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      PUBLIC 3 IEETDJG AT PAISLEY . A lull nppeared , on the loth of June , announcing a meeting to be held on the 17 th of June , in the Exchange Rooms , which was headed , " Charges against Mr . O'Connor ; " stating , also , that Messrs . Cochrane , Adams , and Harley were going to prefer them , &c . The bill was signed " James TOlson . " On the night of meeting , after the committee , &c ., had taken their seats , it was proposed that Mr . James Wilson take the chair , which , being seconded , . Mr . Asdrew Robertson moved as an amendment , —" That Mr . John Howie should preside , " and referred to his late conduct as chairman when Sir . O'Connor was in Paisley List , as being a guarantee for lair-play to all concerned /' . The amendment being seconded , was put to the vote , and carried by a considerable majority . Ihe Chaibsus read the bill calling the meeting .

      Mr . RoBEKtsox came foward and said : I rise to order , to pat it to the meeting if they consider it fair that those three , whose names are on the bill , should take up the whole time of the meeting , without affording an opportunity to reply to their statements ; and he proposed , — " That each speaker be allowed twenty minutes alternately , and thatother friends from Glasgow be allowed to speak , as well as Adams ^ &c , " The resolution was seconded , and , ou being put , was carried by a large majority . After the vote , it was contended pro . and con . for the bill arrangements , and the resolution . Amidst the confusion ,

      Mr . Pixkebiox came forward and said , there was a rale for peace , viz . — " As ye would that others should do unto you , do ye even so unto them . " He then observed , that any party could call a legal meeting . That was a legal meeting , and he contendedTor the right of the programme being spoken to before any other individual be heard to the contrary ; and asked where they had ever seen such a course adopted ? ( A person in the body of the hall shouted out , * ¦ ' Adams in Glasgow . ") Mr . Cochbaxe theacame forward and said , that Independent of the resolution he would not be committed to time , and that be would remain firm to the nuhlished order of the proceedings , in defiance

      of the motion to order . ( Shouts of " Cowardly , & 3 . " ) Mr . C . then proceeded to state , that it was with the greatest reluctance he caane forward to defend himself agaisst the « harge 3 gpeferred against Mm by Mr . O'Connor , and also to prefer charges against Mr . O'Connor ; but as Mr . O'Connor had often said , " he never seeks the feattle , nor shuns It when it comes , " - he referred to his letter of challenge to Mr- O'Connor , and his getting ho answer . ( The letter is published in the Glasgow Saturday Post , of 25 th May , 1 SI 8 , third edition . . ( Considerable interruption , and shotitsof " he came himself , &a" which led Mr . Cochrane to refer to Ms meeting him-on the platform , and contending that the meeting was not agreeable to the terms of las letter of challenge . ) Hethen proceeded to state , that when he left London all the people were in a

      state of enthusiasm about the 10 th of April proceedings , and that several districts continued to send their delegates to the Xational Assembly , till Mr , O'Connor ' s letter appeared in the Star , of the 22 nd April , 1 S 4 S , composing an Assembly of more than forty-nise delegates . lie ( Mr . Cochrane ) then declared that he had been elected by five thousand people belonging to Paisley , as delegate to the Assembly , and that they were nnasimons in sentiment against Mr . O'Connor ' s letter . He next spoke of Mr . O'Connor praising the Home-Secretary , in these words : — " Than whom a more tender-hearted man breathes not . " He then animadverted on Mr . O'Connor's opinion of human nature , and denounced the policy of praising such a znan ; and stated it was the expressed opinion of the Convention that it was wrong . Mr . € ochrane next adverted to Mr . O'Connor ' s

      statement , that the Convention had cost him £ 150 of expenses . He referred to his being on the Finance Committee , and his being willing to pay Ills share of the sum if it was true . Then he went into a statement to show that they were only £ iQ in debt instead of £ 150 , and that it was taken out of the funds raised to defend Mr . O'Connor ' s right to sit in Parliament . He nest adverted to the printer having consulted his solicitor , with a view -to compelling the payment of £ 40 , due to him for printing , when it was agreed that each place that had sent a delegate to the Convention should raise £ 2 , and that £ 2 had been forwarded by him from Paisley . [ The statement referred to above is as follows : —" Did you hear the d— fools , how they

      cheered me . J Here he commented on Mr . O'Connor ' s treachery in making public the sentiments of a private conversation . ( Cries of "hear ; ""his time is op , " &c , which again created a little confusion . ) Mr . Cochrane , on order being restored , began to descant on the anxiety of the Convention to form a union with the Irish , and stated , that a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Eydd and Leach , -was sent over , and cordially received by them , but that Mr . O'Connor ' s attack on Mr . Duffy ' s letter stood as a barrier In the way ; but few words to suit a purpose were used . ( Cries of " read , read . " ) Mr . Cochrane attempted to speak again , and sait they ought to have hailed them . ( Cries of" read . " ) The sentence was then read , which seemed , from

      the applause that followed , to give general satisfaction . ) He , ( Mr . Cochrane , ) went on to speak of the two reasons assigned by Mr . O'Connor for desiring the delay of the National Assembly : —1 st . Its illegality . 2 nd . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) wanted to Bee what would be the effect of the new infusion of members from amongst the middle and shopkeeping classes , before the holding of the Assembly —discoursed on Mr- O'Connor ' s ignorance on these two points—referred to the Scottish Convention in Glasgow—the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Convention a few weeks tinee , and the Anti-Corn-Iaw League . He then referred to the strong language employed by Ernest Jones and others , when moving the petition for the liberation and

      restoration of Frost , 'Williams , and Jones , as an evidence that the government was not going to interfere—repudiated the idea of waiting to see if the middle classes were likely to join , and closed ; on this pof&i , by sneeringly asking , what was the use of dissolving one Convention of forty-nine delegates merely to elect another Convention of fortynine delegates ? ( laughter , cheers , and hisses . ) He next referred to the numerous letters coming to the Assembly , some praising , and others condemning theeondact of Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Cochrane nest alluded to tbe fact , that they had sent to see if Mr . O'Connor was still of the same mind . The answer retaraed was , that he was determined to stand by his former declaration . - The result of

      the . difference between the sixty delegates who came ultimately to the Assembly , and the one hundred that were elected and expected , was attr ibuted to Mr . O'Connor ' s letter . There was a letter read expressive of the mind of the delegates who did attend the Assembly , that i&ey would not listen to any repudiation of Mr . O Connor , but he ( Mr . Cochrane ) declared that there were individuals there who were prepared to speak against him . He ( Mr . Cochlane ) said nothing against him , but look at the charges he has brought against me as forming one of the Assembly , viz : —That we were the means of transporting Cuffay , Dowling , Lacey , Fay , and Ritchie . He contended that the language used in

      the Assembly was milder than that used in the Convention . Look at the strong language of Mr . O'Connor , Frost , "Williams , and Jones at the foot of the scaffold . [ At this stage of the business tie gas went ont , and there were nettling but two candles on the platform , which created a little confusion , but the people , anxious tbat he should proceed , shouted out , "Goon in the dark . " ] He next referred toP . M'Grath's proposition forraiaing * 5 , 000 , to be nnd « the direction of a committee , and ths ultimate conclusion was come to , to raise £ 10 , 000 , to be under the direction and disposal of twenty commissioners . Mr . Cochrane said ,

      Feargus said we wanted to plunder tie people , but I wish I had him here . He then referred . to the subject of cowardice , and said , if any one was a coward , Feargta O'Connor was the man . He then went into the subject of England getting quit of Mr . O'Connor . ( Shouts of" Sit down , sir , " "Pat . BrewEter , " &c ., &c . ) Oh , Bays Cochrane , Mr . Brewster scorned the very idea of meeting him . "We are blamed for having spent three weeks abusing Mr . O'Connor , and being a meeting of con-Epiritors ; when the fact is , that we only sat a fortnight altogether . He then referred to the sale of the Star , at the rate of 13 , 000 , and that Mr . O'Con-Bex was well paid by the people , by BuchapwchaBe .

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      resumed a little criticism on the letters of the 22 nd of April arid theSth of May . At the close Mr . Cochrane wound op by appealing to every unprejudiced mind to say that Mr . O'Connor was not a fit person to be a leader of the democracy of this country . He then adverted to the . getting of Feargus out of the ' way , &c . ¦ The gas was lighted by the time that Andbrw Haklbt commenced ; he said he was coming to the point at once . ( Great confusion and expressions of dissatisfaction . ) The duty assigned to him was to make a statement of facts , and any one was at liberty to contradict them who thought proper . He proceeded to state , that after he went to London it was stated to him that Mr . O'Coanor was the only . »* ... •»* mJ : * ITAIIa «¦!(!«»'«* mm . i . 1 .-: I . ii it at . rw * . J

      one to blame for making the statement in the House of Commons relative to the petition ; tbat he was Bupposed to be a friend of Mr . O' Connor ' s before be left Ghsgow for London as a delegate , and referred to the meeting in the Democratic Hall as evidence of this fact . He stated that when he was in London he was determined to get positive proof as to Mr . O'Connor ' s eoaduct ; the first opportunity occurred in the statement made by Cuffay , in the presence of Mr . M'Crae ( Dundee ) , Mr . Peacock ( Greenock ) , and Mr . Grassby , and ths three-gentlemen " whose names are signed to the pamphlet of- charges against Mr . O'Connor . He showed tbat Cuffay was a most trustworthy person , from the character Mr . O'Connor gave him , and that Grassby was the

      same , from the confidence put in him by the various trades , and insisted that nothing should be taken on his word , but that they should depend on the revo iations of Mr . Grassby , concerning a private conversation about the petition , as to the manufacturing names , &c , embracing the whole letter of Grassby to Harley on the subject . He ( Mr . Barley ) then went on to state , that previous to Mr . O ' Connor ' s coming to Glasgow the last time he wrote tofMr . Shirron , of Aberdeen , and got back an answer containing something more than was revealed by Mr . Grassby , viz ., the condemnation of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter of the 22 nd April , by the unanimous vote of the Assembly . He then adverted to some of the points in tbe letters—both Mr . O'Connor's and Shirron's—sueh as "Tom fool O'Connor spoiled

      the petition ; vConnors stamping his foot and swearing about the petition ; " and that Cuffay had one advantage over O'Connor—viz ., " that of being an honest man . " Hethen alluded to a resolution , to the following effect— " That we are of opinion that Mr . O'Connor ' s conduct is calculated to inform the government of our weakness &c , and also to the statement about Gavan Duffy ; to the expenses ; and showed that all that was granted for private purposes was £ 2 . " He then repeated the words at the close of Shirron ' s letter , about being disgusted when told " tbat it was nothing new to O Connor to be charged with . so many lies and inconsistencies . " He then went on to speak of the reporters being excluded , &c , and wound up this part by stating that in his estimation it was a

      pity that a fair opportunity had not been granted tor hearing the letters of Shirron , &c ., read . He ( Mr . Harley ) then spoke of the Eennington Common meeting , and Mr . O'Connor ' s determination to march forward ' till stopped , &c . Mr . O'Connor ' s declaration In the house about stopping the procession , &c . Mr . Barley then defied any one to prove that he attacked Mr . O'Connor in the Assembly . On the contrary , he said that several persons had eulogised Mr . " O'Connor ; arid then contended that be had the right to canvas the character of Mr . O'Connor , or . any other public man , who presumed to be a Leader . ( Considerable disapprobation prevailed throughout Mr . Barley ' s address , relieved occasionally by a little cheering , &e . ) Mr . Jamkb Adams came forward to address the

      meeting , which was . the signal for a renewal of great confusion ; one man on the platform ( a friend to Adams and Company ) figured so prominently , that the Chairman -declared repeatedly that he would put him out . Order being ultimately restored , Mr . Adams proceeded to state thai ; he would give proof to the conviction of the people ' s minds concerning Mr . O' Connor ' s conduct . The first subecthe entered on was the transportation of Cuffay and others , and referred to the reply to that charge in the-Star of December , 1848 ; Cuffay and others led into rash measures by the conduct of the National Assembly , < fcc . ( Shouts of " Well done , Jamie , " and other expressions of contempt and great laughter . ) lie ( Mr . Adams ) defied anyone to

      prove that the Scottish delegates had given any misstatement concerning the state of preparation of the Scotch people , and appealed to the statements of Ernest Jones , who had taken a Scottish tour to see the state , &c . —He then referred to a resolution , confirming what he said , ( recorded in the Star ); and then stated that there was no resolution to confirm Mr . O ' Connor ' s statement . He then went into the statement about Mr . O'Connor ' s dismissal from the Executive , O'Connor absent , and the rest said he would not stand , &c—He then adverted to the Eennington Common Meeting , which subject having been handled so much before , it brought out the expression of considerable dissatisfaction on the part of tbe meeting . The

      disorder was greatly increased by a crash at one end of the building , as if part of it was giving way , Adams ' s party shouting ont " The Chairman is responsible , * ' and the opposite party declaring that it was the Committee . Adams proceeded to state that there were three statements in connexion with the above meeting , which he wished to bring before the people : —1 st * The arrival of two policemen with special information ., that . if the people proceeded they would . be fired upon . 2 nd . The declaration in the House of Com . mons , and no person knowing it but Mr . O'Connor . 3 rd . The statement about the deputation to , and conversation with , Mr . O'Connor on Sunday . Mr . Adams said , that the last time Mr . O'Connor was

      in Paisley , he had told the people that he had passed through marines , horse , foot , &c , &c . Adams declared before high heaven that there was nothing of the land . He then referred to his speech , in vindication of the Convention and moral demonstration , and said ,. the hole at which he attempted to get out was his declaration of ignorance of the parties he was acting with . He then referred to the knowledge Mr . O'Connor had of the number of signatures to the National Petition , on Thursday , and his professing that he did not know till Sunday , the 9 th , how the petition was made up , till informed in his hotel . He next directed attention to the June numter of the Democratic Review , for some statements of Barney ' s . He then referred to the

      Friday after the petition , about a circular that was handed round , calling a private meeting , and the conclusion that he and Mr . Tattersal came to was , tbat it would be about the petition . He then referred to the weight of the petition , taking his data from a former opinion in connexion with Sberrington and the . Land Scheme , which made the petition to contain within a few of the number mentioned in -the House W Commons . They ought to have known something about the petition before they took their mission , &o . They were to go to the country and tell the people tbat they had been imposed on by the House of Commons ; and he said that Mr . . Clark called it ad-: d imposition . ( Shouts of " Why did be not make the statement when at Paisley with

      Mr . E . Jones ?") The number made up by , the district overturned his judgment in the . matter . He then referred to the information he received from Mr , Cuftay and Mr . Grassby—stated that the committee in Glasgow was favourable to Mr . O ' Connor—and that ; Mr . O'Connor said it was Mr . Adams that damaged the petition , as one of the committee—but here Adams declared that he could swear by high Ileaven he was not on the committee . He next stated that Mr . Cochrane was a member , and that he could give his eath that Adams was not on it . He next animadverted on Mr . O'Connor ' s declaration , that change of circumstances never change his resolution . Mr . O'Connor declared every day tbat he would hold the procession ; so it seems he changes his resolutions wheniio alteration takes place—ail the circumstances were the same—they

      bad characters to protect as well as Mr . O'Connor . Mr . O ' Connor taunts them ( the speakers , Cochrane , and Harley ) , abont the proposed sum to be raised by the people of £ 10 , 000—he ( Adams ) referred , to his speech m the Star , about the people not being able to give the proposed sum . Mr . " 0 'Connor niay taunt , but a discerning public would see that they had no wish to plunder the people , and that their characters would yet shine forth , in resplendent glory . I hare ( said Adams ) confounded Mr . O'Connor : and I now declare , by way of prophecy / that the day is not far distant when every honest man will get his own , and every rogue his deservingsie next referred to the land scheme , about some broken promises ; in the midst of which there was another fearful crash at the end of the building , which created considerable alarm . '

      Mr . Siierbingios then commenced the vindication of Mr . O ' Connor , &c . After answering the substance of the long letter Adams read on the Land , he ( Mr . S . ) said he thought it would be a crying sin to meddle with poor Cochrane . "Then he went into the subject of the petition ,, to show that he had given them a data by which to guide them m numbers by the weight of the Petition Harley determined not to leave London until he got evidence respecting the conduct of Mr . O'Connor , and a letter was sent to Glasgow , stating that they would have Mr . O ' Connor overthrown in three days . ( ShODtsof"Proof , proof . "V Reference had

      seen made to J . Keer and I > . Paul ; Tbe reference to D . Paul was a mistake , as he was not on the Assembly Committee . ( Cries of "Where is the l l - ? \^ l' S en n gton acknowledged tho letter fe ^ Xfh ftf ^ ° ' nnor ' He thenTe S * SS ( l { T" ? * t 0 Hariey » andstated E ' ifiJwB \ » ^ ' there wa 8 no evidence that it was his at all . ( Here Adams came forward to show the letter , which drew Mr . Sh ° rrineS tpKiglti viotunisedbytheAssembly . HothenSeference to the procession going on throuffi forewent

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      on . to show ; that there never had been giichpreparations made . ( Interruption , and Question :. " Did Mr . O'Connor pass through the forces ? " ) When Mr . Shemngtou describedatiou ' tthesarid-ba ' gs , and the windows taken out in the line of procession , and the loop-holes for , the " soldiers stationed within to fire through upon the people—which satisfied the people as to Mr . O'Connor ' s danger , and tlie judiciousness of not having the procession , as first determined upon . He ( Mr . Sherrington ) then went on to say , that Adams' declaration , ?• By high heaven , " was not to be much minded , as he . had questioned him respecting the petition when at Glasgow , between the meeting of the Convention arid the meet : ineof the Assembly , when , he declared , "So help __ ± * ~\ il xt . ^ 1 it . ' _ ¦ _ "' v **¦ '• r ''¦• 'i '¦¦' ¦¦ ' *

      me God ! Mr . O'Connor was under the mark , and calculated the whole , from , the number , that went from Glasgow" ( t . e ., the weight of ' the parcel tha contained the names , &c ) . He then showed the meeting how Adams took the liberty of changing at pleasure , but that there was no allowance for Mr . O'Connor to change . ,-1 Mr . Weir came forward , amidst great confusion , as the opposite party claimed the next half-hour . Mr . Weir commenced by saving , that the first line of their bill -was false , viz ., Teargus O' Connor , Esq ., M . P ., not having accepted the twice repeated oftcr of Mr . Robert Cochrane to meet him in discussion , &c . He ( Mr . Weir ) observed that it was not

      necessary , as Cochrane knew quite well that Mr . O'Connor was coming himself . ( Cheering and considercb'e confusion . ) He ( Mr . Weir ) said that he looked upon this as a meeting got up to sow discord amongst the democrats : He alluded to the reference Mr . O'Connor made to the Home Secretary ( Grey ) , and illustrated Mr . O'Connor ' s declaration , ' by a reference to himself in connexion with a church , as being one of a party doing things that he would not do as an individual—dwelt on the fling at the Irish Confederates , and Mr . O'Connor's reply—and said that the conduct of Cochrane and Co ., as a party , was sufficient to d— n any movement .

      Mr . Carmck referred to Athens and her Socrates , as proofs that after generations "do justice to the maligned and persecuted , whose qharaoterg have been blasphemed , and gave a caution to those who were blaspheming the character of Mr . O'Connor . He put in the plea of gratitude due to Mr . O'Connor on the part of the people , for his vast services in their cause . Look ( said Mr . Carrick ) at his former position—what he might have been if ho had sided with our enemies , and when we take these things into account , are we , at the bidding of a few upstarts , to throw Mr . O'Connor overboard , even admitting that he did not risk the slaughtering of the people by the ' armed-forces , with which they would have had to contend ? ' ( Hear , heari and

      cheers . ) Again , is it fair , that those whoso business it was to look after the National petition , ' should come forward and blame Mr . O'Connor for doing a thing that it was their placo to prevent him from doing ; it was their work to look after the petition ; it was for that thfty got the people's money . He next adverted to Mr . Cochrane ^ s letter as evidence , in the matter , and showed the meeting that Harley and Adams were disposed to be factious , and referred to their attacks on Owen and Cobden as evidence . He next spoke to the subject of the £ 150 , and said that , if it could not he made ap to such a sum , that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was out of pocket in consequence of the Assembly , and called upon tho people to look at the way his means

      uau neenarawn on ior tne purpose of supporting the Chartist victims , a thing-which the country ought to have done , and which it could not be dehied he did . They should be ashamed of their ungrateful conduct . . '' Mr . Cochbane said ho would , leave the Land Scheme to Mr . Adams . Alluding to Mr . O'Connor coming himself to give his slanderers an opportunity of meeting him , he ( Mr . Cochrane ) contended that that was a meeting of his ( Mr . O'Connor's ) friends , to hear an address from him , and that out of G 50 tickets , he had only got fifty for his friends ; but the terms of the challenge was a meeting duly called &c—an out-door meeting , if you will , like Brewster . Mr . Weir charged him ( Mv . Cochrane ) with being actuated by impure motives . There was

      one charge he would plead guilty to , that of being on the Petition Committee , but James Adams was not . ( Shouts ot " He said so then . " ) Cochrane . well , if he said so , he told a lie . He stated that he had been down at the Petition Committee ivo days , but there was no ono there but the friends of Mr O'Connor , making up the Petition . Mr ., Cochrane pleaded an excuse , that he co'ild not attend to his duty to the Petition for doing his duty in the Convention . He next stated that the Convention had resolved to go with the Petition in " procession , and that they had sent a deputation to the Home-office to that effect , and that they were going unarmed , and asked ; in closing , was it treating the Convention and country right to have the private resolve to stop the procession ?

      Mr . niRLBtthen came forward , and , in allusion to Shirron ' s letter , said , that although there were others in the habit of purloining letters , he defied the parties with whom ho was at issue to prove that he or his party were . He then referred to Grassby not being called in question as a witnesshe is a living witness . He was not a member of the Convention but of the Assembly . . Mr . Clark had stated that the House of Commons was correct respecting the petition , and that Mr . O'Connor knew it to be afalse statement he made about the petition . Mri Adams next came forward , and s . iid , that apparently it was the design of Mr . O'Connor ' s friends to hide his faults ; he had no sympathy with thoao who would do so . He then went into the subiecfc of

      t O Connor leaving the ranks of the aristocracy , , and said , ho left them a poor man , and he was a poor man yet ; what had ho but a few poor acres of land in Ireland ? ( Great disapprobation . ) Mr . Cabriok came forward , and dwelt shortly on Mr . Cochrane at last becoming honest in acknowledging his personal neglect ,: and that it ought to teach him sympathy for others , seeing that he had conducted himself so . It was a pity that they allowed such a petition to go to Parliament , arid those who did so were greatly to blame . He next referred to the use Mr . O'Connor made of his money , greatly to his praise ; referred to his

      aristocratic connexions , and his taking up the cause of the working classes . Cochrane ' s excuse as member of the petition committee was very lame , lie then referred to the address , which had just been issued , and asked , who could take part with such factious individuals ? Cochrane wanted a leader . Who would they have—who could they put in the place of Mr . O'Connor ? Was it Hume or Cobden ? and called upon them not to be drawn away from Mr . O ' Connor , as not a single charge had been proved against him . Seeing that the national petition had injured the people ' s cause , . through the neglect of the people ' s delegates , let them after this all attend to their duty . " ,

      Mr . Robertson then moved tho following resolutions : — ; "Thatthe conduct of Robert Cochvane , in Wb factious opposition to all popular movements for the obtainment of the people ' s-just rights ! is trifling and vexatious , and deserving our utmost condemnation . " " That the conduct of Messrs . Adams and Havley in their continued opposition to affect a union among all classes of reformers , do , in our opinion , show a vindictiveness which ought to exclude them from the association of men of principle , and render them unworthy of the name of citizen . " Mr . CocnnANE came forward , and said that the resolution was totally uncalled for ; surely lie would not be condemned without a hearing ; he old

      was now forty years , and had been a member of the Renfrewshire Political Union ; he had taken apart in the Moral and Physical Power System , on the side of Moral Power : referred to the teaching of Dr . M'Douall and Stephens , and read a long bill as to the position he occupied m former day ° . The Chairman put it to the vote , when ifc was manifest that it was not a vote that was heartily entered into , from the very strong language in the resolution . But the chairman declared that the resolutions were carried by a small maiority , after which declaration the friends who tookpart against Cochrane went to look for a conveyance homo ; in their absence , however , for the sakeof satisfying the people , he took tho votes over again , when he declared upon his conscience that the resolutions were carried ; and the meeting broke up after two o ' clock in the morning . . . .

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      Wreck of the Orion . —The divers aro continuing their operations at the wreck with , considerable success . Amongst the property recovered is the chest containing the silver plate belonging to ' the vessel . The value of the plate is upwards of £ 1 , 500 . The body of Miss Morris , niece , of Dr . Burns , " was recovered on the 27 tli . ult . This makes , ! Wall , thirty-seven bodies recovered , and at least twenty btherB are believed to haveperishedJ " . Some " still think many , inore . The sheriffs' authorities in Glasgow , in compliance with an order from Crown counsel in Edinburgh , were engaged last week . in taking tho evidence of masters and mates who were acquainted with the navigation of that coast , as to the course through the channel which the Orion should have steered under the circumstances ; and also as to the degree of responsibility attaching to the respective officers of a ship during a watch . Confident expectations are still entertained that the wreck will be raised . . _ __ _ ,. _ _„ ....

      An action has just been tried before the Tribunal of Commerce , in which an English gentleman , named James , was plaintiff against the Havre Railwa y Company . The action was to recover tbo value of a trunk containing j ' ewellery , and other articles of value belonging to his wife , estimated by him at l , 580 f ., which was lost during his journey from Havre to Paris . The company refused to pay moro than 150 f ., as their notice stated that jewellery and articles of value ought to have been entered as such , and paid for accordingly . The tribunal , however , decided otherwise , contending that the notice of the company did not apply to personal effectB , and condemned the defendants to pay to Mr . James t he aura of l , 000 f .

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      MONDAY , ' Jew i / HOUSE OF LORDS .-lRisa ParuamehiaOT Voters Bili .. —Tho house having gone into committee on this bill " ... The Earl of Si . Germans , after some discussion , withdrew his own motion , for a £ 12 franchise , in favour of : - : : ; : '; . Earl Desart ,, who moved , as an amendment , thas tho minimum rating qualification , necessary to confer the franchise upon tenants , should bo increased from £ 8 to £ 15 . .. . , : ¦

      The Marquis of Lansdownb opposed the ' amendment , enlarging upon tho . necessity which existed of placing tho Irish electorate upon a real and substantial basis , and contended that the £ 8 rating was not too low , while the suggested enhancement of tho qualification would very much circumsoribe the numbers of the constituency . ' Lord Stanley conceded the propriety of creating an enlarged electorate in Ireland , but objected to have the voters holding beneficial interest in property swamped by so vast an addition of small

      tenant-voters as would be occasioned under an . JE 8 rating . A pauper constituency wan the worst poflsible . It would overwhelm the property of the country , and might reset dangorously upon the imperial parliament . In hia opinion £ 15 was somewhat too'low , but he was willing , to , vote for it as an approach to a sound systerii of qualification . A prolonged discussion-followed , in which the faots and arguments turned chiefly upon the character of the electorate which would be created under a franchise based upon tenure .

      Lord Brougham said , that as one-third of the Irish people were paupers . it would he a pauper population , nnd one peculiarly under priestly influence , " both in the north and the south of Ireland , ne , therefore , supported a £ 15 qualification , but ho concluded by strongly urging tho claims of the working classes . of England to an . extended franchisej' because tho tradesmen and shoppcracy of tho country , . were far more servile and . dependenfc than the artisans and mechanics of England . Hia Lordship said , in the first lesson for ' tho day which had been read yesterday it was said that Saul had , repented in sackcloth and ashes , when he was about to be turned out of officei op . , dethroned , because he had listened too much to the voice of the people ; and in like mariner perhaps the government , when they felt they were going out , would repent and do something to extend the franchise in Enffland .

      ( Laughter . ) .. He must apologise to the Right Rev . ' Prelate for , thus trenching . ' on nis province . ( Laughter . ) He must admit that ' if a great change - were to be made in the provisions of the Beform Bill it would bo most beneficial . ' Such a change as would give to , the enlightened hardworking artisans the franchise in England—a class of persons much more independent than any , who now had votes , who did not want the ballot to protect , themj but would give their votes fearlessly and openly , who were more independent than £ 10 freeholders and the shopkeepers , far more independent than what was called tho " capitalocracy" of the country . ' He had ho wish , to see the present respectable body of Irish members in tho Houso of Commons turned out by a far less eligible set of men , which would be sure to occur if the constituency proposed by this bill was . established . ¦ " ¦ ¦

      , The Marquis of Lansdowne offered to adopt the £ 12 qualification as proposed in the amendment suggested by the Eavl of St . ' Germans- ; but this compromise not being accepted , their lordships at length divided . " . ... ' ' . .... For the clause . ... ' ... . „ 6 V For Lord De 8 art ' s amendment ... 72—22 On the motion of the MarquiB of Lansdowne , the Chairman then reported progress , the committee being ordered to resume on Thursday . Their Lordships then" adjourned . '

      BOUSE QF COMMONS . —The business in this house was commenced by a lengthened conversation , founded on questions by Colonel Sibthorp and other members , upon tho subject of the site of the National Exhibition of 1851 , followed . The Attorney-General , explaining the legal position of the question , stated that Hyde-park was the property . of the Crown in fee , and that on each accession it was invested in the Commissioners of Woods and Forests as trustees for the public . Those commissioners had a right to cut down mature trees , and , with the Rdyal sanction , immature trees , but were : unable to grant any lease for the erection of permanent . buildings . He declined to suggest how tho public ( the cestitisque trust ) were to interfere , if dissatisfied with the acts of the trustees . Lord John Russell stated that the exhibition . was to close on the 1 st of November , 1851 , at latest ,. and in seven months from that dato , the . whole building - . was to be

      removed , and he reiterated the statement tbat there was no idea of applying to the public purse for assistance . , Mr . Reynolds offered the Phcenix-park , Dublin , for the Exhibition , and Mr . Alcock proposed . Battersea-fields . Mr , Duncombo thought that it would be better to brave the frowns of Rotten-row , rather than peril the Exhibition , and object to tho price ofhalf-a-crown , which il was understood was intended to be charged for admission , saying that the entrance ought to be free three days in the week ; a suggestion which was rejected by Lord John Russell . Finally it yras arranged that the whole , matter , should be discussed on Thursday , and in the meantime a memorial , addressed to the Lords of tho Treasury , by the Commissioners in charge of the Exhibition , statingthe decision to which they had come , as to the locality and the reasons for it , was to be placed in tho hands of memders .

      Mr . Ssiiin O'BiuEN .-On tho question for * oing into Committee of Supply , Mr . Anstey as an amendment moved for an inquiry into the circumstances under which a letter addressed by Mr . William Smith O'Brien to a member of this house , complaining of his having been placed in solitary confinement by the present Lieutenant-Governor of Van Dieraen ' s Land , was intercepted and opened in that colony by the local authorities . The question was , whother the local authorities had a right to retain or open letters addressed by tho convicts under their oharge to persons in this country filling an official position ? Mr . S . O'Brien having refused a letter of leave was sent to the penal settlement of Darlington , on Maria

      Island , off the coast ¦ of Van Diemen ' s Land . Mr . O'Brien thought the prison regulations had been unduly stretched for : the purpose of inflicting additional hardship , and addressed to him ( Mr . Anstey ) as a member of Parliament , a letter on the subject In this country and in Ireland , where , those in charge of the prisoners had a plenai-y power to . establish such regulations as thoy . pleased , there did exist regulations in virtue of which the authorities might detain and open letters addressed by convicts to any persons without the gaol , or which might bo sent to the prisoners within . Tho distinction between convict and freeman was recognised in this country ; but , for all purposes of police whatsoever , there was no distinction botween freo and bond in Van Diemen ' s Land . The post-office there : was regulated by a local act , in which convicts were exDresslv

      named , and . of : a particular . mode pointed SUt for transmiUing : their letters ; but the same penalty attached to the unlawful detaining or opening of tho letter of a . conrict as that of a'freeman . If there had been information on oath that he ( Mr Anstey ) was a suspicious person , and that the letter addressed . to him would bo used for an improper purpose , ho would cheerfully admit that the Governor of Van Dietcen ' s Land acted within the limits of his authority ; but the subject was ono for inquiry , Mr . O'Bl-ien having addressed the letter to " J . C . Anstey , Esq :, House of Commons . London , " forwarded it to tho Chief Superintendent of Convicts . In tho dospatch which covered the letter Sir W . Denison , the Lieutenant-Governor , frankly and

      iniriy aamiuea tnat it was opened by his authority and that ho read the letter to inform himself of the complaints or misrepresentations , as he called them , Mr . O Bricn . might make . When the letter reached Downing-Btreet Earl Grey , through tho Undor-Seoretary for the Colonies , forwarded it , and invited him ( Mr . Anstey ) to call at tho Colonialofficej and read what Sir W . Denison had written . Nothing could bo more fair , . courteous , or candid than the conduct of tho Colonial-office . The letter nnght . have been forwarded thithor with the seal unbroken , - and Lord Groy would have forwarded it so . The ground of oomplaint was , that the seal was broken in Van Diemen ' s Land . During the period he had resided in Van Diemen ' s Larid ^ -from

      1829 to tho prosenfc time—he did not believe there over had been an instance in which a letter was opened except on sworn information and under warrant . The right hon . member for Ripon , whon charged with opening the le tters of tho hon . member for Finsbury , might as well have pleaded that it was the general practice to open tho letters of free persons hero , as the authorities of Van Diemen's Land that it was the general practioe to open the letters of convicts there . The course tnken in opening the letter of Mr . O'Brien was unjust , u ' nlawful , unprecedented , impolitic , and dishonourable . The refusal of Mr . S . O'Brien of a ticket of leave was justified by the consideration that thetieket-ofleavoHian was exposed to bo constantly annoyed of

      by charges " insubordination , " charges of a general or indefinite description which might bo brought before a magistrate by any free man , however debased m character . If tho government really did not think that the time had come when they ought to release , theso unfortunate men altogether , he trustednt all events that they would not aggravate their sufferings . . Mr . DiCKsoN seconded tho amendment , and reforred to a petition from the county of Limerick , in which the deepest sympath y had been expressed with Mr . Smith O'Brien , coupled with an earnest aesire for some relaxation of his severe treatment . Sir G . Grey could not admit that any grounds had been made out for a Parliamentary inquiry . He begged to assure the hon . gentleman that the letter to whioh he had referred bad been opened

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      simply in conformity with tho universal practice with regard to convicts who had . not received tickets of leave . " Mr . S . O'Brien arid his associates had forfeited their ; lives to' the laws of their country in consequence of acts of . which they had been convicted after a fair and impartial trial . By tho free ' mercy ofthe Crown their lives had been spared , theiiv sentences being commuted to transportation for life . Under those circumstances the hon . § cntleman ; hoped that the government would extend some - further - indulgence . Departing from the ordinary , custom , theao persons had been treated somewhat , differently from ordinary convicts . Tickets ofleave had been offered them on their avmal in the colony . Three of them accented the niueE "' " * ' * ' ' * " ' " ' - - ¦ ^

      . or . U Wien mused it , and therefore by hia own notalone those restraints had been placed upon him of which he or his friends now complained . The hon . gentleman stated that it was a Violation of honourable feeling to open letters id dressed by convicts to their friends . Why , it was what was done \ t ith regard to convicts in this country and with rogard to every convict in Van Diemen's Land who had not a ticket ofleave ; and for the obvious reason , that were it not so measures otescape might be concocted , articles sent to the newspapers , and means taken to render tho punishment a laughing stock , and altogether to defeat the ends of punishment . ( Hear , hear . ) The government had done what they could in this case to

      mitigate the-severity that attended the sentence of transportation , but he thought that the lion gentleman was asking for too much when he required that a special exemption should bo made in behalf of Mr . 8 , 0 Bricn . The only alternative \ yas to treat him as he was treated , or to set him free again ^ on his native soil . He deeply regretted that a gentleman who had sat amongst themselves should have been subjected to thiB punishment , yet to say becaus ^ h ' e was a gentleman , and had been a member of Parliament , that therefore a . free pardon was to be given him , would be holding up justice to contempt , and rendering punishment a by-word and a mockery . Mr . B . _ Cocnro perfectly agreed with the right hon . gentleman that under the circumstances of the case law Bhould be carried out . He saw no

      reason for showing favour to one class of persons more than another , and it was some false sensibility of that kind that he believed had led . to tbe recent outrage upon the Sovereign . Tho law ought in all cases to be carried out fairly and fearlessly , without any regard to the class of society to which the persons offending belonged . He believed that Sir W . Denison had acted only in pursuance of his duty , : Mr . O'Flahemi said the people of Ireland felt strongly that , however unfortunate this gentleman might have been , the case was attended with circumstances of mitigation ; and he assured the government that , should a favourable opportunity occur of granting a free pardonit would bo most

      , pleasing and grateful to the feelings of the Irish people . • : : . ^ Mr . noMB did not concur in the propriety of interfering -with tho government in a case of this nature .. With regard to the particular complaint , he knew that formerly letters were allowed to pass from a ,. convict to a member of Parliament unopened , and he thought it desirable that the privilege should still exist . y TbeO'GoBMAN Mahon deprecated the custom of violating the seal of a letter from a convict to a member of Parliament , and protested against the doctrmethat no distinction should bo made between Mr . 8 . 0 Bnen and ordinary convicts . The hon . gentleman then went through the Tirni-epHin ™ «<¦

      the trial , which , he said , had by no means satisfied him , for , though Mr . O'Brien had been found guilty of treason , it had been unaccompanied by the shedding of ono single drop of blood . True , there was the Bhooting ^ ofa child , or an . old woman , or some , thingof that sovfc , by the police , but there was no collision to which Mr . O'Brien had been a party indeed , but for that gentleman ' s interference , lives would'have been lost , bloodshed , and property detroyed to an enormous extent . He ' trusted that tho government would one of these days enjoy tho satisfaction of advising her Majesty to an act of mercy , which ¦ would , if possible , more than ever endear her to her affectionate Irish Subjects .

      k ? u ' j ^ T- ? i ? ' thatfrom communications he had had with the government , and especially the hon . gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies , he felt bound to say that they had shown every disposition to meet the reasonable suggesturns which he had taken the liberty to make . At the same time he was not so convinced that the colonial authorities had acted in the same spirit . ? 1 f 5 w ^ ' , alottDrfrom 7 an Yemen ' s Land , dated " November 26 th , » that , having refused the ticket of leave , Mr . O'Brien had been treated very rigorously—m fact , in every respect as one of the worst convicts , except that lie was not required to labour or to wear the convict dress ; he was restricted to the same food as the others , prohibited from purchasing anything whatever , and notallowed _ to hold communication with any person . Sir L . 0 Brien observed that some discredit had been thrown upon his former statement hv a lakt ™ .

      tow ? Sin % t " ( ' ¦ Shaw ' ™^ from Round . S ' w h That ™ s not a fair letter , however ; but his own statement was founded upon a communication from hia brother to Mr . Butt , Q C » nd ^ . ^ relied on . lie cou ask 2 Sore than that his brother should be treated with constderation in his present unfortunato position To SX / , T , T , ' JT L ' treasonable . asffisai ? ^ treated s ° tiiat his Mr . Hawbs assured the house that the Governor of Van Diemen ' s Land had been actuated only by ?« % S « ' - f ^ ° L 2 , as wel 110 the Onwn as to thi convict . . There had been , however , certain modifications since the 26 th of November / referred to in the letter read . by the hon . < rentl 6 mnn 2

      i « p . Monsel ) Mr . S . O'Brien ' s be : ng confined a one TO s solely his own act . In respect This dietary and place of confinement , somo especial mLZ tl ^ 8 h 0 Wn him ' t 0 thAt exK might be that the governor was even open to some censure * Mr . EwAnT thoughtthatMr . O'Bri enwasentitled to some consideration at the hands of the government , and he was sure they would not be unwilling to show such as was reasonable . n Mr . S . Crawford said , no one attempted to iustify the course of conduct that Mr . O'Brien ' had pursued ; but he could fearlessl y state tlmt there but was one feeling of sympath y and compassion for him throughout tho whole of Ireland Colonel Dunne supported tho proposition of the hon member f or Youghal , and concurred in stat n tLmfo e / Mr ^ a n ^ ne - nl fceling of re * «» d e £ nnTJ . 3 ; I ° . Bnen s » W excellent qualities , and of regret at his present unfortunate iZiH ™ '

      imTnn 0 UPS 0 " ? ici ' thafc the case of Mr 52 ? % T * T ™ k i 0 h 5 m t 0 * ° ) us * like that l ^ Sifl ? whom , ' « ty « pon his parole wa ottered when he was let out of Driinn Tin m i ^ refuse his liberty upon thatcondSj ' buJif Sffl the world at largo would be content to let bin take he consequences . ( Hear , hoar . " ) If ho could sod the smallest . reason te believe that the government Mr' tul XT !' dly ^ i ^ onsideSe yTpon Mr . Smith 0 Brien , he was sure there was nothine he would not do to signify his condemnation of t * but he ^ could not see any On the contrary , he do ' sired to congratulate the nrnsont . < , n ™™ i ,.. ..

      with capital punishment in political casos . ( Ileat- ) The house then divided ; tho numbers wore-- J ior going into committee ... 45 For Mr . Anstey ' s amendment 17 _ v Majority ... ... ... —2 S ine amendmen t being consequently lost , the houses went into Committee of Supply . ' ' G £ Britain . a 3 VOtCd ^ eduoational Proses in

      f K ° / Or n" »« onalMBdnoation- » Ireland . £ 14 , 755 for schools of design On the vote for £ 2 , 00 Cfor salaries and allowances to the professors of Oxford and Cambridge being Mr . Ewaot regretted that there was not at those « S ! $ 2 Zr ^ ^ * ™^ LoRd Palmettos snid that the matter had been nlmPtA u u \ hi 3 c , * ation , and ho Sni « , tt L t 0 !" wugements for conT ™ ' received their first diplomatic The vote was agreed to . Other votes having been taken , an interesting discussion arose in connexion with tho vote for th British Museum . The sluirciahness and Mm JZ

      struotiveness of those whoso duty it is to fvmrish the public with an early and popular catalogue of the library were uncompromisingl y doalt with , and , despito the usual official excuses , the feeling of tho public in reference to the unwillingness or incompeteney of certain of its paid servants to do their duty , in regard to this department of tho Museum was satisfactorily expressed . The discussion of the Estimates occupied the house till half-pnstUolvo . TUESDAY , July 3 . HOUSE OF LORDS . ~ EDncATioN . -The Earl of Harbowby moved for tho appointment of a solect committee to inquire into the expenditure of the public money granted annually for the purposes of education . Detailing the chief features of the controversy now pending between the National Society and the Committee of the Privy Council on Ednn / lion

      , tlie nouio earl argued that the right of interference claimed by tho council with alfthe schools which wer « to partake of thenational grants , tended to Bhake and extinguish the efforts of individual zeal among a large portion of the clerical and lay membersof the established church . By the system of supervision the , whole body of schoolmasters were placed under . the immediate control ofthe Pmy Council , and tho result was that theeducation of the people was checked on one side , and the privilege of tha churoh invaded on the

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      The MarquiB of LmDOWSB , from ah official knowledge of the facts , declared that tho system of / inspection had worked wel ] , and the aid and advice ' of the government inspectors were every year more cordially sought for and acknowledged . He r . dmitted that the zeal of the inspectors might in ' some instances have caried them too far , and led to an unwarrantable intermeddling in the manage- ment of the schools ; but contended that in general they kept within the scope of their instructions ., ; Respecting tbe jealousies that had arisen on the part of a certain section of the church , ho believed that they wero founded upon misapprehension , because tho Privy Council had carefully recognised the supremacy of the clergymen in all matters of li

      religion , e nevertheless denied that tho legislature had designed , or that the Privy Council ' were warranted , to place all national grants fop educational purposes at tho sole disposal of the ' cleray of the established church . Dissenters anbV Catholics had a right , and were intended to coma " in for their share . ^ The Wesleyan body had at ' first testified somo jealousy of the government system , but on acquiring fuller information of tho real natuve of the contemplated inspection , had waived all difference and cordially co-operated with th& Privy Council in utilising tho means furnished by thelegislature . No invidious distinctions had , as was alleged , been created against tho church , but all

      sects were considered in the Act with the most careful impartiality . Of C 89 schools assisted with grant * during tho two last years , 533 belonged to the established church , to whom had been appropriate * eighty per cent , of the funds expended by tho Committee of the Council for Education . After readingthe testimony of dignitaries and ministers , the noble marquis submitted that the administration of the national funds voted for purposes of instruction ¦ w as unobjectionable in principle , arid useful in its practical results . For these reasons he objected to the appointment of a select committee , observing also that at so late a period of tho session there waa no time for it to prosecute inquiries to any available ¦

      purpose . Lord Ltttemok supported the motion . . Lord Kiunato ) suspected that the motion " waa prompted by a " party" in the church , and urged that the government had gone to . the utmost limits of concession towards the National Society . Tbe Bishop of Sahsbdrt , in supporting the im > tion , vindicated the National Society from the alleged stigma of party spirit . Entering into the general question of education , he expressed soma doubts of the tendencies of the " forcm" system' ? so much in vogue , and which had spread intotha trammg schools constituted under government inction

      Bpe . After some remarks from the Earl of CnicnESiBB , lhe Bishop of Oxford , with much warmth , exculpated the National Society from the charge of looking with jealousy upon lay or government interference m education . This charge , he declared , waa founded upon mischievous misrepresentation . Detailing the principles of the dispute between tha National Society and the Privy Council , he argued in support of the society , and enlarged upon the arbitrary conduct and irresponsibility of the council in administering the funds granted by parliament to promote the eduoation of the people He supported the motion . . ¦

      The Earl of Carlisle gave a brief history of tha " management clauses , " which had formed the excuse for the opposition excited against the Privy Council . These clauses ho contended had long beea wanted , and were drawn up with an especial avoidance of unnecessary intermeddling , or of infringement upon the prerogatives of the church . Hegretting the influences which had disturbed the cooperation of the church and the state oa account of merely hairsplitting differences , he repeated tha promise mado by tho Marquis of Lansdowne , tbfcfi every required information should he at once pro . duced by tbe Privy Council ,, arid meanwhile deprecated the appointment of a committee , which could only institute inquiries vexatious on themselves , and who ly useless at tho present advanced period of tha session . * *

      Lord Stanlet concurred in approving of tho s&i tem of inspection , but apprehended that in practice many irregularities existed , particularly sil \ CO tha extension ot the educational operations during tha past two years . Some incidents of alleged imnropnety he then related , and contended that immediate inquiry was highly requisite to ascertain tha truth and extent of those asserted misdoings . Lord Habrowby replied ; and Their lordships divided upon . Lord HaTiowby'a motion . Contents ... ... , , # 1 26 Non-contents ... , \ . 3 i _ g JA , ^ . i orned at a quarter to ' one o ' clock . ' HOUSE OF COMMONk-LA ^ LORD Asi THNANT B | Li ,.-On the order for the third reading of this bill , 6 Mr . Puset said , in compliance with tho suggeg . turn of Irish members , he had assented to its extension to Ireland .

      Col . Sibtiiorp reiterated h : s objections to the bill ; whiob he considered an absurd one , fraught With mischief , and ho moved its rejection . * Sir J . Bulleu opposed the bill , which , in his opinion , would open a door to constant litigation between landlord and tenant , and was inapplicable to pa ° l %° co"n , try where the tenancies were small . " The bill was likewise opposed by Mr . M'Cuilagh , Mr Christopher , and Sir G . Strickland . "* Upon a division , the third readin g was carried Iff oo against 17 . * Uponthe motion of Mr . Molliscs , two clausea were added to the bill , one for lessening the ? £ emblements , the other making crops siized by tha sheriff liable to rent whilst on the farm Mr . S . Crawford moved that "Ireland" he excluded from , tho preamble , considering ttiat . «?

      -though the bill might be in somo degree suited td countr lb "( TaS m D 0 degreB SUit ? the forinel ? This proposition was negatived / upon a division : by 64 against 14 . The bill then passed . ' The house suspended its sitting from two o ' clock The motion of Mr . Roebuck respecting the Church of Ireland , fixed for that evening , was postponed in consequence of his indisposition ; Petition op C . B , Htatt . —Mr . F . O'G ' oifVOB moved that the petition of Charles Bathband Hyatt , complaining of the conduct of Mr . Commissioner ionblanque , and praying for ironirv 1 ™™™^*

      24 th of June , ) be printed . * » r-- «« . w Mr . TnonxELY ( chairman of the public petitions committee ) opposed the motion , on the ground that it would cost £ 15 unnecessarily , as tho substanca of the petition waa already in the hands of hon . members , and was quite sufficient to form tho basis of a motion if tho hon . and learned gentleman wished to make it the subject of one uuem ' * Mr . F . O'Conkor did not think the expense oughfj to stand m the way in such a case . s Sii R . Inolis said he would not be deterred in any instance ^ alleged grievance from printing a petition on the ground of the expense , but as tha substance of this petition was already printed ha should oppose tho motion . Mr . BnomERTON took tho same view , particularly 38 the petition waa a perfect pamphlet m con tents . Tho houso divided , when there appeared : For the motion ... ... 1 '

      Against ifc 107—106 Tho report of the Committeo of Supply waa brought up , and tho resolutions were anrced to Tho Pirates' Head Money Repeal . Act ComV mencetnent Bill , and the Sheriff of Westmoreland Appointment Bill , went through committeo The Portland Harbour and Breakwater mil TOs read a second time and referred to a select com * mittce . The houso adjourned at a quarter to six o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , July 3 JeSKSf- ^ ™» ' »* The Death op Sir Uobert Pp . EL . -Mr . Hiranr * -Ihope , m addressing the house , I may boeS cused for expressing the deep regret which not onlv

      frrf V * ! m i Ot * lshouse » Xarasure ^ TO « 3 « feel at tho loaa we have just suffered by the death of Sir Robert Peel . ( Cries of " Hearf hear /') f cannot ahude to the conduct and career of thafi right hon gentleman , more partioulariy of later years , when events of immense importance hara taken . place , mainly owing to tho part which ha has enncted , without forming the highest opinion of him as a public man , ready , as ho showed himself to be , to sacrifice power , office , and every thine for tho passing of a legislative act which he believe ! the imperial interests of the country demanded " . ( Cheers . ; It is need oss for me , on this painful occasion , to do anything more than espressahopel i ^ iT li h ^ M ? « r with me in the 2 &

      an ° n M ? h ?^ gVet , tempted togi 7 o , ^« er ance to , that they will agree to adopt that course Stiv lP ° arS t 0 Jne is th 0 best « and » wdoedi the only means we have , of showing our rospecfi Z&J hfy ? gmtly dePlorod and ^ a member , by adjourning the houso without proceeding with any business whatever to-day . ( Cheers . ) ft 13 ^ possible for me , indeed 1 have not tho power , to express what I feel so strongly at the great public less which that right hen . gentleman ' * death has occasioned . When I contemplate tha many sacrifices he has made , and when I conside * the strong feelings nnd deep interest which hava been manifested in this metrnnnlis . nnd wh ?<> h T am

      sure wil Intend throughout tne whole country , .-f this great calamity , I hope I may be excused , even if there should be no precedent—and I am not nware that there is any precedent—on such an occasion—one so seldom , if over , likely to occur again , at least in my time—proposing , out of respect to the right hon . gentleman whose melancholy death we have to lament , that the house do adjourn without proceeding to any other business . ( Hcarj hear . ) . Mr . Gladstone . —As the hon . gentleman , from motives which I am sure all will appreciate , has submitted this motion to the house , and as 1 sea no othor person connected b y office with tM lamented geatlemaa of whose loss we Mend V .

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      Glasgow , June 25 ib , 1850 . Ms BEAU ElVIIOB , —^ l have bee n directed y ' the Cotomittee of the GlaBgow Chartish otrattBiiiit to you the enclosed report of a aeotmg , got up in Paisley , by the opponents it Mr . O'Connor , on the 17 th ult ., and which xas attended by a namber of his friends from Glasgow . "We would like as much of this re-M > rt inserted as you can ; hut I have been imperatively instructed that the report is to he returned tame -when you have done "with it , as they require it for another purpose , and had not time to take another copy . Meetings of a similar nature are to come off next

      Wednes-« r «\ f \ % ^ i /\^ TXT /\ T > SC <* 4 fTr ± - ** s \ - * w ~ f + vmr * ' ME . O'CONNOR'S OPPONENTS .

      day and Thursday here , of which we will Bend y ou faithful reports . Mr . O'Connor ' s friends are not idle in preparing for those meetings . By paying particular attention to this note , you will oblige the Chartists of Glasgow . Yours , Wil Buown . Democratic Hall , 48 , Nelson « street , Glasgow .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1581/page/7/