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      Loss Or An Induman Near Maroate.—On Many...

      * a of whdmhad his feet and legato benumbed and elled with . thesalt water android as to be able to stand , having been fifteen hours hi the ^* ^ s Soon as . wegot <> n board of ;_ the sloop , the v nd-hcarted old captain cried like a child for joy . « r ' null off half the clothes from the backs of the T ? emish gaUors , and put them on to us poor naked d starring Englishmen , was the work of a few ^ urates . Hot- coffee , bread and butter , with fried fiih was immediately prepared for us , and the poor fishermen gave up their beds to us , although they W been at sea during the whole of the storm of Tuesdav , Wednesday , and part of Thursday . In fact it " ^ s impossible for us to have been more Mndlv treated . I shall ever bear in mind , with a wratefhl heart , the kindness and attention bestowed ot us by these fishermen ; and I deeply regret that it is not in mv power to prove the sincerity of my as sertions . -

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      Surrey Sessions.

      SURREY SESSIONS .

      Stbeet Hobsekt.—Charlotte "Wilson , A Re...

      Stbeet Hobsekt . —Charlotte "Wilson , a repulsive lookins woman , was indicted for stealing a lat , suawl , and two sovereigns , from the person of Barneit Lea , under the following darinrr circumstances . —Prosecutor stated that about eight o ' clock on the evening of the 1 st of January he was prccedinc alons ihe Borough towards iondon Bridge , and when nearly opposite St . Gorge ' s Church , the ^ soner accosted him . Xot wanting anything to do With her , witness told lier to go ahout her husiness , when she suddenlv pas ^ d a handkerchief across his face , and he became "very unwell . Xot suspecting anv narcotic wa » contained in the handkerchief , he jan into a public-house close by , and called for a < dass of hrandy , but before he could drink it he became insensible , and knew nothingthat took

      ^ p ] 3 ce afterwards , until he found himself under the iareof a surgeon . Before he entered the publichouse his bar , shawl , and money were safe . —A TiuuCC-COnstablc of the 31 division stated , that he L t ] ie prisoner and a roan walking along the TtoroiHi on the evening in question . Knowing her to be an old thief , he watched her , and saw her TeoUibe prosecutor , and pass something across Sec lie then saw them enter the Dun Horse ™ Lli <* -house where he saw the woman drinking wSthe pronator . About ten minutes afterwards witness saw her suddenly run out of the house with -Ttot-md ^ earf hot she escaped fro m him in the w Scaciest ? Se Mint- He then went back to the nuWhouse , when he saw the prosecutor lying fi insensible . Feeling satisfied that some

      narcotic had been administered to nun , he tooK mm to vo te s , where restoratives were employed , and " in a short time he recovered sufficiently to be able to " 0 home . Witness then went in search of the wiloner , and captured her about twelve o clock , bat he had not been able to find the hat and shawl . —Other corroborative testimony having been given , the iury found the prisoner « Guilty , " and Tcec-m mended her to the severest sentence which the law empo wered . The court accordingly sentenced her to ten vears' transportation .

      Eahl Hakewcod Interdicting Marriages.—Th...

      Eahl Hakewcod Interdicting Marriages . —The Leeds Times says— " Historians inform us that the feudal barons of ancient days , in England , claimed theriffbtto refuse permission to their serfs to contract marriages , and by a politic exercise of this power , contrived to abstract considerable sums from their dependants , who were glad to purchase 'the lord ' s' consent , even by a heavy pecuniary sacrifice . We had , however , thought that serfdom and its abhorrent customs had been abolished , but we were mistaken , for even now the Protectionist Lord Harewood publicly announces the pains and penalties which he will inflict upon the residents , not of a village only , but of an entire district , who mav dare to enter into the state of matrimony ,

      without having previously obtained his consent 1 Lest we should be accused of joking in this matter , we present our readers with a verbatim < t literatim copy of a * notice' which has been served upon all ihecottage tenants ofthe Earl of Harewood , in the villase of Harewood , and other places on the estate : — 'In consequence of the continued practice of over-crowding , and taking lodgers into the cottages upon the Harewood estate ( more especially within the village of Harewood , ) contrary to the express agreements aud reuulations , notice is hereby given , that anv cottager , " being a tenant of the Earl of Harewood , who shall from the date hereof , take in anv lodger , or whose son or daughter shall marry and bring home to the cottage , ~ wife or husband ,

      without having previously obtained permission from the Earl of Harewood , shall receive notice to quit ; which notice will be sirictly enforced ; and if in the employment of the said earl shall be discharged Wm . Macghax , agent . Harewood , Jan . loth , 1 S 50 . ' There's a precious document for the middle of the nineteenth century ! A nice specimen of what free and enlishtened and Christian England would become , if these Protectionist landlords had full islnff ! This is carrying out the principle of' protection' with a vensi-ar . ee . The Duke ofXewcastle innocently asked , ' May I udi do as I like with my own V when he drove his tenantry to poll like a

      Sock of sheep . But he was a mere tyro in tlie school of ' protection' when compared with Lord Ilarewood . * Hear it , ve people of Harewood , and country round about , ' ' proclaims his lordship , * if any of you young men and women dare to marry those you jove—if any of you old men and mothers dare to consent to such * marriage—I , Lord - Harewood , your ' Protectionist landlord , ' will instantly drive you from house and home , and employment , to die in the wayside ditches , or become outcasts and wanderers on the face of the earth I' How does this manifesto of the pattern landlord of Harewood sound in Ihe oars of the men and women of the West

      Biding ? And how can these Harewood tenants be grateful enough to the fatherly care of this dear lord of theirs ? Some of our friends at a distance may not think this quite a satisfactory solution of thcdifScultyi and may , moreover , be inclined to ask themselves— ' What object on earth can Lord Harewood have for issuing such a notice—because the plea of over-crowding cottages is absurd V To save trouble , it is as well to out with the truth at once . Lord Harewood and his tenants know how many labourers they choose to employ—they know , therefore , how many there should be upon tbe estate so as not to have one over the requisite number—they don ' t like spending their money in the

      maintenance of the labourer , upon whose blood and sinews they have lived so long as he could , work j and they abhor the idea cf one child more in a labourer s family than is sufficient * to keep up the stock . ' In order , therefore , to prevent high rents from heiug reduced by heavy poor ' s rates , or the princely mansion troubled by the visits of the starving cottager , the foregoing notice is only part of an established system ^ For driving the surplus rural population of Harewood and other places into Leeds there to be paupers upon hardworking townspeople ; whilst the' Protectionist' aristocracy and iheir tenants , who have been fed and enriched by the labour of these outcasts and their progenitors , escajie scot free . "

      Mcsideb ixn Scicide is Paris . —The Droit gives the following detailed account of the murder and suicide case at Havre : — ' * The Rue du Havre has been the scene of a frightful tragedy . The Sieur Jemmes , paymaster of the -50 th Ilegimcnt of the line , in garrison at Paris , was upon intimate terms with a young woman , by name L . de Lausaune . This connexion involved Jemmes in large expenses ; his mistress was exacting , and obtained such an inficence over him that in order to satisfy her demands upon him he had abstracted a considerable Ran from the cash-box of the regiment . His mistress had promised to return the sum in the course of January last . Jemmes had recently received an order to quit Paris and follow bis regiment , about

      to be stationed at Caen . Tbe time was approaching when he would be called upon to deliver up his accounts , and it was necessary that his mistress should keep her word in order to enable him to fill up the deficit in the regimental funds . That he might recov er tbe sum advanced by him he demanded a Arloughand arrived in Paris towards the end of January . M . Jemmes ali ghted in the rue du Havre , at the hotel of that name , where his mistress resided , and engaged a separate apartment . He was not long ere he discovered that she was not prepared to meet her promise , and that she did not even dream of it . He explained to her the embarrassment into which he was thrown and ended by fegnhringtoherthathemnst be reimbursed . M .

      Jemmes , in spite of his pressing solicitations , could Obtain nothing . Ho shortl y discovered that while this woman had been his mistress she had other lovers—namel y , au actor ofthe Boulevard and an officer in his own rcsiment . Exasperated at such an extent of duplicity , and ashamed that he had compromised himself for such a woman , M . Jemmes became more urgent still for the repayment of his advances . The latal term which he had granted ber quickly expired . At about ten ' o'clock in the morning he knocked at the door of his . mistress ' s room and shut himself up with her . What took place afterwards is unknown . It is certain , how-9 ^ er , that a few-minutes after 51 . Jemmes came out , crying 'Help ! a doctor ! a doctor ! ' and immediately returned to his own room , On reaching

      toat of the lady she was found bathed in her blood . ** 6 had received several wounds with a poniard , ^ a in a short time expired . The apartment of the murderer was immediately broken into , and it ""as found that he had also ' dealt bimself several founds , but none . were of a mortal nature , and he instill strength , as the door was being opened , to r ? J > w open the window and precipitate himself ™? ° the pavement of tho hotel vard . A quarter wan hour elapsed and he had ceased to breathe . " BvTi ? cou > afc Christiansand ( Norway ) has been ^^ Jot ense ttds year than has ever been rcmemthetm » P nrir , s tt , emont'i 5 of December and January 37 f ^^ ^ was > without interruption , at from 'gf ^ egrees of Keaumur . -lb pf ^ Frtklkmocrat says there are two things <^ lwZui , l 1 *" 1 t 0 change-one is his prin-, . ¥ «» , and the other is big shir & oJlar .

      The Factory Act.—Legality Of The Shift S...

      THE FACTORY ACT . —LEGALITY OF THE SHIFT SYSTEM . , COURT OF EXCHEQUER .-Exder v . Mills . Mr . Baron Parke delivered judgment In this case which had been drawn up by agreement , under the provisions of a recent statute , for the purpose of obtaining a judicial exposition of tho Factory Act , 7 andS Yic , c . 15 , s . 2 G . The plaintiff , as was mentioned in the report of the argument during the term , was the inspector of the district in whicli the mill of tbe defendant is situate , and the question sought to be determined was , whether the ten hours to which the labonr of women and young persons

      under eighteen is restricted by the 7 and 8 Tic , c . 1-5 , are to be reckoned continuously- for all individuals of these classes from the hour at which the first of them should commence work in a factory , by which means they must all leave off work at precisely the same moment ; or whether it is legal for < -he mill-owner to adopt the shift system , by means of which , by shifting the hours of labour , and varvins : them throughout the period of the day allotted to labour , he . mav secure the attendance of some of those classes throughout t welve hours , though no individual works more than ten ; the consequence of this arrangement beinjj that the women and vouug persons would not all leave off work at the ' same hour . Time was taken to

      consider this question , which has excited great attention in the north , and now it was announced that in , the opinion of the court the millowners are at liberty to adont this system . The act was to be construed according to the plain meaning of the words used bv the Legislature , and that meaning was to be carried out wit hout reference to the policy dictating it . The question before the court was , whether the owners of mills and factories were liable , to penalties , and the act being penal , ought to be construed strictly , for a man ought not to be punished except under " clear enactments . The court could not act on conjecture , however strong , but must be satisfied before they enforced this conviction , that the Legislature had expressly prohibited the system

      pursued by the defendant . On this rule of construction , wc do not think that the language of this act is sufficiently explicit to warrant our affirming this conviction . It was agreed on- all hands that the hour at which the calculation of the ten hours must be made was fixed as that at which the first woman or young person began work . Jfo other construction on that point could be tenable , but tho defendant argued that the act had not fixed a limit at the other end , and that if such had been the intention of parliament ^ nothing would have been easier than to have said so , as had been done when the act directed by another-section that all the workers should take their meals at one time . There is in fact , no express enactment that the work shall cease at any fixed hour , and in the absence of such ,

      all we can do is to ascertain from the rest of tho statute , whether we can collect that such was necessarily the intention of the Legislature as was asserted on the part « f the prosecutors . Undoubtedly such an enactment would tend to advance the avowed object of the fr . tmers of tbe statute , —but that can only be attained at the expense of the millowners , and by imposing restrictions on the control over their capital as well as on that of the workers themselves . This again renders it more necessary that we should be able clearly to collect such an intention from the general tenor pf _ the act , for though we may think the restriction right , we cannot enforce it On that ground simply . Then , again , the form ofthe schedule on which the prosecutors

      rely , though capable of the construction contended for by the inspectors is not inconsistent with that put on it by the millowners , for under it some ofthe workers may clearly terminate their labour at one hour and others at another ; and the twenty-eighth section speaks of notice of the times of beginning and ending work , as if several were contemplated . Theresulf of the whole is , then , that we cannot clearly collect from the statute that any such restriction of the hours of leaving off work was intended , and it therefore remains open to the owners and their workers to enter into such arrangements on that subject , and on that ofthe intervals of leisure during the day , as may be found convenient as between thems ^ ves . The conviction must accordingly be quashed . —Conviction quashed .

      The Tex Hours Bill.—Revival Of The Agita...

      THE TEX HOURS BILL . —REVIVAL OF THE AGITATION . Mascuester , TuEsn & T . —The result of the argument in the Court of Exchequer has thrown the operatives of this district into the greatest state of excitement . Meetings are being nightly held in the various public-houses in which they are accustomed to assemble , at which the most firm and determined resolutions to maintain the principle of ten hours work , and that it be continuous , are passed .

      Manchester , Bolton , Blackburn , Preston , Ashton , Oldham , Bury , —in fact , every town -in Lancashire is on the move . On Sunday last a very numerous meeting of overlookers and managers was held at the White Horse Tavern , Bolton , at which the following , amongst other resolutions ,. were unanimously adopted : —" That in the opinion of this meeting it is of the utmost advantage to both masters and men that an uniform working of ten hours per day be enforced by act of Parliament , and that we pledge ourselves never to rest satisfied until it be made universal . "

      On Monday night the Lancashire Central Committee held its third meeting since the decision , at which it was agreed to call a delegate meeting from every town in the kingdom . On the same night the committee of the Manchester overlookers held a meeting , and have issued a circular calling a general meeting of the whole body , and from which the following is an extract : — "Gentlemen , —We are now in the midst of a most solemn and important crisis . ' "We have no longer a Ten Hours Act . ' The Judges ofthe Court of Exchequer have decided that the horrible relay and shift system is legal , and although we have all been grievously disappointed , yerit would be perfectly useless to murmur or complain at this unfortunate decision . Prepare yourselves , then , for another conflict ! ' Sound an alarm ! ' through every mill in Manchester and Salford . "

      The carders , the power-loom overlookers and managers , and several other bodies , are holding similar meetings , and the forthcoming delegate meeting will be the most numerous and important ever held .

      Darixg Outrage Is Fraxce. — The Followin...

      Darixg Outrage is Fraxce . — The following daring and brutal outrage is related in a French paper of the 81 st ult .: — " On Friday night last a number of malefactors presented themselves at the window of the abode of a small farmer , an aged man , living in an isolated house with his daughter , aged twenty-two , and a servant aged seventeen . They at first stated that they had lost a white mare worth 700 f . or SOOf ., and were in search of her . On being replied to that the animal had not been seen , they said they were hungry and asked for bread . The servant , at her master ' s bidding , rose to give them some . Not finding a knife , she asked the nocturnal visitors for one . " Cut her hand when she stretches it out , " said ono ofthe latter . At

      this speech , which was heard by the girl , and was immediately followed by the blow of a crowbar upon the window grating , she fell back with terror ; but rising up immediately she broke the bread in order to make it pass through the bars , thinking thus to satisfy the ruffians ; but these having received the bread , asked to be let in , that they mi ght warm themselves , and , on being refused , they broke open the door . The master was immediately thrown down and stunned with blows . The servant seeing him thus ill-treated , threw herself forward to protect him with a degree of courage beyond both her age and her sex , but was soon thrown down and pushed under a bed . The thieves having thrown the farmer , in a half dyimr state ,

      upon his bed , asked for the keys , and broke the locks of the cupboards , which they were unable otherwise to open . They expected to find a considerable sum in cash , but the farmer had just made a large payment , and had kept only sixty-fl vefrancs . After laying hands on all that they could carry away , they sought to gratify their brutal passions upon the two youn * girls . They searched the bedand every corner ofthe house in vain , and one ot them took up a pitchfork to probe under all the furniture , especially under the bed , where the young servant was lying ; she was , howtfver , miraculously preserved from the deadly instrument by an old beehive and a sieve . Meanwhile , terror having caused her to give a si gh , the thieves imaginsd it to have proceeded from the farmer , and fell upon him to despatch him . At this frightful

      spectacle the young girl was unable to contain herself , and quitted her hiding place screaming . Sl . e was enabled to ' get past the door without being stopped by theassassins , startled , as they were , at this unexpected apparition , and ran distracted in the direction of the village . The daughter of the farmer had , in the first instance , succeeded in reaching the garret , and , after making a hole in the thatch , jumped into a field , and ran in the direction of aneighbourins farm , crying for help , and exclaiming that her father was being murdered . The thieves , laden with their spoil , disguised themselves aswomon , and started off towards the village cf Bosloy en Pleudaniel , where several of them reside On the young women reaching the village of Lezardrieux , every one started in search of the assassins and four of them were apprehended , and the stolen effects found . "

      Expenses or the Cholera is DEvoxroBT . —The sub-committee of the commissioners of Devonport , appointed to examine the bills of the medical gentlemen for professional assistance rendered during the cholera , brought up their report on the 8 th inst . ; and , after having reduced the bills to the greatest possible extent , the total amount is still more than £ 937 . The entire cost of the cholera in the town will be more than £ 2 , 000 .

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      [ Our publishing arrangements , prevented us from giving more than a mere notice . of Lord J . Russell ' s speech on the Colonial policy of the Government on Friday night last . As tho subject is an important one , and likely to engage a considerable amount of time and attention , this session , we subjoin an abstract of its haling topics . ] HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Colonial Policy . — Lord J . Russell , in committee ofthe whole house having moved a resolution in which to'base a bill for the bettor government of the Australian Colonies , said it would be expected that a declaration should bo made ofthe general policy of the government with regard to our colonies , and he had therefore to state their views not only as to the

      present and immediate affairs , but , the permanent colonial policy of this great empire . He would first , g ive a historical outline of the growth of our colonial possessions . Our first settlements in the West Indies , were formed at the close of the reign of James I . Cromwell added Jamaica ; and other West Indian islands , were occupied under Charles If . At the commencement of the next century , Gibraltar fell , intr our hands . After the war of 1756 , Canada . and many islands were taken possession of . In . the unfortunate war with the- ' united provinces of America , our losses were greater than our gains . " But , in the great revolutionary war which began in 1703 , we made further additions , by the naval and military forces of the Crown , which were confirmed to us as cessions , by the peace of 131 I-IS 15 . The following were the colonial acquisitions made by England in tbe periods respectively

      between 1 C 00 and 1700 , between 1700 and 1703 , and between 1793 and 1 S 22 : —From 1 G 00 to 1700—Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , Prince Edward ' s Island , Newfoundland , Bermuda , Jamaica , Honduras , Bahamas , Barbadoes , Antigua , Montserrat , St . Christopher ' s , Nevis , Virtrin Islands , Gambia , St . Helena ; from 1700 to " 1703—Canada , St . Vincent , Grenada , Tobago , Dominica , Gibraltar , Sierra Leone , forts and settlements on Gold Coast , New South Wales ; from 1793 to 1815—St . Lucia , British Guina , Trinidad , Malta , Cape of Good Hope , Van Diemen ' s Land , Mauritius , Ceylon . Other additions had since been made including New Zealand and several Australian colonies . The system pursued by England as by all the rest ofthe world during the whole of this long period , was that of the strictest commercial monopoly , every interest being sacrificed to the presumed profit of the mother country . Political freedom was nevertheless carried with them

      by Englishmen whenever colonising . How early and bow large was the degree ' -of this liberty was shown by referring to various patents and legal acts , dating back as far as the days of James II . With regard only to the colonies acquired in the war that raged between 1793 and 1 S 14 a different system prevailed . Instead of British institutions the system of the old possessors—Spanish , Dutch , or French , as the case might be , was allowed to remain in force . Alluding then to the commercial relaxation introduced by Sir . Iluskisson , and since so largely extended , the noble lord laid it down as a rule , which could not now be departed from , that the colonies were to be allowed freedom of

      commerce and communications for all purposes with all parts of the world . In order to show the happy results of this system , he proceeded to quote from official returns " the enormous increase in population , trade , and revenues of the various English dependencies and of the United States . Reverting more especially to-the Australian colonies , he adverted to the rapid growth of New South Wales , Port Phillip , and South Australia , since their establishment comparatively a few years since , which he adduced as testing the influence of a liberal p olicy , and contrasted with the opposite results in the West Indies from the system of projection . The proposal that England should now forego her colonics . He characterised as an abandonment of

      dignity , a sacrifice of strength , and a dereliction of the duties of humanity towards the native races , whom we might he able to civilise . As securities for our commerce and fortresses against enemies into whose hand they must inevitably fall if we ceased to defend them , their value was incalculable . With respect ; to the present aspect of affairs in Canada , his lordship strongly upheld tbe principle of local government , but opposed the idea of separation . Some persons even have ; gone the len-. th of proposing that instead of remaining subjects of her Majesty the Queen , the provinces of Canada should be annexed to the United States . To that proposal of course the crown can give nothing but the most decided negative . ( Loud cries of * ' Hear , hear . '' ) But I do trust that although that proposal has been

      niade ^—I trust from the characters of several of those who belong to the annexation association , that it is not their intention to pursue this project of belonging to a neighbouring state , to the ultimate issue of endeavouring to obtain their object by force of arms but that knowing the determined will of the sovereign of this country , and her determination not to permit of that project being carried into effect , they will acquiesce in what they find to be the decided opinion ofthe crown . ( Hear , hear . ) I wonder , at the same time , how any one who has professed loyalty should entertain a project , which , if ever there should be any international difference between this country , and the United States , mi ght , at any moment , place them in tho position of rising in arms against British authority , and ; fighting

      against . the British flag . ( Hear , hear . ) If the present Ministers in Canada met with proper support ( as seemed probable ) they would remain in office , if not , the Governor-General would call in others in accordance with the Canadian constitution . It had been resolved to introduce representative institutions into pur Cape colony , where an Assembly and also a Legislative Council would , be established New South "Wales was to have a single Council , one third of its members to be appointed by government , and two-thirds to be elected ; but the colony was to have the power , hereafter , of demanding two chambers if it wished . Customs duties were to be settled by themselves . Port Phillip wa * to be separated from New South Wales , and to form a distinct district ; and , in addition to the introfluction of free

      institutions iuto Van Diemen ' s Land , South Australia was to have a represent'tive body . Into New Zealand the Governor had already introduced a legislative system , and had reported in favour of a representative one , which would , after some further information , be granted to that colony . The exception to the representative rule would be in the cases where we had only military stations , or where the races were mingled in a way which rendered such institutions impossible . Barbadoes and Jamaica hadlo > g enjoyed their own governments . Trinidad was tn have a municipalcouncii in aid ofthe Executive , and so was Mauritius . Malta was to have elective members added to its council . His lordship then went , at some length , into the British Guiana question , and said that a species of oligarchy was paramount there :

      but by an infusion of new electors ifc must be broken down , and this had been done to a certain extent , and the reform would have a still further effect . Upon this subject he twitted some members with an imputation of ignorance . He next went into the question of transportation , a punishment he did not much approve , but as' parliament did , it was the Colonial Secretary ' s duty to carry it out with as little injury t > the colonies as possible ; but he warned the house that opposition to the system , on the part of the colonists , would increase , and parliament would have to consider some new plan for disposing of our criminals . In the meantime he announced that the resistance ofthe Cape colonists to tlie landing of convicts there bad been successful , and that the ship had been ordered on to Van'Hitman ' s Land . ' On the important

      question of emigration his lordship said , with retard to this subject , there are two modes in which this emigration can be carried or ., and two modes in which it can be earned on beneficially ; The ' ; fir * t is where labourers whose labour is valuable iu . ^ certain states and colonies go out in numbers to those states and colonies and fill up , as it were , the interstices in society—whese labour is very soon in demand , and who , from being in this country persons on the brink of destitution , and scarcely obtaining any employment , though ready to give their toil forbread , obtain high wages and ample subsistence in other countries . ( Hear , hear . ) Of emigration , of this kind-there has been a very great mass directed to the United States and the British North American col-nies . ' There is the second and another kind of emigration which is

      formed of different classes of the people for the purpose of founding new colonies in places-where society does not already exisli Of this kind , likewise , there has been a very considerable emigration going on from this country . As regards emigration of the first kind , I have here some accounts which have been furnished to me by-Mr . Murdoch ; who is now at the head of the Emigration Board , and it appeals from them that the total emigration from'these countries for the last three years was 796 , 354 prrsons ; giving ail average of 265 , 450 per annum . . Now I beg the house to consider how very large this emigration is . It is within ^ O . OOO or 50 , 000 of what has been computed as the whole annual increase of the popafation of this country , and though it has been no doubt magnified in one or two of those years by the famine which took place in Ireland , yet I consider that as regards this first sort of emigration—namely , ' that

      which consists of labourers , and principally going to the United States and British North . America—it is an emigration which we may kok to see likely to continue for many years . I believe that the means which the labouring classes having found for themselves , of transmitting money home to their relations and friends , to ' enable them to eaiigrate , when they had obtained a sufficient sum from their wages , is likely to continue , and is likely to furnish the means of a gr > at expenditure for the purposes of emigration . ' . ( Hear , hear . ) I consider that there will he speedily a time when there shall be no very great demands for labour in the United States and British America . The difficulty which existed hitherto was that of finding means of transportation , and of enabling persons almost destitute here , and obtaining no demand for their labour , 0 get a position in other countries , where they could

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      . ( , *¦ tvs «~ "r , < . v v > TV ~ T TVV —^^ obtain ihat Idem and . I ^ 0 not believe that any government scheme could have been so extensive-as to effect that . purpose ; nor do I believe , if it had been so extensive , it would have ! effected the purpose in the sftmo way' as this voluntary emigration . ( Hear . ) In the first place , if you laid out a hundred or two or three hundred thousand pounds for that object . it would no doubt have been a very large sum ; but I believe the sum which had been expended for ihe purpose , in the way I h-ivc mentioned , in one year , has been no less than £ 1 , 500 , 000 sterling . " ( Hear , hear . ) Now , I believe , if you had laid out £ 1 , 500 , 000 , you would have found every species of abu-e—that you would have carried many persons from this country with false charactersand that they

      , ; wo ild have been found such a cursa bv the United States and by our own provinces , that they would soon have put a stop toit , and have said;—" ' Don ' t . end us the halt , the idle , and the crippled-the mere dregs of your population . If such is the character ot your emigration , we mustinterfere and put a stop to it . That I believe would have been the consequ nee of any great plan of emigration carried on by the government . ( Hear , hear . ) I do h- ' f mean to say that in some cases , and under some particular circumstances , assistance should not be given bv the government— ( hear , lie . ir ) -but what 1 say is-this , that seeing the people have found out for themselves that by transmitting small , sums 0 t momy . they are able to bring over their wives , relatives , and children

      to countries where their labour is ol value , that it is better not to interfere by a government plan , which beside being a burden oil the country from the sum taken from the taxes , woultl . be in other respects a positive evil . ( Hear , 'hoar . ) There is another species of emigration ; ami it is that which is sent out to our Australian colonies . It is an emigration of the Other description to which 1 have alluded , ami which goes very much to found new settlements , er to increase the new settlements already established there . It . appears that iu 1848 and 1849 the emigration of this kind sent out 30 , 600 persons , or rather more than 18 , 000 a year . In New Zealand also there has been a project started for forming a new settlement , called the Canterbury Settlement . There are already

      more than 12 , 000 Europeans in New Zealand , and I feel no doubt that there will be , in a very few years , alargeemigratL . n to that colony , and thatNew . Zealand will be one of the most flourishing of our dependencies . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 think ; therefore , as regards tmicration generally speaking , and with , as I said , a reserve as to any particular measure and particular districts , we may look with satisfaction to the present state of this question , and that we may consider one of the greatest wants of this country- that of finding a vent for her increasing population—will be fully satisfied , without at the same time doing- that of which I was apprehensive , and . sending out people to co ' onise where their labour was not in demand , and where their condition would be still worse

      than it was in the country from which they came . The noble lord thus concluded his exposition ;—The whole result of what I have to say is , that in the first place , whatev . r discontent—and , in some places , well-founded discontent , it must be ownedlias arisen fronv a transition , painful to the colonists , from a system . of monopojy , as , regards the colonies , to a system of free trade , we . ought not to attempt to go back , in any respect , from that decision —( hear , hear , ) --but that you should trade with your colonies on the principle that you were at liberty to obtain productions from other countries which may be produced there better or cheaper than in the . colonies , and that the colonies should he at liberty to trade with all parts ofthe world in the manner which

      might seem to' them most advantageous .- ( Hear , hear . ) That must in future be a cardinal point in our policy . The next point is that in conformity with the policy on which you have . governed . your British Noith American colonies , ynu should , as far a * po-sible , ao on the principle of introducing . and maintaining political freedom in all your colonies . 1 think whenever you say political freedom cannot be introduced , you are bound to show the ivasoss for the exemption , -and to show ; that the people are a race among whom it is impossible to carry out the free institutions—that you must show it is not formed of tho British people ,. or even that there is no such admixture of the British population as to make it safe to introduce representative '"

      institutions . Unless you can show that , I think the genrral rule would be that you should send to the different parts of the world , and maintain in your different , c-jlonies : men of the British race , and capable of governing themselves ; men whom you tell they shall have full liberty of governing themselves , and that while you are their representative with respect to all foreign concerns , in their domestic concers , yon wish to interfere no further than may be clearly and decidedly necessary to prevent a conflict in the state itself . I believe these are the sound principles on which we ought to proceed . I am sure , at least , they are the principles on which the present government intends tp proceed , 'and I believe they are those which in their general features

      will obtain the assentand approbation of the house . With respect to the question of military force . I shall reserve the discussion of that to a future occasion , when it will be more immediately before the house . With respect to some of our colonics , my noble friend the Secretary of State has staled that he thinks the forte now existing might be safely diminished . But , I believe these colonics will look to you for-thelr Ucfonoo in-nny foroigrv-v-nr or uguinat any foreign aggressor . ( Cheers . ) Aud I think you are bound to give it to them . ( Hear , hear . ) I think you are bound to maintain the means by which you will be able to give them that assistance .. ( Renewed applause . ) I believe not only that you may proceed on those principles without any danger for the

      present , but there may be questions arising hereafter which you may solve without any danger of such an unhappy conflict as that which took place with whiit are now the United States of America . ( Hear , hear . ) On looking back at the origin of that unhappy contest I cannot hut think that ic was not a single error or a single blunder which got us into that contest , but a series of repeated errors and repeated blunders---of a policy asserted and then retreated from—again asserted , and then concessions made when they were too late —( hear , hear)—and of obstinacy when it was ciireasonahle . I believe that it was by such a course we entered into the unhappy contest with what were at the beginning of it , the loyal provinces of North America . I trust we shall

      never again have to deplore such a contest . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 do anticipate with others that some , of the colonies may so grow in population and wealth that tin y may fay—' . ' Our strength is , sufficient to enable us to be independent of England . —The link is now become onerous to us—the time is come when we think we can , in fimity and alliance with England . main : ain our independence . " I do not think that that time is yet approaching . ( Hear , hear . ) But let us make them , as far as possible , fit to govern themselves—let us give them , as far as we can , the capacity of ruling their own affairs—let them increase in wealth and population , and whatever may happen , we of this grea t empire will have the consolation of saying that we have contributed to the happiness of the world ;

      A conversation followed in which the leading colonial reformers with the house took part . . Its general tone was that of approval of the principles enunciated by the Premier , but dissatisfaction with the names and illusory manner in which they were practically applied . MONDAY , February 11 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Greek Blockade —Lord Stanley a ? ain drew the attention of the house to the state of our relations with Greece . Since he had moved for the papers connected with

      the subject , he had seen that the 'Official correspondence which had passed between the Ministers of the great Powers at Athens had been published in Paris . He now begged to ask Lord Lansdowne whether the mediation of France had been tendered to England , and had been accepted by the English government ; and whether that mediation , if it had been accepted ! extended , merely to the indemnity claimed for certain British subjects or extended further—to the still . more important question . as to the right of Greece or of tho Ionian Republic to the possession of the islands adjoining them .

      Tho Marquis of Lansdowne replied that the good offices of France had been accepted by the Britiili government , ! though the offer had been at first declined by Mr . 'W yse , who did not know whether his acceptance would be sanctioned at home . With regard t-vthe latter part of Lord Stanley ' s question , he would reply that the nature of our pecuniary claims , and the amount of our pecuniary indemnity , was the only question on which the " good offices" of France had been accepted . The dispute as to the Islands b ! Sapienza and ElaphonesuB had been excluded , as resting entirel y on other grounds .

      , fhe Earl of Aberdbbn was glad that the mediation of France had been rccepted by the govern : ment , but could not help expressing his regret that such a mode of settling our disputes with Greece Had net been tried before resorting to violence . He could not help remarking that the good offices of France were accepted as to claims asserted to be indisputable , while , the possession of the islands , confessedly a disputed matter , had been reserved He should be glad to hear that a forcible occupation of those islands was not contemplated , for he feared that the Marquis of Lansdowne was not perfectly acquainted with all that passed in the Foreign office . . .

      Ecclesiastical Commission Bill . — The Marquis of Lansdowne moved tlie second reading of this bill . Its principal provision is for the separa tion ofthe financial from the ecclesiastical duties of the commission , the former being transferred to two paid and responsible commissioners , one to be appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the other by the Crown , and to he paid £ lj 200 and £ 1 , 000 a year respectively . ' . Th * Archbishop of Canterbury , while expressing his concurrence as to the desirableness of making an alteration in the existing commission , could not refrain from vindicating it from the imputations which had been . cast upon it . With respect to the unhappy circumstance by which £ 7 , 000 : or £ 8 , 000 . had been ' * : t

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      abstracted from the funds of the Church , he conjd uot-help saying that the late secretary of the commission bad , up' to . within the last six months of his official life , performed the part of a faithful and . useful servant . It wquld appear that some unhappy specu-! aiion « ,. inyolving him in embarrassments , had induced him , in an evil hour , to appropriate the funds confided to him , in the expectation that he should be able to replace them . V Lord HAiiEOwnv , tho Bishop of London , and Lord Stanlisy pressed for an augmentation in the number of Bishops ; and , after some discussion as to the proposed consolidation of the episcopal and common fund , which the Marquis ' of Lansdowne declared that the government were determined to effect , the bill was read a second time , and ordered to be . com mitted that day fortnight . 1

      HOUSE ObCOMMONS . —Mr . Horsman ' s CIIAt'GE . AGAINST TUB ( jOVIiBNMEST Previous to the motion being put , of which Mr . Horsman had given notice , for a cjunmittee to examine the charges he had brought ayninst Lord J . Russell and Sir G . Grey , Lord Ashley suggested that a commit tec of that house was n » t a proper tribunal to investigate a case which turned entirely npon a few casual . words . He believed that the charge had arisen altogether in a uiiseoisceptioni and proposed that the . house should lie contented with expressing its general sanse of regret for the misunderstanding , and its full belief in the honourable intention of all the parties concerned .

      j Mr . IIonsMAN explained , that in writing the letter in which this charge was first laid , he had no intention of imputing fraud to the ministers , but only of haying strained somewhat unfairly the form ofthe house . against a too-persevering antagonist . His motives throughout bad baen altogetherpublic . He now gladly consented to withdraw . his motion . . Lord J . ; Russell had felt keenly the imputation of a design to deceive . As that was withdrawn he was willing to dispense , with the committee . Claiming for ministers a favourable interpretation of their conduct in ., the performance of their responsible duties , the noble lord accorded to Mr .. Horsman full credit for , the purity of the motive by which he had been actuated . ; Sir G . G 11 EY expressed his satisfaction with the turn affairs had taken , and the subject then dropped .

      Tub Ceylon Haynau , . akd Ministerial whitewashing . —Lord J . Russell read a letter from Cn . pt . Watson , declaring that the Ceylon pvoclamiu tion ,. alluded to so frequently in the debate on Wednesday last , was altogether spurious . Mr . Baillie said . that he possessed a copy of that proclamation , purporting to bear the autograph signature of Capt .-Watson himself . Tho motion being put'for the appointment of the Ceylon committee , MivITume warned the house against expecting that the truth could be satisfactorily ascertained by

      means of that comm'ttce . ' Too successful efforts were made in the colony ; to stop tho evidence , to leave any hope of a fair trial being thus effected . . Mr . J . Sioari believed , that the efforts of the committee to elicit , the . truth had . boon baffled last year by the government , and would probably be so again . : Lord J . Russell repeated the explanation given on "Wednesday touching the refusal of witnesses . All the evidence required by the committee was granted . The attendance of those parties only was refused which the chairman had taken upon him to demand after the close of the session .

      Mr . AnDERLET reiterated the charge against Earl Grey , of haying burked tho investigation . Expense should not have , been grudged in bringing over witnesses who , in so aggravated a case , were worth their weight in gold . Mr , Disraeli , while on the committee last year , had endeavoured' to pursue the truth , and would this year continue the pursuit , but with no very sanguine hopes of overtaking it . He complained of the influence used . " elsewhere" to baffle the inquirj . , ...... . Mr . Roebuck thought that any member of the committee who believed that the inquiry would be

      swamped ought not to complain only , but to resign . The charge against the government of stopping evidence was . one of gross dishonesty , and required to be fully substantiated . Ceylon was a great dependency , held under very delicate circumstances , and he protested against its government being thwarted and carped at for the sake of a barren popularity . The hon . member vindicated the talent and humanity of Lord Torrington , and argued that the "law " in Ceylon should not be interpreted according to the rules ofthe English equity courts . Lawyers , ho added , made very bad statesmen , and in India and other colonies were generally at loggerheads with the government .

      Mr . Hume , with much warmth , denounced the denial of law to Ceylon , by the hon . member for Sheffield , and retorted the charge of popularityhunting . He mourned over the same hon . member ' s desertion from his ancient principles , and total disappearance of that watchful jealousy he had been wont to bear for the liberties ef oppressed subjects . - Mr . Roebuck was sure of the kind intentions of Mr . Hume , but not so sure of his clear-si ghtedness . He still believed that ifc wa . s _ impvrino » --- *" -u «« g -rnguo ( iccuoiUluilS , UUO WOUIU OOTtlie fil'St tO SlippOl't a motion for the impeachment , of ministers if the charges alleged in the Ceylon affair could , but be substantiated . " The committee was agreed to . Pirates ( Head Money ) Repeal Bill . —On the second reading of this bill ,

      Sir G . Clerk resisted the deprivation of reward and encouragement to the men and officers who exposed themselves in the dangerous service of destroying piracy . Sir T . Baring thought the receipt of blood-money derogatory to the honour of the British service . He did not propose to withdraw the rewards of any service of danger , but instead of setting a price on every pirate ' s head , it was proposed to leave with the Admiralty the discretion of granting a fitting remuneration in every case . This was also a fairer mode of distribution , as the danger could not always be measured by the numbers of the pirate enemy . The sums lately paid for head-money would require a grant from the house of about £ 100 , 000 .

      : Mr . Hume thought the principle of giving extra rewards to members of paid services wholly erroneous . It looked like a bribe , and involved the suspicion that without such influence our soldiers and sailors would not do their duty ; much of the large amount mentioned by Sir . F . Baring bad been fraudulently granted . . In the recent attack on the Bornean pirates , the numbers destroyed were very loosely calculated , and no proof shown that the ships attacked were really engaged in piracy . Mr . Cobden protested at once against giving £ 100 , 000 for the destruction of the alleged pirates . Information from Lloyd ' s showed that no dread of piracy , had ever existed in the Bornean seas ; the massacre at Sarabas appeared to be a mere battue , in which Rajah Brooke had used the British marine to revenge his private piques . Ho should move for a committee to have the subject fully investigated . The bill was then read a second time .

      The Mercantile Marine . —Mr . Labouchere brought . in three bills for improving the condition of masters , mates , and ; seamen in the merchant service ,. tho regulation of the merchant . seamen ' s fund , and the admeasurement of the tonnage of merchant vessels , Their principal features wove : — Firf ,- Tho appointment of a hoard of examiners , under the Board of Trade , who were to grant certificates to candidates for the command of merchant vessels upon proof of their possessing the proper qualifications . No captain who had not previously served to receive an appointment unless he had obtained such a certificate . Secondly , —to : arm captains and mates with greater powers to enforce discipline among their crews . . Thirdly , —to supersede the existing shipping . agents and crimps by

      , the . establishment of offices in tho ports under the supervision of government ; where , for the . moderate fees , the contracts may be prepared for the seaman when he ships for the voyage , and his pay handed to him on his return . Fourthly , —to improve the present system of registration of seamen , and to prevent the frauds practised on sailors upon . their advance-notes' by making those documents legally recoverable : and fifthl y , —to provide that marine courts , under tlie presidency of some naval officer , may be . constituted in distinct . ports , and armed with yery summary powers fpr'tho settlement , of . all grave questions between merchant ' seamen . and ; their commanders . Mi \ Labou ' chere cohcludod by deprecating the objection that this bill would endow the government with any excessive powers oyer private interests . . ' . '' , ' . ' . ' , '• , - '

      .. ; After some conversation the bills were ordered to be brought in . . * "Merchant Seamen ' s Fund . —Mr . ' Labouciiere then , addressed himself to the question pf the Merchant Seamen ' s Fund , and tho measures necessary to place it in a more satisfactory condition . Ho gave a ,, sketch of , the history of the' fund , and / of its present state , tho disparity of tne ' pehsiohs , owing to the capricious manner in which it work ' s , the insolvency of the fund as a whole , and the discontent generated by its present ; systeni of management . After mature consideration , he had come to

      the conclusion that tlie best ' course was to place tho fund under one uniform central management ; which ho , proposed to vest in . tho r Trinity ' . ' House , " ih . conjunction , with the two mercantile members of the new department of tho Board of Trade . He . proposed that no seaman should receive ; & less pension than fid . a day ; that the payment to . . the fund , instead of Is ., should be Is .. 6 d . "' a month , and that tho sum necessary to restpro the fund . to > i solvencynamely ^ £ 30 , op 0 it ' year—should be contributed by , the ; State .. ' -. - .. ' - \ . , '' ,- . "' j ' - ' - ' - ' . ; . ' . ' , . ' - ., ,. . ' -. ' ¦' . .. ; # i .:, , Mr . Hump , obje ' etedito consigning to the Trinity . House , thp ipanagoment . of a fund , which should be administered by national responsible officers . . j The discussion ,. rwhich related principally to the

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      details and machinery of the measure , was prctractedvto -some length ? Sir . 'G . Clerk , Mr . "W . Pagan , Sir , \ V . Clay , Mr . Cardweli , and Mr . IIeadlam being , the speakers . , ' . ; ,. ' The Chairman wiis authorised to ask for leave to bring in this bill . ,,.,. Mv . Labouciiere . then brought forward lus last bill , for regulating the admeasurement of tonnage , which lib considered would bo a great Improvement ofthe existing svstem , and would tend to the advancement of the shipping interest . Ho stated t-nau the . new law of measurement which he ; proposca to substitute would ascertain accurately the real power of a vessel to carry cargo . This resolution . was likewise agreed to , and , with the other resolutions , was reported to tho house . : "

      Electoral Qualification ( Ireland . )— Sir W . Sombkvili . 15 then moved for leave to bring in -1 "" 1 to amend the laws which regulate the qualification and registration of Parliamentary voters of Ireland , which ho had introduced last voav , when its principle was not objected to . Tho lew alterations ' - , lie had made since that time were not material .. The £ 8 rating in towns was retained , but he proposed to ^ ive the county franchise to persons entitled , to estates in foe or entail , of the valuo of £ 5 , to tenants for life . Mr . Stafford regretted that , instead of such a measure us this , of a political character , some means of alleviating tho distress in the famine-stricken districts of the west ot Ireland , 3 iad not been devised

      by the government . Several Irish members spoke upon the question , hut none objected to the introduction of the bill , for which leave was given , as well as to bring in a bill to shorten the duration of ' elections in Ireland . Prison Discipline . —Sir G . GitEV moved iol * a select committee to inquire into the rules and . slt . icip line established with regard to the treatment of prisoners in gaols in England and "Wales . Mr . Pearson com plained that this subject had been taken out of his hands , and 'intimated that unless the reference to the committee were so moulded as to embrace the objects he had in view , and the committee were fairly named , he should bring forward a specific motion in this matter hereafter . Mr . MoNSELL suggested tho addition of the word " Ireland" to the niotiou . . . . .-

      Sir G . . Gr et objected to giving directions to the committee specifically to take up the plan of Mr . Pearson .. . Lord Naas moved the addition of the words " and Ireland . " : " ; . " , Sir G . Grey did not wish to overload the committee with'too much labour , but if the house -. ' • as of opinion that it was not too much to intrust to one committee , ho should defer to that opinion . Upon a division , " the amendment was negatived by 23 against' 1 ' 8 ; and the house adjourned at halfpast one o ' clock ,. '" .

      . ..-TUESDAY , February 12 . HOUSE .. OF- ; . LORDS . —The Transporta-tion Question . —Lord Stanley presented two petitions from the Cape .-p ' raying that convicts might not be transported to that . colony .-, As the Order in Council complained of had ; been rescinded , ho would not enter into a discussion . wbich might lead to the expression of angry feeling . He should , however , be glad to receive an assurance that tbe order in ques « tion would not be rc-issued . -,- . ' : '¦ . Earl Grey had no hesitation in . giving the assurance required . He would only observe that it had never been : intended-systematically to transport convicts to the Cape .

      Lord Brougham thought the conduct of the eolo-: nists most cruel and unjustifiable in not allowing-, the unfortunate convicts to hind , after they had ex- > perienced the sufferings of a three months' voyage . ¦> Lord Stanley intimated his opinion tliat tho cblo- - nistshad gone much too far in their opposition to this order . He certainly would not vindicate their conduct . The Earl of Ellen-borough wished to draw attention to one circumstance connected with ihi- lotof the persons whose transportation had

      producedsuch extreme excitement at the Cape . The captain , of a ship engaged by contract to carry convicts to their destination was bound to have on board aquantity of provisions and water far exceeding the probable consumption of those on board . IflTthis : case it appeared that whilst the ship lay at tho Cape the water was expended , and only 400 lbs . of beef remained , there ¦ being hardly any other provision on board . Had there been a gale off the Caps , the probability was that every one of these persons would have died of famine . . i

      Earl Grey did not know that there was an ; ,: reason to find fault with the manner in which tho sontract had been performed in this case . "Very probably the small quantity of provisions on board was to be accounted for by the extraordinary long passage ofthe vessel . The matter then dropped . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tub Factory Ar-ss . — Lord Ashley asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his intention hati beendirected to a decision which had latel y been given in the Court of Exchequer , relating to the . <« " - * -r- j » tion of certain clauses in the Fact «»> ACts ; aTU 1 > " so . - *»• ' — —;*_ -nmo . * i . ~ - ; -i--. mou 01 the government to ihtroduce any law declaratory cf the principles of that act , or to take any other measures with a view to obviate the very evil consequences widen he ( Lord Ashley ) apprehended must result from the decision to which he alluded .

      Sir G . Grey replied , -that he had only received the short-hand-writer ' s notes of the judgment in the case referred to that afternoon , just before he came down to the house . He bad therefore , as yet , had no opportunity of becoming fully informed as to the terms of that judgment , although ho was , of course , perfectly aware of-the general nature of the decision . The noble lord was aware that he ( Sir G . Grey ) had been prepared last session to submit a bill to the house which he thought would have effected a reasonable adjustment of the differences which existed as to the construction ofthe various

      Factory Acts . Ho found that from neither of . the parties interested would that bill receive-much -support , as they each took an extreme view of what they considered to be their rights . There seemed to be a desire that the decision of ono of the supreme courts of law should be obtained on the subject , and it was intimated that that would settle the question .. Such a decision had been obtained , but ho ( Sir G . Grey ) did not know on what grounds it rested , anil he could not at present announce an intention on the part of tho government to propose a bill with reference to the subject .

      Tub Colonies . —Sir W .. M 0 LESWORTH , who had a notice ' upon the paper , of an intention to move resolutions on tho subject of colonial government - , - said that , as Lord John Russell had taken this sub- ; ject into his own hands , he should abstain from ; moving those resolutions .. At the same time lie ob- ; served that , although nothing could be more liberal * than the princi ples laid down by the noble lord , hewas sorry that he did not propose to apply them to ' an extent which would give complete content to the ' colonies . He was sorry that the-noble lord only , intended to revive the bill of last year with regard / to Australia ; but still he would not offer ! any ob- > jection to tho second reading of the ; bill , as it f recognised tho principle of representative institu- ' tions in Australia , and he thought . anyfonn of re-r presentativc institutions was better than none at all , ' He would , however , try to ' obtain two elective

      chambers and an elective government for them . The power , which the Colonial-office at present possessed was a groat grievance to the colonists , nnd he objected to such a measure as would keep up for the Colonial-office an arbitrary , power ofinterfering in the internal management of colonial affairs . He ; should propose . ' to denude the Colonial-ofiice of the power , and lie WOllld try . to draw a distinction between an inferior and a local parliament . Ho should likewise object to the details of the measure , because it did . not include . Sew -Zealand , which was as ready for a constitution as any of the Australian colonies . . Ho would withdraw his motion , subati-i tilting for it one for certain papers , : ' The papers were ordered . . Packing Imsu Jurus . —Mv . Sadleir then moved for a select" committee to inquire into the facts connected with the striking of the special jury in the case of ..- " Callanan v . Cameron "—a civil action in

      the county of Tipperary—Roman Cathplics having been excluded from'the jury list . The case arose out of tlie ; forcible occupation of two houses , in Carrick-pii-Suir , during Mr . Smith O'Brien ' s "rising , " by . 'Major . Cameron ., Callanan , the owner instituted an actiori'for damages , the'Crowh-Solicitor defended Cameron , and the case being ^ serit to . a special jury , he striickout nine of the most respectable gentleman of , tlie county , solely , it ' was believed , because they were Roman , Catholics . Mr . Sadleir said that ho meditated no attack , upon : the . government ; he iitta ' cked . ' a system which was . at once insulting to the Rpmaii ' Catholic population and an injury to every Protestant hi Ireland . . ! ,., ' i ' Mr . Hatcur ( tho Solicitor-General for Ireland ) gave Mr . Sadleir credit for having brought forward this motion , " as he had declared , with the view of conciliating the people . of Ireland and reconciling those dissensions which alllamented '' hut from the

      tenor of his speech i ' . coup led with his motion ,, he thought the course he had taken was not calculated to eftect his professed object . " The . house was still ignorant that this important case , which was an action of trespass between subject and' subject , had not yet been tried ; it might come on at the" assizes at Clonmel ; and it was most objectionable that the trial should talto place while such a discussion and inquiry should be going on in this house . He assured the house , upon the testimony of Mr . Kemmiss , that there had been no intention to cast any slur upon tho resuectablc gentlemen struck off , who were : excludep , according to : legal practice , for reasons irrespective of ( their religious opinions . If Mr . Sadleir declii ed ; to withdraw tha motion , he should / meet it ; with a direct negative . Mr . Scully spoke ' in support of the motion , Mr . Napier against it , and Mr . W ., Fagan '• appi wed tO take a middle course . -.:

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 16, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16021850/page/7/