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Fitton am> Hart.—Edmund Fallows wishes us to ssy that subscriptions have been received for the ?uppon of Benjamin Fitfn and John Hart, to the amount of £-2 l"2s. 6hd. -which has been equally divided between them.
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| Salutary Laws . —The Senate of Lubec issued a I decree on the 2 nJ of last month , which provides that I the keepers of public-houses shall have no action j against their customers for brcnay and other spirii r . ; ous liquors vrhkh the latteT shall have obtained on ! credit . By another decree , which presents more ' . difficulties in practice , publicans are forbidden , on a severe penalty , including the withdrawal of their : licnsses , to supply spirituous liquors to anv person ' who may be in the slightest degree intoxicated .
A . \ Official in a New Character . —A wedding pany wen :, during ihe carnival in Paris , to a celebrated restaurant , sat down to a grand dinner , and ordered music ijr dancing in the cv . ning . The landlord was perfectly willing to supply a table covered with his best wines and viands , but declined to allow any daneiug without the authority of the Commissary of Police . This functionary was sought for a long time in vain ; but was a " t length found enjoying a'l the pleasures of a ball disguised as a bear ! He at once put Ins official paw to the lieenso rt quired .
Murder in Stirli . vg . —There is good reason for believing that a man of the name of Harroway , a miner in New Sauchie , bad , on the afternoon of Sabbath last , under the influence of passion , in consequence oi some iamiiy disagreement , murdered his own sister , by giving her several blows on the head with a poker , and otherwise maltreating her . The unfortunate woman is said to have lived only a short time after the injuries bad been received . The uifendcr ha ? been apprehended , and the civil authorities arc at present eugaged in investigating the case . A stranger , who for some time past had been working on the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway , and had come to Stirling last Saturday night , having been attacked by some ruffians in " the outskirts ' of the tuvrn , was to severely abused that he died on Monday morning . Several persons are in custody ol ^ uspieion- —Sliriini' Paper .
Ox Wednesday evening James Onaly , a private in the " 2 nd battalion of the Riiie Brigade , fatationcd at Windsor , retired to his room alone , where he took off the whole of his clothes , with the exception oi bis trousers . He then leaded , his rifle , tied his boo :-iace to the irigger , and fastened one end ly means of a noose to his right foot , and , laying down in bed , placed the muzzle of his gun to his heart and fired ! In consequence , however , of ¦ . he awkward position iu which he lay the muzzle was moved lower down , and the ball entered some inches below the region ol the heart , passing completely through his body , lacerating his kidney ? , and coming out at his back between his shouldt-rs . Upon hearing the report , two of the privates in the same regiment were
attracted to the spot , and they entered just in time to prevent his putting an end to his sufferings with a razor , which it appeared he had secreted under the pillow of his bed for that purpose , should his first attempt have failed . Under Ins bed , in which the ball was afterwards found , were likewise discovered nine ball cartridges . He had been in the regiment about eight years , and is about twenty-six years of age . Upon being questioned as to the cause of his rashly committiug such an act , he gave as a reason that he was tired of the army , and wanted to leave the regiment . It appears that he had lately been subjected to extra drill in consequence of neglecting some portion of his military duties . It was not expected that he could survive through the night . — Evening Paper .
Persecution of Netvsvexders . —Robert Croker , newsman and print seller , of L ' nion-passage , was summoned on the complaint of "YV . Hall , sergeant at mace , tor having exercised his worldly calling on the Sunday , by selling newspapers and other publif atieus , contrary to the statute ; whereby he-had incurred a penalty of five shillings . A witness having been cjiled to prove that he had bought a penny paper called " Cleave ' s Gazette , " at the defendant's shop , which was open on Sunday last at noon ; he was convicted in the fine mentioned , which he refused to pay . On being asked by the clerk if he had any goods , he replied , nothing but papers . Ho was told by the magistrates , that the other alternative , in default of pavment , was confinement in the stocks
for two hours ; to which the defendant said he would submit rather than pay the fine . This punishment was afterwards carried into effect in the Orangegrove , where he was exposed to the cold , and regarded by the spectators as an object of public sympathy , rather than as a moral delinquent ; many persons expressing their surprise , that there was a law in existence , so absurd in its character , for the purpose of compelling men to be hypocrites , instead of furnishing them with motives to proper religious observance by appealing to their better feelings with the force of higher sanctions than human enactments . John Cogswell , another newsvender , was , on the evidence of the same witness , convicted for the same
offence , who paid the fiiv > . Thursday . —Two more newsvenders named Robert Kemp Philp and John Helier , both of Union-passage , were convicted aud fined five shilings each , on the charge of exercising their worldly calling on Sunday , by the sale of penny publications . The same witness was called in these as in the former case 3 . Philp ppid the pecuniary penalty , but the other defendant satis-tied the law ' s requirements by being exposed two hours in the stocks , where the commiseration he excited by so enlightened a mode of teaching the pure trinciples and mUd spirit of Christianity to the disobedient had the effect of raising a subscription in his behalf . —Bath Journal .
Most Important Testimonial of Lieut . Mas-TE-HS , H . P . LATE OF THE RoTaL NEWFOUNDLAND Y . cTERA > " COJIPAXIES . ( certificate . ) St . John ' s , Newfoundland , March 12 th , 1838 . Conformably to a Garrison Order , dated 9 th March 1838 , for the assembly of a Medical Bnard , to take into consideration the state of health of Lieut . Masters , R . Y . C ., and to report accordinglv , we the undersigned , Staff Officer and Civil Practitioner ' forming the Board authorized by that order , after a strict examination of the case of Lieut . Masters consider him as entirely unfit for military dutv !
Lieut . Masters has for several years been afflicte ' d with Rueumatic Gout , which has produced serious functionary derangements of his stomach , liver , and other viscera , and finally given rise to infirmity weakness and enlargement of the articulations , especially of the ancle joints ; his general health and constitution is much impared , and therefore , in our opinion , he is incapable of further service . ( Signed ) Axdw . FtiiGiso . v , M . D ., Staff Assist-Surg . Edward Kelly , Surgeon . Letter of Lieut . Masters to Mr . Prout , 229 , Strand , London .
Hawley , near Bagshot , 13 th Jan ., 1840 . Sir , —Considering that the public would be greatly benefited by the publication of the extraordinary benefit which I have derived by taking Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , I herewith send the particulars of my case , and the Medical Certificate , by which 1 was invalided . I wa ^ firstattacked with Rheumatic Gout in ] 826 , from which period to 1833 I was under the treatment of the late Drs . Rod , Homer and Jacobs , as well as by the present Dr . Davis , all of Hampstead . From 1833 to 1838 I was at St . John ' B , Newfoundland , doingdutyas a Subaltern in the Royal Veteran Companies , where I suffered most severely and was under the care of Surgeon Hewston , R . V . C . ' Staff Assistant-Surgeon Ferguson , and Mr . Shea '
private practitioner there , without being able to prevent the most violent fits of the gout three or four times annually , which becoming so bad caused the Garrison Order for the Medical Board , as before named . About the middle of last February and the whole of March my sufferings were dreadful ; in fact . I was unable to move without being carried ; when Major Birch , of Crond&le , near Farhham , a Magistrate of this county , kindly commiserating my situation , called on me for the purpose of taking my affidavit , that I might receive my half-pay ; and seeing me in so miserable a state , advised me to try Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , saying , although not goaty himself , he knew several who had derived benefit from them- I had previously been advised by a then neighbour , Mr . Fedgent , of Aldershot , to try them , but I declined until the Major recommended them
. I commenced by takiDg them according to the directions ; aud , after taking six pills , found a cessation of all pain , and the remainder . of the box effectually settled that fit . I have since had several attacks , but as soon as I feel the least sensation of the disease I take the pills , which have at once removed all symptoms . I may also mention that the chalk which had formed on my ears has disappeared , and -where it formed in my fingers is decreasing . I have ceased to have those very weakening perspirations to which I was subject before trying the pills . Were you to print my case , and appoint an Agent in St . John ' s , Newfoundland , where my sufferings were known , and where there are so many afflicted with Rheumatic Gout , you would vastly increase the sale of this valuable Aledicine . I am , Sir , Vour obedient Servant , T -r , John Masters , Lieut . H . P . Royil Newfoundland Veteran Comps .
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Tilli coultry . —State of Trade . —Within this last few weeks nearly one-half of the manufacturers of this place have become bankrupt , which has necessarily thrown an alarming number of people out of employment ; and it is impossible for those who have employment to give any assistance to those who have none , owing to two circumstances . The one is—that most of those who have employment are not employed more than three days per week ; and the other is , that a reduction of twenty-five per cent , has been made in their wages . Tiinrvirri . TBT . —State op Trade . —Within tliia
Temperance Societies and the Opium Trade — The subject of the opium trade has been taken up by the London Temperance Societies , and a petition prepared in reference to it . No Temperance Society throughout the kingdom should fail to U 3 e their utmost influence with Parliament on this subject ; if all their members in England , Ireland , and Scotland , would petition , it might be of immense service . The petition should be , that our Government would in no shape encourage or protect a trade so ruiuous both to India and China , nor devote to such an unrighteous purpose any portion of the public income .
The Poor Privilege Prisoner , Mr . Pearce , would derive small comfort from what fell from Lord John Russell , on his Detitioning to be allowed rations by tho House . His Lordship was pleased to sav that " he really did not see any necessity for the House to interpose ; at all events there was no hurry . " A singular species of benevolence must have dictated this remark . Common persons would have imagined ihtit there was good reason for the House to interpose when an individual confined by its orders is on the point of starvation . There is uo indecorum , but
much humanity , in hurrying to such a man's relief . If the House is resolved on keeping him in prison , the least it can do is to feed him . They will enjoy the luxury all the longer by not starving their victim outright . They can only prolong the pleasure of punishing him by giving him something to live upon . They cannot honourably expect to have the satisfaction of tyrannising gratis . On every fair ground Mr . Pearce is entitled to his " rations , " if anything like reason exists among Honourable Members—a fact of which he may entertain a very rational doubt . —Satirist .
Extraordinary Case . —Miss Lucy Harrington , formerly a resident in America , and daughter of Mr . Moses Harrington , died recently in Conish , N . H ., under the following distressing ciroumstances . She was sick three years and a half , and confined to her bed two years and five months . Several months previous to her death , her right hip was dislocated by a contraction of the muscles , while she was sleeping quietl 5 ^ jn her bed . Immediately after this event , her bones began to break , and before her death they had broken nineteen times or moro , in different parts of her body . At first her ribs broke , then her collar bone , then her lower nr abs , her under jaw , aud the bones of her hands and feet . Their breaking was sometimes attended with noise ,
at others not ; and was always preceded and followed by the rco .-t acute pain . Tho ends of the broken bones would sometimes , for a diy or two , grate together on being moved . Upon a post mortem examination , not a sound bone was found . AH were so softened as to be easily cut with a knife . When her banes began to break , the muscles of her lower limbs so contracted that they lay directly across her stomach and bowels . In this position she remained until her death . Her body was so contracted , that at one time she measured as she lay in bed only two feet aud four inches . She gradually lost all strength in her limbs , until she could only move slightly the ends of her fingers . She was forty-three years of age . —American Paper .
Attempt at Murder at Hammersmith . —Singular Case . —Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , at the Gloucester Arms Tavern , Kensington , on Tiew of the body of William Coker , aged 46 years . The following is a short account of the evidence : —On the night of Wednesday week , the 18 th instant , the deceased , who was a bricklayer , and resided at the house of a person named Guyett , iu White Bear-court , King-street , Hammersmith , went into the parlour where Mrs . Guyett , who had only been confined a fortnight , was sitting ; and after a few words in conversation had passed between them the deceased suddenly seized a
knife from the table , and attempted to cut her throat . Although naturally in a weak state , she grappled with her assailant , who was at the same moment seized from behind by a yoang woman named Caroline Pringle , who happened to be in the room at the moment , when he made several attempts to 6 tab Mrs . Guyett in the stomach . The two females , however , most providentially escaped injury , and succeeded in getting Coker into tho court , wheat their cries brought police-constable Ford , T 83 , to their assistance , who , after a severe struggle , succeeded in wresting from his grasp the knife ( a black handled table knife ) , and in taking him into custody . He was then taken to the station-house at
Brookgreen , Hammersmith , from whence , after the charge had br en entered , he was removed to the station at Kensington , the cells at which are warmed , while those at Brook-green are not . On the following morning , about seven o ' clock , the deceased , who had been frequently visited during the night , was found in his cell in " apparently a lifeless state . He was immediatel y removed into the icharge-room , and plkced on the floor before the fire . Mr . Wright , the parochial surgeon , was instantly sent for , who , on examining the deceased , found his pulse scarcely perceptible , and gave it as his opinion that the deceasca was in a dying state , from tho effects of illness and starvation . The deceased remained in that state up to eleven o ' clock , when Mr . Barlow , the
sitting magistrate , having been informed of the case , he suggested the propriety of the deceased being conveyed to the workhouse , whither he was carried , covered over with blankets on the stretcher , by the police . The Jury having proceeded to the workhouse to view the body , which had the appearance of a man more than seventy years of age , Thomas Price , a police-constable of the T division , No . 65 , was examined , who deposed that he attended the deceased from the time of his being brought from the cell into the charg » -room , until his removal to the workhouse . The deceased never spoke during the whole time , but he had two strong fits . By the Coroner : Assisted in conveying the deceased to the workhouse , where he was immediately undressed
and put into bed . He never spoke while witness was at the workhouse . Gave deceased at the station-house , by direction of Mr . Wright , the surgeon , some brandy and water , by means of a tea-spoon , which he sometimes could not swallow . Thomas Kelly , police-serjeant T 8 , deposed that he was on duty at the station-house at Brook-green on the night of Wednesday , the 18 th instant , when the deceased was brought there in the custody of policeconstable Ford . He was charged with an attempt at murder . He appeared as if drunk , but on askiug him if he was he denied it . Having entered the charge he was searched , when only a halfpenny was found on him . He asked the deceased what made him attempt to commit so dreadful a crime ; when
the deceased replied that Mrs . Guyett and Caroline Pringle had been speaking disrespectfully of him and bis wife , which had caused him to make the attempt . By the Coroner : Deceased appeared perfectly sane . He did not complain of want of food , or against any parochial officers . He was quite sensible enough to have done so had he thought fit . He asked for some gin while at the station-house , which of course waa not given him . He was only about half an hour at Brook-green station . He was able to walk when he was removed to the Kensington station , but on the road he laid down , saying he would go no further unless he had some gin . Saw bi » the next morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , at Kensington . He was then apparently dying .
The Coroner said it was a pity the witness or somebody else did not give the deceased some gin , fur , perhaps , had that been done he might have been alive now . He ( the Coroner ) had seen many men in a most dangerous state of delirium tremens , wb /> became < juiet in a few minutes after having . had . . aome spirits given them . John Carter , wardsman cT the sick ward in Kensington workhouse , deposed that he attended the deceased from his being brought to the workhouse on Thursday week until his death , on Sunday forenoon , about half-past eleven o ' clock . He was insensible when he was brought in , and took nothing while there but a little tea . The Coroner Did he ask you for any gin I Witness : Oh yes , more than a score of times . That was the only
thing which he spoke that could be understood . None was , however , given him . Deceased never asked for anything to eat . Deceased was very convulsed before he died . Mr . Wright saw him three times the first day , and was very attentive to him up to his death . He never asked to seo any person , but about three o ' clock on the morning of his death he asked for " Jenny " as well as could be made out . Did not know whoiu he meant . By the Foreman-He never ate anything but a mouthful of bread and butter , which he could sometimes Bwallow , but sometimes he could not . His wife visited him three or four times , but he did not know her . On Saturday morning he tried to strangle himself , but was prevented . By the Coroner—Every attention was paid to the deceased while at the workhouse . Catherine Coker , the widow of the deceased , deposed that he was at times a sober man . He had not been
drink-1 D £ lately , but had been in great want of food . By the Foreman—Deceased had had no allowance from any parish for the last four years . Had not applied for any allowance . During the winter deceased had , from iilnes 3 , not been able to work . For the last fortnight deceased did not eat what he had , and appeared very different to what he was before . He seemed very fearful , and thought people talked about nun , and he had no complaint to make against any one about him . Got her living by charing . It was then stated that Mrs . Guyett , Caroline Pnngle , and i . * ^ ' Were * attendance , but the Coroner said the attempt made by the deceased formed no par ; of the inquiry of the jury . The case , in his opinion , was clear enough . The deceased was , no doubt , Beized with delirium tremens , which terminated in his death . The jury being of a similar opinion , returned a yerdict of il Natural Death . "
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THE LATE EtOPEMENT FROM BllIGHTON . —To show how far the learned doctor ' s acts accord with his written professions , we give an extract from the prospectus issued previous to the publication of his Encyclopaedia : — " It seems scarcely necessary to add that nothing will be admitted into the pages of the ' Cabinet Cyclopaedia' which can have the most remote tendency to offend public or private morals . To enforce the cultivation of religion and the practice of virtue should be a principal object with all who undertake to inform the public mind" Who could believe that the writer of this could so violate every principle sacred to virtue and honour!—Brighton Herald . ¦ ' -Tbs t . ite FltiipnrK * nnw T ) T ., nn »< ., m ~ ~ i
Mr . F . O'Connor . —We have » received the following from Mr . Spurr , secretary to the London Associaiion of United Chartists :- " Sir , —The following resolution having been passed a , the weekly meeting of the London Association of United Chartists , I am directed by the same to forward it to you , and request the favour of its early insertion iu your liberal and independent journal . " " That this Association having read the noble and manly defence of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in which he upheld the rights of the industrious millions , return him our sincere thanks and heartfelt acknowledgments , for the undaunted manner in which he has always advocated the people ' s cause , and feel it a duty to recommend to bur fellow countrymen to become subscribers to the Northern Star , as the best proof of attachment and gratiuitiu to him for his able services and untiring zeal in the cause of humanity , truth , and justice . " — Southern Star .
Pkivilege versus Law . —As we anticipated at the outlet of the quarrel between the Commons and the Queen ' s Bench , the former have been forced to yield . A little more historical reading might have saved Lovd John Russell the humility of his defeat ; for he would have fouud that , in all previous quarrels , the courts of law came off victorious . Whether the attempt to legislate will succeed any better than the attempt to brow-beat , is exceedingly doubtful . It is not likely that the House of Lords will be inclined to give any aid to the Commons in
extricating themselves from tho false position in which they ttand . At all events , tho predicament in which the Whigs have placed themselves is miserable . They are forced to appeal to that House which only a few years ago , tiiev declared a nuisance , by every organ they possessed ; for protection against Stockdale ; in the perfect knowledge that Stockdaie is stimulated and aided in his proceedings by many eminent members of that body to whose shield they appeal for protection agaiu&t tho common law . — Turfs Magazine for April .
The New Don Juan . —We understand that Mr . G . R . Wythen Baxter , editor of that extraordinary continuation of Lord Byron ' s Don Juan , called " Don Juan , Junior , " is at present visiting at Pembroke , and exploring tho wild scenery around St . Goyan's Head ( Pembrokeshire ) , the which he means to introduce into the new cantos of his Juan , which iie is preparing for the press . Mr . Baxter is well known to the literary world as the author ol " Humour and Pathos , "— " Poor Law Papers , " in tho
Metropolitan Conservative Journal , " Modern Refinement , " &c . « fec , and several contributions to Tail ' s and Blackwood ' s Magazines . —Carmarthen Journal . We understand from a correspondent , that the literary gentleman alluded to in the above paragraph from our contemporary , is a Welshman , and connected by property and family with the Principality , having estates in Montgomeryshire . Mr . Baxter is a lineal descendant of tho great Richard Baxter , the celebrated Non-conformist , and author of "Saints' Rest , " & . C . —Carnarvon Herald .
Execution—Oxford , March 23 . —This morning Morley , convicted of murder at the assizes , underwent tne extreme sentence of the law . Siuco his trial the Rev . Mr . Browne , chaplain of the gaol , has been unremitting in his attention , visiting him three and four times a day ; but it appears , although he has conducted himself in a manner becoming his situation , lie has not been prevailed on to acknowledge his crime . He ascended the platform at the front of the gaol with a firm step , and from his manner he did not seem at all dejected . A great number of persons came to witness this awful spectacle from places five and six miles distant , and it was lamentable to observe such a large proportion ol women and children among the crowd .
Military Inquiry . —An inquiry , by order of Lord Hill , is going on at Wigan , Lancashire , into the conduct of the Hon . Mr . Plunket , the Hon . Mr . Fraser , and several other officers of the regiment stationed m that town , relating to certain outrages alleged to have been committed by them in resisting the execution of a civil process for the arrest of Mr , Fraser for debt . The inquiry is strictly private . The parties implicated are committed for trial at the present Liverpool Assizes , but it ia understood that they will traverse . The Hon . Mr , Fraser is bow on the debtors' side of Lancaster CastJft . .
Assistant Poor Law Commissioners . —The guardians of the Droitwich union , at their meeting yesterday , ( Wednesday , ) came to a resolution , by a majority of two to one , that the further services of Assistant Poor Law Commissioners were unnecessary , and that the London Commissioners were not justified , under the great pressure of tie times , in burdening the county with such an expense . The guardians also voted a petition to the House of Commons embodying these sentiments . — Worcester Journal .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Thursday , March 26 . Lord Monteagle moved that a return be laid upon their Lordships' table , specifying the nature and character of the Exchequer documents that had been either sold or destroyed . Lord Redcsdalo afterwards gave notice that he should this day move for an inquiry into the subject of the Exchequer records sold , and which were now in the market . After the presentation of several petitions their Lordships adjourned .
Friday March 27 . The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were read the third time and passed . Lord Ashburton ( after petitions had been presented against the Corn Laws ) said that he believed the present clamour on the subject of the Coin Laws was the result of the industry of a sou of " Joint Stock Agitation Company . " The Duke of Richmond expressed his astonishment that it should have been observed by any Noble Lord ( adverting to what the Marquis of Westminster had said ) that the repeal of these laws -would not have the effect of injuring the agricultural interest , because it would
not reduce the price of Corn . Then why all this agitation for their repeal ? If they could persuade Parliament to repeal the protection , their interests would be destroyed . The farmers would not be able to employ half the men , nor to pay them half the wages they now did ; and what would be its effect in Scotland and Ireland ? He complained , and the landed interest had a right to complain , that year after year this question was agitated , and in consequence no landed proprietor could sell hia land , nor any tenant think it safe to take a lease , while certain paid parties went about the country teaching the labourer not to look with confidence to his employer , and preaching that the interest of the landlord and the tenant waa not one and the
same . The Archbishop of Canterbury gave notice that the Bishop of Exeter would , on Monday , move for a copy of the despatch written by Sir F . Maitland , dated December , 1 K 27 , in BtrTfar as it related to " clergy reserves" in Canada ; also for a copy of a despatch to Lord Bathurst , mentioned in the said despatch , which contained the views of the legal authorities in Canada npon that question . His Grace further gave notice that it was his intention , on Friday , the 10 th of April , to move an address to ber Majes | jf , praying that her Majesty would not give her royal assent to the Clergy Reserves Bill , that had received the approbation of tbe legislature in Canada .
Lord Melbourne , on the consideration of the Queen ' s message regarding Lord Seaton ' a services , moved an address expressive of theyr Lordships" readiness to concur in her Majesty ' s wishes to distinguish and reward those services : which , after suitable testimonies to the merits of Lord Seaton , from the Dukes of Wellington and Richmond , -was adopted . Lord Redesdale moved the appointment of a select committee of inquiry into the subject of certain ' Exchequer papers and documents" removed from the vaults at Somerset-house to the office at Whitehallyard ; which motion was agreed to .
On motion of the Marquis of Normanby , the house resolved into committee on the bill " for better defining the powers of justices within the metropolitan police district ; " ' and , in doing so , he intimated that it waa bis desire to introduce a clause giving some general protection to the public against " common informers , " the responsibility of carrying the same into effect being undertaken by the police commissioners . But the nature of the protection did not transpire , as Lord Wynford , in the committee , moved some amendments , wbich , at the suggestion of the Duke of Wellington , were ordered to be printed ; and the further consideration of the bill was thereupon deferred . Their Lordships then adjourned till Monday .
Monday , March 30 . Masses of petitions were presented against any alteration of tho Corn Laws : for instance , 120 by the Duke of Buckingham , aud HO by the Duke of Richmond . The Eari of Clarendon presented one from Liyerpool in favour of a revision of the Corn Laws , signed by persons of all parties , and representing capital to the amount of £ 30 , 000 , 000 . It gave rise to a short but interesting conversation , in wbich the Duke of Richmond aud Lord Ashburton took part .
Lord Melbourne , in answer to a question by Lord Aberdeen , as to the course to be pursued by Government regarding the intrusion question , returned an answer similar to tbat which bad been previously giyen
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in the Commons by Lord J . Russell , namely , tbat the Government ia not prepared to come to any decision as to what steps it may be advisable to adopt . The Bishop of Exeter deferred till this day , bis motion regarding ah address to her Majesty , not to give the royal assent to the Canada Clergy reserves Bill . Their Lordships afterwards adjourned . i _ iv . « . . _ - - i . .. .... ..
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— ? - : HOUSfc OF COMMONS .-Thursday , March 26-The Chester and Crewe and Grand Junction Railways ' Consolidation Bill was read the third time and passed . . There were again presented many petitions against and for the revision of the Corn Laws . Mr . Pakington stated that on the 30 th inst he ° would move for a return of those religious bodies which , in the event of the Clergy Reserves ( Canada ) Bill receiving the royal assent , would obtain a portion of the proceeds of those revenues . Mr . Pryine intimated that , on Mr . Villiers's motion in regard to the Corn Laws , he should move the addition of these ¦ words— " with a view to the reduction of the average prices specified in annexed tables , and according to the respective duties imposed therein ; " and that if this amendment were adopted , he would in committee move the resolution of which he had previously given notice .
Mr . Colquhoun asked whether the Noble Lord , the Secretary for the Colonies , would state what measures , if any , he was prepared to propose 5 n regard to tho disputes connected with the Cuurch of Scotland ? Lord J . Russell said that he was not prepared to tlve any notice on the subject . Mr . Colquhoun inquired whether the Noble Lord could say when he thought he should be able tocivethisinformation ? Lord J . Russell said—All I can say is , that I am not now prepared to give any notice on the subject . Several notices and orders having been postponed , aud the second reading of Mr . Pakington ' s Sale of Beer Bill till to-morrow night , ' ¦
The adjourned debate on Lord Stanley's Registration of Voters * ( Ireland ) Bill was resumed . Mr . Sergeant Currie opened the debate . After extended discussion , Lord Morpeth , in the name of the Government , declared tbat they should resist the further proLvess t » f the Bill . The Hniisn divided , and tho iiuuiTjera vcorp . For the second reading 250 Against it ; 234 Majority against Ministers is Friday , March 27 . Many petitions were presented chiefly on the Corn Laws . Mr . Pakington stated , that on Monday , he would put a question to the Noble . Secretary for the Colonies , in retsard to Canada .
Mr . Humo gave notice of a motion for returrs relu tivo to the royal parks and palaces . Mr . S . O'iiritn gave notice of a motion , next week , for returns regarding tiie sale of crown lands in the colonies . On the motion of Sir J . Graham , leave of absencefora fortnight was given to Lord Stanley , owing to daugerous illness in his family . Mr . Hodgson llinde moved for , and obtained , the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the operation of the Municipal Reform Act on the privileges and private property of the freemen of cities and boroughs in England and Wales ; and how far it may bo amended in this respect without interfering with the general efficiency of the measure . Mr . Hume moved for leave to bring in a bill to suspend the payment of £ 21 , 000 per annum to the Duke of Cumberland whilst King of Hanover . —Lost on a division .
Mr . Hume moved an address to her Majesty , for " such paits of the correspondence between Lord Ponsonby , the British Minister at Constantinople , and Lord Viscount Palmerston , Her Majesty ' s Secretary for Foreign Affairs , as relate to the negotiations , ' in the years 1839 and 1840 , between the Sultan of the Sublime Porto and Mehemet Ali , for the hereditary possession of Egypt and other provinces claimed by Mehemet Ali , and for the settlement of peace between him and the Sultan ; and for the delivery by Mehemet AH of the Turkish fleet to the Sultan . " Lord Palmerston said , that as negotiations were still pending , he could not , without obvious inconvenience to the public service , consent to the production of the required papers . After an interesting discussion , in which Sir R . Peel and Lord J . Russell , &c , took part , the motion was withdrawn .
The Attorney-General obtained leave to bring ia a Bill for the better protection of the Oyster Fisheries in Scotland . Mr . M . O'Ferrall obtained leave to bring in two Bills . First , to imprqve the practice and extend the jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England ; andj second , to make provision for the Judge , Register ' , and Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty of England . . s Aid . Sir M . Wood moved " That it be referred to a Select Committee to considerthe petition of the Corporation of London , relative . to the embankment of the river Thames , and to report their opinion thereupon to the House , together with the best means of carryinff the same into effect . " Agreed to . ' The orders of the day being disposed of , the House adjourned till Monday .
Monday , March 30 . Mr . Bassett took the oaths and his seat for Helstone . Immense numbers of petitions against and for the alteration of the Corn Laws were presented . Mr . Heathcote gave notice , that on the motion of Mr . Villiers , and Mr . Pryme ' s amendment thereupon , ( regarding the Corn Laws ) being put , he should move that both be rejected . Mr . Hume asked the Hon . Member for Pembroke whether he was prepared to state the words of his motion , of which he had given notice with respect to China ?
Sir J . Grabam observed that he had only received the papers that morning , and he understood that it was tho intention of the Noble Lord to submit s . ome further papers , therefore it would be impossible for him to state precisely what the terms of hia motion would be , until he knew tho whole case that was to be made by the Government ; and , in answer to further inquiry , he added that it was impossible he could state the substance of his motion until he had made up his mind upon the whole case produced by the Government . Lord John Russell gave notice that on Thursday sennight he would move for leave to bring in two bills for continuing and amending the laws relating to the poor . His Lordship added , in answer to an inquiry from Mr . Miles , whether there would be any remedies for cases of " seduction " and " breaches of promises t » marry , " that the remedial measures would be limited to the objects he had described .
Mr . Miles gave notice that he would introduce a bill on the subject . Sir R . Peel observed that it was stated on a former occasion , that about the middle of this month the Government would be prepared to notify what course it would adopt towards the settlement of the existing differences between the church of Scotland and the courts of law in that country . He trusted the Noble Lord was now prepared to state whether the mind of the Government had yet been made up upon the matter , and whether any measure upon the subject would be proposed .
Lord J . Russell answered , that , anxious as the Government had been to bring forward a measure that would tend to allay the existing disputes between the church and the courts of law , it was not their intention to propose any measure before the meeting of the General Assembly of Scotland . The Government was inclined to the opinion that some legislation would be requisite , but until after the meeting of the General Assembly there would be no decision in the matter on the part of the Government . Mr . Goulburn asked whether it was intended to bring in any measure . for continuing the composition of the assessed taxes . The Chancellor of the Exchequer answered that it was intended to biing in a bill to continue the assessed taxes composition for another year . Lord J . Russell ( in answer to inquiry ) said that he intended to move that the time for the attendance of Mr . Sheriff Evans be enlarged till after Easter .
Mr . Pakington asked what was the opinion of the Ministry upon the advice of the Crown lawyers as to the power of the Legislature of Upper Canada to pass the Clergy Reserves Bill ; could they , under the Canadian Constitution Act , alter the appropriation of those reserves , and apply them to other than Protestant purposes ? Lord J . Russell answered that no doubt had ever been entertained by former Colonial Secretaries that such a measure could be adopted . In arranging the business for the evening , Lord John Russell deferred till the following day the further consideration of the Serjeant-at-Arms' evidence , regarding actions commenced against officers of the House by Mr . Howard ( Stockdale ' s attorney ) , and intimated that he should move it before anything else .
Several of the orders of the day , the committee on the Colonial Passengers' Bill , on the Judges and officers ( Admiralty ) salaries , &c , were then gone through , and reports ordered to be received to-ffioi * ow . Lord J . Russell moved an address ( similar to that -which was adopted in the House of Lords ) on her Majesty ' s message regarding Lord Seaton . The Chancellor of the Exchequer ( in committee on the Public Works , Ireland , Acts ) moved a grant of £ 1 , 200 , 000 in exchequer bills , to be advanced , on the usual securities , for the building of workhouses , and for the encouragement of fisheries , and of industry generally , in Ireland . * The resolution , after much desultory conversation was agreed to . ' The Chancellor of the Exchequer ( in committee on the Excise Acts ) afterwards , it will be observed , moved a resolution respecting the regulations of the jriass and tobacco duties .
The County Constabulary Bill , after extended discussion , and much opposition , was read the second time . Other orders of the day were forwarded a stage- ( the second reading of the Sale of Beer Bill , however , was again deferred . ) The House then adjourned .
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THE MEMORIAL TO THE QUEEN OF THE Iff . I HABITANTS OF GLASGOW , AGREED T 6 I AT A GREAT PUBLIC MEETING , HELD I * fl THE BAZAAR , ON TUESDAY EVENING W MARCH 17 th . " * M Mr . Pboudfoot in tbe Cbair . ¦ Moved by Mr . Thomson , seconded by Mr . Jaci M spoken to by Mr . Cardo , and carried unanimously . ' I " To the Queen ' s most Excellent Majesty . The Memorial I of the Inhabitants of the dip of Glasgow . I Humbly Sheweth , —That your Majesty ' s present I Ministers have come into office through , the support ¦ they have obtained from the operatives of this country , I on the expectation they had held ont , and the pledge I which they had given of effecting the reform of exist- i ing abuses , of retrenching , lavish , and unsupportable expenditure , and of pre&erving the blessings of peace to this empire . _„_ .. _ .. «__ . _ ' . _ - aV
That in regard to the reform of abuses that did exist , they have done nothing of that which they pr « . mised , and that they have created abuses unknown before . That in regard to the public expenditure , unsapportable before , and which they had pledged themselves to retrench , they have done nothing , but on the con . trary have augmented that expenditure . That in regard to peace . They found peace . They have brought war . That these Ministers are the first Ministers of tia British Crown , who have come into office through popular agitation . That using with cruelty the power which they had obtained , by perfidy they have directed the worst rigours of the law against the Tery men by , whom they have been raised , while in pursuit of ob- > : jects identical with those which they had encouraged .
That at the period when these Ministers obtained the management of public affairs , this country was oppressed with an enormous debt , the result of the previous management of our Foreign Affairs ; was oppressed still mere grievously by the injurious mode in which the revenue was assessed , resulting from the miscom . prehension of their predecessors of our domestic coneerns . That the present Ministry have done nothing to reduce that debt , or to correct the false and oppressive mode of taxation , but on the contrary ,, commenced
their career by an assault upon the last remnants of th » ' constitutional taxation of this empire . That whereas , even the previous administrations had during peace UllUlolaoa il . oW . ttctt ofit . p ^ Uli . < UUfc . ' . Jriio . t . km ^ '¦ _ . the administration , which / immediately preceded them , ~ had reduced the taxation of this country to tho amount of several millions sterling yearly , the present Ministers have ceased to pay off that debt , and have furthermo re ¦ brought about a dedication in the public revenue and are now about to impose new taxes and to make this , taxation fall on objects of primary necessity to the working classes .
That a degrading system of corruption hris been introduced on the pretence of commissions to enquire : into grii . vances through which extensive corruptions of ability has taken place , money is expended , and the people have been beguiled by delusive hopes . That the prespect of increased expenditure of additional demands for troops , for ships , are presented in the colonies at home , and throughout the -world by the universal mismanagement of our affairs , by the violation of the rights of our fellow subjects , by the . submission , to insult and tooutragc from foreign powers by . the" contempt into which your Majesty ' s crowu has beenbrought , and by the injustice inspired into the councils of every foreign state through the hopes awakened of the dismemberment of the British empire .
That your Majesty ' s present Ministers found thecolonies of North America in a state of tranquillitythat they have brought them into one of insurrection . That they found this country allied to France—thifc . they have . submitted to the encroachments of that power upon the territories of our allies , and to the violation by her of our commercial rights , and consequently they have placed present hostility and laid the grounds of war between this country and France . That they found Poland an independent state , and that they have reduced it , suffering the violation of a treaty guaranteed by Great Britain , to the condition of a province of Russia . . i That they have suffered , encouraged , and co-qpe | 4 ated , in the progressive encroachments of Russia , while setting treaties at nought , assaulting our allies , fomenting insurrections , and organiaing conspiracies throughout the territories that owe allegiance to your Majesty ' * crown .
That by their concurrence -w 1 th Russia they have overthrown thestrength of Circassia ; suffering on its coaststhe seizure of a British vessel while engaged in law * ful traffic . ; - That by secret and treasonable collusion 'with R&Mi * to set up her protege on the throne of Persia , iheySfeaTft reduced that state to subserviency to Russia and led it .- ; to join with her for the conquest of India . ¦' " -i That they have invaded Afghanistan without a decli- -. ' ration of war , and for the purpose of forcing on that people a monarch whom they had thrice expelled * hi violation of all laws human and divine , as i in scorn of every British feeling and interest . That they have thus ; laid prostrate by treachery and violence , every barrier . which withstood the advance of Russia upon India . That they found relations of amity and friendship with China—That they have brought about , a state of war .
That they found India tranquil within , at peace with i ' its neighbours , and defended lp a , powerful anny * That they have fomented revolts and conspiracies at ' . ¦ "> once by acts of injustice and by the disbanding of troops , while they have engaged in war in Central and in Eastern Asia , and rendered the whole populations of that quarter of the globe our enemies . That they found the differences with the United States in respect to the North American boundary adjusted by treaty , that they have broken up that adjustment , and that they have sown tho seeds of war between the United States and Great Britain .
That they have suffered the violation of British rights , and the interruption of British commerce throughout Poland , throughout Germany , along the coast of the Gulf of Mexi co , around the whole coast of South America , along the Northern and Eastern Coasts of Africa , through the kingdom of Persia , and by a voluntary act have interfered to upset the rights of British commerce in Turkey . That under the pretext of settling the aftairs of the Peninsula they have deluged it with blood , and filled it with convulsion . That prolonging the disasters of Spain , they have expended British blood and treasure in an assault on upsetting the rights of British commerce guaranteed in the institutions of that country which they have assailed . '
That they have paid to Russia the Rnsso Dutch loan , vn opposition to the spirit of the original compact , and after existing treaties between Great Britain and Russia had been abrogated by her act . That they have betrayed to Russia a nation who had placed its independence in the hands of Great Britain , Greece , sacrificing many millions sterling to effect that purpose , and abrogating the rights of the British bondnolders , in order to transfer the same to Russia . That by a secret conclave established in London they have overthrown the internal liberties and the external independence of all the minor states of Europe , Asia , and America , and have done so-in conjunction with two powers our enemies—Russia and France .
That while prostituting the power of England in every region of the globe for the advancement of the ' hostile designs of powers whom their treasen haa rallied against England , they have sacrificed Britab . property or British money and British commerce within ten years , to an extent of . fifty millions of pounds sterling , That they have suffered the decay of the strength of Britain in her navy—that the shores of England are unprotected— that the vessels they possess are sent to distant stations , where they are « seful only to advance the designs of foreign powers—atid that they have Buffered armaments in peace , only-calculated for war , and which enable other powers to insult- this country wit& impunity , and to endangtr its existence .
That this dilapidation of the public affairs has imposed the necessity of increased taxation , the weight of which must fall upon the operatives , and fall the more severely because of their intention tomaketluV new taxation rest upon the necessaries of life . ¦ ThaV- the sacrifice of commercial rights , and the forther diminution of our commerce nuurt fall on the working classes , throwing them out of work and depriving them of food . ¦¦¦ ¦ : ' . . That the prospect held out by the past presents , increase of taxation , loss of commerce , farther expenditure of out blood and treasure , and ultimately war with the States , whose hostility has been created and the dismemberment of the colonies whose affectiehs hav « been lost .
While , therefore , the present Ministers of your Majesty have come into power on the confidence they have falsely created in the industrial population of this land by professions of reform , by pledges of peace , by hopes of retrenchmen t , they have introduced new abuses , increased expenditure , involved this land in mi ' iist and injurious ware with small states , and rendered next'ta inevitable collision with the great powers of Europe and America . That they are , therefore , unworthy of your Majesty * confidence , and that their removal and punishment is necessary to save this country from ruin . We humbly entreat your Majesty to reflect tbat when your power and justice is unable to shield the weakest member of the state from domestic injury , and the most insignificant interest from foreign assault , your throne ia shaken to its foundation , because it must cease to coffli " mand respect abroad and veneration at home .
» e , therefore , in the name of the exalted interest * which Providence has placed in your chargeand keepi » £ » pray your Majesty to dismiss from your councils incompetent and faithless servants , through whose acts los » » disgrace , disaster , and peril have been brought upon this mighty empire , and call to your councils men who will maintain tlie claims of the people ' s birthright , and administer the affairs of this country with justice .
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« ¦ ¦ The Muhder at Islington . —After a lengthened investigation of this atrocious affair before the Coroner for Middlesex , the Jurv returned a verdict Of " wilful murder" against Richard Gould , alias Nicholson . The Coroner thought there was no evidence against Mrs . Jarvis , who still , however , remains in custody .
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2 THE NORTHERN STAR - . 1 iWAfncrwrrMST * n * j nreBAvenn . TTV 1 MACKINTOSH ON RESPONSIBILITY
Fitton Am≫ Hart.—Edmund Fallows Wishes Us To Ssy That Subscriptions Have Been Received For The ?Uppon Of Benjamin Fitfn And John Hart, To The Amount Of £-2 L"2s. 6hd. -Which Has Been Equally Divided Between Them.
Fitton am > Hart . —Edmund Fallows wishes us to ssy that subscriptions have been received for the ? uppon of Benjamin Fitfn and John Hart , to the amount of £ -2 l" 2 s . 6 hd . -which has been equally divided between them .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 4, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2678/page/2/
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