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      ^ and the dHtencefaHiut to 49 ,. where the pri-SSlodga was 173 yarda , , b « e the distalfS , Uto trhere the constable wan murdered wL 3 iastlara passed theu : re sidence by kbout 400 d 5 , TCtneus on being informed of the murde " ^ jionday monung , and ' aeeing the clinkers is - ^ -session of one of the constables , examined the irecinu and gardens of the different houses in tte Deig hbourhopa , and found that they had been tafren f jom the garden of the house No . 121 , Vau * oall-^ alk , a distance in the direction of the prfeonetg residence of exactly 53 yards from where « ey bad b « n found , and where the bod y of Cbaplin lav The prisoners were remanded , Vithtfee exception of Denn ' u Shanahan , who was discharged . 1 ; , ; ^ li ,...

      At the end of the examination , the ilagistrate SBggested to Mr . Inspector Carter the propriety of the government offering a regard , to any party ex cept the really guil tj ; parties , who had witnessed tne ect , and who would came forward as witnesses goflattheperpetrator ? of the brutal offence mi 4 t foe brought to justice . ««»» ui ih , T 0 ElsarasT .--OD Tuesday eteniog Mr . Payne held an inquest at Gny ' s Hospital on the tody The evideaee was a repetition of the abo ? e fecte .-Thomas Streams produced a large handkerchief fall ofwtatarecaMpotters' clinke r 3 , Sdpointed oil the larger one of the lot , and which weS nearly 4 | fe ., as the one with which the ° decSwaS

      S ^ W' JtejtovfabA out * second Sinker , S ^ Wi the fatal fracture of the skull of the dweaaedhad been inflicted , and the coroner and jury mmmrfxtwitb . some . care . The witness went on s £ ,, that hei hada sharp pointed clinker which had a portion of the hair of the deceased adhering to it , but be Sad forgotten to bring it with him . —The coroner remarked that this would form an important feature in tne evidence , and desired the witness to take care offfiemusile , arid produce if at the future investigation . —The witness picked up the clinkers broduced

      near tne spot where deceased fell , and here produced the hat worn hy the deceased when attacked , arid npoa its being examined by the jury , it was fonnd jiat a portion of the brim was broken through bv idng curled up , and this was supposed to have been done when the deceased received the first blow on the month from the desperate weapon produced , and fell against the shutters of a shop behind him . — The coroner , hairing previously stated that it would 1 b impossible to conclude the hearing of the evioence at that sitting , adjourned the inquest until Monday next . .

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      A WESLEYAS MINISTER ASD HIS WIPE CHARGED WITH CRUELTY TO A SERVANT . At the Ryde Petty Sessions last week , Henry Bell Brown , minuter of the Wesleyan chapel in Jfelsonstreet , Kyde , Isle of Wight , and Elisi , his wife , were charged with cruelly treating Eliza Cox , a servant maid m their employ , aged fourteen . It appears that the defendants when at Bristol , about two jears ago , undertook the charjre and maintenance of the complainant , who is the daughter of a labouringman residing at luDgawooa , near that town , their agreement beingto find her itt food , wearing apparel .

      £ i er " ece 3 « in « " for a certain stated period . SjiorUy afterwards they came to Ryde , bringing the girl with them in thecapacity of servant . They behaved well to her for a considerable time after arrival , but for some cause or another yet unex-|» luncd , their behaviour changed suddenly and ma-Kf' " ^ wwuiMhb was apparenly done to mak e to We of their victim wretched and miserable . Her food was stinted , her clothes taken from her ba ^ Piecemeal , the / ew shillings she nossessed ex-[ torted from her , and oftentimes in a completely de-Iraded state she was turned out in ihe cold air ' on a hnnter s evening , and drenched with water . At Kims she would be incarcerated in the coal-cellar for fareuty-four horns , and regaled at intervals with fcaorges , dry bread , and cold brocoli , or dragged forongh thehouse by the hair of her head . It was Kb dread of undergoing a threatened laceration from Eer master , that caused her to fly from the rims

      jsnd sees shelter in some fields adjoining Trinity | Chu « h . Thereshe was found by a woman namea BScott , who conveyed her to her own house , where Hie was clothed and fedr and shortly afterwards | bfcrn to the magistrates to tell the tale of the Kreatmentshe had undergone . This procedure led Bto the apprehension of the complainants . huu . Cox was sworn , and after relating the cir-¦ aimstance of her being a servant in the employ of ¦ jedefendant , proceeded so give an account of the Kreatment she had experienced since her residence in Bjde . In relation to the last three months , and asfeulb committed on her oathe 26 th . 28 th , and 30 th ¦ of April , she sMd : — " They beats me most every May—mi 3 su 3 beats me most . Last Saturday she got Mt ? , and came down and found fsult with me . She Beat me with a whip handle . I had ho stoekih"s on . ¦ never was allowed stockings in doors-only an old ¦ gar of boots of master ' s . A little while afterwards

      W was going up stairs , and left my boots at the hot-Bom . I went up to work , and by-aad-bye missus » meupand beat me about tbehead with one of the ggKK > t 3 ( trodoced , ) and I bad nothing but bread and grater allthat day . On Monday I was washing down ¦ Stairs , and my missus came down and took me by Hnj hair and dragged me about . The same day she Heat a stick m the shrubbery and beat me with it WShe gave me a piece of dry bread about nine , and gnother piece about three , and that was all I had on ghat day . On Tuesday Mr . Brown threw three gmefeets of water over me because 1 drank a little gm tbatwasleft over night Both of them locked gne up m the back kitchen at nine in the moraine till grrne at night , and I had nothing but a niece of bread 2

      ¦ ga * omecow brocolli , and I stopped in my wet I MMbesall that time , and the water kept dripping |» 0 Kn to my less . On ¦ Wednesday I was called at ISive , and went down , and was ordered to go a irashl » r : ; : I had nothing but cold suds ; I aaked for some Wot water , and missus said that master should give . Mfce some more cold on layhrad directly he came Metro ; I then ran away , and was spoken to by Mrs . - K ™ r ! ri otold mb 1 0 t t 0 cr *> for tIie P 0 « ceman » onid take me up ; she dried my clothes and gave Eiie some victuals , and then the policeman catne « ovcn , and took me before the magistrate . " This Randudcd her evidence , after which B . iIrf- ., f « . t fwwn , to prove sbe . esamined Bse child s back , which she said was covered with ¦ ironeds . TLe CiuraMiN , after a short consultation with »! S brother magistrates , addresses the defendants , ¦ fad expressed his regret that he had not the a&wer

      g ) eomnufc them for trial at the Quarter Sessions at g ; inches ! er . As it is , however ( he said ) , we inflict gae heaviest punishment on you the law allows , and ghat is a fine of £ 5 each . ' ' g The fines were immediately paid , and the police groeeeded to clear . the court . This , however , was a g as * not < M 5 % to be executed , but after the lapse of geaUy anhonr the moWas dispersed into the street g elow where they awaited tin issue of Mr . and grs . Brown with feverish excitement . An hour g , pse , »™ t they did not appear . A cab , however , K ^ S ° - afterward seen at the hack oi the hall , » no there the crowd directed their stens . vellinffin

      g most furious manner . At this juncture the belligffeots came forth under the protection of the police , wna being escorted to the carriage , they offered gwrasfl ^^^ y ^^^^^ j ^^ ^ ^ RDUaanres ,, ) ^) if required , in order to keep a g « e » on the mob . This was refused in the most po-K £ i -ii ° anner ' antl the Tehide rol ! cd ° a through - BS ?? * *!^ accompanied bv at least 300 persons , g- ^ / e nisles , uttering Most discordant yells and K ^ ? zai browns missiles of everv descrip-Ea , ? ^ JeCtS ? Uleir wrath - In lbis state thty ' K ^ i ! u F res ; den ce . into which by a - race they g ^ wced themselves without molestation . But the g *» were not to be disappointed of their revenge , mr , regular attack wa 3 conseoneutlv made on

      ¦ rok ^ . w P ° ints-eTery square Of glass was ¦ rtb ^ Tr . ' w * " ** " " P «* down » and hadit ¦ ?? - «» for the fortunate arrival of the police , the g ytsperatemeasures . won ] d have been resorted ¦ he ti » m- ev ™ inS a body of constabulary guarded mlP ^? ls - The unfortunategenUeman and lady , B ? d take a final leave of ^^

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      RasiTriV ^ , - * e WAR .-0 n Monday a return ¦ fain bj ordcr ofthe n ° use of ****** COEBomt eorresi ) ondcnce between the East India ¦ aim ? 31 xi tbe Treasury on the subject of a ¦ ccon ? pWrt of ^ 00 , 000 alleged to be due on K ^ « of the expenses of thelate Chinese war . ¦ an rresP ° nnence , which is of an interestina K > ^ eJ winmeiiced on the 13 th June , 1845 , when ¦ etooM r » Company applied for payment on Be 00 , 1 , ° V \ e Chinil expedition , and ended on - ¦ * ! «* i A Pr lllast » and at this present time the K £ > ^ nnder cons ^ cration . The Treasury in a B ^ S 4 f *' ° v- mnnication iasiswd oa being " paid B ^ v Vr , ^ ^ from tne company which ¦ - WiSttZr * 1- ? ll le 8 " tLe claim on account of the ^ fc : _ >* PedltlOn VM sotrlorl Thn T . ^ , ^^^ «^

      ¦ toe L E - CoSn a ! ld Mn HamUton to exagv forL ! ™ - The Company saw no neces" ¦ feefffm ? a PP feIDtment , but promised tofurnirh ¦ iieh h \ i u mth information , and the matter , Rotowl CCilsl 0 De < 1 ! ome str ong remonstrances , gtiou ^' 'OSf a kow in the course of investi-K «^ i 0 BD ? luroKT 5 TIOS - -By ihe Sa « nak B ^ adeir . ? ' u ? -nived the othtr JaJ fr " 1 " of , ? ' Ihere cai " *? tuis country a leviathan ¦ eHt * Ti . ei ! onaoas wei 8 ht of fiftfcn hundred ¦ Ondon . 1 ! "r ival « about to beeonreved to Be 4 * M '« *? *« exhibited amongst the mt of T ««;^ i ? »**» .- £ i «« r wol Times . Wh ' « n £ r 7 ! r'T - ^ ' Yo ! aMt ' in one of # * owtions to W * x «^ . rtt I ae X ^^ iary CoU'Se . rtserves- 'Tbat ¦ '¦ ofe s-i .. a * " xnat . " > mutlern chemistry , tbe roeMcal •' K « - i > rriiM . d dsucceiifu : ! j « o treat diseises which ' . - ¦ s ? . ' iu " " - ^ "W- ^ td as not within the roach of medi-• Kiaiiow . ;" ' ' ^ tn iisaniJesteaforuianjjear ' , JB ills dicXT . " ' * STtatcr importance to mankind tlian W *• " ""^ « f Blairs Gout Md Rhsmnatic l'ilk .

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      ^—_ . ^^^^^^^^^^ y ^ rs ^ ^^—^ _ i ^ ^ ^^ SSTi ^ L ^ YTl ? " » l > elli 8 hment 8 is inthe fraudulent th the & "' fictitious . ™* peUe ? the £ cif Jf ? ° *^ Christianit ; dis-S ^ 8 ^ JSSSl £ ! WiSSS SI ^ a" 2 UBe "Cuniber ed witn the borrowed tries ™ , li V f ClUmsy Chaos of conflicting idola-Thn I ev led at o ? ce the diviHity of its ori « in . The haudmnid of heaven was recognised bv he ; S *»« " ^ . ' * Iess t ! 'an the absence of meretnwoua attire or adventitious accoutrements and when she won the world ' s homage , in an age of intellectual superiority , it was the victory of pure and perfect religion over manifold aHd discordant superstitions .

      Such was the Christian church in its youthful apparition amid the surrounding influences of a pompous ritual , and a gorgeous liturgy , which shrank abashed and discomfited at the rebuke its godlike simplicity administered . Seek not for this beautiful ideal in the modern harridan that has gathered during the lapse of agoa all the faded finery of long decayed delusions to decorate her anility ; nor Jimong the accumulated disfigurements which years have heaped on this foul imneraonaflon . are , the marks and attributes ofTmSure more conspicuous in any view than in the glance at these worss which are called of " supererogation " Foremost among these were permanent and compulsorv vows , lie had dwelt on this topic already and would dismiss it briefly .: Few were the

      instances of such solemn engagements in the old aw , still fo « sr were the warrants for any such in the gospel . . That of Jephtba furnished him with an opportunity of placing in a forcible light the immolation of tender votaries , . whom tho Council ef Trent deemed competent to contract a life-Ion ? obligation at the age of twelve . Sixteen was" the rational- epoch at which a boy was pronounced lawfully capable of similar suicide . In Italy the indentures of so awful a covenant were consummated thus early by ninety captives out of everv hundred held in such irrevocable bonds He drew an impressive picture of the various family struggles and domestic manoeuvres , which under " spiritual management brought about the ultimate innar .

      S I a a ° relu , CtaDt or self-sacrificing maidenhood , and was not less outspoken in hisindicationofthe variety of motives , all foreign to tbe generally assumed impulse , operating on the youth of his country in their enlistment among the cowled or tonsured ranks of the population . As to poverty in the sense of an evangelical counsel , it was principally to escape from it , that conventual laziness became the resort and resource of the majority ; the plough , the anvil , or the loom , was lgupmimously shirked , for an unproductive livelihood at the expense of the labouring community . Uneducated themselves , they took no part in the work of national education , the most important occurrence ju theromineof conventlife , beingtomost of them the sound of the dinner bell . ' Thin came the fantastic distinctions of food iSOme alimentary substances being held to possess sanctimonious ef-Scacy , to the manifest disregard of troana ^ niHanrp ¦

      as ^ to "forbidden meats" and sSnifo ftartado externals To vow " obedience' ? were a justifiable promise if it only involved subjection to tne laws of God and of society , strict and habitual compliance with which form but a secondary claim on the deyotee a deference , bis main duty being construed into the accomplishment of puerile or capricious injunctions at the bidding of . hypocrisy and fanaticism . When Antony originated monasticisiu in the eastern church , and Benedict reproduced in the west that oriental institution , neither of its great founders sought inspiration from the muanv in thr .

      lirst establishment of coenobital rule . JBut the Popes were on the alert to pounce on a prey so suitable to their maw , and after a few centuries of independent existence religious orders assumed under their control the form of an embodied milw nf \ wv « rfh ^ ected * ° e ab stract cultivation of piety or the tdla e of neglected solitudes , but to the practical enslavement of Christianity and the promotionof their usurped pretensions to unlimited authority . A dispensing power in the matter of these vows origmall j understood as made to God alone , was put forward as inherent in the Popedom -a clear confesiion ofthe merely human and sublunary construction ofthe whole system ^ Dismissing this branch of the subject ^ speaker addressed himSelf to a host of obiervances which r-h ^ ? - be - en , , ntrodnced int 0 the worshipbf Christ , and principally , withreeard to the' « r £ . it

      symbol of ^ coiameEoration , the " breaking of Xa' f ^ , laB t 0 PerPetoate in the assemblies J * u * } tLe " remembrance of Hiin , " but ^ wJ ""! . ssumed » character totally at variance with the plain purport of its primitive introduction . I ? aul were to revisit the scene of his labours , he would fail- to recognise the continuance of his teaching , but would at Rome , as of old at Athens , perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious for as I passed by and beheld your devotions I fonnd an altar to the unknown god , whom , therefore , ye ignorantly worshi p . Him I declare unto you . He referred to the strange and unwarrantable ceremonies and performances of which the sacred mystery of tha last supper was assumed to be the groundwork , without presenting the slightest analogy to that Bimple and affecting banquet of remembrance . . ¦ : ¦¦ - ° : ¦ ¦ *¦

      From this too prominent perversion of a principal element in the simplicity of Christian worship , he passed to minor practices of-capricious and unauthorised devotion , stations of the cross , forty hours ' , prayers , novenis and triduima ( familiar usages in . pagan antiquity ) , the month of May dedicated to the " Queen of Heaven , " and a multitude of devices to which the teeming brain of successive visionaries had giveu birth , and legendary erudition could alone elucidate . The life of St . Elizabeth of Hungary was an exemplification of these dismal and freqnenrly . mhuman performances , newly disinterred from tKeir medijeval sepulchre by the gloomy resurrectionist Montaleinbert , and ' paraded in the noonday of civilisation as fit accomoaniments

      to tne lugubnoua farce of repluneing Europe into the slavery and degradation of the period they Characterised . The : country of the heroic Kossuth scorns such a chronicler of its imperishable glories ; A crowd of parallel instances of distorted dey 6 tion were brought forward by the orator in corroboration of bis views as to the blending of theories and practices , now confined to the vilest fakirs in India , with the ample morality of the Gospel , through ' the instrumentaUty of what ' are called works of supererogation . The form of Braver' soeciaUv

      oeqneatned by our Lord himself was , by the inven" d f a " . J-osary , " merged into an endless « STr lnTocatio « to the Virgin , a formula of ncantation commended to posterity by tbe suggestive fact of its having been the prelude to tffe massacre of 50 , 030 Albigenses , and the shiboleth by SSteS ^« f ' i \? Simon de Montfort to a hecatomb of slaughter . In Italian households , where it is ; the prevalent domestic devotion , a ^ !! f . ^? r «« nrol is never read , and the lessons of the ed

      sacr page totaUy lost , as if never written for the guidance of Christian families . He proceeded to describe the sort of itinerant attempts at evangelisation called " Missions , " the leading features of which are identical with the camp " revivals" of transatlantic fanaticism , " and , from his own observation of the results , anything but conducive to practical amelioration . He referred to the statistics of the local foundling hospitals in coincidence with these festivals and pilgrimages as matters of notoriety .

      The celebration of wliat are called jubilees af-. forded an occasion for treating historically of this device of Boniface Till , in 1299 , and the financial schemes in which it originated , the religious orgies it promoted , and the tendency ofall such manoeuvres to impress the ignorant with theindispensable predominance of the Popedom in the economy of salvation . The late effort of Pio Kono . to get up a pious enthusiasm , ' after the fashion of his predecessora . onthe recurrence of the semisecular year of 1850 , bad failed throughout'the' Italian Peninsula ,, and though beheld forth one hand filled witli indulgences , the other , was too palpably armed with the cudgel of the Croat to attract the approach of

      hisi countrymen . He has had better luck in France , arid the Uiiivirie boasts of hi 3 ; success among the faithful at Toulon , from which disastrous seaport the fratricidal expedition set sail for the destruction of Italy . ' Is there no guilt to beatoned for , " no expiation to be sought before heaven for the perjured onslaught on a nationality which a solemnly sworn constitution forbade France to violate by her unproroked and unprinci pled aggression ? Does no fearful responsibility bow down in aggregate remorse the murderers of Italian freedom f ° " And tbe Lord said unto Cain , whore is , Abel , thy brother ? And . he Said , I know not * am I my brother ' s keeper ?"

      • 'And he said , what hast thou done ? The voice of tby brother ' s Wood crieta unto me from the ground . " The closing portion of the father's _ discourse had reference to the jubilee of civilisation now holden in this great centre of the world ' s liberty , industry , and progress . The gorgeous vocabulary , of which he is such a master , was exhausted in depicturing the Pellucid Palace , it contents , its : suggestions , and its concomitants ; but we found it a hopeless attempt to repioduce the grandeur and copiousness of bis vigorous peroration .

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      Plbmo Iscomk asd Espesdhcee . — On Tuesday tbe « 6 v id . The excess of income over ' the expenditure in the year was £ 2 , 926 , 15123 , Id .

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      MONDAY , , mat 5 neSfLm ^ W ^^ to «« r vumttt petitions Jrom Sheffield and Liverpool callini ? for a SS ° UrF fr iVeffiOdi fi ^ fm , mL ^ Bl ' ^ P assed ^ t session . Having enumerated the grievances complained of by the petitioners as well as the suctions made by them for the amendment of the measure , the noble lord said he thought the subject a proper one for inquiry , and advised the appointment of a select committee to investigate it . . Earl Gbasviixe thought some of the . suggestions ot the petitioners not unreasonable , whilo in Others they appeared to him mistaken . The chief objection to the appointment of a select committee was , that it would revive the agitation which had prevailed to such an extent among the merchant seamen , and which was only now beeinnine to subside . A bill .

      too , bad been brought into the other house to amend the act in some of its minor details , which appeared to bo objectionable . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-The committee upon the Property Tax Bill having been formed , Lord J . P . U 3 SK 1 A , referring to tho vote of Friday night , declared that the government had no wish to evade inquiry into the principles of the tax , and would rejoice if a more just system of levying the impost could be devised . Thay would ,- therefore , accept the decision by which the renewal was granted for a single year , and would coincide in appointing a committee to investigate the whole subject . .

      Mr . BpjiB denied , on his own , part , : any wish to restrict the resources or jeopardise ihe credit of the country by the amendment which he had brought forward . . : Mr . Disraeli submitted that as afull inquirv was intended , and , the . lease ofthe income tax was renewed for so short a time , the various amendments suggested upon its details had better be withdrawn . He considered ; however , as a measure of immediate R v'J ™ f % ° l of the tenant far «» er 8 ought W be removed from the present schedule , and calcuLited upon the same basis as the incomes from other trades and professions . Lord J . Rcsbsii offered Borne brief reasons why this change was undesirable .

      Colonel SiBinoBP . who had given notice of an amendment for a revision of the amount levied iS . f g ) f mmitteet <> believe that he was not actuated to tbatstep byany fear , or had any intention of shrinking from his duty . y A desultory conversation nevertheless occupied a 3 W , ? * T T n this P ° » whioa ™ « Ui-^ he re ^ rt therdl 8 cas 3 ion uPon ^ bringing hquSrmnS ^ ° Ugh ; C ° mmittee ' * supS th ? m ° ^ U fOt g 05 Dg int 0 committce of

      Lord J . Russell detailed the arrangements and reductions which the government had agreed to effect m compliance with the recommendations : of the . Select Committee upon Official Salaries . Considering the laborious attention required , the vast responsibility incurred , and the heterogeneous character of the business to be transacted by the servants of the public , the noble lord ' . deprecated the system of overloading the various departments with work , or accumulating several omces : upon one individual . Such , he contended , would be . unwise economy . It would be equally unwise to trust- the transaction of official affairs to an unpaid and honorary staff , since such a course would limit : tho holding of those offices to men of fortune ,

      restricting tue range through which the publio might hope to find administrative . talent , and : preventing individuals of experience and success in their private business from being attracted into official service . He also wished to avoid any tendency to create a special class , analogous to the bureaucrat class in France , who turned the official service ofthe country into a profession . Lord J . Russell then detailed the various recommendations of the committee with relation to the various classes of public functionaries in the . . Cabinet , the Treasury , the War-office , the Mint , the Poor Law Board , the judicial and the diplomatic departments . With some of these . recommendations the government intended to comply ,, with others . he stated their reasons for

      refusing compliance . Among the chief reductions to which they / were agreed , were the following : — The Junior Lords of the . Treasuryto receive £ 1 , 000 per annum , instead of £ 1 , 200 ; the two secretaries £ 2 , 000 , instead of £ 2 , 500 .. The Railway Department to be again united with ^ the Board of Trade . The MasterBbip of the Mint had already beon made a non-political office , and offered to . Sir' Join Her-SChell .. The offices of Paymaster of the'Forces and Vice-President ; Of : the Board of Trade to be united ; with a reduction of £ 500 jn the salary howveceived . The Junior Lords of the Admii-aliy to have £ l ; 000 in place of £ 1 , 200 ; : b . ut the . privilege of residence not to be withdrawn from the lords now in the enjoyment of it .. With i respect to the judicial

      salaries , we noole lorn saw hehad already made provision for a modification of the Lord Cliancellor ' s income in a bill now . before the house ; by whichhis present receipts of £ 12 , 000 were diminished to £ 10 , 000 , and the Master ofthe Rolls waa to receive £ 6 , 000 instead of £ 7 , 000 , per annum . Beferring to Lord Palmerston for fuller explanations , Lord- J . Russell outlined the changes proposed in tllQ diplomatic service , by which . the British representative at Paris—to whom it was judged politic to continue the dignity of ambassador—wns to have his £ 10 , 000 a year cut down to . £ 8 , 000 . Turkey , also , \ vas atill to have an ambassador , in whose income no change was designed . The ambassador at > Vienna had already been turned into an envoy , and some

      vetrenobment thereby effected . To the proposition to unite in one the : various German missions , he found a temporary . objection in tho distracted-state of continental politics , but thought it possible to dispense with owsof the missions now maintained in Italy , and suggested that the minister now at Florence might fulfil the duties of di plomatic envoy at Rome if an official interoouMe wasr established between the court of . St ; James ' s-iand the Yatican . Lord J . Russell concluded by describing the innumerable labours , cares , and anxieties ine " - vitable to the due performance of high public duties , and submitted tbat the national interests were , far

      more deeply concerned in having the work done well than done cheaply .. It was not so much the salary as the service on which a real benefit to the public might be secured , i Mr . TJkqohaht expressed his pleasure that the coinmittee . had at lergth enforced from tho government some reduction in the diplomatic expenditure , thipking , at the same time , that it had not gone far , enough .: ¦; . ¦ - ¦ .. .. Mr . Cobden coincided in believing that . the staff of . envoys and ministers abroad was kept up on mnch too large a ' soale , and referred to the United States as a model which we might imitate with advantage in this respect . : . .

      Lord PiiuKKSTON vindicated the importance of our diplomatic relationships , and the neeessity of maintaining : them , on a footing of dignity . The saving of £ 2 , 000 ayear . in Lord 2 Jormanb ' y ' * 8 salary would he followed by a necessary diminution in the hospitalities shown to English travellers by that noble lord . Russia , it was true ; had no ambassador in Paris , and yet exercised considerable influence there , but this arose from hep geographical position as a dangerous neighbour to' Turkey , and to her vast military strength . ' The severe economy practised by the . TMttsd stnies towards their diplomatic bfiicials was a matter of regret among-the Americans themselves . Summing up-a retrenchment of £ 7000 a year that had been accomplished in this department , Lord Palmer 3 ton reiterated some of the observations offered by the Prime Minister respecting the injury that must follow an unthrifty economy which would keep men of talent from entering tlie public ¦ ¦

      service .: .... . . Mr . Hume then moved the amendment he " had placed on the paper , having for its object to effect a gradual diminution in the number of admirals from , 150 to a 100 . . . « After some observations from Captain Pechell , Captain Boldero , and Sir T . Baring , the nmendment was withdrawn . -Mr . Frewin moved , as a second amendment , that an humble address be presented to herMajosty , itating . the great distress endured by the hop growers , of Sussex , and that it would be quite oat of their power to pay the excise duty owing upon the crop of 1850 during the present year .

      . The Chancellor of the ExcnEQUEn denied the title of the hop-planters to any special consideration .: They enjoyed a practical monopoly of the trade and got very long credit from the government for the duty . It was their own fault that they had increased the produce of the article much beyond the demand . . . After a prolonged discussion , in which Mr . Bass , MrVLaw Hodges , Mr . Disraeli ; Lord J . Manners , and Lord John Russell , took part , the amendment was negatived by consent . - The house then went into committee of supply for the naval service , but after somo time had been expended in remonstrances exchanged between Sir ; 'f . Baring and Mr , Hume , the house resumed without any vote having been passed . The remaining business was disposed of and the house adjourned at a quarter past twelve . TUESDAY , Mat 6 .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Duke of Arotle presented nearly 100 petitions , amongst which was one from Glasgow , signed by 50 , 000 persoiiB , against Papal Aggressiop . . ' r , Similar petitions wero presented by Lord FbvshsniM , and other noble lords . Lord Sm ; i , KT , on presenting a petition praying fer certain modifications in tlie ' Registration of Assurances Bill before it should be passed , admitted that he Old not fully concur in the opiniou expressed by the petitioners , hut wished the arguments they adduce . l to be laid before the select committee to whom the bill had been , referred for amendment .

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      ttoSiaSSrtSyJ ** ' i ^ W W | The Earl of UAnn ered ^ ° n the table , ttd took SK ™ "r" —• *<¦ ¦>"" ^ t ^^ siz ^ ¦^ a saaSsfff *" ^' aal ^^ s ^ msmm ^^ sfis-wsaiK liberty ti . r _ the purpose of escaDino from tho ui ,,,, i

      E i ^ pSl ^ l ^ r ^ a ^ s- s SiT ^ - ^ i ! SSi ^ K ' iM the nurbolfor v ?(? ^ , ^^ ^ eir districts for tue purpose , of viaumg . h m and offering to him and after haying spent two hours with him ? l .-v

      n-LnT " - , , ™» P « -t « e di tricts Mr . ?? S , vone of the three . && . been taVeiUll rtfe n ^ T ^ P dtohia ^ : ^ tlmotheHwo Si ^ n ? ght ? eforc the Police . magistrates of their respective districts ; , on a . charge of havin passed beyond the limits assigned to them . One of the magistrates , Mr , Mason , who had had great experience in the discharge of the ; duties of his office , alter ; having heard counsel on both sides , had declared that in his opinion theyhad a right to the privilege which they had exercised , and that they had committed no offence ; but as the law officers Of the Crown had entertained a contrary opinion , a compromise had been effected , at the suggestion of the magistrate , and under that compromise the charge . against Mr . O'Dohenyhad been dismissed ; out that gentleman had eiven his word nfhnnn . n .

      that he would not leave his district without , a special permission . A similar compromise had been oome to in the case of . Mr . M'Manus . The third prisoner , Mr ., O'Donohue , had been confined to his bed , and no . proceeilin . 28 had jfcherefire been taken against him . Whetiitherepor ;^ of those facts had reached Sir . W . Denison , the . lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen ' s Land ,, he had addressed a reprimand to , each of . the magistrates . The tickets of leave , to the pri 3 Oiiers had been , withdrawn ; they had themselves been removed to the penitentiary at Uohart Town , , wheve thoir clotiiiue had Wn

      taken from them , and , they , had been cl ad in the common , gaol , dre 33 , and then they , had been sentenced . to . pass three months at Port Arthur , among the thrice-eoudemned convicts which , formed the population of that settlement . * He asked the Under Secretary for the Colonies . whether he had reason to Know that those facts which had been stated to him ( Mr . Anstey ) on , the ,, authority of the parties themselves antl ¦ of \ , tlieir friends , ' were true ; also whether , if true , ; tho conduct of Sir W . Denison was likely to receive the approbation of the Colonial pffitse , and whether there would be . any . objection to lay . before the house any correspondence that might have passed between Sir W ,. Denison . and tho heads of that office upon , the subject .: ( Hear , hear , from the Irishmembers ¦

      . . ) , - . .. .- . ;• .. ;/ :, ,. > -,.-. ¦• .-.., . Mr . . Hawbs said ho . had no observation to offer upon the statement of facts which had been made by the kon . aud learned gentleman , inasmuch as he k * d no means of either confirming or . contradicting that statement . , Ue thought there was some inconvenience in . haying . eaipcirte statements of the kind preceding . a simple question . It was true that tickets of leave had been granted to the three prisoners mentioned by . the . hon .. and learned gentleman , and it was also true that Sir W . Deniaon , the Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen ' s' Land , had thought it his duty to withdraw , that indulgence . He would . read ; to . tbe house a passage from the despatch of SiivW . Denison upon-the Bubject . Sir W . Deniaon said he . . ? . had , been obliged . to withdraw this indulgence . from > . the three prisoners—MfManus , O'Dpnohue , and O'Doherty—in

      consequence of their misconduct in travelling beyond the districts . assigned . to them in the ; tickets ' of "leave . newent on , to . ' state that as , evidence had been ' brought before , Mm of the . fact . that thelhree prisoners had deliberately . lefttheiv districts without leave , andintho : case , of M'Manus ; . after he had twico rofused him permission . he had directed that the tickets of leave should ? be withdrawn . " Now ho ( Mr ; 'Ilawes ) could conceive nothing iii'tho conduct of Sir . W , Denison which was entitled to censure . That officer could make no distinction of persons- ( hear , hear )—and if the . . prisoners had violated the conditions : on which . they had accepted the tickets of leave , they were themselves answerable for the consequences . He had nohesitation in saying that , the governor , was empowered to withdraw , those , tickets of leave ; and he had only to add that he should not have the least objection to lay before the bouse a copy ofthe dispatch of Sir . "W . Denison upon that subject . . . \ -j

      Mr . Asstbt gave notice that on the first day of going into oommittee of supply he should movo a vote of censure on Sir .. W . . Denison for his conduct in that matter . ( A-Jaugh . ) -. .: ; , / : •• . sAtlbsbow . EleciION , — . On the motion ofi Mr . RojoKDBLi , I ' almkr , ; a Select Committee was appointed to consider the matters alleged in the petitions of T . H . Bradford and John Strutt , respecting the Aylesbury election . . . : ¦ .. National Poor RATE .-rMr . Grasubv Bkbubib"x moved-that the house resolvo -itself . into a committee thatday week ,, with the view of . considering a resolution that , to alleviate- the burdens : Buffered by the agricultural interest , arising : from the parochial poor vates , it is necessary to substitute an

      equalised poor rate m-Eiigland and . Wales not exceeding , Is . Cd . in the pound , subjedt to local government . The evils of the ,. present system , which , he observed , was injurious not only to the ratepayers , but to the recipients of relief , arose-from the in * equality , . of the rate—Bishopwearmouth paying no less than 13 s . 9 d .. in the pound—and froni the vast amount of . property , . especially-iron (" mines , exempted from the . rate .. Premising that he did not ; at present , propose to deal with personal property ; he . explained the / details of plans by which he thought the . evils ' might be remedied ; tbat which he recommended ; involved the abolition of the law of Bettiement , as well as a tota l abolition of the . existing system of rating and a compulsory rer-aasessinent , ; which would require no new ¦ ¦

      machinery . ... .. . :, ..- ¦; .: . . The motion was seconded by Captain Harris , who observed that a .-coiivietion was growing up in the country that some measure was -necessary to compel personal pvoperty ; to bear its proportion of the burden for the relief of the poor . Captain Harris gave an exposition of Lord Alalmesbury ' s plan , which , he said , would meet : the expenditure for the poor by a rate of 5 d . in the pound . . ¦ . . Mr . Baines said he should not at present argue the questions of settlement and the assessment Of personal property ,: which were of sufficien t importance to merit a distinct discussion , but should confine himself to the resolution , which sought to affirm tho expediency of : maintaining the destitute

      poor by means of a national rate . ; A national rate , as he showed , had not hitherto met with any favour in th . it . house ; even in the discussions -upon the burdens borne ; by tlie hind , a national rate had never been suggested as an expedient'to relieve the agricultural classes . ( Hear , hear . ) A union rate , which would be raised within a certain area and exponded within that area ,-had . been repudiated by Mr Berkeley , who . would ; commit the gross injustice of raising . rates of 2 d ., and 3 d . in the pound to la . 6 d anU of confounding ill-regulated With well-administered parishes , bo that : the economy of the one would . be unrewardedj and the extravagance of ihe other escape any penalty . ( Hear , - hear . ) 'Mr . Baines dwelt upon the evils which , he contended , would be certain results

      tho of tho proposed scheme / which would not only take away all inducements to economy , but stimulate fraud and jobbery , and cause the indefinite increase of pauperium throughout tho country . ( Hear , hear . ) Financially , also , the scheme was impracticable , / fhe total value ot rateable property in 1847 was £ 67 , 320 , 689 ; ihe amount expended . l ^ tye ^ r un der tho head of parochial poor relief was £ 7 , 270 , 402 ; the produce oi a rate of Is . fld . in tho pound which was to be the macrimvm , would be only 4 o , 019 ( 044 ; . so that there would be » deBcU of £ 2 , 221 , 448 to beghiwith . ( Hear , hear . ) Then it was proposed , to have local government butone consequence of adopting the sehememust be tho abolition of local self-government , which , under the proposed plan , would become intolerable ! ( Hear , near . ) :,. ... After a few words in reply from Mr . Gbantley who

      Bebkeley declined to press tllO motion to a division , the resolution was negatived by consent . Spirits laBosu . -Lord Naas moved that the house do forthwith resolve itself into a committee to consider the present mode of levying the duty on home-made spirits in bond . He observed that it was uxactlj the same motion he had submitted last year , and which , after it , had been ' amrmed upon two oceans by the Louse , was ultimately rejected by a ,, arrow majority of one . He de 8 Oribod the mode of collecting the duties upon these spirits , Mid the injury and vexation which 'itinflic ted upon the distiller , and whilst . the revenue would be no loser by changing the mode of measurement , which would not unsettle existing arrangements , it would considerably increase the consumption of whisky without an increase of intemperance . Mr . J . )\ ii . 8 ox opposed the motion , arguing tbat the question had been settled in 1848 by a Parlia-

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      men ary « 0 B . ' . raittee > which decided that peculiar consideration . * , . "ofc applicable to . colonial and foreign spirits , aflC te ( I tu 6 home-made . He gave copious details of flgut ^> showing the prosperity of the aggregate home-maOv spirit trade , and that the revenue avangements wero » 'ot » a 3 alleged by Lord Naa 9 , more favourable to the English than to tlie Scotch and Irish distillers , The motion was supported bj Mr * Hkisoids , Mr . Grooah , Mr . Humb , Colonel Draxi ' , Mr . Napjbb , and Mr . Alexander Hasiie ; and oppwed by Mr . Caweb , Mr . M . Giiison , Sir . G . Clerk , and the Chaxcellok of the ExcunquBR . Lo ^ d J . UU 48 B 1 L said he considered this a motion to reduce the duty on Scotch aud Irish spirits , and regarding it as a question of revenue , this was not a tax he was proparod to reduce , nor did he think it fair to give an advantage to Irish and Scotch spirits over English . ( Hearhear . )

      , Air . Disraeli said the prosperity of tho spirit wade , which was the consequence of particular MS- " ™ "Wumont "gainst a motion founded m justice . . ( Hear , hear , ) ihe house then divided . For the motion 159 . Against it ; . i 5 o loud , MmTT T nti ofthe result ffas hailed with loud cheers by the opposition . iht ™ ^"" jP ™ hia caating vote in favour of the motion , and it waa consequently carried . fJnfv » WT ,-0 n returning to the gallery we £ ! d h « wi-wu " Speaking - Th 0 hon " W « nan 5 tthiWS « PUU 1 uestionto the noble lord at tae tieatl of the goternment on the extraordinary ° " ^! nstance 8 ^ Which , the governraenfc of the

      . . "" ff 7 r The House of Commons had K 1 . T 1 ' hC ? - "Ot S ^ without just cause , not only tho supervision ofthe government « f tui » ?« ° rtL ry J . . » * the a » t « al government itself . ( Cries of . Oh » oh !' . » d " Hear . " ) He could understand now 80 me disappointed followers of the government —( the rest of tho sentence was lost in tho ironical cheers of some hon . membevs on the Ministerial side . ) The government . had been obliged to make three efforts to govern the country and tax it , wherein all their places were modified by the House of Commons . He appealed to the noble lord himself , as a man who had been brought up in the notion of constitutional principles of governmentwho had been governed throughout by tho idea that the House of Commons was the supervising power ,

      marking its sense and opinion of the government by its majority—he asked the noblo lord , was he in a position to govern this country ? ( Loud cries of "Hear , hear . " ) With the principles and wiBheB of the noble lord , being , as ho believed tnem to be , for the onward progress of the government , was it wise , was it politic , to say nothing as to honour , to retain the power of the govornment under such circumstances ? ( Cries of " Oh , oh ! " ) It was all very well to say " Oh , " but let them understand what > wa 3 going on . At the commencement of the session they wero told that certain things were to be done as to , the tariff of this country . The Chancellor of tho Exchequer gave an intimation of what he intended to do , and there was' not one great mercantile concern in this country that had not been affected

      at the present time by the declarations of tho right hon . gentleman . ( Hear , hear . ) Let not hon . gentlemen suppose that this was a more party matter .- He ' himself was looking at tho question with reference to the country itself ; and , if the House of Commons waa so blind to the interests of the country as to keep them in that state , hanging like Mahomet ' s coffin between heaven arid earth ; let the . House of Commons have the responsibility . But he appealed to the noble lord ~ he appealed to him , as he had the , responsibility upon that' occasion , ' not to lend his authority to that state ' of things .. Ho said then , that any minister who regarded not only the interests of tho country , but his own personal character , would not lend himself to such conditions . ( Cries of " Oh

      , oh ! " j It was all very ' well to say , " Oh , " but he recollected an instanco ¦ wh erein the party of the noble lord having put the . administration ofthe Duke of Wellington into a minority , one who was not now on the benches of the House of Commons certainly , but who had been exalted to the other house of Parliament , so soon as the minority was declared on that occasion , rose to ask the right hon . gentleman , the late Sir R . Peel , whether he was about to retain his' government after Buch a division . The noble lord lived in minorities—( laughter and cheers)—but it was contrary to tho interests of England , contrary to the spirit of our constitution , that any administration should retain office by the difficulties of the opposition they met with— -insulted fevery day , by tlie conquests Of til at opposition , and ' unable to advance in tbe principles

      on whteh the government itself was . founded . The noble lord had now Wen defeated four times , and he' would ask the noble lord whether , upon those defeats ' on ' matterVconnected with the taxation of tho country—on matters which were intimately connected with all our mercantile concemB—ho thought it wise ; under the circumstances , to continuo the position he held ? ( Hear , hear . ) He believed the noble lord would more fully satisfy the desires of those who wish to advance the great principles upon which he supposed the noble lord ' s government was founded , if he said , "I will not lend niyself any longer to such a state of things . " If the House of Commons wished to take upon itSplf the administration , it ought to have the responsibility pf finding an administration that would obtain a majority . '

      Lord J . ltussELL-rThe hon . member for Sheffield has asked me whether I mean to retain office under the present circumstances . He stated that he thought it . would bo injurious . to the country if : I ; should do so , and thet the : commercial interests especially would ' suffer by that retention of office ; The hon . member has a-perfect right to put any question of that kind—any question which affects ttie interests of the country ; but be has given me certain advice with regard to my own personal character —( loud cheers )—which I must respectfully beg to decline . ( Cheers . ) Giving the hon . gentleman every ' , credit for good intentions , 1 will tako ' care of my' personal character myself . ( Renewed cheering . ) Sir , at another period—at a period when the government of this country was in

      abeyance , and those to ' whom it had been offered had not resolved to undertake the charge of forming a government—the hon .- and learned gentleman said in this . house , that , he wished me , to consider that the interests of the cause of free trade were in my hands . ( Cheers and laughter . ) What the hon . gentleman meant ' precisely by that observation I wilhnot pretend to "say '; but of this I am fully aware , that the general interests of the country , not of free trade only , but its general , interests , its welfare , its tranquillity , Very much depend on the conduct of those who have at the moment the direction ofthe government . ( Cheers . ) But , sir , I have not hesitated , when 1 thought that the direction of affairs ought to bo taken out of our hands unless we succeeded in certain objects , to stake tbe

      existence of the government on those questions and on those objects . ( Hear . ) I did not hesitate to do so when the question of the vepesd of tbe navigation law b was before Parliament . It was then frankly declared ' , that we were prepared for the consequences of the rejection of that measure , and it w » s fuliy understood that we should retiie it that measure was rejected . In the course of last year differing from many who took other views with respect to the suppression of the slave trade , I did not . hesitate to declare that I would not retain office one hour ' after any vote of the house which would be in opposition to . the course then pursued . ( Hear . ) But I think I have some right to consider with my colleagues what is the fitting opportunity when Ishouldlay our resignation before her

      Majesty . ( Hear . ) I am speaking now m tho abseiiCB of any direct qiiestion-of a vant : of confidence , of which tho result is perfectly plain—lam speaking with respect to opinions . ' In tho beginning of the present session did 1 show such an anxiety for office an to ' makeit necessary that the hon . member for Sheffield should be my monitor —( cheers and laughter )—and should inform niC when the moment is come when , at his hidding , I should -lay my resignation before the Ciwn ? ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . gentleman says this is the fourth time we have been defeated . But there is an observation which has been used , ' though couched in vulgar language ; by Lord Castlereagti in this house , when leading the government party , which may be . applicable here ., He said , with respect to i \ VOto which the

      house bad come to , to repeal a large portion of a tax , and when we cheered loudly , he said , "I beg gentlemeri . not to halloo until , they are out of the wood . "' ( Laughter . ) Let' us observe now , with respect to these defeats to which the hon . gentleman has alluded , one , the . first , was vritU respect to a bill-of the hon . member for Surrey . Alter we came into office that ; question came again before thehouse , and the'decision to which it came -was different , and the views which I entertained were confirmed by a lnrgemajority . ( Boar , hear . ) So that our first defeat was reversed by a subsequent division ; In another case we divided with respect to the management of the Woods and Forests , and that is not yet decided ; for it " ib not intended to act on the decision ' of the house . 'Wo intend to introduce a bill on that subject similar to the 0110 of last

      year , and the house will then havo a fair opportunity of deciding whether they will come or not to the same decision which its majority did , or whether our plan is preferable to the management of the Woods and Forests . So that in the present state of affairs that which I said ought to be don e was defeated in one case , but it appears it was followed by a victory over those who have been the opponents of government . Tho second case is not yet decided . I come now to the third case—the division which-took place on the motion of the honourable member for Montrose . I do not considcr that there was anything in the nature of the motion of the bon . member as indicating that the house meanuo say that it intended to take the government into Us own hands . ( Hear , hear ) All these questions of taxation , and the burdens on the people , are questions on . which the House of

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      nSTten ^ f ^ Sl 01111 " ? t 0 h " ^ iropi . vervfa tot H ^ ; aud the esec » twe government may So ? 5 f , ft fwmi ltffithout any cause ofmign £ flvV . ™ e i CBn n } ain t « in a sufficient menus ^^» *« s ~« s To this question I must ajjly So ohtrvT "'"^ which I referred , because lU yir « i ^ i t ( J was equally successful with another I thffi i h X end the house will be of opinion that t £ i « . of tho noble lord will not be adopted but R ? n r * arrangement of colonial duties which will nut m on some fair footing . This being my opinion 1 shall not tell the hon . member for Sht-ffield that- hi < i

      requeit , made with that maviter in awlo-ttauoh * ter ) -for which ho is eelebrated-fhear , hear)—shall be complied with ; I will not tell him what other course I mean to pursue on tho present occasion . This is a matter of grave import—the character of a government out not to be sacri-Ktq ^ '"P ^^ ' ^ y /^ mitting to frequenC defeats- ( ' hear , hoar , " from the oppositi on )—without declaring that they could no Kr'SfW on the government of tho conntrv ; ami at tho sametime , on the other hand , no ' ono will deJy snn ^ il , T atlOn - K ° ve" > nient , under prevott ™ 8 taBOe 8 » " a Very « raTOraatter » " ^ involves yevy grave consequences . ( CheersY Sn , n »

      KSV T ? WMo ! tba » S' ^ ve ' matter S& te ^^^ -SS ^ tl , hondurabto « nS lewnuu \ SZr ^ i ° n ?^ S once alluded- ( hear , hcarj-but also \ yith regard to- many other questions of domestic and foreiirn policy tbatmijrht be effected by a ch » n ; o of « oSment m present circumstances . ( lioar V All I can say is , that I trust that those who have conerally supported the government , and as such hava tiikenupoOTlviewswith regard to public policy will give us credit for doing for every interest m the country what is required by Iho situation ia wlnoh we are placod- ( hear ) -that wo are not disposed on tlie ono hand to allow tho character of the government to be impaired ; it is from no sense of affront—from no irritating feeling of pique I should make so important a decision as tbe res ' ignation of our offices with tho view of changing tho government of the country . ( Hear , heir . ) Th »

      i S ° . ° \ e overnment is not a question to be bandied about in a chance' debate —( hear , hear )—and I must ask tho house to leave it to « s to make that decision . TuUini ; it as I shall do with a viewto the general welfare of the country , I shall not have to reproach my own conscience with having deserted any interest which I was bound to uphold ( Cheers . ) -Tho liouSG then vrent into committee . The Mimatry endcavouvou to force another division , in whioh they might have had an apparent mnjor ' ity in consequence of many members who voted for Lord Naasr having left tho house , while fresh ministerial supporters had entered it . This unfair attempt was , however , vigorously resisted , and tho chairman ultimately reported progress , and > obtained leave to sit again .

      &t . Alban ' s Election . —Mr . E . Ei , iice , ia Hwring for lenve touring in a bill for appointing commissioners to inquire into the existence of bribery in the borough of St . Alban ' s , referred to the evidence of Payne , taken before the committee , which was as follows : — You speak about Bell-metal and electioneering money is it a subject which is usually talked" about , electioneerine money ! -We were all laughing ; they gave mon ey the name of Bell-metal , in . St . Albans ; they do not call it silver , or gold ,. What do you mean by election money 1-1 do not know what he meant ; I do not know what lie did mean by that Is it a common term in St . Albans : have you ever heard of election rr . oney before ? -I have heard talk ot people having it ; I was laughing and joUing , ami I s-iid I had a good mind to put . up for the borough of St . Albans myself , and I would if I had plenty of money ; three or four of them promised me their votes then .

      What do you mean l > y election money ; I do not know what they mean by it j I was always saying tluit 1 knew no mnn could get la without money ; we were laughing and jolting together . Do you mean money paid by the cnuaidntes ?—Tcs , that m what we wire laughing mid talking about : I said ' I will give anybody . ^ 10 , ' and . three or four of them said they would serve me . Do you mean to say Hint it is a matter of notoriety that tins election money is prevalent in St . Albans ?—That is what 1 have always been . informed . On former occasions us well sis this ?—Yes ; I have known a great many electtom ; I have been living there ncatl ? sixteen years come July . * : Did you ever know an election at St . Albans , where there was not a talk of election money ? -No , 1 never knew one that 1 remember . ¦

      The candidate who came without it , I suppose , would not liave been vevy . well reeeivca '—Mr . Carden was received very well ; I did not hear any great talk about ms money ; I do not know that lie apent a shilling - Was election money ever called Bell-metal till this last election , when the candidate's name haupanedtobo BeU » —No , I never heard it before . Tho next witness examined was ! Mr . Daily , resporting whom ho would remark , that ho was a person of respectability , and upon whose evidence the committee had had every reason to place great reliance . lie was asked : — Did you hear any converaation there ?—They were sneak mg about the election , about the Bell-metal The ob servation was made , 'There is some of the Bell metal going . ' , « u » . iiu .

      What did you understand b y Bellmetal ? -The money they had received from Mr . Bell ' s party . «««« . y ; Keceived for what ?—For their votes . Do you mean to say it is a common subject of notorietv that votes are bought in St . Albnns ' -Certainly it is . Arc you acquainted with St . Albans '—Yes . Kow long have you been acquainted with St . Albans ?—I have lived there since I wns about four years old Have you known . other elections ?—Yes . Has it been also a matter of notoriety at other elections , beside this ?—It has also . Is there any common amount that is notorious as tho \ wiee of a vote 1—Five pounds was stated that night in the bar where this mail Howard was , and it >\ as generally understood by every one in the room tbat he had received i . 5 ; 1 can give you another instance . Is it a notorious thing that money is given for votes in St . Albans ? It is , ] f the committee will allow me I will state . what one of the parties stated to me .

      Is Jt 5 ' the standard '—Five pounds was generally understood to be the standard for ; i vote then . Is iteiBi'less ?_\ Vhen there is no money on the other sidp . lt will go down us low as £ 2 or £ 3 , and sometimes to 80 s . Is it a common and notorious fact tliat at this and former elections bribery lias prevailed in tlie town 1 Certainly itis ; there is not a voter that can deny it . The hon . member concluded by asking leave to introduce the bill .. . . Mr . Cobdbn rose to movo the addition of words so as to include in the motion any bribery , treating or corruption that might have tiikon place at the last election for the Falkirk district of burghs ' , lie represented on that occasion a certain portion of

      tne constituency who bad complained of those practices , and who had petitioned tbat the Falkirk burghs might bo included in tho proposed inquiry The petitioners complained of the gross trentinff and demoralisation that had taken place and stated that the spirit shops in certain localities had beea opened to the inhabitants at tho expense of the sitting member . He had to inform the house that tho petition against the sitting member had been withdrawn without the- knowledge of tl ) C parties who signed it . In a letter which he Jiail receivod from the-Provost of Falkirk he expressed the regret frit bv the electors at the withdrawal of tbe petition , anS stated tbat never since the Reform Bill had he witnessed such scenos of drunkenness and dissipation as at the last election . Ho ( Mr . Cobden ) had of to

      no feeling hostility either of the parties Vflio wero engaged in that election . He believed that both candidates were advocates of free trade but there was so little difference in their general polities , that ho had no political" leaning to one more than to tho other . The Falkirk burghs wero fivo'in number , some of them as far apart as thirty miles , arid situated in different counties . It was difficult to understand upon wlwt principle they bad been grou ped together . Up to 1841 the character of these burghs , like that cf n ; ost of tho Scotch burghs , had been unimpeachable in paint of political morality . The practices complained of began in 1841 in the burgh of Ardrie , when the brother of the present member was a candidate . In 1846 when Lord Lincoln was elected in the room of Mr .

      Baird , who had resigned , he was opposed by Mr . Wilson , and at that election the malpractices which had before been confined to Ardrie extended , to tlie other burghs . In 1 S 47 Lord Lincoln stood again , and was opposed by Mr . Uoyd , and . since then for scenes of dissipation » nd undue ir . fiu . enee , Falkirk and Hamilton had becom a as bad as Airdrie . With regard to the last election lie held in his hand depositions which had been taken by a legal gentleman , aud which corroborated the statements in tho petition as to . the treating and demoralisation that bad taken , place . One person Kobert Binney , a grocer and spirit-dealer in Grahamstown , a suburb ofFalS s atod that ho was asked to vote for Baird , ai . d ue-SSf ^ A ^ . ™ »««»»«» veiled by ' sonio of fr Wrifriend by Xu

      > ,, p . *^ ' lLv an active supporter of Mr . Baird—that while X wero in his house several people came to he bar when Mr . Baird ' s friends ordered him to give then to pay . ( A laui-h . ) This man went on to Bay that he considered that a Bufflcient order to keep openhouse til the day of nomination , and accordingly supplied these people with whiskey , brandy , porter , ale , and vinegar cordial . ( Laughter . ) lie further stated that on the day of nomination some of these people came to his house for drink 88 , early as six o ' clock , and said they had come for their '' ihorntng : Hon . members who had been in Scotland would perhaps know what a " morning " n . eant . ( A laugh . ) Several got drunk rapidly , and before nine o'clock seven or eight wero lying q " drunk opposite the door . Biuney states thut he gave one man two bottles of whiskey to assist in taking the drunk people away . ( Laughter . ) Boys of ton and

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1625/page/7/