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      MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . An An arrival fr om India asserts the discovery of a Dnspionspiracy on the part of the deceased Akhbar Khan u com connection with the Candahar chiefs , for the inaasionssion of British India , via Shirkarpore . The Scbah if Peif Persia was to supply the needful cash , and Yar Waholahommed of Herant was to have contributed 3 , 000 men taen towards the enterprise . "We "Westrongl y doubt the truth of this statement , but if truf true , there most be as end to the p lot now that ftherehere is an endof Akhbar . We observe a report that tthatthat prince was poisoned by his own father . This raotwiotwitbstandiflg the crimes of Asiatic courts , we Itaketake leave to doubt

      Si Since the news from Portugal , given below , was in ttypetype , we have received later intelligence , to the effect tthattuat the terms proposed by Lord Palmerston had Ibeeibeen accepted by the Queen and the new Ministry . ( ColiCoIonel Wylde had set out for St Ubes to put a stop ( to bto hostilities . A complete amnesty had been agreed itj . tj . If the terms were rejected hy the insurgents , the there was then to be an armed intervention by EnjEngland in support of the Queen : It was reported tha that the Junta would not accept any terms of accommo modation unless their troops were allowed to garrison Lis Lisbon and Oporto as guarantees against any future coi coup d ' etat .

      - - The Pope is marching onvrard . His latest act act has been the summoning of a consultative jm junta composed of individuals selected from the diffei ferent provinces of the Roman states , for the purpose of of discussing with the government the affairs of the adadmiaistratjionf andofaidinerit in the measures to be be adopted for the amelioration of the condition of th the people , This is a step towards " representative in institutions . " A modification of the Greek ministry has taken

      p ' place . Coletti , however , still retains his place and h his supremacy ; the evil genius of his country . The < -quarrel with Turkey remains unsettled . It would appear from a stray number of the New ' 1 York Journal of Commerce , that the Castle of St J -Juan d' Ulloa , notwithstanding its vaunted impreg J liability , has fallen into the bands of the American i invaders , and with it Vera Cruz . We expect the < confirmation of this intelligence before going to press .

      FRANCE . A Tram ' s Fekb . —Saturday being the fete-Asy of Louis Philippe , extraordinary precautions were

      taken to prevent any equivical demonstration of popular affection for the royal personage . On Saturday evening , extra patrols surrounded the Chateau . An order from head-quarters was despatched to all the barracks , enjoining the commander of corpse to double the piquets , audio hold aforce ready to march -at a moment's warning . Boa Mass arrived at Marseilles ' on the 26 th : The JSud cf Marseilles says : "This remarkable prisoner will be sent to the Chateau de Pomervi , in the Pyrenees , which is appointed for his residence . "

      A letter , addressed to the Mmiteur Judieiaire of Lyons , gives a fearful description of the destitution of the population ofBeaujolais . Itcan only be compared to the misery in Ireland . Whole families are -starving and without hope of being able to procure bread . , Thb Paris FoKirncsnoss . — The Union No . tiarekique states , that for some time past a considerable number of gun carriages has been transferred from tbe arsenal of Metz to Paris , to be used in the -fort of St Denis . It is said , that by September next all the materials for arming the forts round Paris 'will have arrived in the capital : SPAIN . I

      On ihe 2 Sth nit a deputation , composed of Messrs Mendizabal , Cortina , Olozaga , Laserna , Madoz and Cordery , waited on the Queen toentreat her Majesty to extend , the benefit of the amnesty to several generals , and , in particular , to the ex-Regent , Espartero . The Queen graciously replied to the demand , saying that she personally desired union , but that the question must be referred to her council of Ministers . Cabusts Destroyed . —A letter from Barcelona states that an engagement took place on the 23 rd , between a band of about 100 Carlists and a detachment of the royal troops , at Basel !* , near Solsona Twelve of the insurgents were killed and drowned , twenty-three were taken prisoners , and the rest escaped . PORTUGAL .

      Thb Civil Wab . —We have Lisbon news to the 28 th of April . The Royal Tar steamer , chartered by the Lisbon government , had been captured on tbe 21 stofftherockofLisbonbythe Mindello steamer , belonging to the insurgents , and carried into St "Che ' s , which SadaBandeira had put into a state of defence , and which was invested by the Queen ' s troops under Yinhaes . Tbe Royal Tar , besides her { ft-pounders , bad on board 10 , 000 muskets and 40 , 000 cartridges . A sloop , belonging to the Queen ' s party , was also taken by the insurgents , whilst on her way from Gibraltar- The King , as commander-in-chief ,

      bad joined the besieging array before St Ubes . Some accounts represent the Queen as having refused to accept LordPalmerstotfa terms , and that negotiations was suspended until the fate of St Ubes should i > e decided . Other reports represent the Queen as having agreed to accept the conditions imposed by the British government . A change oi ministry has taken place . The new administration consists of M . Bayard , in tbe depart- , anent of Foreign Affairs ; M . Leitan , Justice ; M ., Froense , Interior ; M . Tojal , Finance and Marine ; and Baron da Poate do Barca , War .

      St Michael ' s , April 27- —This island has been in revolt some time . Independentofthe garrison , 800 cafiadores of the line , there are 1 , 700 and odd armed volunteers . The governing junta are displaying great energy and activity ; they have recently remitted tothe Oporto junta 15 contos of reis , island currency-about 2 , 7007 . —a large sum for so small a place . They are seeking for vessels to embark a -considerable portion of their force for Portugal ; and as the islanders are a fine , hardy , athletic race of men , this addition to the popular cause in Portugal ¦ mala , be a valuable auxiliary .

      GERMANY . I Prussia . —The King of Prussia bad , on the 22 nd alt ., laid before the Diet at Berlin the proposition for a new law , to abolish the tax at present in force -upon flour , or rather all kinds of bread-stuns and butcher ' s meat ( AfoAI vend Sehlachtalever ) , into a iind of personal or head tax , for the poorer classes , and art income-tax , somewhat like Sir Robert Peel's , for the more wealthy ones . In the sitting of the : 27 th , adopted two important resolutions . It voted first , that the exportation of potatoes should not be allowed , and next that they should not be employed in the distillation of brandies and spirits .

      Hasoveb . —The General Diet was prorogued by a » yal edict on the 21 st ult . The same Gazette in ^ hich thh notification appears contains the kin g ' s answer to tbe request of ths Estates , that he would allow the debates to be published ; The reply con-• dudes with this emphatic declaration : — "After mature scrutiny and conscientious deliberation on our duties , we have irrevocably decided sever to allow tbe meetings of our loyal Estates to be open to the pubic . " The reason assigned for this determination is , that publicity can only be useful "in so-called constitutional states" [ in sogenannten constitution-Hen staatrn ); aad would be positively prejudicial in his kingdom , where ths deputies " are not allowed to receive instructions from their constituents , and are sot responsible to them . " The fabrication of brandy and vinesar from potatoes has been forbidden in Saxony and Bavaria .

      ITALY . Rome , April 22 . —As previously announced , the 2 , 590 th anniversary of the foundation of Rome was celebrated at thatcity on the 21 st nit ., by agrand banquet in the Grotto diTito , which was attended by about 800 citirtns , of all classes and ages . After the repast speeches were made , verses recited , and national byms sung . An immense concourse of people "was assembled to witness the ceremony , at which the greatest order prevailed . , . . . On the 19 « h Cardinal Gazi addressed a circular to the governors of the Roman provinces , declaring that

      his Holiness desired to create an assembly of the notable personagesanddelegates of the principal towns of the Roman states . A letter from Civita-Vecchia says , that this announcement was received there with demonstrations of the greatest joy , and was welcomed probably in a similar manner throughout all the states of tbe church . The circularwasmadeknownin Rome on the day after the anniversary of its foundation . One common sentiment pervaded Rome on its becoming known . " Let us hasten to the Quirinal to express our gratitude , " was the universal shout . The circular , printed ia large characters , wa hoisted on

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      a standard , and a rendezvous was appointed for sunset , on the Piaxsa del Popolo ; every Roman was to come with a torch . At the appointed hour the immense square was filled to overflowing , the crowd occupying the neighbouring streets . At eight in the evening the immense mass began to move by companies in the most perfect order , preceded by bands of music . The Corse was illuminated , the windows and balconies crowded with spectators , waving their handkerchiefs , and making the air resound with shouts ef " Hail to Rome!—to the provinces!—Long life to Pius IX . !** The Pope appeared on the balcony of the Quirinal , the surrounding space being brilliantly lit np by the 8 are of the torches . After the usual blessing , thousands of voices joined in one immense , itnpssing viva , which died away in silence , after which the people separated in the greatest order .

      Letters from Bologna of the 25 th ult ., announce that the Pope had sanctioned the principle of the establishment of national guards throughout the pontifical dominions , and that a decree to toateffect should be shortly published by His Holiness . According to the Felsineo ( Bologna journal ) of the 22 nd hit ., the Grad Duke of Tuscany , taking example by the Pope , was on the point of adopting a liberal and progressive system of administration . RUSSIA . Letters in the Jranfefbrt Poit 4 ml Ztitwg , under date April 21 , say , that the Emperor of Russia has adjourned bis visit to Warsaw . The liver cemplaint from which he is suffering is of so _ serious a nature that his physicians have advised him not to quit St Petersburg before the middle of the summer . Letters from St Petersburg state that two general officers and twelve colonels have been committed for trial on the charge ot having embezzled monies destined for the service of the military hospitals .

      Ths Russian Censorship . —M . Lebedoff has published at St Petersburg , under the authority of the censorship , a work relating to the first six years of the reign of the Emperor Nicholas . Hardly , however , had the worfe appeared , than it was seizedby the police , although written in the most flattering style towards his Imperial Majesty , and the author himself was imprisoned as being guilty of having infringed the law , which ordains that all writings treating of the reigning Sovereign must , before publication , be submitted to the Minister of the Court .

      EGYPT . Letters from Alexandria of tbe 19 th ult ., announce that the foundation of the first lock of the barrage of tbe Nile was laid on the 9 th nit . by his Highness Mehemet Ali with considerable pomp ' . A general salute of artillery concluded the ceremony ; 70 bulls were slaughtered and given to the workmen , and a large quantity of rice and 2 , 000 sheep were distributed amongst the poor .

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . REPORTED CAFIURB OF VERA CRUZ AND ST JUAS . d ' clloa . The Times » f Thursday last contained the following : —We have received a copy of the New York Journal of Commerce ot the 16 th ultimo , which was furnished to our . correspondent at Plymouth by a pilot , who obtained it from an American packet bound for Havre . The fol'owing extracts leave no doubt as to the capture of Vera Cruz and the Castle of St Juan d'Uiloa'b y the American force under General Scott , though in the absence of the intermediate papers between the 7 tb , the latest previous date , and the 16 th ult ., we are unable to furnish our readers with any details of the operation in question : — " an avalanche or victories .

      "On the 1 st day of the present month we pnbliihed the first authentic intelligence of the battle of Buena Vista , in which General Taylor with 5 , 000 men defeated Santa Anna with 20 . 000 . Since that date , we have announced the recapture of Los Angolos , which had risen against the new authorities in California , aad the re-establishment of American role throughout that territory . Also the defeat and dispersion of the insurgents in New Mexico . Also the unconditional surrender of Vera Cruz and the Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa , with four thonsond troops , to the American forces under General Seott . And lastly , the capture of Chihuahua , capital of the state of the same name , by aforce under Colonel Doniphan . Such a succession of victories ( two of them most important ) is something new in onr annals , and it is to be hoped

      may lead the Mexican government , if there should be such a government , to treat for peace . If , however , it should beget in the minds of our people a thirst for military glory , it will prove the greatest calamity which ever befel us . Peace is our element , and without it we cannot expect permanent or ! ' -ngcontinued prosperity . If Mexico should now be inclined to negotiate , we trust government will do itself the honour to offer liberal terms , such as will show to the world that as this war came upon us unexpectedly , and contrary to onr most ardent wishes , so it has been prosecuted , not for territorial aggrandisement , not to depress a weaker power , but because there was not been a moment since it broke out when 'Mexico ( would listen -to propositions fer peace , although overtures tor thatjobjecthave been repeatedly tendered . "

      A CIVIL WAR IN CHINA . ONE HUNDRED AND THIRIT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND THIUTT-EIOHT PERSONS SILLED OR WOUNDED . { From tbe Mmiteur Beige of May 3 , ) The Chinese Repository gives an account , ' which could hardly be ' credited bad we not positive proofs of thedensity of the population of the Chinese empire . According to the above journal , published by the American missionaries , a civil war , or rather feud , took p lace between the two neighbouring departments of Chang-Chao and Tseven-Chao , in the province of Gokien , in which 24 , 515 houses and 660 huts were pillaged and burnt to the ground , and 130 , 63 $ perrons killed or wounded .

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      Since the altove was in type , intelligence has reached the metropolis of two arrivals at Liverpool from New York , bringing the details of the bomtardment and capture of San Juan d'Ulloa , with the tbe reported , loss on the side of the Mexicans of 2 , 000 , and 15 Americans killed and 50 wounded .

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      Raises v . Badtes . —The Learned Recorder of Hull , Matthew Talbot Baines , Esq ., Q-C , brother to Mr Edward Baines , took care in his address to the Grand Jury on Friday last , to remove any suspicion which might have existed of his participation in the editor of the Leeds Mercury ' s abhorrence of the Government scheme of national education . In charging the grand jury the learned recorder said , " I , for one , rejoice greatly over the improved prospects of national education ; for it is quite impossible to conceive a subject of greater importance . So far from wishing to limit education at all , if I had my own will , I would make it accessible to every human being ; because in proportion as you disseminate the blessings of a sound , religions , and moral education ,

      in exactly the same proportion do yon provide for the dearestInterests of the public at large . " Mr Thomas Baines , ' the editor of the Liverpool limes , is also at issue with MrE . Baines , jnn ., on this important question , not having , like his brother , changed his opinion upon it . Morphia versus Ethbb tor Surgical Operations . —Excision of the mamma was performed here lately by Dr Chisholm , assisted by Dr Ross , Camrnsmcre , Sutkerlandshire , Dr Wilson , and Mr Manford , the patient being placed under the influence of morphia instead of ether , with the most satisfactory result . The patient underwent the operation with the greatest firmness and composure , stating afterwards that it was not nearly so severe as she anticipated . She has felt no pain whatever since the part was

      dressed after the operation , and she has been able to go home to the country within a fortnight from that period , quite well , the cure having taken place in the most favourable manner by what surgeons term the first intention . Dr Chisholm is of opinion that morphia will be fonnd sately to supersede ether in all the cases to which it is atpresent in its new character applied . Inverness Journal . Obioh o ? ran Picswick Papers . —It is not , we believe , generally known , that the "Pickwick Papers" originated with tbe artist , poor Seymour , who , having executed seven or eight etchings , sought a purchaser for them , and sent forth his wife for the purpose of finding one . She entered by chance the shop of Chapman and Hall , and submitted the

      designs , which were at once accepted ; subsequently application was made to Mr Charles Dickins to accompany them with letter-press , and immortal Pickwick was the result . The first eight illustrations to this hook only are by Mr Seymour . Some two or three months after the first number appeared , and when tbe author was carrying all before him ; the artist rose early one morning , walked into the garden , and hung himself . Such are the ops and downs of life . Fame and fortune to the one—suicide to the other , and penury to his wife and children ; He left a widow and two children to struggle with poverty—a terrible stru « gle it has been , although the Artists' Benevolent Fond came liberally to their aid . A Dl 3 TDiOUI 8 HED | CHABACTEB . — "ThemOStCUriOHS

      incident , " says the UnionMbnarchique "thatoccurred at the meeting of the officers of the National Guard in the galleries of the Louvre , was that of beholding a chief of battalion , dressed in his grand uniform , and whose breast was covered with twelve decorations , five crosses , four crachats ; and three collars ! Pending the two hours during which the officers waited in the grand gallery , that officer was constantly surrounded by a crowd anxiously inquiring * in what kingdoms , in what battles , and for what exploits he had gained more orders than ever figured on the breasts of Turenne or Massena ? The enigma was soon solved . The name of' M . Alexandre Dumas ' having been uttered , curiosity ceased , and made room for raillery . "

      Shocbcng Accident . —On Wednesday evening , be- 1 tween five and six o ' clock , a fine boy , aged six years , j son of Mr Ayres , the coal merchant of Water-street , ! Arandel-street , Strand , in crossing the latter street , near St Mary ' s Church , was knocked down by a Eingsland omnibus , No . 4 , 772 , the off fore wheel passing long itudinally over his body , whio ' n was frigh fully crushed . De was conveyed by the police to King ' s College Hospital , without -any hopes of recovery . , PuGiusH . ~ On Tuesday afight came o ' ff at Woking Common , Surrey , between Langham , of Leicester , and William Sparkes , the AustraUaaf ' uampion : The Englishman wasthe victor .

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      DIVISION OH THE FACTORIES BILL . . HOUSE OF COMUOKS , l £ oKDit ; Mat S . Order for Third Beading read ; motion made , and questionpropoiedj— " That the bill be now read a third time : "—Amendment proposed , to leave out the word " now , " and at the end of the question to add the words ' " upon this day six months : "—Question put , " That the word ' now' stand part of the question . " The ho ' usedlvtded—Ayes , 131 ; Noes , 88 . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' MAJORITY—AYES . Ackers , J Hudson , 0 . AcIand . SirTD Humphrey , Alderman Aclaad , TD Iugestri ' e , Yiscount Adderley , C B Inglis , Sir R H Ainsworth , P Jonnspn , General Antrebus , E Kemble , H Armstrong , Sir A Ktrrison , Sir E Arundel and Surrey , Earl Lambton , H

      M , May 8 , 1347 . _______ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7 J- " - J . « -r" ^) . - I - ¦• ' - ¦¦ - . ¦ - — - ¦ - ., _

      of Law , H 6 n . C E Ashley , Hon H Lawless , Hon . C Austen , Colonel Lawson , A Baillie TV . Lennox , Lord 6 H G Bankes . G " Lopes , Sir R B » teion , T Lowther , Hon . Colonel Bennet , P Mackinnon , V 7 A Bernal . R Macnamara , Mnjor Blackburn , JI M'Cartby . A Boldero . HG Manners , lord J Brisco . M March , larl of Broadley . H Msstermao , J Broadwood , H Monahan , J H Buck . LW Morgan , © Bulkeley . SirltB W Morris , D Boiler , E Mostyn , Hon . E M L

      Byng , Rt Hon G S Mundy , E M CabbeU , BB Munts . bF Christopher , R A Napier , Sir C Clayton , B R NeeW , Joseph Clive , Viscount Newp jrt , Viscount Collatt , J O'Brien , A S Golvile . CB , O'Brien , C Courtenay , Lord " Packe , CYY Cowper , Hon W F Paget . Colonel Crawford , WS Paioier . R . Corteis . HB Palmer , G Davles , DAS Perfect , R Denison , W J Plumptre , J P Denison , E B Plumridge , Captain D ' Eyacourt , Right Hon PotMH . F C T Prime , R

      Disraeli , B Pusey . P Dodd , G Rasbleigh , W Douglass , SirH Rice , E R Dnnoombe , T Rich , H Buncombe , Hon O Richards , R Dandas , Admiral Bolleston , Colonel DuPre , C G Round , J Entwisle , W Russell , Lord J Evans , Sir D L Russell , JDW Ewart , W Rutherford , A Ferraad , Y 7 B Seyraer , H K Flojer , J Shew , Right Hon . F French , F Shell , Rt Hon . R L Fuller A E Sheridan , R B Gaskell . JM Shirley , E J Gladstone , Capt Sibthorp , Colonel Godson , R Smith , A Gore , W O Smith , Rt Hon . R V Gore , W R O Somerville , Sir W M

      Granger , T C Spooner , R Grey , Rt Hon Sir G Stanley , Hon . VT O Grimsditeh , T Staunton , Sir G T Grogao , E Strickland , Sir G Halford . Sir H Toilemache , J Hall , Colonel Troubridge , Sir E T Halsev . TP Tufnell , H Harcourt , GG Turner , E Hardy , J Turner , C Harris , Hon C « pt Vane , Lord H Hatton , CaptV Vys , H Hea . tb . eoat , QI Vyvjan , Sir RR , Henley , J W Wakley , T Hill , Lord E Walkw , R HiJdyard , T B T Williams , W Hindlev . C Yorke , HR Hodgson , F Tellers , Howard , Hon C W G Fields , J Howard , P H Brothertou , J

      MINORITY—NOES . Aldam , W Hutt , W Baine , W Jones , Captain Barclay , D Labouchere , Rt . Hon , H Baring , H B Langston , J H Baring , Rt . Hon . F T Legb , G C Baring , Rt . Hen . W B Lincoln , Earl of Bavrington , Viscount Loch , J Barron , Sir RW Lockhatt , AE Bell , M M'Taggart , Sir J Botfield , B Marshall , Tf Bouverie , Hen . E P Maryland , H Bowles , Admiral Martin , J Brown , "ff Mildmay , H St John Bruce , C L C Moffatt , G

      Busfield , W Morpeth , Viscount Callaghan , D ; 0 * F «; rraH , RM Cavendish , Hon G H Ogle , Savile O H Clay , Sir "William Ord . W Clerk , Rt . Hon . Sir G Parker , J Colebrooke , Sir T E Patten , J W Dalrymple , Captain Pattison , J Dawson , Hon . T V ' Peel , Rt . Hon . Sir R Denison , J E Pendarves , E W V 7 Dickenson , IB Philips , M Douglas , Sir C E Price , Sir R Dugdale , WS Protheroe , ED Duncan , 'Viscount Seymour , Lord Duncan , G Somerset , Lord G Egerton , W T Stansfield , VV"C R Escott , B Stanton , W H

      Evans , W Strutt , Rt . Hon . E Fieldea , Sir W Tancred . H Vf Fitzroy , Hon . H Thesiger , Sir F Forster , M Thornley , T GiH , T Villien , Hon . C Gisborne , T Vfall , CB Geulbarn . Rt . Hon . H Ward , HG Graham , Rt . Hon . Sit J Winnington , Sir T E Greene , T Wood , Rt . Hon . Sir C Hamilton , Lord G Wood , Colonel T Hanmer , Sir J Wrightson , W B Hawes , B Young , J Heneage . G E IF tucbss . Heron , Sir H Leader , J T Honldswortb , T Trelawny ; J S Hume , J

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      Fbiohtful Occorebnces at Hampstbad , —A long inquiry took place before Mr J . I . Mills , the deputy coroner , and a jury , at University College , Hospital , on the body of Thomas Evett , aged forty-Jour , a cab driver . Mr Joseph Charles Barkworth resided at Well-walk , Ilaapstead , was connected with the firm of Young , Valance , and Young , solicitors , St Mildred ' s-court . On the morning of the 27 th nit . engaged deceased ' s cab , and ordered him to drive to ilaupstead : at the commencement of Well-walk there are several roads leading on to various parts of tbe heath , and they are so disgracefully arrayed that even in open daythe pathway of Well-walk may be mistaken for the road instead of a pathway . The ights of Hampstead are lit by contract for six

      months , and on the night before , the contracts being out , there were no lamps lighted . The deceased mistook " this path , he was about to call to him , when suddenly the cab felljfrom tbe pathway into the road , a depth of three feet . The screams of deceased were frightful ; witness having got through the uppermost window found him lying with his legs under the top of the cab . Innumerable accidents bad resulted from the dangerous nature of this spot , the poor cabman was perfectly sober . He considered the surveyor of the roads responsible . Mr Keith stated that he had frequently brought the subject of the disgraceful state of this and other parts of

      Hampstead before the vestries there , but was always put down by the gentry . Only recently a glass coach was turned over , one of the Parcel Delivery Company ' s horses had its legs broken , and in some parts this path , which no one could distinguish from the road , was three feet nine inches in height . Mr Mills said no doubt that whose duty it was to look after the matter were responsible , and in case of death criminally responsible . The jury having expressed their opinion that , the neglect of the authorities of Hampstead was highly reprehensible , in not affording proper protection to the public in such dangerous places , returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "

      Grammar nr Acr of Parliament . —The police clauses bill , which has just been printed , as well as many other bills which have preceded it , contains the iollowing rules of English grammar not te be found in any text book upon the subject : — Words importing the singular number shall include the plural number , and words importing the plural number shall include the singular number . Words importing the masculine gender shall include females . The word " person " shall include a corporation , whether aggregate or sole . The word "lands " shall inelade messuages lands , tenements , and hereditaments of any tenure . The word " street" shall extend to and include any rood , square , court , alley , and thoroughfare , or public passage , within the limits of the special aet . The expression " two justices" shall be understood to mean two or more justices met and acting together .

      Hbrbt Hbisb , thb celebrated German Poet . — The Universal German Gazette of J atgsburg of ike 24 th contains letters written lrom Paris by M Laube , the dramatic poet , who was engaged by the directors of that journal to go to the French capital to procure information as to tbe state of health of Henry Heine . After giving a detailed account of the hopeless eonditioa of the invalid poet , M . Laube concludes asfol lows *— " It is not from the interminable conflicts in literature and politics that the vital power of this formidable champion has been broken . A blow from ! his own family has stricken him , and brought u pon him a species of apoplexy which has annihilated him , j and will be an eternal reproach to that family . When ; the bags of gold and the muniiicent acts of Heine ) shall long be forgotten , their names will be remembered ana talked of , thanks to tha $ oet , awl history and literature will add that , like Byron , he died from tbe pin-like darts which he received from , the hands ¦ of his own relations . "

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      HONDA r , ai * r » . HOT / SB OF LORDS . —The Marquis of Laxjbownb , n answer to the Earl of St Germans , intimated that the mbject of rating of tithes under the Poor Belief ( Ireland ) Sill , should receive the fullest consideration before the neasure passed . The Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and passed . The Army Service BUI went throug h Committee pro ' onna , in ordered to be printed with amendments . Laws or Lanmord ako Tenant in iKBiANn . —The Marquis of Westmeatu moved- —' ' That the existing laws > f landlord and tenant in Ireland are not calculated to regulate equitably the duties , reciprocal obligations ; and

      interests ot the parties in tboee relations in that country , and under actual circumstances require immediate revi . sion and amendment ; and that the imposition of increased burdens and new responsibilities on land renders such revision and amendment urgent and indispensable , ' The Marquis of Lansdowne having drawn the atten . tion of the house to the abstract character of the motion , which pronounced general statements as to the law of landlord and tenant , without laying down those altera , tions and amendment * that it was desirable to make , coupled with the fact that a bill for regulating the relation between landlord and tenant was now before the other house , prevailed on the noble marquis to withdraw his motion , and the house then adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —POBT 0 OAL . —In answer to a question " of Mr P . Borthwick , Lord P » imebston said there was no foundation whatever for the rumour in existence , that England , France , and Spain intended , under the provisions of the quadruple alliance , to inter , feve with tbe affairs of Portugal . It was tbe wish of her Majesty ' s Government to effect a reconciliation between tbe contending parties ; but no step would bo taken beyond that , except to protect the person of the Queen . Factoet Bill . — On the motion that this bill be read a third time ,

      Mtf TtELATTNY gald tbat , in moving ttiat tl » e bill bo read a third time that day six months , lie would address the house on the subject of a clause of which he had given notice . Tbat clause was , tbat tbe bill should continue in operation for only three years . The measure was acknowledged byalttobe . au experiment , and the language even of the working classes , for whose be . nefit it was designed , in reference to it , was , that " they were willing to risk it . " It was a measure , accompanied , by penalties , levelled at tbe industry of the country . The various spmhes whioh bad been addressed to the house showed that they were guided by no fixed principies in legislating on this subjtot . There seemed to be

      great doubt how it would operate . If the house adopted the clause which he proposed , they would be able to continue tbe measure if it succeeded , and , if it failed , it would not be necessary to have the country agitated , in order to do away with it , He believed the lab raring classes themselves would be the first to ask the house to have it repealed . "He proposed that it should continue in operation for three years , in order to give it a fair trial . Tbe differences of opinion which existed amongst the members of the government should of itself make them pause before they gave a permanent character to a measure which would affect such numbers of ; the working classes . Hear , hear . ) Mr Leader seconded the motion .

      Mr GaiMaDiTcn supported the Mil . Thehon . gentleman who had just spoken seemed to know but little of the effect of the factory system en the working classes in the north of England . Heknewitto have a most pernicious effect . The object of this measure was to place factory workt rs in the s une position as masons and most other classes of workmen in this country , as regarded the hours of labour . They were injuring tbe race by ever-work . Many of the manufacturers felt this . His own" hoh . colleague ( Mr Brocklehurst ) was one of the largest manufacturers in tbe world , and he had always voted for a ten heurs' bill . For bis own part he hoped they wonld discountenance the opposition which was offered to this measure .

      Mr Labouchere having already spoken upon this question , should occupy the bouse but a short time on the present occasion . His sense of the importance of the question , however , was such , that be felt bound to state that hiving reconsidered tbe question with attention , he remained of opinion tbat this perilous experiment could not but be attended with disappointment to the working class , whilst it would involve the manufacturing interests of the country in great hazard and peril . It had been said that night "try the measure as an experiment . " His belief was , that this was a measure which could not be tried as an experiment , ( Hear , hear ) It was quite possible that its first effect would be to raise the price of manufactures , and give an artificial stimulus to our trade . But sooner or later prices must again find their level , and then we should discover , and too late , that we had thrown away the great advantage of employing British industry to Us full extent in this coun'ry , ( Hear , bear . ) No one could controvert that amongst our rivals tbe cotton manufacture was carried on more tban . ten

      hours a day , \ et here we were to lay it down as an inflexible rule , to be adhered to under ail circumstances , and In every state of the markets , tbat tho artisans of England should not work longer , than that period ' . Why , he could not but forsee that the effect of such a rule would be to place British industry under a great disadvantage . ( Cheers . ) An lion , friend of his bad given notice that be should move a clause exempting Ireland from the operation of this bill . That was an amendment which , in justice to England , he could not support ; bat be must say that be thought there was « nough , at tbe present time , in the state of Ireland , to forn good reason why no such measure should be passed at all . He had a communication from "Ulster , statin ?

      tbat all the labour of the weavers in that province , during three nights and six days of the week , was scarcely sufficient to secure them a livelihood , ; Were they , then , by legislative interference , to drive these men to relinquish the occupations in which they had been brought up , and enter upon other employments , to which they were unaccustomed ? If they did so , . they would certainly do anything but a kindness to the labourer , ( Hear , hear . ) And this brought him to ask bow far it was intended that the principle of this measure should be carried ? Did they contemplate carrying it out or not ! Was this to be a final measure , or were they to go further still ? These were questions which were very material , and to which he should be glad of a reply before they went to a division .

      Mr Stansfield had no doubt tbat , if this bill were carried , great injury would be done to the workpeople . But the small manufacturers would also be most injuriously affected ; indeed , unless machinery could be wry greatly improved , this class must , for the most part , be ruined . He regretted that parliament was likely to be induced , by popular clamour , to add another to tbe long list of useless restrictions upon time , ¦ ( Cries of " Question ' . "— "Withdraw ' . ") Mr Hums ( who rose amid loud cries of " Oh , " and " Divide , " ) expressed his regret that the house should display such great impatience to pass so dangerous a measure as tbat before them . He was astonished that a majority should be found in the present parliament to

      put a stop to free trade in labour . Let them reflect on what would be the consequences if this bill injured Our manufactures , to anylargeextent . Let labour be thrown loose , and who would have to support it * The land would be . the victim ; and this was a point which tbe country gentkmen in that house ought sefbusly to consider ; 20 or 25 per cent , of additional taxation surely would bs no benefit in a country already over-taxed . They were bound to reflect also that there was nothing so dangerous to tamper with in this country as capital . Capital could move , though land could not ; aad if capital arid labour were withdrawn , Jand : tvould . be nearly valueless . For their own sakes , therefore , let them re . jeetthebill . . The house then divided , when tbe numbers

      were—For the amendment ... ... ... 88 Against it ,. ... ... ... 151 Majority against " ... G 3 . Mr Tbelawnt . then withdrew the clause which he bad intended to move , limiting the operation ef the bill to a period of three years . ; The bill was then read a third time , and , amid much cheering , was afterwards finally passed . The Greek Lois On tbe order of the day for going . into committee of supply , Lord 3 . Manners , in moving for a return of all moneys paid by . Great Britain on account of the interest of the Greek loan up to the 1 st Jan ,, 1347 , expressed his deep regret at the influence which France had exercised in the affairs of Grece , and was desirous that the house should express , in firm and decided language , an opinion favourable to the independence of tbat country .

      Lord Pamebston , after detailing the means by which the ^ independence of Greece had been achieved , —the peculation which bad been carried on by the Greek government , in order to prevent the- appearance of a surplus iu the public accounts , lest any of the money should be taken out of tbe country to repay tha lean , said be did not see that England , France , ov Russia eould intetfeae with the internal administration of Greece beyond tie ; point » f requhlug that the treaiy engagements by whickishe bouadi herself to . pay the interest of the loan shoul & bB faithfully , observed . He regreVtcd to . saj that the treaty , of 1632 . had been , set at nought , and thewtarn moved & r by the aoblo lord would thow that little short of £ 20 . 0 , 000 had been advanced by this country Jo Greece . St the poverty of Greece required thiasacrificeatthehands . of this souotoy , is wonld be chew- fully made ; hut tha-oharge of the

      interest was unnecessarily thrown on as , whieh made it the duty of tUegovemtasnt of tbia country to insist upon tbe Greek government paying its own interest upon its own debt . Her Majeaty ' s government , however , nan no desire to ptess hard upon Greece in her present condition , contenting itself for the present with calling upon it to pay tho last instalment of £ 2 S , m % and to make provision for the payment of future instalments and arrears already accumulated . All that tk & country wanted was to secure the happiness and pvoaperity tf Greece , Her Majesty's government saw no . advantage which could be secured by raising up a Brj & b party in Greece , and would never lend itself to SVK ! U a policy , nor eould he under , stand what possible object the French government could hold out to itself in pursuing the policy which some had attributed to it , of building up a Fvench party in that country .

      After some f urther observations from several hon mmWs , VU & motion was withdrawn , and the house went ' into committee of supply pn the miscellaneous estimates ; the principal subjects of discussion being thenew Houses of Parliament and harbours of refuge

      Honda R, Ai*R ». Hot/Sb Of Lords . —The ...

      ., Pooa Law . —Sir G . Gih moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the administration oi laws for tbe relief of the poor in England . He commenced by stating that it was not his intention , in tbe bill which he was ' about to introduce , to effect any alteration in the general provisions of the law which regulated the relief of the poor , as the object of the bill was to be confined to tho administration of tbe law , and to the constitution of the body oa which the duty of the administering them should be devolved . In 1812 , the poor law commission than existing was continued for a farther period of five years , which period would expire in the summer of I 8 t 8 Lord Jehn R » . sell had stated , atthe commencement of the session , that the government had determined not to propose to Parliament t » continue the present poor-law commisfionBut

      . the reasons which in 1831 had led to the creation of a general authority for the administration of tho law , still remained , to a great extent , in full and unimpaired force . Such general authority could not be safely dispensed with . It was impossible , without a central general authority , to guard against the evils which had grown up under tbe former system . Under these circumstances , it would not be safe to recur to a system of local administration , It would be impossible , on the Other hand , to lay down fixed and precise rules to be applied in all cases in an unvarying manner . It was necessary to take into consideration tbe varying circumstances of the different districts of the country , and the sometimes varying circumstance of a particular district . The principle , therefore , on which it was safest to rely was that of a combination of local administration with a

      general central authority . The question then was , what should be the body to whom tho administration of the law was in future to be entrusted ? In 1831 it had been thought desirable that the poor-law commissioners should be disconnected with the executive government , and that they should bo divested of everything savouring of a political character . The experiment then tried had not been successful , and he thought that the law would have opnatedmore satisfactorily had that experiment not been made . It had led i „ the first place , to an imperfect responsibility tu Parliament , * nd In the rtsxt place to providing tbe commissioners with but imperfect means of defending and vindicating their acts whenever they were assailed . It was not his purpose on that occasion to go into any general defence of the conduct of the commissioners . But he

      thought that it would have bo ^ n better for all parties to have given them the meams of directly vindicating themselves . The principle of the measure , then , which he now sought to introduce into the house , was that of the maintenance of a goneral superintending authority , but subject to direct and immediate responsibility to Parliament . The provisions of the bill , founded on this principle , were as follows : —It provided for the cessation ot the powers of the present commissioiiers . The crown would then be empowered to appoint a commission for the administration of the Poor Laws , on tbe plan o > the Board of Control , which superintended the administration of the affairs of India . The board was to consist of one number who should bit tho President of the board and who should be the responsible person charged with the administration of the law , but with

      whom would be associated persons holdiug high offices in the government who would be ex officio members ot the board , and the parties proposed to bj thus associated with him where the President of the Council , the Lord Privy Seal , one of the Secretaries of State ; and the Chancellor of tbe Exchequer . It was ' also proposed that there should bit two secretaries to the board . Tbe president and one of the secretaries should be eligible to a seat in Parliament , altbeugh it would not necessarily follow that they should both sit in the saute house . It was proposed to introduce very material changes into the mode in which the new board was to" exercise its functions , as compared with the presenttnode . It was known that , under tbe present system , such general rules as were framed had to be submitted to the Secretary of State for forty day ? before they came into operation .

      The acts of tho present board are required to be dons under the seal of tho commis ' sioners , and they are authorized to be done by two members , or by the president , under his signature , and counter-signed bythe secretary . But tbe new board was not to be authorized to frame general rules , except under the signature of three mem . berso ' . the board . It would be required that such general rule should be signed by the president of the board , and by two Cabinet Ministers , These rules might afterwards be disallowed by order in council , and then , if thought necessary , carried before the Court of Queen's Bench by certiorari . As the Secretary of State ior the Home Department would be a member of the board , it was no ' longer proposed toh & v « annual reports addressed

      to tbat functionary , but to the Crown , and afterwards submitted to Parliament . The board would aho be invested with tbe power to appoint a certain number of inspectors , to discharge tbe duties new performed by the assistant-commissioners . The existing number of assistant-commissioners was found to be too small . It was proposed to extend the number of inspectors to twelve . It was finally proposed that the commission thus to be created should last only for five years , so tbat the whole subject would , at the end of that period , come again under the consideration oi Parliament . The right hon , gentleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in the bill , reserving all discussion upon it until the second reading , which he proposed to move on that day fortnight .

      Mr Fekrand wanted to know whether it was tho intention of the government to appoint any of the present commissioners to the new board , because , if it was , it would be the duty of some member of that house to bring tho subjectforward with a view of deciding whether , after the exposure of the Andover union committee , any of those persons was competent to fulfil the arduous duties required of a Poor Law commissioner . ( Hear , hear , ) He also wished to kuow whether it was the intention of the government to leave tbe unions of tbeir present size . Some of them were so extensive that the poor had to Walk ten and twelve , and in some cases thirty or forty , miles , to make application . ( Hear , hear . ) This was a great hardship , and ought to be remedied ,, He also wished to know whether the prckcnt district auditors were to remain in power . They were more cruel and insulting than even the commissioners themselves , and ought to be speedily got rid of . He should also like to know whether

      thelvvw under the new bill would be put in operation with all the cruelty an d oppression of the present law , because if that was the intention , it would rise an agitation in the country far greater than that which carried the Ten Hours' Bill , lie rejoiced that the new general rules were not to be signed by the Queen , the sovereign and mother of her people , The proposed alteration in the board was also for the better ; but he strongly objected that three Cabinet Ministers should have the power of making regu : lotions for tbe poor , which were to have the force of laws . With such a proposition in the bill , the right hon . gentleman was not going to rest on a bed of roses , even in carrying tbe measure through Parliament , Of all parties , none was so unpopular in the country as tbe Whigs , and for them to make laws , for the poor was one of the most preposterous propositions ever pro . pounded to Parliament . ( Laughter . ) All he could say was that on this day fortnight he would bo ready to give the bill his most strenuous opposition .

      A desultory conversation ensued ia which several members took part , Mr , Banks urged the same objections agavnat tbe new board which were urged at an early period of the session by Mr Buncombe . It would create in the govevanient a new power of patronage , and in case the administration of the law should continue unpopular , would render it almost impossible for the members of it to obtain a seat in Parliament . LordJouN Russell denied that government had any wish to obtain additional patronage by this bill . He defended the existence of a central superintendence as an essential quality of any efficient Poor Law , and

      contended that the president of this new board of superintendence would be as directly responsible to Parliament «» tbe President ef the Board of Control or of the Beard of Trade . . He refused to give any pledge to the house that he would exclude the Poor Law Commissionwa from office under th ^ new board , on the ground that the government ought to reserve to itself full discretion to appoint to office all persons who- weve competent to perform its duties . All other questions , such as the size of unions , the powers of district auditors , tie ,, could be best settled when this bill was passed , and a responsible functionary was appointed to watch , over its adminwtration . ....- ¦

      Mr PJREAND gave notice that as Lord John Uussoll had refused to give the pledge which he had asked for , bo should move , on a future day , a distinct resolution , tbat the Poor Law Commissioners were Ineligible to-hold office : under the new board , and should found that resolution , on tuts report of the Andovei Committee . Leave was then given to bring in the bill . It was read a first , and ordered to b * read a second time e-athat d & $ fortnight . The house adjourned soon a ! cer twelve o'clock , TUESDAY , Max 4 . BOUSE OJf LOBBSl—Factorv Btu ; . —Lord Feyckshah , in the absence of the Earl of Ellesmore , moved the first reading of the Factory Bill , and . gave notice of the second reading for Friday , the Hth inst , After a few worda from lord Brougham , who trusted that the bill would not be postponed beyond the 14 th inst i the bill wa » read a first time . At a subsequent part of the evening , Locd Feversham fixed Monday the 17 th inst ., for the second reading .

      Sq . uadb . on oj EvoatmoN . —In reply to Lord Haubwicke , the Earl of Auckland-said a squadron of evolution would probably be assesabled iu July . Tbe Earl of EiiENBoaoasa objected to British squadrons being employed at Athens undLisbona , iu assisting the domestic intrigues ' of foreign countries . The Marquis of Laksdowne said those squadrons were only employed for the protection of British interests , and in giving aid which we are bound to give by specific treaties . The Monetam Pressure . —Lord WuAitNCMm enquired whether Government had had any asswtance from the Bank of England beyond themual and customary advances . )

      The Marquis of Lansdowne said he could distinctly state that no unusual assistance hid beeu obtained from the Bank . He idded , tbat the existing pressure on the money market bad been very severely felt , but he hoped it would soon be overcome . Government was anxious to nddnothi-jg to the difficulties experienced by the Bank of Engl ? jBd in managing its affairs in tbe best possible way b jr fte inurest of its own proprietors . L . ord Brougbah observed that thu crisis had been prefaced by the failure of the harvest and the disordered i state of the exchanges , and under exiiting circumstances could not have beeu avoided ,

      Honda R, Ai*R ». Hot/Sb Of Lords . —The ...

      -Landed PaoTEBTT ( IaEtANn ) BiLt ;—The Maiqnig 0 f Lan « d « w . vb moved the order of the day ; for going inta ; committee on this bill , and explained its object , which was to advance £ 1 , 500 , 000 , at 6 } per cent , interest on all kinds of landed estates in Ireland . As this measure was intended to apply generally throughout the country , it became desirable that it should be made applicable to the circumstances of a vast variety of individuals ; the previsions of the bill had been , therefore , so framed tbat they fitted themselves te the case of almost every descrip . tion of property in Ireland , and it would be in the power of every proprietor to avail himself of it .

      ThtDuke of Weiwnoton declared bis conviction that this and ths Encumbered Estates Bill were of all measures the most calculated to lead to the improvement of Ireland . There was , however , a most pernicious practice nowprevalont in Ireland ef making land the circulating capital of the country , and pledging the landfor the purpose of paying tbe wages of the labourer . It was necessary , therefore , to enforce the payment of wages in the current coin of the realm , and he should propose a clause rendering such payments compulsory , notwith - standing any bargain with employers to the contrary . Earl FrmuiLUM declared his approbation of tho bill , but regretted the smalluess of the proposed advance . The Earl of Wickiow , on the contrary , thought it a very liberal grant . .

      Lord Monteaole thought that the bill would load to great improvements , and saw no objection to the proposal of the Duke of Welling'on as to the payment of wages , which , if carried out , would have the most beneficial effects . It was bis intention to more a clause providing for the erection of small grist mills in various parts of Ireland , to meet the change from the use ofpotatoes to that of corn . After some further discussion the clause respecting tha erection of mills was agreed to . The bill then passed through committee , and it was settled that the amendment of the Duko of Wellington should be considered when the report was brought up , Their Lordships then adjourned ,

      Dublin Improvement Bin . —On the motion that this bill be read a second time , a lengthened and animated discussion arose , Mr Sliiel and Labouchers , amongst others , supporting the bill , and Mr Grogan , the Earl of Lincoln , and others opposing it . A division afterwards took place , when the numbers were—For the second reading ..........,,., 108 Against tbe second reading 120 Majority against 12 Paruamentari Bates and Taxes . — Lord J . RussELn gave notice that on Tuesday , the 18 th of May , be should move for leave to bring in a bill to regulate tbe days of payment of rates and taxes by Parliamentary electcrs .

      Cen-EE-Hot / sE Keepers . — Sir Be Licr Evaot wished to call the attention of the government to the hard situation in which coffee-house keepers were placed by the defective state of 'be law . A man might go into a . coffee-house and run up a trl without having a farthing iu his pocket , and the Injured party had no other remedy tban a fuit in Chancery . Ho hoped tbe government weuld endeavour to provide a summary remedy by an application to n police magistrate . , . . , The Attoknet-Gineral said ft appeared from returns furnished by the police-magistrates tbat in one yeartbero were 600 case ) of eating-home keepers being imposed upon , and 000 cases of unpaid ctb hire . A summary renedy like that proposed co'ild not be thought of , for the debt was but a mere contract debt , and could only be enforced by civil process . The honourable and gallant officer would no doubt be happy to bear tbat such debts might now be recovered without a suit in Chancery , for a cheap remedy was afforded by tbe new Small Debts Courts .

      Metropolitan Bdildinos Act , —Mr T . Doncomrb said that as he believed it was the intention of the noble lord the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests to introduce a bill to amend the Metropolitan Buildings Act , he would postpone his motion for a select committee to inquire into its operation , or if it were more convenient , he would make his motion , and tbe noble lord could by way of amendment move for leave to bring in bis bill . Viscount Morpeth Intimated he should prefer the latter alternative , and both motions being put from the chair , the amendment was carried , and leave was given to bring in the bill .

      Fees in Courts of Law and Equrrr . —Mr Watsj . y then moved for a select committee to inquire into and report to the house , on the taxation of suitors in tha courts of law and equity by thecollectiouof fees , and tho amount thereof , and the mode of collection ; and the appropriation of fees in tbe courts of law and equity , and in all inferior courts , and in tbe courts of special and general sessions in'England and Wales ; and as to ths salaries and fees received by officers of those courts ; and whether any and what means could be adoptsd , with a view of superintending and regulating the collection and appropriation thereof . The honourable and learned gentleman , in supporting this motion , alluded to many fees which had sprung up without having any legal origin whatsoever . Ner was there any check upon the host of persons who were in the habit of collecting fees in tha various courts of Jaw and equity . In most instances the

      fees are paid over to the consolidated fund ; but it was most important that some control should be placed over them—that the parties paying them should know wherefore they paid them , and that those whose duty it was to receive the fees should have an effectual check over those who collected them . ' One object of the inquiry which he sought was , tbat when they came to investigate into the amount and legality of the fees , some mode might ba devised whereby fraud might be prevented in their collection . To show the necessity for inquiry , the hon . and learned gentleman stated to the house the amount of fees which had been collected for specified periods in our different courts , the exaction of which had been most in . jurious to tbe suitors . It was an important question , in bis opinion , whether tbe courts of law bad any right to exact fees at all . He also vtithed that the investigation contemplated by his motion should extend to the salaries paid to officers of the courts of justice .

      The Attosnet General would offer no opposition to the motion , which was then agreed to . On the motion for tbe nomination of tbe Smitbfield market committee a division took place on an amendment for tbe insertion of Lord B . Drosvenor ' s name into the committee , when forty members not being present tha house stood adjourned . WEDNESDAY , Mai 5 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Drainage of Hands Bill , after a short discussion , in which Colonel Sibthorp urged the introduction of a clause giving security to copyhold tenants for improvements made by them ; . and Lord Lincoln , in reply , expressing his belief that such an object onght to be effected by a separate bill , went through committee ..

      Registration or Voters Bill .-Mr Walpoie moved the second reading of the Registration of Toters Bill , which he said was founded on the report of a select c « m » mittee appointed last year to inquire into the subject . The first object of this bill was to secure the bona fide voter from a repetition of frivolous objections after be had once substantiated his vote , bis second object was to draw a distinction between technical errors and the want of qualification ; and his third was to leave the objector the largest powers to purify the register ; but torestrain him from exercising those powers yexatiousJy . If a person once proved his vote he was entitled to-theprivilege of having a " proved registered vote , " and his name wonld remain on the list so long as lie retained tha same Qualification . If , however , his vote were a second time objected tothe objector ; after the elector had

      sub-, stantiated it against the objection made , would have topay-JOs . costs . Incases where a party claimed ' a vote for tbe first time , any person living in the district might take steps to show that the claimant was not entitled to vote , in order to prevent collusion between the objector and objected . He proposed ; that parties who objected to a vote must specify generally the grounds of objection ,, whethet they objected on the merits of the- qualification or on the ground of misdescription . If they objected ! upon the merits , they would have no right to go intoelbermatters ; if upon a misdescription , inquiry must be confined to tbe columns in which the description occurred ; . To prevent wholesale objstjtiorta , he proposed tbat with , every objection , 2 s 6 d , by way of costs , should be deposited by the objector with the overseers of the parish In which the electa !' s franchise was situate . If the

      objector failed , the money would be handed over to theperson objected to ; if hs succeeded , it would be returned 1 to Mm .. The revising barrister , however , would have dtscretfoaary power to give costs to a larger amount in cases where the parties objected to had been put to great trouble and expense- After referring to some other abases in the present mode of ascertaining and registering the franchises of the electors , for which he bad' . t . ot attempted to provide any remedy in . his present bill , he declared his readiness if tbe house would allow it to go into committee to adopt any suggestions which might assist in producing tbe beneficial results which bo sought to accomplish . Sir 6 . G « r expressed a hope that the hosse would agree to the first leading of tbe bill . He thought tbatit contained many valuable provisions ; but he could nob conceal from the house that it contained ethers which

      would require mature consideration before they could be adopted . The voter ought to be protected in the exerciseof his franchise , whilst , on the otherbaod , needless obstacles ought not to be thrown in tie way of well founded objections . Mr Briqut , after stating , that be would' not object to the second reading of the bill , referred to the fact that the committee had been appointed with the view of exposing the system of registration which , had been carried out by the Antl Corn-Law LeaK ue , and contended that the evidence of Mr Wilson proved tbat tbat body bad been perfectly justified in the course they had taken , while also other evidence taken by the committee satisfactorily cleared tbe character of that body from the suspicion that they had improperly or injuriously interfered with the county registration .

      c Mr Nswdecate said that no less than fifty persons had claimed n vote for tho West Hiding of Yorkshire out of one set of premises , called " Bright Barnsley ; and in another instance made , under similar circumstances , " Cobden " -street , the designation of cited tho risibility of the house . After a few observationsfrom Mr toy . andMrO . J . Heathoote . The Chancellor of the ExciiEUPE been a member of the committee bound to state , without intending weight of evidence preponderated particular , that great abuses wue

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08051847/page/7/