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      . Monday, Mat 13. House Op Lords.—On Lor...

      . MONDAY , Mat 13 . HOUSE OP LORDS . —On Lord Brougham presenting a petition from University College , upon the subject of university reform , The Duke of WBajSGidsobserred that whilst the universities were anxious to introduce every requisite improvement , that which they could not do was to repeal the statutes by which they were governed . He hoped that no proceedings would be taken

      which would have the effect of forcing some of the most respectable , faithful , and loyal of her Majesty ' s servants to choose between their duty of obedience to her Majesty ' s commands an d their duty with respect to the execution of the law . A conversation on the Greek question arose , hut the final consideration on the subject was postponed until all the papers were before Parliament . The Distressed Unions Advances ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time , and the house then adjourned .

      HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Australian Colonies Gotobnhenx Bin , —On the order ofthe day for the third reading of this bill , Mr . W . Glaosiose rose to move , as an amendment , the following resolution :- " That this house , adverting to the numerous provisions of the Australian Colonies Government Bill , which require the interference of the authorities at home in the fututure remlation of the affairs of those colonies , and desirous to reduce as far as possible the occasions for such interference , and to place the political institutions of the said colonies upon the basis most likely to be permanent , will not give its further sanction to that bill until there shall have been afforded to the governors , lesislatures , and people

      ofthe said colonies an opportunity of considering the provisions - of the measure as they stand , in conjunction with the several proposals varying from them which have been submitted to the notice of the house . " He said that this could by no possibility be a final measure , or satisfy the colonists , and that in the case of New South Wales especially ; which held two-thirds of those affected by the measure , we were not only narrowing the franchise ( excluding the great capitalists of the colony on the one hand , and the newly arrived respectable emigrants on the other ) , bet were letting in the element of convict representation , which would tend to the worst form of oligarchy . He then assailed the absurdity of allowing those cdontes in which no representation

      really existed to alter the franchise , while that right was refused to New South Wales where a representative body had been created . On the ground that this measure would mischievously impair and restrict the privileges of the colonists , he should endeavour to delay it , and he should urgeupon the house such postponement as would enable . it to give the colonies a well-considered bill . Mr . Roebuck assented to , and seconded . the , proposal for delay . He described the bill as crude , inconsistent , and mischievous , and also as an evidence of Lord Grey ' s desire to shirk his duties ; He protested against the house becoming a registering body , to confirm , aud enrol tbe acts of ministers . . Mr . Hawes accused Mr . Gladstone of opening up

      every topic and principle of colonial government , instead of taking the more direct course of moving the third reading that day ax months . He described it as a mockery to propose to ' send out the bill , loaded with amendments and substituted clauses , to four colonies , and ask fonr governors to return reports on which practical legislation could be founded . Such a proposal had never been submitted to a House of Commons . He said that the decision on the bill was to settle the question whether England should have colonies or not . He defended the provisions of tbe bilL declaring that it did adopt existing institutions , and denying that it was in reality objected to by the Colonists .

      Mr . Evelyn Denison said that the bill was wrong in much that it provided , and wrong in much that it omitted ; wrong in the form of constitution itgranted —wrong in the federal assembly it provided—and wrong in withholding from the colonists the management of their own affairs . It was especially wrong as regarded the case of the waste lands of the colonies . On this latter point he had an amendment on the paper , but he should at this moment promise only his support to Mr . Gladstone ' s amendment . After farther discussion the house divided , and the numbers were—For the original clause * . 226 For the amendment 12 S

      Majority against Mr . Gladstone .. — -98 Several other amendments having been made and negatived the bill was read a third time and passed . The - House then went into committee on the Stamp Duties Acts , and agreed to a resolution on which to found a bill . Sir Henry . Willoughht asked for some explanations from the Chancellor of the Exchequer , He was willing to let by-gones be by-gones , but he should like a statement which would show the house in detail how the anticipated loss of £ 300 , 000 was to arise . m The Chancellor of the Exchequer said it was impossible by anticipation satisfactorily to apportion the losses of each department .

      After some conversation the house resumed . The house went into committee pro forma on the Factories Bill , in order to withdraw the clauses proposed by Lord Ashley , and to substitute those proposed by Sir George Grey . Colonel Sibihorp bated wishy-washy compromises , and hoped to hear that Lord Ashley adhered to his original plan . - Lord John Manners urged upon Ministers the importance of bringing iri the bill oi early as possible , as the agitation occasioned much excitement in tie country . - Sir- George Grey assented to the observation , arid proposed to fix an early day for the discussion , . The house then adjourned .

      TUESDAY , Mat U . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord Pobtman moved for the appointment of a committee on the state of the Jaw affecting parochial assessments ; with the object of haying an uniformity of rating . The Marquis of Lansoowxe stating , that the Government had no objection to the committee , the motion was agreed to . - The noble Marquis gave notice that on Friday he should move that the house at its rising do adjourn till the Monday after Whitsun week . Several bills having been advanced a stage , their lordships then adjourned .-.-., : HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Public business was delayed until nearly six o ' clock by debates upon the second readings of the London ( "Watford ) Spring

      water Company Bill , and the Metropolitan "Waterworks ( Henley-on-Thames ) Bill , which brought a very full house . Both hills were rejected . Mr . GsANztET Berkeley moved that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the whole house to take into consideration the acts relating to the importation of for eign corn . Prefacing his speech by apprising the great agricultural interest that he would show them their position , and . what they had to expect , he observed that although at the opening of parliament mention of agricultural distress had been emitted from the speech from the Throne , and tbe complaints of the interest had been treated with contempt , while the landowners were insultingly told that they were raising theory only

      to maintain their rents , the Premier had at last admitted that such distress really existed . At last , that was to say when wheat on the average was at £ 10 a load , and the importations ' continued to increase . Then , by way of relief , when the agriculturists asked for bread , the Ministry gave them bricks . Landlords were told to reduce rents , but he contended thatpo such reduction could diminish the distress ; arid if it would , no government had a right to ass a sacrifice from private persons to repair the rnin caused by publiclegislation . The hybrid tree trade experiment had utterly failed ; and althot «* h Ministers tried to amuse the sufferers with the fallacious and- ( from free traders ) the inconsis ^ - ten ! promise that prices would rise , such would not

      be tbe case , it was the duty of government to devfcasome remed j for the distress they admitted . He thea adverted to the fact that while free trade was ( tailed the system of the day , there was a duty on thirty-six manufactured and thirty-five agricnltural articles of import , a circumstance which showed the recognisednecesatyfor some restriction . Either , he nrged , give protection , or complete your experiment , and do not set the Englishman in competition with untaxed foreigners and with the slave labour of America , and other nations . He stated that the prices of agricultural produce had declined from January to April 18-30 , and the trifling rise now -was a mere casualty . Wages were wretchedly low i—in some counties six shillings a week—and after

      harvest matters would be far worse . He complained ofthe stress that had been laid ripon the hasty expressions of a few agriculturists who were suffering under their unparalleled grievances , while the Orlatdo-Furioso Orators of free trade were allowed to go about the country , calling the farmers . " oxen " and - " cowards / ' and aU kinds of opprobrious epithets . After reading a variety of documents in proof of the distress of the agriculturists , he said that the experiment of free trade must now cease , and protection mast be granted io loyal men , who were always ready to form a constitutional force , to

      which the owners of mills and factories were glad to appeal when their own men rebelled against them . The Ministry used unconstitutional means to force majorities , and compelled men to vote against their consciences ; but if injustice were still to be inflicted in such a manner , Parliamentary Beform wo ^ soon bo called for by the people . m AEcamALi ) Haste said , he hadheard nothing rt « Tn Kfof **• ' Berkeley to justify the granting -2 tn ? r ^ M ^ KS *^ - *¦* - the . fermer * were mSfS ^ ef"EX ^ ^ PPy'tb ac 6 eda . to the m ^ ui ry aen ^ p ^ o , bntheniusfcsea that for three ' tmea ^ iutf ^ v ^ Qti aSSS ^^

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      than under the old : Corn-Law before he could consent to a reconsideration of our legislation . ' ' ¦ The farmer had , . and could . afford , a time both ofhigh and lowprices . Colonel Sibthorp said that he was bound to vote for the motion , although he had no : ideaJteMp , would be carried . He had no hopes from tbe present Parliament , and looked anxiously to a dissoiu tion . As for the : Free-traders , they were sheep in wolves ' clothing . " ' ¦¦ , •'•"'•' -. , u ,,, j <> fs were Mr . Pluupire laid that the WPSffoSiSJ orv hnrHW tr ^ terf . and were insulted by one party

      ^ r op ^ ie ^ ^^^ a * a » ssaa ^«* —JSttLa ? taxedthan other interest ; and he Sought that interest entit ed to relief . It would K been better to maintain a low fixedduty in com pensation for this excess , but as matters had been thus far . setttled , the free-trade experiment ought to be tried through , although he was by no means sanguine as to its success .

      The Marquis of Grakby said that there was an obvious reaction throughout the country against free-trade , and that re-action was occasioned ; by a severity of distress which extended to all classes . He read extracts from the letters in the Horning Chronicle upon the state of Ireland , in evidence of the wretchedness there , and he also cited statements which appeared in this journal , showing the impossibility of finding employment for the needlewomen . Agricultural wages in the south and middle of England bad , in some instances , fallen as low as 4 s . 6 d . a week , and corn , throughout the country , was shown on the 4 th instant to be at 36 s 6 d ., while the manufacturer , was . feeling the home market—his best resource—gradually slipping

      away from before him . The whole nation would therefore , ere long , pronounce ripon the free-trade experiment . Sir B . Hall taunted the Protectionists with going about the country , deluding tbe poor farmers into the belief that great things were to . be done for them , and then coming to that house and doing nothing . This kind of farce , ( which he compared to the proceedings of the Irish Repeal party ) had been going on for three years , and that every night when the discussion commenced the Protectionists could muster twenty-seven members only :, That was not tbe way to carry a measure , or force on aline of policy . Mr . W . Miles said that the taunt was unmerited ; that he and his party knew perfectly well that the present Parliament was in favour of free-trade , but a re-action was coming , the manufacturers' home

      trade was falling off , and when the desirable effect in altering the state of parties in that house had taken place , the Free-traders might be certain that he and his friends would assuredly propose a recurrence to the old system . ' Mr . Mitchell said , that the best proof that wages had not fallen was , that the consumption of bread had increased by one-third . The operative population was in , better circumstances than ever ; and even the farmers were , in the present state of prices , better off with wheat at 43 s ., than some years ago with it at 60 s . But he would state that the . former price was what the farmer ought to have , and gentlemen who advised him to sell lower , were inducing him to sacrifice his . property . He then addressed himself to Mr . Sandars' recent

      statements as to tne price at which he had imported foreign corn , and described the cheap wheat alleged to be Pomeranian by that gentleman was bad Silesian , and that on the day it arrived in England , it was os . below good English wheat , and 7 s . below red Rostock . Mr . Sandars accused Mr . Mitchell of ignorance upon the subject of corn , doubted whether he would . know one variety of foreign wheat from another if it were laid before him , and denied that he had produced , or tried to produce , any erroneous impression upon the house or upon the farmers by his statement as to the wheat in question , the quality of which he defended . He read a great number of statistical details in support of his theory

      as to our probable dependence on foreigners for the [ supply of food . Mr . Wilson entered upon an examination of the last speaker ' s figures , and charged him with calculating from the lowest fluctuation , instead of from averages . The present period of prices was an exceptional time , and the last three months afforded no fair criterion . But , even now , the prices at all tbe continental ports were rising , while , in England , ' the corn-inspector ' s report showed that , at Canterbury , wheat had risen within the last four weeks from 38 s . 7 d . to 4 fls ., and in Berkshire from 40 s . to 44 s . But he would look at the general bearing of the free trade system ; and it was matter of congratulation that although , as yet , there . did not exist that universal prosperity which could be desired , what suffering there was chiefly fell upon the

      helpful middle , and not upon the helpless working classes ; whereas , ia 1849 , there were 784 , 000 outdoor paupers , and 943 , 000 paupers in all , there were , in 1850 , but 748 , 000 out-door , and 809 , 000 in all . And tlje suffering was by no means confined to the agricultural classes , for tbe residents in great towns shared it . It was , he contended , absurd to charge' the distress which existed upon free trade , for it arose from other great causes , the chief of which' was the condition of the railway system . In 1848 we had 147 , 000 men employed on railway lines , and now we had but 45 , 000 , which showed 100 , 000 idle workmen As regarded other classes , there was , in 1846 , the sum of £ 51 , 000 , 000 invested in railways , bringing an income of £ 2 , 700 , 000 ; while , in 1850 , there was £ 102 , 000 , 000 so invested , bringing an income of bnt £ 2 , 500 , 000 ; showing that Sfty-one millions of money had been

      sunk . Mr . Hermes said , that although the last speaker , in his . elaborate calculations , bad evaded tbe result at which he ( Mr . Herries ) arrived , he had been unable to deny point blank that free trade was in a great measure the cause ofthe suffering he admitted . Remarking upon the opinions Lord John Russell formerly held as to the expediency of an 8 s . duty , and as to 56 s . being a fair remunerating price to the farmer , he . declared himself at a loss to reconcile with these opinions his lordship ' s reply to the deputation which had recently addressed him on behalf of protection . He professed himself shocked at hearing the term " experiment" applied to the recent legislation , as he had not been

      informed , at the time that legislation was in contemplation , that it was an experiment , but supposed it was a . course upon the necessity and wisdom of which the government had decided on conviction . He appealed , however , to Ministers to admit that they were disappointed with the result of that experiment . Passing to the terms of the motion , ho said that he was convinced that a moderate fixed duty , which would be most acceptable to the fanner , because it would circumscribe competition and repress importation in ordinary years , and which duty . would injure no other interest , would not operate to the materially increasing the price of food . He advised government to concede the duty , and riot to meet , the Parliament in 1851 with an

      oppressed and irritated body of agriculturists op posed to them ; and he warned the m that they would need the support of that loyal body when their own ^ "dome stic opposition" which was always turning , against them on some question or other , should finally rebel against them . The CnxfCEUOB of the Exchequer wag glad that this motion had been brought on , because discussion was far better conducted in that house than by deputations and manifestos . He rejoiced , also , at finding that the opposition had been brought to something definite , and that Lord Stanley had at length boldly unfurled the standard of protection . ( Loud and significant Opposition cheering . ) The advocates of two lines of policy were ' now

      fairly al . ^ issue ' r and he would therefore declare for himself and his colleagues , that though they believed , that no Parliament which could be got together would reverse , our recent legislative policy , be that as it might , by that ' policy they would stand or fall . "While disclaiming any idea of insulting the agricultural interest , he would equally disclaim any thought of encouraging in that body a delusive hope that there was any misgiving on the part of government as to the wisdom or value of the free . trade policy of the country . In reference to the motion , he then proceeded to deny the fact that there was any general distress in the country , and wished to establish its non-existtence from facts , not by counter-assertion . "With

      this view , he recapitulated the points of Mr . Wilson ' s speech , reiterating that gentleman ' s arguments , and then went onto adduce evidence of his own , taken from the statistics of poor-law relief , of crime , of revenue , and of exports . On the first head he showed the large diminution of the present poor-Jaw relief from the amount in 1849 ; and , In reply to Lord Granby , he selected the counties round his lordship ' s residence , namely , Leicester Northampton , and KuUand , as affording marked instances of this de-? o ^ f * 7 t A 8 to Ireland , he stated that whereas in April , I •' . fe ? re 815 ' 829 Pe « ons receiving relief ; in Apnl , 1850 , there were only 338 , 000 , showing a diminution of 476 , 983 . In reference to crime , an invariableaccompaniment of distress , hestated that at the fcpipbany sessions of 1850 there was a decrease of

      247 prisoners from the same period in 1849 , and at the Easter sessions a similar decrease of 327 . As regarded the revenue , there had been an increase on all those items which were an index to prosperity , viz ., excise , stamps , taxes , and the income-tax , and that increase was being maintained up to the present time , except ( on account of the anticipated changes ) in the case of stamps . The exports , which evidenced the employment given to the working class , showed also a large increase , and in the agricultural article of wool there had been a similar improvement . These facts , to . his inirid , showed ' the propriety , wisdom , and ; -polioy " . of a legislation- which Lord Stanley had described asfataland insane , but by which the prei ^ ht government had resolved to stand or fall Mr . JJisbabw wislivd to reply to the ( ftancelfcr of

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      the Exohequervior the 5 sakoof-- - eiving-the hbrisg somewhat more , accurate idea of the policy- of the Protectionist party than had . yet been presented to it Answering- Sir Benjamin Hall ' s taunt about the " twentY-seven / ' he pointed to the now densely crowded benches , hut said that had . the : house been ' aware that'it waste-be favoured with Sii- B . Hall ' s eloquence , the seats would have been as completely filled at an . earlyhomv He accused the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer with repeating . not only hisown speech on the first day of the session , but Mr . Wilson ' s of that night . For himself , he shduldnot have recommended this motion ( which bad come rather unexpectedly upon him ) , because it was partial in its terms , and referred to one class only ; whereas

      be should have framed it so as to demand inquiry into , the condition of every suffering class , He would , however , endeavour to give an idea of what he understood by protection . To tax a community for the advantage of a class was not protection , but plunder . "What he and his party desired was legislation founded on the wise legislation of 1842 , and upon the mistakes of 1846 . -He was for reciprocity with foreign nations , but for real reciprocity , and he would enact that their products should not come into our ports duty free when our products were met by hostile tariffs . As regarded the . particular article of agricultural produce , he wished ; that placed upon a fair basis for the reciprocal process ; and as at present agriculture bore heavy and

      exclusive burdens ,. he would ask that it should either be compensated by a duty of 7 s . ora 8 s . y or , which he much pr eferred , by a duo adjustment of those burdens , and of taxation . He thought that we were quite wrong ; in reducing Customs duties , which were not odious to the English , instead of attacking Excise , which they hated . Under all circumstances , he should support the motion , which , to a certain extent , pointed in a right direction . Mr . Couoen said that Mr . Disraeli ' s party did not seem to like the dangerous position which had been taken up by their leader . As to the remitting agricultural taxes , Mr . Disraeli and his friends were disagreed , for at their last meeting they hadi- declared that they would not be bribed from demanding protection by any remission which could be

      proposed to them . AU the trouble and . time which had that night been devoted to the question of the price cf corn had been utterly ' wasted , for the real price of corn was the price it fetched in the world ' s market , and at that price the labourer had a . right to buy it . Be declared that he had never regarded free trade as an experiment , nor did the country so regard it . He re-asserted , that free trade ; was working most fortunately . . He commented upon the helpless kind of advice given by the leaders of protection to the farmers , namely , to wait passively for a dissolution , for by the time it arrived : they would be completely ruined iftheir own predictions were verified . But he was not afraid of a dissolution , and he advised the Protectionists , to have no hopes from one . :

      Mr . Newdeoate ( amid tremendous manifestations of impatience ) explained his own views as to a dissolution , and attacked Mr . Cobdenfor saying one thing in the West Riding and another inthe house . . i " . - ¦ Colonel Dunne spoke shortly against free trade , which he declared had been ruinous to Ireland . Mr . Gbantlex Berkeley ( at half-past one ) briefly replied , quoting a passage from ; Sir Bulwer Lytton ' s poetry , as descriptive of Lord John Russell and his " state craft , " and denying that he himself had ever been a free trader . The house then divided , when the numbers were— ' .- . •¦;• : ! '' ¦

      For the motion ... 184 , Against it ... ... . ... ... 298 Majority against Mr . Berkeley ... —114

      THURSDAY , May 16 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Employment of Paup ers . — Mr . P . ScROPEgave notice that on an early day he should move that all persons maintained at the public expense should be employed on some remunerative employment with a view to the saving of their maintenance , and their striving' in . some means for . their self-support . Protectionist Meeting at the Crown , and Anchor . .. -o Mr , O'Connor said , that not seeing the

      Attorney-General in his place , although he hadgiven notice of the question it was his intention to put , he would put the question to the Secretary for the Home Department , as lie would he as capable of answering it ; and although he meant no offence to the parties to which it related , yet , if the laws of this country were to be equally administered , and if there was not to be one law for tbe rich and another for the poor—• Mr . Cowan here cried "Question . "

      Mr . O'Connor . —Does tbe hon . member for Edinburgh understand the question ? And did he not put a much larger one this moment , but not so important a one to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ? His ( Mr - O'Connor ' s ) question was—whether it was the intention of the Government to take any proceedings against the party that held a meeting at the Crown and Anchor , on Tuesday week lastthe Duke of Richmond in the chair ? ( " Oh , ob l" and laughter . ) They might laugh , but he was resolved to have a fair definition of the law . ( Shouts of ' . ' Order , order . " ) Sir G . Gre y rose and said , he would give no answer to the hon . member ' s question .

      Mr . O'Connor . —Ah , he thought so ; but if the meeting had been a Chartist meeting , there would be a speedy legal answer to the question . The committal of the Public Libarries and Museums Bill was proceeded with . Mr . Stanford raised an objection upon general grounds to the mode in which the measure had been carried to its present stage . One bill , he observed , had been discussed upon the second reading , and another was now offered to the committee , so comp letel y was its character changed by the omission or insertion of clauses . Mr . Ewart explained that all the changes in the bill were introduced in accordance with the various suggestions thrown out by members during previous discussions , or sanctioned by the sense ofthe house at the time . The bill was then carried through committee . Marriages Bill . —On the motion for going into committee on this bill ,

      Mr . Diveii moved that the bill be committed that day six months . He was surprised that Mr . Wortley should have brought a bill of suo \ a character into Parliament . On a divison the amendment was rejected . Sir F . Thesiger moved an amendment , the effect of which was to prevent the bill from having a retrospective effect . TheSecretary at War moved that the bill be not extended to Scotland .. On a division both amendments were lost .

      " The House resumed , and the further consideration of the measure was postponed till tbe 13 th of June . Court of Prerogative ( Ireland ) Bill . —Mr . Kkoqh moved the second reading of this bill . . Mr . Reynolds opposed trie motion , and , after a short discussion , the House divided , when the motion was carried by a majority of 91 to 34 . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned at two o ' clock .

      ( From mr Third Edition of lost week . ) FRIDAY , May 10 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —AuEOEn Bribery . — Mr . F . O'Connor said that , seeing the hon . member for Meath ( Mr . H . Grattan ) in his place ; he wished to know whether that hon . gentleman bad said at the Dublin Rotunda that he was offered £ S , Q 00 in that house for his vote ? - '• ¦ '• - ,,. ' - '' -. :. , .. . ¦ :. ' . - Mr . Gbatian was understood to say that ho had been incorrectly reported on the occasion in Question .

      Mr . F . O'COnnob . —lam glad to hear it .. '" " On the order of tho day for the third reading of the Parliamentary Voters , « fcc , ( Ireland ) Bill . Sir J . Walsh moved that it be deferred for six months , supporting his motion in a speech of considerable length , in which he drew an appalling picture ofthe effects of the measure , which he characterised as revolutionary , ' warning English members that this was not more an Irish than an English question , and that the blow it must inflict upon tbe Irish Church would be felt by the Church of

      England . •'"' - . ? . He was replied to by Mr . ' Roche , who declared he bad never heard better reasons in favour of the bill than were contained in the speech of the honi baronet . - Col . RAwnoN , Lord Castlereaoh , Sir J . Graham , and Lord J . Russell supported the bill , and Mr . Disraeli opposed it . . - The-house haying divided , the amendment was negatived by > 4-agamst- 1 SQ ; the bill was then read a thud time and passed .

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      , £ f ™ » A * SsA .-0 n Saturday morning , about one o clock , a . ra ., the schooner Perseverance of Westport , CliarlesTopdell , master , from Cork for Glasgaw , took fire about five miles east of Oarlmgtord , and was burned doWn'to the water's edge . ¦ ¦ ¦ o ^ " -JM ^ nuM Association has been formed in . bcotland , with the Duke of Montrose at its Head . - - ¦ . ¦ ••¦ .. - , ¦¦ Barons Complaints , IsniGEmoif , and Sick Headaches , cubed by Holmway ' s Film . —Persons subject to , or suffering from ; any of these complaints , should immediatel y take a few doses of this most , extraordinary medicine , which is a certain and efficacious ; remedy for all disorders arising from a derangement of tbe digestive organs ; it riot only cures , but preserves thevbody'iri' sound health and strength , 'andllkewlse improvies the powers and faculties of the mind . ' For'debilitated constitutions , nervous affections , want ' of appetite , and diseases ofthe liver , there is . no remedy equal to . lt . » Every . one . leading a sedentary life should take Hollow-ay ' s Pills , either as a preventive , , or fore ' r ^ ve those maladies , _ V . ¦ . ' . ¦ . '" j . ' ; . L > " , , ' ,- ;•' ,

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      COMMEMORATION OF THE SEVENTYJHNTH . RIRTHDAY OFROBERT OWEN , THE FOUNi " DER' AND FATHER OF SOCIALISM . -iil , ,: ; r

      This event was : celebrated on Sunday , May the 12 th at the Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , by a Soiree Public Meeting . The tea party was so numerous that tlie tables in the large h all had to be twice set to accommodate the ' party . William Devonshire Saul , Esq ., President of tho Geological Museum , Aldersgate-street / presided ; supported on the right and left by numerous advocates and admirers of the principles of Social Reform . The proceedings after tea commenced with " . Now pray we for bur country , " from the opera of Massaniello , which was beautifully and effectively given by the choir , accompanied by the magnificent organ of the institution . . . . . ; . ¦ -

      The Chairman said they bad met to do honour to whom honour was due , — " Robert Owen , the father of Social Reform ,, and long may he be spared , to direct the people to virtue and happiness . ' . ( Loud cheers . ) He ¦ believed that the nature of things , and the progresslof intellect , would forcoon the system tau"ht by Robert Owen ' . whether governments willed them or . riot .. He was proud to see that large assemblage met to greet and honour Robert Owen , and ho hoped at the next anniversary they woul d ; require'and ' possess ' a building as large as St . Paul ' s Cathedral for their purpose . ( Cheers . ) Chorus—by choir and organ— "Freemen rejoice . ' Mr . S . M . fennrose , warmly greeted , to propound the first sentiment as follows : r- " The Spirit-of n '_ ' ¦ wM » 'Sii'iHitimn ' ri ' iv' Awamh aIima nnrt iintr . A ¦ l —

      rrogreas , » ' » j «» ^ ' ^ .. » . " » . '" » , c y ww , »»» » --. every party . '' - He said ,: if he understood this sentiment , it meant political , moral , inohtal , ' and social progress . Progress was written of in . every news paper , and talked of in every pulpit , but in those places it was riot rendered in its full meaning . Progress must also indicate the spirit of love , as be could not understand it otherwise than as tending to the universal brotherhood of man . ' ( Cheers . ) What was good for selfas a general principle was good for . man ; universally ; but unfortunately , the world was prone to act on ignorant self-interest , which was realising the Scriptural ' dbctrine . of «« He who lives bythe sword shall perish by trie ' sword , " Which was progressing downwards—for , example , if thflv ' tiro ' irressbd only in the knowledge of producing

      wealth ,. withbut making any progress in the science of its distribution , they would Only ; be adding to that evil of , which they so justly complained , and man would not be happy until he understood : this knowledge , and extended , it from circle to circle , until its width was expanded as wide as the world itselfi ; ( Cheers ;) : That they had made some pro- ; gress as compared . with what existed some-five or six hundred years ago was true , but society exhibited an antagonistic sp irit '; nevertheless , the theory prevailed , that . " all men are brethren , " but they bad to realise it iri practice . At , present , the world was followingriut the ' system of grinding the blood , bories , ' arid marrow of the people into wealth , stiliit was pleasing to know that things did propress , and . ultimately ; the wisest must be the

      governors . ( Much applause . ) A' few days ago ; they had an exhibition of progress by the introduction of a measure ; for Secular . Education to the House of Commons by " Mr . W . 'J . ' Fox , and be said all honour to him for introducing it ; ( Loud cheers . ) Against that uscfulmeasure they found the strange combination of Catholic arid Protestant . Mr , Stafford , Protestant , moving an amendment , and Lord Arundel , Catholic , seconding it against that useful measure . This was a : proof of the progress of ignorant bigotry , but he trusted to see a union of all parties on the other side as a proof of progress ; All political ; moral , and social reform emanated from the . people , and must re-act oh man . What was required was a union of all parties to propel onwards progress , so that

      " Man as guided by the sun , ¦ Shall in due progress run . " . . . 'Mr . ' LtoT-n Jones also ably spoke to the sentiment .. : " The Marsellaise Hymn" was now given in excellent style , the audience rising , and at the conclusion applauding vociferously . Mr . James Rionv ,. in giving the sentiment"Robert Owen "—gave a description bf the . life of Robert Owen from nis childhood up to the present time—tracing him through shopboy , manager , proprietor , especially as regards New . Lanark and his ulterior proceedings . . His success had all emanated from his thorough knowledge of the human heart . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Rigby gave an anecdote

      respecting the progress of opinion , as shown inthe town or Bolton : —A rumour being circulated that the works of Thomas Paine were about to be circulated in that town , the beadle was sent round to search the houses ofthe operatives . On his return his report was , that "Common Sense" was not to be seen or heard of in Bolton —( Loud cheers ) —that " The Rights of Man was entirely unknown' !—( hear , hear)—that the "'Age of Reason " was not yet come—and that "A grarian Justice " had not been known since Bolton was built on the moors —( loud cheers)—but thanks to Mr . Owen " , and men like him , common sense would sobri prevail , arid the age of reason follow ; the rights of man would then be . known , and agrarian justice be

      triumphant through the community . ( Great applause . ) ¦ , . Mrs . Matthews followed in a very able speech , paying homage to the virtue and talent of Robert Owen , as shown in his measures , and , in conclusion , said , she looked forward to great changes , in fact , to social revolutions—she would not be surprised if the Queen was the last of British sovereigns—that her children were good and efficient citizens in the democratic and social republic—and that they at length were all safely harboured in the good port of Socialism .. ( Cheers . ) Mr . Sarton , in a satirical vein , commented , amidst laughter and applause , on the . life and proceedings of Robert Owen , and recommended a wide diffusion of bis catechism , as an excellent

      means of diffusing social principles . The ; choir and organ liaving given , with great eclat , tbe chorus— " Long may lite and health be spared him , " MK Owen rose , greeted with the most lively and enthusiastic applause . He said he was exceedingly happy to meet them on that occasion , to mark the progress made during the last twelve months , and he was resolved that not a single birth-day of his should pass without an attempt being made on his part to do something useful to his fellow . men ; he had therefore prepared a proclamation to issue on the 14 th' of May , and which . he should cause , to be widely distributed both in London and the provinces . Mr . Owen then proceeded to read a copy of tho proclamation , which asserted " That the time had arrived for a peaceable revolution in the mind and practice of the human race . " -- '' That the

      great creating power of the universe , called God or nature , creates all the natural faculties of humanity , and combines them in different proportions in each individual ; that from the birth of each , these faculties are directed , wisely or foolishly , by society , and that now the means exist to enable society to direct them wisely for all , through each succeeding generation . " — " That : the means of effecting the change , 'in outline and detail , shall be immediately made known to the world . " Mr . Owen said he could , not but feel the kindness with which ho had been received , and declaring himself ah advocate of equality—he meant of education and condition—and resumed his seat amidst the renewed acclamations of the audience . A vote ' of thanks was then given to Mr . D . Saul , for the ability with which he nad presided over the meeting , and the crowded assembly dispersed ,

      Death Of Thom The Sculptor. —We Notice W...

      Death of Thom the Sculptor . —We notice with regret the death of James Thom , the sculptor , who expired at his lodgings in New York . Mr .. Thom came to , this country from Scotland some twelve or fourteen ' years ago , in pursuit of a person who had been previously sent over by the proprietors to , exhibit his Tarn O'Shanter and' Old'Mortalifcy ; but . who , we believe , riiade no ' returns or ' report of his proceedings . Arriving in New York , he traced him , Uie delinquent—a fellow Scotchman ' of some shrewdness and address—to this city , and here recovered , 'if we ri g htly remember , a portion of the money for which it appeared these admirable works had been sold , and transmitted it to the proprietors , who had been his benefactors , concluding to

      remain nere mmseit to pursue his profession . In exploring the country m this vicinity for stone adapted to his purpose , he brought into notice the fine free stone quarry at Little Falls , which has since become so famous ^ having furnished the stone for the Court House in this city , Trinity Church in New York , and many other public buildings in various parts of the country . With this stone he reproduced the two groups already named , executed an imposing statue or Burns , and filled various orders for ornamental pieces for pleasure grounds . The copy of . the Old Mortality group—including the p ious old Presbyterian and his pony , with the familiar presence of the immortal genius which

      made them the property of the universal mindwas sold , at a fair price , to the proprietors of Laurel Hill Cemetery , near Philadelphia , and is now the appropriate frontispiece of that spacious city of the dead . Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnny keep " watch and ward" atthe entrance of the hospitable mansion of our friend Boswell L . Colt , Esq ., at Paterson . It is upon these incomparable works that the fame of the A yrshire sculptor must chiefly rest . ' They are beyond a doubt the best illustrations of bis peculiar genius ; arid so we believe he himself considered them ; though , like most men of his class , he was always anticipating the time and opportunity when he would surpass them . That " more " convenient season" never came .

      • :-. Lewes Savinos BAt-K . i ~ . No . further'defalcation has beert discovered , though the investigation of the depositors' account has been pushed' with some considerable vigour . -Mr .- ; Bartfett , ; the actuary , rias . ; niadei an assignment for the .. benentof . hisor & aitcrs , whoseclaims a ^ e-cbrisiderable ' ''• ¦ '" ' •'

      Mr.Ijames Taylorland; Freehold Land

      MR . IJAMES TAYLORLAND ; FREEHOLD LAND

      "" -SOCIETIES . " . ' V -, TO _ iHEi . EoilOR ' oF THE ' lFREEHOIJjiER . ; - v Sri ^"—Iri looking over your report of public meel " ings I find a speech delivered by Mr . James Taylor , at Ipswicb , which contains an attack on a pamphlet written by myself , called / "Freehold Land Societies Injurious- to the- Welfare of the People . " As that speech contains some glaring mistakes respecting my pamphlet , perhaps jori will allow'me to notice the fact through the medium of your paper . You will excuse my quoting tho whole of his remarks , when I inform you they areone tissue of errors from beginning to end . He commences by saying , that «« Before he left home he had received a tract from

      an anonymous writer , which ho believed had been extensively circulated , in order to mar the progress of the institution . ( Loud laughter . ) It said that the society told these men ( what men ?) they did hot care how they obtained property so that it was obtained ;< whether by the plunder of employers , or by murder , they did not care , —( loud laughter , )—so long as they got a vote , i He stood there to repudiate such a foul assertion / and to declare , from his very soul , that if he thought such a base act would be performed by the humblest individual in the society , who thus wished to raise himself in the scale of society , his protestation , should be carried on against that individual . They ' stood on the proud principle , that he who wished to better his

      position in life was the man likely to become more moral in all his acts , to pay the strictest regard to all transactions in life , —and to feel a tenfold interest in the well-being of all classes of his fellow-creatures . " In another part of the tract it was stated , that "The society was opposed to the principles for which their forefathers bled ; He had never known before that their forefathers bled for other than the principles theywere advocating ; they did not bleed because they were opposed to an extension of the suffrage ; or , because they did not wish the productive classes to obtain their rights as men and citizens : : ( Hear , hear . ) If . their principles were opposed , it was not because they desired . to make the working classes wiser and better men in the

      several . relations of life , —( certainly Mr . T . must mean the contrary . of this , )—but . simply because there-was a vote attached to the movement . ( Hear , hear . ) If there was no vote rcorineoted with the sooiety ; -if that fact could be forgotten by any man , however exalted his position , or whatever his political Opinions , he would be the man ' to come forward and stand upon their platform , —( whose platform ?) --and advocate their principles ; ( Applause . ) He had merely referred to . the tract just to show the animus of those who opposed the society ; the best argument ' they could , employ against it was that they had a desire to induce men to commit murder and arson . "' ( Laughter . ) Now , sir , I have never , throughout the pages of my pamphlet , made use of language which is here ascribed to me , nor said anything that can possibly bear such an absurd , ridiculous , and unreasonable construction . I

      therefore charge Mr . Taylor with either wilfully falsifying my statements , or , what is nearly as bad , grossly misunderstanding them . It is true that I have accused those societies with advocating principles which our forefathers bled and died in opposing ; but my reason for doing so is not the one which he would insinuate . Mr . Taylor must have known , when he made this assertion , that I had , in preceding page ' s of my pamphlet , charged these societies with adopting and promulgating a principle of property qualification in preference to a moral one ; and ; that it was to this principle which I . alluded when ! made the remark , and not to the reason which he appears to assign , I trust , therefore , that Mr . Taylor will , both from a sense of honour and a love of justice , - proceed instantly to withdraw his assertions , or substantiate them by truth and argument , 'lam , yours respectfully , A Working Man .

      J&Mim, &T.

      J & MiM , & t .

      Corn. Mask Lane, Monday, May 13.—Onr Arr...

      CORN . Mask Lane , Monday , May 13 . —Onr arrivals « f all grain during the past week have been very moderate ; but with flour we have been well supplied . . English wheat sold slowly this morning at . an advance of Is per qr . upon last Monday ' s prices , being without change since Friday , and foreign met with buyers at the same rates , but thesal « was scarcely so brisk'as last week , the favourable change ir i the' weather producing its usual effect Inflour little doing . Barley scarce , and Is per qr , higher . Beans If dearer , and white peas held for more money . The supplj of oats being short , good samples sold pretty readily full ] Gd per qr . higher than on Monday last Linseed cakes unaltered . The current prices as under : — British . —Wheat , —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red new 38 s

      to 42 s , ditto white , 38 s to 40 b , Lincoln'Nor folk and Yorkshire , red 34 s to 40 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white 34 s to 38 s , ditto red 32 s to 36 s , Devonshire and Somerset , shire , red , —s to — s ditto white , — to —s rye , 21 s to 233 , barley , 21 a to 24 s , Scotch 19 s to 22 s , Angus—s to —s , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 4 Gs to 49 s , peas , grey , new 22 s to 24 s , maple 24 s to 27 s , white 22 s to 24 s , boilers new 25 s to 27 s , beans , large , new 22 s to 24 s , ticks 24 s to 26 s , harrow , 26 s to 28 s , pigeon ; 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 14 s to 15 s , ditto Poland and potato , 15 s to 17 s , Berwick and Scotch , 15 s to 18 s , Scotch feed , 14 s to 15 s , Irish feed and black , 12 s to 15 s , ditto potato , 15 s to 175 , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to Si' s , ' rapeseed , Esses , new £ 30 to £ 34 per last ,-carraway seed , Essex , new 27 s to 84 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 410 s per ton , linseed , £ 9 0 s to £ 9 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs , ship , 26 s . to 28 s , town , 35 s to 37 s ,

      . Foreign . —wheat . — Dantzig , 45 s to 50 s , Arihalt and Marks , 36 to 40 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Pomeranian red , 38 s to 40 s , Rostock 38 s to 45 s , Banish , Holstein , and Frieslarid ; 32 s to 36 s , Petersburg !) , Archangel , and liiga , 30 s to 33 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 38 s , 'Marianopob * , and Berdianski , 32 s to 36 s , Taganrog , 28 s to 33 s , Brabant and French , 34 s to 42 s , ditto white , 36 s to 42 s , Salonica , 28 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 22 s to 26 s , rye , 19 s to 21 s , barley , Wismat and Rostock , 16 s to 19 s , Banish , 16 s to 20 s , Saal , I 8 s to 21 s , EastFriesland , 13 s to 15 s , Egyptian , 12 s to 14 s , Danube , 12 s to 15 s ,- peas , white , 22 s to 24 s , new boilers , 25 s to 26 s , beans , horse , 20 s to 25 s , pigeon , 26 s to 28 s , Egyp tian , 19 s to 21 s , oats , Groningen , Banish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 12 s to 14 s , ditto , thick and brew 13 s to 17 s , Riga , Petersburg !] , Archangel , and Swedish , 13 s to 14 s , flour , United States , ' per . 1961 bs ., 20 s to 23 s , Hamburgh 19 s to 21 s , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 21 s , French per 2801 bs ., 28 sto 31 s .

      Wednesday , May 15 . —We have to report only a scanty supply of grain since Monday , but every article is held with firmness , the weather being again cold , and ungenial for the growing crops . ' Arrivals this week : — 'Wheat—English , 830 quarters ; foreign , 3 , 560 quarters . Barley—English , 460 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 250 quarters , Oats—English , — quarters ; foreign , 3 , 770 quarters . Flour—English , 910 sacks . Richmond ( Yorkshuie , ) May 13 . —We only had a thin supply of wheat incur market this morning , which was soon cleared off , at an advance from Cd . to Is . per bushel on last week ' s prices : —Wheat sold from 4 s lOd to 6 s Od ; oats , Is lOd to 2 s 6 d ; barley , Ss Od to 3 s 3 d ; beans , 3 s 3 d to 3 s 9 d per bushel

      BREAD . The prices of wbeaten bread in the metropolis are from Gd , to Old . * , of household ditto , 4 d , toOld , per libs , loaf .

      CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , May 13 . —The aggregate supply of foreign stock , here to-day was but moderate ; but , for the time of year , the arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were large , or 500 more than on Monday last . Notwithstanding that the attendance of both town and country buyers was numerous , the beef trade ruled very inactive , at barely last week ' s quotations , The extreme figure for the best Scots was only 3 s 6 d pei'Slbs ., and a total clearance , was not effected , There was a decided falling off in tl \ e number of sheep , owing to the wet weather of last week having prevented shearing in some localities . All breeds moved off freely at an improvement in the prices of Monday last of 2 d per 8 lbs ., the prlmest old Downs selling at 4 s per 81 bs . Lambs , the supply of which was but moderate , sold steadily , arid in some

      instances the currencies had an upward tendency . From the Isle of Wight nearly 400 head came to hand . The sale for calves very inactive , at last week ' s quotations . In pigs very little business was transacted at late rates . Head or Cattie at Smithfield . —Friday . —Beasts , 1 , 081 ; sheep ) 4 , 900 ;' calves , 240 ; pigs , 210 . Mondav . — Beasts , 3 , 579 ; sheep , 23 , 070 ; calves , 177 ; pigs , 250 . Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef , ; * 2 » 4 d to 8 s Cd ; mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 a id ; veal , 2 a 10 d to 3 s 4 d ; pork , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od . jsevtoate and Leadenbaix , Monday , May 13 . —Inferlw beef , Is lOd to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; prime large 2 s 6 d to 5 s 8 d ;; prime ' small , 2 sl 0 dto 3 s 2 d ; large pork 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; -inferior mutton , 2 b 4 d to 2 s 64 ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 3 s 0 d ; prime ditto , 3 s 2 d to 8 s 6 d ; veal , 2 s Id to 3 s id ; * small pork , 3 s Gd to 4 s Od ; lambs , 4 s 4 d to 5 s Od ; per 81 bs . by the carcase .

      • PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —Old Irish butter was rather more saleable last week , and a fair quantity cleared off the market at prices iri favour of buyers . A few sales of New Limerick were effected for shipment in this and two following months at 60 s per qr . on board . Foreign supplies were plentiful , and best Frieslarid 2 s per qr . cheaper . The transactions in Irish bacon were unimportant , and prices stationary . American attracted buyers to a respectable extent ; at slightly improved rates . Middles , steady in demand and value . Hams and lard no change . English Uditeb , May 11 . —Our trade is tolerable steady , at rather low prjees for the best Dorset butter , but all mid . dllngand inferior Usts are neglected , " Dorset fine weekly 78 s to 80 s per cwt . ¦ ditto middling 56 s to 70 s ; ditto old nominal ; Fresh 7 s tolls perdoz , lbs .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . London , Tuesday .-SuoAB .-The market has opened today ; with an active demand . 1 , 184 hhds . of West India have been sold , including 400 bids . ofBavbadocs and 70 11 , «\ Jt" ? 1 a r ca at auction . The public sales , comprising 5 , 170 bags of Mauritius ; 5 , 300 bags of Bengal ; 1 , 480 bag ! of Mauritius ; 5 , 300 bags of Java , all went at full prices to 6 d advance . -The quotations are-Mauritius , 35 s to 38 s for irfln „ 8 ° od mW & yellow' 33 s * o 34 s 6 d for middling to fine brown ; 26 s 6 d to 31 s for verylow to low brown ; n nft ' , ? l o *? " 8 ? 1 t , low t 0 S ° od idling white Benares ; 39 s to 40 s fid for low to middling yellow Dhobah :

      r oo * \ Drown t 0 low yeuow date kind ; Madras , 28 a to 33 s for brown and yellow ; Java 40 s 6 d to ' 42 s 6 d lor good to fine gray ; 37 s to 39 s 6 d for low middling - . . Coffee—No public sales . Privately , 1 , 000 bags of native Ceylon are reported sold at 40 s per cwt . . RiCE j -3 , 590 bags of Bengal , and 2 , 400 . bags of Madras , were offered to-day . Of the Bengal , about 2 , 000 bags wore disposed of at and after sale , at an advance of about 3 d per cwt , , 10 s to 10 s 6 d per cwt ,- for fair to good white ; the Madras sold with spirit at 8 s to 9 s for middling to fair P' ^ y- ¦ ., Sawpetbe . —Of 1 , 140 bags brought forward 380 bags were disposed of at high prices ; 3 g per cent , refraction at 26 s 6 d , and 12 $ per cent , at 24 s 9 d per cwt .. ¦ - .

      , ; , TALLOW , -HIDES , - AND OILS . : ' . 'Monday , May 18 th . —Letters from-8 t .-Petersburg state that a ve ' rylimitidbusiness was doing-in tallow on English account , yet the holders were firm . ; . About 900 casks ha 3 ' changed bonds at 111 roubles , with 10 down , and 110

      Corn. Mask Lane, Monday, May 13.—Onr Arr...

      roubles on the spot .-Our market is somewha t *" ; . ^^ In prices , lio ' wever ,: we have ho changer to iidtice S ^ tft P . Y . C . on the spot isselling at 37 sandlorfornaraii ^" J , 38 s 3 dto 38 s 6 dper ; cwt . . net ' cash ; town- tallow as . **} , 36 s per cwt . net cash ; rough fat , 2 s per 81 bs . '• ¦ ' % Leadenham ; ' —Market hides 561 b . to 64 ft . IM ?„„ . ' lb . ; ; ditto : 64 ft . to . 721 b .-lid toiljd ; ditto 7 m . Jw 2 d to ,. 2 id ; ditto 801 b . to . 881 b , 2 Jd to 2 ! d ; di K ^ 9 «! b . 3 d to 31 d ; ditto SCIb . to 1041 b . 3 Jd to 3 W ? to 10 iB ) . toll 2 » . -d to 4 dj calfskins-each 2 sQi ^ % Horse hides 6 s 6 d . . . . .. . .. . . ^ mj . Linseed per cwt . 30 s 3 d to — s ; rapeseed v ^ refined 37 s Od to -s ; brown , 38 s . Od ; Oallipoli n ?*^ 441 . ; Spanish 43 t > ; Sperm 621 : to -I . ; bagged 8 si . <> . Sea 33 ( . 0 s to -J . ; Seal , pale 37 " . 0 a to -I .: d 0 ' . **> % ZZl . ; cod 351 . to —/ . ; , cocoa nut per ton ssi » r ** 4 palm , 321 . "" ' -msC

      "WOOL . Cut , Monday , May 13 th . —The imports of tt ( w , j . London last week comprised 32 bales from Germ "" " from Turkey , 200 from Bombay , 34 from South a 7 ?< > and . 1 , 600 from Port Philip . The public sales are enf 3- *" , ceeding , and all the colonial put up found readv 1 ! pr * " The series will terminate towards the end of »*«¦ . ™ M Liverpool , May llth .-Scotch . _ There has U ^ - more doing this week in laid Highland wool som /* ^ holders being disposed to accept lower prices to 7 i * of "to before the new clip ; and we note accordinek i * " "" Highland , Cheviot , and Crossed , there beine iin i ? whi f 9 tions , we do not alter the quotations , which , Son-elf - be considered nominal . , e , er ) t ! i > j ¦ Foreign . —The ' publie sales are progressing s » ti « f . m London . In the meantime , our sales here U - ^ contract are limited . Imports for the week ' / if /?? ' " previously this year , 21 , 130 bales . ' - » lej ;

      Poisons As Medicine . Memorial Of The Na...

      POISONS AS MEDICINE Memorial of the Nameslflhe 19 , 950 petitioners tn . v House . of Commons , against the Deadly PoS ft " f » e by the nSctors . ffliSS lege of Health , Hamifcon . place New-road C 1 "How many thousands of lives are tlicro '™ ,, / . t wouldsay , 'that come every year to be « CS civilised countries atleast , ) and considered asnolthl common mr m completion ef an hypothesis ^ Tn «' plain sense of th ngs , ' my uncle Toby wHanswer t * J SMh instance w MUHDEB DOWRIBUr Ut iX ^ Vi "* for , in the Court of Science there is no such thin " as $ ?' I ** ?* onl y £ eath , brother , ' -TrUtram Shandl % medical hypothesis , uncle Toby , in 'his plain LIZ things , * here anathematises , is that horrid andI DeS „ hypothesMhat'Medicine is poison , and KifS cine . ' This mercenary , heartless , ruthfwVothesut which'human life is cast away as nothimr bntZlZ' J air Ms as savage in spirit as it was ba £ ouS b TgZ * and it is , at this very day carried into deadliest ™ P ' bytodw ^ to . adv ^ qui ft * ^^

      w thau tne ardour ana vehemence that canbeeic & Qbi S ' sabable cupidity , and by a most ravenous annedta fS gam and guineas ., But the hellish hypothesis , ' thdt'JM cine and Poison are identical' must be maintained » n , i supported against all ' competition '—it must be carrip !? into a wide-spread , fatal , practice , although H m „ sweep and desolate the earth as ' with the besom n ? destruction ! ' And why . ? Because upon its main tenance and support , aud practical application del pend the very existence of a highly respectable and nm foundljr scientific fraternity—an odious and abominabla fraternity , ' whose consciences are educated and formed upon the infernal maxims of . 'The Court of Science ' -a court which ia ruled solely by a favoured and fatal h ™ . thesis that brooks no ' competition' and no demur— acmtt in which' there is such thing as murder— 'tis only . DEATH brother !!! ' y

      John Hunter said of poisons , that 'they take theirplac * in tha body , as if that place were allotted for them . ' Yes 'horrid' mercury takes its allotted place inthe glands , and in the bones—in the glands it excites scrophulous tumom and the teeth it quickly reduces to caries . ' Prusic acid takes its allotted place in the heart , and there radically cures all palpitation by effectually stopping all pulsation Alcohol takes its allotted place in the brain , and by its action upon ' that organ induces mania , and all' the ills that flesh is heir to . ' Strychnine , and brucine takes their al . lotted places in the muscles , in . which-tissues they fe . quentlyproducespeedy and fatal , spasms . The late IBs . tress Marie Manning had something mote than a faint at a glimmering insight into this Hunteriari principle—yea with high professional skill she carried it into full practical effect , She knew that , by a particular mode ofadministeation , a bullet would find its allotted place in the brains of

      her fond admirer , Patrick O'Connor ; but , in the eyes of tb « professional , the skilful doctress degraded tbe science , by unprofessionally blending , with her practice , the functions of a grave digger . By the way , it would act as a very whole some check upon the poisoning hy { © thesis , if the Legislature could compel the doctor — despite his professional scruples and repugnance —to excavate the graves of his victims . Soyer does not possess more skill in catering for thesqueamishnessofa fastidious appetite , than tk doctors do in allotting poisons for the specific destruction of any particular organ in the human frame . In a sort of cookery book of poisons , a very learned medical Soyer , who has appended to his name the cabalistic letters , ' M . D . ' ( query , Anglice , ' Murderer Bownright ! ' ) la this medical cookery book there is a receipt for poisoning , so definite and obviously efficacious , as would have dazzled the eyes , and charmed the heart , and feasted , even to

      surfeit , the imagination and longings of a Marchioness tf Briuvilliers . See how the medical lecturer , instructs bis pupils to ring the changes on medical poisons : ' 'That I have confidence in recommending you to do on every similar occasion is this-having obtoinedoM the benefit vM arsenic ( . ' ) , or any other remedy has the power to dom any case , change such remedy for some other constitutional power , and change and change until you find improve , ment (!) to be the result . * * * * In allsnth cases , then , you must change , « om * > itie , and modify your medicines and measures in a thousand ways , ( 'agrand peal of poisons , verily , ' ) to produce a sustained result . Arsenic (!) gold (!!) iron (!!!) mercury (!

      internal remedies and as local applications (!!!) The sixth edition , . ' stereotype , ' of the Medical Lectors from which , the preceding extract is made , appeared in 1815 . It was in the year 1823 , that James Morison , tie Hygeist , first raised his voice against the savage and murderous application of poisons as medicines ; so that , great as has been the progress of Morisonian Hygeian principles amongst the public at large , it wouldappearthatatpresent they have had little influence in this respect at kast-upon medical theory and medical practice . But tlie public , 'ia their plain sense of things , ' are daily becoming more and more alive to the jeopardy in which they are continually placed , through the deadly chemicals with which the dottors essay to prop their falling trade . It appears by tt " book , which has elicited these remarks on ' Poisons ia Medicine ; ' that in 1 S 47 , 19 , 150 signatures were appended * a petition presented by Sir B . Hall to tlie House of Commens against Pharmaceutical Poisons . Considering that these signatures were made almost exclusively in Glasgow , Edinburgh , and in isolated parts of Bevon , and a few other counties ; and considering that the public generally have

      since had the most horrifjing evidence of the baneful effects of medical poisons in Asiatic Cholera , we have a confident belief ; that if due time and proper facilities were now given , in every city , town , village , and hamlet in the kingdom , for a similar expression of public opinion , it would be found that the number of signatures would swell from some twenty thousand to several round millions . Still we consider that this book is a very appropriate m graceful 'Memokial' to the 19 , 950 independent petitioners who did not delay their signatures until the movement had become general , and popular , and who may be vegarded as the pioneers in the humane and holy warfare against medical poisoning . Had tho House of Commons , ia compliance with the prayer of that petition , appointed a commission in 1847 ; and had chemical poisons been at once discarded from medical practice , how goodly and rich » soil might have since been saved from the grasp of' t «' king of terrors , ' and from the graves of the murderedhow many useful and valuable lives might still have bees preserved to the community—how many fond and precious relatives might still have cheered and gladdened tha netrdesolate hearth !

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      DEATH . f , At Rochdale , on the I 3 th Inst , Thomas Holt , af"cr ? L , days illness . He was a sterling democrat , a kind nusD ; and an affectionate father : he was universally re ^ SLp and his death is deepl y deplored by his widow ^ V ' ^ chddren . It may be truly said that he lived and a-6 . ' the good cause of human redemption . ^

      Pr'nted By William Rider . ' Ofno. 5, Macelesfiew^G ' »N The Parish Of Sr, Anne, Westminster, At The ^"'Gjiy

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18051850/page/8/