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      \ T OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN . That by the Vf recent Verdict obtained hf Messrs . Morison against certain Impostors for eennterfeitiug their medicines , all persons selling me # eines as and for MoMBos ' s Pills , which are , in facf , mere spurious imitations , are liable to hate actions brought against them for every box sold under that mime , which actions Mesere . MoKisow will deem it their dntr to enforce in every ease that comes to their knowledge . General A « nt for Yorkshire ( West Kdin «> f Mr . William Stubbd , 47 , Queen-terrace , Horth-md , Leeds . British Colleg « of-Health , H * milton- {? la «» Nflir-road , London , Dee . 29 th , 1840 .

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      M'DOUALL'S CHARTIST AND REPUBLJCA ]* JOURNAL . On Saturday , the Third Day o f April , 184 l r IBB FIRST NUMBER OF THE

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      Just published , in royal 18 mo ., cloth , price 3 s . ; and sent in the Country free , by the post , 3 a . 6 d ., MANHOOD ; the CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE , with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION ; addressed t » those Buffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence , Solitary Habits , or Infection ; followed by observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS , GONORRHCEA , GLEET , &c . Illustrated with Cases , &c .

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      PARR'S INFALLIBLE UtFE PILLS , WHICH are now recommended by all who have tried them . They have been the means of restoring to health many thousands who have suffered by dire disease and ill-health . Read the following LetJers to the Proprietors : —

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      TO MR OM 4 . LLET , OF THE DUBLLJT CHABTIST ASSOCIATION . " Alas ! poor conntxj , iJmost afraid to know htetL " K ^ peab O * Mai . let , —I am like the Tre _ . ther-beaten ^ gjB-p dted mariner , t *_ ading npoa the deck after the ^ o ^ bis passed away , and straining right in Hatch , of to j ) irijseon he may place hit foot once more in * Jj . Indeed , my caie is even more anxious ; 1

      i-nped overboard from a mutinous crew , and was i ____ ed np by Mendly bandi ; and though I hate the ^* ygj | 1 ot 8 the bark in "which I hate had s » many /^ j Lful oHb , and I lore the paoeagen who have my feflow voyagers . Ireland is the bark , and her itooje not U » present raee of gilded p&triots , but ner ' j ^ her " hetedltuy beadsmen . " - » rere my " ^ Ljsaai * To * th * Ust £ x yeara I o » tb been speakw Teoel , and asking , / ' HcT i » old Ireland , and kow does she stand ,

      lad lio » *• I 1 * *™ ' mT olri 1 old oaUt * iand *" . ^ t in 1 -nil ha * followed woe , and sigh has rolled jlgt tigb in S ^ * * uceesskm . Many an aching heart his broken , many a mortal designed for a longer sojourn & this la nd o f trial has been nipped of his original Um , and pr ematurely consigned to the cold grave ; - ^ » spirit "with , account unsettled , unhooseled , -s aaoiitted , ansnnealled , " has been hurried into the «» fnl presence of his God , while his survivors haTe pid cold prayers for his salvation , and still Uto and Him upon the disease that killed kirn .

      = AH this , O-ilaUey , I have Tritnewed . I haTe been iteen obserrer of ail that has P »» ed , and 0 ! B . OW vyftl mn * t the news be to the exile in his cell , to nor that , at last—at long last , —tbebreexe , for which wifca ! been long whistling , has at length sprung up , , from the right quarter—from the legitimate source ({ ill power . Tes , my friend , the Tery fact of your pg ^ JBg , o ! yourselves and for yourselTes , without the jiditional ganfication of my name being once more ignedbr In& tiP *> B&eiram 8 the land , and tells me that <_ £ Ireland iJ nearing it oa

      O'Maller . ^^ Tm DW it" that Irish P ^ nots thrive , while the Irish people perisi of want ? qiz von solTe for me the knotty problem of men K jsr chee&& is their denunciation of physical force , ^ jfle they h a re filled their country with the Tery worst jaeipUoa of a standing , armed , trebly-paid , spy force , wkOa - jgrriees cezse trhea peace pievxila , aad Trio ^ n , fiieiefore , » a interest ia cjtU commotion , for Oft tn bat for the civil serrise ? Can you Bjiim how it is that eTery paper thronfhacj the emp ire greedily seizes upon and fully -lushes eTery word spoken by Irish " patriots , "

      jgk tie Irish people are obliged to send their news fcrpnblietion to the Irish " traitor ' s " paper ? Can yon fc& how it is that , with such & liberal press as Irehsd boasts of , we never hear of a single meeting of the yzixBg classes conTened by themselves , addressed by g ^ BaeJre * . or p ^^ nng resolntjons upon matters in any uy Ksnaeeted with their interests ? Caa 7 cm tell me tfrt hie been done with all the money collected in Irfu sd within the last twenty years ; and point out to as the people ' s or the martyr ' s share ! Can you infsam me why i t is that men who were hooted from the hsSnssinl ^ S , as falling short of the popular

      stan-6 nd ot fctaess , are now being dignified with titles , jjjeei , aad pensions , as a reward for meritorious aerree ia their country ' s cause ? Can you inform me how Jii that Ireland , after ten years' growth from her new bjrdi unto righteousness , has becvme more lisping and &gpeniaxi . i *>>» " she was in her cradle ? Why does tbsao-w hue , as a cheri shed boon , what she then nn-TilBngly bore as a badge of slaTery ? Hare the rnanada forytd by " tyrants " become leas galling because TYKutd by " patriots * ! Are the Tnininnw better fed , better clad , better housed , and more independent . ' Bo your " patriot" judges abate a jot d the law's rlrom ! 3 > o your " patriot"

      landkrdi abate a fraction of the rent compounded for , or do they compound for less ? 3 > O JOUI " pv krictie " police , now composed of 5 " due tOire of Ca&oiics , " P « t ^ he hand < aSs on with more tendersssa , or with more compunction ; and are they lea watehfal and tjrsssicair Does the Law Church , tender its new composition , appear lees hideous , because presested in a new aod less known form ? Bo your " patriotic" barristers plead the martyr ' s cause for smaller fees , or is your attorney ' s bill docked of any of its eusumixrj charges ) In the many associations which hue been called into hasty existence , and which hare at hastily died , hare you been represented , or haTe you beai allowed only the poor priTilege of paying ?

      O'ilalley , I speak of poor Mr . O'Connell now , aa a thing that has been , but has passed away ; I merely use him as an illustration . Whom did he denounce as " base , brutal , and bloody ; " and who does he n » w ares , and in what haTe they changed ? Who are Hbt parties now in Ireland from trkase ranks candidates * Kchosen , sod how did Mr . O'Connell stand affected tonris those , parties , eren ai the general election of 1 SSS ; aa 4 haTe they all changed , and has he remained faa to the cause which he then espoused ? Who are Sis parties selected for promotion to all offices ? Are fey a& the most unmanageable and apparently indepentet members , in order to make way for others psstsscd of a pliancy of principle and disposition capalfc id basg jEouIded into aoy shape best suiting the Tk « e of the political mechanic ?

      O'ilaiier , let us now pass oTer the seTen centaries of fciid ' s dark night of oppression , and bask in the ET ' ° " 'Tig vijch -W 33 to haTe shed its rays upon the JCrfsre-i patriot ' s graTe , to haTe cheered the win-• s tf the life of the suniTor , aad to haTe illuminated Jbsjosa ? patriot in cis future course . What was to Ins been die promised change 7 Let us speak of hsu . n& Rtfonu Bill was to haTe resusciUted Ireland , ¦ Swsa hsTTowed patriots ia the English House of femoas . Tie folio-wing was our Charter , which , before h& zzi tie people , we swore to maintain eTen to the ^ £ : —rciTersai Sufirage , Annual Parliaments , Yote ^ Ballot , fUpsal of the Union , total Abolition of £ 2 = s . ia name and nature , Appointment of Magis-^^ tj the people , and remoTal of the Bishops from fcs House of Lords . Such -wag Ireland's Charter .

      I « : us aoTF see her " patriots '" performances . TniTer-* -: S- ^ e has dwindled into the most " practical ^ e aion ;" ' Annual Parliaments has been relinquished «» Irisnuial ParliaaenU ; Repeal of the Unitm has « = s > . ' * 3 eiinto "justice to Ireland , - " the total abo-^ ' J thhes into " appropriatioQ point ; " that ia , the K ^ priaroa to national purposes of a surplus , which v * i to be found after the church maw was ^ fcand ; and then the patriots commuted eTery ~* tthes into 25 s . rent . The appoinment of

      magia-^* = cj tne people has been lost sight of , and the " tar 4 J cf the bishops thought of no consequence . * t Sad undefined terms haTe been substituted for gg * y ^^ 1 * 1 I w a - Principles , and the only pledge whkh has ; ; pnswTcd , ia , the old cloak to throw otct the \ ^ rf ertass of a dishonoured faction : " the BaUot : " ' * ie -without the soup : the dish without the j t 4 *

      Vj- * ,-. ~; . c e dark iaatem in the assassin ' s hand to allow _^ > Kab coward-like and unseen- Is this a ] ~*^ 3 ouwatxi ? l » tiiis the re-ward for the ] ^ ' ^ I'TOTed State of Bockty , when in the dark- 1 ^^^ I 5 EcriEce , ten years zgo , we were promised so ] ., iL-1 has our knowledge but taught us to take \ Ciiov fa , tjig Bubgtajice , ud aboTe gjj Md ' w , has the mproTement of the people held : --i i ^ e increasing of the faction who

      ^^ power aja ^ . T ° ' ^ ' ¦ wiat ^ f ^ ed oW gentleg l ' -ea for all this ? Why , that the people of Vat , ^ Ute yao > Md ^^ eTerything Irish , and Wor ^ DP £ TS'Jon * " f ? ndIy »» tidp » ted , and his ^^^ fe ; i Btort in consequence of the unex-^ f i * 44 ^ &Cd opposition ° * t 1 " English people !!! S * eT ^ hi & Ue > * damned lie- But it hss recently We n , "" * i - ° serre a purpose ) to Tory hatred . to ^ T * ' **** ! . ^ e always knew of that , and it was » an . -. * " eonnt , aad , therefore , should not be

      2 ^ " tt laTonr of reteogre «« ion . ^ T ^ ' ?** ' ^ te 8 t &e 6 lttr « ^ t ^ ^^ os 3 ir . 0 Ccmjell the most popolar man in 1 * ie »^! r i totte Cl ° rf ^ rion of ' i 838 ' ^ Ib ^ - « him to make a tour , like a conquerer , ^ hai ^ ' ^ and Scotland ? Why . Nothing that 484 s *» 7 dOae t 01 ae Ea 5 «"* . the Scotch . * » beTOS 7 prOTe aeir ^ P ^ o * lore for Ireland , ^^ aJ seL ' -conFidemzon . He had betrayed 18 t * H , T ! ^ D > rcheste * ^ bonrers - question ; ^^ 3 aaa praised the English Poor Law ,

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      abominably detested by the people , for whose benefit it was said to exist ; and he had actually sold the Tery operatlTes , in whose cause he enlisted ; and aad surrendered t » the Lords upon the fuestion of English Corporate Kfiform . Bat yet , O'Malley , betie-ring him true to Ireland , and loring Ireland , and wishing to see her once more resume her proper rank amongst the nations of the earth , they pardoned and absolred all transgressions against themselTes , and actually placed him , in the autumn of 1835 , in a position to dictate to Europe ; aye , to Europe ; he might haTe opened the session of 1836 , by proclaiming TniTersal Suffrage , and neither King , Lords , or Commons would have dared to resist it ; but he wanted the moral courage , aye ,, and the personal courage too , to use bis power f » r general good against an organised faction .

      Well , but the English put no such tax upon the gr » t power With Which they had invested him . What , then , iras his erime ? Why , simply this , that he advertised his power through a series of letters to Lord Duncannon , the then Secretary of State for the Home Department ; he compounded for a bit of tinselled viceroy *! ty , to amuse the people , while he was selling Ireland , and he bartered his gigantic power for pelf , place , and patronage . Some biographers may say , no , no ; not for place , for he refused it ; true , he refused fiTe thousand a-year and the shelf , for ton thousand a-year and the larder and the run of the kitchen for his dependants ; and all this was accomplished while Ireland was gaping , like a great OTergrown gaby , at a tinselled fool riding in gimcraekery and regimentals , amid the shouts and hnzsaa of the slaTea ,

      And now , in troth , the people have ran away trom 0 'COHneU . Ah ! my brare and gallant countryman , there neTer- yet was a sound principle batched nnder the wing of fanaticism ; and the threadbare cl « ak of religion , cannot now , thank God l be used as a mantle to cover the body of dril corruption . Who was the most popular man in England , Scotland , and Wales , while he was thought to be true to Ireland . ' Daniel O'ConneU . Who is . now , beyond all comparison , the most unpopular man ? Why , the same Baniel OConnell ; and why ? Because he has sold Ireland to the Whig faction .

      • 'Malley , kingcraft , priestcraft , and paper money , craft haTe been the ruin of eTery country ; but , thank God ; all nations are now opening their eyes , and the mountain of cifil iniquity can no longer be obscured by the molehill of religious fraud . You will mark -mj wards , —and I haTe made BOme good guesses , —that If th Irish priesthood dont look sharp , their turn will come next The hierarchy of your Church is as much a state hierarchy as that of the Protestant Church , and is equally opposed to the extension of civil rights . Ten know this .

      I now come to the consideration of the great buggaboo , physical ferce . Your moral-force Colonel of the Irish volunteers of 1 S 33 , ( and in which corps I was a private , and paid £ 1 is . by the Colonel ' s order , for musket and accoutrements , ) has charged the English Chartists , in general , and Feargus O'Connor , in particular , with being torch asd dagger men , physicalforce Chartists . O'Malley , I neTer , U my knowledge , or belief , mentioned the words torch or dagger in

      speech , or writing in my life ; but let me give my undisguised opinion upon the subject of physical force . The whole mischief , treason , and illegality of the thing consists , then , in its want , not in its possession ; for , beliere me , if I had Ban ' s 500 , 0 * 0 fighting men well armed , you never would hear another word of tho egality of physical force , nor of a single act of cruelty , tyranny , or oppression , nor of plunder , persecution or incendiarism . In fact ,

      The hellish thing so much belied Would lose its name when well applied . O'Malley , lisp not reproach of physical force in Tara ' s Hall , sing it not on Tara ' s Hi ll , or Vinegar Hill , or on the . bridge of Wexford , where the gallant Bagnell Harvey led his countrymen to death or glory against the proud inTavder . Let not the shades ot Lord Edward Ktz d -eraid , one of nature ' s cobles , be dUturbftd in the tomb by the hollow sound of "justice for Ireland , " begged from a faction with cap in one hand and petition in the other ; a position beneath the dignity of an Irishman ,

      Let not themntilated remains of the murdered Emmett , be set writhing like the severed parts of the mangled worm , by hparing that his country begs in mercy for what she should possess in justice . He lies here and there , unheaded , unbo welled , and an tombed , but not unhonoured , unregretted , or unavenged : No , not unavenged ! The malison has struck tyranny , and it must fall with a hideous crash . Behold , it now totters . The first-flash from the lightning of Knowledge has riven the temple of corruption , and it but awaits the thunder-bolt of Truth to proclaim its fall , and that tyranny is buried beneath the ruin .

      O'Malley , the traTeller and the writer tell us our country is improTed . Xow , I carry th « m , not to tho back settlements either of Monster or Conoaught ; I tike them , not to the wilds and mountains , nor yet far from town , nay , not tsn miles in any direction from the Post-office or Nelson ' s Pillar , and let us compare notes . From what do they draw their conclusions ? From the painted figures dressed for the masquerade . They see the gay fronts of the gorgeous shops in

      SackTilestreet . Dame-Btreet , College Green , Graf ton-streel , Parliament-street , and Bawson-street , but many a painted face conceals the workings of a broken heart ,- and even in the back settlements of those shops the fisitor would find misery and destitution : the front is but a show-board to entice the purchasers and a balm to allay the apprehension of the creditor . The shopman must be dressed and gay , but go ¦ to his family and ask them bow they f eel ?

      Well , where do « s the traveller dine ? Why , In Merrion-square , or Stephen ' s Green , or G .-aafej--ro -w , or Mountjoy-square , with a judge , a barrister , an attorney , a parson , a doctor , an officer , a merchant , a banker , a BUekjobber , or an exciseman ; all , all one , and all » e many lice upon the back of the poor beetle . Xow , O'Malley , look on this picture . Let them take a walk with me along the quays , up Bridgestreet , through James ' s-street , and Tisit the upper stories en Christmas day , and to Rathcool , only eight miles . I will not shock any oae by taking him to > ' &a £ , fifteen miles . Let us then come back , and go through the liberties , the Poddle , Cork-street , Thomasstreet , Meath-street , and on to Bolphin ' s barn , to Crumlin , Cimage , round by Green Hill , Kiltlalkin , and home by the Fox and Goose Commons . Let us then go out by

      Baggot-street , over Ball ' s Bridge , to the once celebrated Merrion , to Booterstown , Black Bock , Mount Pelier , and Banleary , ( now called King ' s Town , in honour of a king who w&s kicked out of the Jocfcey Ciub , being to « great a blackguard for that honourable society , ) and come home by Stilorgan , and Bonnybrook . Let as then visit the once renowned Clontarf . Then let us go up Birrsck-street , through Stoneybatter , and to Bunboyne , only seven miles . Then through Chapelizod , Lucan , and Leixlip ; and then to Maynooth , the residence of Ireland ' s only Bake , and nephew to the lamented Lord Edward Fitzgerald , who lost his life in defending . himself against a gang of police and your beloved Major Swan , to whom , if living , your moral force leader would vote compensation . Poor Fitzgerald died in prison of his-wounds ; otherwise be too would have fead his head cut off . and his bowels torn

      out . >" ow , O'Malley , I have not taken you more than nine miles in any direction from the Post-office , and I ask you , as " an honest man , upon your oath , in your opinion , can an equal amount of destitution be found in any equal space upon acy part of the habitable globe ? Well , but I have not done : that's for a day's recreation . >* qw tollow me through the night Mighty God ! I am fearful of asking you , lest yon forget the honest lesson tanght by the honest Chartist Association . Well , then , I pass the night ; I leave the scenes of open and

      undisguised iniquity and poTerty-made prostitution ; I heed not the drunken row , the lordly spree , or the oollege-taught midnight amusement ; I pass all , and I come to virtuous modesty , seeking the hour betwixt suspicion and detection—that still moment between the owl ' s abandonment of light , and the hawk ' s relief of the night watca ; and , 0 Bod of Heaven ! Merciful Creator of prince and peasant ! and to wkom both in nakedness return , what do I see here . ' What have i , many times and oft , seen in the cold and chilling frost of a Christmas morning , when at least all should

      rejoice ? I haTe seen this picture , O'Malley , and so have you . Between day and dark I have seen the virtuous icotfcer , with her group of legitimate little ones , —not a barefaced prostitute—no , no , O'MaUey , prostitution livea not » lowly -, I have seen the young mother , with a

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      chUd of fifteen or eighteen months old , bandied in the tail of a tattered garment , and tied round the mother ' s neck for security , while one arm supported a helpless ba . be , pulling , in Tain , at the dried up source of Its natural fountain , while three or four nearly naked little innocent * , from three to six years old , were nestling to the dam , looking , but in Tain , for that beat and comfort which nature intended the mother to commsoieate to her young . I have fees the anxious mother balanced with her d « uble burden , scratching , daring the only hour allotted to virtuous poTerty by tyrant man , in " improved Ireland , " among the cinders flung from the rich man ' s ash pit , for a cold potato , a

      handfull of cinders , or a bone , or anything , while her group of younglings haTe kept up the heart-rending bowl of " Oh , mammy , mammy , whatil J do , I ' m kilt with the could , I ' m hungry mammy , oh . vlshawiaha mammy give me suathiu . to ait . " I have heatd the motina , ¦ forgetting all her own wants and pangs , reply , with a ftrced smile , " Hould yer tung agra , hould yer tung , the pillice 111 hear you , and take uz all to the watch house . " I have seen the mother , after finding a cold potato , diride it , and share it according to the respective ages , giving the largest to the least and youngest , and then smile , while , with famished look she enjoyed a moment ' s repose from the " Mammy , I ' m hungry . '' I have seen the poor and squalid creature , after half an hour ' s scratching , and when full daylight warned her that her longer presence would be an

      insult to the merchant in his morning walk , straighten her crippled back , and thus pour out her sorrows : — "Ob , wiaha , wiaha , akuisbla macree , cum , cum my dariints , and don't you cry , or tne pillice 'ill bear you . Oh yes , Oh yea , God look dovrn npon as this day , and provide for the poor ! Oh ! wbat'il become uv uz at all at all , er what way 'ill I turn this blessed day . Cum , joels , com dailins , here ' s the gintlemen comin . Oh , yea , may God guide us this day , pray Jaisus . Amen . " I have seen that , O'Malley , within eighteen months , In " improved Ireland , " and within musket abot ot the Liberator ' s door , and Ireland is " improved I" I have done , for the present ; only " three cheers for our virtuous young Queen , and the only Government that ever did justice to Ireland ! " If you are happy , why should I repine ?

      I am , Your faithful friend and countryman , Feabgvs O'Coxnob . York Castle , Felon ' s side , 16 th ol 11 th month of solitary confinement , but yet an , Irisman and a Chartist . p . s . O'Malley , the English press will say that mine is " a rale Irish epistle be Jaisus , " because I commenced with the intention of expounding the principles of the Charter , but have not said a word about them . The fact is , that when I got upon the subject of Irish patriotism and Irish destitution , I got so hot that bolted from the course .

      I have only a word to say now ; banish from your mind and for ever the notion that the English people either hate Ireland , or that they are ungrateful or fickle . Can you have a stronger proof of the very reverse , than the fact which my own case furnishes' I was sent here to be ruined in character and health ; my hands tied up while all were pelting me . Well , I have been here for now nearly eleven months , rigour increased , not diminished , as Mr . Buncombe seems to think and would wish ; but here I am a stranger , an alien , and the ungrateful fickle blistered hands fustian jackets and unshorn chins , have saved my life , by defending my character against Whigs , Tories , the whole press , the higher and middle classes , and Mr . Burns . Look at that !

      I have spent thousands upon them and you , for you cannot be separated ; but mark the difference—while fickle England has paid my poor service with con * fidence and gratitude , which is inTaloable ; Ireland , grateful Ireland , has paid me with kicks . But never mind ; I told you six years ago that " we want you , Feaxgus , " would yet be wafted across the channel ; and then no personal feeling shall warp my mind from my country's cause . I will heap coals of fire upon your beads , by repaying your reviling ! with acts of substantial patriotism .

      While humbugs look for land to gWe a Tote , I look for the Tote to giTe the land . What I was when I was borne on the people ' s heads In 1832 , the same I am now , and the same I will be until death . Ireland is my country , but the world Is my republic . O'Malley , Ireland has been our mother , our cradle , our nurse , and our protector . Her anxious heaving bosom has been the pillow of our infancy . Should we not , then , honour her , that our days may be long in the land ¦ wh ich the Lord our God has given us ? She will , I trust , be our grave ,- shall we not , then , prepare her for our reception , that our memories may luxuriantly spring through her pure and hallowed mould , and long live green in the l and of our nativity ? I love my country above all earthly things ; her oppressors I hate above all hellish fiends . F . OC .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS , Fbidat , Mabch 12 . The Bishop of Bangoe presented a petition from Wales against the bill for uniting the see of Bangor with St . Asaph . The Buke of Richmond presented a petition from an individual named Carr , who had been for 4 » years Judge of the Conrt of King ' s Bench in Qaebec , and subsequently in the Vice Admiralty Court in Canada . He had been deprived of his situation without trial , and prayed an investigation . The Marquis of Korma ^ bt said the petitioner bad been very ill advised in bringing his case before the House In the year 1815 a sum of £ 1 , 260 had been paid into the bands of his registrar , and transferred by tfce petitioner to his private account . From that time till 2834 there had been no account of the money , the petitioner stating that he bad been compelled to appropriate it from pecuniary embarrassment . In 1834 the money was repaid , and the petitioner was then dismissed from his office .

      In answer to the Bishop of London , Viscount Melbourne said he should lay the correspondence and documents on the of idolatrous worship in India on the table in a few days . The Earl of Mountcasuel gave notice that , after tbe Easter recess , he should call tie attention of the House to the subject of duelling , and move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the best mode of putting an end to tbe practice . If such a course were not adopted it would be better to repeal the act of Victoria altogether . Ab the law at present stood , individuals did not know whether they were justified in fighting a duel or not . Lord Keane " * Annuity Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Monday . The Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill was reported , and ordered to be read a third time on Monday . Adjourned . Monday , March 15 .

      No other business of importance was transacted than the getting rid of the motion of the Bishop of Exeter for an address to the Crown to withhold its assent to the inordinance f » r incorporating St . Sulpice . The Rev . Prelate supported his motion by a long and able address , proving his consummate ability as an orator and an advocate . The Marquis of Normanby answered the Bigbt Rev . Prelate in a speech full of matter , but in places somewhat personal , reflecting on the good faith of the Right Rev . Prelate . The Earl of Ripon and the Duke , of Wellington spoke against the motion , and the Noble Bute recommended the Bishop to -withdraw it The Bishop did not venture to divide the House , but withdrew his motion . Tuesday , March 17 .

      Mr . Stanley , the Secretary to the Poor Law Commissioners In Ireland , was examined at the bar of the House at great length , relative to tb ? falsification of the returns from the Clonmel Union . The alterations which bad been made in the records of tbe Union were admitted by Mr . Stanley , who declared , however , that he had no improper motive for so doing . Ultimately it was determined that the presence of Mr . Phelan , the assistant Poor Law Commissioner , -would be necessary , and it was directed that he should be ordered to attend on Monday next . —Adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fbidat , Mabch 12 . Petitions were presented on the subject of church rates , and against various provisions in the Poor Law Continuance BilL ' In answer to Sir Robert Inglis , Lord Palkeesiok rtated that the Sovenunect had turned its attention to the position in which Protestanta were placed in the Levant , and they had impressed upon the Porte the necessity and good policy of placiDg the Christians of every religious denomination on the same , or , if possible , a better footing than before the receni events . Mr . Easthope gave notice that on Thursday he should call tbe attention of the House to the petition of William B&ines , confined in Leicester gaol for refusing to pay church rates ; and that hft should postpone his motion for leave to bring in a bill to abolish the payment of church rates till af tejr Easter . In answer to qutstions from Lord F . Egerton ., Sir R . Peel , Lord San&on , and other Hon . Members ,

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      Xord . Palileuston said ha Jjad received a copyef the hattf echeriffiBsued by the Sultan . « n the subject of the hawditarr pachalir of Egyni-ihat : Instrument had been lasnca by the Sultan : on hit own authority , and lie apprehended ifc waa a question between him and his subject Mehemet AIL He could not , ' with « ny precision , state to the Hoase ' at present whether the four powers approved of the ' firman ; as he had not had an opportunity of communicating with thesnT In answer to Col . D . Dime » , lord Mobvbtb said

      that the differences between the IrUa Poor Law Commissioners and the Guardians of the Poor » f the Hountmilliek Union were chiefly on the abject of the site for a workhouse . A letter had appwoed in the papers from his secretary , Mr . Macdonnell , aiMresfled to Dr . Jacob , and stating that If he again fteCanie a member of the Board of Gaardlanar trf Monntmtilick , his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant would feel it bia duty to remove him from the situation of medical attendant to the asylum , aa he considered ' the two appointments incompatible . Hb belwed that , i © tt » r waa authentic

      Mr . F . Keely postponed his motion on the subject of tbe abolition of the punishment of death till after Easter , when he hoped the Government bills would be before the House . . Lord J . Russeli gave notice that on Monday be should move that her Majesty be authorised to grant a loan of , £ 2 * 0 , 000 to the Sflnth ' Australian Company , ont of the Consolidated Fund , to be repaid at such periods as the house might deem fit . ' - On the motion of Mr . Labopchkbe , the House went into a committee on the-subject of the trade with the West Indian and North American colonies . Mr . Labouchere moved a number of alterations on the tariff , which were read over ana reported , and the committee asked leave to sit again . ¦ > On the order of the day for the second reading of the County Courts Bill being read ,

      Sir F . Pollock took & review of the proceedings that bad taken place in that Hou *> for the last ten or twelve years on the subject Of giving a more extensive jurisdiction to the court tor the recovery of small debts . There were several details of the present bill which appeared to him decidedly objectionable ; but it was not his intention to oppose the second reading , as those , objectionable clauses might be dlscusstd and amended in committee . One of the clauses empowered the Government to appoint fifty new officers , with salaries of £ 1 , 604 each—that was a patronage which exceeded that of the whole army ' , and Hon . Members w * uld bear In mind that such * step was about to be taken with an extremely narrow majority , and with almost the certainty of a dissolution of Parliament oft « r Easter .

      The Attobmey-Genebal thought it Tery extraordinary that his Hon . and Learned Friend should approve of the principle ef the bill , and express his determination not to oppose the second reading j while at tbe same time he attributed the most improper motives to the Government in bringing it forward , if ever there was a measure in which , party feeling should not be allowed to interfere , it was the present , and he regretted U > observe so much of it in the observation his Hon . and Learned Friend had just addressed to the House . Sir £ . Sugden objected to several of the details of the bilL Mr . F . "Mxvle said , although there had been a good deal of objection to the details of the measure , the principle had been admitted on all bands , and he should object to such amendments in committee as would not be likely to meet the views of the House .

      Mr . Hawes said it appeared to him that the object of the Hon . aad Learned Gentlemen on the opposite side was to delay the passing of the bill until they came into power themselves , and by that means they would secure the patronage which they found fault with the present Government for attempting to exercise . The bill was then read a second time . The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill , and the Ordnance Survey Bill , were severally read a second time . The Mutiny BUI , and the Marine Mutiny Bill , went severally through a committee . Adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock .

      Monday , March 15 . Mr . Fox Maule assured Mr . Wakley , in answer to questions , that there was no intention whatever to exclude the public ttom the Green Park , or to alter the hours of Admission . In a Committee on the South Australia Acts , Lord John Russell moved a resolution , guaranteeing a loan to that colony of £ 20 , 000 , and making provision for the payment out of tbe Consolidated Fund . Lord Stakley had thought that this subject was one which ought to have been brought before the House , on the responsibility of the Government , before it was referred to a Committee . It was the duty of Government to come to Parliament with a definite proposition . He described the self-supporting principle as » bubble which had burst . The revenue of the calony woe , he said , £ 20 , 000 a year , the expenditure £ l 00 , 00 t : and the Government House cost £ 24 , 009 .

      Lord John could not acquiesce in delay , because the colony was perishing . Sir Robert Peel suggested that the resolutions should express that the loan should not be immediately paid . Lord Howick explained that bills had already been given , on the faith that the Treasury would pay them . He suggested that Government should receive the authority to raise some mouey to meet the present difficulties , and take time to adjust the affairs of the colony . Air . Hutt defended the Australian Commissioners from Lord Stanley ' s attack . Mr . Vernon Smith thought the affairs of the colony were not so discouraging . ' Sir Robert Peel pointed out a contradiction between two statements of Colonel Torrens , which shook his confidence in what was reported of the colony .

      Lord John Russell expressed his surprise at the course adopted by Lord Stanley , who in Committee had proposed a resolution that delay would aggravate the evil . Mr . Quote was for dispatch , that the sews might go out to the colony . Lord Eliot concurred with Lord John Russell in feeling surprised at Lord Stanley ' s conduct , and said that there was no difference in the Committee as to the necessity of immediate steps . Ultimately the House resumed without tbe Committee having adopted any resolution . On the Report of tbe Ordnance Estimates , Captain Boldero drew tbe attention of th « House to the supplies we had furnished foreign States ; when Sir H . Vi vmn assured the Hon . Gentleman that we had only furnished the Sultan with 24 , 000 stand of arms , with

      ammunition . The Report on the East India Bum Bill was received , after an amendment had been introduced including date-tree sugar . The Registration of Voters < Scotland ) Bill was read a second time after a short debate . The Brainage of Lands Bill was opposed , and the second reading was carried by 31 to 19 . On the motion of Sir W . Rae , leave was given to bring in a Bill to ereot a monument to Sir Walter Scott , in Edinburgh . Mr . Fox Maule supported the motion , which has tbe consent of both parties . Some other matters of course were transacted , and at half-past eleven o ' clock the House adjourned .

      Tuesday , March 17 . Mr . Hutt brought the question of the Sound dues nnder the consideration of the House , and moved a resolution to the effect that the present tariff was one which the King of Benmark had no right to maintain , and that such a revision should take place as would tend to facilitate the trade of Great Britain With the Baltic Lord PalhebstoiV admitted the coxreefneas of the Hon . Member ' s statements , bnt hoped that he would either withdraw his motion , or assent . to the previous question . After some conversation , Mr . Hutt agreed to the previous question . Mr . Easthope moved that the petition of William Baines , a prisoner in Leicester Gaol , presented on the 2 nd of February , should be printed and circulated with the votes .

      Sir K . Peel contended that such a motion could not be received except made on the same day as that on which the petition had been presented . Mr . Brotherton thought , under the circumstances , the petition could not be printed . On the suggestion of the Attorney-General and Lord Stanley , the House assented to the pvinting of the petition , on tbe understanding that it was to be circulated amongst the members only . —Adjourned .

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      TnE Poor Law Continuance Bill . —In the House of Commons on Monday night , Lord J . Russell announced bis intention of making some changes in the Poor Law BilL In the first place , he suggested that the duration of the power of tbe Poor Law Commissioners should be reduced from ten years to five ; he also proposed to abandon the clause for " attaching to Workhouses separate burial grounds for paupers . " Tbe Bill in its original shape contained a clause to prevent the interment of tbe Workhouse poor in Church burial grounds , lest their bodies might contaminate the earth or the carcases of their richer brethren in death . Lord John Basse }} also modified the clause which provides for the union of Unions , so as to withdraw the power of locating infirm paupers , who have no

      permanent ailment oi mental defect , in separate establishments ; and to give a fifth of the Guardians of any Union a veto upon its combination with other Unions , for the management of pauper children . Sir Robert Peel said , " he heard , with great satisfaction the statement of the Noble Lord as to the changes proposed in tkeBAll ; " and Mr . Wakley had no doubt that the alterations would be very acceptable to the country . " If \ r » thought Lord John ' s alterations ' of the slightest valuo , we would give them our hearty concurrence ; but they really are not of any moment ; inasmuch as they leave the working of the Bill precisely the same The pauper will continue to be fed upon rancid bacon and belly-griping perk-water , be will still be immured in a mia « t&hl « Ba&t , Ue , us communication "with bia wife . wlU

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      he be permitted to hold ; and his chilAren will ] be located in a distant establishment . The question is not whether the services of the Commissioners' # ball be secured for ten or even five yean , but whether tbe-poor shall be better fed ; whether they shall be treated as human beings , and not a « dogs or hogs , and whether poverty is still to continue a erime in the bye-laws lafcf down by the Somerset-house Bashaws , there is nc remedy proposed for these abuses . We cannot see tne slightest room for congratulation . Lord John Russell ' s alterations are pat forward as a means of moving tbe position whiebjtbe opposers ot the measure hire taken , and with the ultimate expectation of carrying the diabolical Whig project into foil anal complete effect We hope the House of Commons will not be taken in by the Noble Lord ' s sophistry . Whatever

      opposition was intended , ought to be directed towards the measure with nnrelaxed spirit The country ought not , even for five years , to be obliged , to " kiss the hand of despotism , " seeing that whereas , tb * Commissioners have become a rank nuisance , and that the hand of opprobrium is pointed at them whithersoever they go . . Not one moment ' s respite ia therefrom absolute independence npon theunderbreadexM * of tbeStrand Union . But the main question is , what does the present Bill concede to the poor and to the country . To the poor and the country it concedes nothing . Every clause of the Bill remains , as before , of a simply and purely aggressive character , a mete ulterior developement of the existing system . It proposes solemnly to ratify and continue that system , with additions and variations , bnt without any relaxation ,

      even in the minutest particular , for five . whole years . The choice of that period ia as distinctly contradictory to the wishes of the people as the former period of ten . The principle of perpetuity is in it still The alterations which have been made in the Bill leave as completely untouched aa before all grievances relating tO the diet and treatment of paupers within Workhouses , or the prohibition of out-door relief . The powers of Boards of Guardians are still taken away from the general body elected by the ratepayers , and vested exclusively in tbe few who , having nothing else to do , and throwing themselves with zeal into the system of the Poor Law Commissioners , attend upon all occasions . The way in which this clause will operate may be understood from a recent occurrence in the Eton Union , where the working Board passed a

      vote of censure upon the Hon . and Reverend S . G . Osborne , for prosecuting the oppressor of Elizabeth Wise to conviction before the county magistrates ; which , at a subsequent meeting , was reversed by the votes of that class of Guardians whom tbe present Bill proposes to disfranchise . Instead of any abatement of tbe severe and un-Christian discipline which separates the husband from the wife , and tho parent from tbe child , this Bill establishes a new principle of classification and combination , which , in many cases , will have the effect of distributing the different members ot a family into different Workhouses situate in different places . Finally , in this Bill , aa Lord John Russell especially Informs us , " no change is contemplated as to a reduction of the aiss of Unions , " and no remedy is provided for the enormous inconveniences and evils accruing from this source both to ratepayers and to the poor . We feel no surprise at the observations that fell from Sir Robert Peel ; he was just as likely to havo

      condemned the alterations proposed by Lord John Russell as he was to praise them ; but we must confess our astonishment that Mr . Wakley saw matter for congratulation in the speech , inasmuch as the poor will continue to be exposed to tbe infernal dietary laid down by the Commissioners , and the system altogether will operate with as much severity as ever . With regard to the opposition got up to this measure by Walter , of The Timti , we look upon his interference as any thing but calculated to benefit the poor . There is no honesty In it . With him it is a party measure . He perceives that the damnable Act has damaged the Whig cause ; and In tbe hope of further injuring it , to tbe admission of the Tories to power , he and his paper render their opposition ; theirs is no real humanity . If the Tories were in office to-morrow , The Times would applaud the Poor Laws to the skies , and rejoice that the Bishops bad assisted in giving to the country a measure full ol bo much justice to the rate-payer and the labourer-Out upon such consistency , say we!—Weekly Dispatch

      Bkstitution Abroad and ax Home . —With all due respect for tbe motives of tbe parties whs subscribe towards Missionary Societies , we ask them whether physical destitution in England is not more urgent than spiritual destitution abroad , and whether it is not more fit , that tbe claims of the former should be responded to , Instead of those of the latter ; what candid man will not agree with us , that it is by far more hvv \ nane » ud mot © in accordance with our duty , to feed the hungry and clothe the naked of our own country , than to send missionaries into distant parts to alter or chaDge the religious opinions of their inhabitants ; We have now before us a circular of these associations , which bewails the total destruction of the many souls whose bodies have died in ignorance of Christianity , " who perish for lack of knowledge . " It would have gone more home to the feelings of all , had It pointed out tbe thousands of poverty-stricken wretches who swarm the back alleys of our large towns , if it had advocated a

      philanthropic mission , to cleanse these abodes of misery , crime , and disease , instead of a religious one , to break in upon the peace of the contented Indian . It will be said that both these objects should be provided for ; yet can this be done ? If it cannot , at least the more important should have precedence . What man in his senses would bestow a sixpence upon the conversion of Mahometans whilst the same could be employed to buy bread for a Btstrving family , possessing a natural claim upon his bounty ! With what feelings does tbe poor man behold large sums of money expended to furnish him with Bibles , whilst he and his family require the necessaries of life , Tbe truly religious win feel more sympathy for the bodily sufferings of his fellowcreatures than for their mental darkness ; the former renders tHera miserable , the latter hardly Interferes with their happiness , but the bigot is in a great measure cruel , and cold to the sufferings of his fellow men . — Ifeekly Ditpatch .

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      SPRING SESSIONS , 1841 . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Spring General Quarter Sessions of the Peace will be holden at PoMEFRAcr , on Monday , the Fifth day of April next ; on which day the Court will be opened at Ten o'clock of the Fprenoon , and on every succeeding day at Ivine o ' clock . Prosecutors and Witnesses in prosecutions must be in attendance in the following order , viz .: — Those in felony , from the divisions of Strafforth and Tickhill , Lower Agbrigg , and all piaoes within Ten miles of Pontefract , and also those in respited Traverses , are to be in attendance at the opening of th © Court on Monday Morning . Those from the divisions of Barkstonash , S . aincross , and Osgoldcrosg , ( except such parts ot those divisions as are within Ten Miles of Pontefract , ) are to be in attendance at One o ' clock on Monday Afternoon . Those from the divisions of Upper Agbrieg ,

      Morley , and Sky rack , are to be in attendance at Nine o ' clock on Tuesday Morning . Those from the divisions of Staincliff and Eweross , Claro and the Ainsty , ( being the remainder oi the West Riding , ) and those in all cases of Misdemeanor ( except in respited Traverses , who are to attend on Monday , ) are to be in attendance at Two o'clock on Tuesday Afternoon . After the charge to the Grand Jury has been given , Motions by Counsel will be heard , after which the Court will proceed with the trials of Felonies aud Misdemeanors , until the whole are disposed of , commencing with the trials of respited Traverses . The hearing of Appeals will commence , at all events , on Friday morning , in case they shall not have been begun on Thursday ; but parties in Appeals must be in readiness on Thursday morning , and all Appeals must be entered before the sitting of the Court on that day .

      Coroners and High Constables must be in attendance at the sitting of the Court oa Tuesday morning . The names of persons bound over to answer in Felony or Misdemeanor , with a description of the Offence , mu 3 t be sent to the Clerk of the Peace's Office seven days at least before the first day of the Sessions , together with ail Depositions , Convictions , and Recognizances . The attendance of Jurymen will not be excused on the ground of illness , unless it be verified by affidavit or proved by evidence in open Court . And Ntlice is also hereby given , that the Pum . ic

      Business of the Riding will be transacted m open Court at Twelve o'Clock at Noon , on Wednesday , when Motions for Gratuities , and the Finance Committee's Report will be received and considered : and on the same day , the rules for the governmeut of the House of Correction at Wakefield , will be taken into consideration , ; and the subject of enlarging the present House of Correction , or of building a new or additional Hottse of Correction in or near to Wakefield , will also be considered ; amlirneoessary , a grant of money out of the . pnblio stock of the said Riding , will be made for carrying the-same into effect .

      ADJOURNMENT FROM PONTEFRACT TO WAKEFIEIJB . And whereas in pursuance of a requisition delivered tome , signed by five Justices acting for the said West Riding , Notice is herebx « £ Ven , that the same General Quarter Sessions of tl » e Peace will be bolden , by adjournment , at tho Court House , in Wakefield , on Tuesday the 1 . 3 th day of the wune month of April , at tho hour of Twelve o'Clock at Noon , when ax « i where the Report of the Committee appointed oa the 10 th day ol February last , " to consider and report how many constables , in their opinion , should be appointed in the West Riding , under the Acts of 2 and 3 Victoria , cap . 93 , and 3 and 4 Victoria , cap . 88 , and what rates of payments should be made to sucn constables , " will be presented and taken into consideration ; and such further proceedings relating to the adoption of the said Acts throughout the said -West Riding , will be taken as shall batheu and there deemed expedient .

      C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of the Pe&cei Clevk of the Peace's Office , Wakefieid , March 12 th , 1841 .

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      CAUTION TO MEDICINE VENDORS AflD OTiTERS .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct541/page/7/