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»¦ wdbceu \ srsoxn ir&ws . $ ii Tibst Vinb in the vineyard now consiructinelf Mr . Clement Hoare , at Shirley ,. was planted on gati * d » J last . —Hampshire Independent . p ^ irt of Mb . Mobisox , the Htgeist . —Mr . fftfisoa , of hygeian notoriety , who died on Sunday jig , is said to haTe been very rich , but nothing Obtain is known on the subject- —Times . Jhs St . Jajies ' s , now called the Prince ' s Theatre , ) jj £ been opened by a German Opera company , whose ^" ormances , both Tocal and instrumental , are Tery iB ^ iiiT spoken of . The Isijh barrister whose name ha 3 repeatedly Bleared in the diurnal journals as the -would-be gaiio / to the wealthy Miss Burdett Coutts , has been jgain annoy ing that young lady during her recent residence at Norwood .
The Rev . Theobald Mathew will visit London to Jane next , at the earnest request of several JbrhJy influential characters in that great capital . — Cork ' Constitution . Lectures against Socialism . —On Sunday last , Jbe Rev . J . W . Morris , of Deanrow , Wilmslow , Cheshire , delivered the first and second ef a course rf lectures against the doctrines of Robert Owen , £ 54 . His hearers were both numerous and respective . Miss Kxllt ' s new Theatre , in Dean-street , Soho , which she has had erected at the back of her residence , is announced to be opened on the 18 th inst ., irith a small but talented company . Most of the private boxes are taken for the season by families of the nobility .
A lettee from Cairo dated the 24 th of March , states ihat the real assassin of Father Thomas at Damascus had been at length discovered . He is a Drnce . The innocence of the unfortunate Jews tfcirged with the crime has been fully made manifest . The Chcbch of St . Bartholomew , near the Bank , is about to be pulled dewn , preparatory to the extencve improvements contemplated in that quarter in reference to the erection of the New Royal Exchange , fie remains of Miles Coverdale , the first English translator of the Bible , repose in this ancient structure .
Illegitimate Childben . —At the last sitting of { be Dumfries Synod , the Rev . Mr . Wright of Hutton , Sited that , within the last five years , there have been not fewer « ban between 200 and 300 cases - ¦ rliiiin the Synod bounds , wherein the fathers of ttJesirimaie contrived , by one villainous art or mother , to trample on the rights of poor helpless fcaales , and avoid doing anything for the suppur ; of jgeir own offspring . —Scots Times . Accords from Savoy , recently received , mention $ » destruction of the town of Sallsnches by fire , winch had reduced the inhabitants to the greatest poverty and distress . Of property to the extent of 11 : 0 . 000 destroyed , £ ' 4 , 00 o only was insured . To rtieve the sufferers a subscription has been opened , which we hope will meet success .
These is sow in full bloom at the gardens of the Eonicuiniral Society at Caiswick , a fine tree of the jhcinis sinensis , on the south wall of the garden . fie fio-rer is of a blue colour , and pendent like the bJrarsum , which flower h resembles , and the tree , wiiieh occupies a space of 240 yards upon the wall , exhibits a complete mas 3 of foliage , having an extremely rich effeet . The original tree was sent over bt Mr " Reeves , from Canton .
1 "Witchcraft . —At the Petty Sessions held at Devyrnock , on Tuesday , an application was made to tie magistrates for a warrant against a person for threatening to burn the complainant ( a man 74 rears 0 : age ) , for bewitching a mare of the defendant '? , and that Ms ( complainant ' s ) wife frequently appeared in the form of a hare!—Silurian . Effects of Temperance . —The vintners of Dublin held a meeting of their body on Monday at the Boj&i-exehange , when it was agreed to petition parliament for compensation for the loss of their trade , etmsto-eat upon the operation of some recent acts of parliament , and the rapid spread of teetotalism , much , ' . bey say , was encouraged by the government to their detriment .
Tee schoolmaster Agai >\—The following was sent by a schoolmaster to a printer in Wiks , and is espied verbatim et literatim : —** Mr . Tho Robin and W Basset take the Libty to Aquaint thra Frends in pacLieke that they are going to Open A School Jauamry the I on Monday 1798 for Laarcin ; : Boy to R-aJ ar . d Writ and Som and for Laomin ^ Girl to Reap and Writ and Som and sow and mark and knii . " Bic-z-stat Robbebt . —On Thursday night , between ten aid eleven o ' clock , as Mr . Bowling , surgeon , oi Chew Magna , was going from Bbhport to his home , he was stopped at the foot of Bundry-hill , by five or sx mer .. who pulled him from his horse asd robbed him of his watch , money , &c . The robbers then tied Mr . Dowling ' s legs and left him in the road , but they used no farther violence . —Bath Journal .
I Coddos Hill ojt Fjke . —A 3 Mr . Jones , yeoman , I was bsraicg peat on some part of his farm on I Monday last , in consequence of the great drought I and a brisk breeze blowing at the time , it eommuni- i I died to Coddon Hill , whreh soon exhibited a most ; kterri&e blue ; MToral aerte « f farze and heath were ! I msftaed by the nnsp&ring element , and ire fear j I quantities of game , especially partridges , which , we ; I are isftned , bt « ed ifeflw plentifully , bare beenides- j trpyed . —BaA Jours */ . \ I Ws JkK gl ad to leam that the prospect of an I exn * crrdiaary herrmg fishing in Lochfine , and all mud the ee&st of the West Highlands , never was ;
gre&Kr m the memory of mas than that of the pre- i Beat season , targe , whales are daily seen chasing ; the herriBp up Lochfine and "tbe other arms of the sea . The falling is expected to commence immediately .-ff / ajjp ^ Courier . 1 CA 3 tsHn » i Elbctios . —Thft . IKnrniDg professor of the laws of England , Mr . ' Starkie , who is also a Qneen "? counstL has come forward to contest the borough on Whig principles . Hi 3 address to the electors has just bee » published in the Cambridge Independent Prtm , ana he harangued an assembly a those who coincide , with his pwkical opinions at the Hoop Hotel on Friday evening .
• i / ul * ' ^ oxrr-- ~^« have received from a countrv ookseller an « rder for some copies of our journal , tor payment of which he enclosed twenty-four penny-^ Tsfc-stamps . This is , perhaps , the first time that erer a money payment was made in sticking-plaster . Gioueater Journal . - ™~— -S r Thb Lucca J&uraai states ttoi *> peiiiion , signed . fej nsm Eoropew merctafite s * Aiaiandria , • a P « a » W W Moberaet AB , loajing that fl » ea » of the 4 emn tt SausraT m ? bTealled , SS" T be trawB » i ^ p «"» »» i Am Mlj gone tot ^ It appeMBOtat the exeertieii gf the Jewish J ^** n t 3 at Dajaaasaa , wkkh had been ordered , tod had been s » 4 1 * fee taken place , had not been enforced b j the urifceitieg . ^^
tn ^ T- ^^> *** " ^ cosovr . —The expenses of the townsbp of Gomereal for the last year , under the : > ew i ^ oor Law , exceeds the cost under tbe old system by £ 59 B 10 a , lOJd . ; the expenses of the old system being rather better than £ 1 , 200 , and the new a httle more than £ 1 , 800 . AlK > L ? HUS , TEE R . ETUE 5 KD Co > TlCT . —It Will be griafyrns ; to the persons who signed the memorial ib behalf of Adoiphus , the returned convict , to know tfcat a mitigation of his sentence has been obtained . ne is ordered to be sent to the Government Peneten-« ry , where he will , no doubt , undergo a probation to some time , and if his conduct prove satisfactory , u is expected he will ultimately be liberated .
Theatse-Rotai ., Bath . —Davidge , the manager , living been ill-suDported , althongh he has an excellent company , has revenged himself on tbe Bath Ptt > pie , by heading a playbill thus : — " In consequence Iw the rapturous applause bestowed on Rossini ' s piad opera sma , tiie Maid of Palaiseau , produced , w " vte first time , in the city of Bath , on Tuesday . ¦ May oth , bjelereo in the boxes ] nine in the pit ! ^ t wenty-eight in the gallery ] it will be repeated bother this evening , to give the lovers of music oppommh y of hearing the composition of that great master . " ' Tee Elegasctes of the Psess . —Cupid , speakbf- ^ r Time * , has the following m bit . The remark is caused by certain observations of the ? v'f'WS the >'» w Postage Humbusr . « We hope imcs
- - s , or its' correspondent' ( alter et idem ; m perpetrate hi 3 not obsenrely hinted intention of ^ &ag the plates . He would be quite as honestly « n ? ioyed ^ in s « ne of his present work ; and the tW ^™ * ^ ht afford an unlooked-for relief to «« public of this hemisphere /' tto ^ l ° THE Thamfs .-AI tbe end cf last t ' i » it . ^ . Parafraph appeared in the &tn , relative to tt ^ TS ^ of lb ? ^^ of a Kemleatn near the { " ? t w > therhitf 6 , and at the same time was given « Pr ? . ?* 11011 of his person and apparel , the name r *" ~ l ^ g marked on someN > f it . The deceased , ftMrtri " !! , ^^ been * tnlor ' but had been Ieft a wnaoerabi e property , which led him into habits of ^ apuion , and he was often heard to declare that ™ 1 . was all gone he would commit suicide . ^ wsge vitt . —There are now living in Union Yard , to 5 fJ > 't ? ' ^ persons whose united ages amount
^" . ^ ; John Swallow , 90 ; Wm . Broom , 87 ; Wm . O ?*} *> J Samuel Palmer , 77 ; Wm . Livings , 75 .-¦' . i msjord Chronicle . pvnt 0 F ^' ibtce ' —On Friday a fellow , named j - ^ -ox , agxiai ; wnom a verdict of ill 50 damages re 4 >^ v tUnieii for seduciD « the daughter of a DltT ^ , ™ tradesman , came up to the Insolvent Act , 4- * ' ^ order l 0 ut * e lie l > enefit of the hd 2 m- ^ "e Chief Commissioner , in pronouncing £ *<*" „ ¦ l } ^ iimated that , in ordinary cases of aVnr- : a ^^^^ life , £ 150 was excessive . We T O' precisel y of this opinion , deeming that the bih-Itl ! , Qangiter is as dear to the humble as the ^ the respectable tradesman as the titled
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UNITED STATES . By the packet-ship Sheffield , which reached Liverpool on Saturday evening , we hare received advice , l % ? f . rk on the 15 th ' and from C ^ ada tc the 9 : h ult Amongst our extracts will be found the text of a debate on the motion of a New York member of Congress relative to tho defences of the northeastern frontier , the tenor of which is wholly pacific In other respects the intelligence from the United » : ates , which 13 only two days later than the last arrivals , is not of importance . There is nothing of interest from the Canadas : — K
THE NORTH-EASTERN FRONTIER . ( Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer of the 11 th Apr il . ) Washington , 9 th April , 1840 . The Speaker announced that the business first in order this morning was the motion of the Gentleman from New York ( Mr . Hand ) , calling on the Secretary , of War for information ai ' to the defence ! froiS ^ o « hern and North-Eastern Mr . Wise proposed to amend the call , so as to make it general , and applicable to every part of the United ? 'a f : He"marked that there was not a nation on earth m so defenceless a state , but that he would not step to inquire who was responsible for the country being . in tms condition , nor to comment on thefollv —the reckless folly , of talking about war
Mr . Hand accepted the amendment of Mr Wise as a modification of his resolution , and then moved the previous question ; but , at the request of Mr i Adams , withdrew the motion . Mr . Adams said there was not the slightest danger of a war with Great Britain now , nor for ' years to come . No , Sir , said he—not for years to come . : Mr . Rhett inquired whether the Gentleman from ' Massachusetts ( Mr . Adams ) was in order . The Speaker decided that he was in order . ' , l j ¦ 1 I i
Mr . Adams-I regret that the gentleman from I South Carolina ( Mr . Rhett ) does not like to hear that there is no danger of a war . Mr . Adams said that his opinion was founded upon the fact that at the opening of the session there was no communication -from the President of a warlike tea our , nor had there been since ; notwithstanding which the Chairman of the committee of foreign relations had on the Root of the House , sounded the alarm . He then referred to the pending proposition of referring the wnole subject to a third power , and said that Great Britain cocld not refuse to accept the offer , and there would be no war . j '
He nest spoke of the threats that Maine would act if the British continued to encroach ; but , said he Maine will submit to these encroachments , notwithstanding all that is heard to the contrary . Much had b ; sn said on the same subject last spring . Now we are told that if the British do not withdraw their forces Maine will apply here for protection . Mr . Smith , of Maine—And what else ? Mr . Adams—Let the gentleman sav . Mr . Smith—That she will defend h ' erself . Mr . Adams—Let that pass for what it is worth . It is not in the same tone . Mr . Smith—Maine will not submit to a reference in the same wav and maaner as before .
Mr . Adams—1 say she will submit to a reference , and that she ought to submit . I approve of the President ' s decision on this subject , and it will be approved by every civili-ed man—b y the whole human family . Great Britain will be compelled to accept the proposal , as a matter of policy , if nothing else . The only danger is from the impetuosity of Maine , and I say there is no danger from that quarter . The ' whole country ought to be placed in a posture of defence . But that will not be dune so long as we continue to have executive admonitions on the subject of economy . Mr . Smith , of Maine , said the people of his state would not be deterred from enforcing their rights by an attachment to any party admiir . stration ; nor would they ever agree to refer the subject in dispute to any third party , unless that third party would agree to g , o on the ground , and with tbe treaty of 1 / ucS in tneir hand run the line according to it .
Mr . _ Tnomson , of South Carolina , made a few remarks . He said—If Maine relies upon us for carrying on the war , we must have the negociation ; and Maine must be made to understand that . If we are tohavcawar , said he , we cannot arm too much . If we are not to have war , we cannot arm too little . The previous question was now ordered , and the resolution , as mouified , adopted .
New Orleans , March 25 . —I have to record another steam-boat accident on the waters of the Mississippi . The steamer Selma , Captain Blood , on her way to St . Louis from New Orleans , was snagged on Tuesday night last near Island Hobb . The night was very dark . It happened at nine o ' clock . She wa 3 extricated from her perilous situation by the strenuous exertions of her officers , and run ashore upon the banks , where she broke apart lengthwise , and the wreck sunk . The passengers aad crew were saved , but the cargo and all the
bacgage was a total wreck . Some of the gentlemen escaped " sans culottes" and some of the ladies were reduced to " la demihee chemise . " -. jhe Ravel family were on board , and lost in cash , idressts-,-and property , 20 , 000 dollars . A Mias ^ Gui ?^ a danteuse , was stripped of the earnings of her winter ' s campaign and wardrobe . The passengers , after remaining up to their knees in water all night , were taken oS" next morning ; some going up , and a few returning dowa the river . The value of the cargo was estimated at 19 . 500 dollars . —Baltimore Patriot .
LATEST FROM THE 8 TAT £ 8 . We have received by express , by way of Portsmonth , New York papers to the 20 th ult ., which ib one week later than those brought by the Sheffield . We extract the following from the New York Morning Herald : —
THE NORTH EASTEB . N BOr . TDAET QVESTIOX . " At length we have something definite from the Committee on Foreign Relations in the United States Senate , in relation to this important matter . Mr . Buchanan , the chairman of the committee , has presented a report , in which is exhibited the existing state and condition of the pending negotiation between the United States and Great Briiain . When Mr . Van Buren consented to receive the proposition made by the British Government for a new survey asd commission of exploration , he sent a counter project to England to be submitted by Mr . Stevenson to her Majesty's Ministers which connter project included a provision for the
final and positive adjustment of the boundary line in dispute . This was sent to England last summer . The British Government have not acted on it , because not until the close of last March were the result of the Boundary Commissioners ( Mudge and Featherstonhangh ) labours submitted to them . Mr . Van Buren confidently expects a positive and specific reply to this proposition at the close of the present month , or early in May . He has not stated to Congress what is the nature of the terms contained in this project , but he has stated this much , that if it be accepted , it will at once finally settle the question .
" It was , doubtless , with a full knowledge of the precise nature of this project , that Mr . Fox wrote last January to Mr . Forsyth , saying that he not only preserves the hope , but he entertains the firm belief , that if the duty of negociating the boundary question be left in the hands of the two national Governments , to whom alone of right it belongs , the difficulty of conducting the negociation to an amicable issue will not be found so great as has been by many persons apprehended . And in his
subsequent note of March 13 , 1840 , he states that he has been instructed to declare that her Majesty ' s Government are only waiting for the detailed report of the British Commissioners recently employed to survey the disputed territory , which report , it was believed , would be completed and delivered to that Government by the end of March , in order to transn mil to the Government of the United States a reply to their last proposal upon the subject of the boun ; dary negociation . This evidently refers to the project of Sir . Van Buren .
' With regard to the occupancy of the territory in dispute by the troops or loafers of eithe ? nation ,: the committee deem that a subordinate master , and expect that- the anxiously looked for answe * of the British Government will render unnecessary any report on the subject of the occupancy , the l ^ srracks , soldiers , & . c , at Temiscouta Lake . At any rate there will not be more than a month of uncertainty on the subject at the outside . .-- ^ ' -:- ¦ & ? 44 The Executive and the Committee soentaniiaated by a common desire to preserve peace at 5 » very sacrifice short of justice and strict national hottom ; and are determined that if forced into a war , it shall be by the unjust conduct of the British Government . They do not anticipate a war , although they express a wish that the country should be prepared fully for that event , as the dreadful alternative may depend upon the answer of the British Government " received in one of the next steam vessels . "
FRANCE . The Duchess of Orleans has nearly recovered from the measles ; her child , the Count of Paris , is also oui of danger . A few corn riots occurred last week in some of the provincial markets of France , in consequence of an . advance in the price of grain ; but letters received on Saturday at Paris say that the rains which have since fallen have produced a most favourable effect orfigpubiic opinion , and no farther riots are expecfed . * The OuJie-Mer states Ihat an aggression has been committed by the "English in Senegal . That : the SenegamLie , a French schooner , the owners of which has undertaken to engage on the coast of Africa one hundred blacks as recruits for a company of pioaeaiS- formed by th « French Government in t Guiaaa * h& 4 cast anchor in the Cassam&nza river
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opposite an English factory , when it was captured by the English bn of war Saracen , and sent into Juerra Leone . The Governor of Senegal is said to have chartered a trading schooner for Sierra Leone to claim the Senegambie , being nnable , according to the Outre-Mer , to spare a French vessel of war , the embarrassments caused by the English in this river rendering n necessary that the whole of the naval force should remain on the station . opposite an . English factory , when it was ootured
SPAIN . Letters from Madrid of the 2 nd state , that the usual funeral service on the return of that day on which so many citizens were slaughtered by the trench passed off without any tumult having occurred . A riot was expected , and the garrison was kept under arms , prepared to act . but the people I behaved with great propriety , and , after assisting S at the service , returned quietly to their home 3 . General Evans , in full uniform , was present at the ceremony in the Prado . The journal , the Castillan , appeared in mourning on that day .
WAR WITH CHINA . Brussels , May 7 . —Hoang-toDg-Kao , a Chinese commissioner , has just arrived at Amsterdam , on board a vessel belonging to the Handel Maatschappij . He is the bearer of a rescript of the Emperor of 1 China , which empowers him to deliver letters of marque against the English . He is going to the different seaports of Europe , whence , after having 1 executed his commission , he will proceed to those of ; North America . —Courrier Beige .
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! ! ! ! The Cassowary . —On Friday last was landed from the Batavier , of Rotterdam , two remarkably fine specimens of that rare bird , the cassowary Ccasu ? ius galeatus ) purchased in Holland for the ! Surrey Zoological Gardens . They are , we believe , the only pair at present in this country . More Humbug !—Penny-a-Line Panders . —TB « re is nothing more offensive , we are quite sure , to the ; great mass of Englishmen , than to read the fulsome bombast put forth by certain of the daily prints , who look upon it as a point of moral duty to laud I Royalty to the skies upon all occasions , and torture : the follies and vices of the great intofoelingsof highminded sensibility and virtue . The fallowing parai graph , extracted from tha Herald of Wednesday
last , is of a character to operate on . many of our readers as an emetic ; nor is the fulsomeness of the panning atoned for by the record of any fact worth the trouble of perusal : — " His Royal Highness Prince Albert displayed a fine rnauly feeling at the review at Woolwich , which caused him to be loudly and enthusiastically cheered . During the evolution of dismounting previous to firing the guns in battery , a gunner jumped off the limber before the instant of the word ' halt , ' and was precipitated to the ground with great violence , and the wheel passed obliquely across the arm , which was generally believed to have been torn from the bod y ; but happily I it proved only a slight graze , and the poor fellow I instantly resumed his duty . The Prince observed
I the accident , and immediately galloped towards the \ spot , and most anxiously inquired of the man if he 1 had sustained any serious injury . On his Royal i Highness being informed to the contrary , he ex-! pressed great satisfaction , and complimented the man on his zeal and his fortunate escape , at the same ' \ time giving some orders to one of his staff , which no : doubt pertained to the affair . His Royal Highness and his brother viewed with amazement the astonish-; ing rapidity with which the gun 3 were unlinibered , ; the men at rest . relimbered , loaded , and brought into action , being all done in the almost incredible time ' of one minute . The illustrious Prince remarked to i his brother , the Hereditary Prince of Gotha , ' An ; Englishman can be taught anything , and he is the : admiration of the world . " —Satirist
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 1 Animals . —This society held its annual meeting at ; Exeter Hall , on Wednesday , Lord Viscount Mahon in the chair . From the sums of money contributed towards its support , one would suppose that there was no such thing as suffering humanity in this , metropolis , or that death from starvation never occurred amidst our densely-crowded population . One old lady bequeathed to it £ 400 , with the reversion of i' 33 , and i . 7 annually on the death of the present annuitants . Another bequeathed £ 100—a third lady , x 3 u , and anonymous contributors £ 2 W . One of the speakers attributed the victory of Waterloo to horse . ' , because the last decisive charge had been made by the Life Guards . Another quoted the
following narrative : —In crossing the desert a caravan was beset , attacked , and seized , by Arabs . The horses , as well as the men , were bound and led off to be slaughtered by the captors . The owner of one horse , pitying its fate , succeeded in setting it free . , The generous steed , when at liberty , viewed and lamented its master ' s condition , gnawed with its , teeth the cords which bound him , and taking him up in its teeth , gallopped off with him to his old resii dence . —[ This was too much of a joke . The recital i convulsed with laughter seveial of the auditory . ]—f One gentlemmr , in his anxiety to laud the Duke of I W elhngton , jJjBeribed his Grace as a warrior who , on his war-stewl , trampled to the dost Napoleon , who wana £ « rift wi Several other eauallv
sen-W < i > W >*^* WC 10 t » I < yxitb . u » tr / ara cUlivared . JL ybtt respectable gentleman , who did not agree with all that was said , asked the gentlemen on the platform bwr ^ hey « g » Jd ^ ref ^» 4 to be ml friends' of ffie bnjta « wrfBBH 7 or interfere wHhTSe sports of the pftdcle . -wnflrfliey keipt hunters town Bteejtje-ohasee at the risk of the horses' lives and the imminent danger of the riders' necks , or while they hunted down the timid and delicate deer . To this charge the aristocracy were compelled to plead guilty . It having been announced that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge would take the chair , great crowds attended , which , as Boon as the Royal object of attraction was not to be found , were considerably thinned . —Dispatch .
Thk Penny Post Envelopes . —There are two ways of acquiring immortality ; by doing something worthy of it , or something utterly undeserving . The man who fired the Temple of Ephesus is an instance of the latter class of aspirants in ancient times , and the artist who designed the penny post envelope a striking modern example . The absurdity of the design has provoked all manner of people to " gird" at it , and amongst them we find one from " A twopenny post letter-carrier , " who has done more than merely find fault with the invention of the royal academician , for he has sent in a , design of his own , infinitely snperior to that which is to spread the fame of Mr . Rowland Hill over the remotest quarters of the globe . Next to the new caricature just published by Fores , it ia the best thing we have seen , and if the Post-office authorities do not wish to be laughed at to the end of time , they will find out the inventor , and adopt a design less hieroglyphical than the present , and more to the purpose . —Herald .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , May 8 . The Marquis &f Londonderry , having several petitions to present regarding the officers of the British legion , inquired whether the Goverameat were cognizast o £ , the j < njrney into Spain of Gen . Evans . Lord Melbourne answered tfcat General Evans was gone to Spain t ^ firge his own clafans , and the claims of ! those who had reerfbis companions in arms ; but © en . Evans had no instructions whatever from her Majesty ' s Government . . His Lordship added , that several claims upon the Spanish Government had not been yet arranged- - The Marquis of Loadonderry observed that he should , at no disfint day , submit a motion to their Lordships on the oubject The Marqnia of Lansdowne presented the report of the select committee on the Tithe Comnnitatiom Act Amendment Bill ; and the bill , as amended by the select committee , was ordered to be re-printed .
The Earl of Moraitcaahel moved for the addretei of the Assembly of Upper Canada in reference to the promotion of emigration : aqd for a copy of the arrangement between the Emigration Company and the Government The motion was agreed to , although Lord Duncannon . aid th&t ^» e thought the documents would be found among fcb ^ CaaatJa papers Already , produced . The Earl- ' of-Aberdeen inquired whether there was in contemplation any measure for emigration from the Highlands of ScotJ&nd . ( Lard Melbourne answered , that it was not in contemplation to bring forward any measure of the j kind . " I The " Feuiag of Entailed Estates for Churches , 4 c . ( Scotland ) Bill" waa read the second time . It was ordered to Be considered in committee on Tuesd ay next 5 t Their LordahipB then adjourned .
Mfond&y , May 11 . The Excheqi ^^ fflKBill , and other kills , were presented from txwiSfeimons-The Bishop % Pl&eter ( after haTing presented petitions against the Canada Clergy Rescrres Bill ) said that he wished to correct what had been ; enroBewisly reported of him on the occasion of the Earl « i Aberdeen ' motion on presenting a bill regarding the- Cfcmrth of Scotland . He ( the Bishop of Exeter ) had bee » represented to say that there was no church ia Scotland , or words to that effect When he was first told of this mis-statement he treated it with ridicule and < onterapt , as ii was tbe contrary of what he- had uttered . "What he said waa that the Scotch chvach . tras » church in Scotland rmlv . - 11 1 Q Io o s- it ie t-
The E&il of Haddington . 'ckseiTed that be had beard the Right Rev . Prelate , iii tbe debate alluded to , speak of tae Church of Scothvo& over and over again . The Right Rev . Prelate hr ^ noyer expressed the opinion imputed , and he was 'glad that opportunity had fceea taken to contradict t ' jiat imputation , as it had created aaplfiasaDt feelings - ilwwhere . He had understood the RigJst Rev . Prelate to deelare that the clergy in Scotland were not to Tc * considered a clergy in any othei part of the em , j « re . Be Celt Jtwuad to make thai
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acknowledgment , although he « id not agree ia tbe opinion , with the Right Rev . Prelate . The Bushop of Exeter admitted that his assertion ¥ * Z 7 S ! l that which the Noble Earl bad stated . # « T 7 i J dthafehe m not consider that the clergy scotS * ere t 0 ** looked on ¦¦ a cler « yout of The Marquis of Lansdowne considered that the that the Clergy of the Church of Scotland were not ^ £ laCi ? r 8 y ta an ? ° t er P ^ of the empire . The Tithe Commutation ^ nowl ^ ^ , w ^ - ^
Act Amendment Bill was vv , * ^ a fc ™ , on the motion of Lord Duncannon . v ki T ? * ° aTv Rosebery sail *> that as he understood a Aoble * nend had some very minute alterations to make in the Feuing of Entailed Estates ( Scotland ) Bill , he wished to move that the order of the day for going into Committee be discharged , with a view to its being referred to a Select Committee on Monday , the 19 tn instant . The Marquis of WestmeatlAsked how the vacancy of ° v- ° i , ^ Meters in the Irish Court of Chancery , which . had taken place on the 22 d of March , wa * filled up , or when it would be filled ? JJ ^ «? , uI ! of Nornmnby answered that the vacancy would be filled up immediately . The
Marquis of Westmeath hoped that the Noble Marquis would be kind enough to tell him when . Immediately was a very vague term ; it might mean tomorrow or that day month . The Marquis of Normanby declared that he could not pledge himself to any particular day The Marquis of Westmeath said that such being the House * ThM 8 dny he should brinS the matter before the The Marquis of Normanby laid on the table papers raoTed for fey the Marquis of Westmeath , relative to tne Poor Law Commissioners in Ireland . Some of them , he observed , that did not depend for production oponJhe Poor Law Commissioners , and that were ^ Z * Wlth tbe retuming offictrs , had not yet been obtained ' . A ^ lA ( VIlinlstration of Just 5 c e ( Court of Chancery Addttfonal Judges ) Bill , which stood for the second reaamfc called forth considerable discussion . ThettLordfihipathen adjourned .
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HTOE OP COMMONS . ~ Fridat fMat , 8 . ^! 3 il ^ P'W 8 ntation of many petitions . TI |? £ 3 pg ? n <) r ° * the Exchequer proposed to defer Fridc ^ exfc Btatemcut budget ] from Monday till SfrB . Peel laid , that although no one could deplore mor # than he did the cause of Lord J . Russell's « i 25 * . he , j ? ould not see that it was absolutely ^***> t 0 def the statement on which the country leit q ? much anxiety on account of that Noble Lord ' s fjf-J Ttft Chancellor of the Exchequer observed that as 1 $ « bould have to make a statement that would , no Ofabt . giTe rise to discussion , he should not like to D ^ ing it forward in the Noble Lord's absence VUtd Sandon moved that Mr . Lnhnnr . WA ho nrtrfort
Abe Liverpool Dock Committee . > Ir . Laboiichere said he was already on " five " p \* lio committees , and he therefore feared that he styu ^ not possibly have time to attend ; if , however , it - » ere ; geB « 5 any desired , he would do his best , though he eoula noii > romise to attend . Ihe | iarl of Darlington gave notice that on Monday next he-ahouW move for a new writ for the borough of LU < Jl # w . ° % * Peef ^ d that on Monday he should ask the
^ LagrSecratagr of State , or the Attorney-General , a S ? 0 ? "fP ** 1 " * the state—not of tho law , for he BelMred thatwas clear—but as to tbe practical emwmssment arising from its promulgation , in respect of tnejatmg of stock in trade , to know whether it was f ^ 3 ? v plated t 0 bring forward any measure for removioff « ibarrassments that might tend to vitiate any rate . ,-t ^ J . Walsh said , as the evidence was now printed , that « m Monday he should move for a new writ for Cambridge .
Mr * . Warburton said that he should move , as an amendment , that such election be taken by " Ballot . " Lord Palmerston , in answer to inquiries from Mr . Cplqunoun , said that some mistake had gone forth that when any country enforced a blockade on the ports of another that any third power was boun-1 to declare ^ et ^ L it * S 1 SCedin ' or ob Jecteil to , such blockade . Theri ^ ht of blockade was one that attached to an independeatstate , and all that any other third state had to t ^ ^ I **^ " . « o « n subjects , that they ight not incur injury
m through ignorance of it . As to Buen& 3 jAyrea , to which the inquiry particularly refe » ed ,. < nJune , 183 « s , the French admiral had notified to our ambassador there the fact of the blockade since enforced . There had been no actual declaration of war St h 4 ii ^ l ™ countries - b « t there had been virtu-SS * I ??* ^ ance ! Uld Buenos A > -res 8 inc «' indeedjiie very blockade Was really war , though there ha < l been no previous war , and the blockade could not be binding on a neutral jtato , unless it were founded on the principles of war .
Mr . Colquhoun remarked that be made inquiry in consequence of tho blockade having been late 7 ren * Bri ^ ZS ^^ ^ nn ' uications btfween British merchant * and the agents at Buenos Ayres . Lord Palmerston rejoined that it might have been so , ft ^ Fu' ? t 0 V ?™** individuals , but generally there had been no change for some time in t * e blockade , F ^ n ^ rSo ^ e ^^ ^ mgm *
, ssjatta ^ Ste ^ S ' to know whiter tiw Noble Lord intended to lay any additional papexa on the table of tho House before that day . Lord Palmenton answered that l , ha < l no additional papers to lay on the table , with the exception of one 1 frosi the China Association . Mr . Baraeby put- a question with respect to tke ; postage stamps aud covers . The order in council 1 ! stated that the stamps would be sold to the public at : » i eachnd the
penny , a covers at a penny farthing . The f ict '• j was , that the stamp distributors at the west-end of the i 1 town were charging Is . 2 d . a dozen for the stamps , and I they refused to sell covers under 1 Ad . Ho wished to ' j know whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer was ' ! aware of this fact ! and , if not , whether it was his in- j j tention to make inquiries on tho subject , as he thought , i that the system to which he had adverted was an Tinposition on the public i The Chancellor of the Exchequer answered that he i thought the Hon . Member must be under aeme mistake j when he stated ) that this course was pursued by stamp 1 i distributors . He had confounded them with othor
j ' , > persons who had purchased to sell . ! Mr . Barneby stated that he considered the subject j of so much Importance that he had written to the Conij missionors of stamps on the subject . j The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that it rested ' ¦ with the public as to whether they wouUl purchase the I stamps from the proper distributers ( the post-offices 1 , or from those who were not licensed to sell . Mr . B * meby Wanted to know whether those persons who were authorised by the Stamp-office to sell stamps I were permitted te charge 8 or 10 per cent . I The Chancellor of the Exchequer answered that the j offlcew of the stamp department sold at a certain fixed j price to the officei , but other praties sold at any price they could get , or the public were unwise and foolish enough to give .
| i I i ! Sir R . Peel asked whether it was intended to retain I permanently that ornamental engraving which appeared I at the head of the covers ? He had the highest respect I for tije- talents of the artist by whom it had been pro-| duce < l , / aBd it was not his intention at all to call in I question it » aerits as a work of art : an inquiry and observation that called forth much lauchter .
! I i [ I t I 1 J I ! \ The Chancellor uf the Exchequer gaw no answer . I" Mr . T . DnnCorabe , Mr . Hume , &c , having urged j Sir J . Walsh not to press his motion for the Cambridge 1 writ on Monday , I Tbe Hottfte resolved into Committee- of Supply , in I which Mr . R . Gordon moved the remaining mis ' ccl-! laneous estimates , which called forth much desultory I discussion . f . ^ i-. . ' yjflfphdey , May 11 . I The secondr ^ afcpg of ^ the Eastern- Riilways Act ! Amendment . Bill was nei / cciired on a division ; ayes 58 , ! noes 195 . - ; Mr . T . DwKfcinbe gave notice that he should , hereafter , move , the discharge of Stockdale and Howard . i Sir R . Peel tyring pointed out the anomalous
state of things a * tegarded the imposiag of a rate on stock in trade ^ , W 3 Ceonsfequence of the decision of the Conrt of Queen's-Ben <; h that stock in . trade was legally liable to be rated , inquired whether it -was the Attorney-General ' s intention to recowmend aay course to the Government for the purpese of remedying that which might endanger the . validity of rates all over the country Amounting to £ 7 , oao , 000 ? The Attorney-General answered that he had not been able to see Lord John Kusseli , but he could have ko hesitation in declaring that it was his intention to 3 a-
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cumraend the bringing in of a bill to legalise what had long been the practice all over the country , to exeapt I " stock in tcade" from the rates . j the Earl of Darlkngtpn ( after declining to defes-the motion * ntil Thursday on account of Lord J . Russell ' s j absence ) moved that a new -writ be issued for Ludlbw ,. the former electioa having beea declared " void . " The ( Nobla Earl declared tbat he did so because he thought j that the many innocent and untarnished electors of 1 that borough ought not to be deprived of representa-, tive * in consequenceTof the misconduct of a few . ! Mr- W-axburttiJtmoved , as an amendment , that this debate be adjourned till Thursday , as he kjiew tlia . several-asembers intended to contrast the " anticin * j tions" -with the realities of the Reform Act . 1 The House divided , and the amendment was nega ,-; tweiL , there being
NOC 3 OO ; Ayes 215 Majority against the Guianuubnt u Other amendments , with a view to stop tlie issuing ; of the writ , were proposed , «* d ou each fcinemlmeni Ministers wece signally defeo ^ M . Mr . Himie having at lwgth moxtd , as an amend ment , thabt&e House de ^ djourn ,
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CARLISLE . DEFEAT OF THE O'CONNELLITE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE , AND TRIUMPH OF THE CHARTISTS . ( Abridged from the Carlisle Patriot . J On Wednesday evening , the anti-Corn Law Association of this town called a public meeting , for the declared object of hearing from the " Carlisle Deputation " an account of their proceedings whilst attending the League in London , and thanking them for their services . The meeting was appointed to take place in the Lee ture Room of the Athenaum . The doors were opened
at seven oUock , and in less than haK an hour the room ^ 7 on t 0 CXCeSS - The roora ' is * id , will hold 700 persons conveniently , but packed as they were on this occasion , there must have been upwards of 800 present , and hundreds beseiged The doS who were unable to obtain admission . This being tie J ? , ? fJ JU % XS " nnected ™ P ° lities which the ok leaders of the Chartists had ventured to summon Carlisle during the last three years , it naturally excite great interest in the city , and those who weBt in the expectation of having their curiosity gratified were not disappointed in the result .
Mr . Peter Dixon came forward and proposed that Mr . Sheffield , as a »¦ ' friend to the good cause " should take the chair . Mr . Hanson moved that Mr . Arthur take the chair After a short consultation amongst the members of the Association who were on the platform , Mr . J . Ross put the question . For Mr . Arthur a " forest" of hands were elevated for Mr . Sheffield about sixty . The result was hailed with loud cheers . Mr . Arthur then took the chair amidst enthusiastic and oft-repeated cheers . He said ho felt quite overcome by the nattering manner in which he had been received by that large and most respectabl e meeting When he aaw by whom he was surrounded—when he saw the gentleman on the platform , the Mayor who had been to
London—( a laugh )—and others , he could not but feel highly honoured that he , a humble individual , should have been preferred before them all to preside over that most important meeting . 1 Cheers ; He would endeavour to discharge the duties of his high office to the best of his ability , and he requested that a fair and impartial hearing might be given to all persons who w . shed to address tho meeting , whether rich or poor , friend or foe . The people had always kept peace at their meetings , and he trusted they would preserve it in that building . He felt proud and delighted to meet the gentlemen on that platform , and he hoped that the proceedings of that night would teach them a valuable lesson . ( Cheers and laughter . ) The worthy Chairman concluded by reading the placard by which the meeting wa 3 called . It was headed " Repeal of the Corn Laws . "
The Mayor then proceeded to address the meeting and having given an account of what he and his brother deputies , Mr . Alderman Ross and Mr . Carrick , had done in London , Mr . G . Ferguson begged leave to move tho following resolution : — " That the cordial thanks of this meetin ? are hereby tendered to John Dixon , Esq ., Mayor of Carlisle , Mr . Alderman James Ross , and John Carrick , for the able anderhcient manner in which they discharged the duties imposed upon them as delogates from the Carlisle Anti-Corn Law Association , at the recent meeting of the Anti-Corn Law Ltainie in London . "
He did not know that it was necessary to say anj .. hing to enforce the propriety of that motion . He thought the gentlemen referred to in it were eminently entitled to the thanks of the meeting . The Corn Laws were based on injustice , and all like laws resting on such u foundation must ultimately fall . Mr . iJtvi . Nu , of English-street , seconded theresulution . Mr . Hanson wished to mate a few observations before the resolution which ha-1 been moved was put to the meeting . He then proceeded at great length to trace the evils of tho country to the monopoly of legislation . Ho said that a crisis was fast approaching when eitker the m : iss of the people must bj entrusti d with the suffrage or a dreadful catrastronhc would
ensue . He cared not whether Whigs or Tories held the reins of Government , but he would tell either faction that the laws which were to govern all should be made by all . It was remarkable that while the manufacturers were complaining of the competition of foreigners , we were doing all in our power to assist them in their competition . Some countries had no iron , and we kindly sent them some ; others had no coal , aud we carried them as much as they wanted ; and if after all they could not make machinery , | Jwe oxpottedit ready made for them . ( Hear , hear . ) In 1837 , a house in Hull exported machinery to the value of £ 10 , 000 a-week . All this tended to undermine the manufacturing prosperity of this country . In the of
* mjdjjfr oar ditto * , Mr pariosvtbe Chancellor of the-Exctoquor , waa about imposing three millions of iMfh ^ taxea . The country would never be happy ox W ^ peBMiwtfaWtotthe principles of ths Clrarter were 'tttrtitw of the land . Ho held out the right hand of fellowship to the gentlemen near him , and if they were sincere they would accept it at once , and amalgamate their society with that of the Chartists or Radicals , he cared not which name they had , though he liked the old one of Radical best . After some further remarks , he thanked the meeting for the attention with which they had heard him , and concluded amidst cheers , by moving : that tho following addition should be made to the resolution moved by Mr . Ferguson : —
' This meeting is of opinion that a repeal of the Corn Laws ( if at all practicable ) will not bo beneficial to the working classes of this cour . try—inasmuch as they have no voice in making the laws , consequently no check on the cupidity of those who have a direct and positive interest in such repeal ; and whose influence is such as to enable them to secure all the benefits arising therefrom to themselves . And further , this meeting believes there is no hope for any real and permanent amendment in the condition of " the people , until they are protected against the evil effects of bad legislation , by being put in possession of those rights set forth in the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Mooney seconded tho amendment .
Mr . Haugraves objected to the proposed addition to the resolution . It had nothing to do with the purpose for which the meeting was assembled , which was to thank the deputies who went to London . He had no objection to Universal Suffrage , Radicalism , or anything else —( a laugh )—but he wished the meetiug to act like men , and to go on with the business for which they had met . ( Hear , and disapprobation . ) The Mayor said he was sure that very good results would flow from that meeting . He candidly stated his opinion that a change must take place ; but what that change should be he was not prepared to state . ( Murmurs . ) He was , however , prepared with a resolution expressing dissatisfaction with the present constitution of the Honse of Commons , which he would move , and perhaps Mr . Hanson would Becond it .
The Mayor then showed the resolution to Mr . Hanson , who , having read it , said , that he had no objection to it being added to Mr . Ferguson ' s resolution , but he must persist iu adding to it , by way of rider , his declaration iu favour of the principles of the Charter . ( Cheers , and eries of " that's right , " "let the Mayor read his resolution . ") The Ma" * on then read his resolution as follows : — " That the members of this association deeply regret the result of th * late debate on the motion of Mr . Villiers for a repeal of the Corn Laws—a result which they believe has been mainly brought abont by the peculiar constitution of the House of Commons , the industrial and commercial portion * of the community bein «; inadequately represented in comparison to their extent aud importance . " That was a general declaration- in favour of change , leaving every individual to form , his own . opinion as to what that change should be .
Mr . G- Ferguson protested against having Mr . Hanson ' s resolution tacked to his . Mr ; Han 3 o * defended the course which he had taken . Mr . 11 »\ VM . \ N said that he-held in his-hand a resolution which might obviate tie-difficulty which seemed to exist as- to the propositions already before the meeting . He madntaiued that tin Anti-Ceon Law Deputiesought not ta have any thank * at all—cheers )—and ha would tell Mr . J . Ross why . Because during tha agitation f * r the Reform Bill Mr . Disttn , Mr . J . Ro » , aud othere , called upon bhe people to assist them by every means in their p « wer to obtain that meassre , and pledged themselves that whea they got the privilege th * y sought for thsmselves , ttiey would do everything ia their power to , secure- the Suffrage fo » the
working classes . ( Cbseia . ) Had they since thai ever sho * ra any sympathy for tlw working classes-. ? Had tkey some forward at any public meeting and jcoposed a resolution for extending the suffrage to thfr working mta . ( " No . " ) What had been the coudsfit of the wh *> le of them—tk £ Steels , the Rosses , and JieDixoDs ' : Taey had grossly levilecl the people and misrepresented them . ( Great cheering . ) He did not iike to mince aiatiers . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He liked to be straightforward and hontst , and hr * would tell the meeting that no faith was to be put In the professioas of those who wore before them . CJheers . i They now Professed themselves nnxious fox a change in the
representation , because the H < , use of Commons had disregarded the prayer of their petition ; but as soon as they got the Corn Law rep ^ aled ( which it was mere fudge to talk about ) they would turn their backs ! upon the people again . ( Vehement and continued cheering . ) The whole thing was ridiculous . The Mayor had gone to Lorn ' . on , and when there he waa not 1 very particular about telling the trutb . Unless the ! London newspapers h- Aa misrepresented the Mayor , he i stated that all the chartists had signed the antii Corn Law Vetitio n , with the exception of . a few I physical foi ce nicj . If the Mayor said that , he belied \ tb £ Cbartii / cs , ar . a did them great injustice . ( Applause . )
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If the Corn Laws were to be repealed to-morrow the master would rtepihe whole advantage , and the work ing classes would derive no benefit Whatever from the * measure . ( Expressions of dissent ) He was Jo ? «? pri » ed at Mr . J . Ross and others interning Wm ££ I "E \ £ hine , ** ™* ing c ^ es of Srt 5 £ should not beagain deluded as they had been hitherto and without making any further remarks he would move the following as an amendment to what had already been proposed : — " This meeting is of opinion that no confidence can be placed in those pereous now so prominent m agitating for a repeal of the Corn Laws , inasmuch as they have grossly cheated and deceived tbe people ia not assisting them , as they promised , during th-5 agitation for the Reform Bill , to secure them the franchise ; but , on the contrary , haTe done every thins ; in their power to keep it from them , and further belied them in shamefully misrepresenting their wishes and intentions . " ¦ a
The reading of tie resolution was followed by tremendous cheering . The resolution having been seconded by at least half-a-dozen persons . Mr . J . Hoss presented himself amidst disapprobation . He said he was exceedingly soiry au i-npressian should exist in the meeting -which appeared to be pre judicial to his character . He wa <« not aware that he hail ever said or done anything which justified the reception he had met with from his fellow townsmen . He had lived in Carlisle for forty years , and bid always endeavoured to promote the interests of his fellow townsmen , and he called upon Mr . Bowman to state any act of his which was injurious to the working men of the city .
Mr . Bowman said he would answer the appeal which had been made to him iu a straightforward manner . He charged Mr . J . Koss w ; th n : lTing deserted the people and he had done more . When the people wished to meet in their own Town Hall , Mr . Koss was the foremost in opposing them . ( "Shame " . Mr Ross must certainly think that tbe people had been asleep , and never noticed the proceedings of the Towa Council ; but he . was mistaken . They saw tint tho new Corporation , with limit , d powers , was far more tyrannical than the old Corporation . : \ tTy of " No answered by cheers . ) Did not Mr . Ross tccond " motion for giving the anti-Corn Law Association the use , not of the body of the Town Hall , but the Council Chamber , ami vi > t h « r » fnKori * .- > „„«»• «¦* .= «^ council Chamber , an « l yet he refused to grant the use
of the Town Hall to the people , for the purpose of carrying im 0 effeot the ray principles which he bad said a hundred times ought to be established in their behalf . ( Applause . ) He did not wish to s . y anything harsh to Mr . Ro ? 3 , hut he had a great regard for truth , and he knew that the persons around him w . re del culcdly opposMl t » the people ; but they t ! . on « ht they might pin an advantage from deludin- them at tha present moment ( Cheers . ) Mr . J . Ress declared most solemnly before the meeting that there was not the shadow of truth in what Mr Bowman had stated . Mr . G . Fergcsox saU that rather than have his resolution mixed up with matters with whrh it waa quite unconnected he would withdraw it altogether ( A laugh . ) . e . -
Mr . Bowman said that Mr . Ferguson ' s object in withdrawing his resolution was to get rid of his amendmentbut tbe manoeuvre would fail , for he wouM propose it as an original motion . ( Cheers . ) With regard to Mr Ross , if he was wrong in what he had stat-jil respecting him he had been deceived by some of Mr . Ross ' s own friends . He believed , however , that the last application for the use of the Town-Hall steps was referred to the Mayer ' s committee , and by them refused , and he understood that Mr . Ross was a member of that committee . He asked whether that waa so . Mr . J . Ross admitted that he was a member of the committee . Mr . Bowman then appealed to the meeting whether he hail belied Mr . Ross . 1 Confusion . 1
Mr . Ei-HUAIM Harris next nddressed the meeting , but as it wai getting late , the audiencs were also jotting impatient , and little attention was paid to him . He said ho had s igned the Charter , but he wished that subject to be kept distinct from the question of the Corn Laws . He' proceed < l to speak with gruit vehemence amidst much no , and , we wero told he expressed an opinion that there was some Tory gold amongst the lin .-vting , which was mot by a ciy of "don't you wish you may get it ; " in the midst of the laughter t-xciteil by which the orator ceased to inrlxt his eloquence upon the meeting . The Chairman was about to put Mr . Hanson ' s resolution , -when Mr . G . FEi ; i ; . rsn \ observed thnt his doing so would be a prostitution of his powers . i . Much lauthter . ) The resolution' was . then put and carriul unanimously amidst great cheering .
Mr . Bowman ' s resolution was next put , and only a'iout sixteen hands were held up against it . The result was hailed with vehement cheering . Mr . Bowman said he would now propose a petition for the adoption of tbe meeting , which would test the sincerity of some of . the gentlemen near him . He then moved the following petition : —
TO THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS , IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants ofCur-. lisle and its vicinity , SHEweth , —That yourpetitionersare of © pinion that in order to make the law to be respected , it is neceswry that it should be impartially enforced , whichthey regret to say is not the case at present . " That" there are at the present moment confined , in the different prisons in England , some hundreds of persons who have been prosecuted for political offences by the Government—a number twice as large , your petitioners believe , as were confined during half a century , for the like offences , under preceding Governments .
That your petitioners intend to offer no opinion on this occasion -as to the nature of the evidence upon which many of the persons now undergoing punishment have been convicted ; but assuming , for the present , that they have all been properly con . victed , they humbly submit to your Honourable House that one man ,, who has been a thousand times &s guilty as any of them , ought not to be allowed to escape wiih impunity . That fora long course of years Mr . Daniel O'Connell , an Irish barrister , and a Member of your Honourable House , has been engaged in organising resistance to the law , uttering the most seditious language , calculated to inflame the passions of the persons to whom it waa addressed , and to excite in them hatred against the English name and nation , and holding out a threat of civil war whenever his wishes happen to be opposed to the acts of the Legislature , or the exercise of the « 9 vereign ' s prerogative ,
That the fatal results of the snkl Mr . O'Connell ' s attempts to produce a feeling of contempt for and disregard of the law , are apparent in the disorganised state of Irish society 4 in proof of which we venture to refer to the report of the Irish Prison Inspectors , published under the authority of your Honourable House . It appears from that report , that in the last year the nnmber of persons , committed in Ireland , for offences against human life , was as fsllews : —Murder , 286 ; shooting at , stabbing , administering poison with intent to murder , 85 ;' assault , with intent to murder , 132 ; solicitation to commit murder , 7 ; conspiracy to murder , 25 ; manslaughter , 363 ; arson , 80 ; making a total of SITS .
That , looking to the difficulty of procuring evidence against offenders in Ireland , in consequence of the intimidation exercised by secret Societies which have grown up out of the agitation fomented by the said Mr . O'Connell , it is reasonable to assume that the foregoing number , returned by the Inspectors of Prisons , frightfully large as it is , represents not one-half of the persons who have been guilty of the offences described . That , notwithstanding the wicked course pursued by the said Mr . O'Connell , and the dreadful results which have flowed from it , the only notice which the Government lias taken Qf tbe subject has been to offer to promote the said Mr . O'Cennell to a seat on the judicial bench , as has been publicly declared by that person himself , and to lavish patronage at their disposal on his relatives and friends .
That your petitioners- are of opinion that the people of England will not be disposed to pay that respect and deference to the law which have hitherto been haiitual to them when tbey See some hundreds of their fellow-countrymen torn from their families and tbnown into dungeons , whilst a man vtlio ia guilty ef such grave offences- fa not only left at liberty to pursue his dangerous aareer , but is caressed and honoured by ilie Ministers of out young and unsuspecting Queen , ¦ whose domiuaoashe se « lis to dismember . That your petitioners find in the lists of divisions ,
which are published , ajid sold under the authority of your Honourable House , an explanation of conduct on the \ art of Ministers which wouM otherwise appear inexplicable ; but your petitioners are sure that although her Majesty's-advisors may feel it convenient to betray their duiy in ordea- to gain support , which is necessary to enable them to keep themselves in oSiee , your Honourable Hous * will act as becomes the honest representatives of the people of the United Kingdom , and see that justice is dono even although its execution should cost her Majesty ' s Ministers their places .
We therefore humbly beg that your Honourable Hoi « 6 e will address her Majesty , praying that she will be graciously pleased either to direct her Attorney-Gesflral to prosecute Mr O'Connell for High Treason or Sedition ,, or which , under circumstances , would seem to your petitioners to be just , to grant a pardon to all persona now undergoing punishment for political offences . And your petitioners will ever pray , &c . ( The reading of the petition elicited frequent bursts of cheers and laughter . ) Novr , he asked Mr . Koss , as a friend of equity and justice , whether he would not subscribe his name to that petition . ( Cheers , j Mr . J . Ross said he would not , because it was false from beginning to end . iRoars of laughter , and a cry of ! " Go home . ")
% Mayor here wished the meeting good night , and sxiggested that whatever personal fetling might hav * prevailed , all would leave the meeting good friend * ( Hear , hear . ) The petition was then put , and carried unanimously , which was followed by several vollies of cheera . Thanks were then voted to Mr . Arthur , for hi « Conduct in the chair , and the ¦ meeting broke up at ileveu o ' clock .
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, ...... Sir R . F «* complaJ » ed of this conduct on the part of a " dwindffog minority , " and declared tbat as there appeared to be » determination to resist this motion until Thursday , be- should oppose any attempt to proceed with any other paWie business until the motion regarding this writ waa disposed of , a proposition that was greeted with trenjendous cheering . The House eventually adjeurned .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 16, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2684/page/3/
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