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      In reality , there is nothing in the-world so much dreaded "by the Whigs , as the idea of » free , fall , and bona j ? ie Government by the people , either for the people at home or in the Colonies ; and , so long as they can prerent it , guch a Government-will never be established Meantime , they are fertile in schemes for throwing dost in the eyes of the public , and as fast as they are discovered and exposed in one trick , they have recourse to another . , In reality , there is nothing in the world so

      With reference to Canada , Lord Jonx sated , that it was the determined will of the -Sovereign to resist any attempt at separation ; and he expressed himself surprised , that any loyal subject should have dreamed of annexation to the United States . Jud ging , however , from the concluding sentence of his speech , this was a mere empty threat . His lordship evidentl y believes that in the case of all Colonies , a time will come , when , having grown strong in population and wealth , they will say to us in the words used b y himself : — " Our strength is sufficient for us to be an

      independent country—the link has grown onerous to us—the time is come , when in amity or good will with England , we can maintain our own independence . " What if that time should have arrived already in Canada ? Is the Pbemier prepared to resist snch a declaration put forth in such a spirit , and waste the blood . and the treasure of the Imperial State , in the endeavour to hold in continued subjugation , a ¦ country which he himself admits , mast , in the very nature of things , iu due time , assert its

      xifht to self-government and independence ? That would , indeed , be to repeat the " course of blundering" which his lordship so emphatically condemned as the cause of the " unhappy contest" with the " royal proviuces of North America "—a contest which ended in their separation , to the immense benefit of both parties . By the enlig htened statesman , future separations are as little to be dreaded as that which has already conferred such advantages upon the world .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Work has been already cut out iu the Commons for at least the next three months . So numerous are the measures that have passed their initiatory stage , and the topics that have "been cursorily discusssed—that it is impossible to do more than merely indicate their nature and general bearing . When they advance te the farther stage of a second reading , we shall follow the example of the House , and take the debate upon each of them respectively .

      Three measures of considerable practical value have been brought forward by the Government , as supplementary to their Navigation Act of last year . Having by that measure thrown the shipping trade of this conntry open to competition from all other nations , it is considered just to give the mercantile marine such facih ' ties as may enable it to meet that competition fairly . One of the Bills iur troduccd by Mr . Labouchere , creates a new department " of the Board of Trade , by which two captains of the mercantile navy will sit as members of that Board , to carry into efiect

      the proposed new regulations for that service . The object of these regulations is to establisb a system of examination for Masters and Mates iu the merchant service , by which the standard of qualification may be raised ; to make provision ior the improvement of the condition and the discipline of the crews ; and , lastly , to constitute shipping officers , instead of the present system of licensing agents . A second measure is intended to reconstitute the Merchant Seamen ' s Fnnd , from which pensions are paid to aged and superannuated sailors . The seamen in the merchant service

      pay at present one shilling a month to the fund , and the pensions granted are not only very unequal at different ports , but in all cases utterl y inadequate to supply the commonest necessaries of life . The fond itself is insolvent . It is now proposed to raise the contribution from one shilling to one shilling and -sixpence per month—to give all merchant sailors a uniform pension of sixpence a day , when they are placed upon the fund ; and to make up the deficiency which this allowance would cause , the Government intend to grant 30 , 0007 . annually from the Consolidated Fund , in : rid of the contributions from the sailors .

      The third measure connected with this subject is one for improved Measurement of Tonnage . Several bills intended to improve the law relating to Landlord and Tenant in Ireland , and other important points , have been introduced ; the most noticeable of this class of measures , however , is one for a reform of the Irish Court of Chancery . The object of this measure is to simplify and shorten the mode of pleading , to amend and facilitate the mode of proof , and to regulate and dsfine the mode of appeal in Courts of Equity . On all these points it is needless to say , there is not only

      great room for reform , but it is imperatively required . The question already raised , however , is -why has justice not been done to England in this respect , as well as to Ireland ? Whatever defects may exist in the Irish Equity Courts , are to be found in even an exaggerated form on this side the Channel ; and dealing , as Lord Cottenham's Court does , with so much larger a number of persons and amount of property , the pernicious -working of the present system is more extensively and more grievously felt than in Ireland . The Court of Chancery , everybody knows , has

      become a standing disgrace to the country and the age . Intended to deal out equity to suitors , unfettered by the dry technicalities of the Common law Courts , it has become a huge and complicated instrument of fraud , robbery , and oppression . When a man is once dragged or forced into a Chancery suit , rain stare 3 him in the face ; and liable as most persons are , to be named as trustees , executors , and legatees , or to take part in co-partnerships out of which disputes and difficulties

      may arise , the reform of this Court becomes a matter of deep and general interest to the public . Though the Solicitor-General lias shrunk from attacking the gigantic evil , we are happy to say that it is not therefore to escape . It is stated that Iiord Laxgdale , an eminent Chancery Judge , well acquainted with the practice of the courts , and Mr . TcEXEH , Q . C ., one of the most experienced and popular practitioners in them , have both -prepared Bills npon the subject . The question will therefore , be debated in both Houses .

      Local taxation , and especially the constitution of the conntry boards , by which much of it is imposed , has also constituted a subject of debate . On Wednesday three Bills , all having reference to it in one shape or another , were introduced ; one by Mr . Feewen , another by Mr . Mtlster Gibson , and a third—which may be considered a Government measure—by Mr . CoEMifiil Lewis . The object of Mr . * Gibson s Bill is to give the rate-payers a concurrent control with the justices over the country expenditure . At present , these gentlemen have the whole matter in their own hands ; they Iffry rates , and expend them as they please . The Home Secretary stated the adftsion of

      the Government to the representative principle embodied in Mr . Grssox ' s Bill , so that there is some chance of its being carried . The Bill of Mr . Lewis had reference to the management of Highways , and was brought forward from last Session , when it was thrown out from want of time to discuss it . Tfaa Ibish Secbetahy has brought in the promised Government measure on the Irish Suffrage . It is as paltry and petty in its details as itis deficient in principle . There can be no doubt as to its paternity ; it is Whig all over , and meant as far as possible to promote

      Tr -hi g interests . * r Eiihe Lords , the Bill to amend the Constitution of the Ecclesiastical Commission , has been introduced b y the Marquis of IumsDowins . w description of its Ieadmg provisions , fully

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      sustained the opinion we have already expressed as to taetimidity of the Government , fi ^^ wSP" * * With e * ° P domination in that Commission . Ostensibly , the new Estates Commission is to consist of three Commissioners-two paid , and one unpaid—butoneofthepaid Commissioners is to be appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury ; the unpaid member of the Board will no doubt be selected from the superior ranks of Churchmen , and thus the single lay Commissioner will be completely swamped by the influence of the Bisbops . sustained the oDihion w « l , *™ . -i _ __*_ ¦ -

      Apropos of this matter , considerable excitement prevailed in the Lower House , by the proposal to appoint a committee for the purpose of examining into the truth of Mr HoESJUJf's charge against Lord J . Rcsseix , and Sir George Grey , of wilful and deliberate deception . That inveterate meddler and busybody , Mr . Roebuck—who has constituted himself censor of his fellow members , and guardian of the character of the Ministry , and who never seems so happy as when he is either in hot water himself , or getting some body else into it—brought Mr . Hoksman ' s 1

      letter formally before the House . Mi . Eoksmajj declared , that he was ready to justify his charges before a committee , and gave notice accordingl y , On the following evening , however , before the motion was put , Lord Ashley , the successor of Mr . Roebuck , in the representation of Bath , played the part of peacemaker , in contradistinction to the quarrelsomeness of his predecessor . He struck in as amicus curia , and prevailed upon both parties tomake mutual concessions and explanations ,

      by which the affair terminated without the appointment of a committee . That Mr . Horsman was essentially correct in bis allegations , and perfectly justified in making them , we think no one who has paid the slightest attention to the case can doubt . Ministers must have been conscious that it wa » so , or they would not have allowed so grave and serious an imputation against their honour and integrity to drop in the manner it did ; they prudently acted upon the old maxim in such cases , " The least said is soonest mended . "

      The " honourable member for Sheffield , " also contrived to achieve * ' a bad eminence " in the case of the Ceylon inquiry . The independent members of the committee , whom it was proposed to re-appoint almost without exception , declared that front the course pursued by the Government , they were hopeless of obtaining either an impartial investigation of the charges against Lord TouiUNGToy , or a just verdict on the case . Government , by a succession of base intrigues and subterfuges , were evidently determined to carry a foregone conclusion , and to whitewash their guilty

      officer and relative . Mr . Roebuck , thereupon started up , and , after making an attack upon thememberswhohadihusexpressed themselves , gave utterance to sentiments , with reference to Colonial Government , which are sufficient to destroy for ever any reputation he may have heretofore possessed for liberality of opinion . According to him , the will of Lord Tokkikgtox was quite good enough law for the people of Ceylon ; and the people who complained of the arbitra \ T , cruel , and lawless manner in

      which property had been confiscated , and lives taken , were mere paltry , pitiful popularityhunters . Mr . Hume , with great justice and honest warmth , declared that he had never heard , in that House , a speech more tyrannical . The people of Sheffield will do well to Avatch the course of their waspish and unstable representative , who seems to be a sort of Parliamentary Malay , and , iu his frenzy for fighting , " runs a-muck , and tilts at all he meets . "

      A vain attempt to disclose the iniquitous system by which Government officials pack Irish juries , and poison the fountain of justice at its source , in that unhappy country—has been made by Mr . Sadieik . His detail of the manner in which the Cbown Solicitor proceeded to protect the Government , through Major Cameron , against the claim of a person for damages done to his property , reflected the utmost discredit upon that official and bis employers . Mr . Hatchell—the new Irish Solicitor-General—made bis maiden speech in defence of the injustice . He has the reputation of being a clever man , but anything more

      wretched in the shape of a speech we never heard in our lives . Perhaps the consciousness that his case was indefensible , helped to confuse him . A more blundering , roundabout oration was never blurted out—and , after all , the explanation essentially substantiated Mr . Sadleir ' s allegations . It is no wonder the Irish people have so little respect for the law , when they see how partially it is administered . To "the" event of the Session we have fully adverted in a separate article . The policy of the' Miaistry , M'ith respect to the Colonies , will constitute a prominent feature , and occupy a large portion of the time of Parliament . Other topics wo must leave till next week .

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      MONIES RECEIVED Fob Tms Week Exdixg Thcbsdat , Februahy 14 , 1850 .

      FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . Rideb . —James Lowe , Sheffield , Is . » Irvine , Scotland , per J . Youll , 1 ? . ; Four Bricklayers , Lon ' aon , 4 s . ; Chorley , per H . Norris , 4 s . 3 d . ; J . B . Masscy Longsiglit , near Manchester , Is . ; s . Sheldon , Longsight , near Manchester . Is . N . Gouch , Longsight , near Manchester , Cd . ; S . Meadowcroft , Longsight , near Manchester , Gd . ; M . Bradbury , Longsight , near Manchester , Gd . ; a Friend , Longsight , near Manchester , 6 d . ; a few Handloom Weavers . English Sam-ride , Carlisle , per J . M'Kenzie , 9 s . Cd . ; Holmfirth . per II . Marsden , 14 s . ? HncknalL Torkard , per J . Sweet 3 s . ; a few Readers of the Star , Markinch , per W . Alelville , Gs . lid . ; Halifax , Female Chartists , per Jane Walker , 5 s . J . Griffiths , Kewtown , Montgomeryshire , 2 s . fid . ; J . Leigh , Brook-street , Manchester , Is . ; J . Taylor . Stour Provost , Is . ; Sunderland , per W . Ovington , 3 s . 3 d . ; J . Cook , Shincliffe Colliery , 3 s . ; Miss II . Canteto , Ke « port , Isle of Wight , fid . ; J . Canteto , Jun ., Newport , Isle of Wight , Gd .

      FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . Kider . —Gainsborough Chartists , per W . Kieliolson , Gs . SO . ; Bristol , per C . Clark , 2 s . Gd . ; M . Dawson , Whitworth , near Rochdale , 6 d . ; J . Fielden , Whitworth , near Rochdale , ad . Received at Lasd Oefice . — Collected at John-street , 11 . Is . ; Whittingtonand Cat , 9 s . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by W . Hides . —Glasgow , per D . Sherrington , Gs . Gd . " DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON . Received at Lasd Office . —J . Cook and W . Parkin-Shincliffe Colliery , 6 d . ; Halifax , Female Chartists , per Jans Walker , as . ; John Griffiths , Xewton , Montgomeryshire , 2 s . Gd . ; J . Leigh , Manchester , Is . J . Cook , Shincliffe Colliery , 3 d . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Received by W . Rideb . —J . Canteto , Newport , Isle of Wight , Is .

      . MRS- M'DOUALL , Received by W . Rideb . —Brighton , Subscribed at the Artichoke Inn , per T . Harvey , 4 s . Gd . ; Ship Inn , Birmingham , per J . Kewhouse , 3 s . ; B . Todd , West Auckland , Cd . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Rideb . —Mr . Carlow , London , 4 d . ; Mr . Harris , London , 4 d . ; Mr . Lewis , London , 4 d . ; West-end Boot and Shoemakers , meeting at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-stteet , per Messrs . Dickens and Smith , 5 s . ; E . Tocfcl , West Auckland , Gd . —Received by John Ansorr . — G . IV . M . Reynolds , Esq ., It Is . ; G . W ., Gd . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rider . —Mr . Osborne , Leicester , Is . ; S . Guinaman , Tunl j ridge Wells , Gd . ; West-end Boot and Shoemakers , meeting at the Two Chairmen , Wardourstreet , per Messrs . Dickens and Smith , 5 s . ; Crippiegatc Locality , 2 G , Golden-lane , per Mr . Hampton , 7 s .

      NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by John Abxott , Secretary . —Rising Sun , Cal . lender- ? ard , per Mr . Scotter , 14 s . ; South Londoh Hall , per Mr . Roberts , Is . 4 id . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , 13 s . Gd a Friend at John-street , per Mr . Ternon , Is . '

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      THE LAND COMPANY ANT } THE "NOTTINQHAM JOURNAL . " COURT OF EXCHEQUER-Thursdat , Feb . 14 . O ' CONNOR V . BRADS 1 UW . This was an action brought by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , M . P . for Nottingham ,. against the proprietor of the JfottingMinJounial , to recover compensation in . damages , for ah'bel reflecting upon his character , which was published in the shape of a band-bill , and circulated about the town . Mi . Sergeant Wilkins , and Messrs . Hatherton and Prentice , appeared for the plaintiff , and Mr . Roebuck , M . P ., Mr . Keating , and Mr . Bagley , for the defendant . Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , in opening the case , said the announcement , that he appeared for Mr . Feargus I , ™ -, . ^ .- ^^™ ' ^™ ^ 1 'l ^ i . . ¦ - ' : "^__ . _ u / _ "

      O Connor , Member of Parliament for Nottingh » m , would be quite sufficient to satisfy the jury that it behoved a gentleman of his position to bo jealous of his reputation , and to take car * that he loit ne influence in society-which he ought to possess by the misrepresentations of malicious persons . Mr . O'Connor would fain have been spared the necessity of coming before them ; for it formed no part of his happiness to be engaged in litigation or in strife , and much as he felt himself called upon to combat many accepted notions in the political world , he would have been spared the necessity of vindicating ' , on the present occasion , -Ms character , unsullied as it seemed to him , and as he was suro would appear to them wbeu they had heard the facts of the case , from a libel which attributed to

      him some of the worst motives which could influence the conduct of any man—a libel which could bo actuated by no desiro to banefit the public , but which appeared to him ( Mr . Wilkins ) to he actuated by a wish to harass and annoy Mr . O'Connor . The man who exposed abuses wherever he found then ) , who encouraged good and condemned oppression and tyranny , was a benefactor to the public ; but there was a vast difference between him and the slanderer who wounds to give pain , and is the first , if he possibly can , to prevent the healing of the wound he makes . Now the libel which he would read would show that the writer of it was actuated by two of the meanest motives which could possibly characterise the conduct of any man ; in the first place , he appeared to have a love of pelf , his object being by the publication of the libel to increase the circulation of the newspaper of which he was the proprietor ; and in the next he wished to vent his spleen on Mr . O'Connor because he happened to

      entertain political notions different to his own , which , in the eyes of a small man , was a sufficient cause to give expression to his hatred . However they ( the jury ) might differ from Mr . O'Connor in Jiis political views , he was satisfied they would not allow any prejudice to enter their minds in respect of them , 'but would judge of the case with strict , impartial , and unbounded justice . He should simply content himself by proving the libel , and would leave the defendant to prove the plea of justification which he had put upon the record , and he trusted that the investigation would set Mr . O'Connor right with the world , and put an end to the slander , hatred , and abuse which parties had directed against him . If the other side should have the temerity to attempt to justify this slander , he should show that few men were more maligned and misrepresented than Mr . O'Connor , and he would then have no fear as to the result of their verdict . The libel was in the following terms : —

      " The subscribers of the National Land Company and the admirers of . Feargus O'Connor , "Esq ., M . P . for Nottingham , who lias weedled the people of England out of £ 100 , 000 , with which he has bought estates and conveyed them to his own use and benefit , and all who are desirous to witness the final overthrow of this great political impostor , should order the Nottingham Journal , in which his excessive honesty in connexion with the Land Plan has bec-n . and will continue to bt , fearlessly exposed . Ths Xoltingliam Journal is the largest newspaper allowed bj law , and is the best vehicle in this county or neighbourhood for advertisements , business inforinotion , and general nsn-s . Delivered everywhere early every Friday morning .

      Price" only 4 Jd ; per annnm , in advance , 18 s , ; credits . " Now if ever libel were rendered undignified by the mode in which it was put forward—if ever patriotism was wrapped up in dirty paper—here was a specimen . —( A laugh . ) It was nothing more than a libel to render Mr . 0 'Connorobnoxious to a great many people in the country , and to increase the sale of "tho largest paper allowed by law , price fourpence-halfpenny , " by accusing him of robbing a number of poor people of £ 100 , 000 , and applying it to his own use and benefit . The Learned Counsel concluded by challenging the defendant ' s Counsel to prove this charge if they dared .

      The necessary proof of the publication of the libel was then gone into . Mr . Roebuck then addressed the jury on the part of the defendant , and after a few preliminary observations , asked them to consider for what tho present case had been brought into a court of justice ? His Learned Friend had said that it . was to defend the character of a gentleman of high station , who at the present moment was so jealous of his honour , and possessed of such nice feeling , that he had occasion to come forward to vindicate himself and his character from an atrocious charge and a malignant venting of spleen , hatred , and malice ; and yet all he proved was the publication of the libel . This was a strange proceeding for a gentleman of such high honour , as he called himself ; but

      as to his high honour they were left entirely in tho dark . They had simply " Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., " on the one hand , and the imputation of " political impostor " on the other , and he took credit to himself , for a character so free from blame nad so unimpeachable , that he simply laid the libel before them , and said , " consider my harassed feeling , and reinstate me in that position which I have a right to hold . " Now he ( Mr . Roebuck ) did not mean to leave him in that position . The defendant in this case was not the real defendant , hut the injured persons who had been deprived of their money by Mr . O'Connor . " They said , and he would justify the charge , that he had wheedled a large number of poor mechanics out of their hard earnings upon false representations , and had painted pictures of happiness to their

      imaginations which he must have known to be false . The plaintiff must have been aware at the time that the small pittance which he obtained from their industry under feigned promises was the worst species of imposture that could be devised . He had not fulfilled one of his promises to those whose money he had wheedled to the extent of £ 100 , 000 , but had bought estates with the money , and converted them to his own use , He had been in the habit of addressing inflammatory tirades to tho people , and calling them his children . This nauseous and repulsive mode of proceeding had been given publicity to through the columns of the newspaper of which he was the proprietor . In those addresses he pro fessed himself to be in possession of a grand scheme for the amelioration of mankind , but it often

      happened that these schemes turned out instead for the personal benefit of tie persons who established them . The defendant in this action had charged the plantiff merely with buying estates for his own use and benefit with the money of other people , and this accusation he was prepared to prove . In one of the plaintiff's addresses when introducing this scheme , he said that he was ashamed of the condition of the people , and in order to remedy this state of things he proposed that by a small subscription from each member of his association , the subscribers should all become proprietors of land . A . certain quantity of this land was to bo allotted to each subscriber , on such terms as to enable him to become a small freeholder , and to live in contentment and happiness . In order , further , to

      induce the people to join his society he went to the manufacturing towns , where vast populations were employed for many hours during the day in labour , and who by reason of their ignorance of the country were most likely to be worked upon , and he told them that scene 3 of rural bliBS . and an actual paradise awaited them if they would enrol themselves members of the society . Tie described in glowing terms the beauties of the country , the tranquil homesteads , the lowing cattle , the slumbering pigs , the glorious harvest prospects , and other scenes of contentment and plenty , which were likely to make an impression on the minds of a population long accustomed to factory atmosphere . The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read extracts from several of the addresses of Mr . O'Connor

      published in t he Mrlhern Star . He had been enabled during the progress of his wheedling , from 1845 down to the present time to enrol 70 , 000 subscribers who were to pay £ 2 12 s . for every two acres of land , and in return they were to have a cottage , £ 15 in money , and capital to purchase tbe necessary stock . The 70 , 000 persons were to have their allotments in the course of five or six years ; but according to Mn O'Connor ' s own showing , it would have ta ken 300 years to effect that object . In fact , no one had been made a freeholder of land which had been purchased by the money of the subscribers but Mr . O ' Connor himself , who had caused every estate to be conveyed in his own name " . But of the whole number of persona who had been induced to invest their money in the scheme , only a very few had been put upon the land , and the only advantage they had rained was . that they had te- pay a larger rent

      than if they had hired it elsewhere . Six different estates had been purchased , the -whole of them by the proceeds of the subscribers' money . All the legal rights and control were vested m Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Sergeant Wilkins had stated , that the jury had nothing to do with the politics of Mr . O'Connor ; that this was a transaction between man and man , and that Mr . O'Connor appeared before the court as an honest and upright man . He ( Mr . Roebuck ) , however , charged him with dishonesty in making promises which he knew never could he fulfilled , and which / by his conduct he clearly showed never would be fulfilled . Mr . O'Connor was in the habit of addreBsmg the work-ing-people in the most extraordinary laiisuage . He called them ' < Fustian jackets ; " " with Mistered hands and unshorn chins , . * © i < j guards , " &c , and when addressing the printers and others wnnetfe ^ with the publication of news-

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      Pi » P « i the princi ples of which were adverse to hia own , he called them "dastardly ruffians , " cripples , ' and , other vile epithets . He would prove that the scheme was an illegal one , in point oi tact a mere lottery , which ought not to-have been registered . The plan of the Land Society having entirely failed , tenants to the number 6 f 227 had been served with notice of ejectment by Mr . O Connors solicitor , because they had become unable to pay the rent for . the last two years after they had been removed from their homes at a distant part of the country . In conclusion the learned gentleman expressed a hope that the result of thislnal would be triumphant to his client , and that . he exposure of the scheme consequent upon it would for tho future prevent anv niura

      money Doing , extracted from tho pockets of the class who had been termed " blistered hands and « fustian jackets , " and that proof won d be given to the world that this man wus what- the defendant had called him—an impostor who had wheedled poor and defenceless moH of their earning ^ . He would call witnesses before them whose evidence would establish the truth of all thr : illegations hc i , atl made ) am , jf the jury were satU neu ot tlieirtruttworthiness , they would , he was sure , fee l no hesitation in promptly returning their verdict in favour of the defendant . '

      several witnesses , some of whom ware tenants upon the estatt's purchased by Mr . O'Connor , were examined at some length in support oT the defendant s case , but the trial was not concluded when the Court rose , and it was adjourned until i'riaay morning .

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      mt MINSTER LOVEL . The following petition was presented to tho House of Commons by Mr . Henley , on Thursday , February 14 th ;—til It IGllr IIONOUIUKI . B THE COMMONS OF THE U . SITND Kingdom of Great Dkitain and Iiieland in Pahmament assbmblkd . The humble petition of the undersigned occupants upon an estate at Minster T . ovel , in the county of Oxford , alleged to have been purchased by Fenrgus O'Connor , Esq ., on behalf of the National Land Company , Sheweth , That your petitieners have become located upon small allotments of Laud of the said Company , under a guarantee liy the rules thereof , that such holdings should be conveyed to them ns freehold property , subject to a rent charge or specified rate of interest upon the capital expended thereon and remaining unpaid . That you ' petitioners have paid various sums of money on account of the purchase of the said estate .

      That your petitioners have , since their allocation , invested in the cultivation and improvements of their lioldinirs , various sums of money , the savings of their industry , together with the labour of themselves and families for nearly two years , That your petitioners , during their experience of two seasons , have , found that the advantages represented by the said Peargus O'Connor , the chief promoter of the said National Land Cempany , cannot be realised ; that they have been unable to obtain from their holdings a sufficiency of the commonest necessaries of life , and have also been utterly unable to pay the interest of the capital remaining unpaid , and due to the snid Company , liotwitlistiindinjr which , the said Feargua O'Connor requires your petitioners to pay rent to him . That your petitioners have expressed their willingness to pay all demands due to the said Company in the forms required by the rules thereof , as soon as . their adverse circumstances would permit , upon having a proper conveyance of their several allotments or holdings ; but the said Feargus O'Connor has demanded that rents should be immediately yuid to him , as landlord or individual owner cf the property , and has also threatened , through the medium of his solicitor , to force your petitioners to become his

      tenants , That jour petitioners , from the various estimates of the cost of their cottages previously given by the said Feargus O'Connor , nnd . also from the estimates given by practical I uildcrs , believe that the amount ef £ 150 , charged thereon l > y tke said Fearjus O'Connw , is full one-tkuu afcove the cust » r real value thereof . That your petition ? . ] s have been served with istiecs © f ejectnitat , aithe instigation of the said feargus 'Connor , he having used therein Hie names of the trustees of the mortgage ^ and also served suchnotices of ejectment without their knowledge or consent . That your petitioners are informed , ana believe , that the cof ts » ml expenses of defending the said ejectme » ts would amount to a very large sum of . money , and most probably involve your petitioners in ruin . That your petitioners have been informed , and believe , that a Committee of your Honourable House has investigated the affairs of the said National Land CoMpMiy , and have reported that the sameis illegal , and that , thwefore , jour petitioners are unable to obtain asj redress , except through the medium of your Honwurabl * House .

      Your petitioners , then forr , humbly pray jour Honourable House to be graciously pleased to investigate and adjust the affairs of tho said Company in such a manner as tv your Honourable House shall seem meet . Ani your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . John Gathard , Thomas Holland , Benjamin Jackson , John Chn-ke , Miles Ashworth , Charles AVilkins , John Smart , Henry Grimshaw , Thomas Kirk , Edmund Tibbie , George Johnson , William Smith , Alonso Dunford , John Jackson , Thomas Belstead , Ann Price , Susnnali Johnson , James Knight , Evan Henry Grimshatv , Aaron Kose , Eli Coolen , William Wiggins , Nathaniel Hornby . Elizabeth Goodwill , Charles E . Hill . James lienttie . William Bottrill , William Neale , Benjamin Clinpmnn , Tliomns Gilbert , John Morgan , Edward Toung . William Parish , John Horn . John Bradshaw , Charles Price , James Taprel Gimblett , Charles Arnold , William Squires , Iiavid Phipps .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE LATE METROPOLITAN CHARTIST CONFERENCE . Brotiiku DEJtocitATS , —It is with reluctance , that I again bvinif my own name in connexion with that of Mr . Clark , under the notice of the readers of the Star generally , and yourselves in particular . Constrained by a sense of duty and self-respect , to resijrn my office us a member of the Provisional Committee of the National Ch . ii'tei Association , I would have preferred to have followed tho example set by Mr . Kydd , who some days ago sent in his resignation to the committee , had not that body decided on its incompetency to receive the resignation of its members , when on a previous occasion Mr . Kydd tendered his resignation . I therefore publicly apprise you of the fact , that I am no longer an associate of , nor will I bo associated with " Thoniiis Clark , Provisional Secretary to the National Charter Association . "

      In the eyes of all men of common sense , and common feeling , the course I am now taking must find ample justification in the correspondence which has appeared in the Northern Star . If any think otherwise , surely they too will be satisfied with this procedure on my part , when informed that Mr . Clark has re-published tho letter which appeared from his pen in tho Star of February the 2 nd , in the shape of a pamphlet , from tho title page of which I extract tho following : —

      Also a Letter Condemnatoiiy of PRIVATE ASSASSINATION , AS JU 5 CO 5 IMENDHD 1 ) T MR . G-. J . HAKNBY . Ki Tiiojias Clakk , Provisional Secretary to the National Charter Association . Published by SamvaiBookham , , Ilign Holborn , London . Leaving the Lnnd members ( lam a paid up fouracre shareholder ) to bring Mr . Clark to took for transforming the National Land Company ' s servant into a publisher , and the National Land Company ' s office into a publishing shop for the dissemination of his assassin-like libels , —I appeal to you , as

      Chartists , whether you are satisfied with your " Provisional Secretary" doing his little best to make the National Charter Association a party to his infamous calumnies ? I ask whether in self-respect I could tiske any other course than that of resigning my post as a member qi . tho Committee ? Understand , I am no deserter from the Chartist movement . Two ! or three weeks ago I subscribed a contribution of One round to the funds of the new association . Public meetings called to advance Chartism I-shall—as far as I can find time—attend and take part in ; and any other aid in my power I shall be happy to give for tho promotion of the democratic cause .

      I have made this letter as brief as possible , wishing to avoid further comment in this journal , on Mr . Clark s proceedings . If need he , I can have recourse to another medium , through which to settle accounts with that gentleman . I am , Brother Democrats , Yours faithfully , Feb . 14 th , 1850 . G . JULIAN BARNEY .

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      DEPUTATION . TO , LORD JOHN RUSSELL ON THE PAPER DUTIES . ;

      On Tuesday a deputation of gentlemen , representing paper makers , publishers , and ; printers , in England and Scotland , had an . interview with Lord John Russell , in Bovimng-streut . Ataonsst those present were Mr . Charles Cowan , 5 J . P . ; Mr . T . li , Crompton , of Farnworth , Lancashire ; Mr . Baldwin , of Sherbourne Mill , Birmingham ; Mr . Thomas tVri gley , of Bury , Lancashire ; Mr . James Durham , and Mr . Honry Bruce , Ediuburgshiro ; Mr . Robert Chambers , of Edinburgh : Mr . Charles . Knight , and Mr . W . S . Orr , of London . The deputation was accompanied by Mr . Hume , U . P ., and by Mr . Scholefield and Mr . Blair , the members respectively for Birmingham and Bolton . Mr . Cowax introduced the deputation , and made a few general observations .

      Mr . Crompton said : My lord , I can assure you , with great sincerity , that . I have come hither with much reluctance . I have been impelled by what I feel to be tho necessity of the case . I have been upwards of forty years an extensive manufacturer of paper , and during all that period I have never known the branch of industry in question so unremunerative as it is now , I will endeavour , as concisely as I can , to explain to your lordship some of the more palpable causes and reasons for this state of things , and I will point out the gross inconsistencies which exist , and of which we are obliged to complain . 1 st . Is it reasonable that a raw material of a most worthless character— I mean the very refuse which is created from cotton and linen , in the

      process of manufacturing these substances into cloth—should bear tho impost of a duty of 600 per cent , upon its cost price , when made into paper , whilst the cotton , manufacturers have succeeded in removing a tax of only fire-sixths of one penny per lb . upon cotton imported into this country , the government having been satisfied that lhat very small proportion—certainly not more than fiye per cent , upon its value—was prejudicial to the interests of the country ? I ask again ; How can it be justified that the very refuse ot the same articles should be burdened with a tax of COO per cent , upon their value ? Now , my lord , I will endeavour to bring under your notice some of the numerous hardships to which paper manufacturers have been obliged to

      submit in consequence of the arbitrary and inconsistent operation of the excise . Hero are specimens of numerous articles brought into the market as substitutes for paper , and , in appearance , so identically the same with that article that even I , my lord , without marking them , could not distinguish between the real commodity and its imitation , and 1 will defy any other man to select the one from the other . ( Here the lion , gentleman produced a number of specimens of what appeared to be . paper of various qualities . ) Now , at the mere caprice of the officers of excise , the real or the fictitious production is pronounced to be paper . One hundred per cent , is accordingly levied upon the cost value of the one , while the

      other goes free , and it may be interesting to your lordship , and to the public at large , to know why . The bare assertion of the fact , indeed , would scarcely bo credible without the corroboration of detail . By a decision of the Board of Excise , in order , to constitute paper , the material must have been pulverised and worked in water . It occurred to a manufacturer to take advantage of this official definition . Ho erected premisesj and constructed machinery for the purpose of fabricating the very same material in a dry state . He succeeded , and challenged the TJoard of Excise to seize the goods , which , according to their authoritative description , could not he paper . A seizure was made ; but a

      compromise took place . The manufacturer was allowed to proceed for a given time , on the distinctunderstanding that , after its expiration , he should discontinue his process , or subject his product to the same duty with that paid upon the paper manufactured in the usual way . I believe it was discontinued accordingly ; but it was subsequently revived , and is at this moment curried on—the goods being sold under the name of fcifc , extensively substituted for paper , sind distinguishable from that manufacture by no perceptible difference except by being slightly . darker in colour . Of another extreme hardship I have personally experienced Mm severe pressure . About two years ago a general order was issued from the Board of Excise to the

      effect that paper to be made mto _ papxtr mache should be exempted from duty provided tho paper were manufactured on the premises on which the papier mache manufacture was carried on , but not otherwise . A ow , observe tho operation of this . I was under the necessity of either allowing the papier mache manufacturer to come to my premises , or of erecting paper-making machinery on his , or , finally , of allowing myself to lie superseded in his supply . Finding myself thus situated , I memorialised the Board of Excise , as well as the Lords Commissioners of the Privy Council for the Affairs of Trade , as did also my customer ( one of the most respectable and extensivo manufacturers of papier mache in the kingdom ;) but neither of us could succeed in obtaining permission for me to send our paper under permit , giving notice to the officer of Excise to that efiect so as to be allowed a

      drawback . This is but ono of a thousand of tho vexatious and unjust impositions inevitably resulting from the existence of tho duty , and tho consequent Excise regulations . As there are several other gentlemen desirous of addressing your lordship , I must conclude by observing that the immoral tendency of this tax is such that I fear it is encouraging the most'iniquitous practices , and rapidly breaking down the probity of the manufacturer in this trade . For we see daily in the market paper sold at-prices at which no honest trader can produce it , trammelled as lie is by this most oppressive and obnoxious Law .

      Mr . James Baldwin , from Birmingham , saidlord , I had the honour about a year and a half ago of addressing a letter to your lordship on these uujust excise laws , and the answer I got from your lordship was that you would take tho matter into your serious consideration . I now come with this deputation to offer a few additional reasons for thoir abolition . I perceive that your lordship ' s government is aware that the excise laws are becoming exceedingly obnoxious , for I observe you now call all the excise offices " inland revenue offices . ' This convinces me that your lordship is aware of the feeling of the country on this matter . Now , my lord , a few of the additional reasons are these , that I find that Birmingham , the town I come from ,

      according to its population , uses more paper in wrapping and re-wrapping its manufactured goods thtm almost any other in tho kingdom ; and to show hoiv this acts , before I left home I called on a few of the merchants and manufacturers , such , for instance , as Messrs . Scholefield , Messrs . Yamvart and Co ., Harrolds , Mr . W . Winfield , J . Palmer , and others . In one of these houses I found that nearly twenty tons of wrapping paper , paying £ 15 per ton , had been used in a year , the manufacturers of these goods having used thirty tons previously in making the same goods ; the merchant dealing with them used thirty tons additional for tho same goods ; so that , reckoning thirty per cent , put on in America , this paper duty alone made a difference of nearly £ 1 , 000 per annum in the dealings of one house . Under such circumstances , how was it possible the English merchant and manufacturer could compete with the foreign merchant and manufacturer who

      did not pay duty en the paper in which their goods were packed ? ( Mr . Baldwin here showed to his lordship some scraps of button boards , out of which blanks for the insides of Florentine buttons had boon cut , and in which there is a great waste made , though duty is paid on all . Thus , in tho case of tho very low-priced small buttons , the duty alone raises tho price of the buttons nearly ton per cent , is put . ) I ask your lordship how it is possible for us to competo with the foreigner . And then again I would ask your lordship to look at its effects on education . My lord , I do hope , as you cannot say now you cannot spnvo the money , that you will re . lieve tho country of lhis unjust and improper tax . Before I sit down , allow me just to say that , in exporting the commoner kind of paper , the trouble and expense' we arc put to in packing foi > exports amounts to from twelve to fifteen per cent ., while to send tho same paper to Australia the carriage does not amount to more than about five per cent .

      Mr . Durham adverted to the circumstance that the excise duties proved a bar to the applications of science in this branch of manufacture , and illustrated this by observing that beautiful papers of certain descriptions , such has papers hangings , ' &c , have bqen made in France from straw ( several samples of straw paper having been laid on the table by Mr . Cowan , ) and the wonder of course is , how such an article manufactured in France cannot be also done in England , where there is so much skill , enterprise , and capital . He said the excise duty must be held chargeable with this marvellous state of things . The French maker has no duty or excise regulations to interfere with his experiments ; the English maker has , and tho matter works thussuppose a maker determines to experiment on 50 tons of straw at 40 s . per ton , i , « ., £ 100 ; now the risk , in this case , of failure in producing a good article is to the extent of £ 100 , besides workmanship .

      Now , suppose a loss of 20 , 30 , or 40 per sent ; , as the case may be on an article sold in tho market held to bo inferior or imperfect ( as all experiments and discovcrios are of course very imperfect and uncertain at first , ) this is of course a loss ; but not to such an extent as to be serious , but such us might be comtemplated by any mamrfneturer in making experiments with the hope of ultimato benefit ; but , on the other hand , it is quite ^ miinifestthat if , in addition to thoprico of the raw material of the oO tons'there be also theduty of £ 15 per ton , or 750 on that quantity , the risk then is nolonger on iiou and oh workmanship , but on £ 8 o 0 and : workmanshPl in the case supposed-a very different- natter indeed : 'and- suoliaS' 4 niKht involve ruinous risk and io »/* Shl « i ^ ii «««^ ^ P 7 K £ j ! 2 prudent man attempting experiments OT following up discoveries ; . and , in faot , ono party who did erect a mill in England to make paper from straw ,

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      after sacrificing a large capital in- the attempt ; has ceased to work , and retired ; from the trade altogether ; and there is no likelihood of , any . other p arty making such . attempts whilst the enormous load of the excise duties exists . . :-Mr . , Chambers said , the pressure of tbe paper dufy upon the business of ' publishincr is chiefly felt in tho most'popular class of publications—those addressed to the great body of the people . On a newspaper of largo . circulation it is very heavy , 1 know a provincial journal which shows great enterprise , and upon it the paper duty is about £ 600 per annum , which would be a profit failing all other . On cheap literary journals , I can speak more definitely . There was one called a Miscellany of Tracts , which my brother and I published . It met a laree

      sale , mill , 1 believe , waa in tho way of doing some good amongst tho humbler classes . It returned , however , so slight a profit that wo gave it up while selling to the extent of 80 , 000 copies . On the whole amount of this work printed the duty was £ 6 , 220 . Now , this would have been a very ample profit in itself , though a mere shade upon eachconv . The amount of duty paid for our publications pitannum is , at { in average , close upon £ 3 , 000 , which must be considered as a great burden on what it is , to all intents and purposes , a branch of the educational means of the country . In a cheap publication , the value of paper may he set down at nearly one-fourth , of the selling price , and considerably above one-third of the price to the retailer . This is in the case of the publisher who acts with al ! po

      sible advantages in his favour , such as paying ready money for every article , and acting as his own printer and binder . From these data the severity of the burden on popular publications may be estimated . Were the p : iper duty removed , the existing publications might , in some cases , be reduced in price ; in others the public would derive a benefit from a superior paper being used , and a better literature presented . In all subsequent works the price would , of course , be struck at the lowered rate . I fully believe that , with paper at a reduced price , wo could bring out many new works of importaneo'to tho public which we could not now with any prudence attempt . Mr .- 0 . Kmioht would not detain his lordship by adding anything to the general argument which

      had been urged by Mr . Chambers , as to the discouragement of popular literature by the existence uf the duty on paper , lie would confine his observations to one point . The paper tax operated injuriously , against all literature , but more especially so in the case of cheap publications for which high-priced skill authorship was paid . Ho had hoen able to show that the duty , hud b « en a positive burden upon the Penny Oyclopadia to the extent of £ 10 , 500 . That work was . undertaken under the auspices of his lordship himself , amongst other eminent persons ; but the cost had been borne by Mr . Knight . It had never been remunerative ; for the cost was largely increased by the natural operation of the tax upon tho price of paper . This was an example of the peculiar burden of the tax upon the higher kind of literary labour ,- compelled to compete with low-priced authorship in the race

      of . ehoannoss . Mr . Knight believed that the groat ma ? 3 of publications were tending to cheapnessthe good as well as the bad . Ho believed that books for the few were fast going out of demand , and further , that tho many would ultimately pay the proper rewards of good writers as well , if not better , than under the present system of a limited demand ; But , with the paper duty , the profits of a publisher employing the best authors to produce cheap books were so curtailed by tho burden of the tax upon the largo amount of paper used for such boohs that the higher class of literature was deprived of its proper encouragen ent . The remarks of the deputation were followed up by a short but lucid and forcible address from Mr . llrciBj on the social , moral , and commercial quostion involved in the subject ; after which the gentlemen , who had been received with tho greatest courtesy by his lordship withdrew .

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      WORSHIP-STREET . —Extraordinary Application . —A gentleman , whose name did not transpire , but who described himself as a surgeon residing at Ixworth , in Suffolk , applied to Mr . Ilammill for his advice and assistance under tho following remarkable circumstances : —The applicant stated that about a month since he was a passenger in one ef the trains from Bury , upon the Eastern Counties Railway , accompanied by Captain Lloyd , a friend of his , when , upon reaching . Mark's Toy , the next station beyond Colchester , an elegantly dressed woman , who had an infant with her , entered the carriage with a totteiing step , and apparently in a state of extreme illness ond debility , and explained to them that she hud been previously travelling in a first-class carriage , where she was quite alone ,

      but that , feeling greatly indisposed , she bad been induced to clmnge ^ her place for one in another carriage , whero there were other passengers . He ( the applicant ) introduced himself to her as a surgeon , and tendered his professional services if she required them , but the lady decliucd his oiler on the ground that her illness was . solely attributable to her being unaccustomed to the fatigue of travelling , ; ind she appeared to have rallied considerably lyr tho time the train reached the Shoreditch terminus , when hc again offered his services , but she told him . thnt they were quite unnecessary , as her carriage and servant ought to be waiting for her outside , and requested liim to take charge of the child for a few minutes , while , she ascertained whether they hurl arrivnd . The l . idv then hastilv descended the

      steps loading from the platform , leaving with him and the captain her child and a small trunk , which tic at the iiine supposed contained her luggage , but after waiting for more than an hour , the lady did not again make her appearance ; and from that time to tho present he had neither seen nor heard anything of her . After making numerous inquiries in the hope of gaing some trace of her , but unayailingly , he conveyed the infant , which was a female child two months old , to the house of a private friend of his in town , and on taking off its clothes they discovered , attached to tho inside of the dress , a letter containing two £ 10 notes , and : convoyimj a brief intimation . that tho infant was the offspring of persons of the highest respectability , who would continue to contribute all that was requisite to

      ensure its comfort and proper maintenance , upon , being addressed by advertisement in the public papers to that effect , and that the little charge would be ultimately reclaimed by its »! irent 3 The infant had ever since remained under the care of the friends with whom hc had first placed it ; but lie had since received several letters upon the subject , one of which was from another private friend of his , who was most anxious to adopt the child , and in proof of his being actuated by anything but a mercenary feeling , hc was desirous that the-money which had been left on its account should be deposited in some savings lank for irs future benefit . This benevolent proposal , however , he was restrained from acceding to , in consequence of a second communication having reached him

      from some gentleman in Devonshire , who niade . 3 peremptory claim cf tlie child anil tho property attached to it , alleging that he was empowered IB do so by its mother , although he produced nothing satisfactory in authentication of his assumed authority , and threatened him , in the event of his refusal to accede to the demand , to adopt legal proceedings against him for its immediate restoration . Under these circumstances , ho was totally at a loss how to act , as his only object was to relieve himself of tho responsibility so singularly imposed upou him in a manner which would be ] Ointly conducive to his own safety and the interests of the infant , and he . was therefore induced to come to this cowl ; to obtain the opinion of tho magistrate as to the most advisable course to be pursued . Tho

      applicant described the contents of tho box which accompanied the infant as exclusively consistiHg al wearing apparel of a tasty and ex pensive description , and adapted for a female child , and having espressed his conviction that vhe infant ' s mother was a married woman , from the circumstance of noticing a wedding ring upon her finger , and that * portion of the clothing , though still in excellent condition , was slightly worn in various places , added , that he had been subject to great expense , trouble , and annoyance , from the unpleasant position in which ho had boon placed , and had been compelled to come up expressly to town , leaving his patients in the country wholly unattended to , that he might be put in the way of adopting some

      niCKsure by which this , to him harrassmg attsir , m . gai bo brought to a satisfactory conclusion .-Air Ilammill said , that it was certainly a very singular and unusual application , and he regretted exceedingly that ho could not render the gentleman any effectual assistance ; but ho would suggest that the best course for the app licant to purs ne wauW beJto place the infant in the hands of the € . ffieer . of . the parish in whose district it had been abandoned , and thev , he had no doubt , would take such . stem , as would release him from all further responsibility and very probably lead to the discovery of the person who had abandoned the child to the care « f 3 trangers in such an unnatural manner . — Tise applicant thanked the magistrate for his advice and quitted the court .

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      Austrian Impudence . —The Vienna paper , ± « e Lloyd , of the 3 rd inst ., asserts that an Austrian fleet is preparing to Kail for . Greece , to oppese the proeeedinsts of Sii William Parker and : tlie English squadron . Sleep . —The poet Young says— 'Sleep is great Katurefc second course—tho balm of hurt minds . ' Johnsua says—1 It is the parenthesis of human woe . ' Sleep beisg thuss | vprasiated by mankind , how desirous ought wt . to betha * all should tranquilly enjoy ' sweet repose . " ttes generaTo * - Btvuctlon to which is thought an unhealthy cHon of tw Hve ' r or ether viscera . A little attention to tao ' jouw diseaso , ' by having recourse to a mild aperient , "" e" ^* duces- ths most salutary effect , and" for such P ™ ** " ** Franipton'a I'M of Health » taud * proiQtaeat ia . p » w » opinion , 1 W "

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      A Sepebiktekdestof Police has . absconded from Wellington , Shropshire . His name is Baxter , and he was suddenly missed on the 23 rd ult , and his whereabouts has not yet been discovered , although hand-bills have been circulated throughout the kingdom with a view to his apprehension . It is reported that his defalcations are heary . A Wosdiifoi Cdbe of an Ebcptton m xnE Face et Hoixoway ' s Ob-tment . — The editor of the Goerssm Sin published in his paper lately a most extraordinary cure which he witnessed by the me of Holloway ' s Ointment , in the case of a child whose face was entirely covered with scabs , hut by his recommendation the parents of the child tried this invaluable remedy , anfl in the space of one week , to the astonishment of every one , the face " was perfectly , free ftnm any blotch or mart Tkis ointment is peculiarly adapted for the cure of burns , scalds , scurvy , and every variety of skin diseases ; also for old TOUflOS , scrofiik oncers , i » i breasts , ana sow legs ,

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      Tub Armt . —It is suggested that the reduction in thear my will take place in the following manner : — 20 th , 36 th , 42 nd , 44 th , 45 th , 56 th , C 7 th , 09 th , 76 th , 2 nd battalion Rifle : 13 rigade , to be reduced from 1 , 200 men to 1 , 000 men , and to be made into ' one battalion . The officers liable to be reduced will ' . be . continued on full pay until vacancies may occur in their respective regiments . The men to be discharged will be permitted , if they prefer it , to settle in the colonies . Tho Oth regiment is also to be reduced to ono battalion of 750 men . The 11 th , 58 th , and C 5 th regiments , now in N « w South Wales and New Zealand ( as it is not intended to send them on to India ) , will be reduced from 1 , 000 men to 750 _ ; and those to be discharged may become settlers , if they prefer it to returning home . The depots of all the single battalions abroad in tho colonies are to be reduced to the extent of about twenty men each . The above reduction to take place from the 1 st of April . —Gloie .

      The KonTiiEiix Whale asd Seal Fishery . — The vessels destined for this perilous trade from the port of Hull are how being fitted out . Tho smaller vessels—the sealers—are in an advanced state , and will probably bo rqady for sea in a Week or two . If the Government jhavo any intention of offering rewards to the crew of ^ he fishing-ships who may exert" themselves in the search for Sir J . Franklin and his party , the' sooner publicity is given to their inteiitions the better , as the communication of it to the brew s ; at this early period , might he productiveof the happiest results , in induoing- intelligent mca to foin the ships , and the commanders to provide-themselves with sciontifio instruments or bydrogsaphio- illustrations , in order to moreeffioientlygEOBocuiothosearoh , ~// uW 4 rfv «) ( i ' s ^ .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 16, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1561/page/5/