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      EXECUTION OF LEVI HARWOOD ASD SAMUEL JOSES . . ° Q Tuesday the two men who were convicted at - « . £ assizes at Kingston of being connected wta the bnrglarly at Frimley parsonage , and the murder of the Her . George Holiest , its occupant , Buffered death infrontof Horscmonger-lanegaoL Aa on all such occaiions , crowds assembled at an early hour in the morning , and at the time when the men appeared on the scaffold it is calculated that were were between 7 , 000 and 8 , 000 persona present , but , scattered over the immense space which faces the gaol , the number of persona appeared very insignificant . At eight o ' clock was heard the

      first tolling of the bell from within the walls of the p rison , and after the usual services in the chapel preliminary arrangements were made for conducting the condemned men to the ccaffold . Ilirwood and Jone 3 were taken into the yard , where they were pinioned by Calcraft , the hangman , and afterwards reconveyed to the chapel , where they remained until a few minutes before nine o ' clock , when Mr . Keane , the governor of the gaol , announced to the authorities that the time appointed for tho execution had arrived . Levi Harwood received the information with apparently stoical indifference , or rather with the habitual Eullenness which has characterised his movements since the day of Ma apprehension . Samuel Jones , who had

      been ranch depressed since the sentence of death was passed upon him , trembled from head to foot , and was evidently engaged in earnest prayer . He was extremely feeble , and COuW hardly stand . From , the chapel the procession moved to the scaffold . On arriving there Levi Harwood walked up with a firm step . Galcraft placed him under the beam , and drew the white cap over his face . Then , for the first time , Mb apparent courage forsook him . He trembled violently , and raised his pinioned hands aa if in prayer . A short interval elapsed before Jones was placed by his side . He trod the scafiirtd with feeble and tottering steps , and would have beeu unable to maintain his ground had it not been for the assistance which

      the officials rendered him . The two men were placed close together , and JoneB stretched forth his hands to Harwood , who grasped them and gave him a final farewell . Meanwhile the cap was drawn over Jones ' s . face , and they were left by themselves upon the scaffold . Once more they shook hands , - and evidently spoke to each other . Oaicraft proceeded to the windlass by means of which the fasteaings of the Ecafiold are unloosed and in a few moments the drop fell . Both men Beemed to die an unusuall y violent death . They remained suspended &r an hour , when according to custom , the bodies were taken down preparatory to being buried within the precincts of the gaol . The crowd then gradually dispersed . OF

      ^ JJOXFESSIOS THE MURDERERS . ft is satisfactory to learn from the ReF . W . S . Bowe , the chaplain , that the murderers had made a full confession of their guilt . The rev . gentleman made the following statement : —Between ten and eleven o clock on Monday night I went to take instructions of the conricts as to the subject matter of the letters which they had previouily promised to write to their relatives ; and on asking the pri-BonerBnrbridge ( or Jones ) as to what he woqld wish to have said to Ms relatives , he said he wished io speak to me before I began the letter , and I said I was ready to hear what he had to say ; and he requested that the governor might be sent for . "When lie came the prisoner proceeded to make the

      following confession : — " There were in the ~ room at the time of the murder , Smith , myself , and Levi Harwood . I held Mrs . Holiest round the waist . -1 had a pistol in my hand , and might have shot ' her , bnfc never intended to do it . Levi Harwood was the man that rushed at Mr . Holiest . I believe that Mr . Holiest wa * stooping to pick up tho poker , and Levi Harwood was the man who fired the shot . " He said with emphasis , "I am certain of that . Smith and Levi Harwood both ran out of the room , leaving me the last person in it , I following as soon as I could get away from Mra . Holiest . Then I immediately left the room , and overtook them jflBt on the other side of . the turnpike gate . All four .

      namely , Levi Harwood and Samuel Harwood , Smith and myself , came on together . After I had left the premises and had got into the main road , I heard the sound of fire-arms , as from the house of Mr . Holiest . The account given by Smith ef what took place in { he room is quite irne , and Mrs . Holiest is mistaken in Swearing ae to her belief that it was Levi Harwood who held her , as it was me . Myself and Samuel Harwood parted from Smith and Levi Harwood about four miles from Frimley , and came on together .. Stmuel Harwood made away with the pistols . " The confession then detailed the circumrttnees attending the apprehension of the burglars , as already known to the public .

      This confession was written out , the prisoner Jones ( or Bnrbridge ) appended Ms name , and it was duly attested by the Rev . W . S . Rowe , and Mr . Keane , the governor of the gaol . Upon this confession being made , Mr . Rowe at once comniuuieated with the authorities . The governor and himself went to Levi Harwood and told him that Jones had made a fall and free confession , and wished to know if he desired to say any thing , telling him what his . companion had said . - They told Mm that Jones had said he ( Harwood ) fired the pistol , and asked him whether the statement was true or false . His answer was , " He may say ¦ what he likes , sir ; I have nothing to say . " "Whereupon Mr . Rowe , with all the encrej and force he

      could command , pointed out to him the desirableness of stating the truth upon such a matter . He repeated the words , " Sir , I know nothing whatever about it . " Mr . Rowe then continued his narrative as follows : — " On Tuesday morning , a few minutes before eight o ' clock , Levi Harwood sent for the governor and said , 'The truth has been spoken by Smith . WhntwaB done was never intended to be done . ' He wasasked by the governor , ( mean the murder was not contemplated ?' Sarwood ' s answer was , « Yes , that i 3 what I mean . ' To that statement Harwood fixed his mark , and it was attested by : Mr . Keane , the governor , and Mr . W . Harris , the surgeon , of the gaol . On Tuesday moraine I { Mr . Rowe ) was with tfee

      prisoners after six o ' clock ; read to them , prayed by . them , and talked to them . They both appeared very contrite , particularly Jones . He expressed a hope that Harwood did sot fed displeased at his making any confession . Harwood said , ' Hot the least—I forgive everybody . ' The two men shook hands . Both were in tears . " Disposal of IIieau Smith the Apfkoveb . —This nan , the associate in murder and burglary of the two men executed on Tuesday morning , has been , since the trial , confined among the prisoners for remand , and through thVnew comers has gleaned information when they would undergo the sentence of the law . On Monday night he was very restless on his bedand several tunes exclaimed to his

      fel-, low prisoners . "I did not shoot him ; I hope they Bill confess . " He had heard that it was suspected that he was the man who shot Mr . Holiest , and was w a state of great agitation . In the evening he ¦ w ag visited by the governor of the gaol , and some of the authorities , when it was announced to him that Harwood had confessed-shooting the reverend gentleman , and asserted that his ( Smith ' s ) evidence "ffas all true , and that Mrs Holiest wa 3 mistaken . Be was also told that Jones made the latter observation a few minutes previous to leaving this world . The prisoner seemed very much relieved atrecei-^» g this information . He hoped after that the

      government would pardon him and give him the reward offered . No allusion was made to the latter » y the authorities , and the prisoner was left to his meditation among his fellow prisoners . He will , however , he detained in Horsemonger-lane gaol , "until the Surrey Summer Assizes , when he will be snaigned on the coroner's inquisition , hut it i » probable that the government will not offer any evidence against him respecting the Frimley tragedy . He will then be tried for a burglary at Farnham , in the same county , as sufficient evidence 'ill soon be adduced to prove his connexion with a * ecent robbery there / in company with Samuel Harwood and the parties who were executed .

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      LEDGE . E IAXGS ° * KS 0 Wneees ^ y of n DEH ~ I ^ n 1 ai » y J ««» P « t the a * redn ? on JT ? t edu < L ation « and «» difficulty of tf the fount ° h * *? thafc should be 'factory formers S' 5 u . forraed the' tQeme of a " " " SSh , S , ropi 8 ts ' statesmen . But , S ' fc 13 dl ? 5 ult to organise national mode of uiiuiHiai

      _ a dniKTanrr „« J " vxgimsc * inuue OI » mk !? & 8 d rork » t is comparatively easy to JeBiS hmdra ° c <« which exist in the shape of 23 K lawS - Y arB mu 8 t eUv Pse Deforo ™ our S ! n w re eiTe a good and systematic innraetum ; but a few months may suffice to abolish we Jaws which forbid the cheap newspaper to circulate among the poor , which hinder the communication of mutual wants , and which force the best authors out of the field of cheap and popular literature .

      The taxes on knowledge consist of The duty on foreign books , which , £ 8 & la the year 1849 , produced ... 7 , 751 0 0 The duty on paper 867 , 120 U 7 i The duty on advertisements ... 158 , 104 16 0 The penny stamp on newspapers ... £ 350 , 2 S 9 93 . -id . Deduct ... 6 , 169 2 3 for expense ofstampin * and say ... 194 , 120 1 1 for that of the Post-office ... 150 , 000 0 0 „ £ 1 , 183 , 030 1 ft Deduct government grant for education , which In 1850 was—Por Great Britain £ 125 , 000 For Ireland ... 125 , 000 250 , 000 0 0

      £ 933 , 036 7 71 The duty on foreign books hi foreign languages is so manifest an absurdity , and produces such a trumpery amount to the revenue , that we nay dismiss it without further comment . The duty on advertisements not only enhances the price of every book , but is a revenue destroyer , not a revenue producer : a much greater amount than £ 168 , 164 must be lost to the revenue , by the m ] ury caused to trade from a want of such means of communication . Thousands misemploy their time from mere ignorance of the wants of others ; the repeal of the advertisement duty would tend to correct thi 3 evil . There is some reason for believing that the duty is retained hi order to cripple the newspaper press ; advertisements are permitted in railways and omnibuses , and no attempthasbeen

      maae to alter the lawin their behalf ; nay , the law , aa It stands , requires the duty to be paid on advertisements in every literary work , but , by the laxity oi the Board of Inland Revenue , the advertisements in books are allowed to go free ; indeed , it would almost appear that there is no crime looked upon with such an evil eye by tho government as that of retailing news , for every possible hindrance , is thrown m its way . ~ , 50019 idea Of the effect Of Vub paper duly may be arrived at by considering the fact that Charles Knight paid £ 16 , 500 to the excise on the Penny Cyclopodio ,, the cost of which for literature and engravings , exclusive of paper and printing , was £ 42 , 000 . In his Struggles of a Booh against Excessive Taxation , Mr . Knight says : —

      Upon a tolerably accurate calculation I have , from my own unaided resources , expended , dating the last twenty years , £ 80 , 000 upon copyright and editorial labour . Dunns Ae sane period I have paid £ 50 , 001 ) paper duty . And again : — . . A revolution has been effected , in which sound literature might have higher encouragement in the many than in the few , if the government did not stand in the way . The duty paid on the paper , lid . per pound , would be enough in a publication of large circulation to remunerate the very highest talent . If the paper duty tends to substitute mischievous wor&a of fiction instead of wholesome instruction , the penny stamp is . Btill more potent , for it absolutely prohibits a cheap record of factsand throws

      , insurmountable obstacles hi the way of a communication of ideas between different classes of the community . Let any one . who reads these pages ask himself what he knows of the opinions and feelings of the agricultural labouring population ? "We guess at them occasionally by the light of burning ha jricks , or by the assistance of pauper riots . Vfe may particularly instance the Rebecca insurrection in Wales , which would never have taken place if the aggrieved parties had had any easier and cheaper method of making known to government a grievance which vra 3 not more remarkable for its

      onpressiTenes 3 . tban for the ease with which it COUld be remedied . We have no . admiration for the literary qualities of the rural American . presB , but we beliefs that it saves the government some millions annually in the shape of soldiers andpolico , prevents heartburnings and misunderstandings , which would otherwise involve rival districts in deadly feud , and keeps alive the power of reading among the workins classes , so as to lead Ul timo to that literary cultivation of , which we make bo much' boast , but which in this country is confined to a few , and , by being thus made a class privilege , inflicts an additional pang upon those whoso poverty excludes them from it . : ¦ . ' : , ¦ "

      Above all other knowledge , we demand the free circulation of political knowledge . Millions of our countrymen have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them—they have no means of learning the law but through the cheap newspaper , and yet so to teach them is a crime . It is a punishable offence to circulate without a stamp the proceedings in parliament or in the law courts . For many years discontent has raged among the working classes at their exclusion from political rights ; they are told they are too ignorant to be trusted . with political power ; and yet the government not only refuses to educate them , but obstructs them hi educating themselves .

      On the other side , the only objection raised by the government , or expressed in the House of Commons , ig the want of revenue . That the paper duty is a source of revenue cannot be denied , but hi . the face of the present large surplus no argument can be deduced from this fact . The abolition , of the advertisement duty would benefit the excise by increasing consumption ; and as to the penny stamp , its net revenue is only about £ 150 , 000 , which might bo made up by admitting not only newspapers but all printed papers to a cheap rate of postage . Bat there is another reason not only for

      demanding but for expecting the repeal of the penny stamp . The Board ' of Inland-Revenue , whose motto appears to bo " anything for a quiet life . " have gradually allowed a practice to grow up of breaking the law . The Newspaper Act declares that every copy of a newspaper shall be stamped ; the PosUffice Act confers the boon of free postage on stamped newspapers , but not on mere publications ; it follows that every publication registered as a newspaper ought to stamp every copy . But the practice has grownup of allowing . publications to register as newspapers , and to ' stamp only their country edition .

      The great object of this association is to make this practice general and legal , and the most effective way of doing this is to demand that the existing law be enforced . About ten months ago the board informed John Cassell , the proprietor of the Freeholder , that his paper was a newspaper , both in virtue of its registration and of its contents , and that he must for the future stamp every copy . Mr . Cassell has never complied with the demand , and no proceedings have been taken against him . About nine months ago a similar notice was sent to the proprietors of Charles Dickens ' s Household Narrative , and legal proceedings are pending against that paper . The length of time to which these have been protracted without coming to trial leads to the inference that government are not very sincere hi then- prosecution , and that they havo neither the grace to repeal the lawjnor the courage to enforce it . An important exception must be made to this

      remark ; the law is enforced very strictly in the country , where a letter from the Board meets with that respectful obedience which is not one of the characteristics of London publishers . Mr . Hugh Jones , of Llangollen , was in the habit of publishing fortnightly a penny paper , called Tr Jpsyr , of which he used to sell 2 , 300 copies . The Board obliged him to stamp it . He then brought it out monthly , at 3 d ., and the sale fell to 600 , which caused its discontinuance . Mr . Bucknall , of Stroud , published a monthly paper , of which he sold 17 , 000 . He was Obliged to Stamp it , its £ ate was ruined , and the paper dropped . The most flagrant case which has come to our knowledge is that of the Waktfield Examiner , which was threatened with a fine of £ 40 , 000 ( afterwards commuted to . £ 10 ) for publishing slips—a practice quite common in London , and not interfered with by the Board , even when copies are forwarded hy informers , with a view to prosedition .

      We confidently appeal to the existing press for their support , not only on public grounds , but because , from having the advant age both of capital and of possession of the market , they would obtain the largest share of the newspaper trade , which would spring up on the abolition of the stamp . This has been already exemplified hi the case of the limes , which gained ah increased ascendancy when the stamp was reduced in 1816 . JJo objection conld be made to a reasonable newspaper copyright to protect the high priced journals from wholesale piracy , but , while piracy deserves suppression , free trade in knowledge is as essential as free trade in corn ; and nothing can be more absurd and unjust than to prevent the public from having as many journate a » they want , at as many different prices aa may suit their convenience . Not do we fear the promulgation of violence or of immorality . The great mass of Eng lish readers are lovers of peace and quietness , and as no man tolerates any

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      vice but his own , a paper intended for general circulation can support no immorality that is not already pnivonal . And , although sectional papers boSrSSLW ^ ( W > bawl ironls are better than rough deed 8 . The azgrieved , who are able to pour out their complaints trough the press , feel their vron | s . real or ¦ imaginary , already halt - redressed ; and the true statesman will never so well know how to govern , as when the people themselves tell him what they feel and desire . Bestir yourselves , then , to obtain the repeal of the taxes on knowledge ; let everv hnrniitrti . nai-ish . _ ,

      paper-mill printing-office , mechanics' institution , or political association , petition ; and above all , importune the Board of Inland Revenue with letters of complaint till they grant to the benighted districts of the country those privileges which their laziness or their timidity allows to the inhabitants of London . At the next general election , demand of every candidate that he support the repeal of the taxe 3 On knowledge . Let no Legislature , no Minister of the Crown , no member of the Board of Inland Revenue rest till the press is exempted from taxatiOH , and liberated from all control except that of a court of law .

      Signed by order of the Committee , and on their behalf , ' . Richard Moorb , Chairman , 25 , Hart-street BloomBbury ; O . Dobson Collet , Secretary , lo , Essex-street , Strand .

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      CO-OPERATION . TO THE DRESSERS , DYERS , AND FINISHERS , OP MANCHESTER , SAKFORD , AND THEIR "VICINITIES . Gekixemek , —It is necessary that we call your serious attention to the important Bubjectof cooperation , which at the present time begins to form a principal feature in the progressive spirit of the age . Hitherto the great mass of the people ; have allowed the product of their industry to go into the hands of other parties , who have , to a very considerable extent , made use of the same to the disadvantage of the producers ; in consequence ol which , it has awakened in the minds of the more

      intelligent of the working men some serious reflections which have led them to adopt the principle of co-operation , in order that they might get back in return a greater share of the products of their skill and industry . In France , in Germany , and in America , the principles of co-operation have been acted upon , and carried out to a surprising extent , and , with very , few exceptions , they have been eminently successful ; From the success which has attended these institutions in the above countries many of our fellow-countrymen have been influenced to adopt similar principles , hence it is that we have now many co-operative societies in Englandespecially in London and the great manufacturing districts

      of Lancashire and Yorkshire—and it is a pleasing fact , that we are able to demonstrate that nearly , if not the whole of them , have been productive Of gr € » t Meggings in a eocial and physical point of view . -This then being the case , how strong and powerful ought the inducements be to us to abandon the old and beaten track , in which we have too long walked , and which has been productive of bo little good . When we look fo the trades of England , which are so numerous and the men of which are so multitudinoua and so industrious ; wheu we know that they have expended many millions of money in vexation * strikes , in order to resist the encroachments of capital upon their labour , we grieve to

      think tbat all these vast sums have been almost totally thrown away : —whereas had the same amount been judiciously expended in the cultivation of the soil , or other co-operative purposes , the great bulk of thesons of industry would now have been in an independent position . A great change is now , however , taking place . The working men , who have too long been compelled to submit to one reduction after another , are now beginning to be alarmed , and , as a matter of self-defence , are uniting , in order to reap the fruits which they have sown . If then this be the fact , what is our duty ? Are we te remain apathetic , while the intelligent and energetic in other trades are in , action ? Shall we remain indifferent spectators ? Shall we allow others to improve their social condition , and not be ' stimulated to follow their example ? Mfe ' . haye in

      -the-Bank £ 500 , which we can turn to a profitable account , and ^ which is now producing a very small amount , of interest—not more than £ 12 10 s . per annum . If this £ 500 were turned over weekly at ten per cent ; , it would realise in one year , £ 2 , 600 ; but it is very probable that if this £ 500 were judidously expended in " co-operative stores , that it would produce weekly fifteen per cent ., and this would realise amongst the members £ 3 , 900 . This is not a random calculation ; it is made on true principles . Here then is a / act tbat ought , to stimulate the most apathetic , and rouse the energy and activity of every member of our society . In adopting the principle of co-operation , we have no in . tention of competing against the shopkeepers , by selling any article under the usual prices , but care will be taken that every article will be free from adulteration , and of the best possible quality ..

      In order to create confidence in every one of our members—without which we know that we cannot carry out our object successfully—it affords us much pleasure to state , that we have succeeded in obtaining three trustees , whose very names will inspire confidence and give general satisfaction . These three gentlemen are , Mr . Councillor Schofield , Mr . Councillor Hey wood , and the Rev . T . G . Lee . These gentlemen have , in the kindest manner expressed their willingness to watch over the interests of the society that we contemplate , without requiring any emolument . No members of the trade will be per * mhted to hold any office . The managing directors and others , who will be employed , will have to give the most satisfactory security . The rules of the society will be drawn up with care .

      The first store will , most probably , be opened in the locality of ADcoats ; when that shall have been in operation some time , and proved successful , others will he opened in such parts of Manchester and Salford , as the society may determine . In an undertaking , such as that which we have advocated , some opposition from a few may be apprehended ; but at the general meetigg , which will be held to settle the great question of co-operation , every opportunity will be offered to those vfhoae Views may not be exactly in accordance with ours . : We doubt not that truth , reason and sound argument will prevail ; that the few who may enter the meeting with feelings of diffidence will leave it with an altered , mind , and will become advocates of the views and principles that we wish to establish . We remain , gentlemen , very respectfully yours , -, The Committee .

      : John Teer , Sec . At a special general meeting of the Dressers , Dyers , and Finishers , held on the 10 th inst ., at the Carpenters * Hall , Manchester , to take into consideration toe propriety of opening a ' co-operative store , & ' c ., the following resolutions were , passed : — . Moved by Richard Cattervill , seconded by Thos . Wheelhouse— " That this meeting is of opinion that the system of co-operation is practicable and sound in principle , and may be made conducive to the moral , social , and physical improvement of those who adopt it , " . .:.. . Moved by John Brown , seconded by Joseph Johnson— " That Mr . John Teer be appointed managing director and secretary of the Dressers and Dyer £ co-operative store . "

      Moved by Thomas King , seconded by James Bradley- ^ "That the sura of £ 300 be withdrawn from : the Bank , and placed in the hands of Mr . R . Ik ) ley , . the treasurer , and that such sums be expended as will be deemed necessary for the co-operative store . " Mr . Schofield and the Rev . T . J x . Lee supported the resolutions . The Dyers' union number 1 , 700 members .

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      Gekeral Post-oefice . —The extended adoption of street-door letter-boxes , ai recommended in the notice to the public of May in 1840 , has considerably promoted the rapMdeliverj of letters . The PpBtmaster-General , in renewing this recommendation , takes oocasion to advert to the increase of Postoffice daty which will arise out of the approa ching Exhibition , and which will render it still more important that the postmen shouldnotbeunnecessanly detained . Householders who have not already

      provided street-door letter-boxes are therefore reminded that it is peculiarly desirable that such provision be made before the 1 st of May . Tub bridge between Lewiston , Jfew York , and Qaeenstown , in Canada , near the falls of Niagara , wa « so far completed on the 4 th ultimo , that tke « ngineer and a large number of people orosged to the American side , when , upon reaching terra frma , they were enthusiastically received by the spectators who had assembled . This bridge is the largest structure of the kind in America .

      Of thb million of Trench soldiers who have served in Algeria from 1831 to 1848 , 1 , 142 , 000 have passed through the hospital ; that is more than one man onco a year in hospital . Of this million ofmen intho prime of life , whilst not more than 3 , 500 have died on the field of conflict , 100 , 000 have diad of illneu .

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      ' THE LABOUR QUESTION . , APubIic . meBt « iff was held oa ' Moudaycwmuig roadrlh 3 \ 0 Stituti 0 " > C «^ Per-3 treet , City-Ihoip If Iecture from Sarauel K ydd upon the above important subject . ' Mr . Dsiafome was called to the chair . fav ih ' oJKi . i L WM miIch cheered ' commenced « A , 5 ? t . hat the science of Political economy ud £ i £ ? 8 Ciei > ce , although it was ntt built Af JwLm I re Sent itemized shape until the lime Lit f ! nith - Vt ' tl > at time many writers schoo of Pn UP ° r L SUbject ' includin * the Ftench Sr inn !™ K ° piBdiMtB ' DM ' d Hume > 5 a » wf . » . s . f 1 timeof Adam Smith , whose SeTLT * r ald t 0 be a 9 elUe " one ' *« 'h ° & ' & ^ ° « capital and labour for ever ad

      . - SSL * i lhls 8 o ? He denied **• Adam Smith never boasted having attained to such a de-E £ n 2 a racy ; fee ° nly Pressed to have con-! . T a i corner 8 t ° ne to the great edifice to ba erected . Since 1794 , when the t Wealth of Nation *' 1 , nr ubhsned , great external and'internal changes had taken place in the relations of society ana ne might , without presumption , in the year jaai dispute many of the conclusions come to by the writer m 1794 . Adam Smith professed that the , ground work of his system was tbat a man could not follow out his own interest without improving the interest of , his fellow men . He ( Mr . Kydd ) dispute ^ this proposition , and if he could refute it , ne would be able to overthrow the whole system which was built upon this false foundation . ' Mr ; Kydd then ; by example ; showed the fallacy olthe proposition , that the interest of one man ' was the

      interest of all men , and showed that the error Adam Smith fell into , was in not aistingui 6 uirig between trae nlMntereit an'd the self-interest which led to individual aggrandisement , at the expense oi the interests of humanity .. i ( political economy was a settled science , how was it that Smith and Say were of opinion that home trade waa preferable to foreign . trade , whilst M'Culloch and Ricardo assertid tbat foreign trade was equally as profitable ? Men of talent had contributed to keep them in

      ignorance upon this question . They knew the errors on which the system wasioutided , but would not expose them because their interests were bound up with it . Political economy was not a science . It might one day be a science , but it was not SO at present . Science admitted of no error and of no change in principles . The newfpoor lawwasa . natural result of this ¦ system of economy . Malthus and Archbishop Whately were only the natural disciples of Adam Smith . In contradistinction

      to the doctrines of these men , he enunciated . the doctrine that the property of men was amenable to the poverty of men . That all men had a claim upon the land for their support ; that it was a right derivable from God and Nature , and that any system which was opposed to it was false . Tbe lecturer then spoke highly of the : ability of J . Stuart Mill , andshowed , that on the question of the right of governmental interference , Mills directly contradicted Adam Smith . Cobdenand the men of bis school advocated the doctrines of Smith , but denied those of bis latest and ablest disci ple , Mills . If the highest law ot commerce was to buy in the cheapest and sell in the daareat market , let them fall down ' and worship Moses and Son , and Hyam and Son ; let them set metal men against men of life and blood ; but let them not wonder if convulsion after convuU

      Bion was the result of their system . He denied , the truth of the doctrine—it was as false as it was injurious . The lecturer then commented upon the assertion of ( his school , that England was not fitted to be an agricultural country ; and proved , not only from oar past history , but from present statistics , that our wealth and grandeur depended mainly upon our agricultural resources . The great evil of the present da ; was , that the people , instead of being taught to , look to the laud for . their bread , were taught to put : their . energies against the energies of the low-fed population of the whole continent . The natural' result of this system was tbe reduction of tbe labourer ' s wages to the continental level , and

      then lower and lower , until revolution was thecer . tain conclusion . ' There was . no escape from this fate . The whole social system was built in error . The landlord and the manufacturer were made first partakers of the fruits ol the earth , whereas the labourer should be the first to partake thereof . It was a fundamental law of nature that labour should be wedded to plenty ; and it was only tbisfalsesystera bf political economy that prevented its accomplishment . The lecturer then went into thei doctrines of free trade acd its results , and demonstrated to the satisfaction of his audience , that free trade in labour , meant that all the labourers in the world should be pitted against each other and ruined , for the . benefit

      of the capitalists of the world . It was the same system ^ nhichenabledthelarge capitalist to destroy the small capitalistr-the . milHoaare to . overwhelm his less wealthy compeer . They were told that all antnof liberal ideas were in favour of . free trade doctrines . He ; denied it , and showed , from the example of America , France , and other Jiatious , that it was not a fact . Liberty did not mean that man should die of cold and want , that humanity should be sacrificed to mammon ; such liberty was ^ he liberty' which Plato railed at , which , Christ ; condemned , which humanity repudiated ^ , and ' . WBich

      intelligence would one day , and that right' speedily , destroy . The liberty of . ' the ; free trade ! party , ^ liberty to buy cheap , and sell dear , ; was -not ( " the liberty they needed , but the . liberty . to regulate their internal and international , arrangements according to the dictates of justice and reason : ^ The-law nf proportion was the law which governed'the ' wdrW , and it only needed to be applied to the supply , and demand , for human labour to be found equally as beneficial as in the whole of the , othjer ., , arrange ! inenho ! the universe ., Mr . . Kjdd ; iIien ,, recap ] tu . Uued the various heads of the , subjects on which he had dilated , and concluded amid mueh applause * . ¦

      • A vote of thanks was given i to . the lecturer and chairman . It was announced that a second ' and concluding lecture would be delivered oh Monday 28 thiust . ' ' . ;;; ; . ' . : . :: ; ' . ;

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      THE TRUCK SYSTEM . ¦ . , ,... ; . ji correspondent says .:. — ' 16 a , the afternoon of the 11 th inst ., a . highly respectable deputation from the South Staffordshire and . Welsh ; Anti-Truck ; Associations , headed by Lord , ; Hatherton , the : Hon . E . Rt LiitletoD , M . P . for WaUal ] ,: Messrs ,. Thornely and . Villiers , M . P . for WoWerliampton , had an audience at the Home-office with , Sir George Grey ,., on the subject of : obtaining au enlargement of the-powers of the act for abolishing th « . ; unju 8 ti § ystera of . paying wages in goods . Previously i to . . the ( audience of the honourable secretary , the deputation' had -had an intermw with Lord Hath « rton and Mr . Littleton , and . explained to them the , growing , . evils of the

      truck system , and pointed out the alterations . which were needad to make tho . l » w ' . efficient . for- its . proposed object ; and which : were by them explained to Sir . George Gr » y , who received the : deputation with great courtesy , and fully , entered ; into the merits of the subject . In the course . of thedisscussion it was urged that in spite off all that had been done to pot down the truck system ,. it still existed in several parts of the United Kingdom , and is taking a spread which renders the . alterative certain that the law must be strengthened so as to arrest its progress ,- er all our manufacturers ,: in . places where it prevails , will be driminto its adoption or out of , their trades . That by the operation of thu mode of payment the working man is dafrauctid tof an- average of about

      onfl-fiftu of his ; only property—the labour . of his hands ; hwfr «« agency toa great extent taken from him ; his Bpmt of ) independence , and the moral principle broken , down ; and the whole' man degraded to the condition of ta serf r and that . this is the legitimate and everywhwe visible effects of the system as regards ,, & * ., working man . It was also clearly shown that tha . trucfemaster has , a great and uiftir advantage ove * thd man who pays his wages in raon « y , and is enabled by this means to undersell him in the market ,. * h » re ; the profit on the manufactured goods ig often . given away , to the destruction of honourable ; d »» ling , and made up to the truck man from theprofiii of his shop , _ or rather from the life and » inew » of his poor oppressed ^ workpeople , it was . also mado a prominent feature in th « # spo « ure of the . system that it places the truck mastau Ihemidves upon a most unequal footing , as with this ela » tic midium of . exchange one man mav

      extract troru tn * amount of the f , wages he pays five par cent , only , while auothsr , more , needy or cruel , may , and often dondodtj . to the . extent of twentyfiM . lhe ruinous influence of thiB evil-on the retail traoflsnun , the community at large , as well as the reTtnuei of th « state , w& » » Wo m \ l explained by the fact , tn « to Mto » myHihop kteper , carrying onhis busmew m a » old baro ,, undw- rent and taxes of- not mows than £ 10 or £ 30 a- year , will take trade that would mamtain fivt or six or . more ' families in comtortatd respectability , wko would occupy premises paying ten . « mea the , a » o » ni fn rent and taxes . The a « ectBintheaclofp * rlJtm « Btfor the suppression of thu system was po ' » M out . by ; Mr ; DuiEna »/ of WaiMiir--. the . solicitor , to the . association , and . were lisUnedito with tgrtat .. attention , iby the haaourabl « Secretary , . and , th « , deputation left much eratifUd with the interview , and under the full conviction that tbe government will take

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      the matter into their , own hands and adopt such measures aa may bo best for changing tho truciv system .

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      M 05 DAY , April U . HOUSE OF LORDS .-Lovd Brougham moved for returns of the salaries of tho judges and clerks in the County Courts , and attacked with warmth tho present system of charging fees and levying taxes upon suitors in courts of justice . The Church Building Acts Amendment bill w » 3 read a second time . Lord SrAKiEY presented a petition , signed by 5 , 000 of tho inhabitants of British Guiana , praying for the introduction into that colony of a raoro perfect system of representative government . Lord Stanley expressed his concurrence in tho prayer of the petitioners , and urged tho propriety of conferring upon them that free , full , and direct system of representation which had always boen conferred , as soon as possible , upon other British colonies .

      Earl Grh ^ denied that the petition embodied the wishes nnd opinions of the majority of the most respectable colonists ; and oontended that the great mass of the population were not in a condition to render it safe or expedient to confer , at present , so large a share of politioal power . Ho intimated that he would recommend to the governor the adoption of some extension of the franchise . After some conversation the petition was received . . Theii Lordships adjourned till Thursday the 1 st of May , for the Easter recoss . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Mr . Bothell took tho oaths and his seat as a representative for the borough of Ay lesbuvv .

      St . Aldan ' s ELKcnox . —Mr . Elmce brought up a special report from the St . Alban ' s Election Committee , declaring Mr . Bell duly elected , but appending a- postoript to the effect that extensive bribery had evidently existed during the election , but the testimony by which it could be proved had boon kept out of the reach of the committee , and recommending the appointment of a committee of inquiry to investigate the subject . . The Chancellor of . the Exchequer stated that he would propose tho second reading of the Inoome Tax Bill upon the first Thursday after Easter , Mr . Aoliokbt revived the discussion upon the petition of Mr . Edwards , who was still in custody of the Serjeant-at-Arnis , on a charge of implication in the suppression of testimony , and moved that the petitioner be discharged without payment of tho usual fees . .

      A discussion ensued , chiofly kept up among the legal members . EinaUy the house divided upon a motion , in whioh Lord Joba Russell concurred , for adjourning the-question . The adjournment was oarried by 108 votes to 87 . Assessed Taxes Bill . —The house then went into committee on . this bill . The CnANCBLLOH of the Exchbqder moved the resolution for . ph&nging the mode of assessment , as based upon the number of windows , into a poundage Calculated upon the annual value of houses , when above £ 20 .

      After a short discussion upon details the resolutions wero agreed to . Copies * akd Timber Duties . —After resuming for a-. moment , the house again resolved itself into oommitteo on these duties . . The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the preliminary resolutions necessary to the bringing in a bill enacting the changes in the above-mentioned duties , whioh he had indicated when explaining his finance achomo for tbp year . : ¦ Mr . T . Baring opposed the motion so far as the removal of the differential duties on coffee was concerned . .

      ¦ : Mr . Prinsep , coincided m believing that the change would > seriou 8 ly prejudice the interests of the coffee plantors in Ceylon , . The Chancellor of the Exchequer defended his proposition , arguing that the differential dutiea hampered the trade and impeded the importation of superior qualities of the article . Ho did not believe that their . removal would injure our colonists . Mr . Stanley declared that differential duties were necessary to . enable our planters to compote with the slavo-holdiug growers in Cuba and Brazil . Mr . Labouchere vindicated the change , a 3 forming part of a commercial policy which had been fully recognised , and ought not to bo reversed . , Mr . Wakle * thought it exceedingly strange tliat

      any government should sanction a palpable fraud . ( Hear , hear . ) In 1840 the use of tho microscope was not so well known as it waa at prosent , and yet the hon . member for Montrose had just said that ho coulunot discover the difference between chicory and coffee . The fact w » b the difforonco was discoverable with the greatest ease . ( Hear . ) There were two olasBes of traders concerned—the honest and the dishonest . The dishonest received the benefit and sanction of the governmont for their very < UD } ust proceedings , and the fair trader was deprived of the opportunity of carrying on his business in a reputable manner . ( Hear , hear , ) The Chancellor of tho Exchequer ought unhesitatingly to withdraw tho minute of 1840 ; for how otherwise could tradesmen bo prosecuted for frauds of another description , if tho chicory , fraud was permitted to

      escape ? It waa an immoral , extraordinary , and improper minute . : ( Hear , hear . ) Ho had no hesitation in stating that chicory was an unwholesome root , and that its constant consumption was attended with pernicious consequences . ( Hear . ) ¦ Other members having taken the same view of the question , The Chancellor of the Exchequer relied upon the very strong professional opinions on the other side to support him in the belief that chicory was not deleterious , , and : he therefore persisted in pressing itho resolutions , which were agreed to , and the chouse resumed . , - ,. . The motion for going into committee of supply on the army , estimates having been put , - ¦ ¦ ¦; , giir Dk Lacx . Evans referred' to the decorations of ' the new chamoorfor the Commons , which ho [ said woro still in progress under tho orders of tho architect ,: in- complete , opposition to a resolution which had been . passed by the members of that house . :.. > ¦¦ . !¦ :. ¦ . ¦ .-. ¦ , ¦ •• - - ' ¦ .

      " Mr . Greene explained the . interpretation whioh Mr ; Barry had put upon the instructions received from the house . He had not conceived them to convey nn absolute prohibition , from all coloured ornaments , < . ; . •• ¦ , , . ¦• -. : i -j'i-heiCHANCBuoHof the Exchequer stated that he had . sent orders to the architect to stop bis ornamental works as soon as he discovered that they were still . proceeding . . .,. ' .... . . : ¦ A . miseollaneou ' s discussion occupied some time , in the course of which , . .. . i ' -Colonel Rawdon read a letter from , Mr .-Barry , setting forth . that he had acted undor the impression [ that no . ; disapprobation of ornaments in the new ¦ chamber had been expressed by the House of Commons . . ., ' . ; .

      - The house then went into committee , and passed several votesfor , the army service . . sWhen . the house resumed , the Expenses of Prosecutions Bill was road a third time and passed . v Tho . othoror . dorsoftlieday were gona through , and the . house adjourned at one o ' clock . TUESDAY , 'April 15 . ¦ •' ¦ HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Amongst numerous petitions presented to the house was one in favour of the six points pf . the . People ' s . Charter , by Sir 6 . R . Pkchell , from a public meeting at . Brighton ' , and one by Mr . Cobdek , from a person named Bradshaw , who had Been an allottee in the National Land Company , praying for an inquiry , and from another allottee to the same eifoct . ' ¦ '

      ; Lord J . Russell stated the order in which he intended to . take the principal business after Easter . On Monday , the 28 th , the second reading of tho Income Tax Bill would come on ; on the Thursday after , the second reading of the Jow Bill ; on Friday , the house would ' go into committ « i on the Income Tax Bill ; and on Monday , the committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill would be taken . Mr . Moksell drew attention to the mortality in theKilruso andEnnisiymonUnions ,-in tho latter of which , in two weeks , thero had been 253 deaths out of 3 , 893 persons—a proportion unexampled , he said , in the history of charitable institutions in this country . ¦ : : Lord J . Russell said , every means that oould be adopted to remedy this state of things had been taken by tho Commissioners , who had ascertained that sufficient diet was provided for the inmates of the unions ; but he was sorry to say that from the condition of the persons who entered the workhouees , great mortality could not be prevented . ¦

      : . Asuokby moved that , as Edwards , the man in custody for contempt in the matter of the Bt . Alban ' s election , had presented a petition expressing contrition for having violated the privileges of the house and craving pardon , he be discharged , 'on payment of the fees . ¦ ' - " ' - Sir P . Thesigbr , after commenting oh # O' insufficiency of tbe admission of guilt , and the greatness of the offence , moved as an amendment , that Edwards be committed to Newgate . - • ¦ The Aiiornbt-Gesebal having expressed his concurrence in the amendment , ¦ ' ' . Mr . Aqlionbt stated that he would bo * to she feeling of the house , and withdraw his motions : i The amendment for committing Edwards to Newi

      gate was then agreed to . ' . " ' ' , Tub Kappir : \ Vab . — Mr . ktspmxt moved an address , praying that' Her JJnjesiy-would appoint a Commission to proceed to South Af « oa , as to inquir « into tho bMt mode of adjusting the relations bar tween this country and the Kaffir tribM , . and Of de « termining the engagements entered < ihto in tho 8 et » tloment of tho oxtended Urritorj ,- Th « r « jras ^ not at this momynt , he . observed , a governm « nii at-lbj Cape thwa was a aovernor , ^ uUok ;« Tw a / council ,, whilst a < tongeH > U 8 ; war ; raged upon tha frOnJ tier ,. nnd . vOOT , ; pol ! cy . with relation ' to ilia native tribes had utterly fai . led ,-H | ij 0 > jwt wa 8 ito put an end to this policy , and to wind up for ever 4 outitandmg engagements with tke tribes and settlers

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      at tho Capo , conceding tbo colony a reprcsontuiva governmont , which would then t : iko upon itself the responsibility ivmi task of its own ailniuiistnaion . Ho act lofth lib objections to the amendment o ; ' which I . ovd J . Ruiaeil ia I given novice , to intnut tho in ^"' X a soicc { ' coramitteo of that house , and to air \\ . lloleaworth ' a amendment of that amendment , tho object of which was to relievo this coim . try lrom any expense of wars with tho native tribes . J&e eiMumstnnces wMcn rendered his motion necessavy were , he said , tho enilless recurrence of these native wan , the destruction of the lives ; uid L ^'^/ fe 1 " ? 1 Perpotnal irritation

      .. ^ *" . amongt the Atnean tribes , enormous expenditure cast upon this country , and perplexi ty to the Inv penal government . Mr . Adderiev reviewod the course pt policy pursued by Sir II . " Smith , his military colonisation , his system of commissionerahins his modo of dealing with the destitution of the native chiefs , and with tho influenco of the vlzsu-ils and he insisted that this policy had vesultedia failuro and disgrace , the existing war bein g waged , not against the colonists , but against ; the government , to recover territory and the authority of the chiefs , which Sir Harry , at tho instance of Lord Grey , had broken up .

      lord J . Russell , in moving his amendment , " thataSolect Committee bo nppointcd to inquire into the relations between this country and the Kaffir and othor tribes , traced the history of the colony from its cossion to us by the Dutch , when , its limits had been extended to the Great Fish River . In 1 S 19 , a settlement , approved by the house , -was formed at Graham ' s town ; tho emigrants soon after complained of the depredations of the Kaffirs , and successive governors had endeavoured to remody this mischief . Tho Fish River was found to ho an ill-chosen boundary , and our frontier was extended to the eastward . The obootionable commando syntem haying been abolished , in 1 S 35 the Kaffirs ravaged the eastern districts

      , and a more costly system of military defence ttas necessarily adopted . Sir B . B'Uban carried his retaliatory hostilities beyond tho Kei river , and declared that the security of the colonists veauircd tho extension of the frontier from , tho KeiBkamma to the Kei . Lord Glenelg relinquished acquisitions of territory , and directed that treaties should bo formed with the chiefs ; but in 1845 fresh hostilities were commenced by the Kaffirfl , whioh even tho benevolent Sir P . Maitland charged to theii- treachery and rapacity , and he also suggested that our boundaries should bo advanced to the Kei . Sir H . Pottinger adopted views not dissimilar , and laid down a system , ably detailed , for the protection of the colonistsand he thought

      , the frontier should be extended to tho Kei . The policy of Sir H . Smith had been based upon that of his predecessors , and so far * from / his having been unjust to the chiefs , Sir Harry had been charged with an excess of lenity towards them . ( Hear , hear . ) The present war had been kept at a distance from , tho colonists , which was so far good ; but further measures were requisite , which ought to he considered dispassionately . The house , could not say , he thought , " let the colonists havo freo institutions and take their own course at their owa cost . He feared in that case this country would be responsible for serious consequences—a war of races , murder and rapine upon a large scale . ( Ilear , hear . ) Dismissing this alternative , then .

      there were , hrst , the plan of Lord Glenelg , of restricting rather than extending the colonial frontier , and making treaties with the native tribes , which had been fairly tried and had failed ; secondly , the plan of Sir H . Smith and his three predecessors , of' extending the frontier to the Kei , which would afford means of watching the motions of the savage tribes , establishing a line of ports aa plnces of security . ( Hear , hear . ) Ilia opinion , was that this system was most consistent with safety and with humanity . ( Hear , hear . ) Atthesamotima it was a plan whioh involved military movementsandi expense ; and he thought it quite right that tho

      House of Commons should delegate to a Committea the task of obtaining information and reporting their opinion whothor it was a plan which the government ought to adopt . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . V . Smith dissented from both motions , considering thafc this was a question entirely for tha Executive Government , and that tho appointment of a Commission to tho colony in particular would weaken the authority of the Governor . Mr . Smith entered at mueh length into the practical parts of the question , urging that the Cape was not a colony on whose account much expense should be incurred by the mother country . Mr . Scott supported the amendment .

      Mr . Mackinkon said , theoontostin Kaffrariawas the inevitable rcgulfc of the contact of civilisatioa with utter barbarism . No amalgamation could take place ; the savage would retire farther and farther back until he disappeared altogether . These outbreaks would occasionally take place ; nothing could prevent . them . The amendment took a middle course , and he should support it . Mr . Gladstone said tho philosophical theory of Mr . Mackinnon did not much help the inquiry ; the poation . 1788 , we the ineidenta of that theory oapable or not of being affected by prudent or impolitic conduofc on our part ? It was impossible to decide on whom the blame rested for the past j the future , however , was in our power . Like Mr .

      V . Smith , ho did not agree with either proposition . As to the appointment of a Commission , he was not aware that anything could bo done by a commission thafc could not be dono by the governor . With respect to a commitfee , not dwelling upon the old objoction that it tended to shiffe the responsibility from tho executive government , a select committee would hang up the question for two ses&ionB , and it would be a bad instrument for Buch an inquiry . He thought the best government for a colony was one in itself , but if there was to bo a colonial government in this country , Jet us have a Quean ' B government . ' It was impossibla to devise in this country the means of settling bur relations with the Kaffir tribes . ( Hear , hear . ) The wholo matter shouldbe carried over as speedily as poaaiblo to the colony itself . The main principle upon which , he objected to a Committee wasbis

      , anxiety to avoid giving a fresh parliamentary sanction to the miichicvous and unsound system of ma * naging the affairs of our colonies at home . He did not wish to throw the costs of the colonial wars , with tho management of their affairs , upon the colonists from motives of economy , alone ; a much higher principle was involved . The plague and scourge of war could only , ho kept down .. by the colony being responsible for : its expense . ; ' He protested against . the doctrine that a colony w . aB . to be treated like , an infant , and that it was necessary to prepare itifor free institutions . . This was ,- in his . opinion , a great practical and mischievous fallacy . Colonies should be founded in freedom , ¦ . ¦ , ' , . . . . Colonel Thompspk argued that the best seourity against somi-barbarous tribes was to treat them with justice . , ...

      Sir E . Buxton did not think that the policy oi Lord Glenelg had entirely failed . If the coloniBta were left to themselves , he feared the wav 3 with the natives would be of an exterminating character , as in all countries whore the white man came in , contact with the black . > Hp , prayed the house to return to tho . hlgh . principle laid . down by Lord Glenelg , to treat the natives as we should wish thoy should , in . similar circumstances , treat us . MivRo . bbucK : said we had no business in Kaffraria , except oa ; tho understanding that we were about to plant thero a peoplo of hi gher intelligence , and this could only be done by the gradual annihilation of the native population . They might oppose cunning and artifice to knowledgo and force , but it

      woum ee vain . It was an utter pretence , then , to talk of humanity , and ; the principles of the Chris « tian religion , and tho Decalogue ; . the black man , must vanish in the face of . the . white ., ! We muBt . therefore , make up our minds to vthe , event . Be said still colonise ; he know . it . could not be dona without great Buffering by the inativo population ; lie regretted this , . . but the end / sanctioned' it . How should it bo accomplished ? , Juat as in tho case of the North American ColonieSj by , telling the colonists , ' ! We will . proteot you against great Powers , but against . tho . Abo . rigi . nos , y . QU .. must defend yourselves . , % sp . ve . re } y . p , Qndemnsd the ; proposition of the . noble lord , which , he said , abrogated the functions of . government ; vhe denounced it as a

      miserable . B ^ ter / ugoio . cisoopp ^ esponsibilJty ^ wliila lives as . well as money would . be sacrificed in the colony , and the great name of England , perhaps , prostituted .,. , i i ..,. ; ,- , . , s . ; .. . \ .. , ,, . Mr . Labouchbrb justified the course proposed by the government by precedents ..,- Thereport of the Aboriginal . Committee of 1837 , the obaerved , ca 8 j a ignored duty ,.. ; upon the . government ,, wMch waa . bound ^ o exercise the authority of . this country te ¦ prevent ¦ the , -frightful-. . consequences , of allowine jhe passionscfl » Jack and . vrbitomen to bo arrayed . against each othor ., . i- ¦ ;¦ -. r , , ' , .. ' .... ¦ , , . Mr . Humb insisted that , the time had-eome -When . the colonists Bhoula \ have ; self-government and tha management ofjheir ow , n affa , ir 8 ,, which thoy were prepared to . undertake , ( Hear , hear V W « fc . wv . 2 f 6 > W . » o » Id . t ^ p < iffiToSSle ? hS SSSS 5 BT , " 10 UUo * ° » «« Mr . _ J . BBLL protested a ' Mina t 4 * " ;» & *»? .. « t . u

      f SriSHK to bv M ; I Tll -l ai ? put ^ *? -Prowfato appealed dent && $ P t Bu ^ *? d « I * nte » t of precegent , did tow particular case , ; hs asked , justify tha appointment o 9 a committw ? ' . The circumstancei ot the ease , required the , eWcijw . of disoretion in M 6 oplony or by the government » t home , and thia attempt to , deWgat « responmbility , while it waB not justified b y the eireprn ' stonoM of the case , would bo detrimental tojthe publio . wriviee ., Mr . Bookbr supported the amendment . : . Mr . Hawkb gaid the appbintment of the commit * tee would cot Buspend the functions of tho govern-

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      A SociErrisaboutto be fonned in Taris under the patronage of the Archbishop , the object of which is to supply bread to the poorer classes at twenty-five per cent , under the regular price .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 19, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1622/page/7/