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      «^— — ——^^^^^^^ _ . _ , gi-ij- . -i rrrrr—i ** - _—i . — - < ¦ «* i ** 3 « sMEr ^^** ^ - :. « -.. ¦ .. * - — . - ^ r' ^ 'fefeBfiwea from our 1 st page . ] perpetrated- upon these wretched negroes by the crrew { sometimes two or three-were drawn up and bun" together—about a dozen had their legs chopped off , and in this situation they were hung np , and then shot in the breast . When the feet fell on the deck , they were picked up by the crew and thrown into the sea , and sometimes at the hody from wLk-h they had been cut , as it hung , still living , at the yardarm . Could anything , asked the noble lord , be more terrible—more devilish than this ? ( Cheers . ) The statement then went on to say that when the woman was hung she was thrown overboard still living ; and that after all this horrible work was over , they brought up about twenty persons , who were flogged , and then laid upon tneir backs . Ail the women win

      were flogged died . During the rest of the passage , those who had been flogged lay on their bellies , and the flesh of some of them who had been severely flogged putrified , and casne off sometimes to the extent of six or eightinches , and half an inch thick . Such was the character of slave-trading in modern times . ( Htar , hear . ) And this was the traffic that six years ago Mr . Buxton said consumed 250 , 000 persons a-ycar , while Lord Aberdeen , in 1 S 44 . stated , that in bis opinion , the average number of slaves imported from Africa tothe Spanish West Indies , was 100 , 000 a-rear . ( Hear , hear . ) He also described the wretched condition and treatment of the slaves in Cuba and Brazils , and then asked the house whether it would consent to ruin the humane planters in the East Indies and in the West Indies , to add to the profits of

      the inhumane wretches who cultivated sugar in Cuba and B anil ; at a loss of life which it was awful to couiei « plate ? These resolutions would add £ 18 to the vjlueofeach negro in the colonies of Spain and Portugal ; and with such a premium on the importation of slaves , could they doubt that the slave dealers would lead out ship after ship to bring fresh cargoes of human misery to their guilty shores ? After an eloquent peroration , in which he summed up his principal arguments , he concluded by moving , "That in the present state of the sugar cultivation in the British East and West Indian possessions , the proposed reduction of duty upon foreign slave-grown sugar is alike unjust and impolitic , as tending to check the advance of production by British free h hour , and to give a great additional stimulus to slave labour . "

      The GHiscEiiORof the Exchecjoeb followed Lord G . Bentinck through each of the three heads into which he had divided this important subject . Alter dwelling on the importance of providing an adequate supply of sugar , which , from a luxury , had become a necessary article of sustenance to the peopleof this country , he proceeded to show that the demand for sugar was now greater , and the rise in its price was now higher , than it was when the late government was induced to let foreign fres-labour sugar come into competition with sugar the produce of our own possessions , and to contend that the same considerations which had induced the late government to let in foreign free-labour sugar , induced the present government to let in slave-labour sugar also . The

      consumption of the last year exceeded that of the preceding year by 36 , 000 tons . The price was higher sow by 4 s . a cwt . than it was in June of last year . The supply of sugar had also failed ; for , whereas Air . Gladstone had estimated the supply cf frclabour sugar for the year at 20 , 000 tons , it had been under 4 , 000 tons , and the whole supply for the hut Ave quar . ers did not exceed 4 , 130 tons . Having thus shown that the measures of the late government to procure ai adequate supply of sugar had failed , 1 Q proceeded to argue that the estimated supply of sugalor the next year , which had been developed to t : e house by Lord G . Bentinck , was grossly exaggerated , and more particularly that portion of it which was to come from the East Indies . Having shown that

      Lord G . Bentinck ' s estimate of the supply of susar was greater , and of the consumption less , than that on which we had a light to calculate , he proceeded to examine his observations on the revenue to be derived from the new scheme of sugar duties , and in so doing entered into a detailed view of the income and expenditure of the country . lie observed that Mr . Goulburn had only left him a surplus of £ 10 , 000 and expressed his fears that before the end of the session he should be obliged to bring forward several supplemental estimates . He hoped to reinforce the revenue by this measure ; and such reinforcement was not only desirable , but was absolutely indispensable ; for he calculated that at the end of the year there would be a deficiency of £ 350 , 000

      owing to the increased expenditure which we should be compelled to make on various heads , which he enumerated in detail , and which he considered to be necessary to the safety of the state and the maintenance of our honour and credit . He then replied to the arguments of Lord G . Bettinck on the last of the three heads Into which he lad divided ibis subject . He wondered hew those who used slave-grown cotton , slave-grown coffee , slave-extracted copper , and slave-grown tobacco , C 3 oId say that by negativing these resolutions they would be discouraging slavery and the slave trade . Be charged the noble lord with having laid down principles on that subject which he could not carry into effect , and with seeking to deprive the people of England of an article which was all hut a necessary of life , for the sake of carrying out a visionary scheme of impracticable humanity . In conclusion , he expressed a confident hope that the results of the

      change now proposed would not be injurious to the "West Indian interest , whilst he was certain that it would be productive of great benefit to the merchant , the manufacturer , and the ship owner , and , above all , the labouring population of Great Britain . Sir R . Lrcus thought the house indebted to Lord G . Bentinck for proposing this amendment , and for supporting it by a speech fulllof facts , in which ereiyfact -was an argument . During the whole of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s reply he could not help fancying that time and space had been annihilated , and that he was listening , in May 1847 , to the speech of a Minister apologising for a deficiency of £ 350 , 000 which he found in his budget , and declining to tell the house whether he would make np ihai deficiency by the transactions of legitimate commerce , or by the blood of the tortured slave . Lord Sandon supported the government measure , as , when once the market was opened , there was no means of discouragingslavery .

      Mr . Ghamlet Berkeley would support the measure , provided free trade principles were carried out by allowing the introduction of free labour into our colonies . Sir J . W . Hogg supported the Government , but hoped that sugar aud molasses would be allowed in distillation , and that rnm would be admitted at equal duties with British , Irish , and Scotch spirits . Mr . G . Hope thought the measure wasone of gross injustice towards the West India proprietor . Sir R . Teel observed , that Lord George Bentinck was perfectly correct in atatingthat he had announced at the commencement of the session a measure for the introduction of foreign sugar very different from that proposed b y Lord J . Russell . That measure would have given greater encouragement than the

      present resolutions to the admission of free-labour sugar , and would have continued the exclusion of slave-labour sugar . He had always felt that this question of admitting slave labour sugar was excepted from the category of free-trade . He thought that this country stood in a special relation to thr Tfesl India colonies . "We had emancipated ^ their slaves , and had given them an apparently magnificent compensation was a matter of doubt ; but be that as it might , it placed this country in a position of some difficulty with respect to the West Indies , lie had therefore been of opinion that considerable time ought to be allowed to the West Indies before they were called on to compete with slave labour sugar , and in that opinion he was confirmed by the dictum

      of Mr . Deacon Hume . We had also constituted our-, selves the police of the sea for the suppression of ; slaveiy . and that increased the difficulty of our posi-¦ tion . In all that had been said by Lord G . Bentinck jiespecfclng the abomination of the traffic in slaves , it 1 impossible not to a ^ ree . Nevertheless , euter-1 taining such opinions , and having great apprehensions of the measure now proposed , and fearing ihat lit would give a great stimulus to slave trade , he had ( come to the conclusion , though n & t without great Ihesitation and reluctance , tbat he must give it his SSupport . Incoming to thntconclusion , he was obliged tto consider the present situation of parties ar . d the iprospect of forming another Govern ment . He agreed 1 with Lord G . Bentinck , that no sham or delu >

      iveopposition ought to be offered to these resolutions , and tthat if an opposition were offered to them , it ou-jht tto be one intended to be successful and fatal . lie lbelieved that hy a combination of parties it would Ibe possible to displace Lord John Russell , or sat any rare to prevent his success upon these duties , 1 but then he could not refrain from asking himself vwhether it wonld be consistent with his character to llend himself to such a combination , and his cmwictfion was that it would not be consistent . Lord John IHussell had made a proposal lor the final adjustment ' OOf this question , and he was not surprised that the limoble Lord had done so . The noble Lord niigb t have aadjourned the consideration of it to another session ; ibbnt he thought that it was better that the noble Lord Ibhad made it at once , as ho would otherwise have kept like country in great uncertainly . He then reminded Itithe house that those who compelled iAid J . llassc'il

      lato abdicate power were baund to ask themselves iHWhether they were prepared to lake it . Two Governments had existed during the last six weeks . Should third be now formed ? On what principle ? Shoul-i iii . ii . be on the principle of restoring the late Govcrn-Q ffiiBnt ? He said No . Should tie Protectionists be Stalled to power , who would not only defeat this meaiiuure , bat would also revoke the measure which had must been passed ? The house and the country b ; ith laiaid , * ' No . " Considerius :, then , that if an op ; i « siliition were made to this measui v , it ought not to bo a Ihham . but , if possible , a succes-ful opposition ; had-j . Halared that he was not prepared to take upon himself Biihe responsibility and the consrour-nees which must itlttend success . He therefore fclt bound to support Ihtoese resolutions , from a conviction that so long as arncertainty prevailed upon them , there would n-jt- be Ibiiat stimulus given to thecmpiujinent of labour and ajapitalin the British su gar colonies which wasesseniiaial to their success . Entertainin g a conviction that

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      <•* s >» vn » m ,-Mi . > iw « iifls-. .= m * » , \^»*< 6 ^«^ B » is ^»<» y •¦*^« J » V at no remote period these ~ resolutions # - it onstructea how , must be carried hereafteri-and ' that the < noble Lord was best entitled to the credit of carrying them , he had come , though not without reluctance , to the conclusion to support them in' principle , and not to embarrass the Gavernment by any opposition to them in detail . , "i . - j- ' !• " ., . SirT Aciasd expressed great indignation that Sir R . Peel had rested his vote , on this occasion , upon the state of parties in that house , and upon the mode in which the Government would be affected by it . He should certainly vote against throwing the English market open to sugar obtained by cruelties which wc had endeavoured to put down , at every cost save that of character . On the motion of Mr . Bobthwick the debate was then adjourned . .. ,.., The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the house adjourned at half-past one . EOTJSE OP LORDS-Tmr s ^ T , Jrar 28 .

      The Earl of Shaftesbury took his seat oh the Woolsack at five o ' clock . Messengers from tha Commons brought up several Bills , praying their Lordships' concurrence ,

      CHELSEA BRIDGE AND EMBANKMENT BILL . On the motion of Lord Ca >* hikg , this Bill was read a third time and passed . . BATHS AND WaSHHOUSES BILL . Lord Brocgham presented a petition from Joshua and Thomas Watts , the proprietors of the swimming baths , in Peerless Pool , City Road , against the Baths and Washhouses Bill .

      GAUGE OF RAILWAYS BILL . The Earl of Clarendon moved the second reading of the Bill for regulating the gauge of railways . The Bill contained one or two alterations conformably to the report of the committee . Some discussion followed . The Earl of Skelmersdale stating it as his opinion that the broad gauge was preferable to the narrow . The Earl of Clabbndon denied that the narrow gauge could be considered as the . worst , it having been adopted by continental engineers . Earl Grey said the object of the Bill was to prevent any change of gauge during the ensuing year . It was desirable , bethought , to have uniformity of gauge , but how that object was to be attained was the difficulty . The Bill was ultimately read a second time . The Sugar Duties Continuance Bill was read a first time .

      On the motion of the Lord Chancellor , the Small Debts'Bill was read a second time , Some other Bills were forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned .

      - HOUSE OP COMMONS . The Speaker took the Chair shortly before four o'clock .

      THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK , Mr . Henlet , seeing the Hon . Member for Finsbury ( Mr . T . Buncombe ) in his place , wished to know whether it was his intention to make the motion of which he had given notice for to-night , with respect to his Highness the Duke , of Brunswick ? Mr . T . Duncomde said that it had been his Intention to bring forward the motim to-night , but in consequence of its being arranged that the debate on

      the Sugar Duties Bill should take precedence of notices of motion , he was afraid he should not he able to do so . He regretted this extremely , as the subject was one of great importance , and he should be unable to bring it forward before this day fortnight , on which day he was afraid the House would be little inclined to appoint a Select Committe to inquire into the allegations contained in the petition of his Highness the Duke of Brunswick : he had , therefore , no alternative bat to postpone his motion to the earliest day he could bring it forward nest

      session

      THE MILITIA . Mr . Agliosbt , -wished to put a question to the Secretary at War . He had not indeed given notice in the usual way , but as there was a great deal of anxiety prevailing in the country on the subject , and as he knew that many Hon . Members in that House were not aware that a Bill was on the table of the House for the purpose of suspending the ballot for the militia till October , 1847 , he wished to ask the Right Hon . Gentleman if it were the intention of Government to proceed with that Bill ? Mr . Fox Maule said that he found a proposition made by his predecessor with reference to the subject but considering the late period of the session and the great importance of the question , the Government were of opinion that the preferable system would be to renew tho Bill ( as had been done for the last thirteen or fourteen years ) for another vear .

      FLOGGING IN THE ARMY . Mr . B . Escon gave notice that oh Tuesday next he would move for a return to be laid before the House of all Hoggings which had been inflicted in the army from the yearlSiO to the present time ; the place where the regiment in which such punishment took place was stationed ; the number of lashes inflicted ; and the consequences that followed ; whether inflicted by farriers , drummers , or so forth ; and also copies of the surgeons' minutes ; and whether the trials had taken place with closed doors .

      SUGAR DUTIES . On the motion that the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate be read , Mr . P . Miles , said he should offer no factious opposition to the measure , but wished the question postponed , as at this late season , a fair decision could not be taken on the merits of the measure . The hon . member strongly advocated the protection of the West India interest in all those points already adverted to so frequently .

      Mr . P . Borthwick followed , condemning Sir R . Peel for his speech on the debate , and expressing his discontent at the small protection ceded to the West India planter by the government , which he should seek to increase by a higher differential duty . The Marquis of Graxbt dwelt at some length on the impulse which would be given to slavery by the adoption of free trade in sugar , and he should accordingly give his hearty assent to the amendment of the noble member for Lynn .

      Mr . Oswah ) said , that as Lord George Bentinck ' s party did not pledge themselves to give any pernmnent protection to the West India planter , and ai the ^ settlement of the question was greatly to be desired , he had made up his mind to rote for the Government plan . Mr . Hume contended that the alteration of the duties wonld not affect the condition or increase the number of slaves . He denied that the East India sugar was the produce of slaves , as alleged by Mr . Borthwick . When he left India , thirty years ago , not a slave remained in Bengal , Mr . Hume insisted that the duties imposed by Sir R . Peel were a gross mistake , and urged that , however we might endeavour to avoid the use of slave-labour sugar , the prices of Europe would be averaged , and unless the aggregate amount of sugar in the world were

      incr-ased , no stimulus to the slave trade would be given . The horrid statements of slavery put forth by certain parties ought to have no effect on the question . His opinion , deliberately formed was that the best mode of extinguishing the slave-trade was to apply the enormous funds now fruitlessly wasted by blockading the coast of Africa , in purehaising the slaves brought down for shipment , and in setting them free instantly . He said it was impossible for the West Indies to compete successfully with other countries , unless a plentiful supply of labour could be introduced . The present orders in Council were a complete bar to the introduction of free labour . He thought that the house , without listening to the philanthropists , ought , in an open , manly , straight forward manner , to consider how labour was to be procured .

      Sir Jons Rae Reid predicted that the present measure would bring irremediable ruin on the plan ter , aud related a story ofa gentleman who was reduced from a clear income of £ 6 , 000 literally to beggary , having himself that day relieved him to save his family from starvation . That very day , inconsequence of the turn which the debate took last night and of the prospect that these duties would be carried , a decision had been come to by several West Indian proprietors , and the fiat had gone forth to prevent the cultivation of their estates m future .

      Mr . Bejixil complained that the West Indian proprietors had for years past been , and still were , the victims of circumstances over which they had no control . Though it was easy to show that sugar did not stand on the same grounds as corn , he could not reconcile it to his principles to give a vote for retaining protection for the particular interest to which he himself belonged . He therefore declared his intention to vote in favour of Lord J . Russell ' s resolutions , but at the same time he should stickle for the admission of West Indian spirits on the same terms as English , Scotch , and Irish spirits ; for the admission of sugar into the breweries and distilleries of Great Britain , aud for the extension of the contracts which Lord J . llafsell now permitted the West Indian to make with the African negro in Sierra Leone and other- British no-sessions .

      Mr . E . De . mso . n followed the same course of argument , and read extracts to slrow that our efforts had not put down the slave trade . Mr . Jahes said that the Emancipation Act was a lailure , went over the same grounds as the two preceding speakers , and , like tliein , still said that he should vote for the measure . Mr . Bakkly , at great length , detailed the disadvantages umler which the planters were labouring , denounced the Government plan as a " mother country" scheme to provide labour ; but , under all circumstances , lie could riot Vote for the amendment .

      Mr . Disiueli recapitulated the three propositions of Lord G . Bentinck ' s speech , and observed that the Chancellor of the'Exchequer , in his reply to it had offered tothe first ' an assumption , had mat the second with an hypothesis ' , and had combated the third with a sophism , - ' He then proceeded to sub

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      stantiate that assertion , contending at considerable length thatLord G . Beniir . ckhad not over-estimated the supply of sugar from the West Indies , the Mauritius , and the-East Indies , and had not underrated thecohsumptiohof " the British market '• that he had maintained the criticism which he had passed on the financial calculations of Lord John' Russell ; and that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had only upset these criticisms by producing a series of figures completely different from those of the first Lord of the Treasury , and by transmuting 20 , 000 into 30 , 000 tons of sugar by a novel species of alchymy : and iliat the irrefragable arguments of LovdG . Bentinck respecting the promotion of slavery [ and the slave trade , had only been met by the vain , delusive , and flashy sophism , that our efforts to put them down had been

      neither effective nor complete . He then proceeded to controvert the position which Lord Russell had advanced in his opening speech on this measure , that it would not give any encouragement to the slave trade , and to examine . whether his lordship ^ "as justified in calling upon the house to accede to it for the sake of gr at commercial considerations and to secure the trade of the Brazils . He reminded the house that it was only last night that the CI . no illor of the Exchequer had read to it a letter iron a Brazilan , whom he represented as high authority , stating that that trade and that commerce were not in existence , and could neither be forfeited nor secured . He showed that our West Indian colonies , even in their lowest fortunes were better consumers of our manufactures at Manchester than the scattered

      population of the Brazils , and that the millions of men who obeyed our sway in llindostan consumed incomparably more of our productions than all the slave dealers of the world . He did not , however , oppose theseiesolutionsof toinislevsmcrely because they were antagonistic to our previous arrangements for the suppression of slavery and the slave trade ; he opposed them because they were antagonistic tothe fragment left of the old colonial system of England . He ventured to predict , that the house would soon retrace its steps , and reconstruct that now almost annihilated system . He said so , because , the history of England was a history of reaction on this point Mr . Disraeli said : —I have observed in our history that it is the characteristic of our country that it always retraces its steps . I believe the

      prosperity of England may be attributed to ; this cause , not that it has committed less blunders than other countries , but that the people are a people more ionsible of their errors . The history of England is a history of reactions . Why , what have you not done , and what steps have you not retraced ? You destroyed your church establishment , and you replaced it . You destroyed your ancient monarchy , and you retraced your steps—( hear , hear . ) You destroyed the House of Lords ; and now you are obliged to take your bills to them for their sanction . You even abolished your House of Commons ; and yet here we are assembled debating a great question . ( Hear , hear . ) It is not more than 200 years ago that in this house you chose to effect one of the greatest financial revolutions in the world . You -were warned

      against it . An hon . gentleman , then the leader of " the country party , " rose and denounced the policy of Sir R . Walpole . You had out of the house the most gifted statesman and eloquent writer of that day affirming that by adopting a system of indirect taxation you were effecting the degradation of the people . And what happens now ? Is there a man who speaks on the subject who does not tell you that he approves of direct taxation ? Are you not retracing your steps oa that important question ? By the speeches of your ablest , by the votes of your most influential men , are you not proving that S ' r William Wyndham was right , and that Lord Bolingbroke , if he erred at all , erred on the safe side ? You say that you don't retrace your steps . Why , contrast the debate going on with what has taken place

      in this country as to the abolition of slavery . ( Cheers . ) Here are Ministers of the Crown coming forward and in the face of England acknowledging tbat for 40 years they have been in error , and that they must now terminate for ever the greatest effort which the people themselves ever commenced . — - ( hear , hear . ) You yourselves acknowledge that £ 50 , 000 , 000 have been expended on this effort . The very men who came forward with measures against slavery now virtually tell you that the slave trade has baffled all their efforts ; and , under their auspices instead of their adversaries , you are about to become its tributaries . When you hear these very men and these very Ministers announcing that within the last 40 years you have expended more than £ 40 , 000 , 000 for the suppression of slavery , I ask how , when

      going to the hustings , will you explain the course which it is now proposed to adopt ? Will not the people say— " What is this Parliamentary Government of England ? These men who tell us they expended £ 10 , 000 , 000 to put down slavery now come forward and acknowledge that they have expended it only to effectuate a failure ! " 1 believe that you will retrace your steps , reconstructing the great industrial system which you so rashly , and in circumstances so personally peculiar , destroyed . " ( Loud cheers . ) Turningfrom this subject , he animndverted with great severity on the funeral oration delivered last night by Lord Sandon over the cause of abolition , It completed the picture of this eventful session , to see the Noble Lord , who moved the resolutions cf 1841 , sitting on a hogshead of sugar in a

      white sheet performing penance , and crying " peccavi . " Nothwithstanding the defalcation of Lord Sandon from the ranks of colonial protection , he still thought that its friends might have fought its battle successfully , had they been able to retain the late Prime Minister . No one understood the West India question better than Sir R . Peel—no one could have been a more effective champion of West Indian interests . Great , therefore , was his mortification when he found Sir R . Peel delivering a spcecli fatal to all their hopes . The reasons too which Sir Robert had given for the conclusions at which he had arrived were more ingenious and surprising than most of the arguments which the house had heard from his lips . He ( Mr . Disraeli ) appealed to the people of England , and asked them whether they

      thought that great colonial interests were to be sacrificed for such minute considerations as who should sit on the Ministerial bench ? If great principles were to be given up by members of Parliament against their conviction for party consideration , he should say "Farewell to the Parliament of England . " Sir R . Peel had also said that he could see how a Government could be formed supposing the present Ministry to be broken up . lie did not set much value on that declaration ol opinion , for he would tell Sir R . i eel frankly that his forte did not lie so much in the construction as the destruction of a Government . He concluded by stating that he felt no hostility against the existing Government , that he was actuated by no factious motives , and that the Mends of Protection could take no other course than that which they had taken .

      Lord J . Russell admitted the courtesy of Lord G . Bentinck ' s speech in proposing his amendment , but contended that it was impossible for him to assent to it . He vindicated his resolutions from the objections which had been preferred against them , —insisted that they did not tend to the increase of slavery and the slave trade , and maintained that it was expedient to get rid of the present s \ stem of levying the sugar duties inasmuch as it prevented the benefits which the colonies would otherwise derive from the employment of free labour . He was sorry to hear from Sir J . R . Reid , that some gentlemen , forgetful that monopoly always prevented exertion and neutralized the skill and labour of all engaged in manufactures or agriculture , had determined not to send out supplies to the colonies , and

      to give up the cultivation of their estates . He hoped that other capitalists would take them , and with in . creased skill he had no doubt that they would find it a profitable speculation . Replying to the speech of Mr . Disraeli , he denied that he had ever called the colonies a vicious system . He had stated , that they were the strength of this country , and had expressed a hope that they would flourish , - but'he had said that the old system of commerce between our colonies and the mother country was a vicious system ; anil to that opinion he still adhered . Ile-then proceeded to controvert Mr . Disraeli's doctrine , that on all great questions this country always retraced its steps . He said : —The hon . gentleman made , I think , some very curious remarks as to the policy of this country . Ilia observations led to the conclusion

      that this country always retraces its steps . A statement more unexpected by me could not have been made . ^ ( Hear . ) No doubt there may be particular cases in which Parliament may have found it necessary to modify its proceedings , but has this country ever gone back after it has adopted an improved system , — -after it has thrown aside the fetters ol ' prejudices , and cast off errors that are exploded ? ( Cheers . ) That , Sir , is not the characteristic of the English people . ( Hear . ) 1 do not refer now to what occurred in those times of violence when the Throne and the Parliament were scattered by tho decisions of a House of Commons , acting with usurped authority , and governing solely by the sword . ( Hear . ) But speaking from those days when we had anything like regular government , alter tho Restoration oi the House ol Stuart , 1 think there can be nothing more prudent , nothing more regular , nothing more beautiful , to the readers of history , than the progress which this country has made . ( Hear , hear . ) Inihose

      days of which I now speak personal liberty was not safe ; the subject vas liable to be seized and sent to a distant prison . The Habeas Corpus Act was passed to remedy tbat abuse . Has the country ever retraced its steps in respect to tlt . it statute ? Have we ever since said that personal liberty ought to be dependent on the will of the monarch . " The triumphs of liberty , of reason , and of truth had , in this country , always been ' permanent , and had always remained without any risk of subsequent defeat . Defending the propriety of liis conduct iu having taken oflice in the present emergency , and maintaining that no Ministry could carry on the Government , either foreign or domestic , oi ti . ia great empire , unless it commanded the support and respect of the House of Commons , 'he expressed his conviction , that if he were to acquiesce in such a resolution as that which Lord G . lkntiuck had proposed . and were to allow his policy to be set aside , and that of his noble friond to be sa bstitated in its

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      place ? lie ' sb ' oulu -be [ exposing ^ fcft-AdminM ** t > W » -w contempt , should be impairing the . dignity , of the Crown , ; whose servant he was , T-shouid be damaging the reputationof the Ministry of which hevyas the head , and should be causing some diminution of the glory . of the great nation to which they all belonged . He . therefore told his noble friend "distinctly , thathe ( Lord J . Russell ) should not be able to carry on the administration ef public affairs in case , his amendment were carried . If that amendmen t should be approved by a majority of that house , Her Majwty would do well to place power in the hands ot that majority ; for of this he was sure , that for nun to continue holding office , when thus debased , would be to inflict a permanent injury on the constitution of his country ¦

      . ,, : Tho house then divided , when there appeared for reading the order of the day , - Ayes 265 Noes ... 1 « J . Majority in favour of Ministers ... 130 The other orders were disposed of , and the house adjourned at half : past one o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS , WKDHESDWt , 3 vm 29 .

      CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL . Mr . Hume rose , on the ordar of the day being rend for going into committee on this bill , and observed that he was ready to postpone it , previded her Ma- ; jesty ' s Government would undertake to bring in a bill upon the same principle next session . Looking back to the history of these charitable trusts , he found tbat since 1 * 760 , upwards of 900 recommendations have been submitted to Parliament with a view of correcting these charitable funds , which had been constantly abused and diverted from the purposes of the donors , They had no less than 35 volumes ' of printed reports upstairs , which had been obtained at immense expense , and they were still in the dark as to the way the great amount of these funds was expended . ' When he found that charitable funds amounting to a total of £ 1 : 200 , 000 were abused , it was necessary that Parliament should

      sanction a bill which would compel the trustees to return a just account of their receipts and expenditure . Ilia object was to go into committee pro forma ; in order that the Government might adopt the principle of accountability , and carry it out next session of Parliament . The Attornm-General opposed the committal of this bill in the absence of the Home Secretary . . Sir R . Inglis said , the bill involved so' bad a principle , ' and imposed so much hardship on his fellow subjects , that he could not avoid moving that the house go into committee upon it that day three months . ' Sir G . Ghev said , when the bill was first brought before the house , he did not object to the principle of it , and he did hope in the course of the next session , the Government would consent to the appointm nt of a ; commission to take the subject under consideration .

      Mr . Humr intimated that he should withdraw the

      bill . ART UNIONS . fc ' -r . Wyse moved the order of the day for fur * ther consideration of the report on the Art Unions BiP . Mr . GotriBu-Rjr repeated his oppoaition to thie bill , It established nothing more nor less than a lottery , The defence of jthe bill rested on the statement that this was a lottery of a peculiar class , ) limited to a useful object , namely , the encouragements of the fine arts . If ,. however , they could raise funds for one object , he would ask the house where they meant to stop ? Did it not apply to all articles of manufacture ? The vague idea oi peculiar interest would not prevent the extension of the principle to

      other objects . He held in his hand a prospectus in which a gentleman in possession of pictures and works of art , was prepared , under the sanction of the bill belore the house , to dispose of the whole by lottery . He complained that , by encouraging gambling propensities , or legalising art-unions , they would enable one class to receive an advantage which was denied to another class . M- ' i Monckton Milnes supported the bill , and said , t he considered that , if they rejected it , that numbers of artists , who . by the praiseworthy system of art-unions were now supporting themselves and their families , would suffer all the evils of penury , lie could not , therefore , anticipate any evil from the pa-ting of the measure , but the reverse , as it would

      foster and increase the taste of the people for the line a . ts . Nor did he agree with the right hon . gentlenan , the member for the University of Cambridge , tl-at there wis anything wrong In encouraging this si ec es of lottery . There existed no possibility , not to soeak of probability , of a man going and ruining himaslf and his family for the purpose of buying pictures Indeed , there existed not tho slightest analogy between the art-union principle and the lottery s . istem , which , he admitted , had been attended with very pernicious consequences . Sir R . Pkkl , while he generally concurred with the views of his right hon . friend , the member for the University of Cambridge , did not wish to take any part in the discussion , believing , as it was more

      'han probable that the Government would support the measure , that the bill would be carried , and that opposition would be unavailing . He believed that the proposed interference with art-unions would be an exception from a right principle , and , like all exceptions , they would reap practical inconvenience from it . But would it be of benefit to art ? Even if It were , lie doubted if it would be right to encourage gambling by giving such a power , and so create a precedent from which , as he had said , they would experience practical inconvenience . But he considered that these art-unions encouraged and fostered a spirit of gambling , instead , as had been stated , of a desire to promote the fine arts , because persons in various towns throughout the country ,

      who were not actuated by a love of art , but of gambling , for tho £ 300 or £ 100 prices established those art-unions , and considered themselves patrons of the fine arts . —( Hear , hear )—He questioned much , therefore , whether the fine arts were encouraged by the establishment of art-unions ; in fact , they rather increased the taste for cheap and inferior productions in the place of others , which deserved the denomination of fine art . — ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Wvsb believed that the question resolved itself into two considerations : — "Whether or not the Art Union Bill was a violation of a great moral principle and whether that violation was justifiable unde ? the particular circumstances of the case . He denied that art-unions encouraged gambling , as they were established for the individual benefit of the members and for the encouragement of the higher branches of the

      line arts , and the distribution of p ictures among the great body of the people , who , unlike the Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir R . Peel ) were unable to possess valuable and consequently high-priced pictures . Besides , such exhibitions performed their part in refining and educating the people , and could not , he contended , come under the definition of gambling . He was at a loss to understand why so much objection should be made to art-unions , when building and other societies were allowed to exist . The Legislature had given its sanction to the principle of building associations . The members were allowed to have the privilege of drawing by lottery , the choice of this or that building , but if the Legislature sanctioned what some might term gambling in respect to building societies , he did not see why the same indulgence should not be extended towards the fine , arts—( Hear , hear , hear . )

      Sir R . Inows denied that fine arts were for the instruction of the people , though they tended to the improvement of their moral culture . Art-unions encouraged gambling , because money was raised and prizes distributed by lottery , which was an immoral mode of raising money- The professors of the fine arts had , in his opinion , no more right to this mode of relief than tho manufacturers of knives and scissors , What difference was there between the disp ersed Spifcalficlds silk weavers and the fine art professors ? Why should any benefit or indulgence be extended to the one which was denied to the other ? The hon , member concluded by expressing his unequivocal condemnation of the bill , and moved the adjournment of the consideration of the report to that day three months . Sir Gannon Grey said hn thought there was a

      double necessity tor tlie Bill- In the first place it YTJuld show whether these institutions came witliiu the provisions of the lottery laws , and to subject them to such wholesome restrictions as wo r . id prevent , effectually gambling , a « it was called . ( Hour , hear . ) The Committee formed to enquire into these art-unions found that some of i he evils complained of did exist , but at the same time that they were not Inherent to these institutions . They then offered such suggestions as they considered would have the died of repressing these evils , lie was of opinion that the Bill would be of advantage , and he would give it his support . ( Hear , hear . ) The House divided , when there appeared for the Bill , 50 ; against it , 18—being a majority of 32 in favour of the Bill . The Baths aud Washhouses ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time .

      HOUSE OF LORDS —Thursday , July 80 . The Marquis of L \ ssdo \ vnb stated , in answer to- a question * put by Lord Brougham , that the cases of those Irish magistrates who had been removed from the commission of the peace by the late Lord Cbjiuccllor of Ireland , on account of being Repealers , would be reviewed by tho present Chancellor , who would exercise liis discretion in restoring them . There was , however , no general plan for replacing these dismissed magistrates . The Noble unvv Learned Lord ' s motion was then withdrawn ,

      Lord liuoupmu withdrew his motion , which stond for this eveniuir , relative to the tendancy of the Ministerial Sugar Duties to encourage tlie slave trin'c ; hilt intimated that ho would raise the qunstion mi the hill , felmuid it ever reach their Lordships' rmiw . Tho Earl of Cuwssdon proposed to ruler those ( jiyht Railway Bills , which by tho operation of the sessional orders were excluded from the consideration of their Lordships , to a select committee to examine into the circumstances of each case ,

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      ^ -Aftek & . shpitJleUfeeja . t ^ pointed and nominated ! ¦ ' **' Th ' efeuge ^ ill'passed . lhroDgh coaimitteeiv . i- : The Religious -Disabilities Removal BdLwas road a third time and passed . ' rj -.. : - . . { Their Lordshibs then adjourned . - ; HOUSEOF COMMONS . —TnrasDAt ; July 30 . 7 ThaSMAuan took the chair at five minutes before four o ' clock ... '"_ ..

      POOR REMOVAL BILL . On the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill , being read , Mr . V . Smith , after referring to Sir R . Peel ' s letter to Her Majestyj and his resignation of office in November last , and to his speech on introducing his measure for the repeal of the corn laws , observed that in conformity with the views which he had expressed on both those occasions , he had brought in 10 measures as a compensation for any lost which the agricultur al Interest might sustain . SeVeh of them had been carried ; but there were three—the bill for amendin g the Law Relative to Highways , the Bill for . the Removal of the Poor , and tlie Bill for Advancing Loans to Landlords who wished to Improve their Estates—on which , as they had not been carried , he was anxious to say a few words . The first of these three bills , which was a most excellent measure , had been dropped for the session , and the last had not

      yet undergone any discussion . Hie Poor Removal Bill which had been strangely mutilated , was now before the house ; and therefore it was that he now called the attention of the house tothereportonlocal taxation , and to the recommendations contained in it , on which no measures had been founded though they had now been'three years before the house . To these recommendations and some others ef minor importance the attention of Sir G . Grey must ere long be called . Indeed the Prime Minister had expressly promised that he would submit all these questions and all questions relative to settlement to the consideration ot a select committee either in this or in the next session . He submitted to his noble friend that it would be ad visible tonominata this committee during the present session . It was true that it would not be able to make its : report before the prorogation ; but it might collect a mass of returns and other documentary evidence which would be most useful to the select committee next

      session . . . ; The Chancellor of the Exchequer also made a recital of the different measures announced by Sir R . Peel as a compensation to the landed interest , and showed that almost all of them had ' been already carried into more or less effect . Of those 10 measures nine had been passed , and only one had been given up . As to the ; other questions to which Mr . V , Smith had adverted , he could only say that Government would pay attention to all those questions during the recess , and that at the commencement of the next session would submit its views regarding them either to the house or a select committee . Mr . G . Bawkes observed , that the disappointment of . those who had expected to receive some compensation for the loss inflicted on them by the alteration in the corn laws from tho measures announced by Sir R , Peel , had been very great when they saw !

      what those measures actually were . With respect tothe Poor Removal .-Bill , which had excited great expectations , the greatest . mortification was felt when its details were made known . It would be no relief to the agricultural interest , and would be of no benefit to the poor . Unless an option was left to the pauper to be removed to the place of his previous settlement , instead of forcing him to accept relief in the parish where he resided for the lastiive years , he was convinced that the poor man would be a sufferer rather than a gainer , from passing this bill . He considered it to be most unfortunate that the suggestion which he had made at the commencement of the session , for referring it to a select committee had nut been adopted ; for , if it had , those alterations might have been introduced into it , which would have remedied the evils which were universally admitted to exist under the present law . Sir G . Gbky assured Mr . Banks that the whole

      subject should receive the most anxious and considerate attention from the government during the recess ; and expressed a hope tbat , when the ' question was submitted to a select committee next session , government vjovddua p tcpated to explain its NieviSMpon it , and to support it with a mass of documentary evidence . Mr . Hu & re considered the speech of Sir G . Grey to afford very strong grounds for postponing this measure to next session . It was part of a system which ought not to be treated piecemeal but as a whole ; for the administration of the Poor Law was now so defective , that the House of Commons had been actually transformed into an executive department , for the purpose of remedying its inhumanity and oppression . He was unwilling to give the house unnecessary trouble , but he was much inclined to record his owu opinion , respecting this bill , by moving that it be read a third time that day six months . You must have other administrators of tke law than

      the present Commissioners . Messrs . Scrope , Williams , Finch and others , severally opposed the bill . Mr . Spoouer and Brotherton supported it , Mr . Bnronr considered the passing or rejection of this bill to be of no importance at present ; ior there was such a demand for labour ^ in Yorkshire and Lancashire , that no family would be removed before the next session . Therewere , therefore , no grounds for passing thisbill now . He was favourable toils principle ; but nothing was more injurious than partial and ill-cousidered legislation . The house divided , when the passing of the bill was carried by a majority of 56 over 9 voices .

      The house then went into Committee on the Joint Stock Banks , and Scotland and Ireland Bills . The rejection of the first clause was negatived by a majority of 53 to 13 . The other clauses were then agreed to , and the report was ordered to be brought up on Friday . On the motion of Mr . Labouchere , the Tenants ' Compensation ( Ireland ) Bill was ordered to be read a second time that day six months . The Arts Union Bill was read a third time and passed . The house adjourned at a quarter-past eleven o ' clock .

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      Covuntint.—The United Patriots And Patriarchs'

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      uenonc societies neiu tneir annual least attne Squirrel ! , Little Park-street , on Monday , July 20 th , Mr . Thomas Pickard in the chair . After the cloth had been removed , the Chairman gave " Prosperity to the United Patriarchs' Benefit Society and all its Branches . " Drank with three times three . Mr . Ruffy addressed the members for an hour in a strain of fervid eloquence , which was received with great applause . Songs and recitations concluded the evening ' s proceedings , and the company broke up at a late hour , much pleased with the night ' s entertainment .

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      The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...

      THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for'the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places : —

      SUNDAY EVENING . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Char lid Hall , 1 , Turnagain-Iane * . at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane- at half-past seven . —Somers Toivn : at Mr . Duddrege ' s Bricklayers' Anns , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : atthelYhittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmctt ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marylcbone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-stieet , at halfpast seven . Gray ' s Inn Road , Mason ' s Arms , Britannia-street . —Hammersmith : at No . 2 , Little Valeplace , at ten in the forenoon . —Nmvcastle-upon-Tyne at the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , from seven till nine . —Leicester : at 87 , Church-gate , at six . — Bradford : Woolcombers' Arms Inn , Hopestrcct , at live .

      MONDAY EVJGNIiYG " , Rochester > at the Victory Inn , at half-past seven . —Camberwell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth at eight o ' clock precisely . — Kensington : at eight o ' clock , at the Duke of Sussex . —Limehouse : at the Brunswick Hall , Ropemaker ' s Fields , at eight o ' clock . —Chelsea : at the Temperance CoSee House , Exeter street , Sloane-street , . at eight o ' clock . — Leicester : at No . 17 , Avchdedeu-lane , ' at scven o ' clock . — Chepstow : at the " Temperance .: Hotel , Bank Avenue , at eight o ' clock . — -Armley : ' at the

      house of Mr . "William Gates , boot aud shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , at eight o ' clock . —Liverpool : at eight o ' clock , at Mr . Farrell ' s Temperance Hotel , 4 , Cazneau-street . — Bclper : at the house of George Wigley , the Du-ty Miller , Field-head , from seven tilTniue . —Bristol : at No . 10 , Horse-fair , at eight o ' clock in the evening . —Darlington : at John Moss ' s , No . 2 i , Union-street , at half-past seven . — Charley Wood Common : at Mr . Barber ' s at seven o ' clock . — Jlickmansivorth : at the Cart" and Horses , at seven o ' clock . — Mle End : at the Golden Cross , at seven o ' clock .

      TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris ' s , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock .

      WSDXESDAY EVENHO . Aberdeen : the uilicc-bcareva inee-t at half-past seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill-lane Hall . —Briqlaon A No . ' 2 , at No . 3 , Charlcs-strcct , at eight o clock . SATURDAY EVKK 1 NO . Shoreditch : nt Chapman ' s Coffoe House , Churchstreet , at eight o ' clock . Mottbam , —The monthly mcetinsr of the shareholders in the Co . opeait-i . vo Laud Society will be hel a in the Leuturc-room , opposite the Bull ' s Head . „„ Sunday , August 2 , at two o ' clock . At the close of ' the business , the public meeting will commence to elect a Itnipvr person to represent the district in i ' ho Na-Uona Convention to be held at Leeds , Augusts

      The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...

      I # K ^ P ® M , * j | ij « i crisis is at hand 1 let 4 ^ Mirers of democracy be af ' tbeJrposfcr" ' ' ™*" -w - - ¦*« . ™ * SiRATFpnD ox-Avfis ; ithe birth-place of the imm ™ tal Shakspere ^ The ' members of the Land SoS " will meet at the house of YYm . Paine , boot and shoZ maker , news-agent , & o ., Sheep-street , :. « ear thn Town-hall ; for the purpose of enrolling members and receiving contributions , and for forwarding all 9 ub . scriptions to the general funds in London . AH who think proper to join the society will assemble at the above place every Sunday evening , from five to nino o ' clock , s . Newcastle-won-Tthe . —A public lecture will be given in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn Ship *«

      Sunday evening , August 2 , by Dr . Maraton , ou the Chemistry , of . Health nnd Life . Admission free Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . ' Aged Patriots' and Victims' Widows' asd Orphans' FulNDs . —In consequence of the receipt of letters of a most distressing nature from Messrs Richards ; J . R . Stuart , and Mrs . Ellis , a Meeting will be held at the South London Chartist Half 115 , Blackfriars Road , on Sunday afternoon' next ! August 2 nd , 1846 , at Four o ' clock , to elect a Secretary , and transact such other business as the urgency of the case demands . Mr . John Shaw and others of the Committee will be in attendance .

      Barnstaple . —The members and friends of tha Co-operative Land Society will meet every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , at the Temperance Hotel , Holland-street . Hull . —The members of the Chartist Association are requested to attend a meeting at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , on Sunday , August 2 nd , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , on business of importance . The Hull branch of , the Chartist Co-operativa Land Society hold their weekly meetings every Tuesday evening , at the Ship Inn , Church-iane ,. for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . ¦ - "rr

      A Chartist Camp Mketiko will be held on Blackstone-edge , on Sunday , August 2 nd , when Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Messrs . Philip M Grath , Clark , and Daylo , of the Chartist Executive ,. Ernest Jones and Doctor M'Dowall , of London , Mr . Tattersale , of Burnley , and other friends of the people , will address the meeting : chair to be taken precisely at two o ' clock . The delegates will meet at the White House at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . It is requested that each locality will send a delegate . BuADPonn . —A Chartist Camp Meeting will be held on Bredlord-moor , opposite the Coach and Horses Inn , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock ^ in the

      afternoon . Dr . M'Dowall , Christopher Doyle , of the Executive , and other friends will address the meeting . A lecture will be delivered at half-past seven , the Same evening , at the Woolcombers' Arms Inn , Hope-street . The members of the General Council will meet at the Woolcombers'Arrns , atone o ' clock on Sunday next . The members of the Land Society will meet in the large room of the Woolcombers' Arms , Hope-street , at six o ' clock in ^ the evening to enrol members and receive subscriptions Bbadfobd . —The members of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society will meet in the Land office , Butterworth-buildings on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      The members of the Chartist Association will meet in their room , Butterworth-buildings , on Sun . day , at five o ' clock in the evening . The tea party committee will meet in the Land oflice , Butterworth-buildings , on Sunday at six o ' clock . On Monday a soiree and tea party will be held in the Temperance Hall , Leeds-road , at five o ' clock in the evening . Feargus O'Connor , Esq . will address the meeting after tea . Mr . M'Grath will preside . A ball will be held in the Odd Felloes' Hall , Thornton-road , at eight o'clock in the evening .-tickets for the tea party and ball sold by Joseph Alderson . The Forresters band will await the arrival of the directors at the Railway station , and escort them ia the Hall . Mr . C . Doyle will address the meeting in the Odd Fellows' Hall , at 7 o ' clock in the evening , Messrs . Clark and Wheeler will also address the meetings in the Temperance Hall .

      Mimers Intelligence . — Tyldesley Banks . — The next Delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held at the house of Mr . Wm . Hilton , Spinners' Arms , Tyldealey Banks , on Monday , the 10 th of August , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also bea public meeting which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq , and several other gentlemen , chair to be taken at three o'clock , p . m . Leeds . —On Suriday ( to-morrow ) afternoon , at 2 o ' clock , a Camp Meeting will be held in Vicar ' a Croft , to be addressed by Messrs . M'Grath and Clark , fvom London ; and Mr . Tattersall , from Burnley . At half-past four Tea will be provided , in the back room of the Bazaar , at eightpence each , when addresses will be delivered by the above gentlemen .

      On Monday evening , a Public Meeting will he held in the Croft , when several Delegates to the Convention will address the meeting—to commence at % o ' clock . On Tuesday evening , at S o'clock , Mr . Ernest Jones will deliver a Lectui e , in the back room of the Bazaar . On Wednesday evening , at 8 o ' clock , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will deliver a Lecture ju the above room . The members of the Land Society will pay theic contribution to-morrow evening after the lecture .

      Gkand Demonstration to the People ' s First Estate , —The Committee for conducting the aoore , will meet on Sunday afternoon next , August 2 nd , at three o ' clock precisely , at the South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriar's-road . Every district , locality , and democratic body , is requested to have its representative present on the occasion , as the comfort and convenience of the friends attending the Demonstration must in a great measure depend on the arrangements made by this committee , each delegate is requested to come prepared with the name of the place from whence the vans will start in his district , < fee . Veteran Patriots' Exiles' Widows' and Orphans' Fund . —The committee are requested tomeet in the Hall , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday evening next , August 3 rd , at seven o ' clock precisely . John Skelton . 24 , Cecil Court , St . Martin's Lane .

      P . S- —Let each member of the Committee , be at his post upon the oceasjon . Leicester . —A meeting of the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , will je held at 87 , Church-gate , on Monday next , August 2 nd , at 1 o ' clock in the evening .

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      THAMES . Savage Outrage . —On Monday , a remarkable looking man , of very dark complexion , named William Barrett , a tailor , who is deaf aud dumb , was brought before Mr . Broderip , charged with having assaulted a female named Strong , hi such a manner tUat her life is despaired of . Ethcliiida IViliingale , a young woman residing at No . a , Haven-street , Wtiitechapcl , stated that she was called upon early that morning by a person residing at the adjoining house , No . 4 , of which Mrs Strong was landlady , to write out something for the prisoner to read . At tlio same time she was informed thai the prisoner was about to remove his goods without paying his rent . Mrs . Strong directly afterwards returned home , and , at her request , she wrote ou a paper that liis landlady wanted her rent . The prisoner made an attempt to leave the house , but was prevented doing so by Mrs . Strong , who uttempted to close the street door . The prisoner immediately seized

      her by the throat , struck her several times , and threw her with great violence on the ground behind the door . Mrs . Strong got up again and made another attempt to shut this door , on which the prisoner pulled it back and jammed Mrs . Strong's head several times between the door and the wall . He also beat her with his fists , and maltreated her in a most cruel manner . Witness opened the door for tlie purpose of releasing Mrs . Strong , who said , the deaf aud dumb man was murdering her , and had no sooner done so than the prisoner seized her ( . the witness ) by the throat and nearly strangled her , and , after striking her violently on the side of tiie face , he snapped at her like a dog andmade several attempts to bite hw neck and i'nce . Several men then came to the assistance of Mrs . Strong , and the prisoner was taken away from her and given into custody .

      The witness added , that J ' . rs . Strong was rendered insensible by tho savage treatment she received from the prisoner , and whs carried to hor bed , where she has evei since remained . Tlie doctor in attendance on hev . had given up all hopes of saving her . l ' oliee Sergeant Shaw , No . 2 K , confirmed the statement of the dangerous position of the woman . Mr . Uroderip read ) a certificate from Mr . Bealo , ft surgeon , which was to the ; followin effect : — « I hereby certify that Mrs . Strong 1 ms received severe injuries to the livam and spine , and that 1 consider her in a dangerous state of exhaustion at present . " The prisoner was permitted to read the evidence against him , and , alter lie had done so , writing " materials were supplied to him , but he did not make use of them . He was tlieii remanded until Tuesday next week

      CLERKESWELL . lIoiwiiiLE Case ok Gouging . — On Tucpday Ellen Maeatiray , a savage looking young woman , was placed at V , nt n al exnmiiiatioii , charged by Edmund Al Mullen , iv journeyman shoemaker , wit ' . \ the following atrocious assault : —the prosecutor st . it . cd . that a few evenings ago he entered the King ' s Arras public house , YUuteeross-stroet , where the prison *' .-, her sister , and other yei-sons were drinking , Witne / a , " who hud a previous quanei , v un the prisoner , n « : aii ) hud soma hiuh ivord * with her , when she challenged h ' . m to fij-ht , which he declined ; she then rushed at hir . i , seized him round his neck , and " gouged ' , out one o ' t his eyes . He was taken to bt , lliirtholonietv ' s llosiiiUu in great ngonv . with his eye literally hanging ou liis ' check , ami his life was pi'fluutiueud by the Burgtou to be in danger . He vemaiueil ui the hospital umil . M ' jndav , when he was sufficiently m-OVcrcUtO attend to ' give evidence , but with loss ot'sigM of the injured eye , Several witnesses corroborated his evidence , t- . | * . . vl ! i ' ' , uev denied the ehavge , but slw was com «» "tea

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      , waynmvUet , in uie City of \ V estmmsti'r » " '" Olliee , in tlio same Street ami Tisrish , iV . i- tlie IW j . prietnr , VKA 11 CUS O'CONXOK , l ^ q ., and piiWisn ^ by William Hewitt , of . \ o . Jtf . Charles-stivei . ' >!"¦"' don-street , \\ alwortn , in the I ' arlsh of St . Altiry , >¦ : » ington , in the Comity of Surreyi at Uic V'liWc , ^ > . Gran IViiulmill-stivct , lliiymarfajt , ia tin ? w >> Vriwtmiastei-. Saturday , August 1 , IS ' -IC .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 1, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01081846/page/8/