ameliorated , and urged perseverance in the system of improvement . With respcet to the Liverpool Association , he thought his right hon , friend Jiiight have omitted his allusions to that body . He ( Sir . Hume ) was not a member of that association only because ho resided at a distance , and had laid down a rule to confine himself within what he considered his own legitimate limits . ( Laughter . ) He thought the Liverpool Association had done good service in opening the eyes of the country to abuses in regard to the national establishments , lie had often heard it remarked that the man was a benefactor to his country who made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before ; and he also

      thought that ho was a national benefactor who could make in future £ 5 go as far as £ 10 did at present . ( " Hoar" and laughter . ) The charge against the Liverpool Association was that they had accused the colonels of resiments of being tailors . Mr . F . Mavi . k . — The charge against the Liverpool Association is that they accused the colonels Of combining with the quartermasters for the wuvpose of cheating tho soldiers . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hume admitted that that was a great error , and most unjust accusation . ( Hear . ) This he knew from the investigation before tho committee in 1833 , for which he moved ; but at tlie same time he must observe that ut that period tho artillery wore clothed better than the line ( though the clothing of the latter had improved since the sitting of that committee ) , and no colonel was connected with the clothing of the artillery in the same way as in the line . While willing to accord , to colonels of the line all that their rank and station entitled thorn to ,

      he still retained his opinion , that connecting tho colonels with the elotliing of the men was placing the former in an anomalous situation , and that it would be better not to afford even a pretence for charges such as the right lion , gentleman had alluded to . Ho thought it therefore hard that a severe charge should have been made against the Liverpool Association for an error into which they might have been led in consequence of the anomalous position in which the colonels were placed , lie denied the validity of all the four reasons assigned by Mr . P . Maule for tho number of men proposed , deprecating foreign intervention , advocating a reduction of the forces in the colonies , and calling upon the government to discountenance the applications of magistrates at home , who wore too fond of calling for military aid ; and lie moved to reduce the numbers to 89 , 254 , explaining tho grounds upon which ho fixed upon that number .

      Mr . II . Duumjxosd : The hon . gentleman the member for Montrose said , he thought there ought to be a great reduction in our military establishments , and he complained that there was much . 'extravagance shown in all these matters . Now undoubtedly there was a great expenditure under this head ; hut he thought it was evident that the more we increased In trade , in manufactures , and population , the more we must increase in a force ot some kind , and lie did not much care whether that force appeared in blue coats or in red . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not the country boobies ( as the country gentlemen might perhaps be called on the other side ) who caused this increase , but it was the mayors of enlightened town constituencies in the manufacturing districts "who

      called meetings with one hand , and with the other applied for military aid to keep them in order— - ( a laugh)—for just in proportion as these merchants ami manufacturers were cowards the one minute they were bullies the . other . ( A laugh . ) They were the people who led us into war in China and South America , as the House had heard the other night , and now they turned tail upon her Majesty ' s government , and charged it with having incurred the expense . (" Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) JS ow he thought that if they entered into vav they should not come out of it till they Lad conquered . ( Hear , hear . ) Either they should not begin to fight at all , or they should fight if it was necessary till thev were dead . ( "Hear , l \ cav , " and laughter . )

      Bllt they wel'G told thai these things -were only sail ] on the word of military men ; that these military men were not proper judges how to defend tbe country , and that civilians were the only goot \ judges on such a matter , Vow , this fallacy lay at the bottom of the whole question , and it was , therefore , well to examine it a , little . It appeared to him that it was a burlesque of tho old saying , " Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat . " ( A . kvigk ) In other words , " W / io pays a general must himself be a general . " ( A laugh ) . It was gravely maintained by the hon . gentleman the member for the West Hiding that it was a question for the tax payers , and not the military , to decide what was the proportion of men necessary for the defence of tho country . ( Hear , hear ) . "Hour , hoar ! " Why , If gentlcm-cu opposite ( MuQtswtfce . akwAU . v of such

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      an argument , he hoped the country would . Il < would tell then * that they wero not competed judges of this matter . .. Wiat would thev think if ; party of general ofSbers wire to go to Manchester tc instruct them how u > nmk <> cotton twist' ( " lle-ir hear , " and a laugh ) . Wdnjtf they not answer that tl \ e > were a sot of medaiing ; fools ? On the- same principle , lie held tliat gentlemen in that House were going beyond their hordera , that they were presuming too fur when they entered upon a mattoi of which they were cssentinlty ,. and nocess .-m'IV , and naturally , not judges . ( Hear ,, hear ) . The" ho ; i . gentleman the member for tho Wesi Itidinsr , however , said , "You only are tlrajudges—take ««•«• , therefore , how you perform your duty ; you are sent

      here to determine upon all these economical questions . " Sow ho hold that , as judges of the case befwre them , they had nothing to do but to . let-We according to the opinion of her Majesty ' s government , who only could know what the circumstances of tho country required . ( Hear , hear ) . It appeared to him th ; it on suell ft question they were nil cqually stum'd —( a . laugh)—and that they ought to put confidence in those persons who must , of" noeoasityj l » e butter informed than the gentlemen seated on the other side . ( Hear ) . Ho believed thafe a more upright man , or one who would give more satisfactory testimony regarding what lie saw or heard , did not xist than the hon . member for the West Hiding ; but they must recollect also that there- was not it

      man m tho country who stood convicted of being . so utterly unable to give an accurate opinion of the State of Europe as tho hon . gentleman > y ; is . ( A laugh ) . jS ' o man had been so \ ni 4 ortminte _ in his H'Opiieeies—none had ever been so completely refuted b y the events . ( Hear , hear ) , lie spoke of our having near us peaceable and friendly neighbours;—why , he might go to the Zoological Gardens , and , because he saw the tigers lying quietly in their lairs , ho might speak of them as peaceable and harmless animals ; and , perhaps , he mi ^ -lit amuse himself with the antics of the monkeys . " But let them be set loose , and he would find what altered creatures both tigers and monkeys would become . ( A laugh ) . In France the whole nation , to a man . had b ' ecn .

      rendered able to express their opinions , and they had just run mad . ifter the ghost of a cray greatcoat and a very little hat . ( Ahutgh ) . Tiie , v had just given to tho world the information that the time when they wero happiest was not a time of free trade , but when they were under tho IJeriin and Milan decrees ; tliat the time they yrovc looking Iwok to with the greatest delight was , when tlmy were under an absolute emperor , and that the thing thev were aspiring to again was another thirty years of war with England . ( Uoar , hear ) . Mr . M . Gmso . v , in reference to what had fallen from the hon . gentlemen opposite , would admit that , if lie wanted to know how to deal with a regiment , when it was brought into the field , he would

      apply to a military officer ; and if he wanted to kiiow how a , ship was to be kept away from a lee shove , or handled in battle , he would apply tb a professional man ; but ho would not apply to the professional man on matters of general policy , or as to what was necessary fpv the anfety of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) He declined altogether sotting up military and naval men as a . sort of independent government in the state . ( Hear , hoar . ) On the contrary , he regarded thorn as public servants , and not as the only persons to bo consulted as to the number of men tho establishments of the country required . There were always complaints of the great difficulty which government felt in resisting tiio demands of

      the army , &c ., for grants , and if it wore not fop what were called tlie gentlemen of tlte Miinchestor school , those appeals would become altogether irresistible . He would support the motion of the hon . member for Montrose , mainly because no reason had been shown for keeping so ' large a force in our colonies . As to tho committee appointed to inquire into the condition of the services , he could not help expressing a wish that they had been empowered to inquire into the amount of tlie forces required , so that they ' might have the whole question thus brought before them . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . J . O'Coxxem . urged that by acceding to the just demands of the Canadians and Ivislv t \ vo-tl \ mW of the forces employed in those countries might be

      reduced . Ml \ W . P . Wood thought the government was tho best judge of these master * , but right in throwing the responsibility on the House . Mi \ V . SMiTiiaml Mr . Rice concurred in thinking that the colonies should be made to maintain themselves . Captain Boi . dkijo contended for the necessity of a system of reliefs , and therefore could not consent to reduce the army below the number of men proposed to bo voted . Sir W . MoLF . swoiiTii stated his reasons at some length , chielly with reference to the colonies , for votittg fov llv . UunWs amendment . Mr . S 3 . Cuawkoud contended that if the people had an extended franchise and a greater voice in tho legislature , there would he no need of standing armies in the time of peace .

      Mr . Cobdex , after a brief reference to tiio colonies , attacked the Secretary-at-War upon a . " Home Question . " They were told that the ' troops wero required on account of our domestic condition , lie must confess he had heard with very great . regrot the remarks of the right lion , gentlem . ™ the Secretary-aMViU , with respect , to the necessity-of keeping troops at homo for the purpose of keeping down tlie people , That was the first time such an object had ever been avowed by any llieinbor of any government , for it had hitherto Iioon always denied , tliat troops wore kept to repress the people . ( " Oh , oh ' . " ) It was a very alarming and melancholy state of things that it should be avowed in lS-Wthafc we kept up a large force to keen down the veoplc oi

      England—Englishmen , who had been always considered peculiarly suited for self-government hero oi' abroad , smd who ht \ d always ehijmuu" the principle of being governed by the civil power . ( " On , oh ' . '') Tho right hon . gentleman distinctly avowed that object . He said it was for the purpose of keeping pence among the people . Some remarks had been made as to the state of the manufacturing towns . He perfectly admitted that the mayors and magistrates of some largo towns had sent for some troops last year , but there must he some fault in the system when such a reinforcement to the civil power was called for . lie tliouglit , oji behalf of the middle classes , that those who were responsible for the government of the country should introduce some

      avgo measure with respect to the worlcing-classes , to bring the two into harmony , and that they should , l > y bringing tlie latter within the pale of the constitution , " take away the disaffection and discontent which induced the necessity for employing troops . With respect to the immediate votte hiifoi'O the House it must be borne in mind tliat troops had become really much more efficient than they had been a few years ago . A great authority—General Gordon—stated to the coinuutteu of lSii that 1 , 000 men could ho sent from London to Manchester in nine hours , and would arrive there fresh as when they started ; whereas , before the introduction ot railways , they would have taken sovoutceii days for the journey , and would have arrived fatigued and exhausted ! Though he did not admit the necessity of repressing the people by armed men , railways had given tenfold force to their military establishment's .

      and if they were necessary tho number of men might be reduced , and yet the same amount of force be available . Ho maintained , however , that in largo or small towns peace might be maintained by the civil power , if government would sanction a , mode by which an organised body—not of military or of National Guards—but of special constables , could be always in readiness to assist the magistrates . Why not imitate America 'i New York was larger than Liverpool , and yet there ' were neither soldiers nor barracks there , and the pcaeu was kept by the poiicc . There was a fluctuating population of Knglish , Irish , and foreigners , suuf lw contended that what could he done at New York with Englishmen could he done with Englishmen at home The lion , member for West Surrey ( Mr . Drununond ) hud made some remarks which ' he would not have referred to but that they might produce ill feelings elsewhere . The lion , member had called the French

      tigers and monkeys , fit fov exhibition in the Zoological Gardens . Perhaps the French might not know " that tho hon . gentleman was a privileged member of the House , and that he was so tickle in his aversions and likings that they might find him nexx week calling them doves and lambs . The right hoa . gentleman the Socrotary-at-War referred to the state of the continent as a reason for a large standing army . lie would admit , if the right . hon . goiulewan pleased , that the French , and the otlvcv continental nations were going to fight with each other . But that was not the question fov us to consider with respect- to our forces , What we had to ask was , if anybody-was coming to fight with us ? Was there a . symptom or a tendency ; of such a disposition on tho continent ? Such being the case , and Laving no enemy he knew of to dresul , he thought there was no necessity for keeping up a larger , military establishment than had been found necessary in 1 S 35 and 1836 .

      Lord J . Russeli . replied I * this-vntli truly aristocratic insolence and falsehood . Tho hon . gentleman objected to what he- called the- system oi' \ ising trooj > s to keep down the people , and said that-tho princi ple had been for the first time avowed \» y his right lion , friond tlie Secretary-at-War ( Mr ! Fox ivlaille ) . . Now I heiU'd what iny * viylit hon . friend said , and I certainly heard nothing from lliill tO such nil effect . ( Choei-s . ) My right lion , friend stated most truly that during the past . year tliwo had boiai many appUoations—the greater part of

      thorn ,-from the mercantile and maimfaetuviiig iowus , » ot by the military , but by the civil authorities , for troops to preserve order . * ( Hear . ) : Dut- wero these troops to keep down the people ? ( JJckh ; . ) J > y no means , Thev were to keep down a certain number ofM-conditioncd and dlsanectedflersjoninrho vashpA to commit disorder , to promote tumult , u-. id probaWv to - > -. ' un an opportunity for plunder , atiu with whom it fs a libel and jv calumny to coiifour . d tuo peopio oc this country . ( Great cheering ) Tiio iicn . Wtlciwn asked why should not tho municipal

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1515/page/7/