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      The Boyai Kent Theatre , at ^ Kensington , fcas been soliibr 1 , 100 guineas . IK Combeblakd the wages of liaymaiera are only 9 d . a day . The Steaji-ship Tiger , built in Hall , recently performed theToyage from that port to Hamlfttrg in liJrtv--five hours and a half . . Csastkey has nearly finished a fine statae of fbe late William Eoscoe , to be placed in the Towniall of Liverpool . It is sah > that Mb . Spbibs of Elderslie , will ie the new Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire ; Sir John Maxwell having refused the appointment . . Hk . HexstCoopeb "has " been appointed Judge of the Colony of South . Australia , in the room of the late Sir John JefFeott . - . ¦ _ - ^^^^_^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ g ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

      A DiunsKEX "Womax threw her son three rears of age ont of -S second story window , one day last weeVia Erury Lane . It is expected the child will die . TSS ZFoTTiTDATIO-S FOB A STATUE of Dr . Johnson , intended to be erected in the Marketplace , Lichfield , wa 3 recently laid with appropriate ceremonies by the Sererend Chancellor Law . At the hai / f-yeabi / t \ ELebti : ng of Shareholders in the IdTerpool and Manchester Railway , held ' on Wednesday week , a dividend of 1 % per cent for the half year was declared . Chester Towx-Cottxcil . —At a late meeting _ of the Chester Town-Council , it was proposed to convert the Corporation iitchen into a lock-up house for the night police .

      Bctlaxd . —Kndand must be a pleasant county to lire in . At the Assizes last week , there was not a sinde prisoner for trial , and only one cause at the 2 usi " JPrras "bar . A Tsuy handsome Silteu Cttp has been presented to Mr . E . Blaekford , of the King ' s Arms Ina , Malmesbunr , by the Sunday-school teachers , for his exertions in favour of education . ^ fnii Ostrich in the Manchester Zoological Gardens , last week died from the effects of some foolish person having given it a half-penny ,, to test its fabulous powers of digestion . At Chabltox , in the county of "Wilts , in the vear IS 3 " , six people were interred whose nnited ^ e ? amounted to 5 C" years , namely 80 , So , 73 , S 2 , 95 , and 92 . The number of burials in the year 14 .

      We have HEATH * that the Clergyman of the Established Church at Wallsend , has recently refhsed to inter in the burial ground of that place , three children , on the ground that they were baptized bv Dissenters . This is disgraceful . THE Crops . — The accounts of the crops and projects of the harvests were favourable , generally , ] 2 > £ weei ; bnt a season of warm dry weather seemed to be almost universally anticipated , and in the place thereof the Tain has fallen abundantly . Glasgow College . —The Dean and Faculty of Glsseow College have elected Mr . Edmund Law Lushirgton , Fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge ,, to the Greek chair in the University , vacant by Sir Daniel Sandford ' s death .

      Expense ot Makixg Railways . — The expense of matins the Birmingham and London Railway , will average about £ 45 , 000 per mile , the Midiacd £ -20 , 000 ^ the Birmingham and Liverpool £ -20 . 000 , and the Birmingham and Derby £ 18 . 000 . Toe Sirius , belonging to the St . George ' s Steam 2 \ a * i 2 aiion Company , and Tecenilj trading- from LoBdon to iXew York , on Saturday , sailed for St Petersburg , vrith many passengers . This is the first arteiapr to go from England to St . Petersburg hr steam .

      Doctor in Medicine . —It is with great pleasure we learn that George Pyemont Smith , son of ilr . SamL Smith , sen ., surgeon , of the Leeds General Infirmary , had , on Wednesday last ( after passing the usual examination in June ) the diploma of Poetor in 3 Iedicine conferred upon him at the Unrrersiiy of Edinburgh . In thereiirn of Louis the 15 th of France , a meeting was held at Toulouse , on account of the scarcity of bread- The president made a fine speech on " the subject , when a note was handed to him , which said , *• The belly has no ears ; hunger has no loyalty ; and harraneues ' are to no purpose . "

      A Sunday school teacher happened to be snm-Eansd before a . clerical magistrate , not ten miles 6 am iioBinwood ; tie magistrate finding the defendant had an attorney to manage his case , dismissed it ; but , having an antipathy to the defendant , he then asked him . " What place of worship did yon attend on Sunday last ?' '' "I was at school , both forenoon and afternoon . " Magistrate— 4 i I say , what ^ lace of worship Vere yon at last Sunday - - " The man answered as before . Magistrate— "I convict you in one shilling and costs , lor neglecting to attend divine service . " The costs were Ss ., penalty , is-makiceS * . As there was no summons in this case , nor an " v witness to support the accusation , how was the expense made into 8 s .: And how has the ¦» ho ! e 9 s . been applied ?

      Bitxxg Oft a Boy ' s Ear . —At the Guildhall , ¦ cq . Thursday week , Thomrs Brockston , a labourer , h Messrs . * Galloway ' s foundry , in West-street , ESen , Ids dsaghteiy -and Catharine HenT > es-= y , VBra ehzrgei with being concerned in an Irish roTr in which a poor boy had his ear bitten off . It appeared that Mrs ^ Hennessy . had been drunk and quinelsonse during the afternoon , and wa 3 confined fora short rime in ~ the watchhouse . Being released at seven o ' clock , she met Mrs . Brocksron and her daughter , and called them into a public-house , on Hoibors-M : l , to treat them with some beer- "While they were drinking Mrs . Hennessy let slip some impatanon on the morality of Mrs . Brockston , and

      a fi ght immediately ensued , in which Ellen joined . Mrs . Henoessv ' s boy singled out Ellen for an opponent , an . 1 she , after receiving a few blows , screamed out for her father . The father , who was preparing his tea , ran down stairs , and catching hold of the boy . bir his ear off . Other parties were engaged in the a&ay . Young H . ennessy ' 3 ear was afterwards fitted on zxs old portion and sewed to hi 3 head ; and tear lie dances of an union may not be lost by his appearance as a witness , he is for the present dstsiaei in Su Bartholomew ' s . The prisoners were reaanird till a satisfactory certificate of the boy ' s recovery i * forwarded bv the surgeon of the Hospital to Alderman Lainson .

      Attempted Suicide . — On Thursday morning week , a young gentleman ., named Andrews , who has reepndy arrived in London from Birmingham , made a most desperate attempt to commit suicide by infiictng a frightful gash in his throat with a razor . Tne unhappy youtbThas been living with a female at a hmise of ill-fame in the "Waterloo-road , and on t&ree visits to the gaming bells ( in the Quadrant and Lac-ester-square , lost upwards of £ 300 . He has received several remittances of money by letter , and wrote for a further sum on Saturday week , but received an answer to the effect that Ms mother was

      ssjiposed to be laid on liar death-bed , and that no © are monev would be forwarded . In a short time sfcrsrards he was found in an out-house in the state sioTe described . The nearest surgeon was sent fe , who promptly attended and sewed op the wound , viaeD he pronounced not to be so dangerous as was « first anticipated . There are several streets in Waterloo-road , and every house in them is occupied lj girls of a certain description , and scarcely anight p&es without persons being robbed , after partaking < f drugged spirits , &c ., and which is , doubtless , the case of many suicides .

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      A FEW STRANGE TENURES . . Alarm at Broad-honse , in the parish of Penis ton , a the county of York , pays yeariy to Godfrey Bos-T 3 fe , a snowball at midsummer , and a red rose at UBistmas . ^ , 1 2 Ham ce Albemarle holds the manor of Loston , * 7 tae service of finding for om Lord the King , two ^^ s , and one ] oaf of oat bread whenever he shall « mt in the forest of Eastmoor . John Compes had the manor of Finchfield given iaml j King Edward III- for turning the spit at his tt wooation .

      Ge ofi y Frnmbraiid held sixty acres of land in " ffigfieid , in the countT of Suffolk , for paying J 88 " ! to our Lord the King , two white doves . 1 Tould , says Fox , a tax devise , _ ^ Hch shall not fall on me ; Tha tax receipts , Lord North replies , ¦ for those von never see . ; -

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      So . 1 . TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND .. , llow-Cot-stktmex , —If ever you were serious , " * « o now . The subject on -which I am about to "j ^ ssyou , is indeed momentous . The chains of ° « Tery are forging for yon ! Will you wear them ? ^ speaking with ajree man ' s voice and resolution T ^ fj t he power which would first divide yon , and F * a trample upon yonr remainmg rights . Nothing "">« certain , than that the " ancientinstitutiong "

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      of this country cannot long snrvive , if the mere party contentions , which have of late years agitated the nation , be not rerj soon , somehow or other , brought to a close . I have , as yon are iware , appealed to the fathers of the people , to the nobles of the land . To them I have appealed in yain . They are fast afleep in the arms of Ikfideuty , and have forgotten that " Christiamitt i * part and parcel of the law of Exglakd . " They are blinded by the spirit of darkness , which tells them , and they believe it , " that labour and poverty are ordained by God to be for ever nnited" ( Melbourne \ )—that , '_ ' to make any legal provision for the poor , is attempting to overturn the original decree orthe Creator of the universe" ( Fitzwilliam ;>—nay , even that , ^ charitable views are most ruinous in a Government ; ( Haddmgton . ) __ ¦ ¦ _ . . ... .

      Being resolved , if possible , to avert the dreaafbl state of anarchy , which a government , acting on such diabolical and unconstitutional principles , must if they persist , as they are now doing , to embody them in practice , inevitably produce . I turn from the Infidel peers of a Christian nation , to the people , who have not yet swallowed the contents of the poisoned chalice of Infidelity , believing that they ¦ will listen to xae , whilst I endeavour freely andboldly to assert the Truth j and whilst I call upon them to awake their / afAers out of their death-like dream . The names of Tory , Whig , and Radical have so long ranged the people of England under party flags , that the KationalVmon Standard has been laid by , as a thine forgotten . The interests of the veoplehaxe

      . been merged in the emoluments ¦ of partisans ; the princi ples of the Constitution * have been overturned by the expediency of her enemie-, the national rightold-feshioned English feeling has been banished from onr breasts by the rancour of party , and we have ceased to feel for each other asbrethren . We are no longer a band of patriots , as our forefathers were ; we are disjointed and distracted , we are broken and divided ; we are enfeebled and well nigh destroyed ^ aadsnaBbecome fifwe do not soon discover our error J an easy prey to that poweb , which has caused onr disunion for the purpose of consuming our strength , —to that power , which has alone gained bv the ruin of millions . The poweb I allude to is neither Tory , Whig , nor Radical . It has insinuated itself into

      every party , —nay , it boasts , at this moment , that all the leaders of each political sect are its votaries : and thus , to advance its own interests , and to delude the peop le , it marshals the one party against the other in hostile array , —talcing care , ' however , that the close of prery conflict shall find itself advancing in station , and bearwitness to its own progressive advance , inBuenw , and strength ; whilst the people , with the constitution , are gradually sinking into slavery and decay . Ask yon what that power is ? See it enthroned m Fbaxce—established on the miseries of millions . ' supported bj the bayonets of hundreds of thousands of mercenaries J—and dazzling , at this moment , a nation of slaves , with the glories of an Africa * conquest !! In Esbuxo yon will find it in the

      portfolio of every ministry , estranging the aristocracy from the people—teaching the people to despise their constitutional rights and privilesespoisoning the minds of the agricultural and manufacturing employers against their respective labourers and servants—and compelling the latter to recognise an enemy in the very man under whom ¦ they earn their " dailj bread ; " "—placing a barrier between the people and the monarch , whose young and guileless mind they attempt to occupy with a ceaselessround of empty " andheartless pleasures . You may read it in the midnight assassin statute , empowering Ministers to scourge the land with ?/; icon-> ntutional metropolitan police ; in the accursed New Poor Law ; and in the intended establishment oi a . rural police , which waits onlv for a favourable

      opportunity , to deprive you of your last remaining rights . Do you ask the name of tne monster ? Go to the Stock Exchange , and read it in every forehead . It is covetoi'sxess . ' It is Ixfhjemty . ' which grasps at power , that it may obtain wealth ! which lays its fangs as remorselessly , and as surelv . on the aristocrat ^ the fanner , the old fashioned English merchant , tbemanufacturer , and the shopkeeper , asit doe- on the humblest labourer ! Its cunning enables it to do this , l > . v ejreiting the Jealousies of each against the other , and by keeping them in a perpetual war , about Tory , Whig , and Radical , whiL-t it—unnoticed bj anr ~ robs and enslaves them all . '

      This power or spirit—mnnster or demon , call it by what name you will , is entirelr / t / m ^ n to every English , to e \ erv Christian feeling , and to every patriotic principle . It takes every form—array sits elf in every colour , and assumes every disguise . " Its object is to confound and to mislead , in ordf r that it may destroy •—its cri *» s are ever , " Give , give , ' '— "more , more , ""more labour for less > io : ney , "—" more goods for less cai . " The old English tradesman is already banished by its influence f the " live and let lire" principle is extinct . That feeling of good-will between the Government and the People—between landlords and farmers—between fanners and labourers , and manufacturers and mechanics , which nas formerly the

      glory and the strength of Englaxd , has been supplanted by jealousy and her sister hatred ; and each one is now only esteemed by another , in the exact ratio that he can be made conducive to the acquirement of wealth . The spirit of which I speak may be seen personified in our manufacturing towns , in every foreign mercantile establishment , instead of onr old English Christian merchants , who reallv wished the native manufacturers to thrive , we now ' see a race of foreign Infidels , usurping their places , who » e only desire , and whose interest it is , to feed upon the spoil of our workshops . In e-very town vou may see this spirit embodied in ~ Cheap Shops , " established by its votar ies of the " Slaughter-house system , " who avail themselves of the miseries and the misfortunes of our

      manuiactnrers , and bny up , at half cost , the stocks of our insolvents ; and , ' by selling them at reduced prices , prevent i / ie fair trader from entering the market . " The Slaughter-house establishments " have driven our old merchants from the home market , as the foreigners , now settled in England , are fast driving them from the markets abroad . The race of old English shopkeepers is well nigh superseded by the flashy dealer , who dazzles and decoys by the tempting glare of ricketed , shoiry , cheap goods . This anti-English spirit has been lately exhibited in the exportation of our improved machinery , and of onr yarn ; thus giving foreigners every facility to spin their own yarn , and in the meantime furnishing

      them with our yarn to weave , —whilst our own weavers are in the last stage of destitution amd despair . Nay , thi * is not enough ; the monster power , has opened onr port * to onr foreign , rival manufacturers , who are now allowed to compete against ourselves , in our own markets . You may trace the murderous step 3 of this monster in the famine , which is produced by its influence , amongst our Highland brethren , thousands of whom have been forbidden bylaw to avail themselves of nature ' s spontaneous gifts , which are cast by the waves on the Northern shores . Thus , as the lamented Sadlip . once assured me it would do—has it deprived them of their " daily bread . "

      The spirit alluded to has insinuated itself into all our manufactories—the object of onr manufacturers no longer being . to make a useful , good , substantial article—but as showy , as cheap , and consequently as deceptive and flimsy an article as possible . The labourers universally find this spirit overpowering them—in longer toil , and in less wages ; or , by being thrown altogether ont of employment . The cowaidlylirxt deathly orasp of this demon j ? ou-erisfe \ t by tne poor WHIT £ Ejiglish slaves , those industrious children of the poor—the Factory Children ! Its grasp is embittered too , in tlteir case , by the fact , that in very many instances , the hand , which pretends to lead them in the path of Christianity and of useful knowledge , is the same which is s ' ecretly striking the poisoned dagger to their hearts .. It deludes them with tales of woe about the heathen and the

      blacks—and betrays them , into a slavery more bitter and more heavy than that , which in others , they bemoan . It leads . them the shortest , though the roughest way to death , while telling them of Jesus ' love to little " ones ' . On it is a cruel , lying , deceitful power ! Perhaps , however , its last measure is its bloodiest —the Poor Law Amendment Act!—An act of Charity forsooth!—To force the poor to live on coarser food—or leave the land of their birth i To dissolve the marriage , the parental and the filial bonds !! To imprison the poor , that in charity , in secret , it may poison them by hundreds I A Law V . ) forsooth to trample on the prerogative of the monarch , and to destroy the right of the subject !

      - Sometimes it is the interest of this monster to assume the garb of patriotism , and prate about liberty . Then yon fiua it rousiig and exciting the people against the aristocracy , calling them tyrants , borough-mongers , and I know not what : then f rawoa is loyaltt \ and reidZion ispatriotism ! Bnt no gooner have t-he people answered its deceitful , ends by helping it to humble the aristocracy , than it turns to the terrified peers , and assures their lordships , " that they will lose their estates , if they do not plunder and oppress the poor . " Then the people are insulted in the ears of the aristocracy , by the very man , who , but a few weeks before , bowed down and worshipped the " mob . " They are" by him called " idle , lazy , and dissolute , and are jndgedj withovi having been heard in their mm defence ^ to be unworthy of a home in England h The same month which promised to emancipate them , doomed them to slavery and death !

      Nay , so deceitful is this spirit , that it sometimes assumes the plaintive strains of humanity . It was thus that it pilfered twenty millions from the labourers of England , under the pretence of releasing eight hundred thousand hnman beingsfrom slavery , bnt , in reality , its only object was to fill the pockets of its votaries— -the mortgagees and owners of slaves ! "No tithes , "—" no church rates , " are sometimes its war cry , and still , the people are required to aid ; but , when the battle is ended , the gains of church plunder are not given to the poor , they are indeed for the moment pretended to be distributed amongst the landlords , the real motive Iwing , however , to

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      secure the mortgages of its votaries on the landed estates of the entrammellad aristocrats . The blindfold , aristocrats think that they haw gained by their villany , bnt they soon find to their cost , that the plunder oftiie church and of the poor , is not intended for their use , that it is only wanted to increase the value of their estates , the security of tbe mortgagees ; preparatory to the grand iirfiction of free trade , and a " total repeal of the corn lawb , ^ and thus to secure the amounts advanced to them by flie money dealers . I can almost forgive Earl Fitzwilliam all his vagaries , all his treason , for having plainly stated to the nobles , that although they have succeeded for a momentin disencumbering their estates , bv robbing

      tbe clergy and plundering and murdering the paupers , it w not intended to allow them to pocket the yrages of this their iniquity ; but that now the spirit which they have fallen down and worshipped , requires that " the Corn Laws shall be repealed . " Yes , fellow-countrymen i when the mortgagees have entirely secured themselves , by stripping the church and the poor , then they " will laugh at the . ^ silly proprietors ,, who have aided them in robbing the poor and the clergy , and will demand that the people shall be fed upon * cheap foreign corn . ' The consequence will be , that rents will be immediately reduced at least one half ; thus will nine tenths of the landlords be at once reduced to pauperism , the " out door relief to the pensioners

      must then be withdrawn , and we shall hare Lord Brougham at the head of a host of " idle , lazy , and dissolute" peer-paupers , driven into the bastSes , there to enjoy the reward of their own nllany , feeding on '' skilly , " and dying of Asiatic ( ' ) cholera . T / te landlords will deserve it , no one can , orwil ] , pity them : and , if the gain were appropriated to the working millions , no one would rejoice so much as I , being perfectly sure , as I am , that the people would restore the plunder of the Church . I know , however , that the selfsame spirit , which shall succeed in this robbery will , if not prevented , take care that the labourers shall receive no benefit .. Their labour will be still unprotected : and , until they can succeed in

      obtaining a . legal protection for their labour , which their forefathers had secured to them by law , it is absolutely impossible that they can bebenefitted ; however cheap corn maybe , their labour will be equally , if not more cheap . This the freetraders "know full well , "more labour for less money" is all they aim at . The plovghboys will be driven by thousands into the workshops , and destitution will still be the " test" for all . ^ More goods for less money "—will be all the benefit , either to the manufacturers , or to their workmen . But let it progress ! let the kxd come ! then will the Aristocrats , the manufacturers and the working millions know , that their interest is all one and the sanie . Yes , fellow countrymen , I do believe that it is impossible to touch the pride or the honor

      of a race of nobles , who are willing to become the slaves of their own creatures—the Poor Law Commissioners I of Lords Lieutenant , who can allow their rights to _ be invaded by the tramping servants of three commissioners ! or of magistrates , who think it no degradation to obey the mandates of a hired menial ' . ^ Their honour is fled ! their national pride is extinct ? But oh , they are still sensitive , —they are still vulnerable in their pockets . They arenow assailable in that one point only ! So , people of Exulaxd ! have at them ! and , in order to open their eyes , demand foreign corn . This will as effectually wind up our state affairs , as ' . ' paying no more taxes ; and it is proposed by the selfsame person . But , take care , fellow countrymen , that i « the mean time , you are not bound hand and foot by a rural police . The spirit of the age knows , tbat ///«/ force will be required

      for the completion of his scheme . Dissappoint him there , and , when the Corn Laws are repealed , l / ie game will . be once more in pour hands—and then , jnay God give you wisdom to restore safely and comfort to the . cottage , the mansion , and the palace , by taking care that a settlement of onr national affairs be then made on equitable terms . Then , it will be just , and , if you resolve to be no more delnded , it vril ] he easy to place yourselves in a position , in which " Free Trade" may not be injurious to any of you . With our heavy taxes , our expensive establishments , our ponderous national debt , it is impossible that we can maintain a "Free Trade" with foreigners , unless we are . content always , as at present , to sacrifice all the comforts of our labourers and mechanics , at the bidding of that Demon , which has already ground them down so severelv .

      Never mind , however . Fellow-countrymen , —the game ^ is worth trying . The Aristocrats have disinherited the people—and now , my Lord Fitzwilliam has told them , that the price required for their temerity is " Free Trade in Conn . " Once more I say—have at them ; but keep your eyes wide open , and" resolve to die , rather than to submit to a Frenchified Rural Police . Jf you once permit a Rural Police to be established , the power to take advantage of the Free Tradejuggle , will no longer be in your hands , and you will then assuredly have to fight for your rights , or to submit to be slaves . FelloW-conntrrmen .- I haro ondooTowroi to

      explain to you the causes of yc > 7 ir sufferings ; to disclose the secret power , which is the main spring of all your part ;/ bickerings . I know that there are honpst patriofs in all parties ; but they are bewildered and led astray , by those designing men , who are in reality all of one creed ; and who know that it is needful to carry different colours , and to adopt different watchwords ,-in order to mislead and betray the whole people . I have said that the leaders of every parly are the votar ies of this anti-English , anti-Christian spirit ; that they are all the Apostles of one creed ; and that their battle is against land , manufacture , and labour . If you still resolve to follow them , their victory will be gained , by alternately

      warring with one party against the other . The Parliamentary leaders of every party are M althusians ! They are worshippers of capital ! In their eyes the fanners , manufacturers , and labourers , are only valuable , so long as their produce can be turned to the profit of the money change ! It matters not to them what misery and distress overwhelm the producers , goad them on to unnatural and unbearable exertionsr Theystand idly by , withmoney bags in hand , and claim and obtain , at the price of honor and of life—the whole profits of the industrious community . Their creed is , " that labour and poverty are ordained by Gi > d to be twin sisters ; " " that nature has only provided for so many persons as the wealthy require , for their comfort and convenience ; " " that the people have no natural , no constitutional , or legal « Tr : TiT tn rlwpY ! in the land , and "he fed . " "That

      the presence of the poor is only endured by sufferance ; and that patriotism requires that they should either emigrate , or be imprisoned , and deprived of every comfort ; nay , that it is charity to seem to feed them with « low poison . " Thisis the creed of them all ; Whig , Tory , or Radical ; Churchman , Roman , Catholic , or Dissenter , itmakes no difference ; by AIalthus they swear , —hisaccursed principlejthey adopt : —they defy God , and they dare to murder his poor . You see I speak quite out—it is time to do so . Onr

      religion and our country are the stake . These men mayperhaps consider themselves safe in acting as they please ; they may deem themselves to be a sort of " chartered libertines , " wearing different dresses , and avowing different creeds , who are at liberty to do what they like . Still , however great the support they may receive , and however great my sufferings in opposing them—nay , however unsuccessful my efforts may £ > e in exposing vehat I consider to be their villany , / will never be deterred from the fearless performance of what J beGeve to be my duty .

      Some of you may hitherto have trusted in Melbourne or Russell , Radnor or O'Coxnell , others in Brougham or Hume , whilst many of you have no hope in any but Peel . To me they are all alike— they are all of one creed—all sworn on one book , the book of Mai / thus ' , -which , gives the lie to thp book of nature and to the word of God . Many of you , my former friends , who now call yourselves "Conservatives" will perhaps start when I inclndeaPEELin theanti-EnglishlJst . SADLERhadnot a more determined foe . Never did Peel support that benevolent and patriotic Christian Statesman in any of his measures . Nay , I know that thousands of Sir Robert's dupes hate him : many a "Conservative "has told me , "that Peel had done more

      harm than any other man ; " but , still they follow him , —still they toast him , —tho-ngh still they suspect , find consequently delest him . "Conservatives ! " ye , who were once proud to can yourselves Tories , ! address myself now more especially to you . I have suffered much in your cause , 1 have * a right to vour attention ; I now claim it . Who , to increase \ his own fortune , notwithstanding the warnings of his venerable father , ruined thousands of industrious landlords , farmers , ban leers , manufacturers , tradesmen and labourers , by his insane " r ash-payment bill , " -umccompamed as it was , by an equitable ad ustment ? It was Peel , who , after having swom to defend the Protestants Church , basely bettayed her , and delivered her , bound band and foot , into the hands of O'Connell ? It was your pet Peel ' . And who , seeing that the New Poor Law can never be enforced

      without a rural police , has declared Ms willingness to assist the Whigs in establishing , that UN-constitutional force ? 1 ask you , is it not Peel ? Nay , -who , knowing the unpopularity of those two measures , is now waiting ( and this , more tnari any other act proves his meanness , cowardice , and treachery , ) to aid his political opponents to establish them , before he kicks them out , and takes their places ? I ask yon again , is it not your present leader Peel ? Then we shall have the Pexlites restored to office , with the nation bound hand and foot by the Whigs ; and Peel will reply to all our grumblings " These are not my measures ; they ' are Gret's and Melbourne ' s , " or perhaps he will lead off the Tories of bis ovrn , creed , ( and sorry Tones they have been , ) and , unite the Whigs and the "Conservatives , " against the old Tories and the people , and hen endeavour to enslave them both V— l&e latter is most probable . I wait to see . > ... _ " Was ever anything more ' shabby , ' more tbirobleriggy' than Sir Robert's conduct the other night on

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      Lord _ AsHtEr ' B , motion * respecting the Factories ' Regulatwn Act ? . To harrass the Government , he voted with Lord Ashley ; but he told the House , that he _ was opposed to the principle of Lord Ashj - iT ] ' He Pretended forsooth , * that it was desirable to settle the question . Why then did he not dp so , when he ^ wa in officeI His father , old &ir Robert , was the first man , who proposed Ash-^ I ^^ P ^^ Pwiiament . Then Peel supported his fether s ^ measure . Since then , it has been proposed _ by Sadler , when Peel was in power , but wnenbADLER rose to speak on the subject , PfiELUged torjseandleave theHouse . I have often heard bADLER complain of this . But now , for factious purposes , he can vote with Ashley , and at the same time

      protest against his Lordship ' s principle ! Tories — ° » ' y <» n . *™ honestj ? Call you this backine your Inends t 1 have known you , when you would have protested against such " shabby thimble-rigging . " -And ^ is this the man to save a nation ? A man without princyjfe , without cowm ^ / a mere cunnimr - debating-wrangler . Then is truth error , then is patriotism a sordid passion ! You hare a score better men tlian Peel in Parliament ; bat you know them iiot , becaus ^ his policy has always been to keep them m the back ground , to silence them . I know that this is true . Awake , then , be not afraid ; seek for men _ of prmcip ( e , courage , and patriotism and , havwfonnd them , ( as you soon may ) follow ^^^^^^^^^^ iUnever again of

      y rt'iZ " ^ speaHng witbTyour ' eneS in the gate . I have , said that Peel has been the means of keeping your best men in the back ground , and of silencing them . Read the following — . A certain Baronet , who bad been many years in Parliament and a long time in office under Peel , had scarcely ever opened his mouth in the House ! I ^ new this gentleman to be a ve ry sensible , talented man , but I had fancied , although , he could speak well and fluently in private , that in public he could not speak . At length , it so happened , that , he offered himself to represent ? a populous borough . During the contest , he was obliged-to address large bodies of people , and of con stituente . I then found that he -was reallv-a ' vpfv

      superior pnblic orator . Being acquainted with his brother , I expressed my surprise to him , and said , " How is it that Sir J . should have been so long in Parliament , and never 'have spoken , except on one question , and that only two or three times ? How is it ? I had fancied that lie was no speaker , —and now I find , that , if he had been practised , he would have been as able a debater as Sir Robert Peel . " My friend answered— " My brother , you know , was ( mentioning his office ) , and the business of that office is seldom introduced in . debate , —and it is Sir Robeut ' s plan to keep his subs back , and never to allow them to speak , save on matters relating to their own particular departments . " I rejoined , " That explains to me why the Whigs , with scarce ! v

      any talent , should be able ' to beat the Tories in debate , in spite of the overwhelming ability of tlie Tory benches . They push their young men forward —Sir RoBEATAeeps his back . " I saidmuchmore ; but now , "Conservatives , " what say you to your leader ? The above anecdote is true ; and I am sure that the Baronet I speak of , would have been a much greater statesman than Peel , if he had not been tethered and tongue-tied b y his master , -whose only proof of greatness has been displayed in having sunk his own party , which was , before he became its leader , the strongest party in the Slate I He has succeededin doing what the Whigs in vain attempted—he has destroyed the party which had ruled the nation for more than fifty years ! Tones , I ask you seriously , what has Sir Robert Peel done for yon ? Tell me one measure that he has propose'd which has served your cause . He has

      divided you and sunk you , and made you ashamed of your name , and thnt is all which Peel ha 3 done for the very party which worship him . It is useless to ask what good he has done for the nation ! I need not ask the Marquis of Ghandos to tell how wonderfully Peel has befriended the agriculturists ! nor the Earl of Winchelsea how bmvely he has defended theCfiurch ! Tell me , then , ye Conservatives , who are now the fools—who the madmen ? For my own part , I would hot give a pin to chuse out of the whole seven I have named ; they are all Malthusians—disguise themselves as they may . They arq the enemies of land , of manufacture , and of labour;—they are the foes of Christianity—they are the curse of England . If " their creed be the Truth , the wisdom of all our former Statesmen and Divines is folly . Then the Bible is a lie : and the Book of Nature is but a blotted scuoll ov BLUKDEIlS !

      _ So far Ihave briefly but correctly , and I hope convincingly , sketched the chief causes of our general decline , our comnaon and wide-spread misery and national degradation ^ Fellow-countrymen , think upon them , muse awhile , and deeply ponder them whilst you pause , I am preparing to propound the remedy . I am , fellow-countrymen , Your most faithful friend and servant , mCHiVXVI > OA'JTLEU . Fixby Hall , near Huddersfield , July 13 th , 1838 .

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      To Her most Gracious Majesty victoria , by the Grace of God , of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Queen , Defender of the Faith . ' The Petition of' the Loyal and Independent Inhabitants of the . Borough of Oldham , in the County Palatine of Lancaster . . May it please your Majesty ,- — We , your Majesty ' s faithful and loyal subjects of Oldham , have on this day of your Coronation , assembled for the purpose Of shewing our firm attachment to your Majesty , and to those laws , and to that constitution , according to which it is rio less your M ajesty ' s pleasure than your duty , to govern the Kingdom of England .

      Viewing , as we do , with joy and satisfaction , the ascension of your Majesty to the throne of your ancestors , -we . deeply regret that we cannot join with those of your Majesty ' s subjects who now celebrate that ascension with all the outward show of unmingled satisfaction . However much we may rejoice , and we do most sincerely rejoice , that your Majesty is our Queen , oiir joy is saddened and embittered by our firm conviction , that the rights of the Crown , and the rights and liberties of the people , are trampled in the dust by corruption arid treachery . In such a state of things we consider it deceitful and disloyal tp oiler your Majesty any sort of congratulation . Being thus painfully situated , feeling that we ought not to let this day pass unnoticed , but feeling

      at the same time that we could not join in the rejoicing , real , or pretended , or otherwise , without doing violence to our senso of duty j we have come to the conclusion , after mature deliberation , that it would be most consonant with the circumstances of thecase ; wi tli pur feelings of duty to yourMajesty and to our fellow-subjects , and we doubt not with your Majesty ' s feelings also , that we should in the best manner we may be able , lay before your majesty one of the most unconstitutional , oppressive , and cruel of the manifold grievances under Which the crown and the people of this once glorious and happyj but now degraded and miserable kingdom « f England , labour : trusting to the goodness and wisdom of

      your Majesty , under the blessing of Providence , to bring to yourself and your faithful people a speedy and happy deKverance . We therefore beg most humbly to submit to your Majesty , that it has been the undoubted right of Englishmen , from times to which the knowledge of man extendeth not to the contrary , to live in reasonable ease and comfort upon the soil on which it has pleased God to put them ; that all the property and privileges of any of your Majesty ' s , subjects are founded upon , and subject to this right , that even the allegiance and obedience which are undoubtedly due to the Crown and to the laws of England are so due , and due only upon the condition , that that

      crown and- those laws will afford full protection to the people in the enjoyment of this inalienable-right : that this right > has "been most grossly , wickedly , treacherously , and cruelly violated , contrary to the peace , security , honour , and glory of your Majesty , your crown , and y » ur dignity . That it is notorious that this unheard of -wickedness has been perpetrated by three persons sitting in Sornerset House , in the city of AVeitminstGr , and known by the style and title . of "The Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales ; " that these infamous persons , pretending to act under the authority and by the direction of an act passed in the fourth and fifth years ' .-of the reign of your Majesty ' s lamented predecessor , have issued

      rules , orders , and regulations concerning the relief of the poor ; thai under these rules , orders , and regulations , poverty has been treated &s a crime ' 5 . ' your Majesty ' s loyal and dutiful isubjects have been confined in : prisons , as a punishment for their twar voidable misfortunes ; husbands have been separated from their wives , and children from their parents ¦;¦ that in this their state of unlawful imprisonment your Majesty's subjects have been ill-treated , abused and insulted , anil that in very many instances ; particularly by means of food insufficient in , quantity and pernicious in quality , whereby great numbers of your Majesty ' s subjects have been , broneht to

      premature deaths ; that your Majesty ' s' petitioners are convinced if these horrible atrocities-T ) . e notput an end to without loss of time , the bonds of society can not much longer hojd . together ; and that even the stability of your Majesty ' * throne will beendangered . ' '¦ " ¦ - ""¦¦ . ' - : ' - . :.., ,. : ' -. ; ' - : . ' / ¦¦ ¦ They , therefore , most humbly and earnestly pray that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to order that such Commission do cease to exist , and that the three wicked & . infampusi persons aforesaid , behanded over to receive such punishments for their wicked acts _ as ¦ vare by the laws of England , in that case provided , and as to your Majesty ' s wisdom may seem meet .

      Auayour petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . GOD SAVE THE QUEEN .

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      THE LONDON DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION . , At a meeting of the Conncil of this Association , held at the Market Coffee Roems , Smithfield , oil luesday evening , July 31 st , Thomas Ireland in the cbaar , the following resolutions were passed nnanimously : —¦ _ Moved by ; Mr . Williams , and seconded bt John CiouJIee . 1 st . —That we view with heartfelt pleasure and enthusiastic hope , the steady progress of the Organized agitation , principally originate *! and conducted by the Birmingham Pofiticai Union - and we hereby , in the name andoii behalf of the association , offer to the men of Birmingham ^^ our fraternal cooperation in the present holyvjust ; andj ^ loridna struggle , for the attainment orumversal Sttfrrage .

      Moved by John Dymmock , and seconded by Jotn Turner . . 2 nd . —That ; having well considered the merits of a certain document promulgated by the Birmingliani Political Union , known by the title of the " National Petition , " andhanngfor its objects the attainment . of Universal Sufirage , No Property Qnalification , Annuial Parliaments , Payment of Members , and the Ballot , we hereby adopt the said petition in the name and on behalf of the London Democratic Association . . Moved by John Turner , and seconded by Joseph Fisher . 3 rd . —That we hail with unfeigned pleasure the march of democratic organization throughout the country , as evidenced in the fonaati&n of Radical Associations by our Scottish brethren , of Working Men ' s Associations in the West of England , and last , not leait , in the progress of the Great Northern

      Union . And we hereby , in the name of the association , pledge our hearty support and cb-pperation to dWand with all who honestly and energetically struggle for the salvation of our country . Moved by Charles Neesom , and seconded by Joseph Fisher . 4 th . —That the thanks of this aasociation are pre-eminently due , and are hereby given t © the proprietor and editors of the Northern Star for their unninching defence of the interests of the unrepresented millions , their untiring advocacy of the imiveisal rights of man , and lastly for their patriotic assistance in the establishment of this association bv the publication of its addressea in their valuable journal .. In conclusion we decree , inthename of the association , that the Northern SUar shall be considered as its principal provincial organ in communicating with our brethren in the country . By order of the Council . GEORGE JULIAN HARNEY , Secretary .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Thursday , August 2 . Several Bills were brought from the Commons and read a first time . A message was also brought from the Commons , requesting a copy of the evidence taken before the committee of their Lordships appointed to inquire into the operation oi certain parts of the New Poor Law . There was a conference -with the Commons on the subject of amendments which had been made by their Lordships in the Sheriffs' Courts ( Scotland ^ Bill , and from which the Commons disagreed . The

      managers for the Lords announced that the managers for the Commons had left with them their reasons for disagreeing from the amendments . Lord LONDONDERRY again brought under the notice of the House the conduct pursued by the Irish Government in the appointment and dismissal of magistrates , and moved rhat there be laid before the House a copy of the proceedings at Newry , on the 18 th October last , against Mr . Trevor Corry , and of any correspondence on the subject between the Irish Government and Mr . T . Corry . After short discussion , the motion was agreed to .

      The Registration of Electors Bill was read a second time . The Recovery of Tenements Bill went through committee . The Insane Persons ( England ) Bill was read a second time . The Loan Societies ( Ireland ) Bill , the Fisheries ( Ireland ) Bill , and the Public Records Bill , went through committee . Lord G LENELG laid upon the table copies of the papers moved for on Tuesday respecting the kingdomof Oude . His Lordship stated , in answer to a question from Lord Ellenborough , that the 2 nd treaty which had been entered into between the Governor-General and the King of Oude , after the latter had been placed upon the throne , would not be produced , because the Home Government had refused to ratify it .

      Lord ELLENJiUROUGH observed , that such a refusal was so extreme a measure sis to call imperatively for some explanation , of the circumstances of the case . r Tlie House adjourned till Friday . Jf i * 2 * 7 s / £ * -Mtcf i-tiijC Op After the presentation of a few petitions , Lord M ELBOURNE moved that the ( Tithes ) Ireland Bill should be committed . His Lordship ' s speech was short and unimportant . He was answered by Lord BROUGHAM , who objected to the measure in a very long , very elaborate , and very eccentric speech .

      Lord FITZGERALD did not oppose it generally , but recommended its adoption with the exclusion ot ' the clauses relating to the opening of compositions already made under the faith of an Act of Parliament ; in lieu of which clauses lie afterwards moved the insertion , of " the clauses which had been on two former occasions proposed in place of . the clauses to which he had referred as having before been expunged by their Lordships . " After further speeches from Lords Wicklow , Mansfield , the Bishop of Derry , Lord Lansdowne , and Lord Melbourne , the House went into Committee , when ¦ / . ' . ¦ '¦

      Lord FITZGERALD moved and earned the omission of clauses 13 to 25 inclusive . The majority was very considerable , being 77 to 38 . Lord FITZGERALD then moved the substitution of a clause allowing the period of six weeks for the appeal . On the suggestion of Lord Melbourne , the period for allowing the appeal was extended to the 1 st of October . The clause . \ v as then inserted . Lord FITZGERALD next moved the insertion of a second clause , empowering parties complaining of tithe commutation to apply to the Lord Lieutenant in Council for the appointment of one or two persons to revise it .

      The clause , slightly amended at the suggestion of the Marquis of Down shire , was agreed to . The remaining clauses of the Bill , with the preamble and title , having been agreed to , the House resumed , and the report was ordered to be received on Tuesday , it being understood that the amendments should be discussed 011 the third reading . Several Bills on the table were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned at half-past eleven o ' clock . Saturday , August 4 . The Koyal absent was given by commission to several bills . - The Custody of Insane Persons Bill , and the Liverpool Clergy Endowments Bill , were read a third time and passed .

      The reasons of the Commons for disagreeing from the Lords' amendments in the Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) Bill were communicated at a conference , and on the motion of Lord Melbourne , it was ordered that the reasons be printed and taken into consideration 011 Tuesday . The Irish Tithes Bill was reported , and ordered to be read a third time on Monday . The Copyright Bill went through committee , and wa « ordered to be reported onMonday . The County of Clare Treasurer Bill was read a second time ,, and ordered to be committed on Monday . Monday , August 6 . Several measures were brought from the Commons , and read a first time . The order of the day for receiving the report of Lord Brougham ' s Copyright Bill was discharged .

      The Clare County Treasurer Bill , and the Fines and Recognizance ' s ( Ireland ) BiH * went through committee , and were- ordered to be read , a third tune on Tuesday . Lord Glenelg was much , pressed by Lord Brougham and Lord Ellenborough to producethe subsidiary treaty which had been entered into with the present King Oude , but he again refused ,, on , the ground that it had not been ratified . The third reading of tho Irish Tithes Bill was postponed till Tuesday , in consequence , it was understood , oi the absence of Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey , who has some further amendments to propose . The Juve-nile Offenders' BiE was read : a third time and passed , the amendment moved by Lord 'Lyndhcrst on a former day having been made

      The- Constables on Public Works' Bill and the Mails on Railways' Bill were read a second fame-and ordered to be committed , the first on Tuesday and The Prfsons' Bill ' was thrown out , on the motion thatit be committed , by a majority of 1 , the wjmbeTs being 32 and 33 . , _ ,, ¦ : . : On the motion of Lord BROuaHAM , anaddress ^ to the Crown , similar to that which was presented by

      the Commons ia May last , relative to the slave trade , ^^ ne ^ Pris pns ( Scotland ) BjTJ , and the Trading C ompanies' Bill went through committee , and were ordered to be reported on Tuesdayy LordBnouaHAM gave notice that he will oppose the last-mentioned Bill . The Registration of Electors' Bill went through committee , and several amendment 1 ? having been made n it , on the motion of Lord Lyndhubst , the report was ordered to- be received on Thursday . The House adjourned at a quarter-past sis I o ' clock .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Thursdayy August 2 , The LORD ADVOCATE brought up the report of the committee appointed to draw up reasons for disagreeing from the amendments of the Lords in the Sheriff ' s ^ ^ Courts ( Scotland ) Bill , and the Learned Lord and others were deputed to communicate them to the Lords at a Conference . The forms of Pleadings Bill , the Slave Tradei Treaties ( Sicily ) Bill , the Slave Trade Treaties ( Tuscany ) BUI , the Transfer of Funds ( War-office ) Will , and the Joint Stock Banks Bill , were read , a third time , and passed , : / r ^ 6 ^ j ^ % ** Bfl 1 ' the Valuation of LandV ^ W . Bill , the Affirmations Bill , the Stamp g'f * ' »»* / a * Bank of Ireland Repayme ^ fc Bill , wer ^ read a second time and ordered to be committed ^ ¦

      Nearly the whole of the remainder of the meat was occupied with the discussion of the Lorcla ' Amendmenta in the Municipal Corporations fire * land ) iJilJ . . v The Pensions Bill waa read a second time , and the committal of the Spirits Licenses ( Ireland ) Bitt was poaiponed till Friday . ; Mr . F 0 X MAULEobtained leave tobrihgin i bill to facilitate the establishment of district courts inboBpughs . , On themotion of Mr . RICE , leave was given tor bring in a bill [ to revise and ctaitinoe an ict passed in the first and second years of his late Majesty , to enable her Majesty to make leases ¦ and grants of

      lands and hereditaments in the Duchy of CbrnwalL / and to - . render to Parliament an annual account . The Right Hon . Gentleman also obtained leave to * bring iu another bill relating to the revenues of th » sam < rDuchy , founded with certain exceptions , on . the principle of the Nnllnm "Teinpus Acfc Lord PALMERSTON obtained leave to bring in a bill tocontinuie an act passed in the first year of Victoria , to enable her Majesty " to carry into effect any order in Council fpnthe abolitioa of slavery during the , recess of Parliament . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned at a quarter past oneo'clock .

      Friday , August 3 . In the House of Commons among the petitionspresented was one by Sir De Lacy Evans , " -from the inhabitant housholders of St . Paul's , Covent-Garden , prayiag that the powers of the Poor Law Commissiohers to let parish property without the ^ consent of the overseers may be diminished or altogether repealed . " .. ; Mr . ELLIS complained of the " omission of an , important passage in the second report of the Irish , Railway Commissioners . " Mr . RICE professed ignorance , but promised to make inquirie ^ nppn the subject . On Mr . Rice ' s motion for tho commitment of tW Pensions Bill , some compliments were paid by Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell to the conduct of the Commissioners of Metropolitan Police . Mr . HUME then moved that the bill be taken

      into consideration that day three momhs . After some expression of surprise from Mr . Rice , and a long speech from Mr . Harvey , the House went into Committee on the Bill . On the first clause granting £ 136 , 000 for the annnal payment of Pensions . Mr . HUME asked whether the pension ? granted during the reign of the Queen would be binding oa the present Sovereign only . Mr . RICE said , that the Civil List of her Majesty bad been settled wholly apart and distinct from the List of Pensions . That was tlif > recommendation of

      the Civil List Committee , and that was the principle on which the late committee had proceeded .: In respect of pensions granted by her Majesty , he could tell the Hon . Member , that in case of a certain melancholy event , to which h > would not more particularly allude , they would again come under consideration . But those pensions to which the present bill referred had no connexion with the life of her Majesty in any possible respect . The several clauses of the bill were agreed to , the House resumed , and the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday ,

      On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL for resuming the consideration of the Lords' amendment * to the Irish Munici p al Bill , Mr . BALL " objected to tha ' t-part of theamendments by which charitable trusts were to continue to be vested in the present corporators : during their lives , or Until Parliament should otherwise determine , " and moved that the committee disagree from that amendment . This led to a long , discussion . The dispute was at length settled by Lord Morpeth proposing to alter the clause thus : — "No person , except members of the church , shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor trustees for trusts connected with the united church . "

      This amendment , after some conversation , was The other clauses up to 161 inclusive were agreed to ' ¦ ¦; after which " several new clauses Were proposed by Lord Morpeth , for the purpose of giving power tocertain towns , not included in the act , to apply the provisions of the act of the 9 th of George IV . " This led to a smart discussion , but the clauses were ultimately agreed to , after a division and a . majority of 19 . ' After some further discussion , ' a committee was appointed to draw up reasons for dissenting from the Lords' amendments , which were ordered to be statei in a conference with the Lords . "

      On the order of the day for going into the Committee of Ways and Means , Sir F . TRENCH moved for a select committee to inquire into those cases in which the Irish Government Kas offered rewards for the apprehension or conviction of offenders against the laws ,, and in . which'such rewards or any portion of them have not been paid after such apprehension or conviction ,, and into the causes why they have been withheld . Lord MORPETH defended the system , and the motion was withdrawn .

      In the committee on the Customs Act , Mr . RICE proposed certain resolutions , which he bad stated to the house pn a previous night , for the reduction of the tin duties in Cornwall to los . per cwt ., prior to bringing in a bill to that effect . The resolution * also provided that compensation should be made from the Consolidated Fund for any loss which persons , now connected with those duties , might sustain . - ' ' - "• ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ' ' ¦

      The Affirmation Bill , which extends the exemptioa from taking an oath to all those who bad ever tieea 3 : any period of their lives Quakers or Moravians , ¦ was , after some discussion and opposition , passed through a committee . The Oaths Validity Bill went through a stagre , The Irish Spirit Licenses Bill was opposed by Mr . SHAW , and suported by _ Mr . O'CONNELL . It was committed by a majority of 5 , but nothing was done in committee .

      • Mr . RICE obtained leave to bring in a bill to repeal t . 'ie four-and-a-half per cent , duites . The " other orders of the day were then disposed of * and the House adjourned at a quarter past two o ' clock . Saturday , August A . The Bank of Ireland Repayment Bill , the Pensions Bill , and the Militia Pay Bill were , reported , and ordered to be read a third time on , Monday . The-Affirmation Bill was read a third time and passed-The Slave Trade Treaties Bill was read a

      secondtime , and orderedto be committed on-Monday . The resolutions of the committee of the ; whole House on the Ducby of Cornwall Tin Duties were > - brought up and agreed to . A billfounded upon them was Drought in by Mr , Rice , read a . first time , ordered tp be read a second time-on Mondayj and tobe committed on-Tuesday . . The Consolidated Fund Bill and the Exchequerbills ( Public Works ) Bill were-read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on Monday . The House-adjourned .

      Monday , August 6 . The Lords' amendments in the Irish Fisheries Bill , in the Recovery ef Tenements Bill ,. and m the Hackney Carriages . ( Metropolis ) Bill : were agreed toi . The order of the day for the second yeading ^ bf the District Courts Bill was discharged " . The Slave- Trade Treaties Bill went through committee * The- Exchequer Bffls ^ ( Public Works ) , Bill , the County Treasurers ( Ireland ) Bill v the Duchies , of Cornwall and Lancaster Bill , and the Tin Duties / Cornwall ) Bill were read a second time and ordered to be committed . The Stamp Dies BUI , the Valuation of Lands ( Ireland ) Bill , the Bank of Ireland Repayment Bill , and the Militia Pay BiH were read atoird time and passed . ; TheP {? nsioaBill was read a third time . On the

      question that it do pass , Mr . O'CONNELL said , h 3 wished the p assing of the Bill to be deferred till Tuesday , in order that he might h ^ se an opportunity of bringing up a _ cla a 8 e relatiug to Lady Westmeath ' spension . M , 'X ^ ° r nell , however , did not press the point , and the Bill passed . : -.. '¦• ™ ,. TkeLords' amendmsntsin the BeneiicesPlnranty Bill were considered , and gome of them were agreed to , ana others aisagreea to . A committee waa aj > . pointed to confer with the lords on the subject ef thelatter . ,, -r . -a-n ~ -w The Duchy of Cornwall Possessions Bill was with-. I drawn till next session . ^ . ,. ^ , :-. i , '^' ' . The Spirit Licenses ( Ireland ) Bill seent through , committee with amendments , and was ordered tovfee . I reported on Tuesday . ' . - On themotion of Mr . O'CON . NELL , it w . as ordered j that the-minp tes of evidence taken before the last 1 Dublin Election Committee be printed . :

      The House was counted out at teiio ' clock , on * motion made , by Sir Jg . CQDIUKGTON for " a return of the grounds oa which Coinmander Edwards , Mr . Boycei late surgeon ^ and Mr . E . Milner , late Lieutenant in tie navy , were deprived of tbeir rank and half-pay , "

      Original Corkespondence.

      ORIGINAL CORKESPONDENCE .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct353/page/3/