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      HOUSE OF LORDS—Thursday , Aug . 4 . - Their Lordships met at five o ' clock . Several Bills -ware brought up from the Commons , and forwarded a BUge ; aitei which their XordihipB adjourned .

      Friday , Aug . 5 . Theii Lordships met at a quarter to five o ' clock . The royal assent was given by commission to several Bills . ± . urd Campbell moved the second reading of the Biibery at . Elections' BiLL Lord Bsougham EDpported the BilL Hs expressed a hope that iho House oi Comnwa would divtat itself of the privilege of deciding contested , elections , as these * as an indelible impression abroad that they , did not decl . ie impartially in such cases . X ^ rd Ca mpbell rejoiced that the Bill received tb . 9 KiPf-. tt i f his Noble and Learned Friend . The Bill was then read a secoad time , and ordered to be committed on Monday next Several other Bills ware advanced a stage , and the Bouse adjourned till two o ' clock on Saturday .

      Saturday , Aug . 6 . Tie House met to-aay short "? after two o ' clock , the E :. rl of Shaft £ SBCb . t taking his seat on the woolsack , ia the absence of the Lord Chancellor . A message from tte Csmmons , by Sir Q-. Clerk and others , brought up the Exchequer Bills' Bill , the Conso ! idated Fund Appropriation Bill , the Canada Loan Bill , the Ecclesiastical' Leasing BUI , the Bast India B st'prica * Bill , andthe Lnusus Asylum ( Ireland ) Bill , * H of which were read a first time , and ordered to bs Tssi a second time on MoDQay . A message aJeo br ^ htup ' the Bon- ' ed Cor a Bill , and the Court of Chs ^ ctry Offices'Bi ? i , stating that the House of'Commas had agreed to the amendments of their Lordships . ' . i ^ d Hocse then adjourned tUl Monday -at ten o ' clock

      Monday , A ug . 8 , ' Lord Foste ? que moved for a retnm of all the outrages in Ireland reported by She constabulary * in the lav : bioath . His Ljrdsfaip proceeded to contrast the leturDS whieb . tisd £ > oen made-of these offences daring Gin iu » V 8 « moults oMS 31 with thoaa of the eotreap orfir , j period in the present 5 ear . According to these return , it appeared that a considerab . e increase had tattn place in the number of these outr&ces ^ a circam-» XaiCc which his Lore snip partiy attributed to the redutu-a of the stipendiary magistrate * by the present fc-fcTsmeat . His lordship then made some remarks OH Xhb An ^ nage said to have betn used fay Chief Justice Peer . crV . her in hh ctarge to the jury at Armagh , at the trial jf t £ e five prisonsrs for Kibandism , wbich his Lordsli ' p thosght was far from consistent frith the ju--dic-at cnaratter . - - - - . - ¦

      Hi * Grrace the Date of Wellington had no objectioii t- » preface the rfcroxns moved for by ttie Noble lord . but sX tha samu time he could Dot concur in the inf rtsce which the Noble Lord had drawn from those returns . His Grs . ce "was of opinion that other circumstscce-:, overlooked by the Svble Lord , tuitot have eoEtrir-uTtd to the sime result , and suggested that ajDCDi these , the superior enemy and activity cf the coiii-t . ibiikir ; in detecting snch i fi = nces ra : ght have had & c- ~ &siderabie Buare . His Grace vindicated the ccndue : uf the Lord Cfeief Justice , whose character for &bii-: y and impartiality was unimpeachable .

      The Kirl of GlesgaLL said , that the increase of crime in Ireland had coinmv ^ ced before the removal of the late Government iri- > m office ; it had iEcreased reguiariy since 1 S 40 . He attributed the increase of those crimes of which tie Ne&le Lord ( Fortescuej tuv » p . - rticuiariy complained , to tha election riots in 164 i . Tae motion was agreed to . Tl , « Lobd Ch ascellos , in presenting the report of tf * e Committee on rite Marriace L »» in Ireland , and the Marriage B'il , said , that in consfc ^ jntnee of certain prccct iicjig wMch had taken place in Ireland , which would rtnder it necessary for the case to ba brought before their L-jrcships by a writ cf error , -when the Jndces would be snumontd to attend , but which it was impossible could take place during- the present Session , he propDsed that their Lordships shuuid consider ; d Committee the Bill which had been rtfar ivd to xsic O ^ nmivtee to legalist existing nwrriages , with a Tieir to prtTent parties Buffaring inconTenkr . ee .

      Loth CaUpbell objected to the motion , on the grouiiQ that the Bill , wnich assumed that th& » e marria ^ ts w ere cull and void , would tend to shuka confidettce in the f&udity oi such marriages in ether pvt * of the empire except England . . He thought the qnfcatita nvigts be ettUsa by six or BeTBB judges , and be ibiflfi & deilaratjiy l :-stead oi an enacting law . His Lordship then proceeded to cite precedents far such s ccn ? Bc in the conduct of the Irish Parliament in 1782 , aal that of tie Eagliah Parliament at a subsequent ptriod . Lor . ; BJ . 0 CGBA 1 I thought it was hardly possible for thsii Lurcutupd to pSj « & dtclaraiory act in . this case , lTtaBu . n-. - h as the judgro of P « ri " ujiisnt had already decided , *¦ - ] a majoxivy uf ei ^ t to two , that Ihese ' marlisges Ttert iU ^ eaL

      The . Marquis of ClasEICaHDE declared that in-spits of the decision of tie Judges , the opinion of the people of Ireland in g&ceral was in faTonr of the Talidity of these Ejarriasea , ' The bill 'sras read a * e « ond tlmo .

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      as to the conduct of the magistrates and the persecution the men were nndergoing , and therefore he thought be had a right to call for an expression of the opinion of the House in their favour . Ab a matter of course , he wouid be told that it "would be an interference with the prerogatives of the Crown—that was always the story -when any ; xaattw was mooted wbich was disagrfefcable ts the minister of the day ; but the matter was one of much public importance ; for , during the ensuing recess , one of tha , most Important which had occurred for years , no public meeting whatever could be held , if

      the doctrines laid down by the Right Hon . Baronet opposite , Mr . Winslsw , the magistrate , Bcman , the constable , Mallftlleu , the inspector , and Mr . Jeremy , the magistrate , were acted upon . They had dons many acts of injustice daring the session , let them close it by doing one act of peace , and liberate those poor men . He moved that , " An address be presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be gra ? ciously pleased to take into her Majesty ' s merciful cori . gideration the case of John Mason and ssvea working men , confined in Stafford gaol , with & view to their immediate discharge . "

      Sir J . Gbjham regretted that the Hon . Gentleman had thought it his duty again to bring xhlB matter before tha House , because he would be very « orry to use any harsh terms in discussing a matter on which he wished to be utterly impartial . That was now the third time that the question bad b » en discussed in that House , and on a previous occasion the House had distinctly refused to constitute itself a tribunal of appeal in this case . That the Hen . Gentleman intended that it should be made sneb a tribunal was apparent , for he distinctly stated that it was his intention to impugn , not only the conduct of the magistrates who ordered the prosecution , bnt also that of the judge for his address to the jury . Surely that was a direct appeal from the criminal jurisdiction exercised by them . He ( Sir J .

      Graham ) was prepared to admit that on an important , a great , a national question , where the jur'ges were considered to have gone beyond their duty , or if they were charged with corrupt practices , it was competent for them , in the exercise of their high functions , to eou&tilute them ?* lves a court of appeal ; but it was a power vrbjeh ought not to b 8 used npon slight occasions , otherwise that high power would be brought into contempt He tSir J . Graham ) could not grant the Hon . Gtntleman ' s assumption that any suspicious circumstances attached to this case . There was nothing whatever to impnen the motives either of the magistrates or the judge "who presided by ssying tnat Baman might havBb * en tr 4 ed'for murder supposing life to have been lost . Tho Hon . GeutJem&n completely begged the whole question , for the issue between them wub .

      whether the meeting was legal or not ? Up » n that paint they had the opinion of the judge who presidednot a country gentleman , but a harriettr of considerable experience , long conversant with criminal trials , and of unexceptionable character They had aUo the verdict—surely th * t was presumption enough in favour of the constable ' s conduct . He would not go further iiito tad case ; bnt he must again protest a ^ aiuat that Huum being made an appellative tribunal from the regular constituted criminal courts of the country . Although it -was right that justice should be seasoned with mercy , eome regard must be had to times ami circamstanc- ' -s . He had heard * vith great regret ibat considerable t-xcitemtnt prevailed in the county of Sttff'rd , and that considerable dtimbers of workmen had been thrown out cf emplojment , in some instances freia their own misconduct , and ia others under circumsunci-8 which he

      thought eutitled tbtm to compassion , Jle was , howfever , of opinion , that persons who , imitating the conduct of Mason , had addressed exciting and kn ^ mmatory languiS 8 to the people , deserved severe censure and reprobation . In the case which had been brought under the consideration of the House by the Hon . Member for Pinsbnry , the prisoner ilasou h 3 d been convicSed of using inflammatory and seditious la 1 gauge , and of rendering the meeting at wh . ch such language was used , and which might otherwise have been a perfectly legal assembly , an unlawful meeting . It was for her Majesty ' s rt > ponsible adviser * to decide wha > representation they might make to the Crown with rtspect to the case of Mason and bis fello" ? r , priaoner 8 . He could not compromise tfco unfettered discretion of the idiniatars of the Crown by giving to the Hon . Slemeer for Finsbury any pledge on the sul j-ct , and he hepe-rt the HouBe would resist the motion of the Hon . Gentleman .

      Mr . Hawes said he thought , under the circuin-* t * nee « . this ca&e was one which it would ¦ well become the Right Hon . Baronet opposite , and bis colleagues , to bring under the mercifal considera * 1 on cf the Crown . He did not approva of all that had been said by Mason , but he thought the fact of his being a paid lec-urer ought not to excite a prejudice against him . He confessed that he thought the Hon . Member for Finsbury had , on the present occasion , bronght this question somewhat unnecessarily nnder the eonsiderasion of the House . He considered that the constable who seised Mason had interfered very improperly at the meeting . He ( Mr . Hawesi had frequently attended similar ratttii . gs , and he would , when he considered it his duty , attend such meetings in future . He hoped that the

      people-would not be deterred by whit had occurred "with reference to this easa > rom atteniiinj ? public meetings , and freely expressing their (• pinions , t-ven though they might do so in somewhat strong language . Indeed , the exercise of this right constituted one of the safeguards of the liberties of the people . It was something nt-w to be told tint snch mtetiups w < , re unlawful ; and he was still more surprised that it should be stated , on high authority , that constables were to be constituted the judges of their legality or illeesHty . He wiia convinced that all moderate wen ent ^ rL-iiij ed strong obj ections to the int « nference of the police at njeetings of the people without just and sufficient cause ; and he had been greatly surprised that such a doctrine th' uld be held by a Minister of the Crown as that which had been advanced by the Right Hon . Gentleman opposite .

      X . i . Hume said , that the police force in this countiy onght bo to be con listed as to maintain peace . Instead of occasioning violence and disorder . He had beard with surprise and regret th * doctrine advanced by the Right Hon Bironet . the Secretary for the Home Department ; for he considered , that if such a doctrine was acted upon , the most mischievous results would en ^ ua . He thought that the future utility of the police force depended chiefly on . their net overstepping the bounds of their legitimate Onty . Seme complaints were formerly n . ade to this House with respect to the onduct of the police —inquiries -were instituted—and since that period be thought the general conduct of the forca had been most

      creditable . In th ' . s case , however , he conceived thai the police bad acted with great impropriety ; and it was only by checking in their commencement such irreguiar proceediDes that they could hope te mtintain the peace of the country . He ( lid not know whether it would be prudent foi the Hon . Member for Finsbury to press his motion to a division , for he thought , from pome txpresiiionij which had fallen from the Right Hon . Baronet opposite , that the case might be left in the bands of the G- > ve-nmtnL He considered that great benefit would ariBe from the statements ¦ which had been made in the House on this subject : and he therefore recommenoe > d his Hon . Friend not to press Ms motion to a division .

      Mr . C- Viluess said that the person referred to as a hired lecturer was a resident in Bilston , and was held in considerable estetro in the neighbourhood . However strong tie language used at meetings in" Staffordshire might have b =- « n , no outrage bad been committed in tha ? connty ; and he thought this was one reason why mercy mi < ht be txtended to the parties referred to in the motion of tbe Hon . Member for Fiusbury . Ha had no aoubt that the Hon . Member wonld withdraw bis motion if lbs Rii ^ iit ' Bon . Baronet opposite would take the ease into bis favourable consideration . It seemed that the constable had put his own construction upon the language used by Mason ; and had , without any legal authority , committed an assault upon him . SdVeral of the persons present , who considered the interference

      of the constable improper , attempted to rescue Mason ; and tfie whole of the parties had been tried , convicted , and sentenced to imprisonment for several months , their families meanwhile being left in a state of extreme destitution . He might state , aa tax evidence of the public feeling on this subject , that a subscription had been entered into by persons of all classes and of all parties for the relief of the families of these men . Mr . Ward thought , tnat w . thout obtaining some assurance from the Right Hon . Gentleman opposite the Hon . Member for Finsbury ouaht not to allow hiB motion to drop- Ha conoeived that there cerer was a more dangerous period than the present at which to intrust to parish constables—who were generally ignorant men—the power of exercising a judgment on the

      language used by speakers at public meetings . He thought the language ussd at the metting at which Mason and his felloe-prisoners were present was hot one whit more TioleBt than the language used in , as Well as out , cf that House . —not niore violent indeed , than language which bad been used by the Bight Hon . Gentleman opposite . Tue language used at that meeting was not ( as we nadersiood the Hon . Member ) move seditious than language which ha ( Mr . Ward ) had himself used in thus House , or than expressions which Jiad been £ re < jUintiy ottered during the debates on the Gorn Law and the Tariff . Feeling it to be a very proper occasion for tbe House to interfere on behalf ef men improperly tieated , if his Hon . Friend pressed the H-use to a division , he ( Mr . Ward ] should support his motion .

      Mr , R . Yorke said he would adopt the very language which hail been nsed by these men , and for which they had bean imprisoned , and would repeat them at the first public meeting he might attend . It was monstrous that they should b ? treated as they had been . The magistrates , if he were rightly informed , bad . offered ' to compromise the case , and to give thein their liberty on thfelr catering into their own recognisances ; but the men , convinced that they had done so unlawful act , refuted . If this were so , the magistrates had violated justice Ijy punishing them . . . Mr . Beothbeton thought tbe Right Hob . Baronet opposite must be convinced that something must be done in the case , " aad he would rather trust it to the Right Hon . ~ Baronofs consideration than press tha motion to a division .

      Mr . Ti Dck combe , in reply , said he should betray his duty to these individuals if he were to withdraw his motion . They bad violated no law , and ought not to deprived ot their liberty . He felt that he had done his duty in bringing the case before tbe House . It was a prusecuMon instigated by the magistrates of Stafford * shire for party purposes , and under theBe circumstances

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      he should record his opinion against such ah act of injustice , - . .-.. ; . ; , ; ; The gallery was then cleared for a division , when the numbers were— . For the motion ............... 38 Ajgainstlt ........................ 53 > Majority ....., „„„„„„ 23 The Houss soon afler adjourned .

      Friday , August 5 .: The Speaker took the chair at twelve o ' clock . Several bills were advanced a stage , and a number of petitions presented . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' _ ¦ . The House then went into committee on the Newfoundland bill . On clause six being proposed for abolishing the legislative council , - : ; . Mr . OConnell protested against this mode of taking away tbe constitution of the colonies without fall investigation , and a full opportunity of being fceard by witnesses on tbe part of the colonists . The people's rigbt of electing tbe representatives would be a mere

      mockery—a delusien , and an insnlt The Ckamber of Assembly was to consist of twenty-five members ; of these ten were to be elected by the Government , and fifteen by the people ; so , if only three of those representatives should be returned by the government party , they ( the government ) -would have a positive majority in the chamber . Could anything be more '' absurdmore UDJust , or , a greater insult to the people" , who had always been considered as a loyal and patriotic people ? He should move that the words " abolishing the legislative council as a distinct branch of the legislature , " should be omitted .

      Lord Staklet agreed with the Right Hon . Gentleman that ic was not advisable to carry on tbe legislature by means of one chamber only ; but under the present circumstances of this colony , where one House constantly rejected the bills of the other , he thought it would c . induce to tha more harmonious management of the affairs of the colony , if they were to merge the : two chambers into one . He felt confidenfit would be for the benefit of the colony to abolish too legislative council aa a distinct assembly . ' - '

      Mr . V . Smith saM that in giving his vote in faTOtu of this clause , no did not wish to be understood as in any way sanctioninz the permanent abolition of the legislative council The Noble Lord had at his ( Mr . V . Smith ' s ) desire introduced a clause making this a temporary measure ; it was . in fict , merely an experiment , such as had !> e * . n tried In New South Wales and : Australia . Guarding his vote by tbe assumption that this was only a temporary measure , he should record it in favour of the Noble Lord . Mr . P . Howard opposed the principle of the bill .

      Mr . Hume said the inhabitants of Newfoundland were unheiurd and unrepresented , and the House was now about to drprive them of the greatest Of privileges —that of manadng their own affairs , a system of management under which the colony bad improved in every respect . It' this disfraucbisement were to be applied to anyone English borough there was not a member who would not be ready to cry out on its injustice , he was prepared to prove that all that had been alleged against the constituencies were gross exaggerations . ' ' Mr . Wysb said he must continue to oppose the clause , as an insult and injury to the people . It was not rigbt for the H-Jose . to punish first , then to decide , and then to hear tbe parties accused . The CQBimitteQ then divided , the numbers being—for tbe clause , 80 ; for the amendment , 18 ; majority for tbe clause , 62 .

      Several other amendments were proposed , but , upon division , negatived , » : d all the clauses were finally agreed to without alteration : The House then resumed , and the report was ordered to be brought up on Saturday . Mr . 0 CONNELL said that he believed he could now mafco the motion of which he had given notice respecting the late trial fur ribbonisui at A . rmagb . His object was not to pronounce any j remature censnre up > n the Government as connected with the transaction in question- He tbosgbt tnere could possibly be only one opinion as to the nature of those" transactions , especially as to the employment of the witness Hogan . The only qnnstion appeared to be , upon wbom did the responsibility devolve ? If the misconduct was to be attributed

      to the magistrates and witntsets , tht-y would be liable to ctnsnre , and , without anticipating any connexion between the Government and those parties , if the Government sanctioned tho conduct of those witnessa * , he thought he would be safe iu saying that the House would be unanimous in cenf-uiiug such conduct . He did not suspect that the Nonlui-. Lord ( EUet ) participated in tfcose trantfactt < ins . The mode in which he personally conducted himself in Ireland precluded snch a notion The trial ut Armagh was one of ribbonlsm . He begged the House to keep in m'nd that the possession of pass-wonia ' made the persons liable to transportation . Fourpmons were ' tried . < at ; the last Armagh ass ' z-s ; two witnesses weru produced to prccuro a conviction : one of th . se was a roan named Hobcd ,

      ¦ who had acted as a sj > y upon the prisoners ; he p . TCr tended to be a ribbonnun , he j > iue < i them ; made himself acquainted with their secrets and their pass-words , an . i tnis he haU done for the t-xpress purpose Of dent'UnciDg them . Tbe lion and Learned Gentleman proce ^ ii fd to rt-ad the evidence of Hogan , the approver , which has alrea-lj appeared in the pubitc papers , to the rffect that he had nrjile ribbonmen by the hundred . He invented sixty-three classes of pass-words / and disseminaHd Jar ^ e quantities of iiJexraJ papers , the mere poss * ss "> on of vrhfch .. was a transportable effence . All he required ^ as , that the correspondence between the magistrates and tbe Government , should be produced . Ht trusted tbe Government would not attempt to screen the pirties i'nplictttd in these transactions . He moved mt-rtiy for the corr

      entirely absolved the Noble Lord from all knowledge of sach a trar . sacrion . In the case of Popay , the then GoTernruent tad not attempted to cast any shield over him . Lord Althcrp had at once granted a committee of irqury into his conduct , and bad stated it as bis opinion that the emplojiaent of spies to entrap persons into yalll wr . a a most abominsble system . That abominable system had been denounced in jutt and eloquent t-iinm by the counsel f » r the defeoce , who , ' notwithstanding he -was of conservative ! politics , yet did his duty n ., b ! y to his cJfcrots , * ttd in such a wanner as rtflrcted the bigb&t- ' nbnonr on the Irish bar . Lord A Ithorpbart stigmatised the spy syBtem as abominablo and atrocious . Tee KighC Hon , and Learned . Gent ! emin concluded by moving for copies of correspondence between tbe Government , magistrates , and the police , relative to tho trial at the late Armagh ass zts . :

      Lord EL 10 X said , if anything could induce him to accede to the motion of the Kight Hon . and Learned Gentleman , it wonld be the calm ami temperate manner in which he had introduced it ; but he thought he wcnld betray his duty , if he were , by assenting to the production of these papers , to furnish what he could not bnt consider a dangerous and inconvenient precedent . Ha had had no opportunity of seeing the corres > pondence . but ha could wail conceive that it : was of a confidential nature , ami that the production of it might tend to defeat the ends of justice , either by putting on their gu . ; ird persons who might ba implicated , or who might be o > jects of suspicion to tbe local authorities , or , on the otner hand , that it might teml to fix imputationo upon persons who would subsequently be proved to ba entirely innocent of the charges brought against

      them . ( Hear , heir . ) The Noble Lord then went through the circumstances of the cose . Hogan had said tba : he initiated persons into ribbonism , with the knowledge of the police and the magistrates . Upon that point he ( Lord E . iot ) was not prepared to five an opinion . He had no hesitation in saying that the report of the trinl , referred to by the Right Hen . and Learned Gentleman , -was altogether i accurate . He had searched the Dublin newspapers of the day , and had fougd no mention whatever of the occurrences described in that paper . He was satisfied that there was nothing in the correspondence which rtfliCts any blame on the Goverument He fult it his duty , however , and it was a painful duty , because he could wish that the whole matter -was investigated by the Housa , bat he felt it hifi duty , for the reasons which be had stated , not to consent to the production of these papers .

      Mr Hume said he was glad to hear the aisclaimer of the Noble Lord on the part of the Government , of all participation in these proceedings . He wished to know , however , whether Hogan had received any pay from the Government ? Lom Eliot said lhat Hogan , in his evidence , distinctly denied having received any reward . . ' : The House then divided , when there appeared—For the motion , 24 ; against it , 72 ; majority against the motion , 48 . ; Mr . OCOKNBLt then gave notice that he would move , next session , for a committee to inquire into tho subject of the employment of Hogan and Cox . The Court of Chancery Abolition of OflSces' Bill was read a third -time and passed , with some verbal amendments . . ¦ On the order of the day for going into Committee on the Bmkruptcy Law Amendment Bill ,

      Mr . Philips objected to that portion of it that was applicable to the appointment of official assignees . The Solicitor-General contended that the Bill would carry out all the good that was expected from it Mr . BERN al complained of the late period of the session at which Bill * of this importance were introduced , ' - /¦ ::: ¦ - .. :.. y . ¦ ¦¦¦' - ' . Sir jr . Graham said the Bill was supported by tha authority of the other House ; and he hoped the Hon . Member would allow the Bill to go into Committee . He advocated the appointment of fixed , Gpmmissionen , who should be responsible for the " execution of the laws ; and where the debtor madman honourable surrender of bis goods , he should not be imprisoned ; but if be acted otherwise be ahoul * be iubjected \ q some punishment . . .. ¦ ' . . " -,:, ' . > , ' - ' ¦; -. ' - ^ f ' ;' , ' - ' - ^ - ' ^ ' ¦ ' ¦ - . Sir RoiERX Pebi * supported , the njotion . The House then went into committee , when clause three was agreed to < - ¦• . " " . - :- ¦ ' \ : , \ : ¦ , :...-.: : ;\ -,. i-y -i ? - ;¦ : ¦ -

      On clause ten being read , a desultory cOBVWTSatioa ensnsd , and , -.- . ; : ; ' v - Mr . Wood moved th&t the word " farmer" be in * sorted so as to bring that class of persons under its provisions . ;'¦¦" .- ¦ - . ; Mr . HEKLEY * opposed the moHon . The House divided—For the amendment , 7 ; against it 85 : majority , 78 . : . " The clauses from ten to thirty inclusive were theii passed seiilatim .

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      Clause thirty-six was agreed to , after some-. discuss 3 ion . ' -. - . ;¦¦ ¦' , ¦¦' ; . ' . ¦ . ¦ . '¦ . ¦; : ¦; ¦ ¦ - . '¦• .. ' - ' . ' ; . - •' . ;¦¦ ¦ ' •• " . ¦ ' - : : The remaining clauses were then agreed to , and the Chairmanreported : progress . : ^ ' Mr . Masierman moved that the wine merchants should be allowed a drawback upou the wine in stock in the event of a reduction being made in the duty upon poi-t wine , consequent oil the treaty with Portugal . The Hon . Member argued at considerable length in support bl Wamotion * : ; -. ; v ' . ' -: V ' . Vv . " v ; ' . ;¦ , ¦ . .:: ; ' . ; . ¦ :-. \ : ¦ The CHA . NCBLLOft of the Exchequer oppoBed the proposition .: ;^ ;/ ,- - . :: -. '" . ; : ' . - : '' ¦ ¦ .. ' . ¦' - . ¦• : ; y- " ¦ : : ' y . y , ' , ' y : - \ - Sir Robert Peel protested , against the principle of allowing a drawback x > n foreigu ; irine ; . while the same principle was not conceded to other articles coming from foreign countries-A short conversation then ensued , and the motion was negatived without a division .

      The orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned . ; : ¦ ¦ . Sdurdait . Auq . t . The House met at twelve o'clock . The Consolidated Fund ( Appropriation ) Bill and tbe Exchequer Bills ( £ 9 jl 93 , 0 « 0 ) were read a third time and passed . . /¦ - .. ¦' - ' : y ' y :, ; - ' ^ . y : ' - . ¦ ¦ . ' : ; : ¦ ¦ ¦ .. - . '¦ ,. "• _ . . The order of ths day for bringing up the report of the Newfoundland bill was read , and the report was received . > . ''" . - . : . ' -- - ^ ' ¦' . ¦¦ '¦ ¦ - '' - ¦ ¦"''' . ''¦ — ¦' . ' ¦ : '¦ . ' On the motion that the bill be engrossed , Mr . B . Wall said he objected to the principle of the bill . He objected to the bill because he had no information to : go upon . He proposed as an amendment that the Bill be engrossed this day three months , ' ' : ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦;¦ : } " . '¦ ' ¦ . ¦ . . ¦ . •¦;¦ ¦' . y ' ¦' . ' . '' '¦ ¦¦ .. ¦' . ; . ..... ¦ ;¦ ' . ¦ Mr . P . Howard Seconded the motion , which , upons , division , was lost by a majority of 43 .

      The bill was then ordered to be engrossed , and the third reading fixed for Monday . , 0 n the erder of the day being read for the consideration of tho Lords' amendments to the mines and collieries bill , . \ ' -y ¦¦ . ¦ •¦ ' . ;• . - - . - '¦ ¦ ¦ = . ¦ ,: ' ' : " ' ¦'•¦ , . ;^ . ' . '; ; ' Lord Ashley entered into a defence of the report of the COinmissioners , and said that , though the amendme it ^ aade by the Lords in the bill would invalidate to a gmt extent the atility of the measure , yet he accepted those ameudments on account of the great principle involved in the bill . Toe poble lord concluded by moving the adoption : of the amend-. meBbt ^ vv •¦ • . ; .,. ¦ : . :. {;¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦ , . ' : ¦ v :.:-:. ^ : ' . ' . , ,. : ' . ' . . ¦ . ¦ ¦ . " ¦ After a few words from , Mr . Fdrbes ,

      Loid PalMERSTON fcald it waa with great pain he observed the amandmentamode by the House of Lords in this BUI , because those amendments went to deteriorate the spirit of improvement in the legislature of this country evinced in this bill , to which there could be no objsctioa whatever on poliacal grounds . But ,, under tha ciroumatances stated by the noble lord , he | Lord Ashley ) bad exi . rcist > d a Bound discretion in not calliug on the Houso to negative these amendments . . . . ' - . '¦ :. :-..:- : ¦ ,. '¦ . :, ' .. . ' v-.: . - ,-. ¦¦ r :.. '' . ' . ' ' ¦ ... ' ¦ ¦¦ Lord Ashley , in explanation , Btated that when the course was taken in the House which rendered the changes inevitable , he ( Lord Ashley ) was asked if he would oopsent to them ? His reply was , that he could not help himself , and that he was disposed to spcriflce the children in order to save the women .

      Mr . Charles Buller said , as the Noble Lord had acceded to the ; aniendments , those who warmly supported tbe Bill would not dissent from them . But he must eny , that the ¦ whole force of the discussion made the value of the / amendments less and . leas . Till the Right Hon . Baronet defended them , he was not aware how utterly useless they were —( hear . ) He was afraid also they would damage the Bribery Bill , notwithstanding the assurance given by the Right Hon . Baronet that he wouldsupport it ( A voice from the Ministerial side of the House— - ' The Bribery Bill has passed . " ) He was very glad to hear it was out of danger . ( Cheers and laughter . ) . ;

      Sir Robert Peel said he believed that the Bribery Bill would pass the House of Lords without amendment , but he would not pledge himself that the House of Lords shouid adopt all the details of any Bill . The House of Xaor'ds * was a deliberative body , and had 3 perfect right to make any modifiications in the Bill which they might " . think proper . With regard to some of the avtttttiiimeuta ha would admit that / ' he was ¦/ sorry they had been adopted —( hear . ) Bat with regard to some of them , he thought they w « re improvements . 1 The amendments were then agreed to . Tho House then went into Committee on the Boroughs Incorporation ; and after a long discussion between eeveral Hon . Gantlenien ,. on tha subject of coaapensation to individuals suiFaring under the operation of the Bill , a report was ordered to be received on Monday , Tvhen a clause is to be introduced for compensating such individuala . :

      Lord PALJiERSION moved for copies of any correspondence which has : taken place since the lat of July ia ^? t , between the : Chancellor of the BxcUequer and any Member of that House , upon the subject of the Stewardahip of the Chiltern Hundreds . / The Chancellor of the Exchequer seconded the motion of the Noble Xorc ? . : Mr . Hume concurred in the course which had bean adopted by tho Chancellor of the Exchequer . Mr . V . Smith said that Hon ., Mombers who wished the privileges of tlie House / to be upheld ought to be very much obliged to the Noble Lord for bringing this measure , before the House . / , : : After a short discussion between Sir R . Peel Mr . Yoike , and Captain Pi urn ridge , the motion was agreed to / , / . . ' ¦ . ' .. ¦¦ . ' The orders of the day wero then disposed of , and the House adjourned till Monday , at twelve O ' clock .

      Monday , Aug , 8 th . On the motion for the third reading of the Newfoundland Bill , / Mr . P . Howard made another effort for tha rejection of it' The subject having bieen too often debated to-retain . -any-: of the freshness appropriate to a fish que « tion , the Hon . Gentleman ' s opposition was speedily disposed : of . ¦ ¦"'' . ' .-The BankTuptcy Bill went into committee , and occupied several hours . Attempts were made to reduce the salaries of theproposed officers below the viiniinum which would secure ndequite functionaries ; but this was unsuccessful . A like defeat attended ths attempt at preventing the extension of the institution of Official Aesignees to B . iukruptciea ' worked in the country . ' : ¦ ' . " " / '¦• . '¦'¦ ' [<¦ ' . /• '¦ ¦;¦¦ ¦• / . '' ¦ ' .. ''¦ ¦¦ ' ¦' . . . . - ¦ .:. , - ' ¦ Mr . 'Lefrot ^ after the transaction of some other business , moved the issue of a new writ for Ipswich . "¦''¦ - ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦'¦ ¦ - .. ¦¦' ¦¦' : ¦ : ¦' - ¦ ¦¦ '; ' - ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ : .

      Mr . T . Duncombe said , that the House , if sincere in its virtuous professions of indignation against bribery , could not suffer the writ to issue that night . There bad been / five , elections since the Reform Act , aad at every one there had been a petition . At the last election varibuB persons were guilty of bribery , and from the report of the lata / -Committee it appeareS that several of those persons had committed the same offences at former elections . One , » Mr . Cook , had bribed divers electors , and bad thus be « n the cause of vacating the se \ ta ot certain candidates for whom he had been agent ; and it would ba monstrous that while the candidatewas disqualified to sit , ' the agenb who had wrought ; this disqualification should be still permitted to vote . He asked leave , therefore , to bring in a Bill

      for disfranchising these culpable parties , and generally for preventing bribery at Ipawich . He cited the -precedents of Shoieham and East Ratfprd . Sir R Pdel had exprasaed a desiro that some measure of ' - 'disfranchisement Bhouid be applied to the constituencies of those large towns in which corruption bad prevailed . Now Ipawich / had been raported for corrnptibh twice in this very session , and surely then the R ( &ht Hon . Baronat would not suffer this writ to issue without some check upon the repetition of such practices . Mr . Duhcombe then read extracts from evidence < iiven by Sir T . Couhruae , -who tad represented Ipswich in the last Parliament , avawlag the undue expenditure by him

      of large sums at Ipswich . To the borough , the inconvenience arising from the suspension of the writ : wiw but a alight one—^ the loss of the Members' subscription to the next races . If the report of the Committee were to be n ^ glectedi it "was av piece- of waste pap ^ x . He knew that great complaints had been made of the decision ; but if gentlemen found fault with it , they ought to state the particulars in which the report was unwarranted , by the evidencei ; ¦; /•" ¦¦ - ¦ Mr . Bt ACKSTON B , denied that the evidenoa mafle out the ^ alleged use of grO 33 bribery and corruption at the late election . He went ; into details , exposing the discrepancy bstween : the evidence and the report .. . ' ¦;/ : " ¦ : . : ¦ ¦' /• : ' . ' . ' - ¦ - ' :. " -- ; -. '• . ¦"'' ¦

      Mr , H , FixzROY denojinced the decision of the committee as one of the most : monstrous : upon record , and cited passages of the evidence to prove his allegations . He asserted that the case had been prejudged by i them , // and appealed to their yery flrsfc division to dembnatrate their undue bias . The counsel for the sitting Members were quite rigb | not to put their clients to the expence of persevering before a tribunal from whom it was plain that justice could not be had . Thirty shillings given to a man for travelling expences aud for three ( Uys * loss of time bad been here adjudicated to be bribery . ; Why , t hen , if voters cculd not bear this sort of loss themselves , and candidates were forbidden to bear it for them , the only remedy was to raise the

      qualiflcaUon and confine - it to a class who' could afford to exercise such a franchise . Here , the whole expenditure had beon but ^ £ 450 ; there had been no br ibery at Mi election , Tiw pretext of the present motion ^ as the bribery at electiens gone by . But if , when a consUtuency shoolc ^ fr eorruptibn , ^ you : ';' pun « ished them for the sins of their farmer days , you would hold : out very , slender encottragement to reformation . The decision was a most unfair one ; l aad if be were a party before la committBe of which : Mr . p . Stewart were nominated chairman , he should feel , aftery&x . P' ^^ Stewart ' s oond « ci oti ttie late committee ; that he had no course / however strong his case might be ; but to retire at once / without keep * Ing up ' an expensive ? struggle , which vras ante to be fruitless . ¦¦' : ¦¦'•¦ ' -A- ' .-- ,.:, ' - -- -- v - >¦ : :. - . ; : - >; vr , \ -. -y- , y

      / -MrrM . J / O'CONNELI . lamented the strong language applied bj ' iir . Fltttof to the majority of the committee , and entered into the evidence la vindication ofthett-report . '¦ v- ' ' -: ; -.:- - ; -. / : : ' - ' V ¦ - . • ¦¦ : . ; . . ' . : " > v' /// Mr . P . Stewaht saia , he bad only administered what he believed to be the law . He appealed to the Conservative members of the committee to vouch what had b « en his conduct , and whether the committee : bad not been nnanimous in the opinion that both bribery and treating were practised at the late election . The only difference of opinion had been aa to the inference

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      of a ? encyto be dirawn from the fact of bribery . Mr . St 9 wart then Entered fully into the evidence to show that it bora but the flading of the comuiittbe , and referred : for a justification of ; bis own inte ; ference respecting agency to the bribery act ^ of George ^ II . ( of which ; however , he did not make the applicability to the ' agency qaestion at all Intelligible ) . He exhorted the Honse to concur in Mr . Duncombe ' s motion , arid hang " op these corruct electors like scarecrows to their companions . . . '¦ . :.:-, ¦ . ¦; . ' . * -, " - . ; :: ¦ , . ' : -v- ; . ¦ ' ¦ V : ' ,-V- - ' ^ i- '; t ^ Mr . H . Sioaet , a member of the committee , stated his own opinion to be , that there had been acts of bribery and treating , and that the agency of one party had been clearly proved . But it fas clear that these irregularities had been not only with , out the knowledge , but contrary to the express direction of the candidates . ) He had differed from the majority ; but he did not iinpugn their decision of partiality . / He ' opposed the disfrauchiaement reeom mtinded by Mr . DttncombiB . . / : : : . . . ^

      Mr . Le ' FHOV daalrad to be nriderstood as not Questioning the Hiotiveat of the Chairman . But for hisown part he considered the agent in this case to have been restricted by hia principal to certain bu 3 inesa [ , from which bribery was expressly exclujied and if he had chosen to exceed his authority , vhis principal was not responsible for that excess . Mr . Lefroy concluded . by expressing bis intentioa to oppose Mr . Duncombe ' a

      amendment . , Mr . Williams vindicated his own decision and that of his colleagues on the committee . The Attorney-General brought the House back to the question before it . He saw noreasetn Why a charge that twenty ro » e votershadbeen guilty of bribery shonld be a , ground for disfranchising all the rest : of the constituency . Write ought not to fee suspended except when the Legislature had it in contemplation to : disfranchise or reform the bordugh . He bad

      heard with pain , remarks upon ! the late committee , which , if drawn ^ ^ into ^ ^ precedenti would make it impossible for future tribunals of the same kind to do their duty . He agreed with the committee that there were proofs of bribery ; but / not of bribery by the candidates returned , nor of bribery in all the individuals whom this motion proposed to / disfranchisft . As to several of them , he showed that ; the committee had proceeded to condemnation without adequate evidence ; and consequently , that there was no sufficient ground . for a suspension of the writ . : : : . ¦¦/¦ ' :. ' :

      Mr . C ; Buller reprobated Mr . H ., Fitzrpy * s . attack on the committee . He rejoiced that they baa exploded the miserable pretexts under whioh bribery had- been usually committed , such as travelling expenses . and loss of time . Iii general he was adverse to tbe suspenaloh of writs v but he would mipport the present motion , because he btlievsd that if a certain small body ef habitually corrupt eleciora were cleared out of the Ipswieh constituency in its present balanced state , tne elections would be thenceforth conducted respectably . and honestly . - .- -. ¦¦ ' ' ¦ ¦¦ : ' ' : ¦ : ' .-- '•¦ ' ¦¦ - '' .- ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ : "'¦ ¦ : ¦ . : ' :: ' ' Mr . pARBT said , that if Mr . Fitzroy had expressed himself strongly , it was Mr . Duncombe who-had dragged the House into this discussion , and thus forced the opiuiona ,. of membera . Mr . WYSfj defeaded hiniBetf and the other Members of the cotumittee .: - ' :

      Siv B . Peel gave credit to the committee for having decided conscientiously ; and was persuaded that aiiy other tribunal substituted for a committee would / soon be subjected to the same censures . Where were those angelic judges to be found who would be above -ail suspicion ? And by / whom were thby to be appointed ? As to the present question , he might , for the arguments sake , concede that there had been bribery , and that the Members had been properly unseated ; and even then it would not folloW , because thirty ¦ men had been guilty

      of bribery , that the righta of 1 , 700 electors should be guspended . Besides , a new Act had bow been passed for the prevention of bribery ; : and , therefore , In the cases both of : Nottingham and of Southampton , the writs had been issued . The suspension / of a writ was no light ponalty , and not to be lightly inflicted . After the late warning , he did not baliovd that bribery would be practised at the nexs election for ; Ip 3 wich . Nor did he think it wise to startle the public mibd by assumingan excessive eagornesa to suppress a particular ofittuca . ' "¦ ¦ . - - . ¦'¦ ¦'¦'¦• . ' '¦'¦ ' -. '• ' ¦'• . ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' - ¦¦' .

      Mr . Tufnell said a few words ; and the House , dividing , decided for the isfcua of the writ . ¦¦'¦¦ ' ' ji ^ j _^_ . ^ i , _ .,-, . ^ i _^^ ft ^« rur _ ii j-L .-m ij . Ji _ .. jr ^ - ¦ .

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      HOW PERSONS ARE RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT . The following " elegant extracte" from the evidence presented to the House of C jmtaons' Compromise Gom-Bilttee , Will shew to what perfection the whole art ' of bribery and corruption has been brought in England . What a striking illustration they afford of the total failure of Lord John Ruasell's Riform Bill—a failure which will only be excelled by that of the same puny stateatnan ' s" Bill for the better discovery of bribery . ' ' It is , certainly , a melancholy consideration that : the country should be at the mercy of an assembly of legislators composed of persons who owe their seats to tke extensive prevalence of some of the blackest crimes which disgrace human htttures— . ' : ' . -

      Harwich . —Parties Bribed . —According to the evidence of Mr . James Currie , Parliamentary agent , one sum of > £ 100 was here . distributed in bribrs : ainorig persons occupying small houses , or what are called £ 10 voters , most of them small tradespeople ; and many of those who in this place , ' which is very decayed ,. . 'live by dredging for : stone , whieh is used for Roman cement . -HEv . ? 71-r-273 ) From the evidence of the same patty , U appeared frein his' notes that thirty-three persons were bribed , each of whpra had large snms paid to him , many of them £ 50 , and £ 100 , and some more . ~ r { Er . 297 , 301-2 . )^ ^ Mr . Riehard Mbsse ,: agent to Mr . Attwoodj admitted that on goin ^ down to Harwriju on the eye of the election , he found that there were ten open to bribery ( 809 ) ,, and that Mr . Attwood held out the electioneering ; hope to the inhabii ^ nts " " to : reduce the Church-rates , " and , in similar electioneering fashion , to take shares in their railway to the extent of £ 10 , 000 . ( Ev . 308 , 340 44 . 1 : ^

      Nottingham—System of Baskei ^ ^^ Money—Most of th > witnesses gave evidence on this point ; but as the clearest , perhaps , was Mr . Fladgate ' s we shall quote his words— - ( 374 ) . The custom bf basket money in Nottlaghara is that of giving money previous to large bribes . For four or five wetks < preyiiJU 9 to any election , the people go round to the candidates ; or their agents to usfe tbecn . for thia '' basket money . " They : -will go to some inn , or some house appointed for the purppse , where they will receive from 10 s . to 20 s . or 30 * j which they will call by the above name , from the fact of Us being given on the Saturday , on which day the market is held , and it ia supposed , that this money ia spent lu buying provisions for thei . week . Many huudieds , if not thousands , observed the witness , ; could hava been proved to have received thia retaining fee from agents , or parties supposed to be agents . ~{ 37 i » . )

      ABDUcriOS OF VOtees . —Many of the voters , accord ing to the same witness , were made drunk , and taken in that state to diflfbrent places in the neignbeurhood j about three hundred were carried eff in this-way during the last e / ectioltt to dfffjrent parts of the world . ' COMMpNNESS op BRiBEBYi—Bribery , according to Mr . Tnoirias Wakefleld ( 871-251 was so open , that every body said it was done , but when it came to be inquired into , it was noVknown ; peopleeyen considered there / waa . nothing wrong in it ; It seemed to be as much ia . matter of course as atijthing elae ; the machinery by ^^ whioh it was ^ ene wa s this-T-a certain sum of money was sent to each ward , and that was again sent to some partioular individual , und through his hands it passed to the voters . ¦ - ;¦ . '; . ' > .. ¦ ' . " . ¦ ' - / -. : ' " -- - -

      A Borough "RisiNQ IN Price /^—The system ef voters being bid-over by the opposite party appears ( evidence of Mt . He-nnay , ( 9700-2 ) to have gradualJy grewn / up within these last few years- at iNbttingham . The party witness belouseite had tried t > s get the borough of Nottingham for many years past , but were generally unsuccessful . They tried , thai , purity system , but thia was very derogatory to the feeltngaef the con-BUtuency . Aftei that th « y pnt forward aa a candidate a gentleman very popular in the heighbonrhood , and of ft very human * and benevolent character . They failed pa account ot funds , and there mjut no chance till they got Mr . Walter . Theu the ,, em « tive or money system , was adopted ^ and from thab time to this , the bowugh has got /? verj ; dvar , " ^ terj t costly / ' and has risefi « V * te ^ imnehiin prica . f :, -, .: '< , ' ' / - « :- ' - ..- ¦ ¦' . ' - < - ¦• ., ;¦ - ¦/¦ : ^¦ r ' ^ ' / -- - ^ y-. .

      : ¦ «• Cooprso ^ a * woitinghajh . —Ndmbera of voters , or rather several patties , were " cooped , " not in Nottingham , but in houses ten or twelve mites from Nottinghftm . » Lord Rancliffe ' s was one with seventeen ; and Lord Melbourne ' s gardens , at Melbourne , with more than twenty . Trugsby-brook was a third with twenty , Matlock was a fourth with twenty , and a farmhouse at a place called Hoagh With about the same number . At Lori Melbourne ' s they were kept in the gardenB during the day time , for three or four

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      days previoua toi the election , / . aad they slept as they best might ' -at the pubiic-houses in the neighbourhood . They were driven to the gardens In the " n ? orhing , au ^ kept thi-re all day and made drunk , arid so taken cart of a night—( 376-387 . ) ; : -

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      RIOT AT BtmSLEMV ( From a CorrespodenL tfiteSwt . ) TcNSTAiti Ace : 7 . — -We have hod a lamentable affair during the night in Burslem , and I have collected these particulars from parties on whom I can place im . p llclfcreliaaeeii-i / ' . ¦'¦ ' .. " ¦ : : yy - \ ' ~ -y ' :- '¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ . ; ¦ -. Abottt six o ' clock at night , tbiee inen ; ^ tiling them , selves colliers , with a box , were asking contributions from persons in Burslem covered market ,: and thence were taken to ^ the lock * ap , by Soperintondent Ryies , and Brown and Ball , two of the watchmen ; No notice seemed to be takeaof the affair ; and the town was verj qnlot until ai 'few- minutes past twelve o ' &odkf when suddenly the approach of a crowd from " thlF Chapel .

      sqaar ' e was observed , and . at ttie time , / within fifty yards of the Town-hall , where are the'Tock-nps . A shout was given as soon as the mob was opposite the hall ; then a seconc ! > and fnstaiitly they "liioclted the locks off the doors , liberated the ' three men ^/ an'd Immediately comiiienced theh ' ¦ . * t | ack bn llie ' wJn&ows of the hall , whi ^ ' : 'i ^ Vti- ' l « eii ' - ;' ' > id dliBd A . andadnety squares '' :-- ' brbken . ;^' .. \ flererat ;^ .. sto . ne 8 y ' ^^« re ' : /\ ti ^' Wn through the illuminated d » l of"the c ) pipk , / and it stopped thereby , ; at five minutes past one . A riother party was then at work in like •• . manner at the George Inn , kept by Mr . William Barlow ^ and 135 sash squares were quickly demolished , and much 'internal mischief doaeto his pre ^ eo . ' M tially assailed ; and sixteen " squares broken . ' Mr . Ryies ' a

      house was besetl > y a party of sixty coUierSi and eightyfour squares broken , and the pannels of his doorg and shutters beaten in . Tha farniture was tnuoh injured iuaide the house , looking-glasses V ^ wertf ' split , tables broken , and Indentions in the walls ov « r the children ' s feeds , and almost deep enough to holda ' jinllet ' s egg . Partial damage was also done to a small house occupied by James Qracie , - ' an ? cX policeman , ' wh # , . being pot ? valiant , rushed amongst the mob , and Was most rudely abused , Rfsnex ^ obrneighbooT from the liiissiles . Mr . Acton ' s shop and parlour wIhdowa are destroyed ; but strange to ' sayv ' tiot a Equate of the Bix upper-story yimioyn UWtM ' a . A pistol 1 i

      was fired , and the party' obeyed' ihe / rigrial , and left the tewnj / by t ^ Hanley , leaving a' number oT / •' ftndgephirf ' on the ground . They had remained Ionger ; absent than was expectedi / by L the 5 r fellows hi the otherC parts J-for , after the flriiig of tha pistblV > wrieQ ' ¦" ' going to attack the George Ihh ; and Mr . Ryles's , two . sky-rockets were sent up in the direction of Cfobridge ( bet ' weeh Burslam and Hanleyj and : little doubt can be * entertained that they were informed of the military havhig been sent for . In consequence of an express sent as soon as could with safety be done , to Newcastle , the Rifle company was brought , and arrived about three o ' clock , and here they

      remain . . .. . . . . •¦ ..-. . .- ¦ - ¦ : ¦¦¦ . - ; . ; ' . ; ¦ - . ¦ : ¦ ¦ - : ' . ¦¦ The town is thronged with spectators of the disastrous consiquences of this ill-judged aJBair . On the afternoon of Saturday , a party © f colliers from Longton , &C . "tuirned out" those at Norton , three / miles from . Burslom ; ai stone severely injured , Mr . Dean , One of the proprietors ' , and two ' of hisballlffi were ducked , first in a dity puddle , and then ia the engine waterpit ¦ : : ; : /\ v /; ... - / " ' . . : . ..: ^ --- " . - ¦ ¦ . . ¦"¦ ¦ ¦/

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      Mr . Elves , the surveyor ot the port of London , ia at present in Hamburgh , surveying the damage done by the late extensive conflagration , for the purpose of making a design for rebuilding the damaged poriiori of that city on an improved plan . At in * Recem North TipperaryAssiizes , James She * was senteuced to be hung on the 20 th inst . for marder , and death was also recorded against Patrick Tracay and Thomas Dunn for abduction : Five other criminals were also ordered to be transported foi liie , and threeifor fiiteea years . : ^ 0 * the three Chartist petitions which have been preseated to the / jblottse of Commons , and successively rejected ^ the . ' -. first > was signed by a million and a quarter ; the second by two millions and a half , aud tlie third by three millions and a half . ;

      St . . Cboix dr . St ^ Cross > which is situated about a mile from Winchester , on the road to Southampton , is one of the aucient hospitals or almonries now remaining ia this kingdom . By the will of the donor , every traveller who knocks at the door of thig hostel , on his way to or froniWiachaster , is entitled to receive from the porter a pound of wheateii bread and a cup of strong beer . At XHB \ ffortll \ , Wales ^ Cirfluit , jost ienninateci sentence of death has been pronounced on two womln for murder , Elizabeth Barrett , aged 23 , on her illigitimate bKUdy eight montha old ; and Hanah Robert ? , only 19 yearsi of age , for poisoning her iiusband , who was aged 75 . : ¦ :

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Aug . 5 . ' . ""¦ ' . " . " . ' . " - / . :. BAHKBUPIS . ;/ v- ^; - . ;¦ ¦' . ¦ jhomaai Armstrong , Conduit-street , Paddington , mferc ? jant , to surrender August . 12 ? . a * twelve o'clock , Sept . 16 , at two , at the Binkrapti ( 3 ourL Solicitor , Mr . Wade 8 on , / Austinfriara ; official assignee , Mr . . Balcher .:. ¦¦ ¦' . ¦ . ' ¦;¦ ' : ' , '¦' ¦ . ., - . ¦ ¦/¦ . : ¦/ : ¦ :- /;; , ¦ .,. ; . -. : r . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ :- , : ' / ' , - ¦ - ¦¦ ¦' ¦ ; Robert RoUo , Durham-Btreet , yaushall-Toad , ^ merchant , August 16 , at one o ' clock , Sept . 16 , at one , at the Bankrupt ' s Court , SQlicitori Mr . ftiiilard , TokenhouBe-yard ; official assignee ^ Mr , Qioom , Abchurchlaneu ' : ' ' -V . ^ -: ¦ - ; \ : " ; •/ , ¦ . ' ¦ " . . . -.- . / . . . : „ ;/' ,: ¦ /¦¦ ' . „ .. ;; . '¦ ¦¦ ' ¦/; -. Stephen Kni « bt , W , 6 B ^ : Hoatblejia-Sassex , cattJa dealer , AuRuat 16 , at hajfrpast eleven o'jslock ^ Sept 16 , at twelve , at . the Bankrupts' / Court . Solicitors , Mr . Palmer , Temple ii : : « rid , Mr ; - Birt , East Grinstead ; ofilciial assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' splivce / Oid Jewry . >; . /; ¦ . . - .. ¦ , ¦" ; .-. ¦ ¦ -- " : ¦ :.- ; -- '¦ " . ---r ' -u ¦¦ ¦

      Robert Lyon , High Hoibom , cabinet-maker , Au ^ ie , at balf-paat one o ' clock , Sept 1 $ , at one , at the Bdnknipta' Court . Solicitors , Mr . Dangerfield , Suffolkstrdot , Pall Tmall , Eist ; and Mr . Brinton , Kiddermiuster . Official asaiguee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' splace , Old Jewry . .. :.-. - : ¦ . ' ¦ ' ' '¦ ¦"¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - /' -y- / ¦/; ' / . " // ¦ .: John Early , jun . > West-end-in-Halley , ahd Witney , Oxfonlshire , girth web-manafaoturer , August , 8 , Sept 16 , at twelve o ' clock , at the . Mitre Jan , Oxford . Solicitor . Mr . Close , Furnlval ' s-lnn , Hoibom . John M'Gahey , Liverpool , printer , Aug . 15 , Sept 16 , at one o ' clock , at tUe Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Addiaon , Mecklenburgb-square ; and Mr . Ciementsoni , Liverpool . : : . John -Haddock , ^ Warrington , Iiancashire , bookseller , August 19 , Sspt 16 , at one o ' clock , ait tha Clarendonrooma , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Beaumont and Urraaon , Warrington . "' ¦'¦ .. / .. ¦ '•''" . -. ' .- ¦ .- ' ¦/

      Robert Loosemore , Tiverlon . Davonsflirs , scrivener , August 18 , Sept . 16 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Half Moon Inn , Exeter . Solicitor , Mr . Moere , Exeter .

      . PARTNEBSHI ^ S DISSOiVED . . Noble , Hartley , and Co ., Aldmondbhry , near Huddersueld , manufacturers of fancy goods . Holmes , and j . H , Gfundy , Liverpool , paint mannfaeturera / T . Rees and W . H . Gaatle , Liverpool , brewers . Kirk and Thackrey , Leeds , dyers . J . Keirby , jqn . and J . Ropinsod , Marsden ; hear Burnley , Lancashire . W . H . S ^ and A . Kitching , King 8 ton-upon-Hull , brush manufacturers ; so far as regards W . iH . Kitchuig . Rhodes and Holroyd , Hudderafleld . cloth-finishers .

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      From ai Gazette of Tuesday , Aug . 9 . ¦ ¦ . : ¦¦ - ¦ ' ¦ ' ' [¦ : ' ' / ' BANKRUPTS . // . ^ :- .:. - ¦ : , : ¦ ¦ - ^ ' John Thomas King and John Oroombridge , earpen tera , Criroacott-Btreet , Bermondsey , to surrender Aag 11 , at two , and Sept 20 , at one , at the Caiuft of "BSnfc roptcy . Groom , official assignee , Abchurch-lane ; Raw , ¦ High Holborn . .-. " v ,- ' - ; y ^ -ry ^ . : " : ' :. . ' a -, ' Thomas Hooperi chemist , Hay , ? Breconshtre , Aug . 23 ' and SepV . 20 , at eleven , at tte / € ( wan Hotei , / Hay . Solicitors , Smith .. ' and Son , Soatbamptdn-stoeefc , Bioomabury-square , London ; Gwillim , Hereford . ' ¦ -y ; -y . Griffltb Jones , grocer , Carnarvon , Arignst 23 , nnd Sept . 20 i at eleven , at ¦¦ the Sportsman r Hotsl , ¦ txnarvon . / Solicitor , WiUfams , ; PwllheUi / CMmarronshire . - ¦¦ .: ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - - ' - ' . ' ... ' ' ¦ . " ¦ ;; ¦ ¦ . ..... ;/ . ; .: ¦ ; ¦ ; - ' ; . - ... ; " .

      Frederick Clark , auctionoer , Portman-street , Portman-square , August llj ,, at one , and September SO . at twelve , at the : Court of Bankruptcy . Pennell , official assignee ; Dufaur , Qaeen Anae : Street , Caveadfsnisquare . ' - ' ;¦ ... ' . / / ::. / : . : ..: ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' -. ' . ' . ' ; ' ¦ ¦• - - ¦ ¦ ';' ' " Harry Collins Jeffreys , miller , Much Wenlosfc , Salop , August 24 , at eleven , and , Septenibar 29 , at one , at the Crown Inn , Bridgn ' brthv ¦ Salicitors , Hiotoa « nd ? Son , Much Wenlock , Salop ; Baines , Gray ' s Inn-eguare . /; .: . . : - / . ' / " / ¦ ¦ ' ¦' - ' ; Robert Busby , dairyman , Wbod-street , Betbnalgreen , August 17 , at half-past eleven / and Septeml »' 20 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Pennell , cfflcial asaigneeV YouBg , Warwick-square , Newgatestreetr . ¦ ¦ •• ¦ •¦ ¦ - - >¦ " ; -v ^ -- ¦ ¦; ., s . vi . ii . ; . .:: ; -- ¦ . -- ..

      William / Scott , blanket manufacturer , ; BarJaheatoOi Dawsbury , August 13 , at four / and- September 2 » . at eleven , at the CSMnmisstoners ' -roonis ^ Iwdi "SpU « citors , Jaq ^ es , Bittye , and . Bdwiris / sayipiSce ^" don ; Greiivea , Ddwsbury . V : —* ^^ "'¦« ¦ .-: i : ; : ^*' -. Edmund Awotremltb , ' liiercef , ^ Boraley , ^ isaiaft Angu 8 t 18 aid Septemoeif Sfl , ^« t t # efviB \ at " ~ tW Codrt Hoase . Banaey . ; goUdtor 4 ;« eri ^ % id ^ ey Harpur-street , Bed Liou-squMe > % tii $ mL tft&rsai Dizdn , Burnley . .: . ¦/ . ; : - » : : - * > ' : *? i-: 'M-H- 5 * 2 ^ :- - - ' - ' / '/ ' 1 " ¦ - John Bent , grocer ^ Dudley ^ Woreeiftrflferei ' ^ ^ 23 ,, at eleven , ^ d S « pt ^ ^ 20 , > attSe S ^ MfWolr ^ a ^ tonv |; Solicitors , SbiWi Dudley ; 4 . Wn 7 'int fe » diie « itestreet , London , v '<¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ v , » i , j-.- - ; ^; . c . " k- ^^ ^ -. " - -

      William Keay , ahrn-buUder , Watter , iTdrtnunrterland . Sept 5 . a 6 eleyett , sod 8 efrfcM 20 &t ' © Bb / . ^ " * ' Bukrapt . Commiislon-room , NewauUo-upon-Tj ^ SoUdtonf OnTelje . Skllbeck , aod ^ 6 ah . £ feoai « n $ <* buildings , Chancery-lane , London- ; ^ Eeen lysiae mu Harle , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . ; - : .. : -7 < : - : Henry ^ ray KeUoCk / and ' Adam'filcfenson Kellodtf provlaiori merchants , Xiverpoor , August 26 , an * September 20 , at two ; at the- Clarenddi-robms , Xiw pool . Solicitors , : Ro 8 cee , South-siioiUfe , Gray ' s 1 ^ London ; / Moss , Kyerppol ; Fletcher and HaU | "P " TerpooL ¦" ¦/ . ¦ . : ; v " ; --. ¦ ¦ - ' . : ' - - ' ¦ .. ¦/'• ¦ . •? - /" ¦ - v , / /¦ " :- ¦ :

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      ^ _ HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Thursday , Aug . 4 . Tbt- Speaker took the chair at four o ' clock . Tiu-Exchequer Bills > & 1 S 3 000 , Bill and the Consolidated Fund Bill psssea through committee , and were ordertd to be reported to-morrow ( Friday . } - Tbe Siave Trade Sappresaion Bill was read a third time and passed . The Tobacco Keguiaiions Bill "was read a third time ini paosed . Mr Mackixkon moved for leave to introduce a bill to improve the health of tewna , by preventing the interiEcDt of the dead -irrthin . heir precincts . The Bon . Jitaaoer , after directing the attention of the House to the evils of which this bill contemplated the lemefly . Faio . it was not Ms intention to attempt to pasa the bill until next session , bnt that he should now lay it on the table , in order that all whose interest it might affect should have an opportunity of becoming fully acqnjLif * d with its provi-ions .

      The Hon . Mr . Cowpzb seconded the n : \ tion . The Hen Mtuiber alluded to the disErnsxing and fevolticg seent-g of ahnost daily occurrence in church yards arising from the present Bysttm of interhient , instancing theTdeaths of sextons who had died in consequence of the pestilential gases evolved from these chnrchyarfia . Lea re was then given to bring in the BilL Sir P . bfbdett movod for a select committee to inquirr icto the associations or the government with Mr . Warner concerning his invention . Sir ii . PEBL was most unwilling to pay . £ 400 000 for an irxpsriment . Many of those alleged discoveries had bsea submitted to him ; but be thought the best and lost reasonable co '^ rse would be to make the iDVentOr gnarastes thain « e = 3 of his own experiment by payirg the expense hinjself , before the G vernniynt paid a billing . A person had recently offered to destroy a line of battle ship with a single shot .

      Af t « -r a few words from Captain Pechell , Sir Q . CocSbnin . and ilr . Brotherton , Sir . F . Bxtbdett replied , Tht ; House divided—For tha motion 2 ; against it 72 ; majority 70 . Iiord ashxet moved that an address be presented loHer AJsjesty that she may be graciously pltased to direct thai the commissioners appointed in answer to an addrtss tf this Housa on the -i ^ h of August , 1 S 40 , for inquiring into the employment of chilartn in mines , and varii . ns other branches af industry , be desired to Tii' \ t'f' / aruier inquiry as to tba number sad ages of the Children and ycucg persons employed as apprentices to miners , also aa to the terms ef their apprenticeship . & « . After s short conversation , Lord Ashley replied , and the motii > u was agreea to . -

      THE CASE OF JOHN MASON . Mr . T . DOS COMBE said , it was with much regret that b « : elt himself called npon again to call the attention of the House to the sufferings which Idason and seven working men were now undergoing in Stafford gaol , feat having undertaken the- case of these poor men , he did not think he wonM be discharging Ins duty in a proper manner if he allowed the Hous * to breafe up without osce more endeavouring to tbtrin justice ) for them . He felt it imperative upon him to do so also , because so long as these unfortunate individuals werein confinement , he considered the rights and liberties of tbe subjects of her Majesty remained in abeyance . On former occasions he had fuliy explained all the circumstances of the case , so that it was aflnece 8 sary for

      him to go into a detail of them again . He would merely again say that the doctrine t&at a constable should hava the power of deciding whether a person was rising seditious language or not , and should have the power cf dissolving meetings when he pleased , which was- laid ^ 3 own by the Bight Hon . Secretary for the Home Department , and he was sorry to say BJHKtioDfd by & large majority of the Hon . se , was most mtartning and dangerous—( hear , hear ) . The Hon . Gen-Uemao feere read the words used by Mason as given in evidence by Beman , the constable , and said that if Mason bad been killed in being dragged off the bench ob which be stood , no tiling ceuld have prevented the If

      OMifffe ^* from being tried for murder . the doctrines laid down by the Bight , Hon . Baronet were correct , why did tkc Government not send their constable ! over to tha place were the Anti-Corn Law delegates held their meetings , within a few yards of the House , Ud where much stronger language waa given nvterance to every flay ttum say lhat eytt fell from Mason ? Seven of -&e men were working men , having from two to eight . children each to provide for , and snch was the feeling which their incarceration had raised in the neighbourhood in which they resided , that men of all daises and of all parties had entered into a subscription for the maintenance of their fg . w >» fo « -while- they ¦ were ia gaol , Tfeat showed the feeling of the people

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      AMENDED FACTORY BILL . The following is tho substance of a conversation which toot place in the House of Commons , on Monday ,-Aug . 1 st , on the subject of a Bill for amending the present Factory Act , and which was imperfectly reported in some of trie London journala ;—Mr . Stuart Wortley rose and said that in the early part of the session fcue Sticretary of . State for the Home Department had prom ised to bring in * a Bill for the amendment of the Factory Act ; that the non-fulfilment of that promise ( which " . would most probably be explained by the great pressure of business ) had given rise to much disappointmeni in the factory districts ; and he wished , therefore , to ask whefher the Secretary " of Stato would be prepared to bring : in a ijill for the amendment of the Factory Act in the ; inezt session of Parliament ?

      Sir James Graham , in answer . Bald tbat hv had purposed , m the beginuing of vbe year , to bring in a Bill j that he had already prepared the clauses of one , but that he had no intention , with his present views , of bringing in a Bill for the abridgment of tbo hoars of labour . That the reports of tha inspectors contained soHie suggestions which he thought worthy of cdnslderation ; but , aa it bad been stated to him that tho nonfulfil men t of his promise had occasioned disappoint ' ment , he should be very careful of making any more . Hpivever , as alpresent advised , h < i ^ should be disposed to bring in a Bill ia the next session .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct901/page/6/