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      the upper house , aad on the desperate efforts now making to keep a fair face upon the constitutional figment of the " accordance and " co-operation of the two branches of legislature . It was impossible that the people ' s home could be left in the humiliating position of having all their measures ignominiGusl y dismissed , . almost without argument , by another and smaller tribunal . Beverting to the question before the house , Mr . Bri | ht supported a generous policy , as being the safest for Ireland ; and enforced the necessity of governing that" country upon popular , not npbri landlord , principles . . He would accept the £ 12 rating as a temporary arrangement : but it must be superseded by a wide and more satisfactory settlement .

      Lord J . Rdssell , in replying , took occasion to defend himself from the charge of political pusillanimity . He vindicated the ri | nt of the Peers to refise and modify the decisions of the House of Commons . " To deny that principle was to erect the lower , house into a single chamber ; and such a change in the constitution he was not prepared to advocate , believing that , after all its drawbacks Of delay or occasional antagonism , the existing balance of power was that best calculated to secure good government and popular freedom . The noble lord then previewed the many measures of reform which he had himself been instrumental in passing ; arguing that Catholic Emancipation , the Reform BUI , the repeal of the Test Act , the commutation

      of the tithes , and the measures relating to corporations and the Irish church , showed that the most extensive [ ameliorations were attainable by discussion and compromise , without the exercise of a desn < tie power by the popular representatives . He could not consent to distinguish between the aristocracy and the people of England , as if they were separate and hostile communities . Class melted into class , and the individual members of each were interchanged by time and circumstances , so as to produce an unity of interest among them all . Here lay , as he believed , a common mistake , on which were founded arguments which tended to shake and change the whole constitution of the country . As regarded the present bill , it was outlined : seme

      years since , but delayed in deference to the : deplorable calamities which required social rather than political remedies . Their acceptance of the . compromise now suggested in no degree bound thein to consider the bill final , if , hereafter , a . further ex-After speeches by Mr . M'Celush ana Mr . M . O'Cossell , ope against and the other in favour of the compromise , Mr . Shql remarked upon some' incongruities exhibited , in the amendments of the Peers . He Bpecially . iirged the value of self-acting registry . If it was omitted the territorial and sacerdotal influence would be in a perpetual pressure : : the injunction of the priest would be followed by the influence of the landlord ; and . the notice to

      register would be followed by the . notice to qnit . ( Hear , hear . ) The consecrated rostrum , rude and refashioned perhaps , would still find its way into the hearts of men , whether they registered at . £ 8 or £ 15 . . From the consecrated rostrum Father O'Shaughnessy — ( laughter )—would address his flouk somewhat after this fashion ^ - " . I expect that before I meet you on Sunday next , every , man in this parish , inll serve a notice to register , and thus show to Lord Stanley that he will be . ready to vote for God and his . country , at the . next election for the 8 ) anty el . Mayo-. " " Patrick Murphy , touched by the invocations , troold serve the notice to register ; and the next day he would meet the territorial possessor , one of the great Cromwellian deposits left

      by the old Protector —{ great laughterj- ^ and be would immediately say , " Why , Murphy , what is this I hear ? Have yon served notice to register ? Areyoarnot a ienantf" Murphy , thereupon , taking off his hat , making an obseqnous bow , and allowing . hislong white curls to touch the ground , ¦ would say , "Plaise your " honour —( loud laughter ) —Father O'Shaushnessy . " "EatherO'Shanghncssy , " the landlord -would exclaim , " and pray sir , does Father O'Shanghnessy know that you have nolease ? " ( Hear , hear . ) These were the constitutional interrogatories to which the omission of the self-acting register would give rise to . He Objected ' to that omission , simply upon the ground that the . precarious entry nnon the register would

      bat embitter the detestation of the elections themselves , fie did not despair of the submission of the Lords , nor even of the discretion of Lord Stanley ; some of the incidents of whose past career bad shown that he was not always unassailable by popular impnlsp . - ; Mr . Disbaezj contended thai the question had been argued in an unconstitutional manner . Premature threats of collision betwten the Peers and the Commons had been held out , ; and { alluding to & casual expression of Mr . Bri ght ' s ) the name of the sovereign introduced as approving a measure which , legally speaking , had received no recognition from the Crown . Reviewing the successive amendments effected in the Upper House , he nrged that the Lords had throug hout acted deliberately and discreetly , and had in nowise exceeded their appropriate functions . Admitting that the natural constitneply of Ireland had failed , and that it was necessary . to attempt to create a factitious one .

      that attempt must be considered , an experiment , and conducted under due precaution . AdhTerence of thirty or forty thousand in the number of the electorate ! wasof little importance compared with the principle pa which the line of demarcation was to be drawn . The Peers had fixed upon certain definite boundaries to the franchise which he thought were prudent , moderate , and to be maintained . Mr . Bxrsotns warned both Mr . Disraeli and Lord J . Bussell that the Irish members had heretofore decided who should be minister , and they mi ght do so again . If . Ireland were not treated liberally , he insinuated that they mi ght be inclined immediately to exercise that power . The right hon . member proceeded to remark upon the arbitrary interference of the Peers with tho liberties of the Irish people . Sir G . Gbet explained the conduct of the Marquis of Lansdowne in reference to the qualification clause .

      A divisifawas then taken upon the first proposition upon the rating qualification . " The numbers appeared—* .. - . For flie £ 12 qualification ... 213 For ae £ 15 qualification ... . 91—122 The house divided again , npon the motion of Lord J . Kessku * for restonngthe self-actingregistration clauses .

      For restoring the clauses ... 179 Against ... ... ... ... 109-70 Tie unopposed amendments were read and agreed to , jmd the bill referred back to the Upper House . : ¦ ; . " ^ The report from the Committee of Supply was brought upland agreed to . ; . . The report upon the Queen ' s Message relative to the settlement . of Marlboroug h Houra npon the rrince of Wales was brought up and discussed for some time , and a division called upon a motion made by Mr . Home for negativing the report . The motion was negatived b y a majority of 42 , the numbers being 81 to 89 . The : report was then agreed to , and a bill ordered to be brought in . The remaining orders # n the papers were then gone through , and the house adjourned , at one o clock . '

      ; WEDNESDAY , Jdit 31 : BOUSE OF COMMONS . — Susday Tbadiso Bui . —The " . committal of this bill having been mowdbyS& . AicocK , ., - ¦ - Mr . Arsis * moved that it be committed that day three months ; . Timei ha contended , did not permit the possibilit y of the measure receiving proper discussion this ^ ear . . : Mr . Tbkuwbt seconded the amendment , and , after much discussion and an appeal from Sir 0 . Gray against delaying the progress of . the measure on account of objections which oughtto beurred m committee . * ' .-.:. , , .. - . Mr . S . C ^ wrdap moved the adjournment of the debate . . ; - The honse'divided— '

      For the adjournment ..... . * 36 Against ............. ; .. 71—35 . The debate was renewed upon the amendment but the bill was ultimately . withdrawn , the house merely expressing their assent to a recommendation of Sir ( 5 . Grey that the wages of workmen should be , whenever possible , paid upon the Friday in every week ^ ' . ; ; . ¦ The Ecclesiastical Residences ( Ireland ) Bill , -whichstood fora second reading , was withdrawn oy Mr . Napier . ' ,- -.:-.. Si ? J . Dcckwoeth also . withdrew the Weights and Measorea Bill , which had arrived at the third reading . . - . The secomfreading of the Landlord and Tenant ( Ireland ) BilC was opposed by Mr . R . Fox , who moved that rtfbe read a second time that day three months . ¦ _ . .. . . *

      JftJK ^*?*^ - oitkB 8 Tstem of Partial and iragmentary legislate for i ^ a and calied S 2 « CBBtatiE * V v * AwaaffisssiasjfgsBB -was likely to be . usefnl , but could not approve " ihe extended powers gisen to the landlords by <> Mr dauses , and cerbmly should refuse his consent * o the measnre untfl the details had undergone a deliberate consideration . . .. v . . . . Sir H . W . Babhos contended that under the existing ww the landlord : was generally the a 2 « rie . ed party , and required protection against the dishonestv of his tenants .. : > :

      Mr . KEraoLra . retorted upon the landlords with a charge of cruelty and exaction .- . • - Mr . HAsmroLs . oS ' ered to compromise with the government by Adopting the measure to the suggestion offered by fiir . G . Grey ; . ¦ Mr . C . AKsijr believed that thb bill could not be wadered goodbyjany process of araendatioq . ( '¦ . ' After a protracted discussion , the ^ ebafe , npon the : motion ef Mr : M'Cduaqb , wia adjourned till ¦ Thursday . ca ; -, -: > ^ o-: ' ; : - .... " . ¦ ; : v . > : X < - t ; ...: v- ; . ::-7 , -:: ¦ : ¦ _ . - . :::-.- ¦ -j-i ¦ --. -. ¦ ;; ::: .. ;•• - . . - - ¦ ¦ ' ¦

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      The Lords' amendments to the County Courts Extension Bill were brought tip for conaideration . ^" - Capt . Fitzboy protested against the •« concurrent jurisdiction" of the Bupenbr . courts ,, which the , Upper House had introduced , ' and , declared his . intention of asking the house toiesist that proposition in a future session . "As the country had expressed itself strongly in favour of some * measure for extending the operation of the county courts , he would consent to adopt the bill as it stood for the present , rather than sacrifice it altogether . , . _ The amendments were then agreed to , with ' sVme immaterial exceptions . . ...... The second reading of the Inspection , of Coal Mines BUI was moved , and opposed oh . the score of the lateness of the hour . - The . house divided upon a , motionfor adjourning the debate , which was neeatived by a majority of 39 , the numbers being 15 for the ad journmentand 54 against

      , . ; Six o ' clock having arrivedwhen this division \ m completed , tue house rose immediately : . ' : From our Seeond Edition of last week . J ¦ THURSDAY , Jolt 25 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-The Earl St . Gxbjuks withdrew the Marriages' Bill ,, trusting ( hat the Earl of Ellesmere ( for whom he was acting ) would introduce a similar measure early next session . Several bills having been forwarded a a ^ age , their lordships adjourned . " " . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —At the morniag sitting , the Mercantile Marine Bill was considered as amended , and ordered to be read a third time on Monday . : , :. The Medical Charities Bill made further progress in committee . ' : On resuming at fire o ' clock , in answer to Colonel Sibihobp , .... - - . ' .

      The Atiorskt-Gmmul admitted that he had refused to append hia signature to the injunction asked for against the Commissioners of the Industrial Exhibition , to prohibit the erection of their intended edifice in H yde Park . The right honourable gentleman declared his willingness to justify this refusal , if called upon . In answer to Mr . B . Cochkahb , ' . . ; .. ' ; Lord PjuMERsioiTstated that the arbitration of Sardinia andRussia had been successively suggested in order to settle the differences pending between this country and Tuscany ; but that both suggestions had been declined by the government , who had , nevertheless , declared themselves willing to accept the good offices of the former power .

      On the motion for going into - Committed of Supply , "• * ¦¦ . ¦ ' LordNjusmoved an address to the Crown praying that measures ; should be , taken . to ' Jnsure a regular steam communication between England and the Australian colonies . After reviewing the , respective merits of the three suggested route * for the line of steamer ' s , viz ., by way of Singapore , the Isthmus of Panama , and the Cape , of Good Hope , the noble lord summed up in favour of the last mentioned project . . , . .-. . . ¦ ' The Chakcellor of the Exchequik admitted the self-evident utility of such a comraunicatioB with Australia . He regretted , however , that he could not state the success of the ministerial efforts to accomplish that object , and went at some length into a detail of the abortive negotiations which had

      been undertaken with the East India Company , in the hope of arranging upon a satisfactory basis for a steam packet service between Singapore and the Australian colonies . ,. ¦ .. . -.. . . .. Sir J . "Weir Hoea complained that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not only made indiscreet revelationsas to the correspondence carried on between the Ministry and the East . India Company upon the subject , but had cast upon the company alt the obloquy of the ill success that had hitherto attended their endeavours . ' So far from deserving this stigma , he showed many reasons for concluding that ' the East India Company , bad juat cause to complain of unfair treatment by the government in tb » affair . He gave notice of his intention to move in a day or two that the whole correspondence should be printed and laid on the table .

      After some further discussion the amendment was negatived . . , ¦ Mr . Ucue called the attention of the house to the re £ o ' al'oni which restrict the admission of the public to St . Paul ' s Cathedral . Sir G . Gr 5 T admitted that it was . desirable that the public should have freer access to . the cathedral , and that the restrictions were , a grievance , observing—after reading a letter from the Dean of St . Paul ' s , stating that he had been endeavouring to place the subject upon a more satisfactory

      footing , bnt that the control of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners over the capitular revenues did not enable them otherwise to pay tho vergers—that the difficulties of the subject were under consideration , audit might , perhaps , be necessary to obtain the assistance of theLegislature . , ... . . The house then went Committee of Supply . . The General Board of Health ( No . 2 ) , the Charitable Trusts , and small Tenements Rating Bills , were read a third time and passed before the house adjourned . -. ¦ " . -,

      ( Frommr ThirdEdition oflast vite& . J FRIDAY , July 26 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The three persons , named Byrne , M'Arthur , and Hind , committed for breach of privilege in having forged signatures to a petition , were brought up and discharged with a reprimand . Payment of the costs of incarceration was remitted , on account of their poverty . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . - The Hon . Mr . Stanley took the baths and his seat as member for Chester . . . . .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : Admission op Jews into thb House . — Baron N . N . de Rothschild then came up to the table ' accompanied by Mr . p . Wood and Mr . A . Smith . The New Testament ' being tendered , as usual , preparatory to his taking the oath of allegianwf , the hon . member requested to be sworn upon the Old Testament .

      Sir R . Ikqlis , remarking that on no previous occasion had any man presumed to claim a share in the duties of this still Christian legislature , except after professing his accordance with their common faith , declared his own intention of withstanding to the lasfc " every attempt to include among the legislators for a Christian people a member who would not in * some form ' or solemnity , pronounce himself a Christian . Dwelling upon the accepted practice in this respect , which he said "had existed ever since the people of England had embraced Christianity ' , ' he moved a resolution ' setting forth the determination of the house not to alter its established customs . ¦ ' ¦ '' , ' ¦ The Attornet-General , referring to the

      precedent set by Sir . R . Peel , when Mr . O'Cennell was first returned for Clare , and abstaining from any expression of his present opinion , he moved , as an amendment ; that Baron Rothschild should in person , or by counsel , be heard at the bar of the house , in support of his chum to sit as member , after taking the oaths-which his ' conscience might admit to be binding . -..- . - - Mr . P . Wood , ennnciated the maxim that membership in that housewas one of the privileges which every British subject had . a ri ght to enjoy , . except specially and unquestionably debarred by a statute of the legislature . ; Examining the form of the three oaths—of allegiance , supremacy , ' and abjuration—; required of members of parliament ,, ' he , showed at much length , that by the legal signification of the

      several statutes , loose oaths fell under the category ' of affirmation ! 1 , which , " in all courts ' of law , were ac- . cepted when taken in accordance with individual forms and faith . This conclusion he pronounced clear and indisputable , and as it would permit the elected member to enjoy his privileges , so it yet more strongly calls npon him to fulfil his duties to his constituents ; . ...., ' Mr . Stuart WoEiiar deprecated taking the house either by storm or by surprise , and submitted that the debate ought to be adjourned for some days that members might consider their opinions . Lord J . Russell coincided in believing that some delay might reasonably be asked for , but suggested that in fixing the day for resuming the

      debate the convenienc e of Raron Rothschild should be in some measure consulted . He would not then express his own opinion , but wished the . house to bear in mind the importance of the question which they were about to determine . , Sir B . Hail , on behalf of the electors of London , remonstrated with much warmth against the treatment they had received at the hands of the prime minister . A bill had been announced and kept in suspense during the whole session . ' Only on Satnrday last they had learned that it was abandoned ; and then their ' elected , representative , in . consequence of resolutions adopted at an influential meeting of his constituents , had presented himself for admission that day . - . ¦ , / Mr . C . Ahstbt denounced the proposal for adjourning the debate . It was prompted , he declared , by a wish to . burke the . question , and bad .. been adopted by a convenient arrangement made between

      the principal members of the two hereditary factions in the legislature . " \ ., . . Mr . SfuwDEGATB denied the right of the House of Commons to settle by itself a question which had formed the subject of bills .- submitted to both brauches of the legislature during two successive sessions . : ; , , . ; , ' . ; .. . , ' . . .,.:., ; , "Mr . psB 0 RHE , ! 6 n the other . hand , ' protested against getting rid of a question affecting xiyil arid religious liberty ' by a / snam battle , for the convenience ; of . Ithe government . ' , He called upon the Speaker to say .. whether he " was not empoweredi to administeran oatfito the Baron in the same maBneras'theJudges ' ofthe ' land . ' , ' . ¦' . "¦'¦' .- ' " . ' , " , . : intima . tely ; the amendment " , was' ^^ drawn ; an ' d . notice of a new amendment given , declaring ; that Baron Rotschild ; should he at onoe ; JSd ^ o nib ^ t ||| ngth 6 ba «« accor ^ ¦ 8 pme mi ^ U ^ pl ^ bntiiairmated controverBy , Mowe 4 r « spectmg ; ^ r ^^ n ^^^^

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      feli ^ 'esSISed . ^ TirtmMkpM aebate should proceed that evening upon members re-assemblbg ; but this motion was negatived upon a division ; by 191 votes to 62- ^ -129 . < - ! A- second divi- ; sion . was called upon a motion for fixing the renewed debate for twelve o ' clock on- Monday , iwhichvwas afBrmed . by a majority of 168 to 67—101 .. * ¦ : >' , ' . > . : u-. ¦ ' The , hoilse then adjourned to a ' quarter to ' six ^' . v--On the tiouse resuming , Lord J . Russell then gave notice that when the . lords' amendments to the Irish Franchise Bill came , on for consideration on Tuesday , he should ; move : that the £ 15 . rating be reduced ti £ 12 ; and the clause renderin g personal application necessary- before an elector was admitted to ithe franchise ; bewithdrawn . ; The house then went into committee of supply upon , the army estimates , wfiere the ; dry details ' of military finance were enlivened by a facetious speech from Mr . H . Berkeley in opposition to the yeomanry ¦

      VOte ., ,: : ;• <; i ; ¦ .. ¦¦ . ¦>¦ ¦¦ . ¦ , . . . .-.- When the houBe resumed , the report of the committee of supply was received and agreed to , certain bills were advanced a stage , and the remaining business having been disposed of , the house adjourned at two o ' clock until Monday .

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      REPRESENTATION OF LAMBETH . On Tuesday evening a meeting of the eleotors of Lambeth ; was held ot the Horns Tavern , Kenningtbn , to receive the resignation of Mr . C , Pearson , and to hear the " opinions of any gentleman who might present himself as a candidate for ' filling the vacancy in the re ' preseritatibn ; of the borough . Mr . J . HoNT ,: one of the churchwardens , presided . Mr . ' Pearson | was not present .- ¦ The Chairman having observed ' that the electors were called upon to exercise a most important right , said he should not detain them with any remarks of his own , but at once' introduce the' gentleman who claimed their suffrages : . ' ' . ' .. ' ¦ ' Mr ; Williams , who was accompanied by Mr . Q ,

      Tliompsqn , ai . jf ., ana -sir , Josnua waimsley , M . P .. tlien presented ' himself , and . was received with ge-, heral applause . He was , as their ; chairman had told them , a candidate fortheh suffrages , to . suqe eed their late able and talented . representative , Mr . . C . Pearson . He had been inyited to ! come forward by ' some of the leading gentlemen of that borough , who assured him that . a very large majwity of its electors concurred With him in political opinions . Sbco , he appeared amongst them he had received , the ino ^ t cheering encouragement ^ cheers . W-but he , had not presented himself to ; " them" as an untriedvma ' i }; ( Cheers . ) / . Instead of professions , he , could ' proudly , refer the ; electors to his services , and his votes'in parliament for thirteen years , invariably in favour ; of the ^ dause . of the people . ( Loud cheers . V His

      votes had been published , and he could then asseverate , that , he hadjnever been absent on any , diyisipn when the interests of the people were at stake , and that he had . never given a vote in opposition to '; them . ( Cheers . ) .. ; HeVhad " . sprung ; from the people , and hwfeelings and sympatnies were | n uni-. 80 h . ' with them and the ; ' electoral classes of the country ., ^ General cheering . ); Ho had caused to be , circulated very extensively amongst the electors a pamphlet on the defeptiye state of the representative system- ^ -the unequal " , and oppressive taxation to which the Pjepple were ' siibjectea , and the prodigal expenditure of public money so much to be comp lained of . ; He hoped they had each got a copy , of it , as it . would enable them to become acouainted

      with bis politicalopinions , and partly , with the services ' which he had rendered to . th ' oLe ' ople , - ( Hear , ) He was then prepared to answer anf question ' put to him , I or , giye , ^ explanation ; that might . be deemed necessary ' : H . e was one of those whohad supported the Reform Bill , believing that ; it would have relieved the people very considerably from the pressure of taxation , but , like others , he had since seea that that measure , instead of accomplishing the proposed important , object , made the government of the country dearer , by some millions annually , than it bad been under the . regime of the old boroughmongers . Seeing the failure of the Reform Act , he . was one of the first to denounce it , not only in the House of Commons , but in public in , other

      places , when calling on the people to . come forward and demand such an improvement of it as would effectually oarry . out the objects it was said to have been capable of accomplishing for the , benefit of . the people . - , ' They " could " not forget that there were 6 , 000 , 000 of men at present in the United Kingdom who were excluded from the franchise , andithat very few ; n ) ore , than a million enjoyed it . ; . He maintained that the privilege , of electing members of parliament . was unequally- distributed ; : He , was able to state that there were fifty-five . towns in this country , sending sevehtv-s ' ix representatives to the House of Commons , and that the aggregate number of their inhabitants ' was fewer than those of "that borough . If they would do him the honour to send

      him aB- their , representative to the House of Commons , his efforts . would be unceasingly ' exerted to obtain for them a fair representationy in common with their fellow-countrymen , and for the extension of the franchise . .. Wh should not the poor artisan ; then , at that meeting have the power of voting for a representative in parliament , as well as the first lord of . the realm ? He would ask the first nobleman in the land to look any of the hard-working , " honest men there in the face , and say . by what right a lord should exercise the franchise , and ah humble , industrious man should ' be excluded ? ( Cheers . ) They

      ihould also have the ballot —( cheers)—and short parliaments to enable them to keep short accounts . ' Loud cheers . ) . They , all know , aa men of business ; how much easier . it . was to settle Bhort than long accounts . ' ( Laughter . ) ^ hileihehad been a memier of the House of Commons he had ; been in the labjt of rendering short accounts to those to , whom he was-answerable . He had gone ' amongst them every year , and he distinctly ; told them if they disapproved of him he was prepared to place his eeat again . at their ; disposal within ; twenty-four Hours ; because he was confident of having discharged his duties faithfully / " ,.. v ...: . ! i ; .- • ; . ¦

      A Voicis . —Pearson said thfrsame thing to us , but he never kept hisword .: ( Laughter . ) . ¦ ' . ¦ - . . - ¦ Mr . Williams ; said he was prepared to ' ' pledge himself to do so . Those were his principles , arid if the electors approved of them and returned him to parliament , he should honestly and : earnestly exercise every power ; he possessed to accomplish them . He was prepared to answer : any questions that might be put to him , and he would give straightforward ; manly , answers , : without any equivocation . ( Cheers . ) He believed while he was in parliament there , was no man who had exerted himself bore than he-had , except Mr . Hume , to keep the fingers of the tax collector , out of the people ' s pockets . Cheers , and loud cries of " Say : no more , you are

      toq well known , " &o . ) During the applause some written , communications having been sent' to the hon . gentleman from the body of the'room , ; it appeared they contained questions ^ in reply to which he said one of them related ¦ to his "opinion , of the qualification at present required for members of par- ' liament , if ImemberB Returned 'for any- borough in England required a- property qualification of £ 300 a . year . There had been some slight change within the last few years ;; . butinScotland no ' qualification was . required . ¦ :. The only : qualification' required-in Scotland was . the approbation . ' pf the -people—( cheers)—which , was the true constitutional qualification . ( Continued cheering . ) ¦¦ ' That was the ' only one he himself " would : acknowledge . ' ( Cheers ; arid cries of MBraro . ?) i * . ii ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦

      Mr . Bbownb , aneleotor , who advanced from the body , of the meeting , hoped tho hon . gentleihan would not deceive them as , he said , their late representative had . done . The speaker concluded ; after a very stormyaddress , by ¦ asking'the" lion ; candidate whether he . would keep to his ' word by meeting hia constituents ' . ' of that borough every year ? r '• Mr . WauAMs repeated the question fpi the , purtose , as he stated } of enabling every one present to hear it . He was asked wnether he would meet his constituents atthe close of every session of-Tiirliament ? . He' gave his answer openly ; arid he'had no hesitation in sayingthat he would . ~ s \ Cheers ;) He would , however , do more—if required by a majority of the : electors , 'he ' theif promised to surrender heir trust to . them whenevertbey demanded it back . ( Cheers . ) : ¦ -.-A -.. . ' . '< .. :

      Mr . Moore , as a member of the Church of Eng . and ,. expressed' his disapproval of Mr .- " Williams having voted for the grant to the college of Maynooth . ( Cries of " No bigotry , " , and " Wh y should not the Roman Catholics have a little , too ? "j Ho thought some of the hon . candidate ' s-supporters guilty , of inconsistency in supporting him after hav . ing given such a vote in the House of Commons ' . After some repeated noisy interruption * , the speaker wished toask the meeting for what sin Mr . 'Hawes had been rejected by : that borough ? ( Avoicfri" Because he : was a trickster . " Loud groans arid hisses ) . Mr . Hawes was rejected because he voted in favour of the Maynooth grant : where waa the consistency in selecting another gentleman w . hp had given a similar vote' ? - He wished to ask the hbri . jentlemaD , how he ' . could' reconcile that vote with lis professions as to the separation of church and state ? ' ¦ ¦ . ¦> ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦] ' - ¦ ¦• ' " - ' ¦ ¦'¦•• ¦>'¦¦>

      -Mr . WiLUAits said his answerwas Very . simple . There was no connexion Whatever between the two things . ¦ (• fOh't oh !" -rhissesand ch « ers . ) He was- not going ' to shirk'the question . He- Appealedto the good sense iof every man present , to- ' b ' iijP whether , there was any connexion between the tvftt / branchesof the question ; in the i shape-in ' ' which" H was put to him . However ; while b&was an won * g thatiquestion ^ he might as ! well suaswer < a great manyj others , sent up to him » ; Sirioe he--had

      answered BimiUuMquestions laai'iiyening , ha had ascertained that a placard had . iheen published , " addressed to thei ' . ' . Di 8 sent » rs ofiamboth . ' The first ¦ p angraphyai : —^ - Mri iWilliams ^ eeks your r vote oq the ground ) that he is opposed to the union of phurohand . state ; but ate ' you aware that , riotwithstandAng-tbi ^ professedi / opposition ' toTeli giouV endowment * , > he suppcafted -the' increased grant to the BiomaniCatholicCollege . ofr'Maynootb . ?^ Tliai'h © , votedior the . pHitti'of < 3 ouucilV . > Au'd Mi fa {} ,:. > ¦ : ' .-: . - . : . v j ' . : ^ ruiil u-:. i : ^; .: ;; :-. ; : ¦ . J . i-. i .. ; -: ! . . - . a . ' . ; : . r-Vi . :. nM ' -r :. ;; •; ¦ , ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ,: <; r . ? w ... - U , -- ; .

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      iS ! SS ' etootion /^ fl ^» te «^ WP . ft ^ te ; tinn whatever " for those BtatementB ... iOn the conhSrSSL ^ nters of G ? ventryf , ' / 8 fter . "having epSd them forthirte ' en feXv Sved of him .: 'VThey \ were as . inte hgent , Sfeg ^^ SKfe ^ sM ^ ms ^ s { He wished to say afew words as to the' Maynooth erant It appeared that . in 1790 , durinjt the i ' ronch touniiltion . tho government of this country encou- ;

      raited and supported the establishment of the Colleee of Maynooth , in Ireland . ; It was established first for the education of Roman Catolics generally , but it had afterwards been'exclusively used for , the eduoation of catholic priests . ( Shame . ) . Previously they had been educated abroad—in" France princi-Dallv—and it was considered . deairable'to prevent communications between Irish , students qualifying for the Roman catholic ' priesthood in Prance and the disaffected in Ireland . , When : the ( r uhiori tcok place five years afterwards , a pledge was given to the Irish parliament that the English government . would continue that grant to Maynooth .. . He had acted upon what . he considered to , be a principle of in » tinB . as bindine as if it ' was an agreement

      between manand man . ( App lause . ) If the ' electors considered he had done wrong- ( " no , no , " " at all" )—he coiild only ' state , the facts as he had done ,-and give them his opinions and reasons simply and plainly . No matter what proposition was made hereafter to grant money , for religious purposes , he would neyer consent'to sixpenco being granted . Ho hoped he had explained satiBfaotorily-his reasons for voting for the Maynooth grant / and he should be happy to answer any further questions . ... -,- ¦¦ ..,: ' .. i After a few words from . ; the . Rev . J , Bnwwii , Mr . Thv » aites proposed ; and DriEvAMs * seWnded , ' the following resolution : —" . That having . received from Mr . W . Williams a candid expression of his opinions on all-questions / of interest -to . jfoi . liberal constituency of the , borough of . Lambeth , arid viewing with . satisfaction his conduct during' thirteen years in the House of Commons , resolvea that this meeting considers him . eminehtly qualified to represent this ! borough in parliament , arid pledges itself to U 8 e every effort to ensure his return . " , Itappeared Mr . ! Edward Miall " intimated his intention

      not to come forward at . that election , and that he disclaimed all knowledge of the placards and printed oircuUrs distributed . about the borough virith refer ,-encetO'Mr . Williams , whose return ; it was said , wssibe ' yond » H doubt or question ..: ¦; V . ' ¦• : "' ¦ . :., : ^ The resolution ; wa » adopted amidst acclamations , aridwithtw . odissentients , only . ' ; ,- \; " ! , ' . : .. i Mr . Williams , tonke " d " the meeting ' . sincerely for their noble and manly demonstration in hii favour . It was not in . his power to wait upon them . indivi-<| uKHy , ' ¦ for . there were ' ; up ' wairis ; , of' 18 , 000 ; j . buthe ¦ wished mb » t earnestly to bbable to do . s ' o , and he hoped ' eachof them . would go to his neighbour , and solibithim ' to-idp , likewise . . ( Cheers . ) . . - ,.. ,- - ¦ -, ;; Mr . G . !' ; ' THokpsoN , M . P ., next addressed the meeting liri an eloquent speeoh in . support of Mr . - 'Williairii ' s claims' on the liberal electors of the ¦ borough ; , ., :, . ,. ; .,, ; -,., - \ , . ¦¦ r- - rA . i - . - ¦'¦ ' . ¦ , ¦ -t .- ' ; - .:. 1 ; . A resolution of thanks was passed to the : chair man , ' and ' the jneeting separated ; ' ,. ' \\ , i . , ; . c .

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      WORSHIP-STREET . ' —Robbbb ^ of A Lodoiho-HousB . —& y oung . ; nian ? of : respectable ^ appearance , ' named Jonn Ti ' eld , was . placed atthe bari b ' efore Mr : 'Hammill ; charged ; . with ( having stolen ; a silver watchpand numerous other articles ^ : the property of Mr . Simuel Young ; coffeehouse-keeperin Shoredikch . —The prosecutor Btated , that on the morning of Fridayise ' nnight the prisoner came to-his house with a bulky package in his possession , ; and . after intimating that lie had slept the previous night at a p lace in tm neighbourhood , whore he had not only been subjected to constant annoyance , but suspected it was the resort . of-thieves , as his property had been tampered , with while he was asleep , engaged a

      bed , and expressed , his intention to stay there for several days . He was accordingly furnished with ; the required accommodation , and lived in the best style at tho expense of the witness until the following Tuesday , when he came down , stairs with a box in his hand , which he assured witness merely con- , tained Boiled linen , which he was about to take : to the laundress , and that he would return to dinner as usual .: He failed to . do so , however ,, and upon witness going up to his bedroom a few hours afterwards he found that his watohuhad been stolen from the head of his bed , and -that , not only the prisoner ' s own room , ' but several of the other bedrooms , had been plundered of hairbrushes , towels , and almost . every other article - of that kind that

      could be easily removed . . He gave immediate information of . the robbery to the . police , and having at length succeeded in tracing the prisoner ! to another coffeehouse , in Little Britain , he proceeded there and gave him into , custody . —Baker , a city policeman , stated that he received charge of the prisoner from the last , witness , when he indignantly denied that he had anything in his possession belonging to the prosecutor , but upon searching him he found in one ; of his ; coat pockets the stolen watoh , and in a large carpet bag , which waspointed Out to him as belonging : to the prisoner , he : dispbyered - ' several . brushes . ; and other Jartiplesi -which were also identified by . Mr . Young as his property . He likewise discovered a great number of duplicates

      in his possession , ; and , ; in ' addition to the ' articles ^ before described , ho . found ' that the carpet bag ' and a large valise , claimed by the prisoner , were closely packed with property of every description / which he had every reason , to believe , if . the facts ' ' of the present charge obtained publicity , would turn-out to be the produce of numerous other robberies . — " The prisoner , , who declined : offering any 'defence ; was ordered . to . be . remanded > for a week for other charges ' to he preferred against him ; : ¦ " : ; 'UNfHOVoKBD Assaults . —Andrew Orara , a welldressed middle-aged man , was charged with a series of brutal and unprovoked assaults-upon two reipeotable married women , and one of their relatives / named William Raikes , who had interfered

      for " their proteotjon . —Mr . llammill severely animadverted upon the wanton and disgraceful nature ot the ' eutrages , and'sentenced the prisoner to pay ' , the extreme penalty , of £ 5 for assaulting the female complainants , and a second penalty off 3 for his attack . upon . Raikes , or in default to stand com- ' mitted to the House of Correction for the' several terms of t , wo months-and' six weeks ; - , the latter . term of imprisonment to commence at the expiration of the first . . . . " no . - . ¦•¦' " •' . ' i-tii' -i-i' ¦ •;¦ ¦; -: •¦ > ¦¦ ¦ " '¦> ' ¦ 1 SOUTHWARK . ~ A ^ Cautioit to LoDoiJio-nousB Kbbpkrs . —Richard liHoleate was charged with being concerned with another man ( not in custody ) in obtaining various sums from several persons resident iii the . dMriot by the . followine atratacem '

      :--The system adopted ' by the prisoner arid hisI associate to defraud a class of persons keeping lbdgin ' g-houseB was generally attended with successi "It appeared that on Friday last a well-dresssed' man called at the house of a Mrs . Peacock , near Trinitysquare , ' represented his name to be Captain . Preen . an , recently arrived from abroad , and that he was in want , of lodgings . ' ¦ He ' then : inspected' the apai'tnie nts , and said they would suit him ;' aria \ that he should go and send in his luggage . Before , however , he : quitted- the houBe , he mentioned that he should send in some stationary articles , and at the sariie time he drew out of his pocket ! a- purse , from which'he took what seemed to be a £ 20 note , and asked her . if she would let him have change , and that he would leave

      money to pay for the parcel . The complainant answered that ' she could not ^ comply with the request , upon which " Captfiin Free- ' man" eaid , "Then you . can pay the messenger , wfio will bring the-statioriary ' and also my luggage from on board , the steampaoketi and I shall repay you again . " She atonce assented to the propositiorii ' and the ; "captain " : walked out ; ' sayirig that . he should return , to his lodging assoon ' ashe arianged some little matters of business . "• Sbirie time after his departure the prisoner called and inquired if Captain Freeman lived-there , ' -and the answer' being in the affirmative ; fie' then said that he had a small parcel for'him , which he had ordered to be sent ' 'there , and that it would come to 4 s . ; 6 d . - The . complaihant

      , entertainmg no suspicion as to the character of her new lodger , paid the money and took in the parcel , and the ' prisoner departed . Neither " Captain Freeman , " -however , ; nor his luggiige , having made their appearance at the stipulated time , the complainant became rather uneasy , and at length decided upon opening the parcel which the prisoner was paid for , and found it tocontainbnlyafew sheets of writing paper , together with ' three pens , the value of which only amounted to a few pence . It is unnecessary to mention that "Oiptain ' Freeman " never made his appearance sit the house afterwards ; put information having been given ; pi the circumstances attending the transaction at the ¦ stationhouse inquiries were set on footthe result nfwhi « h

      , was a discovery that-the prisoner ' , in conjunijtiori withthe ' Captain Freeman " referredto , hadsucceeded in obtaining small sums of money from a great number of lodging-house keepers by similar means to those employed in the case of Mrs . Pea-( BqckjWKojwas completely thrown off her guard by the specious manner and appearance of the "Captain ,, a description of whom has been given to the police , arid , as the case was deemed incomplete without his presence-also , the prisoner was remanded in order ; to give an opportunity for the ' apprehension of his associate . ¦ - ¦¦ ¦¦¦ r . ;; MANSION HOUSE .-. FoRpKBT . -Dixbn Dawson a Greenwich pensioner , who was a fow days ago charged . with having forged drafts upon Sir ' John Lubbock , and Co ., in . the name of Miss Sarah

      Hawes , the sister of Mr . Benjamin Hawes , sen ., was brought up to bo committed for trial .- The following , was added to the depositions : —CharleB Cuthbert :: I bavp known ' the prisoner well upwards ° J fifteen years . ' ¦ Ho Was a ' fellow servant of mine at Messrs . Hawes ' s . ' at Limbeth , for several years rhaye , seen him write / arid I believe the writing in the . drafts . and other papers produced to be . h ' js . — The prisoner handed in a paper to Alderman Gibbs , which the alderman desired should be read in the public room . The following facts were slated in it : — ^ . Upwards of sixty ; years had elapsed since he nrst went to sea , and the first engagement in which he had fought was that jn which Sir Ralph Abercrombie had lost his life . In the next in . which he

      engaged , , which . was in 1803 'he received several hard knocks about the head ' , ' from which , particularly now that he was advancing in years , he suffered . severely ; He was on board ' the Tietory at Trafalgar when Nelson fell ,, and was wounded close to the hero on the quarterdeck ; , and in 189 ? he was in Gaeta , in Italy , when the . % n ch army stormed the tort , and was there wounded slightly iii four places . ' I wag sent , ' said tho old man ' " with Sir Samuel Hood to take Madeira ,, in whibb . wo sueoeeded , and was engaged offiGUadaloupe with two frigates arid seven batterie 8 ,.,. nine upon one ' ship for two houisand forty minutes ,. On coming home to England 1 was sent oil board the Minotaur 74 , and was one of the first wen- to board the -Danish

      gun boats tftatour ship deBtroyed by fi ? e , under the batteries , af Copenhagen . ; : In coming to England ourship was lost with 580 > hion iii hep , -jind . I had to swim three miles , and was three houts and ' threes quarters in : | the sea'before , I got toi Camperdowih I was made a < prisoner' of war and sont" to Franca , where £ remained rieariy four 3 * e&rs , in Valeooiehne 3 ^ hal <' st 8 rvedj ; r and when the French sraiVi were in fell retreat fsiiri'Mbacovn WWere marohod ' 600 miles in that dreadful ' wihte ^ . thrpugh frost and ? . ° . ow : -. ;' . 'M y lord , I nslverwas' iai any prison in ; my life ftn-anycrime tiliinbw , arid Dlli > pe some hisnano persan , will , save < iriei ' arid 'hi y ' noor daughter \» h « HX £ ! tR ? n ? V * tl * Ps' anythtog is done to . me' so ! ff * 5 " Xi . VM 9 G »? enwidh ' K 9 spital . ' arid > . hmt io 1

      «« r . uawes wa give xao-ai character fjom th ^ f »» W . to il ^^ -AWeimab Oibbs toid ^ SS •*§» Wat ; ne t make Ws , statement tfttffiiS aad cominittodbim ; fortmk , . ' " . .-. * _ ,, } ^ fSTREaT ; - Cniaiis ov 'SiABBii % " WifW ' ; to £ ' ' a - ? 1 d ' *»**« rgedwith atabbine his WS&ft&tik iK rSfJ . V 7 ^ t-C ^ l ™** Vto the , Mdiot SJ l ^ ghft ^ and , whi ^ ihad been inflicted by sr aie ' ¦ ft R ^^ pa ^ aSiSC -SSiS *> ^ . V 181 ??» l *> POsedthat Wwas ' ori dutv'Vhat 'SS ^ W . '¦ fvJW ^ VWree ^ * h « i'he saw Vbab "" ye- ^ Pto-the- en trfence bf' 4 hfe Kini »'« . nn !!^»

      krnApitaJ . A femate , aliphteti /^ d-was assist ^ * in , by sevwal , persoas , ' and' - oii ^ ingJexaihinW by the house surgwo ; 8 he was found to' b ' e ' ' sufferine from J ^^ ^ « ep . l ^ aw 3 ed ' wound ; - iri . tbe palm . gf ^ tho'iig ' ht band . After the wound was- 'dressod , she said she m ^ mW W Fennel , that . she' % a ¥ Ka w ? O fier , husband came home , and she told : hira it y . ** Ay <* &late ; hour , for him / to . beiout . : Othor B ^ .- ^^ r . » ad .. hB , lifMu ^ bi 8 om : . an 4-fciS once conveyed-her . to the hospital ^ ® n ek took | » onet admittslltat toitomt Kfe , ^^ i- . .-: ¦ ¦• -. , ¦ , ¦ - - >¦ h , ' ifi-, ; ,

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      wound-was caused by , tto ^ j ^^| fefe = r ^ ite aYwavated liini tol { rike her .-Lftck 8 aid .. tt 9 . 5 en £ Jcustpdy , and he instanflf fxamined . bii , . S There - was ' no' appehronce ; of ' blood , upon ; : ,. tfend £ tL na tur ^ S ithaSen inflicted ^ ne . sharp instruoS- ^ uel ^ tK ^™^^^^ ' Sl ^ k bJ ^ ri ^ lorieT 1 ^ SKo * nto't * o ' of ^ ihem .-poma , * mi * f $ : thatlewas a wine porter , and that on the ^ jth of Jaly last hemet the prisoner » Tl" ™ " ^^* . gave him a'sampling order , signed « CharlesH . & 9 on '' t 6 BOtotheLondonDofcks , and obtaia

      seventeen samples of port wine . Witness went W thd docks ; drew the samples , and took them to Mr : Brown ' s licensed vitualler , in Dark-hou « e-lane . Ha was subsequently twice employed by- the prisoner in similar transactions . —Charles . Henry Hodgson , said that prisoner came t » him about afortnigW ago , and requestedto see some wine between * 25 and £ 30 ; Witness asked , him what he wanted 16 for , and prisoner replied that he wanted it for ship- ' nient to Australia . ¦ Witness then showed him soma samples he thought would answer bis purpose . Prisoner required a tasting order , and witness gava him three accordingly , but did not give the sampling order : nroduced ; \ neither was it in his bandin the -Lo

      wrning .--John Moctqn / a ^ clerk ndoa Docks / stated he passed the-orders produced , but at the time . he did : bo he suspected them : to b « forgeries , and gave- information to the principal to to that effect . It was very easy to obtain , tha printed forms that were required for sampling orders : as any one could have them by applying afc the docks ; the same form also answering thepur-, pose of a tasting order-by striking out certain portions thereof . ; Hence the facility with which prisorier bad been able to forge the names and privnfe marks' of Mr . Hodgson and Mr . Silver , ac there was now difficulty- ; ini obtaining a genuina tasting orderwhich contains the private marks o £

      , the wine . belonging to the person signing the oiv der , and which afforded tho prisoner opportunity oC copyinr them with impunity * ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . - . i : • ... ' . ? MAELB 0 R 0 UGH-8 TREET . —Chabob ot Shop * linim iBr ' . ' A Ladt . "—Ann Taylor , a well * dressed woman ! residing : at-No . 8 j York-street * Lambeth ; ' was brought before Mr . Bingham ,, charged with stealing live black silk handkerchiefs , value £ 2 ; the property of Mr . Thomas Bastery , draper and silk mercer , 208 , Regent-street . — Robert Storey , an assistant in tho employ of tha prosecutor , stated that on Saturday evening ¦ about ; eight o clock , the prisoner came into his employer ' s shop , and asked if they had any lambswool vests I

      Witness replied in the negative , and , as it was rain ; ing very fast , he asked Her to take a seat , ' which she immediately accepted . As soon as she sab down she inquired whether they kept gentlemen ' s ? cotton drawers , socks , and handherohiet ' s . If the / did , she would make a purchase . Witness said they kept all those articles , whan she placed heB chair close to the counter / while he showed her tag articles she bad named ; After looking them over , she purchased three pair of drawers arid six pair os socks , and she then asked to look at the handker * chiefs . ; He thenplaced several pieces before herand from the manner in which she looked at them .

      his ' suspioions were excited , and he removed tha goods / urther from . her . While doing so be noticed her ' shuffling about her dress , and he immediately mentioned the circumstance to his employer , who directly went ' round to where she was sitting , and taxed her with having some of his property about her which she bad not purchased . She-expressed her surprise ; indignantly- denied the imputation , and said they were not aware of her great respectability . Witness then threatened : to send for x constable ,-when he noticed-her drop something oa the floor , wbioh he picked up , and found tfcj handkerchiefs produced wrapped up in some paper . A constable was then sent for , and the . prisoner was given into custody . —The prisoner , who denied he charge , was remanded . .

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      Pall ofa Mill at Stockport . —Dheadfol Loss op Lipi ^ On' Tuesday afternoon , between one and two o ' clock , a very , serious and alarming accident occurred at a mill belonging to Mr . Cephas Howard , arid rented by Mr . ' Jos . > Hey wood as a doubling mill / while tbe'hahds were ' at dinner . One of tha main supports of the building gave way ; and a great portion of it-fell ,. bury ing fifteen or twenty-of tha ' hands who remained inside ; " Five people were coni . y ' eyed toihe infirmary , of whom one has died , and others are not expected to live . 'At present , none of those who were completely buried have been recovered , ' so that'the names are not accurately known ; but , in addition to a number-of girls who wera

      dining at the mill , there , were . some machinists and workmen , who . were , employed . there temporarily . It is a fine large fireproof mill , four , storeys high and it will have to be ; almost , entirely rebuilt . A treat portion of the maohinery was new , and has been entirely destroyed . > ' ; . ; ' The Dbikciivb PoiicB SxAPF . Xlpspector Wield is a middle-aged man of a portly jresence , with s large , moist , knowing eye , a husky , voice , and ahabit of emphasising his conversation by the aid of a large corpulent fore finger , which is constantly ia juxta-position with his eyes or nose . Inspectoi ! Stalker , w a shrewd , hard-headed Scotohman-ia

      appearance not afcallunlikea very acute , thoroughly trained ' lohoolmaater from the-Normal Establishment at Glasgow . ... Inspector Wield one might hava known , perhaps , for what he is—Inspector Stalker , never .. The ceremonies of reception over , Inspectors Wield and Stalker , observe that they have brongtifc some sergeants with them . The sergeants are presented—five , in . number , Sergeant Dornton , Sergeant -Witchem , ' Sergeant Mith , Sergeant FendalL and Sergeant Straw ; We have the whole detective force from Scotland-yard with one exception . They sit down in a semi-circle ( the two inspectors atthe two ends ) at a little distance from the round table , facing the ' editorial sofa . Every-man of them , in a lance

      g , immediately takes atrihventory of the furniture , and anjiecurate sketch of the editorial presence . . . W editor feels that any gentleman ia company could be takeh . up , if need should be . without tibe smallest hesitation , twenty years hence . The , whole , party : are in plain clothes . Sergeant Domcon , about fifty years of age , with a ruddy face , and ahigh , sunburnt forehead , has the air of one , who . has been asere ' eant in the army—hemight have , sat to , Wilkie for the soldier in the " Readme ofthe . Will . ' : He ; is . famous for steadily pursuinl the lndvetive process , ; and from small becinninga norkm ^ pn from due to cliie until he bags his man . Sergeant Witohem , shorter arid thicker set . i i # A ! » ? llI ^! ' ? 8 something of a

      ^^ .. .-. reserved and thoughtful air , as if he ; were engaged in deep arithmetical oalewlations . He ia reaowned for his acquaintance with the ' swell-mob . Sergeant Mith ^ a smooth-faced man ; with a ftesh bright eomplMion ; and ^ a straage air of sirapUbity , is a dab at housebreakers . . Sergeant Fendally a light . haireo \ well-spoken , poKde person , is a . prodigious hand at pursuing . private inquiries af a delicate natiwo . Straw , a little wiry sergeant of meek demeaueu * and strong sense , would kaooft at a door and aak a aeries of questions in any mild character yoaohoseto prescribe-for him , frcm . a , Parity boy upwards and seem as-ianooeht as an . infent . They are } onoandall , respeotablerlookino . men : of neryg

      ^ ?» ° - « P ° rtme ! it and' unnwftB intelligence ; - wtHjaqtlung lounging or slinking ia . their manners i-^ n tL ^ ^^ ^^ io ^ aiidi quick perccprihUn . i dre 8 « 9 d ; Wd . ; . gen « vaiy . preaentine . ia , ten ^ i ^ 'i ?*^ 0 ' 6 or 1 « 8 * »» ked of habituaUy ? 'Hi % Jnnrt ' ^ o ^ 'inen ^ ajwitemsnt . Their % iS ? SS >^ T' h ^ al !{' wn . and th ^ afl ifei ^ . * A i | W whomsoeveR- toy speak ^ , — : IMenift "Himtfold Words "' ° a ^^ w ^ . rtsgSLat : ^ is ^ SlSilPt ^ i

      and t o ,, Sund » 3 thTSff ? lr » J ° ?* igRtiS ^ f ^ sa feisSfefi sum at - £ 5 , 250 , " ¦ - T ; " ™™ ^ Mw , fixmg tha

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      .. ' . ; *¦ •' . ' i ' m ^ L " ' ' ' ' *• ¦¦•¦ ' ¦¦ . ' ¦ ' , ¦ : " ' ' -i ' :-f . \ ¦ ¦ ' ' : ¦ } . PEATU . / ¦ *'¦¦ * ¦ ' > ¦ 9 GM 5 S ^ S- $ M $ SB& 3 ' men- who ; struggled ¦ o'riob ' f t ?!^ vemaing . of the brava in thedays of the ever m-. & ^ T ^ ^ adlsal Keform ilim . Cp . bbett . . 'Hehas'v ora ^ il enry Hunt andwSt offte NMlonal Lanaf ^ s Charter j Wa 8 a paid-up meniDer Us founder -ngrtn ^/^ WHr , and , alW « ,, 7 « dy to defend 1 o « b la deeply « p ^ -. ;™ WPTOcipled calumniator . . HU wquaintf tnces . / " uai ) y a . numerous circle of friends and

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      " . iMTIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . The usual weekly ' ' meeting ; "hel ' d- at : iffi _ e . Inslitu r ! tion ;• ¦; John-street , was numerously , ' attended ' oii Tuesday ' evening , July 30 th . '' : ' . ;; . " , ; ,. ' . ; ' . ' . . ;; Mr . '; Euio ' TT ' was called to the . chair , and briefly , opened . ' the proceedings . ;¦ ,, ' ¦ , ; ¦ . ; . •' ; i Mr . WAMBBCooPKa moved thd following fe ' Bolution : —" i That this meeting , is of opinion that the great principles of civil ' and religious liberty are violated whenever tne'House ; . ' of . Commons : refuses to admit any man who ; has , been duly ! elected a member of its body simply . 'because he will not take an oath , in violation of , and not binding , oh his conscience , arid by the ' continuous introduction of billsj professedly , for ''the better bbserva ' nce of the Sabbath , ' or for' Sunday Trading Prevention . ' And this meeting looks forward to . thedbtainment of the

      Teople ' s Charter as a means of putting , an end to such wrongs , and the ^ establishment of . social fights . " ' Mr . Copper said , ' whatever opinions might prevail else where j the people who frec ( uented this Hall thoug ht-th ' atveligion was ' a ' question between man andihis ^ God ' . ' ^ Hear . - 'heaK ) - . When he . ' { Mr . Cooper ) was resident in the-City of London he had voted , for Baron Rothschild , because he thought 'Jews should not be excluded ; from parliament , . and not from any wotsBip " oi \ the ' money ' power .... He would now ; crave indulgence ; in alluding to . an ac : tfnsation made against him in his absence , ( relative to Trades' Unions ; and , at the outset , he . wished it to be understood that ho looked on Trndea' ; . Unions as great ] schools ! where nien' were . ; taught selfreapect . i What" he had said was , ' that aristbor ' acr

      prevailed in the trades , and that one , grade ' refused to .-issociatewith . the other ; 'that , to be useful , they must bo made more extensive in their operationsmore embracing—more ' fraternal—liftingu ' pjthose that were down ; . He had also ' . been ' . accused , of neglecting polities to attend to . Trades' affairs . ' .: But he never failed to tell the proniotersof the Association ; with which he was ; immediately connected , that he was wedded to 'democracy ; ' and ' , he , thought his continued attendance at . this and other halls , might ba taken aa a fair teat othis enduring affection .. lie looked forward hopefully to the time , wheh the prin-i ciples contained in that resolution . should prevail . ( Loudcheers . ) . " /' . ' ; . ,. ' . ; ; . Mr . D . W . Ruffi said , the last few . days had shown' what a House . ' of ; Commons , " could do in resnect to' the admission of Jew ' s .. ' Ti ; hail sViowii ihn

      Pqers iri'd other , pqiwers'tba ' t it held them as nought ' As regarded : the " Sunday ^ ,. Tradini .,. Prevention Bill , " ita main object appeared to bo to ' trample on that already' oppressed bpd y ( — the cos , termpngers , er general dealers—who obtained a' precarious livelihood by vending-tKeir goods , in ' the streetsi '• this he traced to the shopKeepers , but . they , had . ' neyor conceived that the costermongers , would ov ^ v have possessed the good sense to inee £ together and ( s m a' friendly " society . ' ibi ^ . their own . protection and mutual instruction . Let . the people but think on matters-that cbricerned . them—action would follow ; the oppression' of aristocrats ; and money-mongers would cease s and Gauging Bills b ' e . heard . of no more . The - Sabbatarians ' appeared ' to be possessed of

      but one ideafTMiimm ' on . jybrslJip . ' Although he had no ' respect ; personally , , ' ^ Jr * Baron . Rothschftd , ' he wished' to see civiland religious . liberty prevail for all j and hence he cordially fe eonded ' the resolutioii . ( Loudcheers . ) J . ' .. ' ' . ' . ' :, ' ' . •¦ ' . } \ - ; . ; ,. ; ... i .,: ¦ BRO KTBRBip' ^ RiES ,, ' amidBt . lpud : , fiheersi supported the TesdlutidiC ¦ ; So far ^ , as regarded the admission of Baron ^ dthschild-to , parliament , ihe was with the author of the resolution , as he thought no . question , should be . asked \ of the member elected respecting his religious opinions , but that hisbeing the chosen of the electors should be , an all-sufficient ' passport ;; . Hodid j iacTt refuseto . admit Jews , but he would turn out all usurers aiid . more moneyohangers ; 'As regarded tbjO . ' V Sunday Trading , Prevention Bill , " he ' would ask , if their object was for reducine

      tne hours of labour , whether of , a Sunday . or any other day , ( and he { hought ten hours too long , ) couldtheynot meet together and say , "We will only ' : work ; so , . long ?!' , (^ Ves , ; yep . " ); In King . lfredVtinie ' eight hours' labour per . day was deemed sufficient ; and at the present time , with the aid of railways and canals , " ohe day ' s labour ought to be regarded as worth six , of those , in Alfred ' s mo , particularly when it . was remembered that they had hjaebine power equal to eight hundred millions of hands ; and still , many were found' clamouring for a ' . " Ten Hours / Bui . ' - ' , But the whole system wanted alterihg ^ ahd the ' best way of ptboiiring thoalteratioii was by joining those excellent Bo ' oieties—the National ; Charter Association , the National Reform Leaguo , ' and the Fraternal

      Democrats , ano -through them to go ! on proselytising and propogatingitheir opinions , 'apij / . nt the next genetal eloction they . might return , at least , sixty m » n , holding opinionein ' acodrdsnb ^ . with their own . ; Mr , O'Brien forcibly' alluded , to -tnp'iffholesale eriiigration now ' taliing pjacb from Manchester and o ^ ier large maniifaoturirig distribts . -and said' it was only cahting hypocrites who said " Don't ' speak harshly of such a system . " As to ' the rop resentatiye sjs ' tem , an eloction had just taken place in the greatcounty of M » yp , in Ireland , containing a population of some 380 ; 000 souls ; " an'dwhat is the result ? * Wh ^ , after a threodaya' contest the , Ere ® Trader ( HiggtBaJgets : HO votes , and the Protectiionist ( Butt ) njnety- ' eight , niaking a total , of pblleii votWaj bf 23 ^' out of a n / iniiintinn of ' 380 . 000 Kmils . ' Thus HiH' I ' iinllnnvaAn ^ 4 1 iMV

      - ** mm *«« r ww ~^ , * 1 . ^^ — ""• •— m ** H V ^ m VVilv coh ' trbl the ; destiniesot at'least , 380 ; 080 ) so uIs . 'Hq wished' thorni to ' adopt . ' the , ' mott 6—^ . Sod ' h ' elp ' r those ' : . who . ; help . themselves , " , . ' L& £ them / push steadilj Hnddeterminidly on for political aijd / sooiil rights ^ arid ; they ' in % . hvdepend pai h ,, thaV Gi ! dt would be hn . their bita . ' ' ( Greafc ' ' cheeflbg . )' , ' j' . ; ; The resolution was carried ii ' nanijniously ., ' : ; ' ¦ •' ¦ Ope of ihePolisly mugees ;' thea Qaine forward an ; a ^ aii ^ tho ; fav 8 urho ^ democrksjft . hymn ,, ;^ TfiTa ; JoLiANHA iJ 8 gT ^ ' wn o ' was ; l qudfyapplauded h ' iv-; ing made Jinnoiince ' menfc ' of woaks from ; the- ten of ^ rriestV Johes , - abdutvto \ . bQ pttbli 8 hed ; ^ ie h an ! riouncementehcito'd' a hen » hv rhiinrmuk faii f-Mi

      riieeting-pBoceede'd . to coEament on' tj ^ ' fbrthcbin Ern est ;^ ones ' or . Brpaterro O ! Br » n ' . Warm ; ' an ' plausegweted thislrmimmehdatwn ; . Mr " Havn 6 v nfex . tdtow / tho ' atterittq ^ ofthe ^ eting to & S ' % W *«*? ms-m > een Dennxark ^ d th ^ pwplb of the latter . : Heooncluded with ^ fei ' vlnfc arfpo al % ^^^ t « ^^*?^^ powli ^ m'iT& ¦ . teMtethe Jr \) liA . ^]^ B . j ; aud ' c 6 nduaea iamidstenthusiastic applapW . '" ' , ' , v •¦"

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1585/page/8/