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      COUBT OF QUEEtf'S BENCH . « iies ° cosssiftAe * . —ras qssses v . hbmttt I C 8 * ANDOTHERS . ,. . . . - gi the statanentefthe Soh ^ r . i ^ rsliUni ga that this was am indictment of grettiml \ unce ; it charged toe defendants with a coin JLt ( under the statute of 6 ih George IV ., c . 129 . ¦ rr mee ting legd combinations by workmen ) ( or f t ^ ng one Charles Evansi to force bitn to pay a ? ' of £ 10 ., and compelling him to leave his work . 7 ; fle defendants were members of a club or JJwj oiled the Philanthropic Society of Coopen , £ L a b enefit society . Hewitt wastbe prejident

      5 tfe Jack «« toe secretary . The society htd . c tiog member m every cooper ' s yard in the ifojdoni . A man ? . amed Charles Evans was a nem . I W ; He « aswojlnng in Mr . Tamer ' s yard , but , ffith the penmssion of h « master , he did four days ' WOik at tbe steam-mins of Messrs . Rosenberg and Mon tgomery , who n f ° - extensive steam machinery ( ot aikag casis . As soon as the committee beard tto , « hev inflicted a fine of . £ 10 npon Evan pay . # e by instalments , amV op ^ n bis refusal to ^ ay jfce otter men in the yard left their work , ana tctei in such a manner as had the effect of throw - m E « ns completely eut of wort—Charles Evans

      aid : lam a journeyman cooper , and worked at Turner s yard . I was a member of this society , and ja ? d to it one farthing oat of every shilling I eiraed . By the permission of the foreman I worked four days at the steam saw-mrUs . I then returned to Mr . Tamer ' s . On the 23 rd of November I pild Is . 8 d . for a fortnight ' s pay . On the following Monday I was returned that money , and told I ihonld be fined . I spoke to Hall , who told me he thought I should he " fined for working at the steam cask mills . WhOe I was talking to him he received a note from Hewitt * stating that the committee would meet the following evening , at eight o ' clock .

      i then toldHalllthong btitwas very wrong that He witt had not informed me of the committee , and that it would be very wrong that I should be fined £ 10 without making a rule first . I saw Bull on the same day . He snowed me a note he had bad from He « Ut , to the same effect as that sent to flail . I went to the committee meeting the next evening , and applied to be admitted , but was refused . Hewitt came out of the room ; I told him I thought he had acted very wrong in not giving me notice of the committee meeting , so that I might have said something in my own defence . He told me , If your shop ' s company choose to support you in the

      manner in which you have acted , we have done with yon . " At that time I had not offended against any rule of the society . On the following evening there tos a meeting of the men of Turner ' s yard . Bull , Grey , and some others of the defendants were present ; ihey were all members of the society . Bull took the chair , and said , "I suppose you are aware of what passed at the committee , and that we have seen the president , and the committee , after long and serious consideration , have come to the determination to fine you , Charles , £ 10 , to be paid at 10 s . a week ; and now , Charles , I must enforce the fine next Saturday night . ' 1 told him I could not pay

      it , and I would not pay it . My brother then said , " There is another man you have to speak to ''meaning Henry Holland . Ball then turned round to Holland and said , " Now , Nobby , what do you intend to do ?'' Holland said , "The same as Charles . ' ' Holland had been working at Rosenberg ' s with me . Holland said he would rather go to sea again than pay the fine . John Murphy said , he bdieved that the committee would not have been so hard with me but they believed I should work there again . If I would promise not to go there again , the yard ' s company might apply for a mitigation . After a deal

      of talk , I agreed not to go there again providing the whole of the fine was taken off , but that was oh . jected to . Ultimately I agreed , on the word of a man , not to go there again if they mitigated the fine at all . Murphy said , he would not take mv word . Bull then asked Holland if he would promise the same . He said he would , and Briant said he would he answerable for . him , and it was then agreed that two of the men should meet the committee and endeavour to mitigate the fine . I was afterwards informed by Boll and Murphy that the committee confirmed their former decision . On Monday , the 9 th of December , a meeting of hands

      was called by Bull in Mr , Turner ' s premises . He said the committee had found fault with him for not enforcing the fine on the Saturday evening ; that 1 was to finish the work I had , and do no more at Turner ' s , or the men mnst leave the yard . I produced a book of articles , and pointed out rule the 19 ib , and wished the matter to be tried by arbitration according to that rule . It was then arranged that application should be made to the committee , hut the committee would not agree to it , as they thought it too serious a matter to be left to any six men in the trade . On the next Saturday Bull asked for the 10 s . on account of the fine , bnt I refused to

      pay . Bui ! said , " My goodness me , yon bad better consider of it , and not throw yourself " out of work . " On Taesday , the 17 th of December , I had finished the work I had in hani Ashcroft , the manager , gave me fresh work ; all the men in the yard then put on their clothes and left their work , and went out of the yard . I continued in the yard . The foreman came to me , and in consequence of something that took place I applied to Mr . Tardtey , the magis . bate . On the 18 th I went to Turner ' s yard to my work . Hone of the other men had come . I was asked by the foremen to procure new men . I was nnabJe , and therefore I sent for Murphy to a publie-house , and after that I gave the other men notice that I should have finished in two hours and then they could Tetnrn . I then left the yardand

      , the other men then relumed to their work . Bull told me if I would pay 30 s . down and 10 s . a week afterwards I need not leave . I refused , and was thrown out of employ . —Cross-examined : I had been in Turner ' s employ for three years . The foreman gave me leave to go to the steam-taills , and toik a guarantee that the work I was about should be done . I was paid for the whole of the work . I was at the steam-milh four days . I then came back and finished the work . I did not apply to the society for money to bury my wife or a person I called my wife , but I borrowed £ 2 of the society to bury my daughter . I lived with a woman who was not my wife . She is dead ; I did not ask for money to bury her . The object of the society is to keep a settled price . —Several witnesses corroborated this

      testimony . It was said that a fine followed 3 man all over London and England . The committee paid each of Turner ' s men 93 . for the time they were out of Turner ' s yard when they left on account of Evans being there—Lord Campbell , having summed up , the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of conspiracy agatnt all the defendants . —Lord Campbell then sentenced Bull and Grey to pay Is . and be discharged . Hewitt and Jack to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for Middlesex for one month , and the others to be imprisoned for one week , and all to find sureties for their good behaviour for three years .

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      gggpjBS&K SSffSS ??^^ - ^* aay last in the adjoining court of the offence oftferiurv arid it aniknS . « f KNarkaWe that was . recorded in the hTrt , !? fv - - thatsheha ( 1 ' ° y false evidence and py _ tne fabrication of a series of falsehoods , endea-Tmared to procure , the conviction of two persons , named George and Edith Hopwood , of the serious . oaence of wounding her , with the intention to

      de"toy . ter Me , with the evident obiect of sending one w not both of those persons out of the country . Her conduct appeared to have exhibited a profligacy which he was not willing to believe was common even among the most degraded classes of the com * muoily . It appeared that she was a married woman , and daring the absence of her husband at sea she ; had induced the man George Hopwood to turn his wife and family out of doors , and to cohabit with her ; but after a few months had elapsed , he became disgusted with the connexion and left her , and took his wife and family home again ; and from this period it appeared that she had been actuated by feelings ot the deepest revenge against them , and it hadbeea found necessary by them to obtain the

      assistance of the police to restrain her violence . It then appeared that on the 2 nd of December she was found lying apparently insensible in the house of a person with whom she was acquainted , and she bad a alight wound in her throat , and she represented that she had been attacked in the street by two pen sons , a man and a woman , who had masks on , and that they had inflicted the wound npon her . Those parties were tried upon that charge , and she had not scrupled to make a detail of facts which she must have known were utterly false , and with the

      object apparently of getting rid , at all events , of the wife , in order that she might have an opportunity of gratifying her wicked passions by a renewal of . the intimacy with the husband . Under these circumstances be could not help regarding the case as one of the most aggravated character , and one which called for the infliction of the fall punishment awarded by the law for this description of offence , and that sentence was that she be transported beyond the seas for seven years . The other defendant was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months .

      Stabbing a . Policeman . —Charles DnrSen , 26 , was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Caleb Davis with attempt to maim and disable or to do him some grievous bodily harm . —It appeared that about half-past one o ' clock oh the morning of the 31 st December the prisoner was in Holborn , near Middle-row , very drunk and brandishing a knife , with which he threatened to stab any one who interfered with him . The prosecutor , who is a police constable , laid hold of the prisoner in order to secure him and prevent him from doing any mischief , and the prisoner immediately made a stab at him with the knife he held in his hand , and cut him through the clothes , and he repeated the blow a second time , and inflicted a most dangerous wound in his thigb , from the effects of which he has not yet recovered — The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault , and he was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months .

      Robbing a Sailok . —Timothy Coglan , a tall powerful-looking young fellow , was convicted of stealing a watch , with violence , from the person of Liness Simpson . —It appeared that prosecutor , a sailor , was in Whitechapel on Wednesday evening week , and was the worse for liquor , when the prisoner came np and knocked him down , and robbed him of his watch . He was , however , Been by a girl , who raised the cry of police , and after a short chase he was captured , and a short distance from him was found the prosecutor ' s watch . —He was transported for seven years .

      Robbery by a Railway Porteb . —Henry Munnery was indicted for stealing six dozen of table knives , valued at £ 12 , the property of the South Western Railway . The facts of the case were these : —Last January twelve months a box was sent from Mr . Heiffor , of Sheffield , cutler , to a Mr . Portal , near Basingstoke , Hants , ' containing the goods in question , which were sent up to London , and deposited in the goods department of the South Western Railway Company , Nine Elms . The box never reached its place of destination ! and the manufacturer re-executed the order , and received compensation from the Company . ' Nothing more was heard of the goods for twelve months , whea information- was given to the police , and Bent and Jupp , of the Y di-Tision , went to the house of the prisoner , in the Wandsworth Road , and took him into custody , and it subsequently turned out that prisoner had been a porter in the employment of the Company , bnt had

      been discharged in December , 1819 . Since then he had worked with a horse and cart , conveying goods to and from the Nine Elms station ; and had access to the goods department . In February last , shortly after the goods were lost , the prisoner took a basket , containing four or five dozen of knives , to aperfumer and cutler in Behnbnt-place , Wandsworth Road , who was prisoner ' s landlord , ' and wished the knives , for which he asked 15 s . a dozen , to be taken in payment for rent' Mr . Greener , the perfumer , however refused to have anything to do with them , observing that they had a crest on them partly erased . When the prisoner was taken into custody he did not deny having had the things , but said a man in the employment of Pickford , who was since dead , had brought them to him , saying that he had got them from the Great Western Railway , and wanted prisoner to dispose of them for him . The jury found the prisoner Guilty . The learned commissioner sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment .

      Defrauding a Railway Company . — Richard Brown and William Williams , two respectable-looking men , were indicted for conspiring with a person unknown , to defraud the London and North Western Railway Company oat of the sum . of Ss . 10 d ., the fare from Birmingham to London . The learned counsel , in stating the case to the jury , said the . method in which' the fraud had been perpetrated and discovered was as follows : —On the 4 th of January , npon one of the up trains from Birmingham arriving at the Willesden station , the station master informed the guard that some one bad taken two tickets from that station to London , and pointed out the carriage into which they had got , and the guard suspecting some , fraud marked the carriage into which the person was said

      to have got , and when they got to the Camden Town station , where the tickets are collected , the guard gave information to the ticket collector , and showed him the carriage in which the suspected parties were . The result was , that the two prisoners at the bar presented tickets from Willesden to Lontion , for which sixpence each had . been paid . They were asked where they , had come from , and they both said from that station . The guard then , came forward and recognised "Williams as bavin ? been on the platform * at Blisworth , and told him so , npon which the prisoner Williams said he had come from Coventry j but the other said nothing , and the guard had not seen him before . They were then brought on to Euston ' -square where Williams wa 3 given in'custody , and upon .

      being searched papers were found on him that proved him and Brown to be friends . It further appeared , that on that day bnt two tickets had been issued at Willesden , and them to one man , whom it is supposed was Brown , and that he had supplied Williams with one of the tickets , he , "Williams , having got into the train without any ticket , and arranged to meet the prisoner Brown at the point allnded to , and by getting the sixpenny ticket to present on reaching town , evade the payment of the fare ' frbm Birmingham , or whatever intermediate station he had got in at . Williams , who has been a policei constable , defended himself with much legal ability , but the fraud was too clear to admit of doubt , and the jury found both Guilty . Williams was sentenced to six and Brown to three months' imprisonment .

      Tavebjt Robberies . —James Joseph Stanley , 18 , clerk , was indicted for stealing a spoon and fork , valued at £ 110 s ., the property of Charles William Davis . Mr . Griffith having stated the case , called the waiter to the prosecutor , who keeps the Kent Hotel and Tavern , Brownlow-street , Holborn , who stated that between one and two o ' clock , on the 22 nd of January , the prisoner came into their coffee room and ordered his dinner , and after he had dined had some a ! e , and then asked th ^ waiter about some gentleman who was in the habit of coming there , and whilst they were so talking the gentleman m question came in , but they did not take any notice of each other . The waiter went into the kitchen , and he then saw the prisoner pass out . Witness then went to the table where he had been and found the newspaper thrown over it : he removed it and found the fork and

      spoon gone . He went out and called at several pawnbrokers along Holborn , and at last at one in Drurylane , kept by a Mr . Hedges , where the prisoner had been about five minutes before , and pawned the spoon and fork for £ 1 . Two days afterwards prisoner came to pledge another spoon , when he was recognised , and at once given into custody . The jury found him Guilty . lie was then indicted for stealing a spoon , the property of Isabel Early ; on the 15 th of January . In this instance he had gone to prosecutor ' s shop , a pastry cook'e , Oxford-street ; and called for a basin of sonp , and taking advantage of some one else coming in walked through the shop , and paying for hissouB .

      got to the door , when he ran off , and it was then found that the spoon was gone . This was the spoon he came to pledge at the time he was apprehended . He was found Guilty * There were indictments against him for stealing a spoon from Mr . Holt ' s , confectioner , St . Paul ' s . Churchyard ; another from Erard ' s , at the corner of the Lowther Arcade ; and there were several other charges which had not been sent for triaK Mr . Rebton , for the prisoner , said this was a " peculiarly painful , case . Tbe . prisoner is the son of a highly respectable solicitor , and having had a quarrel with his father left his house , and had since fejleri into had company , which had led him to the commission of tbesVoffences . He was sentenced to twelve months ' impriEonmentt

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      EXCHEQUER CHAMBER . THE QUEEJf V . BIRD AND "WIFE . —JUDGMENT

      In this case , with which onr readers no doubt are unliis time too well acquainted , the Jud ges on Wednesday morning delivered their judgments , i-ord Campbell , aft » r referring to the facts of the case , and the various constructions put npon the act , said he was of opinion that the conviction was wrong . At the same time he thought the attention of the Legislature should he tamed to the consideration of an act which led to so much difference of opinion . Although he disagreed with the other learned jud ges who had made a decision in favour w the conviction , he would pronounce the judgment of t he court , which was , that the conviction be affirmed , and that sentence wonld be passed at the Mxt Devon spring assizes . The following is a summary of the judgment

      g'ten in this case . For the conviction , the Lord thief Baron , Mr . Jnstice Talfourd , Mr . Justice Erie , Mr . Justice Wiahtman . Mr . Justice Cresswell . - Mr . Justice Wil'iams , Mr . Justice Coleridge , and Mr . Justice Patteson ; and the following learned jud ges held the conviction to be bad—the Lord tlnef Justice of the Queen ' s Bsneb , the Lord Chief J » st . ce of the Common Pl ? as , Mr . Baron Parke , w-Bawn Martin , Mr . Baron Aldarson , and Mr . Jusuce Maoie . Tbere was therefore a majority of « o for the conviction .

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      LEmas 10 Polasd . —A Post-office circular g ^ nptice th at henceforward letters for Poland 1 t ™ h i ttsd tteoagh Prussia by way of Belgium , J ^ o iiaad or Hamburgh > will be jfcug t 0 rednced J * « of pos . tage In lien of the rates heretofore ""JgaOiie . Jliese letters may be forwarded un-£ " « or paid to i -ben destination , bnt a portion of the «^« gBcanaotbe taken in tiris country . Letters of luf- viu b * £ fint t 0 ™ " ^ Prussia , by way » i « l 7 » ' ' "less specially addressed to be other-** forwarded , anu tb ? » tes of postage bj that S »»! t be takem . 'PB §« & letters when paid a Uwte 4 Kingdom ;

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      Robbiso a RBSTADBiiii . —Charie « Schuster , 25 , a . German , described as a-soidier , waB indicted for Stealing tWp forks : arid two spoons ; valne £ 9 , the property of Thoma 3 Dawes and another . —It appeared that the prisoner went into the eating establishment kept by the prosecutors in tha Strand , and having disposed of a good dinner he coolly walked off without paying for it , taking with him the plate that had been furnished for the dinner . — The prisoner interrupted the examination of oho of the witnesses in the middle of the case , and through the medium of the interpreter , who had been , en- > gaged , expressed his desire to plead guilty . —In answer to inquiries that were made by the court , the prisoner stated that it had been his intention to proceed to America , and that ho expected a committee of his countrymen , which was established in London , would assist him in that object , —The court , under these circumstances , respited the judg-^^

      ment to the next session . BoHGtABT . —Robert Wisharfc , 24 , was indicted for burglariously breaking into a dwelling house be-St . Luko , and stealing some bread and other articles , their property . It appeared that the prisoner was an out-door pauper of the parish , and , according to the evidence , upon his going to the workhouse 011 the 7 th of January to receive his allowance , he had contrived to secret himself in the building , and in the night he broke into the relieving officer ' s room , where money was usaally kept , with the expectation , no doubt , of obtaining a good booty . From some circumstances , however , that had previously transpired , it appeared that

      the money nad been put in another place , and the prisoner was , consequently , enabled only to get hold of some bread , and other articles of trifling value . —The prisoner , -when called npon for his defence , mad ? , a most violent and eour ' ao attack upon the guardians . And he declared that their only motive in prosecuting him was to gratify a feeling of revenge at his having written letters to the Poorlaw Board , detailing the malpractices that were going on in the workhoase . He concluded by stifting , in an impudent tone , that if he was convicted he hdped the court would be lenient with him , and hot keep him long in prison , as' he was anxious to see the great Exhibition .-i-ThB Recorder having summed up ; the jury immediately found the

      prisoner Guilty . —Evidence was then given to ' show that the prisoner was convicted of a similar offence to the present in . June , 1843 , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment ; and Inspector Brenhan , of the G division of police , also informed the court that he had been convicted summarily a great number of times , and that he was the constant companion of convicted thieves . It also appeared , from a document found in the possession of the prisoner , that he had been confined in almost every gaol in the country . —The Recorder sentenced him to be transported for seven years . ' Forgert . —William Leighton Wood , a pianoforte maker , who was convicted of forgery , was sentenced to seven years' transportation . ¦

      . AttEOBD Fbatjd , —Osborne Marks , 25 , sailor , was indicted for obtaining , by false pretences , from William Slonian , £ 5 with intent to cheat and defraud him of the same . —The facts were simply these . The prisoner , a highly respectable-looking man , had been mate of the Resistance , and prosecutor was a publican at Woolwich , and the prisoner had got the prosecutor to cash him a bill for £ 5 drawn on his agents , and six days after the transaction prisoner came to him again and ^ sked him if he would cash some more for him . Prosecuter having , in the meantime , found that prisoner had overdrawn his amount , and that the amount would not he paid , he g ave the prisoner in custody . —For the defence it was contended and proved that the

      prisoner had aright to draw upon his agent even to a larger amount than was due . It was also proved thatthe prisoner bore a high character . —The jury Acquitted him . The Chabgb op Cheating at Cards . —In the case of Thomas Brown , who stands indicted for alleged fraud and ill-practice at cards , an arrangement was on Saturday come to by the mutual consent of counsel that the trial should traverse until next session , and the court then fixed the amount of bail in two at £ 40 arid the deferidarifchimself in £ 80 , but this not being considered by the prosecutf . r . s as a sufficient sum , the question waa brought before the court on Tuesday ^ when it was stated that , from certain overtures that had been made , the prosecutor entertairiedabelief , that unless the amount of

      bail was increased the defendant would not be forthcoming . This was mentioned to the court , but the Common Sergeant refused to alter the amount unless affidavits-were filed . —It was ultimately arranged to double the amount to two in £ 80 , and the defendant in the same sum , with the usual notice . Charge of Stbamnq . —William Stiles , a porter on the London arid South "Western Railway , was charged with stealing a pair of boots . —It appeared that prisoner was a porter at the Nine Elms station , arid that on the 20 th of January prisoner was employed in a truck , ' where there was a'"box ' of boots . One of the constables having some suspicion ; watched and saw the ' prisoner take them from the box and place them inside his jacket under his

      arm . The box , it appeared , although not very sound , had been made so fast ' that nothing could have fallen out . Although the facts were'most positively sworn to , after a speech of some length by Mr . Rebton , the jury Acquitted the prisoner . Pkbtoby . —Joseph Bysouth , 27 ; carman , was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury upou a certain information before James Trail , Esq ., at the Police Court , Woolwich . —Mr . Noakes , clerk to the magistrates at Woolwich , produced the minutes of evidence , taken at the time of the prisoner ' s examination , arid 'from that and the statement of that gentleman ) t appeared that , onthe 2 l 8 t of December , a young woman , named Esther Parsley , took a bastardy summons out against a man named Cray

      , butler to a gentleman named Langland , living at Charlton , which came on for hearing at the court above mentioned , 4 tb of January , when for defence the prisoner , who is carman to a hrewor serving Mr . Langland , was called by the butler , and he most positively swore and fixed the several occasions that he had been on terms of the strictest intimacy with " tne girl Parsley . The magistrate , however , having heard the evidence in support of the case , adjudicated in favour of the girl , and ordered the prisoner into custody for perjury . The prU soner also swore that he had been on intimate terms with the girl ' s mother . —The girl was sworn , and said that prisoner only came twice to her mother ' s with whom she was living . On one

      occasioh he brought some beer to the house , and another time he only came to . the door , and on both occasions her mother was there , and beyond that she did not know hina . He had never taken-any liberties with her . — The girl ' s mother was also examined , and it appeared that at the time of the alleged intimacy between prisoner and her daughter the witness was keeping house for Mr ; Langland ' s brother . Her evidence clearly established the prisoner ' s falsehood . —The usher of the Woolwich police court said that on . going to the cell where prisoner was locked up to inform him that the offence was a bailable one , he found him crying , and asked him what , it was about . ' The prisoner said , - ' You see what

      they have got me into . " Witness said : " Why you have never sworn falsely ? " and he said , "So h elp me God , I know nothing about it . ¦ They offered me £ 20 to swear what I did . They have got me to do it . "—The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —Mr . Gurney , in passing sentence , dwelt upon the heinous character of the offence of which the prisoner had been convicted , and the injurious effect it hail on - society , by perverting the ends of justice , adding that this case was a peculiarly cruel one , ' for had he succeeded in Ms offence , it would have been the means of depriving the poor infant of its natural support . —He was then sentenced to be imprisoned for one month , and then transported for seven years .

      With a few cases of a character unfit for publication , the business of the session closed . The court stands adjourned until Monday , March the 3 rd .

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      Death op a Veteran Risger , at Ashtos-under-Ltnb . —Mr . Aaron Walker , of Chalsteawn , Ashtonunder-Lyne , died in the seventy-seventh year of his age ,-and was buried on the 5 th inst . He was the last surviving member of the College Youths of Ashton , arid had been a ringer of the above place upwards of fifty-seven years ; and in the course of his lifetime has rung 57 five thousands , and 2 seven thousands , besides hi 3 ordinary and regular ringing . lie was the first man that ever rang the tenor of Asbton single handed , in a five thousand . He w : vb borne to his last long home by the combined societies of Chance-Ringers of Ashton , Oldhiim , and

      Mottram , in Cheshire . On each side of the pall was hanging his favorite pair of hand bells , covered with black crape , and the corpse was also followed by upwards of a hundred relatives . After the interment , the aborc societies ascended the tower and rang , in a mournful style—the bells being muffled —his favorite peal of 7 , 001 changes of Grandsire CatorB , consisting of 1 , 565 , which was brought round in one hour and three minutes ; the above 7 , 001 being a peal which the deceased distinguished himself iifttic Collegiate Church , Manchester , Jan . 2 , 1826 . He rung his last 5 , 000 in his seventy-fifth year , and considering the weight of the bell , has never been equalled by any man of bis age .

      • Tbade of the United Kingdom . —On Tuesday , a return to parliament , obtained by Mr . Ca ?! ey , was printed , showing the import and export tiadc of the United Kingdom in the course of the year 1 S 49 . The official value of imports into the United Kingdom from countries and colonies , exclusive of gi"'i » meal , flour , and livestock , was £ 84 , 832 , 522 ; whilst the exports of British produce and manufactures to the same places were £ 60 , 152 , 107 in the declared value . Of grain , meal , and flour , imported last year there / were 10 , 669 , 661 quarters , and the live stock imported numbered 185 , 368 , showing that the aggregate value of the imports was £ 99 , 170 , 602 , against the British exports amounting to £ 60 , 152 , 607 .

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      ?™ - MONDAY ^ PK BRtjARt ' lOife ; > : ' - 1 to&S £ P ^^ n * reV wos ^ reed to , on the motion of tho JfoMtaiiWLAfeoW MVJfflwW ^ . tog . i ^^ jya : alWM « l 9 eir 6 f ' the Earl of . Shaftes ^ ry ^ Chaimari ;' of 'Commit ; SKj ¦ S * Pi te-Wat of a / retiririg allowarice to her Majesty ' s pleasure , , ¦ ¦! ¦ ¦ ¦ iS ^ l ^ P ^ - ' GBn ^ i ^ wraiinV . ^ w'tlib notice of the house the . case of Mr . Tfleasor , late a Pf « ffi """ n ^ -o ^ er . department of the General ™ rT * ^ P . Pe ? itio ned for inquiry info the circunwtancea of his removal , . TlieMarquis of . CtAmcARtiB . eritetetl intOBOme explanations connected with the case ; and the sub-STrSd 6 m ° tion for a commifcteo not Their lordshi ps then adjourned . ' * - w E ?? C ° MMONS .-ia reply to a qucstion by Lord Joceltn . .

      1 , SlrJ \ h <""«»» b said , it was not the intention of her Majesty s government to propose any , select committee- on the affairs of India ; . but should any m ?* T a ° nge be contemplated in the act under which those affairs were now administered , the government would give sufficient and early notice of those changes . , Lord Palmerston gave eome explanations , in Teturn to an inquiry b y Mr . T . Barino , relative to the blockade of the coast of San . Salvador , and to the claims ot ^ British suUjeots upon that and other States of Central America The adjourned , debate . upon Lord J . Russeii / s motion for leave to bring , in a bill to prevent the assumption of certain ecclesiastical tithes was re sumed by .. : .. .....

      Mr . Retholds ; who traced tlie-whole excitement that had been stirred against tlie alleged aggression totao extreme jealousy of the Irish church to preserve Us , temporalities . He argued that the bill was a violation of . the compact sealed in 1829 , by which civil liberties and the free exercise of ecclesiastical functions were secured to the Catholics . Denying that the Duko of Norfolk , Lord Beaumont , or Lord Camoys fairl y interpreted the opinion of the Catholic body , he - questioned also the correctness of the distinction made by . Mr . . Chisholm Anstey between tho members of the church arid the members of the court of Rome ; and created much amusement in the house by giving a lively narrative of a wager which he had laid and lost upon the

      presumption that Lord John Russell ' s letter to the Bishop of Durham was nothing but a hoax . The official recognition . of the Catholic bishops in Ireland by their territorial titles dated back to the visit of GeorgoIV . eight years before the Emancipation Act , and was renewed so recently as last week at a levee held in Dublin Castle by Lord Clarendon . The measure now before them was an Algerine act forced npon the house by a cable under the pressure of a bigoted agitation out of- doors . It would , moreover , prove a dead letter , defying , the power of any ministry , Whig or Tory , to carry into action . He shoHld . vote against it in every stage . ; The Atiornrt-Gkneral explained tho general scope and effect of : tho proposed bill , and the

      specific offence which it was intended to meet .: The offence consisted ia the introduction of si bull , by which certain persons were authorised by the Pope to assume the titles of Bishops in England , with ] urisdictiona defined by territoral limits . It was a sound maxim in politics that you ought not to introduce a larger remedy than sufficed to meet tho evil complained of , and he believed the proposed measure wonld effectuall y attain the object in view . The act of the Court of Rome was resented by the country because , first , it was an ; insult offered to the British Crown ; secondly , it was an injury-inflicted upon certain classes of its subjects . ! With respect to the insult , he thought it would be sufficiently repelled by the , opinion expressed

      throughout the country and in that house ; and by words introduced in the bill . The injury—which affected the Roman Catholio classes of the cominunity--wa 8 of : a two-fold nature , spiritual and temporal . With the spiritual effect of the bull the bouse bad nothing to . do ; but its effect in temporal matters would be- to give to the Bishops having territorial jurisdiction a power of dealing with religious endowments made by parties who had not intended that they should be so administered ; and whilst he was not aware that , in respect to spiritaal matters , Vicars Apostolic , who were Bishops tn partibits , had leaB authoritity than territoral Bishops , it was important to estop persons dependent upon the Pope of Rome from interfering with tho rights of

      uritjsn subjects . The bill , therefore , in the first plaop , extended the provisions of the Roman Catholio Relief Act , which imposed a penalty of £ 100 upon the assumption of the title of any existing see , to that of any title whatever from any place in the United . Kingdom . But it did not stop there . In order more effectuall y ; to prevent , the assumption of territoral titles , the bill would make every act done "! bypersohs' ~ ! ts 8 Uming such titles ; by virtue-of them ; absolutel y void ; and in addition , in order to hinder parties from making gifts to persons assuming . such titles , the bill would ¦ declare the endowment of such pretended sees illegal ,-and the

      gifts wouldbe-forfeited to the Crown , to . be disposed of as her Majesty saw fit—a course ' whioij was deemed better than that of declaring *; . such gifts void , since the Crown could distribute' them equitably . By thup 1 preventing persons from aBsuming territorial titles , and preventing the existence of the dioceses or sees themselves , the bill would effectually remedy the mischief complained of , and it was very desirable that it Bhould not be extended to cases which mi ght not arise , or which the existing law was competent to reach , or which , being of a spiritual character ; could not bo effectually dealt with by legislation , and must be left to the good senseand judgment of the Roman

      Catholics themselves . ¦ Lord , AsntEY wished to state the present emergency in all its magnitude . It was nothing less than an attack-upon the independence of the English churchy such '" as had never been attempted even in the most palmy days of Catholicism . There was no force in the argument that the papacy was weak ; a power materially weak might be strong and-dangerous from its spiritual authority . Nor could the change operated by the bull be called insignificant . Innumerable opinions of supporters as well as opponents , corroborated by the solemn expressions of Cardinal WiBeman himself , pronounced it to be most important to form a starting point for future aggrandisements . Chief among its danger

      was that of the synodical action it would introduce , an organisation that had worked so much evil in Ireland , and would speedily be at work creating a new ecclesiastical empire in Westminster . A consequent danger was the introduction of the canon law , respecting whose despotic and intrinsic charicter the noble lord quoted -various authorities , and contended that subjection to the onnon law was wholly incompatible with obedience to the civil law , or the enjoyment of civil liberty . He then commented upon the encouragement that must have been given for the act of aggression by the division

      in the Anglican church , and the approaches of a large section of its clergy and laity to the doctrines and practices of Rome ; and predicted that , if those tendencies were unchecked ; a collision was inevitable between the ecclesiastics and the laity of this country . The noble lord concluded by urging the necessity of maintaining the church in its purity , and not in corruption , and with , a view to obtaining that end , he was satisfied he was speaking the sentiments of the vast majority of the Church of England , that they would encounter every risk to bring baok the church that they loved still nearer every day to the standard of tho glorious

      Reformation . ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ilri II . Gr&ttan opposed , and' Mr . Cotfotir supported , the motion . Mr . Page Wood defended the late agitation from the charges of bigotry and intolerance , and described it as representing the earnest and almost unanimous feeling of the country . Bigoted speeches there ' might , have been , but bigoted resolutions never . He denied that it was Lord John Russell ' s letter which had called forth the general feeling . That had previously been invoked by the aggrossive proceedings themselves ; and , so far ashis own profession went , the protest signed by 756 barristers had been got up before the letter to the Bishop of Durhani appeared . The difference between a

      vicargeneral and a bishop was no mere difference of f rm . As vicar-apostolic the individual had spiritual influence over a few individuals in a district . As bishop he had , or claimed to have , ecclesiastical jurisdiction over all the inhabitants of a district . The case of the former was , in fact , parallel to the authority enjoyed by our Levantine consuls , who had plenary autbority over English subjects in Turkey and Syria , but who did not pretend to govern districts in place of emirs and pachas , as Dr . Wiseman did in lieu of the existing Anglican Ecclesiastical authorities . 2 ? o diocesan power could censtitutionaily exist in England unless established by tbe Queen ; but not only was this right disregarded by the Pope , but thatauthority had actually pretended , by Ins edict , to demolish the existing archbishoprics of Canterbury and York . The . recent aggression , therefore , was an offence at common law , arid not tat

      only h , but it was committed in the face of several statutes making itpramwnire to introduce bulls against the King ' s Crown and the prerogative of his regality . There was really , therefore , no cause for ex imt facto legislation in the matter , but thtre was cause wh y the country should guard itself against the future advances of an encroaching and ambitious power . In appointing bishops abroad we had never sought to confer upon ! them authority over any individuals other than the members of the Church of England resident , not within the bishop ' s diocese , but within his district .. Not so the Pope . The rescript ignored the English Church , and treated its sees as vacant ; and appointed the nominees of Rome to power , not over Catholics only , but over the entire body of the Christian English people . In a recent document , isauing from the . Vatican , England had been described as again

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      circlibg- irdurid iR ' , the " 'proper arid Catholic g pufCB' 6 fjujri 8 aicit | pn ~ a : description inferring claims to < ihibu'JIngland ; dufbt never to submit . What the Cardtfalwiirited wiiB , to re-establish the oanonlaw ; ^ andtneeffect 6 f such a change would be topresenta idouBieiliegiance to all conscientious Roman Catholics ' - Turning to Mr . Bright ' s recent attack on tho E ' ngtf $ . enurc . h ;' -he' reminded that hon . gentleman £ 0 * "Penn ; ' the founder of his sect , ' was basking im ' James the Second ' s favour when the Seven Bisnofes ' wereinthe Tower : and than reverting to

      the s ub ' je ' ct . ' in hand , lie expressed a hope that the measure , to be parsed would not only vindicate the integrity Of our constitution and our Church , but act as a great embodied protest of the people of England against the practice and the precepts of the Romish' Church . Mr . Torrens M'Cbixagh denied that Lerd John Russell , or any of the supporters of tbe bill , had made out any case for parliamentary interference . The ministerial proposition in reality struck at the necessary constitution and discipline of tho Church , and ,- through these , at the Catholic creed itself .

      Sir George Grey thought that it had been demonstrated , that they were acting purely on the defensive , and in compliance with tho universallyexpressed opinion of the people of England . He vindicated the recent agitation from charges of bigotry , and denounced the Pope ' s proceedings as contrary to international and English statute law . Illegal , ' however , as they wore , they did not belong to a class , of offences which it was politic for a government to prosecute , and therefore , after mature deliberation , an appeal to the law had been determined against . Another proved fact was , that the recent aggression vras no spiritual act , V > ut an attempt to extend ovgi ? England a mixed judicature dealing with ecclesiastical affairs of a mingled

      spiritual antl temporal nature . Charges had been made against the Irish and Imjcvial Governments of addressing the Catholic Irish biahops by illegal titles ; but these titlos had only been conferred as designations of courtesy and honour , rightly and with policy so conferred upon the official heads of what was the creed of the vast majority of the people . He denied , however , distinctly that Lord Clarendon had treated the Irish Catholic bishops as nobles ^ thafc he had ever'sought their advice , except , indeed , in the exceptional juncture of the famine—or that the dignitaries in question , had evor had precedence over the Irish Protestant Church bishops on any occasion of court ceremony in Dublin , lie admitted that the government bad

      offered the office of visitors to the Irish colleges to the Catholic Archbishops of Armagh and Tuam , hot he denied that the offer had been made to the dignitaries , in question as archbishops of their respective dioceses , and re-asserted in general the policy of acknowledging titles of honour conferred ion ?; ago , and generally sanctioned by common use . It had never , however , been anticipated that advantage would hayo been taken by tho Court of Rome of such trifling incidents as those in question , and he distinctly contradicted the assertion , so often made , that the government had received previous

      information of » nd had sanctioned tho Papal designs . , The bill was not intended to , and would not , interfere with the fullest exercise of tho Catholic faith . The measure was a thoroughly practical one . It sought to accomplish an end very difficult to be obtained , and those who were'discontented with it might go further and fare worse . Still . the great security for the Church of England , and Protestantism in general , waB , in his mind , the grand national demonstration which they had recently seen against that subtle and dangerous power which their Catholic forefathers had successfully opposed .

      Mri P . Howard moved the adjournment of the debate , which , after some discussion , and an adverse division , was agreed to . Mr . Anstby moved for leave to bring in a bill for the repeal of enactments imposing certain pains , penalties , and disabilities on her Majesty ' s Roman Catholio subjects , which , upon a division , was refused by 175 against 35 . The other business having been disposed of , the house adjourned at one o ' clock . ., ; ;; TUESDAY , February 11 th .

      HO . TJSE OP LORDS . —Lord Abinger , in presenting a petition against Papal aggression from the county of Surrey , called the attention of the House to thespreadof Popery throughout the country , and to the disastrous effects which invariably resulted from the two great engines of the Roman Catholic priesthood—the celibacy of the clergy , and the practice of confessions . Some other petitions were also presented , and their Lordsbips adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS , —Mr . Hatcukll took his seatfortho borough of Windsor , to which ho had been re-elected , after having accepted the office of Attorney-General for Ireland .

      Ceylon Committee . —In reply to Mr . Baiime , Mr . Hawes said , that no opposition would be offered to any motion for producing the evidence taken before the Ceylon committee ,. the only exception being with regard to the particulars relative to Captain Watson , the publication of . which would be premature , a 3 a court martial , inquiring into the oonduqt of that officer , was still pending . . . Parliamentary Reform .- —Mr . Walmsley asked Lord ) John Russell whether it was the intention of he * Majgs . ty ' a ministers to take any steps during tho present session to extend the right of voting for members , of this house to other portions of the adult male population of these realms than those now in possession of the elective franchise under the provisions ' of the Reform Act , qr ' . whethor there was any intention to amend the deficiencies of the Reform Act of 1832 .

      . Lord . J . Russell said—In answer to the two questions of the hon . genflemau I should say , in the first place , that it is not the intention of her Majesty ' s ministers to takq any steps durine the present session to extend the right of voting for members of this lipuso to other portions of the adult male population of these realms than those now in possession of it . With regard to the second question , whether there is any intention to amend the deficiences of tho Reform Act of 1832 , 1 hare on previous occasions expressed to the House my opinion that there were certain amendments of the Reform Act , and certain extensions of the suffrage , which were desirable . I still retain that opinion , and I shall certainly act up to that opinion , when I think the proper time is come to do bo . ( Great laughter .

      Agricultural Distress . —The paragraph contained in the royal speech roforring to agricultural distress was read by the oJerk , upon the motion of _ Mr . DiSHAELt who then rose to move the resolution he had announced on the first night of the session , declaring that it was the immediate duty of tho government to find some means of relief . The contrast , he remarked , between general prosperity and class destitution in itself sufficed to render inquiry indispensable . . A large mass of evidence , testifying to the existence of distress , was in his possession , but the speech from the throne had admitted the fact , which , furthermore , nobody presumed to deny , and rendered the prolix detail of particulars supererogatory on Iiis part . Attributing this depression to the consequences of recent legislation , the hon ! member referred to speeches and

      manifestos from Sir Robert Peel arid other statesmen , to prove that the effect had been wholly unexpected , even so much so , that five years since it had been confidently predicted that no serious fall could take place in the price of corn . Now , however , the most sanguine Chancellors of the Exchequer had to devise excuses for agricultural distress by a perpetual invention of accidental circumstances . In 1 S 49 the financo minister admitted the distress to exist , but only partially , and attributed it to panic caused by the desponding speeches at agricultural meetings " . Fct the prices ; not only of wheat , bnt of other produce ,, bad fallen considerably during the succeeding year . Last session again the distress was termed temporary , and a prophesy risked that no extensivo

      importation of corn could continue either from Franco or America . Still both the distress and the importation increased . He did not base upon these facts a recomriiendation to reverse ouv policy , but to extract an admission that former calculations wore erroneous , and that justice and policy required ft patient search after any possible remedy . For many years the skill and industry of the " British farmer had been traduced . In the lapse of half a century these maligned farmers had increased their production in a greater extent than the increaso of population , and covered the most desolate districts of the country with exuberant harvests . But tho limits of enhanced productiveness seemed now to be nearly reached . Turning to another branch of

      the question , Mr . Disraeli contended that the question could not be narrowed into a landlord ' s question , adopting the theory that rent represented the difference in annual value between the best and tho worst land ? , and concluding that rent must exist until we had either thrown the had soils out of cultivation , « r overloaded the best with taxes and burthens . He stigmatised the tendencies of the modern system to annihilate the middle and yoemen class of agriculturists . If not upon an economical fallacy , the system was at all events foundod upon a social one . As agricultural depression coincided with prosperity among other classes , the returns that showed diminished pauperism or . an increase of manriaces proved nothing against his propositon ,

      which be meant not to urgo to tho conclusion of restored protection , but to tho necessity of adapting the condition of the landed interest to tho changed circumstances in which it had been placed . Competition was tho agriculturists' ruin , and the reason why they could not successfully compete with foreigners was tlio unjust burthen of taxation tliat fell upon them . Out of the general . mass of taxes the cultivators , bore their full share , and suffered besides under special impositions . This artificial burthen was laid on the farmers because : in artificial protection enabled them to bear it . Dividing the sowceBof taxation intothreebranch . es— the customs , the inland revenue , and local burdens , be remarked that from the first the chief receipts » rose from articles which the British agriculturist was

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      forbidden to raisq ; out of tho second the chief , place Was held in the returns by one einglo article of agricultural produco ; and one of the twelve millions comprised in tho third more than seven were levied wholly upon the agricultural body . Going into considerable details respecting tho possibility of cultivating tobacco profitably , if unprohibited , in the British Isles ; the heavy pressure of tbe malt tax upon tho farmers , he thus summed up tho agriculturists' case—that they wero subjected to Open competition in regard to the crop which they were least able to produco ; and either taxed or interdicted with regard to crops which they could defy tho world to surpass . Recounting tbe history of past attempts to obtain relief from local

      taxation , Mr . Disraeli repeated his assertion of former sessions , that tho most suffering class was required to support the reBt , and drew from tho progress tliat has already been made in . popular opinion a hopo that relief would not be always denied , especially when the Exchequer boasted of a surplus . Unjust as these special burdens were in principle , they wore rendered worse in practice by the decline in prices of his produce , a result whioh the hon . member illustrated by many computations in reference to the tithe and poor rate , showing that twelve quarters of corn had now to 1 ) 0 sold to pay a tax originally levied at the value of eight . Alluding to some other duties , such as stamp , legacy , and probate duties , ot whioh , he observed ,

      the laud paid nenrly its full Bhare , ho passed on to the land tax , amounting to two millions a year , raised solely from real property , and far outweighing any trifling exemptions in other quarters . On all sides , he concluded , the land was forced to contribute most disproportionably to tho public tnxa » tion , which , ainco protection was withdrawn , had bnen provided by drafts from tho landed capital . Winding up his enumeration with a similar conclusion respecting tbe income tax , Mr . Disraeli demanded justice for the agriculturists ; that their industry should not be hampered nor their resources drained . b y direct and unfair imposts . Let them not bo overweighed in the race , nor sent manacled into the great struggle . Invoking an impartial

      discussion on all sides , he called upon all parties to propose and consider the practical measures necessary to award justice to the owners and ocoupiera of land . As his owh contribution , lie suggested an amendment of the law of settlement ; the leuioval of the Bank restriction imposed in 1844 ; tho improvement of the law of partnership ; the relief of the poor by a national rate ; and a fixed duty on corn , although , repudiating tho assumption- that Buch a duty was to be considered as compensation , to the farmer , or . as anything but a financial measure . He re-inforced his appeal for justice to agriculture , with the warning that if delayed the point might be reached when the capital of that clas 3 would be exhausted , and an inheritance of

      ruin be transmitted to all other classes . Transferring to the ministry the task of proposing specific measures , he called upon them at once to recognise the duty of providing a remedy for the injustice that was now inflicted upon the most important class in the country . In case they declined this taBk . ho hinted that . the . present crisis offered to the opposition " a golden opportunity " of stepping in and settling it for them . The Chancellor of tho Exchequer could see little in Mr . Disraeli ' s address but a hotch-potch , of topics : trade and produce , general taxes , local burthens , the Bank act , the law of settlement , and the poor-rate , being thrown in an undigested masa upon the house , without one definite pronosition

      laid before them for discussion . Remarking upon tho near approach of ttie'day fixed for his Own fimm . cial statement , and the reticence thus imposed upon him for tbe present , the right hon . baronet went through various returns of prices to Bhowthat tho predictions of improvement were not always falsified though the complaints of distress remained perennial . Agriculture , he still believed , would revive again , and attain a more substantial basis than ever before . Every year the condition of tha farmer muBt depend upon the result of tho harvest , combined with the contemporary state of commerce and manufactures . Concerning importation there hail been mistakes on all sides . The countries most dreaded had sent little into competition ; tho

      chief supplies having arrived from unexpected sources , proving that we had not yet ascertained what would bo tho normal and continuous effect . In Franco , which was now actually an exporting country , tbe complaints of agricultural distress were not less rife than amongst ourselves . He believed that other causes than importation affected the price of corn , among which was the bad quality of the crop of 1849 ; but totally denied any coincidence in the opinion that a high average of which was desirable , lie showed cause for the conclusion that the price of meat waB lowered by an enormous increase in the production of cattle . In tho speech just delivered there was a most significant omission of . any reference to the condition of the labourer .

      whose causo had occupied so much space in tha debates of other sessions , but for whose improved estate at prosenU Sir C . Wood appealed , first , to the authority of Mr . 0 . 1 . Young , and afterwards quoted to the same effect a \ ariety of returns from the Poor Law Commissioners , the Registrar-General , and the price current of commodities . Even among other ranks of the agriculturists , distress was by no means universal , and in Scotland rents in , some places were rising , and in England many eatates had lately been re-valued at an amount nob less than formerly , and nothing appeared to warrant the sweeping assertion of impending and universal ruin . Dissecting Mr . Disraeli ' s proposition , the Chancellor of the Exchequer contended that liberty to grow tobacco could do the farmer no ' good , though it must seriously damage tbo revenue , seeing that the whole value of the unmanufactured articles con .

      sumed every year was little over half a million ; that the malt and hop duties were based upon sound financial principles , and paid principally by the consumers ; and that the hon . member had confounded agricultural land with the whole mass of real property , though the owners of the former paid but a small portion of his alleged special burdenB . If the taxes which were called unjust should be repealed how was the deficiency to be made up ? After remarking that Lord Stanley had pronounced against any immediate abrogation of tho malt tax , the Chancellor of the Exchequer recounted the fiscal changes that had occurred during the last ten years . Taxes to the amount of ten millions per annum had been removed , and five millions imposed ; but tha grudual expansion of trade and consumption had added four millions to the receipts , so that the revenue had lost but one million , whiie the public had n balance of five in their favour .

      Mr . Hodgson detailed some country histories belonging to his own neighbourhood of Carlisle , showing that rents were declining and agricultural diatreBS increasing . He urged , as the only remedy , a liirge retrenchment of expenditure and reduction of taxation , promising to support every motion proposed for that purpose from any side of the house . Mr . 6 . Berkeley supported tlie motion , and oontrovertod other portions of the speech of Sir C Wood . lie thought the greatest boon that could happen to the country would be a dissolution . Throughout the land there was a general feeling of distrust and disaffection . Unless something -was done for the agricultural interest this country would be plunged into considerable confusion .

      Mr . Sandaus acoused the ministry of repeatedly deceiving fcho country with assurances that tho crisis of depression was exceptional , and would be transitory , assurances which the event had continually falsified . . Mr . Brovn hivving briofly vindicated some calculation of the cost of freightage of corn from America which he had ventured , and Mr . Disraeli impugned , The debate was then adjourned to Thursday , on the motion of the Marquis of Granby . Sunday Trading . —Sir . W . Williams moved for leave to bring in a bill to prevent unnecessary trading on . Sundays . ; . Tho motion was opposed . by Mr . Basing Wau ., but , upon » division , was carried by 70 to 19 . The house adjourned at half-past twelve o ' elook . WEDNESDAY , February 12 .

      nOUSE OP COMMONS .-At . the morning sitting , which commenoed at twelve o ' clock , some private business having been disposed of , Mr . Grantley . Berkeley gave notice of a motion , in case of the failure of Mr . Disraeli ' s propotion for relieving the agriculturists , that all ratings to the poor-rate under 13 s . per annum should 6 « commuted to a national rate . A committee of supply having . been formed , a vote of £ 17 , 750 , 000 was passed to / pay off outstanding Exchequer bills . Mr . Philip IIoward , alleged that . in many

      places in England the manifestation of popular feeling had been in opposition to tke anti-Papal movement . He defended tho Pope ' s conduct , declaring that it was dictated by regard for the interest M the Eng lish Catholics , and not by any desire for territorial aggression . It was an axiom that a document only applied to those to ~ whom it wai addressed , and in support of this assertion he cited the Saviours question when . Csesar ' a penny was ahown him . The law officers of the Crown would find not only their intellectual ingenuity but their physical endurance tasked , to enforce this enact-¦ - 1 -- - — - — -ww WMtw VHHVr

      Mr . Napier . wondered at the pertinacity with which certain parties had opposed—not a specific measure—but the motion for leave to introduce one . Palliated the aut of the papacy might be , but it had never been justified ; and , by the highest legal authorities , the most exalted dignitaries of the church , and the almost universal opinion of the people of England , it had been pronounced an invasionof the law—suchascertainly required the provision and due discussion of some remedial measure . Bolieving that the act was a violation of international » b well as English , law , he . denounced the attempt to bully , the oouse , when considering- how it could be met , with threats of vehement . opposition or declarations that tho act whioh might be passed should never be enforced . The hon . nwmber proceeded to inquire what were the pnnwpiea

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 15, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1613/page/7/