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      which had been entrusted to hum . 2 fo doubt many a -wealihyjbanter and merchant in the city regards Mr . O'Connor ' s rnatitution with feelings of scorn and disdain ; but , oh , how ; few of them are there who would consent to let their accounts be subjected to the same rigorous examination as that to Which Sir . O ' Connor's accounts have been submitted ; How few of them are there -who would come out unscathed from such an ordeal . If the " day were to arrive when man would be weighed against man , on the score of conduct and character alone—if the day were to arrive when , it beino acknowledged throughout the world that ° " Rank is hat the guinea stamp , The man ' s the g # wd for a' that 1 "

      it shall be agreed on all hands that man should be weighed against man , irrespective of extreme differences , and the adventitious advantages of social position and aristocratic lineage—if such a day shaU ever arrive , it will then be revealed to the uufverse how much better a man was Mr . O'Connor than the men who persecuted and assailed him . If Mr . O'Connor be an impostor , how comes it that , of the 70 , 000 shareholders who have confided their fortunes to his charge , not one has called upon him to resign his trust ? Here is a man who has done everything to invite attention and defied scrutiny . His scheme may have failed and his wishes may not be realised , but that is not the question ; it is whether he hneiv they

      would fail . Unless that was the case we cannot say he was dishonest , and unless he were I am entitled to your verdict . I will call your attention to another letter published in the Star of July 10 , 1847 , to Mr . T . A . Barnsley Since that time thousands have enrolled themselves as members ofthe society , and yet we are told that the people have been induced to take that step because there was a bank having the security of the land of the Company . With regard to the increase of the sale ofthe Northern Star , I must ask whether it followed that because he discovered that the Land Plan -would aid another important undertaking in which he had an interest , he was dishonest . Let them see how that cut both -ways .

      Didheantici-Jafce the circulation would increase to 20 , 000 ? If e did he must have known how dangerous it would be to attempt to impose npon so large a number of persons . If the paper increased tenfold so did the difficulty of cheating anybody . It was said that his declarations are of no value : that is doubtful—but one thing is clear , viz ., if he had intended to keep this property he would net have made those declarations . I will next call attention to the bank circular of which my learned friend would- only nse a part , because , in fact , it Tras an " answer to his whole case . Mr . Roebuck . —The whole was read yesterday . Mr . Sergeant Wilkess . — My learned friend fell into the trap yesterday beautifully . When the witness snoke of it , he said triumphantly , " Where is

      that letter ? " " Here it is , " said I . He did not inow there was such a letter in the world . The plea says , — "And the defendant farther saith that at the time of the publication of the said books mentioned , the said Company had an office of business in a certain house : plaintiff had last an office for carrying on the business of the bank , called , & c , the same being not the bank of the said Company but the bank of him the plaintiff , " & c . Here is my answer : —[ This letter having appeared at length in the Star of the 23 rd February , it is not necessary to repeat it . ] That was sent to every depositor in the bank , and is dated the loth of September , 1 S 18 . The learned Sergeant then went on to ask what document conld he have produced , which furnished

      a more perfect answer to the whole case . He had produced O'Connor ' s receipt book for 1847 , and had proved that up to the receipt of £ 26 , 000 Roberts had performed the office of treasurer . He had shown why Mr . O'Connor- had taken it . Be had produced balance sheets , headed " Feargus O'Connor , treasurer in account with the Land Company . " He had proved the audit ofthe accounts , and the expression of gratitude awarded to Mm by the Company for the way in which he conducted their business . The defendant had not shown one person in the world who could produce a well founded complaint . Were they then to suppose that these 70 , 000 subscribers were demented ? If Mr . O'Connor-was an impostor , and his

      imposture was so palpable , how in the name ofthe common instincts of our nature out of all these 70 , 000 , was it that not one should ever ask Mr . O'Connor to give np his interest ?—how was it they did now come forward to say he was an impostor ? If the imposture were so palpable that a child might detect it , by what magic art , unknown to all other men , did Mr . O'Connor keep these 70 , 000 subscribers in quietness ! Really what was there in this ease , even when aided by the beautifully rounded periods of his learned friend ? His learned friend had appealed to them as the protectors of the poor—he appealed to their reason and understanding . His learned friend had spoken in praise ofthe press—but no man had a higher re spect for the press than he ( Sergeant Wilkins ) . He believed that the cause of liberty owed to it the deepest obligations , and he thanked Heaven that

      there was in this free and happy land such an organ of opinion , which would inflict condign punishment on all who would dare to invade the rights of the Constitution or to inflict an injury on the poor . He respected and reverenced the press , because it promoted civilisation , enli g htenment , and rational freedom ; and he should always desire to see the legitimate rights and privileges of that great censor of the age preserved intact and inviolate ; but surely it could not be contended that Job Bradshaw was the representative of the press in this country , or that the pitiful and malignant hand-bill he had posted about the walls of Kottingham came within the legitimate province of the press , or was to be classed in the category of editorial comments . Mr . Roebuck had stated that Mr . O'Connor's composition savoured very strongly of the Macassar oil style of literture ; but most assuredly the defendant's handbill savoured as stronlv of that delectable

      school as any piece of composition that had lallen under his notice . The objects of the writer were twofold—firstly to give vent to his own private spleen , under the pretext of protecting the rights of the public ; and secondly , to puff off his own newspaper . Every sentence professed to be dictated by a feeling of philanthropy and patriotism , but the whole document ended with an exhortation to buy the Nottingham Journal , and at the end of every sentence might have been printed the words " Fourpence halfpenny . " There never was a showman at Greenwich fair who revelled in such eloquent bombast . The whole document , if translated into showman ' s parlance , might be read thus , " Walk up , -walk up , ladies and gentlemen , walk up , and see how the great giant Feargus O'Connor will be polished off by that redoubtable champion Job Bradshaw , for the low charge of fourpence halfpenny . " 2 vot a tittle of evidence had been adduced to show

      that Mr . O'Connor had acted otherwise than as a faithful steward ; and he , therefore , implored the jury to come and stand between him and his slanderers . In his desire to benefit his race , he had familiarised himself with scenes of wretchedness and woe , and had subjected himself , from choice , to evils to which-the poor had to submit through necessity . A jury of honest Englishmen were bound to throw the shield of their protection around such a man . They should not forget that the interests ofthe public might be wounded through the side " of an Individual , and the present was precisely such a case . They should take care how they permitted themselves to he used as an instrument to allow one man to vent his private spleen against another , under the plausible pretext of exposing an imaginary imposture . The learned Sergeant concluded his address by imploring the jury to bring to the consideration of this most important case minds unbiased by prejudice and unswayed by passion .

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      British College Of Health, Xew-Hoad, Lox...

      BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , Xew-hoad , Loxnos . : < TO -I'HE FINANCIAL & SOCIAL REFORMERS :. THROUGHOUT * GREAT BRITAIN . TEUow-CousraTMES , —Prove , as most easily you * can , how doctors have . forages cheated the people on the question of their health , and all the reforms that you demand must follow , and that , too , in quick succession . The dishonesty of the medical bod y can be most easily established . We are , Fellow Countrymen , Yours , in the cause of Salutary Reforms , The Members of thb British College or March 6 th , 18 o 0 - ' ' . '¦ . Health . .

      The Late Powder-Mill Explosion. ' ( Conc...

      THE LATE POWDER-MILL EXPLOSION . ' ( Concluded from the sixth page ^ J On Thursday Mr . Wakley , the coroner , assisted by Mr . Wakley , jun ., the deputy coroner , held , an inquest on the bodies of the seven men who were killed hy the explosion at the powder-mills of Messrs . Curtis and Harvey ,-at Twickenham , near Hounslow-heath . The jury , after a lengthy investigation , returned the following verdict .- —" That George Goddard , " James Bookmaster , and Joseph Perry died on Mbnday , ' the 11 thinst ., from mortal injuries inflicted upon divers parts of . their bodies by the explosion of a certain quantity of gunpowder , and that there isno evidence before the jury to prove by what means the said explosion of gunpowcer was caused . " . . ;

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      "A statue representing the ' Republic has boeh placed'in the Salle Casimir Perier , at the National Assembly , in the place which was two , years since occupied by one . of Louis Philippe : ' The statue ; wnich » the work ; of M . Barre , the sculptor ; is aoont nine feet . in height ; ' if has the rieht hand resting on akjve , thesymboi of riches and of iridu * SPiU ? ™ bandit . holds a crown of laurel ; and ™» V l v ^ e ^ cesbf the Rep ubli c , the Gallic . cocs , and a broken'hatehet . * :.-.-- •¦¦

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      MONDAY , Majich 11 . , HOTJSE . OF LORDS .-RAilwiT AoMT . ^ Earl Granville moved the second reading of the Railway Audit Bill , and after recapitulating the details of the measure / alluded to the billjprepared by ' certain shareholders ¦ of the North-Western Railway , to which the government could not give their support , because it wonld not secure a continuous and independent audit . - .. ''•' . ' " ' "¦ , " Lord Stanley would not oppose the second reaaing of the bill if the government' would promise not to press it forward too rapidly . The reason why he wished for delay was to be found in the fact , that ne

      had been requested to take charge of the other Audit Bill , to which Lord Granville had alluded , ^ and though he was little versed in railway matters himself , he hoped the house would not object to have the bill printed , and trusted , though the government bi might be read a second time , yet its rival would receive a due share of consideration . Lord Montbagle again expre ? sed _ nis satisfaction that the government had taken this question up , and hoped the house- would remember the immense amount of property sunk in railways , as well as the fact that the accounts of those companies had got into such confusion that no confidence was placed in

      them . ... . After some further discussion , Lord Granville undertook not to hurry the bill on without affording time for duly considering the question . With regard to the proposition for a select committee he would give his opinion to morrow . The bill was then read a second time , and their lordships adjourned , after disposing of some other business . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-The Lords' amendment of the Party Processions ( Ireland ) Bill were agreed te . Armt Estimates . —The house then went into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates , when

      Mr . F . Maole renewed his motion—made on Friday—for a vote of 99 , 128 men for the land forces for the service of the present year , and entered into a detailed explanation of the state and expenditure ef the army . He stated the distribution of the forces—59 , 398 at home , 39 , 780 in the colonies—replying , as he proceeded , to objections offered in the debate « f Friday by Mr . Cobden and Mr . M . Gibson , observing , that the officers in the army Were the worse paid and the hardest worked ofany of our public servants , and that a very small proportion of the commissions in the army were held by the aristocracy . With regard to the proposed number ofthe forces , ' considering the strength of the continental armies , the French being 430 , 000 , besides National Guards ; that

      of Prussia 325 . 000 , exclusive of Landwehr ; that of Austria 539 , 000 ; it would ill bsfit the position which this country holds amongst nations , he observed , to maintain only a sufficient number of troops to furnish reliefs for those in our colonies , without regard to the protection of our interests at home . ' . The charge for the land forces this year was £ 3 , 562 , 430 , being a reduction of £ 93 , 158 in comparison with the charge of last year -, and , including the effective and noa-eftective services , the aggregate decrease-was £ 122 , 814 . The internal condition of the army had greatly improved , if measured by the number of men committed to military prisons , and , in particular , that of young

      men so committed had been gradually diminishing for the last few years . The health of the army was greatly ameliorated , as shown by the returns of mortality in corps serving abroad . Education was making progress in the regimental schools ,, and measures were taken to secure a'higher standard of education among the officers , the Commander-in-Chief having insisted upon gentlemen undergoing examination before entering the service . ' He ( Mr . Maule ) had been assured by the highest authority , that with res pect to both officers and men , the British army was atpresent in a state of which the country might well be proud ,

      Mr . Htjhe concurred in believing that the army was well managed and in a state of high efficiency . He did not think that the individuals , whether men or officers , were paid too highly , but he was convinced that their numbers were fro great . Referring back to the year 1828 , when tbearinual outlay of the country was £ 55 , 000 , 000 , Mr . Hume recorded the results of the scrutiny instituted by the committee appointed in that session , and which led ultimately to the minimum expenditure of 1835 . Since then the charges had again expanded until they had actually exceeded the amount voted twenty years ago . This fact proved the necessity for renewed efforts of retrenchment . The hon . gentleman founded upon his calculation a proposal to reduce the number of men to be immediately voted to 89 , 000 ; as the first step towards reforms which he intended to enforce until a sum of ten millions annually had been struck off the national burdens .

      The amended vote , as suggested by Mr . Hume , having been put , Major- Blackall , who opposed the amendment , remarked that the hon . member had proposed a reduction often thousand men , but had not explained from what regiments they could be spared . He argued that there was no branch of the military force that was not already overtasked by the duties assigned to it . ¦ Sir W . MotESWORrH treated the military expenditure chiefly as a colonial question . Out of £ 6 , 600 , 000 which was the whole cist of the effective services , no less than five millions , being five elevenths , was incurred on ace . tint of the colonies . Was this

      enormous outlay necessary ? On this question the hon . baronet entered into a detail ofthe military forces engaged in the various dependencies distinguished info garrison colonies , plantations , and colonies proper . Many incidents proving the extravagant charges for fortifications , and the unnecessary number of troops , employed were adduced , and the conclusion enforced that the colonies to whom we were giving free constitutions ought to provide for their own defence . From New Zealand , New South Wale ? , and the Cape we might thus withdraw no less than 7 , 000 men , enabling us to dispense with a much larger number from our army . Captain Boloero argued that the state neither of the colonies , of Ireland , or of Europe generally , justified any reduction in , our military establishments . "' . "'"'

      Mr . Macgregob pave the government credit for the reductions they had already accomplished , and relied upon sincerity in prosecuting the work of economy . Previously to the last session , he had calculated that about four millions could be saved out of the eighteen millions spent oti the army , navy , and ordnance . He now found that £ 2 , 000 , 000 had been actually reduced , and more was promised . He was convinced that further retrenchments were possible , especially in the colonies , but he objected to pass a sweeping vote which might prove embarrassing to the public service and unjust to the gallant men

      composing our . Mr . Berkal Osborne contended that by improved management we could combine a large saving with increased vigour in the army . He suggested the combination of the three distinct'departments of the Horse Guards , ordnance , and commissariat , and placing them under the control of a minister of war , who shall be duly responsible to the house . In the clothing system for the army a fair field' was offered for reform . A saving of i & 0 , 000 a year might be effected with an enhancement of the respectability of the colonels of regiments , who now shared the tailors' profits . : .

      A protracted discussion ensued , which was terminated by brief replies from Mr . Fox AlArjLE , and Mr . Home , and a division . ¦ For the amendment ... ...: ... 50 Against ... ... ; :: }•¦ ¦ ... ... ' 223 Majority against it - ... - t——173 . The vote asked by the government was then agreed to . On the grant of £ 1 , ^ 00 , 000 to defray the charge rendered necessary by the preceding vote , "' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' Mr . Humb , observing that , 'he had done'his duty towards the cause of retrenchTient , said that he would not delay the committee with any further opposition . - - J •' . ' •" ., - .-.- ' : " The vote , after some miscellaneous conversation , was agreed to . . '•'•• -- ' " ' '• ' J - : ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ' -: . '¦ - ¦ "" Sir F . Basing then brought forward the navy estv mates . ' As a preface to them ,- but promising that it should be the last occasion on which the item should

      appear ; the right * hon ; - baronet placed a sum ' ' of £ 211 , 000 as the excess ofthe past two years beyond the sums granted by the house . ' 1 - The sums required for the ensuing year were—For-the effective services ; £ 4 , 325 , 000 ; non-tffective , £ 1 , 188 , 000 ; making , with'the additions required for- the conveyance of ttoops , mail-packets ; & c , atolal of £ 6 , 613 , 000 for the naval service . - This amount presented a reduction of £ 480 , 000 from the expenditure of last year . Compared with 1848-9 , the saving was no less than £ 1 , 333 , 000 .. The retrenchment- had extended through all the departments , -the number of seamen , marines , officers , and dockward- workmen , . the vessels in commission , having ' all-been reduced with a corresponding saving in provisions and supplies of all sorts . In stores , works , && , ' large economy ; had been effected . :. ; i ; i ( i '; ' , ; ¦ . '

      • A vote of 30 , 000 men was then -proposed for the naval service . . , ¦ •> Mr . Hums referred to the average of the six years ending with 1839 ; to show that 31 ; 400 'men had then been found ample for . every duty . He did not ' wish to persevere in an unavailing opposition , but desired to record his protest against this fixtravagance . The vote would m \ ke r an . amount of-twelve minions granted in one night / He ; pjaced beforethe committee an amendment to reduce thevoteto the number he had stated , i : ' ,-. l Ik . y ,- ¦ : , v <;'; ; . ¦ : ¦ : .: - . Captain Pechel ' lSignified his intention to vote for the ^ amecdment / if it were carwc ' a . to a division . The existing condition- of the ' navy was ;; he added ; highly satisfactory , but he- remonstrated agamst'the proposed diminution in the allowance . of grog to the sailors . - ¦ ' " :: " ~ . !' M' -: '' ' . ' :: ' :: : ' i

      ' Colonel Sibthobp , regretung : thatvthe < lateness ' of the htur'forbade Ms doing justice to the subject ; -took the opportunity of ' suggestinsiiqme . reductions . ih . the

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      income of the ; Fh t LMpf ^ cellor of the' ^ Excheqder ^ aud ^ Bome dther-ofccial Salaries ; ~?~~ - ~ " ~'¦¦ - ' ~ " ~ " ""¦ ¦ - " ™ -stt-.- ~ - "'" . i " CaptainPiiBAU spoke a few . words in favour of

      economy . - ¦•— ... . \ ;; ,.= < j . Mr . Bankes made . some inquiries as ; to the destiny , which awaited the , prizes taken off the , shores of Greece , by Admiral Parker ' s squadron . ; Lord Palme ' rston said the Greekships were der taihed as pledges , not as prizes , but would be sold to furnish compensation ' for the dangers suffered , by British subjects , if there was no other way of securing it . . ' . . . On a division there appeared— " ¦ ¦"¦ : ¦ . For the amendment .... .... ,, 19 Againstit .................. 117— 98 The vote of 39 , 000 men was then agreed to . The Chairman then reported progress , aud the house resumed .

      Lord J . Rdssell brought in a bill to reduce the salaries of the Chief Justices of Queen ' s Bench and Common Pleas to £ 8 , 000 and £ ? , O 0 O respectively . The house adjourned at one o'clock .

      TUESDAY , March 12 . . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The royal assent * &? given by commission to the Party Processions ( Ireland ) Bill . Lord Stanley introduced the rival bill for the audit of railway accounts prepared by the shareholders in opposition to that of the government . Agricultural Distress . —Lord Reoesdale , pursuant to notice , presented two petitions praying for agricultural protection—one from Northumberland signed by 4 , 700 persons , and the other from the county of Worcester , numerously and respectably signed . Parliament had now met about six weeks , and no notice had been taken in that house of this important subject . He considered , therefore , having these petitions to present ; that it was his duty to do so . The noble marquis opposite , in the debate on

      the address , gave that house the comfortable assurance that the worst had arrived , and he hoped an improvement would take place in agricultural prospects ; six weeks , however , had elapsed , and so far from those expectations being realised , there had been a constant tendency downward in the market . Let them see how this matter affected the poorer classes , from whom a large portion of the national income was derived . ( Hear , hear . ) Wages 'had been reduced in all classes of labour , from the most skilful artisan down to the agribultural ^ abourer ; and taking ten millions of the population of this country to be employed in- labour ^ he was safe in saying there had been , on an average , a reduction in their waxes of 2 s . per week . If that was the

      case , there had been a falling off of £ 52 , 000 , 000 a year in the income of the people . ( Hear . ) On the other hand , our boasted saving by buying in , the cheapest markets had not covered that loss . He would take the average price of corn when Sir R . Peel introduced his measure in 1842 , as compared with the present time , and it would appear that there had been a saving of £ 16 , 000 , 000 m wheat , £ 4 , 000 , 000 in barley ; and £ 500 , 000 in oats , which with the saving in butter , cheese , and other articles of food , made a total amount of £ 40 , 000 , 000 , only as a set-off against the £ 52 , 000 , 000 loss in the income ofthe people . ( Hear , hear . ) . The doetrino of buying in tho cheapest and sellingin the dearest market the labouring man could not avail himself of . ' ( Hear , hear . ) -The labouring man had nothing

      but his labour to sell , and he must sell it before lie could buy anything . Now the object of the present system was to make wages low ; there could bo no doubt of that ; and the only people who were not able to go into any othermarket were the agricultural labourers , and yet the free traders found fault with the reduction of . their wages . : ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord after enumerating the grievances of the agricultural interest , concluded by asking the Marquis ef Lahdsdowne whether there was any chance ofa considerable alteration in the price of corn ; whether , supposing there was no alteration , the present extent of land could be cultivated ; and , lastly , whether the government had been able to

      frame any calculation as to the future average price of corn . Marquis of Lanhdowne replied that he was not one of those who had anticipated that the abolition ofthe Corn Laws would be effected without difficulty or pressure . In his opinion , the abrogation of these laws was inevitable , and he was firmly convinced that the change would ultimately be most beneficial for the prosperity of the country . While he regretted Hie temporary distress of the agricultural interest , he would add that the experiment now in progress ought to be allowed every fair chance of success , and it certainly could not be said to have failed . He declined to answer either ofthe

      above questions . Earl of Malmesburt contended that the experiment of free trade had not worked well , and that the only result which had at present attended it was that the interests of the rural districts were sacrificed to the prosperity of the towns . Earl Gket said that if free trade was merely regarded as an experiment , still it must bo regarded as entirely successful . In fact , the country could never have gone through the past four years without the abolition of the Corn Laws . "' The petition was ordered to lie on the table , and their lordships adjourned , after despatching some other business , HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Arctic Expedition . —

      Sir F . Baring stated that the now expedition aboutto be despatched to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir J . Franklin , consisted of two ships , manded by Capt . Penney , and two steamers commanded by Captain Austin . The squadron , it was expected , would be ready to sail in the first week ' of April . ' ' THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . —Mr . ¥ . O' Connor gave notice that immediately after Easter he should bring in a bill to wind up the affairs of the National Land Company . gir B . Hall said he questioned whether this would not be taken as a private bill , and he suggested to the hon . member for Nottingham whether he should not take steps to obtain the . sanction of the house to the bill before Easter . ' Mr . F . O ' Connor said he hardly understood what the hon . member meant . He intended to take the

      advice of the best conveyancer , the best equity lawyer , and the best common law lawyer , as to the best means of effecting the object he had in view , Taxation , and Expenditure . —Mr . H . Brummond moved a resolution , that whereas the present taxation depresses all classes , by diminishing the funds for the employment of productive labour , adequate means . should be forthwith adopted to reduce the expenditure . He gave a rapid sketch of the history ofthe last few years ; tho lavish profusion in the time of war , the command we obtained by the war over the commerce of the world , and the stimulus which this prosperity received from a gradually depreciated currency . The peace , he observed , changed the aspect of affairs ; the demand for

      agricultural produce fell off ; the curroney measure of 1819 augmented the difficulties of . the landed . interest , and the corn law was given' as an equivalent . That law was now repealed , ' and , although he did hot ask the house to reverse its policy , he called upon it not to halt midway ; he demanded a reduction of expenditure in the matter of salaries , and that all burdens should be revised which checked the growth of raw produce . When salaries were increased on account of the dearncss of the necessaries of life , it was never supposed that they should be maintained at their high scale when prices ; became low ; and whilst the . value . of produce had been lowered , the cost of . production remained the same , By what right , he asked , were the ' reomen

      of this country prevented from ; growing what they pleased upon their land ? and why were they subjected , in their rural affairs , to an interference from which other trade ' s were exempt ? , He . should continue to press this matter' on the attention of the-house so long' as he sat there ; arid , he would give every constituent In . the country ah . opportiiuity of knowing how . his representatives ' voted-d . n this matter . ( Hear , hear . ) To' the demand . herfow made for a removal ; of all "the burdens pressing alike on the labourer and the owner of the soil , it was ho answer to talk of faith being kept with the public creditor . They had hot kept faith with the public debtor ; ., ( Hear , hear . ) They had taught the public debtor . to have no respect for faith w lth the

      public , creditor ; , ahd . whether they hiight like it or not , the language of the ; farmer 3 at the present moment was this ( Tie' had heard it frommore than one of them ) ,. 'VWh ' atever ' TYere ' our ' politics , we were faithful andjlbyal men , and' we respected the institution s .. ofour , country we . have . ndt ' fbund those institutions to protect , our property ; and wo care not a rush whether they are maintained or not /' ( Hear , hear , and . laughter . ) Hon . members might not think it . a laughing matter when these threats were carried into effect . What was ' Svorse , amongst the labourers who had been ' niado to ; suffer by the recentj ' cha ' nges , a very common sentiment had he ' guii . ' to prevail—they did not See' why there should be such a . difference between the rich and the poor . He . ' confessed that was a quostiohwhich he could not answer but it Was afearful condition' ofthirigs

      with which they had to deal . To avert tho evil they must act justly . and hcndstly . 'hy diminishing the salaries of all the servant ' s of tho crown ; and by removing every impediment in-the way of the cultivator of the , soil doing what lio ' pleased . with his produce . ( Hear , hear . ) These were the two points on ' which he should insist . He wished not to screen tlie ! rich 4-hot to protect th < 5 . landlord against the labourer . Let them put a proper ty tax on the landlord , if they pleased ; , but ; whatever , they did , let them remove tho burdens' which oppressed . the labourer . , ( Hear ,. ; hear . ) * : " v ' - ' - ¦ . • - > •¦ . > Ir : Catlby seconded ' the motion ; The object of the Legislature ' for some / year ' s past had been to ' create a fall in prices . ' Cheapness was ; their : object , and cheapness they had got / 1 ' The ^ advaritage ' proposed was the ^ advahtage' ' of'th ' o consumer—meaning the

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      Working *! cjasse ' a ; but were they as a class better off ? Try- -to delude themselves as they might , it was iH"vain't ( i ~ coneeal'tbat * both'in'the'country lihd JO that house , a doubter the . eyentual success of the ' fre §[ trade ; sy ' s ' te ' m increased . daily . I ? ree trada . had produced so low a price of agricultural produce that the . very advocates of : cheapness were , fright ened . at their own work . For the motion of Mr ^ Cobden he felt himself bound , in duty to his constituents , to vote ; for the motion of the hon . member for Montrose , for the reduction of tho army , he also felt bound to vote . The necessities and safety of ^ the , government were one element in the present question , but there was ; another element , which . he could not but remember—the necessities and safety

      of his constituents . / . ( Hear , hear . ) On-similar grounds he should support the motion of his hon . friend , the member for Surrey . But was this impatience of taxation' which was now , evinced the only thing of evil import in prospect for his noble friend ? It was but the beginning of the end . Did he imagine the system of free , trade established ? They were scarcely , at tho end of the first stagechanging horses at Barnet , on the road to the north . Sincerely did he wish , that the impatience of taxation already expressed was all that his noble friend would have to contend with . At each stage he would be met by obstructions and resistancenot voluntary and hypothetical , but arising from

      dire necessity , and . out of the nature of things . " War to the knife" would he have to encounter between British wages and foreign wages—war to the knife , between white bread and black bread—war to the knife between poor laws and no poor laws—between a nation with poor , laws , and a world without them—war to the knife between the lawful insanity of an abstract dogma , and the lawless insanity of the lucifer match . And well would it be if , in tbe prosecution of the ruthless scheme to make the rich richer , and the poor poorer , the walls even ofthe house in which they sat were not shaken to their very foundation . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Fox Maule gave his full assent to thopre mises laid down by Mr . Drummond , but disagreed with his conclusions ., , He agreed that taxation was an ovil , and that the labourer should be relieved , as far as possible , from its ; burden . He did not , howeveij believe that the labourer ' s position would be improved by sweeping resolutions which might damage the credit of . the country . ; Free trade , he Was convinced , had led , to , a great and nearly universal increase of public prosperity , and the government were willing to abide by all the contingencies that could result from that great experiment . It was a fallacy to argue about , labour as if tlie

      agriculturist was the only , or indeed the most numerous ,, class of labourers . It was no true economy to reduce the salaries of public men , ; and especially , of judicial functionaries , at the risk of sacrificing their efficiency and trustworthiness . Retrenchment had already gone a groat way . There was no head of expense which offered a margin for reductions so great as were proposed by the resolution before the house . That proposition he declared was merely a trap set to catch , ; the votes of every advocate of economy of whatever colour . The right hon . member concluded by moving the previous question . ' .,- ' Mr . Mangles , seconded the amendment .

      Sir R . Pkel , said , the motion must be looked at either in a commercial or financial point of view , Mr . P . Maule had supposed , that Mr Drummond intended that , the house should imply an opinion unfavourable to the commercial policy of late years . ; but ; he ( Sir R . Peel ) behoved if this had been his intention , ho would have said so in plain and direct terms ; and , moreover ,, such an intention was incompatible with Mr . Drummond ' s avowed opinions and with the legitimate inferences from the terms ofthe motion . What that gentleman meant was , that the taxation which remained pressed heavily upon industry , and therefore it was , desirable to adopt all practicable economy . He ; agreed with Mr . Cayley that the merits of our recent

      commercial policy Jay iri the answer tothe question ^ Had the social condition of the labouring classes generally been improved thereby ? Had their command over the . necessaries of life been increased ? - And so far as a judgment could be formed , we had at least no right to infer that the comforts of even the agricultural classes had been curtailed by the legislation since 1842 . In various years , under protection , agricultural distress had been most severely felt , even co-existent with high prices . ; Mr . Drummond had claimed for the farmer exemption from restrictions ; that he might , for example , grow tobacco ; but if the foreign duty on that articlewas maintained , and an Excise duty was imposed upon British tobacco , agriculture would reap but a slender benefit . He had hot been able to . vote the other night with Mr . Cobden , because he thought the principle of bringing the expenditure down to the

      standard , of any particular year was a fallacious one , and he had more confidence in the progressive and reflecting retrenchments of a government than in . > the varying and vacillating declarations even ol a reformed House of Commons , which had its hot as . well as cold fits . How could the house adopt this resolution , which must excite expectations of a large reduction of taxation , immediately after re jecting by large majorities propositions for reducing the army and navy estimates ? He believed that there were many taxes , the reduction of which consistently with good faith and public security , would confer inestimable benefit ; and he advised tho house to appl y itself to economy in every practical form , but not one day vote large estimates , and the very same day agree to a general resolution justifying the expectation of a largo reduction of expenditure , and thereby propagating a diluiion .: .

      In : the further discussion of the question , Mr . Nrwdegate , Col . SiBTiioR p , Mr . Stafford , Lord , J . Manners , Mr . Bright , Mr . Henlet , Mr . Heyworth , Mr . Hume , Mr . Besnrtt , Oapt . Harris , Mr . Muntz , and Lord Duncan spoke in support of the motion . Col . Thompson , Lord J . Russell , Mr . B . Osborne , Mr . Labodchere , and Mr . Brothhrton , opposed it . Mr . OsDORNBand Mr . Bboiherton looked . upon the motion as a Pfotectionist trap ; and refused to walk into . it . Mr . Dkuxlmond having replied the house divided , when the previous question was carried by 190 against 156 . Cousrr Rates . —Sir If . Halford moved for leave to bring in a bill to relieve occupiers of lands and tenements , not being owners , from county . and police rates ; which , after some disparaging remarks by Mr . Miles and Mr . Agliokbit , and a qualified consent from Sir G . Gret , was given .

      Jews in . Parliament . —Mr . Wood moved for a committee to search the journals and report upon such precedents or acts as relate to the question of Jews or others being admitted into Parliament without being sworn upon , the Holy Gospel ; and also in what manner Mr . Pease , in 1833 , madeaffliv mation ; to the effect of the oaths required , from members ; and further , in what manner Jews and others , not professing the Christian religion , are permitted to make oaths in courts of Justice and elsewhere . He referred to the circumstances connected with the election of Baron Rothschild , and stated that he hid made this motion with a view of inquiring into all the circumstances which would enable the house to arrive at a right determination , following a precedent he had found in the journals in the case of Mr . Pease . '

      - Sir R . Peel was still ready to give his cordial support to any legislative enactment for the admission of persons of the Jewish persuasion into that house ; but no gentleman opposed to theiradmission would : watch with more jealousy , than he should any attempt-by the House of Commons to supersede the authority ofthe House of Lords , ; . Lord J . Russell considered that the : House , by agreeing to the committee , would not signify any opinion as to the admission of Jews into the house ; but he thought it of very great . importance . that there shouhrbe a committee . .-..- .-..-A few remarks were made by Mr . Stuart ? Wortley , Mr . Anstey , and Mr . Walpole , and the . motion was agreed to . i . ^ . : , Mr . Deeded obtained leave to bring in a bill , to amend the act 5 th Victoria , chap . 109 , for . the . appointnient of parish constables . ¦ y \ i ^¦ : The remaining orders were disposed of .-aniLthe house adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock . ! . v

      ' , ; ; ' , WEDNESDAY , March 13 . i : ' : ^ ; - * ,: HOUSE QE . COMMONS . —rCounty Rates . — Thedebato upon tho second reading of thi ' sbill ( adjourned on the 13 th of February ) , was resumed by- ; - ; . ,,:. ; :, -.- ¦ .,- ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ : h ' . ' - ¦¦ - ¦ • - ^ ' ; . ; y :--: ; :. ¦ Sir J . Pakinqton , who . moved , as an amendment , for a select committee to inquire . into the present mode of levying and expending the county rate , witha view to ascertain whether any more satisfactory mode can be adopted of levying the ; rates ; and of giving the ratepayers more effectual control over their expenditure . A bona Me inquiry , ho thought ,

      Was an essential preliminary to legislation upon so essential a subject , and he was averse to sanctioning the principle , of a bill so objectionable in its details , which had . originated , he believed . in a local squabble between two large towns in Lancashire . ; lie' vindicated the conduct of the magistracy , with reference to . ilocal finances : ho showed over how small an amount ' of expenditure the proposed county boards could'exercise a control ; and he . contended that , ; if grievances did exist under the present ' system , tliis bill , ' .. which . : was adapted . to Lancashire , would not afford an effectual " remedy for ' 'them , in

      other counties . : ' After a long debate the amendment wasi negatived / ' and the bill read a second time . :: ' ' . ' " Public Libraries . —Mr . Ewart then moved'the second ; reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill , expUiinitiing that . it proposed tb give to town-councils a permissive authority . to levy a small limited rate for the purposes ofthe bill : ColoneLSiniuoiu ? opposed , upon constitutionalgrounds , the second reading , of the bill without the previous sanction ' . ofa committee " ; but Sir G . Grey having shown-that there , was no ' constitutional impediment to tho progress of the-bill ; Colonel 'Sibthorp resisted tyupon tho ground ' that it ihcroased public taxation , ' and . moved that it ' ¦ bo road- six . months hence , ; . - ;< " ¦; :: ; ::,:: " .,

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      The second reading was supported by Mr . BnoinERioN , Mr . Hume , Mr . G . A . Hamilton , Mr . Labouciiere ; - Mr ^ BmHtif ^ Mr , * r SiANBY , ^ Mr : ' * HBY-, wooi > , and : Mr .-Wiu ) , . several of whom .., objected to parts ofMbill j . wh ' ichwas , opp 6 sed ; hy ; Mr . j » wk Mr . „ Goulbubn , ; Mr . . . Berna ^ - Mr . ; , Milks ; ^ Mr ; SpooNisB , ,. Mr . . Roundley Palmeb , ; . Sir ; R ' . Inolis " , Mr . , . P .. Howard , and Mr . Oswald , rhosiof whom , however , severed in their grounds , of opposition . Mr . EwAHT , having replied ,,,,- . ,, Sir J . Gbaham inquired whether he would adopt the suggestion of some members , to require the consent of a majority , of the ratepayers . . ' . ]¦ ¦ .. , Mr . Ewabt had no objection to such a general principle , but declined , to pledge himself to its adoption . l Sir G . Grey thought , there ought to , he such a check ; and

      Mr . Law said , without an express provision for the consent of three-fourths of the ratepayers , he would oppose the bill . The house having divided , the second reading of the bill was carried by 118 against 101 . ; At six o ' clock the house adjourned , THURSDAY , March U . . ' . HOUSE OF LORDS . — Earl Grey moved the ' second reading of the Convict Prisons Bill , and in so doing stated at length the tenor of existing arrangements , and the nature of the projects in contemplation for the disposal of convicts sentenced to transportation . ' Their lordships then adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Mr . F . O ' Connor presented a petition , signed by members of the National Land Company resident in Manchester , against the winding up ofthe Company ; also petitions from places in Nottinghamshire , and from Lincoln ' s Inn , praying for a repeal of the taxes oh knowledge . ., , . iBisn Magistracy . —Mr . F . O'Connor wished to ask the noble lord , the Prime Minister , if he had any objection to submit to the house copies ofthe correspondence which bad passed between him and Dr . Grattan , who had lately been deprived of the commission of the peace in Ireland for presiding over a public meeting . Lord J . ' Russeli . had no objection , Mr . F . O'Connor gave notice , theft , that on an early day he should move for its production . Factory Acis . —Lord Ashley rose to move for

      leave to bring in a bill to declare the intentions of the Legislature in respect of the hours and mode of working : under the Factory Acts . The circumstances which led him to do so , he said , were very simple , and he would be brief in stating them . In 1847 a bill for regulating the time of labour in factories" was introduced . ' By the Act of 1845 it was enacted that labour in factories should be confined between the hours of half-past five in the morning and eight in tho evening—a period of fifteen hours ; but by a clause it was provided that the labour of all young persons should be calculated from tho time when they first commenced in the morning and'that none should work for more than ten hours . The result was that undpr the interpretation of that

      Act ; the system of relays and shifts were altogether impossible . After the passing of the Act of 1847 , it was discovered , that the section limiting the labour of young persons , was not so stringent as to entirely exclude the system of relays . Great discontent , was consequently produced among factory operatives ; cross and contradictory decisions were given by magistrates on the clause , and no one knew exactly what the clause was . To prevent further litigation , a case was referred to the Court of Exchequer for its decision , and the result was , a decision adverse to the interpretation put upon the Act by the factory inspectors ; and Mr . Baron Parke declared that the words of the Act were not sufficiently strong to . carry into effect what the

      court Strongly suspected was the intention of the Legislature . - ( Hear , hear . ) Believing , himself , that the object of the Legislature in passing the Act was to interdict shifts and relays , he now asked for leave to bring in a Bill to more effectively carry out that object . Mr , Baron Parke gave it as his opinion that the intention of the Legislature was that relays and shifts should riot be allowed , but the words of the Act were not sufficiently stringent to prohibit them . But that was not all , for Mr . Inspector Horner , in his report . of December , 1849 , stated that he knew , of his own knowledge that that it was the intention of the framersof the bill of 1844 , that the working by shifts as had been practised in 1833 should be prohibited . In 1844 the inspectors were called upon to

      suggest an enactment which should remedy the defect in the Act of 1833 ; and in the following year , doubts having arisen ' as to whether the Act of 1844 really did prohibit relays , the Secretary of Stafe wrote to tho inspectors , telling them that as he interpreted the law the relay and shift system was interdicted . After some further comments on the late decision , he then showed the evil effecta of the relay system upon the operatives , contrasting with it the beneficial results of the limitation of labour . Having put the house in possession of the benefits which had been wrought by the , Ten Hours Act , and shown the utter falsification of all the predictions of its enemies , he concluded with a soleihn appeal on behalf of the temporal and eternal welfare of thousands , to the justice and honour of Parliament . '

      Mr . Edwards seconded the motion . Sir G . Gret admitted the injury that would result from leaving the Jaw uncertain , and was willing to give it full force . But ho drew a distinction between the system of shifts and that of relays . To the first , by which the same operatives were made to work for the allotted ten hours , distributed arbitrarily throughout a long day of , perhaps ) eighteen hours , ho strongly objected . The relay system , however , where fresh sets of young or female operatives wore provided to keep the

      machinery going when the time of their predecessors had expired , offered much lighter evils . It was not quite clear that the intention of tho passers of the bill had been to prohibit this system of relays . The hon . bai't . was not ashamed to confess that his mind was not yet made up as to the scope which ought prudently to be assigned to the measure , and would offer no opposition to the introduction of an act to define and amend it , if ho were left unfettered with regard to the specific mode of carrying out that object ., Mr . Bankes suonorted the bill . ' '

      Mr . Milker ' Gibson said that the Ten Hours Bill had been vaguely drawn , ' and dealt very carelessly with great and important interests . The provisions which had been uncertain , but harmlessly so , in the old twelve hours bill , became injurious when transplanted into the new measure restricting labour to ten hours . Many of the ameliorations in the moral and physical condition of the operatives which Lord Ashley' had attributed to this act , were in reality the result of free trade . ' Mr . F . O'Connor said , that if the right hon . gentleman who had just spoken did not represent the manufacturers ol Manchester , he should be at a

      loss to reconcile his conduct with respect to the measure under consideration with the motion of which he had given notice , with regard to the instruction of the working classes . There were few gentlemen who traversed more through the manufacturing districts than he had , and he could assure the house that he . was perfectly astonished at the misery that he found to exist there . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) did not think that the right hon . gentleman ( Mr . M . Gibson ) appeared to pay riiuch . attention to the noble lord ( Lord Ashley . ) The right Hon . member had charged the noble lord with making a Inx speech , but the right hon . member must have discovered that he himself was standins on a

      weak crutch in that respect , afterthe very limping and incoherent speech he had made . All that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) asked was , that the house should . put its own construction on the act m question , and . so promote the amelioration of the people . When they talked of the ignorance of the working classes , that must surely be aware that it was caused by tho tyranny of the manufacturers . . He denied that it was intended by this bill to limit adult labour to ten hours ' a day . There was nothing o > the kind in the noble lord ' s bill , but ho ( Mr . . O'Connor ) contended that it was only right and just that this should be done . The manufacturers had taunted the landed proprietors with harshness and indifference towards the agricultural labourers ,

      but they were never called upon to work mbrethan eleven hours a day , but in the manufacturing dis- tricts the workmen were often engaged sixteen , hours a day , arid they at other times were employed only three days in the week , and had to pay the same rent for their holdings as if they had six days work . A labourer in the manufacturing districts was worn Out , as much at the age of 28 as ah agricultural labourer , was iri Dorsetshire at fifty-three . The condition of the factory operative as compared with that of the agricultural laboured bore the same comparison that tho race-horse did to tho agricultural horse—the one was as old and as exhausted at five , and older ; thari the other was at twenty . ( Hear , h ' eiir ; . ) Attheage of five the one had run his sweating race like the poor operative , and the master of each lived upon the sinew , and marrow ,-and blood Of each , ' ( Hcaiy hear . V He would ffive them a

      graphic illustration ; of the comparison which a child drew between agricultural orNatural ; and artificial or unnatural labour ; He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had taken the noble lord the member for Dumfrieshirc , to visit brie of the hovels of his scouted Land Plan ; tho . father showed him a little boy ^ nofc fourteen years of age-, whom he called the little farmer . ' . Ho told them that planting cabbages and sowing seeds was ; his delight , that he rose ' with the-dawn of day , and thought the day too short for his oheerful work : He ( Mr ; ' 0 ' Connor ) asked the father what tho boy wbuld'havo been / had ho not been located upon tho land ; the father replied , a factory operative ; then , said-Mr : O'Connor , tell me this , suppose little AVill broke soriie erbekerj , and that the punishment inflicted upon them was that he should not work at tho land for ' a'woek ? " The father replied , " . That hb would not 'look at a bifc of crockery again , for fear of being so punished . " ( Cheers and laughter . ) «« Well , but , " ' said lie ( Mr ; O'Connor ) " suppose

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      Will was Victory operative , that he brokTlT teapot , andlhaVin cbnseqhence . ^ Ou Mi ffiSM * S he'shouldiiot Work > inthe ^ millfoVVw eekJ ' ™ nft replied . the father ,. « A he would srnalh Ali ° i wpcKerym ' th ^ house , " ( Great Ilk" * ? laughter ;) Ho ( m . 0 , ' Conrior ) was reSfi « that the 4 oble IdnFwho proposed ? hisS ! had discovered the value of . small allnL . e that the people ^ instead of spending fir " , ^^ ployed . hoursin idlenesS ; and dis 8 ipitioT ' , ?? . ^ themselves , to . the cultivation of those ilL Pp , le ^ and turned ; , barren soil into , fertile land m nts ¦ The , Secretary for the Home Departn , ( » about antagonism , but the antagonism 1 S ¥ really feared was that of the hoh ° gentlemPn , he were seated behind hfm , and who S l > labour of unprotected infants . Thev V J ^ people from doing domestic work , and . aC ^ timir oUk ^ J + v , r > ! i . u :. n ' > "< ier thai

      ( He ' ar . - heary Th ^ fa £ wT ^ t ZchC ^ creased on . them so fast in thiscountrv tii > government were afraid to deal with it i j " must bo recollected also , that at that early „ 3 H he had not had time to make sufficient to m &> himself during the premature old a « e SH unnatural style ofliving had brought ot-tI ^ were some charitable persons who were inoi- ' to comply with this act because it was o " ^ matter of justice , but those person , J " ! be driven to break it through eomJ ^ If the manufacturers had a spafk of hnm S they would not allow the persons labourh 3 them to remain in their present condition V * it not the common case now , that a moiLJ ** hearing the factory bell , was obliged to h ^ V * child from her breast and throw it toastrnn !^ take care of , while she rushed off to her hhlf t |< 1 tho factory to get a bit of bread ? He w ' „ i , i * f h « hnnoa in / mnoi / lni . nrl >«» «„ .. u I .. ,. ' . "" Ml ail niiauuuiu

      v .. »»» , v _ vvU « UM u , ue tne Stato / , «' community in which the mother was oil L 7 throw her child away from her breast as soon } heard the factory bell ring . By the system 2 ? was at present adopted , the father was 2 dependent on the child , which created no >? butdisobedience , and everything that was remliS * in a family ; Look at the manfacturine dS * and seea little boy of 14 years of age-a ^ isS ' ' dwarfed , deformed creature , Let them meiu ' and compare these' children with the health !' stalwart little fellows in the agricultural distri ct ^! and he asked whether they must not a « ta that the factory system of this count was an abomination , and reflected dishonoZ and disgrace upon the legislation of this country >

      Th ' o representatives of tho manufacturing district * knew that the government were dependent on them when they were in a fix , so that theirpoiverto , very great in that house ; but still , when thev went down to the . ; rnanufacturing districts , wl »{ apologies would they make to the great bulk ofthe inhabitants for the votes they would give on thia subject . He was sure no one would be against the measure of the noble lord who would not be branded hereafter as an enemy to his fellow-creatures . The honourable gentleman , the member for Manchester , should , when he went do ^ to his constituents , apologise for the vote which , he was about to give on . the bill .. He iaM

      any man to come to a conclusion to vote against the proposition of the noble lordj without beino looked upon as an enemy to the circula . tion of knowledge and tho country iri genera ) , The right hon , gentleman who had just sat down had made some remarks upon the observations o ; the noble lord . How different were the two speeches ! ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord spofe with feeling ; he spoke logically , and truly ; but tht right hon . gentleman had , spoken unfeelingly and uncandidly ; the . right honi gentleman had spoke ; for a small class , but the noble lord had spoken f 0 ] the country at large . ( Hear ;) There was a mat who had done more than any other person in tk

      country for the : operative classes , and who til noble lord the Prime Minister had had the auik city and impertinence- ( cries of " Chair , " anl »' Order ' . " )—he repeated it , for it was no more audacious for him ( Mr . O'Connor ) to do so that for the . noble lord to have charged the philan . thropist . to whom he . alluded—Mr . Riehart Oastler— with all but treason and rebellion on account ofhis unexampled efforts on bclntjf o the labouring classes . If there were to be any in vestigation of this matter , that gentleman coiilt

      give the house a true and fair account of the lac tory children . If he were asked to place his hajt upon the men who lived exclusively upon the sinews marrow , bones , and blood of women and children , jj he could group them all in one lump , he would L \ his hand upon the master manufacturers of tMcountry . The , hon . member concluded by static that he need scarcely have offered any obsena ' tion on the subject after the powerful speecj which had been made by the noble lord the membft for Bath . .

      Mr . Bright contended that the use of enactment ofthe class before the house depended upon the concurrence of the employers . The restriction ti ten hours was an extreme measure , and had give ; rise to much ill feeling and estrangement . A ° nit ' derate limit , which should be received in a friend ! spirit by all parties , would prove more reall y bene ficial to the classes for whose sake it was ennctei He urged on the house to free itself from the prejo dice against employers which had prevailed in tin legislature that passed the hill in 1847 . ; , Mr . Aglionbt , Lord J . Mansers , Mr . W . J . Fox Lord R . Grosvenob , and Colonel Thompson , supported the bill .

      Sir 3 ima G-iuham would state , as a matter « honour , and though unfavourable to restrictioH upon labour and capital , he certainly meant ik Ten Hours Act ( of which he had been a reluctaii framer ) to forbid the shift and relay system ; arnlii was- through an oversight if that act did not ei ? tually do so . At the same time he thought It working classes would one day discover that tkcfc striction did not operate for their interest . I © » vo was , then given to bring in the bill . Alter some other business being disposed of fc house adjourned .

      ( From our Third Edition of last wed : ) FRIDAY , March S . HOUSE OF LORDS—Partv Processes ( fe land Bill . )—This bill was read a third time ad passed , the Duke of Wellington , at the suggest !* of Lord Brougham , withdrawing the clause of whie ! he had g iven notice , rather than risk the mesas being delayed in the other house beyond the Ho instant . Their lordships then adjourned , HOUSE OF COMMOi \ g . — jS ' ationai . Expesk tuke . —Mr . Cobden moved " that the net expens ture of the government for the year'lSSa amount ! to £ 44 , 422 , 000 ; that the net . expenditure for ii

      year ending the 3 th day of January , 1 S 50 , amount * to £ 50 , 853 , 000 ; the increase * of . upwards i £ 6 , 000 , 000 having been caused principally by sn cessive augmentations of our warlike estiibte merits , and outlays for defensive twrnaffiWife that no foreign danger , or necessity W of . the civil government , or indispensitdisbursements for the service in our dependent abroad , warranted tho continuance of this incres of expenditure ; that the taxes reouiredto meet present expenditure impeded the operatic * of agriculture and manufactures , and diminished' ^

      funds for the employment of labour in all branch of productive industry , thereby tending to prodtij pauperism and crime , and adding to the local ageneral burdens of the people ; that , to ilimini ; these evils , it was expedient that the house shot take steps to reduce the annual expenditure , nf all practicable speed , to an amount not exceed the sum which , within the last fifteen years , ^ been proved to be sufficient for the maintenance * the security , honour , and dignity of the nation Iri ah- exceedingly long speech he argued that * every branch of our national expenditure there W ostentationwasteand jobbing .

      , , - The resolution-was opposed by Lord Jons Ri' * and Mr . Labouchere . . _ , The house then divided , when the num bers i * : ¦ ' ¦ ' * . ¦ ¦' ¦ For the motion S 9 ¦ " , /¦ Againstit . - . ' -T-,., ^ .- Majority against .... * —^ "• The house" then adjourned .

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      CORN . .,. Mark Lane , March 11 In all lands of grain the i « a > was auU to-day , at barely last week's prices . , a Kicbmo ' sd ( YoiiKsuuiE , ) March 2 . _ We onlv had a 3 supply of grain this morning . Wheat soHl from % to 5 s 0 d ; oats . Is ( 5 d to 2 s Gd ; barlej , 3 s ( Id ton " beans , 3 s Sdto / isOd per bushel . ' ; BREAD . ' , " ' ; . ^ The prices of Wlieatsn oread in the melropolte aKJ Cd . to 7 d . ; of honseliold ditto , 41 d . to 5 id . per 4 lbs . 10 »

      CATTLE . Smithfield , ifonday , March ll .-The _ supply ef fc ^ stock here to-day was somewhat on the increase , ifj it , we noticed twenty-thrae oxen froin Spain .-Wluclii ^ , a portion of the enrgo noticed here . From our own p % districts , the receipts of beasts fresh up to tins mw ^ , , market were seasonably good , and : of full average- « r % Notwithstanding that tlie attendance of buyers » ' » : vbly good , the beef trade was heavy in the extremfi jj decline in the prices ' of Monday last of 2 d . pef slbs , ;» i , highest figure for the best Scots was onl y 3 s . 6 * T" ^ and a large number of beasts left uusold . Wc v ere ^ ably well , but not to say heavily , supplied w " \ . & Prune . Dow-n qualities sold , steadily at full P " , ;^ 4 s . 2 d . to Us . 4 d . per 8 B ) s . ; iuiaU other X'l ^ , ^ moderate business was , transacted , at barely ' : ^ js , s Lambs wove in good sunply arid 'fair wuiest at " 6 s . per SUB . : ¦ ¦ •'¦ ¦ i-c ; . u > .. - s ) ' . vHkad ' of < Cattle at Smitofkld . —l ? ri ( lay .- liW " : ii . as ' ; sheep , 8 , 100 ; : calvos ,. 294 ; pigs , 280 . Monda } - ~ 3 , GQ 0 ; sheep , 20 , 220 ; calvesf 105 ;^ lgs , 1 S 5 ^^^

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 16, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16031850/page/8/