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      It would prevent prosecution for bribery ; but it would lead to bribery in another form—namely , promises to pay on the event of the election , and thus convert each person bribed into an agent of bribery . He wished to add , respecting one of the bills presented by him last night —the only one entirely new , that on evidence and procedure—that he should before he went abroad , leave not only an abstract of it carefully prepared , but also a full note of all the cases at law referring to the matter of each clause , which would be found convenient in the examination of the various proposed alterations of the law . The House then adjourned until Friday , at half-past 4 o ' clock .

      SOUSE OF COMMONS . —Wednesday , Nov . 17 . The House met at twelve o ' clock . MR . VILLIERS ' S PENDING MOTIOJT ON FREE TRADE . Mr . J . Wilson said , in the unavoidable absence of his hon . friend the member for Wolverhampton , he had been requested to communicate to the house the terms of the motion which Ins hon . friend intended to submit for consideration on Tuesday next . They were as follows : — " That it is the opinion of this house that the improved condition of the country , and particularly of the industrial classes , is mainly the result of recent commercial legislation , and especially of

      the act of 1846 , which established the free admission of foreign corn ; and that that act was a wise , just , and beneficent measure . That it is the opinion of this house that the maintenance and further extension of the policy of free trade , as opposed to that of protection , will best enable the property and industry of the nation to bear the burdens to which they are exposed , and will most contribute to the general prosperity , welfare , and contentment of the people . That this house ¦ will be ready to take into its consideration any measure consistent with the principles of this resolution which may be laid before it by her Majesty ' s ministers . "

      FREI 6 HT-3 I 0 NEY IN THE NAVY . Sir George Pechell , in moving for a return of the freight-money received by the treasurer of Greenwich Hospital , condemned the existing system of transmitting bullion and specie to this country on board of Her Majesty ' s ships . Mr . Stafford did not oppose the motion , but suggested that it would be more satisfactory if Sir George would bring forward a substantive proposition , instead of raising a discussion on moving for an unopposed return .

      THE FUNERAL OF WELLINGTON . Sir C . "Wood brought up the report of the select committee respecting the attendance of the House at the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington . Mr . Walpolb , in order that the matter might be recorded in the journals of the House , moved a formal resolution , which was agreed to . Captain Scobell complained that the navy was not to be represented by deputation in the procession . '

      Mr . Walpole said , it had been found impracticable to have depu tations from all the public bodies with whom the Duke had been con nected , and it was considered that the navy would be sufficiently re presented by the First Lord of the Admiralty . The House adjoined at a quarter to 2 until Friday .

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      CONTINUED SITTING OF THE CONVOCATION . Eeporters were on Tuesday admitted to the Upper House , after prayers ; and their account of the proceedings rivals in length that of the Parliament opposite . At the commencement of the proceedings , a short discussion took place as to the right of the Archbishop to prologue the Convocation at his own pleasure , without the consent of the suffragan bishops . The Archbishop said that he had no idea of

      surrendering the right , but he would be very sorry to exercise it at any time , except under very peculiar circumstances . He hoped the necessity for using such a power would not arise . After several speechesthat by the Bishop of Exeter , long and impressive—an amendment , drawn up by the Bishop of Salisbury , as a substitute for the Bishop of Oxford ' s , was unanimously adopted . It did not pray for the restoration of active power to Convocation , but expressed a strong feeling to that effect . The following resolution was also adopted nem . con .:

      —" That a committee of this HouseSbe appointed to consider an address to her Majesty as to a measure for the better enforcement of discipline among the clergy ; and that such committee be instructed to confer with one U be nominated in the lower House for the like purpose , and to report to Convocation thereon . > The House shortly before five o ' clock adjourned to Wednesday . » In the Lower House there was a very animated debate on the selection of a " committee of grievances . " Archdeacons Garbett and Denison came more than once into hot collision . The House was adjoined by the Yicar-General , at the rising of the Upper Chamber , to Wednesday .

      Both Houses again met on Wednesday , when an address to the Queen , praying that Convocation may be restored in its integrity . The Convocation was then adjourned until the 16 th of February .

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      THE SEAECH FOE SIE JOHN FRANKLIN . It is with no small gratification that we announce the return from the Arctic regions of the Isabel screw-steamer , under Commander Inglefield , B . N ., who has , during an absence from England of four months only , delineated and searched a longer line of coast than , we believe , has ever been laid down within the same period by any one yet employed in search of Sir John Franklin ' s expedition . Captain Inglefield sailed from Greenhithe for Davis ' s Straits on the 5 th of July last . He arrived at Disco Island , the usual rendezvous of vessels proceeding to the north , and thence proceeded to search the whole north coast of Baffin ' s Bay , and the various inlets and channels leading out of it , beginning with Westenholm Sound and Whale Sound , which latter presented two large openings to the north-eastward . On

      entering Smith Sound , at the head of Baffin ' s Bay—long considered as a promising field for discovery—the passage wideued until it became a broad expanse of open water , and it seemed as if the little Isabel were upon the verge of the long-talked of Polar basin . It being evident that Sir John Franklin ' s party had not passed through this opening , her course was directed to Jones ' s Sound , which was penetrated as far as 85 degrees west longitude—very far beyond any preceding expedition ; when , being arrested by ice , Captain Inglefield was obliged to stop short . Hence he proceeded to Beechy Island , where he found the . North Star , and gladdened the hearts of all at the depot by delivering the numerous letters and despatches which hai been put ot

      board the Isabel before leaving England . Here he arrived a fortnighn ate the departure of the Prince Albert , and learned that Sir Edward Belchers progress had apparently continued unobstructed , and that no ice had been seen in Wellington Channel up to the 5 th of September . After a sojourn of 12 hours only , at Beechy Island , the commander set out upon his passage down the west side of Davis ' s Strait intending to proceed along the coast , but a succession of furious gales baffled repeated attempts to keep in with the land , and , most reluctantly as it would appear , Captain Inglefield shaped his course for

      England , having at last been compelled by heavy weather in the Pentland Firth totake refuge in Stromness harbour , whence the news of his return has reached us . It is satisfactorily demonstrated that Franklin has not been driven into Baffin ' s Bay from the north , nor been wrecked within that part of the Arctic region , nor proceeded in any other direction than that long since pointed out , so that we may toect our undivided attention towards the quarter whither Sir Edward tfeicner is pressing forward under circumstances the most favourable snati can be desired .

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      — - — H — - . i THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON . FATAL ACCIDENTS AT THE LYING IN STATE . The first public day of the l ying in State at Chelsea * Hospital was attended with a lamentable loss of life , and with injury more or less serious to a number of individuals . On Saturday , everything indicated that an immense concourse of people would go to view the lying in State , and that there would be great crowding and squeezing to gain admission . It was known that the capabilities of the hall

      however much increased , fell far short of what was requisite for the numberswho would seek to enter it , and , as a necessary consequence , preparations of the most complete and extensive character ought to have been made to insure protection to life and limb under circumstances of the kind . Not only did the occasion demand that the order and decorum of the streets should be preserved , but it was obvious that thousands of women and children would be among the crowd , whose safety , if anything went wrong , would be seriously compromised . Will it , then , be credited that the arrangements of the

      previous day , for carriage company , were considered quite sufficient fot tte safety of the masses ; that only four small barriers on the pavement in front of the hospital were constructed ; and that the whole police force on the spot , and available for a great emergency like this , was not more than 150 men , if so nracli ? To understand fully thegrossness of the case , it is necessary to enter into some details , which we shall endeavour to make as clear as possible . The hall and chapel of the Hospital occupy its north facade , and form the centre of the hollow square which is seen from the river . On the north

      front of this facade runs the New-road , connecting Queen ' s-road east with Queen ' s-road west , and beyond this road is a square piece of unoccupied ground , 10 acres in extent , intersected north and south by an avenue of trees , and surrounded by brick-walls or railing . The Hospital thus stands in a most favourable position for the management of a great multitude , the approach through the avenue referred to being directly opposite the covered why provided for entering , and giving , with the aid of barriers , the most ample facilities for getting the people quietly and without risk of injury into the building . . Overlooking all these facilities , and , indeed , every other precaution that ought to have been adopted , the police authorities who undertook the

      arrangements proposed admitting people at the carriage entrance and letting them depart at the east end , without any other precaution than a barrier or two inside , and four on the pavement without . What was the consequence ? The tide of people set in like an inundation , and before the small force of men at the Hospital knew what they were about , the entire approaches were blocked up . Then ensued scenes of confusion and struggles for bare life , frightful shrieks and exclamations of agony , such as will not readily be forgotten by those who were present . Women were knocked down or fainted away ; children were held aloft to escape suffocation ; strong men were seen with the perspiration , notwithstanding the coldness of the weather , falling in great drops from their faces ; and fathers and brothers strove

      in vam to recover their relatives torn from them in the crowd . The multitude actually smoked like a heated liay-stack from the pressure and strain upon individuals . It was necessary ( the precautions to secure order having 136611 neglected at the outset ) that steps should be taken to restore it , that the carriage-way in front of the Hospital should be cleared , the people confined to the causeway , and a force employed to form barriers . Most fortunately , Superintendent Pearce , who had the charge of the police arrangements at the Exhibition , came on duty in the morning , and by his exertions a far greater sacrifice of life than

      what actually took place was in all probability prevented . He sent at once for more men , and with the aid of the military had barriers constructed at the points where they were required . So urgent , however , was the need of them that cabs had to be used for the purpose . Of course , when all the mischief has been done , the efforts required to clear the streets and restore order are attended with the greatest difficulty , and , though absolutely requisite , aggravated for a time the confusion and the risk of accident . Thus we are told of a rope being used as a barrier , and of people attempting to pass under itwho were

      , shoved forward on their faces and trampled on . We also saw the police use their batons very freely in order to make the crowd give way ; but all this occurred in the necessary discharge of their duties , and , however unseemly under the circumstances , is not the real cause of offence which the public will expect to find rigidly inquired into . . They will seek to know why the facilities afforded by an open space 10 acres in extent , fronting the hospital , were not turned to account ; why the avenue intersectino- this space and forming a direct approach to the Hospital was not rendered

      available ; why visitors departing at the east corner of the building encountered an opposing stream of people seeking admission on that side . They will want to know above all , why there was not a reserve of men at hand on an occasion of the kind , instead of havino- to send to bcotland-yard for them , and to wait their arrival . It is said that such great crowds were not expected on the first day , and that it was thought people would keep away from fear . Such an excuse , however , is absurd , and there is no use whatever in paying for the maintenance of a police force unless it is prepared to meet all contingencies . We have spoken only of the foot passengers , but there were long lines of cabs and carriages filled with visitors that never

      got near the Hospital at all , and thousands upon thousands of people who seeing the state of matters turned back immediately By all the principle thoroughfares from Chelsea , even as far as the Mall , in St . James -park , this back tide of disappointed pedestrians might throughout the whole day be seen returning . It was nearly three o ' clock in the afterdoon before order was re-esta bushed and the safety of the public adequately provided for . Ifter that time the circulation of the streets was restored and matters went smoothly enough . Probably , the alarm which had been JLJT news of people havmg been crushed to doath , and which spread like wildfire m every direction , magnified of course as it went , help ed to disperse the crowd . The bodies of the two women who wei squeezed ifipf ? T / TM * £ " L os P ital , where they 4 reTdei _ tried as that ot Mrs . Bean , aged 50 , the wife of a livery stable keeper of Cumberland-mews , Regent ' s-park ; the other that of a df

      crowd- "fSr f Sat t , *¦* ^^ rsr ^^ m crowding into Chelsea on Monday . According + n + 1 ^ « . * * I Q » the voA there were 100 , 000 pLi ^ . ^ W ? ° early as 7 o ' clock , and crowds continued to sLrnn in » w . •\ 3 S 22 SL— "teed » -W 3 Ms An inquest on the bodies of those who wptp Vilina ™ c * j held by Mr . Wakley on Monday andSTitit 1 t ^ atmd fy' ms jury , after upwards of two hours 7 ' ffl&fiSdW [ ' * " diet : _« Accidental death , accompanied toan S ™ ^ I mg Ver ~ better arrangements were not baS ^ ST ^ ^^? that public safet / on Saturday mornin g last » V ° authonto » tor 1 * e

      THE FUNERAL . This event took place on Thursdav Sr » ™ , ™ i . ^ the public universally to be specS of tiff *? ^ " ?*** ^^^ & * £ »^ = #

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      country , and fresh arrivals continued lip to a late hour on Weduesdn night . So early as mid-day on Wednesday , St . Paul ' s , Fleet-streef the Strand , and in fact every street along the whole route by wind ' the funeral cortege was intended to pass was crowded with persoi anxious to examine and select for themselves the spot where t \ J thought they could best obtain a , view of-the procession ; and although the rain began to fall at nine o ' clock , still many persons were perambulating the streets engaging seats and marking favourable sites

      At an early hour St . Paul ' s Church-yard was crowded , and on eacl side of Ludgate-hill , Fleet-street , and the Strand , there were rows of persons closely pressed together . From Temple-bar eastward to St Paul's barricades had been erected on the pavement on either side all along that portion of the line of route . Temple-bar was elegantly ornamented with tapestry , adorned with various military and heraldic embelishments , and surmounted by urns intersected by blazing toivW

      which in the darkness of the night had a most imposin g effect . * At five o ' clock there was a long line of carriages extending from Charing-cross to the Horse-guards , containing persons in hi gh life who had tickets of admission , and from the immense crowds * which were moving from Pimlico , Vauxhall , Lambeth , and other places on the Surrey side , they experienced the greatest difficulty in gaining admission . At a quarter to six the cavalry began to arrive and take un their positions behind the Horse-Guards . About the same hour the mourning coaches arrived at Storey ' s-gate , when an immense concourse of people assembled under the impression that admission into St James ' s Park could be obtained at that point ; but they were for some hours disappointed in their expectation .

      Shortly after six the Royal carriages drew up behind Buckingham - gate , and a great number of men belonging to different regiments came down the Victoria-road from Chelsea Hospital , and many others marched along the Birdcage-walk towards Bucking ham- gate from the Wellington Barracks . The artillery came down the Victoria road , each gun being drawn by six horses , and attracted peculiar notice , the sight being a novel one to those who were assembled . At the entry to Constitution Hill by the triumphal arch there was a tremendous crowd , in consequence of their progress to the Green

      Parlhaving been for some time stopped by the various troops of cavalry and infantry coming from the Cavalry Barracks in Albany-street and the Infantry Barracks near Portman-square . A considerable body of the Life-Guards from the Knightbridge Barracks and of tto > Lancers and Hussars from the Kensington barracks also entered hy the triumphal arch , and proceeded down by Constitution Hill to the esplanade behind the Horse Guards , By 7 o ' clock the greater number of the troops who were to take part in the ceremonial was assem

      bled behind the Horse Guards , and the military array had a very grand appearance . The Green Park , to which admissionfVas permitted without tickets , at this hour presented a very animated scene and as the day brightened the numbers continually increased . Up to this hour few persons were permitted to go into the mall or St . James ' s Park , but at every entrance large crowds were gathered * anxiously waiting for the hour when the gates of the Park were to be opened . In consequence of the more cheering appearance of the weather the crowds in the various streets became dense , and were

      continually became more augmented with new comers . At half-past seven the carriages destimed for the accomodation of the foreign Ministers sent to this country entered at Buckingham-gate , and proceeded towards their stations on the esplanade . The Horse Guards . —At 8 o ' clock the esplanade in the rear of the Horse Guards presented a scene which was never witnessed before and m all probability will never hereafter be presented on that spot or indeed on any other spot in the kingdom . On the north side ' the Cavalry was drawn up in two lines , extending from the Queen ' s Mews at the end of the Mall , along the back of Carlton-terrace , to near Marlborough House . On the right the Infantry were drawn up in a line extending from the

      archway under the Horse Guards towards the back ot Downing-street and the State Paper office The variegated appearance of the different uniforms , and the contrast of colours presented a gay and gorgeous scene . The various carriages of the friends of the deceased the mourning coaches , and the equipages of her Majesty and the great officers of State , were drawn up at the further end and formed a long line . But the great point of attraction and observation to which all eyes were principally directed was the centre-on the left of the archway a large tent was erected , withm which were innumerable flags surrounding the funeral car which occupied the centre of the tent . Surrounding it were assent ! fild ^ ers \ their ^ 11 uniformswearing all officers the

      ^ T ^ , , , as WTa ^ hllts / . t ^ ir swords , a large crape " sash acim the breast and crape on their hats and helmets " . Immediately around n'lr * r ? 1 sentmels Paced t 0 and fro « At si * minutes to eight ™ Sr * n ? i V ' the si S for ^ e procession to form , inti-S r w Z ° ? eager t 0 view ' magnificent spectacle that Inn . ? + ?^ f ° be dissi P ated and the ^ h > p « realised . The w"L « f W S ?*? raised > and the fliner ^ tent surmounted by a canopy , under which the coffin was placed , was displayed . At Z ^ ZTj ^ iT'ft ^ ar gons ** ceald ! andtte SSLTS ? r i \ ' i nfan i t 0 moveThe Procession then pro-CG ^^^ ° t offi « al programme . 1 O ter the

      sidtnhlpVu P ? ° cessi 0 * ^ ved sun shone out with con - S ^ 'jf Wte ^ tre to the splendour of the cortege , ^ aved 2 7 ? ° f M ' " ^ f the different regiments alternate Sed tl Mar ^ -tne drums being muffled ; and as they Si ? w ^ f I alaCe ' each band ' ^ I »«* l the Royal S 2 t c 1 G So ^?? ' The several ^ giments of Man try SS& ^^ i 0661 ?^ thirty - five mhmtes m ™™ g > ^ <*» m ^^^^ J ™^ mhrates - After that P ° ^ ^ HZIZ lldl PreCeded the Car had moved ' ° ™ minutes elapsed faTtalhincr ^ f ^ r m J oti 011 ' consequence of the care required ftoS ^ fi ^ * ?? r eatl 1 the ^ nt . The whole procession SoSM ^ i 1 IMmng 2 ' , ? { t vas in motion ' » Pied * s war as 8 K of 7 « T Be f thQ Car ' which was ot > course the chief S -lfaction , and was ornamented with wreaths of laurelheraldic emblazonments , shields , coats of mail , and various other S ^ tT" * ^ n State C ° ° the SpeArSjSrf %£ S 4 and of igantic - th

      ^ ^^ " ^^ » g pro Cilf I 6 ! T eateSt n ° tice ' aiSi » S " " and officer r ^ I Mere ? ^ ments ' Tliere were wren men and one Snt ° om T' an T ? lle fr ° each re S iment lieaded ^ five officers , hor e of 1 f 1 Jm a P eculiar attention ^ cted to the aaWhirif wih ' -fl *? . f ° P in the ««» wd raogaked * Tntwir ^^^ lllus J ^ s departed on many public occasions We ^ UnSTtil Saddle T P P laced the b 0 ° " * he Dnke of beht tard Vp 1 T ° ! i' ^ ° sition bei » g versed , tlieheels beng towards the head , and the toes towards the haunches of tho

      thfre n ^ A ^ T ' " ^ ^ Processi on reaching Trafalgar-square ctnSTM *;?> tah UaVdS ' lat e ^ » S »* " fay SUtreZ ™ S ? ^' ' gm ' ngdtaftioia to the police and boI-? S £ g SC' ^ ctZr of poIice * re 4 Uired by the Strong barricades yere also placed across the end of the' Haysuperintendence of Mr . Otway and Inspector Mahony and Sargeant

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      228 THE STAft OF FREEDOM . ILNov EMBER 20 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1705/page/4/