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      ^ S ^^ g ^ TN IRELAND . »« SSS ? flSw «* » 5 » t'r ¦«? ?* t ^ luc b ^^^ sed on M ** ^ k ??* b ^ x *? 4 * - fceedfr ^ fone indeed when compared with . this K ^^ SSjM" «*¦ . »¦ g ^ ter tatapce f ^ m ^^ ' « rfnwh i * situate alwali ; eighteonimiiei S * * ^ n It * a ? a taron .. ''• raster tihen Mir . i from 5 " rttfi dfcthertookit , and spent / a fortune Jfr *^! a nd lasting improvements , all bfwhich , in ** JUjation of the leases lave become the 00 of the landlord . It is ftot to be wondered P ° ? t e now and'tben Vcartf the shooting of ari at to at f , _ j here and there in that ; iuiihapny' and oddwj" conntry . ,.. ¦ : .. - : ' : •; = ' ., ; I S » new tenants Jfr . Stain , it is said , isas . not J ? a fecond -viat to fcs , Irish farm , nor is he j * 5 yt © doso . > . . .. - . ¦ ' V . ^ *> 1 HE HHTQS OF SHE FBEEJUS ' S JOCTXAL . i .. KoCfebellew , Julianstoiytt , Droghcda , .: > ,. v - Janntty 8 th , 1850 .: Sb . — Ton have proved yourself to be tie firm and ^ "L ^ niSHg Menf of tae -farming clssses , as-well sis SriMidvasd uetersinedfoe to landlord oppression ; and ^ adi rfornish-jott-witli a . few . fecte which you are at ??^ taaM man >^ T that suhs sour purpose , i The ' fennof SsnSSeMstown has-oeeR to the , occupation « f bit family for feree generations ,- Owing to the tmgene-, L . etndnct < df flie landlord and his sgrait , ! was obliged to tender the lsStd on the 14 th of JJtffespberlast . " . Tor tbe £ gt twdre . years I have Tbeen tenast from year to year , in

      ; # iseqnence'df my disinclination to take alease offourteSn .. sis—the longest term the tefflfidSd would give . ' , Tra 5 tog iTinabilitytocantinue paying fte rent I contracted far , T « ipBedtwoorthreetinie ^ > rithlathe lastsisyears f tff » n iS ^ erft , tatwas « fused « achiSrne . Ihadthenno -dffler alternative but to recover the * fi . l * e of my improvecccsits by rtnTjmBg'OJS theJand ; after which I served a ax moathr Tnnce uf surrender , at the « anesime , mating wnat 5 « onfS _ sa . tnhs , afeir-oSe r *' ' tbe . ferm , conditfomng for a JZ ^ Uaie ttiiat do yoaihuit wasUie reply ? Theldna , tSS -rrt&K to . the agenti -siys : — "I certainly :- * fllnot ^ rSr manent awapgspent witfa . Maricey , * rho , I

      ^^ fSSLeSidiately en ^ . aeafeg , hy a . ~? M- £ ^ . ? Mr 3 ) rain . -froniXorwicb , * &oU « i 5 jrmedine ^^ iSi- ^^ W ^ * to ; be ^ 1 n £ StSSS I ^ 'nuf eean mo * ^ SSfcP ^ - of the traenentttraceivecLHis ^ Sh ^ he dKt caKfor p ^ lic opin » on andthat ie % fonld noVconaesceiid to give an * esp fcma ^ n ,. . Woisot Jf ™ XiD that through a legal informality , he refuses to , JMA ^^ WJI ^ RSe ^ fc ymysninSaker . . . ; is imam

      The name <» f this generous ana kind laflniora w ; -BlnndeU , Esq ., Crosby Hall , Lancashire , altKrpettialahsen -Sc a ^ dhisjnst te £ Ubefal agettisSfcfeolas Elli s , lasnaiioe . * Clones , Connjj ilonaghaa , and ; HMd « icke-place , j '"" itarenoW a . jSessmg duty , to-pefibta , by recordm ? - aj rcntrastin the-conduct of myTpresent'fendlord , Edmand T ) oran . E # q agsittleman of eHlightened ^ and hononraWe iSci On thefeoBiect of landtedand tenant , his opinions : are mostBberalcnd just , advecating ' theTight to coaipen-i « ationforpeniiaiientiinproye « aeiits , wlitre a sufficient interest is notgwen by length of lease . To prove his sinwrit ? he hss ^ fcen me three Hres ^ aiRnhirty-one yiars , which is equivalent to 100 jeers . ; |

      The ProteeCenisfbubDle » nU soon burst . The farmers of ibis part tf-the conntry are quite-awake to the sordid ; and seffish = mOiives Which actuate-thsmovers of the- ' -eonsmracv , and'&eyara detennmed to ^ efeat the disa « ce * t jsune . " 'I'Stvefiie honour to bei dear sir , r * . : ¦ - ¦ ITonr Terj obedient serraat ,. .- . . Patkice 3 S _ nsiz .

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      A YISIT TO POTTERSTILLE . TVISCOSe ^ TERUITORT , UXITED : STATES . T 0 T 3 EE 2 DITOH' € ff THE-KOSETHERX STAR , Sib ,- ^ Ws now commence to give you a statement ofthefar "West . ; W £ -were both- workin » - © n the Plant-road till- " 23 tlu 5 foTember , when the frost set iif and Sis work being stopDed . vrre started-for the West on thsith of De : cinber ; iS 59 , sind aftec ^ oing throDgh-eoveral counties we arrived in the -ts&n of Fort-Winehagoon the Mth , when fortunatdy we fell in ^ wita Slr .-Scott , the leotsrer from ^ PaJsley , ; ¦ we -were b ^ ppy toineet him , bnfhis hopes -were all Wasted coEcerniniftks Potter ' siLand Scheme , bnt he wa&glad at meetieg us . \ . Wccll went < &sk > n to Twi g ^ ' s lsnd : together , which-was eight .-jniles from the first st < cre ,: and- * rhen we-opossed the ferry to the Indian land ^ we tve nt ' into the store as they called it . but itcame far . short-cf ^ hat ifr'was r «>

      -preseBtedta thtt 3 Jri&h publi ( y * ad weweragreatly disappointed at-ks = i * ppearance , i « 7 hen seeing-there ¦ was nothia £ in their- ^ tore except . flour and * little port , and that is . all those settled on the land Lad to livenpon . ^ Weniayiiere mentiKVthat : there are about sixteea-men ^ and boySjiand ; one « r « man eating theJjesfcfionrjKid pork , wfeore twagood men and a " boy oaald tio = rfll they had-to-do , and . seme of them get each ; -while " the p 6 dr-- * & 5 nibers- who are keeping up ^ theinlots do not knotr . of it , —so'imnch lie . more pitj . . Tajsre you an idasottheirAacdsthe land surpeyor ; fonhistance , pnt 3 us in rainU of Twister J—^ T— - ,- and such lifeer £ ne mea . " : The storekeeper tcld : « TZ 3 SLeir credit wac gone , . asd that the pork would be doas in a few . adsys ,- when . 'there A ? oa ! d be not ^ iwg- CHoapt the uare 3 flour , asrt&ere

      had been no essh ^ senfcifrom England far soroertsme ; Me wondered ^ jrhat " 'T « -igjr had deae . with ^ all the meney that had been ^ sect from Engisadj seeiag he ha £ purchaseii-no iancT / iiut let thenv ^^ e . members ) take up where tliey-, pleaj : e , ne having'no tight to the land morejiiau any other persoR ; Jn ! th % ^ j 3 ase ; qnd-even if it wso-onlsthat , but he has placed them in tba ' worst pbrtioneflKid , and the j £ a ! ikees < have picked cp and nss . datioiis . to all the best"land inrthe middlp of bis ebim . Saw we have diligently © Tesiigatod into' the tcase ^ ofiilaim , and isayeilearned , fliBti&ne had appEed : to . garernn ; ent heinight haye hadittrotected wfeenit-Gsae into the ^ itket , ; btt he has pot done so ^ andnavr it would t&e . a . \ g 6 oA deal of eoney to bsy-lip : ibe claims mai ! e .-aroynd himerecif he had tte ;» ower to do so , httt ^ we . all

      -think hers ho never iriljj ; a $ jfc 3 is off to Bagland , on ; pretencei ^ Df £ ef ting maneyrfpr a grist mill / . and ' -itiisi ithodght bj- a great mauy-tha ' t he never wiai-etprni ¦ with-theiioney ; and itaidjibe a great pi ^; i f fcej : » ets any . more into his' hands ,. considering fciearay jae-has aeied in not puiveUasiag land when heiame , out with tB 3 " money first . : Sienty of . godd land ; ^ conld have been had at government prices ^ if he had ; £ ooke& after } t ; if he had . deae so , the members ' iwocld have ran no" risk of iosiiigitteirland , 'butndw -they are in axsiitical posmoa ; . a » d ; if they ; have aot anaaey of thei-rfjwn to purelase itheir lots , when it -eojpes for > sate 4 their impro * epj « j ? J «; are lost also , We- $ aw a greai-many of them . with ^ mall families aearlyin a state of stir ration , = anfl -they did not knowihovr they ^? e to set through-tie wioter , and

      ¦ eete ;» 7 ery- sorry they had ever any-coinesibn with iti loiitshejr .-iverapawplaced , asdcdHld ' notbetter thamsel ^^ in the msaiitime ; and jusfciteKing ' what littie -four and po ? k were served oatfte them , as there was * 36 thmg els 3 to give theai ... * V ? e were informed that there was to be a puelic jpeeting . on Satm-daj , tie 17 th . tolcee whatjB-astoAe-done , for them ; agqs ^ many attended , —a great-flBtnj ; did not attends we " were tb ^ re ^ and heard all tfieir proeeeding ^ ibut ^ f all the njaetings ever eeiaveseen we give it : ih 8 'desree . "Shere \ seemed to" ^ e ' two parties , —the fatiy in the store , and connected ^ sith it , " as we « e * ed it , " ¦ were in great fawjnr * ; qf Twigg , and thos ^ ht he would return' hi the spisifig and make ersry < ce i % ht ; tiese-were the pariiies ieaping the beBegt , " if anytiiag was to " : be gotj

      others were for the righte of ths '^ odietjr , to : eee and ^ nake some an-ang ^ uents for tos ^ ' geoenil satisfac tion , and for the beoefit of all . ' "Shere was one man ^ connected with Poa « rsvill (« , cameihere'to Btatfe his gnerences , but Twigg * s party ' wbulendt allow -him foffmam inthe meetiag , and ordered him out ; we had as interview , with Mm afterwards ., and ; he ' . told as tft ? 4 himself , wife , and family had Ikied liiae days without food of any kind tat what hegsfcheredfrom a peighiouring farmer ' s field of wheat ajid-bolled it wirhffi ^ er ^ and that was alj they'had to . fSve' tpon during that , time , . which was hard enouga indeed , and he : sas ^ not- alone . Mr , Scott rose " aad" well lectured- TsrJgw-snd his party-for mislead ^ g the people in the old country , and ' blmself with theyest , in sending saejrfalse : reports resarding the landind

      store provisi-kw ; - while some of them ; ' who he pointed but , had ssrote such false ^ letters ; arid : had sever been on the land till after the" letters were sritten , and that he -now felt ashamed to loojfe metf injthe face whom he jrad been the indiiect'me ^ ns of bnnging mto such-a condition :- ' The Eijorekecper thea rose up and made a . poor defence for "himself ; he said Twigg Bad left htai in charge when he ' wen ' t awayiandhedefiedthe-ishble ^ pcietv tb ! toach ah article . as h ^ ewouldimp ' risboany , onewha ' attempted it . ' -: What will tho members tbink of such cpndifct as that ? John Bobinson , from the Paisleylrhhch backed np « r .. Scott in a way whfch was » credit to * he . branch lie belongs t 6 i bnt still to no ' purpose , as fe ^ ednearly-vrhere they began , ¦ furtheVthan they formed a committee of mquuT / iuneinhtimberv fincIudwg ^ MessrE . Scott and &bin 8 onT :. hut what

      is toe vse of it when all is consumed ? r-wefdar it is loo fate ? = We couia teH a great'deal-itor 6 if it verW re ^« ite : "Wcori ' sideredit . ou > duty to write imd let ybn " all-kno' * thfe trie " state of Potterswl } Klliat tJ ^^ arjad * g"firlhBnreelves ; -We would nbtwialr our greatest eflenjiesTto join the society in jts . present position . ' ; . Ifriaajr ^ onje * : wifihesoto come out to thfe country lefc ; th " em : do -se On " their- own apcoiinti . The ' -c lOTate-is- ^ eaM f ' i i&' ^^ e h ^ M m ^^ CM ^ i ^^ W ^^ P ^ 1 ' ^^' -haVBg . had a Ua ^^^ mnes ' o ^ j' / Mtr ^ condade , and in tbe meantime we ipurpose to keep Bp aebntsspobdence withBonle . ' oftbe . memhersyas w € rEhaIlbeansou ' s ' tb hear " the ' news , and jwe'WOl wnieiriretiOT *'"" "Theabbrejs ' a trne stateirieiA of WJafwe ; iaTe , 5 een : " ^^ -1 yt-a ^ su . * =, _ . „ ,. _ . . ' V fiilOni , ¦ TVm . Gmwiii ; ?

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      ; : wm ^ oci&njoss ' : ' ¦ ¦ ( nMi meeiiogatOiiie ^ e l * e ; leidin ^ lemiier > m ^ orators of this Assodation , on ¦ Wednesday evening week , at the Free-trade Hdl , was anfficientlynotable in ? more than one respect . i It ^ ^ twasi ' . rematkable to } the ; absence-of almost ; . every juWic'man ' of ihe sligh ^ st influence amongsV tiSr ot Extreme ' political ^ opinions . " ; TTie ; platftrm ; wa desertedl , by . even , the piore influential , knd . " actiy ^ memhers ot 'Uhcs i&gue " . and ofU » sucwBspt . here , ^' The Financial ; Reform AssociationV andiopthrtht principal speakers , and the principal auditors of the

      evening—the gentlemen dpon . the pfatform- ^ as will T ) e seen by tire list of names in the report'of the meeting , were strangers-in Manchester . ! - ' ¦>' -: '" ' : | ¦^ npthef . ic ' inqus ; feature in the proceeding 8 wai tiie awe sjdll manifest ' ea liy the several speakeirj-in thatoprrationVffhichniuticftlmencair . M ^ io the wind , the National ; Reform Association agj . talon avowed themselves » U-but-Ghattists ; one df tbemi-Mr ; iHenry Vincent-is known to . go the wfeoteiength of " the oix points ; " bnt morder , to cktchVas ^ fa ' ey vainly hbpeS , a fewliriiJg breeXftfrom ¦ otddle ^ clars opinions , thesp > ftew ; thronghout their teperimentaltripinlhe ; ftee % adeMa ^ time . to ' time . withthe ' greatest . Mrej ' aroijwerepar-¦ Ucularly assiduous , to sooth , tHev fears of , the . limio , by assuring them that . tuudec the ; particular extehsion of the * Hffi » ge of Mheir advocacy ; . rank and

      wealth , virtue aad moral wortbyw&nldihave as large ah influence with the constituenciies as at present . Well " ; alliefiteed smooth sailing ^ popular plaudits applied . to ; i ' ach" orator in tea the faviBunng gale , l ' . that ^ hsteLhiralWwardf ra . ' his argnmentrwhen ,-V : ' Just as the last otjthe squadron ; had reached port , an untoward squ ^ i arose , which did no small dam ^ e- to these ; crafts , in .- , the estimationjot the auiet onilooking bystanders . - Up rose Mr . WV Pr ** erts . in all the-dignities of the "P ^ p ^ s Attoritdy CsneralV to thank "¦ the " - orators for ti p ir speeches j and in doing so ftesald tbat ^' He-had never , > in the course of his ^ iife # h ' eaid Hidre taorcaghgoing "Chartist . 6 tntiments , : ' than _ had fallen' / . iroai those-who had addressed ^ e . meeting v -. Itwas . well forus that those gentlemen should come forward and proclaim theraseirea as theyhad -domes they alons were allo « ed to * So it . For « tt « rinS'

      sentitaeets not one whit " more seditions—afft fl ^ proach- ' inj ; the amount of-sedhion he had heard from that pfetform thatE ^ fet ^ = sBcres of Englssbinefc-were now m gaol "; And h « ad&d— «• Itw « s | ilain % om what they , heard that'night , that : there ^ was : nc ? 3 ifferenc ?' 1 > ctween the Chartists and the members ? of the ; Na > t = onal R-iora-Assoektion : there . might be a differ-: «; ce of name , but he did nqt care HwVart : - 'he Hi only spoken of a'B&nte . when there had been a parjj , asking the ^ Jhartists to ' give -t ^ t heir' mamei-an ^ [ that theyBever wouid ; do ; But , miprioeiplej " there ? was riot thssliehtefit difference between ihein , ' ! :

      We are oerlam / that ' no iwrs who will take ; the trouble to -read-the speeches-Gf ^ rr . i loshua . W alm ^ ley , Mr . < 6 . Thompson ( which , as an « ttack en the ; House oftConrmeos eapecialiyi we haw-never heari ?; surpassed /) NMr . Jfidwkrd MJEll . -aivd "Mr . . Henry ; yincentf "; can ^ al'to ' " arrive » at'the ¦ teas conclusions a 8 Mr . ikpberts ;* ffhb , from Iiis'peeiHar posittdB . ' ought to ^ kBjw ^ as well as : « : pst .-persons , what , isj and ; wfai ? iis nqt . UrhartisniV Sut , ' thocp' Mr . i Re ^ berts ? s ' ^> hseryatiosi 3 " , " fell , sike' ^ a . ifean'd-girehade araongftt those , whom , he •• called i ' . Use sentlsmenbehind * him , '" vneS .-one of itshe-speakers ¦ whom "hg . thanked veninrodzto deny - <• th&sofc Hapeachmen ' t , / with- « &ich thatvrote of thanks wa » so maladroitlv coupledi " Mr . 'Afkli avowa ! that ¦ he had imbibed audsSvocated all the' prisssiples ? iof Vthe People ' s Charter , ' befdre-tkEt Charter was framed or thouzk

      Mr- ^ ilkinson ^ the treasnrer df : the aBsociatioc : in a « ert ; of efficial , protest A said : j . t . 'W » qu te . teas that . 'iscny members :. ofvthe associatien : , were k : favour- * f Universal Suffrage , and it-was « squaUy' -tree ibat ' tfeere 'wereminy who-swere not .- i £ ut eacb ^ wac expects to coneKle- something of'his ¦ extreme views , fer the sak&of the cemmon-advtitage . 'Aisd he this continued-i . " Hie -wlihfd " tq " iave no ^ approvaldEthe . assocktion , on the ground . tbat it-wss goiqg for ihe .. princi £ les of * he . Charter , j &ecause : be .

      be ] ie * edsJbat to do ;« 3 wouldisdsprive it oLaH lts . usfeful p ess . "» The Gharffr bad . beeu straggledifor . . aJoBg ; . time , out bad . -not succeded ; and the ^ jtssociation' - were hoboing for the : Chartejy hut for toaetliiiffl perhaps-ac" good , and which-they believed could bemore casik obtained . It wouM damageabem ex- ; ceedingly in' the public , mind , which' they-were ansiausiojSJhciliate ' , if it . were thoughtifijatitbe . ^ bad conceded . this pricciple . andiifitwere ^ Jhoagbt : that they . had become , as -. sooe " : of . their iriends ! seemed to . think , Chartists " . ' .. ' '

      Ant ) , in ^ acknowledging ; MrJ ^ Robert ' s . wte . of thanksjiJIr- * Eeorge Thompson = hy no ¦ means ir ^ pu- ] diated the injfntation thEt he . was . e Chartist ^ buj o . ti thecontrjty , urged tfeat-. he . vsas no fledgujg sd-i yocaie ! a " the < . cause of the unreEr ^ & 2 uted n . » 5 » ea . r-: "He had . never held any ' tOtheropiaions tbaa he hadavoweithainightj ; helearnadifeern not \ itxim the Charter ; -but , before tbe < jChfirter ; was eanceived , be-readUhem in the £ ! bart « r-given b y bar Common Aiate «* o all his cbildreo , vfta in His sig ht were equal : '' - ¦ . ' ¦ - " '' . " .

      And , lestthisssoaldnot ha-. deeinefi snfficien % explicit , he jidded—* ' He was sot-ashamed to ; come there—bis . antecedents would « ear inspection ; and as he had said : bejofe he said again , no ( Chartist in this realm e » er , n » inJained , thredigh evil , and guod « sport , the : principles which those vCnartists now held , with gieater . integrity ; and with' gwater fear Jessness ,-thaH be . ^ A fe . ThompscBj' hadvdone . " Vie have here ., tb&a , an orgahked .. asaaciatitin , whsch , according to . its president , feM . aJrefeyy . lield | 188 " public meetings ^ for . agitating in ^ aribiB : parjs of 4 ie kingdom ^^ pnttire forward as . Its ! ostensible prir . esples a tenementiraJing ; Franchts ^ ' , J ^ dteaby Ballot , Triennial . -tParJiaflients , Equal Electoral fiistriefe , and No -Frt ^ erty Qu alification ; ;; for memb ^ s ; — but srhose - . chief advocates , i-. w&en iKQBaht to the tesf , are all .-eix-pomt Chartists ;! . 'It

      it w € ll ihat this test' ha * Uaei-appUed ; it reiaoKs the thin veil ; which . miglit ' othef « rise '_ . hwe t coa--cealed" -ftisai many bonesf ' ^ nd w ' eil raeaBing but 8 omewhat ; £ 3 sUgoing reformeur that , ultimate bbj ( $ cV to . w . rich-it farms no : part of 4 feeir own aspirations * jo- attaifl . - ; Universal- Saff « gemen , , asking ! for & \ Properly ^ a ^< Sca « ion'for' € lfector « i while they wbiiidl exemptthe -ekcted-frein' ^ H' sneh ' - responsibility ; ' ; advocates of ^ snual parliamentSj ' afft-ctiug to be saiisfied with , trieflnial ; 7 sucb areiQae bf « be : ano- malous and incoasistent .. positionsi ' . ' ^ n' ' which . -tbis association wobldfjace ' its m ' emoer 5 ; "' But " more remains-behind ^^ jeBd-those who , thtnks to Mr . Roberts /; haye-ljeea-. r / aTOuredr-with a jpeep behind the scene ? , " must . htb ) est with' i lar § e . amount of gullibility , if this . ^ dfies . not ; suffices to ^ sgust them «« b the farce : performing before tbevaudfen ' c e . ^ - Haacliester Guardian : ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ' '; ' ' ; . ... * ,

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      • „ ., MONDAY , F « b . 18 . ¦ ttOUSE OF iiQRDS ^ ne Duke of RichmojJd presented a petition froni ; Roch ( lale , ; against the relay system iri factories / and praying that the principle of tht . Ten Hours Act'shouldhe carried ^ ut ;' - ' - ¦• ' '' '' ' >' I , ] AcTS f -97 T ^^^ W ^??^ F W ^ ' ¦?• $ *' "ft " ¦ Onthe ^ motioaof Lbrd BBO ^ a second time .., ; ;> :- ) iiv ; : > .-: ; i , 1 ; ,: j ¦ , .. ;; - . v ¦ i-i -if Qba ' ngb : ¦ PROdKrisrdNs .-frDotLT ' s :. Brae . —Lord SriNLKY-moved For ; copies of correspondence between the chief ^ apstvate ^ pr Armagh " - arid the Executive G oyertinttn . t in June laid Jjily ; | 846 , ; and also , for' a varietysof . papers , relating to ' the coilision ' wh'ich ' . tdpls

      placein Gastleffellan , in JulyJast .:. Indoing so , bis lonlship observed i < that' he Bhould feel it . his duty- to bring uiatters " of importance under-their-lordships ' notice , as effecting . the due . administration of justice the , independence of the magistracy—^ and the pubiicconduct of persons in high office . ] WHile . reviewing the ' ' conduct of the ¦ Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , —which in this transaction he considered erroneous —he ' y ? a ' s r , eady : to ^ admit that the rioble ^ earl had been actuatedby . i ' desi ' reto j > crfpriiihis ,-dutyforVthe welfare of the . country . ^ He should also have to impugn the conduct of the Lord Clinnccllor of Ireland , in having permitted i his office to-oe ; degraded into : a purely ; ministerial ^ . office . ' ar ^' liavjiig . abandoned the ma ^ istrSc ' y , ' which ho was bound to , protect . . After expressing his disapprobation of party processions in

      Ireland , either on ¦ one Bide or . another—a . feeling which he knew Lord Roden shared-rand stating his belief that-the Orangemen were in the ! main' loya and religious peopte , he proceeded to describe ia detail the circumstances of the colliainn which occavred last year at . Deity ' s . Brae ; - He , Vsontended tSiat neither tbe justices nor . the : stipendiary magistrates had reason to befteve that the procession-was-iftcga ^ r or thought to betllepalby the government . ''Heiaftorwards referred . to . the , correspondence , betw ^ Ein ' the chief magistrate qf . Armagh and the . Irislij ^ Soyernment i . with . tbe y iew : Qf '' sho « in-gt 4 atit . was'calculate . d to-lead tht roagistrates tothccotrclusiotfi ^ iiat Orange precessions « wre " not " -illegal ? t : . fie ' comblffiried of the garbled nature (> f ' thei rep ^ , % iveri ' , b ' yw > Berwick of the evideiKetoten'befoi-etlieCpmmission of Inquiry ,

      arid pufek itothegov ^ wmont- 'whethe'V . Sn I 8 i 8 ,-they did not « jjoica in the deinoustrationJof the force and numheM ( tf the Orangemen ^ who were" then intrusted withies' by the "' comnvMid of "Sir E . ; , Blackney . ^ thr fepeCt to Mr ^ ijgRm . Be ' e'B .-tfieir' ^ £ pfj&Jhifacie case ; for ihtg removal ' -&om the commis ^ . sioB oPthe . peacei bdb MK-iF . 'BeferS'was mbBtanxiflus to pr «? enfcanycoUisidni ; hegayeHnformationto ! the inspirator ' of the poK ^ % y the ; lat * er hewa 3 re 4 aeswa to = befen- ' the gpO ^ nd fo r being-TKi ; the ; spot he was sEriradarily disnassed ^ rom-. the coflimissibn . ; . Mr . ; Berwick ' s : commissi ' oafwas more liable to fee strspiciowof illegality tfei ^ the proceEsion . arid stfrae'tif the fa * fe testified toJbyMSie witnesses were not , 'as L ? id Stacley contended , fairly represented by Mr . '&rwiekl ReferHBg tatbipresBnce ' orXbp £ ; K ( 5 aeh . at

      the ¦ Castlewellen petty sessions . when informations ' wereTifeferredvaiisin&out dfih ' eicdiligion , 'he . 'inain ; taineu that thou £ ? h : it- -might"have beea ; tiisereBt for Lerd Roden to'feayebeeffatseht , yet b 5 a -attfthKance . fc the ordinai ^ tl . ischa % e o ? liis duty formed fto vindication for h » s'ifemoval frcm the commission * cf the peice ; and . itiikewiseagpearedfrom ^ heey ^ 'dancein support of' ii ^ . informations , '' that . fiie ' . ma ^ trates exercised a socnd j udgaaen t in , refijising ; tlie" , irifo | -niaiions ..,. He . -ogEside . i ' eii' ^ e Lo rii phfeeH 6 f * ni . reland . had ^ adtedjuBcenitittttiowiHyin stimBiai'ily ' digaiissing magistrates , ? simply ,. at'HKe ^ ^ dictatien-, of the * . liordr "Lieu ' teriarit"Sf . 'Ireland ^ . Janet , th ' iS j . proceeding | had created a -feeling ^ attfwag' the ^ maSiKtra' 'tfeat their ppsUion wa ^ depend ^ nt < in th ' e ^ iSn ' ceV'oftne ' political cliief of tUe ^ a ' y ; : Had-irritated ; . Dythe' ^ istnijs ' al : of

      raa gistratwofirrep ' r 6 ahabl 9 , cuar «^ eria : «' q ^ body "; andUiad callM . fortli expiressions oMynipathy and , r / spec ^ nnfayp . uVof'Lpr ( i ^ R ^ being unconstitutibnalj ; ' thafe « ict ' was . arbitrary » ad u ^ jnst , IhcpiieluKch ; h ' e ^ Wt ^ d _ th ' Rthefi 8 tainedt ' ffom moy--ing a direct vote " p f c ^ su ^ e ;^^ this grcat ^ cbnstntutional qUe ' ( i ^ : shoftM be . kept apartfroap-Miy party ; cohflitt . ''" ' ¦ . , ' . '" ' ' .., ' . : ' 'Ea > l . QfXikAacND 0 N had ^ tFaTdlei'frora ilrcland , leavicg pubji p b ' tifeiness , nrach 'delayed by , ' , his absencej « : tof com ' pfimentto ' theiWloijdsnips'housci aud ' to an ' swer ; a ' formal ' chaUenfe ' , : 'to . 'decline which raighti-haiFe rendered hitn ; liable ioffijBOOiKtruction . But he prAiestG ( l-against converting this instance into a preceaent , or '; plBqng ^ the : niembeFs . « f the -exeGUtive at thej ? riercy . «< f every ^ 'leader ' of . the . qppb ' sition

      who'niight choose ; to questionffaisoffieiaLcoriduct . The pomtof vie ^' iin - ' wHichipartyiproeessions h&d been reprded , siuceil 345 was not that / they'were lipsp facto illegal . fenc only liable to become-so ' , as resulting so freqHently in ^^ breaches ' of the ' peaee ; cGdyerhmenls of whichilirdSStanley was ; a iienibenhadipiirsued a similar ^ cMirse-itfea ^ eH ^^ that wh ' ich hislordsliip / now ^ chMracterised '¦ tt ; arbitrary and ' . uh-, cbnstitutiojwl . 'For j ClJirendonrs'yobjecfc to put'downtalljparfy processions ! indiscfiniinatefy ,. oriti 6 ^' provide- ' for the , absence , pf ^ angerous weapons-arnong ' the j > ar 6 ies &&ipg , P , ah them . * J Fdi ! 6 wiiigll ! ord Starile ' y through tSSeyents < of July tWe ipth , . at 'Holly ' s Bra *; , the noble earl ' ishowed ; that ' many w&rnings' had jbean € iveh $ " the ' ¦ ebrisequf"iice £ , likely to ensue from a ' . nersistarioe in

      jhblding the ' processibri . orof taking the ' route whicli lifas ceverthetess '' adopted . " ¦' " That * such res ' tijts ; ul . tiicately appeared-. proTreil a charge of fecXtw against the magisterial'authorities who might have : prevent « d them , but , ' though present had omitted-to ante fere , iebheerning tfteiatroaities'that followed the ^ epulseof : the Ribbonparty Lord Clarendon read nnzch docun > en > tafy' evidence , ^ iravirig : that"kbey were £ ar more fla-. grant than had appearedjfrom Lord'Stenley ' s f light jrjg mention . ; i Sweh- althoug h' ^ processions we ? e noj iille ^ l' ttie . ' magistrates whe'held / aliibf nhUepro iiigs : so ' dangerriws iand ^ . plani £ d / had showa'themselves' unfit for the exorcise of fheir high functions / Bis ; lordship then ' vindica ! ie '( l . the . cendtict and character Vof ; Mr / Berwick 1 . \ TJiat ' gentleman ' was ' selected to'icarry on the inqu 5 ryhe :

      cause'ie was acute and # efc no partwan , and had jestifiea'the selectibnV " 7 The circumstances relafcetl in the . report of'Mr . Berwack- were acted upon witii gi-eatipzei ; ; aijd ' reluctabee . 'Iliey ^ ' had involred , ' tlie disaiissal ofa lioble lord ( Eodea ) who had been often usefiil ' as& magist " rate ;; and was esteemed as a friend . JAirpar « taal ; feelingsi ' and matives dfi ^ onvehfence wonld ' hayein : duced : him t 0 ab&tain from that step , , buttheyhad suecumbsd tothe'dietates of duty arid to , the'determiaation to' , assert -the impartiality of the ' law . " Thatitlie inquiry itself was not illegal and ' uncohstitatiQpaJ ; asLordStanley ; luidilisighatedit , tfie noble ^ earl DrcVed ^ ^ by ^ many precedents and ' arguments ';' Mr ; Berwick . was in- the commfeaon of . the peace ,-and had while 1 cqhclucting' the * investigation . simplyexercised thepbivers-conferred'on ' hiih' by'the very \ ' :. " 1 i ' . n ' ¦ ' 1 : I ' i '¦ ? . IT . " * 1 * > : li ' . i h «•¦ i ' . i . i .. ' rdsof tb ' statat 1 IhTrndiiation

      ' ' . wo' ' e ' e . '' of the abciiiacy ! hii-repprl . tord Clariendbn showed-that the report ' s relied , oh . ^^ by ^ lioH'Stanley were ; prepai ed for . prange riewipapers ,, and-fBisified in many . ; important : pafticn' ; , "" and-gave , ' aw indignant' ! denial " to'the ' accusatiphs . " ' hfoug ' lit ' against ' ^ Mvi' * ' Berwi- k'i "; character fbrprobity ' and impartiality in drawjng op'his bifa ' cial . documents ; . / 'While : Jrofessihg to disdain thetaslcpf reaiting : themisce | Janeoas libelle ^ w hj ) had attacked ijimI ' m ' every ^ ishape . since'therocenrren ^ eey j 2 te : noble . ijarl p ' rdceEded'y ^ remajk upoh'the fotmsl . charge au ' jiaiticated by ^ theSsigiiattire ' of a peer ; and aecusing him rpf haying , ' coiirted th ^ ( Orange ! , party , and ofFerfti ' g ; tRem aVm ' s ; during . ^ ' first appr j eliengfeifs , 6 !; ' reSeilioa ; -: 1 '' Early ; in 1848 , ; iie ' - ' oSsefvedi requeste " for arms itijeW s ntin'toihe goKcrnmeriit b v various loyal 1

      bq djesi- . snd' it . was- true-that . in . entertaining . ' tho ^ e Wquests ' no ' very / stringent ' inijvury was made into . tlio religidiis ^ iietsi . 'of the requisitionists . '• But there'W-f questsi were irefused . when ' - unite ^ j ; with , certain party ' propositions ; from ' nierabers ' of ' the ¦ Orange lodges , ] whoWere' the'lonly : pa ^ tic ^ that seemed ^; inclihen .. ia tu ' rh tfieit'lioyaltjjf t 6 acci / untl 'Lord Olareridpn then hiluded " to' the * i « Jflbrate d l /? aii ' or ' gift ' pf £ 60 ) 0 from ? CaVH | nf : KennVdfy fpr / iriflsjJ ; w ^ jiaye'bjeen . aStrleU f ' jiriva ' te ^ ransftctTon wth ' elpart ' of ^^^^^^^ MS ^^^ ^ i ^ ; the - fiub 3 ect sh : o utd ; f 5 n ^ H ?^ "T ^^^ ^ cuss ' wi } : ' - rThe AbBfefSn ^ nfoJrmed their lal-dship ' s dfficSaU ' y i that' Irelandv ' I ' sy < lnu ' sually free from

      ikectarjaii spirit and political hqstiiity . v ^ tia concmnea b ' ycailingbn . tliem , toalce ^ ' . th f irieaitirw forabo-1 ishirigpartV pfpce 6 ' siQnj& ;^ Mng ; lJefqre ^ ranCh ^ nSe -ligishipg ^^ ]« : / : > :. Lord Eoden thouMtflarhtrd b 6 en ; harshly treated byttiegqveVhmenlWl 9 , E ( Srd- ^^^^^ ^^^ fn t ' en aays , of the ; Dpir y ^ fae ' s (; afrai ^ he ; kd ^ ntten Vot 6 i : d .. CiarehSon ; expres ; sing bis Vrfi ^ ret . ' and , syhi-WtHy ^ aiid placing his ' commissfon btjte , disposalI of fie government ^ To thatletter he ' . receited'a ; friend ^ fe ' piv disclaiming kny . ijJek / of . his' / d ^ mto ) , andhe heard , npthJng , nioferfrom * . thc ' ,. Castle until ; , ' pn the 7 tli of iP ctbher / W . offic&l missiye arriyed announccingthat " he ' had beensummarily superseded i M a

      . . . . m ft Rgrate . iThr tfChare ?^ re Ws f ^ B ^ g { laying abetted-an , H'e gal prpwfifton , ? of onktting to , interfere tapreyeht bloodshed V ; and , of having sat as a . magis , tratein /; judgment , in . hfs ^ qwnjcas ? . j ^ liese ' chargeVthe ' . b . W lord Wept on to . rebut , . stoting , that lie ' hai already , received punishment , v / Jtbout a trial up ' onthe ' m . Ilis lordsliip theri , entered ia : i aanmute . . d . etajljof his . conduct auring . and . after ; thej . Qrangc : pr . oces 8 ion . ofJulxJ 2 ,: andbr 6 ught _ a charge of persepjitio ^ against ^ tliegpYerninent .. ¦ ; - . .. . :.-.:. ! ; .: ' . ¦ - . ) iThe ^ Ea rl oft ^ iSCHiiiEA thought ., the ; conduct til . iLotd Glarendon . arbitrarjrattdihconsistenk v- 1 : •; .. ' n . ; -. T'ira-WRVinriH Xsf hoiied'thVt hereafter '^ pnie i surer !

      i ^ 6 utia ; wonld be ' . iKoWii 'fo ' r the 'relianpe which'hen 'MBJeBfy ^ xpre ' ssealiritHeToy ^^ poeohK upbnthegocd Rens ^ bfth ^ pwpleof-heiandi ^ . Turhlng : to : the ieeal ¦ quesUoni"he said thM ' certain ? acts " arid " meetrngsi : miiht ' be'perfectlyJawful ;' but in the number , of those ' whi > ittended danger mlgWi lie / and that danger con' stilutejia'deBree ' of illegality iavolving ^ very serious reBpbnsibility fo' all who weretia'sistingi In process 8561 ) 5 ^^^ 686 at Dolly's « Braei collisions ' -were alway s' ^ itfinen tly '' prob ' aWe ^^^ AndJaff'a <; colH ^ on ; r « quired ^ theipre ^ ence of < b-tfttt partids , " it'Wimpos * ? ible . for J one-party Wdisksbiin' ill' tbegUilt of- the oataBtrb ph ^ vby . ^ thrdwiikf at / Jupon' i their oppo . entt . He gave it a ? his judgment that tae

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      processiiof the removalvsfvLordViRoden and the Mesart . Beera fro mthe imagutritoyilwtinnotmBeoa-Btitutional . The peace ' , oC ;> Irelandi was endangered by giving power toi . meh who wererzealons in ; wrong doingi > and ; snnctionediact »! ofdtheJmostjp > r » W ^ nature , while actuated ^ byntheipnrest motives .. In these party processions ihe / meraberg . took , up . their Bibles ahd . nth . eir S blunderbusses-, » hd ' went ; ito '¦> . a picnic . > If anything waa . left at bopie ; iji was ^ notthe weapons " . lie , concluded , ; that Ion . the iwhole ; perfect justice had been dono by the igovernment , 'ftnd Lord Clarendon ^ , ¦ ., ¦ . . ,., « , ; ,, ; ,:.- « : , ,.. ; j ¦¦ ,: / .. ;; V ; jS ;

      ^ Afcett . 'some observations , from' ; the ; Marquis . of CLAiiAiCAUhE , dwha : declared ) . that ? Lord Clarendon , had the entire approbation ^ . of ihei government , ( or the manner iq \ yhich ; he ; had . aacted ! in ' theCaffair brought ^ under the ; notice of the ; housej ; land . froiio IiOrdAbinger ,: who : stated , tbathe had not ; been : able . to coUectwhy Lord Rodeniwas diBmissed : from the commission'of the pcace . I - : u . iiii fc . iir . ' . cc ! .. ' , ¦ . ' ' '¦ . Lord Standby , replied , j ; Heuwas . satisfied . with the 'result * of ! the , debate ,- ah'di believed' that ittie country would share that satisfaction . > Hei : doubted the authoriry ; on which the truth ofhlsrversioh of tlie Dolly- ' 8 : Brae reportihad been -questioned , and re ^ tained-full confidence . in ibis : own . 'witnesses .: ; Ifia lordship concluded -by . declaliog-his : own : strenuous disapprobation of nil purty processionsyinndespeciallyQf the Orahge organisations and ; parades ' . T i . ; Tlro ) tnotion ; i'wliich ! 'wa 8 ' . for tbe : production : ; pf paVersjAvasthen agreedito . uandotheir'lordships ; a'djo « rned . atoneb ' cldck ;?^ > m ^; ?; I u ^ i h . 1 : - !

      •;< HOUSE OF . L-COMMONS ; -4 rBlV « iEOE ^~; Mr . O'Connor wished to asfc the Speaker whether , ; j as the hoii . and learned ' member- fbr . 'Sheffield had ^ brought certain charge < against his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) character in another place , there was any conrse open to him , by moving the adjournmentofi the house or otherwise , to replyto the accusation in the-hoas « 1-. ' . ' .- • .. ; .-1 i i ^ Thie SPBAKiiR ; knew of ; np-course' which : would enable- th ^ -hon : and ¦ learncd > gen » fcnian to bringithe niatterbeforethehouse ; -,: r-oh < :: ' , ¦ : ; : '!; ; ' ¦;; - ; , ¦ . ; | ''APFMR 8 ' . 0 P : iDENMAliK ; i— ' IJCfd pALMERSTON , fill reply ' . te a questions stated' that' the Danish ; goV « m

      ment fead consented to the reEcwal of- ihe . acroi ^ ce of'J « -y last , . upon -Wtainiconditions , ; no ; wv « nder onsiderati pn at Fraiiikfort » adiBerlinr and :. * hatj in the Meantime the armistice was ' virtually prolonged .. * jStisisess-of tbb- Ho * £ e' ; - -Afteridi 8 « i ; 5 sioHS . 'and divrsioris ; ' Jin ^ tiMicbiirse of which ¦ ' m « aibet 8 ;( Of ( all piHtieB'coinplaiiitJubittdly that thefcimefllwyed to pnva ' te ^ memb ^ rsifor' > inteodiicing' basiness ' -wa 8 ,. gra-• daally < but-steadily iabridgediby ; theii'gowrnnient , Eiord John S » 6 ^ sbl -sacceeded' in carrying ^ motion fthit ' on Thursday ,-: llbh April ,-liml ^ 'etveiY-. ! alternate ' "Thursday ffdsOwing . ttSie government 'busisiess ., shall havepresedence :: - "i ^ b ;' j - ,, '; :: ; Mo . !' . ! Uir- ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ! . /

      ¦ ArjsTiuamN ; ; Coconies o Bui : — : *? r . . HawK 9 8 moved the-second ^ reading of the Auat * Blian Colonies Bill . . V ^ .,,:. .:. y > . V . .. ^ : : „ ., ¦ .- . ¦ - ^» . - . - . ; : J '¦" : i .-Mr .. Scott . thought it the ^ uty . 'df ^ yeryMsfcateyto : give ; its 'dependencies < constitutions , like .- dts .. . owOt-j Our proposed Aastrulian comtitution , on the . otiier ! hana , gather . raembleditfce' 8 ingle ^ chambered '< t& . public in . ^ France .: i : Heuwas . altogether in favour : ; df giving thei'coloriy . the full ^ benefit . ' 6 ftp ' ppular .-reipre- ; sentetion . -secitred by * a doubleico ^ ordinate chaHvber . He moved the postponement 6 fth « bill until fordher j pap 6 T 6 'werepfoduced . ! i ! i > '(; - *; : ;?¦ - ¦ . - ¦' .: ¦ ,- ¦(¦ ' , n : ' ; '' . ! i Mr . 'LAflufecHERE belteed that tthe : proposed : < eort-: stitution wocld ; .. work " i t . wellTand / efficiently , : 'The ; colonis » s might formrianother , 'for , themselves ihere-i iftsr if 'thcy ^ ished . ^ to . e-xtena the ,. princjple of

      representation . ; ;<;> . , iviijsJi ? :. rr « ' .: "; . ' . \ f •¦ '; ;• : Mr . iRd ^ ocKjObje « t'ed- tha trtho .-. n » easiw e . 5 YOUld praoticilly . place .- the . * legislative administeation 'Of Australia . « li . : the hiKids-. offgovernment nominees '; ^ hey : ipugfet , to plant ^ liborill ' . inetitutions ; at- 'once iin ~ &e colony without forcing ; up . < &n it 9 inhabitants 'the ogoi . iy , ofi «! contest ; iirord . erito obtain , thcnS .. - ""• ' 1 Lord : ; J . i ll'jssELi ^ oharged * Jbhe , honi . mombqiVwiSi historical ihaccurivey . ¦ Tho . constitution-, prqposed foir ^' ew ^ SouthFaks iwasffcut : tlie ,. exten 8 ion : and populavkation of ttie one ; th ^ t liadiexisted ithoro'lor s 6 n > e > yQ « Ts . ;; It-was . not the . fact . that ; tho ,.: cplon » sts had -seriously , objected : to ; that constitutioni 'By the- present system thei crown . possessed jtho -. po-wer

      . pf inirxjducingana . ssembly-andj council as . elemerits ' In the . administration / of :-fahyircol 6 riy , » . andineeded not , 'if ftbey .-had . -soipleasedyrtto Jmyp . 'required the sanction . ' . cf . ;! paciiauient .-tPitbe'measure . ; - &i was the-systeni in tlieory . ; that < all our dependencies were to ; hrtve -a ; goveri » pr , /; a council ,: and , ;^ nl ; aseeniblyi eTen . « iiSjrlnfEngliindtherpwero .. ; th e' ^ u ; ee > i ,,, IiPl'ds , and'Commons . . rrBut in : « uchcomnHiniitie 8 , ; iit was ' mot eaey to ; . proyide a ? aecond chamber ; . that ; «| hdulll pofis&ss any , influenee . ¦ in > the ,. couatry- —pi :,, < on the other :. hand , > itymight .. ' , happen > that . ; .-tho ' -j -single dhamber : would ^ prove jmo ro / idGmocratic . tihiib the doulile .-one . i > . ¦ - ¦ . ' < ¦/•¦• ' ••¦ A-i ' i la : < h \ r > ,: i t ¦' ' '• '

      , A long discussicnenfiuedj in ; the ceuree . i&f wbieh an alnwst unanimous -opinion iin ; favouivpf > & double chamfber .-waB ; e < spres 6 ed i after , which the ^ hease "inconeiBtently-cari'iedrthe ^ eco . nd , reading ; without a diwieimi ,- and . conseq-uently tiro ; single chamber to which it jsopppsed . 'Viw r :-w ' . ;¦ : ;; ¦ ;> ,: ¦» : ¦;>' . ¦/ . - ; , ; i ^ r > :: T « E . DlSTRB 68 BD , iU « I 0 _ N AjDVAWCEfi ( InElAKb ) Bill was « iilgOi read a second time ^ after a few words from iCol . BiBTiioRp . tand Mr . P- ; - " Scbopej . follqw ; cd by'a ; brief explanation frOmLord $ : RvsssLts , ' /«;; ' ¦ j , ) , . T . he' house-then iwentiinto . ^ committeeiQnJhe Partt Pepjcbssion ( Ireland ) Bill , on ; w . hich ia' few verbal amendments wore made without any . diBcns-SJOni . ' ' ¦• ri : ¦¦ .. ¦ ' , . ! -i-r :..-.-. I ' - ' ' -I . --. ' - ..-.-- . . : ;¦ : ¦ .-. ¦ .. i ' * ;' l " .

      rLANDLORB ANje ^ TENANT ; ( IRELAND ) , BlVh .- $ \ V'YF . SpiiKKyiLLEintrodHeedr , his , bill . fo . r <; . proyidingi c ' 6 mpensation to (' tenants ,-for . improvements ,.-. anjd 'for amending the . law . of . landlprd . and tenant | in ; lr ; elarid The measure was . fpunded in ; a . great degree upon'a bill that , passed the lords ? committee in ( 184 S . | Some important clauses were ,-however ,, npw added . ' - 'One pfthese ; was designed . to / preventthej- . earrying ' . off of crops b y . ^ night . from ithe . ground .. - ^ Postponing any further , discussion ; until members ;^ had | read th ' 6 bill , whichhe . ¦ pl aced ] on the ., tablc , the . , hqh . . baronet . expressed his belief that , itwt ould . be i fpund . jas complete , and yet as , moderate a . s ; . itrwas ppssi p lo ; to niake . it ; , . ¦ ¦ :,-. i :-., U ' ' .. ;• . ¦ , ¦ b ^ t : .-. ;^ -j ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' > ¦ I ' : ; ' r - , Aftei ' , afew wpr . d 3 : from Lord : ; CASTLEBKAqij , Mi'i ' ; M . O CoNNELL , and Ooloncl Dusne , leave . was given and the bill hrpught iniandreadiai . firstUmp . ' ; ' * ; :: The Cpmjnittee pn Public . ! Libraries was aftei * - wards ; . nominated and-the house adjourned la . fe \ r ainutes . before midnight . ! . ;\ •• ¦ ¦ . ? . m w ; - i "'

      ; ;; - " '' ¦• " TUE ' SD AY ; February' 19 ; ' ; : ' ; I . ; ..-,-i ; ., HOUSE ; . QFiLOIipS . r-THEjRailways Abandon-MjEKT , I ? iLr , wn 8 ; read a second-time , ¦ and referred- 'to a select committee . ; «¦> : ¦ < V . -i ' V . ;?/ '¦¦¦' , > - ; .,-, ¦ ¦< . I .. ijTiieEaH pfvQ ^^ uJn trodHpe 4 a : b ^ l- for ] fadilittiting . the I transfer , spf land in ; Ireland , '' w ' h ' ich was read ^ , first ; time , % yi '; ., j ,.,-. ' . , ^ , •) . ¦ . ;•;•; , ¦ .. <;>¦[ ., \ ' - ' :: ' ' -. , -H « USE .- . OE GOMMONS . —AS number ,. of petii ; tionawereipreaentedftomi yariou ' S' agriculturfil di . S- trictsi priiyjng for ^^' restoration of protection ^ .. Qno , pf those ' petitions ' : h : i 3 . iarrived from ! Devonshire ' , " bearingniore tlian lS . OOO signatures .,. ; - f ; j ; , '¦ " ; " i TriB-I-N « OME ' TAxi-i-Mr . Vi Kenietc ! observed ' . that ,, under various clauses of tlieinconio tax , the amount levied upon ireal property was 'fixedoupbn an . ' avjer a ^ e of tho produce duiln ' gJthree : iyears ; L : N . ow , ' . the , las ' t valuationatidbeen made ! in il 848 , ! 8 incoiwhicn " , ' time '

      the ownereof real property— at all events of landed prpperfey—hid be ' en-sulyected ^ ito aigreat alteratipri in the Value of-that proporty . uii ( . He » r , ' ihear ; ' ) j . Now , ; ' what heHvished to a . sli : ; was ^ whether . ! it \ Was i ' therin ^ Mention" ofjitheiigovernment ' , ; , either ,: by < ..-legjs } Hjj ; iye measures-ior-otherwise ^ to give power itp . partiPs . ' sp , circunistahc ' edi ' ' to-iivail tuemBelvesofany . j'ediiction . of inoome which'might liayo hapnened > . to » the ^ n ^ -tp ' { i ^ Hottiom sel ves ' i of > . that ' ' byi i pay ing •; a : diminished aMmlri ^ lf ; income tax . ? iU ( Heart , !) . illo ^ also . iwisHed . to / Is ^ whether anything was ' toibe' doce . for tenants ; unde-V'Bchedule-B who . w ' ere . uhable ' ito ' . agct . a Ir ' ediic- ' t \ 6 n of income tn ' x altliough they ; lmd obtained ; ii re- ' : djictiori = ofjront ;! .: ( JIda ' ri' ) 'vj . ii , i r . j n \_ y : i ; j . . f .. 1 i'Lord J . iRussKEiii said that ' iit :. was , ^ hot vthe , inten ; . tion of hei' / Majesty-s governmenti-to 'propojs . e ^ arVy ' alteration in "the income ! tajc . > . Ofc ' Course ' g any ' relief to whichii parties'might . be entitled " under tho ' jict Would beaccordeditotliem ' iii ' i l : u \ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ a > A ¦ hui I J "

      , ¦'' -P 00 B LAw ' 'BuBBESSiUP 0 ! 4 iL'AND : T--5 ri' ! . iDlSniBI , } , '' incpursuanoe' of his notice , m ' pved 'for ^ accpn ^ mittee of the whole hou ! sef "<> t 6 consider such ajiroyision ' . ' 6 jr the poor laws -as might mitigate the : distress , of tKo agwcultui-al jnterest . Ho lamented the contmua $ j $ of agnciilfiuil ' dlst ^ ess , " " and ^ the diminution : 6 f tnfe farmers' meansjto jnaintain ^ the . an ^ opnt of iho ' eni-, ploymentthey / uadj . bestowgdjVpon , ^ muqhjp . ryrh ^ hjj ^ d ^/ or ^ i ' siom ^ ' timeipaB , t ; . Been | fa ' cti 7 ( ' fcio . u . ? i- . A ^ yertingio tli ' o | p , qdi ' jlajf 1 tho ' hqrf . '" ihembeji * ' , : a 4 iqi ( ted tJiaft J ^ p / manffge ^ ient '' o ^ - ' . t ^ i ^ - 'dbparltiii ^ n ^ ' hadjmewted , thegonfidenco ^ pf !{ he' coun'tVy ; , But iin ^ ' , ^ xampled . distre ' ss existed ah ' d ! mus'i ; be Efdmenov f ' re .- ' i ; n .. n , l r > U . ' if . _ i '/'» i . v "ri i ^ iis ' l-Jt'lv ^ . ki'i 'lie- . liUl

      no . usothig ^ djstrqssj was . ^ ttwbu ^ e . ^ . to .. recent legjslji : tiqni , and . ite renToyallchiefi ^ to . the . principles . that had- beejii' ^ bandpned . J jI ^ -j Wn ; . E |^ hftwc . ver ^ no . tiespedien ' t . tQ cdnye > : |' , tha ); h ' p use inlo ( 8 , ' mere ^ 'debating , so iei , e ty 1 _ j , aj ^ , ^ o , wo ^' d ;; , hpt ; tlfer « - fprepi-erfjpen a ^ Jicussiqiijjwllichj ; aa ^ ffie ! f lif-ision lists in both bi anches , pf the 1 l egi . slatur c .., had prpyed ,. could nbtJead > , tO ; nnjrpmedjaT ^ present pavlia \ nonti ,-, An ?^ ljern " aj ; ivg , ' , AQJy j lobmea ' ovenitlie cquntvy ^ - Jf pVpiectio ^ . wiis ijonied to . jt | jp . ciilti vators ; of . thoisoil ,: in . justice tlie ^ cbulji" aeinaria , that'thoin taxatioii : sho . u ldf : b ()\ ada , ptgcl t ^ h ^ irjalt ^ wil , circumstancog . yThoro werg , masses pfjtaxatuyi jjil ^ t fell almost exclusively , upQn tli ^ iigncifjtiujists * ; and uauairestrictions niyiv iiuu ? 1

      . -. maiiuIORiprtiJi . ^ " - ' * ^ Even in thoipresence ^ oraanajority ^ fiecpnomisiBj hc , did nnt ( despair , sof .-findingsa > . r . esponSQi tp , ; this jftpr , peal'fprijustioo .: ; , fflie Jion vmpmber , t |< en ( i'ev } ewp ( j , sincdotaiLthe ivarioU 8 Vcla ^ s . os « f :, t ' a , x ) lancLjates ^ o . n-, cerBingi ^ whichyihe . 'i hadiLre ^ olutiojW ; fei- ^ pofiR-i These -rates hftVarguediiiOyen . byv tboi ^ dniiBsipjj ^ pfj MrV Ilume . feltin great measure upoii « the . LocfiupwV ; arid tiller , of the land , i . He ; -mmm tJi $ par « m , qutit , importance , of < the ^ temtp »?) PRr ' . u / a ^ c ! fl » ? ' W valuoias-axi (^ torto fj wea ) . tnj » ndm ; e . serpr , ojf 9 r 1 der ,, . and appealed from the : ijndgm . ent ; pt ! vJh ( ftiA <>! ifei tOj that of tha : countr >;/ in ; , d . e > iiftko ^ tho dpgma tMt , land ., was : to belilumpod' . upi . w ^ U * . other ^ awjinattrjajs , < & ( labour .: r Yotioven aQceptfegitAM dogmi ; . hcj argued that-other raw ^ materia || , ( . wew , mpr ; e ,. fayburca . Jjy . tho legislature than the land ; . > The ^ margiaiof ' . fifi-

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      fit afforded by the remission he ; should , proposfe . would redeem , large district ? : from impending abflriidonmenti and . Bterility . c .-i The hon . / member then locturied , upon .. the Bubjoot . of rent , Vandjyindicate 1 Ihejai \ dlorlclas 8 : lrpni . tho jneer which stigmatiBe 1 it . iis limited , luxuiipua ,. and . useless . ;; It 8 numbers ; w , ere ' 25 P , 0 P 0 .: Of . thb 8 e . 20 , 000 . whqpcssesscd manprs ^ might ^ be icajled an . . ' aiastocracy ; jr , t / ie , re 8 t , eleveritweifth 8 ,, oi ( tho . wuble , ; were strict \ y _ ; domocvaUc . The ^ total- retital of .. England ,, was ; jiixty :-,-millions affpr . ding £ 240 on an average . to each propnetor—' a sum . tbat , gavo , littlo , room fop luxury . Beginning witL local taxation , he stated at twelvo millions the amovmtof the . secondary bi-anch-of ; the re . versipn ,. whiQh , ; . though . appropriated to general pu ? ppses , iW { ia levied in an > unjustprppovtipn from the ' ccntributed hundred

      soil .- < - Thes-ianditax : had one : millions to'the , national exchequer , as to tho inqi denoean . d Ajnountof the noorrato ^ since 1800 the land ; bad paid to that rate 581 millions against 159 millions raisedupon other . species ot . property . Tlje maintenance : of the poor , washbth a . matter of police and Of-. social duty . Either purpose . was one pt common ; interest , aud Jshould b , e . dofrftyed , by tho c 6 ntribuUon !< of . ; every . class .: That alargo proportionof thoyproperty should i escape . payin " its diie share ; : was . an : act , of flagrant injustice , i Iho argu ? ment that landiwaa bought or inherited , subject fo these . burdehs , ; had , often ; perplexed whenit had not convinced , bubit . was . not true , nor , as ^ mattev . of iprinciplci was it justi-LIf a tax was impolitic or unfair ,- the circumstance of . the inheritance was

      iiisignificantv ; -. Mightit . not happen- 'thatl together ¦ with it 8 ibm dens ,, tlie land enjoyed the protectibnjof hw ' s which : gave its produce an adventitious yalue ? The-bbjectipri that ani interference witbjlhese tiv ^ es wottld embarrass the system of local . idtniriistratiiin , was equally fallacious ; . The hon ;; -membei" tlien promised' ' series of measures" calculated to re- ; medy the iniustico he complained 6 ft ,: One of -tp is ¦ se riesrelatedto the pporvatet . sind : would be s « bmitted to the house if it would consent that night to go into committee . ¦ : He should , in tliat -case , propose iv large remission of the charges upsri the landifor -pauperism ,: Tho establishment cteges , amounting to ono miljion and a-half , iho should pfoposeto ; transferito the ' consplidate'dfuml . The ( aanie- cpur 8 e he shculd - suggest -for the accessory

      charges ,., sweh asthe . rftgistrabion expenses , the jury ponjuSi , sanitary i . refqrmSjaBd , ^^ ptheriraiMellan ^ ous assessnveiita now . raised by , the poor"iaw machinery frpm the "real p ' rbpdrty ' of blie kingdom . These rates ampuTriied . ifpr the pnited Kingdom to more than ^^ CltfjOOG per ' . annum , / A' third' ' . resolution , would ettibb , dy ) ft ; prop 6 sal for thetean ^ raii'&y eR ) ae . of the chaTgetformaintaming the Casual p ' ppp . '; 'All thesei changes jie '; shbiilp ! propose to commeiico frpm ' , th'p , 25 th'pf .: ri ' ext , . i % ch . They were funHentably , ^ jii ' st . ; , tbeir ''< 6 pst , came ¦ ivithm the limits ( ifVthei / much boasted « arplus ' in' the ; Treasury ;;! and their imti ' roductien wo&d . inaugurjrte' a . happy system dfijufitifje-tp' ithe ill-used [ agricultural ih ( jei ; ests . j He hppeif that'Ministers . ' would , hot . be deterred from iii : Rcti . of justice hti the fear : pf giving a ' triumph to

      their ; political adversaries ,.. Asserting . ; his beliM ; in theldesire . pf , th «| iouse ' , tP . do . justice , heconcliided ( amidst the loudest ¦ ppppsitionjeheers j a speech of n ' eayly twO : houra , byexKortingparliainentao . ; tp act jihai ' pur children might not despair' of the institu-; fibns of the country ^ .... ... ¦ : . ¦ '• , ' .,. ' . ' " . Tliqmptipn ' wis seconded liy ] . fj ' ol . Sininonp . ; , . pSiv ' .. O . ¦' GREY ' . Tejoicea . th ! it ; ' . . the ; mountains which had been prfl-phesied in so ' many . ' ^ cpunty meetings lVatl ; resiilte < l ah -so , kariiaiesa ;«' i , pvoi ) o 8 it | pnas that ^' of Mri ; pismeir . ; it . ' ; yijB 3 ' . g * ' 6 at ... kinfdriess . Jp ' . th 4 , fnr » mers to . renibyejtrpm ^ eir minds , the mischievous impijessipn * haf protecfcipn , cpuld ; b' 6 , restored .,.. . It , ' was , equally kind . tpyards the house . td save its time frpm . 'Wastiog ^ in ^ use ^ ss ^ ' . dlscussioiis , by admitting ihe hppelessness . of any ; , ro ? ersal of , its '

      recentjcdinmcrcial measures . Tho hoh . member had based his ( lemaiidsjDpori an ; assiimptipn ' of agricultural diair , es ' s . i ^ iH ; prpof 6 f' th ' ayassumptipn , 'he had alleged lhatsmoe the date , ef the last . poor-law return ' s , on t'he- ' pth '¦ of January lhs"i ,. a girdat increase'had taken place \\ & : the cost of .. pauperism . V . That allegation was !' alipgether ^ fallacipus . ' Distress , ' the j hipii . bafbrie % '' . woui ( i' not ' . deny t p ' exist i ^ but he . denied that itHad ^ increased . ' . Tho / returnS jpf crim ' oand pauperisriiwero ' the best . tests , and . both ^ con curred in : proving , thaV . dcstitutipn ^ had . diminished ! since 'J 848 . To establish this ^ point , S ! i ; jSi '; iSrey qyote ' d P 7 V documents 1 ; , coniprising' reports ^ frpm -the iesbst and Quarter ' v ' S ' essio'As . ; and i \ 'Pra | pbei' - law Authorities in Ireland ; . and ; Scotlarid . , In nasBin ' . bh . to the proposition of Mr . . Disraeli , " the

      lidii . baronet signalised ; the important bniissipn pf any'referthce to the ; iaw . ' . of settlement . This law as it' existed he ; ftdmit ' tQd ; tp bear heavily , against the landed ' interest ; and ; recoraniende ' d the ^ subject ' te the atfcentibn bf those who had constituted tK ( Bm ^ lyes ' the ' proUotprs ' ; ' of' ^ Tlie ' p ' rbpb ' snla thdt were m < ide were founded upon a r eonfusion ; bf all . ^ eseriptions : of rfeiil proiierty . with la ' ndedjicjterost . ' IDiffic ' ultieV hacTalivays stood in the ' yfy / of !' fairly rating pierspnal ' 'and ' tradihg properties ; '; Thcse ^ 'diffi ' culties Were ' sVili insiirmount ^ able . * But the ! burthens complained'bf were decreasing ;';; Since 1813 , th 6 aimourit raised for the poor and county i'ates had dimiiiished b ' y . nearJy ; ti million , ^ hi le thb ' pppulatipn ; upbri whbm it'Jwas' assessed had expended from ten to seventeen rnillibhs , " and !

      the value ' of . the real . property-. chargeable Had increased frp ' iti fifty tp nihety-ono ; rnilfibris . pf this the land borearated ; valiie of bniyforty-tliree milljoha / ' : The rest cphsis ' te'd of houses , railways , and iarlbii ' s' : other fdrms ' pf rekliscd ' prpperty . . Lan nevertheless nbt decreii ' sed' in absqlutje , but only in rerativc . Value , ah'd /' aa was "thus proved , had in no degree gone " put 'of cultivation . ' These figures disposed of the ? allegation of injustice to the land in tb " o ^ incidence ; * of local taxation ; . Sir ; ft . ' Gtey then commented upon Iff : ¦ ' Disraeli ' s several proposals . Iri 8 Md ofa . ' niiUion and ' a-lialf , ' theeatablishmcnt chaVges of Erifflandiwerb / 'iast : yeav ;;; £ 7 P 0 , 000 . -iAl this viai [ withdrawn " frpm local che ' ck ' sjVconsiderable " ' danger ' : of ' extravagance would 'be incurred ; Jfuch the ;; sarne rnight' bo said of the oiliei- ciiarges

      included m the prpppsitions . . But Pn this point the hon ; liarbriet , would not , ' on'tho instant , declare what' "thei governhient . might 'deterihihe when they crtmo to ; decide what ; was"to be . fione ' with- the ' surplus ¦' revenue !"; . ; Hd " denied ; lioweycr , 'that they differed materially in principle ^ froni other ! items of focal taxation . ' 'flip charge for th ' e ' relief of the casual ; popr , 'it was ; highly inexpedient'torempye from the local control ' which had , effected recently , a ' considerable economy in its , 'distribution ; i -Altogether , he characterised ' tho . piipppsitibiis as narrow , ah'd'immaturb . They ' would ' purchase , ' at a cost of much trouble and cpmplicatipii , arelief iio ' t ' exceed'ing threepence iri tlie pound bh'the ' aggregate rates . Eyen ' this m'bdicum , of benefit wouldbo / inphopolised b ' ytho'landbwh ' er . The ; hon . barohetcbncluded b

      y challenging 'Mr . ' Disraeli ; tp : r ' eveal a little more of the'threatphed series ^ -wtiose . flrst ' nieinber : had tnrhe'd feulf so inauspicipiisly ; and . asked what had bcccme ' pf-his' sinking''fund iihd the ad valorem duty . ;; . " - . ; ; ' "' ^' ' ° : :- '~\ : T " - ' -: .- / ^ ' Th ellbn , F . Vt / 6 ' itAUTzms preferred : an lappeal fp ^ ju stice ' 'to a ' su | t ; irr ^ b > -nit «; pauperis ' . ' Capital , s " tpck in trade , arid' funded properties did- riot pay tKeirifair prbpbrtion of'th ' p taxCsi" If theXegislatuve cpuld ^ npt . contrive an equi 6 able rating thejlanded interest cbulcl justly' require a ' . rneasure of compenr satibni ^ Thby asked no ; fjlvpur , i ; but a righf ;; { •; , .. ; ; " ^ Ir ^ . ; ¦ 'AiJ ' pERspN ., ( wh p : ¦ h ^ given '; notice cfjan amehamejit' upbh ^ Miv'Dismeli's m ' ptibn ) made a

      Ipng , speech , suppprted ; by a number 'of documents , to 'prbve ^ from the 'details' of / taxation , , th ' at > Mr . 'Disraeli ' s' statement as to the ^ burthens ' uppn land were ^ nfounded . ' ' '¦ '" ' ¦ '' iK '" ' ¦¦ :: - " - \ ~ - ' ¦ '¦;¦ - : - < \ ¦ ¦ •• j '¦ , , ; , " . , ' '" JSJrif JSbtme . r said' ^ h ' at' ft ' rmera wbrerioti in the h ' abit of talking 7 . trca . son ; but in ' these tithes : you ' must ' nb'tlbbkforanyrohiah ' tib'feelings ) for ji . sense of lpyalty new ^' waa clbsely-connected with ti sense ¦ of w ' cfl ; beingi 'in'tlio match' ' playing'betweqniAll ^ ng laml ' ahd Lancashire , ' wpuld take the side of All . 'England and . believed hp' should wini " , ; IIe '; st ' ood : by : His . ' cla ' ssr ' which / witsi ' therao ' st'inip ' ortanfc ihthe . cpunT tryi ^ 'If the agriculturnrpnrty boiled well' he-antir , ' cfpaite'a a ' reiurri'to protbetibh DefcriJ ' ' the close of the

      sessicn . . ... . ... a _ . / . ' , " ' i . ¦; ' '' ilirj'BibE deprecated ' any idea ; of a re ' t ' ur . njto . pro-i ieetioni ; b ' . ut ' if'the ^^ agriculturists had ¦ only asked to b ¥ ' r ( elipyod ; ft-pm Ibc ' al ' b ' urthens 'h ^ wbu'W' liayo , s ' up-^' grte'a tli ' q i mrtibh ^' lie'thpught much bf Ithe In' cbm-tax arid- the Exise duties 'very unjust , ' and that ' mucK ' jn ' rght be '; tftine tp . rpIieVe the / landed interest , bnt'ltPught tpbo ' ai ' ter ^ nquiry ; ' ¦ '' '' '" . ' ' i . , ; . | .- ; : ' , SiB ;; JphN ¦ TTnijL t ' iTa ^ Inst ^^ e ' tvkcr as lie-couldI be witli"himselfi but suppps ^ diie . ' wassp eaking wit ^ , tip'rt , n t ^ pbver . ';; T | ie ; agrjb ' ultur . a ^ interes ; ti ; coni' plained " of : rece'iying ' great * '' dc 8 fespect'" -frpm . fthe . First ^ Minister , /^ HefVeaf 'feeling , in reference to 'the ¦ orPsiiorifcv ' ftf'frebftftficifi •'¦ was iKn ' sn-n-iona . wo

      ; ; fel $ when' Ave ' jheard ' that ' : a tliief had b ' rblcon- intp tKb ^ lAraer . ' - aJia ' i ^ % d the till ! "" The ; hgriculf turists ; cprisidcrett ' iree-tyatfevas ^^ a 8 . ., rd [» rfled ' that' JKou s ^ any'ihp ' y / Tpoke ' di ;' , elae ? ' wheroi' ^ rM ^^ ilHers' wa ^^^ destrpybr , " put Mr . ; . CpWen . '; waS aV ;! ' divider pfthe '; sp ; pil , " arid ' ought to bo in offlce , ; ah' ^ h ' e ' tSir John ) begged to abk Lord , John . Buasoll whothbi it / fiad ' ueeii offered io him , Sir , ' Jphn . then . c ' pmplain jbiit ^ hoJt" . th ^ ^ pvesflion ^ pf / his ijounteniifi ' cp was a . rijldio . ; , ' ' ^ Vuer , Iieej ) iirg ; th p Wpuse ' in ; excee ( lihg : gpod , 1 num ' pui ., for ; some ,, 'tlirne ' , . Slr i iJoh ' n complained that ihOj-niiil ^ of' ^ y / ieiMorning '' . CUfomcU of'thpl ! iSoniirig' preceding ii uiat

      na uoi ^ yury , nu uccuvrea , ijio rnnwtiuiijsis i ^ d . 'iAl ^ ualifipa ^ i pns ' . ' , tor piita ' iriihg justice , " and ; . by . JIeavens thby would iise'them . « ¦" ,. ' . ' , ¦ . ¦ 1 .. -, , ; . igjCHoBHotsE ;!^ . some , , , tipie ago , been is c ' ppterit ¦ With ' a . fixed dut ^' as : thoy flpw wpuld bei-theylwoul&h ;^ pr , ptect | pn . at , iho ^ esent ' . time . ; , 'He ' . pppofjed' ; tw jni p ^^ on ' t ^' grpiui ^ that ^ t ^ iH Lord ^ OHH ^ MAHWRS ^ aiuppprted ,,, the n ^ ptWn , ana objected to % ; Q * om < M $ & sitatistips ,, pf | cr me , - . m'flistv ^^ wera leaefx tHrpUlpnt 1 . tflftPiffiTOI'lSJ }^ ; in ' thefecQnaHipnV ,: 9 e ; : de ^^^ again 8 fiHc . ou ? i 8 Ten ' cy in tWPgtP g ? . ' aumstaJment .

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      the justice , due to them , _ He . Bupported ., tho details ' of ' Mr ., BlsraeU > " plan , ^ speciaUy , urgm iniustice , of casing the rpjief i ^ . the . casual poori ~ bjr which he meant vagrantB , w , ho : wero cmefiy feam . laveetowhs-updn / tle poor rates .: He conolu&gd by Tipping that / the re ^ pliltjpns ^ ould ; be pa ^ ed $ Spuid \ . TBjute : ^ . wm&M co w ? ; 3 "S BniaHS . ; ebngratulatc (!; Mri ^ araeli on ;^ o improvement in p ' ractioability and . absence p . mystification shown in his propositions ,.. Tet "is ^ sitions were' ' untenable . ! . Distress was aite ^ a ; nevertheless many farms were ' . producing a proat . :

      and , th . b \ yalu >' pf . the , fbeof the land 'inno . instance became depreciated . ¦ Other ; property fluct uaied , mines , houses , and railway sharesi had suffered- ur . yer incautious legislation . ' Under pretext of 3 HXpg trpuble , r .-the , member , . .. . for- Bucliingliamshir 5 | fj'ttdently- decliaed to ask for the , poor law rd'ariis , which ; would' h ' ave .-,, told . , so , in ' ucb . > : against . ' -. "him . . Crime , , during years pf , high . prices , IarnerJta ! ily . J increased ,. involving a terrible responsibility upon > ny ¦ attempts toraise , the cost p f food ., If the propositions were , not expedient in themselves , tbe fcbli--tion of the corn duties formed no justificaUtiViot them . ' They would . occasiou a transference of two millions ayear from teal property to " those . ir . Iastrial employments ; iwl > i 6 W : w 6 V 6 , a . h Gady Lcsiyily

      taxed - " How could these proposals satisv ; - " the clamour which the . Pi-ptecticnists Had sp . / wfily excited during the recess ? , 'l ^ e settcalled labors ; friends did not attempt to remove the tK ^ taxes by taking off-the . duties on tea , tobacco , and malt . Noridid . . they speak . pno . word about ifity m-She game . laws ^ hppcar . willingtpsupp ;) - ole Sant . compensation'ilHtely , ' intro duced u ^ rihehpuse . ' The ^ tiue prosperity of : the ; cultivaipr rr . nd the landlord ; would spring from the expan :, | ^ -industry , the increase of population , the 1 jtfi ^ e ment k wages ,, and . the reduction of onci ^ an * pauperisni ^ resultsi that were . rapidly , followi . ^ as legitimate consequences cf , free trade . Tlg ; -on . member ,-in cpnclusipn . thus addressed the Ac- > ec tionist lanulerds :- " Ypu have riiled . m past , urnes in ' tho house with-. an . undisputed sway , u ^ ar , Hear Y You have been in ' the habit on the hustiiiga

      of teaching the people that you came hay * to ! promotb agricultural prosperity and to . inauii : v ; n a higti ' price for corn : 'V'J ^ C : " ° ? VM ft s e ' n ' 8 ihie ; men ; : i ; w 6 uId ; 6 ay ' to ; Tpn , '' . get-rid ;^' liiw hiibifas ' sppn as possible . ¦ ' ( Clieers and Iang . Vic-r . > : Weir would it befpr . ypu ifallthe rplumesi (; i iiansai-dfiir' theia 8 t ' tc'n years could b ' e burnt . ( Ironwat chetirs . from ; thb" Protebtionists . ) " For then - 'your children and grandchildren , could never -have : he bppei'tunity of reading the . sjeeches yoiv i : ave madairi ; this house . ( Cheers . ) I am cor ^ iiioed ' that the prppo ' sitipn of the hon . gentleman cor . ^ ins witHinit noelemerifc of benefit , improvemeat . or restitution / to tho , tenant \ farmer , of this CQtumy andthatbeinffn ) y' 6 piriipnI ;> vilibe'ho par : ; ? to a

      , proposition ; the bbjept of which is to tnusfer taxes ff ' pm real property and lay them on . the industry of th . b country . . ( ilear , ' hear . ) To . ; io so wpuld be' to reverse the policy , pf . the last ' so / ea years—a policy which , has . been , pursued witis advantage to the population , aiid which is tend ; ug to the permanent seeui'ity . of eyery valuable iiisfitiition , in tnekingdpmi ¦ ( Loudcuqers . ) ; . . ]^ r .. DRCMMbijb thpught it \ vpuld require ' powers ; bf-mystificatipn equal ' . to thpseof . the hpn . r . ' : srr : ber who'lastspokeand'the hon . gentleman who * y ; ada tlie motiph . put together to poi'su ' ade the lanriera thai they were not suffering deep distress . (" , H * . r , " and a laugh ;) He for . one could net be- fairly charged with haying raised a cry in the country for

      the purpos ' e of , obtaining a revival . of the ' . iuctisy of some years . past fpivlie had always . led the farmers to believe that we could xict after tbe peac- ? hipa permatiently tb ' maintain prices higher , than' those pf the continent . ' !' : But the farmers had felt'jlx-ply the injustice of having teen made instrument .- . , ia lifting a faction into power , on their "shouldors , und then being kicked down as useless . Farmevi and yepmen were plahvspoken men a , nd called things by their right names ,- and they palled such . ceiiti uc 6 treachery ^ and they aaid if . there were any state necessity for ro ' veraing the policy which both sifcs p £ thehpuse had declared over and over agaiu' ic ba essential te-the welfare pf , the . country , that- some prbvisicn 8 ought : tp have bceh ' mdde for fSeuling finesPirenewals

      with , mortgages ; :.. settlements' ;' , , " , and ' ptliw ' ttrrarigoments which had been mriii ::- on the , faith pf those declaratibns . ( Hear , heai ; , ; " I cant help , " said the hon .. menib ' cr , contrast ; : ; :- tha way in wliich thenianufabtunngand trading ii . ierests have been treated when ' they , have conie bofore you as supplicants , with ' the . treatment whihh tha agricultunsts have received ; and are receiving Were the . manufacturers ' giieered at ? , ( & : ?> c-rs . ) Were they' laughed at and ridiculed as the ^^ ugrioulturists . were for . not understanding agricultural chemistry . ! ' ? ( Hear , hear . ) Did . no t the honourable nieniibDi' for the West Riding teHus the oth ? r . alghfi that ; all . greatidisccverers ^ r , uined , _ themselves , but that afterwards anethor gerieratien arose - wk .-

      prpfited thereby ? So that- hi 3 argument was ti . is- * that the present raqe . of , favmers , should try ? :: peri-. nients , . fail , pas s into the .. workhouse , ani : 1 st a better lot succeed them .. ( Great cheering . ) : " " era the manufacturers ever tauri . ted in , . this houp vnth their-ignorance ? .. Yet is i . t not ' nbtprious tL .-. i . na English ; : manufactui ; ei ; over ; yet made one = ; : igla useful discovery in arts or' scieiice ^ ( Cheeri from the Protectionist benches . ) We have heard a good deal , cf .. the Schopl of . jNlancbester . ( Laii ^ b-er . ) What"has it ever produced ; . that was scieijt-iti'j or useful ? Has it any name in cliemistry to l ) C , i 3 : of 1 Can it pointto a Fourcroy ? : ^ Cheers andliu - ' r . ' rer . ) Can they , quote any Manchester aaanufactui sr who has written , upon anv scientific subject counted

      with . his trade ? Whyy sh'i . it is well knov . n ihafc they know , no more of , the chemical . agents ryci-sired fer their own print works than . the blocks : hey use . ( Great . laughter arid . oheers . ) Nay , ' jsiv , did we net take pity uppn their intense vulgai ; U > ~ ( a . laugh ) 77- when they confessed , that notbihg ; fcV : tha actual cheapness of theifwares : could find , thorn a market / and that there was net a perspn injlvirppa who wpuldnpt prefer the , mbre ^ artistic , ta ?' .. ; and the more . beautiful fabrics cf the French , or h ieed even , of the Chinese . manufaetui ^ er '—¦ ( loud : l ; nv ; htec drowningithe , remainder . of . the ,, 'sentericei ) fes , indeed it vra&so , ned ia mercy we gave you ii ichoot of design ; -but . so little , have you profited . by t " n , . bat in the last report of tliat school it is stated : tb : ; : you

      ,-drawjijust , ias-badly , as eyer . ; . ( Laughtefi ) Free trade .: had . promoted some manufactures , ; buf . ! cs « tioyed others . It had-annihilated the )' : \ r : ; : ing trade , cut , down half the value of timber ; and kirk , and reduced the , produce of all the , laud in Errand from' eignty-. shUlings : tP-: forty .- . shillings . ' an ^ ove . ThedeBtructionpf property-pn one siae-hvtd surpassed-, its increase on another , and the > - hela system was ¦ , one : of class ( legislation ., The proposals ' : of ; , the Free . Traders ' to . reme , d . - ihia were ridiculous .- . " When ; we ask you , '' ; Mr . Dnunmond . ' i'JiWhnt , is ; tof . be . done for the nral population ?!' -rryoU ; . reply . ' ! . Ob ; :, tako the bj off advertisements . " - And : why . ?;? Because . you v-anfi to . bo : puffed , in the : newspapers . ( Cheevs md

      great laughter . ) : Do you askthat the tax . sjioiiiJ be takea off beer ? . No . "Whenapoor . wet labourer—• , ( a laugh )—yes , ,, put pf the ^ SlOiWOi'lung days . About ' 250 are . wet through —( shouts of laughtei )—> ¦ . !; ¦ : a a pooi ^ wet ; labourer comes ; cold anQ ; tired ; - ...- i his home , instead of a glass of ale , you give him . ;• u-.: wspapei \ . ( Laughter . ) ,- ; Ob , ; ye 3 ,-, this , is-your \~ r-s for the poor . VVhen , tlie . lion , . member for-tiio V ' esfc Riding , was recpunting all that had been gaine-d byfree - trade , ¦ ho ; exclaimed— " See Iipw chejir . areserved , fruifcjis . " . ( A laugh !) Preserved fViutone cf the luxuries ; ef . what is , called ; " genteel rife . " In . other : w ^ rds the manufacturersjhave , gbi fiieir sugar , plum 3 ; 0 heap , ( Laughtorl ) I . hold tun I - ; v sry fpreign . trade employs , foreign labourers anu \ not 13

      ritish . i I say that ypnought to , havea . dutyj . on everything ; which opmes . frq / n a fpreign country ... ( Hoar , hear ,, and ' . 'Oh , oh , ' ?) ! TNotiO . n ) y ; that ,. but ' -ve iniend to , insist that we shall liave ; a right tp , uso our own , bar 2 qfy , as . we . please—that , the labourei- shall have , a right : to pluck , hishops-from the hedge , , ind use , them ( is : he , likes—and that ) the pcopleV Ireland ,: Lincoln 8 hire ,. and ; thoea 3 t ., of ; Y . orkshive shall iiavG . a right , to grow . tobacco , if . they please . Until this . bft . carried : out , not . a : moment ' 8 : peace , ; will you have . ( Great laughter . ) iYou think that ; you have settled free trade . ( Hear , hear . ) Why , ; thjs is only thefiretBkirmish of the battle : The struggle is to be . bet ween ; capital ajid Jabour—itia to be . ' between wealth and life , ( . Hear ,, hear . ) Ypu are . the

      aclvo-; catcs 1 ferimQney-an . d . capUali' « owW . ( 2 « i ' . cowtc ; but I say , and we say , that the labourer shall be , - .-llowed ; tp pxist . - ;( vGreat ! cheering ( frcm . ttho . 'lirPtestionistSj and ,., ironical . cheers . from the Ministerial benches . ) The ; Manchester schppl ; has madoa great ; . (| iicpvei t j ' As . ihonourablo . geiitlemenj . ai'e ; . possiblyvhpt well read inatSiipublicatie . up . ^ they' . may bo surprised to hear this passage from pne , ; of : them —; ' We . arc not fin . agriQuitural . cquntry . " - , ; ... Ai-eiwo ^ npt , indeed ? Here is ; aposer . ai ,-. tho . outsot > . ; . '; -. Jf ; the . p . i ; ospcrity of . England depended ( upon ; . its . agriculture the nai tion would be a mere . ' nothing . It is pur manufactures which giy ' eaus . ' oui ; ( wealth-bur power-and ] our populatibn . " : ' Observe , -wealth put first : — " Sipps 8 isa e ' ote —srnbnii ' quocuh ' que ' nibdo rem . " Anvthinff'fp r-mpney ; : ^ Did the -manufacturers

      recbmmend us to submit to a national horse-whipping ' rather'th ^ n ' thOTiBkpfn ' pli'selling-their wares ? Did ¦ thfeynptcpunsel us to allpw any town oh tho coast ifroniTiymbut'V eas ^ erwardly , f . o be burnti rather than ' go to' the expense-of'keeping ; up > ac fleet to guard them . ("_ Qh i oh , " cheersiioanducounter " cjieers . ' )" Iwill ' anpjortthpmotionof'iny honour * : able'fr ' iend ^ b ' ut it-is n'bthiiig ' to what-wc-onean to ( ba' ^/ r ! { iaugKteri ;^ . ; Wf- ' wUr : ha ' voitlw ;' -Bj : cise , to > rhich iTefeif ^ y'dono n w » y -with . ^ Your-ild cry of faith y » th the publid'creditor / has Idstmaeh of its oliarii ) . ' ( OhV ' onV 'laughteniand peatieonfusion i in , tbe mjdst of which the Speaker r ^ ieateiSy called meiabers ; to prdeW ) < 'Th ' e lie n . gentlemani ' continucd : "OKr'it'is 0 'f . no ' us e ;/ Bic , , wnin : you - aeeiihoi ft gentleineir with' white waist < iiM » ts ' aJia brillian ^ eyiBa , your ' a&ymptifig ' -to- * cp ^ ot'tfieniP : ( Gr % s ^ laughtCT . ) ^ W aa lwHrBMto . ' ^ cry ^ good / aitbJwM

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      - '¦ I > iS ? CBBiSCE 3 AUOKG IBE : WESI , EyAKS iX Bjf ISTCL . —A terrible disturbance ,-.-feiok plage , ; on . TuesdiV night , at the- Langton-gteet , Wesieyan . " ., Chap > J Bristol ; It would seem . that- theille ^ . ' . Jle ' ssrfii Pu »? and-GriSihsv-twoofr ; the espelled ; We ' sieyan " , ministers , ' . haying made preparations for . preafihing '; in that city ^ thfi-Bev ., the President of the . Cbnferpne ' e ; Mr . JackBon , invited the . members _ oif ; the Bristol South Circuit to . meet-him ; at tho . -LangtPn-street , Chapel , with a : view of hearing frpm ^ him kn " . jei ^ planation of the matters in dispute ; . and a vindjea- ^ tion of ihe conference policy . i The admission hKyibjr been ^ by- ticket of Biembersbip , the full particulars of what ' occurrediwjthinr . the . walls olthejsacre' edifice Jiave notixanepii-ed ^ but Jt is : iiown jiha ' t '

      thereiwasa ' very ! great disturbaffce , iin the ' c ' oiirc ' e of which ( as ' some contend prematurely ) the ] police ' of the Bedinihster division- were sent for .- ; -As soon flsthe-presiaentaridjomepf the ministers ascended the p latfprHi ; theyi . were assailed : ; with loud cKeS for the -admission of- Mr ; Dunni -Tlie : ; president atr , tempted to speak , but not a- ^ . word . could b'd ieanl ' from the incessant ' clamour . of the majority -of th ' e congregation , who'demanded the -admission ' o ' f Ithe , expelled-ministiBrsih-Otlier ministers , triedj fo ^ gt a . hearing , ? butvwith normore . succesa ,. . while Mr . Griffithsj' a : brother of . the eipe . Hed imlnister , wijp applied .. that : be-. might ; ' be iadmHte ' ditoVhearj' the chargesssgainst Limp were-ieard , with r . tcilfiiiable

      : Pcrtieace ; a ?« erejH ) nie otheripartiesi . whp , spoke , " on the other side . Ih- e : president . and . olhersa ( ilenyjh 'declared . thajneeting . disBolvedijand ^ eft the Jb ' uUding ^^ havmg . preyiQUslylgiven nptiqe ^ hat a ; nieeting oftheKprthLGircjutiaannounced- / or tJiefpllbwins « venin& ^ at ^ benewrj Ghapei ; : iould ; noi ! be at : tempte . o V i Ihaafiaw few cays ®! % , goo ' ddeai ; b ^ ex citementiamong . the i-eligiouajbodwa \¦ & $ » : & £ , andion 3 ' uesd » y ; night » r . Dunn preached , at Bridkc-i * treet >( Jndependent ) i ? and . 3 dr .. Gnnitlis-at iLbdiestreet ( Mdependent ); Chapel , hoth . of . iwhichplaces of ; worahip werecrammed to : the door s ^ , man y hun- ' dreds . beingturned ; away , j ^ 5 , " * , C . ' - ' i ; ' . " ¦ ;

      , ^ Thb' -Wohds <« fcer 8 eyi ? ' 'MinEey /? . ^ . wprsted , ^ are bbrrowed from' villages in the ^ south-east of ¦ England ;'; -- * ' Blanket" was the . « ame ofal Bristol tbarij ' . tb * first weaver of blankets : , ' -i ¦ >;' : ¦ - ^ - ] ¦ ..-. ; . ; ¦ . ¦; ^ TiiBs ' o ^ JOT * tt * 8 y ~? he \ Times ; gives "its tSxes" as -rattier inpre ^ han-Xl ^ OpOa-yearifor . the papW ^ J ^^ W . ^ ear'fifr the stemps , an ^ ! X 12 , 000 a-year for 'tfi& ; T ddfertiseHieritsi i i-tbtal , - | £ 95 j 00 O a-year . - - ' - ' ---

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 23, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1562/page/7/