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      of barrel-organ , and chorus of all ages , sexes , and conditio-b , a ** whieh is destined to live in the annals of re generated Italy . 1 KKO Dl GCEKR A THE NEW ITALIAN ITALIAN © . MARSEILLAISE . Guerra ! Gains ! w «! War ! Let the shout Snll' Itala ttrra Ring throughout Di Vittoria Lesgth snd breadth Grandt « ' U veiUlo . Ot this land that is ItalyV . E del' angel Oar fl « g , your dark eagle

      Di Hone lo tquillo Shall flout ; Che cbi desta And death and the devil , All iosulto stranier . Itg fit allies ' . Suerra J Guerre J For the land of each Muse , Per l'ltala terra , Art , and Song ; Per la madte For the old Soigiamao redenti . Bright abode of the happy Nine ; Oh ' . nel pagao 'Wield the weapon ! Di liberti genti Arras spring for the strong Ogna renca While an eak cudgel S un acciaro gucrrier . Grows upon Apennine ! ii . ii

      . •*• Via le rose ! Le &^ e to fr . r lands Forii Itale spose , The wea ving of garlands . Fur * d ' infsmia ttssute Maids and wives E d ' oltraggio . Of the land they would trample ; D ^ ll i terra che teaote For the bright classic brows Ileerraggio 0 Rime ' s maiden and spouse D-gno serto alls Donna Freedom ' s bead-dress F . U cimitr' . Is ornament ample ! . Ouerra ! gaerra . ! Bat if neele be , ay . well met Sulla' Itula terra That brow and a htlmet ! Di Yittoria EnUsted Grandezzia il vesillo , With legions of freemen , £ del' angel de morte ; Palermo is won ' . lo sauillo . But the deeds that were done Che ci desti Ttll the world All' insulto stranier . What ' s the worth of our women in . in .

      Pera ! pera ! Foreign hordes ! of your swords Quell' orda straniera ! And your swagger Che di prodi Be our laud , ouec for ay , 51 crams del lingue ! Disencumbered ' . U ploral del Lone arrears Lombardo ehe langue , Are itill due to our dagger Sia di mille For the tears Vsadette il forier ! Of our brother the Lombard . Guerra ! guerra I War ! war I let the shout Per l'ltala terra , Bing throughout Per Ia m we The expand of the land Sorgiamo 0 ! ridentf , That is Italy's [ Oh nel pugao , Our flag Di libera gente ; Your dark eagle shall flout , Ogni ronpa And death and the devil , 32 un guerrier I 4 » fit allies !

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      SPEECH OF P . O'CONNOR , ESQ .. M . P .. IN THE HOUSE OF COMVIOXS , OH THURSDAY , THE ISth OF MARCH . Fribkdlt Socitibs . —Mr F . O'CosKos . in rising to move for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the act of 9 and 10 Victoria , c . 27 , entitled , ' An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to Friendly Societies , ' said he wished to ask the right hon . gentlemaa the Home Secretary , whether he had any objection to the introduction of this bill ? Sir G . GRKTsaid , he would consent to the introduction of the bill if the hon . member would show sufficient ground for it .

      MrF . O'CojfKOB then said , tnat he did not wish to introduce a new law , or to extend the present law to the prejudice of any esisting compaaie ? , but on the part of the working classes , who had been baulked of the fruits of the various measures that had been passed for their benefit , he asked far the consent of thehouse to the introduction of this bill . Perhaps it mig ht be imprudent to introduce & novel subject , the principle of which would require considerable developement , at that late hour of the night , and he must , therefore , claim its indulgence while he stated

      sufficient grounds for bringing in the bill , leaving to the house the power to deal with the details in its future stages . The first reading of the bill was looked upon rather ss matter of form , and he trusted that the zeal of the advocate would not damage the interests ef his clients , as he candidly confessed his determination toleave nothing unexplained , but to develope all to the house . ( Hear , hear . ) He waa happy to find the effect that petitions now had upon the Eon-e of Commons , as confessed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who , under their wholesome influence , had

      abandoned his budget ; and he would remind thehouse that he ( Mr O'Connor ) had presented a petition , signed by 208 , 000 individuals , in favonr of his motion , and that several hon . members had presented petitions from different societies of Odd Fellows , and to the protection of which societies his ( Mr O'Connor ' s ) bill would extend . ( Ilear , hear . ) The Land Plan , which he would presently submit to the house , was of a social character , but did not & t all partake of the nature of Socia'ism or Communism . It meant individuality of possession and co-operation of labour —( hear , hear )—and if he was asked to define the results anticipated from the Plan , his answer was—* That , after a quarter of a century ' s continuous political agitation , he discovered that the working

      classes had been invariably used as tools to gain power for political leader * , who promised great social results as the fruit , which , however , they never received . ( Hear , hear . ) The people were always used for the benefit of those who professed to serve them , but always betrayed them . ( Hear , hear . ) He came , therefore , to the conclusion that from a good social state sloneeould a . sound representative system spring . ( Hear , hear . ) He would advert to the three great political triumphs of late years , and he would shop that , although beneficial sbeial results were promised , yetthat additional political influence , conferred upon the leaders , was all the people gained . He would instance—firstly , Emancipation—and » hich , though of a religious character , promised great social bfnefits ; but which , however , was

      carried by political influences , brought to bear on that house—( hear , hear )—and resulted iu the purchase of emancipated leader ? , and the further degradation of the people . ( Hear , hear , snd cheers . ) Next came Reform—with PEACE , RETRENCHMENT , and REFORM , as its motto . ( Laughter . ) Well , tart was carried bypolitical influences , created by large social expectations . Next eame Frea Trade , with its fascinating motto—HIGH WAGES , CHEAP BREAD AND PLENTY TO Do ! ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) From these facts , he argued that no mere political change could ba beneficial to the working classes , if not accompanied by the great social principle , that every man who is willisg to labour should have work found for him of

      the most profitable and remunerating kiad—namely , oa the soil which God created , and g « o to man to live npon in the sweat of his brow . ( Hear , hear . ) Tfcw was his Plan—one which amply remunerated the industrious , and which would make idleness a mme . ( Hear , hear . ) Yep , but give him the means ofemploying all for theirown benefit , and he would consent to a Coercion Bill against willing idlers , { Hear , hear . ) It was an admitted fact , that the first duty of a government was to see to the proper cultivation , and developement of the national reerarcee . ( Hear , hear , ) And he ( Mr O'Connor ) contended , that the proper cultivation of tha soil efthe eoantry should be the primary consideration with all governments , while that employment was the only

      one at which man could apply his own hbour for his own benefit ; in fact , the free labour field was the mint in which the labourer could coin his sweat into exchangeable commodities , by the sale of which ho e ^ uld sup ply himself with the necessaries and even Inxuriessf life—as he { Mr O'Connor ) contended that , above all men , the labourer was entitled te abundance , contentment , and plenty . ( Hear , hear . ) He also contended that every other class . of society , whether commercial , trading , manufacturing , or ehopkeeping , would be materially bentfked , that ir , a well-paid domestic labeir-class would ba better customers than a pauper colony —( hear , hear)—and the shopkeepers would be the greatest gainers . He was sorry not tosee the hon . member for the

      Uni-Teretty of Qsfordvn mspiaoe , as he would have appealed to the religions feelings of that hon . gentleman , by reminding him that man was commanded to eat his bread in the sweat of his brow . He would also appeal to the free trade party , a portion of irhosa doctrine was , that wfcen one channel of industry was closed , another was opened , as if by jaagie . ( Laughter . ) He would also appeal to tha statute law , recently enacted by tbat house—and BllKly , if religion , political economy , and statute law had all confirmed the principle he soughtto establish , hat Christian , economical , legislative assembly would eanction , not only the first reading of his bill bat would vie in its completion He had quoted Ecriplure . he would now quote . political economy , that others

      whenone channel was closed against industry , were opened . This was an absurd fallacy , however , which had gained soma ' little strength by the fact of the railway mania having created a temporary market for _ the dismissed hands from other avocations ; but « hat he ( Mr O'Connor ) wished to establish was the national , and not the artificial , standard for the teeulation of wages—( hear hear )—not-. only had thousands been ^ disnmted . butthe candle was .. burning at both ends , because other countries , grown vfise in their generation , had repudiated reliance neon England , and were manufacturing for themeelves . ( Hear hear . ) Now , add to these facts the other great fact , that machinery was being daily improved , and t & a , every improvement led to an exten-

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      sive dismissal of hands , then he ( Mr O'Connor ) was jestified in demanding that the natural channel should be opened for the employment of all who were disinherited from the artificial market —( hear , hear ) —and it would be no answer to him , nor would the country receive it as an excuse , that the Company which be had founded lor the realisation of these ob jects , did not ceme within the provision of any existing statute . No , he based bJs claim upon higher and more legitimate grounds , upon the grounds that if the genius , the enlightenment , and tha sagacity ot the age , propounded any plan for the advancement of science , the cultivation of resources of tbe country , and the bestowal of reward for industry , that though

      there had previously existed no law to embrace such a society , tbat in such case it becomes the bsunden duty of the House of Commons to enact a new law to embrace tbe new project , as it had enacted laws for the protection of trsde , for the protection of railway speculators . Joint Stock Companies , and other societies . ( Hear , bear . ) This was tho grounds for hia claim for legal protection to the Land Company , even if fuch a project did not come within the provisions of the statute law ; and be trusted that the impression would not be allowed t ' t go abroad , that there was only proti ction ia that house for the property of the rich , and that the spirit of the law was extended to the

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      preservation of their properties , privileges and institutions ; while the back letter of the law wa » stamped upon the undertakings ot the po & r , which had for their object protection for the pence rescued from the gin palace and beer shop , when a profitable market for their savings was opened —( hear , hear)—but , as he would presently show , the law as it n' -w stood , was intended to embrace the Land Company and Odd Fellows Seciety , bad it not been for a capricious construction put upon the words ' ejusdem generis , ' by Mr Justice Wightman , and a quibble founded upon that judgment by tbe Attorney General . But to this branch of tbe subject he would come presently , and having disposed of the question of religion and free trade , he would

      iot coaie to the question of statute law . It would be in the recollection of tbe house that the Gregory clause in the Poor Relief Bill ( Ireland ) , declared that a quarter ot an acre of land was sufficient for the maintenance of a labouring man and his family . ( Heari hear , and a sneer from Mr Morgan John O'Connell . . ) The hon . member for Kerry cheers sneering !? , but will that cheer alter the law , and will he tell me that any man is entitled to relief who is in possession of a quarter an acre of land ? ( cheers ) —or perhaps he may tell me with his usual sentimentality that that amount is intended as a daisy bed , or a flower garden . ( Cheers and laughter ) However , such is the law—such are its results , and as such I adopt it as confirmation of the fact that

      this house in its wisdom has declared that a quarter of an acre of eround is ample for the sustenance of a man and his family , and I use this argument to meet the out door opposition of tbe gentlemen opposite of the economical school of Manchester—( laughter ) —who , in their ignorance of the cap abilities of the soil , have spurned the idea of a man and Bis family living upon the produce of two , three , or even four acres ot land ; but , throwing the quarter-acre statute over board , he would take a still bolder position , and say , whether it be two acres or ten , he had established the principle , and let quantity be one of the details . ( Cheers . ) Then the . onus would lie upon the free traders to declare what was the minimum , and the onus would lie upon bim ( Mr O'Connor ) and

      the working ( lasses to secure that amount for all who preferred the natural state of freedom to fin artificial state of slavery , and he would remind the free trade party that a material item of the free trade principle was , that one could produce as much as three could consume . ( Hear , hear . ) And he ( Mr O'Coanor ) contended that no man who bad ever been born could cultivate one acre to its highest state of perfection , and tbe free trade school should bear in mind , that one of their greatest complaints formerly was , the necessity of exporting their goods in an unfinished state . ( Hear , hear . ) Then if the manufacturers of cotton , of wool , and of flax suffered damage by not being able to secure the profit arising from the perfection of their work , is it not

      selfevident tbat land is as much a raw material aa cotton , wool , or flax , and that its imperfect manufacture is equally & loss to the manufacturer f ( Cheen . ) He would now call tbe attention of the landlords to a startling fact , it wag this—he would ask them to travel north , south , east , or west , and point out to him fifty or even ten acres of land in all England lying together , cultivated so as ( o yield one third of what it is capable of producing . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , then , if that is an admitted fact , and if that anomaly has compelled ns to pay thirty-three millions to other countries in sixteen months for corn that we might profitably have produced at home—( hear , hear , and cheers)—will the landlords of this country , who should be the natural patrons of their

      natural clients , not only consent to a continuance of this state of things , but will they also consent to the payment of over six millions a year in poor rates , to give patronage to a government and to k ? ep up an idle reserve of system-made paupers for capitalists to fall back upon as a means of balancing losses by reductions in wages . ( Cheers . ) Yes , tbat was the question for them to consider , and for the government to consider , as the people had now made up their minds upon the subject . Let no jacobin cry be raised agaiast this plan ; it embraces Whigs , Tories , Chartists and Radicals , and all who wished to be independent ; and their object was honourably to purchase the land in tfee free trade market and not to steal it , but on the contrary , as he would presently

      show , to open a large retail market wherein the value of the laud , to meet the necessities of the times , would be considerably enhanced in value . ( Hear , hear . ) He would prove that the large farmer , who paid five shillings an acre too much for a thousand acres of land thereby lost £ 250 . a year , or four per cent , upon £ 6 , 250 . of his capital , while five shillings an acre , ten ehilliflgs an acre , or even £ 1 . an acre for two , three , or four acresi upon which a man could employ his own industry , and neverbe idle , was matter of comparative insignificance . ( Hear . hear . ) He would explain the difference between the wholesale and retail value of land . He had bought land , wholesale , for £ 30 . an acre , and had sold it , retail , for £ 67 . 10 s . ( Hear , hear , and laughter from Dr

      Bowring . ) Tbe hon . member for Bolton cheers and laughs , but was he aware that the profit went into the exchequer o ! the company ; the purchaser was not a member of the company , and had refused double the amount for his purchase , and , now would tbe learned gentleman tell him whether any portion of the profits made by manufacturers , out of reduced wages , was deveted to a fund for the support or protection of the labourer . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He would now explain the principle of his plan . Every man who gubseribed £ 2 . 12 a . was entitled to two acres of land , with a good cottage built in the centre of it , and £ 15 . capital to commence ; every man who subscribed £ 3 . 18 s . was entitled to three acres , the same description of cottage and £ 22 . 10 s . capital ;

      . and the member who subscribed £ 5 . is . was entitled to four seres of { land , a similar description of cottage and £ 39 . capital , end the occupants were selected from the paid up shareholders by ^ baUot . ( Hear , hear , from Sir George Grey . ) Yes , the right hon . baronet may cheer , in tbe belief that this mode of selection weuld bring the Company within , the category of lotteries , but he would answer this objection at once . The objection would be , that the contingency whereof the concurrence is susceptible : of calculation by way of average was repugnant to the words ' fj ' vsdem generis , ' but he ( Mr O'Connor ) would prove to demonstration that the contingency was better susceptible to calculation by way of average , as regards the Land Company , than as regards any

      other company iu existence . How were your tables , calculating those contingencies , made out ? Why , by actuaries , whose tables in every insurance- " company differed . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) Would the tables of any life assurance company be calculated to meet deaths m Ireland last year , or to meet deaths in England within the last eix months ? But he would place this question simply uponits own merits , and here he would complete his answer to the hen . member for Bolton . That hon . gentleman may not be able to buy a hogshead of sugar in the wholesale market , but he would have no objection to give any price for as much as would sweeten his tea , in the retail market . ( Laughter . ) Well , when the grocer had disposed of the hogshead in pounds and ounces ,

      he bought suotl a ? hogshead in the wholesale market , and so with the lauu . If we chose to buy ia the wholesale market , to subdivide , give permanent titles and sell again in the wholesale market , tbe occurrence , I contend for it , is more susceptible of calculation by way of average than any concurrence or contingency attempted to be calculated by any standard or table , adopted by actuaries aa the rule of their calculation . ( Hear , hear , and cheers ) Perhaps I may be told , howaver , by political economists , that the application of labour deteriorates the value of land , and if I am met with that absurdity , I shall ask if it does deteriorate the value of cotton —( hear , hear)—and if I am told that the manufacturers can buy the raw materialmanufacture ifc—sell it—and buy mare raw material , then I say that I can buy the land—manufacture it —sell it—and buy more raw materia , ( hear , hear , ) thus proving that the results are better susceptible

      of calculation than those guessed at by any other cempany . I am not silly enough to suppose tbat £ 5 4 s . will buy four acres of land , build a house , and give aman £ 30 ; neither am 1 silly enough , to believe that five-pence , the price of a pound of sugar , willbuy a hegshead ; but I do believe and assert , that if the same amount of property were sold , tbat ifc would realise more than had been originally given for it , in consequence of the great demand for land consequent upon tbe increase of population and the increase and improvements in machinery . ( Hear hear . ) And such was the desira to possess a free labaur-fi-dd by shopkeepers and others , who were feeling the pressure of the times , that £ 60 bonus above the rent , and all liabilities , had been refused for a two-aere allotment , £ 100 for three acres , and £ 100 for four acres . ( Hear . hear . ) He had located thirty-five families in Hertfordshire , last May ; fortyfive families in Worcestershire , * and would locate eighty families in Oxfordshire in the piesmt month ;

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      and if honourable gentlemen will be kind enough to visit those locetionB , he would show them a Wilderness turned into a Paradise . Let him now give thera an analysis of the law aa regards the present Land Company . It is within tbe spirit and object of the Friendly Soaicty Acts , which were intended to give facilities and advan

      tages to poor persons associating together , to provide by tlieir joint contributions for the contingencies of life . The existing Acts are 10 Geo . 4 . c . 50 ; i und 5 W . * c 40 ; and 9 and 10 Vic . c . 27 : ' The object for which FriendlySoeieties might be formed under 10 Geo . t , were extended by i and 5 W / . 4 , and again professedly so by 9 and 10 Yie . By 4 and 5 W . 4 , s . 2 , they might be formed for mutual relief and maintenance of the members in sickness , age , or any other natural state or contingency , svhereof the occurrence is susceptible of calculation by way of average , or for any other pnrpose which is not illegal . One would have thought these were largo enough to include the Land Company . Counsel were of opinion that they were ; Mr Tidd Pratt ' s own impression was , that such Company might be enrolled , but he felt bound by a decision of Mr Justice Yfijjhtman , that the words' other purpose whieh is not illegal , ' must betaken to mean a purpose of the

      same kind , or' ejttsdem generis , ' as those before enumerated , viz . i ' relief and maintenance in sickness , and age , or other natural contingency susceptible of calculation by way of average , ' and MrT . Pratt did not appear to think that the Land Company eame within such purpose , though itg certainly borders closely upon it , b . ing to provide a maintenance for persons , and to endeavour to guard against the casualties of life . The Act of W . 4 . was'intended to include all legal societies , and this is such a one ; Lord Clarendon ' s is similar to it . The 9 aud lo Vie . g . 27 , s . 8 , repeals so much of these nets as specifies the purposes , and by s . 1 , professes to define more specifically the purposes for whicUFriendly Societies may be formed . One of these is « For the frugal investment of the savings of the mcmberB , for bettor enabling them to purchase food , firing , clothes , or other necessaries , or the tools or implements of their trade or calling , for the education oi their children or kindred , with

      or without the assistance of charitable donations j provided always , that the shares in any such investment Fociety shall not be transferable , and that the investment of each member shall accumulate or be employed for tbe sole benefit of the member investing , or the husband , wife , children , or kindred of such member , and , tyiat no part thereof shall be appropriated to tlie relief , maintenance , or endowment ef any other person whomsoever , and that the full amount of the balance due , according to tho rules of such society , to such member , shall be paid to him or her on withdrawing from the society , and that np such last mentioned society shall be entitled or allowed to invest its funds , or any part thereof , with the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt . ' And another is— ' For any other purpose which shall be

      certified to be legal in England or Ireland , by her Majesty ' s Attorney or Solicitor-General , and in Scotland by the Lord Advocate , and which shall be allowed by one of her Majesty ' s principal Secretaries of State , as u purpose to which the powers and facilities of the said Acts ought to be estended , provided that the amount of the sum or value of the benefit to be assured to any member or any person cl » iming by , or through , him or her , by any society , for any purpose so certified and allowed as hereinbefore mentioned , shall not exceed in the whole jB 200 , aud that this limitation stall he inserted iu the yules of every society established for any purpose so certified and allowed , and that no such last mentioned society shall be entitled or allowed to invest its funds , or any part thereof , with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt '

      II . —Among the benefits derived from a Friendly Society being enrolled , are—1 . The rules are binding , and may be legally enforced . 2 . Protection is given to the members in enforcing their just claims , and against any fraudulent dissolution of the society . 3 . The property of the society is declared to ' be vested in the Trustee , or Treasurer for the time being , who may sue and be sued iu bis own name with respect to such property . 4 . Fraud committed with respect to property of the society is punishable by justices . 5 . Application may be made to Court of Chancery , by petition , free from payment ot Court or Counsel ' s Fees . fi . Disputes may be settled by arbitration . 7 . They have the power toinvect their funds , to any amount , in Savings'Banks . 8 . Members are allowed to be witnesses in' all proceedings respecting pr < perty of tbe society . 9 . AH documents are exempted fr » m stamp duty (

      except Assurance on Life to an amount exceeding £ 100 ) . Ill , —Now a Company not enrolled unde ^ these Acts is not only deprived of these advantages , but is brought within the disadvantages , expenses , and endless delay and trouble imposed by the Joint-Stock Companies' Act , 7 and 8 Vic , c . 10 . By s . 2 of that Act , Friendly Societies enrolled are excepted from its operation . Under that Ace returns bare to be continually mode and regis , tered , deeds prepared and executed , and signed by at least one-fourth of the subscribers ( see s . 7 ) . Iu this case persons living at great distances ; penalties are threatened for every omission and delay . The machinery ereated under that statute , and for the purpose of carrying out its provisions .

      Now , from this analysis of the law , it is beyond dispute that the professed object of the 9 th and 10 th of Victoria was to extend the Friendly Societies Act , whereas . lby ajwhirasical construction of two words by a Judge , and a quibble of the Attorney-General , thia statute had been converted into a disabling statute ; and the law , insteauof being extended , had been contracted . Now , he oontended that tbe werds ' tjtcsdem gaienV or * ot a similar nature , ' had nothing what , ever to do with the case .- ; and what he contended was , that the terra' or for any other purpose that ia not illegal , 'being in the disjunctive , and not in the copulative , giros two distinct definitions of tbe law ; and if he was met with the quibble of < ju ? dem generis , he would answer quibble with law , or—miud or , —any

      other purpose that is not illegal . Now he challenged the law officers of the Crown te prove to the plain common sense of man , that the term' or any other purpose that is not illegal , ' does not clearly and distinctly show that these two terms have two distinct and significant meanings , and that the statute inferred the enrolment of any company established for purposes not illegal —( hear , hear)—and he was sure that the gentlemen of that house would not consider it illegal to p lace the industrious man in a situation to live in the sweat of bAs own brow . { , Hear , hear . ) He was no theorist upon this subject , he had tried spade husbandry to a considerable extent ^ in hia own country . Mr Morgan John O'Connell : Where « Mr O'Connor : Why in Ireland , of course . Mr Morgan John O'Connell : Where ?

      Mr O'Connor : In the county of Cork , within nine miles of Bandon , seven of Clanakilty , four of Dunraanway , two of Enniekean , and one of Bellyneen . ( Cheers and tremendous laughter . ) What , does the honourable member for Kerry suppose that no man in Ireland has land but him & elt ? or does he imagine , according to ancient geography , that Ireland is still in the county of Kerry , and not the county of Kerry in Ireland ? ( Renewed laughter . ) He requested the honourable gentleman would not again interrupt him , but tbat he would answer him , if he could . And he would give him another hint , it was to suspend hia opposition until he knew how the government would vote , as otherwise he might place himself in an awkward dilemma . Mr O'Connor '

      proceeded to say , tbat he had employed from 130 to 150 men in Ireland , and the result had proved to him that man . was born with propensities which may be nourished into virtues op thwarted into vicea , according to his training ; and he had never known a man who was earning a poor pittance of 8 d , a day , charged with any violation of the law before a magistratethus proving that idleness is tlie parent of crime , and that class-made law is the creator of idleness . ( Hear , hear . ) He would now prove the value of the Land Plan , of which he was tae propounder aad founder , and the full developement of which was dearer to him than life itself , and which he had sworn should overcome every legal quirkor . obatac ! e that might be thrown in its way . To the realisation of hope arising from the

      full developernentof this plan was to be attributed the present calm in the public mind , in the midst of the greatest suffering and the most saddening events ; and God forbid that he should live to see it—the cup of hope dashed from Labour ' s lip , when Labour was preparing to purchase its freedom without trenching upon the property , the rights , or privileges of any ether class . ( Hear , hear . ) Hia principle was not to cause an antagonist war of classes , but it was to make the rich richer , and the poor rich , by opening Nature ' s bosom to all , and by throwing tbe idle of all classes upon tbeir own resources . ( Loud cheers . ] Would the Whigs deny their own maxim , that labour is the source ef all wealth ; Will philosophers deny that the first duty of a government is to cultivate . the national resources nor will the Christian deny that the husbandman is to be the first partaker ? And yet , in denial of those sacred

      rules and maxims , be asserted , without fear of contradiotion , that the trading classes of this country would rather share amongst themselves two hundred millions a year , realised out of three hundred millions a year made of the cultivation of our national resources , than receive a fraction less out of a thousand millions a year of which the producer should bave hia just , his equitable , and legitimate share . ( Cheers ;) Let any man who professed to doubt the valuaofthe Small Farm system , go to Belgium ; there the man occupying lesa than two acres never required relief for himself or his family ; there the usual lease was for nine years at the enormous rent of £ 4 and £ 5 an acre , yet during that period of occupation , the industrious man was enabled to give from his savings £ 200 and JS 300 a bundle , which is an acre and a quarter of our measure . The soil of . Belgium is not half as good as ours ; the climate is not better ;

      nor would any man tell me that the people are more industrious , if equal inducement to labour is afforded them . ( Hear . hear . ) And then our plan has thia advantage , that every husbandman ' s hou & e is placed in tbe centre of his allotment , while the Belgian , in the majority of cases , lives at a considerable distance from his labour-fiejd , the disadvantage of' which he would prove thus;—he asserted that the small occupant living in the centre of his allotment , would perform more work with two wheelbarrows , and a lad fourteen years of ago , than a farmer cultivating 500

      acres of land will perform in the same time , at an average distance from the homestead , with six men and four horses . ( Hear , hear , ) Now if the economising of labour in the production of food was an item in the account of the free trader , there it was . There was another important feature in this plan ; it was this—that in the centre of each lscation there was erected a splendid school-house , with a spacious room at one end for the males , and a spacious room at the other en || % the females , with a respectable and commodiofPbouse in the centre —( hear , hear)—and where the industrious occupants would proudly give their children a respectable education , independently of the government or taxation . And he ( Mr O'Connor ) hadalways felt conyinced , that more

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      eood waa to be done by aa extended system of local representation than by that system of centralisation of which tbat house was the type and irapersonincation . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He would now eotne to the question of morality ; and he asserted with pride and with pleasure , that when the path to virtue was opened to the poor there was » o more virtuous class of society —( hear , hear )—but when it was closed against them they became vicious—no t by uature-but by neglect . ( Hear , ' . heat . ) And al . thou gh many of the occupants , thrown promiscuously together by bis plan , . may have been vicious individuals from oppression and bad training , yet , the moment tho came under the influences oj better feelings , based upon self-reliance to be realised by self-industry , they became converted , as it ny m »<» io . and he challenged comparison between tnose .. . •__

      who bad been located and any other class of society . ( Hear , hear . ) Then as to sanitary reform , let them see the emaciated slave , the pallid woman , and stunted children , looking more like ghosts than human beings , thath ©( Mr O'C onnor ) had snatched from the unhealthy lanes and contagious alleys , from the pest house and the sweating shop , and the blush of healthy veuth upon their face ? would bespeak the difference between a natural and an artificial life . That was the sanitary reform he looked for , better , far better , than anygovernment could realise . ( Hear , hear . ) Then , as to the indirect infiuence of this plan upon the labour market , let him state that he was directly employing 1000 hands , and with one exception he had never heard a ftomolaint of any of ! those men , nor had he ,

      except in one instance , seen a drunken man , and that man he discharged ; and in the course of the summer he hoped to give employment to 10 , 000 hands . ( Hear . hear . ) And it wa g his greatest do light , that however strong the prejudices of the farmers and neighbours were to tbe plan for the

      quartering of lazy , infidel , pauper Chartist robbers ; that in every instance , as tbey became [ better acquainted , they | became warm advocates of the system . ( Hear , hear . ) When he went to Worcestershire , some of the malcontents wrote to Lord Beauchamp , telling him that if he would not ahow me to draw sand from his estate , I could not proceed with the worfci but that truly noble Englishman replied , ' I will not be hounded at a stranger ; if the plan is bad it will burn itself out , if it is good , it ought to succeed . ' ( Hear , hear , and cheers ., ) Well , did that teach tbe working people to despise true nobility . ( Hear , heat * . ) No , but on tho contrary , every man on the estate respects and honours the gentleman and nobleman . Let them now consider the great

      practical advantages to be derived from this plan . It is an admitted fact ) that while all other sciences have been progressing with giant speed , the science oi agriculture has been moving with limp and halt step ; tbat the son followed in the wake of the clodpole father , and the father is attached ti the system of his ancestors . Wo new science was introduced—no impetus was given by agriculture , until he ( Mr O'Connor ) had introduced the new mechanical genius to the assistance ef agricultural science , and ho was now receiving communications overy day of new inventions to be applied to agricultural purposes , thus making machinery man ' s friend instead of his enemy . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , such weresome , but not all , the advantages of the Land Plan ; and he would now call the attention of the house to the

      objections that would be probably urged against it , and he would , firstly , instance the email holdings in Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , he was prepared to show , that it was insecurity of tenure , and not the subdivision of land , that led to Irish distress ; because , having no certainty of tenure , the moment the cottier tenant improved his land that moment the tyrant landlord lusted for the profit created by his labour , and ousted him , or raised his rent—thus making industry a tax , and idleness a virtue . ( Hear , hear . ) The next objection that he anticipated was , that it would lead to the squatting system . Well , bis answer to that was complete and conclusive . In his bill in committee the houEe ' may introduce a clause against the subdivision of allotments . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) And now let him test the nation ' s power to apply the nation ' s wealth to the . cultivation of the nation ' s natural resources . Population is increasing , and emigration ia advocated as a

      corrective ; but will the house longer advocate the transportation ot its substantial wealth when hon . gentleman are acquainted with the etartling fact , tbatin England , Scotland , and Wales . Jwe have 60 , 000 , 000 acres ^ of land ia & state of sterility and barrenness , with a starving people , crowded pauper-houses , decaying trade , universal disquietude , financial convulsion , consequent upon the abstraction of our money from industrial pursuits , the making good a deficiency in our own produce by importations from abroad , which [ migbt have been profitably supplied by the application of domestic industry to the cultivation of our national resources . ( Hear , hear . ) Here was a dreadful lesson for the unwilling idler to learn ; that three million acres of land , at three acres to a family , would locate one million system-made paupers—that is , at five to a family , the twentieth part of the land of this country would give employment ,

      directly , to five millions , or nearly one-third of your population , and , indirectly , by the production of cheap food , and the consumption of manufactured articles would set all the springs of industry at work . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , but let the landlords always bear in mind tbat they looked to the Poor Law Amendment Act as tho means of clearing their estates ; but they have now found , that as soon as the manufacturers have squeezed the life ' s blood out of the paupers , they send them back , to lire as a burden upon the poor rates ; therefore , the landlords , who should have been the natural patrons of the poor , were not blameless ; but he hoped they would profit by the past , and try to wed the people to them in future . ( Hear , hear . ) Another flimsy objection was , that the locations could not always be near market towns ; but these paltry objections were in * variably made bythose whojived upon thedegradation of the labourer , and his answer was , that all woa'd

      be hearer a market town than the interior of Ame rica , Holland , Russia , or Germany , was to Mark-lane . ( Cheers , and laughter . ) And that a cabbage , a carrot , a parsnip , and potato , which were vegetables in Covent-garden market , were beef , mutton , veal , pjrk , bacon , poultry , milk , and butter , a hundred miles from a retail market ; and which at a trifling expense , and not more than three or four times a year , may be conveyed in that state to the wholesale market . But there was one important market , the nearest , for which free traders" expressed great sympathy , but of which they now appeared to lose sight—he meant this market ( putting his hand upon hi 6 stomach )~ homeanthomecom 8 umption . ( ChG 6 ya . ) In a recent debate , the hon . member for

      Oxfordshire ( MrHmdley ) , than whose opinion for sound rational sense , no hon . member ' s would go farther with the house , or with him , ( Mr O'Connor )—( hear , hemr)—that hon . gentleman said—' that all thought of the labourer , whose comfort should be the first consideration , was wholly lost sight of . ' If the house should refuse his present ; application , he would repeat it again , and again , and again , as he stood in the novel position of coming to the House of Commons for the protection of the law for those who confided in him . so that if he violated the law , and broke that charm which bound him to the people , he should be amenable to the law . He could enforce complete registration , but the process was too cumbrors and expensive , having already cost tbe

      Company between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 ; and even when completed , it would not guarantee the same exeruption from stamp duty and other legal impositions that enrolment would guarantee . Thanking the house for its toleration and great indulgence for that long period of time which it naturally required to develope so large and so new a project , and having ewOftt to risk ftll—life itself , if necessary— tn > t £ e advancement of bo holy a project , he weuld sum up in one sentence the object that he had in view ; it was that the capitalist , whe speculated in labour , should biro it in the free labour market , and not in the bastile , the market place , the pest house , or the house of call for tbe destitute . Man , if he could accomplish it , should be free , and the rich should be

      richer and the poor should be rich ; idleness should be a crime , and the labourer should reap . the reward of his own industry . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) MONDAY , Mabch 30 , HOUSE OF LORDS , — . The only business done by their lordships was to vote a congratulatory addrebs to the Queen oh the birth of a daughter . Viscount Haudihoe , the lato governor of India , took bis « eat for the first time as a peer . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —the htuse on the motion of Lord J . Rcbceli , seconded by Sir B , Vssl , voted e similar address of congratulation .

      Hr Wriohtbon , from tho Bewdley Election Committee , reported that Mr T , J . Ireland , had not been duly returned , and that the election was void . Lord H . Yame also , from the Dundalk committee , reported that Mr M'Tavish had not been duly elected , and that the committee had seated MrT . M'Oullagb , Mr M'Taviah ' i opponent in the late election , on a scrutiny . Sir W » Cut , dissatisfied with a reply from Sir G . drey , in reference to the state of the law on the subject of window-breaking during the late disturbances , intimated hia intention of bringing in a bill for its amendment on an early day ,

      The Loan Advocate , in reply to Mr Cowan , stated that he should as soou as the state of public business permitted , bring in a bill to alter the existing law wfelch required that all the profeisore at the unlveral . ties in Sootlsad should be members of tha established church of that country . Lord J .-RossEii , In a & swer to Mr Home replied , that ao long as any inquiries were pending , appointments to public situations ought to be , and would be made , auh ject to any provitione which parliament might make for tho reduction of salaries attaching to them . But he presumed , in cases where gentlemen gave up privateprofeinional punuitn . or other situations of emolument , to hold office , that due consideration would be paid to such case ? . On the motion that the report of committee of Ways and Means on the Iacoms Tax be received

      Mr M'GaEaoa moved « that it is just and eipedieut to extend to Ireland during the two years ending the 5 th of April , 1851 , the same rates of income tas , excise duties , window duties , aud other asiesaed taxes ' , which i hall be at the name . time levied iu Great Britain /

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      Mr GootnuBM Interposed * o order , es a m »« on of is description could only be brought forward io a comttteo efthe whole bouse , The motion was then withdrawn , aad a further diicu « sion on the income tax ensued , at tho termination of which the report was received , and a bill founded there en was ordered to be brought in . The house then went into Committee of Supply . Mr Watld then proposed a vote of £ 1 , 425 , 308 to defray the expense of employing , during tbe ensuing year , a naval force of 43 , 000 men , aud In so doing entered Into a lengthened defence of these estimates . He concluded by announcing a prospective saving ot £ 606 , 853 tor tbe years 1849 and 1850 , and by placing a memorandum of a resolution ia tbo hands of the chairmen in the corn * mittee which referred to the wages vote , and not to ene forthe number of men , upon which _ , . ; - ... ,

      Mr Hcue interposed , saying that it was necessary the latter should be agreed to before the former could be put . A scene of some excitement ensued as to the usual courao of procctdisg , Mr Wabd alleging that the number of men was determined by the royal prerogative , and

      was not put as a vote in tbe committee ; which excite , ment was sot lessened by the hon . gentleman ' s intimation tbat tho wrong resolutions had bsen sent him . As a speeimea of the readiness with which Whig oScfals can vamp up a ' constitutional' argument , wtich in other plain words is a lie , we give this instructive bit of the debate in full : — The Chairman was about to put the question , ' That a sum not exceeding £ 523 , 000 be granted , when be was interrupted by Mr Hume , who objseted to the question being put . It had been understood that no money was to be voted until the committee had reported . He had no objection to a vote being taken for tbo number of men , in order that the government might bring in the Mutiny Bill , but be did object to voting money , as it would be , in fact , a breach of faith .

      Mr Wabd said tbat be did not propose to take more than that vote on account , but he did not know of any other way iu which the number of men could be brought before the committee than by voting a part of tho sum

      required . The number of men was a question of prerogative . The Cbavcellob of tbe Exchequer said , that la the case of the navy there was no distinct and separate vote for the number of men , while ia the case of the army the , first vote in the estimates was for the number , and the way proposed was the only one that . could be adopted . Mr Home wanted to know , then , how he was to effect his object of reduction ? He did not care about the form . The Chanchlob of the Exchsqoeb . —Tbo usual form was to move for a reduction in the amount of money , Mr Gladstone referred to the resolutions of last year , and showed that a distinct vote bad been taken on the number of men , in which he was supported by Sir Jahes Gbabam and Mr Cobbt . Mr Wasd ( who then handed a vote to tho chairman with reference to the cumber of men ) said that the mis take had originated entirely in an error on his pert . He had prepaid 111 * resolution , but . by An oversight , the

      wrong one had been first proposed . ( A laugh . ) The Sari of Lincoln hoped the Secretary to tha Admiralty and the Chancellor of the Exchequer would now withdraw the novel doctrine tbey Had promulgated , that tbe number of men was determined by tbe prerogative of the Crewe . ( Laughter . ) Mr Wabd . —Ob , yes , it was quito wrong . ( Laughter . ) Mr Disraeli . —Then , what became of the ingenious argument of the right bon . gentleman tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer , which , no doubt , bad such an tffect upon tbe house 1 ( Renewed laughter . ) At length Mr Houe moved tbat the number of seamen bojs , and marines , which stands in the estimates at 43 , 009 be reduced to 36 , 000 , when the debates

      proceeded without farther interruption . Sir J . GaiHiM , after defending the economical arrangements he had carried into effect when he presided over the Admiralty in 1835 , and noticing some points in Mr Ward ' s spetcb , explained the reasons which inducod

      him to support the proposed vote . H « described the causes which rendered a large standing army so necessary to Franco that It could be no just source of jealousy to England , and which required England , on tbe other hand , to keep up an efficient navy , aad after briefly recounting the occasions of difference between the two countries which had occurred within the last few years , aud adrertiug to tbe great increase of the French nary , which—as France had no distant colonies or extensive trade to protect—was purely an offensive force , arrived at the conclusion that the government would have neglected its duty if it had not made such preparations as would place the country beyond the danger of invasion . He suggested , however , the posiibUity of reduclug expeu'C without impairing efficiency , pointing especially to the civil service of the nary and the disposition of the African squadron .

      Mr CosnxN denied that there was any danger to be apprehended , either national or dynastic , which would justify an increase of tbo estimates , or tbat any naval force was necessary to protect our eommcrce either from piracy or agcrcesion . Franco and England each kept on increasing their forces osly from want of an sederstanding , which would hare been made long ago had there been any real desire to reduce expenditure . He repeated all that he said at Manchester about our fleets at Malta and the Tugua ; and denied that the bouse bad any right to tax the artisans to maintain so useless an expenditure . If the rich feared invasion let them pay for protection . He attributed the late revolutions in Europe principally to the embarrassment caused by the support of extravagant establishments , aud urged that the beet preparation against an invasion , of which no one was thinbipg but ourselves , was to bo found in an increase in tbe comforts of our poor rather than in an increase in the number of our sailors .

      Lord Palhehston defended the principle on which our naval force was maintained in a certain proportion to that of France and the other great naval Powers , and controverted tbe position of Mr Cobden tbat commerce required no protection , which , if fairly carried out , would prove lhat neither soldiers nor even police were necessary . He ridiculed Mr Cobden ' s notion that , because the artisan and the ploughmon had no fear of invasion , no invasion need be provided against , and urged that with a future big with uncertainty no rational man would wish to reduce our force . Weakness Induced

      war but he assured the house that all the power which England could exert should be used to secure for her the inestimable advantages of peace .

      Mr B » ie . HT- opposed Lord Palraerston ' e views . The other speakers in favour of the number of 48 , 000 , as proposed in tbe estimates , were Mr Court , Mr C . Bruce , Mr Cocbbani , Lord Seihodb , Lord Ihmstbii , Admiral Sunsas , Col . Tthts , Sir H . Tsbmbt , and Mr Dbi'hMokd . The committee at length divided , when Mr Hume ' s amendment was defeated by a majority of 309—the num hers 347 to 88 .

      The house having resumed , Mr Walfoie moved the further consideration of the Election Recognisances Bill , but the motion being strongly opposed , the hon . member withdrew it , and the house adjourned at a quarter past one o ' clock , TUSSDAY . Mabch 21 .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Administration of Oaths ( Court of Chancery ) Bill was read a second time . The Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) , and the Audit of Railway Accounts Bills passed through committee . On the motion of the Earl of Egiinton , the protest agaiast the vote of a person claiming that ri ght for representative peers for Scotland , under the title of Lord Colvilio of Ochiltree , was ordered to he taken into eonsideration on the 8 th of April , and their lordships adjourned at six o ' clock , HOISE OF COMMOMS . —The second reading of the Exeter and Cowley Bridge Junction Railway Bill was carried by a majority of $ 3 , the numbers , 10 S to 56 ; and the same stage of the Great Northern Railway Deviation Bill was . negatlveu by a majority of 144 , the num . dots , 376 to 32 . Mr R . Palmeb , from the Aylesbury election commit .

      tee , reported that Lord Nugent had , but that Mr J , P , Deeriug had not , been duly elected for that borough . Mr Mackenzie moved anew writ for Bewdley , but after some conversation , as to the system of treating which bad pieveJIed , the motion was withdrawn , Mr EiNDLEr gave notice of . bis intention te direct attention to the state of the industrious classes . Dr Boweiho gave notice of a motion , the effect of which would be to place tbo whole of tbe national in . come under the control of the House of Commons . Mr Hche gave notice tbat , on thc £ second reading of the Income Tas Bill , he would move that it be referred to a select committee .

      To a question from . Mc B . Cochrane , Lord Palhkbstob said heshad rocelvedho information confirmatory of the report that it was by the desire of the Provisional Government of France that Baalish servants were turned out of employment . In reply to Lord Ddncah , Lord Mobpeth stated that the commissioners appointed to superintend the building di the new H < nxe « a of Parliament wire Lord de Gret , Mv Gseehe , M , Pel and Sir J . BunooiNE / . Tee Ex . Rotal Family of France in England . — Mr F . Cua & tesis wished to ask the noble lord , tho Fereigu Secretary , whether his attention had been drawn

      to a paragraph which had appeared in both the French and English papers calculated to make an unfavourable impression on tho public mind , —that Lord Normanby had , by instructions from the Foreign-office , waited upon M . Lamartine to apologise for this country having afforded an asylum to the Royal family of France . He folt tbat it was highly advisable that the noble lord

      ahould havo au opportunity of contradicting a statement which , unless contradicted , must be most prejudicial to the honour , dignity , and character of England , whose just pride it had always been to afford an asylum to unfortunate eailee from other countries . Lord Paihebston . —There is no foundation for anj statement that any communication of the kind to which the hon , gentleman has alluded , or of any kind , has taken place between her Majesty ' s government and Lord Normanby with regard to that Royal family ef France . It is true , however , that Lord Normanby did convey in a private letter to me a statement tbat a good deal of misapprehention and jealousy was likely to arise on tin part of persons in France in regard to the reception which might be given in this country , not to the Roya family , but to the Ministers of the late Trench govern .

      EMQt , I , In a private letter , desired Lord Normanby , in . cfise . ariyjueh , feeling should be expressed , at oace to

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      state that the reception given to thole persons was and would be the reception which , in this country , is alwavg given tonwn who , from unfortunate circumstances , aH obliged to seek refugs in England—a reception of * h 08 . p ltality suitable to the occasion ; but that he might be sure in our dealings with the French gorernmeat htr Majesty ' s Ministers would act fairl y , honourably gQj openly , andundtr no circumstances would t Der 8 h ' » n , ground for supposing that we would engage in an ? Intrigue hostile to tho government of Prance , ( Hear hear . ) _ ' * «?„ *» , that tha recention irivea to those uorsoni mi ...

      THB DOKB AMD DOCHES 8 Db MoaiPEKIuj ^ T , ^ Stpabt wished to ask a question of the noble lord at the head of Foreign Affairs . It had beon reported tbat gome documents had come Into tho poisessioB of the provisional government of France implicating the Daks and Duchess de Montpensler in some moat extraordinary transactions , ( ' Ob , oh ' , ' ) The contents of that pa ' had been , it was stated , c « mmunicated to her Majesty ' s Ministers , and that that had be « n the cause of the hasty departure of the Duke and Duchess from England . He wished to know whether any communication oftho kind to whieh he had referred had been made by the provi . sional government ; and , in the next plaee , whether this had been the cause , not of their having been sent out of this country , but whether their departure had taken place with reference to information of that sort e

      Lord Palmebston—lam very glad tbe noble lord has put the question , if there has been any doubt on the sub . ject . No such communication bag been made to her

      Majesty s government from the provisional govenuneat of France , I'have not heard that ary such correspond , ence , or correspondence of any kind affecting the bake and Duchess de Montpensier , has been found . I havo no knowledge or belief of tbe kind ; but at all events eo communication or intimation of tbat kind has been msdo to her Moj-Bty ' a government , Tfith regard to the departure of the Duke and Duchess de Montpeniier , it is entirely the result of their own choice —( cheers ) and so fsr from being the consequence of any communication made by w , tbe house will at ones gee that there mutt be many reasons why it would bave been tbe desire of her Majesty's government that they should have staved here , instead of going away . ( Hear , hear . ) Revolution in Amtbu . —Lord D . Stuart wished to ask the noble lord whether he had received any information with respect to the changes in the government of Auatria . ( 'Oh , oh T and a laugh . ) Lord Paiheeeton : The information I have received

      is that on the 11 th instant , Prince Metternieh ceased to be Minister of the Emperor of Austria . Beyond that I have no information . ( A laugh . J Relatiohs with Bbazil- . ~ -Iu answer to Lord G , Bbhtibck , . * Lord Palmebstok stated that the last accounts from Lord Howden conveyed information that there wag no chance of concluding a commtrcial or a slave treaty with the Brazilian government . It was possible that a change might take place in the disposition of tha Brazilian government , but there was little hope of such a rc « salt , in fact , they were averse to any commercial treaty , and entertained a notioa that Great Britain was so dependent on Brazil , that we should be forced to accede to any terms they might think proper to dictate . Me M . Milkes brought under the eonsideration of the house the injuries alleged to have beta sufftred b y Mr Rayson , an English mirchent , from the Austrian authorities at Constantinople . He was proceeding with his tatemtnt when thehouse was counted at seven o ' clock

      WEDNESDAY , Masch 2 ? , HOUSE OF COUMONS .-Landlobds' LAWS .-Mr P Scbope called the attention of the heuse to tha dsstrucl tion of several houses and the ejectioa of their tenants which took place in the county of Galway on or about New Tear ' s day last , and which occasioned the death of severalof those thus maltreated . Sir G . GauY made ono of the usual replies , apologising for landlords in general , no matter what their

      crimes . Odtgoino Tenants . —Mr Shabhas GtAwjoan then moved the second reading of the Outgoing Tenants fire . land ; Bill . Mr Thelawnt moved as an amendment , that the bill be read a second time tbat day six months . Sir W . Sohekvihe and several other members opposed ! the billi The debate was adjourned till Wednesday next . Dere-t Election . —Mr Chiimbb reported from the Derby election committee , that the Right Hon . Edward Strutt and the Hon . E . F . Leveson Gower were not daly elected , that the election was void , that bribery and treat . ing had prevailed , but not with the cognisance of tbe hon . gentlemen named . The house then adjourned .

      THURSDAY MABCH 25 , IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS a conversation ensued as to bringing . the Odd Fellows within tbe operation of the' Benefit Societies' Act . ' The Marquis of Lahsdo wne intimated that it was the Intention of the government to nake arrangements to tbat effect . Lord Beafmon ? took advantage of the opportunity to sneer at the Chartists and the ' Land Plan . ' The remainder of the sitting was devoted by their

      lordships to a discussion , as to the contemplated insrease in the number of tbe bishops . In the HOUSE OF COMMONS , Mr Hcmb gave notice that en Tuesday nest he should move that the Attorney . General be directed to prosscute Mr John Attwoed for bribery and corruption committed by bim in different boroughs . —Lord Codstrbv reported from the Horsham Ehctioa Committee tbat Mr Jervis had not been duly elected , and that tbe election was void —Mr Mackenzie moY « 3 a new writ for Harwich , in the room of Mr John Attwood , whose election had bsen declared void . Hr Blackstohe moved an amendment to extend the limits of the borough of Harwich , with a view to

      increasing the number of electors for the said borough — . and tbe bouse divided , when there appeared—for the motion , 164 ; against it 73 : majority 91 , and the writ was ordered . —Mr F . O'Conhor moved an address to the crown in reference to tbe case of Mr John Dillon , relative to the seizure of the brig Peru , through his alleged instrumenUllt . v , iu the harbour of New Ross , Is . Ireland , lu the year 1822 , This subject has been repeatedly brought under the notice of parliament , aud the claim for further compensation rejected , a similar fate attending the motion on this occasion , it being lost by a msjoiiiy of 51—tbe numbers being 59 to 8 . — MrBaiQET moved f-r leave to bring in a bill forthe total abolitfon of the Game Laws . Mr Cowan seconded

      the motion , which was also supported by Mr W . Fi Wood , and Sir H . Yerney , and opposed by Col . Sibthorp , Sir G , Grey , Mr Cochrane , and Mr Nevrdegate . Mr G . Thompson , moving the adjournment of the debate , upon which question the house divided—ayes , 82 ; noes , 87 . Dr Bow & ing , it is presumed , not foreseeing the cons iquenees , then moved the adjournment of the house , the Speaker putting the question , and vacating the chair amidst loud cheers . This result involves the necessity of a new notice , and the los § ot a night ' s debate .

      ( From our Third Edition oflastwsk . ) FRIDAT , MaB . ch 17 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Passengers BUI waa reael a third time , and passed . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Mr B . Osseins gave notice of bis intention , on an early day , to move for iearc to bring in a bill for the total abolition of Church . Rates ; Col . Sibthosp gave notice to move , after the Easter recess , that the salaries of all persons holding office under the Crown be reduced , . The house went into committee o Ways and Means ,, when Sir Bekjamm Ham . moved , 'That towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty , the respective duties levisd on property , profits , professions ; trades , and officesin Great Britain , be levied on property , professiens , and offices iu Ireland for a time to be limited . '

      Mr J . V 7 ILEIAM 4 seconded the motion , which was oleosupported by Sir J . Tyrell , Mr Horsman , Col . Muir , Mr Banbes , Mr Nswdegate , Mr Wakley , Mr Hume , and Mr Muntx . The motion waa opposed by Sir . H . Vf . Barron ,. Mr Moore , Mr Pagan , Mr Hamilton Mr Napier , Col . Conally , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr Koche , Col , Dunne , MrMoasell , Mr Reynolds , aud Sir A Brooke > The mtoiou being negatived by a majority of 80 ; tho numbers 158 te 213 , The Law of B ntail ( Scotland ) BiB . waa read a second and the Queen ' s Prison a third time ,, and Che house adjourned .

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      CORN EXCHANGE . Mondat . —The supply of English wheat , by land carriage samples from the neai' counties , was very short tbis ^ morning ; really fiuedry samples sold readily at an advance of la per qr . ; but no improvement could be esta . Wished upon secondary and inferior quaUties . Foreign , wheat sold at about the same rate as last week . Barley must be quoted Is dearer , with a bettor sale . The supply of oats , particularly lrom the near foreign ports was large , and to make any progress in sales a reduction of 6 d to Is per qr . had to be submitted to . Beans and peasvery dull , with a downward tendency . Arrivals Into London from 13 th March to 18 th March , — V ? heat : English , 4 , t 59 ; foreign , 2 , 189 . Barley : English , 8 , 412 ; Scotch , 300 ; foreign , 2 , 435 . Oats : English , 4 , 091 - Scotch , 1 , 473 ; Irish , 4 , 3 sG ; fore gn , 21 , 488 qrs . flour ,. 6 , Su 7 sacks , lOObrls . Malt , 6 , 594 qrs , British . —Yfheat : ' Essex , and Kent , red Bds to 55 s , white 48 s to 58 s , ; Norfolk and Suffolk , red 47 s to 53 s ,. white 5 ls to 6 ' 0 s ,: Talavera ( Essex and Suffolk ) 55 s to

      59 s ; Camb . and Lin ., red , 46 s to 52 s ; white , 5 Js to 56 s—Bye SOs to S 2 s . —Barley : Distilling , 37 s to s 2 s ; malting , 2 Ss to 31 s ; Chevalier 318 to 33 s ; fine , 31 s-Oats : Engliffc feed 18 s to 2 ls ; Poland 20 s to 22 s ; potato 24 s to 26 s ; Berwick and Scotch feed , 218 to 23 s ; potatoe , 23 s to 24 s ; Irish feed , 15 s to 19 s ; black , 18 s to 19 s ; potato , 21 s to 23 s , . —Malt : Sis to 56 s ; fine , pnle , 57 s to & 9 s . —Peas : Grev , 32 b to 34 s ; maple , Sis to 3 t > 8 ; blue , « 2 g to 4 . 6 s ; imperial , 50 s to 56 s ; white , 3 l « to 34 s ; boilers , 36 s to 39 s . —BennB : ilazagan ,. 28 s to 30 s ; tick , SOs to 22 s ; old 37 s to 39 s ; harrow , 30 s to 32 s ; small , 82 s to 3 t ; old 39 s to « 3 s . —Rapeseed : New , 60 s , to 68 s . —Linseed cake ? , £ 11 to £ 12 per thousand . —Flour : Town . made , delivered , 42 s to 46 s ; fine household , 4 fls to 42 s j Norfolk aud Suffolk , 36 s to 33 s ; white , 38 s to 46 s , per 2801 ba .

      Christened, At Leaingthern Colliery, Nea...

      CHRISTENED , At Leaingthern Colliery , near Northallerton , on the 27 th February , Mary O'Connor Nesbit , daughter of Win . and Margaret Nesbit , without the aid of a priest .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of La, Great Winding" Street, Haymarket, Iu The City Of Westminster, At Tfcs

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of la , Great Winding " street , Haymarket , iu the City of Westminster , at tfcs

      Umce. In Tne Same Street Ana I'Aristi, T...

      umce . in tne same street ana i'aristi , tor tne rro pnc . u ., FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and published by William Hewitt , of Ko . 18 , Charles-street , Bran , don-street , Walworth , in the parish of St . Mary , New . ingtou , in the County of Surrey , at tho Office , No . 1 & , Great Windmill-street , Ifoytnarket . iu the Cityittt «• ' " minster . —Saturday , March 25 th . 13481 jf ^ . x << 3 & S

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25031848/page/8/