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( . ( Conftmiof from our 1 st page . ) PERTY QUALIFICATION , and PAYMENT OF MEMBERS : and tbat our motto is , — ONWARD AND WE CONQUER , BACKW ARD AND WE FALL ! THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , and
NO SURRENDER ! It would be impossible to describe the scene that followed tbe conclusion of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech , and when the show of bands was demanded , only three in thebody of the vast hall wore held up for the Whig Minister , while for Mr . O'Connor , the show literally resembled a forest of barked oak . A soon as the tumult had subsided , the sheriff declared Mr . O'Connor duly elected , by a show of bands which was received with reiterated cheers . ShW ««» Mr , O'Connor roseagain to propose a vote of thanks tothe Sheriff . He adaWI * . , « ¦ - * £ Nottingham , and resigned an honour wh ^ n the voice of the electors would ^•* J * £ *! *" serve Win ^ Sir John C . Hobhouse , ^ » J ™ S i Bern ,, M . m o ] d 8 ll 0 rt ] fee onlv his "allo p before the race m » r j 2 ft tho boroug h stakes , amithat then he Mr . O'Canncr , would meet him and fight the battle to its cl
ose . . . , , . . , 0 . * U mneh confusion and disturbance , Sir T "' t 1 m ^? sT aaain rose to address the electors . i * l / i " E & K of Nottingham , I beg most fully S 4-Vfirm what Mr . Feargus O'Connor has said ; rtere ' di ' d n « t drop from him one single word of which Thavo t- e least right or inclination to complain ; and crtainW , so far as his treatment of my case was concrneu a ' sense of justice compels me to say , that 1 am oblieed to him for his courtesy . With respect to my friend Feargn * O'Connor ' s treatment of public mat ters , of ennrsethatisadifferenttbing . Itbink , however , f hataftertheeloquentaddress that he made to vou , siier the speech which I thought it my duty to address to you , and also considering that I could not without taking up an unwarrantable portion of Tourt-iroc mate anything like an adequate answer
to Mr . Feargus 0 Connor s speech , I think I mav content myself with savins only these few words . And what I say to him is in the utmost sin « srifcy j and I really call Heaven to witness the truth of what I speak;—I know something of public life;—something of public writing and public speeches ; I have to the best of my bumble ability studied the import of words , and their influence upon thoughts , and I take the liberty—and I hope that my friend Feargus O'Connor will not think me improper . —I take the liberty to caution Mm against the tendency of some of his doctrines . ( Applause and adverse cries . ) I have no interest whatever in speaking anything but my sincere convictions , and I am sorry to find tbat a gentleman of
his capacity , —a gentleman of his eminently good intentions , —for I am convinced of them—has deliberately , as it appears to me , taken up opinions which I am confident , as I am of my own existence , if tbey were carried out to the full extent , as he has shadowed forth to you , would bring nothing but confusion and anarchy upon this country . ( Groans and great confusion , with much land-clapping on the hustings . ) I will represent in ithe proper quarters that which he has so eloquently introduced to me . His sentiments shall be told ; they shall be fairly told , without any exaggeration ; they will be made known to those to whom Mr . O'Connor has condesended to say be hopes I will carry his sentiments ; and if there are persons who may come toadifferenfc conclusion to myself , so mneh the better for those sentiments . Nothing shall be lost of the many things he has addressed to me , and lean tell him
more than this , that in the lesson he has read to me , if I find that apart or the whole of that lesson is such as lean turn tomypublicaccountjOryourpublic account , you may depend upon it tbat it is not because they come from a political opponent that I shall disagree with them . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Having said thus much , Ihave only to thank you for the return which you have made . Looking round me , there is no doubt that the show of hands was greatly in favour of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , but I have the satisfaction in looking round me to see many of those gentlemen whom I had the honour of ranking amongst my supporters when I was first introduced to this constituency . They supported me then , —they are supporters of mine now ; and it is to their conviction , 3 presume , of my satisfactory conduct , I owe it that I have been entrusted once more to be yonr representative .
Sir John Hobhouse sat down amidst an Exhibition of tbe most hostile symptoms in the crowd , and great waving of hats on the hustings ; but being reminded by bis friends , he again rose to second the vote of thanks to the Sheriff which Mr . O'Connor had proposed . The Sheriff briefly returned thanks , first having announced that as Mr . O'Connor had retired from the contest , he declared Sir John Cam Hobhouse duly elected to represent the * Borough of Nottingham in Parliament , an announcement that was received with a succession of hearty groans . After which Mr . O'Connor proposed three cheers for the People ' s Charter and No Surrender , and three for Frost , "Williams , and Jones , which were given in a right hearty spirit . He then retired , accompanied by his proposer and seconder , and Messrs . M'Grath , Clark , and Doyle , amid the reiterated cheers of the multitude .
After Sir John Cam Hobhouse had retired with his friends he declared , that during his whole public career , whether in or oat of parliament , he never heard a speech at all comparable to that of Mr . O'Connor , for eloquence , matter , or spirit ; and well may behave made the declaration , as it has infused new life into the Chartist bodyi throughout the whole district . _ Webkssdat Eventsg . —A public meeting was held in the market-place , for the purpose of considering the proper steps to be taken to ensure the defeat of the two Whig candidates at the next general election . The sneakers were Messrs . P . M'Grath and T . Clark . The following resolution was unanimously carried : — " That the under-mentioned persons constitute an election committee , with power to add to their numbers , viz . —Messrs . Lawson , Boonham , Sweet , Wall , Skerrit , Souter , Carrinaton , Trece , Blatherwick , Rogers , Rawson , M'Grath , Clark , Braranier , Mott , Atterbury , Widdouson , Squires .
Tl > e committee afterwards met , when the following resolutions were proposed and carried : — " That Mr . S . Boonham be the Secretary to the Committee . _ " That the designation of the committee be ' The Nottingham Election Committee for promoting the return to Parliament of candidates who will vote for the embodiment of the principles of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . "That this meeting do adjourn until Sunday morning next , at ten o'clock , to be then held in the large roam of Mr . Smith ' s coffee-house . "
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CITY OF LONDON ELECTION . On "Wednesday , tbe nomination and re-election or Lord John Russell , for the City of London , took place in Guildhall . After tlie usual formalities , Mr . Sheriff Ghapux said , that public notice having been given of the issue of the writ for the city of London , in consequence of the vacation of his seat by Lord -J . Rus-ell who had accepted the office of Prime Minister of the Crown , the Citizens present would now fulfil rhedutiesof the election in the gentlemanly and proper manner which had always distinguished the City of London . ( Cheers . ) Air . S . G . Loyd proposed , and Mr . J . G . Gurney seconded the nomination of Lord John Russell .
Mr . Sheriff Chapijes asked if there was any other candidate to be proposed ?—No answer having been made , the Sheriff demanded a show of hands for Lord J- Russell . A forest of hands were held up , followed by great cheering and waving of hats . Thc Sheriffs then declared that thc election bad ouauimoasly fallen upon Lord J . Russell , who was accordiagly declared duly elected . Loru fam RuaaEu , returned thanks in a lengthy and ** Whitish" speech , unworthy of publication in ourcol'imns . After a vote of thanks to the Sherifts the meetin » Separated . . "
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The Mat « k ( Mr . Lewis , ) proposed Sir D . Lc Marchant , Earl ., of . Ghob ' . iam-place , in thc county of Surrey , as a fit and proper person to represent that city in Parliament . Mr . £ . F . Wiujixis seconded the nomination . No o ! lwr person being proposed , the Slicrilf then , amidst taaHt applause , declared Sir D . Le Alarcbant duly elected . Sir'f . ti ' iuiE then addressed ihe electors and took Ms final leave ol ' thero . Sir D . Le Marcju . vt followed , and returned thanks for his election . A vote of thanks to the Sheriff closed the proceedinHs . ,
WORCESTER ELECTION . Shortly before 11 o ' clock on Tuesday B / ght , Sir Dems Le Alarchaut arrived at the Bell Inn , brinjii » g the startling intelli gence of the death of Sir N . C . ?^ 4 V ' ^ arU 1 K a letter from Lord John Russell w 5 » r - \ V « . offering him the vacant place of Lord Li . ief Justice of ihe Common Pleas . Sir Thomas immediately accepted the offer , and a few leading elevcors being summoned , it was determined to put Sir D . Le Marchant in nomination next morning for the representation of the City . At ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , the Sheriff held his Court for the election , at the Guildhall . Sir T . Wilde was very heartily cheered as he came on the platform . __ Sir D . Lo Marchant also was extremely well received . After the usual formalities
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HALIFAX ELECTION . ; . . ^ THunsnaT , July 9 . -Tn 7 el- ction of £ »«& represent this borough in ^ ! " *' tS tKight caucy occasioned by the , a PP —« t & %£ S ^ SffiJ & S ^;*!^^ . ^ P l ^^ oS ^ Akbo tp ( manufacturer , ) proposed ^ R ^ H-L i ^ Si tartiB ,. : ll - ¥° ^ flSw . innkeeper , then proposed ' Mr ^ r ? Whifa ( a Chartist " woolcomlJer iron , i Bradford ); as a fit and proper person to represent Uhem in Parliament . / j & f smith seconded the nomination . ! The returning officer , Charles Norris , Esq ., an-• nounced that the name of Mr . Smith , who bad ^ seconded the nomination of Mr . George White , was not on the register of electors . He therefore declared the Pigbt Hon . Charles Wood duly elected member for the borough of Halifax . The indenture of the return having been signed in duplicate , thc court was declared dissolved , upon which Mr . White commenced an address to the spectators assembled ; but the returning-officer , with Mr . Wood and his committee , left the Piece Hall , and the assembly soon after broke up . —Daily News .
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ELECTION NEWS . Edinburgh , Tuesday evening . —Mr . Macaulay ' s address you have already published . On its becoming known here that Sir Robert Peel had resigned , and that he was to be succeeded in the government by Lord John Russell , it was regarded as certain that Mr . Macaulay would possess a seat in the cabinet , and by accepting office would have to appeal to the constituents . As tberight hon . gentleman ' s views on certain questions affecting Protestantism and the policy of Government regarding the support and recognition of religious truth were well known not to be in harmony with a large portion of the electors belonging both to the Free Church and the Dissenting bodies , it was considered by them desirable tbat steps
should betaken in order , if possible , to procure a candidate who , while espousing Liberal princi ples , would in religious matters command the confidence both ot Dissenters and Free Churchmen . A committee was formed accordingly , and Mr . Dunlop , advocate , a leading member of the Free Church , was mentioned as the person likely to meet with the support of all the parties interested in this movement . On making inquiries , however , it was found that a large body of the electors of Greenock were unwilling to relinquish their claims upon Mr . Dunlop , who had promised to stand for that place , on the first vacancy occurring . Under these circumstances , the committee at once fixed upon Sir Culling Eardley Smitk , whose high character and standing in the religious world , and whose recent movements against Catholic
endowment they considered would command the entire confidence of those who were dissatisfied with Mr , Macaulay . This resolution was come to on Friday last , and since then steps have been taken to secure his election . The movement has been carried on without any bustle . Notwithstanding the attempt that will be made , Mr . Macaulay ' s re-election may however , be regarded as certain ; but there is a growing impression that in the event of a general election he will fail in securing his seat ; should he again offer himself for this city . An answer is expected to-night from Sir Culling Eardley Smith , in reply to the requisition sent to him . " Mr . Macaulay ia expected in town to-night ; and he is to address his constituents on Thursday , in the Music Hall , the largest public building in Edinburgh . The sheriff has fixed upon Friday next as the day of nomination .
Leith , TuEgDJT Evening . — There is to be no opposition to the return of Mr . Rutherford , now Lord-Advocate . The learned gentleman is to address the electors of Leith to-morrow . The nomination takes place on Thursday . GREsswicH . —the vacancy created in the representation of this borough by the late appointment of AdmiralDundas as one of the Lords of the Admiralty , seems to create little excitement here , as the unopposed re-election of the gallant admiral will take place next Monday , which is the day of nomination . A rumour was afloat on Monday' that a gentleman connected with the Chancery bar and of Conservative
principles , would offer himself in opposition to the re-election of Admiral Dundas , but it obtained no credit . In the evening a highly respectable and numerous meeting of the electors was held at the Rising Sun Inn , Blackheath-hill . Capt . Popplewell , R . N ., in the chair , when it was resolved , "That this meeting views with unqualified admiration the conduct of Admiral Dundas whilst member for the borough of Green wieh , and resolve to adopt the most effectual means in their power to re-elect him . " The gallant ^ admiral being much occupied , and the day of election so near , tins meeting also considered it unnecesary to call upon him to make a personal canvass .
Yorkshire ( West Riding ) Wakefield , Wednesday . —In consequence of the Yorkshire assizes commencing to-morrow , and being likely to last over next week , the High Sheriff has appointed the election of a member for the West Riding , in place of Lord Viscount Morpeth , appointed First Commissioner of Woods , Forests , & c , on a day not quite so early as it might otherwise have been held . The election is fixed for Saturday , the 18 th instant , at Wakefield , the place appointed by the Reform Act . Lord Morpeth ' s return will , for anything that has hitherto appeared , be unopposed .
South Staffordshire . —Wolverhampton , Wednesday . —No symptoms of an opposition to the reelection have as yet been manifested ; anvthing of the kind would be in fact a farce in the present temper of the constituency . The hon . and gallant Colonel has not yet personally addressed the electors . The day of nomination is . fixed for Friday , the 17 th inst ., at Lichfield . Halifax . —The returning officer for this borough having appointed Thursday , the 9 th instant , for the election of a burgess to fill the vacancy occasioned by the appointment of Mr . Charles Wood as the new Chancellor ^ of the Exchequer . The right hon . gentleman arrived here on Tuesday morning , and , having had interviews with the leading members of the Free-trade party , he addressed an aggregate meeting of the electors in the evening . No opposition was made to his return .
Chester . —The following is the address which has been issued by Mr . Jervis to tbe electors of this city : — Gentlemen , —Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to appoint me to the office of Solicitor . 6 ener . il , my seat becomes vacant , and I again respectfully offer myself as a candidate for the honour of representing you in Parliament . The repeated proofs of your confidence and kindness during the fourteen years of my connection with your city render unnecessary any detailed statement of my political opinions . You have watched rav course , and have sanctioned it with your approbation . Should I again have the honour to be elected your representative , I shall pursue the same conduct , and endeavour , by a careful attention to your local interests , to merit a continuance of your good opinion . —I have the honour , & c , John Jeevis . —July 6 .
Mr . Jervis , even by the admission of his political opponents , will not have the slightest difficulty in securing his re-election . Saturday next is fixed as the day of nomination . - > . South Lancashire . — Manchester , Wednesday Afternoon . —In my communication of yesterday , I informed you that a deputation from Liverpool was to meet Mr . Brown ' s committee at Manchester in the afternoon . They arrived here about four . Mr . Wilson then announced that the canvassing books were in readiness . It was agreed between the committee and deputation that it would be unnecessary for Mr . Brosvn to go over the whole district of South
Lancashire , and that it would be sufficient to visit the leading towns . The day of election has not been published here , thought it is probable that thc proclamation will have reached other parts of the country . It would , probably , be . premature to speak of the movers and seconders of tfjemember of South from Lancashire , but it is not unlikely that a gentleman from each of the two leading towns will be selected , and , in that case , it is probable that Sir Joshua Waimslcy , on behalf of Liverpool , and Mr . George Wilson , ( as Chairman of the League ) , on behalf of Manchester , will be appointed , No doubt is entertained of Mr . Brown ' s return ; nor is there hitherto any expectation of an opposition .
Stockport , Wednesday . —With reference to Stockport , as you are aware , Mr . Cobdcn does not positively resign , but only asks a year ' s release from active duty , and it is not likely that the electors will avail themselves of the option placed in their hands of supplying the vacancy for that period . The gossip is , however , that an event may possibly take place before the expiration of this year of absence , which Mr . Cobilen had not contemplated , and that a general election will have seated him as member for the borough of Manchester , in the place of Mr . M . Phillips , who has frequently expressed a wish to retire ; and the leading men of Manchester have expressed a strong wish to secure his services , and to elect him in his absence , with the express injunction that he shall take full time for the restoration of his health .
Kirkcudbright . —It is said , but we believe without any reason , that Mr . Maitland can be successfully opposed ac Kirkcudbright . The people there , agriculturists and all , are too good free-traders , we are assured , not to re-elect ihe Sol icitor-General for Scotland of a free-trade minister . Manchester , Wednesday afternoon . —Mr . Gibson ' s committee met last night to make the arrangements necessary u > secure his rc-cJection for Manchester . It was an twi-ijeiJimjlv respectable and influential assemblage , and the ordinary steps adopted on such occasions wei-i : entered upon with an alacrit y beyond precedent . Nothing iu the shape of an opposition has baen heard of . Tho precept from W . Standi *!! Esq ., sheriff of the county , commanding the return of a member for the borough of Manchester , was only brought to the mayor this morning .
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Monday next , at ten o ' clock , was then appointed for the election . Mri Milner Gibson has not yet arrived in'town , butis expected this evening , and will probably be' the guest , until thc election closes , of John Potter ,-Esq . : He is to address the electors of the borough to-morrow evening , at the Albion Hotel . Towkr 'Hamlets . —The good folks of this locality seem to have something else to think about than the coming election , and Colonel Fox , who continues to be the only candidate for their suffrages , is , to allap . nearance , perfectly sensible of their desire to be freed from tlie excitement of politics . Beyond theissue ' of an address the gallant colonel has taken no steps which could at all render the electorate less indifferent to the coming event of his re-election for their
borough . A former burgess of Sudbury , now resident in the locality , informs us that in his opinion a Tower Hamlets election is a veiy slow affair . A man , he says , like Colonel Fox , who has neither flags nor bludgeon men , placard bearers nor open public houses , not even ( as he declares in desperation , } ' * not even a committee-room , nor a single canvassing party , " docs not deserve to be elected for any place , and at Sudbury , he confidently states , " they would not have had him at any price ! " This gentleman was on Wednesday heard to assure bis friends at Mile-end turnpike that "lie should write a complaint to the Carlton on "the subject . " The . returning oilicer has appointed Saturday ¦ next , atone p . m ., for the election , which will be held as usual on Stepney-green . '
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Friday , July 3 . Their Lordships met at four o ' clock . The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Sugar Duties Bill , and a number of Railway and other Bills . Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday next . " HOUSE OF COMMONS , Frida y , ¦ Jow 3 . The Speaker took the c ' air a few minutes beforo four o ' clock , at which time a considerable number of Members were present .
NEW WRITS . „ ., ' On the motion of Mr . Tuffnell new writs were ordered for the following places , in the room of those Members who now form part of the new Administration : — London . —In the room of Lord John Russell , who , « mee his election , has accepted the office of First Lord of the Treasury . . Tiverton . —In tho room of Viscount Palmerston , appointed Secretary for the Foreign Department . Devonport . —In the room of Sir George Grey , appointed Secretary of the Home Department . Halifax . —In the room of Mr . Charles Wood , appointed to the office o f Chancellor of the Exchequer . West Riding of Yorkshire . —In the room of Lord Morpeth , appointed to the office of Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty ' s Woods and Forests . Taunton . —In the room of the Right Hon . H . Labonchcrc , accepted the Chiltern Hundreds .
Nottingham . —In the room of the Right Hon . J . C . Hobhouse , appointed . President of the Board of Controul . Cut of Edinburgh . —In the room of the Right Hon . T . B . Macaulay , appointed Paymaster-General of Her Majesty ' s forces . Worcester . —In the room of Sir Thomas Wilde , who has accepted the office of Her Majesty ' s Attorney-General . UuxGAnvoN . —In the room of the Right Hon . Lalor Shell , who hns accepted the office oi master of Her Majesty ' s Mint . Perth : —In the room of the Right Hon . Fox Maule , appointed Secretary-at-War .
On the motion ' of Lord Marcus-Hill ; new writs were ordered to be issued for Plymouth , in tlie room of Lord Ebrington , appointed a Lord of the Treasury ' ; for the Leith District of Burghs , in the room of A . Rutherford , Esq ., appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland ; and for Kircudbright , in the room of T . Maitland , Esq . ' , appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland . The orders of the day were . then postponed to Monday , and the House adjourned at a . quarter to 8 o ' clock .
HOUSE OF LORDS , Monday , July 6 . Their lordships met at a quarter to five o ' clock , the Earl of Shaftesbury- on the woolsack . As the peers entered the house they took their places according to tlie present position ot parties , the change of seats seeming to excite considerable hilarity .- The Opposition benches were filled by Conservative and Protectionist peers , among them Lord Stanley , Lord Lyndhurst , and the Duke of Richmond , - Lord . Brougham took his seat with these noble lords . The attendance of the Ministerialists was much less numerous ; the Marquis of Landsdowne , Earl Grey , and the Earl of Clarendon were on the Treasury bench ; the Duke of Wellington was not present . The Lord Chancellor , preceded by the great seal , entered the house soon alter live o ' clock . On taking his seat on the woolsack he received the congratulations of several peers around him .
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSES . The Marquis of JjANSdowke said he would take that opportunity of stating that under the merely ordinary circumstances attending a change of the Government , it might have been convenient to propose that their lordships should adjourn for a short ' time , the number of writs that have been moved in the other house of Parliament making it obviously impracticable and inexpedient to proceed with public business as usual till some day in tho next week . But it had been suggested that it would be extremely
inconvenient iftncprivate business were postponed ( hear ); and therefore he proposed that their , lordships should continue to sit , with the understanding , however , that no public business should be ' transacted till the writs which bad been issued . in consequence of the acceptance of office by members , of the other house of Parliament are duly returned . He therefore proposed that their lordships should meet on the usual days of meeting , but merely for tbe purpose ofrcceivins petitions and of swearing witnesses . This was agreed to , and their lordships adjourned .
HOUSE CF COMMONS , Mosdat , July 6 The house met at i o'clock .
NEW WRITS . On the motion of Mr . Tufnell , the Speaker was directed to issue his warrants to the Clerk of the Crown to make out new writs for the election of members to serve for the following places , rendered vacant by the acceptance of office by their late members : — For the City of Chester , in the room of Mr . Jervis , who has accepted the office of Solicitor-General . For the southern division of the county of Stafford , in the room of Mr . G . Arisoii , who has accepted the office of Clerk of the Ordnance . For the Tower Hamlets , in the room of Mr . C . R . Fox , who had accepted the office of Surveyor of the Ordnance . For thetorough of Greenwich , in the room of Admiral D . Dundas , who had accepted the office of one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral .
For the city of Gloucester , in the room of Mr . F . U . Berkeley , also promoted to be a Lord of the Admiralty . For the borough of Hertford , in tho room of Mr . Cowper , also promoted to be a Lord of thc Admiralty . For the borough of Evesham , in the room of Lord M . Hill , who had accepted the office of Controller of Her Majesty ' s Household . For the county of Roscommon , in the room of the O'Conor Don , who had accepted the office of one of the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland . For the borough of Richmond , in the room of Mr . Rich , who bad accepted the office of one of the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland .
For the borough of Manchester , in the room of Mr . T . M . Gibson , who had accepted the office of Vice-President of the Board of Trade . The motions were agreed to nem . con ., as was also a motion of Mr . Tiiokneley , directing , the issue of a writ for the election of a knight of the' shire for the southern division of Lancashire , in the room of Lord F . Egerton , now Earl of Ellesniere , called to the House of Peers ., . > A great number of railway and private bills were then forwarded a stage .
SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE . Mr . F . Baring moved that the honse meet on Tuesday , at 12 o'clock , for private business . As he understood from Ihe Speaker that it would be a convenience if the house were to meet on Thursday and Friday at 12 o ' clock , for private business , he should move to that effect . —Agreed to . The orders of thc day were postponed till Monday . and the house adjourned at Q o'clock .
HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday , July 7 . The Marquis of Westmeatii postponed the second reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill until Thursday , and said , if it should not be convenient to proceed with it on that day , he would fix the second reading for Tuesday next . Numerous Railway Bills were advanced a stage , avid their Lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , Julv 7 . Now writs were ordered toboissued for tlie borough < d l . iskcai-d , in the room of Charles Buller , Esq ., who had accepted the oiSce of Iter Majesty ' s Judge Advo-CHtc-Genur .-il ; and for Edinburgh , in thc room of W . G . Craig . Esq ., who had accepted the oiliee of one of ihe Lords of the Treasury . Several Railway Bilk wore advanced a stage , and the House adjourned .
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THE POLITICAL ECOtfO ^ ISTS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING" VOSX . . ' , Sir—I ventured , in a former letter , to ; suggest that the Protectionists should cease to cavil with tiieir foes , arid set themselves to explain their v tc \ ys anu principles to the people . ' ¦ «• i ™ Nothing is more , " certain than this fact . No party can eventually succeed , who cannot define , and establish by argument , " their princip les and their 00-jeets . ¦ , i . The temporary triumph of the Free-traders tins been accomplished by their unprecedented activity and their unscrupulous measures . They have taken
their hearers by surprise ; knowing how few reao volumes on political economy , they have selected portions from the works of those authors who seem to favour their views , and have then used such names as Adam Smith , Malthus , M'Culloch , and others , as though the principles of Free Trade had been established by them . , The result has been , that everybody supposes those authors have thoroughly investigated the onestion , and clearly demonstrated the folly , wickedness , and disadvantageousness of the princip les of Protection . . '
Such is clearly the impression in the House of Commons . The above names are ever on the lips of those Members who support Free Trade , and its opponents never attempt to show ' , that not one oi those supposed apostles of Free Trade has ventured to declare himself satisfied with his own arguments . They , one and all , leave the question in the same uncertainly that they found it , nor dothey hesitate to say so . Now , Sir , if from these authors' own words , I prove what I have asserted , I shall , I think , have destroyed the effect of ' tlicir testimony in favour of Free Trade ,. fthd we shall no longer have the dreams of Smith ; Malthus , and M'Culloch enrolled in the speeches of Messrs . Peel , Graham , Ward , Roebuck , Cobden and ' Bright , as so many demonstrated and established facts and principles .
I . As to the great authority relied upon by the Free Traders—Adam Smith , hear him speak for himself . He savs : — "The capital which sends Scotch manufactures to London , and brings back English corn and manufactures to Edinburgh necessarily replaces ; by every such operation , two British capitals which had both been employed in the agriculture or manufactures of Great Britain . " The capital employed in purchasing foreign goods for home consumption , when this purchase is made with the produce of domestic industry , replaces also by every such operation two distinct capitals , but one of them only is employed in supporting domestic industry . The capital which sends British goods to
Portugal , and brings back Portuguese goods to Great Britain , replaces bf every such operation only one British capital . The other is a Portuguese one . Though the returns , therefore , of the foreign trade of " consumption should be as quick as those of the home trade , the capital employed in itwill give but onehalf of the encouragement to the industry or productive labour of the country . " x Now , Sir , is it not extraordinary , that even in Parliament , nay , by Ministers of the Crown , tho author of the above should be constantly quoted as the very highest authority in favour of Free Trade ? Is it not more astonishing , that the friends of protection should silently listen to such misrepresentation . Tcll . me . can the English laneuaeefind words more
clearly and positively asserting the superior advantageousness of the system of protection to native industry ? I think hot . Afterwards this great man Adam Smith , is driven by his own argument , to attempt the destruction of the protective system , and after all he becomes bewildered and steals out of his difficulty by saying " whether the monopoly of the home market tends either to increase thc general industry of society _ or to give it the most advantageous direction , is not , perhaps , altogether so evident . " , If Adam Smith has on any occasion , since then , demonstrated the truth of the Free ( j Trade policythose who quote him as an authority , " are bound to tell us when and where . If they cannot do that , I have proved from his own words that he has left the question unsettled . But , it it is clea r , his leaning is decidedly in favour of protection .
2 . Where does Malthus prove the truth of the Free Trade principle ? He asserts , " all the main propositions of the science ( Political Economy ) have heen examined , and the events which have since occurred ; tending either to illustrate or confute them , have been repeatedly discussed . The result of this examination and discussion seems to be , that on wine very important points there are still gnat differences of opinion" . _ . Malthus next enumerates those " differences of opinion , " in doing so , he states , that every essential part of the question is unsettled—he strives to demonstrate , finds himself puzzled , arid escapes by exclaiming— " Altogether the state of the commercial world , since the war , clearly shows that smnething else is necessary to the continued increase of wealth besides an increase in the means of producing . " What that " something else" is , he nowhere tells his disciples . If I err , let them say ivhere he supplied that defibiencyin his argument .
It is clear that the Free Traders cannot rely on Malthus as a guide ; he leaves them in the clouds of uncertainty . 3 . What says M'Culloch ? He surely has solved the problem - Else , how is it that his name is ever on the li ps of the Free Traders 1 We shall see . He labours hard—he praises Adam Smith—and he blames him . M'Culloch says , " Our illustrious countryman , Adam Smith , published the 'Wealthof Nations , ' a work which has done for political economy what the 'Essay' of Locke did for the philosophy of mind . In this work the science was , for the first time , treated in its fullest extent , and the / uurfamen tal principles OH which the production of wealth
depends established beyond tlie reach of cavil and dispute . " . So that Adam Smith has , despite his own declaration , in the opinion of M'Culloch , settled the question ! No , Sir ; I mistake . Still there is " cavil and dispute , " and that by M'Culloch himself ! Further oh he says— " But however excellent in many respects , still it cannot be denied that there are errors , and those too of no slight importance , in the ' Wealth of Nations . '" Again— " Dr . Smith considered agriculture , though not the only productive employment , as the most productive of any , the home trade as more productive than the direct foreign trade , and the latter than ihe carrying trade . It is clear , however , " adds M'Culloch , " that these distinctions are all fundamentally erroneous !"
If M'Culloch be an authority , Adam Smith cannot have been a Free-trader , Well , then , has . M'Culloch . settled the question ? Hear him—he thus speaks : —VI shall not imitate the example of most writers on commerce by entering into a lengthened examination of the question , whether the home . or foreign trade be the most advantageous . It is , indeed , quite obvious that it admits of no satisfactory solution . I now ask you , Sir , have I shown cause why Adam Smith , Malthus , and M'Culloch cannot be quoted as authorities in favour of Free Trade ? I think they themselves have furnished me with materials . If so , my object is gained .
^ , if these men , who are so often quoted by Free Traders in Parliament , and who are almost universally believed to be apostles of Free Trade , out of Parliament , have declared their inability to decide between the Free Trade and the Protection princi p ies—we have a right to demand of Sir Robert Peel by what argument * he has been able to . untie the Gordian knot ? His speech is barren on that point . Havin « established , beyond the reach of successful contradiction , tlie fact that Adam Smith , Malthus , and M'Culloch , have not onl y failed to establish the principle on which " the increase of wealth" is founded ; but have each of them confessed their inability to solve the question , 1 am warranted in
asserting that all who quote their names as authorities in favour of Free Trade , labour under a great delusion . If , then , Sir Robert Peel cannot prove that the question has since been solved in . favour of Free Trade , it is clearly demonstrated , that the revolution in our commercial code has been planned and adopted without reason , argument , or demonstration . Thus it is proved that " the great and comprehensive measure , " involving the most serious consequences to ( he agriculture , manufacture , and commerce of this empire , has been onrried without any authority or any defined object . Such being the case , where can words be found to express the folly—the wickedness of that Act !
Let us inquire— Has Sir Robert Peel informed us of any authority who has settled the question ? The answer is easy—none , . save Mr . Cobdcn . ' To him I will soon allude . Sir Robert Peel doe ' s not pretend to have discussed the problem—nay , when asked what he thinks will be its results—he is silent—or confesses his utter inability to form any opinion So witli every one of his coadjutors ! It has been reserved to this " enlightened" age—to that " sagacious" Statesman (!)—to jeopardise all our national interests on the most loose and uncertain chance ! At length , he has furnished the nation with an excuse— " it is not I—it is not Lord John Russell—it is Richard Cobdcn !"
These are thc Premier ' s words—words never to be forgotten—words uttered without a blush in the presence of those for whom he bad engaged to oppose this sell-same " Richard Cobdcn ! " with whom ho had fur five years kept up a sham fig ht , denouncing him ond his agitation in no measured terms ! . At length , the chosen champion of Protection—the selected antagonist of Richard Cobden—unmasks himself and informs his party that ho has succeeded iu bclraving their confidence ; that while thev were givi > i < Miini their aid to crush the League , ho has belravrlfihein into tho hands of ltiehord Cobden and the Main-instor men ! Tho selected nuindim-M . f tW ProteMkni ' ists , the . Prime Minister of En-iaiul , save— " \ have said beiore , iu proposing thos e ' nui .-iMii't ' s . 1 h uvu in > wish to rob others of tlie cre-Iit which ia justly duo to them ; and I must say . that it is neither ge ntlemen ou thcutipasitebanch , imv ouvscYves , wlnj arc entitled ¦ to the credit of the measure ^ recently ^ carried by a \ new combination of parties . The name which ought
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I to be associated with the success of ., these measures is not that of thc noble lord , nor is it mine , but it is thenaraeof a man who'has been acting , I believe ' from pure and disinterested motives- ^ -who has pursued Mi object with untiring energy , % appcalsto reason , enforcedly eloquence , the more to be admired because unaffected and unadorned—the name of Richard Cobdcn . " As though Sir R . Peel had said , " We have not been able to reason on this subject , wc could not demonstrate the truth of tlm principles we professed , whilst wc have , by set and polished phrases , been urging our prejudices and proving ' our ignorance , the enlightened and eloquent Richard Cobden * by his ' unaffected and unadorned appeals to reason' has conquered ! He is the victor—I the vanquished ! Into his hands I have delivered the destinies of our Commonivealth—I yield to superior intellect and honesty !" . , -,.. „ . „ . <¦ ii . M « mM » .. ««»
Be it so . It is then the manifest duty of Sir Robert Peel to furnish the nation with Mr . Cobdcn ' s arguments—arguments applied to the " reason" of the people , not to their passions . If such arguments exist , where are they ? I have failed to discover them . It is the bounden duty of Sir Robert Peel to inform the nation where that casket of wisdom is to be found . I think that the Premier ' s faith in Mr . Cobden has no better foundation than Mr . Cobden ' s faith in Adam Smith : If I mistake , let Sir Robert Peel or any of his supporters point out where and when Mr . Cobden discussed and settled the only question , as far as free trade is concerned , which is at tbe root of the science of political economy , viz ., whether the national wealth is increased by an internal or an external exchange ?
Nothing is more clear than that Mr . Cobden has ( despite Sir Robert Peel ' s conversion by his " reasoning" ) " sedulously avoided" argument on the subject , deprecated all discussion on "the-question , relying entirely on the authority of Adam Smith and Ricardo . Read , Sir , if you will , every speech that Mr . Gobden , or any of his coadjutors have made , and show me , if you can , one single sentence containing an argument that bears upon the great question— " the increase of wealth ! " I believe that you will search in vain . It was , as I will prove , the fixed and avowed policy of Mr . Cobden to avoid discussion—to consider tbe question as settled by Adam Smith and Rieardoand there to leave it . '
Olap . trap declamation—low abuse of Sir Robert Peel and the aristocracy—not " reason ; " statistics , riot arguments , were the weapons of Mr . Cobden ' s warfare—and , under the delusion that Adnm Smith and Ricardo had previously settled the " reasdning " and argumentative part of tbe question , be addressed himself to the passions aad prejudices of the people , under the promise of a "great loaf instead of a little loaf "—of "liberty and plenty in the mills , instead of slavery and penury in the field . " Thus did he raise a mist in the minds of Sir Robert Peel and the people . In that mist , under that delusion , Mr . Cobden has succeeded in revolutionising thc commercial code of the greatest and most powerful commercial nation on which thc sun ever shone ! The die is cast—the great venture is made—but if for good or for evil , neither Sir Robert -Peel nor any of his supporters will or can tell . '
I have said that Mr . Cobden ' s policy was not to " reason , " or to argue , or discuss—he taught his followers , from the beginning , " sedulously to avoid " discussion—to treat the subject as one already " clearly demonstrated . " Here is my authority for trim # msp ?* t"ion ¦ ' In the "Anti-Corn Law Circular , No . l ; of Tuesday , April 23 , 1839 , I find a manifesto , signed , "Richard Cobden ; " that document seems to be the foundation of the agitation against the Coan Laws ; it was issued when the League was a few months old , and contains the advice of Mr . Cobden to his follOWerSi Tlie following quotation therefrom proves the fact above stated : —
" , ' At length , however , the obvious truffis which Adam Smith , Rieardo , and others , had so clearly demonstrated , thattliose restrictions and prohibitions upon trade tended , in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred , to divert the national industry from its natural and profitable pursuits , into artificial and less productive channels , were recognised by the Statesmen of this country ; and partly to stimulate industry ( with the view of meeting the heavy charges of the Government and debt of the nation ) , and partly , perhaps , from a conviction of the tardy justice of the measure to that party whose interest had been , and still is , lost sight of by the advocates of monopoly—the
consumer—the principles of Free Trade were adopted and openly avowed by the Liverpool Administration , . from ( flat time , the question of the justice or injustice of thej Corn Liws assumes a new shape ; it is no longer one of doubt to the honest inquirer , but presents itself simplified and divested of every difficulty . All attempt to carry us back in our discussion of the subject beyond the period when the principle of Free Trade was applied to the manufacturers , commerce and shipping of Great Britain and her colonies , should , therefore , be sedulouslyavoided as supererrogatory and calculated only to mystify what has from that time been a plain and unembarrassed question . " :
A careful perusal of the speeches of Mr . Cobden will prove that he has acted upon the plan here laid down . ITchas never attempted to " reason " on the question ; he has not essayed a " demonstration" of the truth of his principles ; ho has " sedulously avoided discussion , " believing it to be " obviously true that Adam Smith , and Ricardo , and others had clearly demonstrated" the truth of Free-trade principles ! The delusion has taken root in tbe minds of many ppraons and of the ^ Leg islature;—in the "two Houses . " It seems to be universally admitted that the assertion of Mr . Cobden is true , —that Adam
Smith , Ricardo , and others have settled the question !—Oh ! that Lords and Members would read and think for themselves , and not , with Sir Robert Peel , pin their faith on Mr . Cobden ' s sleeve ! Eow unlucky is Mr . Cobden in these two names-Adam Smith and fiicatdo ' . The former , as I hare shown you in this letter , distinctly maintains the principle of internal exchange of the products of native industry—the latter , on the contrary , asserts the advantage of external exchange ! So that Mr . Cobden . ' . if he and bis friends believe both , has "reasoned" himself aud his followers—Sir Robert Peel among the rest—into the belief of a positive contradiction .
Our case , then , is simply this—we have followed blind guides , and have fallen into the diteh ! The steersman of the State vessel has lost his compasshe says " Riahard Cobden" has found it ! " No , " says Mr . Cobden , "it is with Adam Smith and Ricardo . " The compass of the former points " homewards , " that of thelatter " outwards . " Such is the condition of tho State vessel now What should the crew do ? All are involved — Queen , hierarchy , aristocracy , and people , all are in equal danger , what can they do ? 1 could answerwill they listen ? . I remain , Sir , ¦ - ' Yours respectfully , ¦ it ¦ - Richard Oastleb . P . S . The following extracts from speeches made at the meeting of tho Anti-Corn Law League , in Manchester , on the 2 nd instant , will make a good postscript—thev are , just now , of deep interest : —
" They ( the Protectionists ) must raise a fresh crop Of statesmen to carry out their principles , for we have all the statesmen now on our side of the question . "—Mr . Cobdcn . " Lancashire , the cotton district , and the West Riding of 1 ' orkjliire , must govern England . "—Mr . Bright . ' London , July , 1810 . R . 0 .
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ster states a duel took place close to that town , under the sanction of one of the tribunals of honour now estabiished throughout the Prussian army . It appears that Baron do Denkhaus , a lieutenant of the 11 th regiment : of Hussars , having , when playing billiards , used some insulting expressions to Lieut , de Bounharfc , o f the 10 th Infantry , the latter brought the matter before the Tribunal of Honour of the place . The court endeavoured to induce the offending party to retract thc expression used ; but findins : this to bo impossible , it authorised a duol with sabres bctwaen the parties . The meeting took place near the town , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , in presence of an immense crowd . A stand was erected at one end of tho . lists for the judges , who took their seats , dressed in lull uniform . On tho arrival of the
combatants , a . new attempt was made to effect a reconciliation , biit , on its proving unsuccessful , the opponents were directed to choose out sabres with their eyes blindfolded , and then , with head bare , and in their ' . shirt sleeves to commence the attack . They fought with great determination , Mr . de Bounhart receiving two slight cuts on the arm ; but soon afterwards giving M . dc Denkhaus a severe wound on the thigh , which prevented his standing , the- fight was declared at an end . After the first medical aid was given thejiukes recommended the disputants to be reconciled , which they eonscntcd to , and shook hands amidst the cheering of the multitude . All the parties concerned then withdrew . JLhia is . the first duel authorised bv anv tribunal of honour ; , reconciliation having been ' effected in all the other ^ . cases brought before them .
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WOK-SHIP STREET . A GERMAN Row . —On Monday ,, two Germans , named j , jii'iiuies and lloinvich Mofov , were placed at the bar lii'tbrc Mr , Uroughtoa , charged with cutting aud woundin" a master skindresser , minted , lleinrieh Arnott , living ' it ^ Whiteelinpel , and inllietins numerous wounds on his head . It "I'lieai'i'd from thu evidence , that a feud had fur some months past subsisted between two High und Low "Dutch Govinuu sUiudressevs aud sugavuaUuvs living , in Whiteehapel and Spitaltields , and , notwithstanding the proverbially V- 'H-i-ful ehiiriicter of that nation , seemed to have been pm-sucd aniens Hicn ; with as much heat and animoMty us any between uoiglihouring Irish provinces . On Saiuul .-iy night , ubuut twelve o ' elneU , a serious di >\ itur " banco , but how originating was not by any weans Wtdlv CNpliimed by any of the numerous S | . ! utteriii ( , ' and evciuuii witnesses though all earnestly endeavoured to dr , < , s-ul dimly arose about some eluluven of a Germr ,,, niav named W aid between the two prisoners , one Kohrtu Schwartz , and some workmen in Mr , Arp . otfs emplov
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inent , and some threats . haviwj guttered against the 1 life of the prosecutor , who liadHOT . at ; all interfered «* been even present , , but , was , quietly , paying . his men at a public-house in an-adjoining street , he , aitftongh apprised . that he would be murdered if he did go , w < tn inore con . rage than discretion , instantly went to the Spene of dig . order , called Frosty-court , to protect his men / and m them out of the quarrel . The moment he had entered the court , however , and before he had had time toutwr a word , he was brought to the ground by a blow on tho head from some one behind him , and upon rising wan im . mediately set upon by the prisoners and Aonrad Schwartz , who beat him severely , and one of them , -who had a knife number of times in I ... on * » n ^ . « » thr « nts han ^ ' ^ een - . ifc .-
i n his hand , stabbed him" with it a the head , leaving six wounds , which he now exhibited ; biu who it was that inflicted the injuries he could not tell with any certainty , as the blood was pouring down ing face , and prevented his seeing ; . but he thought it was Mohr , as he had been most active in the attack , and he also inferred it was he from ' a knife being found in Ids pocket at the station- How he ultimately escaped from tbe encounter it was impossible to make out , but the police somehow got apprised of the disturbance , an d on coming up found Arnott and one of his men covered with blood , and the prisoners "being pointed out as the most violent , were forthwith ' secured , and after some re . sistance , carried off to the station . !
• Engelbrecht Geffkie , the workman just alluded to , a stolid immovable German , whose utter apathy when there was something to be excited about , and vehement warmth when there was nothing , kept every one hut the magistrate , notwithstanding the serious nature of the charge , in incessant laughter , very quaintly related the share he had in the transaction ; and the substance of his statement was , that be and his wife were going home with a can full of porter , when n breathless boy stopped him and entreated he would go back as his master was being mur d ered , and was smothered with blood . " Perry well , " said the witness ; " but I shall ko' honie mid dis pier , and den I shall kom see into it ; " and home he actually went . He displayed some alacrity , however , in getting back , and on entering the court found four men , of whom he could only identify Mohr , " hammering" his master on the head . With some difficulty lie rescured Mr . Arnott from liis assailants , in neither of whose hands did he
notice a knife ; but he felt convinced that one had been used , as Arnott was bleeding profusely , and while turning to leave he himself received a stab in the neck from somebody , to which he drew the magistrate ' s attention ; but , with his habitual coolness , although the wound did not appeal- a very slight one , it had not struck him to apply " to a surgeon to dress it . " Jan Jagers Jacob Jung , police-constable 182 K , all deposed to the serious nature of rather melee , in which more than 100 people took part on the side or the other , but though each of the witnesses saw both the prosecutor and Geffkie with the blood streaming down from their wounds , they were all incapable of throwing any light upon the origin - of the alfray . The prisoners , through a very intelligent interpreter , generally denied all that was said against them , and endeavoured to prove that it was they who had most cause of complaint , as they bad been struck and maltreated in the first instance , and called two Germans named Konrad Deer and Martin Greiuh . and a Belgian named Jorge
Peinter , as witnesses , who certainly nearly deposed to that much , entirely exculpating Brunics , who was ordered on their evidence to be discharged , and gave it as their opinion that Mohr had not been so criminal as represented , though they could Ilot . s . ny who it was that had stabbed the prosecutor and Geffkie , if he had not . Mr . Broughton never recollected a case in which thera was so ' much confusion and difficulty at arriving at the truth . It was quite manifest that the two witnesses had been severely injured but it was-Still a matter ofdOUDt who had caused their wounds , and he should therefore adjourn the case till that day week , accepting responsible bail for the prisoner Mohr ' s attendance at the next examination ; and in the meantime the police must exert themselves to procure more positive evidence as to who it was in reality who had stabbed the prosecutor in the manner described . The bail was immediately tound , and Mohr , who , was very respectably dressed , was ac . cordingly liberated .
GUILDHALL . FxTBAOBDijfAar Chabge . —On Tuesday , Andrew Faze , kas , a young Hungarian , working as a furrier , and residing at No ; 14 , Albion-buildings , Bartholemew ' s-close , was brought before Sir . P . Laurie charged . with threatening to cut the throats of two girls whom he had invited to pass the night with him at his lodging , —James Mar . tin , a city-police constable , No . 254 , said that as he and two other constables were going off duty at six o ' clock that morning , and were crossing Bartholomew-close , ihey heard a woman crying " murder . " They 1-afl ACl'OSS tho square to the corner whence the alarm proceeded , and beheld a young woman hanging by her hands from the parapet of the house No . 14 , Albion-buildings . It was a three story house , and her feet had broken the top of the second-floor window . They found the street-door open and rushed up-stairs . and succeeded , with some trouble , in getting the young woman safely back to the roof , and
in at tlie . attiu . window . She charged the prisoner with having threatened to cut her throat , and in consequence of what she said he took the prisoner into custody . There was another young woman there , who had clam , bored up the roof to escape from the prisoner . —Thomas Page , another officer , confirmed his statement . —Sir P . Laurie asked with what the prisoner was going to cut their throats ?—lie replied that the g irls said he had opened a razor , and witness found one razor lying on the bed and another on the table . The girls were quite terrified , but tho prisoner was calm . —Sir P . Laurie said they had by their , prompt attention saved the life of a fellow-creature , and they deserved some reward , lie asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions ? It was a very serious charge , and he was at liberty to say anything he pleased . —The prisoner said he met with tho two girls , and after having something to eat and drink , he took them both home with him . He saw one of them
hiding his silver spoons , and he found he had also lost a sovereign and some silver . He asked them for it . They shrieked out and got out of the window . He told them he should not let them go till they gave up the money , but he did not attempt to cnt their throats . —Sir P ; Laurie reminded him that the razor was found on the bed . —The prisoner replied that in searching for his money he put it there . —The two girls were then called in . One of them , ¦ Mary Ann Jone ? , lodging on Saftron-hill , was a native of Calcutta . She said they met the prisoner about one o ' clock , and he treated them with some beer and rum in Farringdon-street . He took them home , pro . raising to give each of them half-a-crown in the morning . At six o ' clock , however , when tlicy asked for their compliment , he said he had lost a sixpence . They said
they had not seen it , He then opened a razor , and said he should have their lives ; and , knowing the door wa »" padlocked by his friend on the outside , and believing him to be in earnest they rushed to the window ond escaped , —Margaret MitchcU ' connrmed this statement . He caught hold of her hand to prevent her from getting away , but she crawled up the roof . —Sir P . Laurie said , these unfortunate women must be protected as well as other persons , The prisoner had menaced the lives of these girls with a murderous weapon , and that amounted to an assault . From an assault heiii K made wiih a cutting weapon , it was of too serious a character to he dealt with summarily , and he should not only send the prisoner to trial at the sessions , but order the City Solicitor to prosecute him . —He was committed in default of bail .
THAMES feTKEET . Bkutai Assault . —On Tuesday , Thomas Samuel Tho . mas , n coal-whipper , of 5 , Duke-street , St . George-in-tbe-East , was charged with assaulting Johnson Dcbell , a poliee-eonstable , 382 K , and John Putt , 137 K , in the exc cution of their duty . The first ' complainant Dobell who had been very roughly handled , and exhibited marks of severe punishment on his head and face , stated that he saw the prisoner lying in a cart ftist asleep , about three o ' clock in the morning , in Chapel-street . St . George ' s . He woke him up , and the prisoner got out of the cart , and directly he did so , struck him a violent-blow on the breast , and knocked hiin down ; while he vfas down , he kicked him several times . He managed to get up , and
the prisoner felled him to tbe ground by a tremendous blow on the head , and kicked him again , as hard as he was able . The prisoner also tore his hat to pieces , and then ran away . Witness pursued him , but was soon knocked down ' again , and while he laid prostrate on thc ground , the prisoner kicked him in thc lower part of his persoii ) and completely disabled him . He was forced to go home , and was still in very great pain . Putt , 197 K , who had also been severely beaten , described the manner in which he had been attacked . Mr Broderip sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment , being one month for , the assault ou earh policeman ; hut as both sentences will commence and terminate together , the punishment will iu fact- be one month's imprisonment only .
MARYLEBONE . Extraordinary Dkskrtios of a Child . —On Tuesday alter the disposal of the night charges , Mr . Sparkcs , the assistantoversecrofSt . Marylebone , came to the Court , accompanied by a very decently dressed bov , when both ot them were introduced by Mr . Franklin , the chief usher , to . the sitting magistrate , Mr . long , and as will be seen from the subjoined statement , the particulars gone into were of a most extraordinary character . Mr . Sparks , after informing the magistrate that the little boy with him had been sheltered for some nights at thc -Refuge for tho Destitute attached to the Marylebone workhouse , called upon the little fellow to tell his own story . He then said —My father was a sergeant in the army , and as I have understood , belonged to the Sepoys . My mother is dead . About six years ago I was placed at a boarding-school near Worcester , and I have not seen my father for three years . On -Wednesday last nry master told me to put on . my cap , and ' when 1 had done so , 1 was taken down stairs by him " , followed by the tutor . A carriage was waiting on the outside , and ou the tutor opening the door , we all got iu , and were driven away ; in a quarter of an hour , oi- so , my master said " Here we are , " and I then ascertained that were at the Worcester station . We
alighted , and entered one of the railway carriages , and after travelling some distauee , we got out aud rode the rest of the way to London by a four-hvvse eo-. u-U . My master , and the tutor were inside , and I was seated on the roof . When the coach stopped opposite the Ship Tavern , C / iariiig-cross , my master told me to get down , which I did , thinking that he was going to alight also , but lie re- , marked to me that as I had no friends ,, and as my s ' chool--ng had not been paid for two years , lie cuuld not keeo . me any longer . The coach then drove off with my master and the tutor , and I was left behind , m a place quite strange to mo , to do tlie 'best 1 could sui to shifting foe myself In reply to . the magistrate , the boy said that , ho could sire no more information , with respect to tlie coach . which brought him , to London than that it was di-Ueo . by four horses ; the coachman and guard wore rod coats , aud had " \ . It . " " on the collars . His master's uame was Sals , and Ins tutor ' s Sharpc . Mr . Sparks . —How far rem the City of Worcester was tbe school ? Boy . —I t exact
can ly say ; it might be a mile . Mr . Sim « es .-Do you know tlu > uame of the place ! Bov . —1 never heard it calico , by any particular namo . sir . The magistrate pu » urthcr questions , with the view of satisfyhm himself f i . v 3 ** b 0 >' had m , y k" ° wledge of Frencli . as he had UUU air . bpavks that he hud progressed in that languageas lav ns . the " auxiliary verbs , " while at the school at winch lu > . » UCgCd he had been educated , his replies were SatlSlactory . The mime of the little fellow is William huiuli , he is a remarkably shrewd and intelligent boy , nppiuX'iitly not more tU . au twelve years of age , and bis iii-Uess manner in making his narration , was calculated TO leave but tittle , if any doubt as to the truth thereof . . Air . Sparks , said that some good would no doubt arise j by the proceedings gaining publicity . He should himself use his best endeavours to gel further information ; and m the mean tinw the poor deserted little tVHow should remain iu the workhouse , and bo propa-ly taken cuveot . x . i j . 1 ?^ * lvrt :: ' ea ! EE ! S ! x : sa *^*^^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 11, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11071846/page/8/
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