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      ^ HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fruit , Sept . 17 . - The Speaker took the chair at a few minute * before ~ toui o ' clock . Mr . Cocaui . SE took the oitha and bis seat for Bridport . Mr . SHABHA 5 Crawford presented a petltion-from in individual named James Bullock , of Peterhead , ScoQand , complaining of manufacturing distress , and paying for an extension of the suffrage . Mr . Bbothb * tos presented a petition from the Young Men ! Association &t Manchester ag&init Un Corn Laws . Mr . C 0 BDE 5 presented petitions from E 3 ng"s Lynn , Stone ( Staffordshire ) , Manchester and other places against the Corn Iawi Sir E . Whkot presented a petition from the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society , praying for the anforcement of the laws against the slave trade . "

      Mr . TiLiiKBS presented a petition from certain mastc&cturers of North Derbyshire , coinplainining of distress from the ¦ want of a sufficiency of the-necessaries of life , and praying for the total repeal of the Corn Laws . The Spbakbr informed the House that he had received a comnmnieattan from the examiner of recognizances , stating that the sureties entered into for tha petitions against the returns from the folkrwing plaoes ¦ were unexceptionable : —Cardigan , Kottingham , Wakefield , Rochester , Tipperary , Southampton , Newry , and CHoncester . Captain Pechiix moved that returns of assessed taxes from 1832 be printed . The order of the day for ihe House going into Committee of Supply having been

      read-Lord John RrssELL rose and addressed the House . He said that he roiled himself of the opportunity this motion afibrded him to make some observations ' upon the course which the Ri ^ bl Hon . Gentleman at the head of her Majesty ' s present Government had last night declared It to be his intention to pursue . Ihes « observations he felt it hia duty to make when the Right Hon . GiniJeman applied to the House to plaee a sum of the public money- at the disposal of the Crown . He considered this the fitting opportunity to state the views he entertained both . ef the present state of the country and cf the course which theRightHon . Gentleman yesterday Bt » i © u i . Ui ba Ms intention , as the head of the Government , to pursue . Before , however , he entered into the Upies relative to which he differed greatty-from

      the deosJons to which her Majesty * Government had eome , he ¦ wished to adTert to one or two subjects of great public importance . With respect to the foreign relations of the state , it appeared t « quite unnecessary to do more than to ssj that the state of Europe appeared to afford erery . prospect of the < wnfrjTntnTipe of that peace on which her Majesty ' s speech last delivered in this H » nse congratulates her Parliament The affairs « f Europe being j in this state , there was certainly a question with re- ! ference to the United States of America , which in some respects bore s Tery nr ? satisfactory appearance . When j his NobleFriend stated to this House , as Secretary for !

      Poreiga ASura , his opinion in respect to thfe matter , I it appeared her Majesty ' s Government and that of the ' United Statss were perfectly agreed as to toe character j to be attributed to the attack on , and destruction of the j Caroline , that it was a question to be debated between 1 nation and nation , and not considered as an individual ! cause of grievance , ( Hear , hear . ) The Noble Lord i then expressed his ccnSdance that the case at issue i would not lead to any interruption of the relations of amity subsisting between England and America ; he also felt that there was every disposition in the people j of this country ta have the matter arranged amicably , i ( Hear , hear . ) He had nothing to say against 4 he ap- ; pointments made for Ireland . He must say that he had ]

      wen those appointments with great satisfaction—( hear , hear )—and he trusted it was the intention of the Noble Xori ( Earl de Grey ) to plaee the people of Ireland on an equality with tie people of this country . He trusted that the Xoble Lord who had been appointed the Irish Secretary , would not attempt to introduce a Bill into this House , which had already been attempted , and "which must , if persevered in , tend to the destruction of the representation in that country . They now had met to consider the important affairs of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) Her Majesty had been advised by her fete Ministers to intimate a desire to this House that the laws respecting com should be taken into consideration . The Noble Lord here read that portion of her Majesty's speech relating to the Corn Laws . and the

      distress of the country , and then proceeded to say , that of the importance of these considerations no person could entertain a doubt Those laws embarrassed trade , deranged the currency , and increased the privations of the great body of the community . ( Hear , hear . ) It aeemed that the time was come when this important law ought to be taken into consideration . ( Hear , iear . ) The Right Hon . Gentleman ( Sir R . Peel , bad stated that bis Mms had lately been occupied in the formation ¦ of the administration , and that consequently it was not in bis power to consider those important measures . { Hear . ) But although that might be a go ? d reason for ihe last fortnight , it certainly was not a goed reason for postponing , for five months , measures of tueb vast importance as tho » to which he was now alluding .

      CLond cries of " Hear , hear . ") It could not but be inferred that the Right Hon . Gentleman intended to propose some alteration in those laws , from what had eseaped Mm ; and as that was his intention , he thougU be ought to have brought forward hi 3 measures at once , and not added eight months to th » time which he ( Lord J . Russell ) had proposed . ( Hear . ) There were symptoms likewise in tha formation cf the Government which induced him to have very great doubts ¦ whether any alteration of the Corn Laws was intended . ( Heti , hear , hear . ) He was not alluding to the constitution of the Administration from any personal considerations ; but the delay he thought "was a symptom that no considerable alteration was intended . iLoud cries of " Hear . " ) Was It possible , - . then , that

      this the country oould wait with expectation for five months ? ( Hear . ) Or was it possible that any large measure relating to the trade in corn could be carried ? ( Hear , heat ; He did not himself think it could be intended ; and if so , the arguments which had been used against him ( Lord J . Russell ! for making s ^ delay of one mentb , the proposal of the Right Hon . Baronet teld with tenfold force agiinst himself . ( Cheers j They might attempt some alteration in the averages to snake the la « B more stringent , and if such was the intention , why not propose it in ths month of October ! Why not set the expectation of tha country at rest ? ( Hear , hear . ) The consideration was a most important one ; and he did not know why so long a period should be allowed to elaBse before the Cabinet made np

      their minds as to the measures wMca they intended to bring forward . At all event * soms case ongnt to be made out for the proposed very long procrastination . See how this fcore on the state of the manufacturing interest ( Hear , hear .,: He did act say that any laws oould prevent occasional and Btvere distress in this interest , arising from the state of eur foreign relations as a cause of over-trading ; but he thought it was the duty of Parliament to be able to Bay they had nothing to do with causing or contriving this distress . ( Cheers . ) Bow depend their restrictions on commerce as they now existed ? were tfcs present Corn Laws necessary for the sake of revenue ? on the contrary , they dsfeated all the otjects of revenue . If his proposal of a fixed duty of 6 a . on corn had been adopted , they would

      have now a considerable receipt of revenue from this source . He saw nothing to prevent tie House taking into consideration the existing Corn LawB during the present autumn . The Noels Lord then read the prayer of the Manchester meeting , adopted in their ad&resj tc the throne , on the existing state of distress among the poor , which was to the effect that her Majesty would not prorogue the present Session of Parliament instil it C 3 d taken into consideration that part of the speech from the ttrone which related to the existing Corn Lavrs . Tnis was cot the opinion of Maschestei only , but of a great portion of the country . MHear , hear . ! It had been suggested that this distress mighi be met by increased rate 3 ; but , if the distress were rener&l , this remedy must fail necessarily . ( Hear , hear .:

      The Noble Lord then repeated his arguments of twe years 250 on this subject : and expressed his faars that the cotton trade , if rot relieved by agrester freedom ci trade , would be outdone by foreign competition , as <] that a large portion of tho population would then be left without resource . As related to the flnaict , he thought they should , in the course of the present year , take some measures for an immediate iEcres ^ of the revenue . This , he contended , would be best done bj throwing open trade , and relieving it from the t-ara dels now hanging over it . He vras afraid the ox-itse recommended would not give sattafacticn to the country , and he felt more convinced than erer that , if thej had adop-tei their proposals of the 3 din of April last

      they would have done much already ts relieve the existing distress , and , by the adoption of a nnre natural intercourse ¦ with other nations , they vrcald have dene more than in any other way they could accomplish to secure tie future peace of the world . [ Cries cf " hear , hezr . " i So doubt if QeaUemm opposite had zrutde up their minds to reject these proposals , \ hz % the majority ¦ vrhich had already expressed their coiSdence in Ministers tronld support them in that dctemizuticn . At the same time , he did not intend to maho any motion on the subject ; but hs entered his protest , ss a Member of that House , against iis being considered "J ^ t he gave his acquiescence in th- - course which it appeared ^ was intended to pursue . ( Tixa >* oble Lord at down amid cheers which continued for some time . )

      Sir R . Pssl said be hai net sought to commence hte Government by a cor : troveify- <}/ & party chsxzcter , bat the Noile Lord was at perfeeUDfert j $ o invite any discussion af the kind , ad luTf&t thsnkful to him for the opportunity he had givgi liinref m ^ kiig some observations upon the subjects Ee bid feferred to . He concurred in tha desire to preserve oti ^ amicable relations with France , acd still more cordMly in a prajer expressed by the Noble L 5 r * i . for tte protection of that great man who now wieWccr the destinies of Francefrom the hands cf the as-T-sni . lie believed he might say that the gcc-1 understanding ' with France was-no : likely to be en'i 2 Ug ? re-a by the charge of Government which aad just taken place in this country , and he also believed that ss amicable understanding between France and England would largely conduce to the peace of Europe . Each country could well afford to rest under the-laurels which each had obtained , convinced that t&flft eo doing must be conducive to the progresa of

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      civilisation and to the welfare of the world . ( Cheers . With respect to the United States , he confessed be viewed our relations with that eo « ntr 7 with great anxiety ; but he could not help htping that the prevailing good sense of the comnonlty would have its influence upon the Government of the Stata of New York . It was kis desire that such might be the result ; bat at the same time he should make no concession affecting the honour and independence jbf this country , for the purpose of purchasing ' a temporary tranquillity . ( Cheers . ) The part of the ; . speech of the Noble Lord which be most regretted , ' was ' that in which he had said that he would not call for a decision of the House upon the c # Brse he ( Sir R . Peel ; had proposed 4 o puwue . He wished the Noble Lord had taken the sense of the

      Kemse upon th * reasonableness of the demand whkb he bad made upon its confidence . He should then have asked if ft was seasonable that , on . bis return to . office after an absence from powe * of ten years' duration , he should be called upon witMn One month to declare as to whelke * there * ought to be an alteration in the Cora Laws . He would ask if it was not reasonable that an interval should be allowed him to consult with his colleagues upon a measure of such importance ? If he were not to be allowed a short period for this purpose , what was to be thought of a Government which held office for five years , and which neve * , until May , 1841 , intimated , on the part of that Government , an united opinion upon this important subject ? ( Cheers . ) If that Government was so fully convinced that these laws

      were at tha root of a great portion of the distress of the people , what must have been its neglect of duty in haviDg so long delayed a remedy for the eviL ( Hear , hear . ) When he - > ras prepared with bis measures be would state to the House at once the course he meant to pursue He would not propose measures to be carried here and reacted there— ( loud cheering)—but measures up « u the success of which he would be prepared to stake the existence of the Government ( Loud cheering . ) With respect to finance , he bad again to regret that the Xobl « Lord had not taken the opinion ol the House . In what position , he would a&k , did he inherit the Government of the country ? In 18 S 7 there was a deficiency in the revenue to the extent of j £ l , 428 , » Q # ; in 15 S 8 there was a deficit ol £ 43 » , »»» ; in 18 * 0 there

      • vtm » deficiency of £ 1 , 457 , 661 ; and in 1811 there was a deficiency of £ l , 851 , C # «—thus making an accumulative deficit of £ 5 , 1 G 6 , * OO . For the year 1842 it wa « estimated that there wouldbe a deficiency of £ 2 , 500 , 00 * , making a total deficit of £ 7 , 666 , 000 ~ when be cama to ths administration of the finances of the eountry ; and yet , when only one month in office , be was called ape a at once to bring forward measures to remedy the eviL ( Cheers . ) Jf the late Chancellor of the Exchequer had , by bis Budget , realised bis fullest expectations , he mast still have proposed a vote of credit , partaking in character of that which his Right Hob . Friend ( Mr . ( xoulbnrn ) would have shortif to bring forward . The late Government bad calculated on a revenue , during the present year , of £ 600 , 001 , arising from the

      alteration of the timber duties , whereas it was clear , from the communications of Lord Sydenham , that during the present year not one stilling could be derived from that soaroe . ( Cheers . ) TheRightHon . Baronet then proceeded to argue that little or no revenue could he derived from the reduction ef lis . of the differential duties on sugar ; and subsequently referring to the growing expeness of our colonies , and the great expeooea of the war in China , asked , if in the midst of such accumulated difficulties , it was unreasonable for the House to give him some little time to endeavour to mtet them T ( Haar , hear , hear . ) Was it not reasonable before bringing forward any measure of finance to wait until they saw what might take place in America ? ( Cheers . ) He would say no more

      on that fce&a , but weuld turn to Ireland , where it was said that his advent to power was to be the signal for heist ing the standard of ascendancy , and yet not one month had passed away of his administration , when the Nob !* Lord had admitted that that difficulty he had at least got over—( cheers )—end , tbat be had given a guarantee to the people of Ireland that they would be governed impartially . ( Cheers . ) He would take care , as far as in him lay , that the law should be administered with firmness and impartiality , and he hoped with vigour ; and , at all events , he would take care not to allow the Administration of Irish affairs to bs influenced by the hope of gaining support in the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) He had made engagements to render impartial justice to Ireland , and w fir u

      depended upon himself those engagements sheald be fulfilled . ( Cheers . ) The appointment of Lord de Grey as Lord Lientenant , and of Sir B . Sugdeu as Lord Chancellor of Ireland , was some proof of the course intended to be pursued Sir E . Sugden having a pension as a retired Chancellor for a very short tenure of efflee , frit the country had a claim upon his services , and had therefore consented to resume his duties ; but if be bad been prevented by any cireumstanoea from doing so , he ( Sir R . Peel ) would have selected a Chancellor from the Irish bar , which stood as high as any bar in the world . ( Cheers . ) His only object in accepting the

      harra&s-ng duties of bis situation was the hope of being of service to his country , and in the measures be should propose no considerations of political support should craipBl him to . become the servile instrument to earry the opinions of other people into effeeV ( Hear , bear . ) Power was only valuable to zny honourable mind beciuse of the opportunity it afforded of being serviceable te the country , and when he found that that power was denied him in the way accordant with , hia own feelings and opinions he would reserve to himself the power of retiring from office when he conld no longer discharge its duties to b's own satisfaction . iLoud cheering . )

      Lord Paljibbston was of opinion that the reasons for tho delay proposed by the Right Hon . Baronet would not be held satisfactory by the country at large . He contended that the foreign relations of the country were handed over to the present Government in the most flourishing condition , aad such at to command respect as powerfully as in any period of ou tietorj . The Noble Lord then entered into a defence of tha propositions cf the late Government , and condemned the postponeraenC until January , of any intimation of the measures of that now in existence , asserting that , as far zs regarded the Cern Laws , ertrj possible information was already before the House .

      Mr . YiLLiEas spoke of the great distress prevailing in the country , and thought it hard that the Right Hon . Baronet should refuse any measure of relief for a period of many mouths . With respect to the Corn laws , as they refused to discuss the measure in that House , he believed the question would be decided by agitaSon out of doors . Mr . BaoTHEBTOH pursued the same course of argument as Sir . Yilliers and Mr . Ward ; referring to his promise to gire the Government a fair trial , he regretted that Sir R . Peel had given him no oppsrtunity whatever of judging of his measures .

      Mr . Cobdeic sud that the course pursued by the Government appeared to be this— " we have a majority of 90 but wa have no argument" This was a bad example—they should not teach the people the doc trine cf appealing to uuiaerioel force . Vast num . bers cf the ministerial side of the House were returned by bribery , and were therefore profoundly ignorant of uie state of public opinion . The Hon . Member then dwelt en the distress of the people , and attributed the evil altogether to the Corn Laws-Lord Sa > uc » - said that pmdence , if not decency , ought to have imposed silence upan hon . gentlemen on the opposition side of the house upon the sui | oct of bribery . They should remember that their walls were tuiii ci glass , and strongly contrasted with the purity cf tie elections of members ca tho ministerial side , &a was evinced by Bridport , Shrewsbury , and Wottiniiham .

      Mr . Hawei Kud ths late elections had been carried by the most gross and infamous bribery ; but said that he was free from the charge , as he had never incurred one shilling of expense ttat he would be ashamed to

      name-Mr . Lttton contended that an alteration of the Corn Laws would be productive cf much injury to Ireland . Mr . S . Crawfobd thought the interest * of Ireland vrculd be promoted very considerably by an alteration in the Corn Laws . Mr . M . J . O'Cosnell had but little hope that the Government of Ireland , whatever might be the intentions of the Noble Secretary for that country , would gi-76 ultimate satisiaction . Mr . Hardt attributed the distress in the manufacturing districts to over-production . iii . Hlkdlet denied that over-prodnction was the Ciuse . The real cause was a paucity of food . Mr . Hilxes thought tiie question of the Corn Laws to be far too complicated to be de-alt with hastily with any advantage to the country .

      Mr . Fielbex then addressed the House in a tone so low as to be very imperfectly heard . He contended that Parliament Sught at oaco to proceed with the business of the nation . The state of manufacturing distress he represented to be excessive , especially throughout Lancashire . It appeared to him that in su ; h a state of things nothing could be more culpable than to postpone the consideration of tfce Poor Laws , and he could not help woadtring that the Hon . Member fcr FiEsbury cou ^ d sanction any such proceeding . They were prep-red to -vote away a large amount of tho public money fur the purpose of making themselvea comfortable in the new Houses of Parliament , but they declined taking icto consideration the distressed state of th * poor . He had ventured to indulge a hope that whea the Qutvn ' a Government possesssed a majority in th . it Heusti they would bring forward measures for the relief of the poor , but in that expectation he had found

      hi niiclf deeply disappoiated . Still , ke trusted that though the Ministers refused to do their duty , thejHoose would vet do theirs . It vras the duly of the House as much to ii . G . sire into the cnaduct as to Eupply the wants 0 ' t-i Governmii-t . The taxes which they imposed ought to b . circulated to relieve and not to oppress the poor ; but -whatever other members might do , he at least was resolved to place bis own sentiments on record , and should therefore cenclnde by moving a resolution to this effect—that the distressed state of the working classes wss so great , particularly in the iDannfacturliu , ' dis ' iicts , that it became the duty of Parliament immediately to Icqcire into tfce causes of such distress , and to devise meats for its relief , or at all events to grant no supplies of money to the Crown till such inquiry bs instituted . By means of that motion he proposed to place his opinions on record , and if all parties would only unite in a determination to inquire into the real causes cf tht £ distr « s , be felt u » eort of doubt that

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      old England would yet tide safely through the itorm ; bat If relief were postponed , be felt satisfied that they would all have deep reason to regret the delay . It did not appear to him that there was over production : he thought that the want of adequate consumption was the great cause of the dtstrj « sk * n *» if they t weat on taxing the people for the purpese of maintaining an ex * travagunt and profligate expenditure , it mast end in a complete and violent revolution . Dr . BowaiNG seconded tha motion . He thanked the Right Hon . Baronet for the sympathy which be had shown for the ease of the weaver , and alt fie asked of the Right Hon . Baronet and those whe supported him was , that the sympathy which they felt for the sufferings x > f one man might be kindly extended to

      the soffKiogs of millions . They wanted a delay of five mouths—a abort time certainly it would prove to gentlemen returning to tbelr avocations and enjoyments in the country—but too long a time be was convinced they woMldthink it , if they weald but take the trouble first of looking into the condition of the people , to leave that condition unaltered and unimproved . In the case referred to by tUo Right Hon . Baronet , the relieving officer said that he had been applied to for relief about three months before he died , that he visited him , found him and family at work , with more than 3 a . a week coming is , kat that , as the standard adopted by the Board was 3 s . Sd ., it was not a case for relief , and so the man di » d without it , the next application having been for a eofin , and the does wherewith to bury him .

      He ( Dr . Bowring ) dM not complain of the conduct' of the Board of GaartUans—he believed , they were not cognieint of the facts ; but let the House bear in mind that there were thousands of suffering beings Jn the country whom the Poor Laws did not reach , and for whom the Poor Law Commissioners could find no relief ; that there existed a vast deal of undiscovered and solitary sorrow , which was borne even unto death by pers&ns cf high-minded pride , whose tale of misery was net told until the parish was called upon to inter their bodies . ( Hear , hear . ) The Noble Lord , the Member for Liverpool , said , that the Corn Law was not amongst the paramount causes of distress ; but

      tha Noble Lord could not deny that the House of Commons was urgently called upon to look into , and endeavour , if possible , to discover where these causes lay . The House might be assured that there was much danger in this proposed delay , ' since there was much wellgrounded political discontent in the country—a discontent which was likely to be increased when the members of the Opposition in that House should feel themselves obliged to inform their constituents that they had appealed and pleaded for them in vain . The House then divided , when there appeared—For the motion ... 110 For the amendment 41

      Majority against the amendment 108 The House then went into committee of supply , and Sir R . Peel proposed that Mr . Greene should be appointed to the office of chairman of cemmittees of ways and means , to which was to ba added the duty of attending to unopposed private bills , and a'so the duty of taking the chair on general committees , if such should be the pleasure of the House . Mr . Greene took the chair , and returned thanks for bis appointment One vote in supply was then taken , after which the House resumed . The Chairman reported progress , and obtained leave to sit again on Monday .

      Monday , Sept . 20 . Sir G . Clers , in replv to a question from M « . Williams , said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not be able to go into Committee of Ways and Means until Friday , or probably Monday next In reply to a question from Sir . Hawea , it was stated by Sir R . Inglis tbat it was not his intention to renew bis motion for Church Extension during the present session . An Hon . Member having remarked upon the presence of Sir Edward Sugden in the House after his appointment to the Irish Chancellorship , and without having been re-elected for Ripon .

      Sir R , Peel said fknt there were some forms to be gone through by the late Lord Chancellor , for in effect , Lord Campbell was yet Lord Chancellor of Ireland : but , independent of that , the nppoinimeat of Sir E . Sugden had not betn publicly notified , nor had he kissed hands , and had therefore not rendered necessary bis resignation of his seat for Ripon , Sir R Peel gave notice that on Tuesday he would bring in a Bill for the continuance until July of tbe Poor Law Commission and other Bills . He did not propose to make any alteration in tbe Poer Law Bill until it should come before the house in the next session of Parliament Sir G- Clerk then moved that the House should resolve itself into a Committee ef Supply .

      Mr . O . Cave spoke at considerable length in favour of a free trade in Corn , and asked a variety of questions , to one of which , respecting tbe intention of the Government relative to Lord Stanley's Irish Registration B-U , Sir R . Peel replied . H « did not , he said , identify himself with that Bill . Ai it was necessary , however , to pass au I rich Registration Bill , he should , in conjunction Kith the Noble Lord and the other member ef tha Government , apply U : eir attention to tbe subject , with tha view of remedying the evils complained of on the one hand , and on the othtr to take care that the existing franchise should be preserved , or that one equally extensive aid beneficial should be substituted in its room . Sir C . Napies complained of tho constitution of the Board of Ordnance , connected with which there was no n&val officer .

      Sir R- Pjcel said it was not the usual practice to hiYd a naval officer on the board , which , notwithstanding , gave general satisfaction . Mr . S . Crawford said that , unless the Right Hon . Baronet should give a pledge that tb « state of existing distress should be immediately taken into consideration , he must record his dissent to the Committee of Supply . If the Right Hon . Baronet should bring forward the bill for coDiianing the Poor Law Commission , he would move a clause that the Commissioners should be prevented from forcing it Into operation in any place in which it was not already in existence . Sir R . Peel raid he deeply regretted the distress referred to by the Hon . Gentleman , but it was impossible that a reined } could be provided by any sudden act of legislation .

      After some observations from Mr . Thornelv and Mr . Torke the House divided upon the question tbat the Speaker should leave the chair , which was carried by a majority of 136 to 22 , and the House went into committee . Colonel Sibthorp took an opportunity of condemning the job which gave £ 17 , 000 of the public money to Dr . Bowring and others , for making reports respecting the trade and commerce of foreign countries . He found no fault with those reports , for ha had never read them , and never should ; but he found fault with the Government which had thus wasted the public money . Understanding , however , that the money was already gone , he was compelled to be content with entering his protest against the job . Lord C . Hamilton asked if the Koble Lord ( Palmerstoa ) had not been under the necessity of making extensive alterations in the reports of Dr . Bowring ?

      Lord Palmbrston said he had been obliged to strike out the word " Severeign" wherever it had occurred as applied to Mehemet AIL He was also obliged to erase passages which the Hjs . Gentleman ' s prestige in favour of Mehemet All induced him to write , but which had nothing whatever to do with the object of hia mission . The statistic portion of his reports was , however , extremely valuable . Mr . Milnes bore testimony to the excellence of theee reports , upon which an Hon . Member , whose name we could net learn , said that tho whole business was a mest scandalous job . The motion then dropped .

      Mr . Waklet condemned the estimates generally aa reckless , but ha thought the Members generally wore more to blame for this than either the last or the present Government Tho Hon . Gentleman then contended for the propriety of giving a fair trial to the Government of Sir Robert Peel , Which was distinguished for ability , which represented a large portion of the wealth of the country ., and which was so powerful that they could not offer them an effectual opposition . If upon trial it should be found that they did not bring forward good measures , thea would be the time to oppose thtm , and perhaps on a future appeal t « the country the result might he different . For hia owu part , he was ^ uite willing to give time to tha Right Hon . Baronet ,

      Mr . Fielden said that tua people were starving , and could not wait until February . Mr . Williams objected to several items in the votes , Mr . Ewaki taunted Mr . Wakley wi : h a probable intention of supporting the Government of Sir R . Peel , and was cheered by the opposition benches when he did eo . Mr . TTaklev expressed Iiis astonishment at-the altered doctrine now laid down by his Honourable Friend the Member for Finsbury , a doctrin-j totally at variance with that he formerly profeaaed under very similar circumstances . Upon the vote for the expeness of the Caledonian Canal , Mr . Williams contended that it was useless and extravagant to koep np the caoal at the public expanca .

      Sir R . Peel thought there was much justice in the observations of the Hon . Member for Coventry , and withdrew the vote in order to givo time for investigation . Col . Sibthorp called attention to the appointment ( made by the late Government ) of Mr . Vi * ird , as solicitor to the Home Department The appointment was a new one , and in his opinion unnecessary , and he wished to know if it was the intention' of the Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir J . Grahams to continue it . Sir J . Graham said Mr . Vizard was his private friend and hia solicitor also , but still he had felt it to be his duty to tell him that it was bis intention , in conjunction with tbe CLaocelior of the Exchequer , to investigate the legal basirsesi of the public service , and that , after the 5 th of October , be must consider his , appointment as suspended until that investigation toolc place , and tbat be must also consider that , in tbe event of any change in those departments , bis appointment must not be allowed to stand in ^ the w ^ y . ( Cheers . )

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      Sir Thomas Wilde was of opinion that the appbintnent was indispensable , and that the whole of the salary was more than saved by the diminution of fee * to the Attorney and Solicitor-General . Sir Robert Pekl , speaking from experience of Ihe 4 ntief of j UwHoae . Departoont , thought tbat the appointment might wit be indispensable . He did not , however , mean to give a positive opinion , but he thought with two Under-Secreiarles , one political and the other professional ,, the assistance of a solicitor might be dispensed with . . . . " ; ...: ' / v-T' : ' TJpoh the vote for a snm for secret services , Mr . Williams said be should divide the House upon It H « was willing to vote the 8 trraf < sr foreign secret service , but as tha money ¦ for home secret service could be only to pay spies , and as'apiea were not wanting tot England or Ireland , he would vote against If , ' ¦ -. ¦ " ' ¦ ' ' - '¦'¦ ' : ' ' ¦ ¦ ' "

      On the division , the vote was carried by a majority of 144 U > 7 . On the vote for Maynooth , Mr . Plumptre said he most oppose this vote on principle . - Sir R . Inglis entreated that he would not oppose the vote , as half the money bad been already voted , and expences had been incurred upon the faith of tbe other half being paid . Mr . M . J . OtJoNNELL said that if the principle were to be laid down by the House , that no persons of one religion were to Contribute to the support of another , no persons oould bail tbe establishment of such a principle more cordially than the Catholics of Ireland . ' Mr . PAKiNOTON hoped tbat , under the circumstances , tho Hon . Member far East Kent would withdraw his opposition .

      Sir R . Peel said he did not ground bis support of this vote on the fact that half the money had been granted , because he bad supported it for the lasty thirty years , both in and out of office ; and he should reserve to himself the right of making whatever proposition he thought proper next session . Jlr . Plompxbe said that , under these circumstances , he should press his motion to a division . Mr . Cochbanjs said he should vote against the grant as a point of conscience . Mr . Hope said that tbe Hon . Member was inconsistent , for he had not offered any opposition to tie vote for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , which was passed in the early part of the evening . Mr . Cociirane said if there had been a division on that vote be should certainly have voted against it . ( Cheers from the opposition benchts . )

      On a division , tbe vote was carried by a majority of SO to 23 . The remaining estimates havingbeenvoted , theHouae resumed , the report was brought up , and was ordered to be received on Wednesday next .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Momdat , Sept . 20 . Lord Brougham presented a petition from the committee of tho British and Foreign anti-Slavery Society , complaining that British capital and British skill were still engaged in the furtherance of the infernal traffio iu slaves . It was alleged that various mining companies in tbe Brazils belonging to British subjects were worked by slaves purchased by the agemta of those companies , who , as natives of Great Britain , might hereafter be tried iu this country as pirates and felons . Lord Cottemiam postponed until next session his bills for improving the administration of justice in bankruptcy aad insolvency , and , for the establishment of local courts of judicature throughout the kingdom . Their Lordships adjourned until Thursday .

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      At a Meeting of the Members of the National Association , held at the Globe Tavern , Shoe-lane , Fleetfetreet , on Tuesday , September 14 th , and on Wednesday , the 15 th , by adjournment , the following Address was unanimously adopted : — - TO THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL REFORMERS

      OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Fellow Cousxbimen , —In addressing you on subjects connected with your political rights and social duties , we are no ways anxious to proclaim our actions or our sacrifices in the cause of the people ; we merely demand that justice for ourselves which we have suffered to establish for others—M « justice cf being heard patiently , and judged «/' impartially . Having been mainly instrumental in embodying In the People ' s Cuartbr those political principles which , for a great number of yean , were cherished by all true Reformers , but which previously divided and distracted them by being separately contended for ; and many of us having also suffered persecution and imprisonment in defence of its principles ; we thought urselvea entitled , in common with others , to put forth our views and opinions respecting the law of the land .

      Conceiving that tbe past conduct of a number of those who professed to subscribe to the just principles of tbe Charter , war wanting in tbat integrity , honesty , and justice which are necessary qualifications to secure the co-operation of the wise and the confidence ef the good ; and believing that tho falsehood , exaggeration , and violence of those who were active to scheme , but too cowardly to act , bad led to the sacrifice and incarceration of hundreds of victims , by which means our cause had been retarded and defamed , we felt anxious to redeem by reason , what had been lost by madness and folly .

      We accordingly , about five months ago , put forth a proposal for forming a National Association , as set forth in a pamphlet written in Warwick Gaol , entitled ' Chartism '—a plan embracing euch objects as , iu our opinion , w « re best calculated to unite the elements of Ckartisra , and secure the co-operation of all benevolent minds , who were desirous of benefitting the great mass of the people , politically and socially . In publishing that plan we explicitly stated that we HAD NO Vfl&H . TO INTERFERE WITH THE SOCIETIES then is existence , our object being to form a general association for certain explicit purposes . These purposes being , first nnd foremost , to create and extend

      an enlightened public opinion in favour of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , among persons of all creeds , classes , and opinions ; by the means of mistionaries , lecturers , circulating libraries , tracts , && And , in order to secure proper places of meeting lot those purposes , we proposed a systematic and practical plan for tbe erecting of Public Halls , for the people , in every district of the kingdom ; by which means our workingclass brethren might be taken out of the contaminating influences of public-houses and beer-shops , places where too many of their meetings are still held , in which the : r passions are inflamed , their reason drowned , their families pauperized , and themselves socially degraded and politically enslaved .

      Seeing , also , th . it vast numbers of our infant population are the neglected victims of ignorance and vice , creating on the one hand tha evils we are seeking to remove on tho other—seeing tbat the selfish , the bigottfcd , and the fanatic are intent on moulding to their several purposes the infant mind of our country , and tbat diflerenc parties iu the state have , for several years past , been devising such national schemes of instruction as shall cause our population to become tbe blind devotees and tooi . s of despotism , we urged on our brethren tun necessity of remedying and avertiug those evils by adopting a wise and general system of education , in connection with their Public Halls . Such a system of instruction as should develops in the rising generation all the faculties which GoJ has given them , to the end that they might enjoy their own existence , and extend the greatest amount of happiness to othfcra .

      In proposing this plan , we impressed on our brethren the necessity of devoting to those ennobling purposes those means which had been previously wasted in frivolous efforts and childlike displays . We urged them , with all the earnestness which the importance of the subject merits from all who would place freedom on an enduring basis , to adopt such a course ef agitation in favour of our Charter , as should unite in one bond of brotherhood the wise and benevolent among ail classes , who would be intent ou cherishing and propagating the noblest principles of freedom amongst young and oid , bo that tha most substantial fruits might be gathered from that political power we are now seeking to obtain .

      This proposal , while it wa 3 warmly greeted by the press , aiid received tbe commendations of a great number of intelligent minds among all pattiua , was met wita falsehood , intolerance , and bitterest rancour , by the ruost prominent organ of Chartism , the Northern Star . Its proprietor and editor joiutly denounced it as a production of Messrs . O'Connell , Huuie , and Roebuck—as a plan intended to destroy Feargua O'Connor ' s political supremacy , and subvert one which be bad previously concocted . Education was ridiculed , knowledge was sneered at , facts were perverted , truth suppressed , and the lowest passions and prejudices of the multitude were appealed to , to obtain & clamourous verdict against us . Wo were denounced by them and their hired partisans a 3 thieves , '' liars , ' and ' traitors ' to the cause of Chartism , as persons who , if a' guillotine ' existed in England , wculd be its just victims . Nay a sermon ! has been pi-eached by one of those profesaora of freedom to show tha necessity for privately ' assassinatingus .

      ' As far as we have been able to obtain insertion for a vindication of our conduct , through the channel by which we have bssu calumniated , wo bave called , but called in vain , for proofs of their base nsstrtiona . As faros they have dared to reply to us , they have proclaimed themselves false , intolerant , and reckless in the eyes ' of every rtflecting man ; and when the eyes ol their dupes shall have beea opened , they will be ashamed cf the virulence they have displayed against men whoso only crime has been the publication of a rational . plan for the attainment of the People ' s Charter .

      Strong in the rectitude of our principles , and more than ever convinced of the necessity of that plan , we pity those who have so vindictively assailed as . Their vanity has ibflwied their intellect , their prejudices have darkened their understanding , and toleration and charitable feeling have been blotted from their minds . Believing themselves supremely wise , they spurn with Gothic ferocity all knowledge , truth , or justice ; and

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      Judging from their actions , they «* m « think that liberty can only be realised by vi ^ ence and prescription . But while these are tha cb * ract 9 ristics of the most , ignorant and noisy portiop of the Chartist body—per , sons who , without though * of judgment , are empty professors to-day , but wors hippers at any other shrine tomorrow—weJbslieve W& the great bulk of our Chartist brethren is compos *^ of men whose conviction in favour of the Charter !>*« sprang from observation , inquiry , and ' . patient >< estigatloa regarding the causes of poUtical injus " ^ and social misery . Men of this description m */ he deceived and misled for a season by mi * tiflca Won and falsehood ,- hut tbeir minds , bent on inquiry add evar op » n to conviction , will soon penetrate the flimsy veil which has been drawn over their undermAAinz . . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " ' I

      . Tomen of this character we confidently appeal , and we ask them whether the best means of obtaining the Charter , and the placing of our liberties on the securest foundation , do not form preper and legitimate questions of inquiry for every man in tbe United Kingdom ? Or , is it that the solving of these questions forma the exclusive prerogative of any particular individual or party among the people?—thus practieally exemplifying iu conduct tbe despotic principles which we seek to overthrow , and bidding fair to render Chartism a by-ward and derision .

      Holding tha principles of democracy , we will yield to no man ' s dictation : we believe that both England and . Ireland have been cursed by man-worship , to the sacrifice and delay of that freedom we are now contending for ; and because we have dared to honestly assert our opinions , we have incurred the highest displeasure of all those whose vanity expects the homage of a crowd , peculiar patronage , and exclusive power . But warring against such selfish folly and mischievous authority , whether displayed in the courtly aristocrat or the social oppressor , we shall overexert our humble powers to prevent individual or social despotism from being introduced into that just state of things which all good men are now contending for , and which , if they be-united iu one bond of brotherhood , no power can much longer prevent , delay , or subvert .

      Our calumniators bave falsely asserted tbat we are for delaying the franchise on the grounds of ignorance . So far from this being true , we bave reiterated and published in various forms the contrary of this doctrine . We insist on the universality of the franchise on the broad principles of personal and conventional rights . Personally , aa no man has a right to enslave or starve another man into submission to his will , which is done by arbitrary and exclusive laws . Conventionally , as every man living under tha laws of society ought , in right and justice , to have a vote in determining what those laws should be . But while , as a right , we thus insist on our just share of political power , we are desirous of seeing the most effective ste ;« taken to gain It , and of seeing our brethren preparing themselves to use that power wisely when they shall have obtained it ; and not to be half a century exercising the franchise , and at the end of it still find themselves tbe sport of cunning schemers and wily politicians .

      First , then , aa regards tho best means of obtaining eur Charter . —We are of those who are opposed to every thing in the shape of a physical or violent revolution , believing that a victory would be a defeat to the just principles of democracy ; as the military chieftains would become , as all past history amrra « , the political despots , and as such a singuinary warfare , calling up the passions in their worst forms , must necessarily throw back for centuries our intellectual and moral proness . Believing that the attainment of tbe Charter

      would be an instrument of benefit to all—the only means through which the corruptions , monopolies , and evils of our Government can be removed , and that those who are interested in tbeir continuance are few compared with the population—we think that all that is necessary for the carrying of that measure is , soberly and rationally to convince all classes of our population , how far it is their interest to unite with us , iu order that we may peaeeably obtain it ; for a combined people have always numerous means for the attainment of their object without violence .

      But it is not the mere possession of tho franchise that is to benefit our country ; that is only the means to & just end—the electing of the best and wisest of men to solve a question which has never yet been propounded in any Legislative body—namely , how shall all the RESOUmcES OF OUR COUNTRY BE MADE TO ADVANCE THE INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL HAPPINESS OF EVERT individual ? It is not merely the removing of evils , but the establUhing of romedies that can benefit the millions ; and in order to check the natural selfishness and ambition of rulera , and induce them to enact just and salutary laws , those who possess the power to elect must have knowledge , judgment , and moral principle to direct them , before anything worthy of the name of just Government or true liberty can be established .

      Or what benefit would be the franchise , or what description of government would be established by those wbo , too ignorant to investigate , not only clamourous ^ oppose , but , if they had power , would even sacrifice all who differ from thorn ? Happily , however , for the progresa of humanity , those neglected and maddened unfortunates are few compared with the vast numbers of our countrymen whose sound sense and generous feel-Ing prompt them to investigation , improvement , and peace . But notwithstanding this feeling prevails at present , the political and social condition of our country is such as to demand the consideration and combined energies of all who are anxious for pence , prosperity , and

      intellectual and moral progress . Taking into account the vast extent of social misery which class legislation has mainly occasioned—viewing the contentions of factions for political supremacy , and their desire to perpetuate the corruptions and monopolies by which they exist—seeing the deeply-seated wrongs and extended poverty which prevails , and which if not speedily removed or mitigated , may madden our population into a state of anarchy and direct confusion—a consideration of this state of tbingB should call forth the benevolent feelings of reflecting men among all classes , and should prompt them to be united , in order to investigate and remedy our political and social evils , and to place the liberties of our country upon a sound and lasting foundation .

      Having thus stated the Intolerant conduct pursued against us , and briefly expressed our reasons for our opinions , wo call npon men of sense and reflection to decide between us , at the same time inviting all who think with us to join the National Association . We retnain , on behalf of the members of the National Association residing in London , H . Hetiierikgton , Chairman . W . Lovett , Hon . Secretary . 182 . Tottenham Court Road .

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      SUNDERLAND ELECTION . OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL . On Friday , at eleven o ' clock , the Mayor attended on tha hustings iu front of the Exchange , for the purpose of declaring the final state of the poll . There were not less than from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 per * sons present . Lord Howick and Mr . Attwood were both present and addressed the electors , but they were very imperfectly heard , owing to the confusion which prevailed . It was expected Mr . Attwooii would contradict tho story told by Mr . Bions with reference to the effer of a bribe to Chartist voters , but he did not say one word , although it was said a committee had been appointed by the Tory party to investigate the matter .

      The following are the numbers as delared by the Mayor : — Lord Howick 705 Mr . Wolverley Attwood 463 Majority for Lord HowicS 242 ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO SHOOT AT LORD

      HOWICK , On Friday afternoon , about an hour after th& official announcement of the poll for SuaderJandj all classes were suddenly thrown into a state of escitemoiit by a general report that an attempt had been made on the life of Lord Howick , while beiD ^ chaired through Monkirearmoath . Inquiry at the police-office corroborated the rumour , and also procured the satisfactory information that the person

      accused of the outrage had been taken into custody . His name is Edward Liddle , and he is , or rather was , the proprietor of a public-house called the Reform Tavern , in WIiitburn-3 lreet , Monkwearmouth . He was a partisan of Mr . Wolverley Attwood , the Tory candidate , during the election and had acted as leader of his band of ransic . The details of the abominable affair will be found in the subjoined evidence , which was taken at the Mayor ' s Chambers on Saturday moraine : —

      The magistrates on tho bench were Richard White , Esq ., Mayor ; Edw&rd Backhouse , Esq . j Walker Feathersiouhauth , Esq . ; Joseph Simpson , E ? q . ; Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart . ; Andrew White , Esq . ; Richard Pemberton , Esq . ; and Ralph Carr Esq . Mr . Joseph John Wright , the principal resident law agent of Mr . Wolverley Attwood , appeared ou behalf of the prisoner , arid Messrs . Burn , Cooper , and E-.: £ leeton , solicitors , retained on behalf of Mr . Alt wood during the late election , were present . Tiie prisoner having been placed at the bar , Jn * Bpector Bailes , of the Sutherland police , formally charged him with the offence above referred to .

      John Sedgwick , fruiterer , of the High-street , Bishopwearmouth , sworn , said—I went in the procession bei ' oro Lord Howick till I came opposite Duudas-street , near Liddle ' s house , at which blue and wiiita ( Mr . Attwood ' a ) colours were displayed , 1 was in company with the clerk to the Northern Advertiser , and when we came opposite to Liddle ' s house , I said to my friend , " What & disparity betweta the flag and U 10 sign ! " the latter being the Reform Tavern . We stood opposite Pickard ' s shop till the crowd passed ; and , after waiting some time , Lord Howick ' a carriage came within ten or fifteen yards of Liddle ' s house . I said I hoped the successful would have better sense than to annoy Mr . Liddle for his flag . Liddle was then sitting in his shirt sleeves at his window , smoking , and leaning on nia elbow . In the other window on the same floor otthe house there were a great many men Emoking . When the carriage came opposite Liddle ' s house , a

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      man came oat sod waved a bunch of blue aad waits ribands , and said , Now lads ! now V After that . Liddle laid down bis pipe and took up a jrun . anrf exclaimed , III shoot you , you thief 1 " oP » wS rascal ! " and either pulled 01 pretended to pall the trigger ; and I saw either a smoke or a flash , ! cannotsay which , I was so much agitated at seeiogtha gun . There was no one near Liddle , and the smoke or flaai was not from his pipe , which he had laid down . Liddle then took m the gun , and did something to the lock . The vgun was again presented , when I was opposite the first horse of the carriage ' on which I cried out repeatedly , A gun , a gun ' ' The hotaea then went off at fnll speed . Liddle pro , seated the gun at the carriage , pulled the triwer again , and then took It in again . When the Run was presented a second time , atones were volleyed from every window of the jnouse . I never saw sncK

      an attack before , and I hope I never shall again From the door or front of ine house , a quantity of filth was thrown upon the carriages . I then made off , bat looking round , X saw something presented from the window a third time , like a gun-barrel ora walking-stick , but I waa too far off to say which Bernard Ogden , Esq ., said—I was in a gig behind Mr . Bell ' s carriage , which contained Mr . and Mrs . Bell and Lady Howick . In going up the street I saw a stoppage—a row of some sort or other . My servant said , " There is a man holding i gun oat of a window . " After the procession noved on , I saw flame and smoke , like the flash of a gun and something project from the north upper win ! dow like a gun . 1 heard no report . I could not identify tbe man that held the instrument . I saw none of the windows broken as I passed ; bat after I had got past I looked behind , and saw an up .

      roar . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., sworn , said--When the stoppage took place , I , on looking tc . wards Liddle ' s house ; Baw some men starting back as if in alarm . Lady Howick exclaimed , "Ob ' there is a man has fired a gun , and there are some white things come oat of it . " A volley of stones was discharged at the carriage from close to Liddle ' s house , one of which struck a man close to toe car . riage . I went back to the publio-nouse , and found the crowd forcing their way into it . Some of ths police up-stairs called out that the gun was found , and I saw it in the hand 3 of Serjeant Pearson , ft had no ramrod in it , but the rod was fonnd broken in another part of the room . I called to Mr . A . J

      Moore , and on patting the ramrod into the gun , ] found there was something soft in it . The ramrod being too short to draw the charge , we sent for another rod , and drew the gun . First came out this pellet . { Hera the witness produced a hard mass of chewed paper three times the- size of an or . dinary paper wad . J This pellet was wet and greasy , as if it had been taken out of a gun recently fired ! and it made a stain on my hand . On taming down the mustzle of the gun , a good deal of powder fell 00 thegrouud , bat a good charge of coarse powder was saved , which I produce . - Cross-examined by Mr . Wright—I never saw the prisoner till he was in the custody of the police . From fifteen to twenty minutes might elapse between

      the first throwing of stones and the gun being ua . loaded . When I got back to the public-noose I found the windows knocked in , and the lower part of the house gutted ; but the upper room appeared oo < touched . I was in the back part of the procession , and a large crowd had passed the home before I came up . S # rgeant Pearson , of the Snnderland police , sworn , said , when I entered the house pointed out to me , I found prisoner standing on the stairs . Ongoing into the publia-houso , we fonnd everything in tha lower part destroyed . On going up stairawefounj a son of Liddle's , a boy about fourteen years of age . who wa 3 crying , and asking where his father wu , 1 said I would tell aim if he would tell us where ha

      gun was . We soon found , in the corner of a back room whioh had been occupied by Mr . Attwood ' t band , a gun which the boy said was his father ' s , No damage waa done in that room ; it had not beat gutted . The windows of the front room were broken , and some of the furmture damaged as if by stones : but there was no appearance of a mob having beea up stairs . Witness produced the gun , which is 1 common fowling-piece with a percussion-lock . A Magistrate here asked who conducted the cue against the prisoner 1 on which , after a brief consultation between Inspeotor Bailes and Mr . A . J . Moore , one of Lord Ho wick ' s law agents , ihe latter gentleman took the management of ' . the prosecution .

      Thomas Milton , of Newcastle , sworn , raid be was struck by a stone , from the public-house as he wag passing , holding by the handle of Sir Hedworth ' s carriage door . He also saw the prisoner , whom he knew well , present tbe gun , but he did not Bee it fired . Walker Featherstonhaugh , Esq ., sworn , said—I was in the carriage with Lord Howick , with my back to the horses , when his Lordship exclaimed , "Good God ! there is a man with a gnn ! " On looking , I saw a man at one of the npper windows , in the act of cocking something like a gun . From another upper window a volley of stones waa thrown , one of which struck Lord Howick , and another myself .

      Several other witnesses spoke to thelsame facts , after which , Mr . Moore prayed the Court for an adjournmeni of the case till Tuesday , when he expected to brici ? proof of a large quantity of stoats having been collected in the house , and also . of Liddle ' s having cleaned his gun with the intention of using it in the way described . ? - . ; .:- ¦ ¦ , ¦ - ; Mr . Wright requested tho magistrates , 'if they remanded the prisoner , to allow bun to go- out-on bail , as he should shew that be had actea merely ia self-defence . This was objected to by Mr . Moore ; but after a private consultation between the May « r and Messrs . Backhouse , Simpson , Pemberton , and Carr , it was at length announced that bail should ba taken for tbe reappearanae of the prisoner , himself being bound in £ 80 , and two sureties in £ 49 each . Messrs . George Hudson and William Story , two of Mr . Atttrood ' s Monkwearmouib friends , are Liddle ' s bondsmen .

      Liddle ' s house ia a perfect wreck , every article of furniture having been smashed to atoms , and his stock of provisions and liquor thrown into the street by the crowd , in revenge for his conduct , The prisoner ' s wife says that the sum of £ 302 , which she had concealed in the house , was carried off by the mob . ,

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      VISCGUNT MELBOUKN' 5 CIRCULAR . Viscount Melbourne presents his respectful com * plinunts to those counties , cities , boroughs , and towns corporate of tha United Kingdom which hsve not yet voted him their thanks for his very popular conduct during the period he was at the head of the defrmct Administration . . ¦ The late Premier particularly begs ihat their freedom and thanks may be voted to him iu gold boxes . He does not wish them to be particularly fastidious , or curious in the patterns of the boxes , only to take care that they are all thick and heavy , which , whsn melted down , will produce a sum of money worth accepting .

      Viscount Melbourne also bints to any nobleman or country gentleman keeping a good table , that he can produce undeniable testimonials of his beiDg « c $ * lent" d ? nner company ; " and that now having a great deal of leisure on his hands , and possessing a most unconquerable dislike to dininj ; in his owu house , at hisownexpence , that he shall be happy to comosea stay with them on trial for a mouth or so , when , « found agreeable , he has no objection to extend tie visit up to Christmas . Any nobleman or gentleman who may feel dull * and require a refreshing companion , like YiscooJrt Melbourne , will be good enough to inclose a line to him at South-street , inclosing the insidD coach fare , and it shall be immediately attended to . N . B . Eailie&t applications will have the preference .

      Emgm'al $Terliam*Nt.

      Emgm ' al $ terliam * nt .

      Attempted Resuscitation Of The New Move.

      ATTEMPTED RESUSCITATION OF THE NEW MOVE .

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      March of Knowledge . —Yebbatim . —8 Seh . 41 i Post-uahk , Tburo . —•* A cottager would thank tn » writer off tLo Gardenar ' s Cozeltc to inform what roman letters are . I do exhibit at the Shaw ana must give my private mark in roman letters and 1 dorit know they are . "—Literary Gazette . France . —The French journals are filled with details of disturbances in different parts of France * The attempt to assassinate one of the Royal Duk ^ -rtbr it ia still donbful whetber tbe assassin aimed at tho Duke d'Aumale or the Duke of Orleans , produced a very painful impression in the French capi tal .- The Commerce br . s a letter from Vienna , m

      which we find the following important announcement : — " The general digarmiDg of Europe has bee n re solved upon . The Cabinet of Vienna has recently addressed a note to that of . the Tuilerics , to invite « to reduce its military force co » i 6 intly with theotcer ftreat powers . Tbe Cabinet of the Tuileries rep lied that , so soon a , s the other powers should be ready » disann , it would do ao too , and would begin'by * reduction of 40 , 000 men . The Austrian Cabinet . consequently , immediately ordered a reduction ® its army ; but , as tho autumnal reviews ure to t »*» place almost immediately , the measure is not to w carried into execution until the 15 th of October . *» is thought that the landwehr will be dubanaeo * which will be a reduction of 80 , 000 men . "

      Marylebdne . — Rigiih op Women to ' Franchise . —A most spirited and convincing W " ture was' delivered on this subject on WednesoJj week , at the Working Man ' s Hal ! , by Mm . Mm " tin , wbo handled the subject in sach a roannw as to leave uo donbt on the minds of all who fce ^ jr hfer , that women has as just and as inalienable a r # » to the franchise as man . At the close of the leoMWi a discussion was invited by Mrs . Martin , when ? person of the uarneof Paddifoot , came forward » W said ho had an objection toraiss asaiasfcthe proposea unioa of the two sexes , in the " lea ^ lativeassembli ^ Hewonld , tbcrefore , propoEethattho ] adies shoaJafl »^ a legislative assembly of their own . The i ®? ™' turess answered , the objection to women ^ '" / y ! ihe fame legislative assemblies aa tho men , wntf * h ho contended waa frivolous . The meeting , an ^ * leutf discussion separated .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct398/page/6/