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¦¦ im » iii 3 iAME 0 > ty > MJEWS . Thb ksvovmasn of Uader-Secretajr / in Ireland has been offered to Lieutenant-Colonel E . T . Mitchell , C . B ., Royal Artillery , now in Spain , and Government are waiting Mb tos'wet . —Ltmerick Chronicle . A . 600 D Spxcclatioh . —A recent emigrant to South Australia , purchased a bnll of Mr . Wilkinson , of Lenton , the eminent breeder , and on his arrival &t South Australia , he was actually offered £ 5 ' . 0 for ibis specimen of " John Bullion , " before he had left the vessel . The Plague . —It appears from the Malta Times that the plaeue has broken out on board her Majesty's steam-vessel Acheron , Lieutenant Commander Kennedy , recently arrived at Malta from Alexandria . xxscsixa » ot » x * ws .
Abistocbatjc Ajtcsesie » is . —At Marlborough-Street , on Monday , the Honourable Mr . Tollemache made a charge of assault against a policeman , which broke down , and in its fall did some mischief to the complaint , who confessed that he had , on a previous occasion , been fined 40 s . for ringing bells for , he had admitted , his own especial amusement I Tivirk . —A girl , named Keith , died-here on the third current , in consequence of havine masticated and swallowed some larch bark the day previous . A brother of the girl was likewise in great danger of perishing from the same cause , but we are happy to state that he has recovered . —Caledonian Mercury .
Repbesektatios of DrsHASL—Jio slight sensation was created in thiB city , by the appearance of an address from Mr . Harland , announcing bis intention to renounce his political connection with the electors at the end of the present Parliament . Mr . Harland saya he has come to this resolution afver mature consideration , and reluctantly ; but he do « 3 not state the reasons which have induced his deterninarion . —Durham Chronicle . Losdos ajtd South-Western Railway . —A severe accident occurred on this railway on Sunday last . The engine of the train , which left Yauxhall at ten o ' clock on Sunday morning , was thrown off the rail about five miles before it reached Winchester . The engine-driver and the stoker were both killed . A lady , in one of the second-class carriages , had several of her toes hurt severely .
A Chaffisch has annually bnpi its nest and hatched ite young ia a , Pi ^ r-tree . beLongiDg to Mr . Halliday , of CaWerbndgV , for tne long period of more than half "a century ! Perhaps not the least remarkable circumstance connected with this rare © eearrenee is the fact , that the nfsta have always been built within a few inches of the same place . — CarRsie Patriot . Teetotalisjl—The number of grocers and spirit retailers in Limerick and liberties is reduced from 430 u 100 . There are but three applications for spirit licenses in this city , to be made at -Quarter Sessions , before the Mayor , Recorder , and magistrates , to-morrow . —Limerick Chronicle .
Postage Stamps . —As we understand that some persons have taken off the postage label stamps from letters which have passed through the Post-office , ¦ and made use of such stamp 3 a second time , we think it right to apprise the public that , by so doing , parties are guilty of felony , and subject themselves to transportation . Devtzes . —A requisition to each of the members -of this borough , to support Mr . Kelly ' s motion on the 16 th instant , for the abolition of capital punishments in all cases except murder , was numerously and respectably signed . Although neither of the Hon . Gentlemen promised to support the motion unconditionally , they expressed their readiness to give their best attention , and to vote for such clauses as they thought beneficial .
The RcaAi Police . —A highly respectable and numerous meeting of the agriculturists and others , -took place at the King ' s Arms Inn , Devizes , on Saturday , to take into consideration the great expense to which the county is subject for a Rural Police , Simon W . Salter , Esq ., in the chair . The sense » f the meeting was condemnatory of the system , and some strong resolutions were unanimously Agreed to , for the purpose of being laid before the next General Quarter Sessions for the countv .
ACQDSKT OS THE GREAT WeSTEBS RaILWaT . — On Thursday morning last a portion of the flock of sheep , belonging to Mr . Rooertson , butcher , of Maidenhead , got through the fence alongside the rail above the second bridge , near the Maidenhead station , twenty-two of which were literally cut into pieces by the mail train that passed at Jour o ' clock . One of the poor animal a was spared by the camd iron which projects from the bottom of the eagine ^ aad was forced onwards a distance of half a mileA
The ashes of Napoleon are , by the consent of the English government to the request of the French government , to be removed from St . Helena to Paris , * nd consecrated , by a national monument . . All the -French journalists , except those who are hostile to M . Thiers , hail thH ^ ircumstanee as a masier stroke -of policy . WBetter ^ r not M . Thiers sympathises with the public enthusiasm , policy is evident in the manner of ik _ . w- ** -.:- _^ - . y frT , - :- _ Sheffield Boxxsh : ^ isj > zss . —a majority ef fee shareholders of the Gardens decided , at their meeting on Wednesday last ,, . against opening them on Sundays , thereby also deciding the fate of the Gardens , nnlets they can fall upon some scheme to keep them up independently of the great body of the inhabitants .
Ludlow ElecthhL—Mr . Botfield , a gentleman reading in the neighbdarhood , has announced his intention te contest the borough of Ludlow at the ensuing election in the Conservative interest , in opposition to Mr . Larpent , of London , the Whig candidate . A correspondent of the Standard -states that ' Lord Clive will be nominated by the Conservatives .
Mr . L * M £ | gBAXT , principal Secretary of the Board tfJgSStif and Mr . K . M'Donald , private secretary fcH ^ j&n * Morpeth , have been both named -te hkely Urswdeed the lamented Mr . Drummond , as Under Secretary of Irtland . No appointment has jet been made . —Evening Paper , A New Coxte > t . —A handsome convent is about to be erected in the vicinity of Birmingham for the Sisters of Mercy . -The convent is intended to receive twenty of the Sistere , and also to accommo date thirty poor orphans , whom they will take under their care . The chief expense will be borne by John Hardman , Esq . Four ladies are about to proceed to Dublin to go through their noviciate there , and as soon a 3 professed , to return to Birmingham . Misa J . Hardman , a daughter of the founder -of the convent , is one of the number .
Ax Accident of a serious nature occurred on = iaursday , m this city , to two members of the University , who were returning home in a tandem . When opposite Sj . Giles ' s church , to avoid running over a einld who was in the middle of the road , the horses were suddenly checked and thereby became unmanageable ; they ran down St . Giles ' s at a most rapid rate ; when near the top of Beaumont-street , one of tne gentlemen , in attempting to get out , fell upon his nead ; he was taken to the house of Mr . Cousons , chemistand thence to his
, Iodgiag 3 , where he has ' remained up to this time in an insensible state The other gentleman kept his seat , while the horses ran down the Corn Market , and when opposite the Town Hall , they ran against the fly and broke the tandem , ine gentleman remaining in it was not at all hurt Uae of the horses ( the leader ) was seen galloping up bt . Giles ' s at a Derby pace , with the reins at his heels , and was not stopped till near to Kidlington ga : e . Providentially no other accident took place — Orford Chronicle .
Heh Majesty ' s Theatre . —An emeute of small pretensions oeeurred at the Opera House on Satur--day . It is the custom with maajMrf tfee ^ onuTfioblemen and gentieinfia { Subscribers ) to go behind the scenes between the . opera and the baSet . This privilege was not permitted , by order of M . Laporte ! on the evening in . question , the consequence of which yas th&tan attempt was made to kiek the dooi down ; Two of the panel * had yielded when a message from her Majesty to know what was th € matter calmed the noisy disputants , the entrance being direatly under the ante-room to her Majesty *
A Ri . \ t toFaKhebs o . f HuAVi Lajtds . —A Scotch- i num hired a farm in Norfolk , where his predecessors «? ftTT ** 1 , % *> W by draining , and forked some ' « f U » e land twelve inches deep , laying the sub-soil in ; ridges to receive sun and frost . He was laughed a . by his neighbours ; but they now see he can frow fcangel-wurzel and carrots , and plough with two i Wses where three and four we » bef&e necessary ; i and , m reducing the number of cattle , feed his ffi-. fi ? ° ^ atundant and better food , rbisisthe most effectual method of enabling our S ^ SS mdePendent of fw « sa co m . —flaifoaj , TiSf T 2 ^ - pT £ lic me ** ing . called by the J « d Provost , in compliance with a requisition signed by a great number of merchants , bankers * e Wnen , and others , was held in the ' SmbW __ Rooms to-day , at two o'clock , for the nnnv ^ TnV
Ptotiomng her Majesty and both hous « of Parliament to adopt immediate measures for asserting the Jj&t . of the British Crown to the valuable islands « f £ ew Zealand , subject to the rights of the native ^ iabrtsntB-praventins any aggression by the £ rencn , who threaten to establish a convict colony a the country or by any other power-and for establishing British law and authority for the protection of our countrymen who have already gone , and the numerous body who are preparing tr . follow te > New Zealand , as welfas of thl itSveS aaoitacts , who have often expressed tb' k anxioai " ^ b for such protection , by the exerc \ 3 e of Britist f eatea ^ . ^^ S £ fS £ spew : & # ss daW' ^ t ° ^ e . ntlemeil » "" I resolution ** in accor SvTcwif ° / 3 . f Ct of l A meetin < were ™** ¦ "way adoptei-GVavow rtnkle . '
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FRANCE . WAB IK ALGIEBS . The [ MonUeur contains the following telegraphic despatch , which showB that up to the 9 tb instant , the French army under Marshal Vallee had encountered no reverse , while it proves , that although they had gained no important adTantage , the Arabs had made reiterated attacks upon them , and evinced a perseverance and a spirit that would prepare us foi an active campaign . The result of it ia the destruction of Abd-el-Kader was not , however , doubted in Pans : — " Toulon , May 13 , Two o'clock , p . m " Cherchell , May 9 . " KABSHAL VALLEE TO THE KISISTEH OP WAD .
The army has traversed the entire plain of Me'idja and the Tallies of the Oued-el-Hachem and the Oued-Belioc . Five engagements , highly honourable for our troops , have taken place , and in which the enemy suffered considerable losses . We have had only twenty killed , with one hundred wounded , whom I send on to Algiers . " I am establishing a fortified camp at Haouch Mouzaia , near the foot of the Atlas , where I have foraaed a large depot of provisions . ' Cherchell was attacked during six days . The garrison repulsed the enemy , occasioning them a severe loss . " I am about to continue my operations , and in the course of three day 3 I shall have crossed the Atlas . " The Princes are in good health . The province of Oran ia perfectly tranquil
. ? i . } £ * - ordered to Cherchell three battalions of tnat division , who shall very soon return to their corps . ' The journals before us show that the discussions to which the proposed removal of the remains of Napoleon from St . Helena to Paris have given rise increase in warmth . "An ancient Captain of the empire , decorated with the Legion of Honour , and animated with the purest Napoleonist Bentiments , asks us . says the National , after having Bpoken energetically against the executioners of the great man , and whomhe ( the writer ) will " never pardon" — Is it . ( rue that the English tramed the body of the EnjBexor , * s M- < le Remusat-spoke of bringing back his ashes ?" "No , ' says Le National , "the English killed , but did not burn the Emperor !"
NAPLES . The Etna steamer , which reached Toulon on the 12 th instant , brought intelligence from Naples to the evening of the 7 th . The Vaidour , with the Duke de Montebello on board , anchored before Naples in the morning of the 6 th , and was immediately saluted by the batteries of the harbour , and the English and French vessels of war , in the roads . The Duke landed shortly afterwards , and was to have been received by the King on the 8 th . "The French officers continued to be treated with the utmost distinction by his Majesty , who had ordered that all the mnseums and public establishments be open for them at all hours . The tricoloured flag had , moreover , for the first time , been hoisted by the Neapolitan vessels of war on the first of May ( King Louis Philippe ' s fete day ) , and hailed by a salute of twenty-one guns . Since the mediation
was accepted , matters remained in statu quo . The vessels captured by the English and sent to Malta had not yet been returned , and tbe British vessels on which an embargo nad been laid had not left the harbour . When the Etna sailed four British menof-war were still before Naples—namely , the Belierophon and Ben boie , a corvette , and a steamer . The Consul of France in Malta addressed to the Chamber of Commerce at Marseilles a letter , dated the 30 : h ult ., of which the following is an extract : — " The Neapolitan brig Ott ' xma Delizia , Captain Ambrosano , laden with French goods , was stopped by the British cruisers , on her way from Marseilles to Naples , and conducted to Malta . At my request ( which was grounded on the fact of her having sailed from France before the blockade was declared ) , bis Excellency Admiral Stopford hastened to allow Captain Ambrosano to continue his voyage . ' '
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DlSTCRBASCES IX THE WELSH COAL DISTRICT . — We copy the following from a letter dated Holywell , the loth instant : — " The collieries at Bagilt , in this neighbourhood , have been Etanding out for wages for the last two months , and , on Thursday , they assembled at Bagilt to the number of several thousands , for the purpose of stopping the few pita that were working , and this they effected by injuring the engines , &c . The mine agents and the police , in attempting to arrest these foolish men , were furiously attacked , and but narrowly escaped with their livas : two of the ringleaders were secured , but had , eventually , to Deliberated . This morning ( Friday ) a troop of soldiers arrived from Chester , and are now stationed at BadlL "
A Dibit Visitor . —At Nottingham Police Office , on Saturday , a respectable ( for it is held that the tataa . wfer > . JMiBf « fri « . bnr » o wd gU-ia respectabfe } « atler r of Sheffield , wan-obargod . witii enterfBfc the residence of Mr . John Parker , tailor , Carlton-strect , proceeding up stairs , and committing such a nuisance , ! that to purity the tainted atmosphere , and enable j Mr . Parker and the family to continue in the house , they were obliged to fumigate the house with mangenese , chloride of lime , vinegar , &c . It apj peared that this a respectable" steel converter and , manufacturer of cutlery had been paying his devoirs ! to the " rosy god" so intemperately , that be became i tipsy : that although he had no personal knowledge j of Mr . Parker , he entered his back door , walked : quietly up stairs , aa if he were one of the j family , and the first intimation they had of his intrusion arose from the effluvia pervadiDg I the whole house . The unwelcome intruder was
I conveyed to the lock-up , but in so filthy a condition , j that it became necessary to purify him by immersion j in a warm bath . On making his appearance before 1 the magistrate , this " Sheffield blade" appealed as J if he would have been happy to have " vanished into j airy nothing . " The magistrate recommended the | parties to withdraw , and arrange the matter ; a j proposition which the " Shewilder"' appeared to ! accept with great pleasure . The parries returned i immediately , and tho " steel converter" paid 3 > Js . in j full , for the fees of office , the constables' charges , ! and for the nuisance he had committed , expressed ; hi 3 sense of the obligation he was under to the j . worthy magistrate , made his bow , and retired . This I person stated , that a similar transaction the last time ; he was at Nottingham , cost him £ 20 . —Nottingham Review .
; Cambridge Election . —We are happy to be able to state that Sir A . Grant ' s canvass has proceeded ; most favourably during the last week . There is ; every reason for confidently expecting that if his j opponent goes to the poll , the Conservative canse will be strengthened by a complete and decisive vici tory . We understand that the nomination will take pUee on Thursday , and the polling on Friday next . — ; Cambridge Chronicle .
CARUSU 5 . Establishment of a Fr . \ D fo » r the Benefit of Incarcerated Patriots . —On Monday evening last a very large meeting of the memoers of the Council of the Carlisle Radical Association and their friends took place , for the purpose of taking immediate step 3 for the relief of those persons now undergoing confinement , for their able and honest advocacy of the rights of tbe people . Mr . J . B . Hanson was called to the chair . After announcing the object for which they had then assembled , he passed a high eulogium on those persons who had been persecuted , for the ab ^ e and strai ghtforward manner in which' they had conducted-themselves during their trials and ured
, g the people not to neglect them under present circamstane ? 3 . A letter was read from Sir . O'Brien shewing the severe discipline to which h « and Mr ' Richardson were subjected , and if they had not been able to keep themselves , they must have been subjected to the most heart-rending indignities . On the motion of Mr . H . Bowman , seconded by Mr . llendham , the following resolution was carried : — loat the gentlemen present form a committee for the purpose of making arrangtments to hold district meetings as speedily as possible , to choose collectors for the purpose of raising a fund for the benefit of those patriots now incarcerated for advocating the rights of the people and for
, raising a fund to carry on the business , of the Association ; and that the Committee make sueh further arrangements as they may deem expedient for calling a pubBc meeting with as little delay as possible . '' Every one present became a member of the Committee , and it is fully expected that district meetings will be held during the week , in accordance with the above resolution ; and we have no doubt , from what we know of Carlisle , that an excellent subscription will be speedily got up . The middle classes , too , are all coming over to tie people ; but the latter must Be very wary of tbem , and oa no account give them any countenance ^ except they will subscribe to the Charter .
Sia . tr of Trade . —Business of every description here ism the most depressed state . Shopkeepers and public&jas are failing every day , and ue wages Of titt naatMoom waaTers aad others are beinr duly rcdnced . What is to be the end of this state of things we tnov / not ; but we would fain hope the end will no 4 prote as we anticipate . CA 1 VTON . Public Meetisg .-A public meeting was held in Mr Tannahill ' s Hall , Main-street , Bridgeton , on Wednesday night , the 13 th inst ., at eight o ' clock , ! pan . The object of the meeting was to hear a lecture from Mr . Wm . Thomson , on the snbject of Cooperative Provision Societies , with a view to establish one on an improved principle in the village On ! the motion of Mr . J . M'Cowan , Mr . John Radger j was called to the chair . In opening tLe proceedings ! of the evening , the chairman said , he felt sorry to i have to state that Mr . Thomson , from peculiar cirj cumstances , could not possibly attend to-night ; but
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W 0 J ?^ rSi 5 w » H delW the promised lecture next Wednesday night . The chairman then adrerted to seTeral public topics , in the diarassion of whieb . the meeting might profitably ofceupy itself , and particularly fir . Feargns frConnorV prosecution , t . 0 . persecution , on whom he passed a high fiulogmm , and sat down by suggesting the propriety of addressing her Majesty , and both Honses of Par-» a « nent , for his release . Messrs . J . Ewan . J . Black , M Cowan , Hart , Hooks , * c . && , subse ^ henty addressed the meeting ; and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : —1 . That this meeting do address hfr Majesty , and both Houses of Parliament for the release of Feargus O'Connor Esq . " 2 . That the petition to the Commons be Bent to Mr . Warburton , and that to the Lords , with the address to her Majesty , to Lord Brougham , for Drew »^
sentation . " 3 . That considering , as ire do , that the present prosecutions of Mr . O'Connor has a twofold design , and aims at the destruction of the Northern Star , this meeting would recommend to working men the propriety of supporting ita circulation , and defeat the malice of the enemy . " 4 . •* That every person present , if not able individually to purchase a Star , shall endeavour to get up clubs , and purchase one , and that every person or persons bo purchasing Stars , shall , upon the receipt of the same every Saturday , write off a petition for the release of all persons incarcerated for political offences . " 5 . That the thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given , to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , for his spiritetUnswer to Mr . O'Connell ' s letter . " Carried unanimonsly . After which the meeting broke up , nothing daunted by Whig prosecution .
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FEARGUS O'CONNOR , THE WHIGS , AND THE LIBEL LAW . Of all the evil * that ever existed In a country , our law considers truth to be the greatest . If a ' -man tells the truth of you , you have three remedies against nim ; whereas , if he steals your property , or if heblews ^ oat your brains , you or your friends have only one remedy . When they find . out the murderer of Lord William Buasell , and put him in the dock , they cannot d » anythinrwith him but indict him ; and he will be aUo , we 4 the opportunity of proving that circumstances rejafared the killing justifiable ; and then if he could prove - anything that could make good his story , he would be acquitted . But if the man , instead of murdering Lord Russell had written a letter , turning him into ridicule —and although poor Lord Russell was as blameless as
most men , yet every one has his peculiarities , that might subject him to ridicule , or to put tho case more strongly , if Lord Russell had been a rascal , instead o \ being an amiable old gentleman , and the man who murdered him , instead of doing so , had published some atrocious rascality that he had committed , Lord Russtrll would have had three legal modes of punishing , in neither of which would the defendant have been allowed to call witnesses to preve that hia Lordship had really committed the crime that he charged him with . In the case of the libeller , the law would have given three times the remedy -which it gives against the murderer , and takes care that he shall have no means of making any defence . Is not this proof positive that there is nothing in the world which our law hates so much as truth '
There is not a person in England , Wales , Ireland , or Scotland , who is not a false and malicious libeller . Every one who writes a letter to a friend , telling the news of the neighbourhood , is a false and malicious libeller , although there may not be a word of falsehood in the whole letter—and the writer never had a grain of malice in his whole composition . The Houses of Lords and Commons were a pack of libellers , from the Lord Chancellor , down to the Tory whipper-in of the Commons . Every man among them who took up a long report , and laid it down upon a table , where a servant or an acquaintance could see it if he came in , was a false and malicious libeller , and liable to be indicted for what it contained . There never yet was a report founded upon evidence -which did not contain a heap of libels .
The worst of this abominable , barbarous , and ludicrously paradoxical law is , that the Judges carry it into execution with as much severity , and as grave faces , aaif they thought that the people whom it gets into its clutches were really guilty of doing some wrong . We haye had abundance of stupid and foolish laws—but then these laws do not shut out the facts ; and when the juries have the fact * before them , they will not convict , and so the stupid law is harmless . But this law does shut out tbe facts . It keeps the Jury altogether in ignorance : the Jury Ib not allowed to hear a word of proof about the matterthe only point for their decision is , whether cyrtain words were written by the defendant , and if they were , then they cannot refuse to find him guilty , because that ia all they are allowed to know . Then comes the Judge , and instead of saying that he cannot punish a man for what he does not know but may be true , he talks gravely about the crime of publishing a falM libel , and ends -with a swingeing improvement . '
This ia the law under which Mr . Jnstioe Littledale has just condemned Feargus O'Connor to eighteen months * imprisonment in gaol at . York . Eighteen inonibx JmpriaoaiBent . ' Theae Jndget seem to tMa ! nothing of time . Eighteen montha"imprljonnientl 2 . mad ^ that for one of the most innocent acts that O'Connor ever did during his agitation career . We have s-en recently , from the case of toyett and Collins , what imprisonment for libel , under a Whig prison-discipline Government fa . We have seen -what headshaving , bathing in the same bath with felons , prison diet , exclusion of friends , and tortures of this description , are now included under the word "Imprisonment ; " and Feargua is to suffer eighteen months of this torture for doing an act which he has done In common with almost every journalist in London .
Will it be believed that this Libel law has taken hold of O'Connor , not because he spoke sedition—not because he belonged to that revolutionary Society called the National Convention—not because he was a leade of the Chartists—not because he misled hundreds and hundreds of thousands of ignorant men and women , by talking trash about the Charter ; for all these things he deserved punishment , but it is not for these that he is to be punished . The Libel law lays hold of ' him because he reported , or because he is responsible for the reporting , of certain speeches of . red-hot Chartists , in a paper called the Northern Star . This , bo far as we can judge from the proceedings in the Court of Queen ' s Bench—unintelligible as they are from the jargon of law in which they are involved—this is the great burden of Feareus ' s offence .
Tbe very same offence that is committed by O'Connor , and for -which he is to have eighteen months ef torture in the York Castle prison , has been committed by all the proprietors , editors , and readers of the Times , and all the propritors . editors , newsvendors , and readers of every other paper in the kingdom . It well known that the very worst passages that were to be found in the speeches of the Chartist spouters were always taken out and copied into all the papers ; and as the law can never find out from an isolated passage , put in without comment , that the editor intends to convey any more than the paragraph itself conveys , if the Attorney-General had chosen t « prosecute every one of these men , the law would have declared them to be just as guilty as it has declared O'Connor to be . Mr . Justice Littledale would have said the same thing over again about such libels not being allowed to pass with impunity , and would have ended with a similar sentence .
This is a very nice sort of law to live under . Perhaps in the case which we have put , it could not have been carried into execution , because the public opinion would have been so strongly expressed , that no Attorney-General would have dared to proceed with such prosecutions . But what does this show ? It only ahowB that the Libel Law is a law which would shut every one up in prisen , and the only reason why it does not shut every one up in prison is , that it is so absurd that it can only be put in force against unpopular characters . It is just the same sort of law as if an Act of Parliament was passed giving the Attorney-General the power to imprison any one whom he pleased / for , the spaee of two years . Tbe only chock upon the operation of such a law , would be public opinion ; aod £ h « only check upon the universal operation of the Libel ! Law , is ¦ the same public opinion . ¦
The Attorney-General himself declared , while praying judgment uader this law , that it was an unjust law , and required alteration . Yet we havo never heard that the Attorney-General , or aay of his Whig associates , have brought in a bill to amend this abominable law . We have ourselves several times put forward a form of an Act which would reduce this aw to a law consistent with common sense . Here it is again . W iii the Attorney-General pass it into a law » Not he .
' Be it enacied , that from the passing of this Act , every defendant in an action of libel , and every & ! ftndaat in an indictment , or a criminal information for libel , shall fee at liberty to plead that the words camplained of are in substance true , and that such parts of the alleged Hbel as are not true a » immaterial , at are fair comments upon the facts that are true , and were stated witfeout any malice upon the part of the defendant ; and that if upon the trial of the cause the defendant shall prove his plea , that then the judgment of tae Court shall be for the defendant "
This ie all that is required to make the Law of Libel a rational law , fit to govern rational beings . At presaat it looks like a law mode in Bedlam , by a crew of Bedlamites . —Satirist .
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GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION FOR LIBEL . CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT— SATURDAY . ( Before Mr . Justice CoUmm . J Mr . John Cleave , a bookseller in Shoe-lane , was indicted for % misdemeanour , inhaviBg published a libel , entitled , " Ha » lam '» Letters to the Clergy of all Denomination * , shewing the Errors , Absurdities , and Inationality of their . Doctrines . " Mr . Adolphus stated the ease for the prosecution , ¦ which be said had been instituted by her Majesty ' s government , in ordev to pat a atop to thtosale of such infamous puhlkati ons as the one -which' the defendant -was charged -wi ' ih . haying pnblished . The Learned Counsel th » read extracts from the libel as follows :-TJ ?** " Meted gtuff the Bible ia to be sure ! What an idiot th& author of it moat have been . We advise
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every human being to burn the Bibles they hare get , that posterity may never know thai people believed in * ueh abominable trash . I renounce the Bible as a compound of filth , blasphemy , and nonsense , and an insult to God . " After reading some other extracts to the same effect , the Learned Counsel said , he should prove ihe publication of the libel by the defendant He * elleved the defence intended to be set up was , that the defendant had merely sold the work in the way of . rf to ** W * l » ° luener . but if such a defence were uiowed , it would be productive of the most daoseroua consequence jto society . He then called -Alexander Kerr , policeman , F 12 , who proved purchasing the libel at the defendant ' s shop , and that the de f ^ dant was-present at the time of the sale . This wa 3 the only witness examined on the part of the prosecution . *~*
_ Mr . Chambers addressed the jury for the defendant He said that the case was one of more than ordinary importance , both to the community and the defendant , whom he had the satisfaction of defending . It was not his ( Mr . Chambere ' a ) intention to vindicate any of the expressions contained in the libel , or any attack on the Holy Scriptures , which mankind were bound to venerate . He trusted that the day was far distant when counsel would attempt to vindicate such foul and infamous attacks on the sacrednesa of the Holy Scriptures as those contained in the libel which the defendant was charged with having published . He denied that tho defendant had by selling the work in question any intention to bring the Holy Scriptures into disrepute . That charge the defendant most solemnly repudiated , and he ( Mr . Chambers ) trusted the jury would repudiate it by their verdict The intention of the defendant was tha
principal question which the jury had to try . He asked , was there any evidence to warrant the jury in coming to the conclusion that the defendant had any such intention , even supposing that they were satisfied that proof had been given of his having sold the work in question . The jury would have to decide before they found a verdict of guilty against the defendant , not merely that he had published the libel , but that he had done so with an infamous , blasphemous , and profane intention of bringing the Holy Scriptures into disrepute . If the jury , on tho evidence adduced , should convict the defendant , the most respectable booksellers in London would be liable to a similar prosecution . Tha
defendant was most anxious to deny thai be was aware ottMiiature ef the Hbel ; he had never read it , but merely sold it in the way of his business . H « was not a pnbtiaher or disseminator of irreligious or blasphemous publications , and the jury could pot return a verdict of guilty , unless they were prepared to destroy the trade of a bookseller altogether , or say that it was the duty of every person engaged in that trade to read every book exhibited in his shop for sale . The learned counsel then referred to the works of Hume , Gibbon , Voltaire , &c , as containing equally objectionable matter ; but aid that those ¦ works were read by every gentleman and scholar , and being sold by the most respectable booksellers , were not made the object of a prosecution . Mr . Adolphus having ' replied , Mr . Justice Coltman summed up the evidence , and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty .
Mr . Chambers , after the verdict had been pronounced , said he trusted his Lorishlp would not pass sentence upon the defendant until ha had an . opportunity of presenting a memorial to Government , setting forth the real facts of the case , and showing that he had sold the work in the regular way of his trade , and without being aware of the nature of it ; and that as soon as he was awaro of its libellous nature , he discontinued the sale of it . Mr . Justice Coltman said the defendant might make an affidavit of those facts , if he thought proper , and that he would postpone passing sentence for some time in order to give him an opportunity of so doing . The defendant
having made an affidavit to the above effect , it was banded up to the Court . Mr . Justice Coltman , having read the affidavit , said that he did not doubt the truth of it ; but the publication in question was one of such a dangerous nature , that a atop must be put to the sale of it . After some further observations , he sentenced the defendant to four months imprisonment in Giltspur-street Compter , to pay a fine of £ 20 to the Queen , and to find sureties , himself in £ 100 and two sureties of £ 50 each , to keep the peace for two years . The defendant , who sat by his counsel during the trial , was then removed in custody .
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There is another Scripture text , my Lord ; tp which I could wish to draw your attention . The ! sons of Eli said * " Thou shalt . give it me now ; and U not I will tajte it by force . Wherefore the sin of the young men wa * , Yery «{ reat before th ^ lo ^ , I cannot pay whether Or no the sons of Eli were Lpnls and Biahops , hut one thing I can aay , my first rea ^ ng of the paragraph , oat of which I have selected the above quotations , was the very first thing thai converted me into a Radical Reformer , " because I then learned that those who " possessed the most , oppressed the most ; " an evil that could not be done away with without a thorough reform , which reform could not be brought -without the assistance of the people .
My Lord , it is my sincere desire to carry en a regular corespondence with you , by which means I hepe I shall make known to you ( although I am not well educated ; because you know , my Lord , I am one of tho "lower classes ") some of our national wrongs—wrongs that cannot be done away with only by " UNIVBBSAL SUFFRAGE AND KO SUttftEJJftEB . " I am , my Lord , Yours respectfully , wr it . *_ * , " PETBR RlGBY . Walton-street , No . 11 , Pmton , Lancashire , May 17 th , 1840 .
LORD NORMANBY : A ^^ p ^ work If ever mann > erite 4 # eSpft «« -ordeserved a handsome Mturnfronf- . tDlvel ^^ amfflV that man n ' theMawafc of Normanby Vhow ^ SaryTf fwfi ' rw ??*¦ £ *» «** One woulOave thought that the obloquy and disgrace incurred by bis wholesale gaol deliWriee , whife Chief Governor of Ireland , would have taught him the folly , if not the wickedness , of his conduct , or , at least deterred him irora a repetition of it ; but experience with him aeems to be unattended with any of its general beneficial results , for the man ia impervious to argument or censure , and appears determined , despite the opinions of the virtuous and good , dilitcentlv to
prosecute his nefarious system . With him vice is divested of its natural deformity , and crime is stripped of it 3 usual baseness , for both meet with encouragement and impunity ; and if there be found one offender against the laws of morality more guilty than another , he is sure to find in this foplin * Lord a sympathising friend , who will be ready to frustrate , for hia sake , the ends of justice . While other men , by their influence and exertions are labouring to promote the public good , and to exalt the character of their rule , he is doing all in hia power to lower them in the scale of morality , by becoming the patron of felons and convict In any case , when there may be extenuating circumstances m favour of an offender , we do not object to commutation of
a punishment , or , if it be deemed expedient to a total remission of it ; but we certainly do object to the liberation of a man from conhnement who has been convicted of repeated offences , ot a serious and aggravated description . One such case has come under our notice this week . The notorious Wheeler , who , about six months since , was sentenced by the Recorder of the borough of Windsor to pay a finoof £ 40 to the Queen , to be imprisoned until paid , for keeping a house of ill-fame , has been liberated from gaol by order of the Secretary of &tate . It appears that a petition , signed by the tagrag and bobtail of the town , was transmitted to Mr . Uordon , one of our useful representatives , to be presented to the Noble Mar ^ i * , praying for Wheeler's discharge from prison . On what grounds this petition was based we know not , or what the
circumstances were which required the interference of Lord INormanby we are equally at a loss to conjecture ; but thwwe know , that . Wheeler has been released from durance vile , " aiH is now in the enjoyment of unrestricted liberty . It is seldom Mr . Gordon troubles himself about anything concerning the interests of the community he pretends to represent , but if he has nothing better to occupy his attention than pointing out fresh objects for Lord Normanby ' s favourite-pastime , the Booner his " occupation is gone , " and Windsor ridof him , the better . In the present case he will receive the thanks of the virtuous and right thinking portion of the community . After a iew more Buch noble acts , he may offer himself with a good grace before tha electors , and he will be , at least , sure of the support of the independent voters of George-street and Beer-lane . — Windsor and Eton Journal .
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TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON , With £ 13 , 929 per Annum . My Lord , —This day is the Christian ' s rest day , which gives me a little time to read over some old newspapers ; and , white reading , I saw the following words , which are said to have been delivered by you in the Upper House of Parliament : — " That the Government were called upon to interpose a shield between the pernicious doctrines of Socialism and the uneducated , and , consequently , easily deluded persons , wh ^ were most likely to be led away by them ; anct thereby ^ to prevent those doctrines from becoming tbe-pestt of Bpcletjk and the destruction of » U religious and moral principles . " You said—'' Lower classes . "
My Lord * it ia not my intention to address mysolf to yon . on the subject of Socialism , trat to write about that * las »^ t 0 . * hJafc ~ WH «• pee ^ JI ^ reV ^ aw ^ m ^ tt the . ' ¦ * lo-wer cAatouLVJiMf present understanding oponihe term " lower classee" thoiift . who , by industry , and through bad-law necessity , pro ? hw » 4 l | e most and consume the least of those articles by which human nature has to exist . My Lord , you say the "lower clasaes" are uneducated , and , consequently , easily delude * persons , and are likely to be led away by pernicious doctrines . " A clear stage and fair play , my Lord , and I fear not to try the matter with you .
My Lord , as I am a hand-loom weaver , you , no doubt , will look upon ine aa ono of the "lower classes " Very well , I am content with my title , for I have no desire for a nickname ; but permit me to present to your notice the annual income of my labour . My labour is equal to marching sixteen milea per day , six days to tha week , besidos carrying ten pounds of a dead weight , for the small sum of 3 s . 9 d . per week , or £ 9 15 s . per annum , according to my calculation . You may calculate my small sum if you please , for you know am one of the uneducated , and I might be easily deluded or mistaken . Your annual income is , if I am not deluded , somewhere about £ 13 , 929 , which is 1 , 432 timea aa much as mine , besides 2 , 080 of a remainder to be divided by 2 , 340 .
My Lord , I will just state to you my present way of calculation , a calculation by which I hope you will not be deluded . In the first place I reduce our separato annual incomes to pence ; then I divide your income by mine , or , make yours into the dividend , and mine into the divisor , then I take the quotient for the answer . Now , my , Lord , if the above way of calculation be not correct , I hope you , or some one over whom you may have influence , will be so kind and charitable as to educate me that I may be no longer deluded I believe there are monies given out by Government orders by which the " lower classes " ought to be educated . I ani Borry the people are so ignorant .
In this town , my Lord , we have to pay eightpence for the 41 b . loaf ; eightpence for twenty pounds of potatoes ; sevenpence per pound for butcher ' s meat- and other articles in proportion , which are , according to my present amount of oducation , taxed in the following manner : —Corn , grain , meal , and Flour , £ 185 , 095 13 s per annum ; bacon and hams , sixpence to threepence per pound , £ 2 , 378 5 s . 3 d . per annum ; boef , salted £ 1 , 775 Is . 9 d . per annum ; cheeses , 10 s . 6 d . percwL * £ 113 , 903 0 s . Id . per annum ; eggs , 20 s . per cent ' £ 29 , 024 oa . lid . per annum ; tea , 100 per cent ' £ 2 , 965 , 701 2 s . lid . per annum .
My Lord , there are what we call in our neighbourhood a sort of people in this world , who are subject to very hard slavery , —I mean the American Blacks The last week we had one lecturing on the slave system . He ( the black ) said , masters would not permit their slaves to get education , because the masters knew " knowledge is power . " My Lord , it is just so In this country . Preachers and teachers may tell us we are ia , a Christian land , but I never yet found any Christianity only in the cottage pf the poor , and many of them are beginning to be out of patieo « e with their Christian rulers , thinking them to be hypocrites or infidels to disguise .
I will just , my Lord , mention to you a few of their reasons . The first is , they think it next to impossible for a lord or a bishop to march ( or something equally laborious ) 7 , 134 , 648 miles per annum , which is 13608 miles per week , besides thirty-two miles of a remainder to be divided by fifty-two -y and , moreover , carrying ¦ with them all the day when at work 13 , 260 pounds of a dead weight , which is only proportionately equal to an hand-loom weaver , marching sixteen miles per dav six days p « week , fifty-two weeks in a year and carrying tea pounds dead -weight for £ 915 s . per annum ; according to my present small share of education . The above I have proved by the "Double Role of Three " I hope my calculation wiU prove correct
My Lord , I shall now endeavour to prove to yonfrom Scripture , tjiat such a state of things as I have represented to you is bad , and if not abandoned the Lords temporel and spiritual , of our great emSre mvT ) be punish ^ " Thou ^ halt n either vex a ^ SnTe ? nor oppress him , nor affl ct any widow or fatheriets child . If thou afflict them in any wise , and they cry at all unto me , I will surely hear their cry , and my wrath hail wax hot and ! will kill you with ' ttaTawJr d ^ nd yo * r wives shall be widows , and your children father less . " Exodus—c xxii , VT 8 . 21 , 22 , 23 24 . Lord
Now , my , it appears to me as plain M two and two make four-that the present system of oppression cannot long be continued , if that God , in whom you profess a belief , be true , for you know he is " without variableness , or shadow of a turning . "—James—c i VJL X 5 ? * ° mt out to you quite plain the waya of true Christianreligiw , and If not acteTup toS very letter you become accountable for such neglect Chap , ii , v . 9 10 " For as the body without the spirit is dead , so faith without work isd « ad also .- —Verse 26 You know , my Lord , that a BUhop iuua * he blameless not greedy of filthy lucre . Moreover , he must bavea geoa report of them which are without ,- ( I think St Paul was speaking of the ' lower classes " lest he fall into reproach and the snare of % hs > devil "
You see , my Lord , the dangeww aftuation a Lord Biahoplike you stands m ; not because 5 ™ are a Bishop , but because of £ 13 ^ 29 per m ^ ^ ft negleS to promote popular good .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Thursday , May 14 . On the motion of Lord Duncannon , the Tithes Composition ( Ireland ) Bill -was read the third time and pawed ; and the insolvent Debtors' ( Ireland ) Bill was rend the second time , The Marquis of Normanby , fa answer to a question by the Marquis of Westmeatb , stated that he was not aware of any particular arrangement having been entered into with respect to the salary of the new Master in Chancery in Ireland . As regarded the inconvenience jMfftad to hav « . occn » r 6 d in-the Court " of-JBhaneWylM Ireland he had not been informed that any had taken place : he believed , on the contrary , that the business of the court had gone on as usual .
On the motion of Lord Kenyon their Lordships resolved to hear couuael against the Municipal Corporationa ( Ireland ) Bill , previously to putting the question that they resolve into committee on that moasuse . Sir C . Wetherell , in consequence , addressed their Lordships . The further hearing of counsel was deferred till tomorrow . 1 Their Lordships then adjourned . Friday , May 15 . The Tithe Commutation Act Amendment Bill , and the Insovtmt Debtors' Bill , went through Commictee . The Marquis of Westmeath , directed attention to the persecution of the Jews , hoping that the good offices of Government would be exerted to prevent , if possible any continuation of it .
Lord Strangford called attention to papers respecting piracies on the shores of the Adriatic It appeared that application had been made to her Majesty ' s Government on the part of the King of Naples , requesting her Majesty ' s good offices in procurim ? the suppression of the piracies . But on the 27 th of February , 1838 , Lord Palmerston replied to Count Rudolph to the effect , that her Majesty could not attend to any request from the Neapolitan Government until the Sulphur Monopoly question was settled ; whereupon the Count wrote to Lord Palmerston expressing his surprise at receiving such an answer , after the promise of assistance which her Majesty ' s Goverment had previously given to the Government of the King of Naples . That note of Count Rudolph was not included in the papers laid upon the table . He should be glad to have a return of it . ' Lord Melbourne acquiesced .
The Marquis of Norraanby , in answer to a question from Lord Glengall respecting correspondence relating to appointments under the Poor Law Commissioners in Ireland , stated that if the correspondence existed , it should be laid on the table . Lord Ellenborough said that he found in the papers laid on the table , that the proceedings of the commissioners , in respect to valuations , were illegal . The Marquis of Nbrmanby answered that he should certainly call the attention of the Commissioners to the subject . The Noble Marquis then laid on the table of the house returns from the Poor Law Commissioners in Ireland . The house afterwards resumed the hearing of counsel against the Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) Bill . Mr . Professor Butt was heard and cheered . The Duke of Wellington opposed proceeding with the bill further until there should be a fuller attendance of peers .
Further proceedings were fixed for Friday next , af tei which their Lordships adjourned .
Monday , May 18 ,. . . _ ^ After the presentation of several petitions , and the disposing of the orders- of the day , The Earl of Ripon gave notice of a motion foi Thurs « day next , on the subject of the revenue . Loxd Lyndhurst stated that he should to-morrow submit ajnotion regarding tbe correspondence between the British and Neapolitan Governments od the subject of the sulphur monopoly of Sicily . Their Lordships thou adjourned . M ^^ fc ^
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Thursday , May 14 . After the reception'of many petitlens , The Earl of Darlington renewed bis motion that Mr . Speaker do issue hia warrant to the elerk of the Crown , to make out anew writ for electing a burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Lxdlow , the last election of a burgess to serve in Parliament for the said borough having been determinsd to be Void . After some discussion the Hoase divided . The numbers
were—Ayes .,... 182 Noes .... 104 Majority in favour of the issuing ot the-writ . _? 8 SirJ . Walsh then moved the issuing of th » writ for Cambridge . Mr . Warburton moved an amendment similar to that proposed m the previous case by Mr . Hawea . The House again divided , and the numbers were—For the motion 162 Against it ,. 75 Majority ..., .... —87 Both writs were , of course , issued . The " dropped" notices and orders of the last three days were then read and fixed for other days . Mr . F . Kelly , at the request of Mr . F . Maule , deferred till Thursday next hia motion for a bill to abolish the punishment of death except in cases of murder . . :
Mr . Ha-wes postponed till Thursday week his motion for a bill to provide a general form of affirmation for all persons believing the taking of any oath to be forbidden by the law of Qod .
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Mr . T . Dtmeombe than brought forward bis motion 'o * the aisebaifceof Stoekdateind Howard . Mr . Laboucbere thought it was unnecessary to oena . vereany longer in detaining thoae poMonT ^ ^^ The motion wu agreed to . B o ^ Z ^* " *™" ** * *** disposed of , the
Friday , May 15 . ^ Si !*^ ^* " * " *¦ ¦ *««»* the forwarding some private bills a stage , and receiving some petitions , previously to the introduction of the " budcet " The Chancellor of the Exchequer first showed , that on the balance of last year ' s income and expenditure there wax ^ « m . «™ , A deficiency of £ 1 , 457 222 But the greater part of this deficiency had been provided for by issues of Exchequer Bills , amounting to ' .. „; .. 1 , 260 , 000 Leaving a balance to be provided for this year , £ 197 , 000
Then came the estimated expenditure and revenue of the current financial year . The expenditure , Mr . Baring calculated , would not amount to less than £ 49 , 432 , 000 . In this amount were included , for the additional cost of the Navy department , £ 100 , 000 ; for carrying out the recommendation of the Military and Naval Commsssion , £ 75 , 000 ; for extra charge on account of Canada , £ 350 , 000 ; in part of the cost of the China expedition , £ 150 , 000 . The ordinary expenditure for the year . teinS £ 48 , 757 , 000 And these extras amounting to 675 , 000
The total is as above » .. £ 49 , 432 , 000 How was this to be provided for ? Mr . Baring estimated the income at £ 48 , 700 , 000 ; for , notwithstanding thfr great deficiency in the Post-oflice , the inereaso oa other branches of revenue had been s ? considerable , that he found the deficiency of the year endin ? 5 th April , 1840 , as compared with that of 5 th April , 1839 , ¦ was only £ 273 . This statement elicited loud chters . Taking ^ then , the estimates of receipts of the different departments , which-were almo « t invariably under , the mark , he calculated that from " ordinary sources ^ The income would be £ 46 , 700 , 000 Th » expenditure being put down , as before , at .. 48 , 432 , 000
The deficiency would be £ 2 , 732 , 000 To meet this , Mr . Baring would neither propose new loans , nor new taxes ; but he proposed tb increase the Assessed Taxes 10 per cent ; the Customs and Excise , ( with the exception of Spirits , Corn , and Post-horse duty ) five per cent ; to lay an additional duty of 4 dper gallon on all Spirits . British , Colonial , and Foreign ; and to take a vote of credit of £ 395 , 000 . He expected that by a more otrict collection of the Assessed Taxes he . should also obtain £ 150 , 000 . Then his account would stand as follows : — Expenditure £ 49 , 432 , 000 Income ....... £ 46 , 700 , 000 'Addition to Assessed Taxes 276 , 000 New Survey for ditto ... 150 , 000 * Customs and Excise ... l , 42 fi , 000 Spirits 485 , 000 Vote of Credit 395 , 000
• 40 , 432 , 0 eO As , however , the increase to be derived from raising the duties would not be available to the full extent this year , he might find it necessary to take a vote of credit for £ 850 , 000 , instead of £ 395 , 000 . Mr . Baring concluded by moving reso ' . ntiWs authorizing him to make the proposed additions to the taxes . Mr . Hume attacked several of the items of expenditure , particularly the sum expended on account of thetyranny exercised over Canada . He blamed the present method of taxation for its inequality , and for its pressing heaviest on the middle and lower classes . He adverted at some length to the unfair exemption of real property from the legacy-duty , and concluded by moving as an amendment , that the legacy-duty be extended to real property , which he said would give the Chancellor of the Exchequer the two millions he wanted .
A little conversation took place as to the competency of the Committee to entertain Mr . Hume ' B proposition . Mr . Ewart supported it Colonel Sibthorp objected to the increase of ten per cent , on the Assessed Taxes , and wished champagne to be more highly taxed . Mr . Warburton complained of the Assessed Taxes being increased in England , whi e Ireland was whollyexempt from Assessed Taxes . Sir R Peel generally approved of the proposed plan for increasing the revenue , but toek raw cotton under bis special protection , And pleaded for ita exemption from the increase of five per cent . - After a protracted debate , or rather conversation , th « Committee divided on Mr . Hume ' s amendment Tha numbers
were—Ayes 39 Noes ...... 156 Majority against it ¦ 117 ; A second division took place on , the resolution for augSfeifttinjfta « ixetse Duties five per cent , but it wa » carried by 111 to 15 . - ¦ _ ¦ ... The remainder of the resolutions were-agreed to , it having been stated that so agreeing to them bound no member to assent to the Bill fot carrying them into effect . Leave waa given to bring in a Bill to alter the Navigation Laws . The County Constabulary Bill was committed pro formac .. ^< - ~ Mr ; O'Brien ' a motion for balloting 1 $ tff& notices was negatived , and at ten minutes before ono the House adjourned till Monday .
Monday ^ May 18 . Many petitions were presented f «» r and against tbe Registration Ireland ( Lord Stanley ' s ) Bill . Some very numerouslynigned petitions were presented in favour of the BilL Lord J . Russell , in answer to inquiry , stated that he should defer further proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Revenues' Bill till Monday week . Mr . Wallace asked whether any communication had been received of a new tariff . being adopted by the Government of Spain , having an injurious effect on trade with Newfoundland .
Mr . Labouchere answered in tbe negative ; a commission had been appointed by the Spanish Government to consider the existing trade . He believed that commission had made its report , but it had not been received . . Mr . Hume asked the Member for the University of Oxford whether he could state the exact nature of the motion he intended to make oa Thursday next relative to Church extension , and whether he intended to propose a vote of money or not ? Sir R . Inglis said that he would answer the question on Tuesday .
Ma Mackinuon asked the President of the Board of Trade a question in regard to steam vessels . The Commission appointed on that subject had reported that all steam vessels navigating coostways , where the voyage did not exceed twenty-four hours , and having competent persons on board , should be exempt from taking apilot ; he wished to know whether it was the Intention of her Majesty " s Government to take any steps in consequence of that report for tho regulation of pilots 2 Mr . Labouchere answered that he would be most
willing to bring in a bill on the subject of pilotage generally . A general measure of that description was desirable , but after the vote upon a bill introduced twoyears ago by Mr . Poulett Thomson , which bill he believed ; ta be perfectly sound in principle , until he saw an altered feeling in the House , and a mor * general disposition on the part of members representing certain places to suppress local interests , in favour of a measure for the general good , he thought he should be but needlessly occupying time if he were to &ak them to consent to any such measure .
" " Lord J . Russell , in answer to Mr . Sergeant Jackson , said that he should defer the Canada Government Bill till Friday se ' nnight Mr . Aglionby asked whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in a measure for the establishment © f county courts . ' Lord J . Russell answered that he had frequently stated that the Lord Chancellor wished him to postpone the bringing in of a bill ; as the subject was under the consideration , of the law officers . He had ! not had any communication with the Lord Chancellor on the subject , and could not at that moment further answer the question . Lord Stanley moved that the Bouse resolve into committee on the Registration ( Ireland ) Bill . - Sir W . Somerville -moved , as an amendment , and Mr . Grattan seconded the motion , that the considera tion of the bill be deferred till that day six months .
After discussion in which Mr . Lefroy , Mr . Littleton , &c , took part , Lord J ; Russell said he must oppose the bill , as an attempt to abrogate the Reform Acts . . . Lord Stanley eloquently and argumentatively replied that he had no clauses hi the bill except such aa bad received Lord J . Russell ' s sanction in other bills ; and that ae only sought to secure the tma . Mo Totera against fraudulent and fictitious registration . Major Macnamara then , amidst some confusion and cries of "divide , " moved the adjournment of the . debate . Lord Stanley said that he waj ready to acquiesce in adjournment , on condition that the debate might be allowed to have precedence next day .
Mr . Herries and other members undertook to defer their notices and bills for such purpose- but Mr O'ConneU , who has on the paper for to-day a notice of motion , said that lie could net acquiesce , as he could" not undertake to afford any facility to the paaainjt of thebilL ; ... ft Lord Stanley said that under such circumstances he must trouble the House to divide . The numbers on such division were—ayes 282-noes , 281 , being a majority of nineteen against the adjournment . ^ Converaation againarose , and it was eventually aneed to adjourn the debate till to-morrow , shortly after which . 1 the Houe adjourned , «*••«¦ *
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