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      • hush money" to Russia . The House of Commons , by firming the resolutions before it , would strengthen the hands ofthe executive government in case of difficulty ; bat this was no question ot peace and war . Amongst tbe advantages of a Whig government was this disadvantage , that whenever it was inclined to anything like a job it was sure to be supported b y the opposite side , whereas , amongst the disadvantages of a Tory governaentwas the advantage that wherever it was similarly inclined it was sure to be resisted by those in opposition . Lord J . Russell would on this occasion be sup ported r > y those opposite , but he warned him and the ™»} J >™ J who might support him , that this wasa cons t . tt . uontf question , of which the English people would no t lose

      * Hr S « TnE strongly condemned the ° ««^ « Cracow , and the eonxqnent violation « M *¦ * £ * * Vienna , though * e could not e— ^^ ^ ^* « i 7 r"V " ^ c S 5 w ! 2 Sim . memBeT sa ^ a ^ i ^^^ --orhri gand ^ -lifitwas tberetreatofrobbers and ofvagawSit was a den of moral and material buccaneers 3 S 2 " e thre e Powers been about ! ( Hear bea , m , did they not so < m » r interfere ! -why did they not airi -he evil in the bud f-why did they suffer it to grown np under their eyes !—why did they not arrest the proirrefs of depravity What was the meaning of their protection . '—what " had been the use of the Protectorate ! ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Would England be justified , after thirty years , in coming forward in the face ef Europe and laying to the Ionian Islands , "You are full of con « pirators-you are a den of nwral and material buccaneers , and therefore we will destroy your independence—we

      will extinguish your liberty . " And yet this act , gross and flagrant as it would be , would not be a more unju * t . or a more monstrous violation of the Treaty of Paris than the seizure of Cracow was of the treaty of Vienna , ( Hear , hear . ) They shouldrememberthepromiseofthe Emperor Alexander * * , aptly quoted by the hon . member for Pontefract . The Emp ror said , respecting Cracow , " This city shall enjoy tranquillity and peace , by consecrating itself to the arts , to industry , and to commerce ; it shall remain as a monumsnt of magnanimous policy , which has placed your independence on the -very spot 'where the ashes « f the best of your sovereigns repese . "

      Magnanimous policy ! Well , between that magnanimous policy and the mercy of decision , he almost agreed with the noble lord the member for Lynn , who thanked the three Powers for that mercy of decision . But the two combined bad noparallel in tbe history ofthe world—not even in that" Prince" whom he feared other Princes bad tot much followed . Nothing like it , be repeated , was to re found in history ; they must go for an example to the annals of fable—to the example of Semlramis , who suckled and then attempted to debauch Kinyas . The three Powers might be said to have suckled Cracow , and then to have destroyed her . But why did they destroy her ! The solution was to be found , n * t in the Stsite of Cracow—not by reason of her den of brigands—not in her bung the focus of eont-pira-y , but in the events which

      had occurred in London , in Paris , and in Madrid . ( Hear , hear . ) History , which had recorded the triumphs of despotism , marked her most decisive one when the friends of freedom were most divided . The consequences of the late misunderstandings were similar to what had occurred in 1835 , when there was some difference between Franca and England on the subject of Spain . He believed that if the difference between France and England had not occurred on the Spanish marriages , that , not . withstanding the plots and cabals which were said to exist at Cracow , the independence of that city w . mld have remained undisturbed at this moment , and that , not ' withstanding , they would have attained by legitimate means the perfect security of their own territory . If the good understandins had continued between France and England the three Powers would have used their bands , but finding it otherwise they ustd tbeir hoo ^ s . ( Hear , hear . ) He would venture to implore the noble lord the

      member for Tiverton to renew that eiifenfe eorditle , and to resume that intimate alliance . He called upon him to do so for the interests of civilization , for tbe sake of public order , and for the sake « f the continuance of peace . ( Hear , hear . ) He called upon him to do so , not merely to prevent the recurrence of actions such as this , but in order to prevent a re-action , in order to ensure peace , in order to extinguish those smouldering ashes of war which were still alive , and which fhshed forth the other day the whole length of the Appcnints , from Genoa to Calabria—and which might there , as well as elsewhere , cause more serious demonstrations . ( ' * Hear , hear , hear , " and cheers . ) He was convinced that if that entente cordials was re-established—if these two great constitutional governments would really aud effectually act together , their protest would against so untoward an event would be much more valuable than the interest on the R'isso-Dutch Loan ,

      HrDisraeli lamented as much as any one could do , the downfal and partition of Poland , bnt the question now before the house had nothing to do with that event . The partition , of Poland had " ceased to be a political catastrophe , and must now be recognised as an historic fact . " Cracow was an Austrian town at the commencement of that struggle , which the treaty of Vienna Was designated to terminate , and it had now become an Austrian town again . Against its becoming so both France and England had protested , and new the House of Commons was called upon to affirm the protest presented by Lord Palmerston on behalf of this country , and to punish one of ' the parties charged with having had a hand in the act complained of . He maintained it to he a principle of public law that the violation of a

      particular treaty inserted into a general treaty was not a violation of the general treaty . This had been decided % y roea " second to wowe , " and on-more occasion * than one in reference to the treaty of Westphalia . The relation of a particular to a general treaty was exemplified , in more modern times , by the conduct of the King of Holland , at the time ofthe dismemberment of the kingdom of the Netherlands . Honourable members seemed to think that Cracow had been left , by the treaty of Vienna , as a last homage to Poland , and that the loss of its independence was the extinction ofthe last remnant of that kingdom . He regarded it as tbe greatest insult that could be offered to Poland , to say that so insignificant a state should be erected as a homage to a great , though fallen , monarchy . He had no sympathy with a j

      race of twenty millions that suffered themselves to be partition ? d . If they were a great people , as some believed them to be , they would have produced great things . Had they possessed a great national character , they would net have been enslaved . A high national character saved Austria in the days of Maria Theresa , when it was threatened with partition by a band of conspirators , at the head of whom were the king and republic of Poland . The disturbances which every now and then agitated Poland did not originate with the people , who were better offin their present circumstances than they were under their ancient and national rulers , but with a banished and fallen aristocracy , who long enslaved , and at last betrayed their country . It was with these aristocratic conspirators that so many of the liberals of this country sympathized—by encouraging

      whom they were endangering the peace of Europe , whilst they were doing anything hut promoting the interests of the Polish people . On a former occasion , when Lord Palmerston was foreign minister , and when a simil ir proposal to that now before the house was made in reference to the payments in question to Russia , the noble lord insisted on paying the money , and on that occasion one of bis strongest supporters was the honourable member for llontrose , who gave a hearty vote fer that payment . The honourable uentleman then voted that white was black ; and now that he had , some fifteen years afterwards , screwed up his courage to make a white speech , and to give a ifoite vote , he was , as he ( Mr Disraeli ) understood , about to show the white feather . He was clad that tbe noble lord still adhered to the propriety of continuing the payment of the money , and in doing so the noble lord would have his support .

      Lord Palsiemkh said that the discu % & ion divided itself into two parts , whether the suppression of the City of Cracow was a violation of the treaty of Vienna , and whether tbe extinction of that free territory absolved Great Britain from the continuance of the payment of the Russo-Dutch Loan . Notwithstanding the ingenious arguments of Mr Disraeli , he insisted that the annexation of Cracow was a manifest violation cf the treaty of Vienna . As to the argument founded on the case of Belgium , he maintained that it was not valid , because the separation of Belgium from Holland was agreed to by all the five great powers , who signed the convention of No . vetnber 1 S 31 , to that effect . But while persuaded that the extinction of Cracow was a violation of the treaty of Vienna , he objected to the declaration of that

      opinion by a resolution of the House of Commons . Therefore , as he could not give the first resolution proposed by Mr Hume a direct negative , he would meet it by moving the previous question . With respect to the resolution te withhold payment for the future of the Russia-Dutch Loan , be could cot assent to it , because he believed that in honour we could not release ourselves from our obligation . The moral strength which this country derives from its strifct adherence , not only to the letter , but to tbe spirit o treaties , was incalculable , and therefore nothing should be done that could possibly impair that moral power . Tho noble lord having mored the " previous question , " appealed to the " parliamentary judgment- ' of Mr Hume not to press the resolutions to a division .

      Mr i . O'Cokxell denounced the ' * blood-stained MxiT £ « sicn" and " the execrable monster Nicholas . " Mr HcHE confessed that in this instance discretion was the better part of valour , and withdrew his motion amidst loud cheers from Lord G . 'orgc B . ntinck and his friends . Tbe Marine Mutiny Bill was read a second time , and the House adjourned at a quarter-past one o ' clock WEDNESDAY , March 17 . HOUSE OP COMMONS . — The house met at twelve o clock , and previously to the discussion on the Factory Bill had two divisions , by which the cortsidetation of Mr Tfaddington ' s Rating of Tenensents Bill , and Sir 3 . Parkinson ' s Juvenile Offenders Bill—both of which stood for a second reading that day was postponed ; the first to the 31 st , and tbe last to the 24 th inst . The postponement of the first measure was carried by a majority of 67 over 39 ; and that of the latter bv a majority of 93 orcr 29 voices .

      Factory Bill . —The order of the day for going into committee on tbe Factories Bill was then read , whereupon , Lord J . Russell presented a petition , signed by 392 master spinners aud manufacturers of Lancashire and Yorkshire , in favour of the bill . Mr BaiOQT prssented a petition from certain lessees of mnisjwitb . water-poWer , stating that they were under

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      obligations to pay certain rents , predicated upon th supposition that they would have twelve hours use o the water-power per day , and that if they were limited iu tbe use of it to only ten hours , they would be unabk to meet their engagements . On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair , Mr Dehkistouk , after giving a history ofthe rise and progress of the opinion of Parliament respecting this hill , denounced it as a measure which had been' introduced toils notice under a false title ; for instead of limiting the hours of labour of young persons and females in factories , it was a bill to limit the extent of adult male labour . Having endeavoured to show that former legislation on this subject had not been beneficial , either to the operatives or to their children , he went over the old grounds of opposition to this measure , stating , that it would expose the operatives to a tax of 161 per cent , on their wages , and that it would give to foreign

      competitors an advantage of 30 per cent , over the English manufacturer . He then calledtbe attention of thehduse to the nature of the proposal which he was authorized to make to the supporters of this bill , and which Lord J . Russell had last night characterized as feasible . By this bill it was proposed that no female or young person should work more than 59 hours in the week . The master manufacturers were willing to agree to that enactment , provided tbey were allowed to work three days in the week as much as 12 hours s-day , confining them , selves at the same time not to work for two consecutive days more than 20 hours , If that proposition , which must be carried out by relays of workmen , were adopted , thu masters were inclined to believe that tbe productive power ef the country would not be impaired . He , therefore , proposed to postpone the committee for a fortnight , in order that the manufacturing interest might have time to consider this proposal , and to say "Ay , " or "No" toil .

      A prolonged discussion took place on this motion , in the course of which , Mr Bright repeated his former objections to the bill , and complained of the silence of Lord 3 , Russell , who , though he was Prime Minister , bad studiously shrunk from stating any reason for the support which be gave it , Mr Hindiet deprecated the attack just made on Lord 3 . Russell , and reminded Mr Bright that , iu one of the debates on the Corn Laws , he had expressed his concurrence with Mr Cobden in thinking , "Thatit would be an excellent thing if the workmen could have only ten hours labour , and that such a result was practicable if the house would do but justice to the industrious population . "

      Mr Fieldbn asked Mr Bright , whose attack on Lord J . Russell he denounced as most unjustifiable , whether he had not drawn up with his own hand tbe memorial which bad been presented against this bill , and to which had been appended the names of many persons wbo not only had never signed it , but who in point of fact had no existence at ail 1 Having left Mr Bright to digest that question , as be best could , he declared bis intention of not giving up the principle of n Ten Hours' Bill for which he had so long contended . He then referred to Mr Dennistoun ' s proposal , and observed , that as fat as hlskunwledge went , nothing could be more unsatisfactory to the master manufacturers tban the system of relays which that gentleman recommended , Mr Bright answered the question put to him by Mr Fielden by attributing the mistakes in tbe signatures attached to the memorbl to a misprint .

      Sir R . Peel declared his intention not to support the proposition for postponement after the full discussion which the bill bad already undergone on so many different occasions . Mr Dennistook withdrew his amendment . On tbe question that the Speakeb do now leave the chair , Lord J . Russell repelled the attack made on him by Mr Bright , who was not quite entitled to lecture him for h < s silence . I hope that neither the honourable member for Durham nor the house will forget that on one occasion I did assign , very shortly indeed , the reasons which induced me to take this course ; and if I did not occupy more than ten minutes , the cause of my brevity was the honourable member who has now taunted and

      thrown reproach upon me . He left me no more than ten minutes before the arrival of the hour of adjournment , ( Cheers and laughter . The right honourable member for Tamworth also said on a former day that he expected to hear my opinions on the subject : no doubt he intended that I should have an opportunity of speaking , but lie too left me only ten minutes for the explanation of my views . ( Hear , hear . ) He was led on , I dare say , by the course of his argument further than he intended , and was not able to finish what he had to offer in the time he meant to occupy ; but the consequence was that he allowed me only ten minutes , and that not being sufficient , I refrained from soliciting tbe attention ofthe house ; the hon . member for Durham told me that the situation in which I am now placed is a retribution for

      the conduct I and my friends pursued in 1814 . At that period 1 saw clearly that , differing asl did from some of my friends , connected with me by private ties , and who might , in the event of a change of government , be connected with me in office , such differences might lead to inconvenience and embarrassment . Therefore , with my eyes open , thinking that a bill of this kind would be a benefit as affecting children , I gave it my support , and I am willing now to bear the inconvenience and embarrassment I three years ago anticipated . If however the honourable member means to imply by talking oftbe retribution , that I was then merely factiously endeavouring to thwart and oppose the government of 1814 , 1 beg to tell him tha * -. such imputationsare easily restored . ( Hear , hear . ) He might be told of great manufacturers , deeply

      engaged in tbe Anti Cora-Law League , who said that toy . hours labour would be quite sufficient if the Corn Laws were repealed . ( Hear , hear . ) If I wire disposed to retort imputations , I might urge that they held this language merely in order to get the working classes to support the repeal oftbe Corn Laws , and that now that objoct is accomplished they have not realised the expectations they led tbe working classes to indulge , ( Cheers . ) After declaring his conviction that an endeavour to limit the labour of young persons to hours to which tbeir strength was equal was a perfectly legitimate object for the house to pursue , he denied that this bill would indirectly limit the labour of adult persons . But even if it did produce that result , the principle on which this bill was founded was not an unsound . one ; for it ought to be our object to elevate the character of the working classes , to give them as much means as possible for their moral and religious instruction , and to afford

      thtm as much time as possible to cultivate their domestic Affections , and to learn domestic habits . He did not see how these objects could be obtained so long as the hours of labour of young persons were so prolonged as they were at present . He confessed , however , that he should prefer an Eleven to a Ten Hours Bill , for under such a system he thought that we should see more steady and equal employment extended through different years than we did at the present moment . Let us consider next tbe great question which I admit is raised by this bill—whether you can give this advantage to the sons and daughters for the working classes without , at tbe same . time , injuring the manufacturing industry ofthe country ! I admit that this is a very large and formidable question . Although the limitation of time may have only an indirect operation upon adults , yet the practical resultmay be to deprive tbem of employment and to drive our manufacturers out ofthe markets

      of foreign countries and this is a very serious consideration . I must observe , however , in reference to it , that it does not appear to me that the case has been made out . In the first place , I must remark that the question does not apply to the whole thirty-seven millions of our exported manufactu res ; because with reference to a portion of it the limitation to eleven hours is particularly carried into effect . This has been lately accomplished by one of our largest manufacturing houses-Messrs Marshall , of Leeds , who carry on their works for eleven hours in the day , and carry them on , as we may presume , to a profit . We have likewise been told that in many other branches of trade the working people are only employed for eleven hours in the day . Therefore the question , as I have said , does not apply to the whole thirty-seven millions . Besides , let us consider how many various elements there are in the price of the commodity which is sent abroad by us to compete with the produce of foreign manufacturers . Take cotton ,

      for instance . We know there is , first , the original price ofthe raw material ; then comes the cost of conveyance across the ocean , and the commission of the merchant at Liverpool ; afterwards , the cotton is to be wrought into thread , and then into some species of manufacture . Next , it has to be shipped again and carried , we will suppose to China , where i * is to be sold in competition with goods of French , Swiss , or American manufacture . Putting together all these elements of price , there are few , perhaps not more than one , in which any loss is to bu sustained by the manufacturer . lam speaking now of the manufacturer . I will spvak afterwards of tbe labourer . In the first place , the original price of the raw material will not be altered by the proposed change in the law . Next , with regard to wages ; we must suppose that , whatever may be the value of 12 hours , a 12 hour price will he paid for it ; and whatever may be the value of 11 hoars , an 11 hour price will be paid for it , Then what is the part of tbe cost ou which the manufacturer will lose ! We will take the amount of a

      manufacturer ' s fixed capital at £ 100 , 000 ; and I have inquired of different manufacturers , and they have given me different statements ; bnt I will take one who reckons that the interest on his fixed capital is 5 per cent . ; he calculates the wear and tear of machinery at 6 per cent . ; oil , coal , tallow , and other articles , at about 12 percent . ; and he adds 1 per cent , for gas , making in the whole 24 percent , npon the value of his fixed capital . As to wear and tear of machinery , if there is to be a reduction in the number of hours of labour , there must be a corresponding reduction in the wear and tear of machinery . In the same way , less oil , less coal , less tallow , and less gas will be consumed ; so that at last there is

      only the 5 per cent , interest on the fixed capital upon whieh any loss will be incurred . That is to say , with regard to all the other articles there will be no change ; but working a less number of hours , and producing thereby a smaller quantity of manufactured goods , there will , ofcourse . be some loss < m the interest ofthe fixed capital . As far as I can see , this would be the result of a reduction ip the number of hours of work . But on the other hand , we have to consider what has been the state of our manufacturers in past years , and what Is their state at the present moment . Let us recollect , in the first place , with reference to cotton , that a Short time ago there was a tax upon the raw material of about £ 700 , 000 a year . Next there has been , as I believe ,

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      and as all those who were in favour oi the repeal ol Corn Laws believe , a considerable relief b y the recent change in this particular . Whatever may be the ultimate seduction in the price of grain , this at least is obvio us , that when the Corn Laws are entirely repealed there can no longer be that difference between the value in this country and upon the contitwnt . Thateonslderation will be just the same whether you suppose thegeneral price of corn to be high or low . If the general average , we will assume , has formerly been 55 s . per quarter In this country , and 45 s . per quarter in France , in future years the average will be nearly the same in both countries . If hereafter there should be a general scarcity , owing to a deficient harvest , the French manufacturer will notenjoy the advantage of having his corn at 60 s ., while the

      English manufacturer is paying perhaps 70 . I hold that ibis advantage is , at the lowest , equal to £ 700 , 000 a year . ( Cheers , ) I am sure that all who argued with me for the repeal of the corn laws , maintained that our manufacturers were exposed tothe greatest possible disadvantage in the markets ef China and South America , b cause they could not obtain provisions at tbe price as our rivals in trade ; and against this evil we have now effectually guarded . Therefore it is my conviction tlut we have given great advantages to the cotton manufacturers , first by the repeal of the duty on the raw material , and next by the repeal of the duty on corn . On wool , likewise , a few years ago there was a duty , which has now been removed ; and these are the two great articles on which the bill before the house is to operate . They were warned that the bill would lead to a reduc - tion of wages ; but front all that hecould learn , the

      operatives were willing to run tbe risk oi this . As to tne time at which they proposed to make tbe change provided for in the bill , he thought the present a time peculiarly well fitted for making the experiment , and believed that if it passed , limiting the hours of daily labour to eleven , the production of tne country would be equal to its present production , employment would be more constant , and the manufacturing power of the country would be more steadily brought Into action than now . I cannot look with indifference to the situation of that large portion ofthe pe- pie of whom some have said that they seem only born to work , to eat , to sleep , and to die ( cheers ); nnd in my opinion it is the duty of the State as much as possible to take care that the labouring classes are , in the first place , made aware ofthe doctrines of their religion ; in the next , that they should be able to cultivate domestic habits and

      affections ; and in the third place , that they should look upon the law and the government as their protectors from undue , because unnecessary , inflictions . I confess I do not see how those objects have been attained , or that they are likely to be attained as long as the hours of labour for young persons are permitted to b » protracted as they have been hitherto . I cannot conceive how a girl , say of fourteen years of age , after having been employed twelve or more hours In a factory , coming home weary and exhausted , unable to do anything hut rest in order to be ready for the toils of the next day , can be brought up so as to make either a good wife or a good mother . ( Cheers . ) Therefore , although I confess there it risk , I am willing to incur that risk in the hope of improving the character and elevating the condition of tbe people . If I am mistaken in my view , I can only act upon the principle which , after the most serious consideration , appears tome wise , prudent .

      and proper . I am , therefore , ready to go into a committee on this bill ; and when you , Mr Speaker , have left the chair , I am prepared to vote for a clause restricting the hours of labour to eleven ; in that shape I wish the measure to be passed ; for while it gives considerable advantages to young persons , it will prove that this house is disposed to do everything it can for the p romotion of the welfare and happiness of so large and valuable a portion of her Majesty ' s subjects . ( Cheers . ) The house then went into committee . Oa clause two ( the Ten Hours' clause ) coming up , Viscount Morpeth intimated that he would vote that it be expnngedfrom the bill . On the motion that this clause stand part ofthe bill , the committee divided , and ihe numbers were—For the clause ... 114 Against it GG

      Majority for clause 87 The announcement was received with loud cheers . The other clauses were then agreed to ; and the house resumed amid much cheering . The report was ordered to he brought up on the 21 st of April . The house then adjourned . THURSDAY , Mabch 18 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The royal assent was given , by commission , to the Consolidated Fund ( £ 18 , 000 , 000 ) Bill and the Labouring Poor ( Ireland ) Bill . HOC " .- ? E OF COMMONS . —Dr Bowsing moved for a copy of the continuation of Ihe correspondence on the subject of quarantine law . The hon . gentleman supported his motion by an elaborate statement designed to show that the plague was not contagious , and that quarantine regulations are inefficient as a protection against it . Mr Home seconded tbe motion , —Agreed to .

      Ikish Absentees . —Mr W . S . O'Brien then moved , 11 That , inasmuch as the non-rcsiilence ef landed propi ietors in Ireland is one of the causes of social disorganization iu that kingdom , it is expedient to impose a ( charge by way of special assessment , in aid of local objects of an useful nature , upon tbe estates of nbstn . tee proprietors , with a view to m . ike some compensation for the evils resulting from their non-residence . " In supporting this motion , the honourable gentleman controvorted , at some length , the proposition put forward by Mr M'Culloch ani others , that absenteeism was not prejudicial to Ireland , and maintained that that country paid virtually to England an annual tribute equal to the amount withdrawn from it by absentees , which was estimated by some at no less than four millions a year , or nearly one-third of the whole rental of the country . Mr . Tditb seconded the motion .

      After some debate , the house divided , when the motion was rejected , the numbers being 19 to 70 . Mr . Ormsbt GoEEtlun moved for a select committee to inquire into the necessity for the removal of Smithfield Market , as a nuisance in the centre of the British metropolis , to some appropriate site comprising an area of not less than twelve acres , and the establishment of abattoirs in the vicinity of London . After some conversation the motion was agreed to . Rajah of Sattaba . —Mr Hume moved for returns of papers connected with the case of the Rajah of Sattara , Mr Hume , howevtr , withdrew part of his motion , and the remainder was agreed to . LordJIoKPETH brought in a bill for tho better drainage of towns . The other business on the paper was then disposed of , and the house adjourned .

      ' From our Third Edition of last week . ) FRIDAY , Mabcb 12 . Lord Brougjiah presented a petition from Blackburn , complaining ofthe influx of Irish paupers into England , whereby the ratepayers of this country had very heavy burdens imposed upon them . He said that the Irish landlords wtro in the habit of paying half-n-crown a head for the shipment of Irish paupers to this country . Several Peers emphatically denied this statement , but Lord BaooQHAM persisted in the truth of what he had aid . No business of importance was transacted .

      FRIDAY , March 12 . POOR RELIEF BILL ( IRELAND ) . —On going into committee on the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , Lord J . Russell said , that whilst the government had agreed that there should be an amount of ten thousand tons of food always in storo where there were no regular markets in Ireland , they had firmly declined to undertake the feeding of the people by a constant importation of provisions ; that whilst tbey had likewise agreed that £ 50 , 000 should be laid out in the purchase of seed , they had steadily refused to undertake the sowing or cultivation of the land ; and that whilst they also had agreed to propose some additional assistance to the destitute emigrants on their way from Quebec to Montreal , they had refused to bring forward any large scheme of emigration . Haling set forth and

      defended these gsneral principles , the noble lord proceeded to g ive an account of the amount of m » ney expended and the number of men employed on the relief works . In September and October last the sum expended was £ 54 , 000 ; in November , £ 298 , 000 ; in December , £ 515 , 000 ; in January , £ 7315 , 000 ; in February , £ 911 , 141 ; independent of the commissariat and the ' other regular public departments . The number of men employed during the week ending the Cth February was G 15 . 035 ; the week ending tbe 13 th February , 605 , 715 ; the week ending the 20 th February , GG 8 . 749 ; the week ending the 27 th February , 708 , 228 . Such was the magnitude of the efforts made to . meet the calamity . But while , up to the present , the government had felt themselves bound to continue the relief works on this vast

      scale , they were not insensible to the evils that necessarily arose out of such a system . It was impossible to manage such multifarious works with proper regularity ; advantage was taken by persons employed on task-work to give inefficient and inadequate labour : the labourers evinced a disposition to refuse the employment offered by private persons . The government had , therefore , determined to reduce tie number of persons employed ou the relief works as rapidly as pofsihle , and th » Irish Secretary bad written a letter to the Loid Lieutenant to that effect , and also that no further presentments should be made , unless on special grounds , Iu couseqnence of this letter notice had been given that on Saturday , the 2 « th of March , the number of labourers employed on relief public works shall be reduced not less than twenty per cent . ; and that further

      reductions should follow until the uew system of relief shall come into operation . The government trusted that this measure would enable farmers to procure labourers and to go on with the cultivation ofthe land , lt was not proposed to extend to Ireland those parts of the English Poor L-iw derived from the old Poor Law , which were liable to abuse ; but it was propesed that tho workhouse test should be applicable in the first instance , and should the workhouses ba full , that out-door relief should nevertheless be given to tho able-bodied destitute . He btlieved that we were on tho eve of great changes in tho social condition of Ireland , and he would despair of the beneficial working of this or any of the oth « bills , unless he felt convinced that class would no longer ho arrayed against class , and clergy against clergy , » a "i past times . A protracted discussion ensued In which Mr . Stafford

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      O'Brien , Mr . P . Scrope , Mr Gregory , Mr . D . Browne , Captain Batcson , Sir W . Moleswortb , Mr . Shaw , Mr , EIHce , and Sir B . Hall took part , after which , the debate was adjourned until Monday , The Drainage of Land Bill was reported , some amcntlmints made , the maximum of any one loan fixed at the sum of £ 10 , 000 , as proposed by Sir T amts Graham , and tbe house adjourned .

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      MANSION-HOUSE .-. THK British Meruit Emiobanow Association . —The Lord Mayor received recently a letter from a clergyman , requesting his lordship ' s advice upon a subject of considerable interest and importance to several poor and industrious people in the parish in which the reverend gentleman officiated . His lordship ' s correspondent wished to bo informed whether a society designated as above , and addressing tha public Irom 141 , Leadenhall-strcet , London , possessed such a character as would justify a recommendation to his parishioners to embrace the terms of its pro » pectus , which professed to have " the object to render assistance , and form a fund to enable the comparatively poor and needy to emigrate on the most p hilanthropic and benevolent principles . " Immediately upon receiving the letter , the Lord Mayor

      proceeded to make inquiries in Lon ilon and different parts of the country , as to tbe responsibility of tbe partita who appeared to be principally engaged in the association . His lordship , on Saturday , remarked that , from inquiries hehadmade , he was bound to say that the association was otk > IvAo wM « h ye ^ bi % \\ w \& * wt « v with great caution . Tie solic itor to the association said , there were several most resp ctable references which were calculated to show that the institution was a & onayWeone , and that the committee of directors , who were to guarantee the protection of all emigrants sent to Texas , were of unquestionable integrity and henour . The Lord Mayor declare '! , that he could not see to whom tho persons who might be induced to emigrate were to look for security . There was no name in the prospectus at all known to the

      mercantile community of London , and to whom wereindlvidualstolookforlue proper application ofthe £ 2 , 500 to be placed , as the prespectus stated , in the Bank of England , and to form a ground for a loan of £ 25 to each emigrant f The gentlemen alluded to as responsible were not tangible . They were beyond the juriidiction of this country . The solicitor to the association intimated that it would be unressonnblo to draw an inference SO injurious to the project from the mere evidence of a small beginning He had himself once been engaged in an insurance company , which in commsneing was not able to pay any one , and it was , at the present time , flourishing . The Lord Mayor repeated , that he felt it to be an imperative duty upon him to denounce publicly , schemes for which there appeared t .. be no substantial support .

      On Wednesday , Lieut . Lean waited upon the Lord Mayor , and affirmed what his lordship had stated in connexion with the above society , adding that thu projectsof emigration for Texas had not neaped the notice of Her Majesty ' s commissioners , who had issued the following cltcuhr' . — " Caution respecting Emigration to Texas . —Emigrants are warned that her Majesty ' s vice-consul at Galveston , in a despatch , dated Jan . 6 last , states that from the experience of a six years ' residence in Texas , he dots not hesitate to pronounce that certain statements which

      have recently appeared respecting the salubrity of the climate , the fertility of tbe soil , and the richness of the mineral productions of Texas are greatly cxag gerated , and that there is a melancholy evidence of the fact in the misery suffered by many of the emigrants attached to the German Emigration Associations . He further expresses a conviction that if British subjects should be induced to emigrate to Texss , they will probably en counter sickness and destitution , —By order of her Majesty ' s colonial land and emigration commissioners , S , Waucott , Secretary . "

      Captain Lean observed that it must be highly satisfactory to his lordship to be assured that numbers of persons prrparing to run the hazard of emigration to Texas had , in consequence of his vigilance , and praiseworthy interference , alttred their determination to break up their homes upon so dangerous a speculation . The Lord Mayor said he felt it to be bis duty to obtain the most accurate information before be uttered a word upon the suiject ; but having heard of the nature and character ofthe association , he did not for a moment hesitate to denounce it . Since the above statement , his lordship has received several letters confirmatory of the result of his inquiries ,

      Assault in a Gambling-hodse . —On Thursday Abraham Myers was charged with having violently assaulted a man named Myers . The complainant said that the defendant walked into the divan kept by the complainant and asked for his son , who happened to be there , and immediately struck him ( complainant ) in tlio face , dragged down the gas apparatus , and wrenching the banisters , acted with the fury of a madman . Solomon Hart bore evidence to the assault , Mid in answer to a question , as to whether gambling was carried on in the premises , swore there never was the least gambling in tho house ; nothing at all but cigars and coffee . The gentlemen might sometimes play drafts , but never gambled ; it would not be allowed . The Lord Mayor : Defendant , how can you answrr this accusation ? Defendant ; Unfortunately , my lord , I have a son , whom

      these people have been destroying in their villnnous den . 1 went there last night , and managed to get through the three doors which shut in a room where several persons were playing at bnzird , and my son actually hid the dice-box in his hand . I at once snatched the dice , and then the complainant and -the witness struggled with me , and sot tliem from me , and pushed me fgainst the banisters , which snapped with my weight . My son lost there , a night or two before , upwards of two sovereigns ; and my object was to get him away , and to secure tbe dice . My appearance there caused great confusion , for I pushed into the room before thtre was time to ring the alarm-bell . There Is a square-table in the room covered with green baize , and under It fhere is a flannel . The draft-board is kept

      merely as a blind , They were all playing hazard . Solomon Hart was again culled by the Lord Mayor . The Lord Mayor ; Was there any playing with dice *—Solomon : No such thing . I never saw dice in the house in my life . ( Laughter . )—The Lord Mayor : Let the defend , ant ' s son be sworn . New , young m : in , what were you about when your father went into the divan ?—Benjamin Mayers ( son of the defendant ) : I bad tbe dice in my hand , and a set of us were sitting round the table playing hazard . —The Lord Mayor : How was this mischief done ?— Witness : All the people jumped over the table to get out ofthe house , and I tried as well as the rest . My father was knocked against the banisters , and they gave way , —The Lord Mayor : I dismiss the case , and I shall endeavour to prevent you from pursuing this vil . lainous system .

      GUILDHALL . —The "Parcel Post" Bubble . —Mr . Aldhouse , one of the superintendents of the Parcel Post Company , a concern started about a month ago , to deliver parcels , with the punctuality of the post , for only Id ., attended on Saturday lo solicit advice . The direc tors had resigned ; the rro . litors , or assumed creditors , were seizing the carts and horses in the streets , nnd it was , therefore , unsafe to send out about 1 , 000 parcels , which had been collected from the 600 receiving-houses . Yet their non . delivery might be most inconvenient to persons leaving London . Mr . Aldhouse feared that , if be sent tho parcels out , if they were not seized by the creditors , they would be embezzled and detained by the guards uud drivers , who bad deposited £ 10 each on taking their places , and would detain the parcels by way

      of security for repayment . He was anxious the public should have their paresis . —Sir Wm . Magnay and Sir P . Laurie commended their caution , and recommended that he should send the parcels to the original Parcels Deli , very Company . As the 600 tradesmen who keep rect mughouses are responsible to the public f <> r a number ot parcels which are missing , it was recommended that they , together with the servants of the company who had deposited cash by way of security , should meet and enforce the settlement with the sufferers , or indemnity from the directors , while they have property which can be reached . It appeared the company was * etiu motion by about £ 2 , 000 , collected from persons who sought em . ployment under it ; and who , no doubt , will lose the hard-earned savings of years .

      Mr Gough , the late secretary attended on Tueiday , and said he wished to make a counter-statement relating to the affairs of that company , many of the representations that were made being without any foundation . It had been said tho directors had withdrawn one after the other from the company , whereas be could state that it was not true . There were nino directom , and up to the present time five had retired , in consequence he supposed , of being unaile to pay up the rest of their sharesnamely , .- £ 215 , to make up £ 250 , £ 35 having been ad . vanced . In consequence of this there were only four directors left , who found themselves left in ihe awkward predicament of being thrust into tbe situation of pro .

      prietors instead of directors , but who st' * had not shrunk from their responsibility , and were prepared to settle with the men . The directors were highly respectable parties , with upwards of £ 10 , 000 . Another assertion lie wished to contradict , which was that the carts , tic ., had been mortgaged for £ 1 , 200 before they wert in the possession of the company , there not being ono word of truth in the statement ; anil , finally the men employed had not deposited near half tbe sum of money that had been stated in the reports . Alderman Sidney was glad to hear there was some chance of a fair settlement , and , be had no doubt , the press would act as fairly in giving Mr . Cough's statement publicity as they had done those of thd other parties .

      WOltSHIP-STREET . —Extraordinary . Robbery ot £ 000 worth of Silk . —On Monday , John Thomas Petldcr , porter in the employ of Mr Mercer , a silk merchant , was charged with having been concerned in stealing two bales of silk from his master ' s warehouse , in Chapel Court , Spitalfields . Mr Mercer said the prisoner hud been five years in his service as porter , nnd had the care of his warehouse in Chapel-court , but resided elsewhere , and no person lived upon the premises , although complainant himself had a bed there , and slept there occasionally . He went away as usual ut four o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , and left the prisoner , whom he expected to shut up about five o ' clock , and to have the warehouse ready for him at nine o ' clock in the morning . The prisoner kept the key , and complainant himself bad a duplicate key , and was in the habit of going to the warehouse unknown to the prisoner on Sunday mornings , to make an inspection . Last Sunday morning he went about ten o ' clock , and obtained admission without any difficulty , and found tho counting-house and front premises safe « , b \* t yvowtt y afterwards observed that a

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      door leading from the back warehouse into tbeyard was open . There were bolts and a lock as fastenings , The yard was surrounded by a wall twelve feet high , in which there was a door opening into a public thoroughfare , hut he saw that the bar was across the door , and a padlock in the staple as usual , On examination of the warehouse , in which there were bales of silk of the value of about £ ,, 000 , he missed two , weighing COOIbs ., of or , ; anzlne silk , and worth £ 90 C , property which be had seen there safe on the Saturday afternoon . He immediately went in a c » b to the prisoner ' s residence in Mansfield-street , Kingsland-road . The prisoner , ho said , was verypale at tho sight of him , and became much agitated when informed thai the warehouse had been robbed . Hod n « suspicion then of the prisoner , but took him back

      with him in the cab to the warehouse , and sent him to the neighbouring police station for assistance , and afterwards gave him into custody on suspicion . The prisoner took copious notes of the evidence given by tbe complainant , whom he cross-examined very ably . The complainant admitted , io reply , that there was a quantity of plate in tbe upper part ofthe premises , of which the prisoner had the care , besides money in and upon the desk in the counting-house , and other property , which he might have appropriated , if dishonest . Sergeant Jubb , 8 II , said he was at the station-house , in Chapel-yard , on Sunday forenoon , when the prisoner came and informed bim that Mr Mercer ' s warehouse in Chapel-court , had been robbed of £ 1 , 000 worth of silk . He went immediately with the prisoner to examine the premises . The prisoner

      led him through the door from the warehouse into the yard , and mounting the steps to tbe door in the high wall , exclaimed , "Here is where thay got in ; this padlock is broken . " The sergeant himself , however , proceed to examine the padlock which was in the staple , and found that it was broken , but was quite sure thai the fracture was not very recent , and the prisoner then aid that the boy Alfred , lie remembered , had told him some days ago that the padlock was broken , but . he for . jot to mention it for which he was very sorry . The inspector added , as was also stated by the complainant , that the dust upon tbe wall and the yard had not been disturbed , and the door in the wall being found barred , it was

      evident that the bales of silk , even if thrown out , that they must have been lifted over the wall , twelve feet high , which he conceived to be quite out ef the question with property of such weight and bulk . There was no appearance offeree anywhere else about the premises , and tbe result of his inspection was a perfect conviction in his mind , that the only entry had been through the front door . The prisoner as appeared from a letter found on him , had been . seeking other employment . Mr . Broughton said it certainly was very mysterious how such property could have been convoyed away , but at present there was no evidence against the prisoner , whom he therefore discharged .

      Pig ' s Head Evidence On Monday Samuel Palmer was charged with having stolen a piece of"beef and half a pig ' s head , in Whitecbapel Market . The prisoner was * een by a boy ' collaring" a piece of beef which lay upon a bosrd , and was followed and taken Into custody and to tho station house , where , upon being questioned , ho said he had just purchased the meat at Newgate Market . The butcher would have given him an opportunity of escape , but that one ofthe police found tied up in a handkerchief in his pocket the half of a pig ' s head , which must have been stolen some time before from the same shop , The double robbery determined the com . plainant to pursue the more diiagreeable course . The prisoner—As sure as I am a living man , my lord , I bought both tho beef and the half-head in Newgate Market of a man that hawks about cheap wittles . Lord Mayor ( to the prosecutor)—Have you got any evidence

      as to the pig ' s head ? Butcher—I did not know it wa > - my property till I went buck and found the other half in the shop , and as I had cut it in two myself I knew it immediately . You see , my lord ( producing the other half and clapping both together ) , how nicely they match . ( Laughter . ) Just look at that bone , your lordship , how it tits in where it was smashed , and don't the animal's jaws look as if tbe breath was coming out of them ? ( Laughter . ) Lord Mayor—What have you now to say prisoner 1 How does it happen that you bought thehal ' of the pig ' s head in Newgate Market , when the other hall wasljingin the prosecutor ' s shop in Whitechnpell Prisoner—Why , my lord , the man I bought it of goes round nil the markets , and picks up everywhere , so htmight have called iu aud bought the halt head he sold to me ; but please you , my lord , pigs is so much like each other in the face , that a man must be a good judge to know one half of a head from another . I'm blest if ever

      I knew one pig from another from looking in their faces , and I ' ve seen a good many in mv time . ( Laughter . ) Tbe Lord Mayor tttld the prisoner his Ingenuity should not avail him , and sent bim to Bridewell for a month . SOUTHWARK , —Attempted Soicide . —On Monday-Mr , John Sears , the proprietor of an extensive China and glass warehouse , in Blackmau-street , was charged with having attempted to commit suicide . Policeman 78 11 stated , that while on duty that morning in Blackmanstreet , hearing cries of murder from Mr Sears' premises he went in , and on entering tbe parlour , found Mrs Sears holding her husband , who was making the most violent exertions to extricate himself from her . Policeman perceiving that Mr Sears had cut his throat in two places , from which the blood was flowing , and that an open

      razor was lying on the floor near the spot , secured him at once from inflicting further injury upon himself , and conveyed him to the station-house . Previously , bowever , to going there , the defendant expressed his regret that he had not succeeded in his object , and added that although he was restrained from it then he should do it t ft ' ectually before long . Mrs Sears attended and stated that ubout two years ago her husband's house in the London-road was burnt down , and upwards of £ 2 , 000 worth of property , which was not insured , was totally destroyed . Since that event he had exhibited much mental depression , but would not permit her to call in medical advice . On tbe preceding night ho slept with a carving knife under bis pillow , although she endeavoured to dissuade him from it . His reason for doing so was to use t in case he should be disturbed throughout the night . When be rose from bud that morning ho manifested rnudh impatience of temper , and he suddenly entered tho room where she was sitting with an open razor in his

      hand , and drew it across his throat before she had time to prevent him . He was about to repeat the act , when she rushed upon hint , and succeeded in disarming him of the weapon but not before he had inflicted a second slight wound in his throat . The defendant , who seemed more composed in his mind when brought before the magis . trnte , said that bis misfortunes in business in the London-road preyed upon his mind and disordered his intellects , otherwise he never would have attempted such an act . Mr Cottingbam said the defendant made a very determined attempt at self-destruction , and that to prevent a repetition of such an act , he should adjudge him to find two sureties of £ 50 each , or be committed for two months . The defendant ' s wife expressed a desire to procure the required sureties immediately to tffect his liberation , but thti magistrate advised ber not to do so , but to let him remain in gaol until . efforts were made to obtain his admission into an asylum , where by care aud attention he would be restored to the use of his reason .

      THAMES . —James Reld , who was formerly a licensed shipping agent , was charged before Mr Yardley , upon an information exhibited by Mr Coleman , clerk to theR * - gistrar-General of seamen , with engaging a seaman to liter on board a merchant-ship , he not being duly licensed to do » o by thu Board of Trade , by which he had incurred a penalty not exceeding £ 20 . MrPelhani stated the case for the prosecution , which he said was instituted by the Board of Trade , under the " Act for the Protection of Seamen entering on board merckant- 'hips . " The Board were determined to see that useful law enforced , and to protect seamen from imposition , and for that purpose were determined to piosecute all unlicensed persons who hired seamen fir merchant vessels . The defendant was formerly licensed tor one year , but on the licensing day , in January last , tho Board , for certain reasons , declined to renew '< is license ; but , notwiih . standing , he still continued to carry on his business .

      He was w / irned of the consequences . He again petitioned the Board , ami his licence was again refused , ' anil as he disregarded repeated wai-niii ;* , this proceeding came necessary . Charles Beaumont a British registered seaman , was then called , and he stated that on the 25 th February last he was unit by Hell , ia Ratcliffe-highway , who asked him if he wanted a ship , and upon replying in the affirmative , he was taken on board the Mary , iu tbe St . Cituariue ' a Dock , where he signed the ship ' s articles . Keid was sitting at the table , and said to tbe captain , " I have shipped this man . " Reid acted as shipping master for the whole of the crew , and received their regi-, f-r tickets , which ho delivered to the captain . Beaumont further said that be was hindered from pursuing the voyage by illness . After further evidence , Mr Yardley convicted tho defendant in tho penalty of £ 5 and costs , and in default of payment he would be committed for two months .

      MARYLEBONE . — Robbery . _ On Tuesday , John Gibbs was charged with having stolen two greatcoats , one lined throughout with table of the most expensive description , valued at £ 45 , from the residence of John Todd , Esq ., Nottingham-place , New-road . Demas Bui . ford , the butler , deposed that on the 30 th of January , the prisoner called at the house , saying he was directed to ask for some linen which was to be taken te Argyllstreet , Witness went upstairs to speak to his mistress , who knew nothing at all about the matter , and on his return he found that the prisoner and the two coats had vanished from the hall . Sergeant Harri- on , 11 D , stated that on the 17 th ultimo , the prisoner and three others

      were charged with picking pockets , and upon that occasion he took down the butler , who at once identified him ( prisoner ) as being the person who had asked for the linen alluded to . He was convicted by the magistrate , nnd sentenced to one mouth ' s imprisonment , and yesterday , immediately upon his being liberated , he ( Harrison ) apprehended him for the offence now alleged to against him , Tbe prisoner denied all knowledge of Ihe robbery , and said that he was an entire stranger to the west end ofthe town , The sergeant remarked that neither of the coats had yet been met with , and added , that a great many robberies of a similar nature bad taken place . The prisoner was remanded .

      BOW-STREET . —Post . Office Rorberv On Tuesday , Alfred Trijig , was finally examined before Mr J u- - dine , on a ehavg » of stealing a letter addressed to Mr . Hayes , of Henrietta-street , and conta ining a cheque for £ 1 S . The gentleman who forwarded the cheque attended to prove that it was i » his handwriting ; aud this . completedtbBeviucnos against him . Tht > prisoner was then farther charged with having rctuine . il certain otliev letters , which had been entrusted to him for delivery . He was oommltted for trial an both charge ? ,

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      CLERKENVfELL . - Viotwr Assault -TT ^ Burniditti was charged b y Miss Eliza Hester with 2 ing committed a violent assault , by which , h „ v ' serious y injured . The defendant nnd complalnnn , «!** ttm . since became acquainted , a mutual attschm ^ existed between them , and a correspondence cs , 5 ' with honourable views until aboutfive months « omS * inconsequence of some conduct on the part of th , ?" fendnnt , she was induced to repuls-his overtures « l ? t " cxcittdhls he , and he , defendant , nnd the men ' in ! employ , were in the constant habit of watching for h , the street , and annoying her in ever way . Since she l , 5 rejected bis addresses , he formed another attachment f Rebecca Clarke , a friend and companion of complain ! 7 ivho had also repulsed the defendant , for similar rea , 0 to those assigned by Miss Hester , and hearing that a fendanthad traduced her ( Miss Clarke ' s ) Character

      mursaay last , sue went , accompanied by Miss Hester t defendant ' s house , to remonstrate with him , when h rushed apon them , violently struck Miss Clarke , called Miss Hester vile names , struck her severel y on tit ' s Ch t swore he would murder her , and , seizing her round th waist , lifted her up , nnd attempted to throw her o ' the area railings , but was lukily prevented doing 8 o ^ Miss Clarke , who went to her assistance . Miss Ili . jt ' became insensible , and had ever since been 111 under trf of called Miss

      care a surgeon . He El ' za Hester who an pearedto be very mueh indisposed , nnd in so weakly a " state that she was supported to a chair near the bench to give evidence . She added that she went in fearand danger of her life from the defendant . Misi Clarke con firmed her testimony . —LetitiaHutchins deposed that tba complainant had had leeches applied to hgr chest and she was to have half a-dozen more that night . ' jr . Greenwood convicted defendant in the penalty of 40 s . and costs , and ordered him to find bail to keep the peace for

      two months , GREENWICH . —FEtoNi—IIenry Cornish and Jan , Gale , charged with appropriating £ 05 in Bank of Esgland notes , the property of Miss Martha Powell , of Victual . ling Office-row , Deptford , were brought up for final exa . mination . After hearing witnesses , Mr Jeremy ? aifl there had been no evidence adduced to shew that the fe . male prisoner had a guilty knowledge of the robbery . She would , therefore , bt discharged at once . The mala prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate for trial , and the witnesses bound over in £ 10 each to give evidence .

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      The Murder at Dkrbt . —On Thursday , at the Derby Assizes , James Cross , 51 , charged with tho murder of Ann his wile ; and with ' cutting and wounding Mrs . Osborne ( a neighbour ) , was p laced on his trial and acquitted on the ground of insanity . Tie judge ordered tho prisoner to be confined during her Majesty ' s pleasure . Government Education . —A meeting of upwards of 10 , 000 person ^ was held at the Coloured Cloth Hall , Leeds , on Wednesday last , the Mayor in the chair . The meeting was called in opposition to tl \ s Government plan . An amendment in support of the p \ an was moved by MrStansfield . and supported by Dr Honk . The amendment was lost . The original resolutions were adopted . The meeting lasted " five hours .

      Lmicratiok . —Cork . —The tide rolls on , increasing in strength and numbers as the season advances . The streets and quays here are literally swarminff with legions of emigrants , chiefly from the counties of Meath , Westmcaih , and Roscommon , mostly o { the comfortable class of farmers , flying from their native country as though it were smitten with a plague . So gre . it aro the numbers leaving one county alone ( Westmeatli ) , that an additional boat lor their accommodation has been put on by the directors of the Royal Canal , as the packet and fir boats were unable to meet the demands of the people seeking a passage . ExTF . ssivK KoBBERT . —On Monday information was received by the police that on the 13 th inst ., as a gentleman was leaving a banking house in Castlestreet , Liverpool , he had his pocket picked of a pocket book containing Bank of England Notes to the value of £ 750 .

      Destructive Firk , —Atp-LOTO , March 14 . —A most awful fire broke out this afternoon , about four o ' clock , owing to a chimney taking fire in a very populous part of the town , which is chiefly inhabited by poor persons . Upwards of thirty cabins have been burned to the ground ; and were it not for the unexampled exertion of the military of tho garrison , it is dreadful to contemplate what might have been the result . Close of the Trial op the Twentv-eioht R » bbkri . —The ' Gazette des Tribunaux' of the Hth , contains the conclusion of the trial of the twenty , oiyht robbers before the Assize Court ofthe Seine . Twelve have been discharged , one sentenced to the galleys for twenty years , live for ten years , two for fifteen years , one for twelve years , onet ' orei » htyears , three for six years , two for fire years , and one for five years to prison .

      Destructive Fire at HowDunt Hail , —On iVednesday , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , a destructive fire broke out at tho ancient manorial residence of F . Polhill , Esq ,, M . P ., a few years back in the occupation of the ptescnt Duke of Marlborough , at Renhold , north-east of Bedford . The house was unoccupied and unfurnished , and the books removed , but tho spacious entrance hall , drawing room , housekeeper ' s room , bachelor s room , and library , with a creat number of bed rooms , comprising the left wing , have been burnt to the ground , nothing remaining but the stacks of chimnius , with small portions of wall attached to them .

      FRANCE . —A Mketixg Invaded by Police . —Last Sunday evening a number of Germans , tesiding in Paris , were assembled for the purpose of discussion , when the pulice , to the number of fifty , invaded the house , ordering them to disperse , compelling each person to give his name , threatening them with the penalti s of Louis Philippe ' s paternal administration should 1 } they vcnlure to meet again ; at the same time hinting to the landlord that , should u like assembly he found in his house , at any future he would be subjected to a fine of 800 franc , Such are the blessings of middle-class government !

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      ( From the Gazette ot Tuesday , March 1 C . ) R . Saw . Hammersmith , erocor and cheesemonger— W . Round , Hammersmith , groter and cheesemonger-J . Joyce , Wanvick-lane , City , eorn dealer , and wagnon-offiee keeper—J . 6 . fennell , Kiii R street , Ilolborn , child-bed . linen , Rcrlin wool , and perfumery dealer-C . Jartlint , BasiiiL'hall-street , woollen warehouseman — K . I ' arker , New Inn-yard , Old Bailey , earrier—P . Kesteven , Camden , street , Camdeii-towii , builder—G . Hilton , Ilitlie , Kent , grocer-II . II . B . Paull , 1 'eckham , Surrey , lodginshouso keeper— IV . / rnywani , Ashford , Kent , buleher-J . tintstead , Radclifte , near Manchester , cotton manufacturer —J . Nosworthy , Manchester , stockbroker—J . Winder , Salford , bleacher — II . Booth , J . Booth , and T . Mouth , Ilnughtoti , Lancashire , hat manufacturers—O . Goodwia nnd T . Goodwin , Burslem , Staffordshire , druggists-t . Oibson , Castle Bromwich . Warwickshire , grazier—T . Walkden , Mansfield , Nottinghamshire , scrivener-R . Glover and F . Glover , Leeds , dvers-Ulizabeth Bnrra . Cheltenhmn , Iooginghouse-kecper—J . Harvey , Liskeard , Cornwall , assaycr—J . Ingham , Liverpool , merchant .

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      CORN EXCHANGE , March 13 . Mark Lane . —At this morning ' s market , there was \ ajrain a small show of wheat by land-carriage samp '" ' from the . humi- counties , snd scarcely any fresh arrivals i coastwise . The favourable change which the weather r has undergone since Saturday bad some influence on the e trade , and there was certainl y less disposition to buy than » at the close of last week .

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      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Richmond ( Yorkshihb ) Cobn Market , Saturday . -Wo e had a tolerable supply of grain this morning . ff , icat il sold from 9 s . to Us . ; oats , 3 s . 4 d . to 4 s . 6 d . ; barley . J . 6 s . 3 d . to Gs . fid . ; beans , Cs . fid . to 7 s per bushel . Manchester Corn Exchange , Saturday . —So vans- ation has occurred in the corn trade during the week iB its ireneral character being as before—firm and steady , but mt not active . Liter pool Corn Market , Tuesday . —Since tins ilav jv se ' miiglit , th * arrivals have been lanfe , both from .-. bruao ao and coast wise , » tul tho trade inconsequence has been in ia a very tranquil state , wheat being without alteration . Leeds Cv-rn Exchange , Tuesday . —The rt -nort ™ : ea arrival of grain to-day is small , but there is a fair fhiWovf from vessels near at hind . Barley is fully as d 01 * ' - : > r-Oats and shelling , as well as beans , steady . Liverpool Cotton Market , Tuesday . —The market ket continues in the same depressed state as last week , a"JmJ the arrival of the Boston steamer on Tuesday , with « : M " counts of large recei pts at the cotton ports , and a R enoM -ra decline iu the American markets , has produced audi lwwwiU flatness . Newcastlb . ufon . Ttnh Corn Market , Saturday .- ** - *" our market this morning , we had a large show of > vh « v >»" trom the growers , for whieh a steady sale was experieiiceaiceti , ! , at an advance of Is per quarter .

      Birth —Recently, At Brundish, Suffolk, T...

      Birth —Recently , at Brundish , Suffolk , the wife ofe ol Mr R . Garrard , of a son , being tha rifth g « nera ! iott- K II has two grandmothers , thrcegreat grandmothers , aedenaen * great-great grandmother ; the latter of whom is i » P ° P ° " session of all her faculties , and not a little elevated Sed a » her singular position . Died—Lately , at Llnndyrrydog . Anglesaa , ngsil &' i % ^' Robert Owen , slater , late of B . idedern . Willu ' n a ^ k " months of his death he- was able to acecuvp li » , ' » n , ' ' arduous task of walking twenty miles per day , and "M n !! in possession of bis fjcultws to the last . On the 3 rd of March . James \ Ynttwnrk . © 6 RtaB » loWl > loWl ; 1 Carlisle , aged 78 ycai's . The deceased left » n a ^ a ? txn » s for this lnsb tUiriy-ni " J vafe >' ' ; Ho was lather Wjohu Wall work , weaver ntlferrinK ^^^^' ha was graudiitflu-r to thv <* e , nnd jneat jrandfa tlu' lima t four boy .-. Ha- lived rosnected nnd died l amented .

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      , w tne snnie Street and ftu-ish , for "' v V ' ,. V , yneioy , mwous O'CQ ^ NOH , Bsq ., and ynbHbl ^ bv William Hewitt , o ? J {* . \ 8 , Clmvk- » - & we « > b J > "JJ «\ w-strect , WaAwortrt , In tho parish of SI . M » vy . » vy . « ins ten , in tho Ceunti ef Surrey , at tli- > OlViee , mv , > oa Great WUdnsilUuvet , Hnyaiarkot , in iiit > . 0 ity ^« ^«* TOUwUv . Saturday March 20 Ui , 1317 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20031847/page/8/