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      HOCSE . OF COMMONS , Fbibay , Srrx . 17 . Th » Speaker took the chair at a fe » minutes before l *» o ' clock . Mr . Cochbasb took the oathi and hk seat &r ^ ridport . : Mr . Shabkajt Cratord presented a petition from " * tt t&ffivfdual named Junes Bollock , of Peterhead , Wtofiafid , eompTabdng of iaannlkchnlnf distress , and p * ayb ^ for an extension of th * itt 1 fragB ~ . -Mr . Bbothbbtok presented a petition from toe & « ma % Urn ' s Association at J * aeehe * ter against the Corn Laws . Mr . Cobdek presented peHtfons from King ' s Lynn , VtoM ( Staffordshire ) , Manchester and other places against the Corn Lairs . - . " Sir J 2 . Wilmot presented » petttioo frosj the British ud foreign Jmti-SlArerj Society , praying for the enforcement of the laws against the slave trade .

      Mr . VILLIEK 3 presented a petition from certain msMfactarers of Uorth Derbyshire , ^ mpiainining of distress frt-m the want of a sufSdesey of the necessaries of life , and paying for the total repeal of the Cora Lavs . > The Speakbr Informed the House that he had -received * cnngrmrricatign from the examiner of recog-Tttantwi , ataking that the snreties entered into for the petitions against tbe returns from the following places "wen , unexceptionable : —Cardigan , Nottingham , Wakeleld , Rochester , Tippenry , Southampton , Newry , and ttloooester . Captain Pkchill moved that returns of assessed taxes from 1632 be printed . Ths order of the day for the House going into Committee of Supply haTing been read .

      Lore John Buss ell rose and addressed the House . He a&id that he availed himself ot the opportunity this metion afforded him to make scone observations upon the coarse which the Right Hon . Gentleman at the head ef her Majesty ' s present Government had last night declared it to be his intention to pursue . These obserrations he felt it his duty to make when th « Right Hon . Gentleman applied to the House to place a sum of the public money at the disposal of the Crown . He considered tiiis the fitting opportunity to state the Tiews he entertained both of the present state of the country and < t the coarse which tbftRifhtHon . Gentleman yesterday tated it to be hiii ir . t * ra < on , u the head ot the Government , to pursue . Before , however , he entered Into fee topics relative to which he differed greatly from

      tb * decisions to which her Majesty ' s Government had come , he wished to advert to one or two subjects of great public importance . With respect to the foreign delations of the state , it appeared to him quite Bnnecessary to do more than to say that the state of Europe appeared to afford every prospect of the continuance of that peace on which her Majesty ' s speech last delivered in this Hoosa' congratulate ? her Parliament . The affairs tf Europe being in this state , there was certainly a question with reference to the United States of America , which in some respects bore a very unsatisfactory appearance . When bis NobleFriend stated to this House , as Secrefcarj' -for Foreign Afisirs , his opinion in respect to this matter , it appeared htr Majesty ' s Government and that of the

      United States were perfectly agreed as to the character so be attributed to the attack on , and destruction of the Caroline , that it was a question to be debated between nation and nation , and not considered as an individual cause of grievance . ( Hear , hear . ) The Noble Lord then expressed his confidence that the case at issue ¦ would not lead to any interruption of the relations of sanity subsisting between England and America ; be also felt that there was every disposition in the people of this country to have the matter arranged amicably . ¦ { Hear , hear . ) He had nothing to Bay against the appointments made for Ireland . He must say that he had teen those appointments with great satisfaction— ihear , hear )—and he ' vrusted it to the intention of the Noble I / ord ( Earl de Grey . ) to place the people of Ireland on

      an equality with the people of this country . He trusted that the Noble Lord who had been appointed the Irish Secretary , would not attempt to introduce a Bill into this House , which had already been attempted , and lrhieh must , if persevered in , tend to the destruction of the representation in that country . They now had set to consider the important affairs of the country . . ( Hear , hear . ) Her Majesty had been advised by her late Ministers to intimate a desire to this House that the laws respecting corn 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 , bear . ) It seemed that the time was come when this important law ought to be taken into consideration . ( Hear , hear . ) \ The Bight Hon . Gentleman ( Sir R . Feel ) had stated ' that his time had lately been occupied in the formation ! of the administration , and that consequently it was j cot in his power to consider those important measures . { Hear , ! Bat although that might be a good reason for the last fortnight , it certainly was not a good reason for postponing , for five months , mfamrwi of such vast importance &s those to which he was now alluding . ( Loud cries of " Hear , hear . " ) It could not but be inferred that the Bight Hon . Gentleman intended to propose some alteration in those laws , from what bad

      escaped him ; and as that was his intention , be thought he ought to have brought forward his measures at once , and not added eight months to th » time which he { Lord J . Russell ) bad proposed . ( Hear ) There were symptoms likewise in the formation of the Government which induced him to have very great doubts whether any alteration of the Corn Laws was intended . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He was not alluding to the constitution of t ^ ft Administration from any personal considerations ; bat the delay he thought was a symptom that no considerable alteration was intended . ' ( Loud « riee of < "Hear . "> Was it possible , then , that this the country could wait with expectation for five months ? ( Hear . ) Or was it possible that any large measure relating to the trade 1 b corn could be carried ?

      ( Hear , hear . ) He did not himself think it could be intended ; and if so , the arguments which had been used against him ( Lord J . Bussell ) for making a delay of one month , the proposal of the Right Hon . Baronet t » ld with tenfold force against himself . ( Cheers . ) They might attempt some alteration in the averages , to make the laws more stringent , and if such was the intention , why not propose it In th « mouth of October ? Why not set the expectation ef the country-at rest ? ( Hear , hear . ) The consideration was a most important one ; and he did not know why so long a period should be alltwed to elapse before the Cabinet made up their minds as to the measures wkich they intended to bring forward . At all events some case ought to be made out for the proposed very long procrastination .

      -See how this sore on the state of the manufacturing interest- ( Hear , hear . ; He did not say that any laws could prevent occasional and severe distress in this interest , arising from the state of eui foreign relations as a cause of over-trading ; but he thought it was the duty of Parliament to be able to say they had nothing to do with causing or contriving this distress . ( Cheers . ) How depend their restrictions on commerce as they row existed * were the present Corn Laws necessary for the sake of revenue ? on the contrary , they defeated all the objects of revenne . If his proposal of a fixed duty of 8 s on corn had been adopted , they ¦ would hare now a considerable receipt of revenue from this SD-irce . He saw nothing to prevent the House taking into consideration the existing Corn Laws during the

      present autumn . The Nofele LorA then read the prayer of the Manchester meeting , adopted in their address to the throne , on the existing state of distress among the poor , which "was to the effect that her Majesty ¦ w ould not prorogue the present Session of Parliament until it had taken into consideration that part of the speech from the throne which related to the existing Corn Laws . This ¦ was not the opinion of Manchester only , bnt of a great portion of the ccuntry . ( Hear , hear .. It had bsen suggested that this distress might be met by increased rates ; but , if the distress were general , this remedy cost fail necessarily . ( Hear , hear . ) The Noble Lord then repeated his arguments of two years ago on this subject - . and expressed his fears tbit the cotton trade , if not relieved by a greater freedom of

      trade , imH V < oniaona by foreign competition , and that * large portion cf the population would then be left without resource . As related to the finance , he thought they should , in the course of the present year , take some measures for an immediate increase of ths revenue . This , he contended , - would be beat done bj throwing open trade . , and relieving it from the tram mels now hyi gfog ever it He was sfraid the cour » e recommended -would cot gire satisfaction to the country , and he felt more ccrmnced than ever that , if thsj tad adopted their proposals of the 30 th of April last they -would have done much already to relieve-the-ex tatin * distress , and , Ij the tdoptionof & more natural

      Intercourse with other rations , they would hare dcn > more t * * " in any other -wzj they could aocoEplish t < secure the future peace of the world . ( Cries of " hear hear . "! No doubt if Gentlemen opposite had made u ] their niinds to reject these proposals , that the majorit ; which had already expressed thair confidence in Minis ten would rapport them in that determiEation . At tb < same tinie , he did not intend to make any motion oj the subject ; but be entered hia protest , as a Membe of that House , against its being considered that he ga 7 < hi * acquiescence in the course wh ' c-h it appeared it wa intended to pursue , ( The Noble Xord Bat do-wn amic cheers vrll ch continued for some time . /

      Sir R . Peel said he had not sought to commsQce hi Government by a controversy of a party character , bu the Noble Lord was at perfect liberty to invite any du > cussion ef the kind , and he felt thankful to him forthi opportunity he had given him ef making some observa tions upon the subjects he had referred to . ' - He concur red in the desire to preserve our amlcabl ^ relationj ¦ with France , and still more cordially in &-prayer ex pressed by the Noble Lord for the protection of tha great n »\ p who now wielded the destinies of Fran © from ths hands of the assassin . He believed he migh say that the good understanding wiui Prattoe was no : likely to be endangered by the change of Govemmen ' which had just ** t /<» " place in this country , and he ala believed that an amicable understanding between Franc * and England would largely conduce to the peace o Europe . Each country could well afford to rest undei the laurels which etch had obtained , convinced , tha their so doing must be conducive to the progress a

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      civilization and to tha welfare of the werld . ( Cheers . ) With respect to the United States , he confessed he viewed oar relations with that country with great anxiety ; but be could not help heping that the prevailing good sense of the community would have its influence upon the Government of the State of New York . It was his desire that such might be the result ; but at the same time he ahtrald make so concession affecting the honour and independence of this country , for the purpose of purchasing a temporary tranquillity . ( Cheers . ) The part of the speech of the Noble' Lord which he most regretted , was that in which he had said that he -would not call far a decision of the House upon the cturse he ( Six R . Peel ) had proposed to pursue . H * wished ths Noble Lord had taken the sense of ( he

      Boost upon the reasonableness of the demand which he had made npon its confidence . He should then hay * asked if it was reasoriaM » 4 hat , ob -his return to office after an absence from power of ten years * duration , he should : be called « pon within , on * rnoatfc to declare as to whether there- oigat to be an alteration U the Corn Laws . He would ask if it was not reasonable that an interval should be allowed him to commit with his colleagues upon a , measure of such importance ? If he were not fo be allowed a short period for this purpose , what was to be thought of a Government which held office for five years , and which never , until May , 1841 , intimated , on the part of that Government , an united opinion upon this important subject ? ( Cheers . ) If that Government was so folly convinced that these laws

      were at the root of a great portion of the distress of the people , what must have been its neglect of duty in having so long delayed a remedy for the eviL ( Hear , hear . ) When be was prepared with his measures he would state to the House at once the course he meant to pursue . He would not propose measures to be carried here and rejected there —( loud cheering )—but measures up # n the success of which he would be prepared to stake the existence of the Government ( Loud cheering . ) With respect to finance , he had again to regret that tha Noble Lord had Dot taken the opinion of the Houb * . In what position , he would ask , did be inherit the Government of the country ? In 1 S 37 there was a deficiency in the revenue to the extent of £ 1 , 128 , 100 -, in 1 S 38 there was a deficit of £ 430 , 000 ; i * 1840 there

      was a deficiency of £ l , 457 , teo ; and in 1841 there was a deficiency of £ 1 , 851 , 090—thus making an accumulative deficit of £ 5 , 16 ( 3 , 000 . For the year 1842 it was estimated that there would be a deficiency of £ 2 , Seo , O 8 « , movin g a total deficit of £ 7 , 666 , 000 when he carat to the administration of the finances of the country - ; and yet , when only one month in office , he was called upen at once to bring forward measures to remedy the evil . ( Cheers . ) If the late Chancellor of the Exchequer had , by his Budget , realised his full est expectations , he mast still have proposed a vote of credit , partaking in character of that which his Right Hob . Friend ( Mr . Goulbsrn ) would have shortly to briog forward . The late Government had calculated on a revenue , during the present year , of £ 600 , 800 , arising from the

      alteration of the Umber duties , whereas it was clear , from the communications of Lord Sydenham , that during the present year sot one shilling could be derived from that source . ( Cheeraj The Right Hon . Baronet then proceeded to argue that little or no revenue could He derived from the reduction ef 12 s . of the differential duties on sugar ; and subsequently referring to the growing expencss of our colonies , and the great expenses 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 meet them ? ( Hear , 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 head , but weuld turn to Ireland , where it was said that his advent to power w ? -j to be the signal toz heisting the standard of ascendancy , and yet not one month bad passed aw&y of his administration , when the Noble Lord bad admitted that that difficulty he had at least got over—( cheers )—and that he 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 ba administered with fircmess and impartiality , and he hoped with vigour ; and , at all events , he would take care not to allow the Administration of Irish affairs to be influenced by the hope of gaining support in the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) He had made engagements to render impartial justice to Ireland , and so far as depended upon himself those engagements should be fulfilled . ( Cheers . ) The appointment of Lord de Grey as Lord Lieutenant , and of Sir £ . Sugden 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 office , felt the country had a claim upon his services , and had therefore consented to resume his duties ; bnt if he had been prevented by any circumstances 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 harr&srng duties of his situation was the hope of being of service to his country , and in the measures he should propose no considerations of political support should compel him to become the servile instrument to carry the opinions of other people into effect . ( Hear , hear . ) Power was only valuable to any honourable mind because of the opportunity it afforded of being serviceable te the country , and when he found that that power was denied Mm in the way accordant with his own feelings and opinions be would reserve to himself the power of retiring from office wben he could no longer discharge its duties to h ' s own satisfaction . ( Loud cheering . )

      Lord Pai / mebsto * was of opinion that the reasons for the 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 , and sueh as to command respect as powerfully as in any period of our history . Th « Noble Lord then entered into a defence of the propositions of the late Government , and condemned the postponement , until January , of any intimation of the measures of that now iu existence , asserting that , toe measures ot toac now iu existence , asserting tnat ,

      as far as regarded the Cern Laws , every possible in-I formation was already before the House . ! Mr . Villisbs spoke of the great distress prevailing 1 in the country , and thought it kard that the Right ; Hon . Baronet should refuse any measure of relief for a j period of many months . With respect to the Com Laws , j as they refused to discuss the measure in that House , ! he believed the question would be decided by agitalan out of doors . Mr . Brotheeton pursued the same course of argument as Mr . Yillien and Mr . Ward ; referring to his

      i promise to give the Government a fair trial , he re-I gretted that Sir R . Peel had tfven him no opperUnity i whatever of judging of his measures . | Mr . Cobden said that the course pursued by the I Gavemment appeared to be this— " we have a maj jority of 99 but we have no argument" This was a . bad example—they should not teach the people the ; doctrine of appealing to numerical force . Vast num-; bsrs of the ministerial side of the House were returned j by bribery , and were therefore profoundly ignorant of ; the state of public opinion . The Hon . Member then I dwelt on the distress of the people , and attributed the ' evil altogether to the Corn Laws .

      Lord Sxsdon said that prudence , if not decency , ought to have imposed silence upon hon . gentlemen on the opposition side of the house upon the subject of bribery . They should remember that their walls were built of glass , and strongly contrasted with the purity of the elections of members on the ministerial side , as was evinced by Bridport , Shrewsbury , and Nottingham . Mr . Hawes said the late elections had been carried by the most gross and infamous bribery ; but said that he tras free from the charge , as he had never incurred one shilling of expense that he would be ashamed to name . Mr . Lttto > ' contended that an alteration of the Corn Laws would be productive of much iDjury to Ireland . Mr . S . Crawford thought the interests of Ireland ¦ wo uld be promoted very considerably by an alteration in the Corn Laws .

      Mr . 31 . J . O'Coxnell had but little hope that the GoTernment of Ireland , whatever might be the intentions of the Noble Secretary for that country , would give ultimate satisfaction . Hz . Hardy attributed the distress in the manufacturing district * to over-production . Mz . Hi > dlet denied that over-production was the cause . The real cause was a paucity of food . Mr . Muses thought the question of the Corn Laws to be far too complicated t « be dealt with hastily with any advantage to the country .

      ilr . Fielded then addressed the House in a tone so lo-w as to be very imperfectly heard . He contended that Parliament ought at once to proceed with the busicess of the nation . The state of manufacturing distress he represented to be excessive , especially throughout L ^ ncasEire . It appeared to him that in such a sate of things nothing could be more culpable than to postpone the consideration of the Poor Laws , and he could not help wondering that the Hon . Member for Finsbury could sanction any such proceeding . They ¦ were prepared to vote away a large amount of the public money for the purposo of making themselves comfortable in the new Houses of Parliament , but they declined taking into consideration the distressed state of the poor . He had ventured to indulge a hope that when the Queen's Government poeseassed a majority in that House they -would bring forward measures for the relief of the poor , but in that expectation he had found

      himself deeply disappointed . S till , ke trusted that though the Ministers refused to do their duty , the . Houae would yet do theirs . It was the du * y of the House as much to inquire into the conduct as to supply the wants of the Government The taxes which they imposed ought to be calculated to relieve and not to oppress the poor ; but whatever other members might do , he at least was resolved to place his own sentiments on record , and should therefore conclude by moving a resolution to this effect—that the distressed state of the working classes was so great , particularly in the manufacturing districts , that K became the duty of Parliament immediately to inquire ir . to the causes of such distress , and to devise means for its relief , or at all events to grant no supplies ef money to the Crown till such inquiry be 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 of thefdistrew , he felt no wet of doubt that

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      old England would yet ride safely through the storm ; but If relief were postponed * he tell satisfied that they would all have deep reason to itRgret tto delay . It did not appeaz to him that there mow protection : he thought that the want of adequate consumption was the great « ausa of tho distress , and if they west on taxing the people for the-porp ^ se of tatafortftinlng an extravagant and profligate expenditure , it must end ia « complete and violent revolution . ° ^ Dr . Boweing seconded the motion . He thanked the Right Hon . Baronet for the sympathy which he bad shown for the case of the weaver , and all he asked of the Right Hon . Baro * e » Jmd those who snpported him . ma , that the sympathywhlehy they felt for the Bufferings of ona sum aright hi' kindly 'extended to

      the mnVrings ot millions . They wanted , a delay of five months—a short time certainly it would prove to genUemenietarning to their avocations and enjoyments in the country—bnttoolong * tiii » 'h » WMoonvin © td tiey woald think it , if they w < mjd bat tak « the troubfe first of looking , into the condition of the people , to letvo that condition unaltered , andv animprove& -Jo the ewe . ref « xre 4 to by the Right Hon . Baronet , the relieving officer said that he had been applied to for relief about three moatha before be died , that be visited htm , found him and family at work , with more than 8 s . a week coming in , iuftbal , as the standard adopted by the Board was 3 *>« 4 , it was not « case for relief , and so the man died without it , the next application having been for a coffin , and th » dme » wherewith to bury him . He ( Dr . Bowring ) dJ 4 not complain of the conduct of the Board of GuaraUns—he believed they were not cognizant ot the facts ; but let the House bear in mind that there were thousands of suffering beings in the

      country whom ths Poor Laws did not reach , » nd for whom the Poor Law Commissioners could find no relief ; that there existed a vast deal of undiscovered aad solitary sorrow , which was borne even unto death by persons of high-minded pride , whose tale of misery was net told until the parish was called npon to Inter their bodies . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbe Noble Lord , the Ifember for Liverpool , said , that the Corn Law was not amongst the paramount causes of distress ; but the Noble Lord could mot deny that tbe 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 , sines 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 lid 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 committees of ways and means , to which was to be added tbe duty of attending to unopposed private bills , and also tbe duty of taking the chair on general committees , if such should be the pleasure of tbe House . Mr . Greene took th « chair , and returned thanks tot his appointment . One vote in supply was then taken , after which the House resumed . Tbe Chairmaw reported progress , and obtained leave to sit again on Monday . Monday , Sept . 20 .

      Sir G . Clerk , in reply to a question from Mr . 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 Mr . Hawes , it wa * stated by Sir R . I . nglis that it was not his intention to renew his motion for Church Extension during the present session . An Eon . 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 tfcat 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 , tbe appointment of Sir £ . Sugden had not been publicly notified , nor had he kissed hands , and had therefore not rendered necessary his resignation of his seat for Ripon .

      Sir R Peel gave notice that on Tuesday he would bring ia a Bill for the continuance until July of the Poor Law Commission and other Bills . He did not propose to make any alteration in the Poor 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 of Supply . Mr . O . Cavs spoke at considerable length in favour of a free trade in Corn , and asked a variety of questions , to one of which , respecting the intention of the Government relative to Lord Stanley ' s Irish Registration Bi ll ,

      Sir R . Peel replied . H « did not , he said , identify himself with that Bill . As it was necessary , however , to pass an Irish Registration Bill , be should , in conjunotion with the Noble Lord and the other members ef tbe Government , apply their attention to the subject , with ths view ef remedying the evils complained of on the one hand , and on the other to take cue that the existing franchise should be preserved , or that one equally extensive and beneficial should be substituted in its room . Sir C . Napier complained of the constitution of the Board of Ordnance , connected with which there was no naval officer . Sir R . Peel said it was not the usual practice to hive a naval officer on the board , whi « h , notwithstanding , gave general satisfaction .

      Mi . S . C&awfobd said that , unless the Right Hon Baronet should give a pledge that th « 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 continuing the Poor Law Commission , be 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 said he deeply regretted the distress referred to by the Hon . Gentleman , but it was impossible that a reined ; could be provided by any Budden act ot legislation . After some observations from Mr . Thorhbly and Mr . ToaKE the House divided upon the question that 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 he had never read them , and never should ; but he found fautt with the Government which had thus wasted the public money Understandings 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 Noble Lord ( Palraer-8 ton ) had not been under tbe necessity of making extensive alterations in the reports of Dr . Bowring ?

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

      Mr . Wakley condemned the estimates generally as reckless , but he thought the Members generally were more to blame for this than either the last or the present Government . The Hon . Gentleman then contended for the propriety of giving & fair trial to the Government of Sir Robert Peel , which was distinguished for ability , which represented a large portion of tbe wealth of tbe country , and which was so powerful that they could not offer them an effectual opposition . If upon trial it should be feund that they did not Bring forward good measures , then would be the time to oppose them , and perhaps on a future appeal to the country the result might be different For his own pert , he was quite willing to give time to the Right Hen . Baronet ,

      Mr . Fieldes said that the people were starving , and could not wait until February . Mr . Williams objected to several items In the votes . Mr . Ettart taunted Mr . Wakley with a probable intention of supporting the Government of Sir R . Peel , and was cheered by the opposition benches whea he did so . Mr . Waklet expressed his astonishment at the altered doctrine now laid down by his Honourable Friend the Member for Finsbury , a doctrine totally at variance with that he formerly professed under very similar circumstances . Upon the vote for the expences of the Caledonian Canal , Mr . Williams contended that it was useless and extravagant to keep up the canal at the public expenoe .

      Sit R . Peel thought there was much justice hi the observations of the Hon . Member for Coventry , and withdrew the vote in order to give time for Investigation . Col . Sibthosp called attention to the appointment ( made by the late Government ) of Mr . Yaird , as solicitor to the Home Department The appointment was a new one , and hi his opinion unnecessary , and be wished to know it it was the intention of the Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir J . Graham ) to continue it Sir J . Graham raid Mr . Vizard was his private friend and his solicitor also , bet still he hod felt it to be his duty to tell him that it was bis intention , in conjunction with the Chancellor of the Exchequer , to investigate the legal business of the public service , and that , after the 5 th of October , he must consider his appointment as suspended until that investigation took place , and that he must also consider that , in the event of any change in those departments , his appointment most not be allowed to stand in the war . ( Cheers . ' )

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      Sir Thomas Wilde was of opinion that the appointment was Indispensable * and that the whole of the salary was more than savedby the diminution of fees to the Attorney and Solicitor-General . Sir Robert Pebl , speaking from experience of the duties of the Home Department , thought that the ftppointment might not be indispensable . He did not , however , mean to give s positive opinion , bnt he thought with two Under-Secretaiies , one political and the other profesaionslr the assistance of a solicitor mlgfat-be dispensed with . < ¦ > ¦ ¦¦ : ' ¦¦ ' ' ¦ Upon tha vote for a sum for secret services , Mr . Williams said , he should divide the House upon it He wai willing to vets the sum tot foreign secret service ,. but as the money for home secret service could be only to pay spies , and as spies Were not wanting in England or Ireland , he would vote against it ¦ '¦¦ ¦ ¦' '¦ •¦ ¦ .. - ¦ ¦ ' . ¦¦¦ - ¦' . ¦ ' . On tha division , the vote was canted by a majority of

      144 to 7 . On the vote for Maynooth , . Mr . Plwmpxre said be most oppose this vote on principle . : , ' . - : . ; - . - ;•• Sir R . Inglis entreated that he would not oppose the vote , as half the money had been already voted , and expences had been incurred upon the faith of the other half being paid . Mr . M . J . O'Connbll said that if the prinoiple were to be laid down by the House , that no persons of one religion Were to contribute to the support of another , no persons could hail the establishment of such a principle more cordially than the Catholics of Ireland . Mr . Pakinoton hoped that , under tbe circumstances , the Hon . Member for East Kent would withdraw bis opposition . ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ - ' ¦ . :

      Sir R . Peel said he did not ground his support of this vote on the fact that half the money had been granted , because he had 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 . Mr . Plumptre said that , under these circumstances , he should press his motion to a division . Mr . Cocuuane said he should vot « 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 tba vote for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , which was passed In the early port of the evening . Mr . Cochrane said if there , had been a division on that voto he should certainly have voted against it ( Cheers from the opposition benches . ) On a division , the voto was carried by a majority of

      09 to 23 . Tbe remaining estimates havingbeen voted , the House resumed , the report was brought up , and was ordered to be received on Wednesday next .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Monday , Sept . 2 « . Lord Broughau presented & petition from the commictee of tbe British and Foreign anti-Slavery Society , complaining that British capital and British skill were still engaged in tbe furtherance of the infernal traffic in slaves . It was alleged that various mining companies in tbe Brazils belonging to British subjects were worked by slaves purchase * by tbe agents of those companies , who , as natives of Great Britain , might hereafter be tried in this country as pirates and felons . Lord Cottenham postponed until next session bis bills for improving the administration of justice in bankruptcy and insolvency , and , for the establishment of local courts of judicature throughout tbe kingdom . Their Lordships adjourned until Thursday .

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      At ft Meeting of the Members of tbe National Association , beld at tbe Globe Tavern , Shoe-lone , Fleetstreet , 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 UNHED KINGDOM . Fellow Countrymen , —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—Vie justice qf being heard patiently , aad judged cf impartially . Having been mainly instrumental in embodying in the People ' s Charter those political principles which , for a great number of years , were cherished by all tree 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 ourselves entitled , in mtmmm with others , to' put forth our views and opinions respecting the law of the land .

      Conceiving that the past conduct of a number of those who professed to subscribe to tbe just principles of tbe Charter , was wanting in that 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 the falsehood , exaggeration , and violence of those who were active to scheme , but too cowardly to act , had led to the Bacrifice and incarceration of hundreds of victims , by which means our cause bad been retarded and defamed , we felt anxious to redeem by reason , what had been lost by madneu 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 Ga » l , entitled ' Chartism' —a plan embracing such objects as , in our opinion , ware best calculated to unite tbe elements of Chartism , 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 wb HAD NO WISH TO INTERFERE WITH THE SOCIETIES then iv existence , our object being to form a general association for certain explicit purposes . These purposes being , first and foremost , to create and extend

      an enliyhlened public opinion in favour of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , among persona of all creeds , classes , and opinions ; by tbe means of misiionaries , leduren , circulating libraries , tracts , &c And , in order to secure proper places of meeting fer those purposes , we proposed a systematic and practical plan for the erecting of Public Halls , for tbe 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-ahops , places where too many of their meetings are still beld , in which their passions are inflamed , their reason drowned , their families pauperized , and themselves socially degraded and politically enslaved .

      Seeing , also , that vast numbers of oar infant population are tbe neglected victims of ignorance and vice , creating on tbe one hand the evils we are seeking to remove on the other—seeing that the salflsb , the bigotted , and the fanatic aro intent on moulding to their several purposes the infant mind of our country , and that different parties in the state have , fur several years past , been devising such national schemes of instruction as shall cause our population to become the blind devotees and tools of despotiwa , we urged on our brethren the necessity of remedying and averting those evils by adopting a wise and general system oj education , in connection with their Public Halls . Such a system of instruction as should develope in the rising generation all the faculties which God has given them , to the end that they might enjoy their own existence , and extend the greatest amount of happiness to others .

      In proposing this plan , we impressed on our brethren the necessity of devoting to those ennobling purposes those means which bad 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 all classes , who would be intent ou cherishing and propagating the noblest principles of freedom amongst young » nd old , so that the most substantial fruits might be gathered from that political power we are now seeking to obtain .

      Thia proposal , while it was warmly greeted by the press , and received the commendations of a great number of intelligent minds among all patties , was met with falsehood , intolerance , and bitterest rancour , by tbe most prominent organ of Chartism , tbe Northern Star . IU proprietor and editor jointly denounced it as a production of Messrs . O'Connell , Hume , and Roebuck—as a plan intended to destroy Feargua O'Connor's political supremacy , and subvert one which he had previously concocted . Education wa 3 ridiculed , knowledge was sneered at , facts were perverted , truth suppressed , and tbe lowest passions and prejudices of the multitude were appealed to , to obtain & clamourous verdict against us . We were denounced by them and their hired partisans aa ' 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 preached by one of those professors of freedom to show the necessity for privately * assassinating ' us .

      As far as we have been able to obtain insertion for a-vindication of our conduct , through the channel by which we have been calumniated , we have called , but called in vain , for proofs ot their base assertions . As far as they have dared to reply to us , they have proclaimed themselves false , intolerant , and reckless in the eyes of every reflecting man ; and when tbe eyes ot their dupes shall have been opened , they will be ashamed of the virulence they have displayed against men whose only crime has been tbe publication of a rational plan tot the attainment of the People ' s Charter .

      Strong la the rectitude of our principles , and more than ever convinced of the necessity of that plan , we pity those who have so vindictively assailed us . Their vanity has inflamed 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 seem to think that liberty can only be realised by violence and prescription . But while these are the characteristics of tbe most Ignorant and Bolsy portion of the Chartist body—persons who , without thought of judgment , are « mpty pro- ; fessoiB to-day ^ but ^ worshippers at any other sfirine tomorrow—we believe that tbe great bulk of our Chartist brethren la composed of men whose conviction la favoai of file Charter has sprung from prSsenration , inquiry , aad patient investigation re « pnllng the causes of political injustice and social misery . Men of this descrip tion may be deceived and misled for a season by mirtification and falsehood : but their minds , beat on Inquiry

      ahdeveropen to conviction , wJUl soon penetrate tbe fllrttsyveil which iuui been , dj » i 5 P over their understanding . : ¦¦' ' ¦ , . . vj .-- ' ¦ ' ¦ - •¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - To mea of tbW character we confidently appeal , and we ask them whether the best means of obtaining the Charter , and the placing of out liberties on the securest foundation , do not fonn prsper and legitimate questions of inquiry for every man in the United Kingdom 1 Or , is it that the solving of these questions , forms the exclusive prerogative of any ' particular individual or . party amongtto people?—thus practically exemplifying in conduct ttie despotic principles which we seek to overthrow , and bidding fair to render Chartism a by-ward and derision . ; - :,

      . Holding the 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 s 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 ia the courtly aristocrat or the social oppressor , we shall ever exert 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 in one bond of brotherhood , no power can much longer prevent , delay , or subvert

      Our calumniators have falsely asserted that we are for delaying the franchise on the grounds of ignorance . So far from this being true , we have reiterated and published la 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 , as no man has a right to enslave or starve another wan into submissipn to bis will , which is done by arbitrary and exclusive laws . Conventionally , as every man living under tbe 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 ttevi 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 tbe franchise , and at tbe end of it still find themselves the sport of cunning schemers and wily politicians .

      First , then , as regards the best means of obtaining eur Charter . —We are of those who ore 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 affirm * , the political despots , and as such a sanguinary warfare , calling up tbe passions in their worst forms , must necessarily throw back for centuries our intellectual and moral progress . Believing that the attainment of the Charter

      would be an Instrument of benefit to all—tbe only means through which the corruptions , monopolies , and evils of our Government can be removed , and that those who ore interested in their 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 i& their interest to unite with us , in order that we may peaceably obtain it ; for a combined people have always numerous means for tbe attainment of their object without violence .

      Bat it is not the mere possession of tbe franchise that is to benefit our country ; that is only the means to a just end—the electing of the best and wisest of men to solve a question which bos never yat been propounded in any Legislative body—namely , HOW shall all the RESOURCES OF OCR COUNTRY BE MADE TO ADVANCE THE INTELLECTUAL AND 8 OCIAL HAPPINESS OP every individual ? It is not merely the removing of evils , but the establishing of remedies that can benefit tbe millions ; and in order to check the natural selfishness and ambition of rulers , and induce them te 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 .

      Of what benefit would be the franchise , or what description of government would be established by those who , too ignorant to investigate , not only clamourously oppose , but , if they hod power , would even sacrifice all who differ from them ? Happily , however , for the progress of humanity , those neglected and maddened unfortunates are few compared with the vast numbers of our countrymen whose sound sense and generous feeling prompt them to investigation , improvement , and peace . But notwithstanding this feeling prevails at present , the political and social condition of our country ia such as to demand tbe consideration and combined energies of all who are anxious for peace , prosperity , and intellectual and moral progress . Taking into account tbe vast extent of social misery which closa legislation has mainly occasioned—viewing tbe contentions of

      factions far 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 nc » t speedily removed or mitigated , may madden our population into a state of anarchy and direct confusion—a consideration of this state of things should call forth the benevolent feelings of reflecting men among all classes , and should prompt them to be united , iu order to investigate and remedy pur political and Bocial evils , and to place the libertim of our country upon a sound and lasting foundation . Having thus at&ted the intolerant conduct pursued against us , and briefly expressed our reasons for our opinions , we coll upon 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 remain , on behalf of the members of the National Association residing in London , H . Hethe&ington , 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 the hustings in 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 persons present . Lord Howick and Mr . Attwood were boMi present and addressed the electors , but they were very imperfectly heard , owing to the confusion which prevailed . It was expected Mr . Attwood would contradict the story told by Mr . Burns with reference to the offer of a bribe to Chartist voters , but he did not say one word , although it was said a committee had been appoiuted 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 HowicK 242 ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO SHOOT AT LORD

      HOWICK . On Friday afternoon , about an hour after the official announcement of the poll for Sundcrland , all classes were suddenly thrown into a state of excitement by a general report that an attempt had been made on the life of Lord Howick , while being chaired through Monkwearmonth . 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 , tho proprietor of a public-hous . ) called the

      Heform Tavern , in Whitburu-street , Monkwearaouth . He was a partisan of Mr . Wolverley Attwood , the Tory candidate , during the election , and had acted as leader of his band ot' music . The details of the abominable affair will bo found in the subjoined evidence , which was takea at the Major ' s Chambers on Saturday morning : — The magistrates on the bench were Richard White , Esq , Mayor ; Edward Backhouse , Esq . ; Walker Featherstonhaugh , Esq . ; Joseph Simpson , Esq . ; Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart . ; Andrew White , Esq . ; Richard Pembertoa , Esq . ; and Ralph Carr ,

      i ^ sq . Mr . Joseph John Wright , the principal resident law agent of Mr . Wolverley Attwood , appeared on behalf of the prisoner , and Messrs . Burn , Cooper , and Egglestou , solicitors , retained ou behalf of Mr . Attwood during the late election , were present . The prisoner having been Disced at the bar , Inspector Bailes , of the Sunderland police , formally charged him with tbo offence above referred to . John Sedgwick , fruiterer , of the High-street , Bishopwearmouth , sworn , said—I went in the procession before Lord Howick till I came opposite Dundas-street , uear Liddle ' a house , at which bluo aud white ( Mr . Attwood ' s ) colours were displayed

      I was m company with the clerk to the Northern Advertiser , and when we came opposite to Liddle ' s house , I said to my friend , " What a disparity between the flag and the sign I" the latter being the Reform Tavern . We stood opposite Pickard ' s % 6 p till thei crowdpassed ; and , after waiting some timo , Lord HowiGk : ai carriage came within ten or fifteen yards of Liddlo ' s house . I said I hoped the bbcccsstuT would have better sense than to annoy Mr . Liddle for , hia flag . Liddle waa then Bitting in his shirt sleeves at bis window , amoking , and leaning on hwrelbow . In the other window on the same floor or the honso there were a great many men smoking . When tho carriage came opposite Liddl& ' s house , a

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      man came out and waved a bunch of bine and whita ribands , and said , " Now lads ! now I" After that , Liddle laid down his pipe and took np a gun , and * exclaimed , ** 111 shoot yon , yon thief I" or " you rascall" and either pulled or pretended to pull the trigger ; and I saw ^ either a smoke or a flash , I cannotsay which , f was so much agitated at seeing the gun . There was no on * nwXiadfe , and the smoke or flask was not from his pipe ,, which We had laid down . LiddJe theli took in the gun , and did something to the lock . The gtin was again : presented ; when . I was opposite the firet home xif the carriage , on which I cried out repeatedly , * A gnu , a gun ¦ j 1 . ' The horses then went off at full spqed . Liddle pre-« mte < f th « giio at tha carriage , pulled the ^ trigger again , and then took H in again . When the gun was presented > second time , stones were volleyed from every wiudow of theho ^ se * I never saw soxfe

      «••* aifiMavA voiwc ) ? 7 * uvm iuqtcc OUIUI again .. From the door or m > i 3 of the house , a quantity of filth was thrown upon the carriages . I the * made off , but looking ; round , I saw . something presented from the window a third time , like a / put-barrel or a walking-stick . bnt I was tob far ' off to ' say frhich Bernard Ogdea 1 Esq ^ said' ^ l wa tffn a gfgT > ehuuI 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 a gun oat of a window . " After the prooesaion moved on , I saw flame and smoke , like the flash of a gnn and something project from the north upper window like a gun . I heard no report ; ' I could not identify the man that held the instrument . I saw hone of the windows broken as I passed ; bat after I had got past I looked behind , and saw an

      uproar . . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., sworn , said—When the stoppage took place , I , on looking towards Liddle ' s house ; saw some men starting back , as if in alarm . Lady Howick exclaimed , "Oh . there is a man has fired a gnh , and there are some white things come ont of it" A volley of stones was discharged at the carriage from clcso to laddie ' s house , one of which struck a man close to the car riage . I went back to the public-house , and found the crowd forcing their way info it ; Some of the police up-stairs called ont that the gun Was found , and I saw it in the hands of Serjeant Pearson . It had no ramrod in it , but ; the rod ^ waa jfound broken in another part © f the room . 1 Called & Mr , A . J .

      Moore , and on putting the ramrod into the gun , I found there waa something soft in it .. Tho ramrod being too short to draw the charge , we sent for another rod , and drew the gnn . First came oat this pellet . [ Here the witness produced a hard mass of chewed pauer three times the size of an ordinary paper wad . ] This pellet was wet and greasy , as if it had been taken out of a gnn recently fired , and it made a stain on my hand . On torning down the muzzle of the gun , a good deal of powder fell on thegrouud , but a good charge of oosrse 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 tha flvof . + r »^ rti » in or «\ 4 * ot / vnna on /] rha < mn K&in » n ** 4 s& buvmuii tit tHVWtii

      _ yww UH « w <** v * wA * ws > *** w ^ mjk UU loaded . When I got back to the public-house I found the windows knocked in , and the lower part of the house gutted ; but the upper room appeared untouched . I was in the back part of the procession , and a large crowd had passed the house before I came up . Sergeant Pearson ; of the Sunderland police , sworn , said , when I entered the . house pointed out to me , I found prisoner standing on the stairs . On going into the public-house , we found everything ia the lower pan destroyed . On going up stairs we found a son of Liddle % a boy about fourteen years of age , who was crying , and asking where his father was . I said £ would tell him if he would tell us where his gun was . We soon found , in the corner of a back room which had been occupied by Mr . Attwood ' s band , a gun which the boy said was his father ' s .

      No damage was done in that room ; it had sot been gutted . The windows of the front room were broken , and some of the furniture damaged as if by stones ; but there was no appearance of a mob having been up stairs . Witness produced the gun , whioh is a common fowling-piece with a percussion-lock . A Magistrate here asked who conducted the case against the prisoner ! on which , after a brief consultation between Inspector Bailes and Mr . A . J . Moore , one of Lord Howick ' a law agents , the latter gentleman took the management of the prosecution . Thomas Milton , of Newcastle , sworn , said he was struck by a stone from the public-house as he was passing , holding by the handle of Sir Hedworth ' s carriage door . He also saw the prisoner , whom he knew well , present the gunbut he did not see it

      , fired . Walker Featherstonhaugb . Esq ., sworn , said—I was in the carriage with Lord Howicfc , with my back to the horses , when his Lordship exclaimed , "Gfdod God 2 there is a man with a gun ! " On looking , I saw a man at one of the upper windows , in the act of cocking something like a gnn . From another upper window a roilej of stones , was . throws , one of which struck Lord Howick , and another myself . Several other witnesses spoke to the " same facts , after which , Mr . Moore prayed the Court for an adjournment of the case till Tuesday , when he expected to bring proof of a large quantity of stones having been colicuitiiA **» rria tiAuiTA ami 4 ' nl .-n ' a 4 ? T ! JJ 1 At . L . «« m vwwia

      a * u •*!« uvuovy auu MOV vL . U 1 . vlU . M 3 tS lUfe-TUljt cleaned his gun with the intention of using it in the way described , Mr . Wright requested the magistrates , if they remanded the prisoner , to allow him to go oat oh bail , as be should shew that he had acted merely in self-defence . This was objected to by Mr . Moore ; but after a private consultation between the Mayor and Messrs . Backhouse , Simpson , Pemberton , and Care , it was at length announced that bail should be taken for the reappearance of the prisoner , himself being bound in £ 80 , and two sureties in £ 40 each . Messrs . George Hudson and William Story , two of Mr . Attwood ' s Monkwearmonth friends , are Liddle 8 bondsmen .

      , Liddle ' s house ia a perfect wreck , every article of furniture haying been smashed to atoms , and hia stock of provisions and liquor thrown into the street by the crowd , in revenge for bis conduct . The prisoner ' s wife says that the sum of £ 202 , which she had concealed in the house , was carried off by the mob . . . *•> -

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      Makchof Knowledge . —Vebbatisi . —8 Sept . 41 Post-hark , Tbcho . -- " A cottager would thank the Writer off the Gurdenar ' s Gazette to inform whal roman letters are . I do exhibit at the Sbsw and must give my private mark in roman letter * aad I dont 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 tne Royal Dukes —for it is still doubful whether the assassin aimed at the Duke d'Aumale or the Duke of Orleans , produced a very painful impression ia the French capi * tal . The Commerce has a letter from Vienna , ia

      which we find the following important announcement : — "The general disarming of Europe has been resolved upon . The Cabinet of Vienna has recently addressed a note to that of the Tuileries , to invite it to reduce its military force conjointly with the Qtb& great powers . The Cabinet of the Tuileries replied that , so soon as the other powers should be ready to disarm it would do so too , and would begin by a reduction of 40 , 000 men . The Austrian Cabinet , consequently , immediately ordered a reduction ot its army ; but , as the autumnal reviews are to take place almost immediately , the measure is not to bo carried into execution until the 15 th of October . It is thought that the landwehr will be disbanded , which will be a reduction of 80 . 000 men . "

      . Maryledose . — Right op Wombw to the Franchise . —A moat spirited and convincing lecture was delivered on this subject on Wednesday week , at the Working Man ' s Hall , by Mrs . Martin , who handled the subject in ssch a manner as to leave no doubt on the minds of all who heard her , that women ha 3 as just and as inalienable a right to tho franchise as man . At the close of the lecture , a discussion was invited by Mrs . Martin , when a person of the nameof Puddifoot , came forward and said he had an objection toraise against the proposed union of tbe two sexes , in the legislative assemblies . He would , therefore , propoflethat theladiesshouldh » T a legislative assembly of their own . The fair leeturess answered the objection to women fitting ft the same legislative assemblies as tha men , wnicfl * he contended was frivolous . The meeting , after » long discussion separated .

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      6 THK N 0 BTH 8 RN STAR .

      Attempted Resuscitation Of The New Move.

      ATTEMPTED RESUSCITATION OF THE NEW MOVE .

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      ¦ ¦ ? . '• VISCOUNT MELBOURNE CIRCULAR . Viscount Melbourne presents his respectful compliments to those counties , cities , boroughs , ana towns corporate of the United Kingdom which have not yet voted him their thanks for his very populai conduct during the period he was at the head of the defunct Administration . The late Premier particularly begs that their free ' dom and thanks may be voted to him in gold boxes . He does not wish them to be particularly fastidious , or curious in the patterns of the boxes , only to take caro that they are all thiok and heavy , whichwhen

      , melted down , will produce a sum of money worth accepting . Viscount Melbourne also hints to any nobleman or country gentleman keeping a good table , that he can produce undeniable testimonials of his being excellent . " dinner company f and that now having a great deal of leisure on his hands , and possessing a most unconquerable dislike to dining in his own house , at his own expence , that he shall be happy to come and stay with them on trial for a month or so , whep , if found , agreeable , he has no objection to extend the visit up to Christmas .

      Any noWeman or gentleman who may feel dull , ' and require a refreshing companion , like Viscount Melbourne , will be good enough to inclose a line to him at South-street , inclosing the inside coach fare , aad it shall be immodiately attended to . ' N . B . Earliest applications will have the preference .

  • Citation
    • 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-ncseproduct722/page/6/