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      MONDAY , Mabch 3 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The JIisistebial Crisis . —The Marquis of Laxsdowxe informed their lordships that the Queen had been pleased to invite her fornivr ministers , \» ho had lately resigned , to resume their offices iii the cabinet . Thi 3 step had l * een taken in conformity with the advice of the Dake of Wellington , and was rendered necessary by the failure of three several attempts to form another administration . Under these circumstances his colleagues had consented to undertake the task of government , regretting , at the same time , the differences ttinihad stoodin the way of a stronger and more efficient ministry .

      The Duie of Argyll , upon presenting a petition again- * Papnl Aggression , took occasion to remark upon the influence for evil still retained by the Roman Catholic power . A careful watch and defensive measures were te <\ uisitc to guard against the usurpations of that power . lie rejoiced to finJ that the chances of the past ten days had resulted in the failure ot every attempt to form a government , one of whose principles woul-j have been to igiiovc and leave unnoticed an act which constituted an aj ^ ression upon the public ! aw of Europe . Lord Brocgium implored the government to pause in their course of legi s lation upon this delicate subject , nml rest . satisfied with declaratory resolutions passed by b i i house * of parliament .

      The Marquis of Breadauiave felt that the subject was so complicated , audthe real state of the case so imperfectly known , that he recommended the appointment ofa committee of inquiry before they proceeded to pass any legislative act . The Earl of Aberdeen , explaining some observations liii'ie upon a previous debate , observed that the term " persecution " changed its signification as time projjreised , and the manners of men became more gentle and refined . Acts that were considered persecuting would have been deemed perfectly tolerant in Jays when religions differences were contested with greater cruelty . In reference to the bill of the government , he thougHt the policy they were pursuing was seriously erroneous . Th"ir lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past six o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —On the motion forthe second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill , Lotii J : Rcsseix saiji-I now have to inform the house of what has occurred since I last addressed it , and to state the course which I purpose to pursue . Since I last addressed the house , the public has been put in poss .-ssion of a statement made by Lord Stanley with revest to his attempts to forma government , and the reasons . why those attempts were not successful . It is not my intention to make any comment on those reasons ; but I feel it right —especially after - the romours which have been spread on this subject—to say that it appears perfectly clear that Lord Stanley had full power and opportunity to form a government , and that no

      request he thought it reasonable to make was denied him in the progress of bis negotiations . ( Hear . ) I stated on Friday last , that her Majesty had been pleased , to send for the Duke of Wellington , in order to learn his opiuion on the present state of affairs . The Qaeen saw the Duke of Wellington on Saturday , and late yesterday evening her Majesty received a written communicationfrom hi 3 grace . I had the honour of an audience of the Qaeea this morning at twelve o'clock , and her Majesty having received the opinion of the Duke of ¦ Wellington , that , in the present state of affaire , the best course her Majesty could pursue was to invite her former Ministers to resume office , her Majesty ¦ was pleased to desire that her former Ministers

      should resume their offiees accordingly . After what has occurred—after the failure of the repeated attempts which have been made to form a government , as has been stated to the house—I and my coHeajrues . thought we could not perform our duty to her Majesty and the country otherwise than by " accepting the offer which her Majesty had been pleased to make . ( Hear , hear . ) Having ' entered so fully the other day into the subjects which have recently formed matter of debate , I will only say , now , that I trust the house will allow ua till Friday next before proceeding with matters of public debate , by w . hich mams we shall have an opportunity of considering the various measures we purpose introducing ,, aud the state of public business generally . ( Hear ) I purpose proceeding with the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Billon Friday , and my right hon . friend , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , on nioviue the second readimr

      Of that bill , will state what amendments and alterations it is intended to make in it when it shall go into committee . I therefore propose that the second reading of the bill shall be fixed for Friday , with the intention of taking it as the first order of the day . Before , however , proceeding with the orders ot the day on Friday , I will state the course which the government mean to pursue with respect to other business before the bouse—as far , at least , as fixing the time at which it shall be brought under consideration . On that occasion I will answer the question put to me the other . day ,- « hich I was not then lu a posluoa tq aus « eev , as to the time at which we shall proceed with the budget . On Friday I shall be able to state the day on which the budget will come on , and the course which we are prepared to pursue on that subject I now move that the order of the day for the second reading of the Ecclesiastical . Titles Assumption Bill be postponed to Friday next . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Osboese . —Does the noble lord intend to persist in the budget which has already been opened to the house ? Lord J . Ros 3 ell—I will state on Friday next on what day the budget will be proceeded with . ( Hear , " hear . ) It would be exceedingly wrong in me , in the present state of public business , to enter into further explanations . ( Cheers . ) In reply to an appeal from Mr . Keogit , Lord J . Itus ^ Eti , declined to delay the second reading of the bill , observing that the people of Ireland would have time to consider the alterations before it went into committee . Mr . M . Gmsos protested against the undue precedence that was given to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill That measure was allowed to stop all other business , although all parties were opposed to it in its presentshape . ( Hear , hear . )

      Lord J . Masxbrs promised that his party would offer no factious opposition to the government . If , however , the cardinal principles of their policy were in question , they must vote in opposition , and should , moreover , probably , propose at a fitting opportunity some resolution for the relief of agricultural distress , if it were still ignored by the ministry . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Retsolds deprecated any railroad legislation upon a question involving the liberties of the Roman Catholics , aud recommended a full inquiry into the subject by a parliamentary committee . Mr . Oswald also oojwted to a hasty procedure with a bill ., « Lord J . RnssKLi , explained that it was necessary to get the bill read a second time , in order that the proposed amendments might be introduced at the proper stage , viz ., hi committee .

      Mr . Waklet hoped that Ministers would consider the matterwell before Friday came , and then be prepared either to abandon the bill altogether or to shelve it for this session by referring the question to a committee , as had been suggested to the other House . Surely , after the speech of the right hon . baronet the member for Ilipon , the government mast be satisfied that no such bill could pass into a law . ( Hear . ) If persisted in , the measure would lead to a great deal of angry discussion , and produce a vast deal of strife in Ireland ; and under these circumstances the best thing the noble lord could do would be to abandon it . A noble lord opposite had promised that the government should receive no factious opposition from that side of the house .

      Considering the decapitated state of that party —( a laugh )—the pledge was not worth much . In saying that the party was decapitated he was but repeating the words of their leader . Their noble leader had declared , that although he was associated with 270 gentlemen , there was amongst * them only ose man of official experience , and his experience was of the wrong kind—he did not like him—and , as to the others , be would not have them at any price . ( A laugh . ) That was what their acknowledged leader had said in another place , and that noble individual had also stated what Ms plans would be if he came into office . He gave that noble lord great credit for his declaration ; be thought he bad acted a noble and manly p * rt —( cheers)—a part which entitled

      him not only to the warmest approbation of members of that assembly but the warmest commenda-£° n of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord f ™/™* ^ stated wKat hla ™ ws were 5 fle had stated that if he assumed office it was his intention ^ VT ^ imposit - onof a dufc y «« Sports of tt ^ T ^ -we s * nutted and deplored . The noble lorKlhe other house said that he would remove their distress bj rauang the price of the food of the people " bjatax on the food imported mto the country ! ' ThlS

      those who snpported the noble lord ' s mrtv kn ™ what they were doing ; there could be no mittnfce about it . Tne proposition was placed fairly before the country ; and if an election took place the question to he decided would be a high price or a low price for the food of the people . ( "Xo . 'M He was telling hon . gentlemen on | y wnat their leader had declared . If that noble lord was not their leader who was I Was the party in such a state of confusion that there was neither leader nor members ? Hon . gentlemen seemed inclined to repudiate their leader in another place , as he bad repudiated them here . The noble lord had certainly shrunk from office on account of the regiment with which he was cosnected . ( A teugh . ) Bat to return to tbe pout

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      from which he had wandered—the House of Com- 1 mons had a right to expect from the noble lord at the head of the government candour equal to that which had been displayed by the noble lord in th « other house . ( Hear . ) What the people out of doors were talking about was the necessity of making larger reductions in expenditure . The noble lord in another place had said nothing upon that point ; but there must be reduction . " Thehoblelord at the head of the government might be assured that mdenendflnt members felt no hostility to the members

      of the Administration personally . They looked not to men , but to measures . The people out of doors did not "ive the government credit for extraordinary capacity-they thought the noble lord might have more efficient colleagues , but they gave the noble lord credit for ability and sincerity . He hoped , therefore , the noble lord would look about him , and try and gather around him men endowed with the capacity for governing the country . ( Hear , hear . ) The people were careless what faction ruled , so long as its measures were such as to benefit the nation . ( Hear , hear . )

      Tho Marquis of Grandt said that the hon . gentleman who had just sat down had paid a well-deserved compliment to Lord Stanley , for the statesman-like and moderate speech he made in another place ; but the hon . gentleman went on to say , that the noble lord had confessed he was unable to form a government because he could find only one person of official experience in that house , and that that person was one in whose sentiments ho did not agree . Mr . Warlet explained that what he said was , that Lord Stanley had declared he could find only one person of official experience in that houseand

      , m his ( Mr . Wakley ' s ) opinion that person was of tho wrong kind . ( Hear , hear . ) Tho Marquis of Granby was . anxious not to be led into a Corn Law debate on that occasion , but he must be allowed to state that what Lord Stanley did say in the House of Lords —( cries of " Order " ) —well , in another place —( laughter )—was not that he wished to raise the price of the food of the people , but that he thought a revenue might be obtained by means of a moderate duty on foreign corn —( ironical cheers from , the free traders ) -with out materially raising the price ; (' . ' Hear , hear , " and a laugh . )

      The second reading of the hill was then postponed till Friday next . . ..-.,.-. > : • ,. ¦ The other orders on the paper wpre also postponed ; - , ' ¦ '' ' . On the motion of Mr . W . Wuxtams , a return wa 3 then ordered of the public money expended on each of the Royal palaces , gardens , parks , and the appurtenances thereof , stating the amount of expenditure from Parliamentary grants , Crown revenues surrendered to the public by the civil list acts and other sources ; and a statement thereof in detail in the same form as that for 1842 in each year from 1843 to 1851 ( in continuation < , f Parliamentary paperSo . 343 , of session 1813 ) . And a return of the amount of the salaries and other emoluments Of the rangers and deputy-rangers of the Royal parks in each of those years ; and also , of the number of houses and tenements purchased for enlarging the ground attached to Buckingham Palace .

      Mr . Williams also moved for a return of all new places created , and appointments made , since the 6 th day of April , 1848 , whether under any act of parliament , or by any other authority , and of the names of the persons appointed to them ; stating , separately , the salaries of each , and the estimated annual expanses of the establishments in connexion with such appointments ( in continuation of Parlia mentary Paper 2 fo . 033 , of session 1848 ) . The hon . member stated , that from 1845 to 1848 , COO new places were created , at an annual expense of £ 225 , 000 : and that since 1 S 48 he believed that 1 , 414 new places had been created , at an annual expense of £ 297 , 000 , making , in the two periods , 2 , 014 places , and an annual expense of £ 522 , 000 .

      The Chaxcelmb of the Exchequer said , that if he had been aware of tbe hon . gentleman ' s intention to make this statement , he would , of course , have come down prepared with papers to show that during tho time tbe present government had been in power they had reduced far more places than they had created . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not , however , object to the return being granted . Lord J . IlossELt observed , that the return for which the hon . member had just moved would only show the number of places created , but not the number of places made void . For instance , supposin * that 2 , 000 places had been abolished , and 1 , 000 places created , the return would only show the number of creations , but would give no idea whatever of the savings that had been effected . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion wa 3 then af reed to , and the house adjourned at ten minutes to six o ' clock , till Friday next . . » *

      TUESDAY , March 4 . HOUSE OF L 0 RDS .-Lbi 4 Mosieaglts presented a petition from Tan Diemeu ' s Land , complaining of the continuance of transportation , and followed up the prayer of the petitioners with some remarks upon the vacillation that had been manifested by the government with respect to the convict system in the colonies . Repeated promises had been made that no more transported criminals were to be introduced into Van Diemjen ' s Land ; but the promises had been violated , and the colony very much injured . The Australian colonists were determined not to allow the entrance of any more convicts in their part of the world .

      x . ar « Gret denied that any promises had been made by the government of which he was a member to abstain from sending criminals to Van Diemen ' s Land ; but they had undertaken and succeeded in improving the system of management and discipline . He thought the system as at present pursued was best for the convicts , and not injurious to the colony ; and adduced many facts to show the improvement that had taken place during the past few years among the transports , and the diminished opposition to their reception among the inhabitants of tho colony . Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past six o clock .

      THURSDAY , March 6 ih . HOUSE OF LORDS . -Kashr WAH .-Lord Moste&glb asked whether , the government had received from the Gape of Good Hope any official n > formation with regard to the invasion of the Kaffirs into the colony , and what means for repressing it were at the disposal of the Governor . Earl Gret replied that information had been received of the irruption , and of one or two serious engagements with the Kaffirs . With regard to tho force maintained for the defence . of fie colony , it was true tbat a reduction had taken place within the last few years , but not below the amount which Sir H . Smith considered necessary for the protection of the frontiers . At the same time , measures were in progress to send out a reinforcement both of men and guns , so that the means of defence might be equal to what they originally were in that colony .

      Lord Brotjoham laid on the table a series of resolutions on the subject of the income tax . The Copyright of Designs Extension Aot was read a second time . Their lordships then adjourned . ( Freni our Second Edition of lost weelc . J FRIDAY , February 2 S . HOUSE OF LORDS . — MisisiERtAi Crisis . — The Marquis of Lassoowke informed the house , that tbe attempt in which Lord John Russell had been engaged , in conjunction with the Earl of Aberdeen and Sir James Graham , to form an Administration , had failed ; and that Lord Stanley had been again called in to construct a Government . That noble lord having also failed , her Majesty had on that morning sent for the Duke of Wellington , for the purpose of consulting him on the best course to be pursued under these novel and unprecedented circumstances .

      The Earl of Aberdeen explained , that the Only reason why he had been adverse to co-operate with Lord John Russell in the formation of & Cabinet was , he objected to any penal measure of legislation being proposed in the late Papal aggression . Lord Staslet related his own actions and experiences from day to day during the eventful period under discussion . Ultimately , as Mr . Gladstone refused to coalesce , he was thrown back upon the memberaofhis own especial party , only one of whom ( alluding to Mr . Herries ) had acquired any official experience . Even of thesemany of theablest declined to accept office , some from occupation , and others from modesty . Feeling , therefore , that his list , though comprising very competent t-ersons .

      would show a great lack of experienced ministers ; that a hostile majority would muster against them in the House of Commons ; and that various reasons combined to render a dissolution impossible for the present ; he had como to the resolution of relinquishing the endeavour to found a government . Clearing up various mis-statements that had obtained currency , among which was the unfounded assertion that the Queen had refused her permission to dissolve Parliament . Lord Stanley enlarged upon the measures which he had intended to prosecute if possible in becoming the head of an administration . In finance , he had designed to appropriate all surplus revenue to the reduction of that complicated injustice , tbe income tax , and

      hoped to remove one-half this year , and the whole in two or three years more . For the relief of agricultural distressJie purposed to propose a moderate vv v on * imP 0 rta V l 0 tt ° * corn » * rom which he should , besides , derive a revenue of one anu a half or two millions to help towards abolishing the income tax . And respecting Papal Aggresnffi ; ' " . e * ould have proposed that both branches nnn ? lf filSl ^ Sll 0 Uld P » StrOn g "Solution upon the subject at present ; but as he took a verier Tn V £ V fthe < l uestion ' and believed that no Ktli ^? hS ? i drawn , like the Ecclesiastical I rhnnj . fi ! been » under an impulse of anger , he thought that a parliamentary inquiry ought to Bwstigate the relationshi p existing betS the

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      English Catholics and the Roman See , and all legislation postponed until the results . of that investigation were ascertained ; Lord Stanley concluded by vindicating his own conduct throughout the crisis . . After some explanation by the Marquis of Lansdowne , their lordships adjourned at half-past seven o ' clock . •' ¦ '• ¦ ¦ . " ' - ' :- ¦ [ HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Ministerial ' Crisis . —' i Lord J . Russell gave a series of explanations to the same effect as those offered by the Marquis of Lansdowne to the Peer 8 , concluding with a similar statement , that the government was under an interregnum while her Majesty awaited the counsels of the Duke of Wellington . The noble lord then

      removed a misconception of what he had said on Monday , explained the motives of his resignation , and defended himself against certain charges—especially that of shrinking from the difficulties of his position . These difficulties had arisen out of three questions—first , that of the commercial policy which had been commenced in 1846 , and which having been found beneficial to the great mass of the people , the present government had followed out ; secondly , the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill in respect to which Ue retained his opinion that the assumption of these titles was an usurpation of power on the part ofa foreign prince which it wa impossible for Parliament to pass over ; arid thirdly , the extension of the suffrage . The noble lord said he had prepared an outline of a measure which he

      had laid before his colleagues , but looking at the duration of the present parliament , it was thought desirable that the-bill should be deferred and . matured until the next session . He'justified tho expression he had used on a previous evening relative to Lord Stanley ' s inability to form a cabinet , and which had provoked so eager a contradiction from the member for Buckinghamshire . Mr . Disraeli explained . Sir J . Ghaham traversed the same ground of detail which had been passed over by Lord Aberdeen , in the Upper House . He enlarged upon the dangerous tendency of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , and explained his reasons for thinking that measure an insuperable bar ' to any present coalition with Lord John Russell ' s cabinet .

      Sir R . H . Inolis' reminded the hon . baronet of the large majority that had already pronounced in favour of the bill , and declared "that no Ministry could find favour with the house who ^ ere disposed to such timid concessions to the Papal , pretensions . After some remarks from Mr . J . O C 6 hnell , Mr . B . Osborne , Colonel Sibthorp , Mr . P . IlQward , Mr . SpOoner , and Mr . Wyld , ' , . Mr . Waklet considered that if another Whig Administration-were formed , it would be , ' almost an insult to tho Reformer ' s of the country'to' exclude from it Mr . Hume , whose well known diffidence and extreme modesty should not preclude him ironi ( he Councils of the Sovereign , to which young puny lordlings were admitted . Mr . Scholfield , Alderman Sidney , Mr . Bankes , and Mr , Slaney shortly addressed the house , when the order of tho day was postponed , and the house adjourned at eight o ' clock until Monday .

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      — m MINISTERIAL CRISIS . MEETING AT LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S . A large number of the supporters of the Whig Ministry assembled on Tuesday afternoon , by previous appointment , at the official residence of Lord John Russell , in Downing-street . It was estimated that not less than 300 members of the House of Commons were in attendance . . Lord John Russell opened the business of the meeting by depicting , in glowing language , the position in which his government was at present placed , making special reference to the existence of the Protectionist Opposition , which he characterised as a powerful and compact body , which acknowledged for its leader an experienced statesman , and whose aim appeared to be the reversal of

      the present commercial policy of the government , a policy which had produced so much benefit to the country , and which was likely still further to increase the happiness and welfare of the people . From tha exertions of that body ( if auoceasful ) , either of two evils would result—either protection would be restored , or the country would be thrown into a disastrous state of agitation , to repel the efforts of the opponents of free trade . Under these circumstances he had called them together , for the purpose of seeking a continuance of their support , and asking them to forego all differences on minor questions , in order to seal the success of the commercial policy which they advocated in common . The noble lord then adverted to the Papal question , and said that , while adverse to any unnecessary legislation , he felt bound to go on with the

      Ecclesiastioal Titles Bill in a modiScd form . The plan proposed by Lord Stanley did not meet his assent , as by referring the subject to a committee , which might last possibly for two years , the feelings of acrimony which prevailed would he prolonged . This he thought most desirable , and therefore was induced to dispose of tho question at once . "With regard to financial arrangements , ho said that the Cabinet had not met since their return to office , but he hoped at the meeting of the house on-Friday , to be able to make a statement on that 3 ubjeofc , which would be satisfactory . Hislordship concluded'by asking for a continuance of that generous support which hadbeen-given him for the last two yearsnotrfor the personal object of keeping himself and his colleagues in office , but for the sake of securing that which they all had at heart—the welfare and prosperity of the country . ;

      Messrs . Greene ( Kilkenny ) and Ouseley . Higqins severally remonstrated strongly with the noble lord , on his determination to persevere with the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , which they pledged themselves to oppose , even at the risk of the noble lord ' s government . Mr . Sharuan Crawford , the O'Gorman Mahon , and Dr . Power ( Cork ) , followed in a Bimilar strain . Mr . B . Osbohsb next addressed the noble lord , and expressed his intention of supporting the government , concurring , as he did , generally in his policy , but entreated him to exempt Ireland from the operation of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . Sir De Lacy Evans spoke in a similar spirit .

      Lord Ebringion , Colonel Rawdon , and several other Hon . Members , afterwards spoke , and the same spirit which pervaded the meeting ( with the exception of the dissent of the Irish members present ) , was one of strong confidence in , and attachment to , the policy and principles of the noble lord and the government .

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      OPPOSITION SO , THE SUNDAY TRADING ' » BUblic meeting was held on Monday evening at the Institution , Cowper-street , City-road : Ion ? before eight o'clock the room was densely crowded . Air SBRiiS was called to the chair , - and in an energetic manner showed the hypocrisy and prejudice brought by the projectors of this measure m favour of its objects . Many who took their baskets 1

      and earned enoug h on tho Sunday to keep them half the week , were men who were unable to obtain work during the other days of the week . How would such a man regard an act that snatched his food , and that of his family away , on a feeling or pretence of religion ? . . Durin » " the Chairman ' s address considerable opoosition was manifested . Mr . Williams * the mover of the bill in Parliament , was received on entering the meeting with' slight cheering and great opposition , and W Walcley with mingled hisses and clicors . , . . , i * ¦ l _ . ___ i ' t ! - i- iL . firstresolutionto the

      _ Mi * J Savaqe moved the . , effect ! that the . bill introduced by Mr . Williams was partial oppressive , arid unjust , because it permitted the rich to be supp lied « ith' luxuries whUe it denrived the poor of the necessaries of life , therefore the meeting was resolved to oppose by all means the passing of tho bill into a law . Mr . Savage , in a strain ' of caustic and at times personal ridicule , reflected on the motives and deeds of the originators and gave a list of persons subscribing money to carry out the bill , who were personally interested in its success , not from religious but pecuniary motives A little knot of gentlemen connected with a certain parish' had voted £ 30 out of the parish funds to this purpose , whilst persons under a £ 30 rental were deprived of a vote . m the disposal of that money . Was not this a robbery of the poor by the fich ? ,,.. ¦ ¦ i . ' • • ' Mr . Xorman seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Hatch read an amendment , to the effect that the meeting was strongly opposed to all enactments tending to interfere with the relig ious convictions of the people , nevertheless the meeting highly approves of the principle of the bill , and hoped that while it relieved one portion of the people from Sunday trading , that it-would not interfere with therights of any other portion . . ¦ ' . ' Mr : Lewis seconded the amendment . Mr . Williams , M . P ., on rising was . received . with partial cheers , and said that he had responded to their invitation to attend the meeting , although ; he had two important motions to come on thatnightin the House relative to the expenditure on parks , public buildings , &c ,, and also relative to the many

      new places created by government ; he had carried both those motions for committees . When invited as a candidate for Lambeth , lie was asked if he would support the bill for Sunday trading : he told them that he must make inquiries before giving any pledge . He then read the whole of tbe evidence taken before two committees of the House , and came to the conclusion that it w » 8 highly favourable to the interests of the people . ( Cries of "No , no . " ) He did not pretend to be always right , and he pledged his honour that if he found it to be injurious to working men'he would withdraw his support of it . ( Cries of " It will . " ) He found that a law tenfold more stringent was now in force . ( Cries of " Its musty ; its inoperative . " ) It might

      be put in operation , and wnis very stringent . lie was the representative of 17 , 000 persons in Lambeth , and they thought it highly necessary ; was he then not to support it ? ( Cries of "They ave not the working classes , " and confusion . ) If they did not wish to hear him ho would retire . He supported the bill not on religious but social grounds ; phyBlohlly and morally , rest was essentially necessary to man ' s happiness . This principle had been acknowled ged by all the nations of the earth . In Greece and Rome , though they had no sabbath , they had numerous festival days , that the poor aad the slave should have rest . ( Cries of "Not that the poor should be starved . " ) In our Colonies and in America there were provisions for a re 3 t-day for the

      slave . Tliore were seventy-seven witnesses examined before the committees of the House of Lords ; a great majority of them gave evidence that the Articles they sold on'a Sunday were dearer and worse articles than those sold on other days : the eleven witnesses opposed to the bill admitted the same . ( Cries of " Were there any working men ? " ) He had no means of getting a knowledge of this subject except from this evidence and the communications of working men , and the feeling expressed by that meeting would have great woight on his mind . Ho had nothing to do with the preparation of the bill ; it was framed on the evidence received by the House of Lords . The bill would have to jo into committee , and its every clause would be

      carefully watched . The bill was said to be tyrannical . ( Cries of " Monopoly . " ) It contained as exceptions to its provisions , medicines and drugs —( great laughter)—milk , cream eggs , and butter , before nine o ' clock and after one o ' clock —( laughter)—meat , poultry , and game for three months in the summer ; fruit , prepared provisions , and any beverage not requiring a license during the same hours ; ready-dressed provisions and liquors during the " whole day to lodgers ; tobacco after one o ' clock in theday —( cries of " Duty ); " public-houses not at all interfered with —( immense hissing and numerous ories of ridicule ); newspapers -before ten and ' after one o ' clock ; and baking of dinners not » t all interfered with . He should belie the whWcharaoter of i

      his life if bo attempted to interfere with a man ' s actions on a Sunday ; all he wished was-to procure him a day of rest to spend agreeably to his own conscience . ( Immense cheering and hissing . ) Mr . Bezor said he happened unfortunately to have sold things in the streets for ten years , and ho also was a newsvender . Tho bill , like all other acts of parliament , was opposed to the poor , and acted for the interest of the rich . He had heard both sides , arid he trusted they would not do as they did in the House of Commons , hiss arid hoot . They were before the House of Commons , and must push all liberal measures if they were to be carried . He wanted to know why its provisions were confined to London alone ? Was London move wicked than

      Manchester ? If ono went to heaven by act of parliament why not the other ? The object of the act was to keep poverty out of sight . Twenty thousand people got their living in London by hawking in the streets ; the bill was a blow to them , the poorest of the poor . If they were ignorant and poor it was the fault of the members of parliament . The bill contained exceptions ; but was it a crime to sell milk at ten o ' clock when it was not a crime at nine o ' clock ? Mr . Williams told them newspapers could be sold before ten and after one o ' clock , wh y were not unstamped papers allowed to be sold ? Was it because they had not the stamp of the beast

      upon them , and men were allowed to break the sabbath because the government got one penny by it ? The shopkeeper was only fined 5 s . if he broke the act , though he mi ght sell several pounds worth of goods , whilst the poor costermonger , who borrowed Ba . of a friend to purchase a bushel of apples , had them seized , which meant eat by the police , and when fined 5 s . had to go to prison for fourteen days because he had not got it to nay . Mr . Williams said he would do nothing to injure the poor man , —would not this injure him ? He called on Mr . Williams to be no longer the { representative of the bigots , but to come out from among them . Mr . Bezor was loudly cheered . Mr . Fislkn supported the original motion .

      The motion and amendment were then put ; about one hundred hands were held up for the amendment , and a whole forest for the resolution . Mr . Baoois moved tho second resolution , to the eftect , ' That as all persons were now allowed to close their shops on the sabbath , legislative enactment on the sub ject was unnecessary . " Tho time was gone by when it would be allowed that roses should alone be sown around the palace , and briars and thistles around the cottage . Mr . Bennett seconded the resolution , and showed the manner in which the evidence had been got up . The subject had Fbcon brought before the Clerkenwell guardians , but kicked out .. He informed Mr . Wakley of this , because thougb ^ he voted against the second reading of the bill last year he voted for the first reading this year .

      Mr . Pearce supported the resolution . He was sorry to see that Mr . Williams had been so led away . The object ; of the bill was to starve the poor man , and let the rich enjoy their luxuries . It deprived them of the means of buying beef on the Sunday , but . allowed them to purchase gin ; it allowed stamped papers to be sold , but endeavoured to suppress the sale of the unstamped . Mr . Palmer said that they had the honourable members for-Finsbury and Lambeth on the platform , and he was the honourable representative of 40 , 000 men whose interests it interfered with . As a coBtermonger , he could tell them that in the fruit season it would be the complete ruin of many of them . It would drive them to seek parochial aid

      and the supporters of this bill would be the first to deny it to them . If they could not get relief they would be compelled to thieve . He then commented on the seventh clause , which allowed a policeman , without a warrant , to seize on anything which was hawked , cried , or exposed for Bale , in any place apart from the residence of the person so offending , and convey the same to the station , until the offender applied for them , when they would be returned on certain terras , provided it was the first offence . That clause completel y prevented hawkers from selling anything from twelve o ' clock

      on Saturday nignt until twelve o ' clock on Sunday night ; that clause completely overthrew all the exceptions , exoept those in favour of shopkeepers selling at their own shops . It was a complete onslaught on , the hawkers to get them out of the streets bofore the foreigners came to the Exhibition . If their representatives had no sympathy for them when they were in parliament they would have no sympathy for them if they were turned out . Mr . Waklet then rose amid much cheering , and stated that he . esteemed it a privilege to attend and hear their sentiments on that important question He had been asked wby he supported the first

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      reading of the bill . He had not done so . He was asked by Mr . Williams to support the introduction bfaSunday Trading Bill , but he had not read it . On all occasions . Mr . Williams had acted for the interests , of working men . He must acknowledge that he felt surprised , for no man was less a saint than Mr . Williams . Also seeing that last year a professed friend of the people had introduced a bill for that purpose , and as it seemed there was to bo some legislative interference in the matter , he thought it had better come from a friend than an enemy . He had now read the bill and could not approve of it . The great defect of that and all similar bills was that , they did not effect the supn ression of Sunday labour . How would the lady on

      the Sunday like to be her own cook ? ' He should like to see a bill brought in that the week ' s work should cease on Saturday at two o ' clock ; he could then spond the Sabbath as he pleased . Whon ho saw that tbe working men were so opposed to this measure , he was bound as an honest man , and he would , if he lost every vote in the borough , oppose the bill , seeing that not ono in sevon of them were represented in tho House of Commons . Mr . WU-, liams would , he was assured , cease to support the bill , if he felt , as he , Mr . Wakloy did , that it was opposed by those whom it professed to benefit . Mr . Williams had but slightly touched on the clauses o the bill : it was wise : for it was said that the mover

      of a bill knew less about it than any other man ; If the bill could not touch the great evil of Sunday labour it was much better not to legislate at all upon it . Ho had had several deputations wait upon him in favour of the bill , but this was the only public meeting he had attended on the subject . Ho saw they were hostile to it , and therefore he should vote against it . He should advise his friend Mr . Williams , who had got into a mess , to gob o his constituents in . Lambeth , and tell them too all an immense public meeting , and that he W . ould be guided by the decision of that meeting , ( Cheers . ) He was sure Mr . Williams did not deserve their odium , and was ever their friend . Mr . Wakley sat down loudly cheered .

      Mr . Masojj moved a petition , founded on tho resolutions passed , which was seconded and carried unanimously . The Ciiairsian briefly addressed tho meeting , which then quietly dispersed . ¦ ; party in favour of tho bill had extensively circulated placards , calling on its friends to meet and support it . The meeting was one of a character for enthusiasm such as has not been held in the metropolis for some lengthened period . " Meetings of a similar character are abtfut being called in other districts . Mr . Hnyman , who got up evidence in support of the bill , and who was on the platform , received the marked disapprobation of the meeting .

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      MARLBOROUGH-STREET . - Contract . — Mary Ann Parkes , who , a fortnight since , appeared at this court to affiliate her child to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington , and Jano Lewi ? , hechief witness , were finally examined on a charge of conspiracy and perjury , upon which they were ultimately committed to take their trial . ; Robbery . — -R . Lewis was charged with having stolen a silver watch , value £ 10 , the property of John Clenton , at the House of Charity , Iloscstreet , Soho . —The prosecutor deposed that he was sent to the House' of Charity , in RoBe-street , by Judge Coleridge , there to remain until a vacancy ocourred in the Hospital for Consumption , at Brompton . The prisoner was an inmate of the same place and slept in the same room with witness . About a fortnight agowitness left his watch on his

      , bed while he went into an adjoining room for the purpose of changing his cravat , and on his return in about a minute he missed his watch , and the prisoner , who was the only person in the room when he left his watch , had suddenly taken his departure , and could nowhere be found . This excited the suspicion of witness , and he gave information to the police , but nothing more was seen of the prisoner until Sunday night , when another inmate of the house met him in Oxford-street , and gave him in charge . —Henry Turner , a servant out of place , residing at the House of Charity , proved meeting the prisoner on Sunday night in Oxford-street . On taxing him with stealing the watch he said it was all right , he " flued" it . Witness on meeting with a constable gave him in charge . —Committed for trial .

      LAMBETII . —A Sfobiino Character . —Mr . J Harris , of Brook-street , Kennington , was charged with creating a disturbance , and using threatening language , in the shop of Mr . Joseph Buck , a saw and tool maker , in the Waterloo-road . -Mr . George Buck deposed tbat the prisoner came to the shop and asked for his father . Witness told him his father was out , and that if ho had any message to leave he should deliver it to him on his return home but the prisoner declared be should not leave the house , and began to bully and create such a disturbance that a crowd assembled round the door , and he ( witness ) was ultimately obliged to send fora constable , and give him into custody . . He said- that my father owed him £ 238 ohlsoinV gambling transaction , made use of threatening language towards my father , and Baid he should not leave the

      house until he had his life or the money . —Policeconstable said that he was sent for . bv tWliiafewiP neRs . andon going to Mr . Buck ' s shop he found a crowd outside , and the prisoner making a donsiderable disturbance within , and , iy the desire of Mr . Buck , jun ., he took him into custody . —Mr . Elliott ( to the prisoner ) : You have heard the charge , what havo you to say to it ? Prisoner : Wellfsir , the fact iti that about eight or nine days ago , I met Mr . Joseph Buck in the City , and on seeing me he said I was the very person he wanted / and that he had been looking for me . He said the reason he wanted to see mewas to back for him a horseoalled "Vainhope , for the Liverpool Steeple Chase , for ore or even two thousand pounds . . Under his instructions i ° i !!! v- ho horse for him to tlie amount of £ 238 ana told him tho parties with whom T mg ^ * k !

      himini ? V t ° ? p f ' » Dd for thi * he expressed mmself most grateful , and irmted me to his house to tea ; but finding that the horse " Yainhone" had not won the race henow refused to pay me the £ 238 I had made myself liable to pay , and which I must pay to those persons at Tattersall ' s with whom I made the bets . Feeling annoyed at the position in which I was placed , and knowing that I have no alternative between paying this large sum , or being pointed out as acheatand defaulter if I do not , I mav ?^ r x ! \ m al 1 tbat has been complained of . —Mr Elliott : Whatareyou ? Prisoner : lam what they call a sporting man , a book maker , and make bets on horse racing , both on my own account , and on con * mission .-Mr . Elliott : You must enter into' y our own recognisances in £ 20 to keep the peace , and be of good behaviour for one month—The prisoner entered into the required bail , and was at once discharged .

      BOW-STREET . ~ assault . - J . Rikie wa 3 charged with assaulting his landlord , W Dell - The prosecutor said he was a porter . The m-isoner occupied a room in his house , and he invariably had considerable difficulty in obtaining his rent On Saturday night last he went to the prisoner ' s " room and asked for hw rent , ne replied that he coulj not give him any , but that he should have it on Monday . Witness remonstrated with him and SJrT ° , f Wm t 0 leave the roJm Directly afterwards he was seized by several perl sons from behind , and , while in that helpless position , the prisoner struck him a violent blow SZ

      «« w 7 h n tb ep ° . - ' He Was ren « senW less by the blow and , when he recovered , he found his clothes saturated with blood , which was flowing from a wound m his head . Several of his lodgers came tohis assistance , and after considerable trouble , the prisoner was given into custody . —The prisoner was committed . / Post Office Robbery . -J . Renncls , 49 , employed for many years in the General Post Office as a messenger , waB charged with stealing a packet , the property of the Postmaster-general . -Early on Sunday morning John Forbes , who was employed in the same department with the prisoner , saw him Becrete a packet in his dress while engaged in the duty of stamping letters for dolivery . The president was made aware of the circumstance ^ and a letter containing parts of the works of a watch

      was found upon him . —The solicitor to the Post Office stated that several articles of jewellery had been found in tho prisoner ' s possession which most likely had been clandestinely obtained He had , therefore , to apply for a remand . —Remanded till Monday next . MANSIQN-HOUSE .-An "Innocent" Thief —John Williams was charged with having picked a gentleman ' s pocket of a silk handkerchief A young tradesman saw the prisoner , who was accompanied by another man , who appeared to be " on the loose , " following a gentleman . The prisons expertly transferred the gentleman's han < &rchief from the pocket to which it belonged to hia own but upon hearing aery of « stop thief , " let it fall upon the ground , and ran away . HU « 2 n ! l'i

      also speedily cut off , but was more lucky than Z actualBpohator , who was at once stopped and taken to the 8 tation-hou 6 e . -The Lord Mayor Now Jri JffiW ° ° , t 0 thi 8 charP ? ' Sner ^ ti ipi Th « T iM" v hlm my 8 elt at the work .-Have y ^ S * J ° U h ? what he 8 ays . » £ «» . witness * T L Med , agiUnst other P ° * ? ' ^ e weekfa ™\? Pffn ? ^ ai nst »• *« & about three Sner K * m " ^ As J was standin S at the 5 . vlll * Tr a-lane I saw the ma « dStinotly haf t hM ' , - I J () in ^ •» ' « " » 0 " * . and caused flniHhnii ™ lnt 0 CU 8 tody anc 1 conveyed to £ S ?« -r 7 ? Lord Mayor : And what was the h » n . u m ! ¥ ItnC 8 s : He was committed for four-™ «;„ y 3 > That and the V ^ sent were the only oc-In ' u On whick l evei" charged anybody , and I would not accept a profit from it . —The prisoner :

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      I m just as innocent as tho bab y that ' s asMkW that young woman . -George Scott the nffi g o £ said 5 I apprehended the . pkon \ ee mfe * ago on London-bridge for robbing a * entlPm th his handkerchief ; but the morn ^ fc hf i ' 5 flung the handkerchief over theIridgeT \ T ± thon-oommitted from this court for fourteen dZ —The prisoner : That was all as wrong as this Vn « mistook the party , that's all . —The Lord M-ivor ^ Well , if you are innocent you are very unfortunate ' But why did you . run away when you threw down this last handkerchief ? ' The prisoner : Why ' ho cause they all run after me . ( Laughter wItu

      wa Mayor : xou shall now go to Bridewell for I month . The prisoner : Well , I certainly am obliwrt to your lovdship . u" « gea Pickpockets .--Two other young men » ern charged with having picked gentlemen ' s poS of . handkerchiefs ; , One of them said it was S impossible that hooould be guilty , as he could nor see well enough to pick a pocket . The other sifrf the streets were now so crowded that any bod , might be taken for a . pickpocket , particularly Z the tailors mado the pockets so shallow that Inml kerchiefs were continually falling out of ' om Thn " were . each of them committed for fourteen dav , y As - Old Oi * ESDKR .-John Morgan , an old tSkew stealer , well known in LeadenlTall Market \ 2 charged with having slipped a turkey offthari , ii

      oi air . toward , the poulterer . The prisoner finding that he was pursued , flung down the tuvkev and made a desperate attempt to escape , but w ( q caught by one of the . shopmen .-The Lord Mayor - Prisoner , what term of imprisonment did I give Vo « when last we met ? The prisoner : Three months my lord . You sent me for trial becauso a handkerchief that I bought was found upon me . —Tha Lord Mayor : And you are scarcely out of prison when you begin to steal again . The prisoner So my lord , I made a resolution never to do anything wrong again when I last saw your lordship , and I never broke my word . I was just coin" to buy a neck of mutton , when they accused ¦ - me , and kicked me too into the bargain . —Committed for six weeks . *

      Three drivers of carts and the driver of an omnibus were fined 10 s . each for having worked poor horses with sores upon their shoulders . Each of the defendants promised that his horse should ' have a holiday fov a w « ek > a be well supplied with corn during the time . "

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      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ¦ The March general session of the ; Peace for tho county of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday morn ing . at the Sessions-house , Clerkenwell , before Mr " Sergeant'Adams . : * * ¦ Pickpocket ^ . —Frederick Sturge , a well-dvcssed man , was indicted jointly with a . man named Simp , sou , who was not in custody , for stealing a . Watch , value £ 2 , the property of Jjwe Serle , from lior person . —The prisoner and the other person named m the indictment were observed , on the morning of tho 20 th ult ., to got into an omnibus at Charingcross , by Ileadington , a detective officer belonffinsr ij the City police , who , knowing them , took a cab and directed the driver to follow the omnibus When m Regent-street the vehicle stopped , and tho prisoner got out , whereupon Headington left the cab , and told him that he wished to tak 9 him back , to the omnibus , upon which the prisoner said i

      < or uod ' s sakedon'ttake me , orlehall be la < w > d consider my wife and children . " The officer persisted , and the . prisoner then took a watch from his breast pocket and threw it into the omnibus It was found that the wntoh had been abstracted from tne pocket of the prosecutrix , one of the passengers the prisoner having sat next to her , and he was then taken into custody . —The prisoner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months' hard labour ' Bdward ; Pelix was indicted for stealing a watch , value iu , the property of Robert King , from his person . —1 his robbery was committed at the pit ; entrance of Drury-lane Theatre , on the night of Mr . Macreadys farewell performance . The prisoner and a companion were observed by . tWO Officers who weve on duty in plain clothes , to be pushing about in the crowd , in a verv susnie . imi *

      manner . After keeping a strict watch upon them for somo time , one of the officers saw a watoh fall from the prisoner ' s right hand , and ifc was found that that watch had , the moment before , been taken from , the prosecutor ' s waistcoat . The prisoner was then takeniinto custody .-The jury found the prisoner Guilty . -Tho officer in the case said the prisoner had been in / custody a short time before , for a similar robbery at the Haymarket Theatre , and had received ;; informatidn that he had been convicted in Surrey .-4 he prisoner said this was utterly un-S&tiPlV » i !! ame wa 3 M !« Mox , and he could « ^ * Ae u *? orne a S ° oi character . -Another Z ? 2 £ L ^ P ° r a « gular swell-mobama ^ . -f ^? , learned . judge said it would be the dnf . v oi

      uno ; l , ourt to sentence the prisoner to transportau ° a ' i . u j . oncers asserted proved correct . SSffi'J v / reCt - the - prisoner t 0 be "manded mthttSe !' 3810 " ' ° rder that m imiuiriC 3

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      ¦ :-- V :, , v ; f . ., CORN . MABK-iANE , ; WEDNESDAr , March 3 rd . —We had but little wheat oftenng this morning from Essex and Kent , and tho stands were cleared at fully last Monday ' s prices . There was a short arrival of foreign wheat / but the demand was only in retail . For flour" we had a very limited sale , and Dnces were rather lower for inferior marks of French . Malting barley Fold fully as dear , being scarce , but grinding sorts went off ver-y slowly . In malt no alteration . Beans and peas held much the same prices , Good fvesh oats were readier sale , though the arrivals since Friday have increased from abroad , as well as some quantity oi Scotch and Irish getting in . Richmond , ( Yobksuue , ) March 1 st -We had a tolerable w ^ SM ^ atfB ? . ? ? ple 8 m ! wlllllietter «» n' > W «> - Wheat sold from , 4 s Sd to 5 s 04 ; Oats , Is lOd to 2 s Od Barley , 3 s 6 d to 3 s Sd j Beans , 4 s to 4 s 6 d per bushel '

      CATTLE . Smitbfiem ) , Montoy , March 3 .-From our own grazingdistricts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were considerably on the decrease , but of full average quality . Ihe attendance of both town and country buyws being L g * 2 a ? d ^ weather favourable for slaughtering , tho beef trade ruled somewhat : brisk , at an advance in the quotations of Monday last of quite 2 d . per 81 bs . Tho general top figure for beef was as . 8 d ., whilst a few very superior Scots produced 3 s . lOd . per Sibs . We were rather scantily supplied with sheep for the time of year . For all breeds tho inquiry ruled active , at an improvement in 15 IZh f ° n n ency ? f 2 dl per 81 bs - The estreme value of the best old Down- m the wool was 4 s . Sd ., out of the wool 4 s . perfflbs . Other breeds-were scHine in pronortion ,

      ,, renr lamo ? m the market sold atfrom 5 s . to fully Gs . Hi * ? , r , 5 som"vliat higher rates than ihe best wWohwi if a ^ 'r inquiry for calves , the value of 3 ^ Y ? n . supported in every instance , lnpigs , the late rates " ^ moderate > yw * littIe was do » l S . at fiBeef 2 s Cd to'Ss 8 d ; mutton , 3 s 6 d to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 2 a « iniling tL o fe ° dt 0 4 S ° - Price Per St 0 De * 61 b 8 . Newgate and Leadeniiah , Monday , Feb . 24—Inferior beef , 2 s ud to 2 s 2 d ; middling , ditto 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ff ™ T * 'JS to 3 s ° ^ P" ~ ail 3 s 2 dtoSs 4 d SrV ? , W * ' tofwiwmutton , 2 s 8 dto 23 lOd «• , ! ' ? W * , ° d t 0 3 s 8 d ' Prime tftttfto Mid to 4 s Od p er 81 bs . by the carcase .

      PROVISIONS . London , M < mday .-No improvement has occurred in Hie demand , and so httl ? has been doing in Irish butter ?^ 4 ' " *» tlrtce fte thBm o . tp 1 ^ Xy te « iSSSa £ n * S vl ? , ers had appoiired fw > quantity . Miters would vnosthkely have met them at a sight reduction . tenTA" illte |' ltionJn f < ™? " . For Irish andW K k ^ , "" free bu * lan < Jed and ou middles the same may be reported . Hams sold steadilv at no material change in value . IUrd not mule n ton v sought afur but the advanced priced " S ntatadI Engush Bdtteii JtAHKBi March 3-A dullness has ^ ^ ssso ^ odSsB a ^ po ^» ra . s \ £ s ntii ttit aud 6 tale > Ws - to ws - > fresh > *• *

      ; - ' . . ' ' BREAD . 8 Jd Tm ° . < ; atcn , ; ea < l . in the metropolis are from loaf . 5 househoW ditt 0 « 5 d- to Cd . per 4 lbs POTATOES . coUwlX ^ Z ^ T'f , J f arch fc-ffotaMutandtoBft « lAiiu wtauiiir the end of the last week wo hi » p hsrt nn in . sigsp ^ s to-s -namt ? ' ? otch cups , 60 s . to 70 s . ; Fife , -s BhTnhn BMW S" a 1 d UB «* n « Mre Resents , 50 s ; to 75 s . ; tnenish Whltes » ~ 8 - to - * . ; French Whites , 50 s . to 60 s . w C 0 ALS . lft ? M . Ri ^ Jm ruary 19—Stewart ' s , 16 s 6 d ; Helton's , 14 s Od va di' ^ S t \ Os Od : KelIoe . i « s Odj Ilichmond , ¦ ^ wlm -JV ' A ^ Wtfs , 15 s 3 d ; R . Helton , ' bcwVip ' fti i a ; Durham ' 3 di Teea . 15 s 6 d ; Be ™ , 16 s Oa' Fetors succeededin getting an advance 8 v ,-v Pe $ ° i * "i , thk day se ' nnighfs sale , -Fresh atuvals , 7 ; left from last day , 73 . —Total 80 .

      ! WOOL . < t ^" iMonfoy . March 3 rd—The sales closed oa Tuesday last . Ihis was the first series for the present year , con . sifting of the remainder of last season ' s clia ( s considerable portion in second hands ) ; and commencingon the 18 th , they closed on the 25 th ultimo . The quantities were 803 bales Australian , 2 , 819 Port Phillip . 2 , 273 Van 7 « w in o ' ! r 9 Uth Australian > 3 , H 0 Capo . l 6 New 25 ?! ? ' " x . ! " ? - ^ 2 l < 16 - bales colonial , and 605 imies East India . Of colonial wool in this market SSSStf stock 8 in ^ * *•»«

      -HIDES . nO ^ h r ^ ~^ t rketllidc 8 ' 561 b' toMlb ., 2 d . to 2 Jd . Ifflh \ L !?\ M V tO 72 J ; ' 2 d- t 0 2 ^ ; ditto . 721 b . to SK % , * % [ u » t ° . SOlh . to 881 b ., S ^ dto 31 d . ; ditto , Tt m'i •' , ° n , lu 4 a- : ditto 961 b . tol 04 lb ., 3 - d . to 4 Jd . d ; MLb . to 112 b ., 41 d to 4 id . ; Calf-skins , eaeh ; 2 s . to 3 s . ; Horse-hides Gs . to 7 s .

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      REPEAL OF THE DUTY ON KNOWLEDGE . A very numerous meeting was held on Wednesday night in St . Martin ' s . Hall , Long-acre , for the purpose of procuring a repeal of the Excise od paper , the tax on advertisements , and the stamp on newspapers . F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . , was present ; Professor Key in the chair .- The meeting was addreaed by MessrsCassel , Miall , Cobden , M . P ., John Shaw , Hickson , Dr . Lee , E . Edwards , Milner Gibson , D . Collet , and G . J . Holyoake , and resolu tions in accordance with the object of the meeting were , adopted . [ We are compelled to withdraw the report through vhe press upon our columns . —Ed . N . S . ] . . •

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      ANOTHER KAFFIR WAB . We are sorry to announce that by Cape Town papers , as late as the 8 th of January , we have received intelligence of the outbreak of another Kaffir war , and of a series of disasters which had befallen the British foroes . Sir Harry Smith had deposed Sandilli , chief of the Gailcas , and proclaimed Suta , the mother of the chief , to rule in bis stead . Shortly afterwards murmurs arose that the Kaffirs were not satisfied , and the farmers , in alarm , fled with their flocks and moveable property , some to George , and some across the Orange River , leaving the frontier defenceless . The Kaffirs became insolent , attacked some government waggons , broke into several houses , and stole fire-arms , and did much mischief . Sir Harry offered a reward of 500 head of cattle for Sandilli , and 250 head for Anta , Sandilli ' s brother , a great warrior ; and there the matter ended for a day

      or two . On the 25 th of December , Sir Harry , fearing that Sandilli might try to get into tbe Amatolo mountains , sent off a force under Colonel Mackinnon to intercept him , and thisforce , in passing through a narrow defile , was attacked by a large body of Kaffirs , armed with guns and assegais ( a spear which they throw with fearful precision . ) The reault was that the force was obli ged to retire , leaving one officer and ten men dead , ' and haying two officers and twenty men wounded . Th e Kaffirs allowed the Cape Mounted Rifles , a force of Hottentots , and the Kaffir police consisting of Kaffirs officered by Europeans-fo pass , and fired only on the ted jackets ; and next " day the whole Kaffir police , 500 strong , , armed and mounted , went ovor

      to the enemy , leaving no doubt that they had led Colonel Mackinnon into the pass the day before The same day , or rather on the 25 th , two military villages were burnt , and all the people killed and fearfully tortured , and war was declared . The governor was at Fort Cox , and in attempting to communicate with him , from Fort Hare , a distance of fifteen milos , our troops , the 91 st , 150 men , and Cape Mounted Rifles , fifty men , had an engagement in which we lost two officers , 91 st , killed , and twenty men , one officer and ten men wounded * . The Kaffirs fight in the open country—a thing unknown before . They say they will kill all the white men and regain their land . We have lost upwards of 100 men and three officers in four days . Sir Harry was hemmed in at Fort Cox , without provisions but to-day news has just arrived that he has cut his way through to King William ' s Town , and may be expected in here .

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      8 THE NORTHERN STAR __ March 8 , 1851

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1616/page/8/